City of Lakewood Advisory Commission for an Inclusive Community
Commission Meeting – Minutes
February 18, 2009
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. by Chair Karen Harrison

ITEM 2 – Commissioners Present:  Andrews; Arai; Bell; Berger; Bradburn; Carr; Creswell; Cohn; Cyr; Danahey; Dellinger; Dugan; Fodor;  Fox J; Fox L; Gaffney-Kindig; Hanna; Harrison; Herron; Hinsvark; Johnson Shelly; Kinney; Larsen; Little; McNeil; Slabe; Spriggs; Taylor; Vasquez; Weston; Wicht; Coordinator Erma Steck.  A quorum of 31 present.
Honored Guests—Councilor Sue King; Donna and Tim Holzman; Sue Mains; Flora Russell; Linda (?); Jeana Capel-Jones; BethWolters; Judine Leonhart.

ITEM 3 - PUBLIC COMMENT:  None

ITEM 4 – APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  Minutes for January were approved.

ITEM 5 – CORRESPONDENCE:  Resignation letter from LaDawn Sperling.  

ITEM 6 –COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1. PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE:  PT&OS plans to look at the issue of possible review of projects approved and how information concerning those projects can be communicated to public.

2. PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE:  Members attended the acceptance ceremony for the Lincoln Sculpture.  Met with Susan Martin, Cultural Center Coordinator and discussed acquisition process for sculptures in Golden.
 
3. ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE:  Met with Doug Short for a presentation on curbside recycling in Lafayette. 
 
 4.  HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMITTEE:  Discussing data to be received from the Survey approved by the Commission in January.  Presentation to be held at next meeting on 3/4/09 at 7:30 p.m. at Carmody Rec. Center on a new location for the Trolley presently located at the Federal Center.  Commissioners welcome and encouraged to attend.

5.  SENIOR COMMITTEE:  Working on a proposal regarding Food Banking for seniors and also looking at partnering with Business Committee on a project for work-volunteer opportunities for seniors.

6. NEIGHBORHOOD LIAISON COMMITTEE:  No Report.  Presentation of Proposal later in agenda.
  
7. BUSINESS COMMITTEE:  Campaign Finance Report was presented to Council Officers and was well received.  Anticipate seeing campaign finance documents on the Lakewood website as part of 2009 election.  Next meeting 2/25/09 at 7:00p.m. at Carmody Rec. center.  Discussion of next task will continue.  Also to discuss 2009 City Council Mission Statement, Commitment to citizens and Core Community Values.

8.   DIVERSITY EDUCATION COMMITTEE:  Mariza Vasquez has been selected as Committee’s Vice Chair.  Discussed City’s 40th Anniversary Celebration and Committee role.  Discussed partnering with Public Art on the Graffiti assignment.   Attended the Celebration of Humanity at Red Rocks Community College on 2/18/09.  Red Rocks Community College presented the Community Leader Award to Karen Nakandakare.  Mayor Bob Murphy delivered closing remarks.
 
ITEM 7 -- PROPOSALS 

• Youth Committee Proposal:  Reed Larsen presented proposal (See Attached) to recruit members for the Youth Committee from local high schools and other specific areas.  Proposal included consideration of changing term for Young adults to coincide with their school term and to shorten their length of appointment to 1 year with opportunity for re-application.    Discussion ensued. Suggestions included: contact Honor Societies, Key Clubs, Jeffco Open School, Private Schools as will as high schools; consider transportation issues.  Suggestion to contact businesses to sponsor a student to the Commission with specific rewards such as lift tickets.

Motion made and seconded to forward proposal; Unanimous vote in favor.

• Neighborhood Liaison Committee Report on the issue of Recreational Vehicles parking on city streets was presented (See Attached).  The Committee recommends changing the ordinance to prohibit parking of any recreations vehicle on city streets, regardless of length of vehicle.  They also recommend the city clearly define what is included in the term “recreational vehicle” and allow a time period for loading-unloading with implementation to consider incremental fines for violation.
• Flow Chart was distributed to outline the process for moving assignments forward. Question arose regarding flow chart for proposals from the Commission.  An additional flow chart will be prepared.

ITEM 8 – OLD BUSINESS:  None

ITEM 9 –NEW BUSINESS:

• Report on status of previously submitted items will be presented quarterly.
• Wear your Name Tags at meetings.
• Grass Roots Ideas—Committees must reach out to the community by attending association and neighborhood meetings to discover what issues the community is interested in and bring those back to the Commission.
• Please respond to Survey if you have not yet done so.  Only 26 of 52 Surveys were returned.  We need your feedback.

ITEM 10 –COMMISSIONER SPOTLIGHT
BILL SPRIGGS

ALLEN BERGER

ITEM 11 –COORDINATOR REPORT     
New Member Orientation will be conducted on Tuesday 3/3/09 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Cabinet Room.  Commissioners are welcome to attend.

Mariza Vasquez has been appointed by the Mayor to the Complete Count Committee for Census 2010.  She will chair this committee in addition to her Commission duties.

Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

Lorna Fox, Secretary

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