[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.