Boulder County commissioners move forward with subdivision road repaving plan
I stayed to just before the vote and a representative of the County Attorney’s office (or perhaps the City Attorney’s office) very confidently told the commissioners that they believe this was an easily justified use of a LID and any lawsuit would be easily rebutted.
They better hope so, because if they can’t get the lawsuit thrown out of court upon filing, there’s a whole bunch of dirty laundry waiting to be revealed to the public.
The commissioners’ decision will next be challenged in court, several speakers predicted.
“It may be that we may wind up in court tomorrow,” Gardner said, but “we all need to move forward.”
Madeline Meacham, an attorney for Boulder County Fairness in Road Maintenance, which opposes the establishment of a Subdivision Paving Local Improvement District, suggested commissioners will be imposing something that subdivision residents and property owners not only haven’t had a chance to vote on, but that’s similar to something they’ve already voted down.
A majority of subdivision voters casting ballots in the Nov. 5 election rejected the county’s proposal to create a property-tax-supported Public Improvement District and issue $30 million in bonds to jump-start the rehabilitation work.
“What it is about ‘no’ that you do not understand?” Murl Etter, a resident of 1964 Stonehenge Drive, asked the commissioners.
Chuck Wibby, a FIRM co-chairman, challenged the county’s estimate that it will cost $72 million to rehabilitate all the LID’s paved residential subdivision roads. His organization has calculated that the cost would be only about $12.2 million, he said.
Let’s get this party started. Visit Boulder County FIRM for more information. Click the link NOW.
