East Greeley study to go before planning commission, city council

GREELEY – After two years of work by Weld County and the city of Greeley, the East Greeley/Weld County Sub-Area Study is about to conclude with a public hearing by the Greeley Planning Commission on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m.

The study focused on a 5,708-acre area bordered by U.S. Highway 34 on the south, U.S. Highway 85 on the west, the South Platte River from its confluence with the Cache la Poudre River on the east, and Colorado Highway 263 and the Greeley/Weld County Airport on the north. Over three-fourths of the study area acreage is in unincorporated Weld County with the remaining portion within the Greeley city limits. About 40 percent is zoned agricultural and 24 percent medium intensity industrial; 70 percent of the acreage zoned residential is in unincorporated Weld County.

Greeley city council will consider adoption of the study, which examines the future needs of the area, and hold its own public hearing on Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. The city and county are scheduled to adopt an intergovernmental agreement to begin implanting the study’s more than 60 recommendations in October.

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Both public hearings will be held in the Lincoln Park Annex Council Chambers at 919 Seventh St. in Greeley.

A summary of the draft study can be found on the county’s website at www.co.weld.co.us/departments/planning/.

For more information contact Greg Flebbe at the city of Greeley Planning Department at 970-350-9782 or Brad Mueller at Weld County Planning Services at 970-353-6100, ext. 3572.