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E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y CASE PLANNER Laval Means PUBLIC HEARING DATES MCPB: February 2, 2010 CC: To be determined BCC To be determined REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY Mike Barton, Senior Planner, Office of Planning and Grants Coordinated with Rural Initiatives AGENDA ITEM Proposed Missoula County Growth Policy Amendment – Addressing Sand, Gravel and the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) APPLICANT City Council and Board of County Commissioners (Rural Initiatives project) LEGAL The legal ad for PB recommendations to the City Council and BCC was published in the Missoulian on January 17th and 24th, 2010. The legal ad for PB recommendations to the BCC was published in the Independent on January 14th, 21st, and 28th, 2010. NOTIFICATION A list of additional agencies and interested parties who were notified for City consideration is contained in Attachment A. PROPOSAL To amend the 2005 Missoula County Growth Policy regarding 1) sand and gravel resources; and 2) the wildland urban interface (WUI). RECOMMENDATION To approve the proposed Appendices and Maps relating to sand and gravel as well as the wildland urban interface as an attachment and amendment to the 2005 Missoula County Growth Policy 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 MISSOULA CONSOLIDATED PLANNING BOARD February 2, 2010 Agenda Item 6A RECOMMENDED MOTIONS That the proposed Appendix E and Map A (Missoula County Potential Gravel Resources) be approved as an amendment to the 2005 Missoula County Growth Policy. That the proposed Appendix F and Map B, C, and D (addressing Wildland Urban Interface) be approved as an amendment to the 2005 Missoula County Growth Policy PROPOSAL The Planning Board has already received a memorandum from Rural Initiatives describing the proposal (dated January 12, 2010). Due to changes in state law, the Missoula County Rural Initiatives Office has been directed to develop minor amendments to the County's 2005 Growth Policy dealing with sand and gravel extraction and the Wildland Urban Interface. Rural Initiatives began this project for the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and is asking for your recommendation on behalf of the BCC. For the purpose of consistency in the policies of the Board of County Commissioners and Missoula City Council, the same amendments will also be considered by the City Council. In addition to the agency review conducted by Rural Initiatives, Urban Initiatives staff sent the proposed Growth Policy Amendment to City agencies and other organizations. Comments were received by three agencies: the Missoula City/County Health Department noticed a possible typo on page 3, point #3 of the Rural Initiatives memo; the City Parks Department stated that they do not have any comments at this time, and the City Fire Department raised a concern about coordination between language in the City Subdivision Regulations and the proposed amendment to the growth policy for wildland urban interface. ATTACHMENTS A. Urban Initiatives Memo to agencies and interested parties 1. Rural Initiatives Memo to Planning Board describing the project B. Comments 1. Missoula City/County Health Department 2. City Fire Department 3. Missoula City Parks Department