City Council - Regular Meeting

Member Wirth to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. All right. Thank you for leading that. Madam City Clerk, please call the roll.

Mayor Mills? Here. Mayor Pro Tempidia? Here. Council Member Carbajal? Present. Council Member Collins? Here. Council Member Fidler?

Here.

Council Member Green?

Estoya Key.

Council Member Snyder?

Here.

Council Member Taddeo? Present. Council Member Wirth? Here. You have a quorum, Your Honor. next is the consent agenda madam city clerk please read that into the agenda and item 2a approval of the may 19 2026 city council minutes item 2b final reading of an ordinance of the city council of the city of brighton colorado amending section 10.04 of the land use and development code relating to wireless communication facilities item 2c final reading of an ordinance of the city council of the city of brighton colorado adding article 8-26 of the brighton municipal code relating to unauthorized camping on private property item 2d a resolution of the city council of the city of brighton colorado appointing jamie archuleta as an alternate member of the parks and recreation advisory board to fill an unexpired term to january 2029 Item 2E, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado, appointing Alan Maradino as a youth member to the City of Brighton Planning Commission with a term to June 2027.

Thank you. It's a pleasure, Council. Mayor Putem.

Thank you. I would like to move the consent agenda with a change. I'd like to move item 2C, the final reading of that ordinance, to become item 8A on the regular agenda.

All right, there's a motion to amend the consent agenda to move item 2C, and that'll become 8A on the agenda. Do we have a second? Council Member Taddeo.

Thank you. I'll second that.

There's a first and second. We'll call vote. Motion passes 9 to 0. And then next is the approval of the regular agenda. And I'm going to call on Mayor Pro Tem Padilla to help us lead in some of the amendments we're going to do on that tonight.

Thank you. I will move tonight's agenda but remove item 4A and then note the addition of item 8A, the item removed from the consent agenda.

And one more.

And also remove item 13A, the executive session.

Yes. Mr. Green will be happy about that. All right. There's a motion to approve the agenda with some amendments. Do we have a second? Council Member Green.

See, I'll happily second that.

All right. There's a first and second to approve the agenda with some amendments. Roll call vote. Motion passes nine to zero. Nice. All right, moving on. Since 4A is removed, we're going to go to 4B. Introduction of the growing grad interns.

City Manager Martinez. Thank you, Mayor. While Rachel brings up our interns, I just want to say that I've had the opportunity to meet all of our interns last week. We have a fine bunch of young folks with us this year who are going to learn everything there is to learn about why being in local government is such an important thing to do. They've all pledged that when they're done, they're going to work for the city of Wrighton, too. They've all said it, so... I'm holding them accountable. And with that, I'll turn it over to Rachel.

Thank you. Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and members of the council. I'm excited. My name is Rachel Keeley. I'm the Youth Services Program lead. And I am excited to share our growing grad summer interns with you tonight. We have 15 interns that are interning throughout the different city departments this summer. And before I have them introduce themselves, I just wanted to give some more details about the competitive process that they went through to get here. So they all started this journey back in February when we had our summer job launch. And so at the summer job launch, there were nearly 90 attendees who attended and learned how to create and build their own resumes. They practiced mock interviewing and went through other workshops that helped prepare them for the job application process. Of those 90 attendees, we had 60 applications for 15 positions and these 15 were selected by the supervisors who are hosting them this summer. So we are so thankful for the departments and the city staff who supervise our interns for their support and collaboration because it is voluntary and it is additional responsibility for them throughout the summer. so we're very thankful for them for new placements this year so i said there's 15 new placements so these are departments who haven't as during my time here they haven't had an intern those departments are community development eagle view and budget and innovation so we're excited to have them in the program this summer As part of the internship program, these interns can work up to 150 hours throughout the summer. In addition to that, they attend weekly professional development courses, and those vary between today they learned about their top five strengths, we also learned about financial literacy, and other things that help them grow in their hard and soft skills. And then during their internship, they also have their own professional development plans. So in these plans, they have their own individualized goals that they are working on during their internship. And they also work to improve skills and communication, adaptability and willingness to learn, self-starting and work ethic, timeliness, and problem solving. So now we'll have them each individually introduce themselves. They're going to say their name, what department they're interning with, favorite parts of far and then what they're looking forward to.

Good evening, everyone. My name is Hannah Hallis, and I'm interning with Budget and Innovation this summer. My favorite part so far has really been getting to get to know the team up there in the budget department. It's a bunch of really welcoming and friendly people, and I can tell I'm going to get along really well with them. And I'm really excited to get to learn how the budgeting process works and how the city creates their annual and biannual budgets. Thank you.

Hello, my name is Brian Lovell. I am interning with the Utilities Engineering Department. My favorite thing about the internship so far has been definitely going out in the field with my team. I think it's really amazing to be able to see the projects we're working on come to fruition live in front of my eyes. And the thing I'm most excited about for this internship is continuing to advance my engineering skills.

Thank you.

Hello, my name is Colin McCorkle. I'm interning with the accounting department this summer. My favorite part of interning with accounting so far has been being able to apply what I've been learning in school, finally in a real world situation. And something I'm looking forward to the most is definitely just being challenged and getting to learn and grow.

Good evening. My name is Diane Kim, and I'm interning with the Community Development Department. My favorite part has definitely been just having my prior education of AP geography and engineering align with what I'm learning in community development. And for that, I'm looking forward to learning more about what community development has to offer. I've been intrigued by their comprehensive plan, and I've been introduced to their planning commission, so I'm just kind of hoping to learn how they connect with me. Thank you.

I'm Isaac Lowenstein, and I'm interning with Youth Services. My favorite part so far has been working with Rachel, Abby, and Tonya, really great people. And what I'm looking forward to is seeing how future events like these are set up.

Good evening, esteemed members of the council. My name is Jacob Harden. I am the intern with the Brighton Municipal Court. Let's see, my favorite part about the process is being able to see the inner workings of our court system and being able to learn more about our legal system. And the thing I'm most excited for continuing on is learning as much as I can about how our legal processes work. Thank you.

Good evening. My name is Olivia Chavez, and this summer I'm interning with the IT department. So far my favorite thing has been getting to know the community around me and also understand the different processes that fall into the IT department. And I also look forward to getting to complete my video project. Thank you.

Hello, good evening. My name is Jessica, and I'm interning with the accounting department. My favorite thing so far has been just being able to see the different procedures for processing payroll. And I'm pretty excited because I'm majoring in human resources, and so HR and payroll goes hand in hand. And so I'm just excited to see how they're connected. Thank you.

Hello, my name is Lindsay Anaya. I'm interning with utility billing. My favorite thing has been seeing how like we interact with the community and how we can help them and how we're a big part of their daily lives. And I'm excited to see how this connects with my future because I'm majoring in finance. So it does go pretty well together.

Good evening. My name is Esperanza Buenda, and I'll be interning with the Human Resource Department. My favorite thing so far has been meeting the team and seeing how they can get their work done, but at the same time have a good environment and just be friendly and funny. And I'm looking forward to seeing how the hiring process goes and seeing how things like termination can go as well and just being a part of the City Hall community.

Hello, my name is Ryan Parmesan. I am interning with Communications and Engagement. What I've loved so far is just my boss, Zachary. He's amazing. What I loved was just learning how social media and editing can help a city just unite. and become stronger together. And what I want to learn more of is just how editing and taking photos can mean a lot. Thank you.

Hello, good evening. My name is Ginger Zanconelli. I am interning with Eagle View. And something that I have really loved doing so far is just meeting everyone who attends there and who also works there. They're so friendly and I love to hear about their experiences. And I am really looking forward to planning some of the own programs and classes there and just learning more about how the things are set up.

Good evening. I'm Sam Wunsch. I'm interning for the city attorney's office and city manager's office. I've really enjoyed being able to see the team that I'm working with and get to hang out with them and get to talk with them one on one. I'm really excited to see how the attorneys process goes and how I can learn from it and apply it to my skills later on.

Watch out, Michael. Watch out, Michael.

Good evening. My name is Sean Gallagher. I'm interning with Public Works. My favorite thing so far is meeting the team and like being able to connect with them. And what I'm looking forward to is being exposed to civil engineering and seeing how projects come alive.

Good evening. My name is Gracie Montoya. I'm interning with the Brighton Police Department. And one thing I've really loved interning there is the amount of stuff that I've got to experience and got to be a part of. I got to do their teen academy with some of their little cadets. And I've learned so much about what goes into protecting our lovely community. And I'm so excited to meet new people and see what this internship will bring for me.

Thank you. And I think, Tanya, did we need to get a picture?

Yeah, let's come around and get a picture. And while you're coming, I just want the directors in the room to take note. These are the future supervisors and directors coming after you.

One of them may be firing you.

Yeah, if you're that top row interns, you're going to have to just duck a little tiny bit. The first city council. OK. Ready 123. One more 123. Thank you. Thank you again for your

Spend your summer interning in the City of Brighton. You're going to have a great experience. Next is item 4C, Introduction of Young Entrepreneurs. City Manager Martinez.

As our manager of youth services, Tanya Russell, comes up to introduce all of our fine young entrepreneurs, I will say that as a reformed economic developer, I am extremely pleased to see all of the children that we have here tonight, all the young people here tonight who are interested in starting a business and learning about what that means to be a business owner and selling all the wonderful things they'll sell at our 4th of July celebration. and I think last year I probably spent an entire paycheck on there. I know some of you did as well.

You better save two this year.

Yeah, and I believe this is the most participation we've had in this event since we started.

So are they selling both at 4th of July and City Barbecue?

Yeah, I'll tell you that in just one second. Let me just make sure they all stand up. Okay. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Thank you so much for your time tonight. I'm so excited to introduce our Growing Grads Young Entrepreneur Program. Before I do that, I just made a quick note. As Rachel talked about the Growing Grads interns, it's been really magical to see that program grow and progress. So I don't think she mentioned that they do a tour every year. And this year on the tour, we were – touring the police department and we do the same thing every time we ask them ask the city staff did you know you were going to do this in high school and whether you did or didn't What is the path you took? And Detective Covarrubias over at the police department reminded me, he's a detective now, and he told them, I didn't know I was going to do this. I thought I was going to do something else, but I was a growing grads intern in 2016. So it's just incredible. It truly is a feeder to our city, really enriches the city. And with that, I also just want to take a second and thank my team, Abby and Rachel. You're going to see a full spectrum tonight from young to old in three of our different programs. And so I'm just so thankful that they continue to be on this journey and hustling as fast as they do. So that's it about the internships. A little bit about the Growing Grads Entrepreneur Program. In 2020, when the city shut down, we couldn't have interns intern in the city because we couldn't be in the city. And we were meeting with the groups that we already were leading, mostly the Impact and the Brighton Youth Commission. And a lot of what we were doing is we were meeting virtually just to check on their mental health and their well-being weekly. And during that time, they would come to these virtual meetings and they would say, we made sourdough bread and we knitted. We did all these crazy things. And then their question followed quickly. Also, we need to make money, Tanya, still. So we understand that you're not doing the internship program, but how are you going to help us make money? And that's how the entrepreneur program started. And as City Manager Martinez mentioned, it's grown tremendously every year since. So you're about to meet some of our entrepreneurs, but I believe we have 36 entrepreneurs tonight, so it's not all inclusive of everybody. So when I said save two paychecks, I'm serious. You better save two paychecks. Beautiful. That's in the works as well. We'll see what happens with that. But a little bit about what they're doing. So they met yesterday for an orientation just to get to know each other a little bit better. And then over the next two days they're going to engage in workshops. In those workshops they're going to learn how to run a business and how to be an entrepreneur. So they're going to learn things like profit and loss and marketing and customer service skills. After those two days they attend both and they'll be eligible to sell at both the City Barbecue and Art in the Park. So they won't be at the 4th of July but they will be at the City Barbecue and Art in the Park or they'll have the option to be there. So that's a little bit about the program. I'm gonna go ahead and have them come up here and they're gonna introduce themselves. They're gonna say their name and their age and what they're selling if they know what they're selling.

And I'm just going to tell them because they don't know about this yet, but just ignore this stool if you can see over the podium.

But if you can't, then just step up and I'll help you get the microphone. Okay, come on down.

And lean into the microphone so we hear you.

Hello, City Council. My name is Cameron Myers and I'm 11 years old and I will be selling cookbooks at the Brighton Barbecue.

Cool. Applause

Hello, I am David Swenson. Hello, City Council. My name is David Swenson, and I plan on selling Pokemon cards.

Nice. Hello, City Council. My name is Connor Gibson. I'm 14 years old, and I'm going to be selling our T-Pop Twist paired with our Italian Pizzels. Cool.

Hello, I'm Riley Simefonte. I'm 14 years old, and I'm going to be selling different crocheted items at this year's.

Got one on display.

Hello, City Council. I'm Zeti Adubi, and I'm 13 years old. I'm selling crocheted keychains and hats.

Nice.

Hello, City Council. I am Lily Byrne. I am 12 years old, and I will be selling crocheted items and other varieties of artwork.

Cool.

Good evening, City Council. My name's Kylie. And my name's Maddie. We're both 12 years old. And we'll be selling baked goods. I'll be installing hair tinsel. Hello, my name is Anastasia Gibson. I'm 10 years old and I'm going to be selling bows, jewelry, and accessories.

Nice.

Hello, my name is Scarlett, and I'm six years old, and I'm going to be selling beaded pens and some build-your-own-pen sets.

Nice.

Hi, my name is Marissa. I'm 16 years old, and I'll be selling dirty sodas.

Cool.

Hi, my name is Azalea. I'm 14, and I'll be selling dirty sodas.

Good evening. My name is Gracie Montoya. I'm 15 years old, and I will be selling a cooling spray.

Hi, I'm Ayrton. I'm 7 years old, and I'm going to be selling cupcakes and ice cream.

All right. Tonya, are any returning from last year?

There are a number returning from last year, and again, not everybody can make it tonight, but just really quick, if you're returning from last year, can you just raise your hand really quick?

I thought I recognized some of them.

Nice. Make sure that you come check out their tent at the City Barbecue and Art in the Park. We look forward to selling you some things.

Thank you. All right. Come on back to your seats. Be sure to be ready with your preferred form of payment. Is cash and card accepted, or will you refresh what form of payment is accepted?

Yes, thank you for that. Cash, card, and check.

Any Venmo or PayPal?

We don't have Venmo set up. It gets a little bit tricky. If you've never been, they don't accept money. We have a cashier. There's a whole process that I'm not familiar with. It's a finance. Google Pay. And Rachel. Nope. Cash. But you have warning. You have warning. Cash. Check.

Okay. Charge. So we can be ready. All right. Come one, come all. Nice. Thank you. Moving ahead, item 4D, recognition of graduating youth commissioner or youth commission seniors. Should we go back to Tanya? Yep. Okay. Okay.

Okay, here I am again. When I tell you that I'm taking over the world, you can see we're not messing around. We're taking over the world. Okay, so now I'm going to take some time to recognize our graduating seniors. I'm gonna give you the warning now. This one is tricky for me. I always get a little choked up, so I'm gonna just do the best I can. I'm sure that you're all familiar, but if you're in the audience and you're not familiar, the Brighton Youth Commission is a group of students and adults that are appointed by city council. Study matters and plan events impacting youth in the community. Oftentimes, young people start in eighth grade, and they continue on until they're in 12th grade. Those are the ages that you can participate. This year, we have several graduating seniors. I've lost control. I think they're tired of my nonsense. So while they're not all here, I'm going to take a minute to tell you a little bit about each of them, their name and where they're going to be attending, whether they're here or not. But I would just like to take a moment and just truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank them for their time and their effort and their service. Oftentimes, when youth commissioners graduate, they have upwards of 1,000 hours of community service time. So they're truly putting in the blood, sweat, tears, and energy to make our community a better place. And I'm forever thankful for that. I also am thankful for city council continuing to support this program. Without the relationships that you build and the support that you give, it would not be possible. So I'm going to go ahead and let these seniors introduce themselves.

I have two. There's two.

And then I'll tell you about the rest of them. So you guys can just tell them your name and what school you're going to go to and what you're going to study. And if you remember how long you've been serving on the Youth Commission. Or any program that you've been with.

Hi, I'm Amiri. I'm going to MSU this fall, and I'm studying kinesiology or health sciences, better known as. And I've been on the commission for five years.

Good evening. My name is Hannah, and I'm going to be attending the University of Colorado Boulder, and I'm going to be studying chemical engineering and environmental policy. And I think I've been on the commission for either two or three years. I can't really remember.

And I'll just tell you because I know from memory that both of these young women have also served in the internship program as well. So they've been around a number of the programs here, not here tonight, but also graduating seniors that are going away. They wish they could make it, but they can't for a number of reasons. Marlena Fritas is going to be attending Brigham Young University in the fall, and she's going to be studying comparative literature. And Nick Cassata is going to go to a metropolitan state. And she's undeclared. She's not sure what she's going to study yet. Amari Guero is going to CU Boulder and is going to be studying communications. And then the chair of the Brighton Youth Commission, Eleanor Larson, is going to be attending Evergreen State College, and she's going to be studying archaeology. And I don't remember the other two exactly how long they've been studying, but I know that Eleanor has been involved in our program since she's in fourth grade and served in almost every capacity of the city. So again, I'm just so thankful and so proud of these young people and I hope that you'll join me wishing them well on their journey.

Definitely.

Well, I want to thank all the youth that have served both now and in the past in every capacity you've done. And you'll definitely grow to be a better person. I think I'm even friends with a couple of them on social media. I've seen some already graduate from their universities and go on to be very respectful citizens. Good job. Thank you. All right. Moving ahead. Item 4E, National Flag Day Proclamation. Whereas the flag of the United States of America stands as a powerful symbol of freedom, unity, democracy, and enduring ideals upon which our nation was founded. And whereas on June 14, 1777, the Continental Army Continental Congress adopted the stars and stripes as the official flag of the United States, creating a lasting emblem of the nation's history, values, and aspirations. And whereas generations of Americans have served, sacrificed, and defended the freedoms represented by our nation's flag, and during that Liberty and justice continue to endure for future generations. Whereas the benevolent and protective order of Elks has long championed patriotism and reverence for the American flag, designating June 14 as Flag Day in 1907 and making its observance mandatory in every Elks Lodge nationwide in 1911. Whereas through the efforts of the Elks and the support of President Harry S. Truman himself as an Elk, June 14 was officially established as National Flag Day back in 1949. Whereas Flag Day provides an opportunity for all Americans to reflect upon our shared heritage and celebrate the freedoms we enjoy. And whereas the City of Brighton joins communities across the nation in recognizing the importance of honoring the American flag and the values of unity, courage, and patriotism it inspires. therefore be resolved by Gregory Mills, Mayor of the City of Brighton, on behalf of the City Council, hereby proclaim June 14, which was this past Sunday, 2026 as National Flag Day in the City of Brighton. And here to accept this, I believe, is Tim Watts from the Elks.

and tim you want to come up and uh bring up uh whoever you your team is and feel free to say a few words and i will okay uh you know just thank you i know it's tough to get this on the agenda this late in the month but i do appreciate thank you city manager the staff and you mayor mills for uh taking this and it's an honor to accept this on behalf of the brighton elks and Just remember what the flag stands for, right? And that's where we're at. But I'd be remiss without saying just one last thing to Tanya. The amount of work she's done with the youth services over the years has been incredible to see that tonight, too. But not to take away from what we're doing for us, but you've done a phenomenal job, and I appreciate it. So that's it. I'll leave the speech short and sweet, and thank you guys very much, and we appreciate it. All right. Oh, you know, I do want to thank you. I'm sorry. Sorry. I would like to thank the Brighton Fire Rescue District for coming out to our services that we held last week. I know all of you were busy because you were unable to attend our service at the Flag Day service that we do every year. But I do want to thank the Brighton Fire District for coming out and supporting it.

Thank you. Thank you. I'll come down and we'll get a picture. And by the way, I was at another flag service at that very time.

I know. I know you were, yeah. Of course. You got to run it down to the shack to get it.

There you go. Thank you very much.

We'll give it a moment. Some people want to clear out, but you're welcome to stay. Nobody's kicking you out. No break yet for you. Appreciate everybody's support in all the celebrations today and going forward. All right. So next item on the agenda, item five, public invited to be heard on matters not on the agenda. I have one person signed up to speak, Tom Lampo. Come on over, Tom. State your name for the record. You've got three minutes.

All right. Thank you very much. Hello to Brighton. Hello to all of you in front of me. It's good to be back here. I'm Tom Lampo. I'm here to lift Brighton up to the Lord in prayer. So please join me in prayer. Heavenly Father, in Jesus' name, we come before you tonight to ask you to be here with us. You are welcome in Brighton and welcome here tonight to guide and assist us. You're a righteous king. Victory is yours and nothing can take it from you. In Isaiah 14, 24, your word states, The Lord of hosts has sworn, As I have purposed, so it will be. As I have planned it, so it will happen. We are your people, and this should bring us comfort. There is nothing for us to fear. You have control of everything. Darkness and evil will come, but you want us to trust in you and know that nothing is beyond your authority. Your love rules over all. Your wisdom is without measure. You see the beginning from the end, and all things have significance to you. In Psalm 5010, your word states, For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the hills and all that moves in the field is mine. Nothing escapes you. We might believe we are out of your sight, but we are wrong. Forgive us for thinking we could escape you. Keep us mindful of your will for all of our lives. We are living in the midst of change, and you have given us this time for our reflection and growth. Although many of us are struggling because we take on life's burdens and lack the resources we need, we fail to realize your mercy for us is great. We are deceived. Change has brought uncertainty to our lives. We'd rather resist it than embrace your love and trust in you. You give us wisdom for times like this in Romans 12, 2, which states, Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, his good, pleasing, and perfect will. Renew our minds. Our beliefs and thoughts gravitate to worldly values. We need assistance in aligning your thoughts and values with you. We need an inner transformation so our thoughts and actions will align with your will. You are our God, and we are your people. In your precious name we pray. Amen.

thank you guys have a nice night thank you and that is all i have signed up to speak on items none of the agenda is that correct madam city clerk that is correct all right Moving ahead, Item 7A, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado, amending Chapter 15 of the Brighton Municipal Code, adopting by reference the 2025 edition of the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code and setting forth amendments thereto. City Manager Martinez, this looks familiar.

Back by popular demand, or maybe not, is our wildfire resiliency code updates, as mentioned. You've heard this before. I did receive requests to reconsider this item, which is why it's back in front of you tonight. And with that, I will turn it over to the team.

Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and members of City Council. I am Tara Cisneros. I'm your Deputy Building Official.

And I'm here to introduce... Just one moment.

I'm sorry. I have a procedural question then because the City Manager just mentioned the desire to reconsider. Reconsider is a very specific...

term with rules that have to be done within the 24 hours of yes my apologies to not reconsider this that has been asked that we consider this item once again in its original form not reconsider the vote that was previously taken okay thank you for clarifying that okay is that all uh for now okay proceed

So I am here to introduce the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code. Senate Bill 25-142 has mandated governing bodies to adopt the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code where jurisdictions have spaces that overlap with the wildland urban interface areas. The purpose of this code is to establish minimum regulations for the safeguarding of life and property protection. The public hearing and final reading are scheduled for July 21st. At that time, we will provide a PowerPoint presentation and answer any questions that council may have regarding the adoption of this code. Staff recommend that council move to approve the first reading of this ordinance and schedule the required public hearing for July 21st.

Anybody have any questions or comment on this or want to make a motion? Councilmember Green.

I take offense that this is the initial consideration. This has already been considered, and I don't understand how we can just throw our rules to the wind and just say we're going to bring it back again. I think it had its fair hearing, and I don't know why we're having this again. I'm still a no vote. I was a no vote then. I don't believe we should be telling the public what they can and cannot do with their houses.

Okay, thank you. Mayor Patel?

Mayor Patel Thank you. I understand why this remains an issue for discussion, and I understand that our rules specifically relating to land use and development would indicate that an ordinance that fails can't be brought back before the body for a year. I guess it's a hole in our rules that an ordinance that fails for municipal code in general can't be reconsidered. But I think that it becomes a bad precedent for our operation to have the people on the losing side of an argument simply bring the issue back again. a few weeks later. So that's not an opinion about whether or not following this mandate from the state legislature is a good idea. But I'm not really very happy to see this come directly onto an agenda. and I'm not happy that we didn't have some additional discussion about why that might need to take place before having it come back onto our agenda. Because at this point, if we do this, anytime we have an ordinance that we really felt strongly about, that we just think that people made the wrong decision, apparently we just make a request to put it back on the agenda, and a few weeks later we can have to relitigate the same thing issue again and i think that is the wrong procedure and i hope that we take some effort to correct uh our rules accordingly i'm still opposed to the approach to the the mandate that came from the state i understand some of why this might be important for development but certainly by policy i won't be moving for this and i'll be voting against it i'm Honestly, just surprised to see it come back here without discussion.

And then next, Council Member Snyder.

Thank you, Mayor. I don't have any comment as to how things come back on the agenda. I didn't have anything to do with that. I personally am glad it's back on the agenda and feel like my initial vote against this was wrong. The reason I think it was wrong is because in consideration of what happened to the people the Marshall fire they didn't have these fire codes and they were required to build $200,000 additional fire resistance when they rebuilt and their insurance wouldn't cover it and the citizens of that city got put in a jackpot and if we don't require People in these extensive fire zones to build properly in the first place We're complicit in them not being able to get the proper insurance and to be covered if it happens and there are I was reading the Exceptions in here and there are plenty of exceptions for existing structures if they're building something less than 500 square feet on it if they're doing a little Modification to the outside that they don't have to meet this code, but if you're building a new building you have to meet the code I personally I think that it's very important for us to stand up to the state boss in this around. I think we need to maintain our independence as a self-ruled city. But when it comes to the safety of the residents, I think we're picking the wrong fight here. I think we should actually approve this.

All right. And Council Member Carbajal?

Thank you, Mayor. I'm not sure exactly how it ended back up here, but I am one of the people who asked questions following the last vote. And I would say the reasons that I ask questions, if we can go back to that meeting and look at how we legally ran that meeting specifically, and we talk about whether we did it properly or we did it improperly, I'm not sure that I'm the person to talk about Alicia would be, but we had seen this fire code thing multiple times as a city council. And at each of those things, we had had the opportunity to ask Alicia, was it a legality? Should we be doing it? The answer had been yes. And all of a sudden we came to a meeting and there was this flip of script. And I had a lot of questions about how we got there, who was communicating behind closed doors so that we were in that position. And I think that that is one of the reasons why I had said, hey, I didn't feel good about that vote. I'm not really sure what's happening behind council doors. It didn't feel transparent or that it was happening on the dais. My second component of that is in agreement with Snyder, I don't want state overruling us. But we look at the science of the people who are going out and providing this type of information. like mapping like we can't afford that as a community but we have this partnership with other municipalities or other leadership where they have professionals come out and do that type of stuff and i think that our community members also provide need to be provided that safety and i think that this was one of those options so i'm not sure how it gets back i'm not sure of the legality but the meeting where we voted on this did not feel like everything was transparent on us on a council side all right council member worth

Thank you, Mayor. I also had questions about it then, still do, and it appears some of the info that we were given at that meeting has changed. Things like consequences for not doing it, stuff like that, which certainly raises questions. I don't like to be told what to do any more than anybody. Every once in a while, I look back now in my senior years, look back at some of the things my parents told me that were good for me that I didn't want to do, and sure enough, as a matter of fact, that was pretty good advice. I think when we speak in here, we speak out of both sides of our mouth. On one hand, we're looking out for the safety of our citizens, And on the other hand, we're looking out for builder costs and which one overrides which. I think I will always lean toward safety of our citizens. I, too, look at this as being a response from the state, probably directly from the Marshall Fire, where You know thousands and thousands of people were were negatively affected by that some their lives turned upside down I don't want to see that for ours. It seems like in our city It's not like our whole cities in this as was pointed out during the presentation Very small portions are affected at all. I heard the the argument for low-cost housing You know, there's plenty of other space that low-cost housing can build. This affects such a small portion of our city that I think it really is our responsibility to take care of citizens that will eventually live there. And if... putting some better siding on their homes or a better roof on their building is what it takes, then that should be what we do. So I will be a yes for this. And I just think it's our responsibility to take care of our citizens. Thank you.

Next, Mayor Putnam.

Thanks. I'll also just note that I'm not comfortable voting to approve an ordinance on the first reading without having the presentation to discuss exactly what's there, what's different from what we did before. I realize that this is It's also setting the public hearing, but one slide, hey, we're bringing this back to you with those items that people have discussed as a problem. I won't pass an ordinance on that information. So, again, based on what are we considering tonight, what's our preparation to consider that tonight, we need to harken back to some prior conversation where we reached a conclusion and on our own determine Do we have different information? Do we have more information? And can I make a different decision tonight? So if my vote for this is desired, then we should have this discussed at a study session, understand what's different from the first time we voted on it, and then bring it back for consideration. But simply putting something in front of me and saying pass an ordinance on first reading so that we can schedule a public hearing and then discuss it again doesn't work for me. How we do things matters as much as what we do. I don't It's not that I don't care about the safety of our residents and the safety of buildings. I care about how we approach this and how we consider it. And I don't have different and new information from the last time I voted to suddenly pass an ordinance that I voted against the first time around. So to me, if people are serious about having us reconsider it, present us some new information to make us reconsider it.

And then Council Member Green. And again, I will say, just like we said last time, there's nothing that says they can't choose to implement these measures. What we're saying is we want to put in the code that says they must do it. That's a different story. Again, they can choose to do this. They can make that choice. We're saying they must by approving this ordinance. And secondly, we've been throwing around these consequences. There's nothing that's been evidenced about what these consequences are. We're just supposed to accept that. You're just saying there's consequences if we don't do this. What are they? Nothing has been presented. Nothing has been presented to us to give us, as Council Member Padilla was saying, Mayor Pro Tem, there's nothing that says there's new information that's provided. We're dealing with the same set of facts we had before, and until something new is presented, my vote's the same.

All right. Council Member Taddeo?

Thank you. So I would just like to add, and I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I do remember the portion of the discussion talking about that it was only going to affect a small part of the city. I remembered slightly that there was, like, new builds was going to be most affected and it wasn't going to affect a lot. So in that realm, and I think to piggyback on a little bit, I don't think that there was any non-transparency. I think there might have been maybe some misunderstanding or maybe something wasn't clear to all of us or some of us about certain parts of something or another. But I don't think that there was any. for lack of a better term, non-transparency. But yes, I agree. I think that I would like to hear the presentation again, refresh my memory about details. And yes, what's different? Why should I change my mind? So that's my two cents. Thank you.

City Attorney Calderon?

I do want to take responsibility for them not having a presentation this evening. Because of how adopting a code by reference works, the public hearing, the evidence that gets presented to you happens at the second reading. I know it's backwards. And if it's presented to you at the first reading, that's not really part of the record. And then all those lovely questions, and you all always have good questions, then doesn't become part of the hearing. Right. So the goal is for that to happen at the hearing. But I understand also you're asking for more information. So we're going to have to figure out what the middle road is for that. But I will take responsibility for them not having a presentation this evening.

Thanks for clarifying that. All right. This is before counsel for consideration.

There we go.

Council Member Wirth.

Yeah, I, what number are we on here?

It is 7A. I move to approve 7A. Council Member Carbajal.

I'll second.

There's a motion and a second to approve 7A. Roll call vote. Motion does not pass with five nay and four yay. This will not be coming back to us. OK. Thank you.

Thank you.

Next is item 8A, which was formerly 2C. Pull that up. An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado, adding Article 8-26 to the Brighton Municipal Code relating to unauthorized camping on private property. City Manager Martinez. Thank you, Mayor.

Here to discuss this item this evening is our Chief of Police, Matt Domenico, and I will turn it over to Chief Domenico.

Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and members of council. I'm just up here tonight. We do not have any changes to the ordinance since the last presentation. However, I did want to mention that we are aware of some concerns as to how this ordinance would impact a designated safe parking area should one be approved here in Brighton. We have met with the stakeholders to include community development, the city manager's office, and the city attorney's office, and reviewed this question against the proposed ordinance. After review, all parties agree that the language in the ordinance, specifically the language exempting locations where camping is expressly authorized by the city of Brighton, would not prohibit camping in safe parking areas expressly authorized by the city. The stakeholders are working together to develop an administrative process that would review, and if certain conditions are met, approve these types of uses. With that, I'm happy to answer any questions you all may have.

All right. Questions for the Chief? Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you. So I was barely a yes on this the first time, and that was on the assumption that we had really thought through and baked the processes in place and understood what we were asking for. This ordinance still skates so close to me to making it illegal to be homeless that I really have a problem with it. I can't vote for the ordinance on the promise of a process that's somewhere in the process of being developed. If we have a clear process to allow for safe camping or safe parking lots to be used, then I could support that. But the idea of one is potentially in process somewhere doesn't guarantee that there is one and doesn't guarantee that we provide that option. So when we have such a thing and when those policies are published and when we understand how a safe parking lot can be created, I can probably reluctantly be convinced to vote for this a second time. I can't vote for in progress and make it illegal to have a safe parking lot for people who are homeless in the community today.

Yes, sir. And I can certainly respect your views on that. What I will say is the language was written very specifically to allow expressly authorized uses by the city of Brighton. The city attorney might be able to elaborate on that point a little bit, but we really do feel, all the stakeholders involved feel, this does allow for that use.

City Attorney Calderon, do you want to add?

Yes. After much discussion, we actually have all agreed that there are processes already built into the Land Use and Development Code that would allow for an application for, for example, for a temporary use permit that then the city would follow its normal process for reviewing those and approving that kind of a use. But this would be permissible under that permit. permit application.

How long does a temporary use permit last?

This is where I wish Holly was here. I don't know. I don't remember exactly.

I think I can answer that to a point. Up to a year or longer is really the short answer. Temporary uses can be up to 90 days, if I recall our discussion on this particular topic, but in some cases can be much longer, a year or longer, depending on the type of use.

And the average stay for a family in a safe parking lot is 227 days. So the 90 day answer wouldn't satisfy that the up to a year or longer might. But again, that assumes that at a year, I don't know what the policy is, can you renew a temporary use permit and make it temporary for another year?

These questions, frankly, are outside of my wheelhouse. I will defer to the city attorney, and I don't know if we have anyone from community development that would feel comfortable coming up and addressing the question as well.

And I can see in the code that they expire December 31st of each year, so it would require a new application. But there is nothing that says, no, you can't ever apply again. Yes, you can apply again.

So temporary use permit doesn't have to mean temporary. It just would potentially mean renew every year on the 1st. Okay. I'm not certain that I'm convinced that it's a fully baked process, especially if we have not communicated clearly what that is to organizations that do this work. Thanks.

All right, good questions. Next, Council Member Green.

Oh, thank you, Mayor. You know, and I specifically asked about what this process would be so if someone decided tomorrow that they wanted to establish a safe parking lot, what they would have to go through. I haven't heard that, and I thought I did, which is why I approved it initially. I thought there was a process in place. I wouldn't be opposed to us having a permit that requires some inspections and to ensure that there's safety, that, you know... Again, reward you guys for your time because I would expect there's going to need to be some police presence and everything else. But I just don't see it. I don't see how we can approve this on a wing and a prayer. I mean, how long does it take to get a temporary use permit approved?

That's a good question. Do we know how long it takes to get that permit approved? Nobody here from ComDev to answer that?

I believe Ms. McCann could answer that.

Oh, we do. Summer's here. Summer's here. Summer's here. Yay.

Yay.

While she's walking up, I don't know how much police involvement we would really have in a safe parking lot. That is not generally a program run by police departments. That's generally outside of the scope.

But I would like to ensure that it's being operated safely and legally and, you know, it's not a fly-by-night operation. Summer.

I have had no involvement with this. Good evening, Council. But in the code, it does say that we have 20 business days to issue, approve, or deny a temporary use permit.

And that is internally? Does it require any sort of hearing?

Correct. Yeah, internally.

Okay. See, that is a process.

Thank you.

All right. Now we have a timeline. All right. Is that it for you? Yes. Okay. Next, Council Member Green. Or no. Snyder.

Thank you, Mayor. Do you know if any of the people that work with the homeless have any sites in mind to possibly get a permit for at this point?

You know, I don't know that I should speak to that question. I know there are some discussions regarding it. I don't know. You know, I don't want to provide any specifics, absent some direction from the CM or the city attorney's office.

Mayor, may I? Please. We have had discussions with Almost Home about potentially looking at a few different sites. We have narrowed down some of those sites, so we have had discussion. We don't have anything that's concrete at this point, but we have identified a few sites that might be appropriate.

So it is possible we can come up with something fairly rapidly. What about, I know you said mostly you're not policing running these sites, but Would it be police a little bit? I mean would there be some involvement to make sure that the areas stay safe for the residents?

So I can speak generally to how these sites operate. Yet, I don't want to use the term policing, but there is management of the lots. Again, to my knowledge, no current sites are up and running, being run by police departments. It's generally nonprofit organizations that specialize in this type of work. You know, there are various services that are provided at them from very low level, i.e. a parking spot and perhaps a portable restroom, to power being provided, some sort of supplies being provided. So it really runs the full spectrum on what is available at these sites. But, yeah, I think the successful ones do have a management element of it. I'm just suggesting it's probably not law enforcement. Okay. Thank you. Next, Council Member Fidler.

Chief, two questions.

There are hours of operations around safe parking programs, and you're right. They have someone manages that, and it's not you. That's my understanding as well. And those managers essentially enforce the parking time frame, if you will, correct? Accurate. Not a 24-hour campsite for weeks at a time. It's in and out. True?

Generally, no.

All right. And then this is for you, City Attorney. Do we have any permanent use permits?

No, Council Member Fidler, we don't have any permanent use permits, and we wouldn't because it is city property, and we wouldn't want anyone permanently using public property without some way to terminate that if needed.

My point is they're all temporary.

Correct.

Good questions. Next, Mayor Pro Tem.

Thanks. So, again, just a clarification on that. The almost home conversations are about city property at the moment, but a number of the safe parking lots that have existed across the state are on private property. They're on church properties. They're on commercial properties where somebody has been willing to coordinate that. So, I... And... This ordinance already didn't apply to city owned properties under public land zoning. This ordinance would prevent, say, the Presbyterian Church from operating a safe parking lot unless we granted them a temporary use permit. So I'm not as worried about the city properties, I guess.

If I may, Mayor, the land use code also has a process for temporary use permits that are for private property. And so there is, it's a similar process.

Does that satisfy what you're after? All right. Any other questions? If not, this is before council for consideration. Final reading. Council Member Taddeo.

I will move to approve.

8A.

8A, yes. And then Council Member Carbajal.

I'll second.

We have a first and second to approve what is now known as 8A. We'll call vote. Motion passes 8 to 1. Thank you. All right.

Thank you. Thank you.

Moving ahead resolutions item 90 a resolution of the city council of city brighton colorado adopting the revised 2023 through 2027 strategic plan city manager martinez.

Thank you, Mayor. Here to present our final portion of this year's strategic plan and next year's strategic plan is Pierce Miller. And I will say I want to thank Pierce and team for all the efforts they put into this. It's been a heavy lift, but I think the final product is something that we all can be proud of as a community and gives us pretty clear direction as to how we are moving forward in the future. And with that, I will turn it over to Pierce.

Thank you, City Manager Martinez. Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Patem, and members of the Brighton City Council. Tonight I have for you a resolution to adopt the City of Brighton's strategic plan. And just a refresher for you all, in February we met for our strategic planning vision session where you all provided us with recommended revisions to the plan. Staff then got to work on those recommendations and presented the updated version of the plan at the May 12th study session. We have not made any changes since that study session meeting, but we have updated the statuses of our goals and our tasks on the strategic plan website, on the dashboard, which can be accessed through the city website. The full strategic plan was included in your packet. But, of course, I'm happy to pull up the plan for any questions that you guys may have.

I don't see questions. I see a motion to be made so far. So if there's no other questions, we'll go to motions. Mayor Pro Tem.

Lest I be accused of being Tom Green, I am moving the passage of Item 9A.

right and then councilmember worth thank you mayor i'll second that those are first and second to approve 9a roll call vote motion passes eight to one All right. Thank you. I think Piers was batting 1,000 before that, Mr. Tom. All right. Moving ahead, item 9B, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado, approving a development agreement amendment for Telluride Business Park. comprising of approximately 6.52 acres of land, generally located to the north of Southern Street, to the south of East Bridge Street, to the west of Telluride Street, and to the east of the Eastgate Village, more specifically located in the northwest quarter of Section 9, Township 1 South, range 66 west of the 6th Principal Meridian. City of Brighton, County of Adams, State of Colorado, authorizing the mayor to execute the amendment on behalf of the city and setting forth other details related to. And then just so you know, Council Member Wirth wants to say something real quick.

Thank you, Mayor. I just, because I rent an office space in this property and to eliminate the appearance of conflict of interest, I'm going to recuse myself.

Okay, so Council Member Wirth will recuse for this item. And with that, City Manager Martinez will send it over to you.

Thank you, Mayor. Here to present this item tonight is Summer McCann, Senior Planner and Temporary Use Permit Expert.

Just call me Holly Prather. Thank you, city manager. Good evening, Mayor. Mayor Pro Tem, members of council, Summer McCann, one of the senior planners with the city. And I am here to present the First Amendment to the Telluride Business Park and Telluride Business Park II development agreements. North Forest Office Space Denver LLC is the applicant and the property owner. The project site, which is outlined on the map, is made up of four lots totaling approximately 6.52 acres and generally located to the north of Southern Street, south of East Bridge Street, west of Telluride Street, and east of Eastgate Village. The request tonight is to approve a development agreement amendment to update stormwater infrastructure requirements, maintenance obligations, and reimbursement provisions related to drainage improvements. Because the original development agreement was approved by city council, any amendments that are required would also need to be approved by the council. To provide some background, the site was annexed in 1971 and is currently zoned C2. The four lots that exist today were plotted separately, with the two northern lots being plotted under the Telluride Business Park Amendment 1 and the two southern lots were plotted under Telluride Business Park 2. The two separate plots resulted in two development agreements, though there are shared public improvements across all four lots. This amendment came about as the property owner has a site plan under review for the construction of a new multi-tenant office building on the remaining vacant lot to the southwest. Looking at the amendment, the first changes remove outdated provisions. Several requirements in the original Telluride Business Park development agreements are no longer consistent with current stormwater management practices, the city's standards, or the master drainage plan. Many of these provisions have since been incorporated into the city's standardized stormwater maintenance agreement. This amendment adopts an updated agreement and extends applicability to all four lots. The amendment also clarifies developer obligations. While the original agreement required the construction of adjacent storm drainage improvements, the amendment updates those responsibilities to align with current engineering standards. It also modifies, it also requires modifications to the existing pond so it can be converted from a retention pond to a detention pond once the regional outfall system is constructed. The amendment also includes a construction and reimbursement agreement for the construction of the regional outfall. The city may reimburse the developer for eligible construction costs associated with these improvements up to the amount of storm drainage impact fees collected by the city. for the 55,674 square feet of new impervious area associated with the site plan that's currently under review. The city's current storm drainage impact fee is $1.03 per square foot, meaning the total reimbursement amount would be $57,344. These improvements qualify for reimbursement because they exceed the impacts of the individual development and will provide a broader regional benefit to the city. The reimbursement agreement details that once the developer has completed construction and the improvements have received initial acceptance, the developer must submit a reimbursement request with supporting cost documentation. The city will review that request and reimburse eligible costs within 90 days of receiving all required documentation. Although not required, an agenda item notice was posted on the city's website and on Facebook and Nextdoor. The Development Review Committee has reviewed this amendment and recommends approval, and staff finds that the Development Agreement Amendment is in the best interest of the city, and staff recommends approval of the First Amendment to the Telluride Business Park and Telluride Business Park II Development Agreements. At this time, there are four options for the City Council on your screen. Thank you all for your time and attention, and I'm available if there are any questions.

Thank you summer for your presentation. Are there any questions or comments by the City Council Council member green?

Thank you just point of curiosity. Does the development of the final corner have to come back before Council at all? Or is that strictly approval through?

It's administrative, so it's essentially approved once we have a approved development agreement from the City Council.

Very good.

Alright, if there's no other questions, Council member green go ahead and make emotion.

Thank you, Mayor. I move to approve item, is it 9B?

It is 9B. That is what I'm moving. All right. And then Council Member Collins?

Thanks, Mayor. I'll second.

We have a motion and a second to approve item 9B.

Roll call vote.

Motion approves 8-0 and then 1 recusal. Thank you. Moving ahead, item nine. Oh, I'm just going to wait for Council Member Wirth to return. So just give me a moment.

What was that?

All right, I'll go ahead and start reading this in. So item 9C, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado, adopting the 2026 draft multi-jurisdictional Adams County hazard mitigation plan and authorizing the city manager in conjunction with the emergency manager to implement the plan if necessary. City Manager Martinez. Thank you, Mayor.

It's coming out. I can hear footsteps.

Is this the award-winning Stephanie Hackett?

This is the award-winning Stephanie Hackett. As mentioned, tonight is our emergency manager and award winner, Stephanie Hackett. So I'll turn it over to Stephanie.

Thank you for that. Good evening, Mayor. Good evening, Mayor Pro Temp and Brighton City Council. Today I'm here to talk to you about the adoption of a resolution for our 2026 Adams County Hazard Mitigation Plan. To give you a little bit of background, our 2026 Adams County hazard mitigation plan. This is a multi year process that we started back in 2024. We went through the approved process to create and draft the plan to update the plan. And with the intent that this should have been completed, approved at many levels, given back to us, and given back to U.S. City Council by December 31st of 2025 so that we could maintain our five-year adoption schedule. Due to several delays at both the state and the federal level, we have not received our approved plan back yet. So tonight we're asking you to adopt our draft plan to allow us to move forward with the process of submitting grant applications that are due in July. I've got a timeline of events that I can answer questions on, but currently our plan is sitting with someone at FEMA on someone's desk, awaiting approval, and at that point we'll get back the final draft. So why do we need a hazard mitigation plan? Really the number one reason is that hazard mitigation, it reduced future costs of disasters. There are figures saying anywhere from $14 of hazard mitigation funds can replace one response dollars. And when we look at really trying to get the best bang for our investment, hazard mitigation is one of those places we like to direct our efforts. This addresses potential safety issues as these are kind of changing and emerging in our growing community. It plays a big part in demonstrating our public commitment to safety and security by actively engaging in disaster mitigation and actively identifying actions and priorities and activities that we would like to engage in as a city to help keep our residents safe. And of course, this also creates eligibility for us to apply for mitigation funding. So a few different components of the Brighton Hazard Mitigation Annex. So as you see, the entirety of Adams County has one hazard mitigation plan. The city of Brighton has one annex, and that's the piece that addresses just our priorities in Brighton. It outlines what the planning process for the hazard mitigation plan actually looks like. It provides a detailed community profile that identifies some of the hazards and some of the vulnerabilities and capabilities that we have to address the hazards of our vulnerabilities and the capabilities that we've identified here in the city of Brighton. And kind of the meat and potatoes of the whole plan is our 2026 Brighton Mitigation Action Plan, which outlines a number of activities that some are funded, some are unfunded, but a priorities and activities that we can take on today that can help protect us from the impacts of future disasters. Another great piece of this plan is it identifies our critical assets and kind of organizes this within that kind of FEMA lifeline structure. So it shows public and private facilities that provide energy in the city, food, hydration, and shelter, our communications resources, some of our hazardous materials, materials, facilities, and transportation. Some of our safety and security assets and resources. Again, our transportation systems and our water systems as well. The city of Brighton, our highest risk hazards and vulnerabilities, again, and this takes into account a formula that identifies both frequency and our ability to mitigate these hazards and the impact of these hazards. But within the city of Brighton specifically, we've identified tornado damaging winds, kind of hail, hazardous material incidents, wildfires, grass fires, or community conflagrations, flooding, or a downstream dam incident as some of our highest rated hazards. There are a number of grants that are currently available, provided folks have a locally adopted hazard mitigation plan that is current. One of these is the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The one that we're most focused on right now is the Building Resilience Infrastructure and Communities Program, or the BRIC Grant. There's a Flood Mitigation Assistance Program and also a High Hazard Potential Dam Program. And these are just kind of what's active right now as things have kind of changed and evolved over the years. Some of these become available. Some of them stop being available. New ones come online. But these are very much in line with much of the information and the recommendations that have recently come out of the FEMA review committee. And we expect that these will remain important funding mechanisms for us in the future. So some of the stuff that we plan to do in the future, right now we currently have a multidisciplinary team of staff working many departments within the city of Brighton as well as with the Brighton Fire Rescue District to work on a number of brick grant proposals to fund the action items that we identified in the plan when we put it together back in 24-25. In the future, we will continue to review and be part of this diligent planning process, and hopefully we'll continue to readopt it every five years, as we have for the past 15 years straight. We'll continue multi-jurisdictional coordination. As we mentioned, this is part of an overall Adams County strategy, but we work with our partners in Bennett and Thornton in commerce city and we make sure that none of our mitigation actions none of our activities are counterproductive to what we're trying to do as individual jurisdictions we're going to continue to look for existing grant opportunities to determine our project eligibility for those projects that we have called out in the past so not just federal grants there are state grants and some private sector grants that are available that we continue to look at and reevaluate for eligibility again Different mitigation projects and opportunities, we've definitely identified some back in the 2024, 2025 process. But again, we're continuing to keep our eyes on what our community looks like and what some of our future risks might be and what some future mitigation projects and actions might look like. And a big part of this is to continue to educate the public about what their role is in hazard mitigation, what they can do as homeowners, what we are doing as a community, and how we can both support each other to have a safer community. So obviously your options today would be to pass the resolution as proposed or deny it. But I'm also here to answer any questions you may have.

All right, thank you for your presentation. Do we have any questions? If not, feel free to make a motion. Council Member Fidler.

Thank you, Mayor. I move to approve item 9C.

And then Council Member Snyder.

I'll second 9C.

We have a first and a second to approve 9C. Roll call vote. Motion passes 9 to 0. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Moving on to utility items item today. A resolution of the City Council of the City of Brighton, Colorado, approving the second amendment to the intergovernmental agreement with the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District for Sable Boulevard outfall channel improvements and authorizing the city manager to execute the second amendment. City Manager Martinez.

Thank you, Mayor. Presenting this final item of the evening is Director of Utilities, Scott Olson.

All right. Good evening. Mayor mayor pro tem and members of city council. Uh, the item that I have for you this evening is the a 2nd amendment to an between the city and mile high flood district related to the sable outfall. You guys have seen this item a few times before the original and then the 1st amendment to that. Um, as a reminder, the sable outfalls, a regional stormwater outfall that will carry flow from the southeast portion of the city. Uh, that's going to include a stormwater runoff from the sable Boulevard improvements that, um, you guys, uh, approved a few meetings ago, the farm law development, and then approximately 500 acres of future development in prairie center. The piped portion of this outfall system, which went under the Fulton Ditch, we also called that Phase A, was already completed by the contractor for FarmLore, and that was subject to a reimbursement agreement that you all also previously approved. I'm just a reminder of the project location the pipe portion that I just talked about is this red portion that went under the Fulton ditch and the purple portion is the portion that we are constructing right now. So, as I mentioned, you guys have seen this twice before back in December of 2025, you approve the original and then March 3rd of this year, you guys approve the 1st amendment to the and both the city and mile high flood district now wish to add additional funding to that so that we can finish up the construction. So under this amendment, each of the, um, the city and the district will be contributing an additional 600,000. That'll bring the total from each project sponsor up to 1.725Million dollars. The project sponsors also selected civil constructors, and they are actually currently out there and working on the project. Um, just a reminder of the schedule right here. We are in the highlighted green box in construction. I'm still slated to be done in November of this year. Um, and there are 2, um, 2 larger impacts to the traveling public. 1 will be an upcoming closure of. 144th east of sable and then one will be two-way traffic controlled by a temporary signal on sable beginning july 22nd with that it's staff's recommendation for approval of this second amendment to the iga and i will take any questions that you have

Super. Any questions for our Director of Utilities? Council Member Snyder.

Scott, there won't be any conflict with the new intersections at 132nd, 36th, and 44th with this ditch work, will there?

As far as design interference or anything, no. It was actually designed by the same engineering company. So there was coordination there.

But I mean construction interference in the timeline.

No, there won't be. So right now, there's three sets of box culverts that they're installing. One is under just a farm road. That's outside of the right-of-way. The next one they're moving to is 144th, and then they'll be jumping to Sable. That construction project is going to be starting down on the south part, down south of 136. So the timing will work out that there won't be any overlap. There is going to be some coordination on paving so that we make sure we aren't re-ripping up or repaving things twice. So the contractors will be working.

I appreciate not doing it twice. Thank you.

Yes.

I appreciate that too. That's always been the sticking point of me on the council. All right. Any other questions? If not, we'd like to make a motion. Council member Snyder. I'll move to approve 10A. 10A, correct. And then Mayor Pro Tem?

I'll second that.

We have a first and second to approve 10A. Roll call vote. Motion passes nine to zero.

Thank you for your time. Appreciate it.

Thank you. All right. Moving on to reports. Start with reports by the mayor. I was out of town for a long time. I plan on actually working with the city manager to schedule a presentation at an upcoming study session about my experience going out to Poland. So more to come on that. Meanwhile, after I got back in like 10 minutes after I got home from my long day traveling home from Europe, I went to the Riverdale post-acute clinic. center and they had a flag raising ceremony over there and honored a lot of veterans that are uh residents in their facility and we had great representation from some state officials including uh our um our state rep carlos barone and he brought a few others from the capitol as well um Then the next day, after trying to get a little bit of sleep from that trip, I got to go to the flicks and kicks event in the evening out here at the park. And it was great seeing the large, cool screen that we have going on now. A little bit of sun still poked around a tree and got us in the face, but we got through it. Also, I went to the Inglenook grand reopening of their remodeled facility, and they had a great celebration of just showing off their place and the improvements they've done. And I'm sure, most importantly, the residents are enjoying the benefit of that. Also went to the Ergers Dog Park grand opening. And we missed Council Member Taddeo there, but we understand something's come up in life. And City Manager Martinez spoke on behalf of her very nicely. Now I know she's going to ask for another dog park somewhere else. Already working on it? Yes. Next to the Cheddar's, right? Also, this last Monday or yesterday, we had our EDC board meeting. So there's a. The edc is a, you know, a somewhat separate organization from the city. So they got their own bank accounts and stuff and we have an opportunity to change banks because historically they bank at first bank and we all know there's a big change going on there. And so we're looking at changing that around also. Great updates on a lot of the developments going on in our community, and it was good to hear from that. I had the opportunity to attend, I got invited to something called Colorado for Energy Access. They had an energy forum and spoke about some of the energy challenges that our state may be facing coming up in the near future as a lot of policy changes have either been implemented or will be implemented over the next decade. So it was good to hear a lot of the challenges that even the home builders might be going through and things like that. And normally I have Dr. Cogg coming up on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, but that's been canceled, so I won't have that tomorrow. And I, along with many of you, will be attending the Colorado Municipal League Conference next week. It is local. It's just in Westminster, so we just get to sleep in our own beds every night, so it'll be great. That is my report for this moment. Go on to reports by department directors.

Any volunteers? Oh, Scott, come on up. We do have one for you this evening. Director Olson has an update for you. Is this about our water treatment plant? You can ask him about that, but it's not.

It's not about the water treatment plant, but I can give you a quick fun fact after I'm done with this one. Uh, thanks again for having me the, the item that I want to give you an update on is our enforcement of the watering restrictions, the stage 1 restrictions. Um, so our team has been out there, um. Doing enforcement, making sure that, uh, the residents are helping us, uh, and following the rules on that water conservation. So just wanted to give you, um, some by the numbers updates. uh so so far we have had total of 315 violations 296 of those are on their first violation 17 of those are on their second violation two of those are on their third violation meaning that they have received a fine on their utility bill and we do not have anybody that has moved into the fourth category uh as of yet which would be a municipal summons to appear in court Um, broken down by, um, the, the account responsibility, uh, or land use, if you will, there's 24 commercial properties, 264 residential properties and 8 metropolitan districts. Any questions on those?

That was going to be my question about that bigger number if it was a breakdown of residents versus businesses and larger water users and stuff. Because in my mind, the larger water users need to set the example more than anybody. So I'm glad that's being addressed. Anybody have any questions for Scott related to that?

Oh, fun fact. Go. Fun fact about the water treatment plant. So right now they have everything connected up into a big circle. So we aren't discharging anything or putting anything into the drinking water system. But they were pushing 20 million gallons per day around the treatment plant through all the filters and all of that.

20 mil?

20 million gallons per day. Wow.

Yeah.

So it's functioning as designed. There's no big hydraulic issues or anything, which is what we'd like to see. So we'll be moving forward into testing in late October where they actually will be outputting water. And we have a plan to actually conserve that water so that we aren't wasting it. We're going to be able to send that to our reservoirs and use that to beneficial use.

Thank you for that update. I mentioned to the city manager. I miss. Previously during the weekly city manager report, we would get that pie chart that would show our progress and the latest was like 75% and I know we're definitely past that. So I kind of miss having that progress report. So hopefully. With that in future progress or future progress, sorry. Future projects. Thank you. That we can have that pie chart kind of showing, you know, we can tell people, hey, we're two thirds done or whatever.

So, yeah, certainly as a reminder, the contractual date where they have to have the plant up and running and sending water to our distribution system is February. They're far ahead of that. And it's looking like it's going to be the end of October. So.

Wow. So hopefully we can get a tour set up when we get closer to that point.

Yes, absolutely. There, there will be some sort of final tour for you all. And then we will be planning some sort of a grand opening and we have endless requests for tours already. Yes.

Invite council and previous council. That was a big part of that decision as well.

And educators with 27 J and yeah. Yeah.

Very good.

All right. Thank you.

Any other director reports? Or did they all want to just leave?

I think they're sleeping, so no.

What was that?

I said I'm pretty sure they're sleeping. Okay. It's okay. I don't want to wake them up, so we'll move on.

All right. Next report, Spire City Attorney.

Nothing. I'll see you all next week at CML.

Okay. And you're presenting, right? Trying to get you to present. All right. Port Spur City Manager.

Thank you, Mayor. And I, too, will be out next week with all of you at the CML conference. If you have not had an opportunity to go to this conference, if it's your first time, you're going to have a blast. You'll learn a lot. You'll probably figure out by the end of the conference that the city of Brighton does everything right. So just keep that in mind as you're going through the sessions. But we're pretty spot on with everything. And I will mention that since we are all out at a conference next week, we will not have a council meeting. Yep. See you in two weeks. No meeting next week.

All right. Next reports by our city council. I don't know where I started last time. We'll just go over here to Council Member Carbajal.

Thank you, Mayor. I just attended the Parks and Rec board meeting last week, I think. Gosh, the time is moving so quickly. Maybe it's two weeks ago now. But every single time, I'm amazed at the work that they're doing. I think that's the answer. I got a tour of the new facility. I know some of you have already been in. The facility's beautiful, the track being extra long, that new gym is so bright inside. Like to go play basketball in there, it's like pristine white, it's beautiful. But more impressively, like how they're utilizing the space and taking the time to figure out what the community needs and look at the data around what type of equipment's used. And they're tracking that by walking through the facility and marking who's in what room at different times to decide where they need to expand and where not. And just their ability to answer those questions and kind of truly design a rec facility or programming around what our community is seeking or utilizing was exciting. I also think the Bike Brighton, that subcommittee amazes me too just because they're so passionate about it and providing opportunities for the people that are riding. They had 98 riders out to their last event, which I think is incredible. the next one is June 30th and that's for the strawberry moon and then the number of classes like anybody coming in to take classes they've tracked that and they're almost up to like 20,000 people going in to utilize that for classes so just overall congratulations to that team and like watching what they're able to do with that facility is amazing and I think that was money well spent in expanding that operation so

Nice. And I think they just opened up the outdoor workout area too, I read recently.

Yeah. And that's cool too. It's a locker. So they'll be able to pull the equipment in and out without putting it inside of the building. And so all of those facilities are really nice. If you haven't been, you should check it out.

Exciting stuff. Encourage everybody to get out there if they haven't. Council Member Wirth.

Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, I made it out to the Brighton Summerfest. Was that last weekend? The weekend before. And, you know, first visited with my wife and my dog, took them home and came back and spent some valuable time with our sustainability department at a booth they set up. I went to a 27J Capital Facility Fee Foundation celebration of past members in that group, and that was nice. 27J always does a nice job of thanking the people that have helped their organization in the various committees. I went to an E470 board meeting, attended a sustainability advisory board meeting, and then went to a BYC meeting where we were meeting some of the new BYCers, saying goodbye to some of the seniors, went through some team building and kind of setting expectations for, well, really for everybody, but especially geared towards the newer members. And I got to tell you, watching these events and watching these kids leave, especially, you know me, I've got a soft spot in my heart for these BYC-ers. And it's just really cool to watch them from when they come into the BYC to when they leave. And you just know they're going to go out and do awesome things. They really are set up to do things at a higher level than I think the average students are, just because of a lot of the things they learn about leadership in their community. So that really warms my heart.

Thank you. All right. Thank you. And the next council member, Green.

Thank you, Mayor. Just to piggyback on that, the Capital Facility Fee Foundation has contributed more than $21 million to the building of schools in 27J. And that comes from developers basically contributing a certain amount of fee for every home that they build into this, and then it goes to build schools. So that's a great thing. Additionally, I attended the E470 board meeting, and they're going to refinance a series of bonds, reduce more than $30 million in debt service coverage, and so basically less money that you're going to have to be paying for those E470 roads, which is another great thing. They also agreed to sponsor, as part of the Adams County Fair, the Demo Derby. And I thought that was rather ironic that the E470 is going to sponsor the Demo Derby. But it's still a great thing to see their presence getting out there in the community. They're also going to sponsor the Douglas County Fair and another one, too. So, yeah, I went to the dog park, and that was really cool. What I really like about the dog park is that it has some features for them. Tunnels, they can climb over bridges and stuff like that, you know. It's really cool. It's not just a big flat land for dogs to run around in. It's really got some active things for the dogs, and they really seem to love it. So that was a great thing to see, too. I think the city did an excellent job, and I couldn't have been more prouder at that. If I understand it, I think this Thursday is Disclosure Day, isn't it? Because Lilo and Stitch will be the movie, and that's about an alien coming to... The world, so, you know, I encourage everyone to get out there to see Lilo and Stitch. That's the live-action one, so that's an actual alien that's a star of the movie. The activities start at 5.30, and then the movie itself starts at 7. And you'll find that, you know, I could fall in love with the next act that's going to be at the Armory. That's the Selena experience. That's coming up June 27th. That's right. Bibbidi-biddy-bum-bum. You know, I want everybody to be there, too, and that's all I have.

Nice report. That dog park, man. It was great. And the structures are not even that rough. With that, Council Member Taddeo.

Thank you very much for that. Anyway, did you get to play on any of it? So, yeah, unfortunately, I had a funeral I had to attend that day, so I had to miss, but I was able to go over to the dog park and hang out for a little while yesterday. I did. I didn't climb on anything, but I was afraid it hurt my leg or something, so... Anyway, got to talk to a few residents that were there in the middle of the day, which was really great. You know, just kind of incognito, asked them how they felt about it, and got really great responses from just a couple that we talked to that were very happy that was there. So it makes me feel great. Yeah, it's beautiful. And I'm ready for another one anytime. Just kidding.

After the cheddars.

And I was able to go to the Brighton Summer Fest, and I'm glad we had great weather for that, and it was very well attended from what I hear.

Super. Mayor Pro Tem.

Thank you. I sunburned after about 15 minutes wearing a big hat and a turtleneck. So I did make it to Brighton Summerfest and had a great time there for a while. But I did most of it while people were setting up so that I could be out of the way before the temperature started to go up. Also did the same thing attending Adams County Pride Fest this last weekend. That was a pretty exciting event. Neat to see lots of people out for that. i will be at cml next week and then also i'm chairing the quarterly adams county opioid abatement council meeting where we are beginning to look at what kind of a capital infrastructure can we do for intensive outpatient treatment and youth treatment some of the things that are missing in adams county so look forward to seeing all of you next week thank you council member fiddler thank you mayor nothing to report

Okay. Council Member Snyder.

Thank you, Mayor. The Highway 85 Committee canceled their meeting at the last minute, which means... Comes to Highway 85, what you see is what you got. There's nothing happening there. That's unfortunate. I, too, went to the dog park grand opening, and I was just absolutely thrilled with how many people showed up and how many dogs were in. I mean, the minute the ribbon was cut, that place was full. The views of the mountains and the lakes. That's the nicest dog park in Brighton. It's far better than our old dog park, so I'm really glad we got that done. I also got to go to Ingle Nook's grand opening, and it's very nice what they've done there. They've really cleaned the facility up, and as residents are moving out, each of the rooms in the facility are also being completely remodeled so our more senior citizens can stay in their community and get whatever level of care they need. They offer no care to assisted living to memory care i mean and you don't have to leave the facility so that's a very nice thing for us to have there was one bill i forgot to mention in my last report that did make me really happy so i don't know how i forgot this one but they killed the bill to force us to allow lot splitting um that is dead it's not going to happen this year for now for now yeah for now but it it's pretty dead i don't think it's coming back okay We'll see.

Council Member Collins.

Thanks, Mayor. Nothing for me tonight.

Okay. Well, thank you, everybody, for your representation here in Brighton. As a reminder, we do not have a meeting next week. Our next meeting is on July 7th, and there is no executive session for now, so we are adjourned.