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Week of October 13, 2022
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
EnglewoodHerald.net
VOLUME 102 | ISSUE 35
Englewood to have 10 questions on November ballot BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Englewood voters will see 10 questions from the City of Englewood on their November ballot, with two questions asking to raise the city sales tax and the other eight questions asking about city charter
amendments. The two city sales tax questions — one asking for a 0.2% increase and the other for a 0.1% increase — intend to support street maintenance and alternative policing programs, respectively. Currently, the city’s sales and use tax rate is 3.5%, which is three-and-
a-half cents per dollar spent. This sales tax is charged “on all sales in the City of Englewood except groceries,” according to the city’s website. If voters approve both ballot questions, the city sales and use tax would increase to 3.8%, representing an increase of approximately
three-tenths of one cent per dollar spent. For example, a $10 purchase would result in a city sales tax of 38 cents if both ballot measures pass, compared to 35 cents if neither ballot measure passes. SEE BALLOT, P15
Englewood sues to reclaim historic depot Man who bought structure in 2013 disputes allegations BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
housed from the efforts, according to Mike Sandgren, Arapahoe County’s coordinator for homelessness services, during an Oct. 6 meeting. The metro area’s homeless population was estimated to have grown by 12.8% this year compared
Nine years after selling its historic depot property for hundreds of thousands of dollars below value, the City of Englewood is suing to get it back. According to a lawsuit filed Sept. 30 in Arapahoe County district court, the city claims Denver-based property owner Tom Parson and his wife, Patti, failed to restore the more than century-old Englewood Depot and transform it into a printing press museum in a timely fashion, breaking a promise made to city officials when the sale agreement was reached in 2013. “Defendants have failed to comply with those promises to timely complete renovation work and provide a museum, community center, and public space to benefit the city and citizens of Englewood,” the lawsuit reads. The lawsuit goes on to say the Parsons “made multiple material misrepresentations” to city officials
SEE HOMELESS, P12
SEE DEPOT, P24
Littleton City Manager Jim Becklenberg, left, and Mayor Kyle Schlachter discuss policies aimed at curbing homelessness with PHOTO BY ROBERT TANN other south metro city leaders.
Better housing policy is centerpiece of meeting on homelessness Cities work together BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The need for improved housing policies was a centerpiece during the most recent discussion between
south metro officials on how best to curb their cities’ rise in homelessness. With a coalition of the cities of Littleton, Englewood and Sheridan in its fifth year and the implementation of their Tri-Cities Homeless Action Plan in its first year, at least 11 people have been known to be
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Farm program helping Afghan refugees P16