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Description: We probably have a lot of near misses, but unfortunately our safety data doesn't, our safety funding requires the crashes to actually be happening, it's kind of us.

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[2:11] This is mathematical academic district chair.

[2:14] This is a Waters celebration time of September 2nd and February 3m,

[2:20] Commissioners please introduce yourselves.

[2:23] It's a bit of a thought point.

[2:24] Members should put an order núcleDIA economy commissioner.

[2:27] So tack a landing commission.

[2:30] Ladies and gentlemen, how many staff.

[2:37] Is it about

[2:38] All right, a couple items here.

[2:41] The first up here is the Colorado Department of Transportation

[2:43] and C.D. at Planning Presentation.

[2:46] Please say a big morning, and please introduce yourselves

[2:48] and then you have the floor.

[2:49] Yes, thank you.

[2:50] I'm Julie Constan.

[2:51] I'm the raging director for which Southwest

[2:53] is at Central Colorado, C.D.

[2:55] I'm Tony Gady.

[2:56] I'm the Planning and Environmental Manager for reach 5, 10.

[3:00] Tim Fong.

[3:01] I'm C.D. at's planner for reach 5.

[3:03] Ladies, I'm Annie Althberg.

[3:05] I want to see that written five.

[3:06] just the multifaceted model of transit liaison.

[3:08] And then this also might watch the main superintendent.

[3:12] And then down in the London more shazard

[3:13] that I've been for the planning unit.

[3:16] You're welcome to the table, if you like,

[3:18] or if you want to sit back for a minute, for a minute.

[3:21] You do the only one that line up virus.

[3:24] That's not a chance.

[3:25] I'm going to get a phone.

[3:27] That I had done.

[3:29] Well, yeah, thanks for having us.

[3:32] You just know we try to come out every year

[3:34] to meet with all of our counties the Transportation Commission, which is sort of C-DOT's regulatory

[3:41] body adopted new guidelines in May as it relates to our statewide Transportation Improvement

[3:50] Program or Stip.

[3:53] And that requires what we call our planning and programming process, the strategic project

[4:02] priority programming process or 4P process. So that's kind of the driver of these meetings.

[4:08] So they're intended to be project focused where we make sure you guys are aware of all

[4:13] the work we're doing in the county and then make sure we have you know understand your priorities

[4:19] as it relates to these projects that we have that we're currently working on, ones that we

[4:24] have coming up. Some of these are higher than higher priorities than others. We have projects

[4:30] identified there are no longer a priority to the county and then also at the end of the

[4:34] presentation as always make sure we hear from you guys the priorities that we don't have

[4:39] yet or we don't have projects yet identified.

[4:42] And I do want to apologize to you. We also have two other individuals online from CDOT.

[4:47] So if you all like to introduce yourselves, please as well, apologize.

[4:54] Through you.

[4:54] project with Google the Region 5 local agency engineer.

[5:05] I'm Jennifer Allison and the Region 5 Traffic Safety Program Engineer.

[5:10] Great, thank you, welcome.

[5:15] The process that we have, we take a long range view first and then try to narrow it down to the projects

[5:23] we're actually working on. So this last year, C-Dod, working with all the transportation planning

[5:29] regions, where Commissioner Selkha represents the county, where we finalized our the south

[5:35] west, transportation planning regions, long range plant. So that's the 25 year plan, basically

[5:41] kind of all the projects that we would like to see done between now at 2050. We take that really,

[5:48] really long list of projects that we can't, we don't have funding for the state legislature

[5:52] or census side funding for strategic projects that are fiscal even strained. So we have

[5:58] a 10-year plan list of projects that is funded kind of the subset from that longer list.

[6:04] And then those projects plus all of the other types of projects we're currently working on

[6:10] in the next 40 years are on our four-year step, our statewide transportation program.

[6:16] So that includes those strategic program projects, it also includes all of our asset projects that we'll get to.

[6:23] So again, starting with the long range plan projects, the first one we want to bring up is the 160 corridor RITS project.

[6:32] So this would kind of basically be a fiber out to climb between Wolf Creek and Durango.

[6:38] You know, there's a segment between Wolf Creek to Bergosa that was funded.

[6:41] Construction is kind of stall about due to litigation.

[6:44] this project was previously on the 10-year plan. It's not now because in the five years from

[6:53] when we, I guess, actually seven years from when we did the last 10-year plan, there's now been a

[6:58] lot of other broadband that's come into our area locally, right? So there's kind of build that gap

[7:04] where it's not maybe thought we had a bigger role in a plan than we do. Real quick,

[7:13] Tim,

[7:13] we are working with region nine as well as arch-related counting to get agreements in price.

[7:18] Yeah, that's nice to that, but I can't disclose too much, but it's looking promising for

[7:24] region nine too as well for potential funding.

[7:28] Yeah, it was aware that there was some efforts going.

[7:31] Awesome.

[7:33] Okay, the next one is would be a huge project.

[7:36] It would basically take 550 south of Durango and continue the four lane segment from where

[7:42] we left off with the project we just finished,

[7:45] County Road 302, and take it down

[7:47] at the sunny side elementary area,

[7:49] that would be about $100 million project.

[7:52] It's like I said, it's not currently funded.

[7:55] Some of the projects, the higher part,

[7:57] it was kind of decided that 160 corridor to Bayfield

[8:00] was at this time of higher priority.

[8:01] So that's those are the projects that are in the tank of your plan.

[8:04] But it is still in the list.

[8:06] And being on this list, especially the priority list

[8:08] that helps all of these projects for potential grant funding.

[8:13] Tim before I start furiously writing stuff down,

[8:16] will we have access to these slides?

[8:18] Yes, thank you very much.

[8:20] Yeah, I made me a lot of handy.

[8:21] And one other thing is any action item that we identify today,

[8:24] Linda's taking notes, we will make sure we get that one in down.

[8:29] And we'll get a letter back to you guys.

[8:31] It's the things that we can't address today.

[8:32] We'll find the interest to it.

[8:34] You can't follow that way.

[8:37] A couple more long-range projects, these are some projects that were brought forward by the city of Durango.

[8:42] The first one is the communal crossing that I'm sure you guys are aware of.

[8:47] At the time, it was identified as about a nine and a half million dollar project.

[8:51] The city's got funding for design.

[8:54] It was looking for grant funding for construction.

[8:56] I think you guys are aware.

[8:58] Another one would be to get a multimodal path from Durango up to the twin mut area.

[9:05] So that would be about a $6 million project also, currently a funded.

[9:12] And then the last kind of highway project in the long range plan, this would be the airport

[9:17] intersection.

[9:19] As you guys can tell, looking at the photo, you know, we've already added, you know, we've

[9:24] got turn lanes in.

[9:25] We've got turn lanes out from both directions, you know, probably this would have to be

[9:31] be a relocation of this intersection, but yeah, so that would be a big project, probably requires

[9:36] the property takes things along. Is there other property owners just not willing to negotiate

[9:45] or we we started having conversations cash back in 2017 when I first became traffic engineer

[9:51] with CDOT. I think the property owners were willing to talk to us. It was mostly coming down to funding

[9:58] And...

[10:00] And because this is an intersectional movement, and the need is really the growth that's happening out of the airport.

[10:06] See that has a hard time coming in and doing the whole project or self, unless we have crash statistics and crash data, saying we could put crash funding towards it, or safety funding towards it, and right now we don't.

[10:17] We probably have a lot of near misses, but unfortunately our safety data doesn't, our safety funding requires the crashes to actually be happening, it's kind of us.

[10:26] backwards way, but that's how our funding is set up. So having it on the long-range plan,

[10:33] if grants become available, if it gets elevated to a future tenure plan or with a new governor

[10:38] come again, whether we continue to call it a tenure plan or if we have another big strategic product

[10:44] projects, if it elevates into that, that's going to be the best way to get it funding for us to

[10:49] be able to start revisiting or if the airport, the county in the city want to come to the table

[10:53] and trying to help fund the project too,

[10:56] we definitely figure out ways we could work together

[10:58] to make it happen.

[10:59] I do have to say though,

[11:01] these improvements that have been made,

[11:03] that's been much better because it was,

[11:06] I do remember when it didn't have those turn lanes,

[11:08] that there's much, there's a lot of it.

[11:10] Exactly, so those turning lanes have definitely helped.

[11:14] But there is a lot more traffic

[11:15] I mean, I flew through at a time last year

[11:16] when I was going to Denver a lot.

[11:18] I've seen it in Delta.

[11:20] One of the fastest car in your ports

[11:22] and North America actually.

[11:24] Oh, wow, yeah.

[11:24] I was like, 11% cut off.

[11:27] I was really rapidly growing.

[11:29] Surprise.

[11:29] Well, just with a number of flights and frequency,

[11:31] they often run now so many people

[11:32] of here can bite a number and back in a day

[11:35] and not have to make that drive.

[11:37] Do whatever you need to do in Denver.

[11:39] This is too round about.

[11:42] Do we not have a brand like that?

[11:44] We're kind of surrounded by them.

[11:45] It's got to be one of the past.

[11:48] All right, the next one is some transit projects

[11:50] any take this slide? Yes, there are three transit projects on the long-range plan. All of these are

[11:58] unfunded. We worked with the vision on transit and rail to help estimate the potential cost of these,

[12:03] just fear or awareness, so the first one is the essential bus service between Durango and

[12:07] enough Creek. That's just looking at Oklahoma one day, excuse me, one round trip per day,

[12:13] as well as thinking about the vehicles that would go with it. The next one's looking

[12:17] specifically at Thurango and the Zone 7 Transit expansion, just looking at how could we expand

[12:23] transit from the city and women's to the surrounding neighborhoods here in Thurango,

[12:29] that would cost a little bit more 8 million and then lastly looking at the during transit bus

[12:34] bar in electric education and looking at how could we upgrade our facilities in lieu of the increase

[12:41] of electrification that we're seeing so that's about six million dollars.

[12:48] So those were all the

[12:50] projects on the priority list, and there's 25 of those projects in the Southwest region.

[12:58] We wanted though, because that list is not the overall 25-year plan, it's not physically

[13:04] constrained, and because being on these lists can't help counties, municipalities, go after

[13:11] ramp funding. We've kind of opened it up to everybody's in our what are all the other needs in, you know, we'd like to see in the next 25 years.

[13:20] So these are the other projects that are on what we call the long list.

[13:24] Most of these basically all of these on the left are transit type projects.

[13:30] So expanding the transit center, making all the transit stops for ADA accessible, potentially installing some

[13:41] technology with lights where transit would get priority of the trial here, bus

[13:46] dang bus, whatever.

[13:50] And then, you know, city of Draingo is going to need to expand or place some

[13:54] of its fleet coming up.

[13:57] And then, lastly, kind of a bus, this would probably have to be a bus dang

[14:02] route, but to try to get a bus dang route from Draingo to Denver.

[14:07] And then the project was on the right to give most of these were brought forward by

[14:09] city of Durango. A lot of these are multi-modal type projects. Try to get more pedestrian

[14:15] crossings on North Maine. To try to install some intersection pedestrian detectors, so that

[15:00] And people will be at the intersection, just don't realize there's, but they have to push,

[15:05] some wildlife

[15:07] sign, detection signs between Durango and Bayfield. We previously attempted this, but my understanding

[15:12] is the technology's got a little better on those. Some adaptive signal controls, so that would

[15:19] kind of allow lights to line up better with real-time data. Emergency vehicle, getting signal priorities,

[15:28] and then other ones kind of in the outside of Durango to get a parking ride and they feel.

[15:35] We know there's a lot of obviously commuter traffic coming from Bayfield to Durango.

[15:39] There's a parking ride a half way, but it also could get one out there.

[15:46] And then also taking the taking 50 from sunny side elementary, four lanes all the way south to where it is four lanes.

[15:52] again, just above the state line. Improving the intersection, this would be just east of

[15:59] Ignacio, a buck highway and a Colorado 151, and then lastly, getting some truck parking

[16:06] between Drankham and Bayfield. We're always here from the truck and community, from the

[16:11] freight community, about parking.

[16:15] Can you go back to the slide?

[16:22] So, is it that the, I'm wondering about Dry Creek on 162 Bayfield?

[16:30] That's on your next slide.

[16:33] Okay.

[16:33] I think the very next slide.

[16:34] All right.

[16:35] So this is to, yeah, 50.

[16:38] All right.

[16:38] And then I think just in terms of priorities.

[16:42] I think those were the ones I had hoped for.

[16:45] Whatever happened to this is past job, the bypass around Gem Village.

[16:54] That was forever ago.

[16:55] Yeah.

[16:56] That's in the EIS.

[16:57] Okay.

[16:58] Okay.

[16:58] It was the preferred alternative.

[17:00] We had a document that was signed in 2006.

[17:05] It's a benefit on your GIS.

[17:07] So when we work with developers looking to build in that area,

[17:11] we let them know that way there's a potential alignment.

[17:15] And we can't stop them from developing.

[17:18] Most of them are willing to work with us to figure out

[17:22] where to build to that we don't have to reload.

[17:25] So it's in the budget for this.

[17:26] It is.

[17:27] It wasn't identified as a priority in this last round

[17:30] of the long-range plan update.

[17:33] It would be up to the county and maybe city

[17:38] people to end or go to identify as a priority and then we can start developing

[17:45] potential funding sources that I'm not imposing that whatsoever I was just curious.

[17:52] That EIS in the ride really basically secure the fact that it's there on the shelf and

[17:59] we as funding becomes available for huge projects.

[18:02] And it's not necessarily set in stone, like Tim will talk about the U.S. 1, 6D, Elmore's project.

[18:11] That is actually not the alignment that the alternative that was selected as the preferred,

[18:16] the modification of that alternative.

[18:20] And basically it was modified to avoid property extensions.

[18:23] So we have simplified that design to avoid property takes.

[18:27] It still gets the safety benefit, and hopefully the congestion relief that we were looking for in the EIS, but we're simplifying it.

[18:38] We're not doing as much access control as we originally wanted, but hopefully we'll still be addressing the accident rates on that section road.

[18:46] Thank you.

[18:47] Simple question in here, apologies.

[18:50] It's my first meeting.

[18:52] truck parking between Durango and Bayfield. Is this so that trucks can safely overnight?

[18:58] Yeah, it's like been the trucks. This isn't like a park and ride into town. This is just a safety poll

[19:06] over. And I ask because I live, you know, one just off of 160 and you see a lot of semi's

[19:13] pull right off before my home and they overnight there and I'm wondering is that what this is trying to

[19:19] if you didn't exactly.

[19:20] So they like trying to clog any system

[19:22] that the truckers have to use now with their CDLs.

[19:24] Basically, it requires them if they hit that point,

[19:27] paying you to find a spot to pull over as possible.

[19:30] Truckers that drive our highways a lot,

[19:32] know where there's wide spots,

[19:33] because we don't have a bunch of like,

[19:35] truck stops down here for people to actually pull into.

[19:39] So they use those.

[19:40] So any place we can, you know, the concept is

[19:43] continuing to identify locations like that,

[19:45] but make it safer for them to be fully off the highway,

[19:48] non-feeding traffic. There's only with some weights but like it's fine.

[19:52] Why the stuff up? Okay that's it. Thank you. You've seen like at the

[19:55] gas stations in Bayfield and as well as right after.

[20:02] There's a pre-significant pull-off at the top of his first hill that has a lot of over there, traffic, too.

[20:08] Our maintenance, guys, is to be really careful about disturbing any area off of the pavement because it will get used.

[20:15] We don't have to start expanding the zoning, so big parking lot right there.

[20:19] That's a social trail for trucks.

[20:22] Oh, that's a good way to think about it.

[20:27] So next is the 10 year plan project. So these are the projects like we said the 25 year list is not physically constrained. The 10 year plan list is

[20:38] Headquarters divides up the strategic funds across the five regions and basically told region five okay here's which you guys have got for the next 10 years.

[20:47] How do you you know how do you think this should best be spent.

[20:49] The top project on that list is the Elmore's next project, which you guys are pretty well aware of, I believe.

[20:58] I think Tony did bring up a good point that that is modified from the EIS buildout.

[21:05] It's still $122 million, right?

[21:09] So to do that, EIS buildout in addition to a lot of property takes.

[21:13] would just be, you know, to get a divided highway with, with front and roads all the way from

[21:18] to the other side of the Bayfield, we're just not finding that that's going to have an

[21:22] MRP cost effective, we think we can try to address the same issues, adds capacity,

[21:27] add safety with a smaller footprint. So this is what this project is intended to do. So it would

[21:34] be 5 lanes from L-Mores to the bridge, so we'd have 2 lanes on each side plus a center

[21:39] turn lane and then we'd be repeating, adding and replacing the bridge over the flurry to river

[21:47] and then have alternating pass lanes from there to the dry creep area. The next project

[21:57] then the kind of DevTell is into that is the dry creep passing lane and intersection improvements

[22:03] so that's the intersection, you know, they're to the gun range which is at a brilliant

[22:07] that skewed, we want to turn that into a T, and then also a lot for some more passing

[22:11] through there.

[22:13] This one is kind of unique.

[22:15] It's the only 10-year plan project we have on our list that we actually don't have

[22:18] fun set aside for, but we are hoping because we're taking the same approach with DelMores

[22:23] that we did to the connection project.

[22:25] So with the connection project, we, you know, these are designed bid projects.

[22:31] we typically do, it's called design bid, and then build. With the design build project, we put it out for

[22:39] a bid for both at the beginning. We set aside a budget and try to give, as opposed to our

[22:45] normal process where we say, these are the plans, please give us the best price. We kind of say,

[22:50] this is the price, please give us the best scope or the most scope that you can. We do give them a

[22:56] configure Asia, what we need them to build within that budget, but anything they can do

[23:01] above and beyond that are they bring different alternatives to the table that's still meeting

[23:05] the needs of the project, which allows us to have those conversations and consider health.

[23:11] Does that kind of proposal tend to bring in different kinds of contractors?

[23:15] Yeah, bigger ones. There are a lot of customers. Yeah.

[23:18] So when we did the connection out there at three springs, initially we were only got to go

[23:22] County Road to 20 with the white and tight reportion. By doing the design build process, the

[23:28] contractor learns construction that won the bid, they were able to take that for a lane,

[23:33] much further south than what we thought we'd be able to do with our current budget. So that's

[23:38] been some of the wins we've seen before, so we're hopeful. Maybe we get some dry grief work out of

[23:43] this, too, on top of whitening the highway. How's the crash data there? Are we able to pull funds

[23:51] from excessive crashes there. It is a dangerous business.

[23:55] Yeah, I don't know off the top of my head, Jen. If Jen knows.

[23:59] I don't know. There's nothing. Maybe this is something we can apply towards.

[24:04] And then I understand from my understanding as that county staff have been just

[24:09] pre discussions. So Dwayne has had a conversation with us for sure.

[24:13] If there's a way the county might be able to use some of the funding you guys are receiving to

[24:17] So where that's out right now, sorry Tim.

[24:20] No, please.

[24:22] We're in the process of having one-on-one confidential

[24:24] meetings with three different contracting engineering teams.

[24:29] We have to send out our revised proposal.

[24:31] I think I'm Friday of this week for their review.

[24:35] And then this fall will be narrowing down

[24:38] and selecting a prime contractor.

[24:41] And I do know one of those three teams has rose

[24:45] a little bit of doing somewhere, get that right through the intersection. So we'll be able to talk more

[24:49] about the way in the county. Once we have our selected firm on board and our out of this

[24:56] an actual face. Thank you.

[24:59] The other thing.

[25:00] Not just a Zellworth project, but any other projects that we're working on in the 10-year plan where we get project savings, we usually try to keep those on 10-year plan projects, so we could potentially use some project savings to other projects towards the German Creek budget, also.

[25:19] And that was something we kind of had asked for a special treatment from headquarters to allow us to put an unfunded project on the 10-year plan. They understood the rationale.

[25:28] Another one that's mostly unfunded that's on the 10-year plan, is the replacement of the

[25:33] Amish River, the Amish River Bridge, by 50, just north of New Mexico.

[25:40] This would be about a $60 million project.

[25:42] We put like a $1 million kind of placeholder towards this project and we've been in discussions

[25:49] with this other Union D tribe about they have some access to some current funds of tribal

[25:55] bridge program funding that sea dot or the county typically would not have access to and they

[26:02] sound a jable to working with sea dot to apply for funding that way. So we're hoping to

[26:07] that'll be kind of our plan A to get this funded. What is the status of the bridge like

[26:14] does it get rated or graded and what's the what's the what's the grade? Yeah and Kevin you

[26:20] I believe it's currently fair, it's fair, we have concerns with it, but I believe the current rating is fair.

[26:27] But unfortunately, it's still rated as fair.

[26:30] I keep hoping it can go to four and that gives us better leverage.

[26:35] But it gets us back that every two years.

[26:36] It's just kind of expected this year.

[26:39] It didn't get any change on the structure itself.

[26:43] But we're monitoring it and hopefully we'll stay in place for now.

[26:51] It's poor, we are eligible for funds from bridge enterprise programs, so retail delivery fees,

[26:58] things like that, a lot of that money goes to see that's bridge and tunnel enterprise,

[27:04] and then that's money that goes specifically to these poor bridges, so they can support

[27:08] the freight traffic. But this one is still fair, so we're trying to look at other ways to get it

[27:19] last one. Yeah, so we have Project 2, 4397 and this is the Durango Transit Capital

[27:24] Improvements. So this is a project that we carried over from our last 10-year

[27:27] plan. See that Region 5 is actually delivering it through a local agency program. So

[27:32] for just Google who's on is the Project Manager for seed out on it. This project is looking to

[27:37] improve the transit bus stops on North Maine, between 14th Street and Animus View Drive.

[27:44] This project is currently in design one unique thing about this project.

[27:48] is actually a lot of right away, which are local agency,

[27:51] program doesn't see a ton of them.

[27:53] So SCH, they're designed consultant

[27:55] is working property on us on that,

[27:57] and we're moving through those spaces,

[27:59] and then we're expecting construction next year.

[28:05] And I'll let you take this one too, Amy.

[28:07] Awesome.

[28:08] So the next one, this is another project

[28:10] that we carried over from our last 10-year plan.

[28:12] This is bus service between Pegosus Springs and Durango.

[28:16] Originally, like seven years ago or so,

[28:18] This was envisioned as a fusting route,

[28:21] but we've heard from division of transit and railing

[28:23] of the purpose of bushing as to connect

[28:25] to rural areas to more large municipalities

[28:27] and urban centers, and this would make more senses

[28:31] around that would be provided by our local operators.

[28:34] So we've had multiple conversations

[28:36] with both mountain express transit.

[28:38] That's Archoleta County's Transit Agency,

[28:41] as well as roadrunners, Coca, to see which operator

[28:45] would make the most sense to operate this route

[28:47] those conversations are still happening, but we'll make sure we get the buy-in from our

[28:52] local transit agencies and here in their thoughts and insights and how we can make this route

[28:57] sort of our area. The best in so this would provide daily service between Pogo's

[29:02] Springs and Durango as we see that as a high transit need. Do we have any kind of percentage of what

[29:10] um traffic reduction, car reduction, vehicle reduction that would mean you know that's a great

[29:16] like would we reduce, you know,

[29:18] who goes to Dorengo by 10% or something like that?

[29:21] Yeah, I think that would be,

[29:22] I think that's something division of transatlant rails

[29:25] working on just across the state of, you know,

[29:27] how can the increase of traffic

[29:29] see your reduction of vehicles?

[29:31] And so I can, we might have that number.

[29:34] Yeah, we'll have to be talking about.

[29:38] They have to have a fun noise on the grid.

[29:40] Yeah.

[29:40] No, no, no, no, no, no.

[29:41] I think that's another out at the Riovento wheel,

[29:43] I'm sure you see that.

[29:43] I guess it depends on whether they've predicted

[29:46] ridership.

[29:47] Right.

[29:47] Yeah, but it's true. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's interesting also in the makeup of what the predicted

[29:52] ridership would be is that predominantly tourists who are like staying in one area and one of

[29:57] visit the other one for the day or is it?

[30:18] So all the projects we brought up so far, those are our strategic projects, kind of above and I guess kind

[30:29] or above and beyond our current state of repair project.

[30:35] So I were most of the projects we work on

[30:37] in the Southwest part of the state

[30:40] are through our asset management program.

[30:43] So C. Scott, and that's basically everything

[30:45] that we have.

[30:46] Biggest asset is the surface of our highways,

[30:49] but obviously all our bridges, walls, tunnels,

[30:53] traffic signals,

[30:56] GIO hazards, all of these things are assets, and we have four meal of funds that go to each asset type.

[31:04] Those are typically managed at headquarters, and then each region then gets a portion of those dollars, specific dollar type,

[31:14] to each asset for these projects specific to the asset types.

[31:18] So, next we'll be some of the asset type projects we're working on.

[31:24] What is currently under construction is the high bridge to Elmore's surface treatment project.

[31:31] So, you guys would trim it through this corridor many times.

[31:34] I'm sure, so we're doing a surface treatment, we're placing the guardrail to make pavement markings.

[31:38] It's about a $20 million project under construction,

[31:43] fall of 2026. As you guys have seen, we're the most of the work at night to try to

[31:48] limit disruptions to traffic. And we took away the bump. So as you go up in the

[31:55] ramps, there's your reddit to the roundabout from town. We just got that done recently

[31:59] to open that right sooner and soon. It was like a dukes of hazard ramp. That one was

[32:05] not nearly as bad as the one on the bridge when we took the bridge.

[32:09] I don't know.

[32:11] So we got it.

[32:15] I seem to be going really well.

[32:17] I haven't been there for like two weeks when I went out there.

[32:19] I'm like, wait, you guys got so much done.

[32:22] So, yeah, you're really good.

[32:23] Great work on the night.

[32:25] The next stuff.

[32:26] I know a lot of people appreciate that.

[32:28] Especially myself too.

[32:30] I can help.

[32:31] We're going in the day with a mountain track.

[32:33] We have another area.

[32:34] Not to mention.

[32:35] Also, heat of summer laying asphalt.

[32:37] I'm going to ensure that people who are on the ground lay in the actual asphalt are properly

[32:42] pretty pleased about cooler temperatures as well.

[32:46] How much of an increase was that?

[32:48] I'm doing it from day to night.

[32:50] I don't know if we actually have numbers for that.

[32:52] Kevin, do you have an idea?

[32:54] I don't know that it affects the price of asphalt that much.

[32:58] We do have a pay item in there for lighting.

[33:00] So that the contractor team, but I don't think, I don't think I can put a number on it at this point.

[33:10] Definitely not significant enough for us to have it be like a budgister rate.

[33:15] When we did 160 between Bayfield and Rango as the same thing, we did a night job through there too,

[33:20] just with the volume of traffic, and it was a huge success.

[33:23] We knew after that project that we can continue to pull these off, we can't do more than about one a year.

[33:29] Just because the contractors only have access to so many nights that they can have their plants running,

[33:34] you know, codes that they have in the local agencies.

[33:38] So, which, you know, it's always that balance of what the line between all of our projects.

[33:46] Hmm.

[33:46] What codes are regulating?

[33:47] Apparently, the Plata County codes that oversee, I think it's the Plata County codes that oversee the asphalt plants

[33:54] or tired of the, have limits on how many nights a year that they can actually run their plants.

[34:01] So the neighbor concerns how did we, and it wouldn't surprise me if it comes down to their

[34:05] land development approval code and be an all process that they have to go through to have their

[34:09] plants place for their place. But I've never dug into your codes, that's just what the contractors

[34:14] have told us. But you do, you don't have more than a need for more than one of these a year.

[34:19] Yeah, but it's just curious for education purposes.

[34:23] Yeah, just a little bit.

[34:24] We don't have to look at each agreement.

[34:29] All right, another asset in our region that

[34:32] needs a lot of work are all of our culverts.

[34:35] A lot of these culverts are kind of reaching the end of their

[34:39] expected lifespans, and we're trying to do a lot of things to

[34:44] extend the life, and then if they've gotten too so bad,

[34:47] we just have to replace them.

[34:48] Every fiscal year unspend federal funds get redistributed amongst all the states and this is with the

[35:00] See, at the side, they were going to use that federal redistribution money for culverts. So that's what

[35:06] funded this project, where we've got several governments that we have. There's a lot of them are

[35:12] in La Pada County. One of them, I guess near Interimosa, on 550, it was a corporate placement. We've

[35:21] several in the reservation. One of them on 151 we've done, the one on 550 we've done. We've

[35:30] got another one on 151 and two of them on 172 that we're gonna come back and get this fall. This is a

[35:37] 13 and a half million dollar project originally. Roughly how long is the lifespan of one of

[35:44] the culprits? I think a lot of there's a lot of variables depending on where they're at,

[35:50] how corrosive the water is, things like that. And then we are now, a lot of times try to replace

[35:55] our old corrugated metal pipes with reinforced concrete pipes, which we think was last longer.

[36:03] But Kevin, do you know that the base, like kind of CMA, the 50-year-old?

[36:08] Oh, a lot of those culverts were from the original highway construction in the 30s and 40s.

[36:14] They have way out live their lifespan and hopefully by us getting either rehab treatments

[36:21] or replacements from US another 40 years.

[36:25] Good Kevin, not the top of your head.

[36:26] Do you know how many culverts we have in Region 5 that we like major culverts?

[36:33] Well, when we submitted our list to headquarters for that error redistribution funds, we have

[36:41] Over 1,300 culverts in the region, we submitted a list of 9,100 culverts that needed attention, and we're not going to be able to get more than 50 or 60 with this project.

[36:54] In general, how much do we get a year in for culvert projects outside of these redistribution funds?

[37:00] Our asset management system gives us about $2 million a year.

[37:06] So, there's a reason why we're often in reacting to COVID issues, because we just don't get enough money.

[37:14] So it's going to go in and get in front of the problems.

[37:17] Is there a problem of money that once a COVID is failed?

[37:20] It becomes immediately accessible.

[37:22] There is a burnt transportation commission contingency dollars.

[37:26] Okay.

[37:26] No, on Highway 17, between, oh, trauma and...

[37:32] And that's for you, Harvey.

[37:36] Yeah, two summers ago.

[37:38] We had two culverts go, and we were able to quickly access those emergency funds to jump in and take out those projects.

[37:45] We would prefer that not to be the situation, but at least there is that pot of money that sets out there to help address those emergencies.

[37:52] That same summer region three up in the Northwest part of state also had a couple of culverts fail, so that helped bring some attention that when we got some extra dollars,

[38:01] it was we focused it in and covered. I don't know if that money's going to come around again any time

[38:06] soon, but at least we're getting as much done with it as we can, right?

[38:10] You in the situation we're in where we haven't been reimbursed for FEMA, for flood damages,

[38:15] did you have flood damages to any culverts or highways for that matter bridges that your

[38:21] the state didn't get reimbursed for? Yeah, we I think we submitted but didn't get as yeah the

[38:27] Trump wouldn't give us a designation. I don't think we got any dollars out of the

[38:32] out of the floods from last fall. We're okay. I'm usually a quick question on Colbert,

[38:36] so you guys, every two years didn't expect our Colbert's to grow into the can.

[38:41] Or is your subreddit snow? You have just the bridges every two years.

[38:44] Now you're the major structures, I think.

[38:49] Yes, sometimes for us a box call or some bridge is kind of a,

[38:53] but yeah, anything that's a major struck, classified as a major structure based on its size.

[38:58] I think the state is practicing every two years.

[39:00] Regardless, whether it's on our system or not.

[39:02] Thank you.

[39:05] So some planned asset projects we have coming up,

[39:09] we're gonna be resurfacing Colorado, Colorado 3.

[39:13] That's a $6 million project.

[39:16] We're gonna advertise it this fall, construction next year.

[39:21] Another one is 550 from the state line north.

[39:26] That's about a $20 million project that we're going to help to get about 12 miles

[39:32] resurfaced, advertising at $27 construction in 28.

[39:39] Another one is, we're going to go to the north of the Durango to rough to the rockwood area.

[39:46] That's going to be about a $17 million project we're advertising this winter and construction in 27.

[39:52] and then we receive the regenerative sleep from freight funding for installation.

[40:01] All your questions in the Western Slope by basically all fall winter. It's spring and one of the things, I think, seed out her back from the free industry as part of that was, okay, if you're going to require all of this change, you've got to give us places to put the chains on.

[40:17] So we're looking at one on 160 going west, so that's heading towards like the rainbow west.

[40:24] And then another one on 550 heading north, this would be near like the painted in hot springs in that area.

[40:33] So we're going to advertise that at this winter for construction in 27.

[40:41] And I think this is the last one we're looking to we've got a couple overhead irrigation structures we're looking to replace.

[40:49] One of those is that big structure just west of Bayfield.

[40:55] So that needs to be replaced.

[40:59] So this is a $5 million project we can to advertise this next year.

[41:04] And obviously this irrigation systems we have to do the construction when irrigation is

[41:10] off.

[41:10] So that would be the winner of $0.728 where we're going to be looking to replace that structure.

[41:16] There's water coming up from underneath the ground and the asphalt is that due to irrigation.

[41:21] That's from the beginning of the system.

[41:22] So it comes from the pipe down and underneath the road.

[41:26] Okay, yeah.

[41:26] It's fine to place a stick around.

[41:27] Yes, fun during the winter.

[41:29] It's a little bit cold.

[41:31] Like it melts a little bit.

[41:33] And okay, that's great.

[41:34] And then how many times you replace that guardrail there?

[41:38] I tell you what, you, it looks like weekly.

[41:42] It's still when it's drawn.

[41:44] It's coming.

[41:47] It's doable.

[41:49] And the guardrail, the next one, it seems to be like

[41:52] every other week, someone slams into one of those.

[41:55] Right now, we're great.

[41:57] What causes that?

[41:58] This isn't a particularly blind corner or anything.

[42:00] Is it?

[42:01] It's just people's attention.

[42:03] You can stop that.

[42:05] Bad driving.

[42:06] Yep.

[42:10] Thank you.

[42:10] That'll be nice.

[42:11] So every time I drive through there,

[42:12] obviously, they need to be exactly the same thing.

[42:15] But you know, it's least it's,

[42:17] obviously, it's made it there,

[42:18] since people keep running into it.

[42:20] And it's keeping people on the highway,

[42:21] instead of going off those deep and bank months,

[42:23] because it could be worse.

[42:24] And do you collect, so we try to do our best to be active on our ground rails when they're

[42:29] struck, so if CSPs involved, you're able to then deal with the insurance carriers.

[42:33] Yeah, okay.

[42:34] And the main money doesn't specifically come back to the region itself, but C.D. does recover

[42:39] what we can and put it back into our temporary coffers.

[42:47] So another type of project that C.D. helps deliver is we pass through a lot of state and

[42:54] general funds directly to local agencies and then, you know, any time those funds pass through

[43:02] the CDOT federal fund state funds, there's always have strings attached to them, so our

[43:07] local agency program works directly with the recipients to make sure they're following,

[43:12] you know, all the state federal guidelines on how that money needs to get spent.

[43:17] A lot of this goes to transit projects, a lot of it goes to bridge, but there's a local

[43:24] like off-system bridge program, and then also a lot of the multi-model site block type projects

[43:31] get funded this way.

[43:34] But yeah, I'll let Annie talk about these projects.

[43:39] So, the first one is the Durango College Drive and eighth project.

[43:43] So, most of the construction has been done on this already.

[43:46] All of the hard suit escaping is done, it's just a little bit of seating and some last

[43:50] minute.

[43:51] items to wrap up, but it should be done this year, so that was a 1.5 million in the MMOF

[43:58] $60, as I mentioned again, Bridgip dual sheet delivers all these little agency projects

[44:04] below the region, but this project reduced the roadway from four lanes to three, and

[44:10] if you're some transit stops, as well as some additional sidewalks. Construction project

[44:16] as active right now, is there was the Avenue Path,

[44:19] so that would be a shared East Path,

[44:21] and really multi-modal improvements along the avenues we see.

[44:24] A lot of pedestrian and multi-modal traffic on this route.

[44:29] This project has 1.2 million of our tap program,

[44:32] transportation alternatives, as well as some match for the city.

[45:00] I think of what is the intersection there that is coming down and on to rules that it doesn't have a stop sign.

[45:05] The one that goes up to me, the one that goes up to me, that is a crazy spot to not have a stop sign. Is that?

[45:13] Yeah, that would be the end of our view. It's the city.

[45:16] Yeah.

[45:17] Yeah.

[45:18] I have watched so many near has misses and far is almost hitting cyclists.

[45:23] It is, I live in Crestview.

[45:25] And so I go by this. Sorry to interrupt you.

[45:28] No, no. I can agree with you more.

[45:31] And I live in Crest, you said, probably do this.

[45:33] I'll have me talk so a week.

[45:34] You guys know what the numbers of average daily trips.

[45:36] But I can't believe something hasn't been killed.

[45:38] And I'm so glad this is getting done.

[45:41] And yeah, the coming down for man,

[45:43] I going after the cemetery.

[45:45] And then people crossing right there.

[45:47] Because that's manna to the right.

[45:49] That's the intersection you're talking about commissioner.

[45:51] And then people crossing over,

[45:53] Now we've had a pickleball quarts.

[45:55] It's like, I wear it stand with the danger, you know.

[46:00] So I'm so psyched.

[46:01] I don't like getting delayed every morning.

[46:04] Yeah.

[46:06] Yeah, and go back.

[46:07] A little soapbox there.

[46:09] No, I'm sure.

[46:10] I just wanted to know if you had jurisdiction

[46:11] over stick.

[46:12] We don't.

[46:13] Yeah, we've heard that before.

[46:15] Is there another stop?

[46:16] So you're it's like, two ways to do it.

[46:18] Two ways to do it.

[46:20] There's two main archerials that are coming down

[46:23] and intersecting in a T in terms of setting one has a stop sign of the other one does not.

[46:27] So that's what we're looking at right there. Yeah. Yeah.

[46:30] One is cemetery. What is weird? I don't know. I can't ever which one is which.

[46:35] You got it. It's not a road. I'm on too often, but every time I am, I'm like how, yeah, that. Yeah.

[46:42] And I was wondering if that was like a safety issue, like is it doesn't ice,

[46:46] and so they don't want to put a stop sign there. I, I, I, I don't understand anything.

[46:50] the organization with that mind, yeah, you know, but in human back to the college and in

[46:56] graduate group, you know, so we took the four lanes to three, the general public gates,

[47:01] any time they hear that you're not taking away, but the data indicates that on roads like this,

[47:08] they become much safer and nobody gets there any slower. So you might sit behind somebody

[47:13] where you want to be in front of them, but at the end of the day, you're actually getting to that

[47:17] to your destination just as bad as you were before. So this is something we're looking at kind of

[47:22] statewide, you know, taking a different approach to let's just put more lanes every time

[47:28] we have an issue with think that's going to make it better. The data is indicated actually that's

[47:33] way that we just as much congestion. So like I said, there are not popular, so you guys might hear them

[47:38] and I guess that's the top of the point and we've the data in the case that they're not, you don't

[47:43] using any speed, you know, from when it would be, and it makes these road waste segments

[47:47] quite safe. I think it's, yeah, it's much safer. I drive it all the time to go to and from

[47:51] work and it just makes sense. It's more of a traffic calming as well. Would you be able to

[47:59] provide us with some of that road diet data like just so that it's, it's good for us to just have

[48:06] that our favorite types of homework explaining it to people where we're getting our resources of

[48:13] And it's gotten so impobular, you know, it's very effective that I don't even think we are allowed to use the word road diet anymore.

[48:20] We have to say, the lane reduction or lane from our cops folks.

[48:26] We had a project in their diet and they had to take it out.

[48:43] All right, now

[48:45] there while I'll

[48:45] do this fucked one this is a인가–Saundall

[48:47] get designated spending project to get there

[48:52] revenue

[48:53] of revenue at COVID

[48:54] at COVID as sales

[48:54] as sales

[48:56] working through with us in the engineers. I think they're hoping to go to construction at

[49:02] 2027. That's just not to go north though. It's just put the intersection there and stops

[49:09] because then, past life, it was the road to go north, tie into the school. So that's still a

[49:17] long range plan for Bayfield. I think this is just the signal itself and the infrastructure type

[49:23] that Bridget or Jen feel free to correct this. You guys have been intimately involved with it.

[49:29] Is this six to the housing project? Yeah. What was the question if we were going to extend to the

[49:35] North in the project or just in preparation for the.

[49:40] Just go from the Bayfield signal Parkway project.

[49:43] Yeah. We're just. We're going to place a signal at the Parkway intersection.

[49:51] There will just be a stub to the north that will stop shy of the right-of-way lines so that there's no right-of-way acquisition.

[50:00] So I'd like to line and tie in. It's much more than a signal project because there's steep embankment

[50:08] slopes in so in order to build those turn lanes and acceleration lanes. There's a lot of dirt that

[50:13] has to be moved. Then we have an irrigation ditch on either side of the intersection that needs to be

[50:21] adjusted or extended. So kind of why it's taking a little bit longer.

[50:27] Um, it's, it's a lot more details and things going on.

[50:35] So, guys, are the questions?

[50:38] Thank you. I look forward to this. It's been a long conversation with you and I we've

[50:41] patterned for many years. And so, um, I think the, depending on the economy, I think business

[50:49] community will be able to help assist moving forward because that's about 100 acres right there

[50:54] for a commercial industrial housing is going to be

[50:58] going to open up a door. How big door? Wow. And we did break.

[51:01] We had our our right away lines in some places. We have what we call an

[51:06] airline, which is basically like a line that we don't want to break

[51:08] till our more access to the highway. We were able to break that line

[51:12] to officially make sure to that that ordinance

[51:15] up goes through and gosh, we did that in 2018 or

[51:18] 19. So it's been primed and ready. Yes, it is.

[51:22] I'm happy because children are still running across at the pawn shop area, and so this will help

[51:27] slow between the lights to a point. Just calm people down and set a fly-in through Bayfield.

[51:33] The question and it's I don't expect like to cosporate down, but that

[51:37] congressional director spending was a couple of years ago correct. Yes, so where do we see

[51:43] getting, because I agree, a top priority we've talked to Bayfield a lot about this.

[51:48] I'm sure there's a funding gap I know.

[51:51] I'm sure there is.

[51:52] I know Sita is putting some funds together into it from our signal assets that we have

[51:57] to build those signals.

[51:58] It's only like $500 a year.

[52:00] We get for it.

[52:01] So it's a pretty small pod.

[52:04] But yeah, I'm not sure where the rest is coming from.

[52:06] Bridget.

[52:08] Are you tied into the funding side or Jen?

[52:10] The city is actively looking.

[52:13] The cost estimate is upwards of 4 million.

[52:17] And, yeah, Jen came in with a state funds to provide the local match to the Congressional Award.

[52:24] And then an additional, I want to say around 300.

[52:28] So I think she got in 700 to 800,000.

[52:34] The city is paying for the design that isn't reimbursable at this time.

[52:39] But they do have a gap to fund construction.

[52:42] So, pain-year-olds, just to apologize now.

[52:49] The last thing is we're just trying to help them with grant applications, where we can signals

[52:52] are a little bit trickier, but the app continued to offer that, but if anybody knows a couple

[52:58] million, they need it.

[53:00] What's sad is when I was mayor, it was 2.5.

[53:03] Right, exactly.

[53:04] And then now it's at four.

[53:06] I know that there was about a hat, I don't quote me on about a half a million coming from

[53:11] that came from the school district, but I think the town used funds for engineering of that.

[53:17] And so there may be, I can't speak for them, but maybe there is a lot of people be excited about this.

[53:30] What do you want to take left?

[53:31] Sure, so Ignacio received a revitalizing mainstream grant and they were one of the last projects

[53:39] to receive funding, but the program was put on pause.

[53:42] So this was to do pedestrian improvements

[53:46] on part of St.

[53:47] because it got her, good or street, not her.

[53:50] Got her.

[53:50] Thank you, I'll leave her down so it's got her.

[53:52] Thank you, Julie.

[53:53] And so they received 220,000.

[53:57] See that headquarters is actually delivering this project,

[54:00] not see that region five.

[54:01] So as they will get a status update yesterday

[54:03] from the C.D. headquarters project managers.

[54:06] And so they have some scope changes

[54:08] that they're working through slightly to make sure that it aligns with the program, and that

[54:13] this consultant has provided preliminary drawings on RFBs, cross-archs, straightening, enhancements,

[54:21] and warning signal, signage, 5-foot sidewalks, lock pioneer street, and then landscape boulders

[54:27] around the curve of the northwest corner, high-near street. So is the revitalizing Main Street

[54:33] program over is not having the active funds over the level of warning any. Yeah, the state legislature

[54:40] with the budget cuts and basically defunded that program. Hiatus until the JVC recommends refunding it.

[54:51] So they did not cancel any active projects, the little projects that I've received funding

[54:55] and before still being delivered. But it was receiving its funds from the general fund and those

[55:00] 8% of the last two years. We'll see what this should bring. But yeah, take that light, religious leader. But like we had a big pot of money just sitting there not getting spent, not understanding sometimes it takes a while to get the wheels turning on these projects. So that's why they got targeted.

[55:17] And they were desperate.

[55:20] On that note, do we know and, you know, once I'm in D5, got pulled?

[55:26] The Transportation Initiative, 79? Yes, 79.

[55:29] And then apparently that was a deal struck to take money out of the gym of lunch for transportation.

[55:35] Do we know when that is going, the details of that are going to come forward?

[55:40] Does anybody hurt?

[55:42] Yeah.

[55:42] I think it's going to come forward with the next legislative session because the conversation was a whole bunch of

[55:47] some bills coming through the legislation and new fee bill coming through the next legislative session.

[55:53] Okay, so really it hinges upon the next legislative session actually doing something when we have a new governor and

[56:00] on top of whatever happens with elections going on the asphalt.

[56:05] I mean, I personally am glad I got pulled, but then the intent of it was good.

[56:10] And everybody was like, yeah, we need transportation funding. How are we going to make that happen?

[56:14] You know, I think it brought some attention to some of the issues that we've been struggling with for sure.

[56:18] Yeah. So we'll hear in our CCI calls about, okay, so if when some be nine got pulled, then what is the idea for

[56:25] Get transportation funding where it needs to be?

[56:28] Okay.

[56:29] I haven't seen a whole bunch of details as pretty high level, but a lot.

[56:33] One of them was a feed bill that would go through the legislative session.

[56:37] And I think there's probably more.

[56:39] okay. Thanks.

[56:46] Yeah. So another local agency project, the division of transit and rail at headquarters is

[56:52] delivering this project, but it's the Durango evening. My good micro transit service, they were awarded

[56:59] MMMF dollars for this in the last call. And so they have $468,000 total the way that they're doing it

[57:06] just a small steady chunk each fiscal year through 2028. So they've been able to operate the service

[57:14] this past year. Basically it's more of the evening service critical for employees and

[57:21] eight residents and so this is a really successful program and we're happy that they're

[57:25] studying their money. That is really hugely successful. Yeah. So as a heads up, the funding for this,

[57:32] the multi-modal mitigation options fund, just like the

[57:36] providing the revitalizing main streets, was also swept back from the legislature.

[57:43] Luckily, about half of the funds were also fees that still come into the program,

[57:49] but more of those fees now go to Bustang than they used to.

[57:53] So, you know, the bottom line is the TPR, the TPR,

[57:56] works the MMO funds, they likely will not have money to do a new call for projects until

[58:03] probably 20, 30 or 20, 31. So these operaries, these transit type projects, right? They were able

[58:10] to apply for funding for operating for the window, which the TPR lasted call, but they'll call,

[58:16] which was through 20, 28. I don't know if during ago has funding identified beyond 20, 28 because

[58:22] these, and then the left dollars that they were probably hoping they could just apply for every

[58:26] few years and keep the program funded, at least they're going to probably miss one cycle.

[58:35] That's a bummer for the, I just talked to some news really, really concerned,

[58:40] and you look at our jail data and 10% of people in our jails right there because of DUI's

[58:46] and the people that came in and did a early assessment said that is extraordinarily high.

[58:53] And so things like this help get drug drivers off our

[58:58] history doesn't give.

[59:00] So maybe it'll be restored if we can find the transportation funding.

[59:08] Another transit project that received at MMLF dollars is the roadrunners,

[59:12] the Coga transit facility, their facilities, just south of B fields.

[59:17] And this is a planning grant, so a shovel ready plan to really upgrade their facility.

[59:24] So, this project has two sources of funding.

[59:27] It's the MMOF, which is really actually a supplement to an existing federal transit administration,

[59:32] 53.04, which is a planning grant through the FDA that Roadrunner received.

[59:38] This project is being delivered partially through headquarters, mostly division of transit rail,

[59:44] but as well as our division of transportation development.

[59:47] Some of the MMOF funds in this project need to be spent by the end of the year,

[59:51] as well as the 53 or four on also expire.

[59:55] And so they're making sure that they meet their deadlines,

[59:57] they'll need for it.

[59:59] And I actually just...

[1:00:00] Okay, and then the last piece of kind of what C.D. does is our maintenance crews, so these are the, you know, orange C.D. vehicles you guys see, you know, fixing the car growl, like we talked about in a normal winter doing a lot of still plowing stuff, you know, trimming, mowing, a lot of different things that are bait and it's guys do. Basically it's just kind of keep the system running and do the fixes that they can do.

[1:00:30] with state staff. So just a couple, they also will do some, our maintenance guys, we'll

[1:00:39] do some resurfacing and surface treatment type projects. They are limited by the

[1:00:45] transition commission on how much they can spend on a single project. I believe the

[1:00:51] cap on that is $300,000. So a project costs more than $300,000 for required by statute to put it

[1:00:58] bit like those bigger projects that we do. So that's why a lot of times you will see just like a

[1:01:03] mile get done that you wonder why didn't they keep going? That's why. But a couple of those,

[1:01:09] one I think that was just finished and maybe just walked down but just north of Durango

[1:01:17] kind of in the Rockwood area there was a half mile that got resurfaced through there and then we've

[1:01:24] a chip seal on Highway 140 kind of just north of this state line. The chip seals, the highway

[1:01:32] thing which usually aren't is in bad shape and the chip seal can hopefully the lifespan on

[1:01:37] that is not as long but the highway is not so bad it's a lot more cost-effective so we can

[1:01:43] lot of times deal about five miles with a chip seal or as if we're completely resurfacing.

[1:01:48] We can usually get the one mile for the same price.

[1:01:51] We rely on those maintenance projects to really hold the roots together until we can get an engineering project in there.

[1:01:57] And some of our real-world areas, like Highway 90, over by that night of Highway 90.

[1:02:06] We literally year after year, we're doing a mile.

[1:02:10] So, good.

[1:02:12] Yep.

[1:02:13] And then we've got a couple more that are coming up.

[1:02:17] also in 550 north of the town and then kind of thinking up where that other ship

[1:02:22] seemed left off. I'll do that within the next year.

[1:02:27] And then this is, so in the last art, you know, the state fiscal year is July 1st through June 30th

[1:02:34] or fiscal year 2026. It just ended June 30th. So this is how much we spent in the

[1:02:41] County on maintenance of the highway system. I was 4 million bucks. A lot of times the

[1:02:50] that winter operations it was only 25% this year that usually is the biggest piece of

[1:02:55] the pot. But with having the light winter we had a little bit more a little bit more money

[1:03:01] to spend on some other things. So traffic services that's replacing signs doing a lot of

[1:03:11] on signals any time, you know, a traffic signal, our system goes down, things like that.

[1:03:18] The surface treatment is kind of what I just went over those types of projects.

[1:03:21] The earthwork would be like cleaning out our ditch lines, repairing shoulders, things

[1:03:28] along, things like that.

[1:03:29] Clean up is litter, room chill, geohazard, where we get mudslides or just rocks on the highway.

[1:03:39] And the right way maintenance that would include things like light guard rail, fences,

[1:03:45] mowing, tree trimming, weging, all things like that.

[1:03:50] And that is the last slide.

[1:03:52] So this is the point where we kind of open it up to questions to you guys and hear

[1:03:56] concerns that we didn't go over.

[1:04:00] Mistress.

[1:04:01] I don't have any particular question at this point and I hope you have a significant greater

[1:04:07] expenditure and snow removal.

[1:04:14] One of the only things I had was the irrigation that's going to love the highway.

[1:04:21] Sorry to bring up such a source subject here.

[1:04:25] Is CDOT replacing the irrigation that goes over?

[1:04:30] That's not the responsibility of the irrigation.

[1:04:32] It's not used the answer to our response, but it was, okay,

[1:04:34] it carries structures that actually cross our right away.

[1:04:37] Okay, keep those in good repair.

[1:05:02] So, that's why we are doing that. And that hasn't really been touched other than some tape put on it to remove air holes through it since it was first put in. So, it's time. When was it first put in?

[1:05:16] I don't know, I haven't even remember when the overhead pipe structure was done, that's

[1:05:22] when the highway was relying probably in the 70s.

[1:05:25] Yeah, I want to say in the 50s, but I could look that up, but it's been there a long time,

[1:05:32] and we only recently conducted inspections that have never been done because they considered it a minor structure.

[1:05:39] We have seven overhead pipes within the region, and we did an inspection on them last summer.

[1:05:47] And we were focusing our efforts on the Bayfield one right now, and then we also have one.

[1:05:52] Across this 491 outside of Cortez, the R-Second focus, and then there's several a number of them on 285.

[1:06:00] Some of them have already been abandoned, and we're looking into the possibility of removing them.

[1:06:04] But we also have irrigation structures that are

[1:06:10] ciphons that go under the highway.

[1:06:12] A number of places throughout our region.

[1:06:14] We did replace one years ago when we did the two

[1:06:18] three intersection project, we replaced one that

[1:06:21] one underneath the highway.

[1:06:23] This happens to be overhead and it's way past you.

[1:06:29] We were able to tap into emergency contingency

[1:06:31] dollars for this one as well because we really don't

[1:06:33] have any sources of asset funding since it wasn't being inspected.

[1:06:37] It's not considered like the regular asset system.

[1:06:40] So it was grateful that the Commission was willing to give us some emergency funds to make

[1:06:44] sure we got this one done in the one North of the Court as done.

[1:06:51] Herman, stop.

[1:06:51] I just want to thank everybody for your work.

[1:06:54] It's really, there's a great presentation.

[1:06:56] There is a person I talked to, gosh, it was a long time ago, who held some questions about

[1:07:03] access on 5.50. South, who should I? I told him I would. Yeah, talk about it next time you all came in.

[1:07:11] And it would be Jennifer Allison with our traffic unit that takes care of access,

[1:07:15] Jennifer Allison. Right. She's on. Yep. Yes. Okay. Yeah. So thank you.

[1:07:20] Can you get her number? You know, you can, yes,

[1:07:23] set it to Sean or something. Yeah, and we'll make sure the letter also has that information in it.

[1:07:28] Okay. Thanks. And I'll just let you know he can talk. And then to put something on your

[1:07:32] screen that came across my radar screen. Apparently, there are some negotiations going on with the city of

[1:07:38] Durango and Perks of Wildlife around the Animus River Trail connection from Home Depot to where it comes down and it's like we need that segment and I think there's some

[1:07:51] concerns with CPW about that being a wildland corridor and which would

[1:07:56] to perhaps make the trail more difficult.

[1:07:59] So I don't just to outreach to you

[1:08:01] that that would take so that would take so many vehicles

[1:08:03] off our roads if we can get that done.

[1:08:06] And but I think there might be some considerations there

[1:08:11] with CPW saying that's a major wildlife area.

[1:08:16] And then the question I think would be

[1:08:18] how would a trail impact a wildlife corridor

[1:08:22] if it's by a four or five laying high bed?

[1:08:26] You know, I'm trying to be I'm trying to be flip it. I promise that I I'm waiting a lot of work in this area

[1:08:32] I don't want to like I don't want to like I don't want to put any wrenches and things because it's the city and not us

[1:08:40] But when we look at three springs and people being able to bike in and that corridor access the

[1:08:46] Access plan that we just got for grand view. I just

[1:08:51] It's not virgin wilderness. It's a sea dot corridor and so I don't know

[1:08:56] And I'm talking from an educated perspective.

[1:09:00] I don't know how a new trail would impact that wildlife corridor.

[1:09:05] You know, and we probably just probably need to talk to Mr. Archer let it

[1:09:10] to say, what is the science behind putting in a trail versus high-paying?

[1:09:18] I think that was.

[1:09:19] So all the animals used to cross at three springs.

[1:09:24] And since three springs has been developed,

[1:09:26] it's moved them closer to the highway three area and it's severe when arranged

[1:09:32] strictly above that, which is why it has the winter closure. Right. And those animals are moving

[1:09:37] down off that hill to the Animus River on a daily basis. So it does see a lot of animal movement

[1:09:44] and having a trail with human presence and domestic animals would deter its use by some animals.

[1:09:53] Um, it is right next to the highway, so I don't know how big of an impact I would be

[1:09:58] going to pay.

[1:09:58] That's the answer.

[1:10:02] And we're going to look at, you know, would we allow that? What would that look like?

[1:10:08] We have a lot of local agencies that are trying to put shared use paths in the right way and we're typically,

[1:10:13] we have been very open as long as you follow the design standards. So I guess I just can report for the city that they're trying to move through it without that, or within that restriction.

[1:10:27] Okay,

[1:10:30] so it'd be a realignment of the trail outside of the critical while they have a tap.

[1:10:35] Yeah, I'm supposed to have a highway.

[1:10:36] Yeah.

[1:10:36] But I think that mitigations can hopefully be the conversation that needs to be had.

[1:10:40] There are ways to screen the trail from the wild areas that the animals are using with with shrubbery.

[1:10:47] Mm, intact.

[1:10:48] It makes the project cost a lot more.

[1:10:50] Okay.

[1:10:51] But there are ways to minimize the impact.

[1:10:54] Yeah, so.

[1:10:54] And Tony maybe reach out to Durango and let them know. I think they took that

[1:11:01] news from CPW and now are going to do a connected or connected with separation of

[1:11:08] barrier on that 550 as you come around the corner from Home Depot until they can get back to

[1:11:23] the left, which in that area would be, I think, like, the Northeast, that's the area they're talking about.

[1:11:30] It was the prior trail alignment. So BLM would have pair people process. Yeah, and this is where

[1:11:38] I heard it kind of, but yeah. Okay, that's good to know. Usually if you ask if you

[1:11:44] of you if there's a wildlife problem they say yes.

[1:11:49] So if you ever ask them if you should close any of your trails they'll say yes.

[1:11:55] That is probably what's happening here.

[1:11:57] There's Bill, Bill, I'm asking C.P.W.

[1:12:01] That's there.

[1:12:03] Does it have a comment?

[1:12:05] Any other questions?

[1:12:07] Thank you very much.

[1:12:08] Thank you.

[1:12:09] Thank you.

[1:12:11] I'm going to just take a five minute break and then we can just crack through the rest of this here.

[1:12:16] So we can be in Bibles.

[1:12:18] Thank you.

[1:12:25] Thank you.

[1:12:26] Thank you.

[1:12:26] Good night.

[1:12:27] Good night.

[1:18:17] I appreciate that you've had the moment of this move. Yes, look at us.

[1:18:24] We're in a

[1:18:28] way.

[1:18:31] Why we still have the one slide.

[1:18:35] Who is the voice in the air? Is that Logan? Is there possible you can kick off? And then maybe that we'll go back to our normal screen.

[1:18:57] Okay. All right. We'll go ahead and reconvene a BDT here. And up here is future board discussion items.

[1:19:07] I have one that may take more time on my day.

[1:19:13] I've been thinking about we have reconvened our meetings with the city and

[1:19:17] Ignacio, and I know this has some difficulty with the

[1:19:21] system of heights, but I am wondering if we can eventually

[1:19:25] possibly even quarter, well I guess we're going to be in quarter

[1:19:28] for pretty quick, reconstitute our meetings with Bayfield, the

[1:19:33] So I do, I have no issues, I have no concerns or issues with that, Commissioner, so just every time I have an opportunity to see any representation from Bayfield, I do remind them that we would like to do that because that was the last guidance I was given of being able to keep asking for that.

[1:19:53] it improves, it just improves communication. So I have a region.

[1:20:01] The Senateman Heights will come up and we'll just have to deal with it. It's really settled at this point from my understanding.

[1:20:09] But we have lots like I just was thinking to about the signal like we always talked about the signal.

[1:20:14] We always talked about the way, you know, share patrols and all that kind of stuff.

[1:20:18] So I would say, if Sean is willing, see where John's at, and see where it goes, if they don't

[1:20:26] reach back out to us, they feel like we've made the overture.

[1:20:30] I have an idea, Mitch, was I have an idea, and that is, you have not had, you've had the opportunity

[1:20:35] to meet with Ignatio, maybe you could have a reach out to Mr. Waters as well, an ask of

[1:20:43] that we like to be convened, quarterly, sir, whatever, or any schedule, and then maybe YouTube can

[1:20:48] me as well. Absolutely. Exactly. And that's great. Yeah, penned is. Yes. Thank you for that.

[1:20:57] Yep for me. Yeah. Yeah. I don't actually have anything in addition at this point in time.

[1:21:05] Admittedly, I'm a little confused about all of the things that are on our ballot. So I was trying

[1:21:10] figure out, when did we schedule the legislative discussion, the ballot discussion, and

[1:21:16] it's so, next week, I think we said it's for a nice week. That's what I thought is

[1:21:21] like a full-bind discussion. I want to do what I just want to make sure that I have plenty

[1:21:26] of leeway. That's just, I want to make sure I have no one to make.

[1:21:29] Well, I'm going to tie on to that for next week. I was going to have an ask because I sit

[1:21:37] on the land-film mitigation committee, and they move for the meeting, and it's on a Wednesday.

[1:21:44] So I would, my ask was going to be, if Commissioner Filbert can run VDT that day because I

[1:21:49] would really like to be there remotely. I'll be here at the office, but we'll not be able to be

[1:21:53] part of VDT. So the question I'll have is, is I am comfortable with you all still proceeding

[1:21:59] with telling having that discussion, but I would like to be at the land-film meeting during VDT.

[1:22:07] So I'm playing, I mean, obviously, that's fine, but I just wonder about then moving the overall

[1:22:11] ball of question to the 16th when you could be there, because I think getting all our views

[1:22:16] and being clear, we can talk about this later when we talk about 1, 3, 2, but it being clear

[1:22:22] like it's just talking, yeah, we're just talking.

[1:22:25] Well, it's also really interesting to understand how, because again, so many of these, particularly

[1:22:30] at the state level, have fiscal notes for the state that they do not have to have a fiscal note

[1:22:35] of the county, it's exceptionally important for us to have an understanding of how it will affect us.

[1:22:42] I think I received a quick, I think all of us received a quick little bit of information about one particular proposal having a pretty significant county cost.

[1:22:53] And so it's just important for us to know, how does it affect us as the government?

[1:22:59] Yeah. Absolutely.

[1:23:00] like um yeah so there's 16. Yeah yeah if there's time and Logan and trying to have it all

[1:23:06] worked out that we're not already filled up that time because I'd like you there I would like

[1:23:11] you there just to like as we we all connect with different people yeah the ballot this year okay

[1:23:20] it's yeah yeah I looked at ballotopia is that what it's called? Yeah ballotopia

[1:23:24] Well, it'sopia and the Secretary of State site and it's like power voters ever going to be able to figure this out.

[1:23:31] It's also confusing enough that it this gives us a little bit of time to reach out to Tiffany to point out what also are the local

[1:23:40] ballot pieces that will pop up across the county.

[1:23:44] Yeah, yes, it is going to be a thick ballot for sure.

[1:23:49] It could be a little extra postage this year, I'm sure, for the state.

[1:23:53] Do you want this on the 16th?

[1:23:55] The 16th, please, a reviewing of ballot measures.

[1:24:02] I'll be.

[1:24:02] And this is not, this is just our opinions.

[1:24:06] These are just discussions.

[1:24:08] And it's just discussion between the commissioners and, yeah.

[1:24:14] And just to clarify, based on one thirty two.

[1:24:16] So if we then decide one of our rises to the level that we would like to oppose your support,

[1:24:22] can do that, but it goes on a public agenda.

[1:24:25] So that would be another discussion item like, do any of these, do we want to then put

[1:24:29] on the next business agenda?

[1:24:30] Balance, go out the 14th, about tuber?

[1:24:34] Yes.

[1:24:36] So I saw that somewhere, but it wasn't from Tiffany, so anyway, just to make sure we're following

[1:24:43] our piezing cues.

[1:24:44] I think we can discuss.

[1:24:45] It's no different than legislation, right, and then if we decide we want to oppose something or support something, we can check with our attorneys, but I think we can then put it on the agenda.

[1:24:55] Yes, so we have the 16th and then these...

[1:25:00] It's about the 14th of October.

[1:25:02] That is what I saw on the blocks come out.

[1:25:10] I usually beep like that.

[1:25:12] It's just before.

[1:25:14] Yeah.

[1:25:14] That's on me.

[1:25:15] So I think this might work.

[1:25:17] I mean, just this thinking of loud commissioners and that is, is that we can

[1:25:20] have that discussion.

[1:25:22] And then I don't want to pull pressure on resolutions, so it would be.

[1:25:28] So if we have a discussion on 16th, we can then put it as soon as if there is a resolution

[1:25:35] on the 13th of October.

[1:25:39] Yeah.

[1:25:39] I'll be next.

[1:25:40] Did I say anything after that?

[1:25:41] No.

[1:25:41] There's one next time.

[1:25:42] Yeah.

[1:25:43] I have time to, if there are any.

[1:25:56] Perfect.

[1:25:57] Thank you.

[1:25:58] All right.

[1:26:00] Board discussion and updates.

[1:26:02] Come in there.

[1:26:03] Well, next week we have the well for advisory for committee coming to you all.

[1:26:08] I was request a couple of weeks ago that's happening,

[1:26:12] so that's going to be a scene.

[1:26:14] As far as the workplace environment update on that,

[1:26:17] just I continue to go to our different departments

[1:26:20] and have conversations about high-level

[1:26:23] somatic information on our survey.

[1:26:25] We're getting a great response back and great dialogue

[1:26:28] with the different departments.

[1:26:31] So that's going really well.

[1:26:33] Honestly, on that, you know,

[1:26:35] have a city-county meeting of this week that we'll be going to, also, really, that's this week.

[1:26:42] And then public affairs, I'll let Emily give us a message before that.

[1:26:47] Anything you'd like if you want to add for what we want to write for you?

[1:26:50] Good for the survey. I think having the faith-based presentation delivery in Q&A has been very helpful.

[1:26:55] We've gotten a lot of good feedback and I think each one is slightly different and it's been great.

[1:27:01] So I think, you know, this process has been fantastic.

[1:27:04] The feedback has been fantastic.

[1:27:05] I'm glad we did it.

[1:27:07] And I think it's going to reap benefits.

[1:27:10] We're going to have to watch them this.

[1:27:11] So.

[1:27:11] So we did have a great meeting with Jesse Bowman.

[1:27:16] I think we did a great conversation with her.

[1:27:19] We're expecting, I was really expecting an article today.

[1:27:24] So Friday, I would think she did follow up with a lot of fact,

[1:27:29] checking questions and I think she heard us that we care about what our employees say and

[1:27:36] think and that we're really working together to improve the workplace and we're listening

[1:27:44] and improving our culture. It was great. I wanted to let you know we are starting to work with

[1:27:51] Doyle, our consultant on the Connections magazine. I've been meeting with him on Friday. I would love

[1:27:57] your feedback for things that you would like to see in the Connections Magazine.

[1:28:04] Certainly we want to do, we will do a year and review for 2026 and we'll talk about 2027 strategic

[1:28:11] pillars. I know we're going to be working on those coming up. We'll talk about some of the other things

[1:28:17] certainly but I would love to be back on any of those things and also ideas for stories. Otherwise,

[1:28:25] I've tons of previous additions to use as a blueprint and we'll do that.

[1:28:32] This week we're doing the Haye work for the county property tax shoot video with Kerry.

[1:28:38] Instead of this jackal well, I'd say, why is the county keeping raising my taxes?

[1:28:42] Remember, this is an internal product right now, right?

[1:28:46] So it's, you know, low key and Kerry's going to answer that question.

[1:28:51] I loved the one you did with Susanne or Susanne.

[1:28:54] Susan Lane, that was very funny and it made me laugh. Good. We hope it made other employees laugh that up to be light

[1:29:02] But then I was and then I loved how you brought Tiffany and great good. I'm so glad I really haven't got any feedback from anyone

[1:29:09] So glad you liked it. Yeah, yeah, I went out into the midst of

[1:29:16] That was great

[1:29:25] Yeah, other than that,

[1:29:29] I have something for the agenda, I'm on the initiative center shot.

[1:29:34] Thank you.

[1:29:36] All right.

[1:29:37] Next here is that I just wanted to, for this next item here is Proposition 132.

[1:29:44] Commissioners, I just wanted to take a conservative approach.

[1:29:49] So I spoke with Miss Wallace and so she will not be attending today on this.

[1:29:55] This is just more of wanting to make sure we dot our eyes and cross our teas.

[1:30:00] Fair campaign practice laws. So we are moving forward on just not having that presentation today. I urge and it sounds like two as well that all three county commissioners have signed on.

[1:30:15] What I would like to do instead of having this presentation, my ask would be commissioners is that I would be interesting doing a formal resolution to be put on to.

[1:30:27] the next business, allowable business meeting for a resolution on the opposed position on

[1:30:34] Bob 1-3-2. I can assist with language with staff. I have been working with Ms. Wallace from day one

[1:30:43] of these discussions of just education. And so more than happy to help assist on drafting.

[1:30:50] And then commissioners, of course, then you'll have review payments.

[1:30:52] I think at this point, all three of our names. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[1:30:56] Okay, all right, so it sounds like I didn't get you pushed back. I would like to move forward with that when when we can get I would just only add the giving the significance of this if anybody would want to organize something that the commissioners attend very similar to the child care thing we went to

[1:31:12] That's on our time not using a county equipment or county staff. I would I would go pending my schedule that you know because sometimes just having having an event where hey give on a Google me and learn about this so that might be something offline

[1:31:25] I can speak with Rebecca on that type of option.

[1:31:34] Thanks for working with her.

[1:31:35] This was the county fiscal note that I was referencing.

[1:31:39] It's a surprisingly large cost to counties.

[1:31:43] Yep.

[1:31:44] My opinion.

[1:31:45] Six million.

[1:31:46] Yeah.

[1:31:46] My opinion.

[1:31:47] D6.

[1:31:49] For us or the whole state,

[1:31:50] hosting whole state.

[1:31:51] But still, we'll have to click.

[1:31:52] Add it on everything else.

[1:31:54] Yep.

[1:31:57] We've got to go somewhere.

[1:31:59] Commissioners, our focus has been to provide more services in our region.

[1:32:06] And so this doesn't really solve that problem.

[1:32:10] Okay.

[1:32:10] Perfect.

[1:32:11] I look forward to having further discussions on that for a potential approval of a formal

[1:32:15] public resolution here in the future.

[1:32:18] All right.

[1:32:19] Next up here then is a discussion board discussion in updates from commissioners.

[1:32:29] I have a couple if you want to wire your wean through things commissioners, you are

[1:32:34] all aware of the letter that Commissioner Brown and myself signed on to the PUC as well

[1:32:41] as the damage prevention commission.

[1:32:44] I did receive a reply back that the damage prevention commission will be meeting on September 10th to review the letter and to provide any input of the questions of a raised in that letter.

[1:32:57] So I've heard from the demand damage commission side. I have not heard from PUC yet, but you will be seeing this letter. We are going to officially ratify it.

[1:33:07] to some of the language is more of from the commissioners. So we need to get that out of fun.

[1:33:15] So that will be on the next business agenda for a ratification of that letter.

[1:33:19] But more to come on that, but I did hear back from Damage Prevention Commission and they will

[1:33:25] provide a formal response. So the other item too as well is that thank you very much, Mr.

[1:33:31] the phobric on running BDT next week since I will be in the landfill meeting, and then I just

[1:33:38] want to let you all know, Mr. Torres are a team. He had asked if using some of my

[1:33:46] kind of, my broadband contact on the Southern Indian tribe, to see what opportunities are

[1:33:51] available to be able to access fiber from Highway 172 to the airport. This would,

[1:34:01] what would

[1:34:01] airport and also very importantly our weather radar station. There is literally a 20-year-old

[1:34:07] plus fibrillation that's being used as well as a micro antenna to go from here to the airport.

[1:34:16] So we would love to have a fresh new connection and an opportunity for an additional pathway in and out.

[1:34:24] I just connected the people to the table, heard the feel, and so James and his team will be meeting

[1:34:31] with them in the future.

[1:34:32] What I would like to at least put on your, you're right,

[1:34:34] Arshana, is that the city has also done the same.

[1:34:37] And so maybe this is a topic for you to discuss

[1:34:39] with Jose, just this, will be, this would be a joint

[1:34:46] project with city and county to be able to tie

[1:34:49] into the high of 172, bye bye.

[1:34:52] That's all I have for right now.

[1:34:55] Wishers.

[1:34:56] I am going to be out for any afternoon,

[1:34:58] and then

[1:35:00] Of course, we have Labor Day off. Next week, this is always really, really informational, the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs is going to be, they do two hybrid meetings, and then one here in Durango and one in Toyock, each year. So I'll be gone all day Thursday, the tenth at that meeting up at Fort Lewis. And that's, of course, the county is ex officio, and then it's just hearing from state agencies and the Lieutenant Governor and all of the tribal,

[1:35:29] We have a lot of tribal council members there that Chairman are both there from both tribes.

[1:35:35] On that note, I was able to attend the inauguration of Chairman Sage, and that was a great event.

[1:35:41] Look forward to working with her and the council.

[1:35:45] And council member Barry is no vice chair.

[1:35:49] So they get to name their own vice chair, and they also get to name their own executive officer.

[1:35:54] So that there will be a new executive officer coming online soon.

[1:35:58] I don't know if we that will be, and then we, let's see, what else?

[1:36:03] I think that's kind of it for our common agenda.

[1:36:06] I asked John, would need to reach out to you on the, for give me, when things are getting

[1:36:12] signatures, they have a different number than when they make it on the ballot.

[1:36:15] I don't have any idea why that is, but whatever, beyond my pay grade, it's the land and water

[1:36:23] conservation ballant a measure. So he very similarly to Rebecca, he's reaching out to all of us to see where we stand with that. So we can talk about that on the 16th down. And that's it.

[1:36:36] So for me, I, while Colorado, if there is any listening public interested in this, while Colorado is such sort of self protected in the roadless rural world,

[1:36:45] the roadless rural comment period is open nationwide, at a point in time, because forests do not respect

[1:36:54] man-made boundaries. It is important to know that there are states that are adjacent to our roadless areas that

[1:37:03] could be affected by this. Now is the time to become an active member of your governance and may comments

[1:37:11] if that is something that you care about.

[1:37:13] Like I said, in Colorado, we're pre-self-protected,

[1:37:16] because of our own internal, robust rule,

[1:37:18] but the federal rules are up for changing right now.

[1:37:22] What's the done link in the short network?

[1:37:24] I want to say, yes, like the 15th.

[1:37:25] It's a very short window that's over.

[1:37:28] They've started.

[1:37:29] They've started it all the way.

[1:37:30] That's the 15th.

[1:37:31] I think we'll, we can double check that,

[1:37:34] but I would suggest if you've got a few minutes.

[1:37:37] Myisville, do it now.

[1:37:39] Is that something that you think?

[1:37:40] public messaging. So it's really, this is purely just, we are a community that highly

[1:37:48] prizes our forests and our wilderness areas and land conservation and so there is a

[1:37:55] large number of people in our community that would care about this particular rule and how it

[1:38:00] affects how it affects future development of those wilderness areas but it's not really

[1:38:07] relative to, that's not our, it's not our message to Jaya, thanks. You're purely just making sure everyone knows itself.

[1:38:13] It's open now because they opened it without a lot of fanfare, you know, intentionally.

[1:38:18] I heard about a three-naco, and he knows a midnight of the twenty first.

[1:38:22] Midnight of the twenty first. Thank you, Shana. So as far as my schedule is concerned, this evening,

[1:38:29] I will be missing the Alliance Board meeting in order to attend the San Juan Basin Triple A Board meeting.

[1:38:36] we are having an update and preparation for our presentation on the 24th to reach a nine, making sure

[1:38:44] that we are checking along nicely. We will be working with Laura's today. We will have both

[1:38:49] either venture and firm director physically in person as well as Laura Strother from the State Union

[1:38:55] on Aging will be online in order for us to have a full board understanding of where we are and where

[1:39:03] going in preparation of that presentation?

[1:39:07] Do I need to do I need to assist with, I talked to

[1:39:11] Commissioner Anson last week, and he was trying to see about the

[1:39:18] potential where the AAA discussion for regional

[1:39:21] be laying, lying on the agenda. Do I need to do some

[1:39:25] outreach? I have not yet but what more than happy to

[1:39:28] to see if maybe we can push that item up?

[1:39:30] It would be helpful to make it earlier in the day. Commissioner Ranson is trying to make it to the five by five leading.

[1:39:39] Right. And that would potentially open up the opportunity for him to be able to do that.

[1:39:46] It would be unfortunate if he was not in the room for that discussion in decision.

[1:39:52] I know I want my my request to him was I would like for him to be there because I don't want it to

[1:40:00] Just be you. And me on the other side, I would like to have our telecounty as well. So, okay, I will reach out to

[1:40:08] regional nine and see what's going on. And at this point in time tonight's meeting, every active

[1:40:13] member of the Board is planning to be there. We will be adjusting some of the bylaws in order

[1:40:19] to help with the designation processing.

[1:40:24] So, who's on the board these days? The right now,

[1:40:30] I would have to pull that up.

[1:40:31] Oh, that's okay.

[1:40:32] But yeah, it's going to start.

[1:40:35] The people mostly leaving the transition

[1:40:37] our commissioner, Rancid, and myself,

[1:40:41] he is now the treasure I'm not the chair,

[1:40:44] and we will get a secretary today,

[1:40:46] which we are hoping will be commissioner,

[1:40:48] Macyl, Pete Macyl.

[1:40:50] And I'm just sorry, I'm going to go off of your stuff.

[1:40:53] I've received just some outreach,

[1:40:56] And so I have reached to regionally and spoke on the exitums.

[1:41:03] And so I have no concerns moving forward, but Laura Lewis Morechino.

[1:41:10] She is, I asked those questions that I was hearing.

[1:41:13] And so things are looking good.

[1:41:14] She will also make the board meeting this evening.

[1:41:17] So we're really just doing the groundwork in order to make the transition

[1:41:22] as likely as possible.

[1:41:24] And if it is going to occur, and we'll know at the end of September, we want to make it as smooth as possible.

[1:41:30] Absolutely.

[1:41:33] So in addition to that tomorrow evening, I am with the Colorado Department of Labor and employment with the workforce development group.

[1:41:42] I last week got to tour our regional workforce development center, which interestingly enough, they handle between 150 and 400.

[1:41:52] at folks every single month. That was an incredible number of people. We talked with them about

[1:41:59] potentially working with our new veterans. A fairs officer in order to be able to help

[1:42:04] do a little more outreach with our veterans community. So it was just a, I suggest going and

[1:42:10] see it if you get an opportunity to, they have a brand new location up in the tech center. They do

[1:42:18] incredible work. This is that that group that's, you know, predominantly post-secondary education,

[1:42:25] that is not traditional higher education. It's just really getting people into the workforce.

[1:42:31] So tomorrow evening we will have that discussion. There still is the post-secondary talent

[1:42:36] pipeline occurring that the committee is occurring at the state level. They are trying to consolidate

[1:42:42] roughly 20 departments into one single department with an interesting choice, I believe, my

[1:42:49] work governor to want to do this in the 11th hour, only to leave it for someone else to have to

[1:42:54] pick up. I'm not sure how beneficial that kind of rushed decision making was and we saw this

[1:43:01] with the health departments as well, but we'll have more information after tomorrow's governance meeting.

[1:43:08] For next week, Labor Day on Monday,

[1:43:14] and we'll be the last week, it's the last week and

[1:43:16] of late night horse being open, I believe.

[1:43:19] And so after that, I have a handful of things that are happening next week, but a key

[1:43:26] one is I believe all, I will be gone all day Thursday at the Alliance Summit.

[1:43:33] I believe commissioner or chair Salka is speaking as well as myself for different reasons.

[1:43:40] Commissioner Porter-Norton will you be attending?

[1:43:42] I will because of the color and commission of the guinea fairs.

[1:43:45] Oh, okay.

[1:43:46] So that's right.

[1:43:47] I was like, well, I figure you all were going so perfectly.

[1:43:50] And I have had to miss, I think, two meetings out of our last six and I just want to miss those.

[1:43:56] Okay.

[1:43:56] Do you have anything going on with the tribes?

[1:43:58] So the kick-up, and then next Friday I have, I know I'm sort of speaking far out, but you know,

[1:44:05] since we don't have, since I have some time to talk with some people about this between now and then,

[1:44:14] last July, a federal bill, Congress passed the most consequential pro housing bill in the last 30 years.

[1:44:22] Even though it is a federal bill, the work and the rewards are in local hands, I will be attending a meeting of the Permit lab, which is a subsidiary of the Abundance Network.

[1:44:35] And the Permit lab is helping us better understand how we can access the benefits of this federal bill.

[1:44:43] There is funding that comes with it, there is a variety of different components to it.

[1:44:50] It seemingly is very, very complex.

[1:44:52] I am allowed to bring one staff member if anyone would like to attend,

[1:44:57] but everyone has to be approved to be met in.

[1:45:00] It is going to be a paraland working group that starts this week. And there are six sessions.

[1:45:08] We're going to dig down and figure out how we can, if we, if we can, want, and if we want to benefit from this new federal law.

[1:45:16] So I have a request. Do you, can you take notes?

[1:45:19] Because we are talking about this on the 17th of the RHA Board meeting. Perfect.

[1:45:24] And Maya got somebody, I honestly, I think it might have been somebody from Housing

[1:45:29] Colorado that's going to talk to us, because we're trying to figure out across the

[1:45:33] four jurisdictions, how to leverage grants, and who applies for what, so we're not

[1:45:37] duplicating, but if you just have, I don't even care if it's handwritten or typed up or

[1:45:42] A.I. notes, but just like I can, I can plug in some ideas from that to the R.H.A.

[1:45:48] Great.

[1:45:48] Absolutely.

[1:45:49] Happy to do it.

[1:45:51] Okay.

[1:45:52] So that's it.

[1:45:52] Great. Thank you. Since you were going through that, there's two items here. I wanted to just

[1:45:58] update you all on. And that is, thank you for the alliance mentioned of that.

[1:46:04] The message for the panel that I'm on is, this is my title, not theirs, but like,

[1:46:11] common ground. It's like, how did we move forward with 1, 2, 3 with common ground, working with

[1:46:16] Commissioner Brown, myself and Emily and with with Senator Simpson and representative Stewart of how can we find a way to make or implement updates to be the process of working on both sides of the aisle.

[1:46:31] So it's really today I have a meeting with Commissioner Brown and Emily to be able to fine tune that message.

[1:46:38] but looking forward to that panel, panel time.

[1:46:42] Commissioners tomorrow is the deadline for Monday's agenda items.

[1:46:48] So please submit anything that you have.

[1:46:51] I have office hours tomorrow afternoon at the Bay of Field Library,

[1:46:54] kind of a library from board of six.

[1:46:56] So I look forward to anyone that's interested to speak with me.

[1:46:59] I will be there.

[1:47:01] And then I am the chair of the self-assaving solutions board.

[1:47:05] And there's been some revamping going on

[1:47:08] and on the administration side.

[1:47:11] And so I will be interviewing.

[1:47:12] So I will not be in the office tomorrow morning for a bit.

[1:47:15] I will be interviewing three applicants for finance,

[1:47:19] finance director slash deputy manager.

[1:47:23] And so looking forward to reviewing the applicants

[1:47:25] and seeing about fulfilling a necessary position to assist

[1:47:32] with missile kind on working selfless housing solutions.

[1:47:37] And that's all I have now.

[1:47:39] All right.

[1:47:40] Any other items before I call this?

[1:47:44] One more.

[1:47:46] All right.

[1:47:46] Apologies.

[1:47:48] I did reach out to Larry Z of the L-Wab.

[1:47:53] They will take up writing a letter,

[1:47:55] so we may want to switch our interests

[1:47:58] in this month's off end because what we don't want to do is ask them to do something and

[1:48:04] then sort of undermine them by a message and so if we want to have a quick discussion

[1:48:10] or bring potential items forward to Matt over them.

[1:48:13] Let's think about it too. Let's talk about it. That is a item to submit of next letter.

[1:48:19] Maybe we can do that underneath the origin item.

[1:48:22] What they had thought about based on the biceido person.

[1:48:26] We don't have one.

[1:48:28] So, I'm stuck in the op that.

[1:48:31] One thing I thought about, remember the gentleman that I think he was what struck me

[1:48:35] at biceido is I don't think he was feeling to me like he was coming from some big political view point

[1:48:40] but he's concerned about the elections.

[1:48:43] And I wondered about safe elections.

[1:48:46] Oh, that's really good.

[1:48:48] the Supreme Court in light of the attack on mail and voting in light on the email. We could talk about where our voting booths are. What happens if you're harassing and timidated there is a hotline.

[1:49:03] Is where we I don't know what we want to put in there, but there's a hotline that outside groups are offering as well as pull watching and then there is a hotline from the secretary state.

[1:49:13] And it certainly did recently release a press release that would be helpful for us to get

[1:49:20] possibly include her, including her votes and, oh yeah, and her, yeah, and her, yep, you know,

[1:49:27] uncomfortable reputation precedes her.

[1:49:30] Yeah.

[1:49:30] What are we doing locally to ensure that we have fair, open, safe?

[1:49:36] That was a concerning question that me on asked because I felt like it wasn't, they

[1:49:41] I feel like he was trying to grind and act.

[1:49:43] He was more like, are my elections safe?

[1:49:45] Am I safe?

[1:49:47] Commissioner Soka, as you draft this, I will see two days ago,

[1:49:52] Colorado Public Radio had a wonderful interview

[1:49:55] with the President of the Clarks Association.

[1:49:58] And it was a pretty extensive...

[1:50:00] The interview more of the listening to help explain why Colorado has slightly more protections than some other.

[1:50:09] I didn't realize we have the second highest voter turnout of any state in the United States.

[1:50:15] That is incredible. Who are people? Also, and I know this organization has a little bit of bells and whistles with it for some people.

[1:50:21] But because I was trying to figure out, okay, from the vaseto meeting, what happens if a voter

[1:50:27] is intimidated, where they go, and there's a Secretary of State, but there's also ACOU

[1:50:31] has an entire list of resources.

[1:50:35] And then ballot track, people can use ballot track, and I mean, all of this is on all this

[1:50:39] stuff.

[1:50:40] But it's a lot to write if you're willing to take that on.

[1:50:43] And we only have so many words.

[1:50:47] Yeah.

[1:50:47] Yeah, true.

[1:50:47] I believe in tell me if I'm wrong, but LaPata County was a highest voter turnout in the state of Colorado.

[1:50:54] Yes, you're correct. In the last election, I said, yeah, very cool. So that's the league.

[1:51:01] All right, keep it up. I

[1:51:06] will, I will need assistance, so I will, I like the idea,

[1:51:12] and let's let LaWav talk about bears. All right, thank you. All right, well then, if nothing else,

[1:51:18] I will call this BDT a adjourned.

[1:51:21] Thank you, everyone.

[1:51:22] Thank you.

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