1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,240 Hi, I'm Brooke Dunn. I'm the 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,000 communications and marketing coordinator 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,560 for the town of Breenidge. Last night we 4 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:08,960 had a town council meeting. I'm joined 5 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:10,880 by Jay Beckerman to talk about it. How 6 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:12,559 are you today, Jay? Oh, wonderful, 7 00:00:12,559 --> 00:00:14,559 Brooke. Thank you so much. It was a 8 00:00:14,559 --> 00:00:17,440 fantastic meeting. We had a lot of uh 9 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,840 new and old faces joining us last night. 10 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,240 It was fantastic. Yeah, a lot of good 11 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:24,320 things to talk about. So, let's just 12 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,400 jump right in. Let's talk about the US 13 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:27,760 Forest Service. What can you tell us 14 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,920 about their presentation? Well, we had 15 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,160 Seth from the US Forest Service come in 16 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:34,480 and talk about the Camp Hail National 17 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:36,399 Monument. And for those of you that 18 00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:38,800 don't know, in 2022, 19 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,040 uh, President Biden had designated the 20 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,000 southern portion of the 10mi range as a 21 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,879 national monument. And what this did was 22 00:00:46,879 --> 00:00:49,280 it set off some things in motion in 23 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,320 looking at management plans and usage 24 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,879 plans for those areas. We're talking 25 00:00:54,879 --> 00:00:57,920 about Blue Lakes, uh, Spruce Creek, uh, 26 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,520 Trail Head, Quandry, and Mcculla Gulch 27 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,480 specifically. And so we got a 28 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,560 presentation on, uh, items that were to 29 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,439 ease our guest uh, interactions with the 30 00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:11,840 trail heads as well as our residents as 31 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,400 well. And these uh, suggestions have 32 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,280 been through uh, the Breck open space 33 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,759 committee, uh, through the county's open 34 00:01:19,759 --> 00:01:21,439 space. They're going in front of the 35 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:23,439 board of county commissioners. But last 36 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:25,439 night they presented it to us over at 37 00:01:25,439 --> 00:01:27,920 town council. And I think that there was 38 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,720 a lot of um it it's more of a master 39 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,280 plan of what um future mitigation of the 40 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,960 traffic and the congestion at those 41 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:40,000 trail heads might look like if the usage 42 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,880 keeps up uh in the same uh pace as it 43 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,520 is. Uh this includes adding facilities 44 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,360 such as restrooms, adding shuttles to uh 45 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,600 very similar to the one at Quandry to 46 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,840 the Spruce Creek trail head and then 47 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,880 also some connector trails. And so uh I 48 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,119 think all in all council was very 49 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:01,040 receptive and we're interested to see it 50 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,119 move up forward to a NEPA process which 51 00:02:03,119 --> 00:02:05,520 is through the federal uh uh forest 52 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,759 service and to kind of see what those 53 00:02:07,759 --> 00:02:09,440 recommendations are. That's about a 54 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,680 two-year process as they get feedback 55 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,120 from uh stakeholders. Yeah, it is just 56 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,280 the beginning of this I feel like at 57 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,400 least for our end of things like the the 58 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,160 conversation has started with them 59 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,879 coming to this and giving us a 60 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:26,000 presentation and giving us all the 61 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,080 information. So, I can't wait to see 62 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:29,920 where that one goes. I think it's great 63 00:02:29,920 --> 00:02:33,440 to have that um process in place and 64 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,680 that plan in place in case we do need to 65 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,760 deploy it. So, it'll be interesting. I 66 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,120 agree. Um, next let's talk about our 67 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,200 building energy code. What can you tell 68 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,920 us about that? There are some changes. 69 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:48,319 Rick Fouts was so great in uh our chief 70 00:02:48,319 --> 00:02:51,040 building uh inspector and chief building 71 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,280 official was in to uh talk about the 72 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,200 IEC, which is the new building code that 73 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,000 will be uh implemented later this year. 74 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,319 And this is not really something that we 75 00:03:02,319 --> 00:03:05,200 have a lot of um jurisdiction over. 76 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,519 we're we're forced on on this every six 77 00:03:07,519 --> 00:03:09,599 years to take on the new building code, 78 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:11,680 but he's done such a great job at 79 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,080 outreach and we have seven meetings uh 80 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,239 planned for architects, for builders, 81 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:18,319 for engineers to come and learn about 82 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:20,959 the new building code. And the best part 83 00:03:20,959 --> 00:03:23,920 from our standpoint is that it actually 84 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:26,959 lessens the layers of codes, but this 85 00:03:26,959 --> 00:03:28,800 absorbs one of the other layers that 86 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,080 used to be on the code. Um, and so it 87 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:33,920 simplifies it to a certain extent. And 88 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:35,280 so we're really looking forward to 89 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,680 seeing that implemented and uh getting 90 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,080 the information out. Rick's got the uh 91 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,440 seven open houses uh set up for it and 92 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:44,959 uh for those involved in the building 93 00:03:44,959 --> 00:03:47,599 industry. Yeah, it's a lot of 94 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:50,560 information, but I think Rick and staff, 95 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,159 they're doing a great job on getting it 96 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:54,720 out there and I think that, you know, 97 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,400 making it digestible is going to be 98 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,439 great. Absolutely. Now, let's talk about 99 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:01,040 something I'm really excited about, 100 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,280 which is runway. What can you tell us 101 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,080 about this? We had a great discussion on 102 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,640 Runway um last night and for those of 103 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,760 you that don't know, Runway is our last 104 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,720 giant workforce housing project left in 105 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,040 town. Uh there will be other projects 106 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,799 available, but this is um of this scale. 107 00:04:20,799 --> 00:04:23,680 148 units are planned and these are a 108 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,680 mix of town homes, two-bedroom town 109 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,880 homes, three-bedroom town homes, 110 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,720 duplexes, single families, and single 111 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,600 families with ADUs added to them. So, 112 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,160 there's a really big product mix. Um, 113 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,000 and we're really excited to kind of see 114 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,639 it launch. The discussion last night was 115 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:42,880 how much the town should be subsidizing 116 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,960 this project. And um the the the desire 117 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,080 of of town and the council and staff is 118 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,639 to make the two-bedroom and 119 00:04:52,639 --> 00:04:54,400 three-bedroom town of homes as 120 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:56,720 affordable as possible for first 121 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,040 firsttime home buyers. And this is, you 122 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,520 know, we're looking at 123 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,520 $350,000 to start off, which is, you 124 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,800 know, 25% of what market cost is right 125 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,000 now. And so that is a subsidy of 126 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,560 approximately $50 million from the town 127 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,320 that we'll be looking at investing over 128 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,680 a course of about six years. And um so 129 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,840 yeah, a lot of lot of really great 130 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:22,240 conversation. Uh interesting to see 131 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:27,199 where um we are as a town and how much 132 00:05:27,199 --> 00:05:31,039 more this valley um in density can 133 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:34,240 really hold. And uh we're really excited 134 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,720 to look at how we can bring in these 135 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,360 workforce housing units at a uh 136 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,479 attainable price that doesn't put uh 137 00:05:42,479 --> 00:05:46,000 overdue burden onto the homeowner in uh 138 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,240 mortgage costs, interest costs, HOA 139 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,400 dues, and all the other things that add 140 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,360 up. And um I think one of the things 141 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,240 that we heard uh last night was that 142 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,240 there was a desire to continue our 143 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,199 housing helps and our buy down programs 144 00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:03,919 along simultaneously with making this 145 00:06:03,919 --> 00:06:06,080 giant investment in the work workforce 146 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,240 housing um project of runway. And so the 147 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,039 housing helps is a program that the town 148 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:16,479 has that provides uh money a percentage 149 00:06:16,479 --> 00:06:19,199 of uh the value of the house in order in 150 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:20,720 exchange for a deed restriction, a 151 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,400 voluntary deed restriction that lives 152 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,639 with the home. And then the buy downs 153 00:06:24,639 --> 00:06:27,120 are when the town and the housing 154 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,520 department does see opportunities in the 155 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,000 market, they will purchase a house at 156 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,720 market uh market rate, put a deed 157 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,680 restriction on it, and then resell it to 158 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,199 uh residents and workforce in the 159 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:41,360 county. And so we're really excited to 160 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,000 see that program still continuing even 161 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,840 with that massive investment from the 162 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,400 town. Mhm. I know. I know staff has 163 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,960 thought about this immensely and I know 164 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,680 that council is very diligent in what 165 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,360 they're kind of recommending that staff 166 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:56,800 does. So, I think you guys are working 167 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,120 really great. But I'm very excited about 168 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,280 the mixture of houses that are going to 169 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:03,360 be available with Runway. That's so 170 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,599 true. And with the the different 171 00:07:05,599 --> 00:07:07,360 demographic, there's actually going to 172 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,800 be up to 12 homes that will be have a 173 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,319 light deed restriction, meaning that 174 00:07:12,319 --> 00:07:14,479 there won't be an appreciation cap. and 175 00:07:14,479 --> 00:07:16,319 those are going to help subsidize some 176 00:07:16,319 --> 00:07:19,680 of the other more heavily uh subsidized 177 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,440 um town homes and duplexes. Uh and and 178 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,759 so we're really looking at a product mix 179 00:07:25,759 --> 00:07:28,960 to make this a true neighborhood and to 180 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,039 have that neighborhood feeling. And so 181 00:07:31,039 --> 00:07:33,120 it it'll be great. I think it will be 182 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,280 and I can't wait to learn more about it 183 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,199 in May when they come back to talk about 184 00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:40,000 it. Absolutely, Brooke. And it is 185 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,160 imperative that we take our time and 186 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,639 make sure this is right. Um, we're 187 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:46,479 definitely going to be launching the 188 00:07:46,479 --> 00:07:49,599 infrastructure for phase one this summer 189 00:07:49,599 --> 00:07:51,759 and so getting some of the lines in the 190 00:07:51,759 --> 00:07:54,160 ground and the sewer and the water and 191 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,879 uh and then we'll be proceeding slowly 192 00:07:56,879 --> 00:07:59,280 to make sure that we are doing the best 193 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:00,879 we can for our community and our 194 00:08:00,879 --> 00:08:02,680 workforce. 195 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,520 Awesome. Now, let's talk a little bit 196 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,240 about the pavilion. What can you tell us 197 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,800 about the pavilion at Kingdom Park? 198 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,840 As you know, we uh took the two dirt uh 199 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,479 ball fields that are on the southern 200 00:08:16,479 --> 00:08:20,560 part of Kingdom Park and we did uh uh 201 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,680 put artificial astroturf on those which 202 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:26,800 uh was a rational decision at the time 203 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,960 because those fields needed a ton of 204 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,680 work and this was a more sustainable way 205 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,959 of moving forward and it allows for our 206 00:08:34,959 --> 00:08:37,279 athletics to have access to the field 207 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:40,800 for about almost year round to uh from 208 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,480 we're looking from April until even 209 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,959 November. And um the middle part the 210 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:49,040 part in between those two fields is 211 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,120 called the pavilion. And we've looked at 212 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,680 a couple different options of maximizing 213 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:56,839 that area making sure that it's ADA 214 00:08:56,839 --> 00:08:59,519 accessible and then trying to figure out 215 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:01,839 what facilities and what uh amenities 216 00:09:01,839 --> 00:09:03,760 are needed there. So, we'll be putting 217 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,080 in new bathrooms, a shade structure, 218 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,240 even some batting cages, which is going 219 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,560 to provide the uh Summit High School 220 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:13,120 baseball team a home field for the first 221 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,160 time uh in Summit County uh history. So, 222 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,399 we're really excited about that. Yeah, 223 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:20,880 it's a great project. It's a great space 224 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,519 and I think it'll be used a lot better 225 00:09:23,519 --> 00:09:24,959 with the improvements that we're 226 00:09:24,959 --> 00:09:27,040 planning on doing without a doubt. And 227 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,680 we were fortunate enough um John Door 228 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:32,000 from recreation put on an open house 229 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,240 where we had great participation. We had 230 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,399 high country soccer there, the our 231 00:09:36,399 --> 00:09:39,519 softball league, um the Summit High 232 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:42,080 School baseball team and a lot of staff 233 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,399 to really make sure that we're doing it 234 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:47,200 right where it allows for the most 235 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,120 amenities for the most people and the 236 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,600 highest amount of usage. The one thing 237 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,240 that uh our some of our locals may have 238 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,200 to get used to is for currently the 239 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,760 playground that is at Kingdom Park will 240 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,560 need to be removed as it has aged out 241 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,959 and uh with plans in the future to do 242 00:10:04,959 --> 00:10:07,279 something new there. Yeah. And I know 243 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:09,600 there's more conversations around that. 244 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,600 So, everyone just needs to stay tuned to 245 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,760 see what council comes up with. Well, I 246 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:15,279 guess staff comes up with and council 247 00:10:15,279 --> 00:10:16,880 approves. That's right, Brooke. 248 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,920 Absolutely. Well, all of that was really 249 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,399 great. So, thank you so much for your 250 00:10:22,399 --> 00:10:24,320 time yesterday and thank you guys for 251 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,880 watching.