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The
Planners and Managers Roundtable is an informal collaborative effort to
exchange information and resources, and develop shared analysis tools and
management frameworks in the Roaring Fork and Colorado River
Watershed. Next
Roundtable October 4,
2002 Directions: Go to the
light at the El Jebel Intersection of Hwy 82. The Annex
is on the southwest side of Hwy 82 (the side opposite Wendy’s). For those
familiar with the area, the Annex is on the old USFS Tree Farm
site. AGENDA
TOPICS
·
Cost of
Community Services Workshop ·
Nature
Conservancy’s Ecoregional
Assessment ·
Community
and agency updates NEWS
BRIEFS
CALCULATING THE COSTS OF
GROWTH
Models,
Methodologies, and Revenue Streams
NOVEMBER
6th
GLENWOOD
SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER
8:30am
– 2:00pm
$25
Registration includes continental breakfast and
lunch This
workshop explores the issues of jurisdictional cash flow and balancing the
books in light of rapid and continuing growth pressures. Please join us to explore
such issues as:
The
workshop includes an excellent line-up of presenters including Lee
Nellis - Sonoran Institute,
Chris
Duerksen - Clarion Associates,
and
Andrew Klotz and Gabe Preston - Rural Planning Institute, and a local
panel of respondents. The workshop will provide
information and support for local policy makers and key staff responsible
for making budgetary decisions, setting fees and exactions, and the
planning and legal staffs that must defend those decisions. The
workshop will set a regional context for a discussion of costs, methods of
dealing with growth impacts, and hopefully lead to a refinement of our
local policies in light of legislative and legal current realities. Registration
for the Workshop is $25. Please make checks payable to
Healthy Mountain Communities, P.O. Box 1582, Carbondale, CO 81623. The registration fee includes a
continental breakfast, lunch, and materials packet. Please
register by mail by November 1, or at least RSVP in advance by telephone
by November 5,
so we can ‘calculate’ lunch and seating needs. You may call the Garfield County
Planning Dept. at 970-945-8212 for last minute RSVP’s or
for further information or directions to the Glenwood Springs Community
Center. Registration and
breakfast is at 8:30am, the workshop will start at 9:00am and conclude at
2:00pm. Sponsored
by the Watershed Collaborative, a working group of staff, managers and
planners in the Roaring Fork and Colorado Watershed dedicated to building
better shared information and tools among all jurisdictions between Aspen
and Parachute. Additional funding and support is provided by the Sonoran
Institute, the National Association of Counties, the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Healthy Mountain
Communities, the City of Glenwood Springs, the White River National Forest
and Garfield County. For more information about the
Watershed Collaborative and this workshop, visit http://www.hmccolorado.org/
City
of Aspen WelcomeS new planner
Scott Woodford joined the
City of Aspen planning staff in August as senior planner for current
development. He previously
worked for the City of Steamboat Springs for six years and in Summit
County prior to that (where he grew up). Scott has a degree in
Environmental Design from the University of Colorado. He can be reached at scottw@ci.aspen.co.us.
EPA PROJECT IDEAS DRAFTS
SENT
The Watershed
Collaborative sent seven draft project ideas for funding to USEPA for
early feedback about consideration for their next funding round. The criteria and announcement
should come out in October, with a deadline about the first of
December. These draft ideas
were one page or so ideas solicited from all of you, where you had a
project idea that you thought EPA might be interested in
helping out with, for preliminary evaluation. Ideas submitted included a waste
stream analysis update, recreation site carrying capacity analysis, GIS
parcel mapping assistance, non-point source analysis and staffing,
regional recreation capacity analysis, a regional sustainability course
for key decision-makers and developing shared build-out data and
analysis. The LOVA
Trails Group begins new round of public meetings
The LOVA Trails Group has
begun to put lines on the maps for possible trail locations and for
long-term conservation areas along the Colorado River / I-70
corridor. They will host a
around of public meetings round of public meetings to discuss the current
thinking on trail locations with landowners of the area and the
public. Anyone that is
interested is invited to attend. Refreshments will be
provided. Two upcoming meetings
will be: §
Tuesday Oct. 22,
downstairs in the Rifle Library, 107 E 2nd, 6:30 - 8:30
pm. §
Wednesday Oct. 23, at the
New Castle Community Center, 423 W. Main, 6:30 - 8:30
pm. GARFIELD STILL LOOKING AT CLUSTERING ISSUESThe Garfield County
Planning Commission reviewed a staff report on clustering options for
2-acre rural zoning revisions September 25th. The proposal would require
developers to develop a typical plan using 2-acre lots as a "yield" plan,
and would then be allowed as an option to cluster lots down to one acre in
size. Density would remain
essentially the same, although incentive lots would be allowed for
percentages of open space or greenbelt preserved. The proposal will be reviewed and
refined for an additional month, with a final review by the Garco PC on
October 9th. For copies of
the current staff report with specific regulatory language changes as
proposed, contact Randy Russell at Garfield County Planning at rrussell@garfield-county.com.
PLANNING COMMISSION TRAINING SESSION IN THE WORKSThose of you who were
able to attend the Planning Commission Training session at the Colorado
APA Conference in Aspen a year ago know that Maro Zagoras does a very
good, intense training session.
Maro is an accomplished facilitator and consultant based in
Silt. The date isn't firmed
up yet, but Garfield County
will replicate that session with Maro tentatively November 1, 1-5 PM, in
the Commissioner's Hearing Room at the courthouse annex in Glenwood
Springs. Topics will focus on
land use issues, decision-making processes, and meeting organization. This session will be open to all
local Planning Commissioners and staff in Garfield County free of
charge. More information is
coming, but you might want to pencil mark your calendars
now. Conferences
& Events
SOLAR HOME
TOUR OCTOBER 5th With
more than 300 sunny days per year, Colorado has one of the nation’s best
solar resource. On Saturday,
October 5th, homeowners in the Roaring Fork valley are inviting the public
to see how solar power and solar design works for them. Visitors will join guided
tours in Aspen and down-valley in Carbondale. In Aspen, meeting time is
8:30 AM at the Yellow Brick School. In Carbondale the tour will start at
Solar Energy International at 1PM. To register for the free tour call
the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (http://www.aspencore.org/) at
544-9808. COLORADO'S
HOUSING NOW CONFERENCE TO BE HELD OCTOBER 7TH-
10TH The
14th annual Colorado Housing NOW! Conference will be held at the Beaver
Run Resort in beautiful Breckenridge, Colo., from Oct. 7 through Oct. 10,
2002. All those interested in discovering ways to provide more affordable
housing
will find this conference productive. Early
registration is $175, after August 30, the fee will increase to $215 per
person. Separate hotel reservations are required. For complete details and
a registration form, logon to http://www.cohsgnow.com/ or call
Jackie Hahn, the conference coordinator, at
303-404-2285. COLORADO
FALL TRANSIT CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 6-9, COPPER MTN
RESORT Colorado in
Transition is the theme of the Colorado Association of Transit Agencies
(CASTA) and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) 23rd annual
transit conference. Conference registration is $175 for members and the
registration deadline is September 30. Scholarships are available. For
more conference schedule information, visit http://www.coloradotransit.com/.
HEADWATERS
XIII AT WESTERN STATE COLLEGE, GUNNISON, CO, NOVEMBER
8-10.
"Conflict
to Consensus - Meeting obstacles to community action." A freewheeling
exploration of ideas for resolving or moving beyond "community gridlock,"
with some case studies, demonstrations and applications of processes. For
schedule, registration info, et cetera, go to www.western.edu/headwtrs
or email or
call George Sibley at 970-943-2055, gsibley@western.edu.
PROMOTING
REGIONAL EQUITY: A NATIONAL SUMMIT ON EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL
JUSTICE, AND SMART GROWTH, NOVEMBER 18-19, LOS
ANGELES This
conference, sponsored, by PolicyLink and the Funders' Network for Smart
Growth and Livable Communities, will explore diverse initiatives designed
to break down the social, economic, and
geographic
isolation faced by low-income and communities of color and connect them to
regional opportunities and resources. The summit will feature cutting-edge
practitioners and national experts who are working to forge more equitable
and inclusive neighborhoods and regions. A preliminary agenda and
registration information are available at: http://www.policylink.org/events/summit2002/.
COLORADO
CHAPTER OF THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE, DECEMBER
3-4, 2002 "CARBON AS A POTENTIAL COMMODITY" The intent
of this conference is to address current policy directions, the subject of
carbon (C) in terms of where and by whom it is stored the potential for C
storage in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner, and issues
associated with C trading. The conference is unique in that it brings
together producers and researchers to provide practical information about
the storage of C, people who can discuss the aggregation of marketable
quantities of C, and those with expertise to discuss policy, projects, and
potential markets for sequestered C. If you have any questions, contact
Mary Miller, President Colorado Chapter President at (719) 384-5408 or
visit the chapter website at is http://www.ccswcs.org/.
Funding
Opportunities
Environment
Foundation Announces Next Funding Cycle The Environment
Foundation, founded by the employees of Aspen Skiing Company, is pleased
to announce its fall grant-making cycle. The foundation supports projects
that foster responsible stewardship of natural resources; protect mountain
ecosystems; promote environmental education or research; and preserve and
create opportunities for outdoor recreation. In its first four years the
Environment Foundation has donated over $400,000 to 105 environmental
projects, thanks to employee contributions and matches from Aspen Skiing
Company and the Aspen Valley Community Foundation. The
next deadline for applications is November 11, 2002, at 4:30
PM.
The Foundation will be allocating up to $50,000 (based upon current
projections). Typical grant requests are in the $2,000 to $10,000 range,
though the foundation has funded projects with grants of up to $15,000.
Requests below $8,000 are most likely to be funded. Eligible recipients
may be private and nonprofit organizations, government agencies, or
individuals. The
Foundation wants to support a broad spectrum of environmental projects
with tangible results. Potential projects could include ecological
research, vegetation improvement projects, resource conservation programs,
conservation of lands, riparian or wildlife habitats, transportation
issues, air quality initiatives, open space preservation, recreational
improvements, environmental education, trail restoration, and much more.
For a list of all the projects they’ve funded, go to www.aspensnowmass.com/environment, and click on “Environment
Foundation.” This
year, they’ve simplified the application by eliminating the cover sheet.
Please send it to aschendler@aspensnowmass.com. Remember that email
submissions are given preference over hard copies!
Please feel free to call
Auden Schendler 970-923-8628 if you’d like to discuss your
application. |
Planning
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Springs Town of New Castle Town of Parachute City of Rifle Town of Silt Town of Snowmass
Village Roaring Fork
Transportation Authority Healthy Mountain
Communities Roaring Fork
Conservancy Northwest Colorado
Council of Governments Associated Governments of
Northwest Colorado League for Economic
Assistance & Planning - Region 10 Colorado
Mountain College State State
Homepage Dept. of
Local Affairs Dept. of
Natural Resources Dept. of
Transportation Colorado
Counties, Inc. Colorado
Municipal League Colorado
APA Colorado
SBDC Federal Bureau of Labor
Statistics Bureau of
Land Management US Forest
Service US
Census Roundtable
Resources Roundtable
Contacts Randy Russell Colin
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