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Home My WebLink About2010-03-01 (Regular) Meeting Minutes• • 1. Ca ll to Order ENGLEWOOD CITY COU NCIL ENGLEWOOD , ARAPAHOE COU NT Y, COLORADO Regul1 r Session March 1, 2010 The regular meeting of the Eng lewood City Co"ncil was called to order by Mayo r Woodward at 7.31 p.m. ~. Invoca tion The in vocation wa s given by Council MP.mber McCafi1;n 3 Pled ge of A llegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Membe r McCashn 4 . Ro ll Call Present Council Me mbers Jefferso n, Olson , Penn , G1lh t, McCashn , Wilson , Woodward Absent A quorum was present. None Also present City Manage r Sears Assistant City Attorney Reid Deputy City Manag er Flaheny Ci ty Clerk El hs Deput y City Clerk ilush Dire ctor Gryglew1cz , Finance and Adm1n 1strat1vu Servi ces Director Fonda , Util1 1ies Direc tor Black, Parks and Rec reati on Director White, Community Development Operations Division Manage r Tallent, Wastewater Treatment Plant Golf Operations Manager Spada , Parks and Recreallon Police Commander Cond reay 5 Co nsi deration of Minutes of Pr evio us Session (a) COU NC IL MEMBER PENN MOVED , AND CO UNCI L MEMBf:f, v\llL SO N SECONDED , TO APPROVE THE M INUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COU NCIL ME ETI NG OF FEB RUARY 16, 2010 , Mayor Woodward asked 1f there were any mod1 f1 cat10ns or corrections There were none Vote results : Mell on earned A: es Council Members Penn , McCasl1n , Wilson , Woodward , Jefferson, Olson , Gill1t Nays . None Re cog nition of Schedult1d Pub lic Comment The re were no scheduled v1s1to rs Englewood City Council March 1, 2010 Page 2 Re cognition of Un scheduled Publi c Comment (a) Scott Gorsky an Englewood resident said good evening Council I am here to basically make the Council aware , 1f you are no~ alreadv c1r1d also anybody else who 1~ 111 allendance ... l am curren tly the president a the school board t-,-:;re in Englewou'1 Rtgh: now we are 1n the process of searching for a new superintendent to replace Mr Sean Mc Daniel who wi:: be leaving us at the end of the year So I am bas,cally here to Just mal<e the community . along with yourselves aware of the opportunity The board 1s looking for md1v1duals from the commumfy to basically sign up to do one of two things to help us try to find and dIsco'1 er the best candidate out there On the 20th of March . which II ,s already March. go figure on the 20th of March , we are going to have an opportunity where we are going to be screening the paper appllcat1ons for all of the applicauon s that we receive for \he supermtendency In Apnl , on Apnl 10th. we are going to have an opportunity where we are going to ask community members, the school board , people that are mterested and llve w1th1n the school d1sm c1 to actually take part m th e in terviews of the fmahs ts ti1at are selected from the pa pe r screentng process So I am basically here Just to let people know that that opponunity ,s out there I would greatly appreciate partIcIpa11oa t,y the Council and anybody that lives w1th1n the confines of the Englewood School D1s1nc1 Just wanted to let you know that that's a poss1b1l1ty If you wish to apply, 11 is a very simple apphcal!on We JUSt ask what your affihat1on Is . and just wh y your mterest why you have an interest In either berng part of the screening team or the mtervIew orocess You can get tha t apphcat1on at www englewoodschools erg or you can call our board secretary . Linda Felling al 303-806-2010 And I would Just really welcome any and all to participate We are really looking to find the best candidate out there to take ca re of our school district We did a great J0b the last 1Ime and we are pretty much duphcatmg that process We hope that people will come loiward and w ish to part1cIpa Ie Ma yor W oodward sa,d thank you Severa l Council members said thank you • (b) Colleen Mello , an Engiewood resident and representing the Englewood Chamber of Commerce • said I wo uld ltke o thank all of ttle sponsorships that you r.~ve so graciously awarded to the Englewood Chamber of Commerce m the 2009 calendar year We truly appreciate th1s support and all of the In • kind awaras vou have given to the Chamber. which helps subs1d1ze our programs We would like to continue with our ettr,rts to reduce the sponsorship money t at we request from the City of Englewood We have set up th e City of b .-;lewood as a premier sponsor for 2010 , which enti tles the City to be a gold sr.,J,"!c;or for all of th e Cha bers events This would include the following Chan bers dues, S3 .000 00 Chambers Business Gala Sl,000 or, we are doing a new Chamber Directory Guide, Ih1s would be at no charge to th e City , for S1 ,000 00 . Chambe: Goll Tournament , S2 000 00 , we are doing a Chamber Membership p,cn,c . this would be al no charge to the City. for S500 00 , the Student Recogn,t,on luncheon S500 00 Women ,n Business luncheon. S500 00 th e Chamber Service luncheon. S500 00. the Young Bu siness Person dinner. S500 00. the Chamber Business Expo this would be at no charge to the City , which would be S1 ,000.00 . and then the Chamber Holi day Party , S50 0 00 The total sponsorship would be S8500 00 We wou ld be doing the S2500 00 at no charge to th e City The Char-:ber \',111 contI nwe to ioolt. for ways to redurP our moricy re.Quests from the City of Englewood wh ich supplements the progra ms th at wll l be presented oy the Chamber m 2010 Th e amount Is d red ucti on of S:!500 00 from the 200~ programs Thank you so much May::,r W ood,-.a rd and severa Council members said than k you (cl F1a11k Delio f an Englewood resident satd some of you 1111ght r member that I have becm here before I arn 1--,ac k again to talk about l he pond m my alley Now after I came down and talked to you gentlemen. something 01d happen and 11 got pretty well leveled out and the pond disappeared There was a couple of low spots bu t that 1s Just one of the things tt1at happen ma dirt alley Here , awhile bac,<, the al!ey was graded and the operator dropped his blade on one side by ahout two inches That kmd al ~~, t1 1mos :.ut of kilter I wa s over talk1r.g to my neighbor about It and he said he had some things to say that l'm not going 10 tell you about We ta lked about vanous th ings that migh t help as far as gemng our alley frxed We tiIscarded quite a few of th em You could tell tha t I mean City Hall is s11I1 here We were tal king thougll and w~ thought you know possi bly th ere could be tha t Council could have an open season on road grader operators Sell ltcenses • Give us chance to get the problem fixed permanently This Is Just something that I wanted to throw cut We w ould like to have our alley fixed 11 was fixe d once and he came by and ~umed 11 We would like him to come • • • En glewood City Council Mar ch 1, 2010 Page 3 back and maybe do a little better Jub this time If not, I am going to remind my th ree volunteers on the flrsl nice war m day 10 come down and see me So thank you very , very m uch MJtor Woodward and several Council members said than k you Council Member Jefferson asked could we get th e address aga ,n Mr OeHoff replied I beg your pardon Council Member Jefferson sa id could we get your home add re ss again . sir? Mr Oe Ho:'f repli ed wnh h1 .; homt: address We are right acrcss from Bishop Scr,?ol Council M ember Jefferson said thank you Council Member Wilson asked 1f tllat could be turned into a Council request Council Member Penn said I would suggest that we turn 11 into a Counr.tl req ue st but we also maybe have someone go over and chec..:k and make su1e that we understand w hat the grad ing problem is over the re again Ci ty Manager Sea rs replied su re and 1f It Is Jkay, I can actually ask Mike Flaherty , who Is Deputy City Manager, 1f he could to maybe talk to you for a couple of minutes so that we make sure that we have a co ntact , so th at our Publ ic Works Depanment follows up So ,f you w ould do that Mike? Thank you So Mike w ill talk to yoc rig ht after the meeting 8 Com r,,unica tio n s 1 Proc lam at ions and Appointments (a ) An e•mail from Trish Elley announcing her resignation from the Englewooc' Public Library Board was considered COUNC IL MEMBER JEFFERSON MOVED, AND CO UN CIL M EMBFR PENN SECONDED, TO ACCEPT THE RES IGNATI ON OF TRISH ELLEY FROM THE ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD . Council Member Penn said 1 kind of feel like Bob now, that we are los;;-i~ good Library Board people Tri~n wa s an excellent member Council Member Jefferson said I am sorry to see 1 r1sti step down I understand that he~ schedule changed an d she wasn't able to make th e meeting times any further Vote res ults: Motion earned Ayes Council Members Penn . Mccaslin. 'Nilson , Woodw ard Jefferson Olson G1lht Nays None (b) A resolulton appoIntI11g Randy Kloe wer as a yout mer ·ber to u,,~ Park~ and Recrea ti on Comm1ss1011 was considered COU NCIL MEMBER PENN MOVED, AND CO UN C IL MEMBER M cCASLIN SE COND ED, TO APPilOVE A RESOLUTION APPOINTING RANDY KLOEWER AS A YOUTH MEMBt!R OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION CO MMI SS ION FvR THE CITY OF E NGLEW OOD , CDLOl:ADO . RESOLUTION NO 30. SER IES OF 2010 A RESOLUTION APPOINTI NG RANDY KLOEWER AS A YOUTH t,,,i::MBER or P-lE DARKS AND RECREATION COMMI SS IO N FOR TH E Cl [Y OF E NGLEWOOD COLORADO Mayor Woodward as!<ed 1f th ere was any d1scuss1on He sai d I woultj like to mention that I have been on 1h e Parks and Recreat1on Board for a number of yea rs and I said this while we were intervIew1119 I find that youth members I eally 11ave something lo cldd and make a d1fference on our boa1 ds and commIs sIons They bring a different perspective and 11 Is very very refreshing and I really appreciate you coming forward and applymg and I am sure th~ board will welcome you with open arms Council Member Jefferson said tllank you Randy for volunteering your \Ime and you let th r 11 know what you thmk alright? Engl ewood c i?y Councrl March 1, 20 ' I'\ Page 4 Council Member Penn said you have a lot to fil l up there buddy Mayor Woodward sa I0 ok ay Randy. 1f you would come forward , we'll have you sing the Englewood Ci ty song There was la ughte r Council Member Penn said or the Eng lewood fight so ng . ei ther one May or Woodward said Randy Is a student at ELA. Englewoo d's Leadership Academy , a wcnderful school I would hke 10 pres en t you with this pin and ce rtifi cate of appoin tment Congra tula tions and thank you for your services "T"here was applause Rand y Kloewe r sa id than k you Vote results : Motio n camed . Ayes Council Me1 -oers Penn . McC ashn . Wilson , Woodw ard , Jefferson , Olson, G1ll1t Nays None (c) A re vised reso :u I1 on ap pointing Jordan May as a11 alternate on th e Board of Adjustment and Ap pea ls was cons idered COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER PENN SECONDED , TO APPROV E A RESO LUTION A PPOINTING JORDAN MAY AS AN ALTERNATE ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AN D APP EALS FOR T HE CITY OF ENG LEWO OD , COLORADO . RE SOLUT IO N NO 31 SER IE S OF 20 10 A RESO LUTION A PPO IN TIN G JORDAN MAY AS AN ALTE RN ATE VOTI NG ME MB R TO THE BOARD OF AD JU ST MENT AN D APPEALS FOR TH E CITY OF ENGLEWOOD May or Woodward as ked 1f there was any discussion He said I Just want 10 mention that th i~ ts called a re vise d reso lu tion because we are allow ing th e ;:itternaIe member with this board th e nghl to vote 1n the event tha t a regula~ member ts abs~nt from the meeting . so that the 1c 1s a qu orum Vote res ult s: Ayes Council Members Penn , Mccaslin Wi lson Woodward . Je fferson . Olso n. G1lltt Nays None Moha r carrie d 9 Consent Ag en da (a Approv al of Oro1na1 1s on F1rsI Reading Th ere .vere no add1t1 on al 1terns subm med for approv al on ftrsl readi ng 1See Agenda It em 11 ) CO UN CIL MEMBER WILSO N MOV ED, AND CO UN CIL MEMBER McCAS LIN SECOND ED, TO APPROV E C '"I SE NT AGENDA ITEMS 9 (b) (i) and (ii). (b) Appro val of Ordinan ce s on Se co nd Read in g ·\ OR DIN ANCE NO 6 SE RIES OF 20 10 (COU NC IL BILL N "l 1 INTROD UCED BY COU NCIL ME MBE R J=FFERS O N) • • A N ORDI NANCE AUTHO RIZIN G ACCE PTA N':E OF A GRA NT FR OM TH E STATE O F COL ORADO, • ECONOMIC DE VEL O PMENT COMMISS ION FOR MARKETIN G AND ADM IN ISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN TH E ENT ERPRISE ZO NE • Englewood City Council March 1, 2010 Page !) (ii) OR DIN ANCE NO 7. SERIES OF 2010 , (C OU NCIL BI LL NO. 2. INTR ODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILSO N) AN ORD IN ANCE APPROV IN G AN IN fERGOVER NME NTAL AGREEMENT ENTITLED "CASE NO . 09SA133 COMMON INTEREST AG REEME NT" BETWEEN FAR MERS RESE RVOIR A ND IRR IGATI ON COMP ANY AND BURLI NGTON DITC H, RESER VOIR AND LA N D CO MPANY: EAST CHERRY CREEK VALLEY WAT ER AND SA N ITATI ON DISTRI CT: HE NR YLYNN IRRIGATI ON DISTRI CT , UNITED WATER AN D SANI TATION DI ST RICT : CITY OF THOR NTO N: CIT Y O F BRI GHTON: CITY AND COU NTY OF DE NVER : AC T ING BY AN D TH ROUGH ITS BO AR D OF WATER CO MMI SSIONERS : TOWN OF LOC HBUI E: SOUTH ADA MS CO UN TY w,;'it::R AM l SA NITATION DISTRICT AN D T HE C ITY OF EN GLEWOOD , COLORADO. Vote results: Motion car ried . Ayes · Council Members Penn , Mcc aslin , VJ1lson , Woodwa rd, Jefferson , Olson , Gillit Na ys : None (c) Resolutions and Motions There were no ad ditional resolutions or mo tions submitted for approval (See Agenda Item 11 .) 10 P•;bll c Hearing It em s No pu bli c hearing was schedul 1Jd before Council .11 Ordinan ce s, Res olu ti on and Motion s (a) Approval of Ord inances on First Reading (i) Director Fonda presented a recommendation from the Little ton/Eng lewood Wastewater Treatment Plant Supervisory Committee to ado pt a bill for an ordinani::e approvi ng an Intergovernme ntal Agreement with Col orado St ate University for cooperative res ea rch proJects on the land applicatton of wastewater b1oso lids to dryl an d whe at farm ing operations . The 2010 program cost is $109 ,295 .00 which Is to be split 50150 wi th the City of Li ttl eton He said Your Honor, this Is somet111ng tha t we bri ng up annually In 198 2 we sta rted domg the resea rch and have been doing 11 ever since The research has been cn t1cal and it has bee n used by the EPA I ~stablish some of the rul es under which we operate By doing it, we show that ther e 1s no ad ve rse effect on the cropland by tht? app lication of our b1c:;ohds and this is enormously important because 1f we didn't have the ability to appl y b1osol1ds we would have to use mechanical techniques and landfill and llla l woul d be enormousl y expensive compare d to what we're doing now Th is has had a long term series of data and we will co ntinue to recommend doing 1t And that way we can keep the regulators com forta ble with the fac t that our process Is only benefic ial It Is S1 09 .295 00 We do It al two sites The B1-C1ty com mittee recommends 1t that you approve this Ma yor Woodward asked 1f there were any qu es ti ons for Stu There wer e none C OUN CIL MEMB ER McC ASLIN MOVE D , AND CO UN CIL MEMB ER PE NN SEC OND ED, TO AP PROVE AG ENDA ITEM 11 (a) (I )· COUN C IL B ILL NO. 3. COUNCIL BIL L NO 3, INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER McCASLIN A BIL L FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVI NG AN INTERGOVERNMENTAi. AG REEMENT BETWEE N COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (C SU) A ND LITTLETON /ENGLEWOOD WASTEWATER TREATMENT • PL ANT f'OR THE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT ON LAND APPLICATION OF SEWAGE BI OSOLIDS ON DRYLAND WHEAT Englew oo d Ci ty Counc il Marc h 1, 201 0 Page 6 Mayor Woodward asked 1f there was any discussion He said I 1ust wan t to point ou t that the S 109 295 00 1s split equ ally be tween L1ttlet0n and Englewood Vo te resul ts : Motton carried Ayes Council Members Penn . Mccaslin . Wilson , Woodward , Je ffe rson, Olson , G1ll1t Na ys None (11) D1recto r Gryglew,cz presented a recommenda tIon from th e Finance an d Administra tive Services De partm ent to approve a bill for an ordinance am end in g Ordinance 20 , Series of 2009 , regarding the lease-purchase of cena1 n equipment for City Depanments He said Mayor and Council , back on Ma y 18 . 2009 , Coun cil passed Ordinance 20, Senes of 2009 on fin al readmg wh 1c.h gave app roval for the City to 1ease ... 1t was appro ximately one m1U1on dollars In equ ipment One of the ,terns one of the large it ems In the re was called a Voice over Intern et Protocol T hat proJe ct was delayed, so th e funds were no: needed for that Po lice vests which we came up w ith an alte rnative source of funding for that and also SCBA. wh ich Is equtpment for the Fire Department , we came up and we got a grant fo r that So we are am1:r11.1ir 1£1 the ongm al Ordinance Just for IT eqU1p men1 whi ch mainly consists of PC's, men.tors , an d storage units This Iease will not exceed S350 ,000 OD will last no lo nger than three years. the interest ra te for this will nvl t:''t'Ceed 4 i'So/r-and the anr:ual p::ayment will not exceed S12 8.000 00 T his will help us preserve our capital , wh ich as Cow•c1t knows righl now for our ca pital proiects 1s somewhat hm1ted This w ill help us s:retch that money out Mayor Woodward asked 1f th ere were any questions He said I h3ve a •-1ues tIon I Jus t need a htt le cla nf1cal1 on I guess This Is removmg something that was approved In 2009 under Ordinance No 20 So Is this an ordinance tha t earned forward any un spent fu nos for something that was appropriated m a pnor yem? Does • tnat work under th1s or 1s th is a pan of the 2010 budget? Director Gryglew1cz said we did budget m 2010 for • lease payments wh ich will actuall y exceed the amount that we are going to ask for because. as I said we found al ternauve fundmg for th e maJonty of th ese pro1ec ts So this has already been budgeted for but we will spend less than we originally assumeo Council Membr:ff Penn said Fra nk. approximately how much less will we be spending on this? Director Gryglew1cz replied I would have to look 1t up This 1s abou t a third of the pro1ect that we were leasing originally and the original lease was between three to fi ve yea rs and this 1s a three year lease Generally, lm ormat1 on Techn ol ogy equipment becomes obsolete so rapidly that they generally only want to lease for three years This will be a th ree year lease although probably the real life of the equi pmen t will extend beyond that Mayo r Woodward asked ,t there were any oth er questions There we1e none CO UN CI L MEMBER GILLIT MOVED . AN D COU NCIL M EMB ER WILS O SECONDED , TO APPRO V E AGENDA ITEM 11 (o ) (1i) COU NC IL BILL NO . 4 COU NCIL BILL NO 4 INTRODUCED BY COU NCIL MEMBER GILLI T A BILL FOR AN O il DI NANCE or TH[ CITY or ENGL WOOD AME N DING OROI NANC~ NO 20 SLR l[S or 2009 REGARDING l HE LEASE-PURCHASE OF CERTAI N EOUIPM NT FOR CITY DEPARTM NTS Mayor Woodward asked 1f there were any discussion There were none Vote r esu lts: Motion earned Ayes Nays Council Members Penn McCashn Wilson Woodward Jefferson Olson. G1ll1t None Director Gryglew1cz said thank you • • • • Englewood City Council March 1, 2010 Page 7 (iii) Golf Operatio ns Manager Spada presented a recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Department to adopt a bill for an ordinance approvin g an agreement with Broken T Partners LLC to opera te the Broken Tee En glewood Indoor Golf Training Center He sa id good evening Counci l. As we talked ,n the Study Session , we are moving forward w ith an agreement wit h Broken T Pa rtners Some or the key points that we mentioned before were that there will be a S20 ,000 00 Iease payment plus 20% at the util ities payment fo r the clubhouse . discounted lessons for the Englew ood re.;id ents and free instruction fl)r o:Jr Hole-m- One program . I want to make note that on page 7 at the agreement, Section 19 , on th e second to the last se ntence th ere . it shou ld be Section 20 instead at Se ction 24 . We will make that change. W ith that, I ask that you ... we recommend that you adopt a bill or for ord inance approving th is agreement with Broken T Pa rtners Mayor Woodward asked ,r there were any questions for Bob There were none COUNCI L MEMBER OLSON MOV ED, AND COUN CIL MEMBER WILSON SECONDED , TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (ill)-COUNCIL BILL NO . 5, WITH AN AMENDMENT TO PAGE 7, SECTION 19, CH ANGING SECTION 24 TO SECTION 20 . COU NCIL BILL NO. 5, INTR ODUCED BY COU NC IL ME MB ER OLSON A BILL FOR AN OR DIN ANCE APPROV IN G AN AGREE MENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AND BROKEN T PAR TNERS LLC FOR A TRAI NI NG CENTER AT BROKE N TEE ENGLEWOOD Ma yor Wood ward asked if ther e were any ques ti ons There were none Vote re sults : Motion earned Ayes Nays Council MemOers Penn . McCasl1n, Wilson , Woodward , Jefferson , Olson , Gi lht None Mayor Woodward said thank yo u Bob. (b l Approval of Ord inances on Second Reading Th ere we re no add 1t1onal item s submitted for approval on sec ond read ing (See Agenda Hem 9 -Con sent Agend a.) (c\ Re solu ti ons and Malians (1) Deputy City Manage r Flaherty presented a recommendation to approve by motion . a pro fessi on al services agreemen1 with Histon c Preservat io n Co nsultant Diane Wra y Tomasso to pursue a nommat1on to have Englewood 's downtown Broadway Post Office added to National Reg1Ster of Hi storic Pla c c; He sai d good evening At last week 's Study Session . Counci l dis cussed th e matter of a professiona l service s agreeme nt with Diane Wray Tomasso The purpose of which . as Mr Mayor has md1cated , has been the hrston c des,gnat,on of the Broadway Post Offi ce As discussed in th e Study Session last week , Ms Tomasso's con tr act wou ld include obligallon on the City of S280 0 UO , S2500 00 ,n the way of fe es and S300 00 for reimbursable ex penses In addition, Ms Tomasso will be working with th e Ci ty to ra,se addi11onal funds and up to $2500 00 of add1t1ona l funds that might be raised would be paid to Ms Wray Tomasso as part of lhe fee, as well Earlier this evening, we talked about the com munit y ouI reach tha t Ms Wray Tomasso will be cond ucting ne xt week in the form of three meetings one on Mon day th e 8th at 3 p m at Malley Center, one on Wednesday lhe 10th at 7 p m 1n Hampden r' JII , and the th ird for th e business com munity 1n conJu nct10r wi th the Alliance for Commerce ,n Englewood meeting , on Thursday the 11 th at noon The purpose of the con tract ,s to continue to prepare for national regI sIrat1on registered nom mat mn fo r the Pos t Offi ce That w1H be the purpose of the fundra1ser Is lo raise fu nds to pay the remamder of Ms. Tomasso 's fee s Just to bnng to your attention , as well , that 1n the letter that we re ceived from the Po st Office . ea rlier. their requ est was for S25 .000 00 for th e same purpose of pla ci ng this build in g In the Nation al Register If you have any questi ons . I'd be ha ppy to answer them or Ms. Wray Tomasso 1s here th is evening as we ll to answer questions 1f yo u have question s for her Englewood City Counc il Marc h 1, 2010 Page 8 Mayor Woodward asked 1f there were an y quest !ons There were none COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER McC ASLIN SECONOED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (c) (i) -A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HISTORIC PRESER V AT ION CONSULTANT DIANE WRAY TOMASSO TO PURSUE A NOMINATION TO HAVE ENGLEWOOD'S DOWNTOWN BROADWAY PO ST OFFICE ADDED TO NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. Ma yor Woodward asked if there was any d1scuss 1on Council Member G11l1t said Mr Ma yor , at last week 's Study Session . I voiced my concern about this issue One ,s a proiecl of this nature , 11 deals wi th the pubhc , I believe , and I'll hold fast 10 m y .what I said last wee k It should be community driven My feelings are that the Ci ty shouldn't be obhgaled lo do something l hal I l h1nk Iha public co uld do very well Secondly, I'm sure Ms Tomasso could do a greal JOb but the iss ue that we didn't yrA an y other bids , we did n't tal k 10 any other pe opl e that could do the JOb I'm not saying aga,n lhal she couldn't do wel l but I'm Ju st not comforta ble I'm sure you'll approve 11 anyway I need to ·10Ice my opmIon on that, that I'm 1ust not co mfortab le voung yes on this at this tim e Mayor W oodward said okay Th ank you He asked if there were any other comments Council Member WIison said I JUSI would like to say that with Diana DeGette this mornmg we talked about the Post Office She 1s gom g to work closel~• with the Cny and Diane to get 1hIs to go th rough so I feel very con fident that thI~ will be a posItIve experience . with her support Mayor Woodward said l would ,Jst like to mention that l believe that th is Is an asset of th e City of Englewood • That h1stoncally I mea n, I broi.;ght pictures tha t I was able to print from the Library tG Representat,ve DeGette • today of lhe ground-breaking and the opening up of the Post Office and some things like that This Is truly a community effor1 II was a community effort what happened sta rtin g from December 26 up until we 901 not1f1ed that th e Post Office was not goi ng to be shut and It con tmues to be Just that I had the opportuni ty to be at Council Member Jefferson's D1stnct meeting last week . and when this was brought up , there were members from Dis trict 1 that at that time whr were asking who do we wrne a check to? I think that there Is a loJt of support and I think that lhal support will come th rough I think as leaders of the City and of the community, I th ink 11 Is up to us to move on Any oth er commen ts? Council Member Jefferson said I thmk the other reason that I am generally supportive right at this moment Is that I thmk we do need to capitalize on the community efforts that have already taken place , and genera ly move forward and expedite the process I am happy to hear more comments on that Louncu Memoer 1..:111111 said well one fmtJi co111111t:Hll horn me: t~ lhdl I dn .ui oLic:.:llng tu the h1stonca: oJesIgna11on but the process that we are taking to do II And Mr Mayo· you JU5t proved my point t thml-' cI t1zen5 could do a great Job on the1· own w1tl1out having the Cit~• fu nd 11 We a ready have c11 Izens that '"'ant to help which iust proves my pomt for a no Cou ncil Member Jefferson said aga,n we slill would need somebod)' 10 process th 10 handle the process th ough Do you agree with that? Council Member G1ll1t said I think n ca n be done but done privately M ayor Woodward asked 1f there were any other discussions Council Member Olson said I am m favor of this for a number of reasons One we do have great ground swell w 1tt1 1n our City and Ils time to capnallze on H It Is In our present mmds If we waI1 any Ion er 11 will be d1fflcult to aclu ally rally tile tr oop~ around somethin g that doesn't seem necessary anymore Secondly , we have a very well respec1ed person who ..:a me forv.,ard one of ouI own residen ts of the City wh o has a tra ck record of doin g eYceptIonal work In th is area and to have her give her services at such a d1scounl, with an agreement to actually • raise funds to match and go beyond Is an 1ncred1ble 91ft that she has given us And then thirdly I thin!,,,, I wanted to ask bu t didn't bring 11 up with Representative Diana DeGette this mornIr,g would be to actually look at naming • • • Englewood City Cou ncil March 1,2010 Page 9 11 as pan of this process so to use the forums as a way to thin k about giving ti a des ig nated name So I am not sn rP now we go about Iha process but So I am very supportive and excited to see this proiect go forward Coun cil Member McCashn said I se cond that Ma yo r Woodward asked 1f there was any further d1scuss1on There was none Vot e results : Motio n earned Ayes : Counc1t Members Penn . Mccaslin , Wilson, Woodward , Jefferson Olson Na ys Council Member G1lhl Ma yor 1/vood ward said thank you Mike 12 Gen eral Discussion (a) Mayors Choice (1) Mayor W ood ward said to st.Jrt , I wou ld like to make a motion to approve the Greater Engle wood Chamber of Commerce's request for the funding for the SS6 .5QO 00 sponsorship for the year which has been provided for within the City's budg et. under the 1n the City Council's budge! This 1s something that supp orts businesses and supports commerce within th e Ci:y of Englewood I would like to make a motion to move forward on that fund ing MAYOR WOO DWARD MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER P ENN SECONDED, TO APPROVE, BY MOTION, THE GREATER ENGLEWOOD CHAMB ER OF COMM F RCE'S REQUEST FOR THE FUNDING, FOR T HE $8,500 .00 SPONSORSHIP , FOR THE YE AR . Ma yor W oo dward asked 1f there was an y d iscussion Council Member Wilson said I would Just like to say tha t since I have be en on Council. and at that ume the Cham ber was barely fun ct1onmg with someone that had so many problems And the people who are working on II nov. have done such a great Job to turn 11 around I am so impressed with that and everything th2t they have done or th e City And again, working with th e businesses I whole heanedly approve 11 Cou ncil Member Penn said I lh1nk some of lhe meetings that we have had w ith th e business people o f the City of Englewood and the importance of having a presence from the City to these fun ctions 1s really huge All of the d1sc1..ss.1om, w~ gel there Lik~ I !)did Jill brought up lhdl w~ dlt: the Ch, mbe1 I!) cutting back I thmh. 11 IS. almost a 35°/ reduction rn three years I believe the Chamber will continue to look for different ways to fund t e Charrber bu t I think they would s1ill l1ke to have the City be a pan of all of the functions and you saw some of the fr ee gratis thin s that they a re gIv1ng us S25QO OU It Is 1ust a way hopefully that the Cha mber 1s s3y1ng thank you ut also con tinually g 1v1ng th e Ci ty the front row seat at every thing so th ey can get close to businesses Cour:11 Member G!lht said Mr Mayor. 1f I could comment on that Mayor Woodward replied you may Council M emoer G1lht said I do suppon th e Chamber l like what they do Again I thmk busmesses should s u pport the Charriber I am not In favor of the Cit~ doing this huge 91ft or grant to th em ~;o I will be voting no Mayor Wocdward said oka y Is there any other d1s cuss1on? There was none V ote res ults : Mot,cn earned Ayes Nays Council Members Penn McCar,hn Wilson. Woodward Jefferson Olson Council Member G1ll 11 Englewood City Council March 1, 2010 Pag e 10 (11) Mayor Woodward said the next item I have was that I did want to reiterate the meetings regarding the Post Office. Naltonal Register of H,storic Places . The first one w,11 be Mo nday, March 8. 3 pm . al Malley Center Second one will be Wednesday. March 10. 7 pm Hampden Hall . right here at C,v,c Center The th 1rd one will be Th ursday the 11th , I believe 1t 1s at noon with Alliance for Commerce Englewood , which w,11 be will that be ,n the Community Room Mike? Deputy City Manager Flaheny replied yes M ayor Woodward continued okay (iii) Mayor Woodward saIc! I also wanted to mention that in our meeting with Represenlallve OeGette th1s morning , I asked her about ass 1stmg us 1n setting up meetings wher we go to Washington , Bob , I and Gary, to meet with the Post Master or Postal peop le who make the dec1smn3 on the hIstonc designations She was more than happy and pleased to make sure that that w1I I happen So we have her suppo rt and have had a lot of commun,catton with her regarding that (Iv) Ma yor Woodward said the next item I have ,s last week al lh e Study Session , I brought up tha t I spoke wi th a Council Member from Littleton regarding dcmg a spring clean up or a donation for ARC , Goodw1II, kmd of a spnng clean up for res1dt?nts of the Tn -C,ty area , whrch would be Englewood , Lltlletor and Sheridan Also, was able to include lnterla,th Community Se.vic es m that for non-perishable, canned goods or somethmg hke that And so _ m the past week . we have moved forward on that and have designated a date of Apnl 17th at P:rate's Cove parkmg lot for people . cItIzens of the Tn -C1 11es and I'm sure if the people from Cherry Hills or Greenwood Village wanted to donate thmgs . 1hey cou ld do that and nobody would ObJect We will have a back-up date of Apn l 24 , In the event of inclement wea the r . which Is ce rtainly a poss1b1hty with an Apnl snow That Is on the websi te now and we in tend to get 1nformallon more 1nformat1on cul on th at to the newspapers and on the website • (v) Mayor Woodward said nex t item I had Is that 1 wanted to thank Joe for 1nclud1ng me In • his D1stnct meeting last week T hat was very much my pleasu re and I app reciated the feedb.::ick and th e Interac11 on w ith cItIzens from D1str 1c1 I C0Jnc1 I Member Jefferson said we appreciated havmg you Mayor Woodward said thank you (v1 ) Mayor W oodward said also I JUSI wanted 10 mention that the M cDonalds on Hampden out here on 285, will be closing on Sunday for about a penod of three month s, for what I understand Is going to be a remodel Kmd of what I have heard, through the rumor mill was 11 was a remodel where 11 was a complete scrape and rebuild so that will be closed after Sunday Council Member Penn asked 1f they were going to brmg the arches back Mayor Woodward repllea I don't know what the y are doing I 1ust heard this from an employee (v11J Maver Woodward said and Fran k I wanted to address Just a li ttle b1l about fr,e 3rad1ng I 1-:no\\ 11 s 101 Puohc Works certai n ly wulli: 15 v~,y very d1ff1cult whe n 11 came:; la the al!c;•s, because 01 the freezing and then the weather warming up curing th e day the snov. mel tm g tr ucks cars and I thm l-. probably and I thmk most of us nave somewhat ru tt ed or bumpy alleys Not as bad as some 01 the ramstorms tnat ha~ pen 1f you hve on an alley !hat Is pom tec. down hill I think tha t that probably would be m y guess has a lot 10 do Nl!n what Is ~0Ing on I know Just hav1rg driven down my alley today there are some ruts but there t!) no way II could be graded as 11 Is wet 11·s wet and I m su re dtmng th e r,,ghl 11 freezes up So I think that has 10 be a pan of what's gomg on w1?1 that That's all I have (b l Council :-.1 embcrs Choice (t) Council Me mber Olsor She 5d1d tnanl-. ym. for those com mg au: She said I am very exc it ed to see the Post Off1c~ proJecl move forward Thank you • • • Eng lewood City Council March 1, 201 0 Pag e 11 (i1 ) Council Membe r Jefferson 1. He said I Iu st wanted to thank Scott for coming out and giving us a report for the schcol board . It 's really nice to hear about your efforts there I wonder 1f I could chat with you afterwards . I would love to have a representative fr om the schvol board at my next meeting . That would be really awernme Maybe we could chat a little after that ... after the meeting . 2 He sa id Colleen , lhank you fo r coming down and repr esen lIn g the Cham ber The wh ole busine ss co mmunit y appreciates your effo rt s 3 He said and lo Frank . hopefully we w,11 take a look at the sItuatIon .. ,n your alley th , ; need be , bnng some service th ere . I appreciate yo u bringing that forward . That's all I have tonight , Your Honor. Ma yor Woodward sa id than k you (iii) Counc il Member Penn 1. He said thanks J,m . Thanks to whoever brought Diana DeGette down here today . It was reall y an interesting conv ersa11 on and 1f yo u have a chance to come down , she 1s in the Library . and I can't remember when the ne xt time tha t her grou p will be here ... City Manager Sears said I don't know but we'll make sure we flag that. Council Member Penn said make sure you check when she 1s there They hav e some great answe r~ and 1f not they'll go get th ose answe rs for you 2 He said Frank , I am go,ng to be lea ving ,n the morning so hopefully 11 will be taken care of before I get back home fro m vaca tion I would like to ta lk lo you aher th e meeting 3 He said Randy , congratu lations I know you are the power of :ha t who le family back there You are overcom ing both mom and dad really well so kee p gomg Jusl k1dd1ng mom and dad You're great. 4 He said to th e Post Office. Ms Tomass o I would love 10 be there except I am going to be somewhere else My thoughts will be with you and I hope everybody ral lies around and gets that taken care of because It Is something lhat I lh1nk we def,nilel y need 5 He said the new Broken T Panners I think they left I'm glad they ·re here and I hope they cont,sue servicing the Englewood people, especially me , Englewo od ci tizens , and I'm sure Jerrell 1ust went. oh my gosh , he said 11 aga,n So that's ok ay I'm hoping that goes because I thin k tha t ,s so met hing for our youth the youth of Englewood to take car e of 6 He said Colleen. I get lo ~ee you every aay but thank you IOI com ing out I knm\ t1ow hard ,t 1s sometune5 for yoI1 for people to get In front of th ~ pod ium. so th anks for doing lnat 7 Hr said I had a really good week end down at the DRCOG, the Denver Regional Council of Governments JI was a great wor kshop I fee l mu ch better with 11 n0w than l did a month ago wh ""n I wanted to put my hand s around lhe Mayor's lhroat for suggesting lhat I should go l here Bui ,1 ,s very 1nformal1ve and 11 you ever have a chance to go there. it's the third Wednesday of every mon th. down on 1200 Broadway They really do discuss a lot aboul what's going ;n and l!'s Just not transportation They hav e a lot of other th ing s going on 8 He said and everyl..ody have a really nrce three weeks I'll see you In three weeks Thank you (111) Council Member McCasl1n • 1 I le said Rand y. being on the being the Council !raison for Parks and Recreatron t would lli-..e to welcome you to our comm1ttee Thank yo u for applyi ng You ar~ a very fine young man 2 He said secondly , Scott, thank you for showing up Hopefully we can continue th e relationship be tween the school and the City I know your heart Is here so thank you for showing up I appreciate rt Englewood City Co un cil March 1, 2010 Page 12 3 He said Diane , lhank you You 're always a ple asure to deal with 4 He said Frank . Frank , don't be bo thering my wife . We 'll take ca re of it Council Member Penn said get the kids to do ti Frank Council Me mber McCas.hn sa,d we can bnng over th e Bishop Bears and help stra igh ten II out If you need it let me know We will look into It Thank you That's all I r,ave Ma yor Woodward said thank you Bob (v) Council Member Wilson said well . one of the things about being last, Is I can Just say likewise or I echo everyone else But thank you all for coming out I so ap, ecIate you being a part of this meeting It helps so much with th e decision making and it is good to keep people involved So thank you That's all 13 City Manager's Report (a) City Manager Sears said two things actually. Tom Munds helped me out and that Diane DeGelte or her representative does come every third Wednesday of the month So we will flag that She has oeen very rehg1ous abo ut being here and her st aff has also So we'll note that (b) City Manager Sears said the second thing Is that at tonight's Study Session , Alan White, our Communtty Development 01re ctor , presented 1nformat1on to the Council askmg for City Council's support for th e Ha bitat for Humanity .. for an appl1cat1on for a grant for housing at 1210~1290 W Quincy Ci rcle The reason for th ts 1s by Thursday ti1ey ne ed to apply for th is home , which 1s an investment partnership act program to acqwre his property Th is letter that we would ask Co un cil to look at , does not imply or give support for the ar;prova1 of • l:ie project. that would still have 10 go through th e Planning Comm1ss,on process and co me back ta th e City • Council All that this does 1s limit 11 to the Habitat fJ r Humanity , aski ng for support for th eir appl1cat1ori fo r the gran t We tal ked about thi s at the Study Session and ask to see 1f Council would consider supporting this appl1cat 1on COUNC IL MEMBER PENN MOV ED, AND CO UNCIL MEMBER WI LSO N SECONDED , TO AP PROVE , BY MOT ION , TO SUPPORT THE HABITAT FOR HUMAN ITY APPLICATION FOR A GRANT Ma yo r Wo odward asked 1f th ere was an y d1scuss 1on There was none Vote resu lt s: /\ ;es Council Member s Penn McCaslln , Wilson Wood ward, Jefferson Olson G1lht Nay s None Motion cameo Council Me mber W1tson said Mayor, I hav e some thing I'd hke 10 say Cit y Manager Sears said I have not11m9 further to say Council Member Wilson said the commu nit y garden meeting rs tomm row night and 11 1s gomg to be at Hampden Ha ll, at 6 30 , for L.11 of those wh o are interested who are here and those who are llstemng will be lis tening at hom e We hope to see you the re Thanks Mayor Woodward said tha nk you 14 Ci ty Atto rn ey '; Report (a) Ass1s ca nt City Att orney Reid said I'd like to request a moti on to se ttle Timothy Scott Parks v Officers Zasada, Sald1vor & O'Connor-LIS District Court Ca se #08 CV01037-GMA-MJW for S12 .500 00 There • • • Englewoo d City Co u ncil Marc h 1, 2010 Pag e 13 is a letter, I bel ieve, in your pa ckets from our attorney , the CIRSA anorne y, regard ing the reasons for ask ing for and the strategy for recomme nd ing this settlement. COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFERSON MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER McCASUN SECONDED , TO APPROVE THE SF.TTL :MENT OF TIMOTHY SCOTT PARKS V, OFFICERS ZASADA , SALDIVOR & O'CONNOR-U ,S. DISTRICT COURT CASE #0BCV01037-GMA-MJW FOR $12 ,500 .00. Mayor Woodward asked if th ere was any disc,,,sion . He sa id It seems to be that th is is a prudent th ing based on the informa tion from outside counsel. Vot e res ults : Motion carried . Ayes . Council Members Penn , Mccaslin . W il son . Wc~dwa•d , Jeffe :s•Jn, Ols on , Gillit Nays : None 15 Adjournment DOWARD MOVED TO AD~RN The meeting adjourne d at 8 24 p.m u✓;/u 1-~/f.~