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CC Regular Session <br />Meeting Date: 11/24/2020 <br />By: Tim Gladhill, Community Development <br />7.3. <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Adopt Resolution #20-279 Approving Final Version of 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update <br />Purpose/Background: <br />The purpose of this case is to provide preliminary approval of what Staff believes will be the final version of the <br />2040 Comprehensive Plan Update. Minnesota Statute Chapter 473 requires that the City Council's final approval <br />occur after the Metropolitan Council provides their final approval. Staff inquired as to whether the City Council <br />could take action this evening contingent upon final Metropolitan Council, but that request was denied. See below <br />for impacts to a specific development project later in this case. <br />This will be the third version approved by the City Council. The City Council originally approved the plan on June <br />11, 2019. However, that draft was deemed incomplete by the Metropolitan Council. Staff invested significant effort <br />to address these comments, and ultimately the City Council approved a revised draft on January 24, 2020. Minutes <br />from that case are attached. <br />Staff had clearly hoped to have this task completed at least 12 months ago. However, Staff resources to dedicate to <br />this effort were completely consumed by development review and code enforcement in 2019. The Covid-19 <br />pandemic put the City further behind as we again had record levels of development review and code enforcement <br />amplified by the impacts of the pandemic. <br />Notification: <br />A Public Hearing has already been held on this case. Additional notification is not required. <br />Observations/Alternatives: <br />The following is a comparison to the draft approved by the City Council on January 14, 2020. Policy direction is <br />still largely consistent from the previous draft, with modifications focusing on Metropolitan Council requirements <br />and data inconsistencies. <br />Request <br />Response <br />Final Decision <br />Provide Map of Septic <br />System in GIS Format <br />Database has an error that <br />will require significant <br />Staff time to correct <br />Original Map in <br />PDF Format is <br />acceptable <br />Correct Inconsistencies in <br />Forecast Tables across <br />various Chapters <br />Verified that some tables <br />had slightly different <br />numbers. Corrected <br />Corrected <br />Correct Inconsistency in <br />MUSA Boundary (water <br />and sewer area) between <br />Land Use Map and <br />Wastewater Map <br />Corrected <br />Corrected <br />