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ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
p33 WEST HAMPDEN AVENUE, SUITE 602
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
SEPTEMBER 15, 1999
MEMBERS PRESENT:
MEMBERS ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT:
GUESTS AND VISITORS:
MINUTES
Collins, Duemke,
LePorta, Oxman,
Weinberger
Curnow
Celva
Jim Windholz
Finer, Gartner,
Wag g oner ,
The Meeting was called to order at 4:40 PM.
I. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS AND VISITORS
Chairman Sanchez welcomed Jim Windholz , attorney, to the
Board meeting.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Chairman sanchez asked if there were any additions or
corrections to the Minutes of the August 11th Board meeting.
There being none a motion was made by Cliff Weinberger,
seconded by Emmett Duemke and passed unanimously to approve
the minutes as presented.
III. TREASURER'S REPORT
In the absence of the Treasurer, Gary Oxman, Director
Celva asked if there were any questions or comments about
the Treasures Report for the Month of August. After a
brief discussion a motion was made by Steve Finer, seconded
by Jerry Gartner and passed unanimously approving the
report as presented .
IV. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
A. Lawsuit
Director Celva reported to the Board that EDDA had been
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named in a lawsuit relating to a slip and fall at one
of the SOS concerts in the Summer of 1998. He stated
that named in the suit in addition to EDDA were Northern
Englewood Limited Partnership, DPC Property Management,
and the City of Englewood. Celva told the Board that
the City and EDDA were being defended in the suit through
CIRSA (Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency}
and that he had also turned all information over to EDDA's
insurance carrier. A brief discussion of this item fallowed
Celva's report.
B. Mill Levy For 2000
Director Celva told the Board that it was time ta set
the mill levy for the EDDA District for the coming year.
He passed out copies of the Certification of Valuation,
reveived from Arapahoe County and pointed out that the
assessed valuation had increased from $28,038,640.00 to
$37,549,090.00. He stated that due to the Tabor Amendmentthis
presented several questions for the Board to explore and
that he had asked Jim Windholz to the meeting to discuss
with the Board the varied implications and possible options,
that may exist in either reducing or maintaining the current
levy. C~lva went on to add that in 1997 the City had
submitted an ordinance to the voters nullifying aspects
of Tabor and suggested that the ordinance may apply to
EDDA. He stated that he had also requested Windholz's
opinion on this.
Windholz reviewed for the Board elements of the Tabor
Amendment and the City's "de Bruceing" effort. He stated
that after examining the enabling legislation for DDA's,
that the City does have substantial control over EDDA
and that a good case exists for the City's Ordinance #61
of 1997 (approved by the voters} applying to EDDA.
Discussion of numerous issues relating to modifying or
maintaining the mill levy continued. Kells Waggoner asked
Windholz if the 5.5% state limitation on revenue growth
did not apply to EDDA. Windholz replied that he did not
have an opinion on this, but would research the issue
and report back. Steve Finer suggested that the Board
consider what any additional revenues would be used for
and queried whether lowering the current mill levy might
not be a more popular option. After further discussion
a motion was made by Emmett Duemke that:
The Englewood Downtown Development Authority will levy
an assessment oF 4.397 mills For taxes to be collected
in the year 2000.
After additional discussion Cliff Weinberger seconded
the motion which passed unanimously. Staff was directed
to prepare the proper resolution for this action.
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C. Acoma Street Parking Lot
Director Celva Asked Jim Windholz if he had any additional
information on acquisition of the Acoma Street property
from the EURA. Windholz replied that he had do h e ·some
additional research and had also spoken to Paul Bennedetti,
an attorney who had represented EURA in the past and that
they shared the opinion that the EURA Board can convey
the property to another entity without affecting the current
suit against EURA and the City.
A lengthy discussion followed Windholz's remarks with
a number of options for EDDA's role being examined. Windholz
emphasized that an urban renewal authority's primary function
was the elimination of blight and that they are not intended
to be in the business of acquiring property to hold , but
rather to acquire blighted property for private redevelopment
or for public purposes. Director Celva told the Board
that representatives of EDDA would be meeting with the
EURA Board in the coming month.
O. S~uth Broadway Widening Project
Patty Mi~rs, of PKM Design, presented to the Boerd the
most recent conceptual landscape design for the South
Broadway Widening Project in the EDDA District. Miers
explained that the two different diagrams showed both
the work to be done in the current project and a proposed
second phase that would have to be completed at sometime
in the future when additional funds were available. She
stated that input from the EDDA Board, as well as from
interviews conducted with affected businesses had been
used in determining the proposed design. Miers went on
to answer specific question about the proposal with members
of the Board.
The meetin was adjourned at 6:10 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Secretary