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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11754RESOLUTION NO. 11754 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF PUEBLO RECOMMENDED PLANT LIST WHEREAS, the Streetscape Advisory Committee and the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of the City of Pueblo Recommended Plant List; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: The attached City of Pueblo Recommended Plant List is hereby adopted. INTRODUCED: November 23, 2009 BY: Judy Weaver COUNCILPERSON APPR D' } �- PRESIDENTaf Cfty Council A77TSTED DY: CITY CLERK Background Paper for Proposed RESOLUTION AGENDA ITEM # M -6 DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 2009 DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JERRY M. PACHECO, DIRECTOR TITLE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF PUEBLO RECOMMENDED PLANT LIST ISSUE Should the City Council adopt the City of Pueblo Recommended Plant List? RECOMMENDATION The Streetscape Advisory Committee voted to recommend approval. The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their November 11, 2009 Regular Meeting, voted 5 -0 to recommend approval. BACKGROUND The pending Landscape Performance Standards Ordinance, scheduled for final presentation on November 23, 2009, provides that all projects required to comply with the Landscape Performance Standards must select plants from the City of Pueblo Recommended Plant List, and prohibits the use of plants on the Prohibited Plant List (contained on Page 21 of the Recommended Plant List). It also gives the City's Landscape Architect the authority to approve plants not on the list, under special circumstances, so long as it is not on the Prohibited Plant List. FINANCIAL IMPACT None.