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Home My WebLink About740440.tiff evtyil r) :/ �' OFFICE OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PHONE (303) 353-2212 EXT.221,222& 223 [ P.O. 8OX 758 tif GREELEY,COLORADO 80631 ry COLORADO January 30, 1974 Honorable Richard D. Larne Colorado House of Representatives Denver Colorado 80203 • Dear Representative Lamm, Your letter of January 25th was received today and we thank you for it. We too regret the secretarial error in the �, letter and are also fervently hoping the Larimer Corrmissioners,. due to foresight and knowledge, do not approve Powderhorn. Thank you for your kind words about Weld County's Comprehensive Plan and our decisions in land use. We strongly feel Weld County and not the State must make Weld County's land use decisions. Regards, r ) Ia( C (i -=q harry S. Ashley, Chairman Board of Weld County Commissioners HSAick ^ 740440 WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HARRY S.ASHLEY GLENN K. BILLINGS ROY MOSER PLoo73 State Representative COMMITTEES RICHARD D. LAMM Assistant Minority Leader 2500 South Logan Member of: Denver, Colorado 80210 Natural Resources 11 Game, Fish, and Parks Lit HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE STATE OF COLORADO DENVER 80203 January 25, 1974 Board of County Commissioners Weld County P. 0. Box 758 Greeley, Colorado 80631 Gentlemen: I did indeed know that the Board of Weld County Commissioners had disap- proved Powderhorn Development and had known that the Weld County Planning Commission had also not favorably recommended Powderhorn and that the Larimer-Weld Regional Planning Commission had not approved Powderhorn. My error was in not checking over my dictation closely enough, failing to catch the extremely important secretarial error in the letter. The letter really only makes sense in the context that Larimer County sadly may not have the backbone that you displayed in Weld County. Regardless, I apologize to all three of you for the negligent and inex- cusable error in my letter. In fact I 'm impressed that the Weld County Commissioners are moving in the area of land use and seem to have the backbone to make hard decisions. When I was in Weld County I met with your County Planner, read your master plan, and was impressed. However, legislators must look at not one county but all 63 counties. We find few, if any, counties are as responsible as Weld County. That is why the state must have land use legislation for certain important but limited land use decisions. Thank you for your letter. Yours very truly, Ric ar . La RDL:EF • OFFICE OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PHONE(303) 353-2212 EXT. 221,222& 223 P.O..BOX 758 GREELEY,COLORADO 80631 IDe COLORADO January 17, 1974 Representative Richard D. Lamm Colorado State House of Representatives Denver, Colorado 80203 Dear Representative Lamm, The Board of Weld County Commissioners has a copy of the letter which you wrote to the Board of Larimer County Commissioners in regard to the Powderhorn Development. We would think a "candidate for Governor", after walking across Weld County, would know a little about what he was writing. ND. The Board of Weld County Commissioners does not approve of the Powderhorn Development; we strongly oppose it. NO. The Weld County Planning Commission has not favorably recommended Powderhorn. NO. The Larimer-Weld Regional Planning Commission does not approve Powderhorn; when the vote was taken the result was unanimous disap- proval of Powderhorn. I believe your letter clearly points out that those closest to a matter know what-is actually happening and so we agree with you: ". . .land use decisions can be kept where we all hope they can be kept--at a local level." Weld County is far Lime able to make decisions for Weld County than is the State. You were hoping the Larimer County Commissioners would send you a copy of their decision in regard to Powderhorn so you could distribute it to the Legislature; why not distribute copies of this? Sincerely, Harry S. Ashley, Chairman Board of Weld County Commissioners /r1��% Glenn K. Billings, Commissioner Bo of Weld County Commission loo Mo Commissioner Board of Weld County Commissioners WELD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ck HARRY S.ASHLEY GLENN K.BILLINGS ROY MOSER State Representative - COMMITTEES RICHARD D. LAMM Assistant Minority Leader 2500 South Logan Member of: •Denver, Colorado 80270 Natural Resources es tt - Game, Fish, and Parks .N6 SINE„le HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE STATE OF COLORADO DENVER 50203 January 7, 1974 • Mr. William Manuel Mr. Warren Wolaver Mr. John Michie Larimer County Court House Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 Dear Sirs: The State Legislature is currently considering, as you know, land use legislation and the extent to which the state needs to enter into the land use process. We are very interested in the Powderhorn Development which you now have under consideration. We understand that it has been approved by your Planning Commission, Weld County, and other bodies. We feel that this will be a classic study in the ability of a county government to take the responsibility to say no. To the extent that county government is able to make land decisions, land use decisions can be kept where we all hope they can be kept -- at a local level . I would appreciate your forwarding me a copy of your decision in this matter, so that I may distribute it to the Legislature. Yours truly H.Si RDL/cb Richard D. artm Hello