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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 26
Series of 2011
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DENVER REGIONAL
COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (DRCOG) COMPREHENSIVE
JOINT APPLICATION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
REGIONAL PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, on June 16, 2009, the U .S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), the U .S . Department of Transportation (DOT), and the U.S .
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Partnership for Sustainable
Communities (The Partnership) to coordinate federal housing , transportation, water, and
other infrastructure investments to make neighborhoods more prosperous, allow people
to live closer to jobs, save households time and money, and reduce pollution; and
WHEREAS, the Partnership is governed by the following Livability Principles:
A. Provide more transportation choices.
B. Promote equitable, affordable housing.
C. Enhance economic competiveness.
D. Support existing communities.
E. Coordinate policies and leverage investment.
F . Value communities and neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the Denver Regional Council of Governments' Board of Directors
adopted a resolution on May 19 , 2010 affirming its support for the Partnership and
agreeing to integrate the Livability Principles into ongoing and future Metro Vision
discussions; and
WHEREAS, the Partnership recognizes the need to support metropolitan scale,
multi-jurisdictional planning efforts that integrate housing, land use, economic and
workforce development, transportation and infrastructure investments; and
WHEREAS, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently
announced that it will award $67 million in grants as part of the Sustainable
Communities Regional Planning Grant program; and
WHEREAS, the Denver Regional Council of Governments is facilitating a region-
wide discussion with a wide range of stakeholders to develop a regional application to
this grant program; and
WHEREAS, the grant funding would support 1) efforts to fine-tune the Metro Vision
Plan to more fully integrate the federal Livability Principles; and 2) the preparation of
more detailed execution plans and programs that further Metro Vision goals ; and
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge is a strong, committed member of the Denver
Regional Council of Governments and is duly proud of the region's long history of
collaborative action on matte~s of regional concern for the collective betterment of the
region as a whole.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, as follows:
A. the City of Wheat Ridge strongly supports submittal of a comprehensive joint
application for the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants Program
by the Denver Regional Council of Governments and commits to continue
working collaboratively with the Denver Regional Council of Governments and
stakeholders from across the region to refine and implement Metro Vision to
achieve the outcomes envisioned in the Federal Livability Principles.
ATTEST:
Michael D. Snow, City Clerk