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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-107-09/17/1996-COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CSU DOWNTOWN AREA PARKING PLAN RESOLUTION 96-107 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ADOPTING THE FORT COLLINS PARKING PLAN AS A COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN WHEREAS, staff has identified and worked to address certain issues of particular concern in connection with the City's parking facilities and policies,including parking issues in the Colorado State University ("CSU") neighborhood and parking issues in the downtown Fort Collins area, and has worked with the CSU Traffic Committee to develop a compatible CSU Parking Study; and WHEREAS, the product of that work, prepared with the assistance of a professional consulting firm,has been documented in the City of Fort Collins Parking Plan, dated September 17, 1996 (the "Parking Plan"); and WHEREAS, a CSU neighborhood "Parking Focus Group"representing a broad and diverse cross-section of that neighborhood has worked to develop a recommendation for addressing parking issues in that neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the Downtown Merchants' Association,Midtown Merchants' Association, and Downtown Development Authority have participated in ongoing discussions throughout the development of the Parking Plan; and WHEREAS, the City staff Land Use, Transportation, and Air Quality Committee has participated in and assisted with the development of the Parking Plan, to the extent appropriate; and WHEREAS, the Parking Plan is intended to be a component of the City's Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Master Plan, and is designed to coordinate with other City plans including, without limitation, the Transportation Demand Management Program,the Civic Center Plan and the Capital Improvement Plan; and WHEREAS, at its September 4, 1996, meeting, the Fort Collins Transportation Board considered the proposed Parking Plan, and recommended that the Council approve and adopt it; and WHEREAS, at its September 9, 1996, meeting, the Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board considered the Parking Plan and recommended that the Council approve and adopt it; and WHEREAS, staff has prepared and presented to the Council a Parking Plan which, in the judgment of the Council,provides a vision for parking-related planning and programs in the City and provides direction for new developments in the CSU neighborhood and downtown areas; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the citizens of the City that the proposed Fort Collins Parking Plan be adopted as an element of the City's Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Master Plan. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, that the Fort Collins Parking Plan, a summary of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, and which is available in its complete form in the office of the City Clerk, be and hereby is, adopted as an element of the City's Comprehensive Plan and Transportation Master Plan. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this 17th day of September, A.D. 1996. Mayor _ ATTEST: 1'11a�t City Clerk