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A RESOL UTIONA UTHORIZING AIS OPTION OF THE VILLAGE PLANNING AREA UPDATE
TO THE LAKE ELMO 2030 C'OMPREHENS`IVE 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, said Comprehensive Plan has been prepared in compliance with Minnesota
Statutes section 473.864 that requires local governmental units to review and, if necessary,
amend their entire comprehensive plans and their fiscal devices and official controls at least once
every ten years to ensure comprehensive plans conform with metropolitan system plans and
ensure fiscal devices and official controls do not conflict with comprehensive plans or permit
activities that conflict with metropolitan system plans; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo previously updated the Land Use and Housing
chapters in its Comprehensive Plan in 2006 to include plans to extend regional sewer service into
two distinct areas within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo prepared further amendments to its Comprehensive
Plan concerning Transportation, Surface Water Management, Water resources, and
Implementation as part of the 2008 decennial review; and
WHEREAS, the City of Labe Elmo adopted updates to the Land use Chapter of the
Comprehensive Plan that included a revised land use plan for the 1-94 Corridor to be served by
regional sanitary sewer services and the Housing Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan on April 2,
2013; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, City Staff, and the Planning Commission have prepared a
further amendment to Chapter Ill ---- Land Use concerning the Village Planning Area intended to
meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes and the Metropolitan Council guidelines;
WHEREAS, the City conducted a public hearing on February 25, 2013 relative to the
adoption of the Village Planning Area Land Use Plan amendment-, and
WHEREAS,the City Council has reviewed. the Village Planning Area Comprehensive
Plan amendment and those recommendations, public comments, and comments from
neighboring jurisdictions and affected governing bodies,
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WHEREAS, the City Council granted the draft plan preliminary approval on March 5,
2013 and authorized staff to submit the plan to the Metropolitan Council for review;
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has reviewed and taken final action on the plan
on December 11, 2013 and found that the plan meets all Metropolitan Land Planning Act
requirements, conforms to regional systems plans for transportation, water resources
management, and parks, and is compatible with the plans of adjacent and affected jurisdictions.
NOW THERE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo that
the City of Lake Elmo Village Planning Area Comprehensive flan amendment is hereby adopted
and put into effect.
The foregoing resolution, offered by Councilmember t -` and supported by
CouncilmemberJg Lc
, 0 rJ , was declared and carried on the following vote:
Ayes:
Nays:
Passed: December 17, 2013
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Mike Pearson, Mayor
Attest:
Adam Dell, City Clerk -
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