Hello,

This is my contribution to Citizen's Discussion at Tuesday's City Council meeting:

Good morning,

The city has owned the land that has the first two miles of the Barr Trail on it for nearly 7 years.

The city appears to have malicious intent towards the condition of the trail.

The city acquired millions of dollars in grant money to do repairs to the Manitou Incline but is refusing to do a drainage study for this land even after trail experts began talking about the trail being beyond repair.

The drainage work has to be done.

Even if the trail is closed.

The erosion ravines on the hillside will grow larger and larger until drainage improvements enable the water to drain in more appropriate places.

Why has the city not applied for a GOCO grant to do the drainage study?

The obvious issue is that the city will expose the fact that the land swap is legally flawed if they admit how much work the trail needs.

How much money did the city spend doing repairs on the legally flawed Manitou Incline?

Does the city have a policy that reads something like this “The Incline must increase and the Barr Trail must decrease”?

Did the city really allocate some of the HUD Community Block Grant money for Incline repairs?

Today the city can't find any money at all for a drainage study for the iconic Barr Trail.

“Steal from the Barr and give to the Incline”?

“The Barr Trail's loss is the Incline's gain”?

The city appears to feel that the Barr Trail's only value is to facilitate “Incline return traffic”.

Please tell me the total estimated cost for all needed repairs on the section of the Barr Trail that the city acquired in the land swap with the Broadmoor Hotel.

Thank you, Carl Strow