Pitkin County staff give comprehensive update on Vision 2050, set May 20 follow-up on housing and water

Pitkin County planning staff on Tuesday updated the Board of County Commissioners on Vision 2050, the multi-stage effort to update the county comprehensive plan and follow-on code amendments. The update covered technical studies under way, the schedule for moving from policy to code, and a May 20 board session planned to focus on housing outside the urban growth boundary and associated water analyses.

Deputy County Manager Cara Sloburnova opened the presentation by framing Vision 2050 as “the launching point from the Community Growth Advisory Committee recommendations from May of 2023,” and said staff have organized the implementation into four stages: (1) comprehensive plan update, (2) building the recommendations (data and studies), (3) drafting guiding policy, and (4) code and ordinance updates and adoption. Long-range planning staff identified the comprehensive plan update as the policy foundation that will lead and justify later code changes.

Community development director Suzanne Wolf and long-range staff said the project has shifted from early values conversations into intensive…