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HANDBOOK FOR MINNESOTA CITIES • Review of land acquisitions and capital • Minn.Stat.§462.356,subd.2. improvements.Once an agency adopts a comprehensive plan or part of a plan, all proposed land acquisitions and capital improvements of the city, or any other governmental unit with jurisdiction in the city,must go to the commission for review. The agency will then submit a written report describing its findings. (The council may,by two-thirds vote, dispense with this requirement if it feels no planning implications are involved.) Failure to report in 45 days is deemed approval. The planning commission or agency is responsible for reviewing land use control measures. The Planning Act requires the planning agency to review zoning ordinance amendments, subdivision plats and official maps. Public hearings may be held before the planning agency, but the council makes the final determination. Under most city ordinances, all council determinations having planning implications first go to the planning agency. Minn.Stat.§462.354,subd.2. Finally, the planning agency or commission may get the assignment from the council to act as a board of adjustments and appeals. Again,every city that has a map in effect, must establish a board of adjustment and appeals. However,because • the board has the authority to review the decisions and recommendations of the planning agency, it is usually better to have a board whose members are different from those of the planning agency. Executing and implementing the comprehensive plan Southern Burlington County Any plan is only as good as its execution. The most common N.A.A.C.P.v. Township of and effective tools to accomplish this are zoning, Mount Laurel,336 A.2d 713 P subdivision (N.J. 1975),cert.denied,423 regulations, official street maps, building regulations and U.S.808(1975). capital improvements budgeting. A well-organized and effective program uses all of these tools. 40 382