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Commission recommends adjusting West Greeley GID inclusion boundaries to add industrial park and farm parcels
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend a minor code amendment expanding the West Greeley GID inclusion area to add the Great Western Industrial Park and Hankins Farm (both added to Greeley's three-mile plan) and to remove some entitled properties near Poudre Heights; staff said property owners in the inclusion area would be required to petition to join the GID upon entitlements.
Caleb Jackson, interim planning manager, presented a minor revision to the Greeley Municipal Code to adjust the West Greeley general improvement district (GID) inclusion area. Jackson said the proposed map adds the Great Western Industrial Park and Hankins Farm—properties that recently were added to the city’s three-mile plan—and trims some entitled properties near Poudre Heights.
Jackson told commissioners the purpose of updating the inclusion area is to clarify which parcels would be required to petition to join the West Greeley GID if they later seek entitlements such as site-plan review, subdivision approval or zoning. “If at any point down the road they come for an entitlement project … that would then require them to petition to join the West Greeley GID,” Jackson said, explaining the inclusion area is set ahead of potential future entitlements.
Commissioners pressed staff on whether inclusion obliges property owners financially and whether intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) with neighboring jurisdictions would remain in force. City staff said inclusion does compel owners to join the GID if they annex and pursue development entitlements, but that actual GID projects, assessments and mill levies would be set later by a GID board and property owners; staff did not provide specific cost estimates and said projects and assessments remain under review. Staff also said existing IGAs can remain in place and that only the city’s portion of capital improvements would be accounted for in GID-funded projects.
Jackson noted the city received a written comment from Windsor pointing out the Great Western Industrial Park also lies within Windsor’s growth-management area; staff recommended approval of the amendment and the commission voted to recommend the code change to City Council.
Next steps: the Planning Commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to City Council for consideration; details about specific GID projects, assessments and any mill caps will be determined later by the GID board and related processes.
