City Council Meeting

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Agenda

[3:00] The Pledge of Allegiance

[10:10] City Council meeting called to order by Mayor Barbara Bynum

[11:07] Changes to the agenda including additions and deletions

[11:24] CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS The "Call for Public Comment" agenda item is a time when members of the community may publicly voice their concerns. Comments made during this time should be addressed to the Council and pertain to matters of at least general importance to the City and its operations. Please stay on topic and limit comments to three (3) minutes. Also, be aware that neither City Council nor City staff are expected to engage in discussion or debate. However, the City may respond when appropriate at a later time. Personal attacks and disagreements, personnel and employment matters, the use of profanity or ethnic, racial or gender-oriented slurs are prohibited, as is any "disorderly conduct" which violates state or local law. See, City of Montrose Regulations (Sec. 7-14-1, et seg.)

[16:02] CONSENT AGENDA (5 minutes)

[17:56] LIQUOR LICENSE CHANGE OF LOCATION (10 minutes)City Council consideration of an application from Bliss Beauty Bar Co. LLC, doing business as Bliss Beauty Bar, to change the location of a Lodging and Entertainment liquor license from 431 E. Main Street to 1544 Oxbow Drive, Unit 156. Staff: Assistant City Attorney Chris DowseyAction: Hold a hearing. Consider making a motion to approve the change of location of the Lodging and Entertainment liquor license for Bliss Beauty Bar Co. LLC, doing business as Bliss Beauty Bar to 1544 Oxbow Drive, Unit 156 as presented.

[21:37] RESOLUTION 2023-12 (10 minutes)City Council consideration of Resolution 2023-12 authorizing the City of Montrose Police Department to file a Victim Assistance Law Enforcement (VALE) Grant through the 7th Judicial District Victims Assistance Board for the total of $55,150.00 to cover a portion of both the current Victim Advocate’s Salary and a new Victim Advocates salary; authorizing the Chief of Police to act in connection with the application and to provide such additional information as required; authorizing the City Manager, Chief of Police and Finance Director to sign the grant application and reporting documents. Staff: Police Chief Blaine HallAction: Accept public comment. Consider making a motion to adopt Resolution 2023-12 as presented.

[23:51] RESOLUTION 2023-14 (10 minutes)City Council consideration of Resolution 2023-14 authorizing assignment to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority of a private activity bond allocation of the City of Montrose pursuant to the Colorado Private Activity Bond Ceiling Allocation Act. Staff: Community Development Specialist Christopher OttingerAction: Accept public comment. Consider making a motion to adopt Resolution 2023-14 as presented.

[29:19] ELDERADO FINANCIAL ASBESTOS ABATEMENT ASSISTANCE (10 minutes)City Council consideration of a request from Elderado Financial for $50,881.10 for assistance with asbestos abatement in conjunction with the construction of a new office building. Staff: City Manager Bill BellAction: Accept public comment. Consider making a motion to approve $50,881.10 for asbestos abatement for the Elderado Financial office building project as presented.

[34:28] ORDINANCE 2634 - FIRST READING (15 minutes)City Council consideration of Ordinance 2634 on first reading, an Ordinance of the City of Montrose, Colorado, amending Title 9 Chapter 4 Section 1 and Title 6 Chapter 1 Section 21, regarding the removal of snow and/or ice and unreasonable noise. Staff: Public Works Director Jim Scheid, Streets Division Superintendent Nik Pridy, Parks Division Superintendent Dan PayneAction: Hold a hearing. Consider making a motion to pass Ordinance 2634 on first reading as presented.

[41:00] ORDINANCE 2635 - FIRST READING (15 minutes)City Council consideration of Ordinance 2635 on first reading, an Ordinance of the City of Montrose, Colorado, regarding the cable franchise agreement between the City of Montrose and Spectrum Pacific West, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc. Staff: City Attorney Ben MorrisAction: Hold a hearing. Consider making a motion to pass Ordinance 2635 on first reading as presented.

[45:25] ORDINANCE 2636 - FIRST READING (15 minutes)City Council consideration of Ordinance 2636 on first reading, an Ordinance of the City of Montrose, Colorado, authorizing the conveyance of an interest in City-owned real estate pursuant to § 1-9-2 of the Official Code of the City of Montrose (Clear Networx easement). Staff: City Attorney Ben Morris, Public Works Director Jim ScheidAction: Accept public comment. Consider making a motion to pass Ordinance 2636 on first reading as presented.

[49:29] ORDINANCE 2630 - SECOND READING (15 minutes)City Council consideration of Ordinance 2630 on second reading, an Ordinance of the City of Montrose, Colorado, updating Title 1 Chapter 2, General Provisions and Title 1 Chapter 14, Municipal Court, of the Official Code of the City of Montrose, Colorado: repealing and replacing Title 1 Chapter 2 Section 3 (1-2-3) regarding general penalty; repealing and replacing Title 1 Chapter 14 Section 4 (1-14-4), regarding sentencing; and repealing and replacing other code provisions to standardize cross-references in the Official Code of the City of Montrose regarding sentencing. Staff: Assistant City Attorney Matt Magliaro, City Attorney Ben Morris, Assistant City Attorney Chris DowseyAction: Accept public comment. Consider making a motion to adopt Ordinance 2630 on second reading as presented.

[52:26] ORDINANCE 2631 - SECOND READING (10 minutes)City Council consideration of Ordinance 2631 on second reading, an Ordinance of the City of Montrose, Colorado, for the annexation of the Dry Cedar Creek II Addition. Staff: Planning Manager Jace HochwaltAction: Hold a hearing. Consider making a motion to adopt Ordinance 2631 on second reading as presented.

[58:07] ORDINANCE 2632 - SECOND READING (10 minutes)City Council consideration of Ordinance 2632 on second reading, an Ordinance of the City of Montrose, Colorado, providing for the zoning of the Dry Cedar Creek II Addition as an "R-3A," Medium High Density District. Staff: Planning Manager Jace HochwaltAction: Hold a hearing. Consider making a motion to adopt Ordinance 2632 on second reading as presented.

[59:36] ORDINANCE 2633 - SECOND READING (10 minutes)City Council consideration of Ordinance 2633 on second reading, an Ordinance of the City of Montrose, Colorado, designating the Methodist Episcopal Church of Montrose, 19 S. Park Ave., Montrose, Colorado, as a City of Montrose Historic Property Pursuant to § 11-3 of the Official Code of the City of Montrose. Staff: Planning Manager Jace HochwaltAction: Hold a hearing. Consider making a motion to adopt Ordinance 2633 on second reading as presented.

[1:02:04] FUEL AND OIL CONTRACT AWARD (10 minutes)City Council consideration of the award of a contract to Parish Oil of Montrose, Colorado, to supply the City with bulk fuel and oil. Staff: Public Works Director Jim ScheidAction: Accept public comment. Consider making a motion to award a contract to Parish Oil of Montrose, Colorado, to supply the City with bulk fuel and oil as presented.

[1:04:58] CERISE PARK STORAGE BUILDING EXPENSE AUTHORIZATION (10 minutes)City Council consideration of the authorization of expenses for the construction of a storage building in Cerise Park near the Montrose Rotary Amphitheater in the amount of $183,574.72 including a contract with Stryker and Company for the design and construction. Staff: Public Works Director Jim ScheidAction: Accept public comment. Consider making a motion to approve expenses for the construction of a storage building in Cerise Park near the Montrose Rotary Amphitheater in the amount of $183,574.72 including a contract with Stryker and Company for the design and construction as presented.

[1:09:34] FLASHING CROSSWALK SIGNAGE EXPENSE AUTHORIZATION (10 minutes)City Council consideration of $61,100.00 in expenditures for the purchase of solar-powered flashing crosswalk equipment. Staff: City Engineer Scott MurphyAction: Accept public comment. Consider making a motion to authorize $61,100.00 in expenditures for the purchase of solar-powered flashing crosswalk equipment as presented.

[1:19:14] STAFF REPORTS

[1:22:31] CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS

[1:26:00] MOTION TO ADJOURN

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[0:01] good evening it is six o'clock on

[0:05] Tuesday August 1st 2023 and I'm going to

[0:09] call to order the regularly scheduled

[0:11] city council meeting for the city of

[0:13] Montrose and if you will please stand

[0:16] and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance

[0:22] I pledge allegiance

[0:26] and to the Republic for which it stands

[0:33] for all

[0:39] and can I ask the city clerk to please

[0:42] take role

[0:43] Barbara Bynum present J David Reed

[0:46] president Dave Frank president Doug

[0:48] glass Bell president at Eula Berry

[0:51] all council members are present thank

[0:53] you very much

[0:55] um

[0:56] mayor Pro Tim Reed are there changes or

[0:58] any additions or deletions to our agenda

[1:00] tonight yes mayor we have one item item

[1:04] number nine resolution

[1:05] [Music]

[1:07] 2023-13 that we would like to remove

[1:09] from consideration this evening

[1:12] okay thank you very much

[1:14] um we will be removing that from the

[1:16] agenda

[1:18] um next up is uh the call for public

[1:20] comment

[1:21] um and this is the call for public

[1:23] comment agenda item is a time when

[1:26] members of the community may publicly

[1:27] voice their concerns comments are made

[1:30] during this time should be addressed to

[1:32] the council and pertain to matters of at

[1:34] least General importance to the city and

[1:36] its operations please stay on topic and

[1:39] limit comments to three minutes also be

[1:42] aware that neither city council nor City

[1:44] staff are expected to engage in a

[1:46] discussion or debate however the city

[1:49] May respond when appropriate at a later

[1:51] time is there anyone here this evening

[1:54] that is here for public comment great

[1:56] then before I ask you to come forward

[1:58] I'm going to read a little bit more

[1:59] legal language

[2:02] personal attacks and disagreements

[2:05] personnel and employment matters the use

[2:07] of profanity or ethnic racial or

[2:10] gender-oriented slurs are prohibited as

[2:12] is any disorderly conduct which violates

[2:15] state or local law so having said that

[2:19] welcome please come forward come up to

[2:21] the podium and if you could tell us your

[2:24] name and then either your address or

[2:27] your subdivision your neighborhood that

[2:30] would be great can you hear me yeah yeah

[2:32] okay uh I'm Judy bunyard and I'm at 1664

[2:36] wetterhorn Street Vista sanlon

[2:37] subdivision I'm here representing the

[2:41] fork and trails genealogical Society

[2:44] also here is Myrna Shira chiri seated

[2:47] beside me uh

[2:50] our Organization for contrails is a

[2:54] non-profit that sponsors the Montrose

[2:57] genealogy center which is located at 700

[3:00] East Main Street

[3:02] we have an extensive collection of

[3:06] Montrose city and county records and

[3:09] archives and we currently do occupy

[3:12] about 800 square feet of that building

[3:15] we've been at this location for 13 years

[3:19] however at this particular point in time

[3:23] we are concerned about our building it's

[3:26] also called Coronado building being more

[3:29] actively promoted for sale it's always

[3:32] been for sale but apparently currently

[3:35] it's being pushed harder

[3:36] and so we are considering we are

[3:41] concerned about the future of our

[3:43] genealogy center whether it will be able

[3:45] to remain there or not and our other

[3:47] concerns are whether we will be able to

[3:49] continue to manage the center as we all

[3:52] our board members are getting on

[3:55] uh we're looking for a permanent

[3:58] location for this valuable collection of

[4:01] materials uh we would uh hope that the

[4:05] space could be

[4:07] available uh and it would be available

[4:10] by the city and that if the city would

[4:13] view it as an asset in that uh it could

[4:17] be open to the public as a research

[4:19] center and at least on a appointment

[4:22] basis and our our society could probably

[4:26] continue to be some assistance in that

[4:28] manner as far as research of these

[4:30] materials

[4:32] um

[4:33] for now we do invite you to come visit

[4:36] and see what we have at 700 East Main

[4:39] Street and we could talk with you

[4:41] further about what our need is and why

[4:45] we are asking for the city's help

[4:48] uh there was an article in the Montrose

[4:51] press last March 30th that described our

[4:54] facility very nicely

[4:56] uh

[4:58] we do we wish to preserve these records

[5:00] we don't want to see them thrown away

[5:02] because we have no place to put them

[5:05] so I'm going to leave you a letter that

[5:08] has our contact information and says

[5:11] pretty much what I just said to you now

[5:12] and a little uh flyer that has with

[5:16] pictures we figure pictures are worth a

[5:18] thousand words and I'd like to leave

[5:21] this with you and hopefully you will

[5:23] take our organization into consideration

[5:25] please

[5:27] thank you and you can leave those with

[5:29] the city clerk and she'll make sure we

[5:31] get copies okay thank you thank you very

[5:34] much

[5:36] and then I think I saw another hand go

[5:38] up for public comment

[5:40] maybe maybe not okay

[5:44] if there's no other public comment for

[5:47] the non-agenda items if you're here to

[5:50] make a comment on a specific item then

[5:52] you can do that when we get to that item

[5:54] in our agenda tonight

[5:57] um then we'll keep going with our agenda

[6:03] next up is the consent agenda and we

[6:06] have four items on our consent agenda

[6:09] and these are grouped together so that

[6:12] um it's to be expedient with our time

[6:14] and it takes one motion and vote on

[6:17] these

[6:18] um and these four items are the council

[6:20] consideration of the minutes from July

[6:22] 18 2023 Council of consideration of the

[6:26] approval of a special events alcohol

[6:28] permit in conjunction with the closure

[6:30] of Apollo Road for the Funk Fest on

[6:32] August 12th and 13th

[6:35] third Council consideration of an

[6:37] application for special events alcohol

[6:39] permit in conjunction with the closures

[6:43] of North 6th Street North 7th Street U

[6:47] Avenue and selig Avenue adjacent to La

[6:50] Raza park for the Monte De Rosas

[6:52] Festival on August 19th and lastly city

[6:57] council consideration of the disposal or

[7:00] sale of six Police radios to the Olathe

[7:04] Police Department

[7:06] so we could do one motion to to approve

[7:09] all these together mayor I move to

[7:12] approve the consent agenda as presented

[7:14] second

[7:16] so we have a motion and a first um uh on

[7:21] the consent agenda

[7:23] doesn't say public comment but we take

[7:25] public comment on anything and even the

[7:27] consent agenda so is there any comment

[7:29] on this

[7:31] uh seeing none um please vote

[7:45] and the consent agenda and those four

[7:47] items passed unanimously

[7:49] next up is a liquor license change of

[7:53] location

[7:54] this is Council consideration of an

[7:57] application from Bliss Beauty Bar

[7:59] company LLC doing business as Bliss

[8:02] Beauty Bar to change the location of a

[8:05] lodging and entertainment liquor license

[8:07] from 431 East Main Street to 1544 Oxbow

[8:12] Drive Unit 156 and assistant City

[8:16] attorney Chris dousey will tell us about

[8:19] this item

[8:20] thank you madam mayor members of council

[8:22] before city council is an application to

[8:24] change the location of bliss Beauty bars

[8:27] lodging and entertainment liquor license

[8:29] from 431 East Main Street to 1544 Oxbow

[8:33] Drive Unit 156.

[8:36] is a public inquiry for the change in

[8:38] location of the license the permit is in

[8:41] order and the fees have been paid from

[8:43] City staff's review of the application

[8:44] we have seen nothing that would prevent

[8:46] Council from changing the location on

[8:48] this license notwithstanding this

[8:50] inquiry

[8:51] Council can make a decision at the end

[8:53] of the hearing or defer for up to 30

[8:55] days I believe we have the applicant via

[9:00] Zoom Miss online can you hear me

[9:09] so we can hear you now mayor do you wish

[9:13] uh do you and the counselors wish to

[9:15] examine the petitioner at this time or

[9:17] would you like me to ask some of the

[9:18] preliminary questions

[9:24] uh so miss online could you please tell

[9:27] us about the Bliss Beauty Bar

[9:30] um it's a salon here in Montrose

[9:33] and you've had this license for a couple

[9:35] of years now is that correct

[9:37] yep

[9:40] um have you had any violations of the

[9:43] liquor license

[9:45] no we haven't

[9:47] please

[9:50] um so how have you kept miners from

[9:51] purchasing alcohol from Bliss Beauty Bar

[9:55] um ID and everybody

[9:57] uh have you personally taken the liquor

[9:59] law education and server training class

[10:02] I have

[10:03] uh have all of your employees attended

[10:05] these trainings

[10:07] yes

[10:08] and would you be willing to commit to

[10:10] the council that if the change in

[10:12] location is approved that all new

[10:14] employees attend such training at the

[10:16] earliest availability after higher if

[10:17] they're not already certified coming in

[10:20] yep

[10:21] perfect well thank you madam mayor

[10:24] council do you have any further

[10:25] questions from Council it

[10:29] looks pretty straightforward

[10:32] I do not see any um any additional

[10:36] questions however we do hold a hearing

[10:38] on these liquor license

[10:40] um uh items so I'll open a hearing

[10:44] and this point I would accept any public

[10:46] comment about this change in location

[10:49] seeing none I'll close the hearing and

[10:51] accept an emotion Madam mayor I moved to

[10:54] approve the change of location of the

[10:56] lodging and entertainment liquor license

[10:57] for Bliss Beauty Bar company LLC doing

[11:01] business as Bliss Beauty Bar to 1544

[11:04] Oxbow Drive Unit 156 as presented I'll

[11:08] second that

[11:10] thank you we have a first and a second

[11:12] so please go ahead and vote

[11:25] and that passes unanimously

[11:28] next on our agenda is resolution

[11:32] 2023-12 this is Council consideration of

[11:35] a resolution authorizing the city of

[11:37] Montrose Police Department to file a

[11:40] Victim Assistance law enforcement or

[11:43] Veil Grant through the seventh Judicial

[11:46] District victims assistance board for

[11:49] the total of fifty five thousand one

[11:51] hundred and fifty dollars to cover a

[11:53] portion of both the current victim

[11:55] Advocate salary and a new victim

[11:58] Advocate salary authorizing the chief of

[12:00] police to act in con connection with the

[12:03] application and to provide such

[12:04] additional information as required

[12:07] authorizing the city manager chief of

[12:09] police and finance director to sign the

[12:11] Grant application and their reporting

[12:14] documents police chief Hall

[12:18] Madam mayor and city council yes I come

[12:21] before you tonight with exactly what the

[12:25] mayor just read and I know we've

[12:26] discussed this at work session I come

[12:28] once a year with this same type of

[12:31] asking for permission for a grant

[12:33] proposal to the bailboard so happy to

[12:36] answer any questions but um Madam Mary

[12:39] summed it up nicely

[12:41] I was just reading

[12:45] questions from

[12:49] previously

[12:51] okay I don't see any questions from

[12:53] councils so I would accept any public

[12:55] comment about the veil Grant

[12:59] and seeing none um would entertain a

[13:02] motion I'll make a motion to adopt

[13:04] resolution

[13:06] 2023-12 as presented second

[13:09] great we have a first and a second

[13:11] please vote

[13:23] no it's not saving

[13:25] I'm going to scroll up so you get to the

[13:27] same button

[13:29] yeah there it is

[13:34] got it

[13:38] that passes unanimously and we'll go on

[13:41] to item 10 on our agenda tonight

[13:44] resolution

[13:45] 2023-14 this is Council consideration of

[13:49] a resolution authorizing assignment to

[13:51] the Colorado Housing and Finance

[13:53] Authority of a private activity Bond

[13:55] allocation of the city of Montrose

[13:57] pursuant to the Colorado private

[14:00] activity Bond ceiling allocation act and

[14:03] I will turn this over to our community

[14:05] development specialist Chris ottinger

[14:08] who will remind us we just talked about

[14:11] this but give a little bit of an

[14:12] overview of what this means

[14:15] absolutely good evening Madame mayor and

[14:17] city council the item before you today

[14:19] is consideration of resolution to

[14:21] allocate the city of montrose's private

[14:23] activity Bond cap to the Colorado

[14:25] Housing Finance Authority as it has done

[14:27] for the past five years

[14:29] for the benefit of the public I will

[14:31] briefly explain what pabs are and how

[14:34] they work

[14:35] a private activity bond is a special

[14:38] class of tax-exempt bonds that that

[14:41] benefits private non-government

[14:43] borrowers that can be issued by States

[14:45] local governments such as Montrose or

[14:47] housing authorities these state or local

[14:50] issuers are bound by very specific

[14:52] restrictions

[14:53] as to the use of the bonds and the

[14:55] compliance requirements related to these

[14:57] bonds the benefit of the pabs are that

[14:59] the interest paid to the bondholders is

[15:02] exempt from the federal income tax which

[15:04] generally results in a lower borrowing

[15:06] cost for the eligible project or a lower

[15:08] interest rate mortgage in the case of

[15:10] single-family bonds

[15:12] population-based formula establishes the

[15:15] maximum amount of pabs that a state can

[15:17] issue annually

[15:20] which amount is referred to as a cap or

[15:22] volume cap currently the formula is 120

[15:26] dollars per capita which allows about

[15:28] 700 million dollars in PAB volume cap

[15:31] for 2023. and it is important to

[15:34] recognize that the allocation of volume

[15:35] cap to a state or local issuer is only

[15:38] an authorization to issue bonds and has

[15:41] no cash value

[15:43] traditional components of a bond issue

[15:45] include a source of repayment collateral

[15:47] and reserves as well as eligible

[15:49] investors are all required to utilize a

[15:51] PAB

[15:52] in Colorado pabs are administered by the

[15:55] division of Housing and 47 percent of

[15:57] the bond cap is allocated to

[16:00] municipalities and counties with a

[16:01] population higher than 19 048 people and

[16:05] that's related to the uh per capita

[16:08] uh once assigned local issuers can

[16:10] decide how to use the volume cap they

[16:13] issue the bonds assign the cap to

[16:15] another local issuer assigned to chaffa

[16:18] color housing and Finance Authority or

[16:20] do nothing and let it revert to the

[16:22] Statewide balance

[16:24] in 2022 the allocation for the city of

[16:27] Montrose was one million one hundred and

[16:29] twenty five thousand six hundred and

[16:30] sixty seven dollars in 2023 the

[16:33] allocation for the city of Montrose is

[16:35] one million two hundred and forty five

[16:37] thousand two hundred and eighteen

[16:39] the city of Montrose has not desired to

[16:42] issue bonds directly as there is risk

[16:43] and administrative burden doing so

[16:45] allocating the PAB directly to chaffa

[16:47] allows our community to benefit from the

[16:49] PAB allocation without the city directly

[16:52] issuing bonds

[16:54] examples of PAB at work include in 2020

[16:58] traffic will work with the city Montrose

[16:59] to use the city's PAB allocation to

[17:02] support steel properties llc's

[17:03] Rehabilitation of the San Juan

[17:05] Apartments which serves seniors 62 and

[17:08] older a Section 8 and residents with

[17:10] disabilities in 2021 the city in 2021

[17:15] chaffa funded 20 or long 20 loans in

[17:19] their single-family tax exempt program

[17:21] first step for a total of 5 million and

[17:24] 5.3 million to the city of Montrose in

[17:28] 2022 chaffa also funded 17 loans

[17:31] totaling 4.5 million Adam and median

[17:35] income of 70 000 for a median loan

[17:37] amount of 268 000. the city staff this

[17:40] year again recommends that the city

[17:41] council consider signing our PAB

[17:43] allocation to chaffa and request that

[17:46] chaffa use the PAB if there is

[17:47] opportunity to support first-time

[17:49] homeownership investment multi-family

[17:52] affordable housing project or use it to

[17:56] support jaffa's home ownership program

[17:57] known as first step if the city council

[18:00] allocates PAB to chaffa chaffa will

[18:02] ensure that the funding is used within

[18:04] the city of Montrose to benefit our

[18:05] community

[18:09] and I'll be happy to take any questions

[18:10] thank you

[18:12] um that is to say we take our roughly

[18:14] 1.2 million dollar allocation and

[18:17] instead of administering them ourselves

[18:19] or issuing bonds we give them to chaffa

[18:22] who on our behalf does all the work but

[18:26] in our community correct we make that we

[18:29] make that distinction that they have to

[18:30] use it here in our local area

[18:33] questions

[18:35] comments okay

[18:38] then um would accept public comment if

[18:41] anyone wants to comment on private

[18:44] activity bonds

[18:46] see none

[18:47] I would accept emotion

[18:50] and a mayor a move to adopt resolution

[18:53] 2023-14 as presented second

[18:56] thank you please vote

[19:08] and that passes unanimously

[19:11] moving on the next item on our agenda

[19:13] tonight item 11 is the El Dorado

[19:16] Financial asbestos abatement assistance

[19:19] this is Council consideration of a

[19:22] request from El Dorado Financial for

[19:25] fifty thousand dollar fifty thousand

[19:27] eight hundred eighty one dollars and ten

[19:30] cents For assistance with asbestos

[19:33] abatement in conjunction with the

[19:35] construction of a new office building

[19:38] and city manager Bill Bell will cover

[19:41] this item

[19:44] thank you madam mayor in the packet is

[19:47] the letter describing the project El

[19:50] Dorado Financial is looking at taking uh

[19:53] dilapidated property along

[19:56] kind of mid Townsend area

[19:58] tearing that down demoing and removing

[20:01] all the debris

[20:03] Asbestos and some soil that's

[20:06] contaminated in the area clean all that

[20:09] up and build a new building for not only

[20:11] their headquarters to allow them to

[20:13] expand and grow with new employees but

[20:15] also to add a few additional commercial

[20:19] office spaces

[20:21] important things to keep in mind for us

[20:23] is we have tried to be consistent as a

[20:26] city to help building business owners

[20:28] with things like asbestos mitigation

[20:30] hazardous contamination removal junk and

[20:34] debris removal anything that will make

[20:36] our community look and feel better and

[20:39] this application is along those lines

[20:42] other applications that are similar for

[20:45] the Public's benefit are when we see

[20:46] facade Grant applications but those are

[20:49] really just to redo the exterior of a

[20:52] building and make the building itself

[20:53] look better this one is more of a

[20:55] general property Improvement situation

[20:58] which is why we're seeing it tonight at

[21:00] city council rather than at a dart board

[21:03] meeting as part of our Main Street

[21:04] program so total project budget as

[21:07] outlined in the in the letters two

[21:09] million dollars approximately for El

[21:11] Dorado Financial the request of fifty

[21:14] thousand eight eighty one and 10 cents

[21:17] is to cover the extract Environmental

[21:20] Services as best as abatement portion of

[21:23] the project

[21:25] and I can answer any other questions you

[21:27] might have

[21:28] I think we've pretty well covered it oh

[21:31] I think we pretty well covered that in

[21:33] work session yeah we we talked about

[21:35] this at work session a little bit longer

[21:37] yeah

[21:38] any other comments or questions yeah I

[21:41] would you know this is pretty typical

[21:43] we've done this on several other uh

[21:45] buildings in the community also so I

[21:47] think it's

[21:48] Falls very much in line with it

[21:51] yeah we've done very similar projects up

[21:53] and down Main Street and other places in

[21:55] the community

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[22:07] buildings that could use asbestos

[22:10] abatement that we're giving money away

[22:14] to help

[22:17] another business that I'm sure that they

[22:22] have probably taken into consideration

[22:24] at least they've done their due

[22:26] diligence on the whole process of

[22:28] building and uh I think that at that 50

[22:33] or 50 000 would probably be uh in my

[22:38] opinion better suited to

[22:41] help with the asbestos abatement of the

[22:44] new building that the city just Acquired

[22:46] and we're going to have to uh Abate a

[22:49] demolition as well as uh this The Old

[22:52] City shop was built in the 60s and I

[22:57] believe that there's so uh asbestos over

[23:00] there

[23:01] that

[23:03] City Crews have been working with and

[23:06] I've just not comfortable to just keep

[23:09] on giving

[23:11] asbestos abatement money to Private

[23:15] Business some that especially one that

[23:18] uh

[23:21] there's uh the sales revenues in tax

[23:26] wouldn't we pay back the city

[23:29] but that's just how I feel

[23:33] any other comments or questions

[23:37] okay I would accept public comment on

[23:39] this item

[23:42] seeing none would accept emotion

[23:49] I'll make a motion

[23:51] consider approval of the 50 881.10

[23:57] for as fast as abatement for El Dorado

[23:59] finance office building project as

[24:02] presented

[24:03] second

[24:04] we have a first and a second please vote

[24:18] thank you that passes a four to one vote

[24:22] next on our agenda item 12 ordinance

[24:26] 2634 on first reading so all ordinances

[24:30] require two readings this is the first

[24:32] time we will read or vote on this item

[24:36] this is Council consideration of

[24:38] ordinance 2634 on first reading which is

[24:41] an ordinance of the city amending Title

[24:44] IX chapter 4 section 1 and title 6

[24:48] chapter 1 section 21 regarding the

[24:51] removal of snow and or ice and

[24:54] unreasonable noise and I'll turn this

[24:57] over to our Public Works director Jim

[25:00] Scheid who is joined by some of his

[25:03] great team members

[25:05] thank you madam mayor I'll take this one

[25:07] myself tonight I guess first I'll start

[25:10] off by addressing why are we talking

[25:11] about this in August and July

[25:14] so we are updating our code related to

[25:17] snow removal and Ice removal it's

[25:19] formalizing responsibilities between the

[25:22] city and private property owners and

[25:25] doing it now allows us time to get those

[25:28] notifications out prior to snow falling

[25:30] we didn't want to do this mid snow

[25:32] season to make sure contractors are

[25:34] aware of how to remove snow from private

[25:37] property and where to not put it in the

[25:40] right away

[25:42] um so we reviewed this at work session

[25:44] but I'll kind of give a brief overview

[25:46] generally there's

[25:47] um an ordinance obviously related to

[25:49] snow nice removal there's also a policy

[25:51] and that's a internal operations policy

[25:54] that will be promulgated into our

[25:56] regulations manual as well

[25:58] um and that's that's done by through the

[26:00] city manager's office but the ordinance

[26:02] is what council is considering and the

[26:06] ordinance is related to there's a red

[26:09] line version in the packet and then a

[26:11] final version but the changes and

[26:13] additions are related to mostly

[26:15] depositing of snow in the right-of-way

[26:18] and that then that's what we are

[26:21] requiring is not to be allowed because

[26:24] the depositing is known the right away

[26:25] cause lots of problems with our storm

[26:28] sewer systems and Ice build up and then

[26:30] right away

[26:32] visual lines around corners and things

[26:35] like that and so that's why the reasons

[26:37] behind requiring that snow is not

[26:39] deposited in the right of way

[26:42] um and we work with a lot of contractors

[26:44] locally that do snow removal on larger

[26:47] scale so they're including parking lots

[26:48] and things like that we we are working

[26:50] with them on where they can put it where

[26:52] they should put it and and obviously

[26:54] where not to put it

[26:56] um

[26:57] and and then again the policies

[26:59] explaining um the city operations side

[27:01] of that and what and what the city is

[27:03] doing the level of service that we are

[27:04] providing as a city operation

[27:07] um and what has changed in that that is

[27:09] that's also uh bringing us forward is

[27:12] we've transitioned a lot of our

[27:13] operations Into the Night

[27:15] or very early morning and have

[27:18] um missed some of the time that the

[27:20] contractors have been depositing snow on

[27:22] the roadway and so now that we are

[27:24] transitioning our operations until

[27:26] earlier in the morning

[27:27] some issues are occurring where

[27:29] contractors are installing pushing snow

[27:32] into the right of way after we've

[27:33] already gone by and so that's that's

[27:35] what's also bringing this forward at

[27:36] this time rather than uh five years ago

[27:39] there's been an issue we've been dealing

[27:40] with but now we're really starting to

[27:42] address the issue moving into early

[27:46] morning operations for us is a lot to do

[27:49] with safety for our for our crews and

[27:52] also for the public traffic has become

[27:55] more and more intense and and definitely

[27:58] by the morning Rush of 7 A.M

[28:00] um by that time we really like to have

[28:02] our tier one and two routes cleared we

[28:05] can do a better job our level of service

[28:06] is higher if we can get that done prior

[28:09] to traffic hitting the roads and also

[28:12] against just safer for for our crews and

[28:14] the public if if we are done moving and

[28:17] picking up snow prior to that kind of

[28:19] morning Rush

[28:23] um and so again there is the redline

[28:25] version of what was added to the

[28:27] ordinance in the packet and also a final

[28:30] clean version and that also included the

[28:33] policy in the packet as well just for

[28:35] information on on our operation also

[28:37] some other documents in there regarding

[28:39] liquid pre-treatment that we use and

[28:43] also the state statute that also

[28:45] supports this ordinance there is a state

[28:47] statute regarding

[28:49] not installing snow in the right-of-way

[28:51] and then references local ordinances as

[28:54] well so all that's in the packet for

[28:56] information purposes but I'd be happy to

[28:59] answer any questions about that or

[29:01] anything that's come up since work

[29:02] session

[29:04] Council does anyone have any comments or

[29:06] questions

[29:11] a pretty robust discussion on one of

[29:13] those 99 Degree Days about snow it's a

[29:15] nice relief it was nice to know that

[29:18] what you're really saying is there's not

[29:20] any major changes coming that the public

[29:23] will be like oh no they're changing the

[29:25] law about snow removal but we're putting

[29:27] into law our current best practices

[29:30] and making sure people know about that

[29:33] months before it snows right yes um this

[29:37] has been a request and um a notice for a

[29:40] long time

[29:41] um we are now making ordinance to those

[29:43] enforceable when we have some that don't follow that request to to not push

[29:47] their snow on the road we have the

[29:49] ordinance allows it to be enforced okay great

[29:57] seeing none

[29:59] um

[29:59] oh yeah that's called a hearing since

[30:02] we're making up new laws here it's a

[30:03] good idea

[30:04] um I will hold a hearing

[30:07] and now accept comic

[30:09] thank you and close the hearing and

[30:12] accept emotion Madam mayor I moved to

[30:14] adopt ordinance 2634 on first reading as

[30:17] presented second

[30:20] first and second please

[30:40] and while we got a lot of votes on that

[30:42] one we are so excited about snow just

[30:44] the thought of snow that passes

[30:47] unanimously

[30:49] um next is ordinance 2635 on first

[30:52] reading and this is Council

[30:54] consideration of an ordinance regarding

[30:56] the cable franchise agreement between

[30:58] the city of Montrose and Spectrum

[31:01] Pacific West LLC an indirect subsidiary

[31:04] of Charter Communications Inc City

[31:07] Attorney Ben Morris

[31:08] thank you madam mayor members of the

[31:10] council

[31:11] what you have before you today is the

[31:14] ordinance which is the vehicle Council

[31:17] would use to adopt the franchise itself

[31:20] we discussed the franchise in

[31:23] considerable detail yesterday morning at

[31:26] the work session this is the same

[31:28] agreement you saw then

[31:30] as with last time we have Mr Ken Feldman

[31:34] appearing here remotely I can see him on

[31:37] the zoom and I'm prepared if necessary

[31:40] to display the agreement on the big

[31:42] monitors if you'd like to see anything

[31:45] in particular or talk about it with me

[31:48] or with Ken

[31:49] one thing I do need to point out and Ken

[31:52] has not heard me say this but I I don't

[31:54] think it's going to be too big of a deal

[31:57] our city clerk caught a typo in exhibit

[32:00] a she says the address for the Montrose

[32:03] Pavilion is 1800 Pavilion Drive not 800

[32:08] Pavilion Drive so we got it wrong we

[32:10] missed the number one in the address

[32:13] um so we will need to change that it's

[32:15] on page 117 of the council's packets if

[32:18] you want to look at that

[32:21] um

[32:21] with that I I'm

[32:24] such a pleasure

[32:25] thank you

[32:27] um we did talk a lot about cable

[32:28] franchise agreement and um

[32:31] in this just yesterday right wow we

[32:36] talked a lot about about franchise

[32:37] agreements yesterday

[32:39] um any further questions from Council

[32:41] tonight before we take action on this

[32:46] I believe between Mr Morris and Mr

[32:49] Feldman we were provided very

[32:52] substantial information I would suggest

[32:54] that if any member of the public would

[32:55] like to dig deeper on this that they can

[32:58] access our recordings of our work

[33:00] session and and they have a lot of

[33:03] information they provided for us so if

[33:05] you're really curious about the nuts and

[33:07] bolts of franchise agreements There's an

[33:10] opportunity to look into that you're

[33:11] absolutely right and I ask that the

[33:13] documents that were handed out in regard

[33:16] to that discussion be attached

[33:19] retroactively to our work session packet

[33:21] yesterday so that if someone was looking

[33:23] to dig deeper into this and wanted the

[33:26] full scope of information they have the

[33:28] recording as you say and they have all

[33:30] the attachments right there that we

[33:32] talked about during that recording so

[33:34] that's helpful

[33:36] um I will open up a hearing if there's

[33:39] no further questions from Council

[33:41] okay I will open a hearing

[33:44] opportunity for public comment look at

[33:46] this please come forward state your name

[33:49] and your address neighborhood or

[33:52] subdivision Madam mayor council members

[33:56] Attorney Morris Mr Feldman John Lee with

[33:58] Charter Communications I'm the senior

[34:00] manager for government Affairs I just

[34:02] want to thank the city Ben and Ken for

[34:05] the great work on this this came

[34:06] together I think very quickly very

[34:08] efficiently and I think we're happy with

[34:10] the agreement we look forward to

[34:11] continuing to serve the citizens of of

[34:14] Montrose thank you great thank you I

[34:17] hope it you say quickly it seems like

[34:19] we've been talking about this for a

[34:20] really long time so I guess Everything's

[34:22] Relative right okay any other public

[34:26] comment or I will otherwise I can go

[34:28] ahead and close this hearing officially

[34:30] closing the hearing

[34:32] um

[34:33] before we take our vote and move on I

[34:35] want to I want to thank Ken Feldman for

[34:38] joining us yesterday for our work

[34:40] session and tonight for our council

[34:42] meeting and for providing the

[34:44] specialized legal knowledge that the

[34:46] city needed to get to this Finish Line

[34:48] so thank you very much Mr Feldman

[34:51] okay entertain a motion I'll make a

[34:54] motion to pass ordinance 2635 on first

[34:57] reading as presented second

[35:00] please vote

[35:12] and that passes unanimously five to zero

[35:15] we only got to vote once on that only

[35:17] got to vote once okay moving on to item

[35:20] 14 which is ordinance 2636 on first

[35:23] reading this is Council consideration of

[35:26] an ordinance authorizing the conveyance

[35:28] of an interest in city-owned real estate

[35:30] pursuant to section

[35:33] 1-9-2 of the official code of the city

[35:36] of Montrose this is a clear networks

[35:39] easement and I will turn this over again

[35:41] to our City Attorney Ben Morris

[35:44] I think I can take this one

[35:47] at work session if you'd like absolutely

[35:50] um so yeah as you said this is for uh

[35:52] deed of easement to clear networks for

[35:54] to run fiber underground it's near uh

[35:57] the Black Canyon Golf Course so there is

[36:00] a map in the in the packet showing the

[36:01] exact location but it is

[36:04] um it's along the southern edge of the

[36:06] Black Canyon golf course near the

[36:07] roundabout at Hillcrest and Sunnyside

[36:10] the easement is on city property outside

[36:13] of the right-of-way and it's also

[36:15] already encumbered by other easements

[36:17] such as the Bureau of wreck drainage

[36:19] easement and a dmea electrical power

[36:23] easement

[36:25] um the location of these men does not

[36:27] affect the golf course operations it's

[36:29] again way on that southern Edge along

[36:31] the fence line

[36:33] and the installation of the fiber

[36:35] underground may require removal of some

[36:37] of the fence panels but those obviously

[36:40] would be put back in after that's

[36:42] completed and there would be no effect

[36:44] to the operation of the golf course

[36:46] we are recommending approval of this

[36:49] deed of easement

[36:51] and if you have any questions I could

[36:53] answer them

[36:56] thank you

[36:58] um we talked about this for a while we

[36:59] talked about all sorts of reasons that

[37:01] we would do it this way and why

[37:02] underground and why we we're seeing this

[37:05] and it's unusual and all that stuff at

[37:06] work session so again if you're watching

[37:08] city council and you're really peaked by

[37:10] this

[37:11] um go back and check our work session

[37:13] because we really dug in no pun intended

[37:15] okay

[37:17] then if there are no other questions

[37:25] wasn't it

[37:28] is

[37:37] I vaguely remember something through all

[37:40] that conversation that we've had about

[37:43] the FCC of the new regulations so

[37:46] concerning

[37:47] the internet or

[37:50] what you're talking about here is that

[37:53] we would not have a franchise agreement

[37:55] with a purveyor of Fiber Optic internet

[38:00] cable TV is different and it's regulated

[38:03] differently by the federal government I

[38:05] think that's what you're referencing

[38:07] right okay um

[38:11] it was kind of confused about that sure

[38:13] thank you excellent question

[38:17] um mayor Bynum I had passed along a

[38:20] paper copy of the ordinance on first

[38:22] reading the ordinance was written for

[38:24] actual public hearing but the agenda

[38:28] didn't mention that so I wanted you to

[38:30] know we will have a formal hearing I

[38:31] think the difference is the word and the

[38:33] gavel I'm I'm all for it okay

[38:35] any other questions from a council on

[38:38] this item okay then then we will hold a

[38:41] hearing

[38:42] and accept public comment

[38:44] seen no no close the hearing

[38:47] and accept emotions the mayor moved to

[38:49] pass ordinance

[38:51] 2636 on first reading as presented

[38:55] second

[38:57] thank you please vote

[39:14] and that passes unanimously thank you

[39:17] moving on our next item is item 15

[39:20] ordinance 2630 on second reading again

[39:23] every ordinance takes two votes of

[39:26] council to become law the second reading

[39:29] is for an ordinance and this is Council

[39:32] consideration

[39:33] of an ordinance updating Title 1 chapter

[39:37] 2 General provisions and Title 1 chapter

[39:40] 14 Municipal Court of the official code

[39:43] of the city of Montrose repealing and

[39:45] replacing Title 1 chapter 2 Section 3

[39:49] 1-2-3 regarding General penalty

[39:53] repealing and replacing Title 1 chapter

[39:56] 14 section 4 parent 1-14-4

[40:01] regarding sentencing and repealing and

[40:05] replacing other code Provisions to

[40:06] standardize cross-references in the

[40:09] official code of the city of Montrose

[40:11] regarding sentencing and it looks like

[40:14] assistant City attorney Matt and agriaro

[40:16] came to the diae so you are going to

[40:18] take us through this one and and tell us

[40:20] what all that meant

[40:21] thank you madam mayor of course good

[40:23] evening

[40:24] I'm here on a second reading on

[40:25] ordinance 26 30 uh in general this is to

[40:28] update our code Provisions regarding

[40:30] sentencing in Municipal Court

[40:33] um we this was discussed at a recorded

[40:35] work session held June 19th and a

[40:38] regular session for first reading held

[40:41] July 18th we're passing unanimously

[40:43] there's no changes made or to highlight

[40:45] to you tonight if we once at bar

[40:48] in general in summary the changes are to

[40:53] conform

[40:54] 1-2-3 and 1-14 for the general

[40:57] sentencing provisions of the Montrose

[40:59] Municipal Court to conform them to state

[41:01] law

[41:01] and there's the other Provisions uh are

[41:06] intended to be replaced and basically

[41:08] cross-reference the other two so there's

[41:09] only two penalty sections in general

[41:11] left in the code to increase efficiency

[41:15] and also to to the extent that uh future

[41:18] Council switch uh future changes that's

[41:20] more easily done

[41:22] and with that I'll take any questions

[41:25] great thank you I think I really

[41:27] personally like seeing us clean these up

[41:29] and get rid of things that aren't lining

[41:31] up and I really appreciate the fine

[41:33] tooth come with which you've gone

[41:34] through the code to make these kind of

[41:36] changes thank you any questions or

[41:39] comments from Council

[41:42] pretty straightforward then I would

[41:44] accept public comment about this second

[41:46] reading

[41:48] okay then would accept emotion Madam

[41:52] mayor I moved to adopt ordinance 2630 on

[41:55] second reading as presented second thank

[41:58] you please vote

[42:15] and that passes unanimously so we'll

[42:18] move on to item 16 which is ordinance

[42:21] 2631 a second reading of an ordinance

[42:25] for the annexation of the dry Cedar

[42:28] Creek 2 Edition

[42:30] and I will turn this over to our planner

[42:34] or William Reese

[42:36] actually I won't he's out of he's he's

[42:38] on vacation I'll turn it over to our

[42:40] planning manager Jace awkward thank you

[42:42] Madame mayor will Reese is on a

[42:45] well-deserved vacation and it's good to

[42:47] be back I think this is my first

[42:49] presentation actually in front of you

[42:51] since I took off I've got a presentation

[42:53] to share

[42:55] um and I'll I'll make it very brief I

[42:58] know you all have seen this one a number

[43:00] of times so let's

[43:03] welcome back by the way thank you thank

[43:06] you

[43:13] yep

[43:18] your disciples are learning

[43:27] there we go

[43:31] um like I mentioned yeah this is really

[43:33] the the fourth and final time you'll see

[43:36] this and I do want to mention that this

[43:38] item uh tracks the item number 17 with

[43:40] the annexation and zoning ordinance so

[43:43] um that's just something to keep in mind

[43:46] as I go through this pretty quickly

[43:49] so what we're looking at is a 5.06 acre

[43:52] site that uh the applicant is looking to

[43:54] Annex into the city limits

[43:56] um this is within the city's Urban

[43:58] growth boundary the city of Montrose

[44:00] sewer service area the city's water

[44:01] service area and is it's urbanizing in

[44:05] this general area adjacent to the West

[44:08] is the recently approved residences at

[44:12] dry Cedar Creek that's actually under

[44:13] construction that 60 unit apartment

[44:15] complex

[44:18] here's a zoning map of the subject site

[44:21] and the surrounding area and the

[44:23] applicants requesting an r3a Zone

[44:25] district for this property which is

[44:27] intended to provide for single-family

[44:29] homes duplexes or and or multi-family

[44:32] residences the adjacent properties zoned

[44:35] r3a there to the west to the east you

[44:38] see some County Zone properties that are

[44:40] again still within the County's

[44:42] jurisdiction

[44:44] uh we brought this application to the

[44:46] Planning Commission on June 28th where a

[44:49] unanimous recommendation of approval was

[44:52] had for the applicants r3a request

[44:56] this is uh the annexation plat map

[44:58] nothing no really noteworthy here you

[45:00] all saw this at the last meeting as well

[45:02] just shows that the property is

[45:04] contiguous to City Limits both to the

[45:07] north and to the West

[45:11] this is the comprehensive plan feature

[45:13] land use map it does designate the

[45:15] area's residential mixed density low

[45:17] that said the area is changing has been

[45:20] changing a little bit just over the last

[45:22] year to two years

[45:24] um and and so you know don't take that

[45:27] into full consideration tonight I think

[45:30] that being said this does meet a number

[45:33] of comprehensive plan goals

[45:35] um and that includes infill and

[45:37] Redevelopment sites well served by

[45:40] utilities and infrastructure it provides

[45:42] additional housing a variety in the area

[45:45] so you have multi-family residences

[45:47] single-family duplexes it really

[45:49] provides for that which also provides

[45:52] for the possibility of an increase to

[45:55] affordable housing which we know is much

[45:57] needed within the area

[46:01] uh this just shows uh that the sites

[46:03] within growth area one which is really

[46:06] uh representative of the most cost

[46:08] effective area to uh Annex uh quite

[46:12] frankly it's uh welsher by utilities and

[46:15] infrastructure and

[46:16] um is in generally these areas that

[46:19] aren't annexed are kind of in enclaves

[46:21] and just have all services very close by

[46:23] so this is really an ideal area for

[46:25] annexation

[46:27] uh just to summarize the area is

[46:30] urbanizing as I mentioned it meets

[46:32] continuity requirements that one-sixth

[46:35] state requirement

[46:37] an annexation agreement has been

[46:39] completed and the proposal is consistent

[46:42] with public health safety and Welfare

[46:44] City annexation policies and the

[46:46] comprehensive plan as such staff

[46:49] recommends approval of both ordinances

[46:51] 2631 and 2632.

[46:55] uh happy to answer any questions

[46:57] thank you very much let's your

[47:01] presentation is for two items but now

[47:03] we're going to go forward and and

[47:04] consider them separately because they

[47:06] are separate votes so if we can first

[47:09] start with does anyone have any

[47:10] questions about the annexation portion

[47:12] which is the the first ordinance we're

[47:14] going to vote on for the second time

[47:17] okay I will hold a public hearing and

[47:20] this hearing is for any public comment

[47:22] for the annexation of dry Cedar Creek 2

[47:26] Edition

[47:28] any comments

[47:30] see none I'll close that hearing and

[47:33] accept emotion

[47:37] and a mayor I moved to adopt ordinance

[47:39] 2631 on second reading as presented I'll

[47:42] second that thank you please vote

[47:55] and the annexation ordinance passes on

[47:58] second reading unanimously so now we'll

[48:01] go to item 17 which is ordinance 2632

[48:05] which is the ordinance for providing for

[48:09] the zoning of the dry Cedar Creek 2

[48:12] Edition as an r3a medium high density

[48:15] District any questions from Council on

[48:18] the zoning of the annexation or the

[48:22] parcel that we just annexed

[48:24] see none I'll go ahead and hold a public

[48:26] hearing any comments relative to the

[48:29] zoning of this parcel

[48:31] see none I'll close a hearing

[48:34] metal mayor I moved to adopt ordinance

[48:36] 2632 on second reading as presented

[48:41] I'll second that

[48:42] please vote

[49:05] everyone hit save on their vote to make

[49:07] it count

[49:20] okay

[49:25] I hit save

[49:27] there it is okay and the zoning

[49:31] designation is passes unanimously on

[49:34] second reading okay next up is item 18

[49:37] ordinance 26 33 on second reading this

[49:41] is Council consideration of an ordinance

[49:43] designating the Methodist Episcopal

[49:46] church and I said that correctly wait

[49:48] for it we'll explain why the Methodist

[49:50] Episcopal Church of Montrose at 19 South

[49:53] Park Avenue Montrose Colorado as a city

[49:56] of Montrose historic property pursuant

[49:59] to section 11-3 of the official code of

[50:02] the city of Montrose and Jace are you

[50:05] going to also cover this one for the

[50:07] planning department I will thank you can

[50:10] you start by explaining why we give it a

[50:12] weird name

[50:13] yeah I I will say this is William

[50:16] Reese's bread and butter and he does an

[50:19] absolutely phenomenal job of these

[50:20] presentations so I don't even want to

[50:22] try and butcher it okay okay one thing I

[50:26] will say uh is there hasn't been any

[50:28] changes since you last heard this on

[50:29] first reading

[50:31] um this is a building that's uh both

[50:33] within the the national and the state

[50:35] historic register or registered with

[50:37] both of those so uh seems very fitting

[50:40] to have it locally designated uh in this

[50:43] capacity and again I think William

[50:45] really crushed out of the park last time

[50:48] around so I'm happy to attempt to answer

[50:50] any questions but I think that's about

[50:52] it for me okay I think you did a fine

[50:54] job

[50:55] thank you he explained that throughout

[50:59] history

[51:00] um you know I think people today call it

[51:01] the Methodist Church but that it had a

[51:04] history that goes back or it was

[51:05] officially the Methodist Episcopal

[51:08] church and so it isn't a typo on our

[51:10] agenda um that's what it's officially

[51:13] called

[51:15] any questions from Council to follow up

[51:17] on this

[51:20] um okay great then I will

[51:23] um hold a hearing

[51:25] and accept any public comment about this

[51:27] historic designation for a beautiful

[51:29] downtown building

[51:31] seeing none close the here

[51:35] got a mayor I'll move to adopt ordinance

[51:37] 2633 on second reading as presented I'll

[51:40] second that thank you please vote

[51:54] and that passes unanimously moving on

[51:57] item 19 is a fuel and oil contract award

[52:00] and this is Council consideration of an

[52:03] award of a contract to Parish oil of

[52:05] Montrose to supply the city with bulk

[52:08] Fuel and oil

[52:10] Public Works director jimside is going

[52:13] to tell us about this thank you madam

[52:15] mayor and Council yeah so this is for a

[52:17] an award of a contract to Parish oil

[52:20] our previous Fuel and oil contract is

[52:23] set to expire this year and so that

[52:27] actually was with Parish oil for the

[52:28] last three years they've been a great

[52:30] vendor to work with and very responsive

[52:32] and um and great pricing as well

[52:35] we issued an RFP for this service

[52:38] earlier this year we received one

[52:41] complete proposal and that was from

[52:42] Parish oil

[52:43] and the pricing within it was um with

[52:46] within what we expected to see and is

[52:48] very similar to what we're paying now

[52:51] um fuel pricing is part of this RFP is

[52:53] based on a rack rate that

[52:56] um that we get pricing from throughout

[52:58] the country and so we're able to

[53:00] recognize price decreases or increases

[53:03] as the market changes so it's not a flat

[53:05] rate we we are it's based on a market

[53:08] rack rate

[53:10] and then of um perish or any other

[53:13] proposer would have the opportunity to

[53:15] mark that rate up higher for their own

[53:17] profits but in this case they were very

[53:19] similar to what we've seen in the past

[53:23] um and so again nothing unusual here

[53:25] this is a similar as we saw three years

[53:27] ago and had good experience over these

[53:29] past three years so we're recommending

[53:31] Award of this contract this is a

[53:34] budgeted expense within our Fleet

[53:36] internal fund and we you know with the

[53:39] current fuel prices we don't anticipate

[53:41] that our budget will be exceeded by uh

[53:43] by Fuel this year so

[53:46] thank you very much and we did talk a

[53:48] little bit about this it seems like we

[53:49] had just done the contract but we had

[53:51] made a change in the last year but prior

[53:54] to that we did have a three-year

[53:55] contract with Parish that's right yeah

[53:57] we amended their contract about a year

[53:59] ago thank you yes any other questions or

[54:02] comments

[54:04] okay then I will

[54:06] um let's see on this one we're holding

[54:08] public comment any public comment about

[54:10] our fuel and oil contract award

[54:14] seeing none would entertain a motion

[54:18] Madam mayor I moved to award a contract

[54:21] to Parish oil of Montrose Colorado to

[54:24] supply the city with bulk Fuel and oil

[54:26] as presented

[54:28] thank you please vote

[54:45] and that passes unanimously so we'll

[54:48] move on to item 20 which is Cerise Park

[54:51] storage building expense authorization

[54:54] this is Council consideration of the

[54:56] authorization of the expenses for the

[54:58] construction of a storage building in

[55:01] Cerise park near the Montrose rotary

[55:03] Amphitheater in the amount of 183

[55:08] 574.72 cents including a con including a

[55:12] contract with Striker and Company for

[55:13] the design and construction Public Works

[55:16] director Jim scheids yep thank you madam

[55:18] mayor and Council uh so yeah as you said

[55:20] this is for a storage building near the

[55:22] rotary Amphitheater this is a pole barn

[55:25] style metal building

[55:26] 24 by 48 be sectioned off into four

[55:30] different

[55:32] sections of the building that have

[55:34] multiple uses because that area is

[55:37] becoming more and more active there's a

[55:38] lot of different things going on down

[55:40] there it'll be used by our Police

[55:42] Department for you know assisting with

[55:44] events and other Patrols in the park

[55:45] system

[55:47] it could be used for storing of

[55:49] temporary fence panels for large events

[55:51] and also storage for event organizers

[55:55] there's many different types of events

[55:57] that happen there obviously a lot of

[55:58] non-profits in town utilize a facility

[56:01] and and would would benefit from a

[56:03] storage area near the building

[56:06] um so we did Issue an RFP for the design

[56:08] and construction of this structure as

[56:10] well

[56:11] um and the design on this is is

[56:13] relatively simple as it's a it's a pole

[56:15] barn style building we've utilized this

[56:18] approach on other simple buildings like

[56:20] Park restrooms and it had had good

[56:22] success with that style and actually the

[56:25] last one we did was the north connect

[56:26] Trail restroom and Striker was the

[56:28] contractor on that as well so we've had

[56:31] good experience with this process and Striker and Company on this style of

[56:34] project

[56:36] and in this case we we only received one

[56:39] proposal and it was from Striker

[56:41] um and again we're comfortable working

[56:44] with them especially on this this type

[56:46] of project

[56:48] um if awarded now the project would

[56:50] likely be completed in the spring of

[56:52] 2024 where we would order building

[56:55] materials immediately but with the lead

[56:57] time on those likely we would we would

[56:59] begin Construction in the early

[57:01] Springtime as the ground thaws out in

[57:03] the area

[57:04] um and that would mean I mean

[57:06] construction of the building is

[57:07] relatively short we're only looking at

[57:08] about a six week time of of construction

[57:10] so actually we should be completed with

[57:13] a prior well prior to event season by

[57:15] time we start kicking off events at the

[57:17] amphitheater

[57:18] um hopefully this building is is

[57:19] completed by then

[57:22] um but it would likely split over two

[57:24] years of budget and that

[57:26] um brings me to the financial portion of

[57:28] the project

[57:29] um in that there is a portion of the

[57:31] project budgeted this year in the police

[57:33] department admin budget for forty

[57:35] thousand dollars uh we will receive a

[57:38] donation from the Black Canyon Rotary

[57:40] Club in the amount of a hundred thousand

[57:41] dollars for the project which actually

[57:43] originated as arpa funding was given to

[57:45] the club originally from the city I

[57:47] think we clarified that and explained

[57:49] some of that at work session in a little

[57:50] more detail I think Bill does a better

[57:52] job of explaining that part if if any

[57:55] more is needed there

[57:57] but we may see a portion of the project

[57:59] budgeted in 2024 budget as well

[58:03] even though the expense would likely be

[58:06] offset by the the donation we'll receive

[58:08] the sense the project is spanning two

[58:11] years we will see a budgeted item for

[58:14] that expense on both budget years so

[58:17] with that I can answer any questions and

[58:19] if and if you have any questions more

[58:20] about the funding portion I think Bill

[58:22] could help me on the art book portion of

[58:24] that

[58:26] great thank you very much we did talk

[58:29] about it quite a bit in work session any

[58:31] follow-up questions from Council any new

[58:33] thoughts or ideas that you want to talk

[58:35] about on this

[58:37] okay and then um I would accept any

[58:40] public comment on the Cerise Park

[58:43] storage building expense authorization

[58:47] seen none would entertain a motion Madam

[58:50] mayor I moved to approve expenses for

[58:53] the construction of a storage building

[58:54] in Cerise park near the Montrose rotary

[58:58] Amphitheater in the amount of 183

[59:01] 574.72 including a contract with Striker

[59:04] and Company for the design and

[59:06] construction as presented I'll second

[59:09] that

[59:10] thank you very much please vote

[59:25] and that passes unanimously 5-0 so we'll

[59:29] move on to the last

[59:32] um

[59:33] item that we're going to be voting on

[59:35] tonight which is item 21 flashing

[59:39] crosswalk signage expense authorization

[59:42] you know I'm really excited about this I

[59:44] think this is one of those things that

[59:45] we've all on Council heard folks say we

[59:48] need better pedestrian Crossing and

[59:50] specific intersections and it's super

[59:52] exciting how we're going to go about it

[59:54] um this is Council consideration of 61

[59:57] 100 in expenditures for the purchase of

[1:00:00] solar powered flashing crosswalk

[1:00:02] equipment

[1:00:04] um and I was going to tell you all this

[1:00:05] more about it but really that's um city

[1:00:07] engineer Scott Murphy's job so I'll turn

[1:00:08] it over to him thank you mayor

[1:00:11] um so yeah no major changes since work

[1:00:14] session but I'll give a quick overview

[1:00:15] for anybody joining

[1:00:17] um fresh uh yeah you're exactly right so

[1:00:19] it's been a priority for the city to

[1:00:21] improve pedestrian safety and mobility

[1:00:22] throughout town you combine that with a

[1:00:25] lot of the traffic growth we're seeing

[1:00:26] it's something we really want to stay

[1:00:28] ahead of obviously promote safety and

[1:00:30] quality of life for people using our

[1:00:33] Trail networks and such

[1:00:35] um so this would purchase four different

[1:00:37] sets of push button activated flashing

[1:00:40] crosswalk beacons so these are similar

[1:00:42] to the ones uh that are downtown I think

[1:00:44] they're on Cascade ceiling and uncompage

[1:00:46] right now

[1:00:48] but the style is a little different so

[1:00:51] um it they go in at existing crosswalks

[1:00:53] with the idea that they would just

[1:00:54] improve pedestrian or improved driver

[1:00:57] yielding rates

[1:00:59] um right now you really catches their

[1:01:00] attention as you come by to try and you

[1:01:02] know say hey there's someone on the

[1:01:03] crosswalk the crosswalk has the

[1:01:05] right-of-way

[1:01:06] um but they do differ from those style

[1:01:09] and that it's in the style of the beacon

[1:01:10] so the beacons we're looking at we

[1:01:12] researched a lot of different styles

[1:01:13] sounds like this is the best to catch

[1:01:16] people's attention so instead of being

[1:01:18] around the perimeter of the sign like

[1:01:19] the ones that are downtown these are

[1:01:20] kind of a concentrated block of beacons

[1:01:22] so you get a more intense light to catch

[1:01:24] the driver's attention

[1:01:26] the intersections we're looking at are

[1:01:28] main injunction where you have a lot of

[1:01:30] traffic kind of coming across between

[1:01:32] you know coffee Trader on one side

[1:01:34] felonies uh pawn shop and uh

[1:01:38] um horse fly there East Oak Grove at the

[1:01:41] Rio Grande Rec Trail Crossing so this is

[1:01:43] the one near the southern end of the old

[1:01:45] Stovers building where you kind of get

[1:01:47] onto the old rail bed there and go down

[1:01:49] towards the river that Crossing is on a

[1:01:51] skew where Rio Grande turns to East Oak

[1:01:53] Grove there because of that skew we see

[1:01:56] a lot lower yielding rates and we'll

[1:01:58] angle those to you know catch the

[1:02:00] driver's attention chapita Road this is

[1:02:03] technically chupitas technically a

[1:02:05] county road but the wreck Trail is kind

[1:02:08] of a city maintained asset a lot of our

[1:02:10] residents use it going to and from the

[1:02:12] southern end of the trail Network or

[1:02:14] Cobble Creek neighborhood that one's

[1:02:16] kind of unique and it's a mid-block

[1:02:18] Crossing it's kind of out there out by

[1:02:19] itself a lot of people don't anticipate

[1:02:21] pedestrians just popping out so that's

[1:02:24] what's brought that one to the top of

[1:02:25] the list and then Colorado Avenue and

[1:02:28] Rio Grande there was one there it's been

[1:02:30] unfunctional for a while this will be a

[1:02:32] replacement for that one that's the one

[1:02:33] by the field house

[1:02:36] and uh

[1:02:37] within the packet there is a photo of

[1:02:39] what those new style look like we

[1:02:42] budgeted 80 000 this year for that so

[1:02:43] that does leave 19

[1:02:45] 000 approximately left over we'll use

[1:02:48] that for installation these are

[1:02:51] primarily depending on availability be

[1:02:53] installed by City cruise we may use some

[1:02:56] on-call support for some of the concrete

[1:02:57] work but that should be plenty to cover

[1:02:59] the balance so that should come in under

[1:03:01] budget so

[1:03:02] construction product under budget in

[1:03:03] 2023 that's it's an accomplishment

[1:03:08] and uh yeah happy to answer any

[1:03:10] questions

[1:03:11] great thank you any questions comments

[1:03:15] said she was pretty excited about this

[1:03:18] and I am too good if you really want to

[1:03:21] get me even more excited replace those

[1:03:24] ones on Main Street those uh

[1:03:28] I've tried that one quite a bit but

[1:03:30] sometimes that might go around like this

[1:03:32] with the little trees next to them makes

[1:03:35] them a little more difficult to see so

[1:03:37] thanks

[1:03:40] I think we talked about how if this new

[1:03:43] style was a lot more effective we could

[1:03:46] look at

[1:03:47] um

[1:03:48] redoing some of the ones we took a first

[1:03:50] stab at and and trying to do them over

[1:03:53] again if this worked but I think we're

[1:03:55] it'll be interesting to see if this is

[1:03:57] more effective if it is easier for

[1:04:00] drivers to see certainly yep yes this

[1:04:02] gives a chance to try both see how the

[1:04:04] residents like them see how we like them

[1:04:06] how they pulled up like anything we

[1:04:08] Implement on traffic we collect data

[1:04:10] before and after to kind of see how

[1:04:11] they're doing so we can use that to

[1:04:14] inform future purchases and the nice

[1:04:16] part about the Main Street ones they're

[1:04:17] all self-contained units so you know

[1:04:19] maybe those if if turns out we like

[1:04:21] these better that's not a lost cost or

[1:04:23] anything those can get moved to uh

[1:04:26] um intersection that maybe has a lower

[1:04:27] volume or better visibility without tree

[1:04:30] issues or something that um you know

[1:04:32] future changed out because there as you

[1:04:34] see um you know

[1:04:36] between 15 to 20 000 a piece so it's

[1:04:37] they're no small expenditure so I want

[1:04:39] to make sure we Implement them

[1:04:40] effectively throughout I would imagine

[1:04:43] that when when you identify that need

[1:04:45] and you go out shopping for the best

[1:04:48] type that you look at a lot of different

[1:04:50] options because I know again it's one of

[1:04:52] those things people talk to us about as

[1:04:54] much as anything else I get I get emails

[1:04:56] with pictures of they've they saw some

[1:04:58] cool crosswalks somewhere in the world

[1:05:00] and they think it should look like this

[1:05:01] I would imagine you look at a lot of

[1:05:03] different options and you figure out

[1:05:05] which ones are going to be the best fit

[1:05:06] for our community can you talk a little

[1:05:08] bit just a little bit about that process

[1:05:10] so people know you've looked at a lot of

[1:05:12] different options yeah absolutely um and

[1:05:14] thanks for bringing that up because yeah

[1:05:15] we love to talk about this stuff

[1:05:17] um so yeah the sky's the limit when it

[1:05:19] comes to crosswalk treatments we we work

[1:05:21] to standardize it so it meets adoptive

[1:05:24] defendable standards so you know there

[1:05:26] is some weird stuff out there like they

[1:05:28] paint these long 3D crosswalks that look

[1:05:30] like you're going to fall off the face

[1:05:31] of the Earth if you go through it and in

[1:05:34] doing that it catches the driver's

[1:05:35] attention well we don't want people to

[1:05:36] slam on the brakes thinking they're

[1:05:37] going to fall off the edge of the Earth

[1:05:38] and Montrose and it's not adopted by any

[1:05:40] kind of traffic standard so you know we

[1:05:42] get some kind of unique ones like that um we we consider but don't

[1:05:47] Implement for various reasons mostly

[1:05:49] liability

[1:05:50] um and then there's other kind of

[1:05:52] in-between stuff so you know embedded

[1:05:54] flashers in the streets some of those

[1:05:56] work a lot better in climates without

[1:05:57] ice and without snow removal

[1:06:00] and some of the challenges that come

[1:06:02] with once you lose that circuit those are really high intensity

[1:06:05] maintenance so we always try and find

[1:06:07] that sweet spot of you know not bleeding

[1:06:10] edge not over the top expensive to where

[1:06:13] we Implement you know as many so we want

[1:06:15] to find that sweet spot of adopted

[1:06:17] standards that are defendable because we

[1:06:19] want to make sure that if you know

[1:06:20] heaven forbid something happened we have

[1:06:22] we've done it to a defendable standard

[1:06:25] and was done right

[1:06:27] but also yeah the economically feasible

[1:06:30] so we can do as many as possible because

[1:06:31] we don't want to spend a whole bunch of

[1:06:33] money on one and completely ignore two

[1:06:34] or three others um so I think we're

[1:06:37] finding that sweet spot and we resonate

[1:06:38] on that and and yeah we've essentially

[1:06:40] researched and study and it's a lot a

[1:06:43] big part of our job to feed a lot of

[1:06:45] calls about these kind of requests and

[1:06:47] we got to make sure that we can

[1:06:47] Implement consistently

[1:06:49] um because everybody would want a

[1:06:51] flashing crosswalk on every crosswalk in

[1:06:53] town and that's just not feasible

[1:06:54] economically

[1:06:55] um

[1:06:56] and so yeah again trying to find that

[1:06:58] sweet spot and we do spend a lot of time

[1:06:59] on them um if anybody has any questions

[1:07:01] um you just Google city engineer on the city's website um feel free to if

[1:07:06] you have ideas of changes too we're

[1:07:07] always open and always trying to improve

[1:07:09] so feel free to call us anytime perfect

[1:07:12] thank you so somebody goes through

[1:07:14] crosswalks R Us or cross crosswalk Mart

[1:07:17] and see something exciting they can

[1:07:20] contact you about it certainly if yeah

[1:07:23] if it looks cheap we give them a lot all

[1:07:24] these are only two thousand dollars yeah

[1:07:25] they last a week you know when you start

[1:07:28] getting into commercial grade that lasts

[1:07:30] so even you know those downtown ones

[1:07:31] they were about 10 000 a piece so you

[1:07:33] can see just this jump you know brings

[1:07:34] you up five to seven thousand a piece

[1:07:37] um and uh yeah and I guess one thing I

[1:07:39] forgot to mention too we are also adding

[1:07:41] them as part of separate projects on the

[1:07:44] new 6700 extension we have two

[1:07:45] crosswalks there oh

[1:07:47] um on the rec Trail Network and one near

[1:07:49] the schools and then we're also adding

[1:07:51] one as part of the north six sidewalk

[1:07:52] project another mid-block Crossing um

[1:07:54] yeah I forgot to mention those they

[1:07:55] aren't covered in of this authorization

[1:07:57] because they're covered elsewhere under

[1:07:58] other authorizations but yeah so we'll

[1:08:01] see a significantly large jump in these

[1:08:04] being implemented this year great thank

[1:08:06] you very much thank you for that

[1:08:07] explanation too I think that helps us

[1:08:10] give a good answer to people when they

[1:08:11] shoot us here's one you could buy on

[1:08:13] Amazon you know you could do these

[1:08:14] everywhere and yeah okay thank you very

[1:08:18] much I would accept public comment on

[1:08:22] the flashing crosswalk signage expense

[1:08:25] authorization

[1:08:27] seen none I would accept emotion I had a

[1:08:30] mayor I moved to authorize 61 100 in

[1:08:33] expenditures for the purchase of solar

[1:08:35] powered flashing crosswalk equipment as

[1:08:37] presented I'll second that thank you

[1:08:40] please vote

[1:08:55] well briefly I saw it it was a 5-0

[1:08:58] unanimous vote on authorizing the

[1:09:01] expense for

[1:09:03] those crosswalk things I'm really

[1:09:05] excited to see those around our

[1:09:06] community okay

[1:09:08] moving on the next item we move on after

[1:09:11] all the things we vote on we finish our

[1:09:13] meeting with staff reports and city

[1:09:16] council comments so I'll start with

[1:09:17] staff reports do any staff members have

[1:09:20] anything they want to update us on Chief

[1:09:23] Hall did I see yeah

[1:09:24] and while you walk to the podium let me

[1:09:27] say on behalf of all of council because

[1:09:29] I think we all made it out to National

[1:09:30] Night Out to visit with your officers is

[1:09:33] that what you were going to talk about

[1:09:34] am I taking your okay okay well the

[1:09:37] National Night Out was going strong when

[1:09:39] we all came in here for a meeting it

[1:09:41] looked like good attendance and it was

[1:09:43] really great to see the staff from the

[1:09:46] Montrose Police Department out there and

[1:09:47] the dogs and all the kids it was really

[1:09:49] cool Incredible attendance actually I

[1:09:51] just texted Commander Woody it's still

[1:09:53] going and it's

[1:09:54] still going strong so right after this

[1:09:56] if you want to go for round two please

[1:09:59] do also just a reminder today we

[1:10:03] released the theft reduction in

[1:10:05] prevention Grant I think we've talked

[1:10:07] about that quite a bit but that's using

[1:10:08] 2A funds to help support our local

[1:10:11] businesses to install security

[1:10:15] infrastructure it is a competitive grant

[1:10:17] program application the application

[1:10:19] process is now open and will close

[1:10:21] August 31st

[1:10:23] not just a community reminder that's all

[1:10:26] I have okay that that's a great

[1:10:28] opportunity for businesses in our

[1:10:29] community to take advantage of some

[1:10:31] grant money to improve the security of

[1:10:33] their of their business and if they put

[1:10:36] a little bit of money in the city will

[1:10:37] put even more in that's correct if they

[1:10:39] uh if they put in up to 2500 the city

[1:10:42] will match uh that Grant with another

[1:10:46] twenty five hundred dollars so uh the

[1:10:49] initial uh Grant offering is 2 500. if

[1:10:53] you uh put in 2500 of your own we will

[1:10:56] offer up if you're accepted in the

[1:10:59] program another 2500 so 7 500 total

[1:11:02] between both entities it's a lot of

[1:11:05] money to put in some needed security

[1:11:07] improvements you have to go through a

[1:11:10] crime prevention through environmental

[1:11:11] design analysis that our officers will

[1:11:14] provide free of charge and whether

[1:11:17] you're going through the application

[1:11:19] process or not just give us a call we'd

[1:11:21] love to do that anyway so great all good

[1:11:24] stuff okay thank you thank you other

[1:11:27] staff who want to make comments does

[1:11:30] someone want to talk about Montrose U

[1:11:32] because I believe the application period

[1:11:33] for that is open now

[1:11:37] okay maybe I'll talk about Montrose

[1:11:39] University

[1:11:41] um I I heard this morning that the

[1:11:43] application period is open for people

[1:11:45] who want to participate in the Montrose

[1:11:48] University program it's a leadership

[1:11:49] program and a Montrose 101 type thing

[1:11:52] that meets once a month from the fall to

[1:11:57] next spring and the applications and

[1:12:01] everything are on the Montrose the city

[1:12:02] of Montrose website if folks want to

[1:12:04] know more about that I think quite a

[1:12:06] number of us have done the program and

[1:12:07] could tell you it's a great way to get

[1:12:09] to know a cohort of peers that you do

[1:12:11] the program with but also learn a lot

[1:12:13] more about our community so that's cool

[1:12:16] anything else from staff

[1:12:21] okay

[1:12:23] and then we'll move on to come yeah

[1:12:31] [Music]

[1:12:35] effective and helping to keep Montrose

[1:12:40] its rule

[1:12:43] rural designation USDA

[1:12:47] and it was through his effort that we

[1:12:51] are continuing to be considered

[1:12:54] and thus uh

[1:12:57] grandstand and other

[1:13:01] benefits to the city itself where we're

[1:13:04] going to keep them for a while uh thank

[1:13:07] you sir appreciate that and certainly

[1:13:09] not a single-handed effort we've got a

[1:13:11] staff member here Chris ottinger who

[1:13:13] helped out tremendously have a number of

[1:13:15] housing partners that we were in touch

[1:13:17] with on this but yeah at the end of the

[1:13:19] day it helps us out from a city

[1:13:21] standpoint but it helps the community

[1:13:22] out this is a big deal as far as that

[1:13:26] designation goes in terms of grant

[1:13:28] funding and and really keeping a lot of

[1:13:30] the programs alive so we're happy that was retained

[1:13:34] thank you

[1:13:37] staff comments I'll move on to any

[1:13:39] additional city council comments

[1:13:42] you guys all thought this was going to

[1:13:43] take two hours but here we go

[1:13:46] um I do want to make a comment first off

[1:13:48] um counselor Frank and I had the

[1:13:50] opportunity to attend the Montrose

[1:13:52] County Fair and to attend the junior

[1:13:55] livestock auction on Saturday and it was

[1:14:00] really great to see the youth in our

[1:14:02] community who have put a lot of hard

[1:14:04] work into raising their animals and we

[1:14:07] have a few folks within the city of

[1:14:09] Montrose city employees whose kids

[1:14:11] participated and so I just want to give

[1:14:13] them a shout out

[1:14:16] um

[1:14:16] Zachary Johnson Works in as a trash and

[1:14:20] recycle operator for the city of

[1:14:21] Montrose and his daughter Carly Brock

[1:14:24] she participated and was awarded grand

[1:14:27] champion in the market beef category so

[1:14:29] that's really impressive our Deputy

[1:14:32] police chief Tim Cox his daughter Haley

[1:14:35] took first in her Market class with her

[1:14:38] hog and Grand Champion intermediate

[1:14:40] Showmanship for showing Hogs and grand

[1:14:43] championship cake decorating in her

[1:14:45] class multi-talented young woman

[1:14:47] daughter Mackenzie got third place in

[1:14:50] fifth place with her Hogs and did well

[1:14:52] in Showmanship with her hog and Haley

[1:14:56] um I think that means McKenzie Mckenzie

[1:14:58] was also in the top 10 in the state in

[1:15:00] livestock judging and Becky scriffney

[1:15:03] with our tax and accounts receivables um

[1:15:06] department and I got the pleasure of

[1:15:08] sitting with her while she was so proud

[1:15:10] of her daughters she has three daughters

[1:15:12] Amy May and Sophia and Amy took first in

[1:15:16] market for her weight class and was a

[1:15:17] Reserve Grand Champion in beef

[1:15:19] Showmanship daughter May was fourth in

[1:15:21] market for her weight class and daughter

[1:15:23] Sophia a third in market for her weight

[1:15:26] class and after sitting with her and

[1:15:28] sitting with the girl's Uncle John's

[1:15:31] Arcus who also works for the city I kind

[1:15:33] of now know what that means and we had a

[1:15:35] wonderful time and thank you to Tei Rock

[1:15:38] drills and you and your wife who

[1:15:40] purchased a steer and a hog at the at

[1:15:44] the auction it was really enjoyable so

[1:15:46] my hat's off to those kids who work

[1:15:48] really hard

[1:15:50] any additional comments from Council

[1:15:53] okay then we will entertain a motion to

[1:15:56] be adjourned so move we're adjourned

[1:15:59] that's good we're done thank you