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Adopting an amendment to the Union Park Community Plan, an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan.
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WHEREAS, the Union Park Community Plan was adopted as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan by the City Council on November 16, 2016 by Resolution 16-342; 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, one of the land use strategies in the plan, LU1.4, called for Union Park District Council and Lexington Hamline Community Council to initiate a community process to determine priorities for the future of Selby Avenue from Ayd Mill Road to Lexington Parkway that evaluates appropriate uses and zoning districts; and
WHEREAS, a community process was undertaken in spring 2017 to determine priorities for the stretch of Selby Avenue from Ayd Mill Road to Lexington Parkway that was called for in strategy LU1.4; and
WHEREAS, the community process resulted in an agreement of a strategy to replace LU1.4 in the Union Park Community Plan, the strategy reading as follows, and;
LU1.4 Smaller scale residential and smaller scale commercial uses are the most appropriate uses for the predominantly residential mixed-used corridor of Selby Avenue between Lexington Parkway and Ayd Mill Road. If new development should occur in this segment, it would preferably occur at existing commercially-zoned nodes
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Amendment to the Union Park Community Plan on January 26, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee of the Saint Paul Planning Commission reviewed public testimony and recommends the Amendment to the Union Park Community Plan; 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 Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission found the Amendment to the Union Park Community Plan to be consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and recommended adoption of the Amendment to the Union Park Community Plan by its resolution 18-10;
WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council has been duly conducted on April 4, 2018 at which all parties were given an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all the testimony and recommendations concerning the proposed Amendment to the Union Park Community Plan, including the Planning Commission's minutes and memoranda 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 Amendment to the Union Park Community Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council adopts the Amendment to the Union Park Community Plan, an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan, subject to review and approval by the Metropolitan Council.