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CHAPTER 1 I 1-1 <br />..'~ ~ ~: <br />~': ~ , .r r <br />Introduction <br />CI) Y OF lI fAYET"/E <br />BOLIOER GOLNTI ~ ~~-- <br />'~ , <br />,~ .~. _ ._ <br />`~,, . <br />:3_ <br />~~.,- C/TT OF HROOMF/ELO <br />TOWN OF SUPERIOR •i "' <br />The City of Louisville is a Colorado Home Rule municipality with <br />approximately 19,080 residents and 7.9 square miles within the <br />municipal boundaries. The City, incorporated in 1882, lies in <br />Boulder County roughly six miles east of the City of Boulder and <br />25 miles northwest of Denver. <br />The City's Comprehensive Plan was last updated 16 years ago, <br />and since that time the community has experienced significant <br />physical, demographic, and economic change. For the past 12 <br />months, the citizens of the City of Louisville have participated in <br />an ambitious community-based planning process to determine <br />the future direction of their community. Their vision is captured <br />within this 2005 Comprehensive Plan. <br />WHY DOES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN NEED TO <br />BE UPDATED? <br />As a result of the Home Rule Charter (2001), the City of <br />Louisville enjoys an open government in which participation of <br />every member of the community is encouraged, and which holds <br />the City's elected and appointed officials to the highest ethical <br />standards. Residents and business owners in Louisville have a <br />high expectation of being connected with their local government, <br />and place a very high priority on the accessibility to their elected <br />City Council representatives. Council, in turn, sets very high <br />standards of accountability for themselves and staff to the <br />citizens of Louisville. <br />The City's last Comprehensive Plan was developed in 1983 and <br />updated in 1989. Since that time, comprehensive planning <br />efforts have been focused on a series of subarea plans. While <br />that approach has yielded important policy-based plans for <br />specific subareas, these plans do not complete the big picture of <br />maintaining acommunity-based vision for the City. As the 1989 <br />document loses relevancy due to the growth of surrounding <br />communities, regional transportation challenges, open space <br />conservation, and a changing economic climate, Council's ability <br />January 25th, Study Session Draft <br />