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1. Call to Order
ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY , COLORADO
Special Meeting
March 23 , 2009
The regul ar meelln g of lhe Englewood City Council was called to order by Mayor Woodward at 7:32 p.m.
2. Invo cation
The invocation was give n by Council Member Mccaslin .
3. Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledg e of Allegiance was led by Council Member Mccaslin .
4. Roll Call
Present:
Absent:
A quorum was present .
AISL' present:
Council Members Jefferson , Moore , Penn , Oakley , Mccaslin , Wilson ,
Woodward
None
City Manager Sear,
City Attorney Brotzm an
Depu ty City Manager Flaherty
Deputy Ci ty Clerk Bush
City Clerk Ell is
Director Gryglew icz, Finance and Admin istrative Servi ces
Director Eaton , Human Resources
Director White , Community De velopment
Hous ing Finance Specia li st Grimmett, Commu nity De velop ment
Police Ch ief Vandermee
Pol ice Comm ande r Condreay
Fire Captain Weigel
5. Consideration of Minutes of Previous Session
(a) CO'JNCIL MEMBER McCASLIN MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE SECONDED, TO
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 2, 2009 .
Ma yor Wood wa rd asked If there were any modificallons or correcl io ns . Th ere were none .
Vote results :
Ayes :
Nays :
Absta in :
Motion carried .
Counc il Members Mccaslin , Moore , Woodward , Jefferson ,
Wilson , Oakle y
None
Council Member Penn
6. Recognition of Scheduled Public Comment
There were no sc hedul ed visito rs .
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7. Recognition of Unscheduled Public Comment
(a ) 'Bev Cummins , an Englewood resident , sa id good evening . I spoke to yo u earlier about ha vi ng
a wall for Nancy Peterson and the community's awards that were go ing to be tossed . This is a petition and we
have 57 people that have ci gned it, who would lik e a wa ll , not a cab inet. .. not just one little th ing in the cab in et ,
but we want a wall with all cf the awards on it, please . It is as much for Nancy as it is for the community
because the community helped her to get it in the first place . I don 't think you 'll ever gel find ~nyone that can
get the community behind the m like she did. We 'd appreciate having it for her sake as well as the community 's.
I appreciate your concern . Thank you very much.
Ma yor Woodward said than k you. I appreciate you provid ing us with the petitio n. I'm not going to break our
own rule here and I'll wa it for the publ ic comment at the end .
8. Communications, Proclamations and Appointments
(a) A resolution appointing alternate member Tealee Hinger as a regular member on the Code
Enforcement Advisory Committee.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER PENN SECONDED, TO APPROVE
AGENDA ITEM 8 (a) -RESOLUTION NO . 32, SERIES OF 2009.
RESOLUTION NO . 32 , SERIES OF 2009
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ALTERNATE MEMBER TEALEE HINGER TO THE CODE ENFORCEMEN T
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD . •
Mayor Woodward asked if there was an y discussion or comments. There was none.
Vote results :
Ayes: Council Members Penn , Mccaslin , Moore , Woodward , Jellerson.
Wilson . Oakley
Nays: None
Moti on carried .
9. Conaent Agenda
(a) Approval of Ordinances on First Reading
There were no additional items submitted for approval on first read ing . (See Agenda Item 11 .)
(b) Approval of Ord inances on Second Read ing
There were no items submitted for approval on first reading .
(c) Resolutions and Moti ons
The re were no additional l•o ms subm itted for approval on firs t reading . (See Agenda Item 11.)
10. Public Hearing Items
No public hea ri ng was scheduled before Counci l.
11 . Ordinances , Resolution and Motions •
(a) Ap prova l of Ord inan ces on Fir st Reading
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(i) Hou sing Finance Specialisl Grimmelt presenled a recommendalion from lhe
Co mmun ily De velopm en t Department 10 adopt a bill for an ord inan ce authorizin g the redemplloa and
subsequent sale of 290 Ea st Bellewood lrive, acq uired through the foreclosure process as defin ed by Colorado
Stale Slalules. She sa id th is partic ula r , operty was redeemed by lhe Hous ing Rehab Program , Fund 46, on
the 1 a" of February , proceeding our normal rules and pol icies Iha! we t,ave through the rehab program . II was
reviewed by the loan committee and reco mmended for redemptio n last September . II went lo public sal e th is
February 2009 and we had lo fil o our inlent lo redeem within eight days of that date , which we did do . Fu nds
we re transferred on February 18". We now have title to the property so this is alwa ys don e a little bit
backwards . We're now ask ing Counc il lo approve lh is redemption , that has alread y taken place , and lo
autho rize the sale of th is property . The property will be 13nled , I bel ieve , until the settlement of a lawsuit that is
also invo lved in th is part icular property . But as soon as that is ·e solved , then we wi ll proceed wit h hav ing that
property sold . Funds would th en be returned back to the Hous ing Rehab Program , Fund 46 . Are there an y
questions?
Mayor Woodward asked do we have any idea of approx imate value of this partic ular property . Ms . Grimmett
re pl ied that the county assessor has it listed , I think , at a little over $200 ,000 , around $205 ,000 , I believe that in
the market today that is still fa irly accurate . II was substantially rehabbed and it is listed as a three bedroom ,
two bath , and finished basement so it does have some nicer amenities than some of the other homes in this
are a. It sit s in a nice r neighborhood . I thin k that would be accurate .
Mayo r Woodward asked if there we re any other questions . There were none .
COUNCIL MEMBER McCASLIN MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFERS'JN SECONDED, TO
APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (I) , COUNCIL BILL NO , 8 •
COUNCIL BILL NO . 8, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER McCASLIN
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTION AND SALE OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED
THROUGH THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM LOCATED AT 290 EAST BELLEWOOD DRIVE IN
THE CITY OF ENGLEWO OD, COLORADO .
Mayor Woodward asked if there were any questions . There were none .
Ms . Gri mmett sa id than k you .
Ma yor Woo:lward said thank you Jane t.
Vote results :
Motion carried .
Ay es : Council Members Penn , Mccas lin, Moo re, Wcwward , Jefferso n,
Wilson , Oakley
Nays : Non e
(b) Approv al of Ordin ances on Second Read ing
There were no items submilted fo r app roval on seco nd reading .
(c) Resolutions and Mo tions
(i) Director Grygl ewicz prese nt ed a reco mm endation from the Departm ent of Finance and
Admin istra tive Services lo adopt a resolu tion transferr ing $800 ,000 from the Lo ng Term Asset Reserve to th e
Englewood Mclellan Reservoir Foundat ion lo co mplete site preparation and fund ope rat ions until the property is
lease d, He sai d I am also a bo ard merober of the Englewood Mclellan Rese,voir Founda tion . This topic was
di scuss ed al the March 2, 2009 Sti:ay Sess ion . Basically what was presented was the Foundation bel ieved that
its bud get was correct when we tr,nsferred money from lhe sale of lh e RTD property . Whal happened was Iha!
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we had some soft costs wh ich included legal costs and othe r costs that were substantially higher than expectert .
We had expected lease proceeds from leases that we were working on and also we had a cash ... this is really
partially a cash flow iss ue as well . We expe ct to have some funds repa id from RTD for work we are doing for
them th is year. A part ial payment , $600 ,000 .00 . by the end of the year will be made back to the General Fund
Long Term Asset Reserve . So we are as ki ng for $800 .000 .00 . A portion of that will be used for operations . a
,epayment th is year of $600 ,000 .00 . and in 2011 , another $100 ,000 .00 . But if the property is leased and we do
start having lease payments . those lease payments will be returned to the L TAR as well .
Mayor Woodward sa id and the $600 ,000 .00 that would be refunded th is ye ar would co me from the source of ... ?
Mr . Gryg lewicz re ;;lierl from the repayments from RTD . Mayor Woodward sa id okay .
COUNCIL MEMBER PENN MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEM<lER McCASLIN SECONDED, TO APPROVE
AGENDA ITEM 11 (c) (I)· RESOLUTION NO. 33, SERIES OF 2009.
RESOLUTION NO . 33 , SERIES OF 2009
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND 'S LONG TERM ASSET RESERVE
(LTAR ) TO THE ENGLEWOOD MCLELLAN RESERVOIR FOUNDATION (EMRF ).
Mayor Woodward asked if there was any discuss ion . There was none .
Vote ro&ults :
Ayes :
Nays :
Motion carried .
Council Members Penn , Mccaslin , Moore , Wooaward , Jefferson ,
Wilson , Oakley
None
Director Gryglewi,,z said thank you .
(ii) Hous ing Finance Specialist Grimmett pres ented a recommendation from the
Community Develo~ •nl Department to approve a resolution authorizing staff to apply to the Colorado Divisi on
of Housing for a port io,, ~f the Arapahoe County 's allocation of Federal Ne ig hborhood Stabil izat io n Program
funds . She said I'm here to request approval to apply for approx imately one million dollars to the State of
Colorado for part of Arapahoe County 's portion of the Ne ighborhood Stabilization Program funds . These
program funds were initially approved by Congress last July 2008 . Each state was approp riated mon ies and
certain cities and the State of Colorado has rece ived a little over 34 mill ion dollars to be distribu ted . The State
went through a rather elabo rate process to determine the highest areas in the entire state that were suffer ing ,
from the lack of anyth ing else , the effects of the high foreclos ures rates ir, the area . Those areas then were
ide nt ified and the State th en awarded monies down to various additional commun ities : Arapahoe County be ing
one . Arapahoe County has chosen not to adm inister the ir own funds but Ins tead has taken the pos ition that
they will just support certain app lications and that those applications th en would be handled directly with the
State . So we are here th is even ing ... we are requesting permiss ion to appl y for those funds . Staff did file an
inte nt last November telling the State that we intended to app ly . So we are here th is even ing to formally put that
into play . The application , as I stated , will be for approxi mate ly one million dollars . It will initiall y allow us to
purchase approximately four pro perties and use that money th en to acquire those properties , rehab th ose
propert ies . do an y marketing as necessary and it also covers some staff time . Those funds will then be recy ~led
back . The goal is that we hopefully will do at least a minimum of ten . Hopefully, more than that given the
ti meframes that we have to re cycle the funds . These properties mus t be purchas ed from lende rs only . The y
must be vacant. They then can be acquired just with in an eighteen month timeframe . So tha t's what staff is
hop ing to be able to do . Our application is in the cycle that has been set up and du e to the State approx imately
April 1 •. We are hoping then tha ;1 will be ta ken to the State Hous ing Board for review during the month of Ma y
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and if approved at that level . then we 'll be back to Council , probably ie June , for the formal approval of the •
ordinance approv ing an intergove rnmenta l agreement with the Sta te of Colorado . She asked if there were any
questio ns.
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Council Member Wilsen sa id yes , I have a cou~·le . Is th is affordable hous ing or low inco me or ne ither ? Ms .
Grimmett repl ied it actually has its own spec i~I income limits . They are still co nsider ing it .;ifordable but the
income lim its are sel higher lhan any other pre Jram that I have worked with . They 're considered set at 120% of
the area med ian income . For a family of four , that roughly means that their income can be at $91 ,000 .00 or
lower and st ill be able to purchase the home as an eligible buye r. We are asked to try , if at all possible , to
des ignale some part icipat ion with famil ies that are at 50 % of lhe area med ian income , wh ich is generall y the
population that works with the housing authorities . We are go ing to make an attempt to have them be pr iority
appl icants for any homes that we have ava il abl~ to purchase . Some famil ies are going currently through their
fam ily self-sufficiency program and the ir manager , Marlene Mossman , has been very successful at being able to
get some of the famil ies into ho , ,e ownership . So we are going to attempt to allow them the first opportun ity to
be able do that. But if they cannot qualify , th ,n we will open it up to any family that meets that In come li mit that
has been set , at the higher level.
Council Member Wilson said now if they buy the house , say they want to move . Is there profit set at a certain
amount or can they ask anyth ing for the house or how does that work ? Ms . Grimmett repl ied the program
regulations have been changed . Initially when the regulation was put out , there was no profit that the buyer
could realize . We cannot sell it at a profit either . We can sell only for the cost of the acquis ition and the
rehabilitation . That has since been changed . In some of the new legi slat ion , in the Recovery Act , it's been
modified because frankly it was really becoming a burden to be able to say that a buyer could not realize any
ga in in the potent ial market. So that has been changed . At this particu;ar time, unless there is some other down
payment assistance with it , it will just be required to be owner occupied but there would not be any requirements
for le ngth of residency or length of ownersh ip. They would then be able to sell it just like they would any ott,er
home , at whatever the go ing market rate would be , at the time .
Council Member Wilson said okay . Which will then turn it possibly into to the $91 ,000.00 bracket ? Ms .
Grimmett repl ie d the $91 ,000 .00 bracket is the annual income for a family of four , the maximum they can earn to
be a poss ible purchaser. Council Member Wilson said but it probably would not turn back into a less affordable
housing for a fam ily who is making 50 %. Ms . Gri mmett said probably not. I would guess that the market is go ing
to dictate the sale of the prices of the homes . Right at the moment , they are still fairly level in the areas that we
will probably be purchasing , wh,ch we will be able to purchase In most residential areas in the City . I think ten of
the thirteen census tracts scored high enough by their foreclosure risk rating that the State had put together that
we can purchase from . There are only a couple of them that are no t eligible . And those neighborhoods have
bee n fairly stable with costs . I antic ipate that we are gJing to be selling probably around the $180 ,000 to
$185 ,000 range , if I had to guess . That all depends upon what the cost is from acqu isition as well as the cost of
rehab . Bu t tha t's probably a fairly soli d figure in most ;;f the res ident ial ne ighborlhoods throughout the Ci ty . In
the past , purchasers that have been in these types ,,f programs have been long term homeowners . They have
not turned the property over . But we are not anticipating , at this time , to having an y additional restrictions .
There is the possibility that if we were to help them with down payment assistance , then there may be some
requirement that Is attached to that . That might require a min imum of five years or tens years occupancy but at
the moment , if it's a straig ht purch ase , there is not go ing to be any requ iremen t along those line s. Council
Membe r Wilson said okay , thank you .
Council Member Penn said ,f they meet th e requ irements for the federal $8 ,000 .00 grant , would they still be able
lo get that as a payba ck for tax incentive ? Ms . Grimmett inqu ired for the tax credit yo u're referencing ? Coun cil
Member Penn said yes . Ms . Grimmett replied I bel ie ve so if the y are a first time home buyer and can qual ify
under those separate regula tions , yes . They would still be eligible . Council Member Penn said and the y will be
notified about that also ? Would we get the m information abou t that so that they are aware of that? Ms.
Grimmett salo I think that part of the requ irement is that we have to provide eight hours of home buyer
counselin~ and I believe that is disc ussed during those home buyer counseling sess ions : that the tax credit Is
available and how they would go abou t applying for that , yes . Council Member Penn said than k yo u .
Mayor Woodward sa id Janet, just to be clear. Th is is not part of the stimulus plan . Ms. Grimmett said correct.
Th is is not. Mayor Woodward said th is Is ent irely a different program . Ms. Grimmett replied yes . Ma yor
Woodward sa id and initially we were , I be lieve , talk ing the possibility of up to three million dollars. Ms . Grimmett
said when I had filed our letter of in tent la st October that is what our letter stated , that we had inten ded to
reques t, that amou nt. Unfortuna tely, there's not thal much available . Ma yor Woodw ard said yeah , I see lhat all
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of Arapahoe County only has 2.1 million . Ms . Grimmett sa id so we 're applying for the one million that we can
get. It's not to sa y that we may not be able to get more in the recovery afterwards ; the additional funds that
were approved for the Neighborho od Stabilization Program . My understanding is that the State is looking at
doing kind of a partnersh ip application . That process , for those addit io nal funds , will be handled more on a
nationa l competitive basis so we may be applying for a second round to that process . But it is too soon to know
how that is go ing to develop .
Mayor Woodward said we heard this from the Secretary from HUD last wee k, a number of us at the National
League of Citi es , and he was certainly encourag ing us to be applying for the ne ighborhood stimulus grants as
well as Representative DeGette , while she was here and in Wash ington so th is is a nice start . Ms . Grimmett
said it's a good start .
COUNCIL MF.MBER WILSON MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PENN SECONDED , TO APPROVE
AGENDA ITEM 11 (c) (II) • RESOLUTION NO . 34, SERIES OF 2009 .
RESOLUTION NO . 34 , SERIES OF 2009
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO , TO FILE AN APPLICATION WITH
THE COLORADO DIVISION OF HOUSING FOR A PORTION OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY 'S ALLOCATION
OF FEDERAL NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM FUNDS .
Mayor Woodward asked if there was any further discussion . The re was none .
Vote results :
Ayes :
Nays :
Motion carried .
Ms . Grimmett said thank you .
Council Members Penn . Mccaslin, Moore , Woodward , Jefferson ,
Wilson , Oakley
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(iii) Director Eaton presented a recommendation from the Human Resources Department to
appoint , by motion , a hearing officer for a disciplinary appeal filed by Police Officer Jason Pearson . She said
Council has prev iously appointed three hearing officers to a panel . wh ich we are requ ired to do on an annual
basis . The ir resumes are attached to the back of the packet that I provided you with . The cho ices are Ronald
Cohen , John DiFalco and Bennett Aisenberg .
Mayor Woodward said we 've used Mr. Cohen in the past on some of these , as I recall . Ms . Eaton replied yes
we have . Mayor Woodward sa id is there were any recommenda tio ns as to who to use here . of the three . I
would recommend Mr . Cohen if there aren 't any other re commendat ions .
Co un cil Membe r Mccaslin asked ha ve we used any of the others before . Ms . Eaton replied I be lieve that we
have used John DiF3lco in the past.
City Attorney Brotzman sa id we have actually used all three at one time or another .
Council Member Mcca slin sa id so all three of them have been used .
Mayor Woodward said just for clarification , you are looking for us to select one of these and ... City Attorney
Brotzman said correct. The process that we have agreed to with the un ion is we 've selected three and we can 't
give you a recomm endat io n out of th e three . Council actual ly has to pick one . Mayor Woodward sa id okay . Is
there a motion for one of the three?
Co un cil Member Jefferson sa id the second one . in my min d. Mr . DIFal co , seemed to be one that I would have
chose n. Ma yor Wood ward ask ed Is that a mot ion th en . Mr. Jefferson sa id ye s it is.
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COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFERSON MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER PENN SECONDEIJ , TO APPOINT
JOHN DIFALCO AS THE HEARING OFFICER FOR THE DISCINPLINARY APPEAL.
Mayor Wo odward asked if there was any discuss ion regarding Mr. DiFalco. There was none .
Vote results :
Motion carried .
Ayes: Coun ci l Members Penn , Mccaslin, Moore , Woodward , Jefferson ,
Wilson . Oakley
Nays : None
Ms. Eaton said thank you.
Mayor Woodward said than k you .
12 . General Discussion
(a ) Mayor's Choice
(i ) Mayor Woodward sa id first I want to address Ms Cumm ins , bring ing in the petition and
her suggestion of displaying the awards received by Nancy Peterson and the commun ity for the Neighborhood
Watch . I'm glad to see you put in ·and the commun ity " because we as citizens and as block capta ins and as old
people that live in lhe ne ighborhoods , who had participated , you and I both . I had met with Nancy a week ago
last Friday. She had another ... she had found another one of these awards. And it was , In my m ind , probably
the most impress ive award there was . I brought it here tonight. And as I mentioned to Gary last week , It was
naming Englewood the Capital for a Day. I believe it was back in 1997. I don't remember exactly which year
but it was in Decembe, of that year. Gary and I have been discussing about where some or these th ings could
go. For example, Iha: one , which is very nicely framed , with the State seal on it and Roy Romer's signature.
we 're looking at and have been discussing , above th e trophy case, the case out front, there is the area that
shapes that. where there may the possibility of placing the awards that have been received . I just wanted to
mention tha t. The rest of Council certainly hasn 't heard about that... Gary and I have been talking about It.
Council Me m be r Mccasl in sa id do you want us to wait to comm ent oo :hat? Do you want us to wa it until our
turn to comment on this or is it open fo r discuss ion now? Mayor WoJdward sa id if you wan t to comment on it
now or comment on it at an other time , that's fine . Council Membe r Mccaslin said I'll wait . Mayor Woodward
sa id okay.
Ma yo r Woodwa rd said so the tim ing is ki nd of inte resting since that was something that I brought in tonight.
(ii) Ma yor Woodward sai d next I wanl to acknowledg e Kraig Stovall . In the last few wee ks
since our Sl udy Session, I know that a number of contribution s have come in for the 4" of July celebration.
Arapa hoe Co unty , Cenlenn ial, an d Sh eridan all have come forwa rd as they had last yea r so th e program looks
like It is moving forward. I'm sure Kra ig is try ing to tak e a ba ck sea t but I 'm sure he's right in the middle of it.
(iii) Ma yor Woodward sa id I also wanted to mention that the National League of Citie s trip , I
bel ieve, for the Co uncil Members and the students was ve ry beneficia l and a real opportunity to hear from othe r
citi es, to do some or the wo rk shops, and learn about , certa inly , some of th e th ings that are coming avai lable as
far as st imulus and stimulus package and th ings that are available fo r the City of Englewood . I personally sp ent
more lime in classes and lhat sort of th ing than I had before . I was pretty exhausled when we got back . But I
lh ink that was a total success for the studenls and I think they really are able to bring something ba ck to the high
school. Th ey were very up-front with o ur legislators in lalki ng to other Natio na l people and the othe r youth
group s tha t were there fro m other ci tie s
(iv) Mayor W oodward said I would also like to make a motion that.. City Attorney Brotzman
po inted out that th is is a speci al me et ing and no motion s can be made Mayo r Woodward said so rry Ra nd y
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(v) Mayor Woodward said then the la st item I have Is , I JUSI wa nt to just mention , is that
we ha ve lost a number of people here just through the last few weeks I want to extend my perso nal
condolen ces to them . The families of Harold Rust, Rusty, who was our Citizen of the Ye ar in 2000 and was very
much involved with the commun ity for a long tim e, He jus t pa ssed away a couple of weeks ago , Last week , the
wife of former Mayor Eugene Otis, Ruth Otis, passed away and Is having a memorial service tomorrow. And
then my personal cor.dolence to Wayne , who lost his siste r last week , la st T hursday
(b) Council Members' Choice
(i) Council Member Penn :
1. He said thank you Mayor. Just a couple of notes . We do have W omen In Business and it will be
downstairs in the library tomorrow morn ing at 7:30 a.m . fo r all of you people Men are in vited also There is a
good speaker, Gina Greenwood , will be here from Veclra Ban k
2. He sa id Washington D.C. was an excellent tr ip aga in, I too k more classes , like Jim , than I had in the
past. I would like to , and maybe none of the other members would hke th is , I would hke to have a time in a
Stud y Sessio n where each board member or each Council Member bring two or three Item s that they would like
to share , possibly move on to the departments and not just let th is sit In our brain Let's show and talk about it.
Hopefully we can do th is. The National League of Cities was an excellent time to get out and get that done,
3, He said in the information packet, there is a th ing from the Greater Englewood Chamber of
Commerce, kind of laying out the expenses. I know that the City has been really hel pfu l and we are going to cut
back at least by 10%. And then if we don't request money from Community Development and ACE , we cut bac k
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even S2600 .00 more. We are trying to do our part at the Chamber, try ing to do that an d th at's why you have •
that letter. Hopefully that will explain some of the th ings that we are doing
4, He said if you have a chance, get down to th e Women in Bu si ness and listen lo th e speaker. It will be
the fi rst time in two ye ars !hat we ha ve had that.
Mayo r Woodward said than k you .
(ii ) Council Member Mccaslin :
1. He sa id a couple of things . First of all , I th ink th is d isplay for Nancy Peterson Is a w onderlul token ol
app reciation for what she has done. I hope we don't 1ust limit it to a wall. I hope that th ere a re other avenues or
othe r things we can do to d isplay th is stuff, Creative ways that we can .. , so the sa me th ing like wh•t you want to
do with a wall only not limit it to a wall ... a case or something . I want to kin d of leave th at open I know th at I
saw in the petition that it was a cabinet and then inserted a wall. I don't know if th ey me ant a cabine t and a wall
I just hope that we keep that open so that we ca n display all of these items I agree wi th you 100 % that we
shou ld recogn,ze her.
2. He sa id I would like to than k the City , My wife , ove r at Bishop Element~ry. Is getting new sod There Is
a little guy an d a tractor from the Englewood School Dist rict who was trying to get all of the gravel and It was
going to take him about three months to get it done, Somebody •'<>m the City ... they mu st have
called ... someone from the school called the City and they came in and one du mp truck got it all removed
yesterday or toda y. It was unbelievable and so I want to thank the City for stepping up to the plat e on that
3, He sa id I would like to second what Randy was saying on the education . I reall y do think, In order lo be
transparent and let you guys know that we just don 't go out there to party or .. , We took a lot of classes end I
rea lly th ink , to have an open d ialogue , like we would have 100% at a Study Session, something that we can
bring back and w ill benefit the City and so the citizens know that this is co ntinu ing education for Council peop le •
There are hundreds of ci ties represented . It was unbe lievable, I think , in the futu re , if we hmII th at exposure f0r
people who want to serve the pu blic and do the right things , that we w ill hurt th e City eventually So I hope th at
we keep th at open dialogue as far as what benefits we can bring back to the City
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4. He said there was a th ing in my packet , and I'll have to b1ing ... and I was telling Gary or Condreay about
Dave Walker , who has had a drug iss ue for about a year and a half at his place , next to him I think It Is 4200
South Huron or Galapago. But th is gu y is so happ y that we have finally done our Jo b and kind of cleaned up the
whole neighborhood . I think next lime I'll bring the letter to read ii and then I'll turn It over to Safely Serv ices and
Code Enforcement. The appreciation that was expe ll ed in this card was unbelievab le . It Just show s that II we
kee p at it. that we do , do the rig ht thing
Mayor Woodwar~ said thank you .
(iii) Council Member Oakley :
1. He said I'd like to comment on the display . I ag ree with everything that ha s been said ton ight. We need
to do it right , whatever ii takes .
2. He said the Nat io na l League of Cities conference , it had a little different atmosphere th is year hav ing to
do with administration . Of course , the key word Is stimulus or recovery package , whatever you want. Any
seminar that I went to started off on the topic that it was generally suppose to start off on but somehow ii always
got around to what was going to be happen ing with the stimulus money an d what we could do . So I think the
Ideas that we all brought back from that , when we talk about them, will bri ng some stuff out.
(iv) Council Member Wil son said I just appreciate when the com munity comes forward and
tal ks about something that they feel passio nate about. Thank you for com ing .
(v) Council Member Jefferson :
1. He said I will just agree with everyone that the NLC trip was a success , with lots of great Information
there .
2. He said I too would like to see something done for Nancy . I've never really seen the community come
forth in th is kind of a way for some sort of community pride about what's been going on here . I agree . We
should definitely get someth ing together.
13. City Manager's Report
(a) City Manager Sears sa id I have several topics that we need to tal k about al Study Session .
did want to say one thing . Lance Smith will be here at the next meeting , in two weeks . We really have got
some great news that we rece ived . We had the Insurance Services Organ ization (ISO) review of our Bu ild ing
Department and we 've had a seven rating for quite a while , over the last 7-8 years or as long as I can
remember. Because of the work In ou: Bui lrll ng Department , our Code adoption , the whole review of our
Bu il ding Departmen t, went up to a three . n,,, ISO has a one to ten rating , kind of grouped into : one to three ,
then three to six , and seven to ten . But th is is a full report ... Lance has a full summary that we will put in the
packet. They did a very detailed review of plans , enforcement of plans review , all of our Codes , how we enforce
th ose , cus tomer relations response . II is a very impressive report . It shows aga in our Bu ilding Departmen t is
rig ht 10 the front and as a result of the redu ction from an Insurance viewpoi nt , ii means that th e homeowner s,
from an In surance viewpo int , could have a redu cti on in the com merci al amount in the ir fees that the y may pay
for the ir insurance . It really is a great reflection ... I sent Lan ce home because of the hour but he 'll be back here
in a couple of weeks with a full report .
Council Member Jefferso n said I have one more comment on the NLC . He asked Council Member Mccaslin if
he wanted to comment. Counc il Member Mccaslin sa id go ahead . Council Member Jefferson sa id I was ju st
go in g to second what Rand y sa id as well about sharing Info rmation becau~e tha t is what we kind of lacked last
year that will really get that valu e out of there .
Council Member Jefferson said also , I guess , go ing forward I th ink we talked about poss ibly try ing to redu ce the
expense s. It seems that there are lots of ways to do that. This year I stayed al the other hotel lo try to save
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some expenses . There are ways lhal we can do il .. whether il is on a rotational basis or just trying to get each
of us lo lower our expenses on t,,ese types of trips . I'd love to make sure we do lhal before ne xt year.
14 . City Attorney's Report
City Attorney Brotzman did not have any matters lo bring before Council.
15 . Adjournment
Mayor Woodward sa id with no further business com ing forward , we will ad journ th is meeting and move ne xt
door lo have our Study Session .
MAYOR WOODWARD MOVED TO ADJOURN . The meet in g ad journed al 8:12 p.m.
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