The commissioners backed down and agreed to fund road maintenance from the existing budget. This win belongs to all 490 of you who pushed for accountability. We stay vigilant to ensure the work actually gets done.
During the past two decades, the Boulder County Commissioners have increasingly abrogated their responsibility of fully maintaining all county roads - including those in county subdivisions. These are roads that were totally paid for by the residents of those subdivisions, given to the County Government for FREE, accepted by the County Government with their promise to fully maintain said roads, and for which the County has implemented and collected taxes for the maintenance of those roads for decades.
Now, the county, after years of declining financial support and physical maintenance of said roads, has redefined the word maintenance and maintains that the subdivision residents must pay, again, the cost of maintaining their roads. Residents must now pay a THIRD time for their own roads - once when initially constructed, secondly over the decades via taxes supposedly for their maintenance, and now a third time via a special assessment.
Via this petition, the undersigned hereby petition the Boulder County Commissioners to fulfill their moral, ethical, and perhaps legal obligation to meet their guaranteed commitments when they accepted ownership of the county subdivision roads. We petition the Boulder County Commissioners to fully maintain all county roads, including those in subdivisions for which they have accepted ownership utilizing funds from within their existing, ongoing budget - without implementation any additional fees, assessments, or taxes of any kind. Full maintenance is specifically to include road replacement, overlay, chip sealing and any and all other maintenance and upkeep activities for said roads.
Two hundred and fifty signatures are on the board. The county is starting to notice.
Reached 250 supporters
August 14, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
October 11, 2012
6 Comments
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Jason Singh
13 years ago
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This is total nonsense. If they take the roads they need to take care of them. Simple as that.
M
Mike Ward
13 years ago
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My road in Niwot is basically a gravel pit now. I pay my property taxes every single year and half of them go to the county. Use the money where it belongs.
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Linda Jenkins
13 years ago
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Finally someone is calling them out. Enough with the extra fees for stuff we already covered years ago.
D
David Quinn
13 years ago
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They promised when these subdivisions went up that the county would handle the upkeep. Now they just want more cash? Typical.
K
Karen Mehta
13 years ago
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I am so sick of seeing the potholes in our neighborhood get worse while my tax bill stays the same. Fix the roads already.
S
Sarah Velez
13 years ago
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RIDICULOUS. We already paid for the infrastructure when we bought our homes. Stop trying to double dip on our wallets.
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The commissioners backed down and agreed to fund road maintenance from the existing budget. This win belongs to all 490 of you who pushed for accountability. We stay vigilant to ensure the work actually gets done.
During the past two decades, the Boulder County Commissioners have increasingly abrogated their responsibility of fully maintaining all county roads - including those in county subdivisions. These are roads that were totally paid for by the residents of those subdivisions, given to the County Government for FREE, accepted by the County Government with their promise to fully maintain said roads, and for which the County has implemented and collected taxes for the maintenance of those roads for decades.
Now, the county, after years of declining financial support and physical maintenance of said roads, has redefined the word maintenance and maintains that the subdivision residents must pay, again, the cost of maintaining their roads. Residents must now pay a THIRD time for their own roads - once when initially constructed, secondly over the decades via taxes supposedly for their maintenance, and now a third time via a special assessment.
Via this petition, the undersigned hereby petition the Boulder County Commissioners to fulfill their moral, ethical, and perhaps legal obligation to meet their guaranteed commitments when they accepted ownership of the county subdivision roads. We petition the Boulder County Commissioners to fully maintain all county roads, including those in subdivisions for which they have accepted ownership utilizing funds from within their existing, ongoing budget - without implementation any additional fees, assessments, or taxes of any kind. Full maintenance is specifically to include road replacement, overlay, chip sealing and any and all other maintenance and upkeep activities for said roads.
Two hundred and fifty signatures are on the board. The county is starting to notice.
Reached 250 supporters
August 14, 2013
Reached 100 supporters
October 11, 2012
6 Comments
J
Jason Singh
13 years ago
Featured
This is total nonsense. If they take the roads they need to take care of them. Simple as that.
M
Mike Ward
13 years ago
Featured
My road in Niwot is basically a gravel pit now. I pay my property taxes every single year and half of them go to the county. Use the money where it belongs.
L
Linda Jenkins
13 years ago
Featured
Finally someone is calling them out. Enough with the extra fees for stuff we already covered years ago.
D
David Quinn
13 years ago
Featured
They promised when these subdivisions went up that the county would handle the upkeep. Now they just want more cash? Typical.
K
Karen Mehta
13 years ago
Featured
I am so sick of seeing the potholes in our neighborhood get worse while my tax bill stays the same. Fix the roads already.
S
Sarah Velez
13 years ago
Featured
RIDICULOUS. We already paid for the infrastructure when we bought our homes. Stop trying to double dip on our wallets.
This is total nonsense. If they take the roads they need to take care of them. Simple as that.