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City of Mounds View 1 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />DRAFT September 21, 2020 <br />Chapter 1: Background <br />INTRODUCTION <br />This document represents the fifth official update to the Mounds View <br />Comprehensive Plan originally released in 1959. The plan has been updated <br />in 1975, 1979, 1998, and 2008. Though it is written in response to a legislative <br />mandate, the City recognizes that comprehensive planning — including goals, <br />policies, and actions — is a continuous process to support the livability of the <br />Mounds View Community. Comprehensive Plan updates must respond to <br />changing conditions, both internal to Mounds View and external. <br />Updating the Comprehensive Plan provides an opportunity to review Mounds <br />View's development related goals and policies to ensure growth that is <br />managed and orderly through the year 2040. The Comprehensive Plan update <br />must also respond to regional system statements that affect the City as <br />outlined in the Metropolitan Council's regional framework: Thrive MSP 2040.' <br />Although the emphasis is on land use, the Comprehensive Plan includes <br />several interrelated elements that are critical to the growth of the city. <br />Included in this plan: <br />Chapter 1: Background <br />Chapter 2: Land Use <br />Chapter 3: Housing <br />Chapter 4: Parks, Trails, and Community Facilities <br />Chapter 5: Transportation <br />Chapter 6: Water Resources <br />Chapter 7: Implementation <br />To ensure the integration of these various elements, the 2040 Comprehensive <br />Plan identifies current issues for the City to consider as part of the planning <br />process and sets broadly defined goals and policies for the community. The <br />Mounds View Comprehensive Plan is a policy document. The term `policy' <br />reflects the flexibility that the City requires in the application of the plan. This <br />document is an expression of the City's social and economic values. <br />Residents, developers, and city officials should use each element of the <br />comprehensive plan as a guide for development and redevelopment through <br />the year 2040. The plan should be viewed not as a hard and fast graphic layout <br />of the city. Nor should one view the goals and policies, as presented in written <br />form, as ordinances or law. These are guidelines that the City and individuals <br />must review and apply individually and collectively to each proposed <br />development, improvement, or decision. <br />Text and Footnotes with the Metropolitan Council logo address the Checklist of Minimum <br />Requirements for Mounds View. <br />AM <br />MOMD-S VIEW <br />Lrj'T- <br />Figure 1-1: Mounds View Comprehensive <br />Plan, Land Use Map (1979) <br />Chapter 1: Background 1 1-1 <br />