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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-01-22 (Regular) Meeting MinutesENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, AJlAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO I . Call to Order Rtsular Session January 22, 2001 The Regul■r meeting of the Eoglewood City Council Wl1S called 10 order by Mayor Bums at 7:52 p.m. 2. Jovoc:aUon The invoca1ioo was given by Mayor Bums . 3. Piede, of AllqlUff The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Burns. 4. RollC■ll Present: Absent: A quorum was present. Also Present: S. Minutes Council Members Grazulis , Ganen. Bradshaw, Wolosyn Yun:bick. Burns Council Member Nabholz City Manager Sea.rs City Anomcy Brotzman Deputy Ci ty Clerk Cast le Director Gryglcwicz, Finance and Admimscrau vc Services Division Chief Moore . Safccy Services Director Olson. Safety Services Code Enforcement Field Supervisor Lynn. Safety Services (a) COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE THI! MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 8, 2001. Ayes : Council Members Garten. Bradshaw. Wolosyn. YW"Chick. Nays : Absent The motion ca rried. 6. Scheduled Vlsllon Grazulis. Bums None Council Member Nabholz (a) Jefferson County Sheriff John Stone was present to address Council regarding lbe tnvolvemcnt of Eng lewood's Safety Services Department in the Columbine incident. He ~id it was his great pleasure to present to Chief Olson a commendation for conduct provided to the members of the Englewood Police Depanment for outstanding professional suppon provided during the ColWOOinc High Sc hool incident on Apnl 20. 1999. He apol ogized for 1he delay in his gening down here. but the y wanted 10 get the wbolt inves1iption pul to bed. and that took almost one year m the investigation. We had a number of reports to prepare. and when you have to put out bener than 10,000 pages of docwnmLs, plus ne t Englewood Cily Council Jamwy 22 , 2001 Page 2 all those reports written, it takes a substantial llllOunt or rime, he said. We bad probably thiny law enfort'emen1 org1niza1ions involved in this case, and a lot or !hem for the Iona haul. Sheriff S1one silted that there were ninety investigators working on 1his case for almost one year, and it was probabl y the largest investigation ever done in this coun r:)'. u well as lhe wgest ever done in Colorado. It was a joint investigation from every aspect, he said, from the initial attack or the school . 10 the containment of the school , and the investigation. The crime sce ne alone was a ni1,htmare . he said. one of the largest crime scenes ever in the United States . and one of1hc largest eYer handled by 1he ATF . h was through 1hc division of work. and the management of this thing. using e!l.tities suc h ilS Englewood's. the DcnVff Police Department, CBI, t d the FBI. It has been second-guessed a lot, co uld it have bcr:n done bcner, mnybe we co uld have, but it was the best team effon. he felt. that has ever been put together in this state. as far as officers working with otTicers . He thanked Chief Olson , and said the unit citation could be reproduced for the officers involved . Mayor Bums asked ShcriffS1onc to read the citation . Sheriff Stone read "The Jefferson County Sheriffs Office conunendation for conduct is hereby presented to ;nembcrs of the Englewood Department of Safety Services for "Utslanding professional suppon provided during the Columbine High School incident. April 20, 1999." Safely Services Direc1or Olson thanked Sheriff S1one on behalf or the departmen1, 1he police division and the fire division . He said they had all sons of people actually out there during the incident. Obvioully it was rrawnatic for a 101 of people in this comroonity, as well as the country. Unfonunately, we were a pan of it, yet. fonunately, we were , because we felt we really contributed as much as we possibly could to that. He said he liopes things work out in the future and m.1ybc we can learn something fr om this incident and become bener managers and law enforcement officers. It has been very trawnatic, but we really appreciate your presenting this to us. Sheriff Sto ne said the y arc just across the line ifwe need them Chief Olson said yes. and we use them quire a bit He thanked Chief Stone again . Mayor Bums asked for a round of applause. (b) The Englewood High School Cheerleaders were honored for reta mmg their tule as Colorado's Class 5A Coed Chmleading Champions. Mayor Bums asked 1ha1 Agenda hem 8(al, • proclamation honori ng the Englewood High School Checrle:idcrs on their S1:11c Clui mp1onship . be broughl forward at th is rime . The Deputy City Clerk was asked to read the proclamau on in 1\111. COU NCIL MEMBER BRADSRA W MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM &(a), A PROCLAMATION HONORING THE ENGLEWOOD WGR SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS ON THEIR ST A TE CHAMPIONSHIP. Ayes : Nays ; Absent The morion carried . Council '.\icmbers Garrett. Bradshaw. Wolosyn, YW'thick, Grazulis , Bums None Counci l Member Nabholz Mayor Bums presented the proc lamation to the Englewood High Sc hoo l Chee rleaders . He said we arc very prnud of them and offered hi s congratulations. He asked for a round of applause. (c) Recipients of 2001 Aid 10 Other Agencies Funding were present to accep1 their financial co ntributions from the City . Cou nci l Member Bradshaw sa id last week. she asked if we wcrr givi ng money 10 Arapahoe House, and ii sa ys they arc ge nmg S 1.000 .00. Sht :islccd if that was corrt'C t. Council Member Wolosyn said that is what • • EnaJcwood City Council January 22, 200 I Page J was illdicaled on lhc: list Council M1 111bcr Bradshaw uked If lhc:y were stoppina lhcir _.iioo in 011f city. She asked if tluu included famili, 1. Council Member Garren said Chere arc familia on Ibo iccond floor . City Manager Scars telt Arapahoe House was still opcraliooa~ but in tbc Cily of En&lewood it was beina discontinued for its original pWJ>OSC s. Mr. Sca11 asked Division Chief Moore to respond. Chief Moore suucd lha1 lhc Englewood facility was closed for droppin•, off detoxes . City Maoaacr Scars said Arapahoe HOll5C is, however, operational INOIJC)iout lhc counly. Ciiy Maoagcr Sean uk,d ifwe can still deliver intoxicated pcBODS to other Arapahoe House facilities. Division Chief Moore rcspood<d aff111111tively. Mayor Bums 11i,l that facility is in Aurora. Council Member Bradshaw said okay. She asked ifwc hired o service Jo do 1h11. Mayor Bums said yes . there is a contract service to deliver them. He said he wu calkin& to I police officer a couple of weeks ago when he was riding wilh him and lhat is a tremendous help to lhc Englewood police dcpanmeDI to have lhat service running. They arc exll'CSD<ly gntelW for that. Ma yor Bwns asked lhat Agcndo Item 12\hX i), a resolution approving Aid to Olbcr Agem:ics filndiog for 200 I , be brou&hl forward . The Dcpuiy City Clerk was asked Jo read lhc resolution by title : RESOLUTION NO . 2, SERIES OF 2001 A RESOL!lflON SPECIFYING AID TO CYTHER AGENCIES FOR 2001 BY THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD . COLORADO . COUNC IL ME , !BER BRADSHAW MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 12(b)(I) -RESOLUTION NO, l. SERIES OF 1001. Ayes: Council Members Garren, Bradshaw, Wo losyn, Yurcbiclc, Grazulis. llurns Nays : None Absent: Council Member Nabbolz The morion carried. Mayor Bums wenc to the podium and presented the financial contributions . The conaiburion for Englewood High Sc hool After Prom was presented to Alich1 Romero. Ms . Romero said lhc junior class was happy 10 accept 1hc donouon on behalf of the After Prom Committee, headed by Pam Workman. She thanked the City and said she hoped to see Council at the Prom and After Prom on April 21". Susan Dreisbach accepted tM contribution fo r Up Close and Musical. She advised that Up Close aad Musical is a program tha1 has brought classical mus k uuo the schoo ls throughout the Denver community for twel ve ycan. We now have a few programs in Engkv.·ood . ooc JUSI for school children, but also their parents . Ms . Dreisbach said she was very pleised to accept this generous gin, as II will enable us to proYidc a concert here next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. UI tht ronmda . She said she hoped to see eve~ •here and looked forward to it being an exciting ff'Wic1I experience for the entire convmmity. Enc Benoluzz.i, 1he music director for lhe progrom. said Ibis is a program dcsianed for families , both children ond adults. It is goini to be,. one .hour conccn featuring about forty rrmsicians from the Colorado S)'n1Jbony. We have a story 1clling piece written by one of the musicians. 11 well as two other shon pieces. 1be bi& piece 10 end the concert will be George Gmh"in's Rhapsody in Blue, whith, by lhe wa y, Ii the oumocrooo, all timr. Enal•wood City Council January 22, 200 I Paa• 4 popular, clwical pi<te of music in this country. We art foina to do it on Tu<aday night, ho said, and;, is going to ho a dyrwnit< conc.n. Mr. Benohu:zi said he hop<s everyone comes. Mayor Bums presented a contribution 1.l Renn Thompson for Coun House, Inc . Ms . Thompson said Court House. Inc . is a residential treatment prognm for 1doltsccn1s in en.is, which has been ICT'Ving youth for over thiny years. She thank•d Council ror the gift and •dvise 1 that it will be u:a,d ror th<ir <duc.iion program. Mayor Bums pre!oenttd a contribution fbr Englewood Sou1hs1c:krs Special Olympics to Mark De Haven. Mr . De Haven thanked Co unc il for the donation, staring that n would he~;> the program. He said he does four spons, 1r11ck and field, sp,ed sbting. cycling and swinuning . and this will help a lot. H• said he has two athletes leavi ng on March third for Alaska. He thanked Council again . Sandra 81)1 he-Perry. Executive Director oflnler-Faith Community Services , accepted a cor1ttibution for her organization. She stated that Inter-Faith has been in this community for approximately dwty•four years, assisting low-income families . She thanked Council , on behalf of the families, for the City 's generous gift. With the skyrocketing price ofh,ating, this will go a long way to help our Englewood familits . She thanked Englc\\ood for its continuing suppon. Mayor Bums presented a contribur :on for G11.tcway Banercd Women's Shelter to Patri ce J'l!clson. Director of South Programs . She thanked Council for the donation and for the City 's suppon . Craig Hoffinan accepted a contribution for Arapahoe House. He said they arc definitely still going to have detoxification services , as well as adult and adolescent residential and outpatient prognum which residents of Englewoo-1 and law enforcement dcpamnents can utilize. He thanked Council for the conttibutior" Mayor Bums present"!d a contribution 10 Jan Andrus for ~-teals on Wheels . He commented that Ms . Andrus is Meals on Wheels. Ms. Ar,drus said yes, she is still hen:, and this helps a trcmen..ious amount. BeBe Kleinman, Director of Doctors Care, accepted• contribution for her or,aniz:uic.n. She said lhty prm·;de medical care to low income. uninsured and underinsu;ed families, both Ct:;ldrcn and adults. "ho Un m Ar:ipahoc, Douglas and Eiben Counties . She said mos1 of the tr families live i.: En'!l..::wood , so this is a wonderful help. We appreciate your suppon , she said. as this is our first )'ear. but we hope 10 te back . Sue Brndshilw. Executive Assistant 10 the City Manager. accepted a contnbuuon on behalf of 1hc Arapahoe Co unty Mctropolium Mayors and Comnussioncrs Youth Awards . She said the kids will rea ll y apprcd ~te it and she th:mked Council for the do,ution . Mayo r Bums said the City is happy to award these donations. (d) Frosty Wooldridge , 1458 Ford Place , Louisville. address ed Council about solutions to urban sprawl . He said it is a ple:isurc 10 be here tonight :ind sec the many activities going on . He sairl he his been to 1nany Council meetings across the state, and has seen cub scouts. girl sco uts, bo y scouts. and it is just the bedrock o~ our democracy . He said he is proud to be an American every time he attends a City Counci l mec1iP.;;, and 1hankful at th e same time. He said he is a former U.S. Army Medical Service Corp off.cer dwir .11 Viet Nam.• teacher in Brighton, Colorado. math and sci ence, since 1973 . He said he is the autho• offiu• children 's :ind bicycle adventure books. He said he would like to discuss a topic tonight tht.1 cndangm ail oor futures. 001 o"ly in Colc-rado. but the nation and gl(Ully. He said it has been his good fortune ro h: vc bicycJc:d more than 100,000 miles on six conrinc1 ts :.mund the globe in the past rwcnry-fivc )-rars. He Si id he bas been face -to-face with the devastation of over-population. from the Taj Mahal to the Gr.:-a t Waii d China . I have Set'D the results on the environment from the Arc1ic all the way to the South f ole. he said \".c ii 011.:oe . waJ'li l,,i ~~urces. famine, human misery. species extinction, pollurion and n:ore , I hi\~ seen it fast hand . As the hun.1,,'\11 race grows at :i ner gain of 11 .000 per hour. a quaner of a • • En1lewood City Council J1mwy 22, 2001 P•ge S million en1y day, ind ci1ihty-ciyh1 n1111ion more of us c11ch year. we 0.1c on a collision co urse with this planel's abtliry to sustain us . Global w1nninM, is on our fururc horizon , os well i1S wars for oil. and skin cancers from the now tripled size of the ozone hole . Another thtte doztn sobering examples could be added 10 this . In Colorado, we are in the midst of unbridled growth, with rmrc Ulan one million people moving inu this state in the last twcl\'e years, and another one million in the next decade illld evennillly four million moP. people ~ill be odded to Colorado by 2050 . That means a doubling of the can on our already grid locked highways, rw,ce !he need for waler, electricity, homes tnd land, more urban sprawl. We are le sing more than 100.000 acres of land to development each year on the front range alone, J,.e said. and mni onwide we pla ce 3,000 acres under concre 1e and asphalt every rwenry.four hours. seven days a week. Like a child blowing a huge pink wad of bubblegum, if that child keeps blowing . it will pop. be said. Once we u a society grow 10 !hat bursting poinl , we will pop, bul the consequences will 1tTcc1 our child.ml in insidious wa;-: fo support each new American added 10 the U.S. soil , we denigrate 12.6 acres of land. Jnvcigration adds 1.5 million to our own binh rate of I .I million net gains each year . That equals to 2.6 million more Americans aMually, which means wt "!:re losing millions more acres of arable land as our nation 3rows, he said. llt< U.S . Census Bureau say, the U.S. populat ion will double from 281 million. to 560 million by the time a child bom today reaches fifty. Furthennore . he said. it has been estimated that one American uses fifty times more raw resources lhan a thin! world penon. When you multiply fill) times 28 1, do the math. we have the worst over population consumption problem in the world. Growth is overrunnir:1g us . Ir will get worse. and thtn worsen funher . Why do you think Califo mfons. with thiny- four million in 1heir state , are Hocking 10 Colorado? Their state is a quagmire ofhumanicy and headed for fifty-four million. and wt' arc becominu the same . At some point , we mus1 do something . A year ago, the Aspen City Council and the Pi1km Co unty Comnussioners passed a resola11on asking Co ngress and the President to support :i reduction of muTUgration from 1.5 nu!lion annually.10 a sus1ainable 100.000 . Additiona lly ii calied on the Pres 1den1 to encournge population stabilization in 1he United Suues . Mr . Wooldridgt· said he was here tonight to ask Council to pass this resolutio n or one that you hammer out on your own . lie said he was giv ing each of them a packet of information. as well as the resolution. and that hi: was visiting every city in Colorado wi1h this request. He asked Council for a commionent for him to n .urn for a work session of a half hour. ilnd he would return with 1he facts and figures th.at will astound yo u. sober you. and inspirc you into passing this resolution . his my intention. he said. to gain so many city councils across Colo . .tdo passing this resolution, that it becomes a national media concern. and we might get ruuional coverage to snc ourse lves and our counuy. We caMot , as a city or nation . afford to be Hke the frog in a pot of water on top of 1he stove . and when the heiu is n·med up. it will 1emain in that water unt il it bo ils 10 deal.,__ because it kttps accommodating the heat slowl y. One way or the other. your children will be like the frog and the r:cipients of overpopulation . Yes, we can stick our heads into the sand between the ttaclcs ofan oncoming truin. hope ii doesn 't hit us. but the facts are that this population train is going to hn our country and our children. Finally. Jacque Co usteau. the greal sea person and scub•1 diver. said smviving like rats is no! what we should bequest to our children . Mr . Wooldridge said. since he had ten minutes, he wanted to fill them adequately . He said one of the things he has been asked is why he does nor go 10 the federal level. He said he has talked to Senators Allard and Campbell. and both said they would 001 touch this , would not do an)1hing , until the y he2r from the pe ople . So . he said. I am going the bedrock of our democracy, whi ch ts the Ci ty Council. Setor1dly. the ne :(t point 1s always brought up about our gra ndmothers being immigrants . Well, guess what, my gra ndmother was an immigran t 100. he said . In 1902 she came over from Stockholm. Sweden . and my 01her grandparent \\'3S fro1n German y. I am a Germa n-Swede. he said . Then. it was an ope n country wi th on ly fifty million pe ople , and there was no such 1hmg as a c:u to drive. and cons umption of all 1hesc re so urces . \Vi: now ne ed 101hink abou1 our children. ,,e assencd. and grn ndchildren. and not so much our grandpa ren1s The other one 1s racial. I ha\'e traveled c n this co nt inenl and in O\·er a hundred countries, and ha \'e ea1en ,nth a Bolivum. an Ecuadorian. a Broz1lian. an Ausrra lian Abongme . and I ca n say that this 1s absolute!)' a c:i sc of numb ers and sustainabdity . !fat some point. we are not able 10 sustain. ii wo n't make any difference whi ch race we are from. Al:;o. I am pro immiJ,?.ration. he !illid, but I :imjus1 for reducin g it 10 sus1amable lerels so th.31 we can mam1am ur society and 1hose 1mrrugran1s that come here. Also , the ozo ne hole has tripled . per Tom Brokaw. Th:11 rransliues into hundreds of thousands , if not millions. of c1mcers. 001 o~;y for our species , but also fo r other animal specie s. Global wanning. i(you saw Tom Brokaw tonight on the news. he talked Englewood Ciry Council lanllllry 22 , 200 I P•g• 6 about ninety-nine sc ,entiJIS who just si&J>cd a paper asking the countries of the world 10 start a•llina really coomocd, because with 11lobal warmi.o&, we arc 1oing 10 raise the sea levels five 10 fifteen feet aod flood out the entire coastlines around the world. We arc goin& to do some tremendous damaae in this century, he Sllid. Finally, ,'Du think the S2 .80 ,,raru, and it has just gone up 10 S7 .80 per BTU for natural gu iJ a problem right oow, just wait till we 1,.v, !Jalf a billion people vying for that resource. Finally, democracy is diminished with numbers , he said Travel through India and 1 will guarantee you democracy it not a reality there . There arc 1,500 immigrants arriving in California every day. Seven percent of them have a high school cquivolcncy diploma. sixty-five percent of those people who arc in K through 12 in California right now can not speak English. therefore , there is no learning going on. and they are growing so fut in California that they have lo build ouc new school per day 10 just keep up. They have to sta ff them with 1c:1.cbcrs who can speak fiv1. llniWlgcs. The reality of democracy is lha1 it lS a very dclica 1e form of go\·cmment and it needs a !li5b.ly educated popuiace with a moral ethical foundauon , that 1s pulling in the same di.recrion. with a sirrJlar language . We arc losing all of 1h111 in California right now, and you will see the consequences as they come along. If we conlinuc: on this path. like that frog in the pot, oW' children \\ill be the ones that bum, and I would like 10 comr bnck here after you sec these very informa1ivc packclS. Ask me back for about a forty minute work session and 1 will show you, and astound you with the facts. We can work together to get this thing on the national ticket, and get the media covcra11e, and s·vt to discuss it insteatf of sitting here putting our beads in the soil. Unfortunately, we can not do a C1 ina-1..iu polic y to force our population to have one child or less per family, so the only other alternative at this point is to reduce the unmigrau on. so we can assimilate it viably and maintain our society. He askrd if there were any questions or comments. • ;\layor Bums asked him 10 go ahead and pus out thi:: packets . Mr. Wooldridge said these arc very • informative. Please read them and please get hick to me •nd a work study session would be CJttremcly \'aluable. )..io.>t people just don·1 realize .. ,ha, is go!:;g en and the ut1d~rlying riptide of the consequences of population. He said he visited Edgcwat<._ • ~t week. and they have asked him to come back, as bas Wheat Ridge . If yo u arc oot educated about this. you can 't 1nake a decision, he said, but if you bring me back. after that forty minutes, you "ill know what I know, and then we can move forward. ;\fayor Bums thanked him for coming. Unscheduled Visitors ;\layo r Bums said no one had signed up to o:.pcak. bu1 . in keeping with normal procedure. he invited anyone who wished to address Council 10 come forv.·ard at this ume . No one c.ime forward . !Clerk's note : Three persons signed u;, to spc.ik. however, dunng 1hc mt:ellng. the sign up sheet was nuspbccd on the dais.} 8. Co mmunications. Proclamations. and .Appointmenrs (a) This item was considered pre viousl y. Sec Agenda Item 6{b}. Public Hearing There was no public hearin g scheduled. 10. Consent Agenda (a) Approval of Ord inances on First Reading There were no ordinances subllUncd for approval on first reading . • Enalewood City Council January 22, 2001 Page 7 (b) Approval or Ordinances on Second Reading (i) ORDINANCE NO . 2, SERIES OF 2001 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 1, INTRUlJ UCE D BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ENTITLED "U.S . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR lJ.S. GEOLOGICAi. SURVEY JOI NT <tJNDING AGREEMENT FOR WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS ." (ii) ORDINANCE NO. 3, SERIES OF 2001 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 2, INTROD UC ED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT) AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TifE ACCEPTANCE OF AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT FROM THE COLORADO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. A STATE AGENCY , TO FUND A HISTORICAL STRUCTURE ASSESSMENT OF TifE ENGLEWOOD SANT A FE DEPOT LOCATED AT WEST DARTMOUTH AND SOUTH GALAPAGO STREETS . {c) Resolutions and Motions (i) RESOLUTION NO. 3, SEl'JES OF 2001 A RESOLUTION FOR REAPPOINTMENT OF LINDA COHN AS ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL JUDGE FOR THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO . (ii) RESOLUTION NO . 4, SERIES OF 2001 A RESOLUTIO N AW ARD ING A NWOTIA TED CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SKATE PARK EQUIPMENT FOR CUSHING PARK SKATE PARK INSTEAD OF THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS UNDER SECTION 116(b) OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER AND SECTION 4-1 -3 OF THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 2000 . (iii) PROFESSIONAL DESIG N SERVI CE S FOR TWO STORM SEWER PIPEL11','E REHABILITATION PROJECTS . MOSER & ASSOC IA TES , IN THE AMOUNT OF S49.830 .00 . (iv) PURCHASE OF TWO NEW FORD F-150 PICKUP TRUCKS THROUGH THE ST AYE BID PROCESS . COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSE~ AGENDA ITEMS 10 (b) (I) AND (II), AND 10 (t) (I) THROUGH (Iv). Ayes : Council Members Garren . Bndshaw, Wolosyn. Yurchick. Grazulis , Bums Nays : None Absent: Co unci l Member Nabholz The mo1ion carried . I I. Regular Agenda (ll } Approva l ofOrdmanccs on Firsl Reading There were no ordi1111nccs submincd fo 1 app rova l on firs: reading , (b) Approval ofOrdmanccs on Second Reading Englewood City Council January 22, 200 I I UO l ) :,o,.-Jf n-J I ."~ m.,L Page 8 • q There: wtrc no additional ordirunc.:s submitted for appro\'a( on second reading . (See Agenda Item IO(b) • Consent Agenda.) (c) Resolutions and Motions (i) Director Gryglewicz prcsemcd a recommendation from the Ocparuncnt of Finance and Administrative Ser\'iccs to adopt a resolution appro\'ing a Supplemental Appropriation for lhc 2000 Ciry of Eng~wood Budget. He advised that 1his resolu1ion was discussed in the previous Srudy Session. He said if there is any clarification needed. he \\'Ould answer those questions at this 1ime. Ma)'Or Burns asked Mr. Gryglewicz 10 give a brief explan:uion of this resolu1ion for the benefit of the :a ud1.:nce. Mr . Gryglewicz said the City is required 10 appropri:nc funds. and 1his is an adjustment to the 2000 budget This appropriucs S 1,8 34 ,000.00 from lhe General Fund. he said. SI . 729.000.00 of which comes from the General Fund balance , and the remaining SJOS.000 .00 i:omcs from the Community Dcvcloomen1 Department 2000 budget. Thal goes to fund SS0.000 .00 for the Cit y .-\nomey·s outside counsel and prosecution salaries, the City calendar. which was S 19.000.00. the Ci\'ic Cen1cr move cost, which was 5150.000 .00, and common arc3 m3in1c113ncc charges. which were not budgeted in 2000. arc S147 ,000.00 . The contribution to the Museum of Ou1door Ans was S 13 .000.00. he said, for a total to the General Fund of S310.000 .00 . There was a transfer to 1hc Public lmpro\ cmcnt Fund for the Parkway Projec1 for a half nulhon dolbrs. Another transfer 10 1hc Public lmprovcmcn1 Fund for the South Broadway Project of S430 .000 .00 . and S 105.000 .00 for <he Nonh Industrial Re<le ve lopmen1 Plan upenses for 2000 and 2001. Also . there was $420,000.00 for :i transfer to the Englewood Env1ron.rnemal Foundation for additional items that were added to lhc CityCenter project. That is lhe total for th.-:1 fund , he said, illld S930,000.00 was a transfer out to Public Improvement for those projects, Also. S50.00CI .OO was appropriated from the PlF out oflhe landscaping budge~ for a 10ml ofS980,000.00 in lh: Public lm,orovcmcnl Fund. Mr. Gryglewicz said, in the Civic Ccn1er Fund. there was a transfer from the Parks \Dd Recreation TIUSt Fund ofS45.536.00 for the Chenelyn Horsecar move rosts . ln lhc Concrete Replacemcn1 District of 1995, Source of Funds was $2 ,800 .00, and the use of those funds was for m1erest on lb-: inter -fund loan. For Paving Disaict No. 35, in its fund balance, there was S28.600,00 and the use of that was interest on its loan 10 the General Fund. The Water Fund approprfa1ed S700.000 .00 from Retained Earnings , and this was a urning issue . Construction on their project was completed in 2000. 1hough it wa:. originally though\ ,u be done earlier. so ii had 10 be appropriated by Council acrion. Finall y, the Housing Rchabiliuuion Fund was moved 10 1he Cny and not appropriated. so 1ha1 needs to be done now . he said The 1oral from Rel.lined Earnings was S 1,288,000 .00 . The use of those funds "as S900.000 .00 for program expenses, S52.000 .00 for in1eres1. and S336,000.00 for ca pital ou tlay. The Rislr.: ~lanagemcnt Fund had 10 budge1 from its re1amed earnings S200.000.00 for its additional claims ~xpense of S200.000 .00 . From the Parls and Recreation Fund balance, 545.536 .00 was transferred to lhe Ci\'IC Center fund for the rcnov:nions 10 1he Chem:lyn Horsec:i.r. Thos --. he concluded. are 1he 2000 supp lemenials . Ma yo r Bums said 1h1s was kind ofan unusual year, w11h 1h1s proJe ct and this building , General Iron and all the other thmgs we are doing :i.11he present lime . The rc so lu11 on wn s as signed a number and read by mlc : RE SO LLTIO:S :-10 . ;. SER IE S OF 200 1 A RESOLUTION FOR A SUPPLE),IENTA L APPROPRU TIO:-/ FOR THE 2000 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD COLORADO . Englewood Cily Council lanlW}' 22 , 200 I Page 9 COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED. TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM I i(t)(I)-RESOLUTION NO. S, SERIES OF 1001. Ayes : Council Members Garren. Brudslulw. Wolosyn. Yun:hick, Grazulis, Burns Nays: None Absent: Council Member Nabholz The mo11on carried . 12 . General Discussion (a) Mayor"s Choice I. Mayor Burns stated that last Wednesday. Mayor William Hudnu~ former Mayor of Indianapolis, co.me to the Ce nter. He is the past president of the N:u ionn l Le ague of Cities. and is presently a fellow nt the Urban Land Institute . He wrote a book called Cities on the Rebowld. and is wririog another abo ut tier cities, like Englewood, that nrc the first tier out from a center city, and what they do when they ftnd they have ftt11t1cial difficulties, a failed shopping cellt<r, contaminated industrial sites, and the like. He said he and Ciiy Manager Sears met with Mr. Hudnut for a while, and then Mayor Bums and COffltTllllily Development Director Simpson showed him around this development and the General Iron Works site. He took a lot of pictures and a lot of notes , and. frankly , loved this project , so we might be appearing in his next book . He is OM of the visionaries in the country on urban redevelopment, and is "'CT'Y well !cr>"Jwn from his service: in Indianapolis , whc:rc: be really resurrec1ed Indiarmpolis . Mayor Bums saiiJ it wat a pleasure to have him here . 2. Mayor Bums advised th.11 he attended a breakfasl for mayors and managm on Friday with Ci1y Manager Sc:.us, where they go1 an update from CML on legislation . Some of the critical legisl11ive items, he said. are urban growth control and educ ation . CML wi ll be keeping us up 10 dnte on these things. \i ~ advised . and we will also do that through the Metro Ma yors' Caucus . 3. The City/School Co mminee meets tomorro w night. he advised, at 1hc: Administration Building at 6:30 p.m. Although that is not an official mettlng bcrwec:n the Counci l and the School Board , we are invited to go. He asked if that was correct. Council Member Bradshaw said we 3r: t1II supposed to be there. Mayor Bums said it is a little confusing 10 him ~f s. Bradshaw said it is r~lly confusing 10 her also. Mayor Bums said we were goin g 10 have a full mee1ing with 1he School Board and a tour of the schoo ls, but he understands now that is not reall y what this is . It is the Sc hoc,1/Ci ty Committee, bul we arc all invit ed to come . He asked Ciry Manager Sears if that wos correct. r uy ~faruiger Scars said we ha\'e tried to get them 10 do a walk -through with 1he Co uncil. and we have been unable to accomplish that. Co uncil said please SC'I up a School/City meeting, and this was the first time they were able to do that Council Member Brad!hnw asked if there \YaS something else going on. Mr . Sea rs said no , not tomorrow night, ne:<t week is actually the walk-through from 3:00 p.m to S;OO p.m Ms . 8r3dsh3w asked if the meeting was at the Roscoe Davidson Administration Bui1ding . Mr. Sears said right and Counci l Members Gnzulis and Na bholz are reall y the rcprescnrarives from the SchooVCity Comnunee . He said he did not know who would be th ere, and tha t Stephen Whi 1e g:l\·e him i1 copy of the agenda . He nskcd if there were :my other items that Council wou ld like to lake a look 3t be yond that :a ge nd:i . He sai d he wou ld like to add parkin g in the neighborhoods 10 the ttgcnda . Council ~ember Br.ad.shaw said the last rime they mel it was supposed 10 be a brainstorming sess io n and ended up being !hat one pen;o n had an agenda . She opi ned 1h11t it is really imponan 1 1hat ,ve ha "e some E11glewood Ciiy Council January 22 . 200 I Page 10 lype of agenda Ill.al we Sli ck 10. She agreed wilh puking. and also four.way stops !hat Council Member Grnzulis had mentioned. Mayor Bwns noted that a big issue with Amendment 23 is educatioaW funding in the state , and even our new President has an education bill hrst thing in Washing1on. He felt the Superintendent had a letter to the editor in the newspaper la st week about the status of the schools and many different issues that we could talk about. And uie relationship tierwccn the City and the school district its elf on Ul on-going basis . Ms. Bradshaw said she thought that was the most important thing we need 10 talk about. Council Member G~•.ulis said she received a call from a principal of an clemcnwy school wonting to ask us fo r money for their playground. 10 finish it up. and she wondered why they were coming to the City, rather than lhe schools . Council Member Bradshaw felt that should l:ic a point of discussion. about communication and cooperation. She sa id she gels c:11ls like tl\al , also. and she has them talk to the schools , bc.:;ause she does not know that it is a City issue, since we ha..,e four school distticrs in th is city. Ms . Grazulis said the princ:ipal has talked to the schools and they have no money for her, so that v.'a.S why she was going to come here, but where do we draw the line. Council Member Bradshaw said we son of got a1 cross pwposc s O\'er the sales t;L-X on kids raising money . She ~1 id she still is not pleased with the way we ended up on 1ha1. She said she still thinks that money for kids needs 10 go for kids. and have them exempt. but that is another is sue we mi gb1 chat abou t. City Manager Sears said he would forward these topics to Dr. Whiti: tomorrow morning . He fell it was up to Council Member Grazulis as to whom she would like m see there tomorrow night. Ms. Grazulis said anyone can come . Several members said they would try 10 attend. Mr. Sc:1.rs said it would be at 6:30 p.m tomorrow. and he would forward the 1opics . (b) Council Members' Ch oi ce [Clerk's note : Resolution No . 2 approving Aid to Other Agend-.:s was considered previously. Sec Agenda llem 6(c)] (i) Council Member Bradshaw: l. She thanked the Englewood police for th e excellent enforcement on Belleview. People we re sc reamin g down the hill, and then all you saw were their red lights when the y noticed !he police vehicle there. It mad e a big differe nc ,!, she s.i id . 2. She reminded CoW1ci l and the citize ns of the open house ar the House of Hope on February 6i11 . That is the: old Arapahoe House detox ci:n1er. and she said she kno 1,·s it as the old conven1 by St. Loui s Scbool. h is on February 6• from 3:00 p.m. 10 5:00 p.m 3. Ms. Bradshaw sa id this Sarurday is the Library Volun1ccrs Rccogn111on Cc:rcmony at 10:00 a.m She reminJed Council that it is pretty important tha1 we show up al some of these things . 4. She said she had been looking a1 the Code Enforcement Annual Auinry Report, and recogni zed that the y we re really out th ere doing II lot of 1hings. She fell the cow, proba bly realizes that. too . She felt there were still so me issues surround ing th e parking 111 the hi gh sc hool that we really need to walk through and make equi 1nble. She said she al so unrtemands there arc issues over noise fro m the high school. The peop le who bought houses didn 't want band competition. the y want it quiet all the time , but if you buy a house next 10 a high school, it is going to be noisy , she s.i1d . She sai d she did not know that we need to get in on enforcing that She said she was concerned about the snow nonces bein g wa y up rrom sevcnty•fivc to • Englewood City Council Juuary 22, 200 I P11c II n l 65.S , that is quite a jump. Also, parking tickets have gone up 203 %, and it sounds like th.-y arc iioing to go up toore when we smn enforcing rhc RTO parlting, she said . I have no doubr that you folks arc out there doin& your job, she allowed, but she hopes they remember they arc the front line of communic11ion as rar as the Ciry goes. with our citizens sometimes, a.nc the impression they make with those people is a lasting one. She said she apprecia1cs their enforcement, but also feels we need to look 111 some pubhc relations there. too. Mayor Bums commenlcd that abandoned and derelict vehicles arc down by sixty-one percent, from 24~0 to 955, so that means we have a lot le ss derelict vehicles in th e community . Director Olson suggested that Code Enforccmcn1 Field Supervisor Lynn nught want to answer so me of these points . Mr. Olson said Council had a follow-up supplemental to the origin.al rcpon they received a couple of weeks ago. There were some numbers that were off, so he may want to talk about that. Mr. L}1U1 said be appreciattd Council's comments. He said staff is working very hard , and it is difficult 10 slow them dO\\ll sometimes . We re31ize tha1 we are the from line. he said, and what we say and do is remembered by a lot of people as the rcprescn1ativcs of the City. There is one nwnbcr that may be wrona, he said. He felt it w .. the week notices that should be apprmwnatcly 3,494 Uld it only reads something like 394, so that number was wrong. We havt been doing a lot of work with the vehicles, he said . Wt had an auction Saturday before last, with seventy-six vehicles auc1ioned, which was the large st auction we have ever had . We ha.d si" auctions in the year 2000, and nonnally we have had between three and four auctions a year. We are getting a handle on it. he said. We are not ready to call Dom Testa at MIX 100.3 and 1ell them we are not a city of cars on bloclc.s, but we arc getting there, he said . City Manager Scars said we have had some internal discussions about ma.king sure we have a personal touc h with the way we approach things . He said he had some questions about the parking rickets. and a lot of thnt is due 10 the fact tha1 we have a full time parking person and he is really monitoring Swedish and the high sc hool. which ,,e did nol ha vi: before . Mr . Lynn said last year. also, in August, Seplember and October. we had a seco nd officer on board , a ttrnponry officer tha.t we hired for those three months . He is currently a police officer serving in Englewood. bu1 he was very aggressi ve. That was right after Civic Center opened and he did a 10110 ensure that 1he pilrking in that ilrea was as ii sho uld be. He has been go ne for a few months now, we have another position to hire for in 1he year 2001, and we look to keep the numbers up there . We would like 10 eventually see the numbers drop, bnt it has not happened yel. (ii) Council Member Grazulis : I. She said so me pe ople ha ve contacted her regarding the red palln indic111ors a l cenain school mterst:c uons. She s.:ud perhaps we co uld do i1 wnh more mtersecuons, rather than gi \'c out .so many parking tickets at those m1ersections, if they could see where I.hey are supposed 10 park, rather than get a 1ickct for six inches . Some of those intersections would just be four -way slops , that basically is whe re the problem 1s. she said . 2. She fell people were confused about where our City line was on ~lighway 285 at University , as yo u c~me into the City. beadin g west Perhaps we could mo\'e the sign to where we 3cruall y swt, she said . She recognized that 11 is in a nice. co nvement pla ce, but . since we arc nol going to have one of our sc ulptures up 1hcre for a while . she said she was also confused. so other people probabl y arc. also. (iii) Co uncil Member Yurchick said. at the Code Enforcement meeung , 1hey seem to be wi nding down ,,,th current projects, so no w rrught be an opponunc lime. if Counci l has anything they wa nt ther.1 10 look :u. "Ill 3 Englewood Ciry Cowicil January 22, 200 I f' "llil,,ulll Page 12 II (iv) Council Mcmbi:r Wolosyn: I. She said she hlld been talking to Marilyn Brenengen, from the Chamber of Common:e. She had o.sked if :i Council p:icket could be deli vered to her every week. Ms . Wolosyn stated that. upon inquiry, she found ou 1 1ha1 t:ven the press picks up their own packets, and only Co uncil has them delivered . Ms . Brcnengcn understands that. :md gets the regular agenda faxed to her. She was wondering if she could have the Study Session faxed also , so she can see if she wants 10 come: O\'Cr and get a packet. City Manager Sears said absolutely . 2. She said she looked on line al lhc RFP for lhe fonner ciry hllll sile . This was lhe first time she looked at our web site and felt it was r,ally great. She lhought lhe RFP hlld a r<ally great look to it, also, but upon reading it, she was disappointed to find that her request was omitted to hive civic use included somewhere in the text of the RFP. either under public objective, or maybe: under tfte description of the s1tc, as w:l<!t would be good to go on that piece of property . She said she was sure it WIS an oversight, but fel : it was an unfortunate oversight because, even if a project is market driven, 1f the pr()J.~ny is owned by the City, we missed an opportunity to advertise that we do not accept ju.ca any kind of de,-elopment. We want developments that attend to our citizens and bring something other than someone's profit motive. She said she was sorry about this. and knows it was probably just an overs ight, but there was another incident simi lar to this. 3. She invited everyone to come to the co ncert on the 30111, All of the money the Council gave to Up Clo se and Musical will be spent on that particular production. she said. and it is probabl y just one tenth of the cost. They have used that money to partner with Parks and Rccre:,tion. and MOA and more money from Up Close and Musical to bring th is presentation to the City. Ms . Wolosyn felt th is was jwt the beg1Ming of the sorts of the in1crcsting partnerships th.3t we can put together. She said she forgot to mention that one of the panners in this is the Englewood Cultural Ans Center Association. which is now a corporation and we arc doing the S0IC3 paperwork righ1 now. 13 . Cily Manager's Report City ~anagcr Sears had no matters to discus s. 14 . Clly Attorney's Report (a) .:iry Anomey BrNzman advised that RID has filed a petition in co ndemnation on the General Iron Works site, and 1he City has severa l casements out there . Mr . Brotzm.lr. requested a motion to have Ma rk ~ay file II response to protect our interests on the property. COl.::-ICIL MEMIIER BRADSHAW MOVED. AND IT WAS SECONDED. TO HA VE MARK MAY FILE A RESPONSE TO PROTECT CITY OF ENG LEWOOD INTERESTS IN RTD v. BARTON BROTHERS, CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, ET AL. Ayes : Council Members Garren. Br3dshaw. Wolosyn, Yurchick. Na ys : Absent The motion earned . Graz ul is. Bum s None Council \of ember Nabholz LeslC"r ~yers . 4195 South Clarkson Srrl"'f!t, said he hi!.d misunders1ood ·when he v.,as supposed to speak.. He said he was here before. and he was a little more irritated th is time than last he was last time . He said he is honored 10 b< here 1onight \\hen all the honors were being gi ven for the Columbine incident and the cheerleaders . He said he was even more imtated when he saw that Code Enforcerrk.":lt was asking for more • • • • Englewood City Council January 22. 2001 Page 13 vehicles and stuff. He said be had a neighbor complain the other day thar they see rhe Code Enforcemenr Officer driving up and down the alley three or fow rimes a week. He said this is 10111 harassment and uncalled for. He felt the money should be spenl more on police depanmeor ?rotectioo, so-. would have less broken windows and people speedina up and dov.n the str<el, rather ll-.111 paying these taxes to be harassed by someone driving up and down the alley relling us bow we cr.n Ii,·, and how we con ·1 live . I agree that we need to keep the City clean, he sa id. but about once a month or every two or thRc weeks would be sufficient. Mr. Myers asked if they C:lD take these vehicle~ home \\ith them, lo and from work. Director Olson said no , they do not take them homt. Mr. Myers said he just wondered, because he has seen them parked in 01her suwuions and areas other than thc City. We ment ioned I.he posting of the curbs . He felt :here should be more money spent 1here for posting for no parking. and 10 warn people thac they have to park a ccnain distance from the curb and sidewalk. He said his neighbor was issued a citation because he had the fenders off his car that was sining in lhe back yard. which is really hard 10 see . You rr•lly had 10 be looking for somelhing, when there arc vehicles sining out in the streets with flat tires on them for weeks or monlhs . One is still sinina there with the rear end not even bolted up underneath. Council Member Bradshaw asked Mr. Myers to please give David Lynn the address where that car is. Mr. Myers said it was just down the street from the City . Ms . Bradshaw said we need an address. that really helps . Th.: oth:r thing, she said . is 1hat we wi ll be interviewing for boards and commissions next Monda y. She aske d if he had applied to serve on the Code Enforcement Advisory Comminee . Mr. Myers said his schedule with the hospitals and everything else that be works with make it really tough to get involved with some of these comrrunces. He said be has looked at a couple of them . Counci l Member Grazulis said they only meet once a monfo. so it would hdp ifhe would apply fo r that. Council Member Bradshaw said we need citizens to present their cases consistentl y on that committee. Mr . Myers said he ne\'cr blows when he ts on call. Ma 11or Burns said. if he can not vo lunteer for it. ,\hy nol get the schedule and go 10 1hc meetings and exoress his concerns . Pan of code cnforccmcn1 ts ('du ca tion for 1hc ci tizens. He said he understands pa :n1ing the curb s is 1mponan1 because he got wam('d on that where he li \'cs . It is hard , visuall y, to realize yo>u are over that measurement because yo u can no 1 really see ii Some 'lf these ideas arc good ones, he sa id. :ind can be passed on 10 help educate the publi c and help make ii e:1S1er on Code Enforccrr.ent and redu.:e violations so people do not get irritated be,:ause they think the y are being picked on . This is 11 constant process, he said. and he invited Mr . ~r('rs 10 vol unteer or come to those meetings and express his concerns . You can be heard on these 1hings. he s:ud . Mr . Myers said the biggest thing 1ha1 irritated him was that 1he Code Enforcemen1 Offi ce r told the neighbor that he had complained abou1 his car pans sining tn the ba ck yard . because of the last Council meeting . I have no complaints abo ut rhe neig hbor 's car paru being in the ya rd . he said. bec ause you can not even sec them from the street unless yo u dnve dO\vn the 11l('r and yo u really ha\'e to look to see them Like I sa y, I would like 10 se e 1he money spen t elsewhere. he .-:o ncl uded . Council Member Bradshaw sa id she did 001 thim: the issues were related . ~1ayor Bums said if )'Ou reduce code enforcemen t. that doesn't necessarily ttansb.te into an additional amoun t of police enforcement or crime enforcement. You are reall y talking about a reasonable leve l of enforcement and what dult really means and how much Code Enforcement rcall \' n~ 10 do . That is where the conununicalion between you and the ad visory comm ine e can re :t lly helj, the citizens , he said . Mr . Myers said he kno~ the City has to appro, e :he hiring of emplo yees and µurchasins o f vehicles, and things oftha1 na ture and he fe lt we ha \'e 100 m:m ~ Jl!cad y, and ma ybe the y need to double the size ofthc1r territory . Enalewood City Council J111uary 22, 2001 Page 14 Mayor Bums said, a few yean ago the ci1lzens said they Wlllted code enfon:emen~ lhey wllll<d to spruce up tl,e city. When he fin1 got on Council, Mayor Bums said people would come back to Englewood who had been away for a while and they would say it had delerionited. the housing doesn 't look u good•u it used to, and so fonh . We just hate to hear that kind of thing , and wo are doing so much with economic redevelopmenl wilh Ibis projeot, 1111d we want lhe housing and Ibo neighborhoods to look better. It niises the values. and gives I lot more vitality 10 the community, and that is what we have tried to do here . Mr. Myers agreed that a good looking neighborhood looks nice and helps the v~luc oftl:e propertiet. but three or four tirne1 a week going down the same alley is a linle bit much . Council Member Bradshaw pointed out that Dave Lynn wu at lhe bllck oflhe room, ii Mr. Myen would like 10 sit down with him. Mr. Myers said he has chatted wilh him before. Ms . Bradshaw thanked him for coming. I'.. Adjournment MAYOR BURNS MOVED TO ADJOURN. The meeting""" adjourned at 8:52 p.m. • •