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AGENDA ITEM – 1C <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />2040 Comprehensive Plan Update <br /> <br />P:\Planning\Comprehensive Plan\2018 Comprehensive Plan\Memos_Reports_2040 Comp Plan <br />Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br />long-term decision-making process for the City. The planning process for this update will <br />involve public meetings, workshops, and the review of all plan components, which will require <br />involvement from the Planning Commission and the City Council. <br /> <br /> <br />Timeline <br /> <br />The majority of the work on the 2040 Comprehensive Plan will need to be completed by April of <br />2018, in order to provide a six month review period by adjacent and affected jurisdictions before <br />the December 2018 submittal deadline. Staff has provided a general draft timeline that outlines <br />the work to be completed in each of the following years. <br />• 2016 <br />o Define scope of work for professional services <br />o Consider and approve professional services contract <br />o Define and implement the public engagement strategy <br />o Organize, define, and prepare data <br />o Review the City’s vision <br />• 2017 <br />o Develop draft Comprehensive Plan <br />o Determine implementation strategies <br />• 2018 <br />o Seek approvals and finalize the Plan <br />o Adjacent governmental review <br />o Submit to the Metropolitan Council <br /> <br /> <br />Budgeting for the Plan <br /> <br />The 2040 Comprehensive Planning process is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2016, with <br />work continuing through 2018. City staff will be very involved with all aspects of the 2018 <br />update and will draft many of the Plan’s components. However, consultant services will still be <br />required for the more technical components of the Plan such as protected resources, <br />transportation, resiliency, and infrastructure planning. <br /> <br />City staff has completed preliminary research on the cost to contract professional services to <br />assist in the Comprehensive Plan update and has found that these services could range from <br />$80,000 - $150,000, depending on the defined scope of services and the elements of the Plan that <br />can be completed in-house. The work is expected to include updates to specific technical plan <br />elements, helping plan and implement a public engagement strategy, and providing general <br />project management services to ensure the update is completed on schedule and complies with <br />Metropolitan Council requirements. At this time, the City is not eligible for grant funding for <br />planning assistance through the Metropolitan Council and staff is not aware of any other funding <br />sources for 2016. The City has budgeted $20,000 for professional services in the Community