Make Longmont\'s Open Space and Use Sales Tax Permanent
Dear SpeakOut! user
We, the undersigned, urge Longmont Mayor and City Council members to protect Longmont’s important and sensitive current and future Open Space areas from the intrusion of damaging urban development. Specifically, we are asking Council to place a measure on our 2024 Longmont ballot asking residents to make our 0.2-cent Longmont Open Space sales and use tax permanent for the purpose of land acquisition as well as maintenance and enhancement of Open Space areas.
Make Longmont\'s Open Space and Use Sales Tax Permanent
Dear SpeakOut! user
We, the undersigned, urge Longmont Mayor and City Council members to protect Longmont’s important and sensitive current and future Open Space areas from the intrusion of damaging urban development. Specifically, we are asking Council to place a measure on our 2024 Longmont ballot asking residents to make our 0.2-cent Longmont Open Space sales and use tax permanent for the purpose of land acquisition as well as maintenance and enhancement of Open Space areas.
Longmont’s Natural Resources Department is holding its first public meeting open house regarding the update to the City’s Wildlife Management Plan (WMP). The WMP was first adopted in 2006 and it’s due for an update.
This first meeting will focus on Land Development Code changes with regard to the new prairie dog policy, the work being done with the Resilient St. Vrain flood mitigation project, and riparian setbacks. Other meetings will follow.
We ask that you please attend this meeting if you are able. This meeting will help inform updates to the Land Development Code regarding the 150-foot riparian setback and how Longmont deals with wildlife in general.
The meeting will be held at the Sunset Campus (7 S. Sunset Street, Longmont, CO) on Thursday, March 7 from 6-8pm. Snacks will be provided.
If you need translation services or other special accommodations, contact 303-651-8416 or service-works@longmontcolorado.gov
For any questions, contact Dan Wolford at 303-774-4691 or dan.wolford@longmontcolorado.gov
A second meeting of an advisory panel to continue discussion of future development of the St. Vrain river corridor to meet goals B3 and B4 of the Longmont City Council’s workplan has been scheduled for Friday, February 15th from 8:30am to 11:30am at the Longmont Museum. The session is open to the public as observers and we are asking Longmont residents to attend if their schedule allows so that the process is as transparent as possible.
The Longmont City Council developed a workplan (available here) in 2018 to direct their actions and help them meet their goals for the city. Section B of the workplan contains the City Council’s goals for “Longmont’s places”:
In 20 years, Longmont will have a developed Main Street from Pike Road to Highway 66 and a river corridor that stretches from the sugar mill to the fairgrounds as a vibrant economic, residential, cultural and entertainment epicenter that is sustainable and respects the natural environment. This area will:
Goal B1: Have a diverse housing stock with higher densities and access to high quality public transportation, food and jobs
Goal B2: Protect and respect our natural public amenities as part of the development process
Goal B3: Become a nationally recognized geographic center of science, technology, engineering, education, arts, and entrepreneurism
Goal B4: Bring together private industry, local government, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education as well as the St. Vrain Valley School District to ensure the highest quality, best prepared workforce in the western United States
On Friday, January 11th, City Council convened the first meeting of the advisory panel. The notes to the left were compiled from that meeting (click on picture to to see the full notes).
Although the first meeting was also open to the public, it wasn’t publicized very well. Therefore, Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek is seeking to publicize the second meeting to a wider audience. The agenda for the second meeting is below (click on the picture to view the full agenda).
Additional supporting documentation for the panel meeting is below:
Longmont’s annual Clean Up Green Up event is being held this year on April 6th from 7:30 to 10:30am. Stand With Our St. Vrain Creek is looking to get a group together for the event to clean up our “jewel of Longmont,” St. Vrain Creek. Save the date! More details to follow.