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City of Plymouth
Special City Council Meeting
Monday, May 2, 2005 6:30 PM
City Hall Lunchroom
1. Call to Order
2. Discuss Comprehensive Plan Update
3. Adjourn
Agenda Number:
C2
TO: Laurie Ahrens, City Manager
FROM: Anne Hurlburt, Community Development Director ,
SUBJECT: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE (2005050)
DATE: April 28, 2005 for the Special City Council Meeting
of May 2, 2005
The Council has set a special meeting to discuss the update of the City's Comprehensive Plan
and to give direction to staff regarding the scope, process and schedule for the project.
To begin the meeting, staff will make a brief presentation covering:
Recent Metropolitan Council plans and their impact on Plymouth's planning;
Statutory requirements and deadlines; and
Issues that have already been identified for the Plan update.
After the Council's discussion (and a similar discussion that will be held with the Planning
Commission at their May 4 meeting) staff will develop a schedule for the project. We will also
prepare the scope(s) of work that we will use to seek the necessary consulting services to assist
us with the project. We hope to come back to the Council for approval of those items at
tentatively) the May 24 regular City Council meeting.
Staff has prepared a series of questions that Council may wish to consider, to start the discussion:
What are your "top three" issues that need to be addressed in the plan? (other than land
use for NW Plymouth, which has already been agreed upon as an issue.)
2. What doesn't work for you in the current Comprehensive Plan? In other words, what
aspects of the Plan would you like to change?
What are some of the aspects of the current plan that have worked well? In other
words, what are some of the best features of the Plan that should be retained?
4. What do you see as the appropriate role for the Planning Commission? For the
Council?
5. Who are the key stakeholders in the process? In other words, who needs to be involved
to make sure we have a good process and a good plan at the end?
6. What types of mechanisms for citizen involvement and communication do you think
work best?
We look forward to this important discussion and the following planning for the future of
Plymouth.
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