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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/14/1987 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO September 1~1987 The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmembers present Kent Davis, Tony Fiasco, Doris Ibbison, Rod Johnson, Larry Merkl, Moe Keller, Randy West, and Claudia Worth Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Administrator, Michael J Smith, City Attorney, John Hayes, City Treasurer, Jiu, Malone, Director of Community Development, Charles Stromberg, Chief of Police, Howard Jaquay, staff, and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of August 24, 1987 Motion by hr Davis for the approval of the tHnutes of August 24, 19137, seconded by Mrs Ibbison, carried 7-0 with Mr Johnson abstaining CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Ihere was no one present to speak LOCAL LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MATTERS I tem-1_ Appl ication f or transfer of ownership frou, Ann h Tiefert, dba Annie's Place, 10060 W 44th Avenue, to hose Marie Foster, dba The Rambling Rose This is a Class G - Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License Rose Marie Foster, 6313 Urban Street, Arvada, applicant, was present and sworn in by the Mayor Motion by Mr West to approve the transfer of ownership from Ann M Tiefert, dba Annie's Place, 10080 W 44th Avenue, to an individual owner, Rose Marie Foster, who will be dba The Ramblinb Rose This is a Class G - Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License, seconded uy Mr fVJerkl, carried 8-0 t<!ayor Stites welcomed t'lichael Smith as City Administrator, he also thanked Chief Jaquay for acting as City Administrator PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND HEADING Item~_ Council Bill 294 - An Ordinance providing for ttlE approval of a revised Uutline Development Plan and Final Plan ana Plat on land located at 4020 and 40~4 Wadsworth Blvd , City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-86-~4) (Rodger Barsch ano Ranool~h Currier) lontinued from August 10, 1Y87 Council Bill ~94 was introduced on second reading by Mr Johnson, title read by the Clerk City Attorney, John Hayes, stated that he haG a discussion with Mr Barsch's attorney, Maurice Fox, during which a further continuance was discussed Based on the existing, ongoing CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 14, 1987 Page -2- negotiations involving the DDA over the Time Square area and with concurrence with Mr Fox, asked Council to continue this matter until October 1<', 1987 ~;otion by Mr Johnson to continue until uctober 12, 1987, seconded by Mr west, carried 8-0 Item-2_ Council Bill 310 - An Ordinance repealinb and reenactinb Section 50 of Cha~ter 18 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridbe, allowlnb for specific alarms to sound directly into the Police De~artment Council bill 310 was introduced on second reading by Mr Davis, title reao by the Clerk, Ordinance No 728 assigned Motion by Mr Davis for the adoption of Council Bill 310 (Ordinance 728), seconded by hrs Keller, carried 8-0 I te~.:.. App li ca t ion by K i~ 1 i nb 5000 Lim ited for a~prov al of a resubdivision and an amendment to the Ki~ling 5000 Business Park Filinb No 4 Development Plan (Case No WZ-87-11) Ap~lication by Kipling 5000 Limited for approval of an amendment to the Ki~ling 5000 Business Park Filing No 5 Development Plan (Case No WZ-87-12) Mr Gidley presented the cases Bob Williams, 9710 'vi 50th Avenue, was present and sworn in by the Mayor Richard Bartlett, 8895 Alkire Street, answered Council's questions Motion by Mrs Keller to approve Case No WZ-87-11 for the following reasons 1 The property is within the jurisdiction of the City of Wheat Ridge and all posting requirements have been met 2 The overall site design is in compliance with all requirements 3 The uses proposed are acceptable within the general ~hilosophy of the Kipling Activity Center, using it as a church or office/warehouse use depenoinb upon economic conditions, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 8-0 Motion by Mrs Keller for the approval of Case No WZ-87-1~, seconded by !VIr Davis, carried 8-0 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item-2_ Council Bill No 314 - An Ordinance repealing and reenacting Section 5A-l of the Code of Laws of the City of wheat Ridge, renumberinb voting precincts within the City of wheat Ridge Council Bill 314 was introduced by Mr Johnson on first reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mr Johnson that Council Bill 314 be ap~roved on first reading-;c;rcI"ered published, public hearing be set for ~Ionday, October 12, 1987 at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 1 day after final publication, seconoed bj Mrs Keller, carried 8-0 September 14, 1987 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Page -3- Item 6 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Resolution No 1050 - Resolution Sup~ortin~ Proposed Family Adolescent Crisis Team (FACT) Resolution 1050 was introduced by Mrs Ibbison, title reaG by the Clerk Motion by Mrs Ibbison for approval of Resolution 1050, seconded by Mrs Worth Discussion followed Mr ~est will vote No, because he feels there should be more input into this and he also feels Social Services waste money Motion carried 7-1 with ~r ~est voting No I terrl-L Resolution No 1051 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, regarding modifications of the ~adsworth Town Center Urban Renewal Plan and finding and declaring that such proposed modifications constitute a substantial change to such plan Resolution 1051 was introduced by Mrs Ibbison, title read by the Clerk Motion by ~rs Ibbison for the approval of ResoluLion 1051, seconded by Mr Johnson Mr FIasco moved to amend the first paragraph, third line, to delete which proposed modifications are summarized on the attachment to this Resolution, seconded by Mr Merkl, failed 2-5 with Mr Merkl and Mr FIasco voting yes, Mr Davis abstaining Mr ~Ierkl will vote No because it bothers him they are sending the changes to the Planning Commission, he hopes it comes back to City Council soon enough to make the changes that need to be made Mr Fiasco voted No because of the same reasons Mr Merkl stated Vote on original motion carried 5-2 with Mr Merkl and Mr Fiasco voting No, Mr Davis abstaining Item 8 -- Appointments to the Colorado Municipal League Policy Committee Motion by Nr Johnson to table this Item until Community Development Committee meets and brings back a recommendation on October 12, seconded by Mrs Ibbison, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting No Itel/J2 I tern 10 --- Motion by Mr Fiasco that the City of Wheat Ridge assist the Colorado Municipal League to participate on behalf of municipal interests and consumers generally in the 1987/19b8 Mountain Bell proceedings to PUC, in the amount of $~,090 48 to be charged to Account #01-610-759, seconded by Mr West, carried 8-0 Motion that the deadline for submittal of the Special Improvement District petition for West 48th Avenue be extended to October 20, 1987 Robert Vermillion was present and gave comments on this item ~r Merkl for approval, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 8-0 Motion by CllY CUUNCIL MINUTES September 14, 1987 Page -4- Item 11 --- Motion by Mr Merkl that we award the contracts for the 1987 Tree Maintenance Program as follows (A) Tree ~aintenance to Colorado Tree & Shrubbery Specialists in the total amount of their bid not to exceed $8,829 55 (B) Stump Removal to Colorado Tree & Shrubbery Specialists for their unit cost of $2 14/inch (C) Emergency Work to Asplundh for their unit cost of $61 74/hour All costs tor this project to be charged to Account #603-704, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 8-0 Item 12. --- Motion to accept tinancial Audit Moti~.!:!. by tvlr approved to 1987,1988, carried 8-0 Johnson that the CPA firm of Gruenler and Associates be perform the City's Financial Audit for the fiscal years of 1989 at a total cost of $22,500, seconded by Mr West, CITY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS Michael Smith asked if his goal-setting dates of November 20 and 21 would be agreeable with everybody, Council was agreeable to those dates CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes asked for Council motion to pay the Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District $1,02~ 7b, relating to payment of tax increment out of the Wadsworth Town Center area Mr FIasco so moved, seconded by Mr West, carried 8-0 --- He addressed the DDA with Trammel/Ross/Crow, he had reported he would be able to bring that to Council in SeptemLer, but due to financial figures and appraisals and market studies, etc , it will not be done until sometime in October He also addresseQ the property on W 44th Avenue, owned by ~r Harrington and unsuccessful contacts with his attorney in Oregon He aid write a letter to the attorney and received a call from Mr Harrington, who indicated that he was directing his attorney to send the letter the City has requested It is the time of year we need to set the salaries for Elected Officials who will be elected in November 1987 It has always been done by Ordinance and before we can do the Ordinance, we need new figures Those numbers could be established at the budget session, and first reading be on October 12, second reading on October 26 He requested an Executive Charter, litigation Mr carried 8-0 Session under Section 5 7 (b)(l)(A) of the Fiasco so ~ed, seconded by Mr Merkl, CIT~ COUNCIL MINUT~S September 14, 1987 Page -5- ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Doris lbbison stated that some schools are having trouble recruiting crossing guards, they suggested they way need to raise the ~ay, she tola them the City Council could not alter the amount until the end of this contract year Moe Keller addea to Mrs Ibbison's comments that a PTA President had asked about the option of the school making u~ the difference between what the City pays and what they would like to offer the guards She discussed this with Chief Jaquay and he felt it was a possibility that could be explored He askea Mr Hayes' opinion Mr Hayes felt it would not be unusual for any entity to make a donation to the City as a civic contribution, it could be done He is not sure if it would alleviate the PTA liability Rod Johnson addressed truck weight limit ordinance to try to alleviate truck parking as well as truck hauling problems, having a weight limit structure instead of identifying specific vehicles He also addressed the October 16 meeting at the Cou~ty regarding Coors on the extensive mining that is being done on property just north of La Quinta and the Kettle Restaurant Problem partially is the ingress and egress on the frontage road going to 1-70, coming back on Youngfield, to get on to 1-70, feels it would be wise for someone from the City to be at that meeting Touched on what he feels is a legitimate concern as to what we want to do about city staff working on EDARC, questioned the amount of segregation that should be between the two entities Kent Davis commented on what Doris lbbison talked about with wages for the crossing guards, thinks the minimum wage will go up in January, questioned Jim Malone Larry Merkl spoke regardin5 a conflict in Budget Sessions (September c2 and 23) ana Jeffco Governments meeting, which he feels our new administrator should go to, to meet other elected officials He moved to change the Budget Meeting on September 22 to September 21, seconded by Mr west, carried 8-0 He questioned was caught in game and that Animal a tree Fish & Control's refusal to Answer was, that a Wildlife has to take rescue a wounded pheasant that pheasant is considered wild care of that Randy West discussed pros and cons of 4-year terms for all elected officials He was told that the time frame is too short for it to be a ballot question on the November 3, 1987 Municipal Election CITY CUUhCIL MINUTE~ ::, e p t em b e r 1 4, 1 9 b '( Page -b- Tony FIasco reminded Council of the Council of Governwents put on by DRCOG, urged all to attend Wuestioned W 44th Avenue construction, when will it be done? Answer was, end of the month He asked Mr Smith to get current update He addressed the intersection of W 44th Avenue and Dover Street--it is getting extremely dangerous, asked Mr Smith to check He discussed the agreement with the Wheat Ridge Fire Department that was mentioned earlier on the agenda, asked if the Fire Department being exempt is still in the agreement Mr Hayes stated it is Informed that staff has applied to Urban Systems ana FAUS program of DRCOG for grants on W 32nd Avenue and W 38th Avenue, possibility of gaining one or both Claudia Worth asked Mr FIasco if the grant for W 32nd and W 38th Avenues is for a 4-lane highway Answer was, the specifications that were put on by City are required by DRCOG Urban Systems are requiring 4-lane, 11ft wide lanes, and it becomes extremely urgent because of next year's program at the request of some of Council, the City was going to do a portion of it with our own money It becomes vital to us to link the two ends Motion by Mrs Worth to adjourn to Executive Session and to adjourn afterward, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 8-0 EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD Meeting adjourned at 10 15 P m , I I --,t. )' I -'...-:-:/ c .. - '-' ~_ ~__ , '--yt.- C~, W'and a Sang :-cTtYCi;4'ri<---- / APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1987 BY A VOTE OF 7 TO 0 -- Larry Merkl, Mayor-pro-teru-------