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File #: DC-4119    Version: 1
Type: Consent Action Status: Passed
File created: 12/20/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 2/4/2025 Final action: 2/4/2025
Enactment date: 2/4/2025 Resolution #: 25-071
Title: Appointment To Zoning Board Of Adjustment
Sponsors: Office Of The County Manager

DEPARTMENT: Office of the County Manager

FILE TYPE: Consent Action

 

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Appointment To Zoning Board Of Adjustment

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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED

Appoint individual to At Large (Planning) term.

 

SUMMARY

The Zoning Board of Adjustment evaluates and makes decisions on variance requests and appeals pertaining to the shoreland and floodplain management regulations in township areas; its decisions are the final administrative decision by the County.

 

                     Membership:                     3 members and 1 alternate; all members are At-large

                     Meetings:                     Meets only as necessary.

                     Location:                     Western Service Center, Apple Valley

                     Term Limit:                     None

 

There is one vacant term. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 394.27, subd. 2, at least one member of this Board must be from the unincorporated area of the County.

 

One of the members must be a member of the Dakota County Planning Commission. Past practice has been to appoint the Planning Commission Chair to serve as the Planning Commission representative on the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The County Attorney’s Office recommends the Planning Commission member be appointed by name.

 

The Planning Commission met on January 23, 2025, and appointed a Chair. The Planning Commission forwards the name of the 2025 Chair to the County Board for appointment.

 

The 2025 membership, appointed by the County Board, is as follows:

 

District                                          First                                          Last                                          Expiration                     Term

At Large (Planning)                     VACANT                                                               12/31/25                      0

At Large                                          Patrick                     Ramel                                          12/31/25                      7

At Large                                          Robert                     Piro                                          12/31/25                      2

Alternate                                          Robert                     Schuneman                     12/31/25                      2

 

RECOMMENDATION

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Staff recommends individuals be appointed/reappointed to any expiring or vacant terms. Any application(s) or interest for reappointment were distributed to the Board for review. Appointments to vacant terms can be filled at any time throughout the year.

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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS

  None              Current budget              Other        

  Amendment Requested                           New FTE(s) requested

 

RESOLUTION

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BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby appoints the following individual to the Zoning Board of Adjustment with a term ending December 31, 2025:

 

At Large (Planning), James Guttmann

 

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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION

None.

 

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment: Application(s) (distributed to Board only)

 

BOARD GOALS

   A Great Place to Live                                          A Healthy Environment     

   A Successful Place for Business and Jobs         Excellence in Public Service

 

CONTACT

Department Head: Heidi Welsch

Author: Jeni Reynolds