Conifer Heights - Planning Commission votes 5-2 to deny

In tonight's Jefferson Planning Commission Meeting in Golden, the Planning Commission voted 5 to 2 to recommend denial on Case Number 18-107113RZ for the Conifer Heights Rezoning project to the Board of County Commissioners.

Despite tonight’s vote, the Conifer Heights’ rezoning project is very much alive. The decisive hearing is the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) scheduled for April 16th at 8 AM at the Jefferson County’s Building located at 100 Jefferson County Parkway in Hearing Room 1.

The major reasons for tonight's denial centered around water availability, quality and sustainability, and waste water treatment, fire management and traffic issues. As one of the Planning Commissioner's Gail Spencer said, and not in her exact words, this is not a no for development but rather this is not the right project now.

Those that want to show their support against this project’s rezoning approval can best do that by signing into and attending the 4/16/2019 Board of County Commissioners hearing.

In tonight's Planning Commission meeting, we heard several times from the Planning Commissioners about how the large volume of citizens' participation via mailings, hearings’ attendance, and testimony presentations influenced the their vote. It got everyone’s attention.

By sitting in the BCC hearings, attendees can listen to the presentations that demonstrate why this development will negatively impact our community with its current Official Development Plan. After the BCC is complete, those presentation details will be shared.

For those that want to help support stopping this rezoning case - PLEASE sign-in to the BCC hearing on 4/16/2019. BCC attendees can sit through the hearings or testify. Both carry a lot of power.

People who testify usually have 3 minutes, and your testimony can come from a carefully crafted presentation or an extemporaneous speech. During the previous PC hearings, many area neighbors presented testimony that surprised the Planning Commissioners. That includes personal messages about traffic on Barkley that endangered students, 285 recreational growth, wildlife impacts, health care's limited facilities, difficulties with insurances, previous emergency evacuation experiences, and the lack of area child care - among other issues.

More details and hearing reminders will be shared up until the April 16th BCC meeting. For now, please plan to participate in the April 16th BCC hearing at 8 AM, if you can.

Thank you very much for the update theresadieringer! For those following this case, here's the background: mymountaintown.com/forum/139-the-campfir...ning-at-10250-hwy-73