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Comprehensive Plan MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA January 24, 1979 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a special meeting of the Council of the City of Little Canada, Minnesota was held on the 24th day of January, 1979, in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. The Mayor, Mr. Raymond Hanson, chaired and called the meeting to order at 7:38 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Councilman Councilman Councilman Councilwoman ALSO PRESENT: City Clerk Recording Secretary Mr. Raymond Hanson Mr. Robert DeBace Mr. Michael Fahey Mr. Roy Nadeau, Jr. Mrs. Beverly Scalze Mr. Joseph Chlebeck Mrs. Kathleen Glanzer Mayor Hanson informed those present that Mr. David Licht, President of Midwest Planning and Research would give a step by step presentation of the City's Comprehensive Plan which his organization has developed. Mr. Licht reported that due to the mandatory land planning act requirements, about a year and half ago it became necessary for the City of Little Canada to develop a Comprehensive Plan. The City then hired Midwest Planning and Research to develop this plan. Midwest Planning and Research began by a tactical study of the City. They interviewed various City residents including Councilpeople, and members of the Concerned Citizens Group. Midwest Planning then did a planning inventory of the City which included studying the social, economic and physical aspects of Little Canada. Their third step was to draft a Comprehensive Plan which was first drafted in May of 1978. The next step involved holding public hearings in order to get citizen input for the City's Comprehensive Plan. Based upon the input received at these public hearings, the Comprehensive Plan was revised. The Comprehensive Plan was then reviewed by the Planning Commission. On October 19, 1978 the Planning Commission held a special meeting at which time they voted on the Comprehensive Plan and made recommendations to the City Council on the various recommendations made by Midwest Planning and Research in the Comprehensive Plan. The next step is to refer Little Canada's Comprehensive Plan to local adjoining City governments, but before this is done, Midwest Planning would like the City Council's recommendations on the Comprehensive Plan. After Council's endorsement of the Plan, Midwest Planning will begin looking at the City's various zoning ordinances.