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<br />Viewsof$p6ns,or',.The Town of BaslUt is the nl;ltt.~edera:~, locaIPtojeet.spo1tsor.., This projeet,wllS itllj;$ltted by ..
<br />the lo~alsp'0I1sora:nd dev~lopedthroughacOniprehensive,pti1tllie, consensus-lJuildip.gprocess, w]jj~l\i;~lJgan in
<br />November 20mCl.lhis public process, led by the . citizen-based 'River .stewardship R:ouildtable"resultecf1illi'the
<br />RoaringF,QrkRiver Stewardsltip Mastet Plan for the reach of:tMaverln Baslllt. The .stewardshipw'lt'Ster]lJian
<br />was.aacepted:1:l.yt1lli TGWU0fBasatt:Sba:ttlof Trustees in Feb'tuary 2002.
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<br />To date the town has made significant ptogress towards several <lojeetives in the stewardship master plan. The
<br />town administrator estimated in May 2002 that the town has~ommitted0'Ver$2S(i),O,00to date onrive,.related
<br />projects, I1Qt inchrdillgprQpertyae"luisiti:on(Tclni Baker, ToWn l\l;dtnilrlstcator,Town GfBasalt, persQj!lacl
<br />cornmtUlication). Milestones inclUde: ' ' .
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<br />The tQwnhas pa:sseda "zerl'i-rise" policy, meamng that proplfluents 0fany new development intheit'lo4lplain
<br />mustdemonstcate that the proposed project will result in no ,Jiise inflo'odplain' eleVations. The townha:satso
<br />worked with Eagk and PitkinCourtties to encourage them to'ad0pt the,sa:inepolicy. ' ,
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<br />The town has adopted a goal ofprcitectlrtga 300-400 foot wi:cferiverfront areafrorn development. UJ!ls!rream of
<br />the FryingpancontIuencethe goa:l is a3QO-fo6t wide corridora1lddoW1lstream of the contIuence.the goalis a
<br />400wfol,lt wide corriclor. To this end, the toWn has nego'tiate4 withthe.deve!9'perofthe "Cornmereiall!\ll:l'kI,"
<br />locatedoniliesottthblink upstceam of Emma IBri:dge,' torepl11t undeveloped parcels inOi"del' to estallfI'!j1:l:a lOO-
<br />foot wide zone in this Stcetch, ,,' '
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<br />The town passed abond bill in Novernber2001 to provide funds for acquisition ofriverftont propertY,1?he ,
<br />town 6fBasalt aquired twoparc,e1s for natural m:eas, inctudmgtIoodplain at the confluence Qfthe:Rol;llling,F@];k .
<br />andFryhaigpan,an:drive];blink, :floodplalp:, a1lcl pondb'etween MidJ,ttI1.ctAlventreEridgeandthecon~I!ll.\\lw(eWith " .
<br />Spring Creek ("Levinson property"). the town was awarded a loclU tlo'od.ha:zardrnitigation grant from'FEMA
<br />to remove some structures from the river blink area andto restore a portion ofthe :floodplain habitat.' ,
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