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June 20, 1988
RESOLUTION NO. 88-65
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN 1980 TO THE YEAR 2000 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364
City -owned property at Nevada Avenue adjacent to
the north side of the Burlington Northern Railroad
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 was adopted by the City Council
on March 5, 1984, and provides the following:
1. An official statement serving as the basic guide_ in making land use,
transportation and community facilities and service decisions affecting the
City.
2. A framework for policies and actions leading to the improvement of the
physical, financial, and social environment of the City, thereby providing a
good place to live and work and a setting conducive for new development.
3. A promotion of the public interest in establishing a more functional, healthful,
interesting, and efficient community by serving the interests of the
community at large rather than the interests of individual or special groups
within the community if their interests are at variance with the public
interest.
4. An effective framework-forzirrcetiun and coordination of activities affecting
the development and preservation of the community.
5. Treatment of the entire community as one eco -system and to inject long-
range considerations into determinations affecting short-range action, and
WHEREAS, the use of such Comprehensive Plan will insure a safer, more pleasant,
and more economical environment for residential, commercial, industrial, and public
activities and will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and
WHEREAS, said Plan will prepare the community for anticipated desirable change,
thereby bringing about significant savings in both private and public expenditures, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has taken due cognizance of the planning
activities of adjacent units of government, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 is to be periodically reviewed by
the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park and amendments made, if
justified according to procedures, rules, and laws, and provided such amendments
would provide a positive result and are consistent with other provisions in the
Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park adopted an
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 on May 18, 1988, based on statutes,
the Metropolitan System Statement, extensive research and analyses involving the
interests of citizens and public agencies;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park that
the Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000, as previously adopted by the Planning Commission
and City Council, is hereby amended as follows:
1. The land use designation for property at the south end of Nevada Avenue and
extending approximately 700 feet to the west shall be changed from residential
high density to park, recreation and open space
Adopted by the City Council June 20, 1988
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Reviewed by administration:
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Manager City orney
Approved as to form and execution: