HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-074 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2017/04/17RESOLUTION NO. 17-074
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE
2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK UNDER
MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF HIGHWAY 7 AND WOODDALE AVENUE AND
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WEST 36TH STREET AND WOODDALE AVENUE
WHEREAS, the 2030 Comprehensive Plan was adopted by the City Council on December
21, 2009 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 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 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 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
and recommended adoption of an amendment to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan on March 15, 2017,
based on statutes, the Metropolitan Regional Blueprint, extensive research and analyses involving
the interests of citizens and public agencies;
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the advice and recommendation of the
Planning Commission (Case No. 17 -04 -CP);
Resolution No. 17-074
WHEREAS, the contents of Planning Case File 17 -04 -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:
Change the land use designation as shown on the attached map from OFC — Office, BP —
NPark, RRR— Railroad and Right -of -Way to MX Mixed Use.
for
Manager
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy City C' erk
by the City Council April 17, 2017
Resolution No. 17-074
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CompPlan30
RL- Low Density Residential
0 RM - Medium Density Residential
RH - High Density Residential
- MX - Mixed Use
— OFC - Office
BP - Business Park
CIV - civic
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RRR -Railroad
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