The Montrose Improvement Team and the Traffic Issues Task Force presented the Six-Year Capital Improvement Program to the council at its regular meeting. The plan is the culmination of efforts by the MIT, a task force consisting of citizens, representatives from the city council, planning commission and city staff.
Earlier this year Montrose residents were asked to submit requests for capital improvement projects. A total of 57 requests were received, said city manager Mary Watt.
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Watt said the entire list of projects should be posted on the city's Web site (www.cityofmontrose.org) by the end of next week.
The capital improvement projects — for the period between 2010 to 2015 — total an estimated $52 million, with transportation taking up the majority of funds, Watt said. No projects were scheduled for 2009 because of anticipated budget constraints, she added. No new CIP projects were proposed for the 2009 city budget.
City staff recommended the council convene a blue ribbon committee by this fall to examine funding mechanisms to help accomplish the program's goals.
"We would like to reach out and get as much citizen participation (as we can), as we look at the funding issues and what might be the funding mechanisms the community would support in the future," said Watt.
Council also adopted an ordinance to create a new overlay zoning district, designed to encourage and facilitate residential redevelopment in the historic downtown area of the city of Montrose. The redevelopment overlay zoning district or “REDO” district will allow residents to build additional structures and a larger variety of housing types, compatible with the area’s character, on their existing properties.
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