Department of Community Development
Reference: Brighton and Fort Lupton Intergovernmental Agreement
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Philip A. Rodriguez - City Manager
Marv Falconburg, AICP - Assistant City Manager
Holly Prather, AICP - Community Development Director
Prepared By: Mike Tylka, AICP - Senior City Planner
Date Prepared: February 21, 2019
PURPOSE
To review and make a decision on a new Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Fort Lupton to primarily set forth a growth boundary and land use planning between the two municipalities. At City Council's Study Session on February 12, 2019, City staff presented what the existing agreement entails, the process staff has gone through over the last few months to prepare for a renewal of the agreement, and what staff is recommending in regards to revisions from the existing agreement to the new agreement. At that meeting, City Council signified its general consent to bring the proposed IGA to a formal City Council meeting for a vote.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
Strong Regional Relationships and Partnerships
BACKGROUND / STAFF ANALYSIS
In March of 2009, the City of Brighton and the City of Fort Lupton entered into an IGA establishing, among other things, a growth boundary line generally following Weld County Road 6 (WCR 6). A few other notable inclusions in this 2009 IGA were provisions discussing cooperation between the two communities, annexation language, and an IGA term length of ten years. A copy of the 2009 IGA has been included as part of this packet. With a term written into the IGA of ten years, it is set to expire on March 10, 2019.
With this expiration date in mind, staff has had meetings with Fort Lupton staff to discuss a renewal of the IGA, along with any changes either City may be interested in entertaining. In those meetings, both staffs expressed a desire to have an IGA that is simple to interpret and execute. Within the existing IGA, WCR 6...
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