1283rd REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER
2. INVOCATION - Reverend Pearl Porter, Victory Temple
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
6. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
1. Presentations
1. A Resolution declaring the week of May 16-22, 2010 as Thornton Arbor Week. [560-GE]
2. Audience Participation
3. Staff Reports
1. A Monthly Financial Report for March 2010. [380-RS]
7. COUNCIL COMMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Approval of Minutes April 27, 2010, Regular City Council Meeting. [220-BC]
2. An Ordinance repealing Ordinance Number 2764 and adopting the revised Standards and Specifications for the Design and Construction of Public and Private Improvements, 2010 Edition. (Second Reading) [640-PR]
3. An Ordinance amending Chapter 18 of the Thornton City Code and Section 1 of Ordinance 2782 to codify the five Eastlake Zoning Districts as Sections 18-210 to 18-214, with additional amendments to various sections to include references to the Eastlake Zoning Districts; amending Chapter 18 to define solar collectors as an accessory use in Section 18-356(15) and adding allowances for solar collectors in all zoning districts; amending Chapter 18 to require neighborhood meetings, increase notice distance requirements, and expand and update street naming and numbering requirements; and amending Chapter 18 to incorporate criteria for review, amend application processes, and update the code to reflect existing practices. (Second Reading) [500-CA]
4. An Ordinance amending Chapters 2 and 54 of the Thornton City Code to provide certain fringe benefits to domestic partners of employees, amend the definitions of immediate family member and relative, and to prohibit employment decisions based on sexual orientation. (First Reading) [500-CA]
5. A Resolution approving an amendment to the Bylaws of the Parks and Open Space Advisory Commission. [560-BC]
6. A Resolution appointing a member to the Senior Citizen Advisory Board. [560-BC]
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS

None
10. ACTION ITEMS
1. A Resolution ratifying and approving a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Thornton and the Thornton Firefighters Local No. 2376, International Association of Firefighters. [400-AG]
2. A Resolution approving the 2010-2011 Work Plan and accepting the supplementary list of completed/ongoing benchmarks from the 2009-2010 Work Plan. [220-GE]
11. ADJOURNMENT
    

Agenda prepared by Nancy A. Vincent, City Clerk
for Jack Ethredge, Secretary

Agenda & items subject to change

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