CITY RESOLUTION NO. 7143
COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. ____
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AND DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, FOR ADOPTION OF THE HORIZON 2020/COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE STEERING COMMITTEE’S ISSUE ACTION REPORT.
WHEREAS the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and Douglas County, Kansas, in order to promote the public health, safety, morals, comfort, and general welfare and to conserve and to protect property values in the City and the County, are authorized by K.S.A. 12-741, et seq., to prepare, adopt, amend, extend, and execute a comprehensive plan;
WHEREAS the City of Lawrence, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, and the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission, in order to coordinate development in accordance with the present and future needs of the City and the County, to conserve the natural resources of the City and the County, to ensure efficient expenditures of public funds in the City and the County, and to promote the health, safety, convenience, prosperity, and the general welfare of the residents of the City and the County, have adopted Horizon 2020, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lawrence and Unincorporated Douglas County;
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2013, after giving lawful notice by publication in the official City and County newspaper, the City Commission of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, conducted a public hearing regarding Joint City Resolution No. 7045/County Resolution No. 13-28, finding that Horizon 2020, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lawrence and Unincorporated Douglas County, was in need of a comprehensive public review and revision and that a Steering Committee was necessary to oversee and guide that process;
WHEREAS, on October 2, 2013, after giving lawful notice by publication in the official City and County newspaper, the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas, conducted a public hearing regarding Joint City Resolution No. 7045/County Resolution No. 13-28, finding that Horizon 2020, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lawrence and Unincorporated Douglas County, was in need of a comprehensive public review and revision and that a Steering Committee was necessary to oversee and guide that process;
WHEREAS, between February 10, 2014, and August 31, 2015, the Horizon 2020/ Comprehensive Plan Update Steering Committee convened to complete a public process of identifying issues that needed to be addressed in the comprehensive plan update and prepared an Issue Action Report consistent with its findings;
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2015, after giving lawful notice by publication in the official City and County newspaper, the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission conducted a hearing regarding the Horizon 2020/Comprehensive Plan Update Steering Committee’s Issue Action Report; and
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2015, the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission voted to adopt and authorize the Chair to sign PCR-15-00414, accepting the Issue Action Report as received, and to forward to the Governing Bodies of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and Douglas County, Kansas, a recommendation that they receive and adopt the Horizon 2020/Comprehensive Plan Update Steering Committee's Issue Action Report.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AND BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS:
SECTION 1. The above-stated recitals are incorporated herein by reference and shall be as effective as if set forth in full.
SECTION 2. The Governing Bodies of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and Douglas County, Kansas, do hereby adopt the recommendation of the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission and receive and adopt the Horizon 2020/Comprehensive Plan Update Steering Committee’s Issue Action Report.
SECTION 3. The Issue Action Report, affixed hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference, shall, upon adoption by governing bodies of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and Douglas County, Kansas, be utilized to guide the revisions of Horizon 2020, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lawrence and Unincorporated Douglas County.
SECTION 4. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this joint resolution is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any remaining parts of this resolution.
SECTION 5. This joint resolution shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption by the Governing Bodies of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and Douglas County, Kansas, and publication as provided by law.
ADOPTED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, this 10th day of November, 2015.
APPROVED:
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Mike Amyx
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Brandon McGuire
Acting City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Toni R. Wheeler
City Attorney
ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas, this ____ day of ______________, 2015.
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Jim Flory
Chair
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Nancy Thellman
Commissioner
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Mike Gaughan
Commissioner
ATTEST:
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Jameson D. Shew
County Clerk
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