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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.d. Ordinance regarding Planning Commission Membership 4ROSEIvIOLINT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CITY COUNCIL City Council Date: December 4, 2012 AGENDA ITEM: Ordinance regarding Planning Commission AGENDA SECTION: Membership New Business PREPARED BY: Kim Lindquist, Community Development AGE D NO. Director ].a. ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance. APPROVED BY: 0a1 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to Approve the Ordinance reducing the membership of the Planning Commission from Seven (7) to Five (5) Members. BACKGROUND As a result of Valerie Ege resigning from Planning Commission in August and Vanessa Demuth's election to the City Council, the Planning Commission will have five appointed members and two vacancies. At the November 14 Work Session, the City Council discussed the two vacancies and the majority of the Council preferred to reduce the Planning Commission membership to five members rather than filling the two vacancies. An Ordinance has been prepared to reduce the Planning Commission membership to five members. DISCUSSION In April of 2011, the City Council adopted an Ordinance expanding the Planning Commission membership from five to seven members and appointed Bruno DiNella and Wade Miller to the Planning Commission. Within the last four months, the Planning Commission has lost two members: Valerie Ege resigned in August and Vanessa Demuth was elected to the City Council in November. Adopting the Ordinance to reduce the Planning Commission membership five members will retain the existing members. Both Commissioners DiNella and Miller's term expire on March 31, 2013. RECOMMENDATION Approve the Ordinance reducing the membership of the Planning Commission from seven (7) to five (5) members. CITY OF ROSEMOUNT COUNTY OF DAKOTA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE AMENDING ROSEMOUNT CITY CODE, SECTION 2-1-1; CHANGING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM SEVEN TO FIVE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA ORDAINS as follows: Section 1. The Rosemount City Code, Section 2-1-1 is amended as follows: 2-1-1: ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION: A city planning commission for the city is hereby established. The commission shall be the city planning agency. Such planning commission shall consist of up to sevenfi�e (7) 1 members to be appointed by the city council and may be removed by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the council. Planning commission members may be removed by the city council at any time when, in the judgment of the council, the public welfare will be promoted by such removal. Terms of the commissioners shall be determined in the planning commission bylaws. (Ord. 2011-04, 4-5-2011) Section 2. This Ordinance shall be effective the day following its publication. (Underlined material is new. Strickcn material is deleted.] Adopted this day of , 2012, by the City Council of the City of Rosemount, Minnesota. William H. Droste, Mayor ATTEST: Amy Domeier, City Clerk Published in the Rosemount Town Pages the day of , 2012. 414441v1 CLL RS215-1