{"id":2819,"date":"2026-05-03T15:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:07:37","slug":"flashback-to-open-hearing-nov-15-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/flashback-to-open-hearing-nov-15-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback to Open Hearing Nov 15, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This was originally presented on a \u201cpage\u201d instead of an individual \u201cpost\u201d on our website back in 2023 when Citizens for Transparency first set up this website. Concerns addressed then still exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This was originally presented on a \u201cpage\u201d instead of an individual \u201cpost\u201d on our website back in 2023 when Citizens for Transparency first set up website. Concerns addressed then still exist. Agenda &amp; packets for this Open Hearing are apparently no longer available via City website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-5.59.25\u202fPM-1024x230.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-5.59.25\u202fPM-1024x230.png 1024w, https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-5.59.25\u202fPM-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-5.59.25\u202fPM-768x173.png 768w, https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-5.59.25\u202fPM-150x34.png 150w, https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-5.59.25\u202fPM-400x90.png 400w, https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-at-5.59.25\u202fPM.png 1324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Board of Adjustment (BOA) members = Planning &amp; Zoning Commissioners. Photo from the 11\/15\/23 YouTube recording. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l2eL3P3G7Ks\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l2eL3P3G7Ks<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1>Awareness Tools<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Citizens for transparency have started recording City Council and Commission meetings. We are using the first recordings as benchmarks, multi-educational tools to observe, review and evaluate our City government. Subsequent recordings will be reviewed for progress towards the goal of a citizen-focused and citizen-based government. Each of these YouTube videos have \u201cstudy guides\u201d or commentaries below the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>November 15, 2023 Open Hearing (canceled)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l2eL3P3G7Ks\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/l2eL3P3G7Ks<\/a> \u2013 Development\/expansion of huge RV campground in residential area on Miners Lake, Ely, MN. Includes citizens comments before and after cancellation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ely MN Open Hearing BOA (P&amp;Z) Nov 15 2023 re Miners Lake Campground\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l2eL3P3G7Ks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This was originally presented on a \u201cpage\u201d instead of an individual \u201cpost\u201d on our website back in 2023 when Citizens for Transparency first set up this website. Concerns addressed then still exist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This was originally presented on a \u201cpage\u201d instead of an individual \u201cpost\u201d on our website back in 2023 when Citizens [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[294,315,316,296,281,356],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2857,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elyminnesota.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}