The Gilpin County Commissioners approved Option 3 for redistricting the County during a regular meeting on March 28, 2023, at 9 a.m. at the courthouse in Central City. The Board also approved
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The Gilpin County Commissioners approved Option 3 for redistricting the County during a regular meeting on March 28, 2023, at 9 a.m. at the courthouse in Central City. The Board also approved authorizing the execution of a real property lease agreement with Gary Gambino, and the execution of an affiliate agreement with Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc.
Rob Gutierrez, Community Development Director, introduced the resolution for Gilpin County Districts Redistricting. As required by state law, the Gilpin County Districts must be re-aligned and adjusted after every Federal Census to ensure that the districts are proportional by population.
The county’s GIS contractor had prepared several sets of potential redistricting maps. Tom Neer from Digital Data Services Inc. has presented the maps to Commissioners, including the requirements of state law on the redistricting process.
Staff sought feedback and direction from the Commissioners on how to proceed forward with the redistricting process. This was last discussed on February 14, 2023, when a public hearing was set for March 14. Given that a minimum of 30 days’ notice of the public hearing is required, the public hearing was continued to March 28.
After hearing public comment that Option 3 was preferred, the Board approved that option. Gutierrez said he will put it on the website.
County Attorney Brad Benning introduced a resolution authorizing the execution of a real property lease agreement with Gary Gambino. He said the water rights in the Church Ditch needed to be changed to allow for Gilpin County water law.
Gilpin owns four inches of Church Ditch water rights. “The more we use, the more we get to keep,” he said. The County had an agreement previously, he said, and nothing had changed. There is zero cost to the County.
“We don’t make any money,” he added. He recommended not charging anything initially.
The Lessee owns land under the Church Ditch, legally irrigable with Church Ditch water, with a need for irrigation water. The lessee is also the contact person for five other owners of land under the Church Ditch with a need for irrigation water legally irrigable with Church Ditch water. The Lessor desires to lease Gilpin’s 4 inches, taken out at headgate number 75. The Board approved the resolution.
Previously, Gilpin County had approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with other Colorado municipalities and private companies to establish the Clear Creek
Watershed & Forest Partnership (the “Partnership”) for the collaboration and coordination in wildfire risk mitigation and forest health projects within the Clear Creek Watershed.
The Partnership now wishes to use coordination and financial services provided by Coalitions and Collaboratives, Inc. (“COCO”) to further the Partnership’s shared goal of wildfire risk mitigation and forest health; and to work with COCO.
Benning introduced a resolution approving and authorizing the execution of an affiliate agreement with Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc. According to the resolution, the COCO Affiliate Agreement is in conjunction with Clear Creek Watershed and the Forest Partnership within the Clear Creek Watershed for the purposes listed in the MOU.
Benning said this is the second part of the process. COCO has a memorandum of understanding with members, and formed a nonprofit group formed after fire mitigation. They reached out after that. The County would incur no cost. COCO provides HR services and manages contracts for fire mitigation in the watershed. Other cities or counties can join in.
They are offering their services if we agree. Benning recommended it. Members include Arvada, Black Hawk, Golden, and Jefferson County.
The Board approved the resolution as presented.
The next regular meeting of the Gilpin County Commission will be on April 11, 2023, at the courthouse and virtually. For more information, go to https://gilpincounty.colorado.gov/ public-meetings/board-of-countycommissioners bocc-meetings