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Pg. 11 -5 the City Council. 113 114 2.6 The City's attorney has provided staff with his opinion on master plans. In his review of the 115 Minnesota comprehensive plan statutes, he found that it is not inconsistent with the law to 116 incorporate master plans into a comprehensive plan; thus, whether or not the City wants to 117 integrate them into its plan is a matter of policy rather than law. (See Attachment D to 118 review the letter prepared by Mr. Squires) 119 120 2.7 State statutes set an overall planning framework for formal updating and approval of 121 comprehensive plans, which include.- 122 ■ Completion of an update to the plan within three years of receiving an update to the 123 Metropolitan System Statement in this case, a completion date of December 31, 124 2008), 1 125 ■ Submission of the proposed plan to adjacent jurisdictions for review and comment; 126 s Approval of the plan by the planning commission and city council; 127 ■ Submission of the plan to the Metropolitan Council for its review and comment; and 128 s Adoption of the final plan by the City Council. 129 130 2.8 The City is operating under the assumption that it will meet the December 31, 2008 deadline 131 for plan submission. To do that, the following timeline must be met.* 132 Task Date/Timeframe Planning Commission public hearing and October I recommendation for adjacent jurisdiction review* City Council public comment and approval for adjacent October 13 jurisdiction review Adjacent jurisdiction review" October 14 — November 24 Planning Commission public comment and December 3 recommendation of plan City Council public hearing and approval of plan December 15 Submission of plan to Metropolitan Council December 31 *Non-required task "State statute provides up to six months for adjacent jurisdictions to comment on the proposed plan. The City will request an abbreviated review period; however, this is just a request and the jurisdictions do not need to provide comment before the end of the statutory review period. If the City does not receive comments or confirmations of no comment during this identified timeframe, the City will not be able to submit the plan to the Metropolitan Council by December 31. 133 134 2.9 The Metropolitan Council has put into place an administrative comprehensive plan 135 extension that allows Council staff to approve a six-month submission deadline extension to 136 communities that will not be able to meet the December 31, 2008 deadline. Cities must 137 apply for this type of extension by November 1. With this extension, the City would have 138 until May 29, 2009, to submit its plan for review and comment by the Metropolitan Council. 139 6 oJ-8 101308—C.omprehensive Plan Update