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strengthen our economy and create american jobs and whereas immigrants have been tireless leaders uh not only in securing their own rights and access to equal opportunity but have also uh campaigned to create a fair and more just society for all americans and whereas the city of aurora is committed to the integration of immigrant communities in civic participation in public life now therefore i'm mike hoffman may or the city of aurora do hereby proclaim uh the month of june 2021 is immigrant heritage month a witness of i have unto hearing to set my hand and cause the seal of the city of aurora colorado to be fixed on this uh 14th day of june 2021. my coffin mayor aurora colorado um sometimes i i um recognize others uh to read um uh resolutions who have been the catalyst of bringing or proclamations who have been the catalyst of bringing them forward and so i will right now recognize uh council member alison coombs to read the lgbtq pride month proclamation thank you whereas the vastly diverse city of aurora colorado is committed to be an inclusive safe and welcoming place to all who live here and whereas aurora having celebrated its first aurora pride event in 2017 supports inclusion of its lgbtq plus community and appreciates their cultural civic and economic contributions to the fabric of our city and whereas the aurora lgbtq plus community includes people of many ethnicities religions and professions who deserve the respect dignity and equal treatment from all neighbors and whereas the city has an ongoing partnership with mile high behavioral health care whose lgbtq plus programs include the transgender center of the rockies and denver element and whereas aurora has demonstrated commitment to hiring and supporting leadership opportunities for lgbtq plus employees and whereas celebrating pride month creates awareness and advocacy for the lgbtq plus community members and encourages further education to end discrimination and prejudice against them now therefore i'm mike kaufman mayor of the city of aurora to hereby proclaim the month of june 2021 as lgbtq plus pride month in witness whereof i have hearing to set my hand and cause the seal of the city of aurora colorado to be a fix this eighth day of june 2021 mayor there's no public invited to be heard at this moment and also we need to do the executive session update oh i'm sorry um executive session um was that the executive session there was a litigation update uh adoption of the agenda uh motion mayor error councilman mcconnell uh moved to adopt the agenda it's removed by uh councilman seconded by okay uh mayor project bergen to adopt the uh agenda um discussion uh senior clerk please call the role on the adoption of the agenda mayor kaufman yes councilmember johnston yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember hiltz yes councilmember berzins yes councilmember mario yes mayor pretend bergen yes councilmember gruber yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember marcano yes and council member gardner yes the motion passes to adopt the agenda the adoption of the consent calendar items 9 a through q with items 9 e 9 g 9 n and 9 0 having waivers of reconsideration motion mayor's removed it's removed by council member uh gruber seconded by taken by council member bergens uh to approve the consent calendar discussion but seeing none what please call the role on the adoption of the consent calendar kaufman yes councilmember gardner yes councilman marcano yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember gruber yes mayor pro-tem bergen yes council member yes council member burzens yes councilmember hilt yes councilmember crooms yes councilmember johnston yes the motion passes to approve the consent calendar um there's uh there will be um the time is now uh 9 40. we will recess until 9 45 uh to get an opportunity um uh for uh the call alliance 6 40 i'm sorry his 6 40 uh um we will take a recess until 6 45. kathy you are unneeded to do the announcement residents who would like to speak on a resolution or ordinance and have not already been screened please press star 3 before the item is called by the clerk for those watching on channel 8 please call 855-695-3475 to be connected and then press star 3 council will take a short break to allow for any additional speakers to sign up again please be patient and stay on the line until the operator is able to take down your information as long as you heard the prompt after pressing star 3 and can still hear either music holds or the meeting in progress you are in line to speak to an operator the access live event is a music holder [Music] [Music] me [Music] me [Music] me [Music] me [Music] me [Music] are you [Music] [Music] me [Music] me uh the meeting of the regular meeting of the aurora city council is now back in session with the clerk please call uh read the title to item number 10a item 10a is resolution 2021-39 a resolution of the city council of the city of aurora colorado approving the 2021 memorandum of understanding regarding the regional anti-violence network uh motion mayor move to approve today moved by uh councilmember gruber seconded by berkeley to approve item number 10a um can we have a quick presentation by steph yeah so this is division chief terry brown and um this mou is it's an updated mou for raven um to for us to be able to work in partnership with our federal state and local partners and it just updates um what we do and and how we do it the procedures that we follow so that all of the participating agencies know what the rules are knows what's expected of them knows what to expect from the the partner agencies and everybody basically is working on the the same page being that we're all from different agencies thank you uh discussion uh sitting around with the club please call the roll on the adoption of item number 10a okay mayor pro-tem bergen yes councilmember gruber yes councilmember johnston yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember garner yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember hiltz yes councilmember berzins yes council member mario yes and councilmember marcano yes the motion passes to approve resolution 2021-39 with chloe now please read the title bottom number 10 b item 10 b is resolution 20 21-40 a resolution of the city council of the city of aurora colorado expressing the aurora city council support of the first amendment to an intergovernmental agreement between the city of aurora colorado acting by through its utility enterprise in the urban drainage and flood control district dba mile high flood district regarding design and construction of drainage and flood control improvements for westerly creek at kitten wayne washington mayor uh councilmember mcconnell move to approve 10b it's moved by councilmember mcconnell seconded by uh councilwoman close to approval number 10 b uh discussion mayor uh councilman are we gonna have a presentation from staff presentation my staff uh quick presentation please uh sure this is an iga with mile high flood district it's an amendment to add construction funding into a previous iga that we had to fund design for a pipe project in westerly creek which basically reduces flooding in the area discussion i see none we could please call the role in the adoption of item number 10 b council member combs yes councilmember mario yes that's norma johnston yes councilmember marcano yes councilmember persons yes councilmember hiltz yes councilmember gardner yes mayor purzan bergen yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember gruber yes the motion passes to approve resolution 20 21-40 will clearly now please read the title toddler number 10c item 10c is resolution 2021-41 resolution of the city council of the city of aurora colorado approving an amendment to the track lease agreement uh alexander davis did you give a brief presentation mayor council this is marshall brown general marshall please marshall yeah so uh aurora owns water rights up in the eagle river watershed and associated with those water rights we purchased some property a few years ago called the track parcel to help us develop those water rights as we purchased that parcel we then leased back to the original property owner the property to act as a caretaker in the interim of the property for the property until such time we need to use the property to develop those water rights so this agreement this resolution is proposing an extension of that agreement where the previous property owner will continue to act as a caretaker um for an additional five-year period uh until such time we need to use the property for development of those water rates thank you um discussion here i'm not sure whether we move to approve that oh okay um uh motion motion let's see that's been moved by councilmember we're saying goodbye council number 10 c discussion i see none where the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of item number tennessee remember johnston yes councilmember burzins yes councilmember hiltz yes councilmember combs yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember mario yes maria protem bergen yes councilmember gardner yes councilmember marcano yes and councilmember gruber yes the item passes to approve resolution 2021-41 with the coin now please read the um title uh time number 10d item 10 d is resolution 2021-42 a resolution of the city council of the city of aurora colorado expressing their aurora city council support for funding the salvation army aurora corpse intermediate division with emergency solutions cares grant funds to operate a temporary shelter safe outdoor shelter uh motion mayor uh councilor comes move to approve it's been moved by councilmember seconded by mercano all right councilman uh marcano uh to adopt number 10 d um uh lana dalton uh for a description yeah so this has been in the works for a little while since our emergency shelter has uh closed we are looking for additional sheltering options in the community and so this is one pilot that we would like to try out for 90 days in order to shelter 30 individuals and move them into permanent housing solutions within that time uh discussion uh seeing none with the court please call the rule total role on the adoption of item number 10d uh mayor pro-tim bergen yes councilmember health yes council member mario yes councilmember johnston yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember marcano yes council member gruber yes councilmember burzins yes council member garner yes the motion passes to approve resolution 2021-42 well we'll clear now please read the title to enter number 10 e item 10 e is resolution 2021-43 a resolution of the city council of the city of aurora colorado expressing the aurora city council's support for funding aurora comprehensive community mental health center inc dba aurora mental health center inc social detox program with law enforcement nexus program funds for a six-month contract period between july 1st 2021 to december 31st 2021 and mayor there is a individual in the public column okay i'm sorry is i'm number 10 he uh public hearing no okay just uh please proceed then we do a motion first before thank you move to approve 10 e all right let's be moved by casper burst in second bye uh councilmember lawson that's correct oh to approve item number 10e um the proceed to the call-in the caller kathy you're unmuted i'm sorry it looks like the the caller just dropped off the queue okay uh further discussion on item number twenty mayor i'm sorry atlanta uh lana dalton could you go ahead and give us a description absolutely um so this is an extension of funds that were approved already earlier this year in january due to the revenue shortfall of surcharge funds uh we needed to move some funds around and uh these victim assistance programs will now come out of marijuana funds and this one specifically needs to be approved for the next six months in order to be funded uh uh discussion yes mayor uh mail for tim yes and i um i'm in agreement with approving this funding agreement for mental health um i did ask we have just for the audience purpose we sometimes seem to go through these pretty quickly but at study sessions we do have very in-depth um presentations where we can ask questions but um i did during that study session just ask on this one and some of the other services that we offer that we that we get um some information on results and i wanted to um just put that on the record that i i would like on the detox program to find out how many uh aurorans were assisted through the detox program i could do that mayor protem thank you further discussion are seeing none when the clerk just called the roll on the adoption of item number 10e yes mayor i'm sorry they they got the individual back on the line uh then proceed with it with that thank you kathy you can go ahead with the public call in line hello is it my turn yes kathy you could go ahead you said kathy yeah everybody it's shanna okay go ahead shanna i'm sorry kathy was the moderator okay sorry that's what confused me um you'll have to excuse me if i'm uh incorrect at how i'm doing this because i've never participated but i would just like to go on record to say that nothing's mentioned or budgeted for mental illness which is a significant need for the city to address and it's the same you know department it's taxing the police department and local businesses and it's a separate issue from the general homeless issue or detox but they need they need more budget or something because they're not doing anything about it we've had personal issues getting these folks mental health that they need and the police are left with giving them trespassing tickets instead of taking them to the mental health center so that was just my two cents that i wanted to add thank you mayor uh uh mayor bergenbergen yes if we could um just get a response from staff because i think we do give some monies to aurora mental health outside of the detox services that is correct we do fund aurora mental health for a variety of different services which would include mental health services as well as detox services and homeless services we also fund mild high behavioral health who also engages in those types of mental health activities as well with therapists and case management on a regular basis further discussion let's say no the question uh before us is the adoption of item number 10e with the clerk please call the roll council member gruber yes councilmember mercano yes council remember mario yes councilmember combs yes councilmember berzins yes mayor pro tim bergen yes lawson yes councilmember johnston yes councilmember gardner and councilmember hiltz yes the motion passes to approve resolution 20 21-43 clerk now please read the title title number 10 f item 10 f is resolution 2021-44 a resolution of the city council of the city of aurora colorado expressing the aurora city council support of an intergovernmental agreement among the city of aurora colorado acting buying through its utility enterprise the urban drainage and flood control district dba mile high flood district in the southeast metro storm water authority regarding major drain drainage way planning for murphy creek and its tributaries promotion mayor mayor tim uh motion to approve 10-f it's been ruled by mayor pretend bergen seconded by um customer johnson to i'm sorry councilman lawson uh to approve item number 10 f uh discussion oh let me uh um mayor just point of order the second okay it was uh councilmember lawson uh please correct the record um no mayor um just point to order again it was not me okay it's not you i'm sorry uh who was the second dunstan uh councilmember johnson okay thank you um uh sarah young could you give a brief presentation yeah absolutely and this is sarah young deputy director of water and this is an iga with mile high flood district to study murphy creek it's actually a three partnership study between mile high flood district the city of aurora and the southeast metro stormwater authority murphy creek generally follows gun club road through aurora up until it confluences with sand creek the point of the study is to evaluate potential flooding roadway over topping as well as stream corridor definition and water quality the entire study is two hundred thousand dollars mile high flood district pays half of that and then the city of aurora will pay 65 000 and some swap pays 35 000 and that's based on the amount of length of stream between the two jurisdictions discussion uh seeing none with the clerk please call the role and the adoption of item number 10 f councilmember marcano yes councilmember johnston yeah councilmember coombs yes councilmember mario yes councilmember burzins yes councilmember gruber yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember hiltz yes councilmember garner yes mayor pro-tim bergen yes the motion passes to approve resolution 2021-44 clerk now please read the title title number 10 g 10g is resolution 2021-45 a resolution of the city council of the city of aurora colorado expressing the royal city council support of the creation of a virtual aurora creole town and celebrating the creation of a koreatown logo a motion mayor dave gruber moved to a president uh it's been moved by councilmember second by second uh councilmember mcconnell to approve item number 10 at g um councilmember grover for a description the effort here is uh started by our korean community to recognize identify and recognize the restaurants bars and other businesses korean businesses within the city of aurora with a goal of being able to create a directory a virtual directory of all of these businesses and uh making that available to the public that way people who come to aurora will know where the korean restaurants are and the korean businesses are this is an important first step along with this effort and creating a web page to go with it they've also created their own logo to recognize the virtual korea town in aurora this resolution congratulates the korean community for doing that and it asks and it um offers a similar opportunity to other communities other uh ethnic communities within the city uh to recognize their businesses and to follow suit on what the korean community has done thank you further discussion um seeing none with the clerk please call the role on the adoption of item number 10g council member johnston yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember gardner councilmember hiltz yes mayor pro tim bergen yes yes councilmember berzins yes council member mario council member mario yes councilmember gruber yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember marcano yes the motion passes to approve resolution 2021-45 well the cloak now please your title title number 10h item 10h is resolution 2021-46 a resolution of the city council of the city of aurora colorado appointing councilmember curtis gardner as alternate director of the aeotropolis regional transportation authority mayor uh motion uh councilman move to approve 10h move by councilman grover second by mayor perkins seconded by councilmember cromes to approve our number 10h uh discussion persons uh counseling persons thank you you know i was just thinking about the discussion we had um last week or two weeks ago or whatever about this and it was brought up that it was a ward 2 position it is it is not a ward 2 position um it is it was a voluntary position but even if it is war 2 councilmember gardner represents ward 2. so i i am just hoping that i i did read read the document and it did say he has this position until death or he changes his mind so that is what it means right it's not temporary i mean he is he will be the representative um stepping in for where councilmember johnston stepped out is that correct uh mr bachelor her staff that is correct mayor um yeah this the way that the art of board is actually set up is we actually have two primary representatives and then we're allowed to have uh alternate representatives for them it's my understanding that this resolution um would make him uh an alternate and then with um councilmember johnston uh stepping down from council uh as the alternate he would then fill that and then at any time council could choose and councils a decision to appoint a new primary as well as fill the other alternate position but council member gardner would continue to serve the alternate until he was either made the primary or or until he decided to step down further discussion mayor uh um customer johnson thank you um this has been a lot of a lot of work over the years and um i think we've we've accomplished a lot and i just want to say i i support council member gardner it's definitely a regional effort um and collaboration and i'll i know he'll do a good job so thank you thank you further discussion uh seeing none uh with the clear please call the roll on the adoption of item number ten eight council member persians yes council member gardner yes council member maria yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember johnston yes councilmember gruber yes councilmember hiltz yes mayor tim bergen yes and council member marcano yes the motion passes for resolution 2021-46 the time is now 709 we will stand in recess until 7 15 to provide time for an announcement for the colon line kathy you're unmuted if you can do the announcement please [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] the media of the aurora city council is now called uh back to order uh with clerk now please read the title of item number 11a item 11a is ordinance 2021-16 an ordinance at the city council of the city of aurora colorado re-zoning two separate parcels of land measuring 44.343 acres more or less at the northeast corner of south airport boulevard and east alameda parkway from business tech district 1 i1 to mixed use corridor district muc in medium density residential district r2 and amending the zoning map accordingly bugley yard rezone public hearing is now open um presentation by staff thank you mayor um so i do have a brief presentation prepared for you all this evening um so as mentioned this is buckley yard rezone the summary is zoning map amendment to change the existing zone district from i1 which is business tech district to muc which is mixed use corridor district for the commercial portion of the site and also r2 which is medium density residential district which is consistent with aurora places the city's comprehensive plan the location of this is um the northeast corner of south airport boulevard in east alameda parkway bounded by alameda drive to the north in quintero away to the east the site itself has no significant topography or views but will benefit from proximity to future signature park to the north and east bulgaria creek which connects trail users to the highland canal trail nearby and then the recommendation uh the planning commission recommends to the city council approval of the zoning map amendment from i1 business tech district to muc mixed use corridor district because the proposal complies with the requirements of zoning map amendments of the unified development ordinance for the following reasons so the first one is the proposed rezoned areas from i1 to muc and r2 are supported by the 2018 aurora places comprehensive plan place types second the proposed rezones are compatible with their surrounding development and third buckley air force base has no objection to the proposed development and there will be one condition uh if this is approved and that is the resolution of outstanding technical issues prior to recreation of the master plan and issuance of any building permits and that will conclude my presentation a presentation by the applicant thank you todd and thank you mayor members of city council for the record diana rael norris design 1101 bannock street denver colorado eight zero two zero four can everyone hear me yes okay um i didn't know if we were able to pull up a presentation or i can just um verbally kind of go through the the request before you this evening um is it just verbal only it's up to you it's it's your decision we'll just go we'll go with that um well todd give you a good thorough uh representation of the project um i will say this this corner the it's the uh northeast corner of south airport in alameda has been zoned since 1972 for that industrial business tech and since that 49 years later nothing has developed in in that area we have also done a similar rezoning on the northwest corner of the same intersection as well as the southeast corner so largely over the past i'd say six to seven years that quadrant has really become more mixed use commercial residential base you also have signature park that bounds the site to the north and to the northeast which will be a great future amenity once built and we felt that um industrial wasn't necessarily the greatest use adjacent to that um there are also two roads that are currently constructed which make it very difficult for industrial to develop in that area they're curved and they intersect with alameda which makes the site very chopped up for for an industrial type use and as everyone knows much of the industrial use in aurora is currently being developed up to the northeast of the city there are thousands and thousands of acre zone for industrial and airport district near the airport and what we've seen is a trend that buildings are just getting larger and larger in this format so having um having sort of only 44 acres to develop industrial in this location in the heart of the city doesn't seem to make sense again we're just kind of flashing forward and looking at really the trends of development after 49 years we felt like this was a logical change our entire team is on the phone and available to answer any questions we agree with staff's recommendation for approval and thank you for your time may i believe you were muted oh is there teddy is there anybody in the call in line we do not have anybody in the column line all right um are there um are there questions uh from council members of uh of the applicant or staff mayor yeah councilman mercado thank you uh that's a little early on the process yet but i was just wondering if you could kind of paint us a picture as to what kind of mixed use you are envisioning for this area the level of density the kinds of you know amenities etc yes uh could you mean council member marcano um diana rael again there would be a mixed-use commercial that would run along the frontage south airport road which would be consistent with what is on the opposite side it would be about five acres and it would consist of approximately five retail paths along that location the balance of this site would be residential r2 and that would excluding all the roads that are dedicated today is approximately 36 acres and we're looking at higher densities so we're targeting almost eight and a half to the acre for that area it's we have also submitted a master plan that goes along with the rezone and that sort of details out the road patterns and amenities that will eventually um be constructed here uh further questions of staff for the applicant mayor uh councilman combs um so following along on that just as you're looking at that density um what kinds of price points are being considered um as well as you know particularly with respect to the possibility of workforce housing and then what kind of timeline are you looking at in terms of having this development built up thank you council member combs we do not have final pricing we are still early in the process on the design and the site plan but it is a variety of housing um we are targeting single-family attached townhomes single-family attached duplexes and then single-family detached in a variety of lot sizes and configurations but it's still too early to say on the final pricing as far as that goes but we're looking at about 308 total and again three different kinds so you'll have a very walkable blended type of community there we've also branded at buckley yard so we're really trying to sort of um bring all of the pieces of the neighborhood that exists there the vicinity to some of the amenities delaney farm some of the other the signature park obviously and all the streets and everything would be very walkable with detached sidewalks and tree lines so would have a very um sort of uh ease neighborhood accessibility um and walkability um components to it as well uh mayor by tim yeah just for staff this is a reason not a site plan so do we have to keep our questions to rezoning um that's a great question um you know i may need to ask uh dan money for his input on that but i do believe we do need to be yeah really focus on that rezone component so you're allowed to ask any questions you want just for curiosity but in improving the rezone it would be on the rezone criteria on whether or not it's goes along with the zoning around it whether or not it's with uh consistent with the conference of plan and so forth but you can always ask the question there's nothing you could ask many questions you want it's just as far as approving the criterion code is what's needed for the approval thank you um um further questions of staff for the applicant as seeing none i uh the public hearing is now closed um no motion mayor dave gruber president move to approve the lebanese it's removed by councilmember gruber second by burstins bergens to approve our number 11a uh discussion mayor uh uh mayor patel bergen yes i just wanted to say that um i think uh based on on everything that was already said in terms of how the city has changed from when it was originally zoned that it does make sense that it will be compatible with with the surrounding area further discussion uh council member johnson thank you um i just want to say just passing that that area every day i'm i'm excited for the opportunity to to have something new instead of empty in that area and i think the plan has been really thorough and and agree with the commission and staff's recommendations further discussion i was saying none when the clerk please call the roll on the adoption of item number 11a council member marcano councilmember marcano i was double muted i'm sorry yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember burzins yes councilmember hiltz yes mayor pro-tem bergen yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember gardner yes council member gruber yes councilmember johnston yes and council member mario yes the motion passes to approve ordinance 2021-16 to move forward to the next council meeting now please please read the title title number 11b all right m11b is ordinance number 2021-20 an ordinance of the city council of the city of aurora colorado proving that amended and restated service plan for the windler homestead metropolitan district and authorizing the execution of intergovernmental agreement between the city of aurora colorado and the district the public hearing is now open on item number 11 b uh presentation by staff yeah good evening this is jacob cox manager of development assistance i'm going to give a brief summary that it covers both items 11 b and c since they are affiliated the windler homestead and wh number one metropolitan districts are located generally in the southeast at the intersection of e-470 and 56th avenue both districts are part of the windler homestead master plan area there is an approved development plan on file for this project however it is anticipated that an amendment to this plan will be coming in for review shortly this development is planned to be a mix of residential commercial retail and office uses the population at build outs anticipated to be around 5 600 residents the districts are requesting an increase in the total debt issuance limitation from 112 million to 850 million for wendler and 127 million to 950 million for wh number one in addition the districts requested the area mill levy change from the model of increasing the number of mills collected over time to five mills being collected starting year one through year forty these requests are being made due to an increased construction cost as well as updated development plans um due to the request regarding the increased air ml levy these service plans are being approved by ordinance and i do have representatives from the development team and the district's legal counsel for any detailed questions thank you a presentation by the applicant mayor christopher fellowes 5600 greenwood plaza boulevard suite 220 greenwood village colorado thank you for the chance to address uh council we we don't want to belabor a presentation unless council would like one we are excited to take this first step in bringing the reassembled windler project forward and be able to move forward with bringing the project to the city with a new and updated master plan and new financing plans as mr cox just stated this is really just an update in debt authorization to allow us to do that we provided documentation to staff that really demonstrated that when you look at the cost of the public infrastructure today and projected over the next 10 years compared to what was approved for these districts back in the early 2000s it's fundamentally just a future value increase in those costs and uh happy and uh appreciative to answer any questions thank you kitty is there anybody waiting in the queue to speak we do not have anybody in the queue um uh questions uh of the applicant and of staff by council members mayor uh mayor tim uh yes i and i understand the um the request for the debt increase because that makes sense if you're building all that infrastructure my question was on the ari would it start at the one mil up to the five or does it start at the five uh we we elected to start at the five and uh we'll either be joining the ardo with that or we'll be forming our own uh regional improvement authority we decided to start at the five and assemble some other properties so we could get into some more meaningful uh regional improvements sooner okay thank you uh further questions of staff for the applicant mayor dave gruber councilmember gruber i'd like to point out that the windlers have uh were original original settlers here in colorado they were here long before the the city of aurora was i'm looking forward to their vision and is the improved vision or the updated vision to come forward this is a very important piece of ground immediately south of the denver airport and it will make a a large statement about aurora and the windlers themselves so congratula congratulations for that further questions of staff of the applicant by seeing none um no emotion there may or move to approve 11b it's been moved by uh councilmember uh gruber seconded by mayor pretend bergen to approve uh item number 11 b discussion uh seeing none with the clerk please call the role on the i'm sorry uh may i mean uh council member johnson um yes i i just want to say um similar to council member gruber you know i've i've toured the the windler homestead um as a council member saw the original plans that have been um that weren't updated for for several years and chris fellowes has really been great to work with since this is my last council meeting chris i'm gonna give you a shout out but just the work that he's done with painted prairie when i heard that his team was was behind this it it made me um definitely be more supportive because of that that track record that chris and his team has so definitely be support thanks further discussion i was seeing now and then the question before says the adoption of item number eleven a b uh will the clerk please call the rule councilmember garner yes councilmember berzins yes councilmember gruber yes mayor pro-tem bergen yes councilman lawson yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember johnston council member johnston i think that was a yes i'm just making sure yes okay councilmember marcano yes councilmember hiltz yes and council member mario yes the motion passes to move ordinance 20 21-24 to the next council meeting will clarify now please read the title to item number 11c item 11c is ordinance 2021-21 for an ordinance of the city council of the city of aurora colorado approving the amended and restated service plan for the wh metropolitan district number one and authorizing the execution of an intergovernmental agreement between the city of aurora colorado and the district the public hearing is now open time number 11 c um presentation by staff does staff have further comments um no the prior presentation um covered both but i'm happy to answer for the questions does the applicant have further comments no mayor thank you i would just like to say uh thank you uh to council member johnson and and just a little snippet we had our we'll get to talk to a lot more about this with you soon but we put out an rfp for presentations and proposals on the park that we'd like to build around the windler homestead and they were due today and we got three awesome proposals so we can't wait to work with you further and share some of the thrilling things we have coming for the the project and the city and the community thank you thank you katie do we have any uh buddy in the queue um to speak there's nobody in the queue uh questions of staff and the applicant by council members uh seeing none emotion not bergens to available uh item number 11 c discussion a scene within the clerk please call the role on the adoption of item number 11c councilmember garner yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember johnston yes councilmember marcano yes councilmember berzins yes mayor pro-tem bergen yes council member mario yes council member hilts yes councilmember gruber yes councilmember lawson yes the motion passes to move ordinance 2020 1-21-4 to the next council meeting clerk now please read the title title number 14a item 14a is ordinance 2020-09 an ordinance of the city council of the city of aurora colorado amending chapter 26 by creating a non-sugary default beverage option on children's menus under article 6 of the city code council member lawson mayor thank you for allowing me to speak on this issue um just to give a little bit of background um i have been working with the aurora healthy kids milk coalition for two years as of this month actually and what this was going to do was originally before it was brought forth in 2019 originally was going to have restaurants who have kids meals to replace their options with healthy drink drink beverages after we came into cobit it passed the first reading we came into covet in 2020 i delayed this three times and then during the months of january through actually mid-may i went from wards 1 through ward 6 and i talked to different restaurant owners from large restaurants to medium-sized to franchise to small and mom and pop i did not get any type of list from anybody and the stakeholders i just kind of did this on my own and coming and after talking to these restaurants especially after the pandemic and they're trying to get into recovery um i realized this is not something that i that we can pursue um pursue so i am postponing this i have asked and work with the stakeholders to see if there might be something of an incentive or a educational program that we can actually implement so if that's something they want to work on i'm willing to work with them and partner with them um but just looking at how restaurants were coming out of recovery and just canceling this three times this i didn't see this as an option so i am actually not moving forward with the second reading i do want to thank all of the stakeholders the people the individuals that testified in 2019 all of their war healthy kids meals coalitions all of the stakeholders who um i worked with during this time and i'm asking to post to postpone this um i guess it's indefinitely i will not be moving forward with this ordinance on second reading thank you uh we put now please read the top number item 14 b is ordinance 2021-15 i'm sorry mayor i thought we had to vote on this to table the last ordinance yeah it actually requires i'm sorry it requires a majority of council members to table it and then if it should come back in the future under the under the council rules that were would require a majority to bring it back but you do need a vote tonight oh very well i stand corrected uh thank you uh dan um uh motion uh okay well it was moved by uh councilmember lawson yeah uh uh second the motion of the table okay and seconded by uh mayor putin bergen uh to uh table and definitely item number 14 a uh discussion there uh councilman combs so to clarify the motion is to table this specific ordinance if later a similar um proposal were to come forward that could be brought forward as council members prerogative and wouldn't require a majority of votes to pull this specific one off the table dan what is that how do you deal with that in terms of a subtle question because there's a motion to reconsider to bring it back uh but i suppose if a different member introduced something that was similar what would be the effect of that my understanding from council member lawson's presentation is what what would be brought back is different it would be an incentive it would be other items so so those could be brought back at any time without a waiting period but mayor also too if a council member decided to bring this one back they could bring it back dan from what you told me they can bring back this ordinance right it takes six votes though is that corrupt as well that's correct because you're tabling it it would require a majority to bring it back okay even if they were a different sponsor i think that's what councilmember coons was saying well i was asking if it was on the same subject but a i see okay um further discussion yes mayor uh mayor pretend um yes i just want to say thank you to council member lawson i know she did work um very hard on this ordinance and there was a lot of discussion and i do appreciate her reaching out to the restaurants and all six wards i i do think that's that was very helpful to get insight from them and i think there's a different way to do this and and some hoping that an educational campaign would be maybe the way to go so thank you so much further discussion by saying nine then the question before us is uh the motion to table item number 14a with the clerk police called the rule councilmember johnston yes council member mario yes councilmember marcano yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember berzins yes council member helps yes councilmember gardner yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember gruber yes mayor pro-tem bergen yes the motion passes to table ordinance 2020-09 well clearly now please read the title time number 14b item 14b is ordnance 2021-15 an ordinance of the city council of the city of aurora colorado creating chapter 135 of the city code pertaining to oil and gas and repealing certain sections of the unified development ordinance a motion mayor dave gruber councilmember second by councilmember mcconnell uh to approve live number 14b discussion a sitting now mcclure please call the roll on the adoption of item number 14b mayor pro tim bergen yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember marcano yes councilmember gardner yes councilmember burzens yes councilmember johnston yes councilmember coombs yes council member mario yes council member hilts yes councilmember gruber yes the motion passes to adopt ordinance 2021-15 uh we'll go now please read the title title number 18a item 18 a's consideration to appoint one member to the historic preservation commission uh councilmember move to appoint todd mcmahon to the historic preservation commission um is there a second second it's been uh moved by council member from second by council member uh moncano uh discussion uh seeing none when clerk please call the role in the adoption of item number 18a councilmember hill yes mayor kaufman yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember berzins yes councilmember mario yes councilmember gruber yes councilmember marcano yes mayor pro-tem bergen yes councilmember johnston yes councilman gardner yes and councilmember lawson yes the motion passes to appoint todd mcmahon to the historic preservation commission i will vote now please read the title to item number 18b item 18b is consideration to point one member to the aurora fox arts center board motion mayor uh councilman mcconnell thank you sir uh move to appoint rob utash to the aurora fox arts center board is there a second second that's been removed by councilmember mcconnell seconded by councilman coombs discussion uh seeing no one clerk please call the role in the adoption of item number 18b mayor kaufman yes councilmember gardner yes councilmember marcano yes ma'am tim burgin councilmember burson yes councilmember johnston yes councilmember mario yes councilmember hiltz yes councilmember lawson yes councilmember coombs yes councilmember grouper yes the motion passes to appoint rob utah to the aurora fox arts center board i reported by the mayor um well this is the last meeting for councilmember johnston and i certainly admire your your dedication to the city and your service to our city and you are incredibly hard working and well be missed the as i remember when i was coming along in um when i was torn in a december second uh 2019 the outgoing members of the aurora city council received a plaque given in a presentation by the mayor [Music] on behalf of the city of aurora and unfortunately we are not uh we are still in a virtual setting and so uh we are can i give you the proper send off i think you deserve but i'll certainly make you make sure you get the plaque or i actually i hope you could come back uh to when we are no longer in a virtual setting so we can't have a ceremony um and recognize your extraordinary dedication uh in service to uh the city of aurora but i wish you and your family uh the best uh in um uh colorado springs um councilmember hiltz i'm sorry first okay um i have no report on regular um council agenda and i guess it you know it comes as no surprise that i'm going to miss nicole greatly i know she's off to do great things and is prioritizing her family and that's great but i will miss her for the remainder of my term um i have a few things i'd like to say just about nicole if i can you know when she ran she was a single mom with three young kids and i as a newer mom of one i cannot even imagine the grit that that takes um particularly because i know and i've seen firsthand how you know children are leveraged for political purposes by by folks who are you know pro-family leave or anti family leave pay etc just kind of the whole spectrum um you know but in our time since she's been here in what three and a half years i guess now she's she's done a lot she's worked on and she's passed a lot too you know campaign finance and contribution limits she took the lead on a lot of the oil and gas protections for the community she created the community task force on policing that council appointed folks to i guess a year and a half ago now um she served as secretary of arta which is the aerotropolis regional transportation authority i got that right um you know and as we heard earlier working with just stakeholders in ward 2 when chris fellows was talking um she did lunch and learned series on mental health for the community during covid gun violence awareness i mean the list just goes on with the work that she's done and she's been very driven in her work and i think you know as elected officials it's easy for us to you know get on twitter and talk about what we're going to do or what we should do or or any of that but it's a much harder thing to build the coalitions and do the work that it takes to bring forward policies that pass and she did that work and i think that list demonstrates that and it wasn't always perfect um you know there's a few things that i would have probably added or taken out it wasn't always perfect but it was always a step forward and that's you know how progress is made so i think she'll be missed by by the city she won historically and overwhelmingly in her ward i i personally will miss her very much of course but i know that you know the city is better off because of her work um and her time here and so i just want to thank her as both you know a colleague and a council member and a friend and you will be very missed so thank you right councilman lawson okay well nicole i i think allison still told of all the things that you have done but one thing that i can say i'm going to really miss you you have always been supportive and what i've liked about you the most there's things that we haven't agreed upon but you've never tore me down on social media you never ever did any of those things you always respected my decision regardless and that's what i appreciate about you you've done so much work in the city and um you've always been supportive also in things i'm doing outside of council which i really thank you for that i remember when i was running in 2015 you and some other constituents from ward 2 we met at the village inn on islip in chambers and you kind of gave me your thoughts about oil and gas you have really given me a lot of knowledge about oil and gas and i do have to admit over the years i'm going to miss you um i plan on visiting you as i visit my parents in colorado springs i wish you the best you're going to do fabulous in your new life your new job and i just want to say thank you for just being there supportive of me and just being as a colleague and also just as a friend so thank you for that and mayor i do have do you want me to go through reports or we're just going to no it's just reporting my reports okay um i'm sorry council member awesome mayor we did have one other item under your report oh okay to the city representative for cml annual business meeting oh okay well it's interesting that we have lawson up at this time but um i'm sorry we need to um designate someone who is attending the cml annual business meeting and i um to be at their is it their board meeting katie to attend their board meeting it is a meeting after the general meeting and uh um councilmember lawson you're going to be are running for the executive committee so um without objection would you be willing to do that yes okay is there any objection to having councilmember lawson attend that meeting on our behalf uh very well then that will be done thank you kitty um please receive the lawsuit so um let me just i have a couple of reports mayor for the federal update for fights this is for the pfizer report negotiations on the federal infrastructure package continues on capitol hill as senate republicans and the white house met last week president biden in talks with republican senator shelly moore capito messed up her name i apologize but a bipartisan group of senators has been working to find agreement and announced a compromise deal on friday the deal still needs to win support of the senate senate leadership and the white house the state updates the legislative session ended last week it was a long one and it was a lot of stuff that was done it was one of the busiest sessions i've ever seen um since i've been in state politics as in state level as well um senate bill 273 the pre-trial reform was postponed indefinitely i do expect the bill sponsors to bring the concept back next year the interim committee schedule has not yet been released but it's expected to start in july as far as for rtd reimagine the fair study and equity analysis will be if you want to go and listen to that you can join general manager and ceo deborah johnson in a dialogue as rtd initiates a system-wide fair study this meeting is on june 30th 2021 at 6 pm um you can actually find the link on the rtd website rtd lifts capacity limits on its vehicles as service changes takes effect sunday so the service adjustments support modest increases in ridership improve on-time performances and increase service reliability with this set of changes rtd will also lift vehicle capacity limits that have been in place throughout the pandemic this move aligns with service levels will with available staff resources and helps rtd to prepare for additional increases in ridership um their face coverings will still be required um on the transit through september 13th and as you know um the cml um business meeting is on the 21st uh we had to do a little bit of a campaign so i have a campaign video up on cml um for the largest city um component so hopefully we'll i'll get that position and represent the city at that on that board as well so that's all i have for today mayor thank you thank you um councilmember gruber thank you mayor first thing i'd like to do is to and i'm sure this will come out in uh on our website and things like that but the city of aurora is going to open up the great lawn for fireworks so on fourth of july at six o'clock the lawn is going to open up uh fireworks will be at 9 30 and there will be much more information available on the city website and on social media having said that i want to talk a little bit about uh councilmember nicole johnston she and i uh have not agreed on on several important issues but on many of the issues we've we've agreed and we've worked very closely together uh the oil and gas operator agreement being won the aerotropolis regional transportation authority for another and uh with much of the development happening in ward two uh councilmember johnson has worked very closely with the developers very closely with the neighbors and has helped him uh define what the vision of war two is going to be into the future for that i'd like to thank her and uh wish her the best as she moves down to colorado springs in her new position thanks steve uh councilmember councilman gardner thanks mayor um yeah i want to join um with my colleagues and um say a couple things about um nicole councilmember johnston um you know ever since i was was elected um she is someone that i have lived up to on council since it's your last meeting i'm not going to ruin your street cred by saying that you know one of the things i always have appreciated about you is um you're willing to talk talk over issues there's been things that we've disagreed on and we can still be respectful and and i think that's becoming less and less common both on this council and our society and i think there's something to be to be said for that i think you've also been someone who um you know is willing to take on courageous issues even when it may not always be easy um i think you you've certainly passed several things that are going to leave a mark on this city long beyond your time here in just three and a half years you know and as someone who has a a parent of young kids um i guess i i just also really look up to you as a parent and doing what's best for um for you and your family i would like to hope that if i was um faced with something similar i would i would do the same but um i i think a lot of the public may not recognize how much courage a decision like that takes um to to do what's best for your family and um after having spent so much time and effort and energy um to get elected to council so um i am proud to call nicole a friend and i will definitely miss her on council councilmember mario thank you mayor um i do have a update from the rtd accountability committee as you know last summer the rgd board in collaboration with governor polis and the transportation committee chairs of the colorado general assembly formed the rtd accountability committee the purpose of the committee was to provide provide an independent and objective analysis of rtd's operations and develop a set of recommendations for improvement to the operations and statutes related to rtd the committee has been independent of rtd and has been hosted by the denver regional council of government governments we call dr cogg over the last year as co-chair we've helped the committee undertaken analysis of the agency and have helped draft recommendations for improvement the recommendations we actually had a public hearing this morning um on recommendations and have a survey being circulated that closes tomorrow um with over uh i believe 400 people responding so if you um the more the merrier there but um wanted to share the recommendations as they have been presented as it relates to the governance of rtd the recommendation of sub-regional service councils has been proposed to incorporate more local feedback there needs to be more investigation into the specific function and how it be divided one is based on county one recommendation our idea is based on county the other one is based on travel shed um and uh so that is one of the main recommendations for government governance um as it relates to the operation of rtd uh we've made some recommendations related to the fair and past programs namely hoping to explore free or reduced fares for us and rtd to help accomplish greater equity in its services um and simplifying our past program so that there's one structure one past program per se as opposed to the several that are in existence now to make it more simpler we've had recommendations around operator retention as well we've made recommendations in terms of transparency can we create a specific dashboard on rtd's website there's information and data that exists kind of throughout the website but not one consolidated easy to digest space so metrics that address system performance and financial objectives as well we've made recommendations around federal coveted relief funds every tranche trying to give some recommendations on how to get these recommendations going given this opportunity to rebuild ridership we've also proposed partnerships with employers and other nonprofits and governments to help shape the direction of land use near rtd uh property uh there was a bill that was passed this year that would that gives them a little more flexibility to build um and to partner with local governments and nonprofits as well as the private sector so we've done a lot um we are anticipated to adopt these final recommendations at the june 28 accountability committee meeting and i will be sending out a an email with a little more breakdown of each item that i discussed today so you guys have a little more context um without taking too much time in this report but we are at the end of this very long over a year process you know someone's having 10 to 12 different meetings so it's been a big time commitment and i have any left but i've been really proud of the work that we've done in addition to all of our recommendations we've implemented an equity analysis and have hired some folks to help us in that development so we won't be responsible for the ultimate implementation but wanted to work with rtd to give as much possibility for success um you know working in tandem with them and understanding their processes as we um work to create feasible implementable uh recommendations so i wanted to give you all an update and if you all want uh the link to the um survey i will just include that in the email it closes tomorrow so if you want to send that out to your constituencies for feedback please feel free to do so so um additionally my next town hall they're the fourth thursdays of the month so it'll be june thursday june 24th at 6 00 pm um and six to seven normally we go an hour and a half but i have to cut it short a little bit this time around uh so those are the policy updates that i have and i want to just echo the the comments and the sentiments um to nicole councilmember johnston thank you so much for your service i i remember a couple years ago running together alongside council member hilt um and a lot has changed um i think we have all and i hope we all continue to strive to grow and to be better um but you know i i commend anyone who wants to run for this crazy position um so you know thanks to you um and thanks for your service and um you know hope you'll keep in touch and um best of luck to you and your family all right tell us more johnston thank you mayor um thank you for all for all of the the kind words i do want to bring up an announcement that the community will have an opportunity to meet the candidates for the vacancy on the 16th we have details at auroragov.org you can go to engage aurora and submit some questions um but it's an opportunity to to meet people to um see who what your priorities are communicate that so please please put in in questions and i i do hope you know it's it's gonna be about four or five months of someone filling the vacancy um i was as as crystal mentioned um crystal allison and i ran in 17 and i i did i did run as a progressive um i feel like i got some some more progressive policies passed but also the voters overwhelmingly did vote for for me and my values i hope that the council since we don't do special elections can keep that in mind to to have someone similar to to whom they voted for and then of course the voters will will decide the next two ward representative in november um it has been an honor to to represent my constituents they're they've been the highlight of of my life to be able to put that trust in me um you know council member hilton talked about some of the policies that i was able to accomplish but really just being able to do those um constituent services to be able to problem solve to be able to work with this council on who we're putting on different commissions or boards and letters and and working together that that's been a highlight as well so um i do want to also thank staff the city of aurora has the best staff and they've really for someone who doesn't have the technical expertise to be able to to count on those recommendations and that support i i really have enjoyed working with you and um thank you to the council members too and i i will be in touch um there's lifelong connections that i've made so um thank you councilmember versus thank you uh before i get on with my report i have a question about the 16th when we when the public questions the candidates we have it's scheduled for 6 30 to 8. and i did the math and with announcements and instructions that's really less than 15 minutes per candidate i i was curious if we could stretch that out a little bit an hour and a half for six candidates is not that many questions i don't know how we who came up with eight o'clock you know 6 30 to 8 i'm not sure how that happened but let me ask um i guess the city attorney a question um i and maybe katie um did we specifically vote on the time frame or was that delegated as staff to make that decision that was um a collaboration with the city clerk's office in the communications department that's scheduled virtually well could you uh i i would then ask uh staff in the uh communications to revisit that uh in light of council member burson's concerns please proceed council member versus thank you first i want to say the ward 3 july meeting will be our annual and our last picnic this is the 10th annual picnic and it will be my last so i do hope you come it will be july 24th from 11 to 2 at bicentennial park and everything will be provided all you need to do is come i've always provided everything so i just want to see your little smiling face july 24th 11 a.m to 2 at bicentennial park that's our july meeting so um i want to wish council member nicole johnson the best in her new endeavors i know she's been under pressure from several several outside groups but now she can put all that behind her and she can take care of herself and her family we we know that family has to come first in this life so i want to say it takes a lot you put a lot of energy time and energy in your council seat and we've all seen that and i want to say thank you for that and i want to say enjoy your new job and your new life and enjoy colorado springs i'm sure you'll do a fantastic job down there thank you councilmember all right thank you mayor so councilmember johnston i remember back in 2017 uh you came over to my town home back then and we spent got what two hours or more talking about land trusts environmental policy campaign finance and i don't even remember what else uh back then and then i remember knocking a ton of doors for you and councilman reynolds back in 2017 um and just you know kind of goes to show that local elections have serious consequences and you know i'm really proud of being able to work on campaign finance reform with you and the tag team the tale of the oil and gas manual i know you put a tremendous amount of work uh with staff in on that one in service of our shared environmentalist constituency um just want to thank you for serving and i wish you the best of luck in the springs and on the important work that you're going to be doing down there slan uh councillor combs and oh uh sorry i did have an actual update as well sorry please uh so yeah um i had the opportunity to attend the 57th annual international making cities livable conference in carmel indiana last week i'm going to be providing a uh report back to council and also to ward 4 constituents at our next ward meeting which is going to be on july 14th at 6 30 pm and that'll be on webex and facebook live assuming coveted cases and vaccination rates continue to trend in the right direction we're going to be meeting in person again beginning in august locations still to be determined but based on popular demand i will be finding a way to keep virtual means of attending as well so i want to make sure that we keep our meetings accessible for folks uh and with that have a great week thank you uh mayor pretend bergen i'm sorry uh councilman combs that's all right thank you mayor um so just for my initial actual report we will have no town hall meeting in july for ward 5 and hopefully currently we have scheduled to have our august meeting at heather gardens in person so looking forward to being back with all of you in person and then for my report on outside boards we had our mile high behavioral health care board meeting there is a lot of work that they're trying to do in terms of harm reduction for folks dealing with addiction um and then currently also are in the middle of our audit which is always a big deal and the staff there do a great job with making sure that that audit every all the information needed is provided and that it comes out very clearly they are increasing pay for employees um including increasing the contribution to the health premiums and dental premiums that the company provides as well as increasing hourly pay to meet benchmarks of other standards in the industry and have positions open for peers therapists and case management which they're also expanding um so that's as far as my report and then of course to council member johnson um you know i was working alongside you as an activist before we both got elected um worked with you council member hilton councilmember murillo on your campaigns and was excited about the insurgency that that really was for our city and have appreciated the work that you've done since then while i was a constituent also testifying typically in support though sometimes in opposition or i guess a community member not your direct constituent um to the policies that you brought forward i really appreciate the work that you've done to get people civically engaged in city level matters because most of the time a lot of folks don't pay attention to that and it has a great impact on their lives so i appreciate what you've done to educate me on that subject matter and to bring so many people into the process and wish you the best of luck moving forward thank you mayor bertin bergen thank you mayor so first uh to nicole to council member johnson um i just want to thank you for your service to the city and to your ward um and as mentioned by my colleagues all the different issues that you worked on um uh really put a lot of work into everything that you did did um and i i think that you and i have had always a respectful relationship and i appreciate that i've always been able to feel like i could pick up the phone and call you and have discussions even when we disagreed on policy issues um and we worked together in 2019 on pride together and that was fun and um and then a fun thing um that one time in it at a conference this was out of town in the evening on our own time we did karaoke together but she was way better a singer than i than i am was um but i really just want to wish you the very best and i'll miss you but i know i look forward to seeing you in colorado springs so um best wishes to you and then for my regular report um e-470 we had a presentation by arda on the 38th avenue bridge aesthetics they want to make it prettier and it will be funded by arda as well and then we had an i.t presentation uh to approve a contract with cooper no uh which is a subcontractor of atkins and then real quickly on mile high flood district we had authorizations to participate in planning studies on the buffalo run tributary on alina gulch and also on the upper uh sulfur gulch and that's it for my oh one more thing i forgot my word six um my town hall is going to be on july 21st at heritage eagle ben and we're going to have a presentation by tina banetta who's our 9-1-1 dispatch director and then another one by police and then followed by district attorney so that's going to be a really a good town hall thank you public invited to be heard we do not have anybody in the queue for public invited to be heard thanks everyone good luck uh nicole meeting adjourned good night everyone [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] my i'm getting lost in your eyes can you hear me [Music] can you hear me hear me [Music] i'll be here with you all night my