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Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 8:34 p.m. Presentation Associate Planner Gladhill explained that per state mandate, each community in the seven county metro area is required to submit a Comprehensive Plan to the4Metropolitan Council every ten 4 f vi i R ; years; the deadline to submit an adopted plan to the Met ;:Council is December 31, 2008, sM'k S`a � including a mandatory six month review' period for adjacent agencies. He noted the City has applied for an extension to this deadline to May 29,E 2009 `zHe, stated a community visioning session was held on October 18, 2008, to amend the future land usea and all residents of the City were notified of this meeting through a spec ral mailing. He added that a draft of the 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update has been completed' by the City's consu Bonestroo, and this evenings discussion will focus on the land use 'map. Phil Carlson, Bonestroo, presented draft land use plan prepared following the October 18 community meeting. He stated the plan ]S b on an extension of the previous plan as well as work that the community has done. ;He•=°stated the City should be very proud of what the Should community has put together and the dedication of ts4residents n working on the land use plan. Mr.. Carlson presented a brief It istory of the pro cess ' undertaken by the City to amend its Comprehensive Plan Plak.liid stated Ramsey is a developing area' per the Met Council's definition, meaning it is not fully developed and t will likely not remain permanently rural. He explained that the Met Council requires commumties plan and stage development at appropriate densities Y S SSS S'" S. �' a. .,S 4 4., 54 { y'.S to plan for the entire comm: for 20 � ears of growth, and identify some post -203 0 growth areas, and protect areas identifie for fia r 4 urban growth to minimize unsewered, rural development He stated extent communities can accommodate efficient, compact growth, S SA a'...4:::::: � that is the ti go and the City d eeds to` ake sure it does that. He noted the forecast for Ramsey and other communities is difficult givenitle significant slowdown in housing over the last two years. Mr. Carlson then presented the X020 land use plan and draft 2030 land use plan based on the workshops and other coi humity meetings. He also presented a graphic depicting the changes from the 2020 plan versus 'tile draft 2030 plan. He pointed out one additional change to the area west of Sweetbay Ridge (the St. Katharine Drexel church site) to reflect this area as being included as an urbanized development area; it was suggested to include the entire 40 acres as being within MUSA rather than incrementally over the space of ten or twenty years. David Hirsch, Hers, national transportation consultants, presented an overview of their work as it relates to traffic volumes in the City. He stated they reviewed jurisdictional and functional classification maps in order to determine future connections, area traffic growth, etc. He stated they also take into consideration existing Mn/DOT traffic conditions and apply that to existing Planning Commission/November 6, 2008 Page 13of19 —339--