Posts tagged County Commissioners
Boulder County sustainable ag group to get lit review
Sep 15th
Boulder County, Colo. – The findings of a Sustainable Agriculture Literature Review will be presented to Boulder County’s Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee and Food and Agriculture Policy Council at a public meeting on Sept. 22.
Who: Hunter Lovins and Nick Sterling of Natural Capitalism Solutions will present
What: The presentation will precede the regularly scheduled POSAC meeting
When: Thursday, Sept. 22, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Boulder County Courthouse, third floor, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder
The Sustainable Agriculture Literature Review is available at www.BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org/croplandpolicy.
Longmont-based Natural Capitalism Solutions’ report examines sustainable agriculture practices related to energy, water use, climate, soil health, pest management, biodiversity, labor, human health and the local economy. It also studies primarily peer-reviewed research, and identifies data gaps and areas where further research is needed.
The Sustainable Agriculture Literature Review will support and inform the work of the Cropland Policy Advisory Group and Parks and Open Space staff in their work to create a Cropland Policy for Boulder County open space lands.
Cropland Policy
The effort to develop a management policy for county-owned croplands began in 2010 with public outreach, including farm tours, an open house, a Sustainable Agriculture Forum and a Farm and Ranch Panel Discussion.
In 2011, the Board of County Commissioners convened the Cropland Policy Advisory Group to advise Boulder County staff in developing the policy. The members of the CPAG are developing recommendations for the Cropland Policy through discussion and proposed policy statements.
The CPAG policy recommendations will be finalized in early October, and will go through a public hearing process in October and November with another open house, hearings before the Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee and Food and Agriculture Policy Council in November and December. The Board of County Commissioners will make the final policy decisions.
Commissioners to jiggle district boundaries?
Sep 12th
Boulder County, Colo. – The Board of County Commissioners is now considering a fifth proposed district boundary alignment for Boulder County.
Based on public feedback to the original four options, the commissioners directed staff to draw up an additional option for them to review before making a decision prior to the redistricting deadline of Sept. 30.
Option E is the latest option available for comment and was created according to the following guidelines:
• Keep communities of interest intact (for example, commissioners heard that Niwot and Gunbarrel prefer to be aligned together with east county communities).
• Use clear boundary lines.
• Allow for growth.
o Option E places more population (approx. 100,000) in District 1, which includes the city of Boulder, because it is expected to grow the least. Districts 2 and 3, which are expected to grow more, have populations of roughly 96,000 and 98,000, respectively.
The commissioners will consider all district options and make a final decision at a business meeting scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sep. 27, in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room.
Additional comments may be submitted to commissioners@bouldercounty.org.
Per state statue, County Commissioners’ districts must be revised after each federal census to assure roughly equal population per district. Boulder County is divided into three districts and one commissioner is elected from each district by the voters of the whole county.
Boulder County Commissioners refer four issues to the November ballot
Sep 1st
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Commissioners have referred one countywide ballot issue and three local improvement district issues to the November 1, 2011, Odd-Year Coordinated Election ballot. They include:
The modification of term limits for the Office of the Boulder County Sheriff (countywide);
The creation of the Boulder County Mountains Forest Improvement District;
A Special Assessment Bond Issue in the Pine Brook Hills Local Improvement District;
A Special Assessment Bond Issue in the Crestview Estates Local Improvement District.
The ballot titles for the four issues were certified today by the Board of County Commissioners and sent to the County Clerk for inclusion on the ballot. The certifying resolution reads:
WHEREAS, based upon the proposals for each of these ballot questions/issues, this Board considered and adopted appropriate ballot titles for each proposal in Resolutions Nos. 2011-97, 2011-94, 2011-95, and 2011-96; and
WHEREAS, this Board is required to certify these ballot questions/issues and titles to the County Clerk and Recorder for publication of the ballot titles on the ballots for the voters for the November 1, 2011, odd-year coordinated election, on or before September 2, 2011, and to meet all other requirements of state election law; and
WHEREAS, subject to any amendments or modifications or additions that the Board desires to make and of which the County Clerk is notified prior to such deadline, the Board desires to proceed to certify these ballot questions/issues according to their respective approved ballot titles to the County Clerk for placement on the ballot for the November 1, 2011, odd-year coordinated election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the aforementioned ballot questions/issues, each of which is a referred measure, as represented by these ballot titles complete with submission clauses, shall be placed upon the November 1, 2011, odd-year coordinated election ballot, and all other constitutionally and statutorily required matters shall be performed in order to effectuate the election on each of these questions/issues.
COUNTY QUESTION 1A: [MODIFICATION OF TERM LIMITS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE BOULDER COUNTY SHERIFF]
SHALL THE TERM LIMITS IMPOSED BY STATE LAW AND IN ARTICLE XVIII, SECTION 11, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION ON THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF OF BOULDER COUNTY, BE MODIFIED SO AS TO PERMIT AN ELECTED OFFICEHOLDER IN THAT OFFICE TO SEEK AND, IF THE VOTERS OF BOULDER COUNTY CHOOSE TO RE-ELECT THAT PERSON TO A FOURTH TERM IN OFFICE, TO SERVE A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TERM?
YES ___ NO ___
PINE BROOK HILLS BOULDER COUNTY LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ISSUE 5A: [SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND ISSUE IN THE PINE BROOK HILLS LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT]
SHALL BOULDER COUNTY DEBT (FOR PINE BROOK HILLS BOULDER COUNTY LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT) BE INCREASED $ 2,654,593 , WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $ 4,644,700 , FOR THE PURPOSE OF REHABILITATING EXISTING PAVED ROADS, INCLUDING COSTS INCIDENTAL THERETO, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVES THEREFOR, BY THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS PAYABLE FROM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IMPOSED AGAINST BENEFITED PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAIN SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL THE REVENUES FROM SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND ANY EARNINGS THEREON AND FROM THE INVESTMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH BONDS CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE?
YES ___ NO ___
CRESTVIEW ESTATES BOULDER COUNTY LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ISSUE 5B: [SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND ISSUE IN THE CRESTVIEW ESTATES LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT]
SHALL BOULDER COUNTY DEBT (FOR CRESTVIEW ESTATES BOULDER COUNTY LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT) BE INCREASED $ 871,560.80, WITH A REPAYMENT COST OF $ 1,357,600, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REHABILITATING EXISTING PAVED ROADS, INCLUDING COSTS INCIDENTAL THERETO, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESERVES THEREFOR, BY THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS PAYABLE FROM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IMPOSED AGAINST BENEFITED PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDS, WHICH BONDS SHALL BE ISSUED, DATED AND SOLD AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND CONTAIN SUCH TERMS, NOT INCONSISTENT HEREWITH, AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY DETERMINE; AND SHALL THE REVENUES FROM SUCH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND ANY EARNINGS THEREON AND FROM THE INVESTMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH BONDS CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE?
YES ___ NO ___
BOULDER COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOREST IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT QUESTION 5C: [CREATION OF THE BOULDER COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOREST IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT]
SHALL THE BOULDER COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOREST IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BE CREATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPROVING FOREST HEALTH AND REDUCTION OF WILDFIRE HAZARDS, AS WELL AS OTHER PURPOSES AUTHORIZED BY LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COLORADO FOREST IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ACT, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ RESOLUTION NO. 2011-94?
YES ___ NO ___
Copies of the ballot language resolutions are available online at www.bouldercounty.org.