Following the approval of Shakopee's 2040 Comprehensive Plan by the Metropolitan Council at their October 23, 2019 meeting, Envision Shakopee is now ready for final adoption and implementation. The last time the Envision Shakopee was before the Planning Commission was April 4th, which served as the Planning Commission approval of the plan and moved it to authorize submission to the Metropolitan Council. The Plan was submitted on April 29, 2019 and through after working with Met Council staff was deemed complete for review on August 8. Following this the Met Council Environment Committee reviewed and approved the Plan on September 24, the Community Development Committee reviewed and approved the Plan on October 7 and the full Council formally approved the Plan on October 23. A copy of the approval letter is attached. 

Generally, most changes made during the Met Council review process were technical in nature and did not require substantial changes. With the City submitting an early draft to the Council in 2018, most substantial issues were resolved before formal submission. The incomplete for review memo from the Met Council can be found in the attachments of this report. Substantive changes made from the previous draft this Commission reviewed includes; the addition of an additional land use inventory, found on pages 136 and 137 as Figure 4.10 and 4.11, an overview table of planned land uses on page 139 as Figure 4.13, an expanded housing tools discussion on page 91 as Figure 3.12 and an updated planned Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) map. The remainder of the changes made were minor, in response to the issues noted on the attached Met Council incomplete memo.

Envision Shakopee was awarded the "Planning in Context" award from the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association at their 2019 annual conference.

The full digital version of the document can be found on the Envision Shakopee website to either view or download.

https://envisionshakopee.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Shakopee-2040-Comprehensive-Plan-Update-NO-APPENDIX-pages-reduce.pdf

Additionally, the full appendix is also available at the website. 

https://envisionshakopee.com/documents/

Since the Planning Commission formally approved the Plan at the April meeting, this item is informational in nature and does not require formal action from the Commission.

Likely next step in implementation will be a review and update of the City's Zoning Code to conform with the land use designations found in Envision Shakopee (Figure 4.12 on page 136). State statue gives municipalities 9 months following formal adoption of Comprehensive Plans to conform official controls with said plan. More information on this process will be provided in the near future.