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With 120 elevators in the town, the council also approved a Memorandum of Agreement that will allow the town to continue inspection services for elevators and escalators in residential and commercial buildings. e agreement will be valid until June 30, 2028.

In other business, the council approved an ordinance for an easement to the Parker Water and Sanitation District over town-owned property at Salisbury Park North.

“ is is a realignment of an existing sanitary easement, along with the realignment of the sanitary line itself,” said Michael Grabczyk, of the engineering and public works department.

e 30-foot wide non-exclusive easement is necessary for the Parker Water and Sanitation District to accept the new line into their system and the existing easement will be vacated once the new easement and sanitary line are in place and operational, according to Grabczyk.

Also concerning the Salisbury Park North area, the council approved the Salisbury Park North DevelopmentProfessional Services Agreement for Design with contractor Hord Coplan Macht in the amount of $3,249,457, which is appropriated in the 2023 Parks, Trails and Open Space fund. According to Brett Collins of the parks, recreation and open space department, the uses of the park may include amenities such as multipurpose elds, play areas, picnic pavilions, restrooms, landscape and irrigation.

Another resolution was approved by the council to exempt certain real property known as the Kings Point Way Property from the De nition of Subdivision and Subdivided Land as contained in the town’s Land Development Ordinance.

Located on the north of E470, east of Parker road and north of Cottonwood Drive, the exemption plat will plat a single right-of-way tract into three separate tracts, according to Amber Wood-Hicken of community development.

As the town is completing the nal design and easement acquisition for the North Parker Road Operational Improvements Project, the council approved a Purchase and Sales Agreement between the town and CST Metro, LLC.

By approving the agreement, thenal land acquisitions necessary to accommodate the town’s North Parker Road Operational Improvements only roadway bisecting the park, called East Lake View Road, washed out in two places. As a result, the road is closed inde nitely as it requires long-term repairs.

O cials have to evaluate approximately 1,700 square feet of road and bank damage, per the release.

“ e high reservoir levels have submerged the east and west boat ramps,” o cials said in the release.

“ e swim beach is also underwater, as well as a few picnic areas on the east side of Cherry Creek State Park.” projects will be made as the project plans to widen the south side of Ponderosa Drive, west of Parker Road to improve the e ciency of the intersection. is will include an additional right-of-way for Ponderosa Drive over a stormwater detention pond tract.

Park sta could not assess the damage and safety of the a ected areas until the standing water receded, according to the release.

On May 17, Colorado Parks and Wildlife gave a park ood update on its website, saying the reservoir is receding very slowly, with an average of less than a quarter-inch per day.

Temporary easements are proposed to be obtained over the same pond tract and a portion of the adjacent gas station property to allow for the work, said Alex Mestdagh of the engineering and public works department.

Payment for the right-of-way and easements in the amount of $56,384 will come from appropriated funds for the capital project.

In light of the heavy rains, Councilmember Laura Hefta thanked the public works.

“I noticed that our hard working public works and engineering were out there lling in the potholes,” said Hefta.