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File #: DC-4728    Version: 1
Type: Consent Action Status: Passed
File created: 7/7/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 7/29/2025 Final action: 7/29/2025
Enactment date: 7/29/2025 Resolution #: 25-352
Title: Appointment To Planning Commission
Sponsors: County Board
DEPARTMENT: Office of the County Manager
FILE TYPE: Consent Action

TITLE
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Appointment To Planning Commission
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Appoint individual to vacant term on the Planning Commission. Two terms are vacant.

SUMMARY
The Planning Commission reviews plans and proposals and makes policy recommendations to the County Board in the following areas; transportation, transit, parks, trails and greenways, land conservation, water resources, and environmental management. The Planning Commission may review capital projects or be asked by the County Board to address emerging issues that impact the physical or natural infrastructure of Dakota County. In addition, the Planning Commission considers conditional use permits in the shoreland and floodplain areas of Dakota County.

Membership: 14 members; 2 individuals/district
Meetings: Monthly or as necessary
Location: Western Service Center, Apple Valley
Term: 1 year
Term Limit: None

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

District First Last Expiration Term|109| Dennis Peine 1/6/26 |9109| Jerry Rich 1/6/26 |9109| Amy Hunting 1/6/26 10|109| Lori Hansen 1/6/26 12|109| Jill Smith 1/6/26 13|109| VACANT 1/6/26 |9109| Paul Nasvik 1/6/26 |9109| Barry Graham 1/6/26 13|109| Abdinasir Ibrahim 1/6/26 |9109| VACANT 1/6/26 |9109| Stephen Shurts 1/6/26 |9109| James Guttmann 1/6/26 9|109| Anthony Nelson 1/6/26 18|109| Kelly Kausel 1/6/26 |910|
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends individual be appointed to vacant term. Any application(s) 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...

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