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CALL TO ORDER
City of Englewood
Code Enforcement Advisory Committee
Minutes from the Meeting of
January 21, 2009
The re gular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Adv is o ry Committee was called
to order at 6 :38 pm by Chair Hoagland.
Roll Call
Present: Chair Hoagland, and Members Ba y less, Becker, and Hart.
Absent/Excused: Members Mosman and Wilson .
A quorum w as present.
Ex-Officio Members Present: Council Liaison Penn, and Staff Liaisons Flaherty and Sergeant
Contos. Council Liaison Mccaslin participated v ia teleconferencin g until 7:15 pm.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion to approve the minutes of the December 1 7, 2008 meeting was made by
Member Ba y less and seconded by Member Hart. Member Becker abstained . The minutes
w ere approv ed as submitted .
PUBLIC OPEN FORUM
None
IV. NEW BUSINESS
Chair Hoagland announced that Tealee Hinger will be presented at the February 2 nd City
Council meeting for appointment as an alternate member to Code Enforcement Advisory
Committee. Also, as Djaniera Cox has missed a number of meetings, Chair Hoagland will
contact her about continuing to serve on the Committee.
V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. Update on the Colorado Humane Society
Staff Liaison Flaherty ga v e an update on the status of the Colorado Humane Society.
Primary issues at this point are financing, caring for animals, and spa y ing and
neutering.
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b. Report on Wildlife Policies, Ordinances, and Statutes in other Jurisdictions
Sergeant Contos made a report to the Committee. He advised that code officers are
unable to enforce Colorado State wildlife policies; they have authority to only enforce
Englewood municipal laws . Police officers, however, are certified to enforce State
wildlife laws . Discussion ensued.
Member Becker made a motion requesting that the City Attorney generate a draft
ordinance for the City of Englewood reflecting the language of the Colorado State
Division of Wildlife regulation regarding the prohibition of feeding of wildlife.
Discussion ensued.
Member Becker amended the motion to include prohibition of feeding stray dogs and
feral cats . Chair Hoagland seconded this motion. The motion was approved by the
Committee.
c. Dissemination of Information on the Dangerous Animal Ordinance through the City
Website
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Member Hart will summarize this ordinance in a manner which can easily be
understood for distribution to the public.
Update on Dangerous Dog Education and Behavioral Training
The Dangerous Animal Task Force Committee has not yet been able to meet.
e. Court Response to Violations Bureau Questions
Questions submitted were not answered adequately for Committee members; Mike
Flaherty will follow up with the Courts .
f. Assistant City Attorney Response on Reversal of Guilty Plea
Member Hart has been unable to contact the Assistant City Attorney. She will follow
up and report back at the February Code Enforcement Advisory Committee meeting.
CODE ENFORCEMENT MONTHLY REPORT
Sergeant Contos' 2008 Code Enforcement Year-end Report to Chief of Police Vandermee,
Violation Cases for December 2007 and 2008, and annual Violation Cases for 2007 and
2008 were briefly discussed. Code officers are currently inundated by graffiti which is most
prevalent in northwest part of city, industrial areas, along the light rail and along Broadway .
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Education is a primary goal in 2009 and Code Enforcement will write a regular column in
The Englewood Citizen.
TOPICS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS
• Training and ownership issues for "at risk " dogs
• Draft ordinance prohibiting the feeding of wildlife
• Code violations that could potentially be sent to the Violations Bureau
• Citizen compliance to Englewood Municipal Code
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:49 pm.
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