RES 22-026 DENYING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR SAV

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WHEREAS, the final version of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan was approved by the full Metropolitan Council on April 22, 2020, in its Resolution 2020-91; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council found that the City's 2040 Plan meets all Metropolitan Land Planning Act requirements; conforms to the regional system plans including transportation, aviation, water resources management, and parks; is consistent with Thrive MSP 2040; and is compatible with the plans of adjacent jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, state statute establishes that approval of the City of St. Anthony comprehensive plan is within the jurisdiction and authority of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council duly adopted the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, including the future land use map, on April 28, 2020; and WHEREAS, the Goals, Policies, and Plans reflected in the adopted Plan continue to reflect the City's desired land use pattern; and WHEREAS, substantive changes to said land use pattern would fundamentally disrupt the overall balance found in the 2040 Plan; and WHEREAS, the proposed land use map reflects the best long term interests of the City, and no changes in overall community patterns or circumstances appear to support any such changes; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on February 15, 2022 for review of the applicant's proposed amendment to the land use plan, and following said hearing, unanimously voted to recommend that the City Council deny the amendment based on findings as summarize herein; NOW THEREFORE MAY IT BE RESOVLED, that the City Council of the City of St. Anthony Village accepts the findings and recommendations documented in the staff report and the recommendations of the Planning Commission, and hereby denies the proposed amendment to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan for the City of St. Anthony Village as requested in the accompanying application, based on the findings in this resolution and the following specific findings of fact: 1. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan as adopted represents the best vision of future land use for the City of St. Anthony Village. 2. The proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan would disrupt the land use pattern envisioned by the adopted Plan, and create a series of impacts on other properties and land uses. 3. Those land use impacts would result in a consequent series of impacts on the community's housing, population, affordable housing, traffic, utility services, and other impacts, both foreseen and unforeseen.