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RESOLUTION NO 2010-040 A RESOL UTIONA UTHORIZING ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.864 requires local governmental units to review and, if necessary, amend their entire comprehensive plans and their fiscal devices and official controls at least once every ten years to ensure comprehensive plans conform with metropolitan system plans and ensure fiscal devices and official controls do not conflict with comprehensive plans or permit activities that conflict with metropolitan system plans; and WHEREAS, the City Council, City Staff, and the Planning Commission have prepared a draft Comprehensive Plan intended to meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes and the Metropolitan Council guidelines; WHEREAS, the City conducted public hearings on April 13, 2009 and April 22, 2009 relative to the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Comprehensive Plan and those recommendations, public comments, and comments from neighboring jurisdictions and affected governing bodies; WHEREAS, the City Council granted the draft plan preliminary approval on May 19, 2009 and authorized staff to submit the plan to the Metropolitan Council for review; WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has reviewed and taken final action on the plan on March 24, 2010 and found that the plan, with minor changes, meets all Metropolitan Land Planning Act requirements, conforms to regional systems plans for transportation, water resources management, and parks, and is compatible with the plans of adjacent and affected jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, the City has made all requested changes to the plan in response to Metropolitan Council guidance;