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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/27/1986 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO January 27, 1986 The City Council Meetinq was called to order by the Mayor pro tern at 7 30 P m Councilmembers present Kent Davis, Tony FIasco, Doris Ibbi.son, Rod Johnson, Larry Merkl (Mayor pro tern), Moe Keller, Randy West, and Claudia Worth Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang; City Administrator, Tom Palmer; City Attorney, John Hayes Acting Public Works Director, r,ic Minetor; Director of Community Development, Charles Stromberg; Director of Parks, Richard Bredt; staff and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of January 13, 1986 Motion by Mr West to approve the Minutes with changes dS read by the Clerk Under Item 2 -- 1 What has been designated as reasons numbered 1 and 2 in the motion need to be deleted in their entirety The remaining reason should be renumbered 2 The second sentence in the reason numbered 3 should read as follows "All C-l uses are conditionally approved, with specific authority bei.ng reserved to City Council to limit approved uses at the ti.me of prelimi.nary and/or final development plan approval" Additionally, a word in Item 3 needs to be changed, that word being "providers" instead of "provide"; seconded by Mr Davis; carried 7-1 with Mrs Worth voting No PROCLAMATIONS OR CEREMONIES Mayor pro tern administered the Oath of Office to 0 W Preston, Parks & Recreation Commission and Susan Junker, Board of Adjustment CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Joe Drew, 6660 W 29th Avenue, addressed the bill submitted to Council for charges incurred in a Bond Ordinance Consensus was 8-0 to put this on the February 10, 1986 Agenda under Decisi.ons, Resolutions, and Motions PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Council Bill 224 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Restricted Commercial to Commercial-One on land located at 6615 West 38th Avenue, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-85-26) (Lawrence LefhOlz, Jr ) Council Bill 224 was introduced on second readinq by Mr Davis; title read by the Clerk; Ordinance No 653 assigned Mr Gidley presented the case Dennis Meyer, potential purchaser, was present dnd sworn in, and anSwered Council's questions Discussion followeu Motion by Mr Davis that Ordinance 653 be approved for the following reasons 1 The proposed zoninq and use is in conformance with the recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan 2 The proposed zoninq would be compatible CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 27, 1986 Page -2- with adjacent zoning With the following condition 1 Landscaping and parking requirements be complied with within 6 months of occupancy of the premises: seconded by Mr West Mr FIasco asked to amend the motion that in addition the applicant put in curb, gutter, and sidewalk within 6 months, or sign a development agreement that he will do so when curb, gutter, and sidewalk are required seconded by Mrs Ibbison failed 1-7 with Mr FIasco voting yes Original Motion carried 8-0 Item 2 Application Development Development Blvd (Case No WZ-85-17) by Randolph Currier for approval of a Final Plan within the Currier Planned Commercial (PCD Zone District), located at 4084 Wadsworth (Randolph Currier) Applicant, Randolph Currier, was present and sworn in; he gave comments and answered questions Motion by Mrs Keller that Case No WZ-85-23 be denied for the following reasons 1 The use proposed, "home for the aged", does not comply with the Wadsworth Town Center goals, objecti.ves, and policies of promoting commercial development, particularly retail sales tax generating uses, in this area, as a "home for the aged" is more akin to multifamily residential or residential dormitory than it is commercial 2 The parking standard used by the applicant for "home for the aged" is inadequate as per staff's conclusions, therefore additional parking for at least 11 cars is needed; seconded by Mr West Mr FIasco added two other reasons for denial which were accepted by motion maker and second 3 Plan is incons.istent with Comprehensive Plan on the Wadsworth TOwn Center Master Plan 4 Staff, Urban Renewal, and Planning Commission all recommend denial Motion carried 8-0. Item 3 Council Bill 227 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of a Special Use Permit to allow Truck Tractor Parking on land located at 3270 Youngfield, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No SUP-85-11) (Quality Inn-West) Council Bill 227 was introduced on second reading by Mr Johnson; title read by the Clerk; Ordinance No 654 assigned Mr Gidley presented the case John W Hayden, 70 Morningside Drive, not applicant as such, but one of the owners of property, spoke in favor of this SUP Glen Spangler, 8179 W 81st Drive, Arvada, applicant, commented on SUP and reason for wanting it Motion by Mr Johnson that Ordinance 654 be approved for the following reasons 1 There appears to be no serious problems in parking a limited number of semi-truck tractors on the property 2 The Special Use Permit will not be detrimental to adjacent property use With the following conditions 1 The number of spaces be limited to six 2 No overnight running of motors be allowed; seconded by Mr Davis Discussion included the waiver of fees Mrs Worth moved to amend that the SUP hereby granted shall be for a term of one year and shall be automatically renewable by the Director of Community Development upon receipt of an application for renewal if following review of the files of all City Departments it is determined no written complaints concerning the conditions imposed in this SUP have been received during the past year; seconded by Mr West; carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 27, 1986 Page -3- Mr FIasco stated he will be voting against this motion A lot of reasons Council went through a lot of discussion to put this into compliance was to keep trucks and tractors off the City streets--now you are opening it up again There are six other motel owners who will be in here asking for the very same thing This all started by a ticket being given at Tabor Lake, not at Quality Inn TwO others have come in and been refused He feels this is wrong Mr West will vote no, because he feels the same way as Mr FIasco does Vote on original motion as amended carried 5-3 with Councilmembers FIasco, \Vest, and Worth voti.ng No Motion by Hr Johnson that Ordinance 654 be effective i.mmediately after final publi.cation; seconded by Mr Davis; carried 6-2 with Mr FIasco and Mrs Worth voting No Item 4 Council Bill 228 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Residential-Two to Restricted Commercial-One on land located at 3495 Wadsworth Boulevard, Ci.ty of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-85-27) (Jack Lockwood) Council Bill 228 was introduced by Mr Davis on first reading; title read by Clerk; Motion by Mr Davis that Council Bill 228 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, February 24, 1986 at 7 30 P m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final publication; seconded by Mr Johnson; carried 8-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 5 Motion that payment of the following amounts to the designated organizations be authorized from Account 01-610-799 $10,000 to Arvada Center; $4,000 to Denver Symphony; and $800 to Wheat Ri dge Art League Jim Ambrose, 3625 Meade Street, present on behalf of the Denver Symphony, expressed deep appreci.ation of gift Andrew Witt, 9365 W 80th Place, Executive Director of Arvada Center of the Arts, extended his City's appreciation for the gift Gary Stanford, 3905 E 16th Ave, Director of Denver Center of the Performing Arts, would appreciate a donation for the Center Motion by Mr FIasco for the approval of the above motion and of $5,000 for the Denver Center of Performing Arts; seconded by Mr Davis Motion by Mr \Vest for the Denver Symphony to receive $5,000 instead of $4,000 Motion maker and second made this part of their motion; carried 8-0 Item 6 Motion by Mr FIasco that the Public Works Department be authorized to hire temporary help for design and construction of the Local Streets Project; and that the costs for these temporaries be charged to the project on which they are working; seconded by Mr. Johnson; carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL lVlINUTE:S -;jANUARy 27, 1986 Item 7 Item 8 Item 9 Paqe -4- Motion by Mr FIasco to purchase a Tiger Rotary Ditcher ~ith Reverse Cutter Head from Western States Machinery Company at a total cost of $5,320 00 to be charqed to Account No 19-303-809; seconded by Mr Merkl; carried 8-0 Motion by Mr FIasco to procure the three (3) pieces of 3M Manual Highway Tape Applicator Equipment in the amount of $3,388 Further move to approve the transfer of funds from Account No 01-304-660 to Account No 01-304-809 to cover the purchase of subject applicator seconded by Mrs Ibbison carried 8-0 Motion that the Public Works Department be directed to restripe West 44th Avenue as four lanes between Kiplinq Street and Wads~orth Boulevard, and that crosswalks be added at the Field Street entrance to Wheat Ridqe Park George Graul, 4200 Yarrow, spoke to the inconsistency of striping 44th Avenue Don Lancaster, 4076 Everett, questioned the principle rather than the striping; plans show leqal signatures for three lanes Phyllis Lancaster, 4076 Everett, addressed the rash of accidents on Wadsworth when street was widened; 44th Avenue needs turn lanes Roger Loecher, 459q Carr, feels three lanes are not a workable solution; likes four lanes better; answer to problem at 44th & Field could be a traffic light Charles Jones, 4560 Allison, addressed three lanes; problem at 44th & Wadsworth with median Helen Cranor, 8550 W 46th Ave, is in favor of three lanes; concerned with intersection at 44th & Field; feels there should be a traffic light Warren Johnson, 11680 W 44th Ave , stated four lanes are working well in front of his property Alan Roberts, 8000 W 44th Avenue, spoke in favor of four lanes on 44th Avenue Motion by Mr FIasco that the Public Works Department be directed t restripe West 44th Avenue as four lanes between Kiplinq Street and Wadsworth Boulevard, and that cross~alks be added at the Field Street entrance to Wheat Ridge Park; seconded by Mr Johnson Mrs Worth read the results of a survey she did of Arvada, Westminster, Lake~ood, giving their criteria for striping three lanes in certain areas like West 44th Motion carried 6-2 with Mrs Keller and Mrs Worth voting No Item 10 Item 11 Motion by Mr Merkl to appoint F Board from District IV and Thomas from District III seconded by ~lr Allan Pills to the Arborist Abbott to the Arborist Board West; carried 8-0 Decisions reqardinq American Cablevision coverinq Study Sessi ons Clerk preparing 11i nutes fur St.udy Sesslon City keeping tapes for more than six months Consensus was Cablevision could air Study Sessions; Clerk would continue to prepare Study Sessi.on Mi.nutes according to the City Charter tapes be kept indefinitely CITY COUNCIL MINUTEf JANUARY 27, 1986 Page -5- Item 12. Resolution 971 - requesting NLC and CML Policy Committees' support of Congressional Bill, H.R 3582 to grant local governments the discretion to assign mailing addresses to sites within their jurisdiction. Resolution 971 was introduced by Mr Motion by Mr Merkl for the adoption FIasco; carried 8-0 Merkl; title read by the Clerk of Resolution 971; seconded by Mr Item 13 Resolution 972 - authorizing the Jefferson County Open Space Officials to secure a professional appraisal and to acquire the land located south of 38th Avenue between Owens and Parfet Streets in Wheat Ridge, Colorado Resolution 972 was introduced by Mr West; title read by the Clerk Edgar Johnson, 3700 Benton, Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman, stated that the Commission approves the purchase of this property for a park Karla Nastas, 3500 Parfet, addressed the enthusiasm she has encountered to have this property for a park Penny Beddel, 11597 W. 38th Place, read a letter from property owners in the area in favor of the purchase of this property for a park Motion by Mr West for the adoption of Resolution 972; seconded by Mr FIasco Mr Davis stated he would be voting No, because he has a problem with it on 38th Avenue; has a problem with purchasing the property just to keep it out of developers hands; he personally believes this is what we'll be doing; thinks we should get park property in District 1 and 2, it sorely needs it and never gets it Motion carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting No Motion by Mr. FIasco to suspend the Rules and go past 11 00 P m and finish the agenda in its entirety; seconded by Mrs Keller; failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Ibbison, Keller, Worth, and FIasco voting yes Consensus was to hear City Administrator's Matters and City Attorney's Matters CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S MATTERS Mr. Palmer confirmed the date he asked in memo on Mr Neu--March 1 was confirmed He also addressed the memo on Public Works reorganization; consensus was to have it on the February 10, 1986 Council Meeting CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS City obtained summary judgement on one of the two lawsuits it had involving a drainage question west of Wadsworth Meeting adjourned at 11 20 p.m ! I ,~ W~~da: 's(a'~g,' Ji't;,' elerk APPROVED BY COUN~IL ON FEBRUARY 10, 1986 BY A VOTE OF / I J X, v~<-.-/'Au z::J Kent Davis, Council President f; TO