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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! […] Regular scheduled Planning & Zoning Commission meeting held in Ely, MN on September 18th, 2024. Scroll down for link to video recording. Request to Appear: Park & Rec Board Chair Morgan Sauls & Council Rep Adam Bisbee requested Planning & Zoning consider using City-owned and designated open space parcels as simple parks or green […] Certainly, there are many ignored and forgotten paragraphs in Ely’s Land Use and Comprehensive Plan. One can debate whether this has been intentional or not. Who is served — or not served — when these paragraphs are ignored and forgotten? Follow the money. Who suffers? Who profits?
Find the 2016 Ely […] Back in the 1970s, the Minnesota Legislature enacted a law, Minn. Statutes, Chapter 116B, the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act, which is still on the books, that states that “each person is entitled by right to the protection, preservation, and enhancement of air, water, land, and other natural resources located within the state…” […] Regular scheduled City Council meeting held on May 21, 2024. Agenda and packet are posted on the City website https://www.ely.mn.us/2024-meetings Scroll down for YouTube link Recording started later, beginning with Request to Appear, Item #7: Barbara Jones from the Ely Climate Group. She talked about the Morris (MN) Model for sustainability presentations held […] 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 […] 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 […] 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. […] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ0rLsKCMrg This video is a benchmark educational tool for the Study Session’s participants: Ely City Council, the Planning & Zoning Commissioners, and City Hall…as well as the residents of Ely, MN. Listen to great questions and comments. I was personally impressed with the candor. Candor lets us truthfully identify problems and then agree on […] |
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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 […]