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Item No: 05B <br />Meeting Date: Oct 7, 2020 <br />Type of Business: Planning Case <br />Special Planning Case: SP-203-16 <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Planning Commission <br />From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: PUBLIC HEARING; Resolution 1123-2020; Recommending <br />submission of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan to the Metropolitan <br />Council <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />The Mounds View Comprehensive Plan (Plan) is a 20-year guide for land use and development. <br />The Plan includes chapters on Land Use; Housing; Parks, Trails, and Community Facilities; <br />Transportation; Water Resources; and Implementation. The Plan is updated every ten years, <br />and reviewed by the Metropolitan Council for conformance with regional systems plans (Thrive <br />MSP 2040). The Planning Commission is requested to conduct a Public Hearing, and provide a <br />recommendation to the City Council to submit the revised Draft Plan to the Metropolitan Council, <br />and authorize Staff to make any additional changes necessary to the Plan. <br /> <br />The Comprehensive Plan has two parts; the Plan and the Appendixes. The Plan is more easily <br />readable than the appendixes. The appendixes have been excluded from the packets. <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />The Draft Plan was submitted to the Metropolitan Council in December 2019, which responded <br />with an incomplete letter. The Plan has been revised. Staff intended to re-submit the Plan to <br />the Metropolitan Council after the City Council’s October 12th meeting. However, Metcouncil <br />Staff advised that there is a backlog of plans for review. Thus, Staff chose to submit the revised <br />Plan on September 25th, ahead of the Planning Commission and City Council meetings. Prior to <br />September 25th, a Public Hearing notice had been published for the Commission’s October 7th <br />meeting. <br /> <br />The intent is for the Plan to be approved by the Metropolitan Council by the end of this year, in <br />order to continue qualifying for affordable housing grants in 2021. In 2017, Boulevard <br />Apartments received a $500,000 Livable Communities grant. A similar grant may be pursued <br />for the former Skyline Motel site in 2021. <br /> <br /> <br />Changes since December 2019 Submission: <br />The Metcouncil’s January incomplete letter addressed a number of minor errors and omissions <br />in the Plan, and are included in the Commission’s packets. More substantial edits were made to <br />the appendixes related to the wastewater and surface water plans. The Water Supply Plan is <br />near complete, but not ready yet. Once completed, it will be submitted to the Metropolitan <br />Council. <br /> <br />Strategic Plan Strategy/Goal: <br /> Maintain and plan for infrastructure improvements including waste water, water, & <br />transportation. <br /> Increase community engagement while being sensitive to the changing demographics & <br />their needs and inclusive to all socioeconomic situations. <br /> Continue BR&E program, maximize utilization of development space and current list of <br />available sites, encourage land owners to maintain their properties, & consider residential <br />redevelopment.