HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2014-46 Approving an Amendment to the City of Lake Elmo Comprehensive PlanCITY OF LAKE O
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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, July 1, 2014
and September 2, 2014 and September 16, 2014; and
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the testimony elicited and information received, the City
Council makes the following:
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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
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 16`" day of September 2014 by the City Council of the City of Lake
Elmo, Minnesota.
Mike Pearson, ayor
Adam Bell, City Clerk ---