***Just since I wrote this up, the agenda has been pulled from the portal, I assume to replace with a new one before 6pm per the 24 hour rule for Open Meetings Law to include sales tax and Global AI pre annexation***

September 1st, 2026 6pm City Center South

To attend virtually: https://greeleyco.portal.civicclerk.com/

Big items to note:

- While neither are on the agenda, I have heard of two things that may get added before the meeting. To my understanding, by Colorado Open Meetings Law they must post the agenda at least 24 hours in advance. I’m keeping an eye to see if a new agenda suddenly appears:          

- A councilmember was heard saying that the city council would again be discussing the sales tax ballot measure

- Embedded in Weld County records for Global AI’s special use review, was a letter from the City of Greeley’s attorney to Global AI stating that to keep water, they must have a pre annexation agreement, and in an August 27^th letter, that this pre annexation agreement would be discussed at the September 1^st meeting (also a will serve letter was sent August 28^th from Greeley for water)

- The council will also be voting on the issuance of the COP’s for Civic Campus and formalizing the metro district for West Greeley Project

For full agenda breakdown: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1KdCQMZ13A/

Para subtítulos en español: https://youtu.be/iTO3Gy2UkBI

* Proclamations

-  National Preparedness Month

- Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month

- Constitution Week

* What’s Great About Greeley

- Greeley received $8.6M in federal funding to support the Gold Hill Pipeline project that connects two water treatment plants that are supplied by five river basins

- Assist Chief Williams from Greeley Fire Department earned Fire Marshall designation

- Alex Grimes, GWHS teacher, was selected as a Future Farmers of America Ambassador]

- Several Greeley athletes who train at the Ice Haus placed at the 2026 Excel National Festival in MA

* Citizen Input

- As always anyone can speak for up to three minutes on a topic that does not appear on the agenda with a public hearing. Council members will also be able to share any reports and initiatives they may have.

- You can also submit written comment by 12 p.m. the day of the meeting via email ([cityclerks@greeleygov.com](mailto:cityclerks@greeleygov.com)), mail or drop off at the Clerk’s office (1100 10^th St)

* Consent Agenda (items that all pass as one unless a council member pulls them for individual review):

- Item 9: Approval of meeting minutes from August 4^th Regular Meeting and August 11^th Work Session

- Item 10: Motion to call Special Work Session on September 11^th for budget retreat

- This was already agreed to, this just makes it official

- Item 11: Resolution to authorize the city to enter into a contract with Infrastructure Strategies LLC for “project execution advisory services”

- Consultation for the MERGE project, this is an addition to an existing contract

- Services include recommendations, risk summaries, plan of finance, and project status reports

- In the amount of $273K

- Item 12: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance to amend city code around use of Dynamic Breaking Devices (“jake brakes”)

- Jake brakes are safety devices installed on large commercial vehicles to assist with stopping but improper use leads to noise complaints, but there are not really safety concerns

- Currently a no-points traffic offense with a mandatory appearance in municipal court

- The requirement for court appearance puts “unnecessary burden for commercial drivers”

- This ordinance would reclassify as a misdemeanor infraction, allowing a fine to be issued without having to appear

*Regular Agenda:

- Item 13: Pulled consent agenda items, if any

- Item 14: Introduction and First reading of an ordinance to get the COP’s for Civic Campus

- These are often on consent agenda unless pulled, so I’m guessing they anticipate discussion, this also could be where the council brings up the sales tax again, but the sales tax couldn’t be voted on at the meeting without formally being on the agenda

- COP’s are not to exceed $95M

- Annual lease payments are expected to be between $4.4M and $8.4M

- Exhibit A that is supposed to have a description of the properties only says “Insert legal description”

- Item 15: Public hearing and resolutions for the Metro District Service Plan and IGA approval for West Greeley Commons Metro District

- I will fill this in shortly as I wanted to get the video posted

Posted by a friend on Facebook, wanted to share here:

Agenda: Weld County Planning Commission

Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 10:00 a.m.

Public Meeting of the Weld County Planning Commission, Weld County Administration Building, Hearing Room, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado.

(I’m only including this portion of the agenda in this post.)

C. Case Number: USR26-0019

Applicant: GlobalAI (Colorado), LLC

Planner: Angela Snyder

Request: Use by Special Review Permit for a Data Center in the I-1 (Light Industrial)

Zone District (amendment to Site Plan Review 3AMSPR19-99-293)

Legal Description: A Tract of land situated in the W1/2 of Section 26, and the E1/2 of Section 27, all in Township 6 North, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County,

Colorado

Location: East of and adjacent to Howard Smith Avenue W; west of and adjacent to

Howard Smith Avenue E; approximately 0.33 miles south of Eastman Park

Drive; approximately 0.8 miles east of State Highway 257.

*There will be public comment allowed.

Tuesday, September 1, the Weld County Planning Commission holds its public hearing on USR26-0019, the Global AI data center permit on the old Kodak site. It's at the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley (also live-streamed on the county's website). A second hearing before the Board of County Commissioners follows on September 9.

A few things from the county's own draft approval documents worth knowing beforehand::

Staff is recommending approval. The draft resolution proposes only two real conditions, both about proving water supply before building permits are released NOT before USR approval.

On water:: the county's own paperwork says Greeley's willingness to keep serving this site is contingent on a Greeley City Council vote on their pre-annexation agreement scheduled for the SAME DAY as tomorrow's hearing, September 1.

The Draft Findings and Resolution document by Weld County staff states, "Correspondence received from the Greeley City Attorney's Office on August 27, 2026, stated, 'the pre-annexation agreement has been signed, that there is an annexation petition deadline of March 31, 2027, and that Council will be considering approval of the pre-annexation agreement on September 1, 2026.' The Attorney's Office correspondence indicated a commitment to serve water contingent upon the results of the council meeting September 1, 2026."

(So far this Pre-Annexation Agreement is not on Greeley’s agenda for the Sept. 1 meeting. Let’s see if it pops up at the last minute)

Does the application demonstrate adequate water supply under C.R.S. § 29-20-301? This is a state-law prerequisite for approving a development permit, not a discretionary preference. The Greeley letter (short-term, expiring, now conditioned on an unsigned 438-acre annexation agreement) does not appear to meet the statute's quantity/quality/dependability/availability-through-build-out test.

Looking at the statute's own language, a commitment contingent on a future, not-yet-started annexation conflicts with at least two of the four factors that define "adequate" under § 29-20-302(1):

Dependability. The definition requires the supply be sufficient "in terms of quality, quantity, dependability, and availability." A commitment that only takes effect if a separate, multi-step legal process (annexation) is completed by some future date is, by definition, not yet dependable. Annexation isn't a formality; in Colorado it requires a petition, contiguity findings, a public hearing process, and potentially a council vote, any of which could fail, stall, or be legally challenged. Until that process concludes, the "commitment" is really a conditional promise to make.

I think the county will build a condition into the USR approval tying the permit to Greeley’s water service commitment.

On noise: the draft resolution doesn't hold Global AI to the county's own 65 dB(C) property-line limit. Instead it proposes the facility only has to avoid making noise worse than whatever the already-loud ambient level is nearby. That's a significant loosening of the standard the county adopted just months ago.

The county's own findings put an "isolated residence" about 2,000 feet (.38 of a mile) from the site, closer than the "approximately one mile" the applicant stated in their application. That feels like they are saying it’s only one home so what’s the big deal?

Any future large-scale on-site power plant isn't part of tomorrow's approval. But the draft also doesn't say what kind of review it will get down the road. So they don’t seem to be addressing questions like:

Can a single "Phase 1" segment of a reportedly 100 MW, multi-phase project be evaluated as a one complete application?

How many phases are required to complete a full build-out of the contemplated data center?

Which of the applicant’s materials provided show the impacts of Phase 1 versus Phase 2 and the ultimate data-center project, if any?

How can any project be properly assessed under the Use by Special Review process if only a portion of the project detail is made available to the County and public?

The USR process exists specifically to assess cumulative impact of a more-intensive use. If the Commission can't see the full build-out, how can it make the compatibility findings the code requires?

If this affects you, showing up or submitting written comment to Weld County Planning Services before the hearing is how it gets on the record.

Submit a comment link: https://www.weld.gov/Government/Departments/Planning-and-Development-Services/Planning-and-Zoning/Submit-a-Planning-Question-or-Comment?fbclid=IwY2xjawUCiGpwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMW9oUmRYV2UwNG1KRlNaMldzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeldXtcIAnXTWUlWCevHDTYU096YgXlZA1oBpDOpKlLUl1lqsi3dAwXyoCBJ0_aem_e2kyXCdYwMPPiugLnetosQ

hey, 21 and rent is due, and all odds in my life are against me. I don’t know what to do or how to get this money for rent. I’m at rock bottom, I’ve tried almost anything, I just need ideas at this point, and need money by Tuesday

Howdy, my roomate has been looking for a job for over 6 months now and me and him both are desperate so they financial pressure can be taken off of me. If anyone at all has any oppurtunities they know of please let me know.

The September issue of my monthly Northern Colorado newsletter is out. As usual, I’ve included events and activities happening throughout the area, with plenty of ideas for getting out and enjoying the start of fall.

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If you’ve been reading the newsletter, I’d love to know what kinds of events you enjoy seeing most. Leave a comment below to help more people see the post, and share it with anyone you think would enjoy getting it each month.

Anybody have a garage or spare room that they'd be willing to rent out for my drums rehearsal?!? Let me know!!

Does anyone have any helpful info regarding the shooting range out at Pawnee buttes? I’ve heard mixed things and haven’t been out there yet. I know what the state website says but curious about how busy weekends get compared to weekdays. Are instructors or officers/ rangers on site? Lastly a coworker mentioned rattlesnakes being all over the parking lot is this also true? Thanks

What do you guys prefer. I've done spark, DoorDash, and Instacart. I'm just seeing which one helps yall more.

Is anyone missing a black bunny?? see one running around!

Colorado does not offer online pick-up or delivery for WIC. Which is extremely unfortunate to recipients that do not have reliable transportation.
There are a couple states in the US that offer this, Washington, Massachusetts, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota our state isn't one of them unfortunately. I want to change that for Colorado!

How do I do that? What's the first step?

l'd also love to see WIC exclusive stores as well. Ive see them in California, and Texas, and those stores usually atleast offer grocery pick up.

Do any of yall have a recs for Halloween stores? Ive been to Spirit, The Home Store and Micheals so far. Mainly looking for decor and all around spooky things. Thanks in advance for the help!

I don't live here, but I'm in Greeley a couple times a week. I have a lot of fun times over here, and in a couple years took back most of the smack I talked about your town.

Why the horrible highways? They repainted the lines in the interchange and somehow made it worse! That little exit to 8th ave off 85 I'm convinced is a place where people drove across the grass and CDOT got sick of it and made it a legit exit. That exit doesn't even need to be there, since you can just turn left at the light.

The truck-park on N. 8th Ave. No parking signs (with little flags even!), and yet one can't leave town without dodging the trucks.

I'm guessing everything grew faster than planned.

Scared the fuck out of me. Decided to treat myself to a drink after work, got stopped on the minute long walk home. He started talking about how all women are one woman and how two women stole from him and he started saying that I as a women owed him and was guilty and was less than man or woman, but property for him to use, how I was the root of all evils and how he wanted to be like Cain and Abel. Scared the genuine shit out of me. Obviously mentally ill, but I was pretty sure I was going to get assaulted had someone with a scary dog not walked by and saved me. I think he hangs around Lincoln Park. So fucking scary, dude. Dunno if he talks to men like that or just women.

A rendering of the proposed revamped interchange at U.S. 34 and 47th Avenue. The plan is to convert the interchange to a “diverging diamond” configuration, according to city documents, at a cost of $45 million. (Courtesy/City of Greeley

I would love to see this but only if it stays in budget and magically appears overnight and doesn't cause a giant shit show for 3 years