Location: South High School

Start: 9:05am

30 Delegates in Attendance

Welcome from Washington Park NA

South High School introduction – Community Liaison

• South is an International School
• It focuses on College Prep

Approval of Minutes – Motion: James Sample 2nd: Chris Chiari – Approval by Voice Acclimation

Treasurer Total: $33k

Committee – Zoning & Planning

• Proposed changes to Marijuana statutes will allow longer hours
• The committee encourages Good Neighbor agreements
  • Set hours, sign restrictions, parking plan with the business owner
• The INC Academy was a success
  • Recorded and has been posted on YouTube
  • Next training is on Small Area Plans (Blair Caldwell Library)
• Court Decision on Crestmoor Park found that neighbors have standing to have the suit go forward.
• Court Decision on Sloans Lake Apartments – It will go forward on an individual basis.
• City does not want RNOs to be able to sue.
  • AI: JJ – Take a look at ordinance for RNOs to sue.
• Small area plans would only be “recommendations”
  • City believes that neighborhoods can only “recommend” plans

Committee – Education:

• Viewing of Education INC movie on Monday Night @ 7pm DSA.

• Monday night – Lincoln HS is becoming split apart.

  • Thursday night is the vote.

  • Story in DP this morning.

• AI: Meg – Get a bi-monthly meeting going for Education

• INC has posted up the videos from the Election Forums – Please Share

Committee Parks & Rec

• Motion on Denver INC PARC Red Rocks Resolution

  • Friends of Red Rocks

  • Motion: Margie Valdez & 2nd by: Caroline Schomp

  • Recognition of Susan Beard

  • Steve from Friends of Red Rocks presented

    • Red Rocks belongs to all of us, but no neighborhood organization represents it.

  • Discussion: The corporate sponsor will be displayed properly.

  • Vote: For: 31 – Against: O – Abstain: 2

• Motion made by Meg Schomp.

• Recycled water in parks is killing trees because of the sodium levels.

• Presented by Cindy Johnstone.

• 2nd: Darcy Wilson

• Discussion – Go talk to the private company?

• Get the EPA sampling data for the company’s river water exhaust.

• Parks & Rec are planning on expanding this process.

• There is a list of places it’s being used.

• Wash Park has lost 1/3 of their conifers,

  • 19% in City Park, Cheesman (no gray water) 6.5%.

• We want to use gray water, but we don’t want the salt problem.

• Vote: 31 – 0 – 1 abstain.

• The park next to DPAC will have a public meeting.

  • They have a plan to make it an amphitheater.

• Special Events is having an the events in the park reevaluation

  • We ask for at least 3 days a month when the parks don’t have an event.

• Neighborhoods are advocates for city council to be decision makes for Parks Dept.

Public Safety

• meeting – Next meeting is Oct 22nd.
• Safety Expo was a success

Awards Banquet

• Visit Denver is Presenting Sponsor again this year.
• Hosting it at the Police Protective Association (PPA)

Presentations on 2C – See our YouTube Videos

http://www.denverinc.org/inter-neighborhood-cooperation-forum-on-election-item-2c-national-western-video/

http://www.denverinc.org/inter-neighborhood-cooperation-forum-on-election-item-2a-college-matters/