[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
[22:01] [Music]
[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