Centennial Council of Neighborhoods - September 04 Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 6:50 p.m. and was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. with a total of 22 members present

 Arapahoe Library District - Ted Fleagle

• Arapahoe Library District has about three hundred employees
• Approximately half of the material that circulates in the library district are non-book materials (Audio-Visual material, CD's, DVD's. etc)
• Entry level positions are available for employment at the library. Job descriptions and additional information is available at the library district web site. Jobs are: restocking the library shelves, working at the check-out desk, and information services assistance for patrons

 South Suburban Parks & Recreation - Jean Flynn

• On Saturday, October 9^th at the Lone Tree recreation center, there will be a free reception from 6 to 8 PM for the unveiling of the Malcolm Farley mural, which is in the Rec Center. From 4:30 to 5:30 PM, Mr. Farley will be doing a "critique" of children's artwork
• South Suburban Pottery Guild will have a sale at the Lone Tree Recreation Center on Saturday, October 11^th and 12^th from 7 AM till 8 PM
• The annual "Spooktacular and Spooktoodler" Halloween celebrations will be held at Goodson Recreation Center on Friday, October 22^nd from 5:30 till 8:30 PM. Advance tickets, available at www.ssprd.org. are $4.00 per person, if purchased by October 21^st

Arapahoe County Sheriff - Mark Fisher

• Deputy patrolling hotels along Clinton Street observed suspicious vehicle that committed a traffic violation. Investigation showed that driver, who already had an extensive criminal history, had a concealed weapon and 3 grams of methamphetamine. One passenger found to have forged ID documents, another passenger had drug materials, and another passenger was wanted by Englewood police and Jefferson County for three shootings
• Project Lifesaver successfully found a child with Downs Syndrome in ten minutes. He had wandered away his mother while shopping,
• Burglary suspects stealing from construction sites have been arrested
• Stopped an attempted murder on east Crestline Circle which started as domestic violence
• Fatal vehicle crash of Arapahoe High School students on Dry Creek Road, near University. Students were not wearing seatbelts
• In last four months, 960 traffic tickets have been issued along Dry Creek between Franklin Street and Quebec Street. Deputies are stepping up efforts of traffic safety education in the high schools

South Metro Fire District - Bob Rinne

• Fire Prevention Week is October 3^rd to 9^th. Remember to check your smoke alarms at this time
• Cunningham Fire District will have a pancake breakfast at station # 3 (on south Rivera Way) on Saturday, October 2ⁿ , from 9 AM till Noon
• South Metro will have a puppet team will visit three elementary schools to educate the first through third grade students about safety
• On Saturday, October 2^nd from 10 AM till 2 PM, South Metro will have fire equipment and a "Flight for Life" helicopter at Park Meadows Mall, near Nordstrom's. There will also be a bicycle safety court, and Law Enforcement activities will be given by Douglas County
• South Metro received a grant from the Forest Service to do fire service mitigation in the high risk Happy Canyon area
• State of Colorado Emergency Operating Center (EOC) is being moved to the South Metro administration building
• South Metro has sent help to hurricane stricken areas in Alabama and Florida
• South Metro again collected the most money in the state during the Muscular Dystrophy Association fund raising campaign
• South metro also collected over $150,000.00 in donations for the Children's Hospital burn center
• Homeland Security funding grants have been used to purchase and update communications systems, bomb robots, etc.

City of Centennial - Gail Carissimi

• There will be a groundbreaking ceremony at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, September 29^th at Lincoln and I-25 for the new pedestrian bridges over TREX. Centennial, Arapahoe County, Southeast Public Improvement Metropolitan District, DRCOG, Greenwood Village, Lone Tree, Douglas County, and TREX will participate
• There will be a meeting of the West Nile Task Force on October 6^th to review this season's efforts to control the mosquitoes
• City is building a new web page to allow citizens to look up the status of active land use applications
• There will be a Ward 3 meeting at the City Offices on October 20^th from 7 to 9 PM concerning property rights
• The City is currently involved with the 2005 budget. Looking for citizen involvement
• City will be sending out a newsletter to all citizens approximately the first of November

 Arapahoe Park & Recreation - Rebecca Nash

• Presented the plan for the new Willow Trace Park at Himalaya Street and Jebel Street. Includes a half-court basketball, picnic shelter, and small playground
• Bow Tie Park is about 99% complete. The pedestrian bridge is complete, and only a few small projects need to be completed
• There is a problem with developers putting advertising signs on park property

 CenCON Reports - President - Cathy Noon

• Attended a meeting with the City to discuss the uncompleted items on the ten item "Action List" from 2002. CenCON has completed their action items, but URS has not completed their items
• Also discussed how the City can better notify HOA's of planned developments in their area. On-line information will be helpful
• Comprehensive Plan comments are needed ASAP as it goes to the Planning and Zoning on October 13^th for adoption. Implementation matrix describing the actions to take for implementing the Plan is being added. Sub-area plans will also be developed for individual areas of the City, as they will be different for each area
• After a discussion by the members, it was moved by Jim Levy and seconded by Lynn Leader that CenCON make a donation to the Library District in the amount of $500.00 at the November meeting. This is to compensate the district for the use of the meeting room by CenCON. The motion was approved by a vote of 18 for and 1 against
• After a discussion by the members, it was moved by Claudette Cooper and seconded by Jim Levy that CenCON cancel the regular December meeting, since it occurs just after Christmas. Approval was unanimous

- Treasurer     - Gerry Cummins

- Secretary     - Frank Green

• Moved by Gerry Cummins and seconded by Hanna Goldberg that the August 2004 minutes be approved as read. Approval was unanimous

- Plans          - Ron Weidmann

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

• Two new developer plans were received. Copies of the detailed comments will be sent to all CenCON members as usual

 Presentation - City of Centennial - Building Permits          - Brita VanHorn
                                                     - Contractor Licensing    - Kevin Ritter

• Will have brochure containing information concerning permits for the next CenCON meeting. Will also be available on the City's web site
• Will also have an on-line permitting system available in the future
• Homeowners can verify status of contractors (contact information, insurance, liability, complaints, licensing, etc)
• Permit costs vary according to the value added to the property, but based on a sliding scale

 Presentation - Century Communities

• New proposal for development at Quebec and Orchard includes 76 single family detached homes

• Meeting with Greenwood Village to get a left turn into the development from Orchard Road. Alternative is to provide access through existing neighborhoods
• Homes will start at $500,000.00 and have 2 or 3 car garages

 Next CenCON meeting is October 25, 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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