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February 18, 2025
NAAPME Board of Directors
c/o Darius Pakbaz, DTD Director
2829 W. Howard Place
Denver, CO 80204
Re: Match Reduction Request for Weld County CCTAP Application — CO52/WCR59 RAB Project
Dear Chair Stephens and NAAPME Board of Directors:
Weld County is sending this match reduction request letter to the NAAPME Board of Directors for your
consideration of a hardship reduction waiver on the Community Clean Transportation Assistance grant
funding program (CCTAP) required local match for the CO 52 and WCR 59 roundabout (RAB) project.
On behalf of Weld County and some of our SH 52 Coalition partners (Keenesburg, Hudson, Lochbuie, RE -3J
School District and CDOT) this local match hardship request helps support our rural agencies who have
limited funds to contribute to this very important safety and air quality project. All these communities meet
the low -to moderate income thresholds by federal standards, which can be quantified in census tracts 25.02
and 19.13. In addition, Weld County has already committed $287,126 local match dollars for the Congestion,
Mitigation, and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant funds awarded to this project through the Upper Front Range
Transportation Planning Region.
This is a project specific hardship request for this rural location, which surpasses the NAAPME program grant
criteria for the region. In addition, this application supports CDOT's compliance with their 2030 Greenhouse
Gas (GHG) Transportation Report, amended September 7, 2022. The CO 52 and WCR 59 RAB was one of
three intersection locations added to the GHG mitigation report to help CDOT comply with their GHG
emission reduction results. Not only do these operational improvements, which are included in CDOT's
Mitigation Action Plan, capture the additional air quality benefits, but funding of this application completes
another project on CDOT's 10 Year Plan.
On behalf of the partner communities, please accept this hardship reduction waiver request to eliminate the
twenty -percent (20%) local match requirement for the CO 52 and WCR 59 RAB grant application. We greatly
appreciate your full and fair consideration of this request.
Respectfully,
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Perry L. suck
Chair, Weld County Board of Commissioners
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