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OF THE JOINT WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION
HELD AT CITY HALL SEPTEMBER 27,1995
City Council members present: Members Kelly, Maetzold, Paulus, Smith and Mayor Richards. Planni g
Commissioners present: Commissioners Bergman, Faust, Ingwalson, McClelland, Swenson, and Chairperson Johnson.
Mayor Richards stated the purpose of the work session was to discuss the possibility of reducing the
number of members to the Planning Commission from the current eleven members to nine members.
He invited opinion and discussion from the members in attendance.
Discussion centered on the following: the effectiveness of a nine member Planning Commission, the
ability of nine members to sit the four Variance Boards of Appeal, the loss of a developer on the Commission, importance of ability to maintain a quorum and how reducing the Planning Commission to nine members would affect the flow of Planning Commission meetings.
Mayor Richards thanked the members of the Council and Planning Commission
for valuablehput and closed the work session.
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