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WHEREAS, with respect to the rezoning and other land use regulatory actions required pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties find 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 herein, the Parties declare that the Rural Preservation and City Influence Area designations and land use regulations contained in this Agreement affect the future development of each municipality. Consistent with the municipal annexation, utility service, and land use laws of the State of Colorado, this Agreement, including specifically the annexation and utility service portions hereof, is intended to encourage the natural and well-ordered future development of each Party; 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; and to promote the economic viability of the Parties; and ? WHEREAS, the functions described in this Agreement are lawfully authorized to each of the Parties which perform such functions hereunder, 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 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 Parties have each held hearings after proper public notice for the consideration of entering into this Agreement and the adoption of a comprehensive development plan for the subject lands, hereinafter referred to as the "Plan Area", as shown on the map portion of the Development Limitations attached hereto as Exhibit A. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual covenants and commitments made herein, the Parties agree as follows: 1. U.S. 36 CORRIDOR COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. T h i s 2