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KEEP ENGLEWOOD BEAUTIFUL
November 9, 2004
I. CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the Keep Englewood Beautiful Commission was called to order at 6:35
p.m . in the City Council Conference Room of the Englewood Civic Center.
Members present:
Members absent:
Staff pre se nt:
Linda Olson , Eric Crotty, Don Roth , Dooley Gehr, Jacqueline Edwards,
Valerie Passerini , Jim Woodward, Cornelia Humphreys, Ann Nabholz
John Brick ; Daryl Kinton (excused); Olga Wolosyn
Anthony Fruchtl, Planner
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
October 12 , 2004
Edwards moved :
Pas seri ni seconded: The Minutes of October 12, 2004 be amended to reflect correct s pelling of
Dooley Gehr's first name .
The motion carTied.
Al so noted for future reference: Humphreys is spelled with an "e".
III. GOLF TOURNAMENT
2005 Tournament
M s . Susan Van Dyke , former KEB member, former Englewood Mayor, and member of the
Englewood Rotary Club was in attendance for discussion regarding the 2005 Golf Tournament.
Points raised regarding success of a fund raising effort include :
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100 % support of "group" --takes more than 2 or 3 people to support the effort
Rotary Club Golf Tournament earns $10,000 a year
Choose a venue that is enticing to consumer (nicer golf course)
Englewood Golf Course may be overused
Past tournaments held at Arrowhead and Fox Hollow
Expense of golf course ($125/ea in 1994 at Arrowhead)
Red Hawk Course -can bring breakfast in
At Red Hawk $100 of $125 fee goes to prizes and cost -covers entrance fees, carts,
prizes, nice burger buffet for lunch
M ake money -sponsorship money
Some years are hot/some years a re not
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Find contact, make the calls , visit the places -give the personal touch
Don 't expect money to come in without a follow-up
$250 hole sponsor
Received $1,000 sponsorship
Lunch sponsor --$500 from hospital
Make a point to recognize sponsors
Swedish Hospital donated $1,500 to Rotary tournament; Rotary Club sponsored "Shots
for Tots" program
Going through Costco for juice and breakfast items
Goal: $5,000first year if come together to change venue
60 golf players is a reasonable number to shoot for
Last two weeks before tournament is normal
Nine out of ten times celebrities won't show up even though promised to do so; not the
way to go
There are 1,300 to 1,500 businesses. Don't limit contacts to Englewood addres ses
Run 5-K or do golf tournament
Some members lack enthus iasm for golf tournament
Red Hawk contact -Gary Lee . Red Hawk would be excellent venue choice
Some support from busines ses in Castle Rock because tournament wa s held there
Ms. VanDyke thanked the KEB membership for the opportunity to speak to the Commission .
M s . Olson asked Commission approval to pre s ent the golf tournament to her so phomore class a s
a project for them. A handout included:
> Specific hours
> Plan layout
> Golf tournament set for June 6 (Monda y)
Approval by show-of-hands was given to Ms. Olson by members of the Commi ss ion .
Commission members expressed concern that follow-up letters be sent out.
IV. 5-K RUN
2005 Run
Mr. Woodward led discussion regarding the 5-K Run, and noted the following:
> William (of Eclectic Edge) suggested that if we plan to use him in 2005, notice should be
given to him in December, 2004.
> 5-K Run would be on Saturday, August 27, 2005
> The Annual Fun-fest will be held that weekend, and will tie in with the 5-K Run
> An "internal meeting" is scheduled for Tuesday, November 16 to go over the proces s and
submit suggestions for improvement
> Re-do the Action Plan for the 2005 5-K Run
> Mr. Woodward will forward his notes to Dooley Gehr and Anthony Fruchtl
> Mr. Fruchtl is using the KEB Action Plan to plan this next year's Action Plan
> Sale of T-Shirts at the Recreation Center -suggested the price be dropped to $2 each
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• v . KEB BY-LAWS
Gehr moved:
Nabholz seconded: Consideration of KEB By-Laws be deferred to the December meeting.
The motion carried.
VI. HOLIDAY LIGHTING COMPETITION
December 7 , 2004
Information and applications for the holiday lighting competition have been dist1ibuted to the
Englewood Recreation Center, the Malley Center, the Englewood Public Library , and in the
Community Development Department at Civic Center, as well as publicized in the Engl ewood
Citi ze n.. Judging will be on December 7 1
\ judges will meet at the CityCenter at 6 :00 p.m . on that
date to view the applications. Presentation of awards is scheduled at the C i ty Counc il m eeting of
December 20 , at 7:30 p .m .
P articipation by the business community will be promoted this year. Mr. Gehr is chairing the
sub-committee for holiday lightin g thi s year, a nd will be re spo ns ibl e for c o ntactin g businesses to
encourage participation.
VII. NON -ATTENDANCE
• Discussio n ensued regarding the non-a ttendance of meetings by Member Truong. Article IV ,
Se c tion 3 of the KEB By-l aws addresses the removal of members for non-a ttendance .
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Gehr moved:
Edwards seconded: Per Article IV , Section 3 of the KEB By-Laws, Mr. Truong s hall be re-
moved as a member of the Keep Englewood Beautiful Commission.
The motion carried unanimously.
VIII. ADJOURN
Nabholz moved:
Roth seconded: The meeting be adjourned.
The motion carried; meeting declared adjourned at 7:40 p .m .
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