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What’s the purview of Park & Rec – May 13 2026

May 13, 2026 meeting agenda & package are normally available via https://www.ely.mn.us/government or https://www.ely.mn.us/parkrecmeetings. Scroll to the bottom for the YouTube recording of this meeting.

From https://www.ely.mn.us/parkrecmeetings page 63 in May 13th Park & Rec meeting packet https://www.ely.mn.us/parkrecmeetings

If you compare the board members’ backgrounds, skills, knowledge and employment with those on […]

May 14th, 2026 | Category: a Birding, A diversity, A Ely Public Hearings misc, A Heritage Preservation Commission HPC, A Lake Shagawa, A Land Use & Comp Plan, A Ojibwe, A Ordinances - Nature Open Spaces Rec, A Ordinances - Noise misc, A Ordinances - Zoning & Coding misc, A Park & Rec comments misc, A Park & Rec recording, A Sandy Point, A Tourism, A Trailhead Building, A Visions & Comp Plan, aa city attorney | Leave a comment

YouTube 4/15/26 P&Z Private Beach Club Permit

This post is the recording of the actual Planning and Zoning meeting on April 15, 2026 discussing the KK & PI, LLC’s request to excavate their property to build a PRIVATE BEACH CLUB on 755 N Pioneer Road, Ely, MN. The property is on Sandy Point on Lake Shagawa. For background details, go to […]

April 16th, 2026 | Category: a Birding, A diversity, A housing, A Lake Shagawa, A Land Use & Comp Plan, A Ojibwe, A Ordinances - Zoning & Coding misc, a permits, A Planning & Zoning comments misc, A Planning & Zoning recording, A Sandy Point, AA Citizen input, aa city attorney | Leave a comment

Noise, Lodging Tax, Demographics, Dog Park – revised

City Council meeting – Dec 2, 2025

The heading of this post now says “revised,” because additional paragraphs and documents were included after its original posting. People word search this website www.elyminnesota.com/blog/ to find information on specific topics. For example, the Ely Dog Park. Additional items were added last minute to the Council agenda. […]

December 2nd, 2025 | Category: A City Council comments misc, A City Visision, A Comprehensive Plan, A diversity, A Ely Public Hearings misc, A Land Use & Comp Plan, A Planning & Zoning documents, A Steering Committee for Comp Plan, A Taxes, A Visions & Comp Plan, AA Citizen input, AA dog park, DEI | Leave a comment

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 […]

May 14th, 2024 | Category: A accessibility, A City Visision, A Climate Change, A diversity, A Land Use & Comp Plan, A Miners Lake Campground, A Open Conversations - Monthly Open Forum, A Ordinances - Nature Open Spaces Rec, A Ordinances - Noise misc, A Ordinances - Zoning & Coding misc, A Park & Rec comments misc, A Planning & Zoning documents, A sustainability, A Tourism | Leave a comment