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A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SHOREWOOD
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2009 PERTAINING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE
MINNETONKA COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood adopted its current Comprehensive Plan in June of
2010, in which the Land Use Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan identified the proposed land
use of the Minnetonka Country Club property, located at 24575 Smithtown. Road, as "Semi -
Public"; and
WHEREAS, the Minnetonka Country Club golf course closed down late in 2014, since
which Mattamy Homes has purchased the property to redevelop it for single- family residential
housing and requested that the proposed land use classification of the property be changed from
"Semi Public" to "Low Density Residential (1 -2 units per acre) "; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hired an independent planning consulting firm to conduct
a study of the golf course site and the surrounding area, and appointed a Planning Advisory
Committee to assist the Planning Commission and City Council in determining the best use for
the property and surroundings; and
WHEREAS, after a series of meetings over several months, the Planning Advisory
Committee forwarded its findings to the Planning Commission and City Council, which findings
are on file at the Shorewood City Hall; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held an open house meeting on 28 July 2015 and,
after legal notice was published in the official newspaper, the Planning Commission conducted a
public hearing on 4 August 2015, the minutes of which are on file in the Shorewood City
Offices; and
WHEREAS, after holding the public hearing the Planning Commission voted
unanimously to recommend approval of the Comprehensive Plan amendment, reclassifying the
property from "Semi Public" to "Low Density Residential "; and
WHEREAS, after legal notice was published in the official City newspaper, the City
Council conducted a public hearing on 14 September 2015, which hearing was continued to 28
September 2015, at which time the Council directed staff to prepare a resolution approving the
Comprehensive Plan amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, having considered the recommendations of the Planning
Advisory Committee, and the Planning Commission, and taking testimony from the public finds
that it is in Shorewood's best interest to amend the Proposed Land Use map in the
Comprehensive Plan to reclassify the Minnetonka Country Club property as "Low Density
Residential (one to two units per acre) ".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Shorewood City Council that the
Comprehensive Plan 2009 be amended as referenced above, subject to review and comment by
the Metropolitan Council and adjoining cities.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Shorewood this 12th day of October,
2015.
ATTEST:
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