MEMORANDUM. Board of County Commissioners. David Pesnichak, Senior Planner. DATE: June 13, 2016

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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 108 Eighth Street, Suite 401, Glenwood Springs, CO Tel: (970) , Fax: (970) MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: Board of County Commissioners David Pesnichak, Senior Planner DATE: June 13, 2016 SUBJECT: Extension Request for the Land Use Change Permit - Limited Impact Review for a Storage Facility and Major Temporary Employee Housing (File No. LIPA-8191 aka Trail Ridge) EXTENSION REQUEST The Applicant s representative, Phil Vaughan of PVCMI, Inc., is requesting an extension of the 1 year timeframe to complete condition of approval #1 in Resolution of Approval for a Major Temporary Employee Housing Facility located approximately 30 miles north of the Town of Debeque and 5 miles south of the Rio Blanco County line, in Township 5 South, Range 97 West of the 6th P.M.; Section 1: S½NW¼ and the NW¼SW ¼; Section 2: S½N½, N½SE¼ and Lots 7 and 8; Section 3: SE¼NE¼ and Lots 5, 6 and 7; County of Garfield. State of Colorado. The operator of the facility is identified as WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC and the property owners are Eva C. Uphoff Trust and Timothy James Uphoff. The Land Use Change Permit application was approved with conditions on June 8, Section 4-101(H)(1) of the Land Use and Development Code states that Unless otherwise approved by the decision maker, an Applicant has 1 year from the date of approval or Director s Determination to satisfy any remaining conditions precedent to issuance of a Land Use Change Permit. As approved, the deadline for the Applicant to complete condition of approval #1 is June 8, In accordance with Section 4-101(I) of the Land Use and Development Code, the Applicant has requested an extension of the expiration date. This Section states that Extensions of 1 year may be granted for all conditional Land Use Change approvals. Condition #1 identified in Resolution of Approval requires the following prior to issuance of the Land Use Change Permit: 1

2 The Applicant shall improve the access road as proposed to meet Section 7-107, Semi-Primitive standards prior to issuance of the Land Use Change Permit. The Applicant shall provide evidence that the roadway has been upgraded and meets the standards set forth in Section This evidence shall be reviewed by the Garfield County Community Development Department and the County Contract Engineer. A copy of the extension request submitted by the Applicant s representative is attached with this memo. The request was submitted in a timely fashion and meets the requirements of Section 4-101(I) for extension of conditional approval. BACKGROUND The Applicant is conditionally approved for a 1.5 acre Major Temporary Employee Housing facility and Storage area called Trail Ridge within a acre parcel. The parcel already has a graded one acre area which will need to be expanded by about a half-acre to accommodate the housing and storage facilities. The facility is conditionally approved in a very remote location with grazing and oil and gas activities as the only nearby land uses. The Applicant has represented that the nearest hotels are an approximately 2.5 hour drive from the drilling rigs in this area. According to the Application, the Trail Ridge Employee Housing Facility is to consist of the following: A. 24 person, 6 unit side-by-side housing facility B. 10,000 gallon potable water skid C. On-site wastewater treatment system D. Diesel-fired electrical generator skid E. Refrigerator and Freezer skids F. Laydown yard and 60 wide x 125 long building for storage of drilling equipment, hydraulic fracturing equipment, pipe, excavation equipment, maintenance tools and snow-moving equipment. G. Gravel parking areas and circulation areas for employees and deliveries The traffic study as submitted states that the site will generate 2 vehicle trips per day (one round trip) for the Temporary Employee Housing Facility. Supplemental materials indicate that 2 vehicle trips per day (one round trip) for the storage facility is also anticipated. RECOMMENDATION Staff supports approval of the extension request for an additional year to complete the condition of approval as requested by the Applicant. Should the Board approve a 1 year extension, the new expiration date to complete condition of approval #1 would be June 8, Subject to direction and a motion by the Board, Staff will prepare an appropriate resolution for the Board s consideration. 2

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