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Subdivision 2. Governing Board. The EDA shall be governed by a Board of five (5) Commissioners who shall be Members of the City Council. Section 220.03. Planning Commission. Subdivision 1. Composition. At the first Council Meeting of the calendar year, the Mayor shall appoint a Planning Commission consisting of seven (7) members and one (1) alternative member subject to approval by a majority vote of the entire Council. Subdivision 2. Powers and Duties. The Planning Commission shall fulfill the function of the City's Planning Agency and its Board of Adjustments and Appeals. It shall exercise the duties conferred on it by the City Council and shall have the powers prescribed for such agency and Board pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §462.351 through §462.364, as may be amended from time to time, including but not limited to the following: A. The Planning Commission shall prepare the City's Comprehensive Municipal Plan, periodically review the Comprehensive Municipal Plan, and make recommendations to the City Council regarding the adoption or amendment of the Comprehensive Plan. B. The Planning Commission shall review the proposed acquisitions and disposal of real property and proposed public improvements to real property and shall advise the City Council in writing whether such acquisitions, disposals, or improvements are in compliance with the City's Comprehensive Municipal Plan. Failure of the Planning Commission to report on the proposal within forty-five (45) days after referral by the City Council or within such other reasonable period as may be designated by the City Council shall be deemed to have satisfied this review requirement. The City Council may, by resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of four (4) Council Members, dispense with this review requirement if in its judgment the City Council determines that such proposal has no relationship to the City's Comprehensive Municipal Plan. C. The Planning Commission shall hear appeals and make recommendations to the City Council where it is alleged that there is an error in any order, requirement, decision or determination made by an Administrative Officer in the enforcement of the City's official controls. D. The Planning Commission shall hear requests for variances and make recommendations to the City Council. Subdivision 3. Rules of Procedure. The Planning Commission shall prescribe its own rules of procedure to the extent permissible under statute and to the extent that such rules are consistent with the City's Code. 3