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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES Town Board 2025-03-11Town ofEstesPark, Larimer County, Colorado, March 11,2025 Minutes of a Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the 11th day of March, 2025. Present: Gary Hall, Mayor Marie Cenac, Mayor Pro Tem Trustees Bill Brown Kirby Hazelton Mark Igel Frank Lancaster CindyYounglund Also Present: Travis Machalek, Town Administrator Jason Damweber, Deputy Town Administrator Greg White, Special Counsel Bunny Victoria Beers, Deputy Town Clerk Absent: Town Attorney Dan Kramer Mayor Hall called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and all desiring to do so, recited the Pledge of Allegiance. AGENDA APPROVAL. It was moved and seconded (Hazelton/Younglund) to approved the Agenda, and it passed unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENTS. None. TRUSTEE COMMENTS. Board comments were heard and have been summarized: The Police Department held their annual awards banquet and provided awards to staff and service pins to Police Auxiliary; gratitude was shared for the Larimer County Sheriffs Department who provided local area coverage and emergency dispatch to allow all department employees the ability to attend the ceremony; the Citizen Information Academy was in progress and an award ceremony would take place on March 25th; the Estes Valley Community Center hosted a Women's Fair on International Women's Day to celebrate the achievements of local women; the public were encouraged to attend the next Trustee Talk with Mayor Pro Tem Cenac and Trustee Younglund; the Board were encouraged to attend Municipal Court; Visit Estes Park (VEP) has filled three staff vacancies, are discussing ways to handle chatter regarding RMNP's summer season, and ways to coordinate with RMNP on distributed content; VEP has deployed a tourism marketing tool which ties advertisements to visitation for future economic impact data and have embarked on a 6E storytelling series on lodging tax impacts to the community; and Estes Park Housing Authority Board of Director applicants would be interviewed. Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) held a Legislative meeting where Governor Polls stated he would advocate for keeping RMNP open. Additional topics discussed included: a decline in drug and crime rates in Denver, 2024 spending, house price ranks across the state, aging populations, unemployment wage percentages, and proposed bills. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR REPORT. The first of two Town Board Strategic Planning Sessions would be held on March 13, 2025. Board of Trustees - March 11, 2025 - Page 2 CONSENT AGENDA: 1. Bills. 2. Town Board Meeting and Study Session Minutes dated February 25,2025. 3. Transportation Advisory Board Minutes dated December 18, 2024 and February 5, 2025 (acknowledgment only). 4. Resolution 18-25 Seventh Modification to the Reimbursable Agreement (DTFH6814E00004) with the Central Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration for the Downtown Estes Loop Project. 5. Estes Valley Public Library District Board Appointment of Peter Benton to complete the term of Marlys Poison beginning March 11, 2025 and ending December 31 ,2027. It was moved and seconded (Igel/Hazelton) to approve the Consent Agenda,and it passed unanimously. ACTION ITEMS: 1. RESOLUTION 19-25 ESTABLISHiNG 2025 SEASONAL PAID PARKING AND PARKING PERMIT FEES. Manager Klein presented the 2025 seasonal paid parking program and parking permit fees. Staff recommended no significant changes or expansion to the 2024 paid parking program. Paid parking was proposed to begin May 23, 2025 and run through October 19, 2025 from the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday, at $2.00 per hour. Parking would be implemented in 682 total spaces in Town Hall, Bond Park, E. Riverside, Virginia, Post Office, Wiest, and Tregent parking lots. Permit rates and availability as follows: 2025 Paid Parking Season I Permit Name j Overnight Permit: Downtown Resident I Overnight Permit: Downtown Rental UniVCommercial Lodging I Overnight Permit: General Use I Overnight Permit: Temporary Guest Permit I Employee Permit: Convenience Permit I Business Permit: Commercial Loading I Local 120 Minutes Free Volunteer Permit Rate $35.00 $40.00 $10.00 $0.00 $40.00 $80.00 $0.00 $0.00 Details Per year Per year Per night, up to 7 nights Per night, up to 7 nights May-Oct Per year May-Oct May-Oct Staff highlighted the following: 69% of public parking in Estes Park and 33% of parking in the downtown core would remain at no charge; all spaces for persons with disabilities and vehicles displaying Americans with Disabilities (ADA) placards or Disables Veterans (DV) license plates would remain at no charge and without a time limit; motorcycles parking in designated motorcycle parking spaces would continue to be exempt from fees; Town Hall, the Estes Valley Library and the Post Office would continue to have dedicated spaces without charge for patrons; and residents/locals who reside in the Estes Park School R-3 District would continue to be eligible for 120 minutes of parking at no charge each day in the paid parking areas. Staff stated a letter of support was not directly requested from the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) as had been done in previous years and would solicit input for future items. Discussion ensued regarding lack of TAB input, continuing the item to a future meeting to receive input, changes to the downtown area from construction updates, and RMNP timed entry impacts to traffic flow. After further discussion, it was moved and seconded (Hazelton/Younglund) to approve Resolution 19-25, and it passed with Trustee Brown and Igel voting "No". 2. RESOLUTION 20-25 6E FUNDING REQUEST FOR EVICS TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Manager Bangs presented a $250,000 funding request from the Estes Valley Investment in Childhood Success (EVICS) from 6E funds for Childcare Tuition Board of Trustees - March 11, 2025 - Page 3 Assistance. EVICS budget for the tuition assistance program was projected at $329,212. Staff recommended a $200,000 expenditure from 6E Workforce Housing and Childcare Lodging Tax, Childcare Assistance funds. Staff anticipated results of the cost modeling analysis in April 2025 which would be provided to the Board for direction on the Middle AMI program.. Rut Miller, EVICS Executive Director spoke regarding the organizations vision, mission and support to the community. She reviewed how funding would assist EVICS in maintaining services to support low- income families. EVICS anticipated the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) would remain frozen in 2025 which has provided assistance to local families in the past. She reviewed the anticipated childcare need in 2025 including: an increase in capacity by 26 spots, projected childcare costs, summer program demands, and spoke regarding EVICS position to administer the Middle AMI program. Board comments and questions have been summarized: clarification was requested on who would be best suited to administer the Middle AMI program; the reasoning behind a staff recommendation for an amount less than the total request; how school enrollment numbers have impacted childcare needs; outreach efforts and ways to serve all demographics within the community; the local financial impacts when the Town or other organizations step up to support families impacted by state and other funding freezes and gaps; and details on the timeline for the cost modeling analysis. It was moved and seconded (Igel/Hazelton) to approve Resolution 20-25, and it passed unanimously. Whereupon Mayor Hall adjourned the meeting at 8:42 p.m_ Gary - s ^ ria Beers, Depdty Town Clerk