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Training Session for Boards and Commissions
March 25, 2010 at 10:59 amTuesday, March 23, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
LWV Observer, Jane McWilliams
Mayor Mary Rossing convened the gathering of representatives of the city’s many boards and commissions. Thanking them for the work they do, she outlined some ways the members can be more effective.
Noting that people are often moved by and appointed because…
Planning Commission Meeting and Public Hearing - Tuesday, November 24, 2009
November 29, 2009 at 8:21 pmJane McWilliams, LWV Observer
Commissioner Tracy Davis chaired the meeting in Commissioner Greg Colby’s absence.
All other members were present.
There was standing room only at this meeting. Over 50 people were on hand, drawn by the question to be addressed at the public hearing: Is the proposed annexation of the Prawer/Gill…
Planning Commission Meeting - Tuesday, June 3, 2008
June 4, 2008 at 11:31 amJane McWilliams, LWV Observer
Commissioner Alice Thomas was absent
Tonight the commission took up the Chapter 4 of the comprehensive plan dedicated to land use. According to the draft, the purpose of the chapter is to “address how the future land use pattern will be shaped to be more efficient in…
Planning Commission Meeting - Tuesday, May 27, 2008
May 28, 2008 at 6:23 pmJane McWilliams, LWV Observer
All commissioners were present.
Although they had tackled what may be the most difficult decision of their terms on the planning commission, the seven members completed their work on the Greenvale Township landowners’ request to amend the land use map and to annex acreage and adjourned slightly…
Planning Commission Meeting - Tuesday, May 13, 2008
May 14, 2008 at 5:43 pm7:15 p.m., Jane McWilliams, Observer
Ross Currier and Joe Hargis were absent.
A major a part of the meeting was taken up with a discussion of the request to annex land in Greenvale Township and future land use map amendment for the purpose of creating a business park west of the…
Planning Commission Meeting - Tuesday, April 29, 2008
May 3, 2008 at 8:46 pmJane McWilliams, City Council LWV Observer
All commissioners were present except Tracy Davis.
The commission is considering a major change in the city’s land use map as well as the annexation of 530 acres west of the Northfield City Hospital for the purpose of creating a new business park. A proponent…
Joint Northfield Planning Commission/City Council Meeting 11/27/07
November 29, 2007 at 5:27 amJoint Northfield Planning Commission/City Council Meeting
November 27,2007
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Jane McWilliams, League Observer
Members of the Planning Commission, City Council, Economic Development Authority and others as well as Dan Olson, City Planner, Katy Gehler-Hess, City Engineer, Joel Walinski, Public Services Director, Brian O'connell, Community Development Director and Al Roder, City Administrator and…
Planning Commission Meeting, June 12, 2007
June 22, 2007 at 7:31 pmLWV Observer, Pat Kriesel
The Planning Commission discussed the Preliminary Plat and PUD, (Planned Unit Development,) for Fargaze Meadows #2, located in the far southeast part of Northfield. Four Fargaze residents spoke about family safety and nature's impact the faze 2 development will have to the neighborhood at the public…
Northfield Planning Commission, May 8, 2007
June 18, 2007 at 8:51 pmLWV Observer, Pat Kriesel
The Planning Commission discussed the Open Public Comprehensive Plan
Meeting to be held Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at the Armory. Brian O'Connell,Community Development Director, will begin the evening by explaining the April 3rd, 2007 Community Choices Workshop results including the following:
Treasures of Northfield results
Preferences…Northfield Planning Commission
August 2, 2006 at 2:38 pmTuesday, July 25, 2006
Submitted by Pat Kriesel, LWV Observer
The main thrust of the meeting was a continued discussion of Chapter 7 (Land Use) of the Comprehensive Plan.Before that began Bruce Anderson, RENew Northfield Executive Director, submitted non-motorized transportation recommendations for the City of Northfield to the commission. The…
Report from Northfield Planning Commission/ Zoning Board of Appeals
July 2, 2006 at 11:26 amNorthfield Zoning Board of Appeals
Tuesday, June 27, 2006--7:00 p.m.Submitted by Pat Kriesel, LWV Observer
Present: new Planning Commission member, Bill Gordon
Jim Herreid, Ron Griffith, chair Ross Currier, Justin WatkinsVariance at Allina Clinic, 1400 Jefferson Road, to exceed the maximum number of parking spaces for their expanded facility.…
Northfield Planning Commission-Tuesday, April 25, 2006
April 30, 2006 at 4:13 pmSubmitted by Pat Kriesel, LWV Observer
Public hearings were held for further development of Rosewood Estates located east of the Northfield Golf Club. The main issue was the Rosewood 5th Addition sharing the storm water retention pond on the golf course.
The original 8.8 acre site with 50 attached townhomes was…
