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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PHONE (970) 356-4000, Ext. 4200
FAX: ((9 0 35252-0242
P. O. BOX 758
GREELEY, COLORADO 80632
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COLORADO
April 12, 2000
M.D. Hopper
3656 WCR 20 'h
Longmont, CO 80504
RE: Future Annexation of Weld County Road 20 'h
Dear Mr. Hopper:
This letter is in response to your letter of April 7, 2000, which states your request that Weld
County Road 20 1/2 "not be given away to any municipality." The reason for your request is that
in your opinion, other county roads annexed by various municipalities have not been well
maintained. You believe that Weld County does a better job of maintaining roadways.
The Colorado Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, as amended, authorizes a municipality to
annex a roadway in the course of doing a "flag pole" annexation without first receiving a petition
for annexation from Weld County. The situation is different, however, if the municipality
desires to annex the roadway only without the attached "flag." Such annexation usually requires
a petition to be signed and submitted to the municipality by the County. For example, last year
the City of Greeley asked the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County to petition for
the annexation of Cherry Avenue. The Board held a hearing for adjacent land owners to express
their opinions regarding the proposed petition for annexation. At the hearing, the adjacent
landowners expressed their desires against annexation of the roadway. The Board of County
Commissioners voted to refrain from signing and submitting the petition for annexation.
As of this date, the Board of County Commissioners has not received any requests from any
municipality for the Board to sign and submit a petition for the annexation of WCR 20 'h.
Additionally, the Board is unaware of any current efforts of a municipality to annex WCR 20'1
using the "flag pole" technique.
The Board recommends that you contact the municipalities you believe may be inclined to annex
WCR 20'/ to determine if, indeed,they have plans to do so. Even if a municipality intends to
annex the roadway without first obtaining a petition signed and submitted by the Board of
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April 12, 2000
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Commissioners, you would be able to attend the municipality's hearings on the annexation. The
recent experience of the landowners opposing the annexation to the City of Greeley of 20t Street
and the proposed Cherrywood Subdivision property shows the efficacy of such grassroots
advocacy.
If you should have any questions regarding this letter,please feel free to call Mr. Bruce T. Barker,
Weld County Attorney, at(970) 356-4000, extension 4390.
Sincerely,
BOARD OF WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Barbara J. Kirkmeyer, Chair G'
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April 7, 2000
Subject: Weld County Road 201/2
Weld County Board of County Commissioners
915 10th Street
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Commissioners:
Weld County Rd.20 '/2 has had a very good record of maintenance over the past 28 years
we have lived on the road. When the two bridges for the Godding Ditch and the Rural
Ditch needed repaired, and county accessed the need and replaced them with large
culverts. Also, the graveled road is routinely maintained, resulting in smoother riding on
the road.
The county roads that have been given to the towns to maintain, have deteriorated to the
point where alternate routes are selected to drive on. Therefore, we do not want WCRd
20 '/2 to be given away to any municipality. The proposed annexation of Rinn Valley
Ranch is still surrounded by Weld County on all four sides.
We had contacted commissioner, Glen Vaad, over three months ago concerning this
issue. He said he would research the law on transferring county roads to a municipality
without a vote of the county residents residing there. As of this date, we haven't received
this information.
Please keep WCRd 20 'h a county controlled road.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
M.D. Hopper
3656 WCRd 20 '/2
Longmont, 80504
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