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FROM PAGE 2 e Ram driver had no signs of impairment, was not injured, and cooperated with police. e Tra c Safety Unit Investigates Fatal Motorcycle crashes and investigates severe and fatal crashes. is case is an ongoing investigation and anyone who has information regarding the call the Brighton Police Department tip line at 303-655-8740. e Brighton Police public message urges everyone to use caution, pay attention, drive sober, and obey the speed limit.

Police Department. Padilla was traveling behind a Dodge Ram 2500 that slowed to a vehicle turning left. Padilla slammed breaks skidding about 50 feet and hitting the rear bumper of the truck, ejecting Padilla from the motorcycle. According to o cials, he was not wearing a helmet and was transported to Platte Valley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

According to o cials, speed and alcohol appeared to contribute to the crash.

Call for needed. “By no means does the work stop here,” he said.

Heading into a committee hearing, Sen. Dylan Roberts, an Avon Democrat, appeared to be the swing vote on the committee. He cast a reluctant “yes” vote. “I still have concerns with where the bill is,” he said, adding that there will be “a lot more to do” to get him to back the bill once it is debated on the Senate oor.

But two other Democrats on the committee — Sens. Julie Gonzales of Denver and Tony Exum of Colorado Springs — also expressed anxiety about the measure before voting to advance the legislation. e pair said more changes were needed.

“You will see more amendments coming,” Gonzales said.

An e ort by Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican on the committee to erase the measure and replace it with an alternative policy with no policy preemptions for local governments was rejected. “Senate bill 213, as it stands right now, … is never going to get us to a ordable housing,” she said. “All it’s going to do is preempt local governments.” e bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee for approval before it can advance to the full Senate. e cities that would be subject to the requirements include: Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Broomeld, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Centennial, Cherry Hills Village, Columbine Valley, Commerce City, Denver, Edgewater, Englewood, Erie, Federal Heights, Glendale, Golden, Greenwood Village, Lafayette, Lakewood, Littleton, Lochbuie, Lone Tree, Longmont, Louisville, Northglenn,

Under amendments, cities and towns would have to allow duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes to be built in a half-mile radius around rail stations and a quarter-mile around corridors with bus-rapid-transit or where a bus stops every 15 minutes.

If a municipality doesn’t want to allow building of two, three or four units next to certain transit stops they could opt to zone for that kind of housing in a di erent part of their city or town proportional to the area around a transit stop that would have been a ected. In doing so, however, the municipality would have to take steps to prevent people living in those areas from being displaced and would be encouraged to focus the zoning around walkable areas.

At a minimum, Colorado’s largest cities would have to allow duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in 30% of the areas that are currently zoned for single-family homes. e requirement would also apply to large cities that don’t have train stops or bus rapid transit and bus routes with 15-minute frequencies, though they would be encouraged to prioritize their placement of denser residential zoned areas near transit.

Additionally, the amendments remove a provision preventing cities from mandating that new duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes around train stations and along bus routes with a lot of frequency be accompanied by parking. Instead, the change allows municipalities to require that a half a parking spot be built alongside each new housing unit.

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Active Minds: e National Parks e national park system includes over 400 units (63 national parks), over 84 million acres of land, and hosts over 300 million visitors per year. Join Active Minds as we tell the story of our national parks system. 1:30 p.m. Wed. May 3 $5 Deadline: Tues. May 2 e amendments would also require that cities with bus rapid transit zone for an average housing density of 25 units an acre in at least 25% of the housing-eligible land without a half-mile of stops. e requirement would be the same for within a quarter-mile of corridors with frequent bus routes.

Parker, Sheridan, Superior, ornton, Westminster and Wheat Ridge.

Outside of the Denver metro area, Greeley, Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, Colorado Springs, Fountain, Grand Junction and Pueblo would also fall under the mandates.

Cities with trains would have to zone for an average housing density of 40 units per acre in 50% of the housing-eligible land within a halfmile of stations.

Another amendment signi cantly changes the zoning shifts that would have been required of so-called rural resort job centers, including the Eagle River Valley near Vail and Roaring Fork Valley near Aspen.

Rural resort job centers are dened as municipalities that have a population of at least 1,000 and at least 1,200 jobs and are outside of a metropolitan planning organization, like the Denver Regional Council of Governments or the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization. ey also have regional transit service with at least 20 trips per day. e legislation’s rural resort centers include: Avon, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Dillon, Durango, Frisco, Glenwood Springs, Mountain Village, Silverthorne, Snowmass Village, Steamboat Springs, Telluride and Winter Park.

As originally written, the measure would have required adjacent towns in rural resort communities to work together to determine where to increase housing density and to identify bus corridors and work to increase residential and commercial development surrounding those corridors.

Under the amendments, rural resort communities would be required to choose at least ve options from a menu of 10 to 15 a ordability strategies included in the bill. Most of the resort communities already employ many of the listed strategies.

One of those options is letting property owners build accessory-dwelling units, also known as ADUs or “granny ats.” Other strategies on the menu include restrictions on short-term rentals, like those listed on Airbnb or Vrbo, deed restrictions, expediting building permit review, and establishing a local revenue source to develop a ordable housing. One strategy would be for municipalities to waive permitting, infrastructure and utility fees for building a ordable housing developments.

“I think they sort of missed the boat in this rst draft and what should apply to us and what would work best for us,” said Eric Mamula, the mayor of Breckenridge and owner of Downstairs at Eric’s restaurant.

Mamula said his community’s top concerns with the introduced version of the legislation involved a lack of a ordability restrictions on new construction and no requirements that buyers and residents of new housing be part of the local workforce. ey also worried about the absence of permanence for a ordability and other regulations involving the newly mandated housing.

Last month Mamula said resort communities would be working with lawmakers and the governor to “make sure we are getting the point across that we need some protections for our smaller ski town communities.” e original version of the bill would have required rural resort centers to allow ADUs. Under the amended version, only municipalities in the rest of the state would be prevented from restricting them. Right now, ADUs may be built in many towns and cities only in certain

“I feel like we are being heard,” he said.

SEE BILL, P5 belonged in Brighton, but it’s come to what it is now, and I think this is the best use for it.” e project has been in the works since 2015. City Councilors approved rezoning the property to a mixed-use planned unit development in Oct. 2015. e nal plat, which represents how each of the lots, roads and boundaries on the property will line up was the next step, according to City Planner Mike Tylka. e city still needs to approve a site plan for the development and issue nal permits, Tylka said.

“A nal plat and development agreement comes before the city council,” he said. “ ese are all required for site development can begin the property.” e project calls for ten developed lots with a new road, Riverfront Drive, running down the middle.

“A track for emergency access would go to the south, as the future plan calls for Riverfront Drive to continue south and connect into Kuner Road,” Tylka said.

Commercial developments would be clustered on the property’s northern edge along 168th Avenue with seven residential lots to the south on either side of the new road.

A cluster of trails and open space would go along the property’s westside, along the South Platte River.

Tylka said that at least 10.2 acres of the lot would be dedicated to open space.

Tylka said plans call for connecting that to the Colorado Front Range Trail, the planned 876 mile-long-path from New Mexico to Wyoming.

“And then we have easements for a future trail to connect to an underpass under U.S. 85 that would connect to that future Front Range Trail corridor,” Tylka said. “ is would be a connection from that regional trail all the way behest of Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Boulder County Democrat, adds unincorporated parts of counties to the list of places where ADUs can’t be prohibited.

over Main Street, under 85.”

Road improvements

Tra c at the 168th Avenue and Highway 85 intersection was one of the council’s biggest concerns with the project in 2015, and Tylka said the newest version is designed to tackle those with improvements to all four corners of the intersection, including widening and new lanes for turning and merging tra c.

“You will see de-acceleration lanes into the Metro North Treatment Facility is maintained and another is proposed coming into the new Riverfront Drive from the east and a much longer one going on to U.S. 85 for those traveling eastbound on Baseline. Right now, you see that gets backed up a bit currently.” zoning areas and the size of the units is governed by lot size. e bill would prohibit cities from requiring that new parking accompany any ADUs that are built.

Tylka said the plan also includes new turning lanes around the intersection. All of that work would need to complete before the site could be developed, he said.

One amendment adopted at the

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Another change to the bill would allow municipalities to notify the state of their need for an extension or exemption from the requirements based on shortfalls in their water supply or infrastructure.

Unchanged in the bill are a preemption on occupancy restrictions based on whether people living in a home are family members, as well as e orts to streamline manufactured housing. Still pending in the legislature is a measure that would ban municipalities from imposing growth caps while also repealing caps that have already been adopted in cities like Golden and Boulder.

Colorado Sun sta writer Jason Blevins contributed to this report. is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Michael George Nudd Sr, passed away on April 17, 2023, at his home in Brighton, Colorado. He was born February 4, 1949, to Gerald and Ann (Carnahan) Nudd, in Peoria, Illinois, where he also grew up until his family moved to Colorado in the Summer 1955. Mike attended Alameda High School and completed a year of college at Northeastern Jr. College in Sterling, CO. After college, Mike went on to work at and eventually own Denver Signs System Inc. A company his father started in the 60’s, which was eventually handed down to him 80’s. He worked there until his retirement in 2012. After retirement, with his “never sitting still” attitude, Mike went on to volunteer at Platte Valley Medical Center, as a front desk attendant, a job he enjoyed doing tremendously.

Before his career took ourishment, Mike married the love of his life, Linda Sue Swanberg on February 21, 1970, in Denver, CO. Mike, and his wife stayed put in the Denver Metro area to raise a family of six for the rest of their days.

On his o time, Mike loved to be in the outdoors. Whether he was gol ng, shing, camping, or hosting one of his memorable and rowdy fourth of July parties that had the possibility to turn into a 3–4-day event, he truly loved being outside. Mike had a lot of friends and pets. He particularly loves his cat Jett and even befriended a Canadian goose to the point where he was caring and nurturing for him more than his own mother. He was a man of many traits and talents, but ultimately, he was a family man, who would do just about anything to keep his family happy.

Mike is survived by four children: Jennifer (Ralph) Bolyard, (Brighton, CO), Patrick (Rachel) Nudd, (Oak Grove, MN), Dan (Sara) Nudd, (Aurora, CO), and Mick (Kelly) Nudd, (Parker, CO). Along by one sister, Nancy (Skip) Brayer, (Brighton, CO), and numerous grandchildren; Zack, Jessey, Emma, Mackenzie, Lyndsie, Zach, Peyton, Cooper, Cy, Elsie, Zach, Alli, Drew, Lucy and Caitlynn.

We all know what BYOB means right? It’s a restaurant that doesn’t serve alcohol, so the BYOB means bring your own booze. We love those establishments that have a full bar, great wines, and specialty cocktails. And when the food is as good or better than the booze, all the better.

But we also love those restaurants that require us to bring our own booze. Maybe it’s because they couldn’t get a liquor license, or maybe they prefer to focus on their passion for the food they cook, and either way, they are still a BYOB.

What if we thought about this in other areas of life? Even if we aren’t a restauranteur, or even if we are, we face other situations and opportunities in life that require us to bring something else to the game in order to achieve success. What if we thought about changing BYOB to BYOK, bring your own kindness? Or BYOS, bring your own strength. Perhaps it’s BYOP, bring your own peace. As you read this you could probably fill in the blank with, bring your own compassion, grace, awe-