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Home My WebLink About08/11/1986 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO August 11 , 1986 The Lit y Co u n c i 1 he e tin g w Q S call eat 0 0 rue r L y t L e hay 0 rat c( j 0 j:J rll Councilfue~bers present Kent Lavis, Tony FIasco, Loris Ibbison, Roo Johnson, Larry ~erkl, ~,oe Keller, handy ~,est, and Clauoia horth Als0 present City Clerk, hanGa San~, City Aoministrator, Tom Palmer, Lity Attorney, John Hayes, Public horks uirector, hic ~inetor, Director of Corr,n,unity ueveloj:Jnient, Charles ~tronlber6, uirector of Planning, Glen Gialey, Economic uevelopment Mana6er, Hick Kirkwood, staff', and interesteo citizens APPROVAL OF hINUTES of Jul y :::b, 1986 Motion by hr West for the aj:Jproval of the Minutes of July 20, 1986, seconded by Mrs Ibbison, carried 8-0 CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Chris Shanley, 4lJl0 Everett, was concerned about the "old tree" and stated that if we decide a tree is in our way ana we cut it down, then we instill in our children that we don't care about anything ola - Tom Lassett, 806G Jellison Lt , sj:Joke about the "oldest cottonwooa tree i n w h eat h i age", doe s n 't u n d e r s tan d why i t has to be cut do wr LOCAL LIQUOR AUTHORITY hATTER~ I teni 1 Apj:Jlication f or Transfer of Ownership froni Rex Oil Conipany, ata Kipling Self ~ervice, 407S Kipling Street This is a ClaSS J-l, 3 2% beer Retail License Scott Brown, attorney for applicant, 1175 Sherman, was sworn ir by the Mayor He formally asked Council to approve the Transfer of Ownership Motion by Mr herkl to approve the Transfer of Ownership from Chu Cong and Chu Pham H , dta Kipling Self Service, 4075 Kipling Street, Wheat Ridge, to Hex Oil Company Inc , dba Kipling Service This is a Class J-l, 3 2% Leer Retail License, secondea by Mr West, carried 8-0 I terlJ 2 Aj:Jplication for Transfer of Ownershi~ from R P Enter~rises, Inc , dba Rear Door Lounge, 4200 wadsworth Blvd This is a Class T - Tavern Liquor License with extended hours Charles Flatt, 8100 Ralston, representing applicant, was sworn in by the Mayor Motion by Mr hest to approve the Transfer of Ownership from the Partnership of Donald J Becker and Robert G blackburn, dba Rear Door Lounge, 4200 Wadsworth Blvd, to R P Enterprises Inc , dba Rear Door Lounge, Inc R P Enterprises consists of President, Jerry E Roberts and Vice Fresioent, Shirley J Planche This is a CLaSS T, Tavern Liquor License ,liU extended hours, seconcea by ~rs ~,orth, carried c-U CITY CCUNCIL hI~LTES August 11, 198b Pae;e -L- PU5LIC [[EAhHiGS ANL Cfd;INANCES ON SECCND flEADaG I tell! j Proposal by the Wheat Ridge Plannin~ Commission to amend the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan - Future Land Use Map, for an area generally boundea by Clear Creek on the North, Miller Street on the ~est, ~est 35th Avenue on the South and Johnson Street on the East (Case No WPA-bb-6) Mr Gialey presentea the case ana gave backgrouna on reasons for anle ndme n t Speaking on this item ana sworr, in by the Mayor were - Josephine Butler, S625 ~ 36th Avenue, wants ~lan to stay the way the electorate and Council voted it Donald A Coates, stated the City would probably be unzoned, if it is deemed multi-use Arthur Butler, 9625 W 36th Ave, declared that if plan is as shown on screen, he is for it Marvin Polzin, 35bO Johnson, uttered that multi-use has hiru baffled, it opens the door for anything to slide through Ivo Lange, 9590 W 35tl Ave , is afraio it will let anything come in Maria Lange, 9590 W 35th Ave, agrees with Mr Lange Phil Plummer, 1039b W 41st Ave, explained that low density resioential areas need to be protected B ~or6an Vieweg, 4005 Miller Ct , stated that the whCJle area neeCiS to be rezoned residential Melvin Lehru, 4095 hiller Ct , agrees with Mr Vieweg Donald P ~,acDCJugall, Si815 V. 37th Ave, aadressed Einarsen property--any change will make it more dense J fiuitt, 3975 ~liller Street, hGiS not heard defil,ition of IlJulti-use, generally in favor of multi-use Lou i se Turner, 11256 W 3b th A v enu e, mao e sever al conillJent s on the area in question Multi-use woula njean the Council is denying their right on the ability to rezone Motion by Mr Lavis that Case No hPA-85-6, a Conl[Jrehensive Plan _ Future Lana Use Map amendment for the general area tordered by Clear Creek on the llorth, Johnson Street on the east, vlest -,5tL Avenue on the south, and Miller Court on the west, be approved in accordance with Planrling Commission's recommendation &S p,er [xhibi t "Ji" It I adui tion, applications for rezoning within those areas classifiea as Multi[Jle Use, shall be accompaniea by a Site Plan ana adaitional written information for Planning Commission and City Council review and approval, which is of sufficient aetail to judge the character ana quality of the proposea development, as well as the potential impacts and tenefits to the nei~hborhood ana the larger comruunity, seconded by Mr Merkl Nrs horth stated she will vote against this motion ~he feels we already have sufficient land in the Kipling Activity Center ana other places in this City to develop conln:ercial uses, do not need a larger niulti-use catet,ory like this, that specif ically exetijpts low dellsi ty hesidential by - CITY COUI1CIL MINUTES r- August 11, 1906 Page -3- the definition Also feels multi-use has not worked in the rest of the City The multi-use I'~ talking about, that we already have, is down by the truck stop and it has been a catch-all for everything that ever wanted to corne in, ano the Coru~rehensive Plan allowed it The truck stop is not industrial, but we do have it hr ~est will vote no also, won't go into a lot ot detail, but feels some of the citizens have spoken, will not dwell on subject I realize down KiplinS Street you're goin~ to have Commercial in future I'm not against that, but we've talked about opening aoors tonight, smells a rat sorlJewhere JvJr s Kell er has m i XE;a feel i ngs, but vot e s no, L,ecau se the pro blelfl she has with multi-use is, it does include density residential, hiBh density residential is not of any benefit to our City, uses tremenaous amount ot water taps, which we Gon't have n.any left, usually requires holdin6 tanks, which does not help our drainage system, ana sewer systems, congestion, traffic, problems with crime increasing, etc & etc When you have a catch-all term, it is tarder to deny a project of a larger size on high density than it would be otherwise ~:otion carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Keller, West, and horth voting No DECISIONS, fiESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 4 Resolution 1004 - supportin6 improved library services for the City of Wheat Ridge Mrs Ibbison introduced a modified fiesolution 1004 Lillian Fleming, 6363 W 29th Avenue, read a letter from Wheat Ridge United Neighborhoods into the record, which backed nlill levy increase, but if referendum does not pass, does not want library closed Dougal Graham, 3330 Chase, spoke for Area-4 Planning Committee, stated they endorse previous statement Mr Davis will vote No, because he thinks if in the StUdy Session last Monday night there was any chance they would guarantee us anything, which he hardly doubts, he would be in favor of Resolution Seems to hi n., the y are h and 1 i n 6 t his 1 i k e s c h 0 0 1 boa r d h and 1 e sin c rea sed t a xes for schools, they intiriJiaate, threaten, if you don't vote for this, will cut off such and such, feels we should fight for our library, he is for more money going into the till, but not quite the way they are handling it Will vote against ReSOlution, but he is for the hheat fiidge library, will pledge whatever help he can to keep it Rod Johnson goes with Mr Davis' comments, does not like way they are approachins it, statea so at Study Session, by approving the Resolution we are buckling under, we need to stand tast In favor of Library, but cannot justif~ in his mind supporting something which is against all his general principals hr West will vote no, because of being under threat and inti~idation People that know him, know that does not set well with him he will work the best he can, to keep library open, but doe~ nut support increase in mill levy rr FIasco will vote no, does not buckle unuer the way they are handling this situation Asked for some int'ormation from library, but has received nothing from them, thanked Wheat Ridge Uniteo Neighborhood CITY CGU~,CIL fvJINUTES - AUt,ust 11, 1986 Page -4- because they provided the information he asked for from the library people The library board have told us they Qon't get input from Wheat fiidge When we give them input, we get no answer, so under present Resolution, I will be voting against it, but stated he supported library and will do whatever he can to keep the Wheat Ridge library not only open, but improved Mrs ~orth amendea Resolution to insert after "City of ~heat Ridge" in the third paragraph "ana WOuld urge the County to continue operating t~e library in its present location and that the library be completely maintained and services and facilities be vastly improved, even if referendun, should fail", seCondeQ by tv.r West tv.r FIasco will vote no on the amendnlent also, because asking the library people to guarantee you something to keep the library open, they have already told you they are not going to do that, ana I think the on1 y way to ur i ve point home to thelL, is not to support thell; in th is kina of hesolution hr Davis will vote No, based on the same reasons as Mr FIasco, feels by doing this, we are encouraging or asking our citizens to sit back with some kind of' guarantee that the Jef'ferson County Library board members are going to take into consideration, anyone that was sittinb at that StUdy Session last week, there was absolutely no give, if this referendum went down rebardless whether the citizens supported it, the Wheat Ridge library woula close Vote on amenament was 5-3 with Councilmembers Johnson, Davis, and FIasco voting No Vote on original motion Failea 4-4 with Councilmembers Ibbison, Keller, Merkl, and Worth voting yes I tern 5 - Decision regarding Traffic Unit Grants Chief Jaquay explained grants Motion by Mr Merkl to accept the grant award and Chief of Police proceed with application process, seconded by Mrs Worth ~,r FIasco will vote No, because it wasn't included that these woulan't be permanent employees Motion carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco voting No I tenl 6 Item 7 t':ot ion by t'trs Kell er that the con tr act to ins tall 4 Fla sh i ng School Beacons be awardee to Traffic Systems, Inc in the total amount of their bid of $12,320 plus a 15% conting~ncy for a total of $14,168, and that the Director of Public ~orks be authorized to sign all change orders All costs to be charged to Account No tv.r Johnson hr Iavis will be voting be an fi-1 construction lliatter Motion Davis voting No 31-304-CJ43, No, because carried 7-1 secondea by this shoulo with Mr Motion by hr Johnson tu approve the purchase of the COllip-Aire MT4 Spot Cooler from Computer Products and Systems Inc in the an;ount of their total bic of $3,279 99 Further move we approve the purchase of the Eest 5KVA Power Systen, fro[fJ Lomputer PrOducts and SystenlS, Inc in the amount of their total bid of $6,333 85 plus the 3 year ~xtended 1'1 a i tJ ten a nee PIa n tot a 1 in g $ 1 , 570 Equipment costs to be chargee to Account Number 201-809 and the Maintenance contract to be charged to Account ~umber 201-776, seconded by hrs horth, carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco voting ~o CITY COUNCIL MI~UTES Aue;ust 11, 19bb PafSe -5- I terll 8 Appointmerlt to ChL Policy Con,ll,ittE::e Motion by hr Lavis tor Larry Merkl to continue to be our CML Policy Committee member, seconded by Mr hest, carried 6-0 hr Merkl asked Mr Palmer to distribute a list to all Councilmembers th~t he had requested on the Trade Association He addressed thE:: 26th Avenue closure hotion by Mr Merkl that the City of wheat RidE,e close 26th Avenue except to through traffic until completion of project, seconded by ~rs Ibbison, carried 8-0 Mr west addressed the smoking ordinance He was tola it will be on the nex t ~onday n ibh t COllinl u n i ty Deve lopmen t nleet i nb hrs lIorth asked Mr Palmer to have siE,ns postea at the bus stop on 44th Avenue that people can catch the bus on the east side of kiplinb Mrs Keller addressed truck parking ordinance Askec for verification of enforcement Mr Palmer stated it was being enforced per the Public Safety of Wheat Riage - Motion by Mr Davis for adjournment, seconaec by Mr West, carried 6-2 with Councilmembers Ibbison and FIasco voting No :Y)/ud~ ~ ;1:' r" Wanda Sang, Ci y .3~!erk APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 25, 1986 EY A VOTE OF 8 TO 0 -/ 1 ,6 ~.;/ /y_U~ Kent Davis, Council President