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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO DISCOURAGE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA BETWEEN THE PLANNED GRAND AVENUE NORDIC CENTER AND THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY OF BESSEMER STREET.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the city council hereby expresses its intent to discourage further development of the area between the planned Grand Avenue Nordic Center and the neighboring properties in the vicinity of Bessemer Street, which area is depicted on the attached Exhibit A.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution expresses the intent of the current City Council that the City forego further development of any kind, including trails, in the area of Spirit Mountain Recreation Area between the outside edge of the planned Grand Avenue Nordic Center trails and the adjacent Bessemer Street residential neighborhood. This resolution is a statement of the current City Council's policy preference and is not binding on future City Councils. The current Spirit Mountain Master Plan and the Environmental Assessment Worksheet do not call for, and therefore do not currently permit, any further improvements in the area indicated, but both documents are subject to amendment by future City Councils.
This resolution is in addition to Ordinance 18-019 that will be presented for its first reading at the May 14, 2018 city council meeting, which proposes to re-zone the purported buffer zone easement area within the Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Authority boundaries from Rural Residential (RR-1), Residential-Traditional (R-1), and Mixed Use Neighborhood (MU-N) to Park and Open Space (P-1). The intent of rezoning the purported buffer zone area to P-1 is to allow the outdoor recreation activities for which Spirit Mountain Recreation Area was created while prohibiting those development types that are most liable to cause disturbance to neighboring residents.
This resolution is not intended to discourage maintenance and management of forest resources an...
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