HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026 - RESO 09 - Support for IMPACT GrantCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 09
SERIES OF 2026
TITLE: A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR AN APPLICATION TO THE
COLORADO ENERGY OFFICE LOCAL IMPACT ACCELERATOR
GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (the “City”) adopted the Affordable
Housing Strategy and Action Plan in 2023, the Sustainability Action Plan in 2024, and the City Plan in 2025 (collectively “Adopted Plans”); and
WHEREAS, these Adopted Plans identify the need to update the city’s zoning code
to allow more housing options and to reduce barriers to development; and
WHEREAS, the Local Implementation, Mitigation, and Policy Action (IMPACT)
Accelerator Grant Program is a grant funding opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the City acknowledges the required five (5) percent local match and
desires to apply for this grant program to implement recently Adopted Plans; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supports a funding application to the Colorado Energy
Office Local IMPACT Accelerator Grant Program to conduct a zoning code audit, housing-
supportive code amendments, and financial incentives for housing development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO THAT:
Section 1. The Mayor or the City Manager of the City or any other member of
the City Council and all appropriate City officers are hereby authorized and directed to
execute and deliver and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to attest and deliver such other agreements and certificates and to take such other actions as may be
necessary or convenient to carry out and give effect to the Assignment and this
Resolution.
Nothing contained in this Resolution shall constitute a debt, indebtedness, or multiple-
fiscal year direct or indirect debt or other financial obligation of the City within the meaning of the Constitution or statutes of the State or the home rule charter of any
political subdivision thereof, nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the City or a charge
against its general credit or taxing powers.
Section 2. If any section, paragraph, clause, or provision of this Resolution shall
for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of
any such section, paragraph, clause, or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Resolution.
Section 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 9th day of February 2026.
ATTEST:
______________________________________
Onorina Z. Maloney, Interim Deputy City
Clerk
_______________________________________ Korey Stites, Mayor