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Home My WebLink About05-092 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2005/07/18RESOLUTION NO. 05-092 ® A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2000 TO THE YEAR 2020 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364 Chapter P, Redevelopment and Chapter U, Plan by Neighborhood Development Guidelines Northwest Corner of Excelsior Boulevard and France Avenue South WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 2000-2020 was adopted by the City Council on May 17, 1999 (effective September 1, 1999) 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 vanance 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 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 bnnging about significant savings in both pnvate 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 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 held a public hearing on the adoption of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 2000-2020 on June 15, 2005, and considered the staff report, the statements of the public; and based on statutes, the Metropolitan Resolution No. 05-092 -2- Regional Blueprint, extensive research and analyses involving the interests of citizens and public agencies recommended on a vote of 4-1-1 to not incorporate the Development Guidelines into the Comprehensive Plan. The Planning Commission further recommended to change the document name from Development Guidelines to Development Study, and to accept the document as a community study, and, WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the advice and recommendation of the Planning Commission (Case No. 05 -26 -CP), and; WHEREAS, the contents of Planning Case File 05 -26 -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 the Comprehensive Plan, as previously adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council, is hereby amended as follows: 1. The following text (new text is underlined and bolded; deleted text is struck out and bolded) is adopted into Chapter P, Redevelopment, under "Potential Future Distncts": Excelsior Boulevard and France Avenue — Development Guidelines for the Northwest Corner "Development Guidelines for the Northwest Corner of Excelsior Boulevard and France Avenue" were developed for the approximately three acres of land encompassing 10 parcels of land (currently occupied by Al's Liquors, American Inn and Anderson Cleaners). The Development Guidelines were created through a neighborhood involvement process in the spring of 2005, and are intended to be a tool to assist in evaluating future development proposals for the affected parcels. 2. The following text (new text is underlined; deleted text is struck out) is revised in Chapter U, Plan by Neighborhood, under Neighborhood #26, Minikanda Oaks: Specific Development Guidelines: Redevelopment of the commercial corner shall be mixed use including small scale retail, office, and residential uses, with primanly residential uses on the north side. The transition from a commercial front to the single family area shall be mindful of scale, density, quality, aesthetics, and vehicle access. Civic uses within the commercial area are encouraged. New development shall follow urban design goals set in Chapter R. "Development Guidelines for the Northwest Corner of Excelsior Boulevard and France Avenue" were developed for the approximately three acres of land encompassing 10 parcels of land (currently occupied by Al's Liquors, American Inn and Anderson Cleaners). The Development Guidelines were created through a neighborhood involvement process in the spring of 2005, and are intended to be a tool to assist in evaluating future development proposals for the affected parcels. • • 0 Resolution No. 05-092 ewed for Administration Ci'y ! anager Attest: -3- Adopted by the City Council July 18, 2005 Contingent 'upon approval of the Metropolitan el newspapers AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA) ss COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) Richard Hendrickson, being duly sworn on an oath states or affirms, that he is the Chief Fi- nancial Officer of the newspaper known as Sun -Sailor , and has full knowledge of the facts stated below. (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a qualified newspaper, as provided by Minn Stat §331A 02, §331A 07, and other applic- able laws, as amended (B) The printed public notice that is attached was published in the newspaper once each week, for one successive week(s); it was first published on Thursday, the 28 day of July , 2005, and was thereafter printed and published on every Thursday to and including Thursday, the day of , 2005; and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowl- edged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the ® notice abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz BY Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me on this 28 day of July , 2005 Not MARY ANN CARLSON NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 131-09 RATE INFORMATION (1) Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space (2) Maximum rate allowed by law (3) Rate actually charged $ 2 85 per line $ 6 20 per line $ 1.30 per line City of St. Louis Park (Official Publication) SUMMAR1 RESOLUTION NO. 05.092 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2000 TO THE YEAR 2020 FOR THE CITY OF ST. 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