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Council members said both candidates were well qualified; they cited Ellman’s familiarity with the South Metro region and his work as an alternate judge and in private practice as reasons for his selection. The council requested that the city clerk prepare a contract resolution for the council to approve at an upcoming meeting; a swearing-in is expected Feb. 4.

Council agreed that Judge Peterson will remain an associate judge and staff will bring a backfill for the associate position to the council later.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Centennial City Regular Council Meeting | 1/7/2025","oneSentenceSummary","After interviewing candidates, council members recommended appointing Kevin Ellman as Centennial municipal judge; the appointment and contract will be finalized at a subsequent meeting.","taxTitle","Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado","taxId",5762,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6393139,"Neighbors press Centennial to take over South Potomac medians; council asks staff for more analysis",6580,216000,6796000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2107920-4939cd48c5f9c7e13fe0829c2879b30a&start=216&end=6796","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2107920-4939cd48c5f9c7e13fe0829c2879b30a/thumbnail_216000.jpg","/articles/6393139/Centennial/Arapahoe-County/Colorado/Neighbors-press-Centennial-to-take-over-South-Potomac-medians-council-asks-staff-for-more-analysis","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393139-f5cb9d8305a48cbe97a3fdd918b4eaa4/orig.mp4?Expires=1771195020&Signature=Vrk2Tp7ldQYIoIEC26Ta4uPDPvGb6fwKphVVLPDm1G9HuXvA~5hi9zi5ebD7wvG8rGe8tKBhsTU6gJrFpB0rfxwboApOXr9Dw2os2I7syi0fe8WTZW4Xmvfcz0A8asMwOt26bsLbrmsVIvyUYy1-XpWwGJ4qM2Fo2z-QXX4xmrs4R1bJMbAi0GEg0eRzf7LQq6xZNlyAtIrkaCLr9Y4XC0AyZdiebr4WL0UQ7FN7BUzSc6yilPYjyQYQ9mlVT4GurUGbjgfp7UEAMI8IN5rtCAzxxieBBzjcusP4~1TswVmIWnlm9nLTgDp8RO0XnFy9nOncR-JxVPpDV2HmUniEtQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Centennial — Residents of subdivisions east of South Potomac Street urged the City Council during the Jan. 7 public-comment period to accept an offer from the Village at Centennial Master Homeowners Association and nearby landowner Castle Primm to transfer ownership and maintenance of the landscaped medians on S. Potomac Street to the city.

Several speakers said their individual HOAs pay monthly fees for median maintenance while some adjacent property owners do not contribute; speakers asked the city to assume responsibility to create an equitable outcome. Greg Lansky said the corridor is “a gateway to the city” used by people traveling to City Hall and Centennial Center Park and urged council to approve the transfer. Steve Rogers, a past HOA president for Peakview Village, said residents see no value in belonging to a master HOA whose only visible function is median maintenance and supported city takeover so the HOAs could dissolve.

Public Works Director Jeff Denkenbring presented background and a formal offer submitted by Castle Primm and the master association. Denkenbring said Castle Primm and the master association originally funded some work, capped the irrigation supply and had submitted a formal offer; Castle Primm’s representative had indicated the company had already spent money on surveys and repairs. City staff reviewed the offer under the city’s 2015 median-transfer policy and raised concerns about the likely cost of improving and maintaining the medians.

Denkenbring said two ways to limit future city costs would be to hardscape the medians (concrete or rock) or to accept long-term maintenance funding from the HOA. He presented contractor estimates: hardscape with high-quality concrete was roughly $250,000 and rock cover was roughly $50,000–$100,000 (estimates provided by proponents and a city-contracted service provider). He also said reclaimed-water rules and the need for certified operators to work with Aqua’s reg-84 reclaimed-water system had contributed to the maintenance challenges.

Council members expressed caution. Several said they were sympathetic to the residents but worried the city would set a precedent and create an open-ended financial obligation that other communities might seek to pass on to the city. Multiple council members asked staff to gather more data, verify estimates, and confirm that the property owners and HOA members understand the likely trade-offs (for example, replacing irrigated landscape with a low-maintenance rock hardscape and possibly removing smaller landscaped features).

Council did not vote to accept the offer on Jan. 7. Staff said they will compile the meeting record, collect additional detail on costs and financing, and return to council with a recommendation; staff also said they would ensure the HOA documents and constituent outreach demonstrate community understanding of any change in landscaping and maintenance.","Residents and the Village at Centennial Master HOA urged the city to accept responsibility for landscaped medians along S. Potomac Street. Public works outlined costs and options; council asked staff to return with additional details and outreach to affected residents.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6393144,"Council votes to eliminate Centennial’s dedicated fiber fund amid budget review",386,890000,1276000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2107920-4939cd48c5f9c7e13fe0829c2879b30a&start=890&end=1276","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2107920-4939cd48c5f9c7e13fe0829c2879b30a/thumbnail_890000.jpg","/articles/6393144/Centennial/Arapahoe-County/Colorado/Council-votes-to-eliminate-Centennials-dedicated-fiber-fund-amid-budget-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393144-ddce8b8a99bf4ec9801b2fcf09dff59f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771195020&Signature=XsLygf~Xd5NGLJIl~b6L2U4VgBtV11gQ38Q7lXj1FfBkhpeTGFRlXM7DYcOy0k9FrI~iH2q~zTmAfS322tQrSctH8NmcbUbH~EEnZtlIIEKzpmRIVCgCFkdmOATgAWhOysP6lqZoesLrVZKGaPa-789Imq9wxCQBEa~wpIsxKL3whvygaoR3C-j0AEywgd7ncIv4g0HYZC5qjQUizgMdt8egjEtDJcvx6KP6~E0nuyDS3KY8BlSBap0VnaabfaY1CflqCMVbSMBMagL9Sbpg-5kw3InV6FmfC6KZCV2av87HrP0AL5byd1N0vwMCEZCHjxEoFDNfd~0Dp0y~I73CnQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Centennial — The City Council approved Ordinance 2024-0-20 on Jan. 7 to remove the city’s dedicated ‘‘fiber fund’’ from the Centennial Municipal Code (section 4-8-20), collapsing fiber-related accounting into existing city funds.

Finance Director Jeff Cadiz told council the fund, created by ordinance in 2018 to segregate revenues and expenses tied to the city-owned fiber network, no longer meets the characteristics of an enterprise fund and adds complexity to budgeting and reporting. Cadiz said the Fiber Commission and the Centennial Budget Committee reviewed and supported the recommendation during the 2025–26 biennial budget process.

Cadiz and Mayor Pico both said the city completed construction of the network in 2019 and has not seen operations require standalone enterprise accounting. The ordinance would remove the separate fund while allowing historic fiber revenues and expenses to be reported within existing city funds.

Councilmember Holt voiced concerns but did not oppose the change. In the public hearing for the ordinance there were no speakers signed up. Mayor Pro Tem moved to approve; Councilmember Karnes seconded. After an initial roll call that recorded one dissent and a procedural revote, the final tally was 9 ayes and the motion carried.

Cadiz said staff and the city’s advisory commissions reviewed the recommendation during budget workshops and the biennial budget process, and the ordinance applies only to the fiber fund defined in section 4-8-20.","City finance staff recommended deleting the city’s separate enterprise-style fiber fund; council approved Ordinance 2024-0-20 after discussion, 9-0.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6393149,"Centennial council adopts emergency ordinance regulating natural-medicine facilities",4763,1293000,6056000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2107920-4939cd48c5f9c7e13fe0829c2879b30a&start=1293&end=6056","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2107920-4939cd48c5f9c7e13fe0829c2879b30a/thumbnail_1293000.jpg","/articles/6393149/Centennial/Arapahoe-County/Colorado/Centennial-council-adopts-emergency-ordinance-regulating-natural-medicine-facilities","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6393149-4f4af9bcd93b28d6071efc5395a9320b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771195020&Signature=N87NQeQVo43XhX618TN5d3qiZNkNEjs5KUIPlRH7b7Bv1uFr~SuqWZXsmg831B65s4TPodQpoh0XDz4xytk26kY48byh7IjZbNhbKiQlocHKQv4tFmrS~L~ie3F6wyXcioMqcDtj1S8ceVtcYbfJrWou3M9gHu1W5M4nBT8ZWR3D0I1q0iWUdmclaYWxraP~Hn8mWmhpLRxd44KKoIPKXPhmXaw9C4CtOnNMzP4ELn9EyJ3ixr-9uUzrife9esLttPUjaJfcBtvw2~Et1wUYUokXsf9fJ1GeNCLxL~BuKUeqBB4499uSIeGHgf1dEv6jsDt~4Lu2BX1-dDuXRnBwUw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Centennial — The City Council adopted an emergency ordinance (2024-0-19) on Jan. 7 that establishes local zoning, spacing and basic operating rules for natural-medicine businesses licensed under Colorado’s voter-approved framework.

The ordinance sets a city overlay that generally limits nonclinical healing centers, cultivation, manufacturing and testing facilities to an area roughly bounded by I-25, E. Arapahoe Road, S. Parker Road and the Arapahoe/Douglas county line. It also adopts state-mandated personal-cultivation limits and adds local time, place and manner restrictions, including limits on hours and a requirement that administration and integration sessions happen indoors.

City Attorney’s Office attorney Jill Hassman and Planning Manager Michael Grama presented the ordinance and walked council through local steps the city can take without conflicting with state law, which requires that licensed facilities not be banned outright. Hassman described three lines of state oversight: facilitators (regulated by the Department of Regulatory Agencies, DORA), facility licensing and product oversight (Department of Revenue) and the Natural Medicine Advisory Board.

The city’s ordinance mirrors the state’s 1,000-foot minimum spacing requirement between healing centers and schools, day cares and preschools, measured by a “route of direct pedestrian access.” It adds a 300-foot spacing requirement measured “as the crow flies” between standalone healing centers inside the city’s natural-medicine-business overlay, and prohibits natural-medicine services as a home-based business or as the commercial portion of a live-work unit.

Grama and Hassman said the most public-facing use — the healing center — will be regulated similarly to medical counseling or therapy offices, and the city will treat cultivation, manufacturing and testing facilities like light industrial operations in appropriate zone districts. The ordinance allows an exception to the overlay and the 300-foot spacing if a licensed clinical facilitator provides services co-located within a health-care facility; Grama said the clinical-facilitator route was intended to preserve access to medically supervised services in more parts of the city.

Council members asked detailed questions about the state licensing timeline, security and how the spacing rules would apply in practice. Several members emphasized a cautious approach. Councilmember Karnes, who earlier thanked staff for the presentation, asked whether the city had received any state applications; staff said they had not been notified of any completed applications specifically for Centennial as of the meeting.

Two members of the public who spoke in favor — Allison Lee, a licensed professional counselor who said she is pursuing a healing-center permit, and Bennett Rutledge — urged access and pointed to state safety rules and screening. Other public commenters asked about the overlay’s boundaries and whether parks or other public property should be included in the state’s 1,000-foot sensitivity buffer; Grama said the state language specified schools, day cares and preschools.

Mayor Pro Tem moved to approve the ordinance as an emergency measure; Councilmember Sullary seconded. The council voted 9-0 and the ordinance took effect immediately. Staff told council they will monitor state licensing and return with any applications or recommended changes to the city’s rules.

The ordinance text and staff presentation note that the state began accepting facility applications Dec. 31; the city’s emergency adoption was presented as a way to have local zoning guidance available while the state issues licenses.

The council and staff emphasized that the ordinance regulates time, place and manner but does not create state licensing or the detailed security and testing standards governed by state agencies.","The Centennial City Council on Jan. 7 adopted an emergency ordinance spelling out where and how state-licensed natural-medicine businesses may operate in the city, including local spacing rules, zoning limits and an exception for licensed clinical providers in health-care facilities.","actionData","errors"]

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