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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 5, 2004 APPROVED 1 Mayor Bergeson suggested the Council have a meeting with the Ramsey City Council to 2 get their feedback on the process. 3 4 Council directed staff to schedule a meeting with the Ramsey City Council. Staff 5 indicated they would request an action plan from the developer. 6 7 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, MICHAEL GROCHALA 8 9 Community Development Director Grochala advised at the April 22, 2004 City Council 10 work session staff suggested setting a date for a joint City Council/Planning & Zoning 11 Board meeting to review the status of the City's 2001 Comprehensive Plan. Staff has 12 previously indicated to the Council that there are elements of the existing plan that need 13 to be reexamined. Specifically, staff is concerned over conflicts between the plan 14 elements such as land use, sanitary sewer, transportation, etc. as well as conflicting goal 15 and policy statements and consequences created by the growth management ordinance. 16 17 Community Development Director Grochala stated to address these issues staff is 18 recommending a process that involves a review of the existing plan elements as well as 19 the Goals & Policies set forth in the plan and the Growth Management Ordinance. It is 20 staff's intent to provide a written summary of the plan purpose, plan elements, policy 21 implications, and identified conflicts for presentation to the City Council and Planning & 22 Zoning Board. This review would provide the basis for discussions on the plan to 23 determine what, if any, revisions to the plan should be examined further. If it is 24 determined that the City should examine possible revisions to the plan a separate 25 participatory process would be developed. 26 27 Staff is requesting Council direction on how to proceed, as well as a timeline for 28 completion of the review. Staff can complete the review documents by the first week in 29 June. Staff is recommending that a special work session be held to allow the appropriate 30 time for the presentation and discussion. Staff would prefer to present the information at 31 a joint meeting with the Planning & Zoning Board and City Council. However, staff 32 could review the information with the Planning & Zoning Board first and forward 33 comments and/or recommendations to the City Council in late June or early July. 34 35 Councilmember Reinert suggested staff work through the Planning & Zoning Board to 36 obtain their input before bringing it to the Council. 37 38 Councilmember Carlson distributed and read an article from the Lino Lakes News 39 regarding the Comprehensive Plan and how the City's future is dictated by the desires of 40 the Lino Lakes residents. She stated the City needs to go to the citizens first. If the City 41 does not go to the citizens first she would feel as though she is betraying their trust. 42 43 Councilmember Reinert stated he believes the issues need to be identified first. Then the 44 Council can determine what should be done, if anything. The public would be included if 45 the Comprehensive Plan is amended. 46