HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-156-10/06/1992-COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NATURAL AREAS POLICY PLAN POLICY ELEMENT RESOLUTION 92-156
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ACCEPTING THE NATURAL AREAS
POLICY PLAN AND APPROVING THE "POLICY ELEMENT"
OF SAID PLAN AS AN ELEMENT OF THE
CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the Goals and Objectives element of the City's Comprehensive Plan
directs the City to: (1) ensure that future development will be accomplished so
as to create the least degradation of the environment; (2) provide a balanced
open space system, including recreational , scenic and natural areas, trails,
parks and historical sites; and (3) seek citizen awareness, input and commitment
towards maintaining the environmental quality of the area;
WHEREAS, the Land Use Policies Plan element of the City's Comprehensive
Plan directs the City to prepare and utilize an environmental management plan
which: (1) identifies environmentally scarce and valuable lands; (2) requires
development to mitigate negative impacts on such lands; (3) promotes the
incorporation of environmentally scarce and valuable lands; and (4) encourages
landscaping of open spaces with appropriate native or drought resistant varieties
of vegetation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council established a goal of enhancing the environmental
quality of our community and, in Resolution 92-14: (1) accepted the "Framework
for Environmental Action for the City of Fort Collins" as a framework for
achieving this goal ; and (2) affirmed completion and implementation of a Natural
Areas Policy Plan as a priority action item; and
WHEREAS, the Natural Areas Policy Plan is consistent with the foregoing
Goals and Objectives, Land Use Policies and Council Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Natural Areas Policy Plan identifies and evaluates important
natural areas within the City and surrounding Urban Growth Area and constitutes
a public statement of the City's goals, objectives and policies for their
protection and preservation; and
WHEREAS, the Natural Areas Policy Plan has been reviewed and endorsed by
the Natural Resources Advisory Board, the Parks and Recreation Board, the Storm
Drainage Board and the Water Board; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution PZ 92-14, the Planning and Zoning Board approved the
Natural Areas Policy Plan and recommended that the Council accept the Natural
Areas Policy Plan and approve Chapter 5 thereof, being the "Policy Element" of
the Natural Areas Policy Plan, for incorporation into the City of Fort Collins
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the
citizens of the City that the Natural Areas Policy Plan be accepted and that
Chapter 5 thereof, being the "Policy Element" of the Natural Areas Policy Plan,
be approved for incorporation into the Comprehensive Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that the Natural Areas Policy Plan be and hereby is accepted and that Chapter 5
thereof, being the "Policy Element" of the Natural Areas Policy Plan, is approved
for incorporation into the City of Fort Collins Comprehensive Plan.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort
Collins held this 6th day of October, A.D. 1992.
Lk) CJ
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk