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A Resolution adopting the Goals and Objectives for the 2012 Comprehensive Plan, including a Mission Statement, goals to expand housing choices; to support infill and redevelopment throughout the Urban Service Area as a strategic component of growth; to provide well-designed neighborhoods and communities; to continue to implement the Consent Decree, including the Capacity Assurance Program, as directed by the Environmental Protection Agency; to reduce Lexington-Fayette County’s carbon footprint; to support the funding, planning, and management of a Green Infrastructure Program; to support and showcase local assets to further the creation of a variety of jobs; to attract the world’s finest jobs, encourage an entrepreneurial spirit, and enhance our ability to recruit and retain a talented, creative workforce by establishing opportunities that embrace diversity and inclusion in our community; to work to achieve an effective and comprehensive transportation system; to provide for accessible community facilities and services to meet the health, safety, and quality of life needs of Lexington-Fayette County’s residents and visitors; to protect and enhance the natural and cultural landscape that gives Lexington-Fayette County its unique identity and image; to promote, support, encourage, and provide incentives for public art; to uphold the Urban Service Area concept; to support the agricultural economy, horse farms, general agricultural farms, and the rural character of the Rural Service Area; to maintain the current boundaries of the Urban Service Area and rural activity centers, and create no new rural activity centers; to engage the residents of Lexington-Fayette County in the planning process; to implement the 2012 Comprehensive Plan; to increase regional planning; and ancillary objectives to achieve each goal. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission, in conformity with KRS 100.197, is in the process of rev...
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