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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO APPROVING AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH GUNNISON COUNTY
SUPPORTING THE CRESTED BUTTE TO CARBONDALE TRAIL
RESOLUTION #{j(pO -2006
Recitals
1. The Highway 133 Scenic and Historic Byway Committee has completed
the West Elk Loop Scenic Byway Crested Butte to Carbondale Trail Feasibility Report
(2004; "Byway Report") which identifies feasible trail alignments over McClure and
Kebler passes; and
2. The Byway Report proposes a connection from Carbondale, up the Crystal
to Redstone and on to McClure Pass; and
3. The construction of a bicycle-pedestrian trail along Highway 133 in the
Crystal River drainage has been a longstanding community interest as recognized in
Crystal River Valley Bicycle Trail Study (Pitkin County 1994) the Club 20 "Missing
Links" report (1996), the Pitkin County Crystal River Master Plan (2003), and
4. The Town of Carbondale has constructed the first legs of this trail which
currently extend from Highway 82 down Highway 133 to Snowmass Drive; and
5. Pitkin County has previously entered into an IGA with the Town of
Carbondale and Garfield County to design and permit Phase 1 of the trail as proposed in '
the Scenic Byway Report which will extend the first 4.3 miles up the Crystal consistent
with the Byway Report; and
6. Adoption of an IGA between Pitkin County and Gunnison County in
support of the trail along the general alignment identified in the Byway Report will assist
both Counties in funding and permitting this trail.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County
Commissioners approves the attached Intergoverrunental Agreement which recognized
the completion of the Crested Butte to Carbondale Trail is in the utmost public interest
and pledges our cooperation with the efforts of Gunnison County to complete this trail.
lNTRODUCED, FIRST READ AND SET FOR PUBLIC HEARlNG ON THE
1 Oth DAY OF May 2006.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HE~.. . .G. PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN TIMES
WEEKLY ON THE 1!I!!DA Y OF 2006.
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'tL APPROW UPON SECOND READlNG AND PUBLIC HEARlNG ON THE
9~DAYOF '7f: 2006.
PUBLISHED T R ADOPTION IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE
/.j a.- DAY OF , 2006.
ATTEST:
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Open Space Director
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
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Approved as to Form:
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
Pitkin County and Gunnison County Support for Crested Butte-Carbondale Trail
~ . .oitTHlS lNTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made this
~day of IJ1I1 V ,2006 by and between the Board of County Commissioners
of Pitkin County Coldrado, whose address is 530 East Main St., Aspen, Colorado 81611
and Gunnison County Colorado, whose address is 200 East Virginia, Gunnison, Colorado
81230 collectively referred to as ("the Counties").
WHEREAS, the West Elk Scenic and Historic Byway Committee has, with the
assistance from the Counties as well as the Federal Highway Administration, completed
the "West Elk Loop Scenic Byway Crested Butte to Carbondale Trail Feasibility Report"
("Report") which identifies feasible trail alignments connecting Crested Butte to
Carbondale traversing Kebler and McClure passes, and
WHEREAS, the construction of a bicycle-pedestrian trail along Highway 133 in
the Crystal River drainage has been a longstanding community interest as recognized in
Crystal River Valley Bicycle Trail Study (Pitkin County 1994) the Club 20 "Missing
Links" report (1996), the Pitkin County Crystal River Master Plan (2003), and
WHEREAS, Gunnison County, with assistance from the Colorado Department of
Transportation, has constructed an initial section of the trail from Crested Butte to the
summit ofKebler Pass; and
WHEREAS, Pitkin County, Garfield County, and the Town of Carbondale have
entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement to design a further section of the trail from
Carbondale 4.2 miles to Thompson Creek within Pitkin Coun(y, and once this section is
finished, all of the remaining sections will lie within the Counties; and
WHEREAS, the trail will cross the Gunnison-Pitkin County line at the summit of
McClure pass, and
WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement wish to pledge mutual support for the
Crested Butte to Carbondale trail.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements of the
parties and other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. The County Commissioners of Gunnison and Pitkin Counties recognize that a
trail from Crested Butte to Carbondale, along the general route (s) identified in the
"West Elk Loop Scenic Byway Crested Butte to Carbondale Trail Feasibility
Report" (2004), would significantly contribute to the public health and welfare of
the citizens of each County, and
2. Each County recognizes that the responsibility to plan, finance, construct and
maintain the trail will lie with the County in which the specific segment lies, and
3. The Counties pledge their mutual support in seeking approvals for the trail from
other affected agencies, including, but not limited to, the Colorado Department of
Transportation and the United States Forest Service, and
4. The Counties pledge their mutual support for grant requests and other funding
sought by each.
The foregoing Agreement is approved by the Board of Co~ Commissio
County, Colorado at its regular meeting held on the ~ 'I day of
2006.
The foregoing Agreement is approved by the Board of County Commissioners of
Gunnison County, Colorado at its regular meeting held on the IIJJk. day of
APfVi L- , 2006.
In witness whereof the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed as of the
day and year first written.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKlN COVNTf
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PtItt" , Chair
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APPIt~ AS rpfNRM
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Dale 1 I, (Jpen Space and Trails Director
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John J;;;IY'}Jtkill~orney
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF G ISON COUNTY
By:
Jim St , hair
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Marlen D. Crosbt\Pubhc Works D~ctor
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David Baumgarten, Gunnis