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7050 Loma Linda Ct.
1999 Y.N 29 AI 9: 00 Longmont CO 80504
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CLERK r January 29, 1999
Weld Board of County Commissionerr° TH_ i3,.
P O Box 758
Greeley CO 80632
Subject: Intergovernmental agreements with school districts
Dear Commissioners:
Milliken and Johnstown are responsibly joining the ever growing list of Weld County
municipal governments committing themselves to intergovernmental agreements with
school districts. These agreements will assure there is funding for necessary new school
sites and facilities as Weld County's rapid growth continues. They will make sure that at
least some of the burden of school financing will be born by those moving into county and
thus adding to the schools' student loads. Neighboring counties and their municpalities
have also enetered into such agreements.
If new home construction only took place within the municipalities in the county, the
agreements between them and the school districts would be sufficient to cover new
residential construction. However, as we are all aware much of the residential construction
will take place on unincorporated county land. As an example, in the MUD district even
the Weld Comprehensive Plan [P3-17] allows for a population of 30,000 people in 13,50
dwellings on unincorporated Weld land not covered by an IGA with the St. Vrain Valley
School District.
It is difficult to comprehend the opposition of the Weld County commissioners to such
obviously, urgently needed agreements. Are the 10 Weld County school districts all erring
in requesting Weld government to negotiate IGAs? Can the adjacent counties and many
Weld municipalities be wrong in signing these agreements?
It is hoped that Weld County government will recognize their responsibility for ensuring
adequate facilities for the education of the children of the county. This hope is not too well
founded, given County government's record in other areas such as requiring growth to be
only within the boundaries of municipalities, use of state funding where it is needed in the
county, furnishing adequate public safety and providing for regional open space and land
conservation.
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Jo S. Folsom
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