0 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING GREEN MOUNTAIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

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• 05/01/2025

  NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING GREEN MOUNTAIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT April 29, 2025. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the GREEN MOUNTAIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday April 29, 2025, at 13919 W. Utah Ave., Lakewood, Colorado 80228. This meeting will be held for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. This meeting is open to the public. Virtual Meeting Options: For those who may not be able to attend in person, the district offers 2 options for participating virtually: • To join the meeting using Zoom on your computer or smart phone, use the following link: https://greenmountainwater-org.zoom.us/j/81489465906 • To join the meeting by phone call, dial (719) 359-4580 and enter the Meeting ID: 814 8946 5906. When joining via phone call, press *9 to raise hand and *6 to unmute. To troubleshoot issues with connection at the time of the meeting, please follow this link https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/sections/200305593-Troubleshooting. If you still experience issues, email customerservice@greenmountainwater.org and our IT (Information Technology) staff will assist you as soon as possible. The District does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or disability in the provision of services. People with disabilities needing reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in a District Board meeting can call (303) 985-1581 or email customerservice@greenmountainwater.org for assistance. Please give notice as far in advance as possible so we can accommodate your request. Board Members: • Karen Morgan - President - May 2027 • David Wiechman - Vice President - May 2025 • Roger J. Wendell – Treasurer - May 2025 • Randy Little – Secretary - May 2025 • Arthur Martinez - May 2025 Agenda Items: 1. Call to Order/Declaration of Quorum 3. 4. 2. Directors’ Matters: Disclosure Matters Approval of/ Additions to/Deletions from the Agenda Public Comment (limit 5 minutes per person)Per passed Motion of the GMWSD Board of Directors, May 11, 2021: Members of the public wishing to address the board during the public comment period are asked to keep the comments civil and related to the items in the agenda, or to the conduct of the district business. Members of the public wishing to address the Board will be recognized by the board to maintain proper decorum. Since the Green Mountain Water and Sanitation District board values your input, we always offer additional opportunities for the public to provide comments by using the district's email system or by phoning into customer service in the event they do not get on during the meeting during the period set aside for the public comment. 5. Director’s Matters a. b. Discussion and Approval of Action Plan for The Bend Development Discussion and Approval of Position Statement Objecting to Overlapping Metro District for The Bend Legal Matters (Dylan Woods, Title 32 Attorney for the District) 6. 7. Executive Session Executive Session pursuant to §24‐6‐402(4)(b), C.R.S. for the purpose of receiving legal advice regarding: 8. 9. New Business 10. Adjourn Legal Matters – Any actions resulting from executive session BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREEN MOUNTAIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

0 Superfund Site Development: Risks and Liabilities

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• 04/27/2025

Podcast mp3 • 15:30mins The provided texts center on concerns surrounding a proposed housing development on a former Superfund site, highlighting the inherent risks associated with disturbing a capped landfill. An environmental attorney emphasizes the significant liability differences between brownfields and Superfund sites, cautioning against developing the latter for housing without thorough environmental assessment. The texts further reveal local anxieties regarding potential groundwater contamination and the strain on the Green Mountain Water District's resources and potential legal exposure if it provides services to the development. A consultant's report corroborates the potential for encountering residual contamination during construction and future maintenance, including emerging contaminants not previously assessed, raising questions about the long-term safety and suitability of the land for residential use.

1 Monday night, Lakewood City Council 4/21/25

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• 04/23/2025

At its "study session" Monday night, Lakewood City Council made it clear they are going to throw the full weight of the City behind the developer's plan to build a mega apartment complex (2,150 apartments) on the controversial property at the northwest corner of the Denver Federal Center known as the "horseshoe property".   The Texas developer wants lots of government money in its attempt to pull off this ill advised potential disaster (BTW - last night they did not even try to hide behind their fake Lakewood shell company called Lakewood Land Partners but just came right out and recognized they are Lincoln Properties of Texas).   The City's plan is to give them financial support in the following five avenues:   (1) give them a metro district called the Bend - this allows them to borrow money at lower interest rates by qualifying for government bonds. In addition, when the housing project is completed, their wholly controlled metro district can then charge the residents all sorts of fees to pay off those bonds.   (2) Urban Renewal - granting them a "blighted" designation allows them to get pass all sorts of government red tape. A couple of the factors qualifying the property as blighted is because of the environmental contamination that needs to be cleaned up.   (3) TIF (tax incremental financing) - the City will give the developer the difference in property taxes collected before and after the development. Starting with the current property taxes as a base line (essentially next to nothing is currently being collected) and then taking whatever additional property taxes are collected when the properties become more valuable because of the housing (apartments) and a few shops as the increment. Those additional property taxes would then be given to the developer.   (4) PIF (Public Improvement Fees) - the developer can charge a "sales tax" on sales from the few businesses they propose to include in the project (a few coffee shops, etc.) This is the method they used to support the Belmar project for years.   (5) Providing them with water and sewer services. Since Green Mtn. Water and Sanitation District - GMWSD is making them prove that disturbing the toxins buried under the site will NOT eventually create a Love Canal situation, the City is proposing to provide them with water and sewer.    BTW - from GMWSD's point of view, this plan would remove GMWSD and its customers from any potential legal liability in any future lawsuits from possible environment damages. Future litigants could only collect from the participants in the project - the developer, the federal government and the City of Lakewood.   (a) Applying pressure on GMWSD - the Councilors asked GMWSD to play ball with their grand scheme and they hope public pressure may be brought to bear on the water district's Board of Directors (currently there is an election for new Board members).  If that does not work they want to ask the state to force GMWSD to give the developer what he wants. However they realize, at this late date in the state legislature session, it's too late to play that card. (BTW - they did get this year's state legislative session to regulate tap fees GMWSD may charge new developments).   (b) If GMWSD won't play ball, then the City has agreed to provide the developer with water and sewer, leaving GMWSD out of the equation. (BTW - the developer's lawsuit against GMWSD has now been removed by the District's legal counsel from Jeffco courts and moved to federal court in Denver where judges are less susceptible to local political pressures and are more sensitive to federal issues like pollution and health & safety.  Furthermore GMWSD has asked the federal court for a jury trial which is more sympathetic to consumer issues) .    City staff suggested the developer could get water from Consolidated Mutual Water from across 6th Avenue. Their alternative is to hook up to the City's sewer district (yes the City has it's own sewer district that covers the northeast quarter of the City) at the corner of Kipling and 6th Ave. by laying a sewer pipeline from the horseshoe property along the southern edge of 6th Ave. through either CDOT land or Denver Federal Center land.    c.)  The City Council informally favored having the City give them a sewer connection if they can not get GMWSD to drop it's demands for substantive environmental information on Federal Center land. The developer prefers the first option of pressuring GMWSD because having the City resolve their water and sewer problems is far more expensive for them and will reduce the profitability of the whole project. This plan would also increase the City's culpability and thus potential legal liability.    BTW - they employed the standard practice of offering some "crumbs" to make the whole deal more palpable. First, they promised to include 200 "affordable" housing units (who knows what that means). They also promised to include a dog park and a special museum to house Lakewood's Trolley Car 25. 

0 04-21-2025 Lakewood City Council Meeting and Lakewood Reinvestment Authority meeting video

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• 04/23/2025

04-21-2025 LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND LAKEWOOD REINVESTMENT AUTHORITY MEETING VIDEO Agenda ItemsAgendaItem 1 - Call To OrderItem 2 - Roll CallItem 3 - Presentation Metro District and Urban Renewal Item 4 - Presentation The Bend DevelopmentItem 5 - Adjournment

0 America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory

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• 04/21/2025

  Half-Life of Memory:America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory documentary screening in Lakewood – May 8     Special Guests: Former FBI Agent Jon Lipsky, Rocky Flats worker Judy Padilla, and Director Jeff Gipe   Lakewood, CO – May 08, 2025 – Half-Life of Memory: America’s Forgotten Atomic Bomb Factory will screen at Rockley’s Event Center on Thursday, May 08, 2025. The screening will be followed by a special Q&A with former FBI agent Jon Lipsky—the lead investigator in the historic raid on the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant—alongside Judy Padilla, a 20-year veteran of Rocky Flats, and the film’s director, Jeff Gipe.     The Lakewood screening comes at a crucial moment for the city,as it moves forward with plans to redevelop portions of theDenver Federal Center—a contaminated former munitionsproduction site—into a high-density urban center.       Half-Life of Memory uncovers the buried legacy of Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons facility near Denver that helped to produce thousands of atomic weapons during the Cold War. Through powerful testimonials and rare archival footage, the film exposes Rocky Flats’ history of contamination, cover-ups, and grassroots activism that shaped one of the nation's most dangerous nuclear weapons sites. The film gives voice to the workers and nearby residents still grappling with the long-term consequences of radioactive exposure.         Event Details: Rockley’s Event Center, Lakewood, CO 8555 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80215Thursday, May 08, 2025 6:30 PM – Film Screening Q&A to follow with FBI Agent Jon Lipsky, Rocky Flats Worker Judy Padilla, Director Jeff Gipe, Dianne Duffey and Dave Wiechman, concerned citizens. Ramey Johnson will moderate. For more information about the film, visit: www.halflifeofmemory.com         What lessons from Rocky Flats should inform plans for the proposed development at the Federal Center?The City of Lakewood is moving forward with a major development project at the Federal Center site but has not conducted a Phase 2 environmental review to assess the current remediation status of the land. This has raised serious concerns about potential undisclosed contamination and the long-term safety of the site. Join us for the documentary and discussion on the risks. Feel free to share this flyer! With respect,Ramey Johnson         Did a friend share this newsletter with you, or do you want to share it with a friend? Click below to subscribe or forward!