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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-04-16 (Regular) Meeting Minutes• • • 1. Call to Order ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Regular Sa11lon April 16, 2007 The regular meeting of Iha Englewood City Council was called to order by Mayor Wolosyn at 7:33 p.m. 2. Invocation The invocation was given by Council Member Barrentine . 3. Pladge of Alleglan,;e The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Ma yor Wolosyn . 4. Roll Call Present : Absent: A quorum was present. Also present : Council Members Tomasso, Moore, Barrentine , Oakley , Mccaslin , Woodward , Wolosyn None City Manager Sears City Attorney Brotzman Deputy City Manager Flaherty City Clerk Ellis Deputy City Clerk Bush DirG<;tor Oison , Safety Services Director Gryglewlcz , Finance and Admin istrative Services Director Kahm, Public Works Traffic Engineer Vestry, Public Works Straats Maintenance Man ager Montgomery, Public Works Senior Planner Graham , Community Development Manager Stitt , Community Development Planner Bell , Commun ity Development Client Services/System Adm inistrator May, Information Technology Police Commander Walson, Safety Serv ices Fire Division Chief Pattaroul , Safety Services 5. Consideration of Minutes of Previous Se ■■lon (a) COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDEO , TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 2, 2007 . Mayor Wolosyn asked If there was any dlscuulon . There was none . Vote rHult■: Ayes : Nays : Abstain : Motion carried . Council Members Barrentine , McCaslin, Wolosyn, Woodward, Tomasso, Oakley None Council Member Moore EnQlewood City Council April 16, 2007 P■ge2 6. Recognition of Scheduled Public Comment (a) Mayor Wolosyn said Fire Division Chief Mike Pattarozzi presented Celeste Vollert with a plaque acknowledging the life-saving efforts of her late-husband, Dustin Vollert . Division Chief Pattarozzi said on August 21 , 2006 Dustin Vollert look his lwo sons , Brodie and Brandon and a family friend Jeremiah , swimming In the Platte River, at the Union Streel crossing . The current was unusually strong that evening . Brandon and Jeremiah began lo have difficulties In the river. Brod ie and Dustin jumped In to save them . Brod ie also began to have a difficult lime . Dustin Vollert pushed all three boys towards the west bank of the river , to a point where they could stand . Unfortunately , Dustin could not overcome the strong currant and was pulled under . The actions of Dustin Vollert that night saved the lives of three young children . We are here tonight to honor him and his memory . I would like to read this plaque . "This certificate of vale; in recognition of Dustin Vollert for his selfless act of heroism in rescuing his lwo sons on August 21, 2006 Greater love hath no man than one who has la id down his life for another .• Mayor Wolosyn said I want to say that you boys were very lucky to have a father like that . You'll remember th is your entire life and I'm glad you came tonight. Thank you all. Council Member Barrentine said congratulations . You have every right to be very proud of him . There was a round of applause . Mayor Wolosyn said thank you for com ing . It 's important for us to see the faces that we read about. So I appreciate you com ing here ... I know it's not easy. Thanks . Council Member Woodward said thank you . (b) Mayor Wolosyn said bus iness owner Doug Cohn is present, on behalf of the Engle wood Downtown Merchants Association, to discuss the 2007 Englewood Days . Mr . Cohn, an Englewood res ident , said we're plann ing a party and we'd like to invite you all to come to our party . Englewood Days , the car show and The Ta ste of Englewood and the assorted other events are going to take place on Saturday, September 8th and as we start the Initial planning, there are a number of issues that we need to talk with you all about. I trust that you all have th is little paper . City Manager Sears said I didn't pass that out , but I could If you want. Mr . Cohn said we need to make a couple of adjustments on our request of things we have asked of you . Po int number 6 has to do with asking for a police officer to do parking control on the east side of Broadway . You just want to scratch that one wt. I talked with the trafiic guys this morning and the police department this morning and they said , don'I do that. .. come up with a different way to work on having parking for the customers on Broadway that day . So , we will come up with Plan B. In the past Cf)Uple of years , you all granted perm ission for us to use the Show Wagon rent free , but we paid for the expense•, of the staff and having ii transported back and forth and we would appreciate the loan of the Show Wagon again . Last year you loaned us barricades and the Public Works guys spent quite a bit of lime and energy sweeping the lots and grading the vacant lot and we would like your perm ission to do that again . With traffic control on Broadway, we rented a couple of big electric signs just to let folks know thal there was a special event ahead and we are offering to rent the signs again and we would like your permission to ... we would not close Broadway, but just to slow down traffic on Broadway again this year . Last year and the year before we used the Cherrelyn Trolley as a free shuttle and we need your permiss b n to negotiate with the Public Works guys to use the Trolley as a shuttle again . Probably the biggest difference belween this upcoming show and the last one is point number 7 ... we are asking for the closure of Lincoln Street...in the 3400 block...from old Hampden to Girard. What we have in mind to do is put the sound stage at the south end of the block broadcasting towards the north and then the Taste of Englewood food event and quite a number of vendors would be In the street on Lincoln Street. I • • have talked with the bus iness owners on Lincoln Street and wrapping around the corner on Girard and those • guys think II sounds like a good Idea . The traffic guys and the Police Department both said I need to !elk to the rest of the guys on Broadway to let them also In on the deal and I have talked with them Just verbally, but I don 't have written permission from those guys yet...l'11 have that by tomorrow ... their agreement that II would be okay to close Lincoln Street. I've put In a call to RTD to re -route the No . 12 bus if you all say yes to the closing of Lincoln Street. What we want to do Is re-route 11...1 don't want to get too techn lcal...but It would be a one-half • E11glewood City Council Aprll 18, 2007 Page3 block detour on Iha No . 12 bus for 111 a four tlmH II would appear during ~,al day. We are asking you all to give Iha Fire Departmanl perml11lon lo bring lhat cool old fire lruck again and Iha old ambulance . I realize lhal will lake soma slalllng. Point's number 9 an , 10 ... Iha Taste la looking aariously al having a Beer Garden connacled wllh the Tasia of Englewood avanl and Iha Safely Services guys are aomewhal concemed aboul alcohol consumption and we are wondering about the posalblllty of having an officer who would be available , n needed , for drunk control. The reason we mlghl combine 9 and 10 logather ... lf the Safety Services guys ware to bring over the National Night Out or Neighborhood Watch kind of booth and we just happen to pul that boolh right beside the Baar Garden, we might be able to do bolh things at once . Allyway, we seek your parm l11lon on lhese l11ues end we would appraclala you guys working with us Ilka you did lasl year . If you have any questions, I am on my lunch break right now , but my co-consp lrators ... Chrls Du is and Bob Farris ... have volunteered lo slay around untll Iha and of the meeting if you guys have questions on Iha specifics of Iha th ing . Mayor Wolosyn said I am sure there will be discussion at the end of the meeting , so thank you for giving us somelh lng to look at. Mr . Cohn said lhank you and I d? apolog ize for talk ing and running , but my lunch break was expiring here ... gol lo get back on lhe road. Mayor Wolosyn sa id okay , thank you Doug and as I sa id. this will probably come up again during Council 's Choice . Thank you . 7. Recognition of Un1chadulad Public Comment There were no unscheduled visitors . 8. Communlc1tlon1, Procl1matlon1 and Appointments • There were no commun ications, proclamatlons or appo intments . 9. Conaant Agenda COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9 (a) (I) and 9 (c) (I). (a) Approval of Ordinances on First Read ing (I) COUNCIL BILL NO . 27 , INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ENTITLED "CONTRACT FOR UPGRADING HIGHWAY/RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING WARNING DEVICES UNDER FEDERAL SECTION 130 PROGRAM", PERTAINING TO THE INSTALLATION OF INTERCONNECT RAILROAD PRE -EMPTION CIRCUITRY AT DARTMOUTH AND TEJON INTERSECTION BETWEEN THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION , THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (BNSF) AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO . (b) Approva l of Ordinances on Second Reading There were no items submitted for approval on second read ing . (c) Resolutions and Motions (I) Motion to approve the purchase of one Volvo G930 , 33,000 pound Molor Grader from Power Equlpmenl Company In lhe amount of $148,724 .00 . • Vote re1ulta : Ayes : Nays : Motion carried . Council Members Barrentine , McCaslln, Moore, Wolosyn, Woodward , Tomasao, Oakley None Englewood City Council April 18, 2007 P1g14 10. Public H11rlng lt1m1 No pubUc hearing was scheduled before Council . 11 . Ordlnancea, R11olutlon and Motion, (a) Approval of Ordinances on Flrsl Reading (I) Deputy City Manager Flaherty presented a recommendation from the City Manager's Office to adopt a bill for an ordinance authorizing a purchase and sale agreement between Xcel Energy and the City of Englewood . He said I am here tonight to request approval of a bill for an ordinance for the purchase of property owned by Xcel Energy located at South Wyandol Street and West Union . The property has been appraised at $44 ,000 .00 and In the 2005 Capital Budget , Council approved an appropriation for $44,000.00 to acquire this property . Th is property is planned for parking for a future development by the Co lorado Humane Soc iety on property adjacent to this particular piece of property , currently owned by the Colorado Human~ Society, that they have received from the City of Littleton. Upon purchasing this property and upon approval of two subsequent agreements with the Colorado Humane Society, th is property will be transferred to the Colorado Humane Society . Mr . Flaherty asked if there wero any questions . Mayor Wolosyn asked if ther~ were any quest ions . Council Member Woodward said just a remark ... I appreciate having the drawing with the easements high li ghted on ii. II helped me understand all that legal jargon . Mr . Flaherty said you are quite welcome . • COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (1) (I) • • COUNCIL BILL NO . 26 . COUNCIL BILL NO . 26, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A "PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT" BETWEEN XCEL ENERGY AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO . Mayor Wolosyn said if there is no other discussion , please vote . Vote results : Motion carried . Ayes : Council Members Barrentine , Mccaslin, Moore , Woiosyn , Woodward , Tomasso , Oakley Nays : None Mayor Woiosyn said thank you Mik e. (b) Approval of Ordinances on Second Reading There were no items submitted for approval on second reading . (c) Resolutions and Motions (I) Senior Planner Graham presented a recommendation from the Community Development Department to award a contract, by motion, to construct publ ic Improvements In Cushing , Centenn ial and Belleview Parks . Staff recommends awarding lhe contract to the lowest qualified bidder, Rlchdell Construction Company, In the amount of $59,000 .00. He said this project Is a project Implementing the • South Platte River Open Space Plen . The purpose of :he projecl Is to improve Englewood residents ability to stage a biking or hiking trip from a location that Is connected to lhe Regional Trail System, so each of these three locations Is connected on Little Ory Creek Trail, on Big Dry Creek Trail or right on the trail at Centenn ial Perl<. It ls providing soma amenities like shelters , benches , picnic tables and bike racks . We advertised In the • • • Engl-ood City Councll Aprtl 11, 2007 P1g15 Dally Joumal , we used lhe City's e-bld purchealng ayatem and received five bidders . The Rlchdell bid was Iha lowest qualified bidder and we are aak lng for lhat motion from Council to approve them . Mayor Wolosyn asked ii there were any queallona or comments . There were none . COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (c) (I) • A CONTRACT WITH RICHDELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CUSHING , CENTENNIAL AND BELLEVIEW PARKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $59,000.00. Mayor Wolosyn said you know it Is a project we always hear aboul...we need lhese things lo be updeled end I know that some or lhis is on lhe Perks Mesler Plen ... eboul lhe sheilers , so I lhlnk ii is greet Congralulelions and I like II when I see cooperation between lwo depertmenls . Vote re1ult1 : Motion carried. Ayes : Council Members Barrenline, Mccaslin, Moore , Wolosyn, Woodward, Tomasso, Oakley Nays : None Mayor Wolosyn said thank you Merk . (ii) Oireclor Gryglewlcz presenled a recommendelion lo approve a resolution ror :i supplemenlal approprialion lo lhe 2007 Public Works Departmenl and Servicenler Fund budgels . H~ said lhis is a supplemenlel lo lhe 2007 budget for Public Works and lhe Servicenler . The Publ ic Works portion or lhis was discussed el lenglh el Iha Sludy Sess ion on April 2, 2007 and Direclor Rick Kahm or Public Works provided Council wilh a memo , dated March 29 , 2007 , detailing !he need ror lhls supplemenlal approprialion . General Fund reser,as will be reduced $985 ,000 .00 . The Public Works Departmenl requires $435 ,000 .00 ror snow remova l expendilures incurred earl ier !his year and a lransrer oul or $550,000 .00 Is made lo lhe Public lmprovemenl Fund . The Publ ic lmprovemenl Fund will accounl ror Phase 1 road repair and ma inlenance resulling rrom the 2006/2007 snow storms . Mosl of lhal damage was caused during lhe snow event earl ier this year . The Servicenler ... $75 ,000 .00, lhe source or runding on lhal is lhe funds available in lhal Fund and Iha use or lhal is lhe Servlcenler roor projecl , which was or iginally scheduled ror 2006 , bul nol slarted or compleled . Mayor Wolosyn said before I open ii up for dis cussion, I would like lo commenl lhal lhis is, lo me , a very serious lhlng . I lhlnk II is somelhing lhal everybody in lhe commun ily needs lo really lake a look al, because lhis $435,000 .00 for snow removal alone, is above and beyond the money thal we had already budgeted . And I lhink that , as I recall from look ing at it lasl week , it was aboul $700 ,000 .00 lotal. That Is over $2 ,000 .00 a person lo clean slreels and I lhlnk our slafl did a really greal Job and people did give lhem credil, bul lhere was also impalience . We have lo undersland lhal ii is more lhan just manpower , ils dollars, lo have our slreels Iha way we wanl lhem in Iha winier, II doesn 'I come cheap . Thal is all I wanl lo say and then on top or II, even wilh !he removal we had , we slill have damage . You know , lhal is whal ii is lo live In an urban world and I jusl wanl lo commend slafl. And I would like the community lo know ii is a serious lhing lo pay ror lhese projects Mayor Wolosyn asked ;r there was any other discussion . Council Member Mccasl in said when would th is Phase 1 beg in? Dlreclor Grygiewlcz said I think our Dlreclor or Public Works would be Iha besl person lo answer lhal. Director ol Public Works Kehm said my proposal right now would be that I would plan on coming 10 Council on Mey 7th to award conlrects for both microsurlaclng and for cape seal. We are already In the process ol acquiring rubber and we have slerted pouring cracks . So , you will sea those programs happen during May and June and you would see our slreet department crew overlaying streets most or the summer. Mayor Wolosyn sa id thank you Rick . Englewood City Council Aprll 11, 2007 Pagel Council Member Woodward Hid I think whel It called cap■ tHllng ... lhat It going on right now . Mr . l<ahm qld for cape Haling , we have talked to two local contractors lhet do that work. There are only two In Iha metro ■r11 that do that 110 we will be getting quotn from both of th011 folks . Mr. Woodwlrd Hid end creek repairs of tome ,ort ... Mr . Kehm Hid creek H■llng we ere doing right now ... we have already atertld, ye,. Mayor Woloayn eaked tt there were any other question, or comments . Council Member Woodward said I Just want lo make a commenl that I lhlnk this la something that we don't have many cholcn with and It la an Investment In the future of our Infrastructure as far as streets and roads . The Mayor had mentioned $2,000.00 per residenl...that la expensive . COUNCIL MEMBER OAKLEY I "'WED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (c) (II)· RESOLUTION NO . 43, SERIES OF 2007 . RESOLUTION NO . 43, SERIES OF 2007 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE 2007 BUDGETS FOR THE ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND SERVICENTER. Vote reaultl: Motion carried. Ayes: Council Members Barrentine , Mccaslin, Moore , Wolosyn , Woodward , Tomasso, Oakley Nays : None Mayor Wolosyn said thank you Frank . 12 . Generet Dl1cuaalon (a) Mayor's Choice (I) Mayor Wolosyn sa id last week Gary Sears , Wayne Oakley and I and many people from staff attended the Mounta in States Employers Council luncheon and awards where Englewood got First Place in Iha Human Resources Best Practices contest. I had lo leave early so I am Just going lo let Wayne comment because he got lo hear lhe presentation of lhe award . Council Member Oakley said yes , II was a large mealing of Iha Mountain Stales Employers Council and we were awarded a first place award In this calegory ... lt was Best Practices, I believe . I was very impressed with lhe sla' presentation and how much ii is saving lhe City for us lo ~o our own Computer Counseling and work inside the Clly . I was very glad lo attend the mealing . Mayor Wolosyn sa id ii was Karen Main is lhe champion and the brains behind this and she really does us proud . So , thank her and all Iha different Individual departments lhal work with her ... il was Interesting lo hear about. (II) Mayor Wolosyn said yesterday I went down lo the Meet the Authors event at the Library, as usual. It seems lo become better attended every year . There Is a large selection of books and Iha Library staff puts on a nice avant. So, thank them. (Ill) Mayor Wolosyn seld .. .l said I would try lo recap what I think we came up wilh lo approach lhe task of making aura Iha shuttle remains an affordable amenity In our community. I see Iha! immediately we will have a letter from Council to our reps and ... we can't do It next week because we will be • • interviewing for Iha vicious dog ordinance task force ... but maybe Iha one alter lhal, we can present our issue at • an RTO meeting . II was suggested Iha! Harold ... and I will look al our schedule ... lhat Harold does come to a meeting to give uI a status report, espacially as II comes on line with what options lhey era offering . We will definitely be doing lhal. , ',id also , together with that, we may Invite Iha repr■Hntalives to attend our moelinga . Does that cover It , does that seem okay? • • • Englewood City Council Aprll 11, 2007 Page7 (b) Council Members ' Choice (I) Council Member Barrentine : 1. She said I want to thank Rick Kahm and the Public Works Oepartment, for helping out with my new Starbucks ... ! don't own It, but I justleel 10 attach,td to it. It Is on Quincy and Broadway. 11'1 a drlve-thru that Is going In. They are supposed to be opening Frida 1•, the 20th and they ran Into some problems bacause Denver doesn't know what thay are doing . They receiver. some Information from Denver on where some lines were and where some water pipes were and there was one there where they said there wasn't. .. so I appreciate our Public Works Department working closely with Denver and with the contractor , so that we could get that open . Like I said, their Grand Openlno should be this Friday, April 20'". 2. She said I wanted to thank Chris Olson . I got involved in a little community Issue and I won't go into that , but I am learning a lot more about som9 of the mediat ion process and the communication within the Safety Services Department. And , I appreciate how timely you were and Tom Vandermee In getting back to me so that I knew that , that process was going on and I appreciate that. Mayor Woiosyn said before we move on, I have to correct my own mistake ... my own malh ... which I am ashamed to say I actually had someone help, but we only paid $20 .00 per citizen which I can make lemonado out of this . Hey, well done and great work . Thank you . Still, when you think about il ... $20.00 a person adds up lo so much money. It is amazingll Council Member Barrentine said only to add to that , and I wanted to do that before but I wasn 't sure, that the regular General Fund budget that the y had , they did a beautiful job with. There was a supplemental because of other properties that they are respon sible for taking care of, but I think the General Fund amount of money that they budgeted for ... they did a beautiful job with and actually came within budget. It was overrides In other areas that we were responsible for as the City that put them out. (ii) Council Member Mccaslin : 1. He said I guess I had a concern or maybe a question on the closing of the 3400 block of South Lincoln . Would that affect St. Lo uis? Has anyone talked to them? Does that affect the boundary? Mayor Woiosyn said that is 3300 . Council Member Mccaslin said okay . I'm just shooting off the top of my head ... so that has no effect. .. as far as the school or parking lot or anything? [Clerk's note: Someone responded, the comments were inaudible .) Mr . Mccaslin said okay, good ... well thank you for verifying that. I wasn 't sure .. .i was just going by memory. Thank you . 2. He said I will be writing a piece to the Byline for Parks and Recreation Departments throughout the Slate of Colorado on how wel! our Parks and Recreation survey came out , as far as the job they are doing . So , you will be seeing that In, hopefully, a $,ate-wid,i paper. So, I want to thank Parks and Recreation for the job they have done . Council Member Woodward said the Byline being the Slate Parks and Rec magazine . Mr. Mccaslin said right. So we need to give Englewood a little bit of kudos, so I will be writing that article for the Byline . Mayor Wolosyn said thank you . (Iii) Council Member Oakley said I would just like to make one other comment to the resolution in the supplemental appropriation that was made tonight for street repairs . Even though ii was a large figure, tt could have been a lot worse ~ we had not been active and aggressive In stnset maintenance down through the years . So even though ii Is a hard hit, I am sure other cities were hit a lot harder . (Iv) Council Member Tomasso salt In responding to the Englewood Days proposals , I think we shoold support them at the same level that we supported them last year, which is basically everything they have asked for here . And we did ask for two extra police officers to patrol last year , Just In case there were any Englewood City Council April 11, 2007 Pagel problema . The only dlflerenc:a la th ■t there wn no alcohol HIVed other than by lhe b■ra lnl ya■r and we mlghl went lo look ln10 that lddlllon ■I COii 10 lff W It la going lo lake more than Iha lwo officera thal we Biked 10 ... up . Item number 11 ... 1 would 1110 Ilk• Community Development to HI up ■ booth end 10 really merket Iha City n they h ■v■ done In the pnt. I know that D■n'tn ... the year they parked the Trolley ... Darren ul■d the trolley•• hla h■ldqu ■run to hend out brochurea on the Clly, beceuH It la another way we can drew bu1lna11 to the City ... new bu1lnn111 and people that would be lnternted In ahopplng here . Mayor Woloayn 111d regarding i ·o~r requeal, I think that for many of these things ... like the Show Wagon ind Publk· Worka ... Gary la going to glv~ this 1111 to theH departments and hear from them, becauar, !hey may have Input and I think It la only fair . But two things It.al I think we are In a poslllon righl now lo gel go!•.g .. .IHI year we did wave the banner lee and the eppllcallon lee . I wouldn 't have any objections with that. 11 ~verybody In agrr.,ment with thOH two lees? Council Member Oakley said I certainly would be In agreamanl that we need to get back to the d•1partmants and a,k !heir opinion, but by the same loken, I would certainly encourage them to participate as they did last year , bt,cac•H this Is a good event for the Clly . Mayor Wolosyn said Is everybody okay with waving Iha appllcallon fees ... Just to gal that process in mollon . I know It 11 harder on &!All W we wait until Iha lasl minute on things like that. Council Member Woodward said we are talking about a S75 .00 appllcellon fee? Mayor Wolosyn said and a $300.00 banner setup. There was unanimous agreement among the Council. MAYOR WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO WAIVE THE $3"0.00 BANNER SET UP FEE FOR ENGLEWOOD DAYS. Motion carried. Ayes : Council Members Barrentine, McCaslln, Moore , Wolosyn, Woodward, Tomasso, Oakley Nays : None Council Member Tomasso said so I guess we will waive lhe $75.00 lee also? Mayor Wolosyn said yes, and we don 't need a mollon on that. Council Member Tomasso said I just though! thal In the past we supported them at basically this level and that it would be good to conllnue that level of support . Thank you . (v) Council Member Woodward : 1. He said comments on the Englewood Days ... the Show Wagon ... Mr . Cohn had come to the Parks and Rec Commission last year and got the approval there, that Is probably where that approval comes from and I think Gary Is going to follow-up with that and that Is what had happened last year . 2. He said I also have a concem wllh number 9 ... the beer gardens and alcohol . I kind of have a problem with 1h11, as this is not only a car show, but an Englewood family type of event. Cars, Iota of people and a beer garden ... It i, almost like a Slate Fair type ol thing where there Is a beer garden, so I would need lo know a whole lot more about b-garde~,. And I don't know W be-" gardens would be a profilabla type of situation . In my opinion , certainly a beer garden would be able to reimburse Safety Services tor any oul-of-pockel expenses for any extra offlcera there . Going 10 number 11 , which R■y heel edded ..• the Community Development lable or addition there ... I would 8110 aak, and I can do 1h11 n a llalaon ... to ask the Englawood Houalng Authority to heva sornathlng . They h■v■ their new aenlor housing th ■I should break ground, hopefully In Auguat ;x September of • • thla year ... Penn Terrace ... at Pennsylvania and 285 . So, I think that 11 aomethlng that bring& In 1001e aenlor · • community people . 3. Ha Hid the other Item that I wanled to mention was regarding the art shuttle . I would llk11 to really encourege' citizens of the community ... people especially from the Malley Center, Simon Center, Orchard Place, • • Englewood City Council April 18, 2007 Pegel the Meridian and 1tudenl1 ... to weigh In on this luua, ellhftr to Iha City 's webalte or lo Council membera or to RTO . I think 1h11 11 a really lmp1.1rtant lasue and I think we really need lo be on lop of it. 4. He 11id I wanted lo 11nd out congratulations lo ... Chrls , I'm sorry I forgot the woman 's name that you appointed laat week as our new Neighborhood Commun ity Relations person . Maybe you could mention her name . Director Olson said yes , after pretty extensive search ... we had 120 appllcallons ... and a, it turns out it Is Toni Geier and she Is already a City employee . She Is a records techn ician over in Safety Services and she did vary wall . She had en Interview with the City Manager and we decided that she would be somebody that Is going to Interact very well with the community, so she is going to be our new Community Relations Specialist starting at the end of this month . We will Introduce her al some other function to all of you as well when II gels closer lo lhalllme . Council Member Woodward said I am loo king forward to her coming on board in that position and seeing Iha Neighborhood Walch gel going again on quarterly meetings and stuff. I know I have had some feedback from other block capta ins regarding what has happened lo Neighborhood Watch , so I think that Is great. Director Olson said she is go ing lo have a lot of things that she is going to be re •~onsible for and that will be one of them . Mr. Woodward said that is great. Well , congralu lHions to her and lo the department. 13 . City Manager'• Report (a) Cit y Manager Sears said thank you Jim for bringing that up . I had asked Chris to be ready for ii. She st ill has a couple more weeks to go , so I wanted to kind of do a big splash with kind of all the information of her background . She does have a Crim inal Justice degree and so she has a very strong police background even though she is actually currently a records clerk, but really chose Englewood and really worked closely with Nancy Peterson . And , I know that Chris did do an excellent job . There were several community members on the Board that were part of this and they were very excited with her background and experience. Hopefully we will have a full splash in a week or so outlining where her duties are . (b) City Manager Sears said we also have a couple of people in our Public Works Department here ... an operator , I know , who did a lot of the work , and Del Montgomery who is back here, along with Ladd . So it was r,01 only the funding , but we really have an outstanding crew that worked tirelessly during the winter lime . : Just thought ii was kirid of nice to see them al the meeting and to recognize them . 14 . City Attorney'• Report City Attorney Brotzman did not have any matters to bring before Council. 15 . Adjournment SYN MOVED TO ADJOURN . The meeting adjourned at 8 :10 p.m. LJ'°·