Residents, volunteers urge Northglenn council to repeal park-use rule CR 54; council schedules executive session

A group of residents, volunteers and a parks advisory board leader urged the Northglenn City Council on Oct. 13 to repeal or substantially rewrite Resolution CR 54, the citys recent amendment to public facility standards that city speakers said has been used to bar recurring, volunteer-run meal and outreach programs in parks.

Speakers told the council the measure has been enforced against longstanding, peaceful volunteer meals and outreach at E.B. Raines Park and that the rules broad language risks excluding refugees, walking clubs, seniors, and other recurring community activities. Trevor Hosterman, president of the Northglenn Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, told the council he originally recommended the resolution but said the implementation has been "a profound misstep" and urged immediate repeal.

The debate matters because, speakers said, the ordinance's language defines group use in a way that can criminalize repeated, volunteer-led charitable activity. Pastor Dusty McIntosh, who identified himself as…