RES 2003-34 - 00002339Resolution No. 34 -2003
RESOLUTION APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, CPA 02 -01, TO
CHANGE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM PUBLIC /SEMI - PUBLIC TO MULTI- FAMILY
RSIDENTIAL IN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, GENERALLY LOCATED AT
6160 FIFTH STREET NE
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on Comprehensive Plan
Amendment, CPA 02 -01, on September 4, 2002 and recommended approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also conducted a public review of the Comprehensive Plan
Amendment at their September 23, 2002, City Council meeting and denied the amendment at
their October 14, 2002, meeting; and
WHEREAS, that decision then became the subject of a lawsuit filed against the City on behalf of
the Brandes Place Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust retained outside attorneys to advise
and represent the City and those attorneys strongly recommended that the City enter into
mediation with the Partnership, in an effort to protect the City from a great risk of substantial
financial liability; and
WHEREAS, on June 19, 2003, during mediation conducted by former St. Paul Mayor George
Latimer, the parties reached an agreement that resolved the litigation and that settlement has
been formally adopted by the City Council and by representatives of the Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (MN Statute 473.851- 473.872) requires that
local government units prepare and submit minor amendments to their Comprehensive Plan to
the Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, a minor amendment is defined as changes to the future land use plan where the
affected area is small or where the proposed future land use will result in minor changes in
metropolitan urban service demand: changes in the urban service area involving less than 40
acres; change to plan goals and policies that do not change the overall thrust of the
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined this to be a minor amendment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fridley hereby
approves the Comprehensive Plan Amendment, CPA 02 -01.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
28TH DAY OF JULY 2003.
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Debra A. Skogen Vity Clerk