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Councilmember Kurak stated that the language changes to the Central Rural Preserve Area took out things that residents were concerned about. She would prefer to send the language down with the Comprehensive Plan, rather than without, but would do so to comply with procedures. Councilmember Hendriksen replied that the language changes are an amendment to the Plan and there are significant changes that would make it an amendment. A significant point was that the area would not be developed for twenty years and he felt that the wording should be subject to a public hearing. Councilmember Anderson inquired as to what the constraints or penalties are for not adopting the Comprehensive Plan in nine months. Principal Planner Trudgeon replied that under State Statute, cities are required to adopt a comprehensive plan nine months after receiving Met Council approval. If the City does not comply with that requirement, they would be in violation of State Statute. Councilmember Anderson inquired if the alignment policy would come into play. City Administrator Norman replied that it could. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that he did not think that the Met Council could take grants away from the City, but they could impact future scores. City Attorney Goodrich noted that the Met Council would have the authority to get a court order to order the City to adopt a Comprehensive Plan. Motion by Mayor Gamec, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to approve and adopt the Comprehensive Plan approved by the Met Council on March 28, 2001, contingent upon the language for the Central Rural Preserve Area being approved as well by the Met Council. Further discussion: Councilmember Anderson expressed concern that the deadline just came before them at this meeting. She stated that she would prefer to delay action until the next Council meeting. City Administrator Norman replied that they could hold the four Comprehensive Plan amendments that are included in the March 28, 2001 draft, until next week. Mayor Gamec stated that he did not see why more time would be beneficial. Councilmember Anderson replied that the Council had planned to handle everything at once, until today when they received notification that they are up against a deadline. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that the Council just went through a six-month process with a facilitator to come up with a negotiated resolution to some of the issues and now all of a sudden the case before them is entirely different. City Administrator Norman stated that staff could put together a formal case for the next City Council meeting. Motion was withdrawn. City Council/December 11, 2001 Page 8 of 25