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City of Mounds View Comprehensive Plan ______________________________________________________________________________ 9 Process: To assist in the updating of the comprehensive plan, the Mounds View Planning Commission conducted three community forums. The Planning Commission conducted these forums to help Mounds View citizens understand what the comprehensive plan is and most importantly to give citizens a chance to talk about what Mounds View should be like in the future. During the forums city staff presented information on what a comprehensive plan is, what the required elements of the comprehensive plan are, what the current comprehensive plan and zoning designations are, what some of the housing and other issues are, and what the process for updating the comprehensive plan will be. Following the staff presentations, small group discussions were held to hear citizen concerns, comments, issues, etc. A Planning Commission member was present in each of the small groups to listen and to facilitate the discussions. At the end of the forums, each Planning Commission member summarized the discussions in their groups. A copy of the summary of the forum results are contained in Appendix A on page 106. The information received at these forums was used by the Planning Commission and City staff to review and update the City’s comprehensive plan. The Planning Commission reviewed each section of the plan. The results of that review were compiled into a discussion draft of the comprehensive plan. The discussion draft was presented to the community at a community forum and an official public hearing was conducted. Following the hearing the Planning Commission recommended the document to the City Council. The City Council, after public input approved the document for review by adjacent communities and the Metropolitan Council. After review by the Metropolitan Council the City Council officially adopted the comprehensive plan on July 23, 2001. Organization: The Comprehensive Plan Update is organized into ten chapters covering the following topics: an introduction, community background, land use, housing, public facilities, transportation, economic development, intergovernmental coordination, and implementation. Each of these chapters includes a general overview, goals and policies, and background information in terms of maps and tables to help users understand the current condition of the City as well as the future to which the community aspires.