HomeMy WebLinkAbout1075 - SUPPORTING DRCOG joint application to HUD's Sustainable Communities Grant ProgramBoulder City Council
RESOLUTION NO. 1075
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DENVER REGIONAL COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS' COMPREHENSIVE JOINT APPLICATION TO THE US
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES REGIONAL PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM.
FINDINGS
The City of Boulder City Council finds as follows:
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 reshape the Federal government's role in helping achieve
economically prosperous, healthy, environmentally sustainable and opportunity -rich
communities.
2. The Partnership seeks to foster such communities consistent with the following
Livability Principles:
a. Provide more transportation choices. Develop safe, reliable and economic
transportation choices to decrease household transportation costs, reduce our
nation's dependence on foreign oil, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse
gas emissions, and promote public health.
b. Promote equitable, affordable housing. Expand location -and energy-
efficient housing choices for people of all ages, incomes, races and ethnicitics
to increase mobility, and lower the combined cost of housing and
transportation.
c. Enhance economic competitiveness. Improve economic competitiveness
through reliable and timely access to employment centers, educational
opportunities, services, and other basic needs by workers as well as expanded
business access to markets.
d. Support existing communities. Target funding toward existing communities
through such strategies as transit- oriented, mixed -use development and land
recycling — to increase community revitalization, improve the efficiency of
public works investments, and safeguard rural landscapes.
e. Coordinate policies and leverage investment. Align policies and funding to
remove barriers to collaboration, leverage funding, and increase the
accountability and effectiveness of all levels of government to plan for future
growth, including making smart energy choices such as locally generated
renewable energy.
f. Value communities and neighborhoods. Enhance the unique characteristics
of all communities by investing in healthy, safe, and walkable neighborhoods
— rural, urban or suburban.
3. The Denver Regional Council of Governments' Board of Directors adopted a
resolution affirming its support for the Partnership and agreeing to integrate the
Livability Principles into ongoing and future Metro Vision discussions.
4. This new Partnership recognizes the need to support metropolitan scale, multi -
jurisdictional solutions in meeting these Livability Principles.
5. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced
that it will award $100 million in grants as part of the Sustainable Communities
Regional Planning Grant program.
6. The Denver Regional Council of Governments, the Metro Mayors Caucus, the Metro
Area County Commissioners and the Colorado Tomorrow Alliance have facilitated a
region -wide discussion with a wide range of stakeholders over the past three months
to develop a regional proposal under this grant program.
7. As an outcome of these discussions, the Denver Regional Council of Governments is
now finalizing a grant application focused on 1) refining Metro Vision to attend to the
Livability Principles and 2) providing financial support to advance the successful
implementation of the Livability Principles at the local level.
8. The City of Boulder 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 matters of regional concern for the collective betterment of the region as a whole.
RESOLUTION
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Boulder 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.
Resolved this 3rd day of August, 2010
Attest
City Clerk on beha f of the