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<br />.Panel on Land Use
<br />Given Ultimatum I
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<br />By CAROL :\fcMl.:RROl.:GII I'''' ,,<"'arl, 'nd ,",mp,;n< to! ""ghl be I'O'lpon'" ""ill .." J
<br />UeMer rnst Stalf \\riter aid in the production of the year.
<br />A leading state lawmaker plan and in other legislative Postponemt'nts would be pre- J
<br />Wednesday deliverl'd an ultima- t p.toposals for the Januaf) ses- dieated on facts-such as an in-
<br />k,_ ,_ 'h C' d L d L'~ ~lon, adequale d a t a basis-rather
<br />'w" '" e oota 0 an .el S h' r,,' 'd h' "," ,'h dd'"
<br />Commission (LUC) _ produce; C IE' e,?~al ISW~rnLnf: 0 10lIan on emolo~, .e a ~..
<br />;In already-deJayed land use: the commiSSIOn wasn t mc~nl Some of the qua~.soclal aspects
<br />plarr by. mid.January or yield [' 10 he a Ihreal. Th~ plan ,"slm-. of ~e plan don I ba\'e to be
<br />thAt functi'm to the legislature. pi)' has to be done, he said. decldt.>d now to ~ut the system
<br />$l>n. Joe Schicffelin. R-L.,kl'. The philo~phy of the state'~ Into effect. he saId. I
<br />wood. Senate majority leader, approach to land use has to Criticism of the commission
<br />~aid in an interview that if thl' lake shape without delay. he for delays may have been v'alidt
<br />commission "basn't mov'cd bv added. "1 appredate Iht'lr al the time they ~'ere made bUll
<br />Jlln, 20. they're dead in m:,' problrm in making this decision are not fair now, Lu!\k con"
<br />book." j and understand their reasons tinued. Individual member~ felt I
<br />He al;;o recommended that, for wanting to dday, but Uml'> unl'crtain about some aspectg of
<br />l.he ('ommis~ion not dl'lay inihas run out," he explained. the interim plan but have bef:n
<br />d('Cidin~ the serious wciarqUl's'f The problems arise because working since Nov. 17 to
<br />tions that will be th{' foundation the commission Is dealing with become Informed, Lusk said.
<br />fnr a m"re detailed land plan to 'I a ne..... area, he contlnued, ~() ~Iemberg sl~ have gain(,(! a
<br />bC' issued next year, other stilte has triNf to deal bel t e r apprct'iatton of th('
<br />The legislature must r('C{'ivt' with land use under Colorado's, issues, hl'> said. Lusk pointed I
<br />the controversial land.use plan I approach, he said. lout that all commiSSioneNlI
<br />for the state soon to conduct. G,\TnERI~G D,\TA sene wilimut pay and hold
<br />~earings and to be on j;c~edule The interim plan must com,lol~:r jobs. , . I
<br />m a thrc~y{'ar program ~t laId pile information from 20 proles- I ~a\"~~ t wl~nessed any foot'l
<br />out when ~t .crea,t.cd the ~UC, sional fields, requiring Jargedraggmg, Lus~ added, ,
<br />CO~TRO\' ERS\ ..\ROS~ amo~t~ of time, Schieffelin St~le Rep._ RIchard Lamm: D- ;
<br />H~V'Cr, controvcrs) arose contlnued_ Commission Den\er, a member of a leg1Sla- I
<br />recE'ntly when obSl."r\'ers report- members think their factual: 1iV{' {'(ImmiUee studying the
<br />ed that commission member:sl base is still unsoWld and would, growth problem and outspoken i
<br />",:ere,;,,5talllng . in maki,ng decl- like an extra year 10 complete i ~n~ironmcntalisl. said he be- I
<br />sln~bn qu{'sllon5 conSidered to their gathering of Information Ihe\ed growth now bas be1:ome ,
<br />he vital to Colorado's futuN! -jhe said. ':a political issue. .
<br />indudin/.! not onl)' It\{' wt u~{', ',. I "We hare MSIJJl1r.d that C(lun- :
<br />for {'ach tract of 11l1ld in th{' But"the......PUbltch ~1lmP7atll',nt'ltieS would {'rcate the best thing
<br />I h ". ,:.f, "e oflas f(' eet",.. In t e ..ov. eee-r- .L.. . I ,- b I "'I
<br />S ;Uf'. U a so a ""'He r n". f S h' fl r . d Th m Ull'lr own In {'rf.'S<-3, u WlI.1
<br />.dal iSSlll'S that will d{'tl'rmmel lon,,'c Ie em C'Odntm,u(>. e,you get is the chaos knOW" as
<br />hI " ,prop{' are rea y or wrnel L.A '''h "d
<br />('ac rile s IL'W. .'" I d' . " h 'd ,ur.....n spraw , e {'xp amI' ,
<br />Critics said the {'ommisslOn I pret.y rastlc s.!rps, e ~l.. I .l.amm _ recomml'nd<'d II d~i.
<br />IIpparentl)-' was _ reluctant to Srhl~ff,{']m saId he ~hev.cd!slon_maklll,g proct'SS allowlllj;
<br />deal with the social "spC'Cts cf the LliC s probll'm at thIS point I !::pncral state !lmd.use control
<br />the probll'tn, whkh touch on (>n-, was that CQmmissioncrs were'bllt giving klcal discrelJon as tn
<br />vlrflnmcnlal proll'Ctlon, ronlrol: :'Ix>hi~d" t~e .ma!f of l,he LUC)sprcilic u~s within stat{' Iimib,
<br />of growth. front Ran(!l' sprawl! I!, thmr assumlallon of IOforma-1 "LtwkrYlip in this state is
<br />and Ih(> df'batabll' probl{'m of it IOn. ,myopIC'," he add(-d. "We have
<br />whether a slate agency can re-I Commission v'ice chairman 63 counti{'s, and 32 are losing
<br />strict a land ownl'f. Dll'>tz Lusk told The Post he i population, ~-hich. is all congre-
<br />,\n inwrim land-use plan was! hoped th{' LUC could act on tilt> ~ating along the Front Range,
<br />!'cheduJ{'d by the J~i.~hl.ture to'mtenm plan by perhaps the We haw to start limiling
<br />be pr{'S('nlcd friday, with thelS{'('(Inrl "'~eek. (If ~mber,!growth in the m{'tropolilan.
<br />final pro~ram due at the end of i Mt!'r that II wll! be deh\'ered to' ar!'a" I
<br />Jr.:!. It is the interim plan th~tlthe governor, he said. I Lamm said he considl'rPd
<br />ha~ bto!'n dela)'ed, resu]lmg In DR.Hi EXPA:\.'iIO.\' rommi.~sion direCIM Claud!'1
<br />('ntiei'oim. of th~ ('Ommis.sion, 1 Lu"k said he bf>lien'd 11 draft Pe\!'fS "almQSt too good a poli-
<br />APPRO' .\L :\EEOEO copy of the plan distributed in II tician" In baJllntin~ the con,
<br />Ar.cording to a Lt.:C member,' ~O\' 17 meeting would he ex- 11'O\"{'rsy In the intl'rim plan
<br />Ihl'> plan has Yl't to be appro\'ed panded, not rrouced in content. I drafts. Peters' approllch wasn't
<br />by th." commission. Thl'n,.pro~ However. hE' acknowledged, itl II hq1arion call 10 action," but a
<br />abl)' m aboul Iwo wl!'eks, It Will is possible that some of the ree- rndrate, rt'strainl'd document
<br />be recei\'ro by legislmors and I ornmf'ndations in that draft l.amm continued '
<br /><;ov. John Love in the mail, he: - '-'
<br />said"
<br />~lellnwhile, lE'.t:islators have:
<br />been visitin;:- the commission tfl
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