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<br />~ <br />/],\~HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />December 5, 2007 <br /> <br />PC Agenda Item 4.B <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Planning Commission / /- <br /> <br />James Lehnhoff, City Plann~ <br /> <br /> <br />Planning Commission Terms and Term Limits <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />No action is required at this time. <br /> <br />Backl!round <br /> <br />Earlier this year, the City Council revised the portion of the City Code that deals with appointing <br />people to the various commissions and committees. The previous code set a one-year term for <br />Planning Commission members, and each year the entire Commission needed to be reappointed <br />by the City Council. In an effort to retain institutional knowledge amongst the commission and <br />committees but to still encourage the addition of new people over time, the Council adopted <br />longer terms for all committee and commission members but also set term limits. <br /> <br />The revised code now sets three-year terms for commission and committee members as opposed <br />to the previous one-year term. However, each member is now limited to no more than three <br />consecutive three-year terms. The revised code also requires the terms to be staggered so that <br />not everyone is up for reappointment in the same year. Therefore, starting in 2008, three <br />members will be in year one of their first term, three members will be in year two, and two <br />members will be in year three. A standard methodology of how each commission and committee <br />member is assigned to a year in their first term is currently be developed and will be ready for <br />the first meeting in 2008. All members will be considered to be in their first term. <br /> <br />As part of the revised Code, an alternate Planning Commissioner has been added that can fill in <br />when one of the regular members is unable to attend the meeting. The alternate member is a new <br />position that will be appointed by the City Council. <br /> <br />This memo is for your information and no action is required at this time. <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meetingfor December 5, 2007 <br /> <br />\\Metro-inet.uslardenhills\PlanninglPlanning CommissionWew-Old Business\20071120507 - PC Term limits.doc <br />Page 1 of! <br />