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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-04-19 CEAC MINUTES• • • I. II. Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes April 19, 2006 Call to Order Chair Dooley Gehr called the regular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee to order at 6:31 p.m. Roll Call Members Present: Chair Gehr (left at 7:20), Co-Chair Chris Hoagland, Brian Bleile , Darryl Estes, and Marty Mosman Members Absent: Paul Hendricks (excused), Randia Laga (excused), Marc Ogonosky (alternate) A quorum of the Committee was present. Chair Gehr stated that he would need to leave the meeting early to attend another meeting at 7:30 , however, a quorum would remain on his departure. Ex -Officio Members Present: Council Liaisons Laurett Barrentine and Jim Woodward , Sergeant Gary Condreay, and Deputy City Manager Michael Flaherty . Guests: None Approval of Minutes Member Hoagland made a motion to approve the minutes of the March 15 , 2006 meeting. The motion was seconded by Member Mosman. The minutes were unanimously approved. III. Membership Issues Chair Gehr asked for a motion to add an agenda item, the discussion of committee membership. The motion was made by Member Hoagland and seconded by Member Mosman . The motion was approved. Chair Gehr informed the committee that committee member Randia Laga had submitted a letter of resignation. Gehr stated that the letter has been forwarded to City Council for acceptance and that he would request Council to replace Ms. Laga on the committee. Gehr expressed his appreciation for Ms. Laga 's work on the committee. Chair Gehr then requested a motion to request of City Council the termination of from the committee of alternate Marc Ogonosky. Alternate member Ogonosky has missed the majority of committee meetings over the past year. The motion was made by Member Hoagland and seconded by Member Bleile . The motion passed unanimousl y. 1of4 IV . • v. • • Open Public Forum None Unfinished Business A. Dangerous Dogs Discussion Chair Gehr opened the discussion by stating that his research indicates that cities are moving away from breed specific bans in favor of stronger penalties for harboring dangerous dogs . Member Bleile said that he approves of the City's current code and enforcement practices. Council Member Woodward added that Council has just approved increasing the maximum fine for violation of City ordinances from $500 to $1000 , which would apply to dangerous animal v iolations . Member Hoagland stated that he still believes that there is need for more intermediate action and penalties and for more accountability on the part of owners of dangerous dogs. He suggested additional imposition of requirements including fencing , signage of property and neutering of dangerous dogs. He added that each of these requirements is consistent with the current literature on dealing with dangerous dogs. Council Member Woodward reported that Council members of Sheridan and Littleton had expressed interest, at a recent Tri-Cities meeting, in working together on development of ordinances so that none of the cities would be negatively impacted, or become a "dumping ground" for specific breeds or dangerous dogs. Council Member Barrentine stated that she did not feel it was necessary for each of the three cities to have identical ordinances. Chair Gehr stated that the majority of the committee was not inclined to change the current ordinance. Member Hoagland repeated his concern for the lack of a proactive approach in the current code. Hoagland asked if anyone was aware of the approach of Judge Atencio and the City 's prosecuting attorney in dealing with such cases. Member Mosman made a motion to request input from the Judge and the City Attorney on the need for additional changes to the current code . The motion was seconded by Member Bleile. The motion was approved. Sergeant Condreay volunteered to forward the information provided in the committee packets to the Judge and the City Attorney and request their input to the committee. Chair Gehr then requested a motion to continue the discussion after receiving input from the Judge and City Attorney. The motion was made by Member Bleile and seconded by Member Hoagland. The motion was approved. B. Off-Road Vehicle Ordinance Amendment Chair Gehr reported that City Council had discussed amendment of Section 15 .9 .2 of the Code on off-road vehicles at their meeting on April 17. Gehr expressed concern that Council had discussed requiring posting of notice when a resident or property owner requested a hearing for an exception to the code. Posting was not recommended by the committee. Member Hoagland added that posting was 2of4 • • • neither appropriate nor necessary since the powers of the hearing officer were limited to hearing and ruling on facts . If the criteria proposed in the amendment forwarded to Council by the committee were met, the exception would be give , if not it would be denied. At this point, 7 :20 p.m., Chair Gehr excused himself and asked Member E stes to chair the remainder of the meeting. Member Bleile made a motion that Section B.3. of the proposed amendment to Title 15 , Section 9 , requiring posting of notice, be removed. The motion was seconded by Member Hoagland and was approved unanimously with the request that the motion be forwarded to City Council. Deputy Manager Flaherty stated that the minutes of the meeting , after approval , would be forwarded to Council. Member Hoagland stated that he believed that there are problems also with the clarification of the definition of utility trailers in the amendment to Title 15 , Section 2 , as proposed by the City Attorney . Hoaglund made a motion that Council not change this section of the Code. As the current ordinance is already in harmony with the CDOT model traffic code , the Code Enforcement Advisory Committee recommends that the city not implement the City Attorney's recommendation to alter the language of Municipal Code 15-9-2. The motion was seconded by Member Mosman and was approved unanimously. C. Property Owner Responsibility for Maintenance of Public Right-of-Way Member Hoagland offered to put together information on this issue for discussion at the next committee meeting . D. FunFest Booth Member Mosman reported that she had inquired with Parks and Recreation into obtaining booth space for the committee for the FunFest on August 29 , 2006 , at Belleview Park. Her thought are that the committee would provide information on the roles of the Code Enforcement Division and the Code Enforcement Advisory Committee and to answer questions. Member Hoagland made a motion to proceed with securing of booth space. The motion was seconded by Member Mosman and was appro v ed unanimously. Member Mosman will pro v ide additional information at the next committee meeting . VI. New Business Monthly Activity Report Sergeant Condreay distributed and discussed the March activity (copy attached). Items of interest included 73 inoperable and 5 off-road vehicle cases , 4 animal attacks , and wildlife issues , particularly with raccoons . Graffiti enforcement continues to be a problem and a priority, with 81 cases reported in March. One additional arrest was made since the last committee meeting. Sergeant Condreay also asked whether 3 of 4 . , • • • committee members would like to have their meeting packets emailed. If members would like packets emailed they were asked to provide an email address. VIII. Topics for Future Meeting A. Dangerous Dogs (7.lA.10/11) B. Property Owner's Responsibility for Public Right of Way (11.5.5) C. FunFest Booth D. Shopping Cart Recovery Program VIII Adjournment Member Hoagland made a motion to adjourn, which was seconded by Member Bleile. The motion carried. The meeting was adj oumed at 8: 17 p.rn . 4of4