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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
March 14, 1988
The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m
Councilmembers present Kent Davis, Tony FIasco, Doris Ibbison, Larry
Merkl, Moe Keller, Nancy Snow, Randy West, and Claudia Worth Also
present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Administrator, Mike Smith, Acting
City Attorney, Lee Phillips, Director of Planning, Glen Gidley, Chief of
Police, Howard Jaquay, staff, and interested citizens
APPROVAL OF MINUTES of February 22, 1988
Motion by Mrs Ibbison for the approval of the Minutes of February 22,
1988, seconded by Mr Davis Mrs Snow asked that on page 4 "six feet
to eight feet" be changed to read "eight feet to six feet" She asked
Clerk to check her vote on page 7 after Executive Session Vote as
recorded was correct
PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES
Administration of Oath of Office to newly appointed Board and Commission
member~
Mayor Wilde administered the Oath of Office to Warren Johnson and Thomas
Pullen
Metropolitan Mayors and Commissioners Youth Award Presentations to
nominees from Wheat Ridge
Mayor Wilde presented the nominees
Melinda McPherson, Jennifer Dawson, Kristina Adams, Lisa Queen, Ellora
Larson, Janet Bartelson, Jeffrey Law, Finn Larson, and Tina Aiello.
Sister City Report
Don Nethercut gave a report on the proposed sister city, Hsin Tien City,
Taiwan
City Clerk, Wanda Sang, explained the cancellation of the liquor hearing
previously scheduled
Motion by Mrs Snow to put $200 out of Unallocated in the Clerk's budget
to have subpoenas served to places our police department is unable to
serve, seconded by Mr West Mr FIasco will vote No, because they
should give the Chief of Police time to look into this Mrs Keller
will vote No, because she feels this is premature Motion carried 6-2
with Mr FIasco and Mrs Keller voting No
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CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK
Bill Woodcock, 4685 Balsam Street, encouraged Council to support Senate
Bill 117 He is susceptible to Diesel Fuel, his property is next to the
Truck School
LOCAL LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MATTERS
Item 1. Change of Corporate Officers for Applejack Associates, Inc ,
dba Applejack Liquors, 3320 Youngfield, Wheat Ridge
Motion by Mr Merkl to approve the Change of Corporate Officers for
Applejack Associates, Inc , dba Applejack Liquors, 3320 Youngfield
Street, Wheat Ridge, Colorado The new corporate officers will be
President, Alan I Freis, Vice President, Bruce Paul, Treasurer, Rose
Reiner, Secretary, Barbara Freis This is a Class D, Retail Liquor
Store License, seconded by Mr West, carried 8-0
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING
Item 2. Council Bill 333 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of a
Special Use Permit for automotive repair in a Commercial-One
Zone District on land located at 5955 West 38th Avenue, City of
Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado
(Case No SUP-88-1) (Apple Motors)
Council Bill 333 was introduced on second reading by Mr Merkl, title
read by the Clerk, Ordinance No 749 assigned Mr Gidley gave the
staff report Applicant Dave Dutton, 5235 Quay, Arvada, was present and
sworn in by the Mayor He relayed his plans to Council and agreed with
Mr Gidley's presentation
Motion by Mr Merkl that Case No SUP-88-1, a request for approval of a
Special Use Permit to allow automotive repair in a Commercial-One Zone
District for property located at 5955 West 38th Avenue, be approved for
the following reasons
1 The property is within the City of Wheat Ridge and all notification
and posting requirements have been met
2 It is compatible with the surrounding land use on the east, south
and west and with the property to the north if the applicant provides
the necessary screening and protection for the people to the north
3 Staff and Planning Commission recommend approval
With the following conditions
1 Applicant maintain all landscaping
2 Fire Department recommendations be met
3 If light is installed, it be a non-glare light, that will not shine
in the adjacent neighborhood
4 Hazardous materials be taken care of according to the current EPA
regulations, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 8-0
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ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING
Item 3. Resolution 1076 - A Resolution setting a Public Hearing on the
proposed Assessment Roll for City of Wheat Ridge, Special
Improvement Di~trict No 1987-1 in the City of Wheat Ridge,
Colorado
Resolution 1076 was introduced by Mrs Worth Motion by Mrs Worth for
the adoption of Resolution 1076, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 8-0
Item 4. Council Bill 334 - An Ordinance levying assessment~ upon the
real property within the City of Wheat Ridge Special
Improvement District No 1987-1, for part of the cost of the
improvements to be constructed and installed in the district,
and prescribing the manner for the payment and collection of
said assessments
Council Bill 334 was introduced by Mrs Worth on first reading, title
read by Clerk Motion by Mrs Worth that Council Bill 334 be approved
on first reading, ordered publiShed, public hearing be set for Monday,
April 25, 1988 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 Davi~, carried 8-0
Item 5. Council Bill 335 - An Ordinance authorizing the issuance of
Special Assessment Bonds in the principal amount of $1,250,000
of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, for City of Wheat Ridge,
Special Improvement District No 1987-1, prescribing the form
of the bonds, and providing for the payment of the bonds and
the interest thereon
Council Bill 335 was introduced by Mrs Worth on first reading, title
read by Clerk Motion by Mrs Worth that Council Bill 335 be approved
on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday,
April 25, 1988 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 Mrs Snow, carried 8-0
Item 6. Council Bill 336 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of
rezoning from Jefferson County Restricted-Commercial (R-C) to
Wheat Ridge Commercial-One (C-1) on land located at 3015
Young field Street, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson,
State of Colorado
(Case No WZ-88-1) (Newton and Shirley Jennings)
Council Bill 336 was introduced by Mrs Snow on fir~t reading, title
read by Clerk Motion by Mrs Snow that Council Bill 336 be approved on
first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday,
April 11, 1988 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 Mrs Worth, carried 8-0
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DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS
Item 7. Resolution 1078 - amending the City of Wheat Ridge Annual
Budget for the fiscal year 1988
Item 8. Resolution 1079 - appropriating additional sums of money in
excess of amounts budgeted for the City of Wheat Ridge,
Colorado
Motion by Mr Merkl that Resolution No 1078 revising the 1988 Annual
Budget, and Resolution No 1079 appropriating funds for expenditure, be
approved as submitted, and that $24,290 54 be transferred from the
Citywide Economic Development Fund (#36-902-891) to the Professional
Services account of the City Administrator's division of the General
Fund (#01-106-750), for the purpose of furthering economic development
in Wheat Ridge I also move that the amount of $5,580 plus necessary
travel expenses be approved for expenditure out of account #01-106-750
to Harlan, Myles and Douglas for preliminary economic development
negotiations, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting
No
Item 9. Motion by Mr Merkl that the Mayor be authorized to sign the
agreement with Centennial Engineering for technical assistance
in designing and implementing the traffic signal coordination
system for West 38th Avenue This agreement shall not exceed a
total of $20,130 and all costs shall be charged to Acct No
31-304-843 I further move that the Director of Public Works or
his representative shall administer this agreement for the
City, seconded by ~rs Keller, carried 8-0
Item 10. Motion to approve purchase of certain necessary computer
hardware for the Wheat Ridge Crime Information Center police
computer system
Motion by Mrs Keller that we approve the ordering, from Digital
Equipment Corporation
Item 1 - one - RQA81-CA (RA81-AA, KDA50, H9642-AP, 60 HZ) external 456
megabyte drive & 3 position drive cabinet
Item 2 - one - BA-123-UC (BA123UPD kit for KDA50, FCC) upgrade kit
required for compliance with FCC regulations
Item 3 - two - VT320-CA monochrome amber text terminals (USA)
Item 4 - two - BC22D-AO (100 foot asynchronous null modem cables)
Item 5 - one - MS630-CA 8 megabyte parity memory board to upgrade the
police records management system processor from 9 to 13 megabytes of
random accessible memory
The price for items one through four, including installation and
shipping insurance being $25,277 21 to be paid from account number
201-809 Price for item five, including installation and shipping
insurance being $2,540 37 to be paid from revenue sharing account number
19-201-809, seconded by Mr West, carried 8-0
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Item 11. Motion by Mrs Keller to award the communications equipment
maintenance contract to Syntonic Technology, at an annual cost
of $12,594 36, to be charged to various departmental Other
Equipment Maintenance Accounts I further move that other
communications equipment procured during 1988 be added to this
contract at the time original periods expire, seconded by Mr
~1erkl
Mr Flasco will vote no, we did not receive competition bids, should
have gotten other bids
Mr Davis suggested a friendly amendment that the last sentence of the
motion be eliminated, this was accepted as friendly amendment by motion
maker and second Motion carried 6-2 with Mr FIasco and Mrs Snow
voting No
Item 12. Appointments to Boards and Commissions
Motion by Mr West to appoint Brent Myers to the Animal Control
Commission, term to expire 3/2/89, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 8-0
Motion by Mr West to appoint Willard Easterly to the Civil Service
Commission, term to expire 3/2/91, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 8-0
Motion by Mr West to appoint Rosalind Lobus to the Personnel
Commission, term to expire 3/2/91, seconded by Mrs. Keller, carried 8-0
Motion by Mr West to appoint George Putnik to the Planning Commission,
term to expire 3/2/89, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 8-0
Motion by Mr West to appoint C. Rodney Killian to the Planning
Commission, term to expire 3/2/91, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 8-0
Motion by Mrs Worth to appoint Cecilia Trujillo to the Personnel
Commission from District IV, seconded by Mr West, failed 4-4 with
Councilmembers Keller, West, Snow, and Worth voting Yes
Item 13. Capital Improvements Program Budget Revision
Laura Anderson, representing the Public Works Department, explained
reasons for the revisions
Motion by Mrs Snow to go with the revised schedule, seconded by Mrs
Keller Mr FIasco will vote No, because of the FAUS funds and he feels
we need to go ahead with 32nd Avenue this year
Mrs Snow revised her motion to add that the staff make every effort to
keep the $39,900 in the Hazard Elimination Fund, revision was accepted
by second
Motion failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Keller, Worth, Snow, and West
voting yes
CITY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS
Mike Smith stated that the Wheat Ridge Chamber of Commerce will have a
monthly meeting to stimulate conversation between legislative elected
officials and business owners and etc The first such meeting will be
Friday, April 29, 7 30 a m at Perkins State Representatives will be
there
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CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS
Lee Phillips addressed the Ordinances for information only in the
packet Does Council want them to come in for first reading? Mrs Snow
asked to discuss the prostitution ordinance at the next study session
Consensus was 7-1 to do this
Mr Flasco moved to bring in all the attached Ordinances to Study
Session, ~econded by Mrs Worth, carried 7-1 with Mrs Snow voting No
ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS
Request for Reconsideration of hiring of an assistant to the City
Administrator for economic development (Nancy Snow)
Motion by Mrs Snow for the reconsideration of hiring an assistant to
the City Administrator for economic development, seconded by Mrs
Keller, carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Merkl, FIasco, and Davis voting
No
Motion by Mrs Ibbison before this comes back to Council, we have a
joint Study Session with EDARC, seconded by Mr~ Keller, carried 6-2
with Mr FIasco and Mr Davis voting No
Request for Reconsideration of Ordinance No 747 - Vested Rights Bill
(Nancy Snow)
Mrs Snow asked for reconsideration of Vested Rights Ordinance 747 for
the purpose of adding an amendment Mrs Snow withdrew her motion
Doris Ibbison stated that there will be a sister city committee meeting
on Thursday morning at 10 30 a m in the glass conference room
Nancy Snow referred to a di~cussion of possibility of removing from
Arvada the section of the City that is in the Arvada Fire department
She asked that no more park design will go out to bid until they come to
City Council first
Motion by Mr West to adjourn, seconded by Mr Merkl, failed 3-5 with
Councilmembers West, Merkl, and Davis voting Ye~
Moe Keller addressed the gentleman that came in tonight under Public
Comment for the senate bill that is attempting to regulate the diesel
fuels What it requires is, that the diesel industry is obligated to
purchase low sulphur fuel, which would be sold only in the State
Claire Traylor basically endorses it
Mr Smith interjected that CML is in opposition because of amendments
that were made on the floor He asked Council not to take a position
that would put Council crosswi~e with their own organization
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Claudia Worth addressed the note that was in her packet on the
Edgewater/Wheat Ridge Coalition Community for Drug Free Colorado. She
asked Mike to find out who the representative is, and asked staff to
call Edgewater and find out if Wheat Ridge is taking a part in this
Motion by Claudia Worth to investigate the Coalition for Drug Free
Colorado and that a member of Wheat Ridge Police Department belong to it
if there is in fact a coalition, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 8-0
Tony Flasco informed Council that he has been asked to be Vice Chairman
of DRCOG Urban Systems Committee, asked Council for consensus to allow
him to do this Consensus wa~ 7-1 with Mr West voting No
Kent Davis asked about how the work on Harlan Street drainage is coming
along The Greenhouse on NE corner of 41st and Harlan, whose business
is dependent on the Spring, has had a problem of getting into his
parking lot He asked to have this checked out and at least get this
business area opened up
Motion by Mr. Merkl to adjourn, seconded by Mr FIasco, failed 4-4 with
Councilmembers FIasco, Merkl, Snow, and Davis voting yes
Randy West asked Mr Phillips the status of the Herr property, asked him
to check with Mr Hayes Asked if drainage project on 37th Avenue is
still on for this year Answer from Mr Smith - as far as he knows I~
there any new development on the lawsuit with Currier? Answer - Final
brief filed as of the 11th of March
Doris Ibbison addressed the conversation she and Mr Hayes had with
Chief Engineer and Director of the Wheat Ridge Sewer District They
discussed holding tanks and she has passed out a list of all those tanks
and their condition Mr Hudson and Mr Hayes will discuss ideas to
bring to Council on how to cope with the problem of holding tanks
Motion by Mrs Keller to adjourn, seconded by Mrs Worth, failed 4-4
with Councilmembers Snow, FIasco, Keller, and Worth voting yes.
Motion by Mr Davi~ to adjourn, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 8-0
Meeting adjourned at 10 50 p m
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APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 28, 1988 BY A VOTE OF
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Kent Davis, Council President