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City Council Resolution 2011-109CITY OF MONTICELLO INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (IEDC) WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2011-109 RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE EMBRACING DOWNTOWN PLAN AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MONTICELLO Date: December 6th, 2011 Motion By: William Tapper Resolution No. 2011-109 Seconded By: Wayne Elam WHEREAS, the City of Monticello has, in 2008, adopted a Comprehensive Plan guiding the growth, development, land use, and infrastructure planning for the City; and WHEREAS, said Comprehensive Plan provides for the development and redevelopment of the downtown as a part of such guidance; and WHEREAS, the City last undertook a specific planning effort for its core downtown area in 1997; and WHEREAS, fundamental changes to the demographics, transportation systems, and land uses in the City have occurred since the completion of the previous downtown plan; and WHEREAS, the City has found that a revised and detailed plan for its downtown would be consistent with both City objectives and the purposes of the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, as part of updated planning efforts for the downtown, the City engaged the services of McComb Group to complete a market analysis of downtown; and WHEREAS, as part of updated planning efforts for the downtown, the City engaged the services of Westwood Consulting to assess the transportation system within and throughout the downtown area; and WHEREAS, as part of updated planning efforts for the downtown, the City engaged the services of Architectural Consortium and Westwood Consulting to analyze land use and design opportunities in downtown, and WHEREAS, as part of updated planning efforts for the downtown, the City engaged Economic Development services to ensure public input was obtained through the entire process; and WHEREAS, the City of Monticello Industrial and Economic Development Committee makes the following additional Findings of Fact in relation to the need for adoption of an updated downtown plan: • The 2011 Embracing Downtown Plan recognizes downtown as a unique commercial district that is part of Monticello's heritage and identity, and provides a guide for development, redevelopment, and revitalization in downtown Monticello. • The downtown update was accomplished through a partnership between the City, downtown landowners, business owners, and policy makers. The Embracing Downtown revitalization vision includes seeking additional retail and office professional end users, making needed transportation improvements, shifting the focus of downtown 90 degrees, initiating catalyst projects on the "anchor" block and Block 34, creating more park programs and public gathering places, and utilizing Walnut Street as the main pedestrian thoroughfare. • The updated plan includes a comprehensive implementation section to further assist in achieving the vision. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Monticello Industrial and Economic Development Committee recommends that the Monticello City Council adopt the amendment to Chapter 3 of the Comprehensive Plan, including the following: 1. The document entitled "Embracing Downtown Monticello," dated November 4, 2011. 2. The document entitled "Chapter 5, Land Use" as replacement text for the existing Comprehensive Plan Chapter 3. ADOPTED, this 6th day of December, 2011, by the Industrial and Economic Development Committee of the City of Monticello, Minnesota. CITY OF MONTICELLO ich arris, IEDC Chair EXHIBIT "A" Attach Final "Embracing Downtown" Plan EXHIBIT "B" Attach Final Comprehensive Plan Amendment Text