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Minutes are not a verbatim transcription but rather an attempt to capture the intent of the speaker.
ITEM 1 - Call to Order: 6:30 p.m.
ITEM 2 - Roll Call
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Arai, Berger, Bradburn, Brockwell, Carr, Cohn, Cozart,
Creswell, J. Fox, L. Fox, Harrison,, Herron, Johnson, Gaffney-Kindig, King,
Kinney, Krienkamp, Larsen, Little, Lloyd, Lynch, Mesch, Murray, Schneider, Slabe,
Smedes, Sperling, Spicer, Spriggs, Taylor, Trujillo-Luceo, Varnes, Weston, Wicht.
With 34 present a quorum was declared.
HONORED GUESTS: Council Representatives Sue King and Adam Paul; Prospective Commissioners, Deb Hinsvark, Joan Trapino, and Kane McNeill.
Pledge of Allegiance and moment of silence observed
ITEM 3 - Public Comment: None
ITEM 4 - Presentation- Kathy Berumen, RTD/FasTracks Overview
Ms. Berumen represents the Denver Transit Construction Company which is responsible
for construction of the West Corridor Project jointly with Herzog and Stacy-Whitbeck.
She discussed the project, time schedules currently projected. Mitigations will
be made for noise, dust, utility interruptions, street closings during the project.
Dozens of sub-contractors will be involved and all will have proper ID. There
will be contact information on the website for all contractors.
Project information and updates are available at www.rtd-fastracks.com. Contact information for Kathy Berumen: 303-299-2175 or e-mail Kathy@rtd-fastracks.com. Brenda Tierney is the contact for RTD. Her information is 303-299-2401 or e-mail Brenda.tierney@rtd-fastracks.com.
Commissioners asked whether a central log of complaints and responses will be maintained. Ms. Berumen said that a log will be kept and it has not yet been determined if it will be maintained by RTD or by Denver Transit Construction Co.
ITEM 5 Approval of Minutes: Minutes for April 16, 2008 were approved with no corrections or additions.
ITEM 6 - Correspondence: Letters of resignation from Commissioners Langston, Hoerter and Skinner were received. Resignations were accepted with regret.
ITEM 7 -Committee Reports
1. PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE- Report on Estival/Festival will be presented
to Commission under Old Business.
2. NEIGHBORHOOD LIASON COMMITTEE - Read the committee's Mission Statement
which was approved by Executive Committee and sent for inclusion in the Procedural
Manual. Continue to establish contacts with neighborhood organizations and re
working on outreach to neighborhoods not represented by a neighborhood organization
or HOA. Work on the draft recommendation on Neighborhood Cleanup will continue
in June with the report to be sent to Commission for approval in August.
3. PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE - Presented proposal on Tree Lighting Ceremony to the
Mayor and Council. Although the Commission desire to include recommending use
of LED lights was not added to the written recommendation, it was included in
the presentation to the Mayor.
4. YOUTH COMMITTEE - No report
5. SENIOR COMMITTEE- At recent meeting, resignation of George Hoerter was discussed. He will be missed by the committee and the commission as a whole. A recommendation for inclusion in the procedural manual was prepared and submitted.
6. ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE - Forwarded two reports to the Commission for review: Building Green in Lakewood and Increasing Recycling in Lakewood. The Commission will review and vote on sending these forward next meeting.
7. DIVERSITY COMMITTEE - No specific assignment. Will study municipalities or groups building an inclusive community such as Colorado Municipal League, State of Minnesota and Colorado Trust. Committee will maintain a relationship with Red Rocks Community College and their Diversity Council. They also plan to establish relationships with the City of Arvada, The Denver Foundation and the Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning.
8. LANDMARKS COMMITTEE- Have held 2 meetings. Attended the Jeffco Heritage Symposium held on May 17 at the Lakewood Heritage Center. No specific project. Next meeting May 22. Plan to change meeting time/place and will announce change.
9. BUSINESS COMMITTEE - One meeting held; the next is May 28 at 6 p.m. at Jose O' Shea's. They are working on encouraging small businesses in Lakewood and have learned that the City of Lakewood Economic Development staff is also working on this issue so will meet with them to collaborate.
ITEM 8 - Old Business: Presented the report on Estival/Festival. The assignment from City Council asked for a recommendation as to whether this event should be reinstated. The Committee recommends it be reinstated as a one day or weekend event at the Belmar Park Heritage Center, be designed to celebrate summer and feature local bands. The Commission voted to send the report/proposal to City Council. The vote was 33 ayes, 1 nay (Larsen).
ITEM 9 - New Business
• Jim Kinney gave a report from the Procedural Manual Team. They are preparing
a system for maintaining policies adopted by the Commission. This will not be
a methodology for how policy is set. The team will begin by assembling what
is currently set forth, including all e-mails, a current roster, existing rules,
etc. The manual will be prepared so that Commissioners can add items that are
agreed upon as procedures.
• Jim Bradburn led a discussion to determine how commissioners want to set forth ultimate decision making authority. There are three possibilities for approval of proposals to send forward to City Council: Individual Committees, the Executive Committee or the Commission as a whole. Commissioners were asked for feedback on each method. To summarize ideas, the majority did not want the Executive Committee to be the decision maker for proposals. Commissioners were roughly equally divided in vesting approval authority in the other two groups. Points for and against having proposals approved by either individual committees or by the commission as a whole will be compiled.
• Next Action: The Executive Committee will meet on June 11, 2008 at 5:30 and will create a proposal for Commission discussion and approval at the June meeting on June 18, 2008.
Next Commission Meeting: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Minutes approved at the June 18th Advisory Commission for an Inclusive Community Commission Meeting with a correction to the Historic Landmark Committee Report to read as: Work continues on assigned projects.
Advisor/Coordinator: Advisory Commission for an Inclusive Community
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