INC DELEGATE MEETING MINUTES

APRIL 2019

Location: SWIC – Southwest Improvement Council, 1000 S. Lowell Blvd.

Executive Board Present: George Mayl, President; Loretta Koehler, Vice President; Steve Nissen, Treasurer; Hank Bootz, Maggie Price, Drew Dutcher, Jane Potts Delegates-at-Large; Joel Noble, Transportation Committee; Cindy Johnstone, PARC Committee; Greg Sorensen, Budget Committee; Amy Duclos, Education Committee; Christine O’Connor & Ean Tafoya ZAP Committee (quorum)

(Meeting scheduled 15 minutes early to accommodate Denver Decides forum at 9am)

Call to Order at 8:47 am by President George Mayl

Larry Ambrose and SWIC thanked for hosting the meeting.

Initiative 300

At the March 9^th monthly Delegate Meeting, INC hosted an Initiative 300 (Right to Survive) Forum at Brookdale. The scope of the initiative was presented by city attorney, and both sides represented by a proponent and an opponent. (video on denverinc.org) Following the presentations and discussion the INC Board appointed 4 members of the executive committee to determine whether INC should take a position.

Chair Mayl asked committee member Hank Bootz to report on the committees decision. Bootz said that the committee had a difficult discussion, and the only conclusion they could come to was for INC to Not Take A Position.

There was an immediate motion.

(ACTION) It was moved by Lou Raders of Cherry Creek North and seconded by Annette Woodward of Cherry Creek North that INC take a position.

Discussion – several members stated that their RNO had not taken a position and they could not vote to take a position without direction from their neighborhood.

For the Motion 9

Against the Motion 25

Motion fails.

Meeting Adjourned. 8:59am

Denver Decides

Today INC together with the League of Women Voters, Historic Denver and Denver TV8 hosted candidates for Denver Mayor and City Council District 3 to two forums that were filmed for broadcast on Denver Channel 8 in anticipation of the May 9, 2019 election.