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..... Councilmember Kurak introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #04-02-042 A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING FINDINGS, APPROVING A COMPRHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE A LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO PLACES TO SHOP, AND AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, on January 20, 2004, the City of Ramsey received a request from a property owner on U.S. Highway 10 requesting an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to change the future land use designation of his property from Medium Density Residential to Places to Work for the following legally described property: Beginning at a point on the East line of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 32, Range 25, 30 feet south of the intersection of said line with the southerly boundary of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway No. 10; thence northwesterly and parallel with said highway and 30 feet southwesterly thereof a distance of 200 feet; thence southerly and parallel with the east line of the said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter a distance of 400 feet; thence southeasterly and parallel with U.S. Highway No. 10 a distance of 200 feet to the east line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence north along the east line of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter a distance of 400 feet to point of beginning. Together with an easement for ingress and egress to U.S. Highway No. 10 over and across the 30 foot strip of land between said Highway and the property above described. (The Subject Property) AND WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan approved in 2001 shows the subject property designated land use as Medium Density Residential; and WHEREAS, the property owners are requesting that the subject property designated land use be changed to Places to Shop; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey Planning Commission met on February 5, 2004, conducted a public hearing, and recommended that the Ramsey City Council approve the request for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the adjacent land uses are designated as Places to Shop, and Medium Density Residential; and WHEREAS, the City finds that given the Subject Property's historically commercial nature and adjacency to similar commercial uses, a land use designation of Places to Shop is appropriate.