Centennial Council of Neighborhoods - March 05 Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m. and was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. with a total of 23 members present

• Castlewood library has installed new "self check out" machines. They will be installed in all libraries during the course of the year. Arapahoe Library District has a circulation of about 4-1/2 million each year. District developed machine at a much reduced cost as opposed to buying from a third party vendor
• Tax forms and AARP tax preparation assistance are available at the libraries. Call 303-798-2444 for information and reservations
• District has a "Homebound Delivery" outreach service for district residents. Call 303-220-7704 to sign up. Service can be on a permanent or temporary basis
• Arapahoe is a participant in the Colorado Library Card Program, which means that your library card is valid throughout the state of Colorado at public libraries, and in addition at almost all the school libraries and at about 65% of the academic libraries
• Colorado photographer John Fielder will be at Smoky Hill library on Thursday, April 21 at 7 pm. Reservations required; call 303-693-7449
• Smoky Hill library will have a Mother's Day Mother-Daughter Tea on Saturday, April 30 from 1 to 3 pm. Space is limited so make reservations starting April 16 at 303-693-7449

• Douglas H. Buck Recreation Center in Littleton had its "grand opening" on March 26. Over 5000 people attended
• On Saturday, April 23, there will be an Earth Day/Arbor Day event at South Platte Park near Santa Fe and Mineral. Volunteers are needed for two shifts, 9 am to 12 pm, and 12:30 to 3:30 pm to help plant shrubbery and a few trees. An effort is being made to replace Russian Olive trees with a native species. Call Jean at 303-483-7016 to volunteer
• Phase 1 of the modifications to the Mary Carter Greenway Trail along the South Platte river are complete. The changes are to make the trail a dual path, one an 8 foot wide concrete trail, and the other a crushed granite trail. The second phase is already started
• The annual maintenance project for park irrigation repair/replacement will include Medema Park, Little Dry Creek Park, and Altair Park. This will cost about $200,000
• Another maintenance project is the repair/replacement of asphalt on trails and parking lots. This year will improve 14 different areas for about $150.000. Among them are Fox Ridge trails in 3 different locations, Heritage Village Park trail, and deKoevend Park trail, the Milliken Park parking lot, the David A Lorenz Regional Park entry road, and the Cook Creek parking lot, trail and tennis courts

• A large scale simulated disaster drill was conducted at the Justice Center on March 20. Over 550 people participated. Included were a car crash, a terrorist attack, and a take over & hostage situation in the Court House. The Sheriff's Office thanks all the volunteers who helped
• On March 26, there was a CERT training exercise at the Southglenn Mall. TV media filmed part of the action and presented it on the news
• On Thursday, April 14, in recognition of National Victim's Rights Week, everyone is invited to attend a candle light vigil on the front steps of the Sheriff's Office, 13101 E Broncos Parkway. Vigil begins at 6:30 pm. There will be a reception after the vigil and a special exhibit of the Roadside Memorial Project will be available before & after the vigil in the Sheriff's Office classroom

• Arapahoe County Sheriff's Deputy Brian McKnight will be at the Lone Tree Krispy Kreme donut store (County Line & Quebec) from 6 am on April 1 until 6 pm on April 3 to raise funds and awareness for the Special Olympics. He will collect donations from customers as he eats, sleeps and plays on the rooftop of the Krispy Kreme store. Please stop by and make a donation. Customers who donate money to the cause will get a sweet treat in return, ranging from a free dozen Original Glazed doughnuts to ???

Littleton Fire District - John Mullin

• On March 9, Cunningham Fire District received approval from the Centennial Planning & Zoning Commission for construction of the new Smoky Hill fire station
• The Colorado State Emergency Operations Center has moved into the South Metro Administration building
• All four fire districts are working to secure federal funding from the Office of Domestic Preparedness to ensure a better response to emergency situations

• The Farm has asked to be included in the Arapahoe Parks & Recreation District
• AP&RD is applying for Arapahoe County Open Space grant money
• Water control project will be in progress near Fox Hill Park
• Work at Hollow Park is progressing. All irrigation will be sub-surface, but there will be water restrictions this year so no sod will be laid until after September 15. Same restrictions will apply to Willow Trace Park
• There will be a tree planting project in which HOAs can participate. Call Doug Rockne at 303-770-6746 for more information

• There will be a Ward 3 meeting on March 30 at 7 pm at the City Council Offices
• There will be a Mayor's Town meeting on March 31 at 6 pm at Koelbel library. Next Town Meeting will be May 12 at City Council
• The first "State of Our City" luncheon will be on April 14^th at 11:30 am. Cost is $25 per person at the Embassy Suites Hotel
• Mayor's Pye & Coffee are first Tuesday & third Thursday of the month from 6 to 8 pm at City Offices
• There will be a meeting on the C-470/Colorado Blvd interchange on Thursday, April 19 at 6 pm at Newton Middle School
• April 4 City Council meeting will have a study session from 6 to 8 pm, concerning currently suspended land development issues
• Road repair information will be posted on the City's web site
• I-25 will be completely closed in both directions at least 5 times for pedestrian overpass construction. First closing is currently scheduled for April 17 to 19 from 9:30 pm at night to 5:30 am the next morning
• Call 720-874-7623 (Arapahoe County) for citizen road maintenance, broken traffic signals, weeds growing out of control, etc
• RTD public hearings on post T-REX bus routes have been postponed till the fall

• Annual dues is due by April 1^st. Please review the CenCON roster, Newsletter, and City Contacts lists for errors
• Volunteers for a Refreshment Committee are requested. CenCON will pay for the food, but someone is needed to bring it to the meeting
• A card will be sent to Gerry Cummins, whose mother recently passed away
• Elections for the CenCON Board will be held next month. All positions are open for nominations
• Centennial is interested in having 4 locations for "Bike to Work" day. Proposed locations are Dry Creek & Yosemite, Centennial Medical Plaza, and Goodson Recreation Center. June 22 is the scheduled date for this event
• There was a hour long discussion of the amendments made by the Colorado House to SB 05-100. While a few of the changes are favorable to the HOA, most of the changes will be a financial burden, especially to small HOAs. Several issues are mandated by the Bill, but do not take into account that some HOAs will not be able to fulfill the requirements based on their current Covenants and By-Laws. Members are strongly urged to send their comments, both favorable and/or unfavorable, to all Senators and House Representatives & the Governor
• CenCON will continue to monitor the progress of this bill, and will send updated information to the members as it is received

- Treasurer - Gerry Cummins

• Moved by Ron Weidmann and seconded by Michael Kirrane that the February 2005 minutes be approved as written. Approval was unanimous

• Ms. Andrea Suhaka & Ms. Nancy Reubert left the CenCON meeting and did not participate in any discussion of the developer plans or comments
• Two new developer plans (one for unincorporated county) were received. Copies of the detailed comments will be sent to all CenCON members as usual

- Membership - Michael Kirrane

• Cherrywood Village is the first CenCON Association member. Several other candidate neighborhoods have not responded. CenCON would like to include more neighborhoods from the west side of the City
• CenCON now has 56 member HOAs, more than the maximum that ACCORD ever had

Next CenCON meeting is April 25, 2005 at the Library Administration Building, at 6:45 PM

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