HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-66 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1999/05/17RESOLUTION NO? 9 - 6 6
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2000 - 2020
FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
Findings of Fact
The Comprehensive Plan 1980-2000 was adopted by the City Council on March 5,
1984 and amended on April 1, 1991 as Comprehensive Plan 1990-2010, following a public
hearing and due consideration thereof, and
The Comprehensive Plan is to be periodically reviewed by the Planning
Commission of the City of St. Louis Park and revisions and amendments made, if justified
according to procedures, rules, and laws, and provided such revisions and amendments
would provide a positive result and are consistent with other provisions in the
Comprehensive Plan, and
Conditions relating to traffic, economics, development patterns, and community
attitudes and desires have changed during the ensuing period which changes support and
necessitates changes in the Comprehensive Plan, and
The Comprehensive Plan is a living document intended to reflect social and
environmental changes and promote a desirable legacy, and
Minnesota Statutes require that the City respond to revisions in the Metropolitan
Systems statements promulgated by the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities, and
The City received revised system statements for transportation and sanitary
sewers in January 1997 and was obligated to address these revised system statements in a
Comprehensive Plan amendment, and
It is the desire of the City to promote sound development, and
An adopted Comprehensive Plan 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 for direction and coordination of activities
affecting the development and preservation of the community.
5. Treatment of the entire community as one ecosystem and to inject long
range considerations into determinations affecting short-range action, and
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
Said Plan will prepare the community for anticipated desirable change, thereby
bringing about significant savings in both private and public expenditures, and
In 1994, citizens of St. Louis Park participated in a visioning process named
Vision St. Louis Park, to identify and make recommendations about strategic issues facing
St. Louis Park, and
Vision St. Louis Park goals require revisions to policies which are incorporated in
the Comprehensive Plan, and
The Comprehensive Plan has taken due cognizance of the planning activities of
adjacent units of government, and
The City Council adopted Resolution 97-84 forecasting 2020 employment of
51,700 jobs, 2020 population of 49,660 persons, and 2020 households totaling 22,600,
and
The City Council initiated the Comprehensive Planning process on August 18,
1997, and
A public information gathering process was used which included a residential
telephone survey in September 1997, residential mail survey in November 1997, a business
survey in December 1997, four public meetings in December 1997, a neighborhood
camera survey in the fall of 1997, a St. Louis Park Business Council meeting on
November 6, 1997, meetings with the Blackstone Neighborhood in December 1998 and
January 1999, and
Current land use designations were reviewed pursuant to accommodating the
forecasted growth, and
Current land use designations were reviewed in areas where the current land use is
inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan land use guiding, and
Several parcels of land which were acquired by Minnesota Department of
Transportation for the construction of I-394 and adjacent frontage roads are proposed to
be turned back for other purposes, and
The parcel east of TH. 100 and north of Cedar Lake Road and the parcel between
I-394 and West 13th Lane was identified for residential purposes after consideration of
access and surrounding land uses, and
The medium density land use designation for several parcels located east of Texas
Avenue with primary access to the I-394 south frontage road was found to be inconsistent
with the current commercial land uses and the minor arterial character of the south
frontage road, and
Because of exceptional access to the regional transportation system, current high
intensity office and lodging land uses, the Blackstone Neighborhood has the potential for
the expansion of multi -story office, commercial and residential uses, and
Expansion of residential uses in the Blackstone Neighborhood is consistent with
City Council Resolution 97-84, livable communities principles, convenient and desirable
location, available transit, and low residential vacancy rates, and
The commercial properties established in the 1950s in the vicinity of Texas
Avenue and Minnetonka Boulevard experience significant turnovers and vacancies which
promote neighborhood concern and suggest that these properties may be reaching the end
of their useful life, and
The maintenance of residential land uses for properties on West 36 1/2 Street and
Kipling Avenue is consistent with the City's housing goals, the protection of residential
neighborhoods from commercial encroachment, and livable communities principles which
in order to preserve a neighborhood aesthetic promote like land uses to be located across
the street from each other, and
The future transitway identified for the Hennepin County Regional Railroad
Authority right of way will require a transit station in the vicinity of TH. 7 and Woodale
Avenue, and
The area within the northwest quadrant of Excelsior Boulevard and France
Avenue is ripe for redevelopment. A mixed-use development in this area is consistent
with the City's housing goals and livable communities principles, and
Many parcels currently guided R50 (Residential 50 units/acre) are developed with
office uses. Reguiding these parcels as office would be consistent with current land use
and zoning for these parcels, and
The current number of 6 individual residential land use designations and 2
individual industrial designations is considered excessive and duplicative because
distinctions can be accomplished through zoning, and
In response to the foregoing, a draft of Comprehensive Plan 2000 - 2020 was
prepared, and
The City held public informational meetings concerning the content of the
Comprehensive Plan 2000 - 2020 draft document on March 18, 1999, March 23, 1999,
March 29, 1999, and April 6, 1999, and
The Planning Commission reviewed individual sections and chapters of the
proposed Comprehensive Plan 2000 -2020 on March 18, 1998, April 1, 1998, May 20,
1998, November 4, 1998, December 16, 1998, February 3, 1999, February 24, 1999, and
March 17, 1999.
A draft of Comprehensive Plan 2000 - 2020 was delivered to adjacent
governmental units for review and comment on March 15, 1999, and
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed Comprehensive
Plan 2000 - 2020 on April 14, 1999, following published notice in the official newspaper
on March 31, 1999, and
The Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park recommended adoption of
Comprehensive Plan 2000 - 2020 on April 19, 1999, based upon Minnesota State
Statutes, the Metropolitan Regional Blueprint, extensive research, and analyses involving
the interests of citizens and public agencies.
The contents of Planning Case File 97 -9 -CP are hereby entered into and made part of the
public hearing record and the record of decision for this case.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park
that Comprehensive Plan 2000 - 2020 is hereby adopted contingent upon approval of the
Metropolitan Council including the following land use designation changes:
5901 Wayzata Boulevard from Office to Office and Residential Medium Density
7815, 7825, 7841, and 7855 Wayzata Boulevard from R11, (Residential 11
units/acre) to Commercial.
7805 Wayzata Boulevard from R07, (Residential 7 Units/Acre) to Commercial.
1551 Park Place Boulevard from Industrial Light to Office
1420 Zarthan Avenue S from Office to Residential Medium Density
1456 Zarthan Avenue S. from R07, (Residential 7 Units/Acre) to Residential
Medium Density
6008, 6016, 6030 West 16th St. from R07, (Residential 7 Units/Acre to
Residential Medium Density
5912, 6000 West 16th Street from R07, (Residential 7 Units/Acre) to Park
3408, 3412 France Avenue South from R07 (Residential 7 Units/Acre) to
Residential Medium Density
3409, 3413 Glenhurst Avenue from R07 (Residential 7 Units/Acre) to Residential
Medium Density
3416 France Avenue South R07 (Residential 7 Units/Acre) to Commercial Mixed
Use
3417 Glenhurst Avenue from R07 (Residential 7 Units/Acre) to Commercial
Mixed Use
3900, 3912 and 3920 Excelsior Boulevard from Commercial to Commercial
Mixed Use
6007, 6015 and 6039 State Hwy No 7 from Industrial Light to Civic Mixed Use
3506 Wooddale Avenue from Industrial Light to Civic Mixed Use
4320 West 36 1/2 Street from Commercial to Residential Medium Density
5005 Old Cedar Lake Road; 4903, 5001 Cedar Lake Road, 2257, 2267 Louisiana
Avenue S, 2460 State Hwy No 100; 4501, 4503, 4509, 4517, 5005 Minnetonka
Boulevard, 4330 State Hwy No 76213 Lake St. W, 8700 36th St. W, 4029, 4037,
4041, 4045 Vernon Avenue S; 5912, 6121, 6127, 6200 Excelsior Boulevard;
4033, 4035, 4037, 4039, 4043, 4045, 4047, 4049 Brookside Avenue; 8001 State
Hwy No 7 from R50 (Residential 50 Units/Acre) to Office
With the exception of individual properties identified above:
All properties currently guided as R05, Residential 5 units/acre will be reguided as
Residential Low Density
All properties currently guided as R07, Residential 7 units/acre will be reguided as
Residential Low Density
All properties currently guided as R11, Residential 11 units/acre will be reguided
as Residential Medium Density
All properties currently guided as R30, Residential 30 units/acre will be reguided
as Residential Medium Density
All properties currently guided as R50, Residential 50 units/acre will be reguided
as Residential High Density
All properties currently guided as R75, Residential 75 units/acre will be reguided
as Residential High Density
All properties currently guided as Industrial light or Industrial general will be
reguided as Industrial.
Adopted by the City Council May 17, 1999
Contingent upon approval of the Metropolitan Council
Reviewed for Administration:
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