CENTENNIAL COUNCIL OF NEIGHBORHOODS

MINUTES

1. Guest Comments: 6:45

1. Arapahoe County Sheriff, Chief Bruce Williamson, Public Safety Bureau,

• http://www.arapahoesheriff.org/
• This is the time of year for open garage burglaries, Drop It, Lock It, Stop It
• If you leave your car outdoors, lock it.
• ACSO picked up 2 men that were seen pulling on car door handles, trying to find open doors.
• There was an accident in the 16000 block of E. Powers Pl., resident driving DUI, drove through yards and hit a house.
• Some men in Douglas Co. stole a truck. Dougo Sheriff called off pursuit when they crossed the county line. ACSO found the truck abandoned in a neighborhood and brought in dogs. The dogs tracked 1 juvenile with already pending cases. When he refused to surrender, the deputy let a dog loose on him and caught him.
• Keith Gardner: I’ve seen pairs of shoes flung over power lines, is this a sign of drug activity? Williamson: not necessarily, call ACSO or Public Works

B.     Arapahoe Library District. Janet Snyder, Communications

• http://www.arapahoelibraries.org/
• The summer reading program is in full swing. 3600 kids signed at Smoky Hill, 1800 at Koelbel.
• There will be an upcoming pirate program at Smoky Hill Lib.
• ALD is researching the effects of proposed Amendments 60 & 61 (60-$6.5M hit in 2011) & Proposition 101 ($300+K) and how would they deal with it.
• They’re planning for 20% property tax hit in 2012.
• Wayne Reed: congratulations to Eloise for her award from DU, Resident Scholar

        C.      Arapahoe Park & Rec. District: not present

• http://www.aprd.org

• www.cfpd.org; www.littletongov.org; www.parkerfire.org; www.southmetro.org
• South Metro: recapped new board members; they’ve signed a Memo of Understanding for Automatic Aid w/Aurora; citizen their citizens’ academy graduated on 6/8; the Brian Kopp Memorial Golf Tour, 7/12, sold out but the dinner is still available.
• Littleton: they’ll have an antique fire muster in Littleton; 6/25-26 Firefighters’ Memorial
• Cunningham: there have been 3 structure fires; they assisted Aurora in Saddle Rock, one in Smoky Hill, and a commercial bldg in unincorp. ArapCo; they’re gotten a new ambulance (50% funded by state grants); they’re doing fire works talks mentioning that it’s very dry and hot and they’re illegal in the City.
• Cummings: Do we need a message board reminding folks that fire works are illegal? Fletcher: that would be a good idea
• CO Firefighters Foundation: on 9/11 they will have a Rockies baseball game where the money will go for that cause

• http://cherrycreekschools.org

• http://www.SSPR.org
• SSPRD will sponsor blood screenings the week of 7/20: Lone Tree on 7/20; Good-son on 7/21; Buck on 7/22; and the Family Sports Center on 7/23; 18 & older, 7:30-9:30 am
• National Park & Rec. Assoc & American Academy of Parks & Rec. has recognized SSPRD as one of top four rec. agencies in the US; SSPRD is preparing a video for the competition; they’ll have the answer in Oct (districts with 100K - 250K resi-dents)
• Buckaroo Blades, 2fer Tues. at the S. Suburban Ice Arena on 7/22: $1 admin, $1 rental
• Family Sports Center, 2fer Tues. on the 1st Tues. of month
• They’re having a Firecracker special on punch cards the first week of Aug.
• July Is Park & Rec. month. They’ll have a scavenger hunt with prizes (visit facility, list of activities to try). Ray would like feedback on this prog., send pictures to Ray (jeanr@ssprd.org) and they'll be posted on the website for 48 hours.
• Gardner: Are there statistics on bad activity at the skate parks? Ray: every day graffiti needs to be removed

• The City Council meeting has been moved to 7/7 from 7/5 because of July 4th
• She hosted the only female mayor in Afghanistan: that mayor was appointed by president of Afghanistan and doesn't live in the city she Mayor's; it’s a new city and very into infrastructure; it’s very dangerous to be a female in politics in A.
• The CML state-wide conference was last week. Medical marijuana and the ballot items were the big topics.
• There’s been a change to barking dog ordinance: code enforcement no longer has to serve the offender in person, the times for barking have been lessened.
• The city has added some additional road projects for this summer due to savings from last year and good sales tax revenues. We’ve added some high ranking projects and one for which we’re waiting to hear about a grant from DRCOG (Arap from Krameria - Holly, $1+ M). The Centennial website has the list of when projects are projected to be done.
• There’s a movie night at Trails Rec. Center on 7/10; see website for info.
• Revision of the Land Development Code: several items have been taken out for later review: RVs in the public right-of-way and on private property will be discussed in Study Session on 7/19, Bee keeping and fences on 8/2.
• CenCON has recommended two people for the Transportation Master Plan, Tammy Maurer & Paul Schauer
• Tomorrow morning all special districts in the city are invited for an information/ education session.
• The League of Women Voters and Arapahoe Hope formed a coalition to oppose the initiatives. They will have a meeting on 7/13 at the South Metro Chamber (Deb Armbruster & Marlu Burkamp are organizing)
• The City will have a budget workshop in Aug. looking at all variables of initiatives passing.
• Reed: Is there news about Civic Center Park? Noon: All items should go out to bid soon.
• CJ Whelan: I walking along Smoky Hill Rd. and came upon sprinklers set to sprinkle across the sidewalk because grass is on both sides of the walk. Noon: I'll ask about that.

• The district has big financial issue. We’ve laid off about 200 people and the Board has voted for a ballot item (3A?) to increase property tax. A recent Budget Matters document got people inquiring.
• safety at the schools, good security, relationship w/police
• 28 sq.mi, 15,000 kids, 400 grad from each HS, 26 sites, have an early childhood center

• The Coyote Management Plan: informal poll. They seem to have moved from Ridgeview Hills North to Hanover Place; Heritage Greens, we haven’t seen any in a while; Homestead Farm, we haven't seen any in months; FoxRidge, we have lots; Stickland: The pups are just coming out of the dens and the mamas are teaching them how to hunt. There are fewer and fewer reports of problems, we don’t know why.
• Stickland introduced Paula Lewis as the City’s new Coyote Plan manager.
• Stickland had some handout materials: Coyote Management Plan; a kiddie piece; what we can do as citizens to deter coyotes (available on Cent. website). A survey will be coming out on people and coyotes.
• Noon: The Division of Wildlife is handing out our Management Plan around the country as a model.
• Folks should report any incidents with coyotes, even sightings on the Centennial website.
• Sales tax is strong right now and it’s 35% of general fund

                Checking Account
                    Previous Balance 1429.03
                                         Dues    270.00
                   Current Balance     1699.03

                Savings Account
                    Previous Balance 2190.22 (no change from previous month)

        C.    Officer Reports

1. First Vice President, Membership, Andrea Suhaka

• She’s in the process of tracking down a few members who haven’t renewed.
• It’s urgent that all members complete the Membership Survey form that she is emailing to them.