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Adopting the Saint Anthony Park Community Plan as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Anthony Park Community Plan was created by the St. Anthony Park Community Council through a community-based process starting in 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Anthony Park Community Plan is intended to replace the District 12 St. Anthony Park Community Plan adopted in 2008 and amended in 2013; and
WHEREAS, the St. Anthony Park Community Council adopted a draft of the plan in July, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Anthony Park Community Plan outlines priorities and guiding policies for the District 12 planning district in the areas of equity, climate change, economic and business development, housing, historic preservation, transportation, parks and recreation, and water soil and air; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Saint Anthony Park Community Plan on March 5, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee of the Saint Paul Planning Commission reviewed public testimony and the recommendations of the Heritage Preservation staff and public comments, and amended the Saint Anthony 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 Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission finds the Saint Anthony Park Community Plan to be consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission by its resolution 21-57 recommends to the Mayor and City Council adoption of the Saint Anthony Park Community Plan as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all the testimony and recommendations concerning the proposed Saint Anthony Park Community Plan, including the Planning Commission's minutes and the Comprehensive and Neighborhood Planning Committee's memorandum of April 1, 2021 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 Saint Anthony Park Community Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby adopts the Saint Anthony 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 plan, the District 12 St. Anthony Park Community Plan 2008 and amended in 2013, be decertified and replaced by the Saint Anthony Park Community Plan.