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Ellis said the county is working with a consultant to help the public understand transportation funding needs and that staff will provide information to commissioners and community members as outreach begins. She also said planned fee changes for engineering, building and planning tied to a July 1 effective date will be brought forward for review.

Ellis reported progress with the Colorado Department of Transportation on targeted safety work for U.S. 287. She said CDOT is in the process of awarding a contract for striping and related improvements at the Owl Canyon intersection, a project the county and the Livermore community have prioritized as part of a broader US‑287 safety action plan.

Ellis said additional calendar items include a May 14 work session with the planning commission on proposed code changes and forthcoming presentations about conservation-easement amendments and annual cost-of-living adjustments. Commissioners were briefed on these near-term schedule items and on plans for more regular Monday-afternoon work sessions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BOCC Work Session 5/5/25, 1:30 PM - Community Planning, Infrastructure & Resources","oneSentenceSummary","Leslie Ellis said Larimer County will begin public outreach on transportation funding needs, the county transportation master plan will return for review in June, and Colorado Department of Transportation is progressing on safety striping and improvements at the Owl Canyon intersection on U.S. 287.","taxTitle","Larimer County, Colorado","taxId",4545,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6057762,"Larimer County to present third quarterly special assessment for Jake's Farm; court fines now exceed $90,000",235,3146000,3381000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3299919-a9d1484bc4dbe607366748a155460e10&start=3146&end=3381","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3299919-a9d1484bc4dbe607366748a155460e10/thumbnail_3146000.jpg","/articles/6057762/Larimer-County/Colorado/Larimer-County-to-present-third-quarterly-special-assessment-for-Jakes-Farm-court-fines-now-exceed-90000","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6057762-893cb8b83123b59ac9bc630bc60a35d4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771140112&Signature=OOKR3VOwEhUI54LWPN-FEhlc7Ro3vmbwXM1D3vKYCKduF81jI1oDS-B0AyaVWJJ5wRKbN9mGxEU6oRpcMobdHjBO6q4z5Ke-4WYWwsdlue1RIYh~fhZwOplxgBUzBatSPeeErnPIFmVDlyzZDH-IpUihtvCG2EG8NK7dyy7dHah-kADeG39~vbkjcgZCFF0YRD9rz9f1jP1tFTGKzlAOPzsArgTe1FXy0OqSVRwIjO8DJC-~GAeuzIR3kMtRB6CzFpIdyiDlI67oH1rHTjMhfSuCg00frckps6Uja6R7pKLzQYpSuuB~7djfwEdTsoFodcSlOo2DyUIjDpj3o1wfLQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Amy White, Larimer County code compliance supervisor, told the Board of County Commissioners on May 5 that the county will present a third quarterly special assessment related to code-enforcement fines for a Loveland property known as Jake's Farm. \"This is a case we've been working on for several years. It's Jake's Farm down in Loveland,\" White said.

White said the county previously submitted two quarterly assessments: $30,800 on Nov. 19, 2024, and $29,700 earlier in 2025. The third assessment coming to the consent agenda is $29,700, bringing the cumulative amount to just over $90,000. White said the assessments are court-imposed fines and are collected as a special assessment by the county treasurer.

White told commissioners the violations remain unresolved and that court oversight governs continued assessments. County staff, including the county attorney and code inspectors, met on site in January and reported some progress then, but White said recent site checks showed conditions had not improved and in some respects had worsened. She said the county will continue to pursue legally available remedies and that the ability to impose such fines is a relatively recent tool the county has used.

White said this is the only case currently being processed as a special assessment, though other cases have been filed that could lead to additional actions if property owners do not comply with court stipulations. The board was told the assessment will appear on the consent agenda for the May 6 meeting and is subject to the normal approval process.","Code compliance supervisor reported the county will present a $29,700 special assessment for Jake's Farm on the consent agenda, joining two earlier quarterly assessments and leaving the case unresolved in court.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6057767,"Larimer County reviews 2024 parks, visitor services, invasive-species inspections and fire response",1989,858000,2847000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3299919-a9d1484bc4dbe607366748a155460e10&start=858&end=2847","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3299919-a9d1484bc4dbe607366748a155460e10/thumbnail_858000.jpg","/articles/6057767/Larimer-County/Colorado/Larimer-County-reviews-2024-parks-visitor-services-invasive-species-inspections-and-fire-response","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6057767-df6ddca1ddccf66e75035ea36cf991d4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771140112&Signature=AggBg7Q9kZxLHpbX6UiNpYmxy4dzkg6hy-vuK8dD1ZSP2QopAs0bLvcHwvdQRqDkR-2qEElB27WGmj4thA5M-i0Nr8F0orTDU43IvrB~sLLMt6jsTZxW2rhJJjCHE3Vi681A598p7h4EpDB8wsVwAuumWJEaQi1VbVbF~UMZcmmoz0eCVTdZIIXQ09pHy06Wkv2sjKlrNejTMnKZ9jnVVdDdSisZOUGWAt51JZmqtsMp8JQpirxCKUpEb0~x-zPIEx8ycja8G2oBl~TPQNMF99OGrBEPcR2Q6n9nkSM7vOtD51HjPGhwmTRHE2viKcDcwskbzw4kTVUD9gn0MJWbsA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chris Fleming, Larimer County Department of Natural Resources Visitor Services division manager and patrol captain, told the Board of County Commissioners on May 5 that the division had a busy 2024 and presented a summary of operations, inspections and emergency responses. \"We're here today to give you a kind of an overview of all the work that we did in 2024,\" Fleming said to open the presentation.

The report showed continued high visitation but modest decreases in sales and permits compared with 2023. Larimer County sold nearly 72,000 individual nights of camping in 2024, processed more than 22,000 campsite reservations, sold about 162,000 daily permits and issued over 10,000 annual passes. The county recorded a 3.5% decline in pass sales year over year, which staff attributed in part to wildfire closures and to ending contracts with some off-site vendors.

The presentation emphasized operational impacts from the July Alexander Mountain and Stone Canyon fires. Fleming and staff said both Carter Lake and Horsetooth Reservoir were closed for weeks during the fires, and that between July 29 and Aug. 17 more than 36% of reservations were canceled. Staff also said administrative specialists spent months processing hundreds of refunds.

Maintenance and visitor-access challenges factored into the decline as well. The county’s self-serve permit kiosks—nicknamed \"Iron Rangers\"—were unavailable for parts of the year, with staff reporting at least one machine down 38% of 2024 and five of eight machines in the Horsetooth District out of service during the July 4 week. Aubrey Hilton, senior ranger for the Horsetooth District, said the department has installed QR-code \"text to park\" signs and plans to shift fully to that system over the next three to four years.

Staff summarized the county’s aquatic nuisance species (ANS) work, describing preventative inspections and decontaminations focused on zebra and quagga mussels. Inspectors completed more than 55,000 inspections in 2024, intercepted 10 vessels that tested positive for zebra mussels and performed over 1,500 decontaminations on high-risk boats. Fleming and other presenters said Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s new port-of-entry inspections at state borders have also helped reduce the number of infested vessels reaching local waters.

Rangers and seasonal staff training and response were highlighted as core public-safety work. The county reported 15 fully commissioned full-time rangers and 35–45 seasonal limited-commission rangers in 2024. Full-time rangers logged about 1,900 hours of training and seasonal staff received roughly 5,000 hours of training provided largely by the full-time cadre. Rangers reported more than 43,000 contacts with the public; staff said about 77% of those were public-relations interactions and just over 1% of contacts resulted in citations.

Rangers also handled water rescues and enforcement on reservoirs: in 2024 they conducted 90 water rescues, made seven boating-under-the-influence arrests and issued citations for missing personal flotation devices among other violations. The division described several notable incidents and responses tied to the Alexander Mountain and Stone Canyon fires, including evacuations of more than 5,000 residents and staffing rescue boats for scooper-plane operations.

The presentation included maintenance accomplishments and capital improvements: replacement docks at Horsetooth and Carter Lake, a new maintenance shop at Hermit Park, a solar-run ANS inspection station at Satanka and on-demand decontamination and flush-toilet facilities at South Bay. Staff listed routine maintenance totals—for example, about 237,500 gallons of waste pumped from vault toilets and roughly 182 tons of trash removed in 2024.

Commissioners praised the division’s work during the presentation and asked questions about public reaction to capacity closures, the ecological risks of invasive mussels, and staffing challenges. The division said closures are now communicated proactively through opt-in text messages, that mussel infestations can be economically and ecologically devastating and difficult to eradicate, and that the department relies on in-house training and long-serving employees to retain institutional knowledge.

The county will continue implementation of text-to-park systems and further coordination with state partners on ANS interdiction at ports of entry. Commissioners were told the full presentation has been given to county boards and is publicly available.","County visitor services presented 2024 statistics on camping, permits, invasive-species inspections and ranger responses, and described operational changes after wildfire closures and equipment outages.","actionData","errors"]

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County previews transportation funding outreach; CDOT moves forward on US‑287 Owl Canyon intersection work

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Larimer County reviews 2024 parks, visitor services, invasive-species inspections and fire response