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civic interest of Louisville citizens and meets the goals and furthers the purposes of the City of Louisville Comprehensive Plan, as stated in such plan and applicable laws; and WHEREAS, with respect to the rezoning and other land use regulatory actions required pursuant to the proposed intergovernmental agreement, the City Council finds that U.S. 36 serves as a major throughway in Boulder County; that, due to the level of development activity in the corridor in recent years, U.S. 36 has become more congested, and is projected to become more congested in the next few years, to the point where such highway will not provide the transportation accessibility required, and may not then be functioning at an acceptable level of service; and WHEREAS, it is essential that further development in the U.S. 36 corridor be limited, so that traffic-generating uses in the valley do not further exacerbate the congestion of the highway and surrounding transportation infrastructure, and so that future transportation improvements can return the highway to an acceptable level of service; and WHEREAS, with respect to the annexation provisions in the proposed intergovernmental agreement, the City Council finds and declares that the Rural Preservation and City Influence Area designations and land use regulations contained in such proposed agreement affect the future development of the City of Louisville. Consistent with the municipal annexation, utility service, and land use laws of the State of Colorado, the proposed intergovernmental agreement, including specifically the annexation and utility service portions thereof, is intended to encourage the natural and well-ordered future development of the City and other parties; to promote planned and orderly growth in the affected areas; to distribute fairly and equitably the costs of government services among those persons who benefit therefrom; to extend the government, services, and facilities to the affected areas in a logical fashion; to simplify providing utility services to the affected areas; to simplify the governmental structure of the affected areas; to reduce and avoid, where possible, friction between the parties to the proposed intergovernmental agreement; and to promote the economic viability of such parties; and WHEREAS, the functions described in the proposed intergovernmental agreement are lawfully authorized to the parties which will perform such functions thereunder, as provided in article 20 of title 29; part 1 of article 28 of title 30; part 1 of article 12 of title 31; and parts 2 and 3 of article 23 of title 31, C.R.S., as amended; and WHEREAS, 29-1-201, et seq., C.R.S., as amended, authorizes the parties to the proposed intergovernmental agreement to cooperate and contract with one another with respect to functions lawfully authorized to each of the parties and the people of the State of Colorado have encouraged such cooperation and contracting through the adoption of Colorado Constitution, Article XIV, 18(2); and WHEREAS, the City has held a hearing after proper public notice for the consideration of entering into the proposed intergovernmental agreement and the adoption of the Plan for the 2