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Adopting the Union Park Community Plan as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan.
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WHEREAS, the Union Park Community Plan was created by the Union Park District Council through a community-based process over the past several years; and
WHEREAS, the Union Park Community Plan is intended to replace the following plans: Lex-Ham Tomorrow Plan adopted in 2000; Merriam Park Community Plan adopted in 2003; and Snelling Hamline Community Plan adopted in 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Union Park District Council adopted a draft of the Plan November 4, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Union Park Community Plan outlines priorities and guiding policies for the District 13 planning district in the areas of land use and economic development, transportation, parks and recreation, housing, natural resources and the environment, and historic preservation; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Heritage Preservation Commission recommended adoption of the Union Park Community Plan, subject to certain modifications; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Committee of the Planning Commission reviewed and commented on the Union Park Community Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Union Park Community Plan on August 5, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Planning Committee of the Saint Paul Planning Commission reviewed public testimony and the recommendations of the Heritage Preservation Commission and comments from the Transportation Committee, and amended the Union Park Community Plan to reflect its consideration of the testimony, recommendations, and comments; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission is authorized under Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355(2) and Chapter 107 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code to recommend to the Mayor and City Council amendments to the comprehensive plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission finds the Union Park Community Plan to be consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission by its resolution 16-48 recommends to the Mayor and City Council adoption of the Union Park Community Plan as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council has been duly conducted on November 16, 2016 at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all the testimony and recommendations concerning the proposed Union Park Community Plan, including the Planning Commission's minutes and the Neighborhood Planning Committee's memorandum and their rationale for their recommendations which the City Council finds persuasive and thus hereby incorporates by reference into this resolution for the specific purpose of articulating the City Council's reasons and rationale for adopting the recommended Union Park Community Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby adopts the Union Park Community Plan as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan, contingent upon review as required by the Metropolitan Council; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the previous plans: Lex-Ham Tomorrow Plan adopted in 2000; Merriam Park Community Plan adopted in 2003; and Snelling Hamline Community Plan adopted in 2007, be decertified and replaced by the Union Park Community Plan.