HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 18 - Res 2014-46 Engstrom Wildflower CPA Update 7-1-141 Resolution No. 2014-46
CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2014-46
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has established a Comprehensive Plan that provides a compilation of background data, policy statements, standards, and maps, which help to guide the future physical, social, and economic development of the City; and WHEREAS, Robert Engstrom Companies, 4801 West 81st Street, #101, Bloomington, MN,
(“Applicant”) has submitted an application to the City of Lake Elmo (“City”) to amend the Lake
Elmo Comprehensive Plan, a copy of which is on file in the City Planning Department; and WHEREAS, the request to amend the Comprehensive Plan was submitted along with a Planned Unit Development concept plan for a proposed single-family residential subdivision to be
called Wildflower at Lake Elmo; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 9, 2014 to consider the request to amend the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, on June 9, 2014 the Lake Elmo Planning Commission adopted a motion to
recommend that the City Council approve the request to amend the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the recommendation of the Planning Commission and the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan at meetings on June 17, 2014 and July 1,
2014; and.
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the testimony elicited and information received, the City Council makes the following:
FINDINGS 1) That the Applicant has submitted a request to amend the Comprehensive Plan in accordance with the procedures as established by the Lake Elmo Planning Department and Lake Elmo
Planning Commission. 2) That the request to is to amend the Future Land Use Map (Map 3-3 in Chapter III – Land Use Plan) and Village Planned Land Use Map (Map 3-5 in Chapter III – Land Use Plan) in
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the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan, and to specifically change the future land use
designation of a portion of two parcels of land located within the Wildflower at Lake Elmo development as depicted in the attached Exhibit A and described as follows: a) To change the western portion of Outlot P of the Fields of St. Croix Second Addition from RAD – Rural Area Development to V-MDR Village Urban Medium Density
Residential (a portion of PID 12.029.21.43.0013). b) To change the approximately eight acres immediately east of the intersection of 43rd Street North and Lake Elmo Avenue (the area depicted for the westernmost single family residential lots on the Wildflower at Lake Elmo PUD Concept Plan approved by the City
Council on June 9, 2014) from RAD – Rural Area Development and Village Open Space Overlay to V-LDR Village Urban Low Density Residential (a portion of PID 12.029.21.32.0001). 3) That the proposed area impacted by the proposed amendment is relatively small and will not
have a significant impact on the City’s 2030 household and population forecasts. 4) That the proposed amendments are consistent with the overall goals and objectives of the Village Land Use Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that based on the foregoing, the Lake Elmo City Council hereby approves the Applicant’s request to amend the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan, subject to and contingent upon the following:
1) Submission of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Metropolitan Council and the receipt of formal notification from the Metropolitan Council that its review has been completed and approved. Passed and duly adopted this 1st day of July 2014 by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo,
Minnesota.
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Mike Pearson, Mayor ATTEST:
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Adam Bell, City Clerk