Fort Lupton Press 3
August 11, 2022
Fort Lupton council approves service plan changes BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There was a certain commonality to Fort Lupton City Council’s Aug. 2 approvals of updated service plans for four developments. All four votes were unanimous. There was no public comment, nor were there questions from councilors. Each contained an intergovernmental agreement between the district and the city, and each afforded a chance to explain new rules pertaining to city developments. Jennifer Tanaka, special counsel to the city for special districts, said all metro districts have to maintain city roads, streets and parks within the developments. “It helps defray costs to the city
and pushes them onto the developers,” she told the council. The four service plans are for the Cottonwood Conner Metropolitan District (covering a bit more than two acres near Ninth Street and Weld County Road 31), the Cottonwood Thermo District (2.3 acres near 19th Street and WCR 31), the Cottonwood Townhomes Metropolitan District (less than a halfacre near Ninth Street and College Avenue) and the Vista Meadows Metropolitan District (152 acres of homes at build-out). Service plans deal with the design, acquisition, construction, installation, relocation, redevelopment, and financing of public improvements that are necessary for development, according to staff notes. Later in the meeting, council vot-
ed 5-0 to approve a final plat for the Flats at Lupton Village, a mixeduse subdivision of 120, single-family attached residential lots and one general commercial lot. All of it is at the northeast corner of South Denver Avenue and WCR 12. The main point of contention was the maintenance of the development’s main road. Officials with Baessler Developers designed the subdivision with the idea the city would take care of the road maintenance. “My preference would be that it stay a private road,” Fort Lupton Public Works Director Roy Vestal said. Credit card fees at court Credit-card processing fees for municipal court will be increasing,
thanks in large part to several federal rate increases and an increase in processing fees. The fee increases from 3.95 percent (it’s been at that level since November) to 5 percent. The city pays the difference between what’s afforded and the actual amount. So far this year, the city hasn’t been able to collect more than $1,200 in fees because of an increase in charges from its credit card company. That’s not all. “These fees also affect the building permits,” staff said. “The Cascade Building Permit system uses the Global Payments credit card processor. Currently, on a $1,000 building permit, Global Payments adds $39.50 to the fee, if paid with a credit card.”
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excavation services and applied sciences relating to soil testing. “We discovered this building and we got extremely lucky, there was a company who had previously leased this building with the intent to move their operations from Minnesota down here. But for some reason, they could not find a workforce,” said Larry L. Willis, Luxe OffRoad, VP, Business Operations. The building has offices in the center with lots of space surrounding it. One of the buildings will house the off-road end of the operation with plenty of room to modify those vehicles. Luxe Offroad had its soft opening on August 1 but will have a grand opening on Labor Day with a soiree and a band. Dr. William Lindsey IV founded Luxe Offroad, Luxe Colour, and the applied sciences division and also developed the company’s agriculture and soil amendment technology. “He has enormous contacts all over the country so it enables us to almost get what we want, as in terms of supplies and machinery,” Willis said. “He’s a genius with amazing ideas such as the applications, carbon fiber, agriculture and soil amendments. He put everything together so we can reinvent the market,” Willis said. Three businesses under one umbrella By the end of this year, Luxe Offroad hopes to have hired at least 16 people. They have three businesses under one umbrella. The first is the parent’s organiza-
Custom vehicle wrap done by Luxe Colour. COURTESY LUXE OFFROAD
tion, Luxe Applied Sciences which specializes in wildfire and soil reclamation, erosion control, and soil amendments – materials used to improve soil quality. The company does excavation, grading and foundation improvements. Another service is Luxe Colour, which prints everything from vehicle wraps to graphics, banners, window screens and wall hangings. “If you ever see restaurants with advertising that changes each month or quarter, that is simply a wall wrap that they install, and can remove and replace within an hour, “ Willis said. When Luxe Offroad customizes a high-end Jeep or four-by-four truck, they can also wrap the truck with their in-house wrapping units. “We take all of our heavy machinery from the applied sciences side, and we will wrap those ourselves so that it stands out when it’s on a job
site. We currently have two heavy machinery units, a skid steer and an excavator wrapped in digital camo,” Willis said. Luxe Offroad uses carbon fiber technology to outfit the trucks they customize rather than fiberglass. Willis said fiberglass is very solid and sturdy but weighs a ton. It can also crack in the cold or when it’s bumped into. Carbon fiber is virtually indestructible and can repel almost any blunt force that it takes. “We incorporate some of the carbon fiber into the trailers we don’t build. But if people come in, we can build cabinets, upper and lower cabinets, and door drawers incorporating carbon fiber into anything you can think of that is not metal,” Willis said. Sometimes they can replace the metal with carbon fiber while retaining its tensile strength. It weighs about one-tenth of fiberglass
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or aluminum and is sturdier. “We have a proprietary blend, where we also mix it with Kevlar. It’s even stronger for the designs of trailers that are car haulers,” Willis said. Willis said when they build cabinets, especially countertops, they blend magnetic powder. “Let’s say you’ve been working in your trailer, you’re putting things away, you forget that wrench or whatever tool that’s metallic, it will magnetize to the countertop. So, when you’re driving around, it’s going to stay there,” Willis said. The applications for carbon fiber are endless when it comes to customizing accessories on cars, trailers or vehicle parts. One popular application is for truckbed toolboxes. Willis said the toolbox prototypes weigh much less SEE OFFROAD, P4
