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Davidson called for City Attorney introduction. Sam Light, City Attorney, stated that this public hearing is a hearing on the Intergovernmental Agreement pursuant to Colorado Revised Statute 29-20-105. Public notice of tonight's hearing was given by publication on January 16 and 20 in the Louisville Times and by publication in the Daily Camera on January 17, 1999. He requested to enter for the record: all the materials included in the City Council packets; the City Zoning Ordinance; the City Comprehensive Plan, including the South Sub-Area Comprehensive Plan as amended; the Louisville/Lafayette Buffer Comprehensive Development Plan IGA, as amended; the proofs of publication for notice of tonight' s hearing; a copy of the mailed notice for tonight's hearing; and the list of persons mailed notice; and any other public records of the City Administration and Planning Department files that are related to the proposed Intergovernmental Agreement to be considered this evening. Davidson directed that these items be included for the record. Bill Simmons, City Administrator, announced that there are sign-up cards available for anyone wishing to speak on this item at the public hearing. In addition, there are copies of the map that accompanies this Intergovernmental Agreement and is referred to as 'Exhibit A.' He stated that Resolution No. 5, Series 1999 before City Council is a Resolution that would approve the Intergovernmental Agreement between Louisville, Lafayette, Broomfield and Boulder County regarding the US 287, Northwest Parkway South Sub-Area Intergovernmental Agreement. The Resolution states that this type of Intergovernmental Agreement is authorized by the State Statues to allow governments to contract and cooperate with each other for the purposes of planning and regulating development of land by the means of a comprehensive plan. Further, the Intergovernmental Agreement is intended to and will assist in preserving the unique and individual character of Louisville. In addition, it will assist in preserving the rural character of certain lands in and surrounding the City of Louisville and in preserving buffers of Open Space between the City of Louisville and the other parties to the agreement. This Intergovernmental Agreement is intended to preclude increased development and urban sprawl, which would obliterate the boundaries of Louisville, Brootnfield, and Lafayette. The Intergovernmental Agreement is intended to encourage and provide for planned, orderly growth within and without the City of Louisville. Howard arrived (7:10 p.m.). Simmons stated that the map, 'Exhibit A', shows various designations of land, including rural preservation areas. These lands are intended to remain within the unincorporated area of Boulder County, subject to Boulder County's land use regulatory jurisdiction. By authorizing this agreement, Louisville and the other parties would prohibit comercial community ventures between the lands designated as rural preservation and their respective jurisdictions. The plan calls for the parties to support an access point of the Northwest Parkway with US 287. The parties would support the roadway designed as a multi-motor facility within a right-of-way approximately three hundred feet in width.