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City Council Meeting Minutes November 5, 2012 Page 2 of 14 Alan Sobel, 1408 Kennedy, Louisville, CO stated he was ending his filibuster, which he began on April 6th of 2010. The purpose of the filibuster was to bring awareness to his perception of the long time practice of City of Louisville officials to represent the interest of the cable company rather than the interests of Louisville citizens. He noted on September 4, 2012, the City approved the dissolution and privatization of the Greater Metro Telecommunications Consortium (GMTC). He cited and distributed several documents to the City Council and members of the public, which included comments made by City officials, lack of public information, the failure of the local newspaper to document his filibuster and excerpts from the Colorado State Statutes and Case Law on the priority of public interest over private interests. He felt the City Manager's office presented inaccurate information and Louisville's 4,000 cable customers had no voice in this matter. He felt the Council took Comcast's instructions instead of the State Statutes instructions to keep the citizens informed and involved. Council member Sackett stated Mr. Sobel is a very sincere person and faithfully attended City Council meetings, however not a single other Louisville citizen complained about Comcast. He felt the Council deals with priority items important to the citizens and no other citizen complained about Comcast. Mr. Sobel stated there are 4,000 cable customers in Louisville, who do not know about the GMTC because the City has never told them. He felt if they knew the GMTC was supposed to represent their interest they would have something to say about it. COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL COMMENTS ON PERTINENT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Council member Jasiak expressed her thanks to the public for attending the Ward meetings and the Mayor's meeting and taking part in the community discussions. Mayor Muckle explained the road construction on US 36 is the first phase of the expansion of US 36 to include bus express lanes and HOV lanes, which will go from Pecos to 881h Street Bridge over US 36. This phase is fully funded through contributions from RTD, CDOT and Federal loans and will be complete in December of 2014. The funding on the second phase is underway and will be from 88th Street to Table Mesa, with a completion date in the summer of 2015. By 2015 there should be improved roads with bus lanes from Boulder to Denver. Discussions continue on the FasTracks component for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and the funding through RTD to enable the bus service to begin when the road is complete. RTD agreed to fund the 1-225 light rail expansion. RTD offered to fund a study to look at all mobility options available to the Northwest region. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Muckle called for changes to the consent agenda and hearing none, moved to approve the consent agenda, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Dalton. All were in favor.