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Memo to Mayor and City Council March 8, 2000 Page 4 The bulk of the City's Comprehensive Plan was updated through the use of a steering committee and formally adopted in December of 1995. However, there have been a number of amendments since that time including an amendment to the Urban Service District in 1997, adoption of the Master Park Plan in 1997, and adoption of the Transportation Chapter in 1998. The Park and Recreation Commission is updating the Master Park Plan this year. At this time, it may be more appropriate to evaluate the status of implementation of the goals and objectives outlined in the plan to determine if the City is on track with its adopted objectives. It would serve the Planning Commission well, now that it is at its full strength, to re-acquaint themselves with the Comprehensive Plan by evaluating the status of the Comprehensive Plan implementation and reporting to the Council the success or deficiency of the implementation. Transportation Plan Update Also at the October 25, 1999, special City Council meeting, Councilmember Motin noted the lack of specifics regarding the components of the Transportation Plan and suggested that perhaps the plan needed to be updated. Specifically, Councilmember Motin spoke of under/over passes and funding of new streets that are not discussed in the plan. In addition, the impact of MN/DOT's Regional Corridor Study and access control studies are new impacts to the Transportation that was adopted in 1998. The Planning Commission and City Council have, however, worked cooperatively on transportation planning as it relates to the Northstar Corridor development. As the Transportation Plan was recently adopted 1998, it may be appropriate to again evaluate implementation of the principles adopted in the Transportation Plan in order to determine if a complete overhaul of the Transportation Plan is required. Review Site Plan for Possible KinderCare on the Holt and Jackson Site Staff met with KinderCare representatives on Thursday, March 2nd , to discuss the possibility of constructing a 10,000 square foot KinderCare facility on the Holt and Jackson property. As with previous proposals for this site, there is an issue of tree removal. The Planning Commission and City Council should discuss the proposed site plan and the impact the proposed plan has on the existing trees on the site. The representatives from KinderCare are looking for direction from the Commission and City Council as to the appropriateness of the proposal for the site. Daycares are a conditional use in the C4 (Neighborhood Commercial) district, so a public hearing before the Planning Commission and City Council will be required prior to the sale of the land and execution of a purchase agreement with KinderCare. S:\PLANNING~11CHMC\3-13AGEN.DOC