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Dan Sattler, who identified himself from 90 28 Painted Horse Lane, told trustees the contractor performed boring and installation without the homeowner’s preferred contractor present, despite the resident providing diagrams showing the locations of irrigation lines. Sattler said the work cut through larger irrigation pipe and that repairs have cost “somewhere between $4.04 and $5,000 in damages” and that Xfinity has refused to accept responsibility, telling the resident they are “not responsible for any damages that are in the right of way.”

A second speaker identified as Tim, who described himself as the landscape contractor, said he met with Xfinity last fall, provided blueprints and that two separate boring contractors worked and left; he described temporary, poor repairs that later leaked and said homeowners have been unable to reach Xfinity through numbers provided on flyers. Tim told trustees the pipe breaks aligned exactly with where the contractor had been told the lines were located.

Mayor Pro Tem Mason thanked the speakers and said the board would “take it under advisement” and asked the residents to keep trustees updated as they pursue the matter; no board action was taken that night. The residents said they would pursue legal action if the company did not resolve the claims. Trustees did not indicate any immediate enforcement action; staff advised to stay informed and follow up with the town if additional incidents are found.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of Trustees Regular Meeting - May 27, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","A Painted Horse Lane resident told trustees that Comcast/Xfinity contractors cut irrigation lines during fiber installation, causing several thousand dollars in damage and poor repair work; the town said it would take the complaint under advisement and asked the resident to keep the board updated.","taxTitle","Wellington Town, Larimer County, Colorado","taxId",70591,"location","Colorado","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":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6222979,"Residents ask trustees to open water rate advisory meetings; board discusses transparency and process",6511,537000,7048000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3577477-a4588e8138f7d3c1dcf39ec6580bf152&start=537&end=7048","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3577477-a4588e8138f7d3c1dcf39ec6580bf152/thumbnail_537000.jpg","/articles/6222979/Colorado/Residents-ask-trustees-to-open-water-rate-advisory-meetings-board-discusses-transparency-and-process","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6222979-fa69475fca176d25cb636fbe70a801f1/orig.mp4?Expires=1770854789&Signature=LnBVeZb1ROHmWLWNZv0ok7GyyAoj4Lf29jaNWELLlWG2sSrRIewUAxdwmHvbqIfYXJmyTGgwoBGRfN92eTqw4FV4MxaycnzhtfhNY1s04hyMxmqBHYopEjFVxvWN9sJc4BlC9AYq6hUWBsFW-2rHAN3Q3H-rfrdDmXA3PsZQAG-v4ir7BQ44GGmHADYeo-FnYAoA2hesE~hZtV1Xu8AS6PX97H5xdfN7R3X6kZOcFi6peLHeglWRHoPwTTE2kS8URnU~IT5xl1jItdtGEZossdki~fza~Osri4Yg3Q08I0UHCUchk-30dZM4W8MMMhidYlQ5g85m~tlx53qw0xRNvg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A Wellington resident asked the Board of Trustees May 27 to make the town’s Rate Advisory Group meetings open to the public and livestreamed, arguing the RAG will make policy recommendations affecting residents and therefore should comply with Colorado’s open‑meetings law.

Steven Carmen, identified as living in Park Meadows, told trustees the RAG “will play a key role in ensuring transparency, public engagement, and community representation in the rate‑setting process,” and that closing those sessions would be “inconsistent with the stated objective” of the group. Carmen urged trustees to publicly state their preferences for whether meetings should be open.

Trustees and staff discussed the group’s intended role, legal considerations and practical tradeoffs. Deputy Public Works Director Megan Smith and Finance Director Nick Redavid said the RAG was conceived as a small stakeholder group to gather community values and provide focused input on rate objectives; Smith said the group’s purpose is not a technical rate calculation or a review of individual customer usage but “rate objective and community perspective input gathering.” She cautioned that some invited volunteers might withdraw or be deterred if meetings were open and participants feared public harassment.

Trustee Teets and other trustees said they favor transparency and asked staff and legal counsel to advise whether the RAG is subject to Colorado’s open‑meetings requirements. Town Attorney Daniel Sapienza said his office has provided a memo on the topic and that a legal review could be handled in executive session if the board desired. Several trustees suggested a public town‑hall or broader outreach if the goal is community education; Trustee Daley proposed a town hall as a forum to present technical background and permit broad public Q&A, while noting the roundtable format is a smaller, workshop‑style setting intended to produce more detailed recommendations.

During board reports the trustees moved to add the topic to a future agenda for further consideration; the board directed staff to place an item to decide whether and how to open future RAG sessions or provide alternative public engagement opportunities. No formal change to the RAG’s operating procedures was made that night; any change that would create a decision‑making body or alter the advisory charter would require staff and legal review and likely a subsequent board action.","Public commenters urged the board to make the Rate Advisory Group (RAG) meetings open and streamed. Trustees and staff discussed Colorado open‑meetings law, the advisory group’s purpose and the tradeoffs between public access and candid stakeholder discussion; board agreed to add the matter to a future agenda for further consideration.",{"_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":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6222982,"Trustees approve Sage Farms preliminary plat and PUD text change to clear single‑family block limit",4359,1523000,5882000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3577477-a4588e8138f7d3c1dcf39ec6580bf152&start=1523&end=5882","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3577477-a4588e8138f7d3c1dcf39ec6580bf152/thumbnail_1523000.jpg","/articles/6222982/Colorado/Trustees-approve-Sage-Farms-preliminary-plat-and-PUD-text-change-to-clear-singlefamily-block-limit","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6222982-e4df0db57040332f596073492fa0611a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770854789&Signature=goumzc5Sr3xq~2alkT8nSsfLwGBnS0Twa90lA48mBL9roUYNUmuq7C-tdmQKSAr1EDsS298YcIw9VDVAdZPncg20ckc71g80qJUDGvZBPPtRPrqzbJaSXuUuLFoyTW4SP~hSvuKVaLqLHYWL6ZW1~2Q-VcbsXal~9xyiDxruYWGUWqfgRtuT~zwl1E7i~7UBxXWQRO3mGAAeJjDbtcrdwcUFk9LMrUlRNALOb6EQ-RulkcglY-~G5s9FxjaniesfnS-lrxMlXWX6pCJMOfznS4hEKp8qkDjLN3n4f3jwJXZUKllMDkOohTnK~ZH5SKSiLHHkwVpgoqXBMzKOKf9NZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Wellington Town Board of Trustees voted unanimously May 27 to approve the preliminary plat for Sage Farms Filing 1 and to adopt Ordinance 10‑20‑25, which amends a provision of the Sage Farms planned unit development to remove a numerical limit on attached units in the single‑family A district.

The change to the PUD removes a six‑unit cap per building and per alley in the single‑family A area so that “the underlying lot size and lot and block configuration” — not a numeric cap — will determine whether attached or detached housing is built, Planning Director Cody Byrd told the board during the public hearings. The board also authorized the developer to proceed with preparation of a final plat.

The preliminary plat covers the first phase of a larger, multi‑phase master plan for roughly 295.93 acres annexed last year as the Sage Farms PUD. Planner Britney Lenore said the filing plots 241 residential lots in phase 1, with lot sizes “ranging in size from 4 to 12,000 square feet with the average being around 5,000 square feet.” The filing also identifies outlots for future multifamily or commercial development and preserves an existing agricultural operation as a standalone lot for continued farming until redevelopment is needed.

Staff and the planning commission recommended approval after reviewing utilities, circulation and parks. Byrd and Lenore said the first filing contemplates infrastructure and trail connections to serve future phases, includes an interim irrigation pond sized for phase 1, and relies on two historic nonpotable groundwater wells for landscape irrigation while providing redundancy via relocation and undergrounding of a North Poudre irrigation lateral along GW Bush Avenue. Byrd told trustees the preliminary plat “does not obligate the board to do anything” but provides the developer assurances before they proceed to final‑design and construction documents.

Trustees and staff discussed the draft development narrative language that mentions potential cost‑sharing or reimbursement for oversized infrastructure. Trustee Teets, citing the town’s current sewer fund balances, said she opposed committing town funds absent detailed cost estimates and warned residents could see rate impacts if the town covered shared costs. Town Attorney Daniel Sapienza and Director Byrd clarified that the annexation agreement and the development narrative require the parties to “come together and agree” on any reimbursement terms later and that any cost‑sharing agreements would return to the board for formal action at the final‑plat/development‑agreement stage. Trustee Daley urged that planning in advance to oversize infrastructure can reduce future disruption and cost compared with tearing up installed improvements later.

Developer Darren Roberson spoke in support of the project, saying Sage Farms will add “some diversity to Wellington… some affordability” as the full PUD builds out. The planning commission’s recommended findings are in the staff packet; trustees adopted those findings and approved both the preliminary plat and the PUD text amendment by roll call (Trustees Cannon, Daley, Moyer, Teets, Wiegand and Mayor Pro Tem Mason voting yes on both items). The ordinance approving the PUD amendment was recorded as Ordinance 10‑20‑25.

Next steps: the developer may prepare final plat and construction documents. Any development‑agreement terms, cost‑sharing or oversizing reimbursements will be negotiated later and require separate board approval.","The Wellington Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the preliminary plat for Sage Farms Filing 1 and adopt a text amendment to the Sage Farms planned‑unit development removing a six‑unit‑per‑building/ alley limit in the single‑family A district, allowing lot configuration and base zoning to determine building form.","actionData","errors"]

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