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Centerville 2040 Comprehensive Plan C HAPTER 1: C OMMUNITY P ROFILE I NTRODUCTION The purpose of the background section is to understand the characteristics of Centerville and the current qualities and challenges of the community. The comprehensive planning process considers the future of the community based on existing characteristics. To help facilitate planning efforts it is important to understand all factors affecting the city. The following sections will discuss demographics, facilities, natural resources, housing, water resources, and the transportation system. This background information has served as a guide for participants in the planning process. ally adopted in 2008. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan now required by the Metropolitan Council focuses on planning for the next 20 years. This plan is especially important for Centerville because it will guide the community to full build-out. There are very few vacant parcels remaining in the city, and by the next time the Comprehensive Plan is updated, Centerville may be focusing on infill and redevelopment rather than development of any vacant parcels. This Comprehensive Plan provides a vision and plan for what the fully-built community will look like, and how it will function. M ETROPOLITAN C OUNCIL In 1967 the Minnesota Legislature created the Metropolitan Council to plan and coordinate the orderly development of the seven-county metropolitan area. Minnesota law requires every municipality and county within the metropolitan area to prepare and submit a comprehensive plan to the Metropolitan Council that addresses all required components of the 2040 Regional cal governments in this effort, the Metropolitan mmunity that describes the specific areas that must be addressed as part of the local comprehensive plan. The City of Centerville was issued an updated system statement on September 17, 2015 and submitted its 2040 Comprehensive Plan to the adjacent and affect communities for their review in June of 2018. The City of Centerville submitted its 2040 Comprehensive Plan to Metropolitan Council in December of 2018. incorporate regional policy and metro-wide goals while also integrating important local goals, objectives and preferred outcomes. Both regional Thrive 2040 outcomes as well as the local goals and priorities identified in Chapter 2 will form the foundational lens of this comprehensive plan, guiding decision-making and informing the content of each subsection. The chapters that follow will build on this community Page 1