HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 285-25 - Resolution - CD2025-003GMMA City of Rochester
RESOLUTION
Approving Growth Management Map Amendment – CD2025-003GMMA, a request by
the City of Rochester to update the Growth Management Map to reflect changes in
the availability of sanitary sewer since the map’s last update in 2021.
WHEREAS, On April 2, 2018, the Rochester City Council adopted the Planning 2 Succeed:
Rochester Comprehensive Plan 2040 (P2S 2040); and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2025, the Rochester City Council adopted the five-year
update to 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 systems, 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 through the changes proposed in Growth
Management Map Amendment No. CD2025-003GMMA; 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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