Gas stations, school property and miscellaneous news from residents
One-Sided Presentation To Limit Lakewood Gas Stations
The Planning Commission presented evidence of health and environmental harm from fueling stations and car washes. No evidence from the other side was presented. With only one side represented, it is no surprise that the Planning Commission unanimously recommended to restrict gas stations in Lakewood, while at the same time increasing electric charging stations. Council comments generally reinforced that view and city staff will be drafting new ordinances to implement these recommendations.
The Planning Commission discussed the issue at three public meetings. In the presentation, this sounds like all sides were heard. However, inviting comment or being open to comment is not the same as researching or actually hearing the other side.
Street Stories
Cross post from Ramey Johnson
It’s important to share what I am seeing and hearing from our community.
One popular Colfax business can no longer hang the American flag outside their door. The homeless living nearby take it down and shred or burn it. The employee I spoke with assumes they burn it to stay warm. He often finds foil with burn marks from illegal drugs near their area. Generally, they leave when he asks them to.
A small business owner told me, “There is nothing that anyone can do.”
Colorado authorities warn public not to use blue USPS mailboxes after Boulder man was arrested
Shared by a Lakewood resident
Cross post from CBS Colorado, Karen Morfitt reporting
Authorities in Colorado are warning the public not to use the blue USPS out door mailboxes after many reports of theft and a Boulder man was taken into custody.
Lakewood’s Energy Outages
A Lakewood resident forwarded the following article from Denver7 pointing out that Lakewood’s push for electrification will cause more problems for an electrical grid that is already going down several times a week.
Cross-post from Denver7.com, By Jaclyn Allen
Xcel Energy customers in west Denver metro area report frequent, longer outages
LAKEWOOD, Colo — Just blocks away from the Colorado Mills Shopping Center, a suburban Lakewood neighborhood had three power outages in five days last week, with one lasting almost 24 hours.
School Property Going to Market-Rate Buyer
Lakewood’s offer to buy Emory Elementary School was turned down by Jefferson County. Lakewood City Manager Kathy Hodgson reported offering in-kind services in return for the school property. City Councilors expressed concern in July meetings at the concept of market-rate pricing but there is nothing the city can do. At the June meeting on the Glennon Heights Elementary School disposition meeting, residents were told that the developer, Cardel Homes, was looking at purchasing multiple school sites for residential use.
No word on what kind of residences would be built in an area that doesn’t have a neighborhood school.
