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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-10-20 CEAC MINUTES• • • I. II. Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes October 20, 2004 Call to Order Vice Chair Hoagland called the regular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee to order. Roll Call Members Present: Vice-Chair Chris Hoagland, Daryl Estes (arrived at 7 :15), Dooley Gehr, Jim Goodrich, Cynthia Payne, and alternate member Paul Hendricks (left at 7:25). Absent: Jonathan Crowell and Michael Calahan A quorum was present. Ex-Officio Members Present: City Council Liaison Laurett Barrentine, Lieutenant Jeff Sanchez and Sergeant Gary Condreay Guests: Suzanne Riley Approval of Minutes Member Gehr moved for appro v al of the meeting minutes from September 15, 2004 . Member Goodrich seconded. The motion carried. III. Open Public Forum Suzanne Riley expressed concerns regarding an inoperable vehicle issue. As it turned out, there was no violation of the inoperable vehicle ordinance. Ms. Riley also had some code related concerns regarding a nearby residence. Sgt . Condreay advised Ms. Riley that she could contact him directly to take care of the matter. IV. Old Business A. Discussion of Committee By-Laws Member Gehr discussed whether there should be language included in Article II, Section 4 (Voting Rights) that addresses secret balloting. It was later deemed a moot point since voting shall be by "voice vote." There was discussion regarding changing the wording of Article IV, Section 3 (Removal). Member Gehr made a motion to amend the language to reflect the 1 of3 • • • following change: "Any Committee member missing more than two (2) consecutive meetings without prior notice or a total of three meetings without prior notice in a calendar year may be recommended by the Committee for removal by City Council." The motion was seconded by Member Goodrich. The motion carried. There was also some discussion as to who should be the point of contact if a member is unable to attend. Member Gehr made a motion for the approval of the by-laws as amended. Member Goodrich seconded the motion. The motion carried. Vice-Chair Hoagland had concerns with the response from the City Attorney regarding alternate members. Vice-Chair Hoagland feels that voting status is being given to alternate members which City Council hasn't granted them. Council Member Barrentine advised that Council has, in fact, appointed alternate members to serve on various committees. Vice-Chair Hoagland advised that there is nothing in the ordinance that addresses alternate members and that it should be re-written to reflect such. No additional action was taken on this matter. B. Responses from the City Attorney (1) Sidewalk Definition. A motion was made by Member Goodrich to take a recess to read the information from the City Attorney pertaining to the definition of a "sidewalk" that was handed out at the beginning of the meeting. The motion was not seconded. A motion was then made by Member Gehr to postpone this issue until the next CEAC meeting, which was seconded by Member Goodrich. The motion carried. (2) Alternate Members. This item was discussed above under "Old Business ." C. Solicitation of Public feedback There was a lengthy discussion as to CEAC's role in soliciting public feedback. No further action was taken. Vice-Chair Hoagland advised that he wanted to discuss the Mary Motto right-of-way case. It was agreed that it was not an appropriate topic for discussion at this time since the case was before the Colorado Supreme Court. (The Colorado Supreme Court has since denied Mary Motto's appeal.) V. New Business A. Member Payne to be moving Member Payne advised that she is getting married and will be moving out of the city. There was some discussion as to whether or not she could remain on the Committee. (Per the City Manager's Office, there is no residency requirement in order to serve on this Committee.) 2 of3 • • • VI. B. Chair Crowell to be moving Chair Crowell will also be moving out of the city. His last meeting will be in November. C. UDC Member Gehr had concerns that the UDC, which is on the website, does not have a table of content~ or an index. Council Member Barrentine advised that they are still working on it. Monthly Activity Report The Monthly Activity Report was reviewed. Member Gehr had concerns regarding the usability of the information that is provided in the report . A lengthy discussion ensued. Lt. Sanchez advised that it is unknown at this time what type of reports will be available until after he has received training on the new software system that will be implemented in March of next year. Council Member Barrentine advised that the Committee needs to determine what type of information that would be useful. In addition, she stressed the importance of utilizing staffs time wisely, as it costs time, energy and money to follow- up on these requests . Member Estes made a motion to eliminate the first two pages of the monthly activity report and to only include the third page, which pertains to the activity of each officer (seconded by Gehr). The motion carried. VII. Topics for Future Meetings A. Point of contact if unable to attend meetings B. Acid-Etch Graffiti VIII Adjournment Member Gehr made a motion to adjourn, which was seconded by Member Goodrich . The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned . 3 of3