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Good evening and welcome to the
Westminster City Council

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meeting of August 24, 2026.

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Please stand and join us in the
pledge. Thank you for joining

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us this evening. Please
remember that our meetings are

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governed by the rules of
decorum posted inside chamber

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doors. We ask all attendees to
maintain a respectful

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environment, no disruptions,
threats, or audible expressions

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of support or opposition are
permitted. Signs and placards

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are prohibited and all
attendees must remain seated in

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designated areas. If you wish
to speak during public comment,

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please sign up in the lobby.

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Sign up closes at 6:45 p.m.

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City clerk, roll call please.

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Councilor Barajas. Mayor
Carmelia here. Councilor

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Rozzati, Councilor Hott
Councilor Ireland. Councillor

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Johnson Mayor Pro Tem Nomela is
trying to log on right now.

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Thank you so much. um, with
that, may I have a motion to

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allow Mayor pro tem to attend
remotely. Councilor Johnson,

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thank you. Mayor I move to
allow the mayor pro temp to

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participate in tonight’s
meeting remotely. Thank you,

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Councilor Hopp. 2. Thank you.

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Any further discussion? All in
favor? Aye. Any opposed? OK.

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With that, the motion passes,
and I’ll pause until we have

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her confirmed. City clerk. Uh,
any progress? If not, I might

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call a recess just until the
mayor pro tem is able to.

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Perfect. All right, we will
take a short recess until we

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can get our uh remote attendee
online. Mayor Pro Tem, can you

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hear me? Yes, I can. Welcome.

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OK, with that, we will continue
with this evening’s agenda. Do

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I have a motion to approve the
minutes. Councilor Johnson,

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thank you, Mayor. I move to
approve the minutes of August

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10th, 2026. City council
meeting as presented. Thank you

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so much, Councilor Hot. 2nd.

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Excellent. Any further
discussion? All right, city

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clerk. Oops, I’m all over the
place. All those in favor, aye,

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any opposed? Excellent. That
moves us on to presentations,

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and this evening we have one
presentation and uh this is a

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big congratulations to our
staff who work so hard, uh, in

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our finance committee, uh, we
will be presenting the

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government finance Officers
Association, Triple Crown Award

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for the 42nd year in a row.

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Hello team, is this on? OK.

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Good evening, everybody come on
up. Oh, these are so pretty. Uh

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Check that out. Looks like
marble. All right, somebody

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else better hold this. This is
way too heavy and important.

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There you go. All right,
distinguish budget presentation.

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I’m gonna put this on this side.

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Who wants to hold it? There you
go. It’s real heavy. It’s a

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good like 10 pounds right there.

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OK, do we have a There’s no
paper. Do we have a OK. Well,

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with that, I’m going to allow
everyone here to please, uh,

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introduce your name and what
you do, uh, in the staff, uh,

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title and role. You want to
start on this end? Sounds good.

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We’ll start right over here and
I just want to pause to say

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these folks were taking this
slow because they really

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deserve, um, everything they
can get. This, this is a lot of

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work that comes into the budget
department, and they put up

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with a lot of a lot of work
from council and from residents,

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and they make this happen and
they continue to make it happen

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and Just because it happens
every year, doesn’t mean it

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isn’t a lot of work to continue
winning this Triple Crown award,

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so. Thank you. Mark Harrelson,
sales tax manager. James and

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Bruggan policy and budget
coordinator. Just Sally,

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accounting coordinator. Mandy
Lemmig policy and budget

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coordinator. Michael Parlow,
policy and budget coordinator.

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Sherry Young, accounting
manager. Erin Ferrier policy

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and budget manager and also not
with us tonight is Teresa Boco,

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policy and budget coordinator,
and Brian Donahue, business

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operations administrator. Chris
Lindsey, assistant city manager

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and mayor, if I could, uh, make
a few, make a few comments. Uh,

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I would also say this is on
behalf of uh Ezekiel Vasquez,

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our chief financial officer
who’s not here this evening. Um,

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thank you, Mayor and council,
on behalf of staff, we’re

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honored to accept the
government finance officers, uh,

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Triple Crown award. Uh, this
recognizes governments and in

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the same year earn all three
distinctions, uh, the

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excellence in financial
reporting, the popular annual

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financial reporting and the
budget presentation, um, which

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is a national benchmark. for
transparency, accountability,

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and reporting excellence.

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Westminster met these standards
again this year, affirming the

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city’s commitment to clear,
accessible financial

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communication for our community.

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We’re one of 17 recipients of
the Triple Crown Award in the

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state of Colorado. This
continues, uh, a really

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powerful track record, 42
consecutive years of earning

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the uh certificate of
Achievement and Financial

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Reporting. Uh, the 6th
consecutive year of the

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Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award and the 4th

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consecutive year of the popular,
uh, financial report.

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recognition. These
accomplishments aren’t just

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about awards, they’re about how
we serve the Westminster

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community. They demonstrate our
financial, that our financial

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information is accurate,
accessible, and meaningful, uh,

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while engaging residents and
council and informed decision

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making. These recognitions
reflect the strategic plan

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principles of stewardship and
fiscal responsibility,

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transparency and accountability,
and organizational vitality. Uh,

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mayor and council, thank you
for championing championing.

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Transparency and fiscal
stewardship, uh, our staff is

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honored to continue this work,
uh, on behalf of the community.

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Thank you. won’t OK. Yeah.

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Appreciate you. Thank you all
so much. With that, we are now

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moved to our public comment
section. Public comment is an

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opportunity for the public to
address city council on any

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issue or item pertaining to
city business unless there’s a

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public hearing on the topic.

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Tonight there are no public
hearings. During public comment,

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each speaker will have up to 3
minutes for their comments.

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Staff will follow up with
questions and outstanding

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issues. City clerk, would you
please report the number of

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email and voicemail comments
received, the number of

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individuals signed up to speak
and then call the first speaker

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to the podium. Thank you, Mayor.

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We have. We received 2 emails,
1 voicemail that has been

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transcribed and attached to
tonight’s packet, and we have 7

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live speakers. The first
speaker is Mr. Alan Farb.

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Welcome. So regarding the
August 10th public comment and

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council’s discussion on our
city’s homeless, particularly

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in South Westminster and
especially in and around Irving

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Street Library and know that
hundreds of unhoused people

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reside throughout the city
council members, staff, our

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police chief and park rangers,
such community members as

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Westminster Elks, Westminster
Presbyterian Church’s Fish Food

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Bank, Mission, Nevada, even
members of the local business

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community know that I have for
6.5 years done weekly volunteer

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street outreach. Outreach among
our unhoused women and men,

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there are now 7 of us
volunteers in our group who go

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out among our Westminster
unsheltered residents bringing

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food, sometimes their only meal
of the day, water, hygiene

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items, socks, underwear, maybe
an antibiotic for an infected

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wound or a warm cap or tarp to
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This weekly outreach entails
much more than offering a lunch

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bag meal. We remind people
about available if limited

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resources to connect with.

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Professionals, including our
city’s 5 member homeless

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navigator team, but importantly,
we offer compassion,

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interaction, and serve as a
conduit for our unhoused

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residents to share their
situations and hopes for moving

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off the streets into safe
hygienic housing and getting

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proper medical, dental, mental
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that is, we treat our homeless
women and men with basic human

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dignity. We see them as people.

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Yes, uh, some homeless folks
are problematic so are many

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others who aren’t homeless. And
yes, there are habitual drug

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and alcohol users, but even
more so, many unhoused people

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endure a variety of mental
health issues that go untreated,

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which too often puts and keeps
them on the streets, behind the

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bushes, under bridges, on the
sidewalks in the parks where

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the rest of the population just
doesn’t want to see them, even

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our own officers have told our
unhoused to move on, but the

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question always remains where
business owners and their

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clients’ libraries and their
patrons, parks and their users

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shouldn’t. have to have
worrisome concerns about a

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homeless woman with her life’s
belongings sleeping near to

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where they want to enter, but
we as a community can’t just

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tell unsheltered people to move
on with no safe place to move

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on to. Dollars are tight, state
and especially federal funds

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once depended on have been
stripped away, leaving more

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people who need our community’s
help with fewer options.

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Westminster doesn’t want to see
unsheltered women. Men and yes,

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children, neither do I
fortunately this council is

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making the effort to actually
do something, so I say to all

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in our community, join with the
city to be part of the solution

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and if you want to learn more
about the homeless person you

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don’t want to see come spend
the day with us volunteers.

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Thank you. Thank you. The next
speaker is Christine Wars.

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Welcome. Good evening. Um, as
you know, this will probably be

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my 6th time coming in front of
you guys and it’s still the

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same issue your mission
statement says the city of

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Westminster provides high
quality services respond to

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evolving community needs and
fosters resilience to promote a

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safe. And thriving community.

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Just recently this weekend.

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There was fires, gunshots fired,
a total of 8. Right in front of

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the town home. And the police.

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Obviously we’re called. And
then today, the next day they

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were called to come, I should
say later that day because it

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was Sunday, they were called to
come pick up the casings. When

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is it enough? That our
community is at risk. When will

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we do something we call the
police. And in this case,

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another incident on Saturday.

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And one of my staff actually
stopped a young man from taking

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a bat and going to the front of
the rodeo to have a

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confrontation with another
individual. Police were called

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by the time they got there, the
plat with the bat was hidden.

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The police officers was shown
where it was at, but because

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nobody was. Hit by it. There
was null and void. But if it

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wasn’t for one of my staff
stepping in and saying, dude,

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you don’t want to do that. It’s
going to cause a lot of

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problems. It was avoided. Again,
you tell us. Go to the police.

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By the time police get there,
it’s not their fault. But

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things have been dismantled.

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Things have been um. Quieted
down. But there’s an issue. If

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that bat issue wouldn’t have
been stopped. Somebody could

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have gotten really hurt. It has
been known that when you shoot

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um bullets up in the air. have
been hit. I’d like to know

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where those bullets are. Found
the casings. They found 5.

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Another one was found today and
be turned into the police

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department. I just ask, what
has to happen? Before something

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is done. And I know that. I
have been ridiculed that I

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embellish things, but I don’t
need to embellish things you

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come out there 12:30, 1 in the
morning, you will see for

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yourself. Thank you very much
for your time. No clapping is

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allowed. Thank you so much.

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Thank you Christine. The next
speaker is Dorothy Chaffee.

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Welcome. Thank you. Good
evening, Mayor and council.

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Christine kind of stole a
little bit of my thunder. She

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took my mission statement from
Westminster, which I heard last

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Tuesday at the meeting that was
held here. And the word safe

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really came out. I printed it
off so I wouldn’t misrepresent,

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but Christine just read it to
you, so I don’t need to. I want

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to address, The type of music
that’s being performed at the

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rodeo that promotes deviant
behavior. Please excuse my

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pronunciation if I’m saying it
wrong, but it’s called Narcocor

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Rio. It’s a type of Hispanic
music that glorifies. Um,

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Illegal activities organized
crime, drug trafficking, money

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laundering, prostitution, and
other illegal activities. The

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headliner That was there this
past Saturday is a proponent of

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this music and sings this type
of music. I heard about what

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happened this past weekend with
the gunfire. I would love to

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share a video with you after
council that will show you and

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you can hear the gunfire. You
can see the truck peeling out.

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To support. The, the behavior
that is being promoted by the

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type of music that is being
promoted by the rodeo. Nothing

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against the rodeo. They have a
right. As you all have informed

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me and I actually agree with to
have whomever they want there.

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It’s their place of business.

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The problem is their place of
business and how they are

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conducting the business and who
they are supporting is causing

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problems for your city. It’s
causing problems for the

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residents that have purchased
hundreds of thousands of

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dollars’ worth of town homes
that are right across the

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street. That are fearing for
their lives because bullets are

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flying. It’s documented. I have
a uh. City of Westminster case

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number. For the officer that
came and collected those bullet

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casings. Those don’t fall from
the sky, they fall from a gun.

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Again, as Christine said, we
have to call the police, we

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have to call the police. Well,
we need help we need your help

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to help us. Try to get a handle.

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On the behavior because what’s
gonna happen next. is A

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mortuary situation where you’re
going to have a dead citizen or

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dead citizens because this type
of behavior is being allowed to

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continue to present itself
within your city, and that’s

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very sad. So thank you very
much for your time tonight.

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Thank you. The next speaker is
Jeremy Parker. Welcome. Good

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evening, um. I’m gonna keep
riding the rodeo train, um, and

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please forgive me if my words
are going to come across

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accusatory, um. 1:30 a.m. My
wife and I were woken up again

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by the rodeo. And what did I do?

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I did what we’ve all been asked
to do. We observe, we document,

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we report. But before I had a
chance to even do that, as I’m

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opening my window. To decide
which riff or raff I’m gonna

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document this time around the
truck that we’re all talking

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about peels out of the parking
lot. From what I remember

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hearing, 5 rounds boom boom
boom boom boom. In the air

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while I’m on my balcony shot in
my direction. I wonder if

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anybody up here has had to duck
for safety in their own home. I

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did. I had to do that that
night. Next to my son being

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woken up, eight year old boy
running down the stairs. Dad,

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what was that? What’s going on?

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What’s happening? And that’s a
really fun parenting moment to

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navigate at 2 in the morning
with your son. Thanks to our

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friends at the rodeo. Um We did
collect the casings the next

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day. Myself went out with
someone else, we found what I

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thought the police department
was going to do. We saw the

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casings, got a patrol unit out
there, so we have a case number

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with that. It’s just very
frustrating. To feel Unsafe.

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And terrorized in your own home.

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Every weekend. Something’s
going on. And I Excuse me. I

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know we don’t. Want to. Make it
a race thing, and I understand

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that. But what is being
Communicated back to us. By the

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complacency of either the
council or staff or the

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Westminster PD by de facto you
have made it a race issue.

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Because if there’s any other
group, this would have not gone

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on. For 6 months. So I’m not a
very passive person when it

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comes to matters like this,
especially protecting my family.

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And my investment into what. I
was sold moving into downtown

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Westminster. So Myself And the
rest of us in the downtown

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Western downtown Westminster
Western downtown Westminster

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community are going to begin
utilizing the connections. And

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the influence we have with the
media and news outlets to shine

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a light. On the inadequacies of
what’s happening here. Thank

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you for your time. Thank you.

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The next speaker is George
Miller. Welcome. Hello. Good

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afternoon, Mayor. Good
afternoon, council members.

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Unlike the previous speaker, I
do not care whatsoever if you

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will please speak into the mic
so our audience online can hear

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you. Unlike the previous
speaker, I do not care if

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anyone up here forgives me for
my accusatory tone. Uh, my name

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is George Miller. I live off of
Raleigh Street by the high

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school. I’m here today to
inquire about the homelessness

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issue here in Westminster. I’d
like to know why the city of

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Westminster has made a
practically impossible for

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police to immediately arrest
and remove homeless people from

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public spaces upon a call of
complaint, especially when

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13-1-5, Section 24 exists on
the books. It states that no

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one is allowed to reside in
public spaces between 11 p.m.

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and sunset. Why are our police
officers not allowed to. force

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that. And rather the the local
government has opted for. The

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quote unquote continuum of
compassion policy which is

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extremely bureaucratic and
easily abused by homeless

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people who refuse to go into a
shelter. When I go to the

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Irving Street Westminster
Public Library, I should be

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able to go into the bathroom
and use the facilities without

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having to see a homeless man
wash out his dirty drug needles

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in the sink. When I want to go
for an evening run along Little

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Dry Creek Trail, I should not
have to go past a homeless

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encampments with drug addicts
everywhere and trash and

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disgusting litter strewn about
everywhere. When I’m driving

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down Federal to get onto the
on-ramp to Highway 36, I should

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not have to pass by a homeless
woman defecating on the

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sidewalk in front of, for the
whole world to see, and God

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knows how many people, small
children who see that. Last

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year I returned from vacation
before I went on vacation there

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was no homeless encampment in
the little in the little dry

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creek trail park in across the
street from my apartment. Upon

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returning, there was a tent in
every week more and more and

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more tents went up until
eventually it was practically

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an entire homeless civilization
evolving. Why did it take

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months and months for them to
be cleared out. I went up there

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and talked to some of those
people. They are drug addicts

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and many of them are riddled
with dangerous diseases like

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tuberculosis. This is supposed
to be a park where children

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play and people run. I’d like
to know if at present time the

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Westminster municipal
government has any plans to

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make the process of removing
homeless people from public

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view, more streamlined and
allowing the police to actually

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do their job as it pertains to
keeping our city safe, clean,

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and presentable. Other
countries around the world,

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they see America, they see this
absolute mess. Your time is up,

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sir. Thank you so much. The bar,
but all of you have a choice to

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not participate in that. I hope
this decides decides to do

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something. Thank you. Thank you.

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The next, the next speaker is
Wendy McKendrick. McKendrick,

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yeah. Welcome. Thank you. Good
evening. I’m here tonight

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because I care deeply about
both public safety and the

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constitutional freedoms that
define this country. I’m here

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to talk about surveillance.

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Like everyone else in this room,
I want criminals caught. I want

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stolen cars recovered. I want
children protected. Those goals

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unite all of us. But the
question before you isn’t

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whether we support law
enforcement. The question is

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whether creating a system that
records the movements of every

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innocent citizen is a
reasonable price to pay.

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History teaches us something
important. Governments rarely

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take freedoms all at once. It
happens one step at a time.

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Each new surveillance tool is
introduced with good intentions

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and for a worthy cause. The
technology itself is neutral.

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The question is who has access
to it? How it will be used in

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the future and whether future
leaders will exercise the same

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restraint. We hope today’s
leaders will. Around the world

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we’ve seen how surveillance
systems can expand far beyond

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their original purpose. China
has demonstrated how powerful

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these technologies become once
they are woven into everyday

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life. We are obviously not
China. That’s precisely why we

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should be careful to protect
the freedoms that distinguish

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us from a authoritarian
governments. Supporters often

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say if you haven’t done
anything wrong, you have

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nothing to worry about, but
that’s not how constitutional

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rights work. We don’t protect
privacy because everyone is

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guilty. We protect privacy
because everyone is innocent

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until proven otherwise. We
don’t require warrants because

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we distrust every police
officer. We require them

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because our Constitution
recognizes that government

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power should have limits. Even
the effectiveness of these

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systems deserves scrutiny.

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Several communities have
questioned whether automated

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license plate reader programs
provide measurable reductions

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in crime that justify their
cost in the collection of

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millions of records from
law-abiding citizens. In some

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cities, officials have
concluded the value did not

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justify continuing the programs.

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This isn’t simply about today’s
council or today’s police

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department. It’s about the
president we leave for tomorrow.

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Once the surveillance
infrastructure exists, future

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councils can expand it. Future
governments can change the

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rules. Future technologies can
connect databases in ways we

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can’t even imagine today.

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Benjamin Franklin warned that
those willing to trade

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essential liberty for temporary
safety deserve neither liberty

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nor safety. Whether or not you
agree with every word of that

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quote, the principle remains
time remains timeless. Freedom.

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Once surrendered, Israeli
returned voluntarily. I

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respectfully ask you to not
allow these surveillance

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cameras. Your time is up. Thank
you for your time. Thank you so

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much. The next speaker is
Brandon Giggu. Welcome. Uh uh.

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I’m uh my name’s Brandon. I
live in the Sheridan Green area,

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um, I’m a software engineer
with 10 years of experience,

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and I’m adding my voice like
the previous speaker, uh,

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against the automated license
plate readers being used in the

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city, um, I wanted to thank you
for letting me speak and I

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wanted to thank Councilor
Izzati for um bringing this

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topic up for a study session. I
was greeted by an ALPR upon

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driving here uh to speak today
and it filled me with a sense

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of dread. This cameras made by
Flock Safety. It’s a private

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company with billions of
dollars funneled into it to

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create an extremely capable AI
powered surveillance system and

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my visit today, particularly my
license plate and it’s my car’s

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distinguishing features is now
stored in Flock’s massive

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database along with millions of
Of Americans own cars and their

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whereabouts across the nation.

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Uh, this database can be
searched at any time for any

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plate number or for images on a
particular time and day. This

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is undoubtedly mass
surveillance and uh the system

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is not tracking cars at the end
of the day, it’s tracking

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people. These ALPRs are sold as
a tool to fight crime and help

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keep us safe with these cameras
popping up in my neighborhood

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at Lowe’s, at Target, uh, at
Westminster City Hall. I feel

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less safe, not more. I am much
more concerned about this

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technology and the swaths of
data being abused, making

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mistakes or being given to the
wrong hands than I am about

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being a. The victim of a crime.

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Let me be clear, I appreciate
the police for the work they do,

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officers’ jobs are not easy. I
have confidence the city police

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has my best interest in mind
and would keep the data

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collected by these cameras from
being accessed by other

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agencies. And Flock assures
everyone and makes it clear the

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data is owned by whoever pays
for the cameras. However, this

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has not been the reality. Flock
allows their police customers

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to use a national lookup tool
which uh lets them do

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nationwide searches. Police in
other jurisdictions have been

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caught providing data to
federal ICE agents and these

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searches, whether local or
national, are warrantless and a

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breach of privacy. Against the
Fourth Amendment. Another thing

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is that I don’t press the a
private company with billions

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in funding to sufficiently
protect this data. Data

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breaches like the Equifax
breach, uh, revealing millions

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of people’s identities are
becoming more and more common.

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Data is valuable and if hackers
can access the live feeds of

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these cameras, which has
occurred many times, what’s

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stopping them from going a step
further. I wanna voice my

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opposition against all ALPR
camera manufacturers, that’s

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just luck. Thank you, sir. Your
time is up. Thank you for your

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time. Thank you so much. The
next speaker is Tom Lampo.

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Welcome. Hey, thank you very
much. Hello to Westminster.

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Hello to you in front of me.

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I’m Tom Lampo. And I’m here to
lift up Westminster to the Lord

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in prayer. So please join me in
prayer. Heavenly Father, in

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Jesus’ name we invite you here
tonight to be with us.

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Westminster is your city and
you are always welcome here.

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Your word in Psalm 139 710
states where can I go from your

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spirit? Where can I flee from
your presence if I go up to the

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heavens, you are there. If, if
I make my bed in the depths,

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you were there. If I rise on
the wings of the dawn, if I

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settle on the far side of the
sea, even there your hand will

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guide me. Your right hand will
hold me fast. We’ll keep you to

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your word. We want to be in
your presence wherever we are

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and in whatever situations we
are engaging in help us to be

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mindful of you. We lift up the
kids of Westminster to you.

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They’re back in school. The new
school year has begun. There is

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new act there is new activity
in a lot of it near our schools.

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There are students and parents
whose only focus is to arrive

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at school before the first bell
rings. The focus might not be

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on their surroundings. Drivers
will need to be more conscious

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of their surroundings. Most
need to get to work and their

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focus might not be on the
surroundings. So for everyone,

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we ask you make us all mindful
of Philippians 2:4, which

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states. Not looking to your own
interests, but each of you to

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the interests of others. Keep
everyone safe. Help everyone to

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think outside of their own
situations and to be mindful of

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what is transpiring around them.

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Help us to keep outside.

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Outside of ourselves and to
think of others first, keep our

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little ones safe, and bring
clarity and understanding to

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their minds. There are many
adults who have contact with

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our kids while they’re at
school. This is school. This

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includes school resource
officers. They have become part

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of the fabric of schools. They
have unique and challenging

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role because of their unique
situation, we give them

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Proverbs 2:11, which states
discretion will protect you and

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understanding will guard you.

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Give our school resource
officers discretion and

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understanding. They will be
challenged during their days to

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make quick decisions and to
assess the multitude of

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situations. A situation where
they are needed can come out of

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nowhere and progress quickly.

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Their mind needs to be sharp.

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Their actions can make the
outcome of those situations and

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ultimate positive for all
involved. You are a god, and we

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are your people. In Jesus’ name
we pray. Hey man, thank you

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guys. Have a nice night. Thank
you so much. And that was the

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last speaker. Excellent. Thank
you, speakers, and now we will

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turn it over to our city
manager. Do we have a report

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this evening? Mayor, thank you.

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I do have a brief report this
evening if I could have the

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next slide. All right, first up,
by way of city update, I want

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to announce that there is a
significant step forward, uh,

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for historic Westminster with
the Berg Food Hall, uh, now

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underway, so the city
officially completed the sale

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of the Schoenberg Farm property
to MJ Development last week and

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that sale represents um
countless hours hundreds of

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00:38:18,733 --> 00:38:22,933
hours of dedication and
collaboration over the past 20

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years to preserve and protect
this historic uh uh property,

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the berg will breathe exciting
life. In one of historic

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Westminster’s iconic properties
as a food hall and music venue,

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the Berg is scheduled to open
in the fall, uh, winter of 2027,

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so, uh, more updates to come on
that, but that is a huge step

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forward for historic
Westminster uh with one of our

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historic landmarks. Next slide
please. All right, this is also

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uh a call to our community, um,
uh, RTD is looking for, uh, RTD

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compu um community ambassadors,
so, uh, they are recruiting 30

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community representatives to
provide feedback for RTD

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00:39:05,133 --> 00:39:09,433
Connect, which is an initiative
that reviews RTD’s core

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services, um, we are advised
that community ambassadors for

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RTD will earn a $2500 stipend
and play a vital role in

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sharing information uh back to
their communities gathering

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00:39:20,500 --> 00:39:24,733
community. Feedback, uh, and
getting that into RTD and then

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00:39:24,733 --> 00:39:28,000
connecting community members to
engagement opportunities, so uh

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we understand that those
applications are due no later

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than August twenty-eighth, and
you can learn more at

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surveyMonkey.com/r/9GK8BPV um
we’ll have that link on the

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city website. Next slide,
please. I have 2 slides on

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tonight’s agenda. Uh, first up,
we of course had the

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presentation, uh, to our, um,
team, uh, for our government

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finance officers association
Triple Crown Award, the

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00:39:53,533 --> 00:39:56,933
forty-second year for all three
awards, um, in my manager

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report, I will briefly go
through tonight’s agendas and

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what’s upcoming and then I will
have a uh presentation for you

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of our city’s proposed 2027
budget, which is the

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culmination of a lot of
engagement work with city

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council and the community and
the. Beginning of deepened

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engagement uh as we work
towards an October adoption of

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that budget on consent agenda
tonight, there are 12 items and

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that includes 2 2nd readings
and then under new business we

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have two first readings. The
first is counselor’s Bill 34

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that amends the Westminster
Municipal Code to exempt infant

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00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,600
formula, diapers, and feminine
hygiene products from the

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city’s sales and use tax and
then we have a first reading of

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councilor’s Bill 35 amending
the Westminster Municipal code,

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uh, providing for the.

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Declaration of fire
restrictions in the city, um,

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so next slide please. Under old
business we have a 2nd reading

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and that’s Councilor’s Bill 33
that authorizes an

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intergovernmental agreement
between the city and Adam’s 12

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5-star schools, and then we do
have one, post meeting study

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session that’s an executive
session and that’s a discussion

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00:41:02,900 --> 00:41:06,133
uh by city council of a
personnel matter. Which is the

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00:41:06,133 --> 00:41:10,900
annual review for the presiding
judge. Next slide, please. All

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right, this week, um, lots
happening on Tuesday, tomorrow,

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August 25th is a planning
commission meeting right here

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at City Hall that starts at 7
p.m. then on Wednesday, August

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26th, uh, continuation of our
hello neighbor Summer

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00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,000
affordability Series, so that’s
the 5th, uh, 1 of those

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00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,933
sessions, that’s right there at
uh downtown Westminster Central

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Park Plaza, um, that will run
from 5 to 7 p.m. also that

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00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,400
night concerts in downtown
Westminster continues at

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Central Park Plaza, and that’s
uh from 5:30 to 7. p.m. Also on

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Wednesday night, environmental
advisory board meets at uh City

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Hall. It’s a hybrid meeting
that starts at 6:30 p.m. Then

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we moved to Saturday on August
29th, our fire department

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00:41:53,533 --> 00:41:56,733
professionals are hosting
another uh car seat

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00:41:56,733 --> 00:41:58,500
installation clinic for
community members, that’s free

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00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:03,133
of charge and this one’s at
fire station number 2 at 9150

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Lowell Boulevard that will run
from 8:30 to noon and then uh

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our fire professionals do ask
to call ahead to make an

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appointment and you can call
303-658-4500 to get an

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00:42:14,333 --> 00:42:16,933
appointment with our fire
professional at fire station 2

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on Saturday, then on Sunday,
August 30th. Is the

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continuation of the downtown
Westminster summer yoga series

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right at Aerostat Park and that
runs from 9:00 a.m. till 10:00

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a.m. Next slide, please. So
this is, uh, usually where I

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announce that we have a meeting
next week, but we do not have a

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meeting next week, nor the the
the meeting after, so the

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coming Monday, August 31st, is
the 5th Monday of August and

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therefore we do not have a
scheduled council meeting, so

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no meeting next Monday, and
then the following Monday,

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September 7th, which of course
is Labor Day, so city council

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will reconvene uh in public
meeting on Monday, September

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14th, so that will be the next
meeting of city council. I’m

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now going to move into uh the
proposed 2027 budget. I have a

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brief introduction to make and
then I’m going to ask Aaron

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Ferrier of our staff team to
come up and uh provide you with

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a very brief run through of the
budget, so tonight is not a

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study session on the budget,
it’s really to orient you to

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where the budget is, uh, it’s
now been put into the public

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docket and is a public record
and uh this begins the

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community engagement part of
the uh budget process. I do

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wanna read uh the budget
message uh this year. Um, the

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proposed 2027 budget presents a
tight balanced budget that

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navigates economic uncertainty
with strong financial

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discipline. It continues the
city’s commitment to tightening

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our belts and doing more with
the resources we have, while

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delivering on city council’s
priorities and continuing to

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meet the community’s
expectations for Westminster’s

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exceptional levels of service.

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Guided by the city’s strategic
plan, this budget advances a

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shared vision for a Westminster
that is safe, connected,

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resilient and affordable by
investing in its services,

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infrastructure, and people.

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It’s the product of months of
city council and community

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engagement, ensuring that every
dollar in this budget directly

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serves the city’s strategic
plan. For a city with one of

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the lowest property tax rates
in the country this budget

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acknowledges an important
financial reality and does not

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delay difficult decisions. As
with many of our neighboring

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communities escalating
operating costs are outpacing

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revenue growth and this budget
marks a deepening commitment to

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our no stone unturned approach,
balancing reductions in

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department budgets and capital
projects with strategic and

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00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:42,600
thoughtful additions to the
workplace to increase revenue

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opportunities, address service
gaps, and deliver on city

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council’s priorities this year.

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The the budget also includes
adjustments to critical fees

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and permitting processes for
high. Impact roadway users,

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telecommunication companies,
and other entities negatively

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00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,300
impacting Westminster’s roads
and rights of way, ensuring

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that those impacting our
infrastructure pay their fair

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share instead of our taxpayers.

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As I complete my second year as
Westminster City manager, I’m

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proud to reaffirm our
commitment to a city government

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that leads with integrity
remains accountable, and

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fiscally responsible and places
meaningful community engagement

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first. Together we will stand
strong in the shifting economic

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winds to make sure that our
residents and businesses

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continue to thrive and that
Westminster continues to be an

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exemplar of of excellence in
local government. Now I’ll ask

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Erin Ferrier, uh, she has a
brief presentation to run

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through, um. Providing an
overview of this year’s

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00:45:41,833 --> 00:45:44,500
proposed budget. Thank you,
City Manager Andrews, Aaron

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00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:48,200
fair to our policy and budget
manager. Abby’s just helping

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with some technical. As we get
through. Get it started. But

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I’ll begin with a huge thank
you to City council for your

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leadership, partnership, and
support throughout this entire

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process. The budget reflects
many months of engagement that

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have helped shape where we are
today. I also want to recognize

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our staff across the
organization. Developing a

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budget of this size is.

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Citywide effort. And an
incredible amount of work

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00:46:22,500 --> 00:46:26,633
getting us to this point
tonight. Tonight represents an

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00:46:26,633 --> 00:46:31,200
important milestone. The
development of a proposed 2027

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00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:35,133
budget is complete. We are
proud of the work that has gone

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into the proposal, but we
recognize that it’s just that.

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A proposal. We are looking
forward to city council’s

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00:46:42,233 --> 00:46:46,600
review. Questions? And guidance
as we fine tune the budget over

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the next several weeks. Next
slide, please. We started the

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process in November of last
year with the 2026 budget

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debrief and worked together
over the last 7 months to

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drafting the proposed 2027
budget. We intentionally

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00:47:05,033 --> 00:47:07,233
strengthen the development
process this year based upon

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feedback we’ve received from
city council and the community.

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Next slide, please. The budget
began with a strategic plan,

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including the prioritized
outcomes and tasks. And the

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community’s needs. The proposed
2027 budget translate those

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those priorities into
investments into affordable

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housing initiatives. Community
connections. Transportation and

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00:47:35,133 --> 00:47:40,300
micro mobility planning. Public
safety Economic vitality. And

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infrastructure. Next slide
please. We also spent time this

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00:47:46,633 --> 00:47:49,900
year thinking about how the
budget communicates, not simply

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what it contains. The document
is organized to make a complex,

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00:47:55,700 --> 00:47:58,300
nearly 400 page financial plan
easier to understand and

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00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:02,100
navigate. We encourage City
council and the community to

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00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:03,700
begin with a budget message.

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And the budget brief. These
sections provide an overview of

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the financial environment.

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Proposed investments and
considerations that shaped the

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proposed budget. From there,
move on to the other sections

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that contain greater detail
about the funds, departments,

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00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:27,100
capital improvement program,
community requests, staffing

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00:48:27,100 --> 00:48:32,600
and reference materials. The
proposed 2027 budget continues

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to align resources with the
strategic plan and prioritize

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00:48:36,933 --> 00:48:40,133
outcomes and tasks while
maintaining fiscal discipline

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00:48:40,133 --> 00:48:46,333
and high-quality service uh
delivery. Across the funds. The

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budget totals approximately 436
million, an increase of about

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5% over the 2026 adopted budget.

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Within the total. Are targeted
proposed investments and

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00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:02,933
staffing to advance city
council priorities while

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balancing growing service needs,
infrastructure demands. And

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available revenues. With the
proposed budget drafted, we are

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shifting from development into
review and refinement. Between

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tonight and September 6th, we
encourage city council to

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review the proposed 2027 budget.

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00:49:24,500 --> 00:49:30,100
And submit questions or
requests for clarifications.

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00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:32,133
Share questions that help you
understand how an item was

675
00:49:32,133 --> 00:49:37,633
developed. What is included in
a budget. Amount. Or what

676
00:49:37,633 --> 00:49:43,400
information was used to
evaluate a proposed investment.

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00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,533
Staff will prepare responses to
those questions and share them

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00:49:45,533 --> 00:49:50,033
with city council ahead of the
September 21st study session.

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00:49:50,033 --> 00:49:53,000
These questions and responses
will provide the foundation for

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00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:56,833
a more focused discussion. And
help identify areas where city

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00:49:56,833 --> 00:49:59,833
council may want to add
additional information or

682
00:49:59,833 --> 00:50:02,100
refinement to the budget.

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00:50:02,100 --> 00:50:06,433
Between the questions and that
study session. There will be a

684
00:50:06,433 --> 00:50:09,200
public hearing with, uh, will
be held for the community to

685
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:13,400
ask questions and share any
feedback about the proposed

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00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:18,100
2027 budget on September 14th.

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Following the September review
and the study session, we will

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00:50:21,300 --> 00:50:25,500
move toward formal adoption
process in October. First

689
00:50:25,500 --> 00:50:28,200
reading is anticipated for
October 12th, followed by a

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00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:31,500
second reading and adoption
later in October. I want to

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00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:36,733
close the way I started. With
our sincere appreciation of

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00:50:36,733 --> 00:50:38,433
city council’s leadership
during the budget development

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00:50:38,433 --> 00:50:42,700
process. We know there is work
ahead, and we welcome it. We

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00:50:42,700 --> 00:50:46,500
are looking forward to your
suggestions, your feedback, and

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00:50:46,500 --> 00:50:48,400
the opportunity to fine tune
the budget over the next

696
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:51,633
several weeks. Thank you and
enjoy the budget book in front

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00:50:51,633 --> 00:50:57,000
of you. When you open it up,
the budget in brief is right on

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00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,800
the side. And then there’s also
a link if you prefer, uh,

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00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:07,133
digital copies. Thank you so
much, Erin. We are not doing a

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00:51:07,133 --> 00:51:09,500
deep dive into the budget this
evening, but counsel, are there

701
00:51:09,500 --> 00:51:14,600
any questions on the city
manager’s report. Councilor

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00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:18,900
Brajas, uh, thank you, Madam
Mayor. This is a question for

703
00:51:18,900 --> 00:51:20,500
um uh just a logistic question.

704
00:51:20,500 --> 00:51:24,300
The public comment, uh, the
emails and voicemail aren’t, uh,

705
00:51:24,300 --> 00:51:26,600
at least the website that I’m
looking at, they’re not

706
00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:29,533
attached, um, so if could,
could we just please get an

707
00:51:29,533 --> 00:51:36,133
email when they are attached,
um. Yeah. Thank you. Any other

708
00:51:36,133 --> 00:51:40,200
comments? OK, thank you so much.

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00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:45,200
That moves us now on to city
council comments. Councillor

710
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:48,400
Johnson. Uh, thank you, Mayor.

711
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:51,433
I had a couple of things I
wanted to speak about tonight.

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00:51:51,433 --> 00:51:53,700
The first is there’s something
on consent agenda, and I’m, I’m

713
00:51:53,700 --> 00:51:57,400
happy to leave it there, but I
just wanted to say, um, my

714
00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:00,500
deepest appreciation to the
office of the alternate defense

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00:52:00,500 --> 00:52:03,300
counsel, which provides all of
our indigent defense. I’m

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00:52:03,300 --> 00:52:05,900
excited to see us renewing
their contract. I think they do

717
00:52:05,900 --> 00:52:09,133
an excellent job, um, and
they’re really important, uh,

718
00:52:09,133 --> 00:52:12,133
stakeholder in our justice
system, and so I, I wanted to

719
00:52:12,133 --> 00:52:14,500
voice my appreciation in it
since it’s on consent, now is

720
00:52:14,500 --> 00:52:18,600
my opportunity to do so. Um,
the next thing. I wanted to

721
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:22,933
talk about is our upcoming yet
to be scheduled study session

722
00:52:22,933 --> 00:52:26,733
on ALPRs because I know this is
a really important topic, um,

723
00:52:26,733 --> 00:52:28,700
our neighboring jurisdictions
are starting to address it, and

724
00:52:28,700 --> 00:52:33,500
so I know we don’t have a date
for that yet, but I hope that

725
00:52:33,500 --> 00:52:38,900
date comes soon, um, and, you
know, in examining this issue,

726
00:52:38,900 --> 00:52:42,733
um, I think it is going to be,
you know, one of the bigger

727
00:52:42,733 --> 00:52:45,800
priority issues given our
constituent outreach that we’re

728
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:49,800
gonna tackle and so. I just
wanted to voice um, you know,

729
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:55,500
not pressure, but a sense of
hopefully um the, the staff are

730
00:52:55,500 --> 00:52:58,800
feeling the kind of importance
from our community, um, and

731
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,333
appreciate everyone who came
out to speak tonight because um

732
00:53:01,333 --> 00:53:05,100
I know that’s an important
topic that we are hopefully

733
00:53:05,100 --> 00:53:07,300
addressing soon. Um, finally, I
wanted to talk about something

734
00:53:07,300 --> 00:53:09,233
and there were a couple of
public comments tonight, but

735
00:53:09,233 --> 00:53:12,100
we’ve also received a lot of
emails about our unhoused

736
00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:15,700
neighbors, um, and you know, I
have personally responded to

737
00:53:15,700 --> 00:53:17,300
all of the emails we’ve gotten.

738
00:53:17,300 --> 00:53:21,600
On this topic, um. Uh, but I
think it’s important to kind of

739
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:24,733
put this out into the world
about what we’re doing because

740
00:53:24,733 --> 00:53:29,000
one on one email responses
don’t necessarily make it into

741
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:33,300
um our public discourse, uh, to
start with the fact that um, As

742
00:53:33,300 --> 00:53:37,533
a city, we are left with the
responsibility and the failures

743
00:53:37,533 --> 00:53:41,833
of every government above us,
um, and ultimately left in a

744
00:53:41,833 --> 00:53:45,533
spot where we are dealing with
the consequences of things that

745
00:53:45,533 --> 00:53:49,500
are often far beyond our
control. The federal government

746
00:53:49,500 --> 00:53:54,600
over the last two years has
made significant cuts to major

747
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:58,900
social safety net programs,
including food stamps, Medicaid,

748
00:53:58,900 --> 00:54:01,000
um, the federal government
recently ended, um, in the last

749
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,200
two years, rental assistance
programs and rental.

750
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:09,000
Moratoriums, all of these are
what we’re now now create

751
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,233
housing instability for our
neighbors. Um, in addition to

752
00:54:11,233 --> 00:54:14,300
that, our state government,
because of restraints of Tabor,

753
00:54:14,300 --> 00:54:17,733
are making cuts to our behavior
health system, our healthcare

754
00:54:17,733 --> 00:54:21,500
system, um, and because of our
broken taxing system, we again

755
00:54:21,500 --> 00:54:25,000
are left with the consequences
of their failures, even in the

756
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:28,833
last year, our counties have
decided to make cuts to rental

757
00:54:28,833 --> 00:54:31,933
assistance programs, um, which
ultimately leave more and more

758
00:54:31,933 --> 00:54:34,600
of our neighbors in our.

759
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,800
without the ability to maintain
stable housing and without the

760
00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:41,600
social safety net services that
they have relied on to become

761
00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:46,333
stable because of all that, we
as a city and you know, myself

762
00:54:46,333 --> 00:54:48,000
included and all of our
neighbors are left with the

763
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:52,200
consequences, which is more and
more people are left without

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00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:54,800
services and supports and
stability, and when that

765
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:56,500
happens, they become unhoused.

766
00:54:56,500 --> 00:54:59,600
Um, it, you know, they can be
unhoused temporarily and, and

767
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,233
we try our best to rehouse them,
or they can become unhoused for

768
00:55:02,233 --> 00:55:07,700
long periods of. Time when this
happens, our city, despite the

769
00:55:07,700 --> 00:55:11,100
challenges that we’re facing at
the federal, state and county

770
00:55:11,100 --> 00:55:14,600
level have stepped up to try to
address this, um, you know, we

771
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:17,300
have more homeless navigators
than we have, I, I think, ever

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00:55:17,300 --> 00:55:21,500
in the history of our city. We
continue to invest in

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00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:24,200
significant resources to find
housing solutions for people

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00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:27,433
who are facing housing
insecurity. Uh, we have made

775
00:55:27,433 --> 00:55:30,733
and continue to make
significant cuts to daily

776
00:55:30,733 --> 00:55:33,800
expenditures in people’s lives
so that people who face housing

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00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:37,200
Insecurity because of income,
um hopefully have life a little

778
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:40,300
bit easier, and whether that’s
cutting taxes on essential

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00:55:40,300 --> 00:55:42,900
products, um, looking at
cutting its water rates for

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00:55:42,900 --> 00:55:46,100
essential water use, all of
these things are things that

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00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:48,833
are in our control and then
what we’re doing. So, you know,

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00:55:48,833 --> 00:55:52,400
we’re not waving the white flag,
you know, all of the city staff

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00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:54,733
that have presented tonight, I
think, have heard from council

784
00:55:54,733 --> 00:55:57,500
about the importance of
homelessness issues. We’re also

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00:55:57,500 --> 00:56:00,600
not waving the white flag on
crime. I mean, criminal issues

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00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:04,133
do occur, and when crimes occur,
we always encourage people. To

787
00:56:04,133 --> 00:56:06,400
call our police officers to
address that and our police

788
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:09,000
officers do that and they, you
know, you talk to our police

789
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:12,133
chief, they’re frequently
responding and helping people

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00:56:12,133 --> 00:56:15,500
navigate situations in which
crimes have occurred, but being

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00:56:15,500 --> 00:56:18,700
existing is not a crime. And so
in trying to deal with the

792
00:56:18,700 --> 00:56:21,800
issue of homelessness, and
we’re, we’re not trying to

793
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:24,600
criminalize people who exist in
our community, but rather help

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00:56:24,600 --> 00:56:28,400
them find the services they
need to exist co-occurringly

795
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:31,900
with the rest of us, um, and so
I, I kind of wanted to leave on

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00:56:31,900 --> 00:56:34,833
the note to say that. While
this is not a mission

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00:56:34,833 --> 00:56:37,400
accomplished, it is definitely
not a white flag, and we’re

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00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:40,200
going to continue to do more
and hopefully with the budget

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00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:43,700
presentation you just saw, by
digging into that, you’ll see a

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00:56:43,700 --> 00:56:46,933
continued investment, um, but
again, but if you are coming to

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00:56:46,933 --> 00:56:50,300
these city council meetings or
you’re emailing us, um, please

802
00:56:50,300 --> 00:56:53,400
continue to do so, but don’t
forget to email the people that

803
00:56:53,400 --> 00:56:56,600
control the billions and
trillions of dollars, um, that

804
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,133
ultimately funnel them away
from the services we need out

805
00:56:59,133 --> 00:57:02,133
of our hands, and leave us
holding the bag with what to do

806
00:57:02,133 --> 00:57:06,100
after that. Thank you, Mayor.

807
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:09,900
Thank you, Councilor Ireland. I
want to thank everyone that

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00:57:09,900 --> 00:57:16,833
came out tonight, um. I’m sorry
for you at the rodeo. Area that

809
00:57:16,833 --> 00:57:21,600
this is still going on, you
know that I’m care about what’s

810
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:24,433
happening. I would hate to be
in your shoes in my

811
00:57:24,433 --> 00:57:30,700
neighborhood, um. I hope that
we can come to a. Good

812
00:57:30,700 --> 00:57:33,433
conclusion soon, um, speaking
about homelessness, I have

813
00:57:33,433 --> 00:57:38,600
talked. Two members of the
police department. I went to

814
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:42,300
their Citizens Academy on on
Wednesday we had 35 sign up and

815
00:57:42,300 --> 00:57:46,800
it’s usually like 30. So It’s
exciting that people are

816
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:50,000
interested in the police and
many of them wanted to become

817
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:53,533
police officers, so that was
good to see. But there are

818
00:57:53,533 --> 00:57:58,800
things that can be done. They
told me about the homeless

819
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:03,133
situation and we just don’t
want to have those. Tough

820
00:58:03,133 --> 00:58:10,700
conversations 95% of them are
drug related. 95%. And that is

821
00:58:10,700 --> 00:58:16,500
a huge number and it’s
affecting all of us. From the

822
00:58:16,500 --> 00:58:19,700
crime from the shoplifting.

823
00:58:19,700 --> 00:58:23,933
It’s making more this state
more expensive that we’re not

824
00:58:23,933 --> 00:58:26,100
dealing with the drug problem.

825
00:58:26,100 --> 00:58:27,900
So I will put that out there.

826
00:58:27,900 --> 00:58:29,300
There’s more that we can do.

827
00:58:29,300 --> 00:58:34,200
What we’re doing is not working,
evidently. So we need to do

828
00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:40,100
what works. There’s no reason
why this city has to pay for

829
00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:51,133
everything for everyone. Um,
The ARPR cameras. I do believe.

830
00:58:51,133 --> 00:58:55,500
That when you trade your
freedom for security. You lose

831
00:58:55,500 --> 00:59:01,900
both. I see it in other
countries, countries that you

832
00:59:01,900 --> 00:59:05,533
think are free. are no longer
free. We learned that during

833
00:59:05,533 --> 00:59:11,400
COVID. That they were not free.

834
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:16,300
So we need to take a hard look
at what we’re doing to our

835
00:59:16,300 --> 00:59:19,433
citizens and in dealing with
crime, dealing with

836
00:59:19,433 --> 00:59:26,400
homelessness, dealing with
cameras and. I will fight for

837
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:31,233
you and this, I am. I am happy
to see that we are getting rid

838
00:59:31,233 --> 00:59:38,100
of the taxes on diapers,
formula. And feminine hygiene

839
00:59:38,100 --> 00:59:40,733
products, it’s, it’s one thing
I pushed for, but I wish it was

840
00:59:40,733 --> 00:59:46,600
for all groceries, frankly. In
some areas of the country.

841
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:50,333
There is no garro taxes on
groceries our state, we don’t

842
00:59:50,333 --> 00:59:54,333
have taxes on groceries, only
our city. So we are taxed, we

843
00:59:54,333 --> 00:59:59,333
are feed. I talked to people
daily that they don’t know if

844
00:59:59,333 --> 01:00:02,333
they’re small business is gonna
make it. It’s worse than in

845
01:00:02,333 --> 01:00:07,400
COVID. So What we are doing.

846
01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:15,033
Needs to change. And We can
talk about water rates, but we

847
01:00:15,033 --> 01:00:18,000
really lowered the water rates
for apartment dwellers, and I

848
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:21,800
don’t know if they’re landlords
will give you that break. But I

849
01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:28,500
know my bill last month was
over $500. And it wasn’t

850
01:00:28,500 --> 01:00:31,400
because I was abusing water.

851
01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:36,200
It’s just because it is dry and
I had kids at my house and

852
01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:40,500
families use more water. My
grandkids were visiting. My

853
01:00:40,500 --> 01:00:43,700
children are visiting when you
have 7 people in a household,

854
01:00:43,700 --> 01:00:46,900
you’re gonna use more water and
that’s who’s paying the water

855
01:00:46,900 --> 01:00:49,300
bills is the families through
who’s paying for this water

856
01:00:49,300 --> 01:00:53,300
treatment plant. It’s the
families because when you have

857
01:00:53,300 --> 01:00:56,700
a $263 million water treatment
plant. That you went in debt

858
01:00:56,700 --> 01:01:00,733
for. We all have to pay it. And
it’s not going to make it more

859
01:01:00,733 --> 01:01:07,700
affordable. So anyone can tell
you that. But it’s not true.

860
01:01:07,700 --> 01:01:13,000
And I have fought for water
lower water rates since 2018. I

861
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:19,400
have fought for you. I put my
whole soul into this job. And I

862
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:25,300
will not quit. Because I care
about the citizens of the city.

863
01:01:25,300 --> 01:01:29,100
And the state, I raised all my
kids here. I’ve been here for

864
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:33,533
40 years. I’ve seen what is
happening. And it’s, it’s

865
01:01:33,533 --> 01:01:39,600
sickening, actually. And it’s
not all the federal’s fault.

866
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:44,500
It’s the, the policies that
we’re doing at the state level.

867
01:01:44,500 --> 01:01:46,233
is affecting because there are
states that don’t have any of

868
01:01:46,233 --> 01:01:50,833
these problems. So how can we
say it’s all a federal problem

869
01:01:50,833 --> 01:01:53,800
when there’s things in the
state. That this has done to

870
01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:58,333
this, I mean, when I moved to
the state, it wasn’t this mess.

871
01:01:58,333 --> 01:02:00,933
But it continues to get worse.

872
01:02:00,933 --> 01:02:03,233
And 76% of the people say they
cannot afford to live here

873
01:02:03,233 --> 01:02:11,733
anymore. And I don’t think
that’s what we want. So, things

874
01:02:11,733 --> 01:02:18,733
need to change big time. And so
don’t quit showing up. Because

875
01:02:18,733 --> 01:02:22,333
that’s the only way things
change is that people show up.

876
01:02:22,333 --> 01:02:24,600
I appreciate you for being here.

877
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:30,333
I wanna put a plug in. I’m. I
raised money for our farmers

878
01:02:30,333 --> 01:02:36,400
sitting, Nancy McNally to have
a tribute plaza at the Sheridan

879
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:38,200
Greens, the, the QR codes on my.

880
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:44,300
Facebook page we only need to
raise $10,000 for her to have a

881
01:02:44,300 --> 01:02:50,600
bench in a little. Dog to
represent her love for pugs, so

882
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:54,333
I hope you’ll all, I know it’s
hard out there to give anything,

883
01:02:54,333 --> 01:02:58,800
so give what you can. Also
we’re having a service project

884
01:02:58,800 --> 01:03:03,400
for 9/11. 8 churches in the
area or are having service all

885
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:07,100
day on September 12th. You can
also find the QR code to that

886
01:03:07,100 --> 01:03:13,200
on my website. The more The
better in in what environment

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01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:21,200
we have, so. Um, I I reached
out to me and What their

888
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:24,500
concerns and your ideas to
solve them because we need

889
01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:31,100
those too. Thank you very much.

890
01:03:31,100 --> 01:03:31,733
Thank you Councilor Azzati.

891
01:03:31,733 --> 01:03:34,900
Thank you, Mayor and thank you
everyone for speaking tonight.

892
01:03:34,900 --> 01:03:38,800
Um, I think you can see that
we’ve heard you and um we’re

893
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:43,500
doing all that we can to
address your issues. Tonight, I

894
01:03:43,500 --> 01:03:46,300
wanted to focus in on one of
the things I said that I’m

895
01:03:46,300 --> 01:03:50,833
going to start doing, so I said
this last time, but. From time

896
01:03:50,833 --> 01:03:56,733
to time I do get feedback from
residents about city staff and.

897
01:03:56,733 --> 01:03:58,900
We don’t always hear the good.

898
01:03:58,900 --> 01:04:04,200
So I, I wanted to start
highlighting the good and I was

899
01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:07,400
hanging out on Saturday in
historic Westminster and

900
01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:11,733
talking with the owners of
Creative Corner and all the

901
01:04:11,733 --> 01:04:15,933
residents there and 11 name.

902
01:04:15,933 --> 01:04:18,600
Bubbled up quite often and I
said that I would bring his

903
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:23,000
name forward just to recognize
him pub publicly. Um, he works

904
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:27,700
for Larry Dore and. Lindsay
Kimball, his name is Jake Wells.

905
01:04:27,700 --> 01:04:30,400
Jacob Wells has been an
employee for several years. I

906
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:34,133
think he started in the comms
team. He’s now in community

907
01:04:34,133 --> 01:04:37,300
services, but I wanted to just
read some praise that I got

908
01:04:37,300 --> 01:04:41,700
from a lot of the folks there
because If you don’t know,

909
01:04:41,700 --> 01:04:48,033
every Friday. Larry Doar and
Jake Wells, they go down there

910
01:04:48,033 --> 01:04:51,700
to historic Westminster and
they meet with all the

911
01:04:51,700 --> 01:04:53,800
businesses um to talk about.

912
01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:58,100
Ways that the city can better
engage with them, can help them,

913
01:04:58,100 --> 01:05:02,400
can market for them, can make
sure that that corner of our

914
01:05:02,400 --> 01:05:08,233
city is actually. Um, elevated
and prioritized, uh, so they’ve

915
01:05:08,233 --> 01:05:11,533
been meeting for several weeks
now and here’s what they said

916
01:05:11,533 --> 01:05:15,700
about Jake. So they said that
Jake is highly approachable.

917
01:05:15,700 --> 01:05:20,600
He’s easy to talk to, um, they
said that he takes their

918
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:23,833
concerns very seriously. He’s a
Westminster native who grew up

919
01:05:23,833 --> 01:05:28,033
and attended school in
Westminster. Uh, so he, he

920
01:05:28,033 --> 01:05:32,900
really loves and cares about
the city. He is genuine. They

921
01:05:32,900 --> 01:05:37,000
said he’s proactive. He’s
Exceptionally proactive in

922
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:41,833
supporting local business
initiatives, um, he’s, and he,

923
01:05:41,833 --> 01:05:46,100
uh, he personally promoted or
he took it upon himself to

924
01:05:46,100 --> 01:05:49,000
promote the upcoming September
12th festival that’s happening

925
01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:53,200
down there in historic
Westminster, um, he promoted

926
01:05:53,200 --> 01:05:55,633
this across multiple channels
and that’s just something that

927
01:05:55,633 --> 01:05:59,500
he wanted to do cause he really
believes in the, the history of

928
01:05:59,500 --> 01:06:04,733
the city and wants to make sure
that the culture down there.

929
01:06:04,733 --> 01:06:07,933
Which is quite unique actually
in historic Westminster. He

930
01:06:07,933 --> 01:06:12,200
wants to maintain and preserve
it. And that’s important, um.

931
01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:14,500
Because it does feel like a
community, the more you hang

932
01:06:14,500 --> 01:06:17,533
out there, the more you can
feel it. So we wanted to give

933
01:06:17,533 --> 01:06:20,833
Jake Wells if he’s, if he’s
listening, um, his flowers

934
01:06:20,833 --> 01:06:25,100
there, but To pivot into some
of the pain points that I’ve

935
01:06:25,100 --> 01:06:30,800
heard. That I heard on Saturday
and we’ve heard this for years,

936
01:06:30,800 --> 01:06:34,100
but it’s quite important
because there’s a lot of issues

937
01:06:34,100 --> 01:06:37,400
happening down there on
Seventy-third. One, there have

938
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:44,133
been several closures. Of
businesses. So banana Goat is

939
01:06:44,133 --> 01:06:47,300
closing this December. Um, I
heard Sue of inspiration just

940
01:06:47,300 --> 01:06:52,400
closed. Which just opened, I
think a a few years ago, there

941
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:58,700
are. Concerns with the rodeo
building, so bark the, the

942
01:06:58,700 --> 01:07:01,800
restaurant that’s coming in,
they just announced

943
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:05,700
full-service coffee bar, which
was not. At least from my

944
01:07:05,700 --> 01:07:09,300
perspective, it was not part of
the original plan. What that

945
01:07:09,300 --> 01:07:14,000
does, it it creates a new
competitor for coffee. There’s

946
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:18,333
like 4 coffee providers now in
the 1 mile radius and they’re

947
01:07:18,333 --> 01:07:23,133
very concerned about that. Um,
their communication gaps.

948
01:07:23,133 --> 01:07:25,833
Between bark and the rest of
the businesses there that they

949
01:07:25,833 --> 01:07:29,833
wanted me to just highlight, um,
there are prolonged delays in

950
01:07:29,833 --> 01:07:32,800
construction, so there are a
lot of construction projects

951
01:07:32,800 --> 01:07:35,400
that have been occurring there,
that there’s a hole in front of

952
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:40,733
the shop, for example, that’s
been there for 4 months, so. I

953
01:07:40,733 --> 01:07:44,033
believe it’s Excel, Larry, um,
that said that they would take

954
01:07:44,033 --> 01:07:47,333
a day to do this. It’s been 4
months now from, from Excel,

955
01:07:47,333 --> 01:07:51,333
but there’s lots of, so there’s
dangerous potholes, there’s

956
01:07:51,333 --> 01:07:55,300
sidewalk blockages, chain link
fencing that have that reduced

957
01:07:55,300 --> 01:07:57,533
foot traffic down to 73, and
that’s important because if you

958
01:07:57,533 --> 01:08:01,600
wanna keep these businesses
afloat, we need to ensure that

959
01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:05,400
traffic is flowing, foot
traffic is flowing. As it

960
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:09,233
always had, um, and that’s been
slowing down, um, there are,

961
01:08:09,233 --> 01:08:14,533
there are curb bump outouts
that reduced available parking

962
01:08:14,533 --> 01:08:18,000
for customers and then lack of
marketing, so we, we on console

963
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:22,800
for several years have been
pushing for the city to get

964
01:08:22,800 --> 01:08:25,600
more involved in marketing them
and marketing the festivals and

965
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:29,400
helping the businesses. Even if
it’s giving them free ad space

966
01:08:29,400 --> 01:08:32,700
in the um The Westie, for
example, and things like that,

967
01:08:32,700 --> 01:08:36,400
but there are a lot of
marketing concerns and they,

968
01:08:36,400 --> 01:08:40,700
and we, we He throw Certain
events down there and when we

969
01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:44,500
do it, 1000, you know, 2000
people show up, so they’re just

970
01:08:44,500 --> 01:08:48,100
wondering if there’s a way we
can try to integrate the events

971
01:08:48,100 --> 01:08:52,733
that we throw in historic
Westminster with some of their

972
01:08:52,733 --> 01:08:55,933
existing events and maybe take
over one of them, um, as a way

973
01:08:55,933 --> 01:08:59,700
of getting more people down
there. So why not to just

974
01:08:59,700 --> 01:09:03,033
highlight those pain points,
but also give Jake Wells his

975
01:09:03,033 --> 01:09:05,200
flowers and they’ll love you
too, Larry, so don’t worry.

976
01:09:05,200 --> 01:09:11,933
Thank you. Councilor Brajas, uh,
thank you, Madam Mayor, and

977
01:09:11,933 --> 01:09:15,700
thank you, uh, for the speakers
who came tonight and for the

978
01:09:15,700 --> 01:09:17,900
councilors for the remarks I
won’t belabor a lot of the

979
01:09:17,900 --> 01:09:22,600
points, um, you know, but, uh,
I did want to, uh, make it, you

980
01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:24,933
know, just thank, uh, the city
clerk for getting the public

981
01:09:24,933 --> 01:09:29,700
comment on there. We, uh, we’ve
seen more, um. Notes about uh

982
01:09:29,700 --> 01:09:32,800
flock cameras on the public
comment, uh, emails and

983
01:09:32,800 --> 01:09:36,500
voicemails as well, uh, or all
license plate, uh, database

984
01:09:36,500 --> 01:09:41,733
ones, you know, and I think,
you know. I just to echo

985
01:09:41,733 --> 01:09:44,600
Councilor Johnson’s comments
that, you know, while this is a

986
01:09:44,600 --> 01:09:47,800
future agenda item that we will
be discussing, you know, there

987
01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:51,933
is a sense of urgency around
that and. Um, I guess I would

988
01:09:51,933 --> 01:09:55,133
just echo that I hope staff is
kind of hearing that and

989
01:09:55,133 --> 01:09:58,900
whatever the plan is for uh for
bringing that forward for us

990
01:09:58,900 --> 01:10:01,533
that it can be matched the
expediency with which the

991
01:10:01,533 --> 01:10:04,000
community is desiring that
conversation and uh outcome to

992
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:14,900
happen. Mayor Pro Temmela, did
you have any comment? Just

993
01:10:14,900 --> 01:10:18,100
wanted to thank all of the
speakers for this evening and,

994
01:10:18,100 --> 01:10:24,500
and my fellow counselors with
respect to underlining our

995
01:10:24,500 --> 01:10:27,733
continued intentions to, you
know, respond to, you know, the

996
01:10:27,733 --> 01:10:30,900
issues that we hear in the
community, and I know we can’t

997
01:10:30,900 --> 01:10:35,800
get to them fast enough as
others have also mentioned um I

998
01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:37,900
appreciate that staff is
working with us to try and

999
01:10:37,900 --> 01:10:41,600
tackle these, and I hope that
the community knows that we are

1000
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:45,400
hearing them, and I know there
are frustrations. There, um,

1001
01:10:45,400 --> 01:10:49,533
you know, whether that’s around
our libraries or in the

1002
01:10:49,533 --> 01:10:54,433
downtown area, um, we, we hear
you and um thank you for coming

1003
01:10:54,433 --> 01:11:00,733
in. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you
so much. I’m gonna give a

1004
01:11:00,733 --> 01:11:02,933
couple updates starting on the
positive and then I’ll respond

1005
01:11:02,933 --> 01:11:06,200
to some of the comments that I
heard this evening. I just want

1006
01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:10,400
to, uh, thank all the
volunteers with Seafire who put

1007
01:11:10,400 --> 01:11:14,600
together the fundraiser at
SNOooze this, uh, weekend for

1008
01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:17,800
our incredible fire department,
um, for general awareness if

1009
01:11:17,800 --> 01:11:22,100
you don’t know, this fundraiser
goes to cancer, uh, research

1010
01:11:22,100 --> 01:11:25,300
and cancer prevention and being
a firefighter puts you in line

1011
01:11:25,300 --> 01:11:26,700
of uh being at risk for cancer.

1012
01:11:26,700 --> 01:11:31,233
I forget what the statistic is,
but it’s incredibly high and so

1013
01:11:31,233 --> 01:11:35,900
our folks quite literally are
putting their lives on the line,

1014
01:11:35,900 --> 01:11:39,133
um, and I stopped by the doggy
dive-in. There were a lot of

1015
01:11:39,133 --> 01:11:42,333
dogs there, so I can, I know it
was really busy, so thank you

1016
01:11:42,333 --> 01:11:45,600
for everyone who participated
and thank you for staff, uh,

1017
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:48,733
working with our community to
continue doing all the

1018
01:11:48,733 --> 01:11:51,400
incredible engagement that we,
uh, that you see us doing and

1019
01:11:51,400 --> 01:11:54,700
we’re gonna continue being
persistent on that. Uh, I had a

1020
01:11:54,700 --> 01:11:57,000
great coffee chat this weekend,
so thank you to everyone who

1021
01:11:57,000 --> 01:12:02,100
came by. We ended up discussing
the airport for a good. 2 hours

1022
01:12:02,100 --> 01:12:06,333
or so. Um, if you’re listening,
just know, you know, we often

1023
01:12:06,333 --> 01:12:10,100
come to the conclusion that,
well, uh, airport, the noise is

1024
01:12:10,100 --> 01:12:13,600
under the FAA, which is true,
of course. However, please also

1025
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:16,133
know that you have a council
that is extremely active in

1026
01:12:16,133 --> 01:12:19,700
this area. We are taking steps
to address this in every way we

1027
01:12:19,700 --> 01:12:25,533
can. Um, we are working with a
local coalition to add airport

1028
01:12:25,533 --> 01:12:28,733
under the scope of transit on
the thirty-sixth corridor. We

1029
01:12:28,733 --> 01:12:33,533
have met with the FAA in. DC,
which is, uh, the first time

1030
01:12:33,533 --> 01:12:36,700
ever that they met with our
city, and that was a really

1031
01:12:36,700 --> 01:12:39,033
positive conversation. That was
back in March. We’re looking to

1032
01:12:39,033 --> 01:12:43,133
follow up to see um where
they’re at with a lot of the.

1033
01:12:43,133 --> 01:12:46,900
Asks that we made of them. And
we’re going to continue

1034
01:12:46,900 --> 01:12:49,700
following up with them and
holding that conversation

1035
01:12:49,700 --> 01:12:52,000
because so far it seems the
conversations are going further

1036
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:55,700
than a lot of the litigation
has. I also want to thank

1037
01:12:55,700 --> 01:12:58,200
everyone who came out to the
monthly community update last

1038
01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:01,400
week, Tuesday. That was, you
know, I had feedback after that

1039
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:06,700
that was, it was by far the
most positive, um, community

1040
01:13:06,700 --> 01:13:09,300
update that that some folks had
attended and for me as well

1041
01:13:09,300 --> 01:13:14,000
personally it was just really
exciting. The momentum, um, and

1042
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:15,700
excitement is there and when
we’re talking about everything

1043
01:13:15,700 --> 01:13:17,800
that we’ve accomplished this
year, it is really exciting and

1044
01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:20,600
so for those who came with
their thoughts, thank you, you

1045
01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:23,800
have a council that is driving
momentum quickly and we are

1046
01:13:23,800 --> 01:13:28,100
doing everything we can. can to
work with you. Um, Then to

1047
01:13:28,100 --> 01:13:32,700
respond to some of what I heard,
you know, I too, it is very

1048
01:13:32,700 --> 01:13:36,200
clear that it seems there is a
gap between the information

1049
01:13:36,200 --> 01:13:40,733
we’re receiving, um, on our
side around the rodeo and the

1050
01:13:40,733 --> 01:13:43,400
complaints that we’re hearing
and the experiences that our

1051
01:13:43,400 --> 01:13:48,200
residents are having at that
site. And so I have dug in

1052
01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:52,000
headfirst to figure out what is
that gap and what is happening.

1053
01:13:52,000 --> 01:13:56,333
I, um Continue to commit to you,
and I know that’s frustrating

1054
01:13:56,333 --> 01:14:00,100
to hear because this has been
months ongoing, and I continue

1055
01:14:00,100 --> 01:14:02,600
to commit that I have been
meeting with staff. I’ve been

1056
01:14:02,600 --> 01:14:06,333
meeting with our attorney, and
we will continue. I’m just

1057
01:14:06,333 --> 01:14:09,400
gonna pause for a moment. I was
gonna add this for the very end.

1058
01:14:09,400 --> 01:14:15,500
When there are disruptions to
our meetings, what that does is

1059
01:14:15,500 --> 01:14:18,100
take away from the time and
commitment of the rest of our

1060
01:14:18,100 --> 01:14:21,833
residents. I’m very proud of
the fact that we have a council

1061
01:14:21,833 --> 01:14:25,700
and a city staff that is
willing to listen to our public

1062
01:14:25,700 --> 01:14:28,800
input because that’s what we’re
here to do is listen to you.

1063
01:14:28,800 --> 01:14:31,500
There are different rules
everywhere you go. We don’t

1064
01:14:31,500 --> 01:14:34,100
have to listen to everyone
outside of just our residents,

1065
01:14:34,100 --> 01:14:37,400
but we do. We keep it open. We
don’t have to have public

1066
01:14:37,400 --> 01:14:41,000
comment be as long as it is,
but we do because we want to

1067
01:14:41,000 --> 01:14:44,833
hear from you. And when we have
active disruptions like we have

1068
01:14:44,833 --> 01:14:47,500
continuously this evening. It
puts a pause and a risk to

1069
01:14:47,500 --> 01:14:55,933
everyone else we’re trying to
hear. With that, uh, just know

1070
01:14:55,933 --> 01:14:59,133
those conversations are
happening and uh I’ll be I’ll.

1071
01:14:59,133 --> 01:15:02,333
Meeting not only with you both
uh to follow up but also with

1072
01:15:02,333 --> 01:15:06,600
our police chief and our
attorney. Uh, with that, I want

1073
01:15:06,600 --> 01:15:10,333
to, uh, put another out for the
city manager’s report. He

1074
01:15:10,333 --> 01:15:14,600
talked about the RTD. RTD is
going major constructive

1075
01:15:14,600 --> 01:15:17,400
changes. It’s undergoing major
constructive changes right now.

1076
01:15:17,400 --> 01:15:20,933
Please get involved. If if you
care about transit access, if

1077
01:15:20,933 --> 01:15:23,200
you care about, uh, getting
from point A to point B in

1078
01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:26,300
Colorado, which is pretty hard
to do right now. Please

1079
01:15:26,300 --> 01:15:27,900
volunteer your time or
recommend a friend that really

1080
01:15:27,900 --> 01:15:30,233
cares. If you have a friend
that likes to bike around,

1081
01:15:30,233 --> 01:15:33,000
please tell them to go to RTD
and volunteer, be one of the 30.

1082
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:38,733
We need you. We need you. Speak
up for our community. Uh, and I

1083
01:15:38,733 --> 01:15:39,600
think I will leave it with that.

1084
01:15:39,600 --> 01:15:44,600
Um, other than I’m really very
excited about the Berg and the

1085
01:15:44,600 --> 01:15:48,733
Schoenberg Park, uh, Schoenberg
Farm project. That’ll be a

1086
01:15:48,733 --> 01:15:51,100
great addition, so with that, I
hope that that proves that we

1087
01:15:51,100 --> 01:15:54,133
are, uh, investing in our
historic buildings and our

1088
01:15:54,133 --> 01:15:55,700
historic preservation of the
city and all the sites that

1089
01:15:55,700 --> 01:15:58,833
matter the most to us while
continuing to make them active,

1090
01:15:58,833 --> 01:16:03,233
engaged, uh, sites for our
community. Uh, with that, any

1091
01:16:03,233 --> 01:16:10,100
further comments? Seeing none,
we’re going to move on to our,

1092
01:16:10,100 --> 01:16:12,733
uh, future agenda title
requests, are there any

1093
01:16:12,733 --> 01:16:14,933
potential agenda items from
councilors they would like to

1094
01:16:14,933 --> 01:16:21,800
propose for discussion at a
future meeting. Seeing none, I

1095
01:16:21,800 --> 01:16:25,100
will now move us to the consent
agenda. Do I have a motion for

1096
01:16:25,100 --> 01:16:29,333
the consent agenda, Councilor
Hop. I moved to approve the

1097
01:16:29,333 --> 01:16:33,600
consent agenda, I items 9 AA
through 9L. Thank you,

1098
01:16:33,600 --> 01:16:37,200
Councilor Johnson. 2nd. Thank
you so much. Any further

1099
01:16:37,200 --> 01:16:41,533
discussion? Councilor Rozzati
yeah, I just wanted to mention

1100
01:16:41,533 --> 01:16:45,100
uh one of the items on here,
item 90, uh, it’s really

1101
01:16:45,100 --> 01:16:49,533
important, so The Colorado
state government passed

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01:16:49,533 --> 01:16:54,333
legislation to grant a right of
first refusal. To local

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01:16:54,333 --> 01:16:56,600
governments for affordable
housing, multi-family

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01:16:56,600 --> 01:17:00,833
properties. That’s page B 24
1175. What that does is it

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01:17:00,833 --> 01:17:06,200
gives us the ability to assign
those rights to like a um a

1106
01:17:06,200 --> 01:17:08,733
housing authority such as Maker
Housing, which is a housing

1107
01:17:08,733 --> 01:17:13,600
authority that we have worked
with for a long time. This is

1108
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:18,400
all really important because
this will allow us to

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01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:19,700
proactively preserve
affordability when buildings

1110
01:17:19,700 --> 01:17:24,400
get sold in the market. So I
wanna just highlight in case

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01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:27,933
anyone didn’t see this. In the
community, it’s very important

1112
01:17:27,933 --> 01:17:29,533
for affordability and I’m, I’m
glad to be approving this

1113
01:17:29,533 --> 01:17:39,700
tonight. Thank you so much. Um,
and I had a question on item L,

1114
01:17:39,700 --> 01:17:41,900
uh, for our city attorney. I
was just hoping that you could

1115
01:17:41,900 --> 01:17:46,100
provide us just an update on
where we’re at with this case,

1116
01:17:46,100 --> 01:17:50,900
um, and what our timeline might
be going forward. Thanks Mayor,

1117
01:17:50,900 --> 01:17:55,133
the city brought a construction
defect claim regarding the

1118
01:17:55,133 --> 01:17:58,333
North Huron inter Interceptor,
um, because we believe the

1119
01:17:58,333 --> 01:18:02,000
interceptor was not constructed
correctly. The trial is

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01:18:02,000 --> 01:18:05,300
scheduled for March of next
year, and as we approach the

1121
01:18:05,300 --> 01:18:10,600
trial date, our outside
attorneys who specialize in

1122
01:18:10,600 --> 01:18:14,900
construction defect litigation
have engaged expert witnesses,

1123
01:18:14,900 --> 01:18:17,600
those experts have disclosed
reports on both sides and uh

1124
01:18:17,600 --> 01:18:22,333
there. will be depositions of
witnesses, so unfortunately it

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01:18:22,333 --> 01:18:25,533
will be time consuming between
now and March, so that’s why we

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01:18:25,533 --> 01:18:28,400
are requesting the additional
authorization um On on the

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01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:32,500
bright side, the mediation that
occurred earlier this year is

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01:18:32,500 --> 01:18:36,200
scheduled for another attempt
this fall, so uh we will keep

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01:18:36,200 --> 01:18:39,333
counsel appraised, apprised of
any progress uh along those

1130
01:18:39,333 --> 01:18:43,200
lines to settle the case. Thank
you so much. Mayor Pro Tem, did

1131
01:18:43,200 --> 01:18:50,433
you have any thoughts? Uh, no,
I do not. OK, with that roll

1132
01:18:50,433 --> 01:18:56,000
call please. Councilor Barajas,
Councilor, I’m sorry, Mayor Car

1133
01:18:56,000 --> 01:19:01,300
Carmelia, yes, Councilor Azzati,
Councilor Hot, Councilor

1134
01:19:01,300 --> 01:19:05,000
Ireland, Councilor Johnson, and
Mayor Pro Tem Nomela. Yes, the

1135
01:19:05,000 --> 01:19:07,200
motion passes on a 7 to 0 vote.

1136
01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:10,100
Thank you so much. There are no
appointments or resignations

1137
01:19:10,100 --> 01:19:13,333
this evening, and there are no
public hearings this evening.

1138
01:19:13,333 --> 01:19:16,300
We will now move on to the
first reading of Councilor Bill

1139
01:19:16,300 --> 01:19:18,600
number 34. Do I have a motion?

1140
01:19:18,600 --> 01:19:22,900
Councilor Rozzati. Thinking may
I move to pass councilor’s bill

1141
01:19:22,900 --> 01:19:26,500
number 34 and first reading to
amend the Westminster Municipal

1142
01:19:26,500 --> 01:19:29,633
code to exempt infant formula,
diapers, and feminine hygiene

1143
01:19:29,633 --> 01:19:32,800
products from the city sales
and use tax. Thank you,

1144
01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:39,800
Councilor Brajas. 2. Any
further discussion? OK. City

1145
01:19:39,800 --> 01:19:42,900
clerk. So sorry, Mayor.

1146
01:19:42,900 --> 01:19:48,233
Councilor Brajas. Um, you know,
I just wanted to, uh. Give a

1147
01:19:48,233 --> 01:19:51,933
little bit of background and
story on this, uh, just as we

1148
01:19:51,933 --> 01:19:55,300
celebrate the success, you know,
I remember when I first, uh,

1149
01:19:55,300 --> 01:19:58,600
had the honor of joining this
council, um, Councillorzati and

1150
01:19:58,600 --> 01:20:03,333
I had a, a conversation around,
uh, what, you know. Just in,

1151
01:20:03,333 --> 01:20:07,200
you know, a little bit of, of
wisdom sharing, um, from his

1152
01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:13,500
end and. This idea kind of came
up in its infancy uh during

1153
01:20:13,500 --> 01:20:15,600
that conversation and I was uh
kind of shocked that this was

1154
01:20:15,600 --> 01:20:18,000
something that we could, we
could do. I didn’t realize

1155
01:20:18,000 --> 01:20:21,900
state statute had had allowed
us to do this and, you know, um,

1156
01:20:21,900 --> 01:20:23,900
Councilor Zadi, uh, talked
through what the process would

1157
01:20:23,900 --> 01:20:28,300
look like and, and kind of
seeing that from its initial

1158
01:20:28,300 --> 01:20:31,533
stages all the way through to
the finish line, um. You know,

1159
01:20:31,533 --> 01:20:35,800
from how it grew from community
input, it just showed me, you

1160
01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:39,033
know, what local government and
what government can be uh when

1161
01:20:39,033 --> 01:20:43,133
it’s working on its. Um, kind
of best forms and so I, I just

1162
01:20:43,133 --> 01:20:47,400
wanted to kind of share that
anecdote and and give a big um.

1163
01:20:47,400 --> 01:20:50,300
Thank you to staff and to this
council for for kind of taking

1164
01:20:50,300 --> 01:20:52,200
this uh and moving it forward.

1165
01:20:52,200 --> 01:20:54,900
Thank you, Councilor Rozzati.

1166
01:20:54,900 --> 01:20:58,533
Thank you, Councilor Perez. I
think that um I do remember

1167
01:20:58,533 --> 01:21:02,333
that conversation. It was, uh.

1168
01:21:02,333 --> 01:21:08,200
I, I really enjoy, um. Speaking
with new counselors but also

1169
01:21:08,200 --> 01:21:12,200
with community members on ideas
just, just like this, um, that

1170
01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:19,400
aren’t typically Done in cities,
right? So you’ve been told for

1171
01:21:19,400 --> 01:21:21,700
decades that local government
can only invest in roads and

1172
01:21:21,700 --> 01:21:26,933
public safety. For example, um,
not in human services, not in

1173
01:21:26,933 --> 01:21:30,133
lowering your daily cost of
living, and this is one of

1174
01:21:30,133 --> 01:21:34,533
those steps, the first steps
that I think um that this

1175
01:21:34,533 --> 01:21:38,100
council has said, well, We
think we can do more. And we

1176
01:21:38,100 --> 01:21:41,833
think we can actually help your
pocketbooks, and we think we

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01:21:41,833 --> 01:21:46,600
can actually impact areas that
aren’t typical for a

1178
01:21:46,600 --> 01:21:49,333
municipality. So I’m really
proud that this has made it to

1179
01:21:49,333 --> 01:21:54,600
the stage, um. It’s gonna save
Westminster residents up to

1180
01:21:54,600 --> 01:21:59,333
$600,000 of sales tax revenue
total. I think 5 other cities

1181
01:21:59,333 --> 01:22:02,700
have adopted this or a
comparable version of this

1182
01:22:02,700 --> 01:22:04,800
specifically for feminine
hygiene products and diapers,

1183
01:22:04,800 --> 01:22:09,533
but this is one of the first to
include infant formula. So.

1184
01:22:09,533 --> 01:22:12,733
This is gonna help a lot of
residents. There are a lot of

1185
01:22:12,733 --> 01:22:16,000
residents right now who can’t
afford childcare. Who are

1186
01:22:16,000 --> 01:22:18,200
leaving the workforce, their
businesses that are closing

1187
01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:22,900
down because they can’t recruit
or retain employees because

1188
01:22:22,900 --> 01:22:25,700
there’s a childcare crisis and
all the other crises that we

1189
01:22:25,700 --> 01:22:30,500
talk, that we, that you hear
about. Within this economy, um,

1190
01:22:30,500 --> 01:22:36,200
so what we can do is stuff like
this and, and I think it’s

1191
01:22:36,200 --> 01:22:38,700
Valuable it’s necessary and
it’s timely and there are a lot

1192
01:22:38,700 --> 01:22:41,200
of residents who are, who have
been reaching out throughout

1193
01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:44,733
the year as we’ve talked more
about this and the other and

1194
01:22:44,733 --> 01:22:48,133
many other things that are
coming down the pike, um, and

1195
01:22:48,133 --> 01:22:50,800
they’re grateful, they’re
grateful that this council is

1196
01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:54,900
being responsive to their
actual needs regarding their

1197
01:22:54,900 --> 01:22:58,200
pocketbooks, so I’m proud that
we’re doing this and looking

1198
01:22:58,200 --> 01:23:00,733
forward to proving it just now.

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01:23:00,733 --> 01:23:05,100
Thank you, Councilor Ireland. I
wanna thank the council too. I

1200
01:23:05,100 --> 01:23:10,900
brought this up back in March
on the YouTube channel of the

1201
01:23:10,900 --> 01:23:11,700
Chamber and just coincidentally.

1202
01:23:11,700 --> 01:23:16,400
Um, Our councilor Zari had the
same idea that day and sent out

1203
01:23:16,400 --> 01:23:19,933
an email about it, so I’m glad
that everyone’s on board. I

1204
01:23:19,933 --> 01:23:23,200
have children of my own that
use formula and diapers for

1205
01:23:23,200 --> 01:23:27,500
their children, so I know what
a burden it is, so I appreciate

1206
01:23:27,500 --> 01:23:31,400
that we’re trying to lift a
little bit of a burden in our

1207
01:23:31,400 --> 01:23:36,533
city and I thank all of you for
agreeing to it and. For Obi

1208
01:23:36,533 --> 01:23:41,233
Azadi champion it. Thank you.

1209
01:23:41,233 --> 01:23:45,100
Thank you and I’ll add my own
um thank you to this council as

1210
01:23:45,100 --> 01:23:47,400
well for the support
unanimously to get this

1211
01:23:47,400 --> 01:23:51,000
accomplished. To the point that
was just made, it really does

1212
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:55,100
show that there’s a lot that a
local government can do if we

1213
01:23:55,100 --> 01:23:58,500
decide to flex some of the
power that we’ve been granted

1214
01:23:58,500 --> 01:24:01,000
and think creatively about new
solutions that have been there

1215
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:04,833
all along where we could be
taking forward action and we

1216
01:24:04,833 --> 01:24:08,500
could be doing something about
the way that things are and the

1217
01:24:08,500 --> 01:24:11,200
prices that um costs are at and
here we are doing something

1218
01:24:11,200 --> 01:24:15,433
very directly about it. Uh,
I’ll just share that, you know,

1219
01:24:15,433 --> 01:24:19,133
this obviously directly impacts
families of any size, uh, It’s

1220
01:24:19,133 --> 01:24:21,200
not often that families have
more than one baby in a

1221
01:24:21,200 --> 01:24:25,200
household, right? And so it
affects folks and it helps in

1222
01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:29,800
little ways, but as someone who,
who grew up in a foster family

1223
01:24:29,800 --> 01:24:34,200
when you’ve got 3 babies or 2
toddlers and a baby, that

1224
01:24:34,200 --> 01:24:35,700
formula is extremely expensive.

1225
01:24:35,700 --> 01:24:38,333
It adds up and the diapers, the,
the boxes of diapers we would

1226
01:24:38,333 --> 01:24:41,100
have in our household, you know,
this stuff is very expensive

1227
01:24:41,100 --> 01:24:45,300
and the tax alone just goes a
real long way, and I just had a

1228
01:24:45,300 --> 01:24:47,033
conversation with an
organization and some families

1229
01:24:47,033 --> 01:24:51,300
that are helping out foster
kids in. Adams County and those

1230
01:24:51,300 --> 01:24:54,400
families that are trying to
give the most by helping our

1231
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:58,100
community’s kids, are often
struggling to do so. They’re

1232
01:24:58,100 --> 01:25:01,300
struggling to come up with the
dollars to afford the bikes,

1233
01:25:01,300 --> 01:25:04,500
the clothes, the food, and they
need the most help, and they’ll

1234
01:25:04,500 --> 01:25:08,200
often have 5 kids in a house,
so, um, this is really, really

1235
01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:10,400
impactful, and I remember
shopping for our family and

1236
01:25:10,400 --> 01:25:13,700
piling up on that infant
formula and uh having 20 cans

1237
01:25:13,700 --> 01:25:17,033
in the cupboard, you know, it’s
a lot, so with that I’m very

1238
01:25:17,033 --> 01:25:18,333
excited about this initiative.

1239
01:25:18,333 --> 01:25:24,200
City clerk. Mayor Carmelia, yes.

1240
01:25:24,200 --> 01:25:29,133
Councilor Azzati, Councilor Hot,
Councilor Ireland, Councillor

1241
01:25:29,133 --> 01:25:31,133
Johnson, Mayor Pro Temer Mela.

1242
01:25:31,133 --> 01:25:35,933
Yes, and Councilor Barajas, the
motion passes on a 7-0 vote.

1243
01:25:35,933 --> 01:25:39,133
Thank you so much. We will now
move on to first reading of

1244
01:25:39,133 --> 01:25:44,100
Councilor Bill number 35. Do I
have a motion? Councilor Brajas

1245
01:25:44,100 --> 01:25:46,800
uh, I moved to pass councilor
bills number 35 on first

1246
01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:53,133
reading, amending Westminster
Municipal Code chapter 6, Title

1247
01:25:53,133 --> 01:25:54,200
13 providing for the
declaration of fire

1248
01:25:54,200 --> 01:25:56,933
restrictions. Thank you,
Councilor Hot. 2. Any further

1249
01:25:56,933 --> 01:26:01,000
discussion. Councillor Rizzati.

1250
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:06,600
Mayor, uh, can we have the
Chief Burke? I, I just think

1251
01:26:06,600 --> 01:26:10,900
it’s really important. Chief,
if you can just walk through

1252
01:26:10,900 --> 01:26:15,500
why this is so important, um,
I’ve. I obviously see the need

1253
01:26:15,500 --> 01:26:20,233
here, but I just want. The
community to know that of what,

1254
01:26:20,233 --> 01:26:23,400
what this is and why this is so
important, especially after the

1255
01:26:23,400 --> 01:26:26,600
Marshall fires that just, that
occurred just a few years ago.

1256
01:26:26,600 --> 01:26:29,400
Yeah, thank you for the
question, Councillor Rosati.

1257
01:26:29,400 --> 01:26:31,633
Mayor Mayor Prote and
councilors, I’m Eric Burke,

1258
01:26:31,633 --> 01:26:36,733
fire chief of the Westminster
Fire Department. This ordinance

1259
01:26:36,733 --> 01:26:39,400
would establish fire
restrictions across the

1260
01:26:39,400 --> 01:26:43,700
community, providing clear
expectations and clarity and

1261
01:26:43,700 --> 01:26:47,400
consistency as far as education
and if needed enforcement with

1262
01:26:47,400 --> 01:26:50,600
the city of Westminster in two
counties, we could have

1263
01:26:50,600 --> 01:26:53,300
restrictions that are different
depending on what side of

1264
01:26:53,300 --> 01:26:55,733
Sheridan that you’re on, these
restrictions established again

1265
01:26:55,733 --> 01:27:00,900
consistent. He. The entire city
but also puts into place

1266
01:27:00,900 --> 01:27:02,500
reasonable fire safety
restrictions to protect the

1267
01:27:02,500 --> 01:27:06,700
health and wellness of our
residents. Thank you so much uh

1268
01:27:06,700 --> 01:27:09,333
for bringing this forward, and
I think it’s been long overdue,

1269
01:27:09,333 --> 01:27:14,800
so thanks. Thank you. Any
further discussion? Roll call

1270
01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:21,600
please. Councilor Azzati,
Councilor, Councilor Ireland,

1271
01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:23,600
yes. Councilor Johnson, yes.

1272
01:27:23,600 --> 01:27:27,500
Mayor Pro Tem Nomela, yes,
Councilor Brajas, and Mayor

1273
01:27:27,500 --> 01:27:31,200
Carmelia, yes, the motion
passes on a 7-0 vote. Thank you

1274
01:27:31,200 --> 01:27:34,333
so much. That brings us to old
business. We will now move on

1275
01:27:34,333 --> 01:27:39,133
to the 2nd reading of Councilor
Bill number 33. Councilor Hoff.

1276
01:27:39,133 --> 01:27:42,900
I moved to past counselor
councilor’s Bill number 33 on

1277
01:27:42,900 --> 01:27:48,300
second reading to authorize the
city manager to execute an

1278
01:27:48,300 --> 01:27:51,600
intergovernmental agreement
with the Adams 12 5 Star School

1279
01:27:51,600 --> 01:27:54,833
District to provide rebates and
fees and use taxes not to

1280
01:27:54,833 --> 01:28:03,700
exceed. $317,438 contingent
upon city council approval of

1281
01:28:03,700 --> 01:28:07,400
an official development plan
and ongoing compliance by the

1282
01:28:07,400 --> 01:28:10,500
Adams 12 5-star school district
with the approved official

1283
01:28:10,500 --> 01:28:14,800
development plan. Thank you,
Councilor Johnson 2nd. Any

1284
01:28:14,800 --> 01:28:19,133
further discussion? Councilor
Ireland, um, I’m voting voted

1285
01:28:19,133 --> 01:28:22,900
no for this because They’re
going to be using our roads up

1286
01:28:22,900 --> 01:28:28,300
and down with heavy trucks. And
garbage trucks every day to

1287
01:28:28,300 --> 01:28:30,900
that central kitchen. So I
think that the money should

1288
01:28:30,900 --> 01:28:34,900
have gotten to. For our roads
instead of the taxpayers paying

1289
01:28:34,900 --> 01:28:37,800
more, so I’m gonna no.

1290
01:28:37,800 --> 01:28:42,633
Councilor Hut, um, yes, I am
proud to support this. This is,

1291
01:28:42,633 --> 01:28:46,433
um, so instead of our children
receiving, uh, frozen foods for

1292
01:28:46,433 --> 01:28:51,700
lunch. They will now be, um,
eating fresh, um. Fresh food.

1293
01:28:51,700 --> 01:28:55,500
So, uh, all food for all of the
schools will be made fresh in

1294
01:28:55,500 --> 01:29:01,800
the central, uh, kitchen, and,
um, that I think is going to be

1295
01:29:01,800 --> 01:29:04,533
helpful for our students, um,
instead of eating processed

1296
01:29:04,533 --> 01:29:07,300
frozen food, they will have
fresh food to eat, so I am, um,

1297
01:29:07,300 --> 01:29:09,300
I’m happy to support this.

1298
01:29:09,300 --> 01:29:12,500
Thank you. Any other comments?

1299
01:29:12,500 --> 01:29:19,433
Roll call, please. Councilor,
Councilor Ireland? No.

1300
01:29:19,433 --> 01:29:23,700
Councilor Johnson Mayor Pro Tem
Nomela, yes. I’m, I’m sorry,

1301
01:29:23,700 --> 01:29:27,500
councilor, uh, Mayor Pro Tem,
could you repeat that? Yes,

1302
01:29:27,500 --> 01:29:32,200
thank you. uh, Councilor
Barajas, Mayor Carmelia, yes,

1303
01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:36,500
and Councilor Azati, the motion
passes on a 6-1 vote. Thank you

1304
01:29:36,500 --> 01:29:39,000
so much. City Attorney, do we
have reason for executive

1305
01:29:39,000 --> 01:29:44,100
session? Thank you, Mayor. Yes,
tonight’s agenda does include

1306
01:29:44,100 --> 01:29:46,600
an executive session, a
discussion of a personnel

1307
01:29:46,600 --> 01:29:50,333
matter, the annual review for
the presiding judge, and that

1308
01:29:50,333 --> 01:29:55,133
could be convened pursuant to
Westminster municipal Code

1309
01:29:55,133 --> 01:30:01,000
Section 1113C1 and Colorado
revised statute 246-4024F1.

1310
01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:03,933
Thank you so much. I’ll go
around to poll if we’re willing

1311
01:30:03,933 --> 01:30:05,833
to go into executive session.

1312
01:30:05,833 --> 01:30:09,100
Councilor Rosati, yes. Yes. Yes.

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Yes. No. Yes. And I will pause
to, oh, sorry. Oh, I was just

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gonna ask or remind your mayor
pro tem is on the line. Yes.

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Thank you so much, City Clerk.

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OK, um, with that, the timing
is 8 on the dot and our public

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meeting is now adjourned and we
will meet in the boardroom. We

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have a break. Yes, Mayor Pro
Tem, if you’re still on the

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line, please switch to the