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<br />Developers <br />Worry <br />Planner <br /> <br />Continued from poge 43. <br /> <br />he uld. <br />"It appears to me that in <br />Boulder County a lot of th<,se <br />things became noticeable at the <br />same time." <br /> <br />Trcnka said he regrets! he ef- <br />for t So by Zero population <br />Growth to clamp a population <br />Bmil on the cil)' of Bouldl.>r. {A <br />('harter 3mendment will be on <br />the municipal ballol in 1"0- <br />vpmber. calling for a limit of <br />100.000 people.) <br />"We have groups like ZPG <br />( Z e r 0 Population Growth\ <br />which are almost violently op- <br />pof:ed to growth and to pro- <br />growth people," he said, "and <br />it's unfortunate that the 'lines <br />aTe drawn' now beCl'luse people <br />In this county had reached the <br />point of being able to conlrol <br />what would happen and where. <br />Wc'\"C just started asking ques- <br />tions like, 'Can ....c afford \0 <br />have Ihis land use in this loca- <br />tion?'" <br />Trenka said the county has <br />bM'n laking its own survey of <br />residents this summer to see <br />~ow _they feel about growth and <br /> <br />._A . 4_ I'~_. <br /> <br />"Th!'! prt:IIUII.....J ........- ...- <br />In and it seems that most peG- <br />pl~ in aU parts 01 the coun1r <br />are telling us. no. they don t <br />believe in the ZPG 3pproa~h <br />but they do support qwte <br />~trom:IY the controlled Itfowtb <br />concept and, quite ~slb~ '. a <br />1'111wer r<lle o[ growth, he .ald. <br />CRITERIA <br />'To control growth, the county <br />has a policv of approving new <br />devf!topmenf. only adj~('~nt to <br />existing to\1;ns and wlthm the <br />/lervlce area:;, of those to,"115.. <br />'l'renka said that \I a zontng <br />change _ a bloc of in.dustria\ <br />:Z;llnin{t:. {or eXl'Imple - ~s made <br />\n the heart of an agfl<'Ultur~\ <br />fl,f(:a het\\e<'n cities, tl,ere. 1S <br />immediate pres.<;ure from ~l'1.l':h- <br />boring land o'o\ners {or sumlar <br />7.oning and there is pressure <br />from surrounding cit!rs to ex- <br />tend utilities and annex the <br />land. <br />"It's like tossing a bone out <br />In Ihe back yard to see who'll <br />go to it first. This kind of 1.On- <br />ing lellcls to ('oomets bet~ee~ <br />('ommuniticS over annexatlM, <br />he said. <br />I\OT OPPOSED <br />Trenka said he didn't oppose <br />the extension of water to <br />Broomfield by the Denver <br />Water Board becl'luse the area <br />to be scrvi"d is within Broom- <br />field's service area as outlined <br />in a 196-\ guide for growth by <br />Boulder planner 'Trl'liton Bean. <br />"The area north. northeast <br />end east of Broomfield is within <br />the same dr<linage ba!\in and <br />can be served by Broom~ield's <br />~ewer plant," Trenka sa~. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />2662 <br />