HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2008-045RESOLUTION NO 2008-045
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, Minnesota Statutes sections 473.858 and 473.864 require local governmental units to
complete their "decennial" reviews by December 31, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.864 authorizes the Metropolitan Council to grant
extensions to local governmental units to allow local governmental units additional time within which to
complete the "decennial" review and amendments: and
WHEREAS, any extensions granted by the Metropolitan Council must include a timetable and plan
for completing the review and amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City will not be able to complete its "decennial" review by December 31, 2008, for
the following reasons:
1) One of the primary reasons for the delay in these elements was the time and thought that went
into creating the current 2030 comprehensive plan and getting Metropolitan Council approva of it.
This plan encompasses most of the required information for this update, as well as the work that
is going into implementing the first phase of sewered development. In addition, the city, under the
leadership of the planning commission, brought the two areas in the city planned for future
sewered growth into conformance with the zoning code through holding districts.
2) The comprehensive required the city to proceed with sewered development with the Village as
the highest priority for this work according to both the MOU requirements and the 2030
Comprehensive Plan. This effort requires land use planning, environmental, financial and
engineering studies to gather information that will allow the city to make the associated decisions
to accomplish these required goals. This work has been a priority since the adoption of the 2030
plan in 2006
3) A major environmental review process (AUAR) involving the Village is underway at this time. The
outcome of this analysis will provide important information related to water, surface water and
transportation needs for the city to incorporate into its future plan elements.
4) The city undertook a water plan in 2005, but put the plan on hold until the outcome of the PPC
contamination work on health based values that was done by the Minnesota Department of
Health and released in the spring of 2008. The city is now working on the water plan.
5) The city was functioning without a planning director from December, 2006 through December,
2007. Once hired, the new planning director requires getting acquainted with the community and
land use actions and history,
6) It was important to determine the true status of the city's financial resources before proceeding
with major studies in surface water and transportation without confidence that the city had the
resources to pay for this work since fund balances at year end were in the negative for these
funds. Between January 2008 and June 2008 upon the advice of the city auditor, the city worked
with a financial consultant to bring the city's financial records into conformance with best practices
in local government.
7) The city is committed to an open public process including opportunities for public input throughout
these studies. This requires coordinating the activities so that there is time for input on all of the
systems in a meaningful way.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is appropriate to request from the Metropolitan Council an
extension so the City can have additional time to complete and submit to the Metropolitan Council for
review an updated comprehensive plan and amend its fiscal devices and official controls.
RESOLVED NOW, THERFORE, BE IT BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LAKE ELMO,
MINNESOTA, FOLLOWS:
The Planning Director is directed to submit to the Metropolitan Council no later than
November 1, 2008, an application requesting an extension to December 2010.
2. The Planning Director must include with the request a reasonably detailed timetable and plan
for completing: (a) the review and amendment by December 2010 and (b) the review and
amends nt-o€tle City's fiscal devices and official controls.
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Mayor Dean Johnston' Susan Hoyt, City Administrator
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