SPECIAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT: Retail Development Discussion

Here are the details:

MONDAY FEBRUARY 8th

City Council Chambers

5:00pm start time

Here is the reason:

It has become apparent to me that there is a desire and need in the community to discuss how the City handles certain types of retail development in our city. I have received this message through the nearly 1,000 people who have signed onto a particular petition as well as the roughly 50 people that have personally contacted me with their feelings about said development.

In response, I have called a Special Meeting of the City Council to discuss how the Council would like to deal with business development in Grand Marais that will include at least the following items:

1. Public Forum for community members to offer comments concerning their feelings. 

*Let it be known that the Council will likely not respond to questions posed during this forum for need of consideration of the answers to these questions. The Council will do its best to address the questions upon drafting a plan to address the current sentiment of the community.

*As much time as necessary to hear the comments from the community will be allotted for this section of the meeting.

*Also, at the City Council meeting on Wednesday, February 10th, the Public Forum will be limited to 15 minutes of discussion on any and all issues, so if there are comments to be made during that meeting, please keep them concise or appoint a spokesperson to handle that discussion.

2. Council Discussion on Retail Development in Grand Marais.

*This section of the meeting will be for the Council to discuss among themselves the considerations brought forward by the community and the logistics that we are bound by as a Statutory City. Public comment is not appropriate at this time. Please be sure to make your public comments during the Forum.

**To be clear: This is a Special Meeting, which means that it has to be advertised 72 hours in advance, which is why Monday is the date selected. It is the soonest possible date for this meeting.

As a Special Meeting, the agenda will be set and there will not be any items added to the agenda at the meeting. To do so would be unlawful.

No action will likely be taken on any issues at the Special Meeting, but a plan will be drafted to address the issues deemed necessary by the City Council at the Wednesday, February 10th meeting.

As always, please let me know if you have any comments. If you have a comment that you would like to be considered, please come to the meeting.