HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 02-06 Metro Council Still Hasn't Reviewed Maplewood Plan DISPATCH Metro Council Still Hasn't
Reviewed Maplewood Plan
Maplewood village of- it may be concluded that munities had asked the cil will go ahead with
f i c i a 1 s last week ex- the village may now pro- council for a hearing on plans to review our plan
pressed concern over ceed with whatever local the plan?" once more and that we
the fact the Metropolitan official procedure it
Council had' not respond- chooses in officially "Note " � to my know] are Metropolitan word urom
edge, said Miller. the Council
ed to a required review adopting a comprehen- Councilman Harald as to their comments
of the village compre- sive plan in accordance Haugan asked if Miller : a n d recommendations
hensive plan. with state law. had called the Metro. regarding our compre-
According to state Some of the council- Council by phone to de- hensive plan."
law,- the village must men, however, had re termine what happened. After the motion pass-
send its plan to the coun- servations about adopt- "No,"replied Miller. ed,the council scheduled
cil for a "detailed ing the plan without the Because of that fact, a "shirt sleeve" session
subjective r e v i e w", Metro Council 's re- the council toned down a for Feb. 22, at which
which it did on Oct.24. • sponse. resolution prepared by time the plan will again
Also according to law, Mayor Les A x d a h 1 Miller to read, in ess- be discussed and
the village cannot act on asked Miller if "any of once:
the plan until 60 days o uir neighboring corn- minute for possible last
have elapsed after sub—
mission to the council.
The 60-day Metropoli-
tan Council review ex-
pired on Dec. 24, but the
village council—at the
request of the Metropoli-
t a n Council—extended
the review time to Jan.
26.
Village manager Mike
Miller told the council at
its Feb., 1 meeting that
he had still not received
a n y official response
from the Metro Council
regarding the Maple-
wood plan.
Miller said the Metro
Council's failure to re-
s p o n d would indicate
"it's silent endorsement
of the plan" as it relates
to t h e Metropolitan
Council's officially
adopted policies, objec-
tives, programs and
plans.
Therefore, said Miller,