12-067A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE SHOREWOOD
C OMPREHENSIVE PLAN u 11 ' PERTAINING TO THE SMITHTOWN CRO SSING
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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 northwest
quadrant of the intersection of Smithtown Road and County Road 19 as being an excellent
opportunity for redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission began a study of the area in question early in
2009, since then reviewing three different drafts of the Smithtown Crossing Redevelopment
Study, holding a variety of public meetings, including a neighborhood open house and two public
hearings, the culmination of which is the report dated June 2012; and
WHEREAS, after legal notice was published in the official City newspaper, the Planning
Commission conducted a public hearing on 18 September 2012, to formally present the
Smithtown Crossing Redevelopment Study to the public; and
WHEREAS, after holding the public hearing the Planning Commission voted to
recommend to the City Council that the Smithtown Crossing Redevelopment Study be included
in the Shorewood Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, having considered the recommendations of the Planning
Commission, finds that it is in Shorewood's best interest to incorporate the Smithtown Crossing
Redevelopment Study, dated June 2012 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 Smithtown Crossing Redevelopment
Study, dated June 2012, subject to review and comment by the Metropolitan Council and
adjoining cities.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Shorewood this 22nd day of October,
2012.
ATTEST:
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Christine Lizee, Mayor
S. 14yne , IAterim City Administrator /Clerk