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Case #15: Implementation of Comprehensive Growth Planning City Administrato~ Norman reviewed that comprehensive growth planning has become a focal poinl oF discussion. This has been ,tiscussed in Council work sessions, the Council has met with staFF and representatives ['rom the Mot Council, and has held a joint session with the Planning Commission. Feasibility studies !~or two major areas for infrastructure extension have been completed. A separate, yet related item is concerning the stormwater drainage project of County Ditch #66. Some ~1' the design and easement acquisitions for the infrastructure extension can be combined with thc: ditch clca~,-up p~oje~x, thereby reducing the costs of both the utility extensions and stormwater and ditch olean-up l~roject. Assistant Con matm ily Development Di rector Trudgeon explained one crucial and necessary step of tiao Growth Plamaing process wili bo the Comprehensive Planning Amendment process. Staff would propose tiaat the Comprehensive Plan Amendment process consists of several components. Th~; first neccssar, l:ask would be collection of data and other base line information. Staff would propose t~ limit this data collection to the rural and large lot area south el' thc Tmtt B~-ool<. Thc daia gathe/ecl would update the information collected in 1998 as part of thc I'ull Comlmzhc~sive ?lan procer;s. Once the base information is collected, the second stage would be the intcg~'ation of various land use layers within the area south of the Trott Brook. The layers to integrate would in¢Iude tr;~ils, green COaTidors, wetlands, roads, parks, future sewer and water lines and ott-,cr necessary lay, zs. Once this is completed, the City should have a template to usc when the City proceeds to ti-to next stage. The third stage would be to look at potential land usc patterns in these areas given the layer template created in the second stage. It is envisioned that thc~'c coukt be seve~ al different alternatives as a result of this process. In order to keep thc process manageable, staff wotlld propose to only look at a couple development nodes. The last t~cw components would l>e citizen participation and public hearings looking at the altern at ives and fin all y form al actio~t by the City Council and Metropolitan Council. Assistant (~o~n~nu~fity Dcvclopme~?c Director Trudgeon explained the Planning Commission would conduct tht~ public hearings and make recommendations to the City Council as well as participate in joint workshops with ~he City Council to review the data and shape the alternatives. Start would propose that th(: Corem ~mi~,y Development Department be assisted in this process by the City's cot~tractcd land usc pl;;nning firm, Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc. Hoisington l<oegler wrote thc 2001 Comprehen ;irc Plan and has a tremendous knowledge of Ramsey and its resources. City Adminislrato~ Normar~ noted :;tall' met with Hoisington Koegler Group this morning and they have ma(lc a slight change in t:~eir proposal. They ~vould like to remove the enviro~unental review fi'om this apl, reval and into ti~e planning portion of the process. Assistant Community Development Di~'ector Trudgeon explained there will be a clearer view of how tiao enviromnental review will l~e accomplished in a couple of months, and it would fit better into thc planni~g portion of tho proclass. Councihncml~er Slur)tureen asked wimt l'und the $90,000 will come from. ('ity Council/May 11, 2004 Page 27 of 36