HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-092-07/20/2004-ADOPTING THE LAND CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP MASTER PLAN AS A COMPONENT OF THE CITYS COMPREHENSIVE RESOLUTION 2004-092
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE LAND CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP MASTER PLAN
AS A COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the voters of Fort Collins and of Latimer County have elected to entrust
certain dedicated funding to the City of Fort Collins for the purpose of conserving and managing
local and regional natural areas, community separators, agricultural lands, and scenic vistas; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program, as of the end of 2003, had
conserved over 11,000 acres of natural areas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, in 1992, adopted the policies of the Natural Areas Policy
Plan, which guided the conservation and management of natural areas; and
WHEREAS, the Natural Areas Policy Plan is now outdated and needs to be replaced; and
WHEREAS, the City Council in April 2003 adopted a new Natural Areas Policy to
replace the policy component of the Natural Areas Policy Plan, which Natural Areas Policy has
since been updated; and
WHEREAS, the Land Conservation and Stewardship Master Plan, a copy of which is on
file in the Office of the City Clerk and available for public inspection, will replace and supercede
the Natural Areas Policy Plan, and incorporate the concepts embodied by the 2003 Natural Areas
Policy as amended, in order to establish a comprehensive vision for the Natural Areas Program
for the next ten years (2004-2013) and to provide for a consistent program direction to support
that vision; and
WHEREAS, the Natural Resources Advisory Board and the Parks and Recreation Board
have reviewed the plan and recommended that Council adopt the plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board's review of the plan resulted in a split
decision: three voting for adoption and three against.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the Land Conservation and Stewardship Master Plan is hereby adopted by
the Council of the City of Fort Collins, thereby replacing and superceding the policies of the
Natural Areas Policy Plan and establishing a vision and direction for the Natural Areas Program
through 2013.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held
this 20th day of July, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
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City Clerk