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I. Call to Order
ENGLEWOOD C IT Y COUNCIL
ENGLEWOOD, ARAPA HOE COUNTY, COLORADO
Regulnr Sessio n
Jun• 2 1, 2004
The regular mee ting of th e Englewood City Council was ca ll ed to order by Mayor Garre tt at 7:34 p.m.
2. Invocation
The invocatio n was give n by Counc il Me mber Barrent ine .
3. Pledge of Allegiance
The Pled ge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Gam:11 .
4. Roll Call
Prese nt:
Absent :
A qu orum was present.
Counci l Members Tomasso, Moore , Barrentine, Go.rrett, Bradshaw, Wolosyn
Council Member Yurchick
Al so present: City Manager Scars
City Attorney Brotzman
Assistant City Manager Flaherty
City Clerk Ell is
Direct or Ol so n, Safoty Services
Direc tor Gryglewicz , Fina nce and Ad mini strativi.: Services
Director Simpso n, Co mmunit y De velopment
Planner Fruc htl , Community Deve lo pment
Se ni or Planner Graham, Com munit y Developme nt
Direc to r Black , Parks and Rec reation
Open Space Mana ger Lee. Pilrks and Recreati on
Mayor Oarrcu said I recei ved a letter loday from Council Member Yurchick whic h slate s •·d ue 10 unfo rtunate
c 1rcu mst:incc s. I regre tfu lly resig n fro m City Council effective Jul y 3, 2004 ." I would like 10 say tha 1 Mr. Yurchi ck
was wnn lin g 10 resign immcdia1 ely. I had req ue sted 1hal he delay his resig nati on unlil Jul y 3rd fo r th e fo ll owi ng
reason ... an d we may or may not be talki ng abo ut th is in more detail a littl e bit later ... but under the Englewood
Charter we have onl y 1hiny da ys fro m the effective date of the resignation in orde r to appoint a new member. Give n
1ha1 , we want to make sure th at we do thi s in a th oughtfu l and timely process and se t th.at in pl ace befo re we start the
thirt y day cloc k. This will give us un til August 2nd to make tha t appo intment. Maynr Garren submitted the letter of
resignation to the Ci ty Clerk .
5. Minutes
1•) COUNCIL MEMB ER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APP.ROVE
THE MINUTES OF THE REG !ILAR CITY C OUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 7, 2004 .
Mayor Garren asked if !here were any comm ents. q uestio ns or addit ions. The re were none .
Vote results:
EnglL·,wod City Cu undl
June 21. 200-4
P:igc 2
~11 011011 i:arncd .
A y e~:
Nay l'!·
Ab~e111 :
6. Sc hedul ed VL~ltors
Cru ncil Members Barrentine , Moo re , Brad :inaw, Garrett. Wolosy n, Tomasso
None
Co unnl Member Y .irc hic k
(a) Dun Sey mour wus re cog nized by Cit y Co un cil for hi s yea rs of se rvi ce of th e Eng lewood Boa rd of
Adj11 s1mcnt :md Appcab.
Mayor Garrell s1ud Mr . Seymour has bee n in thi s co mmunit y a long lime and has served on the Eng lewood Board of
Adjus 1ments and Appea ls for an unpreccdcn1cd 29 yea rs. He was Cha ir for lwo of those years. One of th e things he
is know n for is !hat he showed up fo r almos t all those mee ting s. Out of all !h ose years, th ere were only two
mee1i ngs th at anyo ne ca n r,;mcmber 1hot he mi ssed. One was when he was in Japan o.nd anoth er whe n he was in
Ru ssia altendin~ his son's weddi ng. There arc man y oth er thi:lgs that th is individual hns done for th is communi ty.
Heh:!!: bee n a vo lun teer firefighter . s•~rved on th e Englewood Hi storica l Soc iety and he ha s also been a Boy Scout
le:.-dcr. We want to thank him for hi s vol unte er se rvice on the Boa rd of Adju stment and Appe al s and fo r hi s
con tr ib~tio ns to the comm un i1y of Engl ewood, he said
Mayor Garrett presented Mr . Seymou r with a plaque . Thi s is in apprecia tion of yo ur co mmi tm ent a nd dedicati on to
the co mmunit y as a member of 1he Board of Adjustmen ts and Appeals from February I, 1975 to February I, 2004,
he sai d. He th ankcC. Mr . Seymo\J r on behalf or 1he Englewood Cit y Cou ncil. There was applause.
Ma yo r Garrett said for th ose or yo u who were not in 1he Study Sess ion. th e Cit y Council decided to defer any action
on dog or off-leas h park issues thi s evening und wait until we receive th e r,:po rt from the Task Force, whi ch will
mcec on June 29111• The expec tation is that that report will be in our packets on Jul y 8111, made publ ic ly ava ilable in
1he City Library and 1he Ci ty Manugers offi ce on Jul y 9th and we will the n review 1hat repo rt in a St udy Sess ion on
Jul y 12th • as wc l1 1lS look ;11 alterna ti ves regarding the off-lea sh progra m. So, whether yo u still wou ld li ke 10
co mment or not is up 10 yo u. but I would like 10 just say th at yo u ma y wa n1 to co nsid er holdin g wha te ver comm cn1s
yo u may or ma y not have. dependi ng upon what that report says and ou r disc ussions on Jul y 12'h . So , l wil l now cal l
yo ur names and if yoo ca re to spc:1k. please do. Ir yo u care to declin e, please do and we wi ll see you next ti me.
(b) Susa n Pace k. 4249 So u1h Li • .,_ said if you will bear with me, I ha ve a short power poi m
presen 1ation. She sa id I am here 10 provide Sl 1s and so me so luti ons fo r off-leash dog privile ges, to develop a
win/win situa1i on. Ju st to give yo u a lilt •· it u, ground abou t me. I am th e Co mprehen sive Plannin g l\.lana ger
fo r th e Town of Parker and have been th e Pianning Direc1o r fo r Clea r Creek Co unt y. I have abo ut 15 years of
plan ning expe rience be hind me. Monday ni ghls are usuall y my night s with my Co unci l. but I had ton ight off. so I
was ab le to come and present th is. Ju s1 a short background ... about two and a ha lf years ago you ins1itu1ed a leas h
law and you idenlified five parks 10 acco mmoda te off-leas h privileges for a one year pilot program . The program
was rece ived ve ry well and it was made per manent . On 1he 15th of September or 2003, Co un cil Memt.ie r Ga rrett
slated th at th e off-lea sh dog park po licy was aclUa ll y conver ted from a pi lot program to a permanen t program . A
Ta sk Force was initialed a11he e nd nf 111s1 yea r. The char ge was to identify a for mal dog pa rk and on January 2th of
thi s ye::.r th ey had their initial mee ti ng . They huve been wor king 1oward :1 •·,;lu tio n fo r the la st six months and. as
yo u ,ai d May er. th ey are expected lo ha ve a fo rmal recommenda ti on at !heir nex t me eti ng on the 29 1n. On the 141
h of
April a petition was subm ill cd to 1he Parks und Rccrea1ion Co mmi ss ion. The pc1i1iun req uested th tn Ja so n Pa rk be
removed fro m 1hc no-le:ish luw a nd that petiti on did s1.11e re asons for th e request. Fiflee n individua ls signed that
petition however, only ni ne househ old s were represe nt ed . Of the nine . onl y four o f the twenty -fou r house holds who
directl y bo und Ja:..on Park signed the pc I Ili on. On th e 61h .111d I 0th of June a few of us co ndu cted a doo r-10-door
sur vey 10 understand wha t 1hc issues we re of the adjacen t prope rty ow ners, so \\C can better provide yo u with a
recomm cnda 1ion. Sixteen out of the twenty -four hou se hol ds who direl'.lly bound 1hc p;1 rk we re in support of
mai ntain ing off-le as h :ic 1ivitics at the Park . And two lhat we re 111111.lll y ag :uni,t those Jog ac tivi ti es said th at 1hcy
wo uld cha nge I heir position if specifo.: rcs 1ricti ons were unplcrnc nted . I !ere 1s a 111.1p of Jason Park :mcl the
surrounding hou se hold s and yo u can sec the pm-dog hum,ch old :... And aga in . i,1x1ecn nf the twent y-fo ur hou se holds
arc in favor of maintaimng the off-leash pnv1h:gei, .. ind two 111 the huui,e h,,11.h who 111111ally oppo sed were willin g to
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support wi 1h 11 c re s1r:c11ons. I ha v~ a fe w qucM1 ons th :11 arc kind of rhetoric and I don't cxpec l an ans .:er. The fir st
one is ... why \\\.••:J Co un cil cn1e r1 am cl osi ng J:bon Park wh en 1he mt1jo ru y of 1hc households who arc direc1 ly
impac1cd by lhe activ i1ie s in th e park arc J('tu a\l y in support for mai ru:unm g off-le as h privileges'! And the seco nd
one is ... wh y wo uld Co un ci l en1cr1ain the cxlrcmc !i h:p of cl o!ii ng :1II of 1hc off-leash dog parks wh en co nce rn wa s
expre ss ed ove r onl y one or them '! As a planner I n::1\l y tr y 10 rc :1c h crea tive pl anning so luti ons 10 all kind s of iss ues
and espec iall y when th ey are as contro versial as this . So how do we ge t there fr om here '! We loo k at comp romi ses.
We look at preser vi ng park s for all th e pub lic . We loo k 10 de vcl p u win/w in solution . We loo k 10 co-habit at uses
1hn1 work toge ther . We work 1oward pos iti ve o ut co me s. rlO I nega ti ve a nd ult imat ely we work together. Jn revie win g
so me of the minu1 cs from 1hc last co uple of yea rs of o unctl 's sessi ons. I fo und that Co un cil also suppo rted a lot of
1hcse ideas and philosophie s. I think we ca n't do a win/lose. I th ink we hnvc to do a win/win in our comm unit y. I
think 11 compromi se can be reached. th at is wh y I 1h ink we nll need 10 work together. I do like the prospect of
compromi se. And, I st ill think 1ha1 peopl e need 10 learn 10 co-h::ib i1a1 pe ac efully . I think that it is important for us 10
prc~e rve public parks for all of 1hc publi c. 1101 j ust people with chi ldren , not j ust peo ple with dogs a nd that we have
10 learn to work together on th is . 1 hope that bo th enl ill cs ca n co me together and work toward a pos iti ve outcome .
Ju,.: ns a sid e note , I must admit th111 people "'ho use dog park s really ci r nit up a nd Gome s told me 1ha11hey went
to an off-leash park and found fi ve depos its ::ind when the y we nt 10 a le as ncd park th ey fou nd fony.five . So , how
many people reall y do care abo ut this dog park iss ue? The Denver Post , on May 20lll of th is year, r.:tuall y ide:1titicd
that in Jefferso n Co unty 45 .9 percent of 1he peo ple owned dogs ... Adams Cour 'y 45 pcrcen1. .. Boulde1 40.6
percent. .. Doug las Cou nty 38.5 percent and the Ci1y and County of Denver 3 ~ .8 percent. And where do we fall in
tha1 ~~re in En glewood'! Arapahoe County is at 52 .8 percent. I have so me reco mmendations for Council I 1hink are
tryiug lo achieve thi s win/win situati on. All ow the Task Force 10 co ntinue with their effons and formalize their
recom mendati on to identify a park dcdic::ited 10 off-leash dog ar •iviti cs. Maintain Jason Park as a multi-use park
thlll includes off-leas h dog privi le ges and institute specific restriction s 1ha1 address the concerns of those who
directl y bound the park. Adctress any issues th a1 arc bro ught fonh on the ot her three off-leash dog parks on a casc-
by -case basis and develop a park -spec ifi c plan, if necessary . Then institu te an Englewood dog lice nse to help off-set
the appli cable costs associated with any of those park specific plan s. And lastly. institute a Dog Park Associa ti on or
a non-profit 50 1 (C)(3) 1hat wou ld be staffed by vo lunteers to the communit y thal cou ld he lp yo u address so me of
these issues . I would like to close wit h a quo te ... "I believe !here is 11 soluti on fo r co-hnbi1111io n. I wou ld like to sec
peop le move towards th at." I would j us t like 10 say that as a pl an ner, I would be hap py to vo lunteer my time and
help the Task Force any way I could to reach those so lu tions. because I think there are positive and win/win
so luli ons o ut there . Thank yo u for taking 1he time and lis te nin g 10 my comments. There was applause .
Ma yo r Garrett said o ne of the thin gs I failed 10 menti on wa s that as you ask rhetoric:i l que sti on s. generall y we do not
get into que sti on answeri ng and so metimes that is mi si nterpreted d uring 1his pani c ul ar time . Sometime s Counci l
members will offer co mments during Coun cil Members Choice . So, fo r those who want to slick aro und and see if
we I -1 \"e any :i nswcrs 10 rhetorical questi ons or otherwi se. yo u can do that.
(c) Greg KJiner, 444 3 South Ac oma Street. sa id I am a new re sid en1 of th e area and I'm also n new
busines s person here in Eng lewood . I chose to move 10 thi s area fr om Anc horage. Alaska aflc r fou r vacac io ns here
in Co lora do. One of 1he de ci ding facc ors or re loc atin g to En glewood was a dog park . I ha ven show dog and I
ex erci se my dog 4. 5, 6 days a week at Ja so n Park . It is a bc.1u1iful little co mmunity 1h ing. It is a wo nd erfu l
soc ializati on proc ess . Some peo pl e go to ba rs, so me peop le go to book club s and so me pe ople go to dog park s. One
of the thin gs th at I wa nt ed to prese nt to yo u fo lks tonight .. ! worked in i\nc hora gc , Al aska fo r six month s w11h a
non-profi t. We ac tuall y formed a 501 (C)(3)-A nchoragc Unle ashed . We wo rked wi th th e c 11 y as 11 par1ner IO ge t six
dog park s dedicated . It was a process . so I empat hi z•! with yo u on your di ligen ce , yo ur perseve rance. :rnd yo ur
em o1ions. I know it is a proces s. One of1h e things 1ha11he 50 l (C)(3) di d fo r the ci ty is 11 relieved their i;o ffer !I a
lit1lc bit. because we were a for mal group that had an ac co unt ing proc es~e s. so we :1c tu all ) 100k 1ax clc du cuuns from
1he comm un ily and we got a lot. We go t fen c ing, we go t labor , we gal dona1 ions 111 kmd. and we gm .::a!l h, We
worked with th e ci ty a lot. ii can work . II is a proc ess. but it can work . I 1hink yo u will find that Ol\. 1 of th e peopl e
here tonight that arc fo r th e dog park iss ue, arc ve ry ded ica ted people . They are probabl y more
acco mm oda ting ... what I fo und be in g in the Jason Park ... than 1he real wo rl d. For instance, we "'ork w11h 11 II of the
mul!i-u sc in 1~e park right now. When !h ere are sof1ball games, when th ere arc voll cyb:t ll game ), "'hen I here arc
pic ni •:s ... we mo ve 10 another area . We don't co nfror. peo pl e and say 1h1s is our spncc . We 11rc gln d 10 lmvc llm
liulc po r1 10n of the land in 1he communi ty where we ca n exe rci se o ur ammn ls and actua ll y soc 1:1h zc ,11rn111g
ourselves. One of 1he 1hings we fo und when we were 111 Anchorage workin g on th e dog park l!!SUe , w:il'I 1hu11 he
success o f the r'o g pa rks rel ied a 101 un !ht.: L'.o nve nie 1,ce to the L'.n mmun11 y. People. wcrcn'1 go in g 111 dr,,c ,1ll 1he ,,ay
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m:m)ls lawn to a grJ\CI pi1. Mos! or thi.: pe ople walked to the parks from th ei r ho use. Most o f th e people were there
,111 :1 regu lar ba sis. They probabl y knew pe o ple better in th e dog parks. because th ey saw 1hem every day. than so me
o f their other ne ighbors. It is hard to ex plain ir yo u haven'! been 1hcre wi 1h an an im a l, the socia lizatio n process !hat
take s pln l.'.e, b ut I co nsider lots of these fo lks in the audience th at I have seen nt th e park, my friend s. We soc ialize
a nd we have barbecues. One o f the things th at the dog park does for th e community is it reall y makes neighbors of
the peo pl e . It really makes neighbors. You will find that people go o ut or their way, becau se they met someone at
th e dog park . It is j ust kind of a uni que ex perience . I think th at is what this community is a ll about. II is a ni ce.
nei ghborly co mmunity . I lik e the size . I like tu be ab le to ge t to know eve rybody. I think th nt the co mmunit y
would benefit grea!ly if th ey wou ld co nsider maintaining some sort of dog park status co nve nic.n t lo the communit y.
J think th at th ey \\U U!d benefit if th ey opened up th e o ptio n of a 50l (C)(3) where 1he y would have a communil y
part ne rship th at wo ul d all ow private donations. One of 1he things th e 50 l (C)(3) did wa s we also worked wi th the
city in requiring li censing for th e a nimals within the city . And . that was a huge revenue generator. It did nOl create
a drain on th e city . A not her thing th at the dog parks did , and yo u are pro babl y aware of thi s, was it reduced
va ndali sm a nd graffiti and da mage to all of the park facilities, because of just extre me use. I understand where the
City has responsib iliti es fo r the grass and for all th e ,,:he r multi-users in the park, but I wou ld like to think that th e re
is a significant port io n or the community with a nimal s that reall y don 't ha ve a nother place to exercise th ei r dogs,
bccau ~e or th e lot limi lati on a nd ir yo u arc a renter yo u don't even have a house of yo ur own, yo u arc in a n
apartm e nt. The dog parks, where yo u are able IO take your dog off-leash and exercise a dog, goes a ver)' l 1g way .
That is really all the co mments I wa nted to bring 10 yo u toni ght. There was applause.
(d) Tavis Hannn. 4420 South E lali Street. sa id I ha ve been a n Englewood res ident fo r a little ove r a
y:ar and a half now. I just wam 10 s1ar1 off by saying thank yo u fo r the Study Session at th e ~ginning. That left me
with a feeling of ho pe. wit h a feelin g of fa ith. with a feeling of genuine re spect fo r whal yo u people are doing here.
It is th e first time th at I have trul y seen a reciprocation fr om the Counc il in terms of hearing the suggestions th at
have bee n brought 10 1hc rn ble ... hearing our feelings o n th e iss ue. It is 1he firsl time I ha ve see n a real proacti ve
approach to this iss ue. at large. I ha ve se e n it fr om individuals o n s pecifi c occasions, but as a whole fr om the entire
Co uncil , thi s is the first lime I feel tha1 thi s iss ue is movin g forward townrd a solutio n and not rearward toward a n
ult imatum . Definitely, I appreciate everything you fo lks have done up to th is point. I prepared what I wanted to sa y
tonight much more than previously. I ha ve had 10 strike mos t or it o ul, considering the meeting before this. Just to
start o ff, I would like to wa lk through and r-:1\l y add re ss th e key issue at thi s point re ga rdin g Jaso n Park's off-leash
statu s. a nd th at is the dro ught. Ith!'!.: t,ee n a ll ev iated a litt le bit by th e rains the past few days. but that at best would
o nly la st a month. so 1he lo ng lerm so lutio n is hard. Bm. 10 kind of back trr.ce o ur ste ps, o ne of lhe mos1 important
things th at I saw ha ppe nin g in thi s pattern, si nce 1he Bates Loga n s ituatio n, was th e iss ues that were bro ught up al
thal poim were pul inlo a situati o n of media tio n. The sugges ti o ns that ca me o ut or that whi c h were agreed to by
both sides. I think we re perfectly va li d. And. th e fact that th ey were agreed to by both sides. reall y speaks for itself.
The foci 1ha1 th at park was cl osed so imm ed iately and th ose suggest io ns just va ni shed ... reall y kind of made my
hea rt sink. The day tha1 Ba res Logan Park closed I we nt to Jaso n Park and fo r the firsl time in a year I had oth er
dogs to p lay with. I had 30 dogs to pla y wi1h . I wem home to my wife that night and said . !hat 's it . we're done , it is
going to go too. And slowly th e issues have started po pping up and all th ose iss ues are symptoms o f over
pop ulati o n. sy mpt oms o r over use. It is true with peo ple . It is true wit !· a nimals. Yo u get too man y in o ne confined
space a nd it doesn't go as smooth as if yo u have fewer numbers. I reall y. ho nes tl y 1hink that the Bates Logan iss ue
is ver y specifi c. in th e sense th at ii is so close 10 the Denver bo rd e r. I wish Denver wo uld figure o ut a way to put an
off-leas h facilil y on the ir so uth border. Harvard Gulch Park is gigantic. I ca n't see why they co uldn 't figure o ut
how 10 pu l something small, eve n an enclosure in 1herc a nd thut w uld help 10 all e viat e the stra in on our northern
border. T o be ho nest. mo st o f the people who we re comin g 10 Ja sr · Park for the past six mo nth s have been Denver
visi tors. It has tapered off a bit. since 1hey o pened th eir park s. So 1.1e situati o n is getting better. But agai n, I did
feel th at what ha ppened with Bates Logan ... ii wa s not as proactive a solutio n as a lot of us were looki ng fo r. And
that is where I think . a 101 or thi s has started to become ve ry emotio na l and very stressful fo r bo th si des or thi s iss ue.
I defi nitel y think that what it essentiall y acco mpli shed was shifting the sy mpmm s o r th e problem ... not addressi ng
the problem but shifting the sy mptoms of the proble m, ou1 u f sight/ou1 of mind unt il lhey po pped up again. It was
esse nt ia ll y lik e eq uating something to sweep ing it under the rug . You ca n o nl y do it so lo ng until the lump ge ts
bigger under th e ru g. The droug ht . spec ifi call y, is a defi nite co ncern of mine and I defi nite ly think that is o ne or 1he
mai n areas th at a lot of us ree l that we :ire most compe ll ed to compromi se u n, beca use we understand tha t we do
have a n imp:i c t. We understa nd that our dogs certainl y are not a lwa ys there all the time, bu t it is. ;1s nth" ·1cople
ha \'C sJid. a ra ndom use. They arc not all concentrated in unc area. Pnr example. if I go there late in e nin g.
specifically 10 avrnd large num bers. we wll l do a lap nr two arou nJ the pen met e r u f the pu rk a nd wa lk h Thal
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way 1he use isn't fi xated on o ne spo t. The dogscnn nm :1ro und o ff-le:t !l h ... l c:111·1 run u~ fo s1 as they ca n ... they c.111
smell eve rything 1hat 1hc }' usually smdl. ea t lhc blade s or gras s 1hn t gruw up :dong 1hc edge or the fon cc whe re the
mowe r can't ge t to. the y even like so me of the dogs who bo rd er the park ... the y :ire kind of visi tin g their fri ends.
Th en there are aft ernoons where there arc a rcw people there. It 1s usua ll y anyw here fro m 8 10 12 consistent ly and
we tend 10 stay in a spo t where we are off th e soccer fie ld. uff the ba seba ll field and away from the pla ygro und .
Addressi ng th at, I wo uld have to s:1y th at. tha t one sectio n is the o nl y sec ti on tha1 we co uld attri bu te any wear and
tea r on the grass and so il to th e dogs . I loweve r. in havi ng viewed 1he cn11re purk, eve n scc 1ions or it that I do n't
norma ll y go 10 ... the grass co nditi on in all th ose parks is alm l'Js l identi ca l. I would also like to submit u vi deo tape
toni ght ... it is a tour of th e gre enbelt adj acc m to my home, it goes to Rotolo Purk and 1hcn we j um ped ove r to Ja so n
Par k. Roto lo Park hardl y ge ts :1ny use an d th e greenbelt hardl y ge ts an y use iU all ... ! mean eve n less th an Rotolo
Park and it is onl y Jason Park th at ge ls it fo r dogs off-leas h. Th ere arc parches thar look dry and damaged a nd those
are typi cally patches ,h at don ·1 ge t a IOI of shade or are not ge ttin g eno ugh watering from the sprinklers. In so me
instan ces th e sprinklers say here there is a big pine tree here and 1herc is a shadow effe ct behi nd 1he pi ne tree where
the water does n'l get to. So I would like to sub mit that. Please view it. l1 is abo ut 45 minut es. but i i is a great
co mpari son or plac es that don't get any dog traffic , pi aces 1hat ge t medium peopl e lr affic and th en Jas!l n Park whic h
gets a bit or bo1h. You wi ll also see on the Jason Park sid e, sec tio ns or th e park where li1erall y no one goes , I've
never see n peop le rea ll y han gi ng out or playi ng on th e so uth bo rder of th e park. It is under a bun ch or !recs, so it
ge ts good shade but the grass th ere is in th e sa me co ndi1i on as short stop on th e ba se ball field, th e base lin es on the
baseba ll fi eld , the wings goin g up and dovm the socc er fi eld, th e ce nter or 1he soccer field, the sec ti ons whe re people
sci up for their vo ll eyball statio ns and 1here arc so me sec1 ions right be tween the parkin g lot where yo u walk right on
to the pl aygro und that are reall y pre tt y badly dried up and it is just ba re din. We ulso have so me photograph s here.
Some .arc of Rotolo Park , so me of Jaso n Park and some of Bales Logan Park. You will see that th e gras s, in th ese
pho1ogra ph s ... l wou ld have to say ... is better at Jason Park th an at Bate s Loga n at this poi nt . whi ch has actua ll y had
less use. but maybe it does n't ge l as much shade as Jaso n Park does. So I urge you to rea lly vi ew thi s and co mpare
it also wi th th e recommendati on yo u get from Pa rks and Rec reation. Thi s is gre at info rmati on. It li te rall y takes yo u
th ere and puts yo u right at !hose parks so thal you can do a side by side comp :iri so n and lh cn keep in mind lh c usage.
Movi ng on ... o nc que stion tha t I wo uld like yo u guy s 10 answe r at the end ... do we water the pa rks, especial ly Jaso n
Par k, with gra y water? I know so mebod y brought that up and it wa s kind o r a suggestion or so me kind of stat emen t.
but I would like to know. I guess I wo uld have 10 move on to some so lut ions . You 've hea rd tonight from a wo man
who docs planning specifi ca ll y ns her job. You have heard fr om .a ge ntl eman who he lped cre.:uc an off-lea sh
progra m where one did not ex ist pri or. I had the oppo rtunit y 10 sit in on last Monday's Park and Rec rea ti on
meetin g. One of th e gentl emen was giv ing a re po rt on the wa ter park and o ne thin g I rea ll y liked hearing fr om him
was everythin g is smoo th . but we do have so me small adaptations or small fixe s that you have to ma ke when you
sta rt a busine ss. A few years ago, thi s wa s B pilot program and I think that 1he kind of a ucnt io n to detail that it was
give n was great in th e begi nnin g, it kind of ran smoo th fo r awhile and I just kind of got the fe eling like it beca me a
non-iss ue, th en Bates Logan exp loded and it was a rea l pa in in the bun . I ca n understa nd cl os ing it. I think th at was
th e ri ght de cis ion. I th ink th at cl osi ng our oth er parks though. is a co mple1cl y diffcr:nt bcust. So me of th e
symp toms th at we have had at Jaso n Park arc simil ar to Bat es Logan. but many of them aren't. I haven't had any
proble ms with paren ts getti ng upset 1hat 1he dogs are near thei r kid s. In fa ct. parents usuall y bring th eir kids ove r 10
se e the dogs. Alth o ugh, I lhink the mai n iss ue fo r me . aside fr om the drought , is safety. I wo uld de finit ely like to
see one large off-leash foci li1y wit hin Englewood, because we are still going to ha ve the pe ople from OeO\"cr, we are
still goi ng lo hav e the people fr om Li nlc mn ... l meet them almos t eve ry nig ht. So. ror them 10 go 10 one big faci lity
where they ca n j ust really have a blast. tha1 is great. Dog s need a place where the y c:mj usl go crazy so metime s.
But so metim es th at doc sn'1 bel ong in our park s and 1hat is one reaso n wh y I don't rea ll y like it when pe op le refe r In
Jaso n Park as the dog park. It is not. We have a pri vile~~-It is a socc er park . II is a bu sketba ll pa rk. It is a
playg roun d pa rk. It is basebal l. it is everythi ng. It is not "th e dog pa rk."' And that is where I think tha t an
ada pt ati on, a minor tweak on thi s ope rat ion, would bes t be done by following th rough with cs tablishmg one la rge
off-leash pa rk. But. 10 jum p ov er to Denver's concept. the y felt thut mult ip le loca tions. wh ich th ey researched per
the demog raph ic need, was a be tt er so lut io n than one off-leash park. beca use they fe h th :11 wo ul d 0\'crstrc o;s that
fac ilit y and it wo uld immediate ly doo m it to fail. I wo ul d like 10 submit 1his vide o. Th ank s. There was npp lausc .
(e) Jane Cole man. 390 I Sou th Ga lapago. suid I have a lette r tha t I ha ve been asked 10 re ad . Th is lcucr
is from Ker mit and Vi rgi ni a Fikan , 11 76 Wes t Princeton Place, Eng le wood. Co lorado. and ii is to lh c Englewood
Ci ty Co un cil. It is rcga rdin1; <:ff-lea sh priv ilege s in Eng lewood parks . "My wife :i nd I bough t th is pro pert y m
Sep tember of 1959 and we were nne of the first people in the devel opment and \VC :ire th e un gmal 11wna~ :11 1176
\Vest Prmcelon Place . We own and pa y prope rt y IJ.Xe s on fou r prope,:ics m Englewood . The house that we ha ve
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lived in since 1959 bo rders on Jason Park . In fo ci. we were here before Ja su n was a park. At tha t tim e it w;1s a
sheep pa slure . My wife a nd I arc fo r off-leash privi leges al Ja so n. Wt:. have enjoyed seei ng th e diffe rent kmds of
dogs and 1:1tki ng with th e people as th ey co me th ro ugh 1hc park . Ou r gre at -g randkid s love it. The dogs ha ve
rep laced the geese and th e dogs do n't do one-ten th of the damage that the geese eve r did . We find th at the ow ners
of the dogs are dili ge111 abo ut cl ea nin g uµ after 1heir dogs . We arc in favo r of kee pin g the pa rks ope n to off-leas h
privile ges. As long ti me Eng lewood reside nts and 1ax p:1yc rs. we hope the Cit y Co un cil wi ll reconside r an y id eas of
laki ng the off-lens h privi leges away at Jason and the oth er off-leash parks i n Englewood . We fee l the off-leas h
pri vile ges are a good thin g." It is sig ned Kermi t Fikan and Vi rgi nia Fikan . The y also as ked me to give yo u th ese
picture s and wou ld like yo u to look at th em. She said I don't know what I ca n say 1o ni gh11ha1 hasn 'I already bee n
said. We ha ve expla ined to you the be nefit s of th e off-lea sh pri vil eges at Jaso n Park a nd the other Engle wood Par ks
th :11 are off-lea sh. We ha ve prese nted 1he res ide nt s' approva l of th e off-leas h pr ivile ges ... 92 % of 1hc resi dent s th at
are directl y adj acen t 1c., Ja son Park ha ve reso und ingly voiced and sig ned th ei r ap prova l of th e off-lea sh privileges.
They fee l the greates t impac t of th r: dogs and pe ople vi siting the park a nd still 92% sup port the off-leash privileges.
We h:i ve show n yo u pi ctures of the turf at Jaso n and ot her off-leas h pa rk s, plus also oftered a com pari so n to parks
1h111 are not off-leas h and Jaso n is in belier shape . visibl y, th an 1he co mparisons . We have shown pi ct ure s of huge
flocks of geese enj oy in g the soccer field . pri or to th e off-leas h pri vil eges. Of course , as has been noted, no one ow ns
th e gee se, so no one ca n be blamed, but th e damage th ey can crea te is there just th e sa me . We have related 1he
wonderful experien ces that are avai lable by walki ng your dog at Jaso n and oth er off-leash park s. Suc h as :
fri e ndshi ps ha ve been forged: people mov ing into th e area because of off-l eash pri vileges; yo ung a nd old adults
reli shing the fr es h ai r and sunshine that come s with exerc is ing them selves and their dogs at the park ; a good mental
and ph y.,.ica l upliftin g by just getti ng o ut of !he house; soc ializing the dogs to mak e belier dog citizen,;: polici ng the
parks, th ereby making them safe for those using the parks, and surrounding areas . and fo r th ose th at are anti -o ff.
lea sh, the wi llin gne ss to work toge ther wi th 1he Cit y and coo perate in any way possible to maintain and keep the
parks cl ea n and safe, fo ll ow:ng 1he res tri cti ons tha1 ha ve been placed on th e parks fo r the playground , children and
ball field s, the large numbe rs ... 52% of the Arapahoe Counly families owning dogs. These are all working toward s
the benermcn: fo r the Ci ty and ci 1i zc ns of Englewood . Th e tele vision states that Colorad o is approac hing th e end of
the six-year dr;ught. Wi1h th e reccn1 rains. a nd wi1h th e co ntinued cooperation of pe ople in the Englewood area . we
will get through thi s, showin g littl e or no dam age to ou r law ns and the t urf at the parks. With 1he Englewood parks
wa tered with non-po tabl e water. there is eve n less chance of wa ler-s hort age damage . The Parks are there fo r
everyone. Not to si t emp ty. da y after da y. Th al would be a use was 1e and was 1e o f the ta xpayer 's mone y. We have
offered so lu tions to th e off-leas h situ a1i on; and arc open 10 alterna1i ves, such as res tri cted hours, reg is1r:11io n,
vo lunt eer pa rk assoc iations. help in providin g necessary facilili es, etc . We have people here who arc wi llin g to
abi de by th e rul es: to take ca re of 1he parks and prorec t them : to use them 10 the full advanta ge that th ey we re
inte nd ed: to appreciate and work with Cit y offici als to protect the 11sse 1s th ey have pled ged to mai nt ain ; to prov id e
wi ll in g hands 10 he lp with that protec ti on; to wo rk to a soluti on th at will affo rd the majorit y of th e peo ple the
sa ti sfa ction of their park s. At the last Ci1 y Co uncil meeti ng, I slated "co mpromi se ." Th e off-leas h gro ups have sa id
repea te dly that they were will ing to compro mi se. Thi s is a quo te "put a compromi se on th e tabl e; and let's co me to
so me sort of an agreeme nt. Ge t a mediat or if necesslry. Th e Off-Lea sh Task Fo rce was a s1ar1 : and we need 10
co ntinue .v ith our efforts 10 use the park s sys tem in ils max imum ." Again I stal e, and I speak fo r both off-lea sh
gro up s at Jaso n Park. and l wa nt 10 make th is crysta l cle ar ... we arc \\i ll ing 10 ..:ompromi se. it is my be lief th at th e
Ci ty Co uncil wi ll loo k at 1he ov erall picture : th at th e Co un cil will realize that the majority of Englewood -:iti zcns arc
wan tin g off-leas h privi leges and thi s maj orit y will coo pe rate in ever y way possibl e to main1 ain and support th em,
Thank you ve ry much. There was app lause .
7. Unscheduled Visito rs
Ma yo r Garre ll said we now move 10 un sc hed ul ed public co mm ent. In kee pin g wi th a po li cy that we ad up1 cd, we arc
goi ng to have 45 minu te s of unsc heduled pu blic co mm ent. Once we get to 45 mi nutes we wi ll stop. go to the
re gula r age nda of our me etin g and then co me ba ck to th o:,,e who still have not had 1111 opportuni ty to spe .1 k.
(a) Ji ll Wil so n, 3()(d So uth Gra nt. said I am on the Task Force as yo u probab ly know . I read thi s
sumr .. letter in 1hc fa ll . so I'm just go in g to re-rea d it and show 1hal th ere was co mpromise 1hcn an d there is
wi llingness 10 co mpromise now . I wo uld like lo bri ng up 1wo main iss ue s: Su lu1i ons for th e Park and Expectn 1ion s
of 11,e Cit y Co un ci l. I wa nt you 10 know th at thi s is a progra m lh at works . The ;\KC ha s :1 web pa ge 1cllin g peopl e
how to cre:11e an off-lc:1sh dog park . They support the c.:onccp t. We have addressed all the iss ues and reco mm ended
1hc follow in g co mprom ises to make thi s a :,,ucccs sful ve nture 1ha1 ca n be cnJ nycd by eve ry member of the
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co mmun ity. P:1rk s ilc s ... kcc ping the fou r cxisti ng dog parks, plu s 1hc Task Fo rce's choice. Fe nced in areas wo ul d
help coni ain th e dogs. ii also wo uld all ow a s pecifi c place whe re 1hc community could meet. Sc heduled ti me s
wo ul d al so wo rk. in the morning fro m 6:00 to 9 :00 a nd in th e cvcmng, fr om 5 :00 to 8:00, or any other time s. In
ad ditio n to th ese comrro mi scs.1 wo uld lik e 10 address some ques ti o ns 1hat ha ve bee n ra ised over th e la st yea r
rcgnrd ing co nccrns about the dog park. s uch as he alth , safet y. budget, educatin g dog o wners, a nd Cit y liab ili1 y.
He alth ... right now th ere are waste pick up bags supplied by the co mmunit y. Cove red trash can s. Schedulin g a
monthl y park clean up day fo r th e dog park use rs. Safely., .Code En fo rce ment palrol ... !h ey are alrea dy doin g an
excellent job. Co mmunit y monit orin g, which is alread y don e across 1he countr y al dog park s. When 1he park s ha ve
people in them , ii is a good, inexpensive wa y to deter crime . Budget. .. charging fee s fo r re sid ent s and non-res idenl s.
simil ar 10 what Parks and Recreati on does now. Th e dog park user s co uld organi ze fund raise rs. Donati ons.
Another vital iss ue 1hat mu st be handled is 1he educati on of dog owne rs: Thi s can ea sily be addres sed by passing out
Oyers through out the community with pct owner info rmation. Having dog trainers come to the park and give mini
trainin g sess ions. City liabilit y ... po st 3 sign up with the rul es. Owners are leg.illy respon sibl e for th eir dogs and
any injuries caused by them . Puppie s and dor s musl be proper ly li ce nsed, in oc ulated and health y. Anim als should
wear a coll ar and ID lags at all limes. Owners mu st clean up af1er their dogs. Dogs sho wing aggres sion toward s
people or other animal s will be removed from th e park . Anim als wh o exhibi1 a hi story of aggre ss ive beha vior will
nol be pcrmi!led . Pup pies using the park mu st be at least four month s old . Owners should not lea ve their dogs
unattended or all owed oul of sight. If young children are permiued in the dog park , they 100 shou ld be under
constant supervision . Dogs in heat will not be allowed inside the park . Owne rs must carry a leash at all limes.
Dogs should be leashed before entering and prior to leaving the park . Viola.tors wi ll be subject to removal from the
park and suspensi on of park privileges . My expcc1a1i ons for the City Council are that they represent everyone . Dog
parks are a great place for owners 10 meet other people with common interest s. The love peop le share for their dogs
reaches beyond economic and soc ial barriers and helps to fos1c r a sense of community . Dog owners deserve a pan
or the park pie with the other special use groups li ke baseball . soccer and bas ketball . On Englewood 's web page
there is an organizational chart and at the top are the citizens of Englewood . Ci ty Counci l positi ons are
elected ... voted in to serve all th e ci ti zens. Thank you very much . There was applause .
(b) Chri s Earley, 4249 South Linc oln Street , sai d I am going to read a brief lcner from Mr. Craig
Miller , a professi onal horticulturi st relating to turf use and damage that I think is pertinent 10 this whole issue.
''Engl e wood City Council : I ha ve a Bachelor of Scie nce in Hortic ulture and Forestry and 35 ye ars in the green
indu stry . I am al so a certified ar bo ris t, and a member of the In ternati onal Soc iety of Arbori culture . Colorad o Weed
Managem ent Association, Front Range Urban Forestry Council, Colorado Tree Coaliti on and I am a Co lorado
Depanmenl or Agriculture Certified Pes 1ir.ide Ap.,.:icator. In my 35 years in the bu siness. typi call y what I sec is
more damage done to turf from the hea vily programmed spo ris such as socc er. foo 1ball and base ball. than I do from
re sponsib le dog usage . Feces and urine can cau se damage 10 turf due to excess ive nitrific atio n. Howe ver, when
respo nsibl e own ers cl ean up af1 cr their pets, and with the ty pical frequenc y or irrigati on that occurs in most park
lands, dog spoilin g can be min imized . Furthermore. in my ex perien ce, dog spo ts arc eas ier to repai r than compac ted
soil and exce ss ive wear that occur, for example, within 1hc goa l mouth or a soccer field . They :ire al so typically less
\ :s ibl e. Repair or 1hcsc areas often require s aerati on, soil mod ificati on, over sccrling , re -sodding and fertilization, as
we ll :i s re stric tin g th e use 10 all ow such area s 10 reco ver. Thank you. Crai g R. M,ller, Horti culturi st." Mr. Earl ey
sa id I will submit thi s fo r the record . There wa s applau se.
(c) Ja y Schne iders, 2980 So uth Emerso n St reet sa id I have been at thi s addre ss fo r about four yea rs.
Thank you for th e oppor1uni1 y to make a few comment s. Pe ople ha ve el oq uentl y giv en th e recreati ona l ra1ionale s
heller than I eve r co uld and. I thin k. ve ry so lidl y. I wo uld lik e to just make a ren cc 1ion :1bo ut a larger benefit to all
of us in our co mmun ity. that the mee tin g of dogs and pe ople in park s has. apart fro m rec ren ti 'J n. Th at has 10 do with
a lar ger iss ue or pub lic we lfare and publi c well be in g, I thin k ... pu bli c health eve n. You know do gs were. initi all y.
pro tec tors and the n they were ser vant s. no w fo r 52% of us 1he y are al so fri end s and kind or ex tended fam ily. Al une
of yo ur loc al hos pit als. where I pr:ic 1icc, we ha ve been ma ki ng use of th e fa ct th at the dog/pe rso n inlerarnon is a
rem ark abl y robu st one . When it comes 10 healing, yo u probnbl y all kn ow and I am nol go ing 10 get int o a lot of
de ta il. abo ut the way aut is ti c fo lks are soci,li zed with animal s in pnrti cular ways. Nursing homcs ... yo u will see
peopl e wh o literall y have n't spo ken in years and when th ey arc app roac hed by a dog and ha ve a chance 10 be aro un d
a dog wi ll co me out of depressions and feelin gs . We ha ve 1herap y dogs th al tra vel th ro ugh Swed ish and roo m aft er
roo m peo ple sign up fo r these dogs. Th e medi cal lite ra ture is beco ming fa irl y resi lie nt and robu st abo ut 1his. that
they se em to promo1c hea ling ... our immun e sys tem reac tio n ~ec ms to be im proved . I th ink th ose of us who live
with dogs know 1ha1. I th ink Ih a! lhc mi x of dogs and pco ph: in pa rk s is n'1 jw,I good for th e dog s. it is good for us. I
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um no1 so mebody who think s that dos s and pe ople arl' the sa mc . I wa s in Wa lsrecns 1hc oth er da y. I had to pick up
so me medicine, you know the new HIPP A laws where you ge t these long ri rms yo u have 10 fill out c vc ry tirr.c yo u
get a pre scripti on and the pharma cist said 1hat I was picking up medicine fo r Uma and that she wou ld have 10 sign
for it. I said she is out in 1he car, do yo u wa nt me 10 ge t her :in d he sai d yes , you will need 10 get her 10 sign for it. I
1hink that dogs and people are different a11J there are limits . There arc real reaso nab le difference s that we all can
agree to maint ai n. But yo u kn ow socie tie s typically ha ve been judged. by man y thoughtful philo sop hers and
soc iolog ists, by how th ey treat oth er species . In man y reli gious traditi ons prolcctio n for :i nimal s and socia li zatio n
wi th animals has been a mark of humane cult ure. And, I thi nk that fro m just those s1a nd po in1 s ... th e pu blic hea lth ,
:i u: public welfare, and 1he pu blic well be in g. I think a lot of us as pe op le could use more soc ialization . I wish we
cou ld come up wit h somethin g as good as th e dogs have for what th ey do a1 the parks ... the sniffing aside. I just
make a small musi ng and note th at I think th ere are reaso ns beyond just the rec re ationa l ones, that thi s is a good
thing for all of us. Thanks. There was ap plause.
(d) Glenn Pennebaker, 4255 So uth Linc oln Street . said I have been a resident in Englewood for three
years and I ha ve been a dog owne r for two and a half years . Unfonunatcl y. I just fou nd out about th e dog park
rece ntly and less than a week ngo l fo und out there is a poss ibilit y that we are goi ng to be losi ng this park. Not onl y
is it good rec reation for my dog, but I am a rather large person myself and walki ng my dog to the park and stuff has
done me great wonders as well. I wan ted 10 read an artic le publi shed by the Nati onal Rec reation and Park
Association publi shed by Maya Avrnsi n en ti tled "Cause fo r Paws : A Loo k at Pooc h-Frie ndly Parks". In this article ,
th e author state s thnt "dog parks are increasi ngly see n not as luxuries, but necessi ties ." The article goes on to further
state ··accord ing to the dogpark .com webs ite , which ha s II co mprehensive list of dog parks nati onwide, th ere are
almo st 700 dog parks in the country." Co mmunities all ove r the fr ont range have either implemented off-leash dog
program s or arc looki ng to staning them . So why is the Englewood Co uncil consid ering eliminating all of our off.
leash pri vile ges. based upo n a petiti on signed by 9 house hold s, ins tead of impl eme nt ing res tricti ons to address the
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wo rking toward ? Thank you and I do ha ve copies to submit. There was a ppl ause .
(e) Kathlee n Buckley, 4648 South Pearl Street , said I was here th e oth er day and I don 't wa nt to
re iterate any further . I just wa n1 to show my support and volunteer in anyway that I ca n if yo u are will ing to keep
the par ks ope n for us . Thank s. Th ere was app lau se .
(0 Noreen Begord is sa id I just kind of want 10 give a perspecti ve as a se ni or citizen. I have li ved in
Englewood fo r about 25 years, fir st in Ce ntenn ia l Acres and no w I li ve at 4500 South Delaware . I used to have a
German shep herd, which 1 used 10 wa lk along the greenbe lt. It was real great, beca use it was just a half a block
away, but in the wi nter I fell three or fo ur different times ... hurt my hip . my knee, my arm and was on crutc hes for a
few weeks . When I lost my German sh>!pherd two years ago I decided that, we ll I ca n't wa lk a dog in the park any
more . beca use in 1hc wi nt er my lun gs ge t bad . Well, a friend of mi ne gave me thi s cu te lin lc Lhasa Apso named
Sad ie . I thought well my yard should be fine. but she lo\'eS 10 run just as much as the big dogs do . She loves 10 go
to Jaso n Park and chase the big dogs . And, espec ially for the se nior citizens in the wi nier I can't wa lk her along the
gre enbe lt , bul boy she will j ump in 1hc car and I 1ake her to Jason Park and she ca n ru n th roug h the snow and have a
gay old time and I ca n enjoy wa tching her . I just do n·1 wam 10 lose th e privilege. I think tha t th e park sho uld be
use d for those of us that live in Englewood and pa y taxe s in Englewood. Ma ybe ha ve a license or charge. I th ink
Denver and Littleton shoul d pro vide thei r o" n off-le ash. I think if we keep it just for th ose of us who live in
Englewood . I Lhink it wo ul d be great . I've got th ree grandkids and the y just love to go 10 Jaso n Park and throw
1enni s ba ll s fo r 1he other dogs and cha se the dogs and pl ay with the m and with my little dog especia ll y. So man y of
the other kids th at were there at the playground. the y wo uld co me wa lkin g ove r and say "o h can I pet yo ur dog" :ind
the parcms wo uld :,ay, ··thi s is so ne at that the kid s ca n in 1cr:ic 1 wit h the dog." And, als1 ' ' · I say . when th ey've
got ba ll games and th is and tha1 . I usually co me earl y in the morn ;ng and in 1hc eve nin g 1cjust walk arou nd th e
pe rimeter and don't bo ther anybod y. When th ere are a lot of peop le there, I will walk her m tte greenbe lt . But I
th in k we should have the chance to brini! our grandkid s 11nd bri ng the dog and , fo r us tha l pay 1.axes . to have the use
of Jaso n Park. Thank you . There was o 1plouse .
(g} Chuck Nour . 3904 So uth Pearl Street. said I am s lad to sec th e support of the dogs , but a lot of the
thin gs that arc be in g brought up. from everything 1hat I have heard and from ever ything that I hav e read. the Council
is nOI taking awa y th e dog park . Th ey arc loo kin g at mod ifying it. .. mov ing it, whate ver. As a coach . I coac h three
different sport s in Englewood. I :un :i lso un 1he Englt:w1~1>d Succe r A~Mx iati on. Two week s ago we had a dinic for
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the ki ds . We had live in cidences wi th ow ne rs who could not contro l the ir ;rnimal s. I had a Grea t Dane co me up and
take food off the tab le:. We talk ed 10 the ow ner and she said I ca n't co nt ro l him . We said yo u need to ha ve him on a
leas h ... she turned aro un d and wa lked away with her dog, as h!.!r dog sat th ere and ate the s1uff 1ha1 wa s on the tab le.
We had three Co lorado Rap id s co me out at th at time, the y sc i up a fie ld. We had a dog who th ought it woul d be fun
to take every o ne of th e co nes as th e kid s were playing . At th at same tim e, me and ano th er littl e kid ... I 3 ... were
kickin g a ball back and fort h. An owner standin g at about a di stance fr om me to Co un cil Memb er Brad shaw was
watching hi s dog. I am ki cking a ba ll and th e dog come s from be hi nd me and tries attacking the ball as I am on a
kick . I iake the dogs legs out . The owne r th en appropriatel y comes up to me and asks me what my nam e was and
how I was goi ng to pay if hi s dog was injured . I und erstand , I am a dog owne r myse lf, so whatever comes out of my
mou th . I think abo ut the kid s more th an I think abo ut anythi ng. When yo u pl ay wi th yo ur dog, yo ur dog gets used to
what yo u do. If yo u th row a te nni s ball, every ba ll loo ks lik e a tenni s ball. I tell my dog to go get her toy she brings
me back whateve r ball she finds fi rs t. .. base ball , ten ni s ba ll, soccer ba ll , basketball, it doesn 't matt er. The sam e
th ing hap pens when yo u have children play in g. We have T~ball up there now. We've go t soccer. Soccer ga mes
have been disrupted, because dogs have run on 1he field . Soccer games have bee n stopped, because dog s have run
on th e fie ld during th e ga me. As a coac h, if I have yo ur chil dren and I said go do what ever and I didn't pay
attenti on. what kind of coac h wo uld I be? Wha t lrir.:J of person wo uld yo u entrust yo ur child wit h? I am up here fo r
the children of the co mmun ity. l hear 26 of the nei ghbori ng houses approve the dog park at Ja so n. That is 26
ho useho ld s. I am on a Soccer Boa rd that has 300 children . That is 600 pare nts. That out numbers th e 26. That
docs not in :lude the base ball people th at use it. That does not includ e the bas ketball people . Mos t of the time , every
meeting I have been to I've heard, we ll the numbers have dwindled at Bates Logan and the numbe :s have dwindled
at Jaso n P:i.r k. Some pare nt s are afraid to have thei r kid s there . So if the dogs arc. there , they go some pl ace else.
Whe n it rai ns or whe n it snows as the Soccer Board we call off every ga me. Que sti on I have fo r 1he dog
ow ners ... do yo u ca ll every dog ow ner and say do not go on the field to stop it fro m being tom up ? We pa y fo r
permi ts to be on those field s. I understa nd th at it is a publi c park , the publi c ge ts it. But, on the nip side, we ha ve 10
ab ide by rules of 1hc Parks and Recreation di vis ion fo r baseball or fo r any oth er organized span . Do the dog owners
fo ll ow the sa me policies ? Thank yo u.
(h) Patricia Pattison said I li ve at 2594 So uth Acoma, wh ic h makes me one bl ock off of Engle wood,
an interl ope r into Jason Park. Wha t I'm here 10 say is that I rea ll y understa nd wha t th e ge ntl eman was talking abo ut
who was up here before me . And. if there arc game s going on in the park. I do n·t ra ke my dogs in. I have some
pretty severe disabi liti es , so I have a se rvice dog and I can·t wa lk my dog s on leash because of that ... th e disabilities .
So, it is just a wo nder ful th ing to be abl e to go to Jaso n Park and let them run and pl ay. I also have met a number of
peop le th ere who I rea ll y enjoy talki11g to and th at is good from th at sta nd poi nt. I do foci that mu ybe it is poss ib le to
not have tht! dog s there when the chi ldren are th ere pla yi ng 1he game s. Are n't th e ga mes sc hed ule d'! Wou ldn't
there be a way to know when th e ga mes are go in g to be pl ayed and tha t kind of thing? But fo r someo ne lik e me, a
pa rk like Jason is rea ll y essential. Thank you ve ry much . Th ere wa s applause .
8. Communications, Proclamations and Appointments
(a ) A proc lamati on dec laring June as Na1i onal Homeownership Mo nth was co nsidered .
COUNC IL MEMB ER BRADSHAW MOVED, AN D IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROV E A
PRO CLAMATION DECLA RI NG J UNE AS NAT IONAL HOM EOWNERSHIP MONTH.
Mayor Garre n asked if 1here was any di scussi o n. Th ere was none.
Vote resu lts:
Ayes:
Nays:
Ab scm :
Motion carri ed.
9. Public Hearing
Counci l Member s Barrentine. Moore. Brad shaw , Garrett. Wolosy n. Toma sso
None
Co unci l Member Yurchick
Nn publi c hf'·iri ng wa s sche dul ed before Co uncil.
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10. Coruent Agenda
(u) Approvu l o f Ordinunces o n First Re ad ing
There were no additional items s ubmined fo r approval on first reading. (Sec Age nd a Item 11 • Regular Agenda.)
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED , AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT
AGENDA ITEMS 10 (b) (I) AND 10 (c) (I), (II) and (Ill).
(b) Approval of Ordinances o n Second Readi ng
(i) ORDINANCE NO . 33, SERIES OF 2004 (COUNC 1:.. BILL NO. 32, INTROD UCED
BY COUNC IL MEMBER BRADSHAW)
AN ORDINAN CE AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A TRANSPORTATION/UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG
SOUTH ELATI STREET FROM THE REG IONAL TRANSPORT!\ TION DISTRICT TO THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO.
(c) Resolutio ns and Motio ns
(i) RESOLUTION NO. 53 , SERIES OF 2004
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE COLORADO MUNICIPAL RECORDS
RETENTION SCHEDULE BY THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO .
(ii) RESOLUTION NO . 54 , SERIES OF 2004
A RESOLUTION IN 'NHICH THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO HEREBY
CASTS ITS EMPLOYER'S VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION ASSOCIATION'S
(F.P.P .A.'S) PROPOSED AMENDMENTS NO . I. NO. 2 AND NO. 3.
(iii) RESOLUTION NO . 55, SERIES OF 2004
A RESOLUTION AUTHOR IZING THE APPROVAL OF DIRECT SUBGRANT AW ARD S FOR THE
COLO RADO DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUS TICE JUVENILE ACCOUNT ABILITY INCENTIVE BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM.
Vo te r esu lts :
Ayes:
Nays :
Abse nt :
Motion carried .
11. R"guler Agenda
Counc il Mem be rs Barrentine, Moore, Bradshaw, Garrett, Wolosyn, Tomasso
No ne
Counc il Me mber Yurc hi ck
(a) Approval of Ordi na nces o n First Reading
(i ) Planner Fruch!l presented a rccommend.:ui o n from the Communi ty Develo pment
Department to adopt a bill fo r n ordinunce approving the Pl a nned Unit Development fo r E nglewood Es tates . S taff
al so is rcquesling that City Co unci l schedule a Public Hearing fo r Jul y 19 , 2004 to gather input o n the proposed
Planned Uni t Deve lo pment. At th is time, if Coun ci l would like. staff is prepared to gi ve a short overview o f the
project and a ns wer a ny questi o ns yo u ma y have. Mayo r Garrett said 1hnt wo uld be very helpful. th ank yo u. Mr.
Fruchtl sn id the s ubjccl pro pert y is a vncan1 parce l of approx im a1el y 1.19 ac res located at 1296 West Q uincy
Ave nu e . It is :1pproximately 1000 feet cast of the intersectio n o f Qui ncy and Windermere. Access 10 the proposed
dc,..cl o pmcnt will be thro ugh a private drive and that wi ll be West Qui nc y C ircle and that will be accessed fro m
West Quinc y I\ ve nu e. Adjacent prope, ti cs to th e north . ca st a nd so uth are zo ned R-1-C Single•f-amil y Uni 1
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Re sid cn ti :11 Di s1nc1 and contain single -fami ly home s. Adj acent propertie s 10 the wes t arc zo ned 1-1 :i nd :ire used as
au tomotive sale!I and engine rcp;1ir . The Englewood Est:i tc s app li ca tion propo ses 7 single fomi ly lots ranging in size
fro m 5.116 square feel 10 6.750 squa re feet. The average 101 size of the PUD 1s 5.784 sq uare fee t, wh ich is
comparable to 1he adjace nt R-1-C zo nin g. whi c h requires u minimum lot size o f 6.000 sq uare foct. The proposed
height o f the princ ipal st ru c tures is 32 feel. whic h is th e sa me as lhc hei ght m:rnd :ued in the Uni fied De velo pme nt
Code. whic h was rec enil y ado pt ed . Setbacks fo r thi s de ve lopm cnt are c stnbli shcd thro ugh a develo pment e nve lope
and are spec ifi c 10 eac h lot and th at de velopment enve lope is show n on the P UD Di s1r1c1 Pl an. Plea se note tha t
althou gh the de ve lopmen t en ve lope is th e area in whi ch dcvc lopmc.al ma y occ ur , an y pro visions with in 1he PUD
Di stri ct Pl an Oe ve lopm enl S1a nd ard s preclud e !he de velo pmenl envelope fr om being full y devel oped . Addi tio nal
provi sions 10 th e devel opme nt en ve lope req uire that garage doo rs be se 1 bac k a minimum 24 fe et fr om Wes! Quincy
Circle to provide additi onal parkin g within there . Any type of landsca ping assoc iated with the projec t is compat ib le
with Sec tio n 16•6-7: Land sca ping an d Scree ning of th e Unifi ed De ve lop men t Code . If there are an y questio ns fr om
Ci ty Cou nci l at !h is time , l wo uld be more than happy to answer the m.
Mayo r Garrett said are there any questi ons fr om Council.
Co un cil Member Bradshaw sai d I just ha ve a bri ef romm en t. Thi s propert y has been sittin g there for ye ar .. and at
one tim e in th e S0's we had a proposal come through . This reall y is a good look ing pro posa l.
Ma yor Garrett ask ed if there we re an y ques ti ons or co mm en ts from Co un ci l.
Ma yo r Garren said I ha ve a co uple . The first o ne is the 6 foot height requirement that the developers are going 10
put around the perimeter of the prope rt y. My co nce rn is on th e Quincy Avenue si de . Beco.usc a lot of the properties
along there, that actually face other streets, their sid e yard is fa cing Quincy. The 6 foo l fence they ma y use as a
privac y fence for th e back yard, but the fr onl yard piece is eith er no fen ce or low fence . I wa s wondering, if yo u
s1art runnin g 11 barrier along Quincy ... a 6 foo l fe nce complete ly blocki ng off ... ifthat was considered when yo u all
were looki ng ut the desig n? Mr . Fruchtl said yes, that actually was considered and lho.t wo.s also brought up before
the Planning Com mi ssion. Wit h that , o ne of the rec omm endatio ns from th e Planning Commi ss ion to Cit y Counci l
was th at 1he fence along Wes t Quinc y Avenue ca nnol be constructed wit hin 20 feet of the in1 erscc1io n of Wes1
Quincy Circle and the front pro peny lin e on the East side . Mayor Garrett sai d that was to address that co nd iti on?
Mr. Fru cht l sa id yes and abo, withi n the UDC a nd also wi thin the previous zone di strict . 1hose arc the si de yards fo r
1ha1101 . If an appli cant we re 10 co me in fo r a fence permit. they wo uld be all owed 10 co nstru ct a 6 foot fen ce 5 feet
o ff of their propeny line . Tha l would be co nsi dered th ei r side yard set back .
Mayor Garrell said th e seco nd iss ue is 1hc off stre et parkin g. l know yo u have fo ur spots per lot . Mr . Frucht l said
yes. Mr . Garre tt suid there is onl y fou r oth er spac es for the entire devel opm ent. Mr. Fruchtl sa id yes . Mr . Garrell
said let s think of so me1hin g cr:izy. like ma ybe the Bron cos make th e Super Bow l. What happe ns when the y have a
Super Bowl par1 y, where arc those peop le supposed to park ? Mr . Frucht l sai d that also was addressed not onl y with
the Pl anning Com miss io n. bu1 al so during th e devel opment stages of this prop,;rt y. J be liev e the ap plica nt would
most lik ely be the be st pers on to add ress thut. S1affbelieves 1he parking provi ded is adequ:11e . but al so believes 1ha1
seve n peo ple pote nti all y aren·1 goi ng 10 be hav in g seve n indi vidual fun cti ons held one evening . Addi 1io nall y there
is the ab ilit y to park along We st Quinc y Ave nue as that 1s a pu blic s1ree1. Mayo r Ga rrett said wi ll thi s be a pub lic
strecl. .. the Circl e? ~·Ir. Fruclu l s;:ud . The circle will nm be a pu blic stre~t. It is go in g 10 be a priv ate stree t tha t will
be maint ain ed through a home owners assod:uio n. Mayor Garrett said who wi ll be enforci ng the no parki ng'! Mr .
Fruch tl sa id th at is a very good ques ti on and I will be addrcss in 'l that wit h lh e app lica nt
COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, A ND IT \VAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM
II (o) (I)· COUNCIL BILL NO. 33 A:-I D TO SET A PUBLI C HEARING FOR JUL" 19, 2004 .
COUNCIL BILL NO . 33. I NTR ODUCED BY COU NCIL M EMB ER WOLOSYN
A BILL FOR AN OR DINANCE APPROV ING THE ENGLEWOOD ESTATES PLANNED UN IT
DEVEL OPM EN T (PUD) AT 1296 WEST QU I NCY A VENUE IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD. CO LORADO .
Mayor Ga rrett asked if 1hcrc we re any co mmenl ; or di sc uss ion. There was no ne .
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Vote res ults :
Motio n carried .
Ayes :
Nays :
Absent:
Cou nci l Members Barrentine, Moore. Bradshaw, Garrell. Wo losyn, Tomasso
None
Counci l Member Yurchick
(b) Approva l or Ordinances on Second Rc.idin g
(i) Co unci l Bill No. 26, au:r.orizing an In tcrgovemmenta l Agreemen t wi th the City Jf
Littleton fo r the purchase of th e "Hcrbcnson" property for th e Linlcton/E nglcwood Wastewalcr Tre.t!.trnent Pl an t was
conside red .
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVEll, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM
11 (b) (I) • ORDINANCE NO. JO, SERIES OF 2!/04.
ORDINANCE NO . 30, SERIES OF 2004 (CO!INCll. BILL NO . 26, INTRODUCED BY COUNCll. MEMBER
BRADSHAW)
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENT Ju. AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
LITJ'LETON, COLORADO AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD PERTAINING TO THE "SECOND
AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES or LITTLETON AND ENGLEWOOD,
COLORADO, FOR JOINT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACll.lTIES ."
Mayor Garrett asked if there was any discuss ion or co mments. There was none .
Vote results:
Motion carried.
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent
Council Members Barrentine, Moore, Bradshaw, Garrett, Wolosyn, Tomasso
None
Council Member Yurchick
(ii) Council Bill No. 29 , submitting to a vote of th e registered electors o f the City of
Englewood a proposed amendment to Artic le I, Secti on 12, of the Englewood Home Rule Charter penaining to
Elections was considered.
COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AN D IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM
11 (b) (II) • ORDIN ANCE NO. 34, SERIES OF 2004
ORDINANCE NO . 34, SERIES OF 2004 (COUNC ll. BILL NO . 29. INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
WOL OSYN)
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REG ISTERED ELECl'ORS OF THE CIT Y OF
ENGLEWOOD AT THE NEXT SCHE DULED MUNICIP AL ELECTION A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
ARTICLE I, SECTION 12, OF THE ENGLEWOOD HOME RULE CHARTER.
Mayor Garrett asked if th ere wns nn y di sc ussion or comment s. There were no ne .
Vote results:
M'jtion curried.
Aye s:
Nays :
Abse nt:
Counc il Me mbe rs Barrent ine , Moore , Bradshaw. Garrett, Wo losyn. Toma sso
None
Counci l Member Yurchick
(iii) Council Bill No 30. submitting to a v01c o f 1hc re gistered e lectors of the Ci ty o r
Englewood a Ballo1 Questio n 10 sell or trunsrer properly o wned by the Englewood Wat er and Sewer Uti lities 10 lhe
Cities or Englewood and Li ttleto n fo r use by the Litt lcton/Er.glcwood W11 s1ewa 1er Treatment Plant.
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COUNCIL MEMI.IER BRADSHAW MOVED , AND IT WAS SE CONDED, TO APPROVE AG ENDA IT EM
11 (b ) (iii) -ORDl.~AN C E NO. 35 , SERIES OF 2004
OR DI NAN CE NO . 35, SE RI ES or '004 (CO UNC IL BILL '0 . 30. INTRODUCE D BY COUN CIL ME MB ER
BR ADS HAW )
AN ORDINAN CE SUBMITTI NG TO A VOT E OF THE REG ISTERED ELEC TORS or THE CITY OF
ENULEWOOD A BALL OT QUEST ION AT THE NEXT SC HED ULED MUNI CIPAL ELECTI ON TO SELL OR
TR ANS FER PROPERTY OW NEIJ BY THE ENGLEWOOD IV AT ER AND SEIVE R UTILI TIES TO THE
CITIE S OF ENGLEWOOD AND LI fTLETON FOR US E BY THE LITTLETO N/EN GLEWOOD
WASTE WATER TREATME NT PL ANT .
Ma yo r Garrett asked if there were any que stion s or comments. Th ere were none.
Vote results:
Ayes:
Nay s:
Abse nt:
Moti on carried.
Co un ci l Members Barrentine . Moore , Brad sha w, Garrell. \Volosyn, Toma sso
None
Co un cil M 'llber Yurchi ck
(c) Reso luti ons and Motio ns
(i) Planner Fruchtl presented a recomm endati on fro m the Community Development
Departm ent 10 ad opl a resoluti on appro ving proposed changes 10 th: Devel opment Re view Applicati on Fee
Schedule . He said staff recommend s that the City Council consider and approve by re solution the proposed
Development Review Ap plic ati on Fee Schedule as outlined in Exhibit A. With the adopti on of the Unified
Devel opment Code (UDC) on Februtlfy 23, 2004 , some modificati ons 10 the previously adopted De\1el opmcnt
Re vie w Application Fee Schedule have been identified . They arc as follows .. .in regard 10 fee in lieu . this was
previ ousl y loc ated within the te xt of the landscape requirements of the fonner Zoning Ordinance . It has been moved
from the text to be included with other fees in the fees sc hedule and ha s been proposed to be increased from $1.15 10
S 1.50. The land use permit is a new land use appli cati on that wa s created wi1h 1he ad opti on of the Unified
De vel opment Code . The a pplication fee is consistent with sintilar applicati ons requiring similar degrees of re view ,
admin is1ra1ion and reco rding . Add i1ionall y. admini s1rativc aCjustmc nt...1hi s is an existing fe e that is locat ed on 1he
fee sc hedu le. Sta ff is proposin g a reducti on of the requi red fee f:o m S22 5 .00 10 $125 .00. Th e proposed redu cti on
bring s the appli cati on fee in line wi1h similar appli catio ns rcquiriu g s ni lar deg re es of revi ew. adm inis trati on and
al so reco rdin g. Add i1 io nall y we have th e tempo rary use pennit, wh :ci1 is al so loca ted on the Devel opm enl Review
f ee Schedul e , Staff is also proposing a reduc1ion in th e requ ired fee fr om $150.00 to $7 5.00. The proposed
reducti on br ings th e appli cat io n fee in lin e with similar appli cati ons requirin g simil ar degree s of re view.
adm ini s1ratio n a nd record ing. Jf1here are any questi ons al thi s lime th e staff would like 10 ent ertain them .
Mayo r Ga 1Te1t asked if th ere were an y questi ons .
Co uncil Mcm~r Bradsha w said with our reve nu e disc uss ion and our bud ge1 disc ussion, I have to ask th e qu estion
abo u1 why 1;1e red uction in foe s? If lhc fee s are th ere. how many of th em do we co ll ec t anyway ? Beca use. ,•,e :m· .1
la ndl oc ked cit y.
Mr. Fruch tl said I be lie ve there has o nl y bee n. actu all y. one appli cJ.i on th at has bee n brou ght 10 Co mmu n11y
De vel opm ent staff thi s year. Aga in ii brin gs it in to lin e wit h other types of appl ic ati ons ,;uc h as th e zo nin g vari ance
and also the a ppea ls. Bmh 1he J ppcal a nd al so lh e va ri ance are scheduled at 5 125.00, Sia ff bclic ves 11 wo uld be
applicabl e al 1hi s time to red uce th ,u fee dow n in lin e wi:h lh {1t same S 125 .00 area .
Direc tor Simpso n said 1hc q uestion wa s why are we rc\luc1 ng so me of the se fee s'! He said. as Mr . Fru chtl said. whe n
we cs1ab hsh fee sc he du le s we 1ry 10 la ke a loo k at review and recordin g fee s and a lot of th ose as pects. but we also
1ry to und erstand fe es :b the y may rc l:11e IO other j uri sdktiuns. We al so 1ry 10 mak e sure tha t th ere arc issues of
cqml y i.:0 11 s1stc nt w11h oth cr kin ds uf fe es th at wc ha\'C imposed . Wh en we were pullin g 1h c:sc into pla ce. ,I lot of
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th ese we gave o ur best guess, if you wi!I , 10 1ry to look at 11 lot of these . Admini s1ra1i vc adju s1mcnts ... as we tart
loo king at th ose, lhey seem 10 be more reaso nabl e 10 be a liule bit lower . It seems to be le ss impactfo l nnd mos l of
the time those kind of reviews lend to be for citizens :ind not businesses . So, it made more sen se 10 us and that is
why we we re requesting that.
Counc il 1.vfembcr Barrentine said under the Financial Impa ct you sa id "proposed fees increase th e potcn1ial for City
revcnuc:i." I j ust wanted you 10 expound on that a littl e.
Director Si mpson sai d obviously :my 1ime we impose any fee s on any of our reviews, we have the pote ntial for
increasing revenues overall and I think last year we had estimated that so mewhere in the range of SJ5,CXXJ.00 is
what we were going to be expecti ng , bnscd on previous reviews and thi s new fee structure . That is what we would
have anticipated. Even with the minor reductio n we will be within that general range, I su spect.
Mayor Garrell 3sked if th ere were any other questions . There were none .
COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSY!'i MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM
11 (c) (I) • RFSOLUTION NO . 56, SERIFS OF 2004.
RESOLtITION NO. 56, SERIES OF 2004
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW APPLICATION FEE SCHE DU LE FOR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT .
Mayor Garren asked if there was any di scussio n. There was none .
Vote results:
Motion carri ed .
Ayes :
Nays:
Abse nt:
Council Members Barrenti ne, Moore , Brads haw, Gmeu, Wol osy n, Tomasso
None
Council Member Yurchick
(ii) Senior Planner Graham presented a recommendation from the Community Development
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Department to approve a resolution adopti ng the Sou th Broadway Plan as a Strategic Plan im pl ementing
Englewood's Comprehensive Plan, Roadmap Englewood . He said the recommendation is to accept the Planning
Commission's recommendntion to approve thi s reso luti on. The South Broadway Pinn has been goir,g on for about a
year and a half and rather than explain the details of the Plim , I would like to provide just an overview of the
proce ss. When we started th is Plan we had targeted a stakeho lder group th at consisted primarily of busi ness
property owners, business owners and bega n working with them as we deve loped so me strategie s fo r improving
Broadway. As the project progressed, we determi ned that there wns a much larger stakeholder gro up and , ns a
result. expanded the public process to incl ude that group . By October of Inst year , we had two large co mmu nity
groups that involve d the neighborhoods and following up after substantial revi sio ns of the Plan early thi s year, we
again invited everJ body ... the busi ness community, the residents and all the citizens of Englewood 10 co me and
comme nt. In the meantime. we had alt ered the plans substantiall y. We have gone from a fai rly 1echnical plan. that
was IBrgc:ted at n business audience and an investor audience, 10 a list of srrategics in six calegories, •vhich wt:
believe implement 1he Compre hensive Plan and help us to begin investing in BroadwL1y and rnaking th :11 a more
significant place in our co mmun ity . I wo uld like to say that I think we ha ve honored the Council 's co mmitment 10
the comm un ily by pro vi ding an expa nded public process. 11 was our experience tha1 through this process we had j
num ber of co mments that we were able to address in thl~ rev ised Plan . At ou r final meeting with the Planning
f'"'.oml'!1ission we hacl o nl y one citizen who had ini1fa.ll y opposed it and had changed his req ues t 10 the Co mmi ss ion in
favor of :c. I hope th al that is represe nta tive of the larger communi ty. The Broadway Plan is just a refinement of
so me or the more generic goa ls of 1he Comprehensi ve Pl an, but focused on !he things we co uld do on Broadway
over the next five to 1en years. We hope that with a re so luti on from the Cou ncil approving this , we can get started •
on doing so me of !hose things .
Mayor Garrell asked if there were question s for Mr. Graham .
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Co uncil Member Wolosy n sa id no, but I ha ve a comm ent I wou ld lik e to thank staff. Thi s is a long lime co ming
and ii is an imponant th ing. I would like to thank staff, !he bu si ne ss and rc sidcn1i:il co mmunit y ... eve rybody stepped
up to do this . And now, we have to step up to the other pan . Thank yo u.
Cou ncil Member Brad shaw sai d well done Mark , good job.
Mayor Garrett said it was a long process. I al so want 10 co ngratulate Planning and Zo ning for stick ing wi th ii over
the long haul. I have to gi ve them credit. They hun g in th ere ver y well .
COUNCIL MEMBER TOMASSO MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA IT EM
11 (c) \II)· RESOLUTION NO. 57, SERIES OF 2004.
RESOLUTION NO . 57 , SERIES OF 2004
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SOUTH BROADWAY PLAN AS A STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTING
THE ENGLEWOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN .
Mayor Garrett asked if there were any questi ons or comments. There were none.
Vote r,sults:
Ayes :
Nays:
Absent:
Motion carried .
12. General Discussion
(a) Mayor's Choice
Council Members Barrentine, Moore , Bradshaw, Garren. Wolo syn, Tomasso
None
Council Member Yurchick
(i)· Mayor Garrett said I have a request to resc hedule the Jul y 6, 2004 City Council meeting
lo July 12, 2004.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO RESCHEDULE THE JULY
6, 2004 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO JULY 12, 2004.
Vote results:
Ayes :
Nays:
Absent
Motion carried .
Cou ncil Member s Barrcnlinc, Moore . Brad sha w, Garrett, Wo losyn, Toma sso
None
Council Member Yurchick
Mayor Garrett said so we will ha ve our offi cial meetings in Jul y on Jul y 121h and Jul y 19111•
(i i) Ma yor Garren said, be cause of the resi gnation of Co un ci l Member Yurchick, would yo u
like to meet for just a brief moment after we adjou rn so 1he Ci ty Anomey can di scuss the process ",; need to fo llo w
to appoint a new member ?
Co unc il Member Bradshaw said is that an Exec uti ve Sessio n or a publi c ses sion ? Ci ty Attorney Brotzman sai d that
would be an ope n sess ion. She said okay.
Mayor Garrett said we need 10 go over the Cha rter requirements so th at we are all clear on what th e process needs 10
• be and 1hen we ca n discuss how we want 10 take lh e nex 1 step . Is tha t agreeable ?
Counci l Member Brad shaw said then we will just ha ve it in here '! Counci l agreed.
(b) Co un ci l Membe rs· Choice
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(i) Co unci l Member Brad sha w said I wan t 10 co mplim e nt 1hc rolks who spo ke thi s eve nin g.
I rc nll y apprecia te 1he lack of redund ancy in yo ur comm e nt s. Yo u guys tri ed and it showed . Thank yo u ve ry much .
I s1ill th o ught it wa :; o. pil ot program .
Ma yor Uarren said I was wro ng . It did not be co me a permane nt program . II sta yed a pi lot program fo r a varic 1y of
reaso ns. So I apologi ze .. .1 misspoke .
Co un ci l Member Bradshaw said the other thing is l agree, I think there need s 10 a balance a nd I thin k we ca n
co mpromi se on thi s iss ue . But J appreciate the coac h co ming forwa rd and tellin g us so me of th e problem s, because
th ose are the thi ngs we don't h~r and th at is 11011hc bandwagon to ge t on right now . I thought that too k a lot of gu ts
to stand up in front of a roo m full of fo lks and say what you did . I notice that on 1hc field . because ( ha ve fr iend s
whose grandchildren pla y there . Anyway . 1 do think that we can work thi s o ut and you did hear when we will be
di sc uss in g this again . You arc all cog nizant of that. Jill , thank yo u so mu ch for all your effons on thi s. I reall y
appreciate it.
13. City Monager's Report
City Manager Sears did not ha ve any matters to bring before
14 . City Attorney's Report
City Attorney Brotzman did not have any matters to bring before Council.
15. Adjournment
GARRETT MOVED TO ADJOURN . The meeting adjourned at 8:58 p.m .
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