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Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, Pursuant to the Minnesota Land Planning Act of 1976,
the City of Saint Paul is in the process of preparing the Compre-
hensive Plan consisting of 15 plan elements and 16 District Plans;
and
WHEREAS, The following plans have been co�npleted: River
Corridor Plan, Street and Highway Plan, Bicycle Plan, Parks and
Recreation Plan, Fire Services P1an, Multi-Service Centers Plan,
and 13 District Plans; and
WHEREAS, The following plans remain to be completed:. Develop-
, �nent Framework, Implementation Strategy, Land Use Plan, Housing
Policy Plan, Housing Implementation Plan, Transit Plan, Sewer Plan,
Downtown Development Plan, Economic Development Strategy, and the
District 1, 3, and 10 Plans; and
WHEREAS, The City of St: Paul has an extensive citizen partici-
pation role in its planning process which necessitateS more tiine
for plan preparation and ac�option than was generally contemplated
by the Minnesota Land Planning Act; and
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Council is authorized to grant extensions
to municipalities to complete the Comprehensive Plan; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That the Metropolitan Council is hereby requested
to grant an extension of deadline for the completion of the Saint
Paul new Comprehensive Plan to July 1, 1981, and also amend the
present grant contract between the City and Metropolitan Council.
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INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 11 , 1980
T0: Leonard Levine
FROM: James Bellus�
RE: Resolution Requesting an Extension from Metropolitan Council
to Complete the Comprehensive P1an
Here is some background information on the resolution which may be helpful
to you.
Under the Metropolitan Land P1anning Act of 1976, each community in the
Metropolitan area is required to prepare a Comprehensive Plan. In June
of 1977, Metropolitan Counci1 transmitted to the City of St. Paul a system
statement telling us their forecasts of employment, population, and housing
which we should plan for and what metropolitan airport, park, sewer, and
transportation systems should be considered during our plan preparation.
Under the Land Planning Act, each community was to submit its Comprehensive
Plan for Metropolitan Council review within three years of the date the
system statement was received. The deadline for plan submission was established
as July 1 , 1980. However, at least one-third of inetro area communities
are not expected to meet the deadline. Anticipating that some communities
would not be able to meet their deadline, Metro Cauncil established guidelines
for reviewing plan extension requests in accordance with the Land Planning
Act. Extensions may be granted to loca1ities based on the merits of the
request. Requests for ex�ensions must inc1ude a resolution of the government
body stating the request, a description of the p1anning activities previously
undertaken, an explanation of the reasons why an extension is necessary,
and a revised schedule for local plan adoption. '
St. Paul 's justification for needing an extension is outlined in the attached
extension request and in the resolution. A chart describing activities
previously undertaken and a revised schedule for local adoption for each
plan element will accompany our request to Metro Council .
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EXTENSION REQUEST
Pursuant to the Metropolit�an Land Planninr Act of 1976,the City of St. Paul
is in the process of preparing the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive
Plan of the City of St. Paul consists of 15 plan elements and 16 district
plans. The following plans have been completed and adopted to date:
River Corridor Plan, S�reet and Highway Plan, Bicycle Plan, Parks and
Recreation Plan, Fire Services Plan, Multi-Service Centers Plan, and 13
District Plans. The following plans remain to be completed and/or adopted:
Development Framework, Implementation Strategy, Land Use Plan, Housing
Policy Plan, Housing Imp1ementation Plan, Trans�it Plan, Sewer Plan,
Downtown Development Plan, Economic Development Strategy, and the District 1 ,
3 and 10 Plans. Further information on the status of each plan is contained
in the attached chart.
The City of St. Paul is requesting an extension to July 1 , 1981 , of our
deadline to complete the Comprehensive Plan. Through December 31, t980,
we will be completing our plan development, citizen review, and iocal
adoption processes. The required six month review by adjacent municipalities
would then take place from January 1 through July 1 , 1981. This is the
minimum ar�ount of time within which our Comprehensive Plan �an b� completed.
In order to have each plan element adopted by City Council by December,
a tight schedule must be adhered to.
There are two major reasons which explain why St. Paul needs an extension
to complete the Comprehensive Plan. One of these deals with staffing
and the other with our citizen participation process. These reasons are
outlined below.
One major reason we need an extension to complete our Comprehensiire Plan
is that we wished to write our plan elements with our existing
staff, This meant that some elements of the
plan had to be delayed while our staff completed other elements. We decided
to use our existing staff to write the Comprehensive Plan for several
reasons: ' "' � °
- In the first year of the comprehensive planning process, we did not �
have enough money to hire additional staff.
- We did not wish to hire planners for the sole purpose of working on
the Comprehensive Plan, and then lay them off when the plans were __
completed.
- In general , hiring consultants or new staff to write a Comprehensive P1an
for a large city is not a viable option.
The second major reason we need an extension to complete our Comprehensive
Plan is the extensive role citizen participation plays in our planning
processes. The emphasis on citizen involvement in our planning efforts
has affected the progress of the Comprehensive Plan in a number of ways:
- When the Metropolitan Land Planning Act was passed in 1976 St. Paul
was already committed to the District Planning Process. Developing
plans in concert with district councils for 17 districts with populations
ranging from 9,000-30,000 has been a complex and lengthy process.
As a consequence, staff resources were divided between the district
planning process and the citywide planning process.
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- Two major citizen task forces, the Energy Corrmittee of 100+ and the
Housing Task Force have been meeting during the past year for the
purpose of providing citizen input into a variety of planning efforts.
A considerable amount of time and effort on the part of city staff
and citizens went into the comnittee meetings and reports which were
produced. Specific recommendations were made in each of the five
subcommittee reports of the Energy Cormnittee and in the report of the
Housing Task Force. Where feasible, the recomnendations of these
task forces are being integrated into the appropriate elements of
the Comprehensive Plan or into ordinance and official controls changes.
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- After several of the plan elements were drafted and sent out for corr�nunity
review, considerable rewriting of the plans was necessary to reflect
comnents received at public hearings and district council meetings.
In addition, the scheduling of public hearings for some of the plans
was extended to allow more time for community review. We anticipate
that these delays may also occur with the plan elements which have
yet to go through the community review process.
- In several cases, St. Paul is going beyond the requirements of the
MLPA so that the plan elements will be more useful to the city and
Metropolitan Council. For example, the Housing Implementatiorr Plan
will be more detailed than is required because community groups have
requested more specificity and because more detail will be useful to
the city as well . Likewise, an Economic Development Strategy is being
prepared because the city needs a framework within which to guide
economic development.
- The process each element of the Comprehensiv`e�Plan goes through before
it is adopted is designed to allow maximum opportunity for citizen
review and comment. This is a time consuming process, but it is a very
effective method of receiving input from citizens, elected and appointed
officials, and city departments and agencies. The process usually
proceeds as follows:
1. A preliminary draft of the plan element is written. This is usually
developed in sections, with the appropriate corr�nittee of the Planning
Commission reviewing each section as it is completed.
2. Copies of the preliminary draft are distributed to the Rlanning
Commission and an informational presentation is given at a Planning
Commission meeting. The Commission may then approve the plan -�
for the purpose of public review.
3. Public review of the plan begins. Presentations to district councils
and other organizations may be made and informational meetings
will be held to receive the comments of citizens and organizations.
Internal review within the Department of Planning and Economic
Development usually occurs at this point.
4. After public review of the plan is completed, the preliminary
draft is revised as many times as is necessary until a final draft
is completed.
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5. The final draft is distributed for public review. Presentations
may be made to organizations at this time. City departments and
agencies affected by the plan receive copies for review and comment.
6. The Planning Commission holds a public hearing on the final draft.
7. The Planning Corrmission makes any final revisions and certifies
the plan.
8. The plan is transmitted to the Mayor and City Council . A subcor�anittee
of the City Council may study it at this time.
9. The City Council holds a public hearing on the plan.
10. The City Council may then conditionally adopt the plan, subject
to its approval by the Metropolitan Council .
11. The plan is then printed and is ready for submission to Metrapo�ftan
Council with the rest of the Comprehensive Plan.
- It normally takes 1-12 years for a plan which doesr�'t generate major conflicts
to proceed through this process. Some of the plans have been in the process
since 1976. We feel that the Comprehensive Plan is such a vital force
in determining what happens in the city over the next decade that it is
worth the time it takes to produce a document we are satisfied with, and
the citizens and elected and appointed officials are satisfied with.
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AMENDMENT OF GRANT CONTRACT
The City of St. Paul proposes that our grant contract be amended to reflect
our requested deadline and the subsequent changes in the disbursal of
our grant money which is allocated to us to prepare the Comprehensive
Plan. One additional change the City proposes is that the $10,800 allocated
to the preparation and adoption of official controls be transferred to
the Economic Development Strategy plan element. We anticipate that
preparation and adoption of official controls will take at least until
1982. Since our expenses from completing the Comprehensive Plan will
be incurred in 1980 and 1981 , we need to be reimbursed before 1982.
The Economic Development Strategy is an important element of St. Paul 's
Comprehensive Plan and currently has no grant money allocated to it. _
We feel it would be appropriate to shift the money allocated to official
controls to the Economic Development Strategy. �
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