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Statement of Vision Lafayette’s panoramic view of the Rocky Mountains inspires our view into the future. We value our heritage, our unique neighborhoods, a vibrant economy and active lifestyles. We envision a future that mixes small-town livability with balanced growth and superior city services. Statement of Values We foresee a strong economy that is diverse and sustainable, attracts innovators, encourages a balance of big and small businesses, and meets the community’s needs. We intend to shape the future through strengthening our voice on environmental stewardship and social issues, taking an active role in sustainability and strategic planning development, and facilitating leadership development and fresh thinking. We strive to be a connected community that encourages cooperative relationships and inclusivity, expects accessibility and communication, nurtures resiliency, appreciates multi-culturalism, and humanizes physical and social interactions within the City. We support placemaking endeavors that stimulate historic preservation and the arts, encourage open space stewardship and networking of neighborhoods, and promote comprehensive planning and livability.

March 7, 2017

AGENDA 5:30 PM LIQUOR AUTHORITY MEETING

LAFAYETTE PUBLIC LIBRARY – 775 West Baseline I.

PUBLIC HEARING

Resolution No. 2017-15 / Granting a New Retail Liquor License / Atlas Liquor LLC dba Atlas Valley Purveyors / 2770 Arapahoe Rd., #100, Lafayette, CO 80026 (Noticed after 5:30 pm in Colorado Hometown Weekly February 22, 2017)

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

LAFAYETTE PUBLIC LIBRARY – 775 West Baseline II.

OPENING OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call

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EXECUTIVE SESSION – According to C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(b), to confer with a City attorney for the purposes of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions pertaining to North Highway 287

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PUBLIC INPUT (AFTER 6:30 PM)

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REGULAR BUSINESS Ordinance A. First Reading / Ordinance No. 02, Series 2017 / Enacting the Climate Bill of Rights and Protections (Tabled on January 17, 2017)

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CONSENT AGENDA B. Minutes of Regular Council Meeting of February 21, 2017 C. Second Reading Ordinance No. 10, Series 2017 / Enacting Chapter 33 of the Municipal Code Regarding Cable Television Customer Service Standards D. Second Reading / Ordinance No. 04, Series 2017/ Amending Chapter 26 Development and Zoning of the Municipal Code Pertaining to the Public Land Dedication (PLD) Requirement E. Second Reading / Ordinance No. 05, Series 2017 / Rezoning of Indian Peaks Filing No. 2 F. Second Reading Ordinance No. 06, Series 2017 / Vacation of Emergency and Pedestrian Access Easement/ Indian Peaks Filing No. 2 G. Second Reading / Ordinance No. 07, Series 2017 / Vacation of a Portion of the Spring Creek Crossing Right-of-Way platted with the Spring Creek Filing No. 2 Subdivision. H. Second Reading / Ordinance No. 08, Series 2017 / 9880 Baseline Road Annexation I. Second Reading / Ordinance No. 09, Series 2017 / Rezoning of 9880 Baseline Road from Boulder County Agriculture to City of Lafayette DR (Developing Resource) J. Resolution 2017-16 / Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement with Boulder County / Youth Corp K. Contract / Great Outdoors Colorado Inspire Initiative - Nature Kids Programming and Pathways / Thorne Nature Experience L. Contract / Maintenance of Highway 287 and Cemeteries / Lawn Care Plus, Inc. M. Contract / South Public Road Drainage Improvements / Western States Reclamation, Inc. N. 2017 Open Space and Trails Recommendation to Boulder County O. Development Agreement / City of Lafayette and Feed & Grain LLC / Lafayette Elevator Site P. Purchase Orders and Amendments

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COUNCIL APPOINTMENT Q. Energy Sustainability Advisory Committee

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STAFF REPORTS R. City Attorney’s Report S. City Administrator’s Report 1. Rental Housing Inspection Program

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COUNCIL REPORTS

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ADJOURN

STAFF REPORT To: From: Date: Subject:

Gary Klaphake, City Administrator Susan Koster, City Clerk Susan Barker, Deputy City Clerk February 28, 2017 Public Hearing / Resolution No. 2017-15 / Granting a New Retail Liquor License to Atlas Liquor, LLC dba Atlas Valley Purveyors, 2770 Arapahoe Rd. #100, Lafayette, CO

Recommendation: Council motion to approve Resolution No. 2017-15 / Granting a New Retail Liquor License to Atlas Liquor, LLC dba Atlas Valley Purveyors, 2770 Arapahoe Rd. #100, Lafayette, CO Background: A complete Retail Liquor License application was received from Atlas Liquor, LLC on February 3, 2017. The applicant filed a concurrent review with the Colorado Department of Revenue, Liquor Enforcement. A diagram of the proposed licensed premise provides for the sale of liquor in the interior of the building, the applicant also has an upper floor, included in the diagram, which is an office / storage area. Zoning regulations for this location have been met. Atlas Liquor, LLC holds a lease on the premises from Atlas Valley II, LLLP until June 30, 2036. The Lafayette Police Department conducted a preliminary background check for applicants John Cohagen, Mary Cohagen and Jonathan Cohagen. No disqualifying information was discovered. Criminal history investigations by CBI and FBI are pending and Resolution No. 2017-15 conditions approval of the license subject to final clearance. Oedipus Inc conducted a Needs and Desires Survey of the surrounding neighborhood within a 1/2 –mile radius established by the City Clerk. A summary of the survey by the applicant indicates that, of the 276 total door knocks, 146 eligible persons signed the petition, 9 declined, 9 were not qualified to sign, 1 signature was deleted, and 111 did not answer the door. 112 residents and 32 business owner/managers were in favor of the issuance of the license; 2 residents were not in favor. As noted in the report from Oedipus there were two neighborhoods within the defined area that are clearly marked “No Soliciting”. These areas are depicted in green on the map.

1290 S. Public Road  Lafayette, Colorado 80026 303-665-5588  cityoflafayette.com

Atlas Liquor, LLC Retail Liquor License Page 2 The public hearing for this application was noticed in the Colorado Hometown Weekly on February 22, 2017 and the premises were posted on February 23, 2017 in accordance with the 10-day posting requirement. Preliminary findings by the City Clerk support the approval of the new license and staff recommends Liquor Authority approval. Fiscal Impact: Local Fees collected: $940.50 Attachments: Resolution No. 2017-15 License Application (application attachments are available for Council review in the City Clerk’s office) Petition Summary

1290 S. Public Road  Lafayette, Colorado 80026 303-665-5588  cityoflafayette.com

CITY OF LAFAYETTE RESOLUTION No. 2017-15 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO, GRANTING A NEW RETAIL LIQUOR STORE LICENSE TO ATLAS VALLEY LLC d/b/a ATLAS VALLEY PURVEYORS WHEREAS, the City has received an application for a transfer of a Retail Liquor Store License, on February 3, 2017, and said application was verified complete and WHEREAS, the applicant has paid the required application and license fees; and WHEREAS, the Lafayette City Council, sitting as the Local Licensing Authority, considered the new ownership application on March 7, 2017 NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lafayette finds as follows: 1. The applicant is entitled to possession of the premises for which application is made under a lease agreement between Atlas Valley II, LLLP (landlord) and Atlas Liquor, LLC, (tenant), the term of which expires on June 30, 2036. 2. The applicant has filed a floor plan for the interior area of the building that includes the main floor and the upstairs office / storage area. The Council approved said floor plan with no exceptions. 3. The sale of liquor for consumption off the premises is permitted at the location for which the license is sought under the applicable zoning ordinances of the City of Lafayette. 4. The parties shown by the application as having a financial interest in the business for which the license is requested are John R. Cohagen, Mary C. Cohagen and Jonathan Case Cohagen. 5. The application discloses that Atlas Valley II, LLLP (John R. Cohagen, general partner) is the owner of the property. 6. The Lafayette Police Department, in conjunction with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is conducting a records check on John R. Cohagen, Mary C. Cohagen and Jonathan Case Cohagen. 7. The Council, subject to final CBI/FBI clearance, finds that their character is such to permit Atlas Liquor LLC to hold a liquor license.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lafayette, Colorado, as follows: 1.

The application of Atlas Liquor LLC d/b/a Atlas Valley Purveyors is hereby approved subject to final criminal clearance from FBI and CBI, which will be reported to the City Clerk through the Police Department.

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Upon approval of the Retail Liquor Store License by the State Licensing Authority, the City Clerk is hereby authorized to issue the license to the applicant.

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This Resolution shall be effective upon its approval by the City Council.

RESOLVED AND PASSED THIS 7th DAY OF MARCH, 2017.

CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO

______________________________ Christine Berg, Mayor ATTEST:

_________________________________ Susan Koster, CMC, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

_________________________________ David S. Williamson, City Attorney

ORDINANCE NO. 02 , Series 2017 INTRODUCED BY: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO, ENACTING THE CLIMATE BILL OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS

WHEREAS, the people of the City of Lafayette declare alignment with the Seven Generations principle of the indigenous First Nations, understand the environment as common to all and base these actions upon its indefinite protection; and WHEREAS, the people of the City of Lafayette have found that global environmental destruction, which includes degradation to the climate, ecosystems, flora, fauna, land, and water, constitutes an emergency that threatens our very survival; WHEREAS, the people of the City of Lafayette have found that the extraction of coal, oil and gas, and disposal of drilling waste within the City would significantly contribute to global environmental destruction; and WHEREAS, the people of the City of Lafayette declare that they have a right to a healthy climate, and that right is violated by the extraction of coal, oil and gas, and disposal of drilling waste within the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1.

Climate Bill of Rights.

(a) Right to a Healthy Climate. All residents and ecosystems of the City of Lafayette possess a right to a healthy climate, which shall include the right to be free from all activities that interfere with that right, including the extraction of coal, oil, or gas, or disposal of drilling waste within the City of Lafayette. (b) Right to Local, Community Self-Government. All residents of the City of Lafayette possess the right to a form of governance, which recognizes that all power is inherent in the people of the City, and that all free governments are founded on the people’s authority and consent. Laws adopted by the people of the City shall only be preempted or nullified if they interfere with rights secured by the state or federal constitution to the people of the City, or if they interfere with protections provided to the people or ecosystems of the City by state, federal, or international law. (c) Right to Enforce. All residents of the City of Lafayette possess the right to enforce this law. To secure this right, entities which violate the people’s right to a healthy climate shall not be deemed to be “persons,” nor possess any other legal rights, privileges, powers, or protections which would interfere with the enforcement of that right.

Ordinance No. 02-2017

(d) Right to Defense. Residents of the City of Lafayette possess the right to have the City government of Lafayette defend this law on the basis that a constitutional right of local, community self-government exists, that this law is an assertion of that right as it seeks to expand the rights of the people of the City of Lafayette, and that the doctrines of ceiling preemption, municipal subordinancy to state government, or corporate “rights” unconstitutionally violate the right of the residents of the City of Lafayette to local, community self-government. Section 2.

Direct Enforcement.

(a) Direct Action Enforcement. If the City of Lafayette fails to enforce or defend this law, or a court fails to uphold this law, any person may enforce this law through nonviolent direct action. If nonviolent direct action is taken to enforce the provisions of this law, law enforcement personnel employed by the City of Lafayette shall be prohibited from arresting or detaining persons directly enforcing this law. “Direct action” as used by this provision shall mean any activities carried out to directly enforce the prohibitions of this law. Section 3. If any article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared unconstitutional or invalid. Section 4. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof is hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. Section 5. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Code of Ordinances of Lafayette, Colorado by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision. Each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings and prosecutions for enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree or order which can or may be rendered, entered or made in such actions, suits, proceedings or prosecutions. Section 6. This ordinance is deemed necessary for the protection of the health, welfare and safety of the community. Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective upon the latter of the 10th day following enactment, or the day following final publication of the ordinance.

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Ordinance No. 02-2017

INTRODUCED AND PASSED ON FIRST READING THE _______ DAY OF ___________, 2017. PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND PUBLIC NOTICE ORDERED THE ________ DAY OF ______________________ 2017. CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO

____________________________________ Christine Berg, Mayor

ATTEST:

APPROVED AS TO FORM ONLY, AND NOT AS TO SUBSTANCE:

__________________________________ Susan Koster, CMC City Clerk

____________________________________ David S. Williamson, City Attorney

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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS CITY OF LAFAYETTE

CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 21, 2017 Call to Order The February 21, 2017, City Council Meeting began at 6:34 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Lafayette City Hall, 1290 S. Public Road, Lafayette, Colorado. Roll Call Those in attendance included Mayor Christine Berg, and Councilors, Merrily Mazza, Alexandra Lynch, Chelsea Behanna, and Stephanie Walton. A motion was made by Councilor Lynch and seconded by Councilor Walton to excuse Mayor Pro Tem Gustavo Reyna and Councilor Brad Wiesley. The motion passed unanimously. Also present were City Administrator Gary Klaphake, Fire Chief Dave Friedel, Public Works Director Doug Short, Police Chief Rick Bashor, City Clerk Susan Koster, Acting Planning Manager Paul Rayl, and City Attorney Dave Williamson. Comcast Cable TV Franchise / Customer Service Standards City Clerk Koster presented Ordinance No. 10, Series 2017 / Enacting Chapter 33 of the Municipal Code Regarding Cable Television Customer Service Standards. She described the public engagement process associated with the franchise renewal. Mayor Berg asked if anyone wanted to comment on the ordinance. No one came forward.

Brandon Dittman, Attorney with Kissinger and Fellman, described the Customer Service Standards and Comcast Director of Government Affairs Andy Davis talked about improvements to the customer experience at Comcast. A motion was made by Councilor Walton and seconded by Councilor Mazza to approve on first reading Ordinance No. 10, Series 2017 as presented. The motion passed unanimously. Public Hearing / Public Land Dedication Requirement First Reading / Ordinance No. 04, Series 2017/ Amending Chapter 26 Development and Zoning of the Municipal Code Pertaining to the Public Land Dedication (PLD) Requirement Acting Planning Manager Rayl presented the first reading of Ordinance No. 04, 2017. He said the ordinance adjusts the amount of public land dedication upward for residential and commercial/industrial development and sets the cash-in-lieu at market value. Mayor Berg opened a public hearing at 7:02 and invited public comment. Karen Norback spoke in favor of increasing the amount of public land dedication. Ron Spaulding registered his support with the City Clerk. Mayor Berg closed the hearing at 7:08 p.m. A motion was made by Councilor Lynch and seconded by Councilor Walton to approve on first reading Ordinance No. 4, Series 2017 as presented. The motion passed unanimously. Public Hearing / Indian Peaks Subdivision Filing No. 2 Replat B Acting Planning Manager Paul Rayl described the Planning Commission’s recommendations pertaining to the residential development on the north side of Baseline Road between Highway 287 and 95th Street.

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Mayor Berg opened a public hearing at 7:12 p.m. and invited public comment. Lafayette resident Sammy Hejazi asked Council to exclude the Highline lateral ditch from residential lots and to include a westbound turning lane into the development. David Ware of McStain Homes and Project Engineer Xylina Warren-Laird answered Council questions. Mayor Berg closed the hearing at 7:50 p.m. A motion was made by Councilor Walton and seconded by Councilor Mazza to approve the Final Plan/PUD subject to recording Plat within 30 days of City Council approval. The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Councilor Walton and seconded by Councilor Mazza to approve on first reading Ordinance No. 05, Series 2017 / Rezoning of Indian Peaks Filing No. 2 Replat B from R1/PUD (Medium Density Residential/ Planned Unit Development) to R2/PUD (Single and Two-family Residential/Planned Unit Development). The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Councilor Walton and seconded by Councilor Mazza to approve Resolution 2017-12 / Growth Management Permit Allocation. The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Councilor Walton and seconded by Councilor Mazza to approve on first reading Ordinance No. 06, Series 2017 / Vacation of Emergency and Pedestrian Access Easement. The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Councilor Walton and seconded by Councilor Lynch to approve Indian Peaks Subdivision Filing No. 2 Replat B Site Plan/Architectural Review subject to the seven conditions of approval as recommended by the Planning Commission. The motion passed unanimously. Public Hearing / Spring Creek Subdivision Filing No. 3 Acting Planning Manager Paul Rayl described the Planning Commission’s recommendations pertaining to residential construction within the Spring Creek Subdivision. Mayor Berg opened a public hearing at 7:55 p.m. and invited public comment. Seeing no one, she closed the hearing. A motion was made by Councilor Lynch and seconded by Councilor Walton to approve Spring Creek Filing No. 3 Final Plan/PUD Amendment. The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Councilor Lynch and seconded by Councilor Mazza to approve Resolution No. 2017-13 / Setting a Growth Management Permit Allocation for Spring Creek Subdivision Filing No. 3. The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Councilor Lynch and seconded by Councilor Behanna to approve on first reading Ordinance No. 07, Series 2017 vacating a portion of the Spring Creek Crossing Right-of way platted with the Spring Creek Subdivision Filing No. 2. The motion passed unanimously. Public Hearing / 9880 Baseline Road Annexation and Zoning Acting Planning Manager Paul Rayl described the Planning Commission’s recommendations pertaining to the annexation and rezoning of a property at 9880 Baseline Road.

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Mayor Berg opened a public hearing at 8:01 p.m. and invited public comment. Audrey Cook voiced her opposition to the lack of access from the development to Baseline Road. Mayor Berg closed the hearing at 8:10 p.m. A motion was made by Councilor Mazza and seconded by Councilor Lynch to approve on first reading Ordinance No. 08, Series 2017, annexing a 3.78-acre property known as the 9880 Baseline Road into the City of Lafayette. The motion passed unanimously A motion was made by Councilor Mazza and seconded by Councilor Behanna to approve on first reading Ordinance No. 09, Series 2017, rezoning the 9880 Baseline Road property from Boulder County Agriculture to City of Lafayette DR (Developing Resource). The motion passed unanimously Public Input Ron Spaulding thanked City staff for requiring developers of properties along Public Road to improve sidewalks and lighting. Consent Agenda Mayor Berg read the Consent Agenda: H. Minutes of Regular Council Meeting of February 7, 2017 I. Second Reading / Ordinance No. 03, Series 2017 / Rezoning 811-813 Baseline Road from R2 (Single and Two-Family Residential) to R4/PUD (High Density Residential/Planned Unit Development) Zone District J. Resolution No. 2017-14 / Amending Lafayette Investment Policy K. Contract / Water Conservation Programs / Center for ReSource Conservation L. Contract / Orange Zone Pipeline Construction / T Lowell Construction M. Contract / Inspire Initiative Grant / Fiscal Agent / Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) N. Contract Renewal / Investment Management / Insight Investment O. Contract Renewal / 2017 City-Wide Street Rehabilitation / PLM Asphalt and Concrete, Inc. P. Contract Renewal / 2017 City-Wide Crack Fill Program / PLM Asphalt and Concrete, Inc. Q. Purchase Orders and Amendments Items I and K were removed from the Consent Agenda for further discussion. A motion was made by Councilor Lynch and seconded by Councilor Walton to approve the remainder of the Consent Agenda. The motion was approved unanimously. Item I. A motion was made by Councilor Behanna and seconded by Councilor Lynch to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 03, Series 2017 / Rezoning 811-813 Baseline Road from R2 (Single and Two-Family Residential) to R4/PUD (High Density Residential / Planned Unit Development) Zone District. The motion passed unanimously. Item K. Councilor Behanna praised the Public Works Department for water conservation programs. A motion was made by Councilor Behanna and seconded by Councilor Mazza to approve the contract for water conservation programs with the Center for ReSource Conservation. The motion passed unanimously.

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Council Appointments A motion was made by Councilor Walton and seconded by Councilor Lynch to appoint Becky O’Brien and Jonathan Hanst to the Waste Reduction Advisory Committee for 4-year terms and to move Kathy Wertz from Member to Alternate. The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Councilor Lynch and seconded by Councilor Mazza to appoint Susan Curtis and Alyson Miller-Greenfield to the Library Board for 3-year terms and to appoint Jody Tracy as an Alternate. The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Councilor Behanna and seconded by Councilor Mazza to appoint Celia Fitch as Alternate on the Historic Preservation Board. The motion passed unanimously. City Administrator’s Report City Administrator Klaphake cancelled the Executive Session, scheduled for the end of the meeting. He said Erie called a special meeting tonight to discuss the 9-mile Corner lawsuit. He asked Council to keep open the option to appeal, until he and the City Attorney have enough information to make a recommendation. Councilor Lynch said she will bring an ordinance to a future meeting pertaining to steps that could be taken to protect individuals’ 4th amendment rights against actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.

CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO

ATTEST

___________________________________ Christine Berg, Mayor

__________________________________ Susan Koster, City Clerk

The minutes herein are a summary of the business conducted at this meeting, not a verbatim transcription. Only the actions taken and the text appearing in quotation marks are verbatim.

STAFF REPORT To: From: Date: Subject:

Gary Klaphake, City Administrator Monte Stevenson, Parks, Recreation & Open Space Director March 7, 2017 Resolution 2017-16 / Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement with Boulder County / Youth Corp

Recommendation: Approval of Resolution 2017-16 / Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Boulder County for an eight-week Youth Corp work program in Lafayette for $27,500. Background: Each year Lafayette contracts with Boulder County for a Youth Corp team. As in previous years, the Open Space division recommends an eight-week work program for a full team (10 youth/2 leaders). Last year the Youth Corp team worked a total of 1,753 project hours, accomplishing the following items with the assistance of open space staff: • • • • • • • • •

Planted/mulched 174 plants; watered hundreds of plants weekly Built 575 ft. and removed 820 ft. of fence Built 30 ft. and maintained 1,600 ft. of trail Installed two drain culverts Cleaned and painted 1 underpass Removed 60 bags of noxious weeds and 4 trees Installed 2 amenities Moved 4 tons of dirt Dug 150 ft. of swales with check dams

The estimated total value for projects in 2016 was $45,000. The plan for 2017 is to involve the Youth Corp in similar projects as above. The Youth Corp team plays an important role in accomplishing the open space goals in Lafayette. Fiscal impact: $27,500 (Account 01-435-8962) Attachments: IGA – Boulder County Resolution 2017-16

CITY OF LAFAYETTE RESOLUTION NO. 2017-16 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO, APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND BOULDER COUNTY FOR “YOUTH CORPS SERVICES”

WHEREAS, the City of Lafayette, and Boulder County, Colorado, are authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements for the provision of or sharing of functions or services; and WHEREAS, Boulder County operates a summer youth employment program known as “Boulder County Youth Corps,” through which it can make available to Lafayette certain services provided by young adults participating in the youth corps program; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to participate in, and financially support, the summer youth employment program of the County, and wishes to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with respect thereto. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lafayette, Colorado as follows: The Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Lafayette and Boulder County, Colorado, pertaining to participation in the Boulder County Youth Corps program is approved in substantially the same form as the copy hereto marked as “Exhibit A,” and made a part of this resolution. The Mayor is authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of the City. RESOLVED AND PASSED THIS 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 2017. CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO

ATTEST:

_______________________ Susan Koster, CMC City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM:

__________________________________ David S. Williamson, City Attorney

_________________________________ Christine Berg, Mayor

BOULDER COUNTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT 2017 CITY OF LAFAYETTE YOUTH CORPS PROGRAM SERVICES This Agreement for the Youth Corps Program Services (hereinafter referred to as "Agreement") is executed between the COUNTY OF BOULDER, State Of Colorado, A Body Corporate and Politic, acting through and by its Board of County Commissioners, P. O. Box 471, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, hereinafter referred to as the "County" and the CITY OF LAFAYETTE, a Colorado Home Rule Municipality, 1290 South Public Road, Lafayette, Colorado, 80026, office telephone 303-665-5588 and fax number 303-665-2153, hereinafter referred to as the "City"; and jointly hereinafter referred to as the "Parties”. WHEREAS, the County provides a summer youth employment program specifically known as the "Boulder County Youth Corps", more fully described in Exhibit “A” Scope of Services, (please refer to attached Exhibit “A”); and WHEREAS, the County program will provide valuable services to the community which are deemed to be essential for the immediate protection and preservation of the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the citizens of Boulder County; and WHEREAS, the City has agreed to participate in and financially support the summer youth employment program, and is authorized to execute this Agreement by law, including Colorado Constitution Article XIV, Section 18 and C.R.S. 29-1-201 et seq. NOW, THEREFORE, in order to jointly provide support for the County’s Youth Corps program for the benefit of the City and its inhabitants, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. Term: The Agreement shall begin on January 1, 2017 and continue through December 31, 2017. 2. Integrated Agreement and Amendments: This Agreement is an integration of the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein. This Agreement cannot be altered or amended except in writing, signed by duly authorized representatives of the parties. This Agreement incorporates herein by reference of the attachments specified as Exhibit “A” Scope of Services and Exhibit “B” Annual Financial Report.

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3. Services: The County agrees to provide the services listed in Exhibit “A” to the community. In addition to the services, the County will: a. b. c.

Be available for consultation as needed; and Provide the City with all necessary information; and Facilitate the provision of support services that become necessary.

4. Payment: The City agrees to pay the County the sum of $27,500.00 (TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND 00/100THS;001.2795000.53570) on or before June 1, 2017. The County will submit, in writing, an invoice for services. 5. Reporting Requirements: The County further agrees to submit a year-end report to the City's Parks, Open Space & Golf Director. The annual report will contain complete and accurate statements of services rendered, according to the format of Exhibit “B” (please refer to attached Exhibit “B”) to this Agreement, signed by the County’s signatory, or its authorized agent, and Besides any other submitted no later than February 15, 2018. remedies, the City may decline to consider further Agreements if the County does not submit its annual report on time. 6. Audit: The City reserves the right to conduct an audit of all records related to this Agreement should the City have concerns about the County’s performance of the services listed in Exhibit “A”. 7. Independent Contractor: The County and any persons employed or engaged by the County to perform services under this Agreement shall perform all services under this Agreement as an independent contractor and not as an agent or employee of the City. It is mutually agreed and understood that nothing contained in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed as in any way establishing the relationship of copartners or joint ventures between the parties hereto or as construing the County, including its agents, employees, and any persons engaged by the County to perform services under this Agreement as an agent or employee of the City. The County shall remain an independent and separate entity. The County shall not be supervised by any employee or official of the City nor will the County exercise supervision over any employee or official of the City. The County shall not represent that the County is an employee or agent of the City in any capacity. The County, its officers, employees or any other persons engaged by it under this Agreement, are not entitled to Workers’ Compensation benefits except as may be provided by the County or some entity other than the City. The County is obligated 2

to pay federal and state income tax on money earned pursuant to this Agreement, if applicable. 8. Personnel: County agrees to provide competent personnel to supervise the delivery of the scheduled services to achieve and maintain a highly professional and competent level of services. 9. Insurance: The City and County are "public entities" within the meaning of the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, C.R.S. 24-10-101, et seq., as amended ("Act"). The City and County shall at all times during the term of this Agreement maintain such liability insurance, by commercial policy or self-insurance, as is necessary to meet its liabilities under the Act. Upon request by either party, the other party shall show proof of such insurance. 10. Liability: Each party assumes responsibility for its negligent actions and omissions, and those of its officers, agents and employees in the performance or failure to perform under this agreement. By agreeing to this provision, neither the City nor the County waives or intends to waive, as to any person, the limitations on liability which are provided to the City and the County under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, Section 24-10-101, et seq. 11. Termination: This Agreement shall be subject to termination by either party in the event of the failure of the other party to perform any of the terms herein set forth. In such event, written notice shall be given to the other and if the conditions of noncompliance specified in such notice are not corrected within ten (10) days of receipt, of the date of such notice, this Agreement shall be terminated and of no further effect at the option of the party not in default of the terms herein contained. Notices shall be mailed to the designated parties as specified in paragraph 18. 12. Provisions Construed as to Fair Meaning: The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed as to their fair meaning, and not for or against any party based upon any attributes to such party of the source of the language in question. 13. Headings for Convenience: All headings, captions and titles are for convenience and reference only and of no meaning in the interpretation or effect of this Agreement. 14. Compliance with Ordinances and Regulations: The County shall perform all obligations under this Agreement in strict compliance with all federal, state, county and City laws, rules, statutes, charter provisions, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the performance of the County's services under this 3

Agreement and specifically, shall comply with all applicable child labor laws and shall not discriminate against any person on the basis of sex, race, creed, national origin, disability, or otherwise as prohibited by law. 15. No Implied Representations: No representations, agreements, covenants, warranties, or certifications, express or implied, shall exist as between the parties, except as specifically set forth in this Agreement. 16. No Third Party Beneficiaries: The enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all rights of action relating to such enforcement shall be strictly reserved to the County and the City, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall give or allow any claim or right of action whatsoever by any other or third person. It is the express intent of the parties to this Agreement that any person receiving services or benefits under this Agreement shall be deemed an incidental beneficiary only. 17. Financial Obligations of City: All financial obligations of the City under this Agreement are contingent upon appropriation, budgeting, and availability of specific funds to discharge such obligations. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed a pledge of the City's credit, the creation of any multiple, fiscal-year obligation, or a payment guarantee by the City to the County. In the event appropriated funds are not available, both parties shall be relieved of their obligations hereunder. 18. Notices: For purposes of the notices required to be provided under paragraphs 4, 5, and 11, all such notices shall be in writing, and shall be either sent by Certified U.S. Mail Return Receipt Requested, Electronic Mail (Email) or hand-delivered to the following representatives of the parties at the following addresses: For the County:

Parks and Open Space Department Attention: Melissa Weber 5201 St. Vrain Road Longmont, CO 80503 [email protected]

For the City:

City of Lafayette Parks, Open Space & Golf Department Attention: Monte Stevenson 787 N. 95th Street Lafayette, CO 80026 [email protected] 4

19. Waiver: No waiver of any breach or default under this Agreement shall be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach or default. 20. Severability: Invalidation of any specific provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this Agreement. 21. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado. 22. Execution by Counterparts; Electronic Signatures: This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The Parties approve the use of electronic signatures for execution of this Agreement. Only the following two forms of electronic signatures shall be permitted to bind the Parties to this Agreement: (1) Electronic or facsimile delivery of a fully executed copy of a signature page; (2) The image of the signature of an authorized signer inserted onto PDF format documents. All use of electronic signatures shall be governed by the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, CRS §§ 24-71.3-101 to -121.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of County Commissioners, acting for and on behalf of the County of Boulder, have executed this Agreement and have caused the same to be attested by the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, County of Boulder, State of Colorado, and the City of Lafayette has executed this Agreement, all on the day and year set forth below. Executed by BOULDER COUNTY on __________________________________.

COUNTY OF BOULDER STATE OF COLORADO

ATTEST: _____________________

_____________________________ Chair, Board of County Commissioners

_______________________ Administrative Assistant Clerk to the Board of Commissioners (SEAL) CITY OF LAFAYETTE

ATTEST: _____________________ City Clerk

____________________________ Christine Berg, Mayor

APPROVED AS TO FORM: _____________________________ City Attorney’s Office Executed by CITY OF LAFAYETTE on________________________________. Date 2017_YouthCorps_LafayettIGA.doc 6

EXHIBIT “A” SCOPE OF SERVICES PROGRAM SERVICES GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR 2017: Number of Lafayette youth served: 1 Team, consisting of ten (10) individuals Ages: 14-17 Maintenance Team: A total of eight (8) weeks, twenty-six (26) Working Days, consisting of project-based employment and supervision with an emphasis on service to the City of Lafayette, a teamwork experience, environmental education and enhancement of job skills and civic responsibility. The Team will dedicate two (2) hours, on a weekly basis, to environmental education and/or team building exercises. Describe how effective this activity was in achieving goal/objective and how effectiveness was measured: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7

Exhibit “B” 2017 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT Please submit a financial statement that has been approved by the agency’s Board or complete the following information. Expenditures: Category

Amount Budgeted

Expenditures

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Total Expenses 8

Percentage of Budgeted Expenditures

STAFF REPORT To: From: Date: Subject:

Gary Klaphake, City Administrator Monte Stevenson, Parks, Recreation and Open Space Director March 7, 2017 Contract / Thorne Nature Experience / Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Inspire Initiative Nature Kids Programming and Pathways

Recommendation: Approval of contract with Thorne Nature Experience to implement the GOCO Inspire Initiative Nature Kids programming for a total of $1,775,540. Background: In 2015 Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) awarded a planning grant to Lafayette Nature Kids coalition to address the growing disconnect between youth and the outdoors. As a result of this effort, Lafayette was awarded 2.8 million in implementation funding from GOCO, of which $1,775,540 is provided for environmental education programming for youth, with the remaining balance given to capital improvement projects (which will come under separation contracts for Council approval). In partnership with Thorne Nature Experience, the City would like to contract with Thorne to implement the programming side of the Inspire Initiative Nature Kids effort. The City will act as the fiscal agent for the implementation funding, as approved by Council on February 21, 2017. If approved, our contractual partnership with Thorne Nature Experience will result in 81 GOCO funded environmental programs and pathway opportunities for youth in Lafayette over a span of three years. Specific to our proposal to GOCO, environmental educators also committed to continue these programs for an additional two years, for a total of five years. Fiscal impact: All funds provided for by GOCO and the match from Nature Kids programmers. Attachments: Thorne Nature Experience Schedule A, B and C

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PROGRAMS and PATHWAYS

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#1, Elementary School Programming INSPIRE PROGRAMS & PATHWAYS INFORMATION Organization name: • Boulder Valley School District – Pioneer, Ryan, and Sanchez Elementary School • Cal-Wood Education Center • City of Lafayette • Keystone Science School • Hawk Quest • Dragon Discovery • Eco-Cycle • Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center • GROWE Foundation • Keep It Clean Partnership • St. Vrain State Park • Thorne Nature Experience Program title: • In-school Programs • Field Trip Programs • Afterschool Program Grant request for program: $327,174

Total cost of program execution: $869,616

Will this funding be used for programs, pathways or both? Programs Program start date: September 2017

Program end date: May 2020

Number of times program will be offered in next three years: Three of each program Venue name(s) of where program will be delivered: • Pioneer Elementary • Ryan Elementary • Sanchez Elementary • City of Lafayette Open Space (various) • Sombrero Marsh • Boulder County Open Space (various) • Cal-Wood Education Center • Keystone Science School Venue address(es): Various and TBD (1)

4 Ages served in this program: 5 - 10 Number of youth currently served through program: 975 youth (4,362 participants across programs; 17,826 participant programming hours) Number of additional youth to be served through program: 180 youth (5,308 participants across programs; 20,704 participant programming hours) Will families participate in this program: Yes 18. OPPORTUNITIES: Elementary school programming starting with programs for pre-K students at ECE centers at Pioneer Elementary, Sanchez Elementary, and Ryan Elementary and including pre-K students at Boulder County Head Start is the foundation for the entire NKJN programming. These schools provide the opportunity to reach nearly all of Lafayette’s underserved youth and offer both prescriptive and opt-in programming to ensure all youth at these schools have the opportunity to connect with nature and develop an appreciation for outdoor recreation. An age-appropriate and scaffolded progression of programming is provided from pre-K through fifth grade in accordance with the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. The programming takes a whole child approach to building a connection to nature and the outdoors by engaging each participant’s head (knowledge), heart (socialemotional awareness), hands (service), and feet (place-based). All students participate in In-school programming and field trips and students that are interested in expanding their connection to nature and outdoor recreation skills have the opportunity to opt into the After School Program.

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4 The following chart shows the scaffolded progression of programming to be offered: In School Program Progression Grade Organization pre-K Boulder County Eco-Cycle Greenwood k GROWE Thorne Eco-Cycle Eco-Cycle Greenwood 1 GROWE Hawk Quest Thorne Eco-Cycle Eco-Cycle Greenwood 2 GROWE Keep It Clean Partnership Thorne Eco-Cycle Eco-Cycle Greenwood 3 GROWE Hawk Quest Thorne Eco-Cycle Eco-Cycle Greenwood 4 GROWE Thorne Eco-Cycle Eco-Cycle Greenwood 5 GROWE Thorne

Program Nature Near Me Green Star Schools Wildlife Education Programs Garden to Table Birds Friends with Forests Green Star Schools Wildlife Education Programs Garden to Table Raptor Program I Decomposers Mr. Turtle's Mishap Green Star Schools Wildlife Education Programs Garden to Table Rain Rain Insects H2OH! Green Star Schools Wildlife Education Programs Garden to Table Raptor Program II Wetlands Energy and the Environment Green Star Schools Wildlife Education Programs Garden to Table Pass the Energy I Care About Clean Air Green Star Schools Wildlife Education Programs Garden to Table Colorado Ecology

Field Trip Program Progression

After School Program Progression

Organization Boulder County City of Lafayette

Field Trip Nature Near Me School Yard Habitat

Delivered by Thorne

City of Lafayette

Lafayette Open Space

Intro to Nature Animals

Thorne Boulder County

County Wetland County Foothills

Intro to Nature Animals Gardening Nature/Outdoor Club

St. Vrain State Park Eco-Cycle

Outdoor Recreation Growing Green Tour

Advanced Nature Animals Gardening Outdoor Recreation Nature/Outdoor Club

Cal-Wood

Local Mountains

Advanced Nature Gardening Outdoor Recreation Nature/Outdoor Club

Keystone Science School

High Mountains

Advanced Nature Animals Outdoor Recreation Nature/Outdoor Club

In-school Programs The In-school Programming to be offered is as follows: Eco-Cycle – Presentations: One-hour presentations within the classroom designed to engage youth in understanding the importance of conserving natural resources through unique hands-on activities. Topics to be taught at each grade level are described in the above chart. Eco-Cycle – Greenstar Schools: A zero-waste program for schools that includes education and the opportunity to engage in recycling and composting programs. This program offers an important service opportunity for younger youth who are not yet old enough to participate in outdoor service projects but have a desire to put into practice their developing conservation ethic, thereby building the foundation for future conservation actions. Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation – Wildlife Education Programs: A hands-on, one-hour program designed to teach students about nearby wildlife and the tenants of wildlife stewardship and animal rehabilitation. GROWE Foundation – Garden to Table: The program uses hands-on, inquiry-based instruction and on-site organic gardens to help students gain knowledge, practice academic and life skills and understand the relevance and application of healthy, (3)

4 sustainable living. All students participate in a one-hour program in the spring and the fall, enabling the entire school, together with support from neighborhood volunteers, to grow and sustain a healthy student garden. The program enriches student education while simultaneously addressing health and environmental problems affecting society and building community among teachers, parents, and the broader community. Hawk Quest – Elementary In-school Raptor Program: A hands-on, one-hour program that uses live raptors to teach students about raptor ecology and help students build empathy towards other living things. Keep it Clean Partnership – Rain Rain: A hands-on, one-hour program designed to teach youth that storm drains lead to creeks and how they can help keep their community’s water resources clean to support a healthy ecosystem. Thorne Nature Experience – In-school Program: The In-School Program expands students’ knowledge in the areas of science and literacy through a three-class series of lessons that involve interactive explorations, inquiry-based experiments, scientific instruments and specimens, and writing a picture book. Topics to be taught at each grade level are described in the above chart. Field Trip Programs The field trip program is designed to give every participating student exposure to natural environments from their backyard, to the backcountry, and including the prairie, forest, wetlands, foothills, and mountain environments. The progression of field trips begins with nearby nature and extends incrementally further from students’ home and school, eventually bringing students to Colorado’s high-alpine environments in fifth grade during a trip to the Keystone Science School. In addition to learning about nature and the environment, students are exposed to outdoor recreation during third grade and gardening and ranching during fifth grade via trips to St. Vrain State Park and the County Agricultural Center, respectively. During the early grade levels the field trips are short and close to home, eventually building up to overnight adventures in the mountains during fourth and fifth grade. Each field trip includes a take-away that the students can share with their family, often a picture of them in the place they visited, and that includes an invitation for family members to join NKJN on a future family program to visit the same environment and join their kids in expanding their knowledge about the nature within Colorado’s parks and open spaces and the recreational opportunities available within these special places. Afterschool Program The Afterschool Program allows students interested in expanding their connection to nature and the outdoors to opt-in to additional hands-on experiences and field trips during grades one through five. The program will serve 48 youth per semester at each of the three participating elementary schools. Six different afterschool experiences are offered at each school, including a Nature and Outdoor Recreation Club that has a flexible student-driven curriculum, thereby ensuring that a student can participate in a new and unique afterschool experience every semester during first through fifth grade. Each afterschool experience occurs one day a week for two hours over the course of an entire spring or fall semester. Afterschool experiences available at each grade level are described in the above chart. All afterschool experiences have a substantial outdoor component with students spending the majority of time outside the classroom and in (4)

4 nature. A healthy afterschool snack and transportation home is provided for all participating students. NOTE: Strategic program referrals will be included as part of each component of NKJN programming. Youth will be encouraged to build upon the enthusiasm generated during each programming component by either signing up to participate in a future NKJN program or inviting their family to participate in a similar NKJN hosted activity. For example, youth participating in the In-School Program will be encouraged to sign up for the After School Program. 19. BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS: Alignment with Community Desires and EE Guidelines Please refer to the Expanded NKJN Programming Matrix Attachment to see how, specifically, this programming meets the desires identified by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and addresses the key components of the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Barriers With the exception of the Keystone Science School, Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation and St. Vrain State Park, all of the collaborators participating in the NKJN Elementary School Program at least offer some level of nature/outdoor programming at one of the schools to be served by NKJN. Unfortunately though, the schools and collaborators lack the financial wherewithal to deliver their programs to all students in the comprehensive manner required to ensure that all programming is scaffolded and thereby impactful. Currently, for example, the Garden to Table program is offered at Pioneer and Ryan, but not at Sanchez due to lack of funding and a trip to the Keystone Science School and the high mountains is also cost-prohibitive for the participating schools. Those programs that are offered are not coordinated amongst the program providers, and as such, even when they do reach the same students, there are numerous gaps and overlaps that exist within the current curriculum sets delivered. Funding from GOCO will allow the NKJN collaborators to unite and bolster the diffuse efforts of numerous organizations to build a strong, impactful, and comprehensive collaboration that meets all of the desires expressed by the community during the NKJN community engagement process as well as meets all of the requirements set forth in the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Additional barriers to be addressed by NKJN are as follows: • Provide transportation home for the Afterschool Program which is currently cost prohibitive for Thorne Nature Experience and the schools. • Provide gear and supplies, which are currently cost prohibitive for the students participating. • Provide culturally competent and effective community outreach to ensure that all collaborators have appropriate access to parents to ensure every student has the opportunity to participate, and that volunteer resources like those required for the Garden to Table program are available.

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4 Use of GOCO funds GOCO funds will be used to pay for transportation, for supplies like seed for the student garden, for other direct expenses like lodging for overnight field trips, and for staff salaries and overhead and support for the NKJN collaborators delivering the programming. If GOCO is able to fund this program at the requested amount, NKJN collaborators have pledged to provide, in addition to the matching funds pledged as part of this grant request, an additional $586,960 in funding to ensure that 100 percent of program costs are covered for an additional two years (five years total).

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PROGRAMS and PATHWAYS #2, Middle School Programming INSPIRE PROGRAMS & PATHWAYS INFORMATION Organization name: • Boulder Valley School District – Angevine Middle School • Cal-Wood Education Center • Cottonwood Institute • EcoArts Connections • Hawk Quest Program title: • BVSD - Outdoor Education Elective • Cal-Wood Education Center – Teen Adventure Program • Cottonwood Institute – MS Community Adventure Program • EcoArts – Club Mestizo • Hawk Quest – Middle School In-school Raptor Program Grant request for program: $133,096

Total cost of program execution: $183,757

Will this funding be used for programs, pathways or both? Programs Program start date: September 2017

Program end date: May 2020

Number of times program will be offered in next three years: 3 of each program Venue name(s) of where program will be delivered: • Angevine Middle School • Various Parks and Open Spaces Throughout Colorado Venue address(es): Various and TBD Ages served in this program: 11 - 13 Number of youth currently served through program: 65 (9,100 participant programming hours) Number of additional youth to be served through program: 300 (5,770 part. program hours) Will families participate in this program: Yes 18. OPPORTUNITIES: At the Middle School grade levels, NKJN programming begins to shift from a prescriptive model to an opt-in model that relies on peer-to-peer outreach to ensure that the majority of the student population has the opportunity to continue to acquire nature and outdoor recreation knowledge, skill, and experience. The programming offered takes a whole-child (7)

4 approach to building a connection to nature and the outdoors by engaging each participant’s head (knowledge), heart (social emotional awareness), hands (service), and feet (place-based). The age-appropriate and scaffolded progression of programming that began in elementary school will continue from grades six through eight through the following programs: BVSD - Outdoor Education Elective Sixth and seventh-grade students who enroll in Angevine’s Outdoor Education elective class engage in a variety of hands-on experiences closely tied to state science standards that allow them to explore local natural areas and learn high-interest outdoor skills. The for-credit class integrates local stream ecology, land-use issues, and survival skills to engage students in connecting with, and caring for, their local environment. The class provides 65 students a year with 140 hours of programming. The class includes peer-topeer outreach to the greater student body of the school, including engaging peers in service projects. Cal-Wood Education Center – Teen Adventure Program The Teen Adventure Club will serve 30 underserved and at-risk middle school students. Through the program, youth will have access to nature/outdoor mentors and the opportunity to participate in nature-based and outdoor recreation experiences afterschool and on non-school days such as Saturdays, teacher conference days, holidays, and school breaks. The program is student-driven and emphasizes environmental stewardship, recreational opportunities, career exploration, and community service. This program is free of charge, and transportation, meals, and gear are provided. The Teen Adventure Program includes peer-to-peer outreach to the greater student body of the school, including inviting friends to join on outdoor adventures. Cottonwood Institute – MS Community Adventure Program The Community Adventure Program (CAP) will provide 30 eighth graders each year with a 125-hour environmental education and service-learning class offered for academic credit during the school day and on weekends. During CAP, students go on hikes, overnight camping trips, learn about and discuss local environmental issues, choose an environmental issue to focus on as a class, and collaborate with other local organizations to design and implement a student-directed Action Project to positively address the issue they chose. Past CAP projects at other schools have included flood restoration projects, wildfire mitigation projects, bike to school days, food waste projects, and organic gardening and composting projects. CAP includes peer-to-peer outreach to the greater student body of the school, including engaging peers in service projects. EcoArts – Club Mestizo Club Mestizo is a sustainability-focused afterschool, weekend, and summer arts program that specifically targets high-risk youth. For Club Mestizo, sustainability is defined as: environmental, economic, social/cultural, and personal sustainability – of which appreciation for, and care of, the natural world is a component. Club Mestizo will be expanding its existing program in collaboration with NKJN to include four nature/outdoors field trips, four nature/outdoor weekend art projects, and a nature/outdoor mural. The goal is to provide a hook, through art, at the middle school level to connect kids to nature and the outdoors who did not build that connection through NKJN’s elementary school programming. Through painting, dance, spoken word and other forms of art, Club Mestizo will help youth to enjoy, appreciate, and be comfortable in nature, even if nature and the (8)

4 outdoors activities is not something they would typically choose to participate in. The nature/outdoor weekend projects and nature/outdoor mural will take place at parks that are in close walking distance to Lafayette’s underserved neighborhoods, thereby helping to build participants’ connection and future increased visitation to these spaces. Participation in the various nature/outdoor programs will range from 25 to 75 youth and total to more than 1,000 participant program hours annually. Club Mestizo includes peerto-peer outreach to the greater student body of the school, including inviting friends to participate in the weekend and mural projects. Hawk Quest – Middle School In-school Raptor Program A hands-on, one-hour program that uses live raptors to teach students about raptor ecology and help students build empathy towards other living things. NOTE: Strategic program referrals will be included as part of each component of NKJN programming. Youth will be encouraged to build upon the enthusiasm generated during each programming component by either signing up to participate in a future NKJN program or inviting their family to participate in a similar NKJN-hosted activity. For example, youth participating in the Teen Adventure Program will be encouraged to sign up for a scholarship to attend the YMCA’s Camp Santa Maria. 19. BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS: Alignment with Community Desires and EE Guidelines Please refer to the Expanded NKJN Programming Matrix Attachment to see how, specifically, this programming meets the desires identified by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and addresses the key components of the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Barriers Due primarily to lack of funding, the only nature or outdoor recreation program currently offered to students at Angevine Middle School is the school-sponsored outdoor education elective, which is available at two of three grade levels. This program alone is not comprehensive enough to address the whole-child approach to building a connection to nature and the outdoors recommended in the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines for middle school students. Funding from GOCO will allow a small group of NKJN collaborators to unite with Angevine Middle School and build a strong, impactful, and comprehensive collaboration that meets all of the desires expressed by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and meets the recommendations of the EE Guidelines. All programming will include transportation and gear and supplies - common barriers to participation in these types of programs - and be designed and offered in a culturally competent way, including effective parent and community outreach, to ensure that all youth that desire to participate can participate. Use of GOCO funds GOCO funds will be used to pay for transportation, for supplies like paint for the Club Mestizo mural, for other direct expenses like lodging for overnight CAP Program field trips, and for staff salaries and overhead and support for the NKJN collaborators delivering the programming. If GOCO is able to fund this program at the requested amount, NKJN collaborators have pledged to provide, in addition to the matching funds pledged as part of this grant request, an additional $128,711 in funding to ensure that 100 percent of program costs are covered for an additional two years (five years total). (9)

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PROGRAMS and PATHWAYS #3, High School Programming INSPIRE PROGRAMS & PATHWAYS INFORMATION Organization name: • Boulder Valley School District – Centaurus High School • Cottonwood Institute • EcoArts Connections • Hawk Quest Program title: • Centaurus High School Outdoor Recreation and Adventure Club • BVSD – July Warriors • Cottonwood Institute – HS Community Adventure Program • Hawk Quest – Middle School In-school Raptor Program Grant request for program: $184,891

Total cost of program execution: $247,154

Will this funding be used for programs, pathways or both? Programs Program start date: July 2017

Program end date: May 2020

Number of times program will be offered in next three years: 3 of each program Venue name(s) of where program will be delivered: • Angevine Middle School • Various Parks and Open Spaces Throughout Colorado Venue address(es): Various and TBD Ages served in this program: 14 - 18 Number of youth currently served through program: 45 (3,300 participant programming hours) Number of additional youth to be served through program: 300 (7,200 part. program hours) Will families participate in this program: No 18. OPPORTUNITIES: At the high school grade levels, NKJN continues as an opt-in model that relies on peer-topeer outreach to ensure that the majority of the student population has the opportunity to continue to acquire nature and outdoor recreation knowledge, skill, and experience. The programming offered takes a whole-child approach to building a connection to nature and the outdoors by engaging each participant’s head (knowledge), heart (social (10)

4 emotional awareness), hands (service), and feet (place-based). The age-appropriate and scaffolded progression of programming that was delivered at elementary and middle school will continue from grades nine through twelve through the following programs: Centaurus High School Outdoor Education and Adventure Program The Outdoor Education and Adventure Program will serve 45 underserved and at-risk high school students. Through the program, youth will have access to nature/outdoor mentors and the opportunity to participate in nature-based and outdoor recreation experiences afterschool and on non-school days such as Saturdays, teacher conference days, holidays, and school breaks. The program is student-driven and emphasizes environmental stewardship, recreational opportunities, career exploration, and community service. This program is free of charge and transportation, meals, and gear are provided. The Outdoor Education and Adventure Program includes peer-to-peer outreach to the greater student body of the school, including inviting friends to join on outdoor adventures. BVSD – July Warriors Centaurus High School (CHS) offers a four-week summer program for incoming freshmen, with a focus on serving youth who may have difficulty transitioning to high school. The program offers integrated high school curriculum, as well as skills for academic and social success. Outdoor education is one component of the July Warriors experience, including integrated science and outdoor education curriculum and outdoor experiences, such as activities at local and regional recreation areas. July Warriors will be expanding its existing program in collaboration with NKJN to double the current amount of outdoor programming to a total of 148 hours, making it a key focal point of the program. For some participants, this program will expand the interest in nature and the outdoors that was generated through previous NKJN program, while for others it will provide a new opportunity to build a connection to nature and outdoor recreation. Significant emphasis will be placed on encouraging July Warriors participants to further expand their interest in nature and the outdoors through joining the afterschool Outdoor Education and Adventure Program and to sign up for the for-credit Community Adventure Program class offered by the Cottonwood Institute. Cottonwood Institute – HS Community Adventure Program The Community Adventure Program (CAP) will provide 30 high school students each year with a 125-hour environmental education and service-learning class offered for academic credit during the school day and on weekends. During CAP, students go on hikes, overnight camping trips, learn about and discuss local environmental issues, choose an environmental issue to focus on as a class, and collaborate with other local organizations to design and implement a student-directed Action Project to positively address the issue they chose. Past CAP projects at other schools have included flood restoration projects, wildfire mitigation projects, bike to school days, food waste projects, and organic gardening and composting projects. CAP includes peer-to-peer outreach to the greater student body of the school, including engaging peers in service projects. Hawk Quest – High School In-school Raptor Program A hands-on, one-hour program that uses live raptors to teach students about raptor ecology and help students build empathy towards other living things. NOTE: Strategic program referrals will be included as part of each component of NKJN programming. Youth will be encouraged to build upon the enthusiasm generated during (11)

4 each programming component by either signing up to participate in a future NKJN program or inviting their family to participate in a similar NKJN-hosted activity. For example, youth participating in the Cottonwood’s Community Adventure Program will be encouraged to sign up for summer employment opportunities like the Youth Corps or Environmental Education Corps. 19. BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS: Alignment with Community Desires and EE Guidelines Please refer to the Expanded NKJN Programming Matrix Attachment to see how, specifically, this programming meets the desires identified by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and addresses the key components of the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Barriers Due primarily to lack of funding, there are currently no nature-related or outdoor recreation programs offered for underserved youth at Centaurus High School. The school’s current outdoor recreation club has no participation from underserved youth due to barriers that include transportation, gear, financial resources, expertise, and most importantly social/peer connection. Funding from GOCO will allow a small group of NKJN collaborators to unite with Centaurus High School to build a strong, impactful, and comprehensive collaboration that meets all of the desires expressed by the community during the NKJN community engagement process as well as meeting the recommendations of the EE Guidelines. All programming will include transportation and gear and supplies – common barriers to participation in these types of programs – and be designed and offered in a culturally competent way, including effective parent and community outreach, to ensure that all youth that desire to participate can participate. Use of GOCO funds GOCO funds will be used to pay for transportation, for supplies like outdoor gear for the July Warriors Program, for other direct expenses like lodging for overnight field trips for the CAP, and for staff salaries, overhead and support for the NKJN collaborators delivering the programming. If GOCO is able to fund this program at the requested amount, NKJN collaborators have pledged to provide, in addition to the matching funds pledged as part of this grant request, an additional $172,860 in funding to ensure that 100 percent of program costs are covered for an additional two years (five years total).

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PROGRAMS and PATHWAYS #4, Summer Camp Programming INSPIRE PROGRAMS & PATHWAYS INFORMATION Organization name: • Cal-Wood Education Center • CU Science Discovery • Community Cycles • Keystone Science School • Thorne Nature Experience • YMCA of Boulder Valley Program title: • Cal-Wood Overnight Summer Camp • CU Science Discovery – Farm Camps at Isabelle Farms • Community Cycles – Cycling Camp • Keystone Science School – Middle School Peak Experience Camp • Keystone Science School – High School Weeklong Outdoor Adventure Camp • Thorne Nature Experience Summer Camp • YMCA of Boulder Valley – Catch Camp • YMCA of Boulder Valley – Camp Ora Pen • YMCA of Boulder Valley – Camp Santa Maria Grant request for program: $367,427 Total cost of program execution: $554,669 Will this funding be used for programs, pathways or both? Programs Program start date: June 2017

Program end date: August 2019

Number of times program will be offered in next three years: 3 of each program Venue name(s) of where program will be delivered: • Cal-Wood Education Center • Isabelle Farms • Sanchez Elementary • Keystone Science School • Various Boulder County Park and Open Space Locations • Camp Ora Pen • Camp Santa Maria Venue address(es): Various and TBD

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4 Ages served in this program: 4 - 18 Number of youth currently served through program: 103 (4,392 participant program hours) Number of additional youth to be served through program: 364 (18,760 participant program hours) Will families participate in this program: No 18. OPPORTUNITIES: Summer Camp programming allows youth interested expanding their connection to nature and the outdoors to opt-in to a continuum of summer experiences beginning with local day camps for younger youth and extending to weeklong backpack adventures in high school. An age-appropriate and scaffolded progression of camp programming is provided for youth ages five to 15 in accordance with the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. The continuum of programming takes a whole-child approach to building a connection to nature and the outdoors by engaging each participant’s head (knowledge), heart (social emotional awareness), hands (service), and feet (place-based). Full scholarships will be provided to all Lafayette youth participating in their school’s free and reduced lunch plan, with partial scholarships available for Lafayette youth whose parents demonstrate financial need.

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4 Brief descriptions of the various camp options are as follows: YMCA of Boulder Valley – Catch Camp The YMCA Catch Camp is a wrap-around program for students participating in the BVSD six-week summer school program at Pioneer, Ryan, and Sanchez Elementary. The Catch Camp is offered after summer school Monday through Thursday and all day Friday. Youth participate in general camp activities like soccer, arts and crafts, and archery. Funding from GOCO will be used to build out curriculum and to purchase materials and supplies so that participants in the Catch Camp can gain additional exposure to nature and outdoor recreation. A total of 15 students participate in the six-week program. Thorne Nature Experience Summer Camp Thorne has offered its award-winning nature summer camp in Boulder County since 1957. Learning takes place through hands-on, science-based, experiential activities that take place at a different local natural area each day. Popular camps like Mud Mucking, At Home in the Woods, and Bird Banding utilize local prairie grasslands, evergreen forests, and wetland habitats as a classroom and enable youth to connect with, and learn about, nature. Thorne will offer camp both as wrap-around programming for youth participating in BVSD summer school and as a full-day camp during the weeks that summer school is not in session. A total of 144 scholarships will be awarded for underserved Lafayette youth to attend a weeklong camp. CU Science Discovery – Farm Camps at Isabelle Farms At Farm Camp, participants explore a working farm while learning about local food production, plant and animal habitats, and ecological communities. Youth work together in groups and participate in actual farm activities (planting seeds, watering plants, and weeding) as they learn about the needs of local plant life and study interactions between plants, animals, and the environment both on the farm and at nearby Waneka Lake. As part of all camps, participants develop and plant their own small community garden plot at the farm (or receive seeds to plant a garden closer to their home) and their families are invited to take care of, and harvest from, the garden plots throughout the summer. A total of 36 scholarships will be awarded for underserved Lafayette youth to attend this weeklong camp that meets four hours a day. Community Cycles – Cycling Camp At Cycling Camp, participants learn bicycling skills, bicycle safety, and bicycle repair. Throughout the weeklong camp, youth bike around on local bike-friendly streets and trails to visit nearby natural areas, and while doing so learn safe routes to schools, parks, and open spaces. Any participant who does not have his or her own bike will receive one to keep for themselves, along with a helmet, a light, and additional bike safety gear. A total of 10 scholarships will be awarded for underserved Lafayette youth. YMCA of Boulder Valley – Camp Ora Pen

Camp Ora Pen allows participants to experience nature further from home during a weeklong outdoor education day camp that takes place in the mountains west of Nederland. Participants are bused daily to and from the camp to participate in activities such as nature arts and crafts, nature walks, hiking, outdoor survival, environmental safety, and archery. A total of 70 scholarships will be awarded for underserved Lafayette youth.

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4 Cal-Wood Overnight Summer Camp Cal-Wood’s overnight summer camp in Jamestown allows participants to expand their connection to nature by spending a week at Cal-Wood’s 1,040-acre mountain property. The camp offers a mix of fun outdoor recreation activities, environmental education, confidence building, team building, and gives participants the opportunity to connect with the amazing land at Cal-Wood. A total of 70 scholarships will be awarded for underserved Lafayette youth. YMCA of Boulder Valley – Camp Santa Maria The YMCA’s Camp Santa Maria allows participants to expand their connection to nature by spending a week in the mountains west of Bailey. Campers participate in a diverse array of outdoor activities, including nature hikes, fishing, river kayaking, paddle boarding, biking, and just discovering themselves in the great outdoors. A total of 62 scholarships will be awarded for underserved Lafayette youth. Keystone Science School – Middle School Peak Experience Camp During Keystone Science School’s Middle School Peak Experience Camp exploration, hands-on education and leadership development come together for a once-in-a-lifetime journey through the Rocky Mountains. Students participate in team-building activities while learning how to pack and carry all the equipment they need to backpack through mountain landscapes, camp along the trail, and use low-impact wilderness travel principles to model stewardship of the land. Programming is based around a science framework and participants observe, study, and research wildlife throughout the experience. Additionally, the program includes partnerships with forest managers to build and/or maintain trails and natural environments to stress the importance of stewardship, ownership, and connection to the natural places of Colorado. A total of 24 scholarships will be awarded for underserved Lafayette youth to attend this camp in Colorado’s high mountains. Keystone Science School – High School Weeklong Outdoor Adventure Camp Keystone Science School’s High School Weeklong Outdoor Adventure Camp is an expedition-based program that offers teens non-stop action and outdoor adventure. Participants have the unique opportunity to explore environments farther afield and explore Colorado by land, water, rope, and rock. Teambuilding activities and low-impact wilderness travel principles are incorporated as youth backpack through mountain landscapes, camp along the edge of wild rivers, and safely scale dramatic rock faces. A total of 36 scholarships will be awarded for underserved Lafayette youth to attend this camp in Colorado’s high mountains. NOTE: Strategic program referrals will be included as part of each component of NKJN programming. Youth will be encouraged to build upon the enthusiasm generated during each programming component by either signing up to participate in a future NKJN program or inviting their family to participate in a similar NKJN-hosted activity. For example, youth participating in the Cal-Wood Overnight Summer Camp will be encouraged to invite their parents to attend Family Camp at Cal-Wood. 19. BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS: Alignment with Community Desires and EE Guidelines Please refer to the Expanded NKJN Programming Matrix Attachment to see how, (16)

4 specifically, this programming meets the desires identified by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and addresses the key components of the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Barriers Thorne Nature Experience and the YMCA are the only NKJN collaborators currently offering scholarships in Lafayette for underserved youth to attend nature and outdoor recreation summer camps. Demand for these scholarships already exceed the supply available, and this will only increase as underserved Lafayette youth expand their interest in nature and the outdoors, and as parents and guardians become more aware of the opportunities available and more comfortable with the organizations providing those opportunities. Low-income families do not have the financial resources to provide these types of experiences for their kids, and the nonprofit providers do not currently have the financial wherewithal to offer additional scholarships. Additional barriers include transportation to and from camp, and gear. Funding from GOCO will allow NKJN collaborators to build a strong, impactful, and comprehensive summer camp program that meets all of the desires expressed by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, as well as meeting the recommendations of the EE Guidelines. All programming will include transportation, gear and supplies and be designed and offered in a culturally competent way, including effective parent and community outreach, to ensure that all youth that desire to participate can participate. Use of GOCO funds GOCO funds will be used to pay for transportation, for supplies like bicycles and bike equipment for the Cycling Camp, for other direct expenses like lodging at Cal-Wood and Camp Satan Maria, and for staff salaries, overhead and support for the NKJN collaborators delivering the programming. If GOCO is able to fund this program at the requested amount, NKJN collaborators have pledged to provide, in addition to the matching funds pledged as part of this grant request, an additional $385,567 in funding to ensure that 100 percent of program costs are covered for an additional two years (five years total).

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PROGRAMS and PATHWAYS #6, Environmental Education Corps INSPIRE PROGRAMS & PATHWAYS INFORMATION Organization name: • Cal-Wood Education Center • CU Science Discovery • Keystone Science School • Thorne Nature Experience • Wildlands Restoration Volunteers Program title: • Summer Environmental Education Corps • School Year Environmental Education Corps Grant request for program: $102,181 Total cost of program execution: $156,887 Will this funding be used for programs, pathways or both? Pathways Program start date: June 2017

Program end date: May 2020

Number of times program will be offered in next three years: 3 of each program Venue name(s) of where program will be delivered: • Cal-Wood Education Center • CU High Alpine Research Center • City of Lafayette • Various Backcountry Locations Venue address(es): Various and TBD Ages served in this program: 16-19 Number of youth currently served through program: 0 Number of additional youth to be served through program: 8 Summer 12-24 School Year Will families participate in this program: Yes 18. OPPORTUNITIES: NKJN will provide pathways to leadership and career employment opportunities within the environmental arena to underserved Lafayette youth through two unique offerings, one during the summer and one during the school year: (18)

4 Summer Environmental Education Corps Each summer, eight youth will participate in an eight-week, 440-hour program that includes career exploration and skill-building, leadership development, and paid employment. Youth will receive a $1,500 stipend to participate in a program that is designed to be 50 percent employment and 50 percent career development. Week 1 – Youth will spend the week at Cal-Wood Education Center in Jamestown. During the week, participants will: 1) participate in orientation and training activities for the employment portion of the program; 2) gain exposure to careers in environmental education and outdoor recreation through exposure to guest presenters from Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Outdoor Industry companies; 3) develop leadership skills; and 4) expand their outdoor skills and knowledge of the natural world. Week 2 – Youth will spend the week at CU’s High Alpine Research Center in Jamestown. During the week, participants will: 1) gain exposure to careers in environmental science through working with CU researchers to conduct field science projects; and 2) continue orientation and training activities and the development of leadership skills, outdoor skills, and knowledge of the natural world. Week 3 – Youth will spend the week working in Lafayette with Wildlands Restoration Volunteers. During the week, participants will assist with the planning, development, and implementation of a volunteer project which could include building a trail or restoring a natural area in their community. Participants will continue their leadership skill development and have the opportunity to put these skills to use at the end of the week when their families and other members of the local community join them to complete the volunteer project that they helped to plan and design. Weeks 4 through 7 – Youth will put their newly attained leadership skills and knowledge in outdoor recreation and natural science to use as environmental education interns. Interns will experience working with the professional staff of three different organizations (Cal-Wood Education Center, CU Science Discovery, and Thorne Nature Experience) to lead nature and gardening camps for youth and overnight family camps for members of their community. Week 8 – Youth will celebrate their successful completion of the Summer Environmental Education Corps by participating in a fun and educational weeklong journey with Keystone Science School, focused around the exploration of the many uses of water in Colorado and the West. Activities will include exploring a billion-dollar industry while rafting down the Colorado River, participating in a fly-fishing lesson, and exploring agricultural impacts on water supply while visiting a farm and learning about irrigation systems, impacts of livestock, and the many challenges faced by the modern-day farmer. At the end of the week, youth will further hone their leadership skills by participating in a mock town hall meeting, in which participants each take on the role of a Colorado water management stakeholder and work together to come up with policy and partnership recommendations that will improve how water is conserved and managed in the West. School Year Environmental Education Corps During both the spring and fall semester, 12 youth will participate in a 12-week, 24-hour (19)

4 program that includes career exploration and skill building, leadership development, and paid employment. Youth will receive a $250 stipend to serve as environmental education interns, working with Thorne Nature Experience’s expert educators to implement afterschool programming at Lafayette elementary schools participating in the NKJN program. NOTE: Strategic program referrals will be included as part of each component of NKJN programming. Youth will be encouraged to build upon the enthusiasm generated during each programming component by either signing up to participate in a future NKJN program, or inviting their family to participate in a similar NKJN-hosted activity. For example, participants in the Environmental Education Corps will be encouraged to sign up to participate in CU Science Discovery’s High School Science Summer Research Experience the following summer. 19. BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS: Alignment with Community Desires and EE Guidelines Please refer to the Expanded NKJN Programming Matrix Attachment to see how, specifically, this programming meets the desires identified by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and addresses the key components of the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Note: When referring to the Expanded NKJN Program Matrix the various programs that make up the Summer Environmental Education Corps are included in the matrix as follows: Cal-Wood Education Center – Environmental Education Internship Cal-Wood Education Center – Natural Resources Careers Exploration Program CU Science Discovery – Environmental Education Internship CU Science Discovery – Mountain Research Experience Keystone Science School – High School Peak Experience Travel/Watershed Experience Thorne Nature Experience – Environmental Education Internship Wildlands Restoration Volunteers – Youth Leadership Programming Barriers There are currently no summer or school-year pathways to leadership and career employment opportunities within the environmental arena available to high school students living in Lafayette. Elsewhere within Boulder County, several NKJN collaborators offer internships during the summer; however, transportation is a barrier for underserved Lafayette youth. Another barrier for underserved Lafayette youth is that most are seeking paid employment in the summer and the existing opportunities are unpaid. The Environmental Education Corps also addresses one of the primary overall barriers inhibiting underserved Lafayette youth from connecting with nature and the outdoors by allowing the establishment of nature/outdoors-based peer and mentor relationships within the community. When younger youth are exposed to older youth from their community that have a nature/outdoors connection and serve in leadership positions, it can create, for the younger youth, the desire and momentum to develop those same qualities. Moreover, when parents experience their children developing a nature/outdoors connection and leadership skills, or when parents of younger youth see older youth from their community with these qualities, it helps to inspire community-wide (20)

4 support and enthusiasm for people of all ages to participate and connect with nature and participate in outdoor recreation programming. Use of GOCO funds GOCO funds will be used to pay stipends for participants as well as for transportation, for supplies like food, for other direct expenses like lodging, and for staff salaries and overhead and support for the NKJN collaborators delivering the programming. If GOCO is able to fund this program at the requested amount, NKJN collaborators have pledged to provide, in addition to the matching funds pledged as part of this grant request, an additional $110,030 in funding to ensure that 100 percent of program costs are covered for an additional two years (five years total).

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PROGRAMS and PATHWAYS #7, Other Pathways Programming INSPIRE PROGRAMS & PATHWAYS INFORMATION Organization name: • CU Science Discovery • Thorne Nature Experience • Wildlands Restoration Volunteers Program title: • CU Science Discovery – High School Summer Research Experience • NKJN Youth Advisory Board • WRV Community Stewardship Projects Grant request for program: $83,035

Total cost of program execution: $119,189

Will this funding be used for programs, pathways or both? Pathways Program start date: June 2017

Program end date: May 2020

Number of times program will be offered in next three years: 3 of each program Venue name(s) of where program will be delivered: • CU Boulder • City of Lafayette Various Locations Venue address(es): Various and TBD Ages served in this program: 11-18 Number of youth currently served through program: 0 Number of additional youth to be served through program: 216 Will families participate in this program: Yes 18. OPPORTUNITIES: NKJN will provide pathways to leadership and career employment opportunities to underserved Lafayette youth through three additional offerings above and beyond the planned youth corps and environmental education corps programming: High School Summer Research Experience Each summer, four Centaurus High School students will participate in a paid summer research experience. Participants will work closely with CU Boulder faculty and/or graduate students to conduct a research project in a field of interest. Participants will (22)

4 work in pairs with their research mentors for approximately 30 to 40 hours per week, over the course of four weeks. Research activities may take place in lab and/or field settings and will focus on environmental science topics, including ecology and evolutionary biology, geosciences, and other environmental science fields. Student researchers will participate in a research methods class that meets two times per week, in which they will learn how to read and cite scientific literature, collect and analyze data, and present their findings in a research poster. The summer research season will culminate in a poster session in which participants will share their work with their peers, families, and the broader community. NKJN Youth Advisory Board Twelve youth from Angevine Middle School and Centaurus High School will serve as members of the NKJN Youth Advisory Board (YAB). These youth, in conjunction with the NKJN Community Liaison and an experienced youth leadership facilitator, will provide guidance and recommendations to the NKJN Steering Committee on successes and opportunities for improvement within the NKJN program. Each YAB member will be assigned to one or more NJKN Collaborators to oversee the experiences provided by that collaborator. The YAB will meet two times per month, once to participate in a naturebased or outdoor recreation activity with one of the NKJN collaborators, and once to discuss ongoing NKJN programming and make recommendations to the Steering Committee. The YAB will also have an annual budget of $15,000 to run a mini-grant program through which they can award grants to organizations like InterCambio or the Lafayette Peer Empowerment Project to engage their clients in nature and outdoor recreation programming. Throughout the NKJN Community engagement process, there were numerous requests to fund smaller, one-off projects to connect the community to nature and outdoor recreation opportunities, and the YAB will have the opportunity determine which of these opportunities offer the greatest value to their community and deserve funding. YAB members will also advise on, and participate in, the remaining design process for the capital construction projects planned as part of the NKJN program. WRV Community Stewardship Projects Wildlands Restoration Volunteers will host four volunteer stewardship projects annually. Three of the projects will be for middle and high school age youth only (20-25 participants) and one will be for families (up to 135 participants). Youth will have full ownership of the projects, which could include trail building, vegetating parks, and removing invasive species at locations nearby their schools and the neighborhoods within which they live. Enabling youth to participate in the design, planning, and implementation of the projects will provide participants with tangible and relevant skills that connect scientific knowledge with place-based, experiential learning. NOTE: Strategic program referrals will be included as part of each component of NKJN programming. Youth will be encouraged to build upon the enthusiasm generated during each programming component by either signing up to participate in a future NKJN program or inviting their family to participate in a similar NKJN hosted activity. For example, participants in a WRV Community Stewardship Project will be encouraged to apply for a position with the Lafayette Youth Corps. 19. BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS: Alignment with Community Desires and EE Guidelines Please refer to the Expanded NKJN Programming Matrix Attachment to see how, (23)

4 specifically, this programming meets the desires identified by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and addresses the key components of the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Barriers There are currently no pathways to leadership and career employment opportunities within the environmental and outdoor recreation arenas available to underserved middle and high school students living in Lafayette. CU does currently offer summer research experiences to high school students; however, these positions, unlike those planned as part of the NKJN program, are not paid and do not provide transportation, thereby creating barriers to participation. The city does currently have a general Youth Advisory Board; however, there is limited participation by underserved youth. Creating opportunities and experiences that are directly relevant to programing and capital construction projects to be delivered specifically to benefit their family and neighbors will remove one barrier to participation that exists with the current city YAB. In addition, the NKJN YAB will be designed and managed in such a way as to cater to the unique desires and challenges of its underserved participants. WRV does currently run youth service projects; however, due to limited funding and a lack of penetration into Lafayette’s low-income and Latino communities, these projects have not been carried out in Lafayette. Further, projects taking place outside of Lafayette have limited interest to Lafayette’s underserved youth and represent challenges for transportation. Through financial support from GOCO and working closely with other NKJN collaborators to generate enthusiasm and recruit participants to participate in Lafayette-based stewardship projects, all of these barriers will be removed. Through the annual, larger family stewardship project, WRV will also address one of the primary overall barriers inhibiting underserved Lafayette youth from connecting with nature and the outdoors by allowing the establishment of nature/outdoors-based peer and mentor relationships within the community. When younger youth are exposed to older youth from their community that have a nature/outdoors connection and serve in leadership positions, it can create, for the younger youth, the desire and momentum to develop those same qualities. As well, when parents experience their children developing a nature/outdoors connection and leadership skills or when parents of younger youth see older youth from their community with these qualities, it helps to inspire communitywide support and enthusiasm for people of all ages to participate and connect with nature, and participate in outdoor recreation programming. Use of GOCO funds GOCO funds will be used to pay for transportation, for supplies like food for YAB meetings and WRV projects, for other direct expenses like the YAB mini-grant program, and for staff salaries and overhead and support for the NKJN collaborators delivering the programming. If GOCO is able to fund this program at the requested amount, NKJN collaborators have pledged to provide, in addition to the matching funds pledged as part of this grant request, an additional $81,008 in funding to ensure that 100 percent of program costs are covered for an additional two years (five years total).

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PROGRAMS and PATHWAYS #8, Family Programming INSPIRE PROGRAMS & PATHWAYS INFORMATION Organization name: • Boulder County Parks and Open Space • Boulder Valley School District • Cal-Wood Education Center • City of Lafayette • Community Cycles • I Have A Dream • Safe Routes to School • Sanchez Community Garden • Sierra Club Inner City Outings • Thorne Nature Experience Program title: • Boulder County Parks and Open Space - Pre-K Family Program • City of Lafayette – Meet-ups/Family Nature Club • Community Liaison Hosted Programming (Community Wide Events, Park Visits, Travel to Nature Outside Lafayette, Farm/Ranch Trip for families) • Cal-Wood - Family Camp • Sierra Club ICO - Family Backpacking Adventures • IHAD - Greener Dreamer Families • NKJN Community Gear Rental Program • NKJN Community Bicycling Programs • Sanchez Community Garden Grant request for program: $178,886

Total cost of program execution: $338,139

Will this funding be used for programs, pathways or both? Programs Program start date: June 2017

Program end date: April 2020

Number of times program will be offered in next three years: 3 of each program

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4 Venue name(s) of where program will be delivered: • Eldorado Canyon State Park • St. Vrain State Park • Various Boulder County Parks and Open Space Properties • Cal-Wood Education Center • Various City of Lafayette Open Space Areas • BVSD’s Lafayette Schools • Flattop Mountains • Beartooth Mountains Venue address(es): Various and TBD Ages served in this program: All Number of youth currently served through program: 0 (youth and adults) Number of additional youth to be served through program: 2,685 (youth and adults) Will families participate in this program: Yes 18. OPPORTUNITIES: NKJN Family programming has been designed to expand the age-appropriate experiences being offered to youth through the NKJN program to include their parents and extended family. Engaging parents in similar activities to their children builds support from within the family for youth to follow their newfound passions for nature and outdoor recreation. The scaffolded progression of family programming to be offered by NKJN begins with short two-hour meet-ups at City of Lafayette Open Space locations for families with younger children that are getting their first exposure to nature. The family program then extends to locations further afield, including overnight camping experiences, and eventually extends all the way to overnight backpacking adventures in the Beartooth mountains. All NKJN family programming will be provided for a nominal fee to ensure interest and attendance, and the fee will be waived for any family that is unable to pay. In addition to supported programming, a gear rental program will be offered to assist families with taking their own adventures in nature, once they are ready. NKJN Family programs will also include specific family biking and gardening programs. A brief description of each of the family programs to be offered is as follows: Boulder County Parks and Open Space - Pre-K Family Program In partnership with Boulder County Head Start and the Pioneer, Ryan, and Sanchez Early Childhood Centers, Boulder County Open Space will reach out to parents of children that participated in their Nature Near Me program to invite them to attend a family nature field trip. The pre-K family program will invite 180 participants of all ages to engage in a hands-on nature program at an Open Space property in Lafayette. During the program, parents will be educated about the values of unstructured and wild nature play and outdoor recreation to youth development as well as about the recreational opportunities available at nearby parks and open space areas. All pre-school age youth participants will leave with a nature exploration kit, including items like bug boxes, so they can continue their nature exploration at home. Parents will leave with maps and resources on how they (26)

4 can get further engaged in NKJN programming. The City of Lafayette – Meet-ups and Family Nature Club will be specifically marketed as a next nature/outdoor opportunity for families eager to participate in additional nature/outdoor programming. IHAD - Greener Dreamer Families Sanchez Elementary was recently named the first ever Dreamer Academy. Beginning in 2016, I Have a Dream of Boulder County will be inducting a new grade level of Dreamers at Sanchez each year, until eventually the entire school is engaged in the program which provides full-spectrum, wrap-around programming from first grade through high-school and eventually awards its participants with a $10,000 college scholarship. I have a Dream provides extensive outreach to, and programming for, its participants’ parents and extended families, and will partner with NKJN to ensure that all Sanchez Dreamer families get exposure to nature and the outdoors. Through the Greener Dreamer Families program, IHAD will both promote NKJN family programming as well as offer its own unique nature and outdoor recreation programming, which could include hiking, rafting, camping, and skiing. City of Lafayette - Meet Ups/Family Nature Club The Meet-ups/Family Nature Club will engage families in a myriad of two-hour programs at local city Open Space sites designed specifically to appeal to families of underserved Lafayette youth. Three hundred twenty participants a year will gather monthly to participate in general nature exploration activities. Programming will be available in both English and Spanish. Cal-Wood’s Family Camp Program will be specifically marketed to Meet-up/Family Nature Club participants as a next nature/outdoor opportunity for families eager to further extend their exploration of nature and the outdoors. Community Liaison Hosted Programming (Community Wide Events, Park Visits, Travel to Nature Outside Lafayette, Farm/Ranch Trip for families) NKJN Community Liaison staff (described in the Support Programs section of this grant) will offer a wide range of more advanced nature and outdoor recreation programing to low-income and Latino families. A specific schedule of activities will be decided upon annually through consultation with community members and the NKJN Youth Advisory Board. Programing that was suggested during the NKJN community engagement process included park visits to places like Eldorado Canyon State Park, St. Vrain State Park, and Rocky Mountain State Park to participate in activities like rock climbing and kayaking. The Community Liaison staff will also host community-wide events, like a nature movie night in a local park, as well field trips to farms and ranches. Cal-Wood - Family Camp Family Camp is designed to teach families how to camp, and to inspire them to undertake their own family camping adventures. Family Camp is offered through a progression of experiences, first inviting families to try camping at a Lafayette Open Space property, then at St. Vrain State Park, and finally in the mountains at Cal-Wood. Families will first gain comfort with car camping, learning skills like setting up a tent and operating a camp stove. At Cal-Wood, families will learn backpacking basics. In addition to camping education and teaching Leave No Trace skills and ethics, participants will have the opportunity to experience other outdoor recreation activities like kayaking or bird watching while at St. Vrain State Park. Families graduating from the Cal-Wood Family Camp experience will be specifically encouraged to extend their exploration of nature and the outdoors through

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4 the Sierra Club ICO’s family backpacking adventures and on their own with support from the NKJN Gear Rental Program. Sierra Club ICO - Family Backpacking Adventures The Family Backpacking Adventures will offer NKJN families the opportunity to backpack through two of our nation’s most renowned Wilderness areas. Each year, the Sierra Club will take three to five low-income and/or Latino families from Lafayette on a four-day backpacking trip in the Flat Tops Wilderness in Colorado. An additional three to five families will participate in a seven-day backpacking trip in the Beartooth Wilderness in Wyoming. Participants will be fully supported by Sierra Club’s expert volunteers to ensure a safe, fulfilling, and inspiring experience. Upon completion of this experience, families will have the skills needed to undertake their own backpacking adventures both near to home and far afield. NKJN Community Gear Rental Program A gear rental program for low-income and Latino families will be implemented in partnership with Jax outdoor store. Jax in Lafayette is purchasing new quantities of the types of gear that was specifically requested during the community engagement process and will make them available, at a deeply discounted rate, to families participating in the NKJN program. GOCO funding will help to reduce costs even further so that the average family of six can be fully outfitted for a weekend car camping or backpacking experience for $25. Additional items available for rental include kayaks, stand-up paddle boards, and cross country skies and snowshoes. Jax will rent, clean, repair, and store all gear. NKJN Community Bicycling Programs Community Cycling Festival – The Community Cycling Festival will serve up to 25 families. Fifty bikes, complete with helmets, locks, lights, bells, bike racks, and bike maps will be distributed to kids and adults who apply to participate. In addition to the bike giveaway, there will be biking skills and bike repair classes, as well as guided bike tours of the city to show participants how they can safely ride from their home to school and to nearby natural areas. BVSD Bike Education Program – The Bike Education Program is a comprehensive effort to provide on-bike instruction and real-world cycling experience to equip students with the knowledge, skills, confidence, and enthusiasm to be life-long cyclists. A scaffolded suite of on-bike experiences takes place during PE class for three hours during grades four through seven. Family bike rides are an extension of the in-school activities. These rides help parents and students together to explore safe routes to school, to facilities like the library and recreation center, and to nearby natural areas. Engaging parents demonstrates to them that cycling is a safe and preferable means of transportation. Walk to School Day and BVSD Bike Week are additional extensions of the in-school programming, and educate and encourage the school community of students, staff, and parents to walk and bike to school. Parent volunteers serve as event coordinators at individual schools to promote the event within their respective communities and to provide guidance and information. Holiday Bike Giveaway – The holiday bike giveaway is an additional opportunity to provide bikes to youth who express an interest in cycling but do not have their own bike. Each holiday season, 50 bikes will be gifted to underserved youth along with helmets, locks, lights, bells, bike racks, and bike maps.

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4 Sanchez Community Garden As part of the Sanchez Elementary Schoolyard Capital Construction Project, the current Sanchez Community Garden will receive some much-needed love and facility upgrades. The new garden space will allow for expanded membership in the community garden. Significant emphasis will be placed on recruiting members from the Latino community to participate, as they are currently underrepresented in the program. As part of this effort, members of the Latino community will help the Sanchez PTA to determine how the garden can be of more value to their community as well as to answer the question of how the garden can become more self-sustaining. Several ideas that surfaced during the NKJN planning process that will be considered include distributing food to Sanchez families in need and accepting a free booth from the Boulder County Farmers Market to sell produce to generate revenues for the Community Garden or other NKJN programming. NOTE: Strategic program referrals will be included as part of each component of NKJN programming. Participants in family programs will be encouraged to build upon the enthusiasm generated during each programming component by either signing up to participate in a future NKJN program or encouraging their children to participate in another NKJN-hosted activity. For example, parents participating in the Community Cycling Program or Sanchez Community Garden could encourage their kids to sign up for Community Cycle’s Biking Summer Camp or CU Science Discovery’s Gardening Camp, respectively. 19. BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS: Alignment with Community Desires and EE Guidelines Please refer to the Expanded NKJN Programming Matrix Attachment to see how, specifically, this programming meets the desires identified by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and addresses the key components of the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Barriers Low-income and Latino parents require supported nature and outdoor activities in order to learn nature and outdoor skills, and, often times, simply to be introduced to the concept of public lands and the types of recreational opportunities that exist within them. There are currently no organizations in the City of Lafayette offering parent or family nature and outdoor recreation programming for low-income and Latino families. Existing environmental education offerings for underserved populations in Lafayette are exclusively focused on youth and reach those youth exclusively through the school system. Interaction with parents is minimal, and extends only to the completion of permission slips and signing waivers when needed. This is a major limitation of existing youth programming, since youth need support from parents and nature mentors within their families or community in order to develop a deep and lasting connection to nature and the outdoors. It is also a significant barrier to youth participation in nature/outdoor programming, since Latino parents place a high value on personal relationships with the people and organizations to which they entrust their children. Despite awareness of these limitations and barriers, the current lack of diverse voices, bilingual skills, cultural competence, and existing relationships with low-income and Latino parents within many of Boulder County’s environmental education organizations has resulted in a dearth of opportunities provided for low-income and Latino families. This is compounded by the City of Lafayette’s lack of financial resources to provide these types of opportunities to families as compared to neighboring communities like Boulder, (29)

4 Longmont, Denver, and Aurora. Additional barriers to family participation in nature/outdoor activities, both supported and unsupported, include lack of financial resources, transportation, or gear and equipment. Funding from GOCO will allow NKJN collaborators to build a strong, impactful, and comprehensive family engagement program that meets all of the desires expressed by the community during the NKJN community engagement process. All programming will include transportation, gear and supplies. The programming will be designed, marketed, and offered in a culturally competent way, including marketing and programming delivered in Spanish or with translation, to ensure all families feel welcome and are able to fully participate. Key to the success of NKJN’s family engagement efforts will be the NKJN community liaison staff that is described in the Support Programming section of this grant. The community liaison staff will serve as a bridge between program providers and families, as well as help to reduce any barriers to participation and quality program delivery by providing translation and cultural competence training and guidance for NKJN collaborators as needed. Use of GOCO funds GOCO funds will be used to pay for transportation, for supplies like food and outdoor gear for the Sierra Club ICO Program, for other direct expenses like gear rental from Jax, and for staff salaries and overhead and support for the NKJN collaborators delivering the programming. If GOCO is able to fund this program at the requested amount, NKJN collaborators have pledged to provide, in addition to the matching funds pledged as part of this grant request, an additional $230,975 in funding to ensure that 100 percent of program costs are covered for an additional two years (five years total).

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PROGRAMS and PATHWAYS #9, Support Programming INSPIRE PROGRAMS & PATHWAYS INFORMATION Organization name: • Thorne Nature Experience • Boulder Valley School District Program title: • Community Liaison • Evaluation • Gear Rental • Marketing and Outreach • Office Space/Supplies • Program Leadership • Vehicles/Transportation Grant request for program: $497,806

Total cost of program execution: $535,044

Will this funding be used for programs, pathways or both? Both (in support capacity) Program start date: June 2017

Program end date: May 2020

Number of times program will be offered in next three years: Continuous Venue name(s) of where program will be delivered: N/A Venue address(es): N/A Ages served in this program: All (in support capacity) Number of youth currently served through program: N/A Number of additional youth to be served through program: N/A Will families participate in this program: Yes 18. OPPORTUNITIES: A project of the size and scope proposed for NKJN with 28 collaborating organizations, 82 program components, and six capital construction projects will require a significant amount of support services to ensure that all programming is carried out in a collaborative and effective manner. Community Liaison A key component to the success of the entire NKJN program will be community liaison (31)

4 staff. The community liaison staff, a total of 1.5 full time employees, will serve as a connector between students, parents, schools, teachers, and NKJN collaborators. The staff will be hired directly from the community and with help from NKJN supporters El Paso, Intercambio, and Sister Carmen Community Center, and will build the relationships needed to ensure that all youth and families feel welcome and have the capacity to participate in any or all of NKJN’s programs. As mentioned, community liaison staff will host some of their own nature and outdoor programming, and be consistent attendees at programs offered by NKJN collaborators so that they can build relationships with participants and serve as nature mentors to the community’s underserved youth. The staff will also play an integral role in translating for programming and assisting Spanishspeaking parents with applications and waivers so that their children have equal opportunity to participate in NKJN programs. The liaison staff will also be relied heavily upon to use their relationships with youth families to recruit participants on behalf of NKJN collaborators, and to ensure that parents are comfortable with the programming being offered and willing to allow their kids to participate. Additional tasks will include running the Youth Advisory Board, serving on the NKJN Steering Committee, assisting with transportation, helping older youth to successfully apply for NKJN pathways programming, and helping provide cultural competence training and guidance to NKJN collaborators when needed. Evaluation NKJN plans to carry out its own evaluation program above and beyond the evaluation required by GOCO and already undertaken by the individual program providers. Baseline data was collected as part of the NKJN planning process, and data will be collected annually in an attempt to monitor various indicators that will help to prove that the NKJN program has not only connected youth to nature, but changed lives for the youth and families living in Lafayette’s low-income neighborhoods. This evaluation will be the key to identifying additional contributors outside the typical funding arena of environmental education to help ensure the NKJN program is able to continue beyond five years and eventually be expanded to serve other underserved communities within Boulder County. Marketing and Outreach Bulletin boards, web sites, brochures and flyers will be needed, as will translators, to ensure that low-income and Latino families in Lafayette are effectively reached and encouraged to engage in NKJN programming. Office Space/Supplies Office space and office supplies will be needed to support community liaison staff in carrying out their duties. Program Leadership A project of the size and scope proposed for NKJN with 28 collaborating organizations, 82 program components, and six capital construction projects will require significant project leadership and management. Thorne Nature Experience’s Executive Director will serve as the project lead and oversee high-level relationships between collaborators, organize and manage the NKJN Steering Committee, and assist collaborators with joint fundraising initiatives (estimated at .15 FTE). Thorne Nature Experience’s Inclusiveness and Curriculum Manager will oversee program design, implementation, and evaluation for all NKJN programming and ensure that these tasks are carried out collaboratively and effectively (estimated at .4 FTE). In addition to the NKJN Community Liaison and the (32)

4 Thorne staff identified above, leadership staff from Boulder Valley School District, CalWood Education Center, the City of Lafayette, Cottonwood Institute, and CU Science Discovery will serve on the NKJN Steering Committee, which will oversee all components of the NKJN program. Vehicles/Transportation Vehicle and transportation costs for the community liaison staff including both personal travel to participate in NKJN activities and buses and travel stipends for the activities that are run directly by the community liaison staff. 19. BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS: Alignment with Community Desires and EE Guidelines Please refer to the Expanded NKJN Programming Matrix Attachment to see how, specifically, this programming meets the desires identified by the community during the NKJN community engagement process, and addresses the key components of the Boulder County Environmental Education Guidelines. Barriers In general, NKJN Support Programing is designed to help ensure seamless and effective delivery of all other NKJN programming. As such, it helps to alleviate the various and many barriers already discussed within this grant proposal. Specifically, one of the most significant barriers for low-income and Latino families and their children in participating in nature and outdoor recreation programming is relationships. As discussed earlier in this grant, most NKJN collaborators do not have penetration into these communities and/or lack the cultural competence or language skills to effectively reach out to, build trust with, and engage participants. The community liaison staff will help to build the relationships needed for a successful NKJN program. Also, since funding across the board at the levels of home, school, collaborator, and the city is a major limiting factor for nature connection for underserved Lafayette youth and families, effective program evaluation is a key component to removing this barrier. Solid data demonstrating that NKN program changes the lives of underserved youth will be critical in ensuring longterm funding for programs to connect these youth to nature and the outdoors. Use of GOCO funds GOCO funds will be used to pay for transportation, for supplies like food for YAB meetings and WRV projects, for other direct expenses like the YAB mini-grant program, and salaries for the community liaison staff. If GOCO is able to fund this program at the requested amount, NKJN collaborators have pledged to provide, in addition to the matching funds pledged as part of this grant request, an additional $356,638 in funding to ensure that 100 percent of program costs are covered for an additional two years (five years total).

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Consolodated Programs/Pathway/Support Approved Budget (Feb. 6th, 2017) Source of Funds Contributors

Date Funding Secured or Date Anticipated if Not Secured

Great Outdoors Colorado CU Science Discovery

December 2016 August 2016

Cottonwood Institute EcoCycle

August 2016

I Have A Dream Wildlands Restoration Volunteers

August 2016

GOCO Request

Partner Match ($)

Total Funding ($)

CASH 1,775,540 45,661

1,775,540 45,661

20,902 15,212

20,902 15,197

August 2016

15,197 15,161

Boulder County Open Space

August 2016

14,856

14,856

Sierra Club ICO Boulder Valley School District

August 2016

11,700

11,700

August 2016

11,064

11,064

Keystone Science Schol

August 2016

10,151

10,151

Safe Routes to School

August 2016

8,334

8,334

Sanchez Community Garden Calwood Education Center

August 2016

5,700

August 2016

5,700 5,525

City of Lafayette

August 2016

5,356

5,356

GROWE Foundation

August 2016

3,770

3,770

EcoArts Connections

August 2016

3,760

3,760

Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation

August 2016

3,189

3,189

Community Cycles YMCA of Boulder Valley

August 2016

2,907 2,199

2,907

August 2016

August 2016

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5,525

2,199

IN-KIND Boulder County Open Space Boulder Valley School District Calwood Education Center Community Cycles CU Science Discovery Dragon Discovery EcoArts Connections EcoCycle Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation GROWE Foundation Hawk Quest I Have A Dream Keep It Clean Partnership Keystone Science Schol Safe Routes to School Sierra Club ICO St. Vrain State Park Thorne Nature Experience Wildlands Restoration Volunteers YMCA of Boulder Valley

August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 August 2016 TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS

69,245 59,210 145,073 48,679 10,718 13,374 12,494 42,533 11,096 28,644 4,476 5,364 4,187 27,795 3,400 12,836 8,824 278,752 16,067 75,781 1,079,192

1,775,540

2,854,732

Use of Funds - Cash - Description of project components to be paid for with cash contributions Project categories

Description of how funds will be used

Salary

Employees and Payroll Expenses and Contractors Required to Carry Out Program Transportation Transportation of Participants and Staff Required to Carry Out Program Supplies Materials and Supplies Required to Carry Out Program Other Direct Expenses Direct Expenses (example; fees paid to a service provider) Required to Carry Out the Program Overhead/Office and Support Organizational Support Costs (finance, management, rent, copiers, office supplies, etc.) USE OF FUNDS - CASH SUBTOTAL

Work Start Date

Work Completion Date

1/1/2017

5/31/2020

1,060,013

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1,060,013

1/1/2017

5/31/2020

170,148

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170,148

1/1/2017

5/31/2020

311,795

50,255

362,051

1/1/2017

5/31/2020

184,282

96,415

280,696

1/1/2017

5/31/2020

GOCO Funds

Total Funding ($)

Partner Match

49,303

53,975

103,277

1,775,540

200,645

1,976,185

Use of Funds - In-Kind - Description of project components to be paid for with in-kind contributions Project categories Salary Transportation Supplies Other Direct Expenses Overhead/Office and Support

Description of how funds will be used Employees and Payroll Expenses and Contractors Required to Carry Out Program Transportation of Participants and Staff Required to Carry Out Program Materials and Supplies Required to Carry Out Program Direct Expenses (example; fees paid to a service provider) Required to Carry Out the Program Organizational Support Costs (finance, management, rent, copiers, office supplies, etc.)

Work Start Date

Work Number of Units Completion Date

Cost Per Unit

6/1/2017

8/31/2019

Varies

Varies

401,530

6/1/2017

8/31/2019

Varies

Varies

31,370

6/1/2017

8/31/2019

Varies

Varies

156,138

6/1/2017

8/31/2019

Varies

Varies

36,199

6/1/2017

8/31/2019

Varies

Varies

253,310

USE OF FUNDS - IN-KIND SUBTOTAL

878,547

GOCO Funds TOTAL PROJECT COST

Total Funding ($)

1,775,540

Partner Match (Cash and InKind) 1,079,192

Note: Number of Units and Cost Per Unit Vary Due to the Engagement of Multiple Partners within the NKJN Programming to be Provided

Total Funding ($) 2,854,732

SCHEDULE C – Payment Terms February 6th, 2017 • • • • •

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Thorne Nature Experience successfully applied for a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado on behalf of the City of Lafayette and GOCO has awarded $1,775,540 in funding to be paid over three years to the City for environmental education and outdoor recreation programming. The City will contract with Thorne Nature Experience to deliver 81 separate programs within 8 categories (Elementary, Middle, High, Summer, Family, Service, EE Corps, and Support) as described in Schedule C, all of which will be run for three years. Each year of the three year GOCO grant award, Thorne will submit to the City to submit to GOCO an annual budget for programming, which may or may not be equal to 1/3 of the total grant award depending on programming to be offered that year. For the first year of programming, GOCO has approved a budget of $591,847. The City will pay Thorne by April 30 each year 75% of the GOCO approved annual budget (the City will collect 100% of the annual budget amount up front from GOCO but retain 25% until receiving proof of completion of work and expenditure of funds from Thorne Nature Experience). The first year up front payment to Thorne will be $443,885, this is to cover 75% of the costs of each of the 81 separate programs. Each year, once each of the 81 individual programs is complete for that year, a final report for that unique program will be filed with the City and final payment for the costs of that unique program will be paid to Thorne within 30 days. Each year, once all programs for that year are completed, the City will submit all of the Final Reports to GOCO as proof of use of funds that were prepaid to the City. Any remaining funds from one year will be deducted from future GOCO payments to be received by the City. Total payment from Lafayette to Thorne shall not exceed $1,775,540.

STAFF REPORT TO:

Gary Klaphake, City Administrator

FROM:

Monte Stevenson, Parks, Recreation and Open Space Director

DATE:

March 7, 2017

SUBJECT:

Contract / Mowing Maintenance of Highway 287 and Cemeteries / Lawn Care Plus, Inc.

Recommendation: Approval of contract (3 year annually appropriated) with Lawn Care Plus for $40,000 to provide mowing maintenance for the Highway 287 corridor and Lafayette cemeteries. Background: Each year the Parks division has contracted the maintenance of landscaped areas on Highway 287 from Dillon Road to Baseline Road as a means of maximizing staff resources and minimizing the safety risk of maintaining this active traffic corridor for city employees. This contract gives the proper attention needed for this important highway corridor and adjacent intersection medians in Lafayette, along with a partial portion of Baseline west of Highway 287 to 95th Street. Funds were also budgeted for contract mowing and trimming of the Lafayette and Coal Creek cemeteries. The contract schedule is mid-April through mid-October. The contract will give us coverage through the growing season, which includes mowing, edging, trimming, weed control and trash removal for 27 weeks. Staff recommends awarding the contract to Lawn Care Plus for three years, subject to annual appropriation of funds by City Council. FISCAL IMPACT: $16,740.00 (#01-425-8150 and $23,260.00 (#01-440-8890) ATTACHMENTS: None

STAFF REPORT TO:

Gary Klaphake, City Administrator

FROM:

Monte Stevenson, Parks, Recreation and Open Space Director Doug Short, Public Works Director

DATE:

March 7, 2017

SUBJECT:

Contract / South Public Road Drainage Improvements / Western States Reclamation Inc.

Recommendation: Approval of contract for $197,905.60 with Western States Reclamation to make drainage improvements along South Public Road and Coal Creek. Background: Various improvements are needed at the South Public Road and Coal Creek corridor area (east of South Public Road). Storm Water and Open Space have jointly bid the project to maximize efficiencies for both funds. The work includes various street drainage improvements and sump inlet installations to help properly drain storm water off of South Public Road. In conjunction with these improvements there will also be sediment and erosion control, storm sewer and asphalt paving patches, as required. On the Open Space side, improvements will extensive stream work, include both concrete and crusher fine trail repairs and construction. As part of the improvements, Coal Creek will receive bank stabilization and modifications as directed by the engineers. Fiscal Impact: $26,983.15 from #43-701-9522 / $75,000 from 01-435-7550 / $95,922.45 from 01-435-9552 Attachments: Engineer’s Plan Summary

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STAFF REPORT TO:

Gary Klaphake, City Administrator

FROM:

Monte Stevenson, Parks, Recreation and Open Space Director

DATE:

March 7, 2017

SUBJECT:

2017 Open Space and Trails Recommendation to Boulder County

Recommendation: Approval of the 2017 Open Space and Trails Recommendation to Boulder County as recommended by the Lafayette Open Space Advisory Committee. Background: Each year Boulder County Parks and Open Space invites the communities of Boulder County to submit requests for future Open Space Acquisitions, Trail Projects and GIS Requests. Staff compiled a list of potential joint acquisitions and trail project priorities for the Lafayette Open Space Advisory Committee’s (LOSAC) review. LOSAC has remained active in monitoring real estate prices in and surrounding Lafayette. These changes are reflected in the 2017 Open Space and Trail requests, and remain in accord with the cities Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails Master Plan (PROST). Staff will recommend to LOSAC the following list of priority requests to be forwarded to Boulder County Open Space for consideration. Proposed Open Space Acquisition/Conservation Projects: 1.

Areas C and D from PROST Plan (Mayhoffer Farm). Lafayette, Louisville and Boulder County continue joint pursuit of the Mayhoffer Farm, and the property would serve as an impactful buffer between Lafayette and Louisville with current development pressure. This area is of high interest for preserving agricultural use, the natural values associated with Coal Creek, and its historical features. It would provide contiguity between Lafayette’s Coal Creek Corridor Open Space and the jointly-owned Adler-Fingru and Harney-Lastoka Open Space properties. An opportunity for an ADA accessible trail connection along Coal Creek is a possibility with this acquisition, along with vast opportunities for environmental education and wildlife habitat preservation in the heart of both communities. Areas C and D combined are currently Lafayette’s # 1 priority Open Space acquisition. There are approximately 207 acres under family ownership.

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Area L from PROST Plan - Wetlands complex at State Highway 7 (East Baseline Road) and County Line Road. This area of approximately 130 acres is the 2nd highest priority acquisition for Lafayette. The bulk of the area south of the highway is held under single ownership. North of the highway there are various smaller properties with some sizable tracts. Past efforts identified in this document, corroborated by the City of Lafayette, Boulder County and the Town of Erie as joint partners in protecting Open space to the North of Highway 7. The Town of Erie has annexed several properties to the North of highway 7 slated for development. These new developments make protection of the properties to the South of Highway 7 crucial to preserving valuable wetlands and community buffers for the region. The wetlands run both south and north of Highway 7 for approximately one mile. The area has been designated by the EPA as a National

Priority Wetland. It has also been home to nesting birds that are otherwise declining in Boulder County—the northern harrier and American bittern. In a broader context, the concept described in the PROST Master Plan is one of an interconnected circle of open space land and greenways that preserves and connects with the newly improved Flagg Park trailhead, the large wetlands complex, Old Town Pond, and Lafayette’s Great Park. In the past, both the Town of Erie and Boulder County have expressed interest in partnering in the preservation of these National Priority Wetlands. Lafayette would look for Boulder County to help facilitate preservation. 3.

Area I – PROST Plan (in the Southeast ¼ of Section 28, T1N, R69W). This area has connectivity to the City of Lafayette’s Bullhead Gulch riparian habitat and existing trail corridor, and is just south of the City/County jointly owned Echternacht Property. The City would like to continue the riparian habitat restoration through Bullhead Gulch and additionally utilize the property to connect our trail system into Echternacht, providing future opportunities for possible connections to the Counties planned Union Pacific Rail Trail to the North. Feedback from the County is requested to ensure this is the preferred route for connecting to the Union Pacific Rail Trail.

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Area H -PROST Plan (SW ¼ of Section 29, T1N, R69W). This is approximately 80 acres of unincorporated agricultural land. It is adjacent to existing City of Boulder Teller Lake Open Space property. The PROST plan identified the property as having agricultural values and trail corridor potential, providing an opportunity for the City of Lafayette to collaborate jointly with the City of Boulder during the East Trail Study Area planning process. Recent discussions with the City of Boulder indicate the East Trail Study will be delayed, and Lafayette staff will instead meet with OSMP to discuss trail connection potential. To summarize, this area is of interest for preserving agricultural use with potential for providing a West/East trail link between the City of Boulder and the City of Lafayette, a highly desired resource from the PROST plan public outreach surveys.

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Area N (East of Warembourg Farm and West of Rock Creek Open Space) This area is a high valued wildlife habitat corridor between Coal Creek and Rock Creek Open Space. Connectivity potential exists to link two regional trails through this property, while preserving additional buffer to already protected agricultural and wildlife habitat. Current land use practices provide a high level of habitat restoration potential.

Proposed Lafayette Trail Projects: 1.

NEW Trail connection K - PROST Plan (South of HWY 7 and West of Area L) Excellent trail potential exists by connecting the newly opened BNSF Rail Trail in Old Town Lafayette to Flagg Park Trailhead at Rock Creek Open Space. This is an area of town currently underserved, and this connection would be the first link to Lafayette’s newest trail. The land between area K and area L from PROST, provides an additional opportunity that would help preserve Lafayette and East Boulder Counties Agricultural Heritage through protection of a Centennial Farm. Additionally Old Town Pond, and other valuable riparian habitat would be preserved. The land between K and L is not currently identified in the PROST plan. Updates to PROST are planned for 2018, and this new

area will be analyzed for possible inclusion in PROST once vetted through public process. Lafayette would be interested in partnering with Boulder County to help preserve this Open Space jewel anchoring the east side of town. 2.

NEW Trail link across Coal Creek connecting the newly constructed BNSF Rail Trail to the Coal Creek/Rock Creek Trail system. Lafayette has completed a new section of Trail along the old BNSF Rail line, the first of its kind connecting Old Town Lafayette. This new trail runs North/South along the eastern edge of Old Town Lafayette, currently dead ending at Baseline Rd. to the North, and 120th St. to the south, with a future CDOT crossing over Baseline coming soon. Heading south, working together with Boulder County and property owners along the creek, Lafayette is interested in connecting over Coal Creek providing trail patrons in Old Town the opportunities to recreate on the Coal Creek/Rock Creek Trail.

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Trail on the western boundary of Esmail, Mayhoffer 15, and Boulder County Land Ventures Open Spaces and the southwestern boundary of Fingru Open Space down to Rock Creek Farm along 104th Street. As an approximately two-mile trail this would connect southwest Lafayette to the regional Coal Creek and Rock Creek Farm. This segment forms a nice connection from the Coal Creek Trail to the Carolyn Holmberg Preserve at Rock Creek Farm. This addition would allow visitors (from both Louisville and Lafayette) to remain on a trail from popular Coal Creek in order to reach the Stearns Lake trailhead. Lafayette has constructed connections to 104th Street with two one-mile trails that extend to the east on the north and south boundaries of Mayhoffer 15. This trail will offer additional connections and routes now that these connectors are completed. This is Lafayette’s #1 regional trail priority and we are interested in collaborating with our partners on a timeframe and agreement that can work well for all parties and reach the common goal of connectivity. This trail is also listed as a priority for our neighbors in Louisville.

4. Lafayette has interest in a trail connecting Teller Farm on City of Boulder Open Space with Lafayette’s trail system north of Arapahoe Road, with future connections south into the heart of Lafayette. This request is large in scope and will take a number of years to realize. It will also involve a number of agencies and jurisdictions. However, it is an important trail that will link the northern portion of the Lafayette’s trail system (and corresponding neighborhoods) to established trail systems to the west at Teller Farm. This East/West community trail link was an area of high community interest during the PROST Master Plan public process. The portion of trail between 95th Street and US 287 would need to be primarily on County and jointly-owned County-City open space.

FISCAL IMPACT: All future acquisitions or trail projects funding are subject to Council approval ATTACHMENTS: Potential Open Space Map – PROST Master Plan – (Appendix A, page 151)

STAFF REPORT To: From: Date: Subject:

Honorable Mayor Berg and City Council Gary Klaphake, City Administrator February 28, 2017 Development Agreement / City of Lafayette and Feed & Grain LLC / Lafayette Elevator Site

Recommendation: Council motion approving the Agreement with Lafayette Feed and Grain for future

development of the site.

Background: City Staff has been meeting with the owner of Lafayette Feed and Grain to provide an agreement for development of the site. The attached recitals, agreement and attachments spell out the details of the agreement. Attachment: Agreement by and between Lafayette Feed and Grain and the City of Lafayette.

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Expenditures for Approval March 7th, 2017

Public Works Arvada Pump Company Goose Haven Pump 3 – Repair

$

29,153.00

Ramey Environmental Compliance Isabelle Lift Station Controls Retrofit

$

50,000.00

Republic Services 2017 City 3-cart PAYT System

$ 1,700,000.00

STAFF REPORT TO:

Gary Klaphake, City Administrator

FROM: Monte Stevenson, Parks, Recreation and Open Space Director DATE: March 7, 2017 SUBJECT: Council Appointment – Energy Sustainability Advisory Committee Recommendation: Motion to approve appointment of Tom Hardie for Alternate Position on the Lafayette Energy Sustainability Advisory Committee (LESAC) Background: On February 14, 2017 LESAC voted to recommend to Council the appointment of Tom Hardie to fill the alternate member vacancy for a term of three years, concluding in February of 2020. LESAC also unanimously passed a motion to recommend Dawn Moyer to fill the committee position vacated by Dan Cross, with a remaining term expiring on July 1, 2019. Fiscal Impact: None Attachments: None

To:

From: Date:

Subject:

Gary Klaphake, City Administrator

Roger Caruso, Assistant City Administrator/Economic Development Director February 28, 2017 Rental Housing Inspection Program

Council asked staff to investigate a potential rental inspection program in Lafayette. Staff researched two nearby communities that have rental inspection programs: Westminster and Federal Heights. Staff also spoke with Boulder County Housing Authority, the City’s housing provider.

In regards to the County, the concern from staff is that if a rental inspection finds a rental unit to be uninhabitable, or if repairs are needed which the landlord does not initiate, Lafayette may have to displace the residents of the rental unit. The County responded (see attached) that they are a great long-term housing provider, but they have limited (or nearly non-existent) resources for those temporarily displaced. As such, they cautioned the City on moving too aggressively in this endeavor. Westminster’s rental program was initiated in 1997. Westminster requires both a landlord license and rental inspection of the property. The landlord license is $50 and rental inspection is $40. Federal Heights’ rental program was initiated in 2013 by a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) through Adams County. The city’s cost for implementing the program in 2014 was $67,500. Federal Heights stated the inspection program is time intensive as the rental inspector must determine which houses to inspect, schedule an inspection with the landlord/renter, inspect the home, and complete follow-ups. Federal Heights stated an inspector can average four (4) homes/day or approximately 75/month. Staff worked with Boulder County Assessor to determine how many residential units are within Lafayette. Staff estimates that 868 mobile homes, 1,567 multi-family units, and 1,006 single family rental units are within the city. The total estimated rental units within the city are 3,441. With this, Boulder County has nearly 260 affordable units in Lafayette. Staff would recommend these units be exempt from the rental inspection program.

With this, staff anticipates the city could complete 75 inspections/month, or 900 inspections per year. Inspecting all rental and mobile home units within the city would require four years to inspect all units (this does not include time for re-inspections/missed appointments). Staff would anticipate a cost for a rental housing inspector at $56,996 which includes benefits. Staff would recommend this program be net-neutral in cost which would require an inspection fee of $70 per unit.

Housing Authority Street Address: 2525 13th Street, Suite 204, Boulder, Colorado 80304 PO Box 471, Boulder, CO 80306 • Tel: 303-441-3929 • Fax: 720-564-2283 • www.bouldercountyhousing.org

January 20, 2017 Mr. Roger Caruso Assistant City Administrator City of Lafayette 1290 S Public Road Lafayette, CO 80026 RE: City of Lafayette Proposed Rental Inspection Program Dear Roger: We understand that the City of Lafayette is considering implementation of a rental inspection program. As the City’s housing provider, Boulder County Housing Authority (BCHA) has some recommendations for your consideration as you move through the vetting process of the inspection program. Uniform Relocation Act To consider the worst-case scenario first: If the inspection action were to result in displacement of a household, we do not believe that the Uniform Relocation Act (URA) would be triggered as long as BCHA does not use federal funds in the displacing action. Under the proposed circumstances of the City inspection rental program, BCHA would not be using federal funds because the City of Lafayette would be taking action through the rental inspection program, not BCHA. Housing Supports in the event of Failed Inspections a.) Private Properties - If the City discovered private properties that failed an inspection, including properties with no HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and unrelated to BCHA, then BCHA may be able to help with a few of these clients. However, BCHA would have a difficult time allocating scarce rental assistance necessary to house an influx of displaced low income clients. We as the housing authority have not stepped into these arrangements, because we historically don’t have short term or emergency rentals available to accommodate these situations. In addition, BCHA has a wait list process for all of its properties with hundreds of people already on wait lists for properties that have a very low 1% vacancy rate. b.) If the City finds BCHA-owned properties that failed inspection, BCHA would be bound by our leases and state law to put households in a hotel, pay a stipend if they lose access to a kitchen, bathroom, or have other major livability impediments due to health and safety concerns. Past Experience a.) City of Longmont - BCHA regularly works with the City of Longmont code enforcement on rental inspections for some of our clients using Section 8 vouchers, and it’s been our experience that a landlord has opportunity to correct deficiencies within a reasonable time frame, and then if they do not, the City will condemn the house until the repairs are made. At

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that time, it’s the landlord’s responsibility to take care of alternative arrangements (moteling, use of insurance, offer another available unit) and if that does not happen, then the tenant may have recourse through legal action. b.) City of Boulder - While we do not have much experience with the City of Boulder, we understand that they issue rental housing licensing that focuses on preserving public safety by establishing minimum standards for basic services, including ventilation (carbon monoxide), heating, fire safety, occupancy and over-crowding, and maintenance. They have a baseline inspection process, a license renewal inspection, and also smart reg’s rental inspections focused on energy efficiency. Presumably when a baseline or renewal inspection fails, the tenants are in the same position as they are in Longmont, with the landlord having an opportunity to correct deficiencies, and then if they do not, facing condemnation and the responsibility to take care of alternative arrangements for tenants. c.) Mobile Home Parks – Many mobile home parks have substandard infrastructure that the cities and towns may target for upgrades, as opposed to targeting the structures themselves. Focusing on infrastructure upgrades, with local government support, allows the property owner’s funds to be invested in the structures in return for local jurisdiction support of funding infrastructure upgrades to the entire park. d.) Mobile Home Renovation Programs – A carrot approach that may advance the rental inspection enforcement approach is the rehabilitation grant program. The City of Boulder has a strong mobile home rehab program that allows grants of $10,000 to upgrade the homes. Similarly, Longmont also has a grant program to support upgrades of mobile homes. Boulder County has a less enticing program for mobile home upgrades funded by the Colorado Division of Housing, and I do not recommend this particular program. It is a loan program for $5,000 at 5% interest and is available to households with title to their mobile homes. I would recommend that Lafayette follow the City of Boulder or City of Longmont mobile home rehab programs in conjunction with an enforcement program to ensure maximum effectiveness. Boulder County’s Longs Peak Energy Conservation (LPEC) does have weatherization funds available to provide mobile home energy efficiency upgrades to low income households, and we are happy to provide additional information on these options. Summary The bottom line is that BCHA is a good long-term housing provider that provides quality, low cost housing and supportive services for residents. However, BCHA has very few short term options available for residents. We recommend that the City consider some short-term options for people in need of immediate relief, in the form financial resources to help residents afford the more costly short term options, while awaiting long term solutions with greater affordability through BCHA. BCHA may also assist all residential tenants with housing counseling services, financial counseling and case management to support the City of Lafayette community at various stages of the inspection process, preferably up front in the planning phase to allow ample time to assist potential residents with housing options. Finally, we recommend that the inspection program allow ample time and incentives for landlords and property owners to correct deficiencies such that vulnerable households are not put into increasingly unstable situations.

Thank you for the opportunity to weigh in on this important topic. We appreciate the care and thought that the City staff is dedicating to this community issue. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Sincerely,

Norrie Boyd Housing Division Manager