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CITY OF RESOLUTION #18-106 RESOLUTION REQUESTING ADDITIONAL TIME WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN "DECENNIAL" REVIEW AND UPDATE OBLIGATIONS WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.864 requires local governmental units to review and, if necessary, amend their entire comprehensive plans and their fiscal devices and official controls at least once every ten years to ensure comprehensive plans conform with metropolitan system plans and ensure fiscal devices and official controls do not conflict with comprehensive plans; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes sections 473.858 and 473.864 require local governmental units to complete their "decennial" reviews by December 31, 2018; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.864 authorizes the Metropolitan Council to grant extensions to local governmental units to allow local governmental units additional time within which to complete the "decennial" review and amendments; and WHEREAS, any extensions granted by the Metropolitan Council must include a timetable and plan for completing the review and amendment; and WHEREAS, at its January 10, 2018 meeting the Metropolitan Council authorized its staff to administratively review and grant extensions if extension requests are submitted by May 31, 2018; and WHEREAS, extensions for completing decennial updates do not change any due dates for surface water management plans or water supply plans; and WHEREAS, although the draft plan is 90% complete, the City will not be able to complete its "decennial" review by December 31, 2018 for the following reasons: • Finalize Planned Land Use Map and forecasts based on recent requests made at final public workshops. • Finalize approach for Community Designation. • Finalize format and content for Goals, Strategies, and Action Items (95% complete). • Final format for Economic Development Plan. • Final format for Parks and Recreation Plan. • Final format for Housing Plan. • With the above in mind, and additional 30 days in preparation is estimated. In order to ensure the full six (6) month adjacent jurisdictional review period is available, the City of Ramsey is making this request. WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is appropriate to request from the Metropolitan Council an extension so the City can have additional time to complete and submit to the Metropolitan Council for review an updated comprehensive plan and amend its fiscal devices and official controls. NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF RAMSEY MINNESOTA, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The Community Development Director is directed to submit to the Metropolitan Council no later than May 31, 2018 a letter requesting an extension to June 31, 2019. 2. The Community Development Director must include with the request a reasonably detailed timetable and plan for completing the review and amendment by June 31, 2019.