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PLANNING REPORT DATE: August 17, 2012 CASE: CM2012-001 SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Amendment APPLICANT: City of New Brighton REQUEST&BACKGROUND The City is requesting consideration of minor amendments to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The primary reason for the amendment is the Metropolitan Council adopted revisions to their 2030 Transportation and Regional Parks Policy Plans back in late 2010. Per State Statute, the City is required to amend their Comprehensive Plan within nine months to ensure consistencies with regional policies. Additionally, City staff thought it would be appropriate to include other minor amendments, mostly related to trail crossings over bridges, since the City was undergoing the update process. Lastly, the City Council adopted a draft of an updated Surface Water Management Plan on April 24, 2012. This plan is an appendix to the City's Comprehensive Plan. The update process will ensure that the newly revised Surface Water Management Plan will be reflected in the updated 2030 New Brighton Comprehensive Plan. The current 2030 New Brighton Comprehensive Plan was adopted by the City Council on November 24, 2009. This adoption followed a public hearing with the Planning Commission, a 60-day adjacent communities and affected school district review period, and Metropolitan Council approval. A similar process will occur with the current amendment request. Ultimately, it is expected the City Council will adopt these proposed amendments in late August contingent on Metropolitan Council approval. City staff has been in contact with Metropolitan Council staff to ensure the proposed amendments will be satisfactory. It should also be noted that the statutorily required nine month period has passed. Metropolitan Council staff has advised City staff there are no official penalties by not meeting that deadline. In fact, most communities have not met the deadline. Nonetheless, it is important to prepare, review, and adopt the proposed amendments to ensure local and regional plans remain consistent. ATTACHMENTS A—Metropolitan Council Letter dated 5-16-2011 B—System Statement C—Pages RE Transportation Related Amendments D—Pages RE Trails Related Amendments E—Appendix B: Surface Water Management Plan F—Figure 10-1: Pathways, Parks, & Schools COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT ANALYSIS The proposed amendments are three-fold: 1) Transportation related amendments to ensure consistency with regional policies. Other minor transportation-related amendments are proposed, which are meant only to correct errors in the existing plan. 2) Trail amendments aimed at clarifying the types of trail crossings desired across MnDOT bridges. An amended Figure 10-1 is proposed to graphically depict these crossings. 3) Amend Appendix B to clarify adoption of an updated Surface Water Management Plan. The below offers additional details into these three areas proposed for amendment: