HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-016-02/15/2011-ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, AN ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE RESOLUTION 2011-016
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S "TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN,"
AN ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, in 1996 and 1997, the City Council, through an extensive planning effort,
created and adopted a new comprehensive plan for the City known as "City Plan," which consists
of various subparts and elements,among them,the Transportation Master Plan and its related Master
Street Plan, and the Pedestrian Plan; and
WHEREAS,City Plan contemplates periodic review and update to ensure that,as the City's .
principal planning policy document, it was meeting current needs and expectations; and
WHEREAS, in keeping with the City Plan goal of periodic update, in 2010 the City staff
embarked upon a process to prepare major updates to City Plan,the Transportation Master Plan,the
Master Street Plan, and the Pedestrian Plan; and
WHEREAS,City staff,having completed the update effort with the assistance of consultants,
and having conducted an extensive public outreach process,has presented proposed amendments to
City Plan, the Transportation Master Plan, the Master Street Plan, and the Pedestrian Plan for
consideration; and
WHEREAS, these proposed amendments have been reviewed by the Planning and Zoning
Board and the Transportation,Board and have received favorable recommendations; and
WHEREAS,City Council has determined that the proposed amendments embody the vision
of the City Council to be innovative by leading and serving as a model for other communities, and
to be sustainable by focusing on long-term human,economic, and environmental health of the City
and by attempting to connect the community boih physically, technologically, and socially; and
WHEREAS, City Council has further determined that the 2010 planning effort respects and
advances the sustainability torts of the City of economic,environmental,and human analysis; and
WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the 2010"Plan Fort Collins"effort to update
the City's Comprehensive Plan is in the best interests of the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, accordingly, City Council has determined that the proposed revisions to the
City's Transportation Master Plan, which is an element of the City's Comprehensive Plan, should
be adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
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Section 1. That the City Council hereby finds that the existing Transportation Master
Plan is in need.of amendment and that the 2010 "Plan Fort Collins" effort to update the City's
Transportation Master Plan is in the best interests of the City.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby finds that the "Plan Fort Collins" proposed
amendments to the City's Transportation Master Plan will promote the public welfare and will be
consistent with the vision, goals, principles and policies as established in City Plan.
Section 3. That the Transportation Master Plan, dated February 15, 2011, a copy of
which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, is hereby adopted and that the previously adopted
Transportation Master Plan is, accordingly, repealed.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Cou o the City of Fort Collin his 15th
day of February, A.D. 2011.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk