City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2014 03 10 JT

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i 10 ll 1 Rau der Coun y Clerk CO AG 10 2524695 Pa9a 2 o! 24 11107!2003 OB•16A R 0.00 D 0.00 WHEREAS, this Agreement and Plan is intended to supplement the Underlying Plans, providing agreement by Municipal Parties to comply in certain respects with the Underlying Plans to which the Municipal Party was not a Party, to permit in certain instances new extraterritorial water service by non- designated Municipal Parties, and to cover additional unincorporated areas not covered by any Underlying Plan; and WHEREAS, the provisions concerning annexation or development by the Municipal Parties of certain lands designated Unincorporated Rural Land Area within the Plan Area, as shown on the attached Exhibit A, are intended to preclude increased development and urban sprawl which would obliterate the boundaries of the Municipal Parties; and WHEREAS, certain undeveloped parcels within the Rural Preservation Area do not currently have Municipal Party utility services, and, except as noted herein, the Municipal Parties are not desirous of providing such services to new development on. such parcels; and WHEREAS, Lafayette is currently in the process of achieving compliance with a city charter amendment approved by its voters in November, 2001, which requires that the City Council adopt an "urban growth boundary" on or before December 31, 2003, and the city's Planning Commission is currently considering this matter, and therefore, in order not to preempt its compliance with the charter amendment, the Exhibit A shows an outer boundary (the entire area of the Lafayette Comprehensive Plan as it exists on the effective date hereof) within which Lafayette will, on or before February 1, 2004 commit to its Municipal Influence Area, conforming to its then- adopted "urban growth boundary ", for purposes of the East Central Boulder County Comprehensive Development Plan Intergovernmental Agreement, an Underlying Plan as defined in this Agreement & Plan, and so long as said Municipal Influence Area designation does not exceed said current outer boundary, such Municipal Influence Area shall be recognized as such for all purposes under this Agreement and Plan; and WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this Intergovernmental Agreement in order to plan for and regulate the use of the lands within the Plan Area through joint adoption of this mutually binding and enforceable Comprehensive Development Plan overlaying the Underlying Plans and covering those areas outside the Underlying Plans designated Unincorporated Rural Land Areas; and WHEREAS, the Parties find that designating a portion of the Plan Area to remain as Rural Preservation Area or Unincorporated Rural Land Area for the purpose of preserving a community buffer serves the economic and civic interest of their citizens and meets the goals of the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan, and meets the goals and furthers the purposes of the comprehensive and master plans of the Municipal Parties, as stated in such plans and applicable laws; and WHEREAS, with respect to the annexation provisions herein, the Parties declare that the Unincorporated Rural Land Area, Rural Preservation Area, and Municipal Influence Area designations and land use regulations contained in this Agreement affect the future development of each Municipal Party. Consistent with the municipal annexation, utility service, and land use laws of 4