August 12Th, 2019

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Town Manager’s Newsletter August 12th, 2019

1. Upcoming Events - A. BIFA - August 9th - 18th B. Breck Epic - August 11th - 16th C. SPI Community Meeting - August 14th D. Breck Chapter of the Chamber Mixer - August 14th E. Summit County Chamber Mixer - August 15th F. Cycle Effect Fundraiser - August 15th G. Friends of Breckenridge Trails - August 24th H. Labor Day Wkd Sidewalk Sales - Aug. 31st - Sept. 2nd I. Great Rubber Duck Race - August 31st 2. DMMO Download from the BTO - A. August 6th Issue 3. Board of the County Commissioners - A. Work Session - August 13th B. Regular Meeting - August 13th 4. Summit County Government News - A. Capacity Analysis Begins for Recpath and Dillon Reservoir Recreation Area 5. Northwest Colorado Council of Governments - A. Region News and Successes - August ‘19 6. Mountain Town News from CAST - A. August 7th Issue

BRECK EPIC Aug. 11-16, 2019

It's race time. The Breck Epic, one of the best mountain bike races in the world, returns to Breck Aug. 11-16 with 600 mountain bike racers over 6 days featuring 210+ miles and 40,000 vertical feet of gain... and loss. https://breckepic.com/

NEW this year, there are ways for you and our community to get involved:

 EXPO: Attend the new InterBreck Expo Aug. 13-15 in downtown Breck with demos, events and more  ONESIE WEDNESDAY: Wear your onesies for Onesie Wednesday on Aug. 14. Wear your onesie and come, cheer on the racers at the start and along the race.  CHEER AT THE START + FINISH: Join us at the 8:30 am start line every day, especially on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday when the start is on Washington Ave in downtown Breck. o Here’s the DAILY SCHEDULE  DRAFT MEETUP: Bikes + Beers + Biz meetup Wednesday, Aug. 14 6-8 pm at Rocky Mountain Underground with speakers, networking and community announcements. FREE to attend.  SPREAD THE WORD: Share the love and invite your friends to attend the Breck Epic on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2150384388508509/

TRAIL ROUTES: If you’re a hiker or mountain biker, make sure you check out the daily schedule and suggested alternative routes. Plan ahead and come and cheer along the route. https://breckepic.com/the-course/

Here’s a rundown of the 6 stages of the Breck Epic for 2019:

Aug 11: Stage 1 - Pennsylvania Creek (Ice Rink/Carter Park) - 36.4 miles/58.6km, 5700’/1737m Aug 12: Stage 2 – Colorado Trail (Lower Washington/B&B Lot) – 41.4 miles/66.6km(!), 6565’/2001m Aug 13: Stage 3 – Guyot (Lower Washington/B&B Lot) – 39.2 miles/63km, 7100’/2164m Aug 14: Stage 4 – Aqueduct (Lower Washington/B&B Lot) – 41.2 miles/66.3, 6473’/1972m Aug 15: Stage 5 – Wheeler (Beaver Run Parking Lot/Peaks TH) – 24.00 miles/38.6km, 5227’/1593m Aug 16: Stage 6 – Gold Dust (Ice Rink/Ice Rink) 29.3 miles/47.2, 3740’/1139m Stage 7 is also on Friday. Bring your drinkin’ hat and your dancin’ shoes.

Locals and spectators should check out the handy spectator guide, as well as a list of alternate routes and trails: https://breckepic.com

For more information, click your way to: https://breckepic.com Giddy up.

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ABOUT BRECK EPIC Established in 2009, the Breck Epic is a 6-day mountain bike stage race held in the sprawling backcountry surrounding the Victorian mining community of Breckenridge, CO. Drawing riders from 20+ countries and dozens of states each year, the Epic traverses nearly 240 miles and 40,000 vertical feet of Colorado’s best singletrack over its 6 days. The Epic features a unique cloverleaf format; riders to begin and end every stage within Breck’s town limits. With 3- and 6-day options available, the Epic is also designated as MTB Stage Race World Championships with UCI C1 inscription with a $30,000 purse this year. Interested? Visit www.BreckEpic.com. And bring your big ring.

SOCIAL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breckepic Instagram: @breckepic Twitter: @breckepic Hashtags: #breckepic #brecklife

WEBSITE https://breckepic.com

Join Us at The Alpine Bank Social on August 14th!

Breckenridge Chapter of the Summit Chamber:

Special Mixer in Partnership with Alpine Bank's Customer Appreciation!

August 14th from 5-7PM

Location: Alpine Bank Breckenridge

110 North Main Street, Breckenridge, CO 80424

Contact: Laura Lyman Phone 970-513-5904 [email protected]

Check out The Summit Chamber Website

Hello Peyton, You are invited to the following event: CELEBRITY BARTENDER TO BENEFIT THE CYCLE EFFECT

Event to be held at the following time, date, and location:

Thursday, August 15, 2019 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (MDT)

Fatty's Pizzeria

106 South Ridge Street Breckenridge, CO 80424 View Map Share this event: Attend Event

The Cycle Effect is hosting a Celebrity Bartender night at Fatty's Pizzeria with the lovely lady shredders of Mountain Bike Mondays!

Join us for an opportunity to WIN A CRUISER BIKE! And MORE!

$20 gets you 2 raffle tickets and 2 drinks.

10% of ALL DAY proceeds will directly benefit The Cycle Effect.

Share this event on Facebook and Twitter.

We hope you can make it!

Cheers,

The Cycle Effect

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].

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Get your business involved with BIFA

Display Green Patriot posters during this year's BIFA, August 9-18, 2019. Green Patriot Posters displays an image of strength, optimism, and unity. The overriding message is that our individual actions do matter, that we can all be a part of the sustainability movement, and that this can become a defining value of 21st Century patriotism. Posters will be free and distributed to your business by BCA staff.

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In our Backyard

Occupancy Report As of July 15, Occupancy Report This week, Aug.

5-10, starts out around 60% occupancy and lifts OCCUPANCY REPORT to 85% for the weekend. Aug. 15 - 18, YOY occupancy significantly drops due to No Spartan WEEKLY CALENDAR race and 50% of public schools starting. August

19 - 25 expect midweek occupancy in the 50's and weekeds around the 70's September is doing well with Oktoberfest (Sept. 6-8) and Wine Classic (Sept. 12 – 15)

Concierge Tips

Know before you recommend.

 BIFA starts Aug. 9. Do you know the schedule?

 Trail Mix, Tree-o and CHIRP will host performances on the

following trails, do you know how to get to the Trail Concerts without a car?

 Iowa Hill Trail | Bus - Grey Route NorthSide | Trail Mix + Chirp! concerts

 Moonstone Trail |Summit Stage Boreas Pass loop | Giuseppe Licari installation

 Illinois Creek Trail | Main Street Trolley | Tree-o + Chirp! concerts

 Trollstigen Trail | Main Street Trolley | Thomas Dambo installation

 Breck 101 has tickets to this weekend's Breck Music shows. Sign up now

A New Way to promote your

Business!

The Breckenridge Tourism Office is excited to offer a new opportunity to promote your business to in-town guests. The information kiosks located in the Welcome Center on the heart of Main Street will now be able to load coupons to better attract visitors to your establishment while they’re already

downtown looking for things to do. You, of course, have complete control over the deal which will be exclusively found on the kiosks, so we encourage you to create a coupon in which you can send a confirmation and capture email addresses. For your business to be featured, please email [email protected]

Breck 101: Business

Registration is Now Open!

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

 Get more online reviews.

 Teach locals what makes your business special.

With a lengthened timeframe, Breck 101 is easier than ever to fit in your business model. Ask us how!

Learn More

Upcoming Events

Look Who's Coming

Group Date Co. Trial Lawyers Aug. 5 - 8 Breck Epic Aug. 11 -16 Autodesk H2 Aug. 19 - 22

BreckCreate BIFA Aug. 9-18, 2019

BreckMusic Beethoven's Symphony Aug. 10, 2019 at 7:30 pm

Riverwalk Center TICKETS This is a Breck101 offering, Learn More

Breck Epic Aug. 11 - 16, 2019 Trails Impacts: Day/ Date Ride Sun., Aug. 11 Pennsylvania Gulch

Mon., Aug. 12 Colorado Trail Tues., Aug. 13 Circumnavigation of Mt. Guyot Wed., Aug. 14 Aqueduct Thurs., Aug.15 Wheeler Fri., Aug. 16 Gold Dust Tech Expo - Blue River Plaza 08/11-8/15 Volunteer

Summit Prosperity Initiative Community Meeting

Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 at 5:30 pm Summit County Community Center 83 Nancy's Place

Let's talk about the oportunities we have to improve living in the High Country.

The Big Picture

Axios Market Data (excerpt) U.S. tourism is on the ropes

“The big picture: The U.S. share of the global travel market has been falling for 4 straight years since touching a high of 13.7% in 2015. The nation's share of international tourism earnings fell to 11.7% in 2018.” READ MORE

Entrepeneur How Much Should You Spend on Social Media Marketing?

"On Facebook, for example, organic reach touches less than 5 percent of your audience on average. Facebook simply doesn’t show your posts to most of your followers … unless you pay for the privilege." READ MORE

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.

MID-DAY ENTERTAINMENT

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SUMMIT COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Tuesday, August 13, 2019 8:00 a.m. County Commissioners’ Meeting Room; Summit County Courthouse 208 Lincoln Avenue, Breckenridge, Colorado Please note change in time

8:00 a.m. Open Space Potential Land Acquisition Discussion and the Legal Issues related thereto (Executive Session Recommended)

9:00 a.m. Electrical Fee Schedule Update (Building Inspections)

9:15 a.m. Managers’ and Commissioners’ Issues

9:30 a.m. CDOT Listening Tour

11:30 a.m. Continued Discussion of the County Health Plan Design and Vendor Negotiations and the Legal Issues related thereto (Executive Session Recommended)

Noon Lunch

*This agenda and times, depending on length of discussion, are subject to change at any time. Please contact the Manager’s Office or visit our website to obtain updates at: http://www.summitcountyco.gov

Summit County Board of County Commissioners’ Meeting Agenda of August 13, 2019 SUMMIT COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1ST AMENDED REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 1:30 p.m. County Commissioners’ Meeting Room; Summit County Courthouse 208 Lincoln Avenue, Breckenridge, Colorado

For assistance or questions regarding special accommodations, accessibility, or available audio/visual equipment, please contact 970-453-3403 as soon as possible.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

IV. CITIZEN COMMENT

V. CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval Of 7-16-19 Emergency Meeting And 7-23-19 Regular Meeting Minutes

Documents:

CONSENT A1 071619 EMERGENCY MTG MIN.PDF CONSENT A2 072319 REG MIN.PDF

B. Warrant Lists Of 7-16-19 To 7-31-19 (Finance)

Documents:

CONSENT B JULY 16 - 31.PDF

C. Approval Of The Summit Head Start 0-5 Annual Report

Documents:

CONSENT C1 2018 ANNUAL REPORT.PDF CONSENT C2 ANNUALREPORT APPROVAL.PDF

D. Approval Of The 2019 Community Assessment Update (Early Childhood Options)

Documents:

CONSENT D1 2019 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT_FINAL.PDF CONSENT D2 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT APPROVAL.PDF

E. Approval Of Revised Early Head Start (EHS) Change Of Scope Application Regarding Conversion Of Home Visitation Slots To Childcare (Early Childhood Options)

Documents:

CONSENT E1 SUMMIT EHS CHANGE IN SCOPE NARRATIVE_REVISION8.1.19.PDF CONSENT E2 GB_PC_APPROVALDOC_CONVERSIONAPP.PDF

F. A Request For A Lot Line And Utility Easement Vacation Between Lots 11 And 12, Block 5, Quandary Village Sub #1; A Total Of 1.04 Acres; Zoned R-2. (PLN19-062/Pete Deininger) Upper Blue Basin (Planning)

Documents:

CONSENT F1 PLN19-062 DRAFT STAFF REPORT.PDF CONSENT F2 ATT.A PLN19-062 VICNITY MAP.PDF CONSENT F3 ATT.B PLN19-062 PLAT_QUANDARY VILLAGE SUB 1 REC. NO. 99125.PDF CONSENT F4 ATT.C PLN19-062 LL VACATE RESTR COV - PARTIALLY EXECUTED.PDF CONSENT F5 ATT.D PLN19-062 PROPOSED BOCC RESO 2019-XX.PDF CONSENT F6 ATT.E PLN19-062 EXHIBIT A LOT 11 AND 12 BLOCK 5 QUANDARY 1.PDF

G. Authorization For The Chair To Execute The Covenant And Operating Agreement For The Employee And Affordable Housing Development At Copper Mountain AKA North Alpine Housing, In The Copper Mountain PUD. (PLN19-016/Graeme Bilenduke) Ten Mile Basin (Planning)

Documents:

CONSENT G1 PLN19-016_MEMO TO BOCC FOR 8-13-19 CONSENT.PDF CONSENT G2 ATT A - NORTH ALPINE HOUSING COVENANT_7-23 CLEAN.PDF CONSENT G3 ATT B - NORTH ALPINE HOUSING OPERATING AGREEMENT FINAL 7-23.PDF

H. Adoption Of A New Electrical Fee Schedule Per House Bill 19-1035 (Building Inspection)

Documents:

CONSENT H1 2019 ELECTRICAL FEE HB19-1035.PDF CONSENT H2 2019 ELECTRICAL FEE DE-COUPLE RESOLUTION.PDF

I. Approval Of Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Special Sales Tax On Tobacco, Tobacco Products And Nicotine Products (Attorney)

Documents:

CONSENT I1 STAFF REPORT FOR IGA REGARDING NICOTINE SPECIAL SALES TAX.PDF CONSENT I2 STAFF REPORT NICOTINE TAX CERT.PDF CONSENT I3 NICOTINE IGA CLEAN DRAFT 7.30.19.PDF

J. Approval Of The Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) Between Summit County And The Town Of Breckenridge Concerning Development Rights On Jointly Owned Properties In Order To Create An Upper Blue Basin Housing Extinguishment Account Approved Via PLN19-004 (Planning)

Documents:

CONSENT J1 PLN19-004_MEMO TO BOCC.PDF CONSENT J2 ATT A - DENSITY TRACKING MOU FINAL.PDF

K. Liquor License Renewal For Cris Jo Corporation Dba CALA PUB AND RESTAURANT; Hotel & Restaurant; Cristina Kelly; Located At 40 Cove Boulevard Unit A, Dillon, CO 80435 (Clerk)

Documents:

CONSENT K THE CALA RENEWAL MATERIALS_REDACTED.PDF

L. Approval Of A Resolution Concerning The Authorization Of The Colorado New Energy Improvement District To Conduct Its New Energy Improvement Program – Colorado Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) (Attorney)

Documents:

CONSENT L1 STAFF REPORT FOR C-PACE.PDF CONSENT L2 CPACE AGREEMENT.PDF CONSENT L3 CPACE FINAL RESOLUTION.PDF

VI. NEW BUSINESS

VII. PUBLIC HEARING

A. Consideration Of An Increase Of Fee Assessments For The Summit County Animal Control Shelter (Animal Shelter)

Documents:

PH A1 - STAFF REPORT FOR AC FEE RESOLUTION.PDF PH A2 - ANIMAL CONTROL FEE RESOLUTION 6-2019.PDF

B. Consideration Of A Resolution Providing For The Referral Of A Ballot Measure To The Registered Qualified Electors Of Summit County, Colorado, Authorizing The Ongoing Extension, With No Increase In Tax Rates, Of The Existing Mill Levy For Open Space, Natural Areas And Trails, And Other Public Purposes Previously Approved By The Voters In 2008 By Summit County Referred Measure 1(A); Prescribing The Form Of The Ballot Issue For Submission At Such Election; And Providing For Certification Of The Ballot Issue To The County Clerk And Recorder (Manager/Finance/Attorney)

Documents:

PH B1 STAFF REPORT EXTENSION 2010 FUND.PDF PH B 2010 FUND RENEWAL CERTIFICATION RESO.PDF PH B3 2010 FUND RENEWAL BALLOT QUESTION FINAL.PDF

C. Consideration Of A Resolution Providing For The Referral Of A Ballot Measure To The Registered Qualified Electors Of Summit County, Colorado, Authorizing The Levy Of A County-Wide Special Sales Tax On Cigarettes And All Other Tobacco And Nicotine Products Sold, Including E-Cigarettes And Vaping Devices, Commencing January 1, 2020; Prescribing The Form Of The Ballot Issue For Submission At Such Election; And Providing For Certification Of The Ballot Issue To The County Clerk And Recorder (Manager/Finance/Attorney)

Documents:

PH C1 STAFF REPORT NICOTINE TAX CERT.PDF PH C2 NICOTINE TAX BALLOT FINAL CERTIFICATION RESO.PDF PH C3 EXHIBIT A NICOTINE TAX BALLOT MEASURE.PDF

D. Note* This Item Has Been Canceled – The Applicant Has Withdrawn Their Application Request For New Liquor License For Loge Camps LLC Dba LOGE BRECKENRIDGE; Hotel & Restaurant; Johannes Ariens & Cale Genenbacher; Located At 165 High Tor Road, Breckenridge, CO (Clerk) Continued From The June 25, 2019 Regular Meeting

VIII. ADJOURNMENT

*This agenda is subject to change at any time. Please contact the Manager’s Office or visit our website to obtain updates at: http://www.summitcountyco.gov SUMMIT COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1ST AMENDED REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 1:30 p.m. County Commissioners’ Meeting Room; Summit County Courthouse 208 Lincoln Avenue, Breckenridge, Colorado

For assistance or questions regarding special accommodations, accessibility, or available audio/visual equipment, please contact 970-453-3403 as soon as possible.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

IV. CITIZEN COMMENT

V. CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval Of 7-16-19 Emergency Meeting And 7-23-19 Regular Meeting Minutes

Documents:

CONSENT A1 071619 EMERGENCY MTG MIN.PDF CONSENT A2 072319 REG MIN.PDF

B. Warrant Lists Of 7-16-19 To 7-31-19 (Finance)

Documents:

CONSENT B JULY 16 - 31.PDF

C. Approval Of The Summit Head Start 0-5 Annual Report

Documents:

CONSENT C1 2018 ANNUAL REPORT.PDF CONSENT C2 ANNUALREPORT APPROVAL.PDF

D. Approval Of The 2019 Community Assessment Update (Early Childhood Options)

Documents:

CONSENT D1 2019 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT_FINAL.PDF CONSENT D2 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT APPROVAL.PDF

E. Approval Of Revised Early Head Start (EHS) Change Of Scope Application Regarding Conversion Of Home Visitation Slots To Childcare (Early Childhood Options)

Documents:

CONSENT E1 SUMMIT EHS CHANGE IN SCOPE NARRATIVE_REVISION8.1.19.PDF CONSENT E2 GB_PC_APPROVALDOC_CONVERSIONAPP.PDF

Documents:

CONSENT G1 PLN19-016_MEMO TO BOCC FOR 8-13-19 CONSENT.PDF CONSENT G2 ATT A - NORTH ALPINE HOUSING COVENANT_7-23 CLEAN.PDF CONSENT G3 ATT B - NORTH ALPINE HOUSING OPERATING AGREEMENT FINAL 7-23.PDF

H. Adoption Of A New Electrical Fee Schedule Per House Bill 19-1035 (Building Inspection)

Documents:

CONSENT H1 2019 ELECTRICAL FEE HB19-1035.PDF CONSENT H2 2019 ELECTRICAL FEE DE-COUPLE RESOLUTION.PDF

I. Approval Of Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Special Sales Tax On Tobacco, Tobacco Products And Nicotine Products (Attorney)

Documents:

CONSENT I1 STAFF REPORT FOR IGA REGARDING NICOTINE SPECIAL SALES TAX.PDF CONSENT I2 STAFF REPORT NICOTINE TAX CERT.PDF CONSENT I3 NICOTINE IGA CLEAN DRAFT 7.30.19.PDF

Documents:

CONSENT J1 PLN19-004_MEMO TO BOCC.PDF CONSENT J2 ATT A - DENSITY TRACKING MOU FINAL.PDF

K. Liquor License Renewal For Cris Jo Corporation Dba CALA PUB AND RESTAURANT; Hotel & Restaurant; Cristina Kelly; Located At 40 Cove Boulevard Unit A, Dillon, CO 80435 (Clerk)

Documents:

CONSENT K THE CALA RENEWAL MATERIALS_REDACTED.PDF

Documents:

CONSENT L1 STAFF REPORT FOR C-PACE.PDF CONSENT L2 CPACE AGREEMENT.PDF CONSENT L3 CPACE FINAL RESOLUTION.PDF

VI. NEW BUSINESS

VII. PUBLIC HEARING

A. Consideration Of An Increase Of Fee Assessments For The Summit County Animal Control Shelter (Animal Shelter)

Documents:

PH A1 - STAFF REPORT FOR AC FEE RESOLUTION.PDF PH A2 - ANIMAL CONTROL FEE RESOLUTION 6-2019.PDF

Documents:

PH B1 STAFF REPORT EXTENSION 2010 FUND.PDF PH B 2010 FUND RENEWAL CERTIFICATION RESO.PDF PH B3 2010 FUND RENEWAL BALLOT QUESTION FINAL.PDF

Documents:

PH C1 STAFF REPORT NICOTINE TAX CERT.PDF PH C2 NICOTINE TAX BALLOT FINAL CERTIFICATION RESO.PDF PH C3 EXHIBIT A NICOTINE TAX BALLOT MEASURE.PDF

VIII. ADJOURNMENT

For assistance or questions regarding special accommodations, accessibility, or available audio/visual equipment, please contact 970-453-3403 as soon as possible.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

IV. CITIZEN COMMENT

V. CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval Of 7-16-19 Emergency Meeting And 7-23-19 Regular Meeting Minutes

Documents:

CONSENT A1 071619 EMERGENCY MTG MIN.PDF CONSENT A2 072319 REG MIN.PDF

B. Warrant Lists Of 7-16-19 To 7-31-19 (Finance)

Documents:

CONSENT B JULY 16 - 31.PDF

C. Approval Of The Summit Head Start 0-5 Annual Report

Documents:

CONSENT C1 2018 ANNUAL REPORT.PDF CONSENT C2 ANNUALREPORT APPROVAL.PDF

D. Approval Of The 2019 Community Assessment Update (Early Childhood Options)

Documents:

CONSENT D1 2019 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT_FINAL.PDF CONSENT D2 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT APPROVAL.PDF

E. Approval Of Revised Early Head Start (EHS) Change Of Scope Application Regarding Conversion Of Home Visitation Slots To Childcare (Early Childhood Options)

Documents:

CONSENT E1 SUMMIT EHS CHANGE IN SCOPE NARRATIVE_REVISION8.1.19.PDF CONSENT E2 GB_PC_APPROVALDOC_CONVERSIONAPP.PDF

Documents:

CONSENT G1 PLN19-016_MEMO TO BOCC FOR 8-13-19 CONSENT.PDF CONSENT G2 ATT A - NORTH ALPINE HOUSING COVENANT_7-23 CLEAN.PDF CONSENT G3 ATT B - NORTH ALPINE HOUSING OPERATING AGREEMENT FINAL 7-23.PDF

H. Adoption Of A New Electrical Fee Schedule Per House Bill 19-1035 (Building Inspection)

Documents:

CONSENT H1 2019 ELECTRICAL FEE HB19-1035.PDF CONSENT H2 2019 ELECTRICAL FEE DE-COUPLE RESOLUTION.PDF

I. Approval Of Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Special Sales Tax On Tobacco, Tobacco Products And Nicotine Products (Attorney)

Documents:

CONSENT I1 STAFF REPORT FOR IGA REGARDING NICOTINE SPECIAL SALES TAX.PDF CONSENT I2 STAFF REPORT NICOTINE TAX CERT.PDF CONSENT I3 NICOTINE IGA CLEAN DRAFT 7.30.19.PDF

Documents:

CONSENT J1 PLN19-004_MEMO TO BOCC.PDF CONSENT J2 ATT A - DENSITY TRACKING MOU FINAL.PDF

K. Liquor License Renewal For Cris Jo Corporation Dba CALA PUB AND RESTAURANT; Hotel & Restaurant; Cristina Kelly; Located At 40 Cove Boulevard Unit A, Dillon, CO 80435 (Clerk)

Documents:

CONSENT K THE CALA RENEWAL MATERIALS_REDACTED.PDF

Documents:

CONSENT L1 STAFF REPORT FOR C-PACE.PDF CONSENT L2 CPACE AGREEMENT.PDF CONSENT L3 CPACE FINAL RESOLUTION.PDF

VI. NEW BUSINESS

VII. PUBLIC HEARING

A. Consideration Of An Increase Of Fee Assessments For The Summit County Animal Control Shelter (Animal Shelter)

Documents:

PH A1 - STAFF REPORT FOR AC FEE RESOLUTION.PDF PH A2 - ANIMAL CONTROL FEE RESOLUTION 6-2019.PDF

Documents:

PH B1 STAFF REPORT EXTENSION 2010 FUND.PDF PH B 2010 FUND RENEWAL CERTIFICATION RESO.PDF PH B3 2010 FUND RENEWAL BALLOT QUESTION FINAL.PDF

Documents:

PH C1 STAFF REPORT NICOTINE TAX CERT.PDF PH C2 NICOTINE TAX BALLOT FINAL CERTIFICATION RESO.PDF PH C3 EXHIBIT A NICOTINE TAX BALLOT MEASURE.PDF

VIII. ADJOURNMENT

For assistance or questions regarding special accommodations, accessibility, or available audio/visual equipment, please contact 970-453-3403 as soon as possible.

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. ROLL CALL

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

IV. CITIZEN COMMENT

V. CONSENT AGENDA

A. Approval Of 7-16-19 Emergency Meeting And 7-23-19 Regular Meeting Minutes

Documents:

CONSENT A1 071619 EMERGENCY MTG MIN.PDF CONSENT A2 072319 REG MIN.PDF

B. Warrant Lists Of 7-16-19 To 7-31-19 (Finance)

Documents:

CONSENT B JULY 16 - 31.PDF

C. Approval Of The Summit Head Start 0-5 Annual Report

Documents:

CONSENT C1 2018 ANNUAL REPORT.PDF CONSENT C2 ANNUALREPORT APPROVAL.PDF

D. Approval Of The 2019 Community Assessment Update (Early Childhood Options)

Documents:

CONSENT D1 2019 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT_FINAL.PDF CONSENT D2 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT APPROVAL.PDF

E. Approval Of Revised Early Head Start (EHS) Change Of Scope Application Regarding Conversion Of Home Visitation Slots To Childcare (Early Childhood Options)

Documents:

CONSENT E1 SUMMIT EHS CHANGE IN SCOPE NARRATIVE_REVISION8.1.19.PDF CONSENT E2 GB_PC_APPROVALDOC_CONVERSIONAPP.PDF

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H. Adoption Of A New Electrical Fee Schedule Per House Bill 19-1035 (Building Inspection)

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CONSENT H1 2019 ELECTRICAL FEE HB19-1035.PDF CONSENT H2 2019 ELECTRICAL FEE DE-COUPLE RESOLUTION.PDF

I. Approval Of Intergovernmental Agreement Regarding Special Sales Tax On Tobacco, Tobacco Products And Nicotine Products (Attorney)

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CONSENT I1 STAFF REPORT FOR IGA REGARDING NICOTINE SPECIAL SALES TAX.PDF CONSENT I2 STAFF REPORT NICOTINE TAX CERT.PDF CONSENT I3 NICOTINE IGA CLEAN DRAFT 7.30.19.PDF

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K. Liquor License Renewal For Cris Jo Corporation Dba CALA PUB AND RESTAURANT; Hotel & Restaurant; Cristina Kelly; Located At 40 Cove Boulevard Unit A, Dillon, CO 80435 (Clerk)

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VI. NEW BUSINESS

VII. PUBLIC HEARING

A. Consideration Of An Increase Of Fee Assessments For The Summit County Animal Control Shelter (Animal Shelter)

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PH A1 - STAFF REPORT FOR AC FEE RESOLUTION.PDF PH A2 - ANIMAL CONTROL FEE RESOLUTION 6-2019.PDF

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PH B1 STAFF REPORT EXTENSION 2010 FUND.PDF PH B 2010 FUND RENEWAL CERTIFICATION RESO.PDF PH B3 2010 FUND RENEWAL BALLOT QUESTION FINAL.PDF

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VIII. ADJOURNMENT

*This agenda is subject to change at any time. Please contact the Manager’s Office or visit our website to obtain updates at: http://www.summitcountyco.gov Capacity Analysis Begins for Recpath and Dillon Reservoir Recreation Area

Dillon Reservoir Recreation Committee and Summit County are seeking community input on the capacity of popular local recreation resources

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

SUMMIT COUNTY – Summit County and the Dillon Reservoir Recreation Committee (DRReC) are conducting a capacity analysis of Dillon Reservoir Recreation Area (DRRA) and the Summit County Recreational Pathway System, two of the most popular and widely used recreational resources in Summit County. The results of the analysis will be used to help guide future decisions about event permitting, facility improvements, policies and management.

"As recreational use continues to increase throughout Summit County, we need a better understanding of the capacity of these facilities," said Open Space & Trails Senior Resource Specialist Jason Lederer. “Through this process, we're doing a deep dive into the appropriate levels and types of uses that allow for safe and enjoyable recreational experiences for residents and visitors.”

DRReC and Summit County have contracted with Frisco-based planning consultant SE Group to conduct the analysis. SE Group will survey recreational users, observe events and conduct user counts. An online public survey is available through early September on the Summit County Open Space & Trails website at www.SummitCountyCO.gov/openspace.

Dillon Reservoir is owned and operated by Denver Water and is the largest water storage facility in its collection system. Recreation within DRRA, which includes the reservoir's surface and adjacent properties, is managed by DRReC. DRReC is comprised of representatives from Denver Water, the Town of Dillon, the Town of Frisco, Summit County and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). Staffing for DRReC is provided by Summit County. Friends of the Dillon Ranger District (FDRD) is also helping with the capacity analysis.

“We recognize the relationship between Dillon Reservoir, the Recpath system and the White River National Forest,” FDRD Programs Manager Doozie Martin said. “So we're excited to assist with this effort.”

Popular recreation activities within DRRA include motorized and non-motorized boating, open water and ice fishing, cycling, snow-kiting, hiking, running, walking and Nordic skiing. Public access to the reservoir is available via two marinas, located in Frisco and Dillon, as well as six campgrounds and day- use areas on the White River National Forest.

The Summit County Recreational Pathway System (Recpath) circumnavigates Dillon Reservoir, with four separate spokes connecting to Breckenridge, Keystone, Tenmile Canyon/Vail Pass and Silverthorne. Summit County manages more than 38 miles of these paved pathways, with an additional 17 miles maintained by Keystone Resort and the towns of Breckenridge, Dillon, Frisco and Silverthorne. Each year, a variety of special events take place at DRRA, including bike tours, foot races, regattas, standup paddleboard races, Nordic races, and mountain bike races. DRReC also permits several commercial uses, including guided open-water and ice fishing, non-motorized boat and standup paddleboard tours, a water taxi, rowing and sailing clubs, rafting and a variety of camp groups. Seasonal waterfowl hunting is also permitted on portions of the reservoir.

“Whether you use the Recpath every day, or have boated on the reservoir only once, we want to hear about your experience,” said Summit County Open Space and Trails Director Brian Lorch, who chairs DRReC. “We are eager to learn from this survey and put this project to good use.”

For more information about DRReC, DRRA or the Summit County Recreational Pathway, contact the Open Space & Trails Department at 970-668-4060, or visit www.SummitCountyCO.gov/OpenSpace.

News & Success Stories from Around the Region

August 2019

New coworking space opens in Winter Park

Green Spaces is now open next door to The Perk Coffee Shop at Hideaway Station. Jayson Harris, who owns Perk Coffee as well as Green Spaces, bought the Denver-based coworking company last year with big plans to expand the spaces into mountain communities, starting with Winter

Park. Members have the option to work in Denver and Winter Park with one joint membership.

At Hideaway Station, Green Spaces has 3,000 square feet which provides room for shared workstations, a lounge area and amenities for members who pay a monthly fee. "It's more for start-up companies, remote workers, freelancers," Harris said. "We really believe productivity is really important." Harris also said once the coworking space gets off the ground, they may begin offering events for members at the space. As the name would suggest, the space is also focused on sustainability, using recycled and sustainable office materials, offering recycling and using beetle-kill wood and a variety of plants to decorate the interior. Source for this story: source: SkiHi News, 5/24/19

Grand County requests input from all creatives in the region for Space to Create

Grand Lake is conducting a survey that will be used to design workforce housing for creatives known as Space To Create. Do you wonder whether you are creative? Do you take pictures? Do you work with your hands? Do you prepare food? Do you write? Are you an architect? Are you in construction? Are you a mentor? Do you teach classes? Do you design websites? Are you a musician? Are you an actor? ALL OF US ARE CREATIVE! Let your voice be heard! Take The Survey ( www.glcreativemarketsurvey.org.) if: · You live & work in Grand County or want to live & work in Grand County · You need housing in Grand County · You need space-to-create · You are an emerging artist · You support the arts · You would like to see more year-round creative businesses in Grand County

We need your help to design the best workforce housing possible and also to attract creative workforce to join our community!

About Space to Create: Space to Create Colorado is a workforce housing initiative led by the state's office of economic development in cooperation with multiple partners. The program looks to develop workforce housing and workspace, including commercial space, for creative industries and artisans in rural communities in Colorado. Grand Lake is one of several communities across the state that has been selected for the program since its inception in 2015.

Trail donation "parking" meters in Steamboat Springs are raking it in BY JUSTIN HOUSMAN, the Adventure Journal | JULY 23, 2019

We've covered the idea of hikers and backpackers kicking in a little more money for trail maintenance and wilderness conservation before, but usually the ideas floated have been something like an excise tax on hiking gear or mandatory fees at the trailhead. Lots of hikers feel like, hey, I pay taxes already that fund public lands, that's good enough. Or, I do pay fees at state and federal parks. But trail maintenance is a real need with funding shortfalls all the time. So Steamboat Springs, Colorado, had a simple and unique idea that seems to be working. Earlier this month, the city uprooted ten old parking meters from their "urban" homes and repurposed them as voluntary trail donation meters. Painted bright orange, the meters stand at the foot of trailheads. Should hikers, bikers, equestrians, trail runners, or any other form of trail user feel compelled to donate, they can swipe a credit card and contribute much-needed funds to trail maintenance. The minimum donation is five bucks. Within the first couple of weeks of being erected, the meters have collected nearly $1,000. The goal of the program is to raise $1.5 million by 2026, with all the money going to the Trail Maintenance Endowment Fund. That is, admittedly, a long way to go.

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“Instead of cursing the dirt biker on the trail he or she is entitled to use as much as As summer roars, you when you are hiking or mountain biking, look inside and call upon more patience and many in mountain peace to share what we all enjoy,” he advises his readers. “A smile goes a lot towns feel frazzled further and is better karma than a finger.” WHISTLER, B.C. – From Whistler to In Whistler, Ogilvie wants no return to Crested Butte, exhaustion has been setting the slower times. But the growth has taxed in as summer’s economy roars on. the human capital. Jobs in Whistler have “Back in the day, there was a kind of grown from 12,200 just nine years ago to ‘we-are-in-this-together’ feeling. Besides, 16,300 now. This, in turn, has exacerbated if we knew that in just a few short months not produced a housing shortage. away we would all get some much-deserved “We still need more workers,” she downtime,” writes Clare Ogilvie, editor of writes. Whistler’s Pique Newsmagazine. At issue are changes by the Canadian Now? There seems to be no downtime. government to the temporary foreign The dialogue on social media is telling. “We workers program. The government proposes can hardly post a comment without being to allow workers to freely move from one roasted,” she reports. “Facebook is employer to another for any reason and at becoming one of the most negative forums any time. This, says Alroy Chan, chair of the around.” Tourism Industry Association of BC, would Crested Butte also remains very, very only exacerbate the labor shortage. busy for just a few more weeks. Paradise Basin is just up a busy gravel road. In town, Why this airplane slammed tempers easily flare. into the side of a mountain “There are some, but not many, CANMORE, Alberta – Deprivation of the currently living here who want to see this oxygen adequate for proper functioning of level of busyness all year long. Ouch,” writes the brain and other parts of the body is a Crested Butte News editor Mark Reaman. condition called hypoxia. It famously occurs He wants continued downtime in fall as an among mountain climbers who have antidote to the busyness of July and early ascended too rapidly without August, long the town’s busiest time. acclimatization or, at extreme heights, like the top of Everest, all climbers. It also affects air passengers, including the pilot of a small plane that crashed near a mountain summit south of Banff and Canmore in August 2018. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has found that oxygen deprivation “likely played a role” in the crash that killed the pilot and a survey technician. The Piper PA-31 had taken off from A-Basin switches sides after Penticton, B.C., and, after two hours of 22 years with Vail Resorts survey work, was heading toward Calgary, DILLON, Colo. – Arapahoe Basin last flying at about 15,000 feet above sea level week announced it was joining Alterra when, according to a flight data monitoring Mountain Resorts after ending its affiliation system, things went awry. with Vail Resorts’ pass products after 22 The plane had a portable oxygen years. system, but the pilot was not continuously The company in February announced it using it, according to the monitor, which was not renewing its partnership in Vail’s included a camera. Use of oxygen is Epic Pass program. It suggested that Vail required when above 4,000 metres (about was producing more skiers than its 13,100 feet) above sea level. Onset of infrastructure could accommodate. hypoxia can be slow and gradual, so it’s “While the mountain still has plenty of likely the pilot did not recognize the room for skiers and riders, the ski area is symptoms. feeling a pinch on parking and facility At sea level, air contains 20.9% oxygen. space,” the company said. “Due to these In Aspen and Vail, the oxygen content constraints, Arapahoe Basin believes its staff lowers to 15.4%. It drops to 11.8% atop can take better care of its guests by Washington state’s Mount Rainier, which is separating from Vail Resorts.” 14,411 feet (4,392 meters). Atop Everest, No room exists for a new parking lots it’s at 6.9%. along U.S. Highway 6 at the base of Loveland A 2014 article in Flying magazine Pass. Alan Henceroth, the chief executive, explained that linking hypoxia and accidents told the Summit Daily News that a multi- was hard. Even so, the U.S. National million-dollar parking garage wasn’t a viable Transportation Safety Board's aviation option. He declined to say exactly how many accident database listed 24 accidents people were visiting A-Basin’s slopes on Vail related to hypoxia in the prior decade, 22 of Resorts passes, but he conceded it’s a big them resulting in fatalities. number. One of them occurred in 2003, when a The ski area along the Continental pilot with three passengers took off from Divide was founded in 1946 by 10th north of Denver with a destination of Las Mountain Division veteran Larry Jump. It has Vegas. The pilot at one point told air traffic the third highest elevation among Colorado controllers he thought he was above ski resorts, 13,050 feet, just shy of 4,000 Montrose when, in fact, he was above meters, but lower than top elevations of Telluride, a distance of about an hour by car. Silverton Mountain and Telluride. The crash occurred near La Sal Junction, Utah, south of Moab.

2 Spruce trees in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, including those at Wolf Creek Pass, have been hammered by disease. Photo/Allen Best

Lake, at the western entrance to Rocky Aspen-area spruce trees Mountain National Park. may be next to get buggy Jason Sibold, assistant professor of geography at Colorado State University, ASPEN, Colo. – Aspen has so far been declined to say with certainty that the spared the hillsides of red pine needles and spruce beetle will flourish near Aspen. “But gray tree trunks that have blanketed you certainly have the ingredients,” he said. mountainsides to the north and the south. “You’ve just had an extraordinary That may end soon. avalanche cycle in those areas,” he told the The Aspen Daily News reports some Daily News. “Those dead, downed trees are experts believe the Engelmann spruce trees defenseless.” killed in the historically unprecedented Lodgepole have a 160-year life span, avalanches could become massive breeding according to a report by the Colorado centers for spruce beetles. Forestry Advisory Council. But spruce and fir To the north, in the Vail-Steamboat forests, which commonly occur at higher Springs-Winter Park area, an epidemic of elevations, have longer life cycles, often bark beetles that began in 1996 took off in living for 400 years or more. the dry, hot summer of 2002 and in Sibold and students conducted research successive years, turning forests of last fall near Independence Pass, the lodgepole pine orange and then gray. The Continental Divide crossing between Aspen spruce beetle epidemic of the San Juan and Leadville. They found that past Mountains was more recent but, in places, epidemics to of spruce beetles resulted in such as at Wolf Creek Pass, just as eye- mortality of only 20% or so. opening. Spruce deaths can also be seen Based on parallel research in the San overlapping with bark beetles near Grand Juans, Aspen could be in for a greater loss. Those San Juan spruce forests lost nearly

3 90% of trees, a result of climate change, Denver Water has been involved in a Sibold says. “The beetles love the warm similar project, called Forests to Faucet, in temperatures. The trees are extra stressed, its two primary Western Slope collection so it’s a double whammy.” areas, Summit County and the Fraser Valley. Sibold warns that an outbreak The Waldo Canyon Fire in 2002 somewhere around Aspen will happen in the impacted the watersheds of both Denver next 10 years, perhaps just in the next 2 or 3 and Colorado Springs, burning 138,000 acres years. west of Colorado Springs and southwest of Can something be done? Not really, Denver. The fire caused erosion, plugging up Sibold and other experts tell the Daily News. Denver’s several reservoirs along the South Nature will just have to run its course, much Platte River. Colorado Springs also had to as it has with lodgepole pine. repair damaged water infrastructure and One reference point is the Flat Tops of restore severely burned watersheds. northwestern Colorado. There, a giant wind Both Colorado Springs and Denver have storm blew down many spruce trees in the found its more cost effective to spend 1930s, leading to a broad spruce beetle money at the front end, to reduce the risk of infestation that killed many more spruce. major wildfires, than deal with the Many of the dead, gray trees remained consequences. standing into the 1980s and 1990s, when this reporter used to go backpacking, skiing, and hiking in what is now a designated Why South Lake Tahoe wilderness area. resisted creating a fire evacuation plan until now Front Range water utility SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – It would plans forest work in its seem that having an evacuation plan in place would be a good thing in mountain various headwaters communities where ASPEN, Colo. – Colorado Springs and wildfires always others plan to spend $15 million during the pose an element of next five years to thin forests, conduct risk. prescribed fires, and otherwise manipulate But in the Lake headwaters areas of 11,000 acres from Tahoe Basin of which its draws water. California and Some of that water comes from the Nevada, officials for headwaters of the Roaring Fork River, east years resisted of Aspen, and the Fryingpan River. It also creating gets water from the Blue River drainage widespread above Breckenridge and in Homestake evacuation plans. The Tahoe Daily Tribune Creek, in the headwaters above several Vail explains that some feared concrete plans Valley towns. could put people in danger, rather than Colorado Springs is kicking in $7.5 taking them away from it. This is because of million, to be matched by the U.S. Forest the few exits from the basin but also the Service and the Colorado State Forest unpredictable nature of wildfire. Service. The city of 470,000 people at the Plus, with many different governmental foot of Pikes Peak also delivers water to agencies around the lake, creating a basin- three adjoining municipalities. wide evacuation plan requires collaboration and community and communication across

4 jurisdictional lines, which further A study conducted in 2007 in towns complicates the work. across the 3.4 million acres affected by the Tahoe was far from alone. The Daily epidemic in north-central Colorado gauged News points to a survey by USA Today community attitudes. Researchers recently Network-California earlier this year that only returned, to see how those attitudes had 22% of communities at high risk from changed. Not surprisingly, they found that wildfire had a robust, publicly available community attitudes had shifted. evacuation plan. Like those in Tahoe, some Perceptions of socioeconomic risk, such officials in California argued that such plans as impacts on tourism and property values, could be more harmful than helpful. have generally declined while some Then came the Camp Fire last perceptions of risk, such as forest fires and November. It killed 86 people in and around falling trees, have remained the same or the community of Paradise, Calif., in the even increased. foothills of the Sierra Nevada northeast of There’s also greater acceptance and Sacramento. That community had an even support of active forest management. evacuation plan. But what constitutes acceptable forest In the aftermath of that fire, residents in management varies by location and even by South Lake Tahoe pushed their officials to neighborhood. Logging of forests is still not take action. The Daily Tribune reports that acceptable everywhere. There’s still some Jeff Meston, then the fire chief in Tahoe, wariness about prescribed burns. saw Tahoe as being at even greater risk than “Much of this had to do with Paradise. “We have many, many similarities, communities’ local economics and and some dis-similarities that are histories,” explained Jamie Vickery, a disadvantageous to us.” postdoctoral researcher at the University of Now, South Lake Tahoe is close to Colorado Boulder. having an evacuation map. No word on the Several of the towns—Kremmling, plans for a basin-wide plan. Walden, and Granby—had sawmills and, more broadly, had been resource extraction towns. Breckenridge once upon a time made Coming to terms with the its living in resource extraction, but now deaths and risks of forests sells recreation and amenities. That’s also FRISCO, Colo. – The forests of Summit true of Vail, a resort built on ranchlands. County, Steamboat Springs, or Vail look so In Summit County, Vickery and Elizabeth different than they did in 2006. Today you Prentice, a doctoral candidate and graduate see standing dead trees here and there, but research assistant at the University of the forests have mostly become green once Missouri, found a higher level of satisfaction again. with forest management than some of the Dull red and orange was the dominant former logging towns. In the latter, there color in 2007, the needles dead and soon to was grousing about restrictions on federal drop to the ground. The bark beetle lands. epidemic had begun in 1996, spreading Risk of fire is one common worry. For substantially through aging forests. After several decades land managers have wanted 2002, a year of drought unprecedented in to set fires, to mimic what nature does. the historical record matched with Prescribed fires have not been universally unprecedented heat and mild winters, the welcomed. A prescribed fire for Vail beetle populations exploded. proposed in the mid-1990s eventually happened, but over initial protests and then was much pared down.

5 Land managers in Colorado suffered a setback in 2012 when embers of a prescribed burn in the foothills southwest of Denver several days prior were flamed by high winds, creating a wildfire that killed 3 people and destroyed 23 houses. For still other reasons, getting “good fire” on the ground remains difficult, three university professors concluded in an essay published in Pique Newsmagazine of Whistler, B.C. The three researchers—Courtney Schultz of Colorado State University, and Cassandra Moseley and Heidi Huber- Stearns, both of the University of Oregon— talked with 60 land managers, air regulators, and others to define the significant obstacles. “The law doesn’t necessarily impede prescribed burning so much as do some of the more practical realities on the ground,” one land manager told them, as quoted in an essay published in Pique Newsmagazine. Plus, there are many charging stations “You don’t have enough money, you don’t exclusive to Tesla models of electric cars. have enough people, or there’s too much The state has 694 public charging stations fire danger.” altogether. The researchers note that prescribed The new charging station at Eagle cost fire has limitations and risks. It will not stop $75,000. A state program called Charge wildfires under the most extreme conditions Ahead Colorado provided $30,000, and and is not appropriate in all locations. And, Eagle County paid $25,000, while Holy Cross on rare occasions, such as that in Colorado, energy provided $20,000 in transformer and planned burns can escape controls. other infrastructure upgrades. The cost to drivers will be about $1 per gallon equivalent, or about one-third of the Fast-charging car station fuel cost compared to a gas-powered vehicle. It is a station operated by now in operation at Eagle ChargePoint, one of the nation’s largest EAGLE, Colo. – Electric-car drivers on I- operators of electric charging stations. 70 in Colorado have another charging Colorado had 20,000 all-electric vehicles option: a fast-charging station at Eagle. A car as of October 2018. A state plan released in battery can substantially be recharged in 20 early 2018 set a goal of 940,000 electric minutes. vehicles by 2030. From Grand Junction to Denver there In 2018, battery-electric and plug-in are also fast chargers in Glenwood Springs hybrid vehicles represented 1.82% of sales, and Silverthorne, with the longest gap or 4,929 vehicles. That was 4th highest in between chargers being 89 miles. the nation. California was tops at 4.74% There are also multiple Level 2 chargers, followed by Washington and Oregon, which restore a car battery more slowly. according to the Auto Alliance.

6 federal government in the middle of the last Can upzoning save century. Harlem, in some ways the universally acknowledged epicenter of Black culture Aspen? Can it also and electoral successes, has gone from a 98% Black population to a majority save the nation? white/Hispanic division in “Greater Harlem.” Inner cities in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Denver, Chicago and Houston by Mick Ireland are becoming racially diverse as are their Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren and surrounding suburbs. Julian Castro might not be your choice for For details, see President, but they certainly are singing the https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019 same song we hear every two years during /04/27/upshot/diversity-housing-maps- our city council elections. raleigh- Affordable housing, once a niche issue gentrification.html?searchResultPosition=24 of interest largely to resort communities, Some of the new arrivals say they has gone national. Central cities, once moved to inner cities to be near diversity, considered dinosaurs on their way to not to get away from other races and extinction, are facing an affordable housing cultures. crisis as relatively affluent, younger and The Times also reports Black people are largely white families abandon the futility of not fleeing out of fear, as whites once did in the commuter culture for the action, the era of desegregation. The driver now is diversity and amenities of prospering city economics: rents are rising, properties are centers. Rents are doing there what we have being redeveloped and the new people are long seen here, rising out of reach. Rental bringing new social institutions and driving housing construction has slowed as the best up the price of everything. To put it simply, profits are in the McMansion market. here comes the Starbucks, the Whole Foods, “White flight” to the suburbs has the espresso, there goes the neighborhood. become “Black flight” as fears of integration That is what those “We buy ugly houses with “those people” are replaced by a desire billboards” are about as are the mailers to to live near work, often in neighborhoods long -time residents “We pay $CASH$. As is! that were written off for investment by the No cost or fees!” Much as Aspen’s own West End, Mountain Valley and East Side were transformed by the demand for second homes, so too are many cities being transformed by more affluent buyers wanting in. Affordable housing in resorts has long been seen as a First World problem, of little concern on the national stage because we are a tiny slice of the electorate often seen as the victims of our own success. We and Vail and Breck and An Aspen house. Telluride are beautiful places to live and the competition to be here

7 150 Declining child birth in Aspen Zip codes

106 102 94 93 90 93 95 94 89 100 86 86 87 86 81 72 78 66 65 66 66 65 54 50 50 y = -1.5267x + 99.364 R² = 0.4615 Aspen zip code babies for each year

Number of babies 0 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 6 7 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Year Linear (Year) Year 94 93 86 86 90 87 106 102 93 86 95 72 78 94 66 81 54 50 65 66 89 66 65 has always been strong and has grown as might increase the density in cities resorts have used their augmented, second desperate for more market rate rentals. home property and sales tax bases to buff Upzoning in Aspen is far more out their theme parks with trails, open problematic. A review of the City of Aspen’s space, transportation, art centers and 7,865 parcels listed in the public assessor museums, festivals and live floral data base shows only about 28% of the city’s arrangements that greet every entering land area is used for single family visitor. residences. The economic incentive, even Making it better has made it worse in were increased density allowed, is not great some respects. because one single family home sells for The solution Cory Booker and some much more per square foot than two units other Presidential candidates and the city totaling the same size. And it’s unlikely that council of Minneapolis are offering is residents of Smuggler Mobile home mandatory or incentivized upzoning of park would welcome taller units in their single-family lots to allow duplex and triplex already very dense development. development. They argue that subsidizing Aspen might benefit from some minor inefficient use of the land for single family upzoning by allowing downtown C1 CC and lots is wasteful and grants to cities should be other core neighborhoods to place housing conditioned on a willingness to upzone on the second floor of new or existing existing land. commercial buildings. Clearly, the Most of us traveling to big cities think of community would not support a return to them as urbanized places with tall office and apartment buildings just as visitors visualize Aspen’s downtown as bigger buildings and Aspen Main street as a typical thorough fare of mixed-use commercial development. The reality is that most of the land in most major cities is zoned for single family use: Minneapolis being 70% single family zoning, Los Angeles 75%, Portland 77%, Seattle 81%. Allowing or mandating small scale duplex and triplex development The Aspen Art Museum

8 the zoning that allowed 40-foot buildings Better to keep moving downhill rather than (the red Lego building, the Art Museum) just hunkering down. And if your hair stands though the rezoning of second floors to on end or you hear a buzzing sound, like the allow downtown affordable housing might sound of bees, skedaddle – and not upward. work. Upzoning may not be the answer here It’s not great skiing, mostly. but at least the national dialog has begun on whether the need for affordable housing So why ski at all in August? requires real change addressing the low- CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. – And on through density sprawl that characterizes so many the heat of summer, skiing continues in urban places. We will see whether the isolated gullies in Colorado and beyond. The electorate supports a vision beyond the Crested Butte News tells of Ian Hatchett, 1950s model allocating most of the land to who has continued skiing through summer those with means and very little land to the since 1987. rest. “The skiing itself is often pretty marginal,” he explains. So why do it? Well, Mick Ireland is a former mayor of Aspen he suggests, because it’s there. “For me a lot as well as Pitkin County commissioner and, of it was just going out solo and climbing before all that and a law degree, a and skiing lines that still exist. newspaper reporter, dishwasher and bus Another, younger summer skier is Drew driver. Kelley, who says that a pointless job across

the Elk Range in Carbondale, near Aspen, Melted clothing was best seems to jibe with summer skiing. To make it through the job, he and a friend relished evidence of the affliction in irreverence. “Summer skiing seemed just BANFF, Alberta – When rescuers arrived as pointless.” on a mountain slope in Banff National Park Why continue doing it? to attend to the 28-year-old woman, she “I walked 20 miles round-trip through wasn’t sure why she had summoned them clouds of mosquitoes only to find a by cell phone. She had said she was particular ski line wasn’t in,” he told the disoriented and had some memory loss, but Crested Butte News. “Bu, when stuff starts she wasn’t sure why. to melt out, you see lines that don’t really What the rescue team quickly discerned see in the winter. You see things more from talking with her and seeing her melted creatively and things start to look more clothing was that she had been struck by fun.” lightning. Whether it was by ground Summer skiing, if mostly devoid of currents or by direct strike isn’t clear. She avalanche danger, has its own dangers: was hospitalized. scree fields, rock fall, and raging water Any time you get struck by lightning or crossings. get struck by ground currents that are “You’re dealing with wicked sun cups strong, you are lucky to survive. “It was an and rock debris, and if you fall in some extremely close call, and it could have places, you’re going to slice and dice turned out a lot worse,” said Banff yourself on the slide down,” Hatchett says. spokesman Brian Webster. “And then there’s the late afternoon The Rocky Mountain Outlook notes the lightning strikes.” general rules of thumb on lightning: get off summits or other high points. Get rid of ice axes, hiking poles, or other metal objects.

9 If extreme cuts in Future heat baked emissions are achieved into the climate, no matter what

by Allen Best Colorado has not been extraordinarily One is with moderate reductions in hot this summer. Still, a new all-time heat carbon emissions. The other is with extreme record may have been set during July in reductions. It will get hotter either way, southeastern Colorado: 115 degrees F. partly because of the heat already baked If confirmed, it would surpass the 114 F into the system. market set twice: the first time during the Because I worked there during the hot and dry 1930s and again in the hot and 1990s, I chose Avon, at the base of Beaver dry 1950s. Creek and about 700 feet lower and down- More clear, though, is what happened valley from Vail Village. This device says globally during July: It was the hottest ever. Avon does not currently have 85+ degree The key word is globally. It wasn’t even days (which I find hard to believe), but will unusually hot across parts of the United have maybe 12 each summer by 2050 if we States. tame emissions and 12 each summer if we Of course, this is part of a trend, as the don’t. Future heating is already baked into New York Times noted this week: the climate. "As human-related emissions of By 2100, though, there will be far more greenhouse gases have continued, the city-like hot days, especially if we only figure atmosphere has continued to warm. The out moderate emissions reductions. past five years have been the hottest on Play with this for record, including the record single year in yourself: https://www.climatecentral.org/n 2016. The 10 hottest years have all occurred ews/climate-change-hot-days- in the past two decades." 21667?utm_content=buffer04e92&utm_ What’s in store? More air conditioning, medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com obviously. This came up as I was researching &utm_campaign=buffer a story about beneficial electrification. My interviewee, who works for the City of Boulder, said that 50% of If moderate cuts in homes in that city have some kind emissions are achieved of air conditioning, a figure likely to rise. She also pointed me to this device on the Climate Central website that at least coarsely offers a glimpse of the future. You can pick out a town, most any town, to figure out how many 85- plus days, 90-plus days, and so forth lie ahead.