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Commerce City, CO 80022  
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Meeting Minutes - Final  
City Council  
Monday, August 18, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Council Chambers, 7887 E 60th Ave, Commerce City, CO  
80022. The meeting will also be conducted in a hybrid format  
via Zoom. Registration link:  
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Regular Meeting  
Call to Order/Roll Call  
1.  
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Commerce City was called to order  
by Mayor Douglas on August 18, 2025, at 6:00 PM.  
9 -  
Present:  
Mayor Steven J. Douglas, Mayor Pro Tem Susan Noble, Council Member  
Oscar Madera, Council Member Rocky Teter, Council Member Renee  
Chacon, Council Member Craig Kim, Council Member Charles Dukes,  
Council Member Sean Ford and Council Member Kristi Douglas  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Agenda  
2.  
3.  
A motion was made by Council Member Kim, seconded by Council Member Teter, to  
adopt the agenda as published. Vote: 9-0 Aye  
Public Comment  
4.  
Public Comment - City Council will conduct this meeting in person at the  
Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 E 60th Ave, Commerce City, CO  
80022. There will be the opportunity for public comment at the meeting  
during public comment and/or for each agenda item. Comments may be  
consolidated under the Public Comment part of the meeting. The public  
can submit their comments live during the meeting in person, via Zoom,  
or in advance through mail or email. Visit c3gov.com/council and click on  
“Meeting agendas” for the full meeting agenda and "Virtual Meeting and  
Public Comment Instructions" for instructions on how to submit live verbal  
and written comments. The deadline to register via Zoom or submit  
written comments is noon on Monday, August 18, 2025.  
-Troy Younger spoke on comments made at the August 4th Council meeting.  
-Keith Rogers spoke on traffic issues in their neighborhood.  
-Shirley Henni spoke on solar lights on Olive St and traffic issues on Quebec St, and  
more pedestrian walk signs in the City.  
-Glen Murray spoke on speed limits on Hwy 2, and blighted areas in the City.  
-Ivonne Williams spoke on speeding in their neighborhood and the need for speed  
bumps.  
-Patrick Meyer spoke on speeding in their neighborhood, and speeding 18-wheeler  
trucks in Ward 2.  
-Jackie Valdez spoke on weed issues in their neighborhood.  
-Rene Bullock spoke on a water district open house with South Adam's County Water  
District, on September 4th, 2025.  
-Mrs. Bailey spoke on the need of speed bumps in their neighborhood.  
Noticed Council Business  
25-181 Appointment to Police Pension Board  
5.  
A motion was made by Council Member Dukes, seconded by Council Member Teter,  
to appoint Council Member Ford to the Police Pension Board. VOTE: 8 - Aye, Nay - 1  
(Ford).  
Land Development Code amendments for siding standards for new  
construction and establishing the preliminary plat process.  
A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Noble, seconded by Council Member Chacon,  
to direct staff to draft an ordinance by October amending the current Land  
Development Code to implement the use of preliminary plats for subdivision approval  
for projects that have not yet been submitted. VOTE: 7- Aye, 2 - Nay (Madera, Ford).  
A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Noble, seconded by Council Member Chacon,  
to direct staff to draft an ordinance by October, amending the current Land  
Development Code to prohibit the use of vinyl siding on new home constructions.  
VOTE: 5 - Aye, 4 - Nay (Dukes, Ford, Kim, Madera)  
Presentations  
6.  
2026 Budget - Preliminary Session #3  
Chris Johnson, Budget Manager, presented on the 2026 Budget presentation.  
Recess to the GIDs & URA Meeting  
7.  
8.  
The meeting recessed at 7:49 PM.  
The meeting reconvened at 8:49 PM.  
Consent Agenda  
Council Member Kim removed Proclamation 25-025.  
Mayor Pro Tem Noble removed Resolution 2025-110 and Resolution 2025-111.  
A motion was made by Council Member Craig Kim, seconded by Council  
Member Renee Chacon, that the consent agenda be approved as amended.  
VOTE:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Mayor Douglas, Mayor Pro Tem Noble, Council Member Madera, Council  
Member Teter, Council Member Chacon, Council Member Kim, Council  
Member Dukes, Council Member Ford and Council Member Douglas  
Minutes of the August 4, 2025 Regular Meeting  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2025 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF  
COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE  
DEFENSE COUNSEL FIRST APPEARANCE GRANT PROGRAM IN  
THE AMOUNT OF $2,500 AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE  
EXPENDITURE THEREOF  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING COMMERCE CITY REVISED  
MUNICIPAL CODE (CCRMC) SECTION 6-2004  
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2025 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF  
COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE  
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT IN THE  
AMOUNT OF $8,000 FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI)  
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.  
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE COMMERCIAL LEASE FOR  
SERVICIOS DE LA RAZA IN ADAMS TOWER FLOOR FIVE, TO  
REFLECT NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE  
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE COMMERCIAL LEASE FOR  
BENEFITS IN ACTION IN ADAMS TOWER FLOOR FIVE, TO REFLECT  
NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE  
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE COMMERCIAL LEASE FOR  
FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER DENVER IN ADAMS TOWER  
FLOOR FIVE, TO REFLECT NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE  
Proclamation Declaring September 15 - October 15, 2025 as Hispanic  
Heritage Month in Commerce City, Colorado  
Bianca Gonzalez, with the DEI Commission, read the proclamation.  
A motion was made by Council Member Kim, seconded by Council Member  
Chacon, that this Proclamation be approved. VOTE:  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE  
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WSB, LLC FOR  
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND  
PROPERTY ACQUISITION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE E. 88TH  
AVENUE WIDENING PROJECT  
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL  
AGREEMENT WITH ADAMS COUNTY FOR THE PATHWAYS TO  
STABILITY PROGRAM  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE  
AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR  
SERVICES WITH BROTHERS REDEVELOPMENT, INC.  
A motion was made by Council Member Kim, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem  
Noble, that this Resolution be adopted. VOTE:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Mayor Douglas, Mayor Pro Tem Noble, Council Member Madera, Council  
Member Teter, Council Member Chacon, Council Member Kim, Council  
Member Dukes, Council Member Ford and Council Member Douglas  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE  
AND EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR  
SERVICES WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF METRO DENVER,  
INC.  
A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Noble, seconded by Council Member  
Dukes, that this Resolution be adopted. VOTE:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Mayor Douglas, Mayor Pro Tem Noble, Council Member Madera, Council  
Member Teter, Council Member Chacon, Council Member Kim, Council  
Member Dukes, Council Member Ford and Council Member Douglas  
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO DESIGNATED BOARDS  
AND COMMISSIONS OF COMMERCE CITY  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE  
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WSB, LLC FOR  
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE  
IMPROVEMENT TO THE MEDIANS ON HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN EAST  
72ND AVENUE AND EAST 112TH AVENUE  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A LODGING TAX REBATE INCENTIVE  
FOR 96TH AND TOWER ROAD INC. AND REVIVING AND AMENDING  
THE LODGING TAX REBATE INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH 96TH  
AND TOWER ROAD INC.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A LODGING TAX REBATE INCENTIVE  
FOR DIA ONEPEARL LLC. AND NIBBLENOOK HOSPITALITY LLC  
AND AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH DIA ONEPEARL LLC. AND  
NIBBLENOOK HOSPITALITY LLC, FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A  
FULL-SERVICE HOTEL AT 18201 EAST 81ST AVENUE  
Sponsorship for Colorado Inspires  
Sponsorship for the Grace Baca Memorial 5K  
Sponsorship for 7th Annual Yeti Classic Golf Tournament  
Resolutions - 8:25 PM  
9.  
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ASSIGNMENT TO THE  
COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY OF A PRIVATE  
ACTIVITY BOND ALLOCATION OF COMMERCE CITY PURSUANT TO  
THE COLORADO PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND CEILING ALLOCATION  
ACT  
A motion was made by Council Member Ford, seconded by Council Member  
Dukes, that this Resolution be adopted. VOTE:  
9 -  
Aye:  
Mayor Douglas, Mayor Pro Tem Noble, Council Member Madera, Council  
Member Teter, Council Member Chacon, Council Member Kim, Council  
Member Dukes, Council Member Ford and Council Member Douglas  
Administrative Council Business  
10.  
A motion was made by Council Member Ford, seconded by Council Member Dukes, to  
direct staff to install speed bumps or humps, if they are warranted after a traffic study  
by staff and meet certain criteria or if there is a community demand, on Olive Street.  
VOTE: 9 - 0  
A motion was made by Council Member Chacon, seconded by Council Member  
Douglas, to call up Case S24-0016, Final Subdivision Plat Murray Family Farms  
Subdivision 2, through a public hearing process of the Planning Commission and City  
Council pursuant to Land Development code Sec. 21-3241(4)(d). VOTE: 5 - Aye, 4 -  
Nay (Dukes, Madera,Teter, Ford).  
A motion was made by Council Member Madera, seconded by Council Member Kim, to  
direct staff to provide a breakout, by Council Member, over the last four years of  
what’s been spent on education, conferences, and travel and to pull up any Council  
Policies that existed previously in regard to those budgets. VOTE: 9-0  
A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Noble, seconded by Council Member Chacon,  
to amend the main motion to include data on salary and benefits versus attendance at  
Council meetings and study sessions for Council Members on an individual basis.  
VOTE: 5 - Aye, 4 - Nay (Dukes, Madera,Teter, Ford).  
A motion was made by Council Member Ford, seconded by Council Member Dukes, to  
use $16.3 million dollars of unencumbered fund balance to go towards the police  
substation on 104th Avenue. VOTE: 5 - Aye, 4 - Nay (Chacon, K. Douglas, S.  
Douglas, Noble).  
A motion was made by Council Member Chacon, seconded by Mayor Douglas, to  
extend the automatic time of adjournment to midnight. VOTE: 5 - Aye, 4 - Nay (Noble,  
Ford, Madera, Dukes).  
Council Reports  
11.  
12.  
Review of Work Schedule  
City Manager Rogers highlighted items presented in their weekly report provided to  
council earlier. The mayor and council reported on their attendance at various meetings  
and events.  
Executive Session  
An executive session of the City Council pursuant to C.R.S. section  
24-6-402(4)(f)(I) for the discussion of personnel matters, specifically to  
discuss performance standards of the City Manager.  
A motion was made by Council Member Kim, seconded by Council Member  
Teter, to enter into an executive session pursuant to C.R.S. section 24-6-402(4)(f)  
(I) for the discussion of personnel matters, specifically to discuss performance  
standards of the City Manager.VOTE:  
8 -  
Aye:  
Nay:  
Mayor Douglas, Council Member Madera, Council Member Teter, Council  
Member Chacon, Council Member Kim, Council Member Dukes, Council  
Member Ford and Council Member Douglas  
1 - Mayor Pro Tem Noble  
An executive session of the City Council of Commerce City pursuant to  
C.R.S. section 24-6-402(4)(b) for the purpose of receiving legal advice  
regarding City of Greenwood Village v. State of Colorado  
A motion was made by Council Member Kim, seconded by Council Member  
Ford, to enter into an executive session pursuant to C.R.S. section 24-6-402(4)(b)  
for the purpose of receiving legal advice regarding City of Greenwood Village  
v. State of Colorado. VOTE:  
8 -  
Aye:  
Mayor Douglas, Council Member Madera, Council Member Teter, Council  
Member Chacon, Council Member Kim, Council Member Dukes, Council  
Member Ford and Council Member Douglas  
1 - Mayor Pro Tem Noble  
Nay:  
Adjourn  
13.  
A motion was made by Council Member Kim, seconded by Council Member Ford, to  
automatically adjourn the meeting following the executive session. VOTE: 8 - Aye, 1 -  
Nay (Madera).  
The meeting adjourned at 11:51 PM.  
In accord with the city charter, the city clerk read the title to all ordinances and  
resolutions adopted by Council at this meeting.  
_________________________________  
Brittany Rodriguez, Sr. Assistant City Clerk  
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