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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 […]

Planning & Zoning Sept 18 2024

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 […]

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 […]

Ignored & Forgotten Paragraphs

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 […]

Right to Quietude

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…” […]

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 […]

Planning & Zoning mtg April 17 2024 Recording

Regular scheduled P&Z meeting held on Wed., April 17, 2024 in Ely, MN. Scroll down for YouTube link.

Compare tonight’s tone, focused discussions and opinions, and completion of agenda with how things were proceeding months ago. Compare the number of anti-Council and anti-citizen comments. Compare wasted time spent on personal speeches. Spoiler alerts 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 Joint Study Session Nov 28 2023 Council with P&Z

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 […]