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Planning & Zoning Oct 15 2024

Tonight 4 Commissioners are present, 3 absent

Regular scheduled P&Z meeting. 3 Commissioners were absent who tend to have different questions and comments about process, impact, and wording. Lots of major items on the agenda tonight. Huge amount of information to digest in the packet. Unfortunately, P&Z packets are not posted online for public […]

City Council Oct 1 2024

Two agenda items were approved too quickly tonight: A hotel development agreement (yellow highlights) and the first reading of Miners Lake ordinance change (blue highlights).

City Hall is pushing for actions, ordinances & developments BEFORE a new Council is seated in 2025. Artificial emergencies and “easiest ways” will be promoted. Stay vigilant! […]

Park & Rec Sept 16 2024

Regular meeting held at the Ely Recreation Center (ERC) on Main Street instead of Council Chambers. Park & Recreation Board meetings are not usually recorded by the City. There are 3 video clips of this meeting posted by Citizens for Transparency, because there were 2 outdoor “field trips” that were not recorded.

Tonight […]

Reviewing Ely City Visions & Plans

Disclosure: This post is heavily skewed towards human/City actions to (not) actively protect nature, wildlife and their habitats. Wildlife and Nature have their own value beyond human entertainment. For definitions and explanations of anthropocentrism, see Science Digest, TreeHugger, your dictionaries and other favorite research links.

Reviewing and revising city vision statements and […]

Recording City Council mtg Jan 2 2045

Time markings and topics below are not always chronological.

Ely, MN City Council meeting – first regular scheduled meeting meeting for 2024. .Agendas & packets for 2024 Council meetings — https://www.ely.mn.us/2024-meetings2023 Council meeting agendas & packets – https://www.ely.mn.us/2023-meetings

49:25 Changes for dog licenses: forms for lifetime and annual dog licenses are now available […]

Recording Planning & Zoning Dec 20 2023

The meeting lasted over 2 hours. Please refer to the approximate time markers for topics. When topics were brought up again during a discussion of a different agenda item, usually there is a 2nd time marker. Not all references to the proposed Miners Lake campground are time marked.

Some of the Commissioners were […]

Recording City Council Dec 19 2023 mtg

Read details below YouTube video for time markers and topics. https://youtu.be/K3nmGA1YWfM

Ely Girls High School Volleyball Proclamation and Recognition

Recording Park & Rec mtg Dec 18 2023

Time marker 30:35 – 49:00: Discussion on P1, P2 and O Zones. P1 and P2 = public uses (plural).

O = open, no designation, nobody managing, can be re-zoned, not protected as natural area.

31:00+ mins and again 36:50+ mins Bill Teft speaks about zoning. He will come back with more specific research. 

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Recording Park & Rec Mtg Nov 20 2023

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo5rZ1nC0qg

This benchmark recording of Ely’s Park & Recreation Commission meeting on November 20, 2023 is a multi-purpose educational tool. It is an accessible window into Ely’s Park & Rec discussions, work and contributions to our community. Ely is The Gateway into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA).

Is the Commission […]

Recording – Open Hearing Nov 15 2023 Campground on Miners Lake

Chair of Board of Adjustments (BOA), Mike Banovetz, opened and then immediately “deleted” the meeting.

All the BOA Members met later that night for their scheduled Planning & Zoning meeting. https://youtu.be/l2eL3P3G7Ks Includes citizens comments before and after cancellation

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