Board of Trustees - Regular Meeting

Um, you do have Thorne as a co-host. Chris Thorn sticker. It's hard to get

They're retired and pretty much on their boat. on the jury.

They always let me go.

All right. We already opened the meeting um before the executive session, but we'll uh we'll do the roll call just so it's on the uh YouTube. Katie Fischer, Adam, Peggy Smith, Julie White, Katie Souls, Lewis Gregory, and Brian Circ. Um could I have a motion to approve the agenda? Make a motion to approve the agenda. Second. Any further discussion? All in favor? I. All right. Um, could I have a motion to approve the consent agenda which includes the minutes for April 15, 2026? I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

Second. Any further discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Okay. All right. Moving on to open forum. This is for business not on the agenda. Um, anyone in the room or online can address the board and have three minutes of time to speak on anything not on the agenda? Any takers online? Okay, keep moving. Discussion, possible action regarding resolution 2026501, filing of complaint and jury demand. Chris Thorne to present.

Is he on there, Wendy? No, he said he's on him. There we go.

Good evening, board. Um, this item, and I I'll I'll be brief here since this item was discussed during the executive summary uh session earlier um uh this evening. Uh, the item seeks board approval of a resolution authorizing the filing in Grand County District Court of a complaint for damages against Moltz Constructors, Inc. uh, regarding breach of a construction contract for water treatment improvements at the Upper Frasier Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant. Both the uh, proposed resolution and the draft complaint are included in the board's packet and as I mentioned were were discussed um, earlier this evening. In general, the complaint uh seeks monetary damages resulting from defective construction work and would be filed uh by the town as the manager of the wastewater treatment plant. The town staff recommends approval of the resolution so that the legal process for recovery of funds expended to repair and replace the uh defective work uh can be started. Um I'm happy to answer any uh additional questions anybody may have about this. See any questions?

I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2026-05-01 or 0501 filing of a complaint and jury demand. Second. Any further discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? Okay, thank you very much. Thank you. Okay, moving on to Grand County CASA courtappointed special advocate presentation. Sharon Silva and Jim McCormack. Hello,

Mr. Mayor, council, and staff. Thank you so much for giving us some time tonight. My name is Jim McCormack. the executive director of Northwest Rocky Mountain Casa who serves the 14th judicial district, Mafet County, Route County, and Grand County since 2007 here in Grand County. Our organization began here in Grand County, has its roots here in Grand County, and then moved into the other two counties of the 14th Judicial District, becoming an independent organization in 2012. So, we uh applied and received some funding from you recently. Wanted to come and thank you for that and just give you an update on uh what's happening uh with CASA in Grand. And if you have my presentation, you can put it up. Thank you. Sharon Silva is on our board and here in Grand County, I have three board members here in Grand County uh for the CASA board. Great. Well, one of the things that that I would uh tell you is that we have a cause in CASA. And all of us have causes in our life uh that that are very much a part of who we are. And a cause is defined as a principle, an aim, a movement that because of deep commitment, one is prepared to defend or advocate for. And that's what CASA does. Courtappointed special advocates. When a child or children find themselves in a situation of an abuse or neglect case in court, we are appointed by the judge in the case to come alongside the

child and follow that process with the children through making sure that the court is very um aware of what the best pathway for that child is. We're the only organization to advocate for children within the court system. Uh we are a nonprofit obviously and serve the 14th judicial district. Uh but that is really our cause is to be the voice for children in court situations in abuse and neglect settings. Um and the cause is great. Unfortunately, over 200,000 calls to the child abuse and neglect hotline a year. 30,000 of those cases investigated. 9700 of them um are substantiated. Uh 71% of them by the parents. Um a great majority of them less than one year old there. and abuse and neglect being the major uh situation there. So the cause is is great and uh just since 2012 CASA has advocated for more than 500 children in the 14th judicial district. I would love to be the executive director that closed CASA because there's no longer any need, but that unfortunately is not the case. and we are actually looking forward to the next 500 children that will need our services uh going forward. So 500 in our past just since 2012 and we know that that's not the last 500 children that will need our help going forward that way. Neglect and abuse in Colorado. Some of you might be aware of this. Uh April

was child abuse prevention month. I'm sure you had some uh folks come in and chat with you about that. Probably had a declaration um about the month. Uh but this is uh just a quick look at what some of the abuse situations in Colorado are and what the statuates in Colorado set aside as abuse. Uh abandonment, um parental care, um the environment is injurous to the welfare of the child. um refuses to provide the child with proper necessary substance, education, medical care, any other care necessary for their health. Uh homeless without proper care, run away from home and otherwise beyond the control of his parent uh and one who has been subjected by parental guardian or legal custodian to uh a pattern of habitual abuse. These would prompt someone to report most likely and then uh the Department of Human Services bringing a case um up uh an abuse or neglect case up against the the parents in that situation. And I think many people think that abuse comes from other than the parents. Uh and that stat to me is one that's sobering that 71% of these cases are the parents um of the child. So our charge in these dependent and neglect cases uh are to uh walk alongside this child uh as they go through uh the process and really we are there to represent the best interest of the children in the court. We meet with the child, meet with the families, meet with the case workers involved. We actually um log reports uh in the in the record with the courts uh and give testimony in the court setting um if

needed uh be at that time. The courts do have folks that are there to look out for the interests of the children. But as you can imagine, they have a case load. They have lots of families that are looking at their other cases. County attorney has lots of other things going on. So our advocate is really that person who can look at one child, one family, one case. And our goal obviously is to get to reunification um of this family um at some point. The two programmatic arms of CASA are the child advocacy um with the chain trained CASA volunteers in the courts and then because reunification is something that we feel is very important and and our goal always for these families, we have a supervised family visit program. As you can imagine, when this case comes forward to the courts, the child and the parents are separated and that case can be 12 months, 18 months um going forward. And if reunification is the ultimate goal, that's a long gap of no contact with the child. And so they request, the family does, and the court orders a contact so many hours a week that they can be in contact with that child. But it has to be in a supervised setting. And again, we're the only organization in the 14th judicial district, so in Graham County,

to provide a supervised setting where that family and the child's children can be reunified for one, two, three hours a week, whatever the court um will allow. So that's our second arm is providing these supervised family visits so they can be in contact so that when reunification happens, hopefully it's not so awkward. um and the advocacy uh for the children um in the courts. 14 judicial districts uh 500 children advocated for since 2012. Um these are the cases and and children um that we've uh overseen and just since 2020, so 2020, um almost 200 children in over a 100 cases in the three counties that we oversee. So really what uh we are trying to do is create pathways um a way of achieving a specified result a course of action uh a series of actions that can be taken in order to achieve something. Our hope is to achieve reunification for that family. And it's a process that um usually has some things like rehab and that kind of thing um involved. Uh we're hoping that at the end of this process the family can get back on track uh uh get the kids back and and really move forward. Um but we ensure safety and stability first and then hope for the future. As you can imagine in this situation uh the child has hardly any say in what's going on in one of the most vulnerable times of their life. And so it really is up to us to be the ones that lay out the pathways for the courts and the families and the county attorneys and the department of human services to say this is the best

path um for this child. We know that research says that the best path for the child ultimately is to be in a a solid family going forward. And so that's what we're working for. But if not, we want to be the ones that are saying this is the path that's right. um in this situation. So safety, stability and hope for the future is really um what we are are for and we are enabled when we have volunteers who want to serve. Uh the rest of the summer here you'll see kind of an outreach in Grand County from me for volunteers to help us with this advocacy. Um, obviously when we have donors and sponsors who want to enable our work, thank you for your support uh for that and you'll see a report from me I think in October about what we've done with the money that you've provided community awareness and that's why I'm here tonight is to continue to uh make folks aware of our organization and what we do. Uh thanks to to Sharon Silva. I've been with every city council, the count county commissioners, several organizations here in Grand to tell them about um our work and obviously when we have DHS, the courts and the county processes on our side and we have a great working relationship here. Judge Hoke who is uh in Grand County um was one of the first judges who put Kasa together back in 2007. So this year we are celebrating our 15 years as an organization. Our first few years while we were here in Grand, we had to um act under the state CASA guidelines and then we became a separate organization that all 18 CASAS in the state. Every judicial district in the state has a CASA.

Um we became a separate entity in 2012 and we're celebrating that 515. You might know about our big dances with the stars uh fundraiser in steamboat which we uh just had and that is uh my presentation for the evening. What can I answer for you? What kind of training do the volunteers go through?

Volunteers have a 30-hour training actually and then um a year an annual upgrade um as well. But 30 hours uh that's a kind of an amalgamation of national CASA, state CASA, and local CASA. Um and uh so the training is pretty varied. Yeah, pretty wide and varied. How many volunteers do you have?

So currently um as I count them in my head, we're probably in the 15 range of volunteers. We have a longtime volunteer here in Gran who has who has helped us for many many years. and um Rose Reed is her name. Uh and so we vary we try to pick up enough volunteers to have a good bench um but also um every time a case comes up, you know, we need a volunteer to step in. So Moffett County is actually our busiest county. Um so we have currently seven or eight volunteers there. Uh five in route and two here in Grand. And I'm assuming you want that individual volunteer to be with that child as the advocate through that 18month process.

Correct.

It's supposed to be a 12-month process, but we all know about that. It's um it it usually 12 to 18 months. Um what we're what the courts are trying to do is get the child to what's called permanency in 12 months, but because of a lot of rehab things and things that go on during this time, they get continued quite a bit. So about 12 to to 18 months is where they are. And yes, we want them to stick through that. Um and so many of our CASA volunteers will take a child or children through that process and then they'll sit on the bench for a while um until they take another one. Yeah. Not true with our volunteers in Gran. They tend to take one after the other or sometimes have a couple cases um together. How do the numbers compare to the other CASas in in Colorado?

Compare pretty well in like judicial districts, so rural Colorado. Um not obviously as well on the front range. So um you know, a place like Jefferson County would have hundreds of cases um a year. Um but a place like a southern Casa or Grand Junction would be pretty close to to us. Yeah, Lewis, you have your hand up.

Yeah. Hi, thanks for the presentation. I just uh couple questions. So, who are the medical medical providers because I know there are not very many pediatricians. Well, I don't think there's any in Gran County. Um, and also what happens to the children when they're taken away? Are they put in foster care or are they relocated outside of the district? Um um so how do you manage that?

Yeah, we don't work with any medical providers actually. So that would be a separate process if they needed medical attention as they got into this um setting into this process. Uh yes, with this the child is either set into a foster care situation or what's called a kinship care situation. someone in their family, you know, sphere uh takes them for that time. But what I understand in Grand County is that most of the foster care is not in the county, is outside the county. Um where in route and mafet all the foster care is in the county there.

So they're sent to the front range or somewhere else outside the county. Correct. Okay. How many foster care families do we have in Grand County? Not that many, right? Not. Yeah. Not that many. And or if any at this point. So, uh I was told by DHS that uh they have chosen to go outside the county just because they were struggling with qualified foster care here in the county. Yeah. Interesting.

Kinship obviously is the better option. you know, grandom or someone like that takes them for the period. And for many of our other cases, that's that happens quite often. Well, you do good work. Thank you. Well, thank you and thank you for your support. Um, and I'll be back uh after the the terms of our funding to let you know what we did with with your funding. So really appreciate that and would appreciate anyone in your mind that you think might like to volunteer with with our organization. Love to love to have that uh go on as well. And great questions. This is our our best question council of all of them. So Okay.

Thank you so much. Yeah. Blessings on your work. Thank you. Count on yours. All right. Regional Transportation Authority for Grand Park West Mountain and Buyers Peak properties. Nicole Poff I believe is online.

Is Nicole on, guys? Yep, there you are. We'll get you unmuted here.

And Clark Lipstrom for the record at the podium just in case. But Nicole's deal. So, we we didn't expect 40° sun and no snow. So, the poll was going to come up here, but uh we expected icy roads and not safe driving. So, yeah. Okay. Fair. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. Uh thank you for letting me attend virtually. I really anticipated, like Clark said, that the roads would be treacherous and it's sunny in Denver now uh at 6:00. Can everyone hear me? Okay. Yes.

Okay. I wanted to ask before I begin, is it best if I share my screen so you can see the presentation and I can click through as as needed? Yeah. Yes, that would be best, Nicole.

You all see that? Okay. Yes, it can. There you go. Great. Okay, great. Well, good evening, mayor, mayor prom, and trustees. Again, my name is Nicole Pacov with Spencer Feain. Thank you for allowing us to present our proposal this evening to form the Grand Park West Mountain Regional Transportation Authority. Our goal this evening is to provide an overview of reg regional transportation authorities and how the implementation of such an authority in the town of Frraasier would help address certain transportation challenges within the town.

And Nicole, if you're sharing a presentation, we we can only see the slide deck. We can't see your active presentation. Okay,

one moment. Can you see this? I might just leave it at this then if that works for you all. Yeah, that's fine. Is that okay? No, that works. And just to just to note too, please feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions as I proceed.

Okay. So, this evening we will briefly discuss the town's current public transportation system. We will then explain what a regional transportation authority can do. Next, we'll describe the financing mechanisms available to these types of authorities. And then finally, we'll go through how to fund sorry, how to form a regional regional transportation authority. As you all are aware, the lift is the free bus system serving Winter Park, Frasier, and Graanby. The lift is overseen by the Winter Park Town Council and advised by the transit ad advisory committee with representatives from Frraasier, Winter Park, Winter Park ski resort in Grand County. Rasier restricts 1% of its sales tax revenue to fund its portion of the Lyft system. Unfortunately, the town's sales tax revenues the past couple couple of years have been insufficient to maintain and operate the lift at desired levels. Here on the right side of the slide, we have highlighted the Emerald Line where service has been reduced as a result of funding shortfalls. Without an alternative or additional funding source, service reductions will continue and it is unlikely that the lift will be able to support the new development currently happening in West Mountain. This is where we move to our proposed solution for the town's transportation funding shortfalls. We propose to create a regional transportation authority for Grand Park's West Mountain development.

However, we view this proposal as a pilot initiative. The town can evaluate its effectiveness and make and and the public and community support and then determine whether broader implementation makes sense for other areas that could use additional transportation authority um authorities or services. So, what is a regional transportation authority? So, let's back up a little bit. A regional transportation authority is a type of local government separate from its members that can provide transportation systems and address transportation needs in a particular region. A regional transportation authority consists of a combination of governmental entities uh which could include counties, municipalities, and special districts. The proposed members of the Grand Park West Mountain Regional Regional Transportation Authority would be the town of Frasier, the West Mountain Metro Districts, and Buyers View Metro District. Regional Transportation Authority has essentially the same powers as its members as they relate to transportation. For our proposed regional transportation authority, we envision the authority expanding upon the current public transportation system within Frraasier by supporting the West community, West Mountain community. In addition, such authority would operate and maintain that system such as maintaining the vehicles, facilities and equipment. And it would also manage the network supporting that transportation system by setting routes, establishing schedules, hiring drivers, mechanics, etc.

As the town would be a member, it would be a partner in establishing this system. However, we intend for Grand Park to provide an to provide to provide early program funding to allow for the system implementation. As you can see here in the left hand bottom corner of this slide, regional transportation authorities can also enable major transportation infrastructure. This means that the authority can also address another component of the town's transportation needs, which is connecting the West Mountain community to the northern base of the Winter Park ski resort. This would include a gondola and parking areas, which has the broader effect of alleviating parking pressure for the town's residents and visitors overall. map on this slide depicts what that proposed bus system could look like for the West Mountain development. As you see here, the red stars are the proposed bus stops. And next on this slide is what that potential gondola connection would look like. Winter Park is on the north side um of the map and the West Mountain Development is on the bottom half of the map here. So, north is on the pointing down. The gondola connection is highlighted or dotted in red. You all can see that. I know it's kind of small. Now let's discuss the funding options

that are available to these types of authorities. Regional transportation authorities can collect service-based revenue such as fees, tolls, and user charges. These authorities can also impose a separate property tax levy of up to 5 mills. This connects the property owners that are within the regional transportation authorities boundaries with the system and their contributions towards that system and um given that they would benefit. Additionally, regional transportation authorities can impose sales and or use taxes and visitor benefit taxes up to 2%. These types of taxes target the visitors and non-residents that will benefit from the transportation system from the transportation system. And then on the bottom right hand corner are a couple other sources of revenue including a $10 annual vehicle registration fee that the that the authority can impose and collect. and then and then the authority can also issue bonds to finance the infrastructure to support the system. Next, we're going to turn to the organizational procedure for regional transportation authorities. First, the proposed members each hold two public hearings regarding the formation The members then enter an agreement to create the transportation authority and this sets forth the governance, the rights, responsibilities and powers of the authority. That agreement is then

sent to the entities listed here for review and comment. And then finally, an election is held and the registered voters within the regional transportation authorities boundaries vote on the questions of the formation, the approval of the agreement and the debt and taxing powers of the authority. Summary. We believe that a regional transportation authority is a feasible option to address the town's transportation funding challenges. The authority will provide additional funding sources with property owners, visitors, and users all contributing. This lessens the burden on the town's existing transportation funds, and it creates a solution that can be replicated elsewhere in the town. The regional transportation authority can be both sustainable and allow for beneficial and creative solutions for other transportation and traffic related issues the town is experiencing such as by building the gondola connection that I mentioned earlier. Thank you for your time and attention this evening. We both um Clark and myself are available for questions and and and welcome any feedback and direction from the board. Thank you.

Thank you, Nicole. And and thank you to Michael and and Brian for putting this on the agenda. Um our goal was to provide lay this out there and and explain how these can be created and that this is kind of the initial step. Um, what we know is we need at Grand Park transportation. Um, and we know the situation the town's in with the transportation system. And frankly, the last thing I want to be dealing with on top of everything else is transportation. But it's very important to um our community, to our real estate sales, to the people living in our community, uh, and for them to know um, are they going to have transportation? and are they not going to have transportation? So, this is timely uh because we're just about to do our first uh new subdivision. It's a custom home lot project called the Overlook with 79 home sites. And uh we believe it's in everybody's interest if you want to pursue this to get this in place um at least where it can be fully disclosed because I think the election would be in November. uh but to get something in place sooner than later because not at this meeting. Obviously, we need to do some more work. But the goal was to see if you all had any questions. See if this is something that the board supports before we go further. Um and you know, I guess the best way I can say it is I don't know what I don't know on this yet,

but what I do know is transportation is important and it's important to real estate sales. It's important to our business community. Um, and we're trying to be solutionoriented with some of the challenges that your current system and how it's operated and funded, uh, works. Um, a system in Grand Park is going to, and this is West Mountain only, by the way. So, this is purely there's one owner, you know, us. It takes two votes. Um, the it's going to evolve. um early on you're not going to have much of a tax base. You're not going to be much of much revenue. There's also not going to be much transportation need. Um and it's also probably not per to be running giant buses up to the neighborhood. So, um again, we're trying to move forward with some ideas and some solutions knowing full well we're have to figure this out. But first step of figuring it out is establishing the entity of which we would want a board member from the town on um and probably our homeowners association uh as well another board seat. And so these are all things that we would want to work out. Okay. Any questions. Um, Clark, when do you when do you think you guys, if this is something the board is is uh approachable to? What do you guys would see as far as like a service plan timeline? when you guys think you could actually draft like a service plan and and you know we could h we'd be happy to host workshops for how that service plan could look

and ultimately how those funds would be used to address public transportation while balancing things like you know the vehicle vehicular transportation and the gondola you know project that you're working on as well. Yeah, and let me just touch on the gondola. Um, this is an idea that dates back to when we first acquired the property. Um, and it's been investigated and and this is not um, uh, an alternative to what Winter Park's proposing. Let me just be very clear on that. Um, when we acquired the Denver Waterborne property and pre-inter west, there was actually access through to what was a parking lot that had a venicular that went to the Pioneer Lift. And some of you that have been here a long time might remember those master ski area plans. We think uh it is important to provide one parking for uh our challenged parking situation at our ski area. Uh we think it alleviates some some traffic issues on the 40 and and the underpass is what really makes that possible. Um and providing direct access to the northwest side of the ski area could be you know hugely beneficial for the ski area as well. Um so we looked at that as uh complimentary to what other methods are being proposed by Winter Park. Um, and it purely is a transportation piece. That is in my mind uh a lower priority. I think uh um if somebody said that's a high priority, we'd make it a high priority really quickly. But I need other people to cooperate and and agree to do that kind of a plan. Um the immediate need and the immediate purpose uh would be uh physical bus type you know van type transportation like you know whether it's you know kind of think hotel shuttles you guys have all been in hotel shuttle vans right we think that's probably the initial phase uh something

fairly modest fairly small very easy to operate not very expensive to operate um so again it's one of those things that would evolve Michael and I think we would u we would want to structure of course to be able to do a gondola and other means of transportation that may come about come about. But I I think Nicole uh what kind of time frame do you think you could uh prepare a plan that we could submit to the town if the board was supported?

We'd be willing to work within whatever timing the board allows. If if we can get on a schedule in the near future, we can we can turn around an establishment agreement for the town to review rather quickly. Hey, I would not support um additional fees on our sales tax. I we just can't shuts down everything.

And the expenses, this would be something we'd have to take a look at. thinking about the huge investment that Winter Park has made in the new facility and the amount of buses. I know that Graanby recently took over their transportation system. Now they're looking at 100 plus thousand a year for a new executive director and um the the costs are just exponential. Personally, I would like to see us be able to come up with some better funding solutions overall. um that would help us support probably I don't maybe something the degree you want there but not there's no other neighborhoods up here. Does Rendezvous get that kind of service?

No. Yeah. So I mean realistically um it's anyway rendevous has full bus service and it wasn't cut at all. Well I know but they're on the main just on the main um arterial street right there. Well it doesn't go to the top. it doesn't go to it just go to the Anyway, the expense is a huge concern and I don't think we can load anything else onto our um sales tax. So, that's just an option. So, you know, you could do a bunch of things or one thing or whatever. Yeah, it's worth looking. I don't I don't shut it down.

That's why here we're we're looking to alleviate an expense. Our proposal in this is to take this off the town's plate of responsibility. You this would partner how does that this would relieve your budget of expanding transportation on the west mountain which is also in your comprehensive plan. Okay. So maybe that wasn't clear in the presentation.

This means that the lift would not go up the mountain. Um, we would create our own transportation system that would get people to the Safeway, to the ski area, or potentially to other lift stops. Um, and uh, what another thing that kind of promulgated this was a number of things, but um, we were requested in our FPD submittals to do a full transportation plan for the West Mountain. Uh we also recently in our apartment submittals were asked by the county to do a full transportation plan for a transportation system that doesn't exist and and to put in bus stops and things like this and and that was a little bit awkward. And that's really what started to drive this thought process even more is we do these plans and these studies but we're sitting there going okay this is all great putting all these plans on paper. Um however um the lift cannot be expanded. In fact, you're contracting it and it needs some financial overhaul more likely than not, right? I mean, something has to give. Um, and given that we have 30 plus miles of roads and I don't know how many bus stops up the mountain, uh, this became one of the kind of most prominent I've been asking I think since October. not beating you guys up, but basically I started sending this in October um after we did that the big transportation plan and and I think that our goal was not to we're trying to alleviate a burden for the town. We're trying to not add something to your plate. If you didn't want a board seat, fine with me. Um this would be, you know, as you guys know how I do things that's entrepreneurial, spirit driven. We figure it out. there will be no $100,000 directors running the Grand Park RTA. No way, no how.

Um, so that that's I think a key component that I would just want you to understand. Yeah. And just just a point of clarification is the 2% sales tax and that 5 mil levy on the property taxes would be for these geographic boundaries. That's right. They would not apply to like Safeway or anything else in town. It would be set on a geographic boundary for like future sales tax generating lodging units, commercial properties that would be located in West Mountain of Grand Park that would not be applicable to the rest of the business community or the residents that would be paying those taxes unless they were to go and

you know uh stay at the lodging or engage in commercial, you know, storefronts and such like that in that West Mountain area alone. So that would not increase the sales tax here in the rest of Frasier, just that portion. Yeah, I think that even applies to your $10 per car regation. Again, it's just within the res. Yeah. All it is is an add-on just for that specific area. So, so literally we're no impact from my perspective to the town and and a potentially really good solution for addressing what is a big quandry. If we go really fast up the West Mountain,

um there's no way that the lift. I mean, it just can't, right? I mean that's obvious and we know that and and you guys know that it's no secret. I mean we're we're we're truly trying to create uh a solution that maybe sets a platform and understanding we're going to figure a lot of stuff out but you know we figure stuff out

we figure stuff out and and we'll make some mistakes. I can promise you we'll make mistakes and but but we're always, you know, able to kind of fix our mistakes and and um and I think we can create a pretty robust unique system that can can serve this area very well and and in a way it should enhance the income of the town because it's going to without this system the people that are living up there getting to town are either driving their cars um or figuring out some other way to get to town. So, you know, our goal is let's get them down to our restaurants, our breweries, our bars, the grocery store, ski area. Um, let's help get them there and their kids. Uh, kids are the big one, really, frankly. Um, so that that's the goal. And, um, you know, there's there's nothing in this for me other than more work, and I don't need any more work, guys. Um, so I mean, just but but I think it's that important that we need to figure it out. And and we've got Nicole's extremely smart. Um, the platforms have been done before. It's allowed by state law. Um, uh, I think it just makes sense. Um, but zero added expense to it.

The way I looked at it, Katie, was it it should alleviate the town of a responsibility to serve that area. That's our goal. Yeah. Take it off your plate. Okay. So, Clark, it says funding options. There's several four. Um, are you going to use all of them? No, Peggy. Up for discussion. This is generic. Uh, and what Nicole did was lay out what's allowed under state regulations.

Okay. So, totally optional. Um, and I think, you know, that would be if you guys said this makes some sense, I think next step is let's go start putting some ideas on on how this evolves, right? and getting some numbers put to it from our perspective. Um, this will have to be subsidized early on. Um, and it could be subsidized through us. It could be subsidized through our service areas in our HOA. Um, they can contract and do very much like Winter Park Ranch as an example has HOAs that pays the lift for service. That's those are things that can be done early stage when you don't have a property tax base. These are all custom home lots. So, think like I did Leand Creek. This is Leland Creek 2. I did that 20 years ago and it's just now getting to where it's built out, right? So, I mean, a lot of property tax base in there today, but early on it, you know, took a while and this will take a while, but you know, doing custom home lots, great for a custom home builder community, right? It's going to give them a lot of stuff to build. But but it will take a much longer time to build property tax base in in a custom home lot neighborhood than if we're building the product, right? So, and I'm not building this product.

So, I'm everybody in town's talking about you. We all want to know when you're going to start. Aren't they always? They are. They're all good. They want to know what what they can start. Is that a good thing or is that all good? And look, so you know, when I read all this, I I had a vision in my head that it was uh ski area, but you just made it sound like it was a little bit more open. Would that shuttle be taking them to Safeway and uh to the DDA area and Okay.

Yeah, I think early on, and I know there's ways to do this. Um we have shuttle service, for instance, and we have a similar community in Mexico that's a pretty big community, and we have shuttle services, and you can book the shuttle on your app. So I think um early on we probably create a an appbased system uh for homeowners that's more you know one van and it's you know I mean it's that early stage and maybe you have some scheduled pickups but not that often and you keep your cost very low and you manage it and you grow it and you know interestingly we did um as a company I was just starting with Tom 30 years ago uh we did uh the Hampton in on Tower Road. Um that was the first hotel on Tower Road out by DIA. So we built that and we built the Comfort Suites next door. Uh we sold the Micro Rotel parcel and had that built. We still own the diner, Best Food on Tower Road, by the give them a plug,

the the Toten Diner there. um we had to evolve uh similarly a transportation system and it was it was you know it was I can remember it was like one of the debates early on like how are we going to do this because at first you just had one hotel and it was really hard to justify the full-time bus there the van and there were no other hotels out there was nobody to collaborate with to partner with so it became a scale thing it became well let's go build another hotel it'll solve the bus system problem and then we then and so we ended up having at the end a shuttle system that served all three else. I don't see this as a whole lot different program, right? We just we'll be figuring it out as we go and as we need to add stuff, we add stuff. Um, if we need to pair it back and adjust it, we're, you know, we're pretty adept and and fluid and flexible and we'll adjust it.

Uh, so that I mean, I think it's got to be very organic and evolve uh with the neighborhood um early on. And then, you know, let's say we're fortunate enough to get a big hotel up there. Well, that's a game changer. So then that shuttle service changes dramatically but it is intended to go yes Ace Hardware Safeway uh basically the the what I envision the limits of its service area in terms of you we're going to have the funding area but then where it will drive right

needs to be Frasier to Winter Park that's it nowhere else I I frankly think that's one of the core problems with the current lift it's got to stretch too thin and I I think their mechanisms for building it etc. I don't I don't agree with and we don't need to get into that. But but I I've seen this happen. I saw it happen in Aspen with the Roaring Fork Transit Authority where they stretched themselves too thin too far and they almost went bankrupt and and it was originally approved to serve Aspen and Snow Mass, right? And so it's stretched, you know, all the way to Silt. And anyway, we don't want to have that. Um, we're thinking small entrepreneurial, you know, somewhat resident driven uh, in terms of their input and feedback and um, and I think with technology, we can create a a pretty robust little system. It's a small area.

It's not a big area. I know you're focused on West Mountain, but I I'm looking at the economics of it and I'm like, okay, if we eliminate the Emerald Line, which we probably won't, we combine it with something else because there's other stops and stuff. um the orange line. I don't know if that saves us even gets us in back into budget. So I mean are if you even put a lens on of the whole town or or Well, I think you know because I think even if you're presenting just for West Mountain, you probably ought to keep that lens in mind as well because I mean we'll save a little bit of money but I don't know if it's you know.

Yeah. A couple of things on that Adam. I think the um this can be built and structured so it could be expanded. So let's say the Grand Park West Meadow residents said, you know, we want to be on that system. We could potentially add it in. It would take cooperation with the town to do that and it would take a vote of those people that live there. That's kind of the beauty of doing this now before we sell stuff. Um we can put it in place and then people know this is what you're getting. Um so I think there's that flexibility. However, I think the Emerald Line, and this is where I think some of the math's not great for us in in the town. I'm saying us the town.

Uh the Emerald Line parallels Highway 40, right? The old Vic, think about it. Old Victory Road, I paralleled Old Highway 40. So, Whit Sun buses down Highway 40 when they could be picking people up running the same mileage. And frankly, mileage is wear and tear on the buses, not hours sitting there, you know. So, I think the Emerald Line makes a lot of sense with the road network we built in the West Meadow and and FRA, you know, the Fridge Valley Parkway, we built it, right? I mean, so um and and and not and don't put buses on the highway. I mean, keep them off the highway and have them go through. I think West Frasier should be served by that. Um I mean, Buyers Peak Ranch is certainly in the back of my head um because of the county saying, "Well, you know, we want both service there." Well, this system could very easily service the Buyers Peak Ranch area and it could be expanded over that very much so, but that would take uh an agreement with the county as well. Um, and I think all doable, but the initial idea and the initial start and effort is the West Mountain because again, we got to figure out a way to make the lift work for the town or an alternative for the town. And I think your um new comprehensive plan talks about expanding transportation. I don't think it necessarily keys in on expanding just the lift. I think it's just general transportation

multimodel. Yeah. So I mean I think this is kind of a a a an option. It's an option for you guys really. We're putting it out there and saying we're willing to go spend the money, try to figure this out. um put some ideas and some plans out there if you guys are open to looking at it with an open mind and and then we try to get it in place. Uh if you say heck no, great. Yeah, I know. And and then we got to figure out, well, what are we marketing um on the West Mountain when because it'll be one of the predominant questions. It's a it's a it's a prominent question. I mean, the realtors in the room, do you guys know transportation matters? Yeah. Hey, Lewis has a question. Lewis, do you want to jump in?

Yeah. Hey, Clark. Uh, hey Louis. Michael Michael might have touched on this already. I was just wondering in terms of the boundaries of the RTA, would that just be West Mountain or would it en encompass other areas? And then is this going to be, you know, a competition with the lift or is it is it totally totally independent uh venture that's going to serve as just West Mountain?

Yeah, good questions. Uh it's uh the funding area is only West Mountain. You know, it's approximately 1,200 acres. I mean, give or take. Um so purely our West Mountain boundary, nothing else. Um, and it would be independent of the lift um, and serving the residents that live in the West Mountain. So, it's it's not going to cost residents of Frasier or the rest of Grand Park any additional uh, tax revenues or anything else. Correct. Okay. Only West Mountain residents. No, it'd be complimentary to the existing system on Lewis.

Yeah. And Yeah. And Lewis, I don't know if you heard me talking to Katie's question, Katie Souls, but um the goal is to alleviate the responsibility and the expense of the lift going up the West Mountain and trying to service it, thereby saving the town of Frasier that expense.

Okay. What an interesting thought is, so you say we get this going and you've got microtransit and you got an app and everybody on West Mountain can use it, but what if somebody stays at the hotel and what if the town of Frraasier ch changes to a west to a microtransit model? Are we still if they call the the the lift, do we say go to the app or do we does the lift do the microtransit up? I mean, I think I think Yeah. Wait, you're way down the road. We have a hotel. We We've already had this conversation, so now I'm going beyond it. Uh, you know, in my mind, you know, at the at the hotel lodge, you have a QR code for transportation, and the QR code would go to the app for the West Mountain system.

Yeah. Okay. So, that you're not advertising the lift, you're advertising transportation for those hotels provided by the West Mountain RTA. Right. and and a QR most people are pretty good now with QR codes and scanning them and and they click on it and and and of course they if we are so lucky to have a hotel they go to the front desk too and they can ask them. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. So good thought. Um public meeting and you've mentioned gondola. People are going to be like what what's what's going on with the gondola? Like how realistic are we talking? like what I mean there's got to be a lot more hoops that you have to jump through, but where does it stand I guess?

Yeah, there's a lot of hoops. Um well, I can tell you that I looked at it with a former ski area president and he was pretty like this is like way easier than what Winter Park's trying to do. Few people know how Grand Park wraps around the west side of Winter Park and we actually abut the area boundary. Um and the Pioneer lift is not far. It's uh that that red line on there is a little over 13,000 lineal feet and it's horizontal. It's not going uphill. So, it's a way more uh it's a way less costly gondola than if you're trying to go to, you know, the top of Hughes. You know, you're not it's totally different. It's a people mover, right? and and and so you know our understanding and knowledge of the very very little bit of research we've done is not anywhere near what Winter Park is looking to spend and also without the impediments of a railroad. Um and I don't know they have lots of impediments on that one that I know they're working through and they'll probably get through all of them but it is complimentary to it. Um, I think one of the biggest challenges on that deal is quite honestly you've got an existing 200 car parking structure that's largely used by the businesses that are already there. I used to be in that building and to to spend that kind of money um that transportation center idea has really really got to to work. Um, and and because, you know, I I think people want to drive their cars. Um, and and and I mean, personally, if I'm loading my kids and my gear and stuff up in my car, I'm not going to another spot to get on something else that's going to take me somewhere else to go to somewhere. You know what I mean? And I know that's their idea is like, let's put parking lots along the highway and have transit pick them up and then they go to the bus. I mean, that's planes, trains, and automobiles. And as an American culture, I mean, that's just not, you know,

you're in transportation. It's not realistic. People want the fastest point, fastest way from point A to Z. So, that idea was floated, um, long time ago. Um, and, you know, hasn't gained any real ground. Um, I think it's a cool idea. Um, we had an 8 and a half surface acre parking lot proposed. We could do it bigger. It's in a big flat area. Um but you could you could have a huge Yeah. where this would where the base station would be, right? So you could have a huge parking lot. Huge.

Um and so rather than people, you know, think about the congestion that goes through the town of Winter Park. This could alleviate that, right? I mean, they just basically turn off, go up under the underpass, and you know, a little ways up the hill and they're in a parking lot. So it's a neat idea. Um and um you know if if the ski area said yeah that's a great idea let's do it. Um then we would be all in and we would make it happen. Um and Clark just a note um you know Winter Park did just complete last year a transit study

and I think part of that study is uh park and ride models and such like that or park and you know ride models. Um, so if you don't have that study, maybe that's something that could help with your justification and conversations with them.

No, and I think the um I think when it really starts to merit make a lot of sense for them and have a lot of merit for them is when they do the expansion. Um, I mean, let's just be honest, we all go to this area and it's like, you know, trying to put the people through the wrong end of the funnel and where does everybody want to go to the, you know, far back west side. Uh, and everything's jammed up right there at the bottom. this, you know, I I really think having a Mary Jane access, a Winter Park base area access and a north side access. Allah, you know, Jerry Gwald kind of pre-intent west plan, Gary Def Fran was there, that makes a lot of sense for this ski area. Um,

we have to get them to get on board with that idea. Katie, you were there for a long time, so you know about all those plans. So, this this is just a means to be able to maybe deliver on on that idea. And I I see more and more gondilas being used in uh urban settings for transportation like moving people you know and they are pretty efficient to move people. I mean there's no argument about you can move a lot of people pretty effectively uh when cars are just continuously showing up. And I will say our idea and we drew this to the top was to go straight across and then have build a turn station and then from there it'd be up to this area but go straight to the top of Vasquez instead of I think they have five lifts on their current plan if I remember right. Um and you it's kind of all a wild blue and steamboat which has been frankly a game changer there and that takes all the beginners to the beginner area turn station straight to the top of the mountain and it it seriously I mean when they turn that on it was game changer

uh in terms of the congestion at the bottom and moving people on the mountain and getting them around and I see this as being a potential similar approach. So this is just this would give us another means and mechanism to be able to deliver that. Yeah. Pretty cool. Gordon, your thoughts on I just look forward to hearing information. Yeah, I guess we'd like to see numbers.

Yeah, some actual information we essentially have to kind of create like a draft skeleton of a service plan before we can really I think kind of get some numbers stuck to it. Um, so we'll we'll keep working with them on that and uh keep it moving along and uh and we do have some some counsel that will be helping us with this that we've identified too, right?

Um and um yeah, I mean the further further away you get from Highway 40, the more expensive it does get to provide that service. Um and it is challenging and we are working with uh Winter Park on looking at some some real cost efficiencies um with moving things forward with next winter season service and summer service um and then looking at hopefully renegotiating more favorable IGAs that make more sense um for everybody. So uh but this again allev the town's burden for the transportation. I think there's no, you know, there there's no there's no concerns about expanding public transportation. I think it's a valuable thing to have in the community. Um and uh if there's a means that can do it that alleviates the town's burden on that

um existing 1% sales tax um that's used for transit trails and capital projects, not just for transit, but transit's taking it all. And um I think it's definitely worth the town pursuing. So having those public hearings, having the public engagement component of it, looking at some good service plans that would, you know, be effective and um just having a good IGA that really supports the goals of of what we're all trying to do here, I think is really the way forward. Yeah. Cool. One more question. Uh when he asked Gondola, you mentioned Jerry and Barry. Have you talked to Sky?

Um no. No, I haven't. Um, I did talk to Tom Kerry and CA at the one of their open houses in the headwater center. I think it's the headwater center, one across from my office. Um, during one of their presentations and and we've sent this to them. Um, and they uh didn't they misunderstood and thought we were proposing that in lie of winter parks gone. That's why I prefaced everything with this is in addition to. Yeah. and we've since clarified that with them that no this is more of a complimentary um component right

there's some work to do on that front I think Adam to you know because I mean there's operational changes that they have to make there's a whole lot of stuff uh entailed but I think it could be a a beneficial and we don't want to slow down whatever they're trying to achieve with the town of Winter Park either you know so um but this is a means to an end to be able to achieve that and I I think as a community goal if we had a gondola access from Frasier to the ski area. Pretty freaking cool. Would be pretty cool. So um but anyway that's that's it. So y'all want me to go work further on this? Yeah. You think this is something that we should go pursue? Or expectations of timeline? Are you guys looking at a

I mean my expectation is we would try to hit a November election. So it would be running gun. I mean, you're Nicole, if you know, we give her the green light, she'll go create just two voters, though. Yeah, there's two votes. Your vote in mine to get on the ballot. There's actually one, Peggy, for the election. It's kind of weird, but yes, there's there will be one vote for the election. Uh, but to get it on the ballot, we need the town Nicole, is that correct? It's it's us and the town that need to agree, right?

Correct. Correct. The the districts and the town need to agree on the agreement. And then there's an election of the voters which is would just be whoever's residing in the districts which is one essentially. Well, yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Great. Well, thank you guys again for the time and I appreciate you guys getting it on the agenda and Nicole, thanks for being on. Thank you again for letting me attend virtually. Hope to see you all soon. Okay. Thank you. Thanks, Nicole. All right. Thanks everybody. Bye. Thanks for

appreciate it. All right, moving on to resolution 2026 0502 authorizing the building department to extend the building permits for 78 and 118 Market Street.

Good evening, mayor and trustees. I'm Alan Celiff, assistant town planner. My slideshow up. Just got a few slides to go over here. So, um, the board packet with the items was mostly a rehash of the materials presented last October when the building permits for, uh, the Market Street buildings were most recently extended. Um, a few updates in here and photos to kind of catch us up to speed. So again, um we're here the building permits were previously um extended in October 2025 for six months from the end of October to the end of April. Um we did administratively approve a 10day uh extension just to get us to this first meeting in May. Um so we're discussing for direction and then we'll hopefully be able to implement um any approved extension by the end of this week. The applicants provided a status letter um explaining kind of the nature of the remaining work um uh updates on what's remaining the the completion status. Uh they're citing 70% approximately of the exterior materials. um sighting, masonry, any final finishes. There's remaining work on the awnings and porch. And I've got a few photos here coming up after this to help um put it into context. Um but the awnings and porches, the roof materials, and then just to as a clarification, the surrounding site work isn't currently anticipated to be captured by these permit. These permits are intended for the core and shells of the building, not

ultimate habitation. and there'd be further permits that would have to come in to complete the tenant fit out. So, at that point, uh site work would be completed. Um and then just off the bat, given the progress made on these buildings, we're recommending the permits be extended to allow uh completion hopefully over the summer. So, the applicant or the developer provided a few photos of these are in the packet. They're kind of zoomed in photos of the a few angles of the building. they show some of the more intricate masonry work um that's gone into the exteriors of these buildings and find that it's taken um these take a bit more time to complete. Um and then some photos from today just out their current status. Uh this is from Highway 40 looking across the street. The bulk of I believe this is the south building um facing Highway 40. Exterior materials are complete. There's still some remaining work on the porches and awnings. Um and then this is the rear of that building that also has a bulk of the work done, but um some of the exposed roofs on the porches incomplete. And then this is the south building from Highway 40. Um see the section in the middle there that doesn't have final exterior materials. And then that same section on the west side um of the building. So just to recap the previous approval um October uh 2025 180 days the conditions associated with that u included payment of use tax for the building permits for construction building materials that hadn't previously been required um or paid up to that point. Um those were that was a condition of the permits being extended and that was paid at the end of October and then condition that the plats for the property are reported which is uh currently incomplete.

So what's the hold up on that?

So I'll provide a little status here and then we can check with the output with the developer of course work but um currently the plat the property that the plats are on part of the larger village of Grand Park area currently unplatted. Um the final plat was approved covering these lots and surrounding areas in April 2025. We did get submitts in April and May 2025 and had a few outstanding comments uh both from staff and then from our referral agencies Mountain Park and XL. Uh so it's mostly been in a holding pattern frankly in terms of resubmitts. We haven't received a new resubmittal since um May 2025 um and not since the last permed extension. I believe the crux of that was um inability to to work out XL easements um on the site. Um we've since had further discussions not only on this development but other developments in order to at least come to an understanding about recording plat um without current Excel language implemented into it. Uh we're we're clear and Excel's um at least aware of of um the issues there and and have an objective for town staff to proceed with the recording once we're able to um to finalize the details on kind of the remaining items which were mostly um kind of consistency issues between the specific plat 11 A and 11B. There were some inconsistencies with the final plat, some hypographical errors, and then some of the utility concerns that back in in uh May of 2025 hadn't been resolved yet. This is just a carryover slide from the last extension, but um stating that per the adopted building codes with our local amendment amendments, um traditionally the building official

would be authorized to grant an extension of um not more than 180 days. In this case, previous extensions were granted on the condition that the board of trustees received this. So, we're we're bringing it forward again consistent with previous extension requests. And then just to point out that it doesn't need to be the full 180 days. Shorter extensions um or longer could be permitted um by the board. So we're staff were um bring forward the one remaining condition from October regarding the plat that be completed prior to um the certificate of completion for the building shells and then if it for 180 days out to early November. So that concludes my presentation. Um, I can help address any comments and grant park here.

It seems to me like the solution is to grant the extension but make that record a contingent on recording ahead of time potentially. Yeah, we could that way we each get the recording. I would say in the short term since the building permits expiring on Friday,

we would want at least a shorter extension of that to allow that to continue and then some reasonable amount of time for the final plat earlier than the full building permits. So, we might have to tweak the approval uh resolution if we want to go down that route. Seems like it takes care of both of our issues. Time and and that's recorded. Well, and a lot of the recording, you know, issues have been with, you know, discussions with Excel and capacity and and and, you know, their ability to provide service in certain areas of the valley, which has kind of become some somewhat of an issue as well. Um, so it sounds like we have that resolved and now I think it's just really just minor changes to uh these uh these plats to get them finalized and recorded. Um, so, um, I I would let the developer kind of speak to, you know, you know, weighing things for construction and and getting things recorded and what they see is a feasible timeline on that.

Any other questions for for Alan before we have the developer come up? Thank you. So, um, yes. So, Clark, do you want to answer that that one first?

Yeah. Uh, hey Clark. Clark Lipkcom. Um, Allan, good presentation. Thank you, uh, for doing that. Uh, sorry to be wasting everybody's time. Uh, you can't rush Picasso, right? So, uh, seriously, I mean, the brick work, ask that girl, ask that girl how we've designed the finishes on these buildings, okay? Because it's not in the plans, right? I mean, seriously. And uh, and it it's, you know, they're turning out really cool. They're great. I'm not happy. Uh the reason the only reason that the roof materials are all there uh the only reason the porch roofs aren't on is because I'm still not happy with uh the wood siding components. I think it's it's a bit blah. Uh and doesn't have I know Peggy, you don't like western. I love western, right? So uh it doesn't have that western flare that I want.

Uh the brick nailed it. The stone's really great. The pre-cast caps that go on the parapits are there. They're going to look awesome. Um they uh so you know the crew's moving along. I mean you know unfortunately we we extended a building permit from October to April for mostly masonry work and stone, right? I mean you know you saw the guys out there tenting and hey it's Frasier. We're used to it. We just go year round. I mean that's what you do whatever it takes, right? So um but u I think that you know the crew it's a local crew that's doing this. They've never done brick work like that ever. I mean, that's one of those where I'm like showing them pictures and I'm saying that's I want this there and like never done that, but I'll I'll try to do that. I think I can do that, right? And so, I mean, that's literally how this has happened, guys. And and it's, you know, I think they're going to be showpieces when they're done. I truly think it's going to be, you know, one of the coolest buildings that there is. Um, and uh, we we have all the building inspections, like you know, roof dryins on the porches. That's all inspected and and and porches really are kind of irrelevant for the shell. We could put the roofing on there. I just don't want ciders walking all over my nice metal standing seam roofing.

Uh, doing details that I want. I don't think that's a good idea. Yeah.

And I don't think it matters, right? Right. I mean, I I want to get the blue covered up and and the ice and water shield that we have on there, that's good for like 18 months exposed the the product that we use. So, I feel, you know, it's fine. Um but as far as the plat um we've been held up on a lot of plats um predominantly due to this Excel issue and and and I have been headtohead for months uh and months and kind of relentless um and and finally agreed uh you know we don't have to have Excel and moreover they're saying they may not even be able to services and it's a real predicament. Um I sent a letter to the county commissioners about it. Uh we're probably about to have the uh builders association involved. Uh we're back to the, you know, seven years ago the issue we had in Winter Park where they literally like, "Oh, we can't provide gas service." Um and out of the blue, right? And they knew that then they knew what we were doing. Why are they not planning this stuff? So, I don't want to belabor the Excel issues or turn this into a meeting about them, but but we truly have been going back and forth uh with them um endlessly. And my point is they're a referral agency. Just because it's a referral agency doesn't mean Frzer has to agree to them. You don't have to agree with a referral agency, right? It's your town. It's our town. Uh and we have our codes and there's nothing that says that we have to agree with any referral agency. We can agree to disagree and go keep developing our town, which is kind of what we're doing. Um so, you know, with this note thing behind us, we can we can do that. I I I just have one question, Adam, though. What's the urgency to record the plat? I'm not selling the buildings. I don't have any tenants for the buildings and I'm just curious, you know, what is the urgency for doing it?

Well, the boss is I mean, I just want it done. Yeah, I want it done. But process, but I mean, we own the whole parcel that it sits on right now. And so, I don't think it's a

it's not like some urgent pressing thing. And just so you know, we pay the property taxes on those buildings. They get they're taxed differently than the rest of our property. Just so you guys know, I think Peggy had mentioned property taxes at one point. So, our tax bill, as you can pull up, are large parcel and it has those two buildings on that parcel, but taxed as just conventional buildings. Okay? So, but it's percentage complete, right? They the tax assessor takes, you know, where you're at on it and that's how they value the building. So, it's not a tax issue. Um, and if we were going to convey them, I agree 100%. they need to be recorded. I think we just want to get it done right. Uh and we probably need to just, you know, get the surveyors to do an update and a refresh on whatever remaining comments there were.

Uh and get it over to uh your team to review it and then it could be recorded. Okay. Still the final condition. So you should be able to get it done the next 180 days. Oh yeah. No, but that was one of the final conditions currently to get a CO to get and you're not getting a CO. That's what's really weird about you're getting a completion certificate effectively, I think, is what it will be because it's a shell. Yeah. Um and uh and then we'll be coming in like uh Ski Broker will be the first tenant. Oh, cool. Right. So, that's going to be, you know, hopefully getting implemented here soon uh designwise and getting going on on its new space. Um I saw sign designs today. That was cool. Nice to see sign designs on a building that you're putting up.

Awesome. So, let's stop right there. Yeah. Come along. You have anybody else that's interested over there? Bring them. Come on, Julie. You're a realtor. Ring them. You know, really, so to be quite honest, guys, we could have filled this whole building with office. That's the last thing I want to do. Yeah. Um, we built these things to be more of an entertainment central area. You got the bowling alley theater on one end. I got the rec center on the other. Uh I like to eat. So, you know, my office is right there. It's convenient to my office. That dance club in there. I'll come out and boogie with you.

I mean, we we have I don't think y'all have seen them, but we we have I mean, your realtors are happy to come. You're welcome to come see this stuff. But we've done some really, really cool conceptual layouts of the space of some ideas that we would like to see in there. Um, we don't have any user. We've shown people, but we don't have anybody immediately. I do think when we finish them, when we paint them, uh, that's going to create a little bit more activity, but there's a lot of empty space in town, guys, that you can move in like now. I mean, there's empty space everywhere.

So, you know, that's going to be a challenge for us. Um, I'm up for it and and we're prepared for it. But I also want the right users. you know, I don't need to put somebody in there and spend a fortune and they blow out a year later. We got to make sure that we get the right people. Um I I I tried to get Peggy's Cafe in there. Uh she can tell you the story. I'm still working with them. Yeah.

All these Yeah, she can tell. Michael can tell you the story. Um it's not easy. I mean, you know, running businesses in this town, uh is a challenge, uh quite honestly, and I think anybody looking here understands that. And uh and we, you know, we have to sell them on it. and and we do need more critical mass. Those buildings, quite honestly, could be a little bit early uh to the market, but you know, I I think they're going to prove out to be really awesome. And then we're working on uh the parcel across the street when we're finished with all this stuff and clean up the construction. That parcel will will come together in a big big way. And it's it's going to like the designs we have to add and what we're trying to get put down there is going to be really cool.

It's basically like a big green right right across from the building. So, which is pretty neat. So, so Clark, um, we would love to help you lease your space. Bring it. And I think it would be really nice if you finish the landscaping because I don't think anybody's going to want to move into a building that doesn't look like it's finished. Well, the nice thing, Peggy, is we can modify the patios and things like that still for that user. That's the beauty of it. Well, you could maybe just put grass down and then you could say we could tear that grass up and put or better rock something that beautiful all the input you can give me on ideas. I bet he's going to do what he can to get everything. We're open to ideas.

Just remember that landscaping season's in the summer. Masonary season usually is not in the winter. So, we've got summer and you've got a window. I'll remind you we built the rec center in the winter and all the masonry was done landscaping in February. So, let's see. Anyway, uh can I can I just make a a motion to approve this resolution so you get another 180 days to get this work done? Thank you. Got a question. I make a motion to approve resolution 2026502. Um further discussion and and Lewis has his hand up. Yeah.

Yeah. I had I had a question. So hypothetical question. What happens in six months if this is not done? and maybe to the board or he's got to come back to Clark. But you know what? We all want it completed, but you know, we want an end point. We want this done and we don't want to be revisiting this another six months.

I don't think we have any control over that. I think he wants to get it done and um we don't want to slow him down at this stage. So, no days. So, maybe it's a question for Clark. Is this a top priority? You're going to get it done in six months or are we going to be looking at this in another six months?

Well, Lewis, I think Katie made a very solid point that get out of my way and let's go. Um, you know, unfortunately, I spent too much of my time uh dealing with paperwork and legal documents and other things when I could be, you know, showing my brick guys photos because that's how we're doing this. um because our design drawings are not at a level that you can do what we're doing with by just giving them to a a mason as an example. So, uh I can tell you Lisa just said she's going to move if they're not done in six months, I think. Is that is that right? Yeah. And uh

so really likes it. I think if you think that there's not a lot of work being done or that there's not efforts on this, then why don't you ask Lisa and I think she can uh maybe give you a little bit of a education on on Yeah, you can go hang out with her. She just offered you can come hang out with her and see that's that's about all she does right now is trying to manage uh getting my finishes the finishes I want on that building. Okay. All right. Yeah. Okay. So, that's a yes. Yes. That's the goal. Um it's we have a motion and it's been seconded. Um all in favor I I Any opposed? Okay, you go guys.

Thank you everyone. Yeah, thanks all. Okay, last but not least, Sustainable Communities Plan. Katherine Ross hiding in the corner back there. Yeah, thank you, Catherine. having fun. I kind of bad keeping you late, but it's still light outside and I'm just here for the entertainment. A lot of Yeah, a lot of interesting things. Before I start on the the community sustainability plan, I would like to have you be the first people to actually big time locally know that except for my chamber board because I have to tell them things first that the Beach Boys are coming September 2nd.

On September 2nd. Yes, indeed. Oh, fun.

So, the Randu Event Center and it'll be um a partnership with Ant Entertainment Group with AEG. They are taking the risk. We'll be we'll be working with them as partners to produce the show. Um there is Yes, there is one original Beach Boy. Mike Love is there's two still alive, one out touring. And this is their only Colorado show. They're on a celebrate 250 years of um of America tour and they'll be um singing all it's the 60th anniversary of now I can't remember the name or I should the name of the album but I'm too old to remember it. So um all the good songs all the good songs there will be chairs this will not be a standing up audience there this will be a sitting down audience but it will be fun. It's the middle of the week. It's everything everyone says we should do. It's in September in the middle of the week. It is ticketed and we're not risking a huge amount of public dollars on it.

All right. I like that. And they made announcement today on Colorado Public Radio, which obviously would be their audience. And we had like 12 phone calls today. We didn't even know they announced it. And there people calling to know were there going to be VIP seats? Was there early entrance? Was it Was there disabled seating? Was there disabled entrance? Yeah. So So there you go. You got I make a motion that we move the September 1st meeting to another September 2nd. Yeah. It's a real public forum.

It's an early evening show obviously because all people are coming. So, hey, maybe that'll make people stay for the week of Oh, I guess Labor Day is after that, but but he's got it on time. Are there enough? I have some more. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we got enough. That's exciting. That's really fun. Okay, so that's like not Can we not do the detail one? Can we do Yes, that would be lovely. Yes, we don't want to do the detail. no details. Okay.

There I made you all happy. So, let's just skip the rest of the present. Um, and you do know I hope you all know that we are trying to kick off I I will get to this. I promise. We are trying to kick off summer early trying to end the presently the winter. Um, but so uh we will be pushing any Memorial Day events. So, from May through June, we'll be doing a big push called Summer Come Sooner. And we have um a concert on the 23rd

23rd of of May with u Matt Carney and um he's a popular '9s type ' 90s early 2000s artist and u we're looking forward to that. That's a free show. The Beach Boys is not a free show. Do not think of that. No. Um, but yeah, so that's so we're trying to and we are trying to get all the businesses to tell us what they might be doing early, what kind of specials or deals or any of those things. Um, the ski resort may be opening early for biking and slide. It's a We'll see. Unless it snows,

but I'm not saying it. The truth is and um and when I we were asked to do this, we agreed to do it and I said that I was pretty sure it would rain and snow and I asked to get credit for bringing precipitation and the day we would sign the contract with the musician was the day it started to rain and snow. So, okay. All right. All right. Good work.

You asked me to come. and the board asked me to come and go over the community sustainability plan, what it is, what it covers. Um, we put together a pretty highlevel presentation for tonight, but attached to your information is a 42page document that I did not make copies of because it's a sustainability plan and that'll be silly. And I would be happy when you have time or questions and you want to go over details. um I'm happy to come back and answer those questions. So the way the plan works is that it's a high level plan. It was brought together by the um the communities um to bring to bring a plan together that we can all share. That's kind of our north star that documents things we say and things that the community at large values and works with, but isn't necessarily written down or documented or there's no formal way to to go and point to a plan that says this is why we do this. So that was the why the vision that's why the plan started. Um the vision is um and that's about the plan. The vision is the Warner Park and Frasier Valley is a diverse community that works together to protect and preserve the natural beauty of our area while creating a place where our residents thrive and visitors enjoy distinct mountain culture, rich heritage and amazing outdoors. There are um guiding principles. We hold the following ideals um together, Winter Park and Frasier Valley. And um the strategic decisions will strive to enhance the distinctive quality of life for all Winter Park Frasier Valley residents. Protect and preserve our

area's scenic beauty, environment, and natural resources. Ensure all forms of local infrastructure support the long-term needs of our residents and visitors. and cultivate a sustainable, equitable, and diverse year-round economic base. These higher level pieces were pulled together. We held several community meetings where there are about 30 people in the room from all the different entities in Werna Park and the Frasier Valley that have something to do with um how we live and work in Grant County. So everything from the Forest Service to government to nonprofits, HTA, there were grand foundation, wreck district, there were representatives from pretty much any nonprofit government entity that you can think of and this was in 2023 and they came up with the basic structure of this plan. So um you can imagine that you go you do your retreats and you come up with your goals for you all that know each other. So you can imagine that this was a process and we had a great consultant who got us to come up with the focus areas. what do we really want to focus? And the idea in building this plan was to create again to document how we as a community work together. Um we know we do this. None of this is surprising on what you see here for focus areas and strategic priorities. It's it's writing it down. It's being able to point at it. It's being able to hand this off to new board members or new people in our community to say, "Yes, this is what we do. This is how we make decisions. These are the values that these are the priorities in

in our communities to to make a not just a surviving community, but a thriving community." So, I'm not going to read those to you. Do you have any questions for me about if that do you think those don't make sense? They do make sense. It makes sense I think. Okay. So the first one is strengthen and diversify the economic base. So all of these success indicators are in the 42page document of details that have action steps on how we would actually get to see this these successes.

So that it all intertwines with each other in a giant matrix that is inside my head these days. It's interesting. Um, so you can see that really it's all those things. We want year- round employment. We want more tax revenue and we really want to diversify the kinds of businesses that are here. And the way we would do that, and we the pieces that we have to do that are things like working together to bring more uh more guests here, working to start to build a plan to bring more businesses here um as well as more residents through building affordable housing and better medical care and good schools that we can actually increase that. So all those action steps are in the detail. Um we want to improve infrastructure. So um one of the things that I came to you with a few months ago was the wayfinding program which we're moving on to step two. Um so that's one of the things that was identified that we needed to improve um our infrastructure pieces. We have we have a separate committee that works on infrastructure and they have spent a lot of time on water lately as so have you. So I don't know near as much about wastewater as you do, but I'm getting there. So um the infrastructure group's working on that. They've over they work on with the parking studies. they um and they also find ways it's a group of people like public works people that come together and Mountain Parks electric comes to that um sometime nobody from Excel they they don't show up in person so um but they they work together and they talk about what infrastructure needs we have and how can they work together to make things happen better together than in silos. So we a lot of what we do is trying to build those coalitions that work on things,

bring people to the table. We don't fix it. We just try to bring the people to the to the table. Um number three is strengthen the desirable characteristics of our community and enhance resident quality of life. Um, a lot of this in the details is making sure that we provide uh the needs that the comm that the full-time residents have and making sure that you know we do we do events that that work for them. Um, but more important like what what do they need? Some of this was some of it was um really like being able to say that people are satisfied with their community. And if you go into detail, a lot of it is some of the chamber things and the things that Sarah does here. Sarah Wick does uh protect our natural resources. So this one has a whole big group of environmentalbased people who are working on making things happen. So the s success factors will be really looking at um working towards the achievement of our zero waste goals looking at reducing carbon footprint and gases. Um water comes into this group a lot and public lands comes into this. How are we going? This group works on how are we going to solve these issues around the forest, the fed, the federal lands not being protected and how is the community going to come together. They have been working on those things and and they've been working um on with mountain parks comes and talks about and grant sustainable grant comes and really talking about how we can build sustainability into um pieces and there have been some big improvements with that as far as getting the word out on some of that work that happens. We've been able to learn things

and actually educate the community better on some of those pieces. Um the fifth focus is to promote the safety, health and wellness of residents and guests. Um so this is transportation. This is making sure the community satisfied. Um, also this is working with um the grant foundation and building hope grant and when and and the medical providers and making sure that people have access to medical care, mental health care and that that falls into this one which I think we've seen lots of progress in that area in the past few years and we will some more. So questions on the five areas concerns. So the way this works, the way the plan works is that and then I'll give you the updates. The way the plan works is that the whole plan was built. We have the governance group. They bring your issues to the table once a month in the governance meetings. They voice, hey, you know, Excel is doing that. This was this month. We have to work together to get Excel to pay attention and we're going to need to find a way to work together so that we have one voice so that we're more powerful with that particular utility. And they don't make any decisions and they don't decide they're doing something. What they do is brainstorm a potential solution and then they bring it to all of you and say, "What do you think? Should we work with Winter Park on Excel? Should we work with Winter Park in the county? Or should we just take them on ourselves? So, nothing ever gets decided in the governance meeting. It gets discussed what potential solutions might be

available to us as a commun as a community at large and then those ideas are brought back to you. So wayfinding was brought back to you before we move forward on a contract because everybody recognizes we don't know how to get to Winter Park Resort. So that those are the and we don't know where the Frasier River Trail is. None of those decisions were made in that room. They were brought back to you before actions taken. So that's the governance group. They also have asked to have different work groups set up. So the two work groups right now would be the infrastructure group. So they work on the detail pieces like can we work together on our wastewater treatment center and how we're going to deal with breweries or um is there is there a parking plan that we can work on together and not have to all do a parking plan. So it's a parking study. So they work on that and then the second committee is that environmental focus committee that's really building the action steps in that category um which include lots about public lands and water. There's a lot going on about water that know there's a lot the county is doing. There's a lot that we have to educate the community about and they're starting to identify that and then work on how to educate the community. Um and I think we'll see that accelerated greatly. We have a meeting this month, I think in May. I think we'll see a big acceleration on that because of the drought that we'll like start to focus on that and as a community get the word out, have whatever we can with one voice to people. So, what have we done so far? What kind of progress has been made by having this plan? Um these are just a few of the things as you can see the wayfinding parking management um and some of that's working to do the share the ride plan um increasing we know that we we take note that

funding affordable housing is important and everybody works on it together so that we're not duplicating which is good outdoor recreation management and you can see the rest that those are some of the things that the group has worked and brought back to you to work on together as a community. Um and then there are few highlights of the updates. Uh last year um in 2025 and we'll do it again in 2026 is that we do we did go out on Thursday nights and we talked to the community about this plan and put out the areas of focus and started to educate the community. Um and so we did that. Um we convened the environmental advisory committee and we drafted an update. there's a big update. It's the last page of your detail and um and we convene the infrastructure committee and we are beginning to work on stage two of wavefinding program. So when you that's the plan really high level questions concerns so Brian and Michael come now and in Winter Park I never know who it is. Okay. So, in Winter Park, it's Nick and John and AJ's coming some um just this month. Um and and we'll invite people to that meeting when it's appropriate. So, you know, when we talked about the utilities, there may be that we invite someone to come talk to us about that. Um Ed Ragner comes as your county commissioner representative. Sky Folks comes to have a voice from our economic driver community. Um, so that's that's Am I missing anyone?

No, that's pretty much it. Um, chamber

and it will eb and flow as concerns come up as long as this continues to be something that the community leadership wants us uh wants to do. the I've I've said this before, the chambers role is we are just the backbone. So, we call the meetings, we take minutes, sometimes we have to heard the cats a little bit and get them to focus on their discussions. Um, surprisingly, um, but that's that's all we that's what we do and then we try to put it together in a sensible form to keep it moving forward. Although it's um it's a you know kind of wild and woolly group and so whether or not we can keep them focused is not

Yeah. Well, it's wonderful that you bring all these different entities to the table to talk together about the common problems and look for common solutions.

But I I think I think we haven't talked to the big groups enough and so I'm glad you invited me to come because it's been when we first started it it came but that was 2023 so that was a long time ago. So, I think maybe we'll find a way that we can do better updates to keep everybody in the loop at what's happening once a month, right? And and we have to have the meeting before we can tell you because it doesn't always follow the agenda. I did have two of my team members come this week and they were like, "Are we going to the bar now when it got all done?" So, I said, "No, no, that wasn't a bad one." So, um, questions or concerns about what we're doing?

Thank you. Cool. Okay. The last thing I have for you, you're all invited. So, I think you all know that last year Winter Park and Frasier were officially designated as gateway communities to the Continental Divide Trail. Very excited about that. And June 4th, 5th, and 6th, we're celebrating that that new gateway status. And um we'll be having and we celebrate it on the same week, same days as National Trails Day. So National Trails Day is June 6th. So I'm going to pass these around to you. We'd love the group. It's a it's a collaborative crew and even someone from Grand Lake comes and so there'll be lots of activities. um we'll be putting it out online, but there's um there's a dark sky party, there's a hike, there's a group hike on the Continental Divide Trail maybe, or ski, not sure. Um and then there's a a week a weekend long scavenger hunt for families. There's a family activity on Saturday for kids to do at at um Cooper Creek Square. And then there's um a special film night Friday night. Saturday night at Winter Park Brewery. So, one event is here in Frraasier and the other event is in in Winter Park. Um, so it's there's lots to do and learn about the Continental Divide Trail. And we're excited to like be an official gateway community, both towns, to really get people to to see us, those different people who hike long distances. So, I'll pass these.

Is Grand Lake um a gateway community? Of course, we're just like that's what we have all the time. The trail goes through town. Oh, any other questions for me about what we're doing? As long as I'm here, let's go summer. I expect to see you all on Memorial Day weekend. Which beach boy is it? That's going to be there. Mike Love. Mike Love. Like, do you even know? Do you even know who they are? My very first concert was Beach Boys. Are you serious? Wow. Okay. That's all I can see. Yeah, I was about eight. It was a state fair in Minnesota.

So, Memorial Day concert is that a day concert. What time is it? That's on Saturday. That's in Yeah, it starts We have um Rob Jaffkins on at 4:30, 5:00 some of that. So, keep it all straight now. And then the headliner is on and but it's over by like 8:30. Perfect. Um that's Saturday. Yes. And Beach Boys. Yes. I'm glad someone beside me. Um, it is, but I was 8 years old when they were like first popular, but I do know all the words to all the songs. My mom played that a lot. Thank you all very much. Thanks. And I hope we see you out and about. Thank you, Catherine. I got to give Catherine a hand because I think you're amazing.

Okay. Um, updates. I've got a couple. Okay. Um so talking about the extension for um uh the u trying to close on the financing for St. Louis phase one. Uh we did post the preliminary offering statement uh with our financial team. We did post that on Monday night. Um, so we are on a good schedule to hopefully be pricing bonds on uh May 14th of this month and um anticipate a closing for uh May 24th this month. So once again once we close uh be able to reimburse the town for those interims uh for that loan that was provided. Um and uh we'll be able to confirm uh on Monday whether or not we'll be able to move forward with that uh that pricing and and the financial closing with Chaffa on the Prop 123 and on the bonds on the same day.

So that's coming Monday. That's coming Monday. We'll be able to to lock that down.

So that's looking looking good. Um uh we also did have uh Jeremy Jones and Eve Ramo, if you know them. uh they're on our street operations crew and they are the last two individuals on our street operations that have slotted uh CDL um abilities. So they both just got their CDLs. So it's great. So now all of our street operators um that have CDL slotted for the positions. We are at full um full rankings for CDL drivers. Um that just helps with the variety of the heavy equipment and obviously um for the snowplow operations next winter will be very well positioned for that. So that's great. So, if you see JJ or uh Eve, you know, give them a a pat on the back. Um, great.

And, uh, Sarah, you've got a couple updates you'd like to share. You'll need to unlock your iPhone first. Hello. Um, Derek Tanzite, assistant town manager. For the record, um, we did yesterday, Michael did a one minute presentation to the state housing board along with Matt Ginsburg. Um, and we did receive $1 million towards through their gap financing. Um, so that'll go towards the St. Louis project. Um, and should help the town get repaid on those interim loans quicker as well. So, yeah.

Uh, Paul and I traveled to Canyon City to present on a $1 million grant application for the public works facility. So, we'll find out about that in the next few weeks. And then just wanted to remind everybody um that May 30th, it's a Saturday, is our bike park grand opening. So, we're assuming it will once again look more like summer out there. Um but we're going to kick that off with a ribbon cutting at 9:00 a.m. Um we've got some BMX Pro jumpers that we're hiring to do a demo. We're going to have a kids bike decorating station and parade, some different clinics throughout the day. Um we've got a number of kind of food trucks and different vendors. There's a lot of the local bike shops participating, so um it should be a fun all day event that people can drop into at any time. So, make sure your calendars are marked for that one.

Awesome. That's very cool. Michael, I think uh you should put on your resume for all these Bentonville jobs you're you're going to be applying for that you once spoke for one minute and made a million dollars. Speaking was easy. She had to do all the application work, which was extremely painful. is like writing a a college paper every time you apply for this job. But but yeah. Yeah, that's my rate, right? I'll take it bucks. Um, any other updates? Anybody else? I have any updates either. So, Michael. Yeah.

We're all done. Okay. I move to second. All in favor? Four minutes to 85. Any opposed? Look at that. Thank you.