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.3.4 All meetings. of the city's boards, commissions and committees..shall be open to the public. 3.5 All members of commissions, boards, and committees shall serve without compensation. However, approved expenses of these bodies shall be paid from available city funds. Section 4. Planning Commission. 4.1 The .City Council establishes for the city a Planning. Commission as :an advisory board to the city.council, as provided in. Minnesota Statute § 462.354: 4.2 The planning commission shall have at least 3 members appointed by the city council. Alternate members may also be appointed who will take the place of regular members who cannot make a specified meeting. The members shall be residents of the city and may not hold an elected city public office. When possible, the council shall select commission members to represent various areas of the city and to help meet the needs of residents. 4.3 The appointments of members to the planning commission shaII. be for three-year terms. Upon initial appointment, the council shall appoint one member to a one-year term, two members to a two-year term, and two members to, a three-year term. Later appointments to fill vacancies shall be to finish the unexpired part of the vacated term. All terms shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the appointment ends. 44 The.planning commission shall have the duty to: (1) Prepare and recommend a comprehensive plan of development for the city. (2) Conduct hearings and make recommendations to the city council about the adoption of the city comprehensive plan and any amendments thereto. (3.) Study: and make recommendations to the city council about implementing the comprehensive plan and any land Ilse regulations. (4). Study and make recommendations to the.city council about zoning code amendments. (5) Review and make recommendations to the city council on development. applications, such as: re -zonings, conditional use permits, variances, vacations, preliminary plats and home occupation licenses. (6) Accept such other and.further duties as. may, from time to time, be directed by the city council, including conducting hearings: 4.5 The City Council hereby adopts and ratifies all previous actions of the citizen committees who have served as the City's planning commissions prior to the adoption of this. Ordinance.