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ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
Regular Session
November 15, 2004
I. CaU to Order
The regular meeting or the Englewood Ci ty Co uncil was called 10 ord r r by Ma yo r Garren at 7:37 p.m.
2. Invocation
The invocat io n was given by Co uncil Membe r Barrent ine.
3. Pledge or Allegiance
Th e Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Garrell .
4. Roll Call
Prese nt:
Absent:
A quorum wa s prese nt.
Also present:
Council Members Tomasso , Moore, Barrentine, Garrett, Bradshaw,
Wol osy n, Woodw:ud
None
City Manager Scars
City Attorney Brotzman
Assi stant City Man ager Flaherty
Ci1y Cle rk Elli s
Director 0 1so11, Safet y Se rvices
Director Long, Library Se rvices
Director Gryglcwic z, Finance and Admini strative Services
Direct or Kahm , Publi c Works
5. Conslderatlan or Minutes or Previous Session
(a) COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO
Al'PROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER I,
2004.
Ma yo r Garrett as ked if there were any comme nt s or co rrec tio ns. Th ere were none.
Vo te results :
Ayes:
Abs1ain :
Na ys:
Motion carried .
Counci l Membe rs Barrentine, Brad shaw , Garrett , Wolosy n,
Wood ward. Tomasso
Council Membe r Moore
None
6. Recognition or Scheduled Public Comment
(a) Ci ty Co uncil recognized the 15 studen t arti sts whose artwork is included in th e 2005
En glewood Ca lend ar.
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M:1yor G11rrc 11 su id eac h yea r, th e Ci1 y holds an an con 1est that is o pe n to ;i ll stu den ts who li ve or go 10
sc hool in Englewood . T hi s yea r. we received near ly 150 entries, and 15 of lhose I ieccs were cho sen for the
ca lendar. We w;mt 10 th unk 1he paren ts and art teac hers for their support ofthl'se 1alen1cd anists. There are
spec ifically so me peo pl e I wo uld like to th unk : the Selec tio n Panel -Mayo r Pro Tern Olga Wolosy n. City
Co unci l Me :nbc r Be ve rl y Bradshaw, Ci1 y Co uncil Member Ray Toma sso and the Cha ir of th e Cu hural Arts
Co mmi ss ion, Eric Bcrtolu zz i, also the me mbers ofCullural Arts Commissio n -Mary Lynn Baird. Kate
Du laney. Amy Lauge se n, Janet Moore , Do nn a Schnit ze r, Maggie Stewart, Dave Mitchell (Mi 1che ll De sign ),
Rodney Le ntin e (Exec uti ve Director of the Mu seum of Outdoo r Arts). Meredith Wort zc l (Program
Coordi nat or for the Museum of Outd oo r Art s) and Susar, Keene (Progress ive Educotion in An & Academi cs
for Kids (PEAK) Coord inator).
Moyor Garre n sai d we al so had some spo nsors who spo nsored thi s projec t that we wa nt to thank : lhe
Museum of Outdoor Arts, A & B Custo m Framing. The Pre ss wo rks. Colonia l Bank . Miller Wei nga rt en
Realt y. Ortice Depot , Telecom Se rvices, Jn1;,, Greater Englewood Chambe r of Commerce. Mile l·li gh Coffee,
Pira tes Cove. Hobby Lobby and Einstei n ljros. Ba ge ls.
Mayor Garren sa id 1onigh1 we are goi ng to be returning the anwork 10 1hese anisls, which have been matted
and framed for th em. The anists will also receive a gift ca.rd to Hobby Lobby. Olga . Bev and Ray wi ll help
with the prese ntati on. We as k the anists to come fo rward as their na mes are ca ll ed ond more im po nantl y
after :he recog niti on if yo u could meet in th e lobby ou tside Co un cil Cha mbers so 1hat yo u con ha ve o grou p
photograph .
Co un cil Members Wolosyn anl' Brads haw introd uced the 2005 Ca lendar ani sts and Co uncil Member
Tomasso prese nted them wilh their maned and framed pieces.
Kirs1yn LeCavalier is a 111 Grader at Maddox El ementary . Kirstyn 's piece , entitled "Ro1111d Elepha111,"
appears on the cover of the calendar.
There arc two artisls fea tured in January: Jessica Gutierrez and T yle r DeHaan, both 2nd Graders al
Maddox Eleme ntary. Their anwork is entitl ed "Pengu in 011 let!.''
Patri ck Ca ll is an I 1111 Grader at Humanex Aca demy . Pa tric k's anwor k, e nt itled "The Duomo,'' appears
in Fcbruary .
Mi ss i Meers is a 7111 Grade r at All Sou ls Schoo l. Mi ss i's artwork. "Pi11 k Fl yin g Squ irrel" appe ars in
Marc!l .
Curti s Bodikcr is a 2nd Grader at Maddox Elementary . Curti s' piec e. "Peacock," appears in Ap ril.
Elizabet h Clo utier is a 5th Grader at Clayt on Ele men tary Sc hoo' Elizabeth's artwork . "Coo l Car,"
appears in Ma y.
Jeffrey Don:1hoo is a 4111 Grader at Cla yton Elemen tar y Sc hool. Jeffrey's artwork, "Th e Co lla ge of
Cake.'i," appcurs in Ju ne.
An ny Arc hi ba ld is a 2nd Grnder at All So ul s. Ann y's art work. "Dowmwml Doggie ," appears in Ju ly.
Mia Miller is a 2nd Grad er at Charl es Hay Ele me nt ary. Mia 's piece. "Pre ti)' Peta ls." appears in Augusl.
Natasha Fi sh is an 8th Grader at Solid Roc k Enrichment Prog ram . Na ta sha's artwo rk , "Tla ere·s a S11ail
ill my Shoe!" appcarr in Sep 1cm ber.
Two nrtis ts arc fc:uurcd in Octo ber: Cheri sh J-lead lc:,• and Sura Hyde, bo1h I" Graders :11 M,1dd ox
Elemc nl nry T hei r art wor k is en till cd ''The Mo11 s1er l/11der My Bed."
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Sannah Pham is a 3"' Grade r :11 Clayto n Elcm cni ary. Sannah's artwork appea rs in November.
Abrcah Gri ffi n is a 6th Grade r at God dard Middle Sc hoo l. Abrca h·s artwork. "I'm Feelin g /J/11 e." w:is
crc:ucd last year when she att e nd ed Clayton Elementar y and ii appea rs in Dec ember.
Mayor Garren o ffered co ngratu lations to the art ists. Thanks for co min g this eve nin g to help us rc cog ni 1.e
th es e talcmcd arti sts, he su id . There wns a round of applau se.
Mayor Ga rrell said 1hcre are calendars available on th e iablc in th e back of the room and th ere will be ;1 gro up
pho togra ph in the lc bby out side Counc il C hambers.
7 . Rccogo!dnf1 or Unsc heduled Public Cfl:.1111ent
(a) Diane Wray said I am a ci t'.Le n of Englewood . I am here to sr '!nk rega rdin g the nomination
of 1he Firs t Federal Savings bu ilding, which is now Com me rcial Federal Ba nk al 4301 South Broadway . The
redc ve lop meni of Cinderell a City int o th e Eng lewood Ci 1yCenter has been co mpleted and judged a suc cess,
nol just by our co mmunity , but by a natio nal audience. The ne xt cha ll enge facing the Ci ty of Eng lewood is
th e rev it alization of Broadway. Unlik e the Ci nderell a City si te, Broadway is not a bl ank slate. Hundreds of
exis ting build ings occ up y the corridor ... hundred of owne rs and hundreds of mostly small business es. Thi ·
project requires an entirely different sc i of skills and too ls. One of th ose too ls is hi storic preserv :nion. The
hi sto1 i..: preservation ordinance of Englewood clearly defines its purpose, whic h is 10 establi sh historic area s
and landmarks fo r the education, cultural and eco nomic benefit of the Englewood citi zens. Du e 10 va ri ous
pressures that may result in the destruct ion, impairment or alt er ati on of hi storic reso urces, which re fl ec t
elements of Eng lewood's cultura l and archi tec lural heritage , it is the policy and responsibi lity of the
ordi nance to protec t and preserve buildings th at are remi nders of pa st eras, eve nt s and perso ns impona nt in
local, State or nati on:1 1 hi story. whic h provides signifi cant exam pl es of archi tectura l styles of the past , are
landmarks in the history of architec ture and which are unique o.nd irrepl aceab le o.sse1s 10 1hc City and its
nei ghborhood s. whic h provi de fo r th is and future genera tions, examp les of the physica l surroundin gs in
whic h pa st ge nerations li ved. It is al so to develo p and main1ain the ap propriate environme nt fo!" such
bui ldin gs re flc clin g variou s nrchi1 ec 1Urnl styles. Fi rst Federal. now Co mmerci al Federa l Bank. cleJrl y mce1s
the criteria for loca l landmark stat us. The summary stat eme nt fro m th e co mpl ete land mark nomin ation,
which I prepared and submined read s: The First Federa l Saving s building embodie s di sti ngui shi ng
charactc ri s1ics of moderni st architecture inh ere ntl y val uab le for a slud y of the period's s1 yle and method of
constru ction . It is significant as th e work of a recognized mas ter of moderni st post-World War II Co lorado
architectu re. William Muchow :md for it s use of inn m·a tive design anJ eng in eeri ng in the express ion of
modern archi 1ecturc . It is also sig nifi can t as par t of an important contex t of mod ern is t bank s buill in
Eng lewood in th e period between 1945 and 1970 . It exe mplifi es th e broad cuhura l, po litica l. eco nomi c and
soc ia: hi story of th e City of Eng lewood. Arapa hoe Co unty . the State of Colorado and the Uni ted S1ates in the
yea rs it was constru cted . h 1 • signifi cant as an exemplary stru~ture fr om the Gold en Age of Eng lewood ... a
perind of unequaled grow th and pro sperity in which lhe Ci ty was a leader in loc al. re gional and nati ona l rc t:1il
and co mmercial devcl opm!!nt. It is also sign ifi cant for it s association with First Federal Sa vin gs . an
imporiant banki ng ins ti tution in our hi story . Thi s nomin a1i on. the fir st ind ependent nominat io n of a loca l
l:indmark by an Englewood ci ti zen ha s encoun tered 1wo ro;1db loc ks. bo th of whi ch are base d on 1he
inadequa cy of 1he l,rdi nancc. The fi rs! of th ese is a fifty ye ar rule . Give n the fa ct tha t th e pcri 11d fr om 1hc
la1c 1940's 1h ro ugh th .· 1960's c;m be obJcc1 ivc ly iden tifi ed a~ the Go ld en Age of Englewoocr s re sidential
and co mmerc iul deve lo pm ent , thi s fif1y year rule is clcurly inadequa te 10 pro tec t man y of th e buildin l:\!-. in our
commu nit y tha t arc mos1 likely to merit land1m:rk s1a1Us . ll is impcralivc 1h~. 1h is lan gua ge be alte red in !he
refinemen t of th e ordinance currcnlly und erwa y, It is also im po rtnnt 10 nole that , due 10 th e rccogm li on of
Na1iona l regi stered lan dmark s in th e Cit y of Eng lewood. Arapa hoe Acre s. whi ch wa s at it s listi ng less 1han
fifty yenrs old , is already an Eng lewood landm ark . The s,·c ond roadb loc k is the refu sa l uf 1hc building o•.-mcr
and 1he Ci ty of Eng le wood to all ow 1he posting of lhc Publi c Notic e of a Plannin g and Zo ning hearing on the
hbtoric designati on and pre servation of this i,nporlan t building . Englew ood has onl y two buildin gs on
Broadwa y 1hat are c learly of Nati onal archilecturn l and hi storic significance . One is Charl es De:11on·s Ke y
Savings . now Co lonial B:mk . The oth er is Will iam Much1Jw Fir st Fede ral Savi ngs hui ldin g. This buil di ng
should become 1hc cc111crpi cce of Broa dway's rcvita liz:uin n. Not n's fir st vi ctim . The Ci1y of Englcwol)d
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shoul d be enco uragin g publi c debate on his 1ori c pre servati on. not obs1ruc1ing it. And. I ask th :11 1hc Ci1 y
Co uncil iake Lh e steps necessa ry to crsurc that thi s publ ic debate lakes place on thi s propert y. Thank yo u.
Mayor Ga rrett 1hnnkcd Ms. Wr ay .
8. Comm unications, Prochlmnllons and Appolnlmcnls
There were no commu nica tions, proc lamn1ions or appointmcnl s.
9. Consent Age nd a
(a) Approval of Ordinances o n First Reading
There we re no item s s ubmitted for appr 1val on first reading.
(b} Approval of Ordinances on Second Readin g
There were no additional items submitted for app rova l on scconrl reaJing. (See Agenda Item 11 (b).)
(c) Resolutions and Moti o ns
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSIIA W MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE
CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 9 (c) (I)· RESOLUTION NO. 100, SERIES OF 2004.
(Clerk"s note: Thi s was li sted as Item 9 (n) (i) on the Age ndu .]
(i) RESOLUTION NO. 100, SERIES OF 2004
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY TO IMP LEME NT THE
ANNUAL '"FO OD FOR FINES'" PROGRAM FROM MONDAY . NOVEMBER 29. 2004 THROUGH
SUNDAY , DECEMBER 12 . 2004 .
Vole res ul ts :
Moti on carri ed.
Ayes : Co uncil Members Barrentine , Moo re . Brad sha w. Ga rrett , Wol osy n,
Woodward , Tomasso
Nay s: None
IO. Public Hearing Items
No pub lic heari ng wa s sc hcc!ulcd befo re Counc il .
11 . Ordinances, Resol ution nod Motions
(a) Appn.wa l of Ord inances on First Reading
There we re no items submined fo r approva l on fir sl readin g.
(b) Ap proval of Ordinances o n Seco nd Reading
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA
ITEM S 11 (b) (I) THROUGH (v).
Mayo r Garrett asked if there wa s any di sc u:-.s ion. There was none .
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(1) ORD INAN CE :-S O. 60. SER IES OF cQO.l (CO NCIL BILL NO . 53 .
INTRODUCED IJY COUNC IL MEMB ER IVOLO SY:-1)
AN ORD INANCE ADOPT ING THE BUDGE T OF TH E ITY OF ENGLEW OOD. COLO RAD O. FOR
Tl-IE FISC AL YEAR 2005
(ii) ORD INANCE NO . 6 1, SER IES OF 2QO.l (COUNC IL BILL NO . 5~.
INTRODU CED BY COL'NCIL MEMB ER BRADSHAW )
AN ORD INANCE APPROPR IAT ING MON IES FOR ALL MUNI CIPAL PURPOSES IN TJIE CITY OF
EtlGLEWOOD. COLORADO. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JA NUARY I. 2005. AND
F.ND ING DE CE MBER 3 I, 2005, CONST ITUTING WHAT IS TERMED THE ANN UAL
APPROPR IAT ION BILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2005 .
(iii) ORDINANCE NO . 62. SER IES OF 2004 (COUNC IL BILL NO. 59.
INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEM BER WOL OSYN)
AN ORD INANCE AUTHOR IZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF AN AMO UNT NOT TO EXCEED
$8,355,000 VARIABLE RATE DEMAND MULTIFAM ILY HO US ING REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS
(MAR KS EAST APARTMENTS) SE RI ES 2004 OF Tfl E CITY OF ENGLE WOOD , COLORADO FOR
THE PURPOS E OF FINANCING A PORT ION OF THE COST OF REFUNDING THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD . COLORADO MULTIFAM ILY HOUS ING REVENUE BONDS (THE MARKS
APARTMENTS) 1985 SE RIES 8 ; APPROV ING AND AUTHO RIZING EXECUT ION OF A TRUST
INDENTURE. A FINANCING AGREEMENT. PUR CHASE AG REE MENT , INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, AND AN AMENDED AND RESTATED LAND USE RESTR ICTION AGRE EMENT
WITH RESPECT TO THE BONDS AND THE MULTIFAM ILY HOUSING PROJECT BEING
REFINANCED WITH THE PROCE EDS OF THE BONDS ; MAKING FINDINGS AND
DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECT AND THE BONDS ; AUT HORIZ ING THE
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF RELAT ':D DOCUMENTS ; AND REPEALING ALL ACTION
HERETOFORE TAKEN IN CONFL ICT HEREWITH .
(iv) ORDINANCE NO . 63. SER IES OF 2()()4 (COUN CIL BILL NO . 6 1.
INTRO DUCE D BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW )
A 'ORD IN/,NCE ADOPTI NG :·HE BUDGET FOR THE LITTL ETON/ENGLEWOOD WA STE WATER
TRE ATMENT PLANT FOR THE FISCA L YEA I! 200 5.
(v) ORDINANCE NO. 64. SE RIES OF 2QO.l (C OUN CIL BILL NO. 62.
INTR ODU CED IJY COU NCIL MEMBER WOL OS YN )
AN ORD INANCE APPROPRIAT ING MONIE S FOR THE LITJ'LET ON/E NG LEWOOD WA STEWATE R
TREATME 'T PLANT PURPOSES IN THE FIS CAL YEAR BEGIN NING JA NUARY I. 2005 . AN D
EN DING DE CEMBER 3 1. 2005. CONST IT UT ING WHAT IS TERMED THE ANNUA L
APPROPR IAT ION DILL FOR Tl IE FISCA L YEAR 2005 .
Vote rcsull<i:
Ayes: Co uncil Me mbers Barrc n1inc. ~loo rc. Brad shaw , Ga rrell. \Vll losy n.
Wondward , Tom:i s :u
Nn ys: Nom:
M o1i on CJrried .
(c) Re soluti o ns and Mo 1i o ns
There were no addi1i onal rcso huion s or moti on,; submincd fo r appro\ :ii. (S ec Agc-nd a hem 9 • Co m,,:111
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12 . Ge neral Discussion
(~1) Ma yor's Choice
(i ) May or Garrett said I just wan l 10 make note th at th e ne xt Ci 1y Manage r/C ity
All ornc y mce 1ing wi ll be December 111 sin ce we do not have Council sc hed ul ed fo r next Monda y or the 29 th
of Nove mbe r.
(b) Council Membe rs· Choice
(i) Co uncil Member 8 arren1 ine:
I. She said I had so me peo ple who we re co mpl ainin g abo ut 1he parkin g on Clarkson and th e speed. not
th at 1hat is unique just to Clark son. but with the addi tiona l tra ffic fr om th e Hi gh School it mak es it a little
un iqu e. I was ve ry impres sed with th e work Rick Kahm and our Public Works Depart ment did and I just
wa nted hi-n to speak fo r just a mi nut e on wha t it was he did . Thi s man was very imp resse d al how we ll we
respo nded and th ere was so me uniqu e partn ering with some people and I wo ul d li ke him to address th at just
fo r a moment if he would .
Direc tor Kahm sa id th ank yo u La uren. I included thi s response in your packets as a sho rt -lcrm . Lau reu had
ca lled bccn use the individua l on Clark so n had ca ll ed her. I have onl y been wo rking with th e ETAC gro up a
co upl e of mon th s now ,ind th e targe t that is on our agenda right now is speedi ng on co ll ec tor and ar1 eri al
streets . We have been prett y success ful over the In.st. alm ost fifteen yea rs. with Safet y Serv ices and working
on th e Speed Pledge Program. Prior to lhal . in Trnffi c. we devel oped a program ca ll ed Speed Wat ch and I
incl uded the p:tmp hl cl on that in yo ur packe ts. An d th :11 was init ia ll y deve loped by Traffic to dea l wi!h !he
very isolated cases of speeding . We would have a bl oc k where every once in aw hile th ere was a partic ul ar
ind ividua l who was speedi ng and it was n't pra ctica l for Safety Se rvices to post an offi cer out there fo r hou~s
and hours and hours. jusl on 1he chance th ey might be there when thi s indi"idua l wa s speeding. So. we
deve loped a program 1h:11 allowed ci1izens 10 panic1pate so the y fe lt lik e they could be doing so methin g 10
help us. Spe ed Pledge was devel oped and it was rea ll y si mpl e. h was a malle r of 1raini ng th e ci ti zen s. We
put some mark s on th e street al 11 spec ifi c di stance. provid ed th e cili ze ns wi 1h stop watches and they timed
the vehicle be twee n two poi ni s and had a co nve rsio n chart th at then told th em how fa st th e. ve hich! was
going . They co uld then turn aro und and pass 1hat info rm at ion 0 11 10 Safot y Services and 1hey would fo ll ow
up with a lener to 1he car owner . Gc nera \l y th is was ~o me yo un gste r's pa rent s. They wou ldn't ge t :t 1ickc1 . it
wou ldn 't go on th eir dnvi ng record. but ii was effective and ii lei us ge t out and work wilh lh e ..:o mmuni ty.
Ri ghi now th e prim,iry rn rget on El .-\C's agenda is speeding on 1.0 1\ei:tors. We ha ve lk!en workjng for an
cx 1end ed period of lim e with the Oxfo rd co rri dor and in fa ct. yo u all approved a PIF projec t for nex l years
funding to do :-.o me 1hin gs on Oxford . I think u will probab lv end up hcin g so me neck down s on the ends and
pos '-1 1bly so me radar speed li mit sig.ns ... 1ha1 type of th ing. We arc work in g on 1ha1 and th en most rc~entl y we
had a prob lem th at J cve\opcd ... actua ll y it developed probab ly 20 yea rs ago ... on Dartm outh, bu1 th e fo lks
out th ere fin .::ll y reached thei r brcakm g poi nt und arc prcu y ex ci1cd about wh at we ca n do on Dartmouth .
Ai;ai n, it is a co ll ec tor. I should also po int ou t th at Spee d Pl edge . as wt· de"eloped !hat over the yea rs. has
bee n prcny effec tive on resi dent ia l streets, bu t does not ca rry forwar d on to co ll ec tor!> and ar1eri als. be ca use a
101 of th os e fo lb arc just pa ss ing 1hrough 1own and quite hones 1ly don't care how faM th ey arc going. Dul
,, hen thi s Cla rk so n one ca me up aga in, ii is a co ll cc!O r street and it turned out th at Ladd had a !ilg nifica nl
amoun t or data already co mpiled on 1ha1. I asked La uren if we co uld tum lhi s into :t shon lcrm . beca use I
thmk on e of 1hc th ings we have bee n loo king at on Oxfo rd. and po ssi bl y on Dartmouth. are th ese ph oto rad:t r
sign s 1ha1 ac tu all y te ll yu u huw fa st yo u arc goi ng nnd if yo u are exceeding the speed li mit. it wi ll tell you to
slow dow n. What we we re ab le to do. wi1h :1 serie s of s1udie s o, er on Clarkson ove r th e last cou ple of yea rs.
was :o co nclude tha l whe n school was n·1 in sess io n th e 85 th pc rcc nli le was running abo ut 34 miles pe r hour ,
but when sci10o l wa s m sessio n th e \'O lum e of trnrfic wc n1 up .1bo u1 20 percen t and speed we nt up abou t 5 to
39 mile s per hour . The Safe ty Services speed tra iler works ve ry simil ar to th e ph oto radar sig ns thai we are
propos ing lo try on Oxford and poss ib ly Dar1m ou1h . Ev en when sc hool was in sess ion and th e spe ed had
jumped up 10 39 mil es per hour, wi th the trai ler in pl ace, ii dropped b:1ck do\\11 to 33. We already had th is
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dala on Clark so 11 and I wanted 10 sha re that because I think tha1 is what we wi ll be talkin g a Im about in
ETAC . We ha ve a mee ting again thi s Thursday ni ght I am thinking that is one of the so f1 er 1ype s of 1rnffic
calming 1ech niques 1h at we will probab ly be propo sing ,
Council Membe r Barrenline said thank yo u. I know that he wa s impre ssed wit h thi s and it took less than a
week . They had lrninin ~ today ... fi ve peop le who beca me in vo lved because 1hey were interested, so it is a
way for 1hem 10 participa •e and ge t some more informat io n. II is a limited area, but they wercjusl very
imp ressed wi 1h 1he re sponse and I was ve ry happy 1ha1 we found so me unique way s to ge l them in vo lved .
Director Kahm sa id we all know that speed ing is n big iss ue in every community , not just ours . Ms.
Barrentine said it is ni ce that they could feel 1hey could do so met hing.
2. She said I went to the CML meeti ng. They were putting togct~er their legi sla1ive issues 1hat they
arc goi ng 10 be add ressi ng this legis lative session . [ was very proud of our Director of Safety Services who
made a presentation as ... and your title with that organiza ti on? I'm so rry , I fo rgot.
Director Olson said I am th e Legis lative Chair fo r the Chiefs of Police Associa ti on of Colorado. That is what
I was there fo r.
Ms. Barrentine sa id they were add ressing the is sues with the municip alities inking on the liabili ty of people
who arc hurt or who are sick and those bi ll s arc comi ng back now to the municipalities . He did an excellent
presentatio n and I was very proud to sec Englewood so we ll rep resented. Th3nk you very mu ch, th at was
very ni ce.
(ii) Counci l Member Brad shaw:
I. She said Happy Thanksgiving , si nce I won 't sec you guys ,
2. Sht: said thank you so much Chris for the enforceme nt on Be lle view and Oxfo rd . It really seems to
be working . Thank you.
(iii) Co uncil Member Tomasso sa id I am co ncerned about the lnck of a public hearing
on the bank property and wit h th e ordinance 1h al we ha ve in pince thBt we ca n't seem 10 work out the
discrepancie s in lhe ordinance . It looks. once again 10 me, like government run through secrecy as in the
evening when the City Co unci l decided to te ar down th e Skerritt house. It is the sa me: type of situ ati on and I
think it need s to be in vestigated . I think we need to pu1 a morat orium irt place on the demoliti on of buildi ngs
un til we get an ordinance in place that ca n be add ressed in public foru m.
Mayor Garrett said arc yo u asking for an in vcs tiga1i on abo ut the Skcrritt House?
Mr . Tomasso said no, I am asking about an investigati on about !he process of the hi storic designation
ordinance and 1he in co nsistencies in the ordinance .
Mayor Garren said we hav e a no 1e th at Bob's group wa s suppo sed to be loo king at ii an d bring 1ha1 back to
Co unci l.
Mr . Tom asso sa id I am looki ng at it as I am conce rned with the building !hat co uld be demolished
short ly ... th c bunk building .
Counci l Member llarrentinc said arc you asking thal because of our process or arc you asking for yourself
1hn1 this be inves ti ga ted , as well as the way thi s hns been handled ?
Mr. Toma sso said I am aski ng for it to be looked nl and a morat orium possib ly be put on demoliti on unti l we
gel the ordinan ce straigh1encd out. Sin ce I ha ven't had time to talk to previ ous Co uncil members that wrote
th e ordi nance to se c what the y put in pla ce and why 1hcy put the cl ause in 1ha1 a public citizen ca n nominate a
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building and th en that nomimuion be denied by th e owner of the bui lding and blocked ba sica ll y by an o u1 of
sta le corporation.
Mayor Garrett sa id I guess the questi on 1hen for Counci l, is there a co nsensus 1ha1 you wou ld Iii us to bri ng
back a moratorium reso luti on. in esse nc e'! Mr . Tomasso said yes, until the iss ue is re so lved .
Co uncil Member Brad shaw sa id what is the 1imelin e on the iss ue be ing reso lved?
Mr . Tomasso sa id when l 1alked 10 Communi 1y Development, th ey 1hought five months. They wou ld have
an ordinance in place in five month s. It wo uld take five month s to put it in place.
Ms. Bradshaw sa id what is th e 1imeline for the bank ?
Mr . Tomasso said ii may be tomorrow . Ms. Bradshaw sa id I mean realistically. because I remember you
were the ge ntl eman that offered us $10 .00 for the Skcrriu House. Mr. Tomasso said no, r offered yo u
$13,000.00 .
Cou ncil Member Toma sso sai d at thi s poinr , I',.,e heard the north building has been closed and locked and
they remo ved all the tenants from the north building , so ii cou ld be n month .
Mayor Garr\!tt sai d what if I propose that on December 6111, our fi rst meeting ba ck, that we put it on th e Study
Sessio n and then if there is a consensus 10 move forward we can do th a1? Or any Cou ncil member can have a
moratorium re solution proposed.
Council Member Brad shaw sa id I j ust wonder if th at wouldn't just add another two weeks to th e iss ue . It
so und s like Council Member Tomasso wants to move quicker th an that.
Or, Mr . Toma sso sa id , figure ou t how to post a hearing so Plan ning and Zoning ca n have a hearin g on the
buildin g.
Council Member Brad shaw sa id I was tr yi ng to fast track what yo u want, Ray. If we co uld have it on the
Agenda wrine n up as a moratorium.
Mayor Garren said right and we discuss ii at the Study Session a nd if someone wa nt s 10 move ii that ni gh!,
lhey ca n.
Co uncil Member Barrentine said ( am sorry . I di sagree. Thi s ha s been di sc ussed and this is beca use you
hnve a persona l agenda with thi s. We agreed that lhe ordinance wou ld need the property owne r's permi ss ion
in order 10 post the sig n fo r histori ca l de signati on for 1hc hearing ... in order 10 ha ve 1he public hear in g. Thi!
ordinance was wrinen in a way so that you would have to have permission of the property owne r ... tha t the
property ow ner would wa nt to ha ve a hi storical des ignation. They do not a nd what yo u were proposing a1 th e
time ... at the last Study Session ... was that anybody co uld go ahead and circumvent the property owner's
righ1 s. pos t their property because 1hey be lieved it shou ld be histori cal, even if the property owner s di sagreed .
And I th ink that you arc tryin g to circ um ve nt 1he process fo r a perso nal agenda a nd I don '1 think we shoul d
co ntinue doing thi s.
Cou nci l Member Tomasso sa id I am trying to hold up the proce ss until we get an ordin ance in place thal is
wo rkab le. Th e current ordinance is nol workable . I nm just trying to stall the process until we get so methin g
that is workab le in pince .
Ms. Barrenti ne said what you consider workab le however, 1s ci rc um ven ting th at priv11te property ow ner's
right so th at yo u ca n go ahead and put you r will on to that propert y.
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Counci l Member Brad shaw said and the oth er th ing th at I wo uld like 10 :1dd is, had the South Brondw:1y Plan
1101 ended up being a vo ll ey ball in lh e 1asl elec ti o n. thal ve nu e wo uld h:1vc been changed on that parti c ular
property .
Ma yo r Garrett said wou ld Counci l like IO di sc uss th is on December 61h or no!'! I think l.aurcu . th at it is dear
that you wo uld nOI like to do it. Ms . Brad sha w sa id I think we have di sc ussed it. Mr . Moo re said I nm not
go ing to stop anyone from disc ussi ng so methin g. Ms. Wolosy n said I wo uldn ·1 mind pulling it o n the
agend a, I have no objec ti on.
Ma yor Garre tt said we ll it co u:d always be under Co un cil Members Choice as we ll . That is alw:1ys a
possibility .
Co un cil Member Wolosy n sai d I think it fa ll s inl o 1hat ca te go ry of not bringing up any surpri~es. I guess if
we knc.w ii was goi ng 10 be un de r Co unci l Members Choice 1hat week as an item , that wou ld be fine .
! ,~ ·1or Garrett said so met hing else we need to co nsi der is th e City Attorney's and staff time required 10 draft
a proposa l. Does Cou nr.il wish 10 have them expend Ci ty re sources to do tn at at thi s po int or wou ld yo u
rather have th at discus sion first?
In respo nse 10 Co un ci l Member Wol osy n, Mayor Go.rre u said th e City Auorncy has to drnf1 a reso lut ion and
make sure th e moratorium we create is tailored proper ly so that it is not subject 10 chall enge.
Coun cil Member Woodward sai d for my own clarificatio n, we arc talkin g abo ut a moratorium on one
property '> City Anorney Brotzman sa id on 1111 de moliti on perm its wit hin an area .
City Attorney Brotzma n so.id ont.~of the thin gs we wou ld be working on is what the spec ifi c areu is. You
ca n't do it as to a property . That becomes a taking and that is a problem so yo u have 10 do it within an area
a nd we have to define the area so II is fair .
Counci l ~'fembcr Woodwa rd sai d I think al 1hat poi nt we arc sta rt ing to infringe on th e possibi lit y of so me
ot her property owners th at may have c;o me plans fo r demo litio n or wha1evcr. Do we know anyt hing abo ut
that ? City Anorney Brotzman said that is also part of th e s1a ff 1irnc th at wou ld be spc nt. .. loo king to see if
th ere is anything el se
Cou ncil Member Moo re sai d 1 wi ll clarify my answe r wi th yo ur ques ti ons. I be li eve th at we ca n di sc uss it
phil oso phi call y. I don't think it is warra n1ed 10 be in ves ting much staff time in that pan of it given th e prior
disc uss ions.
Ma yor Garre n sai d Laure ll and Bev, you arc of the same view? Cou ncil Member Brads haw said yes . Mayo r
Garrett sa id I am al so.
Ms. Barrent ine said I was not for the Broadwa y Plan and I sai d so me time ago that I :1m not go ing 10 infrin ge
on pri vate property right s by th e City doing anythi ng wi 1h condemnati on ('I r deve lop ment , nor am I goi ng 10
all ow 1he His1orica l Society tu circ umve nt th ei r process ei th er and t;1kc peu ple's pri \'ale pro perty riBhl s awa y.
And , I stand firm on 1hat s1ill .
Mayo r Garren sa id we wi ll put it on as a Stud y Se ss ion it em to di scuss. Ra y if you wo uld li ke IO le ad that
discus sion. we wi ll go from 1hcre .
City An orncy Brot zman said then that will not be an it em on the agenda '! Mayor Garre n said no.
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I. I-le said I just wan t to acknow ledge the Speed Watch th at Lauren had broug ht up and Rick
di scussed. I was tota ll y unaware of thi s and rea ll y impresse d wi th it and wa ni to ta lk to so me of my
neighbors abo ut it.
2. He sa id Ray and I attended a train in g with CML a liul c ove r a week ago. I gue ss \\ h.i t we :ire
asking is if we can fund thi s out of the mo ni es that arc se t aside for Co unci l tra inin gs. I have bten mid that
we have monie s in that budget 10 fund th at. Wh ere it was funded, where the fee s ca me from for th at. I
be li eve, was out of our discreti onary funds.
Mayor Ga rrett sa id I rece ived a co ll re gard ing th e se min ar and I sa id th e Co uncil po li cy is th at yo u always
pre.approve thin gs th at come out of that particu lar bud get, but considering the amount of the se minar was
fa irl y low. I sa id eac h Co unci l member ha s di sc reti onary fund s th at th ey ca n use . Th at mea ns th at you ca n at
leas t go and if yo u 1hink it prope rl y should co me out of 1he educa ti on fund th at the Cou ncil ha s a budge t for ,
you shou ld come back to Council and ask fo r that money to come out that particular pot. It has always been
our po li cy to pre -ap prove thin gs and th ese questions came up very qui ckl y.
Co unci l Membe r Wolosy n sa id and how mu ch was it ? Mayor Garrett said $70.00 or $75.00.
Coum.11 Member Brads haw said I have no prob lem with that comin g out of1 he Co nference Fund .
Cou nci l Membe r Woodward sa id there is another one co ming up in Dece mber that I wo uld like to atte nd .
Thi s is another CML traini ng. II is Leadership 10 Leadership and that seems ve ry appropri ate .
Counc il Member Ba ,e sai d are yo u req uesti ng both of them? Mr. Woodward sa id yes. Ms . Barre ntin e
asked th e date of th at uue.
Co un cil Member Tomasso said that one is on Friday, December 3rd •
Ma yor Garrett asked Mr. Tomasso if he wa nted to go as well. Mr. Tom t,sso said yes. Ma yo r Garro t asl::: d if
anyone el se wa nted to go. Co uncil Merr.'""'r Wo losyn said I wo uld like to go to that one . Council ~"1 emaer
Bradshaw sa id I strongly ur ge yo u to g .
CO UN CIL MEMB ER WOLuSYN MOVED , AND IT WAS SECONDEU, TO APPtllWE THE COS'\
OF A CML TRAl i ... ,G CLASS FOR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS RETROACTIVEL'I: ANn T HE
COST OF A CML TRA ININ G CLA SS IN DECEMBER FO R THREE COUNCIL MEMBER.;,
Ma yo r Garrett sa id we do have adeq uate funds 10 cove r thi s.
Mayor Garrett asked if 1here wa s any discuss ion. The re wa s none .
Vole res ulls:
Motion carri ed.
Ayes :
Abstain :
Nays:
Co uncil Members Barren1ine, Moore. Bradshaw. Ga rrell , Wolosy n.
Woodward
Co uncil Member Toma sso
No ne
(v) Counc il Me mber Wolosy n:
I. She said I wou ld lik e to congra 1Ula1e Leigh Ann. The ca lendar loo ks bea utifu l. It looks grea t. The
colors are so close 10 the origin als, very ni ce . Job we ll done ... as alway s.
2. She sai d Ray and I we re at 1he meetin g on Dartm ou th and I kept John in the loo p ... regarding the
traffi c. I loo k forwa rd to seei ng how that progresses also in 1he minut es because I know th ey were going 10
come 10 ET AC.
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13 . City Manager's Report
(a) Ci ty Manager Sears sa id I just want to fo ll ow up with what Olga said., .that Leigh Ann and
her staff did a wonderful job with 1he ralendar. Thanks 10 Co un cil for your suppon, he said , and I want to
wish everyo ne a Happy Thanksg iving .
14 . City Attorney 's Report
Ci ty Attorney Brotzman did not h1ve any matters to bring before Council.
15. Adjournment
RRETT MOVED TO ADJOURN . The meeti ng adjourned at 8: 15 p.m .