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<br />Councilmember <br /> <br />introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION #08-09-_ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING FINDINGS, APPROVING A COMPRHENSIVE PLAN <br />AMENDMENT TO EXTEND SANITARY SEWER AND MUNICIPAL WATER INTO THE <br />-- --2010-2015. STAGING-AREA PRIOR -TO- 2010,-AND.AUTHORIZING..CITYSTAFIL TO. <br />SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR AN <br />. AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on July 14,2004 and May 13,2008, respectively, the City of Ramsey approved <br />the commercial development of the following legally described parcels with ~anitary sewer and <br />municipal water services: . <br /> <br />Lot 1, Block 5, Alpaca Estates, Anoka County, Minnesota <br />Lot 1, Block 1, Alpaca Estates, Anoka County, Minnesota <br /> <br />(the "Subject Properly") <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan approved in 2001 shows the Subject Property <br />designated land use as Places to Shop and that the Subject Property is included in the Metropolitan <br />Urban Service Area; and . <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan approved in 2001 contains a Development Staging <br />Plan to serve as a guide for the extension of urban services that reflects that the Subject Property <br />would receive urban serVices in the time period 2010-2015; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 473.858 was amended in 2006 to allow <br />Metropolitan CoUncil to defme'minor comprehensive plan amendments' and shorten or waive the <br />review ~d comment peripd for adjacent governmental units and/or special affected special districts; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 2007 the Metropolitan established the following criteria for minor <br />comprehensive plan amendments: 1) involves a site of 40 acres or less; 2) does not change the <br />community's growth forecasts fot 2010-2030 or TAZ allocation; 3) amendment site is not within <br />one-quarter mile of an adjacent jurisdiction; or according to the waiving City's adopted ordinances, <br />outside of the defmed distance requirement to ilOtice adjacent property owners of a comprehensive <br />plan change, whichever is less; and . <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Subject Property totals approximately'2.7 acres; the development occurring <br />does,not change the community's growth forecasts for 2010-2030 or TAZ allocation; and the Subject <br />Property is not within one-quarter mile, or within the 350 feet distance requirement to notice adjacent <br />property owners of a comprehensive plan ainendment; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey Planning Commission met on September 4; 2008, conducted a <br />public hearing, and recommended that the Ramsey City Council approve the minor comprehensive <br />plan amendment to vary from the Comprehensive Plan Staging Plan to facilitate development that is <br />occurring on the Subject Property. <br /> <br />55 <br />