HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2014-75 - Accept Southwest Corridor Investment Framework - 07/14/2014 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2014-75
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR INVESTMENT
FRAMEWORK WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA
FUTURE LAND USES AND TOWN CENTER PROPOSED EAST-WEST ROADWAY
LOCATION
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution No. 09-0596 in 2009 to
establish the Southwest LRT Community Works program in consultation with the cities of Eden Prairie,
Edina, Minnetonka, Hopkins, St. Louis Park, and Minneapolis, and other Southwest LRT partners; and
WHEREAS,the Southwest LRT Community Works Steering Committee, composed of Southwest LRT
Community Works partners from cities and other agencies along the Southwest corridor, was formed in
2010 to provide overall guidance and direction for the Southwest LRT Community Works Project; and
WHEREAS, Southwest LRT Community Works goals include stimulating economic development,
building bridges for effective planning and implementation, maintaining and improving natural systems,
strengthening communities through connections and enhancing the tax base; and
WHEREAS, a key activity of the Southwest LRT Community Works program is collaborative work on
station area planning activities and preparation of a corridor-wide framework for on-going investment;
and
WHEREAS, in late 2012, Hennepin County, in consultation with city partners, contracted with
Hoisington Koegler Group hic (HKGi) on behalf of the Southwest Community Works Steering
Committee to conduct transitional station area action planning activities, resulting in a draft Corridor
Investment Framework; and
WHEREAS, the Southwest Corridor Investment Framework will guide activities of the Southwest LRT
Community Works partners to prepare areas around proposed stations for transit oriented development,
access improvements, and other efforts to support the Southwest LRT project; and
WHEREAS,the Southwest LRT Community Works Steering Committee accepted the Southwest
Corridor Investment Framework as a document to guide ongoing collaborative activities by partner
agencies in achieving Southwest LRT Community Works goals; and
WHEREAS,the Southwest LRT Conununity Works Steering Committee referred the Southwest
Corridor Investment Framework to member cities and partner organizations for individual actions as
deemed appropriate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL
ACCEPTS THE SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK SUBJECT TO THE
FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. The Southwest Corridor Investment Framework will be amended to revise the Golden Triangle
Area Future Land Uses in accordance with the revised map included as Exhibit A.
2. The Southwest Corridor Investment Framework will be amended to revise the Town Center
future east-west roadway alignment to avoid impacts to the existing Emerson-Rosemount
building.
3. The Southwest Corridor Investment Framework will be updated and amended as new
information and City of Eden Prairie policy direction becomes available.
ADOPTED by the City Council on July 14, 2014.
an yra- uken , ayor
ATTEST:
Ka leer Porta, City Clerk