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04-1024Council File # - t� Z� Resolution # Green sheet # 3022603 4 Presented By Referred To RESOLUTION CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA � Committee: Date RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE MIDDLE SECTIONAMENDMENT OF THE PHALEN CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE SAINT PAUL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is authorized under Minnesota Statutes Section 462353 to cany on comprehensive municipal planning activities for guiding the fuhxre development and improvement of the city; and 10 11 12 13 WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, as a local government unit within the metropolitan area, is required under Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.858, to prepare a comprehensive plan; and 14 WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council adopted, by Council File 98-1133 on March 3, 1999, the Land Use 15 Plan as a chapter of the Saint Paul CompYehensive Plan; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the Land Use Plan provided far the adoption of area plan summaries and amendments to those 18 summaries as addenda to the comprehensive plan; and 19 20 WHEREAS, the Middle Section Amendment to the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy summary was 21 prepared by a community-based task force convened by the Planning Commission on September 13, 2002; 22 and 23 24 WHEREAS, the Middle Section Amendment was presented to the Planning Commission for its review; and 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 WI3EREAS, the Planning Commission, after a public hearing on July 30, 2004, and consideration of public testimony, recommended, in its Resolution 04-79 approved August 13, 2004, adoption of the Middle Section Amendment of the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy by the City Council. NOW, THEREFOR, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Middle Section Amendment of the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy is adopted as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan contingent upon review by the Metropolitan Council. 40 � 4i O`� Adoption Certified by Council Secretary By: Approved by By: Requested by Department oE: Plannin4 & Economic Develooment By: Approved by Fix By: FoYm Approved by City Attorney By: ved by By: � Adopted by Council: Date OG��T °�� 0� � Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet � O�k- tOT,� � DepartmeM/office/council: ! Date Initiated: '' PE - Planning&EconomicDevelopment ; z,-SEP_� : Green Sheet NO: 3022603 ConWCt Person & Phone: � P. Simison 66554 I Musf Be on Council Agenda by (Date): ,� O6-0CT-04 ToWI # M Signature Pages � Assign Number For Routing Order Deoartment Sent To Person InkiaVDate 0 plennine & Econom'c Develoo +.� 1 Planoin¢ & Ec000mic Develon Driector � � � D�" 2 'CitvAttornev '� I*� 4�2y-nct 3 iMavar's Oftice � 4 �'ioaucial Services 5 ;Council ' (Clip All Locations for Signature) Action Requested: Approval of Middle Section Amendment to the Phalen Comdor Development S4ategy. idations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Planning'Commission CIB Committee Civil Service Commission Personal Service Contrects Must Answer the Following Questions: �. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department? Yes No 2. Has this person�rm ever been a city employee? Yes No 3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessed by any current ciry employee? , Yes No Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why): Planning Commission uutiated shtdy of middle section, including appointment of taskforce, to addtess revitalization issues in flus section of the Phalen Corridor. Advantapes If Approved: Plan amendment can be implemented for this secrion of the Phalen Corridor. DisadvanWpes If Approved: None. Disadvantaqes If Not Approved: Implementation cannot go forwazd. otal Amount of O Transaction: Funding Source: '�, Financiallnformation: �I (Explain) Activity Number: RECEIVED SEP 2 7 2004 MAYOR'S OFrICE Cost/Revenue Budgeted: �}- LOL� CI� ��' SA�T pA�. 390CiryHa17 Telephone: 651-266-8510 Rmuly C. Ke(ly, Mayar 1� West Kellagg BoWevard Facs�mtle: 6i I-228-8J73 Samt Paul. MN 5510? September 21, 2004 Council President Kathy Lantry and members of the City Council 320 B City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 Dear Council President Lantry and Councilmembers: I am pleased to transmit to you the Middle Section Amendment for the Phalen Corridor DeveZopment Strategy and recommend its adoption as an addendum to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan. In addition, I am transmitting the 40-Acre Study reflecting the policies in the Middle Section Amendment and recommend its adoprion. Prepared by a community-based task force convened by the Phalen Corridar Initiative and the East Side Neighborhood Development Company, in collaborarion with Districts 4 and 5, the Middle Section Amendment includes strategies designed to implement the policies in the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy. The key elements are: • to provide for the development of new multi-family housing • to provide for the stabilization of existing single-family housing • a schematic for recreation and open space north of Phalen Boulevard and west of Arcade Street • support the retention of 3M's presence in the area The Planning Coxnmission has reviewed this amendment and held a public hearing. They recRmmend its adoption. I concur with their recommendation. � .� Enclosure K:Un�ddle section�councii4nayor nansmittai lh.wpd AA-ADA-EEO Employec 0�,- l�Z�t city of saint paui planning commission resolution file nurnber 04-79 date Aunust 13, zoo4 RESOLU'TIOti ADOPTING T7� �4NIENDMENT FOR TFIE MIDDLE SECTION (EDGE,RTON TO E�4RL) OF TFIE P73ALEN COIZRIDOR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY SUlYIVIARY Ai�1D 40-ACRE STUDY WHEREAS, the Planning Commission on September 13, 2002, initiated the preparation of an amendment to the Phalen CorridQr Development Strategy summary for the Middle Section oi the Phalen Corridor and a 40-Acre Study; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission is authorized under Minnesota Statutes Secfion 462355(2) and Chapter 107 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to recommend to the Mayor and the City Council amendments to the Comprehensive PIan; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission is authorizedunder Minnesota Statutes Section 462357 (5) and Section 64.400 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code to initiate a 40-Acra Study for the purpose of amending the Zoning Code; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, in accordance with state statutes, has detennined that: 1. The study azea is at least 40 acres in size. 2. The number of real estate descriprions affected by the amendments renders obtaining of written consent impractical. 3. The proposed amendments aze related to the overall needs of the community, to existing land use or to plans for future land use, as laid out in the Amendment for the Middle Section. WHEREAS, the task force met beginning in September 2002 and concluding in June 2004; and moved by ��all seconded by in favor Unanimous against 0'-1.-16L� WHEREAS, the District 4 andDistrict 5 planning councils discussed theArnendmentfor the:Y7iddle Section and the 40-Ac,-e Study zoning proposals and submitted conunents to the Planning Com. and 4�'ELEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Amendm.ent for the Middle Section and the ?0-Acre Study oa Juiy 30, 2004, notice of wiuch was duly given in the Saint Paul Pionee; Press on July � 9, 2004; and W�REAS, the Planning Commission recommended changes to L'�e small a:ea plan, after considering public #estimony and reviewzng the pian's conformance with the Comprehensive Plan. NO�', T`HGREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission hereby recommends adoption by the City Council of the Amendment for the Middle Section (Edgerton to Earl) to the Phalen CorridorDevelopment Strategy summary, as an amendmentto the CiTy's Land Use Plan, which is an element of the Comprehensive Plan; and FLRTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission hereby recommends adoption of the Zoning Code amendments attached hereto and duects the Planning Administrator to fonvard the study and this resolution to the Mayor and City Council for their review and adoption. Oy, Phalen Corridor Development Strategy Sununary Amendment for Middle Section (Edgerton to Earl) Addendum to The Comprehensive Plan for Saint Paul Recommended by the Plauning Commission - August 13, 2004 Adopted by the City Council -[date] This summary appends to the Comprehensive Plan the vision and strategies of the Phalen Corridor Development Sirategy Middle Section (Edgerton to Earl). The Middle Sectron Plan further sefznes the land use concepts outlined in the Summary of the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy, which was adopted by the City Council on April 4, 2001. The Phalen Corridor Development Strategy The obj ective of the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy is to enhance, stabilize and sustain the economic, social and physical prosperity of Saint Paul's East Side. Its focus is industrial development and jobs. Its goal is to construct a new road, Phalen Boulevard, in the rail corridor that stretches from I35E, near downtown, to the Lake Phalen area in order to open up approximately 100 acres of under-utilized land for industrial development. Location The area addressed in the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy includes land within approximately 1/4 mile either side of the future Phalen Boulevard, which runs along a rail corridor between I-35E and Johnson Parkway on Saint Paul's East Side. The Middle Section amendment encompasses the area between Edgerton and Earl sh (west to east) and, generally, York and Bush streets (north to south). Phalen Corridor Development Strategy Middle Secrion Snnunary Page 1 C�-4- �oz� Neighborhood Development Objectives The Phalen Corridor Development Strategy includes development objectives for neighborhoods in the Corridor. These objectives are a broad sketch of how the overall goals of jobs, housing, environmental protection and the creation of neighborhood connections can be translated into specific development plans for the three Phalen Corridor neighborhoods. As design and construction of Phalen Boulevard proceeds from I-35E and Williams Hill eastward to Johnson Parkway and Phalen Village, the City (PED and Port Authority) meets with the affected neighborhoods to develop more specific ideas for development and redevelopment in the area. These ideas will include industrial opportunities, commercial revitalization and housing opporhmities. The result of this planving process will be a preliminary master plan for that neighborhood. These preliminary master plans will be refinements of the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy and will be adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council as addenda to the Comprehensive Plan. Implementation of the master plans may be influenced by condirions unique to each site, including soils and pollution, as well as current market conditions. Therefore, implementation will include discussions with neighborhood residents regarding specific site development issues. Middle Section - Neighborhood Development Objectives The middle section of the Phalen Comdor, from Edgerton to Earl streets, is a link between the neighborhoods that border it. Strategies to strengthen this area include housing and recreation opportunities that will improve existing development as well as draw people from other areas of Saint Paul and the larger Twin Cities region. Specific Action Strategies and Implementation Steps Payne Avenue/Phalen Boulevard Area � Create new mixed use development at the intersection of Payne Avenue and the new Phalen Boulevard. The mix will include new housing and commercial opportunities and infill housing where appropriate. � Provide for the rehabilitation and revitalization of existing commercial and residential properties. Zoning for residential districts, where the predominate existing land use is single family housing, is intended to preserve existing single family homes and, secondly, to focus the redevelopment of new multi-family housing types. Both approaches are part of the broad objective of the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy to enhance, stabilize and sustain the prosperity of the Phalen Corridor. � The Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority (I�2A) sent out a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) in January 2003, to fmd a developer or group of developers who will work to create specific projects in consultation with the City/HRA and the community. The HRA has been selected Sherman Associates Inc. as the developer for the two areas north of the Payne Avenue bridge over Phalen Boulevard. No developer was selected for the areas south of the bridge. Phalen Corridor Development 5trategy Middle Secrion Summary Page 2 U�I.- toLa Arcade/Phalen Boulevard Area � Construct the access road from Phalen Boulevard to Arcade. Create a recreation and open space area on the site previously occupied by the brewery grain elevators. Possible uses include: tennis courts, middle school-sized soccer field, unprogrammed open space, voileyball courts, hillside seating, handball courts and bocce ball courts. Plans also include a piayground north of 7ohn A. Johnson Achievement Plus Elementary School, stormwater ponding, and a park building to be used as a trailhead and an environmental classroom for the elementary school. The City will assist in unplementing the connections between the recreation and open space area and the playground area adjacent to the elementary school. Provide for a new Tier II skateboard park near and under the Arcade Street bridge. Support the applicable recommendations of the Arcade Station Area Plan section of the Riverview Transit Corridor Plan and the Arcade Small Area Plan. Forest-Earl Area � Support the applicable recommendations of the Arcade Small Area Plan. � Provide far the rehabilitation and revitalization of existing commercial and residential properties. Zoning for residential districts, where the predominate existing land use is single family housing, is intended to preserve existing single family homes and, secondly, to focus the redevelopment of new multi-family housing types. Both approaches are part of the broad objective of the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy to enhance, stabilize and sustain the prosperity of the Phalen Corridor. Priority Actions for City Participation The following actions have been identified as priorities of the community that require leadership ar significant participation by city govermnent. Community groups and city deparhnents should implement the projects identified in this summary by applying for city resources in competitive processes such as the Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) and Sales Tas Revitalization program (STAR), and working though the regular operating programs of relevant city departments. Change the zoning of property in the area in accordance with Map B-Proposed Zoning (Map A depicts existing zoning). 2. Wark with public and private enrities to implement the land use plan shown in Map C- Proposed Land Use. This includes projects resulting from the RFQ process. 3. Seek funding for the recreational uses and refine the development concept shown in Map D-Phalen Corridor Recreational Development. 4. Support retention of 3M's presence in the area, including a shift to a reseazch/manufacturing emphasis. Phalen Conidor Development Strategy Middle Secrion Summary page 3 o�t-taz� Planning Commission Findings The Planning Commission finds that the Middle Section Amendment to the Phalen Corridor Development Strategy Surrzmary is consistent with The Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other adopted City policies. Planning Process Organizations involved in the creation of this plan include: Planning Commission, Dishict 4 and District 5 Community Councils, the Phalen Corridor project, the East 5ide Nei�borhood Development Company, the Aailroad Island Task Force, Friends of Swede Hollow, John A. Johnson Achievement Plus Elementary School, East YMCA, Payne-Arcade Business Association, East Side Area Business Association, and ECON Weed and Seed. Block clubs in the area were represented, as were individual businesses. City and County officials also participated. Meetings of some of these groups began in May 2002. In September 2002, the Planning Commission created the Middle Section Task Force to provide a framework for the discussions and recommendations. The task force met biweekly during the fall to discuss alternatives for the Payne/Phalen area. These alternatives were included in the Request for Qualifications. Monthly meetings followed to review the development concept for the remainder of the area, including the recreational uses planned in the Arcade area. Task force members and interested persons who signed up on a mailing list were notified of the meetings and participated in discussions. Approximately 55 people participated in these meetings. Phalen Corridor Development Strategy Middle Secrion Sununary Page 4 C� �L - lUL`� _ 0 � � m � � � � � a� � �a L �4+ � y� � W � � O W > � � � L � � � ' a NU � ^ � Y �� wa a a a � 0 a � N �� '� - �l i�1 :n= .��,�� ..,. , :� :_ ` :�=��r � m � m � � x � m Rl m � IIm I II � �� z V c�-r.- toz�} � 0 :� � � � � � � � � � � � � L � � � � d � Q Q d � � � � � L �= 0 � � N L L � � dU � � o � �_ o co a � a � . �z i '\ i \ �� a � ' �1 1 C7�-F,- loZ� � � � � n e�l e�O � NI ^ � � � d� � � �= w ea rA � e� N � M � � A �V � � � aM ak euC Ak N. �W � � .�i � ti wR� v 1W I�t A I� :L G ..' ti 'n , O t � V � � �. 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