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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 473.858, subd. <br />2. <br />Minn. Stat. § 473.175. <br />Metropolitan Council. <br />City of Lake Elmo v. <br />Metropolitan Council, 685 <br />N.W.2d 1 (Minn. 2004). <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.355, subd. <br />2. <br />See LMC information memo <br />Newspaper Publication. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.355, subd. <br />3. <br />See Section V: Changing the <br />Structure or Abolishing the <br />Planning Commission. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.356, subd <br />1. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.356, subd <br />1. <br />4. Adopting the comprehensive plan <br />a. Seven -county metro area plan review: adjacent units of <br />government <br />Prior to plan adoption, cities within the seven -county metro area must <br />submit their proposed comprehensive plans to adjacent governmental units <br />and affected school districts for review and comment. <br />b. Seven -county metro area plan review: Metropolitan <br />Council <br />Cities in the seven -county metropolitan area must submit their <br />comprehensive plan to the Metropolitan Council for review of its <br />compatibility and conformity with the Council's regional system plans. <br />When the Metropolitan Council determines that a city's comprehensive land <br />use plan may have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial departure <br />from the Metropolitan Council's regional system plans, the Council has the <br />statutory authority to require the city to conform to the Council's system <br />plans. <br />c. All cities: public hearing requirements <br />Prior to adoption of a comprehensive plan, the planning commission must <br />hold at least one public hearing. A notice of the time, place, and purpose of <br />the hearing must be published once in the official newspaper of the <br />municipality at least ten days before the day of the hearing. <br />d. Vote requirements <br />Unless otherwise provided in a city charter, the city council may, by <br />resolution by a two-thirds vote of all of its members, adopt and amend the <br />comprehensive plan or a portion of the plan. This means that on a five - <br />member council, the comprehensive plan must receive at least four <br />affirmative votes. <br />B. Implementing the plan <br />Once a comprehensive plan is adopted, the planning commission continues <br />to exist (unless dissolved using statutory procedures). Once a plan is <br />adopted, the main task of the planning commission is to study and propose <br />to the city council a reasonable and practicable means for putting the plan or <br />section of the plan into effect. <br />Reasonable and practicable means for putting the plan into action may <br />include: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 1/20/2015 <br />Planning Commission Guide Page 10 <br />