HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-165 CCRMember Celia Scott introduced the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 79 -165
RESOLUTION APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE CRITICAL AREAS
PLAN
WHEREAS, the City Council has passed a proposed Critical Areas
Plan in accordance with The Minnesota Critical Areas Act and Executive
Order No. 130 by the Governor of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council staff has reviewed the proposed
Critical Areas Plan in light of the Standards and Guidelines for Preparing
Plans and Regulations for the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area and
have suggested that certain revisions be made; and
WHEREAS, City staff and the Critical Areas Planning consultant have
received the suggested revisions and concur with them.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, that the following revisions to the City's
Critical Areas Plan, required by the Metropolitan Council, be approved:
1. The location of flood plains will be included on the
"Critical Area Features" map.
2. Policies regarding riverbank erosion control and
vegetation management will be added.
3. The route of the Great River Road through the
Brooklyn Center Critical Area will be indicated on
the "Development Opportunities" map.
4. Policies regarding utilities river crossing will be
added.
5. The City's position on its preferred use of the river
surface (recreation, industry) will be made more
explicit in the text.
6. The possibility of the City's acquisition of land east
of Lyndale Avenue south of River Ridge Park will be
mentioned. It shall be emphasized that the City will
not pursue a program of land purchase but will rely on
donations of land in this location. This land may then
be utilized as public open space, river overlooks, and
riverbank protection. The "Development Opportunities"
map will be amended to reflect this possibility.
7. The "Critical Area Plan" map will be amended to indicate
a regional trailway in the following alignment: across
69th Avenue to T.H. 169, along the east side of T.H. 169,
under the Interstate 694 bridge, through River Ridge Park,
and along Lyndale Avenue to the City of Minneapolis. The
text will be amended to reflect this change, also. The
proposed bicycle /pedestrian river crossing at Interstate
694 will be deleted. The Capital Improvements Plan will
RESOLUTION NO. 79 -165
be amended to indicate funding sources for this regional
trailway to be the Great River Road Program (Federal
Highway Administration) and the Metropolitan Council
Regional Trails Program.
A trailway along T.H. 169 north of 69th Avenue, may
possibly still be developed using funds from the
Minnesota Department of Transportation as part of the
upgrading of that facility.
A bicycle /pedestrian trail along 57th Avenue connecting
to the regional trailway may still possibly be developed
utilizing funds from the Brooklyn Center General Fund.
8. The Proposed Critical Area Overlay District Ordinance
will be amended in the following manner:
a. "Utilities" and "bluff- line" will be defined.
b. It shall be specified in Section 11 -2.2A that,
although single and two family residential
structures are exempt from the need to prepare
a site plan for approval under these regulations
before development approval is granted by the
City, such developments must still comply with
the site planning standards set forth in Section
2.5.
C. Section V -5.01 shall be amended, deleting the
reference to "inconsistent" locations or uses.
d. The location of the flood plain will be indicated
on the Critical Area map.
e. Regulations pertaining to tree cutting on sites
already developed will be added.
9. The City will develop a flood plain ordinance consistent
with Metropolitan Council guidelines.
July 23, 1979 l
Date MayorO�
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
member Gene Lhotka and upon vote being taken thereon, the
voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist, Tony Kuefler, Bill Fignar,
and Celia Scott;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
seconded by
following
Gene Lhotka,