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Home My WebLink About1998-01-21 CEAC MINUTES' . CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES ROLL CALL Members present: Todd Allen Todd Boyer Barbara Fout Ruth Hansen Donna Johnson Ann Nabholz - Don Roth Jerry Stank orb Llomar Warren Ex-Officio Members Chris Olson Bob Moore January 21, 1998 • John Collins Joyce Parsons • Absent: Melanie Crawford Guests: Gary Sears Nancy Reid Harold Stitt INTRODUCTION OF NEWEST MEMBERS ... TIM TUCKER and KATHERINE FISCHBACH will be sworn in February 2nd and will attend the February l 81h meeting. ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS: CHAIR & VICE CHAIR ... MOORE suggested nominations be presented for chair and vice chair. ALLEN was voted Chair; STANKORB was voted Vice Chair . Code Enforcement/Meeting Minutes January 21, 1998 Page Two ALLEN has been a member of EFOT for two years, moved to Englewood 3 years ago, wants to improve Englewood as a community, making sure all issues are addressed, making difference as a group. STANKORB has worked on Clean, Green and Proud issues which crossesover with Code Enforcement Advisory Committee. Term was established: 1 year -no more than 2 years GARY SEARS, CITY MANAGER, TO DISCUSS TRASH HAULING ISSUES .. . SEARS ... Jf the trash ordinance passes, enforcement methodology has not been determined. The level of expectation should be established -develop a plan. • NANCY RF,JD explained the gist of the ordinance is everyone in city must be • signed up. How we enforce the ordinance must be established. Enforcement will be done by complaint. ROTH & STANKORB wanted an ordinance where there were no legal exceptions . If the ordinance is violated, it should be a Code Enforcement issue. STANKORB stated the trash removal must be by a licensed trash hauler. SEARS wishes to reassure that the level of enforcement is consistent. OLSON will monitor the staffing -concerned we will not have enough staff SEARS advises the council should review staffing in about six months. NABHOLZ thought this was a very good idea. PARSONS reiterated that the responsibility is that of the property owner. Wast Management trash service (senior rate) costs approximately $43. 00 for four months . Regular residential rate is $55. 00 for four months. • • Code Enforcement/Meeting Minutes January 21, 1998 • • Page Three ROTH ... 80% of city already has trash service. ALLEN feels the Council could add information about the ordinance at Tent Talks and "The Citizen. " HAROLD STITT, Community Coordinator for Long Range Planning, to discuss perspective on environmental codes & possible revisions ... 11 ,252 addresses on data base which the City has had/or approximately three years and is updated about every three months . Suggests two things ... 1. Possibility of decriminalizing code enforcement problems (stiffer fines). Environmental codes/zoning ordinance are in process of being reviewed. Original code was written in 1955 and needs to be changed. 2. Root of problem is code enforcement, economic and social roots . • Social pressure can be applied to make people conform. We should not lower standards . • Economically -should escalate fines. Money talks . Commercial properties are not a problem because they avoid large fines. • Difficult to impose a standard -what is acceptable. It should be based on community standards . The impact team has done a lot to raise awareness . OLD BUSINESS ... Roster should be made of everyone that is sworn in. OLSON clarified that the committee is advisory to the City Manager . The suppor-t should be unanimous . There should be an advisory vote. There are 13 members ... quorum is 7 . Code Enforcement/Meeting Minutes January 21 , 1998 Page Four NEW BUSINESS ... The agenda items will be phoned to TODD ALLEN Chris Olson advised that the Clean, Green & Proud has administrative rules and by laws this group may want to use or adopt when establishing same for advisory committee. A motion was made to support mandatory trash hauling-the committee supports the motion. FOUT feels there is not enough information on trash hauling and would like a copy of Aurora 's ordinance as to implementation and enforcement. A copy of the notes and agenda should be mailed to the City Manager. The agenda should include approval of minutes. The minutes should be mailed to the members prior to the next scheduled meeting. Part of next meeting, members should discuss by-laws and course direction. The non-voting members should be.freed up to leave meeting. Meeting adjourned at 9:05 P.M. Correction on 12-17-97 notes: Joyce Parson's name should not have been included in the "members present." \ • • • • TODD ALLEN TODD BOYER 3439 South Grant Street 4136 South Logan Street Englewood, CO 80110 Englewood, CO 80110 H: 781-1899 0: 863-052 H: 781-9198 0: 789-9990 MELANIE CRAWFORD BARBARA FOUT 2720 South Logan Street 4185 South Huron Street Englewood, CO 80110 Englewood, CO 80110 H: 781-4479 0: 394-8600 H: 761-788~ RUTH HANSEN DONNA JOHNSON 3145 South Cherokee Street Englewood, CO 80110 H: 762-9921 0: 592-8558 ANNNABHOLZ DON ROTH 2990 South Delaware 2830 South Sherman Street Englewood, CO 80110 Englewood, CO 80110 H: 789-532] H: 781-0413 0: 287-33471 • GERALDSTANKORB TIM TUCKER 4913 Chenango Circle 1029 East 8th #507 Englewood, CO 80110 Denver, CO 80218 H: 781-0496 0: 844-0355 H: 837-8592 0: 789-25351 LLOMAR WARREN 3820 South Galapago Street Englewood, CO 80110 H: 789-1582 0: 789-1582J •