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ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY , COLORADO
Regular Session
May 3, 2010
Call to Order
The regular meeting of the En glewoc o Ci ty Council w as ca ll ed tc order by Mayor Woo dward at 7 .37 p n .
2. Invocation
The invocati on was givei"l by Coun ci l Me mber McC aslin
Pledge of Allegiance
The Ple dge of Allegian ce w as led by Council 1,lt •mber McCaslin
Roll Call
Present
Absent
A qu orum was pr esent
Also pres en t
Coun cil Members Jefferson , Olsor.. Pen n G1lht MrC as ,'1' Wil son ,
Woo dward
None
Ci ty Manager Sears
City Attorney Brotzman
Deputy C ity Manager Flaherty
City Clerk Ellis
Deputy C ity Clerk Bush
Direc tor Gryg lew1 cz Fina nce and Adm1 ms trat 1\ ·· Services
Director Long . Li brary
Dire ctor W hi te, Community Development
Senior P lanner Stitt Community Deve lo pment
Sen io r Planner Langon , Community Development
Hou sing Fin anc e Speciali st Grimmett . Community Development
Operations Superi ntend ent McCormick Ut11it1es
D11ector Kahm Public Works
Eng1neenngfCap1tal ProJec ts Adm1n1stra tor Henderson Pubh c Works
Streets Main tenance Ma sager Hagan Public Works
Operations Manager Ka v1nsky , Public Works
Traffic Engineer Vostry Pubic Works
Police C hief Vand ermee
Police O ffi cer T aytor
Communi ty Relat1i:lns Spec1ahst Geier Pohce
Pohce Co mman der Watson
Con sideration of Minutes of Previous Session
(a) CO UNCIL MEMBER GILLIT MOVED , AND COUNC IL MEMBER OLSON SECO OE D, TO
• APPRO , E TH E MI NUT ES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 19, 2010 .
Ma yor Woodwa rd asked 1f there were any co rrec t1ons or mod1 f1cat 1ons
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Council Member Olson sa id there 1s one mistake in it It's a sim ple one . Ri ck , hope full y, won't mind me makmg
this Oo th e very last pa ge , when yo u were encouraged to go to th e prom .. you sa:c :~st's going to happen I
thm k you said that's not going to happen Jus t so no one expects you to show up th at nig t1~ Co , -:ii Member
G1lht said no ... that's not going to happen So, Ms Olson sa id , so ·no t" nee ds to be m there . ~r G. ·t said I
wont be go in g to the after prom Several comments were ma de at the same time Ms. Olso n c;a1d .just th at
change is what I would re comm end
Mayor Woodward sa id "not " was added be tween tha t's going so that 's not go,ng to happen . Okay .. ,s that all
Li nda ? Ms . Olson said that's it
Ma yor Woodward sa id I ha ve just one correction here On the parag raph above 11 .. at the end of the t,ne .. 11
sa ys .. "this wee , right?" I th ink tha t's week . With a "k" at the en d Council Member Olson sa id yes ... I saw th at
too , that's righ t Mayor Woodward said the line stans .. ."Mayor Woodward sai d, just speaking of servi ce, I 1us1
\1a 11t to ment1on ... i beheve the prom 1s th is wee k, right r
Ma ~o r Wood wa rd said are there an y other co rre ct1on!, or mod1ficat1o ns ~ There were none
Vote results on approval of the minutes of th ,. Regular City Council Meeting of April 19 , 2010 , as
amended :
Mo1 1on earned
Ayes Co un cil Member!:> Penn , McCaslln , Wilson , Woodward , Jefferson ,
Olson , G1lhl
Nays None
6 Recognition of Scheduled Public Comment
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Graduates
Ma ,ar Woodward sa,d 1onight we have a presentation to Englewood Police C1t1zens ' Academy
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Po hce Chief Va ndermee sa,d geed evening Your Honor and Counc1I It 1s my pnv1 !ege to be here again tonight
and recognize th ose c1t1ze ns who an .. gradua ting from th e 20 10 Englewood Pohce Department C1t1 zen s'
Academy You have heard me say before, and w,11 no doubt he ar me say 11 aga,n m the future, that there are
rea lly tw o corne rstones by which we opera te in th e Englewood Police Departme nt Two real ph1losoph1es th at
we generally adh ere to and that 1s , community po hcing and cus tomer service One of the grea test opportun1t1es
that we have that es tabl ishes part,1erships ,s with the community. And mvI 1Ing and hav ing members of th e
commu nity panic,pa te 10 an 8 . 9, 10 week long Citizens ' Academy th e way these people have done goes a
long way to establishing those partnerships These people certa,oly cou ld have spent their Tuesday nights for
the last couple of months watch in g TV or catching up on a good book or doing wha tever But they chose to
come to the Pohce Department every week and for no other reason than Just to learn '.!Xa ~lly what It Is we do
Th ey engag d m any number of act,v,ties with tne Police Department They had a ride -along They went
through a f1nng s,mulat,on We didn 't take them to the range or turn them loose with the guns . but they got to go
throu::fh n s1mula1or They go through driving simula tors , and th ey receive 1nstruct1 on from a number of
represen tatives of the Po lice Department from the detective bureau . from patrol from command staff , the South
Mero Drug Task Force , sex crimes ... Just about every aspect of the organization that you can think of And for
no other reason , than like I said , than to learn more abou t th is organ1?J!1on The )' help us build that way , a
much stronger communi ty. They become much more 11;~1olved 1n thE co mmunity They have a very stro ng
sense of part,c,pat,nn Now they are not 1ust outsid ers look:ng m Tney have been through part of ,t and they
unders tand the mechan ic s of 11 and they understand how thi~ part of the sys tem operates Man y of them then
go on and become one of th e almos t 200 vo lunteers that we ,ave and we enjoy 111st m the Pohce Oepa nm ent
Members of Neighb orhood Watch and the C1t1zens ' Emergen r y Re spon~~ Team and gr II paint -ou ts They
become genuine partners m this effort They also become exll a sets of ey ,.s and ears for us They are more
wll hng to call us when they see s0m eth1ng that's out of the ordmary So. I very mu ch app reciate these people
taking the tim e out of their lives to be vital components 1n this pcrtnersh1p ;ind dOJOY the relal!onsh1p and •
bec,ome more they learn th e officers f1rst name s, they become much mr,re it's much more pers onal it's not
Just the blue sui t So , with that I would like to , fi rst of all , introduce Ton, Geier , our Comm unity Relations
Spec1al1st and I reall y want to applaud Toni and her efforts this 1s the third year now that we have had this
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C1t 1zens ' A":ademy and each one of the m have been have met with 100 % succe ::s m terms of the attendan ce
and graduation c:.,f the attendees So Toni has not done 1ust an absolutely remarkable JOb and des erves a great
dea l of the credit for th is prog ram Tom. come on up Wi th that Your Honor I mvtte you down I you would hke
10 1O1n us 1n pas smg out the ce rt1f 1cates
Ma yor Woodward said I wou l,. hk e to start by 91vmg a hand to Toni because she really does nner'-was
applause )
Pohce Ch1e ' 1anderm1::e said I will read th e names of the grcidu ates of the 2(110 C1t1zens Academy and
fo llo wmg tha t Ma yor Woo dward will say a few words and !hen I would 1nv1 te the graduates out to the lobby and
we will contmu e our celebratton ou t there The first gradl 1ate 1s Ca role Downey The next two graduales aren t
here this evemng , but we will make sure that th 1y get th1.' recogmt1on they deserve Josh Martinez and Bn
Po hl man Dan Rogers Dan 1s also acceptu .g the cen 1fico 'e for his \\11fe L:"! Rogers An d you d be surprised ,
frankly how man~• husband and wife pairs co m.: ,o the C1 t1zc ,s Academy It 1s prett y good Jan Sam uelson
This 1s Jan 's first Academy , but she 's been a very acti ve merr,be r and a ve ry strong volunteer supporte r of the
Pohce Departmen Susan Sanders Damel Walrnbodt Th e:e was applaus e as ea o:h graduate receive d their
cert1 f1ca 1e
Pohce Ch•ef Van dermee said ; would hke to again , congratu lat e the graduates of th e 2010 Police Academy
There was app lause
Ma}or \i\ioodward said 1 iust want to -n en1 1on tha th1s trul y what we do 1s comm umt y pohc1ng and Chie f
Vand ermee 1s somebody l ha11s very suongly behind th at It says 11 on our pohce car s and Tom and her success
rate over the years now wi th the C1uzens Academy's Neigh borhood Watch and the oth er thl'igs thal c1t1zens
are inv olved with 1s reall y exceptional m my opinion °'!th ough not everybody would agree with thi s. especially
peo ple who have 10 go across the h:l ll to the other s1de of the room or th e other side of th e lobby there wh1ch 1s
the co u1t room Our focus 1s on com.:,hance and we aren 't out there to give ticke ts We do not have a pohcy
hare m th1s City of re ceiv in g revenue only th rough lhP. Pohce Department. M e rumors of oth er c1t1e s And I am
really proud to be a part of a comm um ty that 1s involved and 1s as involved as you people are and what you have
done 1 th ink 11 1s qu1te the ex perie nce an'1 I ~nco urage c1t1zens 1f you have th e opportu nit y to do rid e-a-longs
to do thin gs with the Pohce Oepanmenl or Code Enforcement Its quite a lesson and my hat s are off to you and
all the Pohce Officers wh o hav e part1c1pated an d To n, for all your work Thank you Pohce Chief Vandermee
said lhank you There was applause
Re cognition of Un sc heduled Public Comment
(a) Btll Ma lo ne an Engle\'.'OOd res,denl was asked by Cou ncil Membe r Penn if he wanted to talk
a cul Special Olymrucs real qu·ck Mr Malone reol1ed yes I have been a part of S~ecial Olympics for elever
vears i: h::t~ been a great opponum ty for rr · tu µ,ovt: to myself and others that I can do a let that I ci1rln't ·tm1M:
I ould do One o! the thmgs that I was capable of doing wa5 that 1 took second n ace 1n the Wo rld m \tuna 1n
Bocce Thats one cl the rrany accomphshmt?n:~ I try to do 1ust onr: I found out mat rnpetmg JFrry and r.1 a,~
my 1eamma t s there 1s a lot of comradery throuqh track field and I learned not to take things :or granted
because you never know 11 you are going to win or lose Any questions'
Co un c1I Mem be r Olson asked are you com peting this Saturday Mr Malone repl1,•~ yes at the Eng:ewocd 1-◄·gh
Sc hool at th e Regional Council Meriber Olson s 1 good luck Mt Mal one responded tt,an1' yLu Mayor
Woodward said good luck and congra tu la tions 8111 Several Council membe rs said good luck 8111 There w, 1s
applause
(b Mark Stewart an Cngl wood r,s·drnt wa s osked by Council Member Penn to tell us a ullle bit
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about yourself nd wnat ,ou are going to do ,Ar Stewa rt rcphed th at I'm here JUS I to 1alk al'Jout the water the
onnkmg wat~r I knov. ti's weird bul 1t doesn' really ta ~tc that 1t 1s not really good tastmg water I Jt .st Narted
10 mention that Co11 ~~·1 Memb er G1lht sa id l11lark are you competing th is Saturday? Mr Stewart an~wered yes I
am Cm., .. c1I MP 1nber G1 lll t s,:-,1d what w,11 you he compe tm g 1n ? Mr f tewa replied sho t put 00 rnE ter dash
and th at's It C:.ouncll Member i'enn said whal dr1rk.1ng water wet~ you 1alk1ng aboul? Ou t of the fm nta1 ns or?
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Mr Stewart :,aid oh , no , Just the water , the drmk1ng water Council Member Penn said oka y Thank you There
was applause .
(c) Jerry Furman , an Eng le wood resident said I have a few things to say Righi now I am going 10
say 11 really fast Englewood , I hear, is trying lo do the memorial for the fallen soldiers , like I have been talking
about for months. I wa nted to say th ank you about that one And I am going 10 com pet e in Special Olympics al
Englewooo High School I am go,ng 10 do the 100 meter dash , the standin g long jump and shot put Cou ncil
Member Penn asked Jerry, what time does it stan Saturday Mr Furman replied If people wan t to he lp set up , it
starts at 6 o'clock to 7 o'clock. Ano then at 9 o'clc ,ck , is when the apening oath is goin g to be said And I really
hope Ma yo r Woodward shows up for '! There was laugh te r. Council Membe· Penn said there you go. Mr.
Furmon continued because it is at En~l,"wood High School , which is a part of tu; C1ty . Ma ·1u Woodward replied
11 ,s a part of my City . It is half a bloc, 1way from my home. I think I can get there Mr Furman said I am going
to lake that as a dale then . Mayor Woodward said I'll be lhere ... don't know if I'll go da te, but I will be there Mr.
Furman said lhe other thin g Is what ,s the . wha t people did yo~ sign to do the memoria l for the fallen soldiers?
Ma yor Woodward said I'm sorry, the .. ,Counc,I Membe r Olson sa id ... th e memorial for the fa llen soldiers Mr,
Furman clarified the memori al seivice ... lhe th ing lhal you're ... lhe thing al l he ... we ta lked about the .. .for the
people who fell ... who died protecting our City of Englewood . Whal person did you sign up to do that thin g?
M~ "lr Woodward sa id to look into a mem orial? Mr. Furman agreed . Mayo r Woodw ard said I don 't know 1f
~ad an ybod y die, in th e line of seivice , for our City , One of the things that you h· d talked about in
, 1 ,.1 5 meetings was a memori al to memorialize members or our City that had lost th eir hves 1n :i 1E:: wars Mr
'urrnon said yes , that's right Mayor Woodward conti nued tha t's something tha t I think that , you know, is still an
idea and still 1s something that we ca., look at into the future I think the budget. right now .cons train ts . 1s that
there isn't something !.,al we co uld probably do until budget l ime , to even be discuss ing 11 Mr . Furman said
okay Mayor Woodward s,,id it's something that maybe, Jerry , that's some th ing that you would like to be
involved ,n too Mr Furman agreed May or Woodward said okay? Mr Furman said thank you . I hope you
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Severo! Counc1i members said ttiank you and good luck , good luck this weekend Ther e was applause
(d) Jo Ann Fett ers, a Centennial resident. said I'm speaking about 3431 South Broadway in
Englewood as a bu il ding lhal we own I want to speak in favor of the Council l'lill No 11 We are wanting to get
our Yellow Rose Consignmen t store going And I JUSt wanted to tell you that we .ire still ,nteresled in doing that
Thank you very much
Mayor Woodward said thank you
(e) Doug Cohn , an Englewood resident , sciid good evening I want to say thank you for two things
ton ight At the Study Session last Monday night when Tr,c,a Langon taikec to you guys about the possib1ht1es
with alterations on the Sign Code I wa s encouraged and 1ni oressGd w1th th e engagement that you guys had It
seemed hke you guys really are open to doing something w1\li tile mooif,cat1ons m that very com plicated set of
rules The idea thal she present ed toward s the end of wel l llH 's have pick a number let's have five There 's
permanent signs and temporary signs and let th e busine ss guys choose what the y want to choose and let them
keep them 111 good shape and go forth and have people buying lots of stuff at your store and send lots of sales
la x money to the City I hope , In tltr. dei1bera11ons . 11 doesn't gel all compl1ca1ed The concept ll1e 1e I think ,s a
great co ncept And I want lo say thank you I was encouraged with the dialogue ,r that Th e other thank you
A few weeks ago , I talked to ycu aboul honeybees and the problem with bees worl owIde Keep Englewood
Beaul1iul has kind of done some things with the honeybees When we had th e tre e thing on the a couple of
Saturdays ago Several people said Arbor Day Mr Cohn co nlinued some bees yes, Arbor Day I couldn't
think of the name of it Thank you . $')me bee fnendly plants and trees were offer~d They're gomg to connect
to their website bee friendly plants and they talked with the City about us,ng p~st1c1des and herb1c1des that are
not as damaging to the creatu re s One challenge that we have there's a beekeeper nght here 1n En3lewood
Hrs bees survrved winter About three we~ks ago one afternoon , they all died All tli1rteen hrves Don't kn ow
exactly what happened But anyway , I wanted lo say thank you for g1V1ng me the recommendation ct Keep •
Englewood 0eaut1ful and that we are domg some things that way Oh . one other thing It looks 111(.e •.'.'C ~2;
have a learn how to be a beekeeper class through the Recreatton Center at the Malley Center or some place
So thanks for lhal t,p
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Ma yor Woodward said thank you Doug
(n Elaine Hult s. an En Jlewood residen t. said I've been studying ab out this 1nformat1on concerning
mclus1venes:,, which according to the d1ct1onary means to enclose or co ntain Well , fo r yo ur mformation , there
are established organ1zat1ons , by the way , that provides 1nform at1on on opportunities of volu nteensm a 1d also
provi des a 11st of vol unteer s, who are look1ng for pos1t1ons in vanous areas So , this to me . would be a
dupl ication . wh en you are talking about vo lunteering Here I want say to you . do you intend to in cl ude
yourse1ve:s in th is 111clusive "soc iety", on an equal stc\nd ings with the c1t1zens of Englewood , and 1f so , wi ll you
also include the citizens 1n your decision ma ki ng process ? It appears to me that this Cou ncil is suffering from a
con dition known as bra in-washe d, with a yearly price tag of app roximately $40 ,000 .00 pa id by the citizens of
Englewood . Do the y know anyth ing about this ? Bu t have no fear , there is fi re me dy for th is ail ment, namel y an
open , transparent Council , whi ci'l hol ds town meetings and even keeps rer,id ents informed throu gh loc al
te lev ision We are livi ng, by the way , 1n the 2i ~t ce nt ury . We no longer ha ve to band together to fa ce life's
threatening cond1t1ons as our firs t forefathers The courage they must have had to rlsk everyth ing coming to a
strange land wi th no wa y to return .. are you watching Channel 8 ... Chan nel 4? You should watch 1t . The y had
risked everyth ing to come out here . Many of them die d in the pr0cess of transportin g themselves and when
they arrived here Now, the reason wh y the y really were will in g to give the ir lives was to escape wha t is known
as serf1sm . whi ch Europe was ridd led with. Since then , man y wars have been fought at a high pri ce or blo od
and lives 1n order to save our human rights The freedom of choice , thought and belief My unders tand ing Is
that governments in America are still for the people , by the people and of the peop le And all I can sa y
commiss ioners , ilre you still calhn g yo ursel ves Amencans ?
Mayor Woodwa ,,1 said thank you .8 Communic ations, ProclamatiC1 n s and Appointments
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(a) A procl amat ion honoring Craig F Walker , Pulitzer Prize-winning pho loJournalis t and Englewood
res id ent was considered
Ma yo r Woodward said we have a proc lamation Mr Walker yo u are welcome to come up here , becau se I would
like to read this and then prese11t 1t to you Actu ally , I guess , maybe I shou ld a5k for a motion for approval of
this
COUNCIL MEMBER McCASLIN MOVED , AND COUNC IL MEMBER WILSON SECONDED , TO HONOR
CRAIG F. WALKER , PULITZER PRIZ E-WINNING PHO TO JOURNALIST AND ENGLEWOOD RESIDENT .
Mayor Woodward read the procl ama tion ~whereas , the Pu li tzer Pnzes have honored excellence m journahsm
and the arts since 1917 seeking ou t and rec 1niz1ng the highest JOurnal1st1c principles throughout the United
Sta les and Whereas each spnng th e Pulitzer Pnzes are awarded by the Puhtzer Pnze Board at Co lumbi a
University s School of Journalism based on the nom1nat1on~ ,:f ~ distinguished panel of Judges and Whereas
one of Englewood s own c1 t1zens Mr Craig F Walker w::.~ recen:1y awarded a 2010 Pulitzer Pnze 1n the
ca tegory of Feature Photography and Whereas . Mr Walker's Pulitzer Prize was awarded for his
pho t0Journal1srn fea ture 1n The Denver Posts M Amencan Sold1P.rs ~ series , wh ich . as the Pulitzer Prize Board
noted , ~painted an mt1ma1e portrait of a teenager who Joins th e Army at the netght of insurgent violence in Iraq
po1gn;;11tly searching for meanmg and manhood · and Whereas , 111s clea r that th e expenence Mr Walker
sha red with Priva te Fisher was ch ronicled with ca ndor and 1ns1ght and with respect for the young man 's iourne~•.
and Whereas , the City of Englewood 1s proud to have such a talented Jou rnal ist and artist m our co mmunity anc
wis he s to recog nize Mr Wal ker 's very noteworthy accomplishment and applaud his su cce~s . Now , therefore i.
James K Woodward , Mayor of the City of Englewood , Colorado and Members of the City Council tak~ gieat
pride rn honoring Craig F Walke r fo r w1nn 1ng a 2010 Pulitzer Pnze and offer our hea rtie st congra tul ations on
such a d1st1ngu1shed and well ~deserved recogm t1 on -
There was applause
Mr Walker said lht.,k you so much
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May or Woodward sa id we have on e more item to ch), which 1s to vote
Vote results:
Motion carried
Ayes Counci l Members Penn , McCa ~ Wilson , Woodward , Jetterson ,
Olson . Gillit
Na ys None
Mayor Woodward gave Mr. Walker the proclamation and said th is is for you from the City of Englewood We are
very proud to have a resident...l believe th is 1s the sixth Pulitzer Prize for The Den ver Post , which is qui le an
accomplishment. The Denver Post has been around long er than I have so congratula tions. We are very happy
to have you as a res ident of our Ci ty. Mr . Walker said I am happy to be here ti,ank you very much Several
niembers of Council said co ngratulat io ns and thank you The re wa s applause
Mayor Woodward sa id I bel ieve that was the Ci ty of Englewood's very fi rst Pulitzer Pnze winner Council
Member Penn said you bette r look in the archives
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consid ered
A proclamation declaring the week of Ma y 16-22. 2010 as Nat iona l Public Works Week was
COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SECONDED, TO DECLARE THE
WEEK OF MAY 16 THROU,~H MAY 22 , 2010 , AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK .
Ma yor Woodward asked if lh ere •vere any co mments There were none
Vot e re sults :
Motion carried
Ayes Cou1 .cil Mem bers Penn , McCasl1n . Wilson , W oo dward , Jeffers on ,
Olsor·, Gilli!
Na ys None
Ma yor Woodward rea d the proclama tion "Whereas , the American Publi c Works Asso c1 ati on ts sponsormg
Nat ional Public Works Week . based on th e Iheme "Public Works Above , Be low & All Around You·; an d
Whereas Public Works seiv1ces prov ided in our co mmumty are an integral part of our ci tizen s' everyda y llves
and Whereas . 1n order to promote an aware ness of the need for Pubhc Worl<.s profess io nals and the
co ntnbut1 ons they make lo our heal1 h, :;a fely . and com fort by providing efficient street systems , public building s
and t1affi c mov ement through out the communi ty, and Whereas . the quali ty and effectiveness or the se faci l1t1 es .
and the plan ning. design and construction Is vitally dependent upo 1 th e efforts and skill of Public Works officials
and Whereas to msp1 re excellence and ded1catt0n 1n public service t,y re co gmz1ng all of Pubhc Wo rks '
outsta nding employees and th eir achievements Now. therefore . I James K Woodward Mayor of th e Ci ty of
Englewood . Colorado , hereby pro claim th e week of May 16-22 , 2010 as Nauonal Public Works Week and urge
all cI11zens of the Ci ty of Englewood . Colorado to use th is week to vIsI1 their local Pub lic Works Department and
be tt er fa m1l 1anze themselves with the important safely 1n fo1ma 11on and services provided by th ese publ 1,
servants "
Ma yor Wood ward presen ted th e ixv:lamat1on to Public W.::>rks Otrec tor Rick Kahm
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Council Member Penn said look , the whole group Direc tor Kahm said yes . The re was applaus e Dire ctor
Kahm sard the Publi c Works Department 1s responsible for designing , bu1ld ir:g and ma1ntammg th e infrastructure
of th e City As the proclamation stated , we deal w1t11 a lot of different areas This evening , Public Works
consi sts of four departments and the Serv1Center , Administra tion and Fleet Operati ons Th e Fl ee t
Administrator had a personal emergency and couldn't be here tonight , but I do have Jim Kavinsky Jim Is the •
Manager of Bu1ldmg Operat ions and Ma 1~tenance , so come mto a buddin~ like th is and you wa lk 1n and 111s nice
and clean ana orde rl y, it 1s Jim 's responsibillt y to keep 11 that way Brad Hagan 1s here fro m th e Streets and
Drainage I also have Otto L1 chtl m th e ba ck row , who 1s our Stre ets Ad m1r ,s trato r, v,ho came down tonight ,
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because he cares Ladd Vestry is our Traffic Engineer and Dave Henderson oversees engineering and capital
proiects . So the inv1tat1on to come visit our operations 1s out there and these are the folks that you want to talk
to so come down and see us .
Mayor Woodward said thal's wondertul and I think 1t can be set up if yo u ever want to do a ride-a-long on a
snowplow during a blizzard , call Rick and he'll set that up . He hasn 't had an y of those. but he would consider ,t
Mr Kavi nsky said a ride-a-long for the cleaning of the restrooms? There was laughter. Pass on that
one . okay . Council Me mber Jefferson said !hanks for coming down tod ay guys . Ma yor Woodward said
congratulations. Here is the proclama tion You know, we have, I think , one of !he finest Public Works
Departments , with lots of experience I think our streets , roads and infrast ructure and as fast as we respond to
problems , and somettmes they are da ngerou s ones like we had last ye ar. things get done . So congratulallons
to you and all of the Pub lic Works employees Director Kahm said th an k you so much . I appreciate it. There
was applause
Several Council members said good Job and thank you
Consent Agenda
MAYOR WOODWARD REMOVED 9 (c) (i i) FROM THE CON SENT AGENDA .
(a ) Approval c' Ordi nan ces on First Reading
There were no add1t1onal items submitted for approval on first reading (See Age nda Item 11 .)
(b) Approval of Ordinances on Second Reading
Th:"'re were no add1t1ona l items submitted for approval on first reading (See Agenda Item 11 )
(c) Resolutions and Motions
CO UNCIL MEMBER PENN MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SE CONDED , TO APPROVE
CONSENT AGENDA IT EM 9 (c) (i).
(1) RESOLUTION NO 36 , SERIES OF 2010
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZI NG THE ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRAR Y TO IMPLE MENT THE "SUMMER
FOOD FOR FI NE S" PROG RAM FROM MONDAY . MM 24 THROUGH SU NDAY JUNE 6 , 2010
Vo te results :
Ayes Council Member s Penn . Mccaslin . Wilson . Woodward Jefferson .
Olson , G1ll1t
Na ys None
Moti on earned
(11 ) COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFERSON
SECONDED , TO APPROV E CONSEN T AGENDA ITEM 9 (c ) (I i).
RESOLUTION NO. 37, SERIES OF 2010
A RESOLUTION APP ROVIIJG A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE 2010 BUDG ET FOR THE
DEMOLITION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4757 SOUTH BANNOCK STREET , ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO
• Ma yor Woodward asked 1f there was any d1scuss1011
Ma yor Woodward s~1cJ havma rulled 11 out , I was rnakm g the comment I am voting for this , 1n !-Upport , but I
thought 11 was on ly nght and fa ir that we describe or at led~l 1uu!Jhly say wha t t111~ 1s about We are prov1dmg
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S20 ,000 .00 ... lhe City ,s to demolish a piece of property .. improve the property at 4757 South Bannock It has
been talked about now for months The City has tned to get ahold of the owner The property has a history of
code vio lations for over 20 years It 1s a vacant property It 1s structurally unsound It 1s ... lt has framing on the
ins ide of the property, but no drywall And one of the structural walls ,s caving ,n . It ,s a blighted piece of
property on the block and .. , the neighborhood where ii stands. So , instead of this just being on the Consent
Agend a, and d1scussing ... or not discussing It and JUSI going through it and passing 11 , I did want to make sure
that the citizens knew what we were do ing and why we were do ing it It 1s a safety issue and we have not been
able to get ahold of the owner of the property, who tend s to not pay his taxes and then comes forward every
lhree years to Arapahoe County an d pays them , in cash, and lhen all of a sudden ,s gone again . So , th at is
what that's about
Mayor Woodward said are there any other comments or ?
Council Member G1llit said I'm Just glad to see it happen .
Mayor Woodward said I l'1i nk this is for the neighbors.
Council Mem ber Olson said I would like to make one comment. I think it ,s always a very difficult lhing to
de molish a property ... homeowners ... l mean a property owner . And in this case , I think it rs very much warranted
given the amount of work that the City has put into trying and get some kind of response from the owner I
would like to frame it as the owner has not responded It is not that the City co uldn't get him to respond , the
owner has not responded an t t 1s now a community issue that Is not fair to those around them So , to me , 11 1s
a jus tice issue ai ;rl I will be voting for demolition
Council Memb er Jefferson said I would like to JUSt comment that , you know , we are JUSI maki ng an appropnallon
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of that and hopefully that we will give addl lional notice to th e owner and yr· · ... ,..,w , he will have another •
opportunity to come forward and demolish the property himself.
Ma yor Woodward said okay If there are no o!her co mm ents , please vote
Vote res ults :
Mot io n earned
Ayes Council Members Pen n, McCa slm , Wilson , Woodward , Jefferson ,
Olson , Gilh l
Nays None
10 Public Hearing It ems
No Pubhc Hearing was scheduled before Council
11 Ordinan ces, Re !;o lut io n and Moti ons
(a) Approval of Ordinances on First Reading
(i) Senior Planner Stitt presented a recvmmendatmn from the Community Development
Department to adopt a bill for an o;-dmance authonzmg the sale of f1v ::.1 n9Je .fa rrnly res1dPnces located at 2198
West Adna t,c Place , 2335 West Bailie Place, 2010 West Baltic Place , 4819 Sou th Delaware Street, and 4681
Sou th Decatur Street #226 He said good evening Mayor and Council members As the Mayor has Jus t
describet.J , we are here tonight to reques t an ord inance to permit the Co mmunity Del/elopment Department to
put on lhe market five , single family homes, which are the first five single fam ily he.mes purchased through lh e
Ne1g'•borhooa Stabll1zat1on Program . These homes are being ... currently three of th ese homes are bemg
rehabbed , the other two will shortly com men ce rehabiht at1 on We ant1c1pate . 1f \Ve get app ro val from Council •
tonight, that a couple of these homes w,11 be ready to go on the market by the enu of this month These homes
were purchased with Federal money thal the Ci ty rer.e,ved through th e NSP program and we have been work ing
very d1hgently to acquire the ten homes that our agreement . with the State Division of Housmg , requires
Currently we have ntne properties . six of them that we curren tly own , three more thal we have under contract.
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but have not closed yet Our agreement with the State requires that we purchase ten homes and we are still
looking for that tenth property But this ordinance will al lo w us to complete the restorat io n of these five homes
and get them on the market Are there an y questi ons ? There were none
COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMB =R PENN SECONDED , TO APPROVE
AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (i) -COUNCIL BILL NO . 10 .
CO UNCIL BILL NO 10, IN TRODUCED BY CO UN CIL MEMBER OLSON
A BILL FOR AN ORDI NANCE APPROVING TH E SALE OF FIVE PROPERT IES ON THE O PEN MARKET ,
WHI CH WE RE PURC HA'::c:D AWJ REHABILITATED WITH FUNDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
STA BILI ZAT ION PR Cl3RAM GRANT ANO THE LTAR FUND
Mayor Woodward a~.k.~d 1f th ere was any d1scuss1on
Council Member G1 ;1t 1 sa id I only have one co mment Th e last time Ne were here , we talked about th e fundmg
and I was concern ,!d ab Jut some of the funding for th is. But I'm exc ited to see this program come through I'm
glad we are at this .::tac~ now and lool-.. forward u .. , a suc ces sful sale
Ma yor Wo, dward sa id Har old , I do have one ques:,on . Wi ll th is will th ese be listed with rea l esta te brokers or
will the Communi ty Development Oepanment place them on the market for sale ?
Mr Stilt answered we will be workmg wi th a broker , but we also will be wo rkmg wi th the Fam ily Self Su ffi cien cy
Program thal's housed through the Englewoo d Housing Authori ty, for po tential buyers
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Mayor Woodward said are th ere any other questio ns or co mments ? There were none
Vot e result s:
Ayes Coui 1cll Membe rs Penn . McC as hn . Wi ls on , Woodward , Jefferso n.
Olson . G1ll 1t
Nays None
Mot ion ca rried
(11 ) Se n10r Pia mer Lan go n pre sen ted a recommenda tion from the Communit y
Deve lopment Department to adop t a 111 for an ordinance authorizing amend men ts to Title 16 Umried
Oe velopmenl Code to pe rmi t bu y-ba ck , second-hand thnft and consig nment uses as uses-by-ngh l ,n the MU-B-
1 Central Down town Business lone District and a request 10 se1 a Publtc Hearing for May 17 2010 to gather
pubhc input on th is issue s:1e sa id good evernng Mayor and Counci l The department 1s requesting ap prova l of
the proposed amendmentr, on urst readmg and req uestmg thal a Public Hearing be set for May 17th to gathe r
public in put s As backgrr,und , i,er Table 16-5-1 1 Table of All owed Uses , these four uses buy-batk , seco nd-
hand , thrift and co ns1gn,nen t us tJ s are proh1b1 ted 1n the B-1 O1stn ct In late Janu ary , a c1 t1zen came ff'1 rward an d
inquired about con s,gnn •e nt use In th e B-1 D1stnct and bec,,use of th e prohIb1t1on , II was .. they were told that 11
was not allowed Counci1 di rec ted lhal the issu e be forwar jed to the Plann ing and Zo nin g Commission for
rev iew On March 2nd , at ,1 Study Sess1on the Com m1ss1on looked at four possible options for th e proposed
amendments first be1 f ~ to r1a1nta1n the statu s quo , th e second was to allow all four of those uses 1n 8 -1 O1stnct ,
and the third was to establ is1, thrift as a separate us e type , and the fourth was to split all four uses into md1v1dual
categories rather tha n ke ep ,ng them ,n the kind of bundled ca tegory that the y currently are ,n now By
co nsensus lhe Comm1ss1on t,fter d1scuss1on , opted for op ttan l -NO, whi ch was to allo w buy-back , second -hand ,
thrift and consignment m th e B-1 Zone O1stnct. Ann as a result that would also then maintain It 1n the B-2 . M2,
1-1 and 1-2 D,st ncts The Crimm1ss1on held a Public Hea ri ng on the proposed amendmen ts on Apnl 6th Five
me mbers of the public spoi,e at that hearing all ,n f ,vor of the propo sed ame ndments And so the propos ed
amendments wo ul d a11c,,...., buy -back , se co nd-nand , thrift and co nsi gnment use s in the 8-1 Zone Dtstnct and
would ke ep all four of t11ose uses bundled in to one use type ca te gory and tabl e And also, th ere woul d be a
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clan f1ca11on m 16-11 that those uses do not permit second-hand motor vehicles parts or accessories or scrap
or waste sales as second-hand goods If you have any quest1o~s. I would be happy to address them
Mayor Woodward asked I here were any questions There were none
cou~ CIL MEMBER GILLIT MOVED , AND COUNCIL M EMBER McCAS LIN SEC ON DED , TO APPROVE
AGE ,DA ITE M 11 (a) (ii). COU NC IL B ILL NO.11 AN D TO SET A DAT E FOR A PUBLI C HEARING OF
MAY 17 , 2010 .
CfJUNC IL BILL NO 11 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT
A b1cc rOR A N ORDI NANCE AME NDI NG ,ITLE 16 , C H APTER 5, SUBSECTION 1 1 AND CHAPTER 11 ,
SUBSECT ION S 1 AND 2. OF THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CO DE 2000 TO PERMIT BUY·BAC K
SECOND•HAND THR IFT AND CONSIGNME NT USES AS USES·BY•RIGHT IN THE MU·B·· !ON E
DISTRICT
Ma yor Woodward asked 1f there was any d1scuss1on
Council Member G1ll1t said l have mixed fe ehngs about th is I would love to see a ::ons1gnment store l'm afraid
that my wi fe 1s gomg to find out about n which would defin itely draw more traffic downtown which 1s a good
lh1ng Bui would like 10 see 11 happen
Council Member WIison sa id I wou1d hke to see It happen but I would hke the thnft part removed as I don't think
11 Is the same type of estabhshment as second-hand consign men t or buy-back l don't know "iow 10 pro ceed
with that Al though, on Opt10'1 3 c 11 says establish thnft as a separale use 1ype or tf we can leave 11 We can
accept 11? So lel me know you know how you do th at but I would ltke to see th e thnft part taken out
Council Member Olson said I would agree wIlh that and given our discussion earher this evening with th e
renresentauves from the BIO I really thmk th at thnft needs to be considered separately I don 't think that Is wh at
b~-=mess owners want In th e area that we are talking about I thmk that there are other places
;._ r ;nsIgnment Is another kind of thing
Cow:c1I Member Jefferson said agreed
Co1 mcII Member t'enn said I agree w1th the whole with what you are talking about l don't want lo set this
pr,. :ess back Hope fully we have a diffe rent process where we can allow us 10 proceed with buy-back second-
han ... a1 id consignment so that we don't stop that process from those pe oplf and then look al thrift as iJ
:,eparate ,tern I think that's what I wol Id I11-'.e to do
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Ma yor Woodward said I agree l;\llh pretty much everything that was said including what Randy had JUSI said
Dan please help me with this and correct me 1f I am wrong but 1he process that we are looking at I~ ar,provIng
th is orcmance on first reading as 11 Is We have a Public Hearing m !\'JO we ks and then m four weeks we will
tlave a second reading of It If I think what we need 1s to see some sort of defm1t1on of thri ft store and
everything else Is that correct? City Attorney Brotzman said correct Mayor Woodward continued and approve
this 1f we wan1 to go forward with this and then go back through the P & Z process and remove City Att orney
Brouman said you actually have two rlio1ces One ,s you could actually do 1; ivmght You can simply say wP
want P & Z to pound out the def1mt1on~ for Op tion 3. which Is separattng thnft out You currently don't ,ave a
def1n1t1on lo separate thnft from cons1gnment stores My understanding 1s thc1l 11 appears that you an. Jkmg to
approve consignment stores , but not thrift stores in th e Broadway Ot stn ct where that was discussed , at least at
the Study Session P & Z. can pound ou t a deh111 t1 on for you That Is a fa irly lengthy process If you wan! 10
exped·1e that process you could pass this on fnst reading have a Public Heanng on tt staff can bnng you
def1mt1ons back that wouid allow you to make rt motio n to modify on what would be the next reading ci.nd then
you would have one more reading after that P & Z would not e helping you pound out the def1111t1ons under •
that scenario You would be dependmg on staff and the P"ubllc Hearing and your own Judgment on working out
the language trymg to d1 tterent1ate t rift from the other items that are rn that ltst That ts the fastest way Tne
most careful and most thoughtful way Is probabl~ sendmg 11 back to P & Z tomgh: ll Is also the longest method
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And I un dersta nd that there 1s a feeling of trying to exped it e for con sig nme nt stores that are currently wanting to
come mto town
Council Member Wilson said so we have the secon d cho ice? City Attorney Brotzman rep lied so you can either
send II back to P & Z and simply not vo te on it tonight or yo, can pass th is on first reading , establish the Public
Hearing an".i the n on si:?cond reading you would be makmg the mod1ficat rons Council Member Wilson said
okay Council Member Penn asked and how long wo"ld that extend tha t p·ocess then , Dan Just two weeks?
City Attorne y Brotzman said it would extend 1t one more meeting Mayor VVoodward sa id two weeks
Council Member Jefferson said I would prefer to go that route , not send 11 ba.:k to P & Z , personally Council
Mem ber Penn said I woula to o Councd Member Wil son said I agree Councn Member Pen n said l thmk we
need to get through th is.
Council Member Olson sa id one question I have would be for P & Z How do you think they would respcnd ? I
want 10 respect their call to the ir comm1ss1on , they ~re th e board, but I also heard them say at one point that
they would hke more direction from us. so how do you think that they would read thi s 1n terms of their
appomtmen ls? If you have any who sits on P & z, Someone said nobody Councll Member Pe nn said
nobody Council Member Olson said nobody does Mayo r Woodward said yes nobody does
Ma yor Woodward said I thmk one of the thmgs that they were doing .. and Tncia, you can correct me if l am
wrong , smce you are at those meeungs was try to facilita te as quickly as possib le goin g through the process,
and one of.. Don Roth , one of the members, did bring up his thoughts , which were very legIt11n ate I believe , with
regards to thnft shops m that particular area He voiced exactly tht ,me type of concerns that the BID was
v01cIng I also beheve that John Bnck. on hts vote did the same wh he voled no So there has been
drscuss1on there , but I think a lot of 11 had to do with movmg It forwar«J Am I correct m that Tnc1a ? Ms Langon
sa id whether 1t was to move 11 foiward or not , there was a difference of opm 1on on th e thnft , but II was discussed
extensively both at the Study Session and then also at the Public Hearing
Cou ncil Member Wilso n said so can we go ahead and move to approve? Mayor Woodward replied it r.dS t.i~en
moved Are we ready 10 vote? Council Member Penn said I call th e quesuon . Mayor Woodward said th en let's
vote
Vote res ults :
Motion earned
Ayes Council Members Penn . Mccaslin Wilson . Woodwa rd . Jefferson ,
Olson G1ll11
Nays None
Ms Langon said th ank you
Mayo r Woodward sa id thank rou Tnc1a I think 1f we want to give staff 1he direction to move foiward on with
triose def1n ,t1ons spec1 f1c some choices that we could take a look at an d I guess at the Stud y Session pnor
·o the meettng . becau 1e next week , don't we have Citizen of City Attorney Brotzman said no you don't ha ve
1na t choice Mayor Woodward said we ll , pnor 10 the Publ ic Hearmg City Attorney Brotzman said no, you won't
nav e that choice m th is That will be part of th e speedmg up pro cess ,s that there 1s a dependence on th e
def1mt1ons co ming to you You can modify th em once you get to the meet ing , bu t you really need to be 1n the
ne ari ng meeting process , at th is pomt Mayor Woodward said okay
(b) Approva l of Ordinances on Second Read ing
(1) Cou ncil 81 11 l\'o 9, extending an ex,stm g tem porary suspens ion or moratonum on the
establishment of new rned,ca l manJua 11a dispens ing and growing uses fo r a period of six month s was
cons idered
COUNCIL MEMB ER WILSON MOVED , 1\ND COUNCIL ME"BER GILLIT SECONDED , TO APPROV E
AGEN rJ A ITEM 11 (b) (f ) -ORDINANCE NO .14 , SERI ES OF 2010 .
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ORDINANCE NO 14 , SERIES OF 2010 (COUNCIL BILL NO 9, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
WILSON )
AN O'lDINANCE EXTE N DIN G AN EX ISTI NG TEMPO RARY SUSPENSION OR MORATORIUM ON THE
ESTAJLISHMENT OF NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSIN G AND GROVJING USES FOR A PERIOD OF
SIX MONTHS
Mayor Woodward asked , there was any d1scuss1on There was none
Vote results :
Mot ion earned
Ayes Council Members Penn . McCashn . Wilson \Voodward Jefferson
Olson G1ll1t
Nays None
(c) Resolutions and Mot,ons
There were no add1t1onal re solutions or motions submitted for approval (See Agenda llem 9 · Consent
Agenda)
12 General Disc ussion
(a) Mayor's Choice
(i) Mayor Woodward said I would hke to congratu la te Hands On Labs whrch 1s an
Eng !e v ::iod f !rm It has b en m Englewood fo r about a year now It designs develops produces and distributes
sc1e r.c e LabPaqs, wh ich are course spec1f1c ;;c1ence equipment and supplies that allow college and h1gh school
stude nts to conduct science experience for on-lme science cou rses Dr Lmda G Jeschofnig 1s the dynamic
CEO and President She 1s the wmner of th '! top women 1n business f r 2009, Denver Busmess Journal She
had also won . and we pre:;enterl re her or Friday afternoon . the prest1g1ous Colorado Companies to Watch
Award from the Colorado OHie~ of Econon,:,.:; Development and lnternat1onal Trade She 1s doing work or her
comoany and employees are doing work all over the coun try an d supplying these LabPaqs 10 students and
schools for their on-hne systems. on-line teaching II was a real pleasure and opportunity 10 see what they have
and what they how they put all cf th,s stuff togelher They are right over here on Nava10 and Ma nsfield so
rtght south nf Sports Au lhortty
(11 ) Mayor Woodw-3 rd said I would also like to congratulate J1mano's on thei r grand
o e-·ng ,.h1ch happened this wee k They hn·:e been comg 1ery wel! Proprietor Jose' Kubik had mPntmnPd 111
m :,at to date they ;:ce doing what he expected to be doing fou r or fi ve months from no\\
(rnJ Mayor Woodward said I also want to announce that I beheve 11's called Duffy's Bake ry
whir-., 1s moving into the former Caribou Coffee shop at CentP.nnral ano Broadwa y Duffy's 1s l 1h1nk fam ous m
the De nver area for their cmnamon ro ll s I think th ey are supposed to have the very best as far as cmnamon
rolls Council Memb1 r Olson sa:d they 're deadly There was laughter They are excellent They"re won derful
(tv) Mayor Woodward said I want to than ~ th e Police C1t1zens Acaoemy graduates again for
com ng forward tonig ht and being awarded fo r all of the work that I know that they do
bl Council Members· C hoi ce
(1) Council Member Pen n
he said thank you Mayor Just to piggyback on that Just seeing th ese people come up with the excllement
the ~· have Just 1umpmg ar c:.1nd lt is really ei(c1t1ng that these people have that much fun at the Police
Academy I tiope 11 con tinues
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2 He said to our three gen tlemen unfortunatel y they left Good luck to lhem on Saturda\' Hopefu lly all of you
w,11 get over to Englewood High School at somelIme and cheer these people on It ,s one JI the most
exhilarating things lhat you can do I was lortunate en ou gh to help start a Specia l Olym~ .. s •n the Stat e of
Colorado ,n 1965 We had the firs t State )vent at Eng le wood High School so I've been e·ound thal lo ng , yes , I
have There was laugh ter I am getting old
:, He said Doug . lhank you for all of the 1nforma11on Than k you fo r the kudos Cne other place you migh t
check wtth 1s ou r new community gc1rden If they do have some ex tra plant ing art-e.., in ayb e they w1U put some
bee friendly plants there also So Just keep going th ere Hopefully we can contmut: t~ .J '
4 He said ne xt Mon da y, we have Dr . Da vi dson . We are going to recoomz e him -.1 :: the C1t1zen of the Year , over
at the Malley Ce nter So I encour age all of you to go ov er there II you didn't me et Or Dav ids on inrou gh his
len ure at Eng lewood Public Schoo ls and all of the tImP that he has been in Englewood . and th en , of co urse . at
DU , and at Sheridan an d whe rever so please come over and help him cel ebrate
5 He said tomorrow at 1 30 at Cournry Buffe t. we hav e our student recogm t1on luncheo n Re cog nizin g kids
from all over the City of Englewood .. Eng le wood public scaools , pa ro chial sc hools Humanex , and all of I'.
stuff
6 He said ,t has been a go od we ek J1mano's 1s great I think I have gained four pounds since they have r,\ en
ope n It Is a good olace and no w I have to go eat ci nnamon rolls
(11) Council Member Mccaslin
• He said I wou ld JUSI lik e to tha nk lh e graduales of the Police Ac ade my .
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2 He said, also . as Randy said I wa s th e head of th e State Special Olymo,cs for Track and Field for five years
So , 1f you do have a chance to see lhe~e kids an d uiese ad:Jlt s, it's fanta stic You'll cry You'll laugh You 'll cry
It ,s 1u st one of !h ose days that you walk away going , oh my God what th ese kids do ,s unb elievable That's all I
have
{i·1 ) Council Member Wilson
She said congra tula uons to the graduates of the Pol1::e Academy I thmk thars Ton i has really moved that
along and that's g reat 10 see what she's done
S ne said It was an honor to meet Mr Craig F Walkar and to have someone of that caliber In Englewood
Sh said good luck to B111 Ma rk and Jerry at tne Specia l Olympics on Saturday
4 She sc..d I know that !here was a f1re today so tha nk the Pohce Department for no one was hurt and they
saved a bunny Someont: said the F1re Department Coun ci l Member Wilson said sorry Fire Counc1: Member
McCas hn said the y saved a bunny Mr Wil son said lhey foun d 11 in l he attic But no one was hurt so thal was
good It seems like II was a a1rly large fire so th ey got It under control
5 She said I think they are alk,ng abou1 look ing at lhe bee right now getting the gardens going , but I know 11
ha s been brou ght up for maybe next year, once we get every thing else done But It cenamly you know , or
may be laler this year but look Ir.g at that so thank you Doug
Mayor Woodward said thanKs
(IV J Council Mc:mber Gllht
He sa id thank you Mr Ma~ or I too, am excited for the Po li ce Academy graduates I know that th ey are
thrilled and we are thri lled to have them with us
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He said same thing , 8 111 , Mar~ and Jerry , good luck I'm ho ping to stop by Sat urda y as w
He sa id Jo Ann , I apprecia te you coming and speak ing co us tonight
He sa id Doug , I saw an article and I can 't reme mbe r. .. we read so mu ch stuff and I c:m l rememln r where I
read it...! wasn 'I sure if it was in the Citizen or the .. 1t was 1n the C111zen The Citizen ha ,:' r:1.r art icle about
bees ... great article about tha t Without bees , we don't have much to eat in Amcinca So W>-! eed I"~ beP-s and
hopefully our Ci ty can be a part of th at
5 He sa id I have an mterestmg s1tuat 1on th at I'm hop ing to get some guida nce wi th and mayo-c: Ne can ta lk
aboul ,t some time . re. di ng our Water Department and flat rate water bills . I got a call today from a
gentlema n in my D1stnct They were upset I tr ied to get some in formation . And the Water Department was
very he lp ful and let me know ... we we'll ove r some 1nformation . And I went ove r and met him and his neighbors
that are on fl at rate and they feel that this is ... because most of the people on flat rate , and I don't know if th is is
true or not , and I'd hke to find out , are senior ci tizens . They have a concern about convertmg . I brought some
bformalion on how the y cou ld convert and how they could .. how th e City has a pla n to help th em . Th ey were
very concerned with that . And wa nt to .. they feel that they are be ing overclla rged on purpose and ,n talking with
lhcl Water Department , as you know , the flat rate is a pretty sti ff rale , so .,.I am Just concerned on , you know , that
these are our senior ci t1zr?ns and I Jus t want to make sure that we , as a City , do communi cate , especiall y to our
senior citize ns, that we 1:,v have a plan I didn 't know about 11 unti l today . He didn 't kn'Jw dbou t ti I'd like 1f 'JOU
could somehow to .. ma tt-e through the Herald or somehow to let our peop le on flat rah~ kn c-1•1 that if they are
concerned about converting , that Eng lewood does ha"e some soluti on s for them ! •;,uJlc 'i ke to !.ee tNO
thmgs . One Is that we address our senmr citizens and make sure that th ey understar,d ti"."-re nor being
targeted and the se cond thing ts that we promote the idea that we do 11ave a plan to •~'!I r, th l 1er,; are a lot
of th in gs that I don't want to talk about here tonight ,but I would lo ve to addre ss al a furth~r tim e ~ hat's 11 for
me
Ma yor Wood ward sall1 can I JUSt make a coui. e of comments , being on the Water Board and hd11 ing had the
same questt or.s? Part of th e senio r c1tIzen th mg Is because if you se ll the property, you have to change to
meter Ba cl. when l h'.!Y started the flat rate , they evaluated th e size of the hoL"se, th e number of rooms , the
number of pt.~~!~ c:1nd that has been se t smce then So , m these fam ilie s a lot of time ·. now wi th what rug ht
have been d fami ly of fiv e, six . wha tev e1, 1s now a family of on& Vi two And as rates ha ve gone up for mete red
people , th e rate, not th e us age , but lhe rate 1tse '' to upgra de the sys tems , the flat rates have goso up those
per cen tages als o I heard th at there wa s, you know , th ere have bP.t:n s\1me number s thrown around as far as
th e price of sw1 tchIng ov er to th at meter That was what we had orderPd earher this year , wi th Denver . was
more of those rreters and got the ad vantage of their pnce An d, as I un der sta nd 1t, 1f they do make that
swi tchove r, the Cit y th e Water Depa1 tm ent wi ll wor k with the m on th e bill C'n that ::1ey are pa yi ng the sam ~. at
leas !, until that 1s paid off Now fo r some of us that rNJY be able to do some plu~nbmg work we can pro bably
make that switch ourselves There's othe rs and d .!pen dmg on the ty oe of pipes tha t are co min g m 1f 11's
galva nized it's probably go,ng to requ ire a plumber So tha t ,s going to be an ou t-o f-po cket expe nse But 11
,s what's lia rd ,s the EP A 1us t mak ing the se new changes Th e nex l one ,s 20 13, we have to ba upgraded to
ultra.violet c:e a,1Ing Th at's what 1s dn11 mg these rat e incre as es We are I kn ow 1hat 11 1s 1ncred1b le, but we are
eith er the lowes t or second lowes t wa te r rat e usag e 1n the Metropol 1tan are a
Co,m c,l Mem ber Jeffers on sai d JUS I to add on to that, I wou ld suggest 1hat you enco urage th em to sw1tc~1 over I
th ink 11 makes a lot of econ omic sense l JUSI switched ov er to one an d worke d with the Water Departm ent on
that Th ey were extremely hel pfu l It was a mu ch ea sier pro cess tt-3.n I env 1s1on ed They cam e out 3nd pla ced
11 , once I got the plumber to put a kmd of a pI Pce m the line there
Co unci l Member G1lh t sai d what I am trym!:f voi d 1s, you know , th at we hav a se nior eld erl y gentl eman hv1 ng
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at home be,ng cha rged 14 000 gallons a menu, I could leave my hose on all day and not use 14
gall ons 14 ,000 gall ons . It 1ust !h ere ,s so rn et111ng tha t I'd ra the r us head up, be 111 front of, inst ead of being •
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Mayor Woodward sa id I think we have the opportunity with the C1t1zen and also with the P1pehne . !hat's wate r
and wastewater ngnt? City Manager Sears said that's correct Ma yor Woodward con11nued so those are tw o
ways of commwnic a1ing directly 10 all of our citizen s And the n 1f the Herald would want to be doing any type of
story Council Member Wilson suggested the website Mayor Wocdward said the website cenainly
Couric1, :,,.ember G1ll1t said I brought him the appllcat1on and every thing bu t 1t Just Mayor Woodward said I
know r I people that I have talked 10 resist too I have friends thitt ti ave trie d to tell me thal we ll you know
there arc ,wo oi you at yo ur house and you use a lot less and yo ur water b1ll Is lower , bu t we wash more drshes
nnd e wash more clothe s And it's like . not that much
Cou r,~.i l Member Jefferson said and I thm k from a po licy ;ierspect1ve 1t makes some sense that 1n order to get
people to do 1t. th ere has to be some economic incentive I thtnk 1t does make sense for the maiority of folks to
swi tc h over to a m~ter Co uncil Member Gilli! sa id and my comment to him 1s to stop paying more, we can help
you pay less Council Member Jeffersr .. , 5a1d amen The,e were several Council memb~rs w ho spoke at once
and 1t was inaudi ble Council Member G 111,t said this gentleman he stil t sees 11 as he ,s being target ed I 1usl
don't I'm at a loss nere
Counci l Member Olsnn sa10 we may need to have some other folks like h11r, who did the conversion over, and
to maybe wnte a httle pie ce hke I was against 1t or I d1Cn 't because when you art. used to a certain way of doing
thrngs , it's hard fo r peo ple especially when you have done 11 all of yo ur lrfe, you've pa id a fla t fee an d then all of
the sudden you are supposed to do this so Council Member Jefferson said particularly for renters , It 1s kind of
an issue too because a lot of times th e la ndlord didn't want 10 come m and sp end the money 10 do that and , you
know , 1f the renter 1s paymg 11 already 1t doesn't effect an y the economic carrot isn't there fo r the landlord
Council Me ber 01!.on said I do 1h1 n k th at the Pipeline has 1nform at1 on m It all of the um e about doing this . so I
oon't know 1f 11 ,s a mauer of not havmg the mforrna11on It's probabl y not maybe wanting to do 11 so Jt might be
tha t they need some examples of others 1h e1r age or 1f th e~, have been m a house that long as well When we
b.Jught our current hem 11 was from folks who were resistant to that and they said well th e wa ter 1s really high
1n thi s house Of course. we had to swi tch over and then they were very low and all of those years that they had
paid that am•Junt the>• could have mad e II up so easily I think 1t ma> have been some peer group, I think
pre ssl re , so Council Member G111it sa id sure and what I told them 1s that you're paying the higher ra te even
during the w10lti so Several people spoke at once Council tv1ember G!ll1t said I iust need a llltle help with
that 1f we could Ma yor Woodward said sure
(v) Counc1I Member Olson
She said !hanks to everyone again that came out and spoke toni g t and presented a· ythmg
Sht: satd 1n part icular I wanted to congratu late also 111 gradua1i:i,;, c 1he Poli ce Acadern> I Jl~o ,\anted io
tr:ank me fJ0 11ce Departmen t and all of the leadership w1th1n your group :nere that are supportive of commumty
pc11c1ng Ther are a lot of munic1paht1es that are ver,-much agamsl ~o m,,,unity pohc1n r. I r some research a
few years back and I \\ as surprised at II So I am really thankfu • our City 1s supportive :1f that and does really
goo-1 tram1ng with 1t So I applaud us for that I think that it's a great asset here m Eng 1ewood
3 Sh? said I want to challenge anyone 10 101n me Saturday morning 1 want to see who will go the earliest and
I'll go w ith you So tf anybody 1s planning to go Saturday let me kriov, Council Member Penn said I'll meet you
th ere at Cou 1,c1I Member Olson said okay 1'11 be there Courie I Member Penn sa,d I'll be there at 6 I have
to leave earl') because I have to go to Colorado Sonngs Counc1 Member Olson said be careful on the rrnn utes
on thrs one There was lau ghter Council Member G1H1t said I ern not gomg to be there at 6 Council Member
Penn said come on Ri ck Council Member Olson said okay great thank you
t v11 Council Member Jeffer·.,on
1 He said I too Just want to congratulate the graduates al the C111zens AcaCerny and thank them for pannen ng
wnri our corri.,,unit ., and our police. and our ideals of commu nit y policing and customer service
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2 He said I wan ted to thank Bill , Mark and Jerry for com inr, do,·m and wish them the best of luck on Sa turday
3, He said Jo Ann, thanks for com ing down and ta lk ing about Council Bill No . 11 Hopefully .. I'd hke to try I'll
try to ex~edite 1I for you
4 He sa10 Doug , thanks for your ki nd co mment s
He said Elaine , thanks fo r your comments on volunteering and inc lusive c1t1es
6 . He said I also wanted to congratulate again Mr Walker and thank him fo r com ing down ton,ght He has been
a real source of pnde for all of us That's all I have tonight
Mayor Woodward said I have a note here that we have some students 1n th~ aud ience . Coun ci l Mem ber Penn
said the y stayed all night Council Member Mccaslin sa id wow, good job. Good Job . Cou ncil Me mber G1lht said
we also have so me students from Norway here . Mayor Woodward said fr Jm De nmark, isn 't it? Councll
Member Gi111t said Denmark I mean Denmark Sorry . Several member!. spoke at th e same time . Coun cil
Member Penn said than k you all for bein g here Council Member Mccaslin sai d thank you . Ma yor Woodward
sai d than k you for coming Hop efully, you all learned something about civics , ma ybe , 1n the United States , or at
least in Englewood .
13 City M anager's Report
Ci ty Manager Sears did not have any matters to brmg before Council
14 City Att orne y's Report
C,ty Attorne y Bro tz man did not have any matte rs to bnng before Coun cil
15 Adjournmen:
1 he meellng adj ou rned at 8 54 p m
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