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Board renews YMCA of the Rockies special-use permit with updated access and reporting language
Summary
The Grand County Board of County Commissioners renewed the YMCA of the Rockies special-use permit through 2030, removing a redundant water-report requirement from the SUP, adding language tying future road realignment cost allocation to CDOT access rules, and preserving other existing permit conditions.
The Grand County Board of County Commissioners on April 15 renewed the YMCA of the Rockies special-use permit for camps and lodges with more than five bedrooms and approved amended conditions tying any future intersection realignment costs to state access rules.
Community Development Planner Hannah Zagon told the board staff recommended a five-year renewal through April 16, 2030, and asked the YMCA to provide updated engineered water and sewer reports if capacities reached permit triggers. The YMCA submitted sewer and water reports late the preceding Friday showing sewer capacity at about 70.5% and water at roughly 65–70%, Zagon said.
Courtney Hill, chief operating officer for YMCA of the Rockies, asked the board to remove an annual engineered-report requirement from the SUP because those reports are costly and are already required by state 10-41 permitting when capacity reaches design thresholds.
Zagon and county staff agreed the 10-41 permitting process addresses the engineering-design trigger. The board’s action removed the redundant SUP condition requiring an updated engineered domestic water-system report by May 15 and clarified that the YMCA must update 10-41 permits if state thresholds (80% capacity) are reached.
On access, the county and the YMCA were unable to finalize a cost-share agreement with Granby Ranch for a possible future County Road 53 realignment. County staff proposed amended language to make the YMCA’s obligations conditional on triggers established by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) access code and the applicable access control plan. That revised paragraph states the YMCA “acknowledges and agrees that section 2.6 of the Colorado Department of Transportation highway access code and the access control plan require, upon the happening of certain triggers, the realignment of County Road 53 and closure of County Road 5301, and allocate responsibility consistent with proportional ADTs.” The board accepted that amended wording and removed the earlier condition that had required an agreed cost-share in advance.
Commissioners approved the SUP renewal as amended; the board also retained other existing conditions from Resolution 2020-04-17. The board’s action keeps CDOT’s 10-41 permit processes as the primary mechanism for design and capacity updates and places future cost allocation for any realignment on the CDOT access framework rather than on a preexisting county agreement.
The YMCA requested to limit annual reporting; county staff and the YMCA agreed to continue reporting actual monthly peak water and wastewater usage so the county can track whether design thresholds are being approached.
The county clerk will issue a resolution reflecting the renewal and amended conditions.
Ending: The board’s renewal preserves existing SUP obligations while deferring design and detailed cost-allocation work to CDOT’s access-control processes and the 10-41 permitting channel. The YMCA said its short-term building this summer is limited to workforce housing units and that larger master-plan expansion remains a long-term proposition.
