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opposes construction defect laws Members urge reform

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As the number of municipalities opposing Colorado Senate Bill 23-213 grows, the Centennial City Council is voicing its opposition not only to the bill, but also state construction defect laws, which the o cials say limits forsale multifamily residential development.

“Our condo units used to be 20% of our total units of property, singlefamily residential property. We’re now down to 3%,” said Councilmember Christine Sweetland. “Having an entire segment of the marketplace removed is not helping with the price points in our city and our state.” e council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the construction defect laws during its April 18 council meeting.

Otis and Bear sworn in

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e sound of applause, laughter and puppies barking echoed at the Arapahoe County Sheri ’s O ce as Sheri Tyler Brown swore in two new school therapy puppies, Otis and Bear.

Otis, an 8-week-old black Labrador, will work alongside Deputy Drew Matthews, a school resource o cer who works at Byers and Deer Trail schools e other therapy dogs include Rex and Zeke, who work in Little- ton Public Schools, and Riley, who works in Cherry Creek Schools.

Bear, an 8-week-old chocolate Labrador, is teamed up with Deputy Candace Gray, a school resource o cer at Cherry Creek Academy. Starting next school year, the pair will divide their time between all the Cherry Creek Schools in Centennial and unincorporated Arapahoe County.

“ is puts us at ve therapy dogs that are connected to our school resource o cers, which is amazing. And they voluntarily take this on,” Brown said during the April 20 swearing-in ceremony.

“I want to thank Cherry Creek Schools, and Deer Trail and Byers, and Littleton Schools for … their willingness to jump into this program with us and seeing the bene ts,” Brown said.

Tom Turrell, the superintendent of the Byers School District 32-J, said he can’t share his support enough.

“Out of both Byers and Deer Trail, we work hand-in-hand in many, many projects, and this

“I think this resolution gives us an opportunity to really go to our state legislators and let them know the impact that it’s having on our community,” Sweetland said.

According to the city’s sta report, the construction defect laws include the Construction Defect Action Reform Act, portions of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, and “other laws related to construction defects.” e report noted that, according to the University of Colorado’s 2023 Business Economic Outlook, apartments

“Despite a desire for developers to o er for-sale condominium development, nearly all of the development has been apartment construction,” the sta report states.

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