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<br />~o THE DEN V E R P 0 5 T Sundar. Mar. 25. J97J <br />~OMMISSION STUDY <br /> <br />Colo. Urban <br />Check Urged <br /> <br />'\.. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />(FROM PAGE 1) I <br />over groI\lb, parts of the DOfih. <br />central region might tum into <br />"part-time mountain suburbs." <br />The northwestern part of the <br />state "face.! an oil shale boom <br />with accompanying economic <br />specialization," the report said. <br />"As oil shale is developed, <br />one new nOfHlll shale basic job <br />should be developed for each" <br />two oil shale (jobs)," it said, <br />adding that agriculture and <br />ranching land also should be <br />preserved. <br />TAXIXG COSCErn <br />Turning to means of Imple- <br />menting directions: in economic <br />and social growth, the report In" <br />troduced several new CflncepL! <br /> <br /> <br />n funding and taxing to stlmu_ <br />ate the state's rural areas. <br />A rural development corpora- <br />tion, spending $JOO million in <br />five years, could be funded by <br />issuance of full faith bonds, <br />which would require a constitu- <br />tional revision. The develop. <br />ment corporation would finance <br />de\"elopment programs for <br />which private capital wasn't <br />available. <br />The report proposed a de- <br />velopment gains tal:-8 tal: on <br />the appreciation in land result. <br />i ing from holding it and then <br />selling it for more than the costs <br />of improvements. <br />Such a tax, the rPport said, <br />"would put more of the burden <br />of paying for the COSl$ of <br />growth on the beneficiaries of <br />that growth. The fast-appreciat_ <br />ing, boom-area land would be- <br />~me rela!ively Jess _attractive." <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'Sl.\rPLE EQUITY' <br />"The COsts of growtb t, the <br />report. emphasized, "~d be <br />borne Ul timely fashion by the <br />people who benefit from <br />growth: the land deVelopers th <br />UUders (and) the retailers 'wh: <br />,Jrec:tJy profit This seems lik <br />lmple equity." e <br />At the moment. such a re- <br />a.lIon taxes (or the ~:filS <br />hich developers receiVe) can't <br />a"~rateJy figured, and de.. <br />ennmmg such benefits and , <br />axes .should be a top priority /. <br />t ContmUed. ' <br />A """y <br />.... -as-yeu_grow" lax <br />'ould be. similar tq the develop. <br />en! gams tax, Providing for <br />larger tees for the inslallation <br />of new water and sewage sys- <br />tems, SChools and pub!' tr3 <br />P9rtation. IC ns- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />POLIt1!'\G PO <br />The report also said .a. com- <br />!nation of pollctng ~hC1es - <br />~ning. codes. regulatklns and <br />rohibitions-and new tools 1.0 <br />make the marketplace wo~k <br />ore effecth-ely in the publIc <br />interest are needed. <br />These changes in polley are <br />'appropriate for augmenting the <br />mparative advantage of Cola- <br />do rural areas ve~ oUJ.er <br />>cations for economtC activ- <br />y" <br />The report listed tools which <br />tale local and regional agen- <br />ies ~Id use to implement the <br />rowth policies. <br />The report. which also con- <br />ains statistical data on all 63 <br />lorado counties, was prepared <br />y John Gilmore and Mary <br />f!, <br /> <br />043~ <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />\ <br />