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7 - Items for Discussion/Information, PLAN-Boulder County News & NotesPLAN-BOULDER COUNTY The 42nd annual meeting More than one hundred members and fnends gathemd at the Mesa Laboratory of the Nanonal Center forAtmosphenc Research azop Table Mesa on Sunday evenu~g, Feb 10 Dunng [he social hour, members and fnends rubbed shoulders w~[h present and former state, counry and city elected offic~als, many of whom aze PBC membe~ The an- nual dmner and meeang of PL,Ai~I-Boulder County giowed wi[h the warm[h of old fnend- stups and new acquazntances, as well as heart- felt cheers for good works accomphshed. The members present elected a slate of 15 board members for 20~2, t 0 of them con- Umm~g and five new [o the boazd. I-Lghlights of the evemng were the presentahons of awazds and the dehghtful remazks of the evenmg's feamred speaker, Senator Ed Pedmutter, pres~dent pro tem of the Colorndo ~8enaze. ~ry~i Senator Ed Perlmutter Spealung extemporaneously on the adver ased sub~ect, "Growth Control Legislaaon Strange Pohacal Bedfellows," the senazor la~d out, often lulanously, the labyrint}une maneu- vers mvolved ~n deaLng wuh growth Backed up by several large maps, he de- scnbed the posiaons of some of the forty- seven mterest grcups thaz lobbied on com- prehensrve growth management Requuing commuwnes to plan for future growth and allowmg counues and non-home rule c~ues to ~mpose impact fees proved to be the mos[ contenhous elemenu of the legsianve efforts pubhcan govemor to agee on anythmg, Sena- tor Perlmutter closed w~th a note of opaausm on the prospects for good stewazdshtp The 2002 awards Tlus yeaz two orgamzauons and three m- div~duals were selected ro receive PBC's tughest honor Each awazd was presented by an mdrviduai boazd member, who desrnbed m detazl the reasons for recogcuung the par- [~culaz group or mdrvidual. Each honoree was presented with a framed cemfica[e, ciung in a few words the acnviues that insp~red the awazd PLAN-Boulder Counry is pleased to rec- ogcuze Lafayette Citizens for Smart Growth for ensunng that Lafayette w~ll conanue to manage and hm~t rts growth, and for build- mg commumty by ~aformuig cinzens about c~vic issues The Terra Foundahon for its ded~cauon [o hab~tat preservaaon and restorahon, and for its exuaordmanly generous conmbuaon to the City of Boulder Open Space npanan restorauon pro~ect on Coal Creek Janet Roberts for excepaonal sernce and personal generosity wh~ch has nurtured PLAN - Boulder's surnval and helped us to flounsh for more than forty yeazs Alan Taylor for tueless and passionate advocacy of wise management, protecuon and enhancement of Boulder's wetlands, n- panan comdor and floodpla~ns rnac m both c~ty and counry affaus, the boazd expressed its gra[~Nde for her firm support of the goals of PLAN-Boulder Counry As long-ame acuve members of PBC, both Janet and Ricky rece~ved floral bouquets from the boazd and the sustauied appiause of the audience New board members Bill DeOreo moved to Boulder m 1974 to attend the timvers~ty of Colorado, where he received degrees m both crvil and envt- ronmental engmeenng Afrer servmg bnefly wi[h [he City of Boulder unhty depattrnent, he became an engmeenng consultant on wa- ter-related issues, w~th an emphas~s on de- mand management and water conservauon Fe served on the ciry Open Space Boazd from 1985 to 1990 He helped orgamze the Old North Boulder Neighborhood Assoctauon and, most recendy, led an unsuccessful aa tempt co s[op the city Gom replacmg the last remaimng bit of Olmsted Pazk with a plat- fo~ c~~s ~o~tt Steve Pomerance is well known for his serv~ce on the Boulder Ciry Council, where he worked on issues such as the ctty's raw warer management plan, [he Integra[ed Plan- mng Pro~ect and the Communiry Housmg Affordabihty Progam Dunng a penod be- tween council sants, he led the Slow Growth ~ Imaauve to address Boulder's raptd mdus- tnal and commercial growth He did no[ seek re-elecnon m 1997, and smce [hen has con- anued to work on many fron[s, mcludmg helpmg ro star[ an effort to address statewtde growth through the imaanve process, result- mg in Amendmen[ 24 on [he 2000 ballo[. Senator Perlmutter shared tus opimon thaz the leg~slanon thaz finally emerged from the second spec~al session was ms~guficant B~IIs either mtroduced or planned for the 2002 ses- s~on on the sub~ect of e owth management mclude addthonal ~mpact fee authonty, smart growth mcenuves, makmg comprehens~ve ,,.,qlans enforceable, and secunng authonry for ansfemble development ngh[s ~... Despite the difficulty m gemng a Repub- hcan house, a Democrauc senate, and a Re- Will Toor for extraordinary leaderslup and commi[men[ to envuonmen[al protecnon and awazeness as Director of the CU Envr ronmental Cen[er and as Mayor of the Gry of Boulder Ricky Weiser recognized Ricky Weiser had received one of the an- nual awazds some years back, but the boazd felt it was ame to give her further recogu- aon Cihng her many years of sernce as a fa~thful o azcLan of the land and ouupoken Sharon Rosall's eclectic expenence broadens the scope of the PBC boazd. She was formerly on the boards of the Chautauqua Assoc~auon and the Meatal Health Center, and remazns acuve in Histonc Boulder and the Hentage Roundtable She cuaendy serves on the Boulder Counry Parks and Open Space Board and is ou[gomg cha~r of the aty's Land- mazks Preservauon Adnsory Boazd Pat Shanks, a resident of Boulder, ts a research geochenust wt[h [he U S Geologt- cal Survey Some of fus current research m- volves potenUally tox~c elemenu in [he envi- ronment, uune draznage ~ssues, and harmful effecu on ecosystems. He also has an acuve mterest m a broad spectrum of issues related to land use, transportahon, conservaaon, and a clean envuonment. John Spitzer, a Boulder res~dent smce 1975, has a master's degee m arctutecture from CU He led the successful 1988 cam- paign to keep the ma~n Lbrary downtown. He speazheaded the effort thaz defeated the so- called Seconds Count uuawve on the 2000 c~ty ballo4 w}uch [hrea[ened [o ehauna[e more than 75 traffic miagauon devices throughout Boulder He has served as chau of the city's Envuonmea[al Advisory Boazd and is cucrenfly cha~r of the Downtown De- s~gi Adv~sory Boazd Retiring from the board F~ve boazd membe~ asked not to be con- s~dered for a 2002 term. Matt Appelbaum, who served as chair two yeazs ago, and Jom Teter, last yeaz's chau, both cited pressures of thes profesnonal lives and other volun- teer commitmenu Beth Pommer's acuve role on the city plannng boazd along with other responstbih- hes, made her dende not to conanue Neal McBurnett's professional workload forced tum to step down fmm the hnard. Janet Roberts, who has futhfully served for many yeazs, felt that the ame had come to reare. However, she will remazn an off-board resource, ma~ntazmng the PLAN-Bouider az- chives and assisnng with the newsletter Continuing on the board Bruce Bland, who 511ed m so capably as acang cha~rthe last few months of 2001, will connnue lus valuable contnbupons on land use and b~ological issues He d~d not allow tus name to be consideced foc chazr because he is cuaently servmg as pres~dent of the Boulder Coanty Nature Associanon David Cook w~ll go on shanng lus knowl- edge of trensportanon concems Gwen Dooley connnues ta bnng ro the boazd her valuable expenence both as a former city council member and as a present member of the city of Boulder's Pazks and Recreaaon Boazd Linda Andes Georges, currently a mem- ber of [he Open Space Board of Tmstees, will connnue to conmbute her acuve mterest m and Imowledge of wildl~fe and land use mat- ters Ricky Weiser, wtth her long expenence m both counry and city affaus, will also stay on the boazd Saza Miclil, m addmon ro her acave con- mbuaon to the soluhon of many boazd mat- ters, w~ll conanue her vital role as prog-ams co-chazr, plannmg and orgamnng PBC's weekly Fnday luacheon meeangs at the Um- versity Club Officers The four o[her holdovers, Crystal Gray, 7ane Greenfield, Clazre Levy and Brad Snyder, will serve as officers of the board for zoo2 Co-Chazrs Tlvs respons~bihty w~ll be shared by Crystal Gray and Claire Levy Crystal is director of the Adams County Parks Depaztment ABoulderres~dent, she has served on the c~ty's Open Space Boazd and on its Parks and Recreanon Advisory Board She ciuzendy serves on the boazds of the Af- fordable Hous~ng Alliance and Hismnc Boul- der Clazre is a pracucmg attomey speciahz- mg m land use law She was an ass~stant Jefferson Counry attomey from 1989 to 1999 She is a former member of the Boulder County Pazks and Open Space Advisory Board and curtendy serves as a commiss~oner on the Boulder Counry Housing Authonty Secretary• Jane Grcenfield conunues as PBC Secretary She was formerly a Bouldet crty attomey, and is now m pnvate pracnce She bnngs to the PBC boazd a valuable knowledge of legal matte~ and of the city's mner wodangs Treasurer Brad Snyder, a longnme PBC member, retumed to the boazd last yeaz after havmg served m[he I980s Unhl reGnng la[e m 2000, he handled outreach acnvmes and database admmisuauon for Metropolrtan State College m Denver. Ae is a former mem- ber of the Pazks and Recreauon Adv~sory Boazd of the city of Boulder Eldorado Mountain, ° the continuing saga PBC conhnues to keep a close watch on acuvmes of finnacle Towers, Inc., wluch has revised iu proposal to specify erecnng or~i one 454foot tower mstead of three. PLAlO~°° Boulder County was represented at the Jefferson County Placwmg Comuussion hear mgs Feb 6 and 13 In a Jan. 291etter to the Ieffe~n County Plamm~g Commisston, PBC restated ~ts opposmon to the huge tower and suppomng fac~l~nes on a prownent moun- tam peak only 200 feet from the Boulder County Lne, poinnng out that three towecs or one, [he resul[ is the same It s[ated "'I'he proposai must be evalu- ated based on the impacts ~t will cause, as well as whaz rt does to the chazacter of the area . Eldorado Mountaui, w~th ~u sucround- mg State Pazk, Jefferson County, Boulder County and City of Boulder open space lands, ~s not the nght place to estabhsh a new an- tenna farm " And it concluded by recom- mendmg thaz the Jeffetson County Commis- sioners deny the rezomng apphcauon of An- nacle Towers, Inc Stay tuned Time to renew membership !^"*x If there's a red stamp by your mailmg la- bel, rt mdicazes thaz our records show that we have not yet received your 2002 dues ff your dues aze not received by nud-Apnl, ttus will be your last newsletter Because of database difficulnes m the past yeaz or two, rt has been uecessary for us to connnue to send the bi- monthly newsletter even to those whose dues had lapsed The same database problems caused people whose address had changed to miss gemng theu newsletter. However, our recocds are now m order, and we cannot con- nnue to serve [hose who have not pazd. Mem- be~}up dues are our only source of support for meeung the expenses of the orgamzauon. If you have quesnons about your mem- beisiup, contact treasurer Brad Snyder 303- 494-7326, or b~snyder@mdracom Address changes We use bullc mail, wtuch saves substan- ually on mailmg costs However, the U S Postal Serv~ce does not fonvazd bulk mazl tha~ is mcorrectiy addressed So ~f you move, yc must let us know promptly, or you will won-""~ der whaz happened to your newslettet Send address changes to Brad Snyder . -. FRIDAY NOON MEETING SCHEDULE ~ Maz. 1 Alice Madden, Distnct 14 representauve, Colorado General Assembly TOPIC: Legislauve update Mar. S Anne V'ickery, Indian Peaks Wildemess Alhance TOPIC: Indian Peaks: Are we doing enough to preserve our own backyazd wildemess~ Maz. 15 Debra Baskett, execuhve director, US 36 Transportauon Mobihry Orgazuzauon TOPIC: US 36 comdor Maz 22 James C Cram, co-duector, City of Boulder Open Space and Mountam Pazks TOPIC. 34 years of Boulder open space Maz. 29 No meehng Spnng break. Apr. 5 Jan Geden, duector, Boulder Pazks and Recreauon Depaztment TOPIC• Boulder pazks and recreaaon. movmg mto a new era Apr. 12 No meehng Umversity Club is unavazlable. ,,.,,, Apr. 19 Jon Stout, general manager, Free Speech TV ~„ TOPIC A progressrve voice m the media revoluaon Apr 26 Open discussion ............................................. : Join PLAN-Bouider : ~ Send this form with your check to ~ ' PLAN-Boulder County P O. Box 4682 ' . Boulder CO 80306 : mx. su~rz. ~ , PHONE . E-MAIL . ; Annual dues (new or reaewal) ; • ^ Regular 525 per yeaz • • ^ Household $35 per yeaz ~ ^ Susrawng $50 per yeaz . """,' ~ Studen[ or lumted mcome S 15 per yeaz : ~ Enclosed $ . :...........................................: 3 •p Q~P~ 9/ . a "~ m O~~ O O )J~(~3b~ f"'"a~ 46L0-90E08 O~ '~ap~no8 L6L Xo9 Od saaqway~ o~ ainqulsia as~a~d pamauay p~eo8 ~(~osinpd uoi;ea~aaa ~g s~~ed ~ap~no8 I"II'll""'I'lll""'I'll"'I"'ll"II""II'li""'ll'I"II 90£08 OJ'a~a~nog 9£I # i~ad ZO£08 OJ `~PI~aH QPdd a8eisod S R dLS Z2ISZId zg9q xog ~~ap uod u uNno~ aamnofi I1V'Id PLAN-BOULDER COUNTY BOARD Co-chair: Crystal Gray, 303-449-9680, crystal boulder@hotma~l com Co-chair: Claim Levy,303-494-2244,fax 303-543-7276, cblevyl @msn.com Secmtary: Jsne Greenfield, 303-444-9492,~wg39@attbt com 'heasurer: Brad Snyder, 303-494-7326, fax same, b~snyder~mdra.com Programs co-chair: Sara Michl. 303-447-2206, smichl@spotcolorado.edu Bruce Bland, 303-499-8612, bruce 2uQhotmail com David Coolc, 303-442-3256, cookdw2l @cs.com Bill DeOreo, 303-449-0161, deoreo@aquacraft.com Gwen Dooley, 303-447-0582, fax same Linda Andes Georges, 303-543-9404, faz sarne, andesgeorges @ attbi. com Steve Pomerance, 303-447-5026, stevepomerance@attbi.com SLaron Rosall,303-449-1543,fax 303-449-1410, rosall@mindspnng.com Pat SLanks, 303-473-9979, patshanks@honnail com John Spitzer, 303-443-5931, sp~tzer@ayayale edu Ricky Weiser, 303-530-1037 ~FF-BOARD: Archives and editing: Janet Roberts, 303-442-7446, fax same, ~anetsroberts @eazthlmk.net Programs co-chair: Mary Fran Myeis, 303-444-9044, myersmf@~oloraao ea„ Newsletter editor: Pat Cahn, 303-543-9417, pcahn@earthnecnet Newsletter design/production: Caroline Littlefield Member records: Paul Bailey, 303-449-7779, e-fax 630-566-3774, pbazley@esn com Oral history project: Guy Errickson, 303-448-5828, pbcoh@yahoo.com Web page: Linda Cornett, 303-875-8610,1cornett2C~attbi.com ISSUES OF CONCERN IN ZOO2 • Open space acqmstaon, preservanon and use, c~ry and county • Transit and txansportaaon, city, county and US 36 ~ Jobs/populauon balance ~ Affordable housmg and rtuxed-use development ~ Boulder Valley Comprehenstve Plan • CmssroadsBVRC azea redevelopmeat ~ Implementanon of county Site Plan Rev~ew • Flood plazn management ~ Ripanan and wildhfe comdors • Valmont City Pazk Ptan • Statewtde growth and ana-sprawl issues ~ Regional outreach and coopemuon _~.-.W('~-------,_ •'-' Visit PLAN-Boulder on the Web: http://bcn.boulder.co.us/planboulder