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RESOLUTION NO. 09-175
RESOLUTION ADOPTING 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
Findings of Fact
WHEREAS, the current Comprehensive Plan 2000-2020 was adopted by the City Council
on May 17, 1999 (effective September 1, 1999), following a public hearing and due consideration
thereof, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has been amended several times in various areas in the
ensuing time frame, and
WHEREAS, conditions in the community change over time, necessitating a comprehensive
review of growth projections, land use, transportation, housing, parks and opens space and utility
infrastructure among other items, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan is required to be periodically reviewed by the
Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park and updated at least every ten years in response
to revisions in the Metropolitan Systems Statements promulgated by the Metropolitan Council of
the Twin Cities, 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 for the community, and
WHEREAS, the 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 is a living document intended to reflect physical,
social, economic, and environmental conditions and promote a desirable planning framework, 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,
II 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.
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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.
WHEREAS, in response to the foregoing, the Planning Commission reviewed and revised
the plan in over 15 public meetings during 2008 and 2009 and a draft 2030 Comprehensive Plan
was prepared, and
WHEREAS, in 2005 and 2006 citizens and community members of St. Louis Park
participated in a visioning process to identify and make recommendations about strategic issues
facing St. Louis Park, and
WHEREAS, Vision St. Louis Park outcomes have been incorporated and integrated in the
updated Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS, revisions to the Comprehensive Plan continue the policies of St Louis Park
being a "livable" community, and
WHEREAS, revisions to the Comprehensive Plan update carefully considered growth
projections, land use, housing, transportation, parks and open space, utilities, public health, public
safety and capital improvements, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan has taken due cognizance of the planning activities of
adjacent units of government, and
WHEREAS, the Plan by Neighborhood section of the existing plan is currently being
revised and will remain in effect, with the exception of the overall Land Use Map changes, until the
revised section is adopted, and
WHEREAS, the City held 11 neighborhood and property owner input meetings in 2009
concerning the content of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan draft, incorporating comments within, and
WHEREAS, a draft of 2030 Comprehensive Plan was delivered to adjacent governmental
units for review and comment and was available for public review on the city's web site on May 29,
2009, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed 2030
Comprehensive Plan on December 2, 2009, following published notice in the official newspaper on
November 5, 2009, November 12, 2009, and November 19, 2009, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park recommended
adoption of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan with three changes to the Land Use Map, and
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council reviewed the St. Louis Park 2030 Comprehensive
Plan and found that it meets all Metropolitan Land Planning Act Requirements, conforms to the
regional system plans, and is consistent with the 2030 Regional Development Framework and has
authorized the city to put its plan into effect, and
WHEREAS, the contents of Planning Case File 09 -06 -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
2030 Comprehensive Plan is hereby adopted with the retention of the Plan by Neighborhood
section, except for overall Land Use Map changes, and with the following changes recommended by
the Planning Commission to the proposed Land Use Map:
7202 and 7252 Excelsior Boulevard — retain current High Density residential designation
7350 Excelsior Boulevard — retain current Industrial designation
3200 France Avenue — retain current Industrial designation.
Rev i for Administration:
Ci 11.7.n.ger
Attest:
ity Clerk
Adopted by the City Council December 21, 2009
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