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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-048-04/16/2019-ADOPTING AN UPDATED CITY PLAN, THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RESOLUTION 2019-048 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ADOPTING AN UPDATED CITY PLAN, 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," that included various additional subparts and elements adopted separately; and WHEREAS, City Plan has been periodically reviewed and updated to ensure that, as the City's principal planning policy document, it was meeting current needs and expectations; and WHEREAS, the last major update to City Plan occurred in 2011; and WHEREAS, after an extensive public outreach process, City staff has prepared a major City Plan update with the assistance of consultants; and WHEREAS, the proposed City Plan update incorporates the Transportation Master Plan that was previously adopted as a separate element of City Plan;and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board at its February 21, 2019, meeting, the Transportation Board at its March 20, 2019, meeting, and the Bicycle Advisory Committee at its February 25, 2019, meeting, all adopted motions recommending that City Council adopt the updated City Plan;and WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the proposed City Plan update embodies 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 both physically, technologically, and socially; and WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the proposed City Plan update respects and advances the sustainability tenets of the City regarding the evaluation of planned actions based upon social, economic, and environmental impacts;and WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the proposed City Plan update is in the best interests of the citizens of the City. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. -1- Section 2. That the updated City comprehensive plan known as City Plan, dated April 10, 2019, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Resolution by this reference and adopted.. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16th day of April, A.D. 2019. yor ATTEST: haOF FO .... .. .Z SEAL y City Cl . cOCORA00 -2-