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CONSENT ITEM — 6C <br />lt <br />­iIZEN�HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: November 25, 2019 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br />FROM: Mike Mrosla, Community Development Manager/City Planner <br />SUBJECT: Approval of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />N/A N/A N/A <br />Council Should Consider the Following <br />Motion to approve Resolution 2019-041 Approving the 2040 Comprehensive Plan update. <br />Background <br />Comprehensive plans are the primary planning document of a city. They identify future land use, <br />infrastructure, parks, housing and economic development strategies and tactics, and looks forward <br />for a twenty-year horizon. Cities in the seven -county area are required to update their <br />comprehensive plans every ten years following the publication of System Statements by the <br />Metropolitan Council. Arden Hills received its System Statement on September 17, 2015 and <br />following the community planning process conducted in the years 2016 through 2018 involving <br />elected officials, appointed officials, city staff, the public at large, and other stakeholders, the City <br />submitted its 2040 Comprehensive Plan to the Metropolitan Council on January 14, 2019. <br />From January to September, the Metropolitan Council reviewed the Plan and requested changes <br />to bring it into complete conformance with the system statement and regional policy plans. The <br />requested changes were technical in nature, and none of the changes impacted the goals or policies <br />approved by the City Council. Once the open questions were resolved, the Metropolitan Council <br />declared the Plan complete on September 13, 2019. <br />The Comprehensive Plan was then reviewed by the Metropolitan Council's Community <br />Development Committee on October 21, 2019, and their Environment Committee on October 22, <br />2019. Finally, on November 13, 2019, the Metropolitan Council completed its formal review of <br />the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The Council found that the City's 2040 Comprehensive Plan meets <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for November 25, 2019 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />