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• Meditation  page 3

• Restaurant & Bar Guide page 5

• Little Nicky’s review page 7

• Rice returns page 10

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Volume 2 Issue 21 October 18, 2002

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Regional GovernmentCouncil Relocatesto Glendale

Glendale’s Beer Gets Orange..Workers and friends of Glendale's Bull & Bush Brewpub, in orange,amuse attendees at the 2002 Great American Beer Festival Oct. 3. The annual tradition became legal this

 year with its 21st festival. -Photo by JEFF FRANCIS

The Glendale City Council, at itsOctober 15 meeting, approved onfirst reading a budget of $21.2 mil-lion to fund city services in the nextcalendar year. The same ordinanceappropriates $21.6 million in 2004.A public hearing is set forNovember 19 on this ordinance, aswell as one establishing the milllevy at 8.420 mills. A mill levy is thenumber of dollars a taxpayer owesfor every $1,000 of assessed valua-tion on his or her property. A mill isone-tenth of $.01 or $.001 (onethousandth).

Glendale has not raised the milllevy in several years, as the lion’sshare of revenues come from salestax collections rather than propertytaxes.

The Council also gave initialapproval to and set for public hear-ing on November 19 a proposal toadjust the City’s 2002 budget totake into account the purchase of park land over and above budgetas originally set. That land is locat-ed on East Kentucky Avenue  between Cedar Pointe and CherryCreek Pediatrics. The communitywill be invited early next year to

give input on the amenities theywould like to see in the new park.

In other action, Councilapproved a “bereavement leave”policy for City employees who cur-rently must use sick leave or vaca-tion to attend a funeral of a familyor household member, andappointed Mike Dunafon, Chair of the City’s Planning Commission, asthe voluntary Council parliamen-tarian.

Council members extended awarm welcome to a new Glendale  business, the Denver RegionalCouncil of Governments (DRCOG).DRCOG, a voluntary association of 51 county and municipal govern-ments working together to addressissues of regional concern, recentlyrelocated to the Cherry Creek Corporate Center from Denver’sDiamond Hill where they had beenfor more than a quarter of a centu-ry. The organization also providesinformation and tools to supportlocal decision-making by electedofficials.

Glendale Mayor Joe Rice andCouncil Member Larry Harteattended the first meeting of the

After 20 years at the Diamond Hill OfficeComplex just above downtown Denver, theDenver Regional Council of Governments hasmoved to a new home in Glendale.

The Denver Regional Council of Governments,or DRCOG (pronounced Dr. Cog), is a voluntaryassociation of 51 county and municipal govern-ments in the greater Denver, Colorado, area.Through the organization, local governmentswork together to address issues of regional con-cern. Hot topics have included growth and devel-opment, transportation, the environment andanalysis of economic and development trends.The organization also works to coordinate andprovide services to the Front Range’s senior popu-lation. By promoting regional cooperation andcoordination among local governments, the coun-cil of governments resolves common problems,performs regional planning and provides servicesto its members.

The new DRCOG office are in the CherryCreek Corporate Plaza I at 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South.

The council’s main meeting room, where the board convenes and other large groups can expectto meet, will be conveniently located on the 1stfloor of the new building. The council’s offices will be located on the 8th floor.

DRCOG Board of Directors in theirnew offices and presented a photoof one of Glendale’s famous fire-works displays illuminating theCherry Creek Corporate Center. A brass plate on the reads: “DRCOG,

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Council gives initial approval givento Glendale city budget for ‘03

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