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RESOLUTION NO. 71, SERIES 2015 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITYWIDE PRESERVATION MASTER PLAN WHEREAS, the City of Louisville is a home rule municipal corporation organized under and pursuant to Article XX of the Colorado Constitution and the Louisville Home Rule Charter; and WHEREAS, by virtue of such authority, City Council adopted the 2013 Comprehensive Plan on May 7, 2013 by Resolution 18, Series 2013; and WHEREAS, the 2013 Comprehensive Plan includes Policy CH -1.1 that states, "The City should create a Preservation Master Plan to... identify resources and guide the City's Historic Preservation Program and the use of Historic Preservation Funds "; and WHEREAS, historic preservation efforts benefit the City of Louisville by protecting small -town character, creating a sense of place, inspiring comeunity pride, leveraging public dollars for private investment, contributing to environmental sustainability, and cultivating tourism; and WHEREAS, the City Council and the Historic Preservation Commission formally initiated a process to review and update the City's Preservation Master Plan, which process consists of several phases and includes various workshops, meetings and hearings regarding the drafting and adoption of the Preservation Master Plan; and WHEREAS, after a duly noticed public hearing on September 23, 2015, where evidence and testimony was entered into the record, the Historic Preservation Commission finds the Preservation Master Plan should be approved as it meets national standards for preservation planning and the requirements of the 2013 Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, City Council has reviewed the Preservation Master Plan, including the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission and finds that the Preservation Master Plan should be approved, without condition. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Louisville, Colorado does hereby approve the Preservation Master Plan. PASSES AND ADOPTED this 6th day of October, 2015. BY: Robert P. uc e, ayor