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RESOLUTION NO. 2020 – 80
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2040 CITY OF EDINA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
UPDATE, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE SEWER PLAN, A COMPILATION OF
POLICY STATEMENTS, GOALS, STANDARDS, AND MAPS FOR GUIDING THE
OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Edina, Minnesota, as follows:
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; the City of
Edina received a one-year extension from the Metropolitan Council to complete the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edina authorized the review and update of its Comprehensive
Plan, including the Comprehensive Sewer Plan; and
WHEREAS, the proposed City of Edina 2040 Comprehensive Plan is a planning tool
intended to guide the future growth and development of the City of Edina in a manner that
conforms with metropolitan system plans and complies with the Metropolitan Land
Planning Act and other applicable planning statutes; and
WHEREAS, the proposed City of Edina 2040 Comprehensive Plan reflects a
community planning process conducted in the years 2016 through 2019 involving elected
officials, appointed officials, city staff, community organizations, the public at large,
developers, and other stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.858, the proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan was submitted to adjacent governmental units and affected special
districts and school districts for review and comment on May 8, 2019, and the statutory six-
month review and comment period has elapsed; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has considered the proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan and all public comments, and thereafter submitted its
recommendations to the Edina City Council; and
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WHEREAS, on November 13, 2019 the Planning Commission and December 3, 2019,
the Edina City Council conducted public hearings on the proposed 2040 Comprehensive
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Edina City Council approved Resolution 2019-108 authorizing the
proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan, including the Comprehensive Sewer Plan, to be
submitted to the Metropolitan Council for review; and
WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on June 24, 2020, the Metropolitan Council
completed its review of the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan and the Comprehensive
Sewer Plan and found that the Plan meets the requirements of the Metropolitan Land
Planning Act; conforms to the metropolitan system plans for transportation (including
aviation), water resources, and parks; is consistent with Thrive MSP 2040; and is compatible
with the plans of adjacent jurisdictions and affected special districts and school districts;
WHEREAS, the 2040 proposed Comprehensive Plan includes all revisions made
during the review process and responds to additional advisory comments that are part of the
Metropolitan Council’s actions authorizing the Edina City Council to place its proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan into effect; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council approves the City of Edina’s Comprehensive
Sewer Plan.
NOW THERE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF EDINA CITY COUNIL, that the
City of Edina’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan, including the Comprehensive Sewer Plan, is
adopted and is effective as of the date of this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to sections 473.864 and 473.865 of the
Metropolitan Land Planning Act, the City of Edina will: (1) review its fiscal devices and
official controls; (2) if necessary, amend its fiscal devices and official controls to ensure they
do not conflict with the 2040 Comprehensive Plan or permit activity in conflict with
metropolitan system plans; and (3) submit amendments to fiscal devices or official controls to
the Metropolitan Council for “information purposes.”
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Edina, Minnesota, on August 18, 2020
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ATTEST:
Sharon Allison, City Clerk James B. Hovland, Mayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify
that the attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its
Regular Meeting of August 18, 2020, and as recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this ____ day of __________________, 2020.
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City Clerk