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• AGENDA ITEM 6 A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser C. C. MEETING DATE: May 11, 2009 TOPIC: Resolution No. 09 -23: Preliminary Approval of 2030 Comprehensive Plan for Submittal to Metropolitan Council BACKGROUND The draft 2030 Comprehensive Plan was presented to the council for preliminary approval on April 27th, 2009. Following the staff presentation, public comment and council discussion, action on the item was tabled until the May 11, 2009 regular council meeting. Under state law, every city within the Seven County Metropolitan Area must update its comprehensive plan every ten years and submit it to the Metropolitan Council. This ensures that city plans do not conflict with metropolitan system plans. The process began in Lino Lakes with the Quality of Life survey of residents in 2005. The • results of the survey guided the Citizen Visioning Committee in preparing the 2030 Vision Plan, completed in 2007. Staff and our consultants then worked with a citizen group called the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel. Using the Vision Plan as the foundation for the work, the Panel met monthly or more through 2007 and early 2008 to prepare the draft Comprehensive Plan. We have held three open houses, inviting the general public to ask questions and learn about the plan process. We learned much from the citizens at these events, as well. The Planning & Zoning Board held the first public hearing on September 9, 2008 to consider the draft Comprehensive Plan. The Board recommended approval with some minor revisions. On November 10, the City Council approved Resolution 08 -131, approving the distribution of the draft plan to adjacent jurisdictions for review and comment. Since then, the City Council met with the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel in January and has been discussing the plan. The City Council decided that the P & Z Board should hold a second public hearing to provide for public discussion of comments received and revisions made since September. The P & Z again recommended approval. The next step will be preliminary approval by the City Council to submit the plan for Metropolitan Council review. The deadline was December 31, but Lino Lakes received an extension. We must submit it to the Metropolitan Council by May 29. City staff will work with Met Council staff on any issues that arise during the review. Ultimately, the plan will be approved by the Met Council and the City Council will adopt it. •