HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 212-25 - Resolution - CD2025-002GMMA City of Rochester
RESOLUTION
Approving Growth Management Map Amendment – CD2025-002GMMA, a request by the
City of Rochester to designate approximately 175 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 August 13,
2025, and recommended approval of the Growth Management Map Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council, after published notice, held a public hearing on September 8,
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 175 acres of property, per the “Exhibit
Map” prepared by Community Development for Application No. CD2025-002GMMA, from “Urban
Expansion Beyond 2050” designation to the “Near Term Urban Expansion” designation; and
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; and
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 _______________, 2025.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2025.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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