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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION
SPECIAL
JANUARY 15, 1980
1. The meeting was held at 7:00 P.M. in the Conference Room, City Hall. This
was a joint meeting of the two groups which had been announced by the Planning
Commission at their meeting of December 18, 1979 and by the Council at their
meeting of January 7, 1980.
2. The Dakota County Tribune carried at least one article stating the meeting
would be held and the Dakota County Tribune was informed personally by phone
that the meeting was to take place.
3. In attendance for the Council: Mayor Pat Akin; Councilmen Johnson, Kuchera,
Orr and Whittier. In attendance for the Planning Commission: Chairman Hanson,
Commissioners Carey, Feely, Gerten and Hoyer. Also present: City Administrator
Ford and City Planner Charles Tooker.
4. The purpose of the meeting was related to the revisions to the City Comprehen-
sive Plan on which the Planning Commission has been working the past year. More
specifically, to rate of growth on which a ten year capital improvement plan can
be structured for inclusion in the revised comprehensive plan.
5. No members of the press or of the general public were in attendance.
6. The entire evening consisted of a lively, free and open exchange of views
and opinions regarding virtually all aspects of City planning and future goals
and objectives.
7. The following statements of policy were agreed upon:
1) The projected 10 year population growth rate for the City shall be targeted
at an "optimum" of 6% annual average.
2) 'IOptimum" was defined as the point up to which municipal incentives would
remain operative and after which they would be applied more selectively
and sparingly.
3) A list of specific municipal tools expressed as council policy, intended
to encourage desirable, reasonable, orderly growth, will be formerly
\,adopted.
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~>Y4) One of the tools will be the willingness of the city to use municipal
bonds for assessable improvement projects within a set of guidelines that
developers can rely on and that will assist the City in attaining its
stated objectives.
5) The revised comprehensive plan will contain a section or statement which
defines the city attitude, intentions and goals as they pertain to annexa-
tion of abutting unincorporated territory.
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City Administrator
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