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Pg. 11-4 The Relationship Between Master Plans and the Comprehensive Plan section as amended by the Planning Commission was moved to Official Controls section. Pg. 11-5 Under the secrion enritled Relationship Between Master Plans and the Comprehensive Plan, in reference to master plans adopted prior to 2009, added the statement "Master plans adopted prior to 2009 will not be addressed as part of the Comprehensive Plan without further acrion by the City Council. 61 62 2.5 On October 15, 2008, staff made the Council-requested modifications to the Plan and sent a 63 letter to neighboring and affected local jurisdictions and special districts alerting them to the 64 opening of the review period. By state statute, these bodies have up to six months to review 65 and comment on the draft plan. Prior to forwarding its approved Plan to the Metropolitan 66 Council for its review, the City must receive comments or notice of no comment from all of 67 the external bodies. The City has received comment for all of the adjacent jurisdictions and 68 affected special districts and school districts. 69 70 2.6 Overall, the external bodies did not make significant comments regarding the draft Plan. 71 Attachment E is a table that summarizes the comments received by the City from the 72 external bodies. These comments have been divided to two groups--suggested changes to 73 the draft Plan and those requiring some type of follow up or coordination outside of the 74 Comprehensive Planning Process. As shown, only St. Paul, Ramsey County, Capitol Region 75 Watershed District, and Rice Creek Watershed District made comments related specifically 76 to the draft Plan. Arden Hills, Little Canada, Minneapolis, and Shoreview made requests for 77 follow up on issues broader than the Comprehensive Plan. For those comments specific to 78 the Plan, staff has reviewed the issues raised and made changes to the draft Plan as needed. 79 80 2.7 In addition to sending the draft Plan to the external bodies for review, staff provided the 81 Metropolitan Council with a copy of the plan and requested an informal review. The 82 purpose of this review is to see if any required elements are missing. The Metropolitan 83 Council circulated that plan to the appropriate reviewers and provided staff with a letter 84 summarizing their findings (Attachment F). Staff and the consulting team have integrated 85 items identified as incomplete into the draft Plan. Within the letter, there are several times 86 when the Metropolitan Council staff refer to missing tables. These tables do not need to be 87 included within the Comprehensive Plan, but need to be submitted as supplemental 88 information to allow Council staff to complete their analysis. Staff will complete these 89 tables upon the City Council's approval of the draft Plan. Attachment G is a table that 90 summarizes how City staff and HKGi resolved issues identified by the Metropolitan 91 92 93 2.8 94 Council. A significant technical review has been undertaken over the last two months. As requested by the Planning Commission, staff hired professional proofreading services. Staff retained 4 of 6 012609 Approval of 2030 Comprehensive Plan