Jacqueline Hart Gibson, Black Hawk. The September 25, 2019, regular meeting of the Black Hawk City Council was called to order at 3 p.m. following the ringing of the bell, pledge of allegiance and roll call. Mayor Spellman, all current sitting Aldermen, the city attorney and city manager were all in attendance. Agenda changes were not requested and there were no conflicts of interest reported. 

Following the approval of the minutes from the regular council meeting held on September 11, 2019, the meeting was opened to public hearings. An ordinance approving the proposed eighth amendment to the service plan of the silver dollar metropolitan district, was approved unanimously. The ordinance authorizes the district to provide transportation services, activities in support of business recruitment, management and development, and to change the number of the District’s Board of Directors from five to nine.

The first action item, an ordinance amending chapter 16 of the Black Hawk Municipal Code to amend the commercial/business services zoning district, the history appreciation and preservation district, and the definitions sections of the city’s zoning code C, was approved unanimously. 

The meeting continued to action items. A resolution awarding the bid and approving the contract between the city of Black Hawk and Avery Asphalt, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $61,760 for construction of the Chase Street asphalt patching project B, was approved unanimously. 

A resolution approving Amendment No. 2 to the construction manager/general contractor agreement executed on February 27, 2019, between the city of Black Hawk and Roche Constructors, Inc. establishing the phase 2 guaranteed maximum price (GMP) of $12,605,752 for Construction of the Gregory Street Plaza Project C, was approved unanimously. This price includes the moving of three houses, full renovation of the Macafee, Woodberry and Norton houses, full renovation of the Bobtail Mine building, relocation and renovation of the bunkhouse, construction of a public restroom building as well as all the site work associated with these projects. Additional projects associated with the Gregory Street Project will likely be brought to the council for approval in the future.

A resolution awarding the bid and approving the contract between the city of Black Hawk and Brennan Stone Masonry in an amount not to exceed $66,500 for construction of the Clear Creek parking lot wall, was approved unanimously. 

A resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to the DesignBuilder contract executed on April 24, 2019 between the city of Black Hawk and Concrete Express, Inc., establishing the guaranteed maximum price (GMP) of $865,711.43 for construction of the Bobtail Street rail slab project, approved unanimously. 

A resolution supporting the grant application for a local parks and outdoor recreation grant from the state board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund for the completion of Maryland Mountain Park Trail Project F, was approved unanimously. 

A resolution approving a variance to allow a reduction of the minimum width of a driveway for an access point on the west overflow valet parking area of the Monarch Casino from 20-feet to 14.5-feet, was approved unanimously, allowing space for a bus stop and additional entrance into the parking lot. The entrance and exit points will be separate one-ways. This lot will be used by valets only. 

A resolution approving the first amendment to the agreement of lease between the city of Black Hawk as lessor and Ed & Shirley, Inc. as lessee, for property located at 200 Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado, passed unanimously.

A resolution approving the proposal from the Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency (CIRSA) for 2020 property casualty coverage, approved unanimously.  

A resolution approving the communication system and service agreement between the city of Black Hawk and Motorola Solutions, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $67,101 was approved unanimously. 

Both the city attorney and city manager had nothing to report and an executive session was not requested. The meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m. 

Council meetings are the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month with the exception of November and December. Regular meeting dates are subject to change upon council approval and proper notification.

(Originally published in the October 3, 2019, print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)