CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION

 

RESOLUTION NO. 13-05

 

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PEAR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS A PART OF THE GRAND JUNCTION GROWTH PLAN

 

 

Recitals:

 

The Pear Park Planning area is located east of 28 Road, west of 32 Road, south of the Union Pacific Railroad and north of the Colorado River. The City of Grand Junction Growth Plan and Mesa Countywide Land Use Plan, adopted in 1996, and updated in 2003, provides the basis for this more detailed neighborhood plan.

 

The Steering Committee for the 2003 update for the Growth Plan and Mesa Countywide Land Use Plan was concerned with the future needs of the Pear Park Neighborhood, a rapidly growing part of the community, especially parks, schools and other infrastructure needs. They recommended that an area plan be prepared for Pear Park. The City Planning Commission and Mesa County Planning Commission endorsed that recommendation. The Grand Junction City Council reinforced this need by making the Pear Park Neighborhood Plan a priority for the 2004 work program.

 

The PEAR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN process included public open house meetings, focus groups, and public institutional advisory group meetings conducted over the course of the past year.

 

The Grand Junction Community Development staff and Mesa County Planning Department staff made recommendations for approval of the proposed plan in a Project Review dated November 29, 2004. The City of Grand Junction and Mesa County Planning Commissions (Planning Commissions) held a joint public hearing on the PEAR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN on December 9, 2004, after proper notice.

 

The Grand Junction Planning Commission at the December 9, 2004 hearing found that the proposed PEAR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN is consistent with the review and approval criteria of section 2.5.C of the Grand Junction Zoning and Development Code

 

The Grand Junction Planning Commission recommends to City Council approval of the December 9, 2004 draft Pear Park Neighborhood Plan which incorporates changes made by Planning Commission at their December 9, 2004 joint public hearing with Mesa County Planning Commission.

 

 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION THAT THE PEAR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS HEREBY ADOPTED, WITH THE CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND MADE A PART OF THE GRAND JUNCTION GROWTH PLAN.

 

 

 

PASSED on this 5th day of January, 2005

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

 

/s/ Stephanie Tuin  /s/ Bruce Hill        

City Clerk  President of the Council