We are not done yet: We're talking enforcement. Weaver going over the situation at Boulder Creek. Apparently every media source in the Denver metro is covering the crowds there.
"This sets the tone" for the summer, Weaver says. As will our enforcement.
Brautigam: "The situation is of grave concern."
23 citations issued for alcohol and marijuana violations.
Police also did education and crowds dispersed and were "respectful" after that, Brautigam says.
Police also did education and crowds dispersed and were "respectful" after that, Brautigam says.
"The closure of that area is under consideration."
"People need to follow the rules, and when they don't do it, it ruins it for everybody. ... We will be enforcing pretty strictly at this point."
City meeting with BoCo Public Health on this tomorrow.
CU follows up with disciplinary action, Weaver reminding council.
Friend: "For me, it's more like the straw that broke the camel's back. We've been pretty lax in a lot of areas. If we really believe ppl congregating is unsafe, we have to do something different."
"I've not been in favor of enforcement bc I'm not super law-and-order, but these are not ordinary times."
Doesn't want to shut down the park, though. "Ppl are taking advantage of us as a city and really putting us at increased risk."
Yates: "Any of your staff who feel they need to take action immediately should not wait to get direction from council." If chief of police wants to take action, she should.
"If parks director wants to close a park, she should close a park. If open space wants to close trails, they should close trails."
Brautigam: "They have absolutely no intention of waiting for direction."
Wallach: "The time has come to do something. We talked about education. Perhaps not everybody is educable."
Did not think that was a word but my spellcheck didn't change it so apparently educable is a thing I learned today.
Council will schedule a discussion on enforcement, etc. for a future meeting.
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