Hello,

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

Good morning,

It is clear that the city failed to provide relevant financial information during the public comment process for the land swap with the Broadmoor Hotel in 2016.

I am trying to determine with certainty whether the appraisal submitted for that land is valid or if the public comment process is invalidated by this omission.

It is impossible to do so without the omitted information.

I believe that the land that was owned by the Cog Railway needs $1,000,000 in repairs.

If this is true, the entire land swap is invalid.

Why does the city refuse to provide the estimated cost of the needed repairs?

The land swap was approved over 8 years ago.

Is the city refusing to answer because they know that the land swap will have to be reversed if the cost of the repairs is made public?

Does the city have another reason for refusing to provide the omitted relevant financial information?

It is undeniable that the city had a legal obligation to provide the requested financial information during the public comment process.

In light of the concerns I have voiced, the city has a legal obligation to provide this information today.

The land swap required that a legitimate public comment process be conducted.

I have exposed a flaw in that public comment process.

The city is obligated to provide the omitted information now.

The public has a right to know that some information was not provided in 2016 and then decide if they want to move forward with litigation to challenge the legitimacy of the appraisal for that land or the public comment process itself.

The city is obligated to inform the public that a mistake was made during the public comment process.

“$40,000 a year in repairs was being done on the land owned by the Cog Railway and the city should have mentioned this during the public comment process.”

“That annual work began in 2013, the public comment process was in 2016, and $40,000 in repairs is still being done on that land every year.”

Does the city have an estimate of how many more years it will be necessary to do the annual repairs?

How much in supplemental repairs would be necessary to end the $40,000 in annual repairs?

The city is representative of the people.

When the city realizes that it has made a mistake, they are obligated to inform the public.

Please provide the public with all relevant information now.

Thank you, Carl Strow