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<br />001612 <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />III. POLlCY FOR,.1UU,Tlmt <br /> <br />P.. Lack of ComTIunication <br /> <br />Local gov2rn~ents feel that COG is another layer of government ~nd <br />that the funds being used to support the COGs should go directly <br />to local governments b~caus~ they best know their needs. <br /> <br />Federal support of COG with (701) planning has been d2clining. thus <br />requiring more local fin3ncial support. The feeling a~oung several <br />persons fro:;] COGs in \;ester'n Colorado is: "If the State is so hot <br />about COGs, \vhy c102sn't the state sUPPDrt us finilneially?" <br /> <br />Hest Slope feels that th2 test ~,:(jpe determines the'i~~ future ~,Jithout <br />their input. (West Slope has 7% of the population, 40% of the land, <br />and almost all of the ene)'9Y resources) <br /> <br />Di iilogui' bet\'leen the coa I i nj,",s try and Sta tel10ea 1 government <br />,,,'esentiy is done \Ii~h incJi'/idu:ll ec,"')anies. R;,;OGA feels that the <br />~oal ind~stry has not been carrying i~s share on energy impact. <br /> <br />;. <br /> <br />Ri'~ClGA' vias formed at the )'equ2st or Goven1or Vanderhoof. <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />L~ck of Consensus <br /> <br />Lack of consensus between local officials and outside advisors <br />prevents effective policy formulation. Locals often distrust planning <br />done bj "outsiders" even though they don't have the money or inclina- <br />tion to hire their O\'/n people. (EXAHPLE: Rangely) <br /> <br />C. Locating New Growth <br /> <br />The issue of ~here new gro~th should be locat~d (ne~ town V5. expanding <br />existing towns) hasn't been resolved. <br /> <br />* Rio Blanco County has detern;ined g,oAth pol icy of n2VI cor;,munities vs. <br />erpanding existing communities. <br />