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r Plannin g Commission Regular Meeting Minutes Jul y '18 1995 Page 4 • 1 Chair Bergstrom concurred with Commissioner Faust's continents and noted the information 2 of the Census and Demographics are ten years old and many things can happen in a ten year 3 period. 4 Commissioner Franzese noted it is also interesting that the reports themselves do not match. 5 D. Met Council Discussion of Comp Plan Updating Preparation. 6 Chair Bergstrom introduced Mr. Hal Freshley and Mr. Bob Davis from the Metropolitan 7 Council and thanked them for attending. 8 Mr. Bob Davis indicated he works in the Local Government Assistance Section. He noted he 9 brought information regarding statistics. 10 Mr. Davis indicated Michael Munson and Kathy Johnson can also assist the City with any 11 questions they may have during the process of updating their Comprehensive Plan. 12 Mr. Hal Freshley presented a copy of the Blue Print, which is a document to help 13 municipalities develop their Comprehensive Plan. He noted the only change would be to the 14 executive summary. • 15 Mr. Freshley noted the Legislature has not been happy with the Met Council, some say the 16 Met Council is doing too much and others say the Met Council is not involved enough. This 17 has been frustrating to staff. 18 Mr. Freshley indicated the membership of the Met Council has changed and the chair is Dotty 19 Reitow. The Met Council has been rethinking its role. He noted now there is an overlapping 20 between the Planning, Transportation and Sanitary Water System. 21 Mr. Freshley indicated there is now a change with the Met Council and its relationship to 22 communities. He noted there is the Metropolitan Liveable Community Act and Amendment 23 to the Metropolitan Planned Act. 24 Mr. Freshley pointed-out there are grant programs. There is one fund, but actually three 25 accounts. 26 Mr. Freshley noted first there is the tax based revitalization which cleans up the land and 27 reutilizes industrial land. This grant is $5-6 million dollars annually and helps get land where 28 a tax base is available. 29 Mr. Freshley noted there is the Metropolitan Liveable Community Demonstration Act which 30 tries to enhance the sense of community through Community Centers. The desire is to create • 31 more density to knit the community back together by mixing housing and retail, making 32 businesses walking distance to homes. Monies set aside in 1995 are available in 1996.