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The full draft and maps was put on the City's website on June 9, and it will remain there through the end of this year. If edits or corrections are needed, the website will be updated. The website can be visited at www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us/compplan. Remaining Schedule After the Planning Commission review, the Plan will be forwarded to the City Council with a request for authorization to release it to the adjacent cities, Ramsey County, the school districts, and the Rice Creek Watershed District for review. The Comprehensive Plan cannot be officially approved by the City or sent to the Metropolitan Council until after these government entities have had a chance to review the draft Comprehensive Plan and provide comments. The City is required to give them up to six months to review the plan, but the reviews are typically completed sooner. After all of the comments are received from the other government entities, the City Council will review the final comments, make any final changes, and then forward the Comprehensive Plan to the Metropolitan Council for review. The Plan must be submitted to the Metropolitan Council by the end of 2008. The Comprehensive Plan is required to conform to the system statements and regional policies set by the Metropolitan Council. City staff and consultants have made a specific effort to address the Metropolitan Council requirements to ensure that the Plan is not rejected by the Metropolitan Council. At this time, staff does not anticipate any problems with conforming to those requirements. The Metropolitan Council system statements and all policy documents can be reviewed online at htlp://www.metrocouncil.org/-olanning/index.htm. Implementation While preparing the Comprehensive Plan is a formidable task, it is only the first step in the comprehensive planning process. After the Plan is officially adopted, the City must focus on implementation. Implementing the Comprehensive Plan will require coordination between City departments, direction from the City Council, and efforts from the various commissions and committees. The Planning Commission; Parks, Trails, and Recreation Committee; Economic Development Commission; and the other City committees/commissions will almost certainly have a role. It must be everyone's goal to not let the Comprehensive Plan become an unused document. It is important to remember that while a Comprehensive Plan is meant to take a long-term look at the community, it is not a static document. The City should work to implement the Comprehensive Plan over time; however, this Plan does not exclude the possibility of exploring new projects, goals, policies, priorities, and strategies down the road if new opportunities or issues arise. City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for July 2, 2008 IlMetro-inet.uslardenhillsOanninglComprehensive PlanlMemos1070208 - PCReport -2030 Comp Plan Update.doc Page 4 of 5