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Draft Comprehensive Plan September 16,2003 • Page 2 Plan Revisions This draft of the Comprehensive Plan has changed very little since the last Plan Review Workshop. The Transportation Element was revised based on the comments made at the July 31 Workshop. These revisions have been available on the City's website since mid-August and were part of the Plan presented at the open house. No Other substantive changes are proposed. Two"housekeeping"revisions have been made. • Section 3 on Using the Plan has been reorganized. The Initiatives have been moved to the beginning of the section. • Some language changes have been made in the references to Old Town in the Initiatives and Land Use to reflect HPC concerns about references to redevelopment. The language changes emphasize an orientation on renovation and revitalization. We continue to review the Plan for other administrative changes to text and graphics. Please forward such changes to us or to Michele. We will incorporate these changes into the final copy that will be produced after the public hearing. Plan Approval Process Under State Law, the Planning Commission is required to conduct at least one public hearing on the proposed Comprehensive Plan. The process for adopting the Plan is governed by Minnesota Statutes, IIISection 462.355, Subd. 2,that reads as follows: Subd. 2. Procedure for plan adoption and amendment. The planning agency may, unless otherwise provided by charter or ordinance consistent with the municipal charter, recommend to the governing body the adoption and amendment from time to time of a comprehensive municipal plan. The plan may be prepared and adopted in sections, each of which relates to a major subject of the plan or to a major geographical section of the municipality. The governing body may propose the comprehensive municipal plan and amendments to it by resolution submitted to the planning agency. Before adopting the comprehensive municipal plan or any section or amendment of the plan, the planning agency shall hold at least one public hearing thereon. A notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be published once in the official newspaper of the municipality at least ten days before the day of the hearing. Following the hearing,the Planning Commission forwards its recommendation to theCity Council. Adoption of the Comprehensive Plan is governed by the following provisions in M.S. Section 462.355: Subd. 3.Adoption by governing body. A proposed comprehensive plan or an amendment to it may not be acted upon by the governing body until it has received the recommendation of the planning agency or until 60 days have elapsed from the date an amendment proposed by the governing body has been submitted to the planning agency for its recommendation. Unless otherwise provided by charter, the governing body may by resolution by a two-thirds vote of all of its members adopt • and amend the comprehensive plan or portion thereof as the official municipal plan upon such notice and hearing as may be prescribed by ordinance.