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(b) The plan modifications required. of the City represent, in some cases, significant changes from historical land use patterns and planning practices within the City. (c) Making significant changes to historical land use patters and long-standing planning practices sometimes can be politically difficult and time-consuming. (d) Following the November 2004 city elections, three new members were elected to the Lake Elmo City Council and a new mayor was elected. 2. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.869, the Metropolitan Council finds that it is appropriate to grant the City's request for an extension of the time within which the City must adopt a plan update in accordance with the Metropolitan Laird Planning Act and the Minnesota Supreme Court's decision, and consistent with the January 27, 2005 Memorandum of Understanding. Subject to the conditions set forth below, the City's request for an extension is granted as follows: (a) The City must complete its plan update as soon as possible and must submit the proposed plan update to adjacent governmental units and affected school districts no later than August 31, 2005; and (b) The City must submit a plan update with required modifications to the Metropolitan Council for review no'latuT than September 30, 2005. (c) Within thirty (30) days after the Metropolitan Council takes action on the City's plan update the City must finally adopt its plan update with modifications (if any) required by the Metropolitan Council to ensure the plan update is consistent with the Memorandum of Understanding, the requirements and conditions of this time extension, and metropolitan system plans. 3. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.869, the following reasonable requirements and conditions are attached to the extension: (a) The City's plan update will not be "complete" for Metropolitan Council review purposes until all adjacent governmental units and affected school districts have either provided comments to the City or failed to provide any responses or comments to the City within sixty (60) days after the City submitted the plan to the adjacent governmental unit or affected school district. (b) The City's plan update must be consistent with the January 27, 2005 Memorandum of Understanding for those items addressed in the Memorandum of Understanding. For those matters that are not expressly addressed in the Memorandum of Understanding, the plan update must be consistent with the Metropolitan Land Planning Act and metropolitan system plans. The Metropolitan Council did not waive any regional land use policies in its regional policy documents or metropolitan system plans regarding land use planning, and the City must comply with and prepare a plan update consistent with the metropolitan system plans. (c) Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.865, subdivision 3, within nine (9) months after the adoption of its modified plan update the City must amend all