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City Council Minutes <br />January 3, 2012 <br />Page 3 of 11 <br />----------------------- - - - - -- <br />Chuck Marohn noted that the City Council had requested the Planning <br />Commission to reduce the number of Planning Commission members <br />from seven to five. The Planning Commission felt that reducing the <br />number of members would not be in the best interest of the city. The <br />Planning Commission has recommended an alternative which would have <br />the Planning Commission consist of less than six and no more than seven <br />members. The amendment also includes that there is one less Planning <br />Commission meeting per year and that the amount of compensation be <br />reduced from $100 per month to $75 per month. <br />COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD MOVED TO ACCEPT THE PLANNING <br />COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION OF REDUCING THE PAY TO <br />$75.00 PER MEETING AND TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 12 -01 <br />AMENDING CHAPTERS 3 AND 17 OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING <br />COMPOSITION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. COUNCIL <br />MEMBER MALECHA SECONDED THE MOTION. <br />COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN MOVED TO TABLE THE MOTION UNTIL <br />THE VOTE REQUIREMENT IS STATED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR <br />THIS MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER AKERSON SECONDED THE <br />MOTION. MOTION FAILED 2 -3. COUNCIL MEMBERS SJOBLAD, <br />MALECHA, AND MAYOR ADAMS VOTED AGAINST THE MOTION. <br />COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN AND AKERSON VOTED IN FAVOR OF <br />THE MOTION. <br />COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN MOVED TO AMEND THE MOTION TO <br />CHANGE THE LANGUAGE FROM NO LESS THAN SIX TO NO LESS <br />THAN FIVE AND NO MORE THAN SEVEN MEMBERS. COUNCIL <br />MEMBER AKERSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4- <br />1. COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD OPPOSED. <br />iiIs] i[6I","11�_1ITi1= IZi7:09W_T:13L401MI) <br />6.1 B. Consider: Ordinance Amendment Reaardina Expansion /Replacement of <br />Non - Conforming Structures <br />Chuck Marohn stated that the Planning Commission is recommending an <br />ordinance amendment that would allow property owners a one -time <br />opportunity to expand a non - conforming structure up to 50% of the <br />existing size or replace the structure with one of the exact same size and <br />dimensions. <br />COUNCIL MEMBER MALECHA MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 12- <br />02 AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING <br />