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• • • AGENDA ITEM V A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser P & Z MEETING DATE: September 10, 2008 TOPIC: PUBLIC HEARING -2030 Comprehensive Plan BACKGROUND Over the past two years, Lino Lakes has been working to prepare a plan for its future. The 2030 Comprehensive Plan is the result of all this work. The draft plan is the focus of the public hearing tonight. The public hearing is the next step in a long process toward the adoption of the City's plan. Process The 2030 Comprehensive Plan is the result of a process. It began with an extensive public survey in 2006. This was followed by the creation of a citizen visioning committee and its the 2030 Vision Plan, a document defining a vision for the future and key outcomes that must occur to attain the vision. The third part of the process is the Resource Management Plan, prepared by the Rice Creek Watershed District. This document addresses wetland management in the context of wetland functions and the effects of anticipated future land use. As the Watershed Distrcit was preparing its document, the City was preparing the new comprehensive plan. The Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel comprises members of the citizen visioning committee, the City's citizen advisory boards, and at -large members appointed by the City Council. Consultants from Bonestroo and city staff presented to the and discussed with the Panel a wide variety of information such as types of land use, potential growth, locational factors, and infrastructure needs. Over the course of 2007 -08, the Panel met 16 times and wrangled with difficult questions about the future of the community. Piece by piece, the new comprehensive plan came together. Periodically over the past year and a half, we held open houses to allow the community to learn first hand about the plan and to listen to what our citizens had to say about it. The three other elements of the process —the public survey, the Vision document, and the Resource Management System Plan provide a foundation for the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The new comprehensive plan will implement the city's long range vision and provide a guide for city officials for achieving the vision and preserving valuable natural resource areas. The Park Board and the Environmental Board held a joint meeting on August 27 to discuss the plan. The Economic Development Advisory Committee met the next morning. A week ago, on September 3, we held the third public open house. Based on discussions by the citizen boards and at the open house, we've assembled a list of small corrections and changes that should be made to the draft document. These changes may consist of a few words here and there or some small revisions to lines on maps. However, they are important in their meaning and long range implications, so staff believes they are worth pointing out to the Planning & Zoning Board and the public at this public hearing.