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10/16/84 Page -9- Mrs. Holmberg asked if it would be acceptable to clarify the parenthetical wording tying. it specifically to the planning period for the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan in effect at that time. Mr. Leary agreed to this wording. Mrs. Holmberg stated that the Intergovernmental Agreement can be amended at any time that the 3 parties could agree to the amendments. Councilman Leary Inquired of Attorney Rautenstraus how this agreement was binding on our heirs and essen- tially what is its legal standing? Attorney Rautenstraus referred to 8. of the last page and stated that gives this agreement a little more meat than a lot of these agree- ments often have, and sets out the possibility of specific performance of the Agreement. Once the Agreement is entered into properly by this council then it. is a binding agreement on future councils. Obviously if all the parties agree to cYiange it, it can be changed just like any contract. In reply to Councilman Leary's in- quiry if there had been cases of this type that have been challenged, Mr. Rautenstraus replied that he was not aware of any. He was not aware of that many intergovernmental agree- ments that there have been challenges to. Mr. Leary commented that there was one WHEREAS on page 2 - there are la nds in the unincor- porated areas of the County, etc. He felt this was one of the key WHEREAS's for us. We have discussed in the past that to service this area would require us to review all our capital improvement plan, our water, sewer, etc. and he felt that we've learned the hard way that we are behind; either that the money has been spent wrongly or we haven't been collecting enough. He felt that if we did an analysis based on currE~nt policy, the cost to the services would be many times over the cost to maintain this open space. Mayor Meier Suggested that the discussed changes be-made to the Intergovernmental Agreement; the sign- ing be held over until the next Council meet- ing so that the public may have the opportunity to comment on it . councilman Leary Commented he felt that Council should give