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RESOLUTION 2020-5-xxx <br /> <br />CITY OF LITTLE CANADA <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE <br />FINAL DRAFT OF THE LITTLE CANADA 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.864 requires each local governmental unit <br />to review and, if necessary, amend its entire comprehensive plan and its fiscal devices and official <br />controls at least once every ten years to ensure its comprehensive plan conforms to metropolitan <br />system plans and ensure its fiscal devices and official controls do not conflict with the <br />comprehensive plan or permit activities that conflict with metropolitan system plans; and <br /> WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes sections 473.858 and 473.864 require local governmental <br />units to complete their “decennial” reviews by December 31, 2018; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council, Planning Commission, and the City Staff have prepared a <br />proposed Comprehensive Plan intended to meet the requirements of the Metropolitan Land <br />Planning Act and Metropolitan Council guidelines and procedures; and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.858, the proposed <br />Comprehensive Plan was submitted to adjacent governmental units and affected special districts <br />and school districts for review and comment on January 23, 2020, and the statutory six-month <br />review and comment period has elapsed; and <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has considered the proposed Comprehensive <br />Plan and all public comments, and thereafter submitted its recommendations to this Council; and <br />WHEREAS, the City conducted a public hearing on May 27, 2020 relative to the <br />adoption of the proposed Comprehensive Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the proposed Comprehensive Plan and those <br />recommendations, public comments, and comments from adjacent jurisdictions and affected <br />districts; and <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.858 requires a local governmental unit to <br />submit its proposed Comprehensive Plan to the Metropolitan Council following recommendation <br />by the Planning Commission and after consideration but before final approval by the governing <br />body of the local governmental unit. <br />WHEREAS, based on its review of the proposed Comprehensive Plan and Planning <br />Commission and staff recommendations, the City Council is ready to submit its proposed plan to <br />the Metropolitan Council for review pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.864; and <br />