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Home My WebLink About1987-06-22 (Special) Meeting MinutesI I I. ENGLEWOOD C !TY COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Special Se ssion JUNE 22, 1987 Ca 11 t o Orde r The s pecia l me~ting of the Englewood City Council wa s call ed to order by Mayor Otis at 7 :30 p.m. 2. In voca tion The i nvocat I on wa s g1 ven by Council Memb er Vob e jda . 3 . Pledge of Allegiance The Pl edge of A 11 egi ance wa s 1 ed by May or Otis . 4 . Roll Call Pr e sent: Ab se nt : Coun c il Members Higday , Van Dyke, Vobejda , Bilo , Brad - s haw , Oti s Council Member Kozacek A quorum was pre sent. Also pre se nt : 5 . Minutes C Hy Manager Mccown City Attorney Ol se n As sistan t City Manager Vargas Director Park s and Recreation Kuhn Deputy Ci ty Cle rk Ellis (a) CO UN CIL MEM BER BRAD SHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER BI LO SECONDED, TO APPRO VE THE MIN UTES OF THE RE GULAR MEETING OF JUNE 1, I 9B7 . Aye s: Nays: Ab stai n : Absent : Co un ci l Member s Van Dyke , Vob ej da , Bil o, Bradsh aw None Council Membe r Higday, Oti s Council Memb er Kozacek Hot i on carried . ·Englewood City Council Minutes June 22, 1987 page 2 6 . Pre -s ch edu led Vis itors Due to spec ial meet ing st atu s, there was no di sc ussi on under this sec ion . 7 . Ho11-sche duled Visitors Uue to special me et ing s alu ,. trere wa s no discu ss ion under thi s sec tio n . 8. Com unications and Proclamations I a) COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOV ED. COUNCIL MEMBER Bl LO SECONDED, TO REAPPO INT WALT TOMOOKA AND RICK fO SELLI TO THE EDDA BOARD FOR TERM S OF OFFICE BEG INNING JU LY I, 198 7 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1991. Ayes: Ha.ys : Ab stain : \~s ent : Council Member s Hi gday, Van Dyke, Vobejda, Bilo , Brad• shaw, Oli s None None Council Member Kozacek Motion carried . 9. Cons ent Agenda COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER Bl LO SECONDED, TO APPROVE CO NSE NT AGENDA ITEMS 9 {a} THROUGH {f}. {a) Minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of May 5, 1987 and June 2, 1987 . {b) :-•nu~es of the Urban Renewal Authority meeting of Hay 6, 1987 . {c ) ~inutes of the Downtown Development Authority meeting of May 13, I 987. {d) Minut es of the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of Hay 14, 1987 . {e ) Minutes of Liquor Licen sing Authority meeting of Hay 20 . 1987. (f) Or dinance No. 29 ame nding the Englewood Housing Rehabilitat ion Loan Agreement and authorizing the transfer of $303,000 for admin ·::tra - tion of the Hou si ng Rehabilitation Program . I I Englewood C1ty Council Minutes Jun e 22 , 1987 page 3 Ayes: Nay s: Abstain: Ab sen t : Coun c il Members lligday, Van Dy ke , Vobe jda, Bilo, Bra d- shaw, Olis None None Co un c i 1 Member Kozace k Motion car ried . 10. Publ le Hearing Due to spe cia l meeting st atu s , the re wa s no d iscuss ion under thi s sec t ion. 11. Ordinances, Re so ll•t Ions and Hot Ions (a) RESOLUTION NO. 19 , INTRO DUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW, WAS READ BY TITLE : A RESOLUTION APPOINflNG HARVIN W. FOOTE AS AN ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL JU DG E FOR THE CITY t •F ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO. COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED , SEC ONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BILD , PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION NO . 19, Serie s of 1987 . Ayes : Nays: Abstain : Absent : Co ~~cil Mem bers lligday , Van Dyk e, Vobejda, .Bilo , Brad - shaw, Otis None None Co unc i 1 Member Ko zace k Motion carried . 12. City Manager • s Report Due to special meeting statu s, there wa s no di sc uss ion under this sec tion . 13 . City Attorney's Report Due to specia l meeting status, there was no discu ss ion under thi s section. 14. General Discussion (a) Mayor 's Choice Due to special meeting statu s , th ere was no discu ssi on und er this section. Englewood City Council Minutes June 22, 1987 page 4 (b) Council Member 's Choice CO UNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEM BER VO BEJDA SECONDED, TO RECOllSIDER RESOLUTION NO . 18, Ser ie ., of 1987 . Ayes : Nay s: Ab s t a in: Ab se nt: Counc i 1 Members Hi gday, Van Oyke, Vobejda, Bradshaw , Otis Counc i 1 Memb er Bil o None Council Member Kozacek Motion carried. Coun c il Memb~r Brads haw stated that she Wds asking Council to recon!;ider this, as six citizens had contacted her regarding th e problems they hav e had trying to use th e pa~k she lters . Counci I ~e mber Van Dyke que stioned if there had been any addition s or changes to Resol ution No . 18 as origi nally presented. Ms. Brad - shaw sta ted t hat it wa s the same. Council Member Bradshaw respon ded to questions from the Council members. The Counc 11 Members voiced the same co nce •ns they had at the June I, 1987 meeting. Council Member Bilo stated he had no t received ca ll s on this re solution , pro or con , and would like to hear data to substantiate the need for this resolution. He noted that as long as day care facilities paid S200 .00 then the bus loads could still come in, so the resolution as prese nted did not really addre ss the problem of park usage. Director of Park s and Recreation Kuhn pre se nted the Information g,athered from monitoring the number of day care facilities using the parks . He noted thal th e Parks and Recreation Oepartment per - so nnel woul d be responsibi e for enf,rci~g the Resolution and the Police Department ha s agreed to ass st in the event of a confronta- tion. Mr. Kuhn slated th ere are fo,1r or fl ve group, who use the parks during the course of the year who create the problems. They bring in school bus loads at a tim,; with perhap s two s upervisors who are not really watching the kids. He noted I.hat the nu mber could be as hi gh as twenty groups t hat will ~e 11sing the faciliti es I this surrvner. Mr. Kuhn not ed that the Co 1 or ado Revised Statute s identifies a child day care center as any facll ity that cares f or more than five chi 1 dren who are not re 1 a led t 1 the per so n taking cire of them. I Englewood City Council Hinutes June 22, 1987 page 5 Council Mem be r Van Dyke made the following s tatement : 'Our role as legislature s is lo respon sibly address and rectify se rious City concerns . ln order lo accomplish this task, equitably and effi - ciently, we mus t be provided with adequate information In which Lo verify, beyond a shado w of a doubt, the need lo imp ose new 1 aws. In the case of thi s Parks and Recreation recommendation, to impose a fee f or th e us e of City Park s by profes s ional day care center s , substantial and in depth information i s woefully lacking. Add to that, the fact th at there's a serious lack of manpower available to effectively enforce a requirement for permit s, lead~ me once again lo take a s tand in opposition of this motion. Wh en it comes to Implementing what i s mandated, we as responsible community leaders , mu s t be able lo budgel th e ne cess ary personn el and/or funds for enforceme nt of new law s. Otherwise, we find our se lves in the act of legislating empty and meaningless laws . 1 strongly f eel the intent of thi s legi s lation need s to be studied . However, 1 do not fee l the additional re searc h at this t imes Is s ufficient in nature lo warrant the passage of this legislation in its present s late ." Mayor Olis s tated he would s upport thi s resolution, but he noted he did not feel the flat foe of $200 .00 wa s equitable. lie noted that Sec tion two gives the Parks and Recreation Department the respon - sibility of notifying users, charging the fees and determining how the enforcement would be handled. Thi s appears to give t he m a lot of leeway. He suggested that the Park s and Recreation Department could come back lo Council with a s ugge s tion for a s l id i ng fee schedule, charging up t o $20 0.00 a year . He felt it would be very difficult to put anything like this in effect by July 1st or even thi s summer . Council Member Bradshaw questioned Mr. Kuhn about the difficulty of putting thi s resolution Into effect. Mr . Kuhn s lated that they do require a permit at this lime, but there i s no charge . He felt they could adverll se in the paper and inform the groups as they come into the Parks that they would need to pay a fee before using the facilit.ies the next lime . Mr. Kuhn also addressed a concern raised at the June 1s t meeting, as to how th ey would really know which groups were there. He s t ated the permit s would be numbered, which would help with monilorin•J the user s and the record keep i ng . Counci 1 Member Van Dyke reque s ted that the Parks and Re c r e at ion Department have s la ti s ti cs prepa red for City Counc i 1 at the end of summer, as to how man y day care centers were approached and charged, etc. Mr. Kuhn slated the Parks and Recre ation Departm ent staff had in - tended lo do that initially, as group s are us ing the parks in l arger numbers and more consistently. Englewood C1ty Counc11 K1nutes Jun e 22, 1987 page 6 The Co un c i 1 amended the Reso 1 ut 1 on as fo 11 ows : Change • a fl at rate f ee of S200 pe r year" to read "a fee up to S200 per year• (two places) and in Sec tion 2, "charging the fees• to read "c ha rging and determining the fee s". COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED , COUNCIL MEMBER H IGOAY SFCON DED, TO APPRO VF THE AMENDED RESOLUTION NO . 18 APPROVING A FEE POLI CY FOR USE OF ENGLEWOOD CITY PARKS BY COMMERCIAL DAY CARE CENTERS, Ayes: Nays: Absent: Council Mem ber s Higday, Vobejda, Bradshaw, Otis Council Member s Van Dyke , Bila Co unc 11 Member Kozacek Motion carri ed. 15 . Adjournment COUNCIL MEMBER HIGOAY MOVED TO ADJOURN . The meeti ng ad journed al 8:03 p.m. OeputyCi ty I