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Borst summarized that the legislative session was in its final weeks (the session ends May 7) and flagged several items for the BOCC’s attention. He said a property protecting public lands joint resolution (SJR 25009) had been transmitted and explained the difference between a joint resolution and a bill. Borst recommended close monitoring of a proposed Data Center Development and Grid Modernization Act that would create a sales-and-use tax credit for data centers; he noted that the draft bill summary included climate and water protections that were not written into the bill language and that CCAT and other groups opposed the measure in its current form.

On insurance and wildfire policy, Borst reviewed a bill that would create two enterprise funds (a wildfire catastrophe reinsurance fund and a separate hardening/hail-resilience grant program) funded by small fees on policies to help stabilize availability of homeowner insurance. He said the bills were intended to keep insurers in the state market, incentivize wildfire mitigation and encourage installation of hail- or fire-resistant roofing. The committee discussed questions about how homeowners would obtain certifications (for example, from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety), the likely cost of certifications or hardening measures and distribution of grants to lower-income households. Borst noted that both CCAT and CC4CA had supported the wildfire/hail enterprise measures in committee and he recommended Pitkin County support on balance because the bills are intended to preserve insurance availability.

Borst also advised the board that CDPHE and the Air Quality Control Commission were planning rulemaking this summer for landfill methane at smaller regional landfills; he asked staff to flag the pending rulemaking for Public Works and for the county’s landfill operator. He raised concerns about a new federal proposal that could affect AmeriCorps and related federal youth corps programs used in local public-lands management, and suggested the county consider a coordinated response with other local governments if federal cuts move forward.

Commissioners asked clarifying questions about how the insurance-enterprise fees would be implemented, eligibility for grants, and the administrative role of the state Division of Insurance. Borst said some details remain to be written in rulemaking or amendments and recommended staff track the bills to provide the board with follow-up briefings as details become available.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BOCC Work Session (1st and 3rd Tuesdays) - 04/22/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Pitkin County legislative analyst Levi Borst briefed commissioners on bills moving in Colorado’s legislature, including proposed wildfire reinsurance and hail-resilience enterprise funds and a data-center tax-credit bill that county staff recommended opposing. Borst also flagged upcoming rulemakings at CDPHE on landfill methane.","taxTitle","Pitkin County, Colorado","taxId",27807,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6581632,"Board agrees to join Transportation Coalition, sets appointments and $18,000 initial contribution",449,8950000,9399000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3090973-b5d951db37bf2dd1a9c7541348465803&start=8950&end=9399","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3090973-b5d951db37bf2dd1a9c7541348465803/thumbnail_8950000.jpg","/articles/6581632/Pitkin-County/Colorado/Board-agrees-to-join-Transportation-Coalition-sets-appointments-and-18000-initial-contribution","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6581632-d4c63ab9f49ae1dc33fd3dcd353ad03c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771165147&Signature=jHDo9P25TGPwTSgiRU-REyYHN3YQA7UjXTrfXkdIoxdUlpuxImOYLluXEqWbkoDgMkUTbrn-q7ehCrmkXE-ct2kvu3rTXTFj8rZBPwktHrRFPGjvIISH65XIErjMjabm9~FIyOAnI44GuOKuj56i9Y~z~lUcQEyPdyeA6sR1t-gBu4Vhh3oZTXGOluhLKos5KCs52UuzNl9HUOn3s4sstfKsn8XhYQb483eWp3cUCeLizjtIH5ru~lKYjsUcs5B4nPnBcc-PkxjRMuY4xY7SB1l6tM9tM7WXwarXR37Z8oJPTMTELa2PcImEBZDAO7o-RSem9LZbml4yKb-nAoEqxg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A citizen-led Transportation Coalition convened to explore large-scale, multi-jurisdictional answers to persistent congestion and mobility problems in the Roaring Fork Valley presented to the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday and asked the board to appoint representatives and provide initial funding.

Former commissioner and community organizer John Bennett and coalition organizer Michael (last name not stated) described the group as a 28-member, community-driven effort that brings elected officials, business leaders, transit operators, hospital and school representatives and local subject-matter experts together to pursue three interlocking goals: substantially reduce daily traffic congestion in the Upper Valley, sharply reduce transportation greenhouse-gas emissions, and shorten trip times for residents and workers.

Bennett said the coalition will build on prior studies — including the Aspen Institute’s Integrated Mobility System work and the 2024 Jacobs technical analysis — and focus on a program of interwoven measures: targeted infrastructure, travel-demand management, transit service changes, and new mobility strategies. “If we do nothing other than all these great ideas, the projections are not good,” Bennett said, citing Jacobs projections that peak-hour congestion could grow materially by 2050 without coordinated action.

County staff and several commissioners asked questions about governance and the potential overlap with existing bodies such as the Eagle County–Pitkin County–City of Aspen East of the Rockies Transportation Commission (EOTC) and RFTA. Coalition leaders said the group intends to avoid study duplication, to include technical experts in meetings, and to aim for consensus recommendations the coalition can hand to elected bodies and implementing agencies for action. The coalition proposed an initial operating budget of about $76,000; the coalition asked Pitkin County for a $18,000 contribution to cover facilitation, expert technical input and meeting logistics.

Commissioners discussed safeguards to avoid perceived conflicts of interest if EOTC members also participate in the coalition’s work. The board agreed that Pitkin County would provide two board-designated seats (a regular and an alternate) to participate in the coalition process. The board asked staff to prepare a formal resolution for a future meeting. In the interim the BOCC agreed the county would provide an initial contribution of up to $18,000 from the BOCC strategic-initiatives fund, and the board designated Commissioner Francie as the regular representative and Commissioner Greg as the alternate for the coalition; the staff transportation professional (anticipated to be Linda [last name on file]) will also act as the county’s technical/resource participant and will report regularly to the BOCC on coalition progress.

Commissioners stressed that any coalition-produced recommendations that require county funding or regulatory action will be returned to the BOCC for formal review and approval; the commissioners also requested frequent written updates from their appointed representative(s). The coalition said it expects to meet repeatedly through the summer and to seek consensus on proposals that, if supported by the group and by implementing agencies, could be pursued by EOTC, RFTA, CDOT or individual municipalities.","A newly formed, citizen-led Transportation Coalition asked the BOCC for participation and seed funding; commissioners agreed to participate, asked staff reporting, and approved up to $18,000 in start-up funding from the county strategic initiatives fund and a pair of commissioner appointees as the board’s representatives.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6581636,"Pitkin County staff give comprehensive update on Vision 2050, set May 20 follow-up on housing and water",414,430000,844000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3090973-b5d951db37bf2dd1a9c7541348465803&start=430&end=844","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3090973-b5d951db37bf2dd1a9c7541348465803/thumbnail_430000.jpg","/articles/6581636/Pitkin-County/Colorado/Pitkin-County-staff-give-comprehensive-update-on-Vision-2050-set-May-20-follow-up-on-housing-and-water","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6581636-6370de16c8beb2e2edfa58681bc07f66/orig.mp4?Expires=1771165147&Signature=VHtODG08Q6pMx2gzI6idFfFRWMKa~3bZR5ssrUfR3enkcK~K8vaV4lo1MqXBDs~uiYTivYglESb-SjZNIa1tEMvq7gk5GaiuU1nhqsCN5IvaoVsIRuNeAvcoEkovrGCAsagLrozGrIbSsgEZjcnL4b-IdGw5Vk4SD3HKx3XVkjdTSRx9Jn3enZ~mjLzVWVEwO2mHdEv4TNfQJFicmsWmyjfqZLU1Nu6rrnbCFzEAq-lCQltUyADy15K-B4lLEmafOvTaDgMTuywSUwieTc1JK2ZXxfsG224xevzGCRXAPgFhcVYyTikaXgxt6V-StY1Pxl~o8o80q4j3Aq5RMjMMPA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Pitkin County planning staff on Tuesday updated the Board of County Commissioners on Vision 2050, the multi-stage effort to update the county comprehensive plan and follow-on code amendments. The update covered technical studies under way, the schedule for moving from policy to code, and a May 20 board session planned to focus on housing outside the urban growth boundary and associated water analyses.

Deputy County Manager Cara Sloburnova opened the presentation by framing Vision 2050 as “the launching point from the Community Growth Advisory Committee recommendations from May of 2023,” and said staff have organized the implementation into four stages: (1) comprehensive plan update, (2) building the recommendations (data and studies), (3) drafting guiding policy, and (4) code and ordinance updates and adoption. Long-range planning staff identified the comprehensive plan update as the policy foundation that will lead and justify later code changes.

Community development director Suzanne Wolf and long-range staff said the project has shifted from early values conversations into intensive technical analysis. Wolf summarized the team’s approach as “data informed, values driven,” and described a slate of studies now in progress, including a greenhouse gas inventory update, transportation and residential intensity analyses, embodied carbon and climate-intensity work, water planning and supply analysis, studies of floor-area-ratio and net parcel impacts, and targeted research on transferable development rights (TDRs) and growth-management options.

Long-range planner Hannah Hunt explained how staff are integrating those studies into the draft plan’s organizing chapters — natural environment, built environment, transportation and mobility, community and economic health, resilient infrastructure and utilities, and a regional approach element — and said a white paper to synthesize the intensity studies will be presented to the Vision 2050 work group on May 7. Hunt told commissioners that the plan authors intend to pull key findings together for a joint BOCC–Planning & Zoning (P&Z) meeting in July, then launch a public outreach period in July–August and anticipate P&Z adoption and BOCC approval in the fall.

Staff flagged other near-term and concurrent initiatives that will intersect with Vision 2050 work, including: implementation of updated building and energy codes (noted as going into effect next week), a study and potential update of the employee housing impact fee (informed by employment generation rates), short-term-rental impact studies (a consultant has been selected), wildfire resiliency code requirements coming from the state, and proposed rezoning of state and federal lands into the county’s resource zone district. Staff cautioned commissioners that drafting and adopting land use and building codes will be a separate and likely lengthy process and said it is unlikely to be finished by winter 2025.

Commissioners asked a range of clarifying questions: several asked how the county’s approach fits with regional climate and building-code efforts, whether embodied carbon can be meaningfully addressed in a rural residential context, how tourism-related traffic and intensity are being incorporated into analyses, and whether the county will be able to implement electrification goals given local electrical-service constraints. Staff said they have coordinated with regional climate groups and neighboring jurisdictions and emphasized the purpose of the technical studies is to test growth-committee recommendations and inform policies that will later be translated into code.

Staff asked for and received direction to return to the BOCC on May 20 for a focused briefing on housing outside the urban growth boundary and the county’s water analysis, and to tee up a July joint BOCC–P&Z meeting to preview a full draft comprehensive plan before public outreach. That public-engagement phase will run through the summer, followed by P&Z hearings and final BOCC action in the fall under the county’s statutory adoption path.

The presentation and discussion emphasized that Vision 2050 remains values-driven (the board previously reaffirmed a vision to pursue bold climate action while balancing the economy, preserving rural and wild lands, and supporting equity and affordability) and that staff aim to ground policy options in the data studies that are now being completed.","County planning staff told the Board of County Commissioners that Vision 2050 has moved from values-setting into technical studies and policy drafting, and said a May 20 session will focus on housing outside the urban growth boundary and water analysis ahead of summer public outreach and fall adoption.","actionData","errors"]

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