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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 8/3/2018 <br />Planning Commission Guide Page 13 <br /> The purpose of this requirement is to allow review of overall municipal <br />development by the city planning commission, the authority charged with <br />developing and reviewing the comprehensive land use plan for the <br />municipality. <br /> The planning commission has 45 days to report on the proposal, unless the <br />city council designates a shorter or longer period for review. If the planning <br />commission does not report within the required timeline, this statutory <br />provision is considered waived by the commission. <br /> In addition, a city council may by resolution adopted by two-thirds vote <br />dispense with this requirement when in its judgment it finds that the <br />proposed acquisition or disposal of real property has no relationship to the <br />comprehensive municipal plan. <br /> <br />Lerner v. City of <br />Minneapolis, 284 Minn. 46, <br />169 N.W.2d 380 (Minn. <br />1969). A.G. Op. 161-b (Aug. <br />8, 1966). <br />In submitting comments and review, the planning commission serves in a <br />strictly advisory role. The city council ultimately decides on the purchase or <br />disposal of real estate and is not bound by planning commission <br />recommendations. <br /> F. Role in capital improvements program <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.356, subd <br />2. 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 capital improvements within the city. This <br />includes not only capital improvements built by the city, but also by: <br /> • Any special district or agency in the city. <br />• Any other political subdivision having jurisdiction within the city. <br /> The planning commission must report in writing to the city council, other <br />special district or agency, or political subdivision concerned, its findings to <br />compliance of the proposed capital improvement with the comprehensive <br />municipal plan. <br />Minn. Stat. § 475.521, subd. <br />1 (b). <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. § 373.40, subd. <br />1(b). <br />The term capital improvement is not defined within the comprehensive <br />planning statute. Other laws governing issuing municipal bonds define <br />“capital improvement” in part as acquisition or betterment of public lands, <br />buildings or other improvements for a city hall, town hall, library, public <br />safety facility, and public works facility. An improvement must have an <br />expected useful life of five years or more to qualify. Capital improvement <br />does not include light rail transit or any activity related to it, or a park, road, <br />bridge, administrative building other than a city or town hall, or land for any <br />of those facilities. For purposes of this section, “capital improvement” may <br />include expenditures involving those for which bonds were or are issued.