HomeMy WebLinkAbout20211552.tiffHEARING CERTIFICATION
DOCKET NO. 2021-39
RE: DESIGNATION OF THE SITE SELECTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR
ENERGY FACILITIES GREATER THAN 160 ACRES IN SIZE WITHIN THE
NEAR -URBAN AREA OF UNINCORPORATED WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, AND
THE SITE SELECTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES
GREATER THAN 320 ACRES IN SIZE IN THE AG -RURAL AREA OF
UNINCORPORATED WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, AS ACTIVITIES OF STATE
INTEREST, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. §24-65.1-203(1)(f)
A public hearing was conducted on June 14, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., with the following present:
Commissioner Steve Moreno, Chair
Commissioner Scott K. James, Pro-Tem - EXCUSED
Commissioner Perry L. Buck
Commissioner Mike Freeman EXCUSED
Commissioner Lori Saine
Also present:
Clerk to the Board, Esther E. Gesick
County Attorney, Bruce Barker
The following business was transacted:
El I hereby certify that pursuant to a notice dated April 28, 2021, and duly published April 30,
2021, in the Greeley Tribune, a public hearing was conducted to consider designating the site
selection and construction of solar energy facilities greater than 160 acres in size within the
Near -Urban Area of unincorporated Weld County, Colorado, and the site selection and
construction of solar energy facilities greater than 320 acres in size in the Ag-Rural Area of
unincorporated Weld County, Colorado, as activities of state interest, pursuant to
C.R.S. §24-65.1-203(1)(f). Bruce Barker, County Attorney, made this a matter of record.
Tom Parko, Director of the Department of Planning Services, explained this is the first step
designating the areas of state interest, prior to considering Code Ordinance #2021-10 dealing
with the siting of Solar Energy Facilities (SEF) under the 1041 regulations.
El No public testimony was offered concerning this matter.
Commissioner Saine moved to approve the Resolution to 1) designate the site selection and
construction of solar energy facilities greater than 160 acres in size within the Near -Urban Area
of unincorporated Weld County, Colorado, and the site selection and construction of solar energy
facilities greater than 320 acres in size in the Ag-Rural Area of unincorporated Weld County,
Colorado, as activities of state interest, pursuant to C.R.S. §24-65.1-203(1)(f), as delineated in
Appendix 21-B of the Weld County Code; 2) direct staff to prepare, for the Board's future
consideration, regulations concerning the activity so designated, in accordance with the
requirements of Section 24-65.1-402, C.R.S.; and 3) confirm no moratorium, as authorized by
Section 24-65.1- 404(4), C.R.S., shall exist during the pendency of the adoption of the regulations
cc' PLCTP), CACs3e3
Odom/ W
2021-1552
BC0055
HEARING CERTIFICATION - DESIGNATION OF THE SITE SELECTION AND
CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES GREATER THAN 160 ACRES IN SIZE
WITHIN THE NEAR -URBAN AREA OF UNINCORPORATED WELD COUNTY, COLORADO,
AND THE SITE SELECTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES
GREATER THAN 320 ACRES IN SIZE IN THE AG -RURAL AREA OF UNINCORPORATED
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, AS ACTIVITIES OF STATE INTEREST, PURSUANT TO
C.R.S. §24-65.1 203(1)(F)
PAGE 2
referred to above. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Buck, and it carried unanimously.
There being no further discussion, the hearing was completed at 9:22 a.m.
This Certification was approved on the 16th day of June, 2021.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST: gati(tA) x, 0%11
Weld County Clerk to the Board
BY: / L
eputy Clerk to t e Board
teve Moreno, Chair
2021-1552
BC0055
Hello