[0:04] >> good morning. I'd like to call the

[0:05] may 27, 2025 business meeting of the

[0:06] arapahoe county board of commissioners

[0:07] to order. In attendance are ron carl,

[0:13] [indiscernible] administrator to

[0:14] the board and clerk and recorders

[0:17] office. Also joining us to facilitate

[0:19] remote participation is michelle

[0:24] hallstead. I'd also like to note that

[0:26] commissioner fields and commissioner

[0:27] warren gully are absent and excused.

[0:28] will you please call the roll

[0:33] >> commissioner baker here commissioner

[0:35] campbell present commissioner summey

[0:38] here

[0:39] >> thank you, very much. May we all

[0:43] stand and please join me in the

[0:46] national anthem, the pledge of

[0:47] allegiance [laughter]

[0:53] >>[pledge of allegiance]

[1:00] >> thank you very much. Next time we

[1:12] will sing. Are there any changes to the

[1:14] agenda as presented? No changes

[1:19] >> may I get a motion to adopt the

[1:23] agenda as presented? Motion to approve

[1:24] the agenda as presented, second. Thank

[1:28] you very much. The motion made by

[1:29] commissioner baker, second by

[1:30] commissioner campbell to adopt as

[1:36] presented. All in favor? Thank you, very

[1:37] much. We have no opposed. Next is public

[1:43] comment period. You are invited to

[1:45] speak to the commissioners about any

[1:47] topic that is not on the agenda. If you

[1:55] want to speak on a topic included on

[1:56] the agenda, we ask that you wait until

[1:57] the item is called until you speak. For

[1:59] those on the line who would like to get

[2:00] in the queue to speak, please press

[2:04] star three to get into the queue. Each

[2:10] person has one three-minute time period

[2:11] for comments which will begin after you

[2:13] state your name and address for the

[2:17] record. While the board does not

[2:19] respond to individual comments during

[2:20] this section of the agenda, please note

[2:26] we listen to the concerns and take note

[2:27] of issues for resolution and follow-up

[2:30] as appropriate. We are going to start

[2:33] for all of you in the room who would

[2:36] like to speak, I want to let you know

[2:37] these are the two lights. When you have

[2:43] 30 seconds this light between the

[2:46] podium and the dais, you will see it

[2:47] when you are standing here, it turns

[2:52] yellow at 30 seconds. The red light

[2:53] comes on when it's time to end. I don't

[2:56] like to interrupt people but I will if

[3:00] I have to so please don't make me do

[3:01] that because it makes me feel bad. I'm

[3:04] very excited to look at our sheet. We

[3:17] are starting here. James locus

[3:20] >> come on up

[3:24] >> my names is james locus 2753 w.

[3:30] [indiscernible] south park I'm here to

[3:34] discuss the trail pavement issue. It's

[3:38] my understanding the pavement will be

[3:40] 16 feet across. I would prefer eight

[3:45] feet. I purchased my house a couple

[3:46] years ago prior to win a lot of plans

[3:49] were made however I was approached by

[3:53] [indiscernible] who said there's this

[3:54] thing going on and you should know

[3:55] about it. Why does it affect me? I know

[3:58] I don't look like someone who needs a

[4:01] soft trail but I do have significant

[4:06] leg issues. I work really hard at

[4:07] looking beautiful and presentable but

[4:09] the truth is you can't tell what

[4:11] someone looks like there with a

[4:14] disability of what they look like. We

[4:16] have older people younger people that

[4:21] all sometimes need softer trails,

[4:26] especially for knees, hips, not just of

[4:30] course for wheelchairs. Wheelchairs are

[4:31] an important part of how people get

[4:36] around, very important part, that's why

[4:37] paving the trail is a good idea but

[4:40] only half of it so the other half of

[4:41] people anybody above 40 and yes I look

[4:44] young for my age thank you very much,

[4:49] anyone above 40 who may have leg issues

[4:50] or ankle issues or knee issues, we

[4:54] require soft trails for healthy living.

[5:00] that is my statement you have questions

[5:01] for me

[5:02] >> we do not but thank you very much, I

[5:06] understand what you were saying and we

[5:08] appreciate that comment very much

[5:09] >> awesome, have a good day. Half of

[5:16] the trail solved the other half paved

[5:17] is possible

[5:20] >> duly noted. We have staff listening

[5:21] and they will follow up as appropriate

[5:26] so again know that we hear all the

[5:27] comments

[5:28] >> thank you very much. Now we will go

[5:35] to the first person. Mr. Mark flank

[5:41] >> I apologize for having to

[5:46] [indiscernible] my name is mark flank I

[5:51] live in littleton. Yesterday morning

[5:55] from sunday's heavy rain water was

[5:59] cascading the new water features in the

[6:00] open space the trail was dry and firm

[6:01] and the [indiscernible] made for a

[6:06] pleasant walking experience as I walked

[6:07] down and up the trail I couldn't help

[6:18] wonder littleton issued a contract to

[6:19] pave the trail with a 16 foot wide

[6:20] swath funded by arapahoe county open

[6:21] space funds when the focus group in

[6:22] early 2022 overwhelmingly preferred to

[6:27] do concrete. A dual surface similar to

[6:28] the surface in the greenway and south

[6:33] platte park trails. This littleton.org

[6:34] states for safety on the greenway the

[6:43] trail features a crush stone path for

[6:44] pedestrians and wheelchair users along

[6:46] with paved for bikers. We got to this

[6:49] point in large measure because

[6:50] littleton submitted an application for

[6:52] open space with false and misleading

[6:53] statements to the most troubling

[6:57] statements are the responses to

[6:58] application question six and 10 where

[7:03] littleton stated there was community

[7:04] support and no opposition for 16 foot

[7:07] wide road and maintenance of the trail

[7:08] once paved will be taken over by

[7:12] littleton. It [indiscernible] who will

[7:16] maintain the paved road. It was south

[7:22] suburban who dictated to littleton the

[7:23] all concrete design against the

[7:24] community wishes based on south

[7:25] suburban own false positions that

[7:26] [indiscernible] could not be ada

[7:28] compliant or plowed and south suburban

[7:30] can't maintain a trail adjacent to

[7:34] concrete. Arapahoe county has granted

[7:37] more than half million dollars in open

[7:38] space funds so littleton can pave

[7:43] [indiscernible]. In a letter dated

[7:45] january 31, 2020 52 arapahoe county

[7:49] open spaces littleton stated since the

[7:50] project is anticipated to be completed

[7:51] outside a two-year grant timeline we

[7:56] will notify and coordinate with

[7:57] arapahoe county open space for an

[8:01] extension request after that contractor

[8:02] is selected and schedule is identified.

[8:06] the two-year grant expires in september

[8:09] this situation triggers in my mind the

[8:12] proverb to fit the situation a little

[8:19] [indiscernible] allowing littleton to

[8:20] deceive us twice shame on arapahoe

[8:23] county in 2023 with a false and

[8:36] deceptive statements in littleton

[8:37] application the paving of the gulch was

[8:38] a marginal open-space project at best

[8:39] six out of seven recommended projects

[8:40] with the truth coming to light in the

[8:41] community opposition to the paving

[8:42] project arapahoe county should not

[8:43] grant an extension to the funding.

[8:44] there were worthy open-space projects

[8:45] that meet the purpose of resolution

[8:49] [indiscernible] that are deserving of

[8:50] the limited taxpayer provided

[8:52] open-space funds. Thank you

[8:53] >> that was almost perfect, thank you

[8:55] very much

[8:59] >> if I butcher your name I'm very

[9:03] sorry, please correct me when you come

[9:05] to the microphone. Jan weipert

[9:12] >> you did that well, thank you. Jan

[9:24] weipert grand avenue inglewood district

[9:28] 4. I've been a resident of arapahoe

[9:31] county for about 66 years out of my

[9:35] total. I'm discussing a situation

[9:41] revolving around [indiscernible] records

[9:45] [indiscernible] records are listing a

[9:46] balance cast in elections ballots are

[9:47] given a unique sequential number as

[9:48] they are processed at a central

[9:55] counting location. Proposition b in

[9:56] 2020 was to increase property taxes and

[10:00] it passed. It is obvious records and

[10:04] ballots continue to be manipulated.

[10:09] last year when speaking in front of

[10:10] this commission I handed out graphs

[10:15] that showed liberal and conservative

[10:16] voters danced together in perfect

[10:19] timing when casting their votes in the

[10:23] 2020 election. One voted up one voted

[10:25] up one voted down the other voted down.

[10:30] this beautifully executed shows a

[10:34] diabolical intent to destroy the

[10:36] foundation of our constitution, and our

[10:40] right to vote. Article 4 section 4 of

[10:44] the constitution guarantees a

[10:45] government deriving its power through

[10:47] appointment by the people. Manipulation

[10:49] of voting is not allowed. There are two

[10:54] points of contention. The original vote

[10:56] shows manipulation. I'm not talking

[11:00] about that today. The second point is

[11:01] manipulation of the cast a vote

[11:05] records, changed and posted in late

[11:09] march 2025. Why are they changing the

[11:12] votes in 2025? This without notice to

[11:16] the voters. This without verification

[11:17] and approval of citizen oversight. This

[11:19] with the knowledge I would guess clerk

[11:23] john lopez unless she did not approve

[11:27] the changes. This change also had to be

[11:28] uploaded on a state level, meaning the

[11:33] secretary of state most likely also had

[11:36] knowledge this happened. It is the

[11:37] second piece I'm concerned about,

[11:43] manipulation of the crb cvr in 2020

[11:47] that manipulated in 2025 is a blatant

[11:51] attempt of the cover-up. Were you

[11:52] commissioners aware of this was

[11:54] happening? When did you become aware?

[11:59] did you act? The changelings of the

[12:00] records is a city special district

[12:02] county state and national issue. Were

[12:09] these entities notified? I'd like

[12:12] arapahoe county commissioners to ask

[12:15] for clerk lopez resignation, to request

[12:16] the department of justice on the fbi to

[12:19] step in, this cannot be done in

[12:22] colorado because the sos might be

[12:26] complicit. Arapahoe county is part of a

[12:27] lawsuit in one additional state. I also

[12:32] want you to protect our records in

[12:35] place including all original ballots

[12:37] >> your time is up

[12:41] >> I would also ask the property tax

[12:46] differences since 2020 election to be

[12:48] refunded to property owners if this is

[12:51] upheld. Thank you

[12:52] >> thank you very much. Next we have

[12:56] rich donahue

[13:04] >> hello, rich donahue [indiscernible]

[13:08] aurora. My will be brief on the cast

[13:13] vote records, we've gotten copies from

[13:18] the 2020 election, I've got copies from

[13:21] 2021. So we could go over and come up

[13:25] with the graphs and see what happened

[13:26] in 2020 because it was so

[13:28] controversial. We found a lot of things

[13:32] that have been beaten up by attorneys

[13:35] and staff on grounds that they come up

[13:42] with. What's happened lately, in march

[13:45] the cast vote records on the internet

[13:52] access website got changed. Here it is

[13:53] years later and we are changing the

[13:55] cast vote records. It seems to be tied

[13:56] in with all sorts of manipulation going

[14:01] on, something that needs to be looked

[14:04] at, more than just us citizens. Most of

[14:10] the record changes, there are notes of

[14:15] some experts that noted it, found the

[14:21] mistakes, they admitted there were

[14:22] mistakes in the cast vote records. If

[14:25] they were certified, found mistakes,

[14:27] and the person noted on that is out of

[14:34] state, out of colorado, what are they

[14:35] doing with our cast vote records? It

[14:37] seems to be a bigger picture going on.

[14:46] [indiscernible] move forward on this,

[14:50] we need to get this looked into. We

[14:54] will be using whatever method we need

[14:56] to get things moving. Also, if we don't

[15:02] get enough action, we will push forward

[15:06] avenues that I will be looking at is

[15:14] using the bond that everyone is bonded

[15:17] through the insurance company,

[15:18] travelers insurance I believe it is, to

[15:20] get some movement going on. I don't

[15:26] know if we are just scratching the

[15:30] surface of something big, or how far

[15:31] this will go but it seems there is

[15:34] quite a few people involved. We do have

[15:37] some copies of some emails between a

[15:45] couple of the computer people in

[15:49] arapahoe county who is going to change

[15:50] this and who could and they said I

[15:51] don't want to touch it, tom williams,

[15:56] we've got that and we will give it to

[15:58] you. It seems like they were aware of

[16:01] things they should not be doing and

[16:07] they did it anyway. Thank you for your

[16:08] time

[16:09] >> thank you very much, we appreciate

[16:11] it.

[16:12] >> frank atwood

[16:15] >> good morning. My name is frank

[16:27] atwood, 7094 south castille street in

[16:31] littleton. I'm here to follow up on

[16:35] james his comment, marks comment and

[16:37] steve who will speak after me. I'm very

[16:44] lucky. Some of you are familiar with a

[16:47] unique geological landscape in southern

[16:49] utah northern colorado, called the

[16:57] wave. My sister won the wave drawing

[16:58] for six of us to do it august 28. Six

[17:03] family members are going to be hiking

[17:05] the wave come august 28. I am the

[17:11] second oldest. I am above the age of

[17:18] 40. Like james. No one knows if my

[17:19] knees or hips will survive but we all

[17:23] know crushed is better than concrete.

[17:28] crush fine is currently on the

[17:31] highline canal and part of the spur

[17:33] trail is my training program. I would

[17:39] like you to continue keeping crush or

[17:41] find on the spur trail so the ask is

[17:46] the county along with the city colorado

[17:52] department of transportation and drcog

[18:04] add a four or five foot wide crush

[18:08] trail to provide accessibility and

[18:12] ensure I have a better chance of

[18:13] completing it and not embarrassing

[18:14] myself in front of siblings, children

[18:16] and my wife. Thank you

[18:20] >> we all know that last one was the

[18:22] most important person, the wife.

[18:26] [laughter] thank you very much sir.

[18:29] debbie perry smith

[18:36] >> good morning, thank you for allowing

[18:40] me to speak today. I name is debbie

[18:42] perry smith 5475 south clarkson street

[18:45] in greenwood village, a 44 year

[18:49] resident of arapahoe county. The last

[18:51] part of the pledge we heard about

[18:52] liberty and justice for all is the

[18:53] reason I'm before you today, the reason

[18:56] I have the freedom to come and speak my

[19:00] mind, and to speak for thousands of

[19:01] others in arapahoe county across the

[19:03] state of colorado. It is regrettable

[19:10] all of arapahoe county citizens has to

[19:11] stand here before you today to address

[19:14] a solid fact that most likely not only

[19:21] my cast vote in 2020 and thousands of

[19:22] others in arapahoe county and across

[19:25] the state, were not accurately

[19:26] reflected in the cast a vote record of

[19:28] the 2020 election. In particular, its

[19:32] likely my no vote or my opposing vote

[19:37] to proposition b to repeal the

[19:41] amendment to the constitution was not

[19:42] cast the way I intended for it to be

[19:43] cast which was in opposition. As a

[19:48] result my property taxes your property

[19:49] taxes everybody in this room property

[19:53] taxes doubled and tripled as a result

[19:57] of that vote. It's been proven by

[20:06] numerous analysis, analysts from cyber

[20:09] forensic experts to mathematicians that

[20:10] something was not right with the cast

[20:12] vote record. You have before you an

[20:15] article that was written by ed sullivan

[20:17] who is in the queue to speak to you

[20:20] online, as well as the charts and

[20:22] graphs that were printed for you in the

[20:27] printed material. This is going to show

[20:34] you the mr. Sullivan discovered that

[20:35] has basically looped in arapahoe county

[20:36] into a lawsuit in nevada, because

[20:40] anomalies match the ones he found in

[20:42] nevada as well. It's also regrettable

[20:45] that county clerk's office and we have

[20:50] no idea when you found out about it,

[20:54] chose not to go public when the

[20:57] anomalies were discovered, to our

[20:58] knowledge as early as december 2024.

[21:02] why was this put under the rug. Why did

[21:09] we keep our heads in the sand about

[21:10] this and not come forward to your

[21:11] constituents about what has happened? I

[21:13] would ask you have the wisdom to read

[21:17] the article. I invite you to a national

[21:22] press conference this afternoon in

[21:23] front of the capital where arapahoe

[21:24] county anomalies will be broadcast live

[21:25] with the discovery that has been found.

[21:28] we may have a huge class-action lawsuit

[21:32] coming your way, toward the county

[21:34] regarding this because all of us has

[21:41] been disenfranchised. Proposition b

[21:44] truly past or refund our property taxes

[21:45] thank you

[21:46] >> thank you very much we appreciate

[21:54] your contribution. Karen talentire

[21:57] >> me hello. 5356 south crocker. I've

[22:04] lived in arapahoe county 21 years. Last

[22:11] year you were worn by citizens colorado

[22:12] voter registration from 2022 could not

[22:17] support a valid election. We know now

[22:21] the 2024 registration records

[22:22] [indiscernible] uncertainty for

[22:25] illegally valid election. We don't know

[22:26] who won in 2022 or 2024. Last year you

[22:32] worn the secretary of state prevented

[22:33] election certifiers for certifying a

[22:34] election because they cannot check

[22:39] [indiscernible]. The election was

[22:42] legally on certifiable. Those who

[22:47] certified anyway violated their duty

[22:48] and earned a misdemeanor under crs 113

[22:51] 107. Last year in previous years you

[22:54] were warned there were impossible

[22:55] patterns in arapahoe county cvr. This

[22:59] spring the 2020 cvr, election records,

[23:07] on the say-so of an assistant professor

[23:08] at yale with no notice to citizens of

[23:09] arapahoe county. Who certified the new

[23:13] cvr? Both cvr [indiscernible] did we?

[23:18] the cvr proved nothing now that we know

[23:23] they change without notice. Show us

[23:24] with our physical ballots what we voted

[23:25] for or refund our property taxes. Who

[23:29] in the clerk's office change the

[23:30] election records need to be charged by

[23:33] the county with a class I misdemeanor

[23:35] according to crs 113 176 not to mention

[23:39] federal charges. Who will charge this

[23:42] person? The county clerk the da, you the

[23:44] commissioners, you were voted in with a

[23:49] system, you are between a rock and hard

[23:50] place the election laws especially

[23:54] those [indiscernible] are at war with

[23:56] each other so clerks often cannot obey

[23:57] without violating another. What should

[23:59] we do? We cannot be expected to

[24:03] [indiscernible] using the invalid

[24:05] system. So from here on out, we the

[24:11] citizens of arapahoe county demand

[24:12] legally valid proof of what you vote

[24:16] for. A republican form of government is

[24:18] the guarantee right according to

[24:19] article 4 section 4 of the constitution.

[24:23] we are happy to work with the county

[24:24] where you can show all election laws

[24:27] are followed. But you must be

[24:30] transparent to the public in person id

[24:31] checked on paper with votes

[24:32] hand-counted forecast at precinct

[24:36] level. I handed you an ordinance for

[24:38] your consideration if you run the

[24:40] balance through the machine totals must

[24:45] match [indiscernible] according to crs

[24:51] 110 [indiscernible] we can explain how

[24:52] to handle details such as military

[24:55] ballots. The important thing is we

[24:56] cannot continue with the current system.

[24:59] accountability starts with transparent

[25:00] elections from here on out. Remember

[25:06] [indiscernible] or refund our property

[25:07] taxes thank you

[25:10] >> thank you very very much we

[25:13] appreciate that. Larry fullerton

[25:19] >> [speaker off mic]

[25:24] >> you know what, I am out of order

[25:27] thank you. Linda can go first I skipped

[25:32] that. Do we have a handheld microphone?

[25:36] >> thank you so much. My name is linda

[25:44] curry, I live at 3397 south marion

[25:49] street in inglewood colorado. I resided

[25:54] there for 32 years. You have no doubt

[25:59] heard and been advised of numerous

[26:00] instances across the united states of

[26:03] election law violations, of voting

[26:04] machines that have been manipulated to

[26:07] change votes and the outcome of

[26:08] election of massive voter database

[26:10] errors. You are aware of numerous

[26:16] election irregularities in michigan

[26:17] pennsylvania nevada arizona and georgia

[26:24] among other states and the many

[26:25] problems that have occurred within

[26:26] accurate voter registration and

[26:27] database. The manipulation of votes

[26:31] that have been proven to occur with

[26:35] voting machines. We are here today to

[26:36] demand the arapahoe county

[26:39] commissioners appoint an independent

[26:40] council to conduct an investigation to

[26:45] determine why the cast vote records for

[26:47] the arapahoe county 2020 elections were

[26:52] changed, and to demand an independent

[26:57] written proof of legal certification of

[26:59] arapahoe county 2020 elections, as

[27:03] required by federal law, specifically

[27:05] the law of 2002 help america vote act.

[27:11] us commissioners are responsible for

[27:12] ensuring our elections follow all

[27:15] federal laws and the elections cannot

[27:18] be legally certified unless they meet

[27:21] all federal laws. And yet as you have

[27:24] been told twice before, specifically

[27:26] with written resolutions read and

[27:27] delivered in person to you by members

[27:30] of the united sovereign americans

[27:37] elections in colorado and arapahoe

[27:38] county have been found using the

[27:41] secretary of state official voter

[27:42] database to have more errors than

[27:46] allowed by law. As a result you are

[27:50] illegally certifying elections for

[27:51] allowing the elections to be certified

[27:54] illegally while being fully aware of

[27:55] violations of federal election laws.

[28:00] these voting inaccuracies call into

[28:02] question the recent vote to repeal the

[28:05] gallagher amendment causing property

[28:08] taxes to increase. We do not believe

[28:11] that votes that resulted in the passage

[28:13] of that amendment were accurately

[28:16] counted. As a result of the

[28:20] manipulation of voting records,

[28:21] verification of this vote cannot be

[28:24] determined, which clearly violates

[28:27] election laws. We ask you to prove to us

[28:31] without using the same system that

[28:35] created a fake cvr, with paper ballots

[28:37] and hand counting, that proposition b

[28:44] pass as the accurate will of the people

[28:45] or refund our property tax increases

[28:50] that was charged.

[28:51] >> thank you very very much I'm very

[28:54] sorry I skipped a line and I'm going to

[28:58] blame it on the fact that both names

[29:03] begin with l

[29:04] >> mr. Fullerton

[29:08] >> e thank you I guess I'm the other l,

[29:14] larry fullerton my wife barb is sitting

[29:17] back there we just passed our 20th year

[29:21] on south clarkson street, we've been

[29:27] there for 20 years. I'm following along

[29:33] with my counterpart, these numerous

[29:34] violations of federal election laws and

[29:38] accuracy in the voting database and

[29:40] manipulation of the cvr, problems found

[29:41] in the state voting machines. In the

[29:47] past several elections held in arapahoe

[29:51] county demonstrate that clearly the

[29:52] arapahoe county clerk is not following

[29:54] federal law and is illegally certifying

[30:00] elections. Use of voting machines that

[30:01] can and have been proved to be

[30:03] unacceptable to internal and external

[30:07] manipulation, cannot be used to count

[30:09] ballots cannot be relied upon to be

[30:12] accurate and do not enable

[30:17] verification. Therefore we demand that

[30:19] the arapahoe county commissioners

[30:23] direct the county clerk to hold future

[30:28] elections using paper ballots

[30:29] hand-counted and verified at each

[30:30] precinct and stop using voting machines

[30:32] to count ballots. You are responsible

[30:36] for ensuring fair and honest elections

[30:37] that meet all federal laws. Egregious

[30:42] violations of our elections have been

[30:45] proven to you, you are hereby we demand

[30:47] you immediately take the steps. Appoint

[30:56] an independent council or advisor to

[30:57] conduct investigation of how only the

[30:59] cvr was changed and why the 2020

[31:04] election was certified legally before

[31:07] it did not meet the requirements of the

[31:08] 2002 help america vote act. Number two,

[31:12] make a ruling to remove new voting

[31:16] machines and hold handheld counted

[31:18] paper ballots in arapahoe county.

[31:21] caution your failure to act to take

[31:27] these and other steps to follow federal

[31:31] election laws may be you be held

[31:34] criminally liable for violating

[31:35] election laws and illegally certifying

[31:39] elections. We are americans who have

[31:42] the right to vote, to choose those who

[31:45] govern on our behalf, and face the most

[31:50] important right we have. We demand

[31:52] election officials follow laws all of

[31:53] them not just the ones that want to.

[31:55] this includes you arapahoe county

[31:58] commissioners, do your job follow the

[32:00] law. Please prove to us without using

[32:06] the same system that created a fake cvr

[32:09] with paper ballots and hand-counted the

[32:12] proposition b past as the accurate will

[32:13] of the people or refund our property

[32:17] tax increases that were charged. Thank

[32:21] you very much

[32:22] >> thank you very much mr. Fullerton.

[32:24] steve lowery

[32:30] >> on a lighter note, I will be talking

[32:55] about the jackass gulch trail. My name

[32:57] is steve lowery district 1, a resident

[33:03] for 45 years. I am a professional

[33:06] engineer, I manage contracts for 40

[33:10] years. To essential factors and

[33:13] successful contracting and integrity of

[33:18] all parties involved. In the cities

[33:19] 2023 grant application to arapahoe

[33:23] county question number six relates to

[33:24] evidence of a transparent public

[33:29] process. The cities response mentions

[33:32] three events neglects to mention a

[33:37] number of participants or the results

[33:38] in fact most of the members of the

[33:41] public that did participate, did not

[33:47] want the concrete trail. In a public

[33:49] event in july 2023, with a concrete

[33:53] trail shown, only eight people responded

[33:56] and they did not want the concrete

[34:00] trail. This is hardly a robust public

[34:05] process. More importantly, the city

[34:06] stated in the application quote, once

[34:11] design reaches 90 percent another round

[34:12] of public engagement will occur before

[34:14] the design is finalized unquote. The

[34:19] city never did this public engagement.

[34:23] at the staff recent presentation the

[34:27] city council, the engineer responsible

[34:29] called this a quote oversight unquote

[34:34] and indicated the public could look at

[34:37] the website. However the website only

[34:40] shows a schematic of the project, and

[34:42] not the 90 percent design. Such a

[34:49] responses does not constitute public

[34:54] engagement. Based on polls of over 200

[34:56] members of the public we have conducted

[35:00] this year, it is clear have the public

[35:02] engagement of 90 percent design happened

[35:08] it would show overwhelming rejection

[35:09] of the 16 foot wide concrete trail. By

[35:11] not carrying out the public engagement,

[35:14] we believe the city has breached the

[35:21] [indiscernible]. To extend the ida with

[35:22] no justification to reimburse the city.

[35:29] what happens now? The city has deprived

[35:30] hundreds of walkers and runners access

[35:34] to a soft trail. The iga extended, we

[35:37] ask the county along with other funders

[35:43] to have a detached four or five foot

[35:44] wide pressure trail to restore

[35:50] accessibility. [indiscernible] been

[35:53] modified to show how the trail could be

[35:58] accommodated [indiscernible] the simple

[36:00] solution to mitigate the reputation or

[36:02] risk the county will face when the all

[36:09] concrete trail is constructed

[36:10] >> thank you

[36:11] >> you are the best. Everybody else

[36:17] turn your alarms off. I don't think

[36:18] I've ever seen that but I appreciate it

[36:24] and I'm pretty sure I'm going to do

[36:25] that when I have to speak so thank you

[36:26] very very much mr. Lowery for taking

[36:30] that extra step. Oh really? [speaker

[36:35] off mic]

[36:36] >> thank you so much for that.

[36:44] >> mila shusterman

[36:47] >> am I close? I'm about to find out

[36:49] >> I love your pin

[36:53] >> thank you. You were very good. I

[36:59] live in arapahoe county and district 2

[37:06] for 25 years. We just had a memorial

[37:11] day yesterday. In memory of all who

[37:14] passed, and fight for our republic, I

[37:19] speak to today. I was here in front of

[37:22] you with a group of volunteers from the

[37:24] united [indiscernible] americans a year

[37:27] ago. We presented the resolution where

[37:32] you could find staggering colorado

[37:37] election data that raised concerns

[37:38] about the validity of our elections. We

[37:44] asked you to look into it and sign the

[37:50] resolution. It raised our concerns but

[37:52] it did not seem to raise yours. Despite

[38:01] numerous calls and emails, to my

[38:06] commissioners and to all of you, we

[38:10] have never heard back from you on this

[38:15] issue. Well, now we have a scorecard

[38:20] for the recent 2024 general elections.

[38:27] highly qualified professionals worked

[38:30] on this data, the numbers are not any

[38:36] better than 2022. I passed this to you

[38:39] so you can check. Please look at the

[38:43] numbers in the scorecard I provided.

[38:46] our elections are not valid simply

[38:52] because they don't adhere to the state

[38:54] and federal election laws and the

[38:58] constitution. I believe it is your

[38:59] responsibility to hear us and look into

[39:04] it before you approve [indiscernible]

[39:05] to the clerk and recorder, yet this

[39:10] budget gets approved in our legitimate

[39:13] concerns are ignored. In the last

[39:15] couple of weeks, arapahoe county

[39:18] elections made the national news, 2020

[39:27] cvr file was altered. Is that going to

[39:30] be ignored also? We demand fully

[39:37] transparent and fair elections that

[39:39] follow the law. We ask you, yet again,

[39:44] to look at united seven americans 22

[39:49] and 24 data that all of you have right

[39:56] now. And act to stop on certifiable

[40:02] elections in arapahoe county. You

[40:03] cannot take all of us to jail. There

[40:08] are many of us. We are not going to

[40:10] stop fighting for fair elections. I

[40:13] will leave my phone number with the

[40:16] clerk. If you call me back, I will make

[40:20] sure to set an appointment with

[40:28] officials who can prove everything I'm

[40:29] saying thank you very much

[40:31] >> thank you. [indiscernible] cook

[40:34] >> [speaker off mic]

[40:38] >> so you don't want to speak?

[40:47] >> are you coming up or no

[40:52] >> come on out. We are recording all of

[40:53] this and you've got to be at the

[40:54] microphone

[40:57] >> I appreciate that but this is my

[41:04] meeting so no, we do online later and

[41:08] in room now. If you want to speak

[41:09] please feel free I'd love to hear it.

[41:11] we will go in order as per the agenda

[41:19] >> okay. Absolutely. My name is mark

[41:23] cook. I was born and raised in

[41:26] colorado. I was going to start the

[41:31] timer here. Absolutely, thank you for

[41:38] recognizing that. I'm going to bring

[41:41] some truth because I think a lot of us

[41:43] are lacking truth and that's all that

[41:46] matters here and I'm tired of the lies

[41:52] and the deception. I'm going to offer a

[41:56] lot of truth. I'm also going to offer

[41:57] to spend some time with each and every

[41:59] one of you, either together or

[42:03] individually, because I truly believe

[42:04] everyone deserves to know the truth

[42:10] before they act. It's very important

[42:12] because peoples actions are going to be

[42:14] looked at very carefully by a whole lot

[42:17] of people, not just the citizens in

[42:20] arapahoe county, but in the state of

[42:23] colorado and nationally. And other

[42:27] entities as well. I spent 24 seven for

[42:33] the past five years studying election

[42:35] technology processes and systems. It's

[42:37] very apparent there are a lot of lies

[42:39] being told by a lot of people. Also a

[42:42] lot of people are pretty ignorant, some

[42:46] of them purposely ignorant, because

[42:47] they think it will protect them, it's

[42:54] not. Article 4 section 4 of the

[42:56] constitution states the united states

[42:58] guaranteed every citizen every state in

[43:00] the union and republican form of

[43:05] government elections are free or fair

[43:09] cannot be republican inform. We have

[43:10] impossible data of the citizens have

[43:11] been bringing that to your attention

[43:14] for years. Is been entered into a court

[43:15] case in nevada months ago to show

[43:19] patterns of manipulation seen in data

[43:20] in many counties across the country. In

[43:26] 2024 weeks before the election some

[43:27] random assistant professor tells the

[43:28] clerk's office there's a problem and

[43:29] suddenly they work on it but don't tell

[43:31] citizens. Did they tell you? Did they

[43:37] tell any of you?

[43:38] >> this is your time to speak

[43:39] >> I'm doing so thank you. So then the

[43:45] data changes, randomly, after the

[43:47] election is over. It gets snuck on the

[43:52] website. If you look at the data which

[43:55] anyone with to connect the brain cells

[43:56] can understand and I'm happy to explain

[43:57] it it is really simple you can

[44:02] understand but there are 15.8 million

[44:04] choices that were changed in the votes

[44:07] on the record, that should be

[44:10] impossible to happen. Ignorance is not

[44:14] an excuse, in fact ignorance blatant

[44:17] ignorance shrieks of complicity and

[44:18] none of you deserve that. So I implore

[44:22] you, I'm here after the meeting, why

[44:26] don't you ask me to spend some time

[44:27] with you and walk you through this so

[44:30] you have your eyes wide open about what

[44:31] is about to come here.

[44:35] >> you go, thank you very much

[44:39] >> I will, I offer that to you as well

[44:40] because you deserve to know the truth

[44:43] and you don't want the citizens of this

[44:45] county to think the truth does not

[44:50] matter to you. I would love to spend

[44:54] time with each and every one of you

[44:55] >> we appreciate your comments your

[44:56] time is up

[44:58] >> annette bud

[45:03] >> hi, I'm here with congresswoman

[45:06] [indiscernible] we did reach out and I

[45:11] just realized now one of my emails

[45:12] bounced back it may have been yours so

[45:17] I will double check because you

[45:18] requested some help from the

[45:20] congresswoman with an issue. I'm here

[45:21] to speak on her behalf. As everyone was

[45:23] speaking on how long they've lived

[45:27] here, I'm a proud resident of arapahoe

[45:31] county for 34 years. It sounds like you

[45:32] have your hands full with the change

[45:33] cast a vote record and all of the

[45:40] sidewalk and trail issues. If you need

[45:41] the congresswoman does help with any of

[45:42] us we'd be happy to help you. Let me

[45:44] tell you some of the things she has

[45:47] been doing. Congress people are allowed

[45:49] to request congressional directed

[45:52] spending, some of that was requested

[45:55] for arapahoe county. If you are unaware

[45:56] I want to let you know about it. She

[46:02] has requested $2.25 million for the I

[46:07] 70 airpark interchange. That is the I

[46:12] 70 east of 470. It is experiencing

[46:14] significant pressure on the existing

[46:16] transportation infrastructure and

[46:21] limiting growth. As you know this is 10

[46:23] square miles of unincorporated arapahoe

[46:27] county. Future growth and development

[46:29] in the area will include major centers

[46:30] like amazon walmart other developers. I

[46:34] have a huge long list which you have

[46:36] seen. Let's get this fixed. It's very

[46:41] forward thinking. She wants to

[46:43] participate and help. Anything our

[46:52] office can do., I want to make one more

[46:56] note from her press release the planned

[46:57] interchange improvements are unique

[46:58] approach to address infrastructure

[46:59] improvement needs before interchange

[47:00] failures occur. Investments offer an

[47:03] opportunity to bring solutions and

[47:04] strengthen the quality of life of

[47:06] residents. We don't know she will have

[47:08] this approved but she is working on

[47:12] behalf of arapahoe county. We would

[47:13] like to help you with anything else we

[47:14] are happy to write letters of support,

[47:16] whatever project we talked about

[47:19] before, you were asking about, we are

[47:23] here to help. Reach out to us, I will

[47:26] try to make as many of the meetings as

[47:30] I can. I will get that email that

[47:34] bounced back I feel bad because you

[47:35] were the one that bounced back

[47:36] >> it was not me

[47:38] >> okay. We will figure it out. I can

[47:43] leave my card, but you already have it.

[47:45] thank you

[47:49] >> and, kendra is coming to assist

[47:55] >> welcome to the access live event

[47:56] conference center

[48:03] >> [indiscernible] what has happened is

[48:05] we lost our audio phone. We are getting

[48:09] folks back in the queue. And working

[48:14] that out so everyone has the

[48:16] opportunity to speak.

[48:22] >> thank you very much. Are we ready

[48:36] now, michelle? Is everything back

[48:40] online?

[48:41] >> we can hear you commissioner

[48:45] >> great, we will move forward with

[48:46] who's in the room and the folks online,

[48:48] if they were able to get back online we

[48:52] will hear from them. Rebecca kander

[49:01] >> if I miss pronounce your name let me

[49:02] know

[49:08] >> [indiscernible] my name is rebecca

[49:12] kander 7487 glencoe court in

[49:15] centennial. I've been a resident of

[49:19] colorado for 31 years. I'm here in

[49:20] support of those who have spoke very

[49:24] much especially appreciate the research

[49:26] they have done with respect to our

[49:31] voting. I wanted to stay away

[49:35] truthfully, I have 1000 other things I

[49:36] need to be doing for other people. Yet

[49:41] yesterday, it was memorial day and

[49:42] thank you about the 1.2 million service

[49:46] who died so we can self govern. I could

[49:53] not. The truth is, if we aren't able to

[49:59] know where all the votes went, then we

[50:02] don't know who is governing. It is

[50:07] super important. It is foundational. My

[50:17] uncle used to finance his whole

[50:20] vacation by saving his change. This is

[50:26] one place where we have some control,

[50:30] you have some control. Please, for your

[50:34] sake, for our children's sake, for the

[50:38] sake of those who have given their

[50:39] lives, do something with it. Do the

[50:47] investigation. And yes, I want my money

[50:48] back if I find out my vote has been

[50:50] changed, and my property taxes were

[50:52] altered. And I like the idea of leaving

[50:59] the fines in place because they work

[51:04] well. Be careful of the drainage thank

[51:05] you guys

[51:06] >> thank you for your remarks. Greg

[51:07] sullivan

[51:13] >> good morning board of commissioners,

[51:25] greg sullivan 7775 southfield in

[51:29] littleton district 4, here to talk

[51:30] about say no to costco to gas pumps I

[51:35] talked to you before. I said last time

[51:36] I wanted to come back with more

[51:40] information for you. I said I would

[51:42] talk about the health [indiscernible]

[51:44] 32 gas pumps. It is tremendously bad I

[51:48] have given you a flyer it estimates

[51:55] using 500 students and children within

[51:56] 500 meters of the 32 gas pumps, I won't

[52:02] go through all the numbers you have

[52:03] direct cost attributed cost indirect

[52:04] cost intangible costs. I listed them

[52:08] for you. $50,000 per year for 50

[52:12] students affected by asthma. Asthma 10

[52:15] percent of children in the us have

[52:17] asthma. It's a good number to work off

[52:20] of. The second thing is, I want to read

[52:24] to you based upon the health impacts. I

[52:28] want to read to you a petition. The

[52:37] petition letter states, you have it in

[52:39] front of you, public health to costco

[52:44] fuel center near schools. Public health

[52:47] we the signatures of the petition ask

[52:52] for stopping costco 32 gas pumps. I

[52:57] have 280 signatures now on the petition.

[53:03] we respectively petition arapahoe

[53:04] board of county commissioners to deny

[53:07] or relocate the proposed fuel center

[53:09] with 32 pumps, which is currently

[53:13] planned to be constructed within 500

[53:14] meters of two schools elder care and

[53:18] neighborhoods. It's ridiculous that was

[53:27] approved. The proposal poses a

[53:29] significant health risk to children

[53:30] particularly through benzene foc

[53:33] exposure. Elevated asthma as I just

[53:37] told you the cost. We are local

[53:43] citizens in arapahoe county who attend

[53:44] schools here in this area would be

[53:50] exposed to even during school hours and

[53:53] outdoor activities. [indiscernible]

[53:54] park is right down the street, kids

[53:57] play there every saturday and

[53:59] throughout the week. These are things

[54:00] that have to be addressed. We request

[54:06] to deny the approval of costco fuel

[54:07] center in the current proposal,

[54:10] commissioned an independent health

[54:11] impact assessment and air quality. For

[54:14] the attorney that is the petition

[54:16] before you. Attorney for the county, I

[54:19] want you to look at this ruling in

[54:29] [indiscernible] county maryland, costco

[54:31] versus montgomery county. They denied

[54:33] 16 gas pumps, we have 32, it's not

[54:40] necessary. The county overturn costco

[54:42] and lost that one, costco is not

[54:46] indefensible, invincible you can do it

[54:49] thank you

[54:50] >> thank you very much for your

[54:56] comments mr. Sullivan. Since james

[54:57] locust had to go, and he did his first,

[55:00] that completes the in the room speakers

[55:03] and now we will go online. As a

[55:08] reminder to the folks on the phone, I

[55:13] will let you know unless you've got

[55:16] your time are going, I will let you

[55:17] know when you get to 30 seconds and

[55:18] when you need to stop. Michelle?

[55:26] >> high commissioners, are first caller

[55:29] is the last four digits 8533. Please

[55:35] state your name and address for the

[55:36] record you are alive with the board of

[55:37] county commissioners

[55:38] >> my name is [indiscernible] thank you

[55:44] commissioners for being able to make

[55:48] comments by phone. I had a scheduling

[55:49] conflict by may 13 comments to

[55:50] commissioners were revised and

[55:53] presented city council may 20 meeting,

[55:56] that papermaking the spur trail plan

[56:01] [indiscernible] was attached to the

[56:05] email I transmitted in today's comment

[56:11] to commissioner last night. Early on

[56:12] this morning I discovered I inadvertently

[56:14] attached the wrong graph so apologies

[56:15] on the email for the second attachment

[56:20] earlier today in that first email I

[56:23] asked that special attention be given a

[56:24] graphic illustration on the first page,

[56:30] I know [indiscernible] it illustrates

[56:31] how the city neglected three or four

[56:33] central recreation dimensions for the

[56:37] mineral gulch spur trail,

[56:38] [indiscernible] improvements phase 1

[56:41] project. Numbers two and four in the

[56:42] green shaded box in the upper ran hand

[56:46] corner, instead it only focuses on

[56:49] activities many citizens so why comment

[56:53] further all of the adverse comments

[56:57] from city council and staff has

[56:58] received about the mineral gulch spur

[57:01] trail of the project [indiscernible]

[57:03] still be unaware of the significant

[57:07] planning errors and omissions and

[57:11] deficiencies in the project. Instead

[57:19] council majority repeated a fear when

[57:20] any modifications to plans oversights

[57:21] and deficiencies would make department

[57:22] secure for the whole project and now it

[57:23] appears city staff misled citizens and

[57:28] council [indiscernible] and trail users

[57:32] and respect the mineral gulch setting

[57:35] itself. Citizens come from the city

[57:39] would have easily met mobility goals by

[57:42] a dual trail design and the hard

[57:48] surface trail among the trees growing

[57:49] between the existing trail mineral

[57:52] avenue city staff denied that

[58:00] feasibility [indiscernible] it appears

[58:01] the cities rejection of some recreation

[58:04] signs and reason logic represents a

[58:07] disregard for citizens and recreational

[58:08] trail users and I like. Last but not

[58:11] least it was argued the project had to

[58:13] proceed without delay due to highway

[58:16] safety concerns at the pedestrian

[58:23] crossing [indiscernible] but warning

[58:24] signs further downhill to give adequate

[58:29] advance warning would immediately

[58:32] reduce the risk. Therefore not appear

[58:34] invisible to request funding be withheld

[58:44] to allow time for the city to modify

[58:45] the spur trail portion of the project

[58:46] by correcting as many errors and

[58:47] capturing missed opportunities for

[58:49] funding partners and the citizens being

[58:53] served and hopefully put the city of

[58:54] littleton on a responsive path forward

[58:55] thank you very much

[58:56] >> thank you we appreciate it

[59:01] >> michelle?

[59:07] >> our next caller is the last four

[59:10] digits 6106. State your name and

[59:11] address for the record and go ahead

[59:16] >> good afternoon, my name is edward

[59:19] solomon [indiscernible] ridge new york.

[59:27] I'm starting with article 4 section 4

[59:28] united states constitution upon we

[59:29] filed in the nevada courts. United

[59:33] states shall guarantee every state in

[59:34] the union republican form of

[59:35] government, shall guarantee not make

[59:40] hopeful. Any state whose elections are

[59:42] not free or fair cannot be republican

[59:44] inform, line 1 in our court case. What

[59:49] happened in arapahoe county and across

[59:53] america, and what is still happening in

[59:57] 2024 with lockstep, it's a

[59:58] constitutional crisis not a clerical

[1:00:02] error. Arapahoe is not an isolated

[1:00:05] incident. Across the state in colorado

[1:00:08] nevada maryland georgia florida

[1:00:09] pennsylvania michigan, you find me any

[1:00:14] ballot propositional raising taxes or

[1:00:19] on abortion, ballot measure that should

[1:00:20] be split on partisan lines, instead I

[1:00:25] get perfect lockstep motion between

[1:00:29] democrat and republican candidates, by

[1:00:30] trump and biden or trump and kamala

[1:00:34] these tell me ideological opposites but

[1:00:37] for reasons that ratio move in perfect

[1:00:41] harmony that's because the behaviors

[1:00:42] being controlled by an external force.

[1:00:45] when we submitted this in the nevada

[1:00:47] court last year, in that case is still

[1:00:51] ongoing, what did arapahoe county do?

[1:00:54] they released a new vote record,

[1:01:02] one that erases the lockstep motion but

[1:01:03] in doing so arapahoe county did the

[1:01:04] amazing thing in american history they

[1:01:07] [indiscernible] across the united

[1:01:08] states that are in terrible error. You

[1:01:12] prove that lockstep motion cannot occur

[1:01:16] naturally, free and fair elections do

[1:01:17] not come with engineered geometrical

[1:01:20] symmetry. You won our case in the

[1:01:24] nevada. This lockstep motion occurs

[1:01:28] again in your 2024 elections and it

[1:01:29] happens again in the new cvr, just in

[1:01:35] different ratios. What I want to know

[1:01:37] personally is why was the nevada court

[1:01:42] [indiscernible] the plaintiff and the

[1:01:45] thompson or I detected this across

[1:01:49] state lines why weren't we notified of

[1:01:50] these changes and ongoing litigation.

[1:01:53] why were the citizens of arapahoe

[1:01:57] notified until after a half-hour after

[1:01:58] I called the fbi? I have no authority

[1:02:04] [indiscernible] without disclosing the

[1:02:07] nevada courts, you tampered with

[1:02:09] evidence across state lines. The fbi

[1:02:12] and doj are making official inquiries

[1:02:15] on this. So so help you god open to the

[1:02:20] fbi I will go to pam bondi right now

[1:02:23] before it's too late

[1:02:24] >> thank you for your comments

[1:02:28] >> with that, do we have anyone else

[1:02:30] online?

[1:02:34] >> commissioners, there is no one else

[1:02:37] in the queue at this time

[1:02:38] >> thank you very very much.

[1:02:40] >> know you may not [speaker off mic].

[1:02:49] you may not, I am running this meeting,

[1:02:55] as a reminder while the board does not

[1:02:56] respond to individual comments during

[1:02:57] the section of the agenda, please note

[1:03:01] we listen to these concerns we take

[1:03:02] note of the issues for resolution. I

[1:03:06] can share that a lot of what has been

[1:03:07] said in the room today has been

[1:03:11] addressed by the county commissioners

[1:03:15] and we look forward to repeating some

[1:03:18] things and sharing more things with our

[1:03:24] constituents we encourage you to email

[1:03:31] us at commissioners@arapahoegov.com. If

[1:03:32] we were not able to hear your comments

[1:03:34] today. We will move forward. I do

[1:03:41] apologize for being clear and succinct

[1:03:47] in my care for the agenda as presented.

[1:03:51] thank you very much. Now we are moving

[1:03:54] on. We have one proclamation to issue,

[1:04:02] recognizing may 2025 as asian american

[1:04:06] and pacific islander heritage. Before I

[1:04:07] ask for the motion to approve the

[1:04:10] proclamation I would like to welcome

[1:04:11] commissioner rhonda fields to the dais

[1:04:15] thank you very much for racing to get

[1:04:17] here from your event. We appreciate it.

[1:04:21] is there a motion to approve the

[1:04:23] proclamation?

[1:04:29] >> madam chair, commissioner campbell,

[1:04:33] I move we approve the proclamation

[1:04:41] establishing and recognizing may 2025

[1:04:42] as asian american and pacific islander

[1:04:44] heritage month. I will second that

[1:04:45] motion

[1:04:48] >> it has been made to approve the

[1:04:55] proclamation by commissioner campbell,

[1:04:56] properly seconded by commissioner

[1:04:58] baker. All in favor? I will read the

[1:05:05] proclamation. A proclamation

[1:05:08] establishing may 2025 as asian american

[1:05:09] and pacific islander heritage month.

[1:05:16] whereas the united states recognizes

[1:05:17] may as asian american and pacific

[1:05:20] islander heritage month celebrating the

[1:05:22] extraordinary contributions rich

[1:05:23] cultural heritage and diverse

[1:05:25] traditions of americans and of asian

[1:05:30] and pacific islander descent. Whereas

[1:05:34] asian-americans and pacific islanders

[1:05:35] represent more than 30 countries and

[1:05:38] ethnic groups speaking over 100

[1:05:39] languages have strengthened our nation

[1:05:40] through their achievements in art

[1:05:44] science business medicine education

[1:05:48] government and military service.

[1:05:51] whereas president jimmy carter chose

[1:05:52] made because it commemorates the

[1:05:53] immigration of the first japanese

[1:05:56] citizen [indiscernible] to the united

[1:05:57] states on may 7, 1843 and is also the

[1:06:04] anniversary of the may 10, 1869

[1:06:05] completion of the first

[1:06:10] transcontinental railroad built with

[1:06:11] the backbreaking labor of nearly 20,000

[1:06:15] chinese immigrants. Whereas in

[1:06:19] celebrating the aapi communities we

[1:06:22] must also recognize the discrimination

[1:06:23] exclusion outright violence they

[1:06:24] continue to face to this day.

[1:06:27] throughout our history aapi have been

[1:06:28] the target of violence t efforts to at

[1:06:42] the federal state and local level and

[1:06:43] whereas we honor the courage and

[1:06:44] resilience of aapi communities who have

[1:06:45] overcome prejudice anniversary

[1:06:46] throughout our history and in a time

[1:06:48] when many are trying to erase the more

[1:06:49] troublesome aspects of the american

[1:06:53] story and by disregarding or ignoring

[1:06:55] transgressions of our past, we are at

[1:07:00] risk of repeating them. Whereas 20

[1:07:02] million asian-americans and pacific

[1:07:03] islanders live in the united states and

[1:07:06] continue, to enrich our national fabric

[1:07:12] to their vibrant cultural traditions

[1:07:13] entrepreneurial spirit innovative

[1:07:14] leadership and dedication to public

[1:07:17] service. Now therefore the arapahoe

[1:07:22] county board of county commissioners

[1:07:23] proclaim may 2025 as the asian american

[1:07:24] and pacific islander heritage month and

[1:07:27] call upon all residents to celebrate

[1:07:31] the immeasurable contributions of the

[1:07:33] aapi communities to learn about their

[1:07:34] histories and commit to the principles

[1:07:36] of inclusion understanding and respect

[1:07:39] for all people.

[1:07:44] >> thank you very much thank you

[1:07:45] commissioner fields

[1:07:49] >> are there commissioner comments on

[1:07:50] the proclamation?

[1:07:52] >> commissioner campbell

[1:07:55] >> I wanted to note that I am very

[1:08:00] proud to have the highest concentration

[1:08:06] of south asian americans in my

[1:08:11] district, in the state. I think you can

[1:08:12] see through the vibrant contributions

[1:08:15] they made, the beautiful holy festival

[1:08:19] we have, and I wanted to recognize our

[1:08:21] living history and arapahoe county, pk

[1:08:27] kaiser is our first aapi elected

[1:08:34] official countywide, our assessor, has

[1:08:35] done incredible work in that role and

[1:08:38] has brought a perspective and brought a

[1:08:44] community to the table that did not

[1:08:45] previously have representation at the

[1:08:47] county level. Just wanted to

[1:08:50] acknowledge that, shout out to my

[1:08:54] amazing constituents for making

[1:08:56] district 2 the best district and very

[1:09:06] happy and excited to be welcomed into

[1:09:07] that community and celebrate with them

[1:09:11] in various ways. That's all thank you

[1:09:12] madam chair

[1:09:13] >> thank you commissioner campbell. Any

[1:09:17] other comments on asian-pacific

[1:09:19] heritage month? I have a comment. I

[1:09:23] want to reiterate what was in the

[1:09:28] proclamation, so much of what is good

[1:09:32] about infrastructure in the country is

[1:09:33] because of the chinese people who built

[1:09:36] the railroad. That is a very important

[1:09:42] aspect to me, and to all of the

[1:09:44] residents of arapahoe county regardless

[1:09:45] of their station or ethnicity or

[1:09:46] religion, they are welcome here. I am

[1:09:52] proud to offer the proclamation

[1:09:59] establishing may 2025 as asian american

[1:10:01] pacific islander heritage month. If we

[1:10:02] have no other comments, we will take a

[1:10:06] moment to memorialize this with a

[1:10:09] photo. Let's head back and get a

[1:10:11] picture.

[1:10:17] >> deputy hamilton?

[1:10:20] >>[photos]

[1:10:51] >> we are back. We took our quick photo

[1:11:55] to memorialize the proclamation. We

[1:11:56] have seven items on the consent agenda.

[1:11:58] does anyone wish to remove an item? I

[1:12:04] see none. I will entertain a motion to

[1:12:08] approve the consent agenda. Madam chair

[1:12:09] I make a motion to approve the items on

[1:12:13] the consent agenda, second. Moved and

[1:12:15] properly seconded by commissioner baker

[1:12:18] and commissioner campbell to approve

[1:12:19] the consent agenda as written. All in

[1:12:29] favor? Great. I'm going to ask at this

[1:12:32] anyway, any abstentions or objections?

[1:12:39] we have no general business items

[1:12:40] before us today so we moved to the next

[1:12:42] item which is commissioner comments,

[1:12:46] our opportunity for the commissioners

[1:12:47] to make remarks about what they are

[1:12:50] doing, issues of importance

[1:12:53] remembrances thank yous. Do we have any

[1:12:55] commissioner comments?

[1:13:00] >> thank you very much we appreciate

[1:13:04] it. With that being no commissioner

[1:13:10] comments, the meeting for may 2027 2025

[1:13:14] arapahoe county board of commissioners

[1:13:16] is adjourned.

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