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OCTOBER 14, 20098 - 18th ANNUAL Meeting of the BOARDS
Randy Pye Mayor of Centennial finances are in good shape only off .035%.
38% of the budget comes from sales tax- there will be cuts in street services &
concrete repairs due to the economy. In 2010 there should be an up tick in sales
tax due to the opening of the Streets at Southglenn. The expenses for 2009-2010
should remain the same 30 stores are now open and 21 more due to open in the
next 60 days. Many restraunts will be located there including an Iron Chef. The
Central commons will have ice skating. The forclosure rates for the city are
about 1% and should go to 1.2 or 1.5 next year. Development has slowed, but they
will be openingcutoms and immigration offices in Feb. 2010. IKEA will probably
open in late 2011. There is lots of road work and infrastructure that needs to
be done- the city is partnering with Greenwood Village on the Arapahoe Rd & I-25
intersection. The Planning department should have a Land Use code and zoning
codes next year.
Ron Weidmann City Council for the City of Centennial Ward IV said the city
is in good shape. There will be road construction at Orchard & Parker Rds. In
2010 more construction at Parker & Arapahoe Rds. They are working on parks and
trails in the Cherry Creek Basin- 3 counties are involved and 300M in projects
ready to go.. The Civic Center Park will cost about 6M Code enforcement- someone
asked a question about this- Ron said if they see it they enforce it- so call
303-325-8000 if you have a problem. If weeds are too high they will come out and
cut them and bill the property owner.
Rod Brockenfeld County Commissioner said the County is doing well revenue
is based off of property taxes and probably the next assessment period will be
tough. The main concern is the commercial devaluation. There has been increased
funding for Tri County Health, they expanded the county court house using phased
in funds, there is a new DAs office & new courtrooms, the next expansion will
be the County Jail. Someone asked about the road problem on Liverpool from Smoky
Hill Rd to Arapahoe Rd
GRAYSON ROBINSON - ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF- www.arapahoesheriff.org. or
grobinson@co.arapahoe.co.us the department got 5 accrediations. Next year 2 more
communications centers and only one is accredited in Colorado . The City of
Sheridan is partnering with Arapahoe County due to financial problems- they will
be sharing the dispatch services which will enhance both areas- they have
contracts for coverage in outlying areas like Deerfield, Bennett, Cherry Hills,
Everbridge, etc. Tornado warnings, etc go to the website to get signed up for
warnings sent to your phone, computers, etc. H1N1 people should be out of work
at least 1 week. They had a Pandemic summit in 2006- so Tri County knows what to
do. Jail expansion there is over crowding- 150-200 are sleeping on the floor
as a solution to over crowding they are recommending modification to good time
recalculating the time periods and they saved 2373 bed days, they are focusing
on efficiencies adding 270 beds at no tax increase by using triple bunks
which gets inmates off the floor. The terrorist event this fall was the real
thing- our sheriff chairs the Homeland Security committee for the area.
Jerry Rhodes Cunningham Fire District and Jim Becker from the Fire Board- The
assessed value dropped 3.2% in the district so they are having to make cuts, but
no drop in service. Ambulance reimbursement rates stink from Medicare & Medicaid
they only collect 62%, they may need to restructure or drop ambulance service.
Sprinkler systems in homes may be required in new construction. The fire
department received a nomination from Pinnacle Insurance and received a service
award. The department will visit 42 schools during Fire Prevention week. They
recommend if you have H1N1 you stay home cough in your sleeve not in your
hand.
Kathy Noone CenCON they have 56-57 homeowners associations as members over
20,000 homes in Districts 2-3-& 4 they have received many calls about the new
SPROUTS building on Smoky Hill Rd-they gave opinions to Planning & Zoning- the
City Council had the final say.. The Land use code is due for a rewrite.
Janet Schneider Arapahoe Library District 303-693-7449 they are stressing
literacy in finaces & reading from babies to seniors. They have a lot of
computer use. With 2 new libraries this year they may not be hiring or buying
for a while and expect 2012-2013 may be hard.
Smoky Hill Metro District ( Parks & Recreation) Chris McKay they have an
election coming up in May 3 positions are open. Steve Pulford the maintenance
manager has been saving money on water. In 2010 the Bonds will be paid off- they
have a revenue preservation committee studying the finances and may ask for an
increase.
C.J. Whelan President of the Smoky Hill Homeowners Association thanked everyone
for their attendance.
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