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.
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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.
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