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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COMMISIONERS
(970) 400-4200
1150 O St., P.O. Box 758
COUNTY, CO Greeley, CO 80632
March 20, 2026
The Honorable Gabe Evans
8th Congressional District of Colorado
1229 Longworth Office Building
Washington D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman Evans,
It is my honor to fully support the City of Greeley Gold Hill Treated Water Transmission Pipeline Mitigation
Community Project Funding (CPF) request under the FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PMD) matching grant
program. Few natural resources are as essential as safe and reliable water for our communities, agriculture
and food producers. In this drought year,the County's Commissioners and I are encouraged to see Northern
Colorado communities working to galvanize their water systems against the impacts of natural disasters,
including burn area flooding that impacts municipal water systems. '
The proposed project involves the construction of a 60"steel pipeline that will connect the City of Greeley's
water treatment plants, thereby making emergency treated water more readily available to Greeley's
residential and corporate users, and to the interconnected towns across Weld County. This project is fully
designed and permitted, including all state permits, and stands by shovel ready with a local match that
exceeds 50% of the project's budget. This is a project that is important to the communities of Northern
Colorado and the food and energy producers there that distribute their essential products to markets across
the West.
This project was selected as a priority under the FY26 FEMA funding that remains uncertain without a DHS
Appropriations Bill. Our support for this project and its impact remains steadfast as the pipeline infrastructure
will bring about necessary enhanced capacity for interconnected water systems in North Weld County where
Greeley's two water treatment plants provide potable water to several communities and back up emergency
supply to others. Further,the project will greatly enhance the reliability of clean water supplies for protein and
food producers who are the value-added industry buying much of the agricultural production from North
Weld County.
Bottom line,this is a good shovel ready backbone grey infrastructure project,to be built with high quality US
steel,that is good for Greeley,good for Weld County resiliency and food security,and it's good for the people
of the 8th Congressional District. Therefore, the Weld County Board of Commissioners urges you to award
Greeley this request.
Sincerely,
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Scott K. James
Chair, Weld County Board of Commissioners
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