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Martin said festival highlights include a build-your-own-boat race, a paddle-and-bike parade, a rubber duck race, a river-surf competition (subject to adequate river flows), a vendor village at Waterworks Park, hands-on recreation demos, a beer garden run by PAWS Animal Shelter and live music at Pillar Park. She said Bad Fish, a rafting/surf outfitter from Salida, will run the river-surf competition if flows permit, and Grassroots Gravel will provide free bike-valet parking at Waterworks Park.

Organizers plan three shuttle stops to help attendees move among festival areas; Martin identified the shuttle partner as \"Plobal Transit\" in the presentation. The event will include free water for attendees; Martin said she has restroom capacity at event sites for roughly 1,200 people at any one time and that, spread across the full day and river corridor, she is \"shooting for 5,000\" attendees in the festival's first year.

Martin said the Colorado Lottery will present the Starburst award at 5:30 p.m. at Levee Trail/Pillar Park and that local mural artists, fly-fishing demos, disc-golf and skateboarding activities will be among the family-friendly offerings. She encouraged preregistration for some activities and said the festival is intended to showcase the Arkansas River and local outdoor-recreation partners.

Council members responded positively. Councilman Barson thanked organizers and described the event as a highlight for new river amenities. Staff said they will continue coordination on logistics, flows and safety for river events and will update council as needed; no formal council action was taken at the work session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Work Session-July 15,2025","oneSentenceSummary","Pueblo parks staff described a 12-day Arkansas River festival beginning July 26 with river races, a paddle-and-bike parade, vendor village, free shuttles and a Trailgate after-party; organizer expects several thousand attendees but said this is the festival's first year.","taxTitle","Pueblo City, Pueblo County, Colorado","taxId",4964,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6550485,"CSU Pueblo, city discuss metro districts and URA overlay for campus-adjacent development",1901,2466000,4367000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5391331-9f9fdc569ac7ba99dcf7bf06a9b4b3d4&start=2466&end=4367","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5391331-9f9fdc569ac7ba99dcf7bf06a9b4b3d4/thumbnail_2466000.jpg","/articles/6550485/Pueblo-City/Pueblo-County/Colorado/CSU-Pueblo-city-discuss-metro-districts-and-URA-overlay-for-campus-adjacent-development","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6550485-ab2b6212a5f480aef07497343a499e9d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771172341&Signature=BMId917YPrBi~2ghJunI53132lA-X7jfdyG33wRG-IDQ7npZRk5qVfurbS-v2dC0Tg0PW~UotmppkaPbwnF8yFIzfA2Pn0ne1BCREBAxX27qWhkEPg6rPK-jKSyh6YjhmnHTjdpd-nPVPAx07ZiwNryaTBqR-sc5YoK6zTegmNpJW6nDFVnGN2f55PZfpebOLFybgGv7JBXi1dNmnfVM92WJvvEfPAWXG74cmg4anYRdDJZitv-i0zO1Fcmp6aaAytIDUHOduhVBaWAFfhwOZyRRGKBsZIYEiesQ66KIwmm-GaII9a64DHDVOYIvbwVlFdANUIToDur0VCKiYE18uQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representatives from Colorado State University Pueblo presented a plan at the July 14 Pueblo City Council work session to create three metropolitan districts and an urban renewal area to finance horizontal public improvements for a mixed-use development on approximately 116 acres of university-owned land adjacent to campus.

Rico Munn, acting president at CSU Pueblo, and Garrison M. Ortiz, the university's vice president of operations and chief financial officer, described the project as mixed-use and student-focused, including retail, restaurants, a hotel and student housing. Ortiz said the plan uses a layered public-finance approach — metropolitan districts overlaid with an urban renewal area — to fund streets, water, sewer and park improvements and to advance a master-developer selection process planned for the fall.

Suzanne (surname not provided), an attorney advising on special districts, explained the service-plan and formation process for metropolitan districts under Title 32 of the Colorado Revised Statutes. She said the university is proposing three separate districts — commercial, for-rent residential and for-sale residential — so different uses can have appropriately tailored mill levies and financing. She said the engineer's estimate for required horizontal infrastructure is just over $11.7 million and that the service plans request a $21 million maximum debt limit per district to allow transactional costs and inflation buffer; the proposed maximum debt and levy levels would be set in the service plans and are subject to the city's review in a forthcoming public hearing.

Ortiz said staff hopes to seek a public hearing in August on the service plan and to hold a November election for organization and TABOR/debt questions. He said the university aims to have the three districts and the URA created by fall to stay on schedule for a master developer selection in the same timeframe.

Council members asked how the districts would affect taxes and whether students could face additional fees. Councilman Mark Geller asked whether sales and use tax would continue to flow to the city; Ortiz said sales-tax arrangements and any URA-related remittance requests would be part of later URA plan documents and stakeholder engagement. Ortiz said the land is currently owned by the university and therefore off the tax rolls; he told council that creating the metro districts would generate new property tax base once development occurs. On student costs, Ortiz said no additional student fees are being imposed by the district creation and that student-fee processes at CSU Pueblo are established separately from the metro-district structure.

Council members also asked about the effect on city infrastructure costs; Ortiz and legal counsel said the developer and financing tools are expected to cover street and utility extensions (including Desert Flower Boulevard connection) estimated by city and project engineers to save the city millions in infrastructure costs compared with the city funding all improvements directly. Ortiz said staff will present URA plan documents to council in the coming weeks and that further stakeholder meetings with city, county and school-district officials are planned before final approvals.

No formal council action was taken; presenters said they would return for a public hearing on the service plan and for subsequent URA documents.","CSU Pueblo representatives briefed council on plans for three metropolitan districts and an urban renewal area to finance roads, utilities and public improvements for a 116-acre mixed-use development near campus; council asked about mills, student costs and timeline for public hearings and elections.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6550490,"City staff seeks emergency contract to replace HVAC at Republic Municipal Justice Center",552,208000,760000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5391331-9f9fdc569ac7ba99dcf7bf06a9b4b3d4&start=208&end=760","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5391331-9f9fdc569ac7ba99dcf7bf06a9b4b3d4/thumbnail_208000.jpg","/articles/6550490/Pueblo-City/Pueblo-County/Colorado/City-staff-seeks-emergency-contract-to-replace-HVAC-at-Republic-Municipal-Justice-Center","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6550490-00ff71edc0504dd0c6a32108f76e00d2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771172341&Signature=omsE63naGTiSr9N9CCbiGXeoMjBdLHjiLf0rF7TnGeUOcIHwRgOdPwojkwUhmk~KGQGtM5ms57LzIrKCn9ZCzj-bK4rGKALY7nxuN2xEJ2N~AG1MfLSkJJQw9Eh389f2r2pm7rncTwTsGaKAXnN0AYwB-70mGVyeDGHauJTg7BYi4m-u8VthbAz2hW3CxeSawMTM5~GdYb5nWd1pl5KKi7qVAlW5jCu3Xb16Hod9L5qEVCsS9w1eKTh6B9MwqLK1yQ0wP1ZxxZSosZJ3yGzPhftgkvuAiZbvV~DA2w~D6amGD~hVEGlBHsF0xx821OaNu16q8g9ZBkDmffm3bzu2yA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Naomi Hedden, the city's director of purchasing, told the Pueblo City Council at its July 14 work session that staff is treating replacement of the HVAC at the Republic Municipal Justice Center as an emergency and seeks authority to use an existing Omnia cooperative agreement with Trane to get equipment ordered quickly.

Hedden said the justice center houses police, fire dispatch, municipal court and critical IT infrastructure and that system outages disrupt multiple city services. \"If the system goes down, all of that stops,\" she said, and added the existing equipment has required repeated repairs and is past its effective life.

Hedden said the existing HVAC \"went down 26 times in 2024, 4 times this year,\" that the city has paid \"over $120,000 in just 2 repairs,\" and that some replacement parts have had long lead times — in one case she said staff waited seven months for a manufactured compressor. She told council the city's contract for design work with Bridges and Paxton (approved previously for $175,000) puts the project far enough along that ordering equipment now would shorten overall delivery and installation time.

The purchasing director described the Omnia cooperative agreement as a commonly used procurement vehicle the city has used before for large equipment; she cited a prior emergency HVAC purchase for the SRDA in 2020 as a precedent. Hedden said using Omnia and Trane would allow the city to order equipment immediately, with a 15–20 week lead time, and argued that relying on the cooperative contract could reduce cost and procurement time compared with opening a full competitive bid now.

Council members asked several procedural and risk-management questions. Councilor Flores asked whether the city could negotiate an extended warranty; Hedden said two years is typical for projects of this size but that she would investigate options for a longer warranty. Councilor Martinez asked how often the city has used emergency procurement in Hedden's 27 years; she said only a handful of incidents reached similar scale, and cited SRDA as the last comparable emergency.

Councilor Maestri pressed on transparency and contract structure, asking whether Trane would be selected before the city had a final guaranteed maximum price. Hedden said Bridges and Paxton are familiar with the equipment size needed and that the city would not sign a construction contract until a price is in hand; she said staff expects a proposal within a matter of weeks and that the proposal would be brought back to council. Councilors also asked that staff ensure appropriate insurance, professional-liability protections and contractual language to protect the city if design or equipment performance proves deficient.

Hedden said the city's previous experience with cooperative agreements has been positive and that Trane is a reputable manufacturer with a local presence that would enable quicker response. She emphasized that the replacement is not a discretionary project but a time-sensitive emergency given equipment age, repeated failures and risks to critical city operations.

Council did not vote during the work session; Hedden said she would return with contract documents and additional warranty and insurance information for council review within days.","City purchasing director told Pueblo City Council staff recommends an emergency cooperative purchase with Trane to replace the failing HVAC system at the Republic Municipal Justice Center, citing repeated breakdowns, expensive repairs and long lead times for parts.","actionData","errors"]

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