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Presentation <br />Community Development Director Gladhill presented the staff report stating the City of Ramsey, <br />along with the City of Anoka, Anoka County, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation <br />recently accepted the Highway 10 Access Planning Study, which is now the comprehensive <br />vision/plan for Highway 10 future improvements. This is the third version of said vision over the <br />past several decades. In the 1990s, the Interregional Corridor Study was completed and included <br />several planned improvements along Highway 10. That vision was amended in the mid 2000s <br />through the completion of the Highway 10 Access Management Plan. That plan proved to be <br />challenging to implement, and in response, the current Highway 10 Access Planning Study was <br />completed. Due to the change in vision, Staff has been preparing for an update to the City's <br />Official Map, which places certain land use controls over properties and portions of properties <br />ultimately needed for public purposes, such as frontage roads, interchanges, and other <br />improvements. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill explained as part of that review, the City Attorney <br />has recommended that the City's ordinance establishing a separate Board of Adjustment and <br />Appeals for the Official Map Area be amended to consolidate into the Planning Commission's <br />normal role as Board of Adjustment and Appeals. Both are powers granted under the State's <br />Planning Enabling Law. It is the City Attorney's Legal Opinion that the Statute does not provide <br />guidance to create two separate Board of Adjustment and Appeals. Staff indicated this will be the <br />first in a series of amendments related to the Official Map. <br />Citizen Input <br />There were no comments from the public. <br />Motion by Commissioner Surma, seconded by Commissioner Nosan, to close the public hearing. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Bauer, Commissioners Surma, Nosan, Anderson, <br />Brauer, and VanScoy. Voting No: None. Absent: None. <br />Chairperson Bauer closed the public hearing closed at 9:35 p.m. <br />Commission Business <br />Motion by Commissioner VanScoy, seconded by Commissioner Brauer, to recommend that City <br />Council adopt Ordinance #17-03 Amending the Board of Appeals and Adjustment/Official Map. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Bauer, Commissioners VanScoy, Brauer, Anderson, <br />Nosan, and Surma. Voting No: None. Absent: None. <br />6. Comprehensive Plan Update Items <br />Planning Commission/January 5, 2017 <br />Page 13 of 16 <br />