Evening. I
d like to call to
order our city council meeting
for Tuesday, JUNE 17th, 2025.
And ask council member p
Pawlowski to lead us in the
Pledge of Allegiance. United
States. Did Invisible All right,
uh. MADAM City Clerk, please
call roll. MAY mouse. Mayor
Prote Pet yeah here Council
member Fiddler Council member
Green. Council member Pawlowski.
Council member Snyder. Present
Council member Tadeo Council
member Worth, you have a quorum,
Your Honor. Thank you. Next is
the consent agenda, MADAM City
clerk, please read that into
the record. Item 2a, approval
of the MAY 20th, 2025 City
council minutes. Item 2 be
final reading of an ordinance
of the city council of the City
of Brighton, Colorado, amending
the Development impact fee
section 35 of the Brighton
Municipal Code. Item 2 final
reading of an ordinance of the
city council of the City of
Brighton, Colorado, Amending
section 2-4-13 of the Brighton
Municipal Code related to
Nomination petitions. Item 2d,
final reading of an ordinance
of the city council of the City
of Brighton, Colorado, amending
the lodging tax section 3-40-50
of the Brighton Municipal Code.
Item 2 e. Final reading of an
ordinance of the city council
of the City of Brighton,
Colorado, amending Article 8-28
of the Brighton Municipal Code
to update the fireworks
authorized officers and
penalties for violations? Item
2f, a resolution of the city
council of the City of Brighton,
Colorado, appointing Stephanie
Om as the Ward 2 member of the
Planning commission to fill an
unexpired term to JANUARY 2026.
Item 2g, a resolution of the
city council of the City of
Brighton, Colorado, appointing
Edward Otterson as a member of
the Brighton Urban Renewal
Authority with a term to AUGUST
2029. Item 2h, a resolution of
the city council of the City of
Brighton, Colorado, appointing
Bonnie Charlesworth as a member
of the Brighton Urban Renewal
Authority to fill an unexpired
term to AUGUST 2026. Thank you.
It
s a pleasure, council,
Council member Pawlowski. Thank
you, Mayor, and uh, As we let
the city clerk take a breath.
After that long I, I would like
to move for approval of the
consent agenda as presented.
All right, and then the council
member Fiddler. Thank you,
Mayor I second. There
s a 1st
and 2nd to approve the consent
agenda as read Rocaldo. Motion
passes, 8 to 0. Next is the
approval of the regular agenda.
We get our screen changed over.
Someone want to make a motion
on that. Council member Tadeo.
Thank you, Mary. I moved to
approve the regular agenda. The
council member Pullowski, thank
you, Mayor. I
m happy to second
that motion. We have a 1st and
2nd to prove the regular agenda
as presented, if there
s
nothing else to discuss, Roll
call vote. Motion passes 8 to 0.
Next ceremonies, we
ll start
with uh swearing in the new
board and commission members.
Uh, city manager Martinez.
Thank you, Mayor. Good evening,
Mayor Mayor Prote and members
of council at this time, I will
ask those who are to be sworn
in this evening to join our
city clerk at the podium. And
come close to the micke, please.
We
ll start with Raise your
right hand, repeat after me, I
state your name. I, Stephanie o
to solemnly declare, do
solemnly declare and affirm and
affirm that I will support the
Constitution, but I
ll support
the Constitution of the United
States. The Constitution, the
Constitution of the state of
Colorado State of Colorado and
the office of and the Office of
Planning commission member
planning commission member and
will faithfully perform and
will faithfully perform the
duties of the office, the
duties of the office I
m about
to enter. I
m about to enter.
Thank you. Ok. Ok. Raise your
right hand. Repeat after me, I
state your name. I, Edward
Otterson. Oh yeah. Excuse me, I,
Bonnie Charlesworth, do
solemnly declare solemn and
affirm affirm that I will
support the Constitution will
support the Constitution of the
United States Constitution of
the state of Colorado Colorado
and the office of Office of
Brighton Urban Brighton Renewal
Authority member and will
faithfully perform we
ll
faithfully the duties of the
office I
m about to enter. I
Thank you. Uh, I
d like to
thank all of you for your
willingness to serve and do
either of you wanna say a few
words? It
s up to you. If you
are come, come to the mic. I
m
just really excited about this
opportunity and I
m grateful to
be a part of the board. All
right. Thank you. Um, yeah,
thank you for the opportunity.
Looking forward to it. I know a
lot of uh the council people
and uh. Remember, so yeah,
thank you. Thank you. And you?
Don
t want to be left out. Just
want to say thank you. It
ll be
a great opportunity and
learning experience for me and
look forward to working with
everybody. Great. Thank you.
Thank you. And this is what I
usually put in for a plug that,
you know, there are many open
positions, but I think we
re
closing the gap now, so, um,
You can still apply, I
m sure
other open positions will come,
but please,, 00, it sounds like
Parks and Rec has an open
position, so, yeah, if you
re
interested, please apply and
we
d love to consider you. So
thank you for, for your
willingness to serve again. All
right, uh, next is introduction
of the growing grad interns,
city manager Martinez. Thank
you, Mayor. At this time, I
ll
ask our youth services
coordinator, Rachel Keeley to
come up and introduce our new
growing grad interns, and while
she does that, I will say that
we had an orientation last week,
where I had an opportunity to
meet all of the fine folks and
I
m pretty sure they
re all
gonna be permanent city
employees when they
re done
here, they
re fantastic. So
we
re excited for this year.
Thank you. Um, good evening,
Mayor Mayor Pro Tem and members
of the council. Um, I
m excited
tonight for you to meet our 12,
uh, summer growing grads
interns, um, but before I have
them introduce themselves, I
d
like to just, um, speak a
little bit about the program
and the process that they went
to or went through, um, so this
all started back in FEBRUARY,
um, all of these interns
attended our summer job launch,
um, that
s the first step and
first requirement to be
eligible to apply for one of
our internships. So on On this
day they spent the day learning
on how to build a resume and
they practice mock interviewing
to prepare them, um, to
interview and apply for our uh
summer internship positions and
at the summer job launch we had
a record attendance of 100
students from 27j that
participated in the all-day
event. Of those 100 attendees,
we had over 60 applicants apply
for our 12 internship positions
and these 12 interns behind me
were the ones that were chosen,
um, so we
re very thankful for
them, um, to be spending their
summer. With us. Um, so they
each are going to be interning
in different departments. Some
departments have taken on two
interns this summer, um, and as
part of our growing grad summer
internship program, they must
work 150 hours, um, maximum,
and they complete weekly
professional development
courses. So today, they spent
time learning about their
Clifton strengths, um, and
they
ll continue to learn other
things to help them in their
soft skills and preparing them
to enter the workforce after
their time with us, um, In
addition, we
re thankful to all
their supervisors who are
hosting them this summer,
because this is something that
they voluntary voluntarily take
on, um, and so it
s a big
benefit for us in this program,
because they have mentorship
and guidance to offer our
interns, um, and give them the
career exploration that they
might not know they were um
initially interested in, and as
well as provides them some
extra set of hands to help them
with their projects throughout
the summer. Um, so with that,
I
m going to let them.
Introduce themselves and share
their favorite parts so far.
I
ll go first, um, I
m Cynthia
Don Lucas. I am interning with
the procurement contracts and
finance department this summer.
And so far my favorite part has
been Getting my own like
responsibilities, so I
ve like
taken on weekly tasks that I
have to keep, um, control of by
myself, so. Hello, everyone. Oh,
yeah, clap. Uh, my name is
Emily Stosskop. I am interning
with the police department this
summer, and my favorite part
has been just gaining exposure
of the environment that the
police officers work in and all
the other people that. Um,
contribute to their department.
My name is Zoe Ann McNeice
Roberts, and I
m interning with
the municipal court and
something I
ve enjoyed so far
is learning new things and also
getting to help others. Um, my
name is Hannah Hallis. I
m an
engineering intern with the
public works department this
year, um, and my favorite part
of the job has been getting
like hands on insight about
what goes on with the streets
and fleets, um, committee, and
so it
s really interesting.
Thank you. Hi I
m Diane Kim.
I
m interning with the youth
services at the communication
and Engagement Department. My
favorite part has been learning
how to use services team
communicates with program
participants. Hello, i
m David
Duran, and I
m interning with
the sustainability Office, and
so far my favorite part was
reading through the
sustainability plan and like
understanding what it would
take to make bright and
sustainable town and city.
Apologies for my voice, um, I
am an intern with Youth
Services. My name is Jule Nove
Lozano, and I
m, I
m excited to
learn more about um the youth
service program and helping the
others with opportunities and
also with more with event
planning. Hi, I
m Fletcher
Burke. I
m interning with
Public Works Engineering and my
favorite part so far has been
gain a behind the scenes look
at how public works, plans and
completes projects. Um, good
afternoon. My name is Jessica
Rodriguez Murillo. Um, I am
with the Human Resources
department and my favorite part
has been learning about the
diverse responsibilities that
the hr team takes on, like
interviewing, onboarding, um,
and like benefits. Thank you.
Hello, my name is Ashen
Fleisher. I
m with the, I
m
interning for the utilities
department. Uh, my favorite
part so far has been going on
to construction sites and
saying how they all All the
different pieces flow together.
Hi, I
m Carmen Velasquez. I
m
also interning with pd and my
favorite part has been
interacting with everybody in
pd and helping with the
community programs, uh,
specifically I helped with cops
and robbers. Thank you. Hello,
my name is Isabel Traviso. I
m
interning with the utility
billing department and my
favorite part has been learning
how to process bills and making
deposits. Thank you. Um, thank
you again for your time tonight.
These are our summer interns,
so if you see them around the
city, I hope you
ll say hi and
ask them how their internship
is going. Well, thank you all
for your willingness to spend
your summer with the city in
different ways in different
capacities. I know in my day
job, we have interns that have
been very useful this summer,
so like I
ve learned to
appreciate interns even more
recently, so thank you for what
you do and look forward to a
great summer ahead. Um So next
is the uh item 4 seeds, the uh
Pride Month proclamation, and
I
ve asked council member Worth
to read that into the record.
Thank you, Mayor. This is the
uh lgbtq plus Pride Month
proclamation. Whereas city
council and staff have
committed to make Brighton an
inclusive and welcoming
community for all, including
the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer lgbtq
plus community and whereas
Brighton denounced his
prejudice and unfair
discrimination based on age,
race, religion, national origin,
sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression.
And is a city in which all
persons should feel valued,
safe, welcomed, respected, and
affirmed by their peers and the
community and whereas we must
acknowledge that the lgbtq plus
community has faced and
continues to face
discrimination, including
restricted rights, social
stigma, challenges accessing uh
accessing health care and other
basic social services and
whereas the city of Brighton is
strengthened by and thriving.
Lives upon the rich diversity
of ethnic, cultural, racial,
gender, and sexual identities
of its residents, all of which
contribute to the vibrant
character of our city. And
whereas during lgbtq plus Pride
Month, we affirm our commitment
to upholding the dignity of all
residents and dedicate
ourselves to standing in
solidarity with the lgbtq plus
community in their ongoing
struggle against discrimination
and injustice. Now therefore be
it resolved. That I, Greg Mills,
mayor of the city of Brighton,
on behalf of City council do
hereby proclaim JUNE 25th as
lgbtq plus Pride Month. I call
upon the people of City of
Brighton to recognize the
achievements of the lgbtq plus
community and to celebrate the
great diversity of the
community. Aided the 17th day
of JUNE 2025. Thank you. MAY
protem Padilla and council
member today we
ll go down and
accept that. Turn this way. The
first Feel free to speak. I
ve
got to hold it. What am I doing
wrong? Hello? It should be on.
And we decided to let me speak
first before MR. Padilla.
Ladies first, it
s, it
s my
honor to be a part of this, uh,
proclamation, um, I
m not great
with words on the fly, you guys
all know that, but I, uh, I
wanted to say that I, you know,
I do extend my gratitude to the
lgbtq, uh, community as well as
the allies and anybody that has
ever um been a part of helping
with. Acknowledgement and being
seen and being accepted just
like anybody else, and I
ll
leave it at that, uh, love is
love, so. Thank you. Pride is
an opportunity for us to look
at our uniqueness and an
opportunity to look at our
sameness. Uh, the celebration
of pride over the course of
this month can be an expression
of joy. It can be an expression
of anger, it can be an
expression of grief, but really
it is an acknowledgment of our
right to be, even when we are
not part of the majority and we
are part of something that
distinct and different.
Celebrating pride for many
people in our community means
stepping out of their comfort
zone and acknowledging and
learning something new about
the people that they already
know. Those of us in the
community have a chance also to
turn out and and celebrate all
of our allies. And perhaps
lament those allies or those
people who are less accepting
than our allies, but to
appreciate the allies all the
more. We don
t need to
understand, to accept. And what
we
ve learned over many years
is that it is harder to hate us
when you know us. So, on behalf
of our, our residents, our
employees, all of their
families, and, and I
ll let
Josh Zuckerbam speak as well.
Josh and I accept this
celebration of Brighton
s
growth and diversity. This is a
different place than it was
when I was a kid. Well said,
Peter. Uh, I
m Joshelbo, the
county clerk for Adams County.
I
m actually here to accept the
proclamation on behalf of the
county. Um, as you all MAY know,
it
s very important in Adams
County to celebrate diversity.
We have an extremely diverse
community, all different shapes,
sizes, colors, religions,
faiths. Orientations, you name
it, we have it here in Adams
County, and we
re all one
community. And we
re, we
re
better because of it. Adams
County actually just celebrated
our pride, uh, this last
weekend. Uh, my office every
year puts on a mass marriage
ceremony because as you said,
love is love. Uh, and it
s
something that is very
important to, uh, to me, uh, my
family, I do have family
members who are members of the
community. I myself consider
myself to be an ally. And I
m
very grateful that the city is
uh proclaiming. This, making
the statement as well. So, on
behalf of the county in my
office, and myself, thank you.
You ok. Mhm I was ok. All right.
Thank you. Um, and then next
item 4d is a proclamation
condemning the uh Thas in
Boulder, Colorado. Uh, first of
all, I
d like to thank Mayor
Prote Padilla for bringing this
to our attention and I
ll go
ahead and read this
proclamation. Whereas on JUNE
1st, 2025, a deplorable
anti-Semitic attack occurred in
Boulder, Colorado when an
individual used a makeshift
flamethrower to target
participants in the run for
their lives walk. Which is a
peaceful demonstration to raise
awareness for hostages held by
Hamas in Gaza since the OCTOBER
7th, 2023, terrorist attacks
against Israel resulting in
injuries to 8 individuals,
including 2 with severe burns
requiring emergency airlift to
a medical facility. And whereas
this act of violence carried
out on the eve of the Jewish
holiday Shabbat. Was a
deliberate and hateful assault
on the members of the Jewish
community and their allies
intensifying fears amid a
documented rise in anti-Semitic.
Incidences across the United
States and whereas
anti-Semitism. Poss a growing
threat in Colorado and across
the world, manifesting a
physical violence, harassment,
vandalism, and hateful rhetoric,
including dangerous stereotypes
that falsely blame Jewish
people for social issues. And
whereas the city of Brighton
Firmly condemns all forms of
hate. And reaffirms its
unwavering commitment to
fostering a safe, respectful,
and inclusive community for
residents of all faiths,
backgrounds, and beliefs.
Where
s the city of Brighton
stands in solidarity with the
Jewish community. And all Those
affected by the senseless act
of violence, recognizing the
fundamental right of every
individual to gather peacefully
and live free from fear,
intimidation, and
discrimination. Now therefore
be resolved that I, Gregory
Mills, mayor of the City of
Brighton, on behalf of the city
council, do hereby condemn the
anti-Semitic attack. That
occurred in Boulder and express
our solidarity with the Jewish
community. We reaffirm our
commitment to standing against
hatred. In all its forms and to
ensure that Brighton remains a
community where diversity is
celebrated, human dignity is
upheld and all people can live
free. From fear and
discrimination dated the 17th
day of JUNE 2025. And I believe
the county clerk, uh, Josh
Zigelbaum
s here to also
receive this as well. That
s
correct. We, our county clerk
is here to receive it. We also
have in the audience tonight
Bruce Shaefer with Run For Life
as well, so ok, come a few
words. Um, feel free to say a
few words and then we can get a
group photo. I
ll try to keep
it to a few words. I used to be
an attorney, so it
s hard. Um.
My name
s Bruce Shaeffer. This
is Gabriel Valeska, were two of
the regular walkers on Sundays,
uh, to raise awareness for the
hostages, as you mentioned, and
I just want to say this is so
obvious from the preceding
proclamation as well as this
one, that this is a courageous
council. You can
t do it
without the support of a
courageous community, a
beautiful diverse community and
we
re just so grateful for this
uh Proclamation and have so
much appreciation for it. It
s
important, it
s important that
other uh communities across the
country, uh, do, do uh similar
proclamations, um, it was a
horrible attack two weeks ago
on JUNE 1st, uh,, 2 of my
immediate family members were
uh severely burned and uh and
thankfully are about where they
should be in the recovery
process and we do have two who
are still in the hospital, but.
An attack on one is an attack
on on all and uh I deliberately
wore this. His t-shirt His
t-shirt and This t-shirt says
in Hebrew Kulanu haufi, which
means we are all hostages which
easily translates into when one
of us is attacked in a
community for being a member of
a, a group or a class or an
ethnicity or religion or
whatever it is, we
re really
all attacked and we, uh, it
s
just beautiful that this
community is standing up to
stand against um hatred in the
form of anti-Semitism, ha. In
the form of uh being uh you
know, towards the glbtq
community and I
m just so
thankful to each and every one
of you. I don
t have uh too
much to add. I just wanna, uh,
thank you as well and just say
that, you know, looking around
the room, we
re all just
Americans and uh. We all
identify with the various
groups, uh, religious or ethnic
or um sexual orientation or
otherwise, and we all have a
right to exist without being
targeted for being members of
that group and without being
targeted with violence, we have
a right to speak our mind and
to be able to agree and
disagree civilly. Um, those are
American values, and I
appreciate the city of Brighton
taking this on. Thank you so
much. Well, hello again. I was
up here not that long ago. Uh,
Josh Unckelbaum, Adams County,
Adams County clerk. Uh,
actually, I don
t think any of
you know this, but I myself am
Jewish. I
m also the grandson
of Holocaust survivors. Um, i
in fact have my grandmother
s
tattoo from when she was in
Dachau, um, Her, her prisoner
number tattooed on my arm, uh,
as well to, to remember her. So,
this is something that is near
and dear to me. Um, It, it
s
something that, you know,
obviously hit home with me and
my family, our community, um,
what
s taking place and not
just with the particular event,
uh, in Boulder, but much of the
rhetoric that is taking place
uh here domestically and abroad
against the Jewish community,
um, as well. So, on behalf of
the county, on behalf of myself,
my office. Um, I also I
m here
to accept the proclamation, and
I, um I
m grateful to the city
of Brighton for showing such
leadership in this area, um,
really uh marginalized
communities as a whole, uh, as
we just recognized the lgbtq
community as well. So, thank
you for your leadership. I
appreciate all of you and uh
thank you for being here and
for your words as well. Thank
you. Thanks, thank you. Do,
let
s do a group photo and
Peter and I will come down
there. You guys come, let
s do
a group photo and then we
ll.
You can stay up here if you
want to come down, that
s fine.
That works. I We have more than
one got it. Yeah. Right. Do
over here sandwich between you
and this works. Yeah, do we
have everybody? Good, thanks.
Mhm Thank you We
re all back?
Ok. Next on the agenda is, uh,
item 5 public and invited to be
heard on matters not on the
agenda, and I have one person
signed up to speak, Tom Lampo.
Come on down, Tom. You know,
the, ja, you know how it is.
State your name for the record,
you
ve got 3 minutes to see all
of you guys up here as well. A
lot is happening in our world
and I know it
s times it seems
as though everything is out of
control, but in reality, things
are coming loose to expose to
expose things and so that we
can receive freedom. I
m Tom
Lampo. GOD is in control, and
I
m here to lift up writing in
prayer. So please join me in
prayer. Heavenly Father, in
Jesus
name, we invite you here
to Brighton to be our GOD.
There
s nothing that surprises
you. You created the beginning
and you create, and you, I
m
sorry, and you could see far
off into the future. Your hand
is moved through the the
entries to bring us to this
very moment in time. And
because you are who you are, we
give you all the praise, glory
and honor. In Revelation 4:11,
it states, you are worthy, o
Lord our GOD, to receive glory
and honor and power, for you
created all things, and they
exist because you created what
you pleased. It pleased you to
create us and to put us and to
put us here at this time. Guide
us in our lives and let us
never forget to extend the
mercy you have shown us to
those we come in contact with.
Father, I lift up to you all
those that call Brighton home.
We all created by you, and we
have many influences that have
come into our lives throughout
our years. We have formed
different differing opinions to
every situation. We
re all
aware of the conflicts here in
our nation as well as around
the world. All of us have been
affected. Lives have been
shattered, and lives have been
lost. We all want peace, but we
can
t decide how to achieve it.
We easily grow weary with the
calamity that surrounds us.
Comfort those that have been
directly affected by the recent
tragedies bring peace to them
and those around them. There is
good advice in our lives found
in First Chronicles 16:11 as it
states, seek the Lord and His
strength. Seek His presence
continually. Give us your
strength and give us your
presence. We need to be
surrounded by you so you can
have the influence in our lives.
We need to do better to those
around us. As you look at us,
you are pleased with your
creation. One minute. Help us
to make decisions that please
you and bring peace to our
hurting world. You are a GOD,
and we are your people. In
Jesus
name we pray. Amen.
Thank you guys. Have a nice
night. Thank you, Tom. And just
a firmor their city clerk,
nobody else signed up to speak.
All right, thank you. Moving
ahead, going to public hearings,
item 6a, resolution of the city
council, City of Brighton,
Colorado amending certain
accounts in the general fund,
lodging tax fund, and water
fund and appropriating money
for expenditures in the amount
of $1,306,00603. To support
awarded grants. Additional
small business grants and water
payments. So, to open up. Open
up the public hearing. Ask of
our city clerk will verify all
the necessary postings and
publications were done. Yes,
Your Honor, the notice of
public hearing was published in
the Brighton Standard blade on
MAY 29, 2025. Thank you. Um, I
doubt anybody on council has
any ex parte communication
regarding this. This is pretty
cut and dry items, so we
ll go
on to having our city manager.
Introduce the staff that
ll
present. Thank you, Mayor,
presenting this item is our
budget and performance manager,
Katherine Mortenson. Welcome,
Katherine. Good evening. So I
m
here with our 2nd Amendment to
the 2025 budget tonight. Um,
you have all seen this before,
but again, just a quick
reminder, we do these budget
amendments when what we have
already appropriated in the
budget is not enough to cover
things that came up
unexpectedly. The few things we
have tonight are a few
additional grant awards that
we
ve received. An increase to
our 2025 small business grant
funds and an increase in water
rates that are paid by the
Water Enterprise fund. Diving
in just a little bit, there are
3 grants that are being added,
that are having appropriation
added in the amendment before
you tonight. One is for Dola.
These are actually two separate
grants that we got from them to
adjust our housing needs plan,
uh, for our community
development department, that
s
about $95,000. Additionally,
there
s the 2025 scfd grant.
This is a grant that we receive
every year. We didn
t know the
amount until we actually got
the award, which was after the
budget was adopted. And then
the third one there is a cd.
Phd grant for emerging
contaminants that is going to
our utilities department and
our water fund. In total,
that
s about 373,000 added for
those additional grant awards.
The next item is our small
business grant. This is a
program that we do each year
with our lodging tax dollars.
This is run through our
economic development department.
As we talked about last time,
we were talking about the
lodging tax fund when our city
attorney was presenting the
updates to that resolution. We
have some additional fund
balance in there, and you
requested that our departments
are the ones who get to decide
how that is used in accordance
to that lodging tax ordinance.
So using some of that fund
balance, we are proposing
tonight that there
s a cash
transfer out of that lodging
tax fund that will come into
the general fund as revenue,
and that
s $100,000 which
allows us to spend that
$100,000 out of the general
fund, where the economic
development department will go
to people who are on their wait
list for this year
s grants and
give out just an additional
100,000 in that same grant
program that they typically run.
And the last item here is some
additional water payments each
year. We pay the City of
Thornton for water that we use
that they provide for us. They
had a higher percentage
increase this year than we were
anticipating. We got
notification of that just a few
weeks after the budget was
adopted, so projections are
looking like we
re going to
spend a little over 700,000
more than we had budgeted, and
that is being added in this
amendment here tonight. All in
all, this adds about $1.3
million to the 2025 budget and
brings our total city budget to
312 million for 2025. And with
that, I will turn it back over
to you, Mayor. All right, I
mean, obviously I don
t have to
ask the applicant if there
s
anything to add because you
re
the applicant. So I will ask if,
well, if, if there
s anybody
that wants to speak on this,
you
re welcome to do that.
There
s sign up sheets in the
back. You
ll have 3 minutes if
you do, but I, I don
t have
anybody send it to speak, so
MADAM City clerk, anybody sign
it to speak digitally on this
one. No, Your Honor, ok. All
right. Questions from counsel.
If I see none. Oh, there
s one.
Mayor Protem. Thank you. I just
wanted to check and confirm one
thing on the lodging tax
allocations into the general
fund that will specifically be
directed to economic
development. So it
s not that
the city will be directly
responsible for any grants that
would be through the regular
grant process will go through
the economic development
corporation. Ok, excellent. I
think that that was the thing I
just wanted to make sure is
that we hadn
t created a new
grant program for the city
itself. No, it
s the same one
that they
re doing. It
s just
an additional amount. Ok, thank
you. Great to clarify that.
There
s no other questions or
comment, I will close the
public hearing and this item is
before council for
consideration. He put them
Thank you. Um, I, I just wanted
to add to that that I
m
incredibly happy with the fact
that the city has allocated
more than $250,000 to grant
money for assisting small
businesses in the, the
community, a tremendous amount
of that investment in our, our
downtown businesses. I
appreciate that very much. So
this is item aa which I now
move. 6. I think 6a which I now
move. All right, and then
council member Tadeo. Thank you,
MAY. I
m happy to second that
1st and 2nd to move item 6a
forward. There
s no other
discussion. Rocalbo. Motion
passes 8 to 0. Thank you. All
right. Moving ahead. Now it
s
item 8a and ordinance of the
city council, the City of
Brighton, Colorado, Amending
certain articles of the land
use and development Code and
the municipal code relating to
accessory dwelling units and
manufactured homes. City
manager Martinez. Thank you,
Mayor. As mentioned, this is a
final reading. However, there
are some changes to the uh
presentation that you heard
from what you heard last
meeting to this meeting. So our
affordable housing coordinator,
Sean Wyman is here tonight to
inform you of those changes
prior to the final vote, and I
will turn it over to Sean.
Thank you. Good evening
everyone. Yeah, this item was
pulled from consent agenda so
that the uh the ordinance could
have uh, have two corrections
made to it. Uh, this, uh,
ordinance was regarding the uh
primarily uh changes dealing
with adu
s regulations that
went to a first reading on MAY
20th. Uh, those amendments
included several definition
additions and revisions, and as
usual, the amendments went
through the process, uh, my
approval by the Planning
commission considering that the
criteria met, uh, met the ludc
Land Use Development Code uh
requirements and uh those uh
criteria were also presented to
city council on MAY 20th. The
two changes are first. That it
was made clear that the
definition of affordable
housing was meant to replace
the current definition of
housing, affordable. We didn
t
want to assume that, uh, that
was a given and so we made the
ordinance specific to uh to
make sure that that occurred.
And secondly, a finding section
was added to the ordinance that
outlines how those amendments
did meet the criteria that are
included in, in the ludc
process. Uh, so there were no
changes to the definitions or
to the amendment criteria that
you. Reviewed and that was
voted on at first reading.
Thank you. Well, if there
s no
question, we
ll go on to
motions, Mayor Protem. I will
simply point out that I,
there
s a relative first here,
I had to go and look up what
Scrivener Corrections were. So
there was a word in the
presentation that I didn
t know,
uh, which, uh, It was kind of
fun. You learn something new
every clerical or a
typographical mistake, but I
knew that there was a better
way to say that. Um, so, uh,
now I
ll move item aa. Very
good. And then council member
Fiddler. Thank you, Mayor. I
ll
say it. There
s a proper 1st
and 2nd to move item 8a, and
there
s nothing else to discuss.
Roll call vote. Motion passes 8
to 0. Thank you. Next, item 9a,
a resolution of the city
council of the city of Brighton,
Colorado appointing
representatives and alternative
or alternates of the city
council to certain boards and
commissions, and with that,
we
ll go to City Attorney
Calderon. Thank you, Mayor
Mayor Pram, um, as you recall,
we have a vacancy on the
council which has left 2
vacancies, uh, in the South
Adams Water County. Adams
County Water Quality
Association, sorry, and um an
alternate position for the Loch
Buoye sewer board. We also
appointed former council member
Clint Blackhurst 2 years ago to
the Metro Water Recovery Board.
That appointment ends JUNE 30th,
so that requires a
reappointment. So this
resolution will reappoint Clint
Blackhurst to the Metro Water
Recovery Board, and it will
appoint a Mayor Pro Tem Peter
Padilla to the two. Vacancies
that we have the alternate on
the lock sewer board and the,
um, Adams County Water Quality
Association. With that? And yes,
he agreed. We, we didn
t have
the strong arm. It
s, it
s all
good. If there
s no questions,
we
ll go on to motions, council
member Fiddler. Thank you, MAY.
I move 9a for approval. And
then uh council member Snyder.
I
ll 290 as long as the mere
protem is ok with the job.
We
ll see when he votes. Ok, if
there
s no other questions,
roll call vote. Motion passes 8
to 0. I kind of had a feeling
that would happen. Thank you
for your willingness to serve
and also if uh Clint
s
listening, thank you to him as
well. Next is item 9b. A
resolution of, of the city
council, the city of Brighton,
Colorado, appointing a site
lease agreement with t-Mobile
West llc for a portion of
city-owned real property and
improvements located at 19,150
East 160th Avenue, Brighton,
Colorado, 80601 and authorizing
the city manager to execute,
said lease agreement. City
manager Martinez. Thank MAY are
presenting this next item is
our director of utilities,
Scott Olson. Good evening,
Mayor Mayor Protein, members of
council, uh, this evening, the
item, uh, that I have for you
is a t-Mobile cell tower lease.
Uh, the lease is located at our
Southwater tank storage. So
this evening, I will walk you
through um a brief overview of
the existing lease that we have
with t-Mobile, um, an overview
of the proposed lease with
t-Mobile, provide staff
recommendation, and then open
it for any questions. So, as I
stated, we do have an existing
lease, uh, that original lease
was signed back in DECEMBER of
2006, and that lease is
actually with Nextel, um,
Nexttel, um, was purchased by
t-Mobile. Um, the tenant
provided notice of additional
equipment that they installed
at the half million gallon
elevated tank in FEBRUARY of
2015, uh, and that did not take
up any additional space at the
site. Uh, the original lease
that we had with Nextel and
then t-Mobile, um, terminated
in DECEMBER of 2021, and we
negotiated a month to month
lease with them under the terms
or matching the terms of that
original lease agreement. Uh,
t-Mobile has approached us and
we have negotiated a new lease,
um, So that will supersede this
this month to month lease that
we have been, um, operating on
for the last several years. Uh,
the initial term of that new
lease is for 10 years with the
option to renew for two
successive 5-year terms,
followed by two successive
1-year terms. Uh, the city or
the tenant, uh t-Mobile can
terminate after the initial
term, as long as the proper
notice is given per the
agreement. Um, as I stated, we
have negotiated all of the
terms of the lease, including
what occurs if the city has to
perform maintenance, and we
have to temporarily temporarily
relocate those uh cell antennas.
The rent under this new
proposed lease is $2500 per
month, and that increases 3%
annually on the anniversary of
that lease. Our staff
recommendation is to approve
the resolution authorizing the
city manager to sign that new
lease with the city and uh
t-Mobile West llc, which is
their official name. And with
that, I will take any questions.
Questions. We got Council
member Green. Thank you, Beer.
Thank you, Scott. Um, What was
the run before? Uh, I believe
that it was like 1350. Ok, so
it
s a significant increase and
it
s transferable, obviously,
since that
s how Nex health
t-Mobile got it from them if
t-Mobile were to be bought out
by somebody, um, I
m not sure
that that would really occur,
but yes, it would be. Thank you.
Any other questions, Council
member Tadeo. I have a question.
Why did we, um, why, why have
we been expired since 2021. Um,
so we couldn
t come to an
agreement on the terms. So we
just said, hey, why don
t we go
to a month to month lease, um,
and that
s what we
ve been
operating under. And so then
what
s been different? I mean,
we
ve just been able to
negotiate something that
everybody can agree on at this
point. Exactly, yep, the, the
new rent and what, what do we
do when um we have to work on
the tanks. That was a big point
of contention in the past. It
is pretty costly if you have to
take those antennas down and
put them what they call antenna
on wheels. Um, so we
ve
negotiated, um, terms around
that. Great. Thank you. If
there
s no other questions,
we
ll go on to, uh, Motions
Councilmember Fiddler. Thank
you, MAY. I, I move 9b for
approval. Then uh council
member Green. I will second
that motion. 1st and 2nd to
prove a 9b. Rocovo Motion
passes 8 to 0. Thank you
everyone for your time. Next,
going on to reports. Start with
reports by the mayor. Last week,
I was a part of the um Adcog
subregional committee and, um,
We were discussing the 4p
process and that that
s the
upcoming transportation funding
that we
re trying to get out of
Cdot for improvements to the
region, I presented, so every
municipality presented on um
different priorities that
either touch that I
municipality or or um affect
that municipality. And I
presented on behalf of uh the
co7 coalition. And we obviously
are trying to go for
improvement to Highway 7, I
mean, we
ve already seen the,
the ill and the repavement of
the of most of that, there
s
still a little bit, um, going
on a little closer, I-25 right
now, but we
re seeing a lot of
the fruits of that, uh, finally
come to fruition for our
community, but we are promoting,
uh, the bus rapid transit
service that will start, it
s
supposed to start sometime next
year, probably q1 of next year,
and so. That was a part of my
presentation to the group, um,
I also. Advocated for funding
for the uh. Upcoming uh signal
at Bromley and I-76, everybody
knows that travels that
especially during peak hours
and sometimes during not peak
hours that that is an
intersection that needs some,
uh, Big time improvement and we
got to work with ca to get
those improvements done and
part of that is uh putting up a
signal instead of a stop sign
that is not very sufficient,
especially during peak hours.
And another thing I talked
about was, as a city, cities
like Brighton and many cities
in in the area, we tend to do a
lot of Cdot right ofway
improvements on their behalf
without being compensated, and
so I advocated for either at
least some compensation for
that, for those right away
improvements which could be
mowing, it could be filling
potholes. It could be a number
of things. Or at least working
with Cdot to find solutions so
they get the work done that
they have not been very uh
responsive to. So that was a
that was a lot of that meeting
that I was a part of it was
about a 2.5 hour meeting we had
last week. Uh, yesterday I was
at the edc board meeting and a
lot of the discussion was about
uh the upcoming sunset of
Burrow and and trying to uh
create the dda that we talked
about recently here in this
council as well. Coming up, um,
oh, also other other events I
was at uh ac rep had their um
game changers event last week.
I was there along with the city
manager, Martinez. There was a
mayor
s round table. Um, about
anti-Semitism in Boulder and um,
we, we were actually, we
actually had this planned for a
while to have this uh. This, uh,
summit, this roundtable up
until um. The attacks that
happened in Boulder a couple
weeks ago, and it turned into
kind of a bigger conference
where people came in from some
of the surrounding states to
talk about um ways to combat
the anti-Semitic issues that
have been going on across the
country. I was also a Brighton
Summerfest. A great job to our
event staff for putting on our
annual summer fest event, or I
should call the Brighton
Summerfest event. And, um, we
appreciate all the community
that comes out, participates in,
uh, just bring that uh brighten,
uh, fun to the community and,
and the weather wasn
t too hot
like it was last year or it
wasn
t rainy like it was 2
years ago. It was, it was
probably just about right, so,
uh, I Co, uh, tomorrow night, i
got a, I have a Doctor Cog
meeting and next week I
ll be
at the cml annual Conference.
And otherwise, we are off for
the next uh couple Tuesdays
here, so be aware of the next
meeting isn
t till JULY 1st
after we
re done tonight, so.
Next, we
ll go to reports by
department directors. I
actually do have one quick
report from a department. Uh,
I
ll ask Director LeBree to
come up and give some good news
on a project that many of you
have been asking questions on
that I
m happy to talk about
completion. So is it Bridge
Street? Is it done? Not quite.
Good evening, Mayor Mayor Pro
Temp and council.Re close
though, we
re getting real
close, so, uh, but no, we
re
happy to report today that the
street lights on Main Street
has been stalled all the way
from Long
s Peak to Bush, and I
got a couple of pictures. I
thought, I think that one to
the left is a really beautiful
picture of downtown, and I
think it shows the, the each
individual task that is being
done by Borough, by Public
Works, and by community
development. I think it
s
coming, you can see it in.
Pictures that it
s a beautiful
place to be and we
re still
continues to work to make it
more beautiful. And these small,
these light, these street
lights is just one addition to
that, so we
re really happy to
announce we
re we
re finished
with it. Any questions? Well,
we appreciate that. We, we, we
gotta have, we got to stop
people from hitting those
lights. I saw there
s one down
in front of the library. Well,
yeah, yeah, well. We
re there
to pick it back up and install.
So and I, and uh Bob wanted me
to let you guys know he
s
working on the Christmas
decorations. We have that, uh,
purchased and ready to go.
Hopefully starting to get it
installed in the upgraded ones.
Yes, yes, yes. He couldn
t sell
though, he
s trying to sell the
old ones, but they
re not
selling, so. You should have
one with Olaf. So if anybody
want Christmas decorations, we
do have some available, so very
good Thank you. Any questions
for our public works director.
Yeah, I just wanted to make
sure I understand these are the
lights down Main Street bridge.
That
s fantastic. Thank you.
That is awesome. It, it, it got,
you can see it
s like taller,
as I understand it, and uh you
know, it just seemed to seemed
to be a lot more sturdy, but
they
re definitely taller, I
think it
s it
s prominent when
you, when you
re just looking
at the pictures, it stands out.
Yes, yeah. Right. Great. Thank
you, sir. Any other department
director updates. Nope. Ok.
Moving ahead, updates by our
city attorney. Nothing, thank
you, except you
re presenting
next week. Yeah, I
m not
announcing that. All right, um,
uh, updates from our city
manager. Just one quick one, we
had a wonderful concert planned
for this Friday at Founders
Plaza, Chicano Heat, which is
pretty popular band here in the
Denver metro area.
Unfortunately, it
s gonna be
about 100 degrees and myself,
our parks and rec director and
our deputy city manager went
over to founders yesterday, and
we took an infrared thermometer
to the pavement, pretty hot.
It
s uh well over 110 degrees
on the pavement, so, and that
was With cloud cover at 90
degrees, so we had to
unfortunately make the decision
to move that concert from
founders to Carmichael. So it
s
still on, but in a much cooler
place, so if you were planning
on attending, that
s Friday at
5 o
clock, now at Carmichael.
Thanks for announcing that.
Hopefully, we can continue
other events at Founders soon.
All right. Um, next. Go to
Reports by City Council. We
start in the middle. Mein.
Thank you. Apparently been
because I didn
t have any
meetings last week. That
s why
I needed additional
appointments. Um, so, uh, not
very much to report, uh, I do
want to thank several members
of the community who came to
join us for the ride Fest, um,
for the Pride proclamation
tonight. I really appreciate
you being here. Uh, just a, a
note that this Saturday is
Thornton
s Pride Fest, and then
JUNE 28th and 29th is the pride
fest at uh Denver Civic Center.
That
s all I have tonight. All
right. And then council member
Tadeo. Thank you Mary. I don
t
really have a whole lot to add.
I was able to attend the Adams
County Pride fest and uh
Brighton Summerfest for a
little bit, and I was really
pleased by the turnout. Uh,
there
s a lot of people there
and it seemed like everybody
was having a lot of fun. Ok.
I
m green. You know, I
m never
at a loss for words, but you
know, you booked a band called
Chicano Heat, you expect
they
re gonna bring it. All
right? So, we didn
t want them
to be Chicano m melt. So that
s
why we had to move. They
re
gonna bring the heat.
Councilmember Worth. Thank you,
Mayor. Um, also kind of quiet.
I, um, attended a Parks and Rec,
um. Meeting and I
ll leave the
details up to Jan and um also a
byc meeting of their heavy into
recruitment, uh, for the next
year. We just had uh 13 seniors,
uh, graduate, and so we
re
looking for a replacement uh
strength, so they
re having
their uh interviews tomorrow.
That, that
s an all day event
that they
re not your standard
traditional interviews. There
s
a lot of uh events going on,
they
re looking for team
bonding and things like that.
So, uh, it should be, should be
a good time for him. I
unfortunately will not be able
to make the interviews this
year. That
s all I got. Thank
you. All right. That
s my
Rolosky. Thank you, Mayor. Well,
The gory details from the wreck.
There
s no garage. They are not
gory at all. They
re great,
they
re a great group. They
re
a great group. Now I did bring
up a challenge to them because
I, uh, had the unfortune of
having to attend a funeral at
the Elmwood Cemetery. And years
ago when Elmwood was quite
young back 40 years ago we made
the decision or the decision
was made to plant trees along
the highway to try to block out
the noise that was was coming
off of the roadway. Well, it
ended up this particular
service that I was at. Those
trees are not doing any good at
all, so I asked the Parks and
Rec folks if they would please
look at is there something they
can bring in when someone does
a graveside service that can
filter out or block that noise
so they can, because you
couldn
t hear the minister, you
can
t hear people speak. It
s
just I mean, the trucks now
that are long 85 or just, it
s
unbelievable. So anyway,
they
re, they
re taking that
challenge and, and I very much
appreciate that, being able to
be done because it
s, it
s
highly needed. Um, I also had a
4 hour e470 board meeting that
included me handing out checks,
uh. More than $20,000 worth of
checks to groups that actually
they promote um. Uh, car seats
for kids and also. Uh, provide.
Hopefully some means of of
monetary value to students who
are doing driver
s ed, so it,
it was, it was, like I said, it
was really very great meeting.
Um, And then I attended last
Friday night I attended the
meeting out at uh the Adams
County Building regarding the
expansion or work on Sable
Boulevard. It was interesting
because I think I was the only
councilperson there. I know
Marv Falconberry, he
s not back
there now. He was, he attended,
but honestly, you guys, they
didn
t expect the turnout they
got. They had to move to from
one big room to a bigger,
bigger room. There were so many
people there, but overall it
was very well attended, I think
people got a lot of questions
answered so I thought it was
very good. And then, pardon?
There was a little anti in it,
but when they went through and
saw what Common sense was going
to be taking place. They were
very much more accepting. Yeah,
no, they, it was pretty much
anti, I would say the majority.
Anyway, um, the other thing
that was great was today the
ribbon cutting at Brighton at
Brighton Benedict Park, you
know, the Benedict was our
original park back in the day,
and I told the story there
today too that when we came to
Brighton in
67, that was the
only part that existed when I
got on the parks board because
at that time all ofverver parks
so we had to wait and once we
got recreation to make it a
parks and recreation board, so
anyway, over the years I
ve
seen so much happening. Changes.
It
s been wonderful, but it, it
was so great to have this
ribbon cutting to make the
official opening of the park
because, oh my gosh, if any of
you have not been by there, you
need to go by and see and
actually go over and walk
around the equipment that
s the
new slides and everything, the,
the material that they put in
there is wonderful. It
s, it
s
springy and soft and you won
t
trip over like you did in the
past, and then they also not
only have a kids slide area
they have older. Folks, older
kids, uh, and, uh, and they
have the, the frisbee golf
course and I mean, it
s just,
it
s fantastic, everything. I
mean, if you get a chance, you
need to go by and kind of enjoy
it all yourself. So anyway,
thank you very much. That
should do it. It
s great to be
there. Council member Fiddler.
Thank you, Mayor. I, I had the
opportunity to attend the first.
Clicks and kicks events, that
s
Friday night, uh, the very
riveting Moana too, uh, when I
was there with my wife, uh, our
oldest, his wife and the two
grandkids, so super fun. Travis
was there, Greg was there, um,
the I
ve seen foam parties
before, but usually it
s at a
Vegas resort, so that was new
seeing that, uh, in the park
setting with kids in the foam.
I
ll just stop there. A very
nice event. The weather held
out, and that was a sound was
great, and I don
t know where
you got the, the, the large
screen in the, in the, in the
speakers, they really did a
good job. Um, my wife said,
it
s not dark, how are we gonna
be able to see, but that. That
screen was awesome. It was
really good. Thanks, Travis
Gary team. Come on, man. Next,
council member Snyder. Thank
you, Mayors. The 10 minute
limit applied to this as well,
no, it does oh ok. I just go,
ok,, 2030, whatever I need. No,
I don
t need that long. Thank
you. Um, I also attended
Summerfest and uh really the
attendance was great and the
entertainment was great, but a
special shout out to Brighton
pd, their displays the swat
team, you got, you guys did an
amazing job of greeting people.
They were happy you were there,
very nice way to build
community and uh support. So I
really appreciated that.
Brighton Youth Commission is
also, I attended that and it
s
um I wishannya hadn
t left,
like give a shout out to Tanya
because we were very, very
short on applicants with as
many members as we
re losing
and she came up with a very
creative contest for the kids
to uh recruit and encourage
people to apply and it
s been
very successful, so, um, she
did an amazing job at that and
i appreciate that and um and
Gary Montoya at uh Armory. I
went to the uh 10 years past uh
concert, uh, um, Led Zeppelin
Rock band last weekend and the
attendance was amazing, over
200 people. It was a fantastic
show. And if you haven
t gone
to a show at the Armory, go.
You don
t deal with a bunch of
drunks. It
s easy to get in.
There
s not terrible traffic
getting out, it, and it
s cheap.
I can
t even believe the price
you pay for the quality of
entertainment. So, um, And I
m
really not going to take 20
minutes, that
s it. Oh wait, I,
no, I have one more thing. I
want to give a special shout
out to Greg Mills, our mayor,
and the mayor of Thornton for
staying on Cdot for the
Colorado Southernry paving. I
am a frequent flyer on that
highway, and it is so much
safer. It is so much more
amazing to drive on it. So
thank you for keeping the
pressure on them. We appreciate
you and the work you did. Thank
you. Big difference, yes. All
right. Next item 13a. Mayor
Perm. Ok. There we go. I move
that we recess to an executive
session pursuant to Colorado
Revised statutes, Section
246402 subsection 4e and
Brighton City Charter section
5.4, subsection c1 to determine
a position on matters that MAY
be subject to negotiations and
to instruct negotiators. We
have a first, we have a 2nd to
go. There Were first. Do we
have a second to go into the
executive section, um. Council
member Pawlowski, thank you.
I
ll second that. All right,
Roll call vote. Oh, here it
comes. Motion passes 8 to 0, we
will go into executive session,
probably take a 5 minute break
while we
return to the open meeting. Mhm
All right. The time is now 7:45
and the executive session has
been concluded. For the record,
the participants in this
executive session were all of
the current city council, city
manager Martinez, city attorney
Calderon, Deputy city manager
Falconberg, um, Robin Martinez
from Economic Development and
Mac Mike Massola. Uh, for the
record, if any person who
participated in this executive
session believes that any
substantial discussion of any
matters out not included in the
motion to go into the executive
session occurred during the
executive session or that any
improper action occurred during
the executive session executive
session in violation of the
open meetings law, I would ask
that you state your concern for