2019-049 Directing the City Planner to Distribute the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update -- Cultivate Hopkins to the Metropolitan Council Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 743.864 CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION 2019-049
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY PLANNER TO DISTRIBUTE THE 2040
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE—CULTIVATE HOPKINS TO THE
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION
473.864
WHEREAS,Minnesota Statutes section 473.864 requires each local governmental unit to
review and,if necessary,amend its entire comprehensive plan and its fiscal devices and official controls at
least once every ten years to ensure its comprehensive plan conforms to metropolitan system plans and
ensure its fiscal devices and official controls do not conflict with the comprehensive plan or permit
activities that conflict with metropolitan system plans; and
WHEREAS,Minnesota Statutes sections 473.858 and 473.864 require local governmental units to
complete their"decennial'reviews by December 31, 2018;and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2018, the City Council of the City of Hopkins approved Resolution
2018-038 requesting additional time within which to complete the Comprehensive Plan "Decennial'
Review Obligation;and
WHEREAS, the City Council,Planning& "Zoning Commission, and the City Staff have
prepared a proposed Comprehensive Plan intended to meet the requirements of the Metropolitan Land
Planning Act and Metropolitan Council guidelines and procedures;and
WHEREAS,pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.858, the proposed Comprehensive
Plan was submitted to adjacent governmental units and affected special districts and school districts for
review and comment on September 12,2018, and the statutory six-month review and comment period
has elapsed;and
WHEREAS, Hopkins Planning and Zoning Commission,pursuant to published notice, held a
public hearing on the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update—Cultivate Hopkins and reviewed such draft
plan and all public comments on May 28,2019: all persons present were given an opportunity to be
heard;and
WHEREAS,During the May 28, 2019 meeting, the Hopkins Planning&Zoning Commission
adopted Planning& Zoning Commission Resolution 2019-09 recommending the City Council direct the
City Planner to distribute the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update—Cultivate Hopkins to the Metropolitan
Council pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 473.864.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Hopkins has reviewed the proposed
Comprehensive Plan and those recommendations,public comments, and comments from adjacent
jurisdictions and affected districts during their meeting on June 18,2019; and
WHEREAS,Minnesota Statutes section 473.858 requires a local governmental unit to submit
its proposed comprehensive plan to the Metropolitan Council following recommendation by the
Planning& Zoning Commission and after consideration but before final approval by the governing body
of the local governmental unit.
WHEREAS,based on its review of the proposed Comprehensive Plan and Planning& Zoning
Commission and staff recommendations, the City Council of the City of Hopkins is ready to submit its
proposed plan to the Metropolitan Council for review pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.864;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hopkins
hereby directs the City Planner to distribute the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update—Cultivate Hopkins to
the Metropolitan Council pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 473.864.
Adopted this 18th day of June 2019.
son Gadd, Mayor
ATTEST:
Amy Domeier, City Clerk