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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-08-16 CEAC AGENDA• • • 1. 2. CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 16, 2000 Call to Order. The regular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee was called to order at 6:34 p.m . by Vice Chair Roth in the City Manager's Conference Room. Roll Call. Present: Roth, Fischbach, Hambleton, McCahill, Hansen, Roberts Ex-Officio: Lynn, Flaherty Excused: Nabholz, Stankorb, Yurchick Approval of Minutes. Member McCahill moved and member Hansen seconded that the minutes of the July 19, 2000, Code Enforcement Advisory Committee meeting be approved. The motion was passed unanimously . Ayes: Nays: Roth, Fischbach, Hambleton , McCahill, Hansen, Roberts None The motion carried. 3. Public open forum. Ruth and Ned Steele of 341 6 South Race Street in Englewood were present to discuss the Englewood Municipal Code pertaining to its interpretation of providing humane treatment to dogs. Ms. Steele presented a situation at 3101 South Emerson Street where two dogs are kept, admittedly with water, food and shelter, but are treated in an inhumane manner by the occupants of the home. Ms. Steele suggested that the "people who write the laws could change some words to make the code require more humane treatment of animals." She agreed to solicit the national animal welfare agencies for better wording, and would forward it to Lynn for discussion at next month's meeting. Ms. Steele also volunteered to assist with any rewriting of the code that is necessary . PAGE 1 • • • 4 . Old business. a. DMG Maximus. Mr. Richard Pearl of the Maximus Company presented a Management Overview of the study that was conducted on Code Enforcement in 1998. After discussion, he concluded that Englewood's code enforcement effort was very worthwhile, and the city was "getting the best bang for the buck." McCahill asked about the statement "DMG- Maximus suggests full cost recovery for every action after the first informal complaint is issued." Pearl replied that this is something that is difficult to do, but it can be done through the court system. Roth pointed out that Englewood responds to a lot of complaints, and wondered if this was typical elsewhere. Pearl responded it was difficult to compare the sources and types of calls, and this was not covered in the report. Lynn questioned the statement that "Englewood has 15 civilian code enforcement officers", and was told that included such other individuals as building inspectors and zoning inspectors. Lynn challenged Pearl's statement that the research done on this study in September, 1999 was still accurate and there were probably no changes to it at this time. Lynn pointed out that the study was done in 1998 and there has been a significant amount of change in the organization since that time, resulting in the organization being awarded the Englewood Outstanding Employee Award in 2000 . b. Update on Anti-Graffiti program. Roth mentioned the discussion he and Lynn had had with Faith Weidler of the National Council to Prevent Delinquency. Ms. Weidler was asking for a named committee representative to place on the cov·er and within the Responsible Retailer's Guide that her organization was publishing for the city. After much discussion, it was agreed to place the name "Chairperson" with code enforcement's address in the locations indicated. A motion was made by McCahill and seconded by Hansen to supply the information mentioned above. The motion passed unanimously. 5. New Business. a. New member. Vice Chair Roth introduced Mr. John Roberts as the newest committee member. Roberts made a brief presentation and was sworn in. b. July Code Enforcement statistics. Lynn presented the July Monthly Activity Report. He mentioned that statistics were up appreciably and surprisingly, and mentioned they would probably remain up as code enforcement was now getting up to strength. He mentioned that one officer has been on temporary disability for all of July, but with her PAGE 2 • • • return, the area she deals with, abandoned vehicles, would most likely return to previous levels . c. Number of Members on Committee. The committee agreed that the correct number of members of the committee was seven (7). This was changed from eleven in February 2000, at the same time the jurisdictions changed and the sunset clause was removed. d. Status of leash law. Flaherty produced a working draft of wording suggested by the City Attorney to add a leash law to the Englewood Municipal Code. After some discussion, Fischbach suggested all members take the draft home and review it over the next month and return n ext month to discuss it .. e. Hazardous Material Roundup. Lynn presented a flyer to committee members concerning the Hazardous Material Roundup scheduled for September 9th and 1 5th. He mentioned the co-pay (residents) cost of this has risen over the past few years from $2.00 to $5.00 to the present $10.00, and felt this might lessen participation. Roth mentioned the cost to the ·city was now $30,000 and the $10.00 co-pay seemed reasonable. f. Letter to Mahan party. Lynn read a letter he had written and had signed by Chair Stankorb to Gary and Mona Mahan, 4821 South Inca Street. g. Additional publicity for committee. Lynn mentioned he received a phone call from an Englewood resident who indicated she was unaware of the Code Enforcement Advisory Committee, what it did, where it met, when it met, and whether there were any vacancies now or in the future. He suggested the committee might prepare a short article for the Citizen and Herald newspapers. Hansen mentioned an article was in the last edition of the Herald. Lynn agreed to attempt to locate the article and keep it available for reprinting every six months or so. 6. Topics for September meeting. a. Further discussion of leash law. b. Discussion of expiration of terms of office. c. Humane treatment of animals. d. August Code Enforcement Monthly Activity Report . PAGE 3 ' . 7 . • • • Adjournment. Member McCahill moved and member Hansen seconded to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Ayes: Roth, Fischbach, Hambleton, McCahill, Hansen, Roberts Nays: None PAGE 4