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STAFF REPORT
DATE: 05/05/20
TO: City Council
FROM: Ken Roberts, Planning Director
AGENDA ITEM: Applewood Pointe of Lake Elmo (Hudson Boulevard and Eagle Point
Boulevard) – Resolution Correction
REVIEWED BY: Sarah Sonsalla, City Attorney
BACKGROUND:
On April 7, 2020, the City Council approved several land use requests from United Properties for the
development of a new 103 unit senior housing cooperative to be called Applewood Point of Lake Elmo.
United Properties is proposing this project for a vacant 11.7-acre parcel on the northeast corner of Hudson
Boulevard and Eagle Point Boulevard in the Eagle Pointe Business Park. The land use approvals
included:
1. A Comprehensive Plan Amendment (land use plan change) for the project site from BP (business
park) to MU-BP (mixed use – business park);
2. A Zoning Map Amendment (rezoning) for the project site from BP (business park) to MU-BP
(mixed use – business park);
3. A PUD Amendment for the Eagle Pointe Park PUD to allow a residential use on the proposed
development site; and
4. A Preliminary Plat and the Preliminary Planned Unit Development (PUD) Plans for the denior
housing cooperative.
Unfortunately, City staff did not include the language in the resolution approving the Comprehensive Plan
amendment (Resolution No. 2020-013) authorizing City staff to submit the amendment to the
Metropolitan Council for Metropolitan Council’s review and approval.
ISSUE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL:
City staff is requesting the City Council approve a resolution that ratifies the City Council’s approval of the
amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and authorizes submittal of the amendment to the Metropolitan
Council. The resolution also states that the City Council’s approval of the amendment to the
Comprehensive Plan is contingent upon the Metropolitan Council’s approval of the amendment.
PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS:
As I noted above, the Resolution approving the Comprehensive Plan amendment for Applewood Pointe did
not have language authorizing City staff to submit the Comprehensive Plan amendment to the Metropolitan
Council. Such an authorization is a requirement of the Metropolitan Council and state statute.
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RECOMMENDATION:
City staff is recommending the City Council approve, as part of the Consent Agenda, the attached
Resolution No. 2020-048 that ratifies the City Council’s approval of the amendment to the
Comprehensive Plan for Applewood Pointe and includes language authorizing City staff to submit the
Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Metropolitan Council for its review and approval.
If removed from the Consent agenda, City staff is recommending the following motion for action:
“Move to approve Resolution No. 2020-048, a Resolution Ratifying City Council Approval of an
Amendment to the City of Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map for the Site of the
Applewood Pointe of Lake Elmo Senior Housing Development and Authorizing Submittal of the
Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the Metropolitan Council”.
• Resolution 2020 - 048
CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-048
A RESOLUTION RATIFYING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY
OF LAKE ELMO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE MAP FOR THE SITE OF THE
APPLEWOOD POINTE OF LAKE ELMO SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND
AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo is a municipal corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has established a Comprehensive Plan that includes
background data, policy statements, standards, and maps that help to guide the future physical, social,
and economic development of the City; and
WHEREAS, United Properties (the “Applicant”) submitted a request to the City to amend
the Comprehensive Plan along with a preliminary Planned Unit Development plan for a proposed
senior housing development to be known as Applewood Pointe of Lake Elmo to be located on the
11.7 acre vacant property located on the northeast corner of Hudson Boulevard and Eagle Point
Boulevard (the “Property”); and
WHEREAS, the request for a Comprehensive Plan amendment was to re-guide the Property
from BP (business park) to MU-BP (mixed use business park); and
WHEREAS, the notice of a public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan amendment was
published, mailed and posted pursuant to the Lake Elmo Zoning Ordinance, Section 154.109, and
Minnesota Statutes Section 473.858; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed
Comprehensive Plan amendment on January 13, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission submitted its recommendation of approval
of the proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the said matter at its February 4, 2020 and April 7,
2020 meetings; and
WHEREAS, on April 7, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-013, a
Resolution Approving an Amendment to the City of Lake Elmo Comprehensive Land Use Map for
the Site of Applewood Point of Lake Elmo Senior Housing Development (the “Resolution”); and
WHEREAS, the language in the Resolution that authorizes City staff to submit the
Comprehensive Plan amendment to the Metropolitan Council for approval which is required by
Minnesota Statutes Section 473.858 was unintentionally omitted from the Resolution; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that based on the foregoing, the Lake Elmo City
Council does hereby ratify its approval of the amendment to the Comprehensive Plan land use map
for the site of Applewood Pointe of Lake Elmo senior housing development and authorize City staff
to submit the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment to the Metropolitan Council for review and
approval; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council’s approval of
the Comprehensive Plan Amendment is contingent upon the Metropolitan Council’s approval of said
amendment.
This amended resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo on this 5th day of
May, 2020.
_____________________________
Mike Pearson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Julie Johnson, City Clerk