Centennial Council of Neighborhoods - September 05 Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 6:50 p.m. and was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. with a total of 22 members present

 Arapahoe Library District - Eloise May

• Koelbel Library on Saturday, October 15^th, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sheriff will discuss Identity Theft. Reservations at 303-220-7704
• Smoky Hill Library, on Tuesday, October 18^th, from 7 to 9 p.m. Sheriff will discuss Homeland Security & Terrorism. Reservations at 303-693-7449. This topic also presented at Koelbel Library on Monday, November 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Reservations at 303-220-7704
• All the libraries will be closed on Friday, November 11^th, for Veterans Day
• Arapahoe County League of Women Voters hosts a public discussion of the "pros" (Toni Larson) & "cons" (Rep. Joe Stengel - Dist. 38) of referenda C & D at Koelbel Library on Monday, October 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. More information at 303-220-7704
• Smoky Hill Library will host blood drives on Friday, October 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursday, November 3 from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Southglenn Library will host blood drive on Friday, October 14 from 10 to 11:40 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Call 303-363-23-- for appointment
• Library has finished a draft strategic plan, organized by characteristics of the community. The plan is to respond to: needs of an increased sense of community, need for growing diversity of the community, need for life balance & leisure time, need for convenience, and need for personal growth & development. Library is conducting interviews with members of the community to test how the plan meets the needs

 Arapahoe County Sheriff - Mark Fisher

• Sheriff's Office will conduct Annual Citizen Public Safety Academy from October 4 to 27. Free classes held each Tuesday & Thursday from 6 to 9 P.M. with an all day Range Day on Saturday, October 15. Free dinner is provided each evening, and BBQ on Saturday. Call Deputy Larry LaFlam at 720-874-3903 or at llaflam@co.arapahoe.co.us for reservations
• "TAKE CHARGE - Fighting Back Against Identity Theft" books available from Sheriff's Office, or by calling 1-877-438-4338. Go to www.consumer.gov/iftheft to download a PDF version (4.9 MB)
• Colorado is 5^th in nation for identity theft crimes, behind Arizona, Nevada, California, and Texas
• Local business sending out letter that advertises Laser Tech. Letter is misleading and should be ignored. Sheriff's Office working with the business to handle differently. Equipment is not available to HOAs as implied in the letter. If HOA is having traffic problems in neighborhood, call Sheriff's Office directly to get help
• Greenwood Village is installing photo radar at 3 intersections: Arapahoe & Yosemite, Quebec & Orchard, & Belleview & Yosemite

 South Metro Fire District - Bob Rinne

• South Metro has 20 personnel in LA, MS, or TX, helping out with hurricane rescue activities. Littleton has 10 members involved
• Colorado state EOC was active for several days during both hurricanes. Operations went very smoothly, and provided opportunity for all the fire chiefs (South Metro, Cunningham, Parker, and Littleton) to develop operating plans for possible local operations. All the various agencies, including Salvation Army and Red Cross were working together
• South Metro battalion chief, along with chief on Colorado Springs and 30 metro area firemen, are manning a fire house in Louisiana
• Communications between police, fire, EMS, and other agencies was excellent

 Arapahoe Park & Recreation - Rebecca Nash

• The district is currently working on the annual budget

 City of Centennial - Nancy Reubert

• The owners of Southglenn Mall have asked for a metropolitan taxing district for the mall property to finance its redevelopment. Tax would only apply to the mall property footprint, not the surrounding area. Taxes going to the City remain as is, this would be an additional tax on the mall owners to finance the funding for the redevelopment
• New mall will be an "open" mall with mixed use. Sears and Foley's will remain as is
• Council has decided that sexually oriented businesses are limited to 5 sites, and have passed rules on use and operation
• City has provided an "election" page on the City web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. 20 candidates are running for City offices
• Code enforcement officer Joseph Brooks is leaving. City will hire a replacement
• City is interested in CenCON's comments for traffic calming
• City staff is working on 2006 budget. Expected to be reviewed by City Council on October 17^th. Will be posted on City web site

• Previous comments by CenCON members were reviewed.
• 75% super majority is "location" based, does not mean 75% of the entire HOA. May be defined as "affected area". Needs to be more clearly defined in the document
• Rumble strips will cause a high level of noise, and are not recommended for residential areas
• Some mitigation to an arterial may fall into this policy if the traffic on the arterial is causing the traffic problem in the neighborhood
• Vote taken among members to determine if CenCON supports the Interim Neighborhood Traffic Management Policy. Vote was 16 for, 0 against, and 6 not voting

 Presentation - Greenfield Development - Patti Rizzi, CenCON Member

• Development in unincorporated county, but surrounded on three sides by Centennial residents
• Proposed density is 9.18 DU/AC. Highest surrounding density is 5.23 to west, 3.13 to south, & 0.6 to east
• Problems with: Site Planning, Architectural Detail, Materials & Colors, Visitor Parking, Grading, Emergency Access, and Traffic

 CenCON Reports - President - Cathy Noon

• Discussion on whether to send an honorarium to Orten & Hindman for the SB-100 workshop. Members decided against this
• Moved by Ron Weidmann and seconded by Andrea Suhaka that amount of donation to library for use of meeting room by CenCON be increased to $750, and to be presented to Eloise May at the November CenCON meeting. Approval was unanimous
• Please review the roster and verify that the information is accurate. Information is being provided to both the City of Centennial and to Arapahoe County
• The SB-100 workshop was very informative. A few HOAs who had signed up did not attend and attendance was not as good as expected. Attendees did receive a lot of individual help

- Treasurer - Gerry Cummins

• Moved by Ron Weidmann and seconded by Jim Levy that the July 2005 and August 2005 minutes be approved as written. Approval was unanimous

- Plans - Jim Levy

• Ms. Andrea Suhaka & Ms. Nancy Reubert left the CenCON meeting and did not participate in any discussion of the developer plans or comments
• 6 developer plans were received this month. Comments for each plan will be sent to all CenCON members, as usual

Car Wash (unincorporated Arapahoe County)
St. Thomas More Church
Inverness Drive West & Dry Creek Road project
Airport Business Park
Orr Estates
LDS Church

- Membership - Michael Kirrane

• Telephone calls were made to those HOA members that have not paid their 2005/2006 dues
• Two new groups, Kings Ridge, and Southwind have been invited to join CenCON

 Next CenCON meeting is October 24, 2005 at the Library Administration Building, at 6:45 PM

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