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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-07-20 CEAC MINUTES• • • Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee Meeting M inutes July 20, 2011 I. Call to Order Vice Chair Susan Bayless called the regular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee to order at 6:30 p.m. Roll Call Members Present: Susan Bayle ss, Marjorie Becker, Heather Roberts , James Jordan, Linda Hart, Mary Berger, and Doug Cohn (Alternate). Council Liaisons: Bob Mccaslin, Rick Gillit Ex -O ffic io Members Present: Commander Tim Englert, Sergeant Mark McKay and Deputy Manager Michael Flaherty Guest: Marty Mosman A quorum of the Committee was present. II. Approval of Minutes Member Becker made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 18 , 2011. The motion was and seconded by Member Berger. The minutes were unanimously approved. III. Open Public Forum Former Committee Chair Marty Mosman thanked the Committee for providing her the opportunity to serve and for their efforts with the di ffic ult issues that the Committee had addressed , especially those dealing with storage off-road ve hicle. Committee members thanked Marty for her service. VI . New Business A.New Members Oath of Office Newly appointed members James Jordan , Heather Roberts and Alternate Member, Doug Cohn were provided with and signed the Oath of Office for the Code Enforcement Advisory Committee . .. • • • B. Election of Officers Due to the absence of two members , Vice Chair Susan Bayless made a motion to defer election of officers until the next Committee meeting. The motion was seconded by Member Jordan and was passed unanimously. C. Potbellied Pigs City Council has referred the issue of classifying potbellied pigs as pets , rather than livestock. Deputy Manager Flaherty distributed two ordinance related to potbellied pigs from other jurisdictions . The Committee requested that the discussion be deferred until the September meeting in order for members to conduct research. V. Unfinished Business A. Storage of off-road vehicles. Commander Englert provided an update to the Committee on the recommendations that the Committee had forwarded to City Council on storage of off-road vehicles. Englert informed the Committee that City Council would discuss these recommendations at their Study Session on July 25 , 2011 , and that the City Attorney had drafter six bills based on the Committee 's recommendations for City Council to consider. Vice Chair Bayless encouraged Committee members to attend . VI. Monthly Activity Report Commander Englert stated that he had recently been promoted to the position of Police Commander. He introduced Sergeant Mark McKay. Sergeant McKay had recently been promoted to his new rank and is now the supervisor of Neighborhood Services , which includes Code Enforcement. Committee members congratulated Commander Englert and Sergeant McKay. McKay told the Committee that with the retirement of Code Officer Larry Medina, two officers are currently providing code enforcement. However, a third officer, Susan Snell , has recently been hired and will be begin training and be in the field when her training is complete. McKay also offered members the opportunity to "ride-along " with a Code Officer. Items of interest in the May activity report included 316 weed , 102 trash and litter , 70 graffiti and dogs running at large cases. Notice of violations is down somewhat due to the position vacancy. VII. Announcements New members Roberts , Jordan and Cohn provided the other members with their respective background information and interest for volunteering for the Code Enforcement Advisory Committee . ·" .,.- • • • VIII. Topics for Future Meeting A. Unfinished Business 1. Election of Officers 2. Potbellied pigs B. New Business Discussion of Chris Hoagland letter-at the request of Council Member Olson VIV. Adjournment Member Berger made a motion to adjourn , which was seconded by Member Roberts. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. Michael Flaherty , D City Manager