{"id":3413,"date":"2013-04-05T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/05\/tyranny-of-by-and-for-planners\/"},"modified":"2013-04-05T11:41:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:41:43","slug":"tyranny-of-by-and-for-planners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/tyranny-of-by-and-for-planners\/","title":{"rendered":"tyranny of, by, and for, planners"},"content":{"rendered":"

To summarize, the BOCC appointed a Water Advisory Committee [WAC].\u00a0 The WAC helped write the new Special District Regulations<\/a> scheduled to be approved by the BOCC.\u00a0 The WAC wrote themselves into the regulatory process for approving new or modified Special Districts, and gave themselves the power to hold up the process indefinitely.<\/p>\n

Here’s how they did it:<\/p>\n

3. Incomplete Applications. If \/ when either a pre- or final application is found to be incomplete<\/font><\/em>, Community & Development Services shall inform the Applicant, return the Application, and restart the timeline clock only after a completed application has been received<\/font><\/em>.<\/p>\n

6. Pre-Application Review. Referral agencies shall include any service district within three miles of the proposed Special District. The consultants and referral agencies will have 21 days to respond with comments to CDS in writing. A Referral Agency may request an additional ten [10] days if needed. Comments that require a written response from the Applicant will be forwarded when received<\/font><\/em>. Such written responses shall be submitted to CDS and forwarded to the referral party for verification<\/p>\n

b. The Pre-Application Service District Plan shall be reviewed by the Elbert County Review Committee as follows:<\/p>\n