Meeting was called to order at 6:50 p.m. and was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. A total of 18 members present.

Arapahoe Sheriff’s Department – Capt. Mark Campbell

• There has been an increase in home burglaries. Most of them occurred when no one is home, there are no lights on, and there are newspapers piled up in the driveway. Have neighbor pick up papers, and put lights on a timer if you are away from home
• Thief goes direct to the master bedroom and only looks for expensive jewelry
• There has also been a significant increase in automobile thefts. Most were taken as owners left them unattended in driveway to warm up in the cold weather. Leaving the car unattended while running is against the law
• Use of heroin as a drug is increasing in the southern suburbs. There have been several deaths. It is being smoked or inhaled, not injected
• Hospital admissions for heroin use are increasing, mainly by young white males
• Sheriff Sullivan will serve until at least the end of 2002, since he was not selected for the position of U.S. Marshall
• Meth labs are going portable and not located permanently in homes like they were. Materials are being carried in automobiles and operators rent motel rooms for 2 or 3 days to cook the drugs
• Several Safeway stores were robbed of cases of Sudafed, which is used in making Methamfedamine

Arapahoe Library District – Eloise May

• Library web site being updated and will provide additional services
• Ask reference questions by e-mail. Currently, answers will be e-mailed back. Will eventually be real-time operation with immediate answers
• Links to other helpful sites which have been selected by library staff
• Information about the various library construction projects
• Status of reserved book requests
• Notification that your reserved book is available can now be done via e-mail. For those without e-mail, phone notification will continue
• Budget meeting will be held on 11 December at 5:00 P.M.
• Construction plans for the new Smoky Hill Library will be presented to the Centennial planning commission (10730 E. Briarwood) on 11 December at 6:30 P.M.
• Library web site is: www.arapahoelibraries.org

South Suburban Park & Recreation – Jean Flynn

• Budget for 2002 will be finalized next Wednesday, 12 December at 7:30 P.M.
• Christmas tree recycle program will be conducted again this year. Drop off points are: Willow Springs Service Center at 7100 S. Holly St. from Dec 26 to Jan 15, Cornerstone Park at Bellevue & Windermere from Dec 26 to Jan 6, and Cherry Hills Village at 2450 E. Quincy from Dec 26 to Jan 31. Remove all decorations before dropping off the tree
• Free mulch may be picked up at the Holly and the Belleview/Windermere sites, but not at the Quincy site. Pick up Monday through Friday between hours of 7 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. First come, first served

• Attended an Ethics Committee meeting in preparation to forming an Ethics Policy for Centennial in the near future
• Ethics Policy will be available on City's web site

• New city office space (about 9000 sq.ft.) will be near Arapahoe Road and Peoria Street
• City budget discussions are still taking place. Citizen input is appreciated
• There will be a franchise fee on utilities, but it will "sunset" at the end of the year, and will have to be voted on by the City Council again for each following year. It will be at least 1.5%, possibly 3.0%
• Plans to construct a "call center" and a retail building on Dry Creek at Dexter St. (across from Tony's Meats) are not official. No building permit has been requested yet
• State Health department and EPA are monitoring the movement of the contaminated dirt at the Dry Creek site
• The City needs to receive "official" recognition from the various companies to be listed as Centennial (QWEST, XCEL, catalog companies, etc.). One problem is that companies current software does not recognize Centennial as a valid name. U.S. Post Office does recognize Centennial
• Two proposed City ordinances caused by one or two complaints to Council members
• Financing of School Resource Officers in schools located in Centennial, but not officially part of Centennial, needs to be resolved

 Fire Districts - No report

Arapahoe Parks & Recreation District - No report

Arapahoe County Commissioner - No report

City of Centennial – Ward II Councilman - Bart Miller - Present, but no report

 Officer Reports - President

• January CENCON meeting is at Castlewood Library, as usual
• Starting on February 4th, 2002, the CENCON meetings will be held at the new library administration building near Centennial Airport in the Library Conference Room. Address is: 12855 East Jamison Circle, Englewood, CO 80112

• Checking account Previous balance:    $899.27
                            Income (dues)         $60.00
                            Expenses                  $30.00
                            Closing Balance      $929.27

• Savings account Previous balance:    $648.81
                          Interest                       $0.00
                          Closing Balance      $648.81

- Secretary

• It was moved by Kara Smith, seconded by Jerry Cummins, and unanimously voted by all CENCON members to approve the November meeting minutes

- Plans

• Two developer plans were discussed

• Comments from the members were recorded
• It was moved by Ty Henken, seconded by Lynn Leader, and unanimously voted by all CENCON members to approve the comments as noted

• Committee of Cathy Noon, Becky Manning, Mike Sutherland, and Jess Edwards have received very little input from members
• Please provide your input to one of these people

• Ordinances are available for viewing/download on C-Watch web site, www.geocities.com/c_watch_news/index.html which can also be reached by using: www.c-watch-news.com

Neighborhood Traffic Management Program presentation - Bryan Weimer - Arapahoe County Capitol Improvement Program Manager

• Distributed a few copies of Arapahoe County Neighborhood Traffic Management Program Manual and a Transportation Plan (additional copies have been requested)
• Bryan can be contacted at 303-874-6500 or via e-mail at: bweimer@co.arapahoe.co.us
• The manual describes methods used to "calm" the traffic within subdivisions
• Bryan discussed several specific traffic problems in response to questions from the members, mainly concerning Arapahoe Road

• The county does in fact have a traffic calming policy
• Noise mitigation is done on a project by project basis for county roads built without federal money, but must use federal guidelines if county receives money from the fed or state

• Peoria and Chambers street extensions to 470 are planned - Peoria was done in 2001 and Chambers is scheduled for 2002

• In 2003, a bridge will be constructed on Bronco Parkway connecting it to Parker Rd for an alternative route to Arapahoe Road
• Traffic signals were greatly discussed, with the cost and "warranting" being the factors why it takes so long for a signal to be installed
• Smoky Hill Rd west of 470 will have 2 traffic lights installed in 2002

 The web site for CENCON is: denver.neighborhoodlink.com/public (Enter zip code & select CENCON from list)

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