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RESOLUTION #75-23
SUPPORTING LAND PLANNING IN THE METROPOLITAN
AREA AND ENACTMENT OF CONTROLS CONSISTENT
WITH LOCAL AND METROPOLITAN SYSTEM PLANS
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, that
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has adopted a Development Guide
to protect the health, safety and welfare of residents of the metropolitan
area and to ensure coordinated and orderly economic development, and
WHEREAS, a need exists for all units of government to implement
planning in their communities and enact land use controls consistent
with sound development practices, and
WHEREAS, assistance ts needed to ensure that comprehensive long-
range planning meets the local and metropolitan area needs, and
WHEREAS, problems of urbanization and development transcend local
boundaries thus requiring coordinated planning among all units
of government within the metropolitan area, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that the State Legislature be encouraged to adopt
legislation dealing with comprehensive planning in the Twin Cities
metropolltan area to meet the objectives set forth by the Metropolitan
Council , and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of Columbia Heights
endorses the proposed land use and planning bill now being considered
by the Senate Metropolitan and Urban Affairs Committee and joins with
the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities in support of this
vital metropolitan planning legislation.
Passed this 14th day of April, 1975.
Offered by: Logacz e~~
Seconded by: Heintz /;~
Roll Call: Logacz, Heintz, Land, Nawrocki-Ay
No rbe rg-Na y
~'~ce G. Nawrocki, Mayor
Sec reta r~