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ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
I. Call lo Order
Regular Sess ion
June 17, 2002
The re gular meeting of the Eng lewood City Counci! was called to order by Mayor Bradshaw at 7:30 p.m.
2. In,•ocacion
The invocation was given by Co uncil Member N:ibhal z.
3. Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance wn s led by Mayor Bracbnaw .
4. Roll Call
Present:
Absent:
A quorum was pre sent.
Counci l Members Nabho l?., Moore, Grazulis. Garrett , Wolosyn,
Yurchick , Bradshaw
None
Also present: City Manager Sears
5. Minutes
Ci ty Attorne y Brotzman
Assistant City Manager Flaherty
Ci1y Clerk Ellis
Director Olson, Safe1y Services
Director Ross , Public Works
(a) COUNCIL MEMBER GRAZULIS MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO
APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 3, 2002.
Mayor Bradshaw asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes . There were none.
Vote results:
Ayes:
Nays :
Abs1ain :
Motion carried .
6. Scheduled \llsllors
Council Members Nabholz. ).lfoore . Wolosyn, Yurchick. Graz-.Iiis ,
Bfldshaw
None
Council Member Garren
(a) Bob Laughlin and Doug Cohn introduced themse lves .
Mr. La ughli n exp la ined that the y were representing the Old Town Englewood Merch.1mts Associatio n. We
would really just like to say thank s to Counci l for lcning us use 1he s1age and 1he chai rs and for lh~ greal
hdp we hull on Ju ne gm for the: dunce which was hdd aner the Sidewalk Sa le . It se ems we hud a bit ofu
succ ess tha1 day, he s:ud . We had a lot of new peop le coming 10 the s1ores alon!I' Broadway , 1hroughou1 the
day . Whether it was a gangbusrer sale that day , it d:dn'1 reall y mancr. We had a 101 of peop le 1here, 1he
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streets were aclive. people were enjo ymr. themselves and everybody had a good time at the da nce. So, hi:
said. lhank yo u.
Doug Cohn sai d th at wa s about wha l hi: wa nted lo say as we ll. Thank yo u Cou nci l and thank you to the
staff fo r their good wo rk and bringing the st:ige over and sc nin g up 1he cha irs and tak ing them down . I
ha ve only one re co mmendation fo r the Augu st 24 1h sal e, he sa id. if yo u co uld 1ake about ten de gree s ofTthe
temperature. as it ,,. .. as prett y hot 1ha1 Sa1urday . He thanked Co uncil.
Counci l thankcl.l Mr. Lau ghlin and Mr . Co hn .
Nlayor Brad shaw noted tha1 some of the Co ur...:il members had attended, i,ut she had bee n un able to attend
as she was invo lved in 11 11 esta te sa le a1 her dad's house.
Co un ci l Member Yurchi ck said it was a nice outdoo r eve m.
Co unci l Member Nab holz agreed that 1t w:is ve ry nice .
7. Unsc hedul ed Visi tors
Ther,. were no unscheduled visitors.
8. Communlc:.ations , Procl a m:.ations and Appointments
(a) A letter from Cinda Losee indicati ng her resignatio n from the K'!ep Engle wood
Beau1iful Com mi~s ion was considered .
(b) A letter from Jud y Wall.ice indica i-in g her resi gnation fro m the Urba n RenewJ\
Au1h ori ty was considered.
(c) A memorandt1m from Billi\ . ...:ahill, Chair of the Keep Eng lewood Beau1iful
Commi ss ion. requesting co nsid era 1io11 oi Chris1opher Han son·s resignalion from the Keep Englewood
Beauuful Conuni ssi on was co nside red .
COUi'iCI L MEMBER NAB HOLZ MOVFD, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO ACCEPT T HE
UTTER rnoM CI NDA LOSEE I ND ICAT ING HER RESIGNATION FROM THE KEEP
ENGLEWOOD BEA UTIFUL COMMISS ION. T HE LETTER FROM JUDY WALLACE
INDI CATI NG HER RESIGNATION FROM THE URB Al'II RENEWAL AUTHORITY AN D THE
MEMOR-1.N DUM FROM BILL MCCAHILL. CHAIR OF THE KEEP ENGLEWOOD
BE AUTIFUL COMMISS ION. REQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF C HRISTOPHER
HAl'IISON'S RESIGNATION FROM T HE KEEP ENGLEWOOD BEAUTIFUL COMJIHSSlON -
AGEi'iDA ITEMS 8 \n) (b) and (c).
Motion carried .
Ayes: Council Members Nab holz, Moore, Garre tt Wolosyn ,
Yurchick, Grazu lis , Bradshaw
Nays: No ne
(d) A proclamation declaring 1he week of Jun e 23 thro1J,:h 7.9 , 2002 as Code
Enforcemem Officers App reci:m un Weck was co nsidered.
COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT MOVED, Al'II D IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA
ITEM R (d) -A PROCLAl,tATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF J1JNE 23 THROUGH 29. 2002
AS CO DE ENFO RCEMENT OFFICERS APPRECIATION WEEK.
Mayor Bradshaw said I know we give 1he Code Enforcement Officers a bad rap. But. sh e slat ed. I do think
1he y are domg :1 good JOb and I do think they ha ve made a difference in our co mmunity .
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Eng lewood C uy Co uncil
June 17, 2002
Pa ge J
Di1cc1or Olson lh3nkcd Ma yo r Bfldsh:iw . I apologize. he s.:ii d. as there m:i y have been a
m1s co mmumcauon . Normally all of 1hc officers or 0.1 least Dave Lynn would have been here to accept thi s
procl :rnut1on.
Ma yo r Brads haw presented the piocl:lmation to Director Olson . Directo r Olso n thanked Co uncil.
Vote res ults :
Motion c:irried.
Ayes : Co un cil Members Nab hol z, Moore. Garre n, Wo losyn,
Yurchick, Grazuli s, Brnd shaw
~ays : No ne
Mayo r Bradsha w presented the proclanutio n 10 Direct " (1Json.
9. Pub lic He:i.ring
: o public hearin g was sc heduled be fore Council.
10 . Co nse nt Agend::a
(a) Approval ofOrdinancts on First Rc::iding
There were no additiona l ilcms submit!~d fo r ap proval on first reading . (S 1 Age nda It em 11 -Regu lar
Asendn .}
(b) Approval of Ordinanc es on Seco nd Reading
COUNC IL MEMBER GARRETT MOV ED. AND IT WAS SECONDED. TO APPROVE
CON SENT AGENDA IT EMS 10 (b) (I) and (II) ON SECO1"D READIJ\'G.
(i) ORDINANCE NO . 30. SE!.,ES OF 2002 (COUNC IL BI LL NO. 27.
INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER WOLOSYN)
A,. ORDINANCE AMEN DI NG TITLE 7, CHAPTER 6F, SECTION 6. BY THE DELET ION OF
SUBSECT !ON C. AND TITLE 15, OF THE ENG LEWOOD MUN ICIPAL CODE 2000 WITH THE
ADDITIO:-1 OF A NEW CHAPTER 16, PERTAINING TO GARAGE SALES .
(ii) ORD INANCE NO . 3 1. SERIES OF 2002 (COUNC IL BILL NO . 28,
INT RODUC ED BY COUNC IL MEMBER WOLOSYN)
AN ORDINANCE AMEND ING TITLE 4, CHAPTER 4, SECTION 4. SUBSECT IONS 3 AND 4, OF
THE ENG LEWOOD MUN ICIPAL CO DE 2000, PERTA INING TO THE EXE M?TION FROM SA i.ES
TAX FO R GARAGE SALES.
~ayor Bradshaw asked if there was nny disc uss ion. There was none .
V01e rcsullS :
Ayes : Co uncil Members Nab hol z. Moore. Ga rren. Wolosyn.
Yu rchi ck. Grazuli s, Bradshaw
Nays : No ne
Mo 11 on earned .
(c) Rc so lu t1011s and ~louons
Englew oo d Ci ry Counci l
June 17. 2002
Pul\C -I
There were no addi11o nnl re so \u 110 11s or molions submiued fo r aoproval. {Sec 1\gendn lt•~m 11 • Reg ular
Agenda .)
11 . Regular Agenda
(11) Approval of Ordi nan ces on Firs! R .. Jd ing
(i) Direc1or Olson pre se nted a recommenda1ion from 1he Depa rtmen1 ofSaft:iy
Services 10 adopt a bil~ fo r an ordina nce amending Title I 5.9.1 of th e Englewood Municip:i.1 Code
pert:iini ng 10 Hobby V..:hicle Permi ts. He no1 ed this h:is brc n resc:irc hcd. we have talked 10 Cmmcli abou1
this nnd ii was 1ake 1110 1he Code Enfo rcemen t Adv isory Committ ee . Tite Co mmiue e's recomme ndatio n
was 10 el1minn1c the permium g and cos t of pemti ;ting sec 11ons of this ordina nce. He assured Co uncil 1ha1
all ot her aspe cts of1hc hobby and de relict ve hicle ord inance will re main in place and we will still enforce
ii. We fou nd it was vcr )' diffi cult lo handle th e pcrnutting process itse lf, he said, so th is just seems like a
m:mer of conven ience . Bu t, he no1ed. we will still proceed ahead with wha1 we nonnall y do .
~IAyor Brad shaw asked if Co unci l hnd nny que sti ons fo r Dire ctor Clson.
Co unci l Mcmbe Wo lo:.yn said sl.c JUS I had one que stio n. In yo ur minutes and even in yo ur Co uncil
Co mmuni ca 1ion you ta lk ed about 1he hrn guagc pertain ing to 1he fee, 1101 th e permit. The reaso n I ask aboul
1h:u is because there is !he one permi 1 that didn ·1 have a fee and 1he other permit th!I I did . So. she sa id , I
fo und it to be v.ig uc . .is to wha t lhcy were 1.i lking .ib out in the Co mmiu ee meeti ng.
Di re ctor Olson sa id yo u are probabl y u1 lki og abou t the six.month permi 1. Counc1 1 Member Wo losyn sai d
th at's righ t and, also, just <he fact that 1he Co un ci l Comm uni ca1 io n and the minute s of the 15th see m 10 onl y
stnke 1he language of th e li ce nsmg fee. not 1he p.:rmit itself. Director Olson advised he woul d amend 1ha1
Co uncil Communi ca ti on .
Co un cil Member Yurc hick stated that he tho ught the uu ent io n of 1hc Code Enfo rccme nl Adv isory
Co mmitte e was the pcnni· and the SI )0 .00 . ·n1ey wanted 10 elim.i nat e 1hc process , because they thought it
would be a nig h1mare to enforce it. Mr. Yo.1rchick poi nt ed out that it hasn't be en enfo rce d fo r years, so th ey
Jl!St decided 10 clean ii out of the books .
Directo r Olso n comme nte d that it is fo r both the residen tial and bus iness areas of the City.
~tn yo r E • .idshaw sa id I remember whr:-; this w.:1s adop led. the S100 .00 fe ;:, anr !ha! was a ·:,ay to rai se
reve nues at that time . I still se c a pro!:.lem with so me people havi ng eig lu or nine ve hicle s arou nd th eir
house .
Cou ncil Member Wvlosyn said that is sti ll aga inst 1he law .. right ?
~laye r Brads haw asked ifthar 1s s1ill against the l:?w .
Direc tor Olson sa id if the y are reg istered and if th e ve hi cles are in good shape. as we found out rcce 1ttly1
they ca n h.ive 1hat num be r of velucle s. We try 10 encou rage people no1 to do that. es pec iall y on 1he right•
of.wny . Bui the reali ty:,. he said , that this add resses, specific=?.!!y. the derelict and hob l:iy deal, where yo u
have a car up on blocks •nd so fo nh. Techn ica ll y the y,.:~~. have the,"'\ covere d.
Counc il Membe r Yur· ,..:k adv1seJ that. this week, the Co nmtinee wi ll be looking a11hc issue of whe ther
they wa nt 10 take the 11umber of1 hc-se 1ypes Jfvehicles, 10 be allowed , to zero .
Ytayu Brnd:,haw SJid i•''iomebody we re wo rking on !hei r vehicle, the y co ul d kee p it in the ir gara ge and
1hat wo ullt uol be ..1 p,uM'.!m. Co uncil Me mber Yu rd 1ick sa 1U thal i) right.
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Bui , Mil yor Bradshilw Silid, it is storing ii at thc;r hou se th11 1 is the issue . I dr.Jve by 11 propcny 10d11y ilnd
the re were two bo11 1s, an SUV, a mo lor home. a lOol truck ... rne of tho se huge . big trucks .
Cou nci l Member Wolosy n asked if1hat wo u\dn'l be more 1h3n one hobby ve hicle . ouncil 1\kmber
Yurchi ck advised that those are not consi<lered hobb y vehicles .
Director Ol son explained that a hobby \'c hicle is, essentially, a ve hi cle that is non•runmng . that is in a sta le
of repair or some thin g like thal and it m:ty not be regis1ered . They may b,.. re pla cing 1he engine, 11 ma y be
missing tire ~. wheels and !he y ma y have it up on bloc ks. Mayor Bradshaw sa id now they can ·1 ha ve that at
all. Direc 1or Olso n staled that evef)1h ing that is i:urren tl y in effect, remains in effect.
Co uncil Member Yurch ick asked if the y -:ou ld ho ve one . Director Olso n said right, that is co rrec t. But , on
the oth er ones , if;•1ey are regis tered ·md they have mgs and evrrything else, the y ca n h:i.ve them .
Mayor Brad shaw s:iid I thin k we neeo !'"I ha ve something dr:illcd . She sugges ted ounci l Member
Yurchick's grou p co uld look at this . Director Olson advised that it so unds like the Co mrnittee is addressi ng
tb!.
Mayor Brads haw said ok:i.y . But what I would like to say is , th:i.t 1hey need to be behind the 25•foot
se tba ck, ofT the stre et.
Co uncil Member Yu rchick !:aid l see two issues here . One is th!! derc hct/hobby vehicles :ind 1he other is
1he numb er of lic ensed ve hi cles :illowed :1 1 a residence. The Code Enfo rcement Co mmitlee, cu rrent ly, is
,,o \ looki ng at the number ofliccn5'ed vehicles all owed at a residence, they ilre just looki ng at the derelict
\'chi cle s .
~,f:i yo r Br:idshaw staled I think we need to look :it the number of regi stered vehicles .
Counti l Member Yurchick said that is fine, but I jus t wan!ed you 10 let you know 1hat thc::y are not looking
at that side of it right now .
Nl:iyo r Br:i dshaw s:i1d that is one of my pct peeves . I think it s grr-:i t when yo u ~ve all the se toys. she said.
I think toys arc gre:it . but I think you need to put them rnmewhere, instead ofparJ...ing them in front of yo ur
lDusc . \Ve used to h:ive :in ord inance th:it sa:d the y co uld not be vis ible or 1h.:y ha d to at least be 25 feet
b.ick from the street.
Director Olson said I :im not famili ar with !hat one . As for as I know, that is not so m~lhing th:it is in our
Code right now .
Mayor Bradshaw said I want it to be very strict. 1ha1 it should be 25 feet back and the y c:in ·1 creep ou t past
the edge of the hou se. If the y h:ive to , they c:in fill their backyard wi th them I don·1 c:i re, but just get th em
off the SIT!CI.
Director O ls on said we do enfo rce 1he RV parking restric1ions and. of course, if it 's a boat and trailrr that 's
not hooked to anythmi, th:i.t is another iss ue entirel y. \Ve have ordina nces that address that, but if yo u are
just t•tlking numbe rs. we don't have ar.ythi ng. He pointed out that th:i.t will probabl y be a re lati vely
co ntnver!>1a l issue . That 's fine if the Comminee looks at 1ha1 . he s:iid, and we will enfo rce wha te ve r you
come lip \'11th. thnt's our job.
Co un cil Me mber Yurchick s:iid the y did look :i.t the RV tlung and the Comm ittee itself decided not 10
change the existmg laws . So, he sa id. I don '1 know if they are goi ng to come back and reco mmend these
changes or if it is some th ing Co un cil is goi ng 10 ha ve to take upon itse lf to do .
Ma yo r Brad shaw Si!1d I JUSt dunk we need to t:i.ke a look at that. because I do n't know how many vehicl es
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Coun ci l Memb er Grazuli s said you woi.:.ld have to :h:lcrmi nc how man y lice nsed drive rs there are. If
so mebody has 3 large fami ly 3nd thq arc all lice nsed drivers th ey should all ha ve o right to h3ve one . she
S3id . Other !11311 1hat. yo u wou ld have 10 decide how rr.an y yo u wa nt 10 allow over and beyo nd rhat
number .
Director Ol so n noted tha1 , right now, thi s is 31J we arc looki 11g 111.
Nfa yo r Bradshaw asked if Coun cil had an y other que stions . She sa id it so unds like Co uncil probabl y needs
to loo k 111 that. Co uncil Member Grazulis agreed .
Mayor Bradshaw asterl if there was any way 10 find out what other cities arc doing . Co uncil Member
Wo losyn sa id she wo uld lik e to know abo u· thal.
Ma yor Brads ha w said she would like to know what the surround in g citie s are do ing as far as enforcing th nt
and how the y are addressing visibility and sight lin es . It kill s me . sh e said . when yo u can't see around a
co rner because of hu ge ve hicle s parked there .
01 1 • ;tor Ols on said D:wc Lynn does a good job re se arching , so we will go ahead and rese arch it. We arc
1alkmg aboul the number or vehicles in reside nt ial areas onl y, :!~! business or cC"mm ercia l. Is that right. he
nsked . Ma yo r Bradshaw said that is right rcsidc n·:al on ly She sai d she wa nt ed to kn ow abou t se1backs
and the maxim um number of li censed ve hi cles all owed.
Director Olso n poin1ed out tha t they wi ll probabl y have to differentiate that between recreat io nal vehicles
and all tne oth er ve hicles people h11vc. Mayo r Br::.dsha w said to tal ... licc nscd rccreauonal vehicles.
everything .
Mayor Brndshaw asked ifit is lega l fo r someo ne who is se lling their boa t to si t it in the front yard . IJirc ctor
Olson said no , we wo uld get on the m for that. Tt-:~ ex pec tation is that the y wou ld either have it in back or
so mewhere ofT1hc street where it is not vis ible:. But ifit is in front of the house and it is off the trailer and
.101 hooked 10 anything, we would nonna ll y give them a coup le of da ys or thre e days or what ever, and th en
we go in and tak ! ca re of it.
Ci ty Manager Sears ad vised they will bring ibis info rmation ba ck 10 Counci l in 11 Study Session . Ma yor
Bradsh11w said probabl y in Augu st or September. Director Olson said if it is oka y, August will wo :r k, that
will give us time .
COUNCIL MEMBER YURCHICK MOVED. AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE
AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (I)· COUNCIL BILL NO . 29.
CO iNC IL BILL '.)10 . 29, INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL ),!EMBER VU RCHICK
A BILL FOR A 'ORDINA NCE AME NDING TITLE 15, CHAPTER 9. SECTION 1. OF THE
ENG LEWOOD MUJ-;ICIP AL CO DE 2000. PERTAINING TO HOBBY VEH ICLE LI CEN SING .
Counril Member \Vol os yn said I would j uM like 10 say that I am going 10 vote for it ~ut it reall y makes me
feel :i ,i nle bit qu easy. be cause I feel that ma ybe we arc bock ing off on cnforcin · ~J •!cthin ~ th.a.I we shou1
be enforci ng. I understand. she said . 1hat the reason is that th ey feel thi s isn't do u:~ any good anywa y. so
let's get rid of dead weight.
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Director Olson said he ,,.:anted to be reall y cle ar that we arc enforcing . He explail"'cd that the whole 1.-..>nccpt
of 1hc permit. the S 100.00 atid everything else was jwt unrealisticall y enforceable. There was no •
me chani sm 10 get peop le 10 co me down hen• on a six-month ba sis or a yearly b3sis and pa y SI 00.00 Ill get
that permit. But. he sta te d, we arc still enfo rci ng it. Counci l Member Wolo syn said okay. I unders11111d .
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Ma yo r llrndshaw said I will be voting ag11ins1 ii.
Council Member Yurchick sa id tne y did 1hink ab out the issues on bot h sides of the coin . Do we enforce it
by ho,1mg o Cod e En fo rcemen 1 officer wrilc 1hem ticket tbr not Laving a permit? The y jusl 1hough1 it got
too co mpli cated no matt er h,.:,w yo u looked at th e is sue . He sw.ed the co ncep1 is good, but tile enforcement
jus1 seemed unmana geab le .
Ma yo r Bradshaw s:ud I just think i1 ,~ a pole ! un i n•·,,cnuc stream that maybe we arc getti ng rid of to o
quickly . so I :un vot ing agains 1 it.
Co uncil Member Wolosyn said , for myself, I WC\aldn ·1 have obJec tions to doing o.v:\'y wit h the SI 00 .00 .
ha ve objec tions 10 doing awa y wi1h the pem,il. Just the fact that some one has to I:.· .i:sponsible 10 claim it
as a hobby vehicle and that it not just something they arc not moving . That is my ~ IJC with it, she said,
and I am going 10 vote against ii I think.
Ma yor Bradshaw askc~ if there was any other discu ss ion .
Co un cil Mc nbcr Wo losyn said I om goi ng to vote against it. .I feel uncomfortable .
Vo le results:
Aves : Council Members Na bholz, Moore, Garren, Yurchick
N;ys : Co uncil Members Wolosyn. Grazul is, Bradshaw
Malian carried.
Cou nci l ~•lember Yurchick said this ma y all be moot. becaus : the y are looking at reducing it 10 ze ro . The
Co mnunce 1s split fifi y-fifi y Gn that righ1 now . Mayor Brad shaw commented that m.1 ybc this will give
1hcm an md k ation .
M:ivo r !3radshaw thanked Dir ec 1or Olson .
Director Olso n tlumkcd Council.
(b) Approval of Ordinances on Second Reading
The:n: wen: no aJdiuonal items submined for appro val on second reading . (S ee Age nd a It em IO -Consent
Agenda.)
{c) Resolutions and Motions
Co uncil Member Garrett stated th at he would not be panicirating in the :.c .,1 Agenda 11cm because he is
employed by the curren l franchise hoider .
[C lerk 's note : Council Member Ga rrett ste pped dO\\ll from 1he dais .]
(i ) Ci ty Attorney Brotzman presented a recorrunendot"ion from the City :\norncy's
Office 10 adopt a resolution consen ting 10 the Tr3nsfer of Co ntrol of the Ci ty's Cable Tele vision Sys1cm
Franchise to AT&T Comc as t Corporation . We brought thi s forwa rd to Council when we :1ctuall y possed
the AT&T Fran chise, he said. :md we had J. Study Session meeting on thi s. City Attorney Brotzmnn
advised that the y meet the standards for transfer so we arc movine it forw 3rd .
Mayor Bradsha,v asked if there we l'c an y questions . There we re none .
COUNCIL ~11,;MBER WOLOS\'N MOVED. AND IT WAS SECONDED. TO APPROVE AGENDA
ITEM 11 (c) (i) • RESOLUTION NO. 57. SERIES OF 2002.
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RESOLUT ION NO . 57. SERIES OF 2002
A RE!>OL UTION OF THE CITY CO CIL OF THE Cln' OF ENGLEWOOD, CO LORADO,
CON ENT ING TO THE TRANSFER OF CONT ROL OF THE CIT Y'S CA BLE TELEVISION SYSTEM
FRA1'CH!SE TO AT&T COMCAST CO RP
Vo ce r es ulls:
Ayes :
N:i.ys :
Ab st:i.m :
Motion c:mied.
Co unci l ~embers Nabho lz. Moore. Wo losyn. Yu rchick . Gr:i.zulis.
Bradshaw
No ne
Counci l Member Garrett
[Cle rk's no te: Arter the vo te, Council Member Garre n retu rn ed to the dai s.J
1-, "· Ge ner a l Di 'ic ussion
(a) M:1yor's Choice
(i) \fo ye r Bnids haw ,;aid I hO.\'C a qucs uon for Council. Thi s ca me up in 11 mee ting
wnh Bob Simpson. Cheryl S1 Clair. G:i.ry Sc ·,rs and me . She asked, regarding the northwest Eng lewood
AVS hou se . if Cou nci l told staff10 divide the 101 or 10 bu ild a house .
Co u11 c1 l Meri1ber \Volos~"• s:ud my memory is tha t we passe d that mora1orium thal s:i.id we wouldn 't have
:i.ny subdi\'iding or new bui lding . Ma yo r Bradshaw said tha: is rig ht. no subdivision. so that wo uld be in
violo.tion of !he moratorium.
Council Member Nab ho!z ask ed if that wasn 't kepi out of th e n;'l ratorium area .
l11 c comment was ma de 1hat no. we pu t ii all in .
Mayor Bradshaw asked if Counc il said to just bui ld it. She said she j ust needed Co un ci l to refresh her
me mory.
Co uncil Member \Volosyn said I am sull unclear as to what we did wuh the AVS house.
M:i yo r Br:idshaw i:xplaincd 1hat by building the AVS ho use up the re. it is the 1.ocatio n on 1ha t lot th:11 see ms
10 be in question.
Cou nr1l Member Yurc h1ck said I don't remC"mber :in y disc uss ion ofsubdividmg. ljust re member
d1 sc ussmg bui!Jing 1he house on the lot. And. Mayor Br:idshaw sa id. see ifit sells and 1hen ifit se lls then
we ,·,ill go on. funi:-:r \\t'St . Se\'cral Cou ncil members said ;re!;.
Cou ncil Member \'urchick said he would have a proble m wit h su bd ivid ing Cit y propert y, after we
:ipproved the mornonum. ~layor Brads haw said th~n we wou ld be doi ng exac tly what the moratorium w:i.s
m1ended to prev tnt.
Mayor Brads haw asked 1f 1hat was cl earer direction. Ci t) \!lanager Sears said !'CS.
(ii) ~fa yo r ll mds haw :i.dv•scd 1ha1 there h:i.s been a request fo r I! µroclamn 1ion
naming Sep tember as I ational Alcoho l and Drug Addiction Recove ry Month. She pass~d around the
packet. 10 Council, "i1h all the background illform1 tion .
(111 ) ~la yo r Bradsha\\ J;)k cd 11 any of1he Co uncil me mbe rs were i111eres1ed in domg
Nauonal ~ighl Out fo r ~ancy Pet ·:r~ Jn
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Co uncil Memb er Na bh olz sa id she usuall y docs.
Ma yo r Brad shaw explaine d to Co unci l Membe r Moo re 1ha1 Co unci l memb ers usuall y ancnd diffc ren 1
Nn tio nal Night Out ev ents. Nanc y Peterso n gives us a schedu le. she sai d. She asked if nil o fus will be
parti c1p:uing again .
Council Member Grazuli s askC"d about th e date.
Cit y Man age r Se ars said it is he ld the first Tuesday in Au gust. Counc il Me mber Garrett sai d 1h01 would be
August 6111•
Coun cil Memb er Yurchick asked if the y wo uld be gi ve n a schedu le. Mayor Brad slmw said yes.
Mayo r 8rJdshaw said she jus t thoug ht we could give Officer Nancy Peter.;on the numb er of Counci l
members panic ipating so she could ge t 1he sc hedul e to Cound earlier , so it is n't being prep ared at th e last
mmute, as we ~ee m to have done before .
Ma yor Bradshaw asked Director Olso n to tell Officer Peterson that all seve n Cowici l membe rs will be
participating. Di rector Olso n sa id okay .
Coun ci l Member Gr3zulis mentioned thn t every yea r. at Cherrelyn, th ey hn ve swo rd fighting and belly
dancers. We com bi ne man y differe nt neighborho ods . she said . It is a demonstra ti on put on by th e gu ys
from 1he Ren..i ssar.ce Festi val.
Ma yo r Brad shaw said each Co un cil member ma y be asked to attend three or fo ur parties .
(iv) Mayor Bradshaw said she wou ld lik e to thank Tricia Langon 1or the packet on
Manpo sa Dnve , I think tha t expl amed everythin g very thorou ghl y.
(v ) Ma yo r Bradsh.aw noted Co uncil had recei ve d a copy ofan :i rt icle entitl ed
"C hild 's Play" whi ch memioned Belleview Park . The y did have some sugf,csted corrections . she said. but I
still think Belleview Park is a pretty aweso me pa rk .
{v i) Ma yo r Bradsha w sai d , h: wa nt ed 10 gi ve: a sutMury of th e rnee1in g. held last
Tues day. with Bob Simp son and (ileryl Si. Clair . The Housi ng Authorit y will mnna ge Ci ty property, but
will no 1 tum the ho uses into Se1,tion 8. Th ey will mana ge it and help get tenants . We talk ed abou t a
coo pera tive effon for an as sisted living cen ter, she said. and we discussed the Engl ewood Housing
Au1hority properties on Pennsylvania . to , per haps , put an assisted living cenler ther e. Then we di sc us sed
:he corit inue d ,;oope rJtion be tween the Ci 1y and the Housing Authori ty . Thu t 's just a 4ui r lc. summary, she
sa id.
Co unci l MembC'r Nabholz said I thi nk we have al ways worked we ll wit h them ; it's nev er been a probl em.
Ma yo r Bradshaw said yes and I wa nt us to co ntinu e to wo rk wi th them .
{vii ) Mlyor Bradsha w gave Coun cil Memb er Wolosyn informati on on an arti st that is
intereste d in doing a show at MOA .
{b) Co un cil Members · Cho ic e
{i) Council Me mber Wol osyn ad vi sed tha: she \\O uld out of town for the Jul y lsi
mee ti ng . Also. she )IUd. I was sched uled to cha ir the Study Sess ion nex t week . bu1 I kno w we will have u
diffe rent agcr,da th an 1il: one we we re pl.a1mmg , because ACE de ci ded the y needed more umc.
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Cit y Man:1g er Sears sni d th at is nc rua\l y one of1he thi ng s I wa nted to ta lk to Co uncil abo ut. We had two
1hings on the age nda nex t week . One wa s negotiati ons and a summary of ne ga u:ma ns, because we ha ve
until July l " to came an agree ment with our EEA an d also our firefigh ters , or we go to impass e. There
we re seve r:11 meetin gs bei ng held Wedne sda y. That is one of th e reaso ns. he said, that we do need to meet
nc:x t Mo nday. The atht!r item on the agenda was ACE and the business survey, but , as Co unc il Me mber
\Vo losyn menti oned. a1 th ei r meetin g th ey asked :ouncil thro ugh Ms. Wolosyn , 10 put that off lo Augus t
51h, so the y co uld co nsider th at repo n and perhaps co me bac k with some more specific rec ommenda tions.
Ci ty Manager Sea rs asked Mr . Yurchick aM!red ifhc had 1a\ked to any of the members about th at surve y.
Co uncil Me mber Yu rchic k adv is ed that he wasn't at the meeting, Ou t he spoke with Jan Johnson afterwnrd s
:md she said the y w:mt ed 10 look at it a littl e more . I am comfortab le with thnt , he said .
Ma yor Bra dshnw said I j ust didn't want 1hcm 10 think we we re puning them ofl .
Co uncil Me mber Yurchick said it was at thei r request.
Cit y Mana ge r Sears said we reall y don't ha ve an yt hin g 01 her than ne go tiatio ns next Monda y ni ght
Ma yo r Bradshaw advised Ms. Wo los yn that they wo ul d jus t sch edu le her for another night. Counci l
Member Wolosyn snid th at soun ds good . That is fine, she ~aid. but I wo n't be here Jul y l ".
City Ma nage r Sears sa id one of the oth er thin gs Council had ta lk ed about was hn vin g a co mmunit y night on
the fo urth Mo nda y. We tnlk ed abou t go ing to the Mall ey Ce nter, he said, but we haven't advenised that.
Mayor Bradshaw note d that it 's Co un ci l Member Wolosyn's run :.
Co uncil Member Wolosyn said that wou ld be a District 2 mee ting, so I would assume tha t wo uld be John
Moore 's mee ting .
Ma yo r Bradsha w sai d she though1 1hat was sc hedul ed fo r th e Jul y 22 nd mee tin g.
Co unc il Member Yurchick said that doe sn't work . be cause 1he Ai-Large Co uncil memb ers don 't repre se nt
spe ci fic di strict s.
Corne il Yle mbe r Wol osyn notl -.he knew Coun cil Men: ·er Nabholz chaired the meeti ng nt Bishop.
but 111.: meeti ng al Si ncl air w sn 1 01,1 cd as a Di strict me eti n· •.
~fayo r Bra ds ha w said she had Council Memb er Moore down for the Stud y Session in July . That wo uld be
Jul y 22 nd 111 the Malle y Ce n1e r. She nsk ed if1ha1 was okay. Counci l Membe r ~oore said yes, that was fin e
wnh him.
i\-1n yo r Bra dshaw advi sed Council Me mb er \Volo syn that the y wou ld j us1 throw her into the ro111tion
ano th er time . She asked if that was all nght. Ms. Wolosyn snid yes.
City Manager Sea rs stated 1hat nex t Monda y night the onl y thin g 1hey will have is negotiations . Let me
say , that we have some real es tate ncgo1ia1ions 10 also consider Monda y night . Mn yor Bradshaw snid oka y.
(ii) Co uncil Member Garren said he wo ul d like 10 ditto Mayor Bradshaw's
co mmen ts on the memo tha t was pre pa red by Tri cia Ln ngo n. h wou ld be helpful fo r our sess ions with
some of the ci tizen s.
Ci ty Manager Sea rs said he wo uld lei he r know. He thanked Mr . Ga rren .
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I. lie sa id, JUSt as an FYI. I am working with Gary Sears on a property at 2 5 and Emerson . I am
findmg out 1hat tin s has a 101 ofhis1ory. eve n as recemly as las t August. Ke ll s Waggone r gnve me some
his1 ory from when he was 1hr. Direclor of Public Works ::ind having to deal with 1h01 prop eny . Cily
Mana ger Scar s 1s s1ill work mg on 11. bu! there are sull so me decisio ns 10 nlllke .
Ci ty Manager Sears said, as :m update , Director Olso n ha s gone out there and talked to 1hat lad y and
Direc!or Ross has bel'n 1nvo l"ed in 1ha1 wi 1h the Highwa y Depanme111 . He asked if ei th er of them would
like 10 update Counc1 l right now on 1vhcre we are wi1h that propen y or if the y jus1 wan ted to send an
updo.ted repo rl to City Co uncil.
D1rcc 1or Olson said I we 111 ou t there 1hc other da ;, bu 1 I did not ta lk 10 the lady. I guess my impressio n was
that she was ooss 1bl y a scmor citizen. l:-ut tha t is 1101 the case . She's 35 ye ars old and appea rs 10 be in ve ry
goo t hea lth and the r:nio nale fo r her 1101 taking care of her propeny is not rea ll y there from a physica l
st1ndpQin .. He np metl that shi: is j ust protestin g it in genera l. Our co nce rn , he sai d. is if wi;: allow her uot
10 t.ike c:i re of that prope rty. that 1ha 1 will grow lik e wi ldfi re 10 lli '! .:.ther pro perties. whic h are 1aking care
of thei r properties riglu now unde r simi lar conditions .
Di rector Ro ss said Director Olso n is exactly righ t Along thilt Highwily 285 fronlilge. througho ut the Cit y.
we average ii.bout 20 fCct of ngh1-of-w3y outside the sidewalk area or the curb area . So when yo u facto r
1ha1 all 10ge1her , ht: said. that is abo ut seve n acres of land 1hat would be ad ded to so mebody"s de panmcn11 0
toke care of. We hate 10 m:ikc a spec ial e:<cep 1io n, or open up the dc,or. so to speak, and allo w a change 10
the wa y the ordinance is wrinen . Director Ross advi sed that in their las ! TIP appl icati on. they reques 1cd
si dewalk al ll ng 185 . which would be adjacent to th is property . It is ve ry ex pen sive sidewalk. beca use we
;:ilso anti cipa ted that we had to build retai ning wall s. lf we are suc ccssfu:, and we will find ou 1 in th e next
fo ur to six weeks if we arc . that miglu be a li ght at 1he end of th e tunnel and it will do a lot towilrd nlllking
11 easier for her to c:i rc for and ma mtain 1r 1 .,ro perty .
Council Member:-. loore said I have looked il t lha t area and ii seems 10 me that the re is, rea ll y, onl y 0 11c
hlock. two hous es that ca n eve n begin to nlll kc a cbim that the pro perty is hard to nlllintain . I'm not s.!l'e
how t'anuliar th e rest of Co un cil is with that area. but it is very steep righ 1 there . 1l1ere arc only 1wo
propenics. in my nun<l. th:ll make it wo rth disc uss ing, whi ch in cl udes thi s particu lar one. Maybe thi s is 1101
fe:isib lc. he said , but whe n I was loo kmg at 1he properti es, I cou ld see the possibili ty of saymg 1hese two
cross the lin e, m te rms of thei r ability 10 maintam the ir pro pert ies. It soun ds like the opini on is that !he y do
1101 cross tho.t line .
D1rcc1or Olso n said our co ncern is if we nuke one excc p1io n, we'v e made the excep ti on. The propeny.
111unedia1el y 10 1hc ~ast of lhis lild y's property. has so mebod y ou1 there 1w1ce a yearto take cilre of 1hnt
prope rt y. It 1s now for sa le, but that person has been Iii.k ing ca re of their propert y. Da ve Lynn ha s
co nta cted CDOT and the y mighl . on il one-t ime basis, come ou1 ilnd clear her property fo r her. But it
wo ul d be on a one tune courtesy bilsis. because ilS fa r as thi:y arc concerned ii is not their re spons ibilit y. It
is 111 the Ci ty of Englewood . he said, ilnd even wi1h the retain ing wa l! and 1he si dewillk , bo 1h property
owner s wi ll slill be responsib le for everything up to, I guess . the top of the retaining wa ll . Mr. Olso n
opmcd 1ha1 th is ts an issue where somebod y JUS I says I'm not goi ng 10 do 11 .
Ma yor Bradsha\v said then I think we trea t them like an ybody else who says th ey are not going 10 do it.
Coun cil Member Yu rchick asked if th is prope ny is on the nort h or so uth side of 285 . Co unci l Member
Moore ad\·ised 1ha 1 11 1s on 1he no nh side of 285 .
Co unc1l ~!ember Yurch1ck asked what 1s on 1he prope;'ty . Is it weeds or weeds and trees? Co un cil
Mi:mber :-.•toore and Director Olso n ad,•1sed 1hat there ii.re weed s and trees .
D1recmr Olso n said fas1 year . or :11 so me po int , as a cou ne sy. Public Wo rks wem out and blocked thill s1rci:1
off fo r a coup le Jays 10 do so me cleil nn g. Agam. 1hat WilS a cou nes y to dus indiv idual. and we don't Wil 0I
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10 open up 1ha1 gate to lilkc re spo ns1b1\i1 y for 1ha1. My opinio n, he s:ud, after lookmg :J.t 11. is that this
indiv1dua l 1s cap:J.b le of taking Cil re of it. bu1 she is jus t sayi ng she 1s no1 going to do n.
Counc il Membe r N:J.bholz :J.s kcd Counci l ;\II ember Moore if that a.rea 1s JUSI too sleep to acru :all y clean up .
Is u a Silfc ty ha za rd ?
Co uncil ~!emb er Moore advised 1ha1 her argument is ·.hat h 1s il safety haza rd. I've bee n the re, he said, a:1d
11 is sleep . But, 1s ii 100 s1ee p'! I don·1 know. I can sec her point. he s:iid. and 1he interim dec isio n of Bob
Moore was 1ha1 he agreed it is 100 stee p 10 mai nt:un . So. it is :it least qucs1ionablc. in lerTT\S of the safety
issue . And again. he said. it is right there on 28 5 and from the b:i.se of the s1ree t to the slo pe , there is not
much. He pointed out 1hat th:u wou ld be the argu,ncnt , the safe ty concern.
Cou ncil Member Yurch1ck asked if the properties foce 285 or if 285 runs on th e sid•. of the propertie s.
Cou ncil Mc:mbe r Moore stated 285 ru ns on the side: 01 the propcnies .
Co unci l Memb er Yurchick asked who has 1he respo nsibility I'> main tain 1he eastment.
City Ma nage r Sears adYi se d they ha ve IJlkcd to COOT, because they htwc now come bac k 10 us regarding
1hc surplus property on th e oth er sidr: of San ta Fe . We ;i sked them abou 1 this particu l:i.r pnrcol. They m.idc
1t \'Cry clear tha t COOT only main tain s the highwa y anei J11 y adjacent property :ha t 1s easemen1 . 1s 1he
respo nsibi lit y of ei ther the homeowner or the y tu rn it ove r to 1.he City to mainta in. The y .1re very clear. he
said. ;ind I ~m surprised that. actually. they :i.rc willin g to help us ou t with this one endeaYor.
Ma yo r Bradshaw commen 1ed that the y ;ire consis tent on this . City Manager Sears agreed they a.re
consis tent and by Sta le law they haYc no jurisdiction to mai nta in that easement Th is. he noted , 1s a local
jurisdiction issue . The City ha s co nsiste ntl y en fo r ... ed this .1s being adjacent to th e property ,md it is the
pro perty owner's responsibilit y. throu ghout the City, to maintain it
Council Memb er Yurchi ck 11sked if the prope rty owner can use that. I know 1hcy can't bu ild on it. he sai d.
Co uncil Member Garren state d they co ul d do whareYcr the y want wi1h that land , subjec: 10 the easeme nt.
They can imprO\'e the landsc:1.pe. !hey can bui ld :i. shed on it, but if we need the casement. the y have to take
the shed out.
Co uncil Member Moore stated that the downside of these pilrticular prope rt ies is there is no value afforded
10 the reside nt beca use of the co ndi tion of 1he llmd . It doesn ·1 give the m more space , '> run their dog. pl;iy
with their kid or plant shru bbery.
~'layor Bradshaw agreed th:i.t it doesn 't. But. she poin ted out , we all make adult choice s when we buy
property. Council Member i\foo rc said that is fai r enough.
Council ~lembe r Garre n said that value is included in the purc hase price. Co unci l Member Moore said in
this case it mi ght be conside red 11 li:i.b 1lity.
Council ~!ember Moore s:iirl he jus1 ha 1cs 1hc fac 1 tha1 once again we are taking Council ·s time to dea l wi1 h
this. but none theless I didn't realize the history. 1 am co mfonablc wilh wha 1evcr decision we make. he
said. 1 jwt needed to address 1his .
~-fayor Rradsh:i.w said my co ncern ts that I thmk we need 10 treat this citizen the wa y we do every 01her
ciuzcn in the Ci ty. And that is. that you maintain yo ur propeny. She pointed out that they chose to bu y
that lot.
Counc1l ri.lember Moore asked. on the safe1y iss ue. i!" we are t::(posing oursc:lves tu an) liabilit y, if <luring
1he mamrcnance ofth:n land. something happened ,o rhe property owner . City Anomf.y Bromnan said no .
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City Manager Scars said we are fo ll owi ng up on this and cis Director Ross said it is a long•te m1 problem.
We rea ll y \\'iln l lO 1ry and addre ss it. he said . but unless we can get COOT 10 go in and do some lh ing as a
co un csy, my feeli ng is that we need to enforce ii on an cq uil l ba sis. Th at means if the>' foil 10 main1ain it,
we will iss ue a ci 1a1 io n and go through 1hat proc ess . She ma y be 111 co n1a c1 with 1he Co unci l or whome ve r.
he sai d. and th:u is h~r ri ght 10 do 1hat. Bu t we nee d 10 treat her like an yo ne else .
Co uncil Membe r Moore offered his thanks for th e effort that h:i.s go ne in1 0 this .
2. He as~:ed ilbo ut the sta1us of 1he apartment that burned a linle while back . It is still fenced and all
the burned furn iture is sitti ng ou1 in front of lh e property. I know , he said, 1ha t at le ast so me of 1he clean up
can bt do ne on 1ha1 pinc e. He wondered if thc:rc WilS something restricting th em from en lerin; the
premises ,
Directo r Olson ex pl ained that usuall y we all ow a cenain amount of time and mos tl y it's because the
insuran ce comp :my, if 1hcy have one , hil s 10 come in ilnd do th eir own inve sti ga1 io n to make a
detcnnina11on as to the cause . So we hilv e 10 leave all that evi den ce the re for th em . Us uall y th ey ha ve bee n
pretty good over there. he s:ud. Si nce I have been here we ha ve probably had six fires ove r 1hcre 1ha1
de stro ye d apanmen ls and the y ha ve ge m:rall y been pren y good about ge tting in there pretty rapid ly to
rep:iir or rebuild 1he ins ide. But . he s:iid . I will check on that and see what is go ing on. but norn1ally that is
the case. th:it the insuran ce compa ny hasn 't clea red it yet.
Co un cil Member Moore not ed the.: burned furnitur e has be en tos sed outside and it is just sining th ere .
3. He sa id ma ybe 1hi s is pl'rmissi blc . but there is a campt.r shell from a pick •up truck . sinin g in a
drive w-Jy on Floyd Avenue, somewhere be1wecn Downing and Lo ga n. He asked if that is an appropri at e
stor:1 gc: place for a camper shell . It ma y be pcnni ss ible , but it is definitel y an eyeso re . For a wh;: .. 1h,:rc he
ha d a free tag stuck on it. but I gue ss no one 100k him up on !he offe r.
City Manager Sea rs sai d he did not know what the Co de says abou 1 lh:\t. He ilsked if Counci l Member
Moore had an addre ss. Mr . Moo re said he would e-mail 1he address 1onight.
Director Olso n said, if he is re membering thi s right. the y ca n store them ou1 th ere. bu1 maybe that has
changed . We will find out , he said .
4. He said he JU St wa nted to fo llow-up 10 the no rthwest Englewood question . The tirs1 A VS property
we were talkin g aboul is no1 th e bi gg er one . He asked if 1hat wa s right. Ma yo r Br:idshaw said i1s not the
three at the end. ii is the one in 1he middle .
Co un cil r-.-'i:mbcr Moore said he wan1ed to make sure that Co uncil ha sn 't pa ssed . on the decision to look at
building s..:veral houses on that l:1rger property . Mo.yo r Br.idsh:iw Sil.id no .
Co uncil M-.mb er ~oore said I was th mking about it and I do rememb er the ni ght of our last discussion . I
ta lked to Bob Sunpso n :ifte rwa rds and I said 11 sounds 10 me like we j ust limited subdi vidi ng and he didn ·1
real ize 1hat we had done: 1ha1. I should ha ve followed up on 1ha1, bu l I actuall y remember noting 1ha1 to
Dire cto r Simpson and he wa s ca ught off gua rd . He cenainl y was n '1 awa re that it WilS inte nlional. Ri ght
now, Mr. Moo re said , we arc just talking about 1hat kind of inner propeny we have .
Ma yo r Brads haw said if you subdi vide ym· Ciln't build be cause of the mora to ri um .
Co uncil Member :,,.foore said I do k.nov .. tlun Co mmunit y De vel opment was confused on that point.
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I. She :idvisd that las1 Mond ay, Ke ep Englc\vo -4 Bea ut ifu l had 1heir tournament once again and it
was a lot of fu'l . I don't know how mu ch mone y 1he> _j, but i1 was \'Cry ni ce .
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2. She apo logized fo r not ,mend in g Ten Ta lk . bu1 she had 10 go 10 wo rk.
3. She said 1here is a gentlema n, between De laware and Elali on Co rnell , his name is Justin Widgery
an d he is a junk collector. TI1c City'~ Code Enforceme nt Officers ha ve cited him numerou s times . He 's
bring mg 11 m by th1 .r.ailcr fu ll now and he has chree homemade tT3ilers . His hou<,e is the little white house
th:u si ts on Ca mell . rig ht on 1he alley. He has 0'1.J t wa ter hea ters. dishwashers :md wa she rs . The y ta lke d 10
him. she sa id. but I think we need to really .:ro.,..< up the heat and do so methi ng. beca use it looks really bod.
City Ma na ge r Sea rs askc 1f it was on the comer of Delawa re and Ela ti on Come 11 . Counci l Member
N.i bhol z said yes , it is right on the alle y on the nonh side .
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(a} Ci ty Manager Sears asked ~ircctor Ross to co me up, because there arc a coupl e of issues
he wou ld like to tal k about. He referred Cou nci l to the hnndom the y had received from Mr . Ross .
Director Ross ex pl ained that at the ETA C meetir,g las t month we we re prese nted with a petition signe d by
the r.ujority of residents on Galapago Street, be tween Eo.s tman A venue and Flo yd A ve nu e, re qucs tm g
permi t parking. As a re su lt. he said, our Traffi c Engin ee rin g Di vision will be putting up th e perm.it parking
signs on thi s stree t tomorrow. We w~ntcd the signs to be ins talle d before the ne xt Rockies busi ness da y
ga me . and we will have them up prior to the Yanlr.cc s-Rockics g11me on Thursda y. He pointed out that this
is :molh er examp le of inte rdepartmcn111I coope ration . Director Olson's Code Enforcement Grou p will be
distri bu1 ing the nye r yo u se: before yo u and the Finan ce Department wi ll be admin i!itc ring the permits .
Co un ci l Member Moore asked if i1 is go ing lo be on one or bo 1h si de s of the street. Director Ross said
both sides .
Counci l :'\1cmbcr Moore asked if one of the se reside nts fa ils to get a pennit and gets •,icketed, i. · the y will be
excused when the y ca n prove that the y arc a legi timate res iden t. Di 1ec 1or Ross said no. We will ha ve a
two-week gra ce period and that's it. Di rec tor Ol son's grou p will ,e.i·J :'! them w2rning tickets during th.i t
1wo-wcck period . bu t after th o.I. if the y do n't co me in. they wi ll b:: l , !ceted .
Director Ross said 1he other issue is th 1u Sunda y was Fath er's Da y.: 11.l bec ause pan of Dartmouth Avenue
is in the industrial pan 'lf IO\vn. my group went out ;:md pa ved thi: busier mtersections along Danmouth,
tryi ng to minimize 1he impact 10 the business -:ommunity . He noted that th e Co mmunity Deve lopment
Depanment has been 1crrific as far as hel ping us work wi th the bus ine ss group and finding out what their
needs arc and co mmu mcat ing ou r pa ving schedule along Da rtmouth . We starting paving Dartmouth thi s
week. he sai d. and whi:n we .ire done we will be rcs tri pin g it. Referring to his handou t, he noted that the
bonom di ag ram basicall y sht:, .Js that Danmouth is a bike route . So what we want to do , he said, is cre ate
thos e si .<tcc n fool shared !:mes to make it more comfonab le for pi:oplc to ride ri1e ir bikes on Dartmouth and
gett in g those peopl e. on th e weste rn pan of town. 10 the Platte River Tra il . 111cn that shared turn lane will
be in the middle . He no 1cd that at one of our business mcet it.~s we ind icated our intenti ons and it was very
surprisi ng, th ey were very mu ch in fa vor of what we were domg . The y viewed it as traffi c calming . Th ey
1hought people were driving 100 fas t on Danmouth. he said, and tha1 small group, at least, was very
supp onive , whic h surpri sed me a linle bit. But l just wanted to give Co unci l a he ads up about this, he sa id.
Coun cil Member Yu rchi ck asked if the y were going do the bike lane all the way from Santa Fe . Direc tor
Ross said no. We lookect 111 that , he said. but we reall y nee d all those additional lan es at Santa Fe. because
that cyc le on Santa Fe is so shon . We arc not goi ng 10 limit th number of lanes on Sama Fe. So. he said.
our intent is for the people who arc gai n& from Cus hing Park. to the Plane Riv er Trail. 10 ride along Little
Dry Creek. underneath S.in 1a Fe and then come out on Pl atte River Dri ve and then go up , cross the bridge
and the n use the Plane River Tra il. So m that stretch \\'C are not doing any bike lane improvements on the
stre et.
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In response 10 Mayor Bradshaw. Dirr-c1or Ross ex plained tha1 thi s is west or Planer River Drive. all the
wa y ro the Ci ty limits . We 've notified 1he Ci ty or Den ve r or our intention . he said, and they have given us
P'-rmiss1on 10 trespass imo Denver and do a little bit of stri 1,ing on their side of 1hc in tcrscc11on to make it
all tie i,:. Then the y arc gomg to look at it :ind afler the y look into it they have indic:ued they might go
ahead :ind extend it to add Dartmouth to their bike trail sys1cm.
Cu unci l Member Yurchick sa id that is his concem, because coming from the wcsl nothing feeds inlo ii. lt's
a six-b lock bike lane wit h nothing feeding into it.
Director Ross sai d we basically believe. with the parlong constraints at thi s si te and with 1he li gh1 r:iil
facili ty, that anything we c3 n do to encourage people no1 to use cars to get 10 CiryCe ntcr. thal we should do
th :u . So we an. lvok in g at it in 1em1S of the people who arc on the west si de of the Plan e River. Ir the y
want to gel to eilhcr 1he Platte River Trail or Ci tyCc nter then we reall y wont 10 try to provide that
connection. We have been reall y hearing a lot of that during our Transponation Srudy work, he said, so we
are tryin g 10 resrond 10 1•1a1.
Ma yo r Bradshaw sa id wf'! can try it.
Co uncil Member Yurchick asked if there will also be bike lanes across the bridge . Dircc 1or Ross said no .
The Transponation Ac1ion Plan is going to recommend 1ha 1 we put a widened sidewa lk on the so uth side of
Dartmou1h 10 acco mmodate those needs . But at the present time people arc basically usiu g that five-foo t
sidewalk along Danmouth hJ get to that trail.
Co uncil Member Yurchick noted d1a 1 is a prelt y narrow strip to ride yo ur bike on . Di1ec1or Ross said
especiall y if yo u me-1:1 so meone head on , it is very narrow .
Mayor Bradshaw said it is son or like turning left on Belleview. where I li ve . It gets prcny intcr:sting
every once in awhile .
Mayor Brads haw asked Director Ross to let Ccunci l know how this works ou t. You've done a good job,
she said .
{b) Ci ty ~anagcr Scars advised 1ha1 he and Assistant Ci ty Manager Flaheny n-,et with Ca l
Marsel la ar.d John Cla r m th is morning regarding a 111.... l:>cr of issues mcluding 1hc Bates S1a11on, so me of
the bud gc ung and where thing s are going to be wir', tht Fa :ffracks prog ram . We will keep yo u up-to-date ,
he said. wi th wha t is happening with the Ba tes S1ad on. There will be a meeting coming up, probably in the
middle of July . in terms or the new facili!y that is being built down there . They want 10 have a p11blic
mcc 1ing 10 1::llk aboul the final design and the co nstru c1ion co mpany. We anticipate the meeting will be
held abou t July 15 1h, but we will let Co un ci l know when that meeting is se t up .
(c) City ~an3gcr Scars advised Counc il 1h31 we are \\'"Irking with the Humane Socie1y.
Ass1s1an1 City Manager Flaherty 1s doing a lot of work wi tl .hem, he said. and we have an archi1cct 's rcpon
1ha1 says :i facility ca n be built on 1he Unio n Avenue i;ropcrty ... it would actua lly be on the Linleto n
property. We will need !he Xcel property for parting. he said . We will not totall y move on that property
until Littleton rnakcs .11 decision and we get some •nfomuition back from Xr ·.1. \Ve hope to focus in on that
project, Jt a Tri-Ciues meeting , in the next month or so. he said.
(d) City Manager Scars said we ·,lso met with COOT regarding the land adjacent to Santa Fe .
This is a 1wo-acre sue and. according to State law. the y have 10 give us an :appraisal for thin pro perty. He
advised 1ta1 they :ue working on o.n appraisal ot'1t, .. property to bring back to the City . We talked to Mr .
Marsella :about th::11 ns a potcmial parking arc::1. Cal Marsella i~ goi ng to take a look at that from the RTD
\'1cwpom1 o.nd we will com~ bac k 10 Council when we have more inform:ition on that . Mr . Sears advised
1h:it we wi ll ha\'C tirst n ght on th i:11 propeny 1fwe do want 10 expand on that si de of1 he high,\ay .
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(e) Ci 1y M:mng er Sea rs sai d you ha ve pro babl y see n 1hat Bail y's is n_. open. In ess en ce ,
1here is a dis pule betwc;:n Mi11er Weinga rten and Bail y's rega rdin g pa rking on 1hc sile . as to exac 1ly what
Ba il y's is supposed 10 receive on 1b11t propeny nnd what Mill er has ag reed fo r them 10 rec eive . Pan of thi!i
rela tes to our own pcm1it park ing, he n:Hed . bu! th at was pan oflhc stud y !hot was given to !hem. Ric k
Ka hrn is kind of coo rdinating 1h:11 , but thi s is rea ll y 11 di spute be twe en Bail y's and Miller Wei ngarten, so
unlil that is reso lved Bail y's will probab ly not be opened. whic h ma y be a co up le or we eks.
Cou ncil Memb er Garre tt asked how tha t relates 10 Miller We in garte n·s obligation to provide the Ci ty wi th
a certai n amount of squa re fooiage.
City Atto rn ey Brotzman said they are still su bject to liq uida ted da mage s and th ey are still pa ying liquidated
damage s. Co unci l Member Ga rrett said before it ope ns. Mr . Brotzman said that is co rre ct.
Ci ty Mnnnger Sea rs advised that it is at a reduced level.
(0 Ci ty Man ager Sea rs advised th at he will be in Brecke nridge for CML imd, during the
week, Assistant Ci ty Manager Flahen y will be in charge of the Ci ty . Mr. Flah erty ca n, very capab ly,
han ,,. anyth in g that comes up or he wi ll be in contact with me . I will onl y be an hour away, he said .
City Attorne y's Report
Cit y Atto rney Orotz.man di d not have :m y matters to bring before Council.
15 . Adjournment
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