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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, January 07, 2009 Page 6 Original Motion [as amended] Ayes: 7 Nays: 0 Motion carried. Chair Bakeman noted that the case was scheduled to be heard by the City Council at their January 26, 2009 meeting. b. PROJET FILE 0004 Consideration of the final draft of Roseville’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan; the Planning Commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to City Council for final action. Chair Bakeman opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 0004. Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon introduced tonight’s discussion of the Comprehensive Plan Update, noting that it had been a long process. Mr. Trudgeon assured Commissioners not to let the variation in size of the former Comprehensive Plan compared to the Updated Plan be of concern; noting that the Update was a vital document and all-inclusive, while the former plan had become a mishmash of conflicting purposes and Master Plans. Economic Development Associate Jamie Radel reviewed the culmination of the year-long planning process; significant participation by the City Council-appointed Steering Committee; review by the City’s advisory commissions; two (2) public open houses; various public hearings; and review by neighboring jurisdictions and affected units of government and special districts, as well as a preliminary review of the draft by the Metropolitan Council. Ms. Radel advised that, prior to the City Council releasing the draft Plan on October 13, 2008 to those parties, they had made several modifications, including changing the future land use designation for the Har Mar Mall to Community Business, and adding language to the land use implementation strategies regarding parkland and the need for parkland in Planning District 14. The staff report dated January 7, 2009 included modifications to the draft by the Planning Commission and the City Council; and subsequent comments received to the draft Plan from the reviewing parties (Attachment E), with staff differentiating those specific to the Plan and those of a broader nature. Ms. Radel, as part of the staff report, included several attachments of those responses, the informal review summary letter from the Metropolitan Council and a draft resolution for the Planning Commission to recommend approval of the Plan, as revised following those comments, to the City Council to continue the process. Ms. Radel noted that all comments of reviewing parties had been received, with the exception of the Grass Lake Watershed District, and that their response was anticipated prior to the City Council meeting of January 26, 2009 when the plan was scheduled to come before them for review and action. Ms. Radel provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part thereof, a list of those items identified by the Metropolitan Council in their informal review that indicated missing elements, non-required suggestions or clarifications, and staff action taken accordingly, depending on those various components. Ms. Radel advised that, jurisdiction comments not included in the Comprehensive Plan Update had been included in the proposed 2009 Work Plan to be addressed later this evening, and appearing more applicable to integration at that time, rather than in the plan itself. Ms. Radel advised that the majority of the comments had been integrated, stricken, or added, depending on their application. As an example, Ms. Radel referenced suggestions of Capitol Region and Rice Creek Water Shed Districts, and the advice of the City Engineer Debra Bloom that they not be included as specific rules in the City’s Comprehensive Plan, as there were three (3) different Watershed Districts within the City’s jurisdiction each with different specifications. Ms. Radel advised that Ms. Bloom noted that the City’s Stormwater Management Plan addressed those items as specified in comments of the Metropolitan Council, and while those comments were not integrated in the Comprehensive Plan that served as an overall guide, they were referenced in the Plan, or would become