[0:20] >> Good morning. I said

[0:20] council in line come in and

[0:21] then run back out. So we're

[0:22] going to go ahead and get

[0:25] started with that. Work

[0:26] session this morning. Monday

[0:30] MAY 12, 2025. Work session

[0:46] meeting. Did he go? Ok, then

[0:50] we'll go ahead and call. We'll

[0:51] call. He'll get to see by the

[0:52] time we get to him. So the

[0:54] clerk, please call roll.

[0:59] Councilmember Bailey.

[1:00] Councilmember Crow Anderson,

[1:02] some of Donelson.

[1:04] >> Here was a member gold

[1:05] PRESIDENT Councilmember hinge

[1:06] present Councilmember

[1:09] Williams. Councilmember line

[1:13] weather here on some member

[1:14] raining here. Councilmember

[1:21] Risley. Present.

[1:22] >> Do we have any changes to

[1:24] the agenda? For today? Such

[1:28] and

[1:29] >> Seeing none. We'll move on

[1:30] to the regular meeting

[1:30] comments. Are there any

[1:31] changes to the regular meeting

[1:37] for tomorrow?

[1:38] >> MADAM PRESIDENT, I it's not

[1:39] changing. Want to pull some

[1:41] stuff off consent. Those

[1:42] things that are quasi judicial

[1:45] and it's the first hearing to

[1:47] set only set a date, but

[1:49] really and I'm not sure every

[1:51] all the new members understand

[1:52] this. You're voting on it the

[1:52] first time and you're proving

[1:54] it the first time. So. I guess

[2:01] we'll get to that tomorrow.

[2:02] >> So to review of the

[2:04] previous do we have with a

[2:05] stick or at least read item

[2:08] for e?

[2:10] >> Which items are you exactly

[2:11] pulling council member

[2:11] Allison, just for the public

[2:15] to know?

[2:16] >> We'll have the list with me

[2:18] today because normally we talk

[2:23] about all the land use items

[2:26] shedding for or be b g 4

[2:26] image.

[2:30] >> I think or b And that's the

[2:34] last one.

[2:36] >> Is Jay quasi judicial? Yes

[2:37] ordinance. And yeah, that

[2:39] would be

[2:43] >> ok? Thank The clerk, please

[2:43] read item foray into the

[2:52] record. Preview and previous

[2:56] meeting minutes. Are there any

[2:57] changes to meeting minutes

[3:03] from week? All right. So we'll

[3:04] go ahead and open with the

[3:06] clerk. Please read in fight.

[3:07] I'm fighting couldn't find

[3:11] into the record by

[3:14] >> the ribbon Cruz case number

[3:19] 25 0, 0, 5, 0, 6, Ks.

[3:20] >> All right. When they come

[3:21] and turn it over to the

[3:21] attorney.

[3:22] >> Good morning, Ben Volin,

[3:24] your city attorney's office.

[3:26] So from time to time, City

[3:28] employees MAY be sued for

[3:29] acting within the course and

[3:30] actually set up within the

[3:31] course and scope of their

[3:32] duties. We often see that for

[3:33] police officers. And that is

[3:35] the case here. We bring these

[3:39] cases to council to, from our

[3:40] obligation, to defend our city

[3:41] employees, including police

[3:42] officers and the peace

[3:43] officers liability act and the

[3:45] Colorado Governmental immunity

[3:46] act. And we do through head

[3:50] nods or thumbs up. It's a

[3:51] somewhat informal action to

[3:52] acknowledge application of

[3:58] have under the law.

[3:59] >> Sir, can I have an

[3:59] acknowledgment comes up or had

[4:01] not that we work?

[4:04] >> All Thank you. So the city

[4:08] attorney, please refrain into

[4:09] the record. Then Boulder City

[4:13] attorney's office I will take

[4:14] a normally I just read this as

[4:16] fast as I quickly can I can.

[4:16] But

[4:17] >> for the benefit of our new

[4:20] members and take a moment to

[4:21] explain under the Colorado

[4:24] Open Meetings Act which the

[4:24] city has adopted into its

[4:25] charter. So we follow our own

[4:29] charter version of it. There

[4:30] are only certain times and

[4:31] reasons that we can take the

[4:32] council into an executive

[4:33] session where the public's not

[4:35] allowed. And there's an

[4:37] enumerated lessors about 6

[4:38] different reasons. Today.

[4:39] We're going to take you into

[4:39] executive session to talk

[4:40] about 2 different topics.

[4:42] We're gonna talk about a real

[4:42] estate acquisition. That's one

[4:43] of the enumerated items. And

[4:47] the other is instructions to

[4:48] negotiators regarding economic

[4:49] development incentive

[4:51] agreement. And that's another

[4:53] rated item that we can go into

[4:54] closed for is to talk about

[4:55] something more negotiating so

[4:57] that we don't have to give our

[4:59] our thoughts and opinions way.

[5:01] Okay. So I read this whole

[5:02] paragraph and then you guys

[5:03] will vote. It takes two-thirds

[5:04] of you to really go into a

[5:08] closed session. In accord with

[5:09] City Charter article 3,

[5:11] section 3, Dash 6, td and it's

[5:12] incorporated, Colorado, Open

[5:14] meetings Act cra's. 24 6 Dash

[5:16] 4, 0, 2, 4, a b and e.

[5:17] >> Those are the specific

[5:19] sections of the Open Meetings

[5:20] Act. We're using to justify

[5:23] the closed. City Council in

[5:25] open session is determine

[5:26] whether will hold a closed

[5:27] executive session. The issues

[5:28] to be addressed, involved

[5:28] consultation with the city

[5:31] attorney for legal advice and

[5:31] discussion regarding

[5:32] instructions to negotiators

[5:34] and strategy for real estate

[5:35] acquisition and instructions

[5:36] to negotiators regarding an

[5:37] economic development and the

[5:41] set of agreements. The

[5:42] PRESIDENT Council should

[5:42] uphold the city council

[5:43] members in the pond. Consent

[5:44] of two-thirds of the members

[5:45] present MAY conduct a closed

[5:46] executive session in the

[5:47] event. Any city council

[5:48] members participating

[5:49] electronically or

[5:50] telephonically into closed

[5:52] executive session. Each city

[5:53] councilmember participating in

[5:54] a closed executive session

[5:55] show from Dudley State. For

[5:56] the record. No other member of

[5:58] the public not authorized to

[5:59] participate in a closed

[6:00] executive session is present

[6:01] are able to hear the matters

[6:02] discussed as part of a closed

[6:04] executive session if consent

[6:05] of a closed executive session

[6:06] is not giving the enemy be

[6:07] discussed in open session or

[6:08] withdrawn from consideration

[6:10] so we need to votes because

[6:12] there are 2 matters. It will

[6:13] be a yes and yes, sir. Yes.

[6:14] And the no. And it takes

[6:18] two-thirds.

[6:18] >> Clear to you want to go

[6:21] through the roller. Do.

[6:26] >> Councilmember Bailey.

[6:29] Twice. All right. I and I.

[6:32] Council member crew Everson. I

[6:36] councilmember Donaldson. I I

[6:36] councilmember gone.

[6:39] Councilmember I I.

[6:40] >> Councilmember line member.

[6:43] I councilmember Remy.

[6:47] Councilmember Risley.

[6:48] >> Yes, and yes. And I can

[6:49] also confirm that I am alone

[6:51] and no one else can hear this.

[6:57] >> Councilmember Williams. And

[7:12] >> All right. We're going

[7:13] Carry on the spring. So with

[7:14] the clerk, please read into

[7:18] the record. Update from Pikes,

[7:19] Peak Outdoor Recreation

[7:25] Alliance.

[7:34] >> Okay. Here in Colorado, we

[7:36] love the outdoors. That's who

[7:38] we are. It's where we

[7:42] recreate. Hard to imagine a

[7:44] place this beautiful in that

[7:45] wasn't a source of pride and

[7:48] identity for its people. The

[7:50] of nurture and support our

[7:51] wildlife communities,

[7:53] agriculture and the economy

[7:55] and provide exceptional

[7:56] recreation experiences to all

[7:59] Coloradans. And occurs. These

[8:01] lands and waters of

[8:03] traditional homelands that

[8:04] many different tribal nations

[8:05] and indigenous peoples

[8:05] continue to play a vital role

[8:09] in stewarding. Today and into

[8:10] the future. We can all protect

[8:14] and care for what we love and

[8:15] we can help outdoors overcome

[8:17] pressures from wildfire,

[8:18] drought and increasing

[8:19] temperatures as well as

[8:19] impacts of growth in human

[8:22] development. That's why

[8:23] Coloradans across the state

[8:25] have come together to bring to

[8:27] life an inspiring vision.

[8:31] Colorado's outdoor strategy.

[8:32] It advances shared goals and

[8:34] their actions to support

[8:36] conservation recreation in

[8:38] climate resilience. Strategy

[8:40] drives partnerships and

[8:43] collaboration. It will inform

[8:44] regional and statewide

[8:45] decision-making spark change

[8:46] with a host of tools and

[8:48] resources, including data,

[8:50] nothing tools and funding

[8:51] opportunities. We won't be the

[8:54] future of doors at the chance.

[8:55] We'll be visionary, proactive

[9:01] and collaborative. Because we

[9:03] love Colorado. Learn more at

[9:05] cpw that state that co dot

[9:05] U.S. Slash Colorado's outdoor

[9:18] strategy.

[9:20] >> All right. Great to be with

[9:23] you all. I'm Conor Hall I-lead

[9:24] Colorado's Office of Outdoor

[9:25] Recreation Industry at the

[9:28] state. Here. Speaking on

[9:29] behalf of Governor Polis and

[9:33] the administration. So thank

[9:35] you again, so much for having

[9:37] me this morning. I want to

[9:38] start by expressing my

[9:39] appreciation for the

[9:40] incredible work being done in

[9:43] the Pikes Peak region to

[9:44] protect and enhance Colorado's

[9:46] great outdoors. Special thanks

[9:50] to key line. Weber and her

[9:53] team the Pikes Peak after

[9:54] Recreation alliance pp not

[9:56] only has shaped the Colorado

[9:58] after strategy, but they're

[9:58] actively driving and really

[10:02] leading the implementation.

[10:05] That car Rams the outdoors is

[10:07] deeply a part of who we are.

[10:08] Connects us to each other, our

[10:11] history and our future, but

[10:12] are natural resources face on

[10:15] Preston and of pressure from

[10:16] growth, climate change,

[10:19] wildfire and water scarcity.

[10:21] That's why we launched the

[10:22] Colorado strategy. A bold

[10:23] statewide vision for

[10:27] conservation recreation in

[10:27] climate resiliency. And

[10:29] frankly, the first of its kind

[10:31] in the country. It was a

[10:32] pretty bold and ambitious

[10:35] undertaking. We've been

[10:37] working on this plan for the

[10:38] last couple of years. And now

[10:39] we're hitting that

[10:42] implementation phase. One of

[10:44] the pillars of the strategy is

[10:45] the regional partnerships

[10:45] initiative which fosters

[10:48] locally rooted coalitions that

[10:52] bring together recreation

[10:53] conservation. In some cases,

[10:56] agriculture tourism interest

[10:57] to in advance shared goals for

[11:01] region. Peoria exemplifies

[11:02] this approach. And in my

[11:05] humble opinion, is probably

[11:06] one of the most successful

[11:07] regional partnerships in the

[11:11] state. We've got over 20 now

[11:11] and ppr has been doing it. I

[11:15] think a longer than most has

[11:16] done a really remarkable job

[11:17] bringing the right

[11:22] stakeholders to the table. And

[11:23] Your city Covered Springs has

[11:24] the opportunity to lead. By

[11:27] example, with anticipated

[11:28] growth in this region

[11:31] exceeding 1 million people by

[11:32] 2049 smart growth and planning

[11:36] is more important than ever.

[11:37] Supporting ppr. A means

[11:38] investing healthy communities,

[11:41] climate, resilient landscapes

[11:43] after equity and expanded

[11:44] recreation opportunities and

[11:45] the sustainable, thriving

[11:47] outdoor economy. Together. We

[11:50] can build on this momentum and

[11:51] bring to life transformational

[11:51] projects like the ring. The

[11:54] peak trail. In the new

[11:55] recreation vision for Pikes,

[12:01] Peak America's Mountain. I

[12:02] strongly forgot I had slides

[12:12] this whole time said. So this

[12:16] was a picture from us

[12:17] launching the strategy here in

[12:18] the Pikes Peak region a couple

[12:18] weeks with the governor and

[12:23] other key partners. And you

[12:26] can find more on this strategy

[12:26] on I thought the video summed

[12:28] it up nicely but again, it

[12:32] really talks about.

[12:33] Conservation, recreation and

[12:35] climate resiliency all come

[12:36] together. That nexus between

[12:39] all of those things and how we

[12:41] planned for the next 10, 2030,

[12:43] years. As our state continues

[12:43] to grow as our region's

[12:44] continue, like Pikes Peak

[12:46] continue to grow. We also

[12:52] worked with. Skip around here.

[12:55] Let me hear the 20 maybe 21

[12:56] partnerships we have around

[12:58] the state this point. The

[13:00] regional partnerships. So

[13:01] still a few gaps, but

[13:03] generally speaking pretty good

[13:03] coverage from the state and

[13:05] each of these communities for

[13:06] the past couple years has

[13:09] been. And with those

[13:09] coalitions and all those

[13:12] regional plans, then inform

[13:13] the overarching statewide

[13:21] strategy. We also worked great

[13:22] outdoors, Colorado and cpw to

[13:24] set aside 50 million dollars

[13:26] over the course of the next 5

[13:26] years for the implementation

[13:30] of this plan. And this is

[13:31] another region. I another

[13:32] reason I would strongly

[13:34] encourage you all to support

[13:36] ppr in the fullest sense

[13:37] because they will be really at

[13:40] the tip of the spear. I, you

[13:41] know, to take advantage of

[13:43] this 50 million dollar for

[13:44] implementation of the

[13:48] strategy. So with that, I you

[13:50] know, thank you all for taking

[13:51] the time today. Thank ppr it

[13:54] as just a wonderful, wonderful

[13:56] partner, energy to support

[13:58] with your voice. Your voice is

[13:58] your policy and financial

[14:06] assistance. Thank you.

[14:07] >> Know where Michael went.

[14:07] But next video we're ready

[14:12] for. Let me try and play it

[14:27] through here. Enough.

[14:36] >> Thank you for your

[14:37] patience. You've heard a

[14:39] little bit about the overall

[14:40] Colorado's outdoor strategy.

[14:42] And now we're going to talk to

[14:43] specifically about what our

[14:44] regional partnership is

[14:45] working on. What this update

[14:46] is about. And that's our

[14:49] outdoor Pikes Peak initiative.

[14:50] I'm Becky Line Weber,

[14:52] executive director of the

[14:54] Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation

[14:54] Alliance. So we'll have you go

[15:01] ahead and play that.

[15:01] >> There is no place in

[15:06] America like I

[15:08] >> He asked or Pikes Peak

[15:11] Initiative is a locally rooted

[15:13] state-supported process along

[15:15] with all of the regional work

[15:17] we're doing how it's really

[15:17] setting the foundation, not

[15:18] just for us to enjoy the

[15:21] outdoors today, but future

[15:22] generations.

[15:24] >> We've also through this

[15:25] process identified a number of

[15:29] really specific strategies

[15:31] that I think it set us for the

[15:32] future. The opp I process has

[15:35] made it possible for all of

[15:36] us. If the same table talk

[15:38] about how we want to conserve

[15:39] those places and how we can

[15:40] forward, you know that

[15:42] everyone has a different

[15:43] vision of.

[15:44] >> With the outdoor should How

[15:45] do we make sure that we're

[15:46] bringing everyone to the table

[15:48] when making decisions about

[15:50] public lands so that we can

[15:50] pick the right opportunities.

[15:54] Find that right balance so

[15:56] that the quality of our

[15:57] recreational experiences

[15:59] >> really can continue into

[15:59] the future.

[16:01] >> We want to make that

[16:04] whatever plan we have is

[16:07] sustainable and can continue

[16:09] for this Generation x

[16:11] generation and is the

[16:12] spectacle of the wildlife that

[16:15] call people. It's the outdoors

[16:17] that really bring people here.

[16:18] It's the outdoors that people

[16:22] want to go see outdoors that

[16:25] are businesses want to be a

[16:26] part to bring their employees

[16:29] its the outdoors, which is

[16:31] greatest asset in our

[16:32] community. That really puts us

[16:33] above so many other cities and

[16:35] communities our size.

[16:37] >> It is our competitive

[16:39] advantage. So how can we

[16:42] preserve of those recreational

[16:43] experiences? I think it's

[16:44] important that we all have a

[16:47] next to one another.

[16:50] >> Discussed. But we feel that

[16:51] the important and to converse

[16:52] about how we can protect this

[16:55] land that we all have to come

[16:56] together to really champion

[16:58] what's important for us. So

[17:00] that for future generations,

[17:02] all can experience that's

[17:02] really special about this

[17:04] place. This will not be a plan

[17:06] just this will be a show those

[17:08] results. This will be a

[17:09] planned Naik. The Pikes Peak

[17:14] region better. If you want to

[17:17] move fast going euro, if you

[17:18] want to move together. But now

[17:19] it's time for us to turn the

[17:20] page and we're going to take

[17:23] all of that work and think

[17:25] about how do we operationalize

[17:27] these things? How do we

[17:28] implement some of the things

[17:29] that we've seen are so

[17:31] important and it's going to

[17:33] take It's going to take Can

[17:35] take all of us coming to the

[17:36] table. Greening putting aside

[17:38] some of our differences and

[17:40] thinking about how together

[17:42] can we make generational

[17:47] impact. You are outdoors. All

[17:48] right. Thank you, Michael, for

[17:52] getting that play. Well.

[17:53] >> So good morning City

[17:54] council members, as I

[17:55] mentioned, Becky Line Weber

[17:56] with ppe which is short for

[17:59] Pikes, Peak Outdoor Recreation

[18:00] Alliance like acronyms around

[18:02] here. So that's what we go by.

[18:05] >> As you just saw, this is.

[18:09] >> Our outdoor Pikes Peak

[18:10] Initiative. And we've just

[18:10] completed our draft vision

[18:11] plan. You each have an

[18:14] executive summary there and

[18:15] we're going to just go going

[18:17] to be some highlights on the

[18:18] goals and I'm going to go

[18:22] rather rapidly because this is

[18:23] the plan and it's a lot and

[18:23] you don't want me to go

[18:26] through all this. So I'm gonna

[18:27] go quickly. But there will be

[18:28] time for questions at the end.

[18:37] All right. Will technical

[18:45] while they're working on that.

[18:45] Well, we do. They get that

[18:47] that going to rise can see

[18:49] that. But this has been in the

[18:51] works since 2021. Connor

[18:52] shared with you that we are

[18:53] one of the Colorado outdoor

[18:56] regional partnerships. We were

[18:56] selected the regional

[18:59] partnership for this region.

[19:00] And that's Paso County Teller

[19:02] County and Fremont County. So

[19:04] 3 county area. We started

[19:06] hours in 2021. At that time we

[19:08] were one of only 4 regional

[19:10] partnerships. Now there are 21

[19:11] across the state of Colorado

[19:12] and they're hoping to expand

[19:14] that to really cover the

[19:16] state. But what's great about

[19:18] the fact that we're one of the

[19:19] first, although it's hard

[19:21] sometimes to setting out and

[19:23] creating new ground also

[19:24] create some new opportunities

[19:27] for us and being one of the

[19:28] first were also one of the

[19:31] first to complete our vision

[19:31] plan or vision plan draft was

[19:33] released to the public last

[19:35] week and it will be open for

[19:38] public comment through JUNE

[19:39] first. So we're in this

[19:40] wonderful period of time where

[19:41] all of the combination of the

[19:45] last 3 and a half plus years,

[19:46] it's pulled together and now

[19:48] we've released it and waiting

[19:49] for comments from the

[19:49] community. But at the same

[19:52] time, we're moving forward.

[19:55] And as you mentioned, as

[19:57] Connor mentioned, Go Co and

[19:58] Colorado Parks and

[19:59] commissioner for great

[20:00] Outdoors, Colorado, those of

[20:03] you that familiar with them,

[20:04] they have put together an

[20:06] incredible amount of funding.

[20:08] This is part of their 5 year

[20:10] strategic plan. It's

[20:12] 50 million dollars that they

[20:13] have set aside for regional

[20:15] partnerships for the next 5

[20:19] years, 40 million of that is

[20:20] for implementation. That's

[20:21] huge. We did not have that

[20:24] funding before right now. And

[20:25] the Green hasn't even opened

[20:26] up yet. It will open up this

[20:27] summer and it's only

[20:28] accessible to regional

[20:30] partnerships to carry out the

[20:30] work that we have done to

[20:33] these vision plans. What's

[20:35] really important about that is

[20:37] as one of the first to release

[20:38] their vision plan. We have an

[20:39] opportunity before all of the

[20:41] other regional partnerships

[20:43] catch up to really move

[20:44] forward. Some of the projects

[20:46] and initiatives and priorities

[20:48] that are for our Pikes Peak

[20:48] region. So we're really

[20:52] excited about that. Exciting,

[21:01] but there.

[21:05] >> I'm sorry. Yes, COUNCILMAN

[21:06] Thank you. Thank you for being

[21:08] here. I'm looking forward to

[21:09] seeing this. Can you just talk

[21:11] about the source of the

[21:12] 50 million dollars? Yes, it's

[21:13] the 50 million dollars is from

[21:15] great outdoors, Colorado. Go

[21:17] coach and Gold Coast's funding

[21:19] comes from the lottery. The

[21:20] Colorado lottery and a big

[21:21] part of it goes to cpw and

[21:23] then to their own grant

[21:25] funding and they fund

[21:26] community projects. City of

[21:27] Colorado Springs is taking

[21:29] advantage of that El Paso

[21:32] County and taking advantage of

[21:33] that and they together with

[21:35] Colorado Parks and wildlife

[21:38] have together decided to fund

[21:39] regional partnerships through

[21:39] this regional partnership.

[21:43] Thank

[21:45] >> All right. Looks like we

[22:01] are. Just about there. Her

[22:04] mission. I'll just go to this

[22:04] quickly collaboratively

[22:05] identified advance priorities

[22:06] and innovative strategy

[22:08] strategies to ensure the

[22:09] resiliency improvement of our

[22:10] natural and recreational

[22:10] values. For the Pikes Peak

[22:19] region. And as I mentioned,

[22:20] I'm gonna go through those 10

[22:21] goals and didn't go through

[22:22] them rather quickly. So the

[22:23] first one was to convene a

[22:26] broad based coalition. This is

[22:27] something often does. Anyway.

[22:29] We convene a lot of partners

[22:32] in for the outdoor Pikes Peak

[22:33] Initiative. You'll probably

[22:34] recognize a lot of the symbols

[22:35] on here, but we brought

[22:38] together a lot of outdoor

[22:38] partners in the land

[22:42] management as well as outdoor

[22:44] conservation. Outdoor

[22:45] recreation and outdoor

[22:46] business partners all working

[22:51] together. Here's just some

[22:52] pictures of that group work. I

[22:54] am so grateful for all of the

[22:55] stakeholders who have stayed

[22:56] with us over the last few

[22:58] years for this planning work

[23:00] you can see in the upper

[23:02] corner Focus Group past. We

[23:03] identified some strategies. We

[23:05] recognized that we needed some

[23:06] additional expertise. So we

[23:07] pulled some additional

[23:07] expertise from the community

[23:11] to work on that. We also

[23:12] pulled some visionary groups

[23:12] together of community leaders

[23:13] that are not in the outdoor

[23:16] space but are adjacent and

[23:17] that the outdoors impacts them

[23:20] to help lend a hand. So

[23:21] there's just quite a bit of

[23:24] stakeholder group that went on

[23:25] bulls number 2, 3 create

[23:25] maintain a dynamic, outdoor

[23:28] Pikes, Peak data hub and

[23:29] develop a multi here are multi

[23:33] layered planning mapping tool.

[23:34] In addition to that, we

[23:34] created in either decision

[23:37] support tools such as project

[23:38] criteria framework. What's so

[23:38] great about this is this is a

[23:41] partnership with Uccs and they

[23:42] are looking at this as a

[23:43] community investment project

[23:45] that they will maintain over

[23:48] time. This data hub is the

[23:49] first time we've had all of

[23:52] this data, almost 100 planning

[23:54] documents across the Pikes

[23:57] Peak region, socioeconomic

[23:58] data, recreation data, tourism

[23:59] data, natural resource data

[24:02] and mapping all in one place.

[24:04] Available to help make land

[24:06] use decisions to help make

[24:07] project decisions to help us

[24:09] really inform how we move

[24:11] forward in areas that affect

[24:13] the outdoors. Goal number 4

[24:13] was to evaluate those past

[24:14] planning efforts. I mentioned

[24:17] almost 100 plans. We brought

[24:18] those together from 1984, all

[24:22] the way up to current day. And

[24:23] we evaluated those. We did an

[24:25] assessment of those. And then

[24:28] we talk to our land managers

[24:29] and what are the areas there

[24:30] that you're having challenges

[24:31] with an implementing? What are

[24:32] the things that are not

[24:32] relative anymore? And we

[24:34] talked through those with

[24:36] them. Oh, number 5, invite and

[24:37] assess the needs and

[24:38] aspirations of land managers

[24:39] like we just mentioned,

[24:40] stakeholders and the general

[24:43] public in 2022, we worked with

[24:44] the Colorado tourism office to

[24:46] do an outdoor industry

[24:48] stakeholder report and we

[24:49] surveyed and benchmarked and

[24:50] got aspirations from our

[24:52] outdoor industry. We also this

[24:54] probably the biggest part of

[24:55] our effort to quite a lot of

[24:59] robust public listing. So we

[25:01] did 11. Our initial round was

[25:02] 11 listening. Sessions across

[25:05] the 3 county area. We went

[25:06] out. We talked to the

[25:08] community and we heard from

[25:09] them. What's really important

[25:10] to them regarding challenges

[25:11] and opportunities in our

[25:13] outdoor spaces. But we knew

[25:14] that there were some gaps

[25:15] after doing that. And so we

[25:17] went out and did some pop-up

[25:19] outreach in different areas.

[25:21] He went to underserved

[25:22] communities. We prefer

[25:23] provided Spanish to English

[25:24] materials and an interpreter,

[25:25] military community. Private

[25:26] landowners, business and

[25:28] community leaders. Youth. And

[25:28] we also met with tribal

[25:33] leaders, not that long ago. We

[25:33] met with elected officials,

[25:34] including this body to share

[25:35] what we were up to him to get

[25:42] some input. And all of this

[25:43] data, all this information

[25:45] that we from local down into a

[25:45] vision statement, strategies

[25:48] and action items that we did a

[25:52] lot voting on to find

[25:53] consensus and we took these

[25:55] and we went back out to the

[25:56] community with more listening

[25:58] sessions to say, did we get it

[26:00] right? And again, this was

[26:02] across the 3 counties, lots of

[26:04] different community engagement

[26:05] here. And we also did this to

[26:06] service. It wasn't just in

[26:06] public, but also surveys for

[26:09] those who couldn't online

[26:09] listening sessions as well as

[26:15] in person. This 92% of our

[26:16] in-person folks said yes, they

[26:18] agree with these recommended

[26:18] strategies and 100% of our

[26:22] survey respondents said yes,

[26:23] number 6 was to recommend a

[26:25] revised alternative management

[26:26] funding model. One of the

[26:27] things we knew going into this

[26:29] is that on Pikes Peak in

[26:31] particular, all of the growth

[26:33] that we're seeing in Colorado

[26:34] Springs, El Paso County is

[26:36] funneling into our outdoors

[26:36] and it's creating a lot of

[26:40] challenges for land managers.

[26:41] It's also affecting

[26:42] recreational experiences. And

[26:44] so we knew we wanted to look

[26:44] at the management. See, are

[26:46] there ways we could do this

[26:49] better? So we went out and got

[26:50] 16 different models are looked

[26:52] at 16 models across the U.S.

[26:54] Of multi-jurisdictional

[26:56] management. And then we as a

[26:57] task force, we narrow that

[26:58] down to 4 and then we narrow

[27:02] that down to one. And we took

[27:03] this model, which is a

[27:04] partnership of all these

[27:06] multiple jurisdictions, but

[27:08] using one entity has the lead

[27:09] to manage the people to manage

[27:11] the recreation and to create

[27:12] recreational opportunities and

[27:13] Colorado parks and wildlife

[27:18] uniquely fit that as a way to

[27:20] bring greater resources to the

[27:22] area and also greater capacity

[27:24] for existing land managers in

[27:26] that space. So we looked at

[27:27] this. We talked to our land

[27:27] managers quite a bit about

[27:30] this all together and

[27:32] individually. There were some

[27:32] that were like, yeah, let's do

[27:34] this and others that like will

[27:35] hold on. I don't know about

[27:36] this. So it took quite a lot

[27:38] of conversation and it's still

[27:40] ongoing with our land

[27:42] managers. But one of the very

[27:43] exciting things as Governor

[27:46] Polis recognized just knew

[27:46] management model because in

[27:48] the lower left to see a group

[27:50] of the land manager

[27:51] representatives there, they

[27:53] came together and did a letter

[27:54] of intent sent that to the

[27:55] director of Colorado Parks and

[27:59] Wildlife at the end of 2024.

[28:00] And in the governor state of

[28:00] the State address, he

[28:02] mentioned it. And then in

[28:03] FEBRUARY he came to Colorado

[28:05] Springs to celebrate this new

[28:06] partnership that was forming.

[28:08] So that's what these pictures

[28:10] are from. And you can see

[28:12] several of our Colorado

[28:12] Springs folks are are involved

[28:16] in that. So you can see Brett

[28:17] and Skyler with Pikes Peak

[28:18] America's Mountain and Travis

[28:20] with Colorado Springs

[28:21] Utilities are Forest Service,

[28:22] Colorado Parks and Wildlife

[28:23] Department. Natural Resources.

[28:26] A Pasco County. So all of

[28:26] these folks been working

[28:28] together on this new

[28:29] management model. And I'll

[28:30] talk a little bit more about

[28:34] that towards the end. Oh,

[28:35] number 7 was to identify

[28:36] recreation conservation

[28:39] priorities and key projects.

[28:41] So all of continued on. We had

[28:42] the strategies that we need to

[28:42] look at. What does that mean?

[28:44] What are we going to

[28:45] actionable? What are we going

[28:47] to take action on? So we

[28:48] identified through quite a

[28:49] process. A number of projects

[28:49] and initiatives to move

[28:54] forward. Goals. Number 89 kind

[28:56] of go together, identify

[28:58] desirable in critical natural

[29:00] habitat areas and identify

[29:02] areas for potential recreation

[29:04] opportunities. And so what we

[29:06] did is we worked again with

[29:08] more partnerships, working on

[29:10] Colorado's Outdoor Strategies

[29:11] Steering Committee. I learned

[29:11] that we were working with

[29:14] Colorado Natural Heritage

[29:16] Program to create this

[29:17] conservation summary for the

[29:19] state of Colorado. We looked

[29:20] at that conservation summary

[29:21] and said, why do we do that

[29:23] for Pikes Peak region? They

[29:25] said yes, we took their data

[29:26] and then we went to our local

[29:28] partners to find out what's

[29:29] very special about the Pikes

[29:30] Peak region. That's different

[29:31] from the state. Together. We

[29:35] created the Pikes Peak

[29:36] Conservation summary that lead

[29:37] into our opportunity of air or

[29:40] areas of opportunitmap,

[29:41] which helps us identify areas

[29:44] to double down on conservation

[29:44] and areas where recreation

[29:45] development might be best

[29:50] suited. Go number 10 is where

[29:51] we are today. We created a

[29:53] sustainable recreation

[29:55] conservation vision plan. And

[29:55] as I mentioned, we just

[29:56] released checked. It's open

[29:57] for public comment through

[29:59] JUNE. 1st. So which is all of

[30:04] this mean? This is more than a

[30:05] milestone. We are at a pivotal

[30:06] moment. I'm going to share

[30:07] with you some of the reasons

[30:10] why. Colorado Springs, El Paso

[30:11] County in particular are

[30:13] growing at a rapid pace. Okay.

[30:14] You guys already know that

[30:15] this is no big surprise to you

[30:20] all. Our tourism. In addition,

[30:21] it has been a growing economic

[30:24] driver and visitors are drawn

[30:26] to our outdoors. I've shared

[30:27] with the prior city council

[30:28] that with our tourism numbers.

[30:31] Our long with report, you can

[30:32] tell that the number one

[30:33] activity of visitors is going

[30:35] outside and enjoying our

[30:37] outdoors beyond visiting with

[30:39] friends and family and

[30:41] touring, which is part of the

[30:42] outdoors. The number one

[30:44] reason people come here is for

[30:45] outdoors. So tourism is a big

[30:45] part of it. We're getting lots

[30:46] of folks here and we're

[30:50] growing our population. But

[30:51] smart growth is important in

[30:52] our outdoor spaces just as it

[30:54] is in the city and it requires

[30:55] thoughtful planning. The good

[30:59] news is we have a plan now.

[31:00] We've identified priorities to

[31:00] grow outdoor amenities while

[31:01] safeguarding natural resources

[31:05] and wildlife. We have the

[31:06] support of the governor who

[31:06] wants to see a new

[31:07] collaborative management model

[31:09] on Pikes Peak that he can

[31:11] expand elsewhere in Colorado.

[31:11] And I'm going to share with

[31:14] you why this is important

[31:16] right now. We have a deficit

[31:17] in the state of Colorado, our

[31:18] budget. So they're looking for

[31:19] funding wherever they can find

[31:23] But at the same time, Governor

[31:24] Polis is putting pressure on

[31:25] Colorado parks and wildlife to

[31:26] make this happen in Pikes,

[31:30] Peak Pikes Peak is known

[31:30] internationally. It's very

[31:32] important and he wants to see

[31:33] this happen. And he's only

[31:34] here for another 2 years. So

[31:35] that's part of this moment in

[31:38] time that we have. We also

[31:39] have the partners and

[31:39] relationships and are doubling

[31:41] down on them. One of the

[31:42] things that we know is we need

[31:43] good collaboration. We need

[31:44] good working relationships

[31:47] with our partners. We put in

[31:48] place something called

[31:49] Adaptive leadership training,

[31:49] which we're doing over the

[31:53] course of the year with 30 of

[31:56] our outdoor partners learning

[31:57] to work together so that we

[31:58] tackle some of these complex

[31:58] challenges that we have in

[32:02] front of us. We have access to

[32:02] significant funding resources.

[32:05] As we mentioned, but it is

[32:06] highly competitive and it

[32:09] requires local investment to

[32:10] date. We've seen the state

[32:12] invest thoroughly into

[32:12] regional partnerships, but now

[32:13] they want to start seeing more

[32:17] local investment. So we have

[32:20] to plan. We have partners. We

[32:21] have state will support and

[32:21] access to critical funding

[32:23] opportunities. But now what we

[32:26] need is your support support

[32:27] to help bring this vision to

[32:28] life through local investment

[32:31] leadership in alignment so we

[32:33] can ensure Colorado Springs in

[32:34] the Pikes Peak region remains

[32:35] a leader, responsible outdoor

[32:37] recreation conservation

[32:38] community well-being for

[32:41] generations to come. As we

[32:42] look ahead, your support is

[32:44] essential. But so is

[32:46] partnership and leadership.

[32:50] That's where ppe the Pikes

[32:50] Peak Outdoor Recreation

[32:53] Alliance comes in. For those

[32:54] of you who MAY be new to the

[32:55] council and welcome. I have

[32:57] met some of you some of you

[32:58] I've met for short. So it's

[33:00] great to have you here. But

[33:01] you're not very familiar,

[33:03] probably with ppe or e. So I

[33:04] want to give you just a little

[33:04] bit of information about who

[33:09] we are. So we are 5, a one c 3

[33:10] nonprofit organization we

[33:13] reformed in 2016 and our

[33:14] mission is to strengthen the

[33:15] outdoor wreck industry for the

[33:16] Pikes Peak region through

[33:19] leadership and collaboration.

[33:21] We convene together outdoor

[33:22] businesses, outdoor nonprofit

[33:22] organizations and land

[33:23] management and government

[33:26] entities. These are our

[33:28] pillars grow. That's largely

[33:30] what opiates about Stewart,

[33:32] our special outdoor

[33:33] environments, strengthen the

[33:34] Pikes Peak region's out to

[33:36] wreck into street. We do that

[33:37] through. We have an industry

[33:38] job fair. We meet together

[33:42] every every month as about 30

[33:44] outdoor leaders. We also have

[33:45] an outdoor job board. Number

[33:48] of things we do their

[33:48] inspiring greater

[33:49] participation, outdoor

[33:50] recreation. And then we

[33:52] advocate on behalf of the

[33:55] outdoor industry all the

[33:58] places. So now I'd love to

[33:59] have to for board members come

[33:59] up and share with you just

[34:00] briefly a little bit more

[34:02] about ppe or 8. So our board

[34:06] chair Geoff Mosher and past

[34:07] year, Toby Gannett will speak

[34:14] with you for a few moments.

[34:17] City Council appreciate taking

[34:18] time this morning to hear

[34:20] about and staff members from

[34:21] the city.

[34:21] >> It's been my pleasure to

[34:23] serve as the board chair for

[34:28] couple of years. Now. I'm also

[34:29] the special projects director

[34:30] for the city of c#

[34:30] #

[34:32] Creek.

[34:33] And we are committed on the

[34:34] other side, the west side of

[34:37] Pikes Peak too, to move

[34:38] forward with these

[34:39] initiatives. And I I I'm

[34:43] pretty the the report is now

[34:47] out. The governor's support

[34:50] unit. I'm not sure if if you

[34:50] understand how exciting this

[34:53] can be moving forward, we are

[34:55] ready to make this happen.

[34:57] We're ready to protect the

[34:59] mountain. Ready to

[35:01] strategically plan, how

[35:01] recreation and conservation

[35:02] can be done and how to steward

[35:05] that for generations to come.

[35:06] So I appreciate Connor coming

[35:07] from the governor's office

[35:10] that shows the support from

[35:11] that level and bakkies

[35:12] presentation is is exciting

[35:15] and fun to hear. It's taken a

[35:16] long time to get where we're

[35:19] at. And we're at that.

[35:20] Precipice time to move forward

[35:23] and make a big leap into what

[35:25] we can do with the Pikes Peak

[35:26] region. We did get commitment

[35:28] from Teller County as well. On

[35:32] the letter to the governor, a

[35:33] big portion be isn't our

[35:33] county. So that's important to

[35:35] us in c#

[35:35] #

[35:36] #

[35:37] Creek. C#

[35:37] #

[35:39] Creek does financially support

[35:41] and we have for several years

[35:44] now we're looking forward to

[35:46] increasing that support as

[35:47] this programming and

[35:49] initiatives can move forward.

[35:50] So I just want to be a little

[35:53] bit of background of Pra. We

[35:55] are a voluntary independent

[35:58] board. There's 11 members that

[36:00] are voters. There's 3 x of his

[36:03] shows El Paso County Conroe

[36:07] Chamber and edc and El Pomar.

[36:08] Sorry. I said that wrong. Let

[36:13] let me go back. Our x

[36:17] officials come from cpw, Pasco

[36:18] County and then and then vice

[36:19] PRESIDENT Government affairs

[36:24] from the Chamber and edc and

[36:25] then our help from foundation

[36:27] representatives as well. So

[36:30] those are 6. The shelves you

[36:32] might realize from David's

[36:36] cameo on the video and Becky's

[36:38] last name. The David is is the

[36:41] founder of ppe or e and We

[36:44] respect we're his plan was

[36:46] going. He's on an advisory

[36:47] position, a role with the

[36:49] board right now. He is a

[36:50] non-voting member, but he

[36:51] definitely offers his

[36:53] expertise. So we appreciate

[36:56] the time. COUNCILMAN Wine

[36:58] lovers participation in this

[37:00] program. So we do look forward

[37:01] to moving forward. We're

[37:02] excited about where ppr is

[37:07] headed. We see it as an

[37:08] important aspect of the entire

[37:10] Pikes Peak region. Fremont

[37:16] Teller and Paso County to move

[37:17] forward with recreation and

[37:18] conservation in the Pikes Peak

[37:19] region. Not just on the

[37:20] mountain, but all the

[37:22] communities surrounding it.

[37:28] You have anything you want

[37:29] Council members? It's great to

[37:31] see you again and for the new

[37:32] members. Welcome to the team

[37:35] effort of improving Colorado

[37:35] Springs.

[37:39] >> My name is Joe and for

[37:40] those of you who don't know

[37:43] me, I'm a fellow at the Aspen

[37:44] Institute. I'm a board

[37:44] leadership fellow with the

[37:45] National Association with Corp

[37:50] of corporate directors and a

[37:51] former global cherub Orden,

[37:54] ceo services within to growth

[37:55] locally here I'm working on

[37:58] the largest affordable housing

[37:59] project in the Rocky Mountain

[38:03] region. I want to give a

[38:03] little background to this

[38:07] project in that several years

[38:09] ago when I was on the board of

[38:12] the Chamber of Commerce and dc

[38:16] and serving as interim ceo.

[38:17] MISTER Lee Byrne came to me

[38:19] and he said there is a

[38:21] critical gap in our community

[38:23] that the chamber and edc is

[38:25] doing certain roles in terms

[38:28] of economic and community

[38:30] development. There's a

[38:31] Colorado Springs is doing

[38:32] other activities. But what's

[38:33] really being missed is the

[38:37] long-term strategic planning

[38:38] for outdoors in outdoor

[38:39] recreation, our region. And

[38:44] that includes conservation

[38:44] from those early discussions.

[38:48] Now, 10 years ago, we have

[38:50] been working on what you see

[38:53] today, which is an ambitious

[38:56] attempts to bring state

[38:57] dollars to do the long-term

[39:01] planning strategic planning

[39:03] for our community in our

[39:03] outdoors. And that includes

[39:04] Teller Fremont in El Paso

[39:09] County. Over the years our

[39:10] community has had a history of

[39:13] taking bold initiatives that's

[39:14] secure a long-term vision all

[39:16] the way back to General

[39:19] Palmer. Spencer Penrose,

[39:21] securing the United States Air

[39:24] Force Academy, bringing the

[39:25] Olympic new Olympics to

[39:26] Colorado Springs and the

[39:27] national governing bodies in

[39:31] the Olympic Museum doing the

[39:32] city for champions projects

[39:35] doing the southern delivery

[39:38] system. These were all very

[39:39] forwardlooking projects that

[39:44] bull by the horns and led to a

[39:45] strategic destination where we

[39:48] are at today. It is not enough

[39:50] for us to sit on the laurels

[39:52] of all of those endeavors that

[39:54] have happened over the past

[39:56] several decades. We need to

[39:58] start building. We often call

[40:00] it city for Champions. 2 point

[40:04] know it's called cities

[40:05] initiatives. Our spacious

[40:06] skies is working at the same

[40:09] time on a grass roots data.

[40:11] Driven strategy for the

[40:13] community. And we're really

[40:15] looking at what key pillars

[40:16] does. Our community need to

[40:19] double down on as we let look

[40:21] to the next several decades.

[40:23] This is one of those creek

[40:27] hypocritical endeavors. Pikes

[40:29] Peak has long been a sales

[40:30] attribute for Colorado

[40:32] Springs. But as we double the

[40:33] number of people utilizing our

[40:38] outdoor space. We simply will

[40:41] not have the resources to

[40:43] improve it and keep it a

[40:45] world-class destination. I

[40:46] frequently use the analogy. We

[40:48] do not want to become Everest

[40:50] base camp where trash is been

[40:53] piled up for generations on

[40:55] generations. We need to take

[40:56] the lead in this. And we have

[41:00] a really, really unique

[41:01] opportunity, not unlike when

[41:03] we want add it back in 2012

[41:07] for the City for Champions,

[41:08] but we have a unique

[41:12] opportunity to work with many

[41:13] state partners really moved

[41:14] the needle and set not only a

[41:18] statewide but a national model

[41:20] for land use recreation

[41:21] conservation in the Pikes Peak

[41:24] region. As I look at these key

[41:25] community pillars, some of

[41:30] them are health and wellness,

[41:32] sports tourism, outdoor

[41:32] recreation for all, not just a

[41:36] select few. But how do we do

[41:37] that? And it's getting behind

[41:41] initiatives like this. As I

[41:42] look at what's you beat? It is

[41:44] a Colorado Springs. Sorry, I'm

[41:47] dating myself. As I look at

[41:48] where Colorado Springs is

[41:49] excel, that's bringing people

[41:51] into the community. Is

[41:52] bringing people like me who

[41:55] came to Colorado Springs 34

[41:58] years ago in fell in love with

[42:03] this amazing, environment and

[42:06] stayed here. If that is a key

[42:07] economic driver for our

[42:09] community is how amazing our

[42:10] communities become. And it's

[42:13] only been increased by covid

[42:13] where more and more people

[42:14] have the choice to live

[42:18] anywhere. And pulled down

[42:22] salaries from other locations.

[42:25] Colorado Springs has a unique

[42:26] opportunity to double down on

[42:27] being the best place to live

[42:31] for all of our citizens. The

[42:32] best place to work in play.

[42:35] And this is a critical

[42:36] endeavor. As I've worked with

[42:41] secretary of transportation in

[42:42] corporations in different

[42:48] events economic development.

[42:50] It is absolutely critical for

[42:50] us to receive the state

[42:54] funding to move this needle.

[42:54] Within that context. They're

[42:56] going to look very

[42:59] specifically at philanthropic

[43:03] corporate and city support for

[43:04] this endeavor. C#

[43:04] #

[43:05] #

[43:05] Creek

[43:06] contributing significantly.

[43:08] This to this endeavor and

[43:11] their only a city of 4500. So

[43:13] we're going to need your help.

[43:13] That's the bottom line. We're

[43:14] going to need your help to

[43:17] build this vision to team with

[43:18] the Peach. It Cities

[43:21] Initiative are spacious skies

[43:22] initiative and make our city

[43:23] better for everyone who lives

[43:27] here. Thank you very much. So

[43:30] I'd like to touch base a

[43:31] little bit more on eye this pp

[43:33] or a group.

[43:34] >> This is a ton of work with

[43:37] the thing that caught me with

[43:37] ppe. I when I first joined was

[43:40] the advisory committee on the

[43:41] fact that Becky has been able

[43:44] to bring in stakeholders from

[43:46] every level government,

[43:50] private and nonprofit user

[43:51] groups. It is amazing. Once a

[43:52] month to sit in a room with

[43:55] all these folks. So I'm going

[43:56] to introduce Becky back up

[43:57] here and also thank our staff

[44:01] that this is the staff right

[44:02] here. County and Kristen these

[44:03] are the 3 that make it all

[44:05] happen. And it's amazing this

[44:05] this funding will really help

[44:08] with some of that Cup asked to

[44:10] be able expand what we can do

[44:11] in Peoria. So thank you for

[44:11] your time and what that can

[44:16] come back up and close. The

[44:19] COUNCILMAN Wayne River.

[44:22] >> Yeah. Just before Becky

[44:22] comes iPhone be unique to hear

[44:26] from one of our land managers.

[44:29] Chris represents the Coral

[44:30] Springs utilities. And it's

[44:32] really engaged in this whole

[44:32] open process.

[44:37] >> boy, that's really feedback

[44:39] ice. Water of Chris's. You

[44:40] come in and just give your

[44:41] experience of the soapy

[44:41] process and how csu has been

[44:52] ball.

[44:53] >> MADAM Counseling, that's

[44:56] great question. So from cars,

[44:56] utility, please introduce

[44:57] yourself. Thank you, Chris.

[45:00] Only with cars springs

[45:00] utilities doesn't put you on

[45:05] the spot on As a land manager,

[45:07] we're looking at it from, you

[45:08] know, utility site. You know,

[45:09] we have the peak. We have

[45:11] water resources and

[45:13] >> and watersheds that we're

[45:15] responsible for. And part of

[45:17] this process with ppe or ppi

[45:19] has been that communication

[45:20] gap. How can we work together

[45:21] on those strategies? And those

[45:23] needs for recreation and come

[45:26] together with solutions. Not

[45:28] just solutions for solutions

[45:29] for everybody so we can do it.

[45:31] We're charged to do as utility

[45:33] and what they can do as their

[45:34] responsibility with opp. I can

[45:36] really reach out in a sense.

[45:38] There questions on that?

[45:41] >> To so many So it's going to

[45:44] wait until the Keystone. I

[45:50] thank you.

[45:51] >> All right. I'm just going

[45:51] to wrap up quickly and then

[45:54] will be open for questions. As

[45:55] you've heard today, we have

[45:57] the vision, the momentum and

[45:58] the partnerships to shape a

[45:59] stronger future for outdoor

[46:01] recreation in the Pikes Peak

[46:03] region. When it supports our

[46:04] economy, protects our

[46:05] landscapes and improves

[46:08] quality of life for everyone.

[46:10] We are at a critical moment in

[46:11] time. I think you heard that

[46:13] the next 2 years will be

[46:15] pretty momentous. And so we're

[46:16] excited to reach out to you

[46:20] for just support. And we can

[46:21] turn this into a reality.

[46:23] Thank you for your time and

[46:24] leadership. Welcome your

[46:25] questions and look forward to

[46:29] working together. I'm up and

[46:30] partner. Thank you. Thank you,

[46:32] Becky and everybody for being

[46:33] here.

[46:34] >> I was start with a question

[46:35] that I have a comment and

[46:39] another question. You talked

[46:41] about talked about a lot of

[46:44] things honing in on the

[46:46] adaptive leadership work that

[46:48] you've been doing and embarked

[46:52] on my question what what would

[46:53] you say has been the most

[46:56] successful?

[46:58] >> Or that you're most proud

[47:00] of through that adaptive

[47:00] leadership relationship or

[47:03] challenge that you have

[47:03] >> facing. And can you tell us

[47:07] a little bit about that

[47:07] success and what you've

[47:08] learned from that challenge.

[47:10] And that's such a great

[47:11] question.

[47:14] >> And I would say really

[47:16] working with these land

[47:17] management entities who all

[47:21] have their own very specific

[47:22] responsibilities those that

[47:24] their focus point. But when

[47:25] we're trying to look at this

[47:26] bigger picture, we're trying

[47:28] to bring them out to look at

[47:30] where where where can we agree

[47:31] on our bigger vision? Where

[47:33] can we collaborate? And

[47:36] initially we had a lot of

[47:39] heartburn around that we had

[47:42] some real challenge is and I

[47:43] will one was the National

[47:44] Forest. The Forest Service

[47:46] really had a real challenge

[47:48] with, you know, it's largely

[47:51] on Pikes Peak. It's National

[47:53] forest and but the resources,

[47:54] they don't have the people

[47:56] they don't have and they're

[47:59] constantly putting up with

[48:00] these challenges of impacts

[48:04] that they can't mitigate. And

[48:06] so they shared in a in a and

[48:08] management sessions, some of

[48:10] their challenges. And it was

[48:10] really an open. Yeah. Yeah.

[48:11] We're having that same thing.

[48:15] We are too. And then one

[48:15] partner said, well, I think we

[48:16] can figure this out together

[48:19] and it was so organic to hear

[48:21] that and to have the

[48:22] conversation of them trying to

[48:24] figure out well, how can we do

[48:27] this together? It was still

[48:27] sticky for quite a bit. And I

[48:29] think a lot of it is trying to

[48:31] understand each other's

[48:33] perspectives. The adaptive

[48:34] leadership training we're

[48:35] working on right now with all

[48:36] of those parties helps us do

[48:39] that. It helps us build trust.

[48:42] It helps us put aside our

[48:43] agendas and really think about

[48:47] we've got complex challenges

[48:48] yet that there's not. And

[48:51] there's not an easy road map

[48:52] to fix these. So how do we

[48:54] bring storm and figure it out

[48:58] together? And I think that's

[48:58] the greatest joy for me right

[49:01] now is looking back to 2 years

[49:04] ago where we were and thinking

[49:06] we're never going to get here

[49:09] and looking where we are today

[49:11] and going, wow, we've we've

[49:11] made so much progress. There's

[49:15] still a ways to go, but we've

[49:16] got everybody at table for the

[49:17] first time looking at this

[49:18] landscape and figuring out how

[49:21] to do it together. Thank you,

[49:22] Becky, for sharing that. And

[49:24] I've had the.

[49:25] >> The benefit, the

[49:27] opportunity seeing most of

[49:28] that over the last 4 years of

[49:31] knowing you and what I hear,

[49:33] you know, essentially what's

[49:34] happening is everybody has

[49:37] their own silo. I suppose that

[49:39] there deeply committed to

[49:41] agenda. You might call it, but

[49:42] certainly with good intention

[49:43] of protecting whatever it is

[49:45] that they're protecting and

[49:46] managing. And it does take a

[49:49] lot of work and a lot of

[49:50] listening and a lot of ability

[49:53] and desire to hear those find

[49:54] that common ground and build

[49:57] that trust. And I really want

[50:00] to compliment you, Becky and

[50:02] your board the leadership and

[50:02] the vision, including

[50:07] Councilmember line Weber for

[50:10] uplifting and and up helping

[50:14] us all to really recognize

[50:14] what a profound, probably the

[50:15] most profound asset that we

[50:17] have in Colorado Springs is

[50:20] outdoors. You've done an

[50:21] exceptional job and in

[50:23] particular, I want to say one

[50:27] area where I see that you've a

[50:28] positive impact is in our own

[50:30] tourism industry and through

[50:33] our large tax and I would say

[50:35] really through very much to

[50:35] your efforts and the efforts

[50:39] of your board and have helped

[50:40] us to prioritize and create a

[50:42] new pillar within lard that is

[50:46] focused on the outdoors. And I

[50:47] think that is helping

[50:49] hopefully be a part of this

[50:50] bigger vision, which leads to

[50:54] my final question, which

[50:55] there's this 50 million out

[50:57] there. It's going pass the

[50:58] state c#

[50:58] #

[51:01] Creek pitching

[51:02] What would it look like? What

[51:04] does it look like specifically

[51:06] for the city couil to show

[51:09] its support of With this

[51:13] 50 million dollars mean

[51:13] letters. And you know what?

[51:15] What does it actually look

[51:16] like? That's a great question.

[51:19] I met with cpw in cocoa last

[51:20] week.

[51:21] >> To talk about this

[51:22] implementation funding, that's

[51:25] what the 40 million of the 50

[51:27] for. It's new to them, too. So

[51:28] they're still figuring it out.

[51:29] And we're one of the first set

[51:33] that cusp of wanting to apply

[51:34] for it. So we really have

[51:35] quite the brainstorming

[51:37] session about, you know, if we

[51:38] move this project forward,

[51:40] what does Go Co want to see

[51:44] Kuz now? One of the changes is

[51:45] our applications will go to

[51:46] the Go Co Board of directors

[51:50] it didn't before. So cpw had

[51:51] put together a Colorado

[51:52] outdoor partnership executive

[51:55] team that would evaluate

[51:56] applications. Now it's

[51:57] actually going to Go Co board

[52:00] because of the science and the

[52:02] dollar amount. So anyway, we

[52:04] were talking through and one

[52:05] of the things they want to

[52:06] see, although they're not

[52:07] specific and don't have what

[52:10] match looks like right now.

[52:11] They do want to see that local

[52:16] partners are invested and that

[52:17] means dollars. So in addition

[52:19] to absolutely a letter of

[52:20] support, it will be dollars

[52:23] that come to the table. How

[52:25] much that is? It kind of

[52:26] depends. They're not real

[52:26] specific to it. I think they

[52:30] mostly want to see that

[52:31] everybody is all in that that

[52:33] this needing to be supported

[52:35] and that could be through

[52:35] large. That could be through

[52:36] another mechanism. I don't

[52:39] know what that would look like

[52:42] yet. Well, it won't just be

[52:43] the study anywhere. Look at

[52:43] city and will counties have

[52:45] the big counties that that are

[52:47] part So, yeah, that's very

[52:49] important. This council

[52:52] members all I would just

[52:52] finally reflects this weekend.

[52:55] I was outside as hopefully

[52:55] most of the people in this

[52:56] room where because it was so

[52:58] spectacular this weekend.

[52:59] >> And I've lived here now

[53:03] again for I think this 35th

[53:06] year and I've been riding my

[53:07] bike in Colorado Springs for

[53:09] all those 35 years. And as I

[53:12] was out actually up near the

[53:15] Sioux and the Cheyenne Canyon.

[53:19] 7 falls and so forth. I was

[53:21] really aware of what a

[53:23] profound difference it is

[53:23] making. Now, then it was, you

[53:27] know, 30 years ago in terms of

[53:28] number of people, definitely

[53:30] huge improvements. And also

[53:31] thinking about how many more

[53:34] people are enjoying the

[53:35] spectacular that particular

[53:38] spot on Sunday and really,

[53:39] really kind of wondering like

[53:43] how how do we keep? Making it

[53:43] a positive experience with so

[53:46] many people. So with that, I

[53:47] would say just so appreciate

[53:51] work that you're doing in them

[53:52] 100% supportive. Thank you so

[53:55] much. And to comment.

[53:57] >> Part of what we're looking

[53:58] at is building some

[53:59] infrastructure to help move

[54:00] some of those folks dispersed

[54:03] recreation so that your

[54:05] recreation experience is

[54:07] better. So it's not just the

[54:07] natural resource and wildlife

[54:12] impacts that we knew good

[54:13] trail in place. It impacts but

[54:16] also recreational experiences.

[54:17] So yeah, we have to plan now.

[54:22] We know smart growth is phrase

[54:23] we calling for here in our

[54:24] urban core. But it's important

[54:26] for outdoors well. COUNCILMAN

[54:31] Williams. Thank you for the

[54:32] presentation and thank you for

[54:34] the fact you probably haven't

[54:34] slept in the last 10 years.

[54:36] Have a word.

[54:37] >> brings all those people

[54:43] together. I'm a that's Those

[54:43] different pieces of

[54:48] information on one place I MAY

[54:50] have missed. That was total

[54:52] cost that you guys established

[54:53] for what you're looking to

[54:55] happen on Pikes, Peak

[54:57] specifically? No, there's not.

[54:58] And what we've done. So we're

[55:00] at we've identified 30

[55:00] projects and initiatives, some

[55:03] of them crossover.

[55:04] >> For example, a regional

[55:07] trail plan. But we've got

[55:08] Waldo Canyon and during the

[55:08] peak. So those will be a part

[55:11] of that. So there's definitely

[55:14] crossover in this next phase.

[55:16] So we're moving from planning

[55:17] to implementation and we're

[55:18] standing up and implementation

[55:20] task force that will be

[55:21] assessing each of those

[55:21] projects looking at where

[55:24] they're at what's their

[55:26] status, short-term, long-term

[55:27] and dollars are they use are

[55:27] already funding committed to

[55:29] these. And what will that look

[55:31] like that will help us prepare

[55:34] for seeking out multiple

[55:36] funding sources for the and

[55:38] then based upon breakdown on

[55:41] the map

[55:41] >> Kind how it seems like

[55:42] you've been blessed to go

[55:44] through this process. Are you

[55:45] the only ones that can apply

[55:48] and that 3 county area.

[55:51] >> So for

[55:52] >> the 50 million dollars that

[55:55] is different than other gokal

[55:59] funding. So Go Co has a lot of

[56:00] different grant. Well, a

[56:01] handful of grant programs that

[56:05] a city, a town can apply for

[56:08] this. 15 million is only for

[56:08] regional partnerships, so that

[56:11] will be accessed through the

[56:12] regional partnerships

[56:14] initiative. Those 21 regional

[56:16] partners, the 40 million is

[56:17] for implementation. So most of

[56:18] the partnerships are not to

[56:22] that stage yet there. And

[56:23] that's part of this moment in

[56:24] time. We have a real

[56:25] opportunity. There's going to

[56:26] be less competition now and

[56:30] there will be in coming years.

[56:31] >> And then have they flashed

[56:32] that enough to know at the max

[56:34] amount of the grants can be?

[56:35] >> They're looking for

[56:36] implementation funding. They

[56:39] want the minimum to be

[56:40] $250,000. They don't have a

[56:41] maxx yet, but they're thinking

[56:43] somewhere between 2 to

[56:47] 5 million, it can be a

[56:47] multi-year ask so it MAY be a

[56:49] one to 3 year asked that we're

[56:51] doing when we talk through

[56:53] this with them last week. They

[56:54] really want to see the most

[56:56] impactful most beneficial

[56:58] projects moving forward into

[56:59] this other projects, smaller

[57:00] community projects that have

[57:04] also been identified. They

[57:05] want to see those access more

[57:07] traditional funding or even

[57:07] cpw state trails grant

[57:09] funding.

[57:11] >> And they haven't come up

[57:15] with that percent match. Just

[57:18] but haven't. It's referred to

[57:22] sup from they are building the

[57:23] plane as they fly it they said

[57:24] and so was really good,

[57:25] engaging conversation for us

[57:27] to share. Or here's the

[57:28] questions we have Maybe that

[57:28] will help you in determining

[57:30] some of these things.

[57:34] >> In the past, it's they

[57:37] haven't required a dollar.

[57:38] It's it's been in kind. And

[57:40] usually they look at about

[57:43] 10%. But they recognize they

[57:44] do want dollars for these

[57:48] large ones. But they also know

[57:49] 10% of a 2 million dollar

[57:51] grant, for example, pretty

[57:53] big. So it will probably be a

[57:57] mix of dollars and in kind.

[58:03] Kids from a cult. Oh, I guess

[58:04] that is. That is a good

[58:06] comment. One of the other

[58:06] things I didn't mention is

[58:11] through this process because

[58:14] go Coen cpw establish regional

[58:17] partnerships. If somebody in

[58:18] the Pikes Peak region wants to

[58:19] apply for a grant with either

[58:23] Go Co or cpw, they need to

[58:24] show that it aligns with this

[58:26] vision plan. They need to

[58:27] support letter from us that

[58:29] demonstrates that. And then it

[58:30] actually is rated higher for

[58:31] them because it's gone through

[58:33] our regional partnership. So

[58:34] that's another role that we

[58:37] are playing going forward.

[58:40] It's a value aiding other

[58:42] grant requests on behalf our

[58:44] community so that they are

[58:46] better position to get funded

[58:51] from go want to MISS The

[58:51] funding plan.

[58:54] >> Be distributed. 26 27. So

[58:55] the they will open the grants

[58:59] this We will apply in AUGUST.

[59:01] >> And a decision will be made

[59:02] by the Go Co Board in

[59:03] DECEMBER. They have their

[59:05] quarterly board meetings and

[59:06] then it will be on the ground

[59:09] in FEBRUARY or MARCH of 2026,

[59:11] see you have between now and

[59:14] then to figure out the

[59:17] implementation Yes, ma'am.

[59:17] Thank

[59:20] >> thank you. MADAM PRESIDENT,

[59:21] i have a comment of gratitude

[59:23] rather than a question. I just

[59:24] want say really thank you to

[59:26] both you back and to Connor

[59:27] had the

[59:28] >> honored meeting Connor few

[59:29] years ago. And I was really

[59:29] struck unimpressed by his love

[59:32] of the outdoors and I just

[59:33] feel very thankful that we

[59:35] have such advocates,

[59:36] especially for conservative

[59:39] conservation Rabbit. So thank

[59:40] you both.

[59:41] >> Thank you. I appreciate

[59:44] that. And I will echo that the

[59:44] Office of Outdoor Recreation

[59:45] industry has been so

[59:46] supportive of ppr, able very

[59:50] grateful as well.

[59:51] >> COUNCILMAN, rainy in then

[59:54] we need to move on to the next

[59:54] item.

[59:55] >> Thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT.

[59:57] Just one quick question in

[59:59] regards to very in projects

[1:00:00] and the funding that everyone

[1:00:04] is going after. And this MAY

[1:00:05] be a question more for Connor,

[1:00:07] done anything in the

[1:00:10] governor's office. Is there a

[1:00:11] priority listing of very

[1:00:15] specific items within projects

[1:00:17] that has more, I guess, focus

[1:00:17] then others that the

[1:00:20] governor's office is looking

[1:00:21] at. Yeah, it's a great

[1:00:24] question. Council

[1:00:27] >> I would say that. We are

[1:00:32] really trying to respect these

[1:00:33] different community Of course,

[1:00:35] every community is a little

[1:00:36] bit different. And every

[1:00:36] coalition is a little bit

[1:00:38] different in so.

[1:00:39] >> You know what? We've kind

[1:00:41] of laid out from the

[1:00:42] governor's office and dnr

[1:00:45] cocoa in rec office is, you

[1:00:46] know, we want to see how these

[1:00:48] things work together and we

[1:00:49] want some sort of balance that

[1:00:52] makes sense. But really,

[1:00:54] we've, you know, kind of let

[1:00:55] each region, you know, tell us

[1:00:56] what is most important to

[1:00:58] them. And so I think, you

[1:01:02] know, get back. You mentioned.

[1:01:03] As we absolutely building this

[1:01:04] plant a little bit as we're

[1:01:06] flying it with this 50 million

[1:01:08] dollars. But we want to be

[1:01:09] really responsive to

[1:01:10] communities and their needs

[1:01:14] and their priorities. And so

[1:01:17] as long as fits with the plan

[1:01:18] and the vision and, you know,

[1:01:19] there have around the state,

[1:01:19] there's been so much work over

[1:01:22] the past couple years. Do you

[1:01:29] listening sessions and surveys

[1:01:30] to industry and I mean, just

[1:01:31] side and that and that plan.

[1:01:33] And so really we want that to

[1:01:34] guide kind of where funding

[1:01:36] flows. But also looking for

[1:01:37] that balance. That's a that

[1:01:39] was probably a little bit of a

[1:01:40] nebulous answer, but that's

[1:01:41] come to best. I can probably

[1:01:46] give you right now.

[1:01:48] >> Thank you so much. And

[1:01:49] we're looking forward to the

[1:01:51] next 2 years for sure. Keep us

[1:01:55] posted that grant and what you

[1:01:56] get from it and the more of

[1:01:57] your needs. All right. Thank

[1:02:01] you so much. All of you.

[1:02:02] >> The clerk, please item 6,

[1:02:06] be into the record.

[1:02:06] >> Pikes Peak Area Council

[1:02:07] Governments Pikes Peak

[1:02:22] Commission on the team.

[1:02:31] Good

[1:02:34] morning.

[1:02:35] >> Hi, good morning. Thank you

[1:02:38] for having me today. I have

[1:02:39] presented to the city council

[1:02:42] before in introduce yourself

[1:02:44] for the record. Yes, yes, my

[1:02:46] name is Aaron Marisela. I'm

[1:02:46] commissioner on the Pikes Peak

[1:02:49] Commission on Aging. And I'm

[1:02:50] glad to be here today.

[1:02:54] Presenting to the city Council

[1:02:54] and grateful to have the

[1:02:55] opportunity to present to some

[1:02:56] of our new council members for

[1:03:01] the first time. So I'm here on

[1:03:01] behalf of the Pikes Peak

[1:03:06] Commission on Aging. And I'm

[1:03:07] joined by commissioner from

[1:03:08] commission. Dayton Romero is

[1:03:09] here with me as well. He's

[1:03:13] also a resident, the city of

[1:03:14] Colorado Springs. And Jody

[1:03:16] Barker is the director of the

[1:03:17] area agency on Aging. He's

[1:03:18] here with us as well as

[1:03:20] Melissa Martz, who is also

[1:03:21] with the area agency on Aging

[1:03:32] in the Pikes Peak region. So

[1:03:36] I'd like to present to the

[1:03:38] council today really has cut

[1:03:39] is an introduction of what I

[1:03:41] can do for you. As a member of

[1:03:43] the Pikes Peak Commission on

[1:03:46] Aging. So to get us done just

[1:03:47] to set a foundation for the

[1:03:47] kind of work that we do, I

[1:03:51] want to share broadly about

[1:03:51] aging older adult policy

[1:03:54] leadership in the landscape in

[1:03:56] Colorado. And the way that I

[1:03:57] like to talk about it is to

[1:03:58] say aging and older adults

[1:04:00] because it's not just about

[1:04:02] older adults. We don't just

[1:04:03] serve people who are retired.

[1:04:05] We don't serve people who are

[1:04:08] 65 plus 50 plus, we do think

[1:04:09] about that demographic as it

[1:04:13] relates to certain choices

[1:04:15] that we might make and certain

[1:04:16] needs and opportunities of

[1:04:19] specific age groups. But

[1:04:19] really, when we talk about

[1:04:20] aging, we're talking about

[1:04:23] birth to death. We're talking

[1:04:24] about what does it look like

[1:04:26] for someone to be born in

[1:04:27] Colorado Springs? Do they have

[1:04:29] the educational resources that

[1:04:31] they need from kindergarten

[1:04:33] through college? Do they have

[1:04:35] housing to be a worker in this

[1:04:38] region? Does do the workforce

[1:04:39] opportunities allow them to

[1:04:41] save for retirement that they

[1:04:43] can stay and enjoy all of the

[1:04:43] benefits of the Pikes Peak

[1:04:44] region that we just heard

[1:04:46] about from the previous

[1:04:48] presenter. So we do think

[1:04:49] about older is the older

[1:04:50] adults and what they might

[1:04:53] need right now. Really, we're

[1:04:54] looking at building the

[1:04:55] community and a way that

[1:04:56] everybody can have a wonderful

[1:05:04] life here. Birth to death. Oh,

[1:05:10] okay. So the way that I think

[1:05:12] about aging and the

[1:05:12] stakeholders in aging or think

[1:05:15] about change making in

[1:05:16] communities is it's really a

[1:05:18] triangle of services between 3

[1:05:19] different sectors. It's really

[1:05:22] important to have academia,

[1:05:22] business and government all in

[1:05:24] the table. And we're making

[1:05:26] these decisions then in our

[1:05:27] region. We have some really

[1:05:28] great support. So the

[1:05:30] University of Colorado,

[1:05:32] Colorado Springs as a member

[1:05:34] of an age friendly

[1:05:36] university's network, its an

[1:05:38] international network, the

[1:05:40] United States base is in

[1:05:43] Arizona and we have 3

[1:05:44] university systems in Colorado

[1:05:45] that are part of the age from

[1:05:48] the university system. So

[1:05:49] they're very good resource for

[1:05:50] do we have the right research?

[1:05:54] Are we using the right data?

[1:05:55] What is the demographics? How

[1:05:57] would we talk about economic

[1:05:59] policy? So we rely on partners

[1:06:00] from the University of

[1:06:02] Colorado Springs, not just for

[1:06:03] gerontology and health care

[1:06:06] research, but we work with the

[1:06:07] economic center at the

[1:06:09] University of Colorado in

[1:06:11] Colorado Springs. We work

[1:06:14] applied geography department

[1:06:16] to understand housing in older

[1:06:17] adults to understand workforce

[1:06:21] and education solutions. Terms

[1:06:23] of business. It's not just for

[1:06:25] profit business. When I say

[1:06:26] business, it's all industries.

[1:06:28] So how do non profits come to

[1:06:29] the table? How do small

[1:06:32] businesses come to the table?

[1:06:34] Amazon is a huge supporter of

[1:06:35] workforce for older adults

[1:06:36] nationally and

[1:06:38] internationally. And so our

[1:06:40] partners in large businesses

[1:06:42] like Amazon, Samsung, Best

[1:06:44] Buy. How do we rely on large

[1:06:44] businesses and the resources

[1:06:48] that they can bring for making

[1:06:48] sure that we're building a

[1:06:49] community where people can

[1:06:50] grow up and grow older

[1:06:51] together. Well, and then, of

[1:06:54] course, government and one of

[1:06:55] the beautiful things about the

[1:06:55] Pikes Peak region is that we

[1:06:58] have people here serving from

[1:07:00] the grassroots to the national

[1:07:01] level. Looking at how we build

[1:07:04] all of these different

[1:07:05] networks together to make sure

[1:07:08] that we are thinking about

[1:07:08] every table that we said that

[1:07:11] from kitchen table to the

[1:07:12] boardrooms to make sure that

[1:07:14] we're collaborating. Well to

[1:07:15] build a community of are we

[1:07:19] can all grow up well together.

[1:07:21] So in Colorado, there are 3

[1:07:25] major and it between state and

[1:07:26] local. There are 3 major

[1:07:27] organizations that serve aging

[1:07:30] policy. And so the Colorado

[1:07:35] Commission on Aging. Board of

[1:07:38] governor appointed leaders and

[1:07:39] aging older adult services

[1:07:42] from across Colorado. These

[1:07:42] members, these commissioners

[1:07:43] are appointed by Governor

[1:07:46] Polis to serve regionally and

[1:07:49] also in specific areas of

[1:07:52] expertise. And so in Colorado

[1:07:53] Springs, Penney, Whitney

[1:07:55] serves as our local partner

[1:07:57] for this region. So she's the

[1:07:58] local commissioner 4 and the

[1:08:01] city of Colorado Springs. I'm

[1:08:02] also on the Colorado

[1:08:03] Commission on Aging and I

[1:08:05] serve the whole state for

[1:08:06] policy. So clearly, I do not

[1:08:08] do that on my own and is an

[1:08:11] incredibly collaborative

[1:08:13] process. And I cannot follow

[1:08:14] all of the policy that comes

[1:08:15] out of the legislative branch

[1:08:16] in Colorado by myself. So it

[1:08:21] really is looking at, you

[1:08:22] workforce, education business.

[1:08:23] How do have this policy in all

[1:08:24] these different areas that's

[1:08:27] important to our state? How

[1:08:27] would it impact someone as

[1:08:31] they raging here? Luckily we

[1:08:32] have the Pikes Peak Commission

[1:08:33] on aging that I'm going to be

[1:08:35] presenting on in more detail.

[1:08:37] I'm here today because I am

[1:08:39] appointed by this municipality

[1:08:40] to serve on the Pikes Peak

[1:08:42] Commission on aging. So I want

[1:08:44] you to know that I'm here.

[1:08:44] Here to support you, whatever

[1:08:50] you need locally. The 3rd

[1:08:51] group that is really

[1:08:52] influential in policy, an

[1:08:53] aging in Colorado. It's called

[1:08:56] the Colorado Center for Aging

[1:08:57] used to be called the Colorado

[1:08:59] senior lobbying. It's been an

[1:09:02] business for about 40 years.

[1:09:03] It's a 501, c threes. So

[1:09:05] that's why we're not called

[1:09:07] the Colorado are the senior

[1:09:08] lobby anymore because we're

[1:09:10] not a lobbying agency. We're

[1:09:14] an educational nonprofit and I

[1:09:14] serve on the board of the

[1:09:15] Colorado Center for Aging as

[1:09:17] well. And the mission of that

[1:09:19] group is to really connect

[1:09:21] citizens to legislative

[1:09:24] policy. So we help educate

[1:09:29] Area councils of government,

[1:09:30] small businesses and

[1:09:31] nonprofits how they can engage

[1:09:32] better in the legislative

[1:09:33] process at the local and state

[1:09:37] level. So the Colorado

[1:09:40] Commission on Aging. We're

[1:09:42] undergoing a big change the

[1:09:45] summer. We have our we're

[1:09:46] going to have a new set of

[1:09:46] subcommittees. The 5 of them

[1:09:49] are up there. Age friendly

[1:09:51] communities. The micro and

[1:09:52] macro economy, workforce and

[1:09:53] health care left public policy

[1:09:57] of up there because that

[1:09:58] subcommittee will sort of be

[1:09:59] shifting as we make our

[1:10:02] changes in JULY. Currently we

[1:10:04] have a mental health

[1:10:05] subcommittee and they know

[1:10:08] that mental health is that is

[1:10:10] priority for the city. Of

[1:10:10] course, that is that's a

[1:10:11] priority for the city. The

[1:10:13] state, the nation. That's a

[1:10:16] priority for all living

[1:10:19] humans. Today. And I know that

[1:10:19] COUNCILMAN Line Weber that you

[1:10:21] me have a

[1:10:24] >> proclamation tomorrow about

[1:10:24] ensuring and we continue to

[1:10:27] elevate mental health in this

[1:10:29] community. And what I think

[1:10:30] very important from the

[1:10:32] Colorado Commission on Aging

[1:10:33] as the overlap that we have in

[1:10:36] this priority as well. So when

[1:10:37] I think about what we can do

[1:10:38] from the state level to bring

[1:10:41] some of resources here, please

[1:10:42] just know that the Colorado

[1:10:44] Commission on Aging Values

[1:10:45] Health for all Coloradans from

[1:10:48] birth to death and that what I

[1:10:50] try to do serving on the

[1:10:51] commission is want to bring

[1:10:52] resources that we're working

[1:10:55] on at the state. What can we

[1:10:58] bring here for resources for

[1:10:58] education, for helping to

[1:11:00] elevate the work that's

[1:11:02] happening locally at the state

[1:11:04] level. Aaron, we have a

[1:11:05] question from council member

[1:11:08] Williams.

[1:11:10] >> Thank I have lectured being

[1:11:12] new and I use that as long as

[1:11:14] possible. Who appoints you for

[1:11:16] this? Governor? Polis appoints

[1:11:18] to the Colorado Commission on

[1:11:20] aging. Okay. So we don't have

[1:11:22] a role necessarily. And mares

[1:11:22] office doesn't have a role

[1:11:25] because directly from the

[1:11:26] governor. Yes, for the

[1:11:28] Colorado Commission on We also

[1:11:31] have the Pikes Peak Commission

[1:11:31] on Aging.

[1:11:32] >> It's someone earlier today.

[1:11:33] I think it was back east that

[1:11:36] it's kinda acronym. Soup. And

[1:11:37] it is because this is thing

[1:11:42] and government So but this

[1:11:43] agency and the Colorado

[1:11:43] Commission on Aging is

[1:11:44] important because the Pikes

[1:11:48] Peak Commission Aging was

[1:11:51] created loosely around the

[1:11:52] framework of the Commission on

[1:11:54] Aging at the state level. So

[1:11:55] in terms of the work that we

[1:11:59] try to do locally, we think

[1:11:59] about what's happening at a

[1:12:00] state level and how we can

[1:12:02] bring those resources here.

[1:12:06] And we have 2 commissioners

[1:12:06] locally who also starred on

[1:12:08] the Colorado Commission on

[1:12:08] Aging myself and Penny

[1:12:12] Whitney. Okay. Thank you,

[1:12:13] COUNCILMAN Donald Air. When we

[1:12:15] were first.

[1:12:19] >> Yeah, I'm just curious. You

[1:12:19] know, you talked about 18 and

[1:12:24] mental health to me, it seems

[1:12:27] like we're kind of in an

[1:12:27] epidemic.

[1:12:31] >> Moment we're all timers

[1:12:32] disease and

[1:12:34] >> dementia and all these

[1:12:34] types of things seem to be

[1:12:37] accelerating more than I've

[1:12:38] ever. I think I've ever heard

[1:12:38] of that before. And I don't

[1:12:40] know if it's just because I'm

[1:12:41] getting older that I'm

[1:12:41] becoming more and more aware

[1:12:45] of this. But is that is that

[1:12:46] really true? And and how? How

[1:12:50] are you addressing? That

[1:12:53] acceleration? If I'm if I'm

[1:12:54] accurate.

[1:12:55] >> Yeah, I from what I know

[1:12:55] and I'm not an expert in

[1:13:00] Alzheimer's. From what I know

[1:13:00] broadly, I can say that is

[1:13:04] kind of 2 parts. One is that

[1:13:06] we didn't use to include

[1:13:08] academic, academia, like we do

[1:13:11] today and how we treated older

[1:13:12] adults and changes that happen

[1:13:15] in our cognitive ability as we

[1:13:17] age. So we used to just say,

[1:13:18] oh, you know, you're older

[1:13:19] now. So whatever, we didn't

[1:13:23] give it a name, we didn't have

[1:13:27] experts and that the various.

[1:13:28] Specific ways that our

[1:13:29] cognition can change. As we

[1:13:31] get older. So I think that

[1:13:31] we're just better at naming

[1:13:35] specifically what's happening.

[1:13:39] Terms if it is accelerating. I

[1:13:41] could definitely connect you

[1:13:42] with the best research, the

[1:13:42] best research and the best

[1:13:44] resources in the state work

[1:13:46] very closely with the

[1:13:46] Alzheimer's Association of the

[1:13:50] state level as well. And one

[1:13:50] of the reasons that it's

[1:13:53] really important to have that

[1:13:55] Triangle of sector

[1:13:59] collaboration is because

[1:14:01] research is updated all the

[1:14:02] time and we're constantly and

[1:14:03] learning new things. And so

[1:14:06] for us at the government level

[1:14:06] to know what's going on to

[1:14:10] provide the right resources.

[1:14:11] You know, people attention,

[1:14:15] policymakers at the table it's

[1:14:15] important to know what

[1:14:16] direction we're going so that

[1:14:20] we know for going and a good

[1:14:21] direction or if we need to

[1:14:21] offer a little bit more

[1:14:25] support here. There. So answer

[1:14:26] your question. Yeah, I mean

[1:14:27] that that's actually what I

[1:14:30] was trying to do try to

[1:14:31] understand it more. I thought

[1:14:34] with you here, I can something

[1:14:36] new.

[1:14:38] >> it's just an area that I

[1:14:40] think I just I'm constantly

[1:14:42] trying to get better

[1:14:45] information And so I was

[1:14:46] hopeful that you're this one

[1:14:47] of these organizations would

[1:14:48] be kind of likes looking at

[1:14:50] that are considering that are

[1:14:53] because I haven't really

[1:14:55] gotten it. It is that mixture

[1:14:56] are we just identifying it

[1:15:01] more actual accelerating as

[1:15:03] fun trying to understand.

[1:15:04] Yeah, I'm the Alzheimer's

[1:15:06] Association is the best

[1:15:07] resource for understanding

[1:15:09] very specifically focused

[1:15:10] data.

[1:15:11] >> On that and down to even

[1:15:14] what's happening in Colorado,

[1:15:16] specifically because different

[1:15:18] parts of the country, you

[1:15:18] know, the way that we age

[1:15:19] throughout our life, the way

[1:15:20] that our brains develop

[1:15:22] throughout our life, it can

[1:15:23] even go all the way back to

[1:15:27] you know what resources do we

[1:15:28] have for mothers while they

[1:15:29] are carrying their babies? Are

[1:15:29] they getting the right

[1:15:31] nutrients that they need to

[1:15:34] start brain development early.

[1:15:34] So okay. Thank Yeah, of

[1:15:40] course. Johnson and Johnson.

[1:15:42] >> Yeah, thanks, MADAM

[1:15:43] PRESIDENT. Thank you, Erin,

[1:15:44] for the presentation you

[1:15:47] pointed out that it's the

[1:15:48] governor who points to the

[1:15:49] Colorado Commission on Aging.

[1:15:50] But who is it? That points to

[1:15:52] the Pikes Peak Commission on

[1:15:54] Aging?

[1:15:56] >> So the city Council in

[1:15:57] Colorado Springs appoints

[1:16:01] member from this municipality.

[1:16:02] So every governing

[1:16:03] municipality in the Pikes Peak

[1:16:04] region. So El Paso County

[1:16:08] Teller County in Park County.

[1:16:09] The governments that are a

[1:16:09] part of the Pikes Peak Area

[1:16:13] Council of governments, those

[1:16:14] entities appoint a person to

[1:16:16] the commission on aging.

[1:16:19] >> And how many are there? How

[1:16:20] many commissioners are under

[1:16:21] on Peach ph Junior and or ppa?

[1:16:27] Is 18.

[1:16:29] >> Thank you, MR. Donaldson

[1:16:30] Johnny Barker with I'm the

[1:16:31] director of the area see on

[1:16:33] aging here in Carson brings

[1:16:36] their total 20 members of ppc

[1:16:39] Jim Board, 13 1 from each

[1:16:40] municipality and then the

[1:16:43] additional members are from El

[1:16:43] Paso County in the Cotton, the

[1:16:44] city of Colorado Springs for

[1:16:48] Total, 20 members of ppa, c j.

[1:16:48] >> In Mississippi pa cg board,

[1:16:51] Jodi. But I'm talking about

[1:16:53] the Commission on Aging. So

[1:16:55] the Commission Aging, we will

[1:16:58] we actually have a mix of at

[1:16:59] large.

[1:17:01] >> Members as well as those

[1:17:02] appointed to the to the board

[1:17:06] from the municipalities. We

[1:17:06] are short members right now

[1:17:08] appointed we'd love more right

[1:17:11] now. It's about.

[1:17:16] >> 6 appointed members.

[1:17:16] Something like that. You know,

[1:17:18] we're about 6 appointed. And

[1:17:19] so we definitely have room for

[1:17:20] more. Additional members are

[1:17:23] at large.

[1:17:24] >> Appointed air. And that's

[1:17:25] I'm trying to figure out is

[1:17:26] that the mayor is at City

[1:17:26] Council. I don't remember

[1:17:31] voting on it.

[1:17:32] >> But your house, it was City

[1:17:34] council's last She's no longer

[1:17:35] on she's no longer in the city

[1:17:38] Council.

[1:17:40] >> So Michelle Teller of you

[1:17:43] on Yes, yes, she appointed

[1:17:45] Okay. We'll sort that out.

[1:17:50] That's I don't think one count

[1:17:51] City Council person can well

[1:17:52] that. It came from what I

[1:17:54] understand. It came through a

[1:17:56] vote. All right. That means

[1:17:58] maybe it's not. It's not that

[1:18:00] member of vote for the whole

[1:18:03] council. Yeah, I just don't

[1:18:05] remember. But hey, my dad had

[1:18:06] Alzheimer's. So you never

[1:18:09] could be a sign right there.

[1:18:10] >> And I will say for

[1:18:11] Councilmember Line Weber, a

[1:18:12] couple of risk factors as your

[1:18:15] former, you know, physician

[1:18:16] assistant here.

[1:18:18] >> The biggest risk factor for

[1:18:19] Alzheimer's is age. The older

[1:18:21] you get the higher your odds

[1:18:24] are we live longer now in

[1:18:25] western societies. So our

[1:18:27] risks are going up. And then

[1:18:29] we have high levels of chronic

[1:18:31] disease like diabetes and

[1:18:32] things like that, which are

[1:18:35] also big risk factors. So that

[1:18:36] that's part of the answer to

[1:18:37] it. And then there maybe you

[1:18:40] can talk about this. I'm

[1:18:42] interested everything you're

[1:18:43] saying. But I think we need

[1:18:45] people to focus h#

[1:18:45] #

[1:18:45] o#

[1:18:48] elderly.

[1:18:51] >> not so much children and

[1:18:52] schools and all that stuff. I

[1:18:54] understand that's part of

[1:18:54] life.

[1:18:58] >> But had 2 parents die. My

[1:19:00] mother died just in JANUARY

[1:19:01] and there are unique

[1:19:01] challenges people in their

[1:19:04] 80's. People with Alzheimer's.

[1:19:07] And we do need commission

[1:19:14] focused on the elderly. So is

[1:19:15] it a 95% of our work is on the

[1:19:19] elderly and we if we learn

[1:19:19] something that makes us look

[1:19:24] back in life like head trauma

[1:19:25] can can lead to Alzheimer's,

[1:19:26] you know, and you're used to

[1:19:27] getting hit in the head,

[1:19:30] boxing, whatever. Is that

[1:19:32] accurate or is it? Nope, were

[1:19:33] spread over the whole

[1:19:34] continuum. We focus equally on

[1:19:38] children, adults.

[1:19:41] >> know that that is that is

[1:19:43] accurate even alcohol abuse

[1:19:45] can lead to Alzheimer's

[1:19:47] disease. Sure, it That was

[1:19:48] just the example. Jodi, what's

[1:19:49] the breakdown on your

[1:19:52] emphasis? Is that 90% on what

[1:19:55] we would call senior citizens?

[1:19:58] Is it spread I I speak to

[1:19:59] that.

[1:20:01] >> So and the way that I think

[1:20:02] about serving aging and why I

[1:20:05] serve aging commissions.

[1:20:07] >> At the local state and

[1:20:09] national level because I think

[1:20:10] when when we've truly

[1:20:14] understand you know, I like to

[1:20:15] say needs and opportunities

[1:20:19] because getting older is not

[1:20:21] just been a need. It getting

[1:20:22] older does not just mean

[1:20:24] terrible things are happening

[1:20:25] to us. There are lots of

[1:20:27] wonderful things about

[1:20:28] transitions in life there. A

[1:20:30] lot of opportunities for every

[1:20:31] every age and every stage.

[1:20:35] However. When we're looking at

[1:20:35] an older adult and they are

[1:20:38] not doing well. We couldn't

[1:20:39] reverse engineer what we're

[1:20:40] doing in our communities to

[1:20:42] help make things better. If

[1:20:43] all of our older adults are

[1:20:47] struggling with housing, why

[1:20:48] is that? Is that because we

[1:20:49] didn't have financial

[1:20:51] resources that they needed? Is

[1:20:52] it because they didn't have

[1:20:54] education that they needed? Is

[1:20:54] it because they didn't

[1:20:58] understand how to save for

[1:20:59] retirement? Did they not have

[1:21:01] good avenues to save for

[1:21:03] retirement? So while we want

[1:21:06] to support older adults today

[1:21:07] and make sure that when people

[1:21:10] are older that they should be

[1:21:11] supported, we can feed that

[1:21:12] information back into

[1:21:13] communities so that we can

[1:21:17] design better communities so

[1:21:18] that, you know, when I'm when

[1:21:18] I'm 80, the I have a good life

[1:21:22] when I'm 80. Because if we

[1:21:24] wait until we're 65 to help

[1:21:26] people who are 65. It's too

[1:21:29] late at that weekend. A lot of

[1:21:30] the struggles that we have

[1:21:33] later in life build up over

[1:21:34] time because we have planned.

[1:21:36] Well, when we're younger, it

[1:21:40] does not make sense.

[1:21:41] >> I I understand what you're

[1:21:41] saying. I don't know if I

[1:21:46] would agree with it when

[1:21:47] you're 85 years old, you will

[1:21:50] have unique problems that are

[1:21:51] unique to 85 year-olds move.

[1:21:55] Thing that's going to make.

[1:21:57] Well, I want to let you just

[1:21:58] finished with your

[1:21:59] presentation. And then rather

[1:21:59] than going off on the

[1:22:03] discussion. But I hope we're

[1:22:04] really focusing on. And I know

[1:22:09] we do on tpa c transportation

[1:22:09] for elderly to their

[1:22:12] appointments is critical

[1:22:16] dealing with isolation and of

[1:22:16] the elderly while they feel

[1:22:17] isolated or how does that come

[1:22:18] about? What can we do to help

[1:22:21] is critical. Looking back to

[1:22:22] what we could have done so

[1:22:22] that they would never have

[1:22:27] been in that situation. Is

[1:22:28] interesting and academically

[1:22:31] really good project to do. But

[1:22:33] we need to really focus on

[1:22:34] helping people today because

[1:22:37] there are lots of them out

[1:22:38] there who are suffering and

[1:22:40] will. And a lot of it has to

[1:22:41] do with just socioeconomic

[1:22:42] status. You have more money,

[1:22:43] you can pay for a lot of good

[1:22:45] stuff. If you don't, you

[1:22:46] can't. And we need to focus on

[1:22:50] those folks and help And so,

[1:22:50] yeah, I mean, just to rest

[1:22:53] your presentation. So please,

[1:22:54] can you can MADAM PRESIDENT

[1:22:57] would like that?

[1:22:58] >> So something that I would

[1:22:59] like to highlight from the

[1:23:01] Colorado Commission on Aging

[1:23:03] is that we have a multi sector

[1:23:05] plan on aging. That will

[1:23:08] released in JULY of this year.

[1:23:08] And we're one of few states

[1:23:10] that have a multi sector plan

[1:23:12] on aging and it's open for

[1:23:13] public comment through the

[1:23:17] rest of MAY on Thursday this

[1:23:19] week at 11:00am. We're

[1:23:21] bringing Christine Burrows,

[1:23:21] who's the Colorado senior

[1:23:25] specialist on aging. At the

[1:23:26] reports to Governor Polis.

[1:23:28] She's undersea dhs. She's

[1:23:30] coming to help them are at

[1:23:31] 11:00am and we are convening a

[1:23:33] group of leaders in Colorado

[1:23:35] Springs to talk about what we

[1:23:37] need in the Pikes Peak region.

[1:23:38] What we need in the multi

[1:23:40] sector plan on aging. Now I

[1:23:41] will be there. Penny Whitney

[1:23:44] will be there. We she and I

[1:23:45] can give our opinions on it.

[1:23:46] But we need everybody because

[1:23:47] we don't know about

[1:23:50] everything. I'm not an expert

[1:23:51] in Alzheimer's, but I want

[1:23:52] people who are experts in

[1:23:55] Alzheimer's to be there. I'm

[1:23:56] not an expert in

[1:23:57] transportation by want

[1:23:59] transportation experts there.

[1:24:00] We need people to come and

[1:24:00] tell us what they need us,

[1:24:01] that we can give people what

[1:24:07] they need. COUNCILMAN Grainy.

[1:24:08] >> Thank you. MADAM PRESIDENT,

[1:24:10] just one quick question in the

[1:24:10] previous part of your

[1:24:12] presentation, you mention

[1:24:14] academia. Is there any

[1:24:14] universities that you're

[1:24:18] currently partnered with?

[1:24:18] >> And so color at University

[1:24:21] of Colorado, Colorado Springs

[1:24:21] is an age friendly university

[1:24:26] in our city. If you're asking

[1:24:27] me purse, are you asking me

[1:24:27] personally or the Pikes Peak

[1:24:32] Commission on Aging? The pike?

[1:24:32] She Yes, definitely. I would

[1:24:34] say that for our region. The

[1:24:35] University of Colorado,

[1:24:36] Colorado Springs is a great

[1:24:38] partner. I also know that we

[1:24:39] have a lot of people in our

[1:24:41] community closely Pikes, Peak

[1:24:45] State College. And Colorado

[1:24:47] College has close partnerships

[1:24:48] with people who are leaders in

[1:24:52] the Asian community in general

[1:24:53] and I would love it if every

[1:24:54] university locally was a part

[1:24:54] of the work talking about

[1:25:01] aging. Thank So very briefly,

[1:25:04] the Colorado Center for Aging.

[1:25:06] If anyone would like to get

[1:25:07] involved, we have a meeting

[1:25:09] every Monday during

[1:25:10] legislative session from 9.30,

[1:25:13] to 10:30am, on zoom. And that

[1:25:14] is where we really focus on

[1:25:18] state level policy for aging.

[1:25:20] So the Pikes Peak Commission

[1:25:22] on Aging. Our purpose is to

[1:25:23] advise and recommend to the

[1:25:27] ppc Board of directors on

[1:25:27] Matters regarding aging policy

[1:25:31] in our region. So what? But I

[1:25:32] like to think that we do at

[1:25:33] the Pikes Peak Commission on

[1:25:35] Aging. What I try to do

[1:25:39] appointed by the city Council.

[1:25:41] I do work in community

[1:25:42] designed for older adults in

[1:25:45] aging in this region. And so

[1:25:47] if someone who lives here has

[1:25:48] a question about what it's

[1:25:51] like to grow up or grow older.

[1:25:54] I like to know where I can

[1:25:55] refer them. So they have a

[1:25:56] question about Alzheimer's. I

[1:25:57] can refer them to the

[1:25:58] Alzheimer's Association. If

[1:26:00] they have a question about

[1:26:04] housing, I can refer them to

[1:26:05] housing work community boards.

[1:26:06] Whatever's going on with that

[1:26:09] in Colorado Springs. I can

[1:26:12] refer them to work for us

[1:26:14] resources and also if this

[1:26:15] board, if the council in

[1:26:16] Colorado Springs has questions

[1:26:18] about what's going on in

[1:26:20] community, that I can help you

[1:26:24] connect with a larger answer.

[1:26:25] i try to keep a broad

[1:26:26] understanding of what's going

[1:26:30] on. What are the problems so

[1:26:30] that every time you have a

[1:26:31] question, you don't have to

[1:26:34] serve a the whole community.

[1:26:34] Every time we have a question

[1:26:35] about housing, you don't have

[1:26:36] to do a brand new survey of

[1:26:39] housing for older adults.

[1:26:40] That's why we stay partnered

[1:26:41] with Uccs. That's why we stay

[1:26:43] partnered with state level

[1:26:44] organizations that have that

[1:26:48] information at the ready. So

[1:26:49] at the Commission on Aging,

[1:26:50] the Pikes Peak region, we

[1:26:52] paved the runway for aging.

[1:26:54] Well, we offer our expertise

[1:26:57] to help shape policy and how

[1:26:58] how the community is built

[1:27:02] that we can all age. Well in

[1:27:03] our region. So again, we have

[1:27:04] for a pipeline to local voices

[1:27:08] and local voices. We set the

[1:27:09] tone for aging and older adult

[1:27:11] policy and conversations

[1:27:12] regionally and something that

[1:27:15] I think is very important is

[1:27:16] that there are not a lot of

[1:27:18] local commissions on aging in

[1:27:19] the state of Colorado. There's

[1:27:22] a handful. It's important that

[1:27:26] we have one here. It's

[1:27:26] important that we have a

[1:27:28] commission on aging at the

[1:27:30] state level. Not every state

[1:27:31] has that not every state has a

[1:27:35] multi sector plan on aging. So

[1:27:36] our governor's office believes

[1:27:37] that this is worth the

[1:27:40] investment we're not rolling

[1:27:44] in cash, but even having.

[1:27:46] Person appointed to get the

[1:27:47] commissioners together at a

[1:27:50] state level to give us her

[1:27:52] time. You know, 5 hours a

[1:27:53] month is a lot of time for

[1:27:54] someone who works at the state

[1:27:57] and she gives us at least that

[1:28:00] much if not more. And the

[1:28:01] people who serve on the

[1:28:03] commission here as well. It's

[1:28:05] all volunteer. And the fact

[1:28:05] that we have the aaa here and

[1:28:10] that they are giving resources

[1:28:11] human hours to bring us

[1:28:12] together and giving us a

[1:28:14] building where we can meet.

[1:28:15] It's important. It tells the

[1:28:18] people who live here that this

[1:28:20] region cares about older

[1:28:22] adults and thing how are

[1:28:23] growing older here and that

[1:28:24] there are problems here as we

[1:28:25] get older that we have

[1:28:30] resources we can share. Not a

[1:28:33] lot of government departments

[1:28:34] in the country, not a lot of

[1:28:34] city governments have a

[1:28:38] Department of aging. The city

[1:28:39] of Colorado Springs does not

[1:28:42] have a Department of Aging. So

[1:28:43] the city of Colorado Springs

[1:28:44] does not have a person who's

[1:28:45] completely focusing on that

[1:28:48] call.

[1:28:49] >> Is it would be ok if I

[1:28:51] continue a couple more slides.

[1:28:59] 5 minutes.

[1:29:00] >> And there's a lack of local

[1:29:04] and national funding and the

[1:29:07] funding that we used to have

[1:29:07] nationally as brat were at

[1:29:09] risk of losing that in terms

[1:29:12] of paid workers in our region

[1:29:15] who are serving the issues of

[1:29:17] aging. COUNCILMAN Donald

[1:29:17] saying you said, you know,

[1:29:20] it's a problem there. Problems

[1:29:22] right now. We're losing paid

[1:29:23] individuals who are solving

[1:29:26] those problems. Currently. So

[1:29:27] I want you all to know that

[1:29:28] commissioners are your

[1:29:31] dedicated volunteers. We're

[1:29:32] the people who are doing the

[1:29:33] work specifically for older

[1:29:38] adults. Everybody every week,

[1:29:39] every month. So as we're

[1:29:41] losing money for organizations

[1:29:44] and individuals are paid to

[1:29:45] make sure the older adults

[1:29:45] have a ride to a doctor's

[1:29:49] appointment. Are the people in

[1:29:51] this community who are helping

[1:29:52] with our volunteer time to

[1:29:54] make sure that it's happening.

[1:29:56] So we want I want you to know

[1:29:56] who we are. Want you to know

[1:29:58] the Pikes Peak Council

[1:29:59] government is and they get

[1:30:01] this thing to go forward. We

[1:30:04] can skip through the slide.

[1:30:04] This just some highlights of

[1:30:07] things that we've done and

[1:30:08] future priorities were working

[1:30:11] on tech initiatives. Fraud

[1:30:12] prevention data dashboard so

[1:30:13] that it's easier for people to

[1:30:17] stay connected to the work.

[1:30:18] Engagement opportunities for

[1:30:19] councilmembers. What you

[1:30:22] should know that legislative

[1:30:25] support is always appreciated

[1:30:26] to understand what policy at

[1:30:27] national state and local level

[1:30:30] is coming down and you're

[1:30:32] encouraged to attend town

[1:30:33] halls and caregiver forms as

[1:30:35] they come up. But again, our

[1:30:38] ask of council members here

[1:30:39] today is please. I just want

[1:30:41] you to know that we're here

[1:30:44] volunteering our time and we

[1:30:47] we are really and truly losing

[1:30:50] paid service and paid support

[1:30:51] that is going to help older

[1:30:51] adults get what they need in

[1:30:54] our region. So join us for

[1:30:55] community Sessions. Reach out

[1:30:58] to us any time we would love

[1:31:00] to help serve on municipal

[1:31:02] workgroups anything that you

[1:31:03] need if you need a voice for

[1:31:03] aging, what are the problems?

[1:31:06] How can we keep older adults?

[1:31:06] Well connected in our

[1:31:08] communities. Please call. Send

[1:31:09] us your questions. We're here

[1:31:13] to help. COUNCILMAN Into thank

[1:31:17] you all the Clich. Aaron.

[1:31:19] Thank you for coming. Jodi

[1:31:19] Dayton.

[1:31:22] >> Melissa, thank you for

[1:31:24] coming. Really appreciate the

[1:31:25] work that you're doing. I want

[1:31:27] to clarify pretty certain that

[1:31:28] the city of Colorado Springs

[1:31:28] has an age friendly

[1:31:32] designation. That true?

[1:31:33] >> So the city of Colorado

[1:31:36] Springs through innovations in

[1:31:37] aging was part of air. Create

[1:31:40] aarp is age friendly cities

[1:31:45] and communities network until

[1:31:46] of last year. When innovations

[1:31:51] in aging closed. So at that

[1:31:52] time, the

[1:31:54] >> partnership with the aarp

[1:31:55] paused. I know that there's a

[1:31:58] group of volunteers so

[1:32:01] innovations and aging was paid

[1:32:02] was paid by the city. It was a

[1:32:05] public private partnership

[1:32:05] almost exclusively serving

[1:32:09] really community. And so now

[1:32:11] there's a group of volunteers

[1:32:12] who are rebuilding that work

[1:32:14] in rebuilding the energy. And

[1:32:17] I don't know where they are in

[1:32:18] terms of regaining that

[1:32:22] designation with aarp. But

[1:32:25] there is yeah, there's a group

[1:32:26] volunteers who are starting to

[1:32:26] breathe life back into that.

[1:32:27] Thank you. And I know dollars

[1:32:29] were very much associated with

[1:32:31] that designation and budgets

[1:32:32] and and

[1:32:33] >> revenue being what it is

[1:32:37] unfortunate. And that.

[1:32:39] >> was just going to say that.

[1:32:40] I think it really speaks to

[1:32:41] how our community members care

[1:32:43] that even when we don't have.

[1:32:45] You know that funded

[1:32:48] organization that's working on

[1:32:49] it, that there are still

[1:32:51] pieces of it that are moving

[1:32:52] forward.

[1:32:52] >> So just a couple of

[1:32:56] comments and one I do want to

[1:32:59] acknowledge I know our our

[1:33:00] fire department, the community

[1:33:03] Health Division has an aging

[1:33:04] place program that's kind of

[1:33:06] on pause right now. Hopefully

[1:33:08] will be getting up again soon

[1:33:09] because there are those

[1:33:10] services are very, very

[1:33:10] helpful in terms of helping

[1:33:15] people to age in place. Also

[1:33:16] just reiterate after fellow

[1:33:18] council members who are

[1:33:19] interested and I think you've

[1:33:20] got this Thursday coming up

[1:33:24] that helped them are the

[1:33:24] opportunity to have input on

[1:33:29] on this plan and multi-sector

[1:33:29] approaches is very important

[1:33:30] and our voices are important.

[1:33:33] So with that one final, thank

[1:33:34] Mentioned a few things that

[1:33:38] council can do, but short

[1:33:40] revenue investment at this

[1:33:43] point policy wise, what what

[1:33:45] would be what would be a

[1:33:45] mindset or something that you

[1:33:47] would ask of this city council

[1:33:50] in supporting age friendly

[1:33:50] see.

[1:33:55] >> Yeah. And I would say that.

[1:33:56] >> Can get to really, really

[1:33:56] high level and say that it

[1:33:59] should be aging in all policy.

[1:34:00] You know, I like to look

[1:34:01] downstream if we are not

[1:34:05] making good policy for for

[1:34:06] workforce, if we're not making

[1:34:10] a policy for education even to

[1:34:10] kindergarten, then we don't

[1:34:11] have a good policy for people

[1:34:12] being able to grow up and grow

[1:34:13] older here in the Pikes Peak

[1:34:16] region. That being said and

[1:34:17] there are issues right now for

[1:34:24] older adults. I think that the

[1:34:25] Colorado Center for Aging is a

[1:34:25] really good resource to see

[1:34:26] what's happening at the state

[1:34:31] level because the state has a

[1:34:32] that is funding issues. This

[1:34:34] care funding is just hard kind

[1:34:37] of across the board. I know

[1:34:38] that locally thing then, you

[1:34:39] know, finding the right money

[1:34:40] to put in the right places.

[1:34:44] It's hard. And so finding

[1:34:44] collaboration of what are we

[1:34:47] doing for housing? What are we

[1:34:48] doing for parks? What are we

[1:34:50] doing for infrastructure in

[1:34:51] general and what does that

[1:34:54] mean for for aging? I don't

[1:34:56] know if we will get very aging

[1:34:59] specific policy pass right now

[1:35:00] as so. There are so many

[1:35:02] pressing issues and

[1:35:04] priorities, but their way is

[1:35:05] to make sure that the way that

[1:35:06] things are worded in crafted

[1:35:07] is inclusive of the needs of

[1:35:10] older adults as well. And

[1:35:11] that's where the commission on

[1:35:13] aging locally can be very

[1:35:15] helpful. You know, passing

[1:35:16] legislation by the Commission

[1:35:17] on Aging in the Pikes Peak

[1:35:18] region in saying are we

[1:35:21] missing anything here the way

[1:35:22] that this is worded? Will this

[1:35:25] have a really negative impact

[1:35:27] older adults? One of the

[1:35:29] things that that is going to

[1:35:29] have a negative impact on

[1:35:30] older adults as if we're not

[1:35:33] focusing on digital access,

[1:35:36] making sure that we have

[1:35:37] broadband to rural community

[1:35:39] is in or out. But right around

[1:35:39] Colorado Springs, if older

[1:35:41] adults don't have access to

[1:35:43] the Internet, they're not

[1:35:44] going to have access to

[1:35:44] transportation. They're not

[1:35:46] going to have access to health

[1:35:48] care as our community becomes

[1:35:50] much more digitally, engaged.

[1:35:52] So it's all of those pieces

[1:35:54] broadly more than a specific

[1:35:59] policy piece. Thank Yeah,

[1:36:01] Karen, thank you so much for

[1:36:02] your presentation. In this

[1:36:04] week you'll get 3 new members

[1:36:05] on ppa cg that can help you

[1:36:08] take it from Thank Appreciate

[1:36:09] >> The clerk please read in

[1:36:17] item 6 e into the record.

[1:36:19] >> spring sports cooler 2024

[1:36:20] year in Lodgers and rental tax

[1:36:21] contract. Update to City

[1:36:23] Council.

[1:36:30] Good morning.

[1:36:30] >> Good morning for the

[1:36:33] record. And Jamie Davis, chief

[1:36:34] of staff. I am not Sports Corp

[1:36:35] as you are aware, but there

[1:36:36] was a thumbs-up designation

[1:36:41] but 2 weeks ago asking for.

[1:36:43] Presentation on some of

[1:36:44] changes that have been made to

[1:36:45] lurk. So out of respect for

[1:36:47] your time, I will ask if you

[1:36:48] still want the entire

[1:36:49] presentation or if you prefer

[1:36:50] just questions. I'm open to

[1:36:51] whatever is easiest for you

[1:36:56] guys.

[1:36:59] >> MADAM PRESIDENT, since we

[1:37:02] had a lot of our last work

[1:37:03] session. I think it's worth

[1:37:03] going through this

[1:37:06] presentation. Sure.

[1:37:07] >> Happy to do so. And I can

[1:37:13] click myself. Okay. Excellent.

[1:37:15] Okay. When previous council

[1:37:18] was seeded, we did brief them

[1:37:21] on some recommended changes to

[1:37:22] really be inside process the

[1:37:26] operations of how we grant

[1:37:27] funds from our alert tax,

[1:37:28] which is lodging, an auto

[1:37:30] rental tax as attacks

[1:37:30] primarily paid by people who

[1:37:33] visit our community and they

[1:37:34] pay that to their hotel bill

[1:37:35] or through their auto rental

[1:37:39] bill. So the reason we decided

[1:37:40] to take a look at this is we

[1:37:42] wanted to allow the for

[1:37:44] contracting agencies to

[1:37:45] provide expertise which in

[1:37:46] within the pillar of tourism

[1:37:50] in which they represent. And

[1:37:51] we wanted to be a little more

[1:37:52] nimble and that to do a better

[1:37:54] job. Checking on kp eyes to

[1:37:56] make sure that they tax

[1:37:57] dollars that we were investing

[1:37:57] were really bringing a benefit

[1:38:00] to our community. And you see

[1:38:01] the quote at the bottom there

[1:38:01] that is pulled directly from

[1:38:03] the large ordinance and the

[1:38:04] purpose that ordinance and

[1:38:07] this taxes to a track visitors

[1:38:07] and enhance the economy of the

[1:38:09] city in the Pikes Peak region.

[1:38:11] And we heard loud and clear

[1:38:12] from the previous council that

[1:38:13] it was important that these

[1:38:13] dollars were being used to

[1:38:16] really fulfill that goal. And

[1:38:20] finally, we true a lot of work

[1:38:21] and a lot of study we realized

[1:38:23] we could do a better job

[1:38:24] having a more comprehensive

[1:38:25] strategy for tourism in our

[1:38:26] city. That would continue to

[1:38:28] refill that fund and honor the

[1:38:33] purpose that I just read. So

[1:38:33] again, lard powered by

[1:38:34] tourism. This is the logo.

[1:38:35] This is something that got

[1:38:38] great deal of discussion. We

[1:38:39] know of people don't know what

[1:38:40] is. And again, mentioned

[1:38:41] Alphabet soup. This is a great

[1:38:43] example. Art is a tourism tax

[1:38:45] does not typically paid for by

[1:38:46] you and I and all of you know

[1:38:47] that. But I see that for the

[1:38:48] benefit of anyone watching

[1:38:53] today. This has been a long,

[1:38:54] long conversation. Back in

[1:38:56] 1968. As when Clark was past

[1:38:57] and a 2% tax on a percent on

[1:39:01] rental car. There been a

[1:39:03] couple amendments. There have

[1:39:05] been movements to make it show

[1:39:08] better adherence to kp ice

[1:39:10] that really not a lot of

[1:39:12] action. And that is why we

[1:39:12] took the sat the such a

[1:39:13] priority this year. We think

[1:39:15] it's really great opportunity.

[1:39:17] And you can see from chair

[1:39:17] even speaking about it back

[1:39:23] over a decade ago. What kind

[1:39:24] of started this process that

[1:39:27] I'm here today to update you

[1:39:28] on is and in 2022, contracts

[1:39:31] were signed with 4 agencies.

[1:39:32] Chamber edc visits us copper

[1:39:34] in sports. Kurt, to manage

[1:39:35] these different colors of

[1:39:39] tourism. In 2024, they got

[1:39:41] about 10 million dollars and

[1:39:42] publications from event

[1:39:43] organizers who are hoping to

[1:39:45] be funded by the city. We are

[1:39:47] able to distribute it at about

[1:39:47] 3 million to showing that the

[1:39:48] need does out paced the

[1:39:49] availability of funding. We

[1:39:52] have. So again in 2024 we

[1:39:53] brought together 16 people

[1:39:56] from throughout the tourism

[1:39:58] community hired a consultant

[1:39:59] from the previously from the

[1:40:00] tourism office at the state

[1:40:04] and she help us walk through a

[1:40:04] process where we did

[1:40:05] interviews locally study best

[1:40:07] practices and ultimately came

[1:40:09] up with we thought were good

[1:40:10] recommendations. But the

[1:40:11] question for council

[1:40:14] Donaldson, thank you, Jamie.

[1:40:15] Can we just go back? I want to

[1:40:16] see what Fred Beach had to say

[1:40:19] about her heritage events.

[1:40:21] >> I don't think they're

[1:40:23] specifically about heritage

[1:40:24] events.

[1:40:25] >> is week that there are a

[1:40:26] number of events. The city is

[1:40:27] grandfathered in for automatic

[1:40:32] funding. Which really isn't

[1:40:35] true. We think that the should

[1:40:36] be changed and we think that

[1:40:36] those events should be making

[1:40:40] reports to you. Goal is to

[1:40:42] have a council for funds they

[1:40:43] received rather than continue

[1:40:48] with an outdated policy.

[1:40:48] >> events were not guaranteed

[1:40:51] automatic funding

[1:40:52] >> at all, as we've seen you

[1:40:53] even this year, many of them

[1:40:54] got 0 funding.

[1:40:59] >> From from Ward.

[1:41:01] >> But he he thinks it should

[1:41:02] be changed. What it was really

[1:41:03] supposed to do was was

[1:41:04] expedite their application

[1:41:06] process of nothing really

[1:41:07] changed. They just had the

[1:41:08] kids turn in a short form

[1:41:12] essentially and still. I for

[1:41:13] funding. So I just wanted to

[1:41:20] see what he said. Thank you.

[1:41:21] >> ok, so finally, just to

[1:41:23] just kind of speed up, we did

[1:41:25] present this at a lunch with

[1:41:26] the previous council and you

[1:41:26] ended up passing resolution

[1:41:29] which made some of the changes

[1:41:30] by resolution to the structure

[1:41:31] of how we actually hand out

[1:41:34] plans for a Again, he's just

[1:41:35] kind of a visual of how this

[1:41:40] went forward. Without going

[1:41:41] through the entire report that

[1:41:43] came out of that process. We

[1:41:43] did find some highlights that

[1:41:44] we thought were really

[1:41:45] important. One is that our

[1:41:49] city is unique in the way that

[1:41:51] we use these tourist dollars

[1:41:52] and community event. She was

[1:41:53] not able to find any other

[1:41:55] community in the nation that

[1:41:57] uses this funding for events.

[1:41:58] Doesn't mean it's a bad thing.

[1:41:58] That just means that we are

[1:42:02] different. Again, the city has

[1:42:04] not increased this tax since

[1:42:06] 1978, we rank one 44th out of

[1:42:07] 150 cities as far as being

[1:42:11] among the lowest. However, in

[1:42:12] contrast, our tourist economy

[1:42:13] similar to that of Washington,

[1:42:18] D.C.. As I mentioned, we could

[1:42:19] do a better job having a more

[1:42:19] comprehensive strategy. And

[1:42:21] we're excited about that

[1:42:23] opportunity. And again, most

[1:42:25] cities utilized alert for

[1:42:27] capital projects and a single

[1:42:28] terrorism organization.

[1:42:30] Whereas we have reliance on

[1:42:32] independent organizations. We

[1:42:33] hope we can do built some

[1:42:34] better alignment so that they

[1:42:40] can all share sufficient So

[1:42:43] this is where we to have. One

[1:42:44] question, of becomes question

[1:42:46] about that previous slide.

[1:42:47] >> Other cities do news alert,

[1:42:51] funding the funds. Community

[1:42:52] events or even things like the

[1:42:54] left off where the the

[1:42:57] >> Western Street breakfast.

[1:42:57] >> mean.

[1:42:58] >> But I suspect they do fund

[1:42:59] those things. Some other ways

[1:43:01] that right. And what what

[1:43:04] source today use for that?

[1:43:06] >> Yeah, you're touching on

[1:43:06] the fact that we we are a

[1:43:09] lower budget city. I know some

[1:43:11] cities like Denver haven't

[1:43:12] Hurts Arts district that they

[1:43:13] used to fund cultural events

[1:43:17] like this. You don't have that

[1:43:18] some tax different things. And

[1:43:21] then some cities use lard for

[1:43:22] things that have absolutely

[1:43:22] nothing to do with terrorism.

[1:43:25] You could argue like homeless

[1:43:27] services. So it really runs

[1:43:29] the gamut. And but the 2 did

[1:43:30] identify that actually having

[1:43:32] this this application process

[1:43:34] and directing money directly

[1:43:36] to from the tourism tax is

[1:43:37] unusual.

[1:43:38] >> Attorney think if we didn't

[1:43:40] use large if if we Locklear in

[1:43:45] 4. Big ticket items are parks,

[1:43:47] maybe even our police because

[1:43:48] if u want tourist, it's nice

[1:43:49] to for them to have a safe

[1:43:52] environment. Our audit, our

[1:43:57] city on which is neglected.

[1:43:58] What can we use to help with

[1:43:59] was some of the things that

[1:44:00] Colorado Springs is very

[1:44:02] closely identified with. The

[1:44:05] the race up the mountains, the

[1:44:09] the one left off. That wasn't

[1:44:14] really identified This is a

[1:44:16] way other cities are doing

[1:44:17] similar things to what you're

[1:44:17] doing. They just don't use

[1:44:20] lore.

[1:44:21] >> It was not identified in

[1:44:22] and the report, but it has

[1:44:26] been a vibrant conversation

[1:44:27] and we were successful just

[1:44:29] this past year getting a great

[1:44:29] deal of private investment

[1:44:30] firm corporations for the

[1:44:31] Veterans Day Parade which did

[1:44:34] receive some pending. But we

[1:44:34] were happy to see air defense

[1:44:37] community, especially step out

[1:44:39] kind of follow a sponsorship

[1:44:41] model where they got

[1:44:41] advertising in exchange for

[1:44:42] helping to fund those events.

[1:44:43] And so I think that's

[1:44:43] something that we really want

[1:44:46] to investigate more.

[1:44:47] >> Yeah, I just think we'll

[1:44:48] have hard time replicating

[1:44:51] that for all the events are

[1:44:54] funded by lard if and it's not

[1:44:55] being a considered, if that

[1:44:56] would alert was to go away for

[1:45:02] those events. But thank you.

[1:45:03] >> So what is the goal of

[1:45:08] changing the way are? Spend

[1:45:09] this money? One is to create a

[1:45:11] working model that provides

[1:45:12] value to the residents and

[1:45:13] ultimately serves the mission,

[1:45:15] is again on boat there at the

[1:45:16] bottom and to elevate the

[1:45:18] officials and the lure

[1:45:20] committee and to be at a

[1:45:21] strategic level will

[1:45:22] ultimately increase the number

[1:45:23] of people who come here and

[1:45:26] spend their dollars. Kp eyes.

[1:45:27] We heard that loud and clear

[1:45:28] that you wanted us to be very

[1:45:31] true to the kp eyes and then

[1:45:32] these operational changes

[1:45:34] today. We will admit it's a

[1:45:34] very small portion of the city

[1:45:38] budget tree million dollars.

[1:45:38] However, it is. As you know,

[1:45:39] one of the most talked about

[1:45:43] sections of our budget.

[1:45:48] Simplifying the way spend this

[1:45:49] money. We have 4 agencies who

[1:45:50] are names to be in charge of

[1:45:52] each of the pillars of

[1:45:54] terrorism, arts and culture

[1:45:56] with copper, sports and

[1:45:57] entertainment. With sports,

[1:45:57] Kurt Business in General

[1:45:58] Tourism Chamber and edc and

[1:46:01] visits U.S. Outdoor recreation

[1:46:02] last because it is one that is

[1:46:04] not a contracting agency. But

[1:46:06] and this year we do recognize

[1:46:06] it as a very important sector

[1:46:10] of our tourism industry. We

[1:46:12] have a group of people from

[1:46:13] the parks board who will help

[1:46:15] judge those applications of

[1:46:16] events and make

[1:46:17] recommendations on what they

[1:46:18] believe are the most

[1:46:23] beneficial. This is just a

[1:46:24] visual on what we're trying to

[1:46:26] do. I like to say it's

[1:46:27] reversed and an earring a can

[1:46:28] comprehend of tourism strategy

[1:46:29] by leaning on the expertise of

[1:46:32] the individuals agencies in

[1:46:34] each pillar. And we think by

[1:46:36] letting select the events that

[1:46:37] they believe will bring the

[1:46:40] most benefit to the city that

[1:46:42] will lead up to having tourism

[1:46:43] strategy that really combines

[1:46:44] all for to best maximize the

[1:46:49] dollars that come in. So

[1:46:50] actual changes that were voted

[1:46:52] on APRIL 8th. The final

[1:46:52] meeting before a new council

[1:46:54] members took their seats. Now

[1:46:55] we did change the makeup of

[1:46:56] the community. That committee.

[1:46:59] That was the only legislative

[1:46:59] action that needed to be

[1:47:00] changed. But we now have 4

[1:47:01] members from lodging, one from

[1:47:05] rental car to citizens and the

[1:47:06] contracting agencies who will

[1:47:06] still be there to provide

[1:47:07] their expertise, do not have a

[1:47:10] vote. And it was important to

[1:47:11] us that one contract agencies

[1:47:12] are applying for funding. They

[1:47:12] don't also get to vote that

[1:47:13] felt like a conflict of

[1:47:14] interest and they were more

[1:47:16] than happy to take ex officio

[1:47:23] role. Coming back. Right there

[1:47:26] we go. So the way it actually

[1:47:27] works in practice right now,

[1:47:27] the alert Locacion, I believe

[1:47:30] is out on the street. And that

[1:47:31] the applicants really will see

[1:47:33] it pretty much the same They

[1:47:34] will submit their applications

[1:47:35] that will go into city council

[1:47:38] staff like usual council staff

[1:47:39] will buy their best judgment,

[1:47:40] decide which color of tourism.

[1:47:43] Each event falls into and they

[1:47:44] will send those off to 4

[1:47:47] pillar organizations. That

[1:47:50] will be one data point. The

[1:47:51] number applications we get

[1:47:51] from each pillar that will not

[1:47:55] be the only data point, but we

[1:47:56] will at this point once those

[1:47:57] are all and decide what

[1:47:58] percentage of the available

[1:47:59] funding should go to each of

[1:48:02] the 4 pillars for easy math

[1:48:02] say it's 25% to sports. 25%

[1:48:06] arts, cetera. And that will be

[1:48:07] kind of the key strategic

[1:48:09] decision. We will change that

[1:48:10] every year. And we wanted to

[1:48:12] have that. Flexibility knowing

[1:48:16] that this is new. And we

[1:48:16] certainly want to be able to

[1:48:18] change it year over year. And

[1:48:21] then select committee will

[1:48:23] bless those distribution

[1:48:24] amounts and they will be

[1:48:25] granted to the color

[1:48:26] organizations who will grant

[1:48:29] to the events. The reason

[1:48:29] that's important is last year,

[1:48:32] I believe we had 80 contracts

[1:48:34] and look our cfo which are

[1:48:35] managed by someone part time

[1:48:40] in our office. We admit that.

[1:48:41] And the auditor help to see

[1:48:42] that we can do a better job,

[1:48:45] making sure we were really

[1:48:46] tracking those kpa. We noted,

[1:48:47] it's important to this body as

[1:48:50] it is to the mayor and and

[1:48:52] from that discovery came the

[1:48:53] recommendation from the

[1:48:54] committee the liaisons that we

[1:48:57] need to have one person. He

[1:48:58] was really beholden to

[1:48:59] tracking the performance of

[1:49:00] the events to ensure they were

[1:49:02] hitting the kp ice. And then

[1:49:05] using each of those that kick

[1:49:08] a data rather than having

[1:49:09] council going and be expected

[1:49:11] to track down performance of

[1:49:13] 80 events, which is

[1:49:13] unrealistic. We will have the

[1:49:14] contract agencies do that for

[1:49:17] us. Johnson Johnson. Yeah.

[1:49:20] Thank you

[1:49:21] >> I don't know that you'll

[1:49:23] know this Cheney, but maybe

[1:49:24] Emily will izlar application

[1:49:25] period still open. Someone

[1:49:26] sent me something yesterday.

[1:49:29] So it was closed. They just

[1:49:32] opened. When does a close? So

[1:49:34] it closes on the 28th of MAY.

[1:49:38] >> Of MAY. Okay. Just got some

[1:49:42] good news there. COUNCILMAN

[1:49:48] Tension.

[1:49:50] >> Yeah, I just wanted to

[1:49:52] reiterate, we just last

[1:49:52] Thursday, the large committee

[1:49:55] held a a a session for

[1:49:59] grantees to learn about the

[1:49:59] application process. Walk them

[1:50:02] to in great detail. Give them

[1:50:03] the overview of these changes.

[1:50:07] But and there will be another

[1:50:09] online session coming up very

[1:50:12] soon. So I think all grantees

[1:50:13] have been informed and

[1:50:15] understand what the process

[1:50:17] is. Again, not really much

[1:50:19] change for the grant here for

[1:50:22] the potential grand tea for

[1:50:24] the So that session went very

[1:50:26] well. There was good questions

[1:50:27] and looking forward seeing new

[1:50:29] place.

[1:50:34] >> And PRESIDENT. I could.

[1:50:35] Jamie, on the previous slide,

[1:50:37] I think it was. It says that.

[1:50:41] Council administration.

[1:50:42] Proposed percentage based

[1:50:42] distribution of 4 pillars data

[1:50:47] Bob law. Are we proposing it?

[1:50:47] Are we setting it because it

[1:50:50] looks like then. The large

[1:50:54] committee decides.

[1:50:55] >> I don't think it takes a

[1:50:57] formal legislative actions so

[1:50:58] that language is a little bit

[1:51:01] mushy. I think we think that

[1:51:02] the leaves on select committee

[1:51:03] together would kind of come to

[1:51:04] an agreement on what we think

[1:51:06] the best percentages are.

[1:51:09] >> Well, we've had differences

[1:51:10] in opinion before like the

[1:51:10] committee saw one saying

[1:51:12] council thought another. So I

[1:51:13] think it should be really

[1:51:13] clear who's going to set

[1:51:19] those? Bucket so much is going

[1:51:20] to go. Each of these 4

[1:51:25] categories. Especially if it's

[1:51:26] not if you're if it's not

[1:51:27] clear you 100%, I think we

[1:51:30] need to iron that out before.

[1:51:33] >> We

[1:51:33] >> set this up. Vote on its

[1:51:37] center.

[1:51:39] >> I could jump jump in book.

[1:51:43] Upshur 8. Want to was just

[1:51:44] going to mention, you know, we

[1:51:45] get down to the appropriations

[1:51:46] part of this. Just important.

[1:51:47] Remember, the council only has

[1:51:50] top line budget authority over

[1:51:51] this. So I think this is an

[1:51:52] attempt to be collaborative

[1:51:53] with the mayor's office and

[1:51:54] and come up with these

[1:51:55] decisions jointly, but

[1:51:58] ultimately the it. The big

[1:51:59] Bucket Appropriation is

[1:52:01] council's only financial

[1:52:01] authority.

[1:52:05] >> Well, understand that. We

[1:52:06] do have authority over the law

[1:52:12] or committee as far if the law

[1:52:14] or committee. I believe it

[1:52:15] still is works for City

[1:52:18] Council. Correct?

[1:52:19] >> So if we say, hey, we want

[1:52:23] you to use these for

[1:52:24] percentages, you know,

[1:52:26] whatever that is. 25 25 25.

[1:52:28] That would be easy. But if it

[1:52:29] was different and allure Comey

[1:52:30] thought, well, you know, we

[1:52:31] would really like to have more

[1:52:32] for the arts. You guys to put

[1:52:37] a lot into outdoor. Where is

[1:52:39] that going to break? I know

[1:52:39] the mayor could then changes

[1:52:40] at the end. The mayor could

[1:52:45] move things around.

[1:52:46] >> At maybe some clarity

[1:52:47] because when we come through

[1:52:49] the budget process in the

[1:52:51] supply in budget,

[1:52:57] appropriation. You'll see,

[1:52:58] though, budget.

[1:53:03] >> And we will.

[1:53:04] >> Because out of clergy. When

[1:53:05] we do the law or budget, we do

[1:53:09] state those amounts.

[1:53:09] >> For the.

[1:53:10] >> And the contracted entities

[1:53:13] to do that.

[1:53:15] >> Again, we approved the

[1:53:16] funding level. That's what's

[1:53:19] in the budget. Appropriation.

[1:53:20] But we do. We will state in

[1:53:23] the budget document certainly

[1:53:24] the amounts to go to each of

[1:53:27] the 4 pillar entities.

[1:53:28] >> That sounds like a

[1:53:29] suggestion that budget

[1:53:30] appropriation would be the

[1:53:32] best time to have counsel

[1:53:33] review those percentages as

[1:53:45] recommended by committee.

[1:53:47] >> I think to provide some

[1:53:48] clarity from Anderson, you

[1:53:49] state your name for that. They

[1:53:51] can leave some ceo cargo Space

[1:53:53] Ports Corporation. The idea is

[1:53:55] that the percentages will be

[1:53:55] based on the number of

[1:53:56] applications that come in that

[1:53:59] are signed each pillar. So,

[1:54:00] for example, if there's

[1:54:04] overwhelming amount of

[1:54:07] applications for the arts that

[1:54:07] might affect the percentages

[1:54:08] or if there's an overall

[1:54:11] warming amount of sports and

[1:54:13] then the idea would be that

[1:54:17] the tourists, the 4 groups

[1:54:17] could weed out. Some really

[1:54:19] are the ones that don't hit

[1:54:21] the qualifications so that

[1:54:23] when it when City Council in

[1:54:25] the committee does make the

[1:54:26] recommendations, it's based on

[1:54:27] those numbers. So it would

[1:54:29] fluctuate every year based

[1:54:29] upon the number of

[1:54:30] applications that provides

[1:54:33] clarity.

[1:54:34] >> Well, I mean, the problem I

[1:54:35] see there then council really

[1:54:39] has no role at all because

[1:54:40] what you're going to do is

[1:54:40] say, hey, we got a whole lot

[1:54:43] of applications for the arts

[1:54:44] and we haven't even review to

[1:54:46] see which ones are actually

[1:54:47] get funded. We're going to put

[1:54:48] a whole lot of money. And the

[1:54:50] art bucket. Correct? That's

[1:54:54] that's what you're describing.

[1:54:56] >> And I think that that is

[1:54:57] the charge of the Light

[1:54:58] committee with the 2 council

[1:55:02] liaison too to make logical

[1:55:03] decisions on that

[1:55:03] appropriation. If I'm

[1:55:07] understanding correctly.

[1:55:08] >> But so. But then so council

[1:55:10] really isn't going to have a

[1:55:11] role or we say, hey, this year

[1:55:11] or are we think we should have

[1:55:15] a? And I'm sorry I see a lot

[1:55:16] of smiling as or something

[1:55:26] going on. No, Okay. Here's

[1:55:27] what will happen on council is

[1:55:29] will not or heads and will go

[1:55:30] along with us and we really

[1:55:31] won't have a role in it

[1:55:32] anymore. Right now council

[1:55:37] does have a role. Eat with

[1:55:39] you. I guess. Meeting

[1:55:44] privately has problems too. I

[1:55:45] guess. Go ahead and continue

[1:55:46] with the presentation, please.

[1:55:47] And and it's the end all

[1:55:49] perhaps have some more

[1:55:51] questions. It seems kind of

[1:55:51] odd that the way we're going

[1:55:52] to do this as we're just going

[1:55:54] to how many applications we

[1:55:55] get and then we'll put the

[1:55:56] money in each bucket based on

[1:55:57] how many applications we get.

[1:56:01] That's not really strategic.

[1:56:03] That's reactive to what we

[1:56:05] receive in applications.

[1:56:07] >> I think that is one data

[1:56:09] point. The number the need the

[1:56:10] need is one data point. That

[1:56:11] doesn't mean that we have to

[1:56:16] say we're going to fund.

[1:56:16] Dave's fun run that that might

[1:56:18] not. To your point, that might

[1:56:19] not meet the cable network

[1:56:22] they support. So you're right.

[1:56:25] Yes, we do not want to fund

[1:56:26] every event just because they

[1:56:27] applied. We do want to have

[1:56:27] the critic live saying does

[1:56:30] this actually meet the needs?

[1:56:33] And I think kind of to

[1:56:34] Meghan's point we will have

[1:56:36] years there are larger needs

[1:56:38] in one pillar. Good example is

[1:56:40] the U.S. Senior open. We know

[1:56:40] that's gonna bring 15 million

[1:56:42] dollars in economic impact.

[1:56:45] That's not never your event.

[1:56:46] This is a strange year in

[1:56:47] which we expect more money

[1:56:49] would go to sports because of

[1:56:51] that event next year. Maybe

[1:56:52] there's a massive arts

[1:56:54] festival coming here. And that

[1:56:55] would mean that we will have

[1:56:55] have the flexibility to the

[1:56:59] higher percentage to the arts.

[1:57:00] But to your point, know, not

[1:57:01] just fine arts This and 10

[1:57:04] sports events of that.

[1:57:05] >> especially for the for the

[1:57:08] new folks up here on council.

[1:57:11] This is just 25% of alert

[1:57:12] money on average, 75% of it

[1:57:16] already goes to these for

[1:57:17] organizations that goes to the

[1:57:18] organizations themselves. Now

[1:57:19] we're talking about what do we

[1:57:20] do with the 25% that we're

[1:57:24] going to use for these

[1:57:24] different events in our city

[1:57:29] like the balloon left off the

[1:57:30] Western Street breakfast. How

[1:57:31] much money do we want to put

[1:57:33] for our events?

[1:57:34] >> How much do we want to put

[1:57:35] for outdoor events? How much

[1:57:36] do we want to put for where

[1:57:40] the other 2 categories?

[1:57:40] >> General tourism and

[1:57:42] outdoors and now I think I sit

[1:57:46] outdoors that.

[1:57:47] >> And yeah, I I thought the

[1:57:49] idea was we were going to be

[1:57:50] kind of strategic and say,

[1:57:51] hey, we want to drive more

[1:57:54] towards. Outdoors. So we're

[1:57:57] going to put a bigger we're

[1:57:57] going to consciously put a lot

[1:57:58] of money in that bucket. But

[1:58:02] it sounds like what? Is being

[1:58:03] discussed doesn't sound like

[1:58:05] it is what being discussed

[1:58:07] here as we're going to see

[1:58:08] what applications come in and

[1:58:08] we're just going to move the

[1:58:10] money to cover cover that.

[1:58:12] >> And that is

[1:58:16] >> different than what I had

[1:58:17] understood up to this point.

[1:58:18] So I'm glad we're doing this

[1:58:22] today because it's showing

[1:58:23] some things which I don't

[1:58:24] think we're clear before. And

[1:58:28] and council should be

[1:58:29] conscious of what we're going

[1:58:30] to agree to or not agree to.

[1:58:33] Ken Smith in 2.

[1:58:36] >> Yes, thank you, MADAM

[1:58:38] PRESIDENT so I I do want to be

[1:58:40] really clear. I think that we

[1:58:41] are being strategic and

[1:58:42] actually you can see in the

[1:58:44] 3rd bullet point here, it's

[1:58:46] not just how many applications

[1:58:46] that's one of many data

[1:58:48] points. It's about being

[1:58:50] strategic and city Council

[1:58:50] absolutely has representation.

[1:58:54] We have 2 liaisons PRESIDENT

[1:58:54] Myself and I need to these

[1:59:00] committees. You have to

[1:59:01] members like committee members

[1:59:03] who are a part of that

[1:59:05] conversation. So there's no

[1:59:07] reason that city Council can't

[1:59:09] and isn't actually going to be

[1:59:11] a part the determination of

[1:59:14] these buckets of money. And of

[1:59:15] course, in the very at the

[1:59:16] approval in the budget will

[1:59:19] have input. So I think this

[1:59:21] has been mischaracterized

[1:59:23] entirely and I believe that we

[1:59:25] have been working very hard at

[1:59:28] making this more strategic and

[1:59:32] feel very supportive of it.

[1:59:33] PRESIDENT Cro Iverson, I

[1:59:36] believe would agree with me.

[1:59:37] >> Yeah. In fact, the reason

[1:59:39] that that we did it this way

[1:59:41] was for more accountability

[1:59:44] because when we did the 60% of

[1:59:47] the 80 contracts fulfilling

[1:59:48] their obligations and it will

[1:59:48] hold each one of these

[1:59:52] organizations. The 4 they will

[1:59:54] be held accountable for these

[1:59:55] dollars being spent and we're

[1:59:59] holding them tighter to the

[2:00:00] kpi switches, driving heads

[2:00:03] and that's it tourism rental

[2:00:06] cars. That ideas. Heads hotels

[2:00:10] and rental cars. Donaldson. It

[2:00:11] actually is kind of the

[2:00:12] opposite. There is more

[2:00:13] oversight in my opinion and

[2:00:14] they still will be coming to

[2:00:18] council twice a year and

[2:00:21] updating us exactly they're

[2:00:22] finding them on. But if you

[2:00:25] recall copper last week,

[2:00:27] >> their presentation changed

[2:00:28] quite a bit from all the

[2:00:29] presentations in the past

[2:00:32] where they really are

[2:00:33] happening, too, drive tourism

[2:00:34] with those dollars. And

[2:00:35] they've actually made it a

[2:00:36] kpi, which in the past they

[2:00:39] have not had to reserve kpi.

[2:00:40] So from my point of view happy

[2:00:42] to sit down with you any time

[2:00:43] ago, great actually tightened

[2:00:44] up a little bit more for me,

[2:00:44] which is exactly what it

[2:00:51] needed. Counts. Think you just

[2:00:55] want to add to Thank you.

[2:00:55] PRESIDENT Pro tem excuse

[2:00:59] PRESIDENT Person.

[2:01:00] >> Agree in terms of increase

[2:01:01] accountability. And the thing

[2:01:03] I would say you and I could

[2:01:06] commit to making sure that

[2:01:07] given that this you know, we

[2:01:08] are slightly shifting the

[2:01:11] process this year. We can make

[2:01:11] sure that every step of the

[2:01:14] way we report back on each of

[2:01:15] these meetings and the

[2:01:18] discussions to this council,

[2:01:19] you know, at lunch or or in

[2:01:20] one-on-one conversations or

[2:01:22] whatever is the best way. So

[2:01:23] that everybody is very, very

[2:01:27] clear about how the division

[2:01:28] of the dollar among the 4

[2:01:29] pillars happens.

[2:01:35] >> Also a Donaldson. Yeah.

[2:01:37] Thank you. I'm not

[2:01:38] characterizing it or

[2:01:38] mischaracterizing it. I'm

[2:01:40] repeating what I'm being told

[2:01:43] and what I'm being told.

[2:01:44] >> Is what has been said here

[2:01:46] is that, well, we'll see what

[2:01:48] comes in and we can all

[2:01:49] appropriate money.

[2:01:49] >> Based on where those

[2:01:53] applications are. That's not

[2:01:54] really strategic. What you're

[2:01:57] talking about is

[2:02:00] accountability for once. The

[2:02:00] money is awarded to an event

[2:02:02] we're going to actually check

[2:02:03] a few things.

[2:02:06] >> That's great. But but

[2:02:07] that's a whole different thing

[2:02:08] when I'm talking about is

[2:02:12] these 4 buckets. But the 25%

[2:02:13] that we actually hand out to

[2:02:17] different events. I thought

[2:02:18] the idea was we were going to

[2:02:20] we would have control over

[2:02:21] narrowing down certain areas

[2:02:24] and expanding others doesn't

[2:02:24] sound like we're going to do

[2:02:25] that. We're just going to see

[2:02:30] what comes in and then the

[2:02:32] really the committee, a large

[2:02:33] committee will well, the 4

[2:02:34] organizations who received the

[2:02:36] 75% to begin with. We'll kind

[2:02:37] of decide how much do we need

[2:02:40] in each of these buckets? If

[2:02:44] council wants to handle that

[2:02:45] over so therefore

[2:02:45] organizations, we can do that

[2:02:46] and we're kind of looks like

[2:02:48] on track to do that. But

[2:02:50] that's not that's not

[2:02:52] strategic. That's just handing

[2:02:53] it over to someone else to

[2:02:54] decide what's going to go into

[2:03:00] these 4 buckets. Wow,

[2:03:00] strategic. We said, ok, 10% in

[2:03:06] cultural. That's it. 50% is

[2:03:08] going into outdoors. And we've

[2:03:09] we've heard some presentations

[2:03:11] and that's our decision. And

[2:03:12] then split up the other. You

[2:03:15] know, 2020 whatever it is. But

[2:03:17] what what's being described in

[2:03:18] if council wants to do it will

[2:03:20] be that will be the votes to

[2:03:22] do. That is just to kind of

[2:03:23] what the applications flow and

[2:03:24] and the money flows wherever

[2:03:26] the applications are rather

[2:03:27] than locking in certain

[2:03:32] percentages. 2 expand the

[2:03:35] outdoor events or expand. We

[2:03:36] don't really have heritage

[2:03:37] events. But anymore looks

[2:03:39] like. I think you get what I'm

[2:03:43] saying.

[2:03:43] >> So there is a rigorous

[2:03:45] application in the first place

[2:03:46] and they do have to certain

[2:03:48] criteria to even be accepted

[2:03:50] for installers and the

[2:03:51] applicants to come through a

[2:03:55] legislative staff. And Michael

[2:03:56] and his team will be the ones

[2:03:56] getting them with the

[2:04:01] committee.

[2:04:02] >> Just to reiterate the

[2:04:03] process and then they will

[2:04:05] determine which of these

[2:04:06] applications that have met the

[2:04:11] rigorous criteria for.

[2:04:12] >> kp eyes in the first place

[2:04:13] and then they will determine

[2:04:14] to your point if there's

[2:04:15] something in there that says

[2:04:18] we're looking for a grant like

[2:04:21] the U.S. Open did 2 years

[2:04:24] prior in. We went marketing in

[2:04:26] one year and then we actually

[2:04:27] many to fulfill the U.S. Open

[2:04:28] the second Fact, specifically

[2:04:31] what I think. You are

[2:04:31] referring to in this and I

[2:04:34] think it could be probably

[2:04:38] explained. With that senior as

[2:04:39] an example meeting, if there

[2:04:45] was like a huge event coming

[2:04:46] in 2 years from now. But

[2:04:48] they're giving us a year. Get

[2:04:49] a grant for marketing in the

[2:04:50] coming. That's that's what I

[2:04:52] think you are referring to

[2:04:54] when you said we will

[2:04:57] determine if bucket needs more

[2:04:58] money in the future in other

[2:04:59] brackets, I don't think that

[2:05:00] was well said in this power

[2:05:01] play. But I think that better

[2:05:05] explains it. For as an exit.

[2:05:06] As that example, COUNCILMAN

[2:05:09] Williams.

[2:05:13] >> I'm try to fox this up.

[2:05:17] >> City Council could have a

[2:05:18] goal. 25 25 25 just starting

[2:05:18] out. That's not the right

[2:05:21] answer.

[2:05:22] >> Problem with this is we

[2:05:24] don't control the world. We

[2:05:25] can't control who wants to

[2:05:27] come to Colorado Springs. We

[2:05:29] can't control what bucket

[2:05:30] there in and we can't control

[2:05:32] how it changes from year to

[2:05:34] year. So I think there could

[2:05:37] be aspirational goal. But at

[2:05:39] the end of the day, somebody

[2:05:39] comes and that's something we

[2:05:42] never even heard of.

[2:05:43] >> We MAY not know a bucket to

[2:05:45] put it in and I think they

[2:05:45] want the flexibility to do

[2:05:46] that. So maybe it could be

[2:05:51] like a gift and and basically

[2:05:53] same in a perfect world and

[2:05:53] perfect year. This what the

[2:05:56] buckets are going to look

[2:05:56] like. But if somebody comes

[2:05:57] d the group agrees that they

[2:05:59] two-thirds of the bucket to

[2:06:01] have that flexibility. I think

[2:06:09] that's well said.

[2:06:12] >> Okay. Think we went through

[2:06:14] this again at the end of the

[2:06:16] year, one of the checks and

[2:06:16] balances on each the pillar

[2:06:17] organizations, which

[2:06:18] distributing those funds.

[2:06:20] >> So they will come in. The

[2:06:20] overall question we will ask

[2:06:24] is did. Sports Kercher used as

[2:06:25] an example? Did sports car

[2:06:27] bring in this many thousands

[2:06:29] of people to our city in 2025?

[2:06:30] Using their event funding and

[2:06:31] that is the top line number

[2:06:31] that matters. I think, too.

[2:06:37] Our state's budget. The

[2:06:39] administrator is the proposed

[2:06:40] position that would help us do

[2:06:42] a much better job tracking

[2:06:43] these kp eyes. Like we said,

[2:06:44] 80 contracts has a lot to keep

[2:06:45] track of. And we want to make

[2:06:50] sure that we are counting

[2:06:51] those people and tracking this

[2:06:52] kpi so that we know if we're

[2:06:53] being that effective stewards

[2:06:56] of those money. Currently,

[2:06:58] those that job will if past

[2:06:59] housed at the sports court

[2:07:03] starting JULY 1st, it is a

[2:07:04] one-year pilot. I want to

[2:07:05] thank and recognize Sports

[2:07:06] Corp are stepping up. They've

[2:07:07] done a lot of work actually in

[2:07:08] the last couple months funded

[2:07:11] by sports court to get a lark

[2:07:14] rolling to include training up

[2:07:15] a person to understand how the

[2:07:18] process works. Helping to set

[2:07:20] kpi is with all 4 agencies

[2:07:21] that were ready to roll and

[2:07:29] come that date. Finally, i

[2:07:30] just we working very hard to

[2:07:31] communicate, especially with

[2:07:32] the applicants. I think this

[2:07:33] is a little bit inside

[2:07:35] baseball and important to this

[2:07:36] group. Maybe not as

[2:07:37] interesting to the public but

[2:07:40] definitely important. Again,

[2:07:41] the checks and balances will

[2:07:42] be checking up. Those kpi is

[2:07:43] making sure they're performing

[2:07:45] each year and no, we're not

[2:07:46] talking about an increase to a

[2:07:52] tax at this time. That is it.

[2:07:55] When the pension.

[2:07:57] >> Thank you. No questions.

[2:07:57] Thank you, Jamie. For the

[2:07:59] presentation. I do just want

[2:08:02] to say again, I think the law

[2:08:04] or committee, the 2 liaisons

[2:08:05] this last 2 years, really

[2:08:07] especially the last year have

[2:08:10] been working extremely hard.

[2:08:11] The committee on really

[2:08:13] evaluating our process. What

[2:08:15] works in the service of the

[2:08:18] city in the service of

[2:08:19] generating more dollars for

[2:08:20] the city to tourism through

[2:08:24] the tax itself. I'm very proud

[2:08:25] of the work we've done and

[2:08:28] would say that I'm sure it

[2:08:29] will continue to evolve over

[2:08:30] these next number of years.

[2:08:32] And we will see what works.

[2:08:35] What doesn't work be nimble

[2:08:36] and flexible. And I too want

[2:08:39] to thank those sportscore for

[2:08:43] taking this on and 4. For the

[2:08:44] agreement that we we really do

[2:08:46] need a large administrator.

[2:08:49] It's very, very important to

[2:08:51] the accountability. And I

[2:08:51] think this just improves that

[2:08:54] program. And while we are

[2:08:56] raising the tax now, I will

[2:08:58] say this is in the hopes for a

[2:08:59] cat tax that hasn't been

[2:09:03] increased since 1978 actually

[2:09:05] was at 68. I don't know when

[2:09:06] it started. I think 1968.

[2:09:07] That's a lot of years. It's

[2:09:12] almost as old as and And it's

[2:09:13] it's time for us to not be

[2:09:15] number one. 44 on the on the

[2:09:16] list, given the needs, we have

[2:09:18] what we heard about the

[2:09:20] outdoors today. We have some

[2:09:21] some growing up to do and this

[2:09:29] is our opportunity. Thanks.

[2:09:30] Other

[2:09:36] >> Yeah, thank you.

[2:09:37] >> The administrator position

[2:09:39] House that one of the 4

[2:09:44] >> agencies who we.

[2:09:45] >> Award a contract to who

[2:09:51] will events.

[2:09:54] >> I'll just say a look. That

[2:09:55] strikes me as a little odd

[2:09:56] that we would put this

[2:09:57] position over there rather

[2:09:58] than

[2:10:00] >> in a city office somewhere

[2:10:01] since they're really doing

[2:10:01] accountability functions and

[2:10:07] making sure that. These kpi at

[2:10:08] that the events are doing what

[2:10:10] they're supposed to do. So.

[2:10:13] Just say that today, I will

[2:10:15] talk with others on council.

[2:10:15] See if others share that

[2:10:19] concern. I would ask if we

[2:10:22] look at where it could be in

[2:10:27] the this. Position which is

[2:10:29] supposed to oversee this and

[2:10:29] make sure that people are

[2:10:33] playing by the rules and that

[2:10:34] there's no that that person is

[2:10:36] not in a position where they

[2:10:38] feel they develop friendships.

[2:10:38] They feel like they need to

[2:10:49] need to. You know, kind of a

[2:10:50] not be as accurate is that is

[2:10:50] they might be in their

[2:10:54] reporting. So. We'll Thank

[2:10:55] you.

[2:10:55] >> And I just want to

[2:10:56] reiterate that this position

[2:10:59] is also subject to audit.

[2:11:02] >> Florida Department.

[2:11:03] >> Yes, we have had that

[2:11:06] discussion. We do want to have

[2:11:07] an m o and Natalie has been

[2:11:07] kind enough to work with us on

[2:11:09] what those kind of rules look

[2:11:10] like. That person will be

[2:11:14] responsible for. Tracking the

[2:11:16] kp eyes of the events. Davison

[2:11:17] run, for example, where their

[2:11:18] 10,000 people to finish line.

[2:11:20] Yes or now for each of the 4

[2:11:24] contract agencies.

[2:11:24] >> In this slide, we jump

[2:11:26] right over this page. It had

[2:11:27] the celery on there for that

[2:11:28] position. Can we put the

[2:11:31] slides back up? It was near

[2:11:34] the last one.

[2:11:38] >> It $80,000 a year and I put

[2:11:39] each ares analysis of the

[2:11:40] position where they placed it

[2:11:43] as if it were city position. I

[2:11:44] will say the reason we did not

[2:11:45] house that the city was

[2:11:45] concern from the previous

[2:11:47] council of Growing government.

[2:11:48] And that's where we thought it

[2:11:49] would be better to be a

[2:11:50] contracted out position.

[2:11:52] Again, this is a one-year

[2:11:53] pilot. We could certainly talk

[2:11:57] about moving in years to come.

[2:11:57] But Sports Corp was also ready

[2:12:02] to move on this. I will humbly

[2:12:03] say that other organizations

[2:12:05] move quite a bit quicker than

[2:12:07] government. And I say that as

[2:12:07] the government nerd myself, so

[2:12:10] Sports Corp was ready to move

[2:12:11] on this and I'm willing to

[2:12:12] make the investment. And so

[2:12:13] that is like a place that this

[2:12:23] year. Very small type. So the

[2:12:25] last bullet talks about the

[2:12:27] salary schedule placement and

[2:12:28] they placed it between

[2:12:29] contracting specialist in

[2:12:33] program. Administrator. With

[2:12:34] program administrator being

[2:12:35] the overriding recommendation

[2:12:37] for hr. You can see that's a

[2:12:37] 79 k midpoint and we have

[2:12:41] placed bet.

[2:12:42] >> And has someone been

[2:12:43] identified for that position

[2:12:46] already? Many don't speak. And

[2:12:51] how is it advertised or how is

[2:12:54] that person found?

[2:12:55] >> Megan again with the Sports

[2:12:59] Corp. Great question.

[2:13:01] >> The the Sports Corp is this

[2:13:04] has been a very fluid process

[2:13:06] change and

[2:13:07] >> we are very much under the

[2:13:08] understanding that we do not

[2:13:09] have a contract yet with the

[2:13:12] city for this. That likely if

[2:13:14] if we move forward will be

[2:13:16] JULY 1st, we as an

[2:13:16] organization foes it was

[2:13:20] really important. For the end

[2:13:21] user. The people applying for

[2:13:23] the grants that they have one

[2:13:24] point of contact contact

[2:13:26] between now and through the

[2:13:27] whole process. And so we

[2:13:29] didn't want to wait until JULY

[2:13:31] 1st. So this Ports Corporation

[2:13:33] has hired someone that will

[2:13:34] serve if this is approved, the

[2:13:35] intent is that that person

[2:13:39] will. Officially take over

[2:13:42] once the contract is signed.

[2:13:43] In the meantime, however, this

[2:13:46] person has been hired. The

[2:13:47] Sports Corp is fronting the

[2:13:51] money is not is. Putting forth

[2:13:52] the money to pay this person

[2:13:54] from start date until contract

[2:13:57] is set with the city because

[2:13:58] we felt it was vitally

[2:13:58] important for the end user to

[2:13:59] have one point of contract.

[2:14:01] So, yes, someone has been

[2:14:03] hired by the Colorado Springs

[2:14:06] Sports Corporation that. All

[2:14:07] working under the intent that

[2:14:10] that person would become the

[2:14:12] alert administrator for this

[2:14:17] particular process and they

[2:14:19] were hired. We feel like very

[2:14:21] confident in our organization.

[2:14:24] Not only is this person come

[2:14:26] from a grant background, but

[2:14:27] we have expertise within call

[2:14:28] within our organization. We

[2:14:31] feel like to really handle

[2:14:33] grant making and grant

[2:14:33] administration. So we're

[2:14:36] excited about the process. Our

[2:14:37] goal is that when the auditor

[2:14:40] does this audit 2 years from

[2:14:43] now that, you know, all every

[2:14:44] event has turned in their

[2:14:46] final report that we don't

[2:14:47] have 60 outstanding and that

[2:14:48] we're following up with people

[2:14:49] in that were saying your final

[2:14:52] report is due. We have really

[2:14:53] high expectations to do this

[2:14:54] job really, really well for

[2:14:57] the city of Colorado Springs.

[2:14:58] Does that answer most of your

[2:14:59] question or did I MISS Some of

[2:15:04] the points?

[2:15:08] >> All I'll talk with the with

[2:15:09] auditor about that. Are you

[2:15:12] going to be refunded for those

[2:15:14] 2 months? Absolutely This is

[2:15:15] Sports Corp was that we did

[2:15:16] this on behalf of being a

[2:15:18] partner with the city.

[2:15:19] >> Our intent was never to ask

[2:15:22] for. Our intent was. Colorado

[2:15:26] Springs. Are able and ready

[2:15:27] and want to put our foot

[2:15:28] forward and to do it to the

[2:15:29] best of our ability. The

[2:15:31] Sports Corp is very

[2:15:32] comfortable paying the salary

[2:15:35] of this person until a

[2:15:37] contract is signed. So that

[2:15:39] will never be asked and we

[2:15:40] will start date will be the

[2:15:41] start date of the contract,

[2:15:44] which if approved, believe is

[2:15:45] JULY might potentially JULY

[2:15:47] first. And that's that in our

[2:15:48] opinion, we just we feel like

[2:15:51] that. We didn't want to have

[2:15:52] to do a pass off to the end

[2:15:56] user from maybe Michael or,

[2:15:57] you know, it's gets Ochopee

[2:16:00] did not have one point a perk

[2:16:01] like so the first be answering

[2:16:02] questions from all people pine

[2:16:05] for the grants.

[2:16:06] >> And just to be clear, then

[2:16:14] is Will they be working with

[2:16:16] organizations that are

[2:16:16] applying right now? Are they

[2:16:17] coming through our office? Are

[2:16:18] they going through Sports Corp

[2:16:23] or

[2:16:24] >> the application isn't docu

[2:16:25] sign through the city and as

[2:16:26] it stands right now, Michael

[2:16:29] gets them and then

[2:16:30] administrator will be making

[2:16:32] sure that the applications are

[2:16:33] complete. That's another thing

[2:16:35] that gets missed rate. At some

[2:16:36] point. It's asked for budget

[2:16:38] and they might not turn it in.

[2:16:39] So they're having eyes on it.

[2:16:40] They can reach back out to the

[2:16:41] grant applicant to say like,

[2:16:44] hey, as a reminder, please

[2:16:45] submit this with it. And they

[2:16:48] they're working very closely

[2:16:49] transition process with

[2:16:52] Michael and the staff on

[2:16:53] exactly how that will let out.

[2:16:54] That will look. Is that

[2:16:57] anything else?

[2:17:01] >> All right. Thank you, Amy.

[2:17:07] Just Williams.

[2:17:08] >> PRESIDENT Some. I think

[2:17:09] this is an incident where

[2:17:10] instance are we cannot move at

[2:17:12] the speed of government

[2:17:14] because we would MISS The

[2:17:16] window. So thank you for

[2:17:18] stepping As with most things

[2:17:20] in life, if they're happening

[2:17:21] faster, not as pretty as we

[2:17:21] want them to be. That

[2:17:24] sometimes we're gonna make it.

[2:17:27] Can I ask if anyone objected,

[2:17:29] what's happening with the

[2:17:30] sports car house and this

[2:17:31] person hurt. We would have

[2:17:31] heard from any of the 3

[2:17:35] entities by now. I think other

[2:17:35] 3 entities are very much in

[2:17:38] support of making So I think

[2:17:39] everybody up here should know

[2:17:41] that if there are objections

[2:17:42] to what's happening between

[2:17:43] now and JULY first, we heard

[2:17:50] about it by now. Thank you.

[2:17:51] >> you clear to me to read

[2:17:55] item 6 e in the record.

[2:17:58] >> Are we just various Didier

[2:18:00] to do or that? Okay they both

[2:18:03] spent thank you.

[2:18:04] >> back again then I will

[2:18:09] start over. Megan Leaf them

[2:18:10] ceo of the Colorado Springs

[2:18:11] Sports Corporation. Just to

[2:18:13] clarify right now, we are

[2:18:17] reporting on our 2024.

[2:18:17] >> Contract with the city of

[2:18:20] Colorado Springs and our kp

[2:18:22] Eyes in regards to our

[2:18:23] contracts. So again, this is

[2:18:27] this is moving backwards to

[2:18:28] 2024, what Davis is handing

[2:18:30] out right now is what I to as

[2:18:33] our final report.

[2:18:37] >> And as well as our current

[2:18:38] kp eyes as our contract stance

[2:18:40] to date and the reporting that

[2:18:45] we have done in regards to our

[2:18:46] >> I know. Welcome some new

[2:18:46] council members. Thank you for

[2:18:49] your service to our city. I

[2:18:49] know most of you, but I am

[2:18:52] going to give a really quick

[2:18:52] rundown of who we are and what

[2:18:59] we do. Okay. Sports Corp

[2:19:01] one-on-one really quickly, we

[2:19:02] have 4 pillars. We were

[2:19:03] originally established in the

[2:19:06] late 1970's to help relocate

[2:19:07] the United States Olympic

[2:19:08] Committee from New York City

[2:19:11] to Colorado Springs. We will

[2:19:12] stay and always will be very

[2:19:13] passionate about the Olympic

[2:19:15] movement here in Colorado

[2:19:17] Springs, the Olympic Museum.

[2:19:18] The 25 national governing

[2:19:22] bodies that are here. As well

[2:19:23] as the name Olympic City usa.

[2:19:24] Kind of all things Olympics

[2:19:26] will go into that a little bit

[2:19:30] more sports tourism. That is

[2:19:31] our second pillar. That is why

[2:19:32] we are here today that really

[2:19:33] feel like that is our service

[2:19:35] to the city of Colorado

[2:19:37] Springs, bringing more events

[2:19:38] in to town. And I will go

[2:19:41] through that here in a minute.

[2:19:42] 3rd pillar is event

[2:19:42] management. When you're an 8

[2:19:45] to 10 major events in our

[2:19:45] city. And it's awesome and

[2:19:49] it's so fun. It is a lot of

[2:19:50] hard work. We're the ones up

[2:19:52] at 2 in the morning. Closing

[2:19:53] down roads and turning

[2:19:54] generators on. But when you

[2:19:55] get to the amount of people

[2:19:56] that come to some of these

[2:19:58] events, we're really

[2:19:58] passionate and proud to bring

[2:20:00] a lot of these to Colorado

[2:20:03] Springs and then we are

[2:20:04] piloting some after-school

[2:20:04] sport programming with

[2:20:05] Colorado Springs District 11,

[2:20:08] which I'll go. I won't go into

[2:20:09] too much today to save time.

[2:20:10] So our Olympic pillar, I

[2:20:12] talked about that a little

[2:20:14] bit. But basically any time

[2:20:17] there's an Olympic year, we

[2:20:18] put on free in conjunction

[2:20:20] with the Olympic Museum for

[2:20:21] the community we serve on the

[2:20:24] Olympic City. Usa Task force.

[2:20:25] We attend quarterly and Judy

[2:20:28] meetings, one of the biggest

[2:20:29] things that crosses over with

[2:20:30] sports tourism as we work with

[2:20:33] the national governing bodies.

[2:20:34] As I mentioned, we have 25 of

[2:20:36] the 52 here in Colorado

[2:20:37] Springs, which is phenomenal.

[2:20:40] The next condensed city has 3.

[2:20:41] So that shows you that we

[2:20:42] really do stand alone in being

[2:20:46] Olympic City. Usa. We work on

[2:20:48] Mgb retention. We work on mgb

[2:20:49] relocation and we work with

[2:20:51] the national governing bodies

[2:20:51] that are here to try to bring

[2:20:55] events here. For example, usa

[2:20:56] Weightlifting is holding their

[2:20:56] national championship. You're

[2:21:01] in 2025. We have 7 affiliated

[2:21:02] and gb events in Colorado

[2:21:03] Springs this year that Davis

[2:21:04] will talk about in a little

[2:21:06] bit as far as of sports

[2:21:08] tourism we are the conduit

[2:21:09] that puts together official

[2:21:11] bids. So when things are

[2:21:13] needed to be put out to bring

[2:21:14] events into town, we would be

[2:21:15] the entity that helps pull all

[2:21:20] of those together. We

[2:21:21] represent basically the city

[2:21:22] of Colorado Springs at

[2:21:23] conferences every year trying

[2:21:24] to bring outside events into

[2:21:28] Colorado Springs. So we it's a

[2:21:29] 10 sports eta teams conference

[2:21:33] and he says, we help support

[2:21:35] the Colorado Springs Sports

[2:21:37] Authority media engagement to

[2:21:39] the sports sector. For

[2:21:39] example, just to Davis my

[2:21:42] passing these out, this was

[2:21:43] just on Friday to give an

[2:21:47] example of a bid the our Mac,

[2:21:48] which is the Rocky Mountain

[2:21:49] Athletic Conference, asked for

[2:21:53] a bid to host a and see a

[2:21:55] girls Championship wrestling

[2:21:55] championship. We want that in

[2:21:56] Colorado Springs. We don't

[2:21:59] want that anywhere else. So

[2:21:59] just to work on Friday alone,

[2:22:01] we put together the bid to try

[2:22:02] to bring that into Colorado

[2:22:03] Springs. We are constantly

[2:22:05] trying to bring outside events

[2:22:07] here and using the venues and

[2:22:08] facilities that we can to

[2:22:12] bring in sports tourism. I

[2:22:13] talked about this a little

[2:22:14] bit, but these are the events

[2:22:16] that we put on every year.

[2:22:18] Most notably lit by cars they

[2:22:19] were to lift off the Pikes

[2:22:20] Peak Regional Air Show. We're

[2:22:22] really excited this year will

[2:22:24] be the first year that are are

[2:22:25] hosting Colorado senior games

[2:22:29] and actually are friends of

[2:22:30] the Pikes Peak area of 8 are

[2:22:33] supporting the event as well.

[2:22:35] So we really pride ourselves

[2:22:35] and offering a lot of

[2:22:36] different events to our city.

[2:22:40] We're proud to to bring those

[2:22:40] together in the final report,

[2:22:41] which is the magazine type

[2:22:45] thing that you have. That is a

[2:22:47] list of all of our events and

[2:22:48] our ally of that fence that we

[2:22:51] put on in Colorado Springs. So

[2:22:54] that's data and numbers,

[2:22:55] economic impact. The hotel

[2:22:56] room nights. Everything you

[2:22:58] would want to know about any

[2:22:58] particular event that we own

[2:22:59] and operate is in that

[2:23:04] Hackett. And with going to

[2:23:06] briefly skip over our

[2:23:07] after-school sport program.

[2:23:08] It's awesome and great. But I

[2:23:10] know everyone behind schedule.

[2:23:11] So Davis, I will turn this

[2:23:13] over to you. Any questions for

[2:23:14] making before she comes out

[2:23:17] of. I don't have any right

[2:23:22] Thank All right. So thank you

[2:23:23] so much. COUNCILMAN Davis

[2:23:24] Davis the senior director of

[2:23:25] sports tourism in Olympic

[2:23:27] engagement for the Car Springs

[2:23:28] Sports Corporation.

[2:23:31] >> So as mentioned, Megan

[2:23:32] mentioned, I the oversea, the

[2:23:34] sports tourism, Paul Pillar

[2:23:37] for the car Spring Sports

[2:23:40] Corp. So talking as part of

[2:23:42] sports tourism is one of the

[2:23:44] largest components of our our

[2:23:45] contract or contracts as a

[2:23:46] contract entity for the city.

[2:23:49] So I just want to go over. Our

[2:23:51] kpi is free. All just so have

[2:23:55] an idea. He's kp eyes are

[2:23:56] listed based each category and

[2:23:59] white paper document received,

[2:24:00] which is our 2024 2024

[2:24:03] contract the report. So first,

[2:24:06] it is event management

[2:24:07] promotion. This really is

[2:24:09] talking about as a

[2:24:10] professional. That management

[2:24:11] company, Sports Corp will

[2:24:12] spearhead organization and

[2:24:13] management of various events

[2:24:14] driving economic vitality in

[2:24:17] the region. The second I can

[2:24:21] find this one key development.

[2:24:22] So through community

[2:24:24] development, the Sports Corp

[2:24:25] will work to bring city inning

[2:24:26] and civic leaders together

[2:24:27] with some of the nation's

[2:24:27] premier sporting

[2:24:29] organizations, including the

[2:24:30] U.S. Opc and other

[2:24:31] international sports

[2:24:36] organizations. The 3rd.

[2:24:37] >> Is.

[2:24:39] >> special community

[2:24:41] initiatives. So that's that we

[2:24:42] will work retain and attract

[2:24:44] support. Local state, national

[2:24:45] sports organizations and

[2:24:48] businesses. So this is that

[2:24:49] retention and severe attention

[2:24:51] sports organization, attention

[2:24:55] or attraction to to our city.

[2:24:57] Forces, fiscal management,

[2:24:58] accountability. Obviously we

[2:24:59] have to be good stewards of

[2:25:02] the funding that we get. That

[2:25:03] one at relatively simple. And

[2:25:03] then the last is ongoing

[2:25:07] advocacy, which is that's a

[2:25:08] critical component to

[2:25:08] positioning organization as a

[2:25:12] leader in sports sector. So

[2:25:14] through this, are charged with

[2:25:15] being out in the community

[2:25:18] speaking on behalf of both the

[2:25:19] Sports Corp Olympic City usa.

[2:25:21] Any of the organizations that

[2:25:21] we that live in an Olympic

[2:25:26] City usa are called it home.

[2:25:28] So jumping into the events

[2:25:29] that we brought into color

[2:25:32] springs in 2024, this is a

[2:25:33] little bit of a snapshot of

[2:25:35] some of them that we worked

[2:25:38] with, you know, these range

[2:25:39] from and should related events

[2:25:41] to Colorado High School State

[2:25:43] Association events. One of our

[2:25:46] tasks last year that we

[2:25:48] started to really started up.

[2:25:50] And then in 2025, is one of

[2:25:51] our largest goals is to to

[2:25:52] have as many Chasse a state

[2:25:54] championships as possible in

[2:25:58] Car Springs, High school state

[2:25:59] championships bring 10's of

[2:25:59] thousands of attendees and

[2:26:00] typically overnight attendees

[2:26:05] into the city for pretty I

[2:26:06] think what most people's lives

[2:26:07] and I know it when I was in

[2:26:08] high school, all the state

[2:26:09] championships are played

[2:26:12] Denver and sell. This is a

[2:26:13] great opportunity for us to

[2:26:17] not only bring athletic events

[2:26:18] to the city, really, Colorado,

[2:26:20] based athletic events, the

[2:26:24] city, couple of a call

[2:26:25] interesting ones. You see JULY

[2:26:27] 13, 14 last year, the World

[2:26:29] Wake Association, even though

[2:26:30] we are car springs, we do

[2:26:31] actually have really good

[2:26:34] water prospect for

[2:26:34] wakeboarding. So this has

[2:26:37] actually been to event that's

[2:26:38] has been a phenomenal

[2:26:39] partnership with the Parks

[2:26:43] Department has the worldwide

[2:26:46] association has worked with

[2:26:47] our parks department to ensure

[2:26:48] that the a new era cations

[2:26:51] system that will be going into

[2:26:52] prospect It will actually be

[2:26:53] able to accommodate the votes

[2:26:54] they get used for these types

[2:26:56] of large events in the future.

[2:26:57] So they provided some some

[2:26:59] free consulting, too. Can

[2:27:00] occur over there as they they

[2:27:05] work through that. And you

[2:27:07] know, just some other ones

[2:27:09] into the Things like the usa

[2:27:09] Wrestling King of the

[2:27:11] mountain. This is one of the

[2:27:11] assailant, wrestling's largest

[2:27:12] regional championships that

[2:27:15] they host. And so we're always

[2:27:17] excited to to work with them

[2:27:18] to make that event as

[2:27:20] accessible as possible. So

[2:27:23] looking at 2024, the events

[2:27:25] that the Sports Corp either a

[2:27:28] bit on had any sort of

[2:27:29] financial incentive to bring

[2:27:30] provided a financial incentive

[2:27:30] to bring to cars springs. That

[2:27:34] was 43 events. Total 31,000

[2:27:37] athletes. So that was a 49%

[2:27:37] increase from the events that

[2:27:42] we brought in 2023. We cross

[2:27:43] the 100,000 spectator market,

[2:27:45] these events for the first

[2:27:46] time. So it was a 32% increase

[2:27:48] from 2023. And then the hotel

[2:27:49] room nights or really where

[2:27:50] obviously the number that we

[2:27:53] are excited night during my

[2:27:54] mid your presentation to all I

[2:27:56] give you my estimates and a

[2:27:57] happy to say that we met our

[2:28:00] goals in this and some of you

[2:28:03] might ask why, like a 320%

[2:28:06] increase from 2023. My hotel

[2:28:09] room nights. That is because

[2:28:09] we with the formulas ation of

[2:28:12] the sports Commission side of

[2:28:14] our business and in 2024, was

[2:28:16] really the first year that the

[2:28:17] sports court went out there

[2:28:20] and thoroughly pitch car

[2:28:20] springs as a destination for

[2:28:24] sports and sports tourism

[2:28:25] events with the resources that

[2:28:26] we are provided through sport

[2:28:27] eta, which essentially is the

[2:28:29] trade Association for sports

[2:28:31] commissions, other conferences

[2:28:31] like teams, which is the

[2:28:33] travel event and management

[2:28:34] support. We get the

[2:28:35] opportunity to get have

[2:28:38] one-on-one meetings with these

[2:28:39] events, rights holders that

[2:28:39] are trying to place their

[2:28:41] events all around the country

[2:28:42] and they're very transparent

[2:28:43] about the economic impact and

[2:28:44] the hotel room night impact

[2:28:48] that they have. And so really

[2:28:49] made a concerted effort make

[2:28:50] sure that we're talking to

[2:28:52] organizations that it's

[2:28:54] bringing a diverse array of of

[2:28:56] sporting events to the city.

[2:28:57] But at the same time, we want

[2:28:57] to make sure that they're

[2:28:58] going to be giving back and

[2:28:59] putting those heads. And

[2:29:02] that's obviously day travelers

[2:29:05] to cars springs are huge

[2:29:06] aspect of this is a detour of

[2:29:07] tourism. But the people that

[2:29:10] are here in town, but once

[2:29:11] again, the people that are

[2:29:11] going to be contributing on

[2:29:15] dollar by dollar on average

[2:29:16] are going to be higher dollar

[2:29:16] are going to be those who are

[2:29:19] staying at hotels. So that's

[2:29:20] really why have been going

[2:29:29] after the U.S.. But So looking

[2:29:30] into 2025, I mentioned we have

[2:29:31] a couple of goals because we

[2:29:31] want to beat those numbers

[2:29:35] that previously just that.

[2:29:35] Particularly with 2025, we

[2:29:40] want to impact the national

[2:29:41] governing bodies that call Car

[2:29:43] Springs home. Megan mentioned

[2:29:46] we have 25 in gb used that car

[2:29:48] springs here, including that

[2:29:49] we have a number venues that

[2:29:51] haven't necessarily been

[2:29:52] activated for national

[2:29:53] championships. As much as I

[2:29:56] think they could so you'll

[2:29:58] these are some of them have

[2:29:59] passed. The largest was U.S.

[2:30:00] Figure skating, synchronize

[2:30:01] skating, national

[2:30:03] championships. But getting

[2:30:04] into the summer usa

[2:30:04] Weightlifting will be hosting

[2:30:05] their national championships

[2:30:07] at Robson Arena, which is

[2:30:07] obviously a city for

[2:30:10] champions. The new and then

[2:30:11] usa Cycling will be hosting 3

[2:30:14] of their track national

[2:30:15] championships. This was all 3

[2:30:17] of these will be taking place

[2:30:19] at the Velodrome at Memorial

[2:30:21] Park. And we're incredibly

[2:30:25] excited to the gold room. The

[2:30:25] national teams have been

[2:30:27] training there, but there So

[2:30:28] community aspect of it bring

[2:30:30] people in to see championship.

[2:30:32] So the Masters and para

[2:30:32] cycling championships and the

[2:30:34] nearly track nationals will

[2:30:37] well also be occurring this

[2:30:38] year. And then in the latter

[2:30:39] part of the year, usa

[2:30:40] Wrestling bring back their

[2:30:41] king and queen of the

[2:30:46] mountain. And then earlier

[2:30:47] this year we hosted the First

[2:30:49] U.S. Association of Blind

[2:30:51] Athletes. You Blind Soccer

[2:30:54] national team They were in the

[2:30:56] news last week because just

[2:30:57] moved to cars springs there as

[2:30:59] an athlete program. So they

[2:31:00] have 10 athletes are going to

[2:31:03] be living here in Olympic

[2:31:04] City. Usa. They're gold ball

[2:31:04] team now has a permanent

[2:31:06] facility at the training

[2:31:08] center and they're also going

[2:31:11] to bring their blind soccer

[2:31:12] were able to find them a venue

[2:31:13] some great partners in the

[2:31:14] city so they can host their

[2:31:19] international competitions.

[2:31:21] Some other major sporting

[2:31:24] events that Sports worked

[2:31:26] either. And on operational

[2:31:27] roles recently that will take

[2:31:28] place in 2025. They are back

[2:31:30] with wrestling championship.

[2:31:33] Just happens. This is the but

[2:31:34] for the 26 27. That's the bit

[2:31:37] that we pass that to you. We

[2:31:38] hosted their very first our

[2:31:42] mac Women's wrestling

[2:31:45] championship, actually only

[2:31:46] division, 2 school, our

[2:31:46] division to conference in the

[2:31:47] country that has women's

[2:31:51] wrestling hopefully ncaa just

[2:31:52] approved women's dressing as a

[2:31:53] division. One sports that

[2:31:53] there will be a lot more

[2:31:54] excitement around it. So we

[2:31:57] wanted to be on the the head

[2:31:58] of So that's when it comes

[2:32:00] time to betting on future ncaa

[2:32:00] Division. One woman's

[2:32:01] wrestling championships. We

[2:32:03] have shown our our ability to

[2:32:07] do so. But this summer, us

[2:32:08] senior open, you say

[2:32:10] pickleball Golden ticket to be

[2:32:11] a very large pickleball event.

[2:32:12] There are 3 of these. You have

[2:32:13] to go through here to get to

[2:32:15] the national championship and

[2:32:17] then one of the ones that I

[2:32:18] know has been discussed a lot

[2:32:20] and the sports group has a

[2:32:21] very large operational role in

[2:32:23] his Department of Defense

[2:32:24] Warrior Games. And this is

[2:32:25] host of the number of times

[2:32:26] during Car Springs, but not

[2:32:29] since 2018. And so most of

[2:32:30] this will take place on the

[2:32:31] campus of Colorado College and

[2:32:35] the partment offense really

[2:32:36] want to have a great core.

[2:32:38] Event downtown area of Color

[2:32:40] Springs. So we've great

[2:32:43] partners with both the

[2:32:43] Department of Defense and Car

[2:32:46] College map and then towards

[2:32:47] the end of the year, DECEMBER,

[2:32:48] 11th through 14th. Hopefully

[2:32:51] there's no snow, division, 2

[2:32:52] men's and women's soccer

[2:32:53] national championships will be

[2:32:55] at Weidner Field. Another one

[2:32:56] of the city for champions

[2:32:58] venues. This is a great events

[2:33:02] we hosted in 22. And we are

[2:33:03] lucky enough to receive it due

[2:33:04] to the success of it in 2022.

[2:33:09] South. I mentioned to you all

[2:33:11] the our push to get as many

[2:33:12] state championships as

[2:33:14] possible. And I'm happy say

[2:33:15] that we have increased year

[2:33:17] over about 2, additional 2 per

[2:33:20] year of color. High school

[2:33:22] state championships. We asked

[2:33:23] sign a three-year contract for

[2:33:27] girls and boys. Soccer here at

[2:33:28] Weidner Field. That's

[2:33:28] typically or historically was

[2:33:30] one of the larger state

[2:33:31] championships that took place

[2:33:32] at Dick's Sporting Goods Park

[2:33:34] in Commerce City. And so this

[2:33:35] is all divisions, boys and

[2:33:36] girls from the fall spring and

[2:33:40] south. Our next step, I

[2:33:42] guarantee of the main are both

[2:33:43] basketball players. So we are

[2:33:44] actively working to try to get

[2:33:45] the basketball. That's a hard

[2:33:49] bargain south. And then

[2:33:50] lastly, just to give you all

[2:33:51] just a view of what this

[2:33:55] Sports Corp events are for

[2:33:57] this year, you we are going to

[2:33:58] busy throughout the entire

[2:34:01] year all the way through

[2:34:01] DECEMBER 10th just will call

[2:34:03] out the Pikes Peak Sports

[2:34:05] Economy report for a number

[2:34:06] years. It really has been

[2:34:08] since 2018 that we haven't had

[2:34:11] full economic development

[2:34:14] report of what is the impact

[2:34:14] of the sports and tourism,

[2:34:15] sports, tourism and sports

[2:34:17] economy and car springs. And

[2:34:18] so we are partnering with Uccs

[2:34:21] College of Business and

[2:34:21] there's going to be full what

[2:34:25] you would classify as a sort

[2:34:26] of like chambers, state of the

[2:34:28] city kind of report of what is

[2:34:30] the economic status and the

[2:34:32] impact for Sports Chi Minh

[2:34:34] City South. Thank you very

[2:34:35] much. Appreciate Will just for

[2:34:37] the record one, I was in high

[2:34:38] school and I tell you when

[2:34:41] that we didn't have our state

[2:34:42] basketball.

[2:34:42] >> Playoffs in Colorado

[2:34:46] Springs at. Couple gyms

[2:34:47] downtown. Also at their first

[2:34:51] county. Did you win?

[2:34:58] >> remember all of I love

[2:35:01] competition.

[2:35:02] >> And the certainly you deal

[2:35:05] with that every day,

[2:35:06] particularly when you're

[2:35:08] competing against other cities

[2:35:09] counties places and things

[2:35:10] like that for all these

[2:35:14] different sports events. You

[2:35:15] know, to really elevate this

[2:35:16] if we could dream beg and I

[2:35:21] give you like one wish.

[2:35:22] >> What is it? What is it that

[2:35:26] we don't That keeps us from

[2:35:30] being more competitive?

[2:35:31] >> I can't take that. Thank

[2:35:34] you for that Some question.

[2:35:35] What's great about the City

[2:35:37] for Champions Project is we

[2:35:38] have these these glowy flashy

[2:35:40] but news that we can get

[2:35:42] things at right ropes in Reno,

[2:35:44] whitener. You name it. But but

[2:35:45] the nuts and bolts of

[2:35:46] something that our city is

[2:35:46] really lacking is a massive

[2:35:48] indoor or outdoor sports

[2:35:50] complex. We can't bet on very

[2:35:51] many volleyball, vents

[2:35:54] basketball against fence.

[2:35:55] Those things that bring in

[2:35:57] just those When you see those

[2:35:59] people just turn and

[2:36:00] restaurants and hotels because

[2:36:01] they're all there running

[2:36:03] around for basketball

[2:36:04] tournament. So it into outdoor

[2:36:07] sports complex, even baseball

[2:36:08] on softball. We do have some

[2:36:08] fields, kind that would have

[2:36:10] to piece together pretty large

[2:36:11] tournaments. But I would say

[2:36:12] that is by far the biggest

[2:36:16] need. And I don't quote me on

[2:36:17] this. But for my basic

[2:36:19] research, we didn't don't

[2:36:19] think that there's a market

[2:36:20] our size, our city, our size.

[2:36:23] That doesn't have one. So that

[2:36:26] is answer to that question.

[2:36:28] >> Yeah. Hear from a lot of

[2:36:31] hotels whenever they approach

[2:36:31] about new business, they

[2:36:38] always say. Winter winter. But

[2:36:39] and so, yeah, I think you're

[2:36:40] right. I think the sports

[2:36:41] complex that would enhance our

[2:36:45] winter travel would be a good

[2:36:46] Absolutely. Thank In one

[2:36:48] example to that. So like on

[2:36:49] the soccer front, one of our

[2:36:49] largest events that we brought

[2:36:52] in town last last year was

[2:36:53] from a group called Ali

[2:36:54] Tournament, said it's the

[2:36:56] development player's league.

[2:36:58] It was private 15,000 room

[2:37:00] nights and that's on the very,

[2:37:01] very small and of what they

[2:37:05] do. And so it was 2000 girl

[2:37:05] soccer players from 97% of

[2:37:08] which for were out of state.

[2:37:09] Each one of them came with

[2:37:13] about 3 4 family members and

[2:37:14] state a place of the Air Force

[2:37:14] Academy for Scouting is

[2:37:15] completely maxed out on fields

[2:37:17] and they have max, like about

[2:37:21] 18 soccer fields. So that's a

[2:37:22] small event that takes place.

[2:37:24] And so that's likes kind of a

[2:37:25] cap of what we can even start

[2:37:25] to have a conversation with

[2:37:31] right now.

[2:37:32] >> I just hear their

[2:37:33] questions. Thank you so much.

[2:37:35] Thank you Thank To the clerk.

[2:37:36] Please read and 60 into the

[2:37:41] record. This is our last item.

[2:37:41] So we're just going to keep

[2:37:45] going for lunch.

[2:37:45] >> Colorado Springs Chamber

[2:37:48] and edc 2024 year in Lodgers

[2:37:49] on a rental. Our contract

[2:37:52] update to City Council.

[2:37:53] >> Good Afternoon Council. My

[2:37:54] name is Danny Bowling. I'm the

[2:37:56] chief operating officer at the

[2:37:59] Collar Springs Chamber and edc

[2:38:00] and I will be brief. So I

[2:38:01] don't keep you between lunch.

[2:38:02] Thank you for having me. And

[2:38:03] welcome to our new council

[2:38:03] members. It's great to have

[2:38:05] you here. I like to start off

[2:38:08] with our lard presentation to

[2:38:10] just pull excerpt from our

[2:38:12] contract, whereas by

[2:38:14] attracting visitors promoting

[2:38:15] business tourism and

[2:38:16] supporting economic

[2:38:17] development activities, this

[2:38:17] program will fulfill the

[2:38:26] purposes of the alert. Thanks

[2:38:28] slide there for the benefit of

[2:38:29] our new council members. Just

[2:38:31] one quick slide on the chamber

[2:38:33] edc. So our mission is to

[2:38:34] achieve economic prosperity

[2:38:35] for our region and act as a

[2:38:36] catalyst for business,

[2:38:39] innovation and growth. What

[2:38:40] drives us is we holistically

[2:38:42] support. Business is through

[2:38:43] economic development.

[2:38:44] Government affairs, small

[2:38:45] business development and

[2:38:47] membership services. We are

[2:38:48] the front door for businesses

[2:38:49] to access, influence,

[2:38:51] resources and knowledge. And

[2:38:54] we lead on regional business

[2:38:54] initiatives event, execution,

[2:38:57] convening decision makers and

[2:38:59] uniting the region to win

[2:39:00] globally. We are proud to host

[2:39:01] our partner organizations. The

[2:39:04] Pikes Peak has a network and

[2:39:04] the Colorado and like Speak

[2:39:05] Small Business Development

[2:39:08] Center. So back to our kp

[2:39:09] Eyes, the first one is to

[2:39:12] conduct a perception study.

[2:39:14] This was completed in several

[2:39:16] phases in 2023. This product

[2:39:16] was important because this

[2:39:18] helps drive the entire program

[2:39:20] of the plan of the rest of our

[2:39:22] work. And for a new council

[2:39:23] members, I would be happy to

[2:39:24] share some of the results with

[2:39:26] you at another time. But at a

[2:39:26] high level, the biggest

[2:39:29] findings were that, you know,

[2:39:30] on a positive, we didn't have

[2:39:30] a negative perception. We just

[2:39:34] had on awareness, perception.

[2:39:35] Coral Springs is known for our

[2:39:37] beautiful outdoors and a great

[2:39:39] vacation destination. But it's

[2:39:41] not known for our career

[2:39:42] opportunities in a place to

[2:39:42] join the workforce. And you

[2:39:43] can have a great business

[2:39:49] year. In terms of earned

[2:39:51] media. We received 12 national

[2:39:52] placements last year that were

[2:39:53] a direct result of our

[2:39:56] proactive pitching. And again,

[2:39:57] based off the perception

[2:39:57] study, we are really focusing

[2:39:59] on those business topics. So

[2:40:01] some of the examples you can

[2:40:02] see on the screen are stories

[2:40:03] about chips and microchips

[2:40:06] microchip. Our Coral Springs

[2:40:07] being named a top city for

[2:40:10] tech talent for growth and

[2:40:11] emphasizing our strong

[2:40:12] aerospace and defense

[2:40:13] community and the benefit of

[2:40:16] earned media is that we are

[2:40:18] learning these results and

[2:40:20] adding credibility to our

[2:40:21] name. This is paying for

[2:40:21] advertising but having

[2:40:25] journalists and reporters

[2:40:26] either visit the community and

[2:40:26] we teach them and tell them

[2:40:27] why they should cover this

[2:40:31] great topic and they produce

[2:40:32] and sometimes it is. It's

[2:40:33] either in person or we host

[2:40:34] them here or and sometimes

[2:40:37] it's it's yeah, phone. But the

[2:40:39] benefit of this again is the

[2:40:40] authenticity and the

[2:40:40] credibility that we're

[2:40:41] learning through media

[2:40:45] strategy. In terms of digital

[2:40:47] are paid search and are paid

[2:40:49] social. All of our industry

[2:40:50] benchmarks have been exceeded.

[2:40:53] We're very proud of that. The

[2:40:53] click through rate on Google

[2:40:55] Adwords. These are things like

[2:40:58] cost of living Colorado

[2:40:58] Springs jobs in Colorado

[2:41:00] Springs and strategic key

[2:41:02] words that we know that talent

[2:41:03] and business decision makers

[2:41:05] are looking at when they're

[2:41:06] looking to consider Coral

[2:41:07] Springs as a place to do

[2:41:09] business and then also on

[2:41:11] Social. We're on Facebook and

[2:41:12] LinkedIn. And you can see that

[2:41:13] we've exceeded those

[2:41:14] benchmarks as well. In terms

[2:41:18] of online presence. This is

[2:41:20] U.S. Marketing the region our

[2:41:23] website and we again are proud

[2:41:27] to have exceeded these kp eyes

[2:41:29] benchmarks. So you can see

[2:41:31] that we've done well on

[2:41:32] visits.

[2:41:33] >> And time spent. But really

[2:41:36] the important pieces are the

[2:41:36] conversions. It's great that

[2:41:37] you visit our website and

[2:41:38] browse. But what are you doing

[2:41:39] when you get there? So?

[2:41:40] >> The 2 conversions we've

[2:41:41] identified our job use and

[2:41:45] cost of living calculator. So

[2:41:47] I'm job views. We want to

[2:41:48] display an advertisement to

[2:41:50] say grow your cyber security

[2:41:51] career in Colorado Springs.

[2:41:51] And when they click on it to

[2:41:52] click through to the job you

[2:41:54] week on past success, same

[2:41:55] with cost of living. If if

[2:41:57] somebody is clicking through

[2:41:59] to measure the cost of living

[2:42:00] calculator, they're analyzing

[2:42:01] and taking that next step and

[2:42:06] considering moving here. In

[2:42:07] terms of blogs are Kpi is to

[2:42:09] publish 2 blocks per month.

[2:42:11] And this has been achieved. We

[2:42:14] post these on our website and

[2:42:17] again recovery industry

[2:42:18] information. You know,

[2:42:20] speaking to talent that's

[2:42:21] considering moving here and

[2:42:23] talking to those business

[2:42:25] decision makers, the other

[2:42:25] main benefit of logs is to

[2:42:26] keep your content fresh on

[2:42:30] website. As you all know and

[2:42:31] keep our sco nice and happy.

[2:42:32] So all of those blocks and

[2:42:32] keywords are helping to

[2:42:36] fulfill that goal as well. In

[2:42:38] terms of ongoing outreach.

[2:42:38] This is us again proactively

[2:42:41] going out and marketing the

[2:42:43] region through relationships,

[2:42:44] building relationships to site

[2:42:46] selectors. Those consultants

[2:42:47] who are advising businesses on

[2:42:48] where they should decide to

[2:42:51] relocate or expand so that the

[2:42:53] first kpi was to host of a

[2:42:54] family or a familiarization

[2:42:57] tour in Colorado Springs. We

[2:42:58] hope to last year in the first

[2:43:00] part of the year, one with

[2:43:02] John with cbre and then again

[2:43:03] later in JUNE with site

[2:43:07] selectors from Deloitte. Our

[2:43:08] team, our economic development

[2:43:11] team has an entire calendar of

[2:43:12] change shows and conferences

[2:43:14] that they that they go out to.

[2:43:15] This is them that we like to

[2:43:16] say they're hunting and

[2:43:17] gathering. They're going out

[2:43:18] and they're making sure the

[2:43:20] Colorado Springs is fresh on

[2:43:21] people's minds when they're

[2:43:23] looking at places to relocate

[2:43:25] and expand to. So some of the

[2:43:26] visuals you have here is our

[2:43:27] economic development team in

[2:43:28] action and meeting with a site

[2:43:34] selectors. On space symposium.

[2:43:37] I didn't brief this in the my

[2:43:37] presentation here. Would you

[2:43:40] like me to go through it or in

[2:43:40] the interest of time? I can

[2:43:46] go. I can skip as well. Go

[2:43:48] there, ok, super. So with

[2:43:49] space symposium, we know that

[2:43:50] this is kind of our Super Bowl

[2:43:51] of Florida Springs. We're

[2:43:53] attracting 12 to 15,000

[2:43:54] visitors that are all focused

[2:43:57] on aerospace and defense and

[2:43:59] cyber security. And our top

[2:44:01] key industry. So the chamber

[2:44:02] and edc wants to take

[2:44:04] advantage and leverage the

[2:44:04] audience and take that

[2:44:08] campaign to the next level. So

[2:44:09] in 2024, was our second year

[2:44:10] And of course, we just did it

[2:44:13] again. And 25 but we're proud

[2:44:16] to be the leader of this

[2:44:17] campaign. Its takeoff in

[2:44:18] Colorado Springs. Hashtag

[2:44:20] welcome to our orbit. So were

[2:44:21] blanketing the community as

[2:44:22] much as we can with the funds

[2:44:25] that we have to get this

[2:44:26] message out there. So when

[2:44:27] people are in town for that,

[2:44:28] that captive audience this

[2:44:29] year for that week, we're

[2:44:31] seeing this messaging

[2:44:33] throughout and we're tying it

[2:44:35] all the way through to our

[2:44:37] booth. But we want them to let

[2:44:40] you know what the second that

[2:44:40] they get Sacar Springs. They

[2:44:41] can see this messaging and

[2:44:42] hear this strum bn the story

[2:44:46] being told. So go through a

[2:44:47] few of those. So I started

[2:44:48] with a Springs airport. We

[2:44:50] know that, you know, get them

[2:44:51] all day right when they get

[2:44:53] here that we started with our

[2:44:55] Ashley, all of the visuals in

[2:44:57] the campaign feature ash.

[2:44:59] That's doing it. Enjoying

[2:45:01] iconic experiences in Colorado

[2:45:01] Springs. So we're able to have

[2:45:02] some fun with it, too. So you

[2:45:03] can see here. We have been

[2:45:04] camping here with some

[2:45:07] messaging. And then we have

[2:45:09] window clings why you exit the

[2:45:12] plane and each of the clings

[2:45:14] features a stat on the sector,

[2:45:15] whether it's how how many

[2:45:18] employers are here all the way

[2:45:20] to how many hiking trails

[2:45:21] there are. Because we know

[2:45:22] that that that is all the

[2:45:22] total package of what we have

[2:45:26] to offer. We also worked with

[2:45:28] Chamber and edc member on

[2:45:28] billboards because we know

[2:45:32] that people travel through tia

[2:45:33] and we want them to see our

[2:45:34] messaging along the way to. So

[2:45:35] again, some more of the

[2:45:38] messaging has been included.

[2:45:40] We worked with our partners at

[2:45:41] downtown partnership to

[2:45:42] activate some of the light

[2:45:45] pole banners again with some

[2:45:46] of the artwork you can see

[2:45:47] with that shots doing

[2:45:48] different things. And Florida

[2:45:49] Springs and the Pikes Peak

[2:45:52] region. And our partners at

[2:45:53] the broad more were gracious

[2:45:55] and allowed us to put in room

[2:45:56] collateral and every single

[2:45:57] one of the hotel rooms. We

[2:45:58] know that everyone staying

[2:46:00] there is participating in

[2:46:01] space symposium. And again,

[2:46:01] you can see some of the stats

[2:46:05] and the facts and figures that

[2:46:06] are important to those

[2:46:06] business decision makers as

[2:46:07] they're in town and they can

[2:46:08] consider moving their business

[2:46:12] here. He's also served as I

[2:46:12] handouts as well for those

[2:46:18] working the trade show. Pop up

[2:46:19] banners again. We're kind of

[2:46:19] marketing pieces that added to

[2:46:24] the campaign. And the fun

[2:46:25] things like pins and stickers

[2:46:31] and swag items for the

[2:46:32] Additionally, in addition to

[2:46:33] the to the broad more we had

[2:46:36] other participating hotels

[2:46:38] that played our video in the

[2:46:39] lobby or in their rooms. And

[2:46:40] you can see those on the

[2:46:41] screen. We had Mayor Yemi with

[2:46:43] provide a welcome video at the

[2:46:46] airport and we plenty of

[2:46:48] social media tool kits and geo

[2:46:49] fencing and lots of placements

[2:46:52] on digital 2 years. All of

[2:46:53] which pointed to a landing

[2:46:54] page about are highly skilled

[2:46:56] and educated workforce. And

[2:46:57] then last but not least. We

[2:46:59] appreciate our partners at the

[2:47:00] city and the county for

[2:47:01] helping us with street cleanup

[2:47:02] like to clean up our house.

[2:47:05] And we have guests visit s.

[2:47:06] But the most important part is

[2:47:09] that all of this led towards

[2:47:10] our booth and our economic

[2:47:11] development teen left the 2024

[2:47:16] show with 24 leads he has kind

[2:47:18] of lacking since reporting on

[2:47:19] last when I'm up here again in

[2:47:19] 6 months, all I'll share how

[2:47:25] we did in 2025. Final Kpi is

[2:47:27] are we are the official

[2:47:29] producer of the Car Springs

[2:47:31] relocation guide. And this is

[2:47:33] produced in the spring. So

[2:47:33] this was 5 released and

[2:47:36] distributed last MARCH, 2

[2:47:37] talent acquisition leaders,

[2:47:39] military bases, community

[2:47:40] partners, real estate brokers

[2:47:45] and so forth. And we are proud

[2:47:46] have this guy be available for

[2:47:47] free. So if you or anybody in

[2:47:48] your business is, I know

[2:47:49] you're you have a lot of

[2:47:52] business outside of here. Need

[2:47:54] any of those 4 prospect of

[2:47:55] talent that's looking to visit

[2:47:55] or relocate. We're happy to

[2:47:58] provide those. And we also

[2:47:59] have a retainer with me and or

[2:48:01] gallery to help with our

[2:48:02] callers. Spring stock footage

[2:48:03] we just need does marketing

[2:48:05] assets to be able to tell the

[2:48:06] story in use on our website,

[2:48:09] social digital and so forth.

[2:48:10] The last thing I would like to

[2:48:13] share is that in 2025 or

[2:48:13] launching will we have

[2:48:14] launched a brand new program

[2:48:16] called Source Colorado Springs

[2:48:17] and this initiative is we have

[2:48:21] a full-time employee who is

[2:48:23] going to focus 100% on our

[2:48:25] storytelling on our national

[2:48:28] pr and really taking those

[2:48:29] findings from the perception

[2:48:30] study. And our goal is to

[2:48:32] counter those and shape that

[2:48:34] perception. We are also going

[2:48:37] to focus on support with

[2:48:38] business conferences. We see

[2:48:40] there's a gap there. We know

[2:48:42] there's so many aespace and

[2:48:43] defense and cybersecurity

[2:48:44] conferences out there. Why

[2:48:45] can't we recruit those and

[2:48:47] have spending nights and

[2:48:48] filling rooms in Colorado

[2:48:52] Springs? Don't have to take

[2:48:53] any questions. COUNCILMAN,

[2:48:56] Okay, thank you.

[2:48:56] >> And thanks for the

[2:49:00] presentation, Danny. It the

[2:49:01] first kpi you win over conduct

[2:49:01] a perception study. How often

[2:49:04] do we do to?

[2:49:05] >> We're doing it every 3

[2:49:06] years. We had just on the one

[2:49:08] and we're going to do it again

[2:49:12] in 3 years and 3 years against

[2:49:14] one was done 23. Summer of 26?

[2:49:18] Yep.

[2:49:18] >> The kpi where they come

[2:49:21] from. Can you remind me?

[2:49:22] >> Sure. Yeah. The kpi Zara

[2:49:26] from us. We will work with the

[2:49:27] with stray and team We

[2:49:28] outlined those with our

[2:49:31] contract was set. And then

[2:49:33] each year we have an

[2:49:34] opportunity to at it or if

[2:49:35] there's a new initiative that

[2:49:37] we're being measured against,

[2:49:37] that we provide those

[2:49:38] according to the calendar.

[2:49:43] >> Ands. You said you didn't

[2:49:44] win. The contract was set as

[2:49:48] the 5 year contract. Yes or

[2:49:49] set win.

[2:49:51] >> See 2021 And I think 21

[2:49:57] Fort 22 through 27.

[2:49:58] >> sorry. Initially we had a

[2:49:58] two-year contract and I

[2:50:03] believe this the 3 year 5 year

[2:50:06] contract started, I believe in

[2:50:08] 20 3. I'm gonna say 3, 4, 5,

[2:50:12] 6, 7. Yes, 2023 to 2027.

[2:50:13] >> And the kpi is are set in

[2:50:18] that contract. But they get

[2:50:19] adjusted that right, right. We

[2:50:21] worked together in 2023 to set

[2:50:21] that contract to set those

[2:50:24] initial kp eyes.

[2:50:26] >> We work with the contract

[2:50:28] used to determine what would

[2:50:29] be the best kp eyes for the

[2:50:30] contract. And then each year

[2:50:33] we have an ability to review

[2:50:35] those so that something is no

[2:50:37] longer relevant, are valid or

[2:50:38] if there's something new, a

[2:50:40] new initiative that we want

[2:50:42] to, including those kp eyes.

[2:50:43] We do that annually. When we

[2:50:47] read extend the contract.

[2:50:47] >> And who specifically is

[2:50:50] that reviews it and sets the

[2:50:51] kp eyes with with a contract

[2:50:55] that entity? Is it? Sri

[2:50:56] McDaniel, chief financial

[2:50:56] officer is at the law or

[2:50:58] committee who is it's the

[2:51:03] chief financial officer. And

[2:51:03] where would we see the well,

[2:51:04] and as we just saw them right

[2:51:08] here, but are they available

[2:51:10] for citizens are council

[2:51:11] members to go. What are those

[2:51:12] kpi is on to see Yes, they're

[2:51:13] touched the contract and that

[2:51:17] would be found where?

[2:51:19] >> With the contract and that

[2:51:20] provided to city council a

[2:51:21] number of times. I think

[2:51:22] Michael has those as well. Ok,

[2:51:25] is it online somewhere in our

[2:51:26] No, we don't post that any

[2:51:28] city contract on Monday. Don't

[2:51:29] believe. Okay. All right.

[2:51:31] Thank you, Thank. Thank Care

[2:51:34] summit, rainy. Thank you for

[2:51:39] being in your presentation.

[2:51:39] You mention.

[2:51:40] >> 24 economic development

[2:51:42] leads coming out of the space

[2:51:43] symposium. Can you give a

[2:51:44] little deeper understanding of

[2:51:46] what those leads mean for you?

[2:51:47] All, especially a significant

[2:51:48] number like that? Are you

[2:51:51] looking at just against

[2:51:53] companies that are currently

[2:51:54] not business partners with the

[2:51:55] chamber? What does that mean

[2:51:56] was great question. Council

[2:51:58] Brady, thank you.

[2:52:00] >> I will give the high level.

[2:52:01] But let me follow up with you

[2:52:02] with some more specifics. Are

[2:52:06] economic development team a

[2:52:08] definition of what a qualified

[2:52:10] lead is. So it is not just

[2:52:11] anyone say no. I think close

[2:52:12] friends is amazing. I want to

[2:52:13] move there. There's definitely

[2:52:15] criteria that that makes it a

[2:52:17] qualified lead. But I would

[2:52:18] have to follow up with you on

[2:52:18] that. So I can you know that

[2:52:21] over if that's okay.

[2:52:22] >> Now, appreciate that. And

[2:52:23] think actually, if you can get

[2:52:24] that to entire council, that

[2:52:27] would be great. Yes, do

[2:52:27] >> I don't see other

[2:52:28] questions. Thank you. Thank

[2:52:32] you. PRESIDENT Haven't we take

[2:52:33] a pause for a minute and just

[2:52:35] get reaction. We have to about

[2:52:40] 30 minutes.

[2:52:41] >> Left, do you want to just

[2:52:42] keep going through to lunch

[2:52:43] even take 5 minutes? Just or

[2:52:48] just keep going? I'm sorry you

[2:52:52] can help. Okay.

[2:52:53] >> Power through our through

[2:52:55] ok clerk, we you're eating in

[2:53:01] item 8.80, 70. Does anybody

[2:53:01] have any questions or changes

[2:53:02] to the agenda plan or the

[2:53:06] current agenda planner for?

[2:53:18] It's a date. That's 70.

[2:53:18] >> And the share of questions

[2:53:21] that I have the tape Okay.

[2:53:22] Yeah. So if you could read

[2:53:25] introduction for a

[2:53:31] >> and b, get together

[2:53:32] separate account, read them

[2:53:35] together. Please do resolution

[2:53:37] authorizing the acquisition of

[2:53:39] approximately 5.7 5 acres

[2:53:39] property identified as the

[2:53:42] convert this to park extension

[2:53:43] through the Parkland

[2:53:44] dedication ordinance program

[2:53:45] MAY be an ordinance amending

[2:53:47] budget ordinance. 24 Dash, one

[2:53:49] of 4, 2025 Budget

[2:53:52] Appropriation on its for

[2:53:53] supplemental appropriation to

[2:53:54] then Peel Deo Fund in the

[2:53:57] amount of $40 to be used for

[2:54:00] the purchase of 5 points acre

[2:54:00] property from Paso County

[2:54:04] School District 20. Good

[2:54:05] morning, Glenn.

[2:54:06] >> Good morning. Lena feeling

[2:54:07] design and development manager

[2:54:07] for the Parks, Recreation and

[2:54:09] Cultural Services Department.

[2:54:10] Good to meet some of you this

[2:54:11] morning and thank you for

[2:54:13] taking my item before lunch. I

[2:54:14] appreciate it. When it's just

[2:54:15] give you a quick overview of

[2:54:16] peeled you for those of you

[2:54:18] that are new sense for

[2:54:22] Parkland dedication, ordinance

[2:54:22] pm Vo pld ordinances house

[2:54:24] within our planning

[2:54:26] department. And that's where

[2:54:26] we get either our land for

[2:54:28] parks in their neighborhood or

[2:54:31] community or our fees that go

[2:54:31] into a kitty that we're able

[2:54:37] to use later for acquisitions.

[2:54:38] And so to me, due at a summit

[2:54:38] on the comes in workers

[2:54:39] planning department to ensure

[2:54:40] that we're getting landed

[2:54:42] possible. And if not, we put

[2:54:44] fees into a bucket interred to

[2:54:46] purchase land later, which is

[2:54:47] why I'm here today because

[2:54:48] requesting an acquisition with

[2:54:49] those funds that we've put

[2:54:58] into cat. Great, okay. So just

[2:55:00] going into the location today,

[2:55:00] we are north of Woodmen road

[2:55:04] east of powers and west of

[2:55:06] black forest. Wondering into

[2:55:06] an existing park that we have

[2:55:09] is called us to park and the

[2:55:11] highlighted area with a star

[2:55:12] over it. That's the area that

[2:55:14] we're looking to purchase for

[2:55:16] an extension of Comer Vista

[2:55:17] Park. Just to let you know

[2:55:20] about this area around here to

[2:55:21] the North East and west of the

[2:55:24] existing Parker single-family

[2:55:25] homes. As you'll as you cross

[2:55:27] over temple or between tot

[2:55:28] empowers there is an existing

[2:55:30] multi-family development

[2:55:31] that's beginning. But is

[2:55:32] intended to continue to the

[2:55:35] south and then to the south of

[2:55:36] the start area, you'll

[2:55:36] townhome development and

[2:55:38] further south. Some

[2:55:39] multifamily that becomes

[2:55:40] important as a coach. And my

[2:55:44] next slide. So as these came

[2:55:45] in for development, they came

[2:55:47] in with 3 master-planned

[2:55:48] areas. The first discusses

[2:55:50] power with 3 to 6 months or

[2:55:52] plant. That's where we

[2:55:53] received existing park site

[2:55:55] repeal to the kieschnick wire

[2:55:56] months at that same time, the

[2:55:59] school district District 20

[2:56:02] also received the saint for

[2:56:03] their school district over

[2:56:03] time. They have to term that

[2:56:07] they no longer need that land

[2:56:08] for development. And so they

[2:56:08] came to the parks department

[2:56:09] to determine if we wanted to

[2:56:12] purchase that land. We very

[2:56:12] interested in that part

[2:56:14] because felt it met some of

[2:56:15] the needs, but we weren't able

[2:56:17] to fulfill in this area. So as

[2:56:19] we look to power would to

[2:56:20] master plan. As I mentioned,

[2:56:22] that is developing as

[2:56:23] multifamily. It was originally

[2:56:25] primarily propose for

[2:56:26] commercial development. So

[2:56:27] when that Masterplan came

[2:56:28] through, we did not receive

[2:56:31] any park sites in that area

[2:56:31] because again, that the

[2:56:32] commercial development, it

[2:56:35] does not require, you know, so

[2:56:36] overtime us begin to develop

[2:56:38] residential Lee. But those

[2:56:39] have come in incrementally and

[2:56:40] over time, we have not

[2:56:42] received a large enough

[2:56:45] development require that 3.5

[2:56:45] acre of neighborhood park that

[2:56:48] we typically see. The same

[2:56:49] thing has been happening at

[2:56:49] the ridge. It what would meant

[2:56:51] to the south where we've been

[2:56:53] seeing what was previously

[2:56:54] proposed to be commercial

[2:56:55] turning into multifamily

[2:56:57] developments as well. So

[2:56:58] because of those 2

[2:57:00] developments, not originally

[2:57:02] proposing Parkland with their

[2:57:04] science. We are looking at a

[2:57:06] deficit in our neighborhood

[2:57:06] park requirement for that

[2:57:08] area. However, the good news

[2:57:09] is they have also been paying

[2:57:12] into that bucket of funds that

[2:57:15] we are able to use to purchase

[2:57:17] land. So we're looking a total

[2:57:18] combine acres up from the

[2:57:19] existing park and the new

[2:57:22] proposed saint of 10.9 1 acres

[2:57:23] and what we are proposing to

[2:57:23] see for a total need for

[2:57:25] neighborhood park in this

[2:57:28] area. It's about 12 to 13.5

[2:57:32] acres. So although we're quite

[2:57:33] to number that we need, we are

[2:57:34] definitely working towards

[2:57:35] that number and getting

[2:57:36] additional park area for this

[2:57:38] as presidents. We also look at

[2:57:40] a distance for walkability

[2:57:42] between a quarter mile and a

[2:57:45] half mile and you'll see from

[2:57:46] So we have a question from

[2:57:47] men, pension.

[2:57:50] >> Thank you, Donna. How short

[2:57:56] are we? So so this addition

[2:57:58] will will get us close. But

[2:57:59] but what what would be short

[2:58:03] in specifically in one area?

[2:58:04] >> So from the neighborhood

[2:58:04] park perspective, we're about

[2:58:06] an acre to an acre. Have short

[2:58:07] thing is that we don't exactly

[2:58:10] know how many developments for

[2:58:11] residential units will come

[2:58:12] in. So it's an approximation

[2:58:13] right now. So we're getting

[2:58:14] much closer, but we're still a

[2:58:15] little bit short. Okay. Thank

[2:58:20] you. So just looking at map

[2:58:21] here, you'll see that quarter

[2:58:23] to half a mile walking

[2:58:24] distance for most of those

[2:58:26] residents in this area will be

[2:58:28] met. So we feel that it's a

[2:58:28] great area to adding

[2:58:30] additional neighborhood park

[2:58:32] space. And it's important to

[2:58:33] see that they would not cross

[2:58:33] over and the major streets.

[2:58:35] That's all within that area

[2:58:39] that they could walk to. Just

[2:58:40] giving you a bit of a visual

[2:58:41] on what this site looks like.

[2:58:42] The area coming the left side

[2:58:45] of the screen is the existing

[2:58:48] park. Sorry. The proposing to

[2:58:50] purchase as you cross over

[2:58:51] kind of in upper right hand

[2:58:53] side, you'll see the existing

[2:58:54] Parker. So it is a relatively

[2:58:55] flat site that is good for

[2:58:59] Park development. Existing

[2:59:00] Cumber Vista Park is

[2:59:00] developed. That's just to the

[2:59:03] north of the site. It has an

[2:59:05] existing Parker play area for

[2:59:08] children as well as walkable

[2:59:09] paths. And then it also has an

[2:59:12] area for a basketball baseball

[2:59:17] softball. Ntioned at the

[2:59:18] beginning, we do have those

[2:59:19] fees upfront able to acquire

[2:59:21] the Parkland coming into

[2:59:23] different buckets. We have

[2:59:25] buckets for Neighborhood Park

[2:59:25] acquisition as well as

[2:59:28] Community Park acquisition.

[2:59:29] Property specifically is

[2:59:30] within The Woodlands Park

[2:59:33] area, part of town. And so we

[2:59:36] are looking to pull from that

[2:59:37] bucket to pull to purchase

[2:59:40] property. So currently as

[2:59:41] manager and $55,008 is a

[2:59:43] balance. We're looking at a

[2:59:47] purchase price of 10 791,000,

[2:59:49] $740 with $3,000 in closing

[2:59:50] costs, which would still give

[2:59:52] us remaining balance of

[2:59:56] 160,000, $268 in that bucket.

[2:59:56] Just didn't want to mention

[3:00:00] that. The community park

[3:00:00] bucket can be used

[3:00:02] specifically only for Comey

[3:00:03] parks. That's throughout town.

[3:00:04] But we can't cross those

[3:00:05] community Park and

[3:00:06] neighborhood Park areas and

[3:00:07] then putting feedback it is to

[3:00:09] be used for and that we

[3:00:12] purchase in order to plot.

[3:00:15] Quick timeline for you. We

[3:00:18] were previously before our

[3:00:19] parks. But Pfizer reborn redid

[3:00:20] receiving unanimous approval

[3:00:22] from them very supportive of

[3:00:25] park land purchases for

[3:00:26] neighborhood parks. We are

[3:00:28] here today at the council work

[3:00:29] session. This propose to be on

[3:00:32] the MAY 27 and JUNE 10th.

[3:00:33] Regular sessions for your

[3:00:34] votes. And then we're hoping

[3:00:36] to close late JUNE early JULY.

[3:00:41] Council and engine. Thank you.

[3:00:42] Can go back. A slide wanted if

[3:00:45] you would refresh my

[3:00:46] restrictions.

[3:00:48] >> So with that remaining, so

[3:00:48] really this is about

[3:00:52] purchasing the land. Can any

[3:00:53] of those peeled funds then be

[3:00:55] used to develop that part of

[3:00:56] the park or is that a

[3:00:57] different budget that you have

[3:01:00] to draw from? So there are

[3:01:01] multiple options that we can

[3:01:03] use these buckets from,

[3:01:05] however, primary purchase. And

[3:01:07] what we do typically see to do

[3:01:08] with them is to purchase land

[3:01:08] in order to improve our levels

[3:01:10] of service and those areas.

[3:01:12] >> There are alternative

[3:01:13] compliance opportunities that

[3:01:14] we can look at potential

[3:01:15] construction. But that is

[3:01:18] secondary component of it. We

[3:01:19] did bring before you one of

[3:01:21] those options that we just

[3:01:22] recently did with the Great

[3:01:23] partners. We did use some of

[3:01:24] those funds every receiving

[3:01:26] from a nearby development to

[3:01:28] develop about 20 year-old

[3:01:28] Parkland that we had not been

[3:01:31] able to develop.

[3:01:31] >> Right. So I think it

[3:01:32] highlights this is a super

[3:01:37] important step. There's

[3:01:38] there's still a lot of balance

[3:01:40] there. A lot of part Parkland

[3:01:40] to be purchased and then the

[3:01:41] development of it is

[3:01:44] unfortunately. Potentially

[3:01:48] take quite a bit longer.

[3:01:49] >> Correct. This is one of the

[3:01:50] difficult pieces for us. We

[3:01:51] are typically able acquire

[3:01:52] land, however, the

[3:01:52] development. Very it's a

[3:01:53] little bit more difficult and

[3:01:56] does take a lot of time from

[3:01:57] our planning part part of the

[3:01:59] Parks Department yet.

[3:02:00] >> just highlighting that for

[3:02:03] those listening and existing

[3:02:04] parks, even that need

[3:02:07] maintenance attention and all

[3:02:08] areas and it's tough. It's

[3:02:10] tough. We need to find some

[3:02:11] solutions for some more funds

[3:02:16] for especially about support.

[3:02:17] >> So I will be before you

[3:02:19] with a motion for the

[3:02:20] supplemental appropriation as

[3:02:21] well as a resolution to

[3:02:21] authorize the acquisition of

[3:02:24] the property. With that, I'm

[3:02:30] happy answer any questions. I

[3:02:30] don't see any more at this

[3:02:42] Thank you. You Oh, I'm sorry,

[3:02:43] Brian. Era counseling? Risley

[3:02:43] has a question. I'm saying

[3:02:47] it's your hand.

[3:02:48] >> things I was just curious

[3:02:49] how the purchase price was

[3:02:50] established.

[3:02:52] >> Sure, that's a great

[3:02:53] questions. So we did receive

[3:02:55] contact from the school

[3:02:56] districts. They did propose

[3:03:01] sale price to us. We then work

[3:03:01] through our real estate office

[3:03:04] to follow our procedures in

[3:03:06] order to get present on the

[3:03:08] property that appraisal did

[3:03:08] supports the contracted price

[3:03:10] if they offer to us. So then

[3:03:13] we entered into contract.

[3:03:17] >> Thank you. I think that's

[3:03:32] it.

[3:03:40] Move to item 10. Is Do we

[3:03:41] have any councilmember reports

[3:03:48] this morning? COUNCILMAN

[3:03:52] Thompson?

[3:03:53] >> thank you, MADAM PRESIDENT,

[3:03:54] I do want to just point out

[3:03:58] too. Welcome. Both important

[3:04:01] things. One, I was on Cody

[3:04:03] Willow. Lane during one of the

[3:04:04] concerts at the ampas here,

[3:04:09] this ether concert. And it's

[3:04:10] still very loud up I wouldn't

[3:04:11] want to live there. I would

[3:04:12] want to be in one of those

[3:04:13] homes trying to sleep when the

[3:04:15] concerts are going on. And

[3:04:19] I've heard. It was very loud

[3:04:19] with the Dwight Yoakam

[3:04:23] concert. Also so I say that so

[3:04:24] the citizens know there is

[3:04:27] concern on City Council for

[3:04:28] what's what's happening in

[3:04:29] those neighborhoods around the

[3:04:33] embassy there. And number 2,

[3:04:33] there was a great grand

[3:04:37] opening on Saturday.

[3:04:38] COUNCILMAN And I were there at

[3:04:43] interim. Rockrimmon library,

[3:04:44] Karla Powers and others have

[3:04:48] done a great job I want to

[3:04:48] Christ the King Lutheran

[3:04:52] Church. They have kind of

[3:04:52] giving them some. Well. I

[3:04:53] think actually running it only

[3:04:54] sing him some space in there

[3:04:57] to create that interim

[3:04:59] library. It's not a ppl the

[3:05:02] library day. They close that.

[3:05:05] But if you live over it's very

[3:05:07] nice. It's great place for

[3:05:08] elderly folks who want to be

[3:05:10] with others and not not

[3:05:11] isolated. Well, like we talked

[3:05:12] about earlier today, there's

[3:05:15] there's an area for kids.

[3:05:16] They've done a fantastic job

[3:05:17] over there. So I want to

[3:05:18] acknowledge that there are

[3:05:22] also some. So a lot of fire

[3:05:25] promotions over the last week.

[3:05:26] There were police retirements

[3:05:28] over the last few weeks. I

[3:05:29] want to recognize all those

[3:05:34] individuals to thank you.

[3:05:35] >> Some that thank you.

[3:05:37] PRESIDENT All narrow down my

[3:05:41] 7, to 2 and also actually

[3:05:41] acknowledge that Councilmember

[3:05:42] Brandon Williams was at the

[3:05:45] rockrimmon opening as well.

[3:05:48] But I I want to actually a

[3:05:49] neighborhood groups that

[3:05:50] reached out and been in

[3:05:51] communication with on the Rock

[3:05:53] Island trail and concerns

[3:05:54] about trash and fire hazards

[3:05:59] and so forth we met we walked

[3:06:00] the trail yesterday, Saturday,

[3:06:02] Friday, like a member of a

[3:06:04] recently with members of

[3:06:05] Richards, rubbish Roundup. And

[3:06:08] with the toss and that

[3:06:09] neighborhood group will be, I

[3:06:12] believe, forming a group and

[3:06:13] also looking forward to. And I

[3:06:16] know the city is is working on

[3:06:17] coordinating multiple

[3:06:17] neighborhood groups all over

[3:06:18] the 200 square miles of our

[3:06:21] city to address trash pickup

[3:06:22] and clean up. And it was it

[3:06:23] was just really awesome. And

[3:06:25] our our new fire marshals

[3:06:26] going to walk the trail as

[3:06:27] well with some folks who are

[3:06:28] concerned about fire. So thank

[3:06:33] you to Chris Cooper and then

[3:06:36] lastly, just the one body and

[3:06:39] t held a we are still

[3:06:40] neighbors and a reminder

[3:06:41] kickoff for letting people

[3:06:41] know that the Juneteenth

[3:06:44] celebration will be at Citadel

[3:06:48] Mall this year. And that was a

[3:06:49] very uplifting and exciting to

[3:06:51] bring that activation to the

[3:06:53] mall. And it was really,

[3:06:54] really lovely. It was done in

[3:06:56] a really lovely way, kind of

[3:06:58] blessing space and reminding

[3:06:59] people about accountability

[3:07:02] and responsibility and

[3:07:03] celebrating importantly and

[3:07:04] celebrating Juneteenth.

[3:07:10] Thanks. COUNCILMAN Bailey. I

[3:07:12] just want to pass an

[3:07:13] invitation COUNCILMAN

[3:07:14] Donaldson. The next time is up

[3:07:16] in my neighborhood to stop by

[3:07:17] >> we can have a long

[3:07:18] conversation about all the

[3:07:20] great reasons to live in

[3:07:23] Northgate leave it at that.

[3:07:27] Ultimately river.

[3:07:31] >> Yeah, I wanted to point out

[3:07:32] that we last week with small

[3:07:35] business week for our city and

[3:07:37] I've been attending for over a

[3:07:41] dozen years. And I've never

[3:07:41] seen a week with so much

[3:07:45] excitement. Every single event

[3:07:48] sold out. Some of them had

[3:07:53] standing room. People there.

[3:07:56] Our business community was

[3:07:57] engaged and really excited.

[3:07:58] Anyway, it was overall for the

[3:07:59] whole week. Just very

[3:08:03] exciting. Just packed with

[3:08:06] businesses looking for a great

[3:08:07] opportunity. So I just wanted

[3:08:08] to point that out that it was

[3:08:09] a tremendous week for small

[3:08:14] business.

[3:08:15] >> Tense when Donaldson. Yes,

[3:08:16] thanks as want to clarify that

[3:08:17] since a comment was made about

[3:08:19] my comments that is a great

[3:08:23] neighborhood to live in. I

[3:08:24] mean, wouldn't want to live

[3:08:25] there during a concert and try

[3:08:26] to get any sleep is what I

[3:08:27] meant or put your kids to bed

[3:08:31] or I've had pilots tell me

[3:08:32] that they don't feel like

[3:08:33] they're well rested the next

[3:08:35] day because they can sleep. So

[3:08:36] that's what I'm talking about.

[3:08:37] Not the neighborhood in

[3:08:40] general, the noise pollution,

[3:08:41] which they have to deal with

[3:08:45] during the concerts.

[3:08:50] COUNCILMAN Daily.

[3:08:53] >> just wanted again to

[3:08:54] respond to that, that it's

[3:08:56] great place to live all the

[3:08:58] time. I talked a lot of people

[3:09:00] are there and actually do get

[3:09:02] some sleep and enjoy the

[3:09:06] concerts. What some people

[3:09:07] call noise not the same

[3:09:09] definition for everyone. And I

[3:09:10] know that the city has some

[3:09:11] standards and that the city is

[3:09:13] working to make sure that

[3:09:17] those standards are met. We'll

[3:09:18] talk more about I'm sure in

[3:09:23] the future.

[3:09:25] >> Okay. So I don't see any

[3:09:26] more COUNCILMAN Update for

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