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<br />Implementation <br /> <br />While preparing the Comprehensive Plan is a formidable task, it is only a step in the planning <br />process. After the plan is officially adopted, the City must focus on implementation. Implementing <br />the Comprehensive Plan will require coordination between City departments, direction from the <br />City Council, and efforts from the various commissions and committees. The Planning <br />Commission; Parks, Trails, and Recreation Committee; Economic Development Commission; and <br />the other City committees/commissions will almost certainly have a role. <br /> <br />A comprehensive plan is meant to take a long-term look at the community, but it is not a static <br />document. The City should work to implement the Comprehensive Plan over time; however, the <br />plan does not preclude exploring new projects, goals, policies, priorities, and strategies in the future <br />ifnew opportunities or issues arise. Additionally, the policies and programs described in the <br />Comprehensive Plan will need to be further evaluated during the budgeting process. <br /> <br />Upon official adoption, a city is generally required to amend the official controls (i.e. zoning, <br />subdivision, and other ordinances) within nine months to bring the City ordinances into <br />conformance with the Comprehensive Plan. While a few tweaks may be needed, significant <br />changes to the zoning and subdivision ordinances are not anticipated to be needed because there are <br />no significant land use changes south of Highways 10 and 96. The City may, however, want to <br />consider changes beyond what is required in order to make more effective and responsive <br />ordinances. When a final plan is selected for the TCAAP property, the Comprehensive Plan and <br />zoning regulations will likely need to be amended to reflect the complete components of the <br />TCAAP plan. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />Approve the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update and Authorization to Submit to the Metropolitan <br />Council. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />o Other Jurisdiction Review Comments <br />o Draft 2030 Comprehensive Plan (available online at www.ci.arden-hills.mn.us/compplan) <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Special City Council Meetingfor December 15, 2008 <br /> <br />\ \Ahdocs1 \ah \AHdata\Planning\ Comprehensive Plan \Memos \121508 - CC Report - 2030 Comp Plan Update.doc <br />Page 5 of5 <br />