Centennial Council of Neighborhoods - June 05 Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m. and was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. with a total of 26 members present

• The Arapahoe Library District 2004 Annual Report is available
• Use of the Prospector library system provides an additional 4,500,000 titles available for lending
• Sheridan library will be closed for remodeling during the first week in August
• Koelbel library will have a discussion on "Harry Potter" on July 21. Library has purchased 150 copies of the latest Harry Potter book
• The Photo Contest deadline is Friday, September 2, 2005. Contest rules are available at all libraries

• Renovation will be done at Palos Verdes Park and Sunset Park in 2005. Consideration for a multi-purpose court (basketball court) will be given in 2006 since no money is available in 2005
• A master plan update for Terra Ridge Park for a trail connection and some renovation will be discussed on July 29 at 7 PM at the Lone Tree Civic Center
• The Nextel cell phone tower in Acres Green Park will not be built
• Some projects, such as upgrades at Walnut Hills Park, have been delayed because of work loads

• The sex offender list on the Sheriff's web site has been very busy, with over 6000 inquiries per hour. Previously, there were only about 3000 inquiries per day to the web site. The list is updated each day. There may be a problem with MAC computers using the site
• Three ACSO deputies will also be attending the Police & Fire World Games
• Traffic issues remain the number one complaint from citizens. Volume of traffic through neighborhoods is the worst
• The Channel 4 Community Forum will be held at the Student Achievement Resource Center on Tuesday, June 28 at 6:30 PM

Parker Fire District - Dan Qualman

• South Metro Fire provided all fire & medical support for the U.S. Women's Open golf event this week. Of over 121,000 attendees, only 6 required transport to a hospital for care. Most problems occurred during the heat of the day
• There was a two alarm fire in a lawn fertilizer truck which involved Parker, Cunningham, and South Metro fire districts, and which caused a hazardous material event
• Because of the Colorado State Emergency Operations Center's relocation to the South Metro administration building, security requirements have been increased. The new communications center construction will start in about two weeks
• Cunningham Fire District has three new recruits who graduated Friday
• Fireworks are banned in Centennial. All fire districts and the Sheriff's Office will be on patrol looking for violations. People (or their parents) who start a fire with fireworks can be charged with felony arson
• Parker Fire is planning a FEMA exercise for training of fire personnel. One previous exercise simulated a release of toxic material in a church, and the resulting need for rescue, evacuation, and decontamination
• A new teen driver law goes into effect this week. Except for their siblings, it prohibits teen drivers from having other teen passengers in the vehicle with them for the first 6 months, and then only one teen passenger for the next six months
• Four Parker Fire personnel will be participating in the Police & Fire World Games, second in size only to the Olympics
• Becky O'Guin is the new Parker Fire Community Relations Specialist

• Call the Sheriff's dispatch phone, 303-795-4711, to arrange to have graffiti removed
• Centennial has a contract with Colorado Mosquito Control to larvacide to prevent West Nile disease
• City Council has passed ordinances concerning land use for gas stations and convenience stores, car washes, drive through restaurants, and self storage buildings
• Candidates for City offices can pick up packets which are available from Brenda Castle, the Deputy City Clerk
• Engineering & Infrastructure Committee will provide a paper outlining issues for neighborhood traffic calming to CenCON
• Land use for sexually oriented businesses will be discussed by City Council in July. Draft ordinance will be available on City's web site in about two weeks

City of Centennial - Andrea Suhaka

• City will start traffic calming projects with the free and cheapest methods available, and work up to more expensive methods. City wants and needs input from the citizens and from CenCON

City of Centennial - Betty Ann Habig

• Because of the 4^th of July holiday, the next City Council meeting is July 6. The City's budget will be discussed at this meeting
• Centennial will have approximately $6,000,000 in surplus at the end of the year for this year's budget
• Centennial has no plans to use eminent domain for any redevelopment within the City

• Design standards have been approved by the City Council for the following land uses:

1. Gas Stations and Convenience Stores
2. Car Washes
3. Drive Through Restaurants
4. Self Storage Buildings

• Examples of both "good" and "bad" designs were presented
• Standards only apply to the area between Yosemite Street and Parker Road, and only on certain corridors and intersections

• Because of time constraints, several CenCON business items were postponed until the July meeting
• CenCON will probably have a SB-100 workshop with Orten & Hindman sometime in August
• We still have about 11 members who have not paid the 2005/2006 dues
• CenCON may post member's findings about SB-100 on the web site. The information will be informal and not checked for accuracy
• Some members attended the Livable Communities Seminar, and this will be discussed next month

- Treasurer - Gerry Cummins

• Moved by Ron Weidman and seconded by Don Doerr that the May 2005 minutes be approved as written. Approval was unanimous

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

• Several new developer plans were not discussed because of time constraints. Copies of the detailed comments from the Plans Committee will be sent to all CenCON members as usual
• A presentation concerning St. Thomas More Catholic Church changes was made by the developer

- Membership - Michael Kirrane

• Michael Kirrane has contacted those HOAs who have not paid the 2005/2006 annual dues as yet. No further CenCON announcements will be sent to these members until the dues is paid
• With the addition of Willow Creek West/Oakbrook HOA, CenCON now has two CenCON Associations
• All members are requested to complete the membership form so that CenCON can update the HOA information. The last update was about three years ago, and is out-of-date

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

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