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ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
Regular Se■1lon
January 17, 2008
1. Call to Order
The regular meeting of the Englewood City Council was called to order by Mayor Wolosyn at; :35 p.m.
2 . Invocation
The Invocation was given by Council Member Barrentine.
3. Pledge al Alleglance
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Wolosyn .
4 . Roll Call
Present:
Absent:
Council Mamwrs Tomasso, MoorA, Barrentine, Oakley, McCaslln,
Woodward, Wolosyn
Nona
A quorum was present.
Also present: City Manager Sears
City Attorney Brotzman
Deputy City Manager Flaherty
City Clerk E:.ll is
Director Ols on, Safety Services
Director Gryglawicz , Finance and Administrative Services
Pol/ce Commander Sanchez , Safety Services
Sergeant Condreay, Safety ServicAs
5. Con1lder1tlon al Mlnu:,,■ of Prevlou1 Se11lon
(a) COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE THE
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 9, 2006.
Mayor Wolosyn asked if there were any c:;mmants or corrections.
Council Member Oakley said under Cou~cll"s Cho ice I stated that I had attended a DRCOG sesslcn the Friday
before and even though I've had some prt,tlems with DRCOG during the years of my employment this was
looking at II from a different angle. Why my mouth said "problems" when I was thinking "Interaction ' I'll n8ver
know, but that word "problems" needs to be changsd to "Interaction" and, for the record, I have no problems wtth
DRCOG and never have had.
Vote reaulte :
Ayes : Council Members Barrentine, McCaslln , Moore, Wolosyn, Woodward,
Tomaaso, Oakley
Nays : None
Motion carried and the minutes were approved as amended .
6. Recognition of Scheduled Public Comment
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(a) Aid to Other Agencies recipients were Pr &aent to accept the City's financial contributions for
2006.
Mayor Woiosyn said every year the City Council has a small budget, ol about $30,000 .00, that we give back to
the commun ity to those non-prollts who work so hard to make this a better plare for all of us .
Mayor Wolosyn presented a check to Susan Beckman for the Arapahoe County Metropolitan Mayors and
Commissioners Youth Award~. Ms . Beckman said thank you all very much for !'Our generosity.
Mayor Woiosyn presented a check to Selwyn Hewitt for Arapahoe Philharmonic Mr . Hewitt said, on behalf of
the Philharmonic , we are very apprec iative of your contributions. Thank you v&ry much .
Mayor Woiosyn presented a check to Becky Todd Hunter for Cornerstone Free Method ist Church . Ms. Hunter
said thank you so much . Thank you everyone , ii really helps out.
Mayor Woiosyn presented a check to Anne Robinson , Executive Director , for Court House, inc. Beacon Center .
Mayor Wolosyn presented a check to Carrie Newman, Executive Director , for Doctors Care . Ms . Newman said
thank you very much .
Mayor Woiosyn presented a check to Janet Moore tor the Englewood Cultural Arts Center Association . Ms
Moore said thank you very much .
Mayor Wolosyn presented a check to Gary Condreay for the Englewood High School After Prom . Mr . Condreay
said on behalf of all the moms who run this, I would like to say thank you .
Mayor Wolosyn pre 1ente~ a check to Kevin Seggelke for the Food Bank of the Rockie5 . Mr . Seggeike said
thank you very much ... we are grateful , thank you.
Mayor Wolosyn presented a check to Stephen Edmonds tor Hospice of Metro Denver . Mr . Edmond; said thank
you .
Mayor Woiosyn presented a check to Sandra Blyth . ,erry and Vince Atenc io, for the Inter-Faith Task Force .
Ms . Blythe-Perry sa id thank you . it would be extremc ·v dllllcult for us to achieve ou r mission without your
contribu tion . Thank you .
Mayor Woiosyn presented a check to Janice Henderson fo r Living Branch Community Fellowship .
Mayor Woiosyn presented a check to Mark DeHaven for the Special Olymp ics . Mr. DeHaven said thank you,
this really helps .
Mayor Wolosyn presented a check to Jan Andrus , Director , for Meal on Wheels . Ms. Andrus said thank you .
Mayor Woiosyn presented a check to Eric Bertoluzzl , Program Director , for Up Close and Musical .
There was no one pre sent to accept the check for the Gateway Battered Women's Sheller.
Mayor Woiosyn said thanks to all of you for wor~lng so hard In our community .
7. Recognition of Unsched uled Public Comment
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(a) Patrick Mahoney, 2000 West Warren, said I am a resident of Englewood. I thank the Council •
for afford ing me the opportunity to come here and discuss with u some Ideas concerning your soon to be
made dec ision on the Police change of policy regarding response to Intrusion alarms, as reported by a central
station . I am an expert on central stations . You may ask me and I will tell you that I am an expert . I did put In
27 years with Denver Fire and the alarm division, which handles central stations. It also handles all
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commun ications for the department. For the laat 14 years , of that particular time , I was In charge of tra ining lor
those particular people . For the last 7 years of that time , I had aole respons ibility, answerable only to the
Manager of Salety for the Investigation , licensing and Inspection after they opened, of all central stations
operating in and for the City and County of Denver. So , I may not be a true expert on them , but I am an expert
on the ones we have In Denver . Th ia morning, I discussed , briefly, with our Police Sergeant Watson, who then
was kind enough to come to my house and deliver the pr inted form of the proposal for the reduced response.
Now comes the candid and unsolicited opin ions . Tt,ls Is a mistake . We will pay for this down the road and I am
speaking of the taxpayers . This Is a mistake . II the true reasoning behind th is Is high rates of false alarms, that
can be fixed In many ways other than assassination. Don 't kill the program . fl works . I would be happy to
devote my time at your place and time of convenience ... any tlme ... to discuss with you what possibly should be
done In helping to alleviate their problem ... but th is Is not the answer . You will pay for this down the road . I will
pay for It. I am a 24 year taxpayer In th is area myself . I am sorry , but this cannot be done. My lime is limited
and I am so rcy, but you have my name , rank and serial number . I would be ha ppy to 1iscuss it with you anytime
and tell you what could poss ibly be done ... what you might look into and if you don 't ha ,e ii , I wnuld be happy to
send ii to you ... the Informat ion or have it done . You might look into third-party administrat lo, .. And I won 't even
enter into ii as it Is too complox, but it saves the Police Department the problem of doing it at all. And , it saves
the system . Th is is disc rim inatory, ladies and gentlemen . I'm sorry , th is discriminates against me , because of
the reason that I have my system and pay for it. Th is is not the way to go . I thank you , thank you very much .
Mayor Wolosyn sa id thank you for your comments .
(b) Steve Scott , 4609 South Fox , said I Just wanted to take an opportunity to introduce myself and
Li vi ng Branch Commun ity Fellowship to you . We just moved into the City in june. We now reside in what was
formerly Englewood Wesleyan Church ... a fellowsh ip of 53 or 54 years ... and we are pleased to take on the
legacy left behind from that ministry. I just wanted to introduce ourselves to you . We have more than just
church services . We want to be a part of the community . In doing that , we started a food bank in the beginning
of November . We have already serviced over 100 famllies ... 300 plus people, 186 were children wh ich we were
able to pass gifts on to for Christmas . And , your gill and grant to us will help us do a better job with that . We
also ha ve a clothing bank where we can meet those needs and as soon as the State will shake our hand and
grant us licensing, we are going to start , hopefully It :er th is month, an after school program that will be free . It
will be limited In size , of course , because otherw ise we would have every student in Englewood attend ing . But .
we just want to help those children that fall between the cracks ... bet ween Kids Quest and some of the other
alte r school programs that are out t~ere . Give them a safe place ... we are right across the street from Clayton
Ele mentary Schoo l. And , we look forward to a long relationsh ip with you , Madame Ma yor , and each of you on
th e Counc il. If there is anything we can do for you as a body , as our City Council, or as individuals , we ma ke
ourselves available to you. We just wanted to say hello and we are glad and proud to be a part of the City of
Engle wood and look forward to being used in our great commun ity. Thank you .
8. Communications, Proclamations and llppofntments
Th ere we re no commun ications, proc lamations u appo intments .
9. Consent Agenda
(a) Approval of Ordinances on First Reading
There were no additional items subm itted for approval on first reading . (See Agenda Item 11 .)
(b) App roval of Ordinances on Second Reading
There were no Items subm itted for approva l on second read ing .
(c) Resolutions and Motions
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED , AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEM 9 (c) (I).
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Vote re1ult1:
Motion carried.
(I) The State of Colorado Copier Agreement with Lewan & Associates for 2006 .
Ayes : Council Members Barrentine, McCaslln, Moore, Wolosyn , Woodward,
Tomasso , Oakley
Nays : None
10. Public Hearing Item ■
No pub li c hearing was scheduled before Council.
11 . Ordlnencu, Resolution end Motion ■
(a) Approval of Ordinances on First Reading
(i) Senior Planner Graham presented a recommendation from the Community
Developm ent Department to adopt a BIii for an Ordinance entering Into an lnlergovernmenlal Agreement (IGA)
with Arapa hoe County to construct improvements in three City of Englewood parks lo enhance !railheads for
bicyclists and pedestrians. He said we are here this evening lo ask Council 's approval of an ordinance lo enter
into .in int ergovernmental agreement with Arapahoe County lo accept Open Space Funds to build some
enhancem ents al Belleview , Centennial and Cushing Park . This is the second of two applications that was
accepted by Arapahoe County last year. This one is delayed somewhat by revisiting th e scope al work we plan
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lo do and we actually reduced the scope of work , somewhat , based on the difficuily and expense with providing •
waler and sewer near the !railheads al Belleview Park and Centennial Park . So, Iha grant amount was reduced
by agreement with the Open Space and Trails Board and the County Commissioners and Iha correct amounts
are shown in the Slaff Report . The amount now is $135,055 .00 , down from $156 ,000 .00 lhal we originally
appl ied for . The City Is uslog up&n Space Share Back Funds In the amount of $33 ,764 .00 as Iha match funding
for the grant projecl. II i, fun lo be t,ar& afler three years of trying to implement the South Platte Plan . Council
approved the Plan ,n 2003 and we have been work ing on various strategies lo implement ii since then . We
noticed that in the Parks Master Plan survey that Iha respondents to the survey indicated lhal Open Space
ranked high in importance lo Englewood residents. So, we think that we are right on target here with the project
lhal makes lhe regional greenway more accessible lo Englewood residents . This project will install amenities
such as benches, bike racks , picnic tables and shelters al the var ious locations near Iha !railheads and we will
be installing a san·o-lel and she ller for lhal al Iha trailhead in Belleview Park, near where the dog park is being
constructed . So, that is the scope of work for this project and this l"ili be done this coming summer for
Englewood resident~ to enjoy .
Mayor Wolosyn askod if there were any questions for Mr. Graham .
Council Member Barrentine said I have a question . ii says In here ii was $135 ,000 .00 and then ii sayr. In
here ... not to exceed $101,000 .00 . Mr . Gr aham said the grant amount is $101,291 .00 ... the entire pro ject budget
is $135,055 .00 . Ms . Barrentine said okay ... wilh us doing lhe matching funds then? Mr . Graham sai•J yes . Ms .
Barrentine sa id alr ighl.
Mayor Wolosyn asked if there were any other questions .
Council Member Woodward said on the site plan for Bellev iew Park In the book , the legend shows the pavi li on
and the picnic tables and some of the Items rich! Inside the off-leash area and I understand this was done prior
to ... and I assume that these things would be moved . Mr . Graham said there Is a preliminary planning stage ,
where we work up the preliminary plan and budget and with that information we apply for the granl. When the •
grant was accepted, we went the neX1 stage and did some higher level planning and cost estimating . The
gazebo and most of those amenities have moved lo the south side of the bike path , just east of the park ing lot
now ... because we were aware that the dog park was be ing planned for lhat location, so we worked closely with
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Dava Lff ~f the Parka and Recreation Department and Dava Henderson of our Public WO<ka Department to
plan these lt•ma.
Council Member Woodward said 10th,· geta them out of the Flood Plain also? Mr. Graham ~•Id the gazobo
can be In the Flood Plain , largely beca1o1a It la not a solid 1truc1ure and tt la a public faclllty, but ii la touc~, and
go .. .the next stage of design and engln~erlng will determine whether It la In the Flood Plain and 1vhett,er we
need special approvals for It, hut we believe that will be accepted .
Council Member Woodward sa id that la all I have . I think this la a great program and this was a grant we got the
end of last May from the Open Space from Arapahoe County. It was a great job on submitting and getting
awarded this grant, amongst othars .
Mayor Wolosyn said I second that. We were In the first round of grants and I know that was due to the work ol
the two departments . Are there any other questions? There were none .
COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEM 11 (a) (I)• COUNCIL BILL NO. 2.
COUNCIL BILL NO . 2, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO PERTAINING TO THE ENGLEWOOD TRAILHEAD IMPROVEMENTS .
Mayor Wolosyn asked If there was any more discussion . There was none .
Vote re1ult■:
Motion carried .
Ayes : Council Members Barrentine , Mccaslin , Moore , Wolosyn, Woodward ,
Tomasso , Oakley
Nays : None
(b) Approval of Ord inances on Second Reading
There were no items submitted for approval on second reading .
(c) Resolutions and Motions
There were no additional resolutions or motions submitted for approval. (See Agenda Item 9 -Consent
Agenda.)
12 . General Dl1cu11lon
(a) Mayor's Choice
(I) Mayor Wolosyn said I have left ovar from tho City Council's Choice In the Study
Session 1ue'. a brief FYI about the School/City Joint agenda, which was In our packets . Gary and I met with
Karen MIiier and Jim McCabe last wffk to discuss the agenda . Aa you can Sff, we made tt very simple. We
decided that th is Is primarily a get-together ... lt Is a new School Board and a new Council . They are going to
serva dinner ... their Food Service Department Is going to make that for us and they are going to serva it at
different round tables, so we will be seated rather Informally and we decided th at each enttty could hava one
subject . They are using their School Strategic Planning and they think that will be about a 30 minute
presentation. We thought It was a great opportuntty to present the Park's Master Plan ... particulariy, because
some of the Items In there do entail possibl& partnerships with the School District. And ther, t.0 ,re ls going to be
a round table where ... lt Is like my Idea , I have heard so much talk about cooperating and partr,.,ing, maybe we
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for the SchooVClfy Strategic Planning Gro up, which Is going to be much more active this year , Mr . McCabe and
Gary were talking about getting together with Ray Tomaaao and Jim Woodward , who are our representatives ,
and putting up a regular monthly schedule and dlscusalng things like this and other l11uas that coma up that are
nagg ing and problem oriented and need good problem solving strategy se11ions ... auch as parking, noise . And
the things that coma out of Iha round table may serve II future topics. So , I juat wanted to tell everyone that. I
think it will be an Interesting meeting and the Idea Is it Is a friendly get-together.
(II) Mayor Wolosyn said just before the meeting I signed a letter ol support for RTD . RTD
was asking the mayors to support their request for funding for 21 new transit buses . This letter will go to Kan
Salazar, r.:ana DaGette and Wayne Allard . I went ahead and signed it and I just wanted to let everyone here
know .
(Ill ) Mayor Wolosyn sa id on Saturday I attended the Metro Mayors Caucus. It was pretty
much an all day caucus held at the Museum of Natural History . I really liked ii.. .ol course, I love regional top ics
and this was part icularly timely, because at the end there was a round-table discussing the fac t that sometimes
whenever one munic ipality presents someth ing, there Is a domino effect and it has an impact on us . And a
couple ol issues that came up were pit bulls and the smoking ban . You know what I found , I lou ,1d that I th ink
everyone is feeling like we are , about Denver and Aurora making these ordinances , it is all go ing to come down
on us, which is a funny thing because we all th ink we are going to be the only person with this . So to ma , it lays
a foundation for some thoughttul alternative th :ogs . You can see how everyone might have had a knee-jerk
raact ic,a ... maybe there are better solutions to this issue . Anyway, I will be attending the ir meetings ;n the future
to keep you appr ised ol what goes on .
(iv) Mayor Wolosyn said I also attended the Parks Master Plan last weak at Sinclair School.
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Sometimes , you go to open forums that have a bunch ol billboards around and people sort ol mill around and •
don 't say anything and try to duck out ... l know I do . But at this , people were engaged . I talked to a lot ol
people . Jerrell was talk ing to people and even though I don 't know how many people showed, there was
enough discussion that this made you feel this was a vary valuable way lo spend your time. I was impressed at
Iha couple of people who had Just moved hara and they are interasled ... open space is an important thing to
them and neighborhood parks , so it was en lightening for me .
(v) Mayor Wolosyn sa id at my agenda meeting last week, I asked Gary and Rick
to ... becausa we voted to have put that $100,000 .00 toward the MRF Project...Ric k Is go ing to add just another
sect ion to his project update. Thal money was earmarked for several th ings and ii will give us a chance to keep
an eye on II and , when it comes up for discussion, we will have a better background .
(vi) Mayor Wolosyn sa id the Chamber Gala is on the 26th al Iha Goth ic and Kimberly
Langston from Swedish is head ing It and she really is trying to put a new twist on it , so I encourage you, if you
are free that night , to coma . II usually Is a nice gathering , but there is a lot of hard work going in on th is that I
would love to sea rewarded .
(vii ) Mayor Wolosyn said we are go ing to be reviewing applicants for Boards and
Comm iss io ns next weak . We have 13 new applicants and 17 applican ts who are Interested In reapply ing for
various Boards and Commissions . When you look at Iha applications, 9 appiicantc are interested in also tak ing
on another Board . I happen to know th~t in at least one ol these cases, it is not ... you know how it says "order
the five· ... people do that just as a matter of coursa and one young woman came and told ,,a, I really don 't want
to have two. So , Sue wants some direct ion . Do we want lo interview the people who normally we would
reappoint. .. these 9 Lp~l!~ants who are Interested In applying for others? Or I am think ing we can just have Sue ,
when she calls , say "you have these checked on your packet, are you Interested In another one?" and ii they
are, do we want them to come in and talk 10 us?
Council Member Woodward said well If they are looking at a second one , I think they may went to come in and
discuss their des ire to be on a spec ific one . Ms . Wolosyn said okay I will direct Suo.
Council Member Barrentine said not for Iha reap,;lyf ng, but If they are applying for a new one that would be line .
But I have to agree, you feel obligated lo fill out the whole side .
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Mayor Wolosyn said and to that and, I talked to her about It and we are going to c~anga the way that reads ,
becausa It Is contusing .
Council Member Woodward said and I assume that we will have feedbac ~ from the Cha irs . Mayor Wolosyn sa id
wa have bean getting feedbatk from the Cha irs . Mr . Woodward said okay , great.
(viii) Mayor Wolosyn said , as I said last week, I would come forward and ask Council to
approve expenditures for ma to attend the NLC Conference In Wash ington , D.C. on March 11-15, and I am
go ing to pass out the Information . If someone could make a mctlon , I raspect1ully ask Council 's perm iss ion to
go to th is.
Council Member Barrentine said In the 15 points discussed earlier (In Study Sess ion) with the performance
criteria, I thought that you had sa id there were several Council members going. Is there someone else that Is
interested In going? Mayor Wolosyn said I think Jim, under Council's Choice , Is go ing to bring up his. Ms.
Wolosyn asked Ms . Barrent ine if she wou ld like to go and Ms . Barrentine replied , wall no . Ms . Barrenti ne sa id
ha sa id several and you don 't make up se veral people , so I just wondered if we could do It at the same time, if
there ware other people that were Interested in going . If you want to do It at the same lime, I just thought it
would be easier .
Council Member Woodward said let me st art pass ing out the information on my travel request.
Ms . Wolosyn sa id the only th ing Is that I can't vote on my own. It we vote , I guess we just. .. In one vote it makes
it dlfficult...it would only be five people vot ing . Ms . Barrantine said why can't you vote on your own? Ms .
Wolosyn sa id because it may be constru ed as a benefit to me . She said I nave , in the past , acciden tally don e
so.
Ms . Barrentine sa id is that true, Dan? City Attorney Brotzman sa id it actually is a better way to not vote on your
own travel. Ms . Barrent ine said all right.
Mayor Wolosyn sa id it Is a wonderful experi ence
COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE MAYOR WOLOSYN'S
TRAVEL TO THE NLC CONFERENCE, MARCH 11-15, 2006, IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 ,170.00.
Motion carr ied.
Ayes : Counc il Members Barrenti ne , Mccaslin , Moore, Woodward,
Tomasso , Oakley
Nays : None
Abstain : Mayor Wolosyn
Mayor Wolosyn said thank you v&ry much. Maybe Jim doesn 't know th is, but we do give reports back to
Council. .. a written raport of our travel .
COUNCIL MEMBER OAKLEY MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE MAYOR PRO TEM
WOODWARD'S TRAVEL TO THE NLC CONFERENCE, MARCH 11-15, 2006, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$2,723.00.
Motion carried .
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Ayes :
Nays :
Abstain:
Council Members Barrentine, McCaslln, Moore, Wolosyn,
Tomassu , Oakley
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(I) Council Member McCaslln said we are Invited to get some Invitations for the new book
store that opened up . I attended the grand opening of The Attic at 200 East Hampden . It Is very well done and
they are nice people . I hope everybody gets a chance to go by and •ay hi to them. It was a vary nice evening .
Mayor Wolosyn said I was also there . I agree, it was a very nice evening . They have done a lot to that building .
Mr. McCaslln said yes, lh•y have done a lot.
(II) Council Member Oakley said I too attended the Park's Plan meeting. I was there early,
but It was Interesting to see some of tho comments people were writing on the boards .
(Ill) Council Member Tomasso:
1. He said ETAC , on Thursday night, wanted some direction from Council . The Issue has been brought to
them several times about speedlng ... speed limits on all of our residential streets Is 30 miles an hour . They
wanted to know if the Council wanted them to consider lowering the speed to 25 to correspond with most of tho
major res idential streets In Denver that come into our City . Probably the connector streets ... the collector
ones ... would remain at 30 . As you may know, 17% of tho populat ion Is always speeding . That would
translate .. .If you have a 30 mile an hour speed zone, they would be doing over 35 . Most of those pouplo who
speed are nelghbors ... they ere real familiar with the streets, so they feel more comfortable go ing a httlo laster.
But what thRy wore looking for was direction , because they have several people on Logan complaining about
speed . They had people complaining about speed around the parks . People anticipated tho speed around tho
parks was 25 miles an hour, whore in fact it is 30 miles an hour past Jason Park . Thero is a sign •noro that said
"suggested speed at 25". So , ET AC wanted di rection from tho Council as to whether they should Investigate
this Issue or whether they should just leave It alone . What I would like to do Is get feedback from Council, at this
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point, to see if ET AC should investigate setting the residential speed, maybe at 25 .n the neighborhoods ... make •
a recommendation for them to Investigate it and what it would take .
Counc il Member Oakley said did this come up to Council just within ths last couple of years?
Mayor Wolosyn said It has come up several times over previous years and the one thing that seemed to come
up was the cost of signago . I never heard that It was a bad thing , I am not opposed to them taking a fresh look
at it , but you are the road man .
Council Member Oakley said well we mention streets like Logan ... Logan is an arterial and 30 miles an hour is
what we have to ma intain on th at , so the people on Logan are going to have to expect that. If nothing has
changed since the last time it came bilfore Council , I would have to hear some now arguments. By tho way,
what did the Committee fool? Did they fe el they should bring it up or they just wanted direction? Mr. Tomasso
said they just wanted direction, because it has been brought up to them several times by citlzens ... they just
wanted direction .
Mr. Oakley said okay. I believe tho cost of signs alone would be shout $120 some thousand . You have to
evaluate that against whether tho live miles per hour difference would really make that much difference ,
espec ially on streets like Logan .
Mr . Tomasso said well it wouldn 't necessarily be Logan . It could be like Acoma .
Council Member Barrentine said I think they had discussed the traffic flow too . I don 't know II Public Works
would chime In on that too .
Council Member Moore said how about we just resurface what we last did and then we can bring this back up.
We did spend a tot of time on It and there were , I think, compelling reasons, why we didn't move forward, but I
don't remember what they wore .
City Manager Sears said we can just pull the lnfonnatlon up that we had done before ... the studies . And we will
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Mayor Woloayn said that Is prior to their nex! meeting . Ray, Is that adequate? Mr . Tomasso said yes, It I~ the
second Thursday, 10 that Is a week before.
2. He said ET AC also decided to take on the sidewalk Issue on Dartmouth that was presented to us at the
last Council meeting. They looked at It, they analyzed It and they decided that they would attempt to hold a
public meeting to Investigate what the neighbors thought on that and make a recommendation and let staff
figure out If It falls under missing sidewalks, if it falls under someth in g else and the financial burden it would
cause on various parties .
3. He said we have a letter from Englewood Unleashed In our packets asking us to get involved in their
plans for the dog park . What I would like to see Is for Englewood Unleashed and the Parks and Recreation
Board to enter into some sort of formal agreement ... some sort of contract...so that they would know who is
responsible for what. It would assist Englewood Unleashed in their fundraising, because they could state that
they have a contractual agreement...that they can go out and buy some of these bricks and these bricks will be
placed at this location . And , it would take us to the po int where wher, the Parks and Recreation Board would
make a recommendat,an to us, we could look at their recommendations , but it would be closer to having the two
parties deal with the issues directly, and staff, at that point , so there is noth ing lost in translation from them to us ,
and back to the Board . Mayor Wolosyn said have you spoken to them about this yet? Mr. Tomasso sa id no I
haven't, but I would think it would Just simplify the coordination of the entire effort .
Council Member Woodward said Englewood Unleashed did present this to the Parks and Recreation
Commiss ion last week at our regular Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. The Commission, subject to
Council approval, was in agreement to allow them to move forward with fundraising for the brick pavers and do
some of the fundraising things . There were some questions on some items ... some other Items, regarding for
example , the information board with regard to legal ity of how that would work out and some th in gs like that and
with regard to the web site link that they have asked for in here. So, the two items they wanted addressed were
approval to move forward with do ing some fundraislng for the pavers and to move forward with the park name
contest. The idea behind the park naming contest is to make a separat ion from Bellev iew Park , so there wasn 't
conf us ion as to whether Belleview Park , the whole park , was an off-leash park ... and that the off-leash area was
a separate area .
Mayor Wolosyn said I am go ing to ask the City Attorney abo u• this one . Do you think this is the sort of thing that
needs a contract to make it move smooth ly? City Attorney Brotzman said yes . Ms. Wolosyn sa id then I would
say that we should rnore forward with doing something like that.
Council Member Barrentine sa id did they give some more additional information on what they were fundraising
for ... what the money is going for?
Council Member Woodward sa id it is for brick pavers. Ms . Barren tine said I know wha.t they are using as a
veh icle to raise the funds for , but they are raising funds and then they have a pile of money and the money is
going for ... ?
Mayor Wolosyn said that would be covered in an agreement. That would be la id out. . .I mean did they list
anythlng ... llk~ a waler fountain?
Council Member Woodward sa id sidewalk ... the brick pavers are going to create the sldewalk ... as stated here .
Mayor Wolo,yn said a brick paver probably doesn't cost as much as they are going to ask people to donate .
Ms . Barrentine said It Is a fund raiser, so they are asking to raise money and they want to do what with the
money that they are raising? Council Member Woodward said allowing people and businesses to display logos .
There was discussion regarding that. The initial discussion has suggested that the bricks be Installed at the
entrances of the park, as both pathways to the gates and under the gated entrances .
M•,. aarrentlne said I do, ,•t have any quest ion about the selling po int of their fundralser, I am asking wt,at the
rr.o~ey the~ are rai sing Is going to go for. Mr. Woodward said I do not understand. ·
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Mayor Wolosyn said I think it Is a legit question. I think that maybe we should Just, tt everybody Is In agreement,
follow-up on Ray's suggestion, because that sort of thing woulc1 be artlculat,,,j In an agreement. .. and then we
would all know what we are talking about.
Council Men \ber Mccaslin said someone has to be held ,.ccountable . Mayor Wolosyn said right. Mr. Mccaslin
said I think what Lauren Is saying ... okay, they get the money for the bricks, now what do they do with the
money?
Ms . Barrentine said right, tt It is coming back to the City, we are still using City property and accessing that for
another organization. I Just wanted to know what they were raising the money for . Like Olga said , that will be in
there and that will come to us before an agreement Is made, so that Is fine .
Mayor Wolosyn said so we have consensus to go ahead on that? Okay?
Council Member Woodward said yes , because they were looking forward to doing some in-k ind work with that.
Mayor Wolosyn said that sounds gootJ.
Couricil Member Tomasso said regarding the in-kind work ... l just wanted to make sure that it was up to the City
standards , since the City will be responsible, so that, contractually, everyth ing Is worked out, everybody is on
the same page and the understanding Is there , so there Is nothing that creeps In where somebody took it this
way, somebody took it t~at way and there is a misunderstanding . Mayor Wolosyn sa id I think this is a good
approach. Mr . Toma~so said ~Ince Boards and Commissions ... their minutes get back to us three or fuur
months later ... that this would be a much closer, more Involved way for them to get the project done.
Mayor Wolosyn said I think it Is a good solution . Thank you very much .
(iv) Counc il Member Woodward said the only thing I want to do Is compliment the
organizations that received funds tonight, from the City, for Aid to Other Organizations. The only thing I wish is
that we had more funds and that, on the one hand, there wa.in't a need for them . I also want to compliment
everybody on lhe things that they do In their charitable work . Thank you.
Mayor Wolo syn ,;aid thank you Jim .
13 . City Manager"• Re '.)cirt
(a) City Manager Sears said on February 6" we &re going to come back with more Information on
the alarm system . I know there was a concern there and some of the financial analysis . So Chris had talked
about , potentially, lmplementlni this on April 3d with more Information . So , Just to let you know that is still going
on and will come back on the 6 .
Mayor Wolosyn said and also just to remind you that the materials that Jill Wilson gave us will be in our packets,
becaOJso we didn't see them . Mr . Scars said y,,s .
14. City Attorney"• Repcrt
City Attorney Brotzman did not have any matters to bring before Cour,cll .
15 . AdjOlo"llmenl
WOLOS YN MOVED TO ADJOURN. The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
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