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o\.i'talJ ~ Oi/l. 0 f \ ~ ! ~ ~'r )>~ t-~ ~ $ ~'N Cl't'~~ \>> )-, 300 Metro Square Building, 7th Street and Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 December 22, 1980 I I Area 612, 291-6359 TO: Metropolitan Area Citizens and Local Officials The Metropolitan Council will hold a second public hearing on January 22, 1981, on modified guidelines the Council will use to review amendments to city, township and county comprehensive plans prepared under the 1976 Metropolitan Land Planning Act. A copy of the. public hearing draft, Metropolitan Council Guidalines for Reviewing Local Comprehensive Plan Amendments, is enclosed. The guidelines would require local governments to subn:it all but "housekeeping" amendments and changes to capital improvement programs to the Council for review. The Council would notify the local government within 10 days as to which "level" of review it would conduct: 1. Proposed amendments with a potential impact on a metropolitan system -- sewers, transportation, parks, airports -- would.oe reviewed within 90 days of receipt. 111e local government could not adopt or implement such an amendment until the Courcil completed its review. 2. All other proposed amendments would be subject to a 60-day Council review and comment period for consistency with other regional plans in the Council's Metropolitan Development Guide (eg. housing, health, solid waste). Proposed amendments with no potential impact on a regional plan would be reviewed at the earliest possible Council meeting after receipt. A local government could adopt and implement such amendments during the review period. The p~oposed guidelines contain 12 criteria the 'Council would use to decide whether proposed amendments have a potential impact on a metropolitan system. The criteria cover amendments that would affect such things as sewer capacity, standards for on-site sewers, ac~uisition of land designated for regional parks or reserves, reetropolitan airport functions, or functions of the metropolitan highway system. A local gcvernment would also be required to submit proposed amendments to adjac~nt communities and affected school districts for comment. An Agency Created to Coordinate the Planning and Development of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Comprising: Anoka County 0 Carver County 0 Dakota County 0 Hennepin County 0 Ramsey County 0 Scott County 0 Washington County to ;L - L) .