PCR-18-00552

A RESOLUTION OF THE LAWRENCE-DOUGLAS COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTING AND RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO HORIZON 2020, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF LAWRENCE AND UNINCORPORATED DOUGLAS COUNTY, AMENDING CHAPTER 14 – SPECIFIC PLANS, TO AMEND THE sOUTHEAST AREA PLAN.

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; and

WHEREAS, on November 14, 2018, after giving lawful notice by publication in the official City and County newspaper, the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission conducted a public hearing regarding a proposed amendment of Horizon 2020, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lawrence and Unincorporated Douglas County, as set forth in Planning Staff Report, CPA-18-00552, amending Chapter 14 – Specific Plans, to amend the Southeast Area Plan.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LAWRENCE-DOUGLAS COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION:

SECTION 1. The above-stated recitals are incorporated herein by reference and shall be as effective as if set forth in full.

SECTION 2. Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-747, the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission hereby adopts and recommends to the governing bodies of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and Douglas County, Kansas, that they adopt the proposed amendment to Horizon 2020, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lawrence and Unincorporated Douglas County, as set forth in Planning Staff Report, CPA-18-00552, amending Chapter 14 – Specific Plans, to amend the Southeast Area Plan.

SECTION 3. The revised and updated Chapter 14 – Specific Plans, 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 incorporated into Horizon 2020, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lawrence and Unincorporated Douglas County.

SECTION 4. This Resolution, together with a certified copy of the proposed amendment to Horizon 2020, the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Lawrence and Unincorporated Douglas County, and a written summary of the November 14, 2018, public hearing, shall be transmitted to the governing bodies of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, and Douglas County, Kansas, as appropriate.

ADOPTED by the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission this 14th day of November, 2018.

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Karen Willey, Chair

Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan

Planning Commission

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James Carpenter, Vice-Chair

Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan

Planning Commission

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Scott McCullough, Secretary

Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan

Planning Commission