ROUTT COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Timothy V. Corrigan
 District I		Timothy Redmond
 District II		Sonja Macys
 District III

Work Session
February 6, 2023
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All regular meetings are open to the public unless otherwise noted. All meetings will be held in the Routt County Historic Courthouse - 522 Lincoln Avenue, Hearing Room, Steamboat Springs - or otherwise noted. 

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1.
9:30A.M.

CALL TO ORDER

2.
9:30A.M.

COUNTY MANAGER/ LEGAL/ COMMISSIONERS' COMMITTEES UPDATE

Jay Harrington, County Manager
Erick Knaus, County Attorney

3.
11:00A.M.

COLORADO WILDLANDS PROJECT

Soren Jespersen, Field Director
Colorado Wildlands Project

A discussion regarding the BLM land-use planning process and to advocate for increased protections for BLM-managed public lands in Routt County, including closing these areas to future oil and gas drilling and development.

1.    Overlap of Routt County and BLM lands managed by the Colorado River Valley Field Office.
2.    BLM Lands currently Open and Closed to Leasing as per existing Colorado River Valley RMP.
3.    Colorado River Valley Field Office Scoping Alternative E for Colorado River Valley RMP Revision.
4.    Mountain Pact Local Elect Official Letter of Support – Over 120 present and past western local elected officials call for more protection of BLM managed lands.
5.    Colorado local elected official letter to state director – Local elected officials want new BLM resource management plans to prioritize conservation.

Documents:
  1. 1_Routt County and CRV Manged BLM Lands Overlay.pdf
  2. 2_CRVFO Fluid Minerals Open and Closed.pdf
  3. 3_CRVFO Open and Closed to Leasing_New Alternative E.pdf
  4. 4_Colorado River Valley BLM Mountain Pact Letter July 2022 FINAL.pdf
  5. 5_BLM Mountain Pact Letter Spring 2022.pdf
4.
11:30A.M.

WEMBER

 Quentin Rockwell, Project Manager, Wember Inc.

Documents:
  1. RHHS-2023.02.06-BoCC Project Update-Final.pdf
5.
12:00P.M.

BREAK

6.
1:00P.M.

COUNTY MANAGER

Jay Harrington, County Manager

A.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' GOVERNING PRICIPLES

A discussion and review of the Board of County Commissioners' Governing Principles prior to its re-adoption.

Documents:
  1. Governing Principles.Updated 1-24-2023.Final.pdf
7.
1:30P.M.

MEETING ADJOURNED

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