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  • Roll Call

  • Minutes

  • Amendments to Agenda

  • Consent Agenda

  • Warrants: General Warrants

  • Bids: Reject Multi-Agency Bid #B25-02, Chip Seal Aggregate – Department of Public Works

  • Approve Bid #B2500028, Mining Services – Department of Public Works

  • New Business – General: Consider Contract ID #9227 Memorandum of Understanding for Child Welfare Student Referral Information for Rebalance Program and Authorize Chair to Sign – Northern Colorado Youth for Christ

  • Consider Contract ID #9189 Agreement for Foster Care Respite Services and Authorize Chair to Sign – Alexander and Lindsey Square

  • Consider Contract ID #9254 Agreement for Foster Care Respite Services and Authorize Chair to Sign – Brian Arenal and Zarah Hobbs

  • Consider Contract ID #9238 Individual Provider Contract or Purchase of Foster Care Services in a Foster Care Home and Authorize Chair to Sign – Paul Marak

  • Consider Contract ID #9239 Individual Provider Contract or Purchase of Foster Care Services in a Foster Care Home and Authorize Chair to Sign – Lloyd and Christal Roberts

  • Consider Contract ID #9246 Individual Provider Contract or Purchase of Foster Care Services in a Foster Care Home and Authorize Chair to Sign – Brian Arenal and Zarah Hobbs

  • Consider Contract ID #9247 Individual Provider Contract or Purchase of Foster Care Services in a Foster Care Home and Authorize Chair to Sign – Jaime and Nichole Esquibel

  • Consider Contract ID #9253 Education Affiliation Clinical Training Agreement for Nursing Student Internship Requirements and Authorize Chair to Sign – University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS)

  • New Business – Ordinances: Second Reading of Code Ordinance #2025-02, in the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 2 Administration of the Weld County Code (Graywater Prohibition)

  • New Business – Planning: Consider Request to Extend Time to Record Map for Use by Special Review Permit, USR24-0013, for a 1041 Major Facility of a Public Utility, Including a 199 Megawatt AC Solar Energy Facility (SEF) on 1,500 Acres, a 100 Megawatt AC BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) and a Step-Up Substation, Transformer and Maintenance Facilities, and a 230kV Interconnecting Transmission Line to Connect to a New Tri%u2011State Switching Station, Outside of Subdivisions and Historic Townsites in the A (Agricultural) Zone District – Prospect Solar, LLC, c/o Recurrent Energy

  • Public Comment

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. 00:18:17
And to the Republic for which it stands. 00:18:21
One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 00:18:24
Good morning. 00:18:30
It is Wednesday, March 26, 2025 9:00 Well County board hearings roll call please. Jason Maxie. 00:18:31
Lynette Pepler present Heaven Ross here. Scott James here. 00:18:39
Harry Potter here. 00:18:43
All right, that takes us to minutes. Minutes from March 12th, 2025. 00:18:45
Moved by Commissioner Ross, Second by Commissioner Pepler. Further discussion. 00:18:51
All in favor say aye aye. Opposed say nay. 00:18:55
Amendments to the agenda Houston Doing Ave. 00:18:58
All right, that takes us to consent agenda moved. Approved consent agenda second. It has been moved by Commissioner Ross, second 00:19:02
by Commissioner James. 00:19:05
Further discussion. 00:19:09
All in favor, say aye aye opposed say. 00:19:11
That takes us to warrants General warrant move to approve general warrants. Second, I need to have a roll call. 00:19:15
It has been moved by Commissioner Maxie, second by Commissioner Ross for the discussion. 00:19:20
Roll call vote please. 00:19:26
Jason Max, yes. 00:19:27
Annette Peppler. Epstein, Kevin Ross. Yes, Scott. 00:19:29
Yes. 00:19:32
Yes. 00:19:33
All right, this takes us to bids. 00:19:35
Approved bid. 00:19:38
Multi agency bid B-250. 00:19:40
To chip seal aggregate. Department of Public Works. 00:19:43
Good morning. Good morning, Rose Everett, purchasing department. 00:19:47
On March 4th, 2025, Larimer County Purchasing opened three bids for the 2025 Ship Seal Aggregate supply. 00:19:51
That included quantities for both Well County and Larimer County. 00:19:58
The two lowest bids from Green Dream International and Simon did not meet the specifications for the. 00:20:02
Creation size of aggregate. 00:20:09
Black Rock material and supply met all specification specifications, however. 00:20:11
Their bid price is extremely high and they cannot guarantee a long term supply of material. 00:20:17
Public Works is recommending to not award this bid to any vendors and rebid this material. 00:20:23
All right. Are there any questions from the board? Reject bid be 2500 oh two second. 00:20:29
It has been moved by Commissioner James, second by Commissioner Maxey. 00:20:34
Further discussion. 00:20:38
All in favor, say aye. Opposed say. 00:20:39
Bid B-250. 00:20:43
O2 has been rejected. 00:20:45
#2 Approved bid B 250-0028 Mining Services, Department of Public Works. 00:20:47
Yes again. On March 11, 2025, Weld County purchasing open 5 bids for the Public Works 2025 Mining Services invitation for bid. 00:20:54
Three bids were determined by the purchasing department to be non responsive because the bidders did not submit the required bid 00:21:04
bond. 00:21:07
Therefore, Public Works is recommending the Bed to the Low Bidder award to the low Bidder Overlook Mine LLC for the budgeted 00:21:11
amount of $1,360,000. 00:21:16
All right. Any questions of the board move to approve it be 25128. 00:21:22
Second, it has been moved by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner James for the discussion. 00:21:27
All in favor, say aye. Opposed say nay. 00:21:32
Thank you both. Thank you. 00:21:35
All right. This takes us to general business. 00:21:37
Get to see. 00:21:39
Consider contract ID, 9227 Memorandum of understanding for child welfare student referral information. 00:21:41
For rebalance program and authorized chair to sign Northern Colorado Youth for Christ. 00:21:49
Good morning, Commissioners. Jamie Olick, Department of Human Services. This is a memorandum of understanding. 00:21:54
So that we can share information with. 00:22:00
The North Colorado Youth for Christ for their rebalance program. Our request this morning is approval of the Memorandum of 00:22:02
Understanding. 00:22:07
All right. Any questions of the board move to approve contract ID 9227 second. 00:22:12
Has been moved by Commissioner Maxie, second by Commissioner Ross. Further discussion. 00:22:16
All in favor say aye, aye opposed say nay. Contract ID 9227 is approved. 00:22:22
#2 Consider contract ID 9189 agreement for foster care, respite services and authorized chair to sign for Alexander and Lindsey 00:22:28
Square. 00:22:32
Thank you. This is a new foster care respite provider in Alt, Colorado and our request is approval of the contract. 00:22:37
All right. Any questions on the board move to approve contract ID 9189 second. 00:22:44
Has been moved by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner Pepler. 00:22:48
Further discussion. 00:22:52
All in favor, say aye. Opposed say nay. 00:22:54
Contract ID 9189 is approved #3 consider Contract ID 9254 Agreement for foster care, respite services and authorized chair to sign 00:22:58
for Brian. 00:23:04
Ever know and there are hubs? 00:23:10
Thank you. This is a new foster respite. 00:23:13
Provider in Severance, Colorado and our request is approval of the respite agreement. 00:23:15
All right. Any questions of the board? 00:23:20
Look to improve contract ID 9254. 00:23:22
Moved by Commissioner James, second by Commissioner Maxie. 00:23:25
Further discussion. 00:23:28
All in favor say aye, aye opposed say nay. Contract ID 9254 is approved. 00:23:30
#4 Consider contract ID 9238 individual provider contract or purchase a foster care services and a foster care home. 00:23:36
An authorized chair to sign for Paul Merrick. 00:23:44
Thank you. This is a new provisional kinship foster care provider in Northglenn Co and our request is approval of the contract. 00:23:47
All right. Any questions of the Board? 00:23:52
Move to approve contract number 9238. 00:23:57
It has been moved by Commissioner Pepler, second by Commissioner Ross. Further discussion. 00:24:01
All in favor say aye aye. Opposed say nay. 00:24:06
Contract ID 9238 is approved. 00:24:09
That takes us to #5. 00:24:12
Consider contract ID 9238 individual provider contract. 00:24:14
Or purchase a foster care services and a foster care home unauthorized care to sign for Lord. 00:24:19
Lloyd and Crystal Roberts. 00:24:24
Thank you. This is a new fully certified kinship foster care provider and Firestone Co and our request is approval of the 00:24:27
contract. All right, any questions of the board move to approve contract ID 9246. 00:24:32
921938 My apologies second. 00:24:38
It has been moved by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner Maxie. Further discussion. 00:24:41
All in favor, say aye. Opposed say nay. 00:24:46
Contract ID 9238 is approved. 00:24:49
Number six, consider contract. ID 9246 individual provider contract or purchase of foster care services. 00:24:52
In a foster care home and authorized chair to sign for Brian Ariel Knoll and Sarah Hobbs. 00:25:00
Thank you. This is a new fully certified foster care provider in Severance, Colorado and our request is approval of the contract. 00:25:05
All right. Are there any questions? Madam Chair, this time I will approve to. 00:25:10
Contract ID 9246 if that's OK. 00:25:16
Second, it has been moved by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner Peckler. 00:25:19
Further discussion. 00:25:23
All in favor Say aye. Opposed, say nay. Contract ID 9246 is approved. 00:25:25
This takes us to #7 Consider contract ID 9247 individual provider contract or purpose purchase of foster care services. 00:25:31
Into foster care home and authorized chair to sign for Jamie and Nicole Escobar. Thank you. This is a new provisional kinship 00:25:40
foster care provider in Alt, Colorado and our request is approval of the contract. All right. Are there any questions of the board 00:25:45
move to approve contract ID 9247? 00:25:50
It has been moved by Commissioner Jane, second by Commissioner Pepler for the discussion. 00:25:56
All in favor, say aye. Opposed say nay. 00:26:01
Contract ID 9247 is approved. Thank you. Thank you. 00:26:04
Good day, Jamie. 00:26:09
All right. Good morning, Sean. Good morning, commissioners. How are you? Good. Consider contract ID 9253 educational affiliation, 00:26:11
clinical training agreement for nursing student internship requirements and authorized chair to sign for the University of 00:26:18
Colorado Colorado Springs UCS. Very good. I was afraid you were going to ask me to go through the title of it. 00:26:24
But thank you very much, Commissioners. My name is Sean May. I'm the division director of Republic Health Services. I'm standing 00:26:33
in today for adjacent churches out of the office. 00:26:37
What we bring today before you for your consideration is this education affiliation agreement with University of Colorado Colorado 00:26:41
Springs. 00:26:45
As I'm sure you're aware, a lot of the clinical practitioners have to get kind of practical training, hands on training as part of 00:26:49
their degree requirements. 00:26:53
We've also seen trends where people are actually going and completing their class work all over the country and then they need to 00:26:57
complete their clinical practical hours locally. 00:27:02
And so this is as you can see over the last couple years we've started adding more of these. I think it's we have a duty and 00:27:06
obligation to our community to provide local. 00:27:11
Training opportunities, opportunities for them to complete their degree requirements. And so that's just another, this contract is 00:27:16
just another one kind of in that line to do that. 00:27:20
It helps us out connections with the schools workforce development pipeline. Our practitioners get to train which increases their 00:27:26
competency. 00:27:30
And so, you know, this is something that's very positive for the department. So thank you. Very good. Any questions from the 00:27:35
board? 00:27:38
Move to approve contract 189253 Second, it has been moved by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner Maxey. 00:27:42
The discussion. 00:27:48
All in favor, say aye, aye. Opposed say nay. Contract ID 9253 is approved. Thank you, Commissioners, you have a blessed day. 00:27:50
All right, this takes us to new business. 00:27:59
Second reading of Code Ordinance 202502 and the matter of repealing and re enacting with amendments. Chapter 2. Administration of 00:28:02
the Well County Code Grey Water prohibition. Madam Chair, move to read by title only Second. 00:28:09
Moved by Commissioner Ross, Second by Commissioner James for the discussion. 00:28:16
All in favor Say aye, opposed say nay. Scott Ordinance 2025, Dash 02 in the matter of repealing and re enacting. 00:28:21
With the minimums Chapter 2 administration, the world can encode. 00:28:30
Gray water prohibition. 00:28:33
Good morning, Commissioners David Eisen Brown, Director of Planning Services. 00:28:36
Before you today is the second reading. 00:28:40
Code Ordinance 202502, The prohibition of Gray water systems across the county. 00:28:42
As a reminder, we did have a work session on this back in February. 00:28:48
Of this year regarding the House Bill 24/13/62, which provided some guidelines. 00:28:51
As long as they follow the state regulations, but also this bill allowed the counties or local jurisdictions to opt out where they 00:28:57
see. 00:29:00
It reasonable by formal action. 00:29:05
First reading of this bill or of this ordinance was back on March 10th of this year and no proposed changes or amendments were 00:29:07
presented at that time. Therefore, staff does recommend that the Board approve the second reading this morning of Ordinance 00:29:12
20/25/02. 00:29:16
With that, happy to answer any questions. 00:29:21
All right. Are there any questions from the board? 00:29:23
I think I'll take a motion. I'm hearing it up to the public. 00:29:30
So this is the time to open up this reading. 00:29:34
Code ordinance. 00:29:38
2025 Is there anybody in the audience that would like to speak? 00:29:40
On this matter. 00:29:43
Seeing no one, I will now bring it back to Madam Chair. I would move that we approve on second reading code Ordinance 202502 in 00:29:46
the matter of repealing and re enacting with amendments. Chapter 2 Administration of well County Code Gray water prohibition 00:29:50
second. 00:29:54
It has been moved by Commissioner Maxey, second by Commissioner Ross. Further discussion. 00:29:59
All in favor, say aye. Opposed say nay. 00:30:03
That resolution is approved. Thank you, David. 00:30:07
All right, this takes us to new business. 00:30:12
For planning. 00:30:15
Consider requests to extend time to record map for use by special review permit. USR 24-0013. 00:30:16
For a 1041 major facility of a public utility, including 199 MW AC solar. 00:30:25
Energy Facility on a 1500. 00:30:32
Acres A-100 MW ACB ESS Battery battery energy storage system and. 00:30:35
And a step up substation. 00:30:42
Transformer and maintenance facilities. 00:30:44
And A230KV interconnecting transmission line to connect. 00:30:46
To a new tri-state switching station outside of subdivisions and historic town site in the a agricultural zone district. 00:30:51
Prospect Solar, LLC, care of recurrent air and energy. 00:30:59
Good morning, Diana. Good morning, Madam Chair. Diana honks with Department of Planning Services. 00:31:04
This is a request for an extension. 00:31:10
For USR 240013. 00:31:13
Rodney Griffin with Recurrent Energy LLC submitted an extension request for this USR. 00:31:15
The applicant is requesting the extension to February 20th of 2027. 00:31:21
The extension request states to provide additional time to complete detailed engineering. 00:31:26
Which is necessary to resolve a number. 00:31:31
Of the 1041 conditions of approval. 00:31:34
USR 240013 was approved by the Board of County Commissioners in October of 2024 for 1500 acres solar energy facility. 00:31:38
And section 23 to 200 H of the World County Code. 00:31:46
States in part that. 00:31:51
If the USR map has not been recorded within 120 days from the day that the board of county commissioners resolution or date 00:31:53
specified by the board of county commissioners, the board may require. 00:31:58
The landowner to appear before it and present evidence substantiating that the USR. 00:32:02
Has not been abandoned and that the applicant possesses the willingness and ability to record the use by special review map. 00:32:07
County commissioners may extend the date for recording. 00:32:13
The map if the Board determines that a condition supporting the original approval of the use by Treasury cannot be met. 00:32:16
The board may, after a public hearing, revoked the USR. 00:32:23
The Department of Planning Services in support of this extension. 00:32:26
I'm happy to answer any questions. 00:32:30
Are there any questions on the board? 00:32:32
More for the applicant. 00:32:34
Is the Afghan here? 00:32:36
The James has a question, though, Commissioner James curious as to why. 00:32:40
You beat me to the punch there, he says. Dubai, come on, you can sit over here or you can, if you could just give us your name and 00:32:45
address and pursue. 00:32:49
Good morning, Diogo from Recurrent Energy. 00:32:55
And Mary Geisinger with Logan Simpson. 00:32:57
And your address please. Sorry for the record address. 00:33:00
Where I live, yes. 00:33:03
A workout addresses. 00:33:08
It's in Austin, TX. 00:33:11
98 Jacinto Rd. Austin, TX. 00:33:14
And two and six. 00:33:17
Linden St. in Fort Collins. Thank you. 00:33:19
And would you like to proceed? Yeah, to your question, James? 00:33:22
So the reason why we are asking these extensions because. 00:33:25
We need an effort to comply with as much as as possible under conditions. 00:33:29
Within the 120 days. 00:33:36
We managed to get. 00:33:38
We managed to get one through 22 of em on improvements to the 1041 USR map. 00:33:40
However, multiple of the studies. 00:33:49
Are taking a little bit longer for the leeway due to the utility. 00:33:51
So the main driver for. 00:33:56
Some of these studies that are offending. 00:33:58
Is my ability to know, to give notice, to proceed. 00:34:00
On my construction. 00:34:04
And that timing is connected to tri-state. 00:34:05
So OK. 00:34:08
Tri-state only allows many recurrent to get into the grid in 20-30. 00:34:10
So kind of back solving. 00:34:16
I will do notes to proceed in between 27 and 28 and by that time I'll have ABC, I'll have the studies, the traffic, the drainage 00:34:19
and everything. So that's the main driver. Makes sense, thank you. 00:34:25
Yes, Commissioner Maxie, I really thank you, Madam Chair, I really appreciate that explanation and by all means, I totally 00:34:32
understand the difficulty of of hooking up to the grid, let alone the transmission infrastructure grid. 00:34:38
We're not asking for that right now though, are we? We're just simply asking for a recording of the map. 00:34:45
To to solidify the user. I guess that's where I'm having a little bit of the disconnect. So what What stipulations are on you 00:34:51
right now? 00:34:55
That prohibits you from recording the map, is it? 00:35:00
Some of the am I hearing the studies, some of the studies are taking longer, which is prohibition on the recording of math correct 00:35:03
so under. 00:35:07
Conditions number two and three, we have to complete everything under conditions of approval #1. 00:35:11
Which includes the map, but it also includes all of those additional studies, OK. 00:35:18
Including the final drainage, the final traffic study. 00:35:22
And a lot of those, like the Department of Transportation, doesn't want to talk until we're closer. 00:35:25
To the construction and notice to proceed. 00:35:29
OK, I'll just be honest with you. My only concern is, is that. 00:35:32
The initial time frame is a four month time frame and it was approved prior to me sitting in this capacity. 00:35:37
But a four month time frame and that was agreed to and now you're asking for a two year time frame extension. So that's my only 00:35:44
hesitation is that it was initially thought that you guys could do it in four months and that's standard for all of our USR 00:35:49
applicants, so. 00:35:54
I guess knowing some of the constraints you're going through. 00:36:00
I appreciate the information and I'm not as concerned hearing what some of the constraints are, but it just to me it's, it's a 00:36:05
little hard saying you had four months and now we're granting you two more extra years so. 00:36:10
All right, Commissioner Ross. 00:36:16
Thank you. I appreciate your testimony this morning and asking us to give you some additional time frame. I think we're all 00:36:18
concerned when this originally came in front of us with the size and scope of this project. 00:36:23
120 days might be a little short I think. 00:36:28
Encouraging a longer time frame. I think you've now realized that. 00:36:31
It's a little short with all the conditions that you guys needed to meet. 00:36:35
And so I appreciate you giving us technically really an update today and coming forward to us knowing that you weren't going to be 00:36:39
able to meet those deadlines. I'm happy to support your request. 00:36:44
For that extension today, Commissioner James, thank you, Madam Chair, and I'm not opposed to the request for an extension. My 00:36:49
concern, however, Diana likes eyes here. 00:36:54
In the fact that my activity a lot of interest in those areas out there for obvious reasons as we. 00:36:59
Expand our energy portfolios without this map being recorded, can we have applications that might come in and then be in conflict 00:37:05
or something we've approved? 00:37:09
But the maps not recorded. I was the planning department keep track of that. I mean is that all in the system that would flag? Oh 00:37:14
yeah, no, we have worked up on keeping track of that. That would be no. 00:37:18
There would be absolutely no way that we would accept another application on these properties. 00:37:24
The conditions of approval are extensive, as you can imagine at 10:41 for a public utility. 00:37:29
And the way I understand it, the construction of the materials is actually pushed out five years or more because of the demand to 00:37:36
increase infrastructure worldwide. 00:37:41
Therefore, and given that given C dot that's involved a variety of other things, I mean there's just a lot going on here. 00:37:46
And the applicant can't even connect to the grid like they said until 2030. 00:37:54
So we deemed that it would probably be reasonable to push this out a few years to give them time to get everything done. Thank you 00:37:59
that, Madam Chairman would approve the resolution. Well, I'm going to open this up. OK, good. 00:38:05
So second that, Mister James, we have a motion by Commissioner. 00:38:12
James Second by Commissioner Ross. Further discussion. 00:38:16
All in favor, say aye. Opposed say nay. 00:38:19
That extension is. 00:38:22
Approved. Thank you. Thank you. Good luck. Thank you. 00:38:25
All right, it is a public comment time. Each individual speaker is allowed a three month. 00:38:29
Three month 3, the three minute cool. That's a long comment, 3 minute period of time in which to direct comments to the Board. The 00:38:35
Chair shall enforce the rules of order and decorum and will not accept comments regarding matters which are scheduled to be 00:38:41
considered at a future public hearing, such as a land use hearing. 00:38:47
In that case. 00:38:53
The speaker will be asked to give their testimony in the appropriate appropriate public hearing, either in person or in writing 00:38:54
pursuant to the rules set forth in Section 2-1-20. 00:39:00
That E of the well county code. 00:39:05
I see nobody. 00:39:10
In regards to that, so this meeting will be adjourned. 00:39:11