HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2019-107 - Aspire Eden Prairie 2040 Comprehensive Plan - 10/01/2019CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2019-107
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ASPIRE EDEN PRAIRIE
2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.864 requires each local governmental unit
to review and, if necessary, amend its entire comprehensive plan and its fiscal devices and official
controls at least once every ten years to ensure its comprehensive plan conforms to metropolitan
system plans and ensure its fiscal devices and official controls do not conflict with the
comprehensive plan or permit activities that conflict with metropolitan system plans; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes sections 473.858 and 473.864 require local governmental
units to complete their "decennial" reviews by December 31, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie authorized the review and update of its
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Aspire Eden Prairie 2040 Comprehensive Plan is a planning
tool intended to guide the future growth and development of the City of Eden Prairie in a manner
that conforms with metropolitan system plans and complies with the Metropolitan Land Planning
Act and other applicable planning statutes; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Aspire Eden Prairie 2040 Comprehensive Plan reflect a
community planning process conducted in the years 2016 through 2018 involving elected
officials, appointed officials, city staff, community organizations, the public at large, developers,
and other stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.858, the proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan was submitted to adjacent governmental units and affected special districts
and school districts for review and comment on May 30, 2018, and the statutory six-month
review and comment period has elapsed; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has considered the proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan and all public comments, and thereafter submitted its recommendations to
the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2018, the City Council conducted a public hearing(s) on the
proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Resolution 2018-115 authorizing the proposed
2040 Comprehensive Plan to be submitted to the Metropolitan Council for review; and
WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on August 28, 2019, the Metropolitan Council
completed its review of the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan and found that the Plan meets
the requirements of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act; conforms to the metropolitan system
plans for transportation (including aviation), water resources, and parks; is consistent with Thrive
MSP 2040; and is compatible with the plans of adjacent jurisdictions and affected special
districts and school districts; and
WHEREAS, the 2040 proposed Comprehensive Plan includes all revisions made during
the review process and responds to additional advisory comments that are part of the
Metropolitan Council's actions authorizing the City of Eden Prairie to place its proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan into effect.
NOW THERE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF EDEN
PRAIRIE, MINNE SOT A, that the City of Eden Prairie's 2040 Comprehensive Plan is adopted
and is effective as of the date of this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to sections 473.864 and 473.865 of the
Metropolitan Land Planning Act, the City of Eden Prairie will: (1) review its fiscal devices and
official controls; (2) if necessary, amend its fiscal devices and official controls to ensure they do
not conflict with the 2040 Comprehensive Plan or permit activity in conflict with metropolitan
system plans; and (3) submit amendments to fiscal devices or official controls to the
Metropolitan Council for ··information purposes."
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 1st day of October, 2019.
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