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<br />Front Range P J.f;lnning C ounei/ <br /> <br />I <br />planning dislrjcL~ amOllg lh~ 'it: counties <br />, <br />along the Front Range. <br />J[ there is 10 hi> any hope for COl'lrolling <br />growth and preserving the quality of life <br />along the F...astern Slopt' of the RfoCkies. <br />Bermingham .said, "We'd better get at <br /> <br />'BERMINGHAM PROPOSAL <br />r <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />A f'ront Range Development <Awlcil, to <br />work on the problems unique to Colora- <br />do's most populous strip of land, was <br />proposed Thursday by John Bermingham. <br />Gov. John Vanderhoof's as.<:istanl for plan- <br />ning and em'ironmenlal affairs. <br />He said a bill 10 crMle the council will <br />be preS('nted. as part of thi' llovt'rnor's <br />land.use package, 10 the 1974 Colorado <br />Legislature. <br /> <br />it" <br />He noted Ihat voter t{'jr-ction Tueslla}' of <br />an tJrban Senice Authority proPO$f 1 for <br />the Den\'er metropolitan area leaves the <br />reRion as the only one in the stOlle !lot <br />now organized for land-use planning,. <br />His proposal, howeller, l'llYers a much <br />larger ar('8 and would allow for discus.. <br />sian of problems lhat ('ross the bound:tri~s <br />of sen'ral planning regions. <br />"This would be almost a crash pro- I <br />R'ram," Bermingham said. I <br />He noled that the 1970 population of Jhe I <br />13 counties stret('rung from the W}'omjng <br />border to Pueblo was 1.7 million. and it is <br />upected 10 grow to 2.7 million by 19M, <br />This momentum, he said, "is bound 10 <br />continue; so we're going to have grO'o\1h <br />whether we like it or not." <br />13 Counties Included <br /> <br />Report in 1975 <br />Undl'r lhat plan,thcl'tlundl could make <br />its firM report in 1975.and lhere woulcl be <br />lime !o put any constitutional a_mend- <br />nll'nls thaI might be required on the 1976 <br />general election ballot, Bermingham said. <br />The council would advise the gO\'ernor, <br />the legislature and the various regional <br /> <br />The 13 counties he included in his. pf(r <br />posal are Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Jef. <br />ferslm, Roulder, DouR'las, Clear tTtf'k, <br />Gilpin. Teller, Eo:1 Paso, Pueblo, Wrimer <br />and Weld, I <br />It .....ould l'Oncern itself with such things <br />as waler, transportation, and "urban ~ <br />sprawl," he said. <br />"We never had. . .an advisory group re- <br />ally digRing into Ihe Front Range <br />prohlems," he said, <br />"I'm throwin.l: it oul now SI) WI; l~n jfct <br />lalkin1{ about it," he Sllirl, "and see ho.... <br />poople like the idt3," <br /> <br />He .said the group would bl> advisory, <br />ralher than policy-making:, at least to <br />st:lrt with. The reason, he said, is that the <br />public isn't rl'ady to gi\'e control to any. <br />OIle "until they know how (he po.....er is <br />going (0 be exercised." <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />U rged' <br /> <br />Bermingham revealed the proposal to <br />create the COU/1('il in remarks prepared <br />foe deli\'('I)' at the noon luncheon of the <br />Denver Rotary Club. <br />5B 377 won't be repealed, <br />Bermingham 5OY$. Page 29. <br /> <br />,ft .._ __ <br /> <br />0463 <br /> <br />JJ' <br />