Resolution No. 2023-87, Supporting an Application for Met Council Policy Dev. Funds for Amendments to the Zoning Code to Promote Efficient Development Pattern
Resolution No. 2023-87
Supporting an Application for Metropolitan Council Policy Development Funds
for Amendments to the Zoning Code to Promote an Efficient Development Pattern
Whereas, the City of Fridley’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan identifies an implementation step of
considering amendments to parking requirements, following further study of current parking
demands; and
Whereas, Resolution 2021-67 directs efforts related to recodification of the Fridley City Code and
instructs staff to make regular reports to the City Council regarding progress related thereto; and
Whereas, recodification of the Fridley City Code: Title 6-Zoning is scheduled to occur in 2024; and
Whereas, staff has identified areas of study needed to optimize efficient land use and site
development, specifically related to parking and landscaping and greenspace requirements; and
Whereas, staff has worked with the consulting firm Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. to a scope of
work for this study; and
Whereas, the City does not currently have the resources available to complete this study in the
specified timeframe; and
Whereas, the City is a participant in the Livable Community Act’s Local Housing Incentives
Account Program and is therefore eligible to apply for Livable Communities Policy Development
funds; and
Whereas, the City acknowledges Livable Communities Policy Development funds are intended to
fund projects or project components that can serve as models, examples or prototypes for projects
elsewhere in the region, and therefore represents that the proposed project can be replicated in
other metropolitan-area communities; and
Whereas, the City believes that financial resources to support this study can be obtained through
the Livable Communities Act - Policy Development Program that is administered by the
Metropolitan Council.
Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the City Council of the City of Fridley hereby:
1. Finds that it is in the best interests of the City’s development goals and priorities for the
proposed project or projects to occur at these particular sites and at this particular time.
2. Finds that the project components for which Livable Communities Demonstration Account
funding is sought:
a. will not occur solely through private or other public investment within the
reasonably foreseeable future; and
b. will occur within two years after a grant award only if Livable Communities funding
is made available for this project at this time.
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3. Supports and approves of the project described in Exhibit A attached to this resolution.
4. Requests $15,000 of Livable Communities Act - Policy Development funds for the project.
5. Authorizes City Staff to execute such agreements as may be necessary to implement the
project(s) on behalf of the City.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fridley this 24th day of July, 2023.
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Scott J. Lund – Mayor
Attest:
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Melissa Moore – City Clerk