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. . ,~ .. Metropolitan Area Laws Metropolitan Land Planning Act (Chapter 176) This was HF 833/SF 841, . It requires watershed management organizations to take into account comments submitted by . the Metropolitan Council prior to the adoption of watershed plans. It also requires local governments to submit their water management plans to both the watershed management organization and to the Council for review and comment. with the Council given 4S days in which to review plans and submit comments to the watershed management organization, . This law requires comprehensive plans. fiscal devices, and official controls to be reviewed and brought up-to-date by December 31, 1998 and at least every ten years I thereafter. In addition, it requires that fiscal devices and official controls not conflict with the comprehensive plan and provides for the use of fiscal devices and other official controls to bring about orderly, planned, and staged development. It also specifies that comprehensive I pians under the Metropolitan Land Planning Act supersede zoning ordinances, should the two differ, and requires that ordinances be brought into conformance with comprehensive pians, . Comprehensive plans submitted to the Council by the December 31, 1998 deadline are required only to address those amendments to metropolitan system plans in effect on December 31, 1996. For changes in metro system plans made after December 31, 1996, local . governments have until September 30, 1999, or nine months after the Councii transmits the change to the local govemment, whichever is later. .. The law specifies that comprehensive pians may contain an intergovemmental coordination eiement describing how planned land use and urban services affect other jurisdictions and that includes guidelines for joint planning and decision making when siting publiC schools, . building public facilities, or sharing public services, It authorizes plans to include an economic development element identifying types of mixed use development, expansion facilities for businesses, and methods for developing a balanced and stable economic base, In addition, it authorizes designation of redevelopment areas, timing and sequencing of capital improvement I programs, and the implementation of devices or official controls to ensure development in accordance with the plan, I The law requires that the water management plan (required under Minnesota Statutes 103B,235) be included in the land use plan. It requires specifically that plans address all iakes, wetlands, rivers, streams, natu ral drainage courses, and adjoining land areas that affect I water resources and requires that the protection etement of the plan address the matters listed in the water management plan. I Requires the Council to give priority to use of loan and grant funds for local govemment plan reviews and amendments, with the Council reqUired consult with local governments to evaluate the need for technical and financial assistance. Requires Counc:lI to report to the I legisiature by January 15,1996, on the need for technical and financial assistance for local governments to comply with this law, I. While this bill includes language that makes the camp plan supersede the zoning ordinance under the Metro Land Planning Act. CONFORMING LANGUAGE UNDER THE ENABLING STATUTE WAS REMOVED FROM THE BILL. I I -I