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• • Structure user fees and service charges such that new grwth <br />pays for itself; and <br />• Seek additional intergovernmental revenues. <br />F. Discussion <br />This section of the report attempts to juxtapose the existing services and tax <br />base over projected population increases. The discussion focuses on areas <br />that may need fiscal attention from the towns or counties. <br /> An area of concern is the population growth in the unincorporated portions of <br /> Delta County. Such a trend can be attributed to a variety of factors, i.e., <br /> there is little or no roam for building homes within the corporate limits of <br /> area towns (CWI, January 1980, p. 45), hence, of necessity surrounding areas <br /> will incur new growth. Another reason is the desire of people to live in the <br /> country, etc. However , absence of growth management through zoning ordinances <br />• cnn create a series of problems, such as: <br />• Towns do not have a clear signal on whether to expand services to <br />prepare for growth as new growth could easily be in the <br />unincorporated areas. If annexation is to be considered, then <br />subdivisions should have building, water and sewer codes that would <br />mitigate against the town annexing an area beset with capital <br />expenditure needs. (Paonia already has such a procedure.) <br />• The growth in unincorporated areas can create tension between <br />agrarian interests and development interests. As more people move <br />into the area and find towns "full," the alternative is to move to <br />the country (assuming the ability to purchase land) and suburbanize <br />land that was used for agricultural purposes. In short, growth in <br />unincorporated areas enhances encroachment on agricultural land. <br />Both agriculture and energy have historically co-existed in Delta <br />County] that relationship should be cherished. <br />r: <br />34 <br />