LETTER FROM OUR BOARD CHAIR
Hello Neighbors
Join me in welcoming summer in Colorado and our wonderful neighborhood. As much as I am looking forward to this summer and the neighborhood events we have planned, to mingle, get to know and fellowship with neighbors we have not seen for a while, I am regretful at the same time. I am regretful that I must resign my position as BOD Chair due to health reasons and will focus my time and efforts on recovery. I will not be able serve in my current physical condition and I am asking Vice Chair Falick to present my resignation to the BOD at the next meeting. Having lived in Arapahoe Highlands for the past 32 plus years, Candace and I have loved the friendships and neighborly care that have been an integral part of our enjoyment. We will still be around and participating from a distance (my little bubble) for the duration of this treatment. Thank you all for the support you have given me and our wonderful neighborhood.
Vorry C. Moon
GOOD AND WELFARE
Our neighbor Denise Stone passed away peacefully on May 3, 2025. On Friday May 16, 2025 a funeral mass will be said for her at St. Mark Catholic Church 9905 Foothills Canyon Blvd. Highlands Ranch, CO 80129. The rosary will be said at 9:30am followed by the mass at 10:00am. A luncheon will be served immediately after the mass in the basement of the church.
MARCH 18, 2025 MEETING MINUTES (draft)
Lisa Wiethorn’s house
Members: (attendees in bold font) Chair- Vorry Moon
Vice-Chair- Alan Falick Treasurer- Alex Wolf Secretary- Lisa Wiethorn
Members-At-Large– Kathy Walker, Mark Masters, Andi Graves, Hospitality– Diane Younglund
Communications: Lynne Falick
Homeowners present: Andy Zuber, Hank Salmans, Reneen Salmans
| Presenter: |
Topic: |
Discussion |
| A.Falick |
Introductions, Call to order |
After introductions occurred, the meeting was called to order at 19:10 by A. Falick. V. Moon is unable to attend. |
| A.Falick |
Approval of November meeting minutes |
Motion to skip reading the January minutes motion A. Zuber, second M. Masters. Motion by A. Wolf to approve meeting minutes as written, A. Graves second. Unanimous approval. |
| A.Falick |
Correspondence |
L. Falick is working with last year’s board to facilitate adding 2025 communications to the AHCA website. No new correspondence to discuss. |
| A.Wolf |
Treasurer’s Report |
Homeowners who have paid dues = 65. Just deposited the last batch of checks. A few checks for the 2024 holiday party were recently cashed so A. Wolf will update the budget to reflect these charges.
We don’t currently have an approved budget. Proposed budget reviewed and will have $130 leftover, assuming we receive the City of Centennial grants. Grants are $500 each. Need two different homeowners to apply for the grants. Dumpster Days and Fall Festival were the 2 events we spent the grant money on last year.
Motion from M. Masters to accept the proposed budget with second from A. Falick. Unanimously passed. |
| A.Falick |
Committees:
- ACC
- Hospitality
- Membership
- Activities
- Budget
- ACCORD/
CENCON |
ACC- No recent requests by homeowners for ACC approvals. Andi Zuber volunteered, along with Robert Bloom for the two remaining ACC positions. A. Falick will Chair. Motion to approve from M. Masters, second by A. Falick. Unanimous approval.
Hospitality- New neighbors have moved into 1627 E. Jamison Place. D. Younglund is trying to meet these neighbors and provide a plant to welcome them to the neighborhood. Additionally, Hospitality sent out 3 plants to 3 of our neighbors.
Membership- So far 65 homeowners have paid dues versus 45 last year. Membership forms are being reviewed for comments. There was a discussion regarding if the AHCA is no longer allowed by the City of Centennial to hire-out someone to plow our neighborhood streets during a big snowstorm, and how this could impact our membership. The City has stated that the priority is to plow emergency routes first, then school routes, then secondary streets followed lastly by the remaining streets. A. Graves volunteered to further investigate the neighborhood snowplow issue.
Activities- no new information. Decision made to wait until after Dumpster Days to address the activities that no one has volunteered to Chair.
Budget- refer to previous discussion.
ACCORD/CENCON- name has been changed to CENCON and dues are now $50 annually. L. Wiethorn is currently the AHCA representative on CENCON. Centennial Mayor, Stephanie Piko, is term limited, and the Mayor Pro Tem is District 3 Council Member Mike Sutherland. He will serve from March 4, 2025 to January 6, 2026. The City’s budget was described in detail at both the CENCON meeting and the District 1 meeting. The CENCON minutes will be posted to the AHCA website. |
member
| A.Falick |
Events |
Dumpster Day– (June) A. Wolf volunteered to lead and proposed holding this on June 7 and 8th. Typically have two dumpsters and a woodchipper from 9am to noon. Chipper is charged per hour, so suggestion made for neighbors to drop off brush then chipper arrives. Volunteers manning the table will need to organize the brush to keep it off the property of neighbors adjacent to the chipper.
Scrap metal will also be collected.
In 2025 there will be one dumpster available from 9am to noon and then 1pm to 3pm on Saturday, June 7, on Williams between Jamison Ave and Dry Creek Place (may resume later if wood shipper has not finished). A second dumpster will be available from 9am to 3pm on Sunday, June 8 at the 1600 block of Jamison Ave (or until each dumpster fills up). Neighbors may begin bringing their branches for the wood chipper to Williams between Jamison Ave and Dry Creek Place from 9 am to noon, at which time the chipper will begin operating for approximately one hour.
BBQ (June) – open
July 4th– C. Moon volunteered to Chair/Lead.
Ice Cream (August) – held on National Night Out (Tuesday August 5, 2025), need Chair.
Fall Festival– (October) open Holiday Party (December) open
Discussion revealed that no Garage Sale was held last year.
Activities may not be held if no one volunteers to coordinate the activity. |
| A.Falick |
Unfinished Business |
Deferred. |
| Members |
New Business |
- Will ask L. Falick to send a communication to the neighborhood with the City of Centennial snow plowing regulations and if the City prohibits the AHCA from hiring a contractor to snowplow our neighborhood streets.
- Directory- tabled until after Dumpster Days.
- Discussed the recent parking of unattached trailers, parked vehicles with expired yearly registration, and shipping containers parked on our neighborhood streets. Neighbors directed to refer questions to the Arapahoe County non-emergent line.
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| Members |
Open Discussion |
- Acknowledged that Bylaws need to be updated. Will need to add new role of Board Member-At-Large focusing on Communications to Bylaws.
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| A. Falick |
Adjournment |
Next meeting will be held at 7657 South Williams St. on Tuesday, May 20 at 7pm. Motion to adjourn the meeting, M. Masters, second by D. Younglund. All approved. Meeting adjourned at 20:05 |
Minutes respectfully submitted by L. Wiethorn, Secretary.
CENCON MINUTES
CENTENNIAL COUNCIL OF NEIGHBORHOODS
In Person Meeting
Centennial Center of Generations, Southglenn
www.cencon.net
March 24, 2025; 6:45 pm Minutes
1. Call to order: President Whelan called the meeting to order at 6:48pm. A quorum
was present.
• Online: Hunters Hill FoxRidge Jackson Farm (2)
Village Cooperative
In person attendance not available
• Guests: 18th Judicial District (18JD), Arapahoe County Commissioners’ Office
(BoCC), Arapahoe Library Dist. (ALD), Centennial City Council, South Metro Fire
Rescue (SMFR), Trails Park & Rec. District (TPRD)
• Highlighted areas below are good information for neighborhood newsletters.
2. CenCON Business
A. President’s Report, C.J.Whelan
• Our 28 April meeting will be at Centennial Public Works. The main topic will
be the Midtown Centennial Project.
• The 19 May meeting will be a week early because of Memorial Day. It will be
at the Trails Rec Center. We’ll hear from the Cherry Creek School District.
• In April, we have our annual meeting to include Officer elections. Please,
contact C.J., if you’re interesed in running for any office.
• We’ll be reworking our bylaws & talking about allowing non-association,
outside, members.
• CAI: I have their montly magazine, it‘s their legal issue. Let me know if you’d
like to read it.
• In the Denver Post, today, on page 2, there’s an article on the State
Legislature‘s new pro-posed HOA legislation.
B. Vice President, Community Engagement: Rhonda Livingston
• We need to plan a visit to the LPS Epic Campus, Littleton’s “Innovation
Campus“, on a reg-ular meeting day, if possible.
• City Council will have a legislative update on 1 April during the Council
dinnertime, 5pm (not public).
• On 4/26, the City will sponsor an electronic recycling event at the Centennial
Civic Center.
C. Secretary, Andrea Suhaka was not present, in person.
D. Treasurer, Jill Meakins
• We have $1,145, at the end the year. This is the first time we we haven’t
overspent our bud-get. Our field trip was much cheaper than previous years.
Six members paid dues so far. Dues are due by April 1!
3. Centennial Government and Special Districts
A. 18th Judicial District, Jamie Sorrells and District Attorney Amy Padden
• Amy Padden was not able to attend.
• April is National Sexual Violence Awareness Month. We have dedicated
prosecutors for this issue.
o On the first Tues., we request that folks wear the color teal in support.
The Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) passed a proclamation on it
• We‘ll be doing an event for senior citizens similar to the Senior Safety
Summit, with the ACSO. The date is TBD.
• Colorado is the state with the highest amount of mailbox theft. The only safe
place to mail your tax return is inside the post office! That’s where you
should mail any-thing needing some safety.
• The safest way to make a payment, if your card has a chip, is to tap but,
criminals can still steal your chip info.
B. South Metro Fire Rescue, Kristin Eckmann
• Station 15 is very close to being finished. Fire personnel will occupy the
building in next 2 weeks. They’re going over the punch list now.
• An Open House will be held in the June/July time frame.
• Personnel are going to D.C., to try to get our 911 people classified as first
responders.
• We have an aircraft fire training center at Centennial Airport, to be ready for
an incident. It’s also open to local & regional folks needing such training.
• On 4/23, we chose our new Fire Chief: John Curtis; he was the Deputy Chief
of Emergency Services.
C. Trails Park & Rec., Ryan Bailey, Asst. Exec. Director
• Ryan Bailey wasn’t available so, Chantelle Ericksen presented for him.
• On Sat., 12 April, at Piney Creek Hollow Park, TPRD will hold an adult only
Easter Egg Hunt. See the event listed on the TPRD flyer attached alongside
these minutes.
• Our Spring Art & Pottery sale will take place on 5/3. More events are listed on
the TPRD flyer attached alongside these minutes.
• Lookout Pool was closed in Feb. We‘re building a brand new pool. (We were
having some problems with compliance.) It should have a completion date of
2026. See the event listed on the TPRD flyer attached alongside these
minutes.
D. Arapahoe Library District, Holly Whelan, Manager of Community Relations &
Strategic Events
• Senior Scams: How to Protect Yourself
o When: Thurs., May 8, 6-7:30pm
Where: Online
Who: Adults & older adults
o Join Arapahoe Libraries for a presentation on how to spot scams targeting
adults and seniors.
o We’ll uncover tactics scammers use and give you tools to fight back.
o Learn how to protect yourself from financial fraud & identity theft and get
estate planning tips for safeguarding your assets.
• Discover the Roots of American Music
o Session 1: Fri., May 9, 2-3pm at Koelbel Library
o Session 2: Wed., May 21, 2-3pm at Smoky Hill Library
Who: Adults
o Join us to explore the roots of American music with the Colorado Blues
Society.
o At this presentation, we’ll hear about the heritage of blues music and
enjoy a live performance.
o Learn how the blues influenced artists like Miles Davis, BB King, Elvis
Presley, & Frank Sinatra.
o Choose one of the 2 event times.
• Touch-a-Truck
o When: Wed., May 21, 9-11am
Where: Smoky Hill Library (5430 S. Biscay Cir.)
Who: Ages 0-8
o Honk the horn and turn the wheel at Touch-A-Truck!
o Construction trucks and other exciting vehicles will take over the parking
lot at Smoky Hill Lib. on 5/21.
o Kids age 0-8 are invited to climb on and explore some awesome trucks.
o This event is co-sponsored by the City of Centennial and Southeast Metro
Stormwater Authori-ty (SEMSWA).
• Second Act Career and Resume Workshop
o When: Thurs., May 29, 5-6pm
Where: Smoky Hill Library (5430 S. Biscay Cir., Centennial)
Who: Adults
o Looking to update your resume or find flexible work?
o Join us for a hands-on workshop at Smoky Hill Lib.
o You’ll learn how to craft a standout resume, highlight skills & experience,
and use online job platforms.
o We’ll also cover income limits for Social Security.
o This event is perfect for those re-entering the workforce or seeking
additional income.
• Family Tabletop Hangout
o When: Mon., June 2, 5-6pm (monthly on first Mondays)
Where: Southglenn Library (6972 S. Vine St.)
Who: Families with kids ages 5-18
o Southglenn Library invites you to a family tabletop hangout.
o Join us for family tabletop gaming, snacks, & music.
o We will meet each month on the first Monday.
o This event is great for families with kids ages 5 to teenagers.
• Arapahoe Libraries events are free & open to everyone. Events are posted
on the library website at the start of the month prior. To save your spot,
visit arapahoelibraries.org or call 303-LIBRARY (303-542-7279).
• Sue Rosser offered kudos on the Mad Libs program in March.
E. BoCC member Carrie Warren-Gully, County District 1
• Rhonda Fields is the new District 5 Commissioner.
• We are looking for citizens for the 1A Resident Advisory Committee to help
decide about extra de-bruced money: Roads & infrastructure, public safety,
data. You have until the end of next week will choose.
• Many of the programs the County runs depend on state & federal funds.
We’ve already had to limit what the 18th Judicial Dist. requested.
F. City of Centennial, CenCON Council member District 2 Tammy Maurer
• Projects
o A Colorado Blvd. Open House was Feb. 6 at Newton Middle School.
o Preliminary designs to make Colorado Blvd. 2 lanes from County Line to
Orchard and then making walk/bike separated from roadway. Anyone
who needs more information can go on the website or call me.
o The City is considering adding a roundabout at Euclid & Colorado Blvd.
This is between the fire-house & Arapahoe Rd. on Colorado Blvd. The
City has talked with the Newton MS staff & South Metro Fire and they are
okay with it. No schedule has been set.
o Arapahoe Rd. sidewalk infill project. It will add missing sections from
Havana to Parker Rd. This includes replacing the wood wall along
Algonquin Acres.
o The Lone Tree Creek Trail project will go under Arapahoe Rd. to the City
park & into Cherry Creek State Park. We’re working on design now, with
construction to start this fall.
• Calendar of known City events
o The State of the City, sponsored by Rotary Club, will be held May 13 at
Wings over the Rockies Space Flight Exploration Museum on Centennial
Airport. The presentation by Mayor Piko will include exit videos for the
council members who are termed out at the end of 2025.
o The City has a webpage for information on candidates who have
submitted their applications to City to run for City Council or Mayor.
o District 4 meeting was March 27 at Trails Rec. Center 6-8 pm
o April 1 the Large Community Improvement Grants will open.
o Aug. 9 will have Centennial Under the Stars, 5-9pm, at the Centennial
Center Park. (Artists awards will be given out.)
o Aug. 23 will have the Symphony of the Rockies in the Park. A VIP Tent,
sponsored by Centen-nial Arts and Cultural Foundation (Co$t) will offer
adult beverages and a light supper.
o The annual Chalk Art Festival is scheduled for Sept. 13 at the Streets at
Southglenn, 9/13, 10am-4pm.
o Summer Socials
· District 1, May 29, 6-8pm, Arapaho Park
· District 2, June 5, 6-8pm, Cherry Park
· District 3, June 18, 6-8pm, Centennial Center Park
· District 4, June 12 6-8pm, Piney Creek Hollow Park
o Oct. 25 will be Sip in Centennial, 1-5pm, Centennial Center Par
• Trees are still available, pick them up at the City on April 19.
• RTD Security has improved. RTD and the Fraternal Order of Police finalized
3-year agreement representing agency’s Transit Police.
• AI: The City is evaluating the best practices and approach to its use in the
City. The City does not want misinformation and, therefore, is looking to be
the owner of City information being transmitted through AI.
• The City is looking at adding a hotel licensing requirement which would allow
ACSO to interface with the 15 hotels in here to make sure they are keeping
up with recording license plates of vehi-cles & contact information
(managers, regional managers, night staff). ACSO is looking to make this a
collaborative effort and not focus on enforcement.
• Legislation and bills being proposed
o Besides the City of Centennial watching bills being proposed for
legislature, Council Member Don Sheehan is keeping tabs on the
Colorado Municipal League and Council Member Tammy Maurer with
DRCOG. Biggest concerns are taking away home rule powers and
unfunded man-dates.
4. Planned Program: A Centennial Budget discussion
• City Manager Matt Sturgeon, Assistant City Manager Eric Eddy, Finance
Director Jeff Cadiz
• Cadiz & Eddy work with a budget team and a budget analyst from May on. They
talk to Council in several workshops.
• Eric, since 2012: the policy doc that helps to support what the City wants to
accomplish & to keep us fiscally responsible
• City can’t spend money w/o an adopted budget
• Cent Budget Cmte includes 3 residents
• City Mnager’s budget goes to Council in Oct.
• The City has no debt (no bonds have been passed). 25% of our budget every
year has to go into a savings account for just in case.
• We don’t have any redlight cameras.
• If it’s not too large a file, I’ll attach the slides used for the discussion.
5. Please check in with www.centennialco.gov/Residents/Have-Your-Say-Centennial
to see what’s currently happening in land planning.
6. Adjourn: Whelan adjourned the meeting at 8:39pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Andrea Suhaka.
Next Meeting: April 28, 2025
May meeting will be a week early due to Memorial Day, 19 May
WHATS HAPPENING IN CENTENNIAL
Here is the link to the City of Centennial’s calendar of events. You can click on the arrow to see future month’s programming.
https://www.centennialco.gov/Calendar-Landing-Page
Concerns about issues around the city such as repairs for lights, sidewalks, curbs, street gutters, snow removal, code violations)
303-325-8000
Thanks,
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