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At the recent Board of County Commissioners hearing for Edwards Riverpark I offered a public comment reflecting on the events portrayed in the seasonal story “A Christmas Carol.” As I explained to the commissioners, this was because they face questions coming from the past, the present and the future … albeit not in spirit form. The question from the past relates to the Edwards Area Community Plan. After much deliberation and consultation with the community, a plan was agreed upon and endorsed by the county. Yet several of the folks who prepared the plan argued at the hearing that RiverPark does not honor the views of the community. I asked how the commissioners could justify approving a project that rejects the views of these committed citizens and in addition, those of us, including myself who thought that plan meant something. ....
The layout of the Edwards RiverPark plan, shown above, details development on a former gravel pit site located just north of U.S. Highway 6. As the Eagle County Board of Commissioners began its review process for the Edwards RiverPark project on Tuesday, members of the county planning staff introduced the proposal by sharing their conclusion that the plan “substantially complied” with the master plan for the area. But when given their opportunity to comment on the proposal, more than a dozen Edwards residents vehemently disagreed with that assessment. Instead, they said the Edwards RiverPark plan fails to protect the small-town values promoted in the Edwards Area Community Plan. ....