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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings
Adams County works towards oil and gas rules
County to propose amendments in accordance with new state standards BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Adams County kicked off a process to update its oil and gas regulations that will conclude with a Board of Commissioners vote in July. The county will recommend to the board a series of major text amendments, including a minimum setback distance and a water and wildlife protection plan, among others. The amendments follow new state regulations the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) approved in November. Commissioners discussed the text amendments briefly at a March 16 study session, saying they wanted to wait for a future study session to have a more robust discussion. In the coming months, the county will solicit public comments through
A natural gas well can be seen among homes in the Wadley Farms III subdivision of unincorporated Adams County. PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY
remote means and in stakeholder meetings and then draft formal amendments. There will be another
ments in a public hearing.
board study session and planning commission public hearing before commissioners vote on the amend-
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More than 130,000 Adams County residents vaccinated and more on the way with new site More than 84,000 people have Newly operational Dick’s received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, 47,000-plus have A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing sitereceived at Sporting Goods Park mass both doses, according to Tri-CounRiverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent ty’s dashboard. With the achieveweeks due to highsite demand. Adams County’s testwhat positivity rate vaccination has goal ments 14-day so far and is to come, Health believes it can was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, accordingTri-County to Tri-County Health Department. reach its goal to make vacto vaccinate thousands of positivity Brighton and Commerce City’s test rates were bothenough higher than cines available for all eligible adults 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton 29 in Commerce City have inand the Tri-County area by May , in people a day died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread COVID-19, accordance with a goalofPresident Joe Bidenthat set last week. indoor and BY LIAM ADAMS at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions prohibits When Biden announced that LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM personal gatherings. About 6.8 percent of Adams County’s population is fully vaccinated, according to a Tri-County Health Department update to the Adams County Board of Commissioners at a March 16 study session.
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goal, “We saw no reason why we shouldn’t be using the same framework,” said Dr. John Douglas, TriCounty’s executive director, the Photo by BelenatWard study session. Currently, there are 37 healthcare providers in Adams County admin-
istering vaccines, ranging from a Tri-CountyBy clinic Westminster EllisinArnold to other clinics with Clinica FamColorado Community MediaHealth ily Health and Salud Family Centers, to pharmacies and King As Denver counties continue to Soopers. Themetro Thornton Fire Departinch closer to local stay-at-home orders ment has also been inoculating community members. under Colorado’s system ofThirteen coronavirusother providers the county who related restrictions,inthe state announced have received approval to provide a new level of await rules that prohibits indoor the vaccine doses, said Sara dining and personal gatherings — Garrington, Tri-County’s emer-a changepreparedness that applies to the majority of the gency and response manager. Denver metro area and many counties in If all 50 approved providers had other regions. vaccines, the county’s total weekly The state’s COVID-19 dial, doses. which has vaccine capacity is 16,800 been in effect since September, is within the set “You have a lot of capacity of different levels,”ofGarrington restrictions that each Adams County said. The caveat, Douglas added, is
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that there aren’t enough vaccines to meetisthe capacity . “Webased thinkonall county required to follow the three ofofour counties may bespread. underseverity a county’s local virus allocated in terms of vaccines,” The dial grew Douglas said.out of the state’s safer-athome — the policy that came after Thatorder trajectory will change, though, withstay-at-home the Dick’s Sporting the statewide order this Goods Park massnumerous vaccination site spring and allowed types of that the state runs that opened on businesses to reopen. March 22. It was open for four days, The state recentlyThursday switched ,tofor color Monday through its identifiers — levels blue, yellow and first week. The site’s goal for the fi rst week is than to administer 2,000 — to orange rather numbered levels doses a day , said Micki Trost, a red avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level spokesperson for Colorado Division meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level of Homeland Security & Emergency red — “severe risk” — is the,secondManagement. Eventually the plan is for the site to be open six days a week and to administer 6,000 doses Please see RESTRICTIONS, Page 2 a day.
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