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OUT OF SERVICE Continued from page 16 Sean King – Secretary

include Cunningham Fire Protection District merging with the Also, in attendance:
South Metro Fire Rescue Authority and the Snowmass-Wildcat Kurt Schlegel; Special District Solutions, LLC
Fire Protection District consolidating with the Basalt and Ru- Keith Worley
ral Fire Protection Districts. (http://www.swfpd.com/district- Tony Perconti
unification/)
Sherri Perconti
Steve Rea
4. Researching the Legality of Gallagher Due to Disparate Im-
pact The full meeting minutes are available on http://perrypark.
Disparate impact typically refers to practices adversely impact- org/metro-district/meetings/
ing one group of people of a protected characteristic over an-
other. Specific to Gallagher, the argument would be that the COMMITTEE UPDATES:
unbalanced 55/45 commercial to residential ratio is driven pri-
marily by Front Range properties, thus having a disparate im- Firewise Committee:
pact on rural districts throughout the rest of Colorado.
Section 2 of slash pickup program is underway. Slash piles that
remain in Section 1 are either contaminated or located where
“I think disparate impact could be grounds to look at Gallagher the slash cannot be moved easily. For more information on the
and say ‘this could be unconstitutional,’ ” stated Bruce Evans, slash pickup schedule and rules, please reference http://per-
Fire Chief of the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District in rypark.org/resident-information/slash-pickup-free-mulch/
Bayfield, Colorado.
The Metro District has received 16 applications so far for resi-
More research needs to occur to determine if disparate impact dent mitigation grants, and all have been approved. There are
could be used to offset the impacts of the Gallagher Amend- still 14 grants available for 2018. If you are interested, please
ment on the smaller rural fire protection districts in Colorado.
go to http://perrypark.org/resident-information/resident-
mitgation-grants/ to find the application.
Regardless of which path a fire protection district chooses, one
thing remains clear: doing nothing is not an alternative.
For those that may have missed it, Channel 4 in Denver ran a
story on Perry Park being one of the first Firewise communities
“Somebody needs to fix Gallagher,” stated Gypsum (Colorado) in the country. You can watch the story on the Channel 4 web-
Fire Protection District Fire Chief Kirkland, quoted in the April site at https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/
18, 2018, edition of the Vail Daily Weekly. “We made promises perry-park-residents-mitigating-wildfire-danger
to our citizens when we did our mill levy question, but now the
money is going away.”
New evacuation route signage is coming soon as the current
signage is too small and inconspicuous for residents not famil-
And along with it the quality of fire protection services.
iar with the route(s). PPMD will be sponsoring an evacuation
route tour this summer in cooperation with Douglas County
[Mike Grill has been involved in fire and emergency services Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management. For a preview,
since 1986 and has authored numerous articles for Fire and you can find the evacuation route at http://perrypark.org/
EMS trade journals. He is the co-author of two books: Fire safety/emergency-evacuation/
Service First Responder and First Responder Resiliency.]
Parks and Recreation Committee:
REPORT FROM THE The Parks and Recreation committee is getting close to creating
METRO DISTRICT BOARD a survey to gather feedback from Perry Park Metro residents
as to their views on which projects would be most valuable to
Sean King, Secretary, PPMD... the community. Look for the survey in your inbox early in Au-
gust.
JUNE BOARD MEET-
ING: Social Committee:
The Social Committee met on Monday, June 11th. At the meet-
On June 14th the Perry ing they continued to plan July 4 as a full day of fun activities
Park Metro District board for the whole family. The volunteer support and collaboration
met at the Perry Park Country Club for our monthly meeting. with the Perry Park Country Club continues to be fantastic. Be
In attendance were: on the lookout for an email and flyer with all of the details for
the holiday event.
Directors:
Randy Johnson – President There is still a threat to the fireworks display on the 4th due to
Craig VanDoorn – Vice President
Continued on page 19
Vanessa Dao – Treasurer
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