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Centerville 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />C HAPTER 1:C OMMUNITY P ROFILE <br />I NTRODUCTION <br />The purpose of the background section is to understand the characteristics of <br />Centerville and the current qualities and challenges of the community. The <br />comprehensive planning process considers the future of the community based <br />on existing characteristics. To help facilitate planning efforts it is important to <br />understand all factors affecting the city. The following sections will discuss <br />demographics, facilities, natural resources, housing, water resources, and the <br />transportation system. This background information has served as a guide for <br />participants in the planning process. <br />The City’s last Comprehensive Plan was officially adopted in 2008. The 2040 <br />Comprehensive Plan now required by the Metropolitan Council focuses on <br />planning for the next 20 years. This plan is especially important for Centerville <br />because it will guide the community to full build-out. There are very few vacant <br />parcels remaining in the city, and by the next time the Comprehensive Plan is <br />updated, Centerville may be focusing on infill and redevelopment rather than <br />development of any vacant parcels. This Comprehensive Plan provides a vision <br />and plan for what the fully-built community will look like, and how it will function. <br />M ETROPOLITAN C OUNCIL <br />In 1967 the Minnesota Legislature created the Metropolitan Council to plan and <br />coordinate the orderly development of the seven-county metropolitan area. <br />Minnesota law requires every municipality and county within the metropolitan <br />area to prepare and submit a comprehensive plan to the Metropolitan Council <br />that addresses all required components of the 2040 Regional Development <br />Framework “ThriveMSP 2040”. The City’s plan must be consistent with the <br />Metropolitan Council’s system plans. To assist local governments in this effort, <br />the Metropolitan Council issues a “Systems Statement” to each community that <br />describes the specific areas that must be addressed as part of the local <br />comprehensive plan. The City of Centerville was issued an updated system <br />statement on September 17, 2015 and submitted its 2040 Comprehensive Plan <br />to the adjacent and affect communities for their review in June of 2018. The City <br />of Centerville submitted its 2040 Comprehensive Plan to Metropolitan Council in <br />December of 2018. <br /> Page 1 <br /> <br />