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Metropolitan Council JtJL Working for the Region. Planning for the Future June 10,1999 Mike Gaffron Senior Planning Coordinator City of Orono 2750 Kelly Parkway Orono MN 55356 Re: Request for Extension of Time to Complete Review and Amendment of Local Comprehensive Plans Dear Mr. Gaffron: Minnesota Statutes authorize the Meiropolitau Council to grant extensions to local governments that require addi ional time to complete the review of and submit any amendments to their comprehensive p'ans, fiscal devices and official controls. In response to inquiries regarding extension of the c arrcnt June 30,1999 deadline for completing comprehensive plans, the Metropolitan Council has authorized staff to afford communities an opportunity to seek deadline extensions to December 31,1999. As part of a request for extension, local governments are being asked to provide a timetable and a plan for completion of the rc .iew and update. Accordingly, I am enclosing with this letter an extension request form intended *o provide the Metropolitan Council with information about your planning process so we can work directly with you on issues or conflicts you have identified and facilitate the completion of plan updates by the December deadline. A model resolution is enclosed, as well, which should accompany your request for extension. I would like to call your attention to some important issues for your consideration should the Metropolitan Council grant your community an extension to December 31,1999: I. The comprehensive plan update must be submitted by DecembCT 31,1999 with the mandatory 60-day adjacent Jurisdiction review process already completed. As such, the target date for plan completion and circulation will be October 31. 2. For these communities identifying conflicts in forecasts or obstacles to plan completion, you may be asked to meet with Council staff and/or your Council district representative(s) to resolve outstanding issues. 3. For plans that cannot be completed by December 31,1999, with the mandatory 60-day adjacent community review, additional administrative deadline extensions will not be possible, thus requiring special action by the Metropolitan Council to extend the completion deadline on a conununity-by-community basis. 4^Mttropolltaa Council ^KUmMCon • 230EMFUHiIMtMPKkCotn • 230EMFUHlStrM( • SiFmI.Mionetou 53IOMUO* (65I)0CM000> Fu«02-I350> TTY29I-0904 Metro lafcUMM2-UM* • vww.MMcnMnlerf t? J