2024-038 A Resolution Amending the Comprehensive Plan to Establish the Commerce and Employment Future Land Use Designation for the Property Located at 9451 Excelsior Blvd CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2024-038
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ESTABLISH THE
COMMERCE AND EMPLOYMENT FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9451 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD
WHEREAS, The City, on behalf of the property owner the Metropolitan Council,
has requested a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to assign the Commerce and
Employment future land use designation for the property at 9451 Excelsior Boulevard
with PID: 19-117-21-31-0002; and,
WHEREAS, this property is legally described in Exhibit A; and,
WHEREAS, the procedural history of the application is as follows:
1. That the above stated application was initiated by the City; and,
2. That the Hopkins Planning & Zoning Commission, pursuant to published and
mailed notice, held a public hearing on the application on May 1, 2024 and all
persons present were given an opportunity to be heard; and,
3. That written comments and analysis of City staff were considered; and,
4. That the Hopkins Planning & Zoning Commission reviewed this application
during their May 1 , 2024 meeting and recommended approval by the City
Council; and,
WHEREAS, staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended
approval of the above stated application based on the findings outlined in City Council
Report 2024-061 dated May 7, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Hopkins City Council
hereby approves an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to assign the Commerce
and Employment future land use category to the property with PID 19-117-21-31-0002,
subject to approval by the Metropolitan Council.
Adopted this 7th day of May 2024.
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AT EST: 'atrlck Hanlon, Mayor
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Amy Domeier, City Clerk
Exhibit A
Legal Description of Subject Parcel
That part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 117, Range 2, Hennepin
County, Minnesota, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the Southerly line of Excelsior Road (now Excelsior Boulevard),
as said Road was established prior to the widening and improvement thereof (1978),
distant 71.6 feet Northwesterly, measured at right angles, from said original main track
center line; thence Southwesterly parallel with said center line a distance of 302.47 feet;
thence Southwesterly along a straight line a distance of 636.8 feet to a point on the East
line of Washington Avenue, distant 50 feet Northwesterly, measured at right angles,
from said original main track center line; thence Southerly along said East line of
Washington Avenue a distance of 58 feet, more or less, to a point distant 15 feet
Northwesterly, measured at right angles, from the center line of Chicago and North
Western Transportation Company (formerly Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Company) connecting track ICC No. 9, as said track is now located; thence
Northeasterly parallel with the center line of said connecting track (and the continuation
thereof to the center line of the Westbound main track of the Chicago Milwaukee, St.
Paul and Pacific Railroad Company) a distance of 830 feet, more or less, to a point
opposite the point of switch for said connecting track (at said last described main track
center line); thence Southeasterly radial to the last described course a distance of 3
feet, more or less, to a point distant 50 feet Southeasterly, measured at right angles,
from said original (Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company) main track center line;
thence Northeasterly parallel with said original main track center line a distance of 430
feet, more or less, to a point on the Southerly line of said Excelsior Road; thence
Westerly along said Southerly line of Excelsior Road a distance of 315 feet, more or
less, to the point of beginning.