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OCTOBER 15, 2008 - 17th
ANNUAL Meeting of the BOARDS
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Nancy Spence-
State Senate Candidate – encouraged us
to vote for rhe Cherry creek School District 3A & 3B ballot issues. She
said there are over 50,0000 students in Cherry Creek Schools. On Referendum o
she encouraged us to vote – yes. She mentioned that the State of Colorado has no
budget for transportation – so with the economy as it is this will be a problem
in 2009.
David Balmer
–also running for State office- has experience in environmental decontamination
and the Military.
He said he is
fically conservative and prefers to borrow money to BUILD NOW – than wait for
prices to keep going up.
GRAYSON
ROBINSON - ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF-
www.arapahoesheriff.org. or
grobinson@co.arapahoe.co.us he said over
the summer
there were
some graffiti incidents in Smoky Hill and garage burglaries. He reminded
everyone to keep their garage doors closed. He said a small amount of the
graffiti is gang related. He said the sheriff’s department helped out at
the Democratic Convention in Denver- they had planned for a year – there were
over 200 protesters and 154 arrests and our tax payers did not pay anything- all
of this was covered by a grant. COP-LINK is a new information sharing
with other front range areas- they will all be connected in the next 18-21
months. It will be paid for by an addition of 28c on our phone bills for 911 to
be able to track phone calls on cell phones. The Sheriff’s department has locked
in fuel prices to save money at $2.79 per gallon. The staff is on a 4 day
work-week with 10 hour shifts. He has asked the patrol people to
turn off the gas about 10 minutes each hour while they make calls on community
businesses, etc. They need to expand the jail and are talking with a private
investor to build it with a public/private partnership. He stressed that the
Sheriff’s department will run the jail- the investors from the private sector
are only there for the building aspect. Asset forfeiture money is used for
graffiti removal and other expenses- this is money confiscated from drug dealers
– put to the use of the sheriff’s office. The Governor appointed Robinson to the
State Criminal Justice Committee.
Suzanne
Williams – running for State Senator - has been working for 12 years
representing us.
Her favorite issues are safety, early
childhood education, HOA’s and she has been on the Transportation committee.
Janet Schneider
Arapahoe Library District 303-693-7449 –the district is opening 2 new libraries –one at S. Parker rd &
Florida and the other at the new Southglenn shops – both due to open next
spring. Their strategic objectives are stressing literacy.
KATHY NOONE –
Cencon –they educate homeowners associations in Centennial. They have put out a new Resource Guide
which can be found on the Centennial web site. Animal services have changed
They advocate on behalf of HOA’s.
ARAPAHOE PARKS
AND RECREATION Peter Waggoner they are finishing Spring Creek Park -
using water saving irrigation and adding playing fields. They have had requests for Cricket
fields, but that would require huge areas to build those fields. They are
working on the Piney Creek regional trail the lst part is from Cherry Creek
Reservoir to Liverpool , a bridge was built over Piney Creek this past year to
go under Buckley Rd. The area is equestrian friendly. Piney Creek Hollow Park
has a pavilion. He feels that funding in 2009 will be rough.
IREA ELECTRIC –
Bill Schroeder & Rick Chapel – Rick mentioned the street light maintenance the
Smoky Hill HOA had requested last year has been done. They are testing underground cables –
new technology to extend the life of the cables. Bill mentioned they have gone
22 years without a rate increase and they as a district opted out of Amendment
37. The base rate went down for 2009-20010 but government mandated
increases will raise the rates – IREA wanted to lower the rates.
CUNNINGHAM
FIRE DISTRICT Chief Jerry Rhodes 303-755-9202 or
jrhodes@cfpd.org many children came for Fire Prevention week and the
department goes to the schools 2 or 3 times a month.
They got their
new Quint truck. Now they have a grant to buy new thermo imaging equipment. You
will be seeing Pink Fire uniforms for Breast Cancer Awareness. They are getting
more defibulators in Cherry Creek Schools.
Monica Holland
– East Cherry Creek Water District
demands regulated irrigation budgets for schools & Metro Districts.
They had some mains break – they have 100 wells and maintenance is their biggest
issue. They have had some graffiti issues. There are a lot of forclosures out of
their approximately 50,0000 customers.
ARAPAHOE
COUNTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS – Dave Schmit the contract with the city of
Centennial ended in July – so the County lost 28 positions.
Transportation revenues will be
a problem There will be a meeting January 15th on the parker
road corridor – go to
www.parkerrdcorridor.com. Noise walls
will be built on the north-west corner of Parker Rd & Arapahoe. A study is being
done on PARKER Road & Orchard Rd. The ramp for S.Parker Rd & Arapahoe will cost
51 million- but the funds are already secured for 2012 Arapahoe Rd from Waco to
Himilaya is going to be widened to 6 lanes. Smoky Hill Rd will be
widened 1 more lane from Tower Rd to E-470.
Dave Kotecki –
City of Centennial Public Works -
started in July – they are working on street maintenance and the plan for snow
removal preparation – they are storing materials on Potomac St. The city has
completed 45 miles of resurfacing – 10% on city streets. Call in to report
problem areas 303-325-8000. Dave Lewsayder from the Smoky Hill Metro District
(Parks & Recreation) asked if anything can be done to keep down the Mag-cloride
damage to the turf along Smoky Hill Rd. Dave Kotecki think this could happen.
C.J. Whelan
President of the Smoky Hill Homeowners Association thanked everyone for their
attendance.
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