A Regular Meeting of the Town Board Was Held on March16, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. in the Town

MINUTES

March16, 2017

A regular meeting of the Town Board was held on March16, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Auditorium.

Item 1 – Roll call and Pledge of Allegiance. Those present and answering roll call: Trustees;Heid, Daniels, Isbell, Moos, Winter and Mayor Ross. Attorney Rocklin also present. Trustee Rohn appeared later in the meeting.

Item 2– Review of the Minutes of the February 16th meeting. TrusteeMoos moved to approve the February 16th minutes as written, seconded by Trustee Heid. Motion carried 5-0.

Item 3 –Handicapped parking request – 215 Park Avenue (Cardenas family). The board received a request from the Cardenas family for a handicap parking sign by their residence at 215 Park Avenue. The family has problems with parking due to their closeness to the high school and a family member is wheel chair bound. A family member appeared after discussion had started to respond to any questions. Concluding discussion, Trustee Moos moved to grant the request, seconded by Trustee Isbell. Motion carried 5-0. Mrs. Bennett, of 9 Cottonwood Avenue was granted a handicapped parking sign at the February meeting and wanted to extend appreciation for the board’s approval. Mrs. Bennett submitted a donation of $200.00 to the town to help cover the cost of labor and materials for their sign and the sign at 215 Park Avenue. Mrs. Bennett also wondered if the board could promote a mill levy to provide money for curb cuts to make them handicapped accessible. The board will discuss it at a future date.

Item 4–Cobblestone Inn & Suites – Liquor license renewal. The board received a request from the Cobblestone Inn & Suites for renewal of their liquor license. Chief Mueller reported no objections to approval of the renewal. Chris reported all paperwork appears to be in order. Trustee Daniels moved to approve the renewal, seconded by Trustee Winter. Motion carried 5-0.

Item 5 –Street lighting on Third Street extension.Gary reviewed the proposal options for the lighting on Third Street. Concluding questions and discussion, Trustee Heid moved to approve Option 2 – Solar lighting on entire project, seconded by Trustee Isbell. Motion carried 5-0.

Item 6 – Citizen comments/questions. Jenean Huckaby, president of the library board, and Brenda Carns, library director, appeared before the board with an update on the High Plains Library District activities and issues. Concluding discussion and questions, Trustee Moos moved to select Jenean as the representative to sit on the selection committee, seconded by Trustee Daniels. Motion carried 5-0.

Mayor Ross announced the Great Western Trail Authority has a vacancy on their board, due to the resignation of Bob Piotrowski. Trustee Heid announced she would be willing to serve on the board. Chris will notify the Great Western Trail Authority with Mrs. Heid’s contact information.

Item 7 –Reports.

Chief Mueller provided an update of activities in the police department.

Jeff announced the Spring Cleanup has been scheduled for April 15, 2017 with Northern Colorado Disposal. The plans designed by our engineer, Mike Ketterling, for the Collins Street overlay and the spec sheets for CDOT have been submitted to CDOT for their review and hope to hear back from them soon for their approval.

Gary announced staff has been working with CDOT regarding the Highway 85 overlay project scheduled for this summer, to hold an open house scheduled for April 18th, at 6:30 p.m. at the town hall auditorium. The open house will provide information to the public on what’s going to happen and when. Gary also reported he’s working on scheduling the replacement of one block of water line on Highway 85 while they have the road tore up. The intersection at Collins Street and Highway 85 will be done in concrete. The pre-construction meeting has been scheduled for April 10, 2017. The sidewalk will be replaced during the overlay on the west side of Highway 85 from Collins Street to Second Street. The Town Square landscaping will start April or May of 2017.

Mayor Rossrequested some research be done regarding an ordinance to slow down the trains coming thru town.

Item 8 –Adjourn.As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

Erika C. Bagley, Town Clerk