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[0:35] We will start with the Pledge of Allegiance and we will be led by
[0:41] Young Mr. Kerr.
[0:43] I don't know how to start us off, sir.
[0:46] Yes.
[0:46] by allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands
[0:55] one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
[1:02] Thank you.
[1:05] Next on our agenda is public comment. I never did get the clapping thing.
[1:11] I think you did. He did make sure the timing was right and everything.
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[2:07] I have one person on line and one person signed up in the room, so we will go live in person
[2:17] first.
[2:17] So, Joan, post in.
[2:18] Please come forward and you will have three minutes for public comment.
[2:33] Thank you.
[3:05] So, I don't think your box is activated yet,
[3:12] I don't see numbers.
[3:19] Well, I can't see that exactly, so, oh, manage.
[3:29] I can't see that exactly, so, oh, manage.
[3:35] I broke my glasses, and I see well enough to drive.
[3:40] Okay, my name is Joan Hoston, my address is 1-0-642 Westfacirplace.
[3:52] And my last name is spelled P-O-S-T-O-N.
[3:58] And I'm here today because I am confused.
[4:01] I do not know who I am.
[4:04] I know that you all, I think, I applied for a board.
[4:08] The board I applied for was an advisory board with the CSU extension.
[4:15] And somehow it morphed into a committee.
[4:21] And I'm okay with that. I understand advisory committees.
[4:24] I understand the difference between boards and committees.
[4:27] I have actually served on boards before and I do understand that boards have
[4:37] be sued civilly. So I'm okay with this becoming a committee. And I know that commissioner
[4:46] Curr is actually on a committee and advisory committee with a Lakewood and was appointed
[4:52] and so I kind of feel up on with commissioner Curr. Because advisory boards are very-
[5:00] Very important, and they are there to advise. The problem I have right now is, with how this committee is run.
[5:09] The committee, if you see on the agenda, is then run by the director of the CSU extension.
[5:19] And I have never been on a committee as an advisory person where the person who is being advised is the chair of the committee.
[5:32] And we've had some kind of interesting budding of heads because they have it eight o'clock in the morning and I'm kind of crunchy in the morning so if I sound a little crunchy it's because it's eight o'clock in the morning.
[5:43] And I just need some advice because down here under 830 there is discussion and future agenda items and there is a discussion about how what our roles are as both volunteers and board members.
[6:08] I consider you all my boss, and to have this, like this, is really not something that I can find,
[6:22] it hurts my feelings.
[6:25] I honestly thought that I was going to be there and have a voice, and to have somebody tell me that I have to go through them before I go anywhere else.
[6:34] And I'm going to tell you, I will hit feedback for coming to see you first.
[6:41] And it has to do with access.
[6:43] And there are other places in Jefferson County right now where access is not happening.
[6:50] I've heard people talking about the problems with three months late for deeds for what
[6:57] happening with the DMV. And that helped you. If you try to get a permit for building
[7:05] anything in on a corporate.
[7:08] Joan, that is time. Can you take a few seconds to wrap up, please?
[7:13] Please. I'm asking you for some kind of guidance in this situation. I don't dance to two
[7:21] from classes. So tell me who's in charge and what your expectations of me is. Thank you very much.
[7:30] All right. Thank you, Joan. And we will have someone getting back to you about that.
[7:35] All right. Next we have Mike Rallick online. Mike, can you can we hear you? I'll put that question out to the
[7:50] Thank you.
[7:52] My name is Mike Rawlick.
[7:54] I live up 1-8-7-3-5 West-50-9-Dryad Golden, Colorado 80403.
[8:00] Thank you for the opportunity commissioners and staff to bring something up real quickly.
[8:05] I'm with Protect the Hogback.
[8:07] Obviously, for the past two years, there's at the state level.
[8:10] There has been a permanent application for increased mining activity along the hogback just north of
[8:16] the Pile Daily Brewery and just to the west of North Table Mountains main parking lot along
[8:21] Highway 93.
[8:23] We're very encouraged yesterday that we found out there will be a community meeting for a full
[8:28] rezoning of that property, the community meeting, November 7, 2022, anyone in the public.
[8:33] I would encourage them to go to that meeting to get more information, also to come
[8:37] to our website, protectthehongback.com to get more information, form your own opinions and I'm just
[8:43] really looking forward to a very interesting zoning discussion. Thank you very much for the time.
[8:53] Great. Thank you, Mike. And I saw some nods from folks in our planning and zoning that they are
[8:58] aware of the meeting and appreciate your letting, making sure the reminders out there as well.
[9:05] Thank you for the help. Yep.
[9:10] And
[9:17] let me see, does not look like we have anyone else online. Is there anyone else in the room who would like to do public comment today
[9:28] going once going twice okay
[9:34] and just a reminder we will have another opportunity for public comment at the end of the meeting for those who are unable to speak during this segment.
[9:45] Next we have the approval of the minutes from October 18th 2022 may have a motion.
[9:50] to approve. You may I move for the approval of the minutes dated October 18th, 2022.
[10:00] Second. That is a proper motion and a second, Ms. Glenn, will you please call the vote? Commissioner Prof. Thorpe? Yes. Commissioner Gaulkenberg? Yes. Commissioner Kerr? Aye. And that passes unanimously. Next, we have six items on the consent agenda. Commissioners would either you like to take an item off the consent agenda. No. No, thanks. May I have a motion to approve item 6.1 through 6.6. I move for the approval of consent agenda item 6.1 through 6.6. Second.
[10:30] That is a proper motion and a second and just for the sheriff's benefit since he doesn't have the consent agenda in front of him.
[10:43] This is the part of this is the grant application and acceptance to the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice for the crime prevention through safer streets grant as well as the grant application and acceptance for the Colorado Department of Local Affairs grant program.
[11:00] for the piece officers mental health program. So those both be going through as well as a few other
[11:07] things. Ms. Glenn, will you please call the vote? Commissioner Prothar. Yes. Commissioner Dalkenberg.
[11:12] Yes. Commissioner Kerr. I. And that passes unanimously. We have no agenda items on our regular agenda.
[11:20] Next, we have, Sheriff, just straighter with us to present the third quarter law enforcement authority
[11:26] report. Commissioners will now need to adjourn as the Board of County Commissioners and
[11:31] reconvene as the Board of Directors for the Law Enforcement Authority. May I have a motion
[11:36] to adjourn and reconvene as the LEA?
[11:38] Yes, I move the adjourn as the Board of County Commissioners. And convene as the law enforcement
[11:46] authority board of Directors for the last time, which I have judged. Second.
[11:52] That is a proper motion, I said, but proper motion and a second, Miss Glenn, will you please
[11:58] call the vote?
[11:59] Commissioner Croftart?
[12:01] Commissioner Dalkimper?
[12:02] Yes.
[12:03] Commissioner Kerr.
[12:05] Hi.
[12:07] And I was asking you that.
[12:09] That was done with some here there.
[12:11] Maybe a little sarcasm there, Commissioner.
[12:13] No, no.
[12:14] It's definitely not.
[12:15] Sheriff Shrader, please go ahead with your report.
[12:18] Good morning.
[12:18] commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to present. As you mentioned, this is my 30
[12:24] second out of 32 LEA reports over the course of the last eight years. It's been honored
[12:29] to be able to speak to you and represent the men and women of the Sheriff's Office in
[12:36] the activities that go on. And the third quarter of this year has not been shy on activities
[12:43] as you can tell by information that that is in the report.
[12:50] And I certainly am not going to read that, but it would be remiss to not recognize that
[12:59] during the course of this quarter is when our Vata Police Officer Dylan Vacoff was killed
[13:04] in the line of duty, a tragic loss, not only to the our Vata Police Department, but to our
[13:12] entire communities. We have a unique bond with the, with our Vata police department through
[13:20] many joint ventures, one of those being the regional SWAT team, the Jefferson County
[13:27] Regional SWAT team, Dylan Vacoff was a member of that regional SWAT team, so he has had a
[13:44] activities that have gone on in the quarter, we also were able to have the 8th of 8th safety
[13:52] in faith events, an event that started shortly after I took office, I was at a training
[13:58] conference in Washington, DC, the National Executive Institute, which is for the largest law
[14:07] enforcement agencies in the country.
[14:10] And there were two sheriffs in that session of the National Executive Institute, Alcannon, from Charleston, South Carolina,
[14:19] and what we had a free evening in June when we were in our June session of the National Executive Institute.
[14:25] And it was at that time that Alcannon got a call that there was a shooting at the AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
[14:33] And that caused me to think at that time how connected are we with our faith community and I had that conversation with my staff when I came back.
[14:44] And the answer was we could probably do better.
[14:47] And I think that we have through the safety and faith initiative created stronger connection with faith institutions regardless of what the faith is throughout Jefferson County.
[15:00] And I've been very happy that our staff has followed through with that. It is my hope that it is a effort that will continue in the future. I think it's worth while not only for the faith community, but also the connection for our staff.
[15:22] And the focus of that safety and faith is just that.
[15:26] How do we in soft target institutions make sure that we are being as responsive as we possibly can
[15:35] to avoid the opportunities for conflict in terms of violent conflict that may be directed
[15:50] at parishioners, again, of whatever the faith institution that it might be, and we have continued
[15:58] to receive very good feedback from that.
[16:03] I wanted to make a couple of notes about the crime statistics.
[16:08] 2018 was an unusually high year, and I know we're talking about 2022, I didn't lose track.
[16:14] The 2018, there were some exceptionally high numbers in some of the crimes and there have
[16:20] been some things that have changed that affect the statistics over time.
[16:25] One of those is that there was a change in the legislature on the reclassification of
[16:30] many crimes to misdemeanors, which may have an impact.
[16:36] Another thing that has an impact on the outcome of crimes is activities that go on and an
[16:43] observation that I've had over many years when Columbine happened, when the Aurora, the
[16:50] other shootings happened, when there has been a philonious assault on a peace officer,
[16:57] is that there's a change in the behavior for a period of time of people in the community.
[17:03] And we tend to see crime go down in those short aftermats. It doesn't always sustain. So to
[17:12] give other perspective. I want to make sure that and I've talked about this before and we don't
[17:18] have our complete report. But overall, crime is up county-wide in Jefferson County from
[17:27] I've reported in the past from 2019 to 2020, but also from 2020 to 2021. The numbers aren't
[17:35] dramatic about 2% overall increasing crime for those year and totals.
[17:43] Auto theft clearly leads along with catalytic converter thefts.
[17:51] In unincorporated Jefferson County year to date,
[17:56] we have had well over 200 catalytic converters about one per day.
[18:02] that's unincorporated Jeff Co. that is, that's obviously an impact on our community and
[18:09] something that has continued. In regard to all that, I do want to make sure that I acknowledge
[18:18] that we've had our robust conversation about the need for additional jail space, the Board of
[18:32] make sure that we have the ability to hire staff and I'm going to circle back to that portion
[18:39] of my report here in just a moment, but that we have the ability to hire staff to make sure
[18:45] that we open as much of the jail as we possibly can at least through 2023 likely through 2024.
[18:53] And obviously there's conversation that's going to have to go on after that.
[19:00] But I appreciate the decision and the
[19:03] finality of that so that we can make certain that those plans are in place.
[19:08] We have been hiring as much as we possibly can.
[19:12] It's a difficult environment, it's a difficult environment for every sector.
[19:16] We get that.
[19:17] We have been having some success with lateral hires.
[19:20] We have hired 18 lateral employees for the jail itself.
[19:25] many of those coming from the Denver Sheriff department.
[19:31] They say it different there, so I say it with clarity.
[19:40] But we also last week, and I know a couple of the commissioners were able to make it.
[19:45] We graduated a class of 13 new detention deputies that are now in their field training with those resources.
[19:54] And I know this question has come up regarding the tour that you likely will be taking.
[20:00] On Thursday. What are you going to do with the resources that are there? Certainly, we are intending to open the remaining three modules in the jail when we can.
[20:14] It's obviously also, one is done before the next two.
[20:21] I do anticipate that by November 11th, though later than that, we will be opening another module in the jail.
[20:32] We have also added beds in the jail in the modules that are open through a construction project, which changed the number of prisoners that we can have in the housing units that are currently open.
[20:44] or jail use plan has modified a little bit. We do have a minor restriction still in place
[20:51] on bonds that are less than a thousand dollars. We are not able to take those people into jail
[20:57] unless there's exceptional circumstances for them. But I anticipate that that will change.
[21:05] And the significance of November 11 is that is Veterans Day. One of the things that I think was
[21:10] tragedy and a fallout of the budget reduction several years ago is the loss of the ability
[21:17] to have a veterans housing unit in the jail. And we are committed that the veterans housing
[21:24] unit will be open before veterans day this year. Similarly, it is my hope that about that time
[21:32] or shortly thereafter, one of our behavioral health units will also open. And I think those are
[21:39] remain some of our best opportunity for people who are incarcerated who in all likelihood 95% of the people who are in jail are going to be going back into our communities, our neighborhoods.
[21:54] But if there's opportunity to provide
[21:58] Consistent programming, opportunity to share information about resources and hopefully get people on the right track that some of their challenges that they've had on the outside might be smoothed a bit and it gives the best opportunity that we won't see them again.
[22:18] But we are doing that with the resources that have been made available and our efforts for recruiting are continuing.
[22:29] We are going to be having shortly after all the election ads are done and there's the ability to
[22:36] to buy TV slots or whatever other advertisement at a reasonable price.
[22:44] We are going to be very aggressive with some of our hiring campaigns for detention deputies
[22:50] for detention specialists, for deputies, and many of our professional job classifications.
[22:56] We are engaging in a very targeted effort so that as soon as we possibly can, we are as close
[23:05] the full staff as we possibly can.
[23:08] Those are really the only comments that I intended to make beyond what's in the report.
[23:13] And if the commissioners have any question about the report or anything else, I'm happy
[23:18] to address those.
[23:21] Great.
[23:22] Thank you.
[23:23] Commissioners, questions or comments for the sheriff?
[23:26] Oh, yes.
[23:27] I have many questions.
[23:28] Given this is your last LEA report, you know, but I'm hoping you might consider making special
[23:33] best appearances in the future, you know, depending on your availability and
[23:37] oblique comment of a Tuesday morning, it's the place to be just a couple of
[23:43] quick questions. One really appreciate the update on the issue surrounding
[23:47] retention and recruitment. And one of the circle back to the two units affecting
[23:52] veterans and behavioral health, which I'm really happy to hear. We're looking at
[23:57] reopening. For those units, is reopening the units of reflection of the
[24:02] increase dollars for staffing. And that's why we're coming back to those.
[24:07] And very clearly it is yes it is. What you two factors one the the commissioners have provided
[24:15] backstop funding for the last two years 2020 and 2021 and 2022 that the commitment to move forward
[24:27] And we're having a little bit more success in terms of the recruitment, that has been a slow path.
[24:35] And we would have had those units open and those programs running if we were able to hire people faster a year or even two years ago.
[24:44] But we believe we're going to be in a good place, but it is the funding that is needed to make sure that we have the staff to open the space in order to provide it.
[24:56] The Veterans Administration and other veteran support groups are
[25:00] I'm excited about the opportunity to once again be able to get in front of veterans who are incarcerated.
[25:09] But yes, very clearly, it's because the resources are there to open that portion of the jail.
[25:16] Thank you. And the other question I have for you is tied to some of the work that the opioids council is focused on in terms of the dollars we receive from the settlement.
[25:25] and how we best leverage those dollars to make an impact and treatment recovery and more.
[25:30] And one of the continued themes that comes up is creating a support system around those as they
[25:38] leave the jail. What does that look like? Especially given the work that you do in the jail with
[25:43] the help of the behavioral health unit team. Any recommendations or thoughts looking forward in terms of
[25:49] what you see as the greatest need once they leave. So we can help them move forward with their life
[25:55] positively. Yeah, I did have the opportunity. It was also during I believe this third
[26:00] quarter to attend the Attorney General's rollout or discussion on the two or
[26:07] three-day discussion on the opioid settlement dollars and how they might be used.
[26:15] I see it a little bit differently than much of that audience. I believe that there needs to be a
[26:21] balance between treatment and enforcement and that we have to have some intervention efforts
[26:28] on the supply side of opioids coming in and I hope that those can be short of.
[26:36] But back to your question about people transitioning back into the community, we do have programs in
[26:43] place aimed at getting people the opportunity for long-term treatment for the long-term
[26:56] injectable, and I'm forgetting the name, Vivitrol is the brand that we have used in the
[27:01] past that has been made available, as well as Narcan kits.
[27:05] Those obviously are some of the considerations.
[27:08] But one of the programs that under Sheriff Mandel started a number of years ago when she was a
[27:15] division chief in the jail was a mental health transition planner.
[27:20] And that is a spirit with which we have we have operated for many years our counseling
[27:25] staff in the jail still having the responsibilities for aiming to put programs and suggestions
[27:35] in place and connection for people who are transitioning out sometimes when there's a mental health
[27:41] issue and other times when there's a substance abuse issue and as you can all probably imagine
[27:49] or already know some of those things co-occur and so that is a focus that will continue to have.
[27:58] I do believe that some of the opioid money will be used within the jail as well as the
[28:03] transition out, much of the outside programming is not really the responsibility of the sheriff,
[28:12] but it is a responsibility to make sure that we're pointing people in the right direction
[28:16] where those resources are.
[28:18] And so the transition planner role is something that is incredibly important.
[28:23] But again, I believe that we need to have continued and engaged efforts on interrupting the
[28:32] why of opioids that are coming in.
[28:35] Yeah, absolutely agree on that front.
[28:36] And always appreciate your perspective on transition.
[28:39] I see we have plenty of time for more questions.
[28:41] I just have about a dozen more.
[28:42] I wanted to ask.
[28:43] I'm available all day.
[28:46] Well, just one, one, one other comment.
[28:49] I see that Deputy Mark Bibi is in your report.
[28:52] Yes.
[28:53] And I wanted to just address that with you.
[28:56] And Ashley mentioned how wonderful the citizens Academy is
[29:00] that the sheriff offers and the work that he does in his leadership role in leading that effort
[29:05] and also some of the great work that you mentioned here in the LEA report and just wanted
[29:10] to give him an extra shout out in a positive way.
[29:13] I know that you were wondering about where I might be going with that.
[29:16] Sometimes I wonder myself when I'm up here at the Diaz, but thank you so much here.
[29:21] I'm very proud of the Citizens Academy program for a couple of reasons.
[29:25] it's a great opportunity to engage people. But when Ron Beckham was a relatively new sheriff,
[29:33] he asked me to be his administrative sergeant in one of the programs that he asked me to establish
[29:37] was the Citizens Academy. So I had a role in developing that for the sheriff's office
[29:46] 32 years ago. Yeah, it's a great program for to participate and really learn a lot too.
[29:53] Thank you.
[29:54] Commissioner.
[29:57] Just a couple things.
[29:59] Thank you very much for Claire.
[30:00] We're fighting around the funding. There's a misconception out there in the community that the commissioners
[30:06] have cut your funding and have not provided the funding resources to open up those modules should
[30:13] you be able to find staffing. So, having you come in this morning and clarifying that is very helpful.
[30:20] Congratulations on your graduation ceremony. The other day was very nice and it looks like you have
[30:25] pretty strong new recruits.
[30:29] We do thank you.
[30:30] Thank you.
[30:33] That would be about it.
[30:37] So thank you.
[30:39] It's been a pleasure working to get mostly a pleasure working together over the last almost two years.
[30:48] But we've had our moments where we've each tried to explain a different point of view.
[30:54] and I really appreciate your experience and dedication
[30:58] to service over the years here in Jefferson County.
[31:05] We're both pretty much homegrown boys serving
[31:09] the public here in Jefferson County these days.
[31:13] And I really appreciate your long tenure
[31:16] of service here in Jefferson County.
[31:18] It was exciting to come into the Certified Academy
[31:24] graduation for I had to look this up. So I would say it correctly. The certified Academy
[31:28] graduation 2022 2023 and watching it was great hearing a little bit about each other at their
[31:37] background. Really diverse group in the backgrounds they come from a lot from a military background,
[31:44] but also others, so that was really nice to watch and to see them take their oaths.
[31:56] One other thing, I've been meaning to say to you at some point, and I haven't in private
[32:03] or in public, and I just want to make sure that I mean this in the most respectful, usually
[32:12] when people start out that way, it's not good, but this really is the respect I have for you
[32:20] and your department and the police departments, other police departments within Jefferson County
[32:29] and having kids in school in Jefferson County.
[32:36] In the last year we all saw what happened in Texas
[32:41] had evolved. And I've had many people, you know, a lot of parents and kids and schools
[32:49] and things like that and ask me about, you know, how could something like that? The response
[32:56] to that and I think I don't think anyone is satisfied with the response to that. And what I have
[33:04] told people over and over again, regardless of who it is and everything is that I know for a fact
[33:10] in Jefferson County, what happened in Valdi, the response is not what the response would be here in
[33:16] Jefferson County and that our, I know that our kids in Jefferson County are much, much safer and
[33:28] I'm going to knock on wood as I say that, but this is, I say that out of respect for you and
[33:36] and the folks that work for you, and that work closely with our schools.
[33:41] I know that in Jefferson County, we have a long history of dealing with things like that.
[33:47] And I think that's part of it, but also the dedication you and your folks put in every
[33:53] day.
[33:54] So, just want to put that on the record for you.
[33:57] Well, thank you very much.
[34:01] Yeah, unfortunately Jefferson County and the Sheriff's Office has had a history where we've had to respond to school shootings.
[34:11] Not one.
[34:13] It's plural.
[34:14] Three in Jefferson County.
[34:18] One before my time and then two after I've been with the Sheriff's Office.
[34:22] But then also providing support to neighboring jurisdictions, both in Park County and Douglas County, and a rapper, Ho County, when those kind of tragedy struck, and they have shaped my view of what we should be doing.
[34:42] it's unfortunate that we had to learn lessons, 23 years ago, almost 24 years ago in South
[34:51] Littleton.
[34:54] But I believe that we did.
[34:55] I believe that through our collaboration with
[35:00] The school district, school security, the commitment from law enforcement throughout, in particular, within the Sheriff's Office.
[35:10] When we faced reductions, and I made this clear to the city and board at the time a few years ago, one of the things that was absolutely not on the table, regardless of how deep the cuts could come was that school resource officers would not be cut on my watch.
[35:27] There were some people who challenged that that should be the case.
[35:34] I would not play politics with pulling school resource officers out of schools.
[35:42] It's not an absolute guarantee of safety within schools.
[35:47] But it helps.
[35:48] It sends the right message that here we're committed to the protection of our kids.
[35:54] I believe that we reiterate that in our training to our post-academy deputy sheriffs as well as those who go through our certified deputy sheriff program for the detention function.
[36:11] All of those things and all of the resources that we have understand that a fundamental level what our role is to protect people.
[36:21] to protect the Constitution, and it's to protect people's rights, but mainly it's to protect people.
[36:29] And so that's one of the things that we do, one of the things that I intended to conclude with my final comment,
[36:38] regards an effort that we have been engaged in all year, and that is a succession planning effort.
[36:44] And we are rolling that out yesterday today in tomorrow with our leadership teams in the Sheriff's Office.
[36:53] And some people say, well, why would you do this accession plan?
[36:56] You can't really pick who your successor is.
[36:59] And the intention is not to do that.
[37:01] The intention is to make sure that the organization is set up for success.
[37:07] Regardless of who ends up winning an election,
[37:10] making sure that we have good documentation on the things where there needs to be some
[37:19] continued knowledge or knowledge mapping of programs and issues and topics that have gone
[37:26] on and committees and roles that people sit in, but also that we make sure that there is
[37:32] some continuity for continued leadership at every level within the organization and that we
[37:39] set up for success. Some of those are the traditions and the histories that we've had.
[37:46] And that doesn't miss on either the candidates for Sheriff candidly. They both
[37:51] understand the history and are motivated by that and I can't imagine that they would change.
[37:57] I appreciate Commissioner Kerr you making that comment. But that was is and will be the commitment
[38:08] for the people in the Sheriff's Office.
[38:10] It's been my commitment that we are here to make Jefferson County safer and I am confident
[38:19] that the Sheriff's Office will continue to do that for years to come.
[38:23] Thank you.
[38:25] Thank you all.
[38:26] Have a good day.
[38:27] Thank you.
[38:28] All right.
[38:30] Thank you, Sheriff.
[38:31] Directors, we now need to adjourn as the Directors for the law enforcement authority
[38:35] reconvenous the Board of County Commissioners. I have a motion to adjourn and reconvenous
[38:39] the Board of County Commissioners. You may. I move. We adjourn as the law enforcement authority
[38:44] Board of Directors and reconvene as the Board of County Commissioners. Second. That is a proper
[38:50] motion and a second, Ms. Glenn. Will you please call the vote? Director Kratha? Yes. Director
[38:56] Dalkenberg? Yes. Director Kr. I, and that passes unanimously. Next is the hearing consent portion of
[39:03] meeting. We have two items on the consent agenda. Miss Glenn, will you please read
[39:08] hearing consent agenda items 10.1 and 10.2 into the record.
[39:14] Gen. CC-22-281, Case Number 20-100625-RZ Resoning, Case Name 3 Hills Property Official Development
[39:31] Plan, Owner, Hilltop Investments, a Colorado General Partnership, and UXFI LLC, a Colorado
[39:41] limited liability company, applicant, mat, tavernaw, and running to homes, location,
[39:50] AIN, five nine, dash, zero, seven, three, dash, zero, dash, zero, zero, two, as well as
[39:58] five nine, dash.
[40:00] 073-01-003, as well as 59-073-01-004, southwest of the intersection of Turkey Creek Road and West Quincy Avenue.
[40:19] Approximate Area 37.74 Acres, original approval on August 10, 2021.
[40:29] The BCC approved the proposal to resume the property from a planned development to a new plan development to allow for 286 single family attached and single family detached rental units.
[40:45] Purpose, I'm sorry, residential units. Purpose, post-tearing review for a non-substantial
[40:53] change to modify the height restriction for townhome and alley loaded dwellings from 35 feet
[41:01] to 45 feet. Case manager Fritz Klassen.
[41:07] Item 10.2 Resolution CC-22-274-222 Budget, October
[41:16] budget and supplemental appropriation, strategy, planning, and analysis.
[41:24] Great, thank you. Is there any one of the audience who would like to remove either of these items from the consent agenda?
[41:30] It's
[41:34] checking.
[41:35] Ms. Winkworth, is there anyone joining us virtually who would like to remove either of these items from the consent agenda?
[41:42] There's not.
[41:44] Commissioners would either of you like to pull either of these items off the consent agenda?
[41:49] No, no thanks.
[41:50] May have a motion to approve the consent agenda items 10.1 and 10.2.
[41:56] You may I move for the approval of hearing consent agenda items 10.1 and 10.2.
[42:02] It is a proper motion and a second.
[42:04] Miss Glenn will you please call the roll.
[42:07] Can I share Crofts?
[42:08] Yes.
[42:09] Commissioner Dalgainberg?
[42:11] Commissioner Kerr.
[42:12] I.
[42:13] And that passes unanimously.
[42:16] Next we'll move to the hearing regular portion of our meeting.
[42:19] We have no items on the hearing, regular agenda.
[42:23] Next, our agenda is a second round of public comment.
[42:26] Does anyone who has not provided public comment today
[42:29] wish to speak to a topic that was not on today's agenda?
[42:34] Mr. Ted Moore, did you want to say anything?
[42:38] The sheriff has left.
[42:39] So if you want to say something about him, no?
[42:42] All right.
[42:43] And let me check online.
[42:47] it looks like we do not have anyone online. So next we have reports, commissioners, do you have any reports?
[42:59] Yes, Commissioner Kriffler. Thank you. So imagine my surprise. On Sunday I watch this great story
[43:06] on 60 minutes and oh my god, at the end, there is our own George Stern.
[43:13] So, he did a after story that was online about an example of a county in this United States
[43:26] and the ballot and this election security and he walked through with Anderson Cooper,
[43:32] the process that they go through to keep election safe.
[43:37] The only question I have is, Anderson Cooper was here in this building and nobody let us know
[43:42] and we didn't get to go and peer through the window to see that is a conversation.
[43:48] It was actually a different building that there was a lot.
[43:51] So they were down at the Laramie building, but maybe they were here too, could have been.
[43:56] So I think we should call George Sternen and ask him about this, how he did not include us in this.
[44:03] But so impressive, and I was so very proud of the work that Jefferson County is doing
[44:10] of our clerk and recorders. So congratulations, George Stern. And we are also sad that we are
[44:18] down to final days with him serving the county too, but he's got a big election coming up
[44:24] before that. The other thing to let you know is that last week our report manager Paul Anselo
[44:32] I met with some citizens of the town of Superior in their backyard and talked with them
[44:41] about their concerns around the airplanes flying overhead.
[44:48] So had a good conversation, a beautiful backyard in Rock Creek.
[44:52] just over, there's the runway, then there's a cliff and just right there.
[45:00] So I think that that was helpful for them. It was helpful for myself and helpful for Paul. So thank you very much.
[45:07] And then again, congratulations to the sheriff for I thought it was 12 people, but I guess he said it was 13.
[45:15] Recruit some of them are so looks so young, but some of them were not so young. So that was a great experience.
[45:24] So, and then congratulations to Red Rocks for opening up their veterans center yesterday.
[45:33] Great.
[45:33] Thank you.
[45:35] Mission or ballcumper?
[45:36] Thank you so much.
[45:38] Yes, a huge shout out to Jeff Cookler and recorder George Stern and his entire team.
[45:42] And I thought what was so interesting about the report is it should put to rest any
[45:48] question about free, fair, accessible elections in Jefferson County and around the country
[45:54] as well. It was it was really well done. So huge congrats again. And also our partnerships
[46:00] with Red Rocks Community College are so important. You know, Jefferson County has one of
[46:06] the top three largest veterans populations in the state of Colorado, and want to thank
[46:11] the Daniels family for their generous support yesterday's ribbon cutting for the new veteran
[46:15] center that you heard commissioner craft thought mentioned as well. Also, the one community summit
[46:20] kicked off yesterday had a chance to swing by, it's a four day hybrid conference of local government
[46:26] entities and nonprofits and others who are attending to learn how to better serve our increasingly
[46:32] diverse communities across the metro area. And also a huge thanks to the kind of area council
[46:38] for hosting the wildfire symposium, which included a look at what's happening statewide, but also
[46:45] right here in Jefferson County, Jefferson County open space, the emergency management team,
[46:50] planning and zoning, I see Chris O'Keef with us this morning and others were featured
[46:55] I also spoke about some of our efforts underway and just want to send a huge shout out
[47:00] to our entire county team for all the work that you're doing on this front to reduce risk
[47:05] for our community and also to, again, kind of for area council and my mountain town in
[47:12] online and website online video and website has also recorded it if you're interested in
[47:18] learning more about the work underway. And finally, just a big shout out to AAUW, the
[47:25] Jeff Co. League of Women Voters and the Nevada Chamber, all groups that have recently held
[47:30] forums to help deepen the knowledge of voters about issues on the ballot, as well as candidates
[47:35] and also appreciate an opportunity from AAUW to talk about three of our county ballots that
[47:41] three of our county initiatives that are on the ballot this November. Thanks so much.
[47:49] Great. Thank you. Just again, I was a pleasure going to the Sheriff's Department
[47:58] certified Academy graduation with the 13 graduates for 2223. Had fun at the Matt Robbins 2022
[48:09] CPRA fellow award. I'm trying to look up what CPRA stands for, but it's, it's an award given
[48:17] to folks who work in the open space outdoor public lands arena. And he won that award this year.
[48:29] It was great seeing him and the video that was produced to help celebrate that. And it was
[48:39] fun to get together with a whole bunch of folks on the side of I70 of Floyd Hill.
[48:43] We were actually in clear creek. We were standing in clear creek, but we were just outside
[48:51] the Western border of Jefferson County quite a bit of construction. We'll be happening
[48:58] there along Floyd Hill and the approaches to Floyd Hill to help alleviate that pinch point there.
[49:07] The first two construction projects associated with this one will be one of the overpasses
[49:17] and on and off ramps that is just at the very western edge of Jefferson County and
[49:24] there will also be a wildlife overpass over in Genesee.
[49:28] Those will be the first two projects that are part of the overall $700 million project to help
[49:35] alleviate this pitchpoint and those will be starting us off pretty soon. So with that, we will
[49:43] now adjourn this public hearing and the board will, oh, you sure? Okay, county manager, county attorney.
[49:54] I've got nothing. Sorry, just moving us right along since we are.
[50:00] Only 20 minutes over at this point. And we will reconvene in the Board of County Commissioners briefing room in somewhere between five to ten minutes.
[50:12] We'll call it five minutes, it will probably be closer to ten. And with that, we are adjourned. Thank you.