Author: Norma Engelberg
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City of Cripple Creek is seeking Disadvantaged Community status to offset device fee losses
CRIPPLE CREEK • City Administrator Frank Salvato spoke to Cripple Creek City Council at its Oct. 19 meeting about a recent prequalification meeting between city officials and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. “If we qualify as a disadvantaged community, we will receive more grants and lower interest loans,” he said. City Finance Director Paul…
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Cripple Creek City Council waives tap fees for 2 housing projects, School District RE-1 building trades mini-factory
The Cripple Creek City Council is using the city’s residential construction incentive ordinance to make sure more housing projects get out of the ground. On Oct. 5, councilmembers waived $214,000 in water and sewer tap fees for two residential construction projects. Matt Fochts requested $22,000 to develop three single family homes in the 400 block…
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Woodland Park school board granted summary judgment in contempt of court case; plaintiff Erin O’Connell says she’ll appeal
On Oct. 7, Teller County District Court Judge Scott Sells granted the Woodland Park School District RE-2 school board’s request for a summary judgment on a contempt of court suit filed by Erin O’Connell, a district parent and business owner who is married to a district teacher. The judgment closed the case. O’Connell’s suit against…
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Middle school students present STEAM projects to Woodland Park school board; school performance scores discussed
The Oct. 12 Woodland Park School District RE-2 Board of Education meeting started out on a high note as Woodland Park Middle School teachers and students presented their Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) projects. Library Media Specialist Kelly Bradley and Enrichment Teacher Benjamin Honeycutt led the presentations, allowing WPMS students Paige Bissue, Brynlee…
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Woodland Park City Council considers short-term rental ordinance, approves moratorium extension
“Be prepared to pay for whatever regulations we put in place” was Woodland Park City Councilwoman Catherine Nakai’s advice to council during an Oct. 6 work session. The council discussed a new ordinance designed to regulate short-term rentals that was recommended for approval by the Woodland Park Planning Commission on Sept. 29. The work session…
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Woodland Park school board debates, amends accountability committee rules
The Woodland Park School District RE-2 Board of Education called a special meeting on Oct. 6 to amend Governing Policy-7, which governs district accountability committees. They also amended the School Accountability Committee rules, which was a different prospect. Each board member took turns reading the entire DAC policy. They emphasized the changes they wanted to make…
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Woodland Park council extends short-term rental moratorium
It’s unusual for either the Woodland Park City Council or the Planning Commission to have meetings on a fifth Thursday, but Sept. 29 was an exception as both bodies had special meetings. These meetings even covered the same subject: short-term rentals. City Council approved extending the moratorium on issuing new STR licenses on initial posting.…
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Woodland Park Farmers Market wraps up season
The Woodland Park Farmers Market ended a successful season with cake. Sept. 30 marked the end of the award-winning market’s 32nd year. It was a rebuilding year after COVID-19 and Market Manager Judy Crummet’s retirement after 30 years. New Executive Director/Market Manager Sara Swart worked with a core group of six volunteers, including Teller County…
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Woodland Park continues work on short-term rental regulations
On Sept. 22, the Woodland Park Planning Commission hoped to finish the work it started at a work session earlier in the month: creating a new ordinance to regulate short-term rentals in Woodland Park. It wasn’t to be. Planning Director Karen Schminke summarized the draft for the public, ticking off the main points one by…
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Cripple Creek City Council sends overdue bill to county
At 10 minutes, the Sept. 21 Cripple Creek City Council meeting might have been one of the shortest meetings on record, but council used that short time to approve four agenda items. Mayor Milford Ashworth listened in on Zoom while Mayor Pro Tem Tom Litherland ran the meeting. First, Cripple Creek codes allows the Teller…