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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-07-20 CEAC MINUTES.. Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes July 20, 2005 I. Call to Order Chair Dooley Gehr called the regular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee to order at 6:30 p.m. Roll Call Members Present: Chair Dooley Gehr, Co-Chair Chris Hoagland, Brian Bleile, Darryl Estes (arrived at 7:40), Paul Hendricks , Randia Laga, Marty Mosman, and Marc Ogonosky (alternate). Members Absent: None A quorum of the Committee was present. Ex-Officio Members Present : Council Liaison Laurett Barrentine, Council Liaison Jim Woodward , Commander Jeff Sanchez, Assistant City Manager Michael Flaherty Guest: Jim Goodrich II. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the June 15 , 2005 meeting were unanimously approved. III. Open Public Forum Former committee member Jim Goodrich spoke to the committee regarding the Code Enforcement organization and City Council code enforcement related ordinance. Mr. Goodrich stated that he believes that Code Enforcement should not be in the Safety Services Department, but under Building and Zoning. He also said that he feels that the Code Enforcement officers should work in street clothes , rather than uniforms. He also stated that the City should not rule or make ordinances in the area of code enforcement, but rather rely on the minimum requirements under State law. Council Liaison Barrentine thanked Mr. Goodrich for his service , and other committee members echoed her thanks. IV. Introductions Chair Gehr acknowledged that the new members had joined the committee and asked that new and current members introduce themselves . The new members are Randia Laga, Marty Mosman, Paul Hendricks, who was elevated from an alternate member, and Mark O gonosky, the new alternate member. · 1 of3 V. Unfinished Business Review of Staff Recommendation on Off-Road Vehicle Ordinance (EMC 15.9.2) Chair Gehr asked Council Liaison Barrentine to summarize the inoperable vehicle and off-road vehicle ordinance. Barrentine stated that the original ordinance had passed before she came on Council , but that numerous problems and complaints had resulted in allowing a period of time for information and education rather than enforcement that extended until early this year. At that time, Council requested the CEAC to review the ordinance to determine if changes should be made , especially as related to comer lots and lack of street or alley access to the rear-yard . The committee had then requested a moratorium on enforcement of the ordinance. Council did not act on that request and also failed to act on the motions that she had offered during a Council meeting. Council instead had asked staff for recommendations on possible changes to the ordinance. Gehr then asked Council Liaison Woodward if Council had acted on the staff recommendations. Woodward responded that Council did not feel it was appropriate to act on staff recommendations until they had been reviewed by the committee . Assistant City Manager Flaherty added that at the June meeting, CEAC had reviewed a draft ordinance prepared by the City Attorney that addressed the issues with which Council had expressed concern. The committee requested changes to the draft, which have been made by the City Attorney and were forwarded to committee members in their meeting packet. Co-chair Hoagland stated that staff had recommended no changes , Council had not acted on any changes , but the committee had not heard from the public. H o agland suggested that the committee seek public input. General discussion on the ordinance 's impact on the public ensued. Woodward said that his concerns include comer lots and lack ofrear yard access ; and that an appeals process could address those issues. He suggested that the committee not dwell on semantics or processes , but try to lay out the desired changes and ask Council to approve and staff to implement. Member Bleile said that he agreed with Woodward and that at the last meeting an appeals process seemed like the best option. Gehr asked Bleile to explain the Board of Adjustment appeals process , and Bleile gave a summary of that process. Hoagland asked about the current Municipal Court's Administrative Hearing Officer appeal process that is used for parking and some other code enforcement matters. Commander Sanchez explained that process . 2 of3 Gehr then asked if the committee wanted to pursue two courses, the BOA style appeal process before a body and/or the Administrative Hearing Officer approach. Member Mosman added that mediation might be another option. Gehr asked that each of the members take some time to research possible options. Hoagland added that because this matter was taking so much time that perhaps committee members could email one another with ideas on how to approach the issue. Flaherty cautioned members that the Colorado open meetings law might limit the amount and content of discussion conducted outside of their regular am1ounced meetings. He said he would check with the City Attorney for clarification on this. Bleile then made a motion to suspend discussion. The motion was seconded by Hoagland and passed unanimously. VI. New Business Gehr announced the Board and Commission Appreciation ice cream social event on Monday, August 22 11 d. Gehr also requested that staff consider provide recognition of residents who go to extra effort to comply with code violations. Sanchez said that he would discuss further with Sergeant Condreay, but that he would prefer an informal approach. VII. Monthly Activity Report Gehr announced that the committee had agreed to close meetings by 8:30 p.m., however, because business was not completed, he asked for a motion to extend the closing by 10 minutes, until 8:40. Hoagland made the motion and it was seconded by Bleile. The motion was approved unanimously. Sanchez distributed and discussed the June 2005 activity report. Hoagland asked why Building, Parking and Zoning activity were included. Sanchez said they were included in error and would be excluded from future reports. VIII. Topics for Future Meetings A. Continued discussion of EMC 15.9 .2 B. Public input options VIII Adjournment Member Bleile made a motion to adjourn, which was seconded by Member Estes. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 8:4 p.m. 3of3