CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE
NINETEENTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
R-10-177 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis by request
RESOLUTION
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Amending The West Side Strategic Plan By Adding A New Section For The "Volcano Mesa Area" To Section 3, "Specific Westside Communities" (Lewis, by request)
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AMENDING THE WEST SIDE STRATEGIC PLAN BY ADDING A NEW SECTION for The “VOLCANO MESA AREA” to section B.3, “specific WestSIDE COMMUNITIES.”
whereas, the City Council has the authority to adopt and amend Rank 2 Area Plans; and
WHEREAS, in 1997 the City of Albuquerque first adopted the West Side Strategic Plan and then republished it in 2005 with a compilation of amendments; and
WHEREAS, the West Side Strategic Plan currently lacks guidance regarding future, comprehensive development of the Volcano Mesa Area, an area of approximately 3,532 acres that is roughly bounded by the Petroglyph National Monument on the east, west, and south and by Paseo del Norte and the grant line on the north; and
WHEREAS, this amendment to the West Side Strategic Plan is intended to provide policy direction for future development in the Volcano Mesa Area, specifically on the issues of development trends, environment and open space, and transportation and transit; and
WHEREAS, the primary goal of this amendment is to establish area-wide policies to inform sector-level land uses and zoning in order to conserve and protect the unique character of the area; and
WHEREAS, this amendment proposes the designation of a new Major Activity Center and a new Neighborhood Activity Center within the Volcano Mesa Area to help concentrate high- and moderate-density mixed land use and social and economic activities to reduce suburban sprawl, reliance on single-occupancy vehicular travel, and service-delivery costs; and
WHEREAS, this amendment supports and furthers the following applicable goals and policies of the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Comprehens...
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