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5.' lmi.~lementatioJ~ of C°mprohensive Growth Planning City Administr;.tto~ Norman reviewed that comprehensive growth planning has become a focal point of cliscussion. This has been ,tiscussed in Council work sessions, the Council has met with sta['F and representatives From the Met Council, m~d has held a joint session with the Planning Commissicm. Fet~sibility studies fl0r two major areas for infrastructure extension have been complctccl. A sep~rate, yet related item is concerning the stormwater drainage project of County l-Ditcl~ #6~'). Some ~{' the design and easement aCquisitions for the infrastructure extension can be corn b ined wi th tlacz ditch clean-up pmj eot, thereby reducing the costs of both the utility extensions and stormwatcr ami ditch clean-up project. Assistm~t Co~m]tmity Develo0mcnl Director Tntdgeon explained one crucial and necessary step o1" the Growth I~lmmiag process will bc the Comprehensive Planning Amendment process. Staff would propose ttutt thc Compr~,~heasive Plan Amendment process consists of several compon¢~ts. '['h~: first necessarx, I:asl( would be collection of data and other base line inl'ormation. Staff would propose t~., limit this data collection to the rural and large lot area south o~' thc Tmtt ['lroolq. The data gather'ed would update the information collected in 1998 as part of thc /'ull C()mprclxc~sivc Plan proc¢:~s. Once the base information is collected, the second stage would be the integration of' various land use layers within tlxe area south of the Trott Brook: The layers to integrate would inclttde trails, green corridors, wetlands, roads, parks, future sewer and water lines and other ~eccssary lay,;rs. Once this is completed, the City should have a template to usc when thc City proceeds to the next stage. The third stage would be to look at potential land usc patterns i~ these areas given the layer template created in the second stage. It is envisioned that thc~'c could bc sever'al different alternatives as a result of this process. In order to lccep thc process manageable, staff would propose to only look at a couple development nodes. Thc last I~cw compo~]ents would be citizen participation and public hearings looking at the alternatives ~lml t~nally £ormal actio~t by the City Council and Metropolitan Council. Assistant Core,nullity Dcvcl~pme~t Director Trudgeon explained the Planning Commission would conduct th~.' public h.earings arid make recommendations to the City Council as well as part ici pate it] j c~int ~vorkshol?s with ihe City Council to review the data and shape the alternatives. Sta [*l' wou Icl p~'ot)ostz that th~: Corem ~.mity Development Department be assisted in this process by the City's cot~tt'actcd land t~se pl~.~ngiag firm, Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc. Hoisington l(ocglor wrote thc 2001 Comprehet¥:;ivc Plan and has a tremendous knowledge of Ramsey and its J'C$O [II'COS. City /Xdministmt(~r Norman noted -';tall' inet with Hoisington Koegler Group this morning and riley have made it .~light chaage in I~leir proposal. They would like to remove the environmental review Ii'om this approval and into ti~e planning portion of the process. Assistam Comnmnity Develolm~ent Director Trudgeon explained there will be a clearer view of how the envh'tmmcutal review will l'>e accomplished in a couple of months, and it woul. d fit better into the plan~]i~g pm'rich o[~ tho process. Gouncilmeml3er Stl'(~nlnel~ asked wI'~at tk;nd the $90,000 will come from. ('ity Council/May 11, 2004 Page 27 of 36