Mary Wood from Montrose Citizens for Responsible Growth pens an open letter to Steve White, the Montrose County Land Use Director. While she commends Mr. White on his professional demeanor and thanks him for his “patience, calmness, and willingness to explain complex issues to us lay public,” she also reminds him that the Master Plan continues to be marginalized by “the majority of the Planning Commission (who, not coincidentally, have real estate and development backgrounds).” Mary also states that “master plans- by definition- are not supposed to proscribe “exact” measures; rather, they are meant to define broad and general concepts that are vital to achieving a community’s long term vision for itself.”
Archive for April 2006
28 April 2006
Open Letter to Steve White
Uncategorized
27 April 2006
Letter to Montrose Land Use Department
Uncategorized
Montrose Citizens for Responsible Growth introduces itself to the Montrose County Land Use Department, with a copy to the Montrose Planning Commission. In this letter, John Cossick outlines this organization’s belief that the Montrose County Master Plan was created with wide public support as a guiding and directive document, whose intent & policies should be used as a basis for Montrose County’s rules, regulations, and ordinances. Five other points within this letter call for the formal adoption of this master plan along with public input, and also asks for a brief and temporary suspension of subdivision approvals to allow for the orderly and comprehensive creation of regulations that comply with Montrose County’s Master Plan.
10 April 2006
Planning Commission Work Session Notes
Minutes
Linda Orcutt attended the 6 April 2006 Planning Commission (PC) Work Session and took notes for our benefit. Information about normal business, Steve White’s attitude toward the Montrose County Master Plan and his “planning philosophy.” Major topics of conversation centered around Large Tract Exemption (”Aunt Jane” regulations) and Minor Subdivisions.
