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Council Minutes of 9-15-2020 Council President Jones, Committee of the Whole: The Committee of the Whole met on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Present were Council members Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly, Limpert and Williamson; Council President Jones; Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Clerk of Council Massarolo, Presenter Travis Parker and guests. • The purpose of the meeting was to have a demonstration of a program to improve the efficiency of publishing the agenda, but more importantly to help increase community engagement with City Council. The program was People Speak and Travis Parker from Lakewood Colorado provided the demonstration. Councilwoman Williamson Chairwoman of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee: The Building, Zoning & Development Committee met on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 7:20 p.m. Present were committee members Williamson, Limpert and Schumann; Councilmembers Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann and Kelly; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning and Community Development Lieber and guests. • Discussed together were Ordinances 2020-78 and 2020-79. These are amendments to Chapters 1115 and 1163 respectively. The meeting followed the Public Hearing which was held earlier in the evening. After a lengthy discussion the committee voted 3-0 to hold in committee until September 22. • Discussed next was Ordinance 2020-98. An Ordinance amending Section 1345.05 of Chapter 1345 of the Building Code entitled "Standards for Private Residential Pools" to incorporate standards established by the International Code Council for Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs installed at residential properties. Director Gallo explained this is a house keeping ordinance. The International Code Council for Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs retitled this section. Our Code adopts the International Code Council for Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs standards by reference, therefore the City needs to amend its Ordinance to the proper reference. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council. • Discussed last was Ordinance 2020-99. An Ordinance amending and reestablishing Section 1359.09 of Chapter 1359 of the Building Code entitled "Maintenance of Unoccupied Commercial Buildings" in order to establish the appeal process from an order of the Building Commissioner. This is another housekeeping ordinance that clarifies the appeals process in Chapter 1359 by changing the title from Director to Building Commissioner. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council. Councilman Limpert Chairman of the Streets & Transportation Committee: The Streets & Transportation Committee met on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 6:45 p.m. Present were committee members Limpert, Kelly and Glassburn; Council members Brossard, Hemann and Schumann; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Planning & Development Lieber, City Engineer DiFranco and guests. 2