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<br />j- <br />- <br /> <br />in 1 <br />I <br />- <br /> <br />th';dep;t~;ni;" ot;gric~t;:;'--;;i~:r~~ <br />resources and health, plus the governor's I! <br />assistant Cor environmental affairs and j <br />state planning, a post currently held by . <br />former State Sen. John Bermingham. J <br />Decisions of the state board could be 'l <br />appealed to the Colorado Court of Ap- <br />peals. _I <br />In addition to the state board. the pack- <br />age would establish expanded regional <br />planning agencies. tentatively based on ~ <br />the 12 current regions. The regional agen- , <br />des would be conduits for state funding -I <br />and technical assistance for local govern- I <br />rnents, and for increased cooperation be. <br />t.....een local gOVE'rnmenls. <br />A third proposal would establish a Front" <br />Range Development Council, originally ~'I <br />proposed by Benningham. to allow special <br />attention for Front Range land-use <br />problems. <br />A fourth proposal consolidates and <br />strengthens state planning efforts, while a <br />fifth clarifies the powers of local govern- <br />ments 10 adopt land-use controls. <br />State Rep. Dick Lamm. D-Denver. a <br />Democratic candidate for governor and <br />tba~. party's strongest voice on the land- <br /> <br />was critical of the slale appeals board <br />and tried to kill that concept Tuesday, ar- <br />guing that land-use decisions should be <br />left up to local governments. <br />Rep. Dittemore promised to submlt <br />I Garnsey's ideas to the 1914 legislature <br />along with the official committee posl_ <br />lions, but avoided taking a vote on the <br />Greeley Republican's amendment, whicb <br />would ha\.e killed tbe board. <br />I Garnsey's amendment probably would <br />have been defeated by tile committee it <br />pul to a vote. But Mrs. Dittemore said <br />later tilat she wanted to avoid such a I <br />confrontation to avoid lOCking the legisla- I <br />ton positions "into concrete." <br />When the large, sharply divided, com- J <br />millee began meeting, she said, "I reaUy <br />felt there was no way we could come out <br />with a bill. I thought it would be futile <br />from the standpoint of specific legislatioll. <br />"But as the committee became more I <br />knowledgeable, they lost some of their I <br />prejudices and began to understand that a <br />need exists. I think the chances of passing I <br />something now are very good," she said. <br />- - <br /> <br />{}448 <br />