HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977 08-15 CHCACITY COUNCIL AGENDA
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WITH ADVISORY AND CHARTER COMMISSIONS
City of Brooklyn Center
August 15, 1977
Call to Order: 7 :30 p.m.
2. Roll Call
3. Introduction: Mayor Cohen
4. Review of Open Meeting Law and Requirements for Local Government
Mr. David Graven, Holmes, Kircher, and Graven Law Firm
Recess: 8:45 p.m.
6. Local Comprehensive Planning
a. State Critical Area Planning Act (Mississippi River Corridor)
b. 1976 Metropolitan Land Planning Act
c. Role of Advisory Commissions
7. Adjournment: 10 :00 p.m.
OPEN MEETING LAW Attorney David Graven will explain the provisions of this
Act and will discuss the impact upon local government and the various deliberative
bodies including the Council, the several advisory commissions, and the Charter
Commission. A period for questions is scheduled.
LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING. Planning and Inspection Director Blair Tremere
will discuss the procedures for reviewing and revising the City's Comprehensive
Plan and the development of a current Plan in conjunction with recent State planning
legislation. The presentation will include a discussion of the roles the several
advisory commissions will have in this process.
The Governor in 1976 designated the Mississippi River through the Metropolitan Area
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Areas Act. Brooklyn Center is required to develop information, plans, and regulations
for the River Corridor in the City by January, 1979. The corridor is basically that
area between West River Road and the River north of I -694, and between the I -9 4
right -of -way and the River south of I -694.
The plans and regulations are to be developed locally, following State and
Metropolitan Council guidelines. A work program has been approved by the City
Council and by the State for achieving this.
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The purpose of the coordinated planning is to realize development of the River
Corridor as a regional multipurpose resource, resolve the conflicts of the use of
land and water, preserve and enhance its natural, aesthetic, cultural, and historical
value for the public use, and protect its environmentally sensitive areas.
The City has received a grant from the State Planning Agency to assist in the planning
process, and it is proposed that a professional consultant will be contracted to per-
form portions of the work program.
The Critical Area planning is being coordinated with the required planning efforts set
forth in the Metropolitan Planning Act. This law requires all local government units
in the Metropolitan Region to prepare Comprehensive Plans that are consistent with
the Metropolitan Council's plans and policies within three years Brooklyn Center
has a basic Comprehensive Land Use Plan adopted in 1966; and the new Plan will,
to a significant extent, represent an updating and revision of that Plan.
There are several subjects which must be included in the new plan, which will
consist of three major plans: a land use plan; a public facilities plan; and an
implementation program. Elements included are: existing and proposed land uses;
environmental protection; housing; transportation; sewers and waste disposal; parks;
and regulations- (such as zoning and subdivision) to enforce and implement these
programs
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The City Council has recently reviewed a System Statement from the Metropolitan
Council which describes for the City the Metropolitan Plans and facilities which
affect it and which should be considered in the Comprehensive Plan and related
Capital Improvements programs. When the System Statement has been formally
accepted by the City Council, and any discrepancies have been resolved between
the City and the Metropolitan Council, the Comprehensive Planning process spanning
about two years commences.
The City Council, in anticipation of this law, appropriated funds in the 1977 budget
for a professional consultant to assist in the necessary tasks which will be set forth
in a work program to be approved by the City Council.
The Zoning Ordinance designates the Planning Commission as the custodial or
coordinating advisory body of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The main element
of the new Comprehensive Plan is land use and the Metropolitan Council has
recommended this element be prepared and reviewed (by them) prior to the preparation
of a Public Facilities Plan and an Implementation Program.
The Planning Commission will draw from the other advisory commissions input regard-
ing environmental and physical planning concerns. Advisory commissions will be
called upon during the two year period to review and recommend elements of the
"master" Comprehensive Plan, including parks, housing, Metropolitan Council social
framework policies, and environmental protection.
Citizen input will be solicited and considered, as in 1965 -66, during the planning
process.
The advisory commissions can expect to play a role in the City's review of
Comprehensive Plans from adjacent communities, the County, and school districts,
as required by the Planning Act.