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Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br />RESOLUTION #12-07- <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2030 COMPREHENSIVE <br />PLAN <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (MPLA) requires local units of <br />government to submit comprehensive plans and plan amendments to the Metropolitan Council <br />for review and comment to ensure consistency with metropolitan system plans, consistency with <br />other adopted comprehensive plans of the Metropolitan Council, and compatibility with plans of <br />other local jurisdictions in the Metropolitan Area; and <br />WHEREAS, on January 27, 2010, the Metropolitan Council authorized the City to put <br />the 2030 Comprehensive Plan into effect; and <br />WHEREAS, the Master Plan for the Ramsey Town Center was created in 2003; and <br />WHEREAS, in order to better position the development for success due to a series of <br />development related issues and complications, the City of Ramsey Housing and Redevelopment <br />Authority purchased approximately 150 acres of the former Ramsey Town Center; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey has invested time and effort to rebrand the development <br />to The COR; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey remains committed to the principles of creating a <br />transit -oriented development surrounding the Northstar Commuter Rail — Ramsey Station, <br />thereby maximizing the investment made by various public and private partners; and <br />WHEREAS, as part of the re -branding and re -visioning of The COR, a new development <br />plan was created in an attempt to better match the City of Ramsey sub -market of the region and <br />address infrastructure capacity concerns of the area (the "Development Plan"); and <br />WHEREAS, the Development Plan better addresses quality TOD principles, by putting a <br />higher number of housing units and densities closer surrounding the Ramsey Station, thereby <br />providing a higher capture rate of transit users; and <br />WHEREAS, the Development Plan balances land use assembly and sub -region market <br />factors by providing an expanded retail anchor base to support the land uses in the high -density <br />center of the project; and <br />WHEREAS, the retail anchor base lies outside the half -mile radius considered the TOD <br />Area or Transit Improvement Area (TIA); and <br />WHEREAS, the Development Framework, Zoning, and Development Plan allow for and <br />