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Item No: 9A Meeting Date: May 23, 2005 Type of Business: PH & CB Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of Resolution 6540, a Resolution Approving a Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map Amendment Associated with the Bridges Golf Course Introduction: Since early 2004, the City of Mounds View has been actively exploring redevelopment options associated with the Bridges Golf Course site located north of Trunk Highway 10 in the northeast corner of the City. Presently operated as a municipal golf course, the City Council has been considering other options as a means to enhance and improve revenues and tax base. The Future Land Use Map currently identifies the Bridges site as both Passive Open Space (OSP) and Outdoor Sport Recreation (SRO), designations consistent with the present use. In 2003, the City rezoned the golf course to I-1, Light Industrial, in recognition of the surrounding land uses as well as potential redevelopment opportunities. The City Council authorized a rezoning of the Bridges site in October of 2003 from Public Facilities (PF) to Industrial (I-1). Minnesota Statutes requires that the zoning of a property not be inconsistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan, so it became necessary to amend the Comprehensive Plan to reflect the anticipated future land use of the site, which was determined to be an Office (OFC) designation. Discussion: On September 13, 2004, the Economic Development Authority (EDA) of the City of Mounds View authorized the preparation of an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) that would assess the maximum development potential of the Bridges site assuming an office or light industrial land use and the impacts of such a development. To achieve consistency with the zoning of the site and in recognition of the work being undertaken relative to the AUAR, the City Council will need to approve an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan specific to the anticipated future land use of the golf course site, from SRO and OSP to Office—OFC. The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed amendment on January 19, 2005. The Commission examined a variety of land use designations potentially consistent with an Industrially zoned property and considered the ramifications of a mixed-use, planned unit development designation. Ultimately, the Commission came to a consensus on the OFC designation as being the most closely associated with the intended future use of the site. On February 2, 2005, the Commission adopted Resolution 783-05 which recommended a future land use amendment from SRO and OSP to OFC. The Planning Commission’s resolution was sent to the Metropolitan Council along with a detailed Comp Plan Amendment application which was authorized by the Council and prepared by RLK-Kuusisto, LTD.