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Home My WebLink About2007-07-16 (Regular) Meeting Minutes• • 1. Call to Order ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Regular Senion July 111, 2007 The regular meeting of the Englewood City Council was called to order by Mayor Wolosyn at 7:40 p.m. 2. Invocation The invocation was given by Council Member Barrentine . 3. Pledge of Alleglanca The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Wolosyn . 4 . Roll Call Present: Absent : Council Members Tomasso, Moore, Barrentine , Oakley, McCeslin , Woodward, Wolosyn None A quorum was present. Also present: City Manager Sears City Allomey Brotzman Deputy City Manager Flaherty City Clerk Ellis Director Olson , Salety Services Director Fonda , Ulilitles Director Black , Parks and Recreation Director Gryglewlcz , Flnanca and Administrative Services Communications Coordinator Hoffhin es, City Manager's Office Police Officer Martinez, Safety Services 5. Con1lderatlon of Mlnutaa of Pravlou1 S111lon (a) COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 2, 2007 . Mayor Wolosyn asked W there were any comments . There were none. Vota ragulta : Motion carried . Ayes : Council Members Barrentine , Mccaslin, Moore , Wolosyn , Woodward , Tomasso, Oa~ley Nays : None 6. Rac:ognltlon of Scheduled Publlc Comment • There were no ICheduled vlattcn . 7. Rac:ognltlon of Un ■cheduled Publlc Comment Englewood City Council July 18, 2007 P1g12 There were no unscheduled vis itors . 8. Communlc■Uon1, Procl1m1tlon1 and Appolnbnonll (a) A latter from Ronald Rutherford indicating his resignation from Keep Englewood Beautiful was consid ered . COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WM SECONDED, TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF RONALD RUl'HERFORD FROM KEEP ENGLEWOOD BEAUTIFUL . Mayor Wolosyn asked if there were any comments . The re were none . Voto re■ult■: Ayes : Council Members Barrentine , Mccaslin, Moore , Wolosyn, Woodward , Tomasso , Oakley Nays: None Motion carried . 9. Con ■ent Agenda COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 9 (a) (I) and 9 (b) (I). (a) Approval of Ordinances on First Reading (i) COUNCIL BILL NO . 43 , INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD A BILL FOR AN ORD INANCE APPROVING SUPPLEMENT NO . 162 TO THE SOUTHGATE SANITATION DISTRICT CONMECTOR 'S AGREEMENT FOR THE INCLUSION OF LAND WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES . (b) App roval of Ord inances on Second Reading (i) ORDINANCE NO . 39 , SERIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 39, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 12, OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 2000, BY ENACTING A NEW C" ,APTER 6A, ENTITLED COMPETITIVE CABLE FRANCHISE APPLICATION, REVIEW AND EVALUATION . .JCESS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FRANCHISE APPLICATION SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 76.41 OF TITLE 47 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY . Vote rt1ult1: Motion carried . Ayes : Council Members Barrenline , Mccaslin , Moore, Wolosyn , Woodward , Tomasso , Oakley Nays : None (c) Resolutions and Motions There were no additional resolutions or motions submitted for approval. (See Agenda llem 11 (c).) 10 . P~bllc HHrlng lt1m1 No public hearing was scheduled before Council . • • • E119lewood City Council July 18, 2007 P1~13 .11, Ordln1nc■1, R1■olutlon and M0Uon1 • • (a) Approval of Ord inances on Flrat Reading (I) Director Black presented a recommendati on from the Perks end Recreation Department to adopt a bill for an ordinance authoriz ing a Contract for Deed for the purchase of Duncan Park located at 4846 South Penn sylvan ia StrHI between the City of Englewood and Arapahoe County School District No . 1 (Englewood Schools). He sa id the City of Englewood end the Englewood Schools entered Into a lease egrHmanl for the Duncan property In 1978 . At that time , the lease of that property was for the property end also the bu il ding on the site . In 1984 that egrHmanl was emended and the bu il ding was taken beck over by the School District . However , the City of Englewood continued lo mainta in Duncan Park and has since that time period. Duncan la one of th e only parks In that quadrant of the City . As through our Master Plan , If you recall , if that location was removed from a park , that whole area would be vacant ... we would not have a perk in that quadrant of the City . As part of the agreement , the School Distri ct will retain the ownership end the rental of the building on the site . The agreement runs through December 31 , 2010. The agreement allows for the City lo apply for grants wh ich , as you know, we have -•·eady received $250,000 .00 from Arapahoe County . We will be applying for a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado later this year . And as we rece ive those grants , and th~ agreements are approved through the Council and the County and Great Outdoors Colorado , then that money will be transferred over to the School District at that time . What 's good about th is Contract fo r Deed for the City Is that II does allow the City time to accumulate funds through the end of 201 O In order to pay off the property . The purchase price for the property was 1.2 mil li on dolla.-s . We currently have $200,000 .00 allocated In the Open Spece Fund for prop erty acqu isition and for match ing funds for grants that are out there . A question was asked awh ile beck by Council about Share Back Fund s from Open Space end those funds can be used for property acqu isition as well . Over the lest 6 lo 9 months or so , you have seen a number of people before this Counc il and the School Board has seen a number of people , as well , request ing that the :wo parties work together to keep that as a commun ity park . And from the people that I have talked lo , they are absolutel y delighted that the City end the School Distr ict was able to come lo an agreement on the purchase and sal e of th is property . He sa id I would be happy to answer any questions that you might have . Mayor Wolosyn as ked If there were any questions for Jerrell. Council Member Barrentine said I am so impressed by Iha com munity com ing together like they did . I spent two days at the County Clerk's office research ing every one of those parcel s. I talked to the Assessor. I was impressed by how this commun ity was built up In the early 1950s when that school was built and us ma inta ining that as a park , but I was just as impressed with the community today recogn izing what a valuable asset that perk Is and com ing together to make sure that we were on an equal playing fie ld, as much as we poss ibly could be , In dealing with two entit les that are both tak ing taxes from the same people . So, I was very Impressed with Jenn ifer McKee and that Save the Duncan Park group and appreciate what they did. COUNCIL MEMBER BARRENTINE MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED , TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (1) (I) • COUNCIL BILL NO. 41 . COUNC IL BILL NO . 41 , INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BARRENTINE A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE "CONTRACT FOR DEED " FOR THE PURCHASE OF DUNCAN PARK LOCATED AT 4846 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO AND ARAPAHOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO . 1. Mayor Wo/osyn asked If there was any further discussion . ,ouncll Member Woodward said I Just wanted to ment ion that I was al the School Board meeting lest Tuesday night, wherll they had peased th is unan imously and I th ink the School Board la ea pleased an~ excited that the City Is anding up with th is es a perk and that we are moving forward . Ray, Gary and I had met with the School Board , as our School Board appointees ... as the negotiating group ... and we feel pretty pleased with where we ended up . I ►,now the community la very excited . We have been looking al doing a neighborhood National Night Out for that part/cu ar neighborhood . There ere people working on that right now , Includ ing Safety Services , I Englewood City Councll July 11, 2007 Page4 th ink Parks and Rec , and soma buslnn-within the community, will be Involved . So, we are looking et trying to have a cetabretlon on th& 1"' of August , which would be the day after the second reading on th i• ~urchan. I am really excited about this . Mayor Wolosyn asked If there was any more dl1cu11lon . There was none . Vote reaulta: Motion carried . Ayes: Council Members Barrentine, McCealln, Moore, Woloayn , Woodward, Tomasso, Oakley Nays : Nona Mayor Wolosyn said I would like to thank the oagotlatlng team and staff and also Iha School District. A lot of hard work went Into this and I think ii is a really wonderful use of Open ~pace Funds and Isn 't It great that we have that resource . Director Black sa id yes It ls ... wa are very fortunate . Ms . Wolosyn said thank you vary much . Director Black said thank you very much . (b) Approval of Ordinances on Second Reading (I) Council BIii No . 40 , submitting to the reg istered electors of the City of Eng lewood a proposed Charter question lo updal~ the language In Article X, Part I, Section 94 of the Charter of the City of Englewood was considered . COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED , AND IT W//IS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (b) (I)• ORDINANCE NO . 40 , !.>ERIES OF 2007. ORDINANCE NO . 40 , SERIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 40, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD) AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AT THE NEXT ~CHEDULED MUNICIPAL ELECTION A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE X, PART I, SECTION 94 "Appropriation lo lapse", OF THE ENGLEWOOD HOME RULE CHARTER. Mayor Wolosyn asked If there was any discussion . There was none . Vote results: Motion carried . Ayes : Council Members Barrentine, Mccasl in, Moore, Wolosyn, Woodward , Tomasso, Oakley Nays : None (II ) Council Bill No . 42 , subm itting to the registered electors of the City of Englewood a proposed Charter question to update the language in Art,cie X, Part IV , Section 117 of II Charter of the City of Englewood was cons idered . COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (b) (II)• ORDINANCE NO . 41 , SERIES OF 2001. ORDINANCE NO . 41, SERIES OF 2007 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 42 , INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD) • • AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AT THE NEXT SCHEOULEO MUNICIPAL ELECTION A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO • ARTICLE X, PART IV , SECTION 117 "Sales", OF THE ENGLEWOOD HOME RULE CHARTER. Mayor Wolosyn asked W there was any dlacusa lon . There was none . • • • Englewood City Council July 18, 2007 P1g15 Vote rHult■: Motion carried . Ayes: Councll Membeni Barrentine, McCaslln , Mcore , Woloayn , Woodward , Tom1110 , Oakley Nays : None (c) R6solutions and 1Aotlons (I) Director Gryglewlcz presented a recommendation from the, Finance and Administrative Services Department and the City M~neger's Office to adopt a resolution setting application fees associated with the Competitive Cable Franchise Ordinance . He 1B1J Council Bill No . 39 w•• just passed a few minutes ago and , as Is the City's custom, we set our a~pllcallon fees by resolullon and staff Is recommending setting this fee al $1,500 .00 . That will cover the cost of additional staff time to review end process the applications . Mayor Wolosyn asked if there were any questions for Frank . Council Member Derrentine sa id how much was the fee before? Mr. Gryglewicz said the fee did not exist, this is a new fee for this . Ms . Barrentine said this is en Increase of $1 ,500 .00 . Mr. Gryglewicz said yes . I don 't think we ere going to have a whole lot of applications , but this is there to cover addil lonal staff cos t. .. Incremental staff cost. Ms . Barrentine said not being that ii didn 't cost the staff anything before? Mr . Gryglewlcz said pardon me? Ms . Barrentine said it did cost something before or didn 't cost anything before? You think the new regulations are going to Incur costs that we didn't have In look ing these over? Mr . Gryglewicz said yes, add itional staff time , I believe , was estimated to be between 20 and 30 hours ... so this snould cover that amount of staff lime. Ms . Barrentine said okay . COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (c) (I)· RESOLUTION NO. 77, SERIES OF 2007 . RESOLUTION NO . 77, SERIES OF 2007 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FEES FOR COMPETITIVE CABLE FRANCHISE APPLICATIONS PURSUANT TO 12-6A, OF THE ENGLEWOOO MUNICIPAL CODE 2000 . Mayor Wolosyn asked if there was any further di e.cuss ion . There was none . Vote r11ult1 : Motion carried . Ayes : Council Members Barrentine, Mccaslin , Moore , Wolosyn, Woodward, Toma sso , Oakley Nays : None Mayor Wolosyn said thank you Frank . 12. Ganoral Dl1cu11lon (a) Mayo(s Choice (I) Mayor Wolosyn said I am going lo pass out a letter about the Boards and Commiss ions . Whenever It was suggested that the Boards and Commissions appreciation night take place at Pirates Cove, there was en as~umptlon that there would be swimming evalleble, but that Is actually the lime of year where Plrelea Cove Is closed on M~ndays . And In order, as the letter IBYI, to really celebrate and serve people, we ara going to move ii to Salllrday, August 25'". I would like lo know W you guys are In agreement. They would have free entry from 5 to 6:30 p.m. end then , when Pirates Cove closes, we will have a kind of celebration. Englewood ,lty Council July 11, 2007 Pagel Council Member Woodwlrd Id I would like to mention that thl1 ii 1110 the aema day u the FunFut. I think It wllt give the people the opportunity to go down to FunFnt and then mow right on 0'19r to Pntn Cove end 811joy the perk . I'm 1ure, Ind In fact I know, beCIUH I tllk~ to l0me over the -i<11nd, !hit lhlfl 11'9 101'110 that have never bHn to Pirate, Cove. I think when M 011gin1Uy dilcu1Hd thil and 'dlought about Pirate!. Cove , I know that I w11 uaumlng that w. would be 1wlmmlr,w 1r~ awtrn aultl would be lm~uded . II Juat cam1 out teat -k that thlrl WU aoma confualon . So , I em In real aupport of thll. Thia , •• Setu,dly night and It kaepl costs down, I think, for Parka and Rae and W011(1 pretty well . Mayor Woloayn aaked II there were any objactlon1 to It. There wa1 none. Sha 111d okay , than thl1 latter will go out and we will also lat the Chairs know . Council Member McCaslln said can I as~. a question? We handed out letters to KEB ... now are we go in g to notify those people again '/ Mayor Wolosyn said everybody is going to get a latter ... every single person Is going to get e latter . 1 think that those of us who know the Chairs should tell the Chair• also, just as a follow up . Because I know at the Water Board, I told everybody they could brtng their bathing suits and I know there Is al least one family Interested In that. Council Member Barrenllne said Jerrell, Is this something that Is going to put loo much burden on Parks and Rec, wi th all of the act ;villes going on that day or has that been marked out? Director Black said this will be much easier for us , because we will be open that evening and so we are only extending about another 30 minutes or so . We will have staff there and ii will be much easier for us . Ms. Barrentine said okay, thank you . Mayor Wolosyn said thanks, so we will go ahead and do that. (ii) Mayor Wolosyn said I am the Council liaison to the Englewood Education Foundation and they have been holding their annual Fall Fling fundraiser out of town . They have been at Invesco Field and also up al the cable center, but this year they are reorganizing . They no longer have a paid staff and thoy want to come closer to Englewood . They would like to have their annual Fall Fling here in the Community Room and In Hampden Hall. They have asked If they could have the basic rental fee~ waived . I explained to the,., that things like the $15 .00 an hour attendance fee for Hampden Hall and any setup fees can't be wa ived , ber .ause of staff lime and they understand that. So , I told them I would bring II forward . I can tell you that Hampden Jll's base rate Is S150 .c0 for 4 hours and !hay would want It for 8 hours . And the Community Room 's base rat& ""r residents Is $150 .00 an hour. The way I look at ii is that we are giving them a resource that we have and I know this organization and I know the money goes lo teachers and students and I appreciate that. I also appreciate the fact that they really arA trying to cul overhead, so I would ask If Council would do that, with the understanding that our costs U/Ould ba covered . She as~ed If there were any objections . Seeing none, I am going lo go ahead . Council Member Tomasso said I th in k II ls a good use of the Community Room and It assists the Education Foundation, when Englewood Schools are in a position whare they are having serious budget problems ... so any support that we can add Is definitely something we should do . Council Member Barrentine said I agree. We have few opportunllles to truly partner with lt,am lo make a difference . They have the ir own budget , their own Board and their own problems the same as we do, but this is a nice way for us to partner with them In a fundralslng event that benefits our School District . Counc i Member McCaslln aald I have attended the last two and they are wonderful programs . I was at the cable company and Invesco and they clo a graal Job , so I am deftnltaly for It . Mayor Wolosyn aald thank you and I know that the Education l'oundatlon thanks you, but I am sure you will heir from lhe<n. • • • • • • l!ng'-d City Council July 11, 2007 Plge7 ('II) Meyor Wololyn 111d another thing I werned to bring up 11 ebout next WNk ... the mNllng. I don't icnOw W people remember ... eboul 1lx -k• ego, I had atked lo,-aome luggatlionl on where WI wanted the dllcuHlon 11., go and then I hive 11ked John 1tnce. So, WI are going to gal a lot of data, we are going to-whn WI can expect to go and I em hoping we are going to~ aboul thlnga, IUCh a1 a J)IOl)OHd repeymant of fund1 from the Public lmp,ovement Fund to the General Fund, thet will give us a better picture of where WI n going . And then, I am thinking thll aome of the lltemattvn mey be dlfflcult and we are going to hava to ccr.ne up with thOH llao. Staff can meke 1uggnllC'n1 to us , and I am sure they will. We had the report tonight on hulth care ■nd that will be one of thOH thing• where we wHI be advised H to what they 111 a, the right thing tor u1 to be doing , but othe, things wra going to have to come from us. I think that next week Is an opportunity for all of u1 lo maybe Just roll up our 1l11va1 and look at thl1 as proble,n solving. Bacauaa I think all of us went this City to move forward and be a full HMCe City that people want to live In. And we need to make sure that It ha1 an opportunity to f•ouriah ... especially since I know aome things are coming on llne like Kent Place. So, come with your Ideas and coma with open minds and that 11 all I wanted to say about that. City Manager Sears said Just to follow up ... tha staff has been working hard to put togathe, the Issues. We obvlou1ly won 't have all of the detalla . We don't start the real budget...nllty, gritty ... untll the next couple of weeks . although staff has been doing that. But I'll have a summary latter of where we are. what the Issues are and Frank will also have a number of scenarios. And we will have some restructurinQ Ideas that we will give to Council. Again , that night will be pretty overwhelm .":) with Information. We will try to gal that out to you this next Thursday, but then we will have a follow up meeting on August 6°', potentially August 20°' and then Iha Budget Retreat Is September 22"'. So, there are a number of ways to take a look at It . but the whole staff has been looking hard at revenues and expenditures to see where we go ... not only next year ... but over the next 4 or 5 years. So. we will have that lnformalion ... lt Is already In a prellmlnary form ... to you by this Thursday for your review next Monday night. Mayor Wolosyn said thank you Gary . (Iv) Mayor Wolosyn said my family is basically demanding me t~ =e home. so I will miss the August 13'" Study Session . It Is one of those things that I don ·t have a choice ... buy a plane tlcket...it is my sister's birthday. So that Is all I have . (b) Council Members· Cho ice (I) Council Member Barrentln•· 1. She sa id I wanted to thank the EMT Services and our Fire Division, again . My son and I were at Walgreen·• and I don't evon think ii was 30 seconds until they were there when a woman had fallen down . When you have people com ing In for prescriptions and that, you don 't know always what Is going on with somebody . II could be a wide variety of things and I think the people at Walgreen's did a beautiful Job, but we barely went from the register to the door and they were already there ... blocking my cer, but they were already there. That Is why I know for sure that the~ had come that quick and taken care of her. And a cou~!e of things down on Per.,i Street...and I have Just heard a lot of nice comments about their professlonallsm and their speed and how •;,ell they are providing se,vice to our citizens and I wanted to pass that along . 2. She said our new Community Development director Is going to have a lot of work on his hands . I cannot drive down Broadway or Hampden and not end up seeing more store fronts up for leaaa . It ls becoming e huge concem for me . Some of the projects that have been started are raally kind of In a stall and It la a huge concern with the Sheridan Redevelopment coming on line . But we are really going to put him to the task In August when he atarts ... on August 13°' ... because we ere aaelng a trend that la not golr.g to be beneflclal when we have a huge proJect g ing on In Sheridan . 3. She said again ... about Steakhouaa 10. 1 here Is the unfinished project that la In front o · aomethlng lhel Is really a beautiful landmark In our community and well respected to have lhet type of restaurant , when this community hu howled for that type of service In this community and then to plop some kind of construction haW finished with no end In sight aae,n1 to be very dlsappolnUng ... same thing with downtown Broadway and farther down on South Bnoadway . Hopefully , as thOH areas open up we can look at some Innovative and lmeglnatlva I Englewood City Councll July 11, 2007 Pagel waya of bnnglng IOffle ln11111bnent Into there . That gou to the atllcle that was Included In our packata ... that the TOO spura 1hoppara to Englewood Centar. It WIii In the Denver Bu1lnau Journal and they point out In lhn too that the City Center projact feel hu not continued to expand to Iha mt of the City. So, I would be Int-led to -IOffle of hll ldee1 . 4. She uld I would like to get an update from the Water Dapartment. .. and Stu . I had talked to theme couple of monlh1 ego about doing a pilot program, upeclelly for people who are elder1y who era 11111 on flat ratu and have ju1t uen an lncraaae with the IHI quarter1y bUllng. I know that they hed already put that Into their projection• for fHS, but I undarslood that the Water Board WIii going to go ahead and aae W II WIii po11lble to do a payment plan , 10 that people could go ahead and switch over to the metered rate . One example, a couple of blocks down from me , a parson on a fixed Income la paying for 13,000 gallons of uae ... and that 11 three limn the amount that my son and I uae . I can't Imagine that. And I underatand that those people ... lhoae approximately 2500 people In the City ... are kind of 1ub11dlzlng us and I would Ilka to see IOffle kind of program , upecially for people on fixed Incomes or older people . I have contacted several plumber■ who are willing to provide soma sarv!Clls and maybe do soma bulk ... several people at a lime, and I would Ilka to work with them on gettlng that done as we enter the next quarter. (ii) Council Member Mccaslin said wall I am sure that everyone hara on Council and anyone I have talked to , has heard about my dysfunctional block that I live In . About a month ago I met a genlleman ... l think he Is in the audience tonight , Stephen Klng ... who Is a builder and he bought one of the eye- sores that I have In my neighborhood and Is rebuilding It. And l'il leil you , what a wonderful addition lo my block that ii Is . I have spent some time getting to know Stephen In the last month . He Is a resident of Englewood , he wants to see Englewood thrive and I just can't say how much I appreciate what he Is doing for Englewood . I hope he stays in Englewood because of the quality of work he hes done ... and ha is a good person and to me , that means more than a lot of things . When you meet people like that on the street, that are trying to do the right th ing, to me that makes me feel e lot better about living in Englewood . (ill) Council Member Oakley said I consider next Monday nights meeting one of the more important meetings that I have been able to participate In since I've come on Counc;i. I have been giving this considerable thought and I will have some suggestions . Perhaps more severe than some others , but I think It ls an opportunity for us to really put in the lime ii takes lo make the hard decis ions , that the taxpayers that elected us expect us to make . So, you can expect some comments from me for sure . (Iv) Council Member Woodward : 1. He said the very first Item I would like to bring up Is In your packet Is number 12 (b) (i) Council Members Choice ... e resolution authorizing the exemption of 3590 South Pennsylvania from Building Permit fees associated with development and construction . Th is is the Senior Housing at 3590 South Pennsylvania that Is being planned and constructed by the Englewood Housing Authority . We discussed th is at our last Study Session and we had Dawn Shephard , Director of Englewood Housing and Rodger Hara , one of the Comm ission members, hare two weeks ago discussing It. Whal they ere look ing for is a waiver of the Building Permit fees and the City's adm inistrative portion of the Plan Rev iew fees . COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 12 (b) (I) -RESOLUTION NO . 78, SERIES OF 2007 . RESOLUTION NO . 78 , SERIES OF 2007 A RESOLLITION AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF 3590 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA FROM BUILDING PERMIT FEES ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION . Vote rHulta : Ayes : Nays : Motion carried . Council Members Banrenline , McCallln, Moor9 , Woloayn , Woodward, Tomesao , Oakley None • • • • • • Engl-«! City Councll July 11, 2007 Pagel (Clerk'• note: Thia w11 ll1ted II l!em 12 (I>) (I) on the Agenda .) Mayor Woloayn aald we ere all happy to have this In our commun ity. Thank you for coming and bringing this to our attention . 2. He said the Sounds of Summer Co,,cert on the 19th , Is ths Celtic group ... Skean Dubh . These are Thursday nlghta and they are free concerti outside here and part of why I am saying It is , for the people who read our minutes on line. On July 26~ 11 the Michael Lloyd Band ... piano driven rock and roll ... and on AIJgust 2"' 11 Wh iskey Trip ... cla11lc country and weatem . Bob will be at that one all dressed up and probably danc ing . 3, He said I wanted lo mention that on Wednesday of last week, I attended the Senior Splash at Pireles Cove , which was available for people 50 years and older . And allhough ii was a cool night , there was a great turnout and It was headed by Joe Sack at the Malley Center and his staff . II was a really , really great lime . It Is amazing as us Baby Boomers are growing older, people at age 50 and on ere coming into there and there are people utlllzlng the pool . There ware some very elderly people just there to utilize the Park and sit and enjoy themselves . So Jerrell , compllmenta lo Joe end his staff. It was a really good lime . 4. He said I wanted to mention that the Arapahoe County Comm issioners approved the gap funding for the Oxbow on their Consent Agenda al their last meeting . We are fully funded for that al this point. 5. He said Chris this Is probably your last meeting here and I certainly want to acknowledge that and pass on my personal congratulations and appreciation for all that you have done over the years for the City of Englewood . And , we will miss you. Council Member Barrentine said we are going to have a party for you on the 18th • Mayor Wolosyn said the party Is this Wednesday from 2 lo 4 p.m. Director Olson said I just want to say, Jim , thanks a lot for that. As I said last week , I am going to miss quite a bll...all the people that I've worked with here in Englewood and all the memories and history over the last 31 years . It has gone by very quickly , lo say the least. I know th al all of you are go ing to do the best for the City . It Is a City with a lot of potential and I am go ing lo do my best to represent Englewo ,,d , as I said before , very well al the Stale level. Hopefully , I wil l be seeing all of you in tt,e future , not just on Wednesday , but after that. Bui anyway, thank you for that compliment. I appreciate that. Mayor Wolosyn said I think wa need a round of applause lo thank you . There was applause . 6. He said the last item I want to mention Is a concern that I had . I was shopping at King Soopers on Saturday and as I left, I was approached by an Individual lo sign a petition regarding the City taking funds ... this Is what I was told . This particular individual Initially claimed to be a City employee . I asked him wh ich department he worked for and he didn't answer that. And he just handed me the petition and said read this . I said which department do you work for? And then he told me that he cleans graffiti off the walls and I suggested to him that maybe he wasn't an employee and maybe that he was doing community service work and that he wa:1 a tagger, Ha told me that the City of Englewood is removing money from the paychecks ,,f lnd,viduals ... $50 .00 ... and sending that money lo charitable organizations as the City sees fit ... al which point, I kind of lost II and I told th is man that he was a liar, and that furthermore I didn 't believe that he was a Clly employee , .. and that I felt pretty certain he wasn 't a City employee and based upon the shirt that he was wearing, I felt pretty cenaln that he was a paid petition pers 011 . So , I don 't quite know what Is going on with this . I went and talked to his supervisor who he directed me to and she acknowledged that he was paid , that ha was not an employee of the City and that she would ask him to stop claiming to be a City employee . But I know this 118ffle petition , from what I understand ... and this Is hearsay ... has gone to Greeley, Littleton and po11lbly Centennial . I don1 know what this \1 about , but It 11 really disheartening to have somebody stand there and lie to you and lie to the public . And there 11 no doubt about ii being a lie . That Is all I have , thank you. Mayor Wolosyn seid thank you. Enelftood City Councll July 11, 2007 Page10 Councll Member Barrenllne aald I have lo ■late en objection to ua ualng th la forum•• a wey w talk eboul polltlcal l11ue1 . Thal la e Charter lnltlallve that 11 be ing done by the public end ff It gall on the ballot , the citizen, wtll have an opportunKy lo vole on that. But It la a dangeroua thing for ua to alart commenting on thoae kinda of political l11ue1 In Council meellnga and I object to doing that. Mayor Woloayn aald thank you . Council Member McCa ■lln aald I appraclale your bringing it up , becau ■e I had a couple of phone calla on what It wee about end I had no Idea, 10 II 11 kind of getting me Informed on what 11 go ing on . And I agree with Jim, I th ink when people do not repre■ent who they really are ... that 11 a concam and to ma that 11 wrong . Council Member Barrenllne ■eld I underatand , but It 11 a political l11ue and we have our hands tied In us ing this form to lobby for or aga inst. I am not saying l~al I am for or against, I am saying that th is forum should not be used In tha t manner . It is inappropriate . Mayor Wolosyr , said we are going lo move on now, It was just an FYI. Council Member McCaslln said it wasn't for or against, II was just Iha way II was sa id. Mayor Wolosyn said lets just move on . It was just an FYI. 13 . City Manager'■ Report (a) City Manager Sears said first of all I do want lo say thanks lo Iha City Council and thank you for your support this past week . I lost a sister-In-law unexpectedly . I apprec iate the flowers and the kind comments . I really do apprec iate II and I know my family does loo . (b) City MAnager Sears said regarding Lauretl's comment in terms of the Hampden project. I know there Is some new information about the construction of that. I don't have that ton ight. I know that all of Council is as concerned about that as we are . I'm really hop ing that does gel cleaned up . Chris do you have some specifics on that? Director Olson said yes , there were trucks over there today and from what I understand , a permit has been pulled lo go ahead and just finish off the outside portion of that structure and then they will leave any tenant finish ... lo the tenant they come up with , but they aren 't go ing to add any more on . What you see there is just going lo be finished off on the outside . There were several trucks over there today start ing to work on ii. City Manager Sears sa id ii is long overdue . I am really glad that that is moving ahead . Thanks. Cour.:11 Member Barrentine said just one more comment. Just as long as we make sure that In those plans, if they do the tenant finlsh ... my request that started this whole thing ... is that they not put their waste receptacle in ihe place that had been originally designed . That would be right In front of Steakhouse 10's door. That is what kind of started the whole interest In th is and then the bank fell through . And so as long as that design is not goin,J lo go through ... thal was only the second objection, so I just wanted to note that. City Manager Seara said I don't know the status of that. We will have lo flnd that out from them and we will record that end note that to them . Ms. Barrentine said okay , thank you . (c) City Manager Seer■ said again I want to say thanks lo Chris and all the work he has done for the Clty ... selactlng and promoting people , be ing avellable 24/7 , call ing me in the early morning on en i11ue ... he 11111 done a wonderful Job for the City. He wli l be milled and, hopefully , Council cen join us on Wednesday for hla flll9Well . (d) City Manager Seara said I also wanted to note that we are going to have three Germans ... the Mayor from Belm and the Mayor Pro Tam and another Council Mernber ... here from the 25" of July lo the 1• of Auguat. We ere planning to put together a brief reCl')lion on the 26" at 6 o'clock , right before the Sounds of • • • • • • Englewood City Councll July 11, 2007 Plge11 Summer. We will have an Invitation out to Council . We Ju1t h■ve lOffl ■ lffllll m■mantol to give to the Germani who n here . We've got I p'9lly heavy IChedule In term■ DI m■-tlngl, lhow!ng th■m the City and Ii-Ing them the.,_, Mayor Wololyn Illa gracloully ■ccepted to hive the Mayor from Bllm Illy with her. Bob Mc:Calln wilt 1110 hive on■ of the Council m■mbn and 111 hive I Rotlrtln and myulf 1110 -1tlng with the third m■mber. It will be I 1hort Illy whle they 11'1 here , but they 119 Involved with the German goywnment. We will 1110 hlVI the Honorable Con■ullle from Genn■ny here, he II locetld In Denver and wltl llt■nd the reception ■nd will be her■ for that time that they ere In town . I will Nnd I note out, but tt la pretty exclttng on the Slater Ctty that this Is actually moving ahead . I appracllte Councll'1 support to make thet heppen . 14 . City Attom•y'• Report Ctty Allornay Brotzman did not have any matters to bring before Council. 15. Adjournment LDSYN MOVED TO ADJOURN. The meeting adjoumed et 8:23 p.m. Cvt . W'\