July 29Th, 2019

Town Manager’s Newsletter July 29th, 2019

1. Upcoming Events - A. Friends of Breckenridge Trails - August 3rd B. Grand Opening of River Park - August 7th C. Theobald Award Reception - August 8th 2. Welcome Melanie Smith to Free Ride 3. July 15th Occupancy Forecast Notes & Report - Fill rate for the 15 day period was not bad. July 4 occupancy closed at 93% despite being one time when YOY fill was down. Not surprising considering how far ahead we were going into the weekend. We gained a little ground in August, a sharp drop on Aug 19 – 20 (Groups) may hurt the end number but on most days in August experienced FLAT YOY fill. A handful of nights were up YOY September remains a bright spot before what will be some tough drops in October. We have on the books through January 31. Some shifts in Holidays and Groups account for the early season roller coaster along the zero % axis. 4. DMMO Download from the BTO - A. July 23rd Issue 5. Board of the County Commissioners - A. July 30th - Cancelled 6. Summit County Government News - A. Improvements on Swan Mountain Recpath Begin 7. Northwest Colorado Council of Governments - A. eNews - July 2019 8. I-70 Coalition - A. Work starts on WB Mtn Express Lane 9. Colorado Mountain College - B. The Eagle - July 2019 10. Mountain Town News from CAST - A. July 24th Issue B. Delta-Montrose and Tri-State reach exit agreement Friends Of Breckenridge Trails

Be Active, Get Outside, And Make A Difference You Can See!

The Friends of Breckenridge Trails is a program designed to provide an opportunity for locals and visitors to participate in the upkeep of the fragile habitats, open spaces and trail systems unique to the Town of Breckenridge.

Through volunteer efforts, Town open spaces, trails, historic sites and ecologically sensitive areas are maintained and restored, thereby creating fun opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and abilities.

2019 Volunteer Events

June 1st: National Trails Day, Trail Love Carter Park, TLC CANCELLED, POOR CONDITIONS Come join us for a trail maintenance day to give a little love to some of your favorite local trails: Carter Park, Moonstone, Barney Flow, B-Line, and Jack’s Cruel Joke! Please meet at the Carter Park parking lot 9am.

June 15th: Planting at the River Park Help us to get the River Park ready for it’s Grand Opening by planting perennials. Then stay to enjoy the afternoon and play at the park! Pizza will be provided for lunch. Please meet at the River Park 9am. For more information click here

July 13th Redpig Trail Help to construct a safe and sustainable trail connection from the Wellington Trail and Wellington Neighborhood to the Barney Ford Trail. This new trail will be constructed through a community wide effort in conjunction with Friends of Breckenridge Trails, Higher Ground Earthworks, and Summit County Open Space. Trail highlights include roughly 3,000 feet of new trail contouring through a beautiful north facing forest, existing mining ditches, unique rock outcroppings, and will be an important trail connection to French Gulch. For more information click here

July 27th: Redpig Trail Give back to the trails you love to use! We aim to make new trail construction fun and safe. Join us to help construct this important trail connection, and regardless of your trail experience and age, by the end of the day you will know the basics of new trail construction. For more information click here

August 3rd: Redpig Trail Join in on this community wide project to help construct a new singletrack, multi-use trail connecting the Wellington Trail to the Barney Ford Trail. For more information click here

August 24th: Redpig Trail Do you enjoy working outside, using trails, and being surround by good people? Then please join us on this community wide project constructing a new single track trail connecting the Wellington Trail and Barney Ford Trail. For more information click here

September 7th: Redpig Trail Please join us for our last trail building event of the season! Be a part of completing this new trail connecting the Wellington Trail and Barney Ford trail. For more information click here

The Town also offers team building opportunities centered around trail construction efforts for businesses, families or other groups.

On the morning of the event, volunteers are encouraged to meet in front of the Breckenridge Recreation Center (880 Airport Rd) at 9:00am for juice, coffee and snacks. A typical work day will end around 2:00 p.m. Volunteers of all ages and abilities are welcome. Participants should bring lunch, gloves, sunscreen, sunglasses, sturdy footwear and a water bottle. All other materials will be provided by the Town. The Town requests each volunteer fill out a waiver prior to the trail work. Please print a copy of the waiver to sign and bring with you when you check in.

For more information, or to Volunteer for a Friends of Breckenridge Trails project, please contact Tony Overlock, Open Space and Trails Division, at (970) 453-3189 or [email protected].

Please welcome our latest addition to the Breck Free Ride Team, Melanie Smith!

Melanie enjoys showing her Labradors competitively and loves driving for the Free Ride! Melanie has worked for many companies including Disney, Town of Vail, and the Summit Stage, but likes working here the best because it feels like home!

Kenneth Symank Transit Assistant Manager Town of Breckenridge Free Ride 1105 Airport Road 970-547-3142

July 15, 2019 Occupancy Forecast Notes

Hello Breckenridge Business Community,

The June 30 report brought many questions from the community and heightened the anticipation of our July 15 report. How has fill been the first 15 days of July? Last minute fill for fourth of July weekend was off a little, yet we closed with 93% occupancy on the 4th, 92% on the 5th and Saturday closed @ 77%. The remainder of July was mostly flat Year over Year (YOY) with some midweek nights falling below last year’s fill rate. Early August fill was slightly above last year, while the second half of August was flat except for the sharp drop on Aug. 19 & 20. September remains the bright spot of the summer season, as fill was mostly flat with some days exceeding pace and virtually no days failing to match last year’s pace.

The weekend of July 26 – 28, we have slight increases in occupancy on the books. Last year we had 84% on Friday, 89% on Saturday and 59% on Sunday. I expect similar numbers this weekend with the heat index outside of Breckenridge being the key variable that could drive results.

The following midweek nights will be slower than last year, especially later in the week. Occupancy on Wednesday the 31st was @ 69% last year and is pacing down by 6%, leading to an expectation of 65% occupancy before a bump to 72% on Thursday after Monday’s expected 62% occupancy.

August 2 – 4 we see some impacts of some group business shifts and slower demand from the individual traveler segment. Last year, 85% on Friday, 89% on Saturday and 72% on Sunday. This year expect 81%, 82% and 68% on the 3 nights of this weekend. The midweek nights of Aug 5 – 8 start down and finish up YOY. Monday Aug 6 will start with 60% occupancy and by Thursday, August 8, occupancy will reach 80%.

August 9 – 11 has a slide pattern. Friday will exceed last year’s 79% occupancy with the potential to reach 85% occupancy. Saturday, Aug. 10 is an interesting night. On the books occupancy is 10 points below Friday night. Last year we filled 30 points of occupancy between July 15 and Aug. 10. We need to maintain that pace to reach the 82% occupancy for the same night in 2018. Sunday will close the weekend with 61% occupancy.

A reminder, August 9 marks the beginning of BIFA (Aug. 9 – 18) and Breck Epic races Aug 11 – 16.

August 12 -15 midweek nights will have 60% occupancy each night give or take a point or two. The Spartan race is not happening in Breck in 2019; hence, the significant drop in occupancy on Aug 15 – 18. This is the last weekend before 50% of our public schools are in session on Aug 19. Right now, expect occupancy in the 70% range on August 16 & 17. This is about 17 points below last year.

August 19 – 25 pace starts down YOY by 13% before pacing up by 5% on Aug 24. Expect Monday night occupancy around 48% and occupancy to hover around 50% for the remainder of the week before climbing to 63% on Friday and 70% on Saturday.

Labor Day weekend is FLAT to last year when occupancy was 66%, 84%, and 74% Friday – Sunday nights.

We will hold off on predictions for September occupancy. As you can see from the graph below, September is doing well. Oktoberfest (Sept. 6-8) and Wine Classic (Sept. 12 – 15) are pacing well with some nice group business bumping up the midweek nights. Film Festival weekend (Sept. 19-22) is flat to last year before the roller coaster pace to close out the month.

This report gives us a snapshot of winter through January 31, 2020. For some of us, it is hard to believe it has been 20 years since the millennium. Maybe it is time to party like it is 1999. The November 16- 23 vs. Nov 23 – 30 reversal is the timing of Thanksgiving. November 30 – Dec 7 vs. Dec 7 -14; is a result of Hartford Ski Spectacular coming in a week later this year. Dew Tour is also off the books around the Dec 14 dates. However, ULLR Festival 2019.2 occupies this time. The slight bump around the pre-Christmas dates of Dec 18 – 23 is nice but may be short lived as we already saw a slowdown in YOY demand.

A big THANK YOU to all the lodging properties who supply the data that produces these reports.

Have fun Breckenridge

Bill Wishowski - Breckenridge Tourism Office

Executive Summary Daily Occupancy Report as of Jul 15, 2019

Content & Overview

Contents Graph a. Rolling 6-month view b. Static summer view c. Static winter view d. 60-day advance view

Participating Properties

Peak Property Mgmt Pine Ridge Condominiums Ski Country Resorts & Sports VRI - Breck - Crystal Peak Lodge

VRI - Breck - Double Tree VRI - Breck - Mountain Thunder Lodge VRI - Breck - One Ski Hill Place VRI - Breck - Village at Breckenridge Property Mgmt

VRI - Breck - Village Hotel WoodWinds Property Management Pinnacle Lodging VRI - Breck - River Mountain Lodge

Grand Lodge on Peak 7 Residence Inn Breckenridge The Lodge & Spa at Breckenridge Wyndham Vacation Rentals - Breckenridge

Beaver Run Resort Blue Sky Lodge Grand Timber Lodge/Peak Resorts Great Western Lodging

The Daily Occupancy Report tracks occupancy on a daily level of granularity. The report combines the data sets of participating properties into a destination wide view that features three data sets (providing that sufficient information is available) including: i) current YTD occupancy, ii) last YTD occupancy, iii) last season's ending occupancy.

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Event Name Start Date End Date Description Independence Day 2019 07/03/2019 07/04/2019 Street Arts Festival 07/03/2019 07/04/2019 BIFA 08/08/2019 08/18/2019 Breck Epic 08/10/2019 08/16/2019 Labor Day Weekend 2019 08/31/2019 09/02/2019 25th Annual Breckenridge Oktoberfest 09/05/2019 09/08/2019 25th Annual Breckenridge Oktoberfest 09/12/2019 09/15/2019 Breckenridge Film Festival 09/19/2019 09/21/2019 Dia de los Muertos 10/17/2019 10/20/2019 Halloween 10/30/2019 10/31/2019 Dia De Los Muertos 10/30/2019 11/02/2019 Thanksgiving 11/28/2019 11/28/2019 Lighting of Breckenridge 12/07/2019 12/07/2019 Christmas 12/25/2019 12/25/2019 New Year's Eve 12/31/2019 12/31/2019 New Year's Day 01/01/2020 01/01/2020 International Snow Sculpting Championships 01/20/2020 01/29/2020 Independence Day 2018 07/03/2018 07/04/2018 Independence Day Celebration 07/03/2018 07/04/2018 Breck Epic 08/04/2018 08/11/2018 Breckenridge International Festival of Arts 08/09/2018 08/19/2018 Spartan Race 08/17/2018 08/19/2018 Labor Day Weekend 2018 08/31/2018 09/03/2018 24th Annual Oktoberfest 09/06/2018 09/09/2018 Breckenridge Wine Classic 09/12/2018 09/16/2018 Breckenridge Film Festival 09/19/2018 09/23/2018 Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival 10/18/2018 10/21/2018 Dia de los Muertos 10/18/2018 10/21/2018 Breckenridge Craft Spirits Festival 10/18/2018 10/21/2018 Still on the Hill Tasting 10/19/2018 10/20/2018 Halloween 10/30/2018 10/31/2018 Snow Dance 11/17/2018 11/17/2018 Thanksgiving Weekend 11/22/2018 11/25/2018 Hartford Ski Spectacular 12/03/2018 12/09/2018 Santa Race 12/08/2018 12/08/2018 Lighting of Breckenridge 12/08/2018 12/08/2018 Winter Dew Tour 12/13/2018 12/16/2018

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Christmas 12/25/2018 12/25/2018 New Years Eve 12/31/2018 12/31/2018 New Year's Day 01/01/2019 01/01/2019 56th Annual Ullr Fest 01/09/2019 01/12/2019 MLK Weekend 2019 01/19/2019 01/21/2019 29th Annual International Snow Sculpture Championships 01/21/2019 01/25/2019 Snow Sculpture Viewing 01/25/2019 01/30/2019

Over 3,000 guests visited Isak Heartstone on July 5, 2019. Help keep Isak and the Trollingstigen trail around for the long haul by following these guidelines.

How to visit the troll!

In our Backyard

OCCUPANCY REPORT Occupancy Report

As of June 30, Occupancy Report WEEKLY CALENDAR

 During June 2019, 13% fewer nights were booked for arrival in August vs. the same period in 2018  July 26 - 27, occupancy is holding pace to last year in the upper 80's  Group shifts and no Spartan race results in occupancy dips this August.  50% of public schools will start back Aug. 19th

Concierge Tips

Know before you recommend.

 New things to try:

o Vida-Flo has rebranded and is now Elite IV Lounge. Same location, staff and

ownership with 2 additional locations in Denver! i

o The Breckenridge Pour House is a new style bar in the old Artisan location

o Portfolio Gallery has opened and showcases artist that live and work in Colorado

 Brown's Canyon has reduced the minimum age to 7 years old.

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Summer BRECK101 has started The experiential guest-service training program offers activity outings, fine dining experiences, spa services, lodging tours, and a retail scavenger hunt to Breckenridge’s most guest- facing employees. The sole mission of the program was to better familiarize Breckenridge’s guest service workers with the recommendations they’re asked to give every day. More importantly, the program provides these employees the tools to make the right recommendation for the right guest to ensure the highest guest satisfaction and likelihood to return.

Breck 101: Business

Registration is Now Open!

 Improve your recommendations from Breckenridge's front- line employees.

 Get more online reviews.

 Teach the locals who recommend your business, what makes your business special.

Businesses with the varied trail and weather conditions this summer, Breck 101 is easier than ever to fit in your business model. Ask us how!

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Upcoming Events

Look Who's Coming

Group Date Co. Assoc. Student Educators July 21- 24 Co. Protein Stability Conf. July 28 -31 Co. Trial Lawyers Aug. 5- 8

BreckMusic Simply Swinging w/Sinatra July 25, 2019 at 7 pm

Riverwalk Center TICKETS This is a Breck101 offering, Learn More

Rocky Mountain Events Breckenridge Food and Wine

July 26 - 28, 2019 Main Street Station TICKETS

The Big Picture

Vail Resorts acquires Peak Resorts, operators of Mount

Snow and 16 others, for $264 Million

Peak Resorts operates ski areas across the East Coast and Midwest. This season, 2019-20 Epic Pass, Epic Local and Military Epic Pass holders will have unlimited access to: Mount Snow in Vermont, Hunter Mountain, in New York, Attitash Mountain Resort, Wildcat Mountain and Crotched Mountain in New Hampshire, Liberty Mountain Resort, Roundtop Mountain Resort, Whitetail Resort, Jack Frost and Big Boulder;in Pennsylvania, Alpine Valley, Boston Mills, Brandywine and Mad River Mountain in Ohio, Hidden Valley and Snow Creek in Missouri and Paoli Peaks in Indiana. Vail Resorts, announced this morning that it has officially acquired 100-percent of Peak Resorts. READ MORE

US Travel Applauds Bill to Reauthorize Brand USA The introduction of the bill comes at a critical

time. America's share of the global travel market is slipping, having fallen from 13.7 percent in 2015 to its current 11.7 percent. That decline represents a difference of 14 million visitors and a hit to the economy of $59 billion in spending and 120,000 American jobs READ MORE

Travel Employment Adds 12,200 in June, Marking 10th Increase in Past 12 Months

In the first six months of 2019, travel employment grew by 63,000, accounting for 6.1% of total nonfarm jobs added so far this year. This is a significant increase from the same period last year, when travel jobs were responsible for 3.1% of the total growth of nonfarm jobs during the first six months of 2018.

The US Census bureau has job opportunities for the 2020 Census -

Census jobs are flexible hours and work from home so folks who are looking for supplemental income may be interested in applying: https://2020census.gov/en/jobs.

Erica Kaehly of Guest Service Solutions shows you how body language has a huge impact on the quality of your guest

interactions. Let your body work for you! Erica Kaehly is a One Breckenridge Guest Service Trainer.

MID-DAY ENTERTAINMENT

Summit County to Begin Improvements on Swan Mountain Recpath

Work will include enhanced shoulders, pathway widening, signage, pavement markings and bike/pedestrian crossings

Contact: Jason Lederer, Summit County Open Space & Trails, 970- 668-4213

SUMMIT COUNTY – Starting this week, Summit County will begin work on improvements to the Swan Mountain Road Recreational Pathway. The projects will take place at both ends of Swan Mountain Road, providing enhanced shoulders, pathway widening, pavement markings, signage and bike/pedestrian crossings. One project is located near the Blue River Sanitation District Plant at Highway 9. The other is on the east end of Swan Mountain Road near Cove Boulevard and Highway 6.

“These locations where the Recpath shares the roadway have typically been areas of concern for cyclists,” Resource Specialist Jason Lederer said. “The planned improvements will look similar to the red-painted, at-grade segment of pathway along Dillon Dam Road. Our goal is to enhance safety, traffic flow and the overall user experience near these busy intersections.”

Each of the two projects will take about two weeks to complete. Work will start on the west end of Swan Mountain Road near Highway 9 later this week. Once that project is complete, work will begin on the east end of Swan Mountain Road near Cove Boulevard, wrapping up in mid-August.

“Both Recpath improvement projects were initiated by recent nearby projects: the Summit Cove Loop Project and the Breckenridge water intake pipeline project,” Open Space & Trails Director Brian Lorch said. “Both of these larger projects provided the opportunity to widen Swan Mountain Road and create at- grade improvements. In addition, the Swan Mountain Road Recpath projects are a natural complement to the multimodal improvements the County is constructing in Summit Cove.”

Construction crews will maintain detours and traffic control on Swan Mountain Road, and the Recpath will remain open throughout construction. However, cyclists and motorists should use extra caution when traveling through these locations and slow down when approaching work zones.

For more information about the Summit County Recreational Pathway, contact the Open Space & Trails Department at 970-668-4060, or visit www.SummitCountyCO.gov/OpenSpace. Northwest Colorado Council of Governments eNews July 2019

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From the Director's Desk: Homelessness, Live-Working in a Van, and the end of Single Family Zoning in 3 parts

"The other night I came home late and tried to unlock my house with my car keys. I started the house up. So I drove it around for a while. I was speeding, and a cop pulled me over. He asked where I lived. I said, "right here, officer:" Stephen Wright, 1980s comedian.

Living out of your vehicle isn't a punchline anymore. Nor is using a platform of mental illness for comedy: ask Jerry Lewis or Chris Farley. As a matter of public policy, alternate living accommodations are increasingly relevant.

On July 18th, the Summit Daily wrote, Summit County group launches overnight parking pilot program for working homeless. It's a story about Raychel Kelly, who started "Good Bridge Community" which organized terms for working homeless like herself to pilot an overnight parking site with strict terms in partnership with the Interfaith Chapel. Good Bridge is not about finding a place for tourists to visit on the cheap. Its about our service workers not being able to afford rent or find a place to live (now that short term rentals have further disrupted the already tight rental market). Welcome to your mobile workforce.

I was in the Town of Grand Lake recently helping them get an interim manager. One candidate suggested saving the town housing costs by living in his camper. "That's not legal in town" was the reply. In that case, there were a plethora of established camping areas with amenities nearby. Many RV parks conceived for temporary visits are transitioning into long-term housing.

June 12, I listened to Aaron Mayville, District Ranger for the Eagle/Holy Cross Ranger District of the White River National Forest, share with Eagle County Mayors and Managers the success of how many tons of human waste, trash, and how many live-in

encampments they were able to document now that Raychel Kelly they finally have "front country ranger" staff to keep track of the escalating problem. Those positions were funded by partnerships with local governments who foot the bill to have federal boots on the ground. Besides being a sanitation issue, this kind of intensive use of a National Forest is a significant risk to have people living in our highly flammable forests. Forests are just a harbinger of what is coming into our towns. We developed cities to deal with these issues centuries ago. Have the cities adapted to bring campers back into the fold?

We really have not adjusted to urban camping yet. I listened in to police getting coached on the subject by CIRSA in Carbondale this past month. It was evident that the legal definitions applying to the 4th Amendment forbidding unlawful search and seizures is getting complicated with regard to homelessness, camping and living in a vehicle. Remember "the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses... shall not be violated?" Turns out you can pass curfews, parking restrictions, but ordinances aimed just to "keep the riff raff out" are getting thrown out. People have rights of place even if they don't have ownership. This is a constitutional principle. And by being there, they are residents of your community like it or not. Recent case law means that the anti-camping ordinance your town has on the books is probably unconstitutional. Frankly, it may be time to re-think "camping" anyhow for a variety of reasons. Those campers are both your high-end visitors and your close to the edge workers. Welcome to our new reality. I was thinking about Raychel's Good Bridge Community, and the evolving case law that police are adjusting to while thinking about the same government leaders who have spent years talking about our housing crisis. I'm one of them. It is easy for affordable housing to be framed as a

developer and market problem Car "camping" but it is one we have created through a variety of public policy tools. This is a community issue.

In the NWCCOG region, we have the top visitor destinations in the world with Breckenridge, Steamboat Springs, Aspen, Vail, Winter Park and Glenwood Springs, and another 10 or so of the best state destinations, so how are responding to this disruption?

Should we not be setting up seasonal work camps instead of leaving it for individuals to "figure it out." Most employers in the high country ask if an incoming worker has housing already. HR will tell you that it isn't supposed to be a criteria and definitely not an interview question, but we all ask it, knowing that "I'll figure it out when I get here" is not a responsible answer for anyone. To turn a blind eye could be promoting homelessness.

Look below for Parts 2 and 3

Jon Stavney Executive Director [email protected]

New Fiscal Assistant Forges Ahead - Welcome Becky Walter

Originally from the northern suburbs of Chicago, Becky Walter moved to Colorado in 2007. After spending 4 years in Fort Collins working on her degree, she moved to Summit County in 2011. In order to live the life of the quintessential ski bum, Becky spent much of her time working in restaurants before becoming the North American Accounts Manager for Faction Skis. After Faction moved to Denver, she decided to stay in Summit County - their loss, our gain.

When asked what she's most looking forward to in working at NWCCOG, she said, "I'm excited to be a part of such a wide-reaching organization and to learn more about how NWCCOG's programs are positively affecting regional communities."

Her list of free time hobbies include activities that are perfectly suited for Summit County. She says, "I pursue several hobbies that involve going up and down mountains. I am an avid backcountry skier, mountain biker, climber, rafter and trail runner. I have also been playing the violin since I was 8 and am currently a member of the Summit County Community Orchestra." In addition to those activities, she is also a volunteer guide and social media manager for High Country Veterans Adventures.

We're excited to have Becky on the team and look forward to working with her.

Gardner Announces BLM Will Relocate Headquarters to Grand Junction

July 15, 2019 Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will relocate its headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado. In his effort to reshape the way Washington bureaucracy interacts with Americans its rules and regulations impact - he was the chief architect of the plan to move the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters West. Gardner's steadfast commitment to his proposal, along with public legislative action and behind-the-scenes work with key Administration officials, is the reason the BLM's new home will be in Colorado.

"Today is a historic day for our nation's public lands, western states, and the people of Colorado," said Senator Gardner. "Relocating the Bureau of Land Management to the Western Slope of Colorado will bring the bureau's decision makers closer to the people they serve and the public lands they manage. The problem with Washington is too many policy makers are far removed from the people they are there to serve. Ninety-nine percent of the land the BLM manages is West of the Mississippi River, and so should be the BLM headquarters. This is a victory for local communities, advocates for public lands, and proponents for a more responsible and accountable federal government."

Gov. Jared Polis also voice his support for the move and said in a statement he was "thrilled to welcome" the federal agency. "Hard to think of a better place to house the department responsible for overseeing our beloved public lands," the governor's statement continued.

Courtney Gidner, a spokeswoman for Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, said Bennet has long supported Grand Junction's bid for the BLM headquarters.

Read the full announcement here.

Casting Call for Northern Exposure remake: Grand Lake Town Manager Opening

We usually don't post member job openings in our newsletter - they have become so frequent. But we are making an exception since NWCCOG assisted the Grand Lake as a free member service in their selection process for an Interim Manager. We have also helped draft the job announcement. It was a joy coordinating with the town board and Greg Clifton the current Interim (until Mid- August when he starts his new job at Flagstaff, AZ).

In our humble view, Grand Lake Town Manager is an ideal opportunity for an experienced county or municipal department head, planner or mid-level manager from the high country who is not a stranger to the politics of working with a board, who aspires to municipal management and loves working with a close team (ten employees). It could be a tough go for someone just out of school. As a hands-on manager it is much too intense to think you can retire on this job. The town planner there for the past two years likens his job to working in the TV program Northern Exposure.

Yes, it's a resort town with true summer/winter seasons and true mud seasons; the resident population of 499 is very involved. This is not a job for someone who thinks everything can be delegated. Grand Lake wants to continue many successful ongoing projects and programs while bringing the process and several new employees to a new level. See the job posting here.

And the Community Project Award goes to......

At the Mountain Connect Conference on Tuesday, June 25th, we received the Community Project Award for our work on Project THOR. The award is a Frederick Remington sculpture replica - thus the "Remmy" award. Project THOR was also the Luncheon Keynote presentation to a packed auditorium at the Keystone Resort. As Project THOR continues its successful soft launch, it is clearly a high-profile project that has generated immense interest across the entire state.

All the checks for both non-recurring costs and monthly recurring costs have been received. These represent the local matches required in

the DOLA grant. This has enabled us to submit The "Remmy" Award our first DOLA reimbursement request for Project THOR.

The first two waves of network equipment orders been received, and they will continue to arrive throughout the summer and early fall. We are working with local communities, who are managing their own local fiber builds, for their projects. Mammoth Networks and our contracted fiber contractor is fully engaged in early stages of implementation for those local builds and Project THOR infrastructure installation. There will be a rolling implementation through September when various communities will start to get "lit up". We are excited with the progress and Nate Walowitz continues to be the "go to" person if you have additional questions. You can contact

him here - [email protected] Nate Walowitz

Part 2: This is not how we planned our retirement. Nomadland.

It sure looked cool in 1981, the post-apocalyptic The Road Warrior, a cross between Grease, West Side Story and later dystopian Cormac McCarthy's The Road, but most of us don't want to be in a perpetual state of resource collection and self-preservation. The essential RV thing is about taking all you need with you, living in your bought experience and then returning home to remember how much you appreciate it. The RV/Van/fifth- wheel, teardrop to popup trailer industry is in an unprecedented boom.

Not everyone is investing to go play on public lands. It isn't only about being out there. It is increasingly about making a living as a gig worker.

"The last free place in America is a parking spot," I heard while commuting this past year listening to Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. The book gave me pause about rushing into my retirement plan to live in a customized van down by a hundred rivers across the west, and reminded me throughout about how a friend of ours refused to car camp with us when the kids were young because it reminded him of growing up poor in Oregon. We were poor too, but we had family places that anchored us so it wasn't all camping. Camping to me was novel, fun, an experience.

Nomadland is primarily about retirees roving from job to job; camp host, Amazon wish- fulfilment center, visiting friends with a deal, trying to make enough money to stay adrift, not get caught...not start living under a bridge, because for many, "there is no promise of ever being able to retire," not as wages and housing costs continue to diverge. That wasn't so disturbing when we were talking about 20 somethings gaining life experience. Nomadland is not a pretty picture of snowbird living, leaving the farm in Minnesota to winter in Arizona as we imagined listening to Lake Wobegon not so long ago, but it haunts me just like the memory of Garrison Keillor.

Disturbingly, many are preparing for life to be more like the Road Warrior- transient, provisional and lonely. While camping across the West remains one of the most safe and serene experiences attracting people from around the world, and fuels a growing appetite for gear, and internet image-building, as a last resort way of life it just gets complicated and more than a little depressing. Living on the road is hard work. Can you imagine perpetual camping? Welcome back to the stone age.

And, please, homelessness is not just about the mentally ill. Has the opioid and alcohol crises not touched you? Not all of those living at the RV park in those "expensive" trailers or those driveway surfing in a van are living the dream. Yeah, a Portlander, I still have my West Coast dream of camping from Alaska to Baja. Plenty do, and do extreme sports along the way and You Tube and Instagram about it. Many others don't have much choice. Bruder in Nomadland explains how to identify the four door cars with shades tucked into the windows, front seats and dashes filled with stuff, and the many ways to make a one-time work van look like it is still in service while you live there. Both young and old are riding on rubber, but it is the sheet-metal-thin-wall between us, them, and poverty.

Our poverty. Our inability to see them as us.

NWCCOG Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Saves the Day - Literally

There is an umbrella classification in the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) called Health and Safety. It covers a broad range of deficiencies that are found and remediated in a home. These can be as innocuous as fixing a dryer vent or water leak under the sink - either of which could eventually cause mold and moisture issues - to serious and even life-threatening hazards like a gas leak. There have been combustion appliances that have not been vented correctly which could produce lethal levels of carbon monoxide permeating the living space. Clients have said that they have been sick all winter with what they think is the flu but in reality, they have been exposed to elevated levels of CO ever since they closed up the house for winter.

Our results showed that of the 37 manufactured homes that have been weatherized across our territory, 32 of them had at least one health and safety deficiency. Of the 39 stick-built homes that were weatherized, 34 of them had a health and safety problem detected and fixed.

A recent Weatherization project in Dinosaur, CO, included new floor insulation, new high efficiency furnace, new refrigerator, air sealing, and lighting upgrades. When our NWCCOG Quality Control Inspector arrived to make sure all work passed inspection, he noticed a strong smell of gas in the crawl space. He checked all connections in the area, but no leak was found. He immediately turned off the gas to the home and called the fire department.

Leaking, corroded gas line. They confirmed a gas leak and our NWCCOG team scheduled Praiter's Plumbing and Heating to take a second look at the gas line. After having pressure-tested the line, they discovered a leak in the buried portion of the line running from the propane tank to the house. Based on the discoloration of the soil, they determined the line had been leaking for some time. The plumbers were shocked that the home had not blown up! They ran a new trench and gas line to the home, and disaster was averted. Luckily, we take our Health and Safety issues seriously.

Alpine Area Agency on Aging -- what's up?

AARP Livable Communities Conference

Nearly one out of every five Coloradans will be 65 years or older by 2030, a demographic shift that holds both challenges and opportunities for Colorado communities.

AARP Colorado is organizing a one day conference that will bring together national, state and local policy experts with government and community leaders to explore the potential creation and development of age- friendly communities for people of all ages. The conference will feature presentations on best practices by local communities and opportunities for future networking-see attached draft conference agenda.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Beaver Run Conference Center 620 Village Road Breckenridge, CO Attendance is free, a light breakfast and lunch will be provided.

To RSVP or for additional information please respond to the AARP Colorado State Office at: [email protected]

2019 Caregiver Conference

This year's caregiver conference was held June 11th at the Glenwood Springs High School. We had 103 attendees and 66 providers - our largest yet! Kim Mooney and Megan Carnarius were the keynote speakers and Angelo Fernandez spoke about effective communication. Attendees commented that there was "a lot of great information" and that the conference was "resourceful, enlightening, and helpful!"

Grand County Events

On June 18th, a committee tasked with researching gaps in senior services presented a Grand County Aging Well plan to the BOCC. The committee, comprised of many local community organizations including Grand County Public Health, Human Services, Housing Authority, and the Rural Health Network, along with Mountain Family Center, the Alpine AAA, and many others, worked diligently with Mary Kenyon of Impact Marketing to create the comprehensive document.

Within ten years, Grand County's population age 65+ will increase anywhere from 75%-120%, making Grand one of the counties with greatest older adult population growth in the entire state. Commissioners were presented with five core aging well areas, with specific recommendations for improvement and definitions of success. The plan, which envisions Grand County as a community in which people of all ages and ability are empowered to enjoy full, safe and health, independent lives, details the core areas as Resource Connection, Transportation, Volunteerism & Employment, Social Connection, and Building & Open Spaces.

Senior Law Day

The first annual Grand County Senior Law Day was held on June 28th at the Granby Community Center. Speakers presented on Planning for Long Term Care and Aging 101, and a local resource panel representing over 15 entities detailed local supports and services available to older adults and their caregivers. The first year was a smashing success with 73 attendees and we anticipate an even bigger turnout next year.

Part 3: Is this the beginning of the end for our 80-year experiment with Single Family Zoning?

Could our very zoning be contributing to our national affordable housing problem? Duh. Regarding cost, square footage matters. Tiny homes seem cool. I have a book I have not read yet about Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) called Backdoor Revolution, by Kol Peterson. I often debated our own engineer and planner about why we don't just allow every SF home to have an ADU (approved and with reduced tap fees). I've spoken before about the role trailer parks play in affordable housing, although they are inefficient with regard to density. We have limited our solutions. Now attention is turning to the top culprit: single family homes.

There is a revolt simmering in West Coast states regarding the tool that seems to have put us in this mess. It is called single family zoning. Curbed reported July 1, "Oregon just effectively banned single-family zoning as the state adds a YIMBY policy, "meaning legalizing" up-zoning to allow more density in housing developments in towns and cities where single family zoning is contributing to a housing shortage." Seattle took a more measured approach reported Governing Magazine, limiting their up-zoning to certain neighborhoods after the NIMBYs came out in numbers stating "the density Bolsheviks are coming to town, and their gonna burn your single-family house to the ground." California has been considering SB-50 which seeks to address the "crisis" of homelessness and housing affordability, citing that two thirds of California residences are SF while most of the zoned developable land is zoned strictly for single family dwellings. It is a concept big enough to have had significant coverage from both the L.A. Times and the NY Times.

That California bill may die this year, but the proposal will return. Experienced city council members will know better, but lest one think this is a clear-cut partisan issue, Curb in the Oregon article reports that up-zoning is supported by HUD director Ben Carson as well as Elizabeth Warren, as well as the CATO institute. Looks like we may need to get more comfortable with density.

Could a State end to SF zoning happen in Colorado?

Not the way it seems to be happening in Oregon or California. Lest Coloradoans worry, two factors stand in the way of the West Coast trend: an extreme, well protected prejudice for local control in Colorado means that such decisions will likely be made town by town. The other factor being that most housing developments in Colorado are developed under a Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning meaning each PUD would have to be amended to change the zoning, and the municipality could not unilaterally impose such an amendment. Few Metro Districts, or HOAs would come forward requesting this change. In Eagle when I was Mayor, we up- zoned much of the Central Business District to commercial and nothing happened.

Lesson: there must be a market for redevelopment to make sense. That said, I am waiting for the first Colorado town to eliminate single family zoning in the name of affordable housing, and amend their PUD regs to do the same. It would be a powerful statement to the next developer who walked through the door.

When state legislatures are acting to beat down NIMBYism, we know that we are about to experience land use in a different way.

NEXT 2019 NWCCOG COUNCIL MEETING

Thursday, August 22, 2019 Full Council & EDD Board Annual Planning Meeting Location: Summit County Community & Senior Center Hoosier Room, Frisco, CO Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Agenda Items: Strategic Planning for 2020

Northwest Colorado Council of Governments www.nwccog.org

I-70 Mountain Corridor Improvements

Work starts next week on the westbound I-70 mountain Express Lane

Gov. Jared Polis, CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew and local representatives gathered this morning in Idaho Springs to celebrate the start of construction on the westbound I-70 mountain Express Lane.

The contractor, Graham U.S., is slated to start work Monday, July 15, on the 12- mile westbound Express Lane between the Veterans Memorial Tunnels in Idaho Springs and the U.S. 40/Empire interchange. Similar to the eastbound Express Lane already in use, this lane will feature traffic management systems to improve mobility and provide westbound drivers with a more reliable and safer time-saving option during peak travel periods. This $70 million project supports CDOT’s 40-year multimodal plan to improve mobility and its new Whole System – Whole Safety initiative.

Construction of the 12-mile shoulder lane, 2 ½ miles of retaining walls and 2 miles of anchor slabs, along with associated drainage improvements and fiberoptic network installation is all expected to be complete in late 2020. Toll system testing will then continue through spring 2021 prior to the opening of the Express Lane.

During construction, daytime lane closures will be limited to maintain access to mountain venues and events. Potential travel impacts during construction could include lane closures during non-peak hours and shoulder closures between Mile Point 244 (the U.S. 6 interchange) and Mile Point 230 (just west of Empire Junction). Saturday and Sunday night weekend work is also expected during off-peak timeframes which could involve westbound lane closures.

Officials who gathered for the July 11 groundbreaking ceremony included (from left): Idaho Springs Mayor Mike Hillman, CDOT Executive Director Shoshana Lew, FHWA Division Administrator John Cater, CDOT Commissioner Kathy Connell, Gov. Jared Polis, CDOT Region 1 Transportation Director Paul Jesaitis and Clear Creek County Commissioner Randy Wheelock.

One major component of ongoing I-70 mountain corridor work is the addition of a 12- mile tolled westbound peakperiod shoulder lane (aka Express Lane) between the Veterans Memorial Tunnels (mile point 243), and the US Highway 40 and I-70 interchange (exit 232).

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July 2019

Join the CMC Alumni* raft trip at Ruby Horsethief

September 27-29

Float through awe inspiring canyon country! Enjoy fantastic hiking. Relax and enjoy the last of summer’s warmth.

$250 per person includes meals, transportation, river guides, gear and permits. Only 15 spots available. * Graduate of a CMC associate, bachelor or certificate program.

To register please contact Julia: [email protected] 970-947-8360 Registration closes August 28th

Tinker Duclo and Bob Kuusinen CMC is committed to Marc Brennan appointed to fill CMC putting community named campus VPs trustee position first

Tinker Duclo has been The CMC Board of Trustees Most of the mountain region named vice president and voted to appoint Bob is doing well economically. campus dean of Colorado Kuusinen to fill the vacant Unemployment rates remain Mountain College Rifle, and CMC trustee position for at historic lows, and local Dr. Marc Brennan has been District Five, encompassing sales appear to have named vice president and all of the areas within the rebounded above pre- campus dean of Colorado legal boundaries of recession levels. Home Mountain College Vail Valley Steamboat Springs School prices continue to climb as in Edwards. Both District RE-2. do the local resident appointments, which are populations. Restaurants are internal promotions, were Kuusinen is currently market full and crowds are ever- effective July 1. president at Vectra Bank present – as are help Colorado in Steamboat wanted signs. Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser, Springs, and was formerly CMC president and CEO, vice president of commercial Though its campuses are said, “The college has lending for Yampa Valley generally smaller and highly recently conducted Bank and senior vice tailored to the specific unsuccessful national president of operations for communities each serves, searches for several Steamboat Ski & Resort as a whole, CMC is one of leadership positions. With Corporation. His community the larger employers on the these two key roles in leadership is extensive and Western Slope. transition, and with a very includes being a board Consequently, the trends we tight national labor market, it member of the Steamboat see at the college usually was important to fill these Springs Chamber and reveal realities observed in vacancies quickly and chairman of its economic the broader mountain effectively." development committee. economy.

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CMC fly fishing guide grads create opportunities for the next

generation of female anglers

Fly fishing is having a moment. Historically, fly fishing has been a male dominated sport, but that’s changing. Women are now the fastest growing demographic in fly fishing and as more outdoor enthusiasts discover the joys of fly fishing, the need for qualified guides grows as well.

Kaitlin Boyer and Robin Schmidt were the only full-time females enrolled in CMC Leadville's fly fishing guide program in 2017 and 2018. As a result, they’ve spent the last year working tirelessly to increase the program’s female enrollment numbers through various fundraising efforts and scholarship opportunities.

“Women bring new and very different possibilities to the sport and the industry,” says Robin, “One of the most rewarding things about being a woman in the outdoor industry is meeting other women who are totally awesome at what they do.”

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UPCOMING EVENTS For a full list of events at CMC please visit coloradomtn.edu/events

August 4 Leadville (Lake County Courthouse) BOOM DAYS ALUMNI PANCAKE BREAKFAST / The first 100 CMC alumni* will receive a free pancake breakfast! Connect with other CMC alumni, get some fun CMC Alumni swag and enjoy a great breakfast! Learn More »

* Graduate of a CMC Associate / Bachelor / Certificate program.

July 30 CMC Breckenridge CUBA / Cuban cuisine is a blend of Native American, African, Spanish and Caribbean flavors. Join us for an evening in Old Havana as we explore this often forgotten but tantalizing cuisine. Learn More »

July 31 Crossroads Church of Aspen BEHIND THE MUSIC WITH TOM BUESCH / Free, pre-concert lecture on the musical performance of the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra by CMC Aspen Professor Tom Buesch. Learn More »

August 1 CMC Glenwood Springs RETIREMENT PLANNING: THE FOUR PILLARS OF SUCCESS / If you're approaching retirement or are recently retired, it's time to start thinking about the factors that can threaten the assets you've worked so long and hard to build - and begin to assemble your personal retirement puzzle. Learn More »

August 4 Leadville BOOM DAYS ALUMNI PANCAKE BREAKFAST / The first 100 CMC alumni* will receive a free pancake breakfast! Connect with other CMC alumni, get some fun CMC Alumni swag and enjoy a great breakfast! Learn More »

August 9 Collegewide SUMMER SEMESTER ENDS

Helpful Links: CMC Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Make a gift to Colorado Mountain College Our tax exempt ID # is: 74-2393418. CMC Foundation Contact the CMC Foundation Staff Gifts to the CMC Foundation can be made in honor of, in

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Deal sealed for electrical co-op’s exit from Tri-State but the fee unknown by Allen Best

MONTROSE, Colo. – Tri-State Generation and Transmission and one of its 43 member co-operatives, Delta-Montrose Electric Association, have come to terms. Delta- Montrose will be leaving the “family,” as Tri-State members are sometimes called, on about May 1, 2020.

What it cost Delta-Montrose to exit its all-requirements contract with Tri-State, however, will remain a secret until then. The figure was redacted in the settlement agreement filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission last Friday. The figure can become public after the split occurs next year, according to Virginia Harman, the chief operating officer for Delta-Montrose.

See filing with the PUC: PUC filing attachment 7.19.19

Delta-Montrose will then be supplied by Guzman Energy, although the power purchase agreement has yet to be completed, Harman said.

Guzman also supplies energy to Kit Carson Electrical Cooperative, which is based in Taos, N.M., as well as the small town of Aztec, N.M.

In May, Guzman also revealed it was offering to buy several of Tri-State’s coal plants, close them down, and replace the lost generation from other sources. See: A small Colorado company sees opportunity in revolutionizing Colorado’s energy supply.

The split reflects a fundamental disagreement over the future of electrical generation and the pace of change that has festered for about 15 years. Those different visions became apparent in about 2005 as Tri-State managers sought to build a major new coal plant near Holcomb, Kan., in partnership with Sunflower Electric.

The utilities were shocked when Kansas denied a permit for the plant, based on the time of the still-novel grounds of its carbon dioxide pollution. When Tri-State finally got its permit for the coal plant in 2017, it had spent nearly $100 million with nothing to show.

See: Twilight of an energy era as supplier of rural co-ops turns back on coal plant

Meanwhile, the electrical world had turned upside down. Wind had become the cheap energy, not coal, and it was being integrated into power supplies effectively. Even solar has become competitive in places. Among the then-44 member cooperatives, only Kit Carson and Delta-Montrose had refused the 10-year contract extensions to 2050 that Tri-State had wanted to satisfy money markets for long-term loans. Their contracts remained at 2040. The contracts of other member co-ops—including those serving Durango, Telluride, Crested Butte and Winter Park—go until 2050.

Kit Carson was the first to get out. In 2016, assisted by Guzman, it paid the $37 million exit fee required by Tri-State and set out, also with the assistance of Guzman, to develop solar farms in dispersed parts of its service territory in northern New Mexico. It aims to have 100% solar capability by the end of 2022.

See: Is Kit Carson’s renewable goal also the answer to rural America’s woes?

In November 2016, Delta-Montrose informed Tri-State it wanted to buy out its contract, too. It asked for an exit figure. The negotiations did not yield an acceptable number to both, and in December Delta-Montrose asked the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to arbitrate. The PUC agreed over protests by Tri-State that it did have authority. A week was set aside in June, later delayed to begin Aug. 12, for the case.

No figures have ever been publicly revealed by either Tri-State or Delta-Montrose, although a court document filed early in July reported that Tri-State’s price had been reduced 40%.

Meanwhile, Tri-State got approval from its members to seek regulation for rate making by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. That could possibly have moved the jurisdiction over the Delta-Montrose exit to Washington. It would not affect review by Colorado, New Mexico or other states in which Tri-State operates of the utility’s resource planning.

Delta-Montrose and Guzman have not completed plans for how the co-operative may develop its local energy resources. The co-op had reached Tri-State’s 5% allowance for local generation by harnessing of fast-moving water in an irrigation conveyance called the South Canal.

For Tri-State’s new chief executive, Duane Highley, the task at hand may be how to discourage more exits by other member co-ops. Tri-State has argued that it moved slowly but is now is in a position to realize much lower prices for renewable energy generation. It is moving forward on both wind and solar projects in eastern Colorado.

Delta-Montrose, with 33,000 members, is among the larger co-ops in Tri-State. But even larger co-ops, who together represent nearly half the electrical load supplied by Tri-State, have expressed dissatisfaction with Tri-State’s slow movement away from coal-fired generation. In Southwestern Colorado, Durango-based LaPlata Electric recently asked for an exit figure, too.

Along the Front Range of Colorado, United Power, by far the largest-coop, with 91,000 members and booming demand from oil and gas operators north of Denver, has wanted more renewable energy and greater ability to develop its own resources. Poudre Valley has adopted a 100% clean energy goal.

The settlement agreement filed with the PUC says DMEA “shall not assist any other Tri- State member in pursuing withdrawal from Tri-State.” The agreement also says that DMEA and Tri-State agree to not disparage each other.

More than 30% of Tri-State’s generation comes from renewables, mostly from hydropower. This total is little different from that of Xcel Energy. But Xcel in 2017 announced plans to close two of its aging coal plants, leaving it at 55 percent renewable generation in Colorado by 2026.

Tri-State, too, is closing coal plants. A coal plant at Nucla, in southwestern Colorado, west of Telluride, will close early next year, several years earlier than previously scheduled. However, it’s small by coal plant standards, with a nameplate capacity of 104 megawatts, and operates only part time.

A larger reduction is scheduled to occur by 2025 when one of three coal units at Craig, in northwestern Colorado, will be retired. But a Tri-State official, speaking at a beneficial electrification conference in Denver during June, suggested that a second coal plant could also be retired early. That second coal unit is co-owned with other utilities in Colorado and other states, all of whom have indicated plans to hasten their retreats from coal.

Tri-State last week also announced a partnership with former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s Center for the New Energy Economy to facilitate a stakeholder process intended to help define what Tri-State calls a Responsible Energy Plan. See: Tri-State Announces Responsible Energy Plan 20190717