City Council - Regular Meeting

in-person meetings in council chambers. Public access is also available by telephone by using the call-in numbers posted on the meeting agenda, and tonight's meeting will be broadcast on the city's YouTube channel online. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Mayor Leidy? Here. Mayor Pro Tem Lukeman-Haramasa? Here. Council Member Burns will be absent. Council Member Seavers?

Here.

Council Member Kondo?

Here.

Council Member Roper? Council Member Gough? Here. Council Member Nowicki?

Here.

Council Member Lighty? Here. Thank you.

Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Acting City Manager Loveland, are there any responses to resident inquiry?

Nothing this evening, Mayor.

Okay, thank you. Are there any additions or, well, we have a deletion. So we are deleting CR 109 from our resolutions tonight. The member that was joining us is out of town.

We will move to public invited to be heard.

This is an opportunity for public comment on any item not set for public hearing. Statements are limited to five minutes per speaker. Statements must be related to city business and limited to matters of community interest. City Clerk Small, did anyone sign up tonight?

Yes, Madam Mayor. There is one individual who signed up on the list and that is Tom Lampo.

Welcome. Please state your name and address or ward and provide your comments to council.

All right. Thank you very much. Good to be here. Good to be in front of you. Hello to Northland. I'm Tom Lampo, 3951 Jackson Way. Here to lift Northland up to the Lord in prayer. So please join me in prayer. Heavenly Father, in Jesus' name, we thank you for giving us this day. We welcome your presence here now as city businesses discuss. We welcome you wherever we are. Northland is your city. Bless it with prosperity. You fill our lives with experiences that create emotions and feelings within us. You let us experience growth through the life we live. Sometimes there's pain and disappointment, and other times there's joy and fulfillment. No matter, you are always with us. Joshua 1.9 states, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. We can't see the future. We don't know what lies ahead. We'll walk with you and find comfort in knowing you are always with us. Our schools are in full swing. Some parents are relying on others to transport their children to school. A lot can happen on the roads. Conditions change quickly and decisions need to be made just as fast. So to all the drivers of our buses that transport our children, we give them Proverbs 3, 5 through 6, which states, trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, submit to him and he will make your path straight. Keep our drivers in tune with you. Focus their attention on the safety of our kids. Grant them wisdom in changing situations and keep everyone safe on our busy roads. There are a lot of messages that confront us each day because there is a spiritual battle for our souls. The deceiver would like nothing more than to keep us from your presence. And even with all of your wisdom and knowledge, we still fall for the schemes of the devil. So tonight we claim for our lives Ephesians 5, 6 through 10, which states, Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore, do not become partners with them. For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. We seek you tonight to walk with us and to keep us from messages that bring deceit and lies to us. Let our trust be in you. You are our God and we are your people. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thank you, guys. Have a nice night.

Thank you. Is there anyone in the audience who did not have a chance to sign up that would like to speak to Council at this time? Go ahead. Step forward. Please state your name and address or ward and provide your comments to Council.

Actually, it's a question. My name is Sandra Lopez and my address is 10963 Grant Drive. And my question would be regarding data centers and if there's any applications pending for the City of North Glen.

No. And the public comment is not actually a Q&A typically. Okay. That was an easy question to answer.

Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anyone else that did not have a chance to sign up that would like to talk to Council?

Okay.

And I do not see anyone on the phone. Okay. We have two proclamations tonight if Council would like to join me down front. Good evening, everybody. I would like to begin by inviting one of our DICE board members, our diversity, inclusivity, and social equity, Sammy Gomez. If you could come forward, he's going to accept our proclamation tonight. So the first one is we're kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month. And so here we go. Whereas National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually from September 15th through October 15th to honor the histories, cultures, achievements, and contributions of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. And whereas generations of Hispanic and Latino Americans have strengthened our nation through their leadership, creativity, service, advocacy, and contributions to the arts, sciences, education, government, public safety, and the armed forces. And whereas Hispanic and Latino residents are an essential part of North Glen's identity and contribute immeasurably to the civic, cultural, social, and economic vitality of our community. And whereas North Glen is enriched by the diverse traditions, languages, music, food, stories, and perspectives shared by Hispanic and Latino residents, businesses, community leaders, and public servants. And whereas the City of North Glen is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community in which all people are respected, represented, and encouraged to participate fully in civic life. And whereas Hispanic Heritage Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the rich diversity within Hispanic and Latino communities, learn from their experiences, recognize their achievements, and strengthen the relationships that unite us. Now, therefore, I, Meredith Leidy, Mayor of the City of North Glen, Colorado, hereby proclaim September 15th through October 15th as Hispanic Heritage Month in the City of North Glen and encourage all residents to celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans and to participate in activities that promote learning, inclusion, and appreciation throughout our community. Dated at North Glen, Colorado, this 14th day of September, 2026. So thank you for being here. Do you want to add anything?

On behalf of the diaspora, we proudly accept this proclamation. As someone who is Mexican-American, this is a proclamation that's very near and dear to my heart. You know, in a year where we've seen great violence inflicted upon Hispanic Americans in our communities and our surrounding communities as well, I think it's always important to highlight the contributions that we bring to our communities. There was a quote I saw not too long ago from the CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation. He said, you are not lucky to be here, speaking to Hispanics, you are not lucky to be here. They are lucky to have you here. The world needs your contributions and perspectives. So we gladly accept this proclamation. Thank you, Mayor.

Beautiful quote, thank you. Here, we'll take a photo. Okay, he's gonna stay and accept this proclamation as well. Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. Whereas mental health is an essential part of overall health and well-being, and every person deserves access to compassionate care, meaningful support, and hope. And whereas suicide affects individuals, families, friends, schools, workplaces, and communities across every age, background, and circumstance, leaving a lasting impact on those who have lost loved ones. And whereas suicide is preventable, an open, honest, and respectful conversations about mental health can reduce stigma, encourage people to seek help, and remind those who are struggling that they are not alone. And whereas recognizing the warning signs of emotional distress, listening without judgment, reaching out to someone who may be struggling, and connecting people with appropriate resources can save lives. And whereas the City of North Glen recognizes the strength and resilience of people who have experienced suicidal thoughts or attempts, those living with mental health challenges, and the families, friends, caregivers, and professionals who support them. And whereas, Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month provides an opportunity to promote understanding, strengthen community connections, and share resources, including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which anyone may call or text at 988, or access at 988lifeline.org for free confidential support at any time. Now, therefore, I, Meredith Leidy, Mayor of the City of North Glen, Colorado, do hereby proclaim September 2026 as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month in the City of North Glen. and encourage all residents to learn the warning signs of suicide, speak openly and compassionately about mental health, reach out to those who may be struggling, and help build a community in which every person feels valued, supported, and connected to hope. Dated at North Glen, Colorado this 14th day of September 2026.

Dice Board will happily accept this proclamation as well, Mayor Lady. As part of Dice Board, we are here to provide resources and events and all these different things for people from all walks of life. And one of the reasons why we support all these events that we do is to connect people with community. Because when you're greater connected with your community, there's less chance of feelings of depression, feelings of isolation, those types of feelings to occur. Just from the dice board, we encourage, kind of like you said, all community members to understand mental health. You know, it's okay to have mental health struggles. We all have them at some point of our lives. So we happily accept this proclamation and will fully support any efforts to improve mental health in North Glen.

Okay, next up is council communications, and we will start tonight with Council Member Lighty.

Well, thank you, Madam Mayor. Welcome back. It's been a busy few weeks. First, I want to start by recognizing our proclamations one more time. Thank you so much, Sammy, for being here. I also want to personally recognize Deaf Awareness Month this month. While we aren't doing an official proclamation, I think it's still important to acknowledge and celebrate the deaf and hard of hearing members of our community. Awareness and accessibility go hand in hand in making sure that everyone feels included and has the opportunity to fully participate in our community is something that I will always advocate for. I also want to take a moment to recognize National Police Woman Day, which was Saturday, September 12th. We have some incredible women serving in our law enforcement, and I think it's really important that we take time to recognize their hard work as well. So a belated thank you to all of our women here in North Glen serving in our police department. Last week, I attended the Ralston House fundraiser, which supports an incredibly important organization. If you don't know the work that they do, it supports children and families in our community. I was also honored to attend North Glen's 9-11 Memorial Ceremony. While I was not alive when this horrible... Terrorist attack took place the legacy of that day in the spirit of service Sacrifice and resilience that followed has definitely been passed down to my generation and hopefully generations to follow I'm grateful to our police department as well as North Metro fire rescue for helping continue to bring our community together for that special event And finally, this week marks two years since the opening of our City Hall, which we're all sitting in right here, so this is so fun. It's hard to believe that it's already been two years. City Hall has definitely quickly become a place where residents, staff, and elected officials come together, and I'm so excited to see what happens here in years ahead. I'm also especially proud because I was a part of the very first wearing in ceremony here. IN THIS BUILDING. SO BEING SWORN IN AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN OUR NEW CITY HALL AND NOW GETTING TO CELEBRATE AN ANNIVERSARY IN OUR CITY HALL IS SOMETHING THAT I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR. AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER NOWICKI.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU ALL AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. JUST ONE BRIEF THING FOR ME. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE AC REP EVENT. ACREP is the Regional Chamber of Economic Development. They serve the Greater Adams community. They had an event on workforce development in the age of AI. So hot topic. And they talked about different strategies for kind of workforce in developing kind of AI tools and how to kind of respond to some of the needs of the workforce into the future. So that is all for me.

Thank you. Council Member Seavers.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'd also like to highlight Hispanic Heritage Month. Obviously, it's very important. A big chunk of America was at one time Mexico. And although I may not look Hispanic, I have a lot of family members that are Hispanic and look like it. And these last two years have been weirdly challenging for them. to carry around passports everywhere they go, even though they're U.S. citizens, just to be safe. Also, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month is tough for me. A lot of veterans take that route sometimes, and I really It's sad. So there's always too many that take that route, and it's never too late to get help. So please, if you have any thoughts, please ask for help. It's not that serious. Ask for help. Also, I would like to raise that September is also Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. That will come up later when I speak. On Thursday, September 3rd, I went to the fourth annual Adams County Health Forum. I was there with a council member condo in the wiki. Thanks for the executive director, Dr. Kelly Weinbach and Michael Ruddock. and Adams County for hosting. We heard from the regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Annie Lee, the president and CEO of Colorado Access. More or less to sum it up, H.R. 1 bill cuts Medicaid funding by one trillion over one decade. That works out to 900 million to 2.4 billion annually in cuts to Colorado going forward from the federal government. Health First Colorado is Colorado's Medicaid program, which currently helps and covers 25% of Adams County residents. So these cuts are going to keep coming. If you know anything about how it is scheduled, they're scattered over many years. The last of the cuts come right after 2020 elections. So it's going to be an ever-evolving situation that you have to pay attention to. So I'll try to speak about it when it comes around. Monday, September 7th, Labor Day. Obviously, we all labor, and most of us anyways. So thank you for all you do. I did go to the Louisville Labor Day parade. I did walk with the AFL-CIO and a group called Stop Firing Vets. Veterans make up a large portion of the federal government workforce because they served and they like to continue to serve. And so therefore, when you fire 300,000 plus federal employees, you actually disproportionately are attacking veterans. So that's why we're doing that. At the same time, the U.S. workers' share of the national income falls to historic lows. as corporate profits hit all-time highs. So I think there's really no time better than now to focus on Labor Day and celebrate people's effort at work. Tuesday, September 8th, I also stopped by and just kind of witnessed Thornton City Council. They did vote on a 12-month data center moratorium. It passed 5-4. A survey just came out in a poll from August 26th to September 2nd of this year, 1,300 Colorado voters, registered voters, And they found 82% opposed data centers in their city or town, 77% opposed it in their county, and 86% opposed it in their neighborhood. Even somewhere in the state is at 75% opposed. So... It was a little bit of a battle there, but I appreciate everyone that went out to that, and I appreciated the vote. On Thursday, September 10th, I also attended Bears and Brats, Ralston House Benefit at Prost with Councilmember Lighty and Mayor Lighty and all the other mayors. There's four or five of them. along with our Adams County Commissioner, Steve Odorizio. Like Council Member Lighty said, Ralston House is a not-for-profit child advocacy center. They help police departments and the 1st and 17th Judicial Districts with forensic interviews, evidence collection, family and victim support, prevention, and advocacy for children. So we can all agree that's pretty cool and pretty important, and it sucks that it has to exist, but it does, and it's good that we have people there doing the hard work when the hard times are happening. So if you have a chance to donate, please do. On Friday, September 11th, obviously it was the 25th anniversary of September 11th, I wish I could say I wasn't there, but I was 12 and 13 years old, I was in eighth grade, and obviously 9-11 was dramatically, changed our country dramatically. God rest all their souls. And obviously, thanks for the police department and everyone for doing that event. On September 13th, this last Sunday, yesterday, I attended the second annual Fight for Faith Periodic pediatric cancer awareness community event at the Rosati Catholic Academy in Thornton for Mary Strong Foundation and Mark Jr. Foundation. They're two children that have passed away. Mary passed away at the age of seven. and Mark Jr. passed away in 2008 at the age of 12. They had something called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. It's a rare, aggressive, and fast-growing brain tumor that develops in the pons or the lower part of the brain stem and controls vital bodily functions like breathing and heart rate. So that's why I brought up September as Childhood Cancer Month. It's I can't think of anything that's more serious for a family to go through than losing their child. So these are two people that are hosting it, and they're both North Glen residents. They were going to Washington, D.C. to have events, but they were like, there's a lot of people in this area that have the same issue, so they decided to host events here. So they are both also charities. So Mary Strong Foundation and Merck Jr. Foundation. If you can give, please do. And then 49 days till November 3rd, the general election. Please make a plan to vote. Check your registration, educate yourself on the candidates, and speak to your family and friends about what their plans are to vote. Obviously, we've seen some federal overreach with the USPS mail ballot rule. Forty-eight million people voted via mail ballot in 2024. Seniors over 65 and military veterans overseas are, again, once again, the most affected by this. So obviously, I think it's crazy that the federal government is trying to do what it's doing. States control elections. It's in the Constitution. It's pretty straightforward. So their rule is obviously concern. So like I said, just vote. Make sure you pay attention to your registration and that your ballot was counted. And then another item. Iran war, we're at 199 days. That's 28 weeks for anyone wondering. It was supposed to take four to six weeks, said the administration. So that obviously hasn't happened. And we're well over $100 billion wasted in another foreign war. Brent crude is at $105 a barrel today. So that's up 75% since the beginning of the year. Thank you, President. And then finally, on a more local positive note, thanks for Public Works for delivering a new recycled roll-off. My fiance asked me how she should go about asking for one. And I said, just go to Access North Glen. And she did. And she used it and requested a bin. It was supposed to take two weeks, but it came in a few days. So if you guys don't know, there's an app called Access North Glen. It provides a lot of numbers, a lot of ways to ask for help if you need it locally, and it's a good way to contact the city if you don't want to send an email or come knocking on doors at City Hall. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Council Member Goff. Thank you, Mayor. Well, I've got a couple things. It's been a long time since we met, so I'm going to go all the way back to August 25th, which was the August DICE board meeting. And we did finalize support for the October 3rd Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, which will be over here at E.B. Raines Park. come out and give us some support for that. One of the things that we did this year, which is, I think they did it last year, but there's a mobile mammogram unit coming out to help low-income women get a mammogram during that breast cancer awareness walk time. It's a Saturday morning. And then on September 10th, the Parks and Rec Advisory Board did meet. We had the annual supervisors update, and all the different supervisors came and talked about all the different activities that had been going on IN THE PAST YEAR, AND I HAVE TO SAY, OUR STAFF IS SO IMPRESSIVE AND AWESOME. LOTS OF GREAT WORK ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS, AND I'LL JUST MENTION ONE THAT REALLY KIND OF STRUCK ME IN SUPPORT OF THE DICE BOARD AS WELL, OUR GOALS FOR THAT. is that at the swimming pool over here, they had an after-hours hijabi swimming event with the Muslim Youth for Positive Impact. And so I thought that was really a unique and wonderful way to support some of the members of our community. And then they also, we also heard that we need to keep, well, it was like a heads up warning. In 2028, the funding for the SCFD will be up for renewal and that's something that will come out to a vote or to all our residents. And without that support, we would, do less theater programming, less scholarships for students to do the youth theater activities. And I mean, that also supports some of our, I mean, all our arts and culture activities in the city. So keep your eyes peeled for that. And then I did want to say, I remember I was an adult at 9-11, and I can remember getting on an airplane without any security whatsoever, And the back few rows were for people who wanted to smoke. So, I mean, for good or bad, some good, some bad, things have changed so much in our world right now. And 9-11 was the big catalyst for a lot of that. So I just, we don't want to forget all the men and women who lost their lives or are still losing their lives because of the sacrifices they made during that time. And there isn't anything more we can do at this point except to remember and not repeat those mistakes. So, thank you.

Thank you. Council Member Kondo.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. This past weekend, Mayor Pro Tem and I had the opportunity to, it's part of the BOSLIF program for the employer support of the Garden Reserve. If you recall, the North Glen Police Department received the Paul Patria Award. for supporting the National Guard and Reservists. So this weekend we had the opportunity to ride with the Army National Guard Aviation Battalion or Aviation Regiment 135. And I've ridden helicopters before, but I'm going to allow Mayor Pro Tem to describe the experience. But there are two things that is notable about this aviation regiment. They had deployed two times downrange, I believe, once to Afghanistan, once to Iraq, which was quite notable. And they did lose one of their pilots in one of the worst air crashes that killed the largest number of Naval Special Warfare operators in the history of Naval Special Warfare. But the other thing that is notable about this Colorado regiment is that they pioneered a rapid hoist rescue technique, which was so impressive. It is a technique that they use at high altitude. Obviously, we have a lot of 14,000 plus feet peaks, and there are a lot of people that end up getting into distress. And it was quite interesting to see that they were able to adopt some techniques from Europe interestingly enough, and those methods are actually now being spread throughout the rest of the United States Army. So I feel very proud about our Army National Guard based out of Buckley Space Force Base. They seem to be doing really a lot of leading edge stuff. No pun intended. And I don't know if Mayor Pro Tem will talk about leading edge. Secondly, both the Mayor Pro Tem and I were also at the Municipal Leadership Academy on the West Slope on Thursday, Wednesday and Thursday, which is why we couldn't make the PROST event. And like Council Member Seavers, I'm going to share some numbers. And I thought it was really interesting, actually. 60% of Colorado residents have never been west of Vail. That's a little bit interesting. Very few people venture out onto the west slope. But what was more shocking to me, and the whole focus of the workshop was all about water, which is very appropriate right now, is that 80% of the water in Colorado actually falls west of the Continental Divide. But yet 90% of the Colorado residents live east of the Continental Divide. Hence why there are some 20, 25 plus tunnels that pass underneath the continental divide to channel water from the western slope to the east slope. And I thought, wow, that was really something. I mean, when we talk about sharing the Colorado River with seven or eight other states, it's like, really? And now I get it. The Front Range here is a major consumer of Colorado River water, or at least water that eventually ends up going to the Colorado River Basin. uh... adco health forum as mentioned i i also attended i'd picked up two items which i think are really helpful and i'll pass this over to our clerk but one is uh... immunization clinic it's a low cost no cost immunization clinic uh... for people of all ages and uh... obviously it's very important now that we're getting into school year uh... and then the other item which i think is mainly for the days is a uh... ALMANAC OF NORTHLAND, COLORADO. AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE CURRENT MEDIAN INCOME, NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HIGH SCHOOL, EDUCATED, COLLEGE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. ONE INTERESTING FACTOID HERE IS THAT ONE IN SIX ADULTS HERE, AT LEAST IN NORTHLAND, I THINK THEY TRY TO PARSE IT DOWN BY CITY, EXPERIENCE POOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR 14 MORE OF THE PAST 30 DAYS. SO THAT WAS QUITE STRIKING. BUT, AGAIN, LOTS OF GRAPHICS. WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU LATER. Talked about the 9-11 observances. I do want to thank North Glen Police Department. I want to thank also North Metro who participated this year. It was not the guns and hoses barbecue competition. I think given that it's the 25th anniversary, I guess we would call it the friendly barbecue. And of course, Chief May was slaving away over the over the smoker, which was quite impressive. Very, very delicious pulled pork there. But I also want to recognize North Metro for one other thing, and that was a ride along that I did about two weeks ago with Station 63. This was a very interesting ride along in that there really wasn't a whole lot going on. But it was a Sunday. And we got toned out to Immaculate Heart of Mary, and we had to pick up this individual. He was a senior fellow. But the thing that really impressed me, I think, and I'm not bragging about North Metro, I'm just telling you what I saw, is that the handoff between the paramedics and the ER doctor at St. Anthony's North. It was like ballet. It was very quiet, very professional, passing all the information. It's not the chaotic scene that you see in the TV shows like ER or The Pit. It was very much a controlled sort of handoff. And I really appreciated that because I think part of it is if you're the patient and you're hearing all the hubbub and stuff like that, that can actually get your heart rate up in it itself. But again, I just hats off to our public safety people, whether it's our police department or our fire district for all that they do. Thank you very much, Madam Mayor.

Thank you. Council Member Roper.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. And it's exciting to be back together somewhat as we've been on hiatus here for a little bit. I don't have a lot to report tomorrow night. We have our youth commission and they have been working on their movie night that they will be kicking off pretty soon. And other than that, I'm happy to be here with you guys.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Temp.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. It does seem like we have been out for a very long time. So it is good to be back in the swing of things. I had the pleasure of attending the proof of concept for the North Glen business celebration, which will be happening in October. And that is basically just the high school students, the STEM students get to design all our centerpieces. So that was pretty cool to see. And they only had a week to do their first proof of concept, and I'm already seeing some really fantastic things. So I'm excited to see what they come up with for our final celebration. Pretty cool that we have that partnership with Northland High School. I missed the Ralston House benefit. As Councilmember Condo said, we were both in the Municipal Leadership Academy, but I am on the Board of Directors, so that is something that's near and dear to my heart, and thank you, Madam Mayor, and Commissioner Odorizio for being there and speaking at the event. And we actually have our meeting tomorrow morning. We have a board of directors meeting once a month, and I'm sure we will go over how we did for the event. Hopefully we raised a lot of money, which is important just because it relies completely on outside funding. And it's scarce, and it's tough right now, and it is an important organization. As Councilmember Kondo mentioned, I won't repeat everything. The Municipal Leadership Academy was very, very informative. I learned so much more about water and actually left feeling maybe, I guess, scared is the word for our situation. It's pretty dire just to see how incredibly low Lake Powell is and Lake Mead. It's kind of scary to see that at 22% capacity. I was there a few years ago, and it was not that dire. So things are going to be changing if the weather doesn't change in the near future. We had the opportunity to tour an orchard, a peach orchard, an apple orchard, and to see how the drought conditions have been affecting our farmers directly. And this person who owned this orchard was saying that They're probably going to lose some peach trees and some apple trees because they're cutting off their water in two weeks, whereas normally they have until the end of October to kind of do a final watering of their crops. And it takes years. It takes years to regrow those crops. So just, I think, pay attention, do your research, and get involved. When we have drought restrictions, it's for a reason. We can all do our part to kind of mitigate that as well. Um, let me see anything else about that. Oh, we got to tour. Sorry. Did you council member condo? Did you speak about the geothermal?

Actually not, but that was a cool one.

Okay, so we were able to tour Mississippi State University, and they have a geothermal system, and I am definitely not a scientist, so I won't explain it in technical terms, but it was very, very cool to see how they heat and cool their campus, and they drill down 600 feet. That's as deep as they can go. They would like to drill deeper, apparently, but that's as far as the drill's capacity to go down that deep, and they have these tubes that connect between the buildings and run water through. And we got to tour the systems that show the mechanics on how that heats and cools the different areas of campus. I think that very, very innovative, a very sustainability-forward campus as well. and beautiful, like I am just blown away at such an incredible hidden gem that exists in Grand Junction with Mesa State University. Like if I could have a do-over, I would go to college there. Just incredible. We got to meet the president. But it was pretty special. Their dorms and their resident student housing looks just like regular condos. It's not like what you would consider dorm housing. Anyway, I highly recommend if you have the chance to go to Grand Junction to tour the facility. They have a beautiful hotel run by students. And we got to stay there. And I was also blown away, I'll just use that word again, those words again, by just how professional it was and how clean and how beautiful. And anyone can stay there. You don't have to be a student or a parent. In addition, I attended the 9-11 events. Again, I will repeat thank you to our first responders. It never goes unnoticed what you do for us day in and day out. Back to 9-11 and to the present, keeping us safe and always putting your life on the line. And it was a All I can say is it hit heavy to listen to family members speak during the Broomfield event who lost their family. It's really hard. And yeah, history should be learned so we don't repeat it. And then thank you to Northland as well for hosting our own special event. And Chief May does the most amazing barbecue pig. So I have to say that was fantastic. Thank you, Chief. And thank you to everyone who made that happen. I have to give a shout out to Chief Docherty's mother. That is our fire chief. She sang America the Beautiful, and it was the most incredible rendition I have heard. ever heard, and she's visually challenged, and she played and sang, and I couldn't believe that was his mother, so I just have to say that. Proclamations, as the only Latina representative on this city council, I'm very proud to have that proclamation issued for the city. I am of Spanish and Caribbean and indigenous descent, so it means a lot to be acknowledged that There's a lot of value in the contributions that the Latino population, Hispanic population have given to our communities, our city, our state, our nation. And there's value in recognizing that. Think how boring life would be without us. Just saying. Suicide prevention. Please tell someone. I got to read the proclamation last year and I did mention that I had a child who was going through that. So it's important to to take care of those you love and to listen to them and to help them where you can. OK, so ESGR will be the final thing that I will talk about, the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. And what an incredible honor, again, Councilmember Condo said a lot about this, but just an incredible division. We got to ride on a Chinook CH-47 and got ourselves harnessed in and were strapped to the end with our feet dangling off of the Chinook. So that was pretty incredible. I have to say that It just made me, I do appreciate all of our, you know, our National Guard and our military, but that's kind of scary. It's kind of scary condition. So brave men and women who protect our nation. And I won't say a whole lot more because I think Councilmember Condo hit the highlights of that, but really appreciate and honor the opportunity to have attended that event. I think it was probably the highlight of my year to be on a Chinook. It's giant. It can fit two Humvees, apparently, in there. And it rides like a bus. It's very smooth, even when it's tilting. All right, that's all I have to say. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you. We've definitely been out for a while because we all had so much to share. So I'm going to go quickly, but there are some things that I do want to share with the community. I want to start by thanking our DICE board for bringing forward really important proclamations and the work that you do for our community. I know not everyone even knows that our DICE board exists, but they're an extremely active board that is very focused on making sure that our community is inclusive and welcoming. So I appreciate it. Thank you for being here. I did go all the places that people went. Shout out to our police department in North Metro Fire. The September 11th celebration was beautifully done and staff that attended. It was very appreciated as well. It was a lovely ceremony. agree with everything that has already been stated. Ralston House fundraiser was a good time. I am hoping they raised a lot of money. I know they had a silent auction and I have fun at those. And so I spent some money myself. But it was a great organization. There was a testament to the organization because of how many mayors did attend. There were quite a few of us there. from all of the communities in adams county and that really shows that we value that resource we value that partnership and we believe in that organization i did attend the women's foundation of colorado luncheon that is an incredible organization that raises millions of dollars every year And it is a nonprofit. They give it right back into the community, supporting women, their businesses, and anything that they need, really. It's a great organization, so I was honored to attend that. I did have an NAHF meeting, and there are some things that I would like council to write down. So the first one is Saturday. September 26th, the NAHF is hosting a fundraiser at Perry's Pizza. So we know where it is, it's right there. 20% of your purchase will be donated to the North Glen Arts and Humanities Foundation. So please go, you can order a pizza and take it home if you're not in the mood to hang out. You just need to mention the fundraiser when you order. You don't have to have the flyer. I do have the flyer. You don't have to have it, but you do need to mention the fundraiser. And it works all day long. So please do that. There will be some members of NAHF hosting a table, saying hello. But it's a great way to give back to NAHF. And the other fundraiser they are doing I think is going to be great. It's on December 4th. It's the same day as Noel North Glen. And so we're going to be there anyway. And then at 8 p.m. they're hosting a holiday review. So a really fun event. holiday event that will also be a fundraiser for the NAHF. So if you can swing by and stick around for that, the North Glen Youth Theater will be performing. So that'll be fun. And then just, you know, we had a full meeting, lots going on. Obviously we are replacing Michael Stricker and that process is moving along. But they also, one of the agenda items was to talk about the NIHF does do the sculpture cleaning and maintenance of all of our public art. And so that comes at an expense. so it's just one of those things right we do uh the art in the community but we also take care of the art in the community and so that uh they will be doing the veterans memorial uh very soon it'll get a a nice clean

Really quickly.

Oh, I also got, this was really interesting. It was something I've never done before. It's called the Denver Rustlers. And I don't know if anyone's familiar with it, but it's an organization of community members and, that are helping to support young farmers and ranchers as they showcase their livestock at the Colorado State Fair. And so this was an incredible event. A lot of local leaders and community members came together. It's a huge fundraiser for them. They spend so much money, and the money goes right to the kids, right to the kids that have raised the livestock, and that is how they earn money for college. And so it was an experience I had never been a part of. But it was very, very fun. And all of our Adams County commissioners were there getting to go to the state fair. We all had these very fun little outfits on, cowboy hats and all. But to see the children and how professional they were and how they talked about raising their hog or raising their steer or raising their lamb and what that was like. And they knew everything about it. They could talk to you about the hours upon hours that they spend doing that. And then they showed their animal and then we would bid on it. And so I was trying to find a photo because I bid. There was a young lady named Hadley. She was so lovely and she had a lamb. And that was the one that I got to bid on. And we did take a photo, but they didn't send it to me yet. But it was so interesting and I learned so much about the farming industry and livestock. It is not my life experience. It is not my anything. This was all new information for me. But it was great and I just want to highlight that organization because they're really focused on farmers and ranchers and giving back to young people. Coffee with the Mayor, 9-26, September 26th. In just a couple weeks, please join me at IHOP, 9 a.m. We're going to have some coffee, maybe a few pancakes, and just chat, right? We just want to get to know each other. So tell your friends, bring your neighbors, come see me for pancakes, and we'll visit for a little bit. All right.

City Clerk Smalls. Thank you, Madam Mayor and Council. I do not have any reports tonight. Okay.

Acting City Manager Loveland.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Not a report, but I do have a very big announcement. I am extremely, very, all of the adjectives to describe, excited to introduce our new human resources director. John Nelson is here with us today. John brings extensive experience in local government as a human resource director and a professional. This ends my wearing of a hat of the last 100 plus days. And so John's first day was today. And so he was kind enough to stay so he could introduce himself and share a little bit about himself. But I wanted to provide a warm welcome to John. Nice.

Welcome. We'd love to hear from you.

Thank you, Jason. Council members, thank you. Honored to join the city of North Glen. As Jason said, I have over 20 years of HR experience, 18 of which have been in public sector. So very excited to continue that journey here with the City of North Glen. As you mentioned, today is my first day, so I'm excited to be able to cap that off with you all here this evening. Still getting acclimated, still getting used to everything, but it's been tremendous so far. So looking forward to getting to know this team, partnering with this team, and serving those who serve the community. So thank you so much for having me. I look forward to working with you.

Nice. Thank you. Nice to meet you. anything else and that was everything that was everything all right city attorney hoffman good evening madam mayor members of council i don't have anything to report tonight okay well thanks for being here all right financial report that's you july 2026 update active city or acting very active as well acting city manager loveland will present this item to council all right

A hat that I will maintain is this one. So, good evening, Mayor and Council. The July 2026 finance updates start off with a look at where we are on our sales and use tax. It's actually down 1.2 percent, so this is through June, and then collections that we received in July. You can see that represented by that orange bar. So, actually, June was on the positive side, But overall, we expected kind of a flat year, and it's doing a little bit less than flat. And so we'll obviously continue to monitor that and identify if there's a need to make any adjustments really as we forecast for 2027. That budget, we have as much as we can forecast a stable environment for sales and use tax. But if we continue to trend down, we may need to make adjustments to our year-end forecast and then what we project for 2027. So continue to keep track of that. As you know, that's a very important key revenue source, specifically in the general fund. Moving ahead on the slides, you can see the tax collected by geographic area. On that far left side, the out-of-state really refers to our online sales. That's up 12%. So people are still making purchases. They're just not continuing to grow at a pace that we'd like to see. You can see the marketplace also is up about 3.5%. Again, positive signs for a lot of the different areas. are seeing an impact on that total number, being down 1.2% from some large store closures. And we can see that on that kind of in the middle where it says Washington Point, where the Safeway was. We would expect, obviously, that to be down. And we are seeing the impacts of that. So nothing necessarily shocking. Positivity on the online sales, that that continues to grow. Positivity on the marketplace, those are our two largest contributors to our tax, and those are both up. So that is positive news that I can report as I report something being down. So we will take a look at that as a positivity in that tax collection. Moving ahead to the general fund, This slide has a bit of an anomaly. You can see that total revenue is at $23.3 million. That's up $2.2 million, so total revenue in the general fund is up 10%. Anomaly and reason why that is the case. You will see that in the second line down, referring to sales tax, we're now collecting that half percent sales tax from the water fund. that's now being reported there, which really makes up that $1.5 million growth, which is referred to as that 16.6 percent growth. And then, in the other tax line item, we capture audit tax revenue. So, we have had at least one very significant audit that generated over $700,000 this year. So, we do have something that we'll consider positive one-time revenue growth and it should lead to more revenue in future years, but we do have a large one-time revenue captured in that line item and we are expecting that to increase by another five or six hundred thousand dollars later this year. So shout out to our sales tax audit team for identifying additional tax revenue. So with that said, If we take a look at the other revenue sources, they're either down or relatively flat and more consistent with what we've been talking about. I just wanted to mention the sales tax piece because we do have that variability and really makes it look like this spectacular year. And in a one-time perspective, it is. Skipping ahead to general fund expenditures, you can see the majority of these areas are within the budget over halfway through the year, and our spending rate about 56%. The one area, planning and development, is down significantly. We have a significant amount of frozen positions in that group, and just one-time expenses over the previous year are not happening. But all in all, overall, Expenditures are in line with what we had budgeted and are showing down otherwise in other areas due to the cost control measures that we've implemented specifically on the personnel side. In the water funds total revenues are just under 5.9 million dollars with expenditures of equivalent roughly 5.9 million. Consumption through July was down 2.6% citywide, which is positive. We'll continue to monitor that. We are analyzing if we need to make any changes as we go into fall and winter. As far as conservation efforts, I know that there's been things in the media from other locations talking about ending outdoor irrigation October 1st. So we're in the process of analyzing that and we'll have something out to the community soon with any other restrictions. But overall, the water fund is in alignment when you take a look at the expenditure side of things. as well as just water resource revenues, considering that we're conserving and asking people to conserve as much as possible. Skipping ahead to the wastewater fund, total revenues at $3.9 million and total expenditures of 2.1. Again, these are in alignment with budgeted expenditures and revenues as we would expect. So really nothing to report in the wastewater fund, just kind of business as usual. In the stormwater fund, total revenues are at $279,000, expenditures of $71,000. You can see the capital outlay line. No spending has occurred as projects are being planned and developed, more so than being implemented at this time. But total revenues are flat overall compared to the prior year other than there's some increase in investment earnings of about $8,000 or 22%. And then the last fund, the sanitation fund, total revenues are at $1.3 million, expenditures of $1.5 million. Again, both areas within what we had planned for the year. You will see trash charges up about 22%, which makes sense with the fee increase that began in 2026. And then recycling revenue is actually up about 50% year over year, which is a positive for being reimbursed more for recyclables this year compared to the previous year. And I did not have anything else on the monthly finance report. I'm happy to take any questions.

Councilmember Condo.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Acting City Manager Loveland. Going back to the wastewater, I know that capital outlay, we had almost $10 million budgeted, but spent very little. Is that activity going to launch here soon, or are we thinking that'll probably roll over into 27?

That will be rolling over to 2027. A large part of that is design for a large project and that just hasn't gotten underway yet so we'll roll those capital outlay expenses to 2027. okay thank you i do not see any other questions thank you so much all right thank you

TIME UP. TIME'S UP. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

SO MOVED. SECOND.

PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE.

THE VOTE IS OPEN. COUNCILMEMBER ROPER, HOW DO YOU VOTE?

YES.

THANK YOU. I WILL CLOSE THAT VOTE AND THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

All right, we have a public hearing tonight CB 2041.

Will the city clerk please read the title, a bill for an ordinance repealing and reenacting section 17 dash 4 dash two of the Northland Municipal Code regarding permitting of certain events in city parks.

I will now open the public hearing on CB 2041. Comments are limited to five minutes per speaker. Is there anyone who would like to speak either for or against CB 2041? Okay. Hearing none, I will close the public hearing. Ordinances on second reading CB 2041, organized community event permits. Is there a motion to approve on second reading?

Motion. Seconded.

All right. Director of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, Amanda Peterson, will provide a summary of the item.

Good evening. Good evening, Mayor and City Council. The ordinance presented before you tonight on second reading would amend Section 17-4-2 of the Municipal Code to require organized community events that are held in our city parks to have a permit. The proposed regulations would allow for a group to permit an event no more than every other week, not to exceed 26 events per calendar year. And staff would evaluate any of those permit requests based on the expected size, impact on park operations, other previously scheduled uses of the park, and any other potential adverse effects on the park space. Permit would only be required for those organized community events that are open to the public private gatherings Such as birthday parties or family reunions or school visits with invitations that are provided through private channels would not be subject to those permits following the first reading The proposed ordinance was amended replacing the word times with days to clarify that multi-day events would still be capped under 20 at 26 days per event per year and The proposed amendment or proposed ordinance as amended does align with and has been agreed to by the plaintiffs in that settlement agreement. Staff has developed a application that we are ready to move forward when the ordinance goes into effect. And if you have any questions about the proposed ordinance, I'd be happy to answer those tonight.

Councilmember severs

Thank you, Madam Mayor. I just want to thank the city staff, city attorney for working on this, and to the mayor for answering or questioning it last time and getting some tweaks to it. And yeah, that's it.

Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Please open the vote.

The vote is open.

Please vote.

Council Member Roper, how do you vote?

Yes.

Thank you. I will close that vote and CB 2041 on second reading passes unanimously. Moving to resolutions.

CR 94, will the clerk please read the title?

A resolution approving addendum number three to the professional services agreement between the City of North Glen and Slate Communications for Communication Services.

Motion to approve.

Second.

Acting City Manager Jason Loveland, can you tell us about this item?

Will attempt to yes mayor and council this Addendum number three to the contract with slate communications is to extend the term and increase the contract amount to Accommodate the Foreseen well, we're assuming some future Work that they'll be doing with us To go through the end of the year we started this contract and in December of 2025. And as we have been on this recruitment trail for a new communications director, this has just continued and it has continued to extend. We are actively recruiting for a communications director and have interviews at the end of this week for that position. So I'm optimistic that we will not need the continued services for the entirety of the year BUT WE MARK THAT JUST IN CASE AS FAR AS BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD AS THE CONTRACT HAS GROWN BEYOND THE CITY MANAGER SPENDING LIMIT OF $75,000 WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOW COMING TO COUNCIL TO GET THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CONDO HAS A QUESTION.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Actually, two questions. The first of which is, if we were to secure a communication director before the end of the term here, I'm assuming this agreement, and I'm looking at the termination clause, it looks like it's a seven-day notice to, advance notice to end their service. Is that correct?

Yes, that is correct.

Okay.

And then I'll, and TRANSPARENTLY, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WOULD END THAT SERVICE THAT QUICKLY AS WE MAY DESIRE A TRANSITION PERIOD. JUST FOR SLATE, COMMUNICATIONS HAS BEEN GENERALLY SERVING AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AND SO IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION, TO SMOOTH THAT TRANSITION, WE MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. BUT OVERALL, YES, WE CAN END THE TERM WITHIN SEVEN DAYS' NOTICE.

And then my following question, I'm just curious, do you have a rough number of how many people have applied for the communication director rec?

Sure. There were 130 applications that were received and we're interviewing nine. Okay.

Thank you.

Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I should have put my hand down because that was my question is in terms of, um, If we don't need to use the full contract, what that would be. But I'm good. Thank you.

Thank you. No more questions. Please open the vote.

The vote is open.

Please vote.

Council Member Roper, how do you vote? Yes. Thank you. I will close that vote. And CR 94 passes unanimously. Thank you. CR 113. Will the clerk please read the title? A resolution approving public facility standards for the city of North Glen, Colorado.

Motion to approve. Seconded.

Thank you. Director of Parks, Recreation, and Culture, Amanda Peterson is here on this item as well.

Good evening again, Mayor and Council. The resolution before you tonight for consideration would amend our public facility standards. Those proposed amendments include removal of any language regarding organized group use of our park or pavilion, pavilions or park facilities as that's now addressed through the organized community event permit process that was just approved on second reading earlier this evening. Additionally, the amended public facility standards would reestablish our language regarding the group use of athletic fields, as well as clarify exceptions for certain prohibited behaviors as it relates to theatrical applications, and then establishes time limits for the use of our restrooms, cabanas, and locker rooms to allow for ease of communication and enforcement of use of those spaces. I'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have.

I do not see any questions. Thank you very much. Thank you.

Please open the vote.

The vote is open.

Please vote.

Council Member Roper, how do you vote? Yes. Thank you. I will close that vote. NCR 113 passes unanimously. CR 114, will the clerk please read the title? A resolution approving addendum number one to the professional services agreement between the City of North Glen and Element Water Consulting Incorporated for water resources and water rights engineering services.

Move for approval.

Second.

All right, Director of Public Works, Sarah Borchers is here with a summary of this item.

Mayor and City Council, good to see you this evening. So this is our annual contract with our water engineers. And largely what our water engineers are doing for us is acting as expert witnesses. But in addition to that, they also do a lot of our planning and long-term water supply planning. So this is a contract that at the end of the year it expires. As does the budget we start a new budget new contract. So you're gonna see this contract again really shortly But we were making hat we do have some momentum on a couple of projects that we're working on specifically the water efficiency plan and the integrated water resources plan and the water efficiency plan specifically is we are hoping to Get grant funding through a Colorado Water Conservation Board grant. It has staff approval. It should be in front of the board this month that project is $78,000 and we're hoping to get fifty five thousand seven hundred and ninety nine dollars of that So that would be a reimbursement we would pay for those dollars and then get reimbursed through Colorado Water Conservation Board So we're excited about that. In addition, we would have the integrated water resources plan, which we have been making progress on. And so we're hoping to continue to move that forward to help us answer some questions as it relates even to our next council item. So with that, this would be an additional $100,000 that we would spend as our consultant is able to make progress. And then

at the end of the year of course this contract expires as does the budget happy to answer questions councilmember condo thank you madam mayor uh not a question but more of a statement and and i think it was the result of the workshop last week i uh one of the speakers uh i'm forgetting his last name james but he comes from a really well respected uh law firm here in colorado i believe colorado is only one of two states montana being the other that actually has a water court, which is quite interesting. Otherwise, water is kind of managed kind of administratively, I guess, the layman's way of describing it. And it just dawned on me how sophisticated and specialized water law is. And when you look at the high dollar amounts here, I'm assuming it is because of the fact that it is a very specialized skill set of understanding what first in time and first in right means, which I finally understand that based off of a case that goes back to the 1800s with Wyoming. But again, I fully, I think now appreciate and understand why we spend this amount of money given that we have our own waterworks. So thank you very much.

And that is all. Thank you very much. Please open the vote. The vote is open.

Please vote. Council Member Roper, how do you vote? Yes. Thank you. I will close that vote and CR 114 passes unanimously. CR 115, will the clerk please read the title? A resolution approving addendum number two to the professional services agreement between the City of North Glen and Sparrows Environmental Group Parent Incorporated for aquifer storage and recovery pilot project consulting services.

Move for approval.

Second. Second.

All right, Director of Public Works, Sarah Borgers, is here again.

Hello. Good evening again. So I think we're all pretty aware of what the ASR project is. It is a very cool project in which we are working on the ability to inject water into aquifers essentially below our water treatment plant in order to have an additional storage bucket, so to speak, there. The pilot portion of that is completed, or the phase one of that, and there were quite a few things that we learned from that. Some of that is that it is administratively challenging. So underneath the plant, there are multiple aquifers. And those aquifers were all administered separately from each other. One of those aquifers is a little bit more complicated for us to be able to use. And so it kind of reduced the amount of water storage space, so to speak, that we would have available to us. So this contract is going to do a couple of things. It's an amendment to the original design contract. The first one is that Leonard Rice Engineering was purchased by Sparrows. So there's a change in contract. who we're contracting with. There's also going to be with this an analysis that we're going to complete where we're going to connect what we learned here with the integrated water resources plan and connect those. The next phase is going to be expensive and we want to make sure that that step is our next best step given limited resources and make sure that we're using our dollars wisely. The third thing it does is during the course of the project, there were a number of changes that were made to the project. The consultants and staff were excited and moved it forward. And so there was some overrun in the contract amount and we've had lots of conversations with them to make sure that we get that number right. but we're asking for council's approval to be able to pay for that difference in the contract, what they did versus what the contract had. So I'm happy to answer questions on that. Council Member Kondo.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Director Borges, for responding to my email last week on this. And I want to take this opportunity while there are members of the public here present as well as online, just so they can understand that the aquifer storage project is exactly what? Are we putting steel tanks underground or are we injecting water into the natural geology?

That's a great question. So there's natural geology, naturally occurring aquifers underground, and we are taking water essentially from Stanley Lake. and we would take it and put it into those aquifers underground. So if we were to drill a well today near the water treatment plant, there are essentially three different aquifers that are under the plant. We could pump water out of any one of those aquifers. We'll take other water, pump it down there, and save it for later and be able to pull that water back out when we need it. So it's all naturally occurring aquifers, fairly deep underground.

would it be safe to say it's it's really geology of sand and stone and things that are like a sponge i guess if there's a way to describe it and then you made reference i think to several structures like the arapaho structure and things like that can you explain that is that for a while i was confused thinking oh it was a different part of maybe our our city but they're really stacked on top of each other isn't that right

Yeah, yeah, so the Arapaho Aquifer is broken up into the upper Arapaho, the lower Arapaho, and then deeper even still than both of those aquifers is the Laramie Fox Hills Aquifer. And so with one single well, we'll go through all three of those. And the parts where we go through, like we're primarily using the Laramie Fox Aquifer, the parts where the well goes through the Arapaho Aquifer will encase that in a solid metal encasement so that we are not accidentally pumping water into or out of those upper aquifers.

And just to follow on it, I would assume it's desired to go as deep as possible because the deeper you go, maybe the lower likelihood that you're going to have contaminants from man-made activities.

So all of these aquifers are deep enough that they are not connected to surface water. And so any of those three aquifers are going to be deep enough that that becomes not a substantial issue.

Okay. I understand. Thank you.

Mayor Pro Tem. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Director Borgers, for this information. This is quite the project, and it's very unique, and, you know, the theme is water right now, so it's top of mind for me as well. But you mentioned there were some issues with one of the aquifers, or something like that. Could you elaborate a little bit on that to help me understand what some of those issues were?

So a lot of the issues were primarily talking about sort of water law, like what you learned about. But the aquifers are handled a little bit differently than the water law that you learned about during your discussion. And our specific rights. don't kind of combine the upper and the lower aquifers in a way that makes them very challenging to administratively manage. In addition, when we were doing the wells, there was the water level in those aquifers was lower. I'm trying to simplify. So there's requirements that the state had on the levels that we could pump down to, essentially. And through all of that, it was determined that we were going to spend a whole lot more money kind of managing administrative and state issues that made it less desirable for us to move forward with that as a part of the pilot.

Okay. So does that mean we're not moving forward with that part of the pilot project, or is there I'm trying to think about what I read here, like current status and like the timeline for resuming that, formally pausing, or even not moving forward with that second phase?

So I think that's really going to, so the Arapahoe piece just means that we won't get as much water unless we decide to move forward and do all the bits and pieces that would make that accessible. So it essentially means less storage. And so what we want to do is take that information and apply it to our integrated water resources plan, which we'll be considering a variety of other storage opportunities and water supply opportunities and make sure that the dollars that we would spend on these wells are going to be our best bang for our buck in order to meet the demands both now and in the future of our community.

Could you remind me what the dollar amount for the second phase was like $1? something? I should have had that number available and I should have looked it up too.

But it's it's two to three million in that range.

All right so hence maybe what you're saying about the Arapahoe and that kind of tying in with our water and water rights engineering services to specifically look at those legal pieces and the levels of aquifer. Okay that's neatly tied together in my brain, so I appreciate that. I think that's it for now. Thank you.

Council Member Gough. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Director Borges. I can't even remember how long ago we first started talking about this project, so I've been eagerly looking forward to finally having this happen, and so I do appreciate all the effort and time that you and your staff has put into this, and I hope that we can work through all the administrative glitches. And I guess a question I might have, too, is that if it's decided at this time that maybe it's not worth, like you were saying, that we aren't going to get the bang for our buck, but still in the future at some point we might be able to go back and do more.

Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. And I think this is where the pilot has been a really good asset for us, is really determining as we go through time. It's... We've got that data now, and so we know what we can get from these aquifers and what we can get from the storage. No matter what point in time in the future, we decide to move forward with the full project.

Yeah, the geology stuff doesn't move or change around very much at all. Not very quickly. All right, thank you. Thank you.

Mayor Pro Temp.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Sorry, follow-up question. Council Member Goff asked something that just made me think, like, if we don't move forward with the second phase, like, what happens to those wells? Are they good to stay there, for example, for future use forever, like, environmentally? What does that look like?

Absolutely. Yeah, so those wells are permitted. They can stay there permanently. I WOULD SAY IN PERPETUITY AT SOME POINT THEY WILL DEGRADE OVER TIME, BUT YES, WE ARE GOOD TO KEEP THOSE FOR AS LONG AS WE NEED TO.

NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU.

NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU.

NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE.

NEW SPEAKER THE VOTE IS OPEN.

NEW SPEAKER PLEASE VOTE.

NEW SPEAKER COUNCILMEMBER ROPER, HOW DO YOU VOTE? NEW SPEAKER YES. NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU. NEW SPEAKER I WILL CLOSE THAT VOTE AND CR 115 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CR 121. Will the clerk please read the title? A resolution approving the 2027 Parks, Recreation and Culture user fee schedule.

Move for approval.

Second. Director of Parks, Recreation and Culture, Amanda Peterson, is here for this item.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. The final item I have for you tonight is an annual update to our Parks, Recreation, and Culture user fee schedule for 2027. In your packet, you'll see we've provided fees for a three-year period. So last year, this year, and 2027 to allow for comparison. during that three year period. Any changes in the fees or the fee titles are highlighted in yellow. Any removal of fees are highlighted in gray and that should match the same system we've used for quite a few years now. Each year staff utilize the user fee guidelines as a guiding document to develop that fee schedule. The user fee guidelines were most recently updated by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board earlier this year. And the proposed fees taken into consideration are beneficiary of service model as well as the actual cost for providing service and the fees that are charged by our surrounding communities. Some of the changes for this year include adjusting membership passes and personal training fees for consistency. So you'll see some minor tweaks in those to really put it as a percentage increase so that each pass as it built upon the last one from a drop-in to a monthly, to a three-month, to a six-month, have a mathematical equation behind them now. Additionally, increasing judo pass fees, adding a residential group, a residential facility group rate and expanding opportunities for rentals in the pool with some different configurations available. Removal of our swim team fees and then using pavilion names rather than just their sizes for clarity. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board did review the proposed fee recommendations at their August meeting and unanimously recommended approval of those fees. And then I'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have about our 2027 proposed fee schedule.

Council Member Kondo.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you, Director Peterson. I'm sorry, it was a little bit hard of hearing. The removal of the swim team was for clarity? Can you say that again?

So removal of the swim team fees with that coming to an end at the year end, we removed those fees entirely from the plan.

Okay, gotcha. Thank you.

Councilmember Lighty Thank you so much for this. I just wanted again kind of a little clarity So if we were to add this fee for the private rental of the indoor pools Is that going to impact the pool schedule at all?

No, it's really, we've identified some opportunities for after hours rentals. We've had some opportunities. We had the rental rate there, but it included two classrooms as a pool party. So we tried to provide some flexibility with that where someone could rent pool space, could rent it as part of, with a classroom, could rent it without a classroom, could do that after hours. So wanted to be able to have more options available. There's an individual lane rental in there. We didn't have one for the indoor pool.

That's so awesome. Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

And I think that's it. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Please open the vote.

The vote is open. Please vote. Council Member Roper, how do you vote? Yes. Thank you. I will close that vote and CR 121 passes unanimously.

All right, moving to public invited to be heard. This is an opportunity for public comment. Statements are limited to three minutes per speaker. Comments must be related to an item previously addressed by council during the meeting. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak to council? Okay, well, thank you for coming. There being no further business, we are adjourned.