Town Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you. Thank you.

patience um it's now seven o'clock so i can i can reconvene our meeting so at seven i like to reconvene the town council meeting uh the next item is the pledge of allegiance please stand if you can and join me in the pledge Thank you. The next item is something that's been coming for probably about a month, I think, probably more so for the team in front of us. But we like to recognize the Ponderosa Mustangs Girls Golf for winning the 2026 Colorado Class 4A Girls Golf State Championship. And I have some narratives, but we have the coach here, Coach Smith. I'd like to see if he could come up and just give him some time to kind of tell us about the magical season and his incredible players, please.

Is this on?

It is.

Yeah. First, I'd like to thank my beautiful wife, Kira, for being here, and my son, Bam. Hey, guys. I'd also like to thank my assistant coach, Sean McMillan, and his family for being here. Thank you. And also the parents of my players, thank you very much for all your help throughout the season and for being supportive as you are. Thank you very much. Two years ago, we finished third in state, and we didn't really lose anybody. So coming into the season this year, I was pretty confident that we were going to win state. And at the beginning of the season, these girls have heard this story before, but at the beginning of the season, they send out a survey to all the head coaches asking you to pre-rank the top 10 teams in your division. And I, of course, put us as number one. The survey came out with all the results, and I was looking through, I was scrolling through, and I was like, it must have been a mistake, but Ponderosa wasn't anywhere on the top 10. And I looked in the little subtext underneath it, and it said there was one vote for Ponderosa, and that was me. And so the entire season, I was telling everybody at school, I was telling the principal, the athletic director, I said, we really have a chance to win this thing. And so we finished third in Continental League, which is, I think, the best league in Colorado. There's really good competition there. We finished third. So we felt good going to state. The first day, we teed off. And it was, what, like 45 degrees. I think it was absolutely pouring rain. And there had to have been 45 mile an hour winds. And I was talking to another one of the coaches. We were saying, there's no way we're actually going to play right now, right? And sure enough, the guy goes, next up on the tee from Ponderosa High School, Kaylee Meyering. I was like, OK, we're doing it. So the first about four or five holes of the tournament, it was hurricane weather. And the girls weren't complaining. I was certainly complaining. But the girls weren't complaining at all. They grinded out. And at the end of the first day, I believe we were up by eight strokes, which is a decently comfortable lead. At the end of the tournament, we won by 22 strokes. So we didn't just win. We destroyed everybody, which is awesome. We definitely put our name on the map. And not only did we win state, but we had a lot of individual accomplishments. Maddie Derowick went from a 106 to an 83. So she shaved off 23 strokes from the first day to her second day. She saw her own personal best that day at state.

So congratulations, Maddie. Nice job. Nice.

Rachel Yanofsky went from a 99 to an 86. So she shaved 13 strokes off. And she also shot her personal best round of the day there. So nice job. Yeah, yeah. Olivia Meyering, I believe, went from an 87 to a 76. And she shot the best score of the tournament the second day. So well done, Olivia. And she was Olivia was our captain. She's been our captain for pretty much the last three years and, I guess, last two years. You know, this is my third year coaching, so coming into it, actually, our other captain was here, too. Where's Reese? Reese is right there. So our two captains since I've been coaching have been here, and they've made it super easy for me to transition into coaching golf, which is highly appreciated. And then finally, Kaylee Meyering shot a, I think, was a 74 the first day, and then Two years ago, she played against this girl Landry Frost. And that girl is a good golfer for sure. And at the state tournament two years ago, it came down to a four foot putt. And unfortunately, Kaylee missed that putt. We were on 15, the hole 15. And she triple bogeyed that hole. So she was losing by five strokes. And she had three holes left to play. And she kept her head down. And we were talking to each other throughout it because I was kind of her caddie that day. But that one girl started playing really conservative. And Kaylee was full speed ahead. And it came down to the last hole. The girl, I think, double bogeyed, and Kaylee parred. And Kaylee had to make this crazy downhill putt. She had a two putt from there. I would have putted it in the water, but Kaylee clutched up. She knocked in this same distance putt, too, to force a playoff, which was unbelievable. And so it goes to a playoff hole. You know, the team had already won by 22 strokes, which is awesome, but it comes down to this individual playoff hole, and it's Kaylee and this girl. It's really cool. They were just like the coaches and the two girls, and we're walking down the fairway. It felt like we were in the PGA, and there's like 200 people watching above the green. Nice. And Kaylee parred that hole, and she won the individual state championship. That's great. You know, I couldn't be more proud of these girls. I feel honored to say that. I was their head coach, and I just want to thank everybody, and I really appreciate you guys for having us today. So thanks a lot. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, so Councilmember Barrington has a few words. We have three certificates of recognition, one for the team, one for Coach Smith, and one for Kaylee for winning state championships. So after we all get done here, we'd ask for everybody to kind of come up in front so we can take some pictures and give you the certificates. Thank you. Councilmember Barrington.

Yeah, I was just going to say, Coach Matt Smith forgot to mention that he won Coach of the Year. Oh, congratulations. Thank you.

And to me, I went to Ponderosa a long, long, long time ago. 1988's when I graduated. So we were 3A. I don't even think we had a girls' golf team, quite honestly. But we're so incredibly proud of you. And it's great to sit up here and be a Mustang. So thank you for doing all that you do. Truly appreciate it. So love to have you guys come up so we can take pictures and give the certificates to you. Thank you.

Where do you want us, John? Are we all going? Do you want us up front? Okay.

Yeah, go next to Maddie, because otherwise it's hard to get everybody.

Thank you.

You bet. Thank you. All right, I appreciate everyone's indulgence in that it's just it's just so fantastic to have some local local people do do good and that was just great. I just wanted coach to just keep on continuing telling us about how how amazing it was so. The next item public comment no action will be taken on these items public comment is an opportunity for town residents and other interested individuals to speak about items that are not on the agenda. This comment period is limited to 30 minutes total time. No, 30. With each individual allowed a maximum of three minutes to speak, you must sign up ahead of time in order to comment, and that sign up begins 30 minutes before the start of the meeting. The council will accommodate as many speakers as possible during this time with preference to town residents. But if public comment extends beyond the allotted 30 minutes, town council will continue the comment period at the end of the meeting prior to adjourning for those who signed up before the meeting. as any matters raised by individuals during public comment that are not on the agenda and other potentially interested parties would not therefore be aware of the discussion of these matters the town council will not engage in dialogue regarding any items raised during the public comment so i will go to the sign up sheet and we have we have one uh michael farrell um please come up you have you have three minutes name and address and i'll start the clock after you finish great

Michael Farrell, 21806 East Idlewild Drive. I live here in Parker. I have two quick, one quick and one longer one. I hosted a Fourth of July party in my neighborhood and went through the permitting process. And at that time, you all were changing systems. And really what I want to do is I want to give a shout out to Miss Bobo, who works on your staff. That could have been very challenging. It was very challenging. I was in Europe, and I was in Alaska, and we were going back and forth. And unfortunately, South Metro Fire didn't comment in time by the time the permitting had to roll over. She could have said, sorry, too late. She didn't. We got the permit and I wanna make sure that she's recognized by you all because she went above and beyond and that should be recognized. So with that, I'm gonna transition to a slightly more difficult subject and one that you may be familiar with or may not be familiar with. I believe there's an injustice going on in our community and that has to do with core power. I don't know how much you all pay attention to your energy bill each month, but core power charges energy usage three ways in your bill. There's a base fee, then there's a regular charge on per kilowatt hour, and then there's a surcharge between the hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. I'm really here to talk about that surcharge. That surcharge is 4,738% higher than the base charge. What that means, in effect, is that in any one hour between 4 and 8 PM, they are charging over 4,500% higher rate. That rate also applies in one hour, applies to your highest rate, then applies to every other subsequent hour in that month between the hours of 4 and 8 PM. That's robbery. It's not right. You all have the power to be able to do something. According to Colorado statutes 40-9.5-106, you all can file a rate complaint on behalf of the citizens of the town of Parker. And you can challenge whether or not that is a fair rate. Paper both a background paper and I took the liberty of drafting a town council resolution Should you try to go forward and challenge this with the PUC? But what what essentially that would do by a majority vote of council or the mayor can do this directly himself You can file a rape challenge to the PUC core power is not regulated by the PUC but that statute does allow for rape challenges to take place and I don't know if you look at your energy bill, but effectively that peak hour doubles your electric bill, and that's just not right. That affects every single resident, whether you're an apartment renter, a homeowner, a business. It affects everybody. So I'm going to leave this with you all. You all can look at it with your attorney, but I hope that you all will take this up as an issue and challenge to the PUC to get this injustice taken care of.

You can just give it to Lindsey. That would be great. Appreciate your time. Thank you. We, okay, last value. Is there anybody, I don't have anybody else on this. Is there anybody else who would like to make public comment at this time before I close public comment? Going once, going twice. Okay, we will close public comment at 7.13, thank you. The next item is reports, items, and comments from Mayor and Council. I will start with Councilmember Hefta.

Good evening. It's been a busy month for me. I did have a medical absentee of a knee replacement for part of the month in June. And so I did what I could during that time to help our residents, our concerns, and brought those forward to the town manager's office. And so I still was actively taking complaints during that time and information and helping our residents. I did also, during that time, most recently get to attend a Heroes Hall. I sit as a board member on the Heroes Hall Foundation in Douglas County, and I also attended the Parker Adventist Hospital as a board member in my capacity as well. And most recently, I was very excited to be getting better, to be walking normally again, and the first place I went to to swim was H2O O'Brien Pool. with my children, and that was a lovely afternoon. And also, I would like to give a shout out also to the Parker Arts for their wonderful camps that they have this summer as well. Thank you.

Council Member Franzen.

So a couple of things. Again, busy couple of weeks here. A couple of things I want to highlight. We did a groundbreaking ceremony for a speculative industrial project in the Com Park area. I think it's going to be a great. a great thing for the town, bringing in some jobs and having some available light industrial space here in the town. Was able to attend the town's pancake breakfast. It was a renovation completion celebration of Town Hall. got to participate in a pop-up community event at the Discovery Park concert series, which was nice to interact with several council members here. And then the last probably really significant opportunity was to get to celebrate Commander Ken Lovell's retirement on Friday. He served Parker for 33 years. So we were able to sit there, and he's a great man, and he'll be missed. So that's all.

Thank you. Council Member Wilkes?

So on top of the stuff that Council Member Franson said, we also had a swearing-in ceremony where we did two promotions for now Commander Holmes and Sergeant Stowell. And then we have a swearing-in for a new reserve officer. And I am so sorry. I'm going to butcher his name. Kocik? Sorry, like I said, I'm going to butcher that, but we're glad to have him here in Parker, and congrats to our officers that got promoted. We also had the police department and rockers at Discovery Park, and that was so much fun. That concert was packed, and we got to watch a live demonstration from one of our apprehension dogs and just interact with people. So that was a great time. And then we had another swearing in for Officer Brown, who we just welcomed to our Parker PD family. So that was always a good time. The Public Safety and Crime Prevention Federal Advocacy Committee that I sit on, we had a huge emergency meeting because it's not just Colorado that's dealing with some wildfire situations right now. It's quite a few of our states and that does pose a concern to the public safety. We are working on ordinances and resolutions to hand out to other municipalities because emergency funding is not available at a federal level like it was in years past. So we need to find a way to help states tap into federal funding and emergency funding in a different avenue to help give some relief and to get some more firefighters and some more resources to combat these fires, but also help the victims who have lost everything in the fire. So that was a good emergency session that we had, and we're making some progress on that. My daughter got to attend the Derek White basketball camp, and that was so cool. Like, I'm not a fangirl type thing, but watching her fangirl out, forgetting to meet somebody who is a Parker guy that now plays for the NBA and comes back to his hometown to teach these kids at basketball camp every year is just, it's phenomenal. For the Chamber of Commerce, we had the Les Schwab ribbon cutting. Also a great thing, that general manager of Le Schwab, he's also a Parker kid. So watching these Parker guys and girls go out and become adults and then come back and start careers here and open businesses here just brings a lot of joy to my heart. And I think that's enough for me.

All right, Council Member Barrington.

I think between Council Member Franson and Wilkes, you covered... I left a couple things. You covered... No, no, no.

I purposely left that one.

I don't need to do that. Thanks, I'll just give my time to Todd. Council Member Hendricks.

I'm Todd. Council Member Hendricks. I attended the Parker Senior Center board meeting and also a partnership of Douglas County governments and that's it, thank you.

Thank you. Again, I'm Mayor Pro Tem John Dyack. With me being here, the mayor is not. He will be back for the next meeting, I believe. It's been an honor to step into his shoes and do a lot more ribbon cuttings and meet and greets and all that stuff. It was great fun. I will not be redundant, so I had an E470 board meeting. Most of the business was germane to E470 and Sable Boulevard interchange, which is on the north side. We were trying to get that resolved so we can add some assistance to the Adams County area to make traffic flow better. I had a Dr. Cogg board meeting, a lot of presentations about regional type things, nothing Parker specific, so I will end it with that. Thank you all. With that, the next item is the consent agenda. The consent agenda items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and vote. There will be no separate discussion of consent agenda items unless council votes to remove an item for individual discussion. Ordinances on the consent agenda are for introduction only it will not be removed for discussion with that I'm happy to pull something or entertain a motion Second I have a motion by Councilmember Wilkes, a second by Councilmember Hefta. Councilmember Hendricks? Yes. Councilmember Barrington?

Yes.

Councilmember Wilkes?

Aye.

Councilmember Dyches is aye. Councilmember Franzen? Yes. Councilmember Hefta? Yes. We have a unanimous 6-0 vote, thank you. The next item, Town Manager Summer 2026 Town Manager Report. Town Manager Kivolo.

The report has been published.

all i have you don't want to talk about it at length i'm good okay line by line all right uh the next report that's all i'm going to say it's a terrific report how many pages what was your favorite part yeah i don't think she takes questions i think it's published uh the next item public hearings uh so we have three three items three motions uh one presentation please let me read these into the record Anthology West metropolitan district number two through six number one resolution number twenty six dash zero four eight resolution to substantially approve the form of the recreation center operating agreement between and among anthology West metropolitan districts number two through six the first amendment to the intergovernmental agreement between the town of Parker and anthology West metropolitan districts number two three and four and the Second Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Town of Parker and Anthology West, Metropolitan District Numbers 5 and 6, and the Terminations of District Operating Services Agreement, the Mill Levy Equalization and Pledge Agreement, and the Capital Pledge Agreement Between and Among Anthology West, Metropolitan District Number 2 through 6. The next one, Resolution Number 26-049, a resolution consenting to the dissolution Anthology West metropolitan district number three and number three the last one resolution number 26-0 5-0 a resolution consenting to the dissolution of Anthology West metropolitan district number six with that councillor Jordan Can you push, yeah.

Thank you, I thought I pushed it, it didn't turn on. I'll start over for the record. No, you're good, you're good. Good evening, Mayor Pro Tem and council members. We are here for a public hearing regarding three resolutions that address the Anthology West Metropolitan Districts. We have here tonight with us Trish Harris, who is the attorney for the Metro District. I'll let her give you more of the details, but a brief overview. These resolutions are to address a restructuring of how the Metro District is made up. It's made up of the districts two through six. Two of those districts do not have residential components to them. I'll open the public hearing.

Thank you. Thank you.

You know, I even had a note.

Yeah, so I'll open the public hearing at 723. My apologies and counselor, if you could just push that closer. I think that'd be fantastic.

Thank you. Okay. And so What we're addressing here today with this restructuring is that the recreation center that is part of this community is currently owned by Metro District 6 and then controlled by Metro, no, owned by 3, controlled by 6. Getting it. And so what is being proposed tonight is that the Rec Center will be transferred to districts two, four, and five, and they will take over the operation of the Rec Center. Then, districts three and six will be dissolved. Three and six are currently metro districts that the boards are made up of non-residents. And so the goal is to eliminate those boards and put the rec center into the control and management of the residents. Based on the service plans, many of the agreements that need to either be terminated or amended have to come to you for their approval. So that's going to be our first resolution. And then the next resolution will be the dissolving of Metro District 3, and then Metro District 6 will be the third one. I will have Trish come up and give her presentation on more of the details of what this involves And if you have questions, we also have our own counsel Courtney to answer questions as well as she's been her and Kim have been very involved in working with Trish on getting this to a place of being able to present it to counsel Thank you

Good evening.

Good evening.

Mayor Pro Tem, council members. Can you hear me all right? Am I close enough? All right, thank you. My name is Trish Harris. I'm with WBAPC. As Lindsey said, we are general counsel for these districts. And really, again, before you tonight is... lot of detail to accomplish a couple of goals for these districts as Lindsay said there are five districts that comprise the Anthology West community again district three and district six are small little districts that don't really have any residential property in it and The recreation center is within District 3, but again, under the kind of district coordinating services agreement, District 6 is the one that kind of coordinates the management and the operation of the recreation center. And so where things stand today, you know, there's shared administration of all the district's functions and activities. meetings and all of that kind of stuff through district number six. And that's controlled by a district coordinating services agreement and then a mill levy equalization agreement. So those two agreements together kind of dictate how the districts currently work together. We've got the shared recreation center, as Lindsay said, that's currently owned by district three, but kind of maintained by district six through that agreement. We do have an agreement in place currently with the Anthology West Master Owners Association that does the routine day-to-day maintenance and operation of the recreation center. This restructuring today does not affect that. The HOA will still continue to maintain and operate the pool and the clubhouse under that current agreement. You know down the road if that changes that will be up to these three districts that will then jointly own the recreation center as Opposed to three or six which again have no residents in those districts and then you know another thing that where we stand today is that again districts two four and five are made up of residential homes districts three and six again small little districts no residents in there so we really want to get this control away from those two districts that don't have residents and put it in to the residents hands where it really should be So the goals, I think Lindsey kind of touched on this as well. One is, again, to transfer the ownership of that recreation center to those districts where residents live. Again, the HOA will continue to be engaged to perform that kind of day-to-day maintenance and let's, again, in the future things change. Independent administration, so each of districts two four and five can then you know hold their own meetings do their own thing as they need to and then allowing us finally to wind down districts three and six you know having those districts in place really you know it adds to the administrative burden of the of all the districts collectively you know we have to file you know compliance and budgets and all that kind of stuff for those districts, even though they don't really have any property in them. So all of that is paid for by all of the other districts and all those residents. So eliminating those districts will help to eliminate some of the expense of the community as a whole. And so steps to get there. This is where we really kind of get into the meat of what's in front of you today. As Lindsay said, there are several agreements that require town approval. Any intergovernmental agreement that any of the districts are party to, whether they're entering into it, terminating it, amending it, has to have town approval. So some of what's under your first resolution is unwinding some of those existing agreements. Also, part of that resolution is that agreement that we're putting into place or that we're hoping to put into place between districts two, four, and five to jointly cooperate in the ownership and the maintenance and operation of the recreation center. We also have to update the town IGA, so the intergovernmental agreement that districts have with the town. one purpose of that is to allow districts four two four and five to own the recreation center right now the iga says that district three can and then we're also asking for that iga to be amended so that the districts if need be at some point can impose fees if there's you know capital expenses or things like that that cannot be funded either through you know the hoa's assessments that currently fund the the operation and maintenance day-to-day or you know Something changes with that agreement that we need to impose fees to to be able to continue to operate and manage the clubhouse And then again it will allow the the transfer of the recreation center to those three districts We have to resolve any financial obligations of districts three and six before those districts are dissolved Which we've taken care of that that's all ready to go and then finally dissolved districts three and six. I So again, the end result, we get rid of two districts that are not related to any homeowners and put everything into the homeowners' hands and then allow districts four, two, four, and five to move forward independently. That is very high level and a lot of information. So I'm available to answer any questions.

All right, we'll go through. Council Member Hendricks, any questions? Was there a purpose for districts three and six in the beginning?

You know, that's a good question. District two and three have been in place for many years. And so, and then when we formed districts four, five and six in 2016, six became kind of the operating district. And back in the day, that's kind of how things were, done that you had kind of this operating district that oversaw all of the other districts if we were to do that now we probably wouldn't set it up that way you know if hindsight's 2020 if we had had to do it now we probably would have you know put the the pool and the clubhouse either transferred to the HOA way back when because they've been involved in managing and operating it for years and years or we would have done probably an overlay district where it's a district that encompasses all the property that's kind of separate from each individual one and put the pool and the clubhouse in that overlay district. So just kind of historical, you know,

Sounds like cleanup now. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Barrington.

You just answered my question. Thank you.

Council Member Wilkes.

So just to be clear and to clarify, by dissolving Districts 3 and 6 and transferring the rec center to 245, this doesn't change the financial burden to any of the homeowners there. It's not going to increase their Metro district taxes or anything like as far as they're concerned. It's business as it has been and there's no burden to them correct?

Correct. Correct. Okay. Thank you.

Councillor Franzen.

Just a couple couple questions Were the the residents surveyed on some of these and some of this cleanup? Did you talk to some of the residents of the neighborhood to see what they wanted?

We did have some community outreach last year when we first presented this to the town and at that time we were thinking of doing what we call an authority so it kind of similar to that overlay district that I was talking about that would have actually been a separate entity another layer that two four and five would have all been a part of and that wasn't very well received there were some questions at that time about what we call the donut hole which are owners that are within the anthology community but they're not part of the district they're part of or part of any of the districts but they're part of the association so they've been able to use the pool and clubhouse all of these years. And so if we get to the point that the HOA is not involved, then we'll have to figure out how those folks are still able to use the pool in the clubhouse and how that might work. And so that was kind of an issue that was brought up at that time, but again, what we're doing today doesn't change that, because we've still got the agreement in place with the HOA for right now, yep.

Great, and the other question I had was, I guess clarifying that the intent is really to have residential control over the rec center versus having developer responsibilities.

Correct, yep.

That's all, thank you.

Yeah, and to kind of expand on that a little bit, the board members that are on districts three and six are representatives or were representatives of the developer that is no longer even in the picture. So they have really kind of stayed on these boards out of the goodness of their own hearts to help us kind of see this process through so that, you know, we didn't have vacated boards and had nobody there, so.

Mm-hmm. Council Member Hafton?

I think it was touched upon, but the residents of this community were all informed numerous times of these actions, and you did have briefings with them, correct? Yeah, last year we did, yep. Thank you.

Great, thank you very much. I believe I close public comment before we go, or close the hearing and then we open public comment. Thank you, just wanna make sure. All right, we're at that time. Public comment on this item. If you have public comment, Mr. Drennan, on this item, please feel free to approach the microphone. Give us your name, your address, and I will start the clock after you complete that.

michael drennan one seven seven seven eight east anthem drive parker colorado a proud resident and uh thanks for taking the time i uh as anthology west uh metro district four president we support this move april 9th eric was the meeting with the residents two of two things came out of that meeting that were a concern One, districts three and six, and two, the donut hole. I applaud Trish for taking care of districts three and six. We still have district five is builder control by Century Homes. I believe this is a conflict of interest, but we haven't really resolved that yet. But this is a step in the right direction. The community, my neighbors, first and foremost, thank you guys for doing a great job, as I mentioned to Laura. Second thing is they're all in support of this. It's the next move to figure out what we're gonna do, and it does put the boards two, four, and five in more of control of what's going on in three and six. Three and six presents some Tabor issues. There's no residents at all. There's no voting privileges. So this is a step to kind of not only clean up for the community, but to be more compliant with the state of Colorado. So we support this move and it's great. We collaborated on it several times as Trish knows. It's taken over a year for all the Metro board to come together. We've made some compromises and I think we're heading in the right direction. So District 4 Metro supports this. We think it's a great move for the community and my neighbors like it as well. Thank you.

You bet. Is there anybody else for public comment at this point in time? Seeing none, we will close public comment at 7.38 and close the public hearing at 7.38 as well. With that, I'll bring it back to council.

Mayor Fulton, if there's no questions as a result of the public comment, then go ahead and close.

Yeah, yeah, I don't I think it was just we appreciate the comments. So no outstanding issues. We'll close it at 738 Bring it back to council for discussion deliberation councilmember Hendricks.

Thank you. Yeah, it seems like a simple Win-win here all the residents submitting control the rec center and one makes expenses and consolidation. So I'm in support Councilmember Barrington.

Yeah, we did have a study session on this and I I think it was explained very well. We had some pretty extensive discussion, and I am in support of this, and I appreciate Mr. Drennan coming out to public comment. Thanks.

Council Member Wilks.

Yeah, I hear the concerns about builder-controlled portions of your metro district still, and just easy overall, it's a wonderful thing, so thanks for all the work on that.

Council Member Franzen.

Yeah, I echo a lot what everybody was kind of saying here. What I do appreciate is that There was significant involvement with residents and the managers of the respective metro districts. I really like that we're taking control back to these residents and that it's not going to cost them any money. It's simplified, and hopefully this makes it a lot easier for them to enjoy their services and move forward. So I am in support as well. Thank you.

Council Member Hafta?

This appears to be analyzed correctly and thoroughly over the course of a year with public comment and public information by the residents as well distributed to them so they understand what's going on. So I'm in support.

thank you yeah my comments are you know as as you heard you heard the term last year here going back to citizens when this was presented to us council really wanted to make sure that the citizen involvement was was there we didn't want to make decision to vacuum we wanted to make sure that we can empower the citizens again you hear a lot about HOAs and metro districts and potentially non-citizen control I think this takes care a lot of that and gives the flexibility and control and power to the citizens to figure out how to the best organize or reorganize their their community so I appreciate uh staff's efforts to uh to clean this up and and and give hopefully a better uh path forward to uh to this community so i'm in support as well uh with that we have three uh three potential uh actions resolute or um please feel free to uh jump in uh i move to approve resolution number 26-048 as part of the regular agenda

I'll second.

Okay, I have a motion by Council Member Hendricks, a second by Council Member Barrington. Council Member Hendricks? Yes. Council Member Barrington? Yes. Council Member Wilks? Aye. Council Member Dyk is yes. Council Member Franzen? Yes. Council Member Hefton? Yes. So we have a 6-0 vote on that. Thank you.

The next one? Five votes. Oh, five votes. Six votes. Sorry, sorry. Josh.

You had me second guessing there. Well, you know, keep you on your toes. All right. So I'll wait for the second one.

I move to approve resolution number 26-049 as part of the regular agenda.

Second.

All right. We have a motion by Councilmember Hendricks, second by Councilmember Franzen. I'll be routine instead of mixing it up, Brandy. Councilmember Hendricks? I vote yes. Councilmember Barrington?

Yes.

Councilmember Wilkes?

Aye.

Councilmember Dixie, yes. Councilmember Franzen? Yes. Councilmember Hafton? Yes. That's a 6-0 vote. Thank you.

Thank you for not confusing them.

I move to approve resolution number 26-050 as part of the regular agenda.

Second.

All right, we have a motion by Council Member Hendricks, second by Council Member Franzen. Council Member Hendricks? Yes. Council Member Barrington? Yes. Council Member Wilks? Aye. Council Member Dykstra, yes. Council Member Franzen? Yes. Council Member Hafta?

Yes.

6-0, unanimous vote. Thank you very much. We'll move on to the next part of our agenda, ordinances. Ordinance number 3.375. A bill for an emergency ordinance to impose a temporary suspension for nine months in duration on the acceptance and processing of any application for any land use approval or building permit for the development or construction of drone dispatch and delivery facilities or related use within the corporate limits of the town of Parker. Ms. Stewart. Oh, believe me, we understand. Yeah, for the audience, this is the first time in our new council chambers, so there's some adjustment here.

But that screen's amazing.

Yeah.

I want one in my living room. Maybe outside.

Good evening, town council. Can you hear me?

We can.

Just check in. Planning staff, I'm Elizabeth Stewart. And I'm Cassidy Beaupre. And planning staff is here to present to you today on the drone delivery suspension emergency ordinance. For background on the discussion, planning staff received the request for a drone dispatch and delivery center within the boundaries of the town. Right now, the current land development ordinance would be able to control a temporary versus permanent nature to the use and our fencing and screening standards. But the LDO does not provide clear definitions of the use, development standards, or review procedures. What is a delivery drone? It's an unmanned aircraft designed to transport packages from one location to another beyond the operator's visual line of sight. Some of these operations are controlled by computer or AI systems. The drones typically travel up to six miles carrying up to five pounds. Some drone models feature low resolution downward facing cameras used only for pickup and drop off. The drones fly between 150 and 400 feet and hover at 40 feet when retrieving and delivering packages and are programmed to avoid areas of critical infrastructure. During delivery operations, the drones produce an average noise level of 62.6 decibels while lowering or retrieving packages. When flying overhead at operating altitude, the average noise level is approximately 43 decibels.

The proposed emergency ordinance allows for a nine month suspension for all new applications relating to drone dispatch and delivery facility uses. This suspension will allow town staff to review and understand emerging technologies associated with drones, address and mitigate potential impacts specifically with public and environmental, maintain compatibility with surrounding loan land uses especially with residential and Lastly to create operational standards when it comes to the site planning process Town staff intends to work with a consultant who is experienced in this field To develop these standards to be codified in the land development ordinance. I Staff recommends Town Council approves Emergency Ordinance 3.375 regarding the suspension of drone delivery and dispatch facility uses. Town staff is available for any questions.

Thank you very much. Council Member Hennig, any questions? No. Council Member Barrington.

So as far as we know, there are very few municipalities that have this drone delivery already in place. None in the state?

Council Member Barrington, that is correct. There is no municipalities within the state of Colorado that is currently operating. However, Castle Rocks Town Council approved a six month moratorium on the use, I believe on July 7th, with a six to zero vote.

What is our current allowance, like our noise ordinance?

So it would depend based on the usage, residential versus commercial, and then daytime or nighttime hours. And then some districts even have weekend specificities. But in general, for a commercial project, during daytime hours of 7 AM to 7 PM, it would be below 60 decibels.

So they're, what did you say they, 63?

The number that we have in our current research is 62.6 decibels, but drones are an evolving technology. Okay, thank you.

Council Member Wilks.

So I don't think it's questions, I think it's more comments.

That's so. That's why I'm pausing. Okay, Council Member Franzen.

So I guess to clarify or to point out, Right now, somebody could come into the town because we don't have restrictions or our current zoning doesn't have framework around this type of technology, correct? Correct. Thank you.

Council Member Hafton?

No questions.

Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. At this point, I'm happy to entertain public comment. If there's public comment, please approach the microphone. Seeing none, I will bring it back to council with any last questions, comment or comments and deliberation. Council Member Hendricks.

Thank you. Yeah, I think emerging technology and since we have really nothing to address this, I think it's important to give staff time to review and come back to us with whatever they find. So I'm in support. Council Member Barrington.

I agree. We don't even know what we don't know. So taking a pause and learning Everything that we can, I think, is a good idea. We're not saying no. We're just saying no today. And I don't think any of us are against this drone technology. We just want to hear more about it and be responsible.

Council Member Wilkes.

Yeah, so to piggyback on that, when we think about public safety specifically, there's just a lot of unknowns with this. How does this interact with our police drones that are out there actually doing their job for public safety? How does this interact with wildlife? How does this interact with the actual homeowners? There's so many variables with this and I know that there's a lot of hot topics right now about a certain system that only PD can access when they are legally allowed to and anybody could fly this drone with this camera that's supposed to be only intended for deliveries but we don't know and there's not regulations and there's not precedent. doing what we are elected to do, which is to think about what's best for our citizens as a whole. I think placing this emergency ordinance in place is doing just that. It's giving us and staff the opportunity to really do our due diligence and really make sure that we're thinking about what's going to be best for our public in general. So I thank you guys for thinking ahead of this and for bringing this to us and to our attention as something that we needed to address right away. So thank you.

Council Member Franzen.

Yeah, echoing, I guess, what fellow council members are saying. This is a technology that's developing. Part of this analysis, too, is this the right thing for our town? We don't quite know yet. So nine months, I think, gives us enough time to fully understand and research how other municipalities are dealing with it, what the technology implications are, and what the implications are for our residents and the town. So I am in support. Thank you.

Council member Hafton.

Yeah, the nine month suspension allows our staff to work with a consultant to go through the proper fact finding time frame to find out the facts and to find out what is a measured methodical logical decision regarding drone delivery and delivery facilities. And we don't have that time right now. And as a town, we like to make measured decisions when they affect our residents. And so putting this in place allows staff to work with a consultant to make those measured decisions, to get the facts on the ground, to implement the right procedures on this matter if we choose to go there. Thank you.

Okay. With that, I'm happy to entertain a motion on this ordinance.

I move to approve emergency ordinance number 3.375. Second. Second.

I will take Councilmember Wilkes with Councilmember Hefta as the second. With that, Councilmember Hendricks? Yes. Councilmember Barrington? Yes. Councilmember Wilkes? Aye. Councilmember Diocese, yes. Councilmember Franzen? Yes. Councilmember Hefta? Yes. So we have an unanimous 6-0 vote. Thank you on that item. And with that, there is no further business in front of Council, so I will adjourn the meeting at 7.52. Thank you.

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