Meeting was called to order at 6:53 p.m. and was adjourned at 9:25 p.m. A total of 12 members were present.

Arapahoe Sheriff’s Department – Mark Campbell

• Under-age liquor enforcement has been the top priority recently because of multiple fatality accidents involving drinking teenagers
• At one liquor store, there were 31 arrests by the task force
• 15 fictitious driver's licenses were confiscated
• One of the police dogs had to be put down because of a brain tumor. It costs about $5000, training not included, to get a new dog
• A 19 year old career burglar was put in a half-way house and escaped about 8 hours later. He has since been recaptured
• In 5 years of crime, he has never "broken" into a home; always "walked in" through unlocked doors
• Has burglarized houses from Fort Collins to Pueblo and has recently been recruiting other teenage helpers
• Police request that you always lock garage door, and door between garage and house
• Store your wallets and purses in the bedroom at night
• Do not leave car keys in car, even in the garage
• Crime Report for first 6 months of year 2001was distributed (all numbers are compared to same period of last year)
  • Total calls for police help are up 8 %
  • Total arrests are up 25 %
  • Sexual assaults are down 35 %
  • Robberies are down 22 %
  • Physical assaults are up 6 %
  • Burglaries are down 8 %
  • Thefts are down 6 %
  • Motor vehicle thefts are up 50 %
  • Arson is up 58 %
• Young adults and teens are going door to door selling magazines. It's the latest scam, and you probably won't get anything you order.
• Elementary school kids who achieve Community Recognition Awards will also be given a model of the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department squad car by the School Resource Officer. It will also be used as an incentive during Crime Prevention week
• Sheriff Pat Sullivan, Jr. has been awarded the "National Sheriff's Award" and is a candidate for the position of a federal U.S. Marshall

 Fire Districts – Bob Rinne

• All Fire Districts will have extra engines and rescue equipment staffed and ready for July 4th
• A member of the fire department must be in attendance at every scheduled fireworks display
• The T-REX (I-25) project will impact the response times for all area departments. Use of helicopters is being considered for medical emergencies
• South area hospitals and ambulances are now using computers to show the hospital status for the emergency rescue teams
• Hospitals are short of staff, especially nurses
• There is a nation-wide shortage of qualified paramedics
• Fire Departments are working with law enforcement concerning "meth" drug labs. The chemicals used are explosive & very flammable
• Several accidents recently where the vehicles were in excess of 100 mph
• 911 response, contrary to recent media reports, is not being delayed by law enforcement dispatchers. Only in the case of possible weapons or violence does law enforcement go into the area first

 Arapahoe Library District – Laurie Christensen

• Castlewood library remodeling will start in December, 2001 and take about a year. Plan & pictures of the re-modeled library are available in the lobby of the Castlewood library
• Library has many new Videos and DVDs available to check out
• Kids, ages 5 to 12, who are in the Summer Reading Program can participate in the "Kids 4 Art" contest at the Castlewood Library
• The coffee cart is back at Koelbel library and is known as STIRRINGS@Koelbel Library
• New Smoky Hill library scheduled to start construction Jan 2002 and be complete by early 2003. Call Marlu Burkamp at 303-798-2444 for more information

 South Suburban Park & Recreation – Jean Flynn

• Neighborhoods that are not part of SSPRD can join by:
• Consolidation with another parks & recreation district
• Dissolution of the "old" district
• Annexation (if not in another district) if 100% of home owners agree, or a majority vote in an election
• Overlap by mutual agreement of both districts if they do not provide the same services
• Currently 10 to 20 districts east of I-25 that provide these types of services to homeowners
• SSPRD to make proposal to Centennial later this year concerning these issues and to gather information about existing facilities and providers

 City of Centennial – Mayor - Randy Pye

• The November election will be a 100% "mail" ballot, so it is very critical that the citizens be informed of the services/tax issues for Centennial
• A Request for Proposal has been sent out by Centennial for work/services. The partnership with Arapahoe County may be extended for another year to do this work, as is being done this current year
• Law enforcement will be unbundled from the agreement with Arapahoe County
• The developers of King's Point subdivision have agreed, at Centennials urging, that no development would start until the infrastructure is started
• There will be a free pancake breakfast Saturday, 7 July, 7:30 am to 9:30 am. at deKoevend Park, Shelter A
• Citizens are urged to attend the City Council meetings on Thursday nights

 City of Centennial – Council Ward 3 – Andrea Suhaka

• Centennial is using the Arapahoe County rules & regulations, except for the Comprehensive Plan concerning development
• Centennial Citizen newspaper will have final schedule of eight Centennial budget "town meetings" this week
• First 4 meetings will ask citizens what services they want
• Last 4 meetings will then describe the taxes necessary to support these services
• Everyone is asked and urged to attend one of the meetings
• Current schedule & locations are: ( get the latest from the Centennial web site - http://www.centennialcolorado.com )
• July 10 Arapahoe High School
• July 17 South Holly Baptist Church
• July 24 Smoky Hill Public Library
• July 30 Castlewood Library
• August 8 Falcon Creek Middle School
• August 14 Grandview High School (tentative)
• August 20 Koelbel Library
• August 22 Arapahoe High School

 Officer Reports - Treasurer - Gerry Cummins

• Checking account     Opening balance:                 $500.00
                                Expenses - Office supplies     $120.36
                                Fee - Secretary of State        $50.00
                                Closing Balance                   $329.64
• Savings accountOpening/Closing balance:$645.20
• A reminder about non-payment of the CENCON dues will be mailed to appropriate members

• Several proposed changes to the CENCON By-laws were discussed with the members. These changes will be included in the final draft version presented to all members for a formal vote of approval

It was moved by Claudette Cooper, seconded by Hanna Goldberg, and unanimously voted by all CENCON members to approve the June meeting minutes.

Four formal developer plans were discussed. Comments were noted and approved. Copies of both will be sent to each CENCON member

It was moved by Lynn Leader, and seconded by Bob Ross, and unanimously voted by all CENCON members to adjourn the meeting.

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