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Aurora lawmakers to vote on statement of opposition to ICE following shooting of woman from Colorado

In the first Aurora City Council meeting of the new year, councilmembers will vote on a proposed resolution that would declare the council’s opposition to “overreach by ICE agents” following the fatal Minneapolis shooting.

If passed, the resolution, which was put on Monday night’s agenda by Mayor Pro Tem Alison Coombs, would state that the Aurora City Council “stands in solidarity with the Twin Cities in their call for I.C.E. to leave their community immediately,” and that the council will “provide direction to city management regarding limiting cooperation with I.C.E. and their affiliates,” starting in February, according to council documents.

Renee Nicole Good, a Colorado Springs native, was shot and killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis Wednesday morning.

Aurora is home to the GEO ICE Detention Facility. Coombs in the resolution called it a “stain” on Aurora, where 20% of the city’s more than 400,000 residents are foreign born.

Also in Monday’s regular meeting, the council will vote on a resolution developing a retail strategy for Aurora, brought to the council by Councilmember Francoise Bergan.

In Monday night’s study session, councilmembers will discuss a proposed ordinance that would establish a Tobacco, Kratom, and Age-Restricted Hemp Product License to prevent youth access to those substances, according to council documents.

The license, which would cost $500 annually, would also add spacing requirements for such businesses to prevent over-concentration of outlets, council documents said.

Licensees would have to be 1,500 feet from schools, have 500 feet between corner-store outlets, allow 2,000 feet between vape stores and two miles between hookah lounges.

The ordinance comes to the council after several young people spoke in the most recent meeting’s public comment session about the impact of such products on kids.

Monday’s study session starts at 4:15 p.m. and the regular meeting will follow at 6 p.m. The regular meeting will take place in the Paul Tauer Aurora City Council Chamber, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, and the study session will be livestreamed in the chamber.

Both meetings are available to watch online at AuroraTV.org and YouTube.com/TheAuroraChannel and on cable channels eight and 880 in Aurora.

The full meeting agenda is available on the city’s website.


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