Mathews Annexation/Rezone

Last week, VARD and the City of Driggs reached a settlement agreement for the Matthews Annexation and Rezone. As you may recall, we filed an Open Meetings and Due Process Complaint against the City of Driggs in May because the city tried to rush the approval during the March/April/May COVID-19 lockdown. The city has agreed to re-process the annexation and rezone, provide accommodation to those unable to participate via Zoom, conduct a recusal (bias) analysis of city council members, and to perform a number of other things to make the process more fair, transparent, and accessible. 

We are pleased with the outcome of this settlement. Public participation and community dialogue in development decisions are not only part of VARD’s core values, but are essential to community success. We firmly believe that smart, inclusive decision-making will invariably benefit local government and the community it serves.