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MANITOU SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA

Manitou Springs City Council Chambers City Hall, 606 Manitou Avenue

COUNCIL Term Expires Mayor Marc A. Snyder Jan. 5, 2016

At-Large Gary L. Smith Jan. 5, 2016 At-Large Donna Ford Jan. 5, 2016 At-Large Randy R. Hodges Jan. 5, 2016

Ward 1 Vacant Jan. 2, 2016 Ward 2 Coreen Toll (Mayor Pro Tem) Jan. 2, 2018 Ward 3 Nicole Nicoletta Jan. 2, 2018

MARCH 10, 2015 7:00 P.M.

A. CALL TO ORDER

B. ROLL CALL

C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

D. CITY COUNCIL WARD 1 APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS

E. APPOINTMENT OF A CTY COUNCIL WARD 1 REPRESENTATIVE Adjourn

MEMO DATE: March 6, 2015

TO: City Council

FROM: Donna Kast, City Clerk

SUBJECT: Item D - City Council Ward 1 Applicant Presentations

City Council Ward 1 Applicants (Listed Alphabetically)

The following individuals are seeking appointment (note: Dolores Mauch has withdrawn):

Tamara Bmilett Jay W. Beeton

Christopher Dwyer Rebecca (Becky) S. Elder

Gloria Latimer Steve Mac WhOlier

I have independently verified that all are registered electors and are currently residing within Ward 1. All applications are attached.

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CITY OF MANITOU SPRINGS 606 Manitou Avenue· Manitou Springs, CO 80829

Phone: (719) 685-2554· Fax: (719) 685-2607 • [email protected]

City Council is seeking a qualified resident to serve the remainder of Kevin "Sarge" Mac Donald's term for City Council Ward 1. The newly appointed member will serve until a successor assumes the position on January 5,2016 after the November 3, 2015 election.

Qualifications: • Registered elector of the City of Manitou Springs • A citizen of the United States for at least five years • Must have resided in Manitou Springs for not less than one year • Must be a resident of Ward 1 at the time of appointment and during the tenure in office

If you are interested in being appointed to this vacancy, please complete the application and return it to the City Clerk's office by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, March 3, 2015.

If you have any questions, please contact City Clerk Donna Kast at 719-685-2554; [email protected] .

. Application for City Council Appointment

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DO YOU MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AS NOTED ABOVE?

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN MANITOU SPRINGS? 11 YEARS

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PLEASE PROVIDE A BRIEF STATEMENT AS TO WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY:

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Application for City Council Appointment

NAME: Tamara Bartlett

ADDRESS:

PHONE:I 1

EMAIL:

DO YOU MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AS NOTED ABOVE? _X_YES

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN MANITOU SPRINGS? 14 YEARS

EDUCATION: PMP, Project Management Institute. Masters Public Administration, University of Colorado, Colorado

Springs. Business of Arts majoring in Business Economics, Colorado College

OCCUPATION: IT Project Manager


I was very actively involved in my community before having children and moving to Manitou Springs, and now that I am

part of an "empty nest" I look forward to getting re-involved. I received my Masters in Public Administration after

working 5 years at PPCC, which, while education, is very much a government institution. I have always been drawn to

how things work. I read the minutes published in the Pikes Peak Bulletin. My family culture as a child included civic

duty, and making a positive difference when and where possible. I am proud to live in Manitou Springs and want to

contribute.

PLEASE DESCRIBE THE EXTENT OF YOUR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT UP TO THIS POINT:

Both my children attended MS schools K-12 and graduated in 2013 and 2014 respectively. My involvement was

primarily in the schools. I volunteered in their classrooms and with their extra-curricular activities including sports and

student council. I was Precinct Chair for the 2008 election. I volunteered during flood clean up, first with cleaning

furniture for Adam's Mt. Cate, and later as a coordinator at Venue 515. I have not missed an opportunity to vote in any

election, including those that are just local, since I turned 18. I also shop and eat locally as much as I am able.

PLEASE TELL US ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO KNOW:

I was raised in a small rural town in Southern Colorado. Small towns face a unique set of issues which require the

coming together of community to adequately address. My role as a project manager fora global corporation requires I

work with people of all types, backgrounds, and ethnicities. I get along well with people and run effective meetings. I

appreciate your consideration for this position .

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Phone: (719) 685-2554· Fax: (719) 685-2607· dkast@comsgoV',com

City Council is seeking a qualified resident to serve the remainder of Kevin "Sarge" Mac Donald's term for City Council Ward 1. The newly appointed member will serve until a successor assumes the position on January 5, 2016 after the November 3,2015 election.

Qualifications: • Registered elector of the City of Manitou Springs • A citizen of the United States for at least five years • Must have resided in Manitou Springs for not less than one year • Must be a resident of Ward 1 at the time of appointment and during the ten me in office

If you are interested in being appointed to this vacancy, please complete the application and retum it to the City Clerk's office by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, March 3,2015.

If you have any questions, please contact City Clerk Donna Kast at 719-685-2554; [email protected].


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HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN MANITOU SPRINGS? 2/ YEARS

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I dedicated my professional career to public service as a public relations and marketing professional working in higher education, municipal government and for an educational nonprofit. Now that I've retired, I'd like to continue my commitment to public service and give back to the community I love. As a Manitou Springs City Council member, I would work hard to develop an understanding of my ward as well as the needs, desires and concerns of my constituents. Of immediate importance is the impact of the Manitou Incline -- and particularly Incline traffic -- on the residents of this ward as well as Manitou Springs. The incline is here to stay, but I believe it is critically important for Council to develop a long-term plan that would maintain the livability and peacefulness of the area while providing convenient access to those who wish to use the Incline and other Manitou trails.

I am also certified in the Systematic Development of Informed Consent as well as Citizen Participation by Objective, which I hope I could use to be both a responsive and responsible representative for my constituents.


I was a member of the 7-person COG (Citizens Opposed to Gambling) Steering Committee that designed the statewide campaign to defeat the statewide proposal to force limited stakes gambling on Manitou Springs in 1994. Our efforts resulted in defeating the measure by a margin of 91 percent to 9 percent.

I have also volunteered in community clean-up efforts following the floods and served briefly on the Manitou Springs Education Foundation.


Throughout my career, I was always seen as a creative problem solver with a knack for seeing the big picture and developing innovative strategies to meet organizational goals. This was particularly true during my time as Director of Public Relations at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs where, despite not having campus housing at the time, we exhibited the fastest student growth of any campus in the CU system.

I also worked as a senior communications specialist and communications director for the City of Colorado Springs and the Town of Castle Rock, respectively. I understand how municipal government works and the extraordinary amount of worl< and dedication necessary to maintain quality services while being sensitive and responsive to the manifold and varying needs and issues of a diverse community.


Lastly, I spent eight years as a newspaper reporter and editor, and understand how municipal operations and governance can appear from the outside. I understand how easily reputations and hard work can be compromised or tarnished, and understand how quality communications and a commitment to public disclosure and openness can significantly mitigate those problems.

Over the past few years, I've been impressed with Manitou Springs governance, and feel the City has been responsive to its citizens while delivering generally high-quality services. I would like to playa role in the City's continued success and willingness to work collaboratively with its citizens.



City Council is seeking a qualified resident to serve the remainder of Kevin "Sarge" Mac Donald's term for City Council Ward 1. The newly appointed member will serve until a successor assumes the position on January 5,2016 after the November 3,2015 election.


If you are interested in being appointed to this vacancy, please complete the application and return it to the City Clerk's office by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, March 3,2015.



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DO YOU MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AS NOTED ABOVE? __ NO

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN MANITOU SPRINGS? 2- YEARS

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Why apply to join the Council? I have been a lover of Manitou Springs since I moved to Colorado Springs as a child, and have visited here repeatedly throughout my life, including during my studies at the Colorado College. As a resident over the last three years (I was away for a year in Virginia), I have come to appreciate on a deeper level the historic, cultural, environmental and economic significance of Manitou. I am passionate about helping the people of Manitou Springs both honor this town's rich history engage with its current opportunities to redefine itself as an economically vibrant, culturally creative and ecologically aware community in which all feel welcome to live, work, visit and thrive. Engagement of Manitou citizens in the process of stewarding our resources and living out the vision they created through the Manitou Forward process is pivotal to our success as a town and as a community going forward.

Community Involvement. My wife, Jillian and I operate two local businesses here--In Joy Baking Co., a maker of organic, gluten-free eats and food gifts, and LocalMotive, LLC, which is working to develop the local food economy in the Pikes Peak Region. I am a member of the Manitou Collaborative, sit on the creative district strategic planning committee, serve on the board of Pikes Peak Permaculture, and am active with the new Transition Streets project, which helps neighbors form groups to learn about and implement household cost-saving, carbon footprint reduction, and community development strategies. I am continually inspired by the people of Manitou whom I encounter in these various business and volunteer endeavors. I see service to them through City Council as a complementary means of advancing an agenda that increases Manitou Springs' cohesion, self-reliance and sense of community.

Anything else you'd like us to know? Before becoming an entrepreneur and business consultant, I spent nearly 20 years in non-profit senior management and fundraising. I understand the practicalities of running an organization and dealing with organizational finances, while also inspiring people to act in support of a shared direction. You can expect me to take a cooperative, positive and forward-looking approach to the work of the City Council and to advancing the vision of this town I have come to love so much.

CITY OF MANITOU SPRINGS

606 Manitou Avenue • Manitou Springs, CO 80829 Phone: (719) 685-2554 • Fax: (719) 685-2607 •

[email protected]

City Council is seeking a qualified resident to serve the remainder of Kevin "Sarge" Mac Donald's term for

City Council Ward 1. The newly appointed member will serve until a successor assumes the position on January

5,2016 after the November 3, 2015 election.

Qualifications:

• Registered elector of the City of Manitou Springs

• A citizen of the United States for at least five years

• Must have resided in Manitou Springs for not less than one year

• Must be a resident of Ward 1 at the time of appointment and during the tenure in office

If you are interested in being appointed to this vacancy, please complete the application and return it to the City

Clerk's office by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, March 3, 2015.



NAME: Rebecca (Becky) SEider

ADDRESS:

PHONE: __ ' EMAIL:

DO YOU MEETTHE QUALIFICATIONS AS NOTED ABOVE? XXX YES __ NO

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN MANITOU SPRINGS? 31 X YEARS

EDUCATION: Art, Philosophy, Environment and Ecology, Childbirth, Permaculture, Grant Writing

OCCUPATION: Gardener, Designer, Consultant, Co-Director of non-profit


I feel my educational background is timely for a position on council. Manitou has been my home for half of my

life, moving here at the age of 30 with my son and a 10 day old daughter. Because this is my home, I find

myself active on many levels within the community and moving Manitou forward in a positive manner into an

uncertain future is where my education has focused - sustainability and managing ourselves in the face of

what we know now. I love Manitou and the surrounding environment and feel that Council would be a great

way to "pay my rent" for the region and the planet.


Manitou Springs Park and Recreation Advisory Board (presently - 3 year term)

Pikes Peak Permaculture Board Member and Co-Founder (2012 to present)

Transition Town Manitou Co-Founder (2009 to present)

Green Cities Coalition (Steering Committee Member 2009 - present)

Green Cities Local Food Working Group member - 3 years

Green Cities Water Working Group member - (Presently)

Manitou Open Space Advisory Council (Charter Member & 7 years)

Red Rocks Canyon volunteer and supporter

Peak to Plains (Agricultural) Alliance (2009 - 2011)

Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce - Manitou Pride Volunteer

Solidarity of Hope (Charter Member & Secretary)

Red Rocks Canyon Committee volunteer

Save the Flats (Charter Member)

Higginbotham Flats Task Force (Charter Board Member)

Manitou Springs Garden Club (Past President - 3 terms)

Ute Pass Preservation Society volunteer

Mesa Plant Xeriscape Demonstration Gardens - volunteer/instructor

CSU Extension Office - volunteer/instructor

Mile High Mothers - Mother Earth News Chapter 13 member & Vice President

Manitou Springs Carnivale Parade (2001 - 2013 *missed this year)

PLEASE TEll US ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE US TO KNOW:

Author of Raven In The Garden: A Front Range Gardener's Journal, published in 2007, won 1st place award for

Creative NonFiction from the local Paul Gillette Writer's Guild in 2003 (Manuscript). My writing is my art and

the book was inspired from my gardens at 1124 Manitou Avenue 1988 through 2000. Far as I can tell it is the

only gardening book written in this area FOR this area. My father, who passed in 2013, was a Teller County

Commissioner, Planning Commissioner and was very steeped in public governing. He was always encouraging

me to go for an office and felt that I would be a good team player. I feel that I am the lorax of Manitou -

speak for the trees and the voiceless whole of the natural world. I have a lot of support within the whole of

Manitou Springs, not just Ward 1. I have been in Ward 1 for over 14 years now. Thank you.

SIGNATURE: Becky Elder via email

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DATE: February 18, 2015

CITY OF MANITOU SPRINGS 606 Manitou Avenue • Manitou Springs, CO 80829

Phone: (719) 686-2664 • Fax: (719) 686-2607 • [email protected]

City Council is seeking a qualified resident to serve the remainder of Kevin "Sarge" Mac Donald's term for City Council Ward 1. The newly appointed member will serve until a successor assumes the position on January 5, 2016 after the November 3, 2015 election.



If you have any questions, please contact City Clerk Donna Kast at 719-685-2554; dkastialcol1lsgov.com.


NAME: ____ G_lo_r_ia_L_a_t_im_e_r __________________________________________________ __

ADDRESS:

PHONE: ______________________ _ EMAll: l

DO YOU MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS AS NOTED ABOVE? X YES __ NO

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN MANITOU SPRINGS? __ 8 _ YEARS 1996-2001 and 2011 to present

SSE, MSE, Ed. S. EDUCATION: ____________________________________________________________ _

OCCUPATION: Trainer and Consultant for Public Health


Generally speaking, I'm much more interested in public administration and policy than the average person. That comes partly from my work experience In public health where engaging stakeholaers to solve problems in a must and partly from being a person who enjoys being a part of the process. My wife and I moved to Manitou in March, 2011 and since then I have had strong interesUopinions about the issues of event parking, retail marijuana, use of the InC/ine and increasing tourism while maintaining our small town atmosphere to name a few. My work schedule can be adjusted (but not immediately) to attend meetings and get to know the businesses and residemtseip:LWard 1.


I have been working out of state about 2 weeks each month which limited my involvement. I'll mention a few things; In December, I helped the PARAB with priority setting which was rolled into a larger strategic planning session held in ,January I serve as a Council Member and Usher for my church, First Congregational UCC in Colorado Springs and help the Southern Colorado AIDS Project with O/gallizillg alld plallnillg events as lIeeded. Last yeal, I WOI ked witll S-CAP to pi esellt a I equest to begin a Syringe Access Program to the Board of Health. Although support was high and data/evidence was strong, we could not overcome the attitude that such a program would enable continuing drug use. I have seoled on several hoards of comm! !Oity and state organizations fOCi Ised on p!!hIiC health initiatives over the years as most of my work career was at EI Paso County Health Department and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.


I've attended a few city council and planning commission meetings in the past year to get a feeling for how the work gets done. I think we have a lot of talent/expertise among the staff, council, business community and residents that could work together This is a good opportunity for me to see if I'm a good fit for City Council and consider whether to run for tile POSitiOIl ill MoveJilbeJ.

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CITY OF MANITOU SPRINGS 606 Manitou Avenue' Manitou Springs, CO 80829

Phone: (719) 685-2554 • Fax: (719) 685-2607 • [email protected]

City Council is seeking a qualified resident to serve the remainder of Kevin "Sarge" Mac Donald's term for City Council Ward 1. The newly appointed member will serve until a successor assumes the position on January 5, 2016 after the November 3, 2015 election. .





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City Council is seeking a qualified resident to serve the remainder of Kevin "Sarge" Mac Donald's term for City Council Ward 1. The newly appointed member will serve until a successor assumes the position on January 5, 2016 after the November 3, 2015 election.

Qualifications: • Registered elector of the City of Manitou Springs • A citizen ofthe United States for at least five years • Must have resided in Manitou Springs for not less than one year • Must be a resident of Ward 1 at the time of appointment and during the tenure in office




NAME: ___ D_o_lo_r_es __ M_a_u_c_h ____________________________________________________ __

ADDRESS: __ r ________ _ PHONE: _ , _________ _ EMAIL:

DO YOU MEETTHE QUALIFICATIONS AS NOTED ABOVE? X YES NO

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN MANITOU SPRINGS? __ 4_ YEARS

EDUCATION: BSN

OCCUPATION: ------~R~N~----------______________________________________ __


I have a great deal of gratitude being able to live in such a wonderful community and would like

to have the opportunity to give back by offering my time and service.

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I have volunteered my time at the local grocer and have participated in the community garden.

I bring family and friends to most community events. I take full advantage of the trails and

green space the surrounds our beautiful and unique town.


I have worked as a Public Health Nurse in a county setting and in Utilization Management

with goal to effective use resources. I have worked in mental health with emphasis on

risk management, conflict resollJtion and problem solving

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