Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/07/2011

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t Metropolitan Council Local Planning Handbook 1 Section 1. Metropolitan Planning Overview Within 60 days after the Metropolitan Council resolves to require a plan modification, the community or county government must respond with either a letter of agreement or notification that it intends to contest the requirement. Minnesota law specifies a course of action for contesting a required plan modification. The Metropolitan Council's sector representative assigned to each municipality works closely with the community's planning staff as the local unit develops a comprehensive plan update that meets the criteria of statute and Metropolitan Council policy and meets with the approval of affected jurisdictions. See the review process and timelines for both updates and amendments outlined in a table. The reviewer The initial review determines if the comprehensive plan update determines includes all the elements required by statute and Metropolitan completeness Council policy in sufficient detail to determine conformance with regional systems and consistency with Council policies. The Metropolitan Council staff strives to do this within 15 days after the Council receives the plan update. • If the submittal contains all the information required to review a comprehensive plan, the municipality is notified that the plan is complete. • If the submittal does not contain all the information required to review a comprehensive plan, the municipality is notified that the plan is incomplete. The notification to the municipality will identify the missing information. If information must be added, it is submitted directly to the Principal Reviewer and the determination of the plan's completeness is repeated. Minn. Stat. Sec. 483.866 http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan ni no/assistance/staff.htm http://www.metrocounci1.orq/plan ni no/LPH/reviews.pdf June 2008 1 -17