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Metropolitan Council <br />300 Metro Square Building <br />Seventh Street and Robed Street <br />Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 <br /> <br /> Telephone [612) 291-6453 <br /> <br /> Office af the Chairman <br /> <br />March 11, 1981 <br /> <br />TO: Metropolitan Area Local officials, <br /> Administrators and Citizens <br />The Metropolitan Council has adopted the attached Metropolitan <br />Council Guidelines for Reviewing Local Comprehensive Plan <br />Amendments. These guidelines will be used to review amendments to <br />city, township and county comprehensive plans prepared under the <br />1976 Metropolitan Land Planning Act. <br />The guidelines require local governments to submit all but <br />-housekeepinq" amendments and changes to capital improvement <br />proqrams to the Council for review. The Council will notify the <br />local government within 10 days as.to which level of review it will <br />conduct: <br /> <br />1. Proposed amendments with a potential impact on a metropolitan <br /> system--sewers, transportation, parks, airports--will be <br /> reviewed within 90 days of receipt. The local government cannot <br /> adopt or implement such an amendment until the Council completes <br /> its review. <br /> <br />2. All other proposed amendments are subject to a 60-day Council <br /> review and comment period for consistency with other regional <br /> plans in the Council's Metropolitan Development Guide (e.g., <br /> housing, health solid waste). Proposed amendments with no <br /> potential impact on a regional plan will be reviewed at the <br /> earliest possible Council meetinq after receipt. A local <br /> government can adopt and implement such amendments during the <br /> review period. > <br /> The guidelines contain 10 criteria the Council will use to decide <br /> whether proposed amendments have a potential impact on a metropol- <br /> itan system. The criteria cover amendments that affect such things <br /> as sewer capacity, standards for on-site sewers, acquisition of land <br /> designated for regi6nal parks or reserves,' metropolitan airport <br /> functions, or functions of the metropolitan highway system. <br /> A local government is also required to submit proposed amendments to <br /> adjacent communities and affected school districts for comment. <br /> In addition, the Council has decided to undertake an assessment of <br /> the guidelines one year after all of the local comprehensive plans <br /> have been received by the Council. <br /> <br /> <br />