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)O-N <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />The Minnesota legislature has given municipalities the <br />authority to plan for many years. Currently that legislation <br />is found in section 462.353 of the state statutes. There <br />plan preparation, adoption, and amendment are all discussed. <br />In the early - 1970's the legislature recognized that the <br />size and extent of the Minneapolis - St. Paul Urban area was <br />so great that special planning requirements were needed as a <br />result, the Metropolitan Council was created. This <br />legislation is found in sections 473.123 of the statutes. <br />Lino Lakes first comprehensive plan was started in 1973. <br />Titled Development Policies and Comprehensive Guide Plan, the <br />document was reviewed by the Metropolitan Council and found <br />to be consistent with that agency's region -wide plan on <br />January 24, 1974. <br />One of the responsibilities assigned to the Metropolitan <br />Council is to review Municipal plans. Section 473.175 of the <br />statutes requires the council to prepare a metropolitan <br />development guide providing policies and goals for the <br />development of infrastructure items. Local plans are to be <br />consistent with the development guide and sections 473.175 <br />and 473.858 give the Metropolitan Council authority to review <br />local plans for that consistency. <br />In simple, easy -to -understand terms these legal requirements <br />mean that Lino Lakes is not an island into itself. It is <br />part of a larger metropolitan region and as a result certain <br />goals established for that larger area must be part of the <br />local plan. This is especially true for infrastructure items <br />including sanitary sewer, water drainage and retention <br />devices, and roads. <br />This 1990 comprehensive plan amendment attempts to meet the <br />requirements of state law, to incorporate the plans and <br />policies of regional operating agencies into the city's plan, <br />and to provide locally determined goals and policies for the <br />city's decision -makers in resolving land planning issues. <br />Process <br />This comprehensive plan amendment is not the result of an <br />orderly, structured attempt to revise the city's 1987 plan. <br />There was no subcommittee, there wasn't a cadre of planning <br />and engineering professionals, and there wasn't a determined <br />effort to produce a comprehensive plan revision. This plan <br />amendment is the result of changed circumstances and the <br />city's reaction to them over the last four years. <br />Page 1 <br />