HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/16/2003 - RESOLUTION 2003-105 STATING THE INTENT OF THE CITY AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 27
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 16, 2003FROM:
Cameron Gloss
SUBJECT :
Resolution 2003-105 Stating the Intent of the City to Conduct its Development Review Process in
a Politically Neutral Manner as to Growth.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This is a resolution clarifying the City's intent for the development review process to be policy-
neutral as to growth. The resolution would apply to actions of City staff, the City Council and all
Boards and Commissions.
"ACKGROUND:
A recently drafted study, Quality Improvement Plans for the Development Review Process,
commissioned by the City of Fort Collins,suggests that there is a need to adopt a clear policy related
to the function of the City's development review process. The study specifically recommends that
the development review process "should be policy-neutral, that is, the process itself should not be
used to slow down development depending upon attitudes about 'growth,' 'slow growth,' or no
growth.' Growth issues, if desired, should be dealt with by the City Council and adopted as clear
public policy."
The proposed resolution clarifies the Council's intentions and reduces the perception that the
development review process is used as a process to promote, prohibit or inhibit growth.
RESOLUTION 2003-105
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
STATING THE INTENT OF THE CITY TO CONDUCT
ITS DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS IN A
POLITICALLY NEUTRAL MANNER AS TO GROWTH
WHEREAS,the City's land development policies have been established and set out through
the City's comprehensive plan, and particularly "City Plan"; and
WHEREAS, the City's land development policies and growth policies, as contained in the
City's comprehensive plan, are implemented through the City's Land Use Code; and
WHEREAS,the City has recently engaged the services of Zucker Systems to prepare a report
entitled"Quality Improvement Plans for Development Review Process,"which report has suggested
that the City's development review process should be clear and reasonably predictable and should
be "policy neutral" so that the process is not used to either speed up or slow down development
depending upon attitudes about growth; and
WHEREAS,by this resolution,the Council desires to clarify its intentions and eliminate any
perception that the development review process is used as a tool to either promote,prohibit or inhibit
growth.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that it is the intention of the City to conduct its development review process in a manner
which is "policy neutral" as to the promotion, prohibition or inhibition of growth.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 16th day of September,
A.D. 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk