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Home My WebLink About03/23/1987 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO March 2L-.l987 The City Counr>il ~ieeti!1b WaS called to order by the l>iClyor at C( j0 ~ u, Councilruembers ~resent Ke!1t DClvis, Tony ~lasco, Doris lbbison, Roa Johnson, LClrry j-ierkl, hoe Keller, Randy 'v.est, and ClCluaia 'v,orth Also present City Clerk, hanaa ~a!1b, Actinb City Aoministrator, Howara Jaquay, City Attorney, John hayes, Direr>tor ~f Parks, hir>hara breat, statf, ana interested f'itizens APPROVAL UF hINUTE~ of March ~, 1~87 Motion by Mrs Worth tor the ap~roVClI ot the Minutes of harch Y, 1987 with the correction unaer her r>olliments on ~age 6 -- thankea Police Departwent for responsible way they hanaled the bClrricaae situation ~jr liayes corrected spelling fron, "r>ut" to "cert" Ser>onaea by Mrs Keller, carrieo 7-U with Mr fIasco abstaining PRUCLAMATIONS AND CEhEhONIES Presentation of Metro~olitan Mayors Youth Aware to City of hheat Fiidge Nominees Mayor Stites and Councilmember Clauaia Worth presentee the awaras to Trar>y Lynn Cito, flobin D wilson, Christina idlson1 Jennifer Dawso!1, Toshi Uchia~meri Christy Uchid~ane StelJhenson, Philli~ Edwara Hansen CITIZE~S' RIGHTS TU SPEAK lonl Ste.t2bauer, 41c'~ Yarrow ct , President of Wheat Riage Charuber of Cowmerr>e, ex~ressea his a~preciation for the ~ositive ste~s toward enhancinb the economic efforts in our community, recent ar>tions relJresent si!:,nificant ifillJact in tern,s of the future of our cOMIJunity LOCAL LI~UGR LICEN~INL AUTHORITY MATTER~ Item-.l_ Renewal Application tor Peaches, Inc ,77(( W 3bth Avenue, A-l, Wheat Riage City Attorney, John Hayes, inf:)rulea Li4uor Authority that the State of Coloraao and the owners of Peaches haa entered into a CO!1sent of stipulation, that the lJresent owners will sell their interest in Peaches within bO-90 days, or State License will be forfeitea The Renewal AlJ~lication is in order and he would recomlllena a~loroval, subject to that understand in!:, hotion by Mr Merkl to a~!Jrove the renewal application ana authorize the Mayor to sign it, secondea by hr herkl ~irs 'v.orth will vote No, ber>ause if she remembers right, whe!1 they callie in tor their original liquor license, she slJef'itically asked them about servi!16 food, was given the answer yes they would have d variety of cola sandwiches ana other things for their r>ustomers She has d probleuj CITY CUU~CIL ~IhUIE~ ~larciJ .::'j, 1~8C{ paoe -c.- renewinG a license when an establishllJent Coae Mr ~est roncurs with hrs ~ortn ana WaS tolu they would 11(1Ve a variety ~~rth ana Mr ~est votinb No is i!1 violation )f the Liljuor he too i::lskea about sanowiches h~tion cCirriea o-c:: \lith hrs I telll 2 Ap~licati1n f~r MOQlfication of Pre~ises f~r Clancy's, 1Ul17 ~ 37th Place, ~heat Riage Kevin hurr~, 4590 Kinb Street, son of the owner, was tJrt;sent ana sworn in by the ~Iayor hotion by ~jr v..est to ap~rove the moaU ication of premises, secondea by Mr Johnson, rarried 8-0 PUBLIC H~AHINGS AND UhDINANClS UN SECOND h~ALING Ite~~_ Applir>ation by Paul Hansen for approval of a four-lot hinor Subdivision for property located at 3975 Marshall lCase No MS-~7-1) Nereaith Heckert of the Planninb Department presentea the case A~pllr>ant Paul Hansen, 4214 ~oore ~treet, was sworn in by the hayor Motion by ~~est that Case No MS-07-1 be approvea f~r the fClllowing reasons 1 The protJerty is within the City of ~heat Riabe, ana all notification ana postinb reljuire~ents have been met, therefClre there is Jurisaiction to hear this case 2 All requirements of the ~ubQivision ReGulations have been met ~itlj the fOllowinb conaitions 1 That the ap~lir>ation pr~vide the reljuestea sidewalk ana utility easement in lieu of street aedication c:: That three off-street parkinb s~aces be reljuirea ~er unit, seconaed by Mr Johnson Mr fIasco will vote No, ber>ause we have rt;:bulations ana feels the 1irst auty of City Council is to uphola our own ordinances ana for that reason, this doesn't r>onform to our street aeaication policies If easement Goes throubh, it WOuld probably r>reate a non-ronforminb use Motion carrit;a 7-1 with Mr l-ICisco votinb No I tel,l 4 A~~licatlon by ~unz ana Associates, Inc , tor Jif1y Lube International for Site Plan approval within the \,adsworth Activity Center (Case No hSP-L7-2) Mereaith Reckert presentea the case Present and sw~rn in by the Mayor has Larr~un.3:, representi'16 Jiffy Lube, ana architect 'wilUogers Also sworn in ana speaking in favor of the case WciS ldson P Holland, presiaent of 1st Bank of \dleat Ridge t'Jotion by hr Johnson that Case No ~~P-b1-2 be apprnved for the f)llo~inb reasons 1 All minimum design standards have been met to' Design ('oll1tJatibility has been achieved with adjacent land use ana zoninb j The tJroposal meets the intent Df the Waasworth Activity Center haster Plan, seconded by hr Davis kr l-lasro will vote No, because staff themselves r>onrluae thCit this uoes not specifically fall unaer primary retail aefinition It does not follow plan of hadsworth Activit) Center, this is not prilllarily sales tax 6eneratlnb hrs w0rth concurs with t',r r lCiSC'O Woula enC'ourabe tlJe!1J to bO sOlile~lace else in the City hotion carriea 6-::0 with hr FlasC'o and hrs Worth voting No CIT~ CUUNCIL ~INUTES harch 23, 1987 IJECI::'IUNS~I:.SULUTIUNS~ND hUTIUNS Pabe j- I terrJ 5 Request by ~heat Riabe Lumber COlli~any for waiver of siaewalk construrtion requirerilents alone, West 45tn Avenue (Case No SUP-L7-~) After consultation between staff, ap~lirant, and City Attorney, it was agreea to have this case continued until the April 13, 1987 Council Meetine, Property is to be posted and public hearing publishea, property owner is to obtain a temporary certifirate 01 orcupanry for the portion of the builaing that is completed, letter of rredit or serurity is to be posted for publir improvements Temporary certifirate of occupanry woulo in fact be issuea, assumine, all remaining conaitions, WhiclJ were disrussed during the meeting as aescribed, were likewise met At tile titue of the public hearing, the appli(>ant will ask for a Waiver under Section 5 94 1 of the Code, to waive the public improvement requirements ana if Council grants that waiver, any a~ount whicll was represented in the letter of credit or security to be postea, that was reflected in the atfJount that was waivea, in fact be returnea to the applicant f',r IVierkl so ~ea, seconoea uy M;o; I\.eller, carriea 0-0 I ten, 0 IJisrussion of two proposea amendments to Rule j of City of Wheat Riuge herit System Personnel Rules and Rebulations This itell, was tuovea to the enu of tLe llJeeting I terlJ 7 Request by Court for additional personnel & fundS Court Llerk Evelyn Philp gave brief backgrouna for this request Discussion followed Motion by Mr herkl that $12,000 be transferreo from Unallocated Account No 607-795 to Account No lU9-002, for the hirine, of one new full-time tempora;y position in the Court Clerk's office until January 1, 1988, and be re-evaluatea at that time I further nlove th8t an aaditional $700 be transferred frorr, Unallocated Account No 607-795 to Acrount No 109-610 for overtime pay, seronaea by Mrs Keller, carriea 5-3 with Counrilmembers West, Davis, and FIasco voting No Motion by Mrs Worth that poliry of Council is, that the romputer program for the Court become the No 1 priority in this City, ana that all efforts be made to complete that probram in-house or hire someone to get that probram completed as soon as possible Mr FIasco will vote No on the tiJotion, berause we h8ve now allowed a IJepartrj,ent head to go around unaercutting the City Aati,inistrator, all we are trying to dO with the motion is to allow Council to unaercut the aaministrative aepartments We have no business v~ting on something that is an administrative funrtion hr Davis will vote No, because he believes in all :)1 it, excejJt wlJatever it t8kes to bet it done, we Just openeu the checkbook hr Jotlnson will vote No, berause the gist of Counril haS been received ana Nr Malone states it is #1 ~riority Nr WeSL will vote No, because it is an aaministratlve function N~tion failed ~-6 with Lounril~embers Merkl ana horth votinb yes CITY CUUNCIL hINUT~S March 2j, 1 t;87 Page -4- Ite~-L hotion by ~ rs Keller tJ alvard the COtlltrJuni<'ations equii-lment maintenance nJntract tJ ~yntonic Tenhnology, at an annual nost af $1~,629 5~, to be charged to various de~artmental U1Hlh EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ACCUUNTS ~urther move that other communl<'atiJns equi~ment i-lrocured during 1987 be added to this nontract at the time original warranty perioas expire, seconaed by Mrs Ibbison, narriea 0-0 I t e III 9 Mot i a n by H r sIb b i son t 'J a p pro vet h e lJ u r c 11 a s e 01 bas e b a II Field- Infielu hix frarr, Lraley ~ana ana Gravel in the total amount J1 their bid of $8,b62 50 and that al costs be charged to account # 603-6bO, seconded by Mr ~est, narriea b-Q Item 10 ~otion by Mr Uavis tJ aplJrove the pur0hase 01 Chemi<'al Fertilizer tram Cepex American Fertilizer ana Chemical Company fJr the unit 00St of $28b/ton totaling $b,3~2 with all nosts nharged to Account # bOJ-660, seconaea by Mrs Worth, carried o-u ItenJ~ ~jotion by ~jrs Keller to award the contract t or the construction of Automati0 Irrigation System - Panorama Park, to Yerkey for their base bid of $j~,6~~ plus a 10% contingency, and that the Girector of Parks and Hecreation be authorized to sign all change oruers All costs of this prOJent are to be nhargeo to Account #32-601-889, second eo by hr west, carried 7 - 1 wit h M r F I a s c 0 v 0 tin 6 1,0 Motion by Mr Merkl that $3,500 for purchase of soa for Panorama Park be char gea to Account No 32-601-889, secona eo by ~jr Vie s t ~jr uav i swill vote No, because he feels it shoula be brought back with bids at another meeting Mr Flasno will vote No, because he agrees with Mr Davis ana requests the Mayor look at directing the peol-'le they don't have to spend total amount of money just because it has been budgetea and came in under buaget Motion narried 6-2 with Mr Davis ana Mr FIasco voting No Item 12 Motion by Kent Davis to place ~heat Ridge Chamber of Commerce "proposal for joint utilization of resources for economic aevelopment purposes" on the April b, 19b7 Stuay Session, se00nded by Mrs Ibbison, carriea 0-0 Item-1.L Consensus of Counnil noncernint, ;oU1U hegional Transportation Plan Motion by Mrs Keller to direct Mr FIasco to vote No, as representative to DRCUG on the ~Ul0 proposal as lJresented at the Special Stuoy Session :In March 1<::, 19b( heas,)ns being, plan will oestroy the majority of prinle con,[lJercial area in Urban henewal Area, ana ~tate Highway DelJartment does not support or reCom~eno plan, seconoeG by Mr Merkl, carried 6-2 with Mr Johnson ana Mr Fiasco voting No CITY COUNCIL hINUT~S March 23, 1987 Pdli,e -5- CITY ATTORNEY'~ MATTERS --- John Hayes addressed last Council Meetinli, aiscussi0n of auction at 11115 W 3bth Avenue InJunntion was not needed, telephone call was ma~e and Mr Helman replied in a letter to amend the of fering which 1::; in compliance Thankea hr Nunn of 1st bank of hestland and Mr Helman Executive Session requested for Item VI is under Se0tion ~ ?(b)(l)(A) of the Charter - Litili,dtion ELECTLG OFFICIALS' MATTEkS .har.!::'l_)'Jerkl aOdressed the appointriJent of CouncillilenJbers to I:.lJAkC ttJilt will put tOt,ether the Request for Pro~osal He rr,ovea thilt Counc i lmerliber s John son dnd F I aS00 be app0 i n tea, SE;COi1aed b y ~Ir Dav is, o a r r i e a (; - c:: wit 1 M r F I a s n 0 and N r s W 0 r t h v 0 tin IS I~ 0 lianQDest rrloved that a kesolution be broUt:,ht in at the April 10, 19b'! meetint:, to have a sales tax increase of 1 cent on the dollar proposal on a Spe0ial Election ballot before buali,et time, se00naea by Mrs horth Mr FIasco will vote No, becduse there is not enouli,h time and there are other options Mrs Ibbison will vote No, because time is too short Special Ele0tions ao not brinli, out the voters Motion carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Ibbison, Johnson, and FIasco voting No Motion by Mr FIasco to hold an Executive Session unaer Section 5 7(b)(1)(A) of the Charter and come back ana vote on Item 6, seconded by Mr herkl, carriea 8-0 EXECUTIVE SESSION hAS HELD I terr; 6 Motion by Nrs horth that the attachea Amendment II - dn amendment to Rule 3 of the City of hheat ridli,e Merit System Personnel hules and Regulations be adoptea, seconded by Mrs keller, narrieu 6-2 with Mr Merkl ana hr FIasco voting No Meeting aOJournea at 11 16 P HI )/ 'w ~ n d a-S a ng~- C i ty~c$erk-------'- APPIWVED bY CITY CUIJNCIL UN APIUL 13, l':1b? bY A VUH. Ur 8 '1 U o / / ) /~"'- ~ j~"L~~~L_______ Kent D8vis, Councll President