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

• Summer Reading Program for children, teens, and adults starts on Saturday, June 5, and ends on Saturday, August 7
• The 2^nd Annual Small Business Community Resource Fair will be held at Koelbel Library on Monday, June 21, from 9 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Sponsored by Arapahoe Library District, State of Colorado Small Business Development Center, U.S. Small Business Administration, and Counselors to America'’ Small Business (SCORE)
• All Arapahoe libraries will be closed on Sunday, July 4, for Independence Day
• Because of recent changes in Federal and State laws, the library will have to install Internet filtering software, similar to what parents can purchase, on all computers in the Children’s area, but will only use a regularly updated "black-list" of known pornographic sites to filter the "adult" computers. These filters will be in effect by July 1

• Lone Tree recreation center grand opening was on May 22, and was very successful
• Playground restoration will be done at Medema Park and Walnut Hills. Medema Park meeting will be on June 8, at 7 P.M. at the Salvation Army Church on Arapahoe & Colorado. Walnut Hills meeting will be June 24, at 7 P.M. at Castlewood Library
• Dennis Reynolds and Kay Gaitner are the newly elected Board of Director members
• South Suburban, HealthOne and Arapahoe Sheriff’s Office are sponsoring a free Bicycle Rodeo at Goodson Recreation Center on Saturday, June 19, from 9 A.M to Noon. A "Youth Bike Rider’s License" will be given to the kids after completing a safety check, registering their bicycle, and successfully completing the obstacle course
• To report dead trees on South Suburban property, call 303-721-8478. To report broken sprinklers on South Suburban property, call 303-483-7016. Or for either case, visit web site www.ssprd.org and use the "talk to us" link

• Provided pamphlets on "Living with Wildlife (Mountain Lions, Bears, and Coyotes) and "How to Avoid Conflicts with Wildlife in the City"
• Sheriff also provided a list of the 10 worst traffic intersections for numbers of accidents during April 2004. Traffic patrol and issuance of citations for driving violations has been increased at these locations

1. I-25 from 7100 to 8300 south -27
2. Arapahoe & Jordan -07
3. Smoky Hill & Buckley -06
4. Arapahoe & Peoria -05
5. Smoky Hill & Himalaya -05
6. Arapahoe & University -05
7. Parker & Orchard -05
8. 7500 to 8000 S Parker Road -05
9. Countyline & University -05
10. Orchard & Buckley -05

• Increased danger of drowning now that the swimming pools are opening for the summer
• There was a recent officer involved fatal shooting after a suspect pointed a gun at deputies three different times. This is the first incident of a fatal "officer involved shooting" in Arapahoe County in almost twenty years

• Voters passed the mil levy increase for both South Metro and Littleton Fire Districts
• The South Metro strategic Plan is on the South Metro web site www.southmetro.org
• CERT training has generated many positive responses from the citizens who have taken the classes
• Last week was designated EMS (Emergency Medical Services) week by the governor. The fire district’s Public Education group went to schools and used dolls to teach the children how to prevent injuries. Program was very well received
• Prom and graduation time usually produces some several accidents. Four teens were involved in a serious accident last weekend. The car was going about 100 mph and was actually airborne over a fence
• Working on issues of how to obtain 2005 federal grants from Homeland Security for education and training for first responders and CERT
• Negotiations are in progress to move the State EOC (Emergency Operations Center) from Golden to the South Metro administration building
• There are over 200 HOAs in South Metro Fire District. District is attempting to locate all HOAs in a graphical database using GPS to define the boundaries of each HOA
• There are no fireworks (sale or use) allowed in the City of Centennial

• Comprehensive Plan Open House will be held at the City of Centennial offices on June 23. Opens at 6:30 P.M., Presentation starts at 7 P.M. and a discussion will be held about 8:30 P.M.
• City’s web site www.centennialcolorado.com has information on road repair, street sweeping, water district restrictions, and information about West Nile virus
• CenCON will conduct a survey of members concerning the subject of "solicitations" and will report the results to the City
• Call Gail at 303-754-3323 if you are having a block party or "dumpster day" and she will coordinate street closures with the sheriff
• A City Information sheet was distributed which contains the email and phones for all the City officials and departments
• Municipal Court has hired an additional 2.5 people because of the heavy work load

• Lookout Park water slide will be open for Memorial Day
• There will be a new park area in the neighborhood of Himalaya and Reservoir Road
• A $25,000.00 tree planting project will be completed this spring
• Looking at trail construction at Sunrock Ridge, near Eaglecrest high school
• Construction at Bow Tie Park is almost finished
• Construction of new recreation center and skate park is on schedule and under budget
• A wildlife consultant has suggested a solution to the beaver problem at Pioneer Park

• Blood drive was successful with 38 donors at the City, and 4 who gave offsite
• There will be another blood drive on August 20, from 10 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Need 87 donors in August. Call Betty Wotring at 303-699-6131 or email at bwotring@centennialcolorado.com to arrange a time to donate
• Broncos Parkway bridge opens on Wednesday, May 26

• Manager of Arapahoe County mosquito control, can be contacted at 720-874-6751 or jnewhouse@co.arapahoe.co.us
• Also doing control for City of Centennial at approximately 70 locations. Sites are monitored weekly
• Has been spreading lavacide since April 4th. Sites which last year recorded hundreds/thousands of mosquitoes trapped per night have been reduced to less than 50 per night so far this year
• State Health Department has suggested fogging to start when high mosquito counts are found, rather than waiting until human cases of West Nile are diagnosed. Fogging will be done only when and where needed
• Provided informational cards and posters which can be distributed to all the residents in the HOAs
• County is only controlling public property; private property is the responsibility of the land owner
• It takes about 2 weeks after a person is bitten for the symptoms of West Nile disease to appear. Severity can range from hardly noticeable to death. People over age 50 are most seriously affected
• Culex species of mosquitoes in Colorado is the best transmitter of the virus, out of all the various species of mosquitoes

• Comprehensive Plan information available on City’s web site www.centennialcolorado.com
• Construction on Parker Road, from Arapahoe to Orchard will be starting. Call 303-249-0478 for information about start dates, etc.
• Water line installation on Arapahoe Road from Waco to the Estonsia project begins July 19
• Traffic control signal is being installed on Arapahoe Road at the Chapparal west entrance
• Remaining informational meetings on the C-470 Expansion Project are June 29 at the Ken Caryl Ranch House, and June 30 at Highlands Ranch Metro District Office. Meetings start at 5 P.M. and end at 8 P.M. See www.c470.info/dates.html for details
• A reminder about unpaid dues will be sent to all HOAs that have not paid as yet

- Secretary - Frank Green

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

• Ms. Gail Carissimi, Ms. Betty Ann Habig, Mr. Todd Miller, & Ms. Betty Wotring left the CenCON meeting and did not participate in any discussion of the developer plans or comments

• No new developer plans were received. Arapahoe Parks & Recreation made a presentation of plans for an electronic sign for the recreation center at Buckley & Orchard. Sign will be used for public service announcements concerning the recreation center. A summary of the comments concerning this unique sign will be forwarded to all members 

- Membership - Michael Kirrane

• Talked with representative from Cherrywood Village, which may be our first CenCON Association member

Next CenCON meeting is June 28, 2004 at the Library Administration Building, at 6:45 PM

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