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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-03-07 (Regular) Meeting Minutes• • • • ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNC IL ENGLEWOO lJ, ARAPAIIOE COUNTY, CO LORADO Regular Sessio n March 7, 2005 I. Ca ll to Order The regular meeting of the Englewooe1 Ci1y Cou ncil was ca lled 10 order by Mayor Garrett al 7:35 p.m. 2. Jm•ocu tl on The invoca tion was given by Co unci l Member Barren tine. J . Pledg e of Allcgloncc The Pledge of All egiance was led by Ma yo r Garren . 4. Roll Co ll Present: Absent A qu oru m was present Co unci l Members Tomasso, Moore, ;,Ja rrc nl ine, Uarrc tt, Bradshaw, Wolosy n, Woodwa rd None Also present: City Manage r Sears City Attorney Brotzman Ass ist an t City Mana ger Fl ahe rt y Direc tor Gryglewicz. Fi na nce a nd Ad mini s1rative Services City Clerk Ell is Director Ol so n, Safety Scrvit.l!S Div is,on Chi ef Vandcrmee . Safety Se rvices Comma nder Co llins . Snfc ty Serv ices Re searc h and Tec hnology Man age r Everh art, Safety Services Senio r Pl anner Gn:i ham , Co mmun i1y Deve lopm e nt Direct or E3 ton, Human Resources Manager Dnnnemillcr, Comm un ily Deve lopment 5. Co ns ideration or l\·Jinules or Pr~v ious Session (a) COU NCi L MEMBER WOLOSYN MOV ED, AN L '1' WAS SEC OND 1,D, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULA I{ r.nv COUNC IL ME ET IN G OF FEB RUA RY 22, 2005. Moyor Ga rrett asked if there were any cornmcni s or corrcc 1io ns. There were none. Vore res ulls: Ayes: Nays : Abs tain : Mo1ion co rried, Co unci l Members Barrent1 nc , Moore , Garrell, \Volosy n, Woodwa rd , Tomasso None Cou ncil Member Bradsh11w 6. Recog nition or Schedu led Public Co m111 en1 There were no sched uled vi sitors . Englewood C ity Council !\l urch 7, 2005 Pnge 2 7, Re co gniti on or Unscheduled Pub lic Comment {a) Pa mala S:1:n pso n said I just wa nted 10 say tha :-.1 . yo u fo r i1l\'iti,1g me to rh c Art open in g. II was ve ry, ve ry ni ce. Ve ry 1astcfull y done, :md beca use of th al I networked with .;o me oth er peo pl e th at were fr om a different co unt y :md th ey were pl eased 10 see a pe rso n of co lor v u r\ co mmi !-~ion and at the Art Show . Th ey we re coming in here fr om Denve r. Th e lad ies of Sank ofa ca me. They ,,i:.-rc vi::r y. very impressed with your art prese nrn ti on. They asked me. at th eir Art Show on Sa turday . to~· s· .t: M ~,y 10 th e Englewood An Co un ci l, as we ll as the peopl e th at were spo nsorin g it , yo u did a fa bu lous job. Co unci l Membe r Wolos yn said I will pass that along. Council Member Bradshaw sa id thank yo u Pamala . Mayo r Garren said th ank yo u very mu ch fo r sharin g those comme nt s. 8. Communicallons, Proclamations and Appointments There were no communi cati ons, proc lamati ons or appointments. 9. Consent Ag enda (a) App ro val of Ord inance s on First Reading Th ere were no .id ditional items submitted fo r app roval on fi rst reading . (Sec Age nd a Item 11 .) (b) Approv al of Ordin ancen on Second Readin g COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, AND IT WAS SECOls !>ED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AG ENDA ITF.M 9 (b) (I). (i) ORDINAN CE NO . 8, SERI ES OF 2005 (COUNC IL BILL NO . 3, INTR ODUCE D BY COUNC IL MEMBE R WO LOSYN ) AN ORDIN ANCE AUT HORI ZING fHE RE DEMPTIO N AN D SALE OF A HOUS ING REHABILITATI ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 180 SOlfrl-1 ACO MA STR EET IN THE CITY OF ENGLE WOO D. COLORADO. Vole resulls: A ye s: Counci l Members Barrcn ,ine, Moo re. Brad sh11w, G:urc11 , Wolosy n, Woodwa rd . Tomasso Nays: None Mo1io n carri ed. (c) Re so luti ons and Moti ons There we re no rcso h11i ons or molio ns sub mincd fo r app roval. 10. Public He urin g Items Ko publil' hearing wa s sc hed ul ed be fore Co uncil. I I. Ordinances, Resolulion and Molions (~) Approva l of Ordina nces on First Reading (i) Divis ion Chi ef Va nder mec prc:sc nt cd a reco mm endatio n fr om 1hc Safe ty Ser vice!! Dc p:mmcnt 10 adopt a bi ll for :1 11 ordin ance approvi ng n Memora ndum of Und crsia ndin g wi th the Sheriffs, hie1 other law c nfo rce rn cnl age ncy Di rectors who participate in the De nver Metro Aut o Theft Ta sk Force. He said the •• • • • • • •• • • • • • Engl ewoo d Cit y C01 1ncil Murrh 7, 2005 Page 3 iss ue or au1 0 th eft throughout the Denver Metro area . ha s become incre asi ngly more se vere . Las t year in Englewood alone , th ere were 45 7 :1u10 th cfl s and we ha ve n't srartcd thi s year much be tter . It is almos t a dai ly occ urren ce. What the Trsk Force is de signed 10 do. is th rough partic ipa lio n or as many ag encies 1h a1 ca n mu ster 1hc personnel and re so urces to par1icip:1 1c. it put s a cadre of indi vidua ls avai lab le 10 wo rk as a gro up througho ut the Me tro area ba sed on need . For cxu mple, if Englewood ha s a particular aut o theft problem de vel oping , we will have one detective ass igned to th e Task Force. We call upo n the other Ta sk Force members, th e)' co me out and ass ist us Jlld work 1hi s group or work the suspecl or whah.:ver 1ha 1 we may identify. in an effort to try lo slem 1hi s problem of auto th efts. The Memora ndum of Understandin g is a requirement thntjus1 all ows us to participa te le ga ll y and reap th e be nefit s of some of th e monies that arc avai lab le . This is funded through the auto ins uran ce indu slfy ... up to $8,100.00 a year in overtime reimburse men t per :ige nt ... or in thi s case it wou ld be one detec tive . Ma yf.. · Garrett asked if th ere were any questions . Coum:i l Member Woodward sai d I just wa nt to make one co mment and 1hat wou ld be that as I reca ll from a mt:et 1ng ... a Neighborhood Bl ock Cnptain s meeting at the end of last yea r, when I beli eve it wns Detective Fox th at did a presentn1ion ... he had poi nted out th at Engl ewood had th e eighth largest amo unt of car theft s in the State . So, we certai nl y aren't th e eighth largest cit y in the State. Anrt basically with that. I cert ainl y wo uld support this . COUNC IL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, ~ND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (I)· COUNCIL BILL NO. 4. COUNC IL BILL NO. 4, INTRODUCE D BY C•JUNC IL MEMBER WOODWARD A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZ,NO AN INTEROOVERNMENT AL AGREEMENT ENT ITLED : "MEMORAND UM OF UNDERST ANDINO' RELATING TO THE DE NVER METRO AUTO THEFI' TEAM BETWEEN THE PARTICIPATING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENC IES AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO TO COMB AT AUTO THEFl'S AND VEHJ CLE INSURAN CE FRAUD IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. Mayor Garrell asked if th ere was any di sc ussi on. Mayor Garrett said I do have one item on the di sc uss ion side. A friend of mine. un fon unatel y, had her veh icle stolen in Englewood . It was nm down , but the sister po li ce depnnments ac ross the way did not notify her when it wa s recovered . Wh en she recovered it fro m anot her agency, she pi cked ii up and it had paraph ernalia that she was ve ry unc omfor1nble wi1h. in her veh icle . At tha1 poi nt . she wa s able to ca ll th e detective here in Engle wood who met her at the Sa fety Se rvices building and was able 10 re move ce nai n items. So, we we re ve ry grateful th at at leas t our Police Dep:1r1men 1 is t:tking th e rcspo nsibili1y of helpin g someone lake so me contraba nd fr om a vr-hicle . Coun cil Member Toma sso said we wou ld second that. It happened 10 my wife in recoveri ng the ca r and fi ndi ng a funny white l>O\Hlcr in ii and need les and 45 ca liber holl ow poin 1s. They had recovered th e gun and I guess the qu :mti1 y of dru gs wh en they cau ght th e sus pcc1. bu t it still cos 1 S 115 .00 to get ii back fr J n1 the other Police Dcp.1r1menl as 1hey had impounded it Coun cil Mem ber \V olos yn said I gue ss the que sti on is, do these so rts ol partne rsh ips address iss ues li ke that ? Ch id V:mdermcc s:1icl ye s. working as a team. I mean . we cu rren lly have nine detective s. Those detcc1ives hundl e ... we have 200 active cases right now . We do n't have the resources or th e perso nnel to aJdrcss the auto theft is s11e . !kc i i deserv es to be add re ssed . Thi s ba sica ll y create s thi s Ta sk. Force cnvironmc n1 so th at th ose reso urce s arc av .. iiab le if we ide ntify a 1argeted group of individuals. We now have an investi ga tive gro up that can agg ressively :mack thi s prob lem. They have decoy cars . The y have nil the resources, ihc equipment and th e pe rsonnel that we nu~d . Vole res ults : Ayes : Co uncil Members Ba rrcn1in e, Moore. Brad shaw, Garre tt , Wulosy n, Woodward, Toma sso Nay s: No ne E nglewood City Co unl'il :\larch 7, 2005 P:.igc-' ~ tu t ion c,1rricd. ~1:i.yo r Ga rre ll said thank yo u \'Cf)' muc h. (ii) Se nior Pl a nn er Grah am prcscn1ed a rec ommendatio n from lh c Co mmuni1 y Dcvcl opmen1 De partme nt to ad opt a bill fo r an ord in ance pc rlaini ng to Pri va lc Ac1i vil y Bunds for homCO\\OC rship program s. Mc sai d th e rvtctro Mayors Caucus has approac hed Eng lewoud and asked wheth er we wo uld be intcrc s1cd in pani ci p:u ing in a mortgage bond progrnm , 1h:11 also pro vide s down p:1ymc111 ass istan ce to low and mod era te inco me househo lds. Thi s yea r th ey have offered to pr \'id e th is program lo En glewood res ident s wit hout ou r all oc:11ing pri vate ac 1i vi1y bond to 1hcir progra m, although 1hey certai nl y wo uld enco ura ge that also. More than three years a~o. we par1i c ipa•cd in a Metro Mayors Ca uc us Program to provid e thi !-. They did n't run !h eir program for a coupl e of the lase two years and :hey ha,•e had loans repaid . So. th e money d ,t is availab le now is, in part , re cycled money th at Englewood has co n1ribu1ed in th e pa st 10 the Metro Ma yo rs Ca uc us Progro m. More recent ly, rm the la sl lh ree yea rs, the Ci ty ha s parti cipat ed in CHFA, a single famil y mortgage program . We have typic:1 ll y mad e 1hat dec isio n in mid -s umm er befo re the September deadline . We would make 1he re co mm endati on 1his evening 1h ut we hold off on the all oc:11 ion or !he Pri va te Aclivity Bond , but m()v e forwmd to tak e advan tage of pro vidi ng these programs to En glewood re sident s th ro ugh the Metro Mayors Cauc us. Mayor G:irrc tt asked if there were any que stion s for Mr. Graham . There were none . COUNCIL MEMBER \VOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APP ROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (ii) -COUNC IL BILL NO. 5. COUNC IL BILL NO . 5, INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMB ER WOLOSYN A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTH OR IZING THE DELEGATION TO THE CIT Y AND COUNT Y OF DENVER , COLORADO THE AUT HORITY OF TH E CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF SINGLE FAM ILY HOME MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS (THE .. BONDS ") TO FI NANCE RESIDENT IAL HOUSIN G FA CILITIES FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME PERSONS AND FA~tlLIES WITHIN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO AND CERTA IN OTHER CIT IES AND COUNT IES IN TH E STATE OF CO LOR f.DO : APPROV ING SUC H BOND S AND A SINGLE FAM ILY MORTGA GE LOAN PR OG RAM : AND AUTHO RI ZING THE EXEC UTION AND DELIV ERY OF A DELEGAT ION AG REE MENT AND OTI IER DOCU MENTS IN CONN ECTION THEREWITH . Mayor Garrett asked irthcrc wa s ;my di sc uss ion. Th ere wa s none. \ 0o lc rcs ulls : ~1 01ion earned . J\ycs: Co unc il Members 8 arre n1 in r, tvluo rc. Brnd shaw . G:1rrct1 . Wolosyn, Woodward. Tomasso Nays : No11e (i11 ) Dircc1o r Gr yg lew icz prc:,c nt cd :i rcco mm cwla11o n fr om the Fin ance Departmen t to ad opt a bill for an e merge ncy ord inance approv in g a Ma ster Le;1sc r\g rccmerJ1 ct we en th e Cit y of Englewood and 1hc En glewood E1wiron men1a \ Foundati on. Inc .. whi ch repla ces :111 cxi stin : h..ase for th e purcha se of th e Englewood Ci\•ic Cente r and ,educe s the agg rcg:nc pay mc11 1s made by th e cit y. Mc said esse ntiall y what we are doin g is we :1rc rcdo in g the ma slcr le:1se bct ,,ccn !he Cit y of Englewood and the Englewood Enviro nmc111a\ Foundati on to refinan ce the cxi s1ing CO Ps. Es3c n1i :1ll y, what !hey p:1id fo r was the remode lin g of th e Ci vic Cc nl cr a nd th e surrou nt.ing area. •• • • • I wo ul d like to po int out tha t !hi s :1 :, an eme rge ncy ordinan ce . so we can sell as quickl y as poss ible so we d1n'1 have • 10 worry :1bou1 Ouc1u:i 1io ns in interes t mies dur ing th e rcfo rcndum pe ri od. We arc go in g 10 1ake 1he intc rc s1 savi ngs up fr ont on 1hi s. Esse ntia ll y. payment s will stay at th e sam e level. but the term uf 1he lease is th e sume, i1 is not ex te nd ed. I just \\:mt cd to c brify th a1. I had se nt a memo 10 Cou ncil and 1ha1 wa sn·t co mpl etely clear . 13ut as I • said, th ere wi ll be a um: tim e savin gs on th is, whic h will be rc :,l izc d in 2006 . ~1 :•yor Gar rett asked 1f th en· were any qu es1iu n:, for ti.fr. Grn;lcwic z. Th crc were none. •• • • • • • Engll'woo d Cil y Co uncil Ma rc h 71 2005 Page 5 COUNC IL MEM II ER WOLOSY 'MOVED , AN D IT WA S SECON DED, TO APPROVE AGEN DA ITEM 11 (11) (iii ) -COUNC Ii . UILL NO. 6. C:OUN CIL .c lLL 110. 6. INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER WOLOSYN A BILL I-''.: AN ORD INANCE OF Tl-IF CITY OF ENGLEWOOD COLOR ADO AUTI-IORl :.'.ING AND APPROVING A MASTER I CASE PUR CHAS E AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ENG LEWOO D EN \ !R<i NMEN TAL FOUNDAT ION, INC ., WHI CH REPLA CES AN EX ISTING LEASE FOR Tl-IE PUR CHAS E vr i H' ENGLE WOOD CIVI C CENTE R SITE AND REDUCES THE AGGREGATE RENTAL PAYM E . rs l,:A''~ BY THE CIT Y FO R SUC H PURPOSE ; ACKNO WLEDGING DOCUMENTS EFFh( TI:-10 Tl-IE RE FlJNnING OF CERT IFICATES 0~ PARTICIPATION SER IES 1998 . AND ISSUANCE OF CF''li~ LAI'\.'• Or PART ICIPAT ION, SER IES 2005, IVI-II CH EVIDENCE INTE RESTS IN THE RIGHT TO Rt,:EIVE LL~TAIN REVENUES PAYABLE BY THE CITY UNDER TI-IE MASTER LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT; PROVIDI NG DETA ILS AND AUTHORIZING AN D APPROVING RELATED DOC UMENTAT ION IN CONNECT ION \VITI-I SUC H LEA SE -P URCHASE REFUND IN G; AND DEC LAR ING • EMERGENCY . Mayo r G1rrett asked if there was any di sc ussio n. There wa s none. Vole res ults: (b) A yes: Nays : Co unci l Members Barrentine. Moore, Bradshaw , Garrett, Wolosy n, Woodward , Toma sso No ne Approval of Ordinance s on Seco nd Reading There were no addilio nal items subm itted for approval on seco nd read ing. (See Agenda It em 9 ~ Conse nt Agenda.) (r Resoluti ons a nd Malians There\\ ''-10 resoluti ons or moti ons submi tted for approva l. 12 General Discussion (a) Ma yor's Choice (i) Ma yo r Garre tt sai d a co upl e of us were at 1he ded ication of th e new oulj)a ti cn t sur ica \ fa cil ity. whi ch is on the site of our old City Hall , on Frid ay ni ght. It was a we ll att ended af'Ji r. There we re a lot of peopl e that o.ttcnded. The on ly thin g the y fa il ed to prm•ide wa s a microphone, so it mad e !he people who were speaking have to sc ream and shou t fair ly louU 10 even be close to being heard . Bui . ii is a beau ti ful bui!ding. You know we had the wa lk 1hrough :,bout :1 mont h or so ago and it is just rea ll y a wonde rfu l fa cili1y . I 1hink it is a nice addi 1ion for our com munit y. (b) Co un cil Members· Choice (i) uuncil Member llarren1 :ne : I. She said l ha ven·1 done a proclamatio n before. but I had asked duri ng tti -:. St ud y Se ss ion if we cou ld go ahead a nd honor o boy who is ge llin g hi s Eag le Scout awa rd wi th a projec t th at he has done with Englewood. Mayor Garre ll said we co uld bri ng it forwar d two weeks fr om today . Ms. Barrentine sai d okay, that would be fine . 2. She said I wa nt 10 thank Na nc1 t}etcrson and also Perr y Schellpfeffe r fo r 1he Neighborhood Wat ch meeting . He did ti good prcsent.lti on on Iden ti fy Thef1. .. so rnc1hing tha t I have experienced personall y. I appreciated them . They always put on a very nice progrnm and it was a ni ce dinner by Coun tr y Duffel. Englewood Cit y Council !\l a rch 7, 2005 Page 6 3. She s.1id t wo week s ago lh e Keep Eng le wood Oca u1iful Co mmi ss ion cam e 10 Cit )' Co un ci l and asked 1hat th cy ch:mge 1he sco pe o f th eir foc us and whnt 1heir Board would clo. l'he y had parti ci pated in a IOI o f fund rai sing effo rts pre vio usly and wan ted to ch ange their foc us and el imi nate all but o ne 'J f th ose eve nt s and no t partic ipate in an yth in g. I asked :11 that tim e if I co uld put toge 1hi.:r a gm ur o f peopl e that we ,vo uld n't be. in an yway, interfering with any projects th at they mi ght be doing . Th i.:y said th at th at wo ul d be line . So I ha ve fo rmed :moth er co mm ince th at is totall y separa: ... f, 1111 Keep En glewood Be autiful. Thi s is j ust a sc p,.1ra1e dea l. Thi s is a fund rai sing co mm ittee . I !a ll; :t! !..) Je rre ll Black with the Rec reati on Dep artme nt and also lalked to Ga ry Sears and let him l,.now that Jerrell ha)! a~re~d to provide us with a swrr li aiso n. I always enj oy th e o pportunit y anylim c I can rnlk IO u lot of pe o ple in the comm,.m ity. One o f the th ings that re ull y bro ughl thi s home was the o pportuuit y that Mi chae l Munds brou ght here in rai si ng money fo r th e tsunami victim s. And ma ve ry short period of lime , as a hi gh school student in thi s com munit y, rni scd ov~r $5,000 .00 . My so n and I had a lot of fun participating in th nt. We wo rked on the previous ra ce . I have see n thi s co mmunit y rea ll y come forward and participat e ard enj oy thi s co mmuni ty. But ma ybe with a liulc b11 of focu !: and a littl e bit diffe re nt lead ership . we co uld get a v,ab le group of peo ple who wou ld be willin g to part ici pace in cvc.nts and raise mo ne y fo r 1his co mmunit y agai n. So. I :•tart ed ca llin g peo ple and I have :i gro up nnd wou ld lik e to let yo u know who is on the Com mittee so fa r. thal is Am . l~u bho lz. Da vid Brcre1on, Jac kie Edw:tJds. Reg gie MacL aren , Doroth y Martin ez , Jon Cook , Robyn VranDerLees t. Jim Higda y. Doug Coh n. Anna Ma ri e Kratzer. Pa ul a Sparacino and Daryl Este s. And then I ha ve so me comm ilm ent for so me pa rHimc work from so me other peo ple . Unforlunatcly. I have o nl y had two weeks so for . so we arc tryin g to ge t a group 1ogether. If there arc an)' peo ple who wou ld like to be involved in thi s, please fo ci free 10 co ntact me . Fortunately, there has be en an eve n! that ha s go ne on for the last thirteen years that Keep Eng lewood Be au1 iful decided no 1 to do and th al is o ur go lf tou rnament. So , that wo uld be the fir st fund mi ser that we are going to go ahead and purs·1c since that was already starred . Lik e I said, if 1nybody is in1 cres1cd , ju st let me kno w. Also, we already have a co mmitm ent of S 1.000 .00. So like I said , if anybod y is int erested, plea se contact me and we will ha ve some fun rai sing so me money fo r so me worth whil e event s. Thnnk yc ..i . (ii) Co uncil Mr 1nbe r Brndshaw said I had n ph o ne ca ll fro m G:1briel All en today and she is with the America n Ca ~er Soc iety. Th ey are lookin g 11 1 doing ... it is not a ra ce fo r the cure, bu t it is 11 cancer wnlk . It is a 4" ho ur ce lcbra1i on for the sur \'ivo rs of ca ncer ... a ll types of ca nc er. It looks like they will be hos ting thal at Bellc1J1ew Park o n August 20lh and 21}1 with Jem:!I Black and Dave Lee's help . So. I wi ll get more info rmati on, but she would like to co me :md talk 10 Co uncil nl" fuu :re Stud y Sess ion. So. I dire cted her 10 ca ll Sue Drn , 'shaw and have Sue set th at up . Ms. Brad sha w sa id there we re so me iss ue s ... th ey we re tryin g 10 ge t th e High Schou !, but the)' were turned down. I think th is wi ll be a real worthwhi le event and Lois Hjclm s1ead, one o f our citizens who is a we ll kn own au thor o f boo ks o n ca nc,~r sur vivors will be the gues t spea ker at th e eve nt. It is an overnight 1eam eve nt . ii wi ll last 48 hour s, be ca use cancer doesn't quit over nig hl. his re:ill y powe rful. Ma yor Garrett sai d how docs 1ha1 imp :ic 1 a neig hbo rhood, if it is going :ill ni ght ? Ms. Brad shaw said that is Dave Lee 's iss ue a nd he is wor king on i1. (iii) Co uncil Me mbe r Woodward: I. He snid I also a11<·nded the Nc ighbor ht>vd Watch Bl oc k Ca ptai ns meeting and I wo uld like 10 nlso thank Dctei.:1i vc Schellp fc ffer and al so wa n! 10 ack nowledge L:t uren for stand ing up and shar ing her ex peri ence at that mee tin g. 2. He ~;11d To m 111cn1 io nc d to me to ni ght that En glewood Sc hoo ls hnd turn cd in th eir fund s fo r the tsun ami relief 1111d 1hey had rai sed nlmos l $6,000.00 . So , co ngra tu lati ons to th em and th e gro up at lh c Mi gh School who headed 1hat up . (i v) Co un i.:i l ~'lcrn be r Wul usy n: I . She said th e Englewood Sch oo ls Annu al Art Show wi ll be held on Marc h IO th fr om 4 to 6 p.m. The y work wi th the Lib rar )• an d han g cl.tldrcn's art fr o m across th e co mmunily :ill o,cr the Library . I enco ura ge cverybod )', if yo u can'1 go to the o penin g. to vis il that in 1hc nex t mo nth . I'm reall y nut sur e of th e len glh of tim e th e ar t will be Ji spla ycd . 2. She s.ii d Mardi 10th • I 1hi nk Thur sda y 1hrough S:11 urda y, 1s lh e Libra ry's Ooo k Sa le whi ch is nlw;t):. a grcal C\'enl. My hu sban d and I love 11. •• • • • • • •• • • • • • Englewood C it y Co unci l i\tarch 7, 2005 Page 7 3. She sai d I would ;Il sa lik e 10 1ha nk La uren fo r go in g :i hcad with thi s non.pro fit co mm iucc. As I und crsland it. thi s money will gu 1uwar d!. the s. 11c ~rog ra ms 1ha1 KEB has. Ms. Ba rrcntinr s:1id th :u has not ye t bc1,. .1 dcd dcd r..,· thi s co mmiu ce. I just sai d 1h;,1 \H .•.ere not assoc iated wi1h Kee p Englewood Bcn utiful an y1:1orc and that this \ • .&~ n sc p:1rutc fund ra ising co mniht ... c ! will leave th at up 10 1}1em to de<..·idc and we ha ve n't had a chance to mcc l ye 1. Ms. Wolosy n said okny I rn is under stooc.l . I would like to S:\)' th at tl.c membe rs of KEB :ire very har r! ;,,ork1 ng nnd th ey did not t.J ccid c 10 dr,1!, th ei r work. They deci ded to refoc us o n a new fund ra iser. not o n new ~rej ects to which they are dedi cated. Tw o yea rs ago they all worked on th e 2002 Co mp rehensive Plan a nd j ust like ev er y othe r cc . .-.mi ssio n th lll is assoc iat ed with the Co mp Pi nn ... a segme nt or it. For in sta nce ACE and the busii.1c ss .:..::tion ... th t!y are go in g tu look at it and tr y 10 come up wi th an imp lemeniati on plan. I 1hi nk 1hat i·, one or the rea ll y l'":<c itin g thi ngs 1ha1 we !":-~, ',d1t:n we par1i cipa 1e on th e Co mmi ss ion lcvel. .. the adv isory lcvel...;s loo k at how to i .. iple ncn , these very amt.;, us and visionary pla ns tlmt we all hel p make . I just w:rnt cd to make su1 e to note th at I thin k th e members of KEH me hard wo rking and I ap precia te wlrn1 th ey do fo r the Commi ssion and 1h1.· co mmu nit y. ',f s Barre ntine sai d I want to cla ri fy lh at I in m, way di spara ged any of the work they did . As a m,111er of fa ct, I thought I gave due re spe ct to the fo ct th at they deci ded 10 take another course and left an openin g, an ava ibbili ty fo r some tli ing else to hap pen here. so I nev er disparage d any of th eir work . I am not criti cizing their change in iirection e11h ... ;. 13. Cit y l\fo nugc r 's Re port (a) Cit )' Man age r Sears sai d I have incl uded, in th e Counci l pac ket th is e venin g, a repo rt tha t I had nskcd Pub lil.: Safc1 y Direc1or Chri s Ol so n to put toget her . He has so me additi ona l auac hm ents in lh i!t ;c;,ort and it is in res pon se 10 the Unio n attorn ey th at wa s here at the Ins t mee ting lwo week s ago. where he expressed a concern of th e offi cers in the Police Division regardin g no co nfid en ce fo r the work of Chri s Ol so n. In th at prese Natio n. there we re three ite ms he id entifi ed. One being th e 800 megahertz rad io sys tem, th e second one bei ng the computer assisted dispatch and ba sica ll y dead spo ts wit hin 1he sys tem ... es pccia ll y with the use of th e mobile lap top comp uters ... and thi rd, th e lack of po lice un ifo rmed serv ice burea u staffing , 10 ma ke up the 36 po lice perso nn el on a co nti nua l basis. I hnve revi ewed !h e report Chri s put together. I think tha t I have confi dence in both Chr is' work and 1he work of th e co mm and sin ff. I th ink tha t certainly these item s are ve ry importa nt and se ri o us 10 th e safety of our po lice offi ce rs and to th e safet y of lhe pu bli c. so I app reciate. agai n, th e work that was done by Chri s and his Sla ff in address ing these iss ues. I could go int o det ail on th e specifi cs . but I gue ss I jusl ha ve a coup le of ge neral co mm e nt s and then if Co uncil has qu esti ons of me, I wi ll try to respond to the qucs1ions or Chri s is here and he can re spo nd or di rect his staff to res pond. Bu t primaril y. I know th e radi o sys tem has been a co nce rn . I know th at il has be en worked at for qui te awh ile ... th e 800 me gahert z radi o sys tem. And I know that due 10 Chris' effo rts and hi s sta ff, we were :1blc lo ga rn er federa l fu nds 10 pay for this ve ry expensive sys1em. I know it has bee n on order , bu t ag.i in. with Federa l Homeland Securit y fu ndin g, there are a lot of issue s as soci ated wi th gelli ng th :u here and dealin g with th e fi rst responder types of fon din g. I don't kn ow. :ts Chri s all ude s to. whether it will solve th e proble ms. but ii ce rtai nl y is an up grad e that h:1s bee n looked at ;md I apprecia te th e fa ct th at the issue was rai sed and th at we are co nti nuin g IO work toward the impl eme nt ation with Tr ina Eve rhart. Seco nd ly I th ink that Chri s has id entifi ed th e iss ur.: wi1h the dea d spots. I don't qui1 e und erstand all the details there. but I know th.cl both Chr is and Trina can respo nd to those and I think 1ha1 these are iss ues. In my 34 years of experience with fi ve differe nt ci1ics thro ughout Co lorado. 1ha t there h:i s always bee n so me di ffi c ult y w11h h:mdhcld rad ios and I thin k th ey arc a conce rn of Polic e Dt!p:1r1111cnt s. Plu s. as we im plemc nl and move tow:ird bcucr info rmation tec hn ology. as 1hc Council has see ,, in the p:i st. we arc ho ping th :11 1hi s imegra tion will m:t kc thi ngs hap pen. I am ple ased \\'Ith the work of Chris a nd Trina 1,, trv 1, p!.l t toge ther a sys te m. under Jeff S:mchcz· and Dick Pcta u·s lc:td crship . to 1ry 10 int eg rat e th eir sys tem in to our infor matio n techn ology . We put a lot of money int o th at and I think it is ab solut ely criti ca l that we co nti nue 10 work toward resolving those 1:.s ut!s. The th ird iss ue that wn s id enti fie d by Mr. l3run o at the meelin g was the FfE ull oc ati on. I think . again . Jo hn Collin s has listed good in fo rma tion :ibo u1 that. l know certain ly the Commnnd Staff, fr om Chris, to To m. to Jeff and to the scrge:mt s that they have stru gglr.:d wi 1h our bud ge tary shortfa ll m•er the last co up le of yea rs. And ye ,. I kn ow fo r a fa c1, beca use I am in to uch with th e m on a daily basis, 1h:11 the s:t fcty of our offi cr.rs in havin g adequa te manpower for si1u ations. is at th e fo refr ont. I know th e Co uncil has certainly mad e that a poi nt at our bud ge tar y sessio ns and th ere have bee n severn l mee tin gs where Ch ri s and his Co mmand Staff ha ve either asked for . or pu t back v n. ce rt ai n positions. l3u t we. like eve ry oth er commun ity in 1he metro area. ha ve gone th ro ugh so me difficu ll ti mes ove r 1he last co upl e of years. And. perhaps so me of o ur offi ce rs. who are looking al doing thin gs we ll. do have some conce rn s th at we. I think. have tried to dea l wit h in :1dcl i1ion 10 th e fa ct that we had to balan ce the bud gel :md de al with th e rest of the opera tions of 1hc commu nity. In essence. aga in I th ink that the rcpc,ri dea ls with th ose three area s. I would like 10 note 1ha1 Chris and the Co mm and St aff Jre re vi ewin g. upd ating Englewood C ity Council March 7, 2005 Pugc 8 and fo rm:min g th e Poli ce Di vision Admini s1r:ui vc Poliq • Manual. An d accordin g 10 this. I beli eve 1ha 1 to be th e case. Th e Police Bene fit Assoc iati on Ex ec uti ve Board has bee n an active part of thi s proc ess. Aga in , I wa111 to t:n c0 ura gc them to sta y in vo lved. Se co ndl y. I have asked Chris 10 work with th e ChicfO ffo.:c rs throu ghout 1he Stale of Color ado 10 wo rk th ro ugh an acc rcdilati on proce ss that I think is importa nt for thi s co mmunit y 10 ha ve and fo r the Police Di vision to ha ve and I think th a1 is well un der w:iy . So ag.iin , I jusl wa med to summ ari ze whal I thi nk Chri s has prese nted to me and I ha ve prov id ed :1 cover lcu er. I will be happy 10 respond to :my que sti ons or c,,nce rns th at Co un cil may ha ve or if th ey would lik e 10 have further information from Chris ... th at wo uld be fin e u.:,). Cc lmcil Member Barre111 inc sniJ I wa nted to know if you were provi ded wi th th e oth er 23 issue s? Ci1 y Manager Sear s said I wa s not. I was not given those 23 . Ms. Ba rrenti ne said I wasn't either, so I didn '1 kn ow if1h ey had bee n pres ent ed in any form . Mr . Sears sai d my und erstanding wa s lhat Chri s may have tak en a look at th ose, but I did not ask fo r tho se and I gue ss my fe eling was th at I wanted 10 stay wi th th r. for mal in !Or mati on th al was presc n1 cd thnt eve nin g. I'm rece pti ve to taki ng a look at th ose but you know. l jus1 want to say that th ere are co ncerns th rou gho u1 1hc organ iz ati on wi1h 01hcr depa 1tme n1s and 1ha1 is an ongoing si tu ation whe n you have ove r 500 cmpl oye,~s and u $3 6 mill io n bud get. Ms. l3nrrenline said I am on ly goi ng fr om the comm ent s he mad e thar n•ght, tha1 he w.-s going tn pro vide that , th at is nOI up to Chri s to prov id e somebody else comp laint s or to presen ... ,"ll, but I didn't kn ow wheth er th ey had fo ll owed through on th at ... and if th ey ha ve n'!, tha1 is fine. Mr . Sea rs sa id su,e, I was neve r provided that. Th ey neve r mad e contac t with me nor pre sented th ose. Th ank yo u. •• • Co uncil Member Brad shaw sa id Chri s did yo u receive th ose? Director Olson sa id th ey never forma ll y pre sen ted them to us. It too k a Im of wrangling fr om within 1he orga ni za tion to even try 10 find out what th ey we re. So th nt is why I never pre sented th em to Mr . Scars, because they just did not co me 10 me in a formal process . ll was so met hing th ey sat r,n. ~1'hey didn't men ti on them th at ni ght . oth er 1han sup posed ly th ere was anot her \i sl out • th cre ... but I've see n it. The fo rm i was presente d in ... I wo uld be a little em barrassed to presen t it to you, bec au se it was n'I very we ll wri11cn. It w:i s :i compilat ion of. apparc ml y. indi vidua l compl aint s from a vari ety of people . A lot of it was ba sed on a pretty hig h degree of la ck of knowledge and informati on as to whal is rea ll y go in g on. So , I • don't think ii is a doc um e nt that wo uld be something formally presented to yo u. Aga in , it was 1101 fo rmally presented to us ei ther, interna ll y. Ma yor Garre tt said arc there any mher questi ons by Cmmci l? Co un cil Member Woodwnrd said my questi on wo uld be. do we have any id ea when the 800 mega he rt z radios will be in opera ti on? Dirccto:· Olson s:ii d I do ha ve Trin a Everhart here who is my Resea rch and Tec hnology Manager and she ha s been working direc tl y wi th this . Would i1 be all ri ght to have her come up for a co upl e of minutes 10 explain th at? It is a very involved proce ss. He said wh il e she is co min g up , if I could inrcrjcct. .. the c um:nt system that we are on, a very hi gh frequen cy sys tem, has been in use in Eng lewood for probably 40-50 years. Now, of cour se, we arc :1hvays co nsta ntl y up grading i1 . but tha t system is not so meth ing that wi ll just di sap 1>ea r. We are go in g to kee p that sys tem as a b.id:-up sy s1cm. And I just fo un d out today th :n Boulder is nol going to 800 mega hcn z. The y are kee ping th eir VHF sys tem for th eir police department th ere. beca use il work s much bc ll cr in th at cnvironmcm than the.: 800 will . Research and Tcc hnolo&y Manager Evc rh:1rt sa id the SOO 's ... my understandin g is !h at the final approval of the co ntr:i c1 wa s supp ose d to lake plac e today . Thi s is the lat est word th at I have from Motoro la. who is th e ve nd or. After 1ha1 cquipmc nl arri ves hcrc ... l am hop in g th at wi ll be within th e nex t 3-4 wcck s ... it will go 10 Ara pah oe Count y Sheriff. T here arc four idcn1ificd c111i 1ics th at prog ram th e ra dios for the 800 system. Th ey arc one of th em and the cl oses t. We ha ve an agree ment wit h them. The y wi ll be program med and whil e th at is bein g done. th e cquipm e nt ... whi ch arc th e dispatdt co nsoles and th e infrn struc1urc, th e ba ckbone , whi ch wi ll be in th e buc k roo m. if yo u wi ll , to run th e sys tem here. in Englcwood ... will be pu l in place 100. I hate to venture :md givr. yo u an cxuc t date ... ( wou ld tar ge t mid -s ummer 10 have th at comp leted, up and runni ng and implc ,11e111ed . There is so me fine tunin g 1h at will ta ke place aft er th at , but if I wa s pressed to give you a lim cfram c. th at is what I'm hop ing fo r. Co un ci l Member Woodward said ii so und s like it wi ll be F:111 when so methin g will be in pla ce. Ms . Evc rh an said we should be in good sha pe, I wo ul d hope, by Fa ll. Council Memb er Toma sso said arc the problem s with th e 800 sys 1cm menti oned in here? Ms. Evcrlmrt said origina ll y when th e State started the 800 mcga hcrt z sys tem, th ere we re some iss ue s. As ii ha s go ne on ;rnd been de vcl opccl by the Slate and entitie s, ii has 1rnpro \1ed. The 800 megahert z sys1cm. in co mpar iso n to our VHF sys tem, • • •• • • • • • Euglcwood Cily Coundl March 7, 2005 P:1 gc 9 is a more direc t line o f sight sys 1rrn . ..-:h ere arc snmc Qth cr in1crfcrcn ce fa ctors . For in stance, rtms ul lud cd to iss ues in Bo uld er. Th ey wo 1 t he swu,.:h il.J t t!•c 800 be cau se o f lh cir tenain . The 01hcr iss m: th:ll co mes up with the 00 is wha t they c:1II maki: l.lU S} • l'h:H 1~ '\'l,Jt yo u experience on yo ur cd\ pho ne when yo u gu 10 m 11I....: :1 call and th e circ uit s arc bu '-y r: •'ll\' nf 11 ~:pcatc r sil cs. from lim e to ti me. ,,iii lJ \'t rl oad and there will be tlmt s e r-011(1 where yo u c:i n't gc1 ·• t.",• 1 .. Jt.1 f ho!>c arc 1he 1,,0 issue-;,, uh th e 800 tha t we sec . One o f th e ben efm •~I •11c i;w l!I urnt it is bein g 1,.,,1. •JI ',1'-'1.: ~. 11 1he Sia tc . we have inter-o perab il ity wi th the maJority of th e Sta le c nl itics. You ca n :Il sa hav e an uffi. c1 ,i. ~ 1u:,1dc o ur jun sdi c:11011 and have <.·ove ra ge as far as Gra nd Jun ction. Montrose or dow n in th e snu 1hcrn :>a n 1.11 1 .. i1.11e S1 , th u)C arc 1he benefit s. It ce rrnin ly is a s1e p forwa rd in th e radio lcc hnology . Co un ci l Member Barrentine m id how man y co mmunitie s ri lread y huve th is syste m in pince? Ms. Everhart said I believe , 1he last I he ard , 1hcrr; arc I 68 cntit ii.:s wilhin th ,: Stat e that have the 800 ta tc sys tem that we will be joining. Ms. Barrentine said thai yo•J will bcjoining ... so the y already have th em workin r ! Ms. Everhart said yes. Mn ~or Garrett said :ire tl1 cre an y que sti o ns? Counci l Mem be r Barre ntine s;iid is that in co nju nction with th e Ho me land Security in order 10 get eve rybod y on 1hc s:1me thin g so that th ey ca n comnmnica1e wi th each o th er? Wa s lhat why it was slarted? Ms . Everhart said the Slate sys tem started pri or to 9/ I t . The I 1omeland Security grant that we we re fo rtunate to ge 1 to pay for th e Firs1 Respo nder. came out of the 9/11 . One of 1he prio riti es for !hat. th ey call it UAS I Communication Co mmittee , was to gel all th e First Responders in the S1a1c 10 s1rcc 1 covcrngc lev el of the 800 's fo r ino pcrabi lity . Council Me mber Wolosyn said thi s is probably just the sa me . bu1 there was an art icle in the Denver Post a couple of mo nth s ago. about how all of the rad io sys tems in the S1a1e are havin g tro uble mesh in g. Wi1h this o ne, will we ha\'c the mos t cove rage with other muni cipa liti es that we co uld of any? Ms . Everhart said yes. thi s sys tem th;ll we nrc go ing to join ... th e State 800 Sy stem ... ha s the largest memb ership. if yo u will. Denver o perates o n what they ca ll a MaCom sys tem and so docs Au ro ra. Those are two of the large st tho.I arc not o n the sys tem . but 1he majo rity o f the Stntc arc on 1hc wh;1t 1hcy call 1he CCNC State system. But , Ms. Wolosyn sa id, cnn we co mmunicat e wit h o ur radios wi1h the two o f them ? Ms . Eve rh art so.id no . th ey nre diffc 1ent. They arc differe nt entities. There is technology tha t we :i re all wo rkin g on, that would tic tho se systems toge th er. Den ver has been pretty successfu l with 1cs1ing a sys tem like tha1. so it is in the ver y near future that th e different sys tems wo uld be 1ied 1ogcthcr inn diffcre n1 manner. Ms. Wolosyn said thank yo u. Counci l Me mber Woodward said I have a que sti on regarding the MOT's and 1hosc logg ing o ff. You say th at the use rs do no t log o ul of th e co mp uter pro perl y. which ca uses th e unit to loc k up . Is th ere some way that it ca n be sci up so that ca n be ;11oidi.:d? Wh ere th ey have to log o ut or that the informat io n can be sa\'cd ? And I am askin g th at que sti on as I parti cipated in a ri de-along bac k in Oc tob er or Nove mber and the offic er I wa s with c:tper ien ced that. I believe tha t is wh.:11 h.1ppcn cd wi 1h his co mpute r. It loc ked up and later in the e venin g he had to input all !he informa ti on thal he had input up 10 1ha1 point. It so und s like "hat yo u arc sayi ng here is that it is a user erro r in log gi ng o ut or 1f 1hi.: \'Chicle is shut down. th e co mput er sh ut s down . Is there :i w:i y th :11 we c;m back that up or have a back up ballcry powc , so that type of thing does n't happen? Ms. Ever hart s.iid there arc 1hrcc iss ue s that occ ur . The iss ue 1h:1t I believe yuu .u c referrin g to, where th ey !.ometimc s lose darn. is ac tuall y due to a )Oft ware package that th ey us,·' 1ypc th eir rcpo rl s. The r-..tDT's wc ri.: upgrad ed :1bou1 1wo year s ago . They h:1ve more memory . but in o rd er 10 add,, 11: t situati o n what we are doing is periodica ll y we go 0 111 a nd clear th e mem ory o f th os e unit s so th at doesn't o, 1r at lea st with le ss fr equc nl·y. The other issue that '\'C expe ri enced wi th no1 lo~gi ng ou t pro per ly is. c urrentl y.\\. .c nut running on the batte ry fr om th e car. Once !he ca r is shut down. the MOT's po we r is dow n. Thi s iss ue is go in g to be address i.:d with th e new ve hicl es With so me of the powe r savi ng de vice s that arc going 10 be use d o n th e new vi.:hicl cs comin g in. 1hi) shouldn 't be nn iss ue and what we ca n do is sci th e MOT's so that the y wi ll run for a peri od or time a nd not ju st shu t do wn . So . if th e officer needs to exit the vehicle. it wo n'! be s~,ut down. And the third is j ust ;1 user error. Th e offi ce rs arc bu sy and so me1ime!-. don·1 have th e time to log out pro pe rl y and that will loc k it up . In 1ryin g 10 addre ss that :ts well, we arc go in g to be providin g MDT traini ng. We ha vl.' ni.:w o ffice rs and a rd ri.:s hi.:r fo r e"eryoni: is al wnys :1 goo d op ti on as wel l. We :ire tr yi ng to ad dress those iss ue s so th al the offi cers can co ncc ntra1 c on "hat th ey need to do,111 the slrce t ... nol ha vi ng 10 worry abo ut thei r d:11a in th e ~1DT's. Eni;ll'\\OOd Cit y Co un cil ~l a rd1 7, 2005 Page 10 Co uncil Me mbe r Barrent ine s;1id that is 1he sysh:m 1ha1 all ows th em 10 go ahead and do th eir re po rl s on 1hc comp u1 cr sys tem in 1hcir vc h1t"!;:? Ms. Evc1har1 said currentl y 1111.:y can type their report s in th e \'C hicle . We :ire mo, ing towards obt:1111 111& :m ' 11nplc 111cnting fi eld repo rt ing. 1hcn th e pro blem of losin g dala is mmi sc:ule . II saw s it to the MLJT whil e it 's :il so ·~:1 11:-i mittin g it liack IO a serv er. And so. it even doubl e check s it self. that it ha s recei ved e,crythin g be fo re it d imin :1k·• ,1nythin g on th e h:1rdware . So . we are moving towards the ac tual wirel ess fi eld re po rtin g fo r th e offi:e rs. ~•t s. Uarre ntin r.: said do you know how many mhcr po lice de pa rt men ts ha ve tlu11 ? Ms. E,·erhart said I ca n't give ,·ou a number off the top of my head . Ms. Barrentin e said I did a ride-al ong wi th Lit1 le1 011 and the y arc ,•cry jea lous of U:t lha t we ha ve th at capabi lit y. so I was just wonderin g. Linlet on is a littl e bi t bigger city. Ms. E\'crhart s~•id 11 1\,1 uf agencii..:s do, bu 1 I co uldn 't ;;ive yo u a nu mber. Ms. llarrcntine said a!I right. !ha nks. Co un cil Membe r Wood war., said I thmk . like most 1cchnology. it is i;rcat when ii is workin l Ms. Everhart said lik e an y ma chine. Direc lor Olso n said jusl somt! addi 1ional informati on. I ·1p prcciatc Mr . Scars thankin g me fo r gett in g thi s money from Homelan d Sec uri ty fo r 1h is SOO me g:1hcr1 z, bu 1 quir•; hones1l y, :twas Manager Everhart 1h a1 did the vast bu lk of all the detailed leg work and the rc:1 1ly signifi c:ml coo pera ti on with Denver and 23 other jurisdicti ons aro und us to gel us up on top of th e priorit y lis1 to get thi s funding . So, a lot of th e co ngra tul atic"n s should go to her for thi s. It is an unending task, bu t :i gain I appreci11te her comm en ts 1ha1 she jusl mad e to you ri ght now. t-.fa yor Ga rrett sa id thank you very much . Ms. Eve rh art sa id th ank yo u. Mayor Garrell said arc th ere any ot her questi ons fo r Cit y Manage r Scars ? Coun cil Member Woodward sai d I guess I j u.!.. have one qu es1i on rega rdin g pol ice morale ri gh 1 now . Wh ere do we sec it and how can we. as a Co uncil. ass isl if need be . in promoti ng beue r mora le iflhat is a problem ? Director Ol so n said I wo uld like 10 make a 1.:omment on th at. Id entifyi ng mora le. how to measure it, and what to do abo ul it, is an ongoin g. forever, prob lem . Ge nera ll y th ere is 100 per ce nt mora le when you ge t a pa y rai se. when you get so me new toy s, whe n you ge1 an as signmen t yo u really like, when you ge t a promoti on ... 1hen yo u are rea ll y up there . But 10 me:1~ure morale is alw:1y s somet hing difficult. I alwa ys go back and say, mora le is almost an indi vid ual 1ypc of . sim:11ion. And I would say fr om a Council perspective. what you should look at. .. if you start seei ng a degrad:11i .-.n of service s out the re . th :u 1s when I wan t to know about ii and I want my command staff to kno w about it. be cau se th en we know we ha\'c a si gnifi ca nt mora le problem. If yo u still feel like you arc gelli ng good se r\'icc and the cit ize ns seem 10 be ha ppy wi1h th at, th en I wo ul d say mora le is oka y and th en it goes b:1ck to 01h cr iss ues, w:1ich hope fu ll y 1he offi cers will addre ss wuh us int ern all y ... such as pay . ass ignm en ts. special ass ignment s and j11s1 a varie ty of thi ngs li ke th at. But the bouom line fa c1or is what are they doin g for th e commun i1y and arc they doin g it a pp ro pr iatel y and in th e fa shi on 1ha1 we cxpect...th at is the mea surement. Cit y Mana ge r Scars s:1i d I th ink Chri s addre ssed that fro m hi s si de. I don't know if th ere is a magic wand out th ere . Ce rtai nly I 1h in k 1hey have expres se d fru s1ra1ion and 1.:onccrn s. espec iall y 10 t:1kc a vo le. I don'1 know if I reall y h;1vc an an swer fo r whc 1c we arc :11 . I think strm.·rnra ll y. 1hc City Counci l basica ll y put~ their res ponsibilit y on to the Ci1 y Mana ge r. II is in a public crw1ronmc n1 here , we arc in a puh lic se ttin g. so ii is :1 li ttl e different say tha n a corpo n ti on where you c:m kind of de:11 wit h th ings on a more info rmal basis. You know al so wi1hin th e stru cture , we've got co mmand peo ple who ar c there and yo u know turn over is go ing 10 be an iss ue that is goin g 10 happe n. Plu s, we do have th re e bar gainin g unit s with differcnl att orney s :111d different w:1,. •f loo king at th in gs . I wi sh the re ,,cre one an~wcr tn th :i; :rnd I know th at is 1101 prn bahly where you arc at . I 1hin k th at. t·crt :unl y. ha ving an orga nizati on tha t li sten s 111 th e indi vidu al s and tri es In put that in 1•, a for mat wit hin thi; publi c se ll ing fi sh bo wl. is probab ly reall y one nf th e onl y th in gs you ca n do. • • • • Counci l Me mber Wolosy •, s::id thi s is a sm:111 thin g. but I feel Lha 1 I hav e 10 say it. When we 1a\k abo ut if morale • :ind pc rfo rmun ce arc rel :11 1.:d ... in th e lasl co uple of weeks 1herc wa s :1 small ... a ve ry small thi ng ... :t gar,1ge door was open in !he house nex t tu u~ :m<~ the ma n :JC ross th e stree t re port ed it. My hu sband is supp osed lo UC w:11chin g the • ho use nex t to us and we di dn 't loo k in the all ey. Lut we found uut later that 1wo poli ce men had c.,me out and wer e ver y. ver y co nce rned and went in and shut the door. So. I thin k ii is grcal. I know 1h:11 we ha ve inora le pro blem s. There arc :ll\\ilYS mur~1le pro bl ems wi th bud ge ts ;ind just th e C\'ery day ,~s ues . but I di) th in k 1h n1 ii seem s that •• • f' • E nglewood City Counci l Mu rch 71 2005 Pu ge II service is good and imp ress i\1C, so I th in k i1 i~ grea t when we all ca n kee p our pe rfo rm ance up. even though we have oth er iss ues. I just want ed 10 say 1ha1. Cit y Manager Sea rs said if I can add to thut. 1 th i.1k we've got a very hig hl y respo nsi ve orga ni zati on. wh ether it is the Co uncil rcquc s1s, whi ch all or our departmc n1 head s ge t back to Counc il ... wc never put nny off. We respond no mu11cr where th ey are . I think we ha ve nn ope n organha ti o n at the top leve l. We've got hard working, detail ed. foc used emp loyce s ... fire a nd jX>licc e~pecia ll y ... put thei r li fe on the line . IL is not 10 say 1ha1 uti lit y worke rs th at arc o u1 there arl! not in a toug h posi1io n or our street \\Orkers lhat do a good job. So, I think orga ni za ti onally it is a very co mplex orgar.,zntion. but we huvc bee n nb le 10 mai nt ai n a respons ive type of approach in a very. very diffi cuh budget sessi on. We arc cl own 50 emp loyees fr om 500 emp loyees. fr om where we were a co upl e of years ago . I think a good org aniza tio n is one that stru ggles through th e diffi cult limes a nd tri es to work th ro ugh those. I th in k 1hat is whal we nre doi ng to ni ght . I know th ere isn't an answer , other tlla n tr yi ng to have the Council h•1rn to cit izens , focus on thin gs, re prese nt th e community, have the man agement try to fig ure out th e best, mo,)1 c lfccti vc and efficie nt way of doi ng things with the reso urces that we have and have employees th nl are cnfranch i~ ,·,ith wh ere they arc nt. We are goi ng 10 have mobilit y. We arc going to lose 5-10 percent a yea r. Ton cennm ~xtc nt th at is hea lthy . It allows people to move up the organiz.atio n. We are going 10 have our ow n disciplinary prol•~ •1"1S, bu t I th ink orga ni za ti onall y we hav e bee n able to acco mpli sh a grea t dcnl. I think th e open ness of how we y , •rtdrcss these types of si tua1i ons is th e charac1er of whtU we are as a co mmunity . Counc il Membe r Barrentine sai d I think one of the ways th :u we can hel p as a City Coun cil , as Chris Olso n dea ls wit h hi s mora le issues in the capacit y th at he ca n, th:n ai-a Co unci l. certai nl y in li steni ng to the communit y, that we have a responsi bilit y to pro vide a police department , police force, an~ protection for tl,1 s co mmunity and they do an excel lent job. One of the th ings I th ink ns Co unci l that we co uld do is to let th em know tha t they aren't on th e choppi ng bloc k fo r th e budget any more and give them so me peace of mind th at they have some stability, so tha t th ey can go ahead and move forw ard . And that is where I think our pc)\\cr li es . Ma yor Garrett sai d anybody else'' There were no oth er qut"S ti ons or comments. 14 . Cily Attorney 's Rep ort Cit y Anorncy E1o lzm:m did no! ha ve nny muners to bring befo re Co ur.cil. 15. Adjournment MAYO R GA RR Ep:..M()VED TO ADJOURN . The mceii ng adjo urned at 8:27 p.m.