HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 103-24 - Resolution - CD2024-001GMMA City of Rochester
RESOLUTION
Approving Growth Management Map Amendment – CD2024-001GMMA, a request by
the City to designate approximately 138.2 acres from Urban Expansion Beyond 2050
to Near Term Urban Expansion.
WHEREAS, On April 2, 2018, the Rochester City Council adopted the Planning 2 Succeed:
Rochester Comprehensive Plan 2040 (P2S 2040); and
WHEREAS, the adoption of the P2S 2040 recognized a Growth Management Strategy for
the City of Rochester by identifying which areas will potentially be affected by future edge
growth; and
WHEREAS, the growth management map identifies both developed as well as fringe
suburban and agricultural areas that could accommodate urban development over the next
30 to 50 years, predicated on the provision of services such as sanitary sewer and water
systems, storm sewer systems, upgraded transportation system, parks and other utilities in
these areas; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Rochester by enactment of Resolution 255-
21 on November 16 , 2021, duly adopted an Update to "Growth Management Map" of the
P2S 2040 Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after published notice, held a public hearing on May
8, 2024, and recommended approval of the Growth Management Map Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council, after published notice, held a public hearing on May 20,
2024, on the matter of the proposed amendment to said "Growth Management Map;" and
WHEREAS, the Council determined that the application did satisfy all of the criteria
applicable to amendments of the Growth Management Map, based upon the findings of fact
presented by the Community Development Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester
that the "Growth Management Map" as adopted on November 16, 2021, and as thereafter
amended, is hereby further amended by changing the designation on 138.2 acres of
property, per the “Exhibit Map” prepared by Community Development for Application No.
CD2024-001GMMA, from “Urban Expansion Beyond 2050” designation to the “Near Term
Urban Expansion” designation:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution shall be maintained in
the office of the Community Development Department of the City of Rochester and shall be
available for public inspection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to file a certified copy
of this resolution in the office of the County Recorder in and for Olmsted County, Minnesota.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2024.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2024.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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