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3042 Weld County Rd. 28 Home (303) 772-8504
Longmont, CO 80504 James E. Anderson Office (303) 776-8628
May 9, 1995
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County
P. 0. Box 758
Greeley, Colorado 80632
Re: Proposed Amendment to the Weld County Comprehensive Plan Deleting
Territory North of WCR-28 from the I-25 Mixed Use Development Area
Dear County Commissioners:
My family has farmed and raised cattle directly west of Interstate 25 on both
sides of Weld County Road 28 since 1911. Our property is presently within
the I-25 Mixed Use Development Area. We have also supported the creation of
St. Vrain Sanitation District as we want any future development to be of the
highest quality, including being served by a proper wastewater collection and
treatment system.
We are particularly concerned about Section 27, which lies north of WCR-28,
of which we own the south half, and Foster Reservoir. It is an especially
beautiful area with its south and west facing slopes and magnificent view of
the Rockies and Foster Reservoir. We do not want to see the area developed
in an environmentally unsound manner. We are concerned that development on
septic systems might occur, as allowed by the Town of Mead around Mulligan
Reservoir directly to the North. This practice will certainly lead to the
future pollution of the reservoir and degradation of the area. We feel that
Weld County will require a much higher standard of land planning and control,
and therefore wish that the area remain in the I-25 Mixed Use Development
Area.
At such time as a high quality and proper land development opportunity
presents itself, and at such time as the character of the area changes to the
degree that continued farming no longer makes sense, we want to be able to
see this land develop in a high quality and responsible manner. We prefer to
remain within the jurisdiction of Weld County rather than be forced to annex
to Mead in order to accomplish that. Removing our property, and that north
of it, from the I-25 Mixed Use Development Area would deny us that option.
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Board of County Commissioners
May 9, 1995
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Accordingly, we hereby request that the northern tier of the I-25 Mixed Use
Development Area be retained in its present configuration. This does not
deny Mead from annexing into the area with willing landowners, as it has
done, but it provides the alternative for responsible land owners to develop
within the I-25 Mixed Use Development Area under the land use stewardship of
Weld County.
Very truly yours,
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E. Anderson
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