 The motion to approve the September 8, 2020 minutes passes unanimously. All right. Agenda revisions and submission of documents and or emotions to direct the city manager to add agenda items to future agendas. You don't have anything at this time? All right. Update on COVID-19. Harold? Yes, mayor council. I do actually have a couple of things to go over regarding COVID-19. Actually, I have a few things to go over tonight. A couple of things that I want to point out on this is so if you see in terms of the two week cumulative increase in cases, you can see that we've all we've gone into the pink category, which is equivalent to this one. But if you look at the average positivity and declining or stable stable hospitalizations in Boulder County, you can see that we're actually in the green category here. And so those are two important things. The first graph that I want to talk about, and you're going to see this twice tonight, is they have actually been collecting the data in terms of what's happening within Boulder County as it relates to the CU students and staff versus all other cases within Boulder County. And if you look at this graph, this is really showing us something that's really important as I was discussing it with Jeff. So when you look at the 30 plus category, relatively flat in terms of what we've been seeing, 23 to 29, you can see the blue line and it's remaining relatively stable. Zero to nine and 10 to 17, you're seeing a similar move in terms of what's been happening recently. This slide you will see again. And this is really the positivity rate that you can see, you can see at this point where we're at 1.7. Right now, I think we're at a previous version, we're at 4.1, it may be a little bit higher as the slides updated. Boulder County, we're at a 62.5% hospitalization rate. State average is 129.3 and the national is at 170.4. How many people do we have hospitalized in Longmont right now with COVID? Based on what I heard this morning from Dan Eamon, we had zero patients in our local hospitals with COVID. So again, that's all information that we have to take into account. Okay, the next thing I would like to go over with you, I'm going to introduce Peter Gibbons. This is what I talked to you all about last week. Good evening, Mayor and members of council. I am Peter Gibbons. I'm the recovery manager and emergency management coordinator for the city. The purpose of my presentation tonight is to brief you on our recovery funding budget from two funding sources, the coronavirus relief fund or CVRF for short and HUD's CDBG and CDBG's CV funding, all of which were provided by the CARES Act. CVRF is funding provided to the states from the CARES Act. In our case, the Department of Local Affairs or DOLA is the primary administrator. Boulder County is our local primary recipient and Longmont is a sub recipient for this funding. So Longmont received two allocations of CVRF totaling $4.3 million. This was determined on a per capita basis and Boulder County provided one allocation and Weld County provided the other allocation. The coronavirus relief fund rules are flexible but require careful navigation to ensure long-term funding retention through the eventual audit by the Office of Inspector General or OIG. So the three primary rules include all expenses being necessary and directly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They cannot have been budgeted for in the adopted 2020 budget and all expenses must have been incurred between March 1st and December 30th of this year. Unfortunately, the coronavirus relief fund cannot be used to fund revenue shortfalls or replacements for local governments as in we cannot use it to fill budget caps in bulk. As is common to see in disaster recoveries, we've established four primary categories to serve in the recovery from this event. So moving into the coronavirus fund recovery spending plan section, we're applying a basic theory of spending to expend this fund safely and completely. I do want to point out the restaurant voucher program so there's 20,000 there, 10,000 to refund what council used for the first program but another 10,000 to create another round in the restaurant voucher program. Basically, just to summarize, we put these categories together so that we could make sure that we were bolstering each of those recovery categories throughout our community. So as you will remember, we came in on the front end of this and we repurposed CDBG funds. We then had the CV funding come into the organization and then we had another round the CV funding hit us. So when we combine these funding sources and sort across the different funding recovery categories, you can see similar distributions of funding across each of the categories of recovery. So it retained that integrity of how we distributed the funding across each of those funds. So the next steps in our recovery include continuing to evaluate needs in the community and the organization and to ensure eligibility by following all funding guidelines. I have Tyler Stamey here. I know you all have been having a lot of questions regarding the Pike Road project and South Offman Street. So just that that's right down the street from me. The light is in. There's zero percent chance that lights come out. Let's spend two minutes on this. First and foremost, I want to touch on South Offman itself. It is a local street. It's not a collector. There's no plans and no discussion to change it from a local to a collector on the section of roadway. The oldest data I could find was from 1995. Back in 1995, we had about a little more than 450 cars a day on the section of roadway. We have some additional data points since 1995 until now 2012, 2018, 2019. You'll see that it's relatively stayed the same. It hasn't really grown. It hasn't gone down. It's stayed the same, which is really indicative that it is really functioning as a local street. It's not a collector. It's not providing access to new destinations. So the traffic signal, again, was really impetus from what we heard from the public feedback at our open houses. We heard very loudly and clearly that we needed to do more at Pike and South Offman. One of the criteria in that program says in order for physical devices, which would be your speed tables, permanent radar signs, we're looking for a minimum daily traffic volume of 750 cars a day. The color of cannabis and other organizations are advocating for opportunities to diversify the cannabis industry ownership through marijuana delivery in jurisdictions across the state. But I am here to speak in support of the resolution to name Swim Beach at Union Reservoir after my father, Fred Wilson. I'd like to take a few moments to talk about what Union Reservoir meant to my dad and why I think we should name the beach in his honor. The air quality in Longmont is poor primarily due to fracking, not withstanding the recent fires, but the fracking is causing our air quality to be poor on a consistent basis. Thank you to the point. My name is Brian Otega. I am currently the Director of Logistics for Sharp Solutions. We are a career service here in Colorado focusing in business and business delivery. We're trying to transition in business to consumer, God willing, trying to get patients on medicine. I'm also the former Director of Veterans for Natural Rights. Mayor Bagley and council members, why does the city of Longmont need to hire an environmental planner? A couple of good reasons are one, the planner will ensure that developers who are looking to build in Longmont have a good understanding of what is required for code compliance. And two, the planner will also ensure that developers are aware of the city's important wildlife and natural resources that need protection. On September 8th, City Council approved several revisions to the municipal code chapters dealing with the protection of streams and creeks, wetlands, riparian areas, and habitat and species protection based on comments brought up by Longmont resident Ruby Bowman. In reading through their version of the code presented to council tonight, I don't see those revisions reflected. Will these revisions be added prior to publication? Again, I'd also like to reiterate the need for Longmont to fill the environmental planner position that was approved in the budget for this year. I'm here tonight as Chair of the Board for Sustainable Resilient Longmont. I want to let you all know tonight that this week is National Drive Electric Week. Sustainable Resilient Longmont is celebrating with two events that I wanted to make sure you know about. First, we're having a live webinar this Thursday at the 24th from 6 to 8 p.m. This event will also feature a virtual tour of three different types of electric vehicles. On Saturday, we'll be hosting an EV motorcade down Main Street. Starting at 5 p.m. at Roosevelt Park, we'll head south on Main and take a U-turn at 3rd at. There's lots in the news the last few weeks or the last week about whether there is a hypocrisy when federal judges are named and confirmed. I think we can bring this discussion front and center here in Longmont. This week, PRPA will be discussing whether to sanction a plan that includes building a gas plant for electricity generation. This will commit us to practice gas over the next 40 years, or we will be left with stranded assets. I'm actually calling about the proposed cannabis delivery bill and I am encouraging you all to adopt it. I mean it would certainly be helpful for patients, especially people who can't get out or concerned about COVID. In today's environment, patients find it necessary to have safe, discreet, and reliable home delivery. It is extremely necessary that you allow this service to your constituents. The reason I'm calling is kind of like what Mark Twain said, you know, the law treats everybody equally, both the rich and poor are prohibited from sleeping under bridges. One of the things that happened with this pandemic is that there's a certain number of our community lost the access to bathrooms, showers, and places where they could get shelter during the day. My suggestion is to allow people input into city policies that tend to be presently excluded. I'm executive director for the non-profit organization Colorado Normal. Our mission is to move public opinion by working with government officials to progress the growing cannabis community. To ensure cannabis consumers have access to high quality cannabis that is safe, convenient, and affordable. We are organizing and supporting the proposed marijuana delivery code and it would respectfully suggest minimal changes which have a significant impact on both dispensaries and consumers. I'm just calling to advocate for medical delivery. Here in Longmont. My background is as follows. I'm a graduate of West Point. I was a federal prosecutor in Washington DC and pretty much all we did was fight the war on drugs. Now I'm in private practice and service a lot of Kent's clients because I strongly support cannabis home delivery. I just wanted to call in and voice my support for homeowners in the area being able to utilize Airbnb as a means of alternative income. As a young homeowner in Longmont, you know, it's hard to afford things and it's nice to know that if times get really hard we can make a little extra money. And I know that there is some talk about some problem Airbnb properties in the area and I would say that's probably the minority of what's going on. I just am a big supporter of property rights. That's all. Thank you a lot for your time. Thank you. All right. That concludes first call public invited to be heard. Let's move on to the consent agenda. Item 9A is ordinance 2020-39 a bill for an ordinance amending chapter 6.70 of the Longmont municipal code to permit medical marijuana delivery public hearing and second reading scheduled for October 13, 2020. 9B is ordinance 2020-40 a bill for an ordinance amending chapters 2.68 on local licensing authority 6.70 on marijuana stores and chapter 9.60 on medical and recreational marijuana public hearing and second reading scheduled for October 13, 2020. 9C is ordinance 2020-41 a bill for an ordinance authorizing the city of Longmont to lease the real property known as Vance brand municipal airport hangar parcel H74 to best deal LLC public hearing and second reading scheduled for October 13, 2020. 9D is ordinance 2020-42 a bill for an ordinance authorizing the city of Longmont to lease the real property known as Vance brand municipal airport hangar parcel H32 to George Neville and Grell public hearing and second reading scheduled for October 13, 2020. 9E is ordinance 2020-43 a bill for an ordinance conditionally approving the vacation of access utility and drainage easements associated with the Highlands subdivision generally located north of highway 119 and west of countyline road public hearing and second reading scheduled for October 13, 2020. 9F is resolution 2020-93 a resolution of Longmont City Council approving the intergovernmental agreement between the city and the University of Colorado for socio-technical design for a middleware information exchange of 9G is resolution 2020-94 a resolution of the Longmont City Council authorizing agreements between the city of Longmont and River set LLC for the purchase of real property for the resilient St. Brain project 9H is resolution 2020-95 a resolution of the Longmont City Council approving the intergovernmental agreement between the city and the Colorado Department of Transportation for grant funding to support the main street revitalization project 9I is resolution 2020-96 a resolution of the Longmont City Council approving the intergovernmental agreement between the city and the 20th judicial district for a victim assistance and law enforcement grant 9J is resolution 2020-97 a resolution of the Longmont City Council approving the grant application for an intergovernmental agreement between the city and the Colorado Department of Public Safety division of criminal justice office for victims grant programs for grant funding for victim services 9K is resolution 2020-98 a resolution of the Longmont City Council approving the intergovernmental agreement between the city and the regional air quality council for grant funding for electric vehicle charging stations 9L is resolution 2020-99 a resolution of the Longmont City Council approving the city to apply for a grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs for grant funding for the peace officer mental health grant program 9M is resolution 2020-100 a resolution of the Longmont City Council naming the Union Reservoir Swim Beach in honor of former Longmont Mayor Fred Wilson 9N approved $25,000 grant from the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation to support the Longmont Early Childhood Bright Eyes initiative 9O is approved amendment to Boulder Air Contract Addendum and 9P is approved one capital improvement program amendment one favor of passing the consent agenda might as those letters and we'll go through them one at a time say aye aye aye opposed say nay all right we'll get that we'll we'll figure that out in a second all right 10A ordinance 2025 or sorry ordinance 2020-35 an ordinance authorized in the issuance of the city of Longmont Colorado open space sales and use tax revenue refunding and improvement bond series 2020 is there a staff report there's not correct all right that's correct any questions council all right seeing none let's go ahead and open it for public hearing all right um seeing nobody else let's go ahead and close the public hearing on ordinance 2020-35 all right any discussion from council seeing none can have a motion councilman waters i'm i move approval of ordinance 2020-35 i'll second that all right it's been moved and seconded all in favor say aye aye aye opposed say may all right ordinance 2020-35 passes unanimously all right ordinance 2020-36 the bill for an ordinance making additional appropriations for expenses and liabilities the city of Longmont the fiscal year beginning January 1 2020 let's go ahead and open the public hearing but nobody's online so we'll go ahead and close the public hearing um can we have a motion dr or dr waters you want to unmute yourself i will i will um move approval of ordinance 2020-36 councilor christensen you almost did it all right it's been moved and second moved by dr waters saying it by councilor christensen seeing no further discussion all in favor say aye aye i'll post a name all right ordinance 2020-36 passes unanimously ordinance 2020-37 the bill for an ordinance repealing and re-enacting chapter 15.05.020 the Longmont municipal code on protection of streams and creeks wetlands repairing areas and 15.05.030 on habitat and species protection and amending chapters 15.08.070 on non-conforming structures and 15.10-020 on all other terms defined um i thought that we voted to include in this rare native fish and rare wetland songbirds real real quick then so does anyone have a problem waiting two weeks so we can get the the actual i mean the actual ordinance into the the packet so we can vote on what's there right right okay so i'm actually gonna suggest i'm just gonna let's go ahead and pull it and then we're gonna wait okay let's move on to ordinance 2020-38 38-10 or item 10d a bill for an ordinance organizing the lfm business improvement district providing for an election of the board of directors of the district and approving the 2020-2021 operating plan and budget for the district ordinance 2020-38 okay i move uh ordinance 2020-38 i'll second it all right all in favor say aye aye aye opposed say may all right great so let's go ahead to resolution 2020-100 a resolution renaming or just naming the swim beach after fred wilson i believe uh mayor lang is here mayor bagley and city council members as you packet tell you this is a resolution to name the union reservoir swim beach in the honor of former mayor fred wilson as you heard earlier his daughter did a pretty good job of describing his passion involved in this and uh he spent many many hours um trying to do the right thing for union reservoir with that i'd like to i'd actually like to move uh resolution 2020-100 i move that we name the union reservoir swim beach in honor of former law mcmire fred wilson i can't all right let's go ahead and vote all in favor say aye aye aye opposed say nay all right um the swim beach in honor of former mayor fred wilson um the resolution is passed it's done so enjoy fred's beach thank you thank you mayor lang not sure but just to cover you gene i move all the consent agenda catch all if we miss something it's all passed a through p do you have a second mayor you're good you've got them all okay all right good okay thank you thanks don doing your job mayor and city council terese malloy budget manager so these are the topics we're gonna cover for you this evening each year is part of our budget process staff reviews and and updates our financial policies uh the first one uh new policy is a policy around affordable housing so this policy essentially uh lays out the different types of revenue that will be put into the affordable housing fund two more new policies uh the one around the special marijuana sales tax uh we do have a few policies that as i mentioned are beyond just a minor clarification and the first one is in the oil and gas revenue policy and the living wage requirement this one we are adding again what's in blue to better align with the actual contract languages and the investment vehicle adding again that section in blue that one of the vehicles that the city can invest in is general or revenue municipal bonds and finally the last one to bring to your attention is the electric utility reserve uh the policy itself is not changing just a note on the implementation statement to just talked about uh financial policies there is a financial policy for recreation fees and it requires that we uh generate 80 percent self-sufficiency through the fees that we charge for our programs and services so we have uh found that uh there's been two major areas that have impacted recreation based on the the virus and uh people coming to the rec center so with that recreation is anticipating that our revenues are going to be down 25 percent last year or next year this slide gives you an example of how our revenue and attendance has been over the last several years so what the budget includes is a 25 percent reduction in all areas of the budget excluding regular in part-time benefited employees and the benefits that match that staff will start looking at how we can meet our budget and what programs we can offer based on the budget we would have available in our general fund we have one point almost three million dollars of one-time funding and in the public safety fund we have a total of 775,000 of one time one of our financial policies that i didn't cover with you this evening but it is in the packet in our financial policy packet is the incremental development funding and this slide shows you what is covered under those incremental development revenue so with apologies to council members i'm going to i'm going to my last comments are going to be a little sharper and point-pointed i want to say to boulder county democrats that your arrogance and disrespect of long-minutes and elected officials is insulting at least to this council member boulder county boulder county democrats clearly believe based on what i read that longmont city council members and the city manager are not smart enough to design public private partnerships that serve the interests of longmont residents taxpayers and investors boulder county democrats apparently also believe ballot questions voted down by longmont voters in one election cycle should not again appear on a subsequent ballot so boulder county democrats in the interest of an informed balanced respectful and non-partisan local election reconsider your position all right we bet can i have a motion to adjourn i moved that we adjourn thank you calvary okay i'll i was gonna second it all in favor say aye hi hi i'll oppose say may and that motion passes unanimously and i will see you guys at the latest next Tuesday all right later guys