Hello,

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

Good morning,

On May 24th, 2016 the Colorado Springs City Council approved the land swap between the city and the Broadmoor Hotel.

The individual members of the City Council knew that the city had refused to provide the relevant financial information that I had repeatedly requested.

What sort of logic was the city employing to justify this policy?

Was the city claiming that they had a right to withhold from the public any information that I asked for because the city claimed that I was in some way flawed?

Did any city official instruct Richard Skorman to quietly discredit my questions?

If I made city officials aware of a legal flaw in the land swap, those city officials became legally liable for acting on that knowledge.

It would not be legal for any city official to proceed with a land swap which they knew to be legally flawed.

Has Rocky Mountain Field Institute told the city that the land we acquired from the Cog Railway needs one million dollars in repairs?

If so, the appraisal submitted by the Broadmoor is worthless and the land swap is invalid.

The public would have to be informed.

What is the total estimated cost of the needed repairs to the land that we acquired from the Cog Railway in the land swap?

How much will it cost to have the needed drainage study done?

How much will it cost to build a new fence and remove the old one?

Thank you, Carl Strow