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Cnm:)ea�-*, I A ADOPT RESOLUTION REQUESTING METROPOLITAN COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR AN EXTENSION OF PLANNING PERIOD FOR THE CITY'S 2008 COMPREHENSIVE FLAN UPDATE; CASE OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY By: Amber Miller, Community Development Director Background: On September 26, representatives from City Staff, Metropolitan Council staff, City Council, Planning Commission, Bonestroo met to discuss the process of completing Ramsey's 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update no later than the state mandated deadline of December 31, 2008. Attachments: 1) Resolution requesting Metropolitan Council approval for extension of planning period for the City of Ramsey 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update, 2) Completed Metropolitan Council application requesting extension of planning period. Observations: Failure to submit a completed Comprehensive Placa Update to the Metropolitan Council for review by December 31, 2008 will have two significant impacts: • The only comprehensive plan amendments the Metropolitan Council will consider beginning January 1, 2009 will be amendments to 2030 (updated) comprehensive plans, This means that there would not be any consideration for comprehensive plan amendments to Ramsey's current 2020 Comprehensive Plan. • Beginning January 1, 2009, the Metropolitan Council will no longer execute Livable Communities Act (LCA) grant agreements for any projects within a community that failed to a completed comprehensive plan update for review by the state mandated deadline of December 31, 2008. The implication of this would be that projects within the City of Ramsey's limits would no longer be eligible for these grant monies. Considering the severe consequences of failing to submit a completed comprehensive plan update by December 31, 2008, the group consensus was to extend the 2020 plan to 2030 using only the necessary updates to accommodate growth projection adjustments while maintaining an average of three units per acre in sewered areas. The community can then determine whether to adhere to this `status quo' plan or choose to submit a major amendment request to the Metropolitan Council once the original 2030 comprehensive plan update has been approved under the current deadlines. Utilizing this strategy will allow the City to avoid the serious implications of missing the state mandated deadline while simultaneously providing the community time work out desired changes to the land use plan and to get into the level of detail necessary to make major changes to the plan. While the Metropolitan Council will not consider requests for extending the deadline for submitting a completed comprehensive plan update for review, they will consider an extension —89—