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Draft 2030 Comprehensive Plan P & Z Board April 8, 2009 page 2. Staff Review Revisions Staff has found a number of needed clarifications or corrections to the text of the November draft document, based on other revisions and discussions that have occurred. The attached memo of March 23, 2009 from Michael Grochala to Bonestroo lists these (Attachment B). Staff is recommending these changes be approved also. Most are minor. However, the statement about flexibility on the actual boundaries of the land use categories is important (# 8 on the memo). At the September public hearing, the Rice Creek Snowmobile Trail Association asked for recognition of the trails they manage. A statement will be added to the parks and trails plan in chapter two and the transportation plan in chapter six. Revisions to Goals, Policies, Land Use Categories, and Staging Discussions by the City Council, including the January meeting with the Advisory Panel, resulted in several important revisions since the November draft document. 1. The Growth Management Policy was revised as follows: • To more closely monitor and manage growth, the 10 -year staging areas were further divided into 5 -year phases. Stage 1 (2008 -2020) is divided into 1A 2008 -2015 and 1B 2015 -2020 Stage 2 (2020 -2030 is divided into 2A 2020 -2025 and 2B 2025 -2030 These are shown on the revised Utility Staging Map (Attachment C). • Provide for an intensive Comp Plan review every five years in addition to the biannual review already in the draft policy. This will mean a review in the third year, an intense review in year five, then less intense reviews in years seven and nine, followed by the next ten -year major update. 2. Several existing, unsewered neighborhoods were removed from the staging areas. That is, the City will not plan on providing utility service to those neighborhoods until after year 2030. They have been designated Stage 3, Post -2030, on the Utility Staging Map. This also removes them from the Low Density Residential category and into the Urban Reserve category on the 2030 Future Land Use Map (Attachment D).