11-054CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 11 -054
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SHOREWOOD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2009 PERTAINING TO TRAIL IMPLEMENTATION
FOR THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood adopted its current Comprehensive Plan in June of
2010; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan includes a Trail
Concept Plan, identifying potential trails for Shorewood; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is interested in implementing trail construction and
appointed an Ad Hoc Trail Committee, consisting of two Council members, two Planning
Commission members, two Park Commission members and two at large residents, to make
recommendations on such implementation; and
WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Trail Committee met for several months, agreeing on several
recommendations to the City Council, the result of which was The Trail Plan hnplementation
Report, dated July 2011; and
WHEREAS, the Trail Implementation Report was considered by the Shorewood Park
Commission at its 9 August 2011 meeting, at which it recommended adoption by the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, after legal notice was published in the official City newspaper, the Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing on 20 September 2011, to formally present the Trail
Plan and Trail Implementation Report to the public; and
WHEREAS, after holding the public hearing the Planning Commission voted to
recommend to the City Council that the Trail Plan and Trail Implementation Report be included
in the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, having considered the recommendations of the Ad Hoc
Trail Committee, the Park Commission and the Planning Commission, finds that it is in
Shorewood's best interest to replace the current Trail Concept Plan with the proposed Trail Plan
and incorporate the Trail Implementation Report, dated October 2011 into the Appendix Chapter
of the Comprehensive Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Shorewood City Council that the
Comprehensive Plan 2009 be amended to include the Trail Plan and Trail Implementation
Report, dated October 2011, subject to review and comment by the Metropolitan Council and
adjoining cities.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Shorewood this I Oth day of October,
2011.
Christine Lizee, Mayor
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