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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WHEREAS, it seems fitting and appropriate to the State
Board of Land Commissioners, as well as to the Board of County
Commissioners of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado
(hereinafter "Eagle County"), to record their understanding of
their respective responsibilities and duties in a manner
calculated to remove apparent conflicts between state and local
interests; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of Article IX, Sections 9 and 10 of
the Colorado Constitution, and Articles 1 through 6, inclusive
of Title 36, C.R.S., the State Board of Land Commissioners is
charged with the administration of those trust lands granted the
state for the vested purpose of producing maximum revenues to
benefit the public schools and other state institutions; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of provisions of law, including, but
not limited to Article 28 of Title 30, C.R.S., the various
boards of county commissioners of this state are required to
adopt master plans and subdivision regulations for the physical
development of the unincorporated territory of their respective
counties and, further, are authorized to make and -enforce zoning
regulations and building codes in such unincorporated
territories; and
WHEREAS, such plans, regulations and codes are designed
and enacted for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and
welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the State of
Colorado; and
WHEREAS, both the Board of Land Commissioners and Eagle
County respect each other's legal obligations and neither wishes
to interfere with the execution of the lawful duties of the
other.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT UNDERSTOOD by the parties hereto
that the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle,
State of Colorado, and the State Board of Land Commissioners
will undertake, within their jurisdictional powers, to dispel
any misconception or misunderstanding with respect to mutually
reconcilable requirements and provisions of law; and
BE IT FURTHER UNDERSTOOD, that Eagle County will
recognize the obligation of political subdivisions to protect
the interests of the state trusts in the exercise of their
zoning decisions; and
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BE IT FURTHER UNDERSTOOD, that the Board of Land
Commissioners will include in its leases provisions directing
lessees of parcels of state land, as to which land use changes
are contemplated, to use such parcels in ways that will comply
with all local land use control, including, as the case may be,
master plans, zoning and subdivision regulations and building
codes; and
BE IT FURTHER UNDERSTOOD, that Eagle County shall,
before the adoption of any master plan, work with the Board of
Land Commissioners on the planning or designating land use of
those lands under the control of the Board of Land
Commissioners; and
BE IT FURTHER UNDERSTOOD, that Eagle County shall take
into account at all appropriate times, the fact that the Board
of Land Commissioners is obliged, under law, to maximize its
return on all trust parcels.
DATED:
STATE BOARD OF LAND
COMMISSIONERS
Rowena Rogers, resident
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Tommy Nea]l,..-Register
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF
COLORADO
By and Through its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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By: (4j.
W. Keith Troxel, C irman
ATTEST:
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By • A�
Wm. . Claire, Engineer er o t e Bo rd-of
County Commissioners
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