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Board of County Commissioner's meetings and we'll start off with a roll call.

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We're just saying, one nation, and we're proud, the Internet is available, we're

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going to be in the United States.

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If you can stand in place and join me in a moment of silence in your own way.

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Okay, thank you.

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With that, we are at public comments from Citizens, not on the agenda.

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So everybody in the audience has an item that's not on the agenda.

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Okay, and not seeing any hands raised, Roy, how are we?

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We have a hands-up on Zoom.

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No hands-on Zoom.

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Okay, with that, we can move forward, and we go right to Commissioner Will, the

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question letter support for the 2020 Community Project Funding request for the Western

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Sope Veterans Coalition.

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And this item will turn over to you, Mr. Will.

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Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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And, yeah, this is just a letter.

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You've taken that we support this and this two congressmen heard for the funding.

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On behalf of the Garble County Commission, we're pleased to offer the strong support

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for the Western Sope Veterans Coalition.

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And the Community Project Funding request for the Veterans Community Colleges,

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Tiny Home Project, they're in the Sope.

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And Garble County, we've always supported the West Sope veterans and the remix isn't that

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beyond advocacy, but we provide rent-free office space next door here for the

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Mercary Outland Mission.

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And it's a stain investment for local veterans, but I dedicated VSOs and Veterans Service

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Officer.

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So the broad commitment from Garble County and I bet that's really the resources.

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Support they need.

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And so that'd be about 22 tiny homes there.

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And a couple of like 1500 square foot homes.

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It's on a two acre parcel there and so.

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But the question is for funding for.

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Congressman Herzoff.

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Sorry.

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Yeah.

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Excellent letter.

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So thank you.

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Mr. Samson.

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I'll work.

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Yeah, me too.

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And this is.

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I believe the location is just north of the Cowboys Church.

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Okay.

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Actually, just the South.

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Southam County, Dr. Tallinn, that open field there.

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And this is, you know, they're requesting a total of five point three million dollars.

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So let's hope that they have some luck on this.

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Okay.

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With that, I'll ask for any other.

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From citizens.

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Very none.

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I will.

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We'll ask for vote on this.

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There.

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Motion.

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We just can't move that.

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We.

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Community project funding approved.

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The request for the question for veterans coalition.

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And veterans colleges and.

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For the support of the letter to Congressman heard.

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And allow all three to sign.

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Second.

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Hey, call a motion on favor.

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Hi.

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I'm going to go out of out of order now on the.

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On the agenda, we're going to go to.

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And this is on a special events.

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Of a carrying.

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For the carbon tell Wild West rodeo series.

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Please come up.

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And with this, this is the public hearing.

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Yes.

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I would.

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I guess we'll swear you in that then do notification.

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Okay.

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Everybody wants to testify in this raise your right.

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That's not a lie.

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A raise your right hand.

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Promise to tell truth.

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The whole truth.

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And nothing but the truth.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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So I always say now we need to just check with Graham on notification.

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Are we good on notification?

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I believe we are.

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All right. Okay.

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Okay.

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So in front of you is a application for the carbonyl.

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Well West.

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It's the 12 events through summer.

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Every Thursday night of starting doing fourth through August.

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20th.

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We present all 12 at the the one hearing.

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So that we don't have to come back every single week and do it.

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By statutes.

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They are allowed up to 15 days or 15 events in one calendar year.

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So they're meeting or with they're within that guideline.

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And they have included their alcohol control plan.

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I need checks at bar.

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Response and security.

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But other than that, we are just happy to have them back again this year.

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We hope that that keeps going every year.

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Who's going to speak?

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Who's going to speak for me?

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She hasn't.

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And my clue is going to speak for that.

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But just she and she.

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Well, we're happy to be back.

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Happy to have you back.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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It is a great event.

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You know, we're asking that you approve our alcohol plan for our special events permit.

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We run 12 weeks through.

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Through the summer June 4th to August 20th.

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Every Thursday night.

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From 7 to 930 730 to 930 roughly.

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But we're we're looking forward to another great year this year.

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Jam pass.

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It seemed to be growing every year.

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It felt like so.

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Good night.

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Good night.

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You've been there a few times right.

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And then you question some commissioners.

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Well, yeah.

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I have a concern.

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You know, wild west.

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How wild.

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How wild.

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We can.

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Not to.

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We can't keep it till now.

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We'll have to say that.

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I'm just.

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Just.

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Just say that.

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That's a.

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That's a well run.

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Rolio and Mike and.

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And everyone.

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Doesn't want to fall down.

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They're home committee.

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I'm not satisfied there.

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They're every 30 nights.

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So it's a.

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It's a well run show.

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Do a good job.

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I only question is on the on the map.

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What are your boundaries for.

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Alcohol.

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Aiquette is this whole red.

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Which we've.

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We've done in the past.

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That's been our boundary.

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fence and we have entry points where security is at the checkpoints and so there's nothing

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allowed in or out and they so they check the perimeter we have a back gate and a front gate

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and so that's the perimeter fully fenced. All right. Well, can't a contestant then take

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there. They're out the hall back behind the back into the, I guess, the rodeo area. Yeah. I mean,

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they can technically, yeah, they can buy their beer at the bar and then they can take it back

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to their trailer, you know, with, with their horses and stuff. But we don't allow anything in the, in

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the grounds from outside. I understand that. Yeah. There are a bunch of people go that necessarily

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understand that. Yeah. They need to be able to bring in their six pack or something. Yeah. I think

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they've really started to the last because we've implemented this now for the last few years.

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We're not having near the trouble that we'd had in the beginning. We said it was probably a three-year process

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of getting people trained just to be able to, you know, understand because for years you were allowed

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to bring in your own and so we had to, we had to kind of swap that. But now we really haven't had an issue with

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it. People are starting to figure it out and they're actually grateful that we have it available on the premises

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now so they don't have to carry in all their stuff. They can just go purchase it. So we hear a lot of great

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feedback about that. Thank you. Any other questions? I'd like to read Great Hill.

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Okay. I'm going to ask for a motion to close the public hearing. Okay.

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Okay. It was that we'll need a motion. This is a need to vote. We need to vote on that. Oh, yeah. All in favor.

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All right. Okay. Now it's an action item. Yeah. I believe that we approved applications for the

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special events for men for a carbon-dill wild west radio series. Oh, the carbon-dale.

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Beginning every Thursday we're getting June 4th and ending August 20th.

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That was your second motion. Okay. I'll call the question on favor. All right. All right. You got it.

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Thank you, Jay. Thank you, Jay. Thank you. You're your rodeos there. Soon. Appreciate it.

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I hope to see you guys up there. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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Okay. With that, we are back to our elected official Garfield County chef. And this is a request for a boarder.

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This is a request to approve to fund an entries one FTE, be sure to FTE number two,

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the remainder of 2012 and six, and down of $76,000, $15 in blue and Kathy, you have the fuller. Thank you.

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Just real quick to kind of go back to the whole rodeo thing. I just wanted to say that

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although we've had some struggles in the past last year was seamless and I'm looking forward to doing it again

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and with our new mounted patrol. We're going to try to make sure we have at least two of our

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deputies mounted patrol. They're every event to help with enforcement and crop control and that kind of things.

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So I think we hopefully got asked the bumps we've had in the past and I think it's going to be a good event this year.

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Yeah, I just say I didn't get a single phone call on parking these years. You know?

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Really nice. Yeah, I don't know what all happened, but it was a problem solved. So we're looking forward

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to it, we're looking to have our mounted patrol there and help. Okay. So what we want to do is we have one left,

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one position left in the patrol side of our house that is still frozen from the budget

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agreements that we did for this year and we're at the point now where that's the only opening left

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in our patrol division. So we would like to unfreeze that so we can fill that.

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The obvious question I know you're going to ask is, but you still have vacancies showing on the chart

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if you will and those are in other areas of the sheriff's office mostly in the jail and we try to kind of

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departmentalize so that we don't start moving this one over there and that went over there and and fudging around

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or like to kind of keep those straight. No different than you certainly wouldn't take somebody from

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road and bridge and put them in finance if they were short handed or I would try to keep them

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kind of in the in the same thing. So the other issue is to look at it in a snapshot in time and see

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how many openings we have. We have a continuous process of recruiting testing, hiring and that's ongoing.

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We've got people in the hopper right now that it normally takes about 60 days from the time.

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These submit the application and the go through all the processes we have to go through

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or aboard's background checks etc. So we don't want to wait till the last minute and say you know oh

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we'd like to fill that now since there are people kind of in that process somewhere of being able to

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fill those positions. Not guaranteeing all those positions will be filled in this one's testing but that's

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why we also test next month and the following month to try to keep those positions as filled as possible.

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So essentially we're just asking the unfreeze the one that's still in patrol not the ones in the jail

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that we made an agreement to to build a wall. I don't mind keeping some of those positions frozen so

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I'm sorry. I said I don't mind keeping some of those positions frozen for the year but that's

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I'm one commissioner so Jamaica we share if it's under budget this year on vacancies about 400

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thousand dollars is that correct. Yeah I think an average of these vacancies thus are this year

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So the money's there within the budget would not take would it take a budget? Does it take a budget supplement on this?

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Should I imagine it? It's not budget is frozen but we have savings

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other vacancies. Thank you for mentioning that because I forgot to

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that. Okay gentlemen. You need to get discussion. Any questions?

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Okay. I'm going to say this is emotional. Public anybody from the public want to test it by

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very known. This is an action item. It's a remember that we would approve the request from the

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sheriff's department to unfreeze for one full-time deputy patrol

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patrol deputy I guess to position for the remainder of 2026 for the amount not to exceed 76,000,

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15 dollars, allow the chair to sign. Right. All the motion on favor. All right. Okay got that one. Let's move to

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the next. Thank you. Yeah I think it's important to realize not asking to increase the budget. We

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got the money and vacancy savings to fill it for the remainder of the year. All in order to do this

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when authorize the chair to sign the state of Colorado jail behavior based services grant for July 1st,

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2026 through June 30th, 2027, which is state's fiscal year and in the ward and the amount of

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309,500 dollars for inmate programs and medical assistance treatment.

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Yeah. I'm going to hand the floor to the as far as how the JBBS works. The fact that this is a past

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through grant and the programs that are required. Yep. Our current grant which ends this June 30th

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was awarded to us for 391,000 in change. So our new award for the next state fiscal year is about $2,000

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less, which is great. It's mostly because of our hard work and dedication towards the program

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or our consistent reporting and just our aggressiveness with moving the program forward internally as a

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team. So this grant will cover the full coordinator position. So her pain, her benefits. It'll also

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cover our contract with our counselor to do the required assessments, which is medicated

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Treatment assessments that are required by the state, as well as therapy that's required.

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And then some other of our mental health expansion programs, so as they're leaving, how we assist them in kind of handholding and handing off to the services in the community.

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It helps with those expenses. And finally, the cost of the medication itself of about $165,000 annually.

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So that's all covered.

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Just doesn't cover our health program, which is, doesn't cover any of our health programs.

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No, unfortunately not.

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This is a big chunk of change.

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Yes.

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Good news is all these required programs. It's not an unfunded mandate yet.

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It's not a good mandate.

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We're pretty good.

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Yeah.

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So many years have we received this grant.

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Well, it was, it was, it's changed over time.

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It's been called some other things than that.

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So I would say this particular grant since it started maybe six, seven years.

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And prior to that, we did receive some funding in relation to this kind of program as well.

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So we have a good relationship with the state.

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I can't say that about all the other county jails, but we definitely were very hard on this program.

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And they're getting ready to.

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With this next grant, also add additional reporting requirements.

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So they're, it's starting to more of as they typically do with grants to where we, you know,

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the requirements at least on the administrative side are becoming a lot more extensive.

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So.

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But we do it.

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We can.

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These, all these programs and all this focus on, um, it may clear medical mental health, um,

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treatment, uh, handoffs, all that really kind of is, um, grown significantly in that several years.

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I mean, there was a time where we opened the door, throw them out the back door and say,

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Good luck, right?

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And then, of course, they're back in within a week.

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So a lot of these programs, and not just to call out over across the country,

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clearly seeing that, um, by providing these programs,

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giving treatment, doing these things that it does reduce recidivism.

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I can't tell you our numbers specifically, but across the board study,

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say that if we can provide these services while they're in jail,

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or even once they leave jail and hand them off to somebody to community to do something,

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that the recidivism rate will reduce.

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So, um, but a lot of new programs over the last several years that we weren't dealing with, in the old days.

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Okay.

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Any other questions?

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Any questions from the audience?

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What's anything on online?

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That this is an action item.

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There's the chairman.

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I would move that with you.

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I'll provide you as a chair to sign the state of Colorado jail.

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Behavior based services, j-b-b-s grant.

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Or July 1st of,

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2006 through June 30th of 2007,

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in the amount of $380 and $89,500 for in-make programs

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and medicated assistant treatment.

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Second.

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Any questions on favor?

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Aye.

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Yeah, you guys got it good to see you.

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Thank you, gentlemen.

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Appreciate your time.

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Thank you.

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Okay. Next on our agenda is consent agenda.

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Any items that anybody would like to have followed?

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I would like to pull them to nine,

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just because I want to have Fred talk about that a little bit for broadband.

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Get that, get that, get that, just highlight it a little bit.

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But we still need a motion on the other eight items.

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Let's get that.

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We approve the consent agenda of items 1-2-8.

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Second.

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Okay.

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I'm going to call the motion on favor.

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Aye.

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Aye.

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Item number nine.

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That's the letter letters to the NTIA administrator.

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Both our senators requesting that the director release of $46 million.

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Be non-development funding allocated to say to Colorado,

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which is broadband.

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It does affect us.

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Obviously, that's why I would ask for the letter.

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And Fred, can you just discuss this where we are with broadband?

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You know, it's been a year since we actually had,

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we had companies in front of us that were ready to go,

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I guess, take our broadband to individual homes.

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And that hasn't happened.

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So if you would just give us an update.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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And thank you.

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The very high level view of this is the county was very active as you know,

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in building out the first, first mile and then middle mile network,

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predominantly the middle mile, which is all the infrastructure,

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essentially, that brings broadband to all of our towns.

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Right now, that's about a almost a $6 million investment split

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between Garfield County and Dola.

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That infrastructure is now physically in place.

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So we have reached out with these tentacles from the I-70 corridor that come

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into a, what's called a central location.

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Right?

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And that's used to be called a meet me center.

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A neutral career location.

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And that is all of those spots are hot now.

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So in doing that, the same time the county was entertaining

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offers from different ISPs to come, for of which you saw before you

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asking for letters of support to apply for the first round of

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bead funding and beads.

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Broadband equity and access program.

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These were dollars that were released from the federal government down to the

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states.

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And that was through the Asia legislation.

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And that originally was about 42 billion spread across the United

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States, Colorado received about 825 million.

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And some of those dollars were awarded to companies in the first round.

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Problem was the challenge was with a new administration,

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the rules and criteria around which an ISP was able to compete in an

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application process changed dramatically.

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So those four companies that were in front of you before basically had a large

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reset on how they could apply for those dollars.

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And all of those ISPs are engaged in providing what's called the last

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mile.

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So that is fiber to the home fiber to the business.

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And that is where we have constantly been since you've actually

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physically built out the middle mile.

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So we're still working with whoever we can,

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frankly, from the NTIA in the state broadband office to free up

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this non-deployment funds.

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It would both of these letters talk about.

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That's about, I think you mentioned it commissioners about $406 million

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that has not been awarded out.

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We know that there are companies that are still very interested in doing this.

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In the last round to go back, one of the companies that was successful in the

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first round of beat funding that did affect parts of Garfield County,

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mostly the eastern side was Amazon.

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And that was for a low or a bit system, the challenge with that.

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None of those satellites are in the sky right now.

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So while the award was made, that's a long way off from coming to

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realization.

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And so both of these letters are meant to request that those remaining

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dollars for phase two, the second round are redeployed so that we can make

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movements on this last mile and see whether the company is still interested.

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We do know of one or two that are.

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And so this is, both of these letters one is course to your federal,

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yeah, your federal delegation and then of course director,

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aerial wrath of the NTIA to say please release those non-deployment funds.

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And so that's really what this is about so that we can continue to capitalize on

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the system that you physically build.

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That's where we are.

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Yeah, I have a question commission.

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Well, I just.

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And I don't want to be to dead horse here, but why did they change the rules was,

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was there's some big investigation that they said, this isn't going to do the job,

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and we've got to make sure it's done right.

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And do you or do you know the answer to that?

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I mean, I guess my point is we were going so far.

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We were going so well every thing.

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It was just how many long and all of a sudden we get two thirds through the street,

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then we go, oh, we got to change horses there.

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You know why?

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Well, they went there and could share as we do know that the last mile

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brought in as very, very expensive.

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And however, the bead funding was.

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To agree that these companies were willing to do significant capital impact or

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development with the backing that they had.

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The federal government, when the change of the administration is lowered the bar,

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that allowed other technologies to come in, essentially, in which is satellite service.

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And so that is a lot of folks will tell you not quite as robust as a service with the

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problems the satellite service has compared certainly to broadband, hard-line broadband

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end.

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And so I think in the federal government's eyes, they believe that this was sort of

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allowing a lot more people in the order to compete.

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And that's all I can share with you as far as I know.

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And it was a major reset.

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So it was the unfortunate part you had companies who were really ready to go, literally

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ready to go with builds, and this changed the playing field dramatically.

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So I do know that there's still interest in it, but we'll have to, we'll have to see.

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So this idea here, Commissioner, to try to move that ball at the federal level to keep this moving.

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Thank you.

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Yeah.

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Thank you.

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Yes, I would.

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And we are, you know, we are in each community in the Colorado River basin.

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We have, we're middle miles there.

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As you said, neutral carrier locations are all in those communities.

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That's right.

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And we just can't, we need some help from the private sector to get that out to the

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individuals or individual businesses or even institutional, institutional

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businesses, I guess.

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Absolutely.

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The only thing I'm failed to mention, that's really, really important.

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When the board set out on this journey with broadband, the whole idea was to provide service

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to around 4,000 that were non-served or underserved, and you've heard us talk about that forever.

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But that's really important, right?

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There's a lot of folks in municipalities that do have service, however, that's a fairly finite service.

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And this would add not only service to this underserved, but also add a competitive edge.

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That we believe is quite important.

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So you're right, Commissioner.

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We have those carry neutral locations that are hot that are blind up ready to go.

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I guess my concern is that the funds that were made available by the federal government were in

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inflation reduction act funds.

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And a lot of those funds have been clawed back.

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And let's just hope that this is so important to every rural county in the United States.

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That's hope that that doesn't happen and they move forward.

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Okay.

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No.

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All right.

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Any other comments?

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There's no action.

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Well, yeah, we do need action on this.

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We need to approve the ratified letters that if I actually already been signed.

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So we need to ratify those two letters.

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Chairman, I moved that we ratify the two letters sent to NITA,

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Minister of Roth and Senators Bennett and Hick and Lupa and Congressman heard requesting they direct the release of.

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Four hundred and six million dollars in fees.

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Non deployment funding allocated in the state of Colorado would be released by the state without delay.

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And make sure that ratification signed by you, which is.

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But.

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I call emotional and favor.

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I hear that we are going to go to our county manager, Mr. Jarman public meetings.

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The first thing is action item.

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There's a 26 second quarter request for discretionary grant funding, which I think a lot of you in the audience are here for.

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I'll just make a couple of comments and one is that we have there are 10 different nonprofits of applying for this.

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And there's 30,000 dollars available. So if we divide that divide that by 10 that'd be $3,000 each and that doesn't necessarily happen that way, but just to let you know.

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Also when you're presenting we do not we're not going to allow any.

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I guess slide decks.

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We just find verbal presentation.

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So we can move this forward because there'll be there's 10 of you and it'll take this probably an hour to get through all of this so.

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With that Mr. Jarman you you have you had the floor and.

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With this meeting forward.

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Sure you bet thank you.

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So as commissioner said we've got 10 requests totaling 48,000 right now the balance in your discretionary grant.

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Budget is 91,500 for the benefit of everyone listening.

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We built the board of kind of commission dollars a sell on a quarterly basis today is a listening session to hear the requests.

489
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And then the following week is typically when the commissioner will make those decisions so just letting everybody know they don't make them today.

490
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:47,000
But they'll certainly are eager to hear from from the folks requesting.

491
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,000
The max that anyone can request is 5,000 and kind of you heard.

492
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,000
Mr. Dan Kovsky in terms of what we have to do.

493
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,000
So with that as background.

494
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:03,000
The first let me just introduce them one by one first one is there's a request for discretionary grant funding a 5,000.

495
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000
And dollars for Colorado Mountain College Foundation.

496
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,000
This is in support of Garfield County scholarships for non traditional students.

497
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,000
The students funding and Lisa as you're a do the development officer is listed.

498
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,000
She online.

499
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,000
Oh, you hear.

500
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:22,000
Oh, come on you're so quiet.

501
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000
You bet welcome.

502
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,000
Yes.

503
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,000
You have the floor.

504
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,000
And hopefully I got your name.

505
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,000
This is going with.

506
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,000
You're right.

507
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,000
Okay.

508
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,000
Thank you for hearing me.

509
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:42,000
The Garfield County non traditional student scholarship was established in 2012 to support non traditional students.

510
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,000
At Colorado Mountain College is growing fork and rifle campuses.

511
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:54,000
Eligible students must enroll in at least six credit hours in courses that build skills for current or future employment.

512
00:29:54,000 --> 00:30:00,000
The scholarship reflects Garfield County's commitment to education and to a strong local workforce.

513
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:11,000
Since the scholarship began, 20 students have received support and have gone on to earn three certificates, 12 associates degrees and four bachelor's degrees.

514
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:19,000
These outcomes show that scholarships have helped local students continue their education and complete meaningful credentials.

515
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:28,000
Colorado Mountain College respectfully requests renewal of the scholarship with an increase in annual support from $2,500 to $5,000.

516
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:44,000
The original amount has remained unchanged since 2012, while CMC's indistrict tuition has increased from $66 per credit hour in 2012 to 110 per credit hour in 2026.

517
00:30:44,000 --> 00:31:01,000
For a student taking the minimum six credit hours required to qualify, tuition alone has risen from about $336 to $660 before books, fees, transportation, childcare and other daily expenses.

518
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:17,000
Renewing the scholarship at $5,000 would help keep this long-standing county investment meaningful for today's adult learners and support their progress toward better employment opportunities in Garfield County.

519
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:26,000
You have a pretty good batting record in the 1719 out of 20 and about at some sort of certificate.

520
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,000
Yes, yeah.

521
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,000
And that's great and that these are committed.

522
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,000
Any questions or comments?

523
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:52,000
It's been a very, I remember when CMC approached me about that 2012 when I said, this is where the endeavor and it's tough because since then we just, so many people with so many needs.

524
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:58,000
So I think it's worthwhile and very productive.

525
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:05,000
Program that has produced some great results in the lives of young people.

526
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:10,000
And I'm a little bit biased towards education.

527
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,000
Yeah, that's where I'm coming from, yes.

528
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:18,000
Well, it didn't work, but I understand this.

529
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,000
It's a good program.

530
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:28,000
This include a student that may be in a nursing program as well.

531
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,000
Absolutely.

532
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:34,000
Yeah, not traditional students is usually their adult.

533
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,000
They're adults coming back to the education system to, yeah, yeah.

534
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,000
Great.

535
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000
All right, thank you very much.

536
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,000
Thank you.

537
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,000
Appreciate the update.

538
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:49,000
And we did see the letters from some of your non-traditional students in the back of the subject.

539
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,000
Great.

540
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,000
Thank you.

541
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:52,000
Thank you.

542
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,000
Thank you.

543
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,000
Okay, thank you.

544
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,000
Next up.

545
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:59,000
This is a request for grant funding in the amount of $5,000 for the Rhoink for outdoor volunteers.

546
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000
And it's listed as Rebecca Child Executive Director is here.

547
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000
And you are here.

548
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,000
Good morning.

549
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,000
Hi, everyone.

550
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,000
Thank you so much for having us.

551
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,000
Um, or me.

552
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:15,000
I'm Rebecca Sheldon, the Executive Director of Rhoink Work Outdoor volunteers.

553
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,000
And we are an organization that has strong roots in this area.

554
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:25,000
We've been here offering volunteer and youth programming,

555
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:29,000
stewarding our outdoor resources for 31 years.

556
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:34,000
We're grateful to Fed Garfield County has been a consistent supporter of our work.

557
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:39,000
And in this last budget cycle, our funding was cut just due to budget concerns.

558
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:44,000
So I'm here to ask for discretionary funding to support our community projects.

559
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:53,000
So in 2025, we mobilized over 2,000 unique volunteers who contributed over 8,400 volunteer hours.

560
00:33:53,000 --> 00:34:02,000
And in addition, we have a professional trail crew and professional staff that also offered over 5,000 hours to the stewardship of our public lands.

561
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:10,000
So in Garfield County, that's equivalent to $230,000 of direct on the ground impact, creating healthy and resilient landscapes,

562
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,000
as well as stewarding and managing exceptional outdoor recreation opportunities.

563
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,000
We have a thriving youth program where we're in the schools.

564
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:27,000
We're educating 1,400 students and teaching them about connecting to the land and hands-on service learning and volunteer ethics.

565
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:34,000
In Garfield County this year, we started off with fire mitigation project in South Canyon.

566
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:39,000
Some other highlights include fire mitigation on CMC's campus.

567
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:46,000
This coming weekend, we'll be doing an invasive species management project at Talbot's Mountain, Burning Mountain and Newcastle.

568
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:52,000
We'll be doing some trail projects at Babish, Gulchup near Sunlight, working in Rifle Mountain Park.

569
00:34:52,000 --> 00:35:00,000
So our work kind of extends across the county and touches a lot of different types of people who are interested in restoring the land.

570
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,000
But also working on outdoor recreation opportunities.

571
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:10,000
So I'm grateful for your support and hoping that you can continue to support us this year.

572
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,000
Thanks.

573
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:17,000
Questions from the back of our experience about the invasive species in Newcastle.

574
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:25,000
Yes, so a lot of people don't know is when you disturb the natural environment that creates an opportunity for invasive species and leads to move in.

575
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,000
In particular, Kosha is a big problem.

576
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,000
And so what our volunteers will be doing is weeding.

577
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:38,000
And they're looking at targeted populations so that they can really help control this spread of those noxious weeds.

578
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:47,000
And then a particularly dry year invasive species is a really critical concern to land managers.

579
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:52,000
So I'm curious about your fire mitigation.

580
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,000
What kind of work are you doing?

581
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:56,000
We're cutting.

582
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,000
What is the work you're doing?

583
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,000
Well, we give chainsides to volunteers.

584
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:06,000
We have a volunteer chain side crew where we've taken them through an S212 chain side program.

585
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,000
And then we have a fleet of tools.

586
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000
And they go in and do targeted fuels mitigation.

587
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:16,000
So primarily thinning but also clearing what you debris that's already on the landscape.

588
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:25,000
And what that allows is there are some places where machine tools for fire mitigation just aren't effective or it's not cost effective.

589
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:31,000
And so our volunteers are able to go in and kind of do more nimble fuels mitigation.

590
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:39,000
And so last year we mitigated seven acres of property across our region for fire mitigation.

591
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:45,000
And so it's small that I think it also demonstrates to our community that they can participate.

592
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,000
And the fighting in reducing the risk of wildfire.

593
00:36:49,000 --> 00:37:00,000
And we're exploring working on private lands so that we can actually help with fuels mitigation projects that would benefit the landscape and working on private land to do that.

594
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:01,000
Thanks.

595
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,000
Let me ask any of those city property.

596
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:09,000
Yeah, so that with South Canyon we work with the city of Glenwood and at CMC's campus we're working with them.

597
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:14,000
And we've been doing fire mitigation in both of those areas for the past three years.

598
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,000
Yeah, any other questions.

599
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,000
Back up, thank you.

600
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,000
Thank you so much.

601
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:20,000
Thank you.

602
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,000
And.

603
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,000
It's a journey.

604
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,000
Right.

605
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,000
Thank you.

606
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,000
Next is a grant request of $8,000 for the rightful rendezvous.

607
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,000
Any McGregor is here.

608
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,000
Good morning.

609
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,000
Good timing.

610
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,000
Okay.

611
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,000
Here week before the rendezvous.

612
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,000
I know.

613
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,000
I thought maybe we would do it last quarter, but I just couldn't give myself together.

614
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,000
All right.

615
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:41,000
Thank you.

616
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,000
Thank you.

617
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,000
So yeah, it's our 30th year of rendezvous.

618
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:51,000
I know that as commissioners, you guys have kind of been there since the beginning.

619
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,000
And it's just grown and grown.

620
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:59,000
This year we unfortunately had to make the decision to kind of pair down our events due to costs.

621
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:04,000
So we're not going to have any rodeo events this year, which is a big bummer for us.

622
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,000
Probably my favorite part.

623
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:11,000
Car whole will be there and we'll have lots of vendors and lots of.

624
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,000
Stage shows so like all of our.

625
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000
Some of the nonprofits that we help.

626
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000
They'll be a bathtub race.

627
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000
Should be interesting.

628
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,000
We'll have the 3D archery shoot.

629
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,000
Car show will be there.

630
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,000
On Saturday Saturday will be, you know, seven to midnight.

631
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000
So it'd be a big night.

632
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,000
I'll have dance out with.

633
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,000
Brandy Donaldson's group full throttle.

634
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,000
We'll have a cutest cowboy contest.

635
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000
Shindig will be there with 4-H.

636
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000
So they'll do their option.

637
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000
And then we'll also on Friday night.

638
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,000
Working with the rodeo club to do a concert.

639
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,000
So Sean Moon will be coming out from Grand Junction.

640
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000
We'll do kind of a concert.

641
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,000
Dance for them as a benefit.

642
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,000
So it'll still be great.

643
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,000
And the community will come out and enjoy summer kick it off.

644
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,000
And you have your, you have the on Sunday morning.

645
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,000
Sunday morning.

646
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,000
Yep.

647
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,000
We'll do our church service.

648
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:14,000
We'll have, I don't know.

649
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000
I think there's five churches now that will come together and do.

650
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000
Community service.

651
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000
So that'd be great time.

652
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000
And big pot.

653
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,000
Yep.

654
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,000
Yeah.

655
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,000
Yeah.

656
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,000
Mike.

657
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000
She drew your district.

658
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,000
Yeah.

659
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,000
Yeah.

660
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,000
Any thanks for coming.

661
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,000
Yeah.

662
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,000
And so on and so forth.

663
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:40,000
I just wanted to see if maybe you're, you have a board of directors or what do you have a car.

664
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,000
You call it the board.

665
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,000
There are five of us.

666
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:47,000
And, you know, I've watched the run to move, growing, growing, growing.

667
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,000
I mean, it was just a little kind of gathering.

668
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:53,000
And it's just, well, which is great and so on.

669
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,000
But it costs money and it costs money.

670
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,000
Yeah.

671
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:02,000
Just wondering, what do you have any plans for the future?

672
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000
And can you maybe expand on that?

673
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,000
Yeah.

674
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:09,000
Because we look at, it seems to me, you're going to have to make a decision.

675
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,000
Are we going to try and keep this a little bit smaller and not have to.

676
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:17,000
Who after big bucks from a lot of different sponsors.

677
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,000
It's such a, you know, I'm talking about.

678
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,000
Yeah.

679
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,000
Or are we going to, what's kind of the future, as you see it?

680
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:28,000
So the board is, and we've been struggling with this for a couple of years.

681
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000
I mean, we're all volunteers, right?

682
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,000
So it's just a volunteer board.

683
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,000
And it's a huge undertaking.

684
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,000
It probably causes way more gray hairs than I need.

685
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:46,000
But it's to a point now where the structure of a volunteer board doesn't necessarily fit the event anymore.

686
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:53,000
And so we've approached a couple of other nonprofits to maybe see if we can combine forces.

687
00:40:53,000 --> 00:41:00,000
As we're putting this together, we've also reached out to a professional event coordinator.

688
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:07,000
That could come alongside and give us some consultation just as this event is growing and where we need to.

689
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,000
Make some adjustments.

690
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:16,000
Because it is an event that just, I mean, has exploded probably since COVID.

691
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:20,000
And it's almost trying to keep the wheels on has been really tough.

692
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:30,000
And so that is something that we're looking at is like, how do we restructure so that we can support an event of this size.

693
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,000
And, and make it so that it is.

694
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,000
Sustainable is growing.

695
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:41,000
So that is your wish you would like it to continue to be a big event in the end zone.

696
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,000
It's biggest is the fairgrounds can, right? Like obviously that footprint.

697
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,000
But I think having, you know, having the Mexican rodeo.

698
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,000
You know, we got them to come back this year on Sunday night.

699
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:57,000
And that's just such a huge event for our valley.

700
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:02,000
And then having, you know, symbol writing or rodeo event.

701
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:06,000
Just having something for the community on each of those nights.

702
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,000
I think it's really important.

703
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,000
I don't know that we want to necessarily make it any bigger.

704
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000
I don't, I don't think it can get any bigger.

705
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,000
Based on this size of the fairgrounds.

706
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000
So it's just something.

707
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,000
How do we maintain its, its growth that it is.

708
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,000
So that it's sustainable for years to come.

709
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,000
Definitely encourage you to do that.

710
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,000
Thank you.

711
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,000
Yes.

712
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,000
You are usually the first event of the summer.

713
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,000
Yes.

714
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,000
We have the start of the county.

715
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000
So thank you for that.

716
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,000
Yeah.

717
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,000
We love it.

718
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,000
We love it.

719
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,000
And we, we understand just from our fair and rodeo.

720
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,000
You know, it takes a year to mix a year of planning.

721
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,000
Yeah.

722
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,000
We're working on this to, to get an event this, this large too.

723
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,000
Yeah.

724
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:56,000
You know, in March, we had some, some costs that we weren't expecting.

725
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,000
And so with security and, and the cost of that.

726
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,000
And then, you know, everything goes up, right?

727
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,000
Insurance went up.

728
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,000
All the things go up.

729
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:07,000
And so it just, truly, when we look back at things.

730
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,000
And when I came to you guys, I think last month.

731
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:16,000
I mean, 60% is kind of where our expenses went, you know, almost immediately.

732
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:21,000
And so it was just kind of one of those things that we didn't necessarily have a ton of time to prepare for.

733
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:26,000
Even though we knew costs were going up, we just didn't expect them to jump 60% so.

734
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:27,000
Yeah.

735
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:28,000
Yeah.

736
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,000
But now we know right now we can prepare.

737
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,000
Okay.

738
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,000
And the carnival will set up on Thursday.

739
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,000
Next Thursday.

740
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:38,000
So they'll be here.

741
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,000
And you're doing this event with $46,000.

742
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:43,000
Yep.

743
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,000
Great.

744
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:45,000
Yep.

745
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:46,000
That's off to you.

746
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,000
The carnival is, is our savior, right?

747
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:50,000
Yeah.

748
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:54,000
They, they, they bring the people in and, and they don't post us anything.

749
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,000
Yeah.

750
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:56,000
Yeah.

751
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,000
The general bit of money.

752
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,000
Correct.

753
00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,000
Yep.

754
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:00,000
Yeah.

755
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,000
Appreciate you guys.

756
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,000
Thank you.

757
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,000
All right. Thank you.

758
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,000
Okay.

759
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,000
All right.

760
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:07,000
Thank you.

761
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,000
Fourth up next is this is a request for $5,000.

762
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:16,000
And grant funding for the Roy Ford Public Radio Incorporated Doing Business as Aspen Public Radio and Greg.

763
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:17,000
All right.

764
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,000
Community Relations is here.

765
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,000
Good morning.

766
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,000
Great.

767
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,000
Welcome.

768
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:22,000
Good to see you.

769
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,000
Good to see you.

770
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,000
Good to see you.

771
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,000
Good to see you.

772
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:26,000
Good to see you.

773
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:27,000
Good to see you.

774
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,000
Good to see you.

775
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,000
Good to see you.

776
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,000
Good to see you.

777
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:44,000
Good to see you.

778
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,000
All right.

779
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,000
You're in Renoonda.

780
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,000
I don't know.

781
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:49,000
What's going on?

782
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,000
Congratulations.

783
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:52,000
Come up here.

784
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,000
Good to see you.

785
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:54,000
Good to see you.

786
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:55,000
Good to see you.

787
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,000
Good to see you.

788
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,000
Congratulations.

789
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,000
Congratulations.

790
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:18,000
How time consuming it is to review 10 grants. So thank you very much for your consideration. I think it's worth it. I think the return on investment of your granting to all of these nonprofits, including us is large and it is community serving.

791
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:36,000
Aspen Public Radio's mission is to support nurse and enrich our community by providing information informative, entertaining and educational radio and digital programming in a reliable and professional manner.

792
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:41,000
I wanted to give you something real quick. I know what to do.

793
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:42,000
Yeah.

794
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,000
Roach.

795
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:55,000
Well, this is project based for our nonprofit community fair. I did want to cover our operations in general.

796
00:45:55,000 --> 00:46:00,000
That is the one to our to the clerk as well.

797
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:03,000
She needs the animals and to our county attorney.

798
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:07,000
This is, I was going to pass it back.

799
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,000
That's okay.

800
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:17,000
The theme of our spring membership drive was preparedness and pretty much the theme of our year is preparedness.

801
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:30,000
That card is for concise informative tips on being prepared, especially in the case of wildfire and flood.

802
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:46,000
At the very basic public media and radio for that matter, especially in a rural area and the coincidence of talking about broadband divide and the socioeconomic broadband divide.

803
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:58,000
Radio and public radio is critical for informing people in emergency situations, especially in that broadband divide.

804
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:05,000
We are main transmitters are from smuggler mountain and sunlight mountain.

805
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:21,000
We and then we have translator at the top of Iron Mountain that has a specific signal for Glenwood till the radio blockage in South Canyon.

806
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:32,000
And I hit South Glenwood as well, but our 88.9 signal hits the bulk of the Roach and Fort Valley in the Colorado River corridor really well.

807
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:44,000
But we do have a dedicated 89.3 signal from Iron Mountain that can give things even clearer in the immediate area because of sunlight mountain.

808
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:48,000
We have a certain rightful pick up our signal really well.

809
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:54,000
But radio is impervious to power outages and internet outages.

810
00:47:54,000 --> 00:48:01,000
If you have a no a weather radio, if you have a transistor radio with a battery, you can get emergency information.

811
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:13,000
And our journalists, above and beyond, and that strikes at the professional word in our mission statement are trained annually in resilience.

812
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:17,000
And in emergency preparedness.

813
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:24,000
By law, we must maintain generator backup.

814
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:28,000
So if there's a power outage, we're still on the air.

815
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,000
Enable to serve in a liable manner.

816
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,000
I'll give you an example real quick.

817
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,000
I was coming back.

818
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,000
I don't go to the station at office often.

819
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:41,000
A lot of my work is remote and in the field with our nonprofit partnerships.

820
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:50,000
But I was coming back from aspirin coincidentally when that sustainable settings grass fires started.

821
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:55,000
And I was meeting my girlfriend partner to go back home to marble.

822
00:48:55,000 --> 00:49:01,000
But I immediately knew that I was not going to be able to get down Highway 133 because of that fire.

823
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:08,000
We planned to meet in Carbondale Library and waste some time before the road opened up before traveling on.

824
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:17,000
But within a half hour, I stayed tuned to the radio and knew that we didn't have to meet at Carbondale Library.

825
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:22,000
And we could proceed tomorrow because I learned that the fire was under control and the road was back open.

826
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:34,000
But that's just to give you an idea of the critical essential nature of public radio and radio in serving the community just for emergency critical emergency purposes.

827
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:40,000
What we're requesting this grant for is the same as last year our nonprofit volunteer fair.

828
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:49,000
One of my other hats with Aspen Public Radio is maintaining effective nonprofit relationships of which we have many.

829
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:56,000
And one of the concrete examples of that is media sponsorships.

830
00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:09,000
Rowing for outdoor volunteer volunteers we provide a media sponsorship to annually now in terms of and that value to roaring for outdoor volunteers in terms of radio promotion.

831
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:14,000
Digital promotion is about $5,000 in and of itself.

832
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:20,000
And I orchestrate about 30 of these nonprofit media sponsorships per year on average.

833
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:34,000
There were about $2,500 of peace and it's money that these nonprofits don't have to expand out of their budgets on promotion and get people aware of projects of roaring for outdoor volunteers for instance.

834
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:41,000
CMC and their civics department is another beneficiary of that media sponsorship.

835
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:55,000
We're in close communications with crystal and that department at CMC the year before we participated in a year-long collaboration with CMC on Richard Hauss's book.

836
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:59,000
The book of obligations and common dialogue.

837
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:10,000
Mostly on the premise of being civically involved and volunteering is the best way to be in a community and the leverage that it provides.

838
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:14,000
So full circle that's nonprofit volunteer fair.

839
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:26,000
Same as last year we host 30 volunteers in an expo type setting it will once again be in the common outdoor common of.

840
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:35,000
Glenwood branch library and then the boost will be on Cooper Street within that block.

841
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:47,000
The thrust of that is to help these mostly very volunteer driven nonprofits to recruit volunteers but also create awareness of their missions.

842
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:58,000
Last year we facilitated 100 new volunteers comprehensively over these couple dozen nonprofit agencies.

843
00:51:58,000 --> 00:52:04,000
Michelle Marlow is the event planner of it which is again a very professional.

844
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:12,000
Both in terms of logistics of Glenwood Springs ordinances Garfield County ordinances to make sure this is done right and in compliance.

845
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:24,000
But also I loved Michelle's idea there's free food at this event via food trucks, but the mechanism to get that free food is that each of the volunteer booths have tickets.

846
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:33,000
And when somebody engages with one of the volunteer booths they then get a ticket to be able to cash in for food at the food truck.

847
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:45,000
So there's a carrot there in terms of and also key to this event it's being held once again on the last Wednesday of August.

848
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:54,000
Last year was from 2 to 5 PM and again that's to take advantage of earlier release Wednesday and student participation and we had a lot of students.

849
00:52:54,000 --> 00:53:19,000
This year it's going to be from 3 to 6 to make sure we also engage with Garfield RE2 as much as possible to make sure 2 to 5 is a little prohibitive for students that aren't being released early on Wednesday but 3 to 6, especially in contact with Garfield RE2 social sciences and administrators.

850
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:25,000
We can make sure that those kids and their families can get there at least by 4 o'clock.

851
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:38,000
And the live broadcast won't take place until 4 to 30 so people will be able to take place in the drawn delight of witnessing a live broadcast from the event.

852
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:50,000
Again all of these nonprofits I would say without exception are probably recipients of a Garfield County discretionary grant.

853
00:53:50,000 --> 00:54:00,000
So again the return on investment for this and us helping the same entities that you're helping I think is huge.

854
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:22,000
Lastly this is a grant but we're affording all the funders and granders the same sponsorship benefits that a private funder would afford and that includes mention of Garfield County support when we promote this event over our airwaves.

855
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:32,000
As well as in our physical and digital materials and promoting the event I provided in there an example of some of the exposure that you got last year from that.

856
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:44,000
And Fred and Renel will attest last year I was tenacious about wanting to make sure that Garfield County had a tent there as a sponsor.

857
00:54:44,000 --> 00:55:04,000
Unfortunately the leaf fire sparks up and Renel was incredibly busy none the last I offer the same as I did last year that I will I'll be your grant if you want me to in terms of getting a tent there in a table there just need to have you guys get a person there.

858
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:09,000
But I think it's invaluable outreach to be able to be there.

859
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:11,000
Yeah we might want to talk to Lou as well.

860
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:12,000
Okay.

861
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:17,000
Yes because it is you're talking about preparedness for emergency.

862
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:18,000
Yes.

863
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:22,000
And that all goes through our to the sheriff's office through Chris board hold.

864
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:23,000
Yeah.

865
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:37,000
Yeah I wanted to point out on these as well and in terms of hundreds of nonprofit leveraging and collaboration we're providing like one to two thousands of these at the request of food bank for the Rockies.

866
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:43,000
The Rockies they want to put these in in the bags where people are getting food.

867
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:50,000
And I would like to ask that you be in touch with Chris board hold as well just so you're journalists.

868
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:54,000
So so that's seamless if we do have a wildfire.

869
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,000
Yeah or an emergency of some sort.

870
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:57,000
Absolutely.

871
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:58,000
Okay.

872
00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,000
Yeah I'll take that.

873
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:00,000
I'll take that matter.

874
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:03,000
If you manage your in the sheriff's office you got to come.

875
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:04,000
Okay.

876
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:05,000
Yeah.

877
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:06,000
Any questions?

878
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:07,000
Mike Perry.

879
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:11,000
I think it's great that you have something like this, especially this year.

880
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:12,000
Right.

881
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:13,000
Especially this year.

882
00:56:13,000 --> 00:56:14,000
Yeah.

883
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:22,000
I want to touch on that real quick in terms of.

884
00:56:22,000 --> 00:56:27,000
I know it didn't happen last year, but I did note in the.

885
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:35,000
First application to get on the agenda that matching may be required.

886
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:40,000
Your support is already matched by a very reputable private.

887
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,000
Alpine bank is sponsoring this to $5,000.

888
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:50,000
But what spurred my memory on this as well as we do have commitment.

889
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:53,000
So far 1,000 I'm on their grant.

890
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:56,000
You've been parliament grant post.

891
00:56:56,000 --> 00:57:01,000
As a community foundation is committed to a thousand so far.

892
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:08,000
But as you know, aspirin communities foundation has a mission to serve all the way to parachute and especially youth.

893
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:11,000
Especially through their first community foundation.

894
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,000
But aspirin community foundation is in as well.

895
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:20,000
So you're not solo on the support by any means and we're really going to be doing the thrust of our.

896
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:24,000
Push on sponsorship in June.

897
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:27,000
But we already have decent support.

898
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:31,000
I guess I would like to wrap.

899
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:39,000
I don't want to be presumptuous, but I guess the development person in me is.

900
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:48,000
I wanted to get in on this early because last year it was August for your preparation purposes and ours.

901
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:56,000
And now I'm kicking myself a little bit in terms of last year there were five or six August participants and.

902
00:57:56,000 --> 00:58:06,000
And here we are in May with 10 and if there's room for extrapolating into the next two quarters.

903
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:09,000
We'd greatly appreciate it.

904
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:13,000
Yeah, and I just state that I put this in the second quarter.

905
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:18,000
First quarter we all had four I think four requests so.

906
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:22,000
And now second quarter we have 10 so this for everybody out there to you.

907
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:30,000
And again, I'll mostly just appreciation for the time you take in reading these over and listening to us.

908
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:31,000
Thanks.

909
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:32,000
Yeah.

910
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:33,000
Good.

911
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:34,000
Thank you.

912
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,000
Good.

913
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:36,000
Thanks.

914
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:38,000
I do like you.

915
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:39,000
Wouldn't doubt hit out.

916
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:40,000
But yeah.

917
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:42,000
It's ready to say.

918
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:43,000
Yeah.

919
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:44,000
I don't know.

920
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:45,000
Sorry.

921
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:46,000
Okay.

922
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:47,000
It's adjourned.

923
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:48,000
Okay.

924
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,000
Thank you.

925
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:50,000
Next this morning.

926
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:55,000
This is a grant funding request of five thousand dollars for the growing for your orchestra program.

927
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:56,000
And Sarah.

928
00:58:56,000 --> 00:58:57,000
And Sarah.

929
00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:58,000
Grant.

930
00:58:58,000 --> 00:58:59,000
Here's your morning.

931
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:00,000
Hi.

932
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:01,000
See you again.

933
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:02,000
Once a year.

934
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:04,000
Yes.

935
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:05,000
Yeah.

936
00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:08,000
So thank you so much for having us all here.

937
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:09,000
I'm Sarah Graff.

938
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:11,000
Executive Director also one of the.

939
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:13,000
Co-music directors and tell a teacher.

940
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:17,000
We all wear a lot of hats at the at the organization.

941
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:29,000
And I think that's one of the things that makes us special is that we're all sort of involved with the students all the time and also running the organization and so very very involved in everything.

942
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:31,000
We're very grateful for the past support.

943
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:38,000
It's been very important to us in our growing Garfield County, especially in Newcastle in silt.

944
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,000
So this year's request is.

945
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:46,000
Similar to all the past years that we want to keep growing and keep sustaining what we're doing in.

946
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:51,000
Cactus Valley Elementary School and Riverside in Newcastle.

947
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:57,000
We keep starting new groups of kids each year at fourth grade in Cactus Valley and then they continue on.

948
00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:00,000
So that all together in all.

949
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:18,000
All of our locations right now, we have 100 students. It's our first year with 100 students. It's our 15th year of the program. When we first started, we had eight up Valley and we've gradually moved our way down Valley and spread out and are really proud to have that many kids involved.

950
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:25,000
They're all the way from kindergarten through high schoolers with sort of the middle school HB in the core group.

951
01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:43,000
We have two main benefits of what we do are for the students, of course, but also the community, all of our concerts are free, always, and we do community sing along, that Christmas time and then concerts throughout the year.

952
01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:54,000
And we have a group called sidewalk strings that goes out and plays in the summer like at farmer's markets or kind of on the corner here and there and does a lot of fiddle tunes in that style of music.

953
01:00:54,000 --> 01:01:06,000
So we do a lot more than sort of a traditional youth orchestra of what you might think of or what I think of from when I was a kid, but we do a lot more than that now.

954
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:14,000
And then we estimate around 2000 audience members come out each year and if you add up all of the different concerts.

955
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:22,000
And then scholarships are a big part of what we do and a lot of what grant funding helps to make possible.

956
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:39,000
They're need-based basically it equals like reduced tuition or reduced costs for less so no money goes out to the students specifically, but it makes it possible for them to do the program either for free or for a very low cost based on need.

957
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:46,000
So that we don't turn anyone away and right now about 65% of our students are receiving some level of scholarship.

958
01:01:46,000 --> 01:02:02,000
So there's there's great need for that in the area and not a lot of other musical education for youth opportunities is especially in the Newcastle to rifle part of our area.

959
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:15,000
There are more as you get towards Glenwood and Carbendale and we do have some programming there, but we really especially are thinking of this this request for our western Garfield County part of the region.

960
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:20,000
Okay, thank you Mike.

961
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:21,000
Questions.

962
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:23,000
Very in questions.

963
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:28,000
I'm glad you do some of the outreach of those concerts like the veterans nursing home.

964
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:29,000
Yeah.

965
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:30,000
Yeah.

966
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:36,000
You would expand that more and more of the senior housing living place would be great.

967
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:37,000
Mm-hmm.

968
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:38,000
So that we do that.

969
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:39,000
Yeah.

970
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:43,000
We love playing in different venues for different places.

971
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:50,000
Schools don't have music or where the playing instruments do they or like a band do they have a band.

972
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:51,000
Yes.

973
01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:55,000
They're definitely band classes in all of the middle schools and high schools.

974
01:02:55,000 --> 01:03:02,000
The elementary schools don't have instrumental music in or at least in silk where we have our program.

975
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:07,000
They have a general music class, but there's no instrumental music there.

976
01:03:07,000 --> 01:03:16,000
A lot of other places a band or or string orchestra would start in fourth or fifth grade, but that's not the case in cactus valley.

977
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:21,000
They do have general music class, but not until middle school would they be able to start an instrument.

978
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:28,000
So we start just string players in the younger ages, but our advanced group also has wins in brass and percussion.

979
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:33,000
So a lot of students from Glenwood High School band play on our in our top orchestra.

980
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:34,000
Yeah.

981
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:36,000
Okay. Thank you.

982
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,000
Sorry. Yeah. Thanks so much.

983
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:40,000
Yeah.

984
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:43,000
We're familiar with the program seeing you many years.

985
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:44,000
So thank you.

986
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:45,000
Thank you sir.

987
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:46,000
Are you guys good?

988
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:50,000
And you want to take a break at this nine o'clock.

989
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:51,000
Good.

990
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:53,000
Let's take a halfway through the going to that.

991
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:56,000
So let's take a let's make it a chin at a break.

992
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:59,000
And be back here at nine 15.

993
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:00,000
Okay.

994
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:16,000
Okay.

995
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:19,000
Hey, we are back. We're back from.

996
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,000
We're back on the air.

997
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:23,000
That vacuum is adjourned.

998
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:24,000
Okay. Thank you.

999
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:30,000
Next this morning up on the discretionary grants is a funding request for $5,000 for three rivers.

1000
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:35,000
A little league and bread plants and Craig Womers are here to make that presentation.

1001
01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:36,000
And there's a lot of things we've done.

1002
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:37,000
And we're going to make it a little bit more gentlemen.

1003
01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:39,000
Welcome.

1004
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:40,000
Good morning.

1005
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:41,000
Morning.

1006
01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:44,000
Four pressure of probably in the middle of that right.

1007
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:45,000
That said.

1008
01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:47,000
As I said it that summer event.

1009
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:48,000
It's free event.

1010
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:49,000
Are you that.

1011
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:50,000
Yeah.

1012
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:52,000
Kids playing baseball.

1013
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:55,000
So my name is Brad Plans.

1014
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:58,000
I'm not on the board of directors.

1015
01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:04,000
I was a volunteer that just decided to help out with the grant writing.

1016
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:12,720
And the biggest reason for the ask for this request is because field space continues to

1017
01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:17,280
cost continue to increase. So that's been a challenge for us.

1018
01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:20,960
Please, please, the school schools for field space.

1019
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:25,680
Late, you have to pay for, we pay for, yeah, from Parks and Rack.

1020
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:31,760
Parks and Rack. Yeah, okay. For both Global Springs and Carbondale Parks and Rack.

1021
01:05:32,080 --> 01:05:36,240
Hey, well, just give us, give us an overview. You know, who's participating.

1022
01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:40,240
Maintains, where they're from, all that stuff, yeah.

1023
01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:43,600
It's been more gentleman. That's why I come into play. A lot of good public speakers,

1024
01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:46,000
so bear with me there. Come more of a big small coach.

1025
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:53,280
But I have been involved in literally as a player and as a coach since I was in middle school.

1026
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:58,720
So three or ever started back and I believe it's in 98 or 99 and that's about when I played in it.

1027
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:03,280
And then now I have kids playing baseball. And I've been coaching for about 12 years now and got

1028
01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:08,320
suggested to travel for the board six years ago as a coach. That sounds fun. Help grow the league.

1029
01:06:08,320 --> 01:06:13,520
So that's where I got on the board and then they should have all told to be the president. So that's why I'm here today.

1030
01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:16,880
But I'm in it because I love the sport. It's America's favorite past time.

1031
01:06:16,880 --> 01:06:21,760
It kids learn so much more than just how to play baseball in literally. They learn life lessons.

1032
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:27,360
They learn life skills. It's something that I see kids in the store 10 years later. They say,

1033
01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:32,640
hey coach, and honestly I don't remember some of their names. But this is the impact that they have on it.

1034
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:38,560
And literally it's such a great organization for that. And three or specifically we cover from

1035
01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:43,520
Vail the Glamwood and Eagle Valley. And then from Aspen or from Vail the Gifts. I'm sorry, Eagle Valley.

1036
01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:49,920
And then Aspen the Glamwood over here in the rowing Fort Valley. And we have, I think, 420

1037
01:06:49,920 --> 01:06:56,320
Some kids play in this year for about 30 teams. Then each team will get roughly 12 or 10 games in.

1038
01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:04,560
And it's, it's mild competitive baseball. I guess I could call it. And literally, as a whole,

1039
01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:10,320
it's trying to balance between Reck League and the travel baseball. It's travel baseball is growing a lot more.

1040
01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:15,920
So we're fighting that balance as well and trying to just keep a good competitive baseball

1041
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:21,040
where the kids have a transition into more competitive baseball as well as into the high school program.

1042
01:07:21,040 --> 01:07:25,440
And that's our goal is just to get the kids to love the sport and get to high school and continue to grow.

1043
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:31,040
And we are an affiliate of literally international. So we are part of that system. So the

1044
01:07:31,040 --> 01:07:36,000
literally world series and Williamsport, our teams have the potential to make it there. And it's the dream of

1045
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:41,840
all little leaders and our teams of we've been growing as an organization more and more and getting to

1046
01:07:41,840 --> 01:07:46,000
point where kids see the competitiveness of it. And we've won numerous district championships. We've

1047
01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:50,080
gone to state tournaments. We've even had a few teams go to regional. We haven't been lucky enough to

1048
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:57,520
go to Williamsport yet. But that's always the goal there. However, the hard part is being non-profit organization.

1049
01:07:58,080 --> 01:08:02,800
But keep them the costs of registration fees down for the players as hard because as Brad mentioned,

1050
01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:08,240
the field costs are going up. Unpires are hard and harder to come by and we've been trying to

1051
01:08:08,240 --> 01:08:13,200
balance that as well as get younger kids in the unpiring but making it work there while. And it's been

1052
01:08:13,200 --> 01:08:18,240
it's been a struggle overall for the past few years. Just trying to keep it where we don't push the kids away

1053
01:08:18,240 --> 01:08:25,120
because it's too expensive for them to even play in the first place. And what ages? We have ages,

1054
01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:29,920
the team ages are from 10 to 14, but we also have some eight and nine year olds that play on the

1055
01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:43,440
10 year old teams. And did you go ahead on the charge individual to participate? Is there a cost for

1056
01:08:43,440 --> 01:08:48,880
that? There is the registration fee and that really covers the cost of getting the jersey for them,

1057
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:53,760
getting the hats and then it goes towards the entire fees, the field uses fees but it doesn't come

1058
01:08:53,760 --> 01:08:59,280
around that we rely on grants, it's more serious than how much would it cost if I had one of the

1059
01:08:59,280 --> 01:09:07,280
participants. I think it was $3.25 this year which is almost a little steep compared to what travel

1060
01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:15,760
will cost ours. Everything costs. Yes it does. What's the travel? Like travel baseball, there's a it's a

1061
01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:23,360
whole thing that's taken over the country really, where the cost is. Most of the least ones in

1062
01:09:23,360 --> 01:09:34,640
Edo Valley and gumwood are $400 or $500 for a player to join a travel team. We do to play interlead

1063
01:09:34,640 --> 01:09:40,640
play with CRB and a little bit with the ground junction teams as well. Yes, they're just their own separately,

1064
01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:50,320
but we do that. Yeah, you play those teams. Correct. Great. And so was it like a league? So you

1065
01:09:50,320 --> 01:10:00,320
got to keep track of your wins and losses and all that? Yes sir. On the question is Mike? I just I just

1066
01:10:00,320 --> 01:10:08,640
remember playing a little league when I was seven years old, the other way up to I'm buying and

1067
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:14,000
coach and stay championship teams and baseball is a great sport and I love it, but I just

1068
01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:20,480
that blows I mean it just costs so much money for everything. Didn't cost at times for me to play

1069
01:10:20,480 --> 01:10:26,560
when I was a kid and now it's $3.25. I get it. I understand that it's just

1070
01:10:28,240 --> 01:10:34,800
the raising. So this money just go kind of into your general fund or will be used for scholarships

1071
01:10:35,360 --> 01:10:40,560
but you're what you're the use of that. Since it's a Garfield County grant fund, we use it solely for

1072
01:10:40,560 --> 01:10:46,080
the Garfield County field costs and umpires that unpire those games which the field costs

1073
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:50,640
were just glowing in carbon mail for the season. Things about $5,000 what we're going to pay just to

1074
01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:57,360
rent the fields and then the unpire costs will be closer to $10,000 just to unpire the games in those two areas.

1075
01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:06,560
Okay, it's good information. Yeah. Any other questions? Okay thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

1076
01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:16,400
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate the time. I appreciate you being here, appreciate your work with

1077
01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:26,560
the youth. Thank you. Okay. Okay, thank you. You've got next up. This is a discretionary grant request funding for

1078
01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:33,120
$3,500 for the West Elp Trails. Todd Tibets, the board chairman and the co-crisisonson are both here

1079
01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:40,080
to the west of Good Morning. Morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Oh, that's good to see you. Yeah.

1080
01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:47,440
Here on a different roll but just as it's being front of these things for your time. Okay. Good morning update.

1081
01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:53,840
Good morning. I'm Todd Tibets, board chair of West Elp Trails. Thank you for the time today.

1082
01:11:54,480 --> 01:12:00,160
My Garfield County has supported the West Elp Trails win our grooming program for quite a number

1083
01:12:00,160 --> 01:12:07,680
of years back in 2009 youth supported our buying of our groomer, which we still currently use and

1084
01:12:07,680 --> 01:12:17,120
supported us throughout the years. Last year we because of the low snow conditions, our expenses

1085
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:24,480
were reduced significantly. And so we didn't come up for you guys and asked for funding for

1086
01:12:24,480 --> 01:12:35,440
last year. We're anticipating that this next winter will be closer to normal. Amen. And this summer

1087
01:12:35,440 --> 01:12:46,640
will be wet. And so we're anticipating again the financial needs of normal season and requesting

1088
01:12:47,120 --> 01:12:56,160
support of 3,500 bucks. One of the other things that is happening in West Elp part of our

1089
01:12:56,160 --> 01:13:03,360
specific use permit with the Forest Services to do summer trail maintenance. Quite a number of years ago,

1090
01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:08,720
we opened up the Mansfield ditch trail had not been used for quite a while and had gotten

1091
01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:17,600
overgrown and West Elp Trails sponsored to three different work sessions to get volunteers out

1092
01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:22,240
to start clearing that. And then the Forest Service once it was cleared enough to get through the

1093
01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:30,320
Forest Service was able to take it over. But the Newcastle Mountain Mike group in the

1094
01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:37,360
rightful mountain group by group of approached West Elp Trails to open up another couple

1095
01:13:37,360 --> 01:13:44,880
sections of trails for hiking, mountain biking and port riding up on the flat tops that have

1096
01:13:44,880 --> 01:13:51,680
gotten overgrown. There's a section from the Mansfield ditch over to Main Elp and then the last

1097
01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:59,600
chance trail which goes from near the parking lot at the winter maintenance ends out to

1098
01:14:00,640 --> 01:14:12,000
quartz ridge. And so we're contemplating next season, leveraging the coordination between the

1099
01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:19,200
mountain Mike groups and web built trail with either lead organization and to again get citizen volunteers

1100
01:14:19,840 --> 01:14:26,800
to open up those trails so then the Forest Service then can in the summertime with the

1101
01:14:26,800 --> 01:14:32,640
youth conservation core which Garfield County supports can help keep those trails open.

1102
01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:43,040
As with all other nonprofit organizations our expenses have increased rather dramatically over the

1103
01:14:43,040 --> 01:14:53,840
years and what we've done to address that we have good continue a user support over a third of

1104
01:14:53,840 --> 01:15:00,000
our budget is provided by user voluntary donations but we

1105
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:10,000
Humanities to increase their funding as well as we've sponsored a fundraising dinner, which has

1106
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:18,280
been successful and increased our funding there. So we have had to ask the additional government

1107
01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:24,920
support as our expenses increased and all that Nicole talked a little bit more about the funding

1108
01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:26,920
and issues of that nature.

1109
01:15:26,920 --> 01:15:33,920
Well, how many miles of trails do you have under your purview?

1110
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:39,920
Curlius 10, 10 miles of trails, seven miles of groan and then there's three miles, which is a

1111
01:15:39,920 --> 01:15:43,920
a snow shoe that does not get groan.

1112
01:15:43,920 --> 01:15:47,920
Okay, Nicole. Nicole, you got the floor.

1113
01:15:47,920 --> 01:15:51,920
Thank you so much. I'm newer to this board, but I'm not newer. I'm not new to the West Oaks trails.

1114
01:15:51,920 --> 01:15:56,920
Like 13 years ago, my first winter, my boss at the time made sure we got up there.

1115
01:15:56,920 --> 01:16:01,920
We snow-shoot and now I've gotten really into cross-country skiing. He brought hot chocolate and just being out

1116
01:16:01,920 --> 01:16:06,920
at that overlook was magical and what I love about these trails is every time I'm up there.

1117
01:16:06,920 --> 01:16:09,920
It's magical and those places in our valley are rare.

1118
01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:14,920
So I'm really glad to be a little more involved and share a bit more about the community support.

1119
01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:19,920
And like Todd mentioned, we're talking to more small businesses for their sponsorship as well.

1120
01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:24,920
It's something that businesses can kind of help support for their employees.

1121
01:16:24,920 --> 01:16:27,920
All of us choose to live here and it's a hard place to live.

1122
01:16:27,920 --> 01:16:30,920
It's a hard place to come. It's a hard place to stay and make it work.

1123
01:16:30,920 --> 01:16:36,920
So having these kind of amenities for all of our locals, for our employees, for our community members is really valuable.

1124
01:16:36,920 --> 01:16:41,920
I can't imagine living a place without something like West Oaks trails, basically in my backyard.

1125
01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:43,920
We now bring our dog every time we're there.

1126
01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:53,920
It's nice that it's free, but we always give our user donation every year and we encourage other folks that we see up there to make sure to know this doesn't happen.

1127
01:16:53,920 --> 01:17:00,920
For free, it's free to users, but it's not free to actually provide these great trails and amenities.

1128
01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:02,920
A little more about our fundraising dinner.

1129
01:17:02,920 --> 01:17:04,920
This is something we've added two years ago.

1130
01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:06,920
It was one of our board members ideas.

1131
01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:17,920
We've sold out 55 plus seats both years and then this year in January we added a silent option, which definitely brought in a lot more money as well.

1132
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:25,920
So it's, you know, we're looking to address the cost increases, but also do fun things where we get to see everyone that we see on the trails at dinner.

1133
01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:28,920
And it kind of enjoyed each other's company in a different arena.

1134
01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:35,920
So it's been a great board to be involved in and just a great community asset that I can't imagine not having for years to come.

1135
01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:37,920
Thank you.

1136
01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:39,920
Very frugal budget.

1137
01:17:39,920 --> 01:17:41,920
That is true for what you do.

1138
01:17:41,920 --> 01:17:46,920
And so last winter what was your season January to mid March did you get that much?

1139
01:17:46,920 --> 01:17:56,920
Well, we, we open just before Christmas, but people have to dodge some muddy areas.

1140
01:17:56,920 --> 01:18:01,920
We really didn't get adequate snow until January to really start grooming.

1141
01:18:02,920 --> 01:18:08,920
We spent just about as much time shoveling snow on the trails to keep them open.

1142
01:18:08,920 --> 01:18:14,920
We, we did, we were able to stay open till the second weekend in March.

1143
01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:20,920
And spite of the 70 and 80 degree weather that it was, it was all better was unbelievable.

1144
01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:21,920
Yeah.

1145
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:22,920
Yeah.

1146
01:18:22,920 --> 01:18:30,920
And it, uh, not quite the same as the like two winners to go when we had 10 feet of base up there.

1147
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:34,920
It's supposed to about a what and a half to two feet of base is this last year.

1148
01:18:34,920 --> 01:18:37,920
I like to hike and have it hike to trails.

1149
01:18:37,920 --> 01:18:38,920
So I need to do that.

1150
01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:40,920
What's the base elevation?

1151
01:18:40,920 --> 01:18:45,920
Uh, it's at 90 and 9000 feet is where the parking lot is again.

1152
01:18:45,920 --> 01:18:48,920
It's right at the end of the winter maintenance parking lot.

1153
01:18:48,920 --> 01:18:50,920
We'll share that with the snow wheel.

1154
01:18:51,920 --> 01:18:52,920
Well, how did it snow.

1155
01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:55,920
These snow and build trails run parallel or how does that.

1156
01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:58,920
No, the snow and build trails basically go north.

1157
01:18:58,920 --> 01:19:03,920
Uh, on the roof of a road and, and to a forest road to 20 towards metal lake.

1158
01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:10,920
And, and we go east right at the start of the, um, parking lot area.

1159
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:15,920
And, and so our trails are separate from the snow and build trails.

1160
01:19:15,920 --> 01:19:19,920
And, and as the coal mentioned, you get out in the woods and it's peaceful.

1161
01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:25,920
Uh, and, and then we've got a beautiful view spot where you can see all the way from the rag.

1162
01:19:25,920 --> 01:19:29,920
It's all the way over to the mountains over by eagle.

1163
01:19:29,920 --> 01:19:34,920
Uh, call that Dorothy's view for Dorothy and her husband.

1164
01:19:34,920 --> 01:19:40,920
Uh, ran where ranchers here and they used to go and they had to plaque up one of the old, uh,

1165
01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:45,920
Aspen trees that said, Dorothy's view is just carry that name forward.

1166
01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:47,920
Your questions.

1167
01:19:47,920 --> 01:19:48,920
Your help.

1168
01:19:48,920 --> 01:19:49,920
I know.

1169
01:19:49,920 --> 01:19:50,920
I know it pretty well.

1170
01:19:50,920 --> 01:19:51,920
It's a good deal.

1171
01:19:51,920 --> 01:19:52,920
Okay.

1172
01:19:52,920 --> 01:19:53,920
Thanks.

1173
01:19:53,920 --> 01:19:54,920
Your service.

1174
01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:55,920
And trails are really important.

1175
01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:58,920
I'm glad you're working with the mountain bikers as well.

1176
01:19:58,920 --> 01:19:59,920
Yeah.

1177
01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:01,920
It all that ties together.

1178
01:20:01,920 --> 01:20:02,920
Yeah.

1179
01:20:02,920 --> 01:20:04,920
I'm a little bit of your comment about that.

1180
01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:06,920
I'm a supportive of your winter use.

1181
01:20:06,920 --> 01:20:09,920
Uh, from a wildlife standpoint, we're getting to the mountain biking.

1182
01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:12,920
I won't be so, uh, supported.

1183
01:20:12,920 --> 01:20:16,920
And that's one of the reasons why we, uh, I'll be meeting with the Forest Service, uh,

1184
01:20:16,920 --> 01:20:20,920
The summer to talk about, uh, about that.

1185
01:20:20,920 --> 01:20:27,920
Uh, and what we can do to make sure that, um, we're, um, not disturbing the wildlife.

1186
01:20:27,920 --> 01:20:34,920
Just, we don't even open up our, one of our trails until late January just because the

1187
01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:36,920
Elic activity is still in there.

1188
01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:41,920
So we're, we're very sensitive to our stewardship of wildlife in the area.

1189
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:44,920
Well, the winter, winter use is way different than the definitely.

1190
01:20:44,920 --> 01:20:45,920
Yeah.

1191
01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:46,920
Definitely.

1192
01:20:46,920 --> 01:20:47,920
Yeah.

1193
01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:48,920
Thanks.

1194
01:20:48,920 --> 01:20:49,920
Thank you.

1195
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:51,920
Thank you.

1196
01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:52,920
Okay.

1197
01:20:52,920 --> 01:20:53,920
Mr. Chairman.

1198
01:20:53,920 --> 01:20:54,920
Okay.

1199
01:20:54,920 --> 01:20:55,920
Thank you.

1200
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:56,920
Next.

1201
01:20:56,920 --> 01:21:01,920
This is a request for discretionary grant funding at $5,000 for the Grand Valley Historical Society.

1202
01:21:01,920 --> 01:21:03,920
And this is Judith Hayward.

1203
01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:04,920
He's the president for that.

1204
01:21:05,920 --> 01:21:07,920
Thank you.

1205
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:08,920
Thank you.

1206
01:21:08,920 --> 01:21:10,920
Thank you.

1207
01:21:10,920 --> 01:21:11,920
Thank you.

1208
01:21:19,920 --> 01:21:20,920
You have the floor.

1209
01:21:20,920 --> 01:21:21,920
That's good.

1210
01:21:21,920 --> 01:21:22,920
I just go to see you.

1211
01:21:22,920 --> 01:21:23,920
Wow.

1212
01:21:23,920 --> 01:21:33,920
I am just amazed listening to all the volunteer organizations in our county.

1213
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:48,920
And those of you know that my heart's been with historical society and non-profit organizations.

1214
01:21:48,920 --> 01:21:51,920
My name is Judith Hayward.

1215
01:21:51,920 --> 01:21:58,920
I am president of the Grand Valley Historical Society, which owns the historic

1216
01:21:59,920 --> 01:22:07,920
Vatlement Mesa Schoolhouse located at 72 35 county road 300.

1217
01:22:07,920 --> 01:22:20,920
I'm here requesting $5,000 from the Garfield County discretionary grant funds to help the historical societies.

1218
01:22:20,920 --> 01:22:24,920
Schoolhouse roof project.

1219
01:22:24,920 --> 01:22:27,920
Our society was formed in 2000.

1220
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:34,920
So we're a fairly new organization in our community.

1221
01:22:34,920 --> 01:22:44,920
And we were given at that time the vacant Battlement Mesa Schoolhouse and the property.

1222
01:22:44,920 --> 01:22:53,920
With this grant, with the grant from the Colorado State Historical Restoration Fund,

1223
01:22:53,920 --> 01:23:03,920
in 2005 in the amount of $145,000 plus we had to raise 55.

1224
01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:08,920
We were able to restore that schoolhouse.

1225
01:23:08,920 --> 01:23:21,920
We also raised an additional close to $100,000 to add such things that were non-historic like a water well,

1226
01:23:21,920 --> 01:23:32,920
a septic system, furnace air conditioning, and a bathroom and a kitchen in the building.

1227
01:23:32,920 --> 01:23:45,920
I wanted to mention to you the county commissioners, Larry Velaski told me and he was a former commissioner here,

1228
01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:59,920
that when Battlement Mesa was being designed and developed the commissioners and the local citizens of the Battlement Mesa area,

1229
01:23:59,920 --> 01:24:07,920
purposely put this schoolhouse outside of the Battlement PUD.

1230
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:13,920
It was saved because of that decision.

1231
01:24:13,920 --> 01:24:27,920
During 2005 and 2008 when we were doing restoration, we were not able to repair the roof of that building.

1232
01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:36,920
It had already had a roof 40 years sitting on that building.

1233
01:24:36,920 --> 01:24:47,920
But what we did was just repair it and stained it and limped along.

1234
01:24:47,920 --> 01:24:52,920
Now we have a 50 year roof on that building.

1235
01:24:52,920 --> 01:25:03,920
Very dry shake shingles and with the current wildfire concerns we all have.

1236
01:25:03,920 --> 01:25:10,920
The society made a decision to replace that roof.

1237
01:25:10,920 --> 01:25:17,920
The old roof being taken off and now we are installing a steel roof.

1238
01:25:17,920 --> 01:25:25,920
If we would have done this 25 years ago when we started the restoration,

1239
01:25:25,920 --> 01:25:33,920
I think would have cost us $40,000, but we didn't have the money to do it.

1240
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:39,920
It is now costing us $80,000 to replace that roof.

1241
01:25:39,920 --> 01:25:43,920
In fact, $82,000.

1242
01:25:43,920 --> 01:25:55,920
During this work, we also found that the bell tower on the roof and we needed a gutter by the entrance into the building,

1243
01:25:55,920 --> 01:26:03,920
where we would have snow build up and ice on the cement.

1244
01:26:03,920 --> 01:26:15,920
So we have had some additional repairs that the contractor and the roof company have identified.

1245
01:26:15,920 --> 01:26:26,920
We would use this extra money of the $5,000 to help us with this additional things showing up.

1246
01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:36,920
We have hired a local contractor and he has been using a parachute roofing company.

1247
01:26:36,920 --> 01:26:40,920
All the people live in our community.

1248
01:26:40,920 --> 01:26:52,920
It was important that this money was going to be put in the pockets of local people.

1249
01:26:52,920 --> 01:27:05,920
Many of you are aware that this schoolhouse serves a real purpose and plus it has brought the community to begin to love the local history.

1250
01:27:05,920 --> 01:27:27,920
I hope you see the need to help our historical society and you might know that I am still here in this community working my heart out for the historical society

1251
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:39,920
because of marrying a husband that loved the local history and he used to refer to this building as the queen of the Mesa.

1252
01:27:39,920 --> 01:27:42,920
It was that important to him.

1253
01:27:42,920 --> 01:27:53,920
I thank you for your consideration and I have thoroughly enjoyed hearing all the other nonprofits,

1254
01:27:53,920 --> 01:28:00,920
talking and letting you know we have got a wonderful community in the county.

1255
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:01,920
Thank you.

1256
01:28:01,920 --> 01:28:04,920
So Judy, have a historical question for you.

1257
01:28:04,920 --> 01:28:16,920
Is it true that I think Mr. I don't know what Kalahans first name was but he was that he built his first chimney out of oil shell rock.

1258
01:28:16,920 --> 01:28:23,920
Is that a true story and then he when he found his first fire is his house burnt down.

1259
01:28:23,920 --> 01:28:28,920
I was just wondering if there's truth to that.

1260
01:28:28,920 --> 01:28:36,920
That was told repeatedly by Lee Hayward who was featured.

1261
01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:44,920
It didn't know Kalahans but he knew it had been passed on down to local people.

1262
01:28:44,920 --> 01:28:47,920
There's a number of neat stories.

1263
01:28:47,920 --> 01:29:03,920
One of them is Yellowstone Kelly who founded Yellowstone National Park was parachutes first justice of the piece for 10 years.

1264
01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:07,920
He founded Yellowstone National Park.

1265
01:29:07,920 --> 01:29:16,920
He came down to parachute and he lived here for 10 years in our community so we had a famous person.

1266
01:29:16,920 --> 01:29:28,920
So it's sort of like the oil shell plus that's the story we're working on telling at our rest stop about oil shell.

1267
01:29:28,920 --> 01:29:35,920
What it is and as somebody said it's not oil.

1268
01:29:35,920 --> 01:29:40,920
I think Lee Hayward would be more famous.

1269
01:29:40,920 --> 01:29:43,920
We're working that.

1270
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:46,920
And we have the great train robberies well.

1271
01:29:46,920 --> 01:29:48,920
Yes.

1272
01:29:48,920 --> 01:29:57,920
Jack Roberts did those wonderful paintings that are in our town hall and I'm so proud when I walk in there.

1273
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:06,000
And see those pictures. Right next to the police department.

1274
01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:11,000
Thank you, Judy. Appreciate it. Good to see you. Thank you for the book, too, Judy.

1275
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:13,000
Thanks.

1276
01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:15,000
Yeah, thank you.

1277
01:30:15,000 --> 01:30:16,000
Yeah, thank you.

1278
01:30:16,000 --> 01:30:17,000
Thank you.

1279
01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:19,000
Thank you.

1280
01:30:19,000 --> 01:30:21,000
Okay, back to you.

1281
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:27,000
Okay, thank you. Next request this is for $5,000 grant funding for the Rohingford Conservancy.

1282
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:31,000
It's got a rickla ferro, the executive director listed, but also had a little one.

1283
01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:33,000
It's, I think, as you.

1284
01:30:33,000 --> 01:30:34,000
Good morning.

1285
01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:37,000
The science and policy directors are welcome, Heather.

1286
01:30:37,000 --> 01:30:40,000
I'm glad you're still with the Rohingford Conservancy.

1287
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:41,000
Yes, thank you.

1288
01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:44,000
In a while since I've seen you, but it's good to see you.

1289
01:30:44,000 --> 01:30:46,000
Yes, I think it's been a few years.

1290
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:48,000
Eric, apologizes. He got called out on a safe visit.

1291
01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:51,000
And was not able to make it this morning.

1292
01:30:51,000 --> 01:30:55,000
But thank you all for taking the time to hear our request here.

1293
01:30:55,000 --> 01:31:00,000
So we're, I believe you're all familiar with Rohingford Conservancy and the time that we spent.

1294
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:06,000
But we are entering our 30th year now, which is pretty exciting and for water shed organization in Colorado,

1295
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:10,000
there aren't too many that have been around for that long.

1296
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:18,000
We are requesting $5,000 funding as well as a letter of support for our current drought resiliency study.

1297
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:24,000
As you all are keenly aware, the prolonged and now severe drought conditions

1298
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:30,000
really impact not just our rivers, but our whole community and our culture and our economy on the daily basis right now.

1299
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:34,000
In the fall of 2023, we partnered with three different properties.

1300
01:31:34,000 --> 01:31:39,000
One in each county of the Rohingford water shed, one pick and eagle and Garfield counties,

1301
01:31:39,000 --> 01:31:44,000
to look at the impacts of biochar as a soil amendment and soil health.

1302
01:31:44,000 --> 01:31:49,000
And the impacts in both soil health and yields in the time of reduced water.

1303
01:31:49,000 --> 01:32:02,000
As I'm sure you all know, if you looked about 20 years back, you wouldn't see a watershed group working with an agricultural property owners on water and shared water resources.

1304
01:32:02,000 --> 01:32:11,000
And we really think that the world in the community right now has united in certain ways around water and divided in others.

1305
01:32:11,000 --> 01:32:16,000
And I think what we're working on doing in the Rohingford water shed is really bringing together.

1306
01:32:17,000 --> 01:32:28,000
These different groups and when win opportunities and projects and as a watershed group, we really feel that productive longstanding agriculture is significantly more beneficial.

1307
01:32:28,000 --> 01:32:37,000
To our communities and our watersheds than the alternatives that we see in other places, which is dried up weeded areas and hard-scaped over developed spaces.

1308
01:32:37,000 --> 01:32:49,000
So we really appreciate the partnership that we've been able to build amongst agricultural producers in the shared idea of how we work with less water.

1309
01:32:49,000 --> 01:32:56,000
So let's see, looking at this study, we are.

1310
01:32:57,000 --> 01:33:11,000
In 2023, fall of 2023, we worked on four properties, we're now down to three, to do erasian environment, there are not a lot of controlled studies looking at the benefits of biochar right now.

1311
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:32,000
So we are now, this will be year three, we're working with groups on two more years to really understand long-term soil health impacts and to get a better understanding of how soil health can benefit producers in the time of water shortage when we're looking at whether it's.

1312
01:33:32,000 --> 01:33:47,000
drought conditions, other reasons that you're not able to get the water that properties need and so right now we have 70,000 dollars looking over two years of this continued study.

1313
01:33:47,000 --> 01:33:58,000
And that in there and it's impacts so that's weekly soil moisture monitoring it's monthly evapotranspiration drone studies those are done by picking county.

1314
01:33:58,000 --> 01:34:12,000
And then the analysis of grass yields once a summer and then looking at that each year and along with the collective change over time in the and hopefully four years that we'll have funded to look at this.

1315
01:34:12,000 --> 01:34:25,000
We currently have a grant from the CWCB that's will carry on through the next two years as well as annual funding from Eagle County in the amount of $6,500 we use that funding on the property located in Eagle County.

1316
01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:31,000
Pick and county provides both a property as part of their open space.

1317
01:34:31,000 --> 01:34:41,000
Program as well as about five thousand dollars of in kind time and so we're hoping that Garfield County would be willing to contribute as well.

1318
01:34:41,000 --> 01:34:47,000
We could use that we would use that money solely on the property located in Garfield County that's.

1319
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:57,000
A Martino property up in Missouri heights area and so the idea is to really get a good understanding of different spaces in the watershed different impacts in different areas.

1320
01:34:57,000 --> 01:35:00,000
And then.

1321
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:07,000
Letters support for the community funding partnership through the river districts program it's it.

1322
01:35:07,000 --> 01:35:16,000
As we ask for funding through them they require a letter support for each county which is slightly challenging when you're looking at three different counties for one overarching project.

1323
01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:25,000
So yeah, be happy to take any questions I know it's a little bit of a complicated study but appreciate your time and consideration.

1324
01:35:25,000 --> 01:35:28,000
Okay, so I do have some questions for you Heather.

1325
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:32,000
Yeah, a little bit familiar with biochar because of the.

1326
01:35:32,000 --> 01:35:36,000
Program I think the for service and maybe private.

1327
01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:38,000
We did a call basin yes.

1328
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:48,000
And but I need what is biochar where's it come from and I guess you've talked how many acres.

1329
01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:52,000
Is within your studies that's three questions here.

1330
01:35:52,000 --> 01:35:58,000
Okay, so biochar is basically a organic product it it's high.

1331
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:04,000
High heat burning and it's an amendment that can be used to benefit it so I don't know.

1332
01:36:04,000 --> 01:36:07,000
Wood that is it can be our.

1333
01:36:07,000 --> 01:36:18,000
It's usually would or some product so there's a study in fritter right now that they're the biochar they're using uses pistachio shells as a by product.

1334
01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:21,000
The one that we're looking at did use mostly would products.

1335
01:36:22,000 --> 01:36:34,000
To the farms are certified organic that we're working with and so we had actually hooked a locally source the biochar from the gypsum plant here, but we weren't able to get a full list of what they're what they're.

1336
01:36:35,000 --> 01:36:43,000
Yes, exactly so without knowing that that wasn't that wasn't that no longer became an option and so why is bound closed.

1337
01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:51,000
Yeah, and so we were able to source from front range area that was able to disclose their their pieces.

1338
01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:58,000
So that was part one that's what what is biochar and the idea is adding that in potentially to soil.

1339
01:36:58,000 --> 01:37:03,000
Along with a region can benefit soil health and production.

1340
01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:19,000
And so it's really you know when when we look at a study like this, we want to know if it actually works because if it does work we like to promote it and find ways that we can make it useful and affordable.

1341
01:37:19,000 --> 01:37:26,000
If it doesn't work, we don't want somebody selling biochar to swoop in in a time of crisis and say, hey, this is going to help when it doesn't.

1342
01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:31,000
So it's really just gaining that objective understanding.

1343
01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:38,000
Yep, of how this works and how it works both on the field and and water was.

1344
01:37:38,000 --> 01:37:43,000
We have now three properties each one is looking at.

1345
01:37:43,000 --> 01:37:45,000
Three acres.

1346
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:47,000
It's all divided into half acre plots.

1347
01:37:47,000 --> 01:37:53,000
So half of those are control plots and half of those are study plots.

1348
01:37:53,000 --> 01:37:57,000
So to understand right from not touching.

1349
01:37:58,000 --> 01:38:00,000
Right and so.

1350
01:38:00,000 --> 01:38:03,000
In those three we looked at no treatment.

1351
01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:10,000
Aeration only and biochar with aeration and then each of those are divided in half and irrigated or not irrigated.

1352
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:20,000
And it was was there any was a success in coal basin when they did is there any information from that study.

1353
01:38:20,000 --> 01:38:22,000
I can't remember.

1354
01:38:22,000 --> 01:38:26,000
I just remember biochar being talked about it in coal basin.

1355
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:32,000
And so generally speaking, we did see success in your regrowth of biochar in coal basin.

1356
01:38:32,000 --> 01:38:42,000
However, it wasn't a space that we were able to put together really controlled study to have a good understanding of what the impacts of biochar versus other environmental impacts might have been.

1357
01:38:42,000 --> 01:38:47,000
I think the added that in areas where it was difficult for growth to fire.

1358
01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:48,000
Yes, exactly.

1359
01:38:48,000 --> 01:38:51,000
Yeah, and hopes that you did see a little bit more.

1360
01:38:51,000 --> 01:38:53,000
Most of your health and nutrients here in the soil.

1361
01:38:53,000 --> 01:39:07,000
So your your letter support for the river district is is is not really on the agenda. So we'll get that on the consent agenda for unless we want to discuss it more, but consent agenda for next week.

1362
01:39:07,000 --> 01:39:11,000
Yeah, there's a draft in there that will be on the OCC letter head and that the boards.

1363
01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:14,000
Have you weathered them they can move more than was.

1364
01:39:14,000 --> 01:39:16,000
Yeah, that's great.

1365
01:39:16,000 --> 01:39:17,000
Okay.

1366
01:39:17,000 --> 01:39:21,000
I still have a question or two on biochar.

1367
01:39:21,000 --> 01:39:22,000
Yes, sir.

1368
01:39:23,000 --> 01:39:34,000
So ashes is it ashes or is it material that's been burnt and like burnt, which I don't I'm not following here.

1369
01:39:34,000 --> 01:39:36,000
There's plant sashes.

1370
01:39:36,000 --> 01:39:38,000
You couldn't just take it out of here.

1371
01:39:38,000 --> 01:39:48,000
You could just take it out of your, you know, fire place and spread it about and so there's a certain preparation and a high heat environment.

1372
01:39:48,000 --> 01:39:50,000
And contained environment.

1373
01:39:50,000 --> 01:39:52,000
How do you apply it as a soil?

1374
01:39:52,000 --> 01:39:56,000
So the soil application was a bit of an adventure.

1375
01:39:56,000 --> 01:40:06,000
We had a big large bins basically delivered in a big truck of biochar and it came out and we put it in a spreader.

1376
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:11,000
Each each site was a little bit different.

1377
01:40:11,000 --> 01:40:17,000
But I think there are some photos if you look back in this slide there, but we had a basically a truck that was able to pull that spreader.

1378
01:40:17,000 --> 01:40:20,000
So that spreader behind it's really fine material.

1379
01:40:20,000 --> 01:40:23,000
So it's a pretty messy job.

1380
01:40:23,000 --> 01:40:25,000
But it's be read on the surface.

1381
01:40:25,000 --> 01:40:26,000
Yes.

1382
01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:27,000
And it works.

1383
01:40:27,000 --> 01:40:28,000
It's way down in.

1384
01:40:28,000 --> 01:40:29,000
Yes.

1385
01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:33,000
And the main reason is to retain moisture in the soil.

1386
01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:34,000
Yes.

1387
01:40:34,000 --> 01:40:39,000
It's not a fertilizer at all or there may be just not easy if that's a benefit also.

1388
01:40:39,000 --> 01:40:44,000
In theory some soil health benefits were looking into understanding that better.

1389
01:40:44,000 --> 01:40:45,000
Yes.

1390
01:40:45,000 --> 01:40:48,000
And so the aeration would allow it to penetrate the soil more.

1391
01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:49,000
Okay.

1392
01:40:49,000 --> 01:40:54,000
Has it been done in other places so a lot or not?

1393
01:40:54,000 --> 01:41:00,000
There's a gentleman in Florida who's doing a similar study in his space there.

1394
01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:04,000
But it's a really challenging thing to do in a controlled environment.

1395
01:41:04,000 --> 01:41:09,000
And so we're trying to get to work through that process.

1396
01:41:09,000 --> 01:41:11,000
There are not a lot of published studies.

1397
01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:13,000
So we're working with Colorado State University.

1398
01:41:13,000 --> 01:41:15,000
Colorado State University is extension as well.

1399
01:41:15,000 --> 01:41:16,000
I don't mind.

1400
01:41:16,000 --> 01:41:17,000
Right.

1401
01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:18,000
He's doing the house.

1402
01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:19,000
Is it that students?

1403
01:41:19,000 --> 01:41:20,000
Yes.

1404
01:41:20,000 --> 01:41:24,000
Seth Mason with low to casualogical is doing a lot of the analysis piece.

1405
01:41:24,000 --> 01:41:27,000
He's working with Perry Cabot and with CSU as well.

1406
01:41:27,000 --> 01:41:29,000
And Michael about it.

1407
01:41:29,000 --> 01:41:38,000
So the hope is to kind of get a bigger big picture collective better understanding of ways we can.

1408
01:41:38,000 --> 01:41:43,000
You know, share the benefits of a productive agriculture and water.

1409
01:41:43,000 --> 01:41:45,000
And it doesn't break down.

1410
01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:47,000
It stays in the soil for long, long time.

1411
01:41:47,000 --> 01:41:48,000
Right.

1412
01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:51,000
And so that's why, you know, that first couple years have been a bit inconclusive.

1413
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:54,000
And so it's from what we do know.

1414
01:41:54,000 --> 01:42:00,000
We think that years more through through fiber when you start to see some some more distinctive impacts.

1415
01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:03,000
And so that's what we're looking to keep doing.

1416
01:42:03,000 --> 01:42:04,000
Good car.

1417
01:42:04,000 --> 01:42:05,000
Yes.

1418
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:06,000
Yes.

1419
01:42:06,000 --> 01:42:07,000
Yeah.

1420
01:42:07,000 --> 01:42:11,000
There's a carbon sequestration component as well that's loosely being explored.

1421
01:42:11,000 --> 01:42:14,000
And built as a clean water.

1422
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:16,000
Yes.

1423
01:42:16,000 --> 01:42:17,000
Yeah.

1424
01:42:17,000 --> 01:42:18,000
Of course.

1425
01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:20,000
The other six out.

1426
01:42:20,000 --> 01:42:21,000
Me too.

1427
01:42:21,000 --> 01:42:22,000
There are Asian artists.

1428
01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:23,000
Huge.

1429
01:42:23,000 --> 01:42:24,000
Mm-hmm.

1430
01:42:24,000 --> 01:42:25,000
Yes.

1431
01:42:25,000 --> 01:42:26,000
Yeah.

1432
01:42:26,000 --> 01:42:27,000
That was a.

1433
01:42:27,000 --> 01:42:29,000
We worked with Brendan Doran who used to do own turn about ranch.

1434
01:42:29,000 --> 01:42:32,000
His ranch was originally part of the process there.

1435
01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:35,000
He had some families using had to move away.

1436
01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:42,000
But they had a really large area area area that we drove in a big loop around the Roynford Valley

1437
01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:48,000
with a tractor and everything else in that fall to work through that on all their different fields.

1438
01:42:48,000 --> 01:42:53,000
And it could system matter.

1439
01:42:53,000 --> 01:42:54,000
Questions?

1440
01:42:54,000 --> 01:42:55,000
Thanks.

1441
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:56,000
I always appreciate your knowledge.

1442
01:42:56,000 --> 01:42:57,000
Yeah.

1443
01:42:57,000 --> 01:42:58,000
Thank you all very much.

1444
01:42:58,000 --> 01:42:59,000
Really appreciate it.

1445
01:42:59,000 --> 01:43:00,000
All right.

1446
01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:02,000
Thank you.

1447
01:43:02,000 --> 01:43:04,000
Thank you.

1448
01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:10,000
Finally, this last request for $5,000 grant funding is for the middle Colorado Watershed Council

1449
01:43:10,000 --> 01:43:14,000
and Kate Collins, the executive director along with Chris Trees.

1450
01:43:14,000 --> 01:43:15,000
Is here to present.

1451
01:43:15,000 --> 01:43:16,000
Good morning.

1452
01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:17,000
You know.

1453
01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:18,000
Thank you.

1454
01:43:18,000 --> 01:43:19,000
Thank you.

1455
01:43:19,000 --> 01:43:20,000
Morning.

1456
01:43:20,000 --> 01:43:21,000
Morning.

1457
01:43:21,000 --> 01:43:22,000
Yeah.

1458
01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:24,000
Thanks for having us.

1459
01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:26,000
So, I'm on the agenda twice.

1460
01:43:26,000 --> 01:43:28,000
I'm here on the agenda twice.

1461
01:43:28,000 --> 01:43:32,000
Do you want me to just run through all of it or not?

1462
01:43:32,000 --> 01:43:33,000
No.

1463
01:43:33,000 --> 01:43:34,000
That's wait.

1464
01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:38,000
Let's clear your $5,000 request will come back the $10,000 bill.

1465
01:43:38,000 --> 01:43:39,000
That sounds great.

1466
01:43:39,000 --> 01:43:40,000
Okay.

1467
01:43:40,000 --> 01:43:53,000
So you will remember that I was here in the fall talking about this discretionary grant that was a match for our firm grant the Forest Restoration.

1468
01:43:53,000 --> 01:43:56,000
That was to hire a coordinator.

1469
01:43:56,000 --> 01:43:57,000
That's exactly right.

1470
01:43:57,000 --> 01:43:58,000
Yeah.

1471
01:43:58,000 --> 01:44:02,000
So we were awarded the $350,000 grant.

1472
01:44:02,000 --> 01:44:03,000
Great.

1473
01:44:03,000 --> 01:44:04,000
Thank you.

1474
01:44:04,000 --> 01:44:05,000
That's great.

1475
01:44:05,000 --> 01:44:06,000
That's great.

1476
01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:07,000
You did well.

1477
01:44:07,000 --> 01:44:08,000
So congratulations.

1478
01:44:08,000 --> 01:44:09,000
Yeah.

1479
01:44:09,000 --> 01:44:17,000
So the 87,500 dollar match had ten partners, which I think made our application really strong.

1480
01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:22,000
In addition to the county, we had the towns of silk, parachute, new castle and rifle.

1481
01:44:22,000 --> 01:44:26,000
We had holy cross energy and Chevron.

1482
01:44:26,000 --> 01:44:31,000
And we had the Debeck Fire District and also the Colorado River Fire Protection District.

1483
01:44:31,000 --> 01:44:33,000
So very strong application.

1484
01:44:33,000 --> 01:44:38,000
Then we just recently posted for the job of the program manager.

1485
01:44:38,000 --> 01:44:44,000
This grant gives us the ability to hire a program manager for three years.

1486
01:44:44,000 --> 01:45:00,000
And we had 16 candidates, qualified folks, interviewed five on Monday, April 20th and selected Sam Fierborn to be our program manager and he'll start May 18th.

1487
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:02,000
It's going to be to the fire, so it's speaking.

1488
01:45:02,000 --> 01:45:10,000
Right. This year, hopefully not the fire, but there's a lot going on in the fire preparedness.

1489
01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:27,000
Yeah. And so, so his job in our multi-juris-dictional entity, that's the Colorado River wildfire collaborative, will be to continue to educate communities, create neighborhood shipping programs and investor programs.

1490
01:45:27,000 --> 01:45:40,000
And those sorts of programs he will continue to work on funding and grant management. Now that we have a person in place, we'll still need money to execute on projects.

1491
01:45:40,000 --> 01:45:50,000
And then the, the veg management and implementation, things like what Heather talked about with biochar, what he, what he biomass repurposing.

1492
01:45:50,000 --> 01:46:09,000
We have some really exciting prospects for that. And it will just be wonderful to have someone boots on the ground and someone is talented and qualified as a Sam, who is an project professor at Colorado Mountain College in the outdoor studies program.

1493
01:46:09,000 --> 01:46:17,000
And lives on some acreage up three mile where he mitigates it himself. So it's going to be great.

1494
01:46:17,000 --> 01:46:19,000
It's going to be great. It's going to be great.

1495
01:46:19,000 --> 01:46:23,000
It's going to be great.

1496
01:46:23,000 --> 01:46:35,000
Well, congratulations. I mean, this was started by Paul staff and you carried it forward and have somebody working in the Colorado River basins at big deal.

1497
01:46:35,000 --> 01:46:36,000
Thank you.

1498
01:46:37,000 --> 01:46:46,000
Yes, just just one final thing, you know, I think Paul, I thought we she would spin it off into an at its own 501c3 nonprofit.

1499
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:52,000
Most of the collaborative that are neighboring with us are their own independent entities.

1500
01:46:52,000 --> 01:47:00,000
We have deemed that creating a new nonprofit that's underfunded is not a good idea in today's environment.

1501
01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:06,000
And so we'll continue to run both of the things the watershed work and the wildfire work.

1502
01:47:06,000 --> 01:47:10,000
It's a big mandate. It's a big region, 2200 square miles.

1503
01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:21,000
But we've recognized that the issues are so intertwined and they're not siloed, right? So it makes sense for that perspective.

1504
01:47:21,000 --> 01:47:26,000
So thank you.

1505
01:47:26,000 --> 01:47:39,000
Very little. But just to thank the commissioners for your past support is really as a pleasure to come to be able to come to you and say your past support has resulted in in this kind of progress.

1506
01:47:39,000 --> 01:47:50,000
And now moving forward, it really is about the taking the program and making it turn it into projects turning it on the ground progress.

1507
01:47:51,000 --> 01:47:56,000
And we've seen a little bit with the work going for a wildfire quote.

1508
01:47:56,000 --> 01:47:58,000
Collaboration coalition.

1509
01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:04,000
Seeing some of they are doing some projects.

1510
01:48:04,000 --> 01:48:06,000
Questions Mike.

1511
01:48:06,000 --> 01:48:07,000
No questions.

1512
01:48:07,000 --> 01:48:09,000
Keep up the good work.

1513
01:48:09,000 --> 01:48:10,000
Okay.

1514
01:48:10,000 --> 01:48:11,000
Thank you so much.

1515
01:48:11,000 --> 01:48:12,000
Thank you.

1516
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:13,000
Thank you.

1517
01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:14,000
Okay.

1518
01:48:15,000 --> 01:48:18,000
I believe you wanted to do a gender change.

1519
01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:22,000
I would like to action items be.

1520
01:48:22,000 --> 01:48:24,000
Let's go ahead and announce that.

1521
01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:25,000
Yeah. Thank you.

1522
01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:29,000
Just to get these gentlemen back into the field on the quicker side.

1523
01:48:29,000 --> 01:48:33,000
I'd like to elevate items three, four and six are all road and bridge together.

1524
01:48:33,000 --> 01:48:39,000
And so to have if I could have them come up and then have them present to you.

1525
01:48:39,000 --> 01:48:42,000
So this would be director Scott Marsh.

1526
01:48:42,000 --> 01:48:47,000
Deputy director of Dale Stevens and form and Harry Shiles to come on up and present.

1527
01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:51,000
I wouldn't get this out of the way and these gentlemen can get back to the field.

1528
01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:54,000
Well, Scott Dale Harry.

1529
01:48:54,000 --> 01:48:56,000
I'll have a lot going on.

1530
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:06,000
So the first one just introduced this would be a request approval for a utility permit application.

1531
01:49:06,000 --> 01:49:10,000
The selection just for somebody in three twenty and three twenty one.

1532
01:49:10,000 --> 01:49:15,000
This is with Nick appointment pocket in the public construction.

1533
01:49:15,000 --> 01:49:16,000
Scott go ahead and pick away.

1534
01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:20,000
I'm never going to phone in that basically.

1535
01:49:20,000 --> 01:49:23,000
About sixty three hundred.

1536
01:49:23,000 --> 01:49:26,000
Be a Oyberg alone 20.

1537
01:49:26,000 --> 01:49:29,000
320 and 321.

1538
01:49:29,000 --> 01:49:32,000
All the road crossings will be yours.

1539
01:49:32,000 --> 01:49:34,000
Everything else is pretty simple.

1540
01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:41,000
It's got a little around our chiptops, which in that area will probably be meant to end of July.

1541
01:49:41,000 --> 01:49:43,000
So it's like it gets started.

1542
01:49:43,000 --> 01:49:45,000
It's the sooner and the better.

1543
01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:47,000
And help us.

1544
01:49:47,000 --> 01:49:50,000
Scott, the reason you're bringing this to the board because of the first requirement.

1545
01:49:50,000 --> 01:49:52,000
It's anything over a thousand feet in the right way.

1546
01:49:52,000 --> 01:49:54,000
Has to come to work and commissioner.

1547
01:49:54,000 --> 01:49:56,000
And this is a century link.

1548
01:49:56,000 --> 01:50:01,000
Is this a contractor doing work for century link?

1549
01:50:01,000 --> 01:50:02,000
Not.

1550
01:50:02,000 --> 01:50:04,000
I think that's fair.

1551
01:50:04,000 --> 01:50:05,000
Doesn't say it's interesting.

1552
01:50:05,000 --> 01:50:06,000
Oh, yeah.

1553
01:50:06,000 --> 01:50:07,000
It is different.

1554
01:50:07,000 --> 01:50:08,000
I guess it is different.

1555
01:50:08,000 --> 01:50:09,000
The trick.

1556
01:50:13,000 --> 01:50:14,000
Question.

1557
01:50:14,000 --> 01:50:15,000
My question.

1558
01:50:15,000 --> 01:50:17,000
What kind of road closure?

1559
01:50:17,000 --> 01:50:20,000
You know, most of the shoulder work.

1560
01:50:20,000 --> 01:50:24,000
Some of the do the board really don't really close your road.

1561
01:50:24,000 --> 01:50:30,000
No, if anything, it would be one laying this all they're showing on their traffic control plans.

1562
01:50:30,000 --> 01:50:32,000
So when they're doing.

1563
01:50:32,000 --> 01:50:36,000
Right along the shoulder or a board, they'll have a one laying set up with flaggers.

1564
01:50:36,000 --> 01:50:38,000
So when we have a total clue, you're going to.

1565
01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:39,000
Okay.

1566
01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:40,000
That's right.

1567
01:50:40,000 --> 01:50:41,000
Thank you.

1568
01:50:41,000 --> 01:50:43,000
And this is for fiber.

1569
01:50:43,000 --> 01:50:45,000
Yes.

1570
01:50:45,000 --> 01:50:46,000
Mike.

1571
01:50:46,000 --> 01:50:47,000
You're doing.

1572
01:50:47,000 --> 01:50:50,000
How long do you think this is going to be?

1573
01:50:50,000 --> 01:50:52,000
I have no idea.

1574
01:50:52,000 --> 01:50:54,000
And how long it will take them to complete that.

1575
01:50:54,000 --> 01:50:57,000
And we don't have those guys on, right?

1576
01:50:58,000 --> 01:51:04,000
I don't see them on the zoom, which is our typical path forward here.

1577
01:51:04,000 --> 01:51:09,000
I do see that rocket.

1578
01:51:09,000 --> 01:51:11,000
See one of them.

1579
01:51:11,000 --> 01:51:12,000
Yeah.

1580
01:51:12,000 --> 01:51:13,000
Okay.

1581
01:51:13,000 --> 01:51:14,000
Pat.

1582
01:51:14,000 --> 01:51:15,000
Can you hear us?

1583
01:51:15,000 --> 01:51:17,000
Do you have any comments?

1584
01:51:17,000 --> 01:51:18,000
I hope.

1585
01:51:18,000 --> 01:51:20,000
Yeah.

1586
01:51:20,000 --> 01:51:21,000
Yeah.

1587
01:51:21,000 --> 01:51:22,000
Can you hear me?

1588
01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:23,000
Yeah.

1589
01:51:23,000 --> 01:51:24,000
Can you hear you now, Pat?

1590
01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:25,000
Okay.

1591
01:51:26,000 --> 01:51:27,000
Yeah.

1592
01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:28,000
Yeah.

1593
01:51:28,000 --> 01:51:29,000
The duration of the work.

1594
01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:31,000
We're probably looking about three weeks.

1595
01:51:31,000 --> 01:51:32,000
Okay.

1596
01:51:32,000 --> 01:51:34,000
That's pretty quick.

1597
01:51:34,000 --> 01:51:38,000
And how many how many homes are you going to.

1598
01:51:38,000 --> 01:51:40,000
Then give access to.

1599
01:51:40,000 --> 01:51:45,000
This is for the FAA.

1600
01:51:45,000 --> 01:51:46,000
What?

1601
01:51:46,000 --> 01:51:49,000
How many homes will this get fiber to?

1602
01:51:49,000 --> 01:51:51,000
We're not passing any homes.

1603
01:51:51,000 --> 01:51:53,000
This is a circuit for the FAA.

1604
01:51:53,000 --> 01:51:54,000
Okay.

1605
01:51:54,000 --> 01:51:58,000
So it's good.

1606
01:51:58,000 --> 01:51:59,000
Okay.

1607
01:51:59,000 --> 01:52:03,000
We have a question for the road and bridge gentlemen.

1608
01:52:03,000 --> 01:52:06,000
We do have to cross a ditch right there.

1609
01:52:06,000 --> 01:52:08,000
Our standard is for football.

1610
01:52:08,000 --> 01:52:10,000
The bottom of the ditch is that acceptable.

1611
01:52:10,000 --> 01:52:13,000
Are you guys to be able to get in there and clean it out if you need to.

1612
01:52:13,000 --> 01:52:14,000
Yes.

1613
01:52:14,000 --> 01:52:16,000
Okay.

1614
01:52:16,000 --> 01:52:17,000
Okay.

1615
01:52:17,000 --> 01:52:21,000
As far as I know, it'd never turn down or request right away.

1616
01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:22,000
Use.

1617
01:52:22,000 --> 01:52:26,000
So that's a pretty standard request.

1618
01:52:26,000 --> 01:52:27,000
Yeah.

1619
01:52:27,000 --> 01:52:29,000
My main concern was how much time.

1620
01:52:29,000 --> 01:52:30,000
Great weeks and weeks.

1621
01:52:30,000 --> 01:52:31,000
I'm sure.

1622
01:52:31,000 --> 01:52:37,000
Mr Chairman, I move that we ran approval to the utility permit application.

1623
01:52:37,000 --> 01:52:41,000
I'm counting road 320 and 3201.

1624
01:52:41,000 --> 01:52:43,000
Love service sign.

1625
01:52:43,000 --> 01:52:44,000
Very good.

1626
01:52:44,000 --> 01:52:45,000
Okay.

1627
01:52:45,000 --> 01:52:46,000
Any other comments?

1628
01:52:46,000 --> 01:52:48,000
Call a question on the favor.

1629
01:52:48,000 --> 01:52:49,000
Bye.

1630
01:52:49,000 --> 01:52:50,000
Yeah.

1631
01:52:50,000 --> 01:52:51,000
Got that.

1632
01:52:52,000 --> 01:52:54,000
You said go, Pat.

1633
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:55,000
Right.

1634
01:52:55,000 --> 01:52:56,000
Thank you.

1635
01:52:56,000 --> 01:52:57,000
Commission.

1636
01:52:57,000 --> 01:52:58,000
The next request this morning.

1637
01:52:58,000 --> 01:53:00,000
This is a request approval to award a contractor.

1638
01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:01,000
Frontier.

1639
01:53:01,000 --> 01:53:03,000
For procurement of the bottom.

1640
01:53:03,000 --> 01:53:06,000
I said drainage improvements for the road and bridge department.

1641
01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:10,000
This is an annual activity that you will put in the budget for years.

1642
01:53:10,000 --> 01:53:12,000
And so Kim Keesbury from procurement.

1643
01:53:12,000 --> 01:53:14,000
Also here to help.

1644
01:53:15,000 --> 01:53:18,000
We've got a pretty good.

1645
01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:21,000
Process here as far as number of applicants.

1646
01:53:21,000 --> 01:53:22,000
We did.

1647
01:53:22,000 --> 01:53:23,000
Well.

1648
01:53:23,000 --> 01:53:29,000
And it's broken is broken into three different three different categories.

1649
01:53:29,000 --> 01:53:30,000
Correct.

1650
01:53:30,000 --> 01:53:31,000
Correct.

1651
01:53:31,000 --> 01:53:35,000
And these gentlemen can probably speak more to that as far as the alternates.

1652
01:53:35,000 --> 01:53:38,000
But we did have two different sets of alternates.

1653
01:53:38,000 --> 01:53:39,000
So.

1654
01:53:39,000 --> 01:53:41,000
So we're doing by.

1655
01:53:42,000 --> 01:53:45,000
By different intersections with this.

1656
01:53:45,000 --> 01:53:48,000
It'll be north battle with Parkway and battle with Creek trail.

1657
01:53:48,000 --> 01:53:50,000
The lower entrance or settlement.

1658
01:53:50,000 --> 01:53:52,000
Parkway and battle with Creek trail.

1659
01:53:52,000 --> 01:53:53,000
The upper entrance.

1660
01:53:53,000 --> 01:53:55,000
Rain boat trail and silver queen.

1661
01:53:55,000 --> 01:53:58,000
Rain boat trail and west general.

1662
01:53:58,000 --> 01:54:02,000
Rain boat trail and west general.

1663
01:54:02,000 --> 01:54:05,000
Rain boat trail and smoky hill circle.

1664
01:54:05,000 --> 01:54:06,000
For the five.

1665
01:54:06,000 --> 01:54:07,000
I'll get done.

1666
01:54:07,000 --> 01:54:08,000
So.

1667
01:54:09,000 --> 01:54:11,000
I think as long as I've been a commissioner.

1668
01:54:11,000 --> 01:54:12,000
We've had.

1669
01:54:12,000 --> 01:54:16,000
Uh, drainage improvements and battlement mesa.

1670
01:54:16,000 --> 01:54:17,000
So does that.

1671
01:54:17,000 --> 01:54:18,000
Does that ever end?

1672
01:54:18,000 --> 01:54:22,000
Or is that will that be just an ongoing process?

1673
01:54:22,000 --> 01:54:25,000
I mean, I'll be out as a commissioner soon.

1674
01:54:25,000 --> 01:54:28,000
But this is is just an ongoing process.

1675
01:54:28,000 --> 01:54:29,000
Is there.

1676
01:54:29,000 --> 01:54:32,000
Everything built the same times or everything's filling at same time.

1677
01:54:32,000 --> 01:54:34,000
And it's just a matter of.

1678
01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:35,000
We're trying to.

1679
01:54:35,000 --> 01:54:36,000
That's true.

1680
01:54:36,000 --> 01:54:37,000
That's where we're getting a lot of the oligating.

1681
01:54:37,000 --> 01:54:51,000
Elevating and.

1682
01:54:51,000 --> 01:54:54,000
So they're going in fixing out with.

1683
01:54:54,000 --> 01:54:55,000
Make the drainage pumps.

1684
01:54:55,000 --> 01:54:59,000
And some, in the.

1685
01:54:59,000 --> 01:55:04,000
water drainage, end up in the Colorado River, it does. It does.

1686
01:55:06,000 --> 01:55:08,000
Questions, Perry?

1687
01:55:08,000 --> 01:55:09,000
No.

1688
01:55:09,000 --> 01:55:14,000
I get a lot of calls from people about them when they said that are true.

1689
01:55:14,000 --> 01:55:20,000
We concerned and thankful that we spend that money to do that range.

1690
01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:23,000
Does they live there?

1691
01:55:23,000 --> 01:55:25,000
They want to do it.

1692
01:55:25,000 --> 01:55:31,000
And Tyler Terry has been working on this pretty art every year.

1693
01:55:31,000 --> 01:55:34,000
He was going to be here, but he had another meeting, so.

1694
01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:37,000
But he doesn't get involved on this project every year.

1695
01:55:40,000 --> 01:55:41,000
I don't know.

1696
01:55:41,000 --> 01:55:42,000
I don't know.

1697
01:55:42,000 --> 01:55:44,000
Any comments from the public?

1698
01:55:44,000 --> 01:55:46,000
It is fully budgeted just a year.

1699
01:55:46,000 --> 01:55:47,000
Yeah.

1700
01:55:47,000 --> 01:55:48,000
And in fact, a little bit below.

1701
01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:49,000
A little bit below.

1702
01:55:49,000 --> 01:55:50,000
Which is great.

1703
01:55:50,000 --> 01:55:51,000
Thank you.

1704
01:55:51,000 --> 01:55:52,000
That's going to be the competitive bid process.

1705
01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:53,000
Yeah.

1706
01:55:53,000 --> 01:55:54,000
Thank you.

1707
01:55:55,000 --> 01:55:56,000
Jim and I moved out.

1708
01:55:56,000 --> 01:55:59,000
We approved a water contract, a frontier of paving,

1709
01:55:59,000 --> 01:56:01,000
or the procurement of the belt.

1710
01:56:01,000 --> 01:56:06,000
I'm going to make a drainage improvements for road and bridge department in 2026,

1711
01:56:06,000 --> 01:56:12,000
or amount not to exceed 330,000, 748 dollars.

1712
01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:13,000
Love the church sign.

1713
01:56:13,000 --> 01:56:14,000
Second.

1714
01:56:16,000 --> 01:56:18,000
And most of it on favor.

1715
01:56:18,000 --> 01:56:19,000
All right.

1716
01:56:19,000 --> 01:56:20,000
Thank you.

1717
01:56:20,000 --> 01:56:21,000
Okay.

1718
01:56:21,000 --> 01:56:22,000
Got it.

1719
01:56:22,000 --> 01:56:23,000
Got one more.

1720
01:56:23,000 --> 01:56:24,000
Thank you.

1721
01:56:24,000 --> 01:56:25,000
Yes.

1722
01:56:25,000 --> 01:56:26,000
Final.

1723
01:56:26,000 --> 01:56:27,000
Matter for the room.

1724
01:56:27,000 --> 01:56:28,000
There's a moment this morning.

1725
01:56:28,000 --> 01:56:29,000
This is a.

1726
01:56:29,000 --> 01:56:34,000
They request for funds, frankly, to assist with the emergency repairs.

1727
01:56:34,000 --> 01:56:35,000
For.

1728
01:56:35,000 --> 01:56:36,000
A bridge.

1729
01:56:36,000 --> 01:56:37,000
Scott Marsh.

1730
01:56:37,000 --> 01:56:38,000
Your.

1731
01:56:38,000 --> 01:56:39,000
Your.

1732
01:56:39,000 --> 01:56:40,000
With his team to walk you through.

1733
01:56:40,000 --> 01:56:41,000
What is happening with that risk.

1734
01:56:41,000 --> 01:56:42,000
This is.

1735
01:56:42,000 --> 01:56:43,000
This is my district drove.

1736
01:56:43,000 --> 01:56:45,000
Throw through there actually on.

1737
01:56:45,000 --> 01:56:46,000
Saturday.

1738
01:56:46,000 --> 01:56:47,000
And.

1739
01:56:47,000 --> 01:56:48,000
Seems to be working.

1740
01:56:48,000 --> 01:56:50,000
Well, as far as the lights go.

1741
01:56:50,000 --> 01:56:51,000
Yes.

1742
01:56:51,000 --> 01:56:52,000
Yeah.

1743
01:56:52,000 --> 01:56:53,000
We did.

1744
01:56:53,000 --> 01:56:54,000
We did get.

1745
01:56:54,000 --> 01:56:55,000
Two.

1746
01:56:55,000 --> 01:56:56,000
Two kids.

1747
01:56:56,000 --> 01:56:57,000
Both.

1748
01:56:57,000 --> 01:56:58,000
Both.

1749
01:56:58,000 --> 01:56:59,000
Both.

1750
01:56:59,000 --> 01:57:03,000
People were great working with us because I know it was an emergency for us.

1751
01:57:03,000 --> 01:57:05,000
So we did get two.

1752
01:57:05,000 --> 01:57:07,000
So.

1753
01:57:07,000 --> 01:57:08,000
So.

1754
01:57:08,000 --> 01:57:09,000
Winning.

1755
01:57:09,000 --> 01:57:10,000
One was.

1756
01:57:10,000 --> 01:57:13,000
Conside for 1301,650 dollars.

1757
01:57:13,000 --> 01:57:14,000
Um.

1758
01:57:14,000 --> 01:57:17,000
There's thinking that taking completed in.

1759
01:57:17,000 --> 01:57:19,000
Less than two weeks once they start.

1760
01:57:19,000 --> 01:57:20,000
All right.

1761
01:57:20,000 --> 01:57:21,000
We'll have to.

1762
01:57:22,000 --> 01:57:23,000
A lot of no.

1763
01:57:23,000 --> 01:57:24,000
I think it's a water group membrane.

1764
01:57:24,000 --> 01:57:25,000
Everything coming.

1765
01:57:25,000 --> 01:57:26,000
But.

1766
01:57:26,000 --> 01:57:27,000
Um.

1767
01:57:27,000 --> 01:57:30,000
Basically what we'll do is take the asphalt all the way down to the.

1768
01:57:30,000 --> 01:57:32,000
Brick deck.

1769
01:57:32,000 --> 01:57:33,000
We will.

1770
01:57:33,000 --> 01:57:35,000
We've had the bridge deck.

1771
01:57:35,000 --> 01:57:37,000
Serve bouncing.

1772
01:57:37,000 --> 01:57:38,000
Um.

1773
01:57:38,000 --> 01:57:40,000
They'll check the rest of the bridge deck.

1774
01:57:40,000 --> 01:57:41,000
Um.

1775
01:57:41,000 --> 01:57:42,000
Why they're why they have it all off.

1776
01:57:42,000 --> 01:57:45,000
Re-world anything that needs to be re-welded.

1777
01:57:45,000 --> 01:57:48,000
Has that inspected and then come back with asphalt over the top.

1778
01:57:49,000 --> 01:57:50,000
Yeah.

1779
01:57:50,000 --> 01:57:51,000
There.

1780
01:57:51,000 --> 01:57:52,000
I don't.

1781
01:57:52,000 --> 01:57:54,000
That's a relatively new bridge.

1782
01:57:54,000 --> 01:57:57,000
I remember when it was closed.

1783
01:57:57,000 --> 01:57:59,000
I, you know, because I kind of.

1784
01:57:59,000 --> 01:58:00,000
Live up that way.

1785
01:58:00,000 --> 01:58:01,000
Remember when it's closed.

1786
01:58:01,000 --> 01:58:04,000
We had to drive through aspirin to kind of get around.

1787
01:58:04,000 --> 01:58:06,000
Uh, so I mean.

1788
01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:07,000
Yeah, so.

1789
01:58:07,000 --> 01:58:08,000
Surfaces.

1790
01:58:08,000 --> 01:58:09,000
Me or.

1791
01:58:09,000 --> 01:58:10,000
Bridges.

1792
01:58:10,000 --> 01:58:12,000
The bridge was all 1950.

1793
01:58:12,000 --> 01:58:13,000
So it's a original bridge.

1794
01:58:13,000 --> 01:58:15,000
New service.

1795
01:58:15,000 --> 01:58:16,000
Thanks.

1796
01:58:17,000 --> 01:58:18,000
15.

1797
01:58:18,000 --> 01:58:20,000
And we just got for the benefit of the board.

1798
01:58:20,000 --> 01:58:22,000
Anybody listening to describe the problem.

1799
01:58:22,000 --> 01:58:23,000
Right.

1800
01:58:23,000 --> 01:58:24,000
Your mind.

1801
01:58:24,000 --> 01:58:25,000
So it.

1802
01:58:25,000 --> 01:58:26,000
Where's the.

1803
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:27,000
Whole is.

1804
01:58:27,000 --> 01:58:28,000
Um.

1805
01:58:28,000 --> 01:58:29,000
The world has.

1806
01:58:29,000 --> 01:58:30,000
I've all.

1807
01:58:30,000 --> 01:58:31,000
Has came undone.

1808
01:58:31,000 --> 01:58:33,000
So every time you drive across that.

1809
01:58:33,000 --> 01:58:34,000
It's bouncing.

1810
01:58:34,000 --> 01:58:35,000
Um.

1811
01:58:35,000 --> 01:58:36,000
And it keeps doing that.

1812
01:58:36,000 --> 01:58:37,000
It keeps.

1813
01:58:37,000 --> 01:58:38,000
We can in the other worlds.

1814
01:58:38,000 --> 01:58:41,000
And we shut it down because we didn't want.

1815
01:58:41,000 --> 01:58:42,000
Um.

1816
01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:43,000
A piece of.

1817
01:58:43,000 --> 01:58:44,000
And it's a piece of.

1818
01:58:44,000 --> 01:58:45,000
And to be driven through the.

1819
01:58:45,000 --> 01:58:47,000
Dicking because then it will be a whole.

1820
01:58:47,000 --> 01:58:48,000
Another problem.

1821
01:58:48,000 --> 01:58:49,000
So.

1822
01:58:49,000 --> 01:58:50,000
Okay.

1823
01:58:50,000 --> 01:58:51,000
Um.

1824
01:58:51,000 --> 01:58:52,000
Um, and.

1825
01:58:52,000 --> 01:58:53,000
Ariel.

1826
01:58:53,000 --> 01:58:54,000
Be.

1827
01:58:54,000 --> 01:58:55,000
Doing the traffic control.

1828
01:58:55,000 --> 01:58:57,000
Um, that saved us.

1829
01:58:57,000 --> 01:58:58,000
Roughly 40, thousand dollars.

1830
01:58:58,000 --> 01:58:59,000
By.

1831
01:58:59,000 --> 01:59:02,000
I'm taking on traffic control so they'll be in contact with.

1832
01:59:02,000 --> 01:59:07,000
So you can't continue with this stuff like so we will as long as we can.

1833
01:59:07,000 --> 01:59:08,000
But any time.

1834
01:59:08,000 --> 01:59:10,000
I need traffic control or.

1835
01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:12,000
Eventually we will have to shut it down for the.

1836
01:59:12,000 --> 01:59:16,080
the paving and everything of Harry and his crew will be doing that.

1837
01:59:18,640 --> 01:59:22,880
You think I don't know, but they'll probably be at least a two-week full-bridge closure.

1838
01:59:23,760 --> 01:59:27,920
Really, you know. Okay, we need to get, need to get that for an L.

1839
01:59:27,920 --> 01:59:33,440
I get the information out on that because it'll affect a lot of people. There's a lot of people

1840
01:59:33,440 --> 01:59:41,840
that will, even on the commute will go that way to get to the formal area once we

1841
01:59:41,840 --> 01:59:46,480
get everything done today. We'll get contact with them and get scheduling and everything like that

1842
01:59:46,480 --> 01:59:55,280
so we can work on all the releases. Thanks. And do you make it? This is the supplement for emergency

1843
01:59:55,280 --> 02:00:00,240
out of the general fund? No. It'll be a capital.

1844
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:17,000
All right, just to let you guys know to in addition, Bob's been working with Scott here and we are going to do almost $600,000 transfer from traffic improvement, mitigation, the traffic improvement.

1845
02:00:17,000 --> 02:00:22,000
And we're going to move that into road and bridge probably in October. So that will also help cover this.

1846
02:00:22,000 --> 02:00:24,000
So those are road impact.

1847
02:00:24,000 --> 02:00:25,000
Thank you.

1848
02:00:25,000 --> 02:00:26,000
Yes, road impact.

1849
02:00:26,000 --> 02:00:27,000
Okay.

1850
02:00:27,000 --> 02:00:28,000
It was on my note.

1851
02:00:28,000 --> 02:00:29,000
Thank you.

1852
02:00:29,000 --> 02:00:31,000
That's nice to make that.

1853
02:00:31,000 --> 02:00:32,000
Okay.

1854
02:00:32,000 --> 02:00:34,000
Questions?

1855
02:00:34,000 --> 02:00:36,000
He set the total.

1856
02:00:36,000 --> 02:00:39,000
But I don't see the total on this sheet from Konsai.

1857
02:00:39,000 --> 02:00:40,000
What was the total?

1858
02:00:40,000 --> 02:00:42,000
We should have about 131.

1859
02:00:42,000 --> 02:00:43,000
60.

1860
02:00:43,000 --> 02:00:45,000
Where am I missing that?

1861
02:00:45,000 --> 02:00:46,000
Go back to your Garfield County.

1862
02:00:46,000 --> 02:00:48,000
Jim and Congresshee.

1863
02:00:48,000 --> 02:00:50,000
Okay.

1864
02:00:50,000 --> 02:00:51,000
Thank you.

1865
02:00:51,000 --> 02:00:52,000
And it's too bad.

1866
02:00:52,000 --> 02:01:01,000
And Greg left for from the radio station because this is what the dam on the air.

1867
02:01:01,000 --> 02:01:02,000
Okay.

1868
02:01:02,000 --> 02:01:03,000
Other questions?

1869
02:01:03,000 --> 02:01:05,000
Yeah.

1870
02:01:05,000 --> 02:01:06,000
It's an action item.

1871
02:01:06,000 --> 02:01:07,000
Call the question.

1872
02:01:07,000 --> 02:01:09,000
Jim, we would.

1873
02:01:09,000 --> 02:01:10,000
Move the.

1874
02:01:10,000 --> 02:01:11,000
The kind of road.

1875
02:01:11,000 --> 02:01:12,000
Red recommendation.

1876
02:01:12,000 --> 02:01:13,000
It's a word to come.

1877
02:01:13,000 --> 02:01:16,000
Don't fact to come side for emergency repairs.

1878
02:01:17,000 --> 02:01:18,000
I'm counting road.

1879
02:01:18,000 --> 02:01:20,000
One of the weight bridge.

1880
02:01:20,000 --> 02:01:22,000
The radicalation of later date.

1881
02:01:22,000 --> 02:01:28,000
And the amount of 150,000, 650 dollars.

1882
02:01:28,000 --> 02:01:30,000
Second.

1883
02:01:30,000 --> 02:01:32,000
Got to call the question.

1884
02:01:32,000 --> 02:01:33,000
A little favor.

1885
02:01:33,000 --> 02:01:34,000
All right.

1886
02:01:34,000 --> 02:01:35,000
Okay, guys.

1887
02:01:35,000 --> 02:01:36,000
You got it.

1888
02:01:36,000 --> 02:01:37,000
Thank you.

1889
02:01:37,000 --> 02:01:38,000
Thank you, gentlemen.

1890
02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:42,000
And thanks for allowing us to shape, shift the agenda just a little bit.

1891
02:01:42,000 --> 02:01:44,000
I think this would take you back to your first item.

1892
02:01:44,000 --> 02:01:47,000
And let me take a minute to tee this up for the board.

1893
02:01:47,000 --> 02:01:49,000
I'll read it and then frame it.

1894
02:01:49,000 --> 02:01:54,000
This is to consider leasing water to the Colorado water conservation board, the West of

1895
02:01:54,000 --> 02:01:59,000
I had water conservancy district, and the so water conservancy district from the Garfield County

1896
02:01:59,000 --> 02:02:01,000
Sheriff in Rudeye, Reservoir.

1897
02:02:01,000 --> 02:02:05,000
And there's a reason I pulled all three of these groups together because there's been.

1898
02:02:05,000 --> 02:02:09,000
Basically the recent requests from those groups.

1899
02:02:09,000 --> 02:02:16,000
And initially led by the CWCB, it reached out and this for background at Garfield County owns 400 acre

1900
02:02:16,000 --> 02:02:18,000
feet in Rudeye Reservoir.

1901
02:02:18,000 --> 02:02:22,000
And you have for a very long time and over that time, you have.

1902
02:02:22,000 --> 02:02:28,000
Leased up to 350 acre feet of that water to CWCB.

1903
02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:33,000
And this is primarily for the support of endangered species in the 15 miles stretch west of.

1904
02:02:33,000 --> 02:02:38,000
And that's been an ongoing very positive relationship for years.

1905
02:02:38,000 --> 02:02:43,000
And there's a lease rate that you calculate every couple of years for that water.

1906
02:02:43,000 --> 02:02:46,000
And it's I don't I'm not sure.

1907
02:02:46,000 --> 02:02:47,000
I let this out.

1908
02:02:47,000 --> 02:02:48,000
But I said it would be $8.

1909
02:02:48,000 --> 02:02:49,000
And acre foot.

1910
02:02:49,000 --> 02:02:50,000
Sweat.

1911
02:02:50,000 --> 02:02:51,000
See.

1912
02:02:51,000 --> 02:02:52,000
It's up to right now.

1913
02:02:52,000 --> 02:02:53,000
$84.

1914
02:02:53,000 --> 02:02:54,000
$84.

1915
02:02:54,000 --> 02:02:57,000
And that's very over time.

1916
02:02:57,000 --> 02:03:00,000
And I invited CWCB to be on this morning.

1917
02:03:00,000 --> 02:03:03,000
I'm sure I see Lisa who's working with.

1918
02:03:03,000 --> 02:03:06,000
In any event, all three entities know about this morning.

1919
02:03:06,000 --> 02:03:07,000
We invited them to come in.

1920
02:03:07,000 --> 02:03:10,000
So it just made sense to have that one conversation with the board.

1921
02:03:10,000 --> 02:03:13,000
Each different entity is requesting.

1922
02:03:13,000 --> 02:03:18,000
Water from the Rudeye Reservoir allocations that you all have.

1923
02:03:18,000 --> 02:03:25,000
And I think that's that is the bulk of it.

1924
02:03:25,000 --> 02:03:27,000
So I think it's really up to the commissioners.

1925
02:03:27,000 --> 02:03:29,000
One more thing about your CWCB contract, which is important.

1926
02:03:29,000 --> 02:03:30,000
Yes.

1927
02:03:30,000 --> 02:03:31,000
It is a contract.

1928
02:03:31,000 --> 02:03:36,000
But the way the contract is written the board at your sole discretion every year can distribute

1929
02:03:36,000 --> 02:03:37,000
how you would like to.

1930
02:03:37,000 --> 02:03:40,000
There's no set amount that you are required to.

1931
02:03:40,000 --> 02:03:44,000
And so you have essentially four hundred acre feet to deal with this.

1932
02:03:44,000 --> 02:03:45,000
Yes.

1933
02:03:45,000 --> 02:03:47,000
And this is a.

1934
02:03:47,000 --> 02:03:49,000
Really a radical throughout year.

1935
02:03:49,000 --> 02:03:50,000
About the.

1936
02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:53,000
I don't know how many years that.

1937
02:03:53,000 --> 02:03:55,000
At least 50, but it could be.

1938
02:03:55,000 --> 02:03:58,000
100 or 500, I don't know.

1939
02:03:58,000 --> 02:03:59,000
Back to the end of songs.

1940
02:03:59,000 --> 02:04:01,000
I'm sure.

1941
02:04:01,000 --> 02:04:03,000
So if you wanted to invite them up.

1942
02:04:03,000 --> 02:04:05,000
Yeah, if we could get.

1943
02:04:05,000 --> 02:04:07,000
I guess all three parties to come up.

1944
02:04:07,000 --> 02:04:11,000
And I have to disclose that I am on the.

1945
02:04:11,000 --> 02:04:14,000
West of I water conservation district boards.

1946
02:04:14,000 --> 02:04:16,000
So I'm going to have to be accused myself.

1947
02:04:16,000 --> 02:04:17,000
And so.

1948
02:04:17,000 --> 02:04:18,000
Share.

1949
02:04:18,000 --> 02:04:19,000
Till then, framed.

1950
02:04:19,000 --> 02:04:20,000
Better know.

1951
02:04:20,000 --> 02:04:22,000
Okay, that's, it's a contract that doesn't.

1952
02:04:22,000 --> 02:04:25,000
Then we got to go.

1953
02:04:25,000 --> 02:04:27,000
And have a two situation.

1954
02:04:27,000 --> 02:04:31,000
So, to see every project.

1955
02:04:31,000 --> 02:04:32,000
Okay.

1956
02:04:32,000 --> 02:04:33,000
So.

1957
02:04:33,000 --> 02:04:36,000
And I don't have a factor as the.

1958
02:04:36,000 --> 02:04:37,000
Okay.

1959
02:04:37,000 --> 02:04:38,000
Okay.

1960
02:04:38,000 --> 02:04:39,000
That's exciting.

1961
02:04:39,000 --> 02:04:41,000
Your boss?

1962
02:04:41,000 --> 02:04:42,000
Okay.

1963
02:04:42,000 --> 02:04:44,000
Thank you.

1964
02:04:44,000 --> 02:04:45,000
Great.

1965
02:04:45,000 --> 02:04:47,580
oh, so we're working.

1966
02:04:47,580 --> 02:04:48,540
We're working.

1967
02:04:48,540 --> 02:04:49,680
I've been working.

1968
02:04:49,680 --> 02:04:51,600
I'm working, don't have it in the room.

1969
02:04:51,600 --> 02:04:56,840
Maybe you want to third.

1970
02:04:56,840 --> 02:05:00,840
Well, yeah, I'll be happy too.

1971
02:05:00,840 --> 02:05:05,580
You have a cover letter promise.

1972
02:05:05,580 --> 02:05:08,280
Spelling out West provide issue.

1973
02:05:08,280 --> 02:05:18,120
issue. As you know, we operate several augmentation programs in our district and in neighboring

1974
02:05:18,120 --> 02:05:30,160
districts with some with the IGAs and then out contractes outside of out of either districts

1975
02:05:30,160 --> 02:05:39,280
that we have IGAs with or not in our district are required to come into the position to be in

1976
02:05:39,280 --> 02:05:49,520
the position of its conclusion to be in the west of I district. In any case we have around 500

1977
02:05:49,520 --> 02:06:02,760
I think total contractes that are covered in our odd plans and some of those represent

1978
02:06:02,760 --> 02:06:11,600
multiple households or users. So there's a lot of people out there that are affected

1979
02:06:11,600 --> 02:06:20,960
and have legal water supplies only due to the augmentation plans that we operate. Is it both

1980
02:06:20,960 --> 02:06:30,400
the water well on the days of it? Yes, there are other issues or occasions but those that's

1981
02:06:30,400 --> 02:06:43,840
primarily as I'm augmenting water wells residential and commercial. Right. So generally we have

1982
02:06:43,840 --> 02:06:51,920
adequate water. One of the supplies that we've counted on for a number of years we have 200 acre

1983
02:06:51,920 --> 02:06:59,120
feet and green mountain reservoir. And of course, green mountain reservoir doesn't have any contract

1984
02:06:59,120 --> 02:07:09,120
water. They don't another critical thing is they don't have the 66,000 acre feet of HP water as

1985
02:07:09,120 --> 02:07:20,320
far accusers pool water that was supposed to take care of Westlow diverters when there wasn't

1986
02:07:20,320 --> 02:07:29,760
water available normally because of trans mountain diversions primarily through CBT and Chris is more

1987
02:07:29,840 --> 02:07:40,000
familiar with the CBT issue than I. But it's like all water matters and colorado and colorado water

1988
02:07:40,000 --> 02:07:51,280
law. It's not a simple thing. But a simple thing about the about this is that I remember 77 very well

1989
02:07:51,280 --> 02:08:01,680
which was a benchmark here on drought in 2002. We've always heard about those years and how devastating

1990
02:08:01,680 --> 02:08:10,800
they were. This year may be at least as bad as those years. We have we're yet to see that. We're

1991
02:08:12,080 --> 02:08:19,760
this recent moisture is very promising and that's going to ease the pain a little perhaps but

1992
02:08:21,520 --> 02:08:29,840
God hope it continues. In any case, we are short at least the two feet of green mountain

1993
02:08:30,640 --> 02:08:40,960
reservoir water. We have run one water and also run two water and a few years ago

1994
02:08:40,960 --> 02:08:51,680
probably 10 or so years ago when they were finishing up. We ran two requests. We optioned the

1995
02:08:51,680 --> 02:09:01,520
thousand acre feet of water from the river district on that issue. Since then we have exercised two options

1996
02:09:01,520 --> 02:09:07,360
of 100 acre feet each so we now have another 200 acre feet that we're getting out of that

1997
02:09:08,000 --> 02:09:18,800
thousand that we originally option. That requires if we were to trigger another option on that

1998
02:09:19,440 --> 02:09:28,080
water that would require us to long-term contract with the river district and we're not certain

1999
02:09:28,880 --> 02:09:38,560
what the long-term demands will be and what the long-term impact will be of green mountain reservoir

2000
02:09:39,840 --> 02:09:46,800
and whether that water will ever be available again. There are a lot of people running around wondering

2001
02:09:46,800 --> 02:09:57,040
about that and a lot of right people. So we're here because you have this 400 acre

2002
02:09:57,040 --> 02:10:04,160
feet of water that's already under contract, you own it, very prudent decision on this board's

2003
02:10:04,800 --> 02:10:16,400
part to have exercised that option and acquired that water. We need and as mentioned our cover

2004
02:10:16,400 --> 02:10:26,880
sheet here, right out 100 acre feet to just cover what we have to do with the augmentation plans.

2005
02:10:27,680 --> 02:10:40,000
In addition to that every year we have new contractes come in and we would like to have a buffer.

2006
02:10:40,000 --> 02:10:54,000
So our request is asking for doing a acre feet of your 400 acre feet to cover primarily domestic

2007
02:10:54,000 --> 02:11:03,280
needs to your citizenry. Thank you for everything you had there.

2008
02:11:04,320 --> 02:11:11,600
The only thing is that we have silk that also the water conservation board requesting these water.

2009
02:11:13,200 --> 02:11:18,960
Obviously there's this year there's simply not enough water to go around. I can say for West

2010
02:11:18,960 --> 02:11:27,440
Divide we'd be happy to work with the CWCB to to the maximum extent possible make a multiple use.

2011
02:11:27,440 --> 02:11:34,000
This is water that we're going to be releasing to meet the downstream calls in the Grand Valley

2012
02:11:34,000 --> 02:11:40,160
as part of our augmentation plan to the extent that that water can also help the endangered fish

2013
02:11:40,160 --> 02:11:48,480
we're happy to work with them and and see a multiple benefit. Another yes and in conjunction with

2014
02:11:48,480 --> 02:11:57,280
the silk district we have an IGA with silk. To operate our augment program within their

2015
02:11:57,760 --> 02:12:04,000
district boundaries and one of the things that they have is there are 5,000 acre piece

2016
02:12:04,960 --> 02:12:14,880
which you're very interested in using our IGA allows us to use silk facilities

2017
02:12:15,680 --> 02:12:26,720
and get the water in the pump canal that we build a transfer station up on the the pump canal

2018
02:12:26,720 --> 02:12:39,200
up there that allows us to move water from the pump canal up to the West level and we make arrangements

2019
02:12:39,200 --> 02:12:46,320
each year with silk when they're operating the pump canal and they also have interest in operating this

2020
02:12:47,040 --> 02:12:54,960
this station that moves the water up to the West level. The reason we do that is to make an exchange

2021
02:12:54,960 --> 02:13:03,200
so we can store some water and RV gap reservoir for later calls on the on the system. So

2022
02:13:04,560 --> 02:13:12,560
to help build would also benefit West to buy and operating our plan in conjunction with the

2023
02:13:13,520 --> 02:13:20,240
the silk district and you I welcome you guys you yeah now we're ready if your finished we'll pick it up from

2024
02:13:20,240 --> 02:13:29,120
yeah yeah okay all right let's say wait Jerry see for on the board of salt water

2025
02:13:29,120 --> 02:13:35,440
from the fervency district Michael Earian with Colorado River Engineering I'm a user under the

2026
02:13:36,480 --> 02:13:42,640
in the silk water conservancy district and also water advisor to that board so

2027
02:13:43,600 --> 02:13:52,000
the bureau of of reclamation authorize silk project back in the 30s along with the Colorado

2028
02:13:52,000 --> 02:14:02,880
Big Thompson project the Westified project and Green Mountain Reservoir and when they in 1966 when the

2029
02:14:02,880 --> 02:14:11,920
silk project came online that the first 52,000 acre feeding in Green Mountain Reservoir was

2030
02:14:11,920 --> 02:14:19,760
allocated to the Colorado Big Thompson project the next 5000 acre feet was reserved and allocated

2031
02:14:19,760 --> 02:14:27,520
to the silk project then there's the 66,000 acre foot historic users pool and then there's another pool

2032
02:14:27,520 --> 02:14:35,280
above that that includes the the 20,000 acre feet of contract water which houses the 200 acre feet

2033
02:14:35,280 --> 02:14:47,120
that Westified water has. Green Mountain Reservoir is still slowly filling it may get some more

2034
02:14:47,120 --> 02:14:55,920
fill but it has it had the CBT water it had the silk project water and it had a portion of the

2035
02:14:56,720 --> 02:15:01,920
historic users pool water and

2036
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:15,000
We just learned maybe three weeks ago that the Bureau pulled with no basis, no legal basis, the 5,000 acre feet for the self-project.

2037
02:15:15,000 --> 02:15:35,000
And we've had discussions with them, the district's attorneys have talked to them, and they don't give good answers, but they said, still project can have 300 acre feet of their 5,000 acre feet.

2038
02:15:35,000 --> 02:15:47,000
That maybe runs the pump canal one week, which maybe lets us operate this exchange and get the West Divine water up in there.

2039
02:15:47,000 --> 02:15:51,000
There was some discussion in the end of last week.

2040
02:15:51,000 --> 02:16:07,000
Everybody's asking why doesn't call out a big Thompson project have to take a haircut here, and they agreed to take all of the evaporation out of their 52,000 acre feet.

2041
02:16:07,000 --> 02:16:20,000
Thank you, tongue-in-cheek, but so now, silk project has been lumped in with all the other folks and silk project now gets around 900 acre feet.

2042
02:16:20,000 --> 02:16:27,000
So maybe three weeks of the pump canal at the most.

2043
02:16:27,000 --> 02:16:35,000
And trouble is the pump canal is, you know, they charge us an outrageous amount just to turn on whether it's a day or week or month or whatever.

2044
02:16:35,000 --> 02:16:41,000
Three weeks isn't going to, you know, you give the farmers hope, it's just not enough there.

2045
02:16:41,000 --> 02:16:54,000
So that's why we're just trying to find where we can, you know, we're just trying to get that going, because without it, there's going to be a lot of ranchers and silk mace, so just don't get any hate.

2046
02:16:54,000 --> 02:17:07,000
And of course, without any hate, the cattle's going to go and prices and, you know, we can't make water, but it's, you know, it wasn't the answer we were hoping for from green mountain, if you see pictures of it, it's a pond.

2047
02:17:07,000 --> 02:17:13,000
Harvey Gap is full, but it's going to be probably a one and done, we just there's not enough run up.

2048
02:17:13,000 --> 02:17:17,000
And if you went by rifle Gap, or just, you can walk across that.

2049
02:17:17,000 --> 02:17:23,000
Yeah, so I think Harvey Gap is probably going to be a one, we're starting to today.

2050
02:17:23,000 --> 02:17:30,000
I just don't see it, it's probably going to be a one time deal, ranchers are maybe going to get one shot and that's it.

2051
02:17:30,000 --> 02:17:35,000
And a lot of them, without the pumpkin L, won't get any soul.

2052
02:17:35,000 --> 02:17:40,000
So if I've got to write, you dropped from 5,000 to 900.

2053
02:17:40,000 --> 02:17:42,000
Yes, total.

2054
02:17:42,000 --> 02:17:43,000
Okay.

2055
02:17:43,000 --> 02:17:44,000
This is 300.

2056
02:17:44,000 --> 02:17:45,000
Yeah, 300.

2057
02:17:45,000 --> 02:17:46,000
300 back down.

2058
02:17:46,000 --> 02:17:55,000
Well, the district's attorneys are very clear and firm that the 5,000 acre fee was clearly reserved for the self-project.

2059
02:17:55,000 --> 02:17:56,000
We got a bureau.

2060
02:17:56,000 --> 02:17:59,000
Got a vehicle battle coming down the pipe.

2061
02:17:59,000 --> 02:18:00,000
Yeah.

2062
02:18:00,000 --> 02:18:01,000
That's another story.

2063
02:18:01,000 --> 02:18:02,000
Yeah.

2064
02:18:02,000 --> 02:18:06,000
But it all really depends on how much water actually ends up in.

2065
02:18:06,000 --> 02:18:07,000
Yeah.

2066
02:18:07,000 --> 02:18:09,000
They can't give it to basically a regular.

2067
02:18:09,000 --> 02:18:10,000
That's right.

2068
02:18:10,000 --> 02:18:11,000
And they're not there.

2069
02:18:11,000 --> 02:18:17,000
They're not going to get much of it if they get any of it.

2070
02:18:17,000 --> 02:18:24,000
So anyway, that's that's that's kind of the back ground on on why.

2071
02:18:24,000 --> 02:18:27,000
So water conservancy district is here.

2072
02:18:27,000 --> 02:18:35,000
So of course, so water conservancy district would ask for the balance, the other 200 acre fee.

2073
02:18:35,000 --> 02:18:37,000
That was my question.

2074
02:18:37,000 --> 02:18:38,000
Whatever you can.

2075
02:18:38,000 --> 02:18:48,000
But I want to go back and and back up that the county needs to reserve at least 10 acre

2076
02:18:48,000 --> 02:18:55,000
feet and maybe conservatively 15 acre feet for road in bridge.

2077
02:18:55,000 --> 02:19:05,000
The original impetus behind or part of when the county acquired the 400 acre feet in 2014.

2078
02:19:05,000 --> 02:19:25,000
What was also served some county uses and Lee Levinworth and I did a water court case for the county to provide multiple points of diversion for road and bridge to take water from the roaring fort from the Colorado River to do mag chloride to do desk control.

2079
02:19:25,000 --> 02:19:34,000
And so given that it, you know, even though the calls off right now, it's going to be on I think most of the year.

2080
02:19:34,000 --> 02:19:41,000
And so I think it's prudent that the county reserve 15 acre feet for road in bridge.

2081
02:19:41,000 --> 02:19:43,000
Let's do it.

2082
02:19:43,000 --> 02:19:44,000
Thank you.

2083
02:19:49,000 --> 02:19:55,000
Also, if I'm following this correctly, Mr. Chairman of the Model Day here.

2084
02:19:55,000 --> 02:19:56,000
Yes.

2085
02:19:56,000 --> 02:20:03,000
Okay, I'm following this correctly out of the 400 acre feet that we have.

2086
02:20:04,000 --> 02:20:13,000
West divide would be okay with 200 and 200 going to you minus the 15.

2087
02:20:13,000 --> 02:20:14,000
Right.

2088
02:20:14,000 --> 02:20:15,000
That's that.

2089
02:20:15,000 --> 02:20:20,000
And you're working together to with the whole mega work.

2090
02:20:20,000 --> 02:20:21,000
Right.

2091
02:20:21,000 --> 02:20:22,000
Yeah.

2092
02:20:22,000 --> 02:20:27,000
I mean, the so districts got to try and get the pump canal running.

2093
02:20:27,000 --> 02:20:32,000
At least a week more to be able to exchange the West divide water into RV gap.

2094
02:20:33,000 --> 02:20:45,000
Otherwise, I don't know the exact number, but there will be a lot of residences out on soap maces that will be violation of under strict administration.

2095
02:20:45,000 --> 02:20:48,000
They may be turned off.

2096
02:20:48,000 --> 02:20:51,000
That's probably not going to happen.

2097
02:20:51,000 --> 02:20:59,000
The division of water resources does not have the pallet for that kind of action.

2098
02:20:59,000 --> 02:21:06,000
And then one last thing is that the $85 an acre foot.

2099
02:21:06,000 --> 02:21:17,000
I think the derivation of that is what the river district has been charging for the fish water.

2100
02:21:17,000 --> 02:21:19,000
If I remember right.

2101
02:21:19,000 --> 02:21:22,000
The actual.

2102
02:21:22,000 --> 02:21:29,000
Oh and him and you'll owe an M fees for the county are going to be less than $3 an acre foot.

2103
02:21:29,000 --> 02:21:42,000
However, I think in the accounting you know the county made a I think it was in the ballpark of like $492,000 was the original purchase price of the 400 acre feed.

2104
02:21:42,000 --> 02:21:50,000
So if you know you look at some sort of cost recovery on that plus the $3 of O&M.

2105
02:21:50,000 --> 02:21:58,000
You know I don't know I don't know who's looking at what the cost recovery is, but it's probably in the ballpark of $30 an acre foot.

2106
02:21:58,000 --> 02:22:03,000
If you were to include that in in pricing.

2107
02:22:03,000 --> 02:22:14,000
So I know that pallet say just least water 200 acre feed for $8,000 for $40 an acre foot.

2108
02:22:14,000 --> 02:22:17,000
We were just asking your deliberation.

2109
02:22:17,000 --> 02:22:19,000
If you can.

2110
02:22:19,000 --> 02:22:23,000
The the silk water conservancy district ours is for the users.

2111
02:22:23,000 --> 02:22:30,000
So we don't have any other way to charge back contract water like West of I does.

2112
02:22:30,000 --> 02:22:34,000
As they'll then charge their contract ease for it.

2113
02:22:34,000 --> 02:22:38,000
But but anyway if you guys could.

2114
02:22:38,000 --> 02:22:53,000
If possible give a low break on the cost because it you know it is something that you know that the the five thousand acre feed should have been it you know I think green mountains probably a similar O&M cost of.

2115
02:22:53,000 --> 02:22:56,000
$3 you know this an acre foot.

2116
02:22:56,000 --> 02:23:04,000
So you know silk project is looking at spending money that's not in the budget.

2117
02:23:04,000 --> 02:23:10,000
Well I'd love to be able to buy an acre foot of water for $3.

2118
02:23:10,000 --> 02:23:14,000
Why I see this year.

2119
02:23:14,000 --> 02:23:17,000
Who we have online.

2120
02:23:17,000 --> 02:23:20,000
Wendy Wendy probably.

2121
02:23:21,000 --> 02:23:27,000
I'm just here to ask answer any technical questions for West of I that you all may have but.

2122
02:23:27,000 --> 02:23:30,000
Just taking in the conversation here.

2123
02:23:30,000 --> 02:23:32,000
Thank you.

2124
02:23:32,000 --> 02:23:38,000
Anyone else on there to speak.

2125
02:23:38,000 --> 02:23:40,000
She would be wasn't.

2126
02:23:40,000 --> 02:23:43,000
Are aware of the meeting today.

2127
02:23:43,000 --> 02:23:48,000
So in the understand that there are two other requests in addition to theirs.

2128
02:23:48,000 --> 02:23:51,000
So they know about that today.

2129
02:23:51,000 --> 02:23:55,000
Well I didn't do their request.

2130
02:23:55,000 --> 02:24:01,000
They I brought it back to the board twice before this meeting just verbally in my updates that talked about.

2131
02:24:01,000 --> 02:24:03,000
They would be happy with whatever whatever.

2132
02:24:03,000 --> 02:24:04,000
Thank you.

2133
02:24:04,000 --> 02:24:09,000
Yeah they understand that there are two other questions so you have three requests essentially.

2134
02:24:09,000 --> 02:24:12,000
And then I just wanted to clarify and I assume maybe it's the same with their board if.

2135
02:24:12,000 --> 02:24:19,000
If you all approve it the board then has to go back and approve it and let you know but.

2136
02:24:19,000 --> 02:24:24,000
And we're talking once we figure out what's going on there are going to have an emergency.

2137
02:24:24,000 --> 02:24:27,000
We actually meeting here next there too so we can kind of.

2138
02:24:27,000 --> 02:24:30,000
We've got to get the ball roll in here so.

2139
02:24:30,000 --> 02:24:31,000
Tying is the best.

2140
02:24:31,000 --> 02:24:33,000
I guess I have a question.

2141
02:24:33,000 --> 02:24:36,000
If we were to give you the 185 or whatever.

2142
02:24:36,000 --> 02:24:39,000
What's that going to what's that going to mean for.

2143
02:24:39,000 --> 02:24:43,000
Is there going to be another week or.

2144
02:24:43,000 --> 02:24:49,000
It would be yeah try try to get another week for some of the folks that are below the.

2145
02:24:49,000 --> 02:24:55,000
Pump can now I mean we yeah I mean we'd like more and.

2146
02:24:55,000 --> 02:25:00,000
But yeah if you all need 200.

2147
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:06,000
Yeah I know I know we should reserve 15 for the counties so.

2148
02:25:07,000 --> 02:25:12,000
Of course you you mentioned maybe a bit of it to see diversity be to.

2149
02:25:12,000 --> 02:25:15,000
The fishery in a work.

2150
02:25:15,000 --> 02:25:17,000
To explain that again.

2151
02:25:17,000 --> 02:25:21,000
Simply an offer that if there's the opportunity.

2152
02:25:21,000 --> 02:25:24,000
Our priority is fulfilling.

2153
02:25:24,000 --> 02:25:30,000
The obligations the water obligations of the augmentation plan of our augmentation plans.

2154
02:25:30,000 --> 02:25:34,000
But it because the Fisher down stream.

2155
02:25:34,000 --> 02:25:38,000
The call that we're meeting is downstream if there's an opportunity to.

2156
02:25:38,000 --> 02:25:46,000
Time or work with the C W C B to provide for a multiple benefit for an endangered species benefit.

2157
02:25:46,000 --> 02:25:49,000
Of our return flows are the releases that are made.

2158
02:25:49,000 --> 02:25:52,000
We'd be happy to do that.

2159
02:25:52,000 --> 02:25:59,000
Our board did discuss this issue at our last meeting and we are aware of the.

2160
02:25:59,000 --> 02:26:02,000
Pricing of your product.

2161
02:26:02,000 --> 02:26:09,000
And are ready to act on the 200 acre feed.

2162
02:26:09,000 --> 02:26:13,000
Based upon that that information.

2163
02:26:13,000 --> 02:26:17,000
And then if we don't use the 200 the old 200.

2164
02:26:17,000 --> 02:26:19,000
Some way then.

2165
02:26:19,000 --> 02:26:21,000
We are open to.

2166
02:26:21,000 --> 02:26:23,000
To working with.

2167
02:26:24,000 --> 02:26:28,000
The C W C B or salt for that.

2168
02:26:28,000 --> 02:26:31,000
So.

2169
02:26:31,000 --> 02:26:38,000
You're going to thank you.

2170
02:26:38,000 --> 02:26:41,000
Yep, just real quick just for the words benefit.

2171
02:26:41,000 --> 02:26:44,000
Just to read the language right out of the you water used agreement.

2172
02:26:44,000 --> 02:26:47,000
Which is an agreement that you have a C W C B just so you understand.

2173
02:26:47,000 --> 02:26:52,000
It talks about it shall be within the county's sole discretion as to the determination.

2174
02:26:52,000 --> 02:26:55,000
The root I water will be available and in what amount.

2175
02:26:55,000 --> 02:26:58,000
No minimum amount of root I water is guaranteed any given year.

2176
02:26:58,000 --> 02:27:00,000
So this one you don't understand.

2177
02:27:00,000 --> 02:27:02,000
That's the table language within the agreement.

2178
02:27:02,000 --> 02:27:04,000
So it's just.

2179
02:27:04,000 --> 02:27:07,000
This one's your best prediction for.

2180
02:27:07,000 --> 02:27:12,000
I mean, since this is a serious question about, you know, our endangered fish down there.

2181
02:27:12,000 --> 02:27:18,000
Despite I mean, if it's 400 acre put or whatever, is that going to is that going to save us.

2182
02:27:18,000 --> 02:27:19,000
That's.

2183
02:27:20,000 --> 02:27:21,000
No, that's.

2184
02:27:21,000 --> 02:27:23,000
Simple answers no.

2185
02:27:23,000 --> 02:27:32,000
The more nuanced answer is there's been a theory out there for a long time that.

2186
02:27:32,000 --> 02:27:37,000
These fish have developed have evolved that.

2187
02:27:37,000 --> 02:27:44,000
In a widely varying natural cycle of hydrology and that periodic.

2188
02:27:44,000 --> 02:27:47,000
Drow may benefit them.

2189
02:27:47,000 --> 02:27:51,000
We have seen in in my time at the river district.

2190
02:27:51,000 --> 02:28:01,000
The the ponds the nursery ponds that were that are there beside the river that are flooded to provide a nursery habitat.

2191
02:28:01,000 --> 02:28:04,000
And then drained when they're drained.

2192
02:28:04,000 --> 02:28:11,000
It's the non native fish that remain in the pool and get caught in the drainage.

2193
02:28:11,000 --> 02:28:17,000
It's the native fish that seem to something triggers in them and they know they get out.

2194
02:28:17,000 --> 02:28:25,000
We're not finding the the endangered fish in trained in the in the ponds when they are drained.

2195
02:28:25,000 --> 02:28:30,000
So there may be an ecological advantage to periodic drought.

2196
02:28:30,000 --> 02:28:38,000
Now it's not to welcome the drought for anybody or any reason, but it's it's possible.

2197
02:28:38,000 --> 02:28:45,000
The answer your question no 400 acre feet is is not going to recover the fish.

2198
02:28:45,000 --> 02:28:48,000
It's not going to make that big a difference.

2199
02:28:48,000 --> 02:28:56,000
It's not the CWCB's sole source of water for for the fish and certainly not the sole source of water for the recovery program.

2200
02:28:56,000 --> 02:28:57,000
Thank you.

2201
02:28:57,000 --> 02:29:03,000
You know, we've we've been happy to do that and helped you know the endangered fish downstream.

2202
02:29:03,000 --> 02:29:07,000
Was there water but that's been in much better years.

2203
02:29:07,000 --> 02:29:10,000
And then what we're talking about here.

2204
02:29:10,000 --> 02:29:11,000
So.

2205
02:29:11,000 --> 02:29:16,000
But thank you for that because that was kind of my my impression as well.

2206
02:29:16,000 --> 02:29:17,000
I don't think that the.

2207
02:29:17,000 --> 02:29:25,000
You know, the Garfield County in our 400 acre feet at a root out is not to save you for a endangered fish downstream.

2208
02:29:25,000 --> 02:29:29,000
Was was it were but that's not I don't think that's probably the case.

2209
02:29:29,000 --> 02:29:35,000
Initially it didn't exon provide something like 19 or 20,000 acre feet.

2210
02:29:35,000 --> 02:29:46,000
They have yeah historically there's been a number of contractors who have essentially donated their their water to the endangered species program.

2211
02:29:46,000 --> 02:30:00,000
There's also been coordinated reservoir operations is an annual program that will not be happening this year simply because the priority is the historic use the the contracted use of that water the endangered.

2212
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:06,000
We'd fish our acillary benefit when there's water available.

2213
02:30:06,000 --> 02:30:09,000
We're truly an uncharted territory, I think.

2214
02:30:09,000 --> 02:30:12,000
Yes, sir.

2215
02:30:17,000 --> 02:30:20,000
Well, so we need action today, right?

2216
02:30:20,000 --> 02:30:29,000
Well, I mean, I remember when we first contracted with Rudeye for the 400 acre feed,

2217
02:30:29,000 --> 02:30:38,000
I said, and I've always said, this is a wise decision, and we need to be prepared for days like do day, and today is here.

2218
02:30:38,000 --> 02:30:55,000
So, with that being said, I would move that we lease out 200 acre feed to west divide, and 185 acre feed to so conservation district.

2219
02:30:56,000 --> 02:30:58,000
Or a price out.

2220
02:30:58,000 --> 02:30:59,000
That's what we need to do.

2221
02:30:59,000 --> 02:31:02,000
That's what I was going to say for a price out.

2222
02:31:02,000 --> 02:31:07,000
I don't know, I don't know. That's a good one because what we need to decide.

2223
02:31:07,000 --> 02:31:08,000
Yeah.

2224
02:31:08,000 --> 02:31:11,000
We're going to both sit and we're going to make it doable.

2225
02:31:11,000 --> 02:31:12,000
It makes us do another one.

2226
02:31:12,000 --> 02:31:16,000
You know, that's, that's, that's what we say is price of water is going to get.

2227
02:31:16,000 --> 02:31:18,000
Oh, yeah, that's.

2228
02:31:18,000 --> 02:31:19,000
Yeah.

2229
02:31:19,000 --> 02:31:21,000
So, yeah, we're not so busy.

2230
02:31:21,000 --> 02:31:30,000
I don't know, I don't know if there an equitable thing here, is to charge you 80, 40,

2231
02:31:30,000 --> 02:31:33,000
85 and use 30 or 40, right.

2232
02:31:33,000 --> 02:31:38,000
I agree.

2233
02:31:38,000 --> 02:31:42,000
I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, if I could, I don't mean that.

2234
02:31:42,000 --> 02:31:50,000
I don't know, I'm an, another alternative is to not make the pricing decision right here at the

2235
02:31:50,000 --> 02:32:01,000
You've got the allocations for the amounts, but then take a week so that we can evaluate with you and with what the requests are to come up with a fair price, so that you don't have to do this sort of haggling.

2236
02:32:01,000 --> 02:32:02,000
Let's you want to hear at the top.

2237
02:32:02,000 --> 02:32:09,000
I don't know, I don't want to, but it would be interesting to see whether your board is going to meet the emergency meeting.

2238
02:32:09,000 --> 02:32:14,000
I think tomorrow, it would be interesting to see what the outcome that is.

2239
02:32:14,000 --> 02:32:23,000
You know, we kind of need some idea of the price so we can even, I mean, I, you know, have some kind of an ideal where what we're looking at.

2240
02:32:23,000 --> 02:32:27,000
It's going to be the full 85 or some reduction.

2241
02:32:27,000 --> 02:32:29,000
I would put you to that.

2242
02:32:29,000 --> 02:32:32,000
Yeah, I was just going to help for the board's benefit for you all too.

2243
02:32:32,000 --> 02:32:34,000
So that number wasn't, wasn't arbitrary.

2244
02:32:34,000 --> 02:32:39,000
That was a number that the county commissioners did obtain water legal counsel a couple of years ago.

2245
02:32:39,000 --> 02:32:44,000
So it's now two years old, just FYI, and I don't think that number probably went down.

2246
02:32:44,000 --> 02:32:46,000
No, I suspect with probably number one.

2247
02:32:46,000 --> 02:32:47,000
Like Perry.

2248
02:32:47,000 --> 02:32:49,000
It's just as a baseline that maybe so.

2249
02:32:49,000 --> 02:32:50,000
Yeah.

2250
02:32:50,000 --> 02:32:55,000
We don't want to gouging anybody, but by the same.

2251
02:32:55,000 --> 02:32:57,000
Then you there.

2252
02:32:57,000 --> 02:33:02,000
Price water is this it's it's it's it's a tough deal.

2253
02:33:02,000 --> 02:33:15,000
It was by of adjusted our rates periodically and have the last couple of years simply from an inflation or a standpoint, not from a drought situation.

2254
02:33:15,000 --> 02:33:22,000
And what we did this year was done back in October.

2255
02:33:22,000 --> 02:33:25,000
All our clients or our.

2256
02:33:26,000 --> 02:33:28,000
Clients have been billed.

2257
02:33:28,000 --> 02:33:33,000
And most of paid and that price is locked in for this year.

2258
02:33:33,000 --> 02:33:35,000
We will not go back and revisit.

2259
02:33:35,000 --> 02:33:37,000
Should we bill anybody.

2260
02:33:37,000 --> 02:33:41,000
You know, the deal's done done deal for us for this year.

2261
02:33:41,000 --> 02:33:46,000
It's the same as our bills are out in project end, like a water.

2262
02:33:46,000 --> 02:33:48,000
It's out the most of them.

2263
02:33:48,000 --> 02:33:52,000
They had to be paid before today for what what on so.

2264
02:33:52,000 --> 02:33:53,000
So let's just leave that.

2265
02:33:53,000 --> 02:33:54,000
Yeah.

2266
02:33:54,000 --> 02:33:55,000
And for now.

2267
02:33:55,000 --> 02:33:56,000
Yeah.

2268
02:33:56,000 --> 02:33:57,000
But Michael.

2269
02:33:57,000 --> 02:33:58,000
Explain.

2270
02:33:58,000 --> 02:33:59,000
Explain.

2271
02:33:59,000 --> 02:34:05,000
I guess the ability to pay it that price.

2272
02:34:05,000 --> 02:34:08,000
Whether or not the district can or.

2273
02:34:08,000 --> 02:34:13,000
Yeah.

2274
02:34:13,000 --> 02:34:18,000
I just.

2275
02:34:18,000 --> 02:34:19,000
I don't know what to say.

2276
02:34:20,000 --> 02:34:21,000
Yeah.

2277
02:34:21,000 --> 02:34:23,000
I mean, I.

2278
02:34:23,000 --> 02:34:26,000
So what is something you're going to have to decide.

2279
02:34:26,000 --> 02:34:27,000
Yeah.

2280
02:34:27,000 --> 02:34:28,000
Yeah.

2281
02:34:28,000 --> 02:34:29,000
Yeah.

2282
02:34:29,000 --> 02:34:30,000
The board will have to decide.

2283
02:34:30,000 --> 02:34:31,000
Yeah.

2284
02:34:31,000 --> 02:34:32,000
So what.

2285
02:34:32,000 --> 02:34:33,000
What ballpark we think.

2286
02:34:33,000 --> 02:34:34,000
I'm just a rough idea.

2287
02:34:34,000 --> 02:34:35,000
I think.

2288
02:34:35,000 --> 02:34:36,000
80.

2289
02:34:36,000 --> 02:34:37,000
30.

2290
02:34:37,000 --> 02:34:38,000
85.

2291
02:34:38,000 --> 02:34:39,000
And I think that's where we need to.

2292
02:34:39,000 --> 02:34:40,000
Okay.

2293
02:34:40,000 --> 02:34:41,000
Is there going to get it for 85.

2294
02:34:41,000 --> 02:34:43,000
I'm not going to charge you more than 85.

2295
02:34:43,000 --> 02:34:44,000
Okay.

2296
02:34:44,000 --> 02:34:45,000
And that's.

2297
02:34:45,000 --> 02:34:47,000
You know, we'll have our meeting tomorrow night.

2298
02:34:48,000 --> 02:34:49,000
You know, I guess we'll know.

2299
02:34:49,000 --> 02:34:50,000
Yeah.

2300
02:34:50,000 --> 02:34:51,000
We can say.

2301
02:34:51,000 --> 02:34:52,000
Yeah.

2302
02:34:52,000 --> 02:34:53,000
And it's.

2303
02:34:53,000 --> 02:34:54,000
It's tough times.

2304
02:34:54,000 --> 02:34:57,000
And I hope and pray that we get a lot of rain this.

2305
02:34:57,000 --> 02:34:59,000
Spring summer and fall.

2306
02:34:59,000 --> 02:35:00,000
It's possible.

2307
02:35:00,000 --> 02:35:01,000
But who knows.

2308
02:35:01,000 --> 02:35:02,000
Yeah.

2309
02:35:02,000 --> 02:35:03,000
But if it doesn't.

2310
02:35:03,000 --> 02:35:04,000
And.

2311
02:35:04,000 --> 02:35:06,000
That's a very likely.

2312
02:35:06,000 --> 02:35:09,000
Possibility that price of water is going to go up even.

2313
02:35:09,000 --> 02:35:10,000
Or.

2314
02:35:10,000 --> 02:35:12,000
So yeah.

2315
02:35:12,000 --> 02:35:14,000
So that's my motion.

2316
02:35:14,000 --> 02:35:15,000
Yes.

2317
02:35:15,000 --> 02:35:16,000
Chairman.

2318
02:35:16,000 --> 02:35:18,000
I get a little bit of the side of the price.

2319
02:35:18,000 --> 02:35:19,000
And later.

2320
02:35:21,000 --> 02:35:24,000
So we need to put it on the agenda for next week.

2321
02:35:24,000 --> 02:35:25,000
Yeah.

2322
02:35:25,000 --> 02:35:26,000
Just so we're all right.

2323
02:35:26,000 --> 02:35:27,000
Clear.

2324
02:35:27,000 --> 02:35:28,000
Yeah.

2325
02:35:28,000 --> 02:35:29,000
We'll do that.

2326
02:35:29,000 --> 02:35:30,000
We'll meeting them.

2327
02:35:30,000 --> 02:35:32,000
We'll come back next week with.

2328
02:35:32,000 --> 02:35:33,000
What.

2329
02:35:33,000 --> 02:35:34,000
It's all like this.

2330
02:35:34,000 --> 02:35:35,000
I don't know.

2331
02:35:35,000 --> 02:35:36,000
I got eight other board members.

2332
02:35:36,000 --> 02:35:37,000
I can't.

2333
02:35:37,000 --> 02:35:38,000
You know.

2334
02:35:38,000 --> 02:35:39,000
We understand.

2335
02:35:41,000 --> 02:35:42,000
So we'll need to.

2336
02:35:42,000 --> 02:35:44,000
It's tough here.

2337
02:35:44,000 --> 02:35:45,000
Tough.

2338
02:35:45,000 --> 02:35:46,000
Yeah.

2339
02:35:46,000 --> 02:35:47,000
Yes.

2340
02:35:47,000 --> 02:35:48,000
Obviously.

2341
02:35:48,000 --> 02:35:49,000
I want to help.

2342
02:35:49,000 --> 02:35:50,000
I'm pretty sure.

2343
02:35:50,000 --> 02:35:51,000
Whatever the count.

2344
02:35:51,000 --> 02:35:52,000
I can do that.

2345
02:35:52,000 --> 02:35:54,000
He's the pain.

2346
02:35:54,000 --> 02:35:55,000
So.

2347
02:35:55,000 --> 02:35:56,000
When you go.

2348
02:35:56,000 --> 02:35:57,000
Call the question.

2349
02:35:57,000 --> 02:35:59,000
Call those in favor.

2350
02:35:59,000 --> 02:36:00,000
I.

2351
02:36:00,000 --> 02:36:01,000
Thank you.

2352
02:36:01,000 --> 02:36:02,000
Thank you.

2353
02:36:02,000 --> 02:36:03,000
Thank you.

2354
02:36:03,000 --> 02:36:04,000
Thank you.

2355
02:36:04,000 --> 02:36:05,000
Thank you.

2356
02:36:05,000 --> 02:36:06,000
Thank you.

2357
02:36:06,000 --> 02:36:07,000
Thank you.

2358
02:36:07,000 --> 02:36:08,000
Thank you.

2359
02:36:16,000 --> 02:36:31,000
Thank you.

2360
02:36:31,000 --> 02:36:33,000
Thank you.

2361
02:36:33,000 --> 02:36:34,000
Thank you.

2362
02:36:34,000 --> 02:36:35,000
Thank you.

2363
02:36:45,000 --> 02:36:52,000
Okay, we're back, we're back from our break, and back to you, Mr. Charming.

2364
02:36:52,000 --> 02:36:53,000
Action items.

2365
02:36:53,000 --> 02:36:55,000
You bet, thank you, Commissioners.

2366
02:36:55,000 --> 02:36:59,000
Next item this morning, this is to consider, excuse me.

2367
02:36:59,000 --> 02:37:03,000
This is the request for a nonprofit, this is how to get it right.

2368
02:37:03,000 --> 02:37:08,000
The nonprofit discretionary grant funding of $10,000 for the middle Colorado Watershed Council

2369
02:37:08,000 --> 02:37:11,000
and Kate Cohen's executive director is here to make that request.

2370
02:37:11,000 --> 02:37:13,000
Yes, it's a question.

2371
02:37:13,000 --> 02:37:20,000
So Kate and Chris right from the slide, let's talk about the difference between this request

2372
02:37:20,000 --> 02:37:24,000
and your request for discretionary grants because there is a difference.

2373
02:37:24,000 --> 02:37:31,000
You talk about that in one's for fire and the other's for water conservation.

2374
02:37:31,000 --> 02:37:38,000
First one is for a match grant to that for warm grant for specifically for the Colorado River,

2375
02:37:38,000 --> 02:37:46,000
Wild Fire Collaborative, which is our major project of the middle Colorado Watershed Council.

2376
02:37:46,000 --> 02:37:48,000
Okay, yeah.

2377
02:37:48,000 --> 02:37:50,000
So thank you.

2378
02:37:50,000 --> 02:37:58,000
As you know, we've been in touch a lot this year and I think that's been great to work so closely with the Board of County Commissioners.

2379
02:37:58,000 --> 02:38:04,000
First of all, I'd just like to thank you for being a category a partner on the

2380
02:38:04,000 --> 02:38:12,000
room creek fish barrier that project is a wrap except for the continued weed monitoring and

2381
02:38:12,000 --> 02:38:17,000
bedge management, which we'll do through 2028 spring and fall.

2382
02:38:17,000 --> 02:38:23,000
Thanks to Sarah LaRose being so good at her job and that's something that we feel really strongly about

2383
02:38:23,000 --> 02:38:24,000
stewarding as well.

2384
02:38:24,000 --> 02:38:29,000
But a million dollar project with Bureau of Reclamation as the main funder.

2385
02:38:29,000 --> 02:38:33,000
We couldn't have done that without Garfield County being a category a partner.

2386
02:38:34,000 --> 02:38:43,000
You've also been supporters of our rifle creek restoration, which a year ago Commissioner Will joined us at the.

2387
02:38:43,000 --> 02:38:50,000
Colorado growing water smart workshop in Montrose three days of doing a deep dive in really brainstorming on.

2388
02:38:50,000 --> 02:39:00,000
Which areas of rifle creek to restore first, how to do it and I'm just so excited that we have a half million dollars in play on engineering modeling and

2389
02:39:00,000 --> 02:39:07,000
design excuse me a quarter million dollars to 150,000 on engineering modeling and design for projects in rifle creek.

2390
02:39:07,000 --> 02:39:18,000
So government creek is funded to do some low-tech process base restoration to try to prevent that sediment from pouring in to rifle creek.

2391
02:39:18,000 --> 02:39:26,000
It's a wonderful thing that we got an invitation from Colorado River collaborative flex funding to apply for their money.

2392
02:39:26,000 --> 02:39:28,000
You have to do it by invitation only.

2393
02:39:28,000 --> 02:39:37,000
And government creek isn't exactly like a sexy project where we're going to be able to put our feet in the water.

2394
02:39:37,000 --> 02:39:44,000
So that's a big deal for deer field park.

2395
02:39:44,000 --> 02:39:52,000
We have a pending grant through Colorado climate smart communities initiative and you've also given us support letters and things for those things.

2396
02:39:52,000 --> 02:40:01,000
And the city of rifle together with a private rifle funder is doing engineering modeling inside for Centennial Park right now.

2397
02:40:01,000 --> 02:40:07,000
We'll have a really comprehensive plan that'll be ready for shovel ready implementation funding.

2398
02:40:07,000 --> 02:40:12,000
And that should be by the summer, you know, in a couple of months.

2399
02:40:12,000 --> 02:40:16,000
Part in this must be ready, then a dedicated at the end of June.

2400
02:40:16,000 --> 02:40:19,000
Well, what it will be is it'll be a plan.

2401
02:40:19,000 --> 02:40:23,000
So we'll have a shovel ready plan ready to go.

2402
02:40:23,000 --> 02:40:28,000
And then we can go for implementation funding to get the work done.

2403
02:40:28,000 --> 02:40:36,000
I think the city has some work they're doing that maybe the subject of the dedication.

2404
02:40:36,000 --> 02:40:44,000
And this is the creek, the border creek rifle creek bordering the park that we're talking about.

2405
02:40:44,000 --> 02:40:48,000
There's an apple's a little bit there.

2406
02:40:48,000 --> 02:40:52,000
Same they're both through same land different project.

2407
02:40:52,000 --> 02:40:56,000
So we also delivered a fluvial hazard mapping.

2408
02:40:56,000 --> 02:41:03,000
And that exists now with Garfield County planning and they're excited to have that as a resource.

2409
02:41:04,000 --> 02:41:07,000
No, it's on the Colorado River Mainstown.

2410
02:41:07,000 --> 02:41:09,000
Yep.

2411
02:41:09,000 --> 02:41:11,000
Just a couple more things.

2412
02:41:11,000 --> 02:41:17,000
I told you about Sam Fierborn being our program manager for the Colorado River wildfire collaborative.

2413
02:41:17,000 --> 02:41:30,000
And it just excited to see where the program goes because he's really going to get to author how he gets this job done, which is exciting with a brand new position.

2414
02:41:30,000 --> 02:41:37,000
That and brings our staffing from two to three people.

2415
02:41:37,000 --> 02:41:42,000
At River stop our interpretive center in rifle on lions pond.

2416
02:41:42,000 --> 02:41:49,000
I'm really excited to report that we had a private full anthropist step up to fund.

2417
02:41:49,000 --> 02:41:54,000
Keeping that open from May 20th to September 29th five days a week.

2418
02:41:54,000 --> 02:41:57,000
We'll have a river stop mentor there all of those days.

2419
02:41:57,000 --> 02:42:04,000
And then a river stop intern who's actually through growing fork out door volunteers youth in nature program.

2420
02:42:04,000 --> 02:42:05,000
She's graduating.

2421
02:42:05,000 --> 02:42:11,000
Glenwood Springs senior who's going to be studying engineering at CU Boulder environmental engineering.

2422
02:42:11,000 --> 02:42:13,000
And she is the first in her family to go to college.

2423
02:42:13,000 --> 02:42:19,000
So it's just like a really feel good projects in addition to that we have a senior in rifle.

2424
02:42:19,000 --> 02:42:22,000
That's in the visitor center.

2425
02:42:22,000 --> 02:42:23,000
That's right.

2426
02:42:24,000 --> 02:42:32,000
I invite you for a visit there because we have interpretive displays on 15 mile reach and many, many other.

2427
02:42:32,000 --> 02:42:36,000
River ecology in the watershed ecology displays there.

2428
02:42:36,000 --> 02:42:39,000
Are there any displays around the pod?

2429
02:42:39,000 --> 02:42:47,000
We have just completed some beautiful murals that will be dedicating it a business after hours and extra on May 14th.

2430
02:42:47,000 --> 02:42:49,000
I invite you to that as well.

2431
02:42:49,000 --> 02:42:54,000
Or around the building then that around the pod there is an opportunity.

2432
02:42:54,000 --> 02:43:01,000
You can hike around I mean people fish right now there's an opportunity for interpretive signs around the pod for education.

2433
02:43:01,000 --> 02:43:07,000
In the ones there probably need to be replaced because the sun just breaks in right there.

2434
02:43:07,000 --> 02:43:12,000
So we have a senior in rifle as well who's volunteering with us to staff river stop.

2435
02:43:12,000 --> 02:43:18,000
She's a lifelong rifle resident who has a lot of deep knowledge in both the natural history and history history.

2436
02:43:18,000 --> 02:43:30,000
The intern will spend part of her time at powers ranch that's a ranch right on rifle creek 120 acres.

2437
02:43:30,000 --> 02:43:44,000
And that landowner has express that they'd like for that to become a learning lab and really a demonstration of restoration projects for middle Colorado watershed council since we've got things happening north and south of that.

2438
02:43:44,000 --> 02:43:46,000
Along the right for you.

2439
02:43:46,000 --> 02:43:50,000
Is that a different powers than the powers in car and car we don't.

2440
02:43:50,000 --> 02:43:52,000
It's the same power.

2441
02:43:52,000 --> 02:43:54,000
Good.

2442
02:43:54,000 --> 02:43:57,000
Yeah, it's a good French and middle Colorado.

2443
02:43:57,000 --> 02:43:58,000
Right.

2444
02:43:58,000 --> 02:44:04,000
We also will be following up this afternoon with a very large private foundation.

2445
02:44:04,000 --> 02:44:06,000
National foundation.

2446
02:44:06,000 --> 02:44:10,000
We've given them a concept paper for watershed education.

2447
02:44:10,000 --> 02:44:20,000
And our issue no longer has a science curriculum for grads k through five so the timing of that is really important.

2448
02:44:20,000 --> 02:44:35,000
And we what they've indicated to us is that they'd like to provide funding for one year as kind of a pilot program to see if we can use river stop in the environment their lines pond Colorado river to do.

2449
02:44:35,000 --> 02:44:43,000
What are said education for youth really K through 12 is what they're looking at will probably narrow that down to K through five or year.

2450
02:44:43,000 --> 02:44:45,000
Thank you.

2451
02:44:45,000 --> 02:44:46,000
Sir.

2452
02:44:46,000 --> 02:44:52,000
You said that Garfield Larry two and a longer has a sense curriculum from grades one through five.

2453
02:44:52,000 --> 02:44:54,000
K through five.

2454
02:44:54,000 --> 02:44:57,000
They're not going to teach any science.

2455
02:44:57,000 --> 02:45:00,000
This is what I understand from whatever heard that.

2456
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:13,000
Yeah, one of the teachers and also one of the parents. And so they've just had to really streamline curriculum.

2457
02:45:15,000 --> 02:45:17,000
Okay, thank you.

2458
02:45:17,000 --> 02:45:18,000
You're welcome.

2459
02:45:18,000 --> 02:45:24,000
And then on the education front as well, we just concluded our fire and water speaker series where we

2460
02:45:25,000 --> 02:45:31,000
we welcome 300 community members to three different events in February, March and April.

2461
02:45:31,000 --> 02:45:36,000
So much of the work that we do with our grants and things is really under the radar.

2462
02:45:36,000 --> 02:45:43,000
And so the fire and water speaker series in our wild and scenic health test are important for visibility for our organization

2463
02:45:43,000 --> 02:45:45,000
and just outreach to the community.

2464
02:45:45,000 --> 02:45:47,000
How that girl do you do that?

2465
02:45:47,000 --> 02:45:55,000
Uh, there are about 45 folks, uh, less fewer people than what I'd hope would show up, however,

2466
02:45:55,000 --> 02:46:02,000
the ones who showed up were very, very engaged and stayed all the way through the film and the expert panel.

2467
02:46:02,000 --> 02:46:03,000
Okay, yeah.

2468
02:46:03,000 --> 02:46:07,000
I think we gave you a buy for that.

2469
02:46:07,000 --> 02:46:09,000
I think we gave you a buy for that commissioner.

2470
02:46:10,000 --> 02:46:23,000
So the the funds that I'm asking for with this part of the agenda are the funds that were budgeted less fall in for 2026.

2471
02:46:23,000 --> 02:46:27,000
It's important operating money for our organization.

2472
02:46:27,000 --> 02:46:30,000
When we get grants these big grants, it sounds so good.

2473
02:46:30,000 --> 02:46:37,000
And then we're able to use just usually 10% of each of those grants for indirect costs to cover

2474
02:46:38,000 --> 02:46:41,000
overhead staffing administration.

2475
02:46:41,000 --> 02:46:50,000
And so the fundraising that we do and the community contributions to our operations are really essential and we're very, very, very grateful.

2476
02:46:50,000 --> 02:46:52,000
Thank you.

2477
02:46:52,000 --> 02:46:57,000
So I'm the 500,000 dollar grant you have for the rifle Creek.

2478
02:46:57,000 --> 02:47:00,000
That is primarily engineering.

2479
02:47:00,000 --> 02:47:06,000
And then you're going to have to come back to say if you get those done, you're going to have to come back with additional grants.

2480
02:47:06,000 --> 02:47:13,000
So let me just clarify and I'm sorry that I said half a million when I should have said a quarter million quarter.

2481
02:47:13,000 --> 02:47:16,000
And so what we have are several grants.

2482
02:47:16,000 --> 02:47:29,000
So for for Centennial Park is the city rifle and a private funder investing 47,000 in that plan for.

2483
02:47:29,000 --> 02:47:41,000
We have the Colorado River collaborative flex funding and also a Centennial Grant growing water smart grant and we're waiting to hear from.

2484
02:47:41,000 --> 02:47:45,000
Water education Colorado.

2485
02:47:45,000 --> 02:47:52,000
Healthy rivers fund is the other pending one that would be we would apply that to permitting.

2486
02:47:52,000 --> 02:47:56,000
So that's about 110,000.

2487
02:47:56,000 --> 02:48:01,000
You know, it's a Colorado space.

2488
02:48:01,000 --> 02:48:06,000
It's part of the Department of Natural Resources administered by the CNVCB.

2489
02:48:06,000 --> 02:48:09,000
It's great you have to cross on your board.

2490
02:48:09,000 --> 02:48:12,000
You know, it's where the money is.

2491
02:48:12,000 --> 02:48:14,000
I'm starting to find out.

2492
02:48:14,000 --> 02:48:16,000
Wish I knew more.

2493
02:48:16,000 --> 02:48:19,000
Even though there's some of the scale.

2494
02:48:19,000 --> 02:48:21,000
Yeah.

2495
02:48:21,000 --> 02:48:24,000
And then that's your field park.

2496
02:48:24,000 --> 02:48:27,000
That's the climate smart communities initiative.

2497
02:48:27,000 --> 02:48:30,000
And we apply for that.

2498
02:48:30,000 --> 02:48:32,000
In partnership with city rifle.

2499
02:48:32,000 --> 02:48:39,000
And with American rivers and you have to have a climate practitioner which American rivers is that so.

2500
02:48:39,000 --> 02:48:45,000
So so how about that section of rifle creek from rifle gap to municipality.

2501
02:48:45,000 --> 02:48:49,000
All right, we'll there be projects in that in that section as well.

2502
02:48:49,000 --> 02:48:51,000
Do your field park.

2503
02:48:51,000 --> 02:48:52,000
As it's in rifle, isn't it?

2504
02:48:52,000 --> 02:48:53,000
Yeah.

2505
02:48:53,000 --> 02:48:57,000
And the government creeks that I'm uploading will be right there by like.

2506
02:48:57,000 --> 02:48:58,000
City market.

2507
02:48:58,000 --> 02:48:59,000
It's an important.

2508
02:48:59,000 --> 02:49:00,000
It's important.

2509
02:49:00,000 --> 02:49:03,000
There's a significant project.

2510
02:49:03,000 --> 02:49:08,000
Work going on not through middle Colorado, but on the power's range.

2511
02:49:08,000 --> 02:49:13,000
Brett Thompson manages that ranch and has done wonderful work and has.

2512
02:49:13,000 --> 02:49:18,000
It's definitely using that and part of the interest in the owner and having that.

2513
02:49:18,000 --> 02:49:23,000
As a living lab is is the work that he's done.

2514
02:49:23,000 --> 02:49:25,000
The progress he's made.

2515
02:49:25,000 --> 02:49:29,000
On on rifle creek through the property.

2516
02:49:29,000 --> 02:49:34,000
And now the city will own the does on golf course.

2517
02:49:34,000 --> 02:49:35,000
Yeah.

2518
02:49:35,000 --> 02:49:36,000
That's a nice idea.

2519
02:49:36,000 --> 02:49:37,000
It's a lot of rights.

2520
02:49:37,000 --> 02:49:38,000
It's a lot of rights.

2521
02:49:38,000 --> 02:49:40,000
It's a lot of rights.

2522
02:49:40,000 --> 02:49:41,000
Right move.

2523
02:49:41,000 --> 02:49:45,000
We just concluded that construction of the grant tunnel ditch.

2524
02:49:45,000 --> 02:49:49,000
We're going to increase that from a 24 inch film to a 36 inch film.

2525
02:49:49,000 --> 02:49:50,000
That's all finished.

2526
02:49:50,000 --> 02:49:56,000
Grant funded with $21,000.

2527
02:49:56,000 --> 02:49:57,000
And thank you.

2528
02:49:57,000 --> 02:49:58,000
Questions.

2529
02:49:58,000 --> 02:49:59,000
Additional questions.

2530
02:49:59,000 --> 02:50:00,000
Like.

2531
02:50:00,000 --> 02:50:02,000
First is the comment I made.

2532
02:50:02,000 --> 02:50:04,000
I don't think you were here last time when I was a kid.

2533
02:50:04,000 --> 02:50:06,000
I used to have the job of cleaning that ditch.

2534
02:50:06,000 --> 02:50:11,000
And I'd crawl through that.

2535
02:50:11,000 --> 02:50:12,000
Don't try that.

2536
02:50:12,000 --> 02:50:13,000
No.

2537
02:50:13,000 --> 02:50:16,000
I was much smaller than.

2538
02:50:16,000 --> 02:50:19,000
Before ocean.

2539
02:50:19,000 --> 02:50:21,000
Hey, gentlemen.

2540
02:50:21,000 --> 02:50:24,000
This is an action item.

2541
02:50:24,000 --> 02:50:25,000
Yeah.

2542
02:50:25,000 --> 02:50:26,000
Go through.

2543
02:50:26,000 --> 02:50:28,000
Through the.

2544
02:50:28,000 --> 02:50:30,000
First of.

2545
02:50:30,000 --> 02:50:32,000
First their grant money is $10,000.

2546
02:50:32,000 --> 02:50:35,000
A little calmer water should cancel.

2547
02:50:35,000 --> 02:50:37,000
Okay.

2548
02:50:37,000 --> 02:50:38,000
There you go.

2549
02:50:38,000 --> 02:50:39,000
Further comment.

2550
02:50:39,000 --> 02:50:40,000
I'll call the question on favor.

2551
02:50:40,000 --> 02:50:41,000
Hi.

2552
02:50:42,000 --> 02:50:43,000
Thank you.

2553
02:50:43,000 --> 02:50:57,000
Thank you.

2554
02:50:57,000 --> 02:50:58,000
That's right.

2555
02:50:59,000 --> 02:51:03,000
Two most important action items in the room is empty.

2556
02:51:03,000 --> 02:51:04,000
Almost.

2557
02:51:04,000 --> 02:51:05,000
Back to you.

2558
02:51:05,000 --> 02:51:06,000
You're welcome.

2559
02:51:06,000 --> 02:51:07,000
The last.

2560
02:51:07,000 --> 02:51:08,000
Last.

2561
02:51:08,000 --> 02:51:14,000
item this morning is this is your work comp audit results for twenty twenty six quarter one

2562
02:51:14,000 --> 02:51:19,280
the executive summary and Brian Lee your safety loss prevention specialist has been waiting

2563
02:51:19,280 --> 02:51:26,880
and thanks for your patience, Brian's here to present. Good stuff. Thank you for having me. This is

2564
02:51:27,920 --> 02:51:33,760
more of an update than an action item that there are action items for me, but not necessarily for

2565
02:51:33,760 --> 02:51:43,520
the board this morning. So I wanted to provide an update on some thanks from Q1 at twenty twenty six,

2566
02:51:44,320 --> 02:51:52,160
starting with our pinnacle workers' compensation audit so they review the information that we give them

2567
02:51:53,280 --> 02:52:00,960
to receive coverage when we apply for coverage and then they compare those those projected

2568
02:52:01,840 --> 02:52:09,360
values with the actual for for twenty twenty five and there can be an adjustment of the premium

2569
02:52:10,240 --> 02:52:18,080
based on that. So essentially we went through a couple of iterations of the audit for twenty twenty five

2570
02:52:19,040 --> 02:52:30,000
we had about an eight percent increase in salaries and payroll from our projected to our actual

2571
02:52:30,880 --> 02:52:38,080
so initially we we were presented with an increase of about about a thirty eight thousand dollar

2572
02:52:38,080 --> 02:52:45,360
increase to our annual premium. Working with Glenwood Insurance they've that there are broker on the

2573
02:52:45,360 --> 02:52:52,160
work comp site they've been excellent to work with. They were able to to help me work to to reclassify

2574
02:52:52,160 --> 02:53:02,880
about 70 different, different payroll positions to lower risk work compluscitation. So that was

2575
02:53:02,880 --> 02:53:10,320
key to that on that that actually resulted in it and it's hard to get done actually. It's a little bit

2576
02:53:10,320 --> 02:53:18,960
of persuading. Yeah, but yeah so we were able to reclassify those positions. That information is now

2577
02:53:18,960 --> 02:53:25,680
with payroll that's been updated and so we'll have those lower risk classification because going forward.

2578
02:53:25,680 --> 02:53:33,360
So that resulted in a credit of about two thousand eight hundred and ninety five dollars. So we say

2579
02:53:33,360 --> 02:53:39,120
a little bit on on our previous great. So that was that was the first thing I wanted to touch on

2580
02:53:40,080 --> 02:53:51,680
for Q1 and then as far as our work comp metrics the total claims we've had so far for for

2581
02:53:51,680 --> 02:54:01,600
2026 in Q1 are eight claims that's that's down a little bit from Q1 of 2025 we have 13 claims we

2582
02:54:01,600 --> 02:54:11,680
averaged about 10 or so claims per quarter in in 2025 so the total claims are down.

2583
02:54:13,840 --> 02:54:19,680
The injuries we are having though have been fairly severe resulting in in someone significant costs.

2584
02:54:19,680 --> 02:54:26,720
One was required surgery and and lost work so so that's the indemnity claim.

2585
02:54:26,720 --> 02:54:40,240
That needs surgery. Yes, yes West. So that's that's that's the primary focus for for 2026 for

2586
02:54:40,240 --> 02:54:47,360
for safety and loss prevention is is to try to address these some of these more severe injuries that

2587
02:54:47,360 --> 02:54:58,000
are occurring. We've had a we've had a good improvement in our in our claim reporting. So we've

2588
02:54:58,000 --> 02:55:04,400
we've reported a hundred percent of the claims within two days that's up from 76 percent reported

2589
02:55:04,400 --> 02:55:12,240
within two days in in 2025 so you know training on the the reporting process and how that works

2590
02:55:12,240 --> 02:55:19,360
was has been effective and we've seen some improvements there and really that's that's pretty key for

2591
02:55:21,120 --> 02:55:27,120
ensuring that employees get the benefits right you know an experiment that's exactly yeah so when

2592
02:55:27,120 --> 02:55:31,760
when something does happen it's reported promptly and that's to our employees better.

2593
02:55:35,120 --> 02:55:38,960
So those are those are some of the some of the key metrics for Q1.

2594
02:55:38,960 --> 02:55:47,200
I think one of the key takeaways is we're incorporating the wellness program into safety and

2595
02:55:47,200 --> 02:55:56,880
loss prevention and I I really think wellness is is a factor in a lot of injuries can be a factor in a lot

2596
02:55:56,880 --> 02:56:04,960
of strains that's that's maybe not studied as as well but I think is is an area that we can focus on and

2597
02:56:04,960 --> 02:56:12,320
move the needle to to improve some of these so you're including HR's wellness program

2598
02:56:12,320 --> 02:56:18,000
that's correct with with the safety yep safety wellness and loss prevention really there's there's kind of a

2599
02:56:18,000 --> 02:56:24,880
track back to there and so is that then that one group that is meeting or there's still a two two groups

2600
02:56:24,880 --> 02:56:33,040
we we do have separate groups I met with the safety committee last week and we we discuss the idea

2601
02:56:33,120 --> 02:56:39,760
combining that as as one committee and the safety committee voted to focus on safety specialise

2602
02:56:39,760 --> 02:56:46,160
in that and we also have an additional wellness committee that will will focus on some of those wellness

2603
02:56:46,160 --> 02:56:56,960
initiatives to to really focus on on total worker health yeah I think there's a there's a loss prevention

2604
02:56:56,960 --> 02:57:04,960
component there too you know and but if people are more focused you know doing better on the mental

2605
02:57:04,960 --> 02:57:12,080
health side you know we'll see less auto accidents things like that I really think these these three

2606
02:57:13,360 --> 02:57:20,000
these three programs working together can you talk about wellness and this is not with this cop well

2607
02:57:20,880 --> 02:57:30,880
do you who monitors our gym in the rifle admin filming facilities facilities does that type back to

2608
02:57:30,880 --> 02:57:38,720
wellness it's it is in the sense that employees can get a wellness reimbursement credit

2609
02:57:39,520 --> 02:57:46,640
through exercise and so by Garfield County providing that opportunity to exercise that facility to exercise then

2610
02:57:47,120 --> 02:57:54,480
our employees can can apply for that wellness reimbursement credit and then we then can show to CBT

2611
02:57:55,200 --> 02:58:02,480
the amount of employees we have participating in that program and if we if we hit 75% of employees participating in

2612
02:58:02,480 --> 02:58:09,200
that wellness reimbursement credit we get that's a big number we get a credit back from our health insurance company

2613
02:58:09,200 --> 02:58:16,160
yes 75% it's a big number exactly so similar to the cost containment certification that we can achieve

2614
02:58:16,160 --> 02:58:21,680
through work confidence insurance if we demonstrate you know we're doing all these things to have a

2615
02:58:21,680 --> 02:58:28,880
robust work cop program it's similar to to our employees health insurance if we demonstrate we're doing

2616
02:58:28,880 --> 02:58:33,520
all these things for wellness essentially is going to save them money they give us a credit

2617
02:58:34,400 --> 02:58:42,560
and so do we have our workers comp plan done that before we get our 5% reduction is that

2618
02:58:44,400 --> 02:58:53,040
absolutely yeah that went through as of February 21st we received a $25,000 in change credit from

2619
02:58:53,040 --> 02:58:57,360
from February for having a workers comp plan exactly what's that plan called though

2620
02:58:58,080 --> 02:59:03,760
some of those comp plan is something else yeah it's you know that there's a whole host of

2621
02:59:04,800 --> 02:59:09,280
a different different things kind of combined into that cost container certification but it's

2622
02:59:09,280 --> 02:59:16,080
it's having you know the the written workers compensation handbook say handbook and having

2623
02:59:16,800 --> 02:59:20,080
having all those having all those different things in place

2624
02:59:20,080 --> 02:59:27,200
and thanks good job thanks sir that was it that was a goal so good job on that music goal

2625
02:59:28,080 --> 02:59:32,800
yeah but I worked really hard and a lot of people part of that team yeah it's a success for the

2626
02:59:32,800 --> 02:59:39,440
county with your your all's directing commissioner yeah and we'll reapply for that that certification

2627
02:59:39,440 --> 02:59:46,640
again at the end of 2026 you know kind of January 2027 I'll submit that re-application

2628
02:59:47,520 --> 02:59:52,640
um you have to do it annually at first and then it's and then you automatically receive that

2629
02:59:53,200 --> 02:59:57,840
that credit every three years didn't then you would figure it back so

2630
03:00:00,000 --> 03:00:13,000
Part of the partnership is with Coleman and Sharon. It's just to restate that one more time. They're a great partner. It was a great decision by the board to bring them on. And it's proved really beneficial not only from the work outside, but also all the attack. Keep some dollars local, actually.

2631
03:00:13,000 --> 03:00:15,000
That's right.

2632
03:00:15,000 --> 03:00:17,000
Yeah, they've been a great broker.

2633
03:00:17,000 --> 03:00:18,000
That's worked.

2634
03:00:18,000 --> 03:00:25,000
Okay, and we had, I see a volunteer rescue on here. Have we had some work comp claims from Search and Rescue?

2635
03:00:25,000 --> 03:00:29,000
We, we have not in in 2025 or or 2026.

2636
03:00:29,000 --> 03:00:31,000
Okay, great. Yeah.

2637
03:00:31,000 --> 03:00:35,000
As there is risk in risk in that. Absolutely.

2638
03:00:35,000 --> 03:00:43,000
We, we didn't crease our searching rescue force or the amount of people we have in that, in that department.

2639
03:00:43,000 --> 03:00:48,000
And so that can lead to, to an increase in the annual premium because there is some risk there.

2640
03:00:48,000 --> 03:00:50,000
But yeah, we cover volunteers.

2641
03:00:50,000 --> 03:00:52,000
We exactly.

2642
03:00:53,000 --> 03:00:54,000
statutory volunteers.

2643
03:00:54,000 --> 03:00:55,000
That's right.

2644
03:00:55,000 --> 03:00:57,000
We have separate insurance for.

2645
03:00:57,000 --> 03:01:02,000
Or folks who who work at the county bear and right and things like that.

2646
03:01:08,000 --> 03:01:12,000
Okay, that was about your strategic focus.

2647
03:01:12,000 --> 03:01:14,000
So.

2648
03:01:14,000 --> 03:01:21,000
You know, continuing to to focus on on the six metrics of the off containment program.

2649
03:01:21,000 --> 03:01:26,000
You know, if you're running a robust work comp program.

2650
03:01:26,000 --> 03:01:30,000
Ideally, you're going to have reductions in injuries.

2651
03:01:30,000 --> 03:01:32,000
So that's that's my primary focus.

2652
03:01:32,000 --> 03:01:37,000
It both qualifies for that reduction in the annual premium credit.

2653
03:01:37,000 --> 03:01:42,000
But it also bolsters the safety culture in the county and it has.

2654
03:01:42,000 --> 03:01:45,000
It has meaningful.

2655
03:01:46,000 --> 03:01:53,000
So that's that's primary cost containment certification criteria.

2656
03:01:53,000 --> 03:02:01,000
And then secondarily, I think by adding that well and wellness program and focusing on the total work or health.

2657
03:02:01,000 --> 03:02:06,000
That'll that'll get us even a step further and keeping people say that work.

2658
03:02:06,000 --> 03:02:09,000
So are you integrating.

2659
03:02:09,000 --> 03:02:14,000
I guess what I would call the admin staff with the share of staff are you integrating.

2660
03:02:15,000 --> 03:02:19,000
Some of the sheriffs with the sheriff safety program.

2661
03:02:19,000 --> 03:02:23,000
Absolutely. Yeah, I think and I think reaching out to.

2662
03:02:23,000 --> 03:02:29,000
You know, focusing on on the safety program with the sheriff is is key.

2663
03:02:29,000 --> 03:02:34,000
I do they have a safety group as you have a safety group on the admin side.

2664
03:02:34,000 --> 03:02:37,000
They safety is a is a top priority for them.

2665
03:02:37,000 --> 03:02:42,000
They don't have a safety committee per se like like we do as the county wide.

2666
03:02:42,000 --> 03:02:52,000
But each each commander, you know, the patrol commanders, you know, they're they're they're they're they're safety.

2667
03:02:52,000 --> 03:02:58,000
Safety books that I think, you know, we don't I used to kind of prove safety until I.

2668
03:02:58,000 --> 03:03:06,000
Sort of look at it workers comp more and if you have you you're talking about safety and you're out there.

2669
03:03:06,000 --> 03:03:09,000
We've become more safe. It's just it's a fact.

2670
03:03:10,000 --> 03:03:12,000
Keep that sort of mind.

2671
03:03:12,000 --> 03:03:14,000
Yeah, it's is key.

2672
03:03:14,000 --> 03:03:17,000
It's not as much younger than what I would say.

2673
03:03:17,000 --> 03:03:19,000
Much younger.

2674
03:03:19,000 --> 03:03:21,000
Yeah, I think.

2675
03:03:21,000 --> 03:03:22,000
Yeah.

2676
03:03:22,000 --> 03:03:24,000
You're out loud.

2677
03:03:24,000 --> 03:03:25,000
I'm like,

2678
03:03:25,000 --> 03:03:26,000
I'm like,

2679
03:03:28,000 --> 03:03:30,000
Not so much.

2680
03:03:30,000 --> 03:03:32,000
Yeah, I think.

2681
03:03:32,000 --> 03:03:35,000
I think just about any accident was preventable.

2682
03:03:35,000 --> 03:03:38,000
You know, I think by taking certain measures we can.

2683
03:03:38,000 --> 03:03:43,000
And looking at the causes and looking at and going through reports isn't absolutely.

2684
03:03:43,000 --> 03:03:44,000
Yeah.

2685
03:03:44,000 --> 03:03:47,000
But like this over in the.

2686
03:03:47,000 --> 03:03:48,000
They're.

2687
03:03:48,000 --> 03:03:49,000
They're.

2688
03:03:49,000 --> 03:03:51,000
Depends of fact, it's a bar arm.

2689
03:03:51,000 --> 03:03:52,000
They're all.

2690
03:03:52,000 --> 03:03:53,000
Really keen.

2691
03:03:53,000 --> 03:03:54,000
Yeah.

2692
03:03:54,000 --> 03:03:55,000
Yeah.

2693
03:03:55,000 --> 03:03:56,000
They have a great.

2694
03:03:56,000 --> 03:03:57,000
A great team over there.

2695
03:03:57,000 --> 03:03:58,000
Absolutely.

2696
03:03:58,000 --> 03:03:59,000
Yeah.

2697
03:03:59,000 --> 03:04:00,000
I don't want to.

2698
03:04:00,000 --> 03:04:01,000
I don't want to change their program.

2699
03:04:01,000 --> 03:04:03,000
You know, I know they need to.

2700
03:04:03,000 --> 03:04:05,000
I know they need to.

2701
03:04:05,000 --> 03:04:07,000
Practice defensive tactics and.

2702
03:04:07,000 --> 03:04:09,000
And apprehension tactics.

2703
03:04:09,000 --> 03:04:10,000
I don't know.

2704
03:04:10,000 --> 03:04:12,000
At live speed, you know, and.

2705
03:04:12,000 --> 03:04:14,000
I think I think similar to.

2706
03:04:14,000 --> 03:04:18,000
You know, and NFL team might have problems with hamstring injuries.

2707
03:04:18,000 --> 03:04:20,000
They don't they don't tell them to run slower or.

2708
03:04:20,000 --> 03:04:22,000
Or, or ease up, you know,

2709
03:04:22,000 --> 03:04:27,000
But they, but they implement other things to just make them a little bit healthier a little bit.

2710
03:04:27,000 --> 03:04:29,000
A little bit safer.

2711
03:04:29,000 --> 03:04:30,000
And that's.

2712
03:04:30,000 --> 03:04:31,000
Yeah.

2713
03:04:31,000 --> 03:04:32,000
That's.

2714
03:04:32,000 --> 03:04:33,000
Yeah.

2715
03:04:33,000 --> 03:04:35,000
Absolutely.

2716
03:04:35,000 --> 03:04:36,000
They have questions.

2717
03:04:36,000 --> 03:04:37,000
I can.

2718
03:04:37,000 --> 03:04:38,000
You got it.

2719
03:04:38,000 --> 03:04:39,000
That's.

2720
03:04:39,000 --> 03:04:40,000
That's all.

2721
03:04:40,000 --> 03:04:41,000
I want to thank you for the work.

2722
03:04:41,000 --> 03:04:42,000
Thank you.

2723
03:04:42,000 --> 03:04:43,000
Thank you.

2724
03:04:43,000 --> 03:04:44,000
Questions.

2725
03:04:44,000 --> 03:04:45,000
Mike.

2726
03:04:45,000 --> 03:04:46,000
There.

2727
03:04:46,000 --> 03:04:47,000
Anyone up?

2728
03:04:47,000 --> 03:04:48,000
Good.

2729
03:04:48,000 --> 03:04:49,000
Yeah.

2730
03:04:49,000 --> 03:04:50,000
And hopefully.

2731
03:04:50,000 --> 03:04:53,000
Two, two, three coming.

2732
03:04:53,000 --> 03:04:54,000
Just.

2733
03:04:54,000 --> 03:04:55,000
Absolutely.

2734
03:04:55,000 --> 03:04:56,000
Yes.

2735
03:04:56,000 --> 03:04:57,000
We want that up.

2736
03:04:57,000 --> 03:04:58,000
We'll keep keep on.

2737
03:04:58,000 --> 03:05:01,000
Thank you.

2738
03:05:01,000 --> 03:05:03,000
Thank you.

2739
03:05:03,000 --> 03:05:04,000
Thank you.

2740
03:05:04,000 --> 03:05:12,000
We have one more item on your published agenda this morning, and that is your periodic oil and gas in the A's on update.

2741
03:05:12,000 --> 03:05:18,000
I'm going to put the energy symposium and recent rule making summary and oil and gas liaison curvy win.

2742
03:05:18,000 --> 03:05:21,000
Good morning, curvy. Still morning is here.

2743
03:05:21,000 --> 03:05:22,000
Good morning.

2744
03:05:22,000 --> 03:05:24,000
You want to tell me morning when I'm finished.

2745
03:05:24,000 --> 03:05:25,000
Yeah.

2746
03:05:25,000 --> 03:05:27,000
You have a big morning when you're finished.

2747
03:05:27,000 --> 03:05:31,000
We'll have to come back to us on our questions.

2748
03:05:31,000 --> 03:05:33,000
All right, curvy.

2749
03:05:33,000 --> 03:05:36,000
And just thank you for the energy symposium.

2750
03:05:36,000 --> 03:05:37,000
Wonderful.

2751
03:05:37,000 --> 03:05:41,000
It's well received. Great networking.

2752
03:05:41,000 --> 03:05:45,000
Good educational programs.

2753
03:05:45,000 --> 03:05:47,000
Just thank you for all of that.

2754
03:05:47,000 --> 03:05:48,000
Good.

2755
03:05:48,000 --> 03:05:51,000
Everybody loves it and they want to come back.

2756
03:05:51,000 --> 03:05:54,000
They do indeed and drones, which is good.

2757
03:05:54,000 --> 03:06:00,000
So I'll hit on just sort of a few topics, just sort of general oil gas activity.

2758
03:06:00,000 --> 03:06:01,000
So it's a thing.

2759
03:06:01,000 --> 03:06:08,000
The energy symposium and then also state federal rule making that have been working on last few months.

2760
03:06:08,000 --> 03:06:13,000
So as as at least to the state and federal things, especially the statements.

2761
03:06:13,000 --> 03:06:19,000
As you have designed and not be carrying on for you is a you prioritize.

2762
03:06:19,000 --> 03:06:23,000
This painting and development of regulations by the.

2763
03:06:23,000 --> 03:06:26,000
Energy and part of the management commission and also the federal air.

2764
03:06:26,000 --> 03:06:29,000
Well, it's all commission on your behalf.

2765
03:06:29,000 --> 03:06:31,000
I've been working to advocate for rules.

2766
03:06:31,000 --> 03:06:34,000
That's the fact characteristics of Western rural areas.

2767
03:06:34,000 --> 03:06:38,000
A lot of certainly including the beyond space and geology.

2768
03:06:38,000 --> 03:06:43,000
And we continue to participate in most of these rule making.

2769
03:06:43,000 --> 03:06:47,000
As a coalition called that Western rural local government coalition.

2770
03:06:47,000 --> 03:06:56,000
15 counties seven in Western Colorado and eight in the far eastern corner of the state plus eight municipalities in our general area.

2771
03:06:56,000 --> 03:07:04,000
Including city of Craig and Colbert and of course, and city maker and all of our towns here other than.

2772
03:07:04,000 --> 03:07:08,000
Limit strings within the county.

2773
03:07:08,000 --> 03:07:13,000
So as ongoing activity there's I don't know there's just been five or six rule making as a year.

2774
03:07:13,000 --> 03:07:17,000
It seems like they continue to ever regular pace.

2775
03:07:17,000 --> 03:07:19,000
You would think that they would have not more.

2776
03:07:19,000 --> 03:07:22,000
They think they need to be, but.

2777
03:07:22,000 --> 03:07:27,000
I don't know, maybe it'll slow down a year to another still still working at it.

2778
03:07:27,000 --> 03:07:32,000
And with the last year, I think this this data administration polls administration.

2779
03:07:32,000 --> 03:07:35,000
I know they're trying to kick out just a few more things.

2780
03:07:35,000 --> 03:07:37,000
I think before he's at offices.

2781
03:07:37,000 --> 03:07:40,000
I don't know if they're going to be a problem in the new news.

2782
03:07:40,000 --> 03:07:43,000
Keep on pulling into those.

2783
03:07:43,000 --> 03:07:45,000
Commissioners would imagine.

2784
03:07:45,000 --> 03:07:49,000
I think so I don't know if they's governor's.

2785
03:07:49,000 --> 03:07:51,000
Rob did.

2786
03:07:51,000 --> 03:07:53,000
I would think so.

2787
03:07:53,000 --> 03:08:02,000
So we could folks see some folks that might see that we have enough regulatory burden or any, but anyway, we keep working at it.

2788
03:08:02,000 --> 03:08:06,000
We're talking about those a little bit more, but just our local well, gas activity.

2789
03:08:06,000 --> 03:08:10,000
We do have two active drilling rigs that are over in Brue Blanco County.

2790
03:08:10,000 --> 03:08:12,000
One's operated by Tara.

2791
03:08:12,000 --> 03:08:15,000
You know, it's like you be and they're just right over the.

2792
03:08:15,000 --> 03:08:18,000
Is Tara now fly will.

2793
03:08:18,000 --> 03:08:21,000
Yes, so it's it's.

2794
03:08:21,000 --> 03:08:23,000
Tara, it's.

2795
03:08:23,000 --> 03:08:25,000
It's not.

2796
03:08:25,000 --> 03:08:27,000
It's not Tara energy partners anymore.

2797
03:08:27,000 --> 03:08:30,000
It's it's a it's a Tara Rocky Mountain.

2798
03:08:30,000 --> 03:08:31,000
I don't see.

2799
03:08:31,000 --> 03:08:32,000
So it is.

2800
03:08:32,000 --> 03:08:33,000
But it, but it's fly will is the.

2801
03:08:33,000 --> 03:08:34,000
But it was it.

2802
03:08:34,000 --> 03:08:35,000
Erica.

2803
03:08:35,000 --> 03:08:36,000
Yes.

2804
03:08:36,000 --> 03:08:39,000
So we had someone was fly will folks come over from Oklahoma.

2805
03:08:39,000 --> 03:08:40,000
They came there.

2806
03:08:40,000 --> 03:08:41,000
We're doing this.

2807
03:08:41,000 --> 03:08:42,000
And actually one was.

2808
03:08:42,000 --> 03:08:45,000
Our industry leaders found this year.

2809
03:08:45,000 --> 03:08:46,000
Okay.

2810
03:08:46,000 --> 03:08:48,000
So Laramy have been drilling.

2811
03:08:48,000 --> 03:08:50,000
They let that rig down in February.

2812
03:08:50,000 --> 03:08:54,000
They hope to bring that back and bring back the Garfield County for extended period.

2813
03:08:54,000 --> 03:08:55,000
Beginning this fall.

2814
03:08:55,000 --> 03:08:57,000
If they stay on the plan that they currently have.

2815
03:08:58,000 --> 03:09:00,000
I mean, you never really know until it happens.

2816
03:09:00,000 --> 03:09:04,000
But then also good news is Chevron has been talking about this for quite a while.

2817
03:09:04,000 --> 03:09:06,000
Been planning, but then mobilizing rig.

2818
03:09:06,000 --> 03:09:11,000
I mean right now today this week, they're standing up a rig on their property in Western

2819
03:09:11,000 --> 03:09:15,000
Garfield County over in the road, Creek drainage on the property.

2820
03:09:15,000 --> 03:09:16,000
They're going to drill.

2821
03:09:16,000 --> 03:09:18,000
They will drill two horizontal wells.

2822
03:09:18,000 --> 03:09:21,000
So that's the significant change for us.

2823
03:09:21,000 --> 03:09:24,000
Because you know, that's was that make a shell that see you natural gas and make a

2824
03:09:24,000 --> 03:09:26,000
shells like 10,000 feet down.

2825
03:09:26,000 --> 03:09:27,000
So there's no horizontal.

2826
03:09:27,000 --> 03:09:29,000
They much more expensive operation.

2827
03:09:29,000 --> 03:09:31,000
But we're going to test a couple of wells.

2828
03:09:31,000 --> 03:09:34,000
And they'll be drilling those and they'll be completing them.

2829
03:09:34,000 --> 03:09:37,000
Is this the first horizontal wells in the fields?

2830
03:09:37,000 --> 03:09:38,000
No.

2831
03:09:38,000 --> 03:09:40,000
There's probably 10 or 12 total.

2832
03:09:40,000 --> 03:09:41,000
Okay.

2833
03:09:41,000 --> 03:09:46,000
And years ago when I was early in my tenure here 14 years.

2834
03:09:46,000 --> 03:09:48,000
I'll probably start testing a little bit.

2835
03:09:48,000 --> 03:09:52,000
But then the gas prices really went down.

2836
03:09:52,000 --> 03:09:53,000
And I, I don't really know.

2837
03:09:53,000 --> 03:09:56,000
I just seemed like that was sort of the deciding factor that they sort of laid off.

2838
03:09:56,000 --> 03:09:59,000
But Terry energy is also going to drill a couple.

2839
03:09:59,000 --> 03:10:00,000
At least one.

2840
03:10:00,000 --> 03:10:05,000
I think more than one right there just outside of parachute later this year.

2841
03:10:05,000 --> 03:10:06,000
So is there going to be tests also?

2842
03:10:06,000 --> 03:10:07,000
Indeed.

2843
03:10:07,000 --> 03:10:09,000
To see what's down there.

2844
03:10:09,000 --> 03:10:11,000
Now much gas that you can get out.

2845
03:10:11,000 --> 03:10:12,000
Yep.

2846
03:10:12,000 --> 03:10:13,000
So that's.

2847
03:10:13,000 --> 03:10:15,000
You know, it works out.

2848
03:10:15,000 --> 03:10:18,000
Maybe that would change the prognosis for our area.

2849
03:10:18,000 --> 03:10:22,000
So we have operators looking at a more significant resource that they could tie it.

2850
03:10:22,000 --> 03:10:23,000
Well.

2851
03:10:23,000 --> 03:10:25,000
Maybe 10,000 feet.

2852
03:10:25,000 --> 03:10:26,000
10 to 12.

2853
03:10:26,000 --> 03:10:28,000
It's going to depend on where you are as my understanding.

2854
03:10:28,000 --> 03:10:29,000
That's not.

2855
03:10:29,000 --> 03:10:30,000
That's not a rare.

2856
03:10:30,000 --> 03:10:33,000
Yes, not a rare, which is an area we call to make a shadow.

2857
03:10:33,000 --> 03:10:34,000
It is part of the mouth.

2858
03:10:34,000 --> 03:10:35,000
Yeah.

2859
03:10:35,000 --> 03:10:36,000
It is not a break.

2860
03:10:36,000 --> 03:10:37,000
I'm saying.

2861
03:10:37,000 --> 03:10:40,000
Ever on there was going to be done.

2862
03:10:40,000 --> 03:10:41,000
You get in.

2863
03:10:41,000 --> 03:10:42,000
Finish that question.

2864
03:10:42,000 --> 03:10:43,000
They're.

2865
03:10:43,000 --> 03:10:47,000
They're going to drill those two horizontal wells in the May to July period.

2866
03:10:47,000 --> 03:10:48,000
So they're going to start drilling now.

2867
03:10:48,000 --> 03:10:50,000
They won't be done drilling until July.

2868
03:10:50,000 --> 03:10:51,000
I guess.

2869
03:10:51,000 --> 03:10:52,000
Oh, the two wells.

2870
03:10:52,000 --> 03:10:53,000
And then they'll work on completing.

2871
03:10:53,000 --> 03:10:54,000
Good.

2872
03:10:54,000 --> 03:10:55,000
Good.

2873
03:10:55,000 --> 03:10:56,000
Good.

2874
03:10:56,000 --> 03:10:57,000
Good.

2875
03:10:57,000 --> 03:10:58,000
Good.

2876
03:10:58,000 --> 03:10:59,000
Good.

2877
03:10:59,000 --> 03:11:00,000
Good.

2878
03:11:00,000 --> 03:11:01,000
Good.

2879
03:11:01,000 --> 03:11:02,000
Good.

2880
03:11:02,000 --> 03:11:03,000
Good.

2881
03:11:03,000 --> 03:11:04,000
Good.

2882
03:11:04,000 --> 03:11:05,000
Good.

2883
03:11:05,000 --> 03:11:06,000
Good.

2884
03:11:06,000 --> 03:11:07,000
Good.

2885
03:11:07,000 --> 03:11:08,000
Good.

2886
03:11:08,000 --> 03:11:09,000
Good.

2887
03:11:09,000 --> 03:11:10,000
Good.

2888
03:11:10,000 --> 03:11:11,000
Good.

2889
03:11:11,000 --> 03:11:12,000
Good.

2890
03:11:12,000 --> 03:11:13,000
Good.

2891
03:11:13,000 --> 03:11:14,000
Good.

2892
03:11:14,000 --> 03:11:15,000
Good.

2893
03:11:15,000 --> 03:11:16,000
Good.

2894
03:11:16,000 --> 03:11:17,000
Good.

2895
03:11:17,000 --> 03:11:18,560
That's right,

2896
03:11:18,560 --> 03:11:22,000
if it had been done in the first half of a state C for the first time 10,000 feet and do a geothermal.

2897
03:11:22,000 --> 03:11:40,000
Energy Resource test.

2898
03:11:40,000 --> 03:11:43,000
And then it was going to be the same well at the end of the horizontal building so all that went so close

2899
03:11:43,000 --> 03:11:45,000
So that's the chance of the industry

2900
03:11:45,000 --> 03:11:46,040
we see what they would find,

2901
03:11:46,040 --> 03:11:47,840
because the state does right our area

2902
03:11:47,840 --> 03:11:49,640
as high potential for geothermal.

2903
03:11:50,920 --> 03:11:53,720
Well, that's just how you get it to the market,

2904
03:11:53,720 --> 03:11:55,400
because everything's so remote.

2905
03:11:58,240 --> 03:11:59,400
Yes.

2906
03:11:59,400 --> 03:12:01,320
So county permitting activity,

2907
03:12:01,320 --> 03:12:01,960
varsity,

2908
03:12:01,960 --> 03:12:05,320
it contains the some permitting activity by Tara.

2909
03:12:06,440 --> 03:12:10,200
And also, carous, well, gas, and laryme, and Chevron.

2910
03:12:10,200 --> 03:12:11,560
There's a couple of permits right now

2911
03:12:11,560 --> 03:12:12,960
that are working through the county permitting.

2912
03:12:12,960 --> 03:12:14,640
Carous is now QB, right?

2913
03:12:15,680 --> 03:12:16,400
What was it, Carous?

2914
03:12:16,400 --> 03:12:16,640
Oh, yes.

2915
03:12:16,640 --> 03:12:17,200
I'm sorry.

2916
03:12:17,200 --> 03:12:18,200
Yeah, QB energy.

2917
03:12:18,200 --> 03:12:19,000
Okay.

2918
03:12:19,000 --> 03:12:21,000
That's what happens when you recycle an old.

2919
03:12:21,000 --> 03:12:22,000
That's what I call it.

2920
03:12:22,000 --> 03:12:23,800
That's what you all have to be in the name, right?

2921
03:12:23,800 --> 03:12:24,440
My policy.

2922
03:12:24,440 --> 03:12:26,840
Well, it's been about since I've been here

2923
03:12:26,840 --> 03:12:27,800
about six different.

2924
03:12:28,840 --> 03:12:31,760
That was in Canada when I started.

2925
03:12:31,760 --> 03:12:34,480
Yeah, yeah, when I started it was in Canada as well.

2926
03:12:34,480 --> 03:12:36,480
In Canada, in the end.

2927
03:12:36,480 --> 03:12:38,680
Well, that's the whole thing.

2928
03:12:38,680 --> 03:12:39,840
Yeah, Bill Barrett.

2929
03:12:39,840 --> 03:12:41,040
Bill Barrett, yeah.

2930
03:12:41,200 --> 03:12:43,200
And that's all that Bill Barrett's stuff is now

2931
03:12:43,200 --> 03:12:44,480
part of the Tara Flywell.

2932
03:12:46,040 --> 03:12:48,280
They own the leases up on the ground.

2933
03:12:48,640 --> 03:12:53,040
You know, I think all the same after all that was said,

2934
03:12:53,040 --> 03:12:54,960
down, there was like two leases kind of right out.

2935
03:12:54,960 --> 03:12:55,160
Right.

2936
03:12:55,160 --> 03:12:55,880
Two passes.

2937
03:12:55,880 --> 03:12:59,040
Yeah, I still don't know if Bill had two on down the slope.

2938
03:12:59,840 --> 03:13:03,080
But that that's Barrett or is that that's now Tara.

2939
03:13:04,400 --> 03:13:04,920
Good.

2940
03:13:06,120 --> 03:13:08,000
Then we're going to go through a little under this.

2941
03:13:08,000 --> 03:13:09,600
Or else it's that part of Tara too.

2942
03:13:11,800 --> 03:13:15,600
Let's see, so citizen research in place,

2943
03:13:15,600 --> 03:13:18,000
happy to report, haven't really had much activity

2944
03:13:18,000 --> 03:13:18,800
less few months.

2945
03:13:18,800 --> 03:13:21,360
It's generally been pretty anomalous sort of thing,

2946
03:13:21,360 --> 03:13:24,360
like traffic or private road maintenance issues.

2947
03:13:24,360 --> 03:13:25,160
That sort of thing.

2948
03:13:25,160 --> 03:13:27,760
I get the occasional call and I'll give the operators

2949
03:13:27,760 --> 03:13:32,480
and they fix the situation if that big trucks on what

2950
03:13:32,480 --> 03:13:35,720
are not, but you've deemed your preferred hall routes.

2951
03:13:35,720 --> 03:13:38,760
And the operators do a pretty good job of enforcing that.

2952
03:13:38,760 --> 03:13:40,440
I don't think there's actual regulation board,

2953
03:13:40,440 --> 03:13:44,960
but they do code the line in terms of your preferred hall routes

2954
03:13:44,960 --> 03:13:45,800
by large.

2955
03:13:45,800 --> 03:13:48,840
And then we had better payment on those roads.

2956
03:13:51,080 --> 03:13:54,760
So then also the energy advisory board, as you know,

2957
03:13:54,760 --> 03:14:00,160
while we continue, I do continue on your behalf to plan

2958
03:14:00,160 --> 03:14:03,360
and run those quarterly energy advisory board meetings

2959
03:14:03,360 --> 03:14:06,560
on a schedule of March, May, August and December,

2960
03:14:06,560 --> 03:14:09,680
we actually have a meeting this later this week.

2961
03:14:09,680 --> 03:14:11,600
We won't be too much for our all in that one.

2962
03:14:11,600 --> 03:14:14,200
The educational presentations have really been focused

2963
03:14:14,200 --> 03:14:16,000
on a lot of these well-gast, well-making

2964
03:14:16,000 --> 03:14:17,640
and regular 40 things.

2965
03:14:17,640 --> 03:14:21,720
As you may or may not recall, the John Messer

2966
03:14:21,720 --> 03:14:24,920
with the ECMC does a pretty good job of attending most of those meetings

2967
03:14:24,920 --> 03:14:26,600
as a non-boding member.

2968
03:14:26,600 --> 03:14:30,120
So the ECMC is almost always at those meetings.

2969
03:14:30,120 --> 03:14:34,040
And then we also have been getting a good participation

2970
03:14:34,040 --> 03:14:36,320
from the BLM and the Forest Service.

2971
03:14:36,320 --> 03:14:38,160
They're pretty regularly since someone,

2972
03:14:38,160 --> 03:14:41,280
at least one person that might give either a Forest Service

2973
03:14:41,280 --> 03:14:45,400
or both BLM and Forest Service update to let our citizens know

2974
03:14:45,400 --> 03:14:48,920
what's going on in the federal domain as well.

2975
03:14:48,920 --> 03:14:50,800
Is there pretty much a full board?

2976
03:14:53,200 --> 03:14:55,160
No, there's some gaps in it right now.

2977
03:14:55,160 --> 03:14:58,920
So we'll have anywhere from 12 to 18 members

2978
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:21,000
In terms of tennis, but there are some bacon seats that I haven't really, it's tough because with the activity level, not being in the area, there's a lot of folks expressing, not interested, not people who has didn't coming other than our long-term members, so like, there's defied, we had to have defied, we don't have anyone in the wrong creek, which is where the Chevron area is right now.

2979
03:15:21,000 --> 03:15:26,000
We don't have like the rifle north, which is like the municipality.

2980
03:15:26,000 --> 03:15:33,000
I mean, city rifle sits on it, but as far as the citizen represented in the foot north there, there's no activity, so that one's vacant.

2981
03:15:33,000 --> 03:15:47,000
Grasse Mesa, homework, association or that community, they officially just said, you know, things that kind of pass us by where we don't have concerns anymore, so we're just not gonna have the board.

2982
03:15:47,000 --> 03:15:56,000
So there's seats available, but they're, they don't, I haven't found it to be like priorities, oh my god, we've got to fill the seat because there's these issues in this area.

2983
03:15:56,000 --> 03:16:00,000
So there are some gaps, but I think we have the key ones covered.

2984
03:16:00,000 --> 03:16:01,000
Thank you.

2985
03:16:01,000 --> 03:16:02,000
Long way to say.

2986
03:16:02,000 --> 03:16:03,000
I'm not a lot inside of that.

2987
03:16:03,000 --> 03:16:06,000
Yeah, it's a, it's an important board.

2988
03:16:06,000 --> 03:16:16,000
I appreciate you keeping it going, because it is important, we get all those, all those members together to talk about what's going on.

2989
03:16:16,000 --> 03:16:18,000
I think it's, it's important.

2990
03:16:18,000 --> 03:16:20,000
So there's, like I said, what's there there?

2991
03:16:20,000 --> 03:16:26,000
They're all, they're all very dedicated, the operators do a good job of showing up, so that makes it all work.

2992
03:16:26,000 --> 03:16:38,000
And then rifle TV, they don't film it as often, I can say, film two or three meetings a year now, where they used to film everyone, or even when we're doing it 10 months a year.

2993
03:16:38,000 --> 03:16:42,000
So we can get some disclosure there as well.

2994
03:16:43,000 --> 03:16:49,000
Public comments, we really haven't had anything significant come to the last three or meetings that I can recall when I look back at the notes.

2995
03:16:49,000 --> 03:16:55,000
And we get either zero to one or two most of a commenters.

2996
03:16:55,000 --> 03:17:02,000
And a meeting and the most community counts comes every meeting, most every meeting, not they give me a report, I'll give one to that.

2997
03:17:02,000 --> 03:17:04,000
And it's community counts till active.

2998
03:17:04,000 --> 03:17:06,000
They are still active.

2999
03:17:06,000 --> 03:17:07,000
They're still there.

3000
03:17:07,000 --> 03:17:12,000
And they've, they've, they have a great, I'm still in the, I actually still in that board.

3001
03:17:12,000 --> 03:17:21,000
I'm not an officer of the board, but I've been sitting on that board for a while and just to help out make sure it's at the table where it needs to be.

3002
03:17:21,000 --> 03:17:31,000
And they have a really great Carlos, the executive director, she's does a fantastic job and she's by her own agreement, it has.

3003
03:17:31,000 --> 03:17:36,000
She didn't have a real requirement, I need to work this many hours to just stay on the board.

3004
03:17:36,000 --> 03:17:41,000
I need to not do as much while there's not as much activity going on, so it's a really a perfect fit.

3005
03:17:41,000 --> 03:17:48,000
She's very good at it, she's not driving the expenses up, she's driving the expenses down, which is great for now.

3006
03:17:48,000 --> 03:18:03,000
Which also reflects it, I think what, what you approved and you, you provide some funding support for them and I think you have some not this year because they have some reserves that really didn't need it, which was good.

3007
03:18:04,000 --> 03:18:06,000
Let's see, energy symposium.

3008
03:18:06,000 --> 03:18:13,000
So we had just had our 12th annual, we had, we had, we had, we did have, we had 345 people registered.

3009
03:18:13,000 --> 03:18:23,000
There was a highway closure and we lost five or seven folks just because they just decided it was just too much, like Tuesday night before, but 335 folks did attend.

3010
03:18:23,000 --> 03:18:24,000
So that was great.

3011
03:18:24,000 --> 03:18:28,000
Actually, the Tuesday night, we have sort of a warm up for the meet and greet event.

3012
03:18:28,000 --> 03:18:32,000
The, the rifle you theater this year, a commissioner will believe was there for that.

3013
03:18:32,000 --> 03:18:42,000
I thought that as a new venue worked out really well, we had even with the highway people took them five and a half to seven hours to get here on that Tuesday night.

3014
03:18:42,000 --> 03:18:45,000
We had 190 folks at the show up at meet and greet.

3015
03:18:45,000 --> 03:18:47,000
We checked them in and gave them the main badge.

3016
03:18:47,000 --> 03:18:54,000
And so that was a success considering there was a certain 75 car pile up on I 70 that.

3017
03:18:55,000 --> 03:18:57,000
That was that that was a cloud.

3018
03:18:57,000 --> 03:18:59,000
That was a message then.

3019
03:18:59,000 --> 03:19:02,000
But they showed up hungry in Thursday.

3020
03:19:02,000 --> 03:19:06,000
And that's just pretty much networking or do you do a presentation there.

3021
03:19:06,000 --> 03:19:08,000
That's strictly networking.

3022
03:19:08,000 --> 03:19:14,000
Somebody just comes in there and I just want to re-enter drives and see each other from not seeing each other from last year, whatever.

3023
03:19:14,000 --> 03:19:16,000
And a lot of great food.

3024
03:19:16,000 --> 03:19:19,000
That's what it's just sort of yours.

3025
03:19:20,000 --> 03:19:22,000
Great venue.

3026
03:19:22,000 --> 03:19:25,000
I love the food we had barbecue.

3027
03:19:25,000 --> 03:19:27,000
We had a mountain of charcuterie for it.

3028
03:19:27,000 --> 03:19:30,000
They was pretty pretty amazing and.

3029
03:19:30,000 --> 03:19:35,000
We do anonymous surveys on on all the all the elements because I don't know being me.

3030
03:19:35,000 --> 03:19:38,000
I just don't want to do the same event every year and make the same mistakes.

3031
03:19:38,000 --> 03:19:46,000
I knowingly so we we've Paul folks anonymously and we had 80 folks this year that filled out our survey to tell us how we did.

3032
03:19:46,000 --> 03:19:56,000
And they're very candid they just all comments on all say this the barbecue on Tuesday night was the best barbecue ever except for one person thought it was horrible.

3033
03:19:56,000 --> 03:20:00,000
So you you go with the 90 percent why did they come in?

3034
03:20:00,000 --> 03:20:03,000
Well, I don't know something about the burnants.

3035
03:20:03,000 --> 03:20:13,000
And so you don't like grilled smoked fatty meat don't eat grilled smoked fatty meat because that's what it is.

3036
03:20:14,000 --> 03:20:17,000
I'm good for the magic.

3037
03:20:17,000 --> 03:20:18,000
Yeah, whatever.

3038
03:20:18,000 --> 03:20:25,000
But no, it's but just good but we get a lot of good feedback and every year we shape things based on the specific comments.

3039
03:20:25,000 --> 03:20:29,000
But just sort of an overview and you haven't your hand out, but I think it's worth mentioning.

3040
03:20:29,000 --> 03:20:38,000
The key one for me tells me, did we have success and and I talked a lot of folks that do a lot of events and we get numbers that you just don't see.

3041
03:20:38,000 --> 03:20:42,000
You take your average community of people you bring them to an event.

3042
03:20:42,000 --> 03:20:45,000
A lot of them are just going to go, this is just kind of not my bad right.

3043
03:20:45,000 --> 03:20:51,000
And so you just you can only do so well, but yeah, 95 percent very or extremely satisfying.

3044
03:20:51,000 --> 03:20:53,000
So the two day experience.

3045
03:20:53,000 --> 03:20:54,000
I mean, that's.

3046
03:20:54,000 --> 03:20:55,000
We never have that.

3047
03:20:55,000 --> 03:20:58,000
I we've had close but that's you can't go.

3048
03:20:58,000 --> 03:21:00,000
Then 97 percent were.

3049
03:21:00,000 --> 03:21:06,000
That's happy this because Victoria a contractor myself we worked really hard over the last five months.

3050
03:21:06,000 --> 03:21:10,000
But 97 and we have a great team as you saw at the event.

3051
03:21:10,000 --> 03:21:13,000
I have a lot of folks above we have hired contractors that are vent planners.

3052
03:21:13,000 --> 03:21:16,000
We have a lot of county staff that help us out as well.

3053
03:21:16,000 --> 03:21:17,000
But I'm sorry.

3054
03:21:17,000 --> 03:21:20,000
It's been thanks for the county staff that helps out that you break them.

3055
03:21:20,000 --> 03:21:21,000
I was huge.

3056
03:21:21,000 --> 03:21:22,000
I'm going to mention one of my name.

3057
03:21:22,000 --> 03:21:23,000
Great.

3058
03:21:23,000 --> 03:21:24,000
Thank you.

3059
03:21:24,000 --> 03:21:25,000
Thanks.

3060
03:21:25,000 --> 03:21:26,000
It's huge.

3061
03:21:26,000 --> 03:21:32,000
But to mention one thing there is I think the biggest testament that you have.

3062
03:21:32,000 --> 03:21:37,000
Is from day one when we started and tell now.

3063
03:21:37,000 --> 03:21:42,000
You have many of the same people returning.

3064
03:21:42,000 --> 03:21:47,000
And to me that shows you that you're successful in other words.

3065
03:21:47,000 --> 03:21:49,000
If a person goes to it.

3066
03:21:49,000 --> 03:21:52,000
And they go this this is a.

3067
03:21:52,000 --> 03:21:57,000
Doing it for me or this just wasn't good or this whatever.

3068
03:21:57,000 --> 03:21:59,000
They're not coming back.

3069
03:21:59,000 --> 03:22:05,000
We have I mean I see many of those people that I've seen for the past 12 years.

3070
03:22:05,000 --> 03:22:11,000
That are still coming because they see it as a valuable experience.

3071
03:22:11,000 --> 03:22:13,000
And that's what they always tell me.

3072
03:22:13,000 --> 03:22:19,000
And we're able to pull in great speakers people who know what they're talking about.

3073
03:22:19,000 --> 03:22:22,000
And they want to learn from them.

3074
03:22:22,000 --> 03:22:26,000
You know that to me that's you know this is all good too.

3075
03:22:26,000 --> 03:22:32,000
But to me it's just they want they want to be there and they want to talk to their.

3076
03:22:33,000 --> 03:22:36,000
Fellow oil and gas people and network with them.

3077
03:22:36,000 --> 03:22:39,000
And so then there's I know there's other.

3078
03:22:39,000 --> 03:22:44,000
Opportunities like that within Western Colorado or the United States to do that.

3079
03:22:44,000 --> 03:22:49,000
But this has become a big thing to a lot of people.

3080
03:22:49,000 --> 03:22:51,000
They're going to be there and they're there.

3081
03:22:51,000 --> 03:22:53,000
Yeah, we bring from you.

3082
03:22:53,000 --> 03:22:56,000
You look County, Washington County, a lot of County.

3083
03:22:56,000 --> 03:22:59,000
I mean every corner of the state we had a.

3084
03:22:59,000 --> 03:23:05,000
Fifty or 52 distinct local governments and tax-upported districts.

3085
03:23:05,000 --> 03:23:10,000
That we're in right as from from the part of the state either one to five people per.

3086
03:23:10,000 --> 03:23:13,000
And so that I mean that to me is a testament of it.

3087
03:23:13,000 --> 03:23:16,000
And what we've done again with your support.

3088
03:23:16,000 --> 03:23:20,000
We've and all these years we've never turned away local government for cost.

3089
03:23:20,000 --> 03:23:23,000
I mean it costs a good few hundred dollars to come as a local government.

3090
03:23:23,000 --> 03:23:27,000
It costs a lot more if you're industry and and he little local government.

3091
03:23:27,000 --> 03:23:30,000
They want to come they have or they have a reason to learn about a long gas.

3092
03:23:30,000 --> 03:23:35,000
They get to come and we have sponsors that make sure that no one gets turned away from a local government.

3093
03:23:35,000 --> 03:23:37,000
And that's a priority.

3094
03:23:37,000 --> 03:23:39,000
And that's I don't know it's just good to do that.

3095
03:23:39,000 --> 03:23:43,000
This is the first class event and nobody gets turned away if you're a local government.

3096
03:23:43,000 --> 03:23:45,000
Great.

3097
03:23:46,000 --> 03:23:53,000
So yeah, 97% like the thought they've been organization management was top notch and that was good.

3098
03:23:53,000 --> 03:23:58,000
87% were extremely or very satisfied with the state fry event.

3099
03:23:58,000 --> 03:23:59,000
That's a big deal.

3100
03:23:59,000 --> 03:24:01,000
That's a big piece of what we plan every year.

3101
03:24:01,000 --> 03:24:09,000
But people really evaluate that as a four hour time block of networking and food and just really having those more robust conversations.

3102
03:24:09,000 --> 03:24:13,000
After the first day of being in the room and learning about all the topics.

3103
03:24:13,000 --> 03:24:17,000
So so that was as continues to be valued.

3104
03:24:17,000 --> 03:24:22,000
89% very extremely satisfied with as you were talking about commissioner.

3105
03:24:22,000 --> 03:24:25,000
The topics and the speakers.

3106
03:24:25,000 --> 03:24:26,000
And then.

3107
03:24:26,000 --> 03:24:31,000
And then that's a 90% and then if you included just people who were to say I'm satisfied with the speakers and topics.

3108
03:24:31,000 --> 03:24:32,000
That's 97%.

3109
03:24:32,000 --> 03:24:38,000
So we're not leaving too many people behind on what representative I guess.

3110
03:24:39,000 --> 03:24:44,000
93% very extremely satisfied with the catered breakfast and the keynote lunches.

3111
03:24:44,000 --> 03:24:45,000
We have a.

3112
03:24:45,000 --> 03:24:49,000
The fellow from brick house comes in and does that food for two days straight.

3113
03:24:49,000 --> 03:24:51,000
And I mean, he's got a great team.

3114
03:24:51,000 --> 03:24:55,000
He works hard and and it the results show that people will know the.

3115
03:24:55,000 --> 03:24:57,000
Which is a good piece.

3116
03:24:57,000 --> 03:25:00,000
Part of, you know, you have you take care of people two days.

3117
03:25:00,000 --> 03:25:01,000
You want to feed them.

3118
03:25:01,000 --> 03:25:03,000
And so I feel I didn't.

3119
03:25:03,000 --> 03:25:04,000
That's right.

3120
03:25:04,000 --> 03:25:09,000
91% very very extremely satisfied with the.

3121
03:25:09,000 --> 03:25:11,000
That was the Tuesday evening meeting.

3122
03:25:11,000 --> 03:25:15,000
And he was our first time event at that at that location.

3123
03:25:15,000 --> 03:25:16,000
The rifle youth theater.

3124
03:25:16,000 --> 03:25:18,000
The staff was fantastic to work with.

3125
03:25:18,000 --> 03:25:20,000
That's a really good for to.

3126
03:25:20,000 --> 03:25:22,000
To have that again there again.

3127
03:25:22,000 --> 03:25:25,000
So then there's odd sort of scales.

3128
03:25:25,000 --> 03:25:27,000
It's not hard to describe it on scale one to ten.

3129
03:25:27,000 --> 03:25:30,000
We asked people was to likely that you would recommend to a call.

3130
03:25:30,000 --> 03:25:35,000
A or friend or someone that they come to the symposium next year.

3131
03:25:35,000 --> 03:25:39,000
And 82% sport is as a nine or 10, which is considered.

3132
03:25:39,000 --> 03:25:41,000
Promotors are someone said, yeah, this is great event.

3133
03:25:41,000 --> 03:25:43,000
But that's for eight out of ten.

3134
03:25:43,000 --> 03:25:45,000
That's almost like you didn't really care.

3135
03:25:45,000 --> 03:25:48,000
So 82% said, I'm definitely down.

3136
03:25:48,000 --> 03:25:49,000
I get home.

3137
03:25:49,000 --> 03:25:50,000
Tell these people they should join us.

3138
03:25:50,000 --> 03:25:51,000
That's.

3139
03:25:51,000 --> 03:25:54,000
You feel good when when they're going to be that word of mouth.

3140
03:25:54,000 --> 03:25:57,000
Marketing to bring the right audience to us next year.

3141
03:25:57,000 --> 03:26:03,000
The revenue did exceed our expenses by good margin.

3142
03:26:03,000 --> 03:26:04,000
So it didn't.

3143
03:26:04,000 --> 03:26:08,000
There's no tax dollars expended on this event.

3144
03:26:08,000 --> 03:26:10,000
It's all ticket revenue and sponsorships.

3145
03:26:10,000 --> 03:26:12,000
Thank you.

3146
03:26:12,000 --> 03:26:13,000
You bet.

3147
03:26:13,000 --> 03:26:15,000
And then.

3148
03:26:15,000 --> 03:26:20,000
So again, that's the sit and then see the event YouTube channel.

3149
03:26:20,000 --> 03:26:22,000
That's in your link there.

3150
03:26:22,000 --> 03:26:26,000
And I'll send another one with just about got all of the.

3151
03:26:26,000 --> 03:26:29,000
Back to turn on and make live all the 20.

3152
03:26:29,000 --> 03:26:30,000
Good.

3153
03:26:30,000 --> 03:26:31,000
That's a good presentation.

3154
03:26:31,000 --> 03:26:33,000
But of course a keynote speaker on the second day.

3155
03:26:33,000 --> 03:26:34,000
So I'm.

3156
03:26:34,000 --> 03:26:36,000
I want to listen to that.

3157
03:26:36,000 --> 03:26:37,000
Then.

3158
03:26:37,000 --> 03:26:39,000
So I don't how we pull us together.

3159
03:26:39,000 --> 03:26:40,000
I mean, I do a lot.

3160
03:26:40,000 --> 03:26:41,000
But I'm not it.

3161
03:26:41,000 --> 03:26:44,000
So the Corey Hayman is a contractor.

3162
03:26:44,000 --> 03:26:46,000
She continues to be at the end of this message.

3163
03:26:46,000 --> 03:26:48,000
She was just a second year helping me out.

3164
03:26:48,000 --> 03:26:52,000
And she just helps with all the bookkeeping and all kinds of organizations.

3165
03:26:52,000 --> 03:26:55,000
We're thinking allow me to focus on like this year.

3166
03:26:55,000 --> 03:26:57,000
We're improving 43 different speakers.

3167
03:26:57,000 --> 03:26:59,000
And that's a lot of cast I heard.

3168
03:26:59,000 --> 03:27:00,000
I'll tell you what.

3169
03:27:00,000 --> 03:27:01,000
Yeah.

3170
03:27:01,000 --> 03:27:02,000
It takes a lot of time.

3171
03:27:02,000 --> 03:27:03,000
It's like communication.

3172
03:27:03,000 --> 03:27:07,000
I get a lot of relief by having that source of support and help so that I can focus on.

3173
03:27:07,000 --> 03:27:08,000
Make sure that that works.

3174
03:27:08,000 --> 03:27:10,000
Because I got nothing if we don't have our.

3175
03:27:10,000 --> 03:27:14,000
The speakers and then they understand what their job is when they get in that sort of thing.

3176
03:27:14,000 --> 03:27:15,000
So.

3177
03:27:16,000 --> 03:27:19,000
We've seen a ton of assistance from the other kind of departments.

3178
03:27:19,000 --> 03:27:22,000
I just can't overstate how much I appreciate.

3179
03:27:22,000 --> 03:27:29,000
The support of this commission and administration and the department has an individual employees that help to sound.

3180
03:27:29,000 --> 03:27:30,000
So special.

3181
03:27:30,000 --> 03:27:31,000
Thank you.

3182
03:27:31,000 --> 03:27:33,000
And gratitude for my colleagues.

3183
03:27:33,000 --> 03:27:38,000
The facilities team on the set up day on Tuesday, which is a big deal.

3184
03:27:38,000 --> 03:27:39,000
It's a lot to do.

3185
03:27:39,000 --> 03:27:44,000
Jason Wester and Spencer Evans showed up for that and helped out.

3186
03:27:44,000 --> 03:27:52,000
And then when we shut down the event on the Thursday afternoon, Dave Ebbler and Tracy Waffler joined then to help us on that tear down.

3187
03:27:52,000 --> 03:27:56,000
I'm really we're converting a room from seating for for.

3188
03:27:56,000 --> 03:28:03,000
300 people like in just road seating like they have for the sanctuary and we turn into as you see the six top tables thing.

3189
03:28:03,000 --> 03:28:06,000
That's a big turnaround and then to put it back the way the church wants it.

3190
03:28:06,000 --> 03:28:09,000
And then I really want to mention the last minute.

3191
03:28:09,000 --> 03:28:11,000
I didn't realize we were short a couple of folks.

3192
03:28:12,000 --> 03:28:16,000
Road and bridge folks JD France and Jimmy Snowden.

3193
03:28:16,000 --> 03:28:21,000
They showed up and man, they just filled up ready to go and I mean we had to keep up with them.

3194
03:28:21,000 --> 03:28:22,000
They were great.

3195
03:28:22,000 --> 03:28:23,000
They just said let's go.

3196
03:28:23,000 --> 03:28:28,000
We've got this thing and setting all those tables exactly 10 feet, not 10 feet to inches apart.

3197
03:28:28,000 --> 03:28:29,000
That sort of thing.

3198
03:28:29,000 --> 03:28:30,000
Which is extremely important.

3199
03:28:30,000 --> 03:28:32,000
And those guys were just fantastic.

3200
03:28:32,000 --> 03:28:34,000
So that was helpful.

3201
03:28:34,000 --> 03:28:40,000
And then for community development, windshield helped out for the two full days of the event organization and management.

3202
03:28:40,000 --> 03:28:44,000
Again, that's a great relief for me because she really knows what we're trying to do.

3203
03:28:44,000 --> 03:28:45,000
Why were there?

3204
03:28:45,000 --> 03:28:51,000
And so she's flagging things for me in Victoria to make sure that we just keep everything running really smoothly.

3205
03:28:51,000 --> 03:28:52,000
So that is great.

3206
03:28:52,000 --> 03:28:57,000
And then for our tear down on with close it all up.

3207
03:28:57,000 --> 03:29:01,000
The planners Heather John Philip and Lynn plus broke.

3208
03:29:01,000 --> 03:29:08,000
They helped for a couple hours along with those other folks I mentioned to help us put that put the church back in the way the church needed it.

3209
03:29:08,000 --> 03:29:11,000
And to get us out the door with all of our stuff and everything out.

3210
03:29:11,000 --> 03:29:13,000
So that's a big big deal.

3211
03:29:13,000 --> 03:29:14,000
And then also.

3212
03:29:14,000 --> 03:29:15,000
That's.

3213
03:29:15,000 --> 03:29:16,000
Coral over there.

3214
03:29:16,000 --> 03:29:17,000
Chelsea.

3215
03:29:17,000 --> 03:29:18,000
Chelsea.

3216
03:29:18,000 --> 03:29:19,000
Chelsea.

3217
03:29:19,000 --> 03:29:20,000
Fredran.

3218
03:29:20,000 --> 03:29:21,000
Excuse me.

3219
03:29:21,000 --> 03:29:26,000
So she may available Jack Stewart and Obed Rommels.

3220
03:29:26,000 --> 03:29:32,000
They deliver straw up there that steak fry and they brought some county owned generators that we use as back.

3221
03:29:32,000 --> 03:29:40,000
We actually used one of them, but one of them we have there just for a backup in case our rental ones are actually they were donated from rifle equipment this year.

3222
03:29:40,000 --> 03:29:43,000
So if we have any power issues, so we're going to have a problem there.

3223
03:29:43,000 --> 03:29:48,000
And then Jack can know that they went back on Thursday after the steak fry.

3224
03:29:48,000 --> 03:29:52,000
And I guess the raccoons got into the.

3225
03:29:52,000 --> 03:30:00,000
The trash receptacle thing was up there on that private property and they took the time to wear it and they picked up all this trash that shouldn't have been there to make sure the land.

3226
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:03,000
In order was taken care of, they went way above and beyond.

3227
03:30:03,000 --> 03:30:06,000
Is that on Heather's property? Yes. Yes.

3228
03:30:06,000 --> 03:30:12,000
And so that was a big deal. Just like I say, all these folks just not even thinking twice,

3229
03:30:12,000 --> 03:30:16,000
and they're just putting in that extra effort to make the county look good.

3230
03:30:16,000 --> 03:30:19,000
Just represent all the folks in the finance that was great.

3231
03:30:19,000 --> 03:30:22,000
So I just thought of them. Thank you at all of them.

3232
03:30:22,000 --> 03:30:27,000
You know, you all for making sure those people were available.

3233
03:30:27,000 --> 03:30:32,000
That's all I had on the symposium other than if you want to do another one.

3234
03:30:32,000 --> 03:30:37,000
The 13th annual would propose that would be you have direction for must to do another.

3235
03:30:37,000 --> 03:30:42,000
Okay. Yes. So then if we do everything the same, it'll be able to 13 to 15 next year.

3236
03:30:42,000 --> 03:30:48,000
And we'll start gathering up our speakers and lots of stuff and come up with another fresh agenda.

3237
03:30:48,000 --> 03:30:50,000
We've got to start planning in.

3238
03:30:50,000 --> 03:30:53,000
Those are those both keynote figures.

3239
03:30:53,000 --> 03:30:55,000
I mean, with the argument, I can't say that.

3240
03:30:55,000 --> 03:30:56,000
Argin, yeah.

3241
03:30:56,000 --> 03:30:58,000
Argin, he was excellent.

3242
03:30:58,000 --> 03:31:03,000
Then Roger, he was actually better than a little breakout session.

3243
03:31:03,000 --> 03:31:04,000
He was of state.

3244
03:31:04,000 --> 03:31:05,000
Yeah.

3245
03:31:05,000 --> 03:31:06,000
I have to say that.

3246
03:31:07,000 --> 03:31:10,000
I thought it was really good in the room there with this.

3247
03:31:10,000 --> 03:31:13,000
And then when he got on stage, I just,

3248
03:31:13,000 --> 03:31:16,000
he was, yeah, it was good.

3249
03:31:16,000 --> 03:31:17,000
It was great.

3250
03:31:17,000 --> 03:31:20,000
It was like a breakout. He was.

3251
03:31:20,000 --> 03:31:21,000
Yeah.

3252
03:31:21,000 --> 03:31:23,000
Well, he's going to even know the stuff.

3253
03:31:23,000 --> 03:31:25,000
But he's more of an academic.

3254
03:31:25,000 --> 03:31:27,000
And so it's, it's a different type of thing.

3255
03:31:27,000 --> 03:31:30,000
But again, we're just trying to hit different strokes every year.

3256
03:31:30,000 --> 03:31:34,000
We're trying to hit the bigger national global pictures with those keynotes every year.

3257
03:31:34,000 --> 03:31:38,000
And so we'll be searching for two fresh ones for next year.

3258
03:31:38,000 --> 03:31:40,000
And we're going to be color and learn to click.

3259
03:31:40,000 --> 03:31:43,000
You can hear from both of them.

3260
03:31:43,000 --> 03:31:44,000
Yeah.

3261
03:31:44,000 --> 03:31:45,000
Yeah.

3262
03:31:45,000 --> 03:31:46,000
Yeah.

3263
03:31:46,000 --> 03:31:47,000
No, the argument was great.

3264
03:31:47,000 --> 03:31:49,000
And he actually donated this time, which was amazing.

3265
03:31:49,000 --> 03:31:51,000
Because he's a high, high profile guy.

3266
03:31:51,000 --> 03:31:52,000
But sure.

3267
03:31:52,000 --> 03:31:53,000
Wow.

3268
03:31:53,000 --> 03:31:57,000
And he was, he was willing to, to come and help us out.

3269
03:31:57,000 --> 03:31:59,000
That's great.

3270
03:31:59,000 --> 03:32:01,000
So we'll plan for that.

3271
03:32:01,000 --> 03:32:02,000
And our 13th annual.

3272
03:32:02,000 --> 03:32:04,000
I'm going to give myself another month.

3273
03:32:04,000 --> 03:32:06,000
We're after four, I've forced myself to really think about it again.

3274
03:32:06,000 --> 03:32:09,000
I might just put it aside for a few days.

3275
03:32:09,000 --> 03:32:11,000
You weren't, I think I've got a few things catch up on.

3276
03:32:11,000 --> 03:32:13,000
But we'll get after them.

3277
03:32:14,000 --> 03:32:17,000
Old gas commission and other rule making.

3278
03:32:17,000 --> 03:32:20,000
Sort of a nothing burger on this one.

3279
03:32:20,000 --> 03:32:25,000
But the ECMC, they just completed their I priority habitat rule making.

3280
03:32:25,000 --> 03:32:28,000
This year they focused on the southeast water of the state.

3281
03:32:28,000 --> 03:32:29,000
And they're feeling may recall.

3282
03:32:29,000 --> 03:32:34,000
But every year they, they grow from the southeast and northeast of the northwest, which is us.

3283
03:32:34,000 --> 03:32:35,000
And then the southwest.

3284
03:32:35,000 --> 03:32:37,000
And so they just worked away around every four years.

3285
03:32:37,000 --> 03:32:42,000
So this year was more on the southeast corner of what we paid attention to.

3286
03:32:42,000 --> 03:32:47,000
And they attention was to make sure that the, the only thing they did in our area was gross.

3287
03:32:47,000 --> 03:32:49,000
And raptor mapping.

3288
03:32:49,000 --> 03:32:51,000
And so we took a close look at that to make sure.

3289
03:32:51,000 --> 03:32:52,000
Mass.

3290
03:32:52,000 --> 03:32:57,000
Brad is most involved with to make sure that nothing odd ball got thrown into the gas.

3291
03:32:57,000 --> 03:32:58,000
And it did not.

3292
03:32:58,000 --> 03:32:59,000
So.

3293
03:32:59,000 --> 03:33:00,000
Pretty quick.

3294
03:33:00,000 --> 03:33:02,000
Fun theory as expected.

3295
03:33:02,000 --> 03:33:05,000
That's the only recent ECMC rule making.

3296
03:33:05,000 --> 03:33:07,000
And then the air quality control commission.

3297
03:33:07,000 --> 03:33:12,000
There's been a few of those, including during the symposium, which was not ideal.

3298
03:33:12,000 --> 03:33:16,000
But anyway, in February, they had a regulation seven rule making.

3299
03:33:16,000 --> 03:33:19,000
We were a party with our western rural local government coalition.

3300
03:33:19,000 --> 03:33:22,000
I did the work on that on your behalf.

3301
03:33:22,000 --> 03:33:26,000
And overall, we supported the air pollution control divisions.

3302
03:33:26,000 --> 03:33:29,000
Proposal to revise regulations seven.

3303
03:33:29,000 --> 03:33:34,000
Primarily what they're doing was aligning Colorado's air quality rules with EPA's.

3304
03:33:34,000 --> 03:33:37,000
On.

3305
03:33:37,000 --> 03:33:42,000
Nonpoint source sub part quato see the ozone and precursor type of regulation.

3306
03:33:42,000 --> 03:33:46,000
So they really just, they, they didn't do thing too wild crazy on that one.

3307
03:33:46,000 --> 03:33:48,000
They just align with the federal.

3308
03:33:48,000 --> 03:33:53,000
Standards and rules for their same similar set of two different sets of compliance.

3309
03:33:53,000 --> 03:33:55,000
There are operators in the area.

3310
03:33:55,000 --> 03:33:57,000
So that one was okay.

3311
03:33:57,000 --> 03:33:58,000
We supported.

3312
03:33:58,000 --> 03:34:03,000
And we did actually see that achieved was a small operator, which is our area.

3313
03:34:03,000 --> 03:34:08,000
Our operators smaller operators a greenhouse gas intensity exemption.

3314
03:34:08,000 --> 03:34:12,000
And the rules through 20 30 that was a very important one.

3315
03:34:12,000 --> 03:34:14,000
That benefits our pios operators.

3316
03:34:14,000 --> 03:34:17,000
So we were there to table to help fight for some.

3317
03:34:17,000 --> 03:34:20,000
So in 20 20 30, is that going to be back on the table?

3318
03:34:20,000 --> 03:34:21,000
Yes.

3319
03:34:21,000 --> 03:34:24,000
So the rules already written on what they'll have to comply with.

3320
03:34:24,000 --> 03:34:25,000
They've got a lot more years.

3321
03:34:25,000 --> 03:34:27,000
I've got a few more years to.

3322
03:34:27,000 --> 03:34:28,000
Can't comply.

3323
03:34:28,000 --> 03:34:29,000
Work the way through.

3324
03:34:29,000 --> 03:34:35,000
We've done a logical advances and other things to make it as hopefully as painful painless as possible.

3325
03:34:35,000 --> 03:34:38,000
Come at 20 30.

3326
03:34:38,000 --> 03:34:45,000
Then the regulation 24 26 and 30 that one was during the symposium.

3327
03:34:45,000 --> 03:34:50,000
I actually managed to do the testimony on that one on that Thursday right after the symposium.

3328
03:34:50,000 --> 03:34:54,000
I kept my head up long enough to get that done.

3329
03:34:54,000 --> 03:34:55,000
But that was priority.

3330
03:34:55,000 --> 03:34:56,000
That was a big deal.

3331
03:34:56,000 --> 03:34:57,000
There's a lot of problems with that one.

3332
03:34:57,000 --> 03:34:59,000
I don't know what your perspective is.

3333
03:34:59,000 --> 03:35:03,000
Where the state was pretty striding in what they were pushing for and asking for.

3334
03:35:03,000 --> 03:35:07,000
We got some some allowances and we got denied flat down some others.

3335
03:35:07,000 --> 03:35:13,000
But we supported the as always the science based priority.

3336
03:35:13,000 --> 03:35:20,000
Toxic air mission control regulations that are technically feasible, cost effective and capable of producing.

3337
03:35:20,000 --> 03:35:24,000
Expected known tangible public health benefits.

3338
03:35:24,000 --> 03:35:32,000
Our core concern was avoiding an initial program that is only broad and administrative.

3339
03:35:32,000 --> 03:35:35,000
We complex or legally vulnerable to challenge.

3340
03:35:35,000 --> 03:35:38,000
Particularly where the burdens fall disproportionate rural.

3341
03:35:38,000 --> 03:35:39,000
Must in Colorado.

3342
03:35:39,000 --> 03:35:40,000
Including natural gas.

3343
03:35:40,000 --> 03:35:41,000
Down the basis.

3344
03:35:41,000 --> 03:35:44,000
So would you talk about that one thousand foot.

3345
03:35:44,000 --> 03:35:45,000
Sit back person.

3346
03:35:45,000 --> 03:35:47,000
And one mile brought buffer.

3347
03:35:47,000 --> 03:35:48,000
What is that?

3348
03:35:49,000 --> 03:35:51,000
So that was a key priority.

3349
03:35:51,000 --> 03:35:56,000
Again, the upstream exemption from additional benzene controls was preserved.

3350
03:35:56,000 --> 03:36:00,000
And then what we had asked for was.

3351
03:36:00,000 --> 03:36:04,000
A 1000 foot rather than a one mile buffer zone for for maldehyde.

3352
03:36:04,000 --> 03:36:05,000
Excuse me.

3353
03:36:05,000 --> 03:36:06,000
I took a ability to terminate.

3354
03:36:06,000 --> 03:36:07,000
I was unsuccessful.

3355
03:36:07,000 --> 03:36:08,000
And so.

3356
03:36:08,000 --> 03:36:13,000
They just broke in a lot more of our operations.

3357
03:36:14,000 --> 03:36:16,000
You are going to mile out.

3358
03:36:16,000 --> 03:36:17,000
From.

3359
03:36:17,000 --> 03:36:18,000
From the direction.

3360
03:36:18,000 --> 03:36:19,000
I only stretch.

3361
03:36:19,000 --> 03:36:20,000
Yes.

3362
03:36:20,000 --> 03:36:21,000
Yeah.

3363
03:36:21,000 --> 03:36:22,000
Like like a radius around an initial source.

3364
03:36:22,000 --> 03:36:25,000
And so our operators and a lot of the history folks.

3365
03:36:25,000 --> 03:36:27,000
And it wasn't as long as the gas was other than in a few as well.

3366
03:36:27,000 --> 03:36:30,000
They felt like the state was just.

3367
03:36:30,000 --> 03:36:33,000
Really just crank it down way more than necessary.

3368
03:36:33,000 --> 03:36:34,000
If what's not.

3369
03:36:34,000 --> 03:36:36,000
They're going to put controls on them.

3370
03:36:36,000 --> 03:36:39,000
They're going to be very costly.

3371
03:36:39,000 --> 03:36:42,000
But they're likely to have.

3372
03:36:43,000 --> 03:36:46,000
Minimal actual public health benefits.

3373
03:36:46,000 --> 03:36:57,000
Because what they're doing is they're regulating to things that aren't tied to the actual receptors human beings being in an area where there might be some missions that you would want to control because there's humans nearby.

3374
03:36:57,000 --> 03:37:00,000
Places whether it isn't anybody or thing around.

3375
03:37:00,000 --> 03:37:01,000
They're still required.

3376
03:37:01,000 --> 03:37:02,000
It's a pretty pretty.

3377
03:37:02,000 --> 03:37:03,000
Possibly pretty.

3378
03:37:03,000 --> 03:37:06,000
So they have to go out and test for from maldehyde.

3379
03:37:06,000 --> 03:37:08,000
Out to a mile out.

3380
03:37:08,000 --> 03:37:09,000
Yeah.

3381
03:37:10,000 --> 03:37:11,000
And from maldehyde.

3382
03:37:11,000 --> 03:37:12,000
How much.

3383
03:37:12,000 --> 03:37:13,000
So you imagine that.

3384
03:37:13,000 --> 03:37:14,000
Here where we are a mile out.

3385
03:37:14,000 --> 03:37:15,000
There's.

3386
03:37:15,000 --> 03:37:16,000
There's nothing out there.

3387
03:37:16,000 --> 03:37:17,000
A mile out.

3388
03:37:17,000 --> 03:37:18,000
Yeah.

3389
03:37:18,000 --> 03:37:19,000
So.

3390
03:37:19,000 --> 03:37:20,000
So it's.

3391
03:37:20,000 --> 03:37:21,000
I mean, we're.

3392
03:37:21,000 --> 03:37:22,000
I mean, from maldehyde.

3393
03:37:22,000 --> 03:37:23,000
From.

3394
03:37:23,000 --> 03:37:24,000
There's an upstream.

3395
03:37:24,000 --> 03:37:25,000
upstream.

3396
03:37:25,000 --> 03:37:26,000
Exemption.

3397
03:37:26,000 --> 03:37:27,000
No.

3398
03:37:27,000 --> 03:37:28,000
I mean.

3399
03:37:28,000 --> 03:37:29,000
Haven't even really.

3400
03:37:29,000 --> 03:37:32,000
Had any discussion on from maldehyde.

3401
03:37:32,000 --> 03:37:33,000
So.

3402
03:37:33,000 --> 03:37:34,000
I think it's that wrong.

3403
03:37:34,000 --> 03:37:36,000
What they're doing is a requiring.

3404
03:37:36,000 --> 03:37:38,000
More advanced controls for from maldehyde.

3405
03:37:38,000 --> 03:37:39,000
Well, I.

3406
03:37:39,000 --> 03:37:41,000
There is some from maldehyde that involved in all of gas out there.

3407
03:37:41,000 --> 03:37:42,000
So there it's.

3408
03:37:42,000 --> 03:37:43,000
And.

3409
03:37:43,000 --> 03:37:45,000
Well, it has to be exactly where it comes from.

3410
03:37:45,000 --> 03:37:46,000
But it is there.

3411
03:37:46,000 --> 03:37:49,000
It's definitely part partial to the industry at some level.

3412
03:37:49,000 --> 03:37:50,000
But.

3413
03:37:50,000 --> 03:37:51,000
It was.

3414
03:37:55,000 --> 03:37:56,000
Our asked was.

3415
03:37:56,000 --> 03:37:57,000
If there was.

3416
03:37:57,000 --> 03:37:58,000
If someone within a thousand feet.

3417
03:37:58,000 --> 03:38:01,000
Then let's go ahead and put these mass controls on it.

3418
03:38:01,000 --> 03:38:02,000
But if.

3419
03:38:02,000 --> 03:38:03,000
If somebody's.

3420
03:38:03,000 --> 03:38:07,000
If there's a house or residence or some kind of a park or something.

3421
03:38:07,000 --> 03:38:09,000
There's a mile away.

3422
03:38:09,000 --> 03:38:10,000
The state said, yep.

3423
03:38:10,000 --> 03:38:13,000
We're going to have these more rigid controls even though like an hour.

3424
03:38:13,000 --> 03:38:15,000
I have the fog for all that.

3425
03:38:15,000 --> 03:38:19,000
And then what we're talking about here is going to reach those receptors.

3426
03:38:19,000 --> 03:38:20,000
Those humans.

3427
03:38:20,000 --> 03:38:21,000
All right.

3428
03:38:21,000 --> 03:38:22,000
So it's just.

3429
03:38:22,000 --> 03:38:23,000
It's.

3430
03:38:23,000 --> 03:38:24,000
It's.

3431
03:38:24,000 --> 03:38:25,000
Pretty.

3432
03:38:25,000 --> 03:38:26,000
So expensive.

3433
03:38:26,000 --> 03:38:27,000
And they're going to do this every year.

3434
03:38:27,000 --> 03:38:28,000
They're going to add more.

3435
03:38:28,000 --> 03:38:29,000
Is that already.

3436
03:38:29,000 --> 03:38:30,000
So what.

3437
03:38:30,000 --> 03:38:32,000
What do you have to do to prevent from out.

3438
03:38:32,000 --> 03:38:35,000
I do not know what the control mechanism is for.

3439
03:38:35,000 --> 03:38:36,000
But.

3440
03:38:36,000 --> 03:38:38,000
As to do with equipment.

3441
03:38:38,000 --> 03:38:39,000
That.

3442
03:38:39,000 --> 03:38:40,000
I think.

3443
03:38:40,000 --> 03:38:41,000
Yeah.

3444
03:38:41,000 --> 03:38:42,000
Maybe.

3445
03:38:42,000 --> 03:38:43,000
Learning.

3446
03:38:43,000 --> 03:38:44,000
Yeah.

3447
03:38:44,000 --> 03:38:45,000
I'm not sure.

3448
03:38:45,000 --> 03:38:46,000
That's what this.

3449
03:38:46,000 --> 03:38:47,000
I can.

3450
03:38:47,000 --> 03:38:48,000
I guess.

3451
03:38:48,000 --> 03:38:50,000
But we heard from a lot of different industries.

3452
03:38:50,000 --> 03:38:54,000
Real concerns with that sort of buffer that they had that didn't seem to be.

3453
03:38:54,000 --> 03:38:57,000
Designed to protect the public more than to.

3454
03:38:57,000 --> 03:38:58,000
Make it.

3455
03:38:58,000 --> 03:39:01,000
Just control because you can control no matter.

3456
03:39:01,000 --> 03:39:02,000
The amount of the cost.

3457
03:39:02,000 --> 03:39:03,000
The amount of.

3458
03:39:03,000 --> 03:39:04,000
And actually.

3459
03:39:04,000 --> 03:39:05,000
In terms of benefit.

3460
03:39:05,000 --> 03:39:06,000
By controlling.

3461
03:39:06,000 --> 03:39:07,000
So.

3462
03:39:07,000 --> 03:39:08,000
That's only experience.

3463
03:39:08,000 --> 03:39:09,000
I've ever had with.

3464
03:39:09,000 --> 03:39:10,000
From.

3465
03:39:10,000 --> 03:39:11,000
I've.

3466
03:39:11,000 --> 03:39:12,000
I've.

3467
03:39:12,000 --> 03:39:13,000
I've.

3468
03:39:13,000 --> 03:39:14,000
I've.

3469
03:39:14,000 --> 03:39:15,000
I've.

3470
03:39:15,000 --> 03:39:16,000
I've.

3471
03:39:16,000 --> 03:39:17,000
I've.

3472
03:39:17,000 --> 03:39:18,000
I've.

3473
03:39:18,000 --> 03:39:19,000
I've.

3474
03:39:19,000 --> 03:39:20,000
I've.

3475
03:39:20,000 --> 03:39:21,000
I've.

3476
03:39:21,000 --> 03:39:22,000
I've.

3477
03:39:22,000 --> 03:39:23,000
I've.

3478
03:39:23,000 --> 03:39:24,000
I've.

3479
03:39:24,000 --> 03:39:25,000
I've.

3480
03:39:25,000 --> 03:39:26,000
I've.

3481
03:39:26,000 --> 03:39:27,000
I've.

3482
03:39:27,000 --> 03:39:28,000
I've.

3483
03:39:28,000 --> 03:39:29,000
I've.

3484
03:39:29,000 --> 03:39:31,000
I've've.

3485
03:39:31,000 --> 03:39:33,000
And I've.

3486
03:39:33,000 --> 03:39:34,000
I've.

3487
03:39:34,000 --> 03:39:35,000
I've.

3488
03:39:35,000 --> 03:39:36,000
I've.

3489
03:39:36,000 --> 03:39:37,000
I've.

3490
03:39:37,000 --> 03:39:39,000
I've.

3491
03:39:39,000 --> 03:39:40,000
I've.

3492
03:39:40,000 --> 03:39:42,000
I've.

3493
03:39:42,000 --> 03:39:43,000
yeah.

3494
03:39:43,000 --> 03:39:44,000
They are.

3495
03:39:44,000 --> 03:39:45,000
So.

3496
03:39:45,000 --> 03:39:46,000
I've.

3497
03:39:46,000 --> 03:39:47,000
Let me.

3498
03:39:47,000 --> 03:39:48,000
Have.

3499
03:39:48,000 --> 03:39:49,000
of.

3500
03:39:49,000 --> 03:39:50,000
I've.

3501
03:39:50,000 --> 03:39:51,000
I've.

3502
03:39:51,000 --> 03:39:52,000
But.

3503
03:39:52,000 --> 03:39:53,000
period.

3504
03:39:53,000 --> 03:39:54,000
It's.

3505
03:39:54,000 --> 03:39:55,000
It's.

3506
03:39:55,000 --> 03:39:56,000
Why.

3507
03:39:56,000 --> 03:39:59,840
written in stone, what they're going to do, they're going to apply those fees, and that's going to be it, measure

3508
03:39:59,840 --> 03:40:04,720
ring your hands, but they're going to pass the rules that I have to say, but we'll be there to say, please don't.

3509
03:40:04,720 --> 03:40:12,640
Yeah, they're a resource management plans, uh, land management plans. I don't really have anything on that today.

3510
03:40:12,640 --> 03:40:18,240
You're quite right now. It's going to be quite, um, stage to take the lead, but they're not.

3511
03:40:18,240 --> 03:40:23,440
Oh, I think we got it on. Phil Roli is sweet water lake, and that's not you. In your bill,

3512
03:40:26,240 --> 03:40:31,680
but try it. Yeah, that one hasn't been mine. That's so bad. So other than that, just recommend actions,

3513
03:40:31,680 --> 03:40:35,760
uh, not going to ask them for help. Yeah, so other than continue the symposium, and then,

3514
03:40:35,760 --> 03:40:41,360
if you want me to continue, potentially to wrap these down here, make a good direction. I think that'll be

3515
03:40:41,360 --> 03:40:47,920
from all three of us to continue what you're doing. Continue representing us. And if you have something

3516
03:40:47,920 --> 03:40:53,520
that's controversial, and you need our, our direction, go to Fred and we'll, we'll, we'll definitely

3517
03:40:54,480 --> 03:40:59,680
learn about it. I mean, additional direction, but we're, ladies with symposium,

3518
03:40:59,680 --> 03:41:06,320
please don't work. You're doing, they have this coalition still have it being existence is a big deal.

3519
03:41:06,320 --> 03:41:12,800
It's a big part of the state. 2021 different governments. 23, 23 counties. Yeah,

3520
03:41:13,760 --> 03:41:19,120
it's a big deal. It's an East and East, East and West and West and West and Sloan.

3521
03:41:19,840 --> 03:41:23,760
Now, do you have some of the folks in East ever once a while, so they seem to appreciate being at the table

3522
03:41:23,760 --> 03:41:29,040
and we're helping them get to the table. So that's keeping them aware of what's going on, because they have

3523
03:41:29,040 --> 03:41:35,200
their smaller county, smaller staff. Yeah. So that's the direction, correct? Anything that I'll

3524
03:41:35,200 --> 03:41:41,760
want to add to that? No, we're good. Okay. You've got a direction for most to continue on as

3525
03:41:42,400 --> 03:41:47,120
as you're doing, you know, and the panel and you're back for a good job. Thank you, Richard.

3526
03:41:47,120 --> 03:41:51,280
On the bottom side, I think it'll be briefer than I was, I apologize. Now, it's because we were asking

3527
03:41:51,280 --> 03:41:56,800
questions. Thanks, Kirby. All right. Thank you. That's, it's in response.

3528
03:42:00,640 --> 03:42:07,040
Thank you. Good. You're an active one in the items. So we are to the county attorney's update.

3529
03:42:08,800 --> 03:42:14,640
Nothing specific here. I believe this baby should be back tomorrow. If not, I'll be here for your

3530
03:42:14,640 --> 03:42:18,880
work session. It gets a. We're going to talk about that. Yeah.

3531
03:42:20,880 --> 03:42:26,640
Heather and I will be in Denver to take the deposition of the plaintiff in one of our court cases on the

3532
03:42:26,640 --> 03:42:33,120
20th. And then the county attorney's conference is June 4th. So county attorney's from around the

3533
03:42:33,120 --> 03:42:38,160
state will be gathering in snow masks. It's close to home this year. Always a good resource and always

3534
03:42:38,160 --> 03:42:42,800
good to hear what other counties are dealing with and compare notes and things in our shared

3535
03:42:42,800 --> 03:42:52,400
practice area. So. Good training there. Okay, Fred. Okay. Thank you. Well, with that calendar.

3536
03:42:52,400 --> 03:42:56,880
Yep. You got it. Just a couple of days in the jump through the calendars. The first one, just to remind

3537
03:42:56,880 --> 03:43:02,400
the board, we have now with Vola's help set and I think you will know this, but just to do it again,

3538
03:43:02,400 --> 03:43:07,040
the humanitarian dinner is set for September 14th. That's way in the future. Just want to make sure you

3539
03:43:07,040 --> 03:43:15,680
knew that. Five thirty start at the hotel, Colorado. Moving on, then with Mr. Jackson's

3540
03:43:15,680 --> 03:43:22,880
very timely tip here on the work session. What we'd like to do is we want to push that work session

3541
03:43:22,880 --> 03:43:30,800
until May 19th from tomorrow. When I cancel tomorrow, I'm push it till it's basically two weeks from today.

3542
03:43:30,800 --> 03:43:39,040
Okay, great. Matt, that way you'll have all three. Why is there a topic? There's several AIs one. AIs one.

3543
03:43:40,480 --> 03:43:49,680
There'll be a lot to get the list for you. Commissioner. I'll be great because then we'll have all three

3544
03:43:49,680 --> 03:43:55,440
commissioners as you were just saying. That's really important on that topic. So still start. Let's plan for

3545
03:43:55,440 --> 03:44:00,400
9 a.m. Start on that. If we want to, if we have more, I'll get with the board real quick and see

3546
03:44:00,400 --> 03:44:07,680
we advance it to 8 a.m. But for now, just leave it at 9 a.m. And then I also want to flag for the board on

3547
03:44:07,680 --> 03:44:14,080
June 18th. It was flag for me. June 18th is the special ribbon cutting celebration honoring the completion

3548
03:44:14,080 --> 03:44:20,720
of the hanging lake trail reconstruction projects for service. And that is actually at the

3549
03:44:20,720 --> 03:44:28,560
hanging lake trail had at 10 a.m. If you're interested in attending that, that is the first day of the

3550
03:44:28,560 --> 03:44:37,280
Job conference. What date was that? Thursday, June 18th, June 18th. Yeah. I'll be at Joel. You'll be

3551
03:44:37,280 --> 03:44:46,320
jolting. Okay, as the calendar today, I believe we have our Wofe coalition, all of the Zoom

3552
03:44:46,320 --> 03:44:53,760
column. Mr. Will. Two o'clock. That's our regular schedule of meeting tomorrow. We've checked that off.

3553
03:44:53,760 --> 03:45:00,160
So that'll be canceled. No work session tomorrow. Tuesday, through Friday, May 5th.

3554
03:45:00,000 --> 03:45:09,000
If the 8th is, I think Commissioner Will is getting ready to leave, and that is for the NACO Western Interstate Region Conference.

3555
03:45:09,000 --> 03:45:20,000
It's making sure, I know you all know that, but good to check notes. Wednesday, Commissioner Jankovsky, you and I are meeting with Sarah Sims.

3556
03:45:20,000 --> 03:45:24,000
It's not Wednesday, it's not, I have a conflict.

3557
03:45:24,000 --> 03:45:29,000
If I had a for Tuesday and a fifth, it did shift. I'm sorry if that didn't make it.

3558
03:45:29,000 --> 03:45:33,000
Yeah, I didn't. I won't be able to make it. I have a conflict.

3559
03:45:33,000 --> 03:45:37,000
Well, I'll let me visit with you ahead of time, and then we'll meet with them.

3560
03:45:37,000 --> 03:45:41,000
It's, it's around the Human Services Service Commission.

3561
03:45:41,000 --> 03:45:42,000
Yeah.

3562
03:45:42,000 --> 03:45:46,000
And that's space for the mechanics of the Human Services Commission and funding.

3563
03:45:46,000 --> 03:45:48,000
So that was, but it's a 3 p.m.

3564
03:45:48,000 --> 03:45:49,000
Are you out totally the whole day?

3565
03:45:49,000 --> 03:45:50,000
I'm out from.

3566
03:45:50,000 --> 03:45:52,000
Okay. I'm from 2 p.m. on a map.

3567
03:45:52,000 --> 03:45:55,000
Okay. All right. I'll get with you and talk about it.

3568
03:45:55,000 --> 03:45:56,000
Yeah, great.

3569
03:45:56,000 --> 03:45:58,000
I apologize for the miss up on the camera.

3570
03:45:58,000 --> 03:45:59,000
All right.

3571
03:45:59,000 --> 03:46:04,000
There is this Thursday. May 7th is the run for watershed collaboration meeting.

3572
03:46:04,000 --> 03:46:06,000
I've mentioned to the board.

3573
03:46:06,000 --> 03:46:09,000
It's 10 to 3 at the third street center in Carvindale.

3574
03:46:09,000 --> 03:46:12,000
That's a joint meeting.

3575
03:46:12,000 --> 03:46:15,000
The variety of groups.

3576
03:46:15,000 --> 03:46:19,000
Monday, who may 11th, who's putting on, who's putting that on.

3577
03:46:19,000 --> 03:46:23,000
I said, they're going for a wildfire group.

3578
03:46:23,000 --> 03:46:25,000
It's a consortium of groups.

3579
03:46:25,000 --> 03:46:27,000
That was the right.

3580
03:46:27,000 --> 03:46:28,000
Yeah.

3581
03:46:28,000 --> 03:46:29,000
Good day.

3582
03:46:29,000 --> 03:46:30,000
Good day.

3583
03:46:30,000 --> 03:46:31,000
Oh, good day.

3584
03:46:31,000 --> 03:46:32,000
Powering water.

3585
03:46:32,000 --> 03:46:33,000
That's right.

3586
03:46:33,000 --> 03:46:34,000
Water and power association.

3587
03:46:34,000 --> 03:46:36,000
That's authority.

3588
03:46:36,000 --> 03:46:40,000
I don't think it's in association.

3589
03:46:40,000 --> 03:46:41,000
Let's see.

3590
03:46:41,000 --> 03:46:44,000
Monday, May 11th, you're back in here for your regular board meeting.

3591
03:46:44,000 --> 03:46:48,000
We will not have commissioner will for that meeting.

3592
03:46:48,000 --> 03:46:50,000
We have them to see.

3593
03:46:50,000 --> 03:46:59,000
Do we have a land use and if we do have land use, we need to let the applicant know there's two commissioners.

3594
03:46:59,000 --> 03:47:01,000
So I believe I'll confirm that.

3595
03:47:01,000 --> 03:47:02,000
I'll confirm that.

3596
03:47:02,000 --> 03:47:04,000
Thrift Rob while we'll make sure that's the case.

3597
03:47:04,000 --> 03:47:08,000
We flagged that for them before because you raised the same question.

3598
03:47:08,000 --> 03:47:10,000
We'll do that again to make sure.

3599
03:47:10,000 --> 03:47:11,000
So they understand.

3600
03:47:11,000 --> 03:47:14,000
And they have an option knowing they'll only have two commissioners.

3601
03:47:14,000 --> 03:47:16,000
If it's a vote decision.

3602
03:47:16,000 --> 03:47:17,000
So thanks.

3603
03:47:17,000 --> 03:47:24,000
Monday, May 18th, then you're back into this room.

3604
03:47:24,000 --> 03:47:26,000
Also as you're regular board meeting.

3605
03:47:26,000 --> 03:47:27,000
Then it gets quite busy.

3606
03:47:27,000 --> 03:47:32,000
So Wednesday, May 20th, 26th is the book cliff Mount Soaperson Southside.

3607
03:47:32,000 --> 03:47:35,000
Land owner, appreciation, barbecue.

3608
03:47:35,000 --> 03:47:38,000
It's a local working local work group as well.

3609
03:47:38,000 --> 03:47:43,000
That's at Veterans Park in silt 530 to 730.

3610
03:47:43,000 --> 03:47:46,000
And then you have also that same day.

3611
03:47:46,000 --> 03:47:48,000
I have a mic calendar.

3612
03:47:48,000 --> 03:47:51,000
May 20th is the agency.

3613
03:47:51,000 --> 03:47:55,000
Board and EDD meeting in rifle in rifle.

3614
03:47:55,000 --> 03:47:56,000
That's a nine the noon.

3615
03:47:56,000 --> 03:47:57,000
Excuse me.

3616
03:47:57,000 --> 03:47:58,000
Nine to two PM.

3617
03:47:58,000 --> 03:47:59,000
Is that what you have commissioners?

3618
03:47:59,000 --> 03:48:00,000
Yeah.

3619
03:48:00,000 --> 03:48:01,000
Okay.

3620
03:48:01,000 --> 03:48:03,000
Because I imagine you're going to be there for that.

3621
03:48:03,000 --> 03:48:04,000
Okay.

3622
03:48:04,000 --> 03:48:06,000
Monday, May 25th.

3623
03:48:06,000 --> 03:48:10,000
The rifle County offices are closed at can be closed in the

3624
03:48:10,000 --> 03:48:12,000
Drivers of Memorial Day.

3625
03:48:12,000 --> 03:48:14,000
Very important day.

3626
03:48:14,000 --> 03:48:18,000
Moving to the next day, Tuesday, May 26th is the next.

3627
03:48:18,000 --> 03:48:21,000
Elected officials meeting the last one was canceled.

3628
03:48:21,000 --> 03:48:22,000
Yeah.

3629
03:48:22,000 --> 03:48:25,000
Mr. Hannah got a pass on you.

3630
03:48:25,000 --> 03:48:26,000
If you have.

3631
03:48:26,000 --> 03:48:28,000
I voted that one in May.

3632
03:48:28,000 --> 03:48:29,000
Yeah.

3633
03:48:29,000 --> 03:48:30,000
Just look at the opportunity.

3634
03:48:30,000 --> 03:48:32,000
So needing a commissioner for.

3635
03:48:32,000 --> 03:48:35,000
I think it's probably my turn as an.

3636
03:48:36,000 --> 03:48:37,000
I think it's.

3637
03:48:37,000 --> 03:48:38,000
Okay.

3638
03:48:38,000 --> 03:48:39,000
Thank you.

3639
03:48:39,000 --> 03:48:40,000
Mr. Shamson.

3640
03:48:40,000 --> 03:48:41,000
To PM.

3641
03:48:41,000 --> 03:48:42,000
To PM.

3642
03:48:42,000 --> 03:48:44,000
At the sheriff's office.

3643
03:48:44,000 --> 03:48:45,000
Thursday.

3644
03:48:45,000 --> 03:48:46,000
May 28th.

3645
03:48:46,000 --> 03:48:48,000
730 a.m.

3646
03:48:48,000 --> 03:48:49,000
To 10.

3647
03:48:49,000 --> 03:48:50,000
A.m.

3648
03:48:50,000 --> 03:48:52,000
Is the Garfield County economic development.

3649
03:48:52,000 --> 03:48:53,000
Your.

3650
03:48:53,000 --> 03:48:54,000
Some annual meeting.

3651
03:48:54,000 --> 03:48:55,000
And I believe.

3652
03:48:55,000 --> 03:48:57,000
We're going to have.

3653
03:48:57,000 --> 03:48:59,000
Somebody from Center of Excellence there.

3654
03:48:59,000 --> 03:49:01,000
I don't know if it's been.

3655
03:49:01,000 --> 03:49:02,000
Talk about what's going on.

3656
03:49:02,000 --> 03:49:04,000
It's very appropriate with fire.

3657
03:49:04,000 --> 03:49:05,000
She's coming up.

3658
03:49:05,000 --> 03:49:06,000
Can we talk to him?

3659
03:49:06,000 --> 03:49:07,000
Just confirm what we know.

3660
03:49:07,000 --> 03:49:09,000
I think ball has said they confirmed.

3661
03:49:09,000 --> 03:49:10,000
Yeah.

3662
03:49:10,000 --> 03:49:11,000
Yeah.

3663
03:49:11,000 --> 03:49:12,000
Okay.

3664
03:49:12,000 --> 03:49:13,000
Alright.

3665
03:49:13,000 --> 03:49:14,000
We did.

3666
03:49:14,000 --> 03:49:15,000
Alright.

3667
03:49:15,000 --> 03:49:16,000
To verify that.

3668
03:49:16,000 --> 03:49:17,000
Alright.

3669
03:49:17,000 --> 03:49:18,000
Very good.

3670
03:49:18,000 --> 03:49:20,000
That'll be excellent.

3671
03:49:20,000 --> 03:49:21,000
And then.

3672
03:49:21,000 --> 03:49:22,000
I've had.

3673
03:49:22,000 --> 03:49:23,000
Last on my calendar.

3674
03:49:23,000 --> 03:49:25,000
Is the Monday through Wednesday.

3675
03:49:25,000 --> 03:49:27,000
June 1st through the third.

3676
03:49:27,000 --> 03:49:30,000
Knowing that June 1st is a board meeting.

3677
03:49:30,000 --> 03:49:31,000
That day.

3678
03:49:31,000 --> 03:49:33,000
Is the summer CCI conference.

3679
03:49:33,000 --> 03:49:34,000
And that's in Dylan.

3680
03:49:34,000 --> 03:49:39,000
With the beginning of you typically have your board meeting in the morning, then you will take off to go to see see

3681
03:49:39,000 --> 03:49:45,000
Yeah, that's still in the morning. Yep, that works. Okay, so another land use thing right to let them know

3682
03:49:46,000 --> 03:49:49,000
About that's what we're trying to do so that way the work can cut out

3683
03:49:50,000 --> 03:49:53,000
And that is all I have I don't go to the

3684
03:49:53,000 --> 03:50:04,000
June 15th board meeting we still would have to see that in from eight to sort of a 10 a.m. start for the board meeting because we're going to have to see that in so we probably

3685
03:50:05,000 --> 03:50:09,000
We'll have to go into the even if it's rolling the agenda we're going to the afternoon I would imagine

3686
03:50:10,000 --> 03:50:17,000
So we will probably need to take a lunch break and that on that agenda. Yes, and thank you for saying that

3687
03:50:17,000 --> 03:50:20,000
What day for the 15th of June so ways out

3688
03:50:23,000 --> 03:50:25,000
To 10 right that's right

3689
03:50:25,000 --> 03:50:32,000
And then the more meeting that I would like to mention that question because that's when we typically invite the other municipalities to come to us.

3690
03:50:33,000 --> 03:50:43,000
We'll just be there they're they like you as the centerpiece, but then because it's so focal over where we can come here and we will give them this pallet is time to write or comment.

3691
03:50:43,000 --> 03:50:55,000
Yeah, I probably will invite along with Rob and Rob and Richard Scott Marsh, but also definitely Henderson to that just because the IMT to be an action if that's all right.

3692
03:50:56,000 --> 03:51:02,000
And that's I think Rob had an update to just on the calendar right. Oh, we do have a fair opportunity tomorrow night.

3693
03:51:03,000 --> 03:51:05,000
And that business

3694
03:51:05,000 --> 03:51:21,000
We're going to have a six thirty six in close or six. Yeah. Okay. Make sure. Yeah. All right. Yep. That's great. That's it. Thank you. Okay. We're going to commission your will since he's going to be out on the

3695
03:51:22,000 --> 03:51:28,000
Sure tomorrow. Yeah. Yeah. I do want to say.

3696
03:51:29,000 --> 03:51:34,000
Michael, I made the crawfish boil that the airport is a good. It was actually great.

3697
03:51:35,000 --> 03:51:37,000
Somebody flew him in. Yeah.

3698
03:51:38,000 --> 03:51:47,000
I had a big old pot. Oh, you can be there. I wasn't front of you guys. I was there then I had to cut out to another meeting. Oh, just I just missed you. I'm looking for you.

3699
03:51:47,000 --> 03:51:57,000
Well, let's just yeah. Mike, Mike, thanks for making the use on deal for us. Yeah, report on that again. That was good.

3700
03:51:58,000 --> 03:52:10,000
And so yes, I'm I'm heading out and we go on and we go on the 11th without board meeting and then I get back and I go straight to the state crack.

3701
03:52:11,000 --> 03:52:16,000
So you began the next week in as well. No, that's in that week.

3702
03:52:17,000 --> 03:52:22,000
Yeah, but the state track meet and I was going to be here. The fact that.

3703
03:52:23,000 --> 03:52:26,000
Thank you. Thank you. Yes. Good luck to all.

3704
03:52:27,000 --> 03:52:30,000
So I'm going to attend on the 20th.

3705
03:52:31,000 --> 03:52:38,000
Is that I see electrical college graduation. So I'm going to try hit that and then run down to the booklet.

3706
03:52:38,000 --> 03:52:52,000
I've always went to it. It's the domestic agency meeting that so that that's.

3707
03:52:53,000 --> 03:52:59,000
I'll make I should make agency it's just that that's in that that's in that that's in the evening six p.m.

3708
03:53:00,000 --> 03:53:03,000
I'll try to do I try to at least hit the board.

3709
03:53:04,000 --> 03:53:06,000
You're going to try and be two places of once. Yeah, good luck.

3710
03:53:07,000 --> 03:53:11,000
And then I didn't get it invite Tom for that.

3711
03:53:12,000 --> 03:53:15,000
Carmed up who room cutting your. Yeah.

3712
03:53:16,000 --> 03:53:18,000
I'm not going to go to it.

3713
03:53:19,000 --> 03:53:22,000
That's on the 21 there's a lot of fundraising to that. So yeah.

3714
03:53:24,000 --> 03:53:30,000
And we're ready. They're going to have a new pool. Yep. And then 20 22. I'll be right.

3715
03:53:30,000 --> 03:53:32,000
Except for the evening. I have.

3716
03:53:33,000 --> 03:53:42,000
Well, I'm not sure the time, but I have my granddaughter's high school graduation is a rifle graduation. So that's on the 20 second.

3717
03:53:47,000 --> 03:53:57,000
Then on the 27th have down for the the parachute to ask when reasonable being that there were comments from one to four.

3718
03:53:57,000 --> 03:54:08,000
You guys have that. Well, what is 27 to me, man, who is it. It's the parachute to ask them that regional well being.

3719
03:54:09,000 --> 03:54:12,000
That I asked a community foundation.

3720
03:54:15,000 --> 03:54:17,000
Okay, I haven't down anyway.

3721
03:54:18,000 --> 03:54:21,000
Then I was in 28th of the vehicle of development.

3722
03:54:22,000 --> 03:54:29,000
Then the 29th. I plan to attend the area agency. The area agency on aging at the rifle.

3723
03:54:30,000 --> 03:54:31,000
Thank you.

3724
03:54:32,000 --> 03:54:41,000
Then obviously we also see meeting on the first and June been head out to the CCI number conference.

3725
03:54:42,000 --> 03:54:48,000
And then why did you mention the 18th and 19th of jolt.

3726
03:54:50,000 --> 03:54:55,000
We're going to join the agency meeting on the 17th.

3727
03:54:56,000 --> 03:55:00,000
And then the speakers reception the night of the 17th.

3728
03:55:01,000 --> 03:55:06,000
At the hotel, Maverick for the speakers of the jolt.

3729
03:55:06,000 --> 03:55:10,000
The 18th and 19th if you know it. Yeah, about that.

3730
03:55:11,000 --> 03:55:13,000
Okay, I didn't have that speaker.

3731
03:55:16,000 --> 03:55:18,000
So that the Maverick.

3732
03:55:18,000 --> 03:55:19,000
Yes.

3733
03:55:20,000 --> 03:55:22,000
I'm not 6 p.m.

3734
03:55:23,000 --> 03:55:27,000
The agency meeting is scheduled to be from one to five.

3735
03:55:30,000 --> 03:55:32,000
That's that's pretty much it for the calendar.

3736
03:55:32,000 --> 03:55:37,000
I do have about two requests for work sessions.

3737
03:55:41,000 --> 03:55:43,000
If you guys are interested.

3738
03:55:44,000 --> 03:55:47,000
So the one is the CTA.

3739
03:55:48,000 --> 03:55:49,000
That's for that.

3740
03:55:50,000 --> 03:55:52,000
Like the transmission lines.

3741
03:55:54,000 --> 03:55:55,000
They were there.

3742
03:55:56,000 --> 03:55:58,000
They were wanting to come and talk to us about what's going on.

3743
03:55:58,000 --> 03:56:02,000
Garfield County in the surrounding areas for transmission lines.

3744
03:56:05,000 --> 03:56:07,000
Specific to Garfield County.

3745
03:56:08,000 --> 03:56:09,000
It's going to get up.

3746
03:56:14,000 --> 03:56:16,000
If it's educational.

3747
03:56:17,000 --> 03:56:18,000
I don't really know that I want to hear about it.

3748
03:56:19,000 --> 03:56:21,000
You're as more at more building staff,

3749
03:56:22,000 --> 03:56:27,000
building staff, but if it's lines lines that are going to be, you know,

3750
03:56:27,000 --> 03:56:33,560
new transmission lines in Garphal County, definitely would like to know about that, but you know

3751
03:56:33,560 --> 03:56:41,400
it, we've gone through public hearings with Excel on everything they're doing. I haven't heard

3752
03:56:41,400 --> 03:56:46,840
of any, I mean if there's transmission lines coming through Garphal County, that's a flat, that's a

3753
03:56:46,840 --> 03:56:57,160
flat. I'm not sure, I'm not aware of one, so I don't want to just sit here and have them

3754
03:56:57,160 --> 03:56:58,160
educated.

3755
03:56:58,160 --> 03:57:05,160
Okay, let me just go and go and go and see if it's specific to stuff here in the county, then

3756
03:57:05,160 --> 03:57:10,680
yes, otherwise no. But I would also say just for the board, you also put them on as often

3757
03:57:10,680 --> 03:57:17,080
times like today you'll have a presentation topic. So you have two options, you can shepherd them

3758
03:57:17,080 --> 03:57:23,160
into a work session. The challenge with that is there's tend to be dedicated policy matters

3759
03:57:23,160 --> 03:57:27,240
and things like that that's going to move them away versus just take up the time within a work

3760
03:57:27,240 --> 03:57:32,520
session. Maybe it's better on a regular agenda, isn't it? As an alternative. Yeah. And that keeps some

3761
03:57:32,520 --> 03:57:37,560
compressed to, right, because your time is so valuable and they have to sit through our meeting. Right.

3762
03:57:38,520 --> 03:57:44,040
I guess my point is another option, whether I'm just best to use them or try to run them off.

3763
03:57:48,600 --> 03:57:58,600
Yes, and this is concerning health insurance and this is C, B, T, or whatever.

3764
03:57:58,600 --> 03:58:07,560
And I did have a Zoom call with them and they were talking about the cost of health care,

3765
03:58:07,560 --> 03:58:10,760
the health insurance and the Western slope health plan.

3766
03:58:12,440 --> 03:58:18,600
This guy's from Crested Beauty and I know they got us in counties involved with this. They were

3767
03:58:18,600 --> 03:58:25,160
requesting the work session that shows where it can maybe save money out of health insurance and health

3768
03:58:25,160 --> 03:58:33,240
call. Well, that needs to go back to Fred and our HR. I mean, that needs to come internally.

3769
03:58:33,240 --> 03:58:42,520
So I think that we need to go to Fred and then I know we're going to have a big increase in health

3770
03:58:42,520 --> 03:58:49,960
insurance from what we're hearing. The thing that made that kind of sounds like an explicit proposal

3771
03:58:49,960 --> 03:58:55,000
and maybe it kind of is, yeah. Right. And so we're going to be all work with you. Yeah,

3772
03:58:55,000 --> 03:59:02,200
so we'll also grab what that is. Okay. And the C, B, C, E, B, T, clinics, Marathon clinics and we're

3773
03:59:02,200 --> 03:59:07,800
very important. Yeah. Yeah. We'll find a spot. We'll figure them out and find a spot for them.

3774
03:59:10,520 --> 03:59:19,800
Okay, Mike, your calendar. Well, first last Friday night, my grandson Peter and I went and it

3775
03:59:19,800 --> 03:59:27,400
tended to as a guest of honor for the use on 50 years. Well, and it was, uh, that's great. It was

3776
03:59:27,400 --> 03:59:34,200
very well done. They had a great light band there. The food was excellent. They had all kinds of food

3777
03:59:34,200 --> 03:59:45,000
and all kinds of varieties and a wonderful dinner and everything. And they were very, uh, what if I want to

3778
03:59:45,000 --> 03:59:52,280
say thankful and acknowledge the county and all the help that we have given him. Throughout the years,

3779
03:59:53,400 --> 04:00:07,560
they had a silent auction. They had a live auction, a very lively option here.

3780
04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:11,000
It was quite an entertaining deal. And I don't know exactly how many, how much they made combined. But while

3781
04:00:11,000 --> 04:00:21,000
I was there, it was very sizable about a money. It was raised for them. And then they did their kiss, the pig.

3782
04:00:21,000 --> 04:00:28,000
Did you get pregnant? I did not kiss the pig. But I have kissed a pig in front of a thousand screaming high school kids before.

3783
04:00:28,000 --> 04:00:30,000
So I know that experience.

3784
04:00:34,000 --> 04:00:37,000
They raised, at the last second, I think, they raised.

3785
04:00:37,000 --> 04:00:55,000
Oh, I don't know how much more on top of which they already had. And they had at least ten pairs or single entries in that, which each one brought in a substantial amount of money.

3786
04:00:55,000 --> 04:00:58,000
So you saw them really cashed in.

3787
04:00:58,000 --> 04:01:05,000
They got fundraiser good. There was a great fundraiser for them. And a good time was had by all good.

3788
04:01:05,000 --> 04:01:07,000
So yeah.

3789
04:01:07,000 --> 04:01:16,000
The federal mineral lease meeting, our next meeting will be on the 13th at 90th at the offices.

3790
04:01:16,000 --> 04:01:21,000
And I think everything else has been covered.

3791
04:01:21,000 --> 04:01:26,000
A GMC meeting in rifle on the 20th.

3792
04:01:26,000 --> 04:01:32,000
Nice. Thank you.

3793
04:01:32,000 --> 04:01:35,000
I think we've covered everything else.

3794
04:01:35,000 --> 04:01:36,000
Yeah.

3795
04:01:36,000 --> 04:01:38,000
Seeing what you've covered everything.

3796
04:01:38,000 --> 04:01:41,000
So the board meeting on Monday.

3797
04:01:41,000 --> 04:01:45,000
I think we had a very productive meeting today.

3798
04:01:45,000 --> 04:01:48,000
Thank you everybody.

3799
04:01:48,000 --> 04:01:50,000
We can be adjourned.

3800
04:01:50,000 --> 04:01:51,000
Okay.

3801
04:01:51,000 --> 04:01:52,000
Thank you.

3802
04:01:52,000 --> 04:01:53,000
Be near.

3803
04:01:53,000 --> 04:01:54,000
Thanks, Roy.

3804
04:01:54,000 --> 04:01:55,000
Thanks.