[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] here. Council member Kums present. Council member Gardner. Council member Gardner here. Council member Hancock here. Council member Dinsky here. Council member Cass here. Council member Lawson here. Council member Medina here. Council member Murio present. Mayor Pro Tim Sunberg here. There's a quorum. Cowards. Join me in invocation. Please join me in invocation. Oh Lord our God and our father, we come to you and we ask that you look upon this particular gathering tonight to keep us safe and guide us in our decisions. Bless our city with honorable citizens, industries, sound education, good government. Unite our community together even though we come from different backgrounds. We pray that there be justice of peace in our city. Give the city council and citizens the wisdom, direction, and sensitivity to the business and proceedings before us tonight. Hear us therefore as we commit this meeting to the help of the community. Amen. 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. Uh land acknowledgement. City of Aurora acknowledges that we gather on the territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Udarapo, and Lakota peoples, past and present. We also recognize the 48 contemporary tribal nations that are historically tied to the lands that make up the state of Colorado. Indigenous peoples have remained committed to the stewardship of this land over many centuries. As these words of acknowledgement are spoken and and heard, the ties that these nations have to their traditional homelands and to their vital place in the ecosystem are renewed and reaffirmed. And we are called upon to be better stewards of the land we inhabit as we continue to work to meet the needs of our entire community. [Music] Um executive uh session update. Uh during um executive session, uh uh we um um uh were briefed on uh quasi judicial hearings, information only, and um um on a property acquisition. Is that an acquisition or combination? It's acquisition fun. Okay. A motion is order for approval of the minutes from April 7, 2025. A motion. It's moved by council member Cassau, seconded by Medina. Second by council member Medina to approve the minutes from April 7, 2025. Uh discussion. Seeing no discussion, call for the question on the approval of the minutes from April 7, 2025. Mayor Kaufman, Mayor Jess, Mayor Pro Tim Sunberg, yes. Council member Gardner, yes. Council member Dinsky, I will. Yes. Council member Kums. Yes. The motion passes to adopt the minutes from April 7th, 2025. I only see 92 now. Okay. Um, city man city attorney. So, the next item on the agenda, as you can see, members of council is the adoption of the agenda, but if you can overmix the motion, please remove 92 uh when you make the motion. That was at the request of the applicant. 92. How come I think this must be So that's okay. Okay. Um motion is an order for uh the adoption of the agenda. Uh since we've got the echo, I'll go ahead and make the motion. Move by council member Kum seconded by make the motion. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. I'll specify sorry the adopt the agenda with the exception of 9C2 being removed. Okay. It's been moved by council member Kum seconded by council member Cass uh to adopt the agenda with the exception of item number 92. Uh discussion. Uh seeing no discussion call for the question on the adoption of the agenda as amended. Mayor Kaufman. Mayor V. Yes. Council member Bergen. Oh, thank you, Council Member Gardner. Yes. The motion passes to adopt the agenda with item 9C2 removed. This question before us is the adoption of the consent calendar on motions item 9C1 uh and 9C3. Uh motion is in order. Mayor, Council Member Kums, move to adopt the consent calendar items 9C1 and 9C3. Moved by council member Kum, seconded by Murio, council me council member Mario to adopt the consent calendar 9C1 to 9C3. Discussion. Seeing no discussion, call for the question on the consent on the adoption of the consent calendar. Uh on motions, Mayor Kaufman, Mayor W. Council member Gardner, yes. Mayor Pro Tim Sunberg. Yes. The motion passes to adopt the consent calendar for motions. Uh next question before us is the adoption of the consent calendar on resolutions and ordinances item number 10 A1 to 10B2. Motion is in order. Mayor uh Council Kuns move to adopt the consent calendar items 10 A1 through 10 B2. Uh it's moved by council member Kum, seconded by here, second by council member Cassad to adopt the consent calendar on resolutions and ordinances item number 10 A1 to 10B2. Uh discussion. Uh seeing no discussion, call for the question uh call for the question on the adoption of the consent calendar on um sorry on mot um on resolutions and ordinances item number 101 at 10B2. Council member Gardner. Yes. The motion passes to adopt the consent calendar for resolutions and ordinances. Um, item number 16A. Uh, let me defer to the city attorney. Uh, thank you, mayor. Uh, council. This is a discussion regarding the urban cottages, the public hearing that we've had a couple settings on the agenda for, uh, the planning zoning commission has notified that they are not going to have a chance to review the plat um, without getting more information from the applicant. So, um, what we're planning on asking council to do is to continue that today to either June 23rd or July 14th to give time for that. And what we'll do on the agenda on the 5th because that's when it's set for. Again, this is a quasi judicial hearing. It's been set out uh with hearing notices if we can do that during this uh meeting and get that approved. We'll make a notation on the agenda on the 5th. So, everybody who would come down for that May 5th hearing would know that it was continued already tonight to a date certain. that way new notices wouldn't have to go out. So, um I would probably air on the safe side and do July 14th. That's the first meeting in July to make sure that it's done. And that would be the motion. Very well. Um motion is in order. Mayor Bergen. Uh Council Member Bergen. Uh yes, I'd like to make a motion to table uh the urban cottages until July 14th. It's continue. It's a continuence. Continue. Okay. To July 14th. To July 14th. Moved by Council Member Bergen. Second by Moody. Council member Mario to uh continue item number 16A to July 14th. Uh discussion. Seeing no discussion, call um well, do we we vote on vote? Right. Uh call for the question on on the motion to continue item number 16A to July 14th. Mayor Kaufman. Mayor Mochess, Council Member Gardner, Council Member Gardner. Okay, the motion passes to continue the urban cottage jewel item to July 14th council meeting. Is there any discussion on item number 16B? uh discussion and possible action regarding future inperson uh or virtual council meetings. Uh seeing none uh then no action will be taken on item number 16. Uh B uh 17A reports um uh had a very successful uh town hall meeting uh last Saturday. Uh I want to thank um uh Council Member Hancock uh uh Stephanie Hancock for presenting uh her initiatives uh uh both local and and at the state level concerning uh vehicle registration uh enforcement and also want to thank um Kathleen Chandler uh RTD director I believe it's she has district F u in Aurora uh for her presentation on um on mass transit and I gave a presentation uh on um uh the our new uh Aurora homeless uh uh navigation resource center that will be operational in November and the strategy behind that. And so, um, let's see. Uh, Council Member Gardner. Um, Council Member Jerinsky for reports. No report. Um, Council Member Kums. Thank you, Mayor. Um, first I'd like to thank our staff and community members who came this weekend for Engage Aurora Live, which gave folks the opportunity to comment on a variety of uh plans and proposals coming forward in the city um including the connecting Aurora plan. There is an opportunity to participate in that uh process for engage or sorry for connecting Aurora tomorrow, April 22nd at the central library um from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. There will be a discussion on connecting Aurora, which is our multimodal transportation master plan. Um, and you can also go online um to take a survey and comment on the plan as it's been proposed thus far. Um, if you go to engage aurora.org. Um, so we hope that folks will contribute to that conversation about what it looks like to get around in our city through a variety of modes and what we would like it to look like in the future. So, thank you and have a great night. Council member Cass. So, uh, last week I was able to attend the Aurora scholar, uh, Aurora, uh, scholars award ceremony. It was organized by Aurora public uh, library. It was great along with Mayor Mike Koffman. And then also I was able to attend uh the University of Denver the pan-Africanism and uh uh economic opportunity and met a lot of uh Aurora College students. It was great and we do have we have a I participate on war two uh town hall meeting alongside with councilman Steve and Jeruski. So it was great. Thank you. Uh, Council Member Mario. Thanks, Mayor. Uh, just a reminder, my monthly town hall is going to be this Thursday, April 24th, at uh, Morehead Recreation Center, 6:00 to 7:30. I hope to see you there. Um, I have, um, an update from the Aurora Sister Cities Board um, that I sit on um, and we partner with the city. Um we are um so as part of our process in developing official sister cities where there's like a you know a formal agreement signed between mayors of different cities um uh to enter into some sort of uh friendship city. Um we have what's called um uh uh sorry a friendship city. Um and so we um approved another um friendship city um in Nepal. Um and we're really excited. We have a lot of energy from um a very active member um and so they have you know roughly a year to start building up um community support um and um we will actually be having a delegation from the Nepali embassy come visit us um during Global Fest this year. So, um we've been very active in trying to build other um uh sister city friendship city relationships um with other communities across the uh the world. Um and uh thank you to uh council member Cass for meeting with our board chair um on um how we can potentially rebuild the Adama or Ethiopian um sister city uh relationship um as well. So, lots of really exciting things that are happening. Um, wanted to keep you all um updated there. Um, and uh lastly on a um more uh you know, frank note, um just I wanted to just take a moment to um just acknowledge and recognize that um uh as of yesterday, it's been 26 years since the Coline shooting. um you know, somebody who grew up here in Colorado um uh and somebody who grew up here in Aurora specifically and somebody who um has been part of an active um shooting um active active shooter situation. Um you know, that's an issue that I think we all hold really deeply um in our hearts and even though it's been 26 years, I don't think it gets any easier. Um, and um, you know, uh, my heart goes out to all the families that still suffer, that are still suffering, that still experience the trauma, um, of potentially having their kids now in high school um, and having to worry about the fear um, just as they did um, 26 years ago. So, um, just wanted to offer my condolences, sending my, um, thoughts and prayers to the families and community members that were directly impacted and really to all of us here who've had to continue to endure these mass shootings, um, in Colorado and, uh, across the country. Um, thank you, uh, Mayor Pam Sunberg. Thank you, sir. No report. Uh, Council Member Medina. Thank you, mayor. Uh the mayor and I attended the uh ribbon cutting over at the across the way at the the sprouts. Uh and we were able to get a lot of people through. There was about a hundred well a little more than that. I think about 250 is what I kind of guesstimated that waited out in the cold uh to kind of go in and check it out. So wishing it much success and it's a good uh addition to our community. So thank you. Council member Hancock. No report. Mayor. Uh, Council Member Lawson, Council Member Bergen. No report. Mayor, uh, let me just, uh, mention a couple other things, and that is, uh, I just want to thank, um, uh, our, uh, library and cultural services, uh, director, Ginger White, and her staff. They did an incredible job in working with all of our schools, public and private, through the city of Aurora to do the annual Aurora Scholars Award uh where uh the the individual schools and the in the districts as well uh have a you know a program where they pick outstanding students and uh we recognize them and so but we recognized them individually. there were 560 students and it took um over three evenings, two sessions uh an evening uh at I think 5:15 and 7:00 starting at 5:15 and 7:00 to be able to recognize all individually recognize all 560 students. But um I think that the families are just incredibly proud and I'm proud uh of those students and and I and I just uh want to mention it with uh Council Member Medina. We were there at 6:30 in the morning on Friday and uh at Sprouts and uh just uh very exciting to have them uh here in the city of actually with their second store uh in in this city. Um, seeing no further business before the Aurora City Council meeting is adjourned. [Music]