October 19, 2011-
20th ANNUAL Meeting of the BOARDS
Nancy
Cronk & Chief Markham
–CUNNINGHAM FIRE DISTRICT – Nancy gave their report-
Chief Rhodes was unable to
attend this year. She said their financial team went
over the budget and found funds to avoid any lay offs.
They have received the Pinacle
Circle of Safety awards 3 times- which no other district has
achieved. They have a vacancy open on their Board. She recommended
coming to their Open Houses. They do a lot of safety
programs in the schools. Currently they are remodeling
station #63 on Picadilly
and some of their people will be staying at the station on Berry &
Tower during that time.. 70%
of their calls are Emergency Medical Services. On Labor Day they
collected $20,000 in the boot campaign. They donated old equipment
to Africa- an ambulance, etc. Jerry is the chair of the Fallen Fire
Fighters Foundation and leader of the Western Division of Fire
chiefs.
EAST CHERRY CREEK VALLEY WATER & SANITATIN DISTRICT
Erin they will be doing
hydrant flushing with Cunningham fire. They had a successful
irrigation season.- all demands were met. They have a new website
ECCV.org with useful information for
homeowners & videos. In
November they will send out new billing statements with a graph
showing water usage. They celebrate their 50th
anniversary in 2012. The new water treatment plant will open April
2012.
IREA (
Intermountain Rural Electric) Rick Chapel –not
in attendance this year.
Nancy Sharpe – County Commissioner –-Construction is down 31%
and they have a @ million dollar shortfall. The budget
comes out in mid December. This year they opened Vote Centers for
the elections although 80% vote by mail. County will be moving to
buildings they purchased on Lima & Arapahoe Road. They are working
on Fracking regulations,
protecting infrastructure and transportation projects. #1 is
Arapahoe Road & parker Rd
soon to be finished. #2 is Arapahoe Road
& I-25 which is the next big project. Arapahoe
county will be celebrating
it’s 150th year in 2012. They are hoping the
Open Space tax will pass.
RonWeidmann
Centennial City Councilman – Centennial Park Center is under
construction. Financially the City has no outstanding debt and is in
good shape. In 2013 they plan to raise Arapahoe Rd to
put a bridge over Cherry Creek. The bike path on S.
Telluride slows traffic down- have had many comments on it. The city
is working on site enforcement – for example tree limbs blocking
stop signs. Code enforcement – can’t pick up dead
animals or wild life. They are getting a grant for new bus benches.
Wendy
DeBell CHERRY CREEK School
Board – Cherry Creek is the 4thlargest school
district in the State with 51,000 students covering 108 square
miles, with 7200 employees, 285 buses 186 regular buses and 99
special buses. They serve 30,000 meals per day and over 100
languages are spoken by the students. They lost 81
million in funding. They have to make 15 million more
cuts. The new science, math & technology building is up and running
on the Overland campus for students in 6-12th grades.-
NASA came to visit. They are closing the achievement gap with this
facility. On November 19th from 9-12:30 P.M.
at a cost of $10.00 for adult, $5.00 for middle school students &
$3.00 for elementary students Dr. Ben
Carson Author
of “Gifted Hands” will be speaking at Overland High 12400 E. Jewell
Ave. tickets can be
purchased at Prairie Middle School PayPal @www.pms.ccsd.k12.co.us or
call 720-747-3040. Cherry Creek schools will be honoring all
veterans the week of Nov. 7-11- there is an essay contest district
wide.
GRAYSON
ROBINSON - ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF-
www.arapahoesheriff.org. or
grobinson@co.arapahoe.co.us for 6 years
Centennial has been named the safest city to live in. They have
received 5 accreditations at the Sheriff’s department for meeting
best practices. When he knew IKEA would be opening Sheriff Robinson
sent 4 people from the department to Tempe , AZ for experience on an
IKEA opening. He said they had visitors from as far as Missouri for
the IKEA opening and IKEA said it was the smoothest opening ever.
IKEA paid for 5 ½ weeks of security from the Sheriff’s Department.
The Impact Team from the department who ride around on bike’s, etc.
do flexible jobs and has expanded to 11 members. There were 6
residential daytime burglaries in Piney Creek and they just caught
the burglar.. At the
Fairgrounds they will be setting up a permanent station- they will
offer drivers training forgroups
for a small fee, they will have a storage facility, etc. The
dispatch center has been remodeled they have e911 authority funds
and radio communication is their #1 priority.
Janet Schneider Arapahoe Library District 303-693-7449 –had a 9%
decrease in funds- but they are solvent. The summer
reading program was a big success. They are working on
child & family library services
and literacy programs.
Smoky Hill Metro District ( Parks&
Recreation Chris McKay – 64% of the Smoky Hill Homeowners voted
to renew the taxes for the district . Chris thanks me for
recommending Steve Pulford
for the maintenance job. The Clubhouse is in use 300
days a year. Future park work- they are working to get
2 grants through a new member of the Board Pat Martin.
SmokyhillMetroBoard.org is their website.
