Jefferson County staff asked the Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 26, 2025 to revoke a previously adopted resolution and adopt corrected terms for a tax increment revenue (TIF) agreement tied to the Lutheran Legacy Campus Urban Renewal Plan in the City of Wheat Ridge.

Chris O’Keefe, the county’s planning and zoning director, told commissioners the July 29, 2025 resolution (CC 25-200) included a recital stating that Wheat Ridge intended to adopt an inclusionary housing ordinance (IHO) that would require 10% of new residential units to be affordable. O’Keefe said the city’s correspondence referenced a contemplated IHO but formal confirmation was not received and the agreement’s negotiated terms already provide for affordable housing without reliance on an IHO. For that reason, staff recommended revoking the earlier resolution and replacing the inaccurate recital with terms that reflect the negotiated assurances.

Commissioners voted to approve the corrected agenda item (regular agenda item 9.1) during the meeting; the motion passed with all commissioners recorded as voting in the affirmative. No additional substantive changes to the agreement terms were detailed during the public presentation, and O’Keefe offered to provide further information if requested.

The item concerned the county’s role in a TIF arrangement with the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority for the Lutheran Legacy Campus urban renewal area. Staff emphasized the replacement resolution deletes the inaccurate recital about a city-level inclusionary housing ordinance and confirms the agreement’s affordable-housing provisions can be implemented without the IHO. The presentation did not include detailed financing tables or revised ordinance text during the public meeting; staff cited prior negotiation of the agreement’s terms as the reason for the revision.

Outcome: the board approved the corrected terms for the tax increment revenue agreement and revoked the earlier inaccurate recital; the board did not receive new documentation from the City of Wheat Ridge at the meeting confirming an IHO.

The action is administrative: it removes an inaccurate historical recital from the county resolution and affirms the negotiated agreement terms that address affordable housing requirements for development in the urban renewal plan.