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Carol Harding
From: Myrna Folsom [myrna_f2000@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:03 AM
To: Carol Harding
Subject: MUD
To the Weld Board of County Commissioners
Dear Commissioners:
The Weld Board of County Commissioners seem to act as if they are unaware that planning is
for long range outcomes and requires cooperation with all individual and collective entities that will be
affected. It is a well-accepted premise, statutorily and among planning professionals, that urban growth
is best developed under the auspices of municipalities. Yet, the Board persists in permitting the increase
in size of the Mixed Use Development [MUD] district, that, uniquely to Weld County planning, permits
urban development under county auspices. This, without any apparent thought as to its consequences
and inappropriateness as the neighboring municipalities grow to surround these county authorized
developments. The future conflicts with municipal growth include road design and location, water
supply, waste treatment, school capacity, taxation and legal regulations and integration and funding of
other services such as public safety, fire protection, libraries, recreation centers, etc.
Specifically, County officials are or will be considering permitting the Adler and CARMA
developments, adjacent to Mead, that will permit more than 6000 new residences to be built. The
County government, in permitting these developments will ignore that town's plans for orderly,
sustainable growth and a vote by the residents of Mead that is required for annexations for development
within the town's planning area [which extends into the MUD district].
The MUD district idea is an obsolete relic of a time, years ago, when there was no provision for
funding acceptable waste treatment at the Del Camino interchange. Subsequently, it has taken on a life
of its own, becoming an excuse for permitting County control of urban development in an area where
now the surrounding municipalities of Longmont, Mead, Firestone and Frederick are capable of
planning for it and expanding into as the necessity arises. Longmont has aggressively acquired land in
parts of ithe MUD, thus preempting the County permitting development. However, the Commissioners
continuously authorize expansion of the MUD with no explainable planning rationale, concern
for negative consequences or asserted justification. They sow the seeds of disorder and the adjacent
communities, unfortunately, will reap the whirlwind.
John Folsom
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