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Home My WebLink About2001-05-16 CEAC MINUTES• • • 1. CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES MAY 16, 2001 Call to Order. The regular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee was called to order at 6:38 p.m. by Chair Roth in the City Council Conference Room, formerly known as the City Manager's Conference Room. Roll Call. Present: Ex-Officio: Excused: Absent: McCahill, Hansen, Roth, Olsen Lynn, Moore, Yurchick Flaherty, Nabholz Roberts, Blair, Desmarteau 2. Approval of Minutes. Member Hansen moved and member McCahill seconded that the minutes of the April 18 , 2001 Code Enforcement Advisory Committee meeting be approved. The motion carried. Ayes: Nays: The motion carried. 3. Public Open forum. 4. Old business. McCahill, Hansen, Roth, Olsen None a. City Council Study Session. Lynn thanked the Code Enforcement Advisory Committee for their comments at the study session that was held May 7th , and appreciated the cohesiveness of the group with their presentation. All animal issues will be going to City Council June 18, 2001. There was additional discussion about the current ordinance in place that requires dogs to be under "reasonable control" in the parks. b. The National Council to Prevent Delinquency. Member Roth discussed what the status of the responsible retailer's program is, and suggested it is time to ask Christina Estes-Faraci back. It was decided to ask her back for the July CEAC meeting, and Lynn offered to contact her. b. Shopping Cart Meeting. Member McCahill inquired of the recent shopping cart meeting that Lynn recently held. Lynn stated that there were only two merchants in PAGE I • • • attendance, neither of whom we have difficulty with concerning shopping carts. After continued discussion, Lynn emphasized what a chronic problem this has become. 5. New business. a. April 2001 Code Enforcement Monthly Activity Report. Lynn presented the April Monthly Activity Report, discussing each item in detail. Dog bite statistics have remained high for the past several months . Parking citations still remain high (669), mostly due to Cushing Park Rockies fans , and students at the High School. Other issues discussed were enforcement of weeds, a decrease in summonses issued, and positive public relations contacts. Graffiti reports have increased. Code Enforcement has hired an additional Parking Management Officer and he will begin work on June 4, 2001. John Edgmon and Caro line Faseruk were certified as Animal Control Officers in the State of Colorado, and as Code Enforcement Officers in the State of Colorado. Darlene TerMaat attended a VIN Verification Inspector class in Pueblo. b. Prioritize List of Englewood Municipal Code issues. This has been discussed and prioritized, and dog licensing was next on the list. Much discussion followed about the advantages and disadvantages of dog licensing for Englewood. Some of them were: keeping track of the number of animals per household, having a flexible fee schedule for licensing animals , and discounted licensing for dogs that have I.D . chips on their body. Lynn agreed to come back next month with more information and discuss with the members . c. Approval of headset for Sue. Lynn asked the committee to approve $100.00 for Sue to purchase headphones for use with the dictation machine in transcribing the minutes . Member McCahill made a motion to approve the purchase of headphones not to exceed $150.00. Member Olsen seconded the motion be approved. The motion carried. 6. Topics for June 20, 2001 meeting. a. May Code Enforcement Monthly Activity Report b. Animal Licenses 7. Adjournment. Member Roth moved and member McCahill seconded to adjourn the meeting . The motion passed unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 7:47 p.m. Ayes: Nays: McCahill , Hansen, Roth, Olsen None Recording Secretary PAGE2 • • • u MEMORANDUM TO: Dan Brotzman, City Attorney FROM: David Lynn, Code Enforcement Supervisor THROUGH: Patrol Operations Division Chief Bob Moore DATE: April 19 ,2001 SUBJECT: Changes to the Englewood Municipal Code Title 7 Dan, The Code Enforcement Advisory Committee (CEAC) met on April 18 , 2001, and discussed the recommendations you provided on March 13th. The committee agreed to all of your recommendations, including elimination of a discussion on veterinary care. In that your comments went further than the original proposal of the CEAC and addressed the entire Title 7- 1, their subsequent discussion addressed additional items in the title under re vision , to include: • Section 7-1A-2B : Typographical omission. Add the word "to" after. .. dog , and before ... not", first sentence . • Section 7-1A-2Bb: Change the word "year" to "yard". • Section 7-lA-5 : First paragraph. Add wording to permit vaccination with either annual or 3- year rabies serum. • Section 7-lA-5: Second paragraph. Delete reference to " ... any police officer, Animal Control Officer" and.replace with "the City". Reference Ordinance 7 , 2000. • Section 7-1A-7B: Care and Maintenance paragraph: Delete word ... shade "or" shelter; replace with word "and ". • Section 7 -1A-7B -2: Delete phrase " ... for the species ' physical condition and age". • Section 7-1 A -8-1 A: Add wording to require removal of excrement on private property within 24 hours after being deposited. Leave wording requiring forthwith removal of excrement on public property . • Section 7-1 A-8 -1 A: Delete the phrase " ... when permission of the owner or tenant of said property has not been obtained." • Section 7-lA-1 lE : Delete the phrase " ... in the Englewood Animal shelter"; replace with " ... by the City ". Reference Ordinance 7, 2000. In addition, the CEAC reviewed the Draft Amending 7-lA-4 that proposed an increase in the number of dogs permitted on a property to as many as four. The committee did not concur with this proposal, and firmly reiterated its position that two dogs and two cats should remain as the maximum number of animal s permitted per property . • MEMORANDUM To: Chris Olson, Director of Safety Services From: Dave Lynn, Code Enforcement Supervisor~ Through: Patrol Operations Division Chief Bob Moore Date: May 4, 2001 Subject: Code Enforcement Monthly Report-April , 2001 Attached is the Code Enforcement Monthly Report for Ap ril , 2001. The following entries deserve note: • The number of dog bites and attacks investigated in April was exceptionally high. Many of the bites were inflicted on children, which is a concern. The number of animals transported to the shelter remained high . • The number of PARKING CITATIONS issued in April was also high (669). The majority of these "tickets" were issued around the Civic Center area, including Cushing Park. An extensive public relations effort was undertaken in conjunction with the opening day festivities of the Colorado Rockies , in which warnings-only were given. • Enforcement of weeds in excess of 6" has begun in force for this growing season. In addition, tree letters for tree removal and pruning have also increased . • The number of summonses issued decreased to three in April. This is a hopeful trend, which may signal more "street time" for officers in the coming months. • Rather than provide another extensive listing of the 347 positive public relations contacts conducted during the month, the following listing represents just those unique and uncommon contacts : -Officers Faseruk (601) and Medina (602) observed a fence that had been downed in a heavy snowstorm. Rather than cite the property owner, they obtained the necessary tools and resecured and reattached the fence so that it was no longer an obstacle to alle y traffic. -Officer Medina (602) balanced a washer and dryer for an elderly female resident. -602 offered extensions to seven residents for code violations rather than "post" the properties . -6 02 removed graffiti from eight private properties. -Officer Lamb (603) presented 43 commendations to residents for outstanding effort • or outstanding properties in her area. -603 welcomed a number of new businesses and homeowners to Englewood. She also provided the code enforcement brochure to many businesses and public facilities in the City. -603 worked in conjunction with the Impact Team in setting up surveillance cameras in the 3900 block of S. Kalamath Street. The cameras were installed to observed repeated graffiti taggings in the area. -With the solicited assistance of the Streets Division , Officer Edgmon (604) rescued five ducklings from a storm drain on S. Kalamath Street. -604 attended the Block Easter egg hunt for the 1500 block of E. Bates Avenue. -With the assistance of the Parks & Recreation Services, 604 was instrumental in removing graffiti from a garage wall belonging to an elderly female resident on S. Huron Street. -Officer Payne (605) translated a number of trash and litter codes to Spanish and left it for some Spanish-speaking residents. -605 spent parts of three days attempting to lure and capture an exotic bird for a resident. -605 advised Englewood residents on procedures to allow a raccoon to exit their property. The advice was successful. -Officer Wilson ( 609) assisted code enforcement staff with the capture of a vicious stray during a period of extremely short-staffing. -609 issued in excess of 150 (Rockies) purple parking brochures on April 2, Rockies Opening Day, rather than issue citations. This showed exceptional consideration for the violators , and prevented Englewood from receiving a "black eye" on an otherwise joyous occasion. -609 continued to educate light rail riders of other options for parking their cars in Englewood, specifically , drive to a bus stop in their own neighborhood, ride the bus and transfer to light rail at Englewood Station. A number of customers were also given the phone number of the RTD main offices to express their concern that not enough parking spaces were built by RTD to handle the ridership. • An additional Parking Management Officer, Adrian Curry, was hired in April and will report for duty on May 21 st. • Again , April was a typically busy month, punctuated by a lot of training and personal absences. If there are any questions concerning this report , please feel free to contact me at ext. 2340. Dave Cc: Trina Everhart • • • • CODE ENFORCEMENT MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT April 2001 ANIMAL ISSUES DEAD ANIMALS TRANSPORTED ANIMALS EUTHANIZED CONSTANTLY BARKING DOGS ANIMALS AT LARGE DOG BITES /ATTACKS CRUEL TY CONTACTS POSITIVE PU BLIC RELATIONS CONTACTS ANIMALS TRANSPORTED TO CHS/OTHER TRAPS LOANED ANIMAL SUMMONSES ISSUED OTHER ANIMAL ISSUES VEHICLE ISSUES ABANDONED/DERELICT VEHICLES TAGGED ABANDONED/DERELICT VEHICLES TOWED PARKING TICKETS ISSUED VEHICLES RELEASED FROM IMPOUND VEHICLES SOLD AT AUCTION S .M.A.R.T. TRAILER PLACEMENTS CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES WEED NOTICES ISSUED TRASH Al'ID LITTER NOTICES ISSUED TREE LETTERS ISSUED GRAFFITTI NOTICES ISSUED SNOW NOTICES/TICKETS ISSUED OBSTRUCTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY NOTICES ISSUED ZONING NOTICES ISSUED DERELICT VEHICLE NOTICES ISSUED-PRIVATE PROPERTY OTHER CODE NOTICES ISSUED TOTAL CODE NOTICES ISSUED TO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES PROPERTIES POSTED WITH 30 DAY NOTICE PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTACTS (LESS ANIMAL) VIOLATIONS CORRECTED SUMMONSES ISSUED COURT APPEARANCES (NON-JURY/JURY) TOTAL ISSUES FOR MONTH UNUSUAL EVENTS 27 1 22 92 12 5 70 33 8 17 11 62 24 669 10 0 2 24 157 4 32 0 40 26 135 140 (388) 53 277 379 ,.., .) 13 2348 BRIEF NARRATIVE: Extremely heavy training month-Officers Faseruk and Edgmon certified by CAACO and ACEO; Officer TerMaat certified as VIN Verification Inspector. 117 illegal signs removed; 8 salvage yard inspections completed. 12 dog bite cases investigated. Illegal use • of fire hydrants cited X 2 . Cat kidnap caper received news coverage on Channel 9. ff. ~Jf >LP .· Al'~ )77? ¥, 2-001 DavidL}Triil~ ~Date Code Enforcement Supervisor