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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 20
DATE: January 18,2000
• FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Joe Frank
SUBJECT:
Resolution 2000-18 Supporting the Preparation of allorthern Colorado Regional Communities I-25
Corridor Plan.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Eight northern Colorado jurisdictions, consisting of Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud, Windsor,
Johnstown, Timnath,Larimer County and Weld County,have joined together in the preparation of
allorthem Colorado Regional Communities I-25 Corridor Plan to be completed by December 2001.
. Seven jurisdictions have agreed to fund the project based upon population. The City's share
($137,280)has been provided for in the 1999 Budget.
The study area(the"Corridor") includes the area encompassing one (1)mile east and west of I-25;
from County Road 58,north of Fort Collins;and to a point 2 miles south of State Highway 56, south
of Berthoud. The Plan will address appearance and urban design; open lands and natural area
protection; and, future local transportation activity.
Each of the participating jurisdictions have been asked to adopt a resolution demonstrating their
understanding of and support for preparation of the 1-25 Plan.
• RESOLUTION 2000-18
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUPPORTING THE PREPARATION OF A NORTHERN COLORADO
REGIONAL COMMUNITIES I-25 CORRIDOR PLAN
WHEREAS, eight northern Colorado jurisdictions, consisting of Fort Collins, Loveland,
Berthoud, Windsor, Johnstown, Timnath, Larimer County and Weld County (the "Participating
Jurisdictions"), have agreed to participate in the preparation of a Northern Colorado Regional
Communities I-25 Corridor Plan to be completed by December, 2001, in cooperation with the
Colorado Department of Transportation and North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality
Planning Council; and
WHEREAS, the jurisdictions of Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud, Windsor, Johnstown,
Timnath, and Larimer County have appropriated funds for the purpose of preparing the Plan; and
WHEREAS,the Participating Jurisdictions desire to work cooperatively in regional growth
related efforts,and have directed their staffs to prepare a work program,schedule,budget,and seek
outside consultant assistance in the preparation of a planning document designed to address future
development issues along the I-25 Corridor; and
WHEREAS,the Participating Jurisdictions desire to define and agree upon the components
. to be addressed by the Plan; and
WHEREAS,the Participating Jurisdictions desire to work in a spirit of cooperation toward
the resolution of issues that will require regional solutions and/or approaches; and
WHEREAS,the Council of the City of Fort Collins desires to continue to cooperate with the
other Participating Jurisdictions of the region in completion of the Plan; and
WHEREAS,upon completion of the Plan,the Participating Jurisdictions agree to consider
adoption and implementation of the Plan in a manner appropriate for each jurisdiction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council understands and agrees that the Plan will include the
following components:
• the definition of shared community values and issues within the Corridor area;
• the inventory of existing and future conditions within the Corridor area;
• the development of a vision for the Corridor's future development pattern and
character;
• the prediction of future multi-modal transportation activity along the Corridor and
the development ofrecommendations for improvements to the transportation network
serving development along the Corridor,as well as provision of policy direction for
the regional communities;
• the identification of significant open lands and natural areas and preparation of
policies and recommendations for their conservation and interrelationships with
future land use patterns;
• the development of voluntary design guidelines and mandatory design standards to
set the desired Corridor character to be adopted and implemented by participating
communities;
• the development of an action plan to implement the Plan's recommendations; and
• the provision of opportunities for ongoing and meaningful participation and multi-
media communication with public, elected officials, and staff.
Section 2. That the City Council agrees to work in a spirit of cooperation toward
resolution of issues that will require regional solutions and/or approaches.
Section 3. That the City Council desires to continue to cooperate with the other
Participating Jurisdictions in the region in completion of the Plan.
Section 4. That the City Council desires, upon completion of the Plan, to consider
adoption and implementation of the Plan in a manner appropriate for the City of Fort Collins.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 18th day of January,
A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
• PROCLAMATION
OF THE COMMUNITIES OF FORT COLLINS, L0VELAND, BERTHOM
MILLIKEN, WINDSOR AND GREELEY, AND LARIMER COUNTY
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO
COMMUNITY SEPARATOR STUDY
WHEREAS,in 1995,certain Northern Colorado regional cities and counties completed and
adopted the Northern Colorado Regional Planning Study and,in 1997,entered into a comprehensive
Intergovernmental Agreement with regard to managing and planning urban growth patterns in the
region(herein referred to collectively as the"Documents"); and
WHEREAS, the Documents envisioned the Northern Colorado regional communities as
neighbors that:
• Work together cooperatively while remaining physically separate;
• Retain their individual characteristics and identities; and
• Carefully consider and plan the areas between them that are appropriate for
development; and
WHEREAS,the Documents recognized the rapid growth that presently exists in the Northern
• Front Range area and observed that the affected communities are extending their boundaries toward
each other with the result that such communities will merge into an extended metropolitan area with
no apparent boundaries or separation between them unless the communities cooperatively plan to
mitigate and avoid such merger; and
WHEREAS, in response to the foregoing concern, the Documents proposed the
implementation of the establishment of`community separators"and the communities of Fort Collins,
Loveland,Berthoud,Milliken, Windsor, Greeley and Latimer County have, for the past two years
worked cooperatively toward the preparation of the study on community separators; and
WHEREAS,the resulting product is the"Northern Colorado Community Separator Study"
which study includes an overview of growth in the Northern Colorado Front Range region and
includes the results of a comprehensive survey that was implemented to better understand the views
of Northern Colorado residents on a range of issues associated with maintaining separation between
the communities and further includes a description of the location of potential separator areas and
actions needed to achieve the long term goals in maintaining community separation.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby proclaimed by the
communities of Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud, Milliken, Windsor and Greeley, as well as
Larimer County,that said communities and governmental agencies do hereby proclaim their support
for the "Northern Colorado Community Separator Study" and pledge to take such actions as are
reasonably necessary to implement the recommendations of said study.
•
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
A Municipal Corporation
Date: By:
Mayor
THE CITY OF LOVELAND, COLORADO
A Municipal Corporation
Date: By:
Mayor
THE TOWN OF WINDSOR, COLORADO
A Municipal Corporation
Date: By:
Mayor
THE TOWN OF MILLIKEN, COLORADO
A Municipal Corporation
Date: By:
Mayor
THE CITY OF GREELEY, COLORADO
A Municipal Corporation
Date: By:
Mayor
THE COUNTY OF LARIMER, COLORADO
Date: By:
Chair,Board of Commissioners