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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-039-03/04/1974-EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL 1156 NOW BEFORE THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE f RESOLUTION 74-39 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL 1156 NOW BEFORE THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE WHEREAS, House Bill 1156 is now pending before the Colorado Legislature, and WHEREAS, such bill as proposed contains provisions designed to allow municipalities to plan orderly growth and to control the effects of growth in order to eliminate the many problems now confronting municipalities associated with the growth now being experienced, particularly among communities along the Colorado Front Range, and 1tiHEREAS, such proposed bill would provide the means for estab- lishing areas which will be incorporated into municipalities in the future and would grant some ability to control the development of these areas to insure that such development is compatible with the plans of such municipalities, and WHEREAS, the bill as proposed provides for review of such designated areas by other interested governmental bodies, including counties, regions and the State, and WHEREAS, the City Council has studied such bill and is of the opinion that the provisions contained therein are extremely necessary in order to control growth and to enable government at the local level to be able to develop and implement sound plans NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the City of Fort Collins hereby expresses its strong support for House Bill 1156 now before the State Legislature and recommends that the Legislature enact such legislature Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this day, of -M c, 4 A D 1974 ATTEST Mayor t City Clerk