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INTRO DU CED BY COUNC [L
MEMBER rFFERSO:-,i
A..'l ORD lNi\NCE SlJB Mfl7°1N li ·10 A VO re or THE REGI ST ERED ELECTORS
OF THE CIT Y OF ENGL EWOOD AT THE NEXT SC:l·IF'fll/1 .ED MUNIC:ll'AL
ELECT ION A PROPOSED ORDIN ANCE AMENDING THE ENGLEWOOD
MUN IC fP AL CO DE RE LATJN G TO SERV ICE ON BOAK.OS AND COMMI SS IONS.
WHERE AS, on Aug :.is t 3" an ini tiative petit ion was submitted to the City C!crk's
Office ; and
WHEREAS, the Englewood Home Ru ic Ch an •r and State Statut es provi de that this
ma;' ::r be forwar ded 10 1hc Englewood City Coun c1'. after the C 1:y Clerk ccn ifics the
vnla .. ny :ind r.Lffi cieitc;• of such ini liativc pet111 c.n: :mrl
WHEREA S, the Englew ood City Cle rk has ce rnll ed th e va l1d11 y and suffi ci enc y of
th e s1gn a.turc s for the 111itiati ve petit io n,
NO W, THEREFO RE , BE rr ORDAINW oY THI:: CITY COUNC [L OF THE crr Y OF
EN G LEWOOD, COLO RADO, THAT.
Sect ion I . It ha s been determined that th is t:Ul rnted ordinan ce sha ll not be enacted
withou l nlt ernt1o ns :is prov id ed fo r i.n ~ec 1ion 46 of th e Englewovd Home R ule Ch :-irter
Section 2. Th ere is hereby submmed to the reg istered elec tors of the <..tty of Englewood
nt th e nc xi scbedu led mum cip al el ec tion on No vember I, 2011 3 propos~rt amen dm ent to the
bglewood Municipal Code of th e Ci ty of Englewco d, to rea d as fo lio ws :
Que sti on No.
Sha ll TI-fE ENG LEWOOD MUNl CIT'AL COD E of tl1e City o f Eng lewood , Colorado he
amc:ndtd 1Jy cha nging th e Cod,; to provide:
In ord er 10 bro aden the opp rtuniti es for pcb li c scrncc ~nd guard agamst
ex cess ive concentratio ns o f powe r. no appointed votins me mber of an y Boa rd or
Commissio n in the C11y o f Englew ood sha ll ho :d any elec ted publi c o fl!ce unle ss
speci fi ca ll y dcs i1,'Tl at cd by th e Eng lewood City Charte r. In the event an ext siin g
member uf a11y D uc.1HI 0 1 Commiss1o n is dcc1ed 10 pub li c o ffice that membe r
shall be required 10 resign thei r pos iti on . Each membe r of ,. Board or
Conuniss ion wi ll have th e oppo rtulli1y to serve up to th ree .cnns per Beard or
Coni.miss ion , when a 1cm1 ex pi res t.h ,ll 1m:111bt::1 w,ll ha ve th ~ op pommit y to be
re,1ppo in tcd to th at same Board or C...:i mrn iss 1on after a 4 year i:,e n od .
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Secl i01JJ.. Enc b cl cc tC\I' vo:ing n l srud election nnd des:ro us of voting shnll ind1 c.i te
h i !>l l 1cr t.:l1uil.:e by dc p1c.')~in g tlu.: apµrup r i<Hc co uru ~r o r th e vo·i ng machin e or by the
appropri;11c rnarking upon paper ballC\l s where used .
£_~_1. The proper o ffi cin ls of the C:ity nf r:'.ngl c-.vno rl i.lln \1 give 110111 ·1· o r c;..1i ct nn 1
'-Ch e :lukd m u111i..:1 p;1l clcc 1io11 . i.uc h notice s ha ll h1..: puhl i 1-:l1ul m th t: m:11111c r .,t'd fo1 the
lc ng 1h o r t im e.: rcqu iri..:(i hy \;iw, :11HI th e h:i l l ot!-i.;,1s1 .i i s-ich di.;t.,t io u :,;h,dl l,c i,;,111v,:sst.xl
,1ml the:: rcs ull a sci..:rt .1i11cd , cl c1crt11i11cct , ;11:<1 ccri ificcl :is re quired 1y law
Scctio nJ.: On ly tf th e qucslio n 1s a pp ro ved by the rc ~ .. -.tcrcd decton, t,f Lhc C.:i) o '.'
l~n ~lcwo od shall Lhc Engl c w0ocl M u111 c11 ::d C:od c he :im cn<lcd
Si.:ct ion .Q . If any sect io n, paragra ph, c.lnu sc, o r other portion o fthl~ 01d i,1ancc:: is frn
.my rt:ilS n held t o be in vn l :d or unenforceable , th e inval i di ty or unenfoiCcability sha ll
Hll al foci nn)' of t:,c rc mai11 1ng p u111 0 11s of thB O rdi nance::.
l111rn<i 11 ccrl, rr:arl i11 fu ll . nnrl "'1;1 ,st:t l rm firs t read ing on the I s•h day of Auf,ru st, 20 11.
r ubli~hul by T it le ,t !\ .1 Dill f:11 .11, mli 11 ,111c c in th e C i y':,. 1Jffi ci,d 111.:w-.1';1pc1 .111 til t.: 19th
d:1y 1}f A ll jJJS'., :!01 I.
Publi!-,hL.d as a 13 11 1 f'o : an O1,l i11:.rn cc 011 lh c Cit y's o rfi ci:d wch ... 11 c hci;innm~ on th .:: 't ti
day or AIIJJll':I, ?1)1 1 r,,,. 1l1 i11y (10) ,l:t ys .
lkad hy ut k an d p.1 :-.:-c,1 Oil fin ,tl n:,ldlll !; 0 11 th e 2211d tb)• ur Altg u:-il. 2;)1 I, ill ii
~p cd,11 C:ill Of lh c Ci ty Cou nci l pursu:mt lo Sccl i<J1 146 o :·111c Englewood Hurne l{ulc
C ha ri er .
Puh l i sh<'cl by li t le i1, t,1t.: C .ty 's of1k1a\ ncwi::p:-tp cr as 0 1'd1 nancc N:J t&. Sc:n cs or
20 11 , 0 11 th e 26 th c\ny ilf :\ugu:a, ~01 1
Pu bli shed by lll lc on th e C11 y·s oft 11.:.1al wchs 11e bcgmn in i; ,m lhl: 24 11 <b y o r
Aub~IS t, 20 11 fo r thi rty (30) da ys
I, Loucnshi a A. Ell is , City Cle rk of th e C11 y o r Englew ood , Co lorad o. hc ,ct,y certi fy
that the ab ove and forego ing 1s a tru~· /1,>PY of th e Ordinance passed 011 fina l rc.1d111 g 1111 d
pu bli shed by tit le as Ord i11 an cc No . _2. Seri es ,,fJOl l, 1t a Specia l r,.11 or th e C11y
Council purs uanl to Sectio n 46 o f I 1c Eng lewood Home Ru le Ch:trtc,.
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CO UNCI L COMMUNICATION
Date : Agenda It em: Subject :
Au gus t 15, 20 11 11 a i Pr o p os ed b ill for an ordina nt e su bmitting to
th e regis te red electors oi the Ci ty o f
Eng lew o o d a qu c!i ti o n regard ing bo ard s Jnd
co mnli s~io ns.
Initiated By: Staff Source :
Coty Clerk 's O ffi ce Lo ucrrshr a A . Ellis, Cny Clerk
Fr ank Gryglewrcz . Di rec tor of Fmance ,ind
Adminis tr ati ve Seiv ic es
COUNCI L GOAL AND PREV I OUS COUNCI L ACTION
Counci l has n o t drsc u ssed th is ln11 iall\ e.
RECOMMENDED ACT I ON
A pprove th e pro po sed bill fo r an o rdi nan ce p lac ing thi s iss ue o n the N ove m ber I , 20 1 I b all ot. As the
Ini tia tive Pe tition has bee n d eclared valr d and su ftkie nt, an d th e City Cler k has c er tified th ose res ult s to City
Council, th e Ci ty Clerk rn us t ce rtiiy the propose d ba ll o t qu es ti o n to the Ar apaho Co unty Cl9rk an d
R1.:c.:order.
BA CKG ROUND
On M ay 9, 20 11 , a s tatement o f Int ent to circulate an lr.iti ative Pe ti ti o n wa s fil ed with th e City Cle rk's
Offrce in acco rdance ,•itl1 State Sta tut e S 3 1-1 I _., 04 (I ).
The dead lin e to tu rn in th e p etit ion was August 3 10 I 1 by S·00 p.m . an d they nee ded at lea st 5 19 vali d
si gnat ures o f City o f En glew ood reg iste red elec tors.
O n M ay 11 , 20 1 I , the Ci ty Cle rk ce rti fi ed th e Initia l ise Petition as to fo rm .
O n Augus t 3, 20 11, th e lniti (,t ive Pe ti tiu n wa!i file d w 1th the City Cle rk's O ffi ce.
En glewood C rty Charter, Articl e \'I § 46 .. .l f th pe t ition is suffic ie nt, Cour,c il shall pass t he ordi n ance wi6 ou1
alt era tion s w ith in 30 days, o r shall submrt sam e to a vo te of the electo rs at th e nex t genera l m unicipa l
elec ti on.
If C.ou ncrl p asses th e propose d ball o t qu estio n, it wi ll be placed o n th e ballot for th e C 11y's November I ,
20 11 Gene ral Muni ci pal Electio n Th is w,U req uir e a sp eci al City Cou ncil mee ting, cu rre ntl y pro pose d fo r
August 22 . If any alt era tio ns are made, rt w1li be necessary to ho ld f urth er special m ee tin gs If special
mee tin gs are not held to pass th e o rdina nce, th e initia ti ves wr ll be addresse d in a Spec ia l El ec ti o n .
FIN A NCIAL IM PACT
Th e cos t of thi s ~d di1 io nal ba ll ot qu es ti on is unkn ow n at 1hi s tim e, r shou ld no t ex ceed th e amoun t
b ud ge ted fo r 20 I I unl ess a Sp ec ial Elec tion is req uired .
U ST OF ATTA C HM[,\JTS
Memo 10 M ,,yo r W ood ward and C i1 y Co un ci l, dat ed A11g11 s1 9, 20 I I , ce rt ifyi ng th e v,1 lidi 1y an d s11ific 1e11cy
o f th e Peti li 11
Prop oi;ecl bill fo r ;in 0 1 d1nance
MEMORANDUM
TO : Mayor W oodward and City Council Members
FROM : Lo uc nshia A El lis, Ci ty c1e/f,
DATE : A ugu st 9, 20 11
SUBJECT : Initiative Petition:
ln ordu r to bro ~den the op port unities for publi c serV1ce nnd gu3 rd against excessive conccnl/ations of ;:ower. no app om !cd votin g
rno rrbe, cl "'"Y Rrwn n, ::omm1c;i.1nn In the City of Eng lewood shall hold any eleCl cd oubllc olfice un less sp ecrl1cally deslgn al ed oy the
Englewood C1 1y Ch;;nc r In the cvcni an e x1s1 ng rrember ol any Board or Cc.mm 1sslon Is cir cled to publtc c!f1ce !ha t riem bc 1 shall bo
re(lu11e d tn 1Ai.1or1 thnu nn!'.ihon Each rre mber of a Board or Com Tuss ,on wil l ha~c the oopor1umty 10 serve up to throe torms per Oo,1rd
or Co mmi ;;s,on. when i1 term cr p1res 1h01 member will have tti e oppo1tun 1ty tc, bo ri!ap;:ioin lcd to t~al same Ooa 1d or Conun1ss 1on aft er a
1. V"at nr.no d
State of Col ora d o
County of Arapahoe
ss
I, the undersigned , do h e reby certify , pursu ant t o Color~do Revis ed Statutes §31 -11-
109 , that the Initiative Petiti on filed with the City Clerk's Office on August 3, 2011
has been reviewed and it ha s been determined/ to o/Jalid and suffic i ent.
\bl'< y
ush , D ep uty City Clerk
Allach111e1 1b . M em o fr om De µuty Ci ty Cle rk Kerry Bu sh dated A ugus t 9 , 20 11
cc : Gary Sears, Cit y M ana ge r
$an Bro ,.>:11 an , City At tor n ey
Mi kP. Flr1h •i!rl \•. Deputy Ci ty M anager
Fra n k Gryglewicz, Dire cto r of l'ina·1 ce and Adminis trative Se rvi ces
To:
F rom:
t J'!]cmornmfum
Luu Elhs, C ly C l~, k
Kerry Rush, r.epu ly r:1ty Cieri-..
.4,,g ust 9, 201 1 D.il t:.
S ubject : ln1l1at 1ve Petition s -Board and Corn1111ssivns lc:rm , 1-.J ovr:111ber 1, 20 1 1 h . .!t:hu11
AOP1 r.,1 P.ful ly chP.-:lr 1n g the cw,rl1dil lr< pr>l 1t 1nn c., m r.n mph ;;-nrr w1lh ·hr, Srr.re l '11y o f Smtr..'c; r1 1IQ~
a1 d :)rocadures I submit the iollowmg
_,...., -.-.--= Pe t itions T ota l No. of No . of Entries Crossouts
Submitted Number o f Entries Rcjcc1e d
E 11trics A cce pt ed
01 50 4n 4 0
02 50 35 ---14
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03 so 33 15 2 --0: 49 4? 7 --01; 50 J\J 1U 1 --·-·-8 20 15 5 -------9 9 7 2
1c 37 26 11 -· 11 50 j2 17 1 -~---12 -___ 2 ___ ,~. 1 1
14 24 16 8
1E 14 10 4
17 50 32 14 4
111 39 ?~ ,n
t ~ 25 ·"2 3
2C 27 10 9
2 1 50 32 18
n 50 36 ·,4
23 12 7 5 --· 24 6 5 1
25 3 ? 1 -26 2 ·' --27 28 !JJ 9
28 au JI 1j -
31 pet1 i 1o n sect ions subn•ttl ed. 747 s1g nahHcs chec ked, ~,1 3 sgra l.ires acce p:ed. \94 signature s
re 1ec lF>i , 1C crossout i; Numb(l'r n f rPq11irPrl sia n rilu13s 1s 5~9 so the co,nrnrtee has met Lne
signatufe rbuircment. ,J<./
·...,_,-:-..:2'{,.JJb ----
Ke rry Bus h, MM C
Depu ly City Clerk
Total Accepted Cro sscuts Rejected
so 4 6 4
50 .-s~ 14
'.iO 33 15
19 4 2 7
so 39 J O
70 15 5
9 7 2
37 2 6 11
50 32 17
ill 16 8
14 10 4
so 32 14
39 29 10
25 22 3
2/ 18 9
',0 ~, l8
so 36 14
12 7 5
6 ~
3 2
2 2
28 19 9
so 37 13
74 7 543 JO ,94 TOTALS
B/C Petition s
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