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Home My WebLink About2000 Ordinance No. 058• ORDINANCE NO. si.. SERIES OF 2000 -rV~~ ~~ 9-/'l·OO ~-~;lb-IL~' BY AUTHORITY ~~ ct .:.LAl~ "'"-- I r·---~ S1 2-400 COUNCILBILLN9. ~l "'· AJ:I;/../_ INTRODUCEDBYCOUNCIL ~ ~p MEMBER GARRETT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCLUDE A REGIONAL PLAN ELEMENT. WHEREAS, the Englewood City Council paued the City of Englewood Comprehensive Plan in 1979 ; and WHEREAS, the Englewood Comprehensive Plan provides policies guiding actions affecting the City's physical development; and WHEREAS, in March of 1997, the Board of Directors of the Denver Regio,.181 Council of Governments (DRCOG) approved a strategic growth plan for the aix-eounty metro-area entitled Metro Viaion 2020; and WHEREAS. the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado paaeed a Reeolution No. 48 , Series of 1999, supporting the Denver Regional Council of Gove:-nment (DRCOG) metro Vision 2020 Plan; and WHEREAS, the propos,d amendment adda goals and objectives for five ol tlie lix Metro Vision 2020 "Core Elements" to Englewood's Comprehenaive Plan; and WHEREAS, the sixth Core Element, "Free-Standing Communities" wae not endorsed by Englewood's Planning and Zoning Commission because that element pertains mainly to outlying communities such aa Castle Roel<, Brighton and Longmont; and WHEREAS, the passage of this proposed Ordinance would amend the Englewood Comprehensive Plar. to provide a regional context for the anticipated updating of the Plan. WriEREAS, the Englewood Planning and Zuning Commission held a public hearing on May 16, 2000; and WHEREAS, The Englewood Planning and Zoning Commission ofthe City of Englewood baa approved and recommended that the 1979 Comprehenaive Plan, Forward Section, ahould be amended to reflect the aupport of the Metro Vision 2020 Plan; NOW , THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS ; ~-The City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado hereby approves and adopts the following as an amendment to "The 1979 Comprehensive Plan (Muter Pla1 ·)." -I - ,_, ._.~ ~ -> ~ . __)~VJ.. • J The 1979 Comprehensive Plan, the Forward Section, be amended by adding u,_, :Uth-die 6,ll~to,nent to n\\lnber 8, to the "Goal,": ~ s .'· ' '\ l., \\ \. 1 -1•, .,I 8. Support the regional strategic growth plan for the six-county Denver meao • , · ' area, Metro Vision 2020, includin11 the Urban Growth Boundary, whielt eneem11ea iniH de elepmen• and. Mlee•a1ea mhani•W.011 heJoM-.. deoignak!d. 109 B~tlft.lC mile Opep Space· Balanced Multi.modal Tranaportation System · Urban Centore· and §pvironmpnta] 9vflitv· Introduced, read in full , and paned on first reading on the 17th day of July, 2000. Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 21st day of July, 2000. Read by title and passed on final reading on the 7th day of August, 2000. Published by title as Ordinance No. 5i Series of 2000, on the 11" day of August, 2000. I, Loucriahia A Ellia, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado, bore by cerufy that tba above and foregoing 10 a true copy of the Ordinance paued on final reading ... ,. ..... ,,, ..... 0..,,-... s&";?~ 4' t2o Loucnahia A. Ellia -2- • • • COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DATE: AG!NDAITEM SUBJECT: Regional Plan July 17, 2000 10avii Amendmant to Comprehenalve Plan INITIATED BY: Community Development STAFF SOURCE: Mark Graham , Senior Planner PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: City Councll approved Englewood 's Comprehensiv~ P!11n December 1979. The Council amended tho Plan to include the regional Urban Gn.,wtt, Boundary, by Resolullon In April 1999 and then by Ordinance in :· :tober 1999 . Council has amended the ComprR h•l~&iv(' Plan at least five times over twenty years. In related Council action, Council apprvv ~d \he Metre Mayors Caucus "Mlle High Compacr on June 26, 2000. The Compact endorses the Regional Plan, MetroVision 2020, and commits Englewood to updating and standardizing our Comprehensive Plan by including particular elements . REQUEST: Stuff requests City Council approve on first reading an Ordinance amending Englewood's Comprehensive Plan to include a Regional Plan element. Staff also requests that Council schedule a public hearing on August 21, 2000 to take public comment on the amendment recommended by Englewood's Planning and Zoning Commission . BACKGROUND: MetroVlslon 2020 was approved by the Board of Directors of DRCOG (Denver Regional Council of Govomments) in March of 1997. MetroVlsion 2020 sets the direction for regional planning to preserve and improv~ the quallty of life along Colorado's urbanized front range corridor. MetroVision 2020 documenis a twenty year vision for where new development should occur, sets goc1ls for Open Space acquistion, guides transportation investments and expresses goals and objectives on environmental issues like clean air and water. Supplementary plans on many of the topics have provided research and implementation strategies . Englewood's 1979 Comprehensive Plan notes a few Issues of regional concern, namely transportation and air pollution . A 1999 Englewood Comprehensive Plan amendment added another important regional issue : "Extent of Urbanization." The current amendment adds a comprehensive Regional Plan developed cocperatively by local governments with the assistance of the Denver Regional Council of Governments . The proposed amendment adds five of the six MetroVision 2020 "Core Elements" to Englewood's Comprehensive Plan . The "Free-Standing Communities" Core Element wa~ not endorsed by Englewood 's Planning and Zoning Commission . That element pertains mal ;,i•t to the communities of Castle Rock, Brighton and Longmont. The five elements that are endorsed for Englewood include : 1. Extent of urban development (previously approved) 2. Open space 3. Balanced mullimodal transportation system 4. Urban centers 5. Environmental quality ..J.! .!..:J.IM.M,9-, JIOWJ Englewood's Planning and Zoning Commission has held study sessions on MetroVlslon 2020 beginning on October 5, 1999. The Pimllc Hearing on MetroVlslon 2020 was held Mey 16, 2000. Th9 Planning lilt! Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that Counqt, approve i.n Ordinance adopting the Regional Plan as an element of Englewood's r Compreht 1Sive Plan. No public attended either the study sessions or the public hearing. The Findings of Fact from the Public Hearing were approved June 27, 2000. ANANCW, IMPACT: The proposed Regional Plan element does not contain specific projects. LtST OF ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance Planning and Zoning Commission Fimflngs of Fact Regional Plan element p .Y 0 V • .J G.--w, 11\CC -Pion C..., .... ..._ ... 2 ., •