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Home My WebLink About20183618.tiff OFFICE OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PHONE: 970-336-7204 FAX: 970-336-7233 1150 O STREET P.O. BOX 758 G,O U_N T Y GREELEY, COLORADO 80632 November 7, 2018 Mr. Iry Halter, Executive Director Colorado Department of Local Affairs 1313 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 Dear Executive Director Halter and Energy/Mineral Impact Assistance Fund Advisory Committee, Weld County appreciated the opportunity to present our Weld County Road (WCR) 29 paving project to you and the Committee. Please accept our apology on behalf of the Weld Board of County Commissioners for putting you and the Committee in an embarrassing and difficult position during the hearings yesterday. Please be reassured the Board takes very seriously your motto of "Strengthening Colorado Communities" by applying it to our municipal partners at the county level. While you received documentation saying otherwise yesterday,we wanted to take the opportunity to reaffirm our long- range transportation planning efforts on this project have been occurring since 2015 and identified in previous capital improvement programs approved by the entire Board. Additionally, the implementation of a regional corridor vision was adopted by IGA with all the communities involved in the planning effort through a two-year long process that included several open public forums and meetings. Your support of our request exemplifies cooperative collaboration between multiple governmental agencies and furthers DOLA's motto by improving the general health, safety and welfare of the surrounding area to the most energy impacted county in the State. The Weld Board of County Commissioners again apologizes for any embarrassment this may have caused you and your department and hopes we can still partner on this effort. Sincerely, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Steve Moreno, Chair omm�n�ca.+ior�S cc Pecs C ER/ U-M) 2018-3618 lt / Icl / IS' F-=COW) ll / 7 / IS' dot OF Ivo. MIATf H NUNN ROW TOWN OF NUNN 185 LINCOLN AVENUE 0 Ncr PO BOX 171 �, NUNN, CO 80648 PHONE: (970)897-2385 FAX: (970) 897-2540 Colorado Department of Local Affairs Mr. Iry Halter, Executive Director 1313 Sherman Street, Room 521 Denver, CO 80203 Executive Director Halter and Impact Committee, The Town of Nunn is in full support of the Weld County Road(WCR)29 paving project. We were approached four year ago by the county to form a Coalition and discuss transportation needs in our area, specifically along WCR 29. In 2017, in partnership with the county, we signed an IGA for this roadway that includes access management, protecting the functional integrity of this arterial corridor, and enhanced safety improvements. It is necessary to pave this road that is fast becoming an important haul route for the energy industry and in times of emergency disasters, an alternative to US 85. Additionally, paving this section of roadway is integral to allowing Nunn to begin the process of diversifying our economy and developing a master land use and comprehensive plan. We are great appreciative of the county for thinking regionally and working with all the communities in the area to develop a regional vision for transportation. We wish that we could have attended the hearing for this project,but in our absence, please vote to fully fund this project and feel free to call me at 970-897-2385 if you have any questions. erry Tinsley Mayor, Town of Nunn TOWN OF AULT Robert Piotrowski Mayor 201 FIRST STREET P.O.BOX 1O98 AULT CO 8o6to Office(970)834-2844 Fax(970)834-2199 e-mail:mayor@townofault.org November 2, 2018 Colorado Department of Local Affairs Mr. Iry Halter, Executive Director 1313 Sherman Street, Room 521 Denver, CO 80203 Dear Mr. Halter, This letter of support recognizes Weld County's efforts to improve WCR 29 near the Town of Ault. With US 85 and SH 14 running through the Town of Ault, your funding of this project will provide another very important transportation link on the west side of our community and assist us with a parallel arterial to US 85. In addition, this project exemplifies cooperative collaboration of Weld County working with their northern municipalities in order to improve general health, safety, and welfare of our communities. Commissioners Kirkmeyer and Freeman have worked tirelessly on bringing our communities together and developing a regional transportation system vision that accommodates the oil and gas industry, compliments the traveling public, while preserving the town. Ault is extremely pleased to work with Weld County and hopes you will look favorably upon their application. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this program. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. S. cerely, _kt u A zjA Rob Piotrowski Mayor M 7/770WNof TOWN OF PIERCE 144 Main PO Box 57 Pierce, CO 80650 Phone: 970-834-2851 COL Fax: 970-834-2755 ORADO November 1, 2018 Colorado Department of Local Affairs Mr. Iry Halter, Executive Director 1313 Sherman Street, Room 521 Denver, CO 80203 Dear Energy/Mineral Impact Assistance Fund Advisory Committee and Mr. Halter: Please accept this letter in support of Weld County's Tier II DOLA Application for the Weld County Road (WCR)29 paving project. The upgrade and paving of WCR 29 is essential to our community, as the increased activity focused on the energy industry in our area is impacting local roads connecting our community to the surrounding areas. Pierce does not currently have standards in place for access and was happy to approve the WCR 29 Access Control Plan in 2017 to ensure that criteria was adopted in advance of new development in our area. It is necessary to pave WCR 29 which now borders Pierce's town limits and will significantly help our rural community, as this corridor is quickly becoming an important haul route for the energy industry. Many small communities such as ours struggle to make significant infrastructure improvements, so by Weld County taking the lead on improving regional corridors on our behalf,the community stands to benefit from both an access and economic standpoint. In closing,the Town of Pierce would ask that you accept this letter as a request for full funding of this project. Please do not hesitate to contact me directly at(970)215-8367 if you should have any questions. Sincerely, /0.44 Nansi Crom Mayor Hello