NEXT MEETING:
FRIDAY, June 11, 4:30 - 6pm
Marlowe's, 16th & Glenarm, Denver

If you are interested in advocating for good planning, receiving weekly updates of bills we are tracking, or tracking a bill for the chapter, let us know. During the legislative session, meetings are held every other Monday at the RTD FasTracks Office from 6:00-7:30 pm.  The committee continues to meet less frequently throughout the rest of the year.  To join the committee meeting by teleconference, call 1-888-583-8344, then, when prompted, enter acess code 0110917#.  Please contact Committee Co-Chair Coral Cosway for more information. 

2010 BILLS OF INTEREST

Use the links below to find the text, history, and votes of bills we are tracking.

• HB10-1107: Urban Renewal Area Ag Lands.  Prime Sponsors: Rep. Fischer, Sen. M. Carroll. APA Colorado Supports.
• -- Signed into law! See below.
  
• HB10-1143: Uses at RTD Transfer Facilities.  Prime Sponsors: Rep. McNulty, Sen. Johnston. APA Supports.
  
• HB10-1147: Safer Streets for Nonmotorized Transport. Prime Sponsors: Rep. Kefalas, Sen. Bacon. APA Supports Section 2. 
• SB10-046: Boundaries of Forest Improvement Districts.  Prime Sponsors: Sen. Gibbs, Rep. Levy. APA Supports.

USEFUL LINKS

Colorado General Assembly: Find your legislator, search bills, calendars, committees, and more.

Deadline Schedule for the 2010 Colorado General Assembly: The official calendar for the legislative schedule and deadlines this year.

APA National Advocacy: Learn about effective legislative advocacy, including tools for contacting and meeting with elected officials. 

HB10-1107 was signed into law! 

The intent of the new law is to limit the use of the urban renewal statute to develop agricultural land. APA Colorado actively supported this bill as it made its way through the legislative process. The bill was sponsored by State Representative Randy Fischer (District 53, Ft. Collins).

The new law restricts the inclusion of agricultural land in urban renewal district unless:

·       the agricultural land is a brownfield site, or

·       at least 50 percent of the land in the urban renewal district has been developed in an urban character and is deemed to constitute a slum or blighted area, and at least two-thirds of the perimeter of the district is contiguous to that urban development, or

·       the land is an enclave, meaning wholly within a municipality and fully surrounded by urban level development for at least three years, or

·       all impacted taxing entities agree to include the land in the urban renewal district, or

·       the land was included in an approved urban renewal district prior to the effective date of the law (which is August 11, 2010). 

APA Colorado would like to thank Representative Fischer and Senator Morgan Carroll (District 29, Aurora) for all of their efforts to pass this important change in the urban renewal statute!

HB07-1246: Colorado Predictability in Planning Act

During the 2007 Legislative Session HB-1246, the Predictability in Planning Act (initiated by APA Colorado), was passed into law.  Click here for our Fact Sheet on the bill.