R
EDSTONE R•E
•
V•I
•
E•W
LOOK FOR REDSTONE REVIEW AT ISSUU.COM / SDCMC VOLUME 20, NUMBER 11
LYONS, COLORADO
RESIDENT / OCCUPANT PRSRT STD ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID LYONS, CO PERMIT No 2053 $.50
DECEMBER 18, 2019 / JANUARY 15, 2020
B •R •I •E •F •S Christmas Eve service at the Wildflower Pavilion LYONS – The 15th Annual Community Christmas Eve celebration will be held at Wildflower Pavilion at Planet Bluegrass on Tuesday, December 24 at 5p.m. A love offering will be taken for Higher Ground Ministries. Dress warmly. For more information, call the Stone Cup at 303-823-2345.
Christmas Services at Lyons Community Church LYONS – Blue Christmas Service will be held at Lyons Community Church, 350 Main St. on Saturday, December 21, at 7:15 p.m. Christmas can be a difficult time for some people. If you or someone you know is experiencing sorrow during the holiday season, join us for a time of worship and remembrance. The Blue Christmas Service is a service where we recognize that things are not always “merry” and “bright” and that there is grief and is darkness, but also that there is always hope. This is a quiet and contemplative service and is open for all throughout the community. Service will be conducted by Pastor Emily Kintzel. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will take place on Tuesday, December 24, at 6 p.m. at Lyons Community Church. Join us for a family-friendly service of lessons, carols, and candlelight. Service will be conducted by Pastor Emily Kintzel. For more information, call 303-823-6245 or visit www.lyonscommunitychurch.org
When will the ice rink open? LYONS – Town staff plans to work to get the ice skating rink ready between December 9 and 20. The hope is to have the ice rink open when school is out on Winter Break. This is all weather dependent. Parks and public Continue Briefs on Page 12
issuu.com/sdcmc Like us on Facebook
I •N •D •E •X LYONS
2
EXPRESSIONS
3
LOCAL
4
OPTIONS
5
CREATE
6
INSIGHT
7
CULTURE
8
A&E
9
FOUNDATIONS
10
HOUSING
11
NATURE
12
COMMUNITY
13
Annabeth Harrison, age 5; and Magnolia Harrison, age 18 months, met with Santa at the annual Lyons Holiday Craft Bazaar on December 8. PHOTO BY CATHY RIVERS
Town Board discusses Pay As You Throw, Fourth Ave. Bridge, says good bye to Town Clerk Anthony By Susan de Castro McCann Redstone Review Editor LYONS – The Lyons Town Board said goodbye to retiring Town Clerk Debbie Anthony at a recent board meeting in December. Anthony was celebrated for her 22 years of service to the town at a party on December 13. Delores Vasquez will replace Anthony as the new town Clerk in January. The new student advisory panel to the Town Board is getting some attention due to the panel’s work on researching vaping. One or more of the students might be asked to speak to some state representatives on the subject. The town board had come to an impasse on making a decision on using single hauler Pay as You Throw (PAYT) companies at an earlier meeting in December after two companies, Western Disposal Services and One Way Inc., gave presentations to the board on the services that they could provide to Lyons. At the December 16 board meeting the trustees again discussed the single hauler PAYT issue. (See the Letter to the editor by David Hatchimonji on page 2.) Trustees Mark Browning and Barney Dreistadt spoke about the Sustainable Futures Commission’s (SFC) work on the single-hauler PAYT proposal and their request for the town board to
take another look at the proposals. The SFC meets after the Redstone Review goes to press; however at the direction of Mayor Connie Sullivan the SFC’s PAYT proposal will be on the January 6 town board meeting agenda. Town Attorney Brandon Dittman said that a petition has been submitted to the town to be placed on the ballot in April with the Trustees election to allow residents to approve any decision that the town board makes on choosing a single hauler PAYT company and the agreement. Trustee Mark Browning said this ballot proposal if passed would discourage any single-hauler PAYT companies from wanting to do business in Lyons because they would not want to go through the trouble and cost of an election. At the January 6 board meeting the town board has to either make the petition part of the town code or place it on the April ballot. It will be up to Attorney Dittman to come up with the language for the single-hauler ballot issue and make it understandable for the voters. The town board will have to approve the language before it goes on the ballot. The town board discussed issues around wastewater testing and monitoring. In a memo on wastewater testing by Aaron Caplan, the Interim Utility Coordinator, he said, “The town is working to determine how
it can reduce its levels of BODs (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) and TSS (Total Suspended Solids) going into the wastewater treatment plant. One of the reasons for this is because any new Eastern Corridor development will not be allowed to begin using the wastewater system until we can show we have our BOD and TSS levels under control, ” and he went on, “We need to do more to get high-strength waste pretreated before it reaches the wastewater treatment plant and add more code specifically requiring pretreatment.” This requires more testing at locations that are causing the problems. The board agreed that more testing needs to be done and is working with the businesses to solve the problem. The town board also discussed the Fourth Avenue Bridge. The proposals came in higher than expected for the bridge at $855,000. The staff pointed out that about $500,000 is available to use from a grant from Safe Routes to Schools, but the town would have to match $355,000 to secure the capital improvements. Trustee Mike Karavas said,We are over budget on Bohn Park phase II so we have to look at other funding for the bridge. He cautioned the board that they have to be careful about over-spending the budget on various Continue Town on Page 14