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ROLL CALL

MINUTES

READ ORDINANCE BY AUDIO

AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA

CONSENT AGENDA

PROCLAMATIONS: 1) DAY OF THE YOUNG CHILD – MARCH 30, 2024

WARRANTS: 1) GENERAL WARRANTS – MARCH 27, 2024

BIDS: 1) APPROVE BID #B2400014, ONE-TON 4X4 EXTENDED CAB PICKUP WITH 8-FOOT UTILITY BOX (QTY 1) – DEPARTMENTS OF FLEET SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS

2) APPROVE BID #B2400053, CISCO NETWORK SWITCHES – DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

3) PRESENT BID #B2400032, PAVEMENT SMOOTHNESS TESTING AND GRINDING – DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

4) PRESENT BID #B2400061, VMWARE MAINTENANCE WELD – DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

NEW BUSINESS: 1) CONSIDER PETITION FOR ABATEMENT OR REFUND OF TAXES FOR ACCOUNT NO. P9107041 – THE MILL EVENT VENUE, LLC

2) CONSIDER GRANT APPLICATION FOR ENERGY AND MINERAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE FUND (EIAF) PROGRAM FOR PHASE THREE (3) OF CR 77 IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT BETWEEN CRS 106 AND 114 (APRIL CYCLE - TIER II), AND AUTHORIZE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY

3) CONSIDER WARRANTY DEED TO CONVEY PROPERTY FOR RELOCATION OF HIGH-PRESSURE GAS PIPELINE METER STATION FOR CR 41 AND SH 52 INTERSECTION PROJECT, AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN – PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, A COLORADO CORPORATION, DBA XCEL ENERGY

4) CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF DEED OF DEDICATION FOR PUBLIC ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR CRS 76 AND 33 INTERSECTION PROJECT, AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN – KTC FARM, LLC

5) CONSIDER ACCEPTANCE OF DEED OF DEDICATION FOR PUBLIC ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR CRS 76 AND 33 INTERSECTION PROJECT, AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN – GLENN AND LEE SHANNON LEFFLER

6) CONSIDER TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF CR 39 BETWEEN CRS 70 AND 74

7) CONSIDER CONTRACT ID #7958 APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE (FORM SF- 424) FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT (EECBG) PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN

8) FIRST READING OF CODE ORDINANCE #2024-01, IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE (APPENDIX 8-O – FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION MAP) – (CONT’D FROM 2/26/2024)

DAVE MITCHELL

GLENN PETERSON 

KEVIN SCHUMACHER 

BOB LEISY 

STEPHANIE FAVEL 

KEN SCHRAEDER 

FIRST READING OF CODE ORDINANCE #2024-01 (CONT’D)

PUBLIC COMMENT
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, 00:32:39
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:32:45
Good morning and welcome everybody to today's regularly scheduled Board of County Commissioners meeting. Today is Wednesday, March 00:33:01
27th, 2024 * 9 AM Roll call please. Mike Freeman, Scott James here, Kevin Ross. Let the record reflect 5 out of five commissioners 00:33:09
are here today and it's approval of minutes of March 13th, 2024. 00:33:16
Motion for approval by Commissioner saying second by Commissioner Buck further discussion. 00:33:26
And then all those in favor signify by saying aye, all opposed. Same sign and minutes pass 5 to 0. 00:33:31
Read Read Ordinance, My Audio Read Code Ordinance 2024-01 by Audio Code. Read Code Ordinance 2024-01 by Audio. Second Ocean by 00:33:38
Commissioner James, Second by Commissioner Buckery. Coordinator Ordinance 20/24/01 by Audio Any discussion. 00:33:47
And then all of a favor signify by saying aye aye all opposed same sign and that will be read by audio 5 to 0. 00:33:57
I'm not a student. Any members to today's agenda? 00:34:06
No. All right, hearing none. Approval of consent. Agenda approved. Approved consent. 00:34:09
Motion by Commissioner James for approval of Consent Agenda, second by Commissioner Freeman. 00:34:15
Discussion all right. Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. All opposed. Same sign and consent. Agenda passes 5 00:34:19
to 0. 00:34:24
Proclamations Number One Day of the Young Child, March 30th, 2024. 00:34:29
Whereas the United Way of Rogue County and Roe County's Early Childhood Council and its community partners, in conjunction with 00:34:35
the National Association for the Education of Young Children, are celebrating the Day of the Young Child Saturday, March 30th. And 00:34:41
whereas these organizations are working together to increase awareness and importance of early childhood development while helping 00:34:47
to facilitate accessible pathways. 00:34:52
Of services which will lead to the lifelong well-being for all children prenatal through eight years of age. And whereas teachers, 00:34:58
childcare professionals, nonprofits and all those who make a difference in the lives of young children in well county deserve 00:35:04
things and recognition. And whereas public policies that support early learning opportunities for all young children are crucial 00:35:11
to all children in Wall County being valued, healthy and thriving, now therefore be it proclaimed by the Board of Globe County 00:35:17
Commissioners. 00:35:23
That Saturday, March 30th, 2024. 00:35:29
Known as the Day of the Young Child and the courage all citizens to work and make a good investment in early childhood in Royal 00:35:32
County and across Colorado. Signed by all 5 county commissioners. 00:35:37
Did we have anybody here, Ernest, did you want to step up? 00:35:49
First, I think she'd bring them all up. I mean, if they're going to be here. 00:35:55
You don't have to speak. 00:36:02
Thank you Commissioners, for your acknowledgement and support of early childhood in our community and celebration of the good 00:36:08
young child in White County. We host the Northern Colorado Children's Festival. This event is more than a fun day for families, 00:36:13
but an opportunity for stakeholders to come together and highlight the importance of early childhood and the role plays in shaping 00:36:19
the future of our children and community, as well as their valuable information, activities and resources with families and other 00:36:24
providers. 00:36:29
Learning does not begin when a child enters school. Quality education starts at birth. Research consistently shows that children 00:36:35
who have access to quality early childhood education programs. 00:36:41
More likely. That's right. Academically, socially, and emotionally, this foundation makes an impact later in life. Imagine being a 00:36:46
child that could not read at the level you're supposed to be at while your peers continue to learn more. What effects would that 00:36:52
have on your confidence and desire to continue to learn and grow? 00:36:58
The haters influence influenced by communication and has strong ties to literacy. 00:37:04
Currently, only 39% of children are reading a group level by the end of third grade in North County. Third grade is a pivotal 00:37:09
moment for children's education, as this is when children stop learning to read and start reading to learn. 00:37:16
So they show that grandmother reading at this stage predicts future success, but also when students are not at grade level. It can 00:37:23
have negative societal economic impacts, including increased incarceration rates and public assistance needs. 00:37:29
Weld County is a child care desert, meaning that there is not a Med capacity to give every child the quality start to. 00:37:37
To life. They deserve will. Quality child care is crucial. It is only one of the essential resources it takes to achieve a 00:37:44
brighter future for our community. It takes nonprofits, coaches, parents, governments and the overall community to make this all 00:37:50
possible. It takes a village. Thank you. Thank you. 00:37:56
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for recognizing United Way and the hard work that they're doing to to And so I I just want 00:38:07
to acknowledge these amazing women behind me who? 00:38:13
Tirelessly, daily work in our community to try to advance early childhood education in our community where we are a child care 00:38:19
desert. And I think that there's a couple of reasons behind that and I think you all probably already know this. I'm just going to 00:38:25
enlighten you a little bit. I think you all have the same path maybe. 00:38:32
My mom. 00:38:40
There's a great example. My mom is one of eleven children. 00:38:42
And this. And and then there she had three. 00:38:47
And then from there I had two. 00:38:52
And of the two, my children are talking about maybe having one and. 00:38:54
Each place creating is what we already see a train wreck. A report came out about childcare but also came out about workforce. And 00:39:01
one of the biggest issues really hitting our country soon will be to work for shortage. And while county will not be an exception 00:39:09
to that rule, unless we become advocates today to be able to try to find a way to help add more childcare resources so that 00:39:16
families can actually decide, no, I can't stop that, I don't want more children. I can't have more children. 00:39:24
I have no place to take them to to have quality childcare in our community. 00:39:32
And so I think today's a great example of one of the things that we could do as a community begin to invest in programs like what 00:39:37
United Way is doing and trying to add more childcare facilities. And I don't like just childcare centers. We're talking about 00:39:44
folks wanting to just open up a childcare in your home. And we can add that we literally last year added 100 new seats. 00:39:51
To while county and we'll continue to do that. But we could always do more And so we would love while county to take a look at 00:40:00
early childhood and begin to take a look at how we can invest in early childhood and more importantly invest in our our community 00:40:06
that and their families. I tell my wife I said Mike fear is all of us are going to get old and nobody will have to take care of 00:40:12
us, right. So let's invest in it today and this is a great way to do it. So thank you for your support for what United Way is 00:40:18
doing and we ask that you know, I know. 00:40:25
Pretty much everybody on this board, we look to sit down with a cup of coffee and just talk a little bit about how much more I 00:40:32
think the county we could become progressively looking at this issue and say how can we invest in this future for children, but 00:40:37
not only with children but our future workforce. So thank you so much for your time. I greatly appreciate it and thank you ladies 00:40:41
for all you do. 00:40:46
Take just don't anybody go anywhere yet, right? This is this is the fun time, right? So if you don't mind, just for your record, 00:40:57
if both of you would just say your name and address, we have that. That is part of our procedure. 00:41:02
Hey, Adrian. 00:41:08
And I live at 1726 Westwood Circle #3, Eaton Co. Thanks, Adrian. 00:41:11
Ernest and play this Walker and I live at 1212 Creekwood Court in Windsor on the Wall County side. Good, good, good man. And with 00:41:19
that, we'd love to take a picture with you with this proclamation. Is that OK? So if everybody will come on up here. 00:41:25
All right, everybody ready? 00:41:55
123. 00:42:06
Thank you. 00:42:12
Good to see you. 00:42:15
All right, brings us to warrants, Item number one, general warrants, March 27th, 2024. 00:42:44
Motion by Commissioner Buck for approval of General Warren. Second by Commissioner James. Any further discussion? 00:42:50
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye, aye, all opposed. Same sign and warrants passes 5 to 0. 00:42:56
Bids Item number one approve Bid B to 400-0141 ton 4x4 extended cap pickup with eight foot utility box quantity 1 Departments of 00:43:05
Fleet Services and Public Works. Good morning Toby. Good morning Toby Taylor with purchasing as advertised. This bid is for one 00:43:13
4x4 extended the cab pickup with an 8 foot utility box. The low bidder is from Ken Garff, Ford and Greeley for $62,833. Three 00:43:21
services is recommending awarding the award to. 00:43:29
Garth Ford of Greeley. 00:43:37
Any questions for Toby Move to approve second motion by Commissioner Buck for approval of bid B 2400014 second by Commissioner 00:43:40
Freeman Further discussion. 00:43:45
And then I was in favor signify by saying aye aye all opposed same sign and B 24,014 passes 5 to 0. 00:43:50
Item number two, Approved Bid B 24,053 Cisco Network Switches Department of Information Technology. 00:44:00
Three bids were received. The Department of Information Technology staff have reviewed all the bids So Borrow Inc out of Denver. 00:44:06
Has the lowest solution at $137,912.80 that meets specifications that were in the documented bid process. Therefore the Department 00:44:14
of Information Technology is recommending the award Zizabarro Inc. 00:44:22
All right. Any questions for Toby? 00:44:31
Motion by Commissioner saying for approval of Bid B 24,053 second by Commissioner James further discussion. 00:44:34
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye aye, all opposed same sign and bid B 24,053 passes 5 to 0. 00:44:40
Item number 3. 00:44:48
Present bid be 24,032 pavement, smoothness testing and grinding. Department of Public Works one vendor has replied to this 00:44:50
solicitation. Public Works is reviewing that reply and anticipates bringing a recommendation to the Board on April 3rd, 2024. 00:44:58
Question for Tony. 00:45:07
Item number four present Bid B 24,061 VMware Maintenance Weld Department of Information Technology 6 vendors have replied to the 00:45:10
solicitation. The Department of Information Technology is evaluating those replies and anticipates bringing a recommendation to 00:45:16
the Board on April 10th, 2024. 00:45:23
Questions for Toby. All right, thank you, Sir. That concludes bids and brings us to new business. 00:45:30
Item number one Consider Petition for Abatement of Refund Taxes for Account number P 9107041, The Mill Event Venue, LLC. Good 00:45:36
Morning Assessor Donuts. 00:45:43
It's specified in case law, seeing that regardless of whether items are permanently attached to a building. 00:47:34
Property tax law requires every owner to annually provide a listing and the cost of their equipment will accept an IRS 00:48:15
depreciation schedule. But if we don't get a full and accurate listing, then we're expected to estimate the value and the last day 00:48:21
through. If the owner does not provide that full and accurate listing in the year of the valuation, then they lose their rights to 00:48:27
file an abatement to the tax. 00:48:33
Personal property. So each of my office mails from the declaration form in January. We mail it to the same address where they 00:48:40
filed their Secretary of State business filing, and we did that in January of 2021. This appointment is for 21 and 22. We didn't 00:48:47
receive a return deck. We mailed the owner a notice of value in June, including the notice of value. Also include a letter saying 00:48:53
if you don't protest your value, if you don't get this corrected in this calendar year, you're going to lose your right to appeal. 00:49:00
Then we send another letter if we don't hear back. And then we physically try to inspect the property and go talk to the owner in 00:49:08
order to do everything we can for a property owner to not lose those rights. We did that on this account and didn't hear anything 00:49:14
in 21. We started all over again in January of 22 with that same process. We checked our records and we haven't ever received any 00:49:20
mail back. So returned mail on any of these mailings that we did. In the meanwhile, the treasurer was trying to make sure that he 00:49:26
was getting his taxes paid. 00:49:32
Real property and so. 00:50:10
It's about $300,000 in actual value. So if you look on your petition form at tax year 2022, I'm going backwards at this moment 00:50:43
because it because it's confusing. We had an original value of $418,129 and we're recommending that we remove $296,717.00 in real 00:50:51
property and set the corrected actual value at 121,412. 00:51:00
I did 2022 first because in 2021 we're recommending the exact same methodology. 00:51:10
And in 2021, we were dealing with covert and business personal property was allowed to get an additional adjustment because it's a 00:51:16
valuing use and they weren't able to use all of that equipment when we were dealing with COVAD. So we had made an additional 00:51:24
adjustment in 2021 and we are recommending that instead of the value of 121,412 like we did for 2022 that we applied the same 00:51:31
adjustment we did for other business personal property, which reduces the value to 81,144. So in summary. 00:51:39
Mr. Ribble did not report his equipment listing to us in 21 and 22 and as a result he lost his right to have an abatement of tax 00:51:47
for his personal property value. However, we believe there's real property value included and it was and we call that double 00:51:55
taxation. So we researched the real property value and after removing that, we've confirmed the remaining personal property value 00:52:02
is a reasonable estimate. Therefore, we're recommending approval in part of this abatement request for tax year 21 and 22. 00:52:09
This approval will result in a tax abatement for 21 of $4467.40 and for tax year 22A tax abatement of 8779 cents. 00:52:17
Is there a representative here for the middle event venue? 00:52:32
Yes Sir. And if you don't mind, just state your name and address for the record. Any comments you'd like to make to us, Sir? My 00:52:36
name is Brandon Rebel and I live at 6600 Royal Country Down Drive, Windsor Weld county side. 00:52:42
And everything that Miss Donzer said is correct. She is absolutely right and we are here because I did not know about filing the. 00:52:49
Claiming claiming what was what was real property and what was what was personal property. So everything that she that she said 00:53:01
was correct. The only thing I'd like to clarify for the record is that we did discuss going back and forth with the assessors 00:53:07
office that all communication was going to the physical address of the business. 00:53:13
Which we which we clarified the e-mail which has never been our mailing address so I was unaware of this until until I got served 00:53:20
notice. But I agree with everything that she just said and her recommendation on the abatement. 00:53:26
Brandy everything to respond to that. 00:53:35
My only responsibility that we use the Secretary of State filing for mailing address and when Mr. Ribble contacted us and told us 00:53:39
that he had changed his mailing address we've updated that and and now we have a lot of methods to communicate with Mr. Ruble 00:53:45
including e-mail and phone but we are required to mail those documents so so we're going to continue mailing in the future just 00:53:51
for clarification but if there's any question we'd be happy to answer this. 00:53:58
Support. Have any questions for either party here? 00:54:06
Yes, Mr. Cena, Mr. Rules, are you satisfied with this abatement then? 00:54:08
Yes, ma'am, I am. Thank you. Thank you. I just want to say what's not to love? 00:54:13
We approve the abatement as detailed by the assessor. 00:54:19
I got a motion from Commissioner James for approval second by Commissioner Buck. Any further discussion? 00:54:24
Hearing none. All those in favor of approving the petition excuse me, the abatement amount of proposed by the assessor signify by 00:54:30
saying aye aye, all opposed. Same sign and that passes unanimously 5 to 0. Thank you for being here today. We appreciate it. 00:54:37
Good time. 00:54:45
This brings us to item number two. Consider grant application for Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund. 00:54:53
Yeah. Program for phase three of County Road 77 improvements project between County roads 106 and 114 April Cycle Tier 2 and 00:55:00
authorized Department of Public Works to submit electronically. Good morning, Elizabeth. Good morning, Commissioners Eliz. 00:55:08
Department of Planning Services here to ask for your permission to submit this Tier $2.00 grant application for Wealth County Road 00:55:16
to 77 phase three improvements. We are asking for a tier two $1 million. 00:55:24
Request to dola to for our total project cost of $3.5 million to offset that and the application is due April 1st and we would 00:55:32
just ask for your approval to submit this application. 00:55:39
Any questions for Elizabeth? 00:55:47
To approve the resolution. Second, thank you. 00:55:49
Got a motion from Commissioner James for approval of submitting the application. Second from Commissioner Buck Further discussion. 00:55:52
Sad, yeah. Thank you. We continue this wrong Rd. improvement out there and we'll get there. It's about what, 20 miles total I 00:56:00
think, but hopefully we'll be successful and again a highly impacted Rd. from oil and gas. So with that, I'll go ahead and call 00:56:06
the colony. All those in favor signify by saying aye, aye, all opposed. Same sign and it approves 5 to 0 to submit that 00:56:13
application. Thanks, Elizabeth. 00:56:19
Item number three, consider warranty D to convey property for relocation of high pressure gas pipeline meter station for County 00:56:26
Road 41 and State Highway 52 intersection project and authorized turn sign public service company in Colorado, Colorado 00:56:33
Corporation DBA Excel Energy. Good morning. Good morning Commissioners. Eric Green with Old County Public Works. 00:56:41
So basically this warranty need is to convey property from Weld County to Public Service Company of Colorado. The the property is 00:56:49
located in the northeast quadrant of the. 00:56:54
Kind of Road 41 and Hwy. 52 Intersection Improvements Project. 00:56:58
That the deed would allow for a conveyance of 0.131 acres of land to public service company. 00:57:03
So that an Excel energy high pressure gas pipeline meter station can be relocated this spring in 2024 and then following that for 00:57:10
other relocations, utility relocations to begin in, in summer of this year, so that the remainder of the roadway improvements can 00:57:17
be constructed in in spring and summer of 25. 00:57:23
There's no compensation associated with this lane conveyance. The board previously agreed to provide the necessary land interest 00:57:32
for Excel's relocation and no cost to Excel. 00:57:37
So staff is asking the board to authorize the chair to sign the warranty deed. 00:57:43
It has been reviewed by the Attorney's office, provided as a pass around, and signed by all 5 commissioners to include on the 00:57:47
agenda today. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have any questions for. 00:57:53
Move to April motion by Commissioner Buck for approval of the deed conveyance second by Commissioner Freeman Further discussion. 00:57:59
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye, aye, all those opposed, same sign and that passes 5 to 0. Thank you very 00:58:07
much. Thank you. 00:58:12
Item number four consider the acceptance of Deed of Dedication for public Right of Way for County Road 76 and and 33 Intersection 00:58:21
Project and authorized Chair to sign KTC Farm LLC. Good morning. 00:58:27
Morning Commissioners Trace Anderson Public Works. The agreement for purchase was presented and approved by the Board on March 4th 00:58:34
of this year. 00:58:38
This deed of dedication is to grant 0.026 acres of public road right of way from KTC Farm to Wells County. 00:58:43
In the southeast quadrant of the 7633 intersection. It's a complete roadway and intersection improvements for the Eaton Truck 00:58:52
route. 00:58:56
The property has been closed and staff is asking for the board to accept and authorize the chair to sign the Deed of Dedication. 00:59:01
Any Questions for Church? Second Motion by Commissioner Freeman for approval of the acceptance of Deed of Dedication Second by 00:59:08
Commissioner James. Further discussion. 00:59:13
None of those in favor signify by saying aye, aye. All opposed. Same sign. And the acceptance of dedication does pass by. Thanks, 00:59:19
Tracy. 00:59:23
And #5 consider acceptance of Deed of Dedication for Public road right away for County Road 76 and 33 Intersection project and 00:59:28
authorized Chair to sign Glenn and Lee Shannon Ruffler. 00:59:34
Tracy Anderson Public Works. The agreement for purchase was presented and approved by the Board on March 4th of this year. The 00:59:40
deed of dedication is to grant 0.033 acres of public road right away from Glenn and Lee Shannon Leffler to Old County. 00:59:48
And the NE quadrant of the World Counter of 76 intersection to complete roadway and intersection improvements for the Eaton Truck 00:59:56
Route. The property has been closed and staff is asking for the board to accept and authorize the chair to sign the Deed of 01:00:01
Dedication. 01:00:06
Any questions for Trace? 01:00:13
Move to approve second motion by Commissioner Freeman for the acceptance of the Deed of Dedication signed by Commissioner James. 01:00:15
Further discussion. 01:00:19
Hey, none. I was in favor signify by saying aye aye all of those same sign and that passes 5 to 0. Thanks Trace. Have a good day. 01:00:23
Item number six Consider temporary closure of County Road 39 between County Road 70 and 74. Good morning, Amy. 01:00:33
Good morning, Commissioners Amy Muchi, Public Works and presenting this closure on behalf of Goodell Construction. 01:00:41
They're requesting this closure to begin on April 1st and go through April 19th and this is for them to complete the intersection 01:00:47
improvements for the Omaha track facility. This will include widening and paving. 01:00:53
Of that intersection, the detour will take traffic to County Road 43, which is the closest paved route. 01:01:00
This is to minimize impacts to 41. At the request of some of the residents on that area, there will be additional signage to guide 01:01:07
traffic as well as message boards in place for the duration of the closure and also in advance of the closure. 01:01:13
The contractor will be maintaining local access as needed. They've been in communication with the school district as well as 01:01:20
emergency services. 01:01:25
Excellent. Any questions for Amy? 01:01:30
Moved Approved temporary closure second motion by Commissioner James to approve the temporary closure of County Road 39 between 01:01:34
County Road 70 and 74. Second by Commissioner Buck. Further discussion. 01:01:39
None. All those in favor signify by saying aye aye, all opposed. Same sign. And that temporary closure of County Road 39 from 4/1 01:01:45
to 4/19 passes unanimously. Thank you, Amy. 01:01:51
Item number 7. 01:01:59
Consider Contract ID 7958, Application for Federal Assistance Form SF424 for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant ECBG 01:02:01
Program and authorized Chair to sign Good Morning Chris Morning, Commissioners. This item was approved for placement on the agenda 01:02:08
by Pastoral, updated March 20th. 01:02:14
Last April, the board completed. 01:02:22
Pre application for Department of Energy Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant in the amount of 231,000. 01:02:24
$790.00. 01:02:32
The grants to be if to be used for lighting and lighting control upgrades and counting facilities, and we recommend approval. 01:02:34
All right. Any questions for Chris? 01:02:42
Move to approve. 01:02:45
Motion by Commissioner Freeman for approval of contract. ID 7958, second by Commissioner Buck for their discussion. 01:02:47
None. All those in favor signify by saying aye, aye, all opposed. Same sign. 01:02:55
And contract ID 7958 passes 5 to 0. Thanks Chris. 01:03:00
Item number eight First reading of Code Ordinance 2024-01 In the matter of Repealing and reenacting with amendments. Chapter 01:03:05
eight, Public Works of the Royal County Code, Appendix 8 O Functional Classification Map. This item was continued from February 01:03:11
26th, 2024. Good morning, Evan. 01:03:18
Good morning, Commissioners. Evan Pinkham with the Department of Planning Services here today. 01:03:27
Appreciate everybody's time on this and appreciate the opportunity to come back with this item after the continuance. 01:03:34
And so just getting started here, basically the functional classification map is used as the official roadway plan for the county 01:03:41
and is one of the most important transportation planning tools associated with our transportation plan, which is our 2045 broad 01:03:48
county transportation plan. 01:03:55
Essentially this functional classification map as we're building out a roadway infrastructure in the in the years to come and then 01:04:03
so we're planning for future projects, long range projects. 01:04:09
As as well as shorter term projects like in our capital improvements plan. This functional classification map is really crucial to 01:04:16
ensuring that the county can make these improvements in a cost effective manner. So it's it's truly an important document and an 01:04:24
important tool for us as planners and as the county. 01:04:31
For our transportation system. 01:04:39
So I wanted to go into a little bit of the history and how this map came about and kind of over the years how it's evolved and how 01:04:41
it continues to evolve. 01:04:46
So essentially the first document of its type that I have record of was created in 1973 and it was a third plan map that was a 01:04:52
part of the Weld County Comp plan at the time. Basically an addendum to that plan and it covers. 01:05:02
Many of the different things that we covered today in our functional classification map, including basically cross section for 01:05:13
different types of roads and basically a hierarchy of roads in the system back in 1973. As time went on that plan evolved a little 01:05:20
bit and in 1987. 01:05:26
We had a transportation plan adopted and part of that plan included a map that was basically an updated version of this that 01:05:34
included. 01:05:39
Highway system as well as an arterial and collector system for the county. 01:05:44
And covered cross section for each of those items. 01:05:50
Getting a little further along here, in 1995 we had a Rd. classification map, same same kind of deal on that. And then in 22,000 01:05:54
and two, we actually hired FHUA consultant to create a roadway classification map and they use some of those older documents and 01:06:02
some more information that they were able to. 01:06:09
Providing and uncover research on that and updated that particular map, it really focused again on the arterial and collector 01:06:17
local Rd. system. 01:06:23
In 2004, we have our first strategic roadway map, which essentially was kind of the top corridors in Weld County that saw a lot of 01:06:30
traffic and we're basically slated as far as corridors that needed improvements in the future. 01:06:38
In FHU was the consultant that helps create that document as well. 01:06:47
And then in 2007, an update to that strategic woodland map was was adopted by the board. 01:06:53
Moving forward in 2009, we really have our first functional classification map that looks more like what we're adopting today. 01:07:01
Again, it used the hierarchy system of roadway classifications starting with arterial and collector and local in 2011. That map 01:07:08
was updated 2015 as well. 01:07:15
And then in 2017, we updated the functional classification map. 01:07:23
Again, and and really just adding additional roads each time here. As you can see, each time these are adopted, there's typically 01:07:30
about two to three years in between each of them. 01:07:37
And then getting here to 2020, we have the functional classification map that was adopted with our 2045 transportation plan, so. 01:07:46
Obviously, we've got some adjustments on that map and that 2020. 01:07:56
Functional classification map. 01:08:00
It still relies on that that same structure of arterial roadways collecting roadways. 01:08:04
And local roadways and then we added another layer under that which is the county highway and typically the right of way is a 01:08:10
little bit higher on that county highway than. 01:08:16
A regular arterial roadways. 01:08:23
So 2020 was the last update that we had. So that's a little bit of a history on it looking at the functional classification 01:08:25
whether the kind of. 01:08:29
Things that it Why? You know, Why is it needed? Why are we? Why do we look at these things and what what are the elements that 01:08:35
we're looking at here? 01:08:39
Just looking at our classification definitions like I was talking about earlier, we have the Arterial classification, Collector 01:08:44
Collector Classification. 01:08:49
And then local Rd. classification. So each of these has different level of right of way, a future right of way that are identified 01:08:55
with each and I'll go over that here in a second. But typically when we're looking at each one of these, we're looking at 01:09:02
different things. So as you can imagine for arterial roadways, we're looking at moderate to long roadways as far as continuity and 01:09:09
really it's an extension of the state highway system. 01:09:16
There's they serve as a connection to larger population centers. 01:09:24
And typically the average daily trips. 01:09:29
Average traffic on these roads is very high in comparison to other roadways. 01:09:33
Collector Red Wings are short to moderate as far as continuity, and they link essentially the local Rd. system to the arterial Rd. 01:09:40
system. 01:09:45
So they serve lower population centers, lower density population centers. 01:09:51
Usually shorter trips and kind of that mid range as far as traffic volumes. 01:09:56
Local roadways are short to moderate generally, and they serve lower population centers, and typically the traffic on these roads 01:10:03
is typically quite a bit lower in general. 01:10:09
Looking at right of way associated with these as you can see on the slide, local roads are are your typical 60 foot right of way 01:10:17
and typically we have that on every County Road that we maintain at at a minimum that's 60 feet, it's really. 01:10:24
Just what's what's needed to be able to have a two lane roadway and be able to maintenance that roadway, maintain that roadway as 01:10:32
well as the the ditches on either side collect the roadways include a little bit more future right of way. So it's 80 feet total 01:10:40
right of way, so an additional 10 feet on either side. That's what that collector roadway typically has in our definitions there. 01:10:48
So then we move on to arterial. 01:10:56
These arterial roadways really what we're planning for ultimately there as like as you'll see in a few slides is the ultimate 01:11:04
build out of the roadway. We're looking at 140 feet of future right of way on this particular classification. And like I said 01:11:13
earlier, these typically have 60 feet of current right of way, but that future right of way is is basically what we. 01:11:22
Are looking at as far as setbacks. 01:11:32
I'll go into setbacks a little bit here on the next slide. 01:11:36
So as we're looking at these setbacks, we are measuring from the future right of way of the classification of the road that we 01:11:41
hope that is. 01:11:47
That. 01:11:53
That is that we're looking at there. So setback is going to be typically excuse me, setbacks are 20 feet from future right of way 01:11:55
for for any new structures. So this is new construction. We're not you know looking at things that are already completed, but the 01:12:01
set back is for new construction. 01:12:07
And the larger setbacks required for collector and arterial roads help to ensure that those future projects can be completed in a 01:12:14
cost effective manner. And they're done that way. That happens through, you know, good planning and making sure that these new 01:12:21
structures are outside of that future right of way. 01:12:28
There we go. And then we're going into typical cross section here on these. 01:12:37
For arterial roadways, it's a little hard to see, but basically on the left side there we're looking at an urban arterial in Weld 01:12:43
County. 01:12:47
What we're going to have here as far as the cross section on number of lanes that we're looking at and other features of a fully 01:12:51
built out roadway. 01:12:55
In that urban arterial for initial phase, you're still looking at that 60 feet of right away essentially and with the two lane 01:13:01
highway on that with different with shoulders on the other side and then the ultimate build out you know. 01:13:10
What we're ultimately looking at as long as you know. 01:13:20
Traffic increases on that particular roadway and. 01:13:26
The needs are met. 01:13:30
We're looking at a four lane roadway with a center median on that, with the potentially a trail on either side in an urban 01:13:32
setting. 01:13:36
Then on the arterial side, on the other side with the royal arterial, same kind of thing. We're looking at A2 lane Hwy. 2 lane 01:13:42
roadway in the initial phase and then ultimate phase you'd have a four lane highway with. 01:13:49
Roadway with a ditch in between with a center. Median ditch. 01:13:58
Moving on to Collector Roadways, essentially what we can fit inside that 80 feet. 01:14:05
Is going to be a through lane. 01:14:12
Roadway. So that'd be two through lanes and then a center medium center lane that would allow for turn lanes. 01:14:15
As you can see, there's different. 01:14:22
Differences between the rural and urban on this collector, but essentially the full build out of that roadway would be allowing 01:14:26
for that center turning lane. 01:14:31
Local roadways. 01:14:37
A lot of what our system is made-up, made-up of, are 60 feet of right of way. We've got the. 01:14:40
Two lane roadway there with ditches on the other side. In an urban setting, you can have trails. 01:14:47
Excuse me? Sidewalk on either side. 01:14:54
So moving on here. 01:15:02
Where we find this in web county code would be section 8810, and this is under the Web County Transportation Plan and Functional 01:15:04
Classification Map. And it says that it's recommended that we update this map every two years. 01:15:11
We typically update as as needed, but it's recommended at that two to two to three-year range and right now. 01:15:20
With the last update being in 2020, we're a little bit overdue, but we wanted to make sure that we kind of took a good look at 01:15:30
these changes that were. 01:15:34
We're requesting here today. 01:15:40
So getting into the particular updates that were. 01:15:47
Requesting. 01:15:52
To update on the functional classification map here, we'll start with County Road. 01:15:55
County Road 13 at County Road 50. 01:16:02
This is really brought on by a joint project that we have with landlord county and the Town of Johnstown and it's a realignment 01:16:05
project at Kennedy Rd. 13 and 50. And what we're seeing here is a realignment of while County Road 13 on the West side meeting up 01:16:13
with Webb County Road 13 on the east side. This is an area of the county that's growing very quickly. Traffic counts in this area 01:16:20
above. 01:16:28
4000 trips per day on County Road 13, so obviously quite a bit of traffic utilizing that roadway. 01:16:36
And what our recommendation here is, is to show that alignment on our functional classification functional classification map. 01:16:46
That shows the CIP project realignment here on the right. 01:16:58
This is a project that's on our CIP list, our our capital improvements plan list. 01:17:02
And. 01:17:09
We're looking to have it constructed in 2026, so we believe this is. 01:17:10
An eminent project and a realignment that we should be showing as a future arterial on our class functional classification map. 01:17:17
So moving on here we've got. 01:17:26
The Webb County Way. This is a road that was completed recently due to some due to a closure on O Street just West of this 01:17:29
location that US 85. 01:17:35
The wild county where we're looking to upgrade this one from a local road to a collector roadway. 01:17:41
This has fairly high traffic count at a little over 1000 trips per day. We see this as a kind of a clean up effort as far as our 01:17:48
functional classification map with it being a new road since our last adopted map, we really haven't had a chance to to upgrade 01:17:56
this one until now. So really I believe just a clean up effort on this one. 01:18:04
The next Rd. that we're looking at here is. 01:18:15
What kind of at 7 just north of Weld County Road 26? 01:18:20
This is currently a collecting roadway. We're looking to upgrade this to an arterial roadway. 01:18:26
This is a very large, fairly large traffic count on this one. It's 2800 vehicles per day and it really connects parts of Longmont 01:18:33
and Firestone up to need for some folks that like choose to go that route. It's an area of the county that's also growing very 01:18:41
quickly and this. 01:18:48
Upgrade will we see as a another cleanup effort to say the least on this one with the developments on either side eminent you know 01:18:56
this is. 01:19:01
When we want to reserve for additional right of way. 01:19:08
Next we have welcomed Road 90. This would be between. 01:19:13
Web Camera 13 and Web Camera 29. Currently this is a local Rd. 01:19:17
And we're looking to upgrade this to a collector roadway. Traffic counts are a little under 300 per day, but this is a major. 01:19:25
Connection A connection between Pierce and Fort Collins and Wellington I25. 01:19:33
You know, this is just a roadway that we'll see a lot more traffic in the future. We want to ensure that we're able to make those 01:19:39
improvements as the traffic increases. 01:19:44
Where the little bit of a split in this roadway because of a severance annexation, but All in all just looking at. 01:19:51
Upgrading to collector there on that one. 01:20:01
Next we have Kenya 21 looking to upgrade this one from local to a collector roadway this is. 01:20:04
Traffic count is a little under 1400 vehicles per day. 01:20:13
It connects between 2 collector roadways, a state highway and really more or less a clean up effort. As far as with it being a 01:20:18
local Rd. in that little stretch there doesn't doesn't make a whole lot of sense as far as having collector on either side and. 01:20:27
This is a road that connects Milliken to Platteville and a lot of other things. 01:20:36
On that one. 01:20:46
So I just want to pause here for a second and talk about you know as the as we're making these updates and the changes to the 01:20:50
functional classification that we have our our shots. 01:20:55
You know 2020 and now 2024 in between that time period there are annexations that occur in the county obviously and some of our 01:21:02
roadways are taken up in those annexations and and we need to make adjustments on those as well. So not a slide that I have here, 01:21:11
but we are you know in the updated map looking at removing all those Annex Annexed roadways. So just another part of us. 01:21:20
So when we went to the Planning Commission on this, we were recommending Log 10, Road 27 to be included. 01:21:31
As far as the upgrade on this functional classification map, we would recommended that webcam route 27 basically at the curve at 01:21:39
Bracewell to the West to Kenya 27 just north of Kenya 64 1/2 that stretch between. 01:21:48
And we had 64 1/2 and State Highway 392 and then a realignment option be included in the functional classification map as an 01:21:58
upgrade to a arterial. And we've had a public meeting since then, a lot of conversations, conversations with the board, 01:22:04
conversations internally. 01:22:10
We've also had conversations with CRT and clearly on this particular upgrade and and right now we're we're just you know kind of 01:22:16
retracting on this and and looking at it as. 01:22:22
Really we need additional time to look at all the aspects of this upgrade and and options that we are looking at as far as 01:22:29
realignment. So in my recommendations here today, I've removed that particular roadway for for upgrade now once we you know get 01:22:37
through these conversations get through. 01:22:45
Gathering public comment on this item. 01:22:54
We can come back at a later date and and look at that upgrade or or or maybe not, you know, maybe not looking an upgrade there and 01:22:58
maybe a different county roadway in the area. 01:23:03
So kind of retracting on that one and. 01:23:09
But we are staff is our engineering staff and Public Works is reviewing different realignments for Cameo 27 in the area and we'll 01:23:14
present those to the Board of County Commissioners during our capital improvements plan meeting this year. 01:23:21
But just some continued conversations. 01:23:30
So well county met with. 01:23:33
City of Greeley, East Africa, having improvements at the curve at baseball in particular. 01:23:37
This is a stretch of roadway that really is looking to annex in the short term. Potentially later this year is their timeline, and 01:23:43
in those conversations we've found that Guild is looking to. 01:23:49
Improve the roadway in in 2026 and they're proposing a through lane. 01:23:57
Cross section. 01:24:04
And also basically leans in either direction and a center lane. 01:24:06
And a guardrail on that roadway. So they're looking at improvements in that location and we will continue to work with Greeley on 01:24:13
that. If, if plans change, sure we can we can reassess, but but that's that's our conversation with Greeley on that particular 01:24:19
stretch of roadway. 01:24:25
And then we continue to have conversations. We see that regarding safety improvements at White County Road 27 and State Highway 01:24:33
392. I know this is an area, but top of mind, top of mind as far as you know, safety and a lot of other concerns in the area. And 01:24:40
so we're making sure that we're making the right safety improvements in that location and we're going to have additional 01:24:47
conversations with our board and with seat belt on that one. 01:24:54
So like I said, we had a public meeting, we hosted a public meeting here in the Event Center on March 5th, 2024 at 5:00 PM and we 01:25:03
gave some information regarding proposed changes to the functional classification map and as well as we discussed the plans for 01:25:10
West County Road 27. And like I said, we're, we're still evaluating those improvements and and looking to kind of further further 01:25:17
that discussion along here. 01:25:24
As time goes on. 01:25:32
So that brings me to basically the functional classification map that we're looking at. 01:25:34
Adopting through this process, this is the printed version of that or excuse me, the the PDF version of that. 01:25:39
There's also a way to get. 01:25:47
There's a way to get to this PDF on our website, and I'll show you that in a second. As well as the portal, the map portal. 01:25:50
That you can view this in a little bit more detail, which sometimes this map is really hard to view on APDF and it's it's nicer to 01:25:58
see it on agis system. 01:26:03
So just kind of going through. 01:26:09
How to get to that information? This is a main page world Gov. 01:26:12
You would go to the Public Works Department web page. 01:26:17
On the Public works page it's scroll. 01:26:23
Go to Transportation Planning. 01:26:27
What's my favorite page? 01:26:30
And. 01:26:33
And then this is the transportation planning page. 01:26:37
On the top I've. 01:26:41
Our functional classification map and PDF and then the proposed changes to the map couple PDF there, but you can also reach the. 01:26:43
We already adopted 2020 functional classification map by clicking this. 01:26:53
And then on a GIS portal. 01:26:58
Which are the website for that is at the bottom there, but if you have questions at night you can. 01:27:02
Contact me on this particular page you would go over to the side and make sure and click Public Works and Functional 01:27:07
Classification. 01:27:11
And then we can see the different classifications of the roadway. 01:27:17
The roadway system here, blue is going to be collector, red is arterial and then green is the county highway. So. 01:27:22
And then looking at our functional classification map adoption timeline. 01:27:29
As since sitting here today, where the first reading? 01:27:34
And then second reading is April 22nd at 9:11 same location and May 13th would be third reading. 01:27:38
At 9:00 AM. 01:27:48
That is all I have for my presentation, but I'm happy to answer any questions. 01:27:53
Thanks 7 Commission. 01:27:58
So on this special classification map, have we counted it all for the the new federal bill that went through? 01:28:01
Or is going through 3372? 01:28:08
The larger trucks that they're authorizing the pilot project to 91,000 lbs. 01:28:12
We accounted for that. I'm not real familiar with that, so I would have to check with our staff, but I. 01:28:19
Yeah, like I said, I'm not real familiar with that. I can. 01:28:25
OK. Well, just just to let you know, so there's a group and while they're protesting the federal bill, they have mentioned that 01:28:27
we've got, you know, 2900 miles of gravel and caved. 01:28:32
429 bridges, thousands of culverts, and they're expecting that with the heavier weights. What if this pilot project is successful? 01:28:37
You know they're they're mentioning some bridges and and they said they consulted engineers but they're they said there's some 01:28:49
bridges in particular that we have that would be at risk. 01:28:53
With the higher weight. So I was just wondering if it sounds like we. 01:28:59
Haven't discussed that at all with staff. It said 27 non Interstate bridges in Weld County. 01:29:03
I believe this is sent to all of us on the board, but doesn't mention the bill does not provide funding for state DOT's or local 01:29:09
government to make repairs from the heavier trucks on the road. So if if we were to on this functional classification map account 01:29:15
for this phenomenon that obviously is coming. Can you point out which roads we would direct those trucks to knowing that we're 01:29:22
we're probably going to have some of these on our roads. 01:29:28
Yeah, I would always say that the state system and then you know County Road 49 obviously and and some others we can. 01:29:36
Yeah, definitely put together a list that we would. 01:29:44
You know, push that traffic to we. In our transportation plan, we have freight corridors. 01:29:48
And we've listed several freight corridors that that can accept those. 01:29:55
Just a second, Commissioner Freeman. Elizabeth, do you mind addressing this? I know you have some information on this, please. So 01:30:00
the county does have an oversized overweight permit process that we require for those types of vehicles. And as part of that 01:30:06
review, Public Works does take into consideration the routes that because they'd also have to get those through the state as well. 01:30:12
And so we work closely with the state on permitting those routes and what we allow them to use for our transportation system 01:30:18
because. 01:30:23
For this reason, we do not want to take them down a road that couldn't physically, you know, physically handle. 01:30:30
That load or or that size vehicle and so Amy Munchie and her team do a great job of really taking those requests into 01:30:36
consideration for. 01:30:41
Determining the routes the most appropriate routes in coordination with the state that they should be using. 01:30:48
Awesome. Thank you, Mr. Freeman. No, I was just gonna say that, you know what, I think that's a great, great point going forward, 01:30:53
but it really is irrelevant to the functional classification map that we're talking about today. 01:30:58
Any other comments or questions for staff from the board? I'm not sure that's relevant Mr. Chair, that's this is part of our, this 01:31:05
is part of our function as far as cost, so. 01:31:10
Let's go ahead and move on, please. 01:31:18
OK. Any other questions or comments for staff? 01:31:22
All right. This is a public comment at, excuse me, excuse me, public hearing. So at this time, if anybody from the public wishes 01:31:25
to come forth and address any concerns or or questions they have about this functional classification map that's been presented 01:31:31
here today, ask that you please come forward, state your comments to the Board of Commissioners. Keep those comments to 3 minutes. 01:31:37
And when you get up there, make sure you state your name and address for the record, please. So anybody wish to comment on the MAP 01:31:43
today? 01:31:49
My name is Dave Mitchell and I live at 32799 County Road 27. Just want to thank you for listening to us. 01:32:04
When we came with the hearing. 01:32:12
Comment about road 27. 01:32:15
Thank you so much for that and just please. 01:32:18
Get more of the community involvement. 01:32:23
Figure out some way that they can be involved in this process a little bit more to help bring their concerns and comments. 01:32:26
To the table when when these discussions go on, we thank you for that. The other comment I have is that in this proposal, this 01:32:34
being made is I don't have a problem with what you're doing with trying to establish classifications for roadways and the like. 01:32:42
But I just think that should have been a second item. 01:32:52
From the actual Rd. designations in each area. 01:32:55
Make it a separate item to update the classifications and things for the roadways, but then address each one of those because each 01:32:59
one has different circumstances for the residents in the areas that they pertain to. And so I feel that gives those individuals in 01:33:08
those areas a little better opportunity to voice their opinion about what's happening to their Rd. in their area. 01:33:16
Comment I have. Thanks Steve. 01:33:25
Hi, I'm Glenn Peterson, 3442 County Road 27 in Greenland. 01:33:32
And it's my understanding. 01:33:40
That the designation of County Road 27 could have been changed from local to arterial. 01:33:43
Changing them the amount of right of way by more than double. 01:33:52
And I guess my concern is that nobody. 01:33:58
I didn't receive a letter or any other notification that changes like that could be made. 01:34:03
And that would be significant not only for the traffic. 01:34:08
Along that road. 01:34:12
That you know. 01:34:14
Half my property to disappear. 01:34:17
If that right of way was enforced later, so it just it seems. 01:34:20
Like our notification of these meetings or about these changes should have taken place. 01:34:26
And I do appreciate the fact that you've set back to look at that road again because in. 01:34:34
The continuity that was mentioned earlier, row 27 doesn't have it. It doesn't go up to 14. 01:34:43
And they're at. 01:34:53
Umm 74 it turns into a dirt Rd. then and then at 76 at dead ends. 01:34:56
And so increasing traffic. 01:35:04
And 27 S would increase traffic on 27 N and then you come up to 874. 01:35:09
And you've got a blind spot coming along on. 01:35:18
Road 74 so to the. 01:35:25
East of 27 there is both a A show. 01:35:27
And a curve that makes a real blind spot, so it just seems like. 01:35:32
1727 at 392 to increase traffic then just moves your. 01:35:38
Traffic accident potential up two miles to road 74 and 27 so but I I thank you that you're looking at things again I I hope that 01:35:46
there turns out to be a a better choice. 01:35:53
Thank you. Thank you. 01:36:01
Good morning, Good morning. I'm Kevin Shoemaker, 12710 Shiloh Rd. I'm speaking for the brace ball, HOA, I'm the president over 01:36:11
there right on the bracelet code and I just want to bring your attention and again we appreciate the effort and going into. 01:36:18
The consideration and the expansions and not and so forth, the one that you wanted to bring up was is per the sheriff's records, 01:36:26
there was 43 accidents in the last 17 months on the baseball curve, three of those since the last meeting that we were here and 01:36:31
so. 01:36:36
With that said, the there's four new developments east of Bracewell within a three mile distance east has been approved. That's 01:36:42
going to be up to 7600 residents. 01:36:47
And that's going to put that many more people going to Severance Middle School because that is that's all the Severance winter 01:36:52
Severance School District. 01:36:56
Of those, there's going to be a high percentage of high school kids. 01:37:01
My daughter was in high school and was on 392 and a car pulled out in front of her and her car was totaled. And that's a very 01:37:04
tough conversation or tough phone call to get. So we really appreciate all of the attention and the information that you guys look 01:37:11
at as far as what what that corridor is going to be for our future expansion. So thank you. Thank you. 01:37:17
What about what I say? I live on 392 between 27 and 22nd, so I get all the issues I guess, but my biggest concern was that when we 01:37:32
first saw this was safety. 01:37:38
Because if you go and look at where we're going to. 01:37:45
Put the two sections coming together. It was a lowest point on three 9216 feet higher to the West. 01:37:49
And about 13 feet higher elevation on the east side, so you got it in lower spot. So all of a sudden you got people coming over 01:37:57
here and you're going to double the traffic coming into that intersection and potentially having more accidents. That was one of 01:38:04
my biggest concerns with the the layout you had. So I appreciate you going back and rethinking this process. So we had a chance to 01:38:12
maybe communicate more in regard to some of those issues that may come up. 01:38:19
When it comes to, I know somebody commented once that you know where state highway you got to worry about the state trail. Get out 01:38:27
there and see how many wide bags they carry out before they do something with the like. 01:38:33
But I tell you right now, there's more accidents there than ever gets turned in. 01:38:40
But I cleaned it up several times. 01:38:45
Coming up from Town Road 27, they'll shoot right across the highway and land out my pasture and I don't know how many of those. 01:38:48
Then they come and cut my wire out of electric stamps. I need to get 220 I think, instead of 110 and getting a little shock of 01:38:53
their life, but. 01:38:58
Back out, so there's a lot of accidents, in fact, in the last. 01:39:05
Since November, there's been three accidents. There's never been reported. 01:39:12
So it happens all the time, and two of those within one week. 01:39:15
And. 01:39:19
One once in October, there was three accidents there in one day. 01:39:22
OK. And so by putting all the traffic coming into that low spot, we can't see it coming from the other side. I brought it 01:39:27
yesterday and it takes a while before you can see what's going beyond when you go on either side of that because of the hill on 01:39:32
each side. So I'd like to have you take that into consideration when you're looking at stuff there and I appreciate you guys 01:39:38
taking some time to set this back and. 01:39:44
Just communicate with us and get ready to do something so we can have some input. OK. Thank you. 01:39:51
Anybody else have any additional comment here? Yes, ma'am. 01:40:01
Good morning. My name is Stephanie Fever, 32801 County Road 27. 01:40:06
I just had a quick question about the capital improvement plan meeting. Is that a public? 01:40:12
Meeting when you'll be. 01:40:17
Bringing some decisions about the 27 Rd. 01:40:19
Yeah, that's a work session that we host generally that's in September, October time frame we hosted in our events room where we 01:40:22
had that public meeting the town hall with with everybody regarding the functional classification map. But all meetings like that 01:40:30
are public. Yeah, Mr. Freeman, we've actually moved the CIP meeting will be in June this year. We're right. Thank you. So that we 01:40:37
can get ahead of the budget process. I don't have the exact date, but it's June something I think 27th, June 27th. Thank you. 01:40:44
Great. Thank you. 01:40:52
Also, I assume you are still be in communication with the City of Greeley regarding that curve. Do they make their plans public 01:40:55
for ready for public viewing? Do they have a timeline of? 01:41:00
Do we know a timeline for that yet or probably not. I don't, I don't have that unless you guys in your discussions now. 01:41:05
Yeah, I don't have a timeline as far as you know what when they'll be sharing additional information on that. I know the project's 01:41:12
looking at 2026 for construction. So if that's true, they're going to be, you know, moving forward with design and everything. But 01:41:18
I'm not exactly sure of their public process on those projects. We we had a meeting with the City of Greeley yesterday to try and 01:41:24
get an update on where they're at and what they're anticipating for this. 01:41:30
Area, and I would say that probably the next step in the process that we'll be bringing to both the council and the board would be 01:41:37
an annexation agreement. So that really could move forward with, you know, just a simultaneous project, so it doesn't have to be 01:41:43
piece meal. 01:41:48
OK. Thank you. And I did just want to say thank you very much for taking the time to have that extra community meeting. I know we 01:41:55
kind of ran a little bit late, but we definitely appreciate your time and your consideration and kind of putting this one on the 01:41:59
back burner. So thank you very much. 01:42:04
Does anybody else wish to have comment here? 01:42:11
Yes, Sir. 01:42:14
My name is Ken Schrader. I live on 31552 County Road 27. 01:42:19
And I just have another concern. I mean, I'm still going back to like I think it was seven years ago. The plan was to take what is 01:42:24
80 3rd Ave. now. 01:42:29
And when it's straight N to 392 to connect with County Road 27. 01:42:35
On the other side of 392, you would eliminate all those curves and especially the dangerous one. My concern now hearing that 01:42:41
really is going to take that over. 01:42:46
Is that the voter never goes straight. They'll keep that dangerous curve. You got another curve there, and if you want to connect 01:42:52
to 27, you're going to add another curve. 01:42:56
The best solution is still. 01:43:02
Run that road straight north, and I know it's probably more expensive because there's a ditch, big irrigation ditch that a new 01:43:05
bridge will have to be built. That adds to the cost, but I think safety should take priority. 01:43:12
And my concern is that if Greeley does this. 01:43:19
The solutions never. It's never going to be fixed. 01:43:23
Because really spends all that money on that curve trying to make improve it, which they might improve it, but it doesn't 01:43:27
eliminate the problem. So I would really like. 01:43:33
Them to look at still taking that road straight north and making an intersection with 27 and 392. I think that would be the safest 01:43:39
solution. 01:43:44
Thank you, Sir. 01:43:50
Any additional comment? 01:43:53
Hearing none, I'll go ahead and close public hearing for Code Ordinance 2024 O one for the first reading. 01:43:56
And bring it back to the board. 01:44:03
Mr. Chair, move we approve on first reading Code Ordinance #2024-O, One second. 01:44:07
I got a motion for approval of Court Ordinance 2024-01 from Commissioner James second by Commissioner Pot. Further discussion. 01:44:13
I'm going to add into I just want to thank staff for taking all the time to put this together, listening to the residents concerns 01:44:23
working with them. I want to thank all the members from the community for attending the town hall that we had earlier in the month 01:44:30
and giving us your input. We greatly appreciate it And with that I'll go ahead and call the call All those in favor signify by 01:44:37
saying aye, aye, all opposed. Same sign and total immense 2024 O1 passes 5 to 0. 01:44:44
On 1st. 01:44:51
Reading so that goes ahead and concludes new business. This brings us to public comment. Is there anyone here that wishes to speak 01:44:52
to the Board of County Commissioners regarding any comments that you may have? We ask that you limit those comments to 3 minutes. 01:44:59
If you're unable to make a comment in person, you can always e-mail public comment at world.gov or by emailing such comments to 01:45:07
the World County Clerk to the Board at PO Box 758-1150 O St. Greeley Co 806 Three Two. 01:45:14
Or again, by visiting us in person? Does anybody wish to make public comment today? 01:45:22
Go ahead and close public comment and we will adjourn. We'll take a 5 minute break here and we will come back for public hearings 01:45:30
for our 10/8. 01:45:34
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, 00:32:39
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:32:45
Good morning and welcome everybody to today's regularly scheduled Board of County Commissioners meeting. Today is Wednesday, March 00:33:01
27th, 2024 * 9 AM Roll call please. Mike Freeman, Scott James here, Kevin Ross. Let the record reflect 5 out of five commissioners 00:33:09
are here today and it's approval of minutes of March 13th, 2024. 00:33:16
Motion for approval by Commissioner saying second by Commissioner Buck further discussion. 00:33:26
And then all those in favor signify by saying aye, all opposed. Same sign and minutes pass 5 to 0. 00:33:31
Read Read Ordinance, My Audio Read Code Ordinance 2024-01 by Audio Code. Read Code Ordinance 2024-01 by Audio. Second Ocean by 00:33:38
Commissioner James, Second by Commissioner Buckery. Coordinator Ordinance 20/24/01 by Audio Any discussion. 00:33:47
And then all of a favor signify by saying aye aye all opposed same sign and that will be read by audio 5 to 0. 00:33:57
I'm not a student. Any members to today's agenda? 00:34:06
No. All right, hearing none. Approval of consent. Agenda approved. Approved consent. 00:34:09
Motion by Commissioner James for approval of Consent Agenda, second by Commissioner Freeman. 00:34:15
Discussion all right. Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. All opposed. Same sign and consent. Agenda passes 5 00:34:19
to 0. 00:34:24
Proclamations Number One Day of the Young Child, March 30th, 2024. 00:34:29
Whereas the United Way of Rogue County and Roe County's Early Childhood Council and its community partners, in conjunction with 00:34:35
the National Association for the Education of Young Children, are celebrating the Day of the Young Child Saturday, March 30th. And 00:34:41
whereas these organizations are working together to increase awareness and importance of early childhood development while helping 00:34:47
to facilitate accessible pathways. 00:34:52
Of services which will lead to the lifelong well-being for all children prenatal through eight years of age. And whereas teachers, 00:34:58
childcare professionals, nonprofits and all those who make a difference in the lives of young children in well county deserve 00:35:04
things and recognition. And whereas public policies that support early learning opportunities for all young children are crucial 00:35:11
to all children in Wall County being valued, healthy and thriving, now therefore be it proclaimed by the Board of Globe County 00:35:17
Commissioners. 00:35:23
That Saturday, March 30th, 2024. 00:35:29
Known as the Day of the Young Child and the courage all citizens to work and make a good investment in early childhood in Royal 00:35:32
County and across Colorado. Signed by all 5 county commissioners. 00:35:37
Did we have anybody here, Ernest, did you want to step up? 00:35:49
First, I think she'd bring them all up. I mean, if they're going to be here. 00:35:55
You don't have to speak. 00:36:02
Thank you Commissioners, for your acknowledgement and support of early childhood in our community and celebration of the good 00:36:08
young child in White County. We host the Northern Colorado Children's Festival. This event is more than a fun day for families, 00:36:13
but an opportunity for stakeholders to come together and highlight the importance of early childhood and the role plays in shaping 00:36:19
the future of our children and community, as well as their valuable information, activities and resources with families and other 00:36:24
providers. 00:36:29
Learning does not begin when a child enters school. Quality education starts at birth. Research consistently shows that children 00:36:35
who have access to quality early childhood education programs. 00:36:41
More likely. That's right. Academically, socially, and emotionally, this foundation makes an impact later in life. Imagine being a 00:36:46
child that could not read at the level you're supposed to be at while your peers continue to learn more. What effects would that 00:36:52
have on your confidence and desire to continue to learn and grow? 00:36:58
The haters influence influenced by communication and has strong ties to literacy. 00:37:04
Currently, only 39% of children are reading a group level by the end of third grade in North County. Third grade is a pivotal 00:37:09
moment for children's education, as this is when children stop learning to read and start reading to learn. 00:37:16
So they show that grandmother reading at this stage predicts future success, but also when students are not at grade level. It can 00:37:23
have negative societal economic impacts, including increased incarceration rates and public assistance needs. 00:37:29
Weld County is a child care desert, meaning that there is not a Med capacity to give every child the quality start to. 00:37:37
To life. They deserve will. Quality child care is crucial. It is only one of the essential resources it takes to achieve a 00:37:44
brighter future for our community. It takes nonprofits, coaches, parents, governments and the overall community to make this all 00:37:50
possible. It takes a village. Thank you. Thank you. 00:37:56
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for recognizing United Way and the hard work that they're doing to to And so I I just want 00:38:07
to acknowledge these amazing women behind me who? 00:38:13
Tirelessly, daily work in our community to try to advance early childhood education in our community where we are a child care 00:38:19
desert. And I think that there's a couple of reasons behind that and I think you all probably already know this. I'm just going to 00:38:25
enlighten you a little bit. I think you all have the same path maybe. 00:38:32
My mom. 00:38:40
There's a great example. My mom is one of eleven children. 00:38:42
And this. And and then there she had three. 00:38:47
And then from there I had two. 00:38:52
And of the two, my children are talking about maybe having one and. 00:38:54
Each place creating is what we already see a train wreck. A report came out about childcare but also came out about workforce. And 00:39:01
one of the biggest issues really hitting our country soon will be to work for shortage. And while county will not be an exception 00:39:09
to that rule, unless we become advocates today to be able to try to find a way to help add more childcare resources so that 00:39:16
families can actually decide, no, I can't stop that, I don't want more children. I can't have more children. 00:39:24
I have no place to take them to to have quality childcare in our community. 00:39:32
And so I think today's a great example of one of the things that we could do as a community begin to invest in programs like what 00:39:37
United Way is doing and trying to add more childcare facilities. And I don't like just childcare centers. We're talking about 00:39:44
folks wanting to just open up a childcare in your home. And we can add that we literally last year added 100 new seats. 00:39:51
To while county and we'll continue to do that. But we could always do more And so we would love while county to take a look at 00:40:00
early childhood and begin to take a look at how we can invest in early childhood and more importantly invest in our our community 00:40:06
that and their families. I tell my wife I said Mike fear is all of us are going to get old and nobody will have to take care of 00:40:12
us, right. So let's invest in it today and this is a great way to do it. So thank you for your support for what United Way is 00:40:18
doing and we ask that you know, I know. 00:40:25
Pretty much everybody on this board, we look to sit down with a cup of coffee and just talk a little bit about how much more I 00:40:32
think the county we could become progressively looking at this issue and say how can we invest in this future for children, but 00:40:37
not only with children but our future workforce. So thank you so much for your time. I greatly appreciate it and thank you ladies 00:40:41
for all you do. 00:40:46
Take just don't anybody go anywhere yet, right? This is this is the fun time, right? So if you don't mind, just for your record, 00:40:57
if both of you would just say your name and address, we have that. That is part of our procedure. 00:41:02
Hey, Adrian. 00:41:08
And I live at 1726 Westwood Circle #3, Eaton Co. Thanks, Adrian. 00:41:11
Ernest and play this Walker and I live at 1212 Creekwood Court in Windsor on the Wall County side. Good, good, good man. And with 00:41:19
that, we'd love to take a picture with you with this proclamation. Is that OK? So if everybody will come on up here. 00:41:25
All right, everybody ready? 00:41:55
123. 00:42:06
Thank you. 00:42:12
Good to see you. 00:42:15
All right, brings us to warrants, Item number one, general warrants, March 27th, 2024. 00:42:44
Motion by Commissioner Buck for approval of General Warren. Second by Commissioner James. Any further discussion? 00:42:50
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye, aye, all opposed. Same sign and warrants passes 5 to 0. 00:42:56
Bids Item number one approve Bid B to 400-0141 ton 4x4 extended cap pickup with eight foot utility box quantity 1 Departments of 00:43:05
Fleet Services and Public Works. Good morning Toby. Good morning Toby Taylor with purchasing as advertised. This bid is for one 00:43:13
4x4 extended the cab pickup with an 8 foot utility box. The low bidder is from Ken Garff, Ford and Greeley for $62,833. Three 00:43:21
services is recommending awarding the award to. 00:43:29
Garth Ford of Greeley. 00:43:37
Any questions for Toby Move to approve second motion by Commissioner Buck for approval of bid B 2400014 second by Commissioner 00:43:40
Freeman Further discussion. 00:43:45
And then I was in favor signify by saying aye aye all opposed same sign and B 24,014 passes 5 to 0. 00:43:50
Item number two, Approved Bid B 24,053 Cisco Network Switches Department of Information Technology. 00:44:00
Three bids were received. The Department of Information Technology staff have reviewed all the bids So Borrow Inc out of Denver. 00:44:06
Has the lowest solution at $137,912.80 that meets specifications that were in the documented bid process. Therefore the Department 00:44:14
of Information Technology is recommending the award Zizabarro Inc. 00:44:22
All right. Any questions for Toby? 00:44:31
Motion by Commissioner saying for approval of Bid B 24,053 second by Commissioner James further discussion. 00:44:34
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye aye, all opposed same sign and bid B 24,053 passes 5 to 0. 00:44:40
Item number 3. 00:44:48
Present bid be 24,032 pavement, smoothness testing and grinding. Department of Public Works one vendor has replied to this 00:44:50
solicitation. Public Works is reviewing that reply and anticipates bringing a recommendation to the Board on April 3rd, 2024. 00:44:58
Question for Tony. 00:45:07
Item number four present Bid B 24,061 VMware Maintenance Weld Department of Information Technology 6 vendors have replied to the 00:45:10
solicitation. The Department of Information Technology is evaluating those replies and anticipates bringing a recommendation to 00:45:16
the Board on April 10th, 2024. 00:45:23
Questions for Toby. All right, thank you, Sir. That concludes bids and brings us to new business. 00:45:30
Item number one Consider Petition for Abatement of Refund Taxes for Account number P 9107041, The Mill Event Venue, LLC. Good 00:45:36
Morning Assessor Donuts. 00:45:43
It's specified in case law, seeing that regardless of whether items are permanently attached to a building. 00:47:34
Property tax law requires every owner to annually provide a listing and the cost of their equipment will accept an IRS 00:48:15
depreciation schedule. But if we don't get a full and accurate listing, then we're expected to estimate the value and the last day 00:48:21
through. If the owner does not provide that full and accurate listing in the year of the valuation, then they lose their rights to 00:48:27
file an abatement to the tax. 00:48:33
Personal property. So each of my office mails from the declaration form in January. We mail it to the same address where they 00:48:40
filed their Secretary of State business filing, and we did that in January of 2021. This appointment is for 21 and 22. We didn't 00:48:47
receive a return deck. We mailed the owner a notice of value in June, including the notice of value. Also include a letter saying 00:48:53
if you don't protest your value, if you don't get this corrected in this calendar year, you're going to lose your right to appeal. 00:49:00
Then we send another letter if we don't hear back. And then we physically try to inspect the property and go talk to the owner in 00:49:08
order to do everything we can for a property owner to not lose those rights. We did that on this account and didn't hear anything 00:49:14
in 21. We started all over again in January of 22 with that same process. We checked our records and we haven't ever received any 00:49:20
mail back. So returned mail on any of these mailings that we did. In the meanwhile, the treasurer was trying to make sure that he 00:49:26
was getting his taxes paid. 00:49:32
Real property and so. 00:50:10
It's about $300,000 in actual value. So if you look on your petition form at tax year 2022, I'm going backwards at this moment 00:50:43
because it because it's confusing. We had an original value of $418,129 and we're recommending that we remove $296,717.00 in real 00:50:51
property and set the corrected actual value at 121,412. 00:51:00
I did 2022 first because in 2021 we're recommending the exact same methodology. 00:51:10
And in 2021, we were dealing with covert and business personal property was allowed to get an additional adjustment because it's a 00:51:16
valuing use and they weren't able to use all of that equipment when we were dealing with COVAD. So we had made an additional 00:51:24
adjustment in 2021 and we are recommending that instead of the value of 121,412 like we did for 2022 that we applied the same 00:51:31
adjustment we did for other business personal property, which reduces the value to 81,144. So in summary. 00:51:39
Mr. Ribble did not report his equipment listing to us in 21 and 22 and as a result he lost his right to have an abatement of tax 00:51:47
for his personal property value. However, we believe there's real property value included and it was and we call that double 00:51:55
taxation. So we researched the real property value and after removing that, we've confirmed the remaining personal property value 00:52:02
is a reasonable estimate. Therefore, we're recommending approval in part of this abatement request for tax year 21 and 22. 00:52:09
This approval will result in a tax abatement for 21 of $4467.40 and for tax year 22A tax abatement of 8779 cents. 00:52:17
Is there a representative here for the middle event venue? 00:52:32
Yes Sir. And if you don't mind, just state your name and address for the record. Any comments you'd like to make to us, Sir? My 00:52:36
name is Brandon Rebel and I live at 6600 Royal Country Down Drive, Windsor Weld county side. 00:52:42
And everything that Miss Donzer said is correct. She is absolutely right and we are here because I did not know about filing the. 00:52:49
Claiming claiming what was what was real property and what was what was personal property. So everything that she that she said 00:53:01
was correct. The only thing I'd like to clarify for the record is that we did discuss going back and forth with the assessors 00:53:07
office that all communication was going to the physical address of the business. 00:53:13
Which we which we clarified the e-mail which has never been our mailing address so I was unaware of this until until I got served 00:53:20
notice. But I agree with everything that she just said and her recommendation on the abatement. 00:53:26
Brandy everything to respond to that. 00:53:35
My only responsibility that we use the Secretary of State filing for mailing address and when Mr. Ribble contacted us and told us 00:53:39
that he had changed his mailing address we've updated that and and now we have a lot of methods to communicate with Mr. Ruble 00:53:45
including e-mail and phone but we are required to mail those documents so so we're going to continue mailing in the future just 00:53:51
for clarification but if there's any question we'd be happy to answer this. 00:53:58
Support. Have any questions for either party here? 00:54:06
Yes, Mr. Cena, Mr. Rules, are you satisfied with this abatement then? 00:54:08
Yes, ma'am, I am. Thank you. Thank you. I just want to say what's not to love? 00:54:13
We approve the abatement as detailed by the assessor. 00:54:19
I got a motion from Commissioner James for approval second by Commissioner Buck. Any further discussion? 00:54:24
Hearing none. All those in favor of approving the petition excuse me, the abatement amount of proposed by the assessor signify by 00:54:30
saying aye aye, all opposed. Same sign and that passes unanimously 5 to 0. Thank you for being here today. We appreciate it. 00:54:37
Good time. 00:54:45
This brings us to item number two. Consider grant application for Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund. 00:54:53
Yeah. Program for phase three of County Road 77 improvements project between County roads 106 and 114 April Cycle Tier 2 and 00:55:00
authorized Department of Public Works to submit electronically. Good morning, Elizabeth. Good morning, Commissioners Eliz. 00:55:08
Department of Planning Services here to ask for your permission to submit this Tier $2.00 grant application for Wealth County Road 00:55:16
to 77 phase three improvements. We are asking for a tier two $1 million. 00:55:24
Request to dola to for our total project cost of $3.5 million to offset that and the application is due April 1st and we would 00:55:32
just ask for your approval to submit this application. 00:55:39
Any questions for Elizabeth? 00:55:47
To approve the resolution. Second, thank you. 00:55:49
Got a motion from Commissioner James for approval of submitting the application. Second from Commissioner Buck Further discussion. 00:55:52
Sad, yeah. Thank you. We continue this wrong Rd. improvement out there and we'll get there. It's about what, 20 miles total I 00:56:00
think, but hopefully we'll be successful and again a highly impacted Rd. from oil and gas. So with that, I'll go ahead and call 00:56:06
the colony. All those in favor signify by saying aye, aye, all opposed. Same sign and it approves 5 to 0 to submit that 00:56:13
application. Thanks, Elizabeth. 00:56:19
Item number three, consider warranty D to convey property for relocation of high pressure gas pipeline meter station for County 00:56:26
Road 41 and State Highway 52 intersection project and authorized turn sign public service company in Colorado, Colorado 00:56:33
Corporation DBA Excel Energy. Good morning. Good morning Commissioners. Eric Green with Old County Public Works. 00:56:41
So basically this warranty need is to convey property from Weld County to Public Service Company of Colorado. The the property is 00:56:49
located in the northeast quadrant of the. 00:56:54
Kind of Road 41 and Hwy. 52 Intersection Improvements Project. 00:56:58
That the deed would allow for a conveyance of 0.131 acres of land to public service company. 00:57:03
So that an Excel energy high pressure gas pipeline meter station can be relocated this spring in 2024 and then following that for 00:57:10
other relocations, utility relocations to begin in, in summer of this year, so that the remainder of the roadway improvements can 00:57:17
be constructed in in spring and summer of 25. 00:57:23
There's no compensation associated with this lane conveyance. The board previously agreed to provide the necessary land interest 00:57:32
for Excel's relocation and no cost to Excel. 00:57:37
So staff is asking the board to authorize the chair to sign the warranty deed. 00:57:43
It has been reviewed by the Attorney's office, provided as a pass around, and signed by all 5 commissioners to include on the 00:57:47
agenda today. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have any questions for. 00:57:53
Move to April motion by Commissioner Buck for approval of the deed conveyance second by Commissioner Freeman Further discussion. 00:57:59
Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye, aye, all those opposed, same sign and that passes 5 to 0. Thank you very 00:58:07
much. Thank you. 00:58:12
Item number four consider the acceptance of Deed of Dedication for public Right of Way for County Road 76 and and 33 Intersection 00:58:21
Project and authorized Chair to sign KTC Farm LLC. Good morning. 00:58:27
Morning Commissioners Trace Anderson Public Works. The agreement for purchase was presented and approved by the Board on March 4th 00:58:34
of this year. 00:58:38
This deed of dedication is to grant 0.026 acres of public road right of way from KTC Farm to Wells County. 00:58:43
In the southeast quadrant of the 7633 intersection. It's a complete roadway and intersection improvements for the Eaton Truck 00:58:52
route. 00:58:56
The property has been closed and staff is asking for the board to accept and authorize the chair to sign the Deed of Dedication. 00:59:01
Any Questions for Church? Second Motion by Commissioner Freeman for approval of the acceptance of Deed of Dedication Second by 00:59:08
Commissioner James. Further discussion. 00:59:13
None of those in favor signify by saying aye, aye. All opposed. Same sign. And the acceptance of dedication does pass by. Thanks, 00:59:19
Tracy. 00:59:23
And #5 consider acceptance of Deed of Dedication for Public road right away for County Road 76 and 33 Intersection project and 00:59:28
authorized Chair to sign Glenn and Lee Shannon Ruffler. 00:59:34
Tracy Anderson Public Works. The agreement for purchase was presented and approved by the Board on March 4th of this year. The 00:59:40
deed of dedication is to grant 0.033 acres of public road right away from Glenn and Lee Shannon Leffler to Old County. 00:59:48
And the NE quadrant of the World Counter of 76 intersection to complete roadway and intersection improvements for the Eaton Truck 00:59:56
Route. The property has been closed and staff is asking for the board to accept and authorize the chair to sign the Deed of 01:00:01
Dedication. 01:00:06
Any questions for Trace? 01:00:13
Move to approve second motion by Commissioner Freeman for the acceptance of the Deed of Dedication signed by Commissioner James. 01:00:15
Further discussion. 01:00:19
Hey, none. I was in favor signify by saying aye aye all of those same sign and that passes 5 to 0. Thanks Trace. Have a good day. 01:00:23
Item number six Consider temporary closure of County Road 39 between County Road 70 and 74. Good morning, Amy. 01:00:33
Good morning, Commissioners Amy Muchi, Public Works and presenting this closure on behalf of Goodell Construction. 01:00:41
They're requesting this closure to begin on April 1st and go through April 19th and this is for them to complete the intersection 01:00:47
improvements for the Omaha track facility. This will include widening and paving. 01:00:53
Of that intersection, the detour will take traffic to County Road 43, which is the closest paved route. 01:01:00
This is to minimize impacts to 41. At the request of some of the residents on that area, there will be additional signage to guide 01:01:07
traffic as well as message boards in place for the duration of the closure and also in advance of the closure. 01:01:13
The contractor will be maintaining local access as needed. They've been in communication with the school district as well as 01:01:20
emergency services. 01:01:25
Excellent. Any questions for Amy? 01:01:30
Moved Approved temporary closure second motion by Commissioner James to approve the temporary closure of County Road 39 between 01:01:34
County Road 70 and 74. Second by Commissioner Buck. Further discussion. 01:01:39
None. All those in favor signify by saying aye aye, all opposed. Same sign. And that temporary closure of County Road 39 from 4/1 01:01:45
to 4/19 passes unanimously. Thank you, Amy. 01:01:51
Item number 7. 01:01:59
Consider Contract ID 7958, Application for Federal Assistance Form SF424 for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant ECBG 01:02:01
Program and authorized Chair to sign Good Morning Chris Morning, Commissioners. This item was approved for placement on the agenda 01:02:08
by Pastoral, updated March 20th. 01:02:14
Last April, the board completed. 01:02:22
Pre application for Department of Energy Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant in the amount of 231,000. 01:02:24
$790.00. 01:02:32
The grants to be if to be used for lighting and lighting control upgrades and counting facilities, and we recommend approval. 01:02:34
All right. Any questions for Chris? 01:02:42
Move to approve. 01:02:45
Motion by Commissioner Freeman for approval of contract. ID 7958, second by Commissioner Buck for their discussion. 01:02:47
None. All those in favor signify by saying aye, aye, all opposed. Same sign. 01:02:55
And contract ID 7958 passes 5 to 0. Thanks Chris. 01:03:00
Item number eight First reading of Code Ordinance 2024-01 In the matter of Repealing and reenacting with amendments. Chapter 01:03:05
eight, Public Works of the Royal County Code, Appendix 8 O Functional Classification Map. This item was continued from February 01:03:11
26th, 2024. Good morning, Evan. 01:03:18
Good morning, Commissioners. Evan Pinkham with the Department of Planning Services here today. 01:03:27
Appreciate everybody's time on this and appreciate the opportunity to come back with this item after the continuance. 01:03:34
And so just getting started here, basically the functional classification map is used as the official roadway plan for the county 01:03:41
and is one of the most important transportation planning tools associated with our transportation plan, which is our 2045 broad 01:03:48
county transportation plan. 01:03:55
Essentially this functional classification map as we're building out a roadway infrastructure in the in the years to come and then 01:04:03
so we're planning for future projects, long range projects. 01:04:09
As as well as shorter term projects like in our capital improvements plan. This functional classification map is really crucial to 01:04:16
ensuring that the county can make these improvements in a cost effective manner. So it's it's truly an important document and an 01:04:24
important tool for us as planners and as the county. 01:04:31
For our transportation system. 01:04:39
So I wanted to go into a little bit of the history and how this map came about and kind of over the years how it's evolved and how 01:04:41
it continues to evolve. 01:04:46
So essentially the first document of its type that I have record of was created in 1973 and it was a third plan map that was a 01:04:52
part of the Weld County Comp plan at the time. Basically an addendum to that plan and it covers. 01:05:02
Many of the different things that we covered today in our functional classification map, including basically cross section for 01:05:13
different types of roads and basically a hierarchy of roads in the system back in 1973. As time went on that plan evolved a little 01:05:20
bit and in 1987. 01:05:26
We had a transportation plan adopted and part of that plan included a map that was basically an updated version of this that 01:05:34
included. 01:05:39
Highway system as well as an arterial and collector system for the county. 01:05:44
And covered cross section for each of those items. 01:05:50
Getting a little further along here, in 1995 we had a Rd. classification map, same same kind of deal on that. And then in 22,000 01:05:54
and two, we actually hired FHUA consultant to create a roadway classification map and they use some of those older documents and 01:06:02
some more information that they were able to. 01:06:09
Providing and uncover research on that and updated that particular map, it really focused again on the arterial and collector 01:06:17
local Rd. system. 01:06:23
In 2004, we have our first strategic roadway map, which essentially was kind of the top corridors in Weld County that saw a lot of 01:06:30
traffic and we're basically slated as far as corridors that needed improvements in the future. 01:06:38
In FHU was the consultant that helps create that document as well. 01:06:47
And then in 2007, an update to that strategic woodland map was was adopted by the board. 01:06:53
Moving forward in 2009, we really have our first functional classification map that looks more like what we're adopting today. 01:07:01
Again, it used the hierarchy system of roadway classifications starting with arterial and collector and local in 2011. That map 01:07:08
was updated 2015 as well. 01:07:15
And then in 2017, we updated the functional classification map. 01:07:23
Again, and and really just adding additional roads each time here. As you can see, each time these are adopted, there's typically 01:07:30
about two to three years in between each of them. 01:07:37
And then getting here to 2020, we have the functional classification map that was adopted with our 2045 transportation plan, so. 01:07:46
Obviously, we've got some adjustments on that map and that 2020. 01:07:56
Functional classification map. 01:08:00
It still relies on that that same structure of arterial roadways collecting roadways. 01:08:04
And local roadways and then we added another layer under that which is the county highway and typically the right of way is a 01:08:10
little bit higher on that county highway than. 01:08:16
A regular arterial roadways. 01:08:23
So 2020 was the last update that we had. So that's a little bit of a history on it looking at the functional classification 01:08:25
whether the kind of. 01:08:29
Things that it Why? You know, Why is it needed? Why are we? Why do we look at these things and what what are the elements that 01:08:35
we're looking at here? 01:08:39
Just looking at our classification definitions like I was talking about earlier, we have the Arterial classification, Collector 01:08:44
Collector Classification. 01:08:49
And then local Rd. classification. So each of these has different level of right of way, a future right of way that are identified 01:08:55
with each and I'll go over that here in a second. But typically when we're looking at each one of these, we're looking at 01:09:02
different things. So as you can imagine for arterial roadways, we're looking at moderate to long roadways as far as continuity and 01:09:09
really it's an extension of the state highway system. 01:09:16
There's they serve as a connection to larger population centers. 01:09:24
And typically the average daily trips. 01:09:29
Average traffic on these roads is very high in comparison to other roadways. 01:09:33
Collector Red Wings are short to moderate as far as continuity, and they link essentially the local Rd. system to the arterial Rd. 01:09:40
system. 01:09:45
So they serve lower population centers, lower density population centers. 01:09:51
Usually shorter trips and kind of that mid range as far as traffic volumes. 01:09:56
Local roadways are short to moderate generally, and they serve lower population centers, and typically the traffic on these roads 01:10:03
is typically quite a bit lower in general. 01:10:09
Looking at right of way associated with these as you can see on the slide, local roads are are your typical 60 foot right of way 01:10:17
and typically we have that on every County Road that we maintain at at a minimum that's 60 feet, it's really. 01:10:24
Just what's what's needed to be able to have a two lane roadway and be able to maintenance that roadway, maintain that roadway as 01:10:32
well as the the ditches on either side collect the roadways include a little bit more future right of way. So it's 80 feet total 01:10:40
right of way, so an additional 10 feet on either side. That's what that collector roadway typically has in our definitions there. 01:10:48
So then we move on to arterial. 01:10:56
These arterial roadways really what we're planning for ultimately there as like as you'll see in a few slides is the ultimate 01:11:04
build out of the roadway. We're looking at 140 feet of future right of way on this particular classification. And like I said 01:11:13
earlier, these typically have 60 feet of current right of way, but that future right of way is is basically what we. 01:11:22
Are looking at as far as setbacks. 01:11:32
I'll go into setbacks a little bit here on the next slide. 01:11:36
So as we're looking at these setbacks, we are measuring from the future right of way of the classification of the road that we 01:11:41
hope that is. 01:11:47
That. 01:11:53
That is that we're looking at there. So setback is going to be typically excuse me, setbacks are 20 feet from future right of way 01:11:55
for for any new structures. So this is new construction. We're not you know looking at things that are already completed, but the 01:12:01
set back is for new construction. 01:12:07
And the larger setbacks required for collector and arterial roads help to ensure that those future projects can be completed in a 01:12:14
cost effective manner. And they're done that way. That happens through, you know, good planning and making sure that these new 01:12:21
structures are outside of that future right of way. 01:12:28
There we go. And then we're going into typical cross section here on these. 01:12:37
For arterial roadways, it's a little hard to see, but basically on the left side there we're looking at an urban arterial in Weld 01:12:43
County. 01:12:47
What we're going to have here as far as the cross section on number of lanes that we're looking at and other features of a fully 01:12:51
built out roadway. 01:12:55
In that urban arterial for initial phase, you're still looking at that 60 feet of right away essentially and with the two lane 01:13:01
highway on that with different with shoulders on the other side and then the ultimate build out you know. 01:13:10
What we're ultimately looking at as long as you know. 01:13:20
Traffic increases on that particular roadway and. 01:13:26
The needs are met. 01:13:30
We're looking at a four lane roadway with a center median on that, with the potentially a trail on either side in an urban 01:13:32
setting. 01:13:36
Then on the arterial side, on the other side with the royal arterial, same kind of thing. We're looking at A2 lane Hwy. 2 lane 01:13:42
roadway in the initial phase and then ultimate phase you'd have a four lane highway with. 01:13:49
Roadway with a ditch in between with a center. Median ditch. 01:13:58
Moving on to Collector Roadways, essentially what we can fit inside that 80 feet. 01:14:05
Is going to be a through lane. 01:14:12
Roadway. So that'd be two through lanes and then a center medium center lane that would allow for turn lanes. 01:14:15
As you can see, there's different. 01:14:22
Differences between the rural and urban on this collector, but essentially the full build out of that roadway would be allowing 01:14:26
for that center turning lane. 01:14:31
Local roadways. 01:14:37
A lot of what our system is made-up, made-up of, are 60 feet of right of way. We've got the. 01:14:40
Two lane roadway there with ditches on the other side. In an urban setting, you can have trails. 01:14:47
Excuse me? Sidewalk on either side. 01:14:54
So moving on here. 01:15:02
Where we find this in web county code would be section 8810, and this is under the Web County Transportation Plan and Functional 01:15:04
Classification Map. And it says that it's recommended that we update this map every two years. 01:15:11
We typically update as as needed, but it's recommended at that two to two to three-year range and right now. 01:15:20
With the last update being in 2020, we're a little bit overdue, but we wanted to make sure that we kind of took a good look at 01:15:30
these changes that were. 01:15:34
We're requesting here today. 01:15:40
So getting into the particular updates that were. 01:15:47
Requesting. 01:15:52
To update on the functional classification map here, we'll start with County Road. 01:15:55
County Road 13 at County Road 50. 01:16:02
This is really brought on by a joint project that we have with landlord county and the Town of Johnstown and it's a realignment 01:16:05
project at Kennedy Rd. 13 and 50. And what we're seeing here is a realignment of while County Road 13 on the West side meeting up 01:16:13
with Webb County Road 13 on the east side. This is an area of the county that's growing very quickly. Traffic counts in this area 01:16:20
above. 01:16:28
4000 trips per day on County Road 13, so obviously quite a bit of traffic utilizing that roadway. 01:16:36
And what our recommendation here is, is to show that alignment on our functional classification functional classification map. 01:16:46
That shows the CIP project realignment here on the right. 01:16:58
This is a project that's on our CIP list, our our capital improvements plan list. 01:17:02
And. 01:17:09
We're looking to have it constructed in 2026, so we believe this is. 01:17:10
An eminent project and a realignment that we should be showing as a future arterial on our class functional classification map. 01:17:17
So moving on here we've got. 01:17:26
The Webb County Way. This is a road that was completed recently due to some due to a closure on O Street just West of this 01:17:29
location that US 85. 01:17:35
The wild county where we're looking to upgrade this one from a local road to a collector roadway. 01:17:41
This has fairly high traffic count at a little over 1000 trips per day. We see this as a kind of a clean up effort as far as our 01:17:48
functional classification map with it being a new road since our last adopted map, we really haven't had a chance to to upgrade 01:17:56
this one until now. So really I believe just a clean up effort on this one. 01:18:04
The next Rd. that we're looking at here is. 01:18:15
What kind of at 7 just north of Weld County Road 26? 01:18:20
This is currently a collecting roadway. We're looking to upgrade this to an arterial roadway. 01:18:26
This is a very large, fairly large traffic count on this one. It's 2800 vehicles per day and it really connects parts of Longmont 01:18:33
and Firestone up to need for some folks that like choose to go that route. It's an area of the county that's also growing very 01:18:41
quickly and this. 01:18:48
Upgrade will we see as a another cleanup effort to say the least on this one with the developments on either side eminent you know 01:18:56
this is. 01:19:01
When we want to reserve for additional right of way. 01:19:08
Next we have welcomed Road 90. This would be between. 01:19:13
Web Camera 13 and Web Camera 29. Currently this is a local Rd. 01:19:17
And we're looking to upgrade this to a collector roadway. Traffic counts are a little under 300 per day, but this is a major. 01:19:25
Connection A connection between Pierce and Fort Collins and Wellington I25. 01:19:33
You know, this is just a roadway that we'll see a lot more traffic in the future. We want to ensure that we're able to make those 01:19:39
improvements as the traffic increases. 01:19:44
Where the little bit of a split in this roadway because of a severance annexation, but All in all just looking at. 01:19:51
Upgrading to collector there on that one. 01:20:01
Next we have Kenya 21 looking to upgrade this one from local to a collector roadway this is. 01:20:04
Traffic count is a little under 1400 vehicles per day. 01:20:13
It connects between 2 collector roadways, a state highway and really more or less a clean up effort. As far as with it being a 01:20:18
local Rd. in that little stretch there doesn't doesn't make a whole lot of sense as far as having collector on either side and. 01:20:27
This is a road that connects Milliken to Platteville and a lot of other things. 01:20:36
On that one. 01:20:46
So I just want to pause here for a second and talk about you know as the as we're making these updates and the changes to the 01:20:50
functional classification that we have our our shots. 01:20:55
You know 2020 and now 2024 in between that time period there are annexations that occur in the county obviously and some of our 01:21:02
roadways are taken up in those annexations and and we need to make adjustments on those as well. So not a slide that I have here, 01:21:11
but we are you know in the updated map looking at removing all those Annex Annexed roadways. So just another part of us. 01:21:20
So when we went to the Planning Commission on this, we were recommending Log 10, Road 27 to be included. 01:21:31
As far as the upgrade on this functional classification map, we would recommended that webcam route 27 basically at the curve at 01:21:39
Bracewell to the West to Kenya 27 just north of Kenya 64 1/2 that stretch between. 01:21:48
And we had 64 1/2 and State Highway 392 and then a realignment option be included in the functional classification map as an 01:21:58
upgrade to a arterial. And we've had a public meeting since then, a lot of conversations, conversations with the board, 01:22:04
conversations internally. 01:22:10
We've also had conversations with CRT and clearly on this particular upgrade and and right now we're we're just you know kind of 01:22:16
retracting on this and and looking at it as. 01:22:22
Really we need additional time to look at all the aspects of this upgrade and and options that we are looking at as far as 01:22:29
realignment. So in my recommendations here today, I've removed that particular roadway for for upgrade now once we you know get 01:22:37
through these conversations get through. 01:22:45
Gathering public comment on this item. 01:22:54
We can come back at a later date and and look at that upgrade or or or maybe not, you know, maybe not looking an upgrade there and 01:22:58
maybe a different county roadway in the area. 01:23:03
So kind of retracting on that one and. 01:23:09
But we are staff is our engineering staff and Public Works is reviewing different realignments for Cameo 27 in the area and we'll 01:23:14
present those to the Board of County Commissioners during our capital improvements plan meeting this year. 01:23:21
But just some continued conversations. 01:23:30
So well county met with. 01:23:33
City of Greeley, East Africa, having improvements at the curve at baseball in particular. 01:23:37
This is a stretch of roadway that really is looking to annex in the short term. Potentially later this year is their timeline, and 01:23:43
in those conversations we've found that Guild is looking to. 01:23:49
Improve the roadway in in 2026 and they're proposing a through lane. 01:23:57
Cross section. 01:24:04
And also basically leans in either direction and a center lane. 01:24:06
And a guardrail on that roadway. So they're looking at improvements in that location and we will continue to work with Greeley on 01:24:13
that. If, if plans change, sure we can we can reassess, but but that's that's our conversation with Greeley on that particular 01:24:19
stretch of roadway. 01:24:25
And then we continue to have conversations. We see that regarding safety improvements at White County Road 27 and State Highway 01:24:33
392. I know this is an area, but top of mind, top of mind as far as you know, safety and a lot of other concerns in the area. And 01:24:40
so we're making sure that we're making the right safety improvements in that location and we're going to have additional 01:24:47
conversations with our board and with seat belt on that one. 01:24:54
So like I said, we had a public meeting, we hosted a public meeting here in the Event Center on March 5th, 2024 at 5:00 PM and we 01:25:03
gave some information regarding proposed changes to the functional classification map and as well as we discussed the plans for 01:25:10
West County Road 27. And like I said, we're, we're still evaluating those improvements and and looking to kind of further further 01:25:17
that discussion along here. 01:25:24
As time goes on. 01:25:32
So that brings me to basically the functional classification map that we're looking at. 01:25:34
Adopting through this process, this is the printed version of that or excuse me, the the PDF version of that. 01:25:39
There's also a way to get. 01:25:47
There's a way to get to this PDF on our website, and I'll show you that in a second. As well as the portal, the map portal. 01:25:50
That you can view this in a little bit more detail, which sometimes this map is really hard to view on APDF and it's it's nicer to 01:25:58
see it on agis system. 01:26:03
So just kind of going through. 01:26:09
How to get to that information? This is a main page world Gov. 01:26:12
You would go to the Public Works Department web page. 01:26:17
On the Public works page it's scroll. 01:26:23
Go to Transportation Planning. 01:26:27
What's my favorite page? 01:26:30
And. 01:26:33
And then this is the transportation planning page. 01:26:37
On the top I've. 01:26:41
Our functional classification map and PDF and then the proposed changes to the map couple PDF there, but you can also reach the. 01:26:43
We already adopted 2020 functional classification map by clicking this. 01:26:53
And then on a GIS portal. 01:26:58
Which are the website for that is at the bottom there, but if you have questions at night you can. 01:27:02
Contact me on this particular page you would go over to the side and make sure and click Public Works and Functional 01:27:07
Classification. 01:27:11
And then we can see the different classifications of the roadway. 01:27:17
The roadway system here, blue is going to be collector, red is arterial and then green is the county highway. So. 01:27:22
And then looking at our functional classification map adoption timeline. 01:27:29
As since sitting here today, where the first reading? 01:27:34
And then second reading is April 22nd at 9:11 same location and May 13th would be third reading. 01:27:38
At 9:00 AM. 01:27:48
That is all I have for my presentation, but I'm happy to answer any questions. 01:27:53
Thanks 7 Commission. 01:27:58
So on this special classification map, have we counted it all for the the new federal bill that went through? 01:28:01
Or is going through 3372? 01:28:08
The larger trucks that they're authorizing the pilot project to 91,000 lbs. 01:28:12
We accounted for that. I'm not real familiar with that, so I would have to check with our staff, but I. 01:28:19
Yeah, like I said, I'm not real familiar with that. I can. 01:28:25
OK. Well, just just to let you know, so there's a group and while they're protesting the federal bill, they have mentioned that 01:28:27
we've got, you know, 2900 miles of gravel and caved. 01:28:32
429 bridges, thousands of culverts, and they're expecting that with the heavier weights. What if this pilot project is successful? 01:28:37
You know they're they're mentioning some bridges and and they said they consulted engineers but they're they said there's some 01:28:49
bridges in particular that we have that would be at risk. 01:28:53
With the higher weight. So I was just wondering if it sounds like we. 01:28:59
Haven't discussed that at all with staff. It said 27 non Interstate bridges in Weld County. 01:29:03
I believe this is sent to all of us on the board, but doesn't mention the bill does not provide funding for state DOT's or local 01:29:09
government to make repairs from the heavier trucks on the road. So if if we were to on this functional classification map account 01:29:15
for this phenomenon that obviously is coming. Can you point out which roads we would direct those trucks to knowing that we're 01:29:22
we're probably going to have some of these on our roads. 01:29:28
Yeah, I would always say that the state system and then you know County Road 49 obviously and and some others we can. 01:29:36
Yeah, definitely put together a list that we would. 01:29:44
You know, push that traffic to we. In our transportation plan, we have freight corridors. 01:29:48
And we've listed several freight corridors that that can accept those. 01:29:55
Just a second, Commissioner Freeman. Elizabeth, do you mind addressing this? I know you have some information on this, please. So 01:30:00
the county does have an oversized overweight permit process that we require for those types of vehicles. And as part of that 01:30:06
review, Public Works does take into consideration the routes that because they'd also have to get those through the state as well. 01:30:12
And so we work closely with the state on permitting those routes and what we allow them to use for our transportation system 01:30:18
because. 01:30:23
For this reason, we do not want to take them down a road that couldn't physically, you know, physically handle. 01:30:30
That load or or that size vehicle and so Amy Munchie and her team do a great job of really taking those requests into 01:30:36
consideration for. 01:30:41
Determining the routes the most appropriate routes in coordination with the state that they should be using. 01:30:48
Awesome. Thank you, Mr. Freeman. No, I was just gonna say that, you know what, I think that's a great, great point going forward, 01:30:53
but it really is irrelevant to the functional classification map that we're talking about today. 01:30:58
Any other comments or questions for staff from the board? I'm not sure that's relevant Mr. Chair, that's this is part of our, this 01:31:05
is part of our function as far as cost, so. 01:31:10
Let's go ahead and move on, please. 01:31:18
OK. Any other questions or comments for staff? 01:31:22
All right. This is a public comment at, excuse me, excuse me, public hearing. So at this time, if anybody from the public wishes 01:31:25
to come forth and address any concerns or or questions they have about this functional classification map that's been presented 01:31:31
here today, ask that you please come forward, state your comments to the Board of Commissioners. Keep those comments to 3 minutes. 01:31:37
And when you get up there, make sure you state your name and address for the record, please. So anybody wish to comment on the MAP 01:31:43
today? 01:31:49
My name is Dave Mitchell and I live at 32799 County Road 27. Just want to thank you for listening to us. 01:32:04
When we came with the hearing. 01:32:12
Comment about road 27. 01:32:15
Thank you so much for that and just please. 01:32:18
Get more of the community involvement. 01:32:23
Figure out some way that they can be involved in this process a little bit more to help bring their concerns and comments. 01:32:26
To the table when when these discussions go on, we thank you for that. The other comment I have is that in this proposal, this 01:32:34
being made is I don't have a problem with what you're doing with trying to establish classifications for roadways and the like. 01:32:42
But I just think that should have been a second item. 01:32:52
From the actual Rd. designations in each area. 01:32:55
Make it a separate item to update the classifications and things for the roadways, but then address each one of those because each 01:32:59
one has different circumstances for the residents in the areas that they pertain to. And so I feel that gives those individuals in 01:33:08
those areas a little better opportunity to voice their opinion about what's happening to their Rd. in their area. 01:33:16
Comment I have. Thanks Steve. 01:33:25
Hi, I'm Glenn Peterson, 3442 County Road 27 in Greenland. 01:33:32
And it's my understanding. 01:33:40
That the designation of County Road 27 could have been changed from local to arterial. 01:33:43
Changing them the amount of right of way by more than double. 01:33:52
And I guess my concern is that nobody. 01:33:58
I didn't receive a letter or any other notification that changes like that could be made. 01:34:03
And that would be significant not only for the traffic. 01:34:08
Along that road. 01:34:12
That you know. 01:34:14
Half my property to disappear. 01:34:17
If that right of way was enforced later, so it just it seems. 01:34:20
Like our notification of these meetings or about these changes should have taken place. 01:34:26
And I do appreciate the fact that you've set back to look at that road again because in. 01:34:34
The continuity that was mentioned earlier, row 27 doesn't have it. It doesn't go up to 14. 01:34:43
And they're at. 01:34:53
Umm 74 it turns into a dirt Rd. then and then at 76 at dead ends. 01:34:56
And so increasing traffic. 01:35:04
And 27 S would increase traffic on 27 N and then you come up to 874. 01:35:09
And you've got a blind spot coming along on. 01:35:18
Road 74 so to the. 01:35:25
East of 27 there is both a A show. 01:35:27
And a curve that makes a real blind spot, so it just seems like. 01:35:32
1727 at 392 to increase traffic then just moves your. 01:35:38
Traffic accident potential up two miles to road 74 and 27 so but I I thank you that you're looking at things again I I hope that 01:35:46
there turns out to be a a better choice. 01:35:53
Thank you. Thank you. 01:36:01
Good morning, Good morning. I'm Kevin Shoemaker, 12710 Shiloh Rd. I'm speaking for the brace ball, HOA, I'm the president over 01:36:11
there right on the bracelet code and I just want to bring your attention and again we appreciate the effort and going into. 01:36:18
The consideration and the expansions and not and so forth, the one that you wanted to bring up was is per the sheriff's records, 01:36:26
there was 43 accidents in the last 17 months on the baseball curve, three of those since the last meeting that we were here and 01:36:31
so. 01:36:36
With that said, the there's four new developments east of Bracewell within a three mile distance east has been approved. That's 01:36:42
going to be up to 7600 residents. 01:36:47
And that's going to put that many more people going to Severance Middle School because that is that's all the Severance winter 01:36:52
Severance School District. 01:36:56
Of those, there's going to be a high percentage of high school kids. 01:37:01
My daughter was in high school and was on 392 and a car pulled out in front of her and her car was totaled. And that's a very 01:37:04
tough conversation or tough phone call to get. So we really appreciate all of the attention and the information that you guys look 01:37:11
at as far as what what that corridor is going to be for our future expansion. So thank you. Thank you. 01:37:17
What about what I say? I live on 392 between 27 and 22nd, so I get all the issues I guess, but my biggest concern was that when we 01:37:32
first saw this was safety. 01:37:38
Because if you go and look at where we're going to. 01:37:45
Put the two sections coming together. It was a lowest point on three 9216 feet higher to the West. 01:37:49
And about 13 feet higher elevation on the east side, so you got it in lower spot. So all of a sudden you got people coming over 01:37:57
here and you're going to double the traffic coming into that intersection and potentially having more accidents. That was one of 01:38:04
my biggest concerns with the the layout you had. So I appreciate you going back and rethinking this process. So we had a chance to 01:38:12
maybe communicate more in regard to some of those issues that may come up. 01:38:19
When it comes to, I know somebody commented once that you know where state highway you got to worry about the state trail. Get out 01:38:27
there and see how many wide bags they carry out before they do something with the like. 01:38:33
But I tell you right now, there's more accidents there than ever gets turned in. 01:38:40
But I cleaned it up several times. 01:38:45
Coming up from Town Road 27, they'll shoot right across the highway and land out my pasture and I don't know how many of those. 01:38:48
Then they come and cut my wire out of electric stamps. I need to get 220 I think, instead of 110 and getting a little shock of 01:38:53
their life, but. 01:38:58
Back out, so there's a lot of accidents, in fact, in the last. 01:39:05
Since November, there's been three accidents. There's never been reported. 01:39:12
So it happens all the time, and two of those within one week. 01:39:15
And. 01:39:19
One once in October, there was three accidents there in one day. 01:39:22
OK. And so by putting all the traffic coming into that low spot, we can't see it coming from the other side. I brought it 01:39:27
yesterday and it takes a while before you can see what's going beyond when you go on either side of that because of the hill on 01:39:32
each side. So I'd like to have you take that into consideration when you're looking at stuff there and I appreciate you guys 01:39:38
taking some time to set this back and. 01:39:44
Just communicate with us and get ready to do something so we can have some input. OK. Thank you. 01:39:51
Anybody else have any additional comment here? Yes, ma'am. 01:40:01
Good morning. My name is Stephanie Fever, 32801 County Road 27. 01:40:06
I just had a quick question about the capital improvement plan meeting. Is that a public? 01:40:12
Meeting when you'll be. 01:40:17
Bringing some decisions about the 27 Rd. 01:40:19
Yeah, that's a work session that we host generally that's in September, October time frame we hosted in our events room where we 01:40:22
had that public meeting the town hall with with everybody regarding the functional classification map. But all meetings like that 01:40:30
are public. Yeah, Mr. Freeman, we've actually moved the CIP meeting will be in June this year. We're right. Thank you. So that we 01:40:37
can get ahead of the budget process. I don't have the exact date, but it's June something I think 27th, June 27th. Thank you. 01:40:44
Great. Thank you. 01:40:52
Also, I assume you are still be in communication with the City of Greeley regarding that curve. Do they make their plans public 01:40:55
for ready for public viewing? Do they have a timeline of? 01:41:00
Do we know a timeline for that yet or probably not. I don't, I don't have that unless you guys in your discussions now. 01:41:05
Yeah, I don't have a timeline as far as you know what when they'll be sharing additional information on that. I know the project's 01:41:12
looking at 2026 for construction. So if that's true, they're going to be, you know, moving forward with design and everything. But 01:41:18
I'm not exactly sure of their public process on those projects. We we had a meeting with the City of Greeley yesterday to try and 01:41:24
get an update on where they're at and what they're anticipating for this. 01:41:30
Area, and I would say that probably the next step in the process that we'll be bringing to both the council and the board would be 01:41:37
an annexation agreement. So that really could move forward with, you know, just a simultaneous project, so it doesn't have to be 01:41:43
piece meal. 01:41:48
OK. Thank you. And I did just want to say thank you very much for taking the time to have that extra community meeting. I know we 01:41:55
kind of ran a little bit late, but we definitely appreciate your time and your consideration and kind of putting this one on the 01:41:59
back burner. So thank you very much. 01:42:04
Does anybody else wish to have comment here? 01:42:11
Yes, Sir. 01:42:14
My name is Ken Schrader. I live on 31552 County Road 27. 01:42:19
And I just have another concern. I mean, I'm still going back to like I think it was seven years ago. The plan was to take what is 01:42:24
80 3rd Ave. now. 01:42:29
And when it's straight N to 392 to connect with County Road 27. 01:42:35
On the other side of 392, you would eliminate all those curves and especially the dangerous one. My concern now hearing that 01:42:41
really is going to take that over. 01:42:46
Is that the voter never goes straight. They'll keep that dangerous curve. You got another curve there, and if you want to connect 01:42:52
to 27, you're going to add another curve. 01:42:56
The best solution is still. 01:43:02
Run that road straight north, and I know it's probably more expensive because there's a ditch, big irrigation ditch that a new 01:43:05
bridge will have to be built. That adds to the cost, but I think safety should take priority. 01:43:12
And my concern is that if Greeley does this. 01:43:19
The solutions never. It's never going to be fixed. 01:43:23
Because really spends all that money on that curve trying to make improve it, which they might improve it, but it doesn't 01:43:27
eliminate the problem. So I would really like. 01:43:33
Them to look at still taking that road straight north and making an intersection with 27 and 392. I think that would be the safest 01:43:39
solution. 01:43:44
Thank you, Sir. 01:43:50
Any additional comment? 01:43:53
Hearing none, I'll go ahead and close public hearing for Code Ordinance 2024 O one for the first reading. 01:43:56
And bring it back to the board. 01:44:03
Mr. Chair, move we approve on first reading Code Ordinance #2024-O, One second. 01:44:07
I got a motion for approval of Court Ordinance 2024-01 from Commissioner James second by Commissioner Pot. Further discussion. 01:44:13
I'm going to add into I just want to thank staff for taking all the time to put this together, listening to the residents concerns 01:44:23
working with them. I want to thank all the members from the community for attending the town hall that we had earlier in the month 01:44:30
and giving us your input. We greatly appreciate it And with that I'll go ahead and call the call All those in favor signify by 01:44:37
saying aye, aye, all opposed. Same sign and total immense 2024 O1 passes 5 to 0. 01:44:44
On 1st. 01:44:51
Reading so that goes ahead and concludes new business. This brings us to public comment. Is there anyone here that wishes to speak 01:44:52
to the Board of County Commissioners regarding any comments that you may have? We ask that you limit those comments to 3 minutes. 01:44:59
If you're unable to make a comment in person, you can always e-mail public comment at world.gov or by emailing such comments to 01:45:07
the World County Clerk to the Board at PO Box 758-1150 O St. Greeley Co 806 Three Two. 01:45:14
Or again, by visiting us in person? Does anybody wish to make public comment today? 01:45:22
Go ahead and close public comment and we will adjourn. We'll take a 5 minute break here and we will come back for public hearings 01:45:30
for our 10/8. 01:45:34
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