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[1:31] Good evening. I'd like to call to order the City Council meeting for the City of Weekend Ridge, Colorado, for November 14th, 2022. Would you please stand as you are able to join me in the pledge allegiance to the flag?
[2:09] Would the clerk please call the roll of the members?
[2:13] Here, Mr. Stites.
[2:15] Here, Dr. Weaver.
[2:20] Ms. Hoppe.
[2:21] Here.
[2:23] Ms. Oltene.
[2:24] President.
[2:25] Mr. Oltene.
[2:27] Here.
[2:27] Ms. Dozman.
[2:29] Here.
[2:30] Ms. Nassler, back.
[2:31] Here.
[2:32] Mr. Mayor, all eight members of Councilor President.
[2:34] We have a corner.
[2:35] Thank you.
[2:37] Councilor's in your package.
[2:38] You have minutes for August 22, 2022 City Council meeting.
[2:42] August the 12th 2022 City Council meeting, September the 19th 2020 to a special
[2:49] study session, September the 19th 2022 special meeting, September 26 2022
[2:56] a City Council meeting, October 3rd 2022 a study session and October 17 2022.
[3:05] Ms. Councilperson Hoppy.
[3:08] Thank you, Ms. Mary, I have one small change.
[3:10] some minutes of October 3rd, I was the one running the meeting, it claims it says Mayor
[3:17] Potem happy, I think it should perhaps say former Mayor Potem happy in front just to be
[3:22] more clear.
[3:28] Are there any other corrections to be noted in the minutes?
[3:32] Okay, so they will be accepted as clarified, therefore, clerk, are there any changes noted
[3:39] to the agenda?
[3:40] If not, we will let the agendas stand so ordered, and we've got some proclamations.
[3:57] I'd like to invite the Machi de Lett to the podium.
[4:04] Thank you for joining us today.
[4:07] We have a proclamation in support of small business Saturday, which is November 26th, 2022.
[4:16] Whereas the city of Wheat Ridge recognizes the importance of local small businesses, and
[4:21] significant contributions they make to our local economy and community, and whereas, according
[4:28] to the United States Small Business Administration, there are 31.7 million small businesses
[4:34] in the United States that employ 47.1% of the employees in the private sector. And whereas,
[4:42] small businesses are critically important to the overall economic health of the United States,
[4:47] highlighting the impact of supporting local small businesses in communities like
[4:52] wheatridge. And whereas, wheatridge local businesses create jobs, boost out
[4:58] local economy.
[5:00] Community, and contribute to the vibrancy of our neighborhoods. And the City of Wheat Ridge remains committed to providing entrepreneurs, and small business owners that support they need to thrive and grow.
[5:13] And whereas advocacy groups, local governments, and public and private organizations, including the Wheat Ridge Chamber of Commerce, and the Wheat Ridge Business Association, support the Saturday after Thanksgiving as small business Saturday.
[5:30] Now, therefore, I've led Starker, Mayor of the City of Woodridge, and the Woodridge City Council,
[5:36] to hereby proclaim November 26, 2022, a small business Saturday, and encourage all of our citizens
[5:43] to support small businesses in their communities.
[5:47] My feet would like to say a few words.
[5:51] Thank you so much.
[5:52] Thank you, Mayor.
[5:53] And thank you, Council members, and for recognizing this day,
[5:57] So, small businesses is a integral part of this community, and we appreciate, as a present
[6:07] of the British Business Association, I thank you all for this recognition.
[6:13] Thank you.
[6:14] Thank you.
[6:14] Thank you.
[6:15] Thank you so much.
[6:25] Our next proclamation is designation of November, November, as Native American heritage
[6:30] month.
[6:31] Whereas during Native American heritage month, we celebrate the rich tapestry of the
[6:37] digits of peoples and honor their sacrifices, which we recognize it's inextricably
[6:43] woven into the history of our country.
[6:46] And whereas Native Americans have moving stories of tragedy, triumph, and perseverance
[6:52] that need to be shared with future generations.
[6:55] And we're as Native Americans have enriched our heritage and continue to add to all aspects
[7:02] of our society through their generosity of culture and the continued practice of teaching
[7:07] economic, environmental, and cultural sustainability.
[7:11] And we're as our country is blessed by the character and strength exemplified by the Native
[7:16] Americans who have answered the call of service in our armed forces in greater numbers per
[7:22] than any other group in the United States.
[7:26] We honor our Native American veterans and those who serve an active duty for their bravery
[7:33] and sacrifice.
[7:35] And whereas the land acknowledgment committee in the city of wheatridge is working actively
[7:40] to honor Indigenous people who have lived and worked on the land we now call home.
[7:46] And whereas the city of wheatridge is committed to developing and being tending relationships
[7:51] with local tribal communities, and who are as, during the month of November, we honor
[7:57] our native peoples, and this their ancestral home, and recognize their continued contribution
[8:02] in strengthening the diversity of our society.
[8:07] Now, therefore, I'd budd stark in May of the City of Weakridge, and the Weakridge City Council
[8:10] to hereby proclaim November 2022, as Native American Heritage Month in the City of Weakridge,
[8:17] and encourage all residents to join in the observance.
[8:31] I would like to invite Sergeant Jamie Watson to the podium to join me.
[8:45] Are you tonight?
[8:51] This is a proclamation for Veterans Day, November 11th, 2022,
[8:57] and National Veterans and Military Families Month, November 2022.
[9:04] Whereas America has the greatest armed forces in the history of the world,
[9:07] And whereas we owe a debt we can never repay to those who have served, who serve, and those who serve alongside them, their families and caregivers.
[9:19] And whereas we recognize and thank our service personnel, their families and caregivers, for their indispensable contributions and immeasurable sacrifices in support of our national security.
[9:32] And whereas, as we approach this season of Thanksgiving, we send our gratitude to millions of
[9:39] service members, veterans, military families, caregivers, and survivors who have served and
[9:45] continued to serve our nation.
[9:49] And whereas, it is not only the person who wears the uniform
[9:53] serving our country, but also their families who make enormous sacrifices for our nation.
[9:58] And we're...
[10:00] As our veteran and military families do so much and ask for so little, they are strong and adaptable, changing
[10:08] course to accommodate the needs of our country, often foregoing personal wishes. They are capable
[10:14] and proud, holding down the home front during their loved ones deployment, coping through their
[10:29] when they come home. And whereas we honor them and their
[10:35] invaluable contributions, we share in the pride and our armed forces,
[10:40] and we will never forget that they and their loved ones do for us.
[10:46] Now therefore I bloodstark in the air of the city of Weitrich
[10:49] in the Weitrich City Council who hereby proclaim November 2022
[10:53] as National Veterans and Military Families Month and recognize and honor
[10:59] veterans on Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11th, 2022.
[11:05] Throughout November, a great foundation in the City of Wheat Ridge
[11:08] can show appreciation to the spouses, partners, children, caregivers,
[11:13] and survivors of our service members and veterans
[11:17] for their selfless sacrifice on behalf of our nation.
[11:27] Mr. Mayor, City Council and City Manager Patrick Goff,
[11:31] I've been asked to accept this proclamation several times in the past and it always gives
[11:37] me such great pleasure and honor to accept this proclamation and the feeling that it
[11:41] gives me insight not just for me but for the other veterans and family members is beyond
[11:47] words.
[11:49] This is something that means so much to each of us.
[11:52] It's nice to know I've been deployed three times and it's nice to know that when we leave
[11:57] we have a family back here with the City of Wheat Ridge to come home to.
[12:01] And not only do we have the family here that takes care of us while we're gone, we have people
[12:06] in this organization who help in remaining contact with our families to help our families through
[12:11] everything.
[12:12] So it's an honor and a pleasure to be here again this year.
[12:15] So on behalf of the current veterans, past veterans and future veterans of the City of Wheat Ridge
[12:23] As employees and citizens, I graciously accept this and I'm proud again to take care of this
[12:28] for another year.
[12:29] Thank you.
[12:45] I'd like to ask Angel Lake Pierre to join me in the podium.
[13:01] This is a proclamation and support of law enforcement records personnel appreciation
[13:05] week.
[13:06] November 14th through 1822, whereas dedicated law enforcement records personnel serve as state of
[13:15] to provide communities with vital services, and whereas law enforcement's records personnel are crucial to assisting law enforcement agencies identify, pursue, capture, and process suspects.
[13:30] And whereas these professionals continually use their expertise and experience in maintaining criminal justice standards and improving apprehension strategies.
[13:40] And we're as the efficiency of the qualified and dedicated personnel who staffed law enforcement records
[13:47] is influenced by their positive attitude and understanding of the importance of the work they perform.
[13:54] And we're as law enforcement's records personnel serving the state of Colorado, exhibit professionalism,
[14:01] efficiency and compassion during the performance of their essential duties every day.
[14:07] And we're asked, the City of Weedridge is proud to the dedicated police department and records professionals
[14:13] who respond to the needs of officers and detectives while also serving our community members
[14:19] with care and compassion during what for them is often a very difficult time.
[14:27] And we're asked, the State of Colorado has designated the second week in November
[14:32] to recognize law enforcement, law enforcement records personnel.
[14:38] Now, therefore, I, Bud Starker, may owe the City of Wheat Ridge and the Wheat Ridge City Council.
[14:43] Hereby, proclaim November 14th, 2022, to November 18th, 2022.
[14:49] As law enforcement records personnel appreciation week and ask our citizens to join in this celebration.
[14:57] Thank you.
[15:02] So, Mayor Starker and City Council, Mr. Goff and Ily, and especially Chief Murza, who couldn't be here, but also our officers and detectives. Thank you so much, because I've worked for other agencies. This department, the city, treats all of our personnel and records. As civilians, they treat us as part of the blue family, and it's very nice to have that opportunity to be part of that and support them, so thank you very much for this.
[15:28] Okay. Thank you.
[16:10] Now going.
[16:21] Okay.
[16:21] We're now going to our public's right to speak.
[16:24] Members of the public may come and speak on any matter.
[16:27] Not on the agenda for maximum of three minutes under public's right to speak.
[16:33] I have several people who have signed up to speak.
[16:36] And when I call your name, you should please come to the podium.
[16:39] And please give us your first name and last name.
[16:41] If you please spell your last name.
[16:43] And give us your address.
[16:45] then the clerk will start the timer and you'll have three minutes to address the council.
[16:49] Our first speaker is Lee Recha, and the Rosemary looks like Bowden on deck.
[17:07] Lee Recha, RECCA, and I live at 44-75 Brentwood Street.
[17:14] I'm returning today to again ask that a study group
[17:20] performed to stop the opening of a firearms supply store at
[17:24] 9166 West 44th Avenue, just 225 feet away from Anderson
[17:31] Pool and within walking distance of at least three schools.
[17:37] Again, store at this location presents an unacceptable risk to the
[17:42] and cool users and the community.
[17:46] There are two access ways from the gun store to the pool.
[17:50] One goes in between buildings, trees, and parked cars with lots of cover and hiding places,
[17:58] and the other is a sidewalk leading from the corner directly to the pool.
[18:03] A gunman could walk there and shoot through the open,
[18:08] There are several ways this gun store could be stopped.
[18:14] The Federal Gun Free School Zones Act prevents firearms within
[18:20] 1000 feet of a school. Anderson Park has a swimming school
[18:26] and other educational activities. In addition,
[18:30] Compass Montessori School is four blocks west and school children regularly walk down 44th Avenue past that side.
[18:41] Schools own means in on the grounds of or within 1,000 feet of the grounds of a school.
[18:49] In addition, there is a new state law that gives localities more leeway to impose restrictions on gun trafficking.
[18:59] SB 51-256 called the local regulation of firearms enables a local government to enact an
[19:11] ordinance regulation or other law governing or prohibiting the sale purchase or transfer
[19:18] of a firearm ammunition or accessory.
[19:23] But the most compelling reason I think for keeping a gun shop out of the entrance to Anderson
[19:28] part is to avoid destroying the sense of security in our community that allows people to take
[19:36] their children and grandchildren to the park or pool. It is a tradition to take my six grandchildren
[19:43] to the carnation festival. The circus, the fireworks, Anderson Park, concerts,
[19:58] and the
[19:59] and many other
[20:00] We urge residents feel the same way. The gun shop would most certainly lead to a sharp reduction in attendance and proceeds.
[20:10] Due to these concerns, I again ask that a task force be appointed to investigate this and make recommendations.
[20:19] Thank you.
[20:20] Thank you.
[20:25] Our next speaker is Rosemary Bowden.
[20:34] Rosemary Bowden, B-O-W-D-N, 35-35 Deadly Street,
[20:39] we were to Colorado. I received a letter from the city that it said as a result,
[20:44] the city council will be considering the request for traffic
[20:47] cleaning measures on Deadly Street. On an on schedule for November 14th,
[20:52] 7pm here. It's not on the agenda. Am I missing something?
[20:57] I'm here to respond to the letter that said this was on the agenda tonight.
[21:01] it's none of the agenda. What have you wronged?
[21:04] You didn't do anything wrong, sorry. It was pulled from the agenda. There was, as one of
[21:09] your neighbors, pulled their signature. I believe from the petition, so we could bring in
[21:13] front of Council tonight. That's good.
[21:14] I believe on the way that's good. I believe a letter went out, speaking of the pulling
[21:22] from the agenda, so apologize you didn't receive that time.
[21:24] All right. No who knows.
[21:25] You want to take off? Sorry about that.
[21:34] Thank you.
[21:36] Our next speaker is Walter.
[21:42] Courtable.
[21:44] I'm going to let you give, I'm going to let you give me a good pronunciation on that, sir.
[21:50] Walter cordial, K-O-R-D-Z-E-I-E-L, and
[21:55] I live at 35-35 W-3-D also.
[21:58] I was going to speak on behalf of the letter also,
[22:01] of the response to the speed bumps in the parking
[22:05] signs, but I guess that'll be a little later date.
[22:08] OK.
[22:08] Thank you very much, sir.
[22:11] I don't have anyone else signed up to speak
[22:14] under public's right to speak.
[22:16] And let me also note that if you are joining us online,
[22:20] you may raise your hand in the virtual format,
[22:22] and we will bring you into the meeting.
[22:24] And if you do that now, I'll ask the clerk
[22:27] if anyone has raised their hands.
[22:29] OK, and there's no one else to come
[22:31] for to speak, so we'll close that, pardon me, portion of our agenda, and move to agenda
[22:38] item number one, and Councillor Nostra Beck, would you please introduce that item?
[22:43] Thanks, Mayor.
[22:44] Council Bill number 18-2022, an ordinance amending sections 2-89, and 11-565 of the
[22:56] reach code of laws to provide an administrative subpoena process for hotel licensing.
[23:02] At issue, this council bill emends the reach code of laws to authorize the issuance
[23:07] of administrative subpoenas for records related to hotel licensing requirements.
[23:16] Thank you.
[23:17] This is an ordinance on second reading.
[23:19] It is not quasi judicial, and it is a public hearing.
[23:23] I'm going to open the public hearing.
[23:26] Mr. Gawft, we have a staff presentation on this item.
[23:29] Mr.
[23:31] Mayor, for this presentation, I'd like to introduce Nicholas Klein, who's a new attorney
[23:37] in our office.
[23:38] He's over here, and he's going to make the presentation on this ordinance.
[23:42] He's drafted it.
[23:43] He's worked with the city staff in creating that.
[23:45] And of course, this ordinance furthers the city's goals around the hotel licensing process
[23:51] that has been important to the council, and you've been working on for some time.
[23:55] So, like to introduce Nick, and he can take the podium and tell you about it.
[23:58] Very good, Mr. Kleinfield.
[23:59] You want to sit at the podium and I'll ask the clerk to tell him to turn off our red light.
[24:06] There you go.
[24:07] Good evening, everyone.
[24:09] So this is a pretty straightforward simple ordinance that the men's chapter two in chapter 11.
[24:16] And it all stems from a United States Supreme Court case Los Angeles versus Patel.
[24:22] There, what do you know?
[24:24] They also consider a hotel licensing scheme.
[24:27] And they held the scheme to be facially unconstitutional because, at the time, when administrative
[24:35] warrants, or administrative subpoenas would be issued to inspect books for hotels, there
[24:42] was no appeal process that hotel owners could undertake, and in effect, you could either decide
[24:50] be complied with the subpoena or be punished. And that is what was present in chapter 2.
[24:58] So, as you will see it, it's...
[25:00] We amended the language to make it unlawful for a party to refuse to obey a subpoena. Unless that party is pending administrative appeal concerning that subpoena.
[25:15] And in response to that, we also added to section 11, 565, a power for the city's
[25:24] treasure or their doesn't need to issue these administrative subpoenas.
[25:30] The administrative subpoenas are pretty normal.
[25:35] In fact, the Supreme Court wants so far to say that procedures like this are ubiquitous.
[25:40] So, this isn't anything out of the ordinary legally, but the lack of an appeals process for
[25:48] the administrative subpoena was something that our office highlighted and wanted to
[25:53] make sure that it made the code.
[25:56] And I think that kind of sums up what I have to talk about, but there's any questions I'm
[26:01] happy to answer.
[26:02] Okay.
[26:03] Thank you.
[26:03] Before we go to questions from Council, I would like to open this up for the public to come
[26:07] forward and speak on this issue.
[26:08] I don't believe I had anybody signed up to speak on this one, but if you are here and would like to speak, you may come to the podium now.
[26:16] And if you're on line, you can raise your hand and I don't see anybody coming, so I'll go to questions from Council.
[26:25] That's going twice.
[26:26] Thank you, Mr. Klein, looks like we don't have any questions.
[26:28] Thanks for having me.
[26:29] Have that.
[26:29] Thank you.
[26:30] Okay.
[26:31] Before I close the public hearing, are there any other questions that Councillors have for a staff?
[26:38] Councillor Hobbie.
[26:39] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[26:40] Mr. Graf, can you just explain, we utilize the treasurer's office for other hearings and why not?
[26:47] Can you just explain kind of, this is going to add to that.
[26:50] So can you just kind of give us the list of the hearings that we utilize our treasurer for?
[26:56] Mr. Treasurer, do you want to come to speak today?
[26:59] Mr. Graf, may I be able to speak to it too.
[27:01] But mostly a lot of our business licensing,
[27:05] if there's a revocation, our suspension,
[27:07] and in business life scenes are any type of licensing,
[27:10] our city code, the Lausse city treasure,
[27:14] to hold a hearing if requested by the business owner.
[27:18] So, he's down a few, I believe, in a lot of sales
[27:21] tax and business licensing cases, but Chris, you want to respond to that?
[27:25] I think it's just, but the city manager said, mostly so far,
[27:28] it's been issues related to audits, things
[27:31] that you could come do for me for decisions
[27:33] when a taxpayer has a dispute.
[27:35] I really view my role as an advocate for the taxpayer,
[27:40] work as someone like an Ed Spudsman role,
[27:43] and listen to them. They're side of the story.
[27:44] An advocate on their behalf when it comes to things like audit hearings.
[27:47] So far, we haven't had anything of business license come to my attention.
[27:51] There were some rumblings about a couple that I was prepping for,
[27:54] but the issue was openly resolved.
[27:57] So this would add to those other list of potential issues
[28:00] that are related to business licensing.
[28:02] And just for the record, give us your name and your position.
[28:07] I'm Chris Miller, so he tried to.
[28:08] Thank you, Chris.
[28:09] Thank you.
[28:10] I just wanted to bring that up just to point out that it's not unusual for us to utilize our
[28:14] Treasurer's office in this way.
[28:16] Thank you.
[28:18] Any further questions before I close the public hearing?
[28:23] Would you please have a motion?
[28:25] I'm going to have to approve council bill number 18-2022 in ordinance amending sections
[28:33] 2-89 and 11-5565 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws to provide an administrative subpoena
[28:42] subpoena process for hotel licensing and that it take 15 day that it take effect 15 days after
[28:51] final publication.
[28:53] We have a motion.
[28:53] And the second, my Councillor Stites, is there any discussion on the motion?
[28:59] Seeing none.
[29:00] Will the clerk please fold the council?
[29:08] Mr. Mayor, the motion passage unanimously.
[29:10] Thank you.
[29:12] We will go to agenda item number two.
[29:14] Councillor Stites, would you please introduce this item?
[29:16] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[29:17] Resolution number 39-22, a resolution declining full participation in the Colorado
[29:23] Pate Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program.
[29:25] At issue, the Colorado paid family and medical leave insurance act was passed by voters at the November
[29:32] 2020 election.
[29:33] The new law requires all employers to provide paid family and medical leave to its employees
[29:38] through a state managed program, which is funded by employer and employee paycheck with
[29:43] holdings.
[29:44] Local governments have the option to decline participation in the program.
[29:48] Thank you.
[29:49] This will be a resolution of the council.
[29:51] It is a public hearing.
[29:52] It is not quasi-judicial. I'm going to open the public hearing. And Mr. Gough, do we have a staff presentation?
[29:59] We do. I'll turn it over.
[30:00] Alley checker, administrative services director, we have some of our folks from our terrific HR department,
[30:05] children or do so.
[30:06] Thank you, Mr. Gough. Alley checker, nice to see everybody. They are terrific, so this is
[30:12] Michael Klassen, our HR manager, who I believe you saw last year in June, and also Melissa
[30:17] Long, who's our newest HR business partner, who's doing amazing job, and has been leading the initiative on
[30:22] Colorado family. Who you also heard from in June, and Melissa is going to walk you through, where we're at today
[30:27] then ask for your help. Thank you.
[30:32] Good evening. We're going to talk to you briefly about the Colorado
[30:34] paid family and medical leave insurance program.
[31:05] As you may recall, this program is going to provide
[31:07] up to 12 weeks of paid leave to employees that work in the state. This program is going to be funded by
[31:14] premiums that are assessed against an employee's wages and that will begin in January. Local government
[31:20] employers do have the option of opting out of participating in the program. If they take a vote
[31:26] by their governing body, and as vote must be done and registered with the state no
[31:32] later than January 1st.
[31:37] At the June 27th study session, we provided an in-depth review and analysis of this program
[31:43] and at that time we recommended opting out of participating.
[31:47] You provided consensus to us to move forward with the opt-out process and to draft a proposal
[31:54] for a city-specific paid leave program.
[32:01] Our draft proposal which is outlined in your packet would provide up to 12 weeks of paid
[32:07] leave for city employees for the same reasons as outlined in the Family Program.
[32:13] Employees would use PTO or an existing sick leave bank to cover the first 40 hours of leave
[32:19] and the last 40 hours of leave if needed.
[32:23] No premiums would be assessed against an employee's wages
[32:26] and the wage replacement for all the employees would be 100%.
[32:33] We have provided a chart for comparing the family program with our proposed city paid leave program.
[32:41] And we do anticipate reviewing this program after the first year to assess its efficacy
[32:47] and to make any changes if necessary.
[32:55] We have provided quite a bit of outreach to our employees over the last month and a half.
[33:00] We provided two city-wide town halls to present information on the family program and answer questions.
[33:08] We also sent out multiple emails to all of our staff with background information on the family program
[33:13] and notice of this meeting and the opportunity to provide comment. We do welcome any feedback tonight
[33:21] and we also recommend voting to opt out of participating in the family program. Mr. Mayor, that does conclude our
[33:28] presentation tonight.
[33:32] Thank you very much. Before we go to questions of Council, I will open this up to the public. I don't have anyone signed up to speak on this.
[33:39] But if you are here and would like to speak, you may do so now by coming to the podium. And if you are online, you may raise your hand and we'll bring you into the discussion, but I don't see any public speaking on this one.
[33:57] I'll go with questions from Council.
[34:03] Looks like we don't have any questions.
[34:06] So thank you very much for your overview of this item.
[34:12] Council, any other things that we should ask
[34:16] before we ask for a motion.
[34:18] So I'm going to close the public hearing.
[34:21] And Councillor Stites may have a motion on this item.
[34:23] It's not so bad.
[34:24] I'm sorry, Mr. Nostra Beck, I missed your hand.
[34:27] I just wanted to make a comment.
[34:29] I know that when we were first discussing this, I really put everybody through a lot of questions on it and a lot of that came from
[34:46] my concern that we really were opting into a better program than what was being offered and I just really want to thank everybody
[34:54] on staff for really stepping and up and answering all of my questions.
[35:00] And I think this is a really comprehensive first go at this, and one of the things I really appreciate about the program as it's laid out here is that it also gives us an opportunity to revisit it to make sure that it's actually working for our employees and fitting their families lives and their needs.
[35:27] So just really appreciate all the time and effort and y'all are great.
[35:34] Thank you.
[35:37] Councilor Stites may have a motion on this item.
[35:39] Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
[35:40] I moved to approve resolution number 39-22, a resolution declining full participation in the
[35:45] Colorado paid family medical leave insurance program.
[35:50] Second by Councillor Weaver is their discussion on the motion.
[36:00] Thank you Mr. Mayor, and I also wanted to thank staff for coming forward with an alternative plan.
[36:06] I do want to go on record saying that I feel like it's poor policy for the government to impose legislation.
[36:12] And I know that this was voted upon by our electorate.
[36:16] But also the fact that there's an exemption for local governments in the case that it's burdensome on our small businesses.
[36:23] and I feel like this is going to be a pretty detrimental, I've heard from several small business
[36:28] owners in our community indicating how much this is going to hurt them and I think
[36:33] us realizing that we are wanting to opt out, given the choice to do so, we recognize
[36:39] that it's an undue burden and so it's a little frustrating. Thank you.
[36:45] Any further discussion? Seeing none will the clerk please pull the council.
[36:52] Mr. Mayor, the motion has passed.
[36:55] Good anonymously.
[36:56] Thank you.
[36:59] We will move now to agenda item number three.
[37:01] Councilor Oam.
[37:02] Would you please introduce this item?
[37:05] Thank you, Mayor.
[37:06] Council Bill number 20 dash 2022.
[37:09] Annorns amending sections 22 dash 58.
[37:12] And 22 dash 67.
[37:13] Or the weaver is called a laws to establish an exemption in the city sales.
[37:17] And use tax for carry out big fees and active by the state of Colorado.
[37:21] at issue the Colorado State Legislature adopted a
[37:24] carryout bag fee effective January 1st, 2023, which by January 1st,
[37:29] 2022, prohibits all retailers with a few specific exemptions from providing
[37:33] single-use plastic bags, carryout bags are currently subject to local
[37:37] sales tax as a hormonal city. We were just able to establish its own laws
[37:41] including the ability to exempt from taxation, certain goods and services.
[37:46] The attach ordinance and acts such an exemption for the city.
[37:49] Thank you very much. This is an ordinance on first reading to set the date time and location for a public hearing.
[37:55] Councilor Omey, I have a motion on this item.
[37:59] Yes, Mayor.
[38:01] I move to approve council bill number 20-22.
[38:04] In order to make sections 22-58 and 22-67.
[38:08] of the Weaver's Colosses to establish an exemption from the city's sales and he's tax
[38:13] for babies and acted by the state of Colorado on first reading or to publish public hearing
[38:17] set for Monday November 28, 2022 at St. P.M. has a virtual meeting and city council chambers.
[38:23] If allowed to be in person on that day per a COVID-19 restrictions and that it takes effect 15 days
[38:28] after final publications. Second. Second by council by a mayor
[38:35] is there any discussion on the motion?
[38:42] There're a lot of action in the council.
[38:45] OK, seeing none will the clerk, please,
[38:47] pour the council.
[38:53] The motion, seconded by every member of council,
[38:57] the motion has been fasted unanimously.
[38:59] OK, thank you so much.
[39:01] That will take us to agenda item number four.
[39:03] Once again, Councillor Oam would you please introduce this item?
[39:06] Thank you Mayor, Council Bill number 21-22 in order
[39:10] provision the rezoning a property located at
[39:14] 7525 West 44th Avenue from commercial one to mixed use commercial and you see case number
[39:20] WZ-22-08 at issue the applicant requesting approval of a zone change from commercial one to
[39:26] mixed use commercial for probably locate 7525 West 24th Avenue zone change result in the
[39:32] zone that matches surrounding zoning and enables redevelopment of the side by expanding
[39:36] permitted uses. Thank you this is an ordinance on first reading to set the date time and
[39:42] location for public hearing accounts are on me. I have a motion on this item. Yes, Mayor.
[39:48] I'm moved to recommend council bill number 21 dash 2022 and ordinance approving the
[39:52] rezoning of property located at 7525 West 44th Avenue from commercial one to mixed
[39:57] commercial and you see in first reading or
[40:00] Our public hearing set from Monday, December 12th, 2022 at 7 p.m. as a virtual meeting and city council chambers have
[40:06] needed to meet in person on that day per COVID-19 restrictions and that it takes effect 15 days after final
[40:11] publication.
[40:13] We have a motion and a second by Councillor Dozman. Is there discussion on the motion?
[40:21] There is no discussion, Mr. Clerk. Please, please, Paul the Council. Thank you.
[40:32] Thank you. Mr. Redmotion has passed unanimously.
[40:35] Okay. Thank you.
[40:37] We will now go to agenda item number five.
[40:43] Councillor Hutchinson, would you please introduce this item?
[40:46] Thank you, Mayor.
[40:48] This is a motion to approve the selection of public art
[40:51] for the improved Wadsworth project to JTAF studios.
[40:56] At issue, the improved Wadsworth project
[41:01] includes funding for public art.
[41:03] The process for selecting public error is defined in the public error management plan.
[41:09] For this process, a series of public error pieces proposed by the JCAF Studios team have been commissioned.
[41:18] JCAF Studios proposal was selected by an appointed committee for recommendation to the Cultural Commission.
[41:25] The Cultural Commission reviewed the proposal and purified the defying process would like
[41:32] to make recommendation to city council for acceptance and purchase.
[41:37] The purchase price of $475,000 includes design, construction, installation and documentation.
[41:48] Thank you very much.
[41:49] This will be a motion of the council and we're looking forward to it.
[41:53] So it is not quasi-judicial, so let's go off to the other, hopefully, stay a presentation
[41:58] on this item.
[42:00] We do.
[42:00] Karen O'Donnell, our Parks and Recommanager, sir.
[42:03] I'm a manager.
[42:04] You demoted me.
[42:05] What did I say?
[42:06] Parks and Rec Director.
[42:07] I'm just kidding.
[42:08] Hi.
[42:08] Good evening, Mayor.
[42:09] In members of Council.
[42:10] My name is Karen O'Donnell, Director of Parks and Recreation, and it is my pleasure to introduce
[42:15] our Public Art Consultant for the City, Kendall Peterson, with their squared.
[42:20] She's going to talk you through the public art process associated with the Wadsworth lightning project and ask for your support to move forward at the end.
[42:31] Good evening everyone.
[42:34] Good morning.
[42:35] Good evening.
[42:36] That's fine.
[42:36] Nice to finally meet you.
[42:37] Nice to meet you.
[42:38] Thank you very much for inviting me to talk a little bit about this project.
[42:44] I'm going to move fairly quickly.
[42:46] Please interrupt me if you have questions.
[42:49] It's hard to consolidate months of decision making into this short little presentation.
[42:56] Mayor Starker was on our selection panel, so please type in if you would like to.
[43:01] Okay.
[43:02] Thank you.
[43:02] I don't know if that's a protocol or not, so.
[43:05] But anyway, you all know very much about the whole purpose and need of the Wadsworth
[43:10] the public, sorry, the Wadsworth project, but we're here to talk about the public art that it will,
[43:18] oh my
[43:38] goodness, it happens to me all the time.
[43:45] Oh,
[44:04] did it go?
[44:06] I thought, just click it.
[44:11] So we're just using them outside.
[44:16] And it seems to me.
[44:19] Oh, it's so weird.
[44:20] It's with, when we share screens, we zoom.
[44:22] It won't zoom out.
[44:24] That's a good picture.
[44:35] Okay, I'm working now, it's working now, but guys, okay, okay, okay. So these are just the topics we'll cover very, very briefly.
[44:45] First of all, you all know what's going on, what's worth, I actually just drove past it a couple days ago to check out the progress.
[44:53] It's really exciting what's going on there and the project is primarily a street you know trying to make
[45:00] I think safer and make it more easy for you to walk and ride down the street, but ultimately the public
[45:07] art will serve as a gateway to your community. So that is an exciting thing to be adding to the
[45:13] project. So this is our selection panel. You can see that we had a cultural commissioner and then
[45:21] this is the required group that we need to do for every selection that we do for public art.
[45:28] This
[45:29] It was given to me at the early stages, so this is sort of an outlay of where public art might be needed in parts of the project, so if you'll see it's kind of hard to tell, but at the north entry on Wadsworth there is an area where we kind of conceived of having a gateway piece of a vertical piece of artwork, and then several areas on the median, the raised median, which kind of protects the artwork, and then further down on Wadsworth.
[45:59] There is an opportunity for possible mural on a noise wall that's being created in front of a retirement community.
[46:08] So this is the sound wall location at the lower end of the project.
[46:12] It's about 140 feet long.
[46:16] So these are just some plants.
[46:17] So this shows the north end.
[46:19] There's a ramp that comes down.
[46:21] That connects the trails from Clear Creek and near the park.
[46:25] And then it'll come down.
[46:26] So there's a really nice area where you can have a sculpture, a tall sculpture right there.
[46:31] All of these locations were discussed with the group and we wanted to make sure that we
[46:36] had consensus that this is the areas that we should consider.
[46:40] So those were the three areas that went out to a request for qualifications via callforentry.org.
[46:47] That is a sort of an industry standard where public artists can apply for art opportunities
[46:52] around the nation.
[46:54] We were giving Colorado artist preference.
[46:57] We did not want to limit it just to Colorado artists because it's such a big splashy
[47:03] commission.
[47:05] So we made sure that Colorado artists were given preference.
[47:08] And the way we did that was sort of at every stage we would look at where the artists were
[47:12] coming from and discuss whether or not they were Colorado artists.
[47:17] And I also made sure that all of the Colorado artists with a certain way you go through it
[47:23] you've great all these artists based on their portfolio and we made sure that all the artists
[47:28] that were out over a certain amount made it into our final consideration.
[47:34] We wanted to make sure that we gave the opportunity for artists to do one piece of either
[47:40] just the murals or the sculptural elements or the whole kit and caboodle, the idea being
[47:46] that we thought that one artist might be able to provide a whole narrative along the boulevard,
[47:51] But we also wanted to give muralists an opportunity to do something that was a point and counterpoint or artistic effect.
[47:59] So this has been kind of a long process.
[48:02] I think we had lots of scheduling issues.
[48:06] Mayor Starker is a busy guy.
[48:08] So it was it started in April and then this is kind of where we're at with the project itself.
[48:16] But you can see that we had $485,000 total budget,
[48:19] which is the 1% for a public art as required by ordinance.
[48:24] And then we subtracted a few items there for stipends to the artists.
[48:28] We always pay the artists for their proposals.
[48:30] And then call for entry.org.
[48:34] So this is the timeline that we went through.
[48:36] So you can see we had many meetings.
[48:38] I invited all the artists that were shortlisted
[48:42] to come to a virtual site visit, which was really fun.
[48:45] We did that via Zoom.
[48:46] and one of the staff members were able to show all the artists what was planned for the
[48:51] area so they got all the documents they needed that way. So this is where we are now.
[48:57] So we just submitted this to cultural council on the night and now we're coming to you all
[49:02] for approval to move forward to contract. So I'm just going to really quickly go through the
[49:08] artists and this is just happens to be in the order that they presented in. We selected seven
[49:14] artists or artists teams out of 157, I think it was, different portfolios.
[49:21] So it took a lot of time for the, for the, for the selection members to go through and
[49:26] score each of these. So we, we were, it was a long process to get to this point.
[49:30] So we brought back to muralists and then five other teams that would do the whole,
[49:37] the whole corridor ostensibly. So this is a local artist, she's out of golden Alexander
[49:44] Peter Pangburn, she's a muralist, this was her proposal and I won't go into a whole
[49:49] at a detail in these first ones just because they were not the selected artist, the one
[49:53] at the end was our selected artist.
[49:57] Alexandra's piece recalls all the time.
[50:00] The types of flora in fauna that you might find in the area, as well as some of the architectural details
[50:06] if you can see in the background. This was another mural. He is out of Florida. Jonathan proposed a piece
[50:15] that was based on sound and the idea that the sound wall would be providing a buffer for the retirement community behind.
[50:22] And also the idea that art can provide a way of buffering sound.
[50:28] So the sort of infinity symbol in the back is actually a sound wave of this perfect harmonious sound that might sort of help people.
[50:39] It was a little awkward though because they also had a sound piece and this wasn't a sound piece.
[50:45] So there was a lot of discussion around that.
[50:48] This is a piece by P2 Studio, they're out of Indianapolis and Los Angeles.
[50:54] These guys did the whole quarter-wide project, so they proposed a mural up at the north.
[51:02] I'm sorry, at the south end.
[51:03] This had also Flora and Fauna, this local to the area.
[51:06] There was some discussion about whether or not Sandhill Crane's really come through the area.
[51:12] So that was an interesting conversation.
[51:14] But also it's based on sort of this idea of threads, the threads of the community and the idea that this thread that starts on the north, which is the upper left-hand corner sculpture for the gateway, would then continue through the meetings, they're sort of these ribbons, colored ribbons that would go through the, through the meetings, and then end up at the mural.
[51:36] I think there were some concerns about climbing on the sculpture, as well as just the rigidity of the mural sculptures, but they, I think everybody appreciate their proposal.
[51:51] This is a proposal by Gordon Huder. He's out of Napha, California. He only proposed for sculptural elements, and these are elements that would be lit. All of these would be lit at night.
[52:02] that was very important to the group.
[52:04] But he actually showed them, led at night,
[52:06] and these are based on the Rocky Mountains.
[52:09] And these were colored perforated steel sculptures.
[52:15] This is a piece by Patrick Merald, who's a local artist.
[52:18] He actually went to Wheatwood High School.
[52:21] And he is also a semi-finalist for the last project
[52:24] I brought to you all.
[52:26] This, he did sculpture only as well.
[52:28] It's just a very abstract piece.
[52:31] Concentric circles made out of mirror polished steel and again, we're there were some concerns about just the the connection to the site and how this will look when there's actually a railing on this on this bike ramp that comes down
[52:47] This was the second runner at this was a real favorite of the mayors. This is
[52:52] Do it Godfrey these are his pieces that he proposed for the entry area and and also two of the median areas
[53:01] He did not have a mural proposal.
[53:04] His pieces are always in this sort of this realm.
[53:08] They're very abstract, and he likes the idea of playing
[53:10] with this sort of fluidity of what is actually really solid,
[53:15] which is core 10 steel and the way these elements fit together
[53:18] and kind of for lack of a better words,
[53:21] mushed together, and create these really interesting
[53:24] ovoid forms.
[53:27] I think everybody really appreciated the proposal.
[53:29] I think that the only thing that may have been lacking was just a sort of a psychic connection to the city of wheat ridge,
[53:37] but also there are a couple of other pieces by do it in Denver and some other neighboring cities.
[53:43] So there was concern that we've seen others and they wanted something really original.
[53:49] So the final proposal that we had was the winning proposal.
[53:53] This is JCS studios and JCS was a made up name.
[53:58] It's for individual artists that come from the neighborhoods
[54:01] around here.
[54:02] Colin Parson is the director of the art portion
[54:07] of the Arvadas Center.
[54:09] He is a wheat-riginated, also a wheat-riged farmer.
[54:13] And then a couple of other artists that kind of banded together.
[54:16] This is the first time that they proposed
[54:18] for a project like this.
[54:20] So they basically just pulled together
[54:22] and now put this proposal together as a first time.
[54:28] So, Cossacha means harvest in Spanish,
[54:31] and they started with this concept of
[54:34] these microscopic sort of slices through,
[54:37] these are slices through a wheat stock.
[54:40] And so, this is the microscopic level.
[54:42] And what they do is they taking this as sort of the idea
[54:47] of what they want to do for their mural.
[54:50] There's a little concern about the visibility of this on the mural while we'll have to be doing some sort of engineering of this to make sure it's super visible, but basically you can see
[55:00] This is a mockup that they had in their studio. It's lit from behind. And one thing that was really interesting is that they're doing zero waste in all of their proposals.
[55:12] So the idea is that these pieces that they cut out of this, they become the positives for the other sculptures that they're making. So all of this deal will be used in these sculptures.
[55:22] So this is the mural wall.
[55:25] It's really hard to see.
[55:27] These are sculptural elements based on those pieces
[55:29] that they cut out.
[55:31] These are celery seeds.
[55:34] They're sort of abstracted celery seeds.
[55:39] These are abstracted wheat berries.
[55:41] Some people took issue with this shape.
[55:44] They kind of thought it looked like horns or something
[55:46] that was a little bit too stark for the boulevard.
[55:50] So we might be switching this up a little bit too.
[55:53] maybe we'll just do celery seeds, we don't know yet, we're going to be working through that.
[55:58] That's the whole point of these proposals that they're not set into a figure out exactly
[56:02] well that will.
[56:05] And then these are the proposed, these are based on very abstracted carnations, of course,
[56:10] you are the carnation city, and we had said no carnations, but these actually are pretty
[56:15] lovely, I think.
[56:16] And all of these will be lit at night, they'll be very tall, I think the idea was that they
[56:21] to poke up above the ramp, so that you would actually see them sort of almost like buds
[56:27] of wildflowers poking up, like when you're in the spring when they come out.
[56:32] So those were the three elements, and this is some of the comments, and Mayor Starker,
[56:39] please feel free to give your ideas too, but I think the group really liked the zero-waste concept,
[56:45] I think it was really something that's neat, and we would love to be able to promote that
[56:49] when we start to roll out the sculpture.
[56:52] I think it's, it's also really cool that they're all local artists
[56:56] and that we're giving these emerging artists a chance
[56:59] at a really cool project.
[57:01] They all have very deep connections to Colorado
[57:04] and to wheat ridge and I thought they made
[57:06] a really great presentation about the whole idea of the harvest
[57:09] and the historic harvest that came from here
[57:12] but also the idea that we're harvesting the community
[57:16] and using these projects to kind of harvest
[57:19] new life for a weekage.
[57:22] Lighting will be key, and we might have some opportunities to increase this project into
[57:27] onto the bus stops.
[57:27] We have to do some questioning on whether or not that will happen.
[57:32] So in the end there were six votes for the JCS studios, one vote for DeWitt, and so the
[57:39] democracy was the JCS to move forward.
[57:44] But I think everyone was very excited and very pleased with all the results that we had
[57:48] and that's probably all the proposals.
[57:53] Well, Kendall, thank you very much, great presentation, and I want to sort of recognize Kendall
[57:58] for leading a great process.
[58:00] It was really, as you can see, really thoroughly done and a pretty engaging, a number, you
[58:07] know, a great wide variety of artists and a great interest in the project.
[58:10] She did a great job in leading that.
[58:13] I think it's going to be a really outstanding project when we get it, get it in real life.
[58:18] and I'm really excited to see it happen.
[58:22] So before we go to questions from Council,
[58:24] I would like to invite anyone in the public to come forward
[58:27] and speak on this.
[58:27] I have no one signed up,
[58:29] but if you'd like to speak on this,
[58:30] you may do so now either in person or online.
[58:34] Don't see it.
[58:35] No, see it.
[58:35] Nobody on online.
[58:37] Well, I will go to questions from Council.
[58:42] Council, woman, not for a back?
[58:46] This is the coolest.
[58:49] That was the coolest I love how creative
[58:52] It got with the slicing of the wheat stuff and that's what you're looking at.
[58:58] It's like a connection to everything and also my family's farm was at 45th and Wadsworth.
[59:11] And they grew celery.
[59:13] No way.
[59:14] And so it is historically accurate too.
[59:19] And I just, from the bottom of my heart,
[59:26] thanks for all the work that went into this and
[59:28] thanks so much to these incredible artists that are homegrown
[59:32] for stepping up and putting together a proposal that's just so
[59:37] wheat-rich.
[59:38] I have, like, if there's anything we can do to make sure that this
[59:42] just turns out just like as presented, let us know
[59:47] or me know how I can be helpful.
[59:49] This is just so great.
[59:50] Thanks for your comments.
[59:52] I'm going to give it all back to them,
[59:54] because they are over the moon.
[59:57] I have to call them tonight.
[59:59] I have to.
[1:00:00] I'd like a bunch of old photos of our salary farm and stuff, so I'd love to send those over to them, so they could leave.
[1:00:07] Yeah, contact Karen. They also grew P&E's, so thank you.
[1:00:14] Thank you. Mayor Putin.
[1:00:17] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you, everyone, who worked on this.
[1:00:20] I echo Ms. Nassler, Beck's comments. I mean, this is really exciting. First of all, it's just exciting to think of the Wadsworth project being done.
[1:00:27] I got excited to do it, but I think a couple things really excited me. One is, it is really
[1:00:37] thrilling to see such competitive proposals coming out from our own community that we
[1:00:43] have such talent here that is going up against talent across the country. And I couldn't
[1:00:48] agree more, it's both abstracted, but it's also just so deeply rooted in our identity as
[1:00:54] community so it feels to me it's really a beautiful bridge from our past to our
[1:00:59] future and I hope I hope we do a good job of educating our community about what
[1:01:06] these pieces are what they mean and making you know because it's not going to be
[1:01:09] I have a botany degree so I knew exactly what that picture was at school or
[1:01:13] I'm gonna come on but but I hope we as a city as those come in we were doing
[1:01:19] things to you know right right articles in the paper let people know and let
[1:01:24] that being ongoing like cultural conversations,
[1:01:26] that's what art is good for.
[1:01:28] So yeah, the cultural commission had the same desire,
[1:01:33] they would love to do some sort of video,
[1:01:35] or something like that kind of just educating people
[1:01:37] on why, zero waste, and why they had chosen
[1:01:42] these different elements.
[1:01:43] So hopefully we'll be able to do that
[1:01:45] so that the art program can have a little,
[1:01:49] you know, you can refer people to that.
[1:01:51] So I do actually am leading up to a question,
[1:01:53] And before I do that though, I just, we don't talk enough about the cultural commission
[1:01:57] up here.
[1:01:57] They're doing such exciting work in our community, and this is also just an example of
[1:02:02] the cafe process, bringing the best foot forward.
[1:02:06] Could somebody just remind us how these projects are funded in our city?
[1:02:11] Sorry, you can go ahead.
[1:02:13] Sure.
[1:02:14] Yeah, and I think we should give some credit to your peers many, many years ago when they
[1:02:19] created the public art funds, because it has taken a while for the money to build up.
[1:02:24] There's two different parts of the money that's going for this project is 1% of any public
[1:02:32] project.
[1:02:33] Wadsworth is a city project, a state project, 1% of the budget is set aside for public art.
[1:02:41] So the first phase of Wadsworth is about 45 million, so there's about $450,000 for this
[1:02:45] project.
[1:02:46] And we're lucky we have, we'll talk about it in budget presentation here in a couple of weeks,
[1:02:52] but we have numerous projects slated, we're working on the TOD site next for another piece of art.
[1:02:58] As you all proved to piece out that click or crossing.
[1:03:02] So really excited about these opportunities.
[1:03:05] Fantastic. Well, I am glad we are 1% for arts community and it'll make our legacy even stronger.
[1:03:10] Thank you everyone for your work and thank you Mr. Mayor for your development.
[1:03:13] Well, real pleasure, thrilled, honored for me to sit on it.
[1:03:16] Any other questions or comments before we go to a motion?
[1:03:21] Okay, seeing none, Councillor Hutchinson, may I have a motion on item number five, please?
[1:03:27] I move to approve the selection of public air for the improved Wadsworth project to JTAS studios.
[1:03:35] Second, we have a motion and a second by Councillor Stice, is there a discussion on the motion?
[1:03:48] Thank you very much.
[1:03:51] Thank you very much.
[1:03:53] Thank you so much.
[1:03:55] We will go to our next agenda.
[1:03:58] Item number six, Councillor Doesman, would you please introduce this item?
[1:04:01] Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[1:04:03] Resolution number 40-2022, a resolution emending the fiscal year 2022.
[1:04:08] Renewal wheat ridge bond projects fund to reflect the approval of a supplemental budget appropriation
[1:04:12] and the amount of $4,251,442 in to award a contract and subsequent payments to Goodland
[1:04:20] Construction Incorporated and not to exceed the amount of $7,313,186 in 74 cents for street improvements
[1:04:30] at the Wheat Ridge Ward Commuter Rail Station Area. At issue public infrastructure improvements
[1:04:36] at the Wheat Ridge Ward Commuter Rail Station Area include reconstruction of 52nd Avenue,
[1:04:40] Labor Street, Ridge Road, adjacent intersections, and improvements to Valley Water District
[1:04:44] Utilities on 50 Second Avenue.
[1:04:48] Staff is recommending that the lowest responsive bidder, goodland construction incorporated,
[1:04:51] be awarded a contract in the amount of 7,313,186 dollars in 74 cents.
[1:04:59] Thank you.
[1:04:59] This will be a rest.
[1:05:00] Resolution of the Council, not quasi-judicial, and Mr. Goth, will be a staff presentation.
[1:05:05] Yes, Lauren, make a lack of our interim community valment director, okay? Let's make a lack.
[1:05:09] Thank you. Just a couple of comments. This project feels like it's a long time coming, because it was part of that 2016 bond.
[1:05:16] So I want to speak just for a moment to the timeline, because the community and council have been very patient and seen this project delivered.
[1:05:22] And as a reminder, the goal of this project is to provide continuous sidewalks on segments
[1:05:27] of 52nd, Tabor and Ridge in the Northwest Siberia of our community, improving the street
[1:05:33] conditions really for all users up there.
[1:05:36] The bulk of our neighborhood engagement and design took place in 2019 and by 2020 we had
[1:05:41] partnerships finalized and formalized with Jeff Co.
[1:05:44] Arvada and CDOT.
[1:05:46] As you know, we've put the project in pause with the pandemic and picked up earlier this
[1:05:50] you're finalizing the design and advertising the bid.
[1:05:54] This resolution awards construction to Goodland and the next item includes an agreement
[1:05:59] with Valley Waters so that we can improve water lines at the same time.
[1:06:03] We do think construction could actually start by year-end and we'll take about a year.
[1:06:06] We know that a lot of our public engagement happened a few years ago so we do plan to partner
[1:06:11] as a city with the contractor to make sure that there's adequate communication to both
[1:06:15] the neighborhood and the public about impacts during that process.
[1:06:19] I'm here tonight with my engineering colleagues.
[1:06:21] Mark and Steve, if you've got any questions for any of us.
[1:06:25] Thank you.
[1:06:29] You're available.
[1:06:30] You're available.
[1:06:30] The only thing I would add is that we did street with back on January 10th of 2022.
[1:06:36] So we're within the one year period of being able to execute a construction contract.
[1:06:41] We only have a year to do that once we designate street with.
[1:06:44] So we did it twice.
[1:06:45] We don't have to do it a third time.
[1:06:46] So I just wanted to let everybody know that that was not going to be a thing.
[1:06:49] Thank you for, thank you for getting that done.
[1:06:53] Before we go to questions from Council,
[1:06:55] I'd like to open it to the public.
[1:06:57] If you have no one signed up to speak,
[1:06:58] if you're here, I would like to speak.
[1:06:59] You may do so now, and you may do so online,
[1:07:02] and I'll ask our clerk if anyone has come forward to speak.
[1:07:06] Okay, we'll go to questions from Council.
[1:07:10] For staff, any questions?
[1:07:12] Okay, thank you.
[1:07:14] And thank you, Ms. Mculac.
[1:07:16] Ms. Dozman, may I have a motion on this item?
[1:07:19] I move to approve resolution number 40, 2022, a resolution
[1:07:23] amending the fiscal year 2022 renewal week-rage bond projects fund to reflect the approval
[1:07:28] of a supplemental budget appropriation and the amount of 4,251,442 dollars into a water contract
[1:07:35] and approve subsequent payments to goodland construction and an amount not to exceed 7,313,186 dollars
[1:07:42] in 74 cents for street improvements at the Wheat Ridge Ward commuter rail station area.
[1:07:46] Second motion in the second by council council or hoppy is there any discussion on the motion
[1:07:54] Counselor I mayer pro Tim Holtene my comment is short
[1:07:57] Yay sidewalks. Okay, and he follow up to that. Okay
[1:08:04] Seeing no no further discussion
[1:08:06] Mr. Clerk would you please pull the council to
[1:08:13] be the motion has passed unanimously. Okay, thank you very much
[1:08:16] We will now to move to agenda item number 7 council are not slip back would you please introduce this item?
[1:08:28] Resolution number 41-2022, a resolution approving an agreement with the Valley Water District
[1:08:36] regarding water line improvements in 57, 52nd Avenue, whoa, I'm Rusty, sorry everybody.
[1:08:45] At issue public infrastructure improvements at the Wheat Ridge Ward Commuter Rail Station
[1:08:50] area include reconstruction of 52nd Avenue, Tabor Street, Ridge Road adjacent intersections
[1:08:57] and improvements to valley water district utilities in 50 second avenue. As part of the
[1:09:03] reconstruction of 50 second avenue, the valley water district needs to reconstruct a portion
[1:09:09] of their water main. The water main is in conflict with the proposed storm sewer and needs
[1:09:15] to be relocated. An agreement is needed between the city and valley water to outline each
[1:09:21] entities, responsibilities, and to detail a reimbursement obligation.
[1:09:26] Thank you.
[1:09:27] This will be a resolution to Council.
[1:09:28] It is not quite as ideal.
[1:09:30] Mr. Goff, do you have a staff presentation on this item?
[1:09:32] We don't.
[1:09:33] We don't have anything that, as Ms. McLec mentioned.
[1:09:36] This is part of the Street Projects.
[1:09:39] About the week, report stations.
[1:09:40] Okay.
[1:09:40] Any questions?
[1:09:41] Let's all right.
[1:09:41] Before we go to questions from Council, we'll go to the public for any questions.
[1:09:46] Or input on this item.
[1:09:47] I don't have anyone signed up.
[1:09:48] If you're online and want to speak on this, raise your hand.
[1:09:51] I don't see anyone doing that, so we'll go to questions from Council, Council, a person
[1:09:58] doesment.
[1:09:59] Thank you.
[1:09:59] So this is-
[1:10:00] For staff, as we are increasing development or going to be seeing more development, what is the process of engaging with like water districts and sanitation districts during the planning process?
[1:10:12] Sure, there's two primary methods. So first, any development proposal, whether it's zone change or site plan gets sent on referral to those agencies.
[1:10:22] When we get that first submittals, so that we can understand their capacity in any infrastructure requirements.
[1:10:28] And then additionally, we meet with all outside agencies, including water and sanitation on a quarterly basis,
[1:10:33] to let them know of things that may not yet be on referral, but are coming down the pipe.
[1:10:39] So, and maybe there's a third way.
[1:10:40] When we do sub-area planning, so when we did the Northwest sub-area plan, a number of years ago,
[1:10:45] We meet with utility agencies to make sure that if we have a vision that increases density and sort of a more holistic way that the districts are aware and complaining appropriately for those kinds of upgrades.
[1:10:57] Do we anticipate needing upgrades and do we have any funds set aside in case we need to subsidize those?
[1:11:04] Yeah, I don't know specifically evaluating to emphasize Mr. Westburg might know that more detail.
[1:11:09] They're not up-sized, and they're just replacing a very old line, and it's in the way of our storm,
[1:11:14] so we had to get everything to fit in there.
[1:11:17] In addition to the things that Lauren mentioned, we also, as a part of our normal design process,
[1:11:23] once we get conceptual plans, then we send those out of referral to all the dry and what utilities
[1:11:27] to do any kind of coordination, which is why you've been seeing us get them involved in rebuilding lines on 29th
[1:11:38] We're trying to partner with them and it saves the districts a lot of money when they can
[1:11:42] part of this because they're not having to pay for paper removal or
[1:11:45] restoration and traffic control and stuff.
[1:11:47] They're getting their lines replaced for a lot less money.
[1:11:49] They would if they were doing it themselves.
[1:11:53] Thank you.
[1:11:54] Any further discussion?
[1:11:56] Mayor Pro Tim Oteen.
[1:11:58] This is just a little bit tangential to this dosman's question.
[1:12:02] But Patrick remind me don't we have on a picture agenda items a discussion
[1:12:06] of our utilities and our utility districts.
[1:12:11] We will.
[1:12:11] It's not scheduled yet, but our new public work
[1:12:14] director Maria DeAndriaz is going to come in front of Council
[1:12:18] on the study sessions talk about kind of our relationship
[1:12:20] with all of our different districts.
[1:12:23] I don't get a lot of people in the community
[1:12:24] don't understand that we're not a necessary full-service
[1:12:27] city and the Mr. Dalhades, when we say we're not full-service.
[1:12:31] Because we are, we provide full-service for everything,
[1:12:33] except for utilities.
[1:12:36] And we have seven water just seven sanitary syndistics and five or six water districts and three fire districts, so we're going to have a discussion about all that in the future and how we work together.
[1:12:46] Great, thank you. Yeah, just to Mr. Osman's point, I think it's increasingly important for all of us to understand that, so thank you.
[1:12:53] any further discussion? Councillor not so back may have a motion on this item.
[1:13:00] I move to approve resolution number 41-2020 to a resolution approving an agreement with the
[1:13:07] valley water district regarding waterline improvements in 52nd Avenue.
[1:13:12] Second, a motion in a second by Councillor DOSMAN is there any discussion on the motion?
[1:13:18] Seeing none, please pull the council on.
[1:13:29] I'd be happy to Mr. Mayor. Thank you. This is a motion to approve installation of a traffic calming device on 31st place between Union, street and Vivian street in accordance with the neighborhood traffic management program.
[1:13:48] At issue, the residents, at 31st place, petitioned the city to address traffic concerns for the
[1:13:56] street segment from Union Street to Vivian, in accordance with the city's neighborhood traffic
[1:14:01] management program, the city met with residents at a neighborhood meeting and subsequently discussed
[1:14:08] and devised a plan to mitigate traffic issues. The residents then secured a petition with the necessary
[1:14:15] number of property owner signatures supporting the installation of a speed hump. Is that different
[1:14:21] than a bump? It is. Okay, all right, a speed hump. In accordance with the N T M P policy and
[1:14:31] hereby seeking approval for implementation. Thank you. This will be a motion from the council,
[1:14:39] No, not quasi-judicial.
[1:14:41] Mr. God, do we have a staff presentation on this item, any?
[1:14:45] Steve, do you have a presentation, or are you just here for questions?
[1:14:50] OK, go ahead.
[1:14:51] Mr. Steve, we're in here.
[1:14:52] Oh, Jay.
[1:14:53] Thank you.
[1:14:53] OK, Mr. Wind.
[1:14:55] Good evening, Mayor and Council.
[1:14:56] I am presenting item number eight.
[1:15:01] 31st, 31st place on a west side of town, a segment from between Union and Vivian Street, up on
[1:15:10] request of the letter on the resident to be considering the NTMP program. We are met with the residents,
[1:15:17] talk about traffic issues and plans to address those. And we have set out the plan and residents
[1:15:27] have in support of the plan and move forward with the petition with 80 percent.
[1:15:33] And so we are at a stage where we are seeking approval for the plans.
[1:15:39] We did receive one comment in advance through Wittred speaks in the comment that a resident
[1:15:45] thing that having four signs on the mitigation plan is excessive.
[1:15:51] I'm going to refer back to the exhibit in the attachment, you may see that there are
[1:15:57] are two signs that related to the speech, those are required to be a company with the
[1:16:03] speech.
[1:16:04] The other two signs are for one in curves.
[1:16:06] I think that is in response to a complaint where the President complains about speeding
[1:16:12] around the curves and those signs are for that purpose.
[1:16:18] The city staff will not include those installation if the resident collectively do not want
[1:16:26] of those sites. I do have one of our NTMP Engineer program, Engineer on call. Just in case you have for the questions on that. So with that set, I'm going to open up for questions.
[1:16:43] Thank you very much. Before we go to questions from Council, I'll open this up to the public. Once again, I don't have anyone signed up to speak.
[1:16:49] But if you'd like to speak on this, you may do some now either online by raising your hand or in person.
[1:16:54] And I don't see anybody coming forward, so we'll go to questions from Council, Mayor
[1:17:00] Pro Temlty.
[1:17:02] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[1:17:03] Steve, can you share a little bit about what type of data you collect in order to identify
[1:17:09] what the issue is on the block and what the best remedy is for it?
[1:17:14] The data we typically collect is the volumes on that street and the speeds.
[1:17:20] And our usual duration is about 48 hours.
[1:17:24] That 2-4 day counts.
[1:17:26] And we typically do that between Tuesday to Thursday.
[1:17:30] That typically represents a kind of a pattern traffic pattern on a street,
[1:17:36] whether to show whether we see a problem or not.
[1:17:41] The 2-day we use is that sometimes it has some fluctuations of day 2.
[1:17:46] kind of help us to and and typically they behave about in the same range of volume that kind of
[1:17:52] help validate whether we have a solid data collection or not. So in a location like this,
[1:17:59] so you're looking at the volume and then what type of speeds are indicative of needing
[1:18:04] some sort of speed control? Uh as far as the the way that the device collected is putty and cohorts
[1:18:12] We would have cohorts like between five and ten mile per hour,
[1:18:17] how many cars, at a certain hour, would travel in that range.
[1:18:23] And the different range we have from five mile up to a mile per hour,
[1:18:28] if they can physically pull that off.
[1:18:31] And when those data points are collected,
[1:18:34] just put in the bin for us to kind of assess how excessive
[1:18:38] speeding that a street would experience?
[1:18:44] Is it just, do they look at average against what the postage speed limit is, I mean, what's the...
[1:18:50] We look at average, but you know, the technical term we use is the quality 85% of speed.
[1:18:58] It is being looked at as 85% of the driving population driving at or below that speed.
[1:19:05] So, if I read out of 85% of speed of 35 mile per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone, that tells
[1:19:18] me that 85% of the driving population is driving at 35 mile per hour or less.
[1:19:25] I know it's hard to grasp, but you can always look at it as old quality average paid speed.
[1:19:32] So, so, so, so, so I'm going to finish it off, hopefully you get a good understanding on it.
[1:19:37] If I see a 85th percentile speed of 30 mile per hour, you know, 25 mile per hour, we see that as a problem speedy.
[1:19:46] Got it. Great. I appreciate that. Thank you.
[1:19:49] Thank you. Any further questions for staff on this?
[1:19:52] Okay, seeing none. Thank you very much, Steve.
[1:19:56] Councillor Weaver, may I have a motion on this side?
[1:19:58] You may.
[1:20:00] I move to approve installation of a traffic calming design device on 31st place between Union Street and Vivian Street in accordance with the neighborhood traffic management program.
[1:20:11] Second.
[1:20:12] We have a motion and a second point Councillor Stites. Is there discussion on the motion? Mr. Stites, Councillor Stites.
[1:20:20] I just want to thank Mr. Win. This is my neighborhood. We get a lot of complaints. Probably had for 25 years in that neighborhood.
[1:20:29] And especially with so many new young children moving in on that street, this has been a pretty big concern, and that there's two blind curves there, so really appreciate that.
[1:20:39] Thank you, sir.
[1:20:40] Thank you, any further discussion?
[1:20:42] Seeing none, will the clerk please pull the council.
[1:20:48] Mr. Rader, the motion passes unanimously.
[1:20:50] Thank you very much.
[1:20:51] We will go to agenda item number nine.
[1:20:53] Mayor Pro Tim Holtane, would you please introduce this item?
[1:20:56] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[1:20:57] I'd like to introduce a motion to approve installation of a traffic calming device on the
[1:21:01] Mar Street between 39th Avenue and 41st Avenue in accordance with the neighborhood traffic
[1:21:07] management program.
[1:21:09] At issue, residents on the Mar Street petition the city to address traffic issues for the
[1:21:14] street segment from 39th Avenue to 41st Avenue.
[1:21:18] In accordance with the city's neighborhood traffic management program, the city met with residents
[1:21:23] at a neighborhood meeting and subsequently discussed and devised a plan to mitigate traffic
[1:21:28] issues.
[1:21:29] The residents then secured a petition with the necessary number of property owner signatures,
[1:21:34] supporting the installation of a speed hump in accordance with the NTMP policy, and are
[1:21:39] hereby seeking approval for implementation.
[1:21:42] Thank you.
[1:21:42] This will be a motion of the council.
[1:21:44] It is not quasi-judicial.
[1:21:49] Mr. Godf we have a step.
[1:21:50] And if that wasn't there to do this one?
[1:21:53] Mr. Few break comments?
[1:21:55] Mr. Wind.
[1:21:57] This segment is asking for the same.
[1:22:00] And this is the more between 38 and 41 on the east side of the town.
[1:22:04] I've gone through the process by meeting with the resident,
[1:22:08] talk about issues and divisible plan for solution.
[1:22:11] And they have moved forward with the 80%
[1:22:14] if I were a petition.
[1:22:16] And therefore we're seeking for approval tonight.
[1:22:18] This is a straight stretch with the one-speak of insulation that we lay this time very straight forward
[1:22:24] Thank you for you got a question some council once again opening up to the public. I don't have anyone signed up to speak
[1:22:30] But if you want to speak now you may do so
[1:22:33] Okay, no one's coming forward. So any questions of council for
[1:22:37] staff on this item
[1:22:39] Seeing none. Oh, excuse me councilwoman revert. I would just like
[1:22:45] Would you please clarify the difference between a hump and a bump because
[1:22:48] because I just learned, and I think it's actually helpful for our audience.
[1:22:53] I could go technical on this, but...
[1:22:56] You know, yeah, no need.
[1:22:58] 30 seconds is fine.
[1:23:00] I'll make it easy.
[1:23:02] Differentiation between a speed hump and a speed bump.
[1:23:07] If you may have trouble in shopping parking lot, where the speed hump is very narrow and abrupt,
[1:23:15] that's a speed bump.
[1:23:17] A speech that we put on residents who is 14 feet wide, it has a parable shape.
[1:23:23] You can negotiate over it, I think, between 15 and 20 mile per hour without joking
[1:23:29] your car.
[1:23:30] But you can't do that over a speed bump, which you typically see in a shopping center parking
[1:23:38] line.
[1:23:40] That's the best way I can kind of differentiate it.
[1:23:42] Appreciate it.
[1:23:43] Thank you.
[1:23:44] Thank you very much.
[1:23:46] Okay, Mayor Protein, hold team may I have a motion on this item.
[1:23:51] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[1:23:51] I move to approve installation of a traffic calming device on the Mar Street between 39th
[1:23:56] Avenue and 41st Avenue in accordance with the neighborhood traffic management program.
[1:24:02] Second.
[1:24:04] We have a motion and a second by Councillor Hoppy.
[1:24:07] Is there any discussion on the motion?
[1:24:10] Seeing none will the court please pull the council.
[1:24:15] Mr. Mayor, the motion has passed unanimously.
[1:24:17] Thank you. We'll go to agenda item number 10. Councilor Hoppy, would you please introduce this item?
[1:24:27] Yes, sorry. I was just we were talking about my explanation of speed hump and speed bump and it was
[1:24:32] Comp and bump. How high-discract it?
[1:24:38] That's a good visual. Thank you. I don't know.
[1:24:42] I'm motion to approve the purchase and installation for the city's course, which is for a total of
[1:24:47] $1,6,047 in 25 cents at issue the city's course which is which facilitate internet access to every city facility are approaching and of life if a failure occurred also.
[1:25:00] All city facilities would be affected, causing severe service interruption.
[1:25:04] I wouldn't want that to happen. This will be a motion of the council. Mr.
[1:25:09] Mr. Goff, do we have a presentation on this item?
[1:25:11] Yeah, very clear. Ali Shacker, administrative service instructor.
[1:25:15] Okay. Thank you. Mr. Goff and Mr. Mayor, we just see Dubin, our new IT managers also on if we
[1:25:19] if you have any technical questions, but we couldn't agree more. We wouldn't want that to happen.
[1:25:23] When Jesse started, he didn't evaluation of our gear and learned that these are nearing
[1:25:27] of life and the most troublesome thing is with the supply chain issues as a result of the pandemic,
[1:25:32] the gear is 9 to 12 months out. And we've had a vacant network administrator position almost
[1:25:38] for the whole year since the end of February. And so we can reallocate those salary savings to
[1:25:45] pull the trigger now as opposed to make that wait until next year, I know we're nearing the end
[1:25:50] of the year, but I think it's a good opportunity to get a jump on it. So we'd like to reallocate
[1:25:55] The salary savings, this is not required, supplemental, we'd like to move ahead with your
[1:26:00] permission.
[1:26:01] Thank you.
[1:26:02] Okay, thank you very much.
[1:26:03] Before we go to questions from Council, we'll open it up to the public.
[1:26:07] No one signed up, but if you're here and would like to speak, you may do so, and online also,
[1:26:12] and I don't see anyone coming to the office.
[1:26:14] So we'll go to questions from Council.
[1:26:16] Any questions?
[1:26:17] Okay, Mayor Putin or Councilor Hoppy may I have a motion on this item.
[1:26:22] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[1:26:23] I move to approve the purchase and installation of the city's course.
[1:26:25] which is for a total of $165,047 in 25 cents.
[1:26:31] Second, we have motion, second, but I can't say,
[1:26:33] stites any discussion on the motion.
[1:26:36] Councilor Weaver.
[1:26:38] I just want to clarify that since we were talking about
[1:26:39] Humps and Bumps earlier, when I first read Core Switch,
[1:26:43] I of course pictured that there was some place in the city
[1:26:46] where there was a giant switch.
[1:26:47] Speaking of being a full service city, that we could just
[1:26:50] turn everything on, that would be nice.
[1:26:53] That would be nice, that would be nice.
[1:27:00] Did you ask me a question?
[1:27:01] No, is there a switch?
[1:27:03] You know, it's really funny.
[1:27:04] I asked our IT manager.
[1:27:07] Can you show me what this piece looks like?
[1:27:08] And it's a really big box.
[1:27:11] But yes.
[1:27:12] No.
[1:27:13] But I really like you to think there is.
[1:27:17] Exactly.
[1:27:18] It's like the Christmas light.
[1:27:20] Yes.
[1:27:21] Jessie is sitting at home right now, laughing really hard.
[1:27:24] You wouldn't tell me where that was anyway.
[1:27:25] So, it's fine.
[1:27:26] Oh, you can't get there.
[1:27:28] Thank you.
[1:27:31] Are there any further questions?
[1:27:33] Question on the motion.
[1:27:35] All right.
[1:27:36] Seeing none will the clerk please pull the council.
[1:27:43] Mr. Mayor of the motion passes unanimously.
[1:27:45] Okay.
[1:27:46] We will move now to agenda item number 11.
[1:27:49] Councillor Dosman.
[1:27:49] Would you please introduce this item?
[1:27:51] Yes.
[1:27:51] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[1:27:53] Motion to approve appointment to current vacancy on liquor licensing authority board.
[1:27:57] Add issue.
[1:27:58] One of the city's liquor licensing authority board members in District 4 has moved out
[1:28:01] of the state of Colorado. This has created a vacancy on this board.
[1:28:06] Thank you. This is a will be a motion to council and we let go. We go to the senior
[1:28:14] member so Mr. Dozman are you ready to make a motion on this item?
[1:28:21] Yes. I moved a point Anthony Ramano to the liquor licensing authority board term ending
[1:28:26] three, two, twenty, twenty, four. Second. And we have a motion and a second to buy a
[1:28:31] Councillor Nassler back. Would the clerk please pull the council.
[1:28:39] The motion passage in
[1:28:40] that was the Mr. Mayor. Thank you very much. I think that gets us through the agenda items.
[1:28:46] Let's get back to the starting page. And we will go to City Manager's Matters, Mr.
[1:28:55] off. Thank you Mr. Mayor, just a couple of items. It's going to be here before we know it.
[1:29:01] Hall of the lighting ceremony. It's coming up. I didn't put the date down. What's the date?
[1:29:06] Who knows? The December 3rd, 3 o'clock at 3 to 6 at the green on 38th Avenue. So, I hope to see you all
[1:29:13] there. I was out touring my sisters in town touring around all the great things going on in
[1:29:20] and saw that Dutch Brothers is open.
[1:29:22] If you haven't been out there, so if you have your gift card,
[1:29:25] I think you all got a gift card, maybe.
[1:29:27] So go out and enjoy a Dutch Brothers copy.
[1:29:31] And then you all should ever see
[1:29:32] your 2023 proposed budget last week.
[1:29:35] As we noted in the email that we sent out
[1:29:37] to you all last week, also reading the budget message
[1:29:41] is probably the best thing.
[1:29:42] So don't get freaked out about how big it is.
[1:29:45] If you're getting freaked out, just read the budget message, please.
[1:29:50] Second cup of coffee and best place to start, budget message really gives you the overview of the full budget, so please if you're
[1:30:00] We're running out of time, please concentrate on that. But we also encourage you to, if you need a tutorial of the budget, or if you have questions before our budget presentation on November 21st, please call Alley or myself, and we'd be happy to sit down with you, or just answer any questions.
[1:30:16] The public can access access the electronic version of the budget on what's up we
[1:30:22] reach and or they can see review a hard copy in the city clerk's office so if they
[1:30:28] want to see that they can and we look forward to present it to you on November 21st.
[1:30:34] And speaking of public art and we did briefly mention the Wheat Ridge Ward public art piece
[1:30:41] We will be looking for another elected official to sit on that.
[1:30:45] Slection committee.
[1:30:46] So if you're interested, please reach out to Karen O'Donnell.
[1:30:49] And we haven't started creating that committee yet.
[1:30:51] I don't think, but every Slection committee
[1:30:54] does have an elected official.
[1:30:56] So if you're interested, let her know.
[1:30:57] Thank you.
[1:30:58] Thank you very much.
[1:31:00] City Attorney's Matters, Mr. Dahl.
[1:31:01] Nothing tonight.
[1:31:02] Thank you.
[1:31:03] OK.
[1:31:04] Let's see.
[1:31:04] We'll go to elected officials' matters.
[1:31:06] And I notice we have our treasure with us.
[1:31:09] But I'm first going to go to work.
[1:31:10] city clerk, clerk, clerk, clerk, clerk.
[1:31:14] Last Friday, I attended a theatrical presentation
[1:31:18] by
[1:31:21] the one they called us city players or something like that.
[1:31:26] Out on 38 Avenue, New Year's Shared, they were in a strip mall.
[1:31:31] They were a fledgling organization who presented the ancient Greek
[1:31:36] comic tragedy, licensed drama, and you don't know what it's about.
[1:31:42] The women of a particular Greek city decide to keep their men home for more, by going on a sex strike when they come back from their latest deployment, I guess, will call.
[1:31:55] There was a great deal of good acting. I highly recommend that you go and check them out.
[1:32:00] They are a fledgling group. You are not going to see something that recently appeared on
[1:32:06] Broadway or off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off.
[1:32:10] But it is a new artistic opportunity in the city, and I wanted to mention it, because I think
[1:32:16] it's important to support these efforts as they try to get started. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
[1:32:21] Thank you. Thank you very much. And looking forward to having good theater come to
[1:32:27] So we're really glad that they've got this. This is a new space for them and at the chase on 38 to
[1:32:33] Avenue. So Mr. Miller, anything anything we should have a report on?
[1:32:40] Okay, thank you. Thank you so much.
[1:32:43] Once again, glad to have you with us.
[1:32:46] And let's see, we'll start with our Councillors and the Councillor Hutchinson.
[1:32:51] Nothing tonight.
[1:32:52] Okay, thank you so much. Councillor Nassler back.
[1:32:56] I went into just, it's been a long time since we've all seen each other, and so I wanted to think everybody that came out for
[1:33:06] Trunker Treat, and I think it's been that long since we've seen each other.
[1:33:11] And lots and lots of participation, so special shout out to local works for that event, and I also,
[1:33:20] So, when I did think the community for all the work that we put into really elevating issues
[1:33:28] that concerned us about the school closures, for a lot of us, the vote didn't go the
[1:33:34] way that we wanted a November 10th.
[1:33:37] They're going to be closing three schools in our articulation area, but one thing that really
[1:33:44] just came through is how our community comes together when the tough stuff hits and so in
[1:33:53] true we reach fashion I think we're harnessing that energy and we know that there's more
[1:34:01] closures on the horizon and so there still is a large group of community members and family
[1:34:09] members still talking about what we can do to help, and so we're going to be talking about
[1:34:15] how our school resources are funded and starting to dive into some of those conversations.
[1:34:24] And I invite folks to follow on Facebook, save our community, save our schools,
[1:34:30] to see how you can get engaged earlier on. And just really from the bottom of my heart,
[1:34:37] thanks everybody for your support during this tough time and also that coalition can be a really
[1:34:44] great resource for families who are trying to figure out what to do next and talk about how we
[1:34:49] keep some of our kids together moving to new schools and all of that. So thanks.
[1:34:56] Thank you very much. Councillor Stites. Thank you.
[1:35:01] Mr. Goff beat me to it, but I want to welcome Dutch brothers to District 3 in Wheat Ridge. I stopped by there this morning, got myself a fairly large energy drink. So I'm still going. I'm good.
[1:35:12] Might be up until about midnight or so. Grab the budget.
[1:35:15] I'm ready. But I also want to thank Guy Namiyash for putting on the final gosh it has been a couple weeks. The final art on the farm of the season.
[1:35:27] I guess that was back in the late October, so thank you to him for all the work he's done to promote the arts over the last few years and we look forward to seeing that again next summer, and then just to echo what Councilman Nassau Beck said, the vote did not go our way, but I do appreciate and I am in awe of some of the people in our community at how phenomenally intelligent and respectful and how they conducted themselves through this process, and it was a very frustrating process.
[1:35:56] process and so I appreciate them. I also want to thank the city of
[1:35:59] Weridge. We tend to get hit a lot when somebody's upset about something but
[1:36:06] our process for getting feedback from our citizens and how we conduct our
[1:36:11] meetings is apparently not the model for everybody else and we don't limit public
[1:36:19] comments. We may limit three minutes but we allow anybody to come here and
[1:36:25] speak they don't have to sign up beforehand. Jeff Co does not do that. They limited to only a few
[1:36:31] people allowed to speak. They limit the time that you're allowed to speak. They also make
[1:36:38] you sign up online, which is I think Councilman Hutchets has pointed out several times. Not
[1:36:43] everybody has access to the internet. It's not an age thing. It's also a demographic thing.
[1:36:53] It's
[1:36:53] of co and Jeff Cook Oak Schools looks at their processes for equity, starting school board
[1:36:59] meetings at 330 in the afternoon and 5 p.m. afternoon when parents work is just not
[1:37:04] an equitable thing. So I really do appreciate how we would conduct this business and I appreciate
[1:37:08] our staff and the other elected officials. And I do want to thank all the other council
[1:37:12] people who showed up, whatever three weeks ago at we would try school to support our schools.
[1:37:19] I think that was something that was really important, so.
[1:37:21] Thank you.
[1:37:22] Oh, by the way, we have holidays coming up.
[1:37:26] The mayor did the proclamation for small business Saturday,
[1:37:28] but if you can find your holiday gifts and we reach find it,
[1:37:31] and we reach, please.
[1:37:32] Thank you.
[1:37:33] Councillor Dosman.
[1:37:35] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[1:37:37] I did want to mention that the Wheerage Business Association
[1:37:43] is having their November Business tomorrow at five or just fun.
[1:37:48] And that is from 5 to 7 p.m.
[1:37:51] So if you're looking to connect with local businesses
[1:37:52] and we urge, go to we urgebiz.com and sign up
[1:37:58] and register to attend that tomorrow.
[1:38:00] Senator tomorrow or Wednesday?
[1:38:02] It is Wednesday.
[1:38:04] I'm sorry.
[1:38:05] Yeah, it's been way too long.
[1:38:06] I think we're all in the rest here.
[1:38:07] I'm glad to be back.
[1:38:09] And thank you for the correction.
[1:38:10] I appreciate it.
[1:38:11] And I also wanted to commend Council members, Nasser Beck,
[1:38:15] and council member states in their efforts to really try to save our schools from school
[1:38:22] closure. I remember being in that position in 2017 and it was a very emotional and challenging
[1:38:29] one and they really stepped up and you know represented us at the helm and they're at two
[1:38:36] impacted schools so I know that that affects them and their families as well as hundreds of others
[1:38:42] of families in our community, so it's going to be a long road.
[1:38:46] I know for me personally it's really hard to trust an organization that really
[1:38:52] fumbled this process so terribly and again I think that we have come a really long way
[1:38:58] in building that trust and that rapport with our community and we have a robust public
[1:39:03] input process that I really appreciate here in the city of Wheat Ridge and I wish
[1:39:07] other organizations would model it, but as council member and also back and sites have said
[1:39:13] that we have a lot of work to do in our community and I was also in complete and utter
[1:39:19] awe of how articulate and thoughtful some of the community members were in all of these
[1:39:26] impacted schools and how they showed up and they engaged and they really put on a really
[1:39:31] good fight and so I'm sorry to see that the outcome is what it is.
[1:39:35] I think that this will be a hurtful to our community moving forward, but as long as we stay engaged in the conversation is to what happens next, I think we have the potential to move it in a positive direction. Thank you.
[1:39:48] Thank you.
[1:39:50] Councilor Weaver.
[1:39:54] It's just great to see everyone after a month, and I just want to thank the-
[1:40:00] City for expanding my knowledge on a few important issues tonight, so thank you, and I look forward to seeing you all again next week.
[1:40:09] I know Geometry is one of your strong suits, so you can go home.
[1:40:13] Thank you, councilor Olm.
[1:40:16] Thank you.
[1:40:17] As couple weeks have been tough.
[1:40:19] As we've heard from the council members, I do want to kind of get ahead of what we're going to probably talk about come January.
[1:40:29] I don't want to wait until January to have discussions about what our community needs, and so I'm not sure how we crack that up, but I think that we, you know, I don't know if we need to have some type of study session, because it really does affect the community of how those schools are going to be repurposed and how they're going to fit in our neighborhoods.
[1:40:52] We've all heard tonight about traffic issues and so it's going to, it's going to be a careful
[1:40:57] consideration.
[1:40:58] And we need, I think, to be fair to the community, the citizens need a lot of time to kind
[1:41:04] of buy into, I'm sure there's probably going to be a period of morning, but there's going
[1:41:09] to need some time to take everything in and come up with some ideas and I don't know when
[1:41:14] that appropriate time is, but I don't, I don't want to wait until January to then city council
[1:41:19] starting to, I don't know if anybody agrees with that.
[1:41:21] I'd second that if we were putting that on a study system agenda.
[1:41:28] And then other than that, I did attend.
[1:41:30] It's been a long time.
[1:41:32] And I think this is probably after our break that I attended the,
[1:41:35] the Wewish Police Annual Dinner with the Mayor.
[1:41:39] We had a really good turnout there.
[1:41:42] And it's really important to understand the sacrifices that our police officers have to make.
[1:41:48] Not just in the Salas, but to their families too.
[1:41:50] It's really kind of, it's heartbreaking, but it's also, you know, it's really important if, if you haven't, to be at these ceremonies and to, you know, hear these OSA, the police officers have to take, you know, I kind of wish I could hear more of them, because it really is humbling to hear that.
[1:42:09] And on another note, for several years, I don't know if the secret side or not, but I've
[1:42:17] been very happy that I can go to Weaver's poultry online and get my Turkey reserves.
[1:42:28] And you know, get the right size and everything, and they sell a quick, but that's a wonderful
[1:42:32] service that I can schedule what day I'm going to pick it up.
[1:42:36] So thank you.
[1:42:36] Okay,
[1:42:39] hopefully we're not broadcasting far and walk.
[1:42:43] I don't know, okay, Councilor Hoppy.
[1:42:48] Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
[1:42:50] Since we were here last,
[1:42:51] unfortunately, Justice Center had their very first be the light gala.
[1:42:55] And it was super fantastic and a lot of fun.
[1:42:58] And I appreciate some of the folks that came to support that.
[1:43:03] I'm Mr. Miller, Councilwoman Doesman,
[1:43:06] Alley Shack, and then also some sponsors from our counselors too.
[1:43:10] I really, I really worked you guys over.
[1:43:13] And it was not as like an inquiry site of a sponsor.
[1:43:16] So I just wanted to say I really appreciate it.
[1:43:18] It was a very first time one, and it was awesome.
[1:43:21] To Maro and I, we were at high schools having their eighth grade students showcase from 630 to 8.
[1:43:27] And this is an opportunity for students that are looking,
[1:43:32] that are shopping their high schools basically,
[1:43:34] to come and learn about wheat retry school. There will be tables there from our stem and
[1:43:41] steam. There will be tables for choir. There are my girls who will be there for softball and
[1:43:49] the boy soccer who just won league. So, you know, there's a lot of really fantastic things
[1:43:54] to check out there. So, all of the activities and sports clubs and all of the academic clubs
[1:44:03] will all be there. So I think that it's a really great time. Take your kid over there, tell
[1:44:07] your neighbors about it. We have a new administration over at that high school, and I cannot
[1:44:11] tell you how absolutely fantastic it has been over there. So check it out and other night, I'm
[1:44:18] appreciate it. Thank you, Mayor. Potemultine. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. It has been so long that since
[1:44:25] we've been and been in here. A couple of things for, I just want to clarify,
[1:44:31] councilor owns request for a study session. Can you just clarify what it is that you want to
[1:44:38] cover in that study session? Yeah, I think we're going to have ideas of what how these schools
[1:44:44] could transition and what I want to know is what would be appropriate in the zoning because we're
[1:44:51] not going to change the zoning and what we do and I think somebody's going to tell especially like
[1:44:57] more Davis I know is a very interior and so it's definitely
[1:45:00] I'm not a commercial type entity, but it's a space what are we going to do with that space and some ideas.
[1:45:08] And I want to have that somewhat, my intent is to try to have that somewhat vetted before we actually have to sit down with Jeff Co. in January, so that we have an idea of how we can kind of facilitate and direct what that vision is.
[1:45:27] And so, Petra, I just want to check, do we have staff capacity to have that study session?
[1:45:35] Yeah, I would just want to have calendar.
[1:45:36] I think it's more of the capacity issues as actual meetings.
[1:45:41] Study session meetings before January.
[1:45:44] I mean, you and I can talk about it on a specific date,
[1:45:48] but there's not a lot of study sessions before January,
[1:45:51] and then we get into January and February.
[1:45:52] There's a lot of study sessions canceled because of holidays,
[1:45:55] but I think we can figure out that maybe after a regular meeting.
[1:46:00] Yeah. Okay. Thank you Mr.
[1:46:02] I appreciate that.
[1:46:05] Can I just add something to that study session in that,
[1:46:11] I'm hopeful that if we are discussing that we can talk about
[1:46:15] like safe crossings and with the new routes to the schools.
[1:46:19] For example, we'll more Davis.
[1:46:21] the new school will be Steven Zellimentary and we'll have to cross 287.
[1:46:29] Wadsworth, sorry.
[1:46:31] And so I just want to make sure that that's part of the conversation too.
[1:46:40] I think that's a good idea because we've got an email at least one from the principal
[1:46:44] So, Project Valley asking us to do something about the traffic on 30 second and some of the issues
[1:46:51] that are already going on there.
[1:46:52] So, maybe if we can add that to that discussion, and I don't know, maybe we can get somebody
[1:46:56] from the school district to come, I don't know that we may.
[1:47:00] This is getting bigger and bigger, because I'm just saying, I mean, yeah, I guess my point
[1:47:05] is, yeah, it's getting bigger.
[1:47:07] So, I just don't think we can turn the stroke around in the next couple of weeks.
[1:47:10] If you want to add all these things, it's going to be a couple months down the road.
[1:47:13] Even for early January or mid-January, I don't know when their process starts.
[1:47:17] I'd like to propose that we take the land use issue as the standalone for the repurposing of the sites for our most like sort of triage urgent issue.
[1:47:27] And then what are the accommodations we need to make as a city to recognize that we've got different travel patterns for people walking, people riding their bikes.
[1:47:37] And maybe that can either be wrapped into the update to the neighborhood traffic management program,
[1:47:43] which I believe is going to come in front of us in early 2023.
[1:47:47] But are you guys okay if we recognize that they're both important, but slightly separate issues?
[1:47:53] Okay, great.
[1:47:54] Thank you.
[1:47:56] All right, my updates,
[1:48:00] let's see here.
[1:48:01] We heard for a second time tonight, this is not my update, Miss Rocket came in to talk to us about the licensing of the gun shop.
[1:48:11] And I believe the city has communicated with her, but I just want to clarify on record.
[1:48:18] What is this status and what is the process for that business to get its license?
[1:48:23] We did communicate with her and I believe we communicate with all of you also on the status of the business.
[1:48:30] I honestly don't know if the business is received at business license yet.
[1:48:33] We can check and let you know there is no, it's a use bar right and as on district and they just have to apply for business license.
[1:48:40] There's no regulations in the city on distance requirements for that type of use from parks or schools.
[1:48:47] So there's nothing that we can do to deny that license at this point unless there's any other issues with the business that would allow us to deny the license.
[1:49:01] Okay, thank you.
[1:49:04] Then on the topic of the neighborhood transportation management program, I just mentioned that that is scheduled for an update at some point hopefully in the first quarter of next year.
[1:49:17] for us to talk about revising that, and I think tonight's study such, or tonight's agenda items
[1:49:24] to me were a reminder of the importance of revisiting that and looking sort of holistically
[1:49:29] as a city at priority corridors that are problematic corridors, especially around our schools and
[1:49:36] parks where we've got a lot more vulnerable road users and really taking a look at what are some
[1:49:42] more sort of proactive and I think a diverse set of tools that we can use to make sure
[1:49:49] that our streets are safe for everyone and I think really like prioritizing our schools
[1:49:53] as part of that. I happen to really benefit tremendously from the amazing infrastructure around
[1:49:58] more Davis.
[1:50:00] School, which I think has benefited from some founding families in our city that advocated for really robust infrastructure.
[1:50:07] And there are like crossing signals and raised medians and it is very safe in my neighborhood to cross streets, because of some good school advocacy.
[1:50:15] So I'm looking forward to that conversation. And then my petty grievances, because election season is over.
[1:50:24] I would love to request some gummy bears up here.
[1:50:27] I am like, yeah, so I'm just putting it in a word for gummy bears on the dice and then
[1:50:34] Then just a funny little thing, but every time I look at Mr. Oman has put my microphone without a little
[1:50:41] Thingie, do we have any more of these little things? Yeah
[1:50:44] Yeah, what are you guys doing to it?
[1:50:50] Are they gummy? They don't eat your little fucking ass
[1:50:57] But in all seriousness, I have missed this space and miss talking about the city that we all love and live in and when we're not up here having these conversations.
[1:51:10] You know, it's a lot still happens in our city and I just am really impressed with our staff and the holidays are coming and things are going to get a little crazy.
[1:51:19] But it's good to see you guys again and I'm all looking forward to seeing everyone next to me.
[1:51:25] Thank you very much.
[1:51:27] Gosh, I'm looking at sort of the notes, the things that I wanted to sort of think about
[1:51:32] it and we've really done a lot in the last three weeks since we've been together.
[1:51:38] I wanted to sort of mention the trunk or treats, and when mentioned that, what a great
[1:51:42] late afternoon that was for me, and I really enjoyed being there.
[1:51:47] If you have a chance to do that, a lot of great kids, a lot of beautiful energy.
[1:51:53] I was really honored to go to the Atticlet Adult Center on Friday for a really inspiring
[1:52:02] Veterans Day celebration with the veterans that were there, and we had a wonderful
[1:52:08] harmonica presentation by the harmonica puffers, whatever their official name is.
[1:52:15] They did a great job with the Boy Scouts present and retreat to colors and saying veterans
[1:52:20] songs and Rosie's Riveter was there and is a really great event and I want to thank
[1:52:25] folks for inviting me there.
[1:52:27] I want to thank all the folks who had joined me at Coffee with the Mayor on Saturday morning.
[1:52:31] We had a great discussion.
[1:52:32] We were really pleasure to have a young teenager sort of join us and engage in the discussion
[1:52:38] with us.
[1:52:39] It was really great.
[1:52:40] Most of our members are sort of a my generation and it was really great to see young
[1:52:45] life interacting with those that sort of came before.
[1:52:50] And right after that, it was great, the historical society, if you don't know, does a second Saturday event and they had a great flag raising over at the Bauhaus in honor of a veteran stay and they had a banjo picker and a lot of great patriotic tunes that we could sing in the Bauhaus.
[1:53:10] What a real treat it is to go back and look at what our community looked like 150 years ago.
[1:53:15] So I want to thank them for inviting me to that.
[1:53:19] I want to highlight again on November 3rd,
[1:53:22] we're going to have a holiday celebration
[1:53:23] and light the lights and a lot of great activities going there.
[1:53:27] So it's a really family, friendly event.
[1:53:28] And I hope you'll come down December 3rd at 3 o'clock
[1:53:31] at the green.
[1:53:33] Let's see.
[1:53:34] I was really, Councilor Alma mentioned it,
[1:53:36] but the police recognition ceremony was a really moving place
[1:53:41] to be, to talk about the great work
[1:53:44] our public safety officers and our police department do throughout the year and they have
[1:53:51] a lot of dangerous work out there and they do a really great job to keep us safe in
[1:53:55] our community.
[1:53:56] People say the crime is on the rise and it does appear to be that way, but I want to express
[1:54:01] my thanks to our regret police department for being out there for making us as safe as we
[1:54:07] can be.
[1:54:08] So thanks to them for that.
[1:54:09] And I want to thank the election officials that put
[1:54:15] on the election in this county, our city clerk
[1:54:18] and the other election officials that did such a great job
[1:54:21] to make it possible for us to go and cast a ballot
[1:54:25] and feel like you were safe, and it was fair and accurately
[1:54:28] tracked and recorded, and so that we all
[1:54:32] have a way to participate in our democracy,
[1:54:35] which to me is the basis of the freedom that we enjoy.
[1:54:40] to the citizens, and we've had some discussion tonight about the great work that we did in front of the school board to talk about the schools that were closed in our community.
[1:54:51] Always, always a really a wrenching decision and wrenching topic when we get to it.
[1:54:56] I want to thank the people that that were mentioned.
[1:55:00] And those that came and concerned about their schools and their communities, two things. I hope that you'll
[1:55:07] engage in the process because those properties and the neighborhoods are not going to go away. The school
[1:55:13] district is going to have to find ways to repurpose those properties. And we need to have our voice at the table. So I
[1:55:23] Council are all bringing that to, as a topic of discussion that we can discuss in Council,
[1:55:27] but I really want to encourage all the citizens and parents who spoke out about the
[1:55:32] school closures to stay engaged in the process.
[1:55:35] And not only the process of the schools that are closed, but the schools where their children
[1:55:39] are going, and that they need to stay engaged in their new schools, where they're going
[1:55:44] to advocate for their students and their families and their new situation that they're going
[1:55:49] to be education because it's not just going to be magic that everything is the way you want
[1:55:56] it.
[1:55:56] You have to work and dedicate yourself to doing it.
[1:56:00] Anyway, we're about out of here.
[1:56:02] I want to remind everyone to drive safely.
[1:56:06] We've got some cold weather coming in.
[1:56:07] Winter certainly seems to be here and we'll have some snow on the ground.
[1:56:11] So watch out that it's dark earlier.
[1:56:13] Watch out for those that are walking and biking in our community.
[1:56:17] and drive safely and slowly through our community.
[1:56:21] There's no other business to come before Council.
[1:56:23] We will stand adjourned and we will be here next week in a study session, correct?
[1:56:28] We are adjourned.
[1:56:29] Thank you.