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;r n[Q)elt ,and-Use 5 Urged If furlht"r conge-sllon ot the Front Rang~ b permHted, the commission says, "mass tran!ll alternatives will become infeasible; average trip length and associated CUE'I. facHilies and pollution costs will continue to Increase: the conflicts between existing, expanding and future juriSdictions will In. tensity; areas of.existing development wllJ rontinue to deteriorate in the shiH to new. development of tlle periphery. and the ex: Isting imbalance of N'Creational facililies and demand aSSOCiated with the Front. Range \\;11 becOme {'\'en more ('rilles!. . ." The O\'er all effect. the commission ("{In- tends. would be "further reducing the quality of life of the majority ot C<llorado citizens." . John Crowley. Chairman of the Stale Land Use Commission. told II meeting In Grand Junction, Colo., Friday that the ..,...~ ..... IJ.dYt:l LU use persuaSIon In some cases, and force In others, to disperse and control the state's future grtm1h. Offidals will have to urge private In- dustry to locale or relocate in sparsely populated areas, Crowley said. And they may have to orckor their OWn agencies to be scattered in order to spur more bat. anced future development of the slate. Slale Fell Down Crowley said levels of gOH!rnment have done a poor jOb of working for orderly gro....th in Colorado, "We ha\'en't done a good job (Of planning) on the local level, at Ihe regional level and, perhaps, the worst job has been done at the state le\'el." He said the maps, baSt'd on two years of study throughout the state, are Simply representations of what the state will be like if it follows its present course, and what it could be like, The policy plan map, he said, "Is what It (Colorado) could look like, but we are rea II}' talking about a policy, not a map:' The Roal, he said, is to get legislalion "to create small nodes, hamlels, etc., in which people can liVe, enjoy a better qual- ity of life and receive more effident serv- ices." One of the most Important tasks for Ihe Land Use Commission Js to make municJ- palities come up with logical borden st'p- arating them from adjacent 3l'f'3S, Crow. ley said, "We think this will lead to a policy of green bells and o~n space-a more meaningful boundary than just a sign," The policy plan map suggests that the biggest POPUlation growth-in percentage -must !aki' place in the northwest por- q, lion ot the state, wilh smaller gaIn In the mountains. A smaller percentage ot the population b projected for 1990 in the high plains I and south central portions of the state, and Ihi' Front Rang!" should drop its per. C1Intage 10 about three-fourths of Colo- rado's tOlal population, compared with 80.6 per ('('Ill in 1970. Without proper J,:]nd-u~e planning, the commission sUg~ests, Front Rangt' popu_ lation In l~ will be mort' than 3 million of 8 Projt'('fed state lotal of 3.676,000, but v.ith slate control il will total 2,646,000, land Commission Slory, poge 42. I . I R , 0169