HomeMy WebLinkAbout1099 - SUPPORTING the Denver Region's Application to the Department of Housing & Urban Development's sustainable communities regional planning grant program
RESOLUTION NO. 1099
A RESOLUTION OF`I'IIE CITY OF BOULDER SUPPORTING THE
DENVER REGION'S APPLICATION TO THF, US DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES REGIONAL PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, on June 16, 2009, the U.S. Department ofHousing 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 tune and money, and reduce
pollution; and
WHEREAS the Partnership is governed by the following Livability Principles:
1. Provide more transportation choices.
2. Promote equitable, affordable housing.
3. Enhance economic competitiveness.
4. Support existing communities.
5. Coordinate policies and leverage investment.
6. 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 S67 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 :Erne-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 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City of Boulder strongly
supports submittal of the Denver region's 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.
APPROVED this 6°' day of September, 2011.
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By:
City Clerk
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