The Edgewater City Council met Tuesday, July 18th for their bi-monthly business meeting. As always, the meeting started with the roll call with Councilpersons Reid-Vanas and Gay Keao absent. After the pledge of allegiance came the consent agenda. The council opted to move one item in the consent agenda to the regular agenda.
Next on the agenda was communications from city staff. City Manager Maples spoke briefly, letting the public and council know the Civic Center parking lot would be closed this upcoming Saturday for repaving, and would reopen Sunday.
Up next was a traffic calming presentation from Dan Burden of Blue Zones LLC. Mr. Burden began by telling the council he had seen installations across the country, and that Edgewater’s new traffic calming efforts were “amazing.” The focus of Edgewater and Blue Zones next traffic calming project will be the stretch of Harlan between 25th and 20th. There was much talk of “mini-circles” at each intersection along Harlan as well as potentially boulevards, seeing as Harlan presently has quite a bit of under-utilized space. Community Services Director Lammers also spoke, saying the project presently is focused on feedback from the public. There have already been meetings and walking audits with the public, but the city is still open to feedback so if community members have thoughts don’t hesitate to share them.
The meeting was then opened for public comment on non-agenda items. Edgewater resident Bobbie Schuppert took the podium, first to praise City Employee Billy Stein, then to voice concerns over the traffic on 24th around Edgewater Elementary.
Up next were a slew of resolutions and ordinances. First was the resolution moved from the consent agenda, an amendment to the current agreement with Jefferson County for community block grant purposes. It passed unanimously. Next was a resolution approving a intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between Edgewater and Jeffco coordinating mail in ballots for the upcoming election, which also passed unanimously. The meeting then moved to the 1st reading of an ordinance that would restructure the city’s internal department organization. The current Administrative Services Department would be broken up into new departments, City Clerk, Finance, and Human Resources, bringing the internal organization more in line with the city charter. It passed unanimously. Another first reading followed, this time an ordinance regarding the purchase of 5540 W 25th Ave. The council had previously voted to have the property appraised, after which the city made on offer on the property. The council voted unanimously for the ordinance, though they have not yet committed to buying the property, as this was the first reading. Finally, there was a 2nd reading of an ordinance adopting a bevy of international building codes. Councilman Berg took a moment to explain is abstain vote on the 1st reading, stating he was concerned about placing extra financial burden on already struggling homeowners. However, he was satisfied with what he had learned. The ordinance passed unanimously.
As always, the meeting closed with comments from the Council and Mayor. Most councilpersons shared praise for the new bridge mural just north of the Civic Center. Councilwoman Stierer also shared some information about the group buy for solar panels being offered to Edgewater residents.
City Council meets every other Tuesday at 6:30. The public can attend in person at the Civic Center or virtually through the Edgewater website and gotomeeting.com.
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