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MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY
PLANNING COMMISSION
August 10, 1992
A ..regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City
Hall, Council Chamber, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. The
meeting was called to order by Chair McAleese at 7:10 PM.
Those present were Commissioners Groger, Johnson, Kapsner, Lewis, McAleese,
Pentel and Prazak. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and
Development; Beth Knoblauch, City Planner; Council Member Russell; Met Council
Member Polly Bowles and Met Council Staff Person, Barb Senness.
I. Approval of Minutes - July 27, 1992
MOVED by Lewis, seconded by Prazak, and motion carried unanimously to approve
the July. 27, 1992 minutes as submitted.
II, Metro 2015 - Vision and Goals
Metro District 11 Representative Polly Bowles gave a presentation on the long
range planning effort currently being undertaken by the Met, Cou-Heil. After
explaining that 1 ong range planning i s a mai n focus for the Met Counci 1, Ms.
Bowles presented some background data. on- growth trends in general, and infor-
mation on the Met Council.
The -Metro 2015 project is currently winding up its goal-setting process. Six
key goals areas have been selected. They include the economy, government, tran-
sit, telecommunications, education, and quality of life. Ms. Bowles summarized
the basic issues and emphasis of each goal area. The next stage of the Metro
2015 project will be to develop more specific strategies for achieving :various
goals, as well as establishing methods for measuring progress.
Following the presentation by Ms. Bowles, the Planning Commissioners had a
number of questions. Main areas of concern included day care, housing, tax
policy, and establishing regional mandates on politically sensitive issues. At
the end of the question and answer period, Ms. Bowles announced that the Met
Council will hold a hearing on the goal areas that have been selected.
Additional input regarding any of the goal areas is welcome up to arrd including
the day of the hearing, September 2nd.
III. Reports
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There. being no planning commission items scheduled for the City Council meeting
on August 4th, Commissioner Groger had been excused from attending. However,
Council Member Russell gave a summary of Council discussion and action regarding
the King's Valley road system and City pond maintenance. There were no other
meetings on which to report.
IV. Other Business
No other business was presented.
V. Adjournment
Chair McAleese adjourned the meeting at 8:20 PM.
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