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5D - Recommendation to Council on Boulder County Countywide Coordinated Comprehensive Development PlCITY OF BOULDER PLANNING BOARD AGENDA ITEM MEETING DATE: May 1, 2003 (Agenda Item Preparation Date• Apnl 24, 2003) AGENDA TITLE: Public Heanng and consideration of a recommendation to C~ty Council on the Boulder County Countywide Coordinated Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement REQUESTING DEPARTMENT: Plannmg Department Peter Pollock, Plamm~g Director Ruth McHeyser, Long Range Plamm~g Manager Susan Richstone, Semor Planner FISCAL IMPACT: None PURPOSE: Plamm~g Board recommendation to City Council on Uie the purpose of this item is to obtain a recommendahon to City Council on the proposed Boulder County Countywide Coordmated Comprehens~ve Development Plan Intergovemmental Agreement. BACKGROUND: Boulder County has been working with communthes m the county over the past two years towards the goal of creatrng a countywide mtergovernmental agreement that addresses land use and development issues, coordmates the mulhple Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) that currently exist between the county and vanous communihes, and mcludes communthes not party to an s\plan\pb-~tems~nemos\srsuperiga mem AGENDA ITEM # SD Paee 1 exishng IGA. The crties of Boulder, Lafayette, L,ongmont, and Louisville; the towns of Ene, Jamestown, Lyons, Nederland, and Supenor; and Boulder County would be parties to the agreement ANALYSIS: Key provis~ons of the proposed IGA mclude• 1. Recogmtion of the existmg annexed areas and development approved by each commumty and bmding commitments to preserve the surroundmg rural areas identified on the Comprehensrve Development Plan map 2 The map shows the lands designated Rural Preservation Area and Mumcipal Influence Area on the underlymg plans (existmg IGAs). The underlying plans, as they exist or may be amended, determme the lands designated Rural Preservation Area or Mumcipal Influence Area and also control limits on annexat~on, land uses, regulations, and utility services. Mumcipal Influence Areas mclude lands planned for annexation to a designated Municipal Party 3 None of the parties to the agreement will annex lands m the Rural Preservahon Area unless such lands are first removed from the Rural Preservation Area. 4 None of the parties will annex land or provide water or sewer service to lands in another ~unsdichon's Designated Municipal Influence Areas 5. A Mumcipal Party to the agreement may provide water service m the Rural Preservahon Area and Umncorporated Rural Land Area within 2640 feet of such Mumcipal Party' exishng or approved water lme mam to serve existmg land uses or development, as well as new single family residential development upon legal buildmg lots. The agreement provides several benefits to the city mcludmg: • Protectrng the rural character of lands m the Area III - Rural Preservahon Area of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan • Protectmg Area II of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan from annexahon or utility serv~ce by another party to the agreement, preservmg our ability to manage our service area The agreement does allow the provision of water service by another mumcipahty m Area III of the comprehensive plan to lands located withm 2640 feet of a water hne mam RECOMMENDATION: Recommend to C~ty Counci] approval of the Boulder County Countywide Coordmated Comprehensrve Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement s\plan\pbatems~cnemos\srsupenga mem AGENDA ITEM # SD Paee 2 Approvad By ~~ --~~ ~,.~~ ; _~~~~~ Peter Pollock, Plamm~g Director ATTACHMENTS: A. Proposed Boulder County Countywide Coordmated Comprehens~ve Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement s\plan\pb-~tems~nemos\srsupenga mem AGENDA ITEM # 5D Paee 3 ATTACHMENT A BOULDER COUNTY COUNTYWIDE COORDINATED COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT [REVISED DRAFT 2/14/2003• Clean version] This Intergovernmental Agreement by, between and among the City of Boulder, a Colorado home rule city (Boulder), the City of Lafayette, a Colorado home rule city (Lafayette); the City of Longmont, a Colorado home rule city (I,ongmont); the Crty of Louisville, a Colorado home rule city (Louisviile), the Town of Ene, a Colorado statutory town (Erie); the Town of Jamestown, a Colorado statutory town (Jamestown); the Town of Lyons, a Colorado statutory town (Lyons), the Town of Nederland, a Colorado statutory town (Nederland); the Town of Supenor, a Colorado statutory town (Supenor); (heremafter, the collectively mumcipal signatones to be known as, the "Mumcipal Parties"), and the County of Boulder, a body pohtic and corporate of the State of Colorado (Boulder County), (the collectrve signatones to be known as the "Parties") is made to be effectrve on the 1 st day of July, 2003. WITNESSETH. WHEREAS, Sechon 29-20-101 et seg., C.R S as amended, enables the Parties to enter mto Intergovernmental Agreements to plan for and regulate land uses, in order to mm~m~ze the negahve ~mpacts of development on the surrounding areas and protect the env~ronment, and specifically authonzes local governments to cooperate and contract wrth each other for the purpose of plannmg and regulatmg the development of land by means of a"comprehensrve development plan"; and WHEREAS, the Parties have previously entered into vanous comprehensrve development plans by Intergovernmental Agreements, and desire now to provide an overlay coordmatmg all of the vanous comprehensive development plan mtergovernmental agreements, to-wrt: East Central Boulder County Comprehensrve Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, Southeast Boulder County, South 96`h St , Dillon Road, and Midway Blvd Area Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement; US 36 Comdor Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement; Longmont Plannmg Area Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, Boulder Valley Comprehensrve Plan, Lafayette/Louisville Buffer Area Comprehens~ve Development Plan Intergovemmental Agreemenh, Lyons Area Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovemmental Agreement, Nederland Area Comprehens~ve Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement; and Supenor Area Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement; and WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the umque and mdiv~dual character of the Mumc~pal Parhes are preserved, the Parties beheve that a comprehensrve development plan (heremafter the "Plan") which recogmzes the annexed areas and development approved by each commumty, accompamed by bmdmg commrtments by the responsible ~unsdictions for the preservatron of the rural character of surroundmg lands as identified withm the area of the Plan, is m the best mterest of the citizens of each of the Parties, and Agenda Item # 5 n Page #~/ WHEREAS, this Agreement and Plan is mtended to supplement the Underlymg Plans, providing agreement by Mumcipal Parties to comply in certam respects wrth the Underlymg Plans to which the Municipal Party was not a Party, to permit m ccrtam mstances new extratemtonal water service by non-designated Mumcipal Parties, and to cover addihonal unmcorporated areas not covered by any Underl}nng Plan, and WHEREAS, the provisions concernmg annexarion or development by the Mumcipal Part~es of certam lands designated Unmcorporated Rural Land Area wrthm the Plan Area, as shown on the attached Exhibit A, are mtended to preclude mcreased development and urban sprawl which would oblrterate the boundanes of the Mumcipal Parties, and WHEREAS, certam undeveloped parcels withm the Rural Preservation Area do not currently have Mumcipal Party utility serv~ces, and, except as noted herem, the Mumcipal Parties are not desirous of providing such services to new development on such parcels; and WHEREAS, Lafayette is currently m the proce ,s of achievmg comphance wrth a crty charter amendment approved by rts voters m November, 2001, which requires that the Crty Council adopt an "urban growth boundary" on or before December 31, 2003, and the crty's Plamm~g Commission is currentiy considenng this matter, and therefare, m order not to preempt its compliance with the charter amendment, the Exhibrt A shows an outer boundary (the enhre area of the Lafayette Comprehensive Plan as it exists on the effechve date hereo~ within which Lafayette will, on or before February 1, 2004 commit to its Murucipal Influence Area, conform~ng to its then-adopted "urban growth boundary", for purposes of the East Central Boulder County Comprchens~ve Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, an Underl}nng Plan as defined m th~s A~eement & Plan, and so long as said Mumcipal Influence Area designation does not exceed said current outer boundary, such Murucipal Influence Area shall be recognized as such for all purposes under this Agreement and Plan, and WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this Intergovernmental Agreement in order to plan for and regulate the use of the lands witlun the Plan Area through ~omt adoption of tlus mutually bmdmg and enforceable Comprehensive Development Plan overlaying the Underl}nng Plans and covenng those areas outside the Underl}nng Plans designated Unmcorparated Rural Land Areas, and WHEREAS, the Parties find that des~gnatrng a portion of the Plan Area to remain as Rural Preservahon Area ar Unmcorporated Rural Land Area for the purpose of preservmg a community buffer serves the economic and civic interest of their cihzens and meets the goals of the Boulder County Comprehensrve Plan, and meets the goals and furthers the purposes of the comprehensrve and master plans of the Mumcipal Parhes, as stated m such plans and applicable laws; and WHEREAS, with respect to the annexation provis~ons herem, the Parties declare that the Unmcorporated Rural Land Area, Rural Preservahon Area, and Mumcipal Influence Area designat~ons and land use regulahons contazned m this Agreement affect the future development of each Mumc~pal Party Consistent wrth the murucipal annexation, utilrty service, and land use laws Agenda Item # 5 n Page #_S of the State of Colorado, this Agreement, mcluding specifically the annexation and utility serv~ce portions hereof, ~s mtended to encourage the natural and well-ordered future development of each Party, to promote planned and orderly growth m the affected areas; to distnbute fatrly and equitably the costs of government services among those persons who benefit therefrom, to extend govemment serv~ces and facilrties to the affected azeas m a logical fash~on, to simphfy providmg util~ty services to the affected areas; to simphfy the governmental structure of the affected areas, to reduce and avoid, where possible, fnction between the Part~es, and to promote the economic viabihty of the Part~es;and WHEREAS, the functions described m tlus Agreement are lawfully authonzed to each of the Part~es which perform such funct~ons hereunder, as provided m art~cle 20 of trtle 29, part 1 of article 28 of title 30; part 1 of article 12 of htle 31; and parts 2 and 3 of article 23 of title 31, C.R.S , as amended; and WHEREAS, Sechon 29-1-201, et seq., C.R S., as amended, authonzes the Parties to cooperate and contract with one another with respect to functions lawfully authonzed to each of the Parties and the people of the State of Colorado have encouraged such cooperation and contractmg through the adophon of Colorado Constrtuhon, Anc~le XIV, 18(2); and WHEREAS, the Parties have each held heanngs after proper public notice for the cons~derat~on of entenng mto this Agreement and the adophon of a Comprehensrve Development Plan for the sub~ect lands, heremafter referred to as the "Plan Area", as shown on the Exhibrt A. NOW THEREFORE, m consideration of the above and the mutual covenants and commrtments made herem, the Parties agree as follows: 1. BOULDER COUNTY COUNTYWIDE COORDINATED COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 1 1 Adoption and Purposes This Agreement, mcludmg Exhibrt A, is adopted by the Parties as the Boulder County Countywide Coordmated Comprehensive Development Plan (the "Plan") governing the Plan Area. Exhib~t A attached hereto has two purposes first, it shows the lands des~gnated Rural Preservation Area and Mumcipal Influence Area on the Underlymg Plans Second, Exhib~t A designates "Uruncorporated Rural Land Area" for purposes of the application of the provisions of this Agreement and Plan to lands so designated. 1.2 Relahonship to Underlvme Plans. Except as expressly prov~ded herem, the Underl}nng Plans, as they ex~st on the date hereof and as they may be amended from hme to time, are the sole effectrve determmants of the status of lands as Rural Preservation Area or Mumcipal Influence Area for the purpose of the applicat~on of the prov~sions of this Agreement and Plan, and the Underl}nng Plan controls as to the limitahons on annexahon, land uses, regulations, and uhlity services, and the County's appl~cation of rts "Areas and Achvrties of State Interest" regulatrons m unmcorporated areas, as between the parties to the Agenda Item #~_ Page # ~ Underlymg Plan Nothing m this agreement ~s mtended nor shall be construed to require the consent to the amendment of an Underlymg Plan by any Party hereto wh~ch is not a Party to the Underl}ang Plan. 13 Defimtions• "Designated Mumc~pal Part}~' means the Mumcipal Party to the Underl}nng Plan expressly permitted m the Underlymg Plan to annex sub~ect Murucipal Influence Area lands, or to provide extraterntonal water and/or sewer services to the sub~ect Rural Preservation Area lands "Plan Area" means the enhre umncorporated area of Boulder County except for those lands contamed wrthm the Niwot Commuruty Service Area as defined by the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan " "Underlying Plan(s)" means the East Central Boulder County Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovemmental Agreement; Southeast Boulder County, South 96`h St , Dillon Road, and Midway Blvd. Area Comprehens~ve Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement; US 36 Comdor Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement Longmont Plannmg Area Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement; Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan; Lafayette/I,ouisville Buffer Area Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, Lyons Area Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, Nederland Area Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement; and the Superior Area Comprehens~ve Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement. "Unmcorparated Rural Land Area" means the enhre unmcorporated area of Boulder County which has not been designated Mumcipal Influence Area or Rural Preservahon Area in one or more Underlymg Plans 2. RURAL PRESERVATION AREA. 2.1. The Mumcipal Parties each agree that they will immediately disclose to the others and to Boulder County any and all mstances m which they have recerved an annexahon pehhon from landowners m the Rural Preservat~on Area seekmg annexahon. Further, the Mumcipal Parties each commit that they are not cunently pursumg any annexahons withm the Rural Preservation Area 2.2 The map attached and mcorporated as Exhibit A shows certam lands wrthm the Plan Area which are designated "Rural Preservahon Area". These lands are intended to remain wrthm the unmcorporated area of Boulder County, sub~ect to Boulder County's land use regulatory ~urisdichon as hmrted m the Underl}nng Pians. The Mumcipal Parties each agree that none of them will mitiate or approve an annexation of any portton of any of the lands shown as "Rural Preservation Area" on the Exhibrt A unless the Rural Preservahon Area as designated m the Underlying Plan is first amended to remove such lands from the Rural Preservat~on Area and to permit the Mumc~pal Party to which annexation is sought to annex the sub~ect lands, except as may be provided m the Underlymg Plan 2.3. By authonzmg the execution of th~s Agreement, the city counc~ls and the town boards of the Mumcipal Parties each respechvely finds and declares that there is no communrty of Agenda Item # 5 ~ Page # ^ mterest between the lands designated Rural Preservation Area m the Underlymg Plans and their respect~ve ~urisdictions, that none of these lands is urban nar is hkely to urbanize withm the term of this Plan, unless amended as mdicated m section 2.2, and that none of these lands ~s currenUy mtegrated wrth, nor for the term of this Plan w~ll any of them be capable of bemg mtegrated wrth their respectrve ~unsd~ctions, unless amended as md~cated in section 2.2 3. MUNICIPAL INFLUENCE AREA PARCELS. 3.1. The Exhibit A reflects Mumcipal Influence Areas currently located withm unmcorporated Boulder County as adopted m the Underlymg Plans and shown on the maps attached to said Underlymg Plans These aze areas that mclude lands that may m the future be annexed to the Designated Mumcipal Pariy, as denoted by the "Influence Area" designahon. Nothmg m this sechon or the Plan is mtended to require such Mumcipal Party to annex such area However, the Mun~cipal Parties agree that, if such area is to be annexed to or is to be provided water or sewer serv~ce, except as provided herembelow, by a Municipal Party during the term of this Agreement, such area will be annexed to and/or will be so served by the Designated Mumcipal Party and not by any of the other Municipal Parhes By authorizmg the execution of this Agreement, each c~ty council and town board finds and declares that the commumty of mterest m the Influence Areas so designated on the Underlymg Plan map is, or for the term of the underl~nng Plan, wtll be, wtth the Designated Mumcipal Party and not wrth any other Mumcipal Party. 3 2 Until and unless annexed, Boulder County shall enforce rts "Areas and Actrvit~es of State Interest" regulations upon any parcels identified as wrthm the Influence Area of any Munic~pal Party, except to the extent that any of such regulat~ons are mappl~cable under the express language of any Underl}nng Plan, so long as sa~d Underlymg Plan remams effechve Boulder County shall not grant a perm~t for development pursuant to such regulations unless such permit has been first subm~tted for review and comment by the Mumcipal Party whose Influence Area on the Underlying Plan map mcludes such parcel(s) Review and comment by a Municipal Party pursuant to this provision shall be based upon the application of Boulder County's "Areas and Activrties of State InteresY' regulahons. A comment of a Mumcipal Party regardmg the sahsfachon of the "Areas and Activrties of State Interest" regulations shall be gven presumptive weight by Boulder County, which will nonetheless mdependently execute its duty under state law with reference to the applicat~on of ~ts regulations. The provis~ons of this paragraph shall control over any provision m the US 36 Comdor Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement 3.3. Boulder County agrees that, for purposes of the Mumcipal Annexahon Act, there is, or for the term of this Plan, will be, a communrty of mterest of the parcels designated as Mumc~pal Party Influence Areas as agreed m Underlymg Plans and shown on the maps attached to sa~d Underl}nng Plans with the Des~gnated Murucipal Party, and Boulder County consents to annexation of such areas by the Designated Mumcipal Party 3.4 No Party shall purchase any parcel of land e~ther withm the mcorporated limtts of another Party or withm the Influence Area of another Party as designated on the Exh~brt A, wrthout the express consent of such other Party However, this resmct~on shall not apply to parcels to be acquired solely for muntcipal uhlity purposes Agenda Item # .`~ (~ Page # ~ 3.5 Lafayette is currently m the process of achieving compliance with a city charter amendment approved by rts voters m November, 2001, which requires that the Crty Council adopt an "urban growth boundary" on or before December 31, 2003, and the city's Plannmg Commission ~s cunently considenng this matter, and therefore, m order not to preempt rts comphance wrth the charter amendment, the Exh~bit A shows an outer boundary (the entire azea of the Lafayette Comprehensive Plan as it ex~sts on the effectrve date hereo~ wrthm wh~ch Lafayette will, on or before February 1, 2004 commrt to rts Municipal Influence Area, conformmg to its then-adopted "urban growth boundary", for purposes of the East Central Boulder County Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, an Underlying Plan as defined m this Agreement and Plan, and so long as said Mumcipal Influence Area designation does not exceed said current outer boundary, such Mumcipal Influence Area shall be recognized as such for all purposes under this Agreement and Plan. Any portion of the area wrthm the outer boundary shown on Exhibit A whtch is not mcluded by Lafayette m rts Mumcipal Influence Area as provided herem shall be treated for all purposes as Unmcorporated Rural Land Area. 4. UNINCORPORATED RURAL LAND AREAS. Those portions of the umncorporated area of Boulder County not heretofore covered by any of the Underlymg Plans as shown on the maps attached thereto, which are reflected on the Exhibrt A attached hereto designated "Umncorporated Rural Land Area" shall be sub~ect to the same restnctions on and procedures concernmg annexation as the lands designated Rural Preservat~on Area in the Underlying Plans Notwithstandmg any other provision of this Agreement, any platted residenhal subdivis~on, excludmg Ni.TPUDs and subdtvision exemptions, in the unincorporated area of the County may be annexed m whole or m part by any Mumcipal Party to whtch it has been adjacent for a penod of one year ar mare, m accordance with the provisions of the Colorado annexation statutes then m effect 5. ISSUES FOR CONTINUED COUNTYWIDE DI5CUSSION. The Parties agree that addrtional issues exist which may be solved through countywide or regional agreements The Parties agree to schedule these issues as desired on agendas of future Consortium of CiUes meetmgs. These issues mclude, but are not limrted to, the followmg Revenue sharmg, m particular of sales tax revenues. Affordable housmg fundmg and locarions Library services 6. UTILITY SERVICE PROVISION. Any Des~gnated Murucipal Party may provide extratemtorial water and/or sewer services m areas designated for such Party's water and/or sewer services m the Underlymg Plan For Mumcipa] Influence Areas designated on the Underl~nng Plan, where no Municipal Party is designated to provide such servtces, any Mumcipal Party to the Underl}nng Plan, or a pubhc water and/or samtat~on district permrtted to provide water and/or samtary sewer services to the sub~ect area under an approved special distnct service plan, may provide water and/or sanitary sewer services to the sub~ect lands wrthm the Underlymg Plan Area. Any Municipal Party to this Agreement may provide extraterntorial water service m the Rural Preservation Area and Umncorporated Rural Land Area withm 2640 feet of such Municipal Party's existmg or approved water lme mam to serve existmg land uses or development, as well as Agenda Item # `~ n Page # ~ new smgle family residentral development upon legal building lots and parcels at a maximum density eyual to that permitted by the prov~s~ons of the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan m effect on the effecrive date of this Agreement, and may provide service m any event m accordance with service contracts which were entered mto and enforceable pnor to the effechve date of this Agreement A Mumcipal Party shall not provide any water service to parcels m the Rural Preservation Area and Unmcorporated Rural Land Area except as provided herem or m the Underl}nng Plan, 7. REFERRALS. 7 1 Any apphcation or other proposal for annexahon, or development m excess of that authonzed in the Underlytng Plan, on any parcel wrthm that portion of the Plan Area designated Rural Preservahon Area, as shown on the Exhibrt A and as agreed m underlymg plans and shown on the maps attached to said underlymg plans, shall be immediately referred in wntmg to all Parties. No act~on shall be taken upon such an applicahon or proposal by the refemng Party unhl each other Party has had the opportumty to respond concerning the proposal's conformity to this Plan and other land use pol~cies. 7 2 Responses shall be recerved wrthm 30 days of date of referral. However, upon timely request, the County shall be authonzed to grant reasonable requests for extensions of hme withm which to respond In evaluatmg any request for an extension of time withm which to respond, the County shall grve appropnate cons~deration to factors such as the complexity of the apphcation, any standard admimstrative processes that are applicable and to the reasonable scheduling needs of a responding Party The provisions of this sub-section 7.2 shall apply to all referrals required by th~s Agreement and also by any Underl}nng Plan, notwrthstandmg any provision m the Underlying Plan to the contrary 8. AMENDMENTS. This Plan contams the entire agreement between the Parties, but ~s supplemental to the Underlymg Plans. Any proposed amendment of this Plan must be referred to the Parties Amendment of this Plan shall take place only upon approval by resolut~on or ordmance adopted by the governmg body of each of the Parties, after not~ce and hearmg as may be required by law No Party shall approve or permit any development or change of use of any parcel m the Plan Area by any means, and no Party shall approve any annexation, wlvch is mconsistent with this Agreement and Plan unt~l and unless the Plan has been amended so that the proposed development or use of such parcel or rts annexation is cons~stent w~th the Plan. Amendments to Underlymg Plans shall be d~stnbuted to all parties hereto by Boulder County, and updates to the limrts of Rural Preservat~on Areas as amended m Underlying Plans will be d~stnbuted to the Parties by Boulder County through updated maps, which will supplant the attached Exhib~t A 9. SEVERABILITY. If any port~on of this Plan ~s held by a court in a final, non- appealable decis~on to be per se mvahd or unenforceable as to any Party, the ent~re Agreement and the Plan shall be termmated, ~t bemg the understanding and mtent of the Parties that every portion of the Agreement and Plan ~s essential to and not severable from the remamder. Agenda Item # ~`~ n Page # /~ 10. BENEFICIARIES. The Parhes, m their corporate and representahve govemmental capacities, are the only enhhes mtended to be the beneficianes of the Agreement and the Plan, and no other person or enhty is so intended or may bnng any action, mcludmg a denvative action, to enfarce the Agreement or the Plan. 11. ENFORCEMENT Any one or mare of the Part~es may enforce this Agreement by any legal or equrtable means mcludmg specific performance, declaratory and m~unct~ve rehef No other person or entity shall have any nght to enforce the provis~ons of this Agreement or the Plan. 12. DEFENSEOFCLAIMS/INDEMNIFICATION Ifanypersonallegedlyaggneved by any prov~sion of the Plan and who is not a Party to the Plan should sue any Party concernmg such Plan provision, all Parties shall be nohfied promptly by any Party served; any Party served shall, and any other Party may, defend such claim Defense costs shall be paid by the Party providmg such defense. Notwithstandmg the foregomg, if the claim concerns the designahon of property as "Rural Preservation Area" or "Unmcorporated Rural Lands", Boulder County shall provide a defense m such achon If the cla~m concerns the designat~on of property as "Influence Area," the Designated Municipal Party shall provide such defense. In the event that any person not a Party to the Plan should obtam a final money ~udgment agamst any Party who is not the regulating Party for the dimmuhon m value of any regulated parcel resultmg from regulahons in the Plan, or regularions adopted by the regulating Party implemenhng the Plan, the regulatmg Party shall, to the extent permitted by law, mdemmfy such Party for the amount of said ~udgment. 13. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, and venue shall he in the County of Boulder. 14. TERM AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PLAN AND APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS TO EXPIRED UNDERLYING PLANS. Ttus Agreement shall become effectrve when sigied by an authonzed representarive of the governmg bodies of Boulder County and the Mumcipal Parties set forth above, except that, in the event that, as of May 31, 2003, all of the Parties have not authonzed signature, each of the Parties which have at that date authorized signature shall review the status of the Agreement and determme whether to proceed to sign, m which case the Agreement shall become effective upon the signature of each of those ent~t~es which have determmed to proceed m the absence of those listed Mumc~pal Parties which have not authorized signature on or before that date. Addihonal Parties may s~gn thereafter, and upon signature, such Agreement shall govern such addrtional parties. Except as provided herein, th~s Agreement shall remam m effect for a penod of twenty (20) years from its m~Ual effective date, unless termmated pnor thereto by agreement of all the Parties or pursuant to the terms of secrion 8 above. At any hme until nmety days pnor to the tenth anmversary of the effecUve date of the Agreement, any Mumcipal Party may grve wntten notice to all other Parties by first class certified ma~l that it mtends to withdraw as a Party from the Agreement Agenda Item # ~ ~ Page # // effective on that anmversary. If any Munic~pal Party gives such nohce, any other Mumcipal Party shall have forty-five days from the date of such notice to grve not~ce by the same means that it also mtends to withdraw. In no event shall any such notice be grven later than forty-five days prior to the tenth anmversary date. After grvmg such notice m comphance wrth this provision, such Party ar Parhes shall no longer be a party or parties to this Agreement effective on the tenth anmversary date. Each Party agrees that, at any time withm 90 days pnor to the anmversary of the effective date of this Agreement, it will hold a duly noticed public heanng for the purpose of determinmg if the term of this Agreement shall be extended an addrtional five (5) yeazs from the date of termmaUon then in effect Not~ces of the heanng and subsequent action of each Party shall be sent to each of the other Parties. 15. PARTY REPRESENTATIVES. Referrals made under the terms of this Agreement shall be sent to the Parties' representatives as follows. ENTITY: REPRESENTATIVES. CITY OF BOULDER Crty Manager P O Box 791 Boulder, CO 80306 TOVVN OF ERIE Town Manager P.O. Box 750 Erie, CO 80516 TOWN OF JAMESTOWN Town Clerk 118 Mam Street Jamestown, CO 80455 CITY OF LAFAYETTE City Admmistrator 1290 S. Pubhc Rd. Lafayette, CO 80026 CITY OF LONGMONT City Manager C~vic Center Complex 350 Kimbark Street Longmont, CO 80501 CITY OF LOUISVILLE C~ty Admmistrator 749 Mam St Louisville, CO 80027 Agenda Item # ._~ Page # /~ TOWN OF LYONS TOWN OF NEDERLAND TOWN OF SUPERIOR COUNTY OF BOULDER Town Manager P O Box 49 Lyons CO 80540 Town Clerk P O Box 396 Nederland, CO 80466 Town Manager 124 E. Coal Creek Dr. Supenor, CO 80027 Director, Land Use Department P.O. Box 471 Boulder, CO 80306 Name and address changes for representatrves shall be made m wntmg, mailed to the other representahves at the then current address THIS AGREEMENT made and entered mto to be effectrve on the date as set forth above. [Signature blocks ] Agenda Item # Sn Page # /,3