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WALLACE H. GRANT ATTORNEYS AT LAW HOWARD GRANT 11906-19661
WILLIAM J. MCCARREN POST OFFICE BOX 976 JOHN 5. HOUGH (1918-19791
DANIEL E BERNARD
MARC R. CARLSON 515 K0mSARK STREET LONGMONT (3031 776-9900
RICHARD N. LYONS LONGMONT, COLORADO 80601 DENVER METRO (303) 571-5506
JOHN J. MCHALE, JR.
ROY G. HOWARD October 8, 1982 ; .� •+iR,iN
Weld County Commissioners
915 10th Street Illalua-S.coi.o,
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Re: Proposed Formation of Special Taxing District
Dear Commissioners:
This firm represents the Longmont Fire Protection District. I presently
serve as secretary to the Board of Directors of the District. Our acting
Fire Chief, William Emerson, recently appeared at the hearing on the pro-
posed formation of a special taxing district for ambulance services in south-
western Weld County.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Longmont Fire Protection District
I wish to reiterate the District's concerns on this matter. The Longmont
Fire Protection District is a large district which includes portions of
eastern Boulder County and western Weld County. The District, although
expressly empowered by statute to provide ambulance and emergency medical
services under Section 32-1-1002(1) (e) (I) C.R.S. 1973, as amended (1981
Supp. ) has refrained from doing so because of the excellent present ser-
vices and cooperation provided by privately owned ambulance companies.
It is our understanding that the proposed taxing district would include the
Del Camino area along I-25 which is presently served by Professional Ambulance
Company. Although the District supports the concept of a sepcial taxing dis-
trict for ambulance services, the District would like to reiterate its sug-
gestion that the Del Camino area be excluded from the special taxing district.
The District is concerned with the long range effects. If Professional Am-
bulance Company and other private companies are replaced in this area by the
taxing district's ambulance service, those areas in Boulder County which lie
within the Longmont Fire Protection District and which are served by the same
ambulance companies may not generate sufficient revenue for these companies to
remain in business. This would cause gaps in the Longmont Fire Protection
District boundaries for ambulance service which would then present the ques-
tion of whether additional similar ambulance taxing districts should be formed
by both Weld County and Boulder County or whether the Longmont Fire Protection
District should exercise its statutory power to provide ambulance services.
If the latter decision is reached, the Longmont Fire Protection District
would then be competing with the proposed ambulance district and the tax
payers would be subject to double taxation because the Longmont Fire Pro-
tection District, unlike the county, cannot fragment its area and tax only
certain portions of the district for ambulance services.
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Weld County Commissioners
October 8, 1982
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We, therefore, ask your consideration of the long range effect of this
action and perhaps coordinate your intended action with Boulder County
and the Longmont Fire Protection District.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Verb_cruly yours,
Richard N. Lyons
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