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ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLE WOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORAJlO
I. Co ll to Order
Regular Session
Marc h 17, 2003
The regular meeting of lhe Eng lewood Cit y Co ur.c il was ca ll ed 10 order by Mayor E.radshaw at 7:40 p.m.
2. Invocatio n
The invocation was given by Council Member Nabholz .
3. Pledge or Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Brad sha w.
4. Roll Call
Present :
Absem:
Council Members Nabho lz, Graz uli s, Garrett , Wo los yn , Yurchick ,
Bradshaw
Council Member Moore
A quorum was present.
Mayor Brad shaw advised that Counci l Member Moore is in Wa shingt on, D. C.
5. Minutes
Also pre se nt: Cit y Manager Sea.rs
Ci ty Attorney Brotzman
Assistant City Mon agc r Aaheny
Ci1y Clerk Ell is
Director Simp son, Community Development
Di rector Fonda , Utilities
Manager of Open Space Lee
Director Gryglcw icz, Finance and Adm inis trati ve Se rvices
Seni or Pl ann er La ngo n, Co mmunit y De ve lopme nt
Planner I Frucht l. Community Deve lop ment
Bc11 cfi1 s/Ri sk Manage r Weber, Human Reso urces
(a) COUNCIL MEMBER GRAZULIS MOVED, AND IT WAS SEC ONDED, TO
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIi . MEETING OF MA RCll 3,
2003.
Mayor Bradshaw asked if there was any di sc ussio n, cha nges or questions. The re wus none ,
Vote results:
Ayes : Cou nci l Membe rs Nab holz. Garre tt , Wolosy n, Yurchick . Grazulis,
Brad shaw
Noys: None
Ahr.c nt: Cou ncil Member Moore
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Motion carrier!
6. Scheduled Vis it ors
(a) Jack ie Edward s, a residc nl of Sa ndalwood Apartment s. at 3655 South Pennsy lvania
S1ree1, said I have a grea t co ncern over th e way a ten.m t was ev icted on Marc h 7th • Quite a fe w or us were
home at the time and were awa kened, or bro ught out . by assault rines and th e enti re buildin g was
surrounded wi th as sauh rin es. Th ere was an offi ce r standin g on some thin g behi nd th e six-foot fe nce with
th e assa ult rifl e drawn . I looked out my bedrt'f , win dow and he told me to go back into my apa rtm enl.
Our apartmenl s are very small, she sa id , so tha t every roo m in th e ap artm ent ha s an out side wa ll . My
apa nment happe ns to sti ck out over th e park ing lot, so the fl oo r is also exposed fro m underneath . This
we nt on for over three and a half hour s. She said we were not all owed to leave and we were not war ned
th at thi s was go ing to hap pe n. What I am wo nderi ng. is if th ere is so me way that tenan ts ca n be notifi ed. in
advance . when assa ult rifle s are goi ng to be surround ing us and holding us. basicall y. hos tage in order to
evi ct a tenant? There were mher peopl e who were going to co me with me. she sa id, but th ey are afraid or
retaliati on. One gentleman had made a co py or a vid eo lapc th at he had or all of th ese rifl es and th e
esca pade that was going on, but he chicken rd out and he is not goin g to prese nt th e video. Need less to say.
thi s was quile fri ghteni ng. I have li ved quite a few places. includin g dow nt ow n Denve r :md I ha ve ne ve r
see n anythin g like th is . And then after it wa s all taken care or, the man who was ev icted was bro ugh t back,
unhand cuffed and he had no gun . so I don't kn ow wh at start ed all thi s. Whether it was a phone ca ll from a
neig hbor who didn't kn ow what they were talk ing about or •vhat, but obvi ousl y th e SWAT Team had time
10 plan what was. pretty mu ch. an ,mac k. That was fo ll owed up wi 1h an IMPACT Tea m that ca me out. I
was not aware, she sa id, 1hat Eng lewood had th at kind of thing, but that was reall y neal that the IMPACT
Team showed up. Bui by then just about everybody th ere was comp letely traum ati zed. We do have
children in the building and we have di sabled people and retired peo ple . There were a lot of peop le there
and all thi s over a tenant who did not pa y rent. I can't rea ll y sec. she sa id, that it merit ed jeopardizing our
lives, li 1era ll y. So, I don't kno • ... is th ere a reg istry or so meth ing wh ere tenant s ca n si gn up , in adva nce. to
be warned of ass ault ri ne attacks?
Mayo r Brad shaw said our Director of Safe ty Service s is prepared to respo nd to yo ur ques ti ons and
concerns. And that wa y. we will underst and bener what went on. She thanked Ms. Edward s fo r rai sin g
th is co nce rn .
Director Olson said. Ms . Edwards, fir st of all yo u are under an ex treme mi spe rceptio n of what happe ned.
We do not evict peo pl e. That is not th e job of th e Cil y of Englewood 10 evict peop le from the ir ap artm ents .
The rea so n we we re there , he sa id , is because we go t a ca ll at abo ut 10:30 . on a Friday about two weeks
ago, abou l a man with a gun . It was turn ed in by one of yo ur fe ll ow tenants. as I reme mbe r. So we
responded to 1hat. We were aware that thi s pe rso n was apparent ly pro 1c~1 ing hi s evicti on. As ii turned out,
h,. .s~id, thi s gent lema n has a long criminal hi story wit h us. He was pro t~~ling hi s eviction and we were
l•J id that th is guy might have·. gu n. So thi s was not a planned attack. We wc nl over there, because we had
r :ce ived thi s w·1rn ing . He n-.1ted that th e whole inrident 100 k about 45 minute s, not three hours . I wa s there
and obse rved the whole th ing. Ou r job was to try to g~t the res t of th e tena nt s back in, beca use we had th is
gentl ema n out sid e and we did not know if he had a gun or not. So we we nt 1hrough our normal tac ti cs or
surrounr;ng and protec tin g the re st of th e citize ns and try in g 10 ge t him to vo lunt ari ly co me on out .
Ultimatc,J . he did. Th e gentlema n, who mad e 1he videota pe, ada mantl y refused to go back in side. He was
right be low thi s indi vidu al. We have al so had intera ctions with him . as we ll . on a crim inal basis . So we
we re th ere 10 tr y 10 prote ct pe0p!c, we we re not there to ev ict peo pl e. That is th e job of the She riffs
De partm c111. if it ge ls to 1ha1 poi nt. Our job wa s to respo nd to a pe rceived .il rcat to a signifi can t porti on or
peop le ir. th at area, whi ch is what we did . And our stand ard tech nique is exac tl y what yo u saw, he sa id .
We apprecia te yo ur coo per ati on. by goi ng bac k in side, whi ch we we re tr yin g to get C1Jer ybody 10 do .
Eve ntuall y, we we re ab le to gel thi s indi vi dual 10 come down . We tried to find out what was happenin g.
'.Ve we re all owed to sea rch the bui ldin g and interact with him . He was given a minor mi sdemea nor ti cke t
and all owed to return . Hi s fath er was so mew here in the area and I guess they were all owe d to leave th e
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apartmenl , at so me poi nt in time . beca use the y had been se rved wit h an evi cti on noti ce by, I would ass ume ,
eit her 1he man age r of th e t-u lding or 1he Sheriffs Office . So, he sa iJ , this is no! a normal process for the
Ci ty of Engle wood. Bu: we do respond to incide nt s where we have bee n told , by so mebody else. 1h01 th ere
is an in dividua l with a weapo n who is out on th e porc h. yelling and sc rea ming and is ap pare ntly thr ~a tenin g
other people. So , he sai d, I am so rry if yo u were traumati zed by thi s. I don't think th is is so mc1hir yo u
will sec very ofl en. Th is is a rel ati vely rare incident. It was not just the SWAT Tea m. There was also a
regular complimen1 of po lice officer s thal we re on dut y. Thi s wa s nOI pl anned . Wh en we go t th ere it too k
us fi ve or 1e n minute s to c me up with so me meth odology 10 make sure 1his ind ividu al was safe ly remov ed
fr om 1he buildin g so we cou ld dr ermine whe1hcr or no t he had a weapo n. That is what happened . We
talked to the other gentlem an afte rw ard and beca use of hi s in terferen ce wi th us when we we re tryi ng to
work with 1his oth er gen tl ema n, he was give n a minor ticket as we ll and all owed 10 return 10 hi s apartm ent.
So again , he said, I am so rr y if yo u were trauma ti zed by ttus, but it was a standard proc edure and it was
so methin g that occ urred on th e spur of the moment , as many in cid ent s do. If yo u ha ve any more que stion s
on tha t, he said, I will be ha pp y 10 1alk to you about it toni ght. We will also talk to any othe r co ncerned
res id ents. But again, he said , we are not in the mode of evi ctin g so mebod y, 1ha1 is not what thi s
organ iza tio n docs.
Ms. Edwards asked if there was so me way to clear the other peop le out of th e way . Director Olso n sa id no.
there isn t, becau se when you ha ve so mebody on the porch with th ei r doo r ope ned. eve n th ough he does n't
have anythi ng in his hand . he co uld have a rifle or whatever, right behind the ope n door. The sa fe st thin g
for you , he sa id , was exactl y what happened . We were trying 10 get peop le back into the unit, so we co uld
iso late the one unit and the one gentleman. Now, the one office r that you sa id wa s talking 10 him has
known thi s individual for years and has dealt with him on a vnriety of iss ue s. So, he sa id, this is nol an
unknown ind ividual 10 us. He does have a hi story with us and that is why th ere was a one on one, persona l
conta cl, between the offi ce r behind the fence ... and t was ri ght be hind him ... and !he indi vi dual in th at
a partment bu ilding .
Ms. Edwards asked if anybod y checks the validity of the ca ll that co mes in that says so meone has a gun.
when they don't ha,·e one. Director Olso n said we chec k th e valid ity by ac tuall y going to the sce ne and
verifyi ng whether th at is true or not We hav e to respo nd, he said, especia ll y when we get so meone who is
an anonymo us repo rting party and the y say th ere is a man with a gu n, 1ha1 eleva tes the pri orit y and th e onl y
wa y to check th at out is 10 se nd ofli r .. r, 10 the sc ene. We did identify him very rapidly and th e situati on
wa s re so lved very rapidly. without any inj urie s, wi tho ut any shots be ing fired or an y other hea vy-d ut y
sce nari o. He fin all y did coopera te wi1 h us, :11 1he end .
Ms. Edwa rd s~ ,:d then there is nothing to stop a 1enant fr om making an an ny mous ca ll , kn owin g that th ey
are not tellin l. the truth . Direc tor Olso n sa id that is co rrec t. We get anonymous ca li s all the tim e and we
cann ot asce nain, fro :n ca llin g back. whet her i i is a fal se ca ll or no t. We ha ve to go 10 th e sce ne a~d verify
it. Eve n if so meone had made a 9 11 ca ll and they hang up , we s1i\l go 10 the sc ene and verify if there is an
ac tual emerge ncy or not. That is the only wny yo u can do it . But I will tel l you, he sa id , that if thi s had
ac tu al ly bee n a sit uati on we ha d plan r.'!d ahead of time , we wo ul d have de fin ite ly warned the other tenant s
and work d with the enti re building during that lypc of su.1a 1ion . Bui th is was nol th at type or situatio n. It
wa s very mu ch spu r of th e momen t. he said , and we had to rea ct to what we saw when we go t th ere, whi ch
wa s 1h01 gc n1 lc man standin g outsid e. yellin g nt us fr om hi s third noor balc ony apartment .
Ms. Edwa rd s th ank ed Direct or Olso n. Mr . Ol so n said you are welco me.
Mayor Brad shaw 1hanki:d Ms. Edwa rds fo r inquiri ng.
Mayor Bradshaw sa id 1 thi nk it was Pete r Jabs th at too k th e vi deo . Direct or Olson sa id that is correcl, th at
is who 100 k the video .
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Mayor Brad shaw said I rece ived a ca ll about thi s in cidc nl too, fr om one of rn~ fo rm er s1udcnts, who has a
head injury . Th at is an ot her Sl ory th at is just sad. what happened 10 him and hi s fami ly. Din:c 1or u lson
sai d yes. we are aware of 1hat.
Ms . Edwards conune n1ed tha t ii is j ust a tang led up me ss.
Ma yo r Brad shaw thanked Ms. Edwards fo r com ing and ta lking 10 Cou nci l. I'm sure Di rc!c lor Olson will
an swe r any oth er que sti ons you may have. she said.
Ms. Edwa rd s than;.;.ed Mayor Brad shaw .
7. Unscheduled Visitors
(a) Lucy Kelt on, Vice Pre si dent of Real Estate wit h Ga n $pons. sai d we have enj oyed bein g
part of th e Englewood sce ne for th e last year and a half. As you probab ly have heard, we arc planning a
merger with a large co mpany called th e Sports Authorit y, C'ut of Fo n Laude rd ale. Fl orida . They are goi ng
to move our co rporate headq uaners 10 Co lorado . As yo u can imagine , I am every office broke r's new bes!
fri er J . We are trying 10 figure out. she sai d, where we are go in g to accom modate anot her 300 people. We
have that big empt y Office Depot bu ilding across the stree t and it cert ai nly makes sense fo r us to ronsider
th at. So we are negotia ting with them We also received a very nice offer fr om th e Cit y and we appreciate
that offe r, in term s of th e di fferent th in gs yo u can try lo offer us. Pendin g ou r negoti ation with David and
also so me of the OLher compe ting i1es, fr om cities th at have co ntac ted us, we wo uld like 10 co nsider
pursuin g that with David and there is so me ta lk about the poss ibilit y of the es 1abli shment of a Specia l
Imp rovement Di stri ct. We: wou ld like yo u to co nsi der taking a po nion of th ~ sales lax reve nue from our
ex istin g store over he re and apply it to some of the publi c wo rks aro und our buildings, in terms of
lan dscaping, signagc or improv ing Jaso n nnd Inca. So th at is kind of why we are here 1oday. We arc
mov ing from a $1.5 billi on company 10 a $2 .6 bil lio n company. We have a boa.J of directors that is ·•oing
to be rathe r influe nt ial about where we wi ll put our new corpor:• • hcad quancrs. II is not just a Co lorad o
th ing anymore . It is nati onwide . She stated we wi ll be the lar1:,-.st spo nin g goods chain in the coun ty , so
we are very excite d. We are goi ng to add 300 more peop le and h"pefully 1'1a1 will bring reve nu e to the
City in 1erms of sa les tax fr om re s1aurant s and everythin g else . We arc 1hinking abo u1 tr yin g to deve lop a
rea ll y nic e corpo rat e campu s sc en ario, she sa id, wi 1h la nd sca ping, walkway s and even the pos sibili ty o r
building , inside one or the stores . a food coun scenario as opposed to maybe a se parate
res taurant... whateve r we can do to try to en hance the area a lin lc bi t more.
Mayor Brad sha w sai d we wan t to welcome yo~ and we ce nainl y don'I want to lose you. but I do
understa nd th at )ro u ha\'e nego tiati ons. I can speak for myself. and maybe I spea k fo r th e Co uncil. in
sayin g tli:it yo u have been an ou1 s1anding new business co min g int o our <:ommunity and we reall y va lu e
yo u as an asse t.
Ms. Kelton ~aid thank yo u ... 1ha1 is gre :1t.
Ms . Kello n ~aid Dav id would lik e tu say a few words.
(b) Da\11d John son, of th e Etk in .John so n Group. one of th e owncr3 of the property, 3aid • ·c
an: very cxcitt"d .1bout this and we think I hi s co ul d be a grea t addi ti on lo the City . Mr . Jo hn so n nu1cd that
he ai, .. City Man :1gcr Sca rs go back a long tim e, fr om Glen da le. Ga ry has known me 25 yea rs. he said . As
1he ow ners of the prope rt y. \\e arc very excited abou t thi s oppor1u nily . I just wanted to say in
:1dvancc ... 1hank you fo r y1Jur considera tion of any bcentives th at you migh t be abl e to create to make us
more competi tiv e. As you kn ow, ou t there in today's cnvironm e111 , 1l is ext remely co mpetitive in the rea l
es tate market. So any edge 1ha1 yo11 can give us, will help us lrcmcndously in ou r negotiati ons, because thi s
dea l is not done. We are exci ted th:11 we are nego ti Jtm g, bu t we need to get to th e bo llom line . I am here to
ju s1 th row that ou t and say th ank yo u in advance for anythin g yo u ca n do IO help us o ut, because we kn ow
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th at this is an ou1 standi ng corpora 1e citi ze n and we wanl them i 11 our buildi ngs and I am sure yo u want them
here in the Cit y. He as ked if th ere we re any questions. There we re no ne. Thank you ve ry muc.·h. he sa id .
Mayor Bradshaw th anked Mr. John so n. Our staff will be in touch wil h yo u, she said .
Mayo r Bradshaw asked if th ere was anyone else wl-,o wou ld like to address th e Co un cil on any issue.
There was no one.
8. Communlcallons, Pro clamations and Appointments
There were no comm uni ca ti ons, procla mati ons or appointme nts.
Mayo r Brads haw sai d we may wa nt to re visi1 proc l.1 mations so metim e and perh-'PS put an ac tual poli cy in
plucc ... or. ma ybe a subcommiu ee that wo ul d look at them and pr esent a reco mmendati on to th e Co un ci l. I
jus t think we n,.!Cd to spe nd a linle more lim e on so me of the se. Think abou t it, she said, and I wi ll bring it
back up .
9. Public Heari ng
No publi c hea ring was sc hed ul ed before Co uncil.
IO. Consent Agenda
COUSCIL MEMBER GARRETT MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 (a) (I), (il), (ill) and (Iv), 10 (b) (I) and 10 (c) (I), (ii) an d (Iii).
(a) Appro va l or Ordina nces on Fi rst Readi ng
(i) COU NCIL BILL NO . 20, INTROD UCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER
GAP.KETT
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT ION FOR A UTILITY ADJUSTMENT AS A
PART OF THE HIGHW AY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE BELLEVIEW AND CLARKSON
INTERSECT ION.
(ii) CO UNC IL BILL NO . 2 1, INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER
GARRETT
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANC~ APPROV ING SUPPLEMENT #155 TO THE SOUTHGATE
SAN IT ATION DISTR ICT CONNECTOR'S AGREEMEN T FOR THE INCLUS ION OF LAND WITHIN
THE DISTRI CT BOUNDAR IES.
(iii) COUNC IL BIL L NO. 23. INTRO DU CE D BY COUNC IL MEMBER
GARRETT
A BILL FOR AN ORD INANCE APPROVli JG THE LI CE NSE AGREEMENT AND TEMPORARY
LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH K. C. ENS'JR, GREEN VALLEY TURF C0 .. AND WILD ACRE, LLC
FOR CROSS ING TH E CITY DITCH .
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(iv) COUN CIL BILL NO . 24, INTRODUCED B.i' COUNC IL MEMBER
GAR RETT
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AU THORI ZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AG RE EMENT,
ENT ITLED "AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT REGAR DING Fi!fAL DES IGN AND
CON STRUCTION OF DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL IMPROV EMEN TS FOR BIG DRY
CREEK AT ALLEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT" BETWEEN TH!; URBAN DRA INAGE AND
FLOOD CONTROL r>ISTRI CT AND THE CIT Y OF ENGLEWOOD, CO LORADO.
(b) Approva l of Ordinance s on Second Read in g
(i) ORD INAN'~E NO . 24 , SERIES OF2003 (COUNC IL BILL NO . 17,
INTRODUCE D BY COUNCIL ME!',BER GARRETI ")
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTINC-DEDICATI ON OF A 12-FOOT WII'E TRA'ISPORT ATION/UTILITY
EASEMENT ALONG UNIVERSITY BOULEY ARD IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD.
(c) Resolut io ns and Mot io ns
(i ) RESOLUT IO N NO. 36 , SER IES OF 2003
A RESOLUT ION AW ARDINO A NEGOTIATED CONTR ACT FOR PUF.CHASE OF GAS GOLF
CARTS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS BY THE CITY OF ENGLEWOO D, COLORADO, WITH E-Z GO
IN STEAD OF THE COMPETITI VE BID PROCES S UNDER SECTIO N I 16(b) OF THE HOME RULE
CHARTER AND SECTION 4-1-3-1 OF THE ENGLEWOOD MUN ICIPAL CODE .
(ii) RESOLUTION NO . 37, SERIES OF 2003
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2002 YEAR END SUPPLEMENT AL APPROPRIATIONS TO
CO MPLY WITH CITY CHARTE R RE QUIAf:MENTS .
(iii) THE BID FROM HE NKLE DRILLING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF
:,294,246.60 FO R THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO WATER WELLS AT McL ELLAN RESERVOIR
Mayo r Bra dshaw asked if anybody wo uld like. to remove any of the item1i. They did not.
Vote results :
Ayes:
Na ys:
Ab sent:
Moii on carried .
11. Regular Age nd a
Coun cil Members Nabholz, Ga rrett , Wolosyn, Yu rchi r~. Graiuli s,
Bradsha w
None
Co uncil Member Moo re
(a) Appro val of Ordinances on First Re adi ng
(i) Senior Planne r Langon presented a reco mmendati on from th e Co mmunity
Devel opment Dep an menl to adop t a bi ll for an ordin.in ce approv ing the extensio n or a Temporary
Mvratorium on New Res id en ti nl Construction in the area bo und ed by \V c,;;t Eva ns Avenue on th e no··
West Vassar Aven ue on the so uth , So uth Tejon Street on the east and South Zuni Stret:t on the west • hi s
proposed ordinance, on fi rst reading. is to extend , for an addit io nal si x months, th e cuncnt mora 1oriL !1 on
new reside ntia l construction in nort hwest Engl ewood. The mora torium was est:Jblished by Eme rge ncy
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Ord inance No. 28 . in May of 2v02 a nd 1hcn ex te nded by Ord inance No. 46 , in Novem be r of 2C'l2. The
moratorium suspe nded buildin g permits fo r sin gle-fa mily anac hcd a nd du ple x co nstru ctio n and Lh e
subdi vision of land in th at des igna ted area. It did not apply 10 pe rm its for si ngle uni ts , accesso ry unit s or
remode l wo rk. The emerge ncy ordinance is a res ult of cit izen co ncern s regarding the qualit y of residen ti al
co nstructio n in that north west En glewood are a. Th e purpo se of the moratorium , she ex pl ained . was 10 offer
staff lh e o pportunil y to study and de, c:l op resi dential design siandard s within the UDC, the Uni for m
Developme nt Code . that we are c urre ntl y wo rking o n. In December and J anuary we held j oint work sho ps
with Co un ci l, the P la nning and Zoning Commi ss io n and 1he Board o f Adju:,tmcnt a nd Appeals, whi c h
rcs uh ed in drafl resi dential de sig n swnd ard s pre pared by Cla ri o n Associates. We rece ived th ose abo ut two
weeks ago and we arc go ing th ro ugh the m now a nd re 1urning edits 10 Clari o n 10 fin is h th ose up . We have
also sc heduled a Community Meetin g o n A pril 161b ... that is a Wednesday c vc ning ... 10 di scuss the
proposed sta nd ard s. That meeting will be held here in the Communit y Roo m at 7:00 p.m. It will be
adveni scd in the CITlZEN, o n the we b a nd o n Channe l 8. Cit ize ns who have had an interest in thi s to pic ,
will al so be notified . The extensi o n is nece ss ary. she said , to maintain a temporary s uspensio n of permits in
th at area until the UDC is compl eted . The UDC ad opti o n process is anticipated to begin in Jun e with
public hearin gs before tl,c Planning and Zonin g Commi ss io n a nd commence in October, with the e ffecti ve
dale of the ordinan ce . If you have an y questi o ns, she said . I will be happy to answer th e m.
Co uncil Membe r Yurc hi c k asked Cit y Att orne y Brotzman if there is a limitatio n o n extending the
moratorium . Mr. Brotzman sa id rherc is a realistic ex pectati on that we arc going to meet the date s we arc
ex te ndin g it to. So, Ma yor Bradshaw sa id , we can extend it as lo ng as th ere is a reali sti c cxpeclatio n th at
we wi ll meet those da tes.
Mayor Bradsha w said, regarding th e fin a l ado pti of'I in Octo ber, yo u g uys ha ve bee n working "O hard and I
really appreciate the e ffo rts of e very s in gle sta ff mem ber. Yo u are in credible, she said .
Ms. Lango n sa id that is an aggressive time fram e and we hope to meet it.
Council Member Nab holz said she just wttnled some clarifi ca ti o n. There ore several peo ple up there th a t
wo uld like 10 do re modeling jobs a nd as I rend thi s, ii is acce pt able. ls th al correc1? Ms. Lango n sa id that
is ri ght. Ms. Nab holz said 1hcy we re concern ed as 10 how a n extens io n of th e moralorium wou ld hind er
th em.
Ms. Lan go n stated this is for new construc tio n fo r the si ngl e-fa mil y attac hed or the duplex type of
s itu ati o ns. Single unit or the remodels or garages or sheds were not affec ted by the morato rium . Ms.
Nabh olz sa id th a nk yo u.
Mayor Brads ha w sai d I th ink the concern we had was that peopl e we re just throwing things up !he re , wi th
little design. and even th o ugh th ey we re ho uses, the q ualit y wa s ve r y poor a nd th at was wh y we establi shed
th e morat orium .
Coun ci l Memb er Yurc hick sa id th e othe r iss ue was 1ha1 they we re j amming fo ur houses in1 0 one lot
Ma ,nr Bradshaw agreed.
l\ta yor Bradshaw said we should proba bl )' se l up a tim e fo r Counc il to hav e a to ur a.~ o ur AVS ho use or a n
o pe n house type thin g.
Director Si mps o n sa id we arc te nt ative ly pl a nning some th ing a nd we will le t you kn ow.
Co unc il Member Yurc hi ck sai d th at is a nii.:e looking proj ec t. I drive by th at alm ost every day .
Ma yo r Bradsha w said th ose kids do such a good job. I hope it se ll s . That is what we had tro ubl e with , wi th
th e oth er o nes we 've do ne . The y are ex pe nsive .
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Dircclor Simpson $U id we will be se ttin g up a lim e fo r Cit~ Co uncil to anend an ope n house of that
property . It will prob abl y occur mid •May ... th e Ii' or 15 .
Ma yor Brad shaw noted th at the 13 th is our IOOLb birthd ay.
Direc 1or Si mp~o n said okay. we wi ll ge t back 10 Co un cil.
Mayor Bradshaw sai d okay. She th anked Dirccl or Simpso n.
Mayor Brad shaw asked if there were m.y other questi ons. There were none.
COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA
ITEM 11 (a) (I) -COUNCIL BILL NO. 22.
COU NCIL BILL NO . 22 , INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE l"EMPORARY SUSPENSION OR MORATOR IUM
ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR NEW SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND MULTI -FAMILY
RESr.:>ENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, OR ANY HOUSING REQUIRING THE SUBDIVI SION OF
PROPERTY . IN THE AREA LOCATED BETWEEN WEST EV ANS A VENUE ON THE NORTH,
WEST VASSAR A VENUE ON THE SOUTH, SO UT H TEJON STREET ON THE EA ST AND SOUTH
ZUNI STRE ET ON THE WEST. FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS .
Mayor Bradshaw asked if there was any oth er di sc ussio n. There was none .
Vote results:
Ayes:
Nays:
Abse nt:
Motio n carried.
Co un cil Members Nabh olz, Garrett , Wolosyn, Yurchick , Grazulis,
Bradshaw
None
Co uncil Member Moo re
(b) Approval of Ord inances on Second Reading
There were no ad diti onal item s submilled for approvm l on second reading. (See Age nd a Item 10 -Co nse nt
Age nd a.)
(c) Re so lutions and Motions
(i) Ma yor Bra dshaw noted that thi s Agenda Item was con tinu ed fr om March 3'd.
Planner I Fruc htl prese nted a reco mmendati on fr om the Co mmun ity Devel opmem Depanment 10 adopt a
resolution approving the proposed Deve lopment Review Appli cati on Fee Sc hedule . St aff recommends th at
City Co uncil cons ider and approve, by resolution, the proposed Devel opment Revi ew Appli cati on Fee
Sc hedule as outlined in Exhi bit A, he said . On March 3, 2003 Cou ncil rev iewed the proposed
Development Review Ap pl ica 1ion Fee Schedul e and con tinued it to thi s eve ning . March 17 LII . Additional ly,
Co uncil reco mmend ed that th e Alliance fo r Co mmerce in Eng lcw'-.;ld, wh ic h is ACE, review th e propo sed
De vel opment Review Applica1i on Fee Schedule. Durin g the ACE mee ting . a letter from Jill Ca rl sto n,
Chai r of the Boa rd of Adju stment and Appeal s, wa s di stribut ed specific to the proposed BOA fee increase.
Th at letter is in yo ur packet, he sa id . Upon review of the BOA letter and also the memo that was prepared
by staff rega rding the pro posed deve lopment fee s, ii was ACE's co nsensus, a1 th at lime, th at the proposed
fee s wou ld not hin<!r.r the dev el opmen t oppo nunit ie s wi th in the: Cit y of Engl ewood. In respo nse lo the
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letter prepared by Ms. Carl ston. on be half of the Boa rd of Adju stm ent , staff would like to note th at
according 10 th e sur vey that was co ndu cted of the 15 mun ic ip alit ies and jurisdicti ons along th e Fron t
Ra nge, th at th e Board o f Adjus1men1 a nd Appea ls fees ran ge betwee n $25 .00 an d $500.00. So we arc,
within that spe1:trum , kind of in th e middl e of the road are a. Staff would al so like to note. as pre viously
staled. that the curre n1 develo pment fe es ha ve not been looked at, or raised. since the early 1980's. Staff
believes th at the proposed deve lopment appli cati on a nd review fee s are reaso nable for cos 1 recovery and
also equi tab le with citi es along the Fro nt Ra ng e. He askc.d if th ere we re any que sti ons.
Ma yo r Brad shaw said: ha ve a qu esti on in 1ha1 Ms. Carls 1on urge s Co uncil 10 ad opt a variance fee not to
exceed $125.00 and the Fee Sc hedule says $225.00.
Cou ncil Me mbe r Garren says th e proposal is $225 .00, but she is rcque slin g that we lowe r ii to $125.00.
Mr . Fru chtl sa id yes.
Co un ci l Member Garrell st at ed Council Member Moo re wa s al so very con cr.rned about that.
Mi'.yo r Brad shaw said ca n we make that chan ge? Mr . Fru chtl said yes. if Co uncil would like 10.
Mayo r Brad shaw said I know we ca n do what we want, but wou ld that cau se 3 del ay wi th .1ny1hing ? Did
Ace go ove r thi s?
Council Member Yurchi ck asked if he could make a couple of com me nt s. Mayor Bradshaw said yes.
wou ld yo u plea se.
Co uncil Member Yurchi ck sa id it was reall y an educati onal process for me. The real estate peo ple said
the se fees were fine , :h at they weren ·1 o ut of line. De\'elopers . he noted, expe ct the se kind of fees when
they do a project. One of ihe interesting th ing s 1ha1 came out of the di sc uss ion, wasn't so much th e fee s,
but that what th e deve lopers wa nl is an case in the proces s of working with th e Cit y. That is where their
co ncern is. Not in the se fees , he sa id , but their co ncern is abou t the process and how ea sy th e proce ss is 10
work with .
Ma yo r Brad shaw sa id thank yo u fo r runnin g that by ACE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APrROVE AGEND A
ITEM 11 (c) (I)-RESOLUTION NO . 38, SERIES OF 2003 WITH THE CHAI\GE
RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.
RESOLUTION NO. 38, SER IES OF 2003
A RESO LUTION APrROV!NG THE PR OPOSr-D DE VELOPMENT REVIEW APPLICAT ION FEE
SC HEDULc FOR COM MU NITY DEVELOPM ENT .
Ma yo r Brad !)ha w as ked if th ere was any other di sc uss io n. There wa s none .
Vole results:
Ayes :
Nays :
Abse nt:
Moti on carri ed.
Co uncil Membe rs Nabho lz. Ga rrell. Wol os yn. Yurchil.:k . GraL uh s,
Brad shaw
No ne
Coun ci l Member Moore
Mayor Brad shaw thank ed Mr. Frucht l.
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Mr. Fruclu l said thank yo u.
(ii ) Direc tor Gryg lewicz presen ted a reco mme nd ation fr om 1he Depa rtme nt of
Finance and Ad mini strati ve Se rvices to adopt a reso lution appr( ving a Tran sfer of Fund s fr o m the Ge neral
Fund to the Englewood Urb an Renewa l Authorit y. This is a reso luti on. he said. Lran sfc rrin g S5.000.00
from the Genera l Fund to th e Englewood Urban Re newa l Fund . Th e Englewood Urban Renewa l Fund
does not ha ve funding or th e mean s to ge t fundin g in the way of taxes or fee s. but th ey require th is nominal
amo unt fo r th ei r ad mini strati on in 2003 . On February 12. 2003. 1he EURA Board approved their budget ,
whic h included th is propos ed Lr;msfe r.
Ma yo r Brad shaw asked if th ere were any questio ns or com ments. Th ere were none .
COUNCIL MEMBER GRAZULIS MOVED , AND IT WAS SECONDED , TO APPROVE AGENDA
ITEM II (c) (Ii) -RESOLUTION NO . 39 , SE RI ES OF 2003.
RESOLUTI ON NO . 39. SE RIES OF 2003
A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUNC TO THE ENG LEWOOD
U RBAN RE N WAL AUTHORI TY (EURA).
Vote results:
Motion carri ed.
Ayes: Co un ci l Me mbe rs Nabhol z. Garrett. ,·~·olosyn, Yurchick, Grazu li s,
Bra dshaw
Nays: Non e
Abse nt: Co uncil Member Moo re
(iii ) Director Gryg lew icz prese nted a rec ommend at ion from the Departmen t of
Fi nance and Admini strat ive Se rvice s to adopt a reso lut ion approvin g a Tran sfer of Fu nd s from th e Capi tal
Projects and Ca pital Equipmen1 Rcpl acc me n1 Fund s and a Redu ctio n of Bud ge1ed Co ntin gency and
Com munit y Deve lopm e nt Fund s. Thi s re so luti on is. fir st of all , makin g a transfe r fr om the Capita l Projects
Fund to th e General Fund . Th ese are for leases. he sai d. and for co nsis tency we wa nted to hnvc th ose
expenditure s taken out of th e Ge neral Fund and that is $175,402 .00 . Then th e Capital Equipmen t
Rep lace ment Fund is tra nsferr ing S525,000 .00 to the Genera l Fu nd, b .s ica ll y to boost 1he reserves fo r
2003. Thi s was di sc ussed wi th Co un ci l a nd the Bud ge t Review Co mmittee abo ut a month ago. There is
also an action reducin g th e Com mu ni ty Developme nt Budget by $)),000.00, beca use th e Shuttl e Projec t is
de layed. And. he said. thcr' is a reduc tion in the Co ntingen cy Fund of SI35.000.00 beca use of th e dela y in
imp lementi ng Perfo rmance ,1ay in th e Cit y of Engl ewood. Th at toia ls S I 85,000 .00 . he said, and th at wi ll
go back int o the Unreserved/U nd es ignated Fund balan ce.
COUNCIL MEMBER NA BIIOLZ MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APP R OVE AGENDA
I TEM I I (c) (Iii ) -RESO LUTION NO. 40, SE RI ES OF 2003 .
RESOL UTION NO. 40. SE RI ES OF 2003
A RE SOLUTION TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM TH E CAP ITAL PR OJECTS AND CAPI TAL
EQU IPM ENT REP L ACEMENT FUNDS (CE RF) TO THE GEN ERAL FUND AND TO REDU CE
BU DGETE D CO NTINGENC Y AND CO MM UNITY DEVELOPM ENT FUNDS.
Ma yo r B,ad sha ... , ask d if th ere were any ques tion s or di sc uss ion. There were none.
Vote ,·es ulls:
Ayes : Co un cil Membe rs Nabho lz. Garrett. Wolosy n, Yurchi ck. Graz uli s.
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Absent:
Motio n carried .
Brad shaw
None
Cou ncil Member Moore
(iv) Benefits/Ri sk Manager Weber prcscn1ed a recommendation from the Human
Resources Dcpanment 10 approvr-, by motion, sponsorsh ip of the Engle wood Housi ng Auth ority for
mem bers hip in the Colorado lntcrgovemmentol Ri sk Sharing Agency (CIRSA). The Hous ing Authority,
prior to 2003 , had been covered under 1hc City 's Worker 's Compensation Propeny Liability . We had a
couple of changes going into 2003, she sai d, that made thi s change necessary . One being th at the Hous ing
Authority is oot paid und er the Ci ty anymore, they have their own se parate Fede r:i.1 ID number and they
have a separate salary and comp plan . That makes :hem ineligible to be under our Work Comp and
Propcny and Liability . That is why , she said, they are asking us to sponso r them for membership in
CIRSA.
Mayor Brad shaw asked if there were any questions.
COUNCIL MEMBER NABHOLZ MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA
IT F.M 11 (c) (Iv) -SPONSORSHIP OF THE ENGLEWOOD HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR
MEMBERSHIP IN THE COLORADO INTERGOVERNMENTAL RISK SHARING AGENCY
(CIRSA),
Mayor Bradshaw asked if there was any di scussion. There was none .
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
Motion carried .
Council Members Nabholz, Garrelt, Wol osyn, Yurchick , Grazulis,
Bradshav ,
None
Council Memb~r Moore
12. General Discussion
(o) Moyor's Choice
(i) Mayor Bradshaw said I gave you the copy of the report from National League of
Cities, with my editorial comment at the bottom. Thank you for allowing me to go. It was a scary time to
be in Washington, with people thi nki ng of going to war. The maj or statement, she said, that the National
League of Cities was going to make, was going to be on that Tuesday morning ... when it was snowing on
us in Washington D.C. People didn't get up to go make their presentation. So , there were 40 of us and
three were fr om Englewood. We were . actua ll y, a huge conti ngent. We did talk to our nati onal le gis lators
and that is in the report . We were on ly able to sc hedul e meetin gs wit h two of them. Anyway , she said,
thank you aga in fo r all ow ing me 10 go .
(i i) Mayor Bradshaw said this Saturday there is so mething prelly exciting. We have
1he annual Back 10 Boch Conc.!rt. It is at 7:JO and they expect it to be so ld out. So, she s~i d, if any of you
arc interested in attendi ng, let Olga Wolosyn know .
Council Mc:ml-er Wolos yn sai d I didn't gel an invitation .
(ii i) Mayor Bradshaw said I received several lellers from kid s. She asked if !he rest
of Council had received them in their packets . Counci l Member Wol osy n said y~s .
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Mayor BrJdshaw noted a skn 1cboarder said it is ve ry roc ky and bumpy down al Cushing Park. I wcrit by
th ere, she said. and it is. lt is nol a ve ry nice facility for th ose ki ds a nd I think hi s co mpl ai nt s arc pr t tt y
va lid. So . if we cou ld turn th at ove r 10 Jerre ll Blac k. she sai d, and I wou ld be glad to wri te a lcner
re spondi ng 10 him. The n, she sa id , 1hcrc we re th e Lids at Flood who wanted a yo uth club . Sus :n: Thornto n
and I arc wo rkin g wi th a gen 1l ema n on a y r,>i th club ove r a1 Lowe ll and Bell eview ... in a vac ant bu1~din g
ove r !here . It used to be a bingo place . He is 1rying 10 put in a yo uth club fo r kids . It i!i st ill go in g to cos t
mone y. Wh al I got fr om these kid s is 1h :u th ey wan t a place 10 hang .
Co unci l Member Ga rrell sai d there is the oppor,un ity with the Rec Ce nter project. Mayor Brad shaw sai d
righl , bul as 1hey sai d , 1t costs money . Co un cil Membe r Nabho lz said ii is 50 cents on Rec nights.
Mayor Brad shaw sa id they wa nt a place like a litt le pizza place, where th ey could have dan ces every
weeke nd and thing s like th at I don't know th:ll we c:.ou ld do all th at, bur I will wri lc individual responses to
their lette rs and talk to them . Or, she said. we could forwa rd these 10 the Parkf an d Recreati on Youth
Co uncil. What do yo u th ink abo ut th at? So , she sa id, we will send these to the Youth Co uncil and the
Youth Co un ci l needs to respo nd .
Counr.il Member Gra.zu lis poi nted ou1 that they do nm wor k over the summer. Mayor Bradsha w said I
know . they will need to get right on that.
Mayor Brad shaw sa id Greg talked about the paintball fie ld . I think people arc usi ng our parks for
paintball ... I find those little pellets all over. So, I think pai ntball is rea ll y good, sh., sai d, but I think it
needs to be in an enclosed environment. 1 don't know that we wa nt peop le shoo tin g J}:ti ntball s all ov er the
place. Bu t, she sai d, I wa nt to se nd a lener back , under my signature.
(iv) Mayor Brad shaw asl::cd if Co uncil had recei ved the date on the Western
Homeless Alli ance ... on the House of Hope . Council Member Nabholz said no.
Mayor Brad shaw said just for you r in fo rmat ion, it is what I req uested.
(b) CoJnci l Members' Choice
(i) Cou nci l Member Nabholz:
I. She sa id Nic hola s has started tak ing vid ccs to th e House or Hope, wi th th e help of the Mayflower
Chu rch and membe rs of the communit y. He took 37 :i nd he has an oth er 38 10 dmp off. maybe tom orrow.
depending on the weat her. May nower Chu rc h is going to di\•ide their reso urces between Int er-Fait h and
the House of Hope, she sai d. The church has expanded a li ttl e bit , but you ha ve to rea lize that even th ough
we have so me you ng bodies co min g in. it is a very agi ng churc h ... it has bee n there since 1903.
2. She sa id she ca ll ed J :,yce Parso-:s in regard s 10 a big blue tarp over a sign in !he 3200 bloc k of
Soul h Broadway . Ms . Parso ns wen t out and 1he gent leman was j ust usi ng it to cove r an old car lot sign,
beca use he was wai tin g 10 pul hi~ new ca r lot sign up . Bu i !hat should be laken ca re of tomorro w, she sai d.
(ii) Cou ncil Member Wolosy n:
I. She said la s1 Thur srlay our Ci ty received the Coluradn Bu sin ess Comm itt ee fo r the Ans
Leadership Award. I had the great honor of accep tin g it . she sa id. I th ink that honor was drive n home 10
me ... th al it is due to lhc foresig ht of our staff thal !hey wen t ahead and created 1hi s Foundati on. It was nice
to sec i1 honored and also, 11f1erwa rd s, 10 rece ive so man y congra tul a1lons fr om str:i nge rs who didn't know
abou t ii. Ci 1y Manager Scars held up the nwa rd . Ms. Wolosyn sa id it is a piece or art by Made lein e Dodge .
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Ma yor Bra dshaw said it is gorgc ous ... il could go in th e Co uncil Mcmhc r·s office or 1hc Ci ty Mana ger's
office.
Co uncil ~·1cmbcr Garre n said it should go where people wi ll see it. Cn um:11 agreed .
Cit y Man ager Sears sa id we loo ked at it today and it loo ks great righ t at the 1o p of the stairs. on the wa !I .
acro ss fr o m the rest roo ms. Co un cil ag reed.
Counci l Member Grazu li s suggested the y au ac h a secu rity hook 10 the pi ece.
2. Sh! ·ha nked CC'mci l for all owi ng her to :me nd the NLC Co nference. As us ual , she said, it was a
mixt ure of aw ,•. and fr ustration . I really apprcci :11cd th e opponunity. The be st exper ience was go in g up 10
the hill wi th B,.v and Ga ry and liste n!ng to th ~m ani c ul ate our issues so we ll . Eve n th ough. thi s year, it
w3s doubtful they we re reall y hea rd . I vo lunt eered. she sai d, to write a short article fo r th e Hcnld abou t
my experience , as I did las t yea r.
3. She thank ed Mayor Brads haw for her commen t about Back 10 Bach. I hope that we have 1he grea t
tum out thi s year, that we had ias t yea r. We are lu cky to have the principa l cellist, of th e Co lorn do
Sy mpho ny, playing a Bach ce ll o suite . Whi ch i~ so meth ing he doesn't rJn often fo r anyone. So I loo k
forwar d lo th a1. she sa id .
(iii } Co uncil Member Yur chkk:
I. He sa id I have ye t to sec th e budget numbe rs I requested. They co uld~ produced wi th the
pushing of a bunon .
Director Grygl ewicz said it is not quite as easy as pu shin g a littl e button right now , but at so me poi nt in
time it will be . We will have tho se numbers fo r yo u. We arc wo rking on it . he said, we have n·, forg otten .
When yo u first impl cmen l a sys 1em 1hat is as complicated as Oracle is, ii lak es a little whi le .
Mayor Brad sha w asked if Mr . Gr yg le wicz had an ant ici pate d deadline! as to whe n Mr. Yurchick will ge t hi s
numbers . Mr . Grygl.:wicz sai·I it shou ld be very soo n. What yo u are loo kin g fo r. he sa id , is the detail by
catego ry :i nd we shou ld have thl)se for yo u by the 24m.
Co un cil Membe r Yurc hi ck said I am not rea ll y pressi ng. I just wanted to le l him kn ow that I have n't
fo rgotte n. Mr . Gr yglewicz said we ha ven't fo rgo tt en either .
Cit y Ma:i ag er Sears said we actua ll y have the Budget '\'Ork shop next Monday night, wi1 h a whole range of
fo ll ow -up issues ... so hopefull y we can have thme by lh en.
Dire c1or Gryg lewicz sai d they are right in the middle of •'ie CAFR ri gh t now and we are a li lll e short
handed as well . bu l we wi ll get 1hcm fo r yo u.
2. He said the rc:-,po nse I n:cdvcd 10 my Council reque st deal s with th e inlc gril y of the peo pl e and
that wa s not my ques ti on. I feel we might need to :1dd re ss the approva l proce ss and the in depe nd ence of the
person approving, when a Cit y emp loyee co ndu cts a tran sactio n wi th th e Cuy. Do yo u un derstand wh:u I
am sayin g? ln 1crna l co ntrols . Frank und ers1and s that Like th e hou se on We!<tlc y. That should ha\c been
approved out side of bu si ness devel opme nt. Maybe at ti.·tikc Fla hc rty's lc\'e l. I j ust think, he sa id. 1hat there
needs to be :111 inde pe nde nt approva l of those type of tran sactio ns.
Mr . Yu rchick said I didn't have an iss ue wit h this. I us~d Wesley as an example . II could be somebody
buy in g an old po li ce car .
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Co uuc il Membe r Ga rr en :.aid I ca nno t remem be r the detai ls of wh at th at sa id . but a lot of ti 1i,cJ in
corporati o ns. wh at you do ... if anything is bel ow a certain threshold amount . it goes 10 th e ne xt leve l
s upervisor to approve ... wh atever th at might be . It goes to someo ne wh o does n't have an y kind o f connict.
he said. Then if it is ove r a certain dollar amou nt th ere is an Ethi cs Committee and it is subm itted 10 the
committee fo r revie w. So yo u ca::1 set up those kin ds of proccsscs ... wh ic h I think addrt~'iscs your iss ue.
Any ti me th ere is a cunni ct or a po lential co nfli ct th ere is a process in pl ace. whi ch det ermin es how it is
ha ndled .
Council Member Yurc hi ck said, lik e I sa id . we should , at le~st. t,ave an approva l by the Ass ist ant Cit y
Manag er.
Cou ncil Member Garrett said usual y you have sort of an Ethic s Co mmittee to make sure th e re is no taint in
the loo p.
Mayo r Brad shaw said I think that is a good idea .
City Manager Sears sa id we can try to set so mething lik e that up, becau se th ere ma y be other areas wh ere
there is a percepti on of wrong doing , whether there is or not. But I think there is a ques ti on about us bein g
too cl ose to making a deci sion for persona l gain . I think an intern al Ethi cs Committee reall y makes se nse,
he said.
Council Member Yurchick said I don't que sti on what went on up there, as much as the proc edures that
were not in place .
City Manager Sears said 1 app reciate the questi on. I think we really are very ethical and an internally
aware organization. But I think th e process yo u arc talking about makes a 101 of sense. I ::ppreciatr. it, he
said , and we will try to put something together .
3. He sa id whi le we are looking at fe es ... in Den ver, when I requested an ordinance , it cos t me
S3 00 .00 fo r an ordin ance requ est fee . Do we \\'ant to loo k at so mething like that in En glew ood?
Ma yo r Bradshaw asked whal he act uall y reque sted.
Co uncil Member Yurchic k said it was about the vacati on of Peco s. I went bac k to that and I was loo kin g
th ro ugh so me record s th ere a nd the y made me pay a $3 00 .00 foe lo reque st an ordin ance.
Mayor Brad shaw said wow.
Co un cil Member Wn \osy n as ked if that is some thin g that ha ppens very of1cn .. pe ople reque stin g
ordin ances.
Co uncil Member Yurchick said that was pen o f my qu es ti on. How man y times do those iss ues come to th e
table? To me it loo ks like qt:ite a bit. .. as I am scannin g through those ki nds of 1hings .
Ci1y Attorne y Brotzman said th e lad y who does th at is sittin g ri ghl th ere.
City Clerk Elli s sa id we don't have th at man y requ ests fo r ordinances. Wh en 1 put th e packet together,
after thin gs are signed, sometimes 1 wi ll have ex tra co pi es and if it is minim al I am not go in g 10 charge
them fo r it. We just don't have that many requ es ts and it is reall y ni ce to be able 10 just hand th em the
ordinance if the y ask. We would make ver y little money, unless it is a huge record s requ es t and we ha ve
fee s in place for that. We don't ha\'e many large record s reques t, but when we do, we just charge the co py
fee of 10 cent s a page . Mr . Yurchi ,:k ~aid 1ha1 is fin e.
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(iv) Co un ci l Membe r Grazulis :
I. She said 1his Thursday is the Englewood Chambe r of Commerce Outs landi ng Yo uth fo r 2003
Awnrd over at 1he AVS betwee n 11 ::10and 1:00 .
2. Shesnid 1 wanted 10 tha nk Br ian wi 1h IT . Wh en th ey di d th e e-mail swi tch ove r th is last weeke nd
I had a nig ht ma re. On Mond ay I call ed beca use I had n't rece ived any1hi ng fo r fi ve days . By th e time th r.y
gm bac k to me th ey fo und th at I had 16,000 e-mai ls. I couldn 't ope n an)1hin g, she sa id , but he 1vas rea l
he lpfu l. I called him a co upl e of tim es on thin gs and I just wa nted 10 say I rea ll y li ke Bria n.
3. Sh e ,;a id I :il so wa nt io th ank Bill Mc Co rm ic k bcr.ause I have an arti cle fo r th e CITIZE N comin g
up and I talked to him about some water issues a nd he gave me th e neatest little pac ket re gardin g Mclell a n.
It gi ves a lot of gre at in fo rm a1'ion fr om th e be ginnin g until llOW. Un fo nun 1''"1y, fo r Le igh Ann , she has to
pare down my art icle a lot. bec ause I had so much in for mation. Mi.Iyer B1 Jds haw said she docs 1hat we ll.
Co unci l Member Graz uli s said Bi ll was very helpful ... 11bovc and beyo nd .
4. She sa id on south . so uth Broadway ... on th e ex treme so uth , we a.re los in g busin esses ri ght and left .
The re are a lot of vacanc ies. Bes id es the ot her th ings th at wo n't fill up fo r qu ite aw hil e ... there is just
nothin g attrac tiv e down there anywJy.
Mayo r Brad shaw said ma ybe we co uld ask Co mm unit y Deve lopment to look at th at.
Ms. Gra zuli s sai d so me of the se businesses have been th ere a long, long time and when the y disa ppear
th ere is just stuff on the wi ndows .
Mayor Bradshaw said look at downtow n Littleton .. th e sa me th ing is hap pe nin g.
5. She sai d my yo un ges t dau ghte r some tim es wa lk s home fr om Sincla ir and she goes dow n
Chenango to Li nco ln and crosses Broadway and th en Lin co ln all th e way dow n to the co rn er of the 45 00
bl oc k. And thi s la st wee k, in the middle of the week. she to ld me abo ut all the dea d animals in th e street.
She sai d she fo und fo ur sq uirrel s. two birds and one un identifi abl c ... it had bee n squi shed so mu ch she
co uldn 't tell what it was. The re we re seven , small dead thin gs. I told her she should be picking up th e
bi rds and she said they had all bee n run ove r. So I asked her to kee p her eyes ou t for anyth ing fresh and let
me know abo ut !h e fres h thin gs. But . Ms. Graz uli s sa id , th ere co uld be so mebody wi1;1 a pell et gun or BB
gun, goi ng up and down, or a ha wk or owl in th e area or it co uld be so methi ng els e. But for that to happe n
:u j ust one stretc h of th e road ... J mea n we are on ly talking abo ut fo ur bl ocks.
In respo nse to Cit y Moma gc r Scars, Ms. Grn zuli s said 1hey we re fou nd in th e area fro m Chenango to
Stanfo rd . It was wei rd. she sa id .
Mr . Sc ars said we wil l fo ll ow -up .
(v) Co uncil Memb<:r Na bholz said I have bee n with out e-mai l fo r so long that I
don'l know what ii is like to have a co mpu 1er at home . I have bee n nearl y eight weeks wit hou1 a comp uter
tha1 work s. The Ci1y has bee n very good to co me ou1, she sai d, but I ca ll ed las t week and sa id ... look, they
have swi tched all of us over and I st ill ca nnot access . Br ian has bee n very good 10 come ou1 but he is
evidently busy . I rea lize !h ey arc busy, she sai d, but could they put me at the top of the li st7 I ta lked 10
Keith twic e last wee k and he tried to he lp me ge t in. T hey have bee n ve ry hc lpfu l ... bc twcc n prob lems wit h
QWEST and a new mode m an d everything else, but I think it is ti me 10 get thi s straig hte ned out. Pl ease let
me ha ve my e-mail , she sa id .
• City Ma nager Sea rs sa id we wi ll fo ll ow up .
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Mayor Bradshaw said thanks fo r bringing that up.
13. City Mo noger's Report
Cit y Mnn ager Se:irs did noi have any matters 10 bring befo re Counci l.
14. Ci ty Attorney's Report
(a) City Attorney Brotzman sa id I am going to Minne so ta for a few day s to wa tch co ll ege
hockey and I will be back next Monday .
M:,yor Bradshaw sa id have a sa fe trip, I hope you ca n ge t out of town.
15. Adjournment
The meeting adj ourned at 8:35 p.m.