[3:44] 2
[10:45] yes and start with roll call
mayor pro tem levar president
[10:50] council member alfieri is absent
council member case here council member
[10:56] nikai here council member neil here
council members of the wagga i'm here
[11:01] thank you
[Music]
[11:04] all right pledge of allegiance
[11:25] america
[11:32] on to number three ceremonies
presentations and appointments we have
[11:36] 3a which is a proclamation recognizing
the organizers of the 2021 old-fashioned
[11:41] fourth of july celebration
and michael lawson's going to present
[11:46] yeah thank you mayor pro tem um just
briefly
[11:50] we
we had a wonderful fourth of july event
[11:53] here
something that we went without in 2020
[11:57] and it came back in 2021 and we had a
team of folks that helped put that
[12:01] together um led by gail gross and a lot
of volunteers and some city staff and
[12:06] some great sponsors
and uh it was a great turnout it was
[12:10] seemed like everyone seemed to enjoy it
i know i certainly did
[12:13] um and so we wanted to recognize the
amount of effort and all the different
[12:16] folks who
invested their time in making that
[12:18] happen so
um
[12:21] it it should be said that that used to
be something the city put on in the past
[12:26] um and with covet and everything else
changes in staffing and budgets that
[12:30] wasn't something we were going to be
able to do and so we appreciated
[12:34] folks coming in to fill that gap
and make that play on behalf of the
[12:38] community so that was really cool
[12:41] all right now i have the proclamation in
front of me so i'm going to go ahead and
[12:44] read that out loud for the record
the proclamation recognizing organizers
[12:49] of the 2021 old-fashioned fourth of july
celebration whereas the city of woodland
[12:53] park takes pride in celebrating american
independence with its annual
[12:57] old-fashioned fourth of july celebration
a long-standing community tradition and
[13:02] whereas the celebration was cancelled in
2020 due to the covid19 pandemic at one
[13:07] time uncertain to return for 2021 and
whereas gail gross of soar took the
[13:12] initiative and stepped in to organize
the celebration for the first time and
[13:16] invested many hours and our personal
resources on behalf of the woodland park
[13:20] community and whereas was assisted by a
large group of dedicated volunteers and
[13:25] city of woodland park employees both
leading up to the event and on the day
[13:29] of the event itself and whereas many
sponsors both from within and outside
[13:34] the woodland park community pledged
financial and in-kind support to help
[13:38] make the celebration a reality
and whereas the celebration was a major
[13:43] success evidenced by the largest
attendance that anyone could remember
[13:46] and brought a welcomed sense of normalcy
and enjoyment to thousands of attendees
[13:51] now therefore the members of the city of
woodland park city council hereby
[13:55] recognize gail gross and soar event
volunteers city staff and event sponsors
[14:00] of the 2021 old-fashioned fourth of july
celebration the celebration faithfully
[14:06] honored both of our our nation and our
community giving the residents of
[14:09] woodland park teller county and visitors
a much needed opportunity for fun unity
[14:14] and patriotism in the midst of a
challenging year on behalf of the
[14:18] woodland park community the council
expresses its gratitude for the hard
[14:22] work of all involved in making the
celebration
[14:25] success
thank you gail very much thank you
[14:34] i'd like to give you this proclamation
as well
[14:41] [Music]
[14:56] thank you
[15:09] many thanks to everyone that helped you
[15:15] i want to make this did she want to make
a speech
[15:20] council wants to know if you want to
speak girl
[15:33] first of all i want to thank you i've
never had embarrassed pain so i'm very
[15:37] excited about it
and i just want to thank everyone who
[15:41] participated yes it took hours on my
part to put it together
[15:46] but without the people that were
participating it wouldn't have happened
[15:50] so the the vendors and the sponsors and
everybody that helped out on the day of
[15:56] and i do have a few of the people here
with me today
[16:00] everyone was invited but a lot of people
are on vacation and couldn't be here but
[16:04] we do appreciate the city of whitman
park and we look forward to expanding
[16:09] upon it for next year and make it making
it even better
[16:14] thank you thank you
[16:22] all right four additions deletions or
corrections to agenda none
[16:26] we've got consent calendar number five
five a's approval of the august 5th 2021
[16:33] regular city council meeting minutes and
b is approval contract in the amount of
[16:37] 35 for 96 timberline electric
suzanne
[16:42] you'd like to
take a and then if we have any questions
[16:45] about b we can sure we can do that
so what i would look for this evening
[16:50] council is a motion to approve the
august 5th
[16:53] 2021 regular city council meeting
minutes
[17:00] oh i'll make a motion
thank you a second
[17:04] thank you
peace
[17:07] yes lavar yes nikai yes neil yes zuma
yes thank you motion cares unanimously
[17:16] the second item as mayor protem
mentioned that we have on the consent
[17:20] agenda is a contract with timberline
electrical control corp and director kip
[17:27] wiley is here to answer any questions if
you have any particular questions about
[17:32] this contract
[17:36] council any questions
yeah
[17:39] so kip i remember when we did citizens
academy they
[17:42] took us through that whole process and i
remember seeing those uh
[17:47] old-fashioned radios or whatever and
that was a way of connection can you
[17:51] kind of just walk through what the
technology difference is from what we're
[17:55] placing it with
so we're we are replacing those radios
[17:59] with newer versions um in our town we
have to go with radio frequency because
[18:03] cellular and low frequencies just don't
work and then part of this package is
[18:07] also the controls to that so we have a
redundancy backup to the plant if the
[18:12] plant computer goes down we can operate
from the control
[18:15] in the scada
yeah if i remember that's how
[18:19] the
that radio control is actually linked to
[18:22] how it actually
communicates or operates correctly
[18:26] correct yeah okay and they said from
what i saw in the proposal it's going to
[18:30] last another 20 years is that right
that'd be amazing
[18:34] you're not convinced well the original
equipment is still in the plant the
[18:38] plant was built in 97 so it's lasted 25
years so okay we would hope this does
[18:43] the same okay
and by that time we might have more
[18:46] sophisticated communication
ability more than likely technology does
[18:51] feel pretty quick yeah
all right thanks thank you
[18:57] anything further
[19:01] can i get a motion
i'll make a motion to approve the
[19:04] contract in the amount of 35 496 dollars
with timberline electrical control group
[19:10] for the system's controls and data
acquisitions upgrade to the water
[19:14] treatment plant
oh second
[19:17] thank you
yes labar yes nikai yes neil yes
[19:25] yes thank you motion cares unanimously
[19:29] thank you thank you
all right number six public comment on
[19:34] items not on agenda suzanne do we have
anyone this evening we do ma'am we have
[19:39] two the first person
signed up is in the audience kitty
[19:43] walker okay
[19:56] okay am i close enough
it's here let's say just say hello hello
[20:02] am i close enough yes yes okay so my
name is kit marie walker i'm a resident
[20:07] of woodland park and um
i would like to start
[20:12] my comments with the gospel of matthew
chapter 12 verse 25 and it says
[20:18] jesus knew their thoughts and he said a
kingdom divided
[20:23] will be ruined and a city or household
divided will not stand and i'm bringing
[20:30] this
forth as the last few months i've
[20:33] attended the council meetings and it is
apparent that the council is divided and
[20:41] the
members of the
[20:44] woodland park
citizens and business owners that have
[20:48] addressed the council
also appear to be
[20:52] divided against the council or the
council against them
[20:56] so
anyway um
[20:59] the lord gives a solution
psalms 133 says where there is unity god
[21:05] commands a blessing
so um
[21:08] i believe that the hearts of the council
is not for division
[21:13] and
i would like to pray over the council so
[21:17] father i just lift up the willow park
city council right now in jesus name and
[21:21] i thank you lord that you know their
thoughts you know their hearts and
[21:27] as i believe
their hearts are not for division and i
[21:31] thank you lord that you give them the
solution that unity is a solution i
[21:35] believe that they would like they they
want will in part to be blessed and in
[21:41] unity woodland park is blessed and the
citizens and business owners of woodland
[21:46] park want woodland park to be blessed so
we just call upon unity and we thank you
[21:53] for your blessings in jesus name amen
thank you
[21:57] thank you
thank you
[22:00] okay
next i'm not sure if he's in the
[22:03] audience but i do have a sign up online
for justin epperson
[22:10] and
justin if you are on zoom can you please
[22:13] just raise your hand
[22:19] okay
no justin
[22:21] okay that's all the public comment this
evening okay thank you
[22:26] so we're going to move on to number
seven unfinished business and that's 7a
[22:31] the approval of legal services agreement
between the city of woodland park
[22:35] and wilson and williams llp
and the reason
[22:41] this has come back is because i think
that council
[22:44] uh had some questions
um of the attorneys to get some answers
[22:50] by
um
[22:53] some false allegations
from a critic and i think that council's
[22:58] had that time i don't think that we need
to wait until november and i do
[23:03] have something i'd like to read
because i'd like the record to
[23:07] accurately reflect the correct law
because it was posted also
[23:13] in the papers
and it was inaccurate and i just
[23:17] normally when it's a person's opinion
or
[23:20] interpretation i don't think it needs to
be corrected but when it's
[23:24] um
presented as if it was the truth and
[23:26] accurate it does need to be fixed
so at the august 5th 2021 regular
[23:31] meeting of the council
it was alleged that the council hadn't
[23:34] held an illegal executive session at its
july 1st meeting and a complaint about
[23:38] the quality of legal advice provided to
council by our current city's attorneys
[23:42] were made
several members of council have asked
[23:45] the attorneys to respond to these
allegations regarding the legality of
[23:48] the july 1st executive session and to
clarify which law was misread and what
[23:53] law actually applied
so the purpose like i said of bringing
[23:56] back the attorney's contract and what
i'm about to read for the record is the
[24:00] clarification of the law which was asked
for by council and a clarification of
[24:04] our attorney's advice during that
meeting
[24:06] i also want this issue clarified for the
public and for the purpose of the record
[24:10] there were there was false information
relayed in a public meeting and
[24:14] published by our local papers
had it been one simple opinion or
[24:18] interpretation of the law stated then
there would be no need for clarification
[24:23] however even the papers published these
false legal
[24:26] infor the false legal information and
the record must be corrected and i would
[24:30] like to see the attorney's contract
approved this evening
[24:33] so for clarification the criticism of
counsel and its legal counsel began by
[24:38] citing the wrong law and then proceeding
to excoriate counsel for violating a law
[24:43] that had no application whatsoever to
what council was discussing
[24:47] the critique statute cited was crs
24-6-402
[24:53] sub-section f-2
a portion of the open meeting law that
[24:58] permits executive sessions to discuss
public employees
[25:01] this personnel matters basis for an
executive session contains language
[25:05] clarifying that members of the local
public body who are convening the
[25:09] executive session aren't personnel of
the local government so discussion of
[25:15] filling a vacancy on a governing body
shouldn't occur in an executive session
[25:20] called to discuss personal matters
personnel matters
[25:25] we met
in executive session to discuss the
[25:28] appointment to fill a vacancy and
appointments to fill vacancies can and
[25:32] commonly are discussed in executive
sessions convened on some other basis
[25:37] provided in the open meeting law
under the assumption that section 402 f
[25:42] applied it was also observed that it
sure seemed like it was illegal
[25:47] and then he encouraged council not to
indulge in
[25:50] technical or legal thin ice
so let's clarify that the executive
[25:56] session held on july 1 was not convened
pursuant to section 402 f
[26:01] roman numeral 2 but rather pursuant to
an entirely different subsection
[26:06] it applies to subsection 402b which
permits executive sessions for the
[26:11] purpose of receiving receiving legal
advice from the city attorney
[26:16] in this case concerning potential
conflicts of interest of a dda board
[26:20] appointee
this use of an executive session is
[26:24] common unremarkable and completely legal
[26:29] the second criticism regarding the july
1st executive session focused on the
[26:33] city our city attorney nina williams
response to a question from council
[26:37] member neil who asked whether going into
executive session to discuss the
[26:41] potential conflict was appropriate
nina responded that there was a legal
[26:46] basis for going into the executive
session but she added in a in different
[26:51] communities different councils have a
different preference and customs as to
[26:55] when they choose to go into executive
session
[26:58] nina expressed this well-understood fact
by saying that different councils around
[27:02] colorado have different feelings about
going into executive session
[27:07] in this advice nina was exactly correct
the opens meeting law permits but never
[27:12] requires executive sessions on specified
basis
[27:16] advice from attorneys or personal
matters etc so municipal attorneys are
[27:21] regularly asked are we permitted to go
into executive session on this or that
[27:26] basis
attorneys are not asked do we have to
[27:30] have an executive session because no one
is ever required to have an executive
[27:35] session council member neil's question
combined is it a legal
[27:40] inquiry with an is it a good idea
inquiry the first inquiry is for the
[27:45] lawyer to answer is it legal but the
second inquiry is a policy matter for
[27:50] counsel to decide not the lawyers
respectfully the legal advice that nina
[27:54] provided was completely correct
we had the legal right to go into
[27:58] executive session to seek legal advice
by our attorney but did we have to no
[28:05] council member zulawago could have asked
his question on the diocese regarding
[28:08] the conflict of interest and nina would
have answered it there but instead he
[28:13] asked to go into executive session which
we had the legal right to ask for the
[28:17] council voted on it which requires a
two-thirds majority and it passed
[28:22] therefore under section 402 b we
adjourned temporarily into the session
[28:27] nothing about it was illegal
there was a grave mischaracterization of
[28:32] the law and our attorney's advice in
that last meeting i believe council has
[28:36] now had the time to meet with and ask
our attorneys to clarify what had been
[28:39] misspoken
and understand that the attorneys really
[28:43] do know that their job
that's why this contract
[28:47] has been brought back before november i
don't think four or more months is
[28:51] needed
that to see that our lawyers who have
[28:54] doctorates in law and years of
experience in this topic are less
[28:58] competent than an untrained
unexperienced critic
[29:01] jeff wilson who represents us was the
lead lobbyist on open meetings at the
[29:05] general assembly for nearly 30 years he
wrote the first and second editions of
[29:10] the colorado municipal league's books on
open meetings and open records of
[29:14] colorado he knows our open records laws
he knows the open meeting laws
[29:20] and he certainly knows when we can go
into executive session as does nina nina
[29:25] is also an expert in land use and zoning
laws and together they cover every area
[29:29] of the law that we are concerned with
and they come with stellar reputations
[29:35] given that the correct information has
now been put forth and it's understood
[29:38] that nothing illegal occurred in regards
to an executive session nor was there
[29:42] improper legal advice given
and council chose by vote to enter
[29:47] executive session
i would really like to recommend that we
[29:51] approve this contract this evening i
would like to recommend it without
[29:54] further ado however if council would
also like to speak i welcome that
[30:00] thank you hillary
[30:04] counsel anything further
[30:09] it's interesting that
all i hear is crickets right now
[30:14] don i took your uh
statement to heart and i want you to
[30:18] know that i have not spoken to anyone
here
[30:21] not to nina not
to michael
[30:25] nobody about this issue after i saw the
rendering
[30:28] the legal opinion that hillary just saw
the one correspondence i had was with
[30:34] mayor pro tem labar
when i
[30:38] saw this on the agenda and i said do we
have a problem
[30:42] and the conversation we had in the in
the
[30:45] text was simply let's not discuss it
let's
[30:50] vet it in front of god and everybody
and and see where it goes so i was one
[30:56] that voted to hold off
the um
[31:00] [Music]
contract uh that's how i cast my vote
[31:04] last time once i saw a legal
interpretation of what we were we were
[31:09] being accused of i formed a different
opinion on the legal services and i am
[31:15] ready to cast a different vote so for
the record those are all my thoughts i
[31:20] have discussed this with no one
[31:26] well i would like to simply start by
saying
[31:30] good folks can disagree
and um
[31:34] as technically accurate as all of what
you've just read is i think that the
[31:39] public perception which is what i see
is that
[31:44] they had no knowledge of what went on in
the executive session so it would only
[31:48] be speculation on their part
but they sensed that something wasn't
[31:53] right in the way we conducted ourselves
and
[31:56] that i think is the issue that underlies
it
[31:59] and so
to
[32:02] take a legal opinion against one of our
citizens i get it i understand it but i
[32:07] think in terms of what the undertone is
what the people are seeing and saying is
[32:12] we want transparency
you didn't do it council and that's
[32:17] something that we will pay the price for
one way or another it was not done
[32:21] properly it was done way out of context
of how we normally do business
[32:25] so
have absolutely nothing against our
[32:28] attorneys but my vote will reflect the
fact that i thought some space since the
[32:33] breathing time was a good thing and four
of you did as well and i understand why
[32:37] it's changed
thank
[32:40] you kelly or catherine i got nothing
i would just say that i appreciate your
[32:46] opinion robert it's not one that i share
um first uh the general the person in
[32:52] question is not a citizen of woodland
park
[32:55] as a business owner
but i
[32:58] have the utmost respect for
this firm and think that it
[33:02] the the two issues are not related
and i don't see what the other issue is
[33:08] because
we've we have responded many times and
[33:12] there was no shadows or shade
for anything else
[33:16] that occurred
it was a vote
[33:19] and
[33:22] the folks that were appointed were
appointed
[33:25] on that vote and will move forward
thank you
[33:31] thank you kelly
all right so then council can i get a
[33:35] motion
[33:40] i'll make a motion to approve the legal
services agreement between the city of
[33:44] woodland park and wilson and williams
llp
[33:48] i'll second
[33:51] lavar yes
nikai yes
[33:54] neil
yes sue lavaga
[33:57] no
case yes thank you motion carries 4-1
[34:04] thank you council and we're going to
move on to
[34:08] item number eight ordinances on initial
postings eight a's to consider ordinance
[34:12] number 1403
and
[34:16] the
presenter is nina
[34:25] good evening council
um this
[34:28] um franchise this agreement renews the
gas franchise with black hills energy
[34:32] for 20 years five years the prior
franchise was for 20 years
[34:36] jeff wilson negotiated
all terms beneficial to the city were
[34:40] carried forward um they originally
omitted but we made sure to get them you
[34:44] know get back into the agreement
just to go over a few points um the
[34:49] franchise continues a three percent
franchise free fee that's pretty
[34:53] standard like a rental fee for the use
of city streets
[34:56] um for infrastructure the franchise fee
is adjustable every five years if
[35:01] desired
some new asks from black hills in this
[35:05] franchise were primarily towards
cooperation when street cuts impact them
[35:10] and their infrastructure and when the
city projects
[35:12] which city product projects require
relocation of their infrastructure
[35:17] i believe the uh carly dollar west is um
attending via zoom if there's any other
[35:22] uh questions for um her she represents
the franchise
[35:26] um if i have any questions or if i don't
want to annoy
[35:30] um no the franchise agreement is
pretty much the same as it was before
[35:35] with a few exceptions like nina said um
just primarily oriented around the
[35:39] additional proactive communication
between the city and black hills energy
[35:43] if a major construction project like
redoing a street is
[35:47] going to be happening we need to let
black hills know so if they need to
[35:50] relocate their their infrastructure they
can do so
[35:54] there's also some new language in there
about
[35:56] advanced communication on annexations uh
the city does annex new property into
[36:02] its city limits that needs to let black
hills know with a little bit more
[36:05] advanced notice so they can
get those properties set up in their
[36:08] system but pretty pretty straightforward
three percent as nina said it was pretty
[36:12] standard
um so not not too many changes
[36:17] council any questions
it's been three percent as long as i've
[36:21] been around a long time
[36:27] i i do have a comment
because i did receive a
[36:30] [Music]
comment from a citizen and here's some
[36:33] transparency folks um patricia stinner
who's sitting in the audience
[36:39] helped run my campaign
and she is one of my
[36:45] biggest critics
she will challenge me on anything
[36:49] and she asked me to look into some
language in this particular contract
[36:54] which i did
now a little bit is because i have
[36:59] studied law i'm aware that you don't
list
[37:04] negatives i guess it's the best way and
i don't know the exact legal term for it
[37:07] need i'm gonna struggle a little bit you
do that it has to do with
[37:12] the document
is giving the franchise the access over
[37:16] public right of ways the question
that i was asked had to do with what
[37:22] about
private right of ways or private
[37:24] easements
because
[37:29] we are not specifically putting it into
the contract that does not imply
[37:35] that it's
there so by the mere fact that it's not
[37:39] in the contract
it means
[37:42] it's not implied that they get
easements over
[37:48] they have the rights to go on private
easements
[37:51] and i think i've captured that
and i hope i've captured
[37:55] the concern adequately and i've
addressed it to everybody if you had a
[37:59] similar concern over that language
and i'm kind of a head nod are you
[38:04] comfortable with the explanation
okay
[38:09] yeah
it's up to the mayor pro tem whether
[38:12] there's public comment sure that's fine
you can come up to the podium if you'd
[38:17] like
[38:22] good evening counts good evening council
citizens patricia stinner woodland park
[38:28] so i hearken back to a similar franchise
agreement
[38:32] that it came at an awkward time for the
franchise because at that time in 2015
[38:39] when peak internet approached the city
[38:42] internet and fiber optics were not yet
legally recognized as utilities they are
[38:48] now they are legal public utility
functions so um
[38:53] when peak internet
um
[38:56] operated on their agreement with the
city they did come through our public
[39:00] easements
and i allowed them to i invited them to
[39:04] i thought that
um fiber optic was going to improve
[39:09] everybody's property values
and it was a little intrusive they're
[39:13] water boring damaged some things
they did cause some erosion that they
[39:17] did not come back and repair not on my
property they repaired my property but i
[39:22] continued to hear people complain about
those two or three years when they were
[39:25] active
and this isn't a slight on peak internet
[39:29] they certainly went through the right
channels they received the city
[39:32] administration permission to access the
eastmans the easements were not
[39:36] specifically defined nor acknowledged
nor addressed
[39:40] in that agreement
similarly um
[39:44] i don't believe private easements are
addressed in the old tds agreements or
[39:49] any of the other agreements
um is the law has changed it's come to
[39:54] my attention
because i was doing my diligence and
[39:57] finding out
about the whole fiber optic thing coming
[40:01] through my private easement and i was
told five years ago that
[40:06] if a subdivision is planted with utility
eastmans those utility easements are
[40:10] presumed to be for
that development
[40:13] and what we saw coming in um
in 2015 2016 2017
[40:20] we saw the existing properties of
northwoods
[40:24] sacrificing and being burdened by
um
[40:27] utility installment for
uh
[40:31] future developments that still aren't
developed
[40:34] so i understand what you're saying
councilman neil and i thank you on such
[40:38] short notice by the way mr neil didn't
get this letter until like
[40:42] 15 minutes before the meeting or
something it caught me by
[40:46] it caught me off guard that this was
going to be coming up tonight but i
[40:49] think you understand my concerns the
private easements were not specifically
[40:54] addressed nor defined nor specifically
omitted and peak internet did use our
[40:58] private easements and not all citizens
were okay with that i'm wondering if we
[41:02] can prevent future turmoil and and i am
not a no growth person as i said i
[41:08] invited peak internet to come through my
property
[41:11] and to board through my property and to
have access through my property to get
[41:15] to another property and that's why i got
in trouble with another developer
[41:19] because they use access to my property
they didn't otherwise legally have
[41:24] so private easements i think should
remain private
[41:28] um seeing fiber optic
buried in the ground is a lot different
[41:32] than a gas line coming in so i asked
council to please
[41:36] work towards the effort of protecting
our private easements in the city for
[41:40] the residents of city park not just the
residents but for the developers as well
[41:45] and please look into that before you
sign this agreement that's all i'm
[41:48] asking and councilman neil thank you um
i i understand what you're saying you
[41:53] ask me if i accept your statement can i
live with it absolutely i'm just asking
[41:57] for counsel to be a little more astute
and just take into consideration that
[42:02] private easements might be temporarized
here
[42:05] mayor pro tem may i respond sure
um since this is the initial posting yes
[42:13] and we're going to take a vote whether
to move it to the next phase
[42:17] [Music]
may i make a commitment to you that i
[42:22] will sit with the attorney and if
necessary or the
[42:26] the city staff i guess it is would be
the appropriate people sally i'm
[42:31] kind of watching your
head shake and if we need to we'll get a
[42:36] zoom call and bring you in so that we if
there is some language that would make
[42:41] you more comfortable or we feel is
appropriate i'm not making any promises
[42:45] i'm just saying i'll facilitate
a follow-up situation well certainly
[42:50] that's all i that's more than i could
ask and i'm not trying to be an
[42:53] obstructionist i'm not trying to put a
damper on the agreement obviously we
[42:57] need that agreement right i'm just
asking if we can do it better
[43:01] i agreed thank you thank you thank you
thank you so patricia i'd like to
[43:06] pick you back on what you have a friend
down in colorado springs
[43:10] and he just spent ten thousand dollars
on his driveway
[43:14] and
the
[43:15] fiber optics came through and they
wanted to bore through his property they
[43:20] talked to him they negotiated what it
was supposed to be and then when the
[43:23] workers came they totally changed the
plan
[43:26] so
the the boar which was shallower than
[43:30] was proposed and it was going to affect
his brand new work
[43:34] so
he had a heck of a fight
[43:38] and as far as i know that's not even
resolved yet in terms of getting
[43:42] satisfaction to the protection of his
own property they had the right to come
[43:46] through the easement but he had no say
in it so i think you're making a really
[43:50] good point
thank you i know that um standard by
[43:54] standard anymore utilities go in through
the street eastmans those are public
[43:58] eastmans different from private eastmans
when when you have a utility coming
[44:02] through people's backyards and
destroying landscape and not coming back
[44:06] because
there was not foresight enough to put
[44:11] repercussions in for the utility that
came through what if you damaged
[44:15] property you're going to fix it that
wasn't in there it was never addressed
[44:19] so again i'm not trying to be an
obstructionist to
[44:22] black hills energy to come through they
need to develop we have populations
[44:25] growing i'm just asking for city council
to please put some thought into
[44:29] protecting our private easements we do
have public right-of-ways most paved
[44:34] streets and even dirt alleys have
easements that are broader than the
[44:38] street itself and perhaps your friend's
driveway was paid over one of those
[44:41] eastmans i don't know the city there was
a sidewalk easement okay well in a
[44:45] sidewalk is a public right-of-way so
anyway i appreciate that council let me
[44:49] come in tonight and speak i wasn't
expecting to
[44:52] so
and thank you councilman neal for
[44:54] bringing it up
thank you robert also
[44:58] and i'll be willing to anything that i
do
[45:02] definitely a chair because i think your
concerns are very valid also
[45:07] we can work kind of
with the attorneys in the cities
[45:11] well well i have a second i have a
second question i don't know if this is
[45:15] directed at you
michael or with this is in the law of it
[45:19] so this has been going for 25 years they
have a three percent fee that they um
[45:24] pay us for
that use has a costing been done by the
[45:29] treasury by the uh finance department to
see whether that is offsetting the cost
[45:35] to the city and whether that is still a
profitable margin or a fair margin for
[45:40] the city or we just assume three percent
is fine and we're just going ahead
[45:46] as far as i know there's been no
analysis done i'm not sure
[45:50] if it's possible to quantify the impact
this is a rent it's not like a
[45:56] construction project or something that
we're incurring costs that need to be
[46:00] covered it's a rental for the use of
our public right-of-ways
[46:06] so it's not a
cost recovery
[46:09] position
does that make sense for you it makes
[46:13] sense but it doesn't cost us anything
when they come in and use that easement
[46:16] does it cost the city any money at any
point i think so no okay well i could
[46:21] that's and it's just
generally to recoup the cost of wear and
[46:25] tear on city infrastructures generally
what franchise views are
[46:33] anything further
needed
[46:36] oh um yes i know you know rust is gonna
speak with sally to explain and you'll
[46:40] sit down um you know with your
constituents but i just wanted to point
[46:43] out you know this is an agreement with
the city and
[46:46] in in the first section franchise
granted it's um granted
[46:52] on
president future streets alleys avenues
[46:54] bridges public right-of-ways and public
easements
[46:58] um of the city so it it it
it uh
[47:03] quantifies or explains that it's
the public yeah anything public
[47:07] so then the question is quite like it's
been presented here when it comes to
[47:12] having to go across private land what is
the protocol what's the law
[47:18] say in terms of
that access what if what if for example
[47:22] mrs sinner said no uh i don't want you
doing that this time
[47:25] what would be the impact the city said
yes but the private
[47:29] uh homeowner said no
well we're granting the franchise on
[47:33] public streets right-of-ways um i can't
speak to the um each individual prior
[47:39] property because they might already have
utility easements that are on the
[47:42] property when they purchased
the property but um
[47:46] so does that make that utility easement
is the city easement shared with the
[47:50] homeowner so it's a moot point is that
really the point
[47:54] it depends on each property but we'll
have a better um
[47:57] i guess explanation point out you know
which sections
[48:01] have this type of provision that makes
make sure that everyone is comfortable
[48:05] fully comfortable that
it's over public right-of-ways and
[48:09] public easements that already exist
all right it's fine
[48:16] i just don't i i guess i'm having
struggling to see where our authority
[48:21] lies in private easements
i have a private utility easement on my
[48:27] private property
and if there's something going through
[48:31] there
i'm notified of that but i knew that
[48:35] that easement was there when i purchased
the property
[48:39] and so i accepted the property with that
knowledge and condition of the property
[48:44] and know that i can't put any permanent
structures there that would inhibit
[48:49] the access of utilities to run through
there
[48:52] because it is a use and it's recorded
it's on the plat it's a utility easement
[48:57] so i struggled to see
the relevance of the city's public right
[49:02] of ways which this franchise agreement
addresses
[49:06] and the public right or the private
right of ways because i don't see them
[49:10] as being related
i agree
[49:16] this is the 25 year old contract
and um once again uh only because i know
[49:23] personally miss dinner has an issue at
her is that your backyard side yard
[49:28] whatever between you and your backyard
and it's a huge beagle pit now i don't
[49:33] know whether the cause of that was by a
utilities company or not but
[49:38] if it's been 25 years and we haven't
challenged how it's happening and there
[49:42] is an issue like if you want to explain
what's in your backyard go ahead but or
[49:47] on in that easement area there but uh
from what i know that the city can't get
[49:52] in there and fix it i don't know all the
details of it but it's like
[49:56] it's it's an issue to those homeowners
and it's not resolved so if what this 25
[50:01] year old contract is plays into some of
those things that aren't being resolved
[50:06] is it value to look at it that's smiling
yeah and we would have as a city as xero
[50:09] saying we don't have the authority to um
grant anything over a private easement
[50:14] and this is clear that it's above
streets alleys avenues bridges public
[50:18] right-of-ways and public easements i
can't say that i know my property this
[50:21] utility easements over that i purchased
you know with the knowledge of but
[50:25] that's not a city easement over
the private property this is you know
[50:29] the city's is con is um the party to
this contract and
[50:34] when it's versus franchise granted it's
clear that it's only public right of
[50:38] ways
in fact it says public ease and doesn't
[50:41] include private easings we have no
rights you know um
[50:44] to that streets alleys avenues bridges
public right aways and public easements
[50:48] okay that's true
it's clearly not it's not private and
[50:51] trish understand i'm not belittling or
making any less of your concerns by any
[50:56] way i just think that they belong
in a different place
[51:00] because this is strictly over public
um right-of-way easements and access
[51:06] thank you councilman case i i understand
the intent um of of your comment again
[51:12] i repeat
private property
[51:16] was not specifically addressed
in the peak internet negotiations they
[51:22] came through private property and
citizens did not have a say about it now
[51:27] most citizens were it just like myself
it wasn't a problem the drainage thing
[51:32] that's a problem
but that came that preceded me okay so i
[51:37] bought the property like you know about
your easements what we're finding in
[51:41] colorado law and this is something i'm
not an attorney and i'm not going to
[51:44] pretend to be one but one of the issues
i would like to see council
[51:48] address or at least entertain and
consider is easement law has changed in
[51:53] colorado with the introduction of the
expansion of fracking
[51:57] what used to be of easement in
perpetuity in colorado law apparently is
[52:01] no longer in perpetuity it has a
lifespan of 15 to 20 years therefore if
[52:06] you're in a subdivision that was planted
into the years 2000 or earlier
[52:11] and those utility easements have not
been built there's no infrastructure
[52:15] within the easement
those property owners could very well
[52:18] come to you and say
my attorney's recommending that i close
[52:22] off that easement
and for peak internet would i do that no
[52:26] i invited them on to my property for a
gas line i might think twice
[52:30] also
[52:39] thank you
[52:42] okay council can i get emotions
[52:47] no it's a long one but i'll go ahead and
make it
[52:52] i'd like to make a motion
to
[52:57] approve
the initial posting of ordinance number
[53:01] 1403 series 2021
granting black hills colorado gas
[53:06] incorporated dba black hills energy it's
leasing successors and assigns a natural
[53:12] gas franchise
and the authority to construct operate
[53:16] maintain and extend a natural gas
distribution plant and system
[53:20] granting the right to use the streets
alleys and other public places within
[53:25] the present or future corporate limits
of the city of woodland park consent the
[53:29] public hearing for september 2nd 2021
very good
[53:34] i'll second
[53:37] nikai
yes neil yes
[53:41] yes
yes
[53:44] yes thank you motion carries unanimously
thank you
[53:48] moving on to nine public hearings we've
got 9a for um to approve number 1401
[53:54] series 2021 an ordinance approving the
purchase of certain water shares and kip
[53:58] wiley is presenting
thank you council before you tonight
[54:02] ordinance 1401 um as you recall on
august 5th 2021 you rep you approved
[54:08] resolution 878 for the purchase of this
water share and this is coming back
[54:13] forward forward to you because water
shares are considered real property and
[54:18] you need to accept it as that real
property so
[54:21] before you tonight and i recommend an
approval of ordinance 1401 for the
[54:26] 0.6 shares in twin lakes reservoir in
colorado canal company and
[54:32] recommend approval after the public
hearing
[54:36] council any questions or comments
[54:40] seeing none can i get a motion please
[54:46] it's okay suzanne do you have anyone
online no man okay is there anyone in
[54:50] the audience
seeing none
[54:55] may i have a motion i'll make a motion
to approve num to approve number 1401
[55:01] series 2021 and ordinance approving the
purchase of certain water shares
[55:09] i did you
you know you don't have to read the
[55:11] whole thing
can i get a second
[55:15] oh i'll second it
[55:18] neil
[55:25] yes thank you emotion gears unanimously
thank you thank you
[55:31] and now moving on to nine b's approval
of ordinance 1402 series 2021 to vacate
[55:37] common lot lines and the presenter is
sally riley
[55:43] and i'd just like to briefly remind
council this is quasi-judicial please
[55:48] stick to this topic and this topic only
thank you mayor protem
[55:53] labar
this is ordinance 1402 to vacate a
[55:59] common lot line
between
[56:02] and easements between lot 14 c in
fairway pines filing number 2c
[56:10] which is 240
iron eagle point
[56:14] and lot 15
which is fairway pines filing number two
[56:21] and addressed as 250 eagle iron eagle
point
[56:26] as requested by john paul and jill
shulman
[56:30] they are the property owners
and this is in a pud
[56:35] in
fairway pines
[56:39] so sharing the
exhibit
[56:42] this is a private access easement
that
[56:48] dead ends so to speak at these two lots
the shulmans have purchased both lot 14c
[56:57] and lot 15
they intend to build a home
[57:01] after these lots are combined
so as a result
[57:06] the common lot line and the easements
these are public easements across
[57:12] private property
are proposed to be vacated
[57:19] uh i think the shulmans were going to be
here but i'm not
[57:25] right
right behind me
[57:28] so the owners are here if you have any
questions of them staff does recommend
[57:34] approval and all the utility companies
have reviewed this as well as our own
[57:41] staff and recommend approval
thank you council just briefly for the
[57:46] record i did sell those lots but i
worked for the
[57:51] seller not the buyers and i have no
interest in these lots whatsoever so i
[57:56] just want that on the record
um council do you have any questions or
[58:00] comments or would you like to hear from
the party at all
[58:04] well i think for the record i think i've
met them
[58:07] and they don't even know it i've walked
my dog by their you you have that
[58:12] little rv right now yeah
we're future neighbors
[58:16] um hello so
full disclosure
[58:21] they're my neighbor
[Music]
[58:25] very good council can i get a motion for
approval then publication
[58:30] oh public hearing
every time every time
[58:35] we're here for you suzanne do you have
anyone online no ma'am okay is there
[58:39] anyone in the audience
seeing none
[58:43] now may i please have the motion
i'll make a motion to approve ordinance
[58:47] 1402 series 2021
[58:52] to vacate the common lot line in public
utilities and drainage of private access
[58:56] easements
as described in the presentation by the
[59:00] planning director
[59:06] yes
yes
[59:09] lavar yes nikai yes neil yes thank you
motion carries unanimously
[59:16] thank you thanks sally
[59:20] all right moving on to 10 new business
we have 10a approval of resolution
[59:24] number 881
and kip wiley's presenting that as well
[59:30] thank you
before council's resolution 881 to
[59:34] allocate 32 taps to
a this project on brecken heights now
[59:40] the reason this comes to council is any
multi-family project triplex or larger
[59:45] tabs can be allocated because in 1997
our tap management plan limited the
[59:50] number of taps you could sell
to a developer or a builder in any given
[59:55] month and this allows for multi-family
projects to build
[59:59] multiple
units at the same time
[1:00:02] so before you tonight is 32
taps these taps would come out of the
[1:00:07] multi-family bank currently the
multi-family bank has 64 taps in it
[1:00:13] where do we get those taps those come
from the single family bank so
[1:00:17] council also has to approve transfer
from the single family bank to the
[1:00:22] multi-family bank
first of the year when we did the
[1:00:26] the annual allotment
we had around
[1:00:29] 503 taps don't quote me on the number
in the single-family bank and we had
[1:00:37] we had additional taps in the
multi-family bank but to date uh council
[1:00:41] has already approved eight multi-family
taps for um a project on
[1:00:47] baldwin street uh and then this would
also come out of the same bank
[1:00:51] uh what's interesting i was just telling
sally is it's the
[1:00:55] year of 32 we've sold 32 taps so far
this year we are requesting 32 taps for
[1:01:01] this project and we have 32 tabs left in
the multiple bank
[1:01:05] so
good job yeah kind of interesting fact
[1:01:09] sorry
um
[1:01:11] [Music]
so uh
[1:01:13] the developer has requested these taps
there is a list of criteria that have
[1:01:17] were established there are 11 criteria
and then the staff report i went through
[1:01:21] in
indicated which criterias they met they
[1:01:26] they met most of the criteria not all
but most there is no
[1:01:30] uh definition on if they even have to
meet them all or any so it is up to
[1:01:35] council's decision on whether or not to
allocate these taps to this project
[1:01:40] this project is 16 duplexes
that are built on a crawl space they
[1:01:45] consist of about
1400 square feet
[1:01:49] 484 square feet of garage space it's
approximately a two-car garage
[1:01:54] there are two floor plans available that
include two or three bedroom units with
[1:01:58] two bathrooms
next year finishes will be stucco and
[1:02:02] stone and
available in earth tone colors
[1:02:07] wrecking court also
will be a road that's put in with five
[1:02:10] foot sidewalks and access to
additional sidewalks that are in the
[1:02:15] area
with connection to
[1:02:18] across the street which would be walmart
i'm here to answer any questions but
[1:02:23] staff has looked at this and recommends
approval
[1:02:25] uh for the 32
tap allocations
[1:02:30] chair council yeah i have one question
kip uh on the
[1:02:34] um
the background information that was
[1:02:37] provided under the conditions of
approval there's a sentence that says
[1:02:41] the developer is requesting the approval
of 53 water tap allocations for the
[1:02:46] multi-family project
um can you connect the dots in my head
[1:02:51] 53 versus the 32 yep that is a typo in
my staff report the resolution is
[1:02:56] correct uh so thank you for pointing
that out and i swear i put in 32 months
[1:03:02] okay so 32 is that number correct way to
go
[1:03:07] i just have one comment just for the
record um this development is going in
[1:03:11] across the park from my house so if
anybody thinks i'm going to be biased
[1:03:14] let me know
[1:03:18] so um back to your 32 so
do you see any other
[1:03:23] development happening that's going to
require more allocation multi-family
[1:03:27] caps this year
great question uh if my crystal ball was
[1:03:32] that clear i would not be sitting here
um however what is interesting about
[1:03:36] this project and i failed to point this
out is the developer actually could
[1:03:40] build up to 80 units on two lots here
they are
[1:03:44] basically dedicating one lot to the city
that they could have built a number of
[1:03:48] lock or units on and then even this lot
one where the 32 units are going they
[1:03:53] could build up to
i believe it was 46 so we are actually
[1:03:57] getting units back into our bank with
this development
[1:04:01] yeah i recall when this was before us a
while ago i i like this development i
[1:04:04] thought it was very
very sound so
[1:04:08] my question was simply with regards
know forward moving
[1:04:12] it simply means it's got to come back to
council to allocate more into
[1:04:15] multi-family if there's going to be more
this year uh for a different development
[1:04:19] for any other for any other project yeah
anything triplex or larger okay
[1:04:23] great no other questions thank you
counsel anything further
[1:04:29] can i get a motion
public hearing
[1:04:32] suzanne do you have anyone
no ma'am
[1:04:35] is there anyone in the audience
okay seeing none now they have a motion
[1:04:42] i will move to approve resolution number
881 series 2021
[1:04:47] establishing 32 multi-family residential
water tap allotments for lot line of
[1:04:51] breaking heights
[1:05:03] yes thank you motion cares unanimously
excellent
[1:05:09] council we're at number 11 already
that's six minutes remember i said
[1:05:14] because no it won't be 30 minutes
all right so rondo 11 reports
[1:05:21] i don't have any special announcements
just um the motorcycle that's right yeah
[1:05:26] the veterans rally uh is um
saturday and i think tomorrow well as
[1:05:33] well it's also tomorrow yeah so i was
going to give that to you so i'm happy
[1:05:37] too good um the
39th annual
[1:05:42] 2021
salute to american veterans rally and
[1:05:46] the
[1:05:49] uh is it the 30th 29th
uh pow mia recognition ride to
[1:05:55] creek or through creek is this
weekend beginning tomorrow afternoon
[1:06:01] um they will have the red t-shirt
giveaway
[1:06:05] in the park you'll probably notice there
were some tents and things going up in
[1:06:09] the north end of the park
in preparation for the rally
[1:06:14] it's
it's a
[1:06:16] very timely
celebration of our veterans in our
[1:06:21] community in our state in our country
we've seen some pretty disturbing things
[1:06:27] as of late going on
and
[1:06:31] i think there's a number of veterans
that have served that are
[1:06:34] feeling some disappointment or some
different feelings right now so it's a
[1:06:39] great opportunity to honor those
that have served
[1:06:43] and protected our freedoms there will be
a
[1:06:47] boatload of them here over the weekend
so please thank them when you see them
[1:06:52] for their service
join us if you can the tomorrow
[1:06:56] afternoon is friday in the park there's
vendors there's going to and saturday is
[1:07:01] the ride
we are gathering between 7 30 the ride
[1:07:05] will leave
probably at 10 o'clock the last
[1:07:08] registered motorcycle will be ryder will
be at night at
[1:07:13] 9 30 promptly leaving at 10.
the roads will be blocked and highway 24
[1:07:19] blocked from 9 30 until about
10 45 i believe so plan accordingly
[1:07:26] we all know that we all know how to get
around town without the use of 24.
[1:07:31] um go east and you'll get behind them
um and then the rally in town on
[1:07:38] saturday and the ceremonies they are
actually giving away a
[1:07:42] modified motorcycle
three-wheeler for a veteran
[1:07:47] that has
many different special needs they've
[1:07:51] flown him in i believe from chicago to
honor him by presenting that motorcycle
[1:07:56] to him getting him back on the road
um here at our rally so that'll be a a
[1:08:02] tear jerker i'm sure
and then
[1:08:06] there will be bands
there will be a beer garden there will
[1:08:10] be vendors
and good camaraderie and opportunities
[1:08:15] to thank those that have served our
country so i hope to see you all there
[1:08:19] i won't be riding this year
but
[1:08:22] look forward to celebrating with
everyone
[1:08:25] thank you hillary
catherine i don't have anything
[1:08:32] i had two liaison
meetings the first one was a special
[1:08:36] meeting for the
historic preservation committee on
[1:08:40] august 9th it was a very simple meeting
in which a historical building
[1:08:46] located at 720 west highway 24
was requesting to re-roof
[1:08:52] uh the building it was approved
that's all i have for the historic
[1:08:56] preservation
um in terms of the dda we had a meeting
[1:09:00] this past
tuesday it was
[1:09:03] a little confusing at first it was going
to be a workshop that it
[1:09:07] was announced as a special meeting we
did go through the process
[1:09:11] of voting to make sure went back to a
workshop
[1:09:15] status officially
no business was conducted there was a
[1:09:18] lot of topics
that
[1:09:24] are under consideration
nothing
[1:09:27] that i i'm going to go into any depth
for sake of time
[1:09:40] um
yeah firstly with regards to the
[1:09:43] veterans rally if any of you know any
veterans who are struggling with
[1:09:48] post-traumatic
syndrome or depression or suicide or
[1:09:52] anything like that
one of our prior council members paul
[1:09:56] sonja is
part of a team who's organizing a
[1:10:00] retreat fishing kayaking
stuff like that
[1:10:04] i'm not sure when the the closure date
of applications is but it's coming up
[1:10:08] here in september the events coming up
september so if you
[1:10:12] do
want to refer somebody either
[1:10:15] contact me or paul paul paul probably is
a direct one but if you don't have his
[1:10:19] contact information
um
[1:10:22] secondly i also i'm excited to see how
uh this
[1:10:27] maiden voyage for the veterans rally uh
flies here in uh woodham park so
[1:10:33] it'll be an experiment and the
debriefing afterwards to see how how uh
[1:10:38] we all do with it so i welcome them with
open arms and look forward to what's
[1:10:42] going to happen
as far as the ppacg
[1:10:47] some interesting workshops been
happening uh this week
[1:10:51] educating coloradans about some laws
that are coming down with regards
[1:10:55] electric vehicles with regards uh
transport train transport and stuff like
[1:10:59] that
um
[1:11:02] a little disturbing a number of us were
concerned that these mandates are coming
[1:11:05] down from the state to turn the state
majority of electric vehicles in a short
[1:11:12] period of time
and forgetting the fact that as a at
[1:11:16] least one of my concerns was
you start making all these electric
[1:11:20] vehicles
well all the all the batteries are
[1:11:23] manufactured in china
so what's that do for uh energy
[1:11:28] independence what's that do for uh
security
[1:11:31] secondly is all issue of the disposal of
the batteries um you know nothing said
[1:11:35] about it oh yeah it's free energy it's
it's clean energy but it's not when you
[1:11:39] look at the recycle end of it so those
issues haven't really been discussed
[1:11:44] and uh
there was a number of people on the ppa
[1:11:48] zg who had different tactful
questions about where this is all going
[1:11:54] so that's one and then of course like
here we are where it's so cold a
[1:11:58] battery's supposed to last 300 300 miles
but when it gets cold it's not going to
[1:12:03] go that far and just imagine yourself in
a snow drift with your battery going
[1:12:07] flat so there's a few things that don't
seem to be worked out but it's coming
[1:12:11] our way
the second one is electric train or not
[1:12:13] electric trains uh is trains across the
state and there's a whole deal with
[1:12:19] what that infrastructure is going to
look like it's not going to affect us
[1:12:22] but
anyway that's all from ppacg
[1:12:26] and
i like oh bye
[1:12:31] i did forget one
thing for my ladies
[1:12:34] and it didn't occur during the workshop
but as a liaison
[1:12:39] i wanted to report that elijah murphy
did resign effective yesterday
[1:12:45] for the reasons that he stated uh at the
last council meeting i had reached out
[1:12:50] to him and asked him to reconsider
i think he's got some concerns that i
[1:12:54] too have
and was hoping that we could put both
[1:12:58] sides of you know the division of the
city into the room and work together and
[1:13:03] work through it to see that people on
both sides are
[1:13:06] hardworking he reconsidered but still uh
stood on his resignation and it was
[1:13:12] effective as of yesterday very good and
suzanne that reminds us that we need to
[1:13:17] advertise both positions now thank you
thank you
[1:13:21] all right nina
[1:13:25] i don't have a report but i just want to
thank the council for their faith in us
[1:13:29] for the city attorney um when we first
were asked to apply in february a lot of
[1:13:33] people warned us about the challenge but
it's something that isn't
[1:13:36] the least
but it's something that's important um
[1:13:40] to us it's part of our mission why we do
this work um especially where we embrace
[1:13:44] the challenge but also where we see that
there's um
[1:13:48] you know the impact that you're all
collectively making and you are all are
[1:13:51] um
you know really making steps
[1:13:54] good really good steps to for that
towards your community and you have a
[1:13:57] really good staff that we're also
honored to work with um
[1:14:01] so thank you very much and also i think
you all met elliott brownies our new
[1:14:04] attorney so
now
[1:14:06] he's uh started we had meetings about
half the day with different staff and
[1:14:10] working on different
um things so we we really enjoy working
[1:14:14] here and um thank you
thank you nina is he old enough to have
[1:14:18] gone to school
and really graduated
[1:14:21] he didn't know what e.t was
[Laughter]
[1:14:26] but that's a compliment yes he's he's um
i've been a lawyer about two years um
[1:14:30] graduated from colorado so nice yeah
very good welcome
[1:14:35] and yes
welcome let me get you
[1:14:41] um
so first a question for the council very
[1:14:43] important question what is the
difference between a well-dressed man on
[1:14:46] a bicycle
and a poorly dressed man on a tricycle
[1:14:52] one wheel a tire
[1:15:08] um
in a little bit more serious vayne um
[1:15:11] [Music]
if you'd like to know more about the
[1:15:14] veterans rally uh there's a really
helpful website the
[1:15:18] veteransrally.org uh has a lot of
details about the ride itself it has a
[1:15:22] very well detailed program
in terms of the timing and everything
[1:15:27] and i believe routes may be on here as
well a list of closures and locations of
[1:15:31] closures are on the city's website
citydashwoodlandpark.org so some some
[1:15:36] final helpful resources for you
um
[1:15:40] we
are full on the citizens academy we
[1:15:44] filled up quite quickly and so uh we do
have a waiting list the waiting list is
[1:15:48] also quite long
um but you know there's always a chance
[1:15:51] um but we we thank folks who have signed
up and taken interest in that that's
[1:15:55] really exciting
um the keep woodland park beautiful
[1:15:59] community cleanup is saturday august
28th
[1:16:02] uh from 9 to 12
registration will start at 8 30 in the
[1:16:06] morning
at the upass cultural center uh midland
[1:16:10] pavilion
so we'll get another
[1:16:13] shot at cleaning up our community went
really well last time we hope to see you
[1:16:17] there thank you for considering that
and then finally a really exciting note
[1:16:22] to end on sales tax and lodging tax
that you know it actually is kind of
[1:16:26] exciting
in a sense the city is doing uh pretty
[1:16:29] well in these areas
sales tax year to date is up 13.4
[1:16:34] percent over 2020.
um
[1:16:38] things slowed down a little bit in may
of this year uh you know 7.6 percent
[1:16:43] growth in me i'm still pretty good but
we've in june we started seeing this
[1:16:48] double-digit year-over-year growth again
so um things continue to do well here
[1:16:54] um
i know that there was a 15.8 percent
[1:16:57] increase over june of last year for
sales tax just for the month of june
[1:17:01] um as we all know and probably are
feeling at this point inflation's a big
[1:17:05] part of that
um
[1:17:08] the consumer price index increased 5.4
over the 12 months prior which is the
[1:17:12] biggest increase
uh since august of 2008
[1:17:16] and so
um i i found uh some
[1:17:21] yes yes
i found it interesting that uh the price
[1:17:24] for used cars has increased 41.7 percent
over 12 months prior
[1:17:30] um
sell our cars sell our houses i just
[1:17:34] will just have to walk and
i can't help you with that yes
[1:17:40] yes
um
[1:17:42] and so energy costs obviously are going
up across the board to regardless of
[1:17:46] what they are so
um on lodging tax it's it's much the
[1:17:50] same story uh year to date we're up 68
and a half percent uh through the end of
[1:17:54] june over 2020
um we're gonna start to see some kind of
[1:17:59] stabilization
uh in that
[1:18:02] lodging tax we were having triple digit
growth over last year because if you all
[1:18:08] recall we've told you for months about
microtel opening and then having this
[1:18:12] lodging rev software system uh to better
capture watching tax revenues well it's
[1:18:17] been a year since then and so we're kind
of we're kind of doing one of these
[1:18:20] leveling off things
um that said we we still have lodging
[1:18:24] tax increase by uh 10.7 percent in the
month of june
[1:18:30] well and wasn't lodging still closed
down pretty much at this point last year
[1:18:35] or had we started to open again
i don't remember
[1:18:39] you know we forget those awful things
that happen in our lives dad miller is
[1:18:44] shaking her head no thank you
were we okay
[1:18:48] thank you so much she should have known
she would know
[1:18:53] so even better news on that point so
people are coming to win the park
[1:18:57] they're staying in woodland park and
hopefully well they're spending money in
[1:18:59] woodland park i mean here it is so
um and that's uh that those those are
[1:19:04] the highlights we do of course have
supporting documentation uh if you like
[1:19:09] that's all i got
[1:19:14] the finance directors
oh
[1:19:17] our brand new finance director this is
dave four from mr vasilati he has joined
[1:19:21] us online
um he's jumping in with both feet
[1:19:26] hair on fire no doubt
but he's got a great attitude you never
[1:19:29] know it um i don't know if aaron can
speak but uh i don't know if i want to
[1:19:34] put him on the spot either but uh
um he
[1:19:39] uh aaron is is working remotely for us
at the time as as all of us know it's
[1:19:44] kind of difficult to find housing in
this area
[1:19:46] uh right now and so he's working through
that he's doing his best but uh he's
[1:19:50] he's already made great contributions
he's
[1:19:53] teaching me stuff about accounting
already um and so i'm grateful for that
[1:19:57] in a matter of speaking
um
[1:20:00] but he he knows it all so we're grateful
to have him
[1:20:03] awesome
great anything further
[1:20:08] all right and this meeting is adjourned