Where is public art money coming from? Is that a higher priority than schools?
Cameron Burtron: DURA has issued $275 million in bonds. 1% of that is required to be for public art. About half of that has been spent to date. When that policy was put in place, everyone thought the funding plan was adequate. It would be possible to ask to have that money repurposed, but construction of a new schools would cost considerably more than $1-1.5 million. Q: How many Forest City employees sit on the DURA board and how often have they chosen parks and roads above schools? A: Cameron Burtron: No FC employees are on the board. The City of Denver, park creek metropolitan district, DPS, DURA, and FC collectively decide when funds go to a school. Remember that roads and sewers have to be in place in order to build houses to fund the TIF to generate the money for building schools. I would caution people not to pit roads against schools, etc. Q: What will Forest City do to maximize revenues? Can rent to small businesses be lowered to increase tax revenues? A: Tom Gleason, Forest Ci
