At the Summit Board of County Commissioners regular session Tuesday, Sept. 13, area median income and employee housing density were thoroughly debated.

A potential employee housing project that would bring nearly 20 more employee housing units to Breckenridge was on the table, but its development plan was not approved by board members.

“I think that everyone is in support of employee housing,” Deputy County Attorney Keely Ambrose said. She added, however, that there were compilations with off-site employee housing rates in the situation employees cannot be found to fill the units.

The potential employee housing site would be located near Broken Compass Brewing off of Airport Road on the way to Breckenridge, providing up to 30 units at the location.

“It’s a very important (planned unit development) based on what it provides,” said Danny Teodoru, the lawyer who represented the development plan applicant.

Teodoru said the location, the affordability and the crucial need for more housing in the county made this employee housing project important to pass.

The proposal began in January of this year at a meeting with the Upper Blue Planning Commission. Originally, the employee housing site was only supposed to have 18 units of employee housing, but the applicant wanted to add more, increasing the number of units to 30. Currently there are only 12.

From that meeting with Upper Blue, the commission recommended the county eliminate the rule that there be a ratio of commercial...

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