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From: Myrna Folsom <myrna_f_2000@yahoo.com>
To: <charding@co.weld.co.us>
Date: 10/3/00 5:30AM 7
Subject: Brooks annexation to Firestone
To The Board: FYI
7050 Loma Linda Ct.
Longmont CO 80504
303 833 2992
September 22, 2000
Planning Commission
Town of Firestone
PO Box 100
Firestone CO 80520
Ladies and Gentlemen:
A Public Notice states that land in the northwest
quarter, etc. of T2N R67W Section 6 of the 6th PM has
been petitioned for annexation to the Town of
Firestone under the name of Brooks Farm.
Please note that according to the Firestone
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Map, dated July 7, 1999,
this land lies within the area designated for
Agricultural/Conservation/Open Space and as a
Community Separator. As such this, land should not be
zoned by Town government for a Planned Unit
Development with Residential-A Uses if the
Comprehensive Plan is to be followed.
In addition, this land is not within the Town/Es urban
growth boundaries as agreed to under the terms of the
intergovernmental agreement[IGA]with Weld County.
There is no justifiable purpose in spending Town money
and investing time in preparation of the Comprehensive
Plan and entering into agreements if they are not to
be honored. It is to be hoped that the Planning
Commission will find the proposed zoning cannot be
granted because of the prohibitions of the Firestone
Comprehensive Plan and the IGA with Weld County. The
excuse that the Plan is only a guide has no merit in
that there is no material reason to change the Plan
for this case. Even permitting low density development
would be contradict the purpose of the Plan. It will
be interesting to observe the orationaleo used to do
so, if it occurs, to justify rezoning this property
for development.
This is prime agricultural land according to the USDA
map for Weld County and is partly in a flood plain
according to the FEMA-FIRM map [Community Panel number
080266 0855C]. As such it is more suitable for the
designated agricultural/conservation/open space use
than for development.
This would be another flagpole annexation to obtain
statutory contiguity. I realize that this has not
prevented Town government from annexing and rezoning
such lands for development in the past, but
nevertheless
it just adds to more urban sprawl.
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The Fiscal Impact Report for this project basically
indicates that once the revenues realized from
one-time fees are dissipated the project would be a
continuous financial burden on the Town. Requiring
these fiscal impact reports is a wise requirement to
judge the economic consequences for the Town of new
developments. However, the Town should establish a
format so that standardized information would be
supplied accurately portraying the financial
consequences of developments. The three I have
reviewed gave different projections based on varying
elements that seemed to skew the results towards
favorable financial impacts for the applicants
venture.
Please make this letter part of, and have read into,
the record at any hearing pertaining to these
annexations and/or their zoning.
Very truly yours,
John S. Folsom
PC: Towns of Mead and Platteville, Weld Board of
County Commissioners, Weld County Dept. of Planning
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