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Home My Public Portal About3 Bi-Weekly Update 10 November 2017 Bi-W e e k l y U p d a t e N o v 1 0 , 2 0 1 7 Highlights • New Snow Plow Murals • New GM at Ski Broker • Public Works • Planning • Professional Development Upcoming Events Nov 11 Holiday Arts and Craft Fair in Granby Nov 15 Winter Park Opening Day Nov 17 Snow Mountain Ranch Nordic Center Opening Day Nov 18 Holiday Craft Fair at Fraser Rec New Snow Plow Murals Check out the new murals on our snow plows! Fraser’s own Public Arts Committee (PAC) painted a couple of our snow plows utilized by our Public Works Team with some cool murals depicting the character of the Fraser Valley. Also Fraser Valley Elementary School’s Art Department are currently working on painting two more of our snow plows for snow season! This has been a great way to show off some of the local talent from some of our upcoming artists! Since the plows were in need of a paint job any- way, we were thrilled to pay for just a little more paint to add a cool, ar- tistic touch to our snow plows and keep this fun Town program alive. We’d like to give a huge thank you to the PAC and the Fraser Valley El- ementary School Art Department for making this happen and helping keep Fraser funky! New General Manager at Ski Broker Exciting news regarding the Ski Broker business in Fraser! Ski Broker has been in Fraser for over 33 years and now they enter the 2017/2018 ski season with a new general manager. Paul Jones, who founded and still owns the Ski broker, has brought in Chris Olivier to run the shop for him this sea- son. Chris brings many years of retail and sports experience to his new position. Over his career he has managed big box retail stores and for the last eight years has operated PlusSizeBMX.com, an online mountain bike media website and event company that he founded. Chris said that the Ski Broker will operate much like it has in the past but will be expanding it's products this season to in- clude backcountry products, fat bike rentals and more. P a g e 2 Bi-W e e k l y U p d a t e P a g e 3 Bi-W e e k l y U p d a t e Public Works Water Our water engineers and staff are preparing the end of the water year augmentation accounting for the Rendezvous/Grand Park water system for submittal to the Division Water Resources this month. We are also working on a diligence filing with the water courts for three of our municipal wells. Streets Grand County Road & Bridge has requested that Fraser add a short section of roadway (bus route) in the Winter Park Ranch area to our intergovernmental agreement (IGA). This addition will create a loop requiring a one-way pass over it that will minimally increase our time and materials for this addi- tion. An amendment to the IGA will be forthcoming for Town Board consideration. Monthly Police Report As expected in October, our call load decreased significantly. We responded to a total of 411 calls for service with 155 calls from Fraser and 247 calls from Winter Park. The remainder were assists to other agencies. We completed 67 incident reports with the following being the more significant events: Traffic Crashes: 12 Criminal Traffic Violations: 8 Assaults: 3 Thefts: 3 Disorderly Conduct/Harassment: 3 We saw the departure of Sgt. Matt Harmon who left us to move to the front range on October 14th. As a result, we now have one vacant position that we will be attempting to fill soon. Our newest Officer, Tyler Kupser, successfully com- pleted our 14 week field training program and is now working as a solo officer. On October 31st, we hosted several hundred people at the Fraser Historic Church for our annual “Trick or Treat With a Cop” event. Our police department had a great time and real- ly enjoyed meeting all the miniature super heroes, princess- es and pirates that stopped by to visit. P a g e 4 Bi-W e e k l y U p d a t e Planning Fraser River Corridor Master Plan Public Workshop #2 We invite you to join us for our second public workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 12 th from 5-7pm at the Fraser Historic Church (107 Eisenhower Drive) to provide your input on ways to develop a long -term vision to protect and enhance the Cozen’s Ranch Open Space. At the meeting, we will review and discuss up-to-date results of the online community survey, present design alternatives, and brain- storm additional ideas in a collaborative workshop. For more information, please contact Catherine Trotter at ctrotter@town.fraser.co.us. Fraser River Corridor Master Plan Community Survey If you haven’t had a chance to complete the online survey for the Fraser River Corridor Master Plan, please take five to ten minutes to click the link below and submit your input. Your input is important to the master planning process! A key piece of this planning process includes involving local residents to leverage their knowledge about where they live and the envi- ronment around them. The feedback you provide will help guide the Master Plan Team in understanding how you currently use the Cozens Ranch Open Space, how you would like to use it in the future and how you would like to see this area improved overall. The outcome of the project is to protect, connect and inspire! We want to focus on incorporat- ing the Fraser River more into the Town of Fraser and into the lives of the residents and visitors. Our desired outcome is to showcase Cozens Ranch Open Space to everyone and allow the natural beauty of the river corridor to positively impact people of all ages without negatively impacting the wildlife population. Please complete this short 15 minute survey. The survey results will ultimately be included in Master Plan report. Please complete the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FraserRiverMPSurvey and visit the Town of Fraser’s website for more information about the project at http://frasercolorado.com/. Please do not hesitate to contact Catherine Trotter (ctrotter@town.fraser.co.us) or Brandon Parsons (bparsons@thkassoc.com) with THK with questions or for more information. The survey will run from October 13, 2017 – November 30, 2017. The results of the survey will be posted to the Town’s website in January of 2018. P a g e 5 Bi-W e e k l y U p d a t e Planning Development Code Public Outreach Event The Town of Fraser is updating its land development regulations and Town residents and property owners were encouraged to attend a public workshop regard- ing the project last Thursday, November 2nd. The meeting was structured as an open house event at the Fraser Historic Church. Fraser’s development code update will consolidate all land use-related regu- lations into one document for ease of reference. The objective is to create a unified development code that is user-friendly and reduces some of the regulatory barriers to development. This project is partially fund- ed by a Colorado Department of Local Affairs admin- istrative grant. A consultant team led by Plan Tools, LLC of Loveland, Colorado is assisting Town staff with the project. For more information, please contact Catherine Trotter, Town Planner at (970) 726- 5491 X209 or visit www.plantools.com/Projects/FraserCode. Professional Development Caselle Conference Our Finance Department attended the Annual Caselle Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, last month. Caselle is a government ac- counting software that we use as our main financial software. We utilize Caselle for all of our financial needs including payroll, utility management and various permits. At the conference, there were various breakout sessions where we learned about new modules Caselle is offering and more about the module we are currently using including recent updates to the software. We also have the opportunity to network with other governments who use Caselle. These conferences also give us personal face time to the many Ca- selle employees we interact with throughout the year that help us with anything from the smallest question to implementing a new module. The Town of Fraser has been using Caselle for 16 years and their software and service is second-to-none! International City Managers Association Annual Conference Last week, Town Manager Jeff Durbin attended the International City Managers Association (ICMA) Annual Conference in San Antonio Texas. As a Credentialed Manager, Jeff has made a commit- ment to the ICMA Code of Ethics and professional development. The annual conference brings managers together from around the world to discuss current trends and learn from each other. During his travels, he visited our former Town Clerk, Lu Berger, who sends everyone a big “howdy” from Texas! P a g e 6 Bi-W e e k l y U p d a t e Please feel free to contact us with any questions Town Hall 970-726-5491 A full list of contacts can be found at: www.frasercolorado.com Incredible shot of the mountains from Corona Pass that was uploaded to our Instagram page! Town of Fraser PO Box 370, Fraser, CO 80442 Did You Know… You can view a list of professional planning studies and reports done for the Town of Fraser! Are you frustrated with lack of affordable housing? Curious on what downtown Fraser could look like? Our staff hires professional consulting firms native to Colorado with track records of effective and proven recommendations. While something such as affordable housing sounds simple, it’s actually pretty complicated and improving the process of how we approach these challenges is often the result of professional studies. Stay informed on what’s going on in Fraser, look for business opportunities, and identify areas where you could help! To find these studies, go to www.frasercolorado.com, hover your cursor over “Government”, then “Departments”, and select “Planning.” Have fun and get involved!