HomeMy WebLinkAbout20002453.tiff CAROL Harding - Longmont Weld IGA Page 1
From: Myrna Folsom <myrna_f_2000@yahoo.com>
To: <charding@co.weld.co.us>
Date: 9/22/00 6:19AM •
Subject: Longmont-Weld IGA
September 22, 2000
To: Board of Weld County Commissioners:
Dear Commissioners:
There is a situation developing in the MUD district of
Weld County that might be of interest to the Board.
Longmont city government is considering expanding its
planning area into Weld County between WCR 1 and
Boulder Creek and between State Highway 119 to one
half section south of WCR 20 J. It is being called the
Sandstone Neighborhood Planning Area [SNPA]. In
association with Tuttle Applegate there have been
meetings with landowners in this area to get a sense
of their attitudes for future development. The land
owners in that part of the SNPA south of, and isolated
from Longmont by, St. Vrain Creek have almost
unanimously voiced a desire for their land to remain
in agriculture. However, despite any conflicts with
Weld County/Es MUD plan, there is nothing to prevent
the City to establish such a planning area, annex land
[on being petitioned] and propose it/Es own zoning in
it.
City government has established a ()Council
Direction-to pursue TDR program with Weld County().
This would be similar to the intergovernmental
agreement [IGA] the City has in effect with Boulder
County wherein transferred development right
procedures and sending and receiving areas have been
designated. These TDR areas lie outside but contiguous
to Longmont/Es Planning Area. TDR certificates
[banking] for sending areas can be originated from non
urban PUDs where permitted densities have not been
used, conservation easements and land purchased by the
county or city for land preservation purposes. Of
course, it is recognized that the situation is
different for such an agreement to be reached with
Weld County. Weld government has been less aggressive
and funding been lacking for land acquisition for
preservation purposes. Secondly, the MUD ordinance
does not have provisions of land preservation zoning
in the MUD district per se.
As stated above, if Longmont city government does
decide to establish the SNPA, inevitably the zoning
densities and types would not coincide with those
designated in the MUD district by Weld County. In the
face of this potential situation, if Weld and Longmont
governments were to negotiate an IGA there would be
several benefits not limited to: [1] coordination of
zoning in the SNPA or whatever area was included in
the IGA, and [2]through purchases of TDRs in
receiving areas funding would be available for land
preservation in TDR sending areas. Landowners
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throughout the IGA area would thus be benefited by
making their land more valuable through greater
permitted density or being recompensed for
preservation of their land. As an example, land south
of St. Vrain Creek,which might be designated a TDR
sending area, could transfer its development rights to
land around, say, the Union Reservoir where there has
been interest in developing land.
The third player in this situation that has to be
addressed is Boulder County government. This relates
to the restrictions it has put on the Left Hand Water
District for providing water taps in the one mile
obuffero between SHs 52 and 119 for one mile east of
WCR 1 under HB1041 until Weld County institutes
planning for the area acceptable to Boulder County
government.
It is probably premature at this time to more than
consider and anticipate the possible ramifications of
this situation and the options for a satisfactory
resolution if it materializes that would serve the
interests of the citizens of Weld County.
If you wish a copy of the Boulder County-Longmont
IGA, Boulder County/Es NUPUD and TDR/PUD programs or
more information regarding the SNPA, please advise.
John S. Folsom
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