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• No. R-98-17 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTION Date: July 1, 1998 RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO REMOVE THE PROPOSED CLEVELAND AVE. SITE AS A LOCATION FOR THE WOMEN'S INTERCOLLEGIATE SOCCER STADIUM AND TO FOLLOW THE MASTER PLAN IN ITS LAND USE DECISIONS WHEREAS, the City of Falcon Heights (City) supports and promotes opportunities for women including government and athletics; WHEREAS, the City is responsible for assuring the quality of life in its neighborhoods and for providing affordable public services for its citizens by • planning for and promoting compatible land uses throughout the community whether or not these land uses are within its governmental control because maintaining a healthy community requires working in cooperation with rather than in isolation from different governmental jurisdictions; WHEREAS, the City promotes sound community planning by regularly informing its citizens, its businesses, its institutions and its neighbors of upcoming long range and specific project planning activities and by inviting its citizens, its businesses, its institutions and its neighbors to be involved in all stages of the planning process; WHEREAS, in 1993 the City accepted the University of Minnesota's (University) invitation to participate in the Master Planning process with enthusiasm, commitment and good faith; WHEREAS, the University, using public funds, prepared, presented for public review and adopted the Master Plan entitled "A Livable Campus" in September, 1996 with a strong commitment from the Board of Regents to follow the master plan; WHEREAS, the Master Plan reflects a thoughtful handling of future • land uses on the Twin Cities Campus and their relationship with the surrounding community;