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. Chapter 8, Public Facilities and Services. The Public Facilities and Services element e analyzes the needs of the community as it relates to its facilities and services. The physical infrastructure of Arden Hills is aging to a point where a long-range maintenance plan is needed. Currently a data base is being established to understand the age, type and wear of existing systems. From this information, a plan for maintenance and/or replacement of facilities can be devised. Costs can be assigned to appropriate time frames to prevent failure and minimize cost impacts to the City. City services in Arden Hills are provided in an efficient manner. Currently police and fire services are contracted out, as are engineering and some of the other services. Planning for public buildings to provide space for staff and equipment are underway. A new City Hall is planned for the Civic Center area ofTCAAP and the City is currently working with other goverrunental agencies to plan for a new maintenance facility. Chapter 9, Implementation. The Implementation element identifies the specific measures to be taken by the City to implement the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. The Implementation element provides a chapter by chapter list of specific items that need to be carried out so as to implement the Comprehensive Plan. As an informational note, the element also provides examples on how the City collaboratively works with other agencies to more effectively carry out its mission. The Implementation element also links the Comprehensive Plan to the City's Capital Improvement Plan. The element suggests that each year, each item in the CIP should be e evaluated in relation to the goals, policies and general direction of the Comprehensive Plan. This allows spending decisions to be made within the overall context and future planned for the community. It is important that the financial tools implement the intent of the Comprehensive Plan. It is important that resources are utilized with an eye to the comprehensiveness of time or cost investment. Lastly, the element identifies ordinances that need to be modified or adopted to implement the plan, citizen participation in local government, and a process for updating the Comprehensive Plan. Recommendation. The Planning Commission at its Wednesday, November 4, 1998 , meeting recommended approval of Planning Case 98-28, Comprehensive Plan Update, subject to minor modifications by Staff consistent with direction provided. Updates. The Planning Commission did request several modifications to the document prior to its consideration by the City Council. These requested modifications and the responses to those requests are discussed below. 1. Alter the color used on the Tax Exempt Land map (Figure 1.2 of Chapter 1) so as to be more readable. The color of tax exempt land on this map is shown in black and white. Given the extent of tax exempt property in the City, the readability of the map is reduced by the color selection. The color has been modified (Exhibit A). e