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<br />, of controls <br /> <br /> <br />Rocky Mountain News-S <br />Fri., Jan. 12, 1973, Denver,Colo. <br /> <br />land use unit hit <br />in budget hearings <br /> <br />n,- NICIIARU ,I. ~nl:';F:II)t:lt <br />Rocky Mountain N""", Writer <br />The eHectin'ness of the Colorado <br />L<lnd Use Commission came under <br />sharp questioning Thursday during a <br />.Toint Budget Commilt('e hearing wtwo <br />conunission officials were asked why <br />they aren't asking for money to fund <br />programs authorized under law. <br />Three major programs for whil.:h no money <br />is asked are: <br />. ~fonitoring of ~wth in the state. <br />. Requiring submission of environmental <br />impact statements to the commissiOl'ler for any <br />major proposed project. <br />. Helping countiE'S pay for adequate local <br />planning offices. <br />The questions came up as the rommission <br />presented its $370,000 bud~et request for the <br />1913.197-1 fiscal Yf'ar - a $10,000 decrease over <br />the present budget. <br />Budget committee chairman Sen. Joe Stv.le- <br />maker, R-Denw!r, toIrt the ag1'ncy's officials he <br />wantl'd Lo knO\v what the Rgt'ncy hall done and <br />will do bE>fore hmdlng it. <br />At one point. Shoemaker told commission <br />members that it appeal'$ they wt're largely <br />duplicating efforts of otht'r government agt'n- <br />cles, such as in .identifying flood plains. <br />"I am rapidly drawing tht' opinion that this <br />is tl useless exercise," he said. "I wish some- <br />one would refute me." <br />Olalnnan John Crowley responded by say- <br />Ing the rommlssion wasn't aUl'mI>ting- 10 "draw <br />hard lines" but rather come up with a slate <br />planning process and identify areas of potential <br />problems. <br />RE!'II. Sandy ,\mold, R-Boulrler, pulled out <br />. thE!' S1ate ~ws creating !tie Land Use O:munis-. <br />sioo and subsequent legislation e:<p1l.nding its <br />powern. He said state law "eertainl~' aUo\\-'!! the <br />slate to assist counties in planning." <br />But the bldy asked lor no money to he-Ip <br />tund the countie-s, he said. <br />"We dkhi't think it was our prerogative to <br />continue !his program," said commission vice <br />chairman Dietz Lusk. <br />Arnold said state law gl\"es the agt'ncy that <br />option. He polntE'd out that tht're Is no existing <br />agenc~' whieh can administer such a program. <br />The officials were asked wh)' the commis- <br />sion hasn't established a growth monitoring <br />system or a program of l"C'qulring impact slale. <br />mentstromrnajoracUvities in the state. as al. <br />lO\.\-ed untler the law. <br />l.usk said the budget was trimmed last )'E!'ar <br />and the commission didn't haw thl." money ID <br />Implement these programs. When he said the <br />programs probably would comp In the future <br />he d~' fire fro';! Rep. Donald Friedman, R: <br />Denver, Last sPsslon's budgt't committe-e chair- <br />man. <br />"When do you do It, how do you J::et InlD the <br />picture before the disaster gets most of the way <br />down the road?" Friedman asked. <br />Lusk said th!' commission's philosophy from <br />the start has been to kt'ep the actual control at <br />the> lowest le\el of government possible-the <br />C'OI.,lnt)'. <br />The stat€' can establish minimum standards <br />that the counU!'s must implement, but the en- <br />fon'ernent is up to the counUl."S themsch"es, he <br />said. <br /> <br />(Condl.ldl."d nil <br /> <br />"'1(1' 6) (Ov<<:t) <br /> <br />'V <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />'" <br />" <br />VI <br /> <br />0391 <br />