Land use planning needs to encompass a wide range of perspectives and values since it can affect how a community uses the landscape. Land use decisions reflect the diversity of a population from those who would build and develop to those who would preserve and maintain. The purpose of MEPP is to develop a community conversation and, ideally, consensus around shared values to create common goals for the future. By developing consensus around a set of goals and common vision before land use issues and decisions arise, MEPP will provide the community with a framework with which to address issues and make decisions.
Boulder County has land use jurisdiction over private land and Boulder County Parks and Open Space properties. The US Forest Service has land use jurisdiction over the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, with the exception of shared jurisdiction with Denver Water of Forest Lands within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydroelectric permit boundary at Gross Reservoir. Denver Water has jurisdiction over its land, but the reservoir operations are also subject to the FERC permit. Other public entities that have jurisdiction of lands adjacent to the Planning Area will have impacts on future land use within the Planning Area. Most important are the Town of Nederland and Gilpin County.
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