[1:10] Good evening.
[1:10] I
[1:11] d like to call to order our
[1:12] City Council meeting for
[1:16] Tuesday, AUGUST 4th, 2026. I
[1:16] m
[1:17] going to ask Council member
[1:18] Fiedler to lead us in the
[1:27] Pledge of Allegiance.
[1:31] To the Republic for six one
[1:33] nation under GOD, indivisible,
[1:43] with liberty and justice.
[1:45] Thank you, MADAM City Clerk,
[1:48] please call the roll. Mayor,
[1:49] here.
[1:51] Mayor Pro Tem Padilla here.
[1:52] Council member Carbajal.
[1:53] She
[1:54] s traveling.
[1:56] Council member. Collins here.
[1:57] Council member.
[1:58] Fiedler here.
[2:01] Council member. Green. Key.
[2:03] Council member. Snyder here.
[2:05] Council member. Taddeo.
[2:06] Present.
[2:08] Council member. Wirth. Here.
[2:09] You have a quorum, Your Honor.
[2:11] Thank you. Next. The approval
[2:13] of. Oh, no, not the approval.
[2:15] Hold on, MADAM City clerk,
[2:17] please read the consent agenda
[2:18] to the record.
[2:20] Item two a approval of the JULY
[2:23] 7th, 2026 City Council minutes.
[2:25] Item two be a resolution of the
[2:26] City Council of the City of
[2:28] Brighton, Colorado. Appointing
[2:29] members to the City of Brighton
[2:31] Youth Commission for terms
[2:33] ending in JUNE of 2028.
[2:34] Thank you. What is the pleasure
[2:36] Council? Council member green.
[2:37] Thank you. Mayor. I approve of
[2:39] the AUGUST 4th consent agenda.
[2:40] Can I make a motion to approve
[2:42] it.?
[2:43] And then Council member
[2:44] Fiedler.
[2:45] Thank you. Mayor. I
[2:45] ll second.
[2:47] We have a first and second to
[2:49] approve the consent agenda as
[2:57] presented. Roll call. Vote.
[3:00] Motion passes 8 to 0 and one
[3:03] absent. Next is the approval of
[3:06] the regular agenda. When our
[3:06] screens clear. Who
[3:07] d like to
[3:10] make that motion? Council
[3:12] member Snyder.
[3:13] I move to approve the regular
[3:15] agenda as presented.
[3:17] Council member Taddeo.
[3:17] Thank you. I
[3:18] ll second that.
[3:20] We have a first and second to
[3:23] approve the regular agenda.
[3:31] Roll call. Vote. Motion passes
[3:34] 8 to 0 with one absent. Moving
[3:36] on to ceremonies. Why?
[3:36] Everybody
[3:38] s here. Right. Item
[3:41] for a swear in Brighton Youth
[3:42] Commission and Brighton Youth
[3:44] Impact members. Uh, we
[3:45] d like
[3:47] to welcome back City Manager
[3:48] Martinez.
[3:49] I forgot how to turn on my
[3:50] microphone.
[3:51] Yes.
[3:51] It
[3:52] s good to be back. Thank you
[3:54] all. I appreciate that if you
[3:55] are here this evening to be
[3:57] sworn in, please join us at the
[3:59] podium. And our city clerk will
[4:00] meet you there.
[4:00] That
[4:35] s a lot of you.
[4:36] Raise your right hand. Repeat
[4:39] after me. I state your name.
[4:40] I. Great.
[4:42] Do solemnly declare..
[4:44] Solemnly declare.
[4:46] And affirm. Affirm that I will
[4:47] support.
[4:47] And this is.
[4:50] The Constitution of the United.
[4:52] States of the United States.
[4:53] The Constitution.
[4:55] The Constitution.
[4:56] Of the State of Colorado.
[4:57] Of the State of Colorado.
[5:00] The Brighton Municipal Charter.
[5:00] Municipal.
[5:02] And the office.
[5:04] Of the Office of.
[5:04] Youth Commission.
[5:06] Member unit. Commission member.
[5:08] I will faithfully perform.
[5:11] Faithfully for. The office the
[5:14] duties of the office, not
[5:14] death.
[5:15] Thank you all so.
[5:16] Much.
[5:22] Who.
[5:24] Is this the introduction part?
[5:25] Now, Tanya. All right, that
[5:25] s
[5:27] for b. Go for it.
[5:28] Good evening. Mayor. City
[5:30] council members, city staff,
[5:32] families and guests. My name is
[5:33] Isaac. And this summer, I had
[5:35] the privilege of serving as a
[5:36] growing grads intern. Tonight,
[5:36] I
[5:38] m also honored to be inducted
[5:38] as a member of the Brighton
[5:40] Youth Commission. One of the
[5:41] things that I
[5:41] ve learned this
[5:42] summer is that Brighton just
[5:43] doesn
[5:44] t ask young people to be
[5:45] the future. It gives us
[5:46] opportunities to contribute.
[5:48] Today. Tonight, you
[5:48] re
[5:50] welcoming new members into two
[5:52] of these opportunities. The
[5:53] Brand Youth Commission gives
[5:54] young people meaningful
[5:56] opportunities to engage with
[5:58] local government, develop as
[5:59] leaders, and make a positive
[5:59] impact in the Brighton
[6:01] community. Brian Impact
[6:03] provides hands on opportunities
[6:04] to develop leadership through
[6:06] service, teamwork and community
[6:07] involvement. These programs
[6:09] remind us that leadership isn
[6:09] t
[6:10] about a title. It
[6:10] s about
[6:12] listening, taking initiative,
[6:13] serving others, and being
[6:14] willing to make a difference.
[6:16] They help us build confidence,
[6:17] develop new skills, and
[6:18] discover that our voices
[6:19] matter. As someone who
[6:19] s
[6:20] experienced one city youth
[6:22] leadership program and is now
[6:23] beginning another, I can say
[6:24] these opportunities have a real
[6:25] impact. They don
[6:26] t just prepare
[6:27] for someday. They allow us to
[6:29] make a difference. Today, on
[6:30] behalf of everyone being
[6:31] inducted tonight. Thank you for
[6:32] believing in young people
[6:34] enough to invest in us. Your
[6:35] support creates opportunities
[6:36] that help us grow into leaders
[6:38] who care deeply about brain and
[6:39] want to make a positive
[6:41] difference. Thank you for this
[6:42] opportunity. I
[6:43] m excited to
[6:44] begin serving alongside my
[6:45] fellow commissioners. Now I
[6:45] m
[6:46] going to have each new member
[6:48] introduce themselves. Please
[6:49] say your name. Great. And
[6:59] school.
[7:02] Hello, my name is Elias and I
[7:02] m
[7:04] entering the ninth grade at,
[7:14] um, Eagle Ridge Academy.
[7:17] My name is Lorenzo Freitas and
[7:17] I
[7:19] m going into seventh grade at
[7:25] Beacon Middle School.
[7:27] My name is Izzy. I
[7:28] m going into
[7:29] ninth grade at Brighton High
[7:32] School.
[7:34] Um, my name is Estrella, and
[7:34] I
[7:36] m going to sixth grade. And
[7:39] Foundation Academy.
[7:40] My name is Eddie Adobe. I
[7:40] m
[7:41] going into eighth grade at
[7:45] Beacon Middle School.
[7:48] My name is Derek, and I
[7:48] m going
[7:50] to Quest Middle School. And I
[7:50] m
[7:54] going to sixth grade.
[7:56] My name is Sofia Chavez, and I
[7:57] am going into ninth grade at
[8:00] Riverdale Ridge High School.
[8:02] My name is Adeline Christensen,
[8:03] and I
[8:04] m going into seventh
[8:06] grade at Century Middle School.
[8:09] My name is Julie McKinney, and
[8:09] I
[8:11] m going to seventh grade to
[8:13] to Chris Smith School.
[8:14] My name is Xavier and I
[8:15] m going
[8:17] into seventh grade at
[8:19] Foundations Academy.
[8:19] I
[8:20] m Elizabeth Holbrook.
[8:21] I
[8:22] m going into ninth grade at
[8:24] Frederick High School.
[8:25] My name is Margaret Amaya. I
[8:25] m
[8:27] going into the seventh grade at
[8:29] Foundations Academy.
[8:30] My name is Malia. I
[8:31] m going to
[8:32] the ninth grade at Riverdale
[8:35] Ridge High School. My name is
[8:36] Dallas, and I
[8:37] m going to the
[8:39] eighth grade at Quest Middle
[8:44] School. My name is Joseph, and
[8:44] i
[8:46] m going to initiate a Quest
[8:50] Middle school.
[8:52] My name is Addison Sanchez. I
[8:52] m
[8:53] going to eighth grade at
[8:58] Foundations Academy.
[9:00] My name is Nancy Sanchez. I
[9:00] m
[9:01] entering 12th grade at Eagle
[9:08] Ridge Academy.
[9:09] Good afternoon.
[9:10] I
[9:11] m Valentina, and I
[9:11] m entering
[9:17] 12th grade at Eagle. Richard.
[9:19] Good evening. My name is Kim,
[9:19] and I
[9:20] m going into my junior
[9:25] year at Bryan High School.
[9:26] My name is Isaac, and I
[9:27] m going
[9:29] into my sophomore year at
[9:33] Brighton High School.
[9:34] My name is Ari, and I
[9:34] m
[9:37] entering, uh, 11th grade in the
[9:41] state school.
[9:42] I didn
[9:43] t clarify mostly the
[9:44] teal poles, our youth
[9:46] commission and the black t
[9:48] shirts are impact members. And
[9:48] we
[9:49] re so excited to have them
[9:51] all join us. Thank you so much
[9:56] for your time tonight.
[9:58] So we have them circle around
[9:59] and we do one big picture
[10:00] together. Is that going to be
[10:01] too crowded.
[10:04] To try? Can we maybe just go
[10:05] this way.
[10:07] Like go have them come around?
[10:09] Yes.
[10:12] Isaac, stay right. In that
[10:37] circle.
[10:39] You could stand. Just have the
[10:41] taller kids.
[10:43] Taller. Comes this way back
[10:47] then all friends you are more
[10:57] and more. They can squeeze in.
[11:06] You guys squeeze in here.
[11:06] I stand.
[11:07] In the front row.
[11:08] Just stand in between.
[11:09] Them.
[11:11] Yeah. Just make sure you
[11:11] re
[11:12] not.
[11:13] Blocking the person behind. You
[11:13] can see somebody
[11:14] s head.
[11:15] Then you got to kind of, like,
[11:16] look around a little bit, you
[11:18] know, find a window.
[11:19] Wow.
[11:19] You
[11:20] re welcome to take
[11:21] pictures.
[11:23] Too. All right, let me move.
[11:53] Okay.
[11:53] While you
[11:55] re dispersing, just
[11:56] just want to thank all the
[11:58] youth for volunteering and
[12:00] being a part of this group.
[12:00] You
[12:00] re going to you
[12:01] re going to
[12:03] be well filled this year. So
[12:05] thank you for being a part of
[12:06] the Youth Commission and the
[12:15] Youth Impact Group. We
[12:15] ll let
[12:17] people disperse if they choose.
[12:17] But everybody
[12:18] s welcome to
[12:20] stay. So nobody
[12:21] s being kicked
[12:38] out. Now we got a lot of
[12:41] capacity here. All right. Um,
[12:44] next on the agenda is the, uh,
[12:45] item five. Public invited to be
[12:46] heard on matters that are not
[12:49] on the agenda. I have two
[12:51] people signed up to speak. I
[12:52] also have three other signed up
[12:54] for another item coming up on
[12:55] the agenda, but these two are
[12:57] for the ones that are speaking
[12:58] on items that are not on the
[12:59] agenda. So first I have Tom
[13:02] Lambo come on over, Tom. You
[13:03] know how it goes. State your
[13:05] name for the record. You got
[13:09] three minutes.
[13:11] All right. Thank you very much.
[13:13] Hello to Brighton. Hello to you
[13:14] all in front of me. It
[13:14] s good
[13:16] to be here. Hope all is well.
[13:16] I
[13:17] m Tom Lambo. I
[13:17] m here to lift
[13:19] up right into the Lord in
[13:20] prayer. So please join me in
[13:22] prayer. Heavenly father, in
[13:23] Jesus name, we ask you to be
[13:24] with us here tonight and every
[13:26] day in Brighton. You are GOD,
[13:27] the creator of all things, and
[13:28] there is nothing greater than
[13:32] you. Deuteronomy 435 states to
[13:34] you it was shown that you might
[13:36] know that the Lord is GOD.
[13:37] There is no other besides him.
[13:39] Let us find comfort in you, and
[13:41] help us not to fear the
[13:42] situations around us.
[13:44] Everything is changing. What
[13:46] can cause us to feel unstable?
[13:47] We can rest in knowing there is
[13:49] nothing greater than you, and
[13:50] you have all situations under
[13:53] control. The summer is moving
[13:54] quickly, the county fair is
[13:55] over, and summer trips are
[13:57] coming to an end. Our teachers
[13:58] will have reported back to
[14:00] school before we meet again.
[14:02] Students will start reporting
[14:03] back to school shortly after
[14:05] that. Families will go through
[14:07] another adjustment. Children.
[14:08] Children will face new
[14:10] situations. For some, it will
[14:12] be their very first day of
[14:13] school, while others will start
[14:15] counting down their last year.
[14:16] A lot of change, a lot of
[14:18] adjustments. So we lift up to
[14:19] you all those who will be
[14:21] affected by this new beginning.
[14:22] The unknown is before them and
[14:24] you have a word to cover them.
[14:27] Isaiah 4318 through 19 states,
[14:29] forget the former things. Do
[14:31] not dwell on the past. See, I
[14:31] m
[14:33] doing a new thing now. It
[14:33] s now
[14:35] it springs up. Do you not
[14:37] perceive it? I am making a way
[14:39] in the wilderness and streams
[14:41] in the west, in the wastelands.
[14:43] You are GOD, and nothing is
[14:45] beyond your control. Be with
[14:47] those that are making these
[14:48] adjustments. Help them to find
[14:50] peace in you. Watch over
[14:51] everyone and make a path for
[14:53] them to travel on as they begin
[14:56] this new journey. We lift up
[14:57] all those that are serving in
[14:59] our military. All who serve
[15:01] need your protection. Guide the
[15:02] individuals who are making
[15:04] decisions that impact their
[15:05] lives. Give them clear
[15:07] understanding of the dangers
[15:09] they are asking our military to
[15:11] enter into. Some who are
[15:12] serving will be sent on
[15:13] missions to free those that
[15:16] cannot help themselves. They
[15:18] have a special purpose. Remind
[15:19] them of their purpose with
[15:21] Psalm 824, which states, rescue
[15:23] the weak and the needy. Deliver
[15:24] them from the hand of the
[15:26] wicked. Keep them safe and
[15:27] mentally sharp. Guide their
[15:29] actions, and bring everyone
[15:31] home safely. You are our GOD
[15:33] and we are your people. In
[15:35] Jesus name we pray. Amen. Thank
[15:37] you guys. Have a nice night.
[15:39] Thank you. Tom. Next is Todd
[15:42] Crumbly. Come on over. Todd,
[15:44] state your name. For the
[15:47] record. You got three minutes.
[15:49] Hi. My name is Todd Quimby. I
[15:51] own two businesses here in
[15:52] Brighton. Uh, Brighton crossing
[15:54] Liquors on 50th and Bridge and
[15:56] Brighton Highway seven that I
[15:58] bought about two years ago. Um,
[15:58] I
[16:00] ve been having some. My water
[16:03] bill is, like, extremely high.
[16:03] And I
[16:04] ve talked to the water
[16:05] people here in Brighton, and
[16:07] nobody seems to want to be able
[16:08] to do anything like my water
[16:14] bill for this month is $652. I
[16:15] have an ice maker. I have a
[16:17] toilet and a mop, sink and a
[16:18] sink. There
[16:18] s no grass or
[16:20] anything. Uh, what I understand
[16:21] is the building was built in
[16:23] 1961, roughly, and it was
[16:25] laundromat. Then years later,
[16:27] it went half laundromat, half
[16:28] liquor store. And it
[16:28] s been the
[16:30] liquor store for the last 35
[16:33] rough years. Um, I
[16:34] ve asked
[16:36] this, this city water person,
[16:36] if there
[16:38] s some way I can get a
[16:39] variance to choke the line
[16:40] down, because I would
[16:41] understand is when it was the
[16:42] laundromat, they have a two
[16:44] inch line coming from the
[16:46] street. And he said, the only
[16:47] way I can do that. So if I turn
[16:49] my parking lot up and put a
[16:51] whole new line in, tear the
[16:52] meter or tear the stuff out of
[16:53] the street, and that
[16:54] s going to
[16:57] be 10 to $15,000. So I
[16:58] m I
[16:58] ve
[17:00] been paying a minimum of $450 a
[17:02] month in water. So i
[17:02] m
[17:03] wondering, is there any way I
[17:05] can get a variance or who can I
[17:07] talk to to maybe rectify this?
[17:08] Because I honestly, I feel like
[17:08] I
[17:13] m getting ripped off. That
[17:13] s
[17:15] my speech.
[17:18] All right. Todd. Thank you. Um,
[17:19] you know, this is something
[17:22] that the obviously staff will
[17:23] have to address. I know you
[17:23] ve
[17:25] come up to me about this in the
[17:27] past, and, um, you know, I
[17:27] don
[17:29] t have the right answer for
[17:30] you right now.
[17:30] I don
[17:31] t expect an answer right
[17:32] now, but if we could look into
[17:34] that, I would really appreciate
[17:35] it. Okay.
[17:36] Thank you for bringing that
[17:40] back up. Thank you. That is all
[17:42] I have signed up to speak on
[17:43] items, none on the agenda. And
[17:45] like I said, those that have
[17:46] signed up to speak on an item
[17:48] coming up on the agenda will
[17:49] call you up when that time
[17:54] allows. All right. Next. Hold
[17:58] on. Item 6aa resolution of the
[17:59] City Council of the City of
[18:01] Brighton, Colorado, approving
[18:03] the Second Amendment to service
[18:05] plan for a Prairie Center
[18:06] Metropolitan district number
[18:08] seven and setting forth other
[18:11] details related to. So this is
[18:14] a public hearing. I
[18:14] m first
[18:15] going to open up the public
[18:19] hearing and ask that the city
[18:21] clerk verify all the postings
[18:23] and publications were complete.
[18:24] Yes, your Honor, the notice of
[18:26] Public hearing was published on
[18:28] the City of Brighton website on
[18:30] July 20th, 2026.
[18:32] Thanks for verifying. And next
[18:34] I ask members of City Council
[18:35] if they have any conflicts of
[18:37] interest or ex-parte
[18:39] communications related to this
[18:42] item. Seeing none, City Manager
[18:44] Martinez, please introduce our
[18:45] presenting staff.
[18:46] Thank you. Mayor. Presenting
[18:47] this item this evening on
[18:49] behalf of the city as Associate
[18:50] Planner Stephanie Adams.
[18:52] Welcome, Stephanie.
[18:53] Good evening. Good evening.
[18:54] Mayor, mayor pro tem and
[18:56] members of council. My name is
[18:57] Stephanie Ames, associate
[18:58] planner with the city. And I
[18:59] m
[19:00] here to present the Prairie
[19:01] Center Metropolitan District
[19:03] number seven service plan
[19:06] amendment. The subject property
[19:07] outlined on the map is
[19:08] generally located to the north
[19:10] of Eagle Boulevard, south of
[19:12] Kite Street and South 35th
[19:14] Avenue, east of South 27th
[19:15] Avenue, and west of Prairie
[19:17] Center Parkway. Comprised of
[19:18] all property within Prairie
[19:21] Center Village, one subdivision.
[19:25] To provide some background, the
[19:26] original service plan for the
[19:29] district was approved in 2006.
[19:31] In 2008, there was an amendment
[19:32] to the service plan increasing
[19:33] the cost of public
[19:34] improvements. Currently, the
[19:36] district has two outstanding
[19:38] general obligation bonds with a
[19:40] final maturity of 2045 and
[19:43] 2046, and in accordance with
[19:44] the approved Service plan, any
[19:45] modifications to the service
[19:47] plan require approval from the
[19:51] City Council. With this Second
[19:52] Amendment to the service plan,
[19:53] the district is seeking to
[19:56] refund the existing bonds,
[19:58] change the bond maturity limits
[20:00] from 25 years to 30 years to
[20:01] align with the city
[20:01] s model
[20:03] service plan and lower annual
[20:05] debt service. Mill levies
[20:07] remove the restriction
[20:08] prohibiting issuance of new
[20:10] money debt after DECEMBER 1st,
[20:13] 2025, and replace that
[20:14] restriction with the rule
[20:15] limiting the debt service mill
[20:17] levy to no more than 40 years.
[20:18] We
[20:19] ll also preserve flexibility
[20:21] for future financing by
[20:22] allowing additional new money
[20:23] debt with approval from the
[20:27] district board. By extending
[20:28] the repair the repayment
[20:29] period, this would reduce the
[20:34] debt service mill levy from
[20:39] 63.495 to 39.617 starting in
[20:42] 2027. Collections. At this
[20:43] time, the options for
[20:44] consideration are before you on
[20:46] the screen. Thank you all for
[20:46] your time and attention this
[20:47] evening. The city
[20:48] s Metro
[20:49] District Council and financial
[20:50] consultants are available for
[20:51] any questions that you MAY
[20:53] have. After a brief
[20:54] presentation from our applicant
[20:55] team.
[20:55] The applicant, I
[20:56] d like to
[20:58] queue up the presentation. Time
[20:59] is yours.
[21:05] Okay.
[21:07] Great. Thank you. My name is
[21:09] Dave Burke. I am the PRESIDENT
[21:12] Of the Board of directors for
[21:14] Metro District seven. I
[21:14] m
[21:16] honored to represent the 370
[21:20] home owners in this community.
[21:21] And our effort tonight to try
[21:23] to modify the bond debt for
[21:24] this community to offer
[21:26] significant annual property tax
[21:29] relief for its residents. I
[21:29] m
[21:31] joined by other members of our
[21:33] 100% Resident Control Board
[21:35] here tonight are including our
[21:36] treasurer, Ron Johnson, and
[21:38] members Alan Greenfield,
[21:40] Jeffrey Hunter and Megan Smith,
[21:41] as well as the members of our
[21:42] community. I
[21:43] m not an expert in
[21:45] this field by any means. I
[21:45] m
[21:46] just a volunteer and I
[21:47] m a
[21:48] homeowner. But we
[21:49] re fortunate
[21:50] to have experts here with us,
[21:52] uh, including Kathy Conda,
[21:52] who
[21:54] s with McGeady, Beacher,
[21:56] Cortez and Williams, our
[21:58] general counsel for the
[21:59] district, and Matt Chalk, who
[22:00] s
[22:02] a director with D.A. Davidson.
[22:04] This amendment will give us the
[22:08] option to extend our refi to 30
[22:09] years so we can explore as many
[22:12] possibilities as possible to
[22:14] maximize the property tax
[22:20] reduction for the residents. As
[22:24] I said, just a very brief, um,
[22:27] set of slides here where a 100%
[22:30] district board comprised of
[22:31] residents, uh, we have five
[22:33] board members. Currently, the
[22:35] metro district portion of the
[22:37] resident property taxes is
[22:39] approximately 40% of our total
[22:41] tax bill. Um, due to our
[22:43] maximum mill levy that we have
[22:45] to pay based on how the bonds
[22:48] are structured currently, in
[22:52] addition to taking care of of
[22:54] the statutory compliances, we
[22:56] also performed the hoa
[22:57] functions, including operations
[22:58] of maintenance of the public,
[22:59] improvements including the
[23:01] common area, landscaping. If
[23:01] you
[23:02] ve been by the community,
[23:03] you know we have a tremendous
[23:05] amount of landscaping there and
[23:06] snow removal, the entry
[23:08] monuments, the lighting, the
[23:10] under drainage system, as well
[23:11] as the design review and
[23:13] covenant Enforcement district
[23:14] board takes care of all of
[23:16] that. So here
[23:17] s the opportunity
[23:19] to try to decrease the
[23:19] district
[23:21] s property taxes,
[23:22] where we can refund the
[23:24] existing bonds from the series
[23:27] 20 and the series 21 bonds. Uh,
[23:29] and take those to market. We
[23:29] re
[23:31] not adding any additional debt.
[23:33] Uh, no additional debt is being
[23:35] added or contemplated. Any
[23:36] additional debt to this
[23:38] community would require a vote
[23:40] of the residents. So there
[23:40] s
[23:41] nothing we can do on our own
[23:43] anyway. Um, we
[23:44] ll propose the
[23:46] refunding plan based on present
[23:47] market conditions. We
[23:47] ll go to
[23:48] the market, take a look, see
[23:50] what makes the most sense. Um,
[23:52] and if we can do it this year,
[23:53] the debt service mill levy can
[23:56] be reduced from its current
[23:58] maximum levels. Uh, for the
[24:01] next tax year, reducing the
[24:03] property taxes significantly
[24:06] for our homeowners. We can
[24:08] substantially reduce the debt
[24:12] service by approximately 750 to
[24:15] $950 per home per year. If we
[24:17] take this to market the way
[24:18] that we think we can, it can
[24:19] work. It
[24:20] ll also minimize the
[24:21] quarterly operations and
[24:23] maintenance fee increases. In
[24:25] addition to the to the the
[24:26] property tax amount that we
[24:28] pay, we also pay quarterly
[24:33] operations fees of $828 a year
[24:34] per home. And they
[24:34] re billed
[24:37] quarterly. And so hopefully
[24:41] this refi restructure will
[24:43] allow us to minimize any of
[24:45] those increases as well and
[24:48] give us some financial
[24:50] flexibility to maintain and
[24:51] enhance the public interest
[24:52] infrastructure in the community
[24:54] amenities that we have, should
[24:57] we need additional monies for
[24:58] something. This gives us a
[24:59] little bit more flexibility in
[25:02] how to raise those monies. So
[25:02] that
[25:03] s it. That
[25:04] s what, uh,
[25:04] what we
[25:07] re asking. Um, on
[25:09] behalf of the 370 residents
[25:11] there, we thank you to consider
[25:12] this amendment.
[25:13] Thank you. And you said you
[25:14] re
[25:15] David Burke, right? I am. So
[25:16] you also signed up to speak
[25:17] separately.
[25:17] I know I wasn
[25:18] t sure what they
[25:21] asked me. I said, okay, okay.
[25:23] So yeah. One. Yeah. Since
[25:23] you
[25:24] re already a presenter.
[25:25] Yeah. We
[25:26] ll just go ahead and
[25:27] put that aside. Yeah. Is that
[25:29] the same with, uh, Ronald
[25:31] Johnson? Okay. Are you trying
[25:35] to sign up to speak to. Okay,
[25:35] so we
[25:37] ll put that aside. How
[25:42] about a Tom? Um, MARCH so that
[25:42] you
[25:43] re signing up? Okay, so
[25:43] we
[25:44] ll get to you in a moment.
[25:44] Okay. So there
[25:46] s one person
[25:47] signed up to speak, so. Okay,
[25:49] this is the time for public
[25:50] comment. Uh, for those that
[25:51] have signed up to speak, I
[25:51] ll
[25:53] just call you up one by one.
[25:57] Um, if anybody is here that
[25:58] have interest to speak, there
[26:00] are sign up sheets in the back
[26:01] bringing to the city clerk. But
[26:04] for now, I will call upon Tom
[26:06] ganache to come on up. And when
[26:08] you get to the mic, state your
[26:09] name for the record or correct.
[26:11] Any ways I pronounced it, and
[26:11] you
[26:13] ll have three minutes.
[26:16] Tom. Uh, I live in, uh, Prairie
[26:20] Center. Uh, mayor Council. Uh,
[26:20] I
[26:22] ve lived there. Uh, original
[26:24] homeowner been there since, uh,
[26:26] phase one. And I support my
[26:29] board in this, uh, resolution
[26:31] that they had before you and I
[26:34] would, uh, ask you to please
[26:36] support it. So thank you very
[26:37] much.
[26:38] All right. That
[26:39] s all I have
[26:43] signed up to speak, MADAM City
[26:44] clerk, is there anybody signed
[26:46] up to speak on or. Well, is
[26:46] there anybody that
[26:47] s, uh,
[26:49] submitted any digital public
[26:49] comment?
[26:50] Yes. Your honor.
[26:51] You
[27:10] ll pass that down. Give us
[27:12] a moment while we skim through
[27:14] this real quick. Everyone
[27:18] short, grab one more.
[27:46] That down.
[27:48] So it appears there are a few
[27:52] folks that submitted their
[27:55] opposition. Um, and then those
[27:57] that showed up in person has
[27:59] submitted their, um, support
[28:05] for this. So, um, with the
[28:07] staff or the presenter want to
[28:10] add to the based on the public
[28:12] comment that was presented
[28:14] earlier?
[28:18] So we certainly appreciate Tom
[28:19] coming down and and other
[28:20] members who MAY be here,
[28:23] residents that MAY be here. Um,
[28:26] I believe we submitted, um, a
[28:28] response to some of the. Okay,
[28:31] um, objections that were
[28:33] submitted digitally. Okay. So
[28:35] you MAY have that as well. Um,
[28:38] our answer to that, but, um,
[28:40] no, we just asked for your
[28:42] support for this so that we can
[28:43] take a look and try to save
[28:44] some people some money.
[28:45] Okay.
[28:47] And just for the record, all
[28:48] this will be in the minutes of
[28:49] the meeting. When that comes
[28:53] out later down the road. Um,
[28:54] questions and comments from the
[28:55] council. We
[28:55] ll go to council
[28:57] Member Green.
[28:59] Uh, thank you. Mayor. Yeah. And
[29:03] this was new to us. So, uh. You
[29:05] know, I, I am in support of
[29:06] anything that would lower the
[29:08] mill levy to residents. I
[29:09] d
[29:11] like to hear that, but, uh, one
[29:13] of my questions is, is how much
[29:15] of the debt has been paid under
[29:16] the maximum mill levy that
[29:16] you
[29:21] ve been collecting? Any.
[29:23] Question.
[29:25] Good evening. Mayor, Council
[29:27] members Matt Gorski with D.A.
[29:30] Davidson. Um, the current debt
[29:36] outstanding. Uh, is about $9
[29:38] million in the original
[30:00] principal amount.
[30:00] I suppose.
[30:06] That.
[30:06] Was paid.
[30:07] Off about.
[30:09] Yeah. So, as Dave mentioned,
[30:09] there
[30:11] s two series of bonds, a
[30:14] series 2020 and a series 2021,
[30:16] the and the 2020 bond that was
[30:18] issued with two term bonds. The
[30:20] first term bond was paid off or
[30:21] will be paid off this year.
[30:21] There
[30:23] s 30,000 left on that
[30:25] debt and all the debt on the
[30:27] series 2021 bonds is currently
[30:29] outstanding. None of that has
[30:30] been paid. In fact, there
[30:30] s
[30:39] about one point. 1.3 million of
[30:40] accrued and unpaid interest,
[30:42] which will continue to accrue
[30:44] and compound if that debt is
[30:46] not retired. So they made I
[30:47] mean, they
[30:47] ve paid off a
[30:49] significant amount of the debt,
[30:49] but they
[30:51] re still going to be
[30:55] outstanding. $9 million.
[30:57] Okay, but what was the total?
[31:00] Um, the original issuance
[31:01] versus what? Yes.
[31:02] Over 16.
[31:04] Little over 60 million. Okay.
[31:05] That that was that was the
[31:05] question I
[31:06] m getting at here.
[31:08] So thank you.
[31:08] I didn
[31:09] t want to dance around
[31:11] it. Uh, the other part of it
[31:13] is, uh, you
[31:14] re asking for a 30
[31:16] year bond term, but a 40 years
[31:20] of mill levy. So that that was
[31:22] the language in the slide
[31:24] there. Maybe you could explain
[31:26] what what that reference.
[31:28] Is hoping maybe.
[31:29] The city.
[31:31] Hi, my name is Kathy Conda. I
[31:31] m
[31:32] general counsel for the
[31:35] district. And so when we.
[31:36] Were you can bring the mic
[31:36] closer to you.
[31:38] There you go. Is that better?
[31:40] Yes. Okay. Kathy Conda, general
[31:42] counsel for the district. Thank
[31:44] you for hearing this matter.
[31:47] When we, um, the impetus of
[31:49] this was to to look at
[31:52] opportunities to lower the debt
[31:54] service mill levy because when
[31:55] the bonds were originally
[31:57] issued, their cash flow bonds.
[31:58] So until they
[31:59] re paid off,
[31:59] there
[32:02] s no opportunity to
[32:04] reduce the, you know, the debt
[32:07] service mill levy versus
[32:09] structured bonds that have an
[32:13] annual amortization, where if
[32:13] you
[32:14] re producing more, then you
[32:16] need to make an annual payment.
[32:17] You know, that mill levy could
[32:19] actually go down. So that was
[32:21] that was the beginning point,
[32:24] right. The board um, talked to
[32:27] two different underwriters and
[32:29] looked at more than one
[32:32] refunding scenario, including a
[32:35] 25 year term bond, which is
[32:37] what their current service plan
[32:40] allows. And realize that with a
[32:42] 30 year term, they could
[32:44] actually realize a bigger
[32:46] reduction in their mill levy.
[32:48] And I think the analogy for
[32:52] those of us who are not met ski
[32:54] is think about a home mortgage,
[32:57] right? The longer your term,
[32:59] the lower your monthly payment.
[33:01] If you finance with a shorter
[33:04] term, the payment is bigger.
[33:04] That
[33:05] s the way that somebody
[33:07] like me, who is not really good
[33:09] with numbers, sort of
[33:11] understood this. Under your
[33:14] current model service plan, it
[33:16] allows districts to issue bonds
[33:20] for terms of 40 years. So our
[33:22] request to increase the term
[33:25] from 25 to 30 is actually less
[33:26] than what
[33:27] s currently allowed
[33:30] in the model service plan.
[33:30] There
[33:32] s also a provision in our
[33:33] service plan, because it was
[33:35] one of the first ones that was
[33:37] approved by Brighton way back
[33:40] in 2006. There was there was
[33:44] um, the expectation or the
[33:47] desire that the entire 2400
[33:50] acre. Um, yeah. Prairie Center
[33:51] development would be fully
[33:54] developed by 2025. And so there
[33:57] was a provision in the service
[33:59] plan that said districts
[33:59] couldn
[34:01] t issue any additional
[34:04] debt after 2025. Well, that
[34:06] ship has sailed. There is an
[34:08] exception for refunding, which
[34:11] is what we have here. And in
[34:12] some of the discussions we
[34:14] talked about maybe issuing even
[34:17] a little more debt, um, either
[34:19] to pay off past developer
[34:21] advances or build up a capital
[34:22] reserve for additional
[34:24] community amenities and that
[34:26] sort of thing. And when we
[34:29] spoke with, um, city, the
[34:29] city
[34:30] s consultants, outside
[34:33] legal counsel at Butler Snow,
[34:35] rather than, you know, we
[34:37] started out with, well, do we
[34:41] extend from 2025 to 20 20, 30,
[34:42] 2035, you know, what are we
[34:44] going to do here? What makes
[34:46] sense? And what we mutually
[34:49] agreed upon is in the current
[34:51] model service plan, there
[34:51] s a
[34:54] limitation that says a district
[34:57] cannot impose a debt service
[34:58] mill levy for more than 40
[35:00] years after the first issuance
[35:05] of debt without, um, a decision
[35:08] to extend that term by a
[35:11] resident controlled board of
[35:13] directors. Because what we
[35:13] re
[35:16] proposing, if we issue this
[35:20] year, which is 20, 26, 30
[35:24] years, takes us out to 2056, I
[35:24] can
[35:25] t do math in my head. I
[35:26] m
[35:28] so sorry. And if you go back to
[35:29] when they initially issued in
[35:32] 2020, we fall within that 40
[35:36] year, um, frame. And again, um,
[35:40] it, it brings the this district
[35:44] service plan in alignment with
[35:45] the provisions of the current
[35:47] model service plan that was
[35:50] adopted, um, in when was that
[35:56] adopted in 2021. Did I make
[35:57] sense?
[35:59] Not exactly. Um.
[35:59] I
[36:00] m sorry.
[36:03] Because it was, uh, structural
[36:05] adjust restrictions on new debt
[36:06] issuance. But now I
[36:06] m hearing
[36:08] that you MAY issue new debt and
[36:10] then remove the prohibition on
[36:12] issuing new money debt after
[36:14] DECEMBER 2025, replaced it with
[36:15] a rule of limiting the debt
[36:17] service mill levy to no more
[36:18] than 40 years. So that means
[36:20] that if we do this 30 year
[36:20] term, you
[36:21] d still have another
[36:23] ten years, uh, to think about
[36:25] issuing new debt, right?
[36:26] Just like all the other
[36:27] metropolitan districts in the
[36:28] city of Brighton right now that
[36:30] have been organized since the
[36:33] model service plan was put into
[36:36] place. So and we have a 100%
[36:39] resident control board. And the
[36:40] other thing that I want to
[36:42] emphasize is no new money debt
[36:46] is contemplated. Now. But
[36:48] because this district does have
[36:51] significant public improvement,
[36:52] operation and maintenance
[36:54] responsibility, we don
[36:54] t
[36:57] foresee any need in the
[36:59] foreseeable future for any new
[37:00] money debt. We just don
[37:01] t see
[37:04] it at all. But in terms of
[37:05] coming into compliance with
[37:07] your current model and being
[37:09] able to do what they need to do
[37:12] now, we agreed that that would
[37:15] be a logical thing to do.
[37:17] Okay, like I said, there
[37:17] s that
[37:19] now is acting a lot. Yeah,
[37:19] there
[37:21] s nothing now. But, um.
[37:23] Well, I mean, but you saw some
[37:24] of the comments from residents,
[37:24] right.
[37:25] Well, I understand that.
[37:26] That
[37:29] s right. Amenities. Um, as
[37:31] was mentioned, the district
[37:33] functions like an hoa. So
[37:36] rather than turning over things
[37:39] like the under drain system,
[37:40] which I think is the sort of
[37:42] the largest piece of public
[37:43] infrastructure that the
[37:47] district itself maintains. If
[37:48] if you had an earthquake and
[37:49] that whole underground system
[37:50] went under, you know, they
[37:52] might need to go out and get a
[37:53] little bank loan, which would
[37:54] be debt if they
[37:55] re using debt
[37:56] service levy to pay for it. But
[37:56] we
[37:57] re not seeing, you know,
[37:57] we
[37:59] re not anticipating that
[38:01] now. It was just that when we
[38:04] had the conversation about
[38:06] making sure that this district,
[38:08] which is controlled by
[38:09] residents, had the most
[38:11] flexibility to do what they
[38:13] need to do now and what they
[38:15] MAY need to do in the future,
[38:16] coming into compliance with the
[38:18] current model service plan seem
[38:21] like the most efficient and
[38:22] easy way to go.
[38:24] Okay, I understand that, but my
[38:25] other concern is that it took
[38:27] you six years to pay off a
[38:29] third of the debt, but now you
[38:30] want to extend it to 30 years
[38:33] to pay off the remainder. So,
[38:35] and I understand that it
[38:35] s
[38:36] going to lower the taxes and
[38:36] everything else.
[38:39] But okay, so the, the, the
[38:42] bonds that were issued in 2020,
[38:43] the interest rate environment
[38:45] was very good. And for those of
[38:46] you who are around when these,
[38:48] uh, Prairie Center districts
[38:51] were organized, um, there
[38:51] s an
[38:52] agreement with the city that
[38:55] returned to the districts, a
[38:57] portion of the use taxes that
[38:59] are paid at building permit. So
[39:01] the reason the district was
[39:03] able to issue bonds early in
[39:06] the development cycle for this
[39:10] district was because when they
[39:14] were marketed, there was a big
[39:18] bubble of, um, basically use
[39:19] taxes that came to the
[39:21] district. And because their
[39:22] cash flow and then as the
[39:24] district built out, it built
[39:26] out more quickly than anybody
[39:29] anticipated. Um, the property
[39:31] taxes and those use taxes
[39:33] enabled the district to sort of
[39:36] pay off those. The first series
[39:40] of 2020 bonds, the 2021 bonds,
[39:42] however, are carrying interest
[39:47] at 6.3 6.4%. And so what
[39:47] s
[39:48] happening? Because they
[39:49] re cash
[39:51] flow bonds and the 2020 ones
[39:53] are subordinate. Every penny is
[39:55] going into those senior bonds
[39:56] that were issued in 2020.
[39:58] Nothing is going toward the
[40:01] principal on those 2021 bonds
[40:03] that are accruing interest at
[40:06] 6.4%, and will continue to do
[40:08] so until they get paid off. So
[40:13] the payoff on the 2021 bonds is
[40:16] going to be a more protracted
[40:18] period. And it because they
[40:20] pledge their maximum debt
[40:21] service mill levy, there
[40:22] s no
[40:23] opportunity for that debt
[40:25] service mill levy to come down.
[40:28] And so again sort of based
[40:31] preliminary estimates at this
[40:33] point is that there could be a
[40:36] significant, um, property tax
[40:38] reduction and it is going to be
[40:39] a policy decision that the
[40:41] board will make in conjunction
[40:42] with the input they receive
[40:44] from the residents, whether
[40:46] they want to extend, you know,
[40:47] go a little bit longer on the
[40:50] debt to realize bigger property
[40:53] tax savings today, or maybe,
[40:54] you know, do something in
[40:58] between, do nothing and just
[41:01] pay off the 2021 bonds as are
[41:02] currently structured or
[41:04] something in between. Right.
[41:06] And the opportunity does
[41:07] present itself to get a lower
[41:08] interest rate. That
[41:08] s
[41:09] something.
[41:09] That yes.
[41:10] Yes, I
[41:10] m trying to I
[41:10] m trying
[41:11] to help.
[41:11] You out. I
[41:13] m sorry. Okay. Yes.
[41:14] And the interest.
[41:15] Rate on the debt will go down
[41:16] as well. That
[41:17] s the idea.
[41:17] That
[41:17] s that
[41:18] s the goal here.
[41:20] And if you know, and if the
[41:21] market goes nuts and they can
[41:22] t
[41:22] do it, we
[41:23] re not making a
[41:24] decision today to issue whether
[41:26] or not to issue bonds. We
[41:26] re
[41:28] just saying please give us the
[41:30] same amount of flexibility, the
[41:32] same parameters that other
[41:34] metro districts have to
[41:37] consider options.
[41:40] All right. Next, Council member
[41:43] Snyder.
[41:44] Thank you for the presentation.
[41:46] I, uh, don
[41:47] t want to go against
[41:48] the residents in the community.
[41:49] I think residents should be
[41:51] able to decide for themselves.
[41:52] However, you mentioned
[41:53] mortgages. I
[41:53] m glad you
[41:54] mentioned that because that
[41:54] ll
[41:56] keep this conversation in my
[41:58] comments real simple. There
[41:58] s
[42:00] two reasons to refi a mortgage.
[42:02] One is to get a lower interest
[42:03] rate, in which case you might
[42:05] actually save some money. Two
[42:05] is you don
[42:06] t want to make the
[42:07] monthly payment. You want to
[42:10] reduce your monthly debt by
[42:11] extending it. The problem with
[42:12] that one is, is it
[42:13] s smoke and
[42:14] mirrors because you pay less
[42:16] this month, but in the end you
[42:17] end up paying a lot more money
[42:19] than you would have paid if you
[42:21] just left the debt alone. So
[42:21] that
[42:23] s my concern. Are we
[42:26] burdening the residents with
[42:28] more out of pocket debt over
[42:31] the period of this thing? Um,
[42:34] because last time I checked,
[42:35] interest rates weren
[42:35] t
[42:36] extremely favorable. Right now,
[42:37] they
[42:38] re better than they were a
[42:38] year ago, but they
[42:39] re not
[42:40] great. And so I
[42:41] m wondering if
[42:41] we
[42:42] re going to burden the
[42:44] residents with more debt
[42:45] overall. The other thing is,
[42:46] Americans typically live in a
[42:49] home 20 years. Extending this
[42:51] 30 is kicking the can down the
[42:52] road to the next people that
[42:52] buy in. I
[42:53] m not sure I like
[42:55] that either. So those are my
[42:59] concerns about it is have you
[43:02] calculated the final out of
[43:03] pocket costs? Are the residents
[43:05] paying more for this? Are they
[43:06] paying? I mean, I know they
[43:07] re
[43:08] paying less monthly. I don
[43:08] t
[43:08] care about that. I
[43:09] m talking
[43:11] about the total cost of the
[43:12] debt. Are they going to end up
[43:13] paying more than they
[43:14] re paying
[43:20] now?
[43:21] Yeah. Thank you for your
[43:22] question. Obviously, that
[43:22] s
[43:24] exactly how that works. When
[43:26] you extend the amortization on
[43:27] a debt, you are going to pay
[43:29] more debt over the long run.
[43:31] Based on our numbers. And just
[43:34] a point, Council Member Greene,
[43:35] if we leave the debt
[43:38] outstanding, those bonds don
[43:38] t
[43:40] get paid off until 2043. So
[43:40] really what we
[43:41] re talking about
[43:45] is a 30 year extension to 2056.
[43:46] And the additional debt that
[43:46] s
[43:47] going to accrue on those bonds
[43:51] is about $3.4 million of
[43:53] accrued and unpaid interest,
[43:55] which to me is a waste of money
[43:57] for these residents. The total
[43:59] debt, if you compare the
[44:00] existing debt structure, it
[44:00] s
[44:03] about seven 17.3 million.
[44:04] Assuming we don
[44:04] t do anything
[44:06] with the existing debt under a
[44:09] 30 year amortization, yes, the
[44:10] debt increases to about 20
[44:12] million. So about a roughly a
[44:14] $3 million delta, slightly
[44:18] under. And if we stick to a 25
[44:19] year arm, which is currently in
[44:21] the district service plan,
[44:23] about 17.8. So it
[44:24] s kind of a
[44:25] wash between the current
[44:27] existing debt structure in a 25
[44:30] year Am. But again, the goal of
[44:32] these taxpayers is to lower
[44:34] their taxes. And just a point
[44:39] on the the actual the average
[44:40] homeowner stays in a house
[44:43] about 7 to 8 years. So, you
[44:43] know, it
[44:44] s not 20 and we
[44:44] re not
[44:46] kicking the can. Um, this will
[44:48] be obviously a burden, tax
[44:50] burden for the next property
[44:52] owner. But depending on when
[44:53] they move into that house, it
[44:53] s
[44:55] not going to be a 30 year
[44:57] obligation. So I just wanted to
[45:00] make that point.
[45:01] Thanks for clarifying. Is that
[45:04] all Council member.
[45:05] Yeah, I
[45:07] ve okay.
[45:09] Next. Council member Fiedler.
[45:11] Thank you. Mayor. I appreciate
[45:12] the presentation and the
[45:15] efforts to reduce the tax rate
[45:16] put in dollars and cents for
[45:16] me. I
[45:17] ve done my back of the
[45:19] napkin guess up here. Let
[45:19] s say
[45:21] the average home there is
[45:24] $600,000. And your assessment
[45:25] rates about 7%. And it
[45:26] s a 24
[45:27] mill reduction. I get about
[45:29] $1,000 a year in tax savings.
[45:30] That sound right to you all
[45:31] okay.
[45:31] And on the assessed.
[45:32] Value.
[45:34] On the assessed value. But give
[45:35] or take $1,000 a year in tax
[45:37] savings. I commend you for
[45:39] being an all resident board,
[45:40] because that
[45:40] s not always the
[45:42] case of the metro districts.
[45:43] And for being proactive enough
[45:44] to come in here and present to
[45:45] us. I think this is an
[45:46] administrative function in
[45:47] terms of what you
[45:48] re asking of
[45:49] us. I don
[45:50] t think it
[45:50] s for me
[45:53] or anybody else to tell you how
[45:54] soon you should pay your debt
[45:55] off or not. I appreciate Jim
[45:56] s
[45:58] comments, but, uh, it
[45:58] s just
[45:59] the nature. I
[45:59] ve never seen a
[46:00] metro district close out all
[46:02] there in my lifetime. Close out
[46:04] all their debt, and suddenly
[46:04] there
[46:05] s not any more debt. So,
[46:06] um, I
[46:08] m supportive of this.
[46:08] That
[46:09] s the right thing to do. I
[46:09] understand why you
[46:10] re doing it.
[46:11] And I want to put the dollars
[46:13] and cents to it, because not
[46:13] everyone will do the back of
[46:14] the napkin math or know how to
[46:15] do it right. It
[46:16] s $1,000 a year
[46:18] in savings. And kudos to you
[46:19] all for finding a way to lower
[46:21] your tax bill..
[46:24] Next, mayor Pro Tem, hi.
[46:25] Thank you very much for the
[46:26] presentation. Thank you very
[46:28] much for coming in. I want to
[46:29] make sure that I understand
[46:30] what the question in front of
[46:33] us actually is, because you are
[46:35] the board, you want to make the
[46:37] decision, you want to work with
[46:38] your residents and make a
[46:39] decision on how you might
[46:41] handle it. The question really
[46:43] in front of us is, can we amend
[46:45] the service plan to give you
[46:49] the flexibility to do so? Uh,
[46:52] your service plan predates our
[46:53] model service plan, if I
[46:55] understand that as well. Are
[46:58] there other changes or other
[46:59] differences between your
[47:01] current service plan and the
[47:03] model service plan that we
[47:04] ought to be contemplating to
[47:05] bring you in line with that
[47:12] current model service plan?
[47:14] Mayor Pro Tem, yes, there are
[47:15] differences between the older
[47:18] service plan and the current
[47:19] model service plan that the the
[47:21] council has adopted. The
[47:24] applicant proposed these minor
[47:26] changes to handle the fully
[47:28] resident controlled board. Um,
[47:31] desire to refinance the
[47:32] outstanding debt. When we
[47:33] discussed with the applicant
[47:35] early on, because this is one
[47:37] of the metro districts in
[47:39] connection with an aggregate
[47:41] group of Prairie Center metro
[47:43] districts that have maximum met
[47:46] or maximum debt cap limits for
[47:48] all of the districts, and for
[47:49] them to try and bring that
[47:51] service plan fully in
[47:54] compliance with the model. Um,
[47:56] would require all of the other
[47:58] districts to also then come
[48:00] back and submit all of their
[48:02] service plans to come into
[48:03] compliance with the model.
[48:05] Otherwise, we have
[48:06] inconsistencies with
[48:08] enforcement of the model of the
[48:11] service plans and how they all
[48:13] intertwine and work together.
[48:14] And so what
[48:15] s in front of you
[48:18] today are really minor changes
[48:19] to their service plan, while
[48:22] keeping everything in place as
[48:26] is currently. So yes, there are
[48:27] differences between the model,
[48:30] which includes some reporting
[48:32] requirements, some, um,
[48:34] different, you know, their
[48:35] initial one didn
[48:35] t have this
[48:38] mill levy imposition term, but
[48:40] the thrust of the changes that
[48:41] they
[48:42] re asking for have all
[48:44] been contemplated in the model
[48:46] where as soon as it
[48:46] s a
[48:48] resident control board, if the
[48:50] board approves extending that
[48:51] debt limit or extending the
[48:53] imposition term, or extending a
[48:56] longer debt term, your model in
[48:57] the in the policy decision
[48:57] that
[48:59] s surrounds that model,
[49:02] um, provision supports this
[49:03] amendment.
[49:04] Okay.
[49:06] That makes sense because I
[49:06] we
[49:07] re not being asked to make
[49:10] the decision refi and extend,
[49:12] uh, lower the monthly payments
[49:14] in trade for a longer debt
[49:15] cycle. Uh, that
[49:16] s really the
[49:18] residents who get to make that
[49:19] that decision. And if they
[49:20] don
[49:20] t like it, I suppose they
[49:22] can, uh, vote in a new board
[49:25] and go for something else. But,
[49:27] that that really is the attempt
[49:28] to put it back in your hands. I
[49:31] think you answered the question
[49:33] that I had around. Uh, is it
[49:35] worth trying to uplift the
[49:36] whole thing? But really, we
[49:37] ve
[49:39] got such a patchwork or
[49:41] interconnected set of, uh,
[49:42] districts that that
[49:43] s perhaps
[49:45] more complicated than it is
[49:47] worthwhile to consider. Uh,
[49:48] this one specifically. My other
[49:51] question is, is this metro
[49:53] district built out or does it
[49:55] have a new enough time, uh,
[49:56] projection of timeline to build
[49:59] out that that 40 years now
[50:02] gives you enough runway.?
[50:04] This particular our community
[50:07] is fully built out, 370 homes.
[50:08] So. So we don
[50:10] t have a problem
[50:11] of you still need to develop
[50:14] another 120 homes and we create
[50:15] that problem farther down the
[50:15] road.
[50:16] Yeah.
[50:21] Okay. Um, my other question is
[50:23] entirely curiosity. And so I
[50:24] will say it, but the answer is
[50:26] not really important. I the
[50:27] metro district having to
[50:29] function as the hoa as well,
[50:31] creates a different challenge.
[50:33] Uh, it seems like forming an
[50:35] hoa and separating that from
[50:37] the metro district would be a
[50:38] simplifying factor and would
[50:40] potentially eliminate your
[50:42] problem of assessments,
[50:44] potentially down the road. But,
[50:45] uh, again, that
[50:45] s up to you to
[50:46] figure out how you need to
[50:48] organize all of that. Uh, it
[50:50] just causes me a little bit of,
[50:52] of angst, but I don
[50:52] t live in
[50:55] that neighborhood. Okay? I can
[51:01] see no reason not to. Give
[51:03] flexibility and power to the
[51:05] the metro district, uh, in
[51:07] accordance with how things are
[51:09] structured and recognizing, uh,
[51:10] the challenges you
[51:11] ve seen. So
[51:12] thank you very much for the
[51:14] answers.
[51:16] Next, Council member Wirth.
[51:18] Thank you, Mayor. Um.
[51:19] I mean, I
[51:19] m I
[51:20] m also generally
[51:21] not in favor of kicking the can
[51:23] down the road to use the same
[51:25] term somebody else did earlier.
[51:26] Uh, but I
[51:27] m definitely in favor
[51:30] of lowering tax. Um, but I got
[51:31] a couple of questions here.
[51:33] Your board is currently all
[51:36] residents that are homeowners
[51:38] in, uh, in the development
[51:41] right now. How are how was that
[51:45] board selected?
[51:47] Volunteers. Pardon me.
[51:48] Volunteer.
[51:49] Volunteer. So just did the word
[51:51] go out to everybody and.
[51:53] Yes, in fact, um, at our at the
[51:53] board
[51:56] s last meeting, um, the
[51:58] board was able to fill two
[52:02] vacancies because, um, they
[52:03] posted in a newsletter that
[52:06] went out with their o&m fee,
[52:09] uh, invoices and invitation for
[52:10] people to volunteer for the
[52:13] board. Um, we they have all
[52:15] been appointed because under
[52:17] statute, if you have fewer
[52:19] candidates than there are
[52:21] vacancies, then you don
[52:21] t go
[52:23] through the expense of having
[52:23] an election.
[52:24] Sure.
[52:25] No, I get that. I was just
[52:25] curious.
[52:26] More than anything.
[52:27] Yeah, they will all be standing
[52:30] for re-election next, next
[52:30] cycle.
[52:32] Okay. So everybody has an
[52:33] opportunity to serve on this
[52:34] board. This isn
[52:36] t a handpicked
[52:37] board or anything like that.
[52:38] No, no.
[52:39] Like that includes a bunch of
[52:41] developers that actually live
[52:42] in the in the neighborhood.
[52:43] No.
[52:43] That
[52:44] s all I got. I also don
[52:44] t
[52:46] see a good reason to keep you
[52:47] guys from doing what you have
[52:48] to do with your.
[52:49] Own.
[52:52] Um, with your own, uh, metro
[52:53] district. So thank.
[52:54] You.
[52:55] Thank you. That
[52:55] s all the
[52:57] comments I have from council.
[52:57] I
[52:58] ll just add in real quick.
[52:59] Um, I
[53:00] m not against what you
[53:01] want to do as residents. This
[53:03] is your board. This is your. I
[53:05] mean, you are the, uh, property
[53:07] owners and the property
[53:09] taxpayers of this area. Um,
[53:11] just to describe this
[53:12] situation, this requires two
[53:14] readings. So if those were to
[53:15] pass tonight, it
[53:15] s going to
[53:17] require second reading coming
[53:18] up in the future to pass in
[53:19] order to get. Oh, it
[53:20] s a
[53:22] resolution. Oh thank you.
[53:24] Thanks for clarifying that. Yes
[53:24] I
[53:26] m a lot of these are a lot of
[53:28] the public hearings are to
[53:30] reads okay. Never mind. So if
[53:31] this sort of passed tonight
[53:33] then it passes okay. Yes.
[53:35] Thanks for finding that Council
[53:36] member green, you got a
[53:37] comment?
[53:38] Just a follow up question. What
[53:40] was the vote on this from the
[53:42] board? Was unanimous.
[53:43] Was that.
[53:45] Was unanimous. And how many
[53:47] members are on that board?
[53:50] Five. Thank you.
[53:52] Okay. Thanks for clarifying. No
[53:55] other questions. I will close
[53:56] the public hearing. This is
[53:57] before council for
[53:58] consideration. Mayor Pro Tem.
[54:00] Thank you. I would move item
[54:02] six a.
[54:03] And then council member
[54:04] Fiedler.
[54:05] Thank you mayor. I
[54:06] ll second.
[54:07] This is the first and second to
[54:15] move item six a roll call vote.
[54:18] Motion passes eight zero with
[54:21] one absent. All right. Thank
[54:27] you all.
[54:28] Right.
[54:30] You guys are all welcome to
[54:31] stay for the rest of the
[54:31] meeting, but I
[54:32] ll give you a
[54:33] moment to clear the room. If
[54:33] you
[54:36] d like.
[55:04] Yes.
[55:11] All right. Moving ahead. We
[55:16] will continue. Item seven a an
[55:18] ordinance of the City Council.
[55:19] The city of Brighton, Colorado.
[55:22] Amending sections of article
[55:24] two, dash four and article
[55:25] three four of the Brighton
[55:27] Municipal Code relating to
[55:30] elections, council procedures
[55:32] and appropriations. And this
[55:35] will go to Deputy City Attorney
[55:36] Jasmina Gibbons.
[55:37] Thank you. Mayor.
[55:38] Good evening, mayor and members
[55:40] of Council. I am here this
[55:41] evening to present amendments
[55:42] to articles two and three of
[55:46] the Brighton Municipal Code.
[55:48] These amendments relate to
[55:49] elections and city council
[55:51] procedures. Budget carry over
[55:53] for non lapsing capital
[55:55] appropriations. Advertisement
[55:56] procedures for procurement of
[55:58] construction services and
[55:59] procurement solicitation.
[56:05] Protest procedures. The table
[56:07] on the screen before you
[56:08] outlines the amendment. Staff
[56:10] is proposing to article two.
[56:12] First, staff proposes to align
[56:13] the deadline to cure defects
[56:15] and petitions of nomination and
[56:16] affidavits, with the deadline
[56:18] set forth in title one of the
[56:20] Colorado Revised Statutes.
[56:21] Changing the deadline from 18
[56:23] days before the election to 64
[56:25] days before the election. This
[56:27] change is necessary to provide
[56:28] deadline cohesion and
[56:29] Elections coordinated with the
[56:32] county. Staff seeks to provide
[56:34] cohesion by clarifying the
[56:36] applicable computation of time
[56:38] based on whether the election
[56:39] is coordinated with the county
[56:41] or not. Finally, a staff is
[56:43] proposing the addition of a new
[56:44] section to article two
[56:46] prohibiting the same or similar
[56:47] ordinances which have been
[56:49] previously denied from being
[56:50] brought back before Council for
[56:51] consideration for a period of
[56:56] one year. Returning to article
[56:58] three amendments, the first
[56:59] proposed change clarifies the
[57:01] process that staff conducts to
[57:02] formally bring continuing funds
[57:04] into the next fiscal year.
[57:05] Because final amounts to be
[57:07] carried forward cannot be
[57:08] determined until after the
[57:09] original budget is adopted for
[57:11] that fiscal year. The amounts
[57:13] included at the time of budget
[57:14] adoption will only include new
[57:16] appropriation amounts for that
[57:18] year. In the case of carried
[57:19] forward budget, this will be
[57:21] administratively added after
[57:22] close out of the previous
[57:23] fiscal year. In the first
[57:26] quarter of the year. Next,
[57:27] staff proposes to remove the
[57:28] requirement that construction
[57:30] solicitations be published in
[57:32] an area newspaper. Instead,
[57:33] solicitations will only be
[57:36] published online. And finally,
[57:37] staff proposes amending the
[57:39] deadline to file a solicitation
[57:41] protest, changing the deadline
[57:42] from five days after the
[57:44] opening of a solicitation to
[57:45] five days following the award
[57:50] of a contract. The options
[57:51] before you this evening are on
[57:54] the screen, and I am available
[57:54] for any questions that you MAY
[57:57] have.
[57:59] Any other questions other than
[58:03] what was asked last week? With
[58:03] that, we
[58:06] ll go to approvals or
[58:08] motions. Council member green.
[58:09] Thank you mayor. I move to
[58:12] approve item seven, a.
[58:14] Council member Wirth.
[58:14] Thank you mayor. I
[58:15] ll second
[58:16] that.
[58:18] We have a first and second to
[58:20] approve. Item seven. A roll
[58:28] call vote. Motion passes 8 to 0
[58:30] with one absent. Thank you. We
[58:31] didn
[58:31] t give you a hard time
[58:33] with that.
[58:34] I appreciate.
[58:37] It.
[58:41] Moving on. Item 9aa resolution
[58:42] of the City Council of the City
[58:44] of Brighton, Colorado.
[58:47] Accepting the proposal of Mid
[58:49] City Corporation and approving
[58:50] the procurement of the
[58:53] construction of the North 40th
[58:55] Avenue roadway segment for the
[59:03] contract amount of $2,794,259,
[59:04] and authorizing the City
[59:06] Manager or designee, to execute
[59:08] the contract on behalf of the
[59:10] city. City Manager. Martinez.
[59:11] Thank you. Mayor. It looks like
[59:12] we have about half of the
[59:13] public works team here to
[59:15] present this tonight. Uh.
[59:16] Yeah, that half is online.
[59:16] That
[59:17] s right. The other half is
[59:17] waiting. Uh, I
[59:18] ll turn it over
[59:19] to Armando to present this.
[59:21] Thank you. Mike. Good evening.
[59:23] Mayor. Good evening. Uh, city
[59:24] council members. I
[59:25] m sorry.
[59:25] Right in.
[59:27] The mic.
[59:28] One more time. Good evening.
[59:29] Mayor. Good evening. City
[59:32] council members. My name is
[59:33] Armando Garza, and I
[59:33] m here to
[59:36] present the North 40th Avenue
[59:38] construction project. Today,
[59:39] um, I
[59:40] ll keep the. I
[59:40] m sorry.
[59:40] I
[59:42] ll keep this brief. Since my
[59:44] public works colleagues did an
[59:46] awesome job last time. Give a
[59:49] very detailed presentation. You
[59:51] know, during the last week
[59:55] study session. Um, this project
[1:00:01] will construct the sorry. This
[1:00:02] project will construct the
[1:00:04] missing section from of North
[1:00:07] 40th Avenue between Bridge
[1:00:09] Street and Garcia Avenue,
[1:00:12] creating an important north and
[1:00:13] south connection for the city
[1:00:17] of Brighton. Uh, the project.
[1:00:19] So I have to get used of this.
[1:00:21] Sorry, guys. Uh, the project
[1:00:23] includes the building of a new
[1:00:26] roadway, sidewalks. Uh, carbon
[1:00:29] gutter. Adams. Uh, waterline
[1:00:31] improvement, storm drainage,
[1:00:34] and a new detention pond north
[1:00:37] of 27 j property. The pond
[1:00:40] improvements are part of the
[1:00:42] iga that will have with the 27
[1:00:45] j. Uh, that will be discussed
[1:00:48] shortly after this. Uh, this
[1:00:51] project has involved, uh, a
[1:00:54] closer coordination with 27
[1:00:57] districts. United Power and,
[1:01:00] uh, nearby, uh, property. Uh,
[1:01:03] owners, uh, tonight we are
[1:01:04] recommending that the city
[1:01:06] council ward the construction
[1:01:10] contract for to the lowest
[1:01:12] responsive, uh, responsive and
[1:01:14] responsible bidder. MidCity
[1:01:17] Corporation in the amount of
[1:01:23] 2,000,700 794,000 and $259. The
[1:01:24] option.
[1:01:26] Sorry, I have to get this.
[1:01:27] Sorry, guys.
[1:01:29] Um, the option for the council
[1:01:31] to consider our approve the
[1:01:34] resolution as presented. Reject
[1:01:36] the resolution as presented and
[1:01:38] require new bids to be
[1:01:40] solicited. Let me know if you
[1:01:42] have any questions. And thank
[1:01:44] you for your time.
[1:01:45] Thank you. Let
[1:01:46] s go on to
[1:01:47] questions. Council member
[1:01:47] green.
[1:01:47] I don
[1:01:48] t have any questions,
[1:01:49] Armando, thank you for your
[1:01:50] presentation. Can we go back a
[1:01:51] few so that if people are
[1:01:53] watching, they can see what it
[1:01:53] is we
[1:01:54] re talking about, rather
[1:01:56] than just the roadway itself,
[1:01:58] location and the like? Things
[1:01:59] like this and this.
[1:02:00] Okay.
[1:02:00] Okay.
[1:02:01] And then the other one was the
[1:02:03] map right before this.
[1:02:06] So this was pretty much as it,
[1:02:07] as it is right now. So it
[1:02:07] s
[1:02:10] just a pavement and some uh,
[1:02:13] uh, road base, you know, all
[1:02:15] the way to the bus barn and the
[1:02:16] rest is just dirt and shrubs
[1:02:18] and stuff like that. So we
[1:02:18] re
[1:02:20] planning to construct the
[1:02:22] project. Uh, scope is to
[1:02:24] construct it with 11in. I
[1:02:25] m
[1:02:27] sorry, 11 foot, uh, driving
[1:02:28] lanes. And, you know, curved
[1:02:30] gutter. Sorry.
[1:02:31] Next slide.
[1:02:31] I
[1:02:32] m sorry.
[1:02:32] I
[1:02:34] m focusing..
[1:02:36] And I want to make sure they
[1:02:37] they can see that it
[1:02:37] s
[1:02:39] currently going by where the 27
[1:02:41] uh, admin building. And their
[1:02:43] building is. And then the next
[1:02:43] one.
[1:02:45] Is pretty much the pond in the
[1:02:46] end on the north side.
[1:02:46] Over.
[1:02:47] There to Garcia.
[1:02:48] To the Garcia, and we
[1:02:49] re
[1:02:50] putting a stop sign on.
[1:02:51] There will take you into
[1:02:52] Brighton East Farm. Yeah. Okay,
[1:02:54] so this is the whole impetus
[1:02:56] for this. This roadway is, uh,
[1:02:58] allow another, uh, faster way
[1:02:59] to get into Brighton East
[1:02:59] Farms.
[1:03:00] Perfect.
[1:03:00] Thank you.
[1:03:01] I apologize, guys.
[1:03:02] It
[1:03:03] s my first time. Okay.
[1:03:03] We
[1:03:04] re here to make you.
[1:03:05] Better. You did great.
[1:03:07] This also highlights another
[1:03:09] entry into the preserve who
[1:03:09] s
[1:03:10] been cut off for a while on the
[1:03:12] west side of their
[1:03:12] neighborhood.
[1:03:13] True.
[1:03:13] But that
[1:03:15] ll be addressed again,
[1:03:17] so thank you. Any other
[1:03:19] questions or comments? If. Oh,
[1:03:21] Council member Fiddler.
[1:03:24] Thank you. Mayor. Assuming we
[1:03:25] approve the contract, which i
[1:03:26] think we will. What
[1:03:26] s the
[1:03:27] timeline look like for
[1:03:29] construction?
[1:03:33] What do. Yeah. Uh, so if the.
[1:03:34] Way things or projects are
[1:03:36] going. So we get, once we get
[1:03:37] their approval from the board,
[1:03:39] it takes a at least a week or
[1:03:42] two to award the contract. And
[1:03:43] then with that, uh, after the
[1:03:44] word of contract, as I say,
[1:03:46] mid-AUGUST, uh, where we award
[1:03:48] the contract, then permits have
[1:03:50] to be pulled and, and to get
[1:03:51] the contractor on board and
[1:03:53] ready to go. So either
[1:03:53] realistically, we
[1:03:54] re talking
[1:03:54] maybe we
[1:03:55] re we
[1:03:55] ll be ready to
[1:03:59] roll in of AUGUST, uh, early
[1:04:01] SEPTEMBER timeframe, depending
[1:04:02] on how those things move. Uh,
[1:04:04] at a, at a in a, in a guess
[1:04:06] efficient manner. Sometimes you
[1:04:08] get hang up with the contract
[1:04:09] negotiations, things like that.
[1:04:11] So but SEPTEMBER timeframe is
[1:04:12] when we should actually start
[1:04:14] construction. And, then go from
[1:04:15] there. And we will work with
[1:04:17] the contractor. As I mentioned
[1:04:18] last week. Uh, we
[1:04:18] re going to
[1:04:20] be looking at the forecast, if
[1:04:22] you will. Uh, what makes the
[1:04:23] most sense? We MAY go in and
[1:04:25] start the pond work and get
[1:04:27] that stuff first, and then
[1:04:28] maybe come back and do
[1:04:30] pavement. If the weather starts
[1:04:32] proving to be worse than what
[1:04:33] we, you know, then where we can
[1:04:35] pay, and we MAY come back in
[1:04:36] early spring to do, do the
[1:04:38] actual road construction, but
[1:04:38] we
[1:04:39] ll work with the contractor,
[1:04:40] look at forecast and see what
[1:04:42] makes the most sense in terms
[1:04:42] of that.
[1:04:43] Thank you Greg.
[1:04:45] Yeah.
[1:04:47] All right. Any other questions?
[1:04:48] If not, there
[1:04:49] s some motions to
[1:04:51] be made. Council member green.
[1:04:52] Thank you. Mayor Ward one is
[1:04:54] really happy about this. And so
[1:04:56] therefore I move to approve
[1:04:57] item nine a.
[1:04:58] So is Ward two because it
[1:04:58] s
[1:05:03] technically in Ward two. Yes.
[1:05:04] All right. There
[1:05:05] s one motion
[1:05:10] then Councilmember Fiedler.
[1:05:10] I won
[1:05:11] t mention Ward
[1:05:11] s, but
[1:05:12] there is a former mayor who
[1:05:13] s
[1:05:14] really happy about this. This
[1:05:17] is moving forward. So at least
[1:05:17] second.
[1:05:19] All right.
[1:05:19] There
[1:05:20] s a first and second to
[1:05:23] approve. Item nine a roll call
[1:05:31] vote. Motion passes 8 to 0 with
[1:05:33] one absent. All right. We might
[1:05:34] be batting a thousand with
[1:05:35] green tonight. We
[1:05:36] ll see what
[1:05:38] happens on this other item.
[1:05:40] Thank you very much, ladies and
[1:05:42] gentlemen. I appreciate it.
[1:05:43] Now, this is the way to
[1:05:45] pressure him, because this is a
[1:05:47] resolution of the city council
[1:05:48] city. Brighton, Colorado,
[1:05:50] approving an intergovernmental
[1:05:52] agreement between the city of
[1:05:56] Brighton and School. 27 j.
[1:05:59] Pressures on. Yes. City Manager
[1:06:00] Martinez, is this our speaker,
[1:06:01] MR.. LaBrie?
[1:06:02] So the bridge is your speaker.
[1:06:03] All right.
[1:06:05] All right. Thank you. All
[1:06:06] right. Good evening. Mayor.
[1:06:08] Mayor pro tem and members of
[1:06:10] city Council. Today, I will
[1:06:12] provide an overview of the
[1:06:13] proposed iga with School
[1:06:16] District 27 j for North 40th
[1:06:18] Avenue improvements and the
[1:06:20] construction of a regional
[1:06:23] detention pond. Uh, this
[1:06:25] proposed agreement defines
[1:06:27] roles, easements, right of way,
[1:06:28] needs, construction
[1:06:31] coordination, and long term
[1:06:35] maintenance responsibilities.
[1:06:37] District owns the property at
[1:06:39] 88 North 40th Avenue. The city
[1:06:42] will build roadway in a pond
[1:06:44] while maintaining bus access
[1:06:48] throughout construction. Uh
[1:06:50] project components. Stormwater
[1:06:52] conveyance to new detention
[1:06:54] pond. Pond construction and
[1:06:56] site grading. Removal of dirt
[1:06:58] and concrete debris.
[1:07:01] Acquisition of right of way and
[1:07:03] easements shown in exhibits. On
[1:07:05] my next slide. And this is the
[1:07:07] exhibit of the actually right
[1:07:07] of way. There
[1:07:08] s going to be a
[1:07:10] requiring the easements as well
[1:07:11] as temporary easements that
[1:07:11] we
[1:07:12] re going to need during
[1:07:14] construction, and then a
[1:07:15] drainage easement over the
[1:07:16] pond. So those are the
[1:07:18] different colors. Red is pretty
[1:07:20] much right away. Green is
[1:07:22] utility easement. Uh, the the
[1:07:24] yellow is the drainage
[1:07:25] easement. And then the kind of
[1:07:26] I guess doesn
[1:07:26] t look too
[1:07:28] orange, but the, uh, off
[1:07:30] yellow, it would be, um, um,
[1:07:32] the temporary easement we would
[1:07:38] need to clean that area up. Uh,
[1:07:40] the district will convey right
[1:07:42] of way and easements to us. Uh,
[1:07:44] the city will manage the
[1:07:49] construction. The city
[1:07:50] maintains the ponds. For the
[1:07:52] first five years, the district
[1:07:53] will handle mowing. Uh, the
[1:07:55] city will maintain stormwater
[1:07:56] inlet structures for the long
[1:08:00] term. Uh, there are no no new
[1:08:03] long term city obligations that
[1:08:05] the future dredging costs will
[1:08:09] be a cost share with 86%, uh,
[1:08:11] paid by the district, 14%, uh,
[1:08:12] subject to pay by the city,
[1:08:15] subject to annual appropriation.
[1:08:17] Uh, staff is seeking approval
[1:08:19] to secure right of way.
[1:08:21] Formalized responsibilities and
[1:08:23] keep North 40th Avenue project
[1:08:25] on schedule. And I
[1:08:26] m open for
[1:08:27] any questions.
[1:08:28] Did you say you
[1:08:28] re hoping for
[1:08:29] questions?
[1:08:29] I
[1:08:30] m open. Open.
[1:08:31] Open.
[1:08:33] No. Not open. I
[1:08:34] m open to
[1:08:35] answer any questions.
[1:08:36] Questions for MR. LaBrie.
[1:08:38] Council member Fiedler.
[1:08:39] Thank you. Mayor. No question.
[1:08:40] Just a comment. I mentioned
[1:08:42] former former mayor and current
[1:08:43] chief operations officer Terry
[1:08:46] Lucero by name, but I just did,
[1:08:47] uh, he wanted me to extend his
[1:08:49] thanks to you and staff for
[1:08:50] working through this iga with
[1:08:51] him. Uh, I spoke with him today
[1:08:52] because I knew it was on the
[1:08:54] agenda. Made sure he was
[1:08:55] comfortable, which you probably
[1:08:56] already knew before me that he
[1:08:58] that he is. So I just wanted to
[1:09:01] extend my his thanks to you.
[1:09:02] It was a great. You know, it
[1:09:03] was an eight month effort, but
[1:09:05] it was a I think we all had to
[1:09:06] get an understanding of what we
[1:09:08] needed. And it was a very, I
[1:09:10] think, well received on both
[1:09:11] sides. So we were happy to work
[1:09:14] with them as well. Yeah.
[1:09:14] Too bad there
[1:09:15] s not a
[1:09:17] representative from 27 j right
[1:09:18] here tonight to go to bat for
[1:09:22] this.
[1:09:22] Yeah.
[1:09:25] All right. Um, no other
[1:09:28] questions. Motion to approve.
[1:09:29] Anybody. Council member.
[1:09:30] Fiedler.
[1:09:32] Uh, motion to approve. Item.
[1:09:34] Help me. Mayor.
[1:09:34] Nine b.
[1:09:36] Nine b. Thank you.
[1:09:38] Council member Wirth.
[1:09:38] I
[1:09:39] ll second that.
[1:09:40] We have a first and second to
[1:09:43] approve. Nine b as presented.
[1:10:03] Roll call. Vote. Motion passes
[1:10:05] 8 to 0 with one absent.
[1:10:06] Thank you. Thank you.
[1:10:07] Appreciate it. Thank you, thank
[1:10:10] you.
[1:10:11] All right. There
[1:10:12] s no general
[1:10:13] reports, no utility. So we
[1:10:14] ll
[1:10:16] go on to reports by everybody.
[1:10:16] I
[1:10:17] ll start with the reports by
[1:10:20] the mayor. Two weeks ago was
[1:10:22] our, um, a quarterly ad hoc
[1:10:25] dinner. It was in Arvada. It
[1:10:26] was at a restaurant on the
[1:10:28] Adams County side in Arvada. I
[1:10:29] was the only Brighton
[1:10:30] representative there, but it
[1:10:32] was good to hear updates from
[1:10:35] our peer peer municipalities in
[1:10:38] the area. Um, and just so you
[1:10:39] know, MR. Green, they actually
[1:10:40] had Pepsi products, so you
[1:10:41] would have got a mountain dew
[1:10:44] over there. So you missed out.
[1:10:48] So, um, and we dodged a
[1:10:50] thunderstorm, but, uh, it was
[1:10:52] good. Uh, I also attended,
[1:10:54] obviously, the city barbecue,
[1:10:56] like many of us here. It was
[1:10:57] great to have everybody out,
[1:10:59] despite a little bit of a
[1:11:00] threatening of rain. And then,
[1:11:02] of course, rain kind of started
[1:11:04] towards the end, but it was
[1:11:06] great to interact with a lot of
[1:11:08] the youth that were out there
[1:11:10] selling a lot of the a lot of
[1:11:12] the goods that they had either
[1:11:14] made or put together or
[1:11:15] whatever they did, and it
[1:11:18] teaches them how to create, um,
[1:11:20] you know, that entrepreneurial
[1:11:21] spirit. And it was it was just
[1:11:23] a fabulous, uh, showing from
[1:11:26] the youth. So good job for them
[1:11:29] that the, uh, police swearing
[1:11:31] in ceremony, they do those a
[1:11:32] couple times a year with new
[1:11:33] officers coming in or
[1:11:36] promotions or staff coming in,
[1:11:36] and it
[1:11:37] s good to honor those
[1:11:40] that are serving in, uh, you
[1:11:41] know, serving as our first
[1:11:44] responder. Uh, last week we had
[1:11:46] the ribbon cutting to the a470
[1:11:49] and Sable interchange. It was
[1:11:51] good to get that open. Uh, last
[1:11:52] time I drove by, I think the
[1:11:53] lights were flashing, so I
[1:11:55] think those will be going solid
[1:11:56] really soon, if they haven
[1:11:56] t
[1:11:59] already, then, uh, I was at
[1:12:01] the, uh, metro Denver State of
[1:12:03] the cities address. Um, what
[1:12:05] was interesting about that is,
[1:12:07] uh, the the mayor of Denver was
[1:12:09] not there, but they had a panel
[1:12:10] of other mayors throughout the
[1:12:12] area talking about, uh, you
[1:12:14] know, the collaboration of
[1:12:16] cities in the, in the region.
[1:12:17] And it was good to be a part of
[1:12:19] that. I was, uh, they they get
[1:12:21] people to do a host table. And
[1:12:23] so I encourage you all the next
[1:12:25] opportunity to, to do that if,
[1:12:26] uh, if becoming a host table
[1:12:29] opens up again next year, it
[1:12:29] s
[1:12:33] also at the chambers Cinerama
[1:12:36] event. Uh, Cinerama for like,
[1:12:38] probably several years in a
[1:12:40] row, puts on a great networking
[1:12:41] event. They involve four of the
[1:12:43] area chambers, and it was good
[1:12:45] to interact with so many of
[1:12:47] our, even a lot of our friends
[1:12:49] from the surrounding chambers.
[1:12:51] And so good job on them. I
[1:12:52] think it was their 20th
[1:12:53] anniversary, if I remember
[1:12:55] right. And then, uh,
[1:12:56] unofficially, I took my family
[1:12:57] to the county fair. That just
[1:12:58] happened over the weekend. It
[1:13:00] was good to see what
[1:13:01] s at the
[1:13:03] fair and and partake of the fun
[1:13:04] activities they have at the
[1:13:07] fair on Friday. Tomorrow I
[1:13:07] ll
[1:13:10] be at my, uh, Metro mayor
[1:13:10] s
[1:13:12] caucus. We have our, uh,
[1:13:14] meeting tomorrow morning. Um,
[1:13:16] and, uh, supposedly there will
[1:13:17] be a member of the media there
[1:13:18] that will be interviewing some
[1:13:20] of us and talking about the
[1:13:22] importance of a regional
[1:13:24] collaboration. So look out for
[1:13:24] that. I think it
[1:13:25] ll be like
[1:13:28] nine news or something. So
[1:13:29] next, uh, let
[1:13:29] s go on to
[1:13:31] reports by any department
[1:13:32] directors. And by the way, when
[1:13:33] Marv is in that seat, he got
[1:13:35] like a lot of department
[1:13:37] directors to speak. So how are
[1:13:39] you going to one up that one?
[1:13:40] Apparently I can
[1:13:40] t even get
[1:13:41] department of directors to show
[1:13:44] up for my meetings. So MISTER
[1:13:46] Falkenburg is much. Well, I
[1:13:47] have four, okay. I have four.
[1:13:49] Well, one, two, three, four, I
[1:13:51] have four, we have 14.
[1:13:52] We could just call them up and
[1:13:54] probably and see what.
[1:13:56] Happens. I think we need
[1:13:57] Armando to come back up and
[1:14:00] give a mazdoor. Please, if you
[1:14:02] have anything. We we have
[1:14:04] nothing tonight. Thanks. Oh,
[1:14:05] man.
[1:14:08] Okay. Next reports by our city
[1:14:08] attorney
[1:14:10] s office.
[1:14:11] Nothing from the city attorney.
[1:14:13] Oh, okay.
[1:14:14] I was looking forward to you
[1:14:17] having more, you know. Okay.
[1:14:18] Next reports by our city
[1:14:20] manager, including any board
[1:14:23] and vacancy updates.
[1:14:24] Thank you. Mayor, we have a few
[1:14:25] of those. Uh, I
[1:14:25] ll start with
[1:14:26] the Brighton Urban Renewal
[1:14:27] Authority. We do have three
[1:14:29] vacancies, which, if you
[1:14:29] re
[1:14:31] interested, please fill those.
[1:14:31] If you
[1:14:33] re listening. We have
[1:14:34] three members of our Historic
[1:14:36] Preservation Commission and one
[1:14:38] alternate member. We have two
[1:14:40] members and two alternates of
[1:14:41] the housing authority. But I do
[1:14:42] know that there are some
[1:14:44] applications in there as well.
[1:14:46] We do have one member for the
[1:14:48] district Plan Commission, and
[1:14:50] we still have our two youth
[1:14:52] members to be filled for the
[1:14:53] Sustainability Advisory Board.
[1:14:53] But I know that there
[1:14:54] s some
[1:14:56] interest there as well, and we
[1:14:58] will be looking at potentially
[1:14:59] changing some of the criteria
[1:15:01] for those youth members coming
[1:15:02] up very soon, which hopefully
[1:15:03] opens the door for more
[1:15:04] applicants there. If you
[1:15:05] re
[1:15:07] interested in any of our board
[1:15:08] openings, please visit our
[1:15:10] website and you will find out
[1:15:12] about how you can apply for
[1:15:14] these and perform your civic
[1:15:15] duties. Uh, I don
[1:15:16] t have much
[1:15:17] of an update. I know that there
[1:15:18] was a question last week as to
[1:15:21] when the temporary light would
[1:15:24] be removed on Sable, and I know
[1:15:25] the answer that was given at
[1:15:26] the meeting was soon. It was a
[1:15:27] technical answer. Literally
[1:15:29] soon, uh, soon actually means
[1:15:31] today. I was just informed that
[1:15:33] it is it has been removed. So
[1:15:35] that portion of the project has
[1:15:37] been complete. However, we
[1:15:38] still have a long way to go
[1:15:40] with the two intersections, so
[1:15:41] more to come there, but at
[1:15:41] least we
[1:15:42] ve removed one of the
[1:15:44] barriers and moving on to other
[1:15:46] projects. Uh, finally, I just
[1:15:47] want to give some thanks. I
[1:15:49] want to thank Marvin, Karen for
[1:15:50] all they
[1:15:50] ve done for me the
[1:15:52] last three weeks and keeping
[1:15:53] the ship afloat. I certainly
[1:15:55] appreciate it. I know Marv was
[1:15:56] marvelous. I watched all the
[1:15:57] meetings here, so he did a
[1:15:59] fantastic job in my stead. And
[1:16:00] I want to thank you all for
[1:16:01] your support during my time
[1:16:02] off. It really meant a lot to
[1:16:04] me. So thank you all.
[1:16:05] Great. Thank you. It
[1:16:06] s good to
[1:16:08] have you back again. Next call
[1:16:10] on reports by our esteemed
[1:16:12] members of council. We
[1:16:13] ll start
[1:16:14] over here with Council member
[1:16:16] Collins.
[1:16:17] Thanks, mayor. Uh, I don
[1:16:18] t have
[1:16:20] anything tonight. Um, just
[1:16:22] wanted to say thanks also to
[1:16:23] Marv and Karen and Michael.
[1:16:24] We
[1:16:25] re so glad to have you back.
[1:16:25] So that
[1:16:26] s all for me.
[1:16:29] All right. Council member
[1:16:29] Snyder.
[1:16:31] Thank you. Mayor. I too
[1:16:33] attended the barbecue and the
[1:16:35] youth entrepreneurs were kind
[1:16:36] enough to lighten my wallet and
[1:16:37] make it easier for me to get to
[1:16:39] carry myself home. They had a
[1:16:41] lot of interesting products.
[1:16:42] They did a great job, and that
[1:16:44] was a good time. The music was
[1:16:45] good too, by the way. I don
[1:16:45] t
[1:16:46] know if Gary got the band or
[1:16:47] not, but they were. They were
[1:16:50] pretty good. So anyway, um, as
[1:16:53] you know, the dd was formed.
[1:16:56] 100% of the board is filled.
[1:16:56] We
[1:16:57] re having our first meeting
[1:16:59] on Wednesday and two days, two
[1:17:01] days, one day, one day
[1:17:02] tomorrow. And we
[1:17:02] ll be
[1:17:05] introducing the bylaws and
[1:17:06] getting to know all the other
[1:17:07] members. So I
[1:17:08] m really excited
[1:17:11] to see how that develops. And
[1:17:13] moves us along downtown.
[1:17:16] All right. Next, Council member
[1:17:16] Fiedler.
[1:17:17] Uh, thank you, mayor. Nothing
[1:17:19] to report other than again,
[1:17:20] thanks to Marvin, Karen and
[1:17:20] Michael. We
[1:17:20] re glad you
[1:17:22] re back.
[1:17:23] .
[1:17:26] Next. Mayor pro tem.
[1:17:27] I know it will shock many, many
[1:17:29] people. I have no report to
[1:17:30] share this evening.
[1:17:31] Oh, wow.
[1:17:32] Okay.
[1:17:34] I have anything.
[1:17:37] Council member today. Wow.
[1:17:37] Um.
[1:17:38] I was also.
[1:17:39] At the city barbecue.
[1:17:40] It was.
[1:17:41] Very well attended. The the
[1:17:43] band was great, food was
[1:17:45] awesome. I also lightened my
[1:17:47] purse a little bit. Um, I
[1:17:47] d
[1:17:49] like to say that I, you know,
[1:17:50] left my money at home, but I
[1:17:50] didn
[1:17:53] t. I left it there on
[1:17:54] purpose.
[1:17:54] I would.
[1:17:56] Also like to talk a little bit
[1:17:58] about, um, I was getting.
[1:17:59] Uh, outreach.
[1:18:00] From the community and also for
[1:18:03] personal reasons, um, wanting
[1:18:06] to, uh, looked into went to the
[1:18:07] adult rec center, and I can
[1:18:07] t
[1:18:09] say it all like you can. I
[1:18:09] m
[1:18:12] not even going to try the Eagle
[1:18:13] Corbett suit. Yes. Thank you.
[1:18:15] We all know. Anyway, I went to
[1:18:17] the the adult rec center home,
[1:18:20] and I asked them about a group
[1:18:21] for an Alzheimer
[1:18:22] s support
[1:18:23] group, and they didn
[1:18:24] t have
[1:18:25] anything. So they reached out
[1:18:26] to the Alzheimer
[1:18:27] s Association.
[1:18:29] And lo and behold, they are
[1:18:32] going to start a group.
[1:18:34] Yay!
[1:18:35] Um, there
[1:18:36] s going to be. Thank
[1:18:37] you. There
[1:18:38] s going to be first,
[1:18:40] an informative talk that
[1:18:40] s
[1:18:43] going to be on Friday,
[1:18:46] SEPTEMBER 4th. Uh, tentatively
[1:18:47] at the at this point, it
[1:18:47] s
[1:18:49] going to be 1 P.M. And then
[1:18:50] afterwards, starting in
[1:18:52] OCTOBER, there will be a
[1:18:53] monthly support group. And
[1:18:56] these are all free. So get the
[1:18:57] word out. Tell everybody you
[1:18:58] know that there
[1:18:58] s anybody that
[1:19:01] could benefit from any type of
[1:19:03] support in this, in this world,
[1:19:05] in this situation. Um, we have
[1:19:07] it now in Brighton. So I wanted
[1:19:08] to put that out there and just
[1:19:10] help, help me get the word out.
[1:19:13] Thank you.
[1:19:15] Thank you for, uh, you know,
[1:19:17] sharing that. I know at least
[1:19:19] ten years ago there were there
[1:19:21] was a support group that was
[1:19:22] kind of informal that met over
[1:19:22] there.
[1:19:23] Right? They said that they
[1:19:23] didn
[1:19:24] t have really a lot of
[1:19:25] interest back then, and that
[1:19:26] they hadn
[1:19:27] t been approached for
[1:19:28] a while. So they were very
[1:19:29] happy that I approached them.
[1:19:30] I could see that need be
[1:19:31] needing filled for sure in our
[1:19:32] community.
[1:19:34] And I need to know how many
[1:19:37] funnel cakes Tom green ate.
[1:19:40] With that council member. Green.
[1:19:43] Uh, you know, I would I was
[1:19:45] going to write down that
[1:19:45] Alzheimer
[1:19:46] s date, but I forgot
[1:19:48] to write it down. So I need to
[1:19:51] remember when that is. Um, you
[1:19:52] know, I, uh, single handedly
[1:19:55] keep the fair vendors in
[1:19:58] business. Um, I, I feel it
[1:19:58] s my
[1:19:58] duty. It
[1:19:59] s my obligation to
[1:20:00] sample them all, to tell you
[1:20:02] which ones were the best. And I
[1:20:04] did had several that I enjoyed.
[1:20:04] Uh, but let
[1:20:05] s not get into that
[1:20:07] because, you know, there is a
[1:20:09] chamber mixer tomorrow night at
[1:20:10] Wolf and Honey that I think is
[1:20:12] really exciting to get out
[1:20:13] there and support our chamber
[1:20:14] and support local business.
[1:20:15] And, you know, always a big
[1:20:17] splash is adult Night at the
[1:20:19] Oasis, which is this Friday
[1:20:21] night. Uh, another big thing.
[1:20:23] And Lord, give me downtown
[1:20:23] because I
[1:20:24] m looking for some
[1:20:26] tush, and that is z top cover
[1:20:29] band, a local fandango playing
[1:20:32] at the Armory, the 7th of
[1:20:32] AUGUST. I
[1:20:33] m telling you, these
[1:20:35] guys have the beards, they have
[1:20:37] the guitars, they have the the
[1:20:38] wardrobe. There every. These
[1:20:39] are sharp dressed men. And
[1:20:39] they
[1:20:40] re going to be playing
[1:20:42] some stop and rockin that place
[1:20:44] at the Armory this Saturday
[1:20:45] night or this Friday night.
[1:20:48] Come on down and see a local
[1:20:50] fandango. Uh, and then, uh, on
[1:20:52] the 14th, uh, Brighton on
[1:20:53] Broadway will be at the armory,
[1:20:54] too. So, you know, hey, if you
[1:20:55] didn
[1:20:56] t get out to the fair and
[1:20:58] had enough funnel cakes as I
[1:21:00] did, I think total tally was
[1:21:02] about six. Uh, please get on
[1:21:05] down and see a local fandango
[1:21:07] at the Armory. Cc top cover
[1:21:09] band, sharp dressed man. That
[1:21:09] s
[1:21:10] all.
[1:21:12] Very good. Council member
[1:21:12] Wirth.
[1:21:14] Thank you, mayor. Just a couple
[1:21:15] things. One, I was also able to
[1:21:17] enjoy the ribbon cutting at,
[1:21:20] uh, a470. Uh, I
[1:21:20] ve got
[1:21:21] thinking, probably another
[1:21:22] month or so and we
[1:21:23] ll feel like
[1:21:23] it
[1:21:24] s been open the whole time,
[1:21:26] so hopefully the that
[1:21:26] ll help
[1:21:29] us progress in the, um, in the
[1:21:32] building of that corridor. Um,
[1:21:34] had a meeting with, with Jean
[1:21:35] Shreve. Um, she
[1:21:36] s a consultant
[1:21:38] that, uh, works with the city.
[1:21:40] Uh, we were talking about the,
[1:21:42] uh, Colorado seven coalition
[1:21:44] meeting coming up, and, uh, one
[1:21:46] of the things there is we
[1:21:46] re
[1:21:47] going to really be pushing for
[1:21:49] a complete plan for the
[1:21:50] corridor right now, that
[1:21:52] coalition seems to work in
[1:21:53] silos. Everybody
[1:21:53] s just
[1:21:54] concerned about their own
[1:21:57] little piece of highway seven,
[1:21:59] which is, uh, really, that
[1:21:59] s a
[1:22:02] lot of silos. But we really
[1:22:03] want to get them to really
[1:22:05] start focusing on the long
[1:22:07] range, um, importance of that
[1:22:10] corridor. And so will be, uh,
[1:22:12] uh, bringing up and and
[1:22:15] reinforcing a couple ideas, uh,
[1:22:16] involving Brighton and the bus
[1:22:18] centers and things like that.
[1:22:19] Um, so we
[1:22:20] ll be, uh, that
[1:22:20] ll be
[1:22:23] this coming Friday, I believe.
[1:22:27] Um, and then, uh, probably the
[1:22:29] biggest thing did all week, uh,
[1:22:29] I
[1:22:30] m surprised nobody mentioned
[1:22:31] it, or if they did, I was
[1:22:36] sleeping. Um, got to, um, got
[1:22:37] to enjoy Cheryl
[1:22:39] s retirement
[1:22:41] celebration. Uh, Cheryl
[1:22:42] s been
[1:22:43] a long time employee here, and
[1:22:44] I know she
[1:22:44] s had a lot to do
[1:22:47] with city council. And I, for
[1:22:49] one, really appreciate her.
[1:22:49] Apparently, there
[1:22:50] s been a lot
[1:22:51] of people that that appreciate,
[1:22:53] Cheryl, because that was a full
[1:22:55] house. So, uh, it was nice to,
[1:22:57] to give her a proper sendoff.
[1:22:58] So I know you
[1:22:58] re out there
[1:23:00] listening, Cheryl. So thank you
[1:23:01] again. That
[1:23:02] s all I
[1:23:02] ve got.
[1:23:03] Thanks.
[1:23:05] Very fitting way to end the
[1:23:07] program tonight. Um, thank you
[1:23:09] all for serving Brighton. We
[1:23:10] will meet again during our
[1:23:12] study session time slot next