HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-022-02/17/2009-ADOPTING THE UPDATE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION POLICY PLAN AS AN ELEMENT OF THE CITYS COMPREHENSIVE RESOLUTION 2009-022
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING THE UPDATE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION POLICY PLAN
AS AN ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS,the City has hired GreenPlay, LLC("GreenPlay")to help City staff develop an
update to the City's 1996 Parks and Recreation Policy Plan; and
WHEREAS, GreenPlay has inventoried existing parks, trails and recreation facilities,
examined community demographics and community recreation trends, and conducted a public
engagement process including meetings, a survey, open houses and news releases; and
WHEREAS, at a City Council work session on September 11, 2007, staff presented to the
City Council the findings from the community engagement process,and the City Council asked staff
to prepare three options for build-out of the park system; and
WHEREAS,at a work session on April 8,2008, staff presented three park build-out options
to the City Council and the City Council expressed a preference for the"Current Build-Out Option";
and
WHEREAS, the product of GreenPlay's analysis, staff s work and the City Council's input
is presented in an updated Parks and Recreation Policy Plan dated October,2008(the"Plan"),a copy
of which is on file in the City Clerk's Office; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Board reviewed the Plan at its regular meeting on
September 17, 2008, and expressed informal support for the Plan; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the Plan does not bind the City Council to any specific
recommendations, and any recommendations that would require further City Council action, such
as funding requests, intergovernmental agreements, or the conveyance of real property, would be
brought to the City Council for consideration by ordinance or resolution as appropriate; and
WHEREAS,the Plan is intended to be a component of the City's Comprehensive Plan;and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the Plan and believes that it is in the best
interests of the City and its citizens that the Plan be adopted as an element of the Comprehensive
Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the updated Fort Collins Parks and Recreation Policy Plan, dated October 2008, a
copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, is hereby adopted as an element of the City's
Comprehensive Plan.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of a;:z
f Fort Collins this 17th
day of February A.D. 2009.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk