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Consideration of amendment of resolution 08-1033 approving the site plan with conditions to develop the land owned by the Saint Paul Port Authority and commonly known as 637 Barge Channel Road. (Public hearing held August 17)
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WHEREAS, on August 20, 2008, the Council of the City of Saint Paul conducted public hearings regarding two separate appeals from zoning decisions of the Saint Paul Board of Zoning Appeals ("hereinafter, the "BZA") and the Saint Paul Planning Commission (hereinafter, the "Commission") pertaining to a development proposal from the Port Authority of the City of Saint Paul (hereinafter, the "Port") to develop land owned by the Port and commonly known as 637 Barge Channel Road; and
WHEREAS, the Port's redevelopment of 637 Barge Channel Road required variances and site plan review both of which were duly approved by the BZA and the Commission, respectively, and then appealed to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, upon the close of the August 20, 2008 public hearings, the City Council denied both appeals and upheld the decisions of the BZA and imposeding additional conditions on the approval of the variances and site plan; and
WHEREAS, the additional conditions imposed by the City Council required the donation of specific properties to the City of Saint Paul from the Port; and
WHEREAS, on September 17, 2008, the City Council passed a Resolution authorizing the variances and site plan subject to the conditions including the donation of property from the Port to the City, Council File No. 08-1033, and those donations were contained in lines 328 to 335 of the Resolution under the heading “ A. Donations of Port lands to City”, and lines 337 to 352 of the Resolution under the heading “B. Wetland’s Restoration on Port land”, and lines 355 to 363 of the Resolution under the heading “C. Trails and Parks”; and
WHEREAS, on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, the Port submitted an application with enclosures to Shari Moore, City Clerk, and City Coun...
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