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. . _ CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: November 9, 1998 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Kevin Ringwald, Assistant to the City Administrator SUBJECT: November Planning Case 98-28 Case #98-28, Comprehensive Plan Update, City of Arden Hills Reqnest. The City requests approval of the state-mandated update to the Comprehensive Plan (Copy provided in Planning Commission packet). Background. The Minnesota Statute, Chapter 473.864, Subdivision 2, states in relevant part that: "By December 31,1998, and at least once every ten years thereafter, each local governmental unit shall review and, if necessary, amend its entire comprehensive plan and its fiscal devices and official controls... ". Pursuant to this mandate by the State of e Minnesota, the City Council directed the Planning Commission to prepare an update to the Comprehensive Plan. To assist the Planning Commission in the preparation of this update, the City hired the firm of McCombs Frank Roos Associates, Inc. (MFRA). Public Involvement. The Planning Commission conducted its kick-off meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Update on Wednesday, January 21,1998. The purpose of the kick off meeting was to identify the major topical areas for the update and the public involvement process to be utilized in the update. The Planning Commission identified the following areas for inclusion into the update Introduction, Community Goals, Plan Elements (land use, TCAAP plan, housing, transportation, natural resources, public facilities, and parks and recreation), and Implementation. , The major modification identified for the update was the inclusion of the TCAAP reuse plan. Given that the TCAAP reuse plan had undergone extensive public debate and south of Highway 96 no major modifications were anticipated. The Planning Commission determined that a City Council/All Committee meeting (a representative sample of the community) in the beginning of the process and a public hearing at the end of the process would be the appropriate vehicle for public involvement in the update process. To this end, the Planning Commission hosted a City Council! All Committee meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 1998. The purpose of the meeting was to identify and prioritize issues related to the update. Subsequent to the City Council/All Committee meeting, the Planning Commission, MFRA, and Staff have been meeting once or twice per month e working on the identified issues related to the update.