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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Planning Commission
DATE: January 6, 2015
SUBJECT:
Discussion on the University Neighbors Neighborhood Plan created as part of the Aurora Neighborhood Planning Initiative (City of Aurora - L14-00279 / ANPI-13.409-AP - TV - Wards 4 & 5)
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Resolution is to adopt the University Neighbors Neighborhood Action Plan.
BACKGROUND:
Since 2000, the City of Aurora has taken a more proactive stance in working with its neighborhoods to articulate common issues and work together to identify solutions. Based on the acknowledgment that each of Aurora's neighborhoods has its own character, its own unique set of issues, and, perhaps, its own priorities for improving its quality of life; the Aurora Neighborhood Planning Initiative was started to provide a forum for neighborhoods to collaborate with the City in addressing neighborhood issues through long-range planning.
The ANPI is a community based process in which the City provides support to neighborhood stakeholders who agree to come together to craft a vision for their neighborhood and to create a "road map" for achieving that vision. The resulting plans help guide City service delivery in the neighborhoods.
The City of Aurora began the Aurora Neighborhood Planning Initiative in 2003 with the Bardwell Area Neighborhood Action Plan. Since 2003 the City has approved five more neighborhood plans for a total of six, the last one being the Light of Our Community Neighborhood Action Plan approved in January of 2008. The University Neighbors Neighborhood is the seventh neighborhood to participate in the ANPI process.
Funding for the ANPI program was restored in the 2014 Budget allowing the City to contract with Teska & Associates (consultant) to develop one neighborhood plan that year.
There were several factors that were taken into account when determining the area for this 2014 neighborhood initiative. Of the six nei...
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