Meeting was called to order at 6:50 p.m. and was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. with a total of 20 members present

 Arapahoe Library District - Eloise May

• The "Little Friends" bookstore and the coffee shop are doing well at the Koelbel Library, but the coffee shop at Smoky Hill library is not
• Libraries are open 68 hours/week, and this requires coffee shop owner to hire additional help, but there is not enough business inside the library to support this extra help
• The Friends of the Library group has offered to take over this task. They will also expand the amount of shelving for the sale of old, used books, and monitor the sales of these books
• The Friends of the Library office can be contacted at 303-798-2444 for questions or information about volunteering to help
• The new Community Guide, published by the Library, will be available in April
• Library currently uses ‘human" filters to ensure that no one views Internet pornography inside the library. Because of recent court decisions. The Library Board of Trustees is considering the use of technological filters. Persons over 17 may request a library staff member to turn the filter off for their on-line computer session

• Grand opening of the Lone Tree Recreation center will be on Saturday, 22 May, 6 am to 8 pm. Special activities from 10 am to 2 pm
  • Easter activities will be held on Saturday, April 10^th
    Free Easter egg hunt for children aged 10 or younger at 9:30 am at deKoevend Park, 6315 S University Blvd, Shelter C
  • Eggs-travaganza at the Family Sports Center from 1 to 4 pm. Egg hunt is $2.00 per child. Ice-skating and pictures with the Easter Bunny are also planned. There will also be prize drawings and Easter arts & crafts
• HealthOne is a new sponsor of SSPRD and is in partnership with SSPRD for the activities at the Family Sports Center
• There is a public SSPRD Board meeting on April 14^th. Matching Gift awards will be made at this meeting
• Homeowners may access their private property from SSPRD property with a special permit, in order to do work that requires such access (homeowners who border SSPRD property)
• If anyone sees criminal activity happening on any of the SSPRD property, call the Sheriff at 911. To report graffiti or other damage, or patterns of irresponsible behavior on the property, call the Park Rangers at 303-730-1022 X13
• There is a Board of Directors election on Tuesday, May 4 from 7 am to 7 pm. For information about early voting or absentee voting, call 303-798-5131. There are 3 candidates for 2 positions
• Polling place locations are:
  • Cherry Hills Elementary School – 2400 E Quincy Ave
  • South Suburban Golf Course – 7900 S Colorado Blvd
  • Acres Green Elementary School – 13524 Acres Green Dr
  • Lone Tree Civic Center – 9777 S Yosemite
  • Littleton Golf & Tennis Club – 5800 S Federal Blvd
  • Littleton Community Center – 1950 W Littleton Blvd
  • Goodson Recreation Center – 6315 S University Blvd
  • Willow Spring Service Center – 7100 S Holly St

• Betty will host a Bonfils Blood Drive at the City of Centennial Offices, 12503 E. Euclid Dr, on Friday, May 14 from 10 am to 4 pm in the City Council Chambers. To reserve a time to donate, call Betty at 303-699-6131. The goal is at least 87 pints of blood

• Public Works has put out flyers in the 80111 zip code about curb, gutter, and street patching and repair
• The Municipal Court is currently overloaded with traffic tickets. This may delay the start of issuing code enforcement violation tickets
• The court currently meets on Tuesday nights. There may also be a Saturday session to relieve the congestion
• City has adopted a "barking dog" ordinance from Arapahoe County. It is a violation if the barking continues for more than 20 minutes

• Planning & Zoning meeting concerning the Smoky Hill car wash will be Wednesday, March 24 at 7 pm in the City Office
• After no one volunteered to run for a position on the Board of CenCON Officers, it was moved by Betty Wotring and seconded by Lynn Leader that the re-election of the current board be approved by acclimation. Approval was unanimous
• After an active discussion of the budget and suggested amounts for next year’s dues, it was moved by Betty Wotring and seconded by Jon Sommer that the CenCON dues for the April 2004 to March 2005 period be reduced to $30 per year per HOA. Approval was unanimous. This amount would provide necessary funds to cover normal expenses and still add some funds to the reserve. The reserve is currently about $3300.00
• Also after discussion, it was moved by Claudette Cooper and seconded by Marie Gingras to renew the formation of CenCON Associations as before except to establish a yearly dues of $10 per year for the CenCON Associations. This will be for a trial period of one year
• CenCON will host the first CenCON Workshop on Thursday, April 1^st from 6:30 to 9:00 pm in the Community Room of the Arapahoe Sheriff’s Office, 13101 E Broncos Parkway. The subject will be "Covenant, Code, Law – The Right Tool for the Right Job". HOA Board members and Architectural Control Committee members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please RSVP to ensure that there are enough "handouts" available at the meeting
• If this workshop is successful, future workshops can be scheduled with additional topics
• There was a discussion concerning the actions or inactions taken by URS (City’s Land Use Services Staff) relative to a 10 point follow-up memo dated 18 November 2002. Most of the actions specified in this memo have not happened. CenCON is preparing a letter to City Council and the City Manager to provide an update on the issues previously raised, and any new issues that have arisen since November 2002. The letter will be provided to the City to provide input from CenCON as the URS contract with the City is being reviewed by City Council
• CenCON will continue to give comments on developer plans, but will not give "endorsements" to the plans
• Dues and membership renewal notifications will be sent to each HOA in the near future. This is for the period of 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005

- Secretary - Frank Green

• Moved by Ron Weidmann and seconded by Gerry Cummins that the February 2004 minutes be approved as read. Approval was unanimous

• 2 new developer plans were received. Since there was not enough time to discuss them in detail, only a few general comments were made. Most serious comment concerned new development of residential areas within the Centennial Airport Influence Zone in the flight path. Copies of the detailed comments will be sent to all CenCON members as usual

 CenCON web site: www.cencon.net

• When using the CenCON web site to send email to CenCON, please provide your HOA name in the Subject line. CenCON currently gets between 25 to 30 "spam" emails a day, with only 2 or 3 valid messages per month. The spam filtering has been increased to eliminate the spam messages, and having your HOA name in the Subject will help prevent your email from being mistaken as "spam"

Next CenCON meeting is April 26, 2004 at the Library Administration Building, at 6:45 PM

Map showing location of the meeting provided on: www.cencon.net

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