Minnesota Administrative Rules

9215.0860 PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING.

Subpart 1.

Request.

A person may request the commissioner to hold a public informational meeting on a plan or plan amendment. A person requesting a public informational meeting shall submit the following information as part of the request:

A.

a statement why a public informational meeting is necessary;

B.

the issues the commissioner should address at the public informational meeting; and

C.

a proposed time and place for the public informational meeting.

Subp. 2.

Decision to hold public informational meeting.

If the commissioner determines that a public informational meeting would help clarify and resolve issues regarding the plan or plan amendment, the commissioner shall hold a public informational meeting. The commissioner may decide to hold a public informational meeting without receiving a request from the public.

Subp. 3.

Location of meeting.

The commissioner must hold the public informational meeting in the geographical area of the county, district, or multicounty area included in the plan or plan amendment.

Subp. 4.

Notice of public informational meeting.

The commissioner shall prepare a notice of the public informational meeting. The notice must contain a reference to the public notice of the preliminary approval of the plan or plan amendment, including the dates of issuance of the public notice; the date, time, and location of the public informational meeting; a concise description of the manner in which the public informational meeting will be conducted; and the issues to be discussed.

Subp. 5.

Distribution of notice.

The commissioner shall publish the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the geographical area of the plan or plan amendment, and shall mail a copy of the notice to the county, district, or multicounty area and all other persons determined by the commissioner to have an interest in the plan or plan amendment.

Subp. 6.

Joint meeting.

If the commissioner determines that no person would be adversely affected by consolidating two or more plans or plan amendments into one public informational meeting, the commissioner may elect to do so.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115A.06; 115A.42; 115A.45; 115A.46; 116.07

History:

17 SR 1405; L 2005 1Sp1 art 2 s 161; 33 SR 1141

Published Electronically:

January 16, 2009