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. . . for the Management Plan that included support of a freeway system and included. a prefere~ce for the northernmost alignment of a freeway system. Council member Zimmerman stated that he was not certain that they all agree with the northernmost ali!,1Jll11ent. He felt that the Planning Commission and the EDA needed to become involved in the discussions. Councilmember Anderson inquired as to what alignment the neighboring are agreeing with. City Administrator Norman replied that he did not believe that other cities had gone on record with a recommendation. Councilmember Anderson stated that at first glance the northernmost alignment seemed to be the best alternative, but did agree that further consideration should be given before making a formal recommendation. She inquired if it was possible to coordinate all of the traffic studies currently taking place. Mayor Gamec requested that staff talk to Brian Issacson from MnDOT in regards to coordinating the studies. Consensus was to bring the issue back after receiving recommendations from the Planning Commission and EDA. Case #9: Consider Adoption of Ramsey's Comprehensive Plan City Administrator Norman stated that the City has been working on the 2020 Comprehensive Plan for over four years. The fonnal plan review began on October 4, 2000. The formal review of the Comprehensive Plan was made by the Metropolitan Council on March 28, 2001. A public hearing was held by the Planning Commission on June 21, 2001, and the Planning commission reviewed the comments and recommended adoption during the meeting of November 5, 2001. The submittal of the Comprehensive Plan to the Met Council was also .followed by faci1itator~led discussions concerning proposed changes to the Comprehensive Plan. Those discussions were completed in a work session held on November 26,2001. The Council requested the Planning Commission hold a public hearing to consider the changes and a public hearing has been scheduled for January 24, 2002. The City has received correspondence from the Met Council concerning the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan dated December 10, 2001. It reminds the City that State law requires a community to adopt a Plan within nine months from the date of the Met Council action. Final action by the Ramsey City Council was, therefore, required by December 28, 2001. If there are changes to the Comprehensive Plan that the City is currently contemplating and submitted after December 28,2001, the City will appear to be in violation of State law and would, therefore, be required to begin the full Comprehensive Plan process again. The Met Council has proposed that the City simply adopt the Plan approved by the Met Council on March 28, 2001, on or before December 28, 2001, which would satisfy the State law requirement for Plan approval. The changes currently under consideration would then be handled as simple plan amendments. The Met Council procedures for Plan amendments allow staff to administratively handle amendments under 40 acres. Usually the Met Council completes City Council/December 18, 2001 Page 21 of 27