Archive for March 2007
31 March 2007
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Over the past several months we have watched - with considerable embarrassment, frustration, and dismay - as the Montrose County Planning Commission (dominated by three members) has struggled to proceed with our Master Plan revision… now belatedly, even debating the need for the revision. That need – mandated in the document itself – was reinforced approximately a year ago by a public declaration from legal and professional land use counsel – that our current version did not possess “sufficient exactitude” to be usable.
As it stands now, our county essentially has NO plan. The only beneficiaries of this status quo are the short term speculators and developers who will soon move on to other special places – leaving all of us to pick up the tab and live with the consequences. Everyone else benefits from the certainty of a plan.
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18 March 2007
March 22nd at the Land Use Office Bldg. (across from downtown City Market). Early meeting is work session with the BOCC, later meeting is regular monthly Planning Commission Meeting.
18 March 2007
| 22 March 2007 |
| 5:00 pm | to | 6:30 pm |
| 6:30 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
March 22nd at the Land Use Office Bldg. (across from downtown City Market). Early meeting is work session with the BOCC, later meeting is regular monthly Planning Commission Meeting.
18 March 2007
The City Comprehensive Planning Process community forum. March 20th, Montrose Pavilion, 3:30-6:00 and 6:30-9:00. ‘Everyone is welcome–proof of city residency not needed.’
Notice: Please take the time to make public comment re: the wetlands permit request by Matt Miles now under review by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Sunday, March 4th, issue of the Montrose Daily Press has an article titled, ‘River Landing wetlands permit under review by Army Corps.’ It states:
“The federal agency that regulates the nation’s waterways has opened its review of the effects the River Landing Shopping Center will have on the Uncompahgre River and its associated wetlands.”
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18 March 2007
| 20 March 2007 |
| 3:30 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
The City Comprehensive Planning Process community forum. March 20th, Montrose Pavilion, 3:30-6:00 and 6:30-9:00. ‘Everyone is welcome–proof of city residency not needed.’
Notice: Please take the time to make public comment re: the wetlands permit request by Matt Miles now under review by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Sunday, March 4th, issue of the Montrose Daily Press has an article titled, ‘River Landing wetlands permit under review by Army Corps.’ It states:
“The federal agency that regulates the nation’s waterways has opened its review of the effects the River Landing Shopping Center will have on the Uncompahgre River and its associated wetlands.”
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4 March 2007
| 6 March 2007 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Friends of the Uncompahgre (FORU) meeting this Tuesday, March 6th, 7 pm, Alpine Bank, East Main St., Montrose.
Our business will include:
Reports from the Board and discussion re:
- Water quality
- Wetlands permit request to Army Corps by Matt Miles
- Montrose City Comprehensive Plan Forums
- FORU Brochure
- Partnership Contact List and Letter of Invitation
- B.U.G. Water Symposium, Ridgway, 2/24/07
- URSA Uncompahgre River Stewardship Alliance
- Memorial for Tina Mayfield
- Other business
