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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 8/3/2018 <br />Planning Commission Guide Page 12 <br /> D. Role in amending the comprehensive plan <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.355, subd. <br />3. After a city has adopted a comprehensive plan, all future amendments to the <br />plan must be referred to the planning commission for review and comment. <br />No plan amendment may be acted upon by the city council until it has <br />received the recommendation of the planning commission, or until 60 days <br />have elapsed from the date an amendment proposed by the city council has <br />been submitted to the planning commission for its recommendation. <br /> In submitting review and comment to council, the planning commission <br />serves in a strictly advisory role. The city council ultimately decides on the <br />acceptance, rejection or the revision of the plan, and is not bound by <br />planning commission recommendations. <br /> 1. Procedure for amending a comprehensive plan <br />See Section III-A-4 Adopting <br />the Comprehensive Plan. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.355, subd. <br />3. <br />In amending a comprehensive plan, cities must follow the same procedure <br />for adoption of a new plan. The planning commission must hold at least one <br />public hearing on the amendment preceded by published notice. <br />Minn. Stat. § 473.175. <br />Metropolitan Council. Cities in the seven-county metro area must submit all amendments to their <br />comprehensive plans to the Metropolitan Council for review. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.355, subd. <br />3. Unless otherwise provided by charter, all amendments to the comprehensive <br />plan must be approved by a two-thirds vote of all its members. <br /> E. Role in purchase and sale of real property <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.356, subd. <br />2. <br /> <br />Lerner v. City of <br />Minneapolis, 284 Minn. 46, <br />169 N.W.2d 380 (Minn. <br />1969). A.G. Op. 63-b-24 <br />(Dec. 9, 1971). A.G. Op. 161- <br />b, (Aug. 8, 1966). <br />See LMC information memo <br />Purchase and Sale of Real <br />Property. <br />After a comprehensive municipal plan or section of a plan has been <br />recommended by the planning commission and a copy filed with the city <br />council, the planning commission must be given a chance to review and <br />comment on all proposed public acquisitions or disposal of real property <br />within the city. This includes acquisitions or disposal by the city, but also: <br /> • Any special district or agency in the city. <br />• Any other political subdivision (public schools or the county for <br />example) having jurisdiction within the city. <br /> This provision would appear to apply even when the comprehensive plan <br />has not yet been adopted by council, so long as the planning commission has <br />filed its recommended plan with the city. <br /> After review, the planning commission must report in writing its findings to <br />compliance of the proposed acquisition or to disposal of real estate with the <br />comprehensive municipal plan.