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• 2. City Council preliminary plan approval and submittal to Metropolitan Council for review. 3. City Council final plan approval. • The next step in the process is for the council to authorize distribution of the plan for review by adjacent jurisdictions. All adjacent jurisdictions including cities (9), counties (3), townships (1), watershed districts (2), school districts (3) are allowed up to six months to complete their review of the plan. The City cannot submit the plan to Metropolitan Council for their review until 1) comments have been received from all jurisdictions; or 2) the six months have elapsed. Following completion of the adjacent jurisdiction review any comments received will be reviewed and, if necessary, recommended changes will be incorporated into the plan. The plan will then be sent back to the Planning & Zoning Board for their recommendation. The City Council would then take action to consider preliminary plan approval and submit the plan to Metropolitan Council for their review. After receipt of the plan the Metropolitan Council will begin its review process. The Metropolitan Council has three months to review the plan if it is deemed complete. They can also extend the review period if mutually agreed to by the city. If the plan conforms to the regional systems policy plans, the Metropolitan Council will direct that the City may put its comprehensive plan into effect. If the plan does not conform or otherwise is not in order, per the law and policies, the Metropolitan Council will send the City a resolution, with its decision to require modifications to assure conformance with the metropolitan system plans. After Metropolitan Council review the City will then need to take action to formally adopt the comprehensive plan. Any changes required by Metropolitan Council will need to be incorporated into the plan prior to adoption by the City. REVIEW At this time it is not possible for the City to complete the mandatory 6 -month adjacent jurisdiction review and meet the December 31, 2008 submittal deadline. Therefore an extension request is necessary. However, in order to meet the extended deadline, the City will need to authorize distribution of the plan to adjacent jurisdictions as soon as possible. The proposed schedule is as follows: 1. November 10, 2008 City Council authorizes distribution to adjacent jurisdictions for review. Following authorization plans sets will be distributed to adjacent jurisdictions by Friday, November 14, 2008. 2. May 14, 2009, mandatory 6 -month adjacent jurisdiction review period terminates. 3. May 20, 2009, Planning & Zoning Board meeting to review comments and recommend preliminary plan approval.