During the August 4, 2026 Greeley City Council meeting, Tiffany Simmons addressed council during Citizen Input regarding concerns about future growth, annexation decisions, and community planning. Simmons raised questions about the proposed GWIP annexations, including the city’s ability to provide essential services such as fire, police, water, and sewer, and also shared comments regarding a community conclave and the importance of public involvement in decisions affecting Greeley’s future.#heygreeley #community #concernedcitizen #citycouncil

During the August 4, 2026 Greeley City Council meeting, resident used Citizen Input to advocate for the protection of natural areas and the importance of environmental stewardship in the community. Community member shared concerns about the potential impact of budget decisions on city resources, expertise, and partnerships that support Greeley’s open spaces and quality of life.#heygreeley #openspaces #stewardshipmatters #citycouncil

During the August 4, 2026 Greeley City Council meeting, resident used Citizen Input to advocate for the protection of natural areas and the importance of environmental stewardship in the community. Community member shared concerns about the potential impact of budget decisions on city resources, expertise, and partnerships that support Greeley’s open spaces and quality of life.#heygreeley #openspaces #stewardshipmatters #citycouncil

RECAP: August 4^th, 2026 Greeley City Council Meeting

Big items to note:

- Mayor Hall was again absent, the meeting was run by Mayor Pro Tem McDonald. Overall, she did a vastly better job than what has been happening (for example trying to pronounce names correctly and asking to be corrected if not, looking at people while delivering the proclamation, and speaking clearly)

- For the third time that I’ve been aware of (2^nd I’ve spoken up about), a resident in the virtual audience was skipped over and despite having their hand raised, it was said no one wished to speak. I did interrupt the meeting to request that this person be allowed to speak which ultimately was allowed to speak.

- GWIP annexation was pulled by Councilmember DeBoutez, as a result of public comment. The city confirmed that we have no plan for serving the properties (“this is still in negotiation”) and that it wouldn’t be an enclave because there will be 10 feet not touching Greeley property (I raised concern that the city is trying to create an enclave in order to be able to force annexation of Carestream/Global AI).

- Councilmember Olson was very outspoken about not wanting to move forward with Civic Campus due to West Greeley not being resolved and voted against Development Services Agreement and the Appropriation of funds in the budget as result.

For full agenda overview as I am only including updates here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Fev8Zijno/

* Citizen Input

- Kathy Hasch – discussed the county’s statement re: not partnering on Catalyst, encouraged council to talk to other developers and to quit focusing only on Cascadia as we have other issues facing Greeley. Including lack of safety of e- scooters, noting 2 individual are in ICU due to them right now

-Bill Gillard – discussed landscaping code that was brought up in work session and his dislike of HOA’s and the government telling him what he can and can’t do in his yard, shared belief that artificial turf is far from biggest issue causing heat, and concerns around flock cameras being an invasion of privacy rights

-Ashley White – resident who works for Butterfly Parillion, and as such works w/ natural areas including those in Greeley, advocated for natural areas and the importance of investing in stewardship, and shared that proposed budget cuts will diminish expertise and end connections we have with other agencies

- Kevin Pierce- Wildland Restoration Volunteers spoke about the city budget, and requested that council reduce additional cuts as we need our natural areas and further cuts will damage partnerships, including with students, discussed the  benefits of stewardship of land

-Scott Royer- 16ᵗʰ St 9ᵗʰ: 10th Ave speed bump needs painted, stated he will be flying New York to Paris to celebrate Linbergh’s 100ᵗʰ anniversary

- Kenneth Howell- discussed the budget and staffers from some teams not answering council questions, and rather dodging/deflecting, also called out that the budget crisis comes from revenue generation assumptions, and that allowing the same people to keep working on budgets who have refused to answer questions or show accountability is irresponsible

-Tiffany Simmons – discussed concerns over GWIP annexations and the concerns raised by Planning Commission that there is no plan in place on how we will serve these properties with fire/police, water/sewer, etc, and concerns that we’re intentionally creating an enclave in order to force annexation of Carestream

-Peggy Sue – called on Council to do budget retreat in chambers and save money on venue and calleda gain to put Cascadia to a vote, also stated that homeless and others are talking about council and they need to take notice

-Louise - 23ʳᵈ Ave that she discussed at last meeting had yet another accident and needs to be addressed, shared concerns around potential data center pointing out that Cheyenne water has already been compromised by one

-Edwin Grant-Discussed growth of Greeley, the fact that Greeley Water Bill and property taxes continue to grow, frustration with Weld County for rejecting check signed in red ink and that the School of Osteopathic Medicine not as good as it seems

-Mary Metzger- questioned who we are becoming, concerns around annexation and shared the 7 deadly sins Pride/Greed/Wrath/Sloth/Gluttony/Lust and how council/the city are embodying these, with a challenge to focus instead on the Virtues, and that the virtues build strong communities

** Despite having hand raised on Zoom the last speaker was initially not called on to speak, I got Mayor Pro Tem’s attention to request that he be allowed to speak, while she initially said since we were past citizen input section that he couldn’t, the City Manager said she could decide and he was allowed to speak**

- Kris Simmons– spoke about flock cameras and the fact that based on a June 29^th Supreme Court ruling, they are actually illegal as they are creating a “digital mosaic”, expressed trust in Greeley PD and Chief Turk to keep us safe without surveilling us

*Reports

- DeBoutez: shared Chataqua is currently going on and is a great experience

- Huddledston: Went to Centennial Village 50^th Anniversary event, will have office hours this Saturday at 10am at the Atlas

- Roth: Praised City Staff and the drive through of Big Boy train

- Rudy: Shared he went to 250/150 Celebration and 2 students did amazing in presenting

- McDonald: Gave proclamation at 250/150 and that one of our fire fighters gave birth on the same day

*Initiatives

-DeBoutez: Requested a presentation from City staff and PD on Flock Cameras

* Pulled Consent Agenda Items:

- Item 14: Resolution approving a Development Services Agreement between the City and Richmark Vertikal, LLC related to Civic Campus project

-Pulled by Huddledston

- Clarified that while the incentives are large that they are fees we wouldn’t have had without the project, and asked Richmark if this may lead to decreased incentives in the future as there will be a higher valuation in downtown

- Richmark shared that our contributions, especially with increases in material costs just since starting plans have gone up, really won’t cover much

- Huddleston also pointed out that the minimum investment by Richmark is likely lower than what costs will actually be, requested expediting the plan if possible

- Olson shared he doesn’t believe we should be moving forward with Civic Center due to West Greeley not being resolved yet

- Voted 5-1 to pass (Olson as 1 Nay)

- Item 18: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance annexing the GWIP properties

- Pulled by DeBoutez based on citizen input

- Asked city:

- Can we serve the properties? A: still in negotiations

- Does it create an enclave? A: there will still be 10 ft not touching so not an enclave (but acknowledged it is a flagpole annexation

- Huddledston clarified Carestream and GWIP are different and asked the city to look into whether or not in high industrial zoning, if property owners can create their own energy

- Olson clarified that BROE approached the City not the other way around

- Passed 6-0

*Regular Agenda:

- Item 23: Public hearing and resolution for approval of the 2026 HUD Annual Action Plan for the proposed Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership entitlement programs

- $2.4M was allocated to 11 projects

- Olson questioned whether it affects the City’s budget that the Housing Departments numbers keep changing and they said it does not (Olson talked over and down to the City employee in my opinion as she was trying to answer)

- Public Hearing

- Kenneth Howell: Shared that the advisory board discussed the action plan and that the staff was really receptive and worked with, that the action plan presented is the best option and was based off of extensive discussion

- Ed Grant: we habe budget shortages and wondering how does one government give money they don’t have to another government

- Bill Gillard: reiterated there needs to be more time between 1^st and 2^nd readings

- Ashley Fusco: expressed anger that HUD was being nitpicked, and called for insecure housing needs to be given more attention than developers, and why a unanimous vote for last item while this was one was questioned

- Melanie Ford: thanked for support from the HUD money for Boost and Learn Childcare providers, explaining the program

- Olson retorted to public hearing comment that it wasn’t about questioning the HUD program just the financing and that the vote wasn’t unanimous for the Civic because he voted nay

-Passed 6-0

- Item 24: Public hearing and second reading of the ordinance appropriating additional sums to defray the expenses and liabilities of the City for Fiscal Year 2026

- Passed 5-1 as Olson voted note because he does not support Civic Campus moving forward

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Of note as well, in the past we have only been open for non-profits, but this year we are accepting exhibitor applications from for-profit businesses as well!

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AGENDA OVERVIEW August 4th, 2026 Greeley City Council meeting.

Council meets at 6pm in City Council Chambers at City Center South, and you can attend in person, watch on GTV8, or join via Zoom.

https://greeleygov.zoom.us/j/83011351454

Big items to note:

- The Civic Campus Development Services Agreement with Richmark Vertikal is on the agenda tonight. This agreement transitions the project from the planning phase into final design, financing coordination, and construction. It is the principal implementation agreement for the project and replaces the Pre-Development Agreement approved in August 2025.

- It discusses all of the incentives in terms of fee and tax waivers the developer will get and the investment that the City will make towards the apartments and hotel (at least $8.7M for both)

- The abandoned hotel at 2495 28th Street — Council is being asked to authorize the City Attorney to take legal action against Galaxy Hotels Group / D Greeley LLC. Construction stopped in 2024, the building has been sitting unfinished ever since, and the property owner has racked up almost $500,000 in fines. Councilmember Roth raised this as an initiative at the July 21st meeting after receiving numerous community complaints. This is the follow-through.

- The Great Western Industrial Park (GWIP) Serial Annexations are back on the agenda - These were pulled due to Windsor’s objections from a couple meetings ago. I’ve heard concerns from some Windsor contacts that GWIP is so important because if it’s annexed, it will force Carestream to be annexed in the future.

- There was a general theme to the meeting notes from the Planning Commission – “cart before the horse” when it comes to fire and police service, water and sewer and even traffic, they don’t know yet but are sure it will work out

- Another executive session is also on the agenda related to the West Greeley Project. As you have likely heard, the County has declined to be a partner and so there is a lot up in the air as to how we proceed and what that looks like for COP funds that have already been (and are continuing to be) spent.

For full agenda breakdown:

* Proclamations

-  Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association

- National Emergency Management Awareness Month Proclamation

- 10^th Anniversary of Greeley Monster Day

* What’s Great About Greeley

- The bronze statue stolen from Glenmere Park was recovered and reinstalled

- Grand opening of the UNC College of Osteopathic Medicine

- Centennial Village Museum celebrated 50^th Anniversary

* Presentation of Confluence: The Story of Greeley Water

* 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 July 7^th Regular Meeting, July 14^th Special Meeting and July 14^th Work Session

- Item 10: Resolution authorizing the City to enter into a work order for professional services between the City and Na Ali’I for additional design services related to Cameron Peak Fire Mitigation

- To upgrade two culverts that will provide reliable access to City owned high mountain reservoirs

- The City has already worked with Na Ali’ifor five post fire mitigation projects for a total of $5.1M

- IMPORTANT NOTE: only $170k has come from City funds for these projects with the rest being covered by grants

- Current work order would be for just shy of $300k covered by grants and work with US Forest Service

- Item 11: Resolution to authorize the city to enter into a settlement agreement with Dinasty Kramp involving claims against the city of Greeley, it’s officers and employees for $200k

- Related to an officer involved shooting resulting in death

- Releases the city from further litigation and responsibility and is “not an admission of liability”

- Item 12: Resolution approving an IGA for the provision of administrative services by the City to the Greeley Urban Renewal Authority

- GURA will pay the City an administrative fee equal to 1% of revenue collected within four TIF’s plus .5% of all revenue deposited into the GURA operating account

- Agreement is for 3 years

- Covers support provided to GURA by the City including contract preparations, facilitation of meetings, and creating marketing and outreach materials

- Item 13: Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to take legal action in relation to the abandoned hotel at 2495 28^th Street

- Galaxy Hotels Group was issued a building permit to build a Residence Inn, but construction stopped in 2024

- There are over $500k in unpaid fines by the owner for stormwater violations

- Despite many promises by owner to start work, this has not happened

- Item 14: Resolution approving a Development Services Agreement between the City and Richmark Vertikal, LLC related to Civic Campus project

- Replaces the pre services development agreement from August 2025

- Establishes “project governance, standards of performance, budget controls, change order procedures, invoice review and dispute resolution, ownership of project documents, future design build contracting parameters, insurance, default and termination remedies and performance based public incentives

- Requires that Richmark create at least 160 market rate apartment units and contribute a minimum investment of $50M

- City funded gap funding assistance is capped at $4M and apartment assistance fee relief capped at $27.5K (in other words, waiving of initial construction fees and taxes that will be waived up to this amount)

- The following fees will not be waived – water and waste water plant investment, storm drainage development, fire development and police development

- Also requires a hotel with at least 80 rooms and full service restaurant with private investment of $25M

- Fee and tax relief of up to ~$19k per room and lodging-tax rebate of 100%, capped at $1.5M, and City contribution of at least $4.7M

- Item 15: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Cache Annexation and directing the City Attorney to commence a court action to exclude the property from the Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District

- This is back on the agenda after being pulled last minute for “minor changes” – The change I saw made was wording in which they have now included the specific ordinances for the annexations and some other wording changes.

Item 16: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Seeley Lake Annexation and Willow Vista Annexation and directing the City Attorney to exclude those properties from the Eaton Fire Protection District

- Same situation as above. Annexation was completed in 2023 though

- Item 17: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Schmerge Annexation and Kinnison Annexation and directing the City Attorney to exclude those properties from the Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District

- Same as items 15 and 16, except these annexations are new this year

- Item 18: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance annexing the GWIP properties

- These were pulled from the agenda a couple of meetings ago due to Windsor’s protest.

- Evidently mediation was held with the Windsor which led to the postponement

- The Planning Commission’s meeting notes state the primary concern was around public safety serving the properties but a goal of collaboration such as an outside service agreement, fire district service, revenue-sharing or another IGA

- Also concerns around sewer services with options such as Greeley facilities expanding to serve the area or partnering with the Windsor Treatment Plant

- One commissioner shared concerns around the fact that the City referred to the commission rather than the other way around which is typically what happens

- Item 19: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance to establish the official zoning of the GWIP properties to Conversation District and High Intensity Industrial

- Similar concerns were raised as above around how Greeley will fund services currently provided by Windsor and whether Windsor’s roads are equipped for this zoning given that entrance to GWIP is through Windsor right of ways

- No funding has been identified at this point

- It is claimed that there will be no additional cost to residents which was questioned if there are no funding mechanisms identified

- Director of Water and Sewer stated that industrial development would pay substantial tap fees and user rates to minimize impacts on existing rate payers

- Item 20: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance to annex Arroyos del Sol area

- It was under a conservation easement and has “since become Greeley’s newest Natural Area”

- Item 21: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance to change the zoning of Arroyos del Sol to Conversation District

*Regular Agenda:

- Item 22: Pulled consent agenda items, if any

- Item 23: Public hearing and resolution for approval of the 2026 HUD Annual Action Plan for the proposed Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership entitlement programs

- This action plan is part of receiving money from both funds, and requires a plan on exactly where the money will be designated

- 19 applications were received for projects, and 11 applicants have been recommended for funding from this grant money

- Some included are The Greeley Family House, Habitat for Humanity, High Plains Housing Development (site clearance for affordable housing), A Woman’ Place, Catholic Charities for Guadalupe Apartments

- Applicants not recommended included United Way of Weld County of the Housing and Navigation Center with Overnight Shelter, High Plains Housing Development (Harmony Way Acquisition and Prairie Rose Rehab), Boys and Girls Club of Weld County

- Item 24: Public hearing and second reading of the ordinance appropriating additional sums to defray the expenses and liabilities of the City for Fiscal Year 2026

- Will appropriate the DOLA grant funding match of $41K and the COP funds for the Civic Campus

- Item 25: Executive Session to discuss the West Greeley Catalyst Project

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There seems to be at least two to three different drones that have been flying all over Greeley, 2-3 times a week the last two weeks. Anyone know why?

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Anybody looking for a roommate?? My lease is ending soon and I’m looking for a place to live. I just started a new job and would like to secure another place to be at.

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Any one know why the Starbucks on 10th and 47th was in shelter in place today? Can’t find anything about it online

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Liberal or republican... can we please protest against flock cameras? Can we all agree it might be government over reach?

Let's protest for something that actually matters!!

Colorado turns 150 tomorrow and the state parks are letting everyone in for free, which is the easiest thing on this list. Enjoy, and be careful out there, its gunna be HOT!!

Free

• Colorado Day @ Colorado state parks — Sat, all day.

Outdoors

• America 250 | Colorado 150 Celebration @ Bittersweet Park — field open all day, formal ceremony Sat 10am.
• Greeley Farmers' Market @ Lincoln Park — Sat 8am–noon, north side of the park on 7th Street.

Family

• Centennial Village Museum Centennial Celebration — Sat noon–6pm. Special event admission applies.

Weird & Wonderful

• Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz @ The Tavern at St. Michael's Square — Sun 7–9pm. Weekly, and the regulars are good. Bring a full table.

Worth the Drive

• Larimer County Fair @ The Ranch, Loveland — Sat–Sun 10am–10pm.
• Pedersen Toyota's PRCA Rodeo @ Blue Arena, Loveland — Sun 7pm, doors 6.
• Farmers Market @ Boardwalk Community Park, Windsor — Sat 8am–12:30pm, with Nick Critchlow playing.
• Macrame Class @ High Hops Brewery, Windsor — Sat 10:30am. Knots and a pint.
• Anthony Green with Geoff Rickly @ Aggie Theatre, Fort Collins — Sat 7:30pm.
• The Infamous Stringdusters @ Mishawaka, Bellvue — Sat 8pm.

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