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Elaine Joyce Kammerzell (Nelson) Born August 9, 1935, passed away peacefully in Brighton Co, January 22nd 2021. Memorial Services: Koshio Park (Gazebo), Fort Lupton Co, 1 pm on August 8 2021
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Fort Lupton City Council’s most recent update on its wastewater plant repairs may clear the way for a potential agreement with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District to provide the work.
At least that’s what City Administrator Chris Cross hopes.
“Essentially, was just wanting to make sure the information Roy (Public Works Director Roy Vestal) put together was enough to get them prepped for the upcoming agreement decision with Metro,” Cross said in an email.
What Vestal provided was in line with earlier cost estimates. The fi rst estimate from 2014 was $32 million. The most recent (from Burns & McDonnell) put the cost at $40 million.
In April, Metro Wastewater made its pitch to city staff. The cost, at that time, was $23 million, based on a $4,500-per-sewer connection fee. That could translate to a fee of about $100 per year for city homeowners. Councilman Tommy Holton wanted more of a representation on Metro’s board than an allotted one seat.
“We need to have an estimate,” Mayor Zo Stieber said. “We can’t give an actual approval until we have the numbers. It’s going to be an estimate until we go out to bid.”
Cross said the vote could come in August or September.
“We have a little time still before that agreement will be brought forward,” Cross said in the email. “But we wanted to make sure that council has the info they need to feel comfortable taking a vote when then that happens.”
Murata Farms metropolitan districts
The city’s metro district counsel, Jennifer Tanaka, gave her approval for two parcels in the so-called Murata Farms housing development during the July 13 town hall. A formal vote was due July 20, after press time.
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National Night Out set for Koshio Park
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The return of National Night Out to Fort Lupton will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, at Koshio Park, 131 McKinley Ave.
Events include hot dogs and hamburgers off the grill, bounce houses, a tug-o-war, a helicopter landing (subject to availability), prizes and giveaways, fi re department demonstrations, a Zootopia hosted by the Fort Lupton Chamber of Commerce and a chance to meet and greet members of the Fort Lupton police and fi re departments.
The National Night Out event is designed for residents to interact with and ask questions of police offi cers.
Vendors who want to get involved should visit https://www.fortluptonco.gov/FormCenter/Events-13/ National-Night-Out-Vendor-Form-90. Updates are at https://www.fortlupton.org/475/National-Night-Out. Call 303-857-4011 for more information.
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Fort Lupton is growing, which means City Hall may have to move.
That was the gist of comments from City Administrator Chris Cross during a council town hall forum on July 13. The idea is in the earliest of stages and city offi cials haven’t made potential costs public or discussed the timeline for the related project.
Planning Director Todd Hodges wondered if such a move was feasible.
“I can’t think of any place to do it,” he said. “The best option is to move the police department. If more parking were available, we could use the museum or the old sheriff’s offi ce.”
“If we move, we have to fi nd offi ce spaces that are proper and then fi gure out how to operate,” Cross said.
The former home of Dale’s Pharmacy is a possibility, too, but Cross said that building should “have a retail aspect.” No one on council or city staff knew what was going to go into the building.
“We need to look at options,” Hodges said.
“Now is the time to look,” said Councilwoman Shannon Rhoda. “The budget is coming. We can set aside some money to get that done.”
“It was just discussion for the future as we continue to grow,” Cross said. “I wanted to get a general sense of direction for options. It was more to bounce ideas off everyone to help staff with future planning efforts.”
Marijuana ordinance update
It’s back to the beginning for the city’s medical and retail marijuana ordinances.
The reason is council’s desire to use some form of lottery system to decide which businesses can apply for one of four available licenses. Because that is substantially different from the original draft ordinances, the process has to begin again.
City Clerk. Mari Pena said the restart will push the effective date of the ordinances to Sept. 29. Applications could open up as soon as Oct. 1 and be available during the month of October.
“Will we have an opportunity to look at the applications?” asked Mayor Zo Stieber.
“Yes,” Pena said. “The consultant recommended that. We’re going to get a package together to distribute to you at the next town hall (6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27).”
“That’d be great,” Stieber said.
Earlier in the month, City attorney Andy Ausmus and consultant Laura Bauer encouraged the council to use a public lottery system. Bauer, who is advising the town of Dolores and the city of Grand Junction as they begin their licensing processes, told the council that more cities are opting to use public lotteries to start.
