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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. 804-05
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION CONFIRMING PROPOSED SALE OF LAND TO MEDTRONIC
CONSISTENT WITH THE MOUNDS VIEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS REQUIRED
BY MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.356
WHEREAS, on June 27,2005, the Mounds View City Council approved a purchase
and redevelopment agreement for the proposed transfer and redevelopment of the Bridges
Golf Course to and by Medtronic, Inc.; and,
WHEREAS, on July 11, 2005, the Mounds View City Council approved a
Comprehensive Plan amendment pertaining to the Bridges Golf Course site; and,
WHEREAS, the new Comprehensive Plan designation forthe Bridges site is "OFFICE",
and,
WHEREAS, Medtronic intends to redevelop the Bridges site as a corporate office
campus totaling 820,000 square feet of building area; and,
WHEREAS, Medtronic intends to develop the site preserving the large wetland on the
east side of the property and improving the characteristics and flow of the judicial creek that
crosses the site; and,
WHEREAS, a corporate office campus is consistent with the newly adopted future land
use designation for the Bridges site.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission
does hereby find that the proposed sale of the Bridges site to Medtronic would be consistent
with the Comprehensive Plan, satisfying MN Statutes 462.356.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Mounds View Planning Commission directs Staff
to forward this Resolution to the City Council prior to approval of the mi.~);;es.
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Gar; Ste;e~n, Chairperson
ATTEST:
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James Ericson
Community Development Director
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