HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-08-04 (Regular) Meeting MinutesENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLEWOOD , ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
I. Call to Order
Regular Session
August 4, 2003
Th e reg ul ar mee ting of the Englewood Cit y Co unci l was ca ll ed to ord er by Ma yor Bradshaw at 7:38 p.m ,
2. Invocation
Th e in voc ation was gi ven by Cou nc il Member Nabholz.
3. Pledge or Allegiance
The Pled ge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Bradshaw.
4. Roll Call
Presen t:
Absent :
Counci l Members Nabholz, Moore , Grazulis, Garrett , Wolos yn ,
Yurch ic k, Bradshaw
r,..,,:,e
A quorum was present
Al so prese nt:
5. Minutes
Cit y Manager Sears
City Att orney B1 otzman
Assistant Cit y Mana ger Fl ahert y
City Clerk Ell is
Direc tor Ross, Publi c Works
Li eutenant Co ll ins. Safety Services
Manager of Ope n Spa ce Lee
Senior Pla nner La ngo n, Communit y De vel opment
Business Devel opm ent Speci ali st Holling swonh
Direc tor Ingle, In fo rmati on Tec hnology
Direc tor Eaton, Hum an Resourc es
Direc tor Ol son, Safety Se rvices
Direc tor Si mp so n, Co mmunit y Deve lopm ent
(a) COUNCIL MEMBER GRAZULIS MO VED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REG ULAR CITY CO UNCIL MEETING OF JULY 21, 2003.
Mayor Brad sha w asked if there was any di sc uss ion or correcti ons. Th ere was none.
Vote results:
Motion carried .
Ayes: Co uncil Members Nabholz, Moore, Garre tt , Wolosyn,
Yurch ic k, Graz ul is, Bradshaw
Nays: None
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6. Sc hrd ul ed Vis it ors
There we re no sc hedu led visitors .
7. Unsl·hed ul ed Vis it ors
There were no unsc hedu led vis itors.
8. Co mmun lca li ons, Procl nmn tl ons and Appoi ntm enu
There were no co mmu nicati ons. proclama1ions or appo intmen ts.
9. Publi c Hea rin g
No public hearing was sc hed uled before Council.
10. Consent Age nda
CO UNC IL MEMBE R GA RR ET T MOVE D, AND IT WAS SEC ONDED, TO APPR OVE
CON SENT AG EN DA ITEMS IO (a) (i), (ii ), (iii) and (Iv), 10 (b) (I) and (II ) AND IO (c) (I).
(a) App rova l of Ord inances on First Readi ng
(i) COUNC IL BILL NO. 54. INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER
GARRETT
A BIL L FOR AN ORDINANCE APP ROV ING AN AGREEMENT WIT H THE COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR AND CONSTRUCT ION OF SIDEWALKS ON U.S.
HI GHWAY 285 IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO.
(ii) COUNCIL BILL NO . 57, INTROD UCE D BY COUNCIL MEMBER
GARRETT
A BILL FOR AN ORD INAN CE APPROVING A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ROCKY
MOUNTAIN MOB , LLC AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, CO LORADO, FOR THE LEASE OF
CE RTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY 'S RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE FORMER GIRARD AVE.
(iii) COUN CIL BILI. NO . 56. INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER
GARRETT
A BILL FOR AN ORD INAN CE APPROV ING AN INTERGOVERNME NTAL AGREEMENT WITH
CO LORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) FOR THE COOPERAT IVE RESEARCH PROJECT ON
LAND APPLICATION OF SEWAGE BIO SO LIDS ON DRYLAND WHEAT .
(i,·) COUNC IL BILL NO . 52 . INTROD UC ED BY COUNC IL MEMB ER
GARRETT
A BI LL FOR AN ORD INANCE AMENDING TITLE 15. CHAPT ER I, SECT ION 2, DEFINIT IONS.
PARAGRAP H C, OF THE ENGLEWOOD MUN ICIPAL CODE 2000. TO CO RRECT LANGUAGE
AND PUNCT UAT ION IN THE DEF INITI ON OF "NU ISANCE ."
(b) App rova l of Ordinances on Seco nd Reading •
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(i) ORDINANCE NO. 49 , SERIES OF 2003 (COUNC IL BILL NO . 49.
INTRODUCE D BY COU NCIL MEMB ER WOLOSYN)
AN ORDIN f\NCE AMENDING TITLE 12. CHAPTER I A. SECTION 4; TITLE 12, CHAPTER ID ,
SECT ION I; AND TITLE 12 .CHAPTER 2. SECTION 3, OFTflE ENGLEWOOD MUNI CIPAL CO DE
2000. PERTAINING TO THE WATER AND SEWER SECTION. AND IN CREAS ING SEWER RATES .
(ii) ORDINANCE NO . 50. SERIES OF 2003 (COU NCIL BILL NO . 50.
INTR ODUCE D BY COU NCIL MEMBER GRAZULIS)
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF HERB ERTSON PROPERTY BY THE CITY
OF ENGLEWOOD. COLORADO .
(c) Resoluti ons and Moti ons
(i) CONTRACT WITH UNITED GREEN TECH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF A
RAIN MASTER EVOLUTION CENTRAL IRRJGA TION CONTROL SYSTEM, IN THE AMOUNT OF
$41.190.00.
Mayor Bradshaw asked if anyone wished lo pull any of the items off of the Consent Agenda. They did not.
Vot, results:
Motion carried .
Ayes: Council Members Nabholz, Moore, Garrett, Wolosyn,
Yurchick , Gra zulis, Brad shaw
Nays: None
11. Regular Agenda
(a) Approval of Ordinances o n First Reading
(i) Seni or Planner Langon presen ted a recomm endation fr om the Community
Development Department to adopt a bill for an ordinance ex tending the Temporary Morat orium on New
Residential Construction, but removing the subdivi sio n prohibiti on to allow the subdivisi on of land in the
area of the moratorium. She said thi s is to extend the morat orium , for new multi-unit residenti al
co nstruction in the non.hwest Englewood area, which currently expires on November 24. 2003. Thi s
ordinance would exte nd the moratori um for an additional three mon1h s ... until February 27, 2004.
Secondly, this would remove the prohibition on the morat orium area on land subdi visio n. As yo u will
recall , she said, the moratorium resulted from citizen concerns regarding quality of residential units being
constructed in that nonhwest Englewood area . The exten sio n is necessary to maintain the 1emporary
suspen sio n of permits in the area, until the enactment of th e Unifi ed De vel opment Code . The Unified
Development Code, or UDC. ado ption process will be beginning nex t month with Public Hearings before
the Planning and :ZOning Co mmi ss ion and we anticipate that the UOC will be effective in Jan uary of 2004.
This cxlcn sio n en sures that the Phase One UDC will be adopted :md effective before the morat orium
expires. The seco nd ponion of the reque st thi s evening is to remove or delete th e prohibition on land
subdivi sion . That request has been made by propcny owners in the area and this would allow th em to
subdi vide propcny . She staled we have had about a half dozen requests for subdivision of propcny. The
prohibiti on. as it stands, hinders devel opment op ti ons for single-family devd opment , because the
moratorium docs not apply to pcnn its for single units ... or for remodels or for accessory structwes .
Removing 1hc prohibition of land subdivision would allow single unit co nstruction , but it would not affect
the multi-unit develop ment, as that would still remain under 1he monuorium . She asked if there were any
questions .
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Ma yo r Bradsh :Jw as ked 1f th ere we re an)' ques ti ons. There we re non e.
Ma ye. '3rads haw said so thi s would addre ss the iss ue that ge ntl eman prese nted to us abou1 a mon th ago?
Ms. Lan go n replied ye.,;. it would .
COUNC IL MEMBER NABHOLZ MOVED , AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA
ITEM 11 (a) (I)-COUNCIL BILL NO. 58.
COU~'C IL BI LL NO . 58. INTRODU CED BY COU NCIL MEMB ER NAB llOLZ
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE TEMPORARY SUSPENS ION OR MORATORIUM
ON THE ISSUANC E OF PERMITS FOR NEW SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND MULTI -FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA LOCATED BETW EEN WEST EVANS A VENUE
ON THE NORTH. WEST VASSAR A VENUE ON THE SOUTH, SOUTH TEJON STREET ON THE
EAST AND SOUTH ZUN I STREET ON THE WEST. FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS BUT
ENDING THE MORATORIUM ON THE SUBDIV ISION OF PROPERTY .
Vote results :
Moti on carri ed .
Ayes: Council Members Nabholz. Moore, G'lrrett, Wolosy n,
Yurc hick . Graz ul is. Br ads haw
Nays: No ne
(i i) Busine ss De ve lopment Speciali st Hollingsworth presented a rec ommcnda1i on
from the Communi1y De ve lopmen1 Department 10 adopt a bill fo r an ordinance accepting Enterpri se Zo ne
Marketing Grant Funding fro m Arapahoe Co unty . He sa id toni gh1 is fir st reading of Council Bill No . 47
which authori zes the accep tance of a $9.500 .00 grant fr om the Stale of Colorado . These fund s wi ll be used
10 match loca l doll ars for marketing and admini strative activities associa lcd wi th the Arapahoe Cou nt y
Enterprise Zo ne . Thi s is a very standard doc um ent . he said, tha1 has been acce pted over the pas t se veral
yea rs. The Enterpri se Zo ne is a very critical part of Eng lewood's economi c devel opment ini1 ia 1ives. It is a
ve ry cri ti ca l compo nent fo r th e rel ention and expansi on of loc al jobs. Last yea r, we processed 135 tax
contribut ions th roug h !h e Enterpri se Zo ne , so ii is having an impact. I would be happ y to re spond to any
question s yo u might ha ve about lhi s standard contrac 1 and doc um ent, he said .
Ma yo r Bradshaw asked if th ere were any que sti ons .
Mayo r Brad shaw sa id so it help s sup port bu sine ss relcn ti on and co mmunit y markcl ing acti vi tie s. Mr .
Hollin gswo nh replied ab so lutely. Sh e as ked if thi s mone y is in our budg et. Mr . Hollingsworth said yes.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRAZULIS MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA
ITEM II (a) (II) -COUNCIL BILL NO. 47 .
COUNC IL BILL NO . 47. INTROD UCED BY COUN CIL MEMBER GRAZU LIS
A BILL FOR AN ORD INANCE AUTHOR IZING ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE STATE
OF COLOaADO, ECONOM IC DEVELOPMENT CO MMISSI ON FOR MARKETING AND
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE ENTERPRI SE ZONE .
Vole results :
Moti on carri ed.
Aye s: Co un cil Members Nabh olz. Moo re . Garrell, Wolosy n,
Yurchick. Grazu li s, Bradshaw
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(iii) Direclor In gle pre senh:d a rccomm enda1i on fr om the Informati on Tec hnology
Dcpanmc nt 10 ad opt a bill for an ordi nan ce :1pp rov ing an Intcrgovcmmental Agreement with the Ci ty of
Cherry Hills Village to prov ide network design serv ices. He said thi s is an inlcr -loc al agrceml~nt with the
Ci ty of Cherry Hills Village fo r their city 's 1T Department to undertake an ana lysis and presentati on of
rec omm e nd ations to upgrade th ei r computer network . After word gOl out , about so me of the succes ses we
have had here in terms of network infrastructure projects, we were approached by Cherry Hills Village . and
as ked to provide advice and recommendations to them to upgrade their co mput er network at the Cherry
Hills Village City Hall. Currently, they have about 18 stand-a lone computers th at arc not networked and do
not have in1erne1 access . Afte r reviewing vendor proposals , the y approached us. After detailed
discussions, they have requested our services in that regard . The Cherry Hills Village City Council did
approve this IGA at their last Council meeting in July. This calls for the City to be compen sated in an
amount slightly above $1 ,200.00. The-re are approximately 20 hours of staff time involved. The
methodology for the costs was very simi lar to the one used by the Public Works Dcpanmcnt for the
services they provide Cherry Hills Village . I would be happy to answer any questions, he said .
Mayor Bradshaw asked if there were any questions.
Council Member Yurchick sai d this was ca lculated the same way we calc ulate for services provided by
Public Works to Cherry Hills Village . I 11:ought we took the profit factor out of the Public Works
calcu lati on . I don 't have a problem with t} c profit fac1or being incl uded, he sai d.
Mr. Ingle said, basically , what I did in tr.nns of methodology is I took the hourly rate of the employee ,
added 37 .7 % for the benefits, another Ill% for overhead and then 20% for the profit margin , and that is the
number that came out. In addition, he said . the Cily of Cherry Hills has agreed to allow th e City of
Engl:wood two months to comp lete the 20 hour s, given th e staff com mitments we have to our own
orga nization .
Mayor Brad shaw asked Mr. Yurchick if that answered his que sti on. He replied yes.
COUNCIL MEMBER YURCHICK MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE
AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (ill) -COUNCIL BILL NO . 55.
COUNC IL BILL NO . 55, INTROD UCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER YURCHICK
A BILL FOR AN ORD INANCE APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD ,
COLORADO. FOR PC, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND NETWORK ANALYSIS SERVICES .
Vote res ults:
Motio n Cdrricd .
Ayes: Council Members Nabh olz. Moo re, Garren , Wolosyn,
Yurchick, Grazuli s. Brad shaw
Nays: None
(b) Approval of Ordinances on Seco nd Reading
There were no addi ti onal items submiued for approval on second readin g. (Sec Agenda Item 10 -Co nse nt
Agenda .)
(c) Resoluti ons and Moti ons
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(i) Director Ea 1on presented a reco mm enda tio n from the Huma n Rrs1Jurccs
Depart ment to appoi nt. by moti on, a hea ring officer in the disci pl ina ry aj>pea l fi led by former Officer
George Godoy.
Mayo r Bradshaw reco mm endt'd Ronald J. Cohen.
MAYOR BRADSHAW MOVED, AND IT WA S SECONDED, TO APPOINT RONALD J. COHEN
AS THE HEARING OFFICER IN THE DISCIPLINARY APPEAL FILED BY FORM ER
OFFICER GEORGE GODOY.
Moti o n carried .
Ayes: Co un ci l Mem bers Nab holz, Moo re , Ga rrett , Wolosy n,
Yurchic k, Graz uli s. Brad shaw
Nays: None
(ii) Di rec tor Ross prese nted a recom menda tio n fro m th e Depart me nt of Pu bli c
Works , to ap prove, by mot ion, a contract fo r sid ewa lk enh anceme nts on West Belleview Aven ue, wi th
Good land Constructio n, Inc., in the amount of SI 72,027 .50. He sa id this is a projec t in whi ch we ob~in ed
Federal fund s and that is pa yi ng fo r a large portion of th e side wal ks and it will enabl e us to put sid,.:wa lk!.
on the nort h si de of Bell ev ie w, betwee n Fed eral and Lowe ll . Th ere is an ex tensive amount of bad c urb and
gutter. he sai d, so part of the fund ing fo r this project will co me fro m the Concrete Utilit y Fund. Th ere arc a
num be r of handi ca p ramp s. so part of th e fun ding will co me fr om the co ncrete progra m and th en, the res t of
th e mat..:h will be fro m our Sid ewa lks Mi ss ing Links Program. So, our total budget on thi s proj ec t is
$225.000.00 . If yo u have any questio ns . I will be happ y to answer th em. he said.
Mayo r Brad sha w as ked how long co nstructio n will take . Direc tor Ross sa id they ha ve been given 45
wo rkin g days. Mayor Br adshaw said 1hat will be 45 workin g da ys ... 9 wee ks co nstructi on.
Mayo r Brad shaw as ked if th ere we re any questi ons. There we re none.
COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE A
CONTRACT FOR SIDEWALK ENHAN CEMENTS ON WEST BELLEVIEW AVE NU E, WITH
GOODLAND CO NSTRUCTION , INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $172,027.50 .
Mayo r Bradshaw asked if th ere was any disc ussio n.
Mnyor Bradshaw said I th ink the leverage on tha t is rea ll y good. ls there $11 2.000.00 in Federal funds?
Di rector Ross re pli ed yes.
Vote results :
Moti on carried.
Ayes: Co un cil Mem bers Nab holz, Moore, Garrett, Wo losyn,
Yurchic k, Graz uli s, Bradshaw
Na ys : No ne
12. General Di scus sion
(a) Ma yo r's Choice
(i) Mayo r Bradshaw sa id I wa nt to co mplim ent Chris Olson and his sta ff for an
exce ll e nt drill on Saturday, whic h I hope we never have to use . I was part icu larl y impressed wit h th e pride
exhi bit ed by the Englewood part icipants . She ex plai ned that th e di sas ter dri ll was an exercise in dealing
with 1he afte rm ath of a ra dio logic al bo mb exp lodi ng on a lig ht ra il train and it was in conj unction wit h
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Swedish. Th ere were man y Slat e a nd Fede ral agencies called in and it wo rked like clockwork . It was
incredible. she sa id, bu !. aga in . I hope we neve r hav" 10 use it Shr asked aboul the debriefing .
Director Olso n said th e o ut side debriefing wen ! rea l we ll . Several age ncies co mmented, and they all had
very positive com menls. Overa ll , he sa id, fr om what we heard, it went extremely we ll..
Mayor Bradshaw said th e Ass istan t Se cretary of Homeland Securi ty wa~ th ere. Swedish Hosp ital. and , of
course, RTD .
(ii) May or Bradshaw sai d I would like to tha nk Chr is Olson and Ga r) ~ea rs for their
participation Saturday ni ght in the Na tional Night Out kickoff party.
(b) Cou ncil Members' Choice
(i) Co uncil Member Graiulis:
I . She sai d I have a question regarding the street lamp that has been down on the westbound ramp.
know it is probably fi xed ny CDOT, but ho w long, usua lly, are those down? That has been down for quite
a while .
Director Ross sai d we ha-.•e a maintenance contract with Xcel Energy. They will be respons ibl e for making
th at repair and it has bee n reponed . We wi ll just keep on th em about i1 . he sa id, but I ca n't really give yo u
a timerrame.
Ms . Graz uli s i.a id after ii has been a coup le of wee ks, then I say okay ... that 's enough .
2. She sai d there is also a stree t sign down in lh e middl e of th e medi an at Oxford and Broadway.
nOliced ii Saturday and I moved it further int o the mi dd le of the med ian , she sa id, but it is still !here.
Direclor Ross confirmed that she wa:: lalking about Oxford and Broadwa y.
3. She sa id I don't kn ow if it has been 1aken care of. but in the alle y on Pe nn sy lva nia ... it is an
address on th e west side of th e street, in the 4400 block ... th ey had a refrigcra1or and a freezer in the back
all ey with th e doo rs intact. I just want to make sure tha1 was removed, she said .
Dire ctor Ros s asked about th e ad dre ss. Ms. Grazuli s sa id ii is in the 4400 block . It is in th e all ey on the
we st side. I talk ed to them . she sai d, and th ey sa id so mebody would be by in a co upl e of da ys.
(ii ) Co un ci l Member Wol osy n:
1. She sa id las 1 Tue sda y I we nt to the Teenage Drinking Tas k Force. whic h is sti ll mov ing along. bu t
it is mu ch more low key. I wan t to th a nk Office r John Co llins for comi ng and Chri s Ol so n. once agai n, for
lendin g hi s sla ff. I thi nk all the differen1 points of view. fr om Safe ty Services, have been enli ght e nin g for
me and I know they arc for those peo ple . I app reci at e :hal. she sai d.
2. She sai d in answer to so me com menls th at we should look at the dues we pay. as a Co unc:1. to
Nganiz ati ons, I called Lauren of Tran sit All ia nce. I asked him if he co uld cut our dues in hal f for n1..xt
year. I explai ned where we arc. budget-wi se. but that I. myse lf, va lue Tran sit Alli ance, especia ll y when we
ar<" looki ng down 1he road al Fa sTracks. As we all know , 1t takes a lot 10 get any kind of initiative th ro u~h
and he was ve ry amen ab le and sai d, yes. So that wi ll be $1,(X)().00 instead of $2,000.00.
Ma yor Brad sha w asked when thi s wou ld be presen ted to Counci l. Ms. Wolosyn sa id I think it wi ll be in
your pac ket nexl week.
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Mayor Bradshaw asked 1f it wou ld be in the packet nex t week for 1he di sc ussion on Co unci l's bud ge t. Do
yo u kn ow approx imately what yo u have c ut out of th e budget? Ms. Wolosyn said we actually cut out quite
a bit. Mr . Yu rchi ck and I cut S25,000 out of Co uncil's bud get, she sa id , plu s there was another $25 ,000
from Dav id Taylor .
Ma yor Bradshaw asked what the pe rce n1agc wo uld be. Ms. Wolosy n said it is ove r LO %. Ma yo r Bradshaw
said good job , Ms, Wolosy n said I think we realized how hard staff had it. What a hard job staff hod doing
it , only on a bigger sca le. Mayor Brad shaw sa id th an k yo u bo th .
(iii) Council Member Nabh olz:
1. She said I was :iot pleased with the remark I got back fr om Code Enforccmert regarding the
Sectio n 8 duplexe s on 3068 ... on up to 3080 South Delaware . It just said th ey we r,~ m co mpli ance and il
was nol a problem . Personally , Sund ay nighl , I talked wilh one of the boys thal lives in lhal o ne duple x
next to the house. There arc nine of lhem living in there . I as ked him if they were hi s brothers or sisters
and he sa id no , co usins and hi s auntie , The lady next doo r in that duplex has given her 30 days noti ce,
because she can no longer put up with it. And GS yo u stated Mayo r, lhere is one dumpster for four large
duple xes . Another problem with Section 8 Housing ... and we have had this problem before with this
property at 2QIO an d 2912 South Bannoc k, is lhat a constit uent called South Metro Drug Task Force ,
approx imatel y two months ago. My understanding is that they wenl in, an arrest was made and a stol en car
removed from th e property. One cons tituent say s there ore 25 people living there . The man that ca me 10
my door tonig ht , before I came 10 Co uncil , said there are 30 people li ving th ere. He and hi s wife are retired
and he knows how many people come and go, and says it is non-stop , around th e cl cck . So. I have decided
that my only alternative, si nce I have been told th ings arc fine and in comp liance . is to clear it with Co uncil
so I can attend the Englewood Housing Authority Board meeting Wedne sday ni ""ht and try 10 appeal 10
these people . We ha ve so me real probl ems here, she sa id . and we ne ed to do some house cleaning.
Ma yor Bradsh aw sai d I apprec iate your input on lha1 . The meetin g will be al 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday at
the Housing Auth ori ty.
2. She said Sa turda y I was amazed . I was only th ere abo ut two and a half ho1J rs. but I was amazed
wi th what I saw . Excellent job. Thank yo u fo r that. You have tau ght us all to be prepared in many ways,
she sa id .
13. City Manager's Report
(a) City Manager Sears said I wanted Mr . Simp so n to talk a littl e bi t about the award th at we
rec ~iv !d, th at Darren Holli ngsworth is go in g to be receivi ng on our be half.
!)ircctor Simp so n said I am not full y prepared . as we are planni ng to make a pre sentati on at a li ttl e later
dale . \\ic hove crea ted a market ing CD. com pac t di sk, fo r the Ci ty of Eng lewood. and it is so met.,ing we
ha ve bee n wor!,;1 1g on for so me tim e, fo r busine ss develo pm ent. We e nj oyed puttin g it toge ther, l.icco use it
rea ll y highlights a lot of th e community bu siness leaders, peopl e out th ere making Englewood a better
place. But . apparen tl y. the Internati onal Economic Devek1pment Coun cil, wh ich is the lea din g cco nomii.:
development gro up in the United Slate s, fe lt th e sa me way and have awarded us a Nati onal Awurd fo r a
mult imedia markctin 1; pi ece for ci ties under 50,000. So , it is a ve ry ni ce deal. I wanl 10 be able to prese nt
it to all of you an d kind of show you what the (:D is .1bo ut . We just have n't gotten th ere yet , but Mr.
Hollin gs worth is going to attend the con fcr enc(' in Ci ncinnati and pi ck up our aw ard . By the wa y, he said,
we are not traveling on the City's mone y; we ha ve been given a sc holarship that will prov id e for tra ve l
through Taci to De sig n. who also as sisted us with the project. Tocito is picking up th e cost of that tra vel.
Mr. Holling swonh is goin g to go out a11d r'!presc nt the Cit y of Englewood on thi s one. He will also att end
th e co nferen ce and learn a little mor; Jbo ut econo mic de ve lopme nt o ut there. We are real exc it ed . Th ere is
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a second award 1hat kind of went wit h 1t-a 1. We also wo n an honorable me nti on on Partne rship fr om th e
Economi c Devc lop menl Co unci l, fo r the Ci1 y of Englewood's cffons o n Ce ntennial Pa rk and the
Brow nfi clds effort s. So , we were recognized twi ce. he said , nnd. agai n, 1hi s is another nati onal awa rd for
1he Ci 1y.
Ma yo r Brad shaw said co ngra tula ti ons. Mr . Simpso n sa id co ngra ml :ui ons to all of yo u. 11 takes everyone 10
make th ese happen.
Ci1 y Manag er Sca rs tha nk ed Mr . Simp so n.
(b) Cny Man age r Sears said J wanted to fo ll ow up n little bit on th e bud ge t As Ms. Wolosy n
indicated. staff ha s bee n wor kin g extremel y hard. I appreciate all th e hard effo rt s that they have go ne
thro ugh 10 put toge th er a budget. ?i.t onday ni ght . we will presen1 . from the deµa rtmcnt head's viewpoint ,
the different aspects to th e budget. As of about 5 o'cloc k tonight, it balanced . We certainly have so me
work to do and . aga in it is n working doc ument un ti l the fin al budget is give n to th e Council at the e nd of
August . We wi ll be looking toward yo ur co mment s, so we ca n make furth er adju stm e n1s, before we bri ng
it bu~k later thi s mm.th . Our retre at is the th ird week of September. We have made co ntact with th e
different emp loyee s. that may be imµac1e d by this , and we al so have take n a loo k at, pretty much . every
aspec t of our orga ni zat ion. and we wi:I present that Monda y nigh!. Again, as with any budget , there is a lot
of differe nt input and directions that we may need 10 take before we act uall y put together a final budget.
That is th e onl y th ing we have on the age nda . It will be to yo u Thursda y ni gh t. he sai d, and we will go
fro m there .
(c) City Manage r Sears sai d I wanted to say thank s to Chris Ol so n anct hi s crew . I kn ow th at
Chi er Loc kwood, Chief Stovall and man y mh r rs we re very involved . I wa nt 10 say th at o ne of the things I
did ask Chri s and RTD to do. and I want 10 as~: Co uncil 10 al so sup po rt , is perhaps a lener to Gan Sports. It
was just wonderful that th ey all owed us to use tha t facility fo r the training . If that is okay, we wi ll put
together a leuer. Ma yor Brad shaw suggested the lett er be signed by all th e Counci l members. Mr . Sears
sa id, hopefu ll y, oth er jurisdic ti cns will fo ll ow sui t. Ca l Marsella is pre tt y int ent about talkin g to us abou t
our projec ts here. He has n't forgotten our projects . I think th ey are still on the hori zon. he sai d.
Mayor Brad sha w said he wo uld m.e to come ia lk 10 us in Scp 1e mbe r and give mi an upd ate on what is going
o n.
(d) City Manager Sears sa id generally if I am gone, Mike Flahert y is here, bu t later thi s wee k
I have so me family thing s I need 10 follow th ro ugh on, and so doe s Mike. Jerrell Bl ack wi ll be in charge of
the Cit y fo r the la st co uple of days thi s week. Obv iously, the dep art ment directo rs will be here in case
anything should happen. he sa id .
Mayor Brad sha w sai d :he budget retreat fo r Co uncil is sc hed ul ed 10 be held at the Wa stewater Treatme nt
Plant . Is 1ha1 correct'! Ci ty Manager Sears said yes, th at will be 111 Sep tember.
Ma yo r Brad shaw sa id if there is a lot of int erest. we probab ly need to !~. ,k at anoth er place 10 hold it, and I
think there ma y be a lot of inte res t in the bud ge t th is yea r.
Co unci l Membe r Wolosy n asked why aren '1 we holdin g it in the Cu mmu ni1 y Roo m.
City Manager Sears said we arc ope n 10 whateve r the Co uncil would like to do.
Mayor Brad sha w said it is so methin g we ca n think about .
Co unci l Memb er Wolosy n as ked if it wi ll be held at the end of September. Ma yor Brad shaw sai d th at is
right.
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City Manager Sears said we will also ha ve an upd 1uc , as of July . on our sa les taxes and where we arc, for
lhc meeting on next Monday ni ght. Mayor Bradshaw said okay. The meeting starts 1116:00 p.m .? Mr.
Scars replied yes , and if you wa nt to, we cou ld probably start a little bit earlier. I intend 10 have all
departments do a bri ef re view, Yiith my ovcrvJcw and Mike Aahcrty 's ovt.rview. ft co uld go quite a while .
Whatever the Council would like 10 do, he :;a id .
Mayor Brad shaw asked if they should consider meeting at 5:30 p.m. What is Counci l's pleasure?
Counc il agreed 10 meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room .
14. City Attorney 's Report
City Attorney Brotzman did not ha ve any matters to bri ng before Council.
15 . Adjoummeot
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