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1. Call to Ordar
ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLE1'iOOD , ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
Regular Staalon
Aprll 2, 2007
The regular meetin g of the Englewood City Counc il was called to order by Mayor Wolosyn at 7 :38 p.m.
2 . Invocation
The Invocation was given by Council Member Barrentine .
3 . Pledge of Alleg iance
The Pledge of Allegiance was lad by Mayor Wolosyn .
4 . Roll Call
Present :
Absent:
A quorum was present.
Counci l Members Tom asso, Barrenl ine , Oa kley, McC Jslin,
Woodward , Wo losyn
Coun cil Member Moore
Also present: City Manager Sears
City Attorney Brotzman
Deputy City Manager Flaherty
City Clerk Elli s
Deputy City Clerk Bush
Director Olson, Safely Services
Director Gryglewicz , Finance and Adm inistrative Services
Director Fonda, Uti lities
Director Black, Parks and Recreation
Director Kahm, Public Works
Senior Planner Langon , Commun ity Development
Planner Voboril, Commun ity Development
Planner Bell , Community Developmen t
Cap ital Projects Adm inistrator Henderson , Public Works
Field Opera tions Administrator Nimmo , Pub li c Works
Pol ice Sergeant Condreay, Safely Services
5. Consideration of MlnulH of Previous Senion
(a) COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPk.JVr.i THE
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 19, 2007.
Mayor Wolosyn asked If there was any dis cussion . There was none .
Vol• rttulta:
Ayes :
Nays :
Absent:
Motion carried .
Council Members Barrentine, McCaslln, Wolosyn, Woodward ,
Tomasso, Oakley
None
Council Member Moore
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6 . Recognition of Scheduled Public Comment
(a) Lynelle Heidrick, an Englewood citizen, sa id I was told to call, by the Parks and Rec
Department, to arrange to come In front of you and speak ebout Jason Park and return ing ii to an on-leash dog
park . Since they built the brand new one , everybody with the ir dogs wh o likes to let them run loose needs to go
there . I have lour children. One was almost attacked . One was almost bitten . And we had a picnic lunch and
somebody's dog ate our entire lui ,ch. So, I'm extremely frustrated and upset , because they don't care and I will
not book the park to use as a facil ity for any parties that we have in the future , because of the dog Issues. It Is
pathetic . I mean , we went there and had baseball practice end nobody watches the ir dogs ... lhey run loose . I
can gel petitions, I can get neighbors to sign it...l can probably get about 300 people to sign a petition to ma ke
that an on-leash park. It is just so frustrat ing for the people who live in that neighborhood . These people, that
bring the ir dogs lo that perk , probably don 't even live In Englewood . I don 't need my four kids being afra id to go
to the park just to go kic k a ball or play catch with their friends or play basketball and stepp ing in dog poop and
having dogs chase them . I have a two year old that doesn't know a fr iendly dog from a bad dog and I don 't
need her lo be bit and they are all over the playground . I wanted to br ing i~'e concern lo you , because nobody
seems to want lo do anyth ing .
Mayor W oiosyn said we usually don't address is sues at th is point in the meeting, but if you stay to the end,
issues that are int:oduced during this period often are brought up at Council's Choice . Ms. Heidrick said okay.
Mayor Wolosyn said thank you for com ing . Ms . He idrick said than k you .
(b) Marc Ogon osky was not present to add re ss City Counc il.
7. Recogn ition of Unscheduled Public Comment
(a) Scott Gors ky, an Englewood resid ent, said I just wan ted to re ad someth ing real qu ick . ii says:
"Dear Mr. Gorsky, A donation has been made by the Englewood City Council to th e Englewood Publ ic Library
for the purchase of ch ii ~ren 's books in memory or your fath er, Robert. A boo k plate will be placed ic iron! of
each book acknowledg ing that the book has been pu rchased in yo ur father's memory. Thank you for your
support of the Englewood Public Library. Hank Long , Direc tor of Library Services ." I just wanted to atte nd th is
me.eting and show my deepest gratitude towards the Council and the rest of Engle wood go vernment. My lathe
just passed away about two months ago. It was a very difficult l ime and it was just a very thoughtful thing to do .
It ,~ally allows me to have that small town feel in a big city . So , I grea tly app reciate ii. It meant the wor ld to me.
It was a very n ice th ing to come home to after my vacation and open ii up . I just wante d to extend my gratitud e
for myself, my fam ily ... my mother was in tears and my brot her was vary happy about it . Than k you so much . ii
was groatly apprec iated and very thoughtful. I just hope we can keep working together as we ha ve been in the
past. So, thanks again . I appreciate it.
Mayor Woiosyn said thank you Scott. Your father is rem embered as someone who pitched in al the KEB Fun
Run , so thank you . Mr. Gorsky said I app reciate ii so m uch.
Council Member Woodward sa id thanks Sc ott.
(b) Shannon , a member of Englewood Unleash ed, sa id I do want to address Lynette's po int,
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be ca use there are dogs tr 3t go to the park that aren 't tra ined. We do try to talk lo the people , ask th em to tra in
the ir dogs , etc. bu t there are als o children at the park that ar en't trained either. There are people who have
attacked my dog when I have been there al the park . I have ca lled the police about that. Thay followed up , but
couldn't find the individuals . You know, it is a multi-use park, just like a lot of the parks are. There Is go ing to be
run -ins, there are going to be people who can't br.,,ave ... both people wise and dog w ise . I don 't think that ii is in
the best Interest of the City to turn that park over to an on-leash ... kind of like what happened at Bates and
Logan. And I also think too that, maybe ii was a year ago, that a petition was done In the area and the majority
of the people did say In that area that they did want to have the pa rk left the way that ii was . So, I j us t wanted lo •
bring that back up too. Thanks .
6 . Communlc1tion1, Proclamatlona and Appol:itmanta
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(a) A proclamallon declaring April 20 , 2M7 as National Arbor Day was considered .
Council Member Tomasso oald I would Ilka to move tna prcclam~tion tor Nallonal Arbor Day , I have spent quite
a bit of lime at his house In Neb:aska Cliy . look Ing at all the treas thal Morton plonted al I hat slle . It Is a very
Important holiday In Nebra<Ka , As you may know , \here Me not a lot or trees there .
COUNC IL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED , AND ITWAS SECONDED , TO APPROVE A PROCLAMATION
DECLARING APRIL 20, 2007 AS NATIONAL ARBOR DAY .
Mayor Wolosyn asked if there was any other diecusu ion. There was none .
Vote r11ult1:
Ayes :
Nays :
Absent :
Mallon carried .
C.ouncil Members Ba rt entine , Mccasli n, Wolosyn , Woodward ,
Tomasso , Oakley
None
Counc il Member Moore
Mayor Wolosyn presented the proclamation lo Mr. Mark Coplls . Mr . Coplis said I would Ilka lo invite the City
Council to our Arbor Day fesllvities on April 21. We are doing it in conjunction wllh Soulh Suburban Parks and
Recreation . We are go ing to start off at Belleview Park, giving away trees from both the City or Englewood and
also South Suburban . We are also having a tree demonstration al Progress Park and also some fun and games
for the enlire family . Thank you so much .
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Counc il Member Barrentine said when does It start at Belleview Park? Mr . Coptls said it will start at 9 o'clock
and we will have the lree giveaways al the parking lot . just easl of Pirates Cove . '
Council Member Woodward said I just want to menlion that ii says in the Proclamalion , the City of Englewood
has been recognized for 22 consecutive years as a Tr •• City USA, by the Nat ional Arbor Day Foundalion . I
think Iha\ is quite an accomplishment there .
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cons idered .
A;.. cclama lion dec lar ing April 22 through 28 , 2007 as National Cr ime Vict ims ' k ights Week was
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE A PROCLAMATION
DECLARING APRIL 22 THROUGH 28, 2007 AS NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK .
Mayor Wolosyn asked if there was any discussion.
Council Member Woodward sa id just that I would like to say that I saw on a news program this morning some
things about some seniors be ing attacked, evidently In different places In the country. Seniors are being
attacked by young adults and juven ile, in horrendous ways . It is pretty scary, so I absolutely support this In
what they are trying to accomplish . Thank you .
Vote reaulta :
Ayes :
Nays :
Absent:
Motion carried .
Council Members Barrentine, Mccaslin , Wolosyn , Woodward,
Tomasso , Oakley
None
Council Member Moore
Mayor Wolosyn presented the proclamation to Director Chris Olson . (Clerk 's note : Director Olson 's comments
were Inaudible.)
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Council Member Barrentine said I have worked with a couple of the organizations that our victim's assistance
advocates work with and they are very well thought of in this County. I just can 't tell you how much that means
when people are in that position . So, thanks for all the work that they do .
9 . Consent Agenda
(a) Approval of Ordinances on First Reading
There were no additional items submitted for approval on first reading . (See Agenda Item 11 .)
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS 9 (b) (I), (II), (111), (Iv), (v), (vi) and 9 (c) (I), (II), (Ill).
(b) Approval of Ordinances on Second Reading
(i) ORDINANCE NO . 18, SERIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 16 , INTRODUCED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO)
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF LOT 30, BLOCK 6, SKERRITTS ADDITION 3"° FILING ,
AS DESCRIBED IN THE DEED TO THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD-HOUSING REHABILITATION FUND TO
COMBINE THE PROPERTY WITH LOTS 28 AND 29 (3596 SOUTH BANNOCK STREET .)
(ii) ORDINANCE NO . 19, bc:RIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 20, INTRODUCED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD)
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A "CITY DITCH CROSSING LICENSE AGREEMENr FOR A FENCE ; A
"CITY DITCH CROSSING LICENSE AGREEMENr FOR A RESIDENTIAL SANITARY SEWER LINE ; AND AN
"ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENr TO THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD-
REHABILITATION FUND FOR THE LOCATION OF 3596 SOUTH BANNOCK STREET , ENGLEWOOD,
COLORADO .
(iii) ORDINANCE NO . 20, SERIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 19, INTRODUCED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER TOMAS~""'\
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZ'NG A "LICENSE-CITY DITCH CROSSING AGREEMENT" AND A "TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION EASEMEi'<T" TO HCA -Health One LLC, dba SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOR THE
INSTALLATION OF CURB, GUTTER AND AN ASPHALT/CONCRETE DRIVEWAY AT 501 EAST HAMPDEN
AVENUE .
(iv) ORDINANCE NO . 21 , SERIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NCJ . 21, INTRODUCED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD)
AN ORDINANCE VACATING A UTILITY EASEMENT WHICH WAS RETAINED IN THE VACATED ALLEY
THROUGH THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3500 SOUTH SHERMAN STREET OCCUPIED BY THE
ENGLEWOOD MASONIC LODGE NO . 166 AND RESERVED TO THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO.
(v) ORDINANC E NO . 22, SERIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 22, INTRODUCED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD)
Ai ! 1RDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 4, SUBSECTION C, OF THE ENGLEWOOD
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Ml ', ,CIPAL CODE 2000, PERTAINING TO LA1: FEE FOR MISCELLANEOUS LICENSE RENEWALS NOT •
Fil , 0 IN A TIMELY FASHION .
(vi) ORDINANCE NO. 23, SERIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 23 , INTRODUCED BY
CO ,NCIL MEMBER WOODWARD)
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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN "INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE
BIKE ANO PEDESTRIAN TRAIL ACROSS THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD GOLF COURSE", A "GRANT OF
REVOCABLE EASEMENr ANO A "TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENr BETWEEN SOUTH
SUBURBAN PARK & RECREATION DISTRICT ANO THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO PERTAINING
TO THE BIKE ANO PEDESTRIAN TRAIL ACROSS THE ENGLEWOOD GOLF COURSE .
(c) Resolutions and Motions
(i) RESOLUTION NO . 41, SERIES OF 2007
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING LATE FEES FOR MISCELLANEOUS LICENSE RENEWALS .
(ii) MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE, NEW TEN-YARD TANDEM
DUMP TRUCK FROM TRANSWEST TRUCKS , INC . IN THE AMOUNT OF $79,166 .00 .
(Iii) MOTION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH RESOURCE COLORADO FOR THE
PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF CARPET ON A PORTION OF THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CIVIC
CENTER FOR MASLAND MODULAR CARPET , IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,271 .00 .
Vote results :
Ayes :
Nays :
Absent:
Motion carried .
10. Public Hearing Items
Council Members Barrentine , Mccaslin , Wolosyn , Woodward ,
Tomasso , Oakley
None
Council Membor Moore
No public hearing was scheduled before Counc il.
11 . Ordinances, Resolution and Motions
(a) Approval of Ordinances on Firsl Reading
(i) Sen ior Planner Langon presen led a recommendation from the Communily
Developmenl Departmenl lo adopl a bill for an ordinance approving Amendmenl No . 6 to lhe Swedish Med ical
Cenler Planned Development Slaff requesls lhat Council schedule a Public Hearing on May 7, 2007 to take
public comment on the proposed amendment She said this Is a request by Swed ish Medical Cenler for a bill
for authorizing Amendment No . 6 to the Swed ish Medical Center Planned Developmen t. The PD review
process was a process created for larger sized projects that retained the underlying zon ing that differs from the
PUD that we have today, in the sense thal it does not rezone the propert y ... it maintains the underlying MUR-3-B
zoning that Is In place there today. The PD process was repealed in 1996 wh en lhe PUD process came into
play and this Amendme nt, per the PD repeal process, follows the same procedure as the original PD . Swedish
Medical Center Is requesting Amendment No . 6 to expand the operating rooms located over the main entrance
of the hospital that Is located at 501 East Hampden Avenue . This expansion Is a 40 foot up right expansion to
create medical/surgical bedrooms , to create private rooms , rather than semi-private rooms. There are going to
be only five additional beds created to the hospital. .. that Is the change that's happening because or the change
from semi-private to private rooms . So, this request Is to amend the existing Planned Development to allow the
upward extension of 40 feet. She said If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them .
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED , TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (a)
(I)• COUNCIL BILL NO . 25 AND TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 7, 2007 TO TAKE PUBLIC
COMMEtlT ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
COUNCIL BILL NO . 25, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD
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A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
AMENDMENT NO . 6 .
Mayor Wolosyn said if there Is no further discussion , please vote .
Vote ruults:
Ayes :
Nays :
Absent:
Motion carried .
Council Members Barrentine , Mccaslin , Wolosyn, Woodward ,
Tomasso , Oakley
None
Council Member Moore
(b) Approval of Ordinances on Second Read ing
There were no additional items submitted for approval on second reading . (See Agenda Item 9 -Consent
Agenda .)
(c) Resolutions and Motions
(i) Planner Voboril presen te d a recommendat ion from the Community Development
Department to adopt a resolution approving the Englewood Downtown and Medical Center Small Area i'lan
Goals and Objectives as an addendum to Roadmap Englewood : The 2003 Englewood Comprehensi ve Plan .
Mr . Voboril sa id ton ight, on behalf of the Englewood Plann ing and Zoning Commission , as well as the Small
Area Plan commun ity stakeholders , I am happy to formally and respecttully submit to you, the Downtown and
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Medical District Small Area Plan Goals and Objectives Tonight we ask the Council to formally recognize the •
Small Area Plan goals and object iv es as being representative of the community's core values in regards lo
neighborhood planning , revitalization and econom ic de velopment , within the boundaries of th is Small Area Plan
District. The Small Area Plan was built around an extensive public community planning process . This included
a series of stakeholders meetings , a series of Planning Commission study sessions that ran parallel lo the
stakeholders meetings, a presentation before the Alliance for Commerce in Englewood and finally a formal
Public Hearing involving the Plann ing Commission . I think the most important part of the ent ire stakeholders
planning process was the actual community meetings that we held . Number one ... the first th ing that we did at
the community meetings is that we talked about the City's planning philosophy, Including the idea of the three
R's that is found in the Comprehensive Plan ... Revitalization , Rede velopment and Re invent ion ... and how those
are appl ied to the arnas of stability and the areas of change . We also talked ebout the existing conditions that
were in eact, differen t specific sub-area of the Plan . We div ided downtown into three distinct sub -areas and we
div ided the med ical district into six su b-areas and we had the group focus in , one at a lime, on each sub -area.
Then we looked at the ex isting cond itions in each area and then we asked them a ss,ies of quest ions about how
they felt about things in each sub-area ... such as hou al ng , transportation, business, rr,odical facilities, senior
issues, parks and open space and urban design . And we were able to gel feedbac< on how they tell about each
of these distinct sub -areas . We we re then ab le to craft and develop goals and objectives that hopefully captured
that feedback . And dur ing the second round of the stak ~~olders meetings, we presented these prelirolnary
goals and objectives , one at a lime, to see if we we re on th& mark . They told us that we had done a very good
job of listening to what they had said in the first ro•Jnd and !hat they were very pleased . Just briefly, I would Just
like to talk about some community values . I th lr< the key community values that came out of th is is
that. .. number one ... the residential neighborhoods are very important to the stakeholders . They really like the
style and character of those neighborhoods . Tt,sy would like to see some changes ... such as some
revitalizations, some reinvestme nt code enforcem~st, and general improvements . They also recogn ize that
sometimes It Is appropriate for so, ,e new housing, but It must support ex isting character of the residential
neighborhoods that exist today . We also found out a lot about how they felt about the business community and
they really liked the hlstorlcal Broadway downtown between U.S. 285 and Floyd Avenue . They would like to see •
some slight cosmetic Improvements there . They also see some opportunities for new development north of
Floyd , around the Goth ic Theatre, as well as to the west and east of the Broadway Corridor. They al•~ talked
about tt.o o\d Hampdon Corridor and they saw the greet potential for that corridor to become a pedestrian
oriented and mlxed-,,se corr idor cornectlng downtown and the hospitals . And finally, speaking of the hospitals,
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they also are very willing to accommodate expans ion needs of the hosp ita ls as long as that Is expand ing
upwards on top of the fac lll lles tha t they already have . And then , if they nead to move outward from there , that
they would li ke to see that along the old Hampden Corr idor and the U.S. 285 Corr idor and at the same ti me ,
they want to protect the res idential ne ighborhoods from hospital enc roachmen t. Finally , I wuuld Just like to finish
up and ask a rhetor ical quest ion . What has th is Small Area Plan accomp li shed for us? I believe that It has
accompli shed two th ings . I th ink , one ... it has prov ided gu idance for the development of strateg ies in a future
phase . They have given us the ir core values for these two areas and we can then begin to develop strategies
that comp li men t and fit in with these values . And the second thing that It has done for us Is Ini ti ated citizen
involvemen t in thi s project and In these two districts . I am really exc ited about that , because I would like to
continue that relationsh ip with our stakeholders as we go forward . And at th is time , I would li ke to conclude the
presentation and I would like to answer any quest ions that Counc il may have . I wou ld al3o like to find out and
hear what Council feels about this plan and hopefully I wou ld lik e to get Council's endorsemen t. At th is ti me I
would like to con cl ude and open the floor to Counc il.
Mayor Wolosyn asked if there any comments or que stions .
Counc il Member Mccasl in said I atten d d a couple of those meet ings and they we re very well attended and the
conversat ions bac k and forth were fan tas tic. I wan t to congratulat o you guys . The two meet ings that I attended
were fantastic , so than k you .
Mr. Voboril said tha nk you .
Counc il Member Tomasso sa id I ha ve a quest ion . On page 1, Obj ectiv e 2-6, where It says "encourage home
additions and exterior upgrades". He said I'm conc erned with the exter ior upgrades , if that means just add ing
vinyl siding to a house and destroying ~istorical character of the hou se. And, the same thing occurs on page 4,
the Business and Med ical Improv emen t Goal s, Obj ectiv e 1-3 ... en courage exterior upgrade to exi sting bu il dings .
They did that in small town Am eri ca in the 60's and the 70's where they came in and pu t chrome over the
exi st ing build ings and destroyed the histor ical c~,aracter of the ne ighborhood ... the his toric qua li ty of the
bu ildings, ju st by add ing tho se add ition s cs an upgrade , fash ionable upgrade, for that particular period as
opposed to ma inta ining the cha racter and jus t go ing in and restor ing the facades of the exi sting bu il dings . Ha
said those two issues conce rn me.
Mayor Wolosyn said I would offer that I th ink that your con cern could be addressed as Commun ity Develop ment
moves forward in com ing up with strategies. When peopl e tal k about retain ing charactrr, that was one th ing
that I was happy about , when I attended the meet ings , as I felt that some of my own cc.ncerns I heard echoed in
the people who were there . People wan t to see th ings get bett er and I thin k that they v..1uld be amenable to that
sort of strategy. I think it is con si sten t with what : ,,eard ... l don 't know about what you heard .
Mr . Vobor il said yes , I do belie ve that was very strongly articulaled ... that that Is very importan t...that what th ey
really lik e about their neighborhoods, and also Broadway , is that historical small town feel. And that Is very
important that we need to keep bu il ding upon that character and that we don 't lose ii. I would also just like to
say that it is also important to th ink abou t this more as the start ing point of our value s and vision and that from
th is po int on we are go ing to beg in to develop some strateg ies . We are go ing to continue to have some
meet ings with our stakeholde r,;, I bel ieve that this Is go ing to be a big issue ... about how things look . I thin k that
has already been ev ident in sorne other hous ing Issues in the neighborhoods that we are studying at th is time . I
th ink II will continue to be Importan t. I th ink we can work through that and make sure that we don 't lose tha t
character .
Council Member Woodward salt. I th ink you addressed thet in the Publ ic Hearing also ... sugges ti ng that th is is a
document of the big view . Th •, Goals and Objectives are not as prec ise as many would like at th is po int, but
they are gu idelines . I do have a couple of questions . One would be , in the Public Hearing , on page 7, Maureen
White had made a suggestion that they have on -slte ... she sa id she would lik e to see the word "appropriate"
changed to "adequate" In regards to perk ing requ irements . Lower down on that page , Mr. Brick , who Is a P and
Z member, sa id ha liked the suggestion to chango the word "appropriate" to "adequate" In regards to park ing
and then I never saw any further dis cuss ion on that. Was there ever a motion regarding that? Because II
remains In the document as "appropriate ." He said my second question Is on page 8, Mr. Welker , another P and
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Z member, aald he felt Ms. White's co•nments were right on . He had one amendment to the corr ,,,,,ots from a
previous Small Area Plan discussion ... ~" page 8 under Medical Sub Area 1, the word "blocks " 'c ,Jld ba "two
Iota" north of Girard . I don't find that change, but underneath that paragraph , I see that motion carried . I don 't
know if there was some ensuing conversation there or what happened ... I'm just trying to understand that.
Mr . Voborll said the first one , going back to the Idea of the "appropriate" versus the "adequate ", Commissioner
Brick concurred and echoed that comment ... that he felt that would be a suitable replacement for the word
adequate, but he never realty made any type of a motion thal says that you need to change thal.
Council Member Barrentine said can I ask you a question please? Could you give me what the conmcting
definitions are ... what they mean between "appropriate " and "adequate"? Mr . Voborll said welt, you know it is
probably a semantic type of a difference . Ms . Barrentine said if lhere is a number difference then I would like to
know . If it's truly just the letters we're spelling It with ... then I am just trying to figur~ that out . Mr . Voboril sa id
there is no numbers tied to the words; ii is just a preference ... a personal preferee c~. Ms . Barrentine said to
either definition? Okay , thanks .
Mr . Voboril said then I would like to go back to the question about Commissioner Welker change . Basically ,
what he sa •o with the blocks and the lots ... there was something in the previous minutes from a study session
where these .etary got the wording wrong ... blocks and lots kind of sounded the same . He did, as I recall from
the meeting, say two lots north of Girard as opposed to two hlocks and he was just merely correcting the
minutes ... basically he wanted to make that clear that that was not the correct th ing in the minutes . Mr .
Woodward said, so he was correcting the minutes ? Mr . Voboril said yes . Mr . Woodward said okay, so this is a
little different.
Mayor Wolosyn asked if there was anything else .
Council Member Woodward said no. other than I am ce•taio!y in support of this.
Mayor Wolosyn asked if there was an y other discussion . There was none .
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED , AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (c)
(I)· RESOLUTION NO . 42, SERIES OF 2007 .
RESOLUTION NO . 42, SERIES OF 2007
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF THE DOWNTOWN AND MEDICAL CENTER PLAN
WHICH WILL BECOME PART OF "ROADMAP ENGLEWOOD : 2003 ENGLEWOOD COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN."
Mayor Wolosyn asked if there was any further discussion .
Mayor Wolosyn said well done . I kno w both of you worked really hard . I saw you In action, you were very good .
Thank you.
Vote re■ult■:
Ayes:
Nays :
Absent:
Motion carried .
12 . General Dl1cu1alon
(a) Mayo~s Choice
Council Members Barrentine , Mccaslin , Wolosyn . Woodward ,
Tomasso , Oakley
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Council Member Moore
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April 2, 2007
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(I) Mayor Wclosyn said I would jusl like lo mention lhal we passed , under lhe Consent
Agenda , lhe budget Item for new carpel and I wanl lo lhank Dave HellOUrson IL1 his Co1•ncll Request
comments , and I look forward lo, and I hope , that All Recycl ing Is able lo handle our carpel, and even II IMy
aren't , I look forward lo knowing more about whal lhey are doing ;" lhe community , speo:t'cally .
(Ii) Mayor Wolosyn said lhe other thing I wanl lo return lo :, lhe ·~sue I br iefly brwphl up al
lhe end ol lhe mealing Involving lhe Interview dale fo r lhe vicious dog ordlnance ... lhe vic ious dog task f11o1:e
applicants . We can 't have II on lhe 23". We had something already schedu"d . And aven lhougt, I don l nave
my mealing schedules here , we hav& just dense meetings coming up on Issues lhal I lhink we need lo lake a
look al before we gel down to the preliminary budget mealing in May . My cho ice of alternatives here is thal we
meet and do ii Tuesday night or Monday night. Because we have Monday lhe 30'" off , I prefer to ke~ ii off.
John Moore weighed In that he prefers to keep it off. Lauretl and I ha ve been discuss lnp ... she booked het son
for something that night but It's over at 6.
Council Member Barrentine said I would like lo do it on Tuesda y, with one exception . Since people believe thal
we were going to be doing this on Mond.iy, if there Is anybody who is wanting lo apply , who can 't m&ke It
Tuesday , lhal maybe we make a consideration that they could do it on Monday?
Mayor Wolosyn sa id after lhe meeting?
Council Member Barrentine sa id depending on how man y people appl y.
Ma yor Wolosyn said exactly , and as Sue said , we do n't have anybody yet. So you're okay with Tuesday ?
Council Member Barrentine said Tuesda y would be fn e, that's fine .
Mayor Wolosyn asked if everybody was okay wilh Tuesda y.
Counc il Member Mccaslin said I alread y have a pre viou s engagement. I'll see if I can get oul of it. Because
Mondays, I planned, for my lerm, to be available on Mondays .
Mayor Wolosyn sa id on April 30 '"· r. ~as been schedu led lo be off for awh ile .
Council Member Barrentine said ~·s more a cons ideration for staff as ii is for Council. The y make plans loo .
Council Member Woodward said would be in additio n to April 23 ", we would also meel on April 24th .
Mayor Wolosyn said so are we ok ay lo go ahead wilh that? We 'll keep in touch . I'm trying lo accommodate
everybody .
Council Member Barronline asked if earli er or later would matler for you , Bob ?
Mayor Wolosyn sa id what lime 's your meeting?
Council Member McCasil n said earlier would be botler .
Council Member Barrent ine said lhal would be fine •'!ilh me loo . If we could do ii earlier , and then , ii somebody
needs to do It tatet, we could do It Monday . How flBIIY would you need to have It?
Council Member Mccaslin said 4 to 6 or something ... or is that too early?
Mayor Wolosyn said we r.an look at :1 and I'll talk to John .
Council Member Tomasso said I heve something scheduled on the 24 th but I don't have my calendar with me .
Mayor Wolosyn said okay . We're just go l-,g to try to make Tuesday work as well ~l 11 can for all of us .
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(b) Council Members' Choice
(I) Council Member Barrentine :
1. She said Lynette , I agree with you . I have agreed with you from the beginning , when we did th11 dog
park. I wasn't a proponent of the dog park, but I went and talked to the people In the Jason Park , •· We had
a lot of Input from people, but In the end they acquiesced and the people that I spoke to ... and I'm sorry If I didn't
hit you ... sald fine, If we're going to do the dog park then lat us have our park back , and that Issue has been
brought up several times since then . She's wrong , not all of our parks are multi-use parks . The dog park Is not
a multi-use park . II is a specific use and that Is what its use is for . We have just had a lot of activity about
Duncan Park , buying that In District 3, purchasing that from the school district and I have not ever had one
complaint. They included that as one of the amenllies in the community and that community , for that park, was
working for thorn and that's great. So I'm not suggesting, either, that all of ·~e parks become leash parks. But
there have been some concern,, and some problems with Jason Park ano •ould agree with you that when they
can't co-exist, that the original function for the park has to go back , espec ially since we've done the dog park .
So , wr-'11 see where it goes .
2. She said I hope we get next Tuesday worked out.
(ii) Council •~ember Oakley said I would like to address the Jason Pa rk issue . I've had
some calls from people In the art a that would like to see it go back to a leash par k. I go by the facility we built at
Belleview, five or six times a week , and I'm still a little bit amazed at how well used that facility is. If everyth ing
we 've done was that well used , It would be money well spent for our citizens . And that be ing said, I don't think
It's unreasonable to suggest that Jason go back to a leash park . People can still walk their dogs there and it's
not all that far to Belleview , if they choose to have an off-leash situation . So I would support having Jason go
back to a leash park .
(iii) Council Member Tomasso said I would like to see stepped up patrols al Jason , from the
Police Department driving by, going through, at the particular times that the dogs are off-leash ; like right after
work, and maybe it could be split between the Police Department and tl.e Parks Department, so the Parks
Department may be a little bit more involved . Because there are certa in po ints, In time , when the dogs are there
and the kids are there at the same time , so it would be the period after school, if possible .
Mayor Wolusyn asked what would be the end of that? I mean what's the reason?
Council Member Tomasso replied just to mitigate problems . If there is an owner of a dog that's causing havoc ,
running into baseball games, soccer games ... il's soccer season agein ... and caus ing problems that that person
could be cited at t~at point. Also, if there is a pe rson, on the opposite point of view , potentially trying to hurt a
dog, we can mitigate that problem .
(iv) Council Member Woodward :
1. He said I have a couple of lh '.1gs. My first one is for Rick and Dave , regarding the carpet , and I
understand from the Council Request that they are checking Into the nylon or whatever , that our carpet is made
of, and it sounded like, within that memorandum , that et some point in the future , they will be expanding to
taking other types of material. Obviously, th is Is synthetic; it isn't a wool carpet , and I'm just wondering then if
we have eny area that we can store this carpel that Is going to be pulled out, such as the Servicenter and then
take It over to this place for disposal , which would meet the accompl ishment that, I th ink , the Mayor was trying to
take cars of. And I would Imagine that we wouldn 't be paying for that , the disposal, until later anyway then .
Mayor Wolosyn said you can submit a Council Request or do you want an answer to It now?
Director Kehm said sure , I can do that. Jim , we'll follow up with whatever possibilit ies there are, as far as
recycling goes . I'd have to talk to Dave , but I would Imagine the cost of having to handle the carpet twice would
be exorbitant. We don 't really have , at the Servlcenter, an Indoor storage area that would accommodate It, I
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don't believe. So, what I would suggest we try lo do Is make every effort lo coord inate recycling opportunities
that coincide with our doing the work .
Mayor Wolosyn said so It is going to b• recycled just within the build ing, right? Did11 't 1•ou say that you ware
going to use some of It upslalrs?
Director Kehm answered we are . V, e'll lake good stuff for upstairs . abs olutely, th~ best of ii. And if there is
anyway at ~II, If It would be possible /or us lo do thal recycliog, we'll get ii done .
Mayor Wo:osyn said thank you .
Council Member Woodward said I wonder lf ... jusl a mailer of policy in the futu re, that we could be looking al
that type of thing, with things like carpel or whatever , anything that we can do lo recycle .
Director Kehm responded that we "o that with so much . You know, we talk about ii all of the time , lhal metals
are being stolen and recycled, but we recycle all of our metal , all of our aluminum, all of steel.
2. He said I would like lo congratulate the City of Englewood's Human Resources Department for their first
place award from Mountain Stales Employer's Council , for their citywide computer coaching network in
leveraging internal knowledge lo create a culture of ieaming. I think this really speaks well for the City and for
Human Resources for being creative and leaching some of the sk ills , computer si<i lls , lo employees ... when the y
lost budget lo have professionals or contract people come in and do that, and instead they are doing it in -house
with the people that have that knowledge . So, please pass on . Gary , congralulal'.ons lo Sue Eaton and that
department .
3. He said with respect lo Jason Park and the dog issue . One of the concerns that I have with cutting ii off
completely, as an off-lease area, is that in some of the public hearings when people came lo speak lo Council.
there was a number of more elderly , and some of them were disabled, and they come, from what they were
saying, during the middle of the day or Iha early morning. walk the ir dog once around the park and that is about
ii. I certainly think I could support limiting those limes during school hours , when kids are out there practicing
soccer, playing softball , T-ball, and vollayball. .. dolng the sports activiti es, and during weekends or something
like that , try ing to direct that traffic lo Canine Corral. As I've driven by Jason Park , I'm still amazed that th ere are
a number of people there , and I know that they are not neighborhood people , when Canine Corral is so close .
So, that's my two cents on that one . Th ank you .
13. City Manager's Report
(a) City Mana~er Se ars said I know that fheridan is responsible for the Tri -City meeting . They are
talking about doing ii later, al the end of April. I haven't 1ollen a dale yet. Soon as we have a preliminary, we'll
send the information out lo Council.
(b) City Manager Sears said we are having our s!aff retreat next week lo prepare, especially for the
Council retreat , and 10 lake a look at some first quarter numbers . So our staff will be, probably, in the area here ,
during that day, but really trying to take a look at some management issues and focus on some budgetary
issues .
(c) City Manager Sears said we are also pulling together the Council budget retreat on May 19th .
One of Iha thoughts we had, If we can do It, Is to use the Golf Course Maintenance Center or Golf Course
Clubhouse and we'll possibly be laking a lour that afternoon of the site ... of the Golf Course and the
reconalrucllon over there. We're going lo try and put that Information together for Council, maybe have a little
bit of a walking tour.
• Mayor Wolosyn said than k you .
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Council ~! .. mb,r Barrentine sai~ Gary, could I ask you ... you did heve a tentative date for the Tri-City meeting al
the boi plati. lhat Sheridan could host It, our Golf Course , o; course, but It didn 't have e time . Are you saying
that It'll change from the 27 th potentially?
City Manager :sears answered it will probably be the 27 th ... ! just haven't seen the agenda yet.
Council Member Woodward said that as of last Wednesday , I had heard that II was on the 27'", at the Golf
Course , at 7:30 In the morning .
Council Member Barrentine sa id that's what is In our calendars, so I wanted lo know if that's what you were
changing?
Council Member Woodward said that's from a Sheridan Council person .
City Manager Sears said okay . I haven't seen the agenda yet , so I will do a follow up .
14 . City Attom1y'1 Report
City Attorney Brotzman did not have any matters to bring before Council.
15 . Adjournment
OSYN MOVED TO ADJOURN . The meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m.
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