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-218- <br /> <br />Councilmember <br />adoption: <br /> <br />introduced the following resolution and moved for its <br /> <br />RESOLUTION #02-03- <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION APROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENISIVE PLAN <br />AND AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO SUBMIT TIlE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />AMENDMENT TO METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ( ~ ~cc~[] ~2 ~) <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey received a request for an amendment to the <br />Comprehensive Plan from Thomas Kurak (the Applicant) for the purpose of amending the land <br />use designation of the property shown on Attachment A (the Subject Property); and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the 2001 Comprehensive Plan shows the Subject Property's designated <br />land use as Low and Medium Density Urban Residential; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Applicant is requesting that the Subject Property's designated land use <br />be changed to Mixed Use; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Ramsey Planning Commission and City Council conducted a public <br />hearing on January 24, 2002 in order to take testimony regarding the proposed land use change; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Ramsey Planning Commission met on February 7, 2002 and <br />recommended that the Ramsey City Council approve the request for an amendment to the <br />Comprehensive Plan; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, :the Ramsey Comprehensive Plan states that as a general City goal, <br />residential developments should ensure a variety of housing types to satisfy the life-cycle <br />housing needs of Ramsey residents; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Ramsey Comprehensive Plan states that the City shall ensure that <br />housing alternatives are available to people of all ages; income, physical ability, and ethnicity; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the land use designation of mixed-use for the Subject Property allows for a <br />variety housing styles that assist the City attain the Comprehensive Plan goals; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the land use designation of mixed-use for the Subject Property is <br />compatible with the land use designation to the south, which is also mixed-use; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey owns a 90-foot strip of land adjacent to the northern <br />property line of the Subject Property that will provide a buffer between the new development and <br />the existing neighborhood; and <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />