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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.354. <br />Minn. Stat. § 473.858, subd. <br />2. <br />Minn. Stat. § 473.175. <br />Metropolitan Council. <br />City of Lake Elmo v. <br />Metropolitan Council, 685 <br />N.W.2d 1 (Minn. 2004). <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.355, subd. <br />2. <br />See LMC information memo <br />Newspaper Publication. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.355, subd. <br />3. <br />Upon receipt of the recommended plan, the council may accept the plan, <br />reject the plan, or recommend revisions to the planning commission. In <br />submitting the comprehensive plan to council, the planning commission <br />serves in a strictly advisory role. The city council ultimately decides on the <br />acceptance, rejection, or revision of the plan, and is not bound by planning <br />commission's recommendations. <br />4. Adopting the comprehensive plan <br />a. Seven -county metro area plan review: adjacent units of <br />government <br />Prior to plan adoption, cities within the seven -county metro area must submit <br />their proposed comprehensive plans to adjacent governmental units and <br />affected school districts for review and comment. <br />b. Seven -county metro area plan review: Metropolitan <br />Council <br />Cities in the seven -county metropolitan area must submit their <br />comprehensive plan to the Metropolitan Council for review of its <br />compatibility and conformity with the Council's regional system plans. <br />When the Metropolitan Council determines that a city's comprehensive land <br />use plan may have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial departure <br />from the Metropolitan Council's regional system plans, the Council has the <br />statutory authority to require the city to conform to the Council's system <br />plans. <br />c. Public hearing requirements <br />Prior to adoption of a comprehensive plan, a planning commission must hold <br />at least one public hearing. A notice of the time, place, and purpose of the <br />hearing must be published once in the official newspaper of the municipality <br />at least ten days before the day of the hearing. <br />d. Vote requirements <br />Except for amendments to permit affordable housing development, a <br />resolution to amend or adopt a comprehensive plan must be approved by <br />two-thirds vote of all city council members. This means that on a five - <br />member council, the comprehensive plan must receive at least four <br />affirmative votes. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: <br />Planning Commission Guide <br />12/16/2024 <br />Page 10 <br />