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CERTIFIED MAIL
No. 7003 1680 0002 2409 6103
January 4, 2006
Board of Commissioners
Weld County
915 — 10th Street
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Subject: Addendum to the Annexation Impact Report for the Great Western
Second, Third and Fourth Annexations, Master Plan and Zoning
Dear Commissioners:
Enclosed please find a copy of the Annexation Impact Report regarding the
aforementioned applications to the Town of Windsor which was previously received by
your office via certified mail. As you can see, line item number 6 referred to a letter that
was enclosed with the impact report from the Weld County School District RE-4
regarding the effect of annexation upon the local public school district. That letter, dated
August 16, 2005, was included as the most current information available at that time.
The Town has since received updated information from the school district in the enclosed
subsequent letters of October 18, 2005 and November 28, 2005 regarding anticipated
impacts of the annexation, therefore, the Town is hereby providing you with copies of
this information in order to update your records. The November 28, 2005 letter is the
most current information regarding anticipated impacts of the annexation that the Town
has received from the school district to date.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or require further information.
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Scott Ballstadt, AICP
Senior Planner
enclosures
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Joseph Plummer, Director of Planning
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ANNEXATION IMPACT REPORT
GREAT WESTERN SECOND, THIRD & FOURTH ANNEXATION & MASTER PLAN
The parcels proposed for annexation contain approximately 1366 acres generally
located south of and adjacent to Eastman Park Drive (Weld County Road 66); east of
and adjacent to State Highway 257; west of and adjacent to Weld County Road 23; and
north of the Cache la Poudre River; being more particularly described as part of
Sections 27, 34, and the east half of Sections 28 and 33; and also a tract of land
situated in Sections 26, 35, the southeast quarter of Section 34, and the southwest
quarter of Section 36; and also a tract of land situated in the northeast quarter of
Section 26, Township 6 North, Range 67 West, of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado.
1) (a) Please see the enclosed master plan and vicinity map for current and
proposed municipal boundaries.
(b) Please see Item #3 below for current and proposed infrastructure.
(c) Please see the enclosed annexation map and master plan for the current
and proposed land use patterns of the proposed annexation and the
enclosed Town of Windsor Land Use Plan map for the proposed land use
patterns for the subject property to be annexed and for surrounding
properties.
2) The application materials did not include a draft or final pre-annexation agreement
as the Town of Windsor does not require a pre-annexation agreement unless such
an agreement is determined to be necessary during the initial review.
3) Municipal services will be provided as follows:
> Water — The Town of Windsor will provide potable water service to the
proposed development. The potable water system will be constructed solely at
the developer's expense. A non-potable irrigation system will be required to be
constructed solely at the developer's expense in order to reduce the amount of
potable water required.
➢ Sewage Disposal —The Town of Windsor will provide sanitary sewer service to
the proposed development. All necessary sewage disposal improvements
shall be constructed by the developer solely at the developer's expense.
> Drainage Facilities — Drainage infrastructure per the Town's requirements is to
be constructed by the developer solely at the developer's expense.
➢ Fire Protection—Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District
> Police Protection—Town of Windsor Police Department
> School — Weld County School District RE-4 (enclosed please find an Impact
Statement from the School District)
4) Installation and financing of infrastructure extensions, as well as any applicable
reimbursements for previously oversized infrastructure to serve the subject
property, shall be the sole responsibility of the developer.
5) Enclosed please find a list identifying all existing districts within the area to be
annexed.
6) Enclosed please find an Impact Statement from the Weld County School District
RE-4.
All development proposals are required to comply with the Town of Windsor
Comprehensive Plan, Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances, any applicable Corridor
Plans and all other Municipal Code requirements.
Scott Ballstadt, AICP, Senior Planner Date
annex impact report
A EDUCATION FOR LIFE
W NDSOR S O John Karbala
Superintendent of Schools
August 16, 2005
Joseph Plummer .
Director of Planning
Town of Windsor
301 Walnut Street
Windsor, Colorado 80550
Re: Great Western Annexation#2, 3 &4 Master Plan
Dear Mr.Plummer,
I am responding to a request for an impact statement from the Great Western
Development Company regarding their Master Plan as noted above. I have met with Eric
Swanson and John Stone from Great Western, as well as with Lucia Liley,their attorney, for the
purposes of reviewing their master plan and beginning the process of examining the impact this
development will have for Weld County School District RE-4.
Our meeting on Tuesday,August 16,2005 was a productive beginning to this process.
The representatives from Great Western Development shared with me their overall site plan for
the project and we began preliminary discussions on potential student yield and cash in lieu of
land dedication, actual land dedication for a school site or some potential combination of those
outcomes.
I will be working with our facilities planning consultant,Richard Huwa,with Denny Hill,
our demographic consultant and with Dick Bump of Caplan and Earnest, our legal counsel,to
further develop the specifics of what effect this development will have on the Weld County
School District RE-4,including an estimate of the number of students to be generated and the
school site and capital construction requirements to educate them. Due to the complexity of the
planned development, considerable study will be required to issue a comprehensive impact
statement. We anticipate a productive working relationship with Great Western Development
Company that will culminate in an agreement regarding student impact and how that might be
mitigated.
Please don't hesitate to contact me with any further information you might require and,in
particular,when our evaluation of the impact will be needed by the Town of Windsor. We look
forward to working with the Town and with Great Western Development Company as the master
plan for this project moves forward and progresses.
Yours-Sin ely, g
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An Karb a
Superintendent of Schools
Weld County School District RE-4
Cc: John Stone,Eric Swanson
WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-4
1020 Main Street P.O. Ikon 609 a Windsor, CO 805504v (970) 686-8000 e Far. (970) 686-5280
OCT-19-2005 WED 10: 16 AM WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FAX NO, 970 686 5280 P. 02
EDUCATION FOR LIFE
W ND S OR John Karbala'
Superintendent of Schools October 18, 2005
Joseph Plummer
Director of Planning
Town of Windsor
301 Walnut Street
Windsor, CO 80550
Re: Great Western Annexation#2, 3 &4 Master Plan
Dear Mr. Plummer:
The above referenced annexation is proposed for 1,365.59 acres of land located to the
west of State Highway 257 and to the south of County Rd. 66 (Eastman Kodak Drive), This
letter first summarizes the overall implications to the school district, then provides a detailed
summary of the implications for school sites and facilities. Secondly, it addresses the school
district's ability to handle and financially accommodate a very significant number of students.
Overview:
The overall impact of this annexation will be considerable for the school district, as
outlined,below and in detail. This is a large project that will generate a considerable number of
students over a long period of time for the Weld County RE-4 School District. The impact will
be to all parts of our school district: increased student numbers,the need for additional land and
for additional school facilities to house the over 1,000 students the project will generate (for
comparison the current district enrollment is 3,200), increased staffing in administration,
certified and classified areas, increased transportation needs and costs,increased technology
expenses, and increased maintenance costs. The district will also need to go to the voters to ask
for increased bonded indebtedness in order to build the facilities that this project will require, as
well as request increases in mill levy funding to cover the additional staff that will be required.
While the light industrial zoning of the eastern half of this project holds out the hope of
increased assessed value to the•district, if the western half of the project, which is mainly
residential, develops prior to the light industrial side,the fiscal implications of that imbalance
will be significant for the district.
WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-4
1020 Main Street• P.O. Box 609•Windsor, CO 80550• (970) 686-8000 • Fax (970) 686-5280
OCT-19-2005 WED 10: 16 AM WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FAX NO. 970 686 5280 P. 03
Joseph Plununer
October 18, 2005
Page 2
Site Issues:
As of August 19, 2005,no provision has been made for a school site within this project.
In order to achieve school site criteria in accordance with our standing agreement with the Town
of Windsor concerning land dedication or cash in lieu of land dedication (or a combination of
both), we have calculated the acreage needed to accommodate the students that would be
generated by this project. While these calculations are presented in detail in Table 1 (attached), I
will present a brief summary here.
• Elementary: 11.11 acres to accommodate 500 students
• Middle School: 7.11 acres to accommodate 256 students
• High School: 12.60 acres to accommodate 302 students
• Totals: 30.82 acres to accommodate 1,058 students
Based upon land dedication standards adopted by the Town of Windsor, the proposed
project would generate the need for 30.82 acres of school land. Although middle and high school
sites are not warranted in this area, an 11-acre elementary school site satisfying district standards
is requested central to the residential portion of the project. It is further requested that the
remaining land dedication acreage(19.82 acres)be provided to the school district in the form of
cash-in-lieu of land dedication. At current land values ($40,000 per acre), the amount owed the
District is $792,800. However, it is believed that the current land value per acre is dated and
should be adjusted accordingly. Consequently, it is recommended that the per acre dedication
value be updated and that the applicant agree to pay the fee based upon the fee in effect at the
time of platting.
While no decision has been made at this time, I would also wish to note the potential for
the Board of Education to appoint and convened a growth issues task force this coming spring. It
is possible that this task force might explore the potential for building one or more IC-8 schools
as an alternative to the traditional elementary/middle school arrangement. Please note that this is
truly speculative: a task force has not even been appointed at this time. However, I felt it prudent
to mention, as a K-8 site would require between 16 and 20 acres. The potential to examine this
possibility would change the equation mentioned above.
As noted above, there will also be transportation issues that will be generated with regard
to this development. While a centrally located elementary school would be within our current
one-mile radius for walking distance (meaning the district would probably not bus elementary
students to the school unless they were from another neighborhood)the reality is that many
parents would drop off their students by car. This would create significant traffic flow issues that
would have to be addressed in the design of the site.
OCT-19-2005 WED 10: 16 AM WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FAX NO. 970 686 5280 P. 04
Joseph Plummer
October 18, 2005
Page 3
The district would request that no streets larger than a collector be considered going
through residential areas due to the impact this would have on our ability to have safe walk-ins
without the requirement of bussing kids to get them across a busy street.
Transportation:
While probable that the district would not bus elementary students, or at least very few
elementary students to the site, the school could serve as a collector for bussing students to a
middle school and/or a high school site. This would also create traffic pattern issues that would
need to be resolved. There would be three major traffic patterns into and out of the school site on
a daily basis: staff(who would also require parking),parents dropping off and picking up
students (adequate parent and visitor parking would be required in addition to staff parking) and
bus traffic to transport students to and from secondary school sites. Also, the site would require
safe access for service vehicles (such as trash pick-up and food delivery)that would not interfere
with these traffic patterns.
The district would request a site that is bounded by three public streets (though we could
manage with two). Three streets would give us the needed access for a parent drop-off loop on
one street, a bus drop-off on another street and plenty of on-street parking for the patrons who
would use our facilities, fields or come to school for events. We would also like to limit the
number of lots/back yards adjoining our lot to cut down on the number of balls we would have to
retrieve and reduce the potential for broken windows, noise, etc. Three streets with utilities also
give us options for connections to water, sewer etc. Water lines around our site should provide
for 4 or 5 fire hydrants on"our" side of the street so fighting a fire would not involve pulling a
fue hose across a street to reach our building.
Current school busses with a capacity of 78 students (the largest we use) cost
approximately$85,000 (2004 price). The number of students typically assigned for a route is 90
students, allowing a factor for those who will not ride the bus. Taking the 256 middle school
students and`/s of the 305 high school students, comes up to 408 students. This would require 4.5
busses or a total expense to the district of$382,500 to purchase the busses needed for daily
student transportation needs.
Bus drivers would of course also be required. At current salary plus benefit costs,
($19,918) 4.5 bus drivers would incur an ongoing(annual) expense of$89,631 for the district.
There would, in addition,be increased ongoing maintenance costs associated with the
increased number of busses in our bus fleet and increased overall miles for extra-curricular
events, field trips and other school.related activities.
OCT-19-2005 WED 10: 16 AM WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FAX NO, 970 686 5280 P, 05
Joseph Plummer
October 18, 2005
Page 4
Staffing Impact:
The district would require additional classified, certified and administrative staff in order
to properly service the over 1,000 students this project would generate. Using current staffing
ratios, the human resources and fiscal impact of these students would require approximately
$4,700,000 in salary and benefit costs for the total administrative, certified and classified salary
and benefits. While the state funding formula is designed to adjust for growth,there are
inefficiencies in the growth process that could require additional funding beyond the moneys
provided from the state during the period of growth this project would entail.
Operations Impact:
Adding a campus would add considerable operations costs for the district. There would
be routine maintenance costs,weather related costs such as snow removal, grounds work, and
general facilities upkeep beyond routine costs. In addition,there would be energy costs for
heating and electricity, technology costs (both start-up costs and ongoing costs) and general
systems costs related to enlarging our span of control to add another campus to our current
facilities.
Current ballpark operations costs at Grandview Elementary, our newest elementary
school for a calendar year are: Building operations of$1.50/square foot per year. x 50,000 sq.ft.
equaling $75,000 and grounds and general out side maintenance at$.60 per sq. it. of the building
x 50,000 equaling$30,000.
The total ongoing cost is then $105,000 for general operations and maintenance. This does not
include janitorial and custodial human resources costs,
Specific Facilities Costs:
The district would like to note that residential development does not typically"pay its
way"when it comes to constructing new schools, As referenced below, a bond issue election
would be required to construct a new school on this site: funding from cash-in-lieu of land
dedication would not cover these costs.
Bonding Capacity Issues:
The Weld County RE-4 School District has just completed all projects for its most recent
bond issue election. The construction of a school building on an identified site within the project
would require a bond issue election in order to build the school. A mill levy increase would also
be required to staff the building and for the district staff needed.
As was noted in the overall summary comments,th.e industrial zoning proposed for this
development would potentially provide a positive boost to the assessed value of the district over
OCT-19-2005 WED 10: 16 AM WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FAX NO. 970 686 5280 P. 06
Joseph Plummer
October 18, 2005
Page 5
time. However, should the residential elements of the development precede or significantly
precede the industrial development of this project, the fiscal impact, as outlined in this statement,
would be considerable for the district. Thus, while the long-term fiscal outlook of this project for
the district has the potential to be positive given the effect the industrial and/or commercial
elements of the project would have on our assessed value, the most likely effect on the district
will.be the assumption of significant debt, an increase in mill-levy funding and costs that
significantly exceed the land dedication/cash-in-lieu of land dedication amount that the project
would bring to the district.
Other Issues:
The district would like to voice a specific concern with the zoning of areas "N" and"0"
as residential areas. There would be significant transportation issues for us were those to be
zoned residential and we have concerns with the isolation of those residential areas surrounded
by industrial areas. We therefore request that these areas be zoned something other than any
zoning that would generate students for the district. As these plans develop,we would also
request that changes which would tend to spread out the residential areas be avoided. The more
that residential areas can be grouped to take advantage of our walk-in distance requirements with
minimal bussing, the greater the benefit for the district and the potential school to be constructed.
The district would close by advocating for a balance between industrial, commercial and
residential zoning in keeping with the Town of Windsor Growth Management Area Master Plan,
This balance is vital to the long-term fiscal and quality of life issues for both the town and for the
school district.
Re lly b. 'tted,
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OCT-19-2005 WED 10 16 AM WINDSOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FAX NO, 970 686 5280 P. 07
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4EDUCATION
NDSOR O R John I{arbula
Superintendent of Schools
November 28, 2005
Ms. Colleen Berens Mr. John Titre
Windsor Planning Commission Windsor Planning Commission
116 Main Street 755 Ponderosa Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550
Mr. Paul Ehrlich, Jr. Mr. Travis Haws
Windsor Planning Commission Windsor Planning Commission
912 Foothills Court 1208 Grand Avenue
Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550
Mr. Matthew O'Neill Mr. Gale Schick
Windsor Planning Commission Windsor Planning Commission
1418 Fairfield Avenue 706 Parkview Mountain Drive
Windsor, CO 80550 Windsor, CO 80550
Mr. Victor Tallon
Windsor Planning Commission
608 Cornerstone Drive
Windsor, CO 80550
Re: Great Western Annexation Proposal
Dear Planning Commission Members:
1. Introduction. The Windsor School District (Weld County School District RE-4)
is very concerned about the Great Western annexation, and especially Phases 2-4, now pending
before the Planning Commission, because it has the potential of contributing a large number of
students without the addition of a commensurate property tax base. Great Western also will not
provide any substantial help in funding the facilities required to serve the students residing in the
residential dwelling units that it intends to construct.
If the Town of Windsor annexes 438 acres of residential/mixed use (RMU) land, as
proposed in Great Western's November 14 submittal, the school district's ability to provide
adequate educational facilities and services for the new students will be compromised.
Approximately 3,800 dwelling units generating approximately 1,060 students will be built,
where none have been planned, and this will have a major unfunded impact on the school
WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-4
1020 Main Street • P.O. Box 609 •Windsor, CO 80550 • (970) 686-8000 • Fax (970) 686-5280
Windsor Planning Commission
November 28, 2005
Page 2
district. (Since amended, but no official paperwork have been received by the district). See
attached Exhibit B, the school district's estimate of the impact of Great Western's November 14
submittal.
Colorado law, at §§31-12-108.5(1)(f) and 31-23-303(1), requires a thorough analysis of
the impact of the annexation on the school district and requires planning and zoning actions "in
accordance with a comprehensive plan"to reflect adequate provision of schools and school
services to serve residential development. Both statutes have been blatantly ignored in the Great
Western annexation. The"fiscal analysis" doesn't even mention the effects on the school
district. This makes it impossible for the Town to objectively consider the fiscal implications—
the required property tax increase to fund school facilities and services to serve the project
Because of the school district's great concern about the impact of this annexation on the
district, and our even greater concern about the process that has brought the Town and the school
district to this impasse, we first corresponded with the Planning Director, then met twice with the
Town Manager, and now are appealing to you to listen to our concerns, and act on them at the
upcoming Planning Commission meeting on the Great Western annexation. My representative or
I will be there to reiterate these concerns. I have the permission of the Board of Education to
express these concerns as an expression of the unanimous opinion of the Windsor School Board.
2. The Memorandum of Understanding Sets an Unworkable Deadline. On July 25,
2005, the Town entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Great Western Development
Co. which set a deadline of December 19, 2005 for the annexation of approximately 1,450 acres
to the Town. Apparently, this was done in order to accommodate Great Western's desire to
conclude the annexation prior to the close of its due diligence period under its land purchase
contract, so that it would not incur any risk in purchasing the property prior to final Town action.
This Memorandum of Understanding was negotiated without public knowledge or input over
many months, and neither the school district nor the other referral agencies nor the public was
aware of the commitments that were being made by the Town, in violation of the Town's
obligation to consult with the school district, other referral agencies and the public about such an
important land use change.
3. The Town's Annexation Commitment is Improper. Although it is common for a
developer to seek understandings from town staff prior to committing the funds necessary to
pursue an annexation process, it is unusual and in the experience of school districts around the
State of Colorado unprecedented for a town board to give conditional approval to a development
plan and to set a five-month deadline for approval of an annexation without consultation with the
affected school district, other referral agencies, and the public. Although the Memorandum of
Understanding states that it is not a binding agreement between the parties and is intended rather
to express "the understanding of the parties on key concepts which the parties intend to later
incorporate into a detailed annexation and development agreement after further discussion and
negotiation," it in fact commits "both parties...to using their best efforts to expedite the submittal
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November 28, 2005
Page 3
and review process to timely accomplish...approval"of the"annexation, zoning, master plan and
annexation and development agreement"by December 19, 2005. See Paragraph 6.
Under Colorado law, a commitment of"best efforts" is a commitment to do everything
possible to accomplish the defined objective. And here, the objective stated in the Memorandum
of Understanding is not to hold a hearing to consider objectively whether or not to approve the
annexation and related legislation. Rather, the Town has committed to do everything within its
power to give Great Western approval of the development that it desires.
This is improper. It excludes the school district, other referral agencies, and the public
from any meaningful role in shaping the land use in the development. And as the development
keeps changing, most recently through the November 14 submittal, public notice is compromised
as only the insiders know what is going on, and school district and public involvement in a
decision now less than a month away have become increasingly difficult, and perhaps irrelevant.
4. Intergovernmental Agreements Preclude Annexation by Greeley. In addition to
the deadline created under the Memorandum of Understanding, Town staff has urged that the
Town of Windsor expedite the annexation of the Great Western parcel, in order to avoid
annexation of the parcel by the City of Greeley. This threat, no doubt made in the first instance
by Great Western, is, quite simply, unfounded in fact and law. In fact, the Intergovernmental
Agreement between the City of Greeley and the Town of Windsor, dated August 9, 2004
(supplementing the Intergovernmental Agreements of January 1, 1996 and June 11, 2001) clearly
identifies the Great Western parcel within the Town of Windsor influence area. The Cooperative
Planning and Utility Area identified in the Intergovernmental Agreement is all located south of
County Road 60 (See Exhibit A to the IGA and this memorandum), and the Windsor Annexation
Area extends south to U.S. Highway 34 (See Exhibit C to the IGA and this memorandum). There
is no reason to expect that the City of Greeley will not respect its contractual commitments under
the Intergovernmental Agreements, there is legal recourse if it does not, and it is dishonest and a
disservice to the citizens of Windsor to assert that there is a rush to annex the Great Western
parcel because of a threat by the City of Greeley. Avoidance of this kind of blackmail and
intimidation by private sector developers is the reason that the Town of Windsor negotiated these
agreements in the first place.
5. The Great Western Annexation Violates the Town of Windsor's Comprehensive
Plan. Attached to this memorandum as Exhibit D is a copy of the current Town of Windsor Land
Use Map, obtained from the Town web site. The Great Western parcel is shown as a combination
of light industrial and heavy industrial uses. In reliance upon the Town Comprehensive Plan, the
school district has not planned to serve any portion of the Great Western parcel with schools.
The map attached to the Memorandum of Understanding, which shows a substantial portion of
the site as Residential/Mixed Use, violates the Comprehensive Plan. Thus, when the Town Board
stated, in paragraph 2 of the Memorandum of Understanding, that, "The Town conceptually
agrees that the land use patterns depicted on Attachment 1 are appropriate for the property and
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are compatible with the land use vision of the Town for this area,"it violated its own
Comprehensive Plan—with NO consultation with the school district, other referral agencies, or
the public.
Great Western is currently requesting 438 acres of high-density residential uses, which, if
approved, will be the only residential development on the east side of State Highway 257 in the
Town, located adjacent to incompatible industrial development. The Town Zoning Map (on the
Windsor website) shows that,with the exception of a small amount of mixed-use commercial at
the corner of State Highway 287 and Weld County Road 66, matched by 137 acres requested by
Great Western across the street, all annexed land east of State Highway 257 and south of State
Highway 392 has been zoned industrial. None has been zoned residential. Although the number
of units keeps changing, it is clear that residential development within the Great Western
annexation area will not "pay its own way" and that, if the annexation is approved, the district
will be required to develop schools where it has not planned them and to subsidize schools which
will be not be paid for by development within the area. Thus, this violation of the Town
Comprehensive Plan imposes a significant impact on the school district in direct violation of
§31-23-303(1), CRS.
Finally, the conflict with democratic governance in this extraordinary process must be
stressed. As the Planning Commission will readily appreciate, a comprehensive plan is a basic
blueprint for the future development of the community. It is supposed to evolve gradually over
time in response to extensive community consultation and the considered deliberations of the
community's representatives: staff, planning commission, and board of trustees. It is
emphatically NOT supposed to be changed through secret negotiations to suit the desires of a
land option holder that hasn't even bought into the community by investing its money, at the
expense of the entire community and its confidence in its elected and appointed leaders.
The Great Western annexation process appears to have totally disregarded community
input regarding changes in the Comprehensive Plan, a document that is supposed to reflect the
community's vision for the future, not just the few on the staff and the board of trustees who
have been involved to date. If this annexation goes through as a"done deal," it will be a
permanent stain on the reputation of the Town of Windsor and its planning process and a serious
breach in the cooperative relationship between the Town government, its school district, and its
citizens.
6. Requests: Delay or Deny. The Windsor School District requests that the Planning
Commission postpone action on the proposed Great Western annexation in order to study further
the concerns which the school district has raised. It is the school district's earnest hope that
collaboration between the Town, the developer and the school district and appropriate location
and phasing of development can allow an annexation to go forward without adversely affecting
the school district and the taxpayers. However, the unreasonable deadline set by the Town in the
Memorandum of Understanding and the inappropriate threat of annexation by the City of
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Greeley have made it difficult for these concerns to be appropriately and objectively heard and
heeded. Thus, our first request must be for an appropriate "cooling off'period, to make time for
negotiations to consider all the alternatives that can meet the objectives of the Town, the
developer, the school district, and the public.
Alternatively, if the Town is unable to extricate itself from the deadline set in the
Memorandum of Understanding, the district requests that the annexation be denied as a violation
of the Town Comprehensive Plan and as a threat to the viability of the school district serving the
Town's children. The integrity of Windsor Town government is at stake in this decision.
Very ly ours
hn Kar a, Superintendent
Weld County School District RE-4
cc: Re-4 Board of Education
Rod Wensing
Joseph Plummer
John Frey
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