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ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNC IL
EN GLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUIHY, COLORADO
Regular :.1cssio n
February 16 , 2010
Ca ll to Order
The regular meeting of the Englewood City C Junc1I was calle d to order by Ma yo r Woo dward at 7.43 p.m
Invo cation
The mvoc at1 on was 91 • •en by Cou nci l Membe1 ~'1 cCaslln .
3. Pl•dgc or Atieglance
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Counc:I Member McC ashn
Roll Call
Present
Absent:
Council Memt :rs Jefferson . Olson , Penn , G1ll1t , McCashn, Wilson ,
Woodward
None
A quon•m was present.
Als o presem S1t y Ma na ger Sears
C1t 1 Attorney Brotzman
Deputy City Manager Flaherty
City Clerk Ellis
Director Gryglew1cz . Finan ce and Adm1nist ra t1ve Se rv1ces
Director White , Communit y Development
Eng1neenng Technician I Dye Pu;,:iic Works
Ec onom 1c Devel Jp me nt Coord1na to1 Holhngs worth . Community Deve lopment
Planner Vobonl , Comm un ity De ve lopment
Po lice Commande r Condreay
Co nsiderati on of Minutes of Previ ous Session
(a) COU NCIL MEMBER WILSO" MOVED , ANO CO UN CI L MEMBER PENN SECO ND ED , TO
t,PPR OVE TH E MI NUTE S OF TH E REG ULAR CIT Y CO UN CIL MEETING OF FEBR UAR Y 1, 2010 .
May or Woodward asked 1f th ere wer r· ,ny correc uons or mod1f1cat1ons The re wer e none
Vote re sults:
Moti on earned
Aye s Council Members Pe nn , McC aslln , Wil son , Woodward , Jefferson
Olson . G 1ll1t
Na ys None
6 Rec ognition of Sc hedu led Public Co mm ent
• Th ere were no sched uled v1s1t ors
Recogniti on of Un sc heduled Public Co mm ent
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(a) Doug Cohn, a,. Englewood resident. sc1d good evening I want to talk to you about two thing:;
tomghl The first th ing 1s going l~ be a hard thi ng to hecJr , the second one 1s gr:.,g to be a hard thing to do Th is
last week I hstened to the minutes a:itl the recording of the Study Session from last week I wanted to find out
about the Swedish plan that was on tt,,=. agenda of things to :~lk about I never got to hear 11 I was shocked and
embarrassed for our City because of c..vmrnents that were made 1n the earher part of the meeting You guys spent
most of ten minutes beating up on the new kid , Mr G1lht You sounded like bulhes that I remeniber frJrn h1~h
school. picking on the trans fer kid who get to school I didn't recognize the voices very clearly on the recording but
some:>ne sa id that they didn't like th,:! look o f th e . of R1cl<.'s private website Someone else said they didn't hke the
donation button or quest1oned the 1jonallor, ou tton And somebod y cnt1ctzed the inclusion of the Ci y phon~
nu mbers. And a little later, someb-:idy was arguing w ith him about a lack of transparency for not tel hng that erson
th at he was looking at ru nning for another office What 1s this? It sounded to me , and I hope I am wrong , a
coord inated effort to split apart various th in gs and '?ach person would pick a different th ing to talk about I hope that
is not th e case That would be illegal l'rn disappointed by those whu did the bullying and equally disappoin ted by
those of you who didn't intervene when you saw the bullying take place Shame on you all The second thing a
challenge You have probably heard on the news about the world-wide problem with of hom:~y bees and the hives·
collapse the problem that ,s going on I've gotten lo know a beekee per right here ,n Englewood and have miked
ex tensively with him about th in gs that might be able to be done for the be e~ I would challenge you all to look at
the poss1b1l1 ty of doing a rea lly green kind of thing declaring Englewood to be a bee frien d ly city . Th is would be a
hard one Thi s would be a hard one I ca n get you a lot o f 1nformat 1on , 1f you a re interested The beekeeper I
know, who hves ri gh t here 1n town, and has been study in g 1t extensively Bas1ca lly what you would need to be
wllhng to do 1s to say to folks around town 1f you want to voluntari ly not use msecllc1des and he1b1c1des that would
be okay wllh us Poht1cally that would be risky because th en folks wo uld have plants tha t other folks don't hke
growing ,n their yards I challenge you There's nor a City that has done It yet Eoglewood could be the first City to
take a ~tep 1n doing sor.1eth1ng about ttie hi ve collap~e of the bees Thank you very much
Mayor Woodward said thank you very much for your opinion s
(bl Ida Mae Nicholl . an Englewood resident . said I don't usually do this so I am very nervous but I have
kind of sat back too long and when I wanted to speak out I never have done 1t c;,, 1 am taking this evening to do
so I am here this evenmg to rn1se my voice. my frustrations . on this spending to ~1 /ash mgton DC and partic ularly
the way that there 1s too much poht 1cal partisanship ideology going on This cer,air ·ly dccsn t help our C ity and 1t
certainly doesn't help our c1t1zens II has been brewmg for a number of years and , .. seems hke 1t 1s getting a httle bll
more con1e111tou~ Our Ci ty Counctl Members are supposed to be non -part1sar, pol·:,r:ally , while serving on this
Council un less you have c:rnnged the rules The City Council 1s made up of c1t1zr:i1s e,' our community who come
here to work together for the good of our City and I think 11 would be respectfu l that each of you listen to each other
and cons1a ~r what everyone had to say ma very respectful manner Th is 1s call£.d le adership This 1s your rol e m
our commu, ,1ty to be the leade r for al l of us I oelieved and l th ought this was o r ew opportunity with two new
people serVl'1g on th e Council and a new ye ar that tnere would be les~ poll l!ca 1 p,• t1sansh1p c1n d this would be iJ
rnme open and re!:ipectable board lis teni ng to new ideas that may be brought fort h from th e r,ew mernhers and
other members of the Council and that you people woula work together and vote accord•ngly 1 was very happy
when I hea rd 11·"' vote concernmg the tnp to Washington O C that 11 was a 6 to 1 vote B·n I made my reactt0n m
my mind 'has wow , good JOb City Council Ye., are savi ng the pt?o ple 's mnney Then I realrzed that was th e wrong
vote The vote was 6 to 1 the other way I was very d1sappomted when I realized that the vole was 6 tu ' to spend
the people's money My money Our c1t1zen·s mone y That's whe re 11 belongs ! believe that this was a great
oppor1un 1ty m th ese very d11f1cult fmancaa l tu:,p::; :01 ttie Council to set an ex~mple before our c1ttzens a nd have the
wisdom to show restraint. to pay attention and to li sten It has beccme so acceptable over th e years 10 go on these
trips and to budget for th em but I want to ask the question why Why 1s th is real ly necessary? What b~nef1 ts can
you show me? What pla ns? What rrogram~ 7 What really does benefit our ci tizens? And please . please, don't tell
me 11 :~ fa• educa!lon because I have been on some of thes~ trips ar1J 111s not always education Trne ano reliable
words are what our citizens want 10 llear so that you can give sound counse l and knowledge to the c111zcns that
you serve Education 1s a wonderful thing but education 1s a pnv1lege not a right Anr ' don't believe that we can
corllnue to pay for tnps where people can learn You know, 11 you feel that you need to be a little bit more pri:ipared
on the Council or people workmg for yo u I Just respectfully suggest th at maybe you take 1t out ol your own pocket
ltke au of us have lo do You know Council M embers . it 1& not too lat e to ch ar.ge y",ur mind on this vote And I am
respectfu lly asking you to do so This w ould not show weakness In my mind 11 would show a lot of integrity and
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you would be respec1~d for 1t You know , there 1s an old 3ay1ng and perhaps you ha•·e read it It was written by a
wise man many, many centunes ago, and 11 says l111s A good name 1s more des ,ra ble than great nchcs To be
esteemed 1s better than silver and gold You know. I v-.ant to th ank all c · Y• u for your hard wo~k because I know
you take a lot c l time and I know that you are very dcd1cated and I ~.no11i 1hat you love this Ci ty . Just as many of us
do .A.no I want to thank you for your time 1 also want to thank il1use of you who chose no! to go to Washington
D C I re spect lhat And I also respect and thank you for the opport unity to come and share with you my
frustration~ tonight Thank you very much
Ma yor Woodward said thank you
There was applause Mayor Woodward asked that the auci 1ence ret rain from clapping
(c) Elaine Hults an Englewood resident, said I'm not going to say that I want to thank you as I ha .3
previously arranged for allowing me to address my 911evance As I sa•d , I am quest1omng my comment about
thanking you for allowmg me 10 address you about my grie van ce because according to my knowledge , you are our
servants and we pu t you m th is pos1t1on of responsibility because we trusted our community in yo ur hands I want
to say this this 1s my grievance With th e City uf En gle wood facing a 2 5 mil deficit entering into thi s year of 2010 ,
with the r.ond1t1ons losses of revenue from homes due to foreclosures , as well as busmesses closing or moving
out of Englewood , I f1nl! 11 unconscionable to spend monies on grants , meals as well as a trip to Washington D C
for commissioners ana their staff This 1s a time when all c1tizer.,; without excepti on need to t1ghtan the ir purse
string s In my opinion, pnonlles are not being add res sed I want to leave you with this question , have yo u, a
fina ncial organ 1zat 1on. who ts headed by a gen tlem an wh o can ca lculate proJe .:uo ns of revenues ;\nd e, r enct1 tu res
on a yearly bas1., That's what businesses do And then too, t wanted also to quote yo u from my very excellent
mathemai1cs tea cher whom I really learned so much fro m He said oh by the way oh yes he said "fig ures don't
lie but hars can sure figure " Arid your very own head of your Fin ancial DP.partment Just made .1 statemenl in the
other room which really aiTiazed me He said and l w mt to quote him" you can't spend money you don't ea rn ."
Point taken
Mayor Woodward said than~ you
(d) Matthew Crabtree, an Englewood resident said l<'t's take a moment here and talk about tt,e Study
Session that occurred last Monday nigh! 1 know Doug over here ta lked abou t 11 also but I'd like to r::11se a few
poin ts on that too You know . some might say tha t attending government proceedings cou ld be bonng Well . I
disagree with that obvious ly on multip le levels First of all , I ":lelieve ti 1s a right to be pan of these i)r1Jceedmgs and
second . I believe that 11 1s a r:spons1b1hty to i<eep an eye "ln what your elected uff1crals are do1n£ That 1s one of the
reasons that 1 attend these nieetings Now the other re a.:ton why th ese meetings have, at' nes not been boring ,
could be that . well . 1t cou ld be mo,e e>-c1t1ng than Munday mgh t prime time telev 1s1on Mon da y mght was one of
thuse un fortunate examples Dur•ng that meeting . there was a se ri es of perscnal atta cks accusations ye lling .
po1ntmy fingers To be honest here. and dll Jokes aside thal's en.barrass1ng 1t 1eally 1s and 1naporof)nate for a
public forum . at a public meetin g Now that 1s Just not my op1n1on That 1s your own Coun~il p.-ocedures I'd like to
take a moment here and talk about read a few of your Council procedures I rlon't know 1f you llave them 1n front
of y{'u out page 1.16. top of the page, 11 says "Debate occurs hetween and among City Council. but 11 should ba
l1m1 ted to makmg a point or stating pos1t1on Redundancy, grands1and1ng. and pen,011a! attacks will be addressed
by the Mayor as being out of order or being 1na ppmpnate" ~ama. page, un der G, "It 1s Council's iespons1b1h!y to
c;1splay common cou rtesies at all time avoid in terruption ,.; avOJd ::,ersonal1z mg the issue Jnrj avoid fi11bi.Jstenng "
Sarne page_ B ''Treat each other and each Mt. 11...,er coming before City Council \',1th respect" F "Personal
problems or concerns with md1v1dual Council Members should be discussed directly wi th 1hat 1nd1v1dual and not
aired 1n a public forum " Unfortuna tely this did not occur Within 40 minutes. at least . all those out of your uwn
pohc1es and pmcedures were violated Now this raises a concern Why 1s 11 wh en some pohc1e s and procet..lures
that might hint to ho1d1ns a meeting behind closed doors or a secrtt meeting seem to be fought for yet policies and
procedures that 11pliold decorum are not mentioned and JUS\ k1nJ of aren't d1scus5ed So while all of you arc
squabbhng abo1Jt P~'rsom1I attacks and 1~sues ounng a pubhc meeting what issues are not being d1scuc;sed that
sh ou ld be bem11 L'SC ,JSSed ·~ Thank you
Mayor Wood wc rd sad thank you
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(e) Steve Yates , an Englewood resident , said good evening What I would hke to talk about Is a h tie
bi t on the budget end . You guys hav,o g meals purchased by the people or ~nglewood , personally I couldn't r.are
All right. Although we are in a time pe ;,od or fina ncial , let's say shortages, these sort or things are perks . V , o
you aon 'I have the money in yoc ,wn personal budgets, you don't do those sorts or th ings You don't go out to eat
The other th ing he e is we've got Council Members and staff going to Wash ington D.C , to go to the cit1es ... League
or Cities conference. One or th e things that has been mentioned to me is that 11 ,s a great place to do a li ttle PR
work with elected officials, Well , we have Diana DeG ette and her office Is right here in the library We don't really
need to tra vel to Washington D.C to spend anywhere between $2 ,500.00 to S3 ,000 .00 , per person , to go meet with
somebody who has an office in the same bu il ding that we hold our city meetings at. And if you look at other cities
around us , they're cutting back. I forget which city ... l th ink its Littleton ... l could be wrong on that...who has stopped
th eir dues tci the League of Cities . The y're no t going to th i~ convention We've got another .well we have a varie 1
of cities saying no , we are not go ing to spend the money be cause we don 't have the money . We are going to be
fi nancially responsible. All I am asking .. actually, I am more than asking .. .l'm insisting because you guys are the
P.mployees of the people who live in Eng1ewood . Be responsible with the money that we pay in taxes to support
1 JU and put off some of these things . Maybe next year will be a better year and it will make f1mmc ial sense that
you can go to that But until you start cutti ng back on some or the luxuries or your office .. ,1t's probably ... 111s just
poor management. That's all I got to say , Have a good evening
Mayor Woodward said thank you .
B. Comm unication &, Procl amations and Appointments
(a) A proclamat io n declaring February 20-21 , 20 10 as Spay Day 2010 was co nsidered .
Mayor Woodward read th e proclarnahon .
CO UNC IL MEMBER OLSON MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFERSON SECONDED , TO DECLAR E
FEB RUARY 20-21 , 2010 AS SPAY DAY 2010 ,
Mot ion camed
Ayes: Council Members Penn , McCashn, Wilson , Wood ward , Jefferson,
Olson , Gilhl
Nays None
Ma yor Woo dward asked 1f there was any d1scuss1 on. He said I Jus t th ink th is Is someth111g that ,s important and
when It was presented , I thought 11 wa s somethin g that we should participate In . Hav,ng a large number of pet ;
w1thm our community ... and some rabbits , l guess some co yotes , foxes . other wil dlife
Ma yo r Woo dward present ed th e Proclama tio n to Dr Angelina P1ccol1 The re was applause
Dr ~,ccoh sa id we want to thank th e Mayor and the C11y Council of Enqlewood for sIg n,n g th ,s proposal. I ani th e
Chief Ve termanan and Execu uve Dire ctor of Sp ay Today , which Is a nonprofi t spay/neuter clin1,.. operatmg In
Lakewood We are work ing w1t11 the Rocky Mounta in Alley Cat Alliance lo do an event on the .0th and ~1st II Is
call ed Spay Up A1I Night II start s on the 20 th at 8 o'clock ,n the morning and goes un!II 8 o'cl"ck th e next morning
We are goin g to spay and ne uter about 250 tam e and feral cats for th e community We have dbout a hund red
support volu nteers and somewhe re around 13 ve teri narians who are volunteering to pa rt 1cIpate m this eve nt and
help us get a bun ch or k,tt ,es sp ayed an d neutered So tha nk you very very much for s,gn,n g th is procla ma!lon for
us
Several City Council Memb ers said tha nk you The re was a roun1 of applause .
(b) A resol u!lon re appo,n!lng Brandon William s to the Non Emergency Employees Retirement Board
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COUNCIL M EMBER WI LSON MO VED , AND COU NCIL MEMBF/1 GILLIT SECONDED , TO APPROVE A •
RESOLUTION fl.E APPOINTI NG BRANDON WILLIAMS TO THE "'QNEMERGE NCY EMPLOYEES
RET IR EMENT BOARD FOR THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD,
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RES OLU TION NO 29 , SERIES OF 2010
A RESOLUTION REAPPOINTING BRA NDON WILLIAMS TC' ,·I,E NOii EMERGE NC Y RETIRE MENT BOARD
FOR Tl IE CITY OF F NGLCWOOD COLORADO
Vote res u lts :
Motion earned
Aye:, Council Mem bers Penn McCaslln , Wilson . Woodward , Jeffers on ,
C'lson , G1ll1t
Nays None
Ma yor Wood1 •1ard asked 1f there was any d1scu ss 1on He said I would Jus t lik e to mention that Bra ndo n had
mIsunde rs to cd th e reappoin tmen t orocess so that 1s why he wasn't with th e rest of them last we ek Thar why 11 rs
so mew ha t 0IJt of order here . As a past choir , he 1s a valuable member on t~,at board
9. Co ns ent Ag e nd a
COU NCIL MEMBER WILSO N MOV ED, AN D CO UN C IL MEMBER PENN S ECO ND ED, TO APPRO VE CONS ENT
AGENDA ITEM 9 (a) (i),
(a) Approval of Ordinances on First Rea ding
(1) COU NCIL BILL NO 2, INTRODUCED BY COU NC IL MEMBER WILSON
A BILL FOR AN ORDI NANCE APPROVIN G AN INTERGOVERNM ENTAL AG REEMENT ENTITLED "CASE NO
09SA 133 COM MON INTER EST AG REE MENT" BETWEEN FARMERS RESERVO IR AND IRRI GATION
COMP AN Y AND BURLINGTO N DITC H, RESERVOIR AND LA ND COMPA N Y AST C HERRY CREEK VALL Y
WATER AND SA NIT AT ION DISTRICT, HENRYLYN N IRRI GATION DI STRI CT , UNI TED W ATER AND
SA NITATION DIS TRICT , CITY OF THORNTON , CITY OF BRI GH TON C IT Y AND COUNTY OF DENVER ,
AC TI NG BY AND THROUGH ITS BOARD OF WATER COMM ISSIONERS , TOWN OF LOCHBU IE, SOUTH
ADAMS COU NTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTR ICT AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD CO LORADO
Vote res ults :
Motion earned
Ayes Council Members Penn McCaslm. Wilson , Wood wa rd Jellerson
Olson , G1ll1t
Nays None
There were no 11erns subrrntted for approval on seconfJ re,;10I 19
1c Resolutions dnd MotIon5
There were no add111onal Iterns submi tt ed IC'l r approval l Se e Agenda I tern 11 )
10 Publl c HC!a ring It ems
No pubhc hearing wa s sc heduled beforf" Council
11 Ordinance s, Reso luti on and Motio ns
a\ Approv:1I of Ord1nancec; on r1rs1 Reading
(1) Econ omic Development Coo rd in ator Hollrn gswort h presented a recomrnendatIon from the
Commurnty De ve lopm ent Depa~tment to adopt a bill for an crdmance ac ce ptmg a grant m the amoun t of
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S12 ,500 .00 from the Stale of Colorado , Economic Development Commission fo r marketing a11d administration
support in the Enterprise Zone . He sa id good evening Your Honor and members of C 1ty Council. If the grant Is
approved by Council , this would supp ort Enter prise Zone marketing and adm inistrat io n activ ities for the fiscal year
2010 Community Deve lopment has antic ipated this proIect and has budgeted the matching funds of $12 ,500 .00 In
the departmental budget. The Enterprise Zone is a sign~icant business retention and attract ion tool for the Ci ty, In
fa ct last yea r, 56 businesses filed for Sta te of Colorado lax cred its through the Enterprise Zone and those tax
credits totaled 1.6 million doll ars, That concl ude s my forma l comments on this . I'd be happy lo respond to an y
questions .
Mayor Woo dwa r 1 said Darren , the se are match ing grants and I just want to verify , and I be lieve you sa id it. that
these funds have been provided in th e budg et for Community Developme 1t fo r calendar year 20 10. Mr.
Hollingswort h respo nded yes , Your Hono r. that is correct.
May or Woodward asked if the re were any oth er question s. There were none .
COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFERSON MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SECONDED, TO APPROVE
AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (I) -COUNCIL B ILL NO . 1.
COUN C IL BIL L NO . 1, INTROD UCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFERSON
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANC E AUTHOR IZING ACCEPTA NCE OF A GRANT FHOM THE STATE OF COLORADO ,
ECO NOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIO N rnR M ARK ETING AN D ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN THE
EN TERPR ISE ZONE.
Mayo r Woo dward as ked lf there were any questions There were none
Vote resul ts :
Motion earned .
Ay es.
Nays .
Counci l Members Penn . Mccas lin , Wuson , Woo dward, Je tter~,.m ,
Olson , Gilht
Non e
(b) Approva l of Ordinances on Second Reading
Th ere were no items submitted for approva l on second reading
(c) Resol utio ns an d Motions
(1) Planner Vobonl presented a reco mmendal1 0:-, from the Commumty Deve lo pment
Department to approve , by motion . a pro fessi ona l services agreement fo r a pub lic improvem ents financmg study on
both the Down town D1stnct and the Medica l D1st nc 1 m Englewood Staff reco mmends the con tr act be awarded to
Progressive Urba n Ma nagement Associates tn the amount of S64 , 700 00 He said good evening Counci l Members
These fund s w '' come directly fr om the Commun ity Devt:opment Professional Services budge t for 2010 The
public improvements :inanc1ng study came ou t of an extens ive RFP process tha t included a tota l of four firms The
pubh c I01provemen ts financing study was presented to Ci ty Council at the De cem ber 14th Stu dy Session Th e
public Improvemen s financing study Is a follow-up proiecl to Ready , Set , Action , An Urban Des ig n Action Plan for
the =nglewood Uowntown an d Medic al Districts As you may rec all la st sprin g, the action plan cente red around two
s:..:p arat e pro cess es . The first process was a des1r,n char rette process 1rivolving stakeholders from the do wntown
and medica l distn cl'i. What came out of th at wa s ~ set of desigr. th eme ,; that would be prefer red for these two
separate dtstn c!s along Broad wa y and old Hampe en Th e second par'1 of the actio n plar : was developing a :,e t of
sequences of s.aps that would heir us eventually implement th ese c.esigned the mes along Broadway and old
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Ha mpden The public improvements iman clng study is the first st~p m that sequen ce of steps to get to where we •
want to go . We chose this one because we beli eve the most cri tical piece ,s gomg to be figuring ou t how we are
going to pa y for th ese improvemen ts m down,,... and alo ng old Hampden And if we are abl e to figu re out how we
can do that , then I th ink th e next the oth er se1.1 uen ce of steps will more easily fall into pla ce , if we can figure out
this most cnt1cal piece here The pubh c 11nproveme nt s financi ng study will co ns ist of thre e phases . The first phase
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involves look ing at th e City's ab1ht y, curr ent ab 1hty to finan ce cap ital 1mproveme111s and also 1t wou ld involve case
study researc h of other Colorad o com mu rnt1es and how they have finan ced public m1provements m their business
districts And also looking at what type what was the oulcome of that LooK1ng at after they had made those
investments , what kmd s of Imp1 ove ment s they saw to the busin esses , their ottom hne and their C ity 's internal
revenue growth . Phase Two wi ll then commence with a consultant We'l l go out and get to talk to and outreach
with City Couric1 I, the hospitals and the Broadway Business Improvement D1strict and begin to develop a core
group of a steering comm 1ttee that wlll then work closely with the consu ltant to exp lore the en tire universe of
f1nanc,a l alternatives and fina ncial mechanisms and begin to narrow that down so that we can fmd the best f1ts fo r
the City , as well as the BID and the hospitals And then finally the third phase w,11 be the culm,nallon of the plan
and that wtll include developing a fman cmg action plan that will involve a total of three up to three separate
scenarios for f1nan c1ng public improvements and that would vary In terms Jf how much money and how what the
11meframe would be for that Now I wou ld like to now hand that back over to City Council
Mayor Wooaward asked 1f there were any questions for John
Council Member Jefferson said a quick quest ion on the selection of Progressive Urban Management You did say
that we sent out an RFP and received four submIttals Were they the lowest bid or how wa s that selection process
done? Planner Vobonl replied we the bids as I recall . were fa irly close In price i cannot really remember who
was the lowest price but the main goal was to choose the best fit for this proJect We interviewed all four of the
teams and fell that this team dtd the best JCJb 1n their 1nterv1ew. We also have worked with them before They
actually helped us set up the BID a number of ye ars ago They already have a li ne of connections and fam1hant y
with the area , as well as the Business Improvement O1s1nct And the n after that once we figured out what we wh o
we wanted to choose. there was some furthe r negollatIon of scope . which th en altered the pnce 2 li ttle .. J1 t ,""'lore at
that time Coun cil Member Jefferson sa id thank yo u
Coun cil Member Wrlso n sai d th e group that we had at the 1mti al stakeh olders meetings , did they have a cau se I
know they are bro ke down mto seve ra l different areas an d different companies m thi s one group I behe ve 11
was was ti Bmannra or Planner Vobonl rep lied Bril1na Council Member Wilson cont inued 1s that part of that
group or did they have someone 10 be able to do this or not? Planne r Vob ".:lnl re plied I believe that Bnt1na 1~ more
spec1al1zed In design and this 1s ml.,. :f th is Is a little di fferent area , a different mche . so we needed a litt le bit
different type of consultant that 1s more spec1ahzed In fina ncmg and also more of a management urban
management orga nizations things like that And so It needed a d1fferenl typ e of co nsultant to do this particular
piec e than what Bnt 1na could actually provide to us Council Member Wilson sa id okay , so th ey didn't hav e anyone
In their group that did this co rrect? Planner Vo boril re pli ed no No Nobody In this Pro gres sive Urban
Management As sncrates wa s mv olv ed with the Bnt1na piece No one was involved Council Member W ilson sai d
okay be cause I ti ,a ught !h ey were ex ce llent
Mayor Wood wa id ask ed 1f there were any other que s:,ons The re were none
COUNCIL MEMBER PENN MOVED , AND COUNC IL MEMBER McCASLIN SECONDED , TO APPRO VE
AGEND A ITEM 11 (c) (i), A MOTION FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMEN ' BE AWARDED TO
PROG RESSIVE URBAN MANAG EMENT ASSOCIATES IN TH E AMOUNT OF $64,7 00 .00 .
Mayor Woodw ard ask nd 11 th ere was any discussion Mayor W oo dward said I think this Is John Just to vcnly
ag ain , for the public re co rd an d minu tes an d reco rd ing the dollars for th is are they 1nci ud ed m the Co mm unity
Development budget for 2010 ? Planner Vobon1 replied yes they are Mayo r Woodward co nt inued oka y an d Is th is
In accordance v. 11h the small area pla ns with our comp pla n, Road Map Englewood 2003 7 Planner Vobor,I said
yes Th is Is r' re lated proJec t that 1s re,ated to the com prehen o;I ve pla n which looked at and 1denllf1ed tw~ ke y areas
of th e City, which would be the downtown an t' th e 11ed1ca l d15tn ct Which tnel' we foll ow up wit ~ e1 :,mall area plan
and a key pa n of the small area pl an was ma\.-mg improvement s to the old Bro adway and th e old Hampden
corri dors This Is the nex t step In maki ng that happen Mayor Woodward said an d my l;ist question Is, and ma vb e
you stat ed this . as I recall . over the cou ple of years this process !hot has been goi ng o:i . actually mo re than two
ye ar s th ere has been a lo t of put",ltc ·nput tha t 1s spec1hcally stakeh ol der r Jmmumty mem bers m tha t area
c1h zens bus inr ~s owners, etcet era Correct? Planner Vobonl said corr ect
Mayor Woo dward ask ed 1f there was any other discussion There wa5 none
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Vote re s ults :
Motion earned .
Ayes Council Members Penn , McC ashn , Wilson , Woodward , Jeffe rs ,
Olson G1l ht
Nays : None
Co unci l Member Olson said thank you
Council Member Wilson said !hanks John
12 General Di scussion
(a) Mayor's Choice
(i) Ma yor Woodward sa id I would like to make a motion to reschedule the March 15" meeting
to March 22 , 2010 , since th ere will not be a quorum of Council in town . Members will be at NLC and on vacation .
MAYOR WOODWARD MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SECONDED, TO APPROVE BY MOTION
T O RESCHEDULE THE MARCH 15 , 2010 CITY COUNCIL MEETI NG TO MARCH 22 , 2010 .
Mayor Woodward asked 1f there is an y d1scuss1on There was none
Vote results:
Motion ea rned
Ayes
Na ys
Council Members Pe nn, Mcc aslin , Wilson . Woodward . Jeffers on
Olson , G111 11
None
{11) Mayor Woodward said second item 1s I just wanted to address and 13e1 on and make sure
that we get on our Study Session Agenda li st the letter from Cha ir John Smith from the Roard of Adjustments
regarding the ability of the alternate to vote in the event that an ot her member 1s absent and I wo uld add to that , that
the alternate has been at the meetings and has be en a part1c1pate . I would like to get that on the Study Sess ion
Agenda
(ui) Mayor Wood ward said I would also like to remind Council members also that on March 1st
at 9 00 to 10 30 .. Council members and the public tiiat Representative Diana DeGette will be here meehng wit h us
1n the Community Room She was not able to attend last week , last Monday, wh en we had th e ·est of the
legislative sess1on Typically she has a meeting a1 11 s a value I lhmk , to hear something flam he nationd l
pers pe ctive Unfortunately last week . we were unable to hav e any s1att members from the nat I01al senators or
representatives That's what I hc1ve .
(b ) Council Members ' Choice
(i) Council Member Penn
He said I don 't know how we have done thi s In th e past but we lost a pretty stellar busin ess person from
Kauffman':-, Possi bly we send a li tt le note recognizing how important he was to the community , the business
commu nity and to the City of Englewood . I don't know the procedures so Gary 1f /OU could maybe work that
th;ough and makt sure that we do someth ing for the Kauffman fami ly Hope fully we can do that City Mana ger
Sea rs replied !'II put something toget her
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2 He said Doug . I lh1nk you and proba ly Paul should I think the first direction ,s to possibly go to Keap •
Englewood Beautiful with a small plan , at least on th e bees , and make sure that you kmd of give us so me idec?s of
where both of you are sIttIng as far as what kmd of plans you'd hke to go I think it's an excellent tdea but I don't
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know how far we can carry 11 Hopefully we can all get to that point wherl3 we are very environmentally friendly with
all of our local friends that we have around here Hopefully we all will do lhat
3. He said I think , and I think al l of th e rest of the Council Members , will agree that we got into individual
discussions on some of our procedures last week at our Study Session I think we learned well Hopefully we w1H
learn to carry on and I think that 's something that .. thank you for bnng1ng II to our attention Defimt -1y we need to
make sure that we sta y on business and the business tas ks so we can do that
4 He said I am not going to Washington D.C. I know some of you are th inkin g about it...the finanr.,al th ing I
think II is an excellent idea and I th ink it is money well worth .. well spent. The ideas that they lmng baci< from NLC ,
cJuld be cost saving for the City of Englewood I think there are a lot of programs that they cao go to It.at · numbe r
1 will help us in streamlining Englewood that w,11 help us to green Englewood better , to help us work on our budget
better . The payback is huge . You may not think the front-end payback is worth it but the back-end payback is
wort h a tremendous amount I don 't think you wanl any part of any of these conferences we went to . I beheve this
conference Is totally neat and needed and I think the payback , the City will get back , will be ten -fold So I disagree
with you . I do know that it ,s a hard t,me We are all strapping 11 up a hltle bit but this coul d mean extra thousands
and thousands of dollars to the Ci ty of Englewood in the long run I'm done
Mayor Woodward said thank you Randy
(ii) Council Member Wilson
She said all I have well a couple of th ings One I thank everyone for coming and speaking It Is always
good to hear from the public
She said I support the members of Council going to the NLC I have been there once and 11 ,s very
beneficial and a great learning experience ~ ,d 1t 1s an education With education . you can go forward Without 11.
lhin k ... th1s could be a stepping stone and so I s:ipport this That's all I have
Mayor Woodward said okay Thank you
(111) Council Member G,II::
He said thank you Mr Ma yor I wa nt to th ank everybo dy who came out tonight It 1s always a ple asure to
hear from the public I have a saying and some of you have heard me say 11 If you want to kn ow what people are
thInkIng , ask them . Sometimes you don't like hearing th e answer that the y give you but . at least . you get to hear
them
He said I appreciate the comme nt s on decorum 1 hope th at we as Council do work on that I know th at we
had some d1scuss1on about that I lh1nk our Job , 10 do th e business of th e City and we can box each other
somewhere else En ou gh of that
He said as for National League of C1 t1e s. I'm on record on be ing ag ainst 1t I am that one vote against Not
that I think ,rs not a valuable thing , I think lh e liming ,snot go od But lo ask our employees to not take .. to not get
paid for the ir personal ttme when we are budgeting and looking at the budget and seeing a downward trend and not
an upward, Jus t 1f 11 were my business or my own personal I would say that th ere 1s no way that we are going to
do this I'm still ag ainst the going this lime I'm not against the Nat,ona l League of C11i es and what you learn I
think 11 co uld be good things but I think the t,m,n g ,s ,nappro~nate
He sa id secondly regarding the meals I've shared with Council before that I don't need the Ci ty to pay for
my meats so I will now opt out So you can rest assured that that S6 00 , S7 00 , SB 00 a week tha t you hav e paid
before , you will not be paying for it now So JUSI aga,n . I apprec iate that
He said and I hope that we have some good d1scuss1on soon regarding the rted1 cal man1uana issues that
are gomg on I get a lot of questions about that and I thank you for bringing that up , wantmg to make sure that we
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do se t some time to discuss that We have a responsibility to those lh al we told th at we would ge l back to th em on
I am look in g forw ard lo that t1meline Thank you Mr Mayor
Mayo r Woodward said thank you
(Iv) Council Member Ol son
1 She sa id thank you again . Tnank yo u to th ose who came tonight II was greal fun 10 hav e lhe Humane ·
Society here The fo lks from the Spay 2010 movemenl. which I actually think benefits our community in a number
of ways, financ ially as well as JUSI well being
2 She sa id I would like lo say Doug , I am curious about th is bees thing and having been on Keep En glewood
Bea uti ful for such a long tim e, I rea lly wou ld encourag e you ... echo what Randy sa id .
3. Sh e sa id along with that, I think I'm k nown on Council lo not to drink waler In the City ,n th e bottles but
rathe r drink lhe City's waler so I would like to encourage a volunt ary pro cess that pe ople stop using plastic bottles
and use the ones like we were given by GOCO last week or somebody.
4 She sa id the fina l thing ,s lhal I would like to sa y something about Kare n Ma ,n again, who won an award
through th e City Human Resources award ... and I am forgetti ng exactly what ii was but it was a training award th at
she received In the .. ca n yo 1• tell us agam what it wcJs? City Mana ger Sears responded sayi ng it reflec ted the
le ade rship prog ram that lhe City puts tog ether, lhe ELI program , and 11 was the tra ining sess io ns that we have
begin wi th traine rs through out the Slate and she was recogn ized for the program .. ,Counc1I Member Olson sa id by
AS TD, 1 think , nght? Ci ty Manage r Sears said by ASTD , lhal's correct Council Member Ol so n con tinued which Is
a very , very we ll recognized org ani zat1on So it was JUSI fun .. ~ see our employees who are so gift ed in what they
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do Even 1n the tough tim es , to continu e to do really well and perform well for us and with our folks so a great •
th an ks to he r and to Sue Eaton , who run s our Human Resources Department So th ank you .
Mayor Wood wa rJ said and I want to JUS I mentio n th at , I be heve , 1111s 1s her tl'\trd ma rml/ STAR award . She 1s a
person that pu ts together the le adership program for employees of the City . She 1s a ver y talented woman
Council Member Olson said that's all I had Mr Mayor
City Manager Sears said 1f I could also say lhal there Is a trophy actu ally in the case when you walk by ton ight
si ts on the lop shelf and 11 does show th e STAR award and 11 does show the other ones lha l were there Ag ain 11 Is
st at ewi de for recogmzmg our training fu nction that we do internally . which she did set up So take a look at 1t when
you go by
Co unci l Memb er Olson sa id my apologies tor awkward ly ack nowledgi ng her bel.ause I th oug:1t I had m flam of me
exac:ly what the award wa s for but 11 wasn 't thanks again
May or Woodward said than k you
(v) Council Me, r.oer Jefferson
He sa id thank you Your Ho ,or Thanks Doug for coming down and men1Ioning that we could potenl1ally be
the f rsl bee l nendl y Ci ty I will echo everybody's comments Please bring 1110 KEB with so me sort of rough idea ol
wh at yo u are ex actl y talk mg about I th tnk we ca n get some recommendations and maybe move forward on th at 1f 1t
makes sense for our commurnty
He sa id I appreciate everybbdy else 's comments , particularly on decor um I to o hope that we can fo cus
more on Ctly business duri ng our meetings
He said on to the top1c of NLC , I've genera:l y been a supporter of the NL C conference However . I mus t
agree that I th ink that the cost does need to come down l th mk that there 1s value m going and th e educa tion You
knO\'> :-Je rsona lly. th is year . I'm not attending 1n an effort to save some money But I w1 •! point out that . this year . we
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did cut that travel expense l)udget by more than 50 %. I belleve ... if I am not mistaken . But I agree lhat we do need
to ge t more bang for our buck for our constituents on our ta xp ayer dol lars I did , the previous year , las! ;•ear when I
attended NLC , I did stay at a different hotel In an attempt to save a few dollars and I have actually forwarded some
1nformahon onto our current.. the people wh o are go ing this year . I saw an opportunity to stay at the same ho tel if
you JUSI book It onllne and sa ve one h•aodred bucks a night So , you know , I encourage other Council people to
look for other areas to bring that cos .' down but I genera lly am supportive . Again , I will just re iterate , I do think the
cost per person has got to come d0wn but genera lly I am supportive of the program I think th at is all I have
Ma yor Woodward said lha nk you .
13 City Manager's Report
(a) City Ma r.ager Sears said the only thing I want to note is that oo Sunday , over lhe weekend , we did
have a dog attack , involvi ng a couple of pi t culls at Cornerstone Park. We do have information lh at we are st ill
putt ing together The dog did surviv e The ow,,er was certainly very co ncerned about that. We will pro vide a
repo rt . a police report .. information to City Counc11 :o lh1s upcoming packet. But in case you do get a tele phone call ,
we just want you to be aware that this did happen on Sunday . Thal's all that I have th is evening .
Mayor Woodward asked Gary , was there ... they did .you said pit bulls , so they must have known and they did get It
and were they cited ? City Manager Sears said I would ask Gary Condreay , 1f you could respon d? Commander
Condreay rep li ed the owner of th e pit bull re cei ved a ticket toc.i o~, from Code Enforcement for dangerous dog ar. 1
atta ck Mayor Woodward said dangerous dog and was it taken int (1 .. Commander Con drea y sa id and 11 was 1ssuad
In Mun ici pal Court. Mayor Woodward asked 1f the dog was taken int~ -1uarantIne Comr,ander Condreay replied
10 day quarantine at the animal shelter two of them Council Member Wilson said and they atlack ed anolher
dog ? Commander Con drea y answered yes ma 'am Coun ctl Member WIi son sa id and how 1s that dog ?
• Commander Con drea y replied severely in1ured Ma yor Woodward said okay Thank you .
14 City Allorney's Report
City Attorney Brotzm an did not have any matters 10 brmg befo re Council
15 Adjournment
MAYOR W DWARD MOVED TO ADJOU RN The meehng adjourned at 8 37 pm
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