2024.09.16 Planning Commission AgendaPLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA
Monday, September 16, 2024
7:00 PM
Otsego Prairie Center
Members of the public are invited to attend in person at the Otsego Prairie Center (8899 Nashua Avenue
NE) or may view the meeting on the internet via Zoom.com using the links or dial-in number below.
Persons wishing to provide comments or ask questions for public hearing items must be physically present
at the Otsego Prairie Center or submit written comments in advance of the Planning Commission meeting.
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Call to Order:
Roll Call:
1.Announcements:
2.Consider the following Minutes:
2.1 Planning Commission August 19, 2024
3.Public Hearing Item:
3.1 City of Otsego; Zoning Map Amendment, Conditional Use Permit, Preliminary Plat/Final Plat,
Vacation of Existing Drainage and Utility easements
4.Updates:
4.1 Updates on City Council actions
4.2 Updates on future Planning Commission Items
NOTES:
Public Hearings: The City of Otsego expects respectful participation. Speakers are to be courteous in their language and deportment, and to
confine their remarks to those facts that are germane and relevant to the question or matter under discussion. Please remember that this is a
public business meeting, available for viewing on the internet by members of the public, including children. Consistent with FCC rules, obscenity,
and profane or indecent language will not be tolerated by the Chair. Anyone wishing to address the Commission should raise their hand. Please
make your comments from the podium and identify yourself by your first and last name and your address for the record. Please limit your
comments to three minutes.
Information: The Planning Commission has been provided background information for agenda items in advance by City staff. Decisions are based
on this information, as well as the Comprehensive Plan, City Code, City policy and practices, input from the public and a Commissioner's personal
judgment.
City Council: There may be a quorum of the City Council in attendance at this meeting only for the purpose of observation and to receive
information.
Mobile Devices: Please silence all cell phones and mobile devices.
CITY OF OTSEGO
PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE
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To increase public understanding of the procedure being followed in
public hearings, the following specific steps will be used in every
hearing:
1.The Chair is to announce the application.
2.City staff will present the Planning Report.
3.The applicant is given opportunity to describe their request and make
additional statements.
4.The Chair will open the public hearing and invite comments and
questions.
â–ªComments and questions are to be directed to the Chair.
â–ªPlease limit individual comments or questions to 3 minutes or less.
5.The Chair will ask for any additional public comments, and hearing
none, will close the public hearing.
6.The applicant and/or City staff may respond to questions or comments
from the public hearing.
7.The Planning Commission will discuss the application and ask
questions of the applicant or City staff.
8.The Chair will call for a motion for a recommendation to the City
Council.
The City Council and Planning Commission want to assure that citizen comments
regarding applications before the City are received at the proper time and place to be
most effective. In order for some comments to be legally considered by the City Council
and Planning Commission, they must be presented at a properly noticed public hearing.
In conducting the public hearing and establishing a legal record of proceedings for the
hearing, after the Planning Commission Chair has closed the public hearing people
wishing to provide additional comments may be advised by the Planning Commission
Chair and/or City staff that comments are no longer able to be heard.