89-7589RRESOLUTION N0. 7589
RESOLUTION ADOPTING DESIGN
FRAMEWORK MANUAL AS THE
URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR
THE PENN AVENUE SIXTY SIrXTH
STREET ("PASSS") AREA
WHEREAS, the City has been interested in the future
development and redevelopment of that area of the City which is
depicted in the attached Exhibit A and which is hereinafter
described as the PASSS Areal and
WHEREAS, both the City and the Housing and Redevelopment
Authority in and for the City of Richfield ("HRA") have conducted
studies of the PASSS Area for the purpose of determining the most
appropriate program for the future development thereof; and
WHEREAS, the City did on February 27, 1989, by ordinance
disclose and establish a moratorium within the PASSS Area until
studies would be completed concerning the future courses of
development and redevelopment therein; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the enactment of the moratorium, the
City and the HRA have invested significant time and financial
resources in studying the appropriate patterns of development and
redevelopment within the PASSS Area; and
WHEREAS, on November 20, 1989 the HRA did review and approve
the Design Framework Manual for the PASSS Area, and did further
direct its Executive Director to present the manual to the City
Council and to recommend that the City approve the Manual as an
Urban Design Guideline pursuant to Section 410 of the City's
ordinance code; and
WHEREAS, the HRA has further informed the City of its
intention to consider, at its December 18, 1989, meeting the
creation of a Redevelopment Project Area and tax increment
financing plan within the PASSS Area, and to recommend the same
to the City Council for consideration at its meeting on January
8, 1990; and
WHEREAS, the Council has reviewed the proposed Design
Framework Manual, a copy of which is attached to this resolution
as Exhibit B and finds the same to be necessary and appropriate
to the future unified and harmonious development and
redevelopment of the lands within the PASSS Area; and to be
further in the vital best interest of the community and to the
owners of property within the PASSS Area in the event that the
Redevelopment and tax increment plans for the PASSS Area are
ultimately approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Richfield that the Design Framework Manual for the PASSS
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Area is hereby adopted as the urban design guidelines for such
area as that term is used in Section 410 of the City Code.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Richfield, Minnesota this 11th
ATTEST:
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Thomas P. Ferber, City Clerk