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Good evening and welcome to the Greeley City Council meeting this 20th day of August.

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Call this order.

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I would like to welcome those of you who are present in chambers, as well as those who may be watching us virtually this evening.

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Item 2 is a pledge of allegiance. Please stand a fable and join us.

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Budget agents of the United States of America.

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And to the Republic.

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One issue under the indivisible.

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Roll, call, please.

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Councilmember, butler, present.

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Councilmember, present.

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Mayor, pro tem. Hall, present.

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Councilmember Peyton, present.

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Councilmember, Olson, Councilmember Mcdonald, present Mayor Gates.

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Present. All 7 members of city council are present this evening.

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Long agenda. So let's move through it this time. Item for approval. The agenda, Mr. Lee. Any changes.

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None at this time, your honor, thank you. Item 5 is, and proclamations.

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Do have one proclamation this evening.

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For national public lands, day.

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I would ask.

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Cpr. Director, Diana Frick Justin Shorten, a natural Oriental manager, and any staff present from Cpr. To meet me at the podium voice.

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Wow!

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They're still coming.

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We travel in a well. Yes, you do. Is the bus out front.

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Thank you all for being here, and it's my pleasure on behalf city.

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To read a proclamation recognizing national public land.

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Whereas national public Lands day fosters a strong connection between people and nature.

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And whereas the city's natural areas, parks, and other natural spaces are recognized for their significant impacts. To Greeley residence, quality of life.

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And whereas the city of encourages all residents to join in the care and celebration of our public plans.

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And whereas 2024 marks, the 31st annual.

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National public Lands Day, celebration.

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Now, therefore, I, John Gates, may of the city, agreely.

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Do hereby proclaim.

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That date is wrong, is it not.

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No, it is okay. I should have read it just like it was September 28, th 24.

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As national public Lands day in the city of Greeley, and encourage all residents to engage in the celebration and stewardship of Greeley's natural areas.

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In Widnes, where, by appearing to set my hand, it caused to be a fixed.

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The official seal of the city of Greeley.

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This 20th day of August 24.

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Present this to you with our thanks, and will welcome any comments that you might have.

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Thank you, Mayor, counsel.

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Thank you for this recognition of national public Lands day. It's truly an honor to stand before you today, surrounded by so many staff who share a deep love and commitment to our public lands.

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Our public lands are not just of wilderness, they are the heart and soul of our nation.

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They provide us clean air, fresh water, and endless opportunities for recreation and reflection.

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They are places where we connect with nature, with each other, and with the very essence of what it mean means to be stewards of this earth.

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This recognition is for the staff that have dedicated their time, energy, and passion to preserving and enhancing these valuable spaces.

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It is a testament to the collective effort of everyone. Staffers, conservationists, community leaders, and all the advocates.

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Who work tirelessly to protect and sustain our public lands for future generations.

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As we celebrate national public Lands day. Let's remember that our work is never finished.

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We must continue to advocate for these lands, ensuring that they remain protected and accessible for all.

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It is our duty to pass on this legacy of conservation, so that our children and grandchildren can experience the same beauty and wonder that we have been privileged to enjoy.

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Thank you again for this recognition. Let's keep our public lands and protected.

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Get coded.

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Thank you all very much. We appreciate what you do each and every day for us in the city of Greeley.

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You too, Eric?

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Councillor Mcdonald. Would you wrap up? Item 5 with tonight's installment? What's great about Greeley?

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I will. Thanks.

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Set against the front range of the Rocky Mountains. Greeley is a city of diversity and innovation, where a city of ideas with a community culture of opportunity and a restless spirit that will challenge expectations. Greeley has much to be proud of, and at each count's meeting we intentionally showcase the stories that make Greeley a great place to live.

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Work and play.

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I'll begin with a quote.

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And always we will transmit this city, not only, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us. So tonight we celebrate the success of our community. We celebrate greatly.

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Governor Jared Polis appointed Dr. Brenda Campos of Greeley to the University of Northern Colorado's Board of Trustees.

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Brenda or Doctora.

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Campos, as her patients call her, is a Latina physician at Sunrise Community Health, and serves as District School Board Director. She will serve on the UN. Board through the end of the year. Congratulations, Brenda.

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This fall, Ames Community College will provide the Ford automotive student Service educational training.

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Program that provides a paid internship while receiving a real worldwide.

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Exposure and an associate degree. The Ames program is the Colorado's only Ford.

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Asset program and the 41st nationwide.

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Greeley's Charles L. Cooper has been chosen for a lifetime. Achievement award by the Strathos.

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Who's Who world for his outstanding congratulations and achievements in the field of finance and retirement, planning.

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Chuck is the owner of the President's.

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President of the Master's financial group, and formerly worked for the Greeley police department.

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Greeley optometris. Katie Bond was given the young optometrist of the year award by the Colorado Uptometric Association.

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The city of Greeley Recreation Division received a $20,000 donation from Philip 66.

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The funds will benefit, swim lesson participants help the city with equipment, upgrades and buying new technology for swim lesson programming.

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University of Northern Colorado, Jordan Delacruz, in.

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Earned one of the 3 highly sought-after women's weightlifting spots on Team U.S.A. To compete in the 24 Olympic games Jordan took 5th place overall. This was Jordan's second appearance at the Olympics.

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She also competed in the 20 Tokyo games.

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And in case you didn't know.

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Greely ranked number 5 on the 50 best sunsets, worldwide list.

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The list is based on social media using Tiktok popularity and local light pollution levels.

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And that is what's great about Greeley.

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Thank you. Melissa.

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Item 6 is citizen input. During this portion of meeting anyone may address.

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The City Council on any item of city business appropriate for council that is now not already listed. On this evening's agenda.

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I would ask that you limit your comments to 3 min and give us your city of residence for the record.

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Most of the folks on the list I have are here for item 21.

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So I'll pass on you at this time, but there are some that are not billard.

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Good evening, Bill!

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Well, Gillard, 1, 4, 1, 50.

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I just hear rumors around the city, and I think the best place to get them resolved is here.

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Because you guys all know what the city's doing.

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And I don't.

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I've heard that we're building. We got a loan for about 20 million to build homes for the homes.

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I've also heard that the homeless can earn 14 bucks an hour.

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And are the homeless going to be paying for these rooms they're gonna stay in? Or is the public gonna be paying.

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I know you say we get a grant, but if the grant comes from the government, it's still taxpayers, money.

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So those are the rumors out there, and I just wanna know.

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Are we paying? Have people like sit in a room and not be able to work.

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Because they can't.

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Is it cold? They can't. No homes for homes.

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Is Miss Kitten here this evening.

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No, your honor, she's out this evening, but there are no loans that we're looking at for housing at this time. We do have programs that we do for housing voucher program that we have been able to house people through. But that's it.

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That we're not. We didn't get a grant to build any.

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No grant to build housing.

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That wrestled room. Thank you, thank you, Bill.

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Steve teats, please.

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Barra Bright. Good evening. My name is Steve and Greeley, and 1st of all the surveys. Last time I was here I gave you some surveys were you able to fill them out, and not just the city council, but also.

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Ones that behind the desk, and at the meeting I would like to receive them as possible.

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Second of all.

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I would like to mention, too.

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That.

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The surveys I already got. I know you guys are busy and everything like that. But I would like you to read through.

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Whoops. Sorry what I have here, because that'll help you more of what the community is not just thinking, but also they have some ideas in these too, so.

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It would be nice if you could read them all. I got about 500 of them that's about so that's 1 of the things. And another thing is, in 2022 you hired consultants, and you paid them $71,000, but they didn't do the due diligence. I mean, they didn't go out to really get surveys. You had 3 meetings that not too many people attended. Number one wasn't very.

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Well advertised as well.

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So I just think that.

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We need to do a better job to find out what is if it's in housing, homelessness, transit, or whatever other issue. Also the

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Groups that I belong to is welding disabilities, and we are trying to put a.

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Conference together a 4 day conference, and I'm asking some people.

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In Will County as well as out of Will County, to speak at the conference about housing and homelessness, and we need to be educated, and and also come up with ideas.

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More than we got.

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And from the people themselves, too, and could use your help, too, as well. Some input and maybe some support.

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Also, let's see.

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Okay. And we would like to have other organizations to help us out, too, because something like this you need more than just one group, you know, especially when it's an issue like this.

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Okay. I already mentioned that. Okay, I guess I'm done for right now.

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But I would like to encourage that. We really housing homeless problem as well as the transit transportation problem, because they go together as well as the employment. Thank you.

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Thanks, Steve.

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Is there anybody else in the Chambers that would like to address council on the.

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An item that's not on our agenda this evening. If so, I would welcome you up at this time.

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Okay, how about our virtual audience, Pamela?

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If there's a.

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Sure.

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Yeah, if you want to speak both times, it asks that you not talk about the agenda item now. But if you have an item that's not on our agenda. I'd welcome you up at this time.

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Yeah, if you'd give those to the cork right here, sir.

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Welcome!

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Well, I'm Jesse James from Greeley, Colorado.

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Your name. One more time, Sir Jesse James Stalder. Okay, thank you.

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Okay? So 1st of all, since this is an item not on the agenda. I would just like to talk about a new refrigeration that could be integrating the future.

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And here's a refrigeration design. It's called equal. It's a non flammable low pressure and evaporator and condenser high thermal conductivity with heat, absorption.

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Low friction and minimal oil requirement.

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That means it's a dropping refrigerant to all these other systems that we have out there. We got our 22 systems. We got 502 systems, low pressure systems.

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For places we got and on central air systems. But this is a direct dropping, because it's so compatible with all these other refrigerants. And then on top of it. It's non flammable. It takes some of your refrigerants we use now, like Isobutane and and stuff that are flammable, and by adding 2 other refrigerants, carbon dioxide. In our 279 it becomes non flammable. So we're not putting in it or any of our technicians out there on the roof at risk.

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For it blowing up anymore. It's not gonna be like, we have a component failure. And we have to worry about our refrigeration system catching fire. It's now non toxic. It's now flammable. It actually it darn is outlined. I have the color coordination of it. It's gonna tell you right where it lands on your chart of it's gonna be putting a tail. And that's like our safest refrigerant we have. It's it's it's it's actually it's Omega. That's why I put it through. I ran it through AI.

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To check all my work, and AI calls it Omega 69. So is this something that I wouldn't have been able to put this in English terms without using AI as my help of putting my paper together. And so it's just something that I would like us to look over, because

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It highlights some of your other subjects. And then it's actually a safe alternative that we have right now for our refrigeration industry. And so that's all I want to cap about. If you guys wanna read the papers.

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I'm more happy to talk to you about it. But I kinda answered every question about on the paper. So the rest of it's like, how you guys gonna put it out there. The rest of it's up to you guys. So.

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Any questions is like, hopefully.

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I get a job off of it somewhere, you know.

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Thank you. Thank you, Jesse.

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Anybody else in the chambers.

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Sir! Come on! Up!

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Good evening.

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The evening council members.

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I'm Matthew Casey. I live at 2 5 Dundee Avenue, in West Greeley.

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I recently read an article in the Gazette.

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That was originally written by.

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Biz, West.

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Regarding the proposed.

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Development in West Greeley.

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You know the the Greely West.

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Project, which is a.

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Public private partnership that's been.

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Approved, and.

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Concept, I believe, by your counsel.

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With the Water Valley Company.

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I'm all for the project.

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As a citizen of Greeley.

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For many years. I.

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Do not get information from the Greely tribunal.

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I did initially try to subscribe to the Tribune, never received a copy.

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Nothing against the Tribune, but I believe it would be helpful to.

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The citizens of Greeley.

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Prospective, commercial developers.

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And others that have an interest in Greeley, and to people that have an interest in seeing really differently.

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To have the city manager's office, or another entity in your.

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City to put out periodical.

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Information through public information officer.

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Or other news releases.

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Because it's very difficult to try to.

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Find information.

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I just described for a port, for a project that is.

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Very important to the future Greeley, and and has a.

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Benefit or detriment to many people.

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I think it's very progressive to have a public partnership with someone special like Water Value Company.

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I'd.

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Welcome the opportunity to learn about it without searching for it. So.

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Periodical.

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Information.

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Submitted to the public, either through written.

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Communication through the Us. Mail or otherwise.

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Would be very helpful rather than see. An article was written by Biz.

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You know, 2 or 3 weeks ago, re.

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The tribune.

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That, said, I, welcome the opportunity for a development such as.

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You're entertaining, and I would like to have more information available.

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Thank you, Mr. Casey. Do you? Do you have social media.

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Well, I do have a computer. Does that answer your question? Well, if you have social media, I mean, I went kicking and screaming, but I had to go there myself.

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City really government page on social media.

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Got much of what you're looking for, is it? Is it written in mail to residents? No, but it's the easier the better.

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Agree.

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You can also find all of our press releases just on the main page of Greeley, Com. Greeley, Gov. Webpages has all our press releases too.

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Thank you. Thank you for your comments, sir.

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Anybody else in the chambers.

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Let's move back to the virtual, please.

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If there's anyone in our virtual audience who would like to speak, please indicate, by pressing the raise hand at the bottom of your screen.

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There is no one in our virtual audience who wishes to speak.

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Thank you, Pamela. Let's move to item 7.

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Reports from Mayor and Council members, reports, evening colleagues.

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Councillor Butler, please thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to say it was actually lovely. Last Wednesday to join a couple of you out at the National Guard. Facility here in Greenleigh. Right next to the airport. They

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Do some fantastic work. Don't know from that tour what we're allowed to talk about, because it is top secret stuff, but I'm sure they wouldn't have told us. But yeah, they do. Some really important work. Pertains to missile defense. Right here in our backyard. And it was fantastic to meet those folks. To meet agile for Colorado, and anyone that has an opportunity to go out there and check out what they're up to.

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They hosted an open house this year, and they plan to do another one next year. So if you have that opportunity, I would highly recommend it.

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Read. Tommy and I had never before met a major general. So now I have.

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Thank you, Councillor Mcdonald. Please.

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I just wanted to remind Council and anybody in chambers of 2 things. So applications are now open for the Citizens police Academy. You finish that, and you get a certificate. With shooting simulation.

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Well, you don't shoot people, but you have to determine whether they're a threat or not, so I think it's a good. It's good. And then the fire department has a citizens Academy that is, gonna go 6 weeks, and that one you get to have a certificate of Cpr. By the end of that. So I signed up.

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And I hope I'm picked cause they're gonna pick 30 people.

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So I'm really excited about that. So if you need information, talk to either the chiefs and or myself, and we'll get you connected.

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Subtle as a freight train, you know.

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Jeep did hear that.

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Any additional Reports, Council.

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Seeing none. Let's move to Item 8. Are there any initiatives this evening?

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No initiatives noted Heidi were ready for the consent. Agenda.

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Thank you, your honor.

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Item number 9, a motion to approve the work. Session meeting, proceedings of July 23, rd 2,024. The recommended action is to approve the motion.

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Item, 10.

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A resolution of the City Council of the city of Greeley, authorizing city staff to enter into an agreement to a settlement amendment to a Settlement Agreement and release between Matthew Wilson and Kenneth Emmick.

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The recommended action is to adopt the resolution.

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Item 11. Introduction and 1st reading of an Ordinance amending title, 2 of the Greeley Municipal Code, to create the Housing for all Advisory Board.

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The recommended action is to introduce the ordinance and schedule the public hearing and second reading for September 3.rd

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Introduction and 1st reading of an Ordinance amending title 20 of the Greely Municipal code relating to the prohibition of lead pipes.

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The recommended action is to introduce the ordinance and schedule the public hearing and second reading for September 17.th

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Introduction and 1st reading of an Ordinance, amending title 20. Article 3, Division one, and Article 5 of the Greeley Municipal Code, relating to the use and construction of domestic and agricultural wells.

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The recommended action is to introduce the ordinance and schedule the public hearing and second reading for September 17, th 24.

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You Heidi.

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Council. That is your consent, agenda. Is there a desire to pull any of those items? Please.

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I'd like to move to approve items 9 through 13 of the consent agenda.

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Motion by council, Olson, second by Councillor Hall.

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Roll, call, vote, please.

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Councilmember. Butler. Aye.

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Councilmember debut. Aye.

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Mayor, pro tem. Hall.

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Councilmember, Payton, Councilmember Olson, Member Mcdonald, Hi. Mayor.

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Consent. Agenda passes unanimously. Item 15 is a food tax rebate program overview.

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This is informational welcome. Caleb's to the podium.

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Good evening.

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Good evening, Mayor, in council. It's a pleasure to be here this evening. Next slide.

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So here, this slide is a overview of our agenda tonight. We will be giving an overview of the food tax rebate program as the mayor mentioned. This is for informational purposes. So we'll be covering the qualification criteria. The application process. Looking at the program utilization which has significantly expanded over the past few years communication and outreach efforts which have been robust the past few years, as well as.

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Contributed to that expansion.

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And then some future considerations that Staff is thinking through as we look towards program administration in 2025.

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So this slide provides an overview of the program. So the rebate program was established in 1,990. In conjunction with the food tax for sales, of food for home consumption being put in place. The purpose for this program is it's recognized that taxing food for home consumption is burdensome for low income residents.

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So the purpose of this program is to offset that impact.

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So you can see here that the rebate amount has been raised over the years. So 2,014 and earlier, it was $45 per person.

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In 2020, from 2015 to $2165 a person, and since 2022 it's been raised to a hundred dollars a person. And just a note on some of the data that we'll be looking at rebates are issued for the previous year. So 2023 rebates are the most recently issued ones, and those were issued earlier this year.

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In 2024 this program was established by ordinance, our administrative and done.

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By the city manager. Next slide.

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So, who qualifies.

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An individual who, has reside in Greeley for T. At least 10 months and the preceding year, and is still a resident at the time of application.

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And then household incomes are specified at the below levels. This is based on the State's low income energy assistance program in 23. So this is something that's looked at every year.

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So you can see here, as an example, that a household of.

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With an income of about 71,000 would qualify for this program.

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With a 400 rebate for each individual in the household.

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That means that if there was a 4 person household who got the rebate last year, taxes were rebated for over $13,000 worth of groceries during the year, or a little over $1,100 a month.

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So this just contains some information about the application process. As I mentioned, the most recent rebates were issued earlier this year. That application period ran from February through May. One single application covers both the food tax, rebate and utility.

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Assistance. There are required documents to prove residency and income required, and income.

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Verification.

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There is information available at the city's website.

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And paper applications are also available, and it takes about 3 weeks to process a food tax rebate.

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So this slide here outlines the historical program. As you can see from this slide, there has been robust growth in the participation in this program over the past few years. This, this was an intentional effort on the city's part in terms of increasing outreach and marketing for the program as

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A few years ago, city leadership that this program was historically being underutilized. You can see most recently in 2023. So once again rebates that were issued earlier this year there was a total of almost 2,500 households that received rebates a total of.

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$562,000 in food tax rebated, and of those residents who received the rebate that equated to about 5% of the city's total population.

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Between 2022 and 2023, there was an 80% increase in households that participated.

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So this chart here shows the total number of.

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Rebates per household that were issued over the last 10 years, and once again you can see that strong growth.

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That has occurred over the last 2 years.

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This is similar data showing the total amount.

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That has been rebated over that same year period.

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So this slide just provides an overview of the communication and outreach efforts that the city has undertaken the past few years. We've ensured that information is available in many different languages. We have bilingual assistants available at City Hall during business hours. We've significantly expanded our community outreach efforts including efforts at community events.

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Distributing flyers to local businesses and other meetings digital marketing. I think many of you have probably seen advertisements on social media. The city has been using it social media channels to to ensure that the community is aware of this program. And then there's also been various physical marketing.

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Efforts around the city. Finally, we've collaborated with the Homelessness Solutions Department to ensure that their clients are aware of this program as well.

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So, as I mentioned earlier this.

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Program is administered by the city manager. These are some of the future programs that Staff is thinking through as we head into 25 for the 2024 rebates. Those areas would include income, criteria and eligibility.

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The rebate amount and frequency, looking at a regular review schedule, for when the rebate amount should be increased, continuing our outreach.

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Efforts looking at some program administration as well as long-term sustainability. We would welcome any feedback that the Council has. As we consider these issues ahead of next year's program.

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And with that I'll be happy to take any questions. Thank you.

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Questions, for Caleb.

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What I took out of this, Caleb, is that.

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The food tax rebate system is used.

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But it certainly could be used more.

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And this the follow up, is a question, and that would be.

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Would council have the ability to raise that level if they so desired.

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So are you in terms of the amount that could be rebated per individual. Yes. So that ability exists administratively, currently with the city manager. If Council wanted to provide input that they would like to see that level raised. That is, that is something we could certainly take into account.

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Councillor Butler. Please.

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Thank you, Mered, to that point. I think that's something I've been talking about for the last 2, 3 years.

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And I would certainly love to see that as a work session. I did ask for a work session on that earlier this year. But it doesn't make sense to start doing that. If we don't know if the food tax is gonna pass. So it's certainly a discussion. I think that we have to have.

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Hopefully next year.

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That's where Olson, please.

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This is great information, and I think it highlights.

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The city's ability to help our lower income folks with.

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Our food tax initiatives.

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I do like the idea of evaluating it. What it looks like. What can we do? Some of your long term sustainability, and some of these eligibility criteria, I think, are important.

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Indexing it.

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What is the budget, do we? Where does that budget come from? And what program is that in.

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So that's currently budgeted in the Food Tax fund. So.

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For example, in the 25 budget, we are planning approximately $600,000 for this program. But the the payments are based on actuals of people who apply and and are eligible.

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We had a pretty significant about 500,000 this year, right?

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And so that's something we evaluate annually as part of the budget, and obviously as part of the.

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The the rebate amounts that that are being administered.

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And it's based on $13,000.

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So that was just some rough math, using an illustrative of a household of 4. That would be a little over $13,000 a year worth of groceries that have the sales tax rebated

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For a household of 4.

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Under the current numbers.

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Any additional questions or comments. Council.

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Councillor Beauty, please. Thank you. Mayor. In addition, we talk about this. I'd like a little more information on the types of food items that.

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That are taxable? Are they prepared foods, or is it.

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Rah.

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Fruits and vegetables, or.

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So this is a tax on food for home consumption. So groceries you would buy, not prepared foods, I believe, is a different

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Different tax.

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Okay. Thank you.

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See any additional questions. Thank you, Cale, appreciate it.

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Item 16 is a public hearing and second reading of an ordinance amending article 10 of chapter 5 of title 2.

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At the girly municipal code relating to museums.

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There is no

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Presentation forthcoming. This is housekeeping.

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And just, delineates.

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Museum sites and museums.

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So on that note that does counsel. Have any questions before you open a public hearing.

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Seeing none. This is a public hearing. I open a public hearing at this time.

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Each speaker will be limited to 3 min. Please begin by stating your name and city. So the record.

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Anyone wish to speak to City Council about the.

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Municipal code related to museums.

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I predicted that outcome. Nobody in Chambers.

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Pamela. Is there anybody online that would like to address us.

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If there's anyone in our virtual audience who wishes to speak, please indicate, by pressing the raise hand button at the bottom of your screen.

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There's no one in our virtual audience who wishes to speak.

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I will close the public hearing at this time, and entertain discussion and action by city council.

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I'd make a motion to adopt the ordinance and publish with reference to title.

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Very well, Councillor. Also on the motion Councillor Hall on the second roll call, vote, please.

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Councilmember, butler.

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I'd just like to make a quick comment before Mayor. Sure, I don't have a problem with this particular ordinance.

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I do think that we need to have a presentation whenever we are doing an ordinance, though in the future. But, bye.

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So noted.

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Councilmember, Dubie. Aye.

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Mayor, pro tem. Hall.

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Councilmember Peyton. Alright.

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Councilmember Olson. Aye.

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Councilmember Mcdonald. Aye.

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Mayor Gates.

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Aye, motion carries 7 0.

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Item 17 is a public hearing and second reading of an ordinance authorizing and approving.

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From the Colorado water resources and Power Development Authority.

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For the purpose of financing capital improvements to the water system, approving the loan agreement and the issuance of a bond.

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To evidence alone providing for the payment of the bond.

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From the operation of the water system on the terms and conditions provided in the bond ordinance. Good evening.

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Good evening, Mayor and members of Council.

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Long title tonight. Wanna introduce myself. Shawn's Director of water and sewer utilities with me. Virgil Pierce. He's our utility finance manager, and we're gonna try and simplify the title for you.

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The purpose is, we're here to seek your approval for an ordinance authorizing the water to enter into a loan obligation with a Colorado water resource and power development authority. And we're doing that to address our lead service line program.

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The the proposed loan funds are Federal funds that are passed through from EPA to the Colorado water resource and power development authority for the benefit of utilities across the State.

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They do that under the drinking Water Revolving fund program.

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You see here before you, the loan is in the amount of $20,910,725 a significant amount of money. But there's a significant issue to address.

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And any lead pipe or pipes that were connected to lead underground are not cheap to replace fundamentally.

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The benefits of this loan structure. It's a lot like a construction draw loan. You're able to do the work, draw against it, and you only incur interest after you've taken the funding.

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It's on a 30 year term, and it has an interest rate of 3 and a half percent. That's about an interest rate point.

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More or more efficient or lower than what we could achieve in a revenue bond in the private market.

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There are additional costs that come. With that, however, we're obligated to follow Davis.

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Buy America, build America, and engage in the procurement process with disadvantage. Good faith efforts essentially making sure the disadvantaged contractors have opportunities to bid and do the work.

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It also requires a State Historical Preservation Office Review.

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However.

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For the efficiency, both in the interest rate, the interest paid over the construction draw, and the fact that it has a 10 million dollar principle, forgiveness.

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This is a great deal for the city to address a public health issue with the led in our service lines.

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Last note on the slide, we additionally received a separate funding of $250,000 a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments Water Quality Control Division. That funding is being used today. You'll note in the next slide that we are in phase, 2 of this project to identify and replace led service lines. So we're actively out there, Id and replacing today.

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And the $250,000 from the State came with far less strings, and we're able to move much more quickly and efficiently.

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We're also using repair dollars in the current activities.

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Next slide, please.

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There's a lot to take in here. But essentially the map at the right.

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Shows the 1st 3 phases of the project. These are our highest priority areas to address potential led service lines.

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We have a history of documents from the utility that tell us where we think.

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The majority of the lead service lines are, that record is known as the lead book in phase, one which is within the red polygon. We've gone to every address in the in the lead book, and we've done initial investigations, basement inspections, and in some cases potholing.

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Potholing is really the process or activity of boring a very fine small hole into the ground.

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To locate and identify a pipe of any kind. And so what we're looking for when we pothole is that material led? Or was it galvanized downstream of a lead connection out of the service main.

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And so any of those types of events have to be replaced.

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We have to produce a significant inventory, to provide to the State, to prove our compliance with the revised rule.

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So you see, the red area is the phase one, or it's actually phase 2.

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Phase. One was within the red.

409
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Green is phase 3. Blue is phase 4, and then phase 5 are the lowest priority areas. They are outside of downtown. They are much further west, and because of the age of the structures, we don't believe there to be any issue or risk of lead.

410
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So the 21 million dollar loan, the approximately 21 million dollars in loan proceeds would fund hopefully all the work in phase 2, 3, and 4 that you see here on the map.

411
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Next slide, please.

412
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It's noteworthy that the Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado water Resource and Power Development Authority approved our loan back in the spring.

413
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The Water Board approve the loan documents by resolution.

414
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Previously this summer, and then we're here before you tonight, seeking your approval of the ordinance to allow us to enter into the loan.

415
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The Shipper review is still being finalized, but we expect clearance. And in order to be able to proceed in August of 24. So this month.

416
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Next slide.

417
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So with that we have a recommendation. The staff in the Water and Sewer Board recommend the approval of the ordinance for entering into the approximately 21 million dollar loan with a color of water resource and power development authority with 10 million dollars of loan forgiveness.

418
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Questions for Mr. Chambers, or pierce.

419
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Councillor Wilson.

420
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This might shock you that I'm gonna ask this question.

421
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But are you coordinate with public works? Cause digging those up and finding that line.

422
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Puts a lot of.

423
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Damage to the roads. Are you coordinating with them on their paving? So we get in and do those before they come in and pave.

424
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:07,000
We we are, indeed! I don't know that I could say there's a hundred coordination. There are some projects that were in the queue before we could get.

425
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:18,000
The the loan identify the lead identification into the into the project. It is part of the reason that 16th Street has been slower out of the gate than originally anticipated.

426
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Is. There are a number of old structures there. There's not a lot of room in the in the right way, and we need to address any lead service or galvanize downstream, led in advance of doing the roadwork project there. So that is integrated in that project, and it's integrated in all projects, going forward.

427
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Councillor Hall. Please.

428
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Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So on the map on page 3.

429
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The.

430
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Areas that are.

431
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To the west of those colors are.

432
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Basically they were all installed with.

433
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Without lead piping. Is that correct?

434
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:10,000
It's a it's completely reasonable to assume that they still need to be part of the inventory that's provided to the department, public health and environment. So we need to still get surveys. We need to do basement inspections in some cases. But.

435
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Because of their date. We believe that they are the lowest level of risk for having a lead service line.

436
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,000
And there seems to be a little notch in there.

437
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Between 16 Street and 20th Street.

438
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Are, those.

439
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Not.

440
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I mean, those were built around the same period of time. I would assume.

441
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I think I'm not sure if the notch is in gray, or if the notch you're referring to is in red.

442
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,000
And great? Can you clarify.

443
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Yeah, so

444
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In the event. There, in the event, there's an area there where they're built before 1,940 we will prioritize those 2. I don't know when this map was drafted. But anything that's pre, 1940, we we want a visual inspection, and we wanna know what that service line material is with certainty.

445
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:06,000
Okay. Thank you.

446
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,000
Counsel, Counselor Butler, please.

447
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,000
Thank you, Mary. I just wanna take the opportunity to.

448
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:17,000
Ask question, we don't have any lead in any of our lines. This is just the service lines from our lines into homes. Correct.

449
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:26,000
Yeah. Great, great question. Appreciate that, counselor. There are no lead pipes in the city's municipal water system, right? These are all service lines.

450
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:38,000
And in fact, really was rather innovative. And before it's time to eliminate as a material that it allowed to be used in the in the city's use of its plumbing of service lines.

451
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So.

452
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Denver water has a much larger obligation to replace lead service lines, in part because it was still in their standard specs and details to allow people to plum with lead from the main to the house. Up until the 19 fifties we stopped, allowing that in the late 19 thirties.

453
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So that that really reduce the size of our our.

454
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Potential problem here, and our potential cost to resolve it, which is fantastic.

455
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I, I may note, the last thing is, we're the only community in the State to receive this type of loan and loan forgiveness. Denver water was the first, st and really our proactive activity by staff led to us, being the second.

456
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Any additional questions of staff.

457
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Seeing none. I'll open a public hearing at this time. Ask anyone wishing to speak to this item, to come forward and do so.

458
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Anybody in the Chambers wish to address this item.

459
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Apparently there is not, so I'd like to.

460
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,000
Ask about the virtual audience.

461
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If there's anyone in our virtual audience who wishes to speak, please indicate, by pressing the raise hand at the bottom of your screen.

462
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There's no one in a virtual audience who wishes to speak.

463
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Post a public hearing at this time.

464
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And open up for discussion and action by city council.

465
00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:01,000
You are moved to adopt the ordinance and publish the title only.

466
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Motion by Councillor Paden, second by Councillor Roll, call, vote, please.

467
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Councilmember. Butler. Aye.

468
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Councilmember debut. Aye.

469
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Mayor, pro tem. Hall.

470
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,000
Councilmember Payton.

471
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:18,000
Councilmember Olson.

472
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,000
Councilmember Mcdonald, Hi.

473
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I. Motion carries 7 0.

474
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Item 18 is public hearing and second reading of an ordinance, making assessments against the lot, and included within the local improvement district number 3, 4, 3, 7, 9, 5.

475
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To recover the approved minimum cost for construction, for sewer and structure in Greeley, Colorado.

476
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:44,000
Ashcrop, basin, sanitary sewer, infrastructure.

477
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:47,000
Chambers. Mr. Pryor. Good evening, gentlemen.

478
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Good evening again. Mayor and council.

479
00:47:49,000 --> 00:48:09,000
I'm gonna introduce the subject and provide just a brief amount of context before Adam Prior takes over. Wanna remind you, the Ashcroft draw basin to Orient yourself is the Uc. Health Hospital and the property behind it to the south and southwest. It's a tremendous basin with the St. Michael subdivision and a lot of room for growth.

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And the context of the item before you tonight is that since 2,002 the city had an intergovernmental agreement with the city of.

481
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To allow for sewer service by Evans for the benefit of those homes in Greeley.

482
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:28,000
That we did that because there's gravity flow from St. Michael's and Uc. Health.

483
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:38,000
Down Ashcroft to the Evans treatment plant in about 2,018 or 2,019. Evans gave us notice that they no longer had capacity for Greeley or its growth.

484
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:45,000
So we we could have capped in St. Michael's right where it is today, and there would be no additional development in the basin.

485
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And then we would have had to ask developers to come in and build the offsite, and you'll see before in the presentation tonight we'd be asking for a 5 million plus off site.

486
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And then the developer would need to be reimbursed by other developers in the basin.

487
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We felt like that kind of inordinately large offsite for a specific basin of the city.

488
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:17,000
Was gonna hamper the ability for the market to develop naturally. And so the local improvement district or piece under our code allows us to go in and build infrastructure. First.st

489
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Particularly in this kind of case, for a limited geography, and seek reimbursement from those properties within the geography.

490
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And that seemed to be the perfect scenario for this basin that otherwise wouldn't have service.

491
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,000
For any future growth and development.

492
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:37,000
And so with that, I'm gonna turn it over to Adam Prior and allow him to walk you through this final ordinance on Ashcrop.

493
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Thanks, Shawn. Good evening.

494
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Good evening, councilmembers.

495
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Next slide.

496
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:49,000
Today's agenda. We're gonna talk about the local improvement the original ordinance. Back in 2021.

497
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The schedule and the costs that we're adopting today or proposing to adopt, and then a final approval of the ordinance next slide. Please.

498
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This is a map of the basin.

499
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That is supported by the Ashcroft Station.

500
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The light blue and dark blue are areas that flow to the lift station, main and force main infrastructure.

501
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:17,000
And then the orange color is the

502
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:23,000
Properties that flow to the gravity piece. There are 2 different components to this. Lift this board.

503
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This local improvement district.

504
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And so there's a different cost for each of these infrastructure to support those areas. All constructure was.

505
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Fronted by water and sewer.

506
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:40,000
And there is an interest fee in this local improvement district that will be paid at building permit.

507
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Next slide, please.

508
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This is the map showing existing infrastructure within St. Michael's area. It's the dark blue. These costs would be paid by the water and tour department.

509
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:55,000
Or all existing infrastructure.

510
00:50:55,000 --> 00:51:04,000
Originally there was an additional 2 properties in this area that was undeveloped, and since the time of the original ordinance it has been developed, and we've removed those from the.

511
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Lid.

512
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:09,000
The total cost is about 442,000.

513
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:14,000
That the city will be covering for these existing infrastructure in the basin.

514
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:18,000
The rest of the cost is covered by the local Improvement district.

515
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:23,000
And the costs are all split equally within all services.

516
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Within the basin.

517
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,000
Next slide.

518
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Here's a breakdown of the original ordinance done in July of 21.

519
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It was broken down across all services with.

520
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2,000 425,000 for gravity, sewer.

521
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:43,000
4,875,000 for the lift station in Force, Maine.

522
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:51,000
You see here it was breaking up, based on the capacity in these infrastructures. We did this based on a single family tap.

523
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So in the slide below you can see.

524
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The gravity sewer has 7,051.

525
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Single-family taps.

526
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:03,000
The estimated cost was 425,000.

527
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And you get a total cost, then of $60 per single family tap.

528
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:12,000
And the same is for the list, station, and force main. This has a capacity of.

529
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:16,000
5,156 single family taps.

530
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,000
For a cost of 4.8 7 5 million.

531
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:22,000
These were maximum numbers.

532
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And this is what proposed back in 2021.

533
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The lift station also is 942.

534
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Or 90, 45 and 50 cents.

535
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:35,000
Next slide.

536
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Here's the actual construction and finished product.

537
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You can see this along 65th Avenue. The picture on the left. The middle picture is shown inside the lift station.

538
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And then the one on the right is showing the gravity.

539
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:55,000
Sewer being constructed along Uc. Health.

540
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:57,000
Next slide.

541
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:58,000
So.

542
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The local improvement district requires 2 process or 2 steps. The 1st is an original ordinance, which was done in July of 21. This was a public meeting, and.

543
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:14,000
Set the total maximum prices that were presented in the previous slide.

544
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:26,000
The second ordinance is tonight to set the actual cost and final properties that we'll have to pay back the local improvement district. And that's what we're here tonight to talk about.

545
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Next slide.

546
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The actual construction costs came in.

547
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:36,000
Significantly more than the estimated amount, and this was due to Post Covid.

548
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:45,000
Inflation. We saw a lot of pipe increases here. We also saw a lot of increases in purchasing and easement.

549
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:50,000
And so the total estimated from the original is still the maximum amount.

550
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:55,000
The additional cost will be covered by the city of Girly Waters Department.

551
00:53:55,000 --> 00:54:04,000
So based on that. The maximum numbers that we are proposing in 2021 are still the maximum amount that will be done today.

552
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:11,000
Included also is a 4.4 interest rate, which is recommended by the finance director.

553
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:16,000
Based on our cost, to pay these loans and bonds to.

554
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,000
Build this infrastructure.

555
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:21,000
Next slide.

556
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So staff and board recommends that.

557
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The City Council approve an ordinance to finalize the Ask Bra Improvement District.

558
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Any questions.

559
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:39,000
Questions of chief Engineer prior, please.

560
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:43,000
Don't see any questions. This is also a public hearing. I'll open it at this time.

561
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:49,000
Ask anyone wishing to speak to the siding to come up to the podium.

562
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:53,000
Seeing no one coming forward. How about our virtual audience? Pamela.

563
00:54:53,000 --> 00:55:01,000
If there's anyone in our virtual audience who wishes to speak, please indicate, by pressing the raise hand button at the bottom of your screen.

564
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,000
There is no one in our virtual audience who wishes to speak.

565
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:07,000
Thank you. I'll close the public hearing at this time.

566
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:13,000
And open it up for discussion and action by city council.

567
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:16,000
Move, to adopt the ordnance, and publish to title only.

568
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,000
What second?

569
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,000
Motion by Councillor Butler.

570
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:24,000
Second by Councillor Hall.

571
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:25,000
Just.

572
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:28,000
Photo finish. I think a roll call vote, please.

573
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,000
Councilmember, beller.

574
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:32,000
Councilmember dibi. Aye.

575
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,000
Mayor podem Hall. Aye.

576
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:37,000
Councilmember.

577
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,000
Councilmember Olson.

578
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:41,000
Councilmember Mcdonald. Aye.

579
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,000
Mayor gates, I. Motion carries 7 0.

580
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:55,000
Item 19 is a public hearing, a second reading of an ordinance submitting to the registered electors of the city of Greeley at the November 5, th 2,024 coordinated municipal election.

581
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A question regarding an amendment to Part one Article 5 of the Municipal Chartered regarding financial operations.

582
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,000
Welcome. Miss Rosetta, our city attorney.

583
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And Miss Porter, our deputy Chief deputy City manager, chief financial officer. Good evening, ladies.

584
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:14,000
Good evening, Mayor and Members Council.

585
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I'm going to do the bulk of the presentation tonight regarding the proposed ballot measure about financial.

586
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:26,000
That's because the city attorney's office has been involved in recommending these charter changes.

587
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But Miss Porter is available to answer any questions, particularly about financial operations for the city.

588
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So I will just go over the background about why this change is being proposed. Identify what our current charter says.

589
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:52,000
Review the proposed ballot question, and then the proposed charter language.

590
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:58,000
As you know, the city of Greeley operates under the Council manager form of government.

591
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:15,000
And you can see this language and this authority throughout the charter and the code. There's references to this authority which includes provisions which give the city manager the authority over administration of the city's affairs.

592
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:25,000
In January. You probably recall that Debbie Reid provided an update and an overview to City Council about changes to the finance department.

593
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Those changes included the addition of the chief financial officer position.

594
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And also separation of the budget operations from the umbrella of the finance department.

595
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At the time of that presentation Ms. Did talk with Council and inform that city management was still continuing to work with the city attorney's office.

596
00:57:47,000 --> 00:58:01,000
To ensure alignment of the proposed changes with the city's charter and code, and throughout the year we have been dug before me, and now me have been working with Raymond and his staff.

597
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:08,000
To discuss this issue and identify the appropriate way to move forward.

598
00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:17,000
So background about the Finance department. The Finance Department has historically been overseen by a finance director, although that.

599
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:18,000
Hasn't.

600
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:23,000
Always been the case. The finance director has in the past also been.

601
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:29,000
Served in dual capacities as a finance director and a deputy city manager, and that.

602
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Was done in the past, for the same reason that that changes have been.

603
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:41,000
Proposed at this point, and that's just due to the growth of the city and changing needs of the city organization.

604
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:51,000
So the finance department has overseen, typically overseen the functions, including taxation, financial operations and also procurement and budget.

605
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:58,000
City manager in determining the to create that chief financial officer position.

606
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:06,000
Similar to what was done in the past with regard to the Deputy City manager, has determined that.

607
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:13,000
It's now time to separate budget operations and procurement operations from the finance department.

608
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:15,000
And let

609
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:34,000
Alina and Raymond speak to that specifically, but just based on the growth of the city and some of the needs that the city has. Now, the city manager has determined that that's necessary to ensure appropriate functioning of the city, and and just be able to address the needs of a growing city.

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Next slide, please.

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The current charter is set. Current language is set out in the slide, and I won't read it specifically. But there is an article article 5, that is titled.

612
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:55,000
Department of Finance, and that is somewhat unique to the city of Greely. I've looked at other.

613
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:58,000
Charters for several other Colorado cities.

614
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:02,000
Some charters do identify names of specific.

615
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:11,000
Departments and positions. But most charters address just the functions and operations. Instead of addressing titles specifically.

616
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:26,000
Boulder and Fort Collins both do have a financial officer in their charter. But it's broad enough to allow that authority to the city manager to determine who to appoint those as the financial off officer.

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Most charters that I've reviewed procurement in the chartering.

618
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So our charter is unique in that. It's rather specific in mentioning the finance department. And then, although it doesn't require purchasing and budget to be.

619
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:51,000
Overseen by the Finance Department.

620
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The Charter itself lists, procurement and budget. Under the caption of Finance Department.

621
01:00:58,000 --> 01:00:59,000
Next slide.

622
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So in reviewing the needs of the city and the desires of the city manager in terms of adjusting to the growth. We have determined that the best.

623
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:14,000
Option is to propose a ballot question.

624
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:18,000
To appear on the November to Rename.

625
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In Article 5 instead of department of finance, it would say, administration.

626
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:35,000
Or it would say, financial operations. And then, instead of finance, the charter just now says the word finance, that it would say administration.

627
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:44,000
And then throughout the chart, that section of the charter, the term Director of Finance would be replaced with the term financial officer.

628
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:47,000
Next slide.

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If a majority of citizens voted yes, on this ballot question the charter would be changed. Those specific changes are laid out in the ordinance itself, but generally, as I said, the article would be renamed, and then throughout.

630
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:10,000
The article. The term director finance will be changed to financial officer.

631
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:12,000
One example is.

632
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The financial officer would still be the ex officio city treasurer. But it would be the financial officer instead of specifically the director of finance, that financial officer would still require the advice and consent of city Council for the appointment.

633
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And then, based on the city's needs, the city manager would have the authority to appoint the financial officer.

634
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Next slide.

635
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So changes to the charter obviously have not been made are not made lightly, but there have been changes to the charter, and those are always approved by.

636
01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:52,000
The citizens.

637
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:58,000
In reviewing the charter, I did note that the synopsis.

638
01:02:58,000 --> 01:02:59,000
Does.

639
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:05,000
Indicate that the framer or the Charter Commission.

640
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:06,000
Contemplated.

641
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:10,000
Growth of the city in setting forth the charter.

642
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:14,000
And contemplated that changes could be made or need to be made.

643
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:20,000
To the charter over time. A couple of examples is at the time the charter was.

644
01:03:20,000 --> 01:03:29,000
Originally approved. There were only 3 wards, and also at that time the city didn't allow the sale of alcohol beverages within the city.

645
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:34,000
So those are just a couple of examples of charter changes that have been made over the years.

646
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:41,000
So just again. I have met, and Doug before me did meet with Raymond and his staff over the past.

647
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:45,000
This year to identify these changes.

648
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And determined that these were the best way to ensure effective governance of financial operations in a manner that allows the city manager to implement best practices for our growing communities.

649
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:03,000
And with that I'llena and I are both happy to answer any questions you might have.

650
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:07,000
Questions of staff, council.

651
01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:16,000
Councillor Butler, please thank you, Mayor. So I have gone back and forth on this, and whether we need to do this, I had a conversation with our city attorney this afternoon.

652
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:17,000
It just seems.

653
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:20,000
I know that we're gonna get a lot of questions.

654
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:22,000
But why do we need to pass this? I wish.

655
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:27,000
Right now I could ask you, what's the 30 second pitch for a voter that calls me, and says, Why do we need to pass this.

656
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:31,000
Housekeeping seems to be the most reasonable response.

657
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:32,000
Right.

658
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:33,000
Direct.

659
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:56,000
If you could give a 30 second pitch in support of a balanced. My 30 second pitch is just that we always want to make sure that our charter is keeping up with the times, keeping up with the growth of the city, and also our charter is the law of the land for the city. And so we wanna make sure that the changes that that we wanna make in terms of administration and governance with the city.

660
01:04:56,000 --> 01:05:01,000
Both meet the needs of the citizens and comply with the law.

661
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:03,000
Councillor Dubie. Please.

662
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:04,000
Okay.

663
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:08,000
Additional questions, counsel.

664
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:12,000
Seeing no additional questions. This is also a public hearing.

665
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:27,000
I'll open a public hearing at this time, and ask anyone wishing to speak to this item to come forward. Mr.

666
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:33,000
Make this short. My name is D. Keats in Greeley for the record. There's a lot of.

667
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:38,000
Well, there's a government entities that have departments like.

668
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:45,000
The Fairs Department of Defense, or even the State, have departments.

669
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:47,000
E, either at the beginning.

670
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:52,000
Of the department or at the end. I don't think I think we need to keep.

671
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:55,000
Because people related to departments.

672
01:05:55,000 --> 01:06:04,000
You know. Like say, for example, you bus department, or your finance department, or.

673
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:13,000
Whatever else. I I think we need to not put on the ballot, and we need to keep it as a department. Thank you.

674
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:21,000
Anybody else in the chambers. Mr. Gourd.

675
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:25,000
Amazing how much money we've spent so far tonight.

676
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:27,000
Millions of dollars.

677
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:38,000
Anytime you split it. Apartment. My question is, do we hire new people for that new department? So how much is that going to increase the public taxes, to to have a new department.

678
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:49,000
When we do developed, it's a department today, and we work very well. It's like, well, we're gonna hire a couple more people. And then all of a sudden, you look around. Those couple of people aren't doing diddly.

679
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:52,000
Because we got 4 people man job.

680
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:57,000
That's anytime a government splits the department. That's what usually comes out of a waste of time.

681
01:06:57,000 --> 01:07:00,000
The efficient way of the department goes down.

682
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:06,000
And the public still doesn't get the good service. So I don't think we need to split departments. Keep the whole way.

683
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:08,000
Thank you. Bill.

684
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:12,000
Anybody else in the chambers.

685
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:16,000
Seeing no one come forward. How about our virtual audience, Pamela.

686
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:24,000
If there is anyone in our virtual audience who wishes to speak, please indicate, by pressing the raise hand at the bottom of your screen.

687
01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:27,000
There is no one in our virtual audience who wishes to speak.

688
01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:30,000
Thank you. Close the public hearing this time.

689
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:42,000
Entertain discussion and action by city council.

690
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:50,000
I thought Johnny was pushing the button down there. I moved to adaptor's reference title only second.

691
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:56,000
Elsewhere. But we're on the motion. Councillor Olson, on the second.

692
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:58,000
Roll, call, vote, please.

693
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:00,000
Councilmember, butler.

694
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,000
Councilmember, debut.

695
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,000
Mayor, pro tem. Hall.

696
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:06,000
Councilmember, Payne.

697
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:08,000
Councilmember Olson.

698
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,000
Councilmember Mcdonald. Aye.

699
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:11,000
Mayor Gates.

700
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:14,000
Aye, motion carries 7 0.

701
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:25,000
Item 20 is a public hearing and second reading of an ordinance, amending sections 6, 2, 9, 6, 4, 22, 6, 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 4, 6.

702
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:28,000
6, 4, 7, 7.

703
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:30,000
6, 4, 8, 1, 20.

704
01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:34,000
Dash 1, 5, 1 and 21, 5, 2, with a group of municipal code.

705
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:38,000
Miss Soria, welcome back.

706
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:40,000
Your honor.

707
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:45,000
This item is related to, and is a companion piece to the last item, and this.

708
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:47,000
Item recommends.

709
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:59,000
Changes to the municipal code regarding financial operations. I will handle the presentation again. But again, Alina is available to answer any questions.

710
01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:06,000
I'll again review the background for this item, the proposed amendments to the municipal code, and then available.

711
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:10,000
To answer any questions.

712
01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:19,000
I won't go over all of this again. But the general background on this item is is again related to.

713
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:22,000
The need to modernize the code.

714
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:33,000
To ensure that the city manager is able to set up his departments in a manner that is in the best interest of the citizens.

715
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:36,000
Next slide, please.

716
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:43,000
The proposed amendments will clarify and correct chapters overseen by the.

717
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:50,000
Director finance, and it will give it will generally, to the city manager.

718
01:09:50,000 --> 01:10:00,000
Specific duties in, instead of having those delegated to the finance director. It will give the city manager that discretion to assign the duties.

719
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:14,000
As he determines in the best interest of the city. This is very similar to other places in our code, where the city manager has is given duties, that then he delegates to other departments or staff members.

720
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:28,000
There's also some outdated language in the code which requires that utility bills be paid at the office of the Director of Finance in City Hall, and whenever we spot that that kind of outdated language we train.

721
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:35,000
Fix it. So that's 1 of the other changes that we're making or proposing to be made with this ordinance.

722
01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:39,000
And with that I'm happy to answer any questions, and Alina, as well.

723
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:44,000
Questions of our city attorney.

724
01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:52,000
Councilor Peet. Not really a question, but, Stacy, I'd also note that one of the other changes that you're making is expanding.

725
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,000
From just the chapter.

726
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:57,000
To the code. It's in its entirety.

727
01:10:57,000 --> 01:10:58,000
Which.

728
01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:05,000
Just. And this isn't a criticism. It's that it's that the need to be able to respond.

729
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:08,000
Other elements of the code, not just.

730
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:11,000
The Director of Finance Chapter. So.

731
01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:13,000
Beats.

732
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:15,000
More beneficial than just the.

733
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:21,000
Aesthetics of the name changes.

734
01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:27,000
Additional questions or comments for staff.

735
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:29,000
Seeing none.

736
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:39,000
This is also a public hearing. I open it this time, and ask anyone wishing to speak to this item, to come forward and do so. Please.

737
01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:42,000
Seeing no one come forward. Pamela, I'd like to check on our virtual audience.

738
01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:50,000
If there's anyone in our virtual audience who wishes to speak, please indicate, by pressing the raise hand button at the bottom of your screen.

739
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:53,000
There is no one in our virtual audience who wishes to speak.

740
01:11:53,000 --> 01:11:54,000
Thank you.

741
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:59,000
I will close the public hearing and entertain discussion from city council.

742
01:11:59,000 --> 01:12:03,000
Move to adopt the ordinance and publish title only.

743
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:08,000
Councillor Hall and the motion Councillor Mcdonald on the second roll call, vote, please.

744
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:10,000
Councilmember. Butler. Aye.

745
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:12,000
Councilmember Davis.

746
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:14,000
Mayor, pro tem. Hall.

747
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:16,000
Councilmember Payton. Aye.

748
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:18,000
Councilmember Olson.

749
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,000
Councilmember Mcdonald. Aye.

750
01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:21,000
Mayor Gates.

751
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:25,000
Aye, motion carries 7 0.

752
01:12:25,000 --> 01:12:31,000
Item 21 is a public hearing and second reading of an ordinance submitting to the registered electors of the city of Greeley.

753
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:40,000
At the coordinated election to be held November 1, st 2,024. The question of authorizing the City Council to extend the current sales tax on food.

754
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:43,000
Caitlin Myers, good evening.

755
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:55,000
Evening, Mayor, members of Council. I'm happy to be before you this evening to bring forward the second reading of the Ordinance, which would put the food tax renewal on the ballot.

756
01:12:55,000 --> 01:13:07,000
So this evening the agenda will include just an overview of the process to this point. We've been before you many times on this item. Well.

757
01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:16,000
Do a brief overview of the food tax renewal. And then the purpose, of course, is the public hearing and determination of.

758
01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:17,000
Approval on the ordinance.

759
01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:19,000
Next slide.

760
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:43,000
So this project and timeline slides should be very familiar. This engagement has been ongoing since last year, the fall of 2023, when finance staff started to do preparations for the November 2024 ballot. There have been a few items before you for consideration throughout the winter and spring.

761
01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:51,000
We did some public opinion, polling and outreach, some focus group work, and then a second public opinion poll.

762
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:54,000
In June.

763
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:59,000
I've listed on the slide here just a number of work sessions that we've had on these topics.

764
01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:11,000
That brings us to this evening, which is the second reading for the food text renewal, and then also the next item which is related to the transportation dead. Item.

765
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:24,000
So just briefly, this ordinance would set the language that voters will see on their November relating to the Food tax renewal a couple of key points. This is renewal of the city.

766
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:48,000
3% sales tax on food for home consumption, which was originally put in place in 1 90 and has been renewed every 5 years since then. The current food tax is set to expire at the end of 2026. So we're coming before you in advance to a renew this revenue source.

767
01:14:48,000 --> 01:15:10,000
A key change here is that this would be a permanent extension. The food tax. So, as I mentioned, the food taxes had the 5 year sunset. Traditionally, no, on the permanent extension that has to do with the proposed plan for the food tax to be the repayment source for the transportation debt issuance. Again. That is the next item on the agenda.

768
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:13,000
But that would be a.

769
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:20,000
You know, 35 to 50 year loan repayment? So we couldn't have a sunsetting revenue source to repay that loan.

770
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:34,000
I also wanted to note the food tax rebate program which you heard about earlier this evening, and an informational update remains. In effect. It's really separate from this item via separate ordinance.

771
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,000
Next slide, please.

772
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:39,000
This is just for informational purposes.

773
01:15:39,000 --> 01:16:02,000
On items that the food tax has funded and is planned to fund based on the currently adopted. So the food tax which generates approximately 11 million dollars annually is predominantly used for capital, maintenance and construction. It's it's a large source for improvements to the city's facilities.

774
01:16:02,000 --> 01:16:11,000
Such as the building we're in right now. All the way from the fun plucks the ice house, Hvacs, those types of maintenance.

775
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:24,000
Projects. And then it also goes towards park improvements, irrigation systems, playground maintenance, traffic, safety improvements, etc. So there's more detail here on the slide.

776
01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:26,000
Next slide.

777
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:35,000
This slide just is a simple overview of the language itself. So apart from the extension this is.

778
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:40,000
Pretty much exactly what voters have been used to seeing in the past.

779
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:50,000
So no big changes there otherwise. And then, yeah, very simply. Staff recommends approval of the ordinance submitting to voters the question.

780
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:52,000
Of whether to extend the food text.

781
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:53,000
And with that.

782
01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:55,000
Entertainment, questions.

783
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:58,000
Thank you, Kim. Questions of Miss Myers, please. Councillor Olson.

784
01:16:58,000 --> 01:17:01,000
So I should ask this on the last.

785
01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:03,000
The the rebate.

786
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:05,000
Presentation. But I'm gonna ask it now.

787
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:11,000
Because it's in here, he said. Food on slide 4.

788
01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:14,000
Rebate program remains effective operations. We talked about that.

789
01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:17,000
How does the snap program affect it? Do snap!

790
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:22,000
The snap program that people are eligible for this rebate. If they're on the snap program.

791
01:17:22,000 --> 01:17:36,000
So I believe so I think that leap and snap probably similar income requirements. But I can't say 100% sure. We could certainly get the answer to that for you. I can look it up. It doesn't apply to all foods, either.

792
01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:37,000
Right.

793
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:48,000
But if people are on the snap program, can they apply for a rebate program? That's what I'm mainly, yes, absolutely. There's no limitation on other forms of assistance. Yep.

794
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:50,000
Absolutely.

795
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:52,000
Councillor Butler. Please.

796
01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:54,000
Thank you. Mayor.

797
01:17:54,000 --> 01:18:01,000
So just since it sounds like we're gonna have a few people speak after this. In the next section is gonna be talking about.

798
01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:08,000
The debt issuance that we're looking at doing? Just so, people know that is currently for 34.

799
01:18:08,000 --> 01:18:11,000
Intersections between on 35th and 47.th

800
01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:15,000
And it would also be eligible for additional projects if we were to get.

801
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:17,000
Other grants. Things like that correct.

802
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:22,000
Correct. Just so. People have the full picture before people come up and start talking.

803
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:26,000
Yeah, absolutely. We'll cover that in the next item, the transportation. Yep.

804
01:18:26,000 --> 01:18:27,000
Absolutely.

805
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:32,000
Any additional questions of Ms.

806
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:33,000
Thank you.

807
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:38,000
Okay, seeing none. This is a public hearing as well. I'll open a public hearing at this time.

808
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:41,000
Ask anyone wishing to speak.

809
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:53,000
To would limit their comments to 3 min. Give us your name and city for the record. I welcome a number of people that have signed up for this item. I'll just read off the list, and then, if there are others happy to take you at that time.

810
01:18:53,000 --> 01:18:55,000
Start with sherry.

811
01:18:55,000 --> 01:19:01,000
Should have given you some advanced notice.

812
01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:10,000
I apologize for being my 1st real venture out since my knee replacement, so I apologize. 2 of us up here have been there.

813
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:12,000
3 of us up here. Sorry.

814
01:19:12,000 --> 01:19:14,000
So I ask a little bit of

815
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:20,000
Whatever the word is I'm looking for that's not coming off the top of my mind. I probably could have divided this out into.

816
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:29,000
Earlier comment that what I wanted to say really kind of connects. So if you'll give me a little bit of leeway with the 3 min time. I won't go much over. I apologize.

817
01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:34,000
There's a big change to the food tax, and I just heard her say, there's really no changes.

818
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:36,000
The changes prior to this.

819
01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:41,000
This question. We have asked the voters every 5 years whether or not to renew this.

820
01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:46,000
I've never supported a food tax. I'm really having a hard time supporting this one.

821
01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:51,000
Because this one not only does 5 years. This does a never ending cycle.

822
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:53,000
Unless the voters say we don't want this anymore.

823
01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:55,000
We know what the odds of that are.

824
01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:59,000
The second part of that is this is tied to.

825
01:19:59,000 --> 01:20:06,000
Traffic changes on us. 34 and at 35th Avenue and 47.

826
01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:14,000
In 2018 2019, I sat on an advisory board for this Council, looking at whether or not we should renew the quality of life taxes.

827
01:20:14,000 --> 01:20:20,000
And at that time there was a lot of hoopla over this building, and a proposed second building.

828
01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:28,000
And one of the things that we asked this Council to do is to promise us that those quality of life taxes would not be used for City Center Phase 2.

829
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:31,000
To date. You have not done that. Thank you.

830
01:20:31,000 --> 01:20:34,000
The other problem is, when I look at the city's website.

831
01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:40,000
There is a comment or a page on there that talks about the quality of life taxes that we.

832
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:47,000
Back in 2,018 that we also extended for 20 years. And I was even okay with that one at that time.

833
01:20:47,000 --> 01:20:52,000
But it says that the money for quality of life, that's point 3%.

834
01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:55,000
The very 1st thing that it says on your website.

835
01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:58,000
Is 2 significant changes in the city.

836
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:02,000
Along us. Highway 34.

837
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:03,000
Where's that money?

838
01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:05,000
4 or 5 years ago.

839
01:21:05,000 --> 01:21:08,000
We agreed to extend that tax.

840
01:21:08,000 --> 01:21:14,000
For the very same thing that you are now asking us to extend a tax, an indefinite yearly tax.

841
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:17,000
To tie to those same 2 intersections.

842
01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:23,000
I want those intersections built as badly as the rest of you. That is why I supported that quality of tax.

843
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:26,000
But I'm really struggling, putting.

844
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:34,000
Another tax, a regressive tax that I've never supported, and I struggle to support in any community.

845
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:37,000
On the backs of people that can't afford to put food on their table already.

846
01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:45,000
And not only are we not gonna come back in 5 years and ask our voters to to re up and make sure you do what you what you say you're gonna do.

847
01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:51,000
But we're going to do it after we've already promised we would do it with yet a different tax.

848
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:53,000
So I'm really concerned at how this is going.

849
01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:57,000
This tax doesn't expire until 2026.

850
01:21:57,000 --> 01:22:01,000
Under Tabor on your elections can only be Tabor.

851
01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:02,000
Questions.

852
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:08,000
This question can go before voters in 25 expired.

853
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:12,000
I would much prefer that you look at a separate tax.

854
01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:18,000
To build these interchanges than a food tax, and I apologize. Anybody wants any more from me. I'll be available.

855
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:19,000
Thanks.

856
01:22:19,000 --> 01:22:22,000
Make sure. You know you made.

857
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:28,000
You made 1 point that that absolutely needs to be explained, and that's the money that the.

858
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:31,000
City collected from the 2019 increase.

859
01:22:31,000 --> 01:22:33,000
That money's safeway in the bank.

860
01:22:33,000 --> 01:22:35,000
2 things have happened.

861
01:22:35,000 --> 01:22:37,000
One is

862
01:22:37,000 --> 01:22:39,000
I'm not going to name the agency.

863
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:42,000
But a State agency left us holding the bag.

864
01:22:42,000 --> 01:22:44,000
I cannot be any more blunt than that.

865
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:47,000
And secondly.

866
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:53,000
The cost of those intersections, unfortunately, has increased exponentially since 2019. So.

867
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:56,000
Please know that we do have a.

868
01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:58,000
Pretty large bucket of money.

869
01:22:58,000 --> 01:22:59,000
That will.

870
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:04,000
Definitely go a long ways towards those intersections, but.

871
01:23:04,000 --> 01:23:08,000
Based on the what I believe is the inactivity of the State agency.

872
01:23:08,000 --> 01:23:13,000
Guess who it's on now. It's on us so great point. I appreciate you bringing it up.

873
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:21,000
Tom Donkeys.

874
01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:29,000
Good evening, Tom.

875
01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:35,000
Tom Donkel, City of Greeley, resident since 1986.

876
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:38,000
I did leave for a little while. I won't tell you where I went to work.

877
01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:40,000
Of somebody that bought a lot of water up here.

878
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:42,000
North of town.

879
01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:47,000
But I am extremely excited to be here tonight, and to be.

880
01:23:47,000 --> 01:23:48,000
A citizen of greatly.

881
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:51,000
This is probably the most exciting time.

882
01:23:51,000 --> 01:24:00,000
For for Greeley since I've been here, and I really appreciate the vision of the Mayor, City council and staff.

883
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:04,000
To what they're bringing to the community, whether it's downtown.

884
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:09,000
The vision for the airport. 8th Avenue, 16th Street improvements.

885
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:13,000
83rd Avenue improvements in the West Side project.

886
01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:17,000
It's all very dynamic and very exciting for Greeley.

887
01:24:17,000 --> 01:24:22,000
I'm happy to be here today. I'm with the citizens for driving.

888
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:25,000
To support the ballot initiative.

889
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:29,000
And I'm just real quickly gonna talk about

890
01:24:29,000 --> 01:24:32,000
The the sales, tax.

891
01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:36,000
We all agree. We get taxed a lot. But the important thing is.

892
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:45,000
That the the holders of the taxes are fulfilling their fiduciary duty to the citizens. And, John, I'm thankful for you to be able to answer that question so quickly.

893
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:48,000
About the having the money in the bank.

894
01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:56,000
That sherry brought. That's very important to know that that money is sitting there and allocated and ready to go for these projects. So thank you.

895
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:59,000
For staff, and counsel, for, for.

896
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:05,000
Safeguarding that money, as we promised our citizens that we would do so. Thank you for that.

897
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:11,000
The the food tax is such an important tool for the city.

898
01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:15,000
Not only for funding, but it funds so many other things.

899
01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:20,000
That we take for granted whether it's the recreational amenities that we all use.

900
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:23,000
Increasing access.

901
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:30,000
To community facilities for people with disabilities maintaining those facilities.

902
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:33,000
Building parks.

903
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:37,000
It's so vitally important to everything that we do, and.

904
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:41,000
And one thing is our neighbor to the

905
01:25:41,000 --> 01:25:45,000
To the West did their food tax, and they are.

906
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:50,000
Absolutely scrambling right now to figure out how to fulfill.

907
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:52,000
Their duties to their citizens and.

908
01:25:52,000 --> 01:26:00,000
I don't want really to be put in that position. So it's very important that we work together as a community.

909
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:02,000
To get the information out.

910
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:08,000
So our citizens understand how this money will be used in the future.

911
01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:09,000
It is

912
01:26:09,000 --> 01:26:17,000
You know, extending the food tax is a tough thing, but it's it's gonna be used for the right things. In addition to funding.

913
01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:20,000
And creating an avenue of repayment for the tiff alone.

914
01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:28,000
So thank you for that, and I will come up and talk about some anecdotal stuff with the the intersections that I've experienced recently. So thank you very much.

915
01:26:28,000 --> 01:26:29,000
Thank you. Tom.

916
01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:36,000
Mike Dickerson, please.

917
01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:40,000
Good evening, Mike.

918
01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:46,000
My name is Michael Dickerson. I'm a Greeley residence. Since 2021 I moved over here from Fort Collins.

919
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:48,000
We'll just start off with a little bit of that.

920
01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:50,000
I came over here from Fort Collins.

921
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:54,000
Because I'd always been told really. Well, county.

922
01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:57,000
Well, taxes are lower, things are cheaper.

923
01:26:57,000 --> 01:27:01,000
So imagine my surprise when I started learning about this 3% food tax.

924
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:03,000
Now food.

925
01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:05,000
Even according to Maslow, I.

926
01:27:05,000 --> 01:27:09,000
Councilman Hollada read my email. I sent him on Friday afternoon.

927
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:15,000
Is one of the pinnacles of the basics of the basic needs. It's not something we can avoid.

928
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:17,000
Unless we want to die.

929
01:27:17,000 --> 01:27:22,000
And for 34 years the city's been taxing us on it.

930
01:27:22,000 --> 01:27:23,000
That's just not right.

931
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:37,000
That's not right, that the city is taxed. I understand that the city has needs. I understand that we have needs for the roads they need to be repaired, and stuff like that, but especially given inflation over the last several years.

932
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:38,000
And.

933
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:39,000
That food itself.

934
01:27:39,000 --> 01:27:44,000
The cost of groceries has gone up 20% in the last 3 years.

935
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:48,000
And then you're adding the tax on it, and the city now wants to make it permanent.

936
01:27:48,000 --> 01:27:50,000
Now, as I understand it.

937
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:53,000
This counsel.

938
01:27:53,000 --> 01:28:00,000
Is very fiscally responsible, and we, as citizens, appreciate that. But that's no guarantee that future councils.

939
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:03,000
And future city government is going to be as fiscally responsible.

940
01:28:03,000 --> 01:28:07,000
Making this tax permanent is unacceptable.

941
01:28:07,000 --> 01:28:08,000
And right now.

942
01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:12,000
We as citizens, we're all having to do more with less.

943
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:14,000
So I think this.

944
01:28:14,000 --> 01:28:15,000
Warden that should be.

945
01:28:15,000 --> 01:28:21,000
Allowed to sunset, for now, until we can come back at a later date until things improve financially.

946
01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:26,000
And for now the city's just gonna have to do more with less, like we, the citizens are having to do.

947
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:28,000
I guess that's what we're doing.

948
01:28:28,000 --> 01:28:32,000
We're eating a lot of spaghetti, a lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

949
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:33,000
And.

950
01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:35,000
That's for those of us that are.

951
01:28:35,000 --> 01:28:38,000
Fully employed. What about those that.

952
01:28:38,000 --> 01:28:41,000
That don't quite qualify for snap or leap.

953
01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:48,000
And are just riding the edge, and they're having to pay an extra several $100 a year in food tax.

954
01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:54,000
And yes, I know we have the. We have the tax rebate program, but frankly, $500,000 on.

955
01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:58,000
11 million dollars collected. It's almost kind of insulting to me.

956
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:00,000
But maybe that's just me.

957
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:03,000
I think we should allow it to sunset.

958
01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:04,000
You, Mike.

959
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:11,000
Sadie Simpson, please.

960
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:13,000
Good evening, Sadie.

961
01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:28,000
Afternoon. My name is Sadie Simpson. I am a member of a resident of unincorporated near Plattville, so I'm here to speak on behalf of all the families who live rurally.

962
01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:31,000
Sorry I'm setting my timer.

963
01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:38,000
And we a lot of us commute 2040 min to Greeley in order to get groceries for our family. So.

964
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:44,000
As you can imagine, it's increasing our costs with fuel as well.

965
01:29:44,000 --> 01:30:04,000
I have 3 children, and 2 of them are preteen boys, so you can imagine my grocery bill is very high. 3% does make a difference in many families who are middle class. Just like you. Mr. Gates had addressed the intersection.

966
01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:28,000
Costing more groceries have also increased significantly for many middle class families. And it. It's a struggle. I, as a citizen, when I have had the means, have grown a lot of food with my children, and contributed to the wealth, county food, bank churches, and even foster families in our community that are fostering wealth. County

967
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:31,000
Children.

968
01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:33,000
But you know things change and.

969
01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:42,000
I don't always have the means, but I do think the private sector does a great job in helping families in need in our community.

970
01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:49,000
Food has been on my radar, and a big passion of mine for well over a decade, and.

971
01:30:49,000 --> 01:31:01,000
I think most of us know not, all considered equal. So food can give us disease, but it can also prevent disease. And when families are

972
01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:04,000
Faced with financial burdens.

973
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:15,000
They have to choose between a fresh, healthy calorie for their family, or something that's shelf stable that may contain chemicals.

974
01:31:15,000 --> 01:31:34,000
Found in toilet cleaner. So unfortunately, that's the food industry. And that 3% does make a difference. So I just wanted to encourage the Council to reconsider that also, during the Great Depression, a lot of entrepreneurs

975
01:31:34,000 --> 01:31:57,000
Were birthed from the struggle of that time. So I think that there's so much new technology, innovation and brilliant minds out there who can come up with different ways to fix the roads and beautify our parks. And yep, that's all I have for today. So thank you very much.

976
01:31:57,000 --> 01:31:59,000
Brandon. I believe it's work.

977
01:31:59,000 --> 01:32:02,000
Hopefully. I got that right, Brandon.

978
01:32:02,000 --> 01:32:06,000
The last name that is.

979
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:16,000
Yes, thank you, Mayor, and thank you. Counsel for your time and attention this evening. You know I think we can all agree is a great place to live right? I mean, we got some people.

980
01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:23,000
Talking about what a wonderful place it is! A lot of people who moved here from other parts of the State, because it's so great, and I think one of the reasons is because it's affordable.

981
01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:30,000
You know, you look at houses down closer to Denver, a lot of these other areas. It's very, very hard to find a place to live.

982
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:43,000
Really really has a lot going for it. And a lot of it is that affordability. We've actually seen a recent poll showing that 51% of Coloradans are considering moving out of state or moving out of the area. They live because of the high cost of living.

983
01:32:43,000 --> 01:32:53,000
Consistently across different polls. We see that the cost of housing, the cost of living, affordability and economic issues in general are going to be one of the biggest driving issues. This election.

984
01:32:53,000 --> 01:32:56,000
I think really voters.

985
01:32:56,000 --> 01:33:05,000
We'll probably vote to get rid of the food tax. If it's presented to them. We can save them some time, some effort and energy by letting it sunset.

986
01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:12,000
You know, call ends are struggling. We see evictions, homelessness, skyrocketing. In Denver, the highest levels that's ever been.

987
01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:14,000
And we don't want that to happen here.

988
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:23,000
Then Colorado has been ranked. One of the least affordable states out there, and there's something we can do. We can do it in our own community to help people afford to stay in their homes, to.

989
01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:25,000
To keep living the life they want.

990
01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:29,000
You know, we've seen that Greeley had an 80% increase in the rebate program.

991
01:33:29,000 --> 01:33:32,000
From earlier tonight and.

992
01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:37,000
It just goes to show there's demand for relief for people wanting to save money on their bills.

993
01:33:37,000 --> 01:33:57,000
You know. I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of digital coupons. You go to Safeway or King's anywhere around. Well, it's ending. This 3% tax is gonna be a permanent digital coupon here for people agreely. And I think that's a message that's really gonna carry forward, particularly because we saw what happened in love. And last year I mean off your election when turnout wasn't that great? 66% of level, one voters.

994
01:33:57,000 --> 01:34:09,000
Rejected their food tax. Sure, there's been some trade offs. There's always going to be trade offs in any economic calculation, in any vote, any government decision. But nonetheless, a trade off that's gonna help benefit everybody in the community, gonna provide a higher level.

995
01:34:09,000 --> 01:34:18,000
Of living, better standard of living. That's when the top issues, I mean, the food tax can always come back. Taxes can always be increased at a later time. Right now.

996
01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:22,000
You have an opportunity on the Council to be leaders of the community to stand up for the people.

997
01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:26,000
To let this sunset and actually be ahead of the curve and.

998
01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:28,000
When the voters pat.

999
01:34:28,000 --> 01:34:45,000
And the voters get rid of the food tax in November, you can say, Well, hey, I was there in August, and I voted to stop it at that point, or you can vote to extend the food tax. Get it on the ballot and have to explain to the voters that, hey? You know, I know the voters are rejecting this. They're struggling with their bills. But nonetheless.

1000
01:34:45,000 --> 01:34:47,000
I wanted to pass that tax on to you.

1001
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:49,000
So really appreciate your time.

1002
01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:53,000
You know, I think inflation is strangling the savings of seniors.

1003
01:34:53,000 --> 01:34:55,000
Families are failing to make ends meet.

1004
01:34:55,000 --> 01:34:59,000
So I ask you, please vote to end the food tax.

1005
01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:04,000
It'll fail in November, and we can stop it now and save us some time. So thank you.

1006
01:35:04,000 --> 01:35:05,000
Thank you. Brandon.

1007
01:35:05,000 --> 01:35:09,000
Natalie Menton, please.

1008
01:35:09,000 --> 01:35:12,000
Good evening, Natalie.

1009
01:35:12,000 --> 01:35:17,000
Good evening, Council Natalie. I am here, and I'll let you know. I drove.

1010
01:35:17,000 --> 01:35:25,000
By the end of the night I'll have driven over a hundred miles to come to you and deliver this message to you.

1011
01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:31,000
And that means that I find it very important to look you in the eye and be able to share this.

1012
01:35:31,000 --> 01:35:37,000
Repealing the food tax. Letting the sunset expire is the right thing to do.

1013
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:43,000
I live down in Lakewood, and we're one of the cities that did repeal the grocery tax.

1014
01:35:43,000 --> 01:35:45,000
It took a citizen.

1015
01:35:45,000 --> 01:35:51,000
Movement which I was part of, along with others, to be able to show the city council.

1016
01:35:51,000 --> 01:35:56,000
The way that the rotors really want to be treated in regards to taxing their food.

1017
01:35:56,000 --> 01:36:04,000
And, as was stated before, there is an overwhelming amount of residents and voters who do not believe.

1018
01:36:04,000 --> 01:36:08,000
Taxing groceries. Food for home consumption is even.

1019
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:09,000
Moral.

1020
01:36:09,000 --> 01:36:24,000
It's a really strong sentiment. It goes across party lines. So I would encourage a city council with. Now the sunset presented as an opportunity to do the very best thing, the very fair thing, the very efficient thing.

1021
01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:31,000
And that is to let the sunset expire and create a less bureaucratic.

1022
01:36:31,000 --> 01:36:39,000
Way of putting more food on people's tables. The rebate. I'm glad you presented it before this part of the meeting.

1023
01:36:39,000 --> 01:36:47,000
It illustrated that it's a lot of legwork and paperwork. I can say what are different.

1024
01:36:47,000 --> 01:36:52,000
It is. I followed this for a long time. If an apple juice is below a certain juice, content.

1025
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:54,000
It's considered junk food.

1026
01:36:54,000 --> 01:36:58,000
It's texted for pop, right? Oh, rate.

1027
01:36:58,000 --> 01:37:04,000
If apple juice is above, a certain amount of content is taxed as a food for home consumption.

1028
01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:18,000
It. It's a bizarre part of law, and it's complicated. It's not good for merchants. It's not good for the consumers. It's not good for families. Repealing a food tax is worth a week or 2 weeks worth of groceries.

1029
01:37:18,000 --> 01:37:21,000
A week or 2 weeks.

1030
01:37:21,000 --> 01:37:22,000
People need that.

1031
01:37:22,000 --> 01:37:28,000
They don't need a bureaucratic process where they go through a rebate program.

1032
01:37:28,000 --> 01:37:30,000
Think of it even beyond this.

1033
01:37:30,000 --> 01:37:39,000
Repealing the grocery tax on food for home consumption, which is that head of lettuce that tomatoes out of the produce department. The cucumber.

1034
01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:48,000
That's taxed, and that's not acceptable as it is. But if somebody in between their 2 jobs to get a prepared salad.

1035
01:37:48,000 --> 01:37:50,000
Or a subway sandwich.

1036
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:52,000
Even a healthy one, I bet you. Let's say.

1037
01:37:52,000 --> 01:37:58,000
And he's gonna eat that in between their 2 jobs while they that they're they're

1038
01:37:58,000 --> 01:38:03,000
There are 2 jobs, make ends meet. They pull, pay full tax rate.

1039
01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:05,000
We need to start with repealing the grocery tax.

1040
01:38:05,000 --> 01:38:13,000
And then start by repealing the tax on food for immediate consumption both. Thank you so much. I hope you take this opportunity.

1041
01:38:13,000 --> 01:38:17,000
Thank you for making the drive to chat with us. Natalie.

1042
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:33,000
That exhausts the list that I have. That being said, Yeah, there's a couple that have already spoken on the open Forum. You're welcome to come back up. Bill Gillard.

1043
01:38:33,000 --> 01:38:35,000
And Bill Gillard.

1044
01:38:35,000 --> 01:38:39,000
1, 4, 1, 50. Am your court really.

1045
01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:42,000
When you say you're gonna extend.

1046
01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:46,000
The current sales tax. Why didn't you just put in there? You're gonna make it permanent.

1047
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:58,000
Instead of saying, we're going to extend it, you're not going to extend it. I don't like the word sunset, because the way you overlap the voting. That's tax. And that new one starts. So it's it stops. It doesn't sunset.

1048
01:38:58,000 --> 01:39:01,000
How much is the whole project between the hub.

1049
01:39:01,000 --> 01:39:03,000
And the 2

1050
01:39:03,000 --> 01:39:05,000
Interchanges.

1051
01:39:05,000 --> 01:39:18,000
And redoing 8th Avenue gonna cost you? Do you have a budget? I have yet to see a budget. What it is we got? We want to get a loan for 65 million. We probably have 2530,000,000 hopefully drawn enters in a bank.

1052
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:24,000
It's about 95 million, say 95 million. That project with those 2 interchanges.

1053
01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:28,000
Do you have a solid budget, or we just got an estimate that what it's gonna be.

1054
01:39:28,000 --> 01:39:35,000
The more time you wait the more it's gonna cost. And the other thing is, the food tax reminds about what. Let me see.

1055
01:39:35,000 --> 01:39:37,000
We call it the Income Tax.

1056
01:39:37,000 --> 01:39:39,000
Federal Income tax.

1057
01:39:39,000 --> 01:39:47,000
That's what you guys want is a tax to just keep on trucking. And then when you need more money, we're gonna come in for a raise on the tax.

1058
01:39:47,000 --> 01:39:49,000
You guys are starting to be.

1059
01:39:49,000 --> 01:39:55,000
What this Council wasn't used to. A Conservative used to be tight on the money.

1060
01:39:55,000 --> 01:40:00,000
You split a department. Now, you gotta hire another person for that department. Let's get back to what.

1061
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:06,000
I'm sorry. Well, the Republicans stand for Conservative to save money, not spend money.

1062
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:11,000
You got 65 million, and you don't even know. Can't even tell me what the whole budget is for that.

1063
01:40:11,000 --> 01:40:18,000
Transportation, the 8th Avenue that you've already improved and put Islands down the middle. Now you're going. What are you gonna do with them?

1064
01:40:18,000 --> 01:40:23,000
For safety paramount. And again, we're gonna spend more money after bad money.

1065
01:40:23,000 --> 01:40:26,000
So no extension.

1066
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:28,000
Let it sunset.

1067
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:29,000
And I'm gonna come back to it.

1068
01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:30,000
When you need it.

1069
01:40:30,000 --> 01:40:32,000
This.

1070
01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:33,000
Permanent, tax.

1071
01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:34,000
Is.

1072
01:40:34,000 --> 01:40:38,000
Not feasible for anybody in this county.

1073
01:40:38,000 --> 01:40:39,000
Thank you.

1074
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:50,000
Thank you, Bill. Steve, please.

1075
01:40:50,000 --> 01:40:55,000
And my name is Steve Keats. Really. I got here a 3 page.

1076
01:40:55,000 --> 01:40:57,000
Tax.

1077
01:40:57,000 --> 01:41:03,000
I met somebody, and we were talking about taxes in government. Ask them, do me a favor. So they got.

1078
01:41:03,000 --> 01:41:06,000
3 4 pages of it.

1079
01:41:06,000 --> 01:41:09,000
And what people.

1080
01:41:09,000 --> 01:41:13,000
And I can't go through the list. It takes me more than 3 min.

1081
01:41:13,000 --> 01:41:20,000
But the thing is tax tax, that's all we tax, and yet we don't.

1082
01:41:20,000 --> 01:41:32,000
We don't have a good bus system, our infrastructure. We have 2 road. We have one road tax and then and then we have the food tax pays for the roads, too, and our roads are worse than when I 1st got here in 1986.

1083
01:41:32,000 --> 01:41:37,000
And a was, and the community still was complaining about that.

1084
01:41:37,000 --> 01:41:41,000
Also too.

1085
01:41:41,000 --> 01:41:43,000
So I'm against it.

1086
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:45,000
And.

1087
01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:51,000
We have all kinds of taxes, and also was mentioning the quality of life package.

1088
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:56,000
Why don't we use the quality of life package for the to.

1089
01:41:56,000 --> 01:42:00,000
Do the roads of transportation or.

1090
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:05,000
By various other things that is needed may be help.

1091
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:10,000
Infrastructure and things like that. Why don't we change it?

1092
01:42:10,000 --> 01:42:18,000
For that, and then and what to rotate. I mean, the food tax is taken. We could put in some other places, too, as well.

1093
01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:21,000
Because we get enough. And it's priorities.

1094
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:24,000
Where is the quality? Here?

1095
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:31,000
The quality of life for a lot of people I'm seeing. And I've been here since 1986. Also.

1096
01:42:31,000 --> 01:42:36,000
It. It is gone down, and we have more and more homeless people.

1097
01:42:36,000 --> 01:42:43,000
When I 1st got here we didn't have. We had a little homeless people, but all of around.

1098
01:42:43,000 --> 01:42:45,000
And so what are we going to do.

1099
01:42:45,000 --> 01:42:49,000
And definitely, we need a sunset. You always need a sunset.

1100
01:42:49,000 --> 01:43:04,000
And because otherwise people won't go for it. And you're asking for 2 taxes. 2 taxes won't work in 2,007. Then that city council asked for it were owed tax and a bus tax, and both of them failed.

1101
01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:07,000
And and the bus tax was 40%.

1102
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:13,000
Of the boat, and I came back to city council, the voting, and asked him clip back on the ballot.

1103
01:43:13,000 --> 01:43:17,000
And the bus tax, and the next year, and they said no.

1104
01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:24,000
But the thing is the food tax, and I, you know, used to pass out the information for the 6 years, and I was for it.

1105
01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:34,000
And I'm not for it anymore, because of the prices of food and other things. And yes, it put hardship on individuals as well as family. Thank you.

1106
01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:35,000
Thanks, Steve.

1107
01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:43,000
Anybody else in the chambers that has not already spoken to this item that would like to welcome you forward at this time.

1108
01:43:43,000 --> 01:43:48,000
See no one coming forward. I'd like to ask about our virtual audience. Please.

1109
01:43:48,000 --> 01:43:54,000
If there was anyone in our virtual audience who wishes to speak, please indicate, by pressing the raise hand button at the bottom of your screen.

1110
01:43:54,000 --> 01:44:03,000
We do have one person who would like to talk. I'm going to allow Julie Jensen to speak. Very good.

1111
01:44:03,000 --> 01:44:10,000
Thank you. Counsel appreciate it. My name is Julie Jensen. I'm a citizen of Greeley, and have been for about 30 plus years.

1112
01:44:10,000 --> 01:44:15,000
I am speaking out actually in support of both of these ballot issues.

1113
01:44:15,000 --> 01:44:16,000
Of.

1114
01:44:16,000 --> 01:44:17,000
I feel like.

1115
01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:25,000
Our city has done a great job with the money that they have raised from these taxes over the last 30 plus years.

1116
01:44:25,000 --> 01:44:28,000
I look around at the city that's growing.

1117
01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:30,000
These interchanges are.

1118
01:44:30,000 --> 01:44:38,000
In integral into what we need in order to get around safely in our city for people to get to the places they need.

1119
01:44:38,000 --> 01:44:43,000
I understand, and absolutely lament with people on the cost of things.

1120
01:44:43,000 --> 01:44:49,000
But in my head when I think it's $3 on a hundred dollars for me.

1121
01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:56,000
But I'm getting services, so many services from the city of Greeley and people that I know I sit on the road.

1122
01:44:56,000 --> 01:45:00,000
That center has grown so much, and the kiddos that it helps.

1123
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:02,000
I am willing to help.

1124
01:45:02,000 --> 01:45:07,000
To support that. And again, I think our city has done a phenomenal job.

1125
01:45:07,000 --> 01:45:09,000
With those funds.

1126
01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:14,000
And I trust that they will continue to do that, and therefore I do support this.

1127
01:45:14,000 --> 01:45:15,000
I.

1128
01:45:15,000 --> 01:45:21,000
Do get bothered when people from other places that don't live here.

1129
01:45:21,000 --> 01:45:30,000
Come in and and speak out against it, because again I your dollars aren't in my city, whereas mine are.

1130
01:45:30,000 --> 01:45:31,000
So.

1131
01:45:31,000 --> 01:45:41,000
I do appreciate everybody's thoughts. I do appreciate everybody's passion to it. But again I appreciate counsel giving us the opportunity to take a look at these valid issues, I am in full support of it, and I.

1132
01:45:41,000 --> 01:45:48,000
Do support our city and council in what they've used these funds for, and trust that they will do the same. Going forward.

1133
01:45:48,000 --> 01:45:49,000
Thank you.

1134
01:45:49,000 --> 01:45:53,000
Thank you for phoning in Miss Jensen. Anybody else, Pamela.

1135
01:45:53,000 --> 01:45:59,000
We do also have liberty. Mantos, who would like to speak. She is now being allowed to talk and address council.

1136
01:45:59,000 --> 01:46:01,000
Yes, ma'am, go right ahead.

1137
01:46:01,000 --> 01:46:18,000
Thank you. Counsel. My name is Liberty, Montes, and I'm currently in Millikan. I'm a realtor with remax alliance and Greely, and I've been in business for 11 years. I lived in Greeley from 2,004 until 2,019, and I still continue to do a large part of my business in Greely.

1138
01:46:18,000 --> 01:46:25,000
I do volunteer with local nonprofits as well as being a single mother of 2 kids who are teenagers and now currently driving themselves.

1139
01:46:25,000 --> 01:46:49,000
I am also in support of both of these Bella issues for numerous reasons, but a couple bigger ones are the need for the renovation of the interchanges at 35th Avenue and Highway 34, and 47th Avenue and Highway 34. I drive my clients around constantly, and as I mentioned. My children are now both driving around, and these intersections just continue to get more and more congested, which in turn.

1140
01:46:49,000 --> 01:47:06,000
Causes more safety issues for so many in our community. And then all of the facilities that the past has helped maintain that brings an amazing quality of life to the citizens of Greeley and the surrounding areas. My kits have enjoyed time at several different city wreck buildings and parks over the years, as well as many of my clients and their families.

1141
01:47:06,000 --> 01:47:30,000
Again, even as a single mother. I've always felt this food tax revenue was used in such a way that enhanced our city and therefore made it a great place for my family and friends to live, but also for my clients who chose Greely for their long-term homes. I fully support this Bella issue, since it's not a new tax and obtaining the Low Cost loan will also help to build out those much-needed interchanges making our travels throughout the city, safer and easier.

1142
01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:32,000
Thank you for your time.

1143
01:47:32,000 --> 01:47:35,000
Thank you for taking the time to call in Miss Montes.

1144
01:47:35,000 --> 01:47:37,000
Anybody. Additional Pamela.

1145
01:47:37,000 --> 01:47:47,000
Do you have one more additional person who would like to talk? I am now allowing Karen Placentia to speak to council.

1146
01:47:47,000 --> 01:47:49,000
Thank you. Counsel. My name is Karen Placentia.

1147
01:47:49,000 --> 01:47:56,000
And I am the Coo of Sears real estate, and I've lived in Gurley since 1,989.

1148
01:47:56,000 --> 01:48:02,000
My husband. I have raised our family here, and I have been part of the business community for over 20 years.

1149
01:48:02,000 --> 01:48:04,000
And I am so proud to call Greeley home.

1150
01:48:04,000 --> 01:48:16,000
I fully support the 2 proposed issues, as I feel that not only will they continue to make our city shine, but they will also help with the population growth that seems to be in a rise in our city.

1151
01:48:16,000 --> 01:48:24,000
So I know that everyone, the officials that we have at city Council they work really hard to maintain our roads and quality of life, and.

1152
01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:28,000
We all enjoy the quality of life that we have here. So.

1153
01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:32,000
We wanna make sure that we have the vote to support the food tax.

1154
01:48:32,000 --> 01:48:38,000
It is not an additional tax, but it's a permanent extension. So I'm for.

1155
01:48:38,000 --> 01:48:47,000
Having these 2 ballot issues proposed, and I fully support them. So that way we can continue to grow our city and continue to thrive.

1156
01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:50,000
So thank you for your time.

1157
01:48:50,000 --> 01:48:58,000
Thank you, Ms. Picentia, for taking the time to call in this evening. There is no one else in our virtual audience.

1158
01:48:58,000 --> 01:49:00,000
Say again, Tommy.

1159
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:01,000
What were you?

1160
01:49:01,000 --> 01:49:03,000
Apparently not.

1161
01:49:03,000 --> 01:49:05,000
That.

1162
01:49:05,000 --> 01:49:15,000
Close the public hearing at this time, and believe we're gonna have some discussion before a motion. But I'll leave that up to you. Counsel.

1163
01:49:15,000 --> 01:49:23,000
Councillor Butler, please thank you. Mayor. I just wanted to kind of talk through my thinking on how I'm gonna be voting this evening.

1164
01:49:23,000 --> 01:49:25,000
It was mentioned a little bit.

1165
01:49:25,000 --> 01:49:27,000
Actually, I'm gonna steal something that Bill said.

1166
01:49:27,000 --> 01:49:31,000
You wait more expensive. Something gets.

1167
01:49:31,000 --> 01:49:34,000
We have been waiting on the interchanges that

1168
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:35,000
35, th and 47.th

1169
01:49:35,000 --> 01:49:39,000
For far too long. We owe it to our citizens to actually get that done.

1170
01:49:39,000 --> 01:49:45,000
They are some of the most dangerous intersections in our State, not just our community.

1171
01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:56,000
Cbat should do their job. I don't have to be nearly as diplomatic as the mayor. They should bring their share along, but it does not look like they're going to. We have worked hard for the last several years to try to get them to do that.

1172
01:49:56,000 --> 01:50:02,000
We are gonna be the adults in the room. We are gonna help our community pay for the thing that they have said that they wantedly.

1173
01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:08,000
To do that, we need a long-term funding source. That's 1 of the reasons why we're taking the extension off.

1174
01:50:08,000 --> 01:50:13,000
If it was up to me I wouldn't probably remove the extension. It loses a couple of percent. When we look at polling.

1175
01:50:13,000 --> 01:50:15,000
But it is something we.

1176
01:50:15,000 --> 01:50:20,000
Essentially have to do to be able to do this big giant thing for our community.

1177
01:50:20,000 --> 01:50:28,000
They've asked us to do it. And I would like to point out that we are not raising anyone's taxes. We are simply asking the voters.

1178
01:50:28,000 --> 01:50:33,000
As pursuant to Tabor, if they would like to keep their taxes where they are.

1179
01:50:33,000 --> 01:50:37,000
I think that is the responsible thing to do. I know that I am.

1180
01:50:37,000 --> 01:50:47,000
Very much more to the left of the rest of my colleagues. But this is something that I think has bipartisan appeal. And is the again, the responsible thing to do.

1181
01:50:47,000 --> 01:50:50,000
Thank you, Tommy. Councillor Olson.

1182
01:50:50,000 --> 01:50:52,000
So.

1183
01:50:52,000 --> 01:50:59,000
You know I appreciate everybody's comments tonight, and I agree there is. We are struggling, has went up.

1184
01:50:59,000 --> 01:51:02,000
And it's hard to look at.

1185
01:51:02,000 --> 01:51:07,000
Putting, continuing an existing tax. As Tommy said.

1186
01:51:07,000 --> 01:51:11,000
On people that are struggling. I do believe the rebate program.

1187
01:51:11,000 --> 01:51:14,000
Sets us aside from everybody else.

1188
01:51:14,000 --> 01:51:15,000
That's done this.

1189
01:51:15,000 --> 01:51:18,000
I really do believe that people can step up.

1190
01:51:18,000 --> 01:51:24,000
You spend $10,000 a year, you get a 300 rebate that basically pays you back for.

1191
01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:27,000
That 3% that you put in. If you're struggling.

1192
01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:30,000
And you're on a lower income level.

1193
01:51:30,000 --> 01:51:33,000
I agree with the comments and support that.

1194
01:51:33,000 --> 01:51:36,000
The city has done a really good job.

1195
01:51:36,000 --> 01:51:42,000
It supports a lot of things. I mean, you look at the the slide that they presented on Slide 5.

1196
01:51:42,000 --> 01:51:44,000
Beautiful beautification of parks.

1197
01:51:44,000 --> 01:51:47,000
Which supports everybody in our community.

1198
01:51:47,000 --> 01:51:53,000
Accessible buildings. So when we service our communities and our constituents, we're.

1199
01:51:53,000 --> 01:51:58,000
Recreational amenities. Our our average age is 31.6.

1200
01:51:58,000 --> 01:52:04,000
Everybody has kids. We need to really take care of those kids. We don't want them leaving. We don't. We want them staying in our community.

1201
01:52:04,000 --> 01:52:06,000
Arts and Culture.

1202
01:52:06,000 --> 01:52:09,000
And then traffic, safety.

1203
01:52:09,000 --> 01:52:10,000
I agree with.

1204
01:52:10,000 --> 01:52:14,000
Councilmember, Butler, and Mayor Gates.

1205
01:52:14,000 --> 01:52:17,000
That our State agency has dropped the ball.

1206
01:52:17,000 --> 01:52:21,000
And not really supported us. I will not use their name in.

1207
01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:23,000
I was there for 30 years, so it's hard.

1208
01:52:23,000 --> 01:52:25,000
But.

1209
01:52:25,000 --> 01:52:29,000
We have a responsibility to our community to maintain.

1210
01:52:29,000 --> 01:52:35,000
The heritage and the culture that we have now, without asking for a new tax. Neither one of these are increasing taxes.

1211
01:52:35,000 --> 01:52:40,000
And we all can agree that 35th and 47th is important, and we do have a budget.

1212
01:52:40,000 --> 01:52:43,000
Mr. Guard, we can get you that.

1213
01:52:43,000 --> 01:52:46,000
But I'm gonna support this.

1214
01:52:46,000 --> 01:52:53,000
Because of what it does, what we lose if we don't do it. What we don't have for our community and our citizens.

1215
01:52:53,000 --> 01:52:57,000
And I think that's important. And one of the things that I think is really important.

1216
01:52:57,000 --> 01:53:03,000
Is a democratic process to let people vote. If it fails, it fails. If it passes, it passes.

1217
01:53:03,000 --> 01:53:09,000
That is what's nice about our. That's what's nice about being in Greeley. We're putting it to the voters.

1218
01:53:09,000 --> 01:53:14,000
To say, are you willing to extend this? Yes, it's longer than the 5 years.

1219
01:53:14,000 --> 01:53:24,000
But we're letting them choose. We're not up here making that choice. The only choice we're making tonight is, do we want to put it on the ballot?

1220
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:26,000
Councillor Peyton. Please.

1221
01:53:26,000 --> 01:53:30,000
Lot of echoing what's already been said. But.

1222
01:53:30,000 --> 01:53:34,000
To, to, to go back to 2017.

1223
01:53:34,000 --> 01:53:37,000
When I both on council.

1224
01:53:37,000 --> 01:53:40,000
We were, and I'm I'm.

1225
01:53:40,000 --> 01:53:42,000
It's not in vain.

1226
01:53:42,000 --> 01:53:46,000
We were promised that if we would raise our 50% share.

1227
01:53:46,000 --> 01:53:48,000
That Cdt. Would come.

1228
01:53:48,000 --> 01:53:49,000
Too Greely.

1229
01:53:49,000 --> 01:53:52,000
And build those interchanges with us.

1230
01:53:52,000 --> 01:53:56,000
We raised our 50% share for each intersection.

1231
01:53:56,000 --> 01:54:01,000
At this point. Now C. Dot has turned us down repeatedly.

1232
01:54:01,000 --> 01:54:03,000
At this point, now.

1233
01:54:03,000 --> 01:54:06,000
What we have is only half of one.

1234
01:54:06,000 --> 01:54:08,000
Of those interchanges.

1235
01:54:08,000 --> 01:54:10,000
Cot has failed us.

1236
01:54:10,000 --> 01:54:12,000
Just say it.

1237
01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:17,000
We've gone to the State several times looking for opportunities to fund that. We've gone to the Feds and.

1238
01:54:17,000 --> 01:54:23,000
They're they're competitive grant process. They're they're difficult. We haven't been able to achieve.

1239
01:54:23,000 --> 01:54:28,000
Those grants, unfortunately, who were stuck.

1240
01:54:28,000 --> 01:54:33,000
We do not have the big retail and commercial sinks of tax.

1241
01:54:33,000 --> 01:54:36,000
That our neighbors to the West do.

1242
01:54:36,000 --> 01:54:39,000
You mentioned Loveland.

1243
01:54:39,000 --> 01:54:40,000
I have friends.

1244
01:54:40,000 --> 01:54:41,000
Who work in Loveland.

1245
01:54:41,000 --> 01:54:46,000
Their budgets are being cut dramatically. Millions of dollars.

1246
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:48,000
As a result.

1247
01:54:48,000 --> 01:54:52,000
Of their food tax being overturned. They don't have solutions.

1248
01:54:52,000 --> 01:54:55,000
They will begin services.

1249
01:54:55,000 --> 01:55:02,000
Next year after their their next year. Budget, if they don't find fixes and counsel over there, has not found fixes.

1250
01:55:02,000 --> 01:55:05,000
My office in Fort Collins. We got.

1251
01:55:05,000 --> 01:55:09,000
Our bill for our use tax and Fort Collins and Greeley is.

1252
01:55:09,000 --> 01:55:13,000
Doing everything we can to be conservative.

1253
01:55:13,000 --> 01:55:19,000
Fort Collins is billing me and my business for taking people to lunch, even though I already paid taxes. When I went.

1254
01:55:19,000 --> 01:55:20,000
To lunch.

1255
01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:22,000
I'm being billed again. A use tax.

1256
01:55:22,000 --> 01:55:24,000
For the benefit of going to.

1257
01:55:24,000 --> 01:55:26,000
Greenery remains a a.

1258
01:55:26,000 --> 01:55:30,000
Fiscally conservative option for folks.

1259
01:55:30,000 --> 01:55:36,000
By the same token you get a choice as to where you live and and where you shop.

1260
01:55:36,000 --> 01:55:37,000
For all of those.

1261
01:55:37,000 --> 01:55:40,000
Reasons. This is something that that we need to do.

1262
01:55:40,000 --> 01:55:44,000
Perhaps in the future we'll have those big retail.

1263
01:55:44,000 --> 01:55:46,000
Revenue sources.

1264
01:55:46,000 --> 01:55:48,000
For the time being. We don't.

1265
01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:52,000
This is what we need to get done today.

1266
01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:55,000
Thank Councillor Mcdonald. Please.

1267
01:55:55,000 --> 01:55:57,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1268
01:55:57,000 --> 01:56:02,000
The the obvious is, the interchanges are gonna provide.

1269
01:56:02,000 --> 01:56:04,000
Flow of traffic, much better.

1270
01:56:04,000 --> 01:56:10,000
But I think what is a highlight of these interchanges is the safety it's gonna provide.

1271
01:56:10,000 --> 01:56:15,000
Oftentimes those accidents and those interchanges are often fatal.

1272
01:56:15,000 --> 01:56:18,000
This will help that it will help.

1273
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:19,000
Youth.

1274
01:56:19,000 --> 01:56:27,000
And individuals who cross highway 34 in a safe manner, that are trying to get the schools and trying to get to other areas of the city.

1275
01:56:27,000 --> 01:56:33,000
So that is why I support it. The other part of it is, I'm going to do my best not to get emotional about this.

1276
01:56:33,000 --> 01:56:41,000
Is, we're talking about a lot of low income areas and and families and children being affected by that. And I completely understand that.

1277
01:56:41,000 --> 01:56:50,000
I understand that because from the time I was 14 I worked for the city of Greeley and the Community outreach program. Those that was a program decide.

1278
01:56:50,000 --> 01:57:01,000
For design for children to be able to come in the summer program that couldn't afford. Their parents can't afford a babysitter, and they could come to our program. We did activities with them.

1279
01:57:01,000 --> 01:57:03,000
We took him to the swimming pool.

1280
01:57:03,000 --> 01:57:05,000
And.

1281
01:57:05,000 --> 01:57:10,000
The Rhodes Center provides so many services for family families that it would.

1282
01:57:10,000 --> 01:57:13,000
It would be detrimental to those families.

1283
01:57:13,000 --> 01:57:17,000
The maintaining our parks in those services.

1284
01:57:17,000 --> 01:57:27,000
We we think entertainment as going to the movies or going out to eat for these families. It's oftentimes in the park.

1285
01:57:27,000 --> 01:57:35,000
So we need to maintain our parks and make sure those are beautiful, and keeping our services and our recreation.

1286
01:57:35,000 --> 01:57:39,000
Facilities affordable to those that can't afford it.

1287
01:57:39,000 --> 01:57:40,000
Thank you.

1288
01:57:40,000 --> 01:57:48,000
Make a moisture. Councillor Hall, please.

1289
01:57:48,000 --> 01:57:57,000
I. The points that make sense to me is that with, we're not raising taxes. This is a tax that's already been there, that people have voted on it for 30 years.

1290
01:57:57,000 --> 01:58:04,000
I think we have definitely the need and not just the intersections, but the the need is there.

1291
01:58:04,000 --> 01:58:08,000
We have a rebate program for people that are not able to.

1292
01:58:08,000 --> 01:58:09,000
Afford.

1293
01:58:09,000 --> 01:58:11,000
The cost of the.

1294
01:58:11,000 --> 01:58:13,000
Tax itself.

1295
01:58:13,000 --> 01:58:18,000
So I think we need to let citizens make a vote and go from there.

1296
01:58:18,000 --> 01:58:20,000
Thank you, Dale. Councillor Beauty, please.

1297
01:58:20,000 --> 01:58:25,000
Thank you, Mayor. I guess I'll wrap this up. Maybe not.

1298
01:58:25,000 --> 01:58:28,000
I support this as well.

1299
01:58:28,000 --> 01:58:36,000
I think that the city government has done a great job, being fiscally responsible for 30 years.

1300
01:58:36,000 --> 01:58:45,000
We've promised voters how we're gonna use this money wisely and prudently. And we're gonna continue to do that.

1301
01:58:45,000 --> 01:58:55,000
I think many of the things that my colleagues have mentioned, what taxes actually pay, and what this tax pays.

1302
01:58:55,000 --> 01:59:03,000
Is very relevant. I just want to remind the citizens of this community of the May 28.

1303
01:59:03,000 --> 01:59:04,000
Flooding that we had, and what.

1304
01:59:04,000 --> 01:59:10,000
Our city facilities have undergone, and the emergency repairs that we've had to make.

1305
01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:13,000
We need a funding source to fix that.

1306
01:59:13,000 --> 01:59:22,000
And the last thing I'll say is tied to Highway 34, and the interchange is at 35th Avenue.

1307
01:59:22,000 --> 01:59:34,000
Not only is it gonna help in safety, but it's gonna help our quality as folks are moving through our city and not sitting through rounds of red lights.

1308
01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:40,000
So there's many things that we have to do to respond to the growth.

1309
01:59:40,000 --> 01:59:50,000
That we're going through, and we need a funding source. And this is a reliable source. At the Greeley voters voted for 30 years. Let's continue.

1310
01:59:50,000 --> 01:59:52,000
Thank you.

1311
01:59:52,000 --> 01:59:53,000
Thank you. Deb.

1312
01:59:53,000 --> 01:59:58,000
My notes would reflect much of what's been said as well.

1313
01:59:58,000 --> 02:00:06,000
I respect and appreciate opposition opinions that you know you hear a lot on the national stage. Now about democracy. Well, this really is democracy.

1314
02:00:06,000 --> 02:00:07,000
And.

1315
02:00:07,000 --> 02:00:12,000
I don't know how this will go, just because it's been out there for 34 years.

1316
02:00:12,000 --> 02:00:14,000
Doesn't mean it's gonna continue.

1317
02:00:14,000 --> 02:00:17,000
There's a little background.

1318
02:00:17,000 --> 02:00:19,000
City, staff, city, council.

1319
02:00:19,000 --> 02:00:27,000
Our community via focus groups and polling that we've done twice. Been working on this for months and.

1320
02:00:27,000 --> 02:00:35,000
You know. Watch Watson said, about the fiscal nature this evening, and for those that aren't aware

1321
02:00:35,000 --> 02:00:37,000
We've considered 2 other options.

1322
02:00:37,000 --> 02:00:42,000
Both of which would have been tax increases.

1323
02:00:42,000 --> 02:00:46,000
We opted not to go forward with either one of those.

1324
02:00:46,000 --> 02:00:49,000
I will tell you that as a result of that.

1325
02:00:49,000 --> 02:00:51,000
Lot of folks very happy.

1326
02:00:51,000 --> 02:00:53,000
Namely, those of you in this room.

1327
02:00:53,000 --> 02:00:55,000
Many of you in this room, but.

1328
02:00:55,000 --> 02:00:58,000
Lots of folks are very unhappy with us.

1329
02:00:58,000 --> 02:01:00,000
For not bringing forward.

1330
02:01:00,000 --> 02:01:02,000
Open space tax.

1331
02:01:02,000 --> 02:01:03,000
And

1332
02:01:03,000 --> 02:01:07,000
Increasing the rate on the public Safety tax.

1333
02:01:07,000 --> 02:01:13,000
How hard do you think it was for me as a retired police officer, to kick that to the curb? That's what I had to do.

1334
02:01:13,000 --> 02:01:17,000
I did. I'm not speaking for my colleagues.

1335
02:01:17,000 --> 02:01:19,000
I'm speaking to the.

1336
02:01:19,000 --> 02:01:22,000
The the fiscal nature of that for me, that.

1337
02:01:22,000 --> 02:01:29,000
I wasn't going to take too items to our voters that did, in fact, involve new taxes. So.

1338
02:01:29,000 --> 02:01:30,000
It's been.

1339
02:01:30,000 --> 02:01:33,000
Been brought up a number of times.

1340
02:01:33,000 --> 02:01:36,000
Is this measure a tax? It is.

1341
02:01:36,000 --> 02:01:38,000
It's not a new one. It's a continuation.

1342
02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:40,000
And I think the responsible thing for.

1343
02:01:40,000 --> 02:01:42,000
Our city council to do.

1344
02:01:42,000 --> 02:01:45,000
Is to let our community resolve this, and.

1345
02:01:45,000 --> 02:01:48,000
Whatever that result is.

1346
02:01:48,000 --> 02:01:52,000
I respect it, and I, guessing my colleagues will as well.

1347
02:01:52,000 --> 02:01:54,000
And with that I would entertain a motion.

1348
02:01:54,000 --> 02:01:59,000
Look to adopt the ordinance and publish title only.

1349
02:01:59,000 --> 02:02:03,000
Councillor Butler. On the motion, Councillor Dubie, on the second.

1350
02:02:03,000 --> 02:02:04,000
Roll, call, vote, please.

1351
02:02:04,000 --> 02:02:06,000
Councilmember, butler.

1352
02:02:06,000 --> 02:02:08,000
Councilmember, Dubie.

1353
02:02:08,000 --> 02:02:10,000
Mayor, pro tem. Hall.

1354
02:02:10,000 --> 02:02:12,000
Councilmember Peyton. Aye.

1355
02:02:12,000 --> 02:02:14,000
Councilmember Olson.

1356
02:02:14,000 --> 02:02:16,000
Councilmember Mcdonald. Aye.

1357
02:02:16,000 --> 02:02:17,000
Mayor Gates.

1358
02:02:17,000 --> 02:02:20,000
Aye, motion carries 7 0.

1359
02:02:20,000 --> 02:02:25,000
We do sincerely appreciate the feedback, regardless which side of this issue you're on. And

1360
02:02:25,000 --> 02:02:28,000
I know there'd be lots more discussion as we get closer to.

1361
02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:31,000
November 5th of 2024.

1362
02:02:31,000 --> 02:02:34,000
On that note, we move to item 22.

1363
02:02:34,000 --> 02:02:43,000
Which is a public hearing and second reading of an ordinance submitting to the registered electors of the city of Greeley at the coordinated election to be held November 5, th 2,024.

1364
02:02:43,000 --> 02:02:53,000
The question of authorizing the city to increase debt by 65 million in order to fund transportation.

1365
02:02:53,000 --> 02:02:59,000
Evening again. So I'm back before you with the second

1366
02:02:59,000 --> 02:03:02,000
Ordinance that's related to.

1367
02:03:02,000 --> 02:03:11,000
Finances for the November elections. This is the transportation debt ordinance, and we'll walk through a similar

1368
02:03:11,000 --> 02:03:14,000
Set of slides for this item.

1369
02:03:14,000 --> 02:03:16,000
Next slide.

1370
02:03:16,000 --> 02:03:37,000
So again, just the timeline review. The transportation has been alongside the food tax renewal since the beginning. As one of the 4 options, as the mayor said. That was before you, in addition to the open space and public safety item. And these were the 2 that have made it to this point.

1371
02:03:37,000 --> 02:03:39,000
Next slide.

1372
02:03:39,000 --> 02:03:53,000
So just a brief summary of the transportation ordinance. So this ordinance will set the language that voters will see on their November some key points. This item is required.

1373
02:03:53,000 --> 02:04:17,000
Based on tabor. Because it is a debt considered a debt issuance. Obligation of the city, and it would be to authorize the city to increase debt by up to 65 million, with a repayment cost of up to 110 million the anticipated financing mechanism. And really the way that we got to the principal and repayment amount.

1374
02:04:17,000 --> 02:04:41,000
Is the Federal Transportation, infrastructure, Finance and Innovation Act or Tiffia Loan program. There are some unique aspects of that program that make this a very affordable option in terms of financing, such as the long term nature of it. And that Greeley would qualify for half the

1375
02:04:41,000 --> 02:04:45,000
Treasury rate. So an interest rate of.

1376
02:04:45,000 --> 02:04:47,000
Between 2 and 3%.

1377
02:04:47,000 --> 02:04:56,000
And then, as a reminder, the anticipated repayment source for this debt issuance, would be the food tax.

1378
02:04:56,000 --> 02:04:58,000
Next slide, please.

1379
02:04:58,000 --> 02:05:21,000
Just an overview of the priority uses for this Federal financing. Largely. Ms has been discussed quite a bit so far this evening. It's the construction of the new highway. 34 interchanges at 35th and 47th Avenue. I'll note the budget for that project which is called merge is around 131 million dollars. This

1380
02:05:21,000 --> 02:05:44,000
Debt item is really the last piece of the puzzle to have that project come to fruition. The city has obtained just recently a 20 million dollars. Federal grant for the program. In addition to some other grant dollars. The 30 million dollars that is committed from the quality of life tax is also part of that stack for the project.

1381
02:05:44,000 --> 02:05:51,000
So this would really be the final piece to get us to that total budget number.

1382
02:05:51,000 --> 02:06:10,000
Some other uses are upgrading. Major transportation always focus on safety, accessibility and travel, ease and then expanding greatly with routes to Denver in the airport that has to do with the mobility, hub aspect of the merge energy interchange, project.

1383
02:06:10,000 --> 02:06:12,000
Next slide.

1384
02:06:12,000 --> 02:06:22,000
Again. This is the bow language that will appear to voters that just outlines the debt issuance.

1385
02:06:22,000 --> 02:06:24,000
Next slide.

1386
02:06:24,000 --> 02:06:36,000
And with that staff's recommendation is to prove the ordinance. The question of authorizing the city to increase that by up to 65 million to fund transportation, infrastructure, improvements.

1387
02:06:36,000 --> 02:06:39,000
Happy to answer questions.

1388
02:06:39,000 --> 02:06:49,000
Let's open up 1st questions of staff.

1389
02:06:49,000 --> 02:06:50,000
Thank you, Dale.

1390
02:06:50,000 --> 02:06:53,000
See no questions of staff.

1391
02:06:53,000 --> 02:06:57,000
This is our final public hearing of the evening.

1392
02:06:57,000 --> 02:07:04,000
I opened a public hearing at this time, and ask anyone wishing to come forward to speak to this item, to please do so.

1393
02:07:04,000 --> 02:07:09,000
Tom Donkel good evening, again. Sir.

1394
02:07:09,000 --> 02:07:13,000
Quite all right.

1395
02:07:13,000 --> 02:07:19,000
Donkel City Greeley.

1396
02:07:19,000 --> 02:07:21,000
The intersection at.

1397
02:07:21,000 --> 02:07:26,000
35th Avenue and 10th Street are at 34 bypass.

1398
02:07:26,000 --> 02:07:30,000
Is is a challenge, to say the least. The other morning.

1399
02:07:30,000 --> 02:07:34,000
Had gone down to the habitat project to check things out and.

1400
02:07:34,000 --> 02:07:36,000
Kinda forgot that the school was in session.

1401
02:07:36,000 --> 02:07:42,000
And it was right before 8 o'clock, and I got to this finally got to the signal at 29, th and.

1402
02:07:42,000 --> 02:07:47,000
So I'm gonna see how long it takes me to get through this. I got to.

1403
02:07:47,000 --> 02:07:48,000
20.th

1404
02:07:48,000 --> 02:07:50,000
About 10 min later.

1405
02:07:50,000 --> 02:07:54,000
It took me that long to get through that intersection.

1406
02:07:54,000 --> 02:07:56,000
We also do live near the area.

1407
02:07:56,000 --> 02:07:58,000
And I think I may have a solution.

1408
02:07:58,000 --> 02:08:01,000
If Chief Kirk see, he left on me.

1409
02:08:01,000 --> 02:08:06,000
Could do some controls out there the racing at night. I think we could generate some revenue.

1410
02:08:06,000 --> 02:08:09,000
Plus increase in bus ridership.

1411
02:08:09,000 --> 02:08:15,000
In the process those kids out there are getting it after it all hours of the night. So.

1412
02:08:15,000 --> 02:08:18,000
But as as part of that, as you know.

1413
02:08:18,000 --> 02:08:24,000
And in the presentation staff has had to get very creative on finding.

1414
02:08:24,000 --> 02:08:30,000
For these intersections, and I've done a great job in in searching out, and did land the.

1415
02:08:30,000 --> 02:08:34,000
The 20 and a half 1 million Grant Rice Grant for the merge project.

1416
02:08:34,000 --> 02:08:35,000
And

1417
02:08:35,000 --> 02:08:36,000
Finding out and.

1418
02:08:36,000 --> 02:08:51,000
Locating the Tiffan. This is something that really has never done in the in the past. They've opened up avenues for funding that we had never considered back when I was at Staff, and as being a citizen here. So it's really great to see that.

1419
02:08:51,000 --> 02:08:53,000
The improvements will

1420
02:08:53,000 --> 02:08:55,000
Do a lot of different things. It'll.

1421
02:08:55,000 --> 02:09:00,000
Increase mobility and we'll create that backbone for our transportation system.

1422
02:09:00,000 --> 02:09:08,000
Both the micro transit as well as the best transit, moving forward with great control of that 34 quarter. And that's going to be a great thing.

1423
02:09:08,000 --> 02:09:11,000
We'll increase safety at the intersection by 40.

1424
02:09:11,000 --> 02:09:16,000
One reduce pollution at both the intersections

1425
02:09:16,000 --> 02:09:20,000
That'll have a significant impact will create reliability on travel.

1426
02:09:20,000 --> 02:09:30,000
Through those intersections and throughout town. And as Johnny, as you know what we're probably experiences, people are avoiding those intersections and driving other places.

1427
02:09:30,000 --> 02:09:40,000
So as we up transportation through those corridors, I think, where we leave congestion and other areas that we don't even know are impacted by these intersections. So.

1428
02:09:40,000 --> 02:09:47,000
I'll make it quick. I know we missed the sunset tonight, so hopefully, we'll have some more of the good sunsets and Greeley this week.

1429
02:09:47,000 --> 02:09:51,000
But thank you for count. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Tom.

1430
02:09:51,000 --> 02:09:55,000
Anybody else in the Chambers wish to address. Item 22.

1431
02:09:55,000 --> 02:10:05,000
Mr. Tates, come on up!

1432
02:10:05,000 --> 02:10:11,000
You're getting a lot of air time tonight, my friend. Yeah, I'm making up for. But I lost.

1433
02:10:11,000 --> 02:10:25,000
Anyway. My name is D. Keats and Greeley. I, I get this 65 million in order to fund transportation. Okay, I'd like to know? There's some of those improvements.

1434
02:10:25,000 --> 02:10:28,000
And is it just.

1435
02:10:28,000 --> 02:10:52,000
You know, infrastructure? Or is it gonna be the transit transit the bus? Because we are growing growing? And also, too, I've got in the last 2 times I got on the bus when the kids they they over. I mean, it's like pack, meaning like sardines. And you trying to even get on the bus, and you can't, and then they they won't move.

1436
02:10:52,000 --> 02:10:57,000
So you or anybody else, and they don't give their seats to the elderly either.

1437
02:10:57,000 --> 02:11:06,000
So what is this? Fun? Instead of 65 million dollars? Where is it technically going? I would appreciate it.

1438
02:11:06,000 --> 02:11:10,000
So, Steve, it's primarily gonna answer that because it's appropriate.

1439
02:11:10,000 --> 02:11:12,000
It's primarily the interchanges.

1440
02:11:12,000 --> 02:11:14,000
Which will who do mobility hub.

1441
02:11:14,000 --> 02:11:18,000
Which should be right up your alley. I think.

1442
02:11:18,000 --> 02:11:19,000
Okay.

1443
02:11:19,000 --> 02:11:21,000
Thank you. Steve.

1444
02:11:21,000 --> 02:11:22,000
Okay.

1445
02:11:22,000 --> 02:11:24,000
Did. When can we, Steve?

1446
02:11:24,000 --> 02:11:27,000
We just can't win, can we?

1447
02:11:27,000 --> 02:11:31,000
Annie, oh, yeah.

1448
02:11:31,000 --> 02:11:36,000
Anybody else in the Chambers wish to address council on item 22, please.

1449
02:11:36,000 --> 02:11:40,000
Seeing no one come forward, Pamela, one last time about our virtual audience.

1450
02:11:40,000 --> 02:11:50,000
If there's anyone in our virtual audience, please indicate, by pressing the raise hand button at the bottom of your screen. I am allowing Julie Jensen to address counsel.

1451
02:11:50,000 --> 02:11:56,000
Thank you again. Counsel, and sorry to be repetitive. Julie Jensen, citizen of Greeley, for about 30 years.

1452
02:11:56,000 --> 02:12:00,000
I again. I want to say to.

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City.

1454
02:12:01,000 --> 02:12:03,000
The staff, the counsel for.

1455
02:12:03,000 --> 02:12:08,000
Trying to come up with some ways. I know we talked a lot about C. Dot leaving us.

1456
02:12:08,000 --> 02:12:10,000
Holding the bag, and I think.

1457
02:12:10,000 --> 02:12:12,000
People have to be a little bit.

1458
02:12:12,000 --> 02:12:16,000
Seeing the forefront of this, that if we don't address this now.

1459
02:12:16,000 --> 02:12:20,000
This will affect the people wanting to move into our city.

1460
02:12:20,000 --> 02:12:25,000
The people that you know keep coming, that keep building our tax base, that.

1461
02:12:25,000 --> 02:12:29,000
Bring so many great things to this. If we don't address this.

1462
02:12:29,000 --> 02:12:33,000
People won't want to be here. So I again, I appreciate.

1463
02:12:33,000 --> 02:12:37,000
That you guys are looking forward to this. I think this initiative is.

1464
02:12:37,000 --> 02:12:43,000
Fantastic and at the price that we can get it at, and we'll finally be able to start doing something with this.

1465
02:12:43,000 --> 02:12:51,000
It will be very painful to get it done, but I I cannot wait to see it come to fruition. So again I I support this so much, and.

1466
02:12:51,000 --> 02:12:57,000
I know there's a lot of us out in the community that do so. Thank you again for the chance to speak to you.

1467
02:12:57,000 --> 02:13:03,000
Thank you again for taking the time to call in Julie Pamela. Anybody else? There is no one else in our virtual office. Okay.

1468
02:13:03,000 --> 02:13:08,000
We'll close the public hearing this time entertainment, discussion, and action, front City Council.

1469
02:13:08,000 --> 02:13:16,000
Councillor Olson, please. Well, I'm gonna go on for about an hour because I could talk about this 2 min changes. Just zip back. Enjoy yourselves.

1470
02:13:16,000 --> 02:13:20,000
You don't have to have that 3 min time limit.

1471
02:13:20,000 --> 02:13:27,000
Yes, I've been working on these other changes in these 2 locations since 2015.

1472
02:13:27,000 --> 02:13:37,000
It's been a priority. When I was the region director, and we did come to the table back then, with 40 million dollars to match the 30 million dollars in.

1473
02:13:37,000 --> 02:13:41,000
As we've heard tonight, there's been some change of heart.

1474
02:13:41,000 --> 02:13:44,000
On that project. But this has been.

1475
02:13:44,000 --> 02:13:45,000
One of the.

1476
02:13:45,000 --> 02:13:55,000
Top priorities as my time at the Department, and I will tell you the current Region director. It's 1 of her priorities, too. It's just not a statewide priority.

1477
02:13:55,000 --> 02:14:04,000
It does more than safety. It does more than mobility, it does more than air quality. It connects communities. You got to remember the south side of the community is disconnected.

1478
02:14:04,000 --> 02:14:17,000
So a lot of our disproportionately impacted community over there. It gives people the ability to get to services, to get to amenities, to get there without crossing 35th and 47.th

1479
02:14:17,000 --> 02:14:24,000
If anybody here is willing to go play frogs 35, th and 47th at any time during rush hour, 50,000 cars.

1480
02:14:24,000 --> 02:14:26,000
To go over to the.

1481
02:14:26,000 --> 02:14:29,000
To target or to go over to those locations.

1482
02:14:29,000 --> 02:14:34,000
By all means let me know when you do it. We'll have the police and emergency management there.

1483
02:14:34,000 --> 02:14:36,000
Is.

1484
02:14:36,000 --> 02:14:40,000
It is something that this community needs in order to.

1485
02:14:40,000 --> 02:14:42,000
To thrive and succeed.

1486
02:14:42,000 --> 02:14:46,000
Transportation is the backbone of any community.

1487
02:14:46,000 --> 02:14:48,000
Along with policing.

1488
02:14:48,000 --> 02:14:50,000
And fire.

1489
02:14:50,000 --> 02:14:52,000
I'm not gonna cut you guys out.

1490
02:14:52,000 --> 02:15:00,000
What we have to remember is if we don't do these things and we don't move forward with transportation, we start to die. We start.

1491
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:02,000
To wither on a.

1492
02:15:02,000 --> 02:15:05,000
And these 2 locations.

1493
02:15:05,000 --> 02:15:13,000
And Tom. I was out there one time. It took me 20 min to go from the West to get across on 35.th One day, during rush, hour.

1494
02:15:13,000 --> 02:15:15,000
And it was the most miserable times.

1495
02:15:15,000 --> 02:15:18,000
In my life, to sit there forever.

1496
02:15:18,000 --> 02:15:23,000
So it's really something we need to do. It's not a tax.

1497
02:15:23,000 --> 02:15:28,000
We got to remember. It's not a tax, and what we're really building is improving.

1498
02:15:28,000 --> 02:15:31,000
Greely, like everybody's set tonight. So.

1499
02:15:31,000 --> 02:15:35,000
I'm gonna let it go there, and I can continue for another hour. But I won't.

1500
02:15:35,000 --> 02:15:39,000
Thank you, Johnny, and I want to call out your thanks to.

1501
02:15:39,000 --> 02:15:45,000
Our friends at Region 4 who we shouldn't paint with the same brush that we're painting with those at the State level.

1502
02:15:45,000 --> 02:15:49,000
Thank you for bringing that up, Councillor Hall, please.

1503
02:15:49,000 --> 02:15:53,000
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1504
02:15:53,000 --> 02:16:02,000
Basically what what Johnny has said is good information. I know we have a large need. We've needed this for many, many years.

1505
02:16:02,000 --> 02:16:05,000
And haven't been able to get it done.

1506
02:16:05,000 --> 02:16:11,000
It is a debt with the Federal program, and I don't take lightly going into debt.

1507
02:16:11,000 --> 02:16:17,000
But this is at an interest rate based on Federal program that that will allow us to.

1508
02:16:17,000 --> 02:16:19,000
Pay for things at a much.

1509
02:16:19,000 --> 02:16:26,000
Smaller rate than if we go into, try and pay for it after inflation, for construction.

1510
02:16:26,000 --> 02:16:31,000
Yeah, makes the cost of this debt make look minuscule. So.

1511
02:16:31,000 --> 02:16:34,000
I think it's a reasonable rate.

1512
02:16:34,000 --> 02:16:36,000
And I think what we're.

1513
02:16:36,000 --> 02:16:51,000
Needing to look at is this, we're going to add this to what we already have moneywise. We have 20 million dollars in Federal Grant. Already we have the money that we've already set aside. This is something that we have to have in addition to what we already have so.

1514
02:16:51,000 --> 02:16:53,000
We can't do these projects.

1515
02:16:53,000 --> 02:16:55,000
At this moment, without this.

1516
02:16:55,000 --> 02:17:00,000
Program. So I support the program.

1517
02:17:00,000 --> 02:17:02,000
Thank you, Dale. Councillor Mcdonald, please.

1518
02:17:02,000 --> 02:17:16,000
Thank you, Mayor. From the reasons I explained earlier about the safety of this. It. It pains me that we're we have to take debt. It really it truly does. I I hate debt. I hate having personal debt.

1519
02:17:16,000 --> 02:17:17,000
But.

1520
02:17:17,000 --> 02:17:30,000
I I want to give a shout out to all of our city staff and our other council members that really tried really hard at the State level with c.to try to get negotiations done to.

1521
02:17:30,000 --> 02:17:53,000
Get funding from them that has not been successful. So I don't want that to go unnoticed, because it's been a tremendous amount of time and work that they had put in to to try to get that done, and I was hoping that they would be able to make something happen before this, so we we wouldn't have to put this on the ballot. But unfortunately we are, and we have to get these inner interchanges done.

1522
02:17:53,000 --> 02:17:57,000
And the thing that I think that.

1523
02:17:57,000 --> 02:18:05,000
Gets forgotten because it's such a high interest rate. Environment right now for builders. But there's so much that's in the funnel for us.

1524
02:18:05,000 --> 02:18:24,000
That as soon as the economy turns and those interest rates go down, we're gonna have building like no other so we need to get these interchanges done before we have that huge phase come through. So that's why I'm supporting this and and Mr. T's. I'm sorry that they're not giving up.

1525
02:18:24,000 --> 02:18:33,000
Their seats to you and the bus, but I think that's because you look like a young whipper.

1526
02:18:33,000 --> 02:18:36,000
Thank you, Marsha, Councillor to beauty. Please.

1527
02:18:36,000 --> 02:18:41,000
Thank you, Mayor. I what's convinced me.

1528
02:18:41,000 --> 02:18:44,000
About. This is just the cost.

1529
02:18:44,000 --> 02:18:50,000
Increases that we've witnessed when starting on this project. When Councilman Butler.

1530
02:18:50,000 --> 02:18:51,000
Sorry.

1531
02:18:51,000 --> 02:18:56,000
Councilman Olson was working in 2015. Had we done it then?

1532
02:18:56,000 --> 02:18:59,000
We could have saved the citizens a lot of money.

1533
02:18:59,000 --> 02:19:03,000
But it didn't happen, and we need to do it now.

1534
02:19:03,000 --> 02:19:15,000
The second thing is I'm not really a driver in this area, but I ride my bicycle and to run errands going to home depot.

1535
02:19:15,000 --> 02:19:29,000
It's taking your life in your hands. It is very dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists in this area, and we have got to improve that mobility in our community. And and this is a very important corridor for that.

1536
02:19:29,000 --> 02:19:32,000
So. But for that reason I'm gonna support this.

1537
02:19:32,000 --> 02:19:34,000
And advocate hard.

1538
02:19:34,000 --> 02:19:38,000
Thank you. Deb. Console Butler, please.

1539
02:19:38,000 --> 02:19:41,000
Well, I I buzzed in way too late. You guys took all the good stuff.

1540
02:19:41,000 --> 02:19:59,000
But yeah, I mean, as I mentioned earlier, this is again one of the most dangerous in our entire state. To Deb's point I I and Johnny's Point. I don't think anyone would cross those streets if they didn't have to. And we are forcing people to do that. That is, that hinders commerce that hinders when people say, Oh, I why don't we get the

1541
02:19:59,000 --> 02:20:25,000
I'm gonna say, water not not in and out. I'll pick the side there. But when we don't get those new fast food chains there's a reason that folks in those community adjacent to it aren't coming over to those.

1542
02:20:25,000 --> 02:20:30,000
I support this, and my comments would be to us as such. I'm going to pass on that.

1543
02:20:30,000 --> 02:20:42,000
But we've at this point we might be ready for a motion. Just one quick comment. Johnny did leave out the other part of the backbone, and I saw Shawn. I saw you guys droop your head.

1544
02:20:42,000 --> 02:20:44,000
Water and sewer right? I mean.

1545
02:20:44,000 --> 02:20:48,000
Without water and sewer. We couldn't we? Just. It's too late, Johnny. You blew it.

1546
02:20:48,000 --> 02:20:53,000
With that move to adopt the ordinance from preference and title only.

1547
02:20:53,000 --> 02:20:57,000
Councillor Peyton on the motion, and Councillor Hall on the second.

1548
02:20:57,000 --> 02:20:58,000
Won't call it. Please.

1549
02:20:58,000 --> 02:21:00,000
Councilmember, butler.

1550
02:21:00,000 --> 02:21:02,000
Councilmember, beauty.

1551
02:21:02,000 --> 02:21:04,000
Mayor pro tem halle.

1552
02:21:04,000 --> 02:21:06,000
Councilmember. Aye.

1553
02:21:06,000 --> 02:21:08,000
Councilmember Olson.

1554
02:21:08,000 --> 02:21:10,000
Councilmember Mcdonald. Aye.

1555
02:21:10,000 --> 02:21:11,000
Mayor Gates.

1556
02:21:11,000 --> 02:21:19,000
Aye, motion carries 7 0, and that concludes 7 public hearings this evening. Thank you. Mainly to our staff, who's doing all the work.

1557
02:21:19,000 --> 02:21:21,000
In that regard.

1558
02:21:21,000 --> 02:21:31,000
Item 23 is appointments to boards and commissions, specifically, construction trades, Advisory and Appeals Board, Judicial Review Board, and the Planning Commission.

1559
02:21:31,000 --> 02:21:33,000
Thank you, Mayor.

1560
02:21:33,000 --> 02:21:37,000
Appointed to the Construction Trades Advisory in Appills Board. Sean.

1561
02:21:37,000 --> 02:21:39,000
John.

1562
02:21:39,000 --> 02:21:44,000
For a 3 year term. Judicial Review Board. Nicholas.

1563
02:21:44,000 --> 02:21:45,000
For 3 year, term.

1564
02:21:45,000 --> 02:21:47,000
Planning, commission.

1565
02:21:47,000 --> 02:21:49,000
Larry modly.

1566
02:21:49,000 --> 02:21:51,000
Christian schulty.

1567
02:21:51,000 --> 02:21:54,000
For 3 year, terms.

1568
02:21:54,000 --> 02:21:55,000
Thank you. Heidi.

1569
02:21:55,000 --> 02:21:59,000
Item 24. Scheduling of meetings or other events. Mr.

1570
02:21:59,000 --> 02:22:01,000
No! At this time you are.

1571
02:22:01,000 --> 02:22:07,000
Item 25 is motion authorizing the city to prepare any required resolutions.

1572
02:22:07,000 --> 02:22:12,000
Agreements and ordinances to reflect action taken by the City Council at this meeting.

1573
02:22:12,000 --> 02:22:19,000
And in any previous meetings unauthorizing the Mayor City Court to sign all such resolutions.

1574
02:22:19,000 --> 02:22:22,000
Second, of.

1575
02:22:22,000 --> 02:22:34,000
I'm not sure what just happened. It has my best shot here, motion by Counselor Peyton, second by Councillor Butler.

1576
02:22:34,000 --> 02:22:40,000
A voice vote will suffice. All those in favor signify by saying, Aye, those opposed, nay.

1577
02:22:40,000 --> 02:22:43,000
Motion carries 7 0.

1578
02:22:43,000 --> 02:22:45,000
The time is 8, 22 Pm.

1579
02:22:45,000 --> 02:22:50,000
We are adjourned, and I thank you for a really good meeting this evening.

1580
02:22:50,000 --> 02:22:57,000
Good evening.