The discussion at City Hall was all about what to do about the Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve water viewing area or as I will refer to it, the MPNP. Located off South Holly Street between Belleview Avenue and Orchard Road, in what is known as The Preserve. The Preserve is a rare community that lives in harmony with its natural surroundings. The 45-acre Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve is the centerpiece of the neighborhood. Home to wildlife, and nature flourishes here. Walking and biking trails extend along the Highline Canal as it runs 1.5 miles through The Preserve on its 70-mile course through Denver, and many views of the mountains can be seen here. Many say this is the BEST place to have a viewing area oh so nice. The plans include 3 sitting/viewing areas, nature native to Colorado and our surrounding areas. The trails will feature plants, shrubs, and trees that are very nicely placed, including one which is planned to be cut and placed on its side on the path to provide beauty and a resting place. The plans for the MPNP are extensive and absolutely amazing! Once it is finished in late 2012, I will make a visit.

To view the plans please click here…

http://www.preservegv.com/about/nature_preserve.html

Councilmember Presley’s Interns Spring 2012. Baily Call, Ashley Folkman, Julie Culver, all Juniors at Cherry Creek High School.

The case after this case was about a liquor store selling to a minor. I wondered how this would effect their business as well. With Chipotle, alcohol is not their main source of income and so it wouldnt be a huge blow if they lost their license to serve liquor. However, for the liquor store it would be a big problem because their major source of income is liquor.

As part of the stipulation signed by Mr. Stonbraker, the City Prosecutor, a recommended penalty was seven days suspension of the licensee’s license, with three days to be served and four days to be held in abeyance during the period of one year. The licensee also must pay reasonable costs incurred by the authority not to exceed $1500.00.

In conclusion, the employee was terminated and the date for the TIPS (alcohol training) was set for sometime in April 2012. The stipulation was passed by all members of the council. The licensee recieved a suspension and they submitted a petition to pay a fine. The mayor recognised that although these things do happen he urged them to be more visulant and careful and take their time when checking ID’s.

Chipolte appeals to younger kids and that is a reason to be more careful and take time to completely check and make sure the customer is of age to be drinking.

The problem in the past 2 years because of funding (as the cost per child is about 10$), problems with the city staff’s raises and the fishing derby also resulted from lack of money. Costs for Public Works Day include: drinks and snacks and Goodies such as coloring books, crayons, bags, and safety vests. This year the committee is trying to decide what they can cut back on at the Public Works Day in order to still have the event, the staff came up with the following:

1) Cut down on goodies given out such as safety vests

2) Try and raise money for the event

The committee also all agreed that a good idea would be to open Public Works Day up to other schools such as Littleton Public Schools, Cottonwood Elementary School, and Greenwood Elementary School. However there is a capacity problem for staff in looking at the amount of kids versus the amount of staff.

 I think this is a good idea to open the event up to other schools as it is a learning experience for not only the kids, but for teachers, parents and volunteers as well. I also think that if Greenwood Village can cut down the costs of the event it will be an easier and affordable day that will be looked forward to for years to come.

During the last meeting it was announced that the annual fishing derby is back! After the completion of the constructions and modifications to the pond where the derby is held, the council decided to start the derby up. Though, they are asking for donations; requesting a minimum of 2,600 dollars, and the city will supply 1,600 dollars. Though this might seem a little pricey, it is a small price to pay for family fun, and a chance to clean, and take home the fish you catch, plus, there will be prizes for the children! So gather your family and join the fishing derby!

If off leash hours were accepted into the parks for pros I feel

-the dogs would be more excersized and be friendlier around other people

-Owners will feel more obligated to follow these rules

- The increasing number of dog owners will increase the amount of use to the park.

Though the cons, I feel, greatly outweigh the pros.

If off leash hours were accepted into the parks, I feel the cons would be

-Damage to the foliage.

-Increased amounts of dog “droppings”

-Less use by non-dog owning citizens during the hours

-Increase in wild life disruption

-Increase of out of area use of parks

-Unfamiliars in the neighborhood.

I feel that having off leash hours in Greenwood village parks is not a good idea, and wouldn’t be supported by the community that the dog park is in.  Though this would be a good idea for dog owners, there are also parks near the community that accept off leash dogs. Before the dog parks are accepted, I feel they will have to build fences, and ask the people as a whole if they would be okay with the park in their parks, and accept the damage that is bound to be done.

Some things I feel the committee needs to think about in making this decision is that:

1) If they allowed the manufacturing business to come into GV this limits the smaller businesses in office space and it cuts down their business

2) If decided that it was a use by right then wouldn’t that be a hole to let more manufacturing companies in? and more manufacturing companies means more truck traffic, and more pollution.

However, some pros in making this dicision are:

1) The more big businesses the less taxes the individual has to pay

2) The more manufacturing companies, the more business to GV

If the committee decided to make it a use by permit then that would limit the amount of manufacturers moving in and place limits on the number of trucks, smoke stacks, pollution, and location, making this a more difficult but better for GV.