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CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES
November 18, 1998
1 . Call to Order.
The regular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee was
called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Chair Allen in the Police/Fire Training Room.
Roll Call
Present:
Ex-Officio :
Absent:
Guest:
Allen, Boyer, Fischbach, Fout, Johnson, Roth, Stankorb
Langon, Moore, Parsons, Wicks
Hansen
Brotzman
Parsons advised that neither of the Council Members would be attending the
meeting as they were at a meeting in Sheridan.
2. Approval of Minutes.
MEMBER ROTH MOVED AND MEMBER BOYER SECONDED THAT THE MINUTES OF
THE OCTOBER 21, 1998, CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE BE
APPROVED AS READ .
Ayes: Allen, Boyer, Fischbach, Fout, Johnson, Roth, Stankorb
Nays: None
Absent : Hansen
The motion carried.
3. Public open forum.
Waived.
4. Old business.
Chair Allen inquired if anyone other than he had attended the Holiday Parade. No
one else had attended . Allen stated that it was chilly but fun.
5. New business .
Member Roth i nquired how Code Enforcement could tell if one of his trees was dead
since it was the end of October and all of the leaves had fallen off . Parsons advised
that the Code Enforcement officers were advising people of dead trees so that they
could get them cut down and removed util izing the Park's Department Forestry
Program. Roth stated the tree in question was not dead, but had merely lost all of
its leaves. There was further discussion about how a citation of this nature would
be perceived by the citizens .
6. Draft Graffiti Ordinance -Dan Brotzman.
Brotzman handed out copies of a memorandum from Tamara Wolfe regarding the
Court's Graffiti Policy and copies of a Draft Ordinance regarding graffiti prepared by
his office. Brotzman reviewed the contents of the Draft Ordinance and answered
questions brought up by the Committee. The Committee agreed to table the
ordinance for the time being. The Graffiti Subcommittee will meet before the
January meeting to go over the Draft Ordinance and present their feelings to the
Committee.
7. Subcommittee reports.
Education Subcommittee: Wicks advised the Committee that the brochure would be
mailed out beginning with the December water bills rather than the November water
bills due to a miscommunication. Regarding the Blue Ribbon Project, Member Fout
distributed information on the various methods of recognizing citizens for their
efforts in maintaining their properties. Fout also discussed the information that had
been mailed out for the Committee to review. The members agreed that the Blue
Ribbon Project would provide a sense of community and would reinforce the
partnership with the community. The citizens need to be informed that they can
recommend a property for recognition. The criteria should be refined and defined
better and then it should be publicized. Fout will meet with Code Enforcement to
fine tune the criteria and feels that the program can be put into effect in February.
The Committee agreed that the Code Enforcement Division should be the
clearinghouse for the final decision as to who should receive recognition. The
Committee also felt that the letter from the mayor should be more special and
official looking.
Graffiti Subcommittee: Previously discussed (see #6).
8. Preparation for City Council Study Session.
The Committee was advised that they would probably only be allowed 1 5 minutes
for their presentation to Council. There would then be discussion and questions.
Wicks suggested that each topic should consist of one or two sentences containing
a statement as to what has been done on the particular issue and where the
Committee is going with it. The Committee decided that their presentation would be
handled in the following manner:
Opening
Operations
Nuisance Ordinance
Graffiti Ordinance
Education &
Community Awareness
Brochure
Blue Ribbon Project
Summary
Todd Allen
Donna Johnson
Jerry Stankorb
Don Roth
Barbara Fout
Todd Allen
The Committee determined that there would be an informal meeting after the Study
Session on December 7.
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9. 1998 Budget Discussion.
After printing the brochure to be mailed out with the water bills, there is still
approximately $1, 100.00 remaining in the budget for the Code Enforcement
Advisory Committee's use. The Committee decided to proceed with printing the
RECOMMENDATION AND COMMENDATION to be given out by the Code
Enforcement officers as this form will need to be printed on NCR paper, which is
more costly. The Committee then further reviewed and refined the RECOGNITION
AND COMMENDATION form. Langon explained that the 1999 budget had already
been established and that should additional monies be required as time goes on, the
Committee would have to appear before City Council to ask for supplemental funds.
10. Discussion on Committee Reapplications, Resignations, and Vacancies.
11.
Langon advised that she would draft resignation letters for the members who had
resigned from the Committee recently.
Allen inquired if the three members whose terms were expiring intended to reapply .
Member Boyer and Member Stankorb advised they would be reapplying. Member
Fischbach advised that she had not made a decision yet.
Adjournment.
MEMBER BOYER MOVED, AND MEMBER FOUT SECONDED, TO ADJOURN THE
MEETING .
Ayes: Allen, Boyer, Fischbach, Fout, Johnson, Roth, Stankorb
Nays : None
Absent: Hansen
The motion carried and the Code Enforcement Advi sory Committee meeting
adjourned at 9: 10 p.m .
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