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,PUBLIC HEARING - PLANNING COMMISSION Page Two September 10, 1980 2. The Goals and Policies which f ; as expressed in the Planning 3. Plans and programa are then detail what must be done to respond to the issues, inventory. formulated to establish in correot the problems. 4. Next comes the Implementation which is based on legal devioes and programs. They are intended to accomplish our goals and put into action our Plans and Programs. The Implementation tools are generally referred to as zoning and subdivision ordinances, official maps, capital improvement programs, federal and state aid or grant programs. 5. Finally oomes the Re-evaluation phase. The planning process continually monitored and corrections made as changes in basic factors occur. Moundsview wrote its first Comprehensive Plan in 1959. That Plan is on file in the City Hall and helped direct all the development in Mounds View during its early formulative years. Since that time, significant changes have occurred within the entire Metropolitan Area. The Planning Commission realized the changing times and need so an update of the original 1959 Plan was undertaken in 1975. It changed some of the previous zoned -as to new designations to fulfill its stated goals and objectives. L976, the Metropolitan Council asked the Legislature to pass a harfdatory Land Planning Act. It required all communities to pro- duce a Comprehensive Plan and address specifically five (5) areas: 1. Land Use Plan 2. Public Facilities (Transportation; Sewer; Parks; Open Space) 3. Implementation 4. Capital improvements Plan (GIP) 5. Housing Implementation Program Regarding the proposed Comprehensive Plan Update tonight, the Planning Commission put in many hours trying to respond to the voice of the community. Chairperson Mountin stated the format of the Plan has been reorganized to (1) Identify the current characteristics of the City in the inventory document; (2) to outline the major physical issues which have the greatest impact upon the growth and future development pattern of the community in the Concept Plan; and (3) to discuss the specific topics of Natural Resources, Land Use, Transportation, Community Facilities, Energy and Planning Admini- stration. contained within each topic are the goals and policies of the community and the plans and recommendations proposed as strategy for meeting those goals. The Management Guide Section attempts to outline all implementation mechanisms or resources which are currently available for use by the City in dealing with specific community development issues. The final chapter of the Plan Geographically divides the community into separate 'thborhoods or districts. The District Plans provide a more detailed look