This is the third time this property has been presented to the Town Council for Annexation and Development. The first time was for a housing development in 2007/2008. An earlier Town Council rejected a proposal for 80 residences at the property mainly because it is in the 100-year floodplain. It was determined to be cost prohibitive to raise the property to a level where building would be possible. The other was for an upscale RV park in 2017/2018 which was rejected because it didn’t conform to the Master Plan.

We oppose the third try (read the application here) because:

• The floodplain has must be protected
• The wetlands and wildlife habitat still exist.
• The traffic and intersection issues still exist
• Pitkin and Eagle Counties have demonstrated that they understand the land use issues in developing this property

We should not let developers drive the land use decisions in our valley. We support development where appropriate (expertly and publicly vetted) land use has been established for an area, and not just where developers purchase property for the sole purpose of changing its land use to achieve their goals.

PLEASE PUT YOUR ZIP CODE OR CITY AND STATE IN COMMENTS. IN EFFORT TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY WE ARE NOT COLLECTING ADDRESSES. HOWEVER WE'VE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE NEED TO SHOW LOCAL SUPPORT. THANK YOU!