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Use. of Plan by the City Planning Commission The Planning Commission of Gem Lake is a five member body appointed by the City Council of Gem Lake. Members of the Committee serve at the pleasure of the City Council. They may be reappointed. Saecifically, with regard to the Comprehensive Plan, the Planning Commission has: the. following major responsibilities: (a) to periodically review (not less frequently than biannually) and make suggested additions and amendments to the Comprehen- sive Plan, (b) to. assure that all provisions of the City's development control V4 ordinances (or proposed amendments or additions to these ordinances) are in accordance with the principles of the Plan, (c) to review proposed public capital investments of the City of Gera., Lake to determine their consistency with the - Comprehensive Plan and (d) to review proposed. private capital investments within Gem Lake to assure that: they are in accordance with the principles and proposals of the Plan. While the. Planning Commissionts responsibilities are primarily advisory — the City Council has prime authority in carrying out the Plan's features -- the Planning Commission nevertheless is- considered to be the City's p:imary body in terms of making explicit interpretations of the Pian's stated proposals. Use of the.Plan by the City Council The City Council :is. a five member body directly. elected by the citizens o€ Gem Lake. .Council..^iembers are electe4 -to four year staggered terms. As the primary policy making -.body of the City of Gem Lake, the. Council has the following principal responsibilities in relation to the Comprehensive. Municipal Plan: (a) to •.•= assure, to the maximum extent possible,. that the. policies contained within the, Comprehensive :Plan document represent the viewpoint of- the citizens of the community, 0 to attempt to mace incremental policy decisions in normal council -deliberations that are consistent with the Plan's provisions, (c) to make public capital expenditures and related- expenditures. consistent with the principles of the Plan, .and (d) to exercise the ultimate review and adoption of all original plan ,provisions and amendments- to the Plan forwarded to the Council by the. Planning Commission. Reletionshio of Other Municipal Bodies and Citizens *to the -Plan Beyond guiding the actions of the City Planning Commission and the City. Council, the plan is designed. to be an.educatiorial:device designed to convey -to &U people in Gem Lake the manner in which the CRY is desired to develop. -The plan is intended to convey the unique assets, liabilities, and key development issues facing. the City in the coming years. Citizens interested It- interpretations of the provisions of the Comprehensive Municipal Plan, or revisions- to it, are encouraged to meet with the - Planning Commission at its regularly *soheduled* sessions. Compliance with the Plan The Comprehensive Plan of Gem Lake is designed to be more than. a mere document spelling out general municipal policies. It is principally intended as a