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St. Vrain Concerned Citizens Group
6/L4 I-Lo rrontage Ka. t
Longmont, CO 80504
Phone - (303) 776-4449
Fax - (954) 212-7996
E-Mail - stvrainccg@hotmail.com
October 30, 2000
Weld County Board Commissioners
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
Subject: Meadow Vale Farm PUD Phase II, S562, Site-specific development plan and PUD final
plan
Dear Commissioners:
We have the following comments relating to the subject project:
Application for a Conditional Letter of Map Revision [CLOMR] has been made a condition of
the Change of Zone approval. It is to be hoped that there will be confirmation that this letter has
been obtained before any improvements are permitted at the site. This property is entirely within
the flood plain according to MUD map 2.1 and almost entirely within it according to FIRM
community-panel no. 080266 0850 C. The Federal CFR Title 44 Part 60.3[b][3] requires: 'that
all new subdivision proposals and other proposed developments ... greater than... acres...include
within such proposals base flood elevation data...' There has been backfilling in apparent
attempt to raise the site above the flood plain. However without reliable 100 year flood base
elevation datum being available it can be questioned whether this increase in elevation will be
sufficient.
The lots in Phase II are much smaller than those in Phase I and lie within the area described on =1 EXHIBIT
MUD map 2.1 to be for `lowest density'. The lot sizes on plan sheet 5 vary in size from .31 to .84
acres, not 1/2 to 1 acre lots as stated on sketch plan sheet 2. Although the MUD plan is silent on S tr J(OL
the specifics of densities, it would seem this does not constitute the lowest density called for in
an area of Limiting Site Factors.
CAROL Warn Pale 2
Furthermore, we suggest that the constraints imposed by Section 2.2.5 [limiting site factors] of
Ordinance 191 be compared to the residential uses proposed here to determine if they comply 4
with those constraints. Specifically,whether residential construction constitutes: "other functions
that cannot damage or be damaged by the constraining site factors" at all! As with all
developments the County government permits in the MUD district, it puts stress on services and
infrastructure that must be provided by nearby communities, special districts and the school
district which are not sufficiently or at all compensated by tax revenues from these rural County
developments. We understand that some of these comments are "beating a dead horse", since the
Change of Zone has already been approved. However, we hope the Board will consider those
that apply to the project at this stage of approval and keep in mind for similar projects proposed
in the future.
Sincerely,
Artie Elmquist, Represenative
St. Vrain Concerned Citizens
cc: Monica Daniels Mika. Weld County Planning Department
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