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approval of the Proposed 1041 Amendments to the City Council; and WHEREAS, at the Public Hearing on November 17, 1998 to review the Proposed 1041 Amendments, the City Council considered the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the testimony of the City Planning Department staff, City Attorney, and several members of the public, all of which documents and testimony are hereby incorporated into the record of the Public Hearing and into this Ordinance by this reference; and WHEREAS, at the Public Hearing, the City Council determined that it was appropriate to designate the additional areas and activities addressed in the Proposed 1041 Amendments, as areas and activities of state interest tobe regulated under House Bill 1041 within the City, pursuant to the criteria for designation set forth in House Bill 1041 and in the Model Regulations of the Colorado Land Use Commission (hereafter, "the Model Regulations" and "the CLUC"); and WHEREAS, the City Council thus finds that the Proposed 1041 Amendments, as presented to and considered by the City Council in this Ordinance are appropriate and necessary for adoption to govern the administration of the additional designated areas and activities addressed in the Proposed 1041 Amendments, all for the following reasons, and as supported by the recommendation of the City Planning Commission dated November 10, 1998 and by the record of the Public Hearing: 1. There exists an intensity of current and foreseeable development pressures within the City of Louisville and adjacent communities which warrants the City's regulation of the additional areas and activities addressed in the Proposed 1041 Amendments which may be located in whole or in part within the City; 2. Current and foreseeable growth pressures within Louisville and adjacent communities are considerable, and are engendering the need or desire for additional highway and urban development. These developments, in turn, may have a major impact on growth patterns within the City, with potential adverse impacts on the rural or "small town" character of the City and impairment of the goals and policies of the City of Louisville Comprehensive Plan; 3. Highway and new urban development, when located within areas affecting the City, frequently have major environmental and aesthetic, as well as growth-related, impacts, which have the potential to adversely influence the rural and small town character of the City. Without the authority provided through the Proposed 1041 Amendments, the City has limited ability to have binding regulatory control over these developments and their impacts; 4. The foregoing concerns indicate a need for improved, coordinated review of the additional areas and activities addressed in the Proposed 1041 Regulations, by providing a City-wide evaluation of the following issues: (a) the impacts of the additional designated areas and activities of development within them on public facilities, view corridors, the rural or "small town" character of Louisville, and the agricultural, open space and other land and environmental resources of the City; (b) the financial and growth consequences associated with the additional designated activities; (c) the efficiency of the additional designated