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Staff: county denied intergovernmental agreement for intermediate-area growth plan; city to regroup
Summary
Planning staff told the commission that county commissioners recently denied the intergovernmental agreement tied to the intermediate-area growth plan; staff said the city will rework the draft after county concerns about the plan and utility-extension promises.
Planning staff reported to the Laramie Planning Commission on March 24 that the Albany County Commission denied the intergovernmental agreement tied to the city–county intermediate-area growth plan. The city’s planning staff said the county brought the item back to its board and voted to deny the agreement.
"They had some discussion about just the plan itself, which the intergovernmental agreement is based upon — it's not a good plan," staff said, and commissioners raised concerns about the promise of utility extensions for areas near the city. The staff member said the city and county together spent about $300,000 to develop the joint plan over two years and that the city will "regroup" and draft new language to attempt to address county concerns.
The planning staff said the city lacked staff representation at the county meeting when the denial occurred. Staff told the commission that any revised agreement would likely return to the planning commission for review and further comment.
No formal action was taken by the planning commission at this meeting on the intermediate-area plan; the update was informational and described next steps for staff-level work to re-engage county staff and draft new language for the intergovernmental agreement.
