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] � � � � �� � S � 1 �i 1� City Council Study Session Monday, March 19,2007 Page 5 Mr. Stark reviewed the requirements of the Metropolitan Council and the State of Minnesota in their mandate for and purpose of a Comprehensive Plan and that mandate for local municipalities, with the deadline for submit- ting the update in December of 2008. Mr. Stark reviewed the various com- ponents of the document; updates to the plan, originally completed in 1994; and the three primary alternatives for completing the required update by the end of 2008, and the pros and cons of each alternative: 1) Making "technical" updates reflecting the requirements set forth in the System statement; or 2� Creating a new Comprehensive Plan reflecting the current vision of the community and meeting requirements as set forth in the System 1 � Statement; or 1:� 3� Assessing each of the plan's 11 sections and 11 appendices to deter- t� mine which is still relevant and which have become obsolete, and to 1� undertake technical updates of those relevant sections and recreate the ] G obsolete sections consistent with the System statement. 1� Discussion included the recently completed Imagine Roseville 2025 com- l� munity visioning process and how that work would be incorporated into the t� public comment portions of the Comprehensive Plan; difficulty of navigat- �� ing the current plan; Master Plan changes to the Comprehensive Plan over � 1 the years; previous heavy reliance on demographic and statistical informa- �� tion from the I-35W Corridor Coalition and lack of rationale or ability in up- �:� dating those reference sources; existing chapters recently written and need- �� ing little work; and staff s recommendation for the third alternative. �5 �� Mr. Stark further reviewed staff s level of expertise and the time-consuming �� nature of Comprehensive Plan update work, and the need for outside con- �� sulting assistance; and budget implications and funding sources. �� �0 Planning Commission Chair Mary Bakeman discussed the benefits of the re- � 1 cently-completed community visioning process; and ways to encourage on- 3� going public input. Chair �akema� and staff advised that a request for 3:� Council action was anticipated in April or early May. �� 3,� �� �� �8 Mayor Klausing concurred with staff s recommendation to rewrite obsolete portions; opining that due to cost considerations and the good work per- formed by Councilmembers before them, it didn't seem prudent to start from scratch. Mayor Klausing questioned funding; but further opined that this