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Bob E. White
41455 WCR 86
Briggsdale, CO 80611
March 4, 1995
Dear Commissioner,
Since I have a financial interest in cropland which is currently
leased to the Federal Government under the Conservation Reserve Program,
I am concerned that all of this land will be returned to active cultivation
because of the County Grass Plowing Ordinances 108-A and 142. Although
it would otherwise be feasable to do this over a period of years or
perhaps not at all, it seems that the only way to escape the dictates
and financial penalties of these ordinances, would be to return this
land to active cultivation before it is reclassified as grassland.
I realize that the commissioners who passed these ordinances were
sincere in their desires to do something, it is not clear as to any
intelligent purpose for these ordinances other than to prevent a landowner
from properly managing his land.
These ordinances seem to be for the express purpose of forcing a
landowner to obtain a permit and follow a conservation plan. Wind or
water erosion is not considered a violation.
The $250 fee charged is for work performed by the Soil Conservation
Service free of charge.
The $30 per acre charge must be considered extortion since the ordinance
does not provide for any method of paying interest or refunding this
money. This ordinance doesn't even require that these monies be spent
for revegatation, if it is needed. The only reason stated for requiring
revegation of grass is the failure to follow the prescribed conservation
plan or failure to obtain a permit.
I believe that it would be in the best interest of Weld County if
these ordinances were abolished. I also believe that it would be to
the interest of the County to protect private property rights and allow
the landowners to assume the responsibility for their land without unjust
interference from the county.
Yours truly,
Bob E. White
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