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City Council Minutes <br />January 6, 2009 <br />Page 3 of 9 <br />----------------------- - - - - -- <br />Tom Ryan questioned whether two years is a long enough term. Ed <br />Larsen stated that the EDC would send a recommendation to the Council <br />on term limits. <br />6. Planning and Zoning Department Monthly Report <br />Report received by Council. <br />6.1. Planning Commission Report <br />Report presented by Chuck Marohn. No Council action required. <br />6.2. Planninq and Zoning 2008 Year End Report <br />Report presented by Chuck Marohn. Chuck talked about the <br />comprehensive plan update. He indicated that due to the budget issues <br />with the State the City could possibly look at postponing the <br />comprehensive plan update especially since the existing plan is current <br />and functional. <br />�-' COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD MOVED TO ACCEPT THE 2008 <br />PLANNING AND ZONING YEAR END REPORT FROM COMMUNITY <br />GROWTH INSTITUTE. COUNCIL MEMBER MALECHA SECONDED <br />THE MOTION. <br />Council Member Sjoblad stated that long range planning and the <br />comprehensive plan are very important to the City. Chuck noted that he is <br />proposing to hold the comp plan meetings in conjunction with the Planning <br />Commission meetings as a cost savings measure. He further noted that <br />the City of Pequot Lakes has banked 40 hours from 2008 which could be <br />used for the comp plan update. He noted that the banked hours would <br />allow the comp plan to be updated without much cost to the City. <br />MOTION CARRIED 5 -0. <br />6.3. Proposal for Services with Community Growth for 2009 <br />Chuck Marohn reviewed the 2009 Proposal for Planning Services. He <br />noted that the proposal was at the same cost and rate structure as 2008. <br />He further noted that there is an additional $5,000 for the comp plan <br />update, but that this may not be necessary due to the restructuring of the <br />process. <br />M <br />