Centennial Council of
Neighborhoods 04 June 01 Minutes
Meeting was called to order at 6:50 p.m. and
was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. A quorum of 16 members was present.
Arapahoe Sheriff’s Department – Mark Campbell
Fire Districts – Dan Qualman
- Cunningham Fire just got a new engine and moved into new
headquarters
- Parker Fire is looking towards a Paramedic/EMT training
academy
- Looking for paramedics. Entrance tests will be held on 13
August
- Because of increased number of accidents, Parker Fire is
adding a "day cover" rescue crew. Will work an 11 hour shift in addition to the
current regular two 24 hour shift crews
- There were 3 large fires over the Memorial Day holiday that
required help from fire crews in communities from Denver to Larkspur
- Additional information at
www.parkerfire.org
www.southmetro.org
www.cfpd.org
www.littletongov.org/fire
Arapahoe Library District – Eloise May
- 4 libraries in city of Centennial and 4 in unincorporated
area
- Summer Reading Program for adults runs from 9 June to 4
August. Read a book, fill out an entry form to enter weekly prize drawings. One entry per
book.
- Starting 18 June, eBooks will be available for 3 week
check-out. Each eBook is a portable reader containing 10 to 12 books in electronic format.
Call the library to reserve one.
- Effective 1 June, all new books that are on-order but have
not arrived may be reserved ahead of time. Names will be contained in the library catalog
- You can sign up for e-mail newsletter from library. To
subscribe, send your e-mail address to ask@ald.lib.co.us
You can also get a printed copy of
the newsletter at this same address, or by calling 303-798-2444
- New Smoky Hill library will be about 40,000 sq. ft.
Currently, leased space is about 8000 sq. ft. Ground breaking will be late this year or
early next year. It will take about a year to build. Location is Smoky Hill road just east
of Tower.
South Suburban Park & Recreation – Jean
Flynn
- Miniature golf facility is now approved at the Family Sports
Center
- Senior area at Cornerstone Park has opened, including a
large shelter along with all the normal activities
- Meeting on 21 June at 6:30 p.m. at Goodson Center concerning
master plan revisions for including new open space and a dog "off-leash" area in
the area northwest of the Goodson Center adjacent to DeKoven Park
- Heritage Greens newly renovated playground being dedicated
on 13 June at 9:30 a.m.
Arapahoe Parks & Recreation – Rebecca Nash
- Tree planting, path paving, and swimming pool construction
is moving ahead
- Information available at 303-730-6109
City of Centennial – Mayor - Randy Pye
- City just opened a new "environmental" park at
Jordan & Arapahoe Roads. City plans to create more of this kind of "passive"
park
- Public hearing on 12 July concerning Willow Creek # 1
annexation into Centennial. If approved, they will become part of Centennial on 12 August
- Centennial is against the approval of Estancia's
comprehensive plan amendment to increase population density on development of 80 acres
- King's Point, which is in Aurora, is another new development
that will be opposed by Centennial because of a very large increase in traffic through
existing neighborhoods
- City Council in process of developing 2002 budget.
Centennial will have 4 town meetings to get citizen input in July. Then in August, will
have another 4 meetings to review the results. Meetings will cover tax rates and the
services desired. Ballot placement will be first week in September
- Centennial Citizen newspaper provides excellent coverage of
the meetings and other information for Centennial. Subscriptions available at 303-688-4222
X15
- Centennial will have a web site within the next 30 days
City of Centennial – Council Ward 3 –
Andrea Suhaka
- On committee to find new city clerk
- City planning commission meeting at 6 p.m. on 5 June
City of Centennial – Council Ward 2 – Bart
Miller
- Chairman of committee to find a new city clerk. If not find
someone in 60 days, the law requires special election, which is fairly costly
- Need to know city expenses by July so they can determine the
tax rate. Citizen input is extremely important
Breakfast Optimist Club - Russ Oberlin
- Clubs already exist in Littleton
- Trying to start a new club in the city of Centennial. Club
is noted for being "A Friend of Youth".
- Call Russ at 303-798-8984 or roberlin@prodigy.net
for further information
- Information meeting at "The Egg and I"
restaurant at 7 a.m. on 11 June (6818 S Yosemite St)
Officer Reports - President Cathy Noon
- Board members met to go over administrative details of
running CENCON
- CENCON will soon have a web site
- By-Laws meeting was held to make necessary changes to the
ACCORD By-Laws to convert them to CENCON. Will be presented to everyone at a later meeting
- Membership drive will also be worked on. Have had some
inquiries about joining CENCON
- County has sent us a listing of all HOAs in Arapahoe County.
They would like it updated
- Money left from last year was divided by the total number of
ACCORD & CENCON HOAs. Result was that each HOA got $3.88. ACCORD has 17 HOAs and
CENCON has 40 HOAs. The money for this year followed each HOA to the respective
organization. CENCON starts with a total of $1100.20 and ACCORD starts with a total of
$650.96. There was no formal treasurer's report since until tonight, the money had not
been designated to ACCORD and CENCON
- E-Mail addresses will be included on the membership roster.
The roster is Confidential and is not to be distributed outside CENCON
Mike Kirrane announced that members of any HOA in
CENCON is eligible for membership in the Metrum Credit Union. Call Karen Carey at
303-770-4468 X104 for further information. Mention that HOA is part of CENCON
A presentation on the planned Piney Creek Village # 3
development was made by Steve Prokopiak. Development of 38 homes on 19.6 acres is at
Parker Road and Old Orchard Road. No comments were requested on this plan
Two formal developer plans were discussed. Comments were
noted and approved. Copies of both will be sent to each CENCON member
It was moved by Mike Kirrane, seconded by Gerry Cummins,
and unanimously voted by all CENCON members to approve the May meeting minutes.
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