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-- ,~~-. THE DENVER POST Wed.. No'i'. It 1973 23 ......,-- ..~iiI'''I News and Opinion - r.. ,~--~- - . INTERIM LEGISLATIVE UNIT "Ill -~,~!":L .. .- New Land-Use Proposal By BOB EWEGEN Denver Post Staff Writer The interim Land Use Committee of the Colorado Legislature finished work On a five-part package of bllls Tuesday - leg. islation probing for a middle ground be. tWeen those who want a strong state role in land-u~e planning and the ardent backers of local government wbo oppose state interference. The question of just how big a role _ If any - the state will have in land-use dedsions was the most cOntroversial part of a land-use debate in the 1973 legisla- ture, focused on Senate Bill 371. Local-government advocates, particu. Jarly the State Association of County Com. missioners, vigorously fought elements or that bill, which they feared would reduce the power 01 local governments. 'Ihelr 0p- poSition helped kiU the legislatioo. Interim commiltee chairwoman, State Rep. Betty Ann Dittemore. R-Englewood, said the grotJp divided the new legislation into five Separate bills SO that strong op- position developing against one or two portions won't necessarily doom the entire package. "We designed them Individually so each cOuld stand alone if need be," she said_ "We tried to strengthen local government and slill give some state input." Probably Ule most COntroversial propos- al calls for f'stabJishment of a Slate Board of Land Appeals. It would have less powel . than the strong state commission pro posed by the derunct S8 371, but slit would hear appeals of some local-govern- ment dceisions involving designated arel and activities of state concern. The state board also would reronrili disputes between local and regiooaJ agencies. I As proposed by the commiUee. the sta~ board would have Jl members, appointee by the governor or other state officlaJj Two members would be appointed frorf "work area I," the present p1anninS regions 1, 2 and 3 which include Ihf Denver metropolitan area north to WY01' ing and east to lhe Nebraska border. Two members would be rrom "WON area n," the present planning districts .. 5, 6. 7 and 8, which include the San LuiJ Valley, the Pike's Peak region and every. thing east to Kansas. Ii Two members would come from "work area III." the present planning areas 9, 10, 11 and U on the Western Slope. A sev. enlh member would be appOinted on 3n at.large basis. The four slate o[ficials on the board . 0149