Senator Jim Isgar & Rep. Ray Rose
Colorado State Legislature
200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
Dear Senator Isgar & Rep. Rose-
We are long-time Montrose residents, and are writing to urge you to support the “Predictability in Planning Act”- HB 07 1246. It is
undisputed that the rural west is experiencing unprecedented growth; and this bill allows local citizens and their elected representatives the flexibility to deal with it in a way that meets their local needs. It allows each community to choose whether its Master Plan will be used as an advisory document, or an adopted plan to be implemented.
We believe that good local planning is the key for each community to determine its future. This law will allow a degree of predictability and certainty which benefits everyone. Each community is free to choose the path which best reflects its citizens’ vision. Furthermore, the bill does not penalize or limit growth, change zoning powers, nor increase state influence over local communities.
We hope that you will lend your support to this bill’s passage, thereby giving local governments another option in carrying out their
citizens’ wishes.
