Good evening.
I
d like to call to order our
City Council meeting for
Tuesday, AUGUST 4th, 2026. I
m
going to ask Council member
Fiedler to lead us in the
Pledge of Allegiance.
To the Republic for six one
nation under GOD, indivisible,
with liberty and justice.
Thank you, MADAM City Clerk,
please call the roll. Mayor,
here.
Mayor Pro Tem Padilla here.
Council member Carbajal.
She
s traveling.
Council member. Collins here.
Council member.
Fiedler here.
Council member. Green. Key.
Council member. Snyder here.
Council member. Taddeo.
Present.
Council member. Wirth. Here.
You have a quorum, Your Honor.
Thank you. Next. The approval
of. Oh, no, not the approval.
Hold on, MADAM City clerk,
please read the consent agenda
to the record.
Item two a approval of the JULY
7th, 2026 City Council minutes.
Item two be a resolution of the
City Council of the City of
Brighton, Colorado. Appointing
members to the City of Brighton
Youth Commission for terms
ending in JUNE of 2028.
Thank you. What is the pleasure
Council? Council member green.
Thank you. Mayor. I approve of
the AUGUST 4th consent agenda.
Can I make a motion to approve
it.?
And then Council member
Fiedler.
Thank you. Mayor. I
ll second.
We have a first and second to
approve the consent agenda as
presented. Roll call. Vote.
Motion passes 8 to 0 and one
absent. Next is the approval of
the regular agenda. When our
screens clear. Who
d like to
make that motion? Council
member Snyder.
I move to approve the regular
agenda as presented.
Council member Taddeo.
Thank you. I
ll second that.
We have a first and second to
approve the regular agenda.
Roll call. Vote. Motion passes
8 to 0 with one absent. Moving
on to ceremonies. Why?
Everybody
s here. Right. Item
for a swear in Brighton Youth
Commission and Brighton Youth
Impact members. Uh, we
d like
to welcome back City Manager
Martinez.
I forgot how to turn on my
microphone.
Yes.
It
s good to be back. Thank you
all. I appreciate that if you
are here this evening to be
sworn in, please join us at the
podium. And our city clerk will
meet you there.
That
s a lot of you.
Raise your right hand. Repeat
after me. I state your name.
I. Great.
Do solemnly declare..
Solemnly declare.
And affirm. Affirm that I will
support.
And this is.
The Constitution of the United.
States of the United States.
The Constitution.
Of the State of Colorado.
The Brighton Municipal Charter.
Municipal.
And the office.
Of the Office of.
Youth Commission.
Member unit. Commission member.
I will faithfully perform.
Faithfully for. The office the
duties of the office, not
death.
Thank you all so.
Much.
Who.
Is this the introduction part?
Now, Tanya. All right, that
s
for b. Go for it.
Good evening. Mayor. City
council members, city staff,
families and guests. My name is
Isaac. And this summer, I had
the privilege of serving as a
growing grads intern. Tonight,
I
m also honored to be inducted
as a member of the Brighton
Youth Commission. One of the
things that I
ve learned this
summer is that Brighton just
doesn
t ask young people to be
the future. It gives us
opportunities to contribute.
Today. Tonight, you
re
welcoming new members into two
of these opportunities. The
Brand Youth Commission gives
young people meaningful
opportunities to engage with
local government, develop as
leaders, and make a positive
impact in the Brighton
community. Brian Impact
provides hands on opportunities
to develop leadership through
service, teamwork and community
involvement. These programs
remind us that leadership isn
t
about a title. It
s about
listening, taking initiative,
serving others, and being
willing to make a difference.
They help us build confidence,
develop new skills, and
discover that our voices
matter. As someone who
s
experienced one city youth
leadership program and is now
beginning another, I can say
these opportunities have a real
impact. They don
t just prepare
for someday. They allow us to
make a difference. Today, on
behalf of everyone being
inducted tonight. Thank you for
believing in young people
enough to invest in us. Your
support creates opportunities
that help us grow into leaders
who care deeply about brain and
want to make a positive
difference. Thank you for this
opportunity. I
m excited to
begin serving alongside my
fellow commissioners. Now I
m
going to have each new member
introduce themselves. Please
say your name. Great. And
school.
Hello, my name is Elias and I
m
entering the ninth grade at,
um, Eagle Ridge Academy.
My name is Lorenzo Freitas and
I
m going into seventh grade at
Beacon Middle School.
My name is Izzy. I
m going into
ninth grade at Brighton High
School.
Um, my name is Estrella, and
I
m going to sixth grade. And
Foundation Academy.
My name is Eddie Adobe. I
m
going into eighth grade at
Beacon Middle School.
My name is Derek, and I
m going
to Quest Middle School. And I
m
going to sixth grade.
My name is Sofia Chavez, and I
am going into ninth grade at
Riverdale Ridge High School.
My name is Adeline Christensen,
and I
m going into seventh
grade at Century Middle School.
My name is Julie McKinney, and
I
m going to seventh grade to
to Chris Smith School.
My name is Xavier and I
m going
into seventh grade at
Foundations Academy.
I
m Elizabeth Holbrook.
I
m going into ninth grade at
Frederick High School.
My name is Margaret Amaya. I
m
going into the seventh grade at
Foundations Academy.
My name is Malia. I
m going to
the ninth grade at Riverdale
Ridge High School. My name is
Dallas, and I
m going to the
eighth grade at Quest Middle
School. My name is Joseph, and
i
m going to initiate a Quest
Middle school.
My name is Addison Sanchez. I
m
going to eighth grade at
Foundations Academy.
My name is Nancy Sanchez. I
m
entering 12th grade at Eagle
Ridge Academy.
Good afternoon.
I
m Valentina, and I
m entering
12th grade at Eagle. Richard.
Good evening. My name is Kim,
and I
m going into my junior
year at Bryan High School.
My name is Isaac, and I
m going
into my sophomore year at
Brighton High School.
My name is Ari, and I
m
entering, uh, 11th grade in the
state school.
I didn
t clarify mostly the
teal poles, our youth
commission and the black t
shirts are impact members. And
we
re so excited to have them
all join us. Thank you so much
for your time tonight.
So we have them circle around
and we do one big picture
together. Is that going to be
too crowded.
To try? Can we maybe just go
this way.
Like go have them come around?
Yes.
Isaac, stay right. In that
circle.
You could stand. Just have the
taller kids.
Taller. Comes this way back
then all friends you are more
and more. They can squeeze in.
You guys squeeze in here.
I stand.
In the front row.
Just stand in between.
Them.
Yeah. Just make sure you
re
not.
Blocking the person behind. You
can see somebody
s head.
Then you got to kind of, like,
look around a little bit, you
know, find a window.
Wow.
You
re welcome to take
pictures.
Too. All right, let me move.
Okay.
While you
re dispersing, just
just want to thank all the
youth for volunteering and
being a part of this group.
You
re going to you
re going to
be well filled this year. So
thank you for being a part of
the Youth Commission and the
Youth Impact Group. We
ll let
people disperse if they choose.
But everybody
s welcome to
stay. So nobody
s being kicked
out. Now we got a lot of
capacity here. All right. Um,
next on the agenda is the, uh,
item five. Public invited to be
heard on matters that are not
on the agenda. I have two
people signed up to speak. I
also have three other signed up
for another item coming up on
the agenda, but these two are
for the ones that are speaking
on items that are not on the
agenda. So first I have Tom
Lambo come on over, Tom. You
know how it goes. State your
name for the record. You got
three minutes.
All right. Thank you very much.
Hello to Brighton. Hello to you
all in front of me. It
s good
to be here. Hope all is well.
I
m Tom Lambo. I
m here to lift
up right into the Lord in
prayer. So please join me in
prayer. Heavenly father, in
Jesus name, we ask you to be
with us here tonight and every
day in Brighton. You are GOD,
the creator of all things, and
there is nothing greater than
you. Deuteronomy 435 states to
you it was shown that you might
know that the Lord is GOD.
There is no other besides him.
Let us find comfort in you, and
help us not to fear the
situations around us.
Everything is changing. What
can cause us to feel unstable?
We can rest in knowing there is
nothing greater than you, and
you have all situations under
control. The summer is moving
quickly, the county fair is
over, and summer trips are
coming to an end. Our teachers
will have reported back to
school before we meet again.
Students will start reporting
back to school shortly after
that. Families will go through
another adjustment. Children.
Children will face new
situations. For some, it will
be their very first day of
school, while others will start
counting down their last year.
A lot of change, a lot of
adjustments. So we lift up to
you all those who will be
affected by this new beginning.
The unknown is before them and
you have a word to cover them.
Isaiah 4318 through 19 states,
forget the former things. Do
not dwell on the past. See, I
m
doing a new thing now. It
s now
it springs up. Do you not
perceive it? I am making a way
in the wilderness and streams
in the west, in the wastelands.
You are GOD, and nothing is
beyond your control. Be with
those that are making these
adjustments. Help them to find
peace in you. Watch over
everyone and make a path for
them to travel on as they begin
this new journey. We lift up
all those that are serving in
our military. All who serve
need your protection. Guide the
individuals who are making
decisions that impact their
lives. Give them clear
understanding of the dangers
they are asking our military to
enter into. Some who are
serving will be sent on
missions to free those that
cannot help themselves. They
have a special purpose. Remind
them of their purpose with
Psalm 824, which states, rescue
the weak and the needy. Deliver
them from the hand of the
wicked. Keep them safe and
mentally sharp. Guide their
actions, and bring everyone
home safely. You are our GOD
and we are your people. In
Jesus name we pray. Amen. Thank
you guys. Have a nice night.
Thank you. Tom. Next is Todd
Crumbly. Come on over. Todd,
state your name. For the
record. You got three minutes.
Hi. My name is Todd Quimby. I
own two businesses here in
Brighton. Uh, Brighton crossing
Liquors on 50th and Bridge and
Brighton Highway seven that I
bought about two years ago. Um,
I
ve been having some. My water
bill is, like, extremely high.
And I
ve talked to the water
people here in Brighton, and
nobody seems to want to be able
to do anything like my water
bill for this month is $652. I
have an ice maker. I have a
toilet and a mop, sink and a
sink. There
s no grass or
anything. Uh, what I understand
is the building was built in
1961, roughly, and it was
laundromat. Then years later,
it went half laundromat, half
liquor store. And it
s been the
liquor store for the last 35
rough years. Um, I
ve asked
this, this city water person,
if there
s some way I can get a
variance to choke the line
down, because I would
understand is when it was the
laundromat, they have a two
inch line coming from the
street. And he said, the only
way I can do that. So if I turn
my parking lot up and put a
whole new line in, tear the
meter or tear the stuff out of
the street, and that
s going to
be 10 to $15,000. So I
m I
ve
been paying a minimum of $450 a
month in water. So i
m
wondering, is there any way I
can get a variance or who can I
talk to to maybe rectify this?
Because I honestly, I feel like
I
m getting ripped off. That
s
my speech.
All right. Todd. Thank you. Um,
you know, this is something
that the obviously staff will
have to address. I know you
ve
come up to me about this in the
past, and, um, you know, I
don
t have the right answer for
you right now.
I don
t expect an answer right
now, but if we could look into
that, I would really appreciate
it. Okay.
Thank you for bringing that
back up. Thank you. That is all
I have signed up to speak on
items, none on the agenda. And
like I said, those that have
signed up to speak on an item
coming up on the agenda will
call you up when that time
allows. All right. Next. Hold
on. Item 6aa resolution of the
City Council of the City of
Brighton, Colorado, approving
the Second Amendment to service
plan for a Prairie Center
Metropolitan district number
seven and setting forth other
details related to. So this is
a public hearing. I
m first
going to open up the public
hearing and ask that the city
clerk verify all the postings
and publications were complete.
Yes, your Honor, the notice of
Public hearing was published on
the City of Brighton website on
July 20th, 2026.
Thanks for verifying. And next
I ask members of City Council
if they have any conflicts of
interest or ex-parte
communications related to this
item. Seeing none, City Manager
Martinez, please introduce our
presenting staff.
Thank you. Mayor. Presenting
this item this evening on
behalf of the city as Associate
Planner Stephanie Adams.
Welcome, Stephanie.
Good evening. Good evening.
Mayor, mayor pro tem and
members of council. My name is
Stephanie Ames, associate
planner with the city. And I
m
here to present the Prairie
Center Metropolitan District
number seven service plan
amendment. The subject property
outlined on the map is
generally located to the north
of Eagle Boulevard, south of
Kite Street and South 35th
Avenue, east of South 27th
Avenue, and west of Prairie
Center Parkway. Comprised of
all property within Prairie
Center Village, one subdivision.
To provide some background, the
original service plan for the
district was approved in 2006.
In 2008, there was an amendment
to the service plan increasing
the cost of public
improvements. Currently, the
district has two outstanding
general obligation bonds with a
final maturity of 2045 and
2046, and in accordance with
the approved Service plan, any
modifications to the service
plan require approval from the
City Council. With this Second
Amendment to the service plan,
the district is seeking to
refund the existing bonds,
change the bond maturity limits
from 25 years to 30 years to
align with the city
s model
service plan and lower annual
debt service. Mill levies
remove the restriction
prohibiting issuance of new
money debt after DECEMBER 1st,
2025, and replace that
restriction with the rule
limiting the debt service mill
levy to no more than 40 years.
We
ll also preserve flexibility
for future financing by
allowing additional new money
debt with approval from the
district board. By extending
the repair the repayment
period, this would reduce the
debt service mill levy from
63.495 to 39.617 starting in
2027. Collections. At this
time, the options for
consideration are before you on
the screen. Thank you all for
your time and attention this
evening. The city
s Metro
District Council and financial
consultants are available for
any questions that you MAY
have. After a brief
presentation from our applicant
team.
The applicant, I
d like to
queue up the presentation. Time
is yours.
Okay.
Great. Thank you. My name is
Dave Burke. I am the PRESIDENT
Of the Board of directors for
Metro District seven. I
m
honored to represent the 370
home owners in this community.
And our effort tonight to try
to modify the bond debt for
this community to offer
significant annual property tax
relief for its residents. I
m
joined by other members of our
100% Resident Control Board
here tonight are including our
treasurer, Ron Johnson, and
members Alan Greenfield,
Jeffrey Hunter and Megan Smith,
as well as the members of our
community. I
m not an expert in
this field by any means. I
m
just a volunteer and I
m a
homeowner. But we
re fortunate
to have experts here with us,
uh, including Kathy Conda,
who
s with McGeady, Beacher,
Cortez and Williams, our
general counsel for the
district, and Matt Chalk, who
s
a director with D.A. Davidson.
This amendment will give us the
option to extend our refi to 30
years so we can explore as many
possibilities as possible to
maximize the property tax
reduction for the residents. As
I said, just a very brief, um,
set of slides here where a 100%
district board comprised of
residents, uh, we have five
board members. Currently, the
metro district portion of the
resident property taxes is
approximately 40% of our total
tax bill. Um, due to our
maximum mill levy that we have
to pay based on how the bonds
are structured currently, in
addition to taking care of of
the statutory compliances, we
also performed the hoa
functions, including operations
of maintenance of the public,
improvements including the
common area, landscaping. If
you
ve been by the community,
you know we have a tremendous
amount of landscaping there and
snow removal, the entry
monuments, the lighting, the
under drainage system, as well
as the design review and
covenant Enforcement district
board takes care of all of
that. So here
s the opportunity
to try to decrease the
district
s property taxes,
where we can refund the
existing bonds from the series
20 and the series 21 bonds. Uh,
and take those to market. We
re
not adding any additional debt.
Uh, no additional debt is being
added or contemplated. Any
additional debt to this
community would require a vote
of the residents. So there
s
nothing we can do on our own
anyway. Um, we
ll propose the
refunding plan based on present
market conditions. We
ll go to
the market, take a look, see
what makes the most sense. Um,
and if we can do it this year,
the debt service mill levy can
be reduced from its current
maximum levels. Uh, for the
next tax year, reducing the
property taxes significantly
for our homeowners. We can
substantially reduce the debt
service by approximately 750 to
$950 per home per year. If we
take this to market the way
that we think we can, it can
work. It
ll also minimize the
quarterly operations and
maintenance fee increases. In
addition to the to the the
property tax amount that we
pay, we also pay quarterly
operations fees of $828 a year
per home. And they
re billed
quarterly. And so hopefully
this refi restructure will
allow us to minimize any of
those increases as well and
give us some financial
flexibility to maintain and
enhance the public interest
infrastructure in the community
amenities that we have, should
we need additional monies for
something. This gives us a
little bit more flexibility in
how to raise those monies. So
that
s it. That
s what, uh,
what we
re asking. Um, on
behalf of the 370 residents
there, we thank you to consider
this amendment.
Thank you. And you said you
re
David Burke, right? I am. So
you also signed up to speak
separately.
I know I wasn
t sure what they
asked me. I said, okay, okay.
So yeah. One. Yeah. Since
you
re already a presenter.
Yeah. We
ll just go ahead and
put that aside. Yeah. Is that
the same with, uh, Ronald
Johnson? Okay. Are you trying
to sign up to speak to. Okay,
so we
ll put that aside. How
about a Tom? Um, MARCH so that
you
re signing up? Okay, so
we
ll get to you in a moment.
Okay. So there
s one person
signed up to speak, so. Okay,
this is the time for public
comment. Uh, for those that
have signed up to speak, I
ll
just call you up one by one.
Um, if anybody is here that
have interest to speak, there
are sign up sheets in the back
bringing to the city clerk. But
for now, I will call upon Tom
ganache to come on up. And when
you get to the mic, state your
name for the record or correct.
Any ways I pronounced it, and
you
ll have three minutes.
Tom. Uh, I live in, uh, Prairie
Center. Uh, mayor Council. Uh,
I
ve lived there. Uh, original
homeowner been there since, uh,
phase one. And I support my
board in this, uh, resolution
that they had before you and I
would, uh, ask you to please
support it. So thank you very
much.
All right. That
s all I have
signed up to speak, MADAM City
clerk, is there anybody signed
up to speak on or. Well, is
there anybody that
s, uh,
submitted any digital public
comment?
Yes. Your honor.
You
ll pass that down. Give us
a moment while we skim through
this real quick. Everyone
short, grab one more.
That down.
So it appears there are a few
folks that submitted their
opposition. Um, and then those
that showed up in person has
submitted their, um, support
for this. So, um, with the
staff or the presenter want to
add to the based on the public
comment that was presented
earlier?
So we certainly appreciate Tom
coming down and and other
members who MAY be here,
residents that MAY be here. Um,
I believe we submitted, um, a
response to some of the. Okay,
um, objections that were
submitted digitally. Okay. So
you MAY have that as well. Um,
our answer to that, but, um,
no, we just asked for your
support for this so that we can
take a look and try to save
some people some money.
Okay.
And just for the record, all
this will be in the minutes of
the meeting. When that comes
out later down the road. Um,
questions and comments from the
council. We
ll go to council
Member Green.
Uh, thank you. Mayor. Yeah. And
this was new to us. So, uh. You
know, I, I am in support of
anything that would lower the
mill levy to residents. I
d
like to hear that, but, uh, one
of my questions is, is how much
of the debt has been paid under
the maximum mill levy that
you
ve been collecting? Any.
Question.
Good evening. Mayor, Council
members Matt Gorski with D.A.
Davidson. Um, the current debt
outstanding. Uh, is about $9
million in the original
principal amount.
I suppose.
That.
Was paid.
Off about.
Yeah. So, as Dave mentioned,
there
s two series of bonds, a
series 2020 and a series 2021,
the and the 2020 bond that was
issued with two term bonds. The
first term bond was paid off or
will be paid off this year.
There
s 30,000 left on that
debt and all the debt on the
series 2021 bonds is currently
outstanding. None of that has
been paid. In fact, there
s
about one point. 1.3 million of
accrued and unpaid interest,
which will continue to accrue
and compound if that debt is
not retired. So they made I
mean, they
ve paid off a
significant amount of the debt,
but they
re still going to be
outstanding. $9 million.
Okay, but what was the total?
Um, the original issuance
versus what? Yes.
Over 16.
Little over 60 million. Okay.
That that was that was the
question I
m getting at here.
So thank you.
I didn
t want to dance around
it. Uh, the other part of it
is, uh, you
re asking for a 30
year bond term, but a 40 years
of mill levy. So that that was
the language in the slide
there. Maybe you could explain
what what that reference.
Is hoping maybe.
The city.
Hi, my name is Kathy Conda. I
m
general counsel for the
district. And so when we.
Were you can bring the mic
closer to you.
There you go. Is that better?
Yes. Okay. Kathy Conda, general
counsel for the district. Thank
you for hearing this matter.
When we, um, the impetus of
this was to to look at
opportunities to lower the debt
service mill levy because when
the bonds were originally
issued, their cash flow bonds.
So until they
re paid off,
there
s no opportunity to
reduce the, you know, the debt
service mill levy versus
structured bonds that have an
annual amortization, where if
you
re producing more, then you
need to make an annual payment.
You know, that mill levy could
actually go down. So that was
that was the beginning point,
right. The board um, talked to
two different underwriters and
looked at more than one
refunding scenario, including a
25 year term bond, which is
what their current service plan
allows. And realize that with a
30 year term, they could
actually realize a bigger
reduction in their mill levy.
And I think the analogy for
those of us who are not met ski
is think about a home mortgage,
right? The longer your term,
the lower your monthly payment.
If you finance with a shorter
term, the payment is bigger.
That
s the way that somebody
like me, who is not really good
with numbers, sort of
understood this. Under your
current model service plan, it
allows districts to issue bonds
for terms of 40 years. So our
request to increase the term
from 25 to 30 is actually less
than what
s currently allowed
in the model service plan.
There
s also a provision in our
service plan, because it was
one of the first ones that was
approved by Brighton way back
in 2006. There was there was
um, the expectation or the
desire that the entire 2400
acre. Um, yeah. Prairie Center
development would be fully
developed by 2025. And so there
was a provision in the service
plan that said districts
couldn
t issue any additional
debt after 2025. Well, that
ship has sailed. There is an
exception for refunding, which
is what we have here. And in
some of the discussions we
talked about maybe issuing even
a little more debt, um, either
to pay off past developer
advances or build up a capital
reserve for additional
community amenities and that
sort of thing. And when we
spoke with, um, city, the
city
s consultants, outside
legal counsel at Butler Snow,
rather than, you know, we
started out with, well, do we
extend from 2025 to 20 20, 30,
2035, you know, what are we
going to do here? What makes
sense? And what we mutually
agreed upon is in the current
model service plan, there
s a
limitation that says a district
cannot impose a debt service
mill levy for more than 40
years after the first issuance
of debt without, um, a decision
to extend that term by a
resident controlled board of
directors. Because what we
re
proposing, if we issue this
year, which is 20, 26, 30
years, takes us out to 2056, I
can
t do math in my head. I
m
so sorry. And if you go back to
when they initially issued in
2020, we fall within that 40
year, um, frame. And again, um,
it, it brings the this district
service plan in alignment with
the provisions of the current
model service plan that was
adopted, um, in when was that
adopted in 2021. Did I make
sense?
Not exactly. Um.
I
m sorry.
Because it was, uh, structural
adjust restrictions on new debt
issuance. But now I
m hearing
that you MAY issue new debt and
then remove the prohibition on
issuing new money debt after
DECEMBER 2025, replaced it with
a rule of limiting the debt
service mill levy to no more
than 40 years. So that means
that if we do this 30 year
term, you
d still have another
ten years, uh, to think about
issuing new debt, right?
Just like all the other
metropolitan districts in the
city of Brighton right now that
have been organized since the
model service plan was put into
place. So and we have a 100%
resident control board. And the
other thing that I want to
emphasize is no new money debt
is contemplated. Now. But
because this district does have
significant public improvement,
operation and maintenance
responsibility, we don
t
foresee any need in the
foreseeable future for any new
money debt. We just don
t see
it at all. But in terms of
coming into compliance with
your current model and being
able to do what they need to do
now, we agreed that that would
be a logical thing to do.
Okay, like I said, there
s that
now is acting a lot. Yeah,
there
s nothing now. But, um.
Well, I mean, but you saw some
of the comments from residents,
right.
Well, I understand that.
That
s right. Amenities. Um, as
was mentioned, the district
functions like an hoa. So
rather than turning over things
like the under drain system,
which I think is the sort of
the largest piece of public
infrastructure that the
district itself maintains. If
if you had an earthquake and
that whole underground system
went under, you know, they
might need to go out and get a
little bank loan, which would
be debt if they
re using debt
service levy to pay for it. But
we
re not seeing, you know,
we
re not anticipating that
now. It was just that when we
had the conversation about
making sure that this district,
which is controlled by
residents, had the most
flexibility to do what they
need to do now and what they
MAY need to do in the future,
coming into compliance with the
current model service plan seem
like the most efficient and
easy way to go.
Okay, I understand that, but my
other concern is that it took
you six years to pay off a
third of the debt, but now you
want to extend it to 30 years
to pay off the remainder. So,
and I understand that it
s
going to lower the taxes and
everything else.
But okay, so the, the, the
bonds that were issued in 2020,
the interest rate environment
was very good. And for those of
you who are around when these,
uh, Prairie Center districts
were organized, um, there
s an
agreement with the city that
returned to the districts, a
portion of the use taxes that
are paid at building permit. So
the reason the district was
able to issue bonds early in
the development cycle for this
district was because when they
were marketed, there was a big
bubble of, um, basically use
taxes that came to the
district. And because their
cash flow and then as the
district built out, it built
out more quickly than anybody
anticipated. Um, the property
taxes and those use taxes
enabled the district to sort of
pay off those. The first series
of 2020 bonds, the 2021 bonds,
however, are carrying interest
at 6.3 6.4%. And so what
s
happening? Because they
re cash
flow bonds and the 2020 ones
are subordinate. Every penny is
going into those senior bonds
that were issued in 2020.
Nothing is going toward the
principal on those 2021 bonds
that are accruing interest at
6.4%, and will continue to do
so until they get paid off. So
the payoff on the 2021 bonds is
going to be a more protracted
period. And it because they
pledge their maximum debt
service mill levy, there
s no
opportunity for that debt
service mill levy to come down.
And so again sort of based
preliminary estimates at this
point is that there could be a
significant, um, property tax
reduction and it is going to be
a policy decision that the
board will make in conjunction
with the input they receive
from the residents, whether
they want to extend, you know,
go a little bit longer on the
debt to realize bigger property
tax savings today, or maybe,
you know, do something in
between, do nothing and just
pay off the 2021 bonds as are
currently structured or
something in between. Right.
And the opportunity does
present itself to get a lower
interest rate. That
s
something.
That yes.
Yes, I
m trying to I
m trying
to help.
You out. I
m sorry. Okay. Yes.
And the interest.
Rate on the debt will go down
as well. That
s the idea.
That
s that
s the goal here.
And if you know, and if the
market goes nuts and they can
t
do it, we
re not making a
decision today to issue whether
or not to issue bonds. We
re
just saying please give us the
same amount of flexibility, the
same parameters that other
metro districts have to
consider options.
All right. Next, Council member
Snyder.
Thank you for the presentation.
I, uh, don
t want to go against
the residents in the community.
I think residents should be
able to decide for themselves.
However, you mentioned
mortgages. I
m glad you
mentioned that because that
ll
keep this conversation in my
comments real simple. There
s
two reasons to refi a mortgage.
One is to get a lower interest
rate, in which case you might
actually save some money. Two
is you don
t want to make the
monthly payment. You want to
reduce your monthly debt by
extending it. The problem with
that one is, is it
s smoke and
mirrors because you pay less
this month, but in the end you
end up paying a lot more money
than you would have paid if you
just left the debt alone. So
that
s my concern. Are we
burdening the residents with
more out of pocket debt over
the period of this thing? Um,
because last time I checked,
interest rates weren
t
extremely favorable. Right now,
they
re better than they were a
year ago, but they
re not
great. And so I
m wondering if
we
re going to burden the
residents with more debt
overall. The other thing is,
Americans typically live in a
home 20 years. Extending this
30 is kicking the can down the
road to the next people that
buy in. I
m not sure I like
that either. So those are my
concerns about it is have you
calculated the final out of
pocket costs? Are the residents
paying more for this? Are they
paying? I mean, I know they
re
paying less monthly. I don
t
care about that. I
m talking
about the total cost of the
debt. Are they going to end up
paying more than they
re paying
now?
Yeah. Thank you for your
question. Obviously, that
s
exactly how that works. When
you extend the amortization on
a debt, you are going to pay
more debt over the long run.
Based on our numbers. And just
a point, Council Member Greene,
if we leave the debt
outstanding, those bonds don
t
get paid off until 2043. So
really what we
re talking about
is a 30 year extension to 2056.
And the additional debt that
s
going to accrue on those bonds
is about $3.4 million of
accrued and unpaid interest,
which to me is a waste of money
for these residents. The total
debt, if you compare the
existing debt structure, it
s
about seven 17.3 million.
Assuming we don
t do anything
with the existing debt under a
30 year amortization, yes, the
debt increases to about 20
million. So about a roughly a
$3 million delta, slightly
under. And if we stick to a 25
year arm, which is currently in
the district service plan,
about 17.8. So it
s kind of a
wash between the current
existing debt structure in a 25
year Am. But again, the goal of
these taxpayers is to lower
their taxes. And just a point
on the the actual the average
homeowner stays in a house
about 7 to 8 years. So, you
know, it
s not 20 and we
re not
kicking the can. Um, this will
be obviously a burden, tax
burden for the next property
owner. But depending on when
they move into that house, it
s
not going to be a 30 year
obligation. So I just wanted to
make that point.
Thanks for clarifying. Is that
all Council member.
Yeah, I
ve okay.
Next. Council member Fiedler.
Thank you. Mayor. I appreciate
the presentation and the
efforts to reduce the tax rate
put in dollars and cents for
me. I
ve done my back of the
napkin guess up here. Let
s say
the average home there is
$600,000. And your assessment
rates about 7%. And it
s a 24
mill reduction. I get about
$1,000 a year in tax savings.
That sound right to you all
okay.
And on the assessed.
Value.
On the assessed value. But give
or take $1,000 a year in tax
savings. I commend you for
being an all resident board,
because that
s not always the
case of the metro districts.
And for being proactive enough
to come in here and present to
us. I think this is an
administrative function in
terms of what you
re asking of
us. I don
t think it
s for me
or anybody else to tell you how
soon you should pay your debt
off or not. I appreciate Jim
s
comments, but, uh, it
s just
the nature. I
ve never seen a
metro district close out all
there in my lifetime. Close out
all their debt, and suddenly
there
s not any more debt. So,
um, I
m supportive of this.
That
s the right thing to do. I
understand why you
re doing it.
And I want to put the dollars
and cents to it, because not
everyone will do the back of
the napkin math or know how to
do it right. It
s $1,000 a year
in savings. And kudos to you
all for finding a way to lower
your tax bill..
Next, mayor Pro Tem, hi.
Thank you very much for the
presentation. Thank you very
much for coming in. I want to
make sure that I understand
what the question in front of
us actually is, because you are
the board, you want to make the
decision, you want to work with
your residents and make a
decision on how you might
handle it. The question really
in front of us is, can we amend
the service plan to give you
the flexibility to do so? Uh,
your service plan predates our
model service plan, if I
understand that as well. Are
there other changes or other
differences between your
current service plan and the
model service plan that we
ought to be contemplating to
bring you in line with that
current model service plan?
Mayor Pro Tem, yes, there are
differences between the older
service plan and the current
model service plan that the the
council has adopted. The
applicant proposed these minor
changes to handle the fully
resident controlled board. Um,
desire to refinance the
outstanding debt. When we
discussed with the applicant
early on, because this is one
of the metro districts in
connection with an aggregate
group of Prairie Center metro
districts that have maximum met
or maximum debt cap limits for
all of the districts, and for
them to try and bring that
service plan fully in
compliance with the model. Um,
would require all of the other
districts to also then come
back and submit all of their
service plans to come into
compliance with the model.
Otherwise, we have
inconsistencies with
enforcement of the model of the
service plans and how they all
intertwine and work together.
And so what
s in front of you
today are really minor changes
to their service plan, while
keeping everything in place as
is currently. So yes, there are
differences between the model,
which includes some reporting
requirements, some, um,
different, you know, their
initial one didn
t have this
mill levy imposition term, but
the thrust of the changes that
they
re asking for have all
been contemplated in the model
where as soon as it
s a
resident control board, if the
board approves extending that
debt limit or extending the
imposition term, or extending a
longer debt term, your model in
the in the policy decision
that
s surrounds that model,
um, provision supports this
amendment.
Okay.
That makes sense because I
we
re not being asked to make
the decision refi and extend,
uh, lower the monthly payments
in trade for a longer debt
cycle. Uh, that
s really the
residents who get to make that
that decision. And if they
don
t like it, I suppose they
can, uh, vote in a new board
and go for something else. But,
that that really is the attempt
to put it back in your hands. I
think you answered the question
that I had around. Uh, is it
worth trying to uplift the
whole thing? But really, we
ve
got such a patchwork or
interconnected set of, uh,
districts that that
s perhaps
more complicated than it is
worthwhile to consider. Uh,
this one specifically. My other
question is, is this metro
district built out or does it
have a new enough time, uh,
projection of timeline to build
out that that 40 years now
gives you enough runway.?
This particular our community
is fully built out, 370 homes.
So. So we don
t have a problem
of you still need to develop
another 120 homes and we create
that problem farther down the
road.
Yeah.
Okay. Um, my other question is
entirely curiosity. And so I
will say it, but the answer is
not really important. I the
metro district having to
function as the hoa as well,
creates a different challenge.
Uh, it seems like forming an
hoa and separating that from
the metro district would be a
simplifying factor and would
potentially eliminate your
problem of assessments,
potentially down the road. But,
uh, again, that
s up to you to
figure out how you need to
organize all of that. Uh, it
just causes me a little bit of,
of angst, but I don
t live in
that neighborhood. Okay? I can
see no reason not to. Give
flexibility and power to the
the metro district, uh, in
accordance with how things are
structured and recognizing, uh,
the challenges you
ve seen. So
thank you very much for the
answers.
Next, Council member Wirth.
Thank you, Mayor. Um.
I mean, I
m I
m also generally
not in favor of kicking the can
down the road to use the same
term somebody else did earlier.
Uh, but I
m definitely in favor
of lowering tax. Um, but I got
a couple of questions here.
Your board is currently all
residents that are homeowners
in, uh, in the development
right now. How are how was that
board selected?
Volunteers. Pardon me.
Volunteer.
Volunteer. So just did the word
go out to everybody and.
Yes, in fact, um, at our at the
board
s last meeting, um, the
board was able to fill two
vacancies because, um, they
posted in a newsletter that
went out with their o&m fee,
uh, invoices and invitation for
people to volunteer for the
board. Um, we they have all
been appointed because under
statute, if you have fewer
candidates than there are
vacancies, then you don
t go
through the expense of having
an election.
Sure.
No, I get that. I was just
curious.
More than anything.
Yeah, they will all be standing
for re-election next, next
cycle.
Okay. So everybody has an
opportunity to serve on this
board. This isn
t a handpicked
board or anything like that.
No, no.
Like that includes a bunch of
developers that actually live
in the in the neighborhood.
No.
That
s all I got. I also don
t
see a good reason to keep you
guys from doing what you have
to do with your.
Own.
Um, with your own, uh, metro
district. So thank.
You.
Thank you. That
s all the
comments I have from council.
I
ll just add in real quick.
Um, I
m not against what you
want to do as residents. This
is your board. This is your. I
mean, you are the, uh, property
owners and the property
taxpayers of this area. Um,
just to describe this
situation, this requires two
readings. So if those were to
pass tonight, it
s going to
require second reading coming
up in the future to pass in
order to get. Oh, it
s a
resolution. Oh thank you.
Thanks for clarifying that. Yes
I
m a lot of these are a lot of
the public hearings are to
reads okay. Never mind. So if
this sort of passed tonight
then it passes okay. Yes.
Thanks for finding that Council
member green, you got a
comment?
Just a follow up question. What
was the vote on this from the
board? Was unanimous.
Was that.
Was unanimous. And how many
members are on that board?
Five. Thank you.
Okay. Thanks for clarifying. No
other questions. I will close
the public hearing. This is
before council for
consideration. Mayor Pro Tem.
Thank you. I would move item
six a.
And then council member
Fiedler.
Thank you mayor. I
ll second.
This is the first and second to
move item six a roll call vote.
Motion passes eight zero with
one absent. All right. Thank
you all.
Right.
You guys are all welcome to
stay for the rest of the
meeting, but I
ll give you a
moment to clear the room. If
you
d like.
Yes.
All right. Moving ahead. We
will continue. Item seven a an
ordinance of the City Council.
The city of Brighton, Colorado.
Amending sections of article
two, dash four and article
three four of the Brighton
Municipal Code relating to
elections, council procedures
and appropriations. And this
will go to Deputy City Attorney
Jasmina Gibbons.
Thank you. Mayor.
Good evening, mayor and members
of Council. I am here this
evening to present amendments
to articles two and three of
the Brighton Municipal Code.
These amendments relate to
elections and city council
procedures. Budget carry over
for non lapsing capital
appropriations. Advertisement
procedures for procurement of
construction services and
procurement solicitation.
Protest procedures. The table
on the screen before you
outlines the amendment. Staff
is proposing to article two.
First, staff proposes to align
the deadline to cure defects
and petitions of nomination and
affidavits, with the deadline
set forth in title one of the
Colorado Revised Statutes.
Changing the deadline from 18
days before the election to 64
days before the election. This
change is necessary to provide
deadline cohesion and
Elections coordinated with the
county. Staff seeks to provide
cohesion by clarifying the
applicable computation of time
based on whether the election
is coordinated with the county
or not. Finally, a staff is
proposing the addition of a new
section to article two
prohibiting the same or similar
ordinances which have been
previously denied from being
brought back before Council for
consideration for a period of
one year. Returning to article
three amendments, the first
proposed change clarifies the
process that staff conducts to
formally bring continuing funds
into the next fiscal year.
Because final amounts to be
carried forward cannot be
determined until after the
original budget is adopted for
that fiscal year. The amounts
included at the time of budget
adoption will only include new
appropriation amounts for that
year. In the case of carried
forward budget, this will be
administratively added after
close out of the previous
fiscal year. In the first
quarter of the year. Next,
staff proposes to remove the
requirement that construction
solicitations be published in
an area newspaper. Instead,
solicitations will only be
published online. And finally,
staff proposes amending the
deadline to file a solicitation
protest, changing the deadline
from five days after the
opening of a solicitation to
five days following the award
of a contract. The options
before you this evening are on
the screen, and I am available
for any questions that you MAY
have.
Any other questions other than
what was asked last week? With
that, we
ll go to approvals or
motions. Council member green.
Thank you mayor. I move to
approve item seven, a.
Council member Wirth.
Thank you mayor. I
ll second
that.
We have a first and second to
approve. Item seven. A roll
call vote. Motion passes 8 to 0
with one absent. Thank you. We
didn
t give you a hard time
with that.
I appreciate.
It.
Moving on. Item 9aa resolution
of the City Council of the City
of Brighton, Colorado.
Accepting the proposal of Mid
City Corporation and approving
the procurement of the
construction of the North 40th
Avenue roadway segment for the
contract amount of $2,794,259,
and authorizing the City
Manager or designee, to execute
the contract on behalf of the
city. City Manager. Martinez.
Thank you. Mayor. It looks like
we have about half of the
public works team here to
present this tonight. Uh.
Yeah, that half is online.
That
s right. The other half is
waiting. Uh, I
ll turn it over
to Armando to present this.
Thank you. Mike. Good evening.
Mayor. Good evening. Uh, city
council members. I
m sorry.
Right in.
The mic.
One more time. Good evening.
Mayor. Good evening. City
council members. My name is
Armando Garza, and I
m here to
present the North 40th Avenue
construction project. Today,
um, I
ll keep the. I
m sorry.
I
ll keep this brief. Since my
public works colleagues did an
awesome job last time. Give a
very detailed presentation. You
know, during the last week
study session. Um, this project
will construct the sorry. This
project will construct the
missing section from of North
40th Avenue between Bridge
Street and Garcia Avenue,
creating an important north and
south connection for the city
of Brighton. Uh, the project.
So I have to get used of this.
Sorry, guys. Uh, the project
includes the building of a new
roadway, sidewalks. Uh, carbon
gutter. Adams. Uh, waterline
improvement, storm drainage,
and a new detention pond north
of 27 j property. The pond
improvements are part of the
iga that will have with the 27
j. Uh, that will be discussed
shortly after this. Uh, this
project has involved, uh, a
closer coordination with 27
districts. United Power and,
uh, nearby, uh, property. Uh,
owners, uh, tonight we are
recommending that the city
council ward the construction
contract for to the lowest
responsive, uh, responsive and
responsible bidder. MidCity
Corporation in the amount of
2,000,700 794,000 and $259. The
option.
Sorry, I have to get this.
Sorry, guys.
Um, the option for the council
to consider our approve the
resolution as presented. Reject
the resolution as presented and
require new bids to be
solicited. Let me know if you
have any questions. And thank
you for your time.
Thank you. Let
s go on to
questions. Council member
green.
I don
t have any questions,
Armando, thank you for your
presentation. Can we go back a
few so that if people are
watching, they can see what it
is we
re talking about, rather
than just the roadway itself,
location and the like? Things
like this and this.
Okay.
And then the other one was the
map right before this.
So this was pretty much as it,
as it is right now. So it
s
just a pavement and some uh,
uh, road base, you know, all
the way to the bus barn and the
rest is just dirt and shrubs
and stuff like that. So we
re
planning to construct the
project. Uh, scope is to
construct it with 11in. I
m
sorry, 11 foot, uh, driving
lanes. And, you know, curved
gutter. Sorry.
Next slide.
I
m sorry.
I
m focusing..
And I want to make sure they
they can see that it
s
currently going by where the 27
uh, admin building. And their
building is. And then the next
one.
Is pretty much the pond in the
end on the north side.
Over.
There to Garcia.
To the Garcia, and we
re
putting a stop sign on.
There will take you into
Brighton East Farm. Yeah. Okay,
so this is the whole impetus
for this. This roadway is, uh,
allow another, uh, faster way
to get into Brighton East
Farms.
Perfect.
Thank you.
I apologize, guys.
It
s my first time. Okay.
We
re here to make you.
Better. You did great.
This also highlights another
entry into the preserve who
s
been cut off for a while on the
west side of their
neighborhood.
True.
But that
ll be addressed again,
so thank you. Any other
questions or comments? If. Oh,
Council member Fiddler.
Thank you. Mayor. Assuming we
approve the contract, which i
think we will. What
s the
timeline look like for
construction?
What do. Yeah. Uh, so if the.
Way things or projects are
going. So we get, once we get
their approval from the board,
it takes a at least a week or
two to award the contract. And
then with that, uh, after the
word of contract, as I say,
mid-AUGUST, uh, where we award
the contract, then permits have
to be pulled and, and to get
the contractor on board and
ready to go. So either
realistically, we
re talking
maybe we
re we
ll be ready to
roll in of AUGUST, uh, early
SEPTEMBER timeframe, depending
on how those things move. Uh,
at a, at a in a, in a guess
efficient manner. Sometimes you
get hang up with the contract
negotiations, things like that.
So but SEPTEMBER timeframe is
when we should actually start
construction. And, then go from
there. And we will work with
the contractor. As I mentioned
last week. Uh, we
re going to
be looking at the forecast, if
you will. Uh, what makes the
most sense? We MAY go in and
start the pond work and get
that stuff first, and then
maybe come back and do
pavement. If the weather starts
proving to be worse than what
we, you know, then where we can
pay, and we MAY come back in
early spring to do, do the
actual road construction, but
we
ll work with the contractor,
look at forecast and see what
makes the most sense in terms
of that.
Thank you Greg.
Yeah.
All right. Any other questions?
If not, there
s some motions to
be made. Council member green.
Thank you. Mayor Ward one is
really happy about this. And so
therefore I move to approve
item nine a.
So is Ward two because it
s
technically in Ward two. Yes.
All right. There
s one motion
then Councilmember Fiedler.
I won
t mention Ward
s, but
there is a former mayor who
s
really happy about this. This
is moving forward. So at least
second.
All right.
There
s a first and second to
approve. Item nine a roll call
vote. Motion passes 8 to 0 with
one absent. All right. We might
be batting a thousand with
green tonight. We
ll see what
happens on this other item.
Thank you very much, ladies and
gentlemen. I appreciate it.
Now, this is the way to
pressure him, because this is a
resolution of the city council
city. Brighton, Colorado,
approving an intergovernmental
agreement between the city of
Brighton and School. 27 j.
Pressures on. Yes. City Manager
Martinez, is this our speaker,
MR.. LaBrie?
So the bridge is your speaker.
All right.
All right. Thank you. All
right. Good evening. Mayor.
Mayor pro tem and members of
city Council. Today, I will
provide an overview of the
proposed iga with School
District 27 j for North 40th
Avenue improvements and the
construction of a regional
detention pond. Uh, this
proposed agreement defines
roles, easements, right of way,
needs, construction
coordination, and long term
maintenance responsibilities.
District owns the property at
88 North 40th Avenue. The city
will build roadway in a pond
while maintaining bus access
throughout construction. Uh
project components. Stormwater
conveyance to new detention
pond. Pond construction and
site grading. Removal of dirt
and concrete debris.
Acquisition of right of way and
easements shown in exhibits. On
my next slide. And this is the
exhibit of the actually right
of way. There
s going to be a
requiring the easements as well
as temporary easements that
we
re going to need during
construction, and then a
drainage easement over the
pond. So those are the
different colors. Red is pretty
much right away. Green is
utility easement. Uh, the the
yellow is the drainage
easement. And then the kind of
I guess doesn
t look too
orange, but the, uh, off
yellow, it would be, um, um,
the temporary easement we would
need to clean that area up. Uh,
the district will convey right
of way and easements to us. Uh,
the city will manage the
construction. The city
maintains the ponds. For the
first five years, the district
will handle mowing. Uh, the
city will maintain stormwater
inlet structures for the long
term. Uh, there are no no new
long term city obligations that
the future dredging costs will
be a cost share with 86%, uh,
paid by the district, 14%, uh,
subject to pay by the city,
subject to annual appropriation.
Uh, staff is seeking approval
to secure right of way.
Formalized responsibilities and
keep North 40th Avenue project
on schedule. And I
m open for
any questions.
Did you say you
re hoping for
questions?
I
m open. Open.
Open.
No. Not open. I
m open to
answer any questions.
Questions for MR. LaBrie.
Council member Fiedler.
Thank you. Mayor. No question.
Just a comment. I mentioned
former former mayor and current
chief operations officer Terry
Lucero by name, but I just did,
uh, he wanted me to extend his
thanks to you and staff for
working through this iga with
him. Uh, I spoke with him today
because I knew it was on the
agenda. Made sure he was
comfortable, which you probably
already knew before me that he
that he is. So I just wanted to
extend my his thanks to you.
It was a great. You know, it
was an eight month effort, but
it was a I think we all had to
get an understanding of what we
needed. And it was a very, I
think, well received on both
sides. So we were happy to work
with them as well. Yeah.
Too bad there
s not a
representative from 27 j right
here tonight to go to bat for
this.
Yeah.
All right. Um, no other
questions. Motion to approve.
Anybody. Council member.
Fiedler.
Uh, motion to approve. Item.
Help me. Mayor.
Nine b.
Nine b. Thank you.
Council member Wirth.
I
ll second that.
We have a first and second to
approve. Nine b as presented.
Roll call. Vote. Motion passes
8 to 0 with one absent.
Thank you. Thank you.
Appreciate it. Thank you, thank
you.
All right. There
s no general
reports, no utility. So we
ll
go on to reports by everybody.
I
ll start with the reports by
the mayor. Two weeks ago was
our, um, a quarterly ad hoc
dinner. It was in Arvada. It
was at a restaurant on the
Adams County side in Arvada. I
was the only Brighton
representative there, but it
was good to hear updates from
our peer peer municipalities in
the area. Um, and just so you
know, MR. Green, they actually
had Pepsi products, so you
would have got a mountain dew
over there. So you missed out.
So, um, and we dodged a
thunderstorm, but, uh, it was
good. Uh, I also attended,
obviously, the city barbecue,
like many of us here. It was
great to have everybody out,
despite a little bit of a
threatening of rain. And then,
of course, rain kind of started
towards the end, but it was
great to interact with a lot of
the youth that were out there
selling a lot of the a lot of
the goods that they had either
made or put together or
whatever they did, and it
teaches them how to create, um,
you know, that entrepreneurial
spirit. And it was it was just
a fabulous, uh, showing from
the youth. So good job for them
that the, uh, police swearing
in ceremony, they do those a
couple times a year with new
officers coming in or
promotions or staff coming in,
and it
s good to honor those
that are serving in, uh, you
know, serving as our first
responder. Uh, last week we had
the ribbon cutting to the a470
and Sable interchange. It was
good to get that open. Uh, last
time I drove by, I think the
lights were flashing, so I
think those will be going solid
really soon, if they haven
t
already, then, uh, I was at
the, uh, metro Denver State of
the cities address. Um, what
was interesting about that is,
uh, the the mayor of Denver was
not there, but they had a panel
of other mayors throughout the
area talking about, uh, you
know, the collaboration of
cities in the, in the region.
And it was good to be a part of
that. I was, uh, they they get
people to do a host table. And
so I encourage you all the next
opportunity to, to do that if,
uh, if becoming a host table
opens up again next year, it
s
also at the chambers Cinerama
event. Uh, Cinerama for like,
probably several years in a
row, puts on a great networking
event. They involve four of the
area chambers, and it was good
to interact with so many of
our, even a lot of our friends
from the surrounding chambers.
And so good job on them. I
think it was their 20th
anniversary, if I remember
right. And then, uh,
unofficially, I took my family
to the county fair. That just
happened over the weekend. It
was good to see what
s at the
fair and and partake of the fun
activities they have at the
fair on Friday. Tomorrow I
ll
be at my, uh, Metro mayor
s
caucus. We have our, uh,
meeting tomorrow morning. Um,
and, uh, supposedly there will
be a member of the media there
that will be interviewing some
of us and talking about the
importance of a regional
collaboration. So look out for
that. I think it
ll be like
nine news or something. So
next, uh, let
s go on to
reports by any department
directors. And by the way, when
Marv is in that seat, he got
like a lot of department
directors to speak. So how are
you going to one up that one?
Apparently I can
t even get
department of directors to show
up for my meetings. So MISTER
Falkenburg is much. Well, I
have four, okay. I have four.
Well, one, two, three, four, I
have four, we have 14.
We could just call them up and
probably and see what.
Happens. I think we need
Armando to come back up and
give a mazdoor. Please, if you
have anything. We we have
nothing tonight. Thanks. Oh,
man.
Okay. Next reports by our city
attorney
s office.
Nothing from the city attorney.
Oh, okay.
I was looking forward to you
having more, you know. Okay.
Next reports by our city
manager, including any board
and vacancy updates.
Thank you. Mayor, we have a few
of those. Uh, I
ll start with
the Brighton Urban Renewal
Authority. We do have three
vacancies, which, if you
re
interested, please fill those.
If you
re listening. We have
three members of our Historic
Preservation Commission and one
alternate member. We have two
members and two alternates of
the housing authority. But I do
know that there are some
applications in there as well.
We do have one member for the
district Plan Commission, and
we still have our two youth
members to be filled for the
Sustainability Advisory Board.
But I know that there
s some
interest there as well, and we
will be looking at potentially
changing some of the criteria
for those youth members coming
up very soon, which hopefully
opens the door for more
applicants there. If you
re
interested in any of our board
openings, please visit our
website and you will find out
about how you can apply for
these and perform your civic
duties. Uh, I don
t have much
of an update. I know that there
was a question last week as to
when the temporary light would
be removed on Sable, and I know
the answer that was given at
the meeting was soon. It was a
technical answer. Literally
soon, uh, soon actually means
today. I was just informed that
it is it has been removed. So
that portion of the project has
been complete. However, we
still have a long way to go
with the two intersections, so
more to come there, but at
least we
ve removed one of the
barriers and moving on to other
projects. Uh, finally, I just
want to give some thanks. I
want to thank Marvin, Karen for
all they
ve done for me the
last three weeks and keeping
the ship afloat. I certainly
appreciate it. I know Marv was
marvelous. I watched all the
meetings here, so he did a
fantastic job in my stead. And
I want to thank you all for
your support during my time
off. It really meant a lot to
me. So thank you all.
Great. Thank you. It
s good to
have you back again. Next call
on reports by our esteemed
members of council. We
ll start
over here with Council member
Collins.
Thanks, mayor. Uh, I don
t have
anything tonight. Um, just
wanted to say thanks also to
Marv and Karen and Michael.
We
re so glad to have you back.
So that
s all for me.
All right. Council member
Snyder.
Thank you. Mayor. I too
attended the barbecue and the
youth entrepreneurs were kind
enough to lighten my wallet and
make it easier for me to get to
carry myself home. They had a
lot of interesting products.
They did a great job, and that
was a good time. The music was
good too, by the way. I don
t
know if Gary got the band or
not, but they were. They were
pretty good. So anyway, um, as
you know, the dd was formed.
100% of the board is filled.
We
re having our first meeting
on Wednesday and two days, two
days, one day, one day
tomorrow. And we
ll be
introducing the bylaws and
getting to know all the other
members. So I
m really excited
to see how that develops. And
moves us along downtown.
All right. Next, Council member
Fiedler.
Uh, thank you, mayor. Nothing
to report other than again,
thanks to Marvin, Karen and
Michael. We
re glad you
re back.
.
Next. Mayor pro tem.
I know it will shock many, many
people. I have no report to
share this evening.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
I have anything.
Council member today. Wow.
Um.
I was also.
At the city barbecue.
It was.
Very well attended. The the
band was great, food was
awesome. I also lightened my
purse a little bit. Um, I
d
like to say that I, you know,
left my money at home, but I
didn
t. I left it there on
purpose.
I would.
Also like to talk a little bit
about, um, I was getting.
Uh, outreach.
From the community and also for
personal reasons, um, wanting
to, uh, looked into went to the
adult rec center, and I can
t
say it all like you can. I
m
not even going to try the Eagle
Corbett suit. Yes. Thank you.
We all know. Anyway, I went to
the the adult rec center home,
and I asked them about a group
for an Alzheimer
s support
group, and they didn
t have
anything. So they reached out
to the Alzheimer
s Association.
And lo and behold, they are
going to start a group.
Yay!
Um, there
s going to be. Thank
you. There
s going to be first,
an informative talk that
s
going to be on Friday,
SEPTEMBER 4th. Uh, tentatively
at the at this point, it
s
going to be 1 P.M. And then
afterwards, starting in
OCTOBER, there will be a
monthly support group. And
these are all free. So get the
word out. Tell everybody you
know that there
s anybody that
could benefit from any type of
support in this, in this world,
in this situation. Um, we have
it now in Brighton. So I wanted
to put that out there and just
help, help me get the word out.
Thank you.
Thank you for, uh, you know,
sharing that. I know at least
ten years ago there were there
was a support group that was
kind of informal that met over
there.
Right? They said that they
didn
t have really a lot of
interest back then, and that
they hadn
t been approached for
a while. So they were very
happy that I approached them.
I could see that need be
needing filled for sure in our
community.
And I need to know how many
funnel cakes Tom green ate.
With that council member. Green.
Uh, you know, I would I was
going to write down that
Alzheimer
s date, but I forgot
to write it down. So I need to
remember when that is. Um, you
know, I, uh, single handedly
keep the fair vendors in
business. Um, I, I feel it
s my
duty. It
s my obligation to
sample them all, to tell you
which ones were the best. And I
did had several that I enjoyed.
Uh, but let
s not get into that
because, you know, there is a
chamber mixer tomorrow night at
Wolf and Honey that I think is
really exciting to get out
there and support our chamber
and support local business.
And, you know, always a big
splash is adult Night at the
Oasis, which is this Friday
night. Uh, another big thing.
And Lord, give me downtown
because I
m looking for some
tush, and that is z top cover
band, a local fandango playing
at the Armory, the 7th of
AUGUST. I
m telling you, these
guys have the beards, they have
the guitars, they have the the
wardrobe. There every. These
are sharp dressed men. And
they
re going to be playing
some stop and rockin that place
at the Armory this Saturday
night or this Friday night.
Come on down and see a local
fandango. Uh, and then, uh, on
the 14th, uh, Brighton on
Broadway will be at the armory,
too. So, you know, hey, if you
didn
t get out to the fair and
had enough funnel cakes as I
did, I think total tally was
about six. Uh, please get on
down and see a local fandango
at the Armory. Cc top cover
band, sharp dressed man. That
s
all.
Very good. Council member
Wirth.
Thank you, mayor. Just a couple
things. One, I was also able to
enjoy the ribbon cutting at,
uh, a470. Uh, I
ve got
thinking, probably another
month or so and we
ll feel like
it
s been open the whole time,
so hopefully the that
ll help
us progress in the, um, in the
building of that corridor. Um,
had a meeting with, with Jean
Shreve. Um, she
s a consultant
that, uh, works with the city.
Uh, we were talking about the,
uh, Colorado seven coalition
meeting coming up, and, uh, one
of the things there is we
re
going to really be pushing for
a complete plan for the
corridor right now, that
coalition seems to work in
silos. Everybody
s just
concerned about their own
little piece of highway seven,
which is, uh, really, that
s a
lot of silos. But we really
want to get them to really
start focusing on the long
range, um, importance of that
corridor. And so will be, uh,
uh, bringing up and and
reinforcing a couple ideas, uh,
involving Brighton and the bus
centers and things like that.
Um, so we
ll be, uh, that
ll be
this coming Friday, I believe.
Um, and then, uh, probably the
biggest thing did all week, uh,
I
m surprised nobody mentioned
it, or if they did, I was
sleeping. Um, got to, um, got
to enjoy Cheryl
s retirement
celebration. Uh, Cheryl
s been
a long time employee here, and
I know she
s had a lot to do
with city council. And I, for
one, really appreciate her.
Apparently, there
s been a lot
of people that that appreciate,
Cheryl, because that was a full
house. So, uh, it was nice to,
to give her a proper sendoff.
So I know you
re out there
listening, Cheryl. So thank you
again. That
s all I
ve got.
Thanks.
Very fitting way to end the
program tonight. Um, thank you
all for serving Brighton. We
will meet again during our
study session time slot next