05-07 Concurrent CC, HRA, and PC Work Session
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Richfield, Minnesota
Special Concurrent City Council, Housing
and Redevelopment Authority and
Planning Commission Work Session
May 7, 2019
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Regan Gonzalez at 4:08 p.m. in the Bartholomew
Room.
Council Members Maria Regan Gonzalez, Mayor; Edwina Garcia; Mary Supple; Simon
Present: Trautmann; and Ben Whalen.
HRA Members Mary Supple, Chair; Maria Regan Gonzalez; Sue Sandahl; and
Present: Erin Vrieze Daniels.
HRA Members Pat Elliott.
Absent:
Planning Commission Kathryn Quam; James Rudolph; Susan Rosenberg; Peter Lavin; and Sean
Members Present: Hayford Oleary.
Planning Commission Allysen Hoberg, Chair; Bryan Pynn.
Members Absent:
Staff Present: Katie Rodriguez, City Manager; John Stark, Community Development
Director; and Melissa Poehlman, Assistant Community Development Director.
Item #1 CITIZEN PLANNER TRAINING
Community Development staff hosted a “Your Role as a Citizen Planner” workshop, facilitated
by Erin Perdu of WSB & Associates. The workshop highlighted the ways in which the roles of
elected/appointed officials vary in land use decisions based on the particular charge of the board or
committee to which they are elected/appointed. The workshop provided an opportunity to discuss the
areas in which policy makers have a significant amount of discretion and those in which they play a
largely regulatory role of applying existing rules. Participants discussed hypothetical applications, the
importance of waiting until all information has been provided before making a decision on a particular
application, making sound legal findings, and communicating with constituents.
ADJOURNMENT
The work session was adjourned by unanimous consent at 7:41 p.m.
Special Concurrent Council,HRA,and Planning
Commission Work Session Minutes -2- May 7,2019
Date Approved: May 28, 2019
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