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Case #2: Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />City Administrator Ryan Schroeder advised that the City recently entered into a contract with <br />Hoisington-Koegler Group, Inc. to update the Comprehensive Plan, and the first meeting with <br />them occurred earlier today. Mr. Schroeder distributed a tentative schedule. He outlined the <br />visioning process scheduled to occur in September and October, which includes four special <br />interest issues meetings (two for the rural area, one for the urban area, and one for the business <br />area). <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen stated she would like the two meetings for the rural area to be held <br />in separate locations, one on the west side and one on the east side of the city. <br /> <br />Case #3: Protocol at Public Hearings and Citizen Input <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec stated that the problem occurring with "Citizen Input" is that if you limit the time <br />allowed for speaking, these people (who are usually there for a negative reason) are leaving with <br />a negative attitude toward government. He also didn't like the fact that these people coming <br />forward at "Citizen Input" are getting their issue resolved or addressed prior to those who are <br />scheduled on the agenda. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Steffen stated that the way to handle these people is to allow them to state <br />briefly their topic or issue and schedule them for a subsequent agenda. Given the climate of the <br />city and the propensity of one citizen to do a charter amendment for every little trouble area, we <br />need to be a little more sensitive to the public. <br /> <br />Commissioner Jensen, referring to the recent Kurak CLIP request, inquired as to what recourse <br />there is when everything appears to be legal. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman suggested it would be worth looking at the mining ordinance to <br />ensure there are provisions requiring the developer to leave the area desirable. He noted that <br />although they are required not to go below a certain elevation, he has noticed that they dig from <br />one big whole and back fill into that hole. This concerns him in that this land could drop (settle) <br />after a house is built on it, possibly causing the foundation to crack. Councilmember <br />Zimmerman suggested following up mining permits with regular inspections to avoid this. <br /> <br />Councilmember Haas Ste£fen discussed the constraints of the 60-day time frame for decisions, <br />stressing that the Planning Commission needs to provide the Council with as much information <br />as possible and not wait for the Council to decide additional information is needed. She again <br />gave the example of how the Planning Commission should have ordered a report from the DNR <br />for the Council's review of the Kurak mining application. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec also advised the Planning Commission that they have the ability to make the <br />permit more restrictive; they set the conditions for the permit. <br /> <br />City Council-Planning Commission/August 6, 1997 <br /> Page 4 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />