Conifer Area Council Town Hall Meeting, Apr 18th, 6:30pm

Save the Dates
April 21, Saturday – Conifer 9HealthFair (details forthcoming)

~ Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church, 9444 Eagle Cliff Road, Conifer, CO 80433; (303) 838-0338

~ 7 AM til Noon


May 19, Saturday – Community Veterans Coalition Rendezvous

~ Conifer Community Park at Beaver Ranch, 11369 S. Foxton Road, Conifer, CO 80433.

~ 7 AM til 1 PM. Free breakfast for Veterans.

~ Free Veterans services – mobile veterans center; health screening; county, state and national service providers; Veterans and family information services; summer conservation jobs.

~ In honor of our Veterans and their families, the public is invited.



May 19 and 20, Saturday and Sunday – Mountain Area Home and Garden Show (see http://www.homeshowcolorado.com/ for more information).

~ Evergreen High School, 29300 Buffalo Park Road, Evergreen, CO 80439; (303) 982-5140

~ Saturday – 9 AM to 5 PM

~ Sunday – 10 AM to 3 PM

~ All proceeds benefit Rotary Foundations of Evergreen and Conifer. Over $61,000 donated to our community; over 1,300 volunteer hours.

Email reminder from the Conifer Area Council:

Please join us this Wednesday April 18 for our next Town Hall Meeting. We are starting early this time – 6:30 PM!

Formal presentations will take place between 6:45 and 8:00 PM. Speakers who will discuss the Lower North Fork Fire include State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources Director Mike King (representing the Governor’s Office), Jeffco Sheriff Ted Mink and Elk Creek Fire Protection District Chief Bill McLaughlin. Local community and other speakers will cover the remaining topics.

Representatives from the following, among others, will be at the Open House segments before (6:30 til 6:45 PM) and after (8:00 – 9 PM) the formal presentations:

● Colorado Dept of Regulatory Agencies (DORA)
● Jefferson County, including Administration, Sheriff’s Office and Animal Control
● Jefferson Conservation District
● Mountain Area Land Trust
● Mountain Peace Shelter
● Mountain Resource Center
● Animal EVAC Volunteers

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Conifer Area Council Town Hall Meeting 4/18/12
Over 175 people in attendance

@2min Area events - Dawn Smith, Conifer Chamber of Commerce

@4min Library Update - Brian Moseby

@7min CDOT Update - Steve Harrelson

@9min RTD Update
moving Pine Junction Park n Ride

@14min Journey Church - Jim Meyer
Update on property development
Angry Llama Diner moved
Mountain Roads Driving School

@17min Conifer Area Council
Peter Barkman
2 cases of interest: conifer heights, rezoning & slash site, recommended for not approval by commissioners?, but sound study still pending for commissioners

@18min Lower North Fork Fire presentations intro

@20min Director mike king of natural resources office, representing the governors office
What's being done? Prescribed fire review. Ban on state fires until everything done to prevent this from happening again. Must undergo protocol review.
Changing accountability will eventually go to governor.

@28min Cheri Gerou
Promising transparency, legislation
Going through budget process at state. 64 of 65 voted for it, balanced.

@~34min Jefferson County Ted Mink and all 3 commissioners
Sheriff - 911 system. Discussed software issues. Corrected how addresses are coded for location. Did a test last night, results within acceptable parameters. Emphasized it is a tool, use your own judgement.

County commissioners, Faye Griffin, John Odom, & Donald Rosier
Disaster Recovery Manager Kate Newman

@48 min Sharon Schrage, Mountain Resource Center

@51 min Elk Creek Fire Dept Chief Bill McLaughlin
Fire mitigation
Issues with coordinating with other 285 corridor fire depts - communication a big issue
Need better maps, bigger picture communication in addition to taking care of assigned area
Working with sheriff dept to make evacuations better/more effective or efficient - moving to 3 level evac system.

Level One means be ready (like pre-evac). Voluntary, livestock, elderly, people with health issues should go ahead and
Level Two means leave soon, all residents. Start packing pets, photos, etc.
Level Three means go immediately, danger to your area imminent.

Pre-planning will involve meeting with individual neighborhoods to plan evac routes, coordination.
Better mitigation of homes.

@68 min Janet Shown, president Conifer Historical Society
Feasibility study to make Meyer home a museum, structure assessment
PowerPoint presentation of results of study, by Phil Gerou
Pick a year to take the house back to. Built in 1890, chose 1951 b/c the Meyer family did drastic renovations when they bought it in 1950.

@1hr, 23min Yellow Barn & Little White school house updates

@1hr, 29min Martie Whitmore
Water approval
Current status: final stages of site approval