HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-07-18 OPH Fax to NAC Re Draft Annexation Resolution 07/18/97 08:59 CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS -► 612 595 9837 NO.543 P01
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RESOLUTION NO. 97- 0 2 —
CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PETITION OF
DAVID R. SCREATON PARTNERSHIP, OARGREEN FARMS, INC.,
A MINNESOTA CORPORATION, BETTY SMITH, LOW & ASSOCIATES. INC.,
A.L.K. PARTNERSHIP, FREDERICK KEMPER, CALVIN J. BROOKMAN,
AND BERNARD W. NASS AND LOELLA NASS,
FOR ANNEXATION OF UNINCORPORATED ADJOINING PROPERTY
TO THE CITY OF OAR PARR HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES 414.031
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights is a city incorporated
under the general laws of the State of Minnesota, and has more than
3,776 inhabitants and, the present territory included in the city
limits contains 1,679 acres;
WHEREAS, there is adjacent to the City of Oak Park Heights a
tract of land containing approximately 240 acres, of which more
than 20% of the owners have petitioned the City of Oak Park Heights
for annexation of said property to the City of Oak Park Heights;
WHEREAS, the boundaries of said territory proposed for
annexation are described as:
All that part of Section 6, Township 29 North, Range 20
West lying westerly of the centerline of Stillwater Blvd.
also known as State Highway 5, Washington County;
WHEREAS, the names of all parties entitled to notice under
section 414.09 are included in Exhibit "A" hereto attached;
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights and petitioning property
owners recognize that the area continues to develop as an urban
industrial /commercial area with the potential for commercial and
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suburban residential development, and that the city of Oak Park
Heights will need additional land in the near future to accommodate
commercial, industrial,single family and multiple family
development;
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights and the petitioning
property owners contend that a municipal form of government will
best protect the public health, safety, and welfare in that the
City has capacity to provide municipal water and sanitary sewer
service which are not currently provided by the Township.
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights has its own police
force adequately equipped to serve the subject area as opposed to
the Township which now relies on the Washington County Sheriff's
Department for police protection;
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights and petitioning property
owners agree that the area would best be served under the
jurisdiction of Oak Park Heights. The area, with its high
visibility and access off of State Highways 36 and 5, is
appropriate for mixed land use of commercial, light industrial,
and single /multiple family development at urban standards;
WHEREAS, the City of Oak Park Heights invited Baytown Township
Officials to confer and negotiate with the City about the
possibility of pursuing an orderly annexation to the benefit of
both the Township and the City of Oak Park Heights affecting the
property under consideration for annexation; and,
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WHEREAS, it appears that Baytown Township is not interested in
negotiating an orderly annexation of the subject property to
address the interests of affected property owners of the Township
and the City.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City
of Oak Park Heights that the boundaries of the City of Oak Park
Heights, State of Minnesota, be extended so as to include and
incorporate within the city limits of the City of Oak Park Heights
the above described property, the same being a logical extension of
the City of Oak Park Heights for the purposes of land use control,
planning, providing municipal services, and assuring orderly
development.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Oak
Park Heights hereby supports the petition of property owners
seeking annexation of the affected lands as described above to the
City of Oak Park Heights.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Oak
Park Heights commits to continue to be willing to consider orderly
annexation agreements and invites Baytown Township to join in an
orderly annexation agreement as it affects the subject property and
other lands within Baytown Township adjacent to Oak Park Heights
municipal boarders.
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Passed by the City Council for the City of Oak Park Heights
this day of July, 1997.
David Schaaf
Mayor
ATTEST:
Michael J. Robertson
City Administrator