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MEMORANDUM To: St. Anthony Village City Council From: Molly Just, AICP, City Planner Date: November 18, 2018 City Council Regular Meeting for November 27, 2018 WSB Project No. 002170-230: Comprehensive Plan Update Recommendation: Approve the St. Anthony 2040 Comprehensive Plan and Authorize Submission to Metropolitan Council for Formal Action Background. A comprehensive plan is the city’s guiding policy document related to the built environment. State law requires preparation of a comprehensive plan every ten years. This is an update of the comprehensive plan adopted by the City of St. Anthony Village in 2008. The current comprehensive plan was preceded by a plan adopted in 1998, and prior to that a plan in 1979. St. Anthony is a desirable place to live, work and play in part because of a strong history of planning. Long- range planning has provided certainty and direction to homeowners and investors and helped the City make cost-effective investments in streets, parks and utilities. The purpose of a comprehensive plan is to cast a vision and to establish policy direction for those elements over which the City has jurisdiction. These primarily include the pattern of land development and public facilities such as streets, utilities and parks. Land development is regulated through the City’s zoning ordinance and map, which is prepared or amended with guidance from the comprehensive land use plan map and policies. Recent development interest in St. Anthony, particularly the re-development of the Lowry Grove, and development trends toward re-development, has sparked interest in the importance and value of the Comprehensive Plan as a guiding vision document for growth and development in the city. This interest has generated a high level of community engagement and input into the plan. Given this, the city undertook a major update and overhaul of the comprehensive plan. Process. A comprehensive planning process is strengthened by input from residents, business owners, interest groups and advisory committees. This nearly three year process began with a presentation at the City’s strategic planning session by the Planner on January 14, 2016. A steering committee was formed which included the Planning Commission and two members of the City Council. The steering committee provided feedback and direction to staff during the creation of the plan. The Comp Plan Steering Committee, had their first meeting on February 22, 2016. The Comp Plan Steering Committee’s twelfth (12) and final meeting was held on November 14, 2018. In that time period, Input was collected throughout the process from over 15 engagement sessions, including: a visioning meeting, a sustainability focus group, around the community, at the high school, 27