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RESOLUTION 2003-31 APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR EMMERICH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF GOODVIEW AVENUE, SOUTH OF 145M AVENUE WHEREAS, the Emmerich Development Corporation has requested a comprehensive plan amendment to add property to the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA), with respect to the 239 -acre site, legally described as follows: The south half of the south half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 21, Township 31, Range 21 together with an easement over the north 33 feet of the east 1940 feet of the southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 31, Range 21 for purposes of ingress and egress. AND The southwest quarter of Section 21, Township 31, Range 21. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said request at a duly called public hearing and recommends approval. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the request for a comprehensive plan amendment for the above -referenced property, based on the following findings and subject to the following conditions: 1. Approval of this comprehensive plan amendment is contingent upon, and subject to, the required review and response by the Metropolitan Council. 2. Approval is contingent upon reconstruction of Goodview Avenue to provide access to the site. 3. The property is located with the Urban Reserve, which is intended to allow urban land use pending the availability of municipal services such as sewer and water. 4. The property is unique with regard to its development potential and the contiguous natural resources such as, jurisdictional wetlands and public waters that will be protected. 5. The property has proximity to existing urban development and appears to have predicable, logical development potential. 6. The unique physical characteristics of the site (wetlands and public waters) would constitute an eastern termination of urbanization. This statement is validated by the fact that the property is substantially confined or contained by jurisdictional wetlands and/or public waters.