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April 28, 2020 Page 2 Metropolitan Council staff provided feedback and comments, some of which related to required additional content, and some of which related to advisory recommendations and notations. The most significant required amendments related to the need to reconcile population and housing counts related to changing land use expectations for the Walmart and Lowry Grove properties. Those parcels were both evolving new prospective land uses during the preparation and adoption of the Plan document. In March of this year, Metropolitan Council staff completed its final round of review and comment, and notified the City that the Plan would be recommended for approval to the Met Council’s “Community Development” and “Environment” Committees. Those groups met and recommended final Plan approval on April 6th and April 14th, respectively. The Plan was then scheduled for full Metropolitan Council review and approval at the Council’s regular meeting on April 22nd. The Metropolitan Council adopted Resolution 2020-91, approving St. Anthony’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan, with a short list of recommended comments. Those comments are summarized below: Recommendations of the Community Development Committee (1) Authorize putting the new Comprehensive Plan into effect; (2) Update forecasts for population and housing; (3) Sync the City’s affordable housing demand to the revised population forecasts; (4) Acknowledge the services of Metro Mobility; and (5) Incorporate reference to the Local Water Management Plan adopted in 2019. Recommendation of the Environment Committee (6) Approve the City of St. Anthony Village’s Comprehensive Sewer Plan; and (7) Describe the billing reimbursement policy for intercommunity wastewater flow with Minneapolis. As the Met Council noted in its resolution: “The Council found that the City’s 2040 Plan meets all Metropolitan Land Planning Act requirements; conforms to the regional system plans including transportation, aviation, water resources management, and parks; is consistent with Thrive MSP 2040; and is compatible with the plans of adjacent jurisdictions.” These recommended comments are the final “clean-up” recommendations resulting from City Staff discussions with Met Council staff, and do not change the document in any substantive manner. The policies and goals adopted as a part of the original approval in 2018 continue through the current document, reflecting the community’s direction and intentions that grew from the process that led to that initial approval by the City Council. 40