The Cortez City Council will meet Tuesday night to discuss a conditional use permit for Children’s Kiva Montessori School, state grants for the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Advisory Board and other topics.
Before the regular meeting, the council will hold a workshop at 5:45 p.m. in the Mesa Verde Room at City Hall. The regular meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers. Both are open to the public.
Parks and Recreation Director Dean Palmquist plans to make several presentations to the council, including a request for approval on a grant the department recently received from Great Outdoors Colorado to build six pickleball courts in Centennial Park. He will also ask the council to approve the appointment of Mike Lavey and David Newman to the advisory board.
Another item on the agenda is a consideration of approval for a conditional use permit that would allow the Kiva to move into the buildings on 2306 and 2310 E. Empire St. The permit was approved by the Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission this month, but the buildings in question are being leased by a church and a gymnasium, and property owner Mitchell Toms said he hasn’t sold them yet.
During the workshop, council members will hear a presentation from Chief of Police Roy Lane, discuss possible regulations for smoke-free zones on city property, hear an update on the city’s commercial landscape incentive from Palmquist and discuss a possible land acquisition on the site of a former fire department building on South Broadway.
Other items on the meeting agenda include:
A presentation from Steve Blackwell asking the mayor to proclaim the first week of May Southwest Colorado Sportsman’s Week.A public comment section.Consideration of approval for an amendment to a Department of Local Affairs contract concerning the Cortez Fiber Expansion Project. Consideration of approval for an amendment to City Manager Shane Hale’s contract that would raise his salary by 3½ percent.
