HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 215-25 - Resolution - Planning 2 Succeed Comprehensive Plan Update
RESOLUTION
Adopting The Five-Year Update To The Planning 2 Succeed: Rochester
Comprehensive Plan 2040 (P2S 2040).
WHEREAS, on August 27, 2025, the Rochester Planning and Zoning Commission
recommended adoption of a five-year update to the Planning 2 Succeed: Rochester
Comprehensive Plan 2040 (P2S 2040); and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2025, the Council held a public hearing on P2S 2040; and
WHEREAS, P2S 2040 continues to establish the overriding goals and principles that will
guide Rochester’s envisioned future and long-range development and provide guidance
on the policy outcomes that the objectives, strategies, or recommended actions of other
adopted plans and policies will seek to achieve; and
WHEREAS, P2S 2040 continues to be recognized as the community-wide
Comprehensive Plan for the city upon adoption of this five-year update; and
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, that the City does
hereby adopt Planning 2 Succeed: Rochester Comprehensive Plan 2040 as the
Comprehensive Plan for the City of Rochester; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the following types of plans are not adopted as elements
of the Comprehensive Plan but are recognized as valid city plans that will be guided by
the Comprehensive Plan and serve to further the vision and achieve the goals and policies
of the Comprehensive Plan:
1. Citywide Functional Plans that direct specialized components of city planning
activities such as transportation, economic development, or housing.
2. Sub-Area Plans that reflect refinement of the goals and principles of the
Comprehensive Plan to create more detailed guidelines, objectives, or strategies
for land use, transportation, infrastructure, or other public concerns for specific
geographies such as regional centers, corridors, or neighborhoods.
3. Specific Issue/Specific District Plans that deal with a specific element of community
infrastructure or unique use areas with a focus on applying the goals and principles
of the Comprehensive Plan to these areas with a focus on implementation.
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)