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EN HILLS
MEMORANDUM
DATE:
January 18, 2007
WORKSESSION 2 D
TO: Mayor and City Council
Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator .
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FROM: Karen Barton, Community Development Director K!j;tuv!
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SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Update '
As you are aware, the Metropolitan Council requires cities to update their
cornprehensive plans every 10 years. The city's last update was completed in
1998; therefore, our next update will be due in late 2008.
Staff began the update process in late 2006 and will proceed with the update, in
earnest, in 2007, with an anticipated cornpletion of the final draft in late 2007jearly
2008. Because staff anticipated the need for a consultant to assist with the update
process, we included $40,000 in the 2007 budget for the hiring of a consulting firrn,
Additionally, as part of the TCAAP redeveloprnent process, the Met Council will
require an arnendment to our cornprehensive plan. Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc.
(HKGi) has been contracted by CRR to prepare the amendment for the TCAAP
redeveloprnent. City staff was included in the selection process and concurred with
the selection of HKGi as the master planning consultant.
Because of the tirning of both the cornprehensive plan arnendrnent and the update,
staff is recommending that a dual-track process would be the most efficient method
to complete both projects in a timely manner. Depending on the tirning of the
TCAAP project, we rnay end up with two separate processes (and amendrnent and
the update), or we may end up combining both into one process. Since HKGi had
already been contracted by CRR to cornplete the arnendment, and since they have
extensive experience in this area, staff believes it would be cost effective and
provide econornies of scale for the City to contract with HKGi to assist with the
update,
Staff has met with HKGi and has requested they prepare a scope of services and
estimate to assist us with the preparation of the cornprehensive plan update. We
anticipate bringing a contract to Council in the next rnonth for approval.
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