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INTRODUCTION <br /> 111/1 The basic intent of the Comprehensive Community Plan is to provide <br /> a coordinated decision-making framework to guide development and <br /> change within the community. The result of the plan, properly <br /> constituted and carried out, is a more desirable and functional <br /> environment in which to live and work; it is a community with <br /> better housing, better traffic circulation and in general, a <br /> more desirable and efficient use of both public and private land. <br /> The City of Mounds View undertook its first comprehensive planning <br /> effort in 1959. Since that time significant changes have occurred <br /> within the entire Metropolitan Area. The Planning Commission there- <br /> fore has undertaken the task of preparing an update of the original <br /> Comprehensive Plan. This update involved a complete rexamination <br /> of all areas that affect future development patterns in Mounds View. <br /> The process utilized in undertaking this task is illustrated in <br /> both written and graphic form as follows. <br /> Elements of the Planning Process <br /> Community Inventory. This constitutes the groundwork of research <br /> and analysis of past and existing conditions which characterize <br /> the community. Such information, although useful, by itself <br /> can be meaningful for planning purposes only after systematic <br /> interpretation. Although the bulk of this work takes place <br /> 111/1 during the initial stages of the process, it also occurs during <br /> all subsequent stages through continuous reinterpretation. <br /> Community Resources. The most important element of the planning <br /> process is the contribution from the community itself. This <br /> contribution takes place at all stages and levels. The planners <br /> who undertake a comprehensive plan effort are to be considered <br /> as technical assistants who offer the various tools and alter- <br /> natives of the planning process to the community. Decisions, <br /> in all instances, are made by the community itself. Although <br /> various groups and individuals are offered the opportunity to <br /> contribute, the bulk of the goundwork in the formulation and <br /> effectuation of the *Ian is done b the Planning Commission <br /> which is considered to represent all diverse opinions of the <br /> larger community. - <br /> 111/1 <br />