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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) No later than October 31, 2025, the director shall submit to the general assembly a Statewide strategic growth report. The report must supplement the statewide climate preparedness strategic plan and roadmap published pursuant to section 24-38.8-103 and any other current report of a state agency or task force addressing the matters covered in this section.
(2) The strategic growth report described in subsection (1) of this section must:
(a) Include an analysis of policy-driven land use scenarios, including a strategic growth scenario, and examine the impacts of these scenarios on the cost and availability of housing, infrastructure, climate and air quality, water supply, transportation and transit, parks and open space, resource lands, wildfire risk, and critical areas;
(b) Include an analysis of the impact of existing state policies and programs on land use development patterns and the encouragement of sprawl;
(c) Consider the context of different regions and communities across the state, empower and promote local initiatives and ideas that lead to strategic growth, and recognize that all communities have unique needs that often call for additional flexibility when applying strategic growth goals, especially communities outside of metropolitan areas and communities vulnerable to displacement; and
(d) Include recommendations for state legislation and local laws, to encourage environmentally and fiscally sustainable growth, including but not limited to economic incentives, financing tools, access charges, urban growth areas, three mile plans, transfer of development rights, annexation, and special districts.
(3) In developing the strategic growth report described in subsection (1) of this section, the director shall consult with state agencies and local governments with functions or jurisdiction regarding the matters covered in this section and local governments, regional planning agencies, water providers, utility providers, economic development entities, and experts in fields related to strategic growth.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-32-3707. Statewide strategic growth report - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-24-government-state/co-rev-st-sect-24-32-3707/
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