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Staff recommended two town‑hall options for community concerns and asked commissioners to select a date: Monday, Aug. 25, or Thursday, Aug. 28, 6–7:30 p.m., with a likely Anythink Library location that seats about 92 and a request to keep the library open until 8 p.m. for the meeting. Commissioners favored an earlier Monday date (the transcript record shows an agreed preference for August 25 in follow up discussion) and asked staff to prepare an overflow plan in case of higher attendance; staff said they could provide an uninteractive overflow livestream and would plan capacity for 92–200 attendees if necessary.

Staff also described a business‑focused town hall planned for Monday, Sept. 29, 4–5:30 p.m., and flagged a potential October town‑hall on federal funding impacts that could be designed as an in‑person event with a later Zoom or livestream component to handle the anticipated high public interest about federal budget changes.

On legislative affairs, staff said the county is in the process of transitioning state lobbying services. The current lobbyist will remain available through Dec. 1, and the county plans to issue an RFP in July to hire a new lobbying firm focused on representing local‑government interests and avoiding conflicts. Staff said they will schedule study sessions on state legislative outcomes, produce an operational impact assessment of recent legislation, and recommended inviting state legislators and other local elected officials to county events to build engagement.

Ending: Commissioners agreed staff should proceed with the recommended town‑hall timing and prepare overflow and communications plans; staff will post the lobbyist RFP and return a procured recommendation later in the year.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","July 1, 2025 Board of County Commissioners Study Session","oneSentenceSummary","Staff proposed in‑person town halls focused on community concerns and businesses, discussed overflow planning and potential livestreaming, and said the county will issue an RFP to replace its state lobbying contract effective Dec. 1.","taxTitle","Adams County, Colorado","taxId",4150,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6521103,"Commissioners consider early reappointment and delegation to fill two advisory‑committee vacancies",494,875065,1369740,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5114144-477907738fa5be7c1acb0dd2f2265def&start=875&end=1369","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5114144-477907738fa5be7c1acb0dd2f2265def/thumbnail_875065.jpg","/articles/6521103/Adams-County/Colorado/Commissioners-consider-early-reappointment-and-delegation-to-fill-two-advisorycommittee-vacancies","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6521103-ecd83997dd9afb2fdb29e3de67eece09/orig.mp4?Expires=1771154600&Signature=SCO4e02mzQ1d5ZSMOOyXbaw-nCp3-0ifI0rolSv0HPqvoj2p2pQduMSb6NvEtXdeUIlb3K7CvtfZvwg-Kp8P1wkqyMzirf9mXQRp05Wa5t8yXgWCs8Ii~y9tRNeCKjZO7Uv~cf9MfjEQ6AfIBdEMaOk4AvjnKd2WjwYpSruf99m49xsckjJ6RuQSVtLNyrAuuH9eEiLzHSAqdr2qJGGAMUKdkoYE3JQUTTmiQL02EOa5LjzerVh7fggxeIUw9Co4CVrFv-YveY8o-ppPk4I~USvaa2T24BlR-IDokVmZIE2TpNHA0HKFT-WCLCyMaZLH63rUWRGdDO2EhgyMGojVrQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Adams County staff asked commissioners to consider two personnel‑process items affecting advisory boards: an interim reappointment to the Building Code Board of Appeals so a long‑serving member can attend an upcoming study session, and delegation of interview authority to staff for the Community Enrichment Grant Advisory Committee so the committee can regain a quorum and resume grant review.

Staff said Carrie Dabin submitted an application after the county’s January process; the building code board intends to hold a study session July 8 or July 15 and staff requested reappointment in time for that meeting. Commissioners asked whether other applicants had applied for the seat; staff said the application period closes the third (date) and that staff would confirm whether other applications exist before bringing an appointment forward. Staff clarified the May meeting would be a study session and that the applicant could attend even if not yet reappointed, but commissioners indicated interest in seeing all applicants before confirming an appointment.

On the Community Enrichment Grant Advisory Committee, staff said recent resignations left the panel without quorum to review grants. Staff requested either that commissioners interview candidates sooner than the planned July 29 interview date or that the commissioners delegate interview authority to designated staff liaisons (identified by name in the packet) so the committee can resume reviewing and awarding grants on schedule. Commissioners agreed it was appropriate in this case to allow staff to interview and return a recommendation to the board.

Ending: Staff said they will confirm whether additional applicants submitted for the building code seat, proceed with delegated interviews for Community Enrichment Committee vacancies, and return recommendations to the board.","County staff asked the board to reappoint a long‑serving member to the Building Code Board of Appeals and to delegate interview authority for Community Enrichment Grant Advisory Committee vacancies so the committee can regain quorum and proceed with grant reviews.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6521108,"SCFD council recommends nearly $2.5 million for Adams County cultural organizations; general‑operating support and project awards outlined",329,4722020,5051125,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5114144-477907738fa5be7c1acb0dd2f2265def&start=4722&end=5051","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5114144-477907738fa5be7c1acb0dd2f2265def/thumbnail_4722020.jpg","/articles/6521108/Adams-County/Colorado/SCFD-council-recommends-nearly-25-million-for-Adams-County-cultural-organizations-generaloperating-support-and-project-awards-outlined","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6521108-0ef037f11e83a76f7f9845a54a9b3ad9/orig.mp4?Expires=1771154600&Signature=P5jl5UjiG5tRf92eQx9dvcHD12ewwm0A0tGgKloyT67dgrjgN0m0nK9zwzu3B0jTQ8bch3ItM3Ws5bQqnDVgxV7dGcHzUa7CG8ndzgAtmnQkJvBcmEPnjSBBV4~y6ZsT1FtABIq8suacpkfzfnk5rPCqrz5n2W8g33gI9cHUpdUBUW9WjwLC3aWT3xLlfS1F6tO8tm-p0X3xTdb1xtTORuSzBXoOsVJ0rn~~NV1AE8~2o9-YMy5LlDRmtlwpZk5LIX2A5tac2WJlE9mVTqF4p4NdyiEwtPVRPX1qfsl-thMbBMfCAPyT908U4rXdTqxydGT-sbaU6bpoEhyfqNxuIw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Adams County’s SCFD liaison presented the Cultural Council’s Tier‑3 funding recommendations and asked the Board of County Commissioners to accept the advisory panel’s allocations totaling just under $2.5 million.

Zoe Ocampo, the county’s cultural arts manager and SCFD liaison, said the council reviewed 91 applications this year, including 24 organizations eligible for general operating support (GOS), 51 small projects (budgets under $20,000), 82 large projects and two visual‑arts projects. The panel recommended $558,000 for GOS (with a $65,000 per‑organization cap), $1,600,000 for large projects and $203,000 for small projects, and recommended funding two visual‑arts awards totaling about $81,000.

Ocampo said the total available to distribute was slightly under $2.5 million—down modestly from a 2023 peak of about $2.6 million as sales‑and‑use tax receipts declined. She described the council’s multi‑week review process, including study sessions and score calibration, and said the advisory body prioritized projects that served Adams County residents at 51% or greater and organizations that demonstrated earned revenue and program capacity.

Commissioners asked about trends in the pool of applicants; staff replied the council is seeing more project requests overall and that some organizations become eligible for the county as their home‑county status changes. Ocampo said the council funds projects based on demonstrated service to Adams County residents and that the recommendation will be brought to the commissioners as a formal funding approval on a future agenda.

Ending: Commissioners received the recommendations; staff said formal awards and contract language will appear in future consent items for board approval.","The Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) advisory panel recommended distributing just under $2.5 million in Tier‑3 funds for Adams County: $558,000 in general operating support and roughly $1.8 million in project awards, with 91 applications reviewed.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6521113,"Adams County opioid‑abatement council outlines prior investments, proposed cycle‑3 awards and next steps as fiscal agent",1482,1461600,2944395,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5114144-477907738fa5be7c1acb0dd2f2265def&start=1461&end=2944","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5114144-477907738fa5be7c1acb0dd2f2265def/thumbnail_1461600.jpg","/articles/6521113/Adams-County/Colorado/Adams-County-opioidabatement-council-outlines-prior-investments-proposed-cycle3-awards-and-next-steps-as-fiscal-agent","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6521113-20d0301f942ddbde4047730bfb457007/orig.mp4?Expires=1771154600&Signature=mwFPJmsFiqg6kgZ7mWF115z6Vp1BY4x5VEWbEkivBg6UjJR2blciibiFFtbQ3DyFfc8mX68sAXW5TAaydakCY7Qjn9nIiWCreWEgxmWX41QltYjPmdleF1aF5s32sS5VrQwdEZ58wd6NAEqLj39igJpxxSJuPFn4dZLfJ-gnQoF7jWgNR9wD4sA7qf6Sp7kAb9gQ6OFVAzHQPZCCgWjMQU9gHImNW637C71igZb9WOGv0uougTxaOHT3zBCQ3gALzWVM9IFYD1RcUBvc0YqJefk4dJYh2iO3jO3JnnypOuC3lTKKpNRmm1KB4HokJ8qi2XIgMogugjkhHdQiv7xxQQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Adams County Opioid Abatement Council told county commissioners it has funded dozens of local opioid‑response programs over the past two years and outlined recommendations for the third funding cycle, including new awards and continued support for previously funded programs. Peter Padilla, chair of the council, said Adams County serves as fiscal agent for the regional allocation and that each recommended contract will be routed to the county’s consent agenda for formal approval.

Padilla said the council’s work combines rapid funding to organizations providing harm reduction, treatment and youth services with a reserve set aside for gaps that require larger capital or workforce investments. He reported that the council has received about $9.5 million in the first two years, allocated roughly $6.5 million to community programs and reserved about $3.0 million to pursue larger capital needs such as intensive inpatient and intensive outpatient treatment capacity and workforce development for behavioral‑health providers.

The council presented numeric outcomes it associates with the funded programs: the first two funding cycles supported an estimated 127,000 people through school‑based services, training and outreach; distributed more than 11,000 harm‑reduction kits and more than 69,000 naloxone kits and fentanyl test strips; and helped expand co‑responder programs and alternatives to school suspension or expulsion. Padilla said project examples include a Thornton co‑responder program that had more than 650 de‑escalation contacts, expansion of intensive outpatient programs in Westminster, workforce training that produced credentialed behavioral‑health workers and school‑based services in Adams‑area districts.

On the third cycle, Padilla said the council identified four priority gaps for new awards: (1) medically assisted treatment (MAT); (2) intensive inpatient and outpatient treatment; (3) peer‑support systems; and (4) workforce and training. He said the council received roughly $12.5 million in requests; with carryover and an additional $4.0 million this year the council had about $11.5 million available to allocate for the cycle. The council recommended approving about $5.8 million for new programs, reserving about $1.7 million for renewals and interregional collaboration, and setting aside funds for later capital or late applications. Padilla said approximately 30 applications were received for the round and that objective vetting and a technical scoring committee assessed applicants for evidence‑based methods, measurable outcomes and organizational capacity.

Padilla emphasized that Adams County is the fiscal agent: the county’s attorney’s office will prepare contracts and the county will issue checks. He said Rocky Mountain Partnership provides backbone staffing for the council—running the RFP, coordinating the vetting process, and maintaining a public data dashboard—and that the staffing contract is itself being reissued via an RFP process. Padilla told commissioners that the council will return in the first quarter of next year with outcome data and stories showing how grant dollars have moved the needle on overdoses and other measures.

Ending: The commissioners did not vote on individual awards at the study session; staff said specific contract approvals will appear on future consent agendas for the board and that the council will continue monitoring metrics and returning with impact reports.","The county’s opioid abatement council reported distributing millions to local programs over two years, described metrics and service numbers, and previewed about $5.8 million in new awards for the third funding cycle while holding reserves to target capital gaps such as inpatient treatment capacity.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6521118,"Adams County staff recommend directing remaining CDBG‑CV funds to Clinica Family Health amid HUD compliance risks for housing project",348,26350,374880,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5114144-477907738fa5be7c1acb0dd2f2265def&start=26&end=374","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5114144-477907738fa5be7c1acb0dd2f2265def/thumbnail_26350.jpg","/articles/6521118/Adams-County/Colorado/Adams-County-staff-recommend-directing-remaining-CDBGCV-funds-to-Clinica-Family-Health-amid-HUD-compliance-risks-for-housing-project","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6521118-92548237737c7ce1822cdcc1b6a3a39a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771154600&Signature=LtNZKr7aRUo10wc2B2jZARWGRIKgmwE~6c4bjQSrY9p8jFQaDHgNMICussAdfgW7OVSGpTs5r0veGOow2KzKLYi7v4EosEJ4Mx~7u7URLWpGaz-l4-n372WqrxPfispb~V-hO-KddF~eARWH6Ads8wIG2zBIb7~JZIJAaTJ-1dG19Hy7lH58aGvvRZg6ex-Awn~GHMFN4-1wRPnw5oQp1D8NJR5RolEqIQuWv-3RSFZeXM6SEuMTMR7iD-t15jQup8n3L1F-oYcQl-uZs52LudQxEMlpTAjJO83V-JYZUAtnwsF0vj~sUx26vWtGA8WLGqqighnt9MFEWkT25CARLg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Adams County officials asked commissioners for direction on distributing about $457,000 left from two CARES Act Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG‑CV) allocations administered by HUD during the pandemic. County staff presented two eligible applications and said they prefer allocating the funds to Clinica Family Health, a federally qualified health center, because it would require fewer compliance delays than a multi‑family housing utility upgrade project.

County staff told the board the CARES Act allocations were made in 2020 and 2021 and total about $1.6 million; all funds must meet CDBG rules and be used to prepare for, respond to or prevent COVID‑19 and must be obligated by Oct. 30, 2026. Staff reported that 100% of the awards were made to subrecipients and that about $440,000 of the remaining $457,000 had already been designated previously to Maker Housing Partners for Crossing Point South water tap fees; the balance is from miscellaneous grants that were not fully expended.

Melissa Sherry and Rick Reed (staff) described two pending applications. One is from Clinica Family Health, which is renovating and modernizing its facility at 70 Second and Pecos and requested CDBG‑CV funds to support clinical service delivery—primarily care for uninsured Adams County residents—so the grantee can use less‑restricted construction dollars for building work and the CDBG funds for services. The other application is from the Village Green/Greenbrier property (Ingram/Maker Housing Partners), a roughly 232‑unit affordable apartment complex built in the 1970s that is undergoing a roughly $10 million rehabilitation and has requested funds for site utility upgrades, including water lines and drainage.

County staff warned the commissioners that the Greenbrier project carries compliance risks that could delay or jeopardize use of the funds. Because that property is not currently covered by an affordability covenant, staff said a resident income survey is required to demonstrate that at least 51% of units serve low‑to‑moderate‑income households. Staff also said a HUD environmental review would be required for the housing project and estimated that environmental review alone could take three to four months, which raises the prospect the project might not meet the Oct. 30, 2026 deadline. Staff noted Davis‑Bacon prevailing‑wage rules would be triggered on construction work funded with CDBG for both projects.

By contrast, staff said Clinica’s public‑service application “checks the boxes” more quickly from a regulatory standpoint and would avoid the income‑survey and some environmental timing risks. Commissioners raised operational questions about outreach to other clinics and whether smaller clinics who had not applied might object, but several commissioners said they were leaning toward giving most or all of the remaining CDBG‑CV funds to Clinica to reduce the compliance risk and provide timely support for medical services.

Next steps outlined by staff include amending the county’s 2019 Annual Action Plan, a 30‑day public comment period and a public hearing before commissioners to approve the proposed allocation. Staff also cautioned that other CDBG‑CV subrecipients have not yet spent all of their contract amounts and the county may return to commissioners about additional unspent balances in coming months.

Ending: Commissioners did not take a final vote at the study session; staff sought direction and said they will proceed with the plan to amend the Annual Action Plan and begin the public comment and hearing process if commissioners concur.","County staff presented two applications for roughly $457,000 in remaining CARES‑Act CDBG‑CV funds and recommended prioritizing Clinica Family Health because it meets Community Development Block Grant rules more quickly than a Village Greenbrier housing utility project that requires income surveys and environmental review.","actionData","errors"]

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