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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/08/1988 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO August 8, 1988 The City Council Meeting wa~ called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m. Councilmember~ present Kent Davi~, Tony Fla~co, Dori~ Ibbi~on, Moe Keller, Nancy Snow, Randy We~t, and Claudia Worth Larry Merkl was absent Also present Deputy City Clerk, Chri~ta Jones, City Admini~trator, Mike Smith, City Attorney, John Hayes, Public Works Director, Bob Goebel, staff, and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of July 25, 19b8 Motion by Mrs seconded by Mr Ibbison for the approval of the Minutes of July 25, 1988, West, carried 7-0 CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Claudia Worth, 4650 Oak Street, Pre~ident of the Wheat Ridge Hi~torical Society, complained about a wall that had been replaced at the Sod House She stated that the replacement wa~ not ~ati~factory and did not look anything like the old wall Mr Smith and Mr Hayes will look into thi~ John E. Wey, 3840 Independence Ct , complained that the ~torm ~ewer being constructed on 38th & Independence is not being put in on the street, but in~tead on an easement behind hi~ and some of his neighbors house~ Connie Lecciso, 3200 Moore Street, read a letter from Jeffco Citizens United, Inc into the record, which request~ that the Council consideration of the We~t 32nd Avenue paving project be rescheduled from August 22 to September 12, 1988 Motion by Mr West that Council consideration of the West 32nd Avenue paving project that wa~ scheduled for August 22, 1988 be changed to September 12, 1988, seconded by Mrs Snow Mr Flasco will vote no, and urged other Councilmembers to vote no, becau~e of ~ome confidential matters thi~ could have a great monetary value to the City Mayor Wilde stated he would prefer not to have thi~ put off becau~e it had been strung out for ~uch a long time Mr Davi~ agreed with the Mayor, it i~ important to get a decision on this as quickly as possible Mr~ Snow will vote in favor, but there have been entirely too many confidential things on this street already--Mr Fla~co, what i~ confidential that thi~ Council and these citizens can't know--this really bothers me What is going on, what is ~o ~ecret? Mr FIasco replied he would devulge thi~ only in executive se~sion, but he would urge that nothing be divulged out~ide executive se~~ion, too many things had leaked out of executive session Motion carried 4-3 with Councilmembers Flasco, Davis, and Ibbison voting No CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 8, 1988 Page -2- Jack Prose, 4135 Ingall~, repre~enting the Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District Board, ~tated that the Fire Di~trict want~ to convert the 2 ambulance~ to a re~cue squad, they will be repainted, an engine will be in~talled in unit 6, and other conversions will be made The District believes that an equitable payment for the~e ambulances will be $1000 per unit Motion by Mr Davi~ to recon~ider the offer to the Wheat Ridge Fire Di~trict, ~econded by Mr~ Ibbison, carried 7-0 Motion by Mr Davi~ to place thi~ on our next regular agenda and that the Fire District can continue to u~e those vehicle~ under the current arrangement until such time that we recon~ider and make a deci~ion, seconded by Mr~ Keller, carried 7-0 Michael Tulll, 3580 Moore Ct , spokesman for residents of the 3500 block of Moore Court, presented petition for waiver of or reduction in the fees required for the filing of application~ for rezoning Motion by Mrs Snow that one (1) rezoning fee be charged for all the applications for rezoning, provided however, that they all come in at the same time, that all the deeds are in at the same time If, for some reason, some of them come in at a separate time, they will have to pay a separate fee, but otherwi~e if they can get it all together at once, they pay only the $200 fee, seconded by Mr West, carried 7-0 Motion by Mrs No WZ-88-12, 7-0 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Worth that we add under ordinance~ on first reading Case to make that Item #4, seconded by Mrs Ibbison, carried Item 1. Council Bill No 356 - An Ordinance declaring certain property owned by the City of Wheat Ridge to be excess property, authorizing the conveyance of said property by Special Warranty Deed, and further authorizing that said property be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of a certain Agreement between Waugaman Associates, Inc , Lake Front Partner~, and the City of Wheat Ridge Council Bill 356 wa~ introduced by Mrs Worth on second reading, title read by the Clerk, Ordinance No 771 as~igned Motion by Mrs Worth for the adoption of Council Bill 356 (Ordinance No 771), seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 7-0 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 2. Council Bill No Mas~age Parlors, Ridge, Colorado 357 - An Ordinance repealing Chapter 11, of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Council Bill 357 was introduced by Mrs Keller on first reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mrs Keller that Council Bill 357 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, Augu~t 22, 1988 at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 1 day after final publication, seconded by Mrs Ibbison, carried 7-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 8, 1988 Page -3- Item 3. Council Bill No 358 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of a revised outline development plan and a combined preliminary and final plan and plat on land zoned Planned Commercial Development located at approximately 3701 Kipling Street, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefrer~on, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-88-8) (Kunz Construction for Edwin and Deonne Dauenhauer) Council Bill 358 wa~ introduced by Mrs Snow on fir~t reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mr~ Snow that Council Bill 358 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, September 12, 1988 at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 day~ after final publication, seconded by Mr We~t, carried 7-0 Item 4. Council Bill 359 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of a rezoning from Planned Residential Development to Planned commercial Development and approval of an Outline Plan and Final Development Plan and Plat located at 11680 West 44th Avenue, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-88-12) (W Land K L John~on) Council Bill 359 was introduced by Mrs Ibbison on first reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mrs Ibbi~on that Council Bill 359 be approved on fir~t reading, ordered published, publiC hearing be set for Monday, September 12, 1988 at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 1 day after final publication, seconded by Mr West, carried 7-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 5. Resolution 1100 - agreeing to i~sue private activity bonds to finance a project for Leaf Incorporated Wilbur Sprenger, 6703 Gray Ct , Arvada, was sworn in by the Mayor Mr Sprenger is the vice president of corporate engineering for Leaf Inc , dba Jolly Rancher Candy He gave reasons why Leaf Incorporated is applying for private activity bonds Don Dunshee, 1825 S Queen way, with Jefferson County Economic Council, explained the application process for private activity bonds and how much money wa~ available Motion by Mrs Keller for the adoption of Re~olution 1100, seconded by Mr West, carried 7-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 8, 1988 Page -4- Item 6. Resolution 1103 - rescinding Resolution No 1048 and its approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Wheat Ridge and the Wheat Ridge Fire Protection Di~trict relating to provision of ambulance services to residents of the City of Wheat Ridge Motion by Mrs Worth for the adoption of Re~olution 1103, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 7-0 Item 7. Request by Nancy Snow to attend the National League of Cities Conference Motion by Mr West that Nancy Snow attend the National League of Citie~ Conference, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 7-0 Council consensus was, that Mrs Snow design a form, to be approved by Council, which would conduct a survey among members of the National League of Cities, regarding difficulties with zip codes Item 8. Motion by Mrs Worth that the purchase of a Lietz Set 4 Total Station be approved and awarded to Brunson Instrument Company in the amount of their bid of $8,970 18, and that a transfer be made of $6,000 00 from Account #304-660 to Account #302-809 to cover cost of thi~ purchase, seconded by Mr~ Snow, carried 7-0 Item 9 Motion by Mrs Ibbison that $4,817 be paid to Fred S James & Company of Colorado for boiler and machinery insurance to be charged to Account #01-610-781, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 7-0 Item 10 Motion by Mrs Snow to cancel the September 5, 1988 Study Session and hold a Study Session on Tuesday, September 6, 1988, for the purpose of finishing discussion of the residential zoning ordinance, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 6-1 with Mr West voting No, becau~e he will not be here CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes referred to Mr Sullivan's appearance at the previous Council meeting, regarding the possible purchase of property along the I-70 Service Road Mr Hayes met with Mr Sullivan and his representatives last Wednesday, at Council's direction, and as a result of that, he believes there are two action~ required One is the Resolution that was passed out to Council Resolution 1104 - A Resolution finding a public purpose to be served by the acquisition of certain property, and the removal of certain billboards therefrom, which property fronts upon and abuts the 1-70 Service Road, further authorizing the obtaining of an appraisal to determine the fair market value of the property in question, authorizing negotiation~ for acquisition of said property from the owner thereof, and authorizing the institution, if neces~ary, of an action in eminent domain to acquire title to ~aid property CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 8, 1988 Page -5- The second document is an agreement That document requires Mr Sullivan and Mr Metzger to purcha~e from the City the property required through eminent domain or through negotiation or whatever the City has to pay for it, including the purcha~e price, his time, the cost of appraisals, i.e any co~t to the city would have to be reimbursed by Mr Sullivan and Mr Metzger Mrs City Snow a~ked if the owners of the property had been contacted by the The answer was no James Michael Sullivan, 303 16th Street, Suite 300, Denver, stated that the owners had been contacted by him, but had no interest in ~elling He ~aw no need to contact them again Motion by Mr FIasco for the adoption of Resolution No 1104, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 6-1 with Mrs Snow voting No, because although she is in favor of the Resolution, the owners were not contacted John Hayes then addressed the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City, the Fire Di~trict, and the Ambulance Company Insurance provisions have been resolved, document is ready for all the signatures ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Nancy Snow complained about the land~caping between the sidewalk and the street at the Rancho del Sol Subdivi~ion, it has gotten wor~e and worse over the years and nothing has been done The Code Enforcement Officer had talked to the developers and had been told that the responsibility to maintain the land~caping was being turned over to the owners At thi~ point there is no landscaping in exi~tence to maintain, only weeds Developer should be made to put land~caping back in, then turn it over to the owner~ Doris Ibbison stated the Sister City Committee will be meeting tomorrow at 1 00 P m and by tomorrow they ~hould have an ironclad agenda and everything should be ready for our chine~e friends, who will be arriving on August 18 She also asked if there was some way the City could pay some special honor to the firemen of the City for 17 years of emergency service Randy West a~ked that any Council comments on the reconstruction of Paramount Park be passed on to him or Mrs Keller Claudia Worth a~ked if the pool will be open on Labor Day weekend She reque~ted that it be open Tony FIasco informed Council that he has been appointed to a DRCUG committee to ~tudy the restructure of DRCOG There are two committees one long-term, one short-term, he i~ on the short-term committee If anybody has any comments or suggestions, please get them to him as soon as possible CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 8, 1988 Page -6- He wants to ~tate for the record that he deeply resent~ Mrs Snow's comments about We~t 32nd Avenue, want~ to ~tate one more time that there was nothing ever done except in Council meeting, that was directed by Council on an 8-0 vote, the street committee was fully apprised of it Everything was done in the open, staff never did anything they were not directed to do Moe Keller commended Joe Cassa for his presentation of the Ambulance Service Contract She attended the dedication of the OrChard Valley Apartments at 38th & Miller, they are beautiful apartment~ They have client~ who are senior citizens, and single mother~ with handicapped children Kent Davis stated that Bill Bowman has an old german friend, who is returning to his hometown in Germany He wanted to know if the City had anything for him to take back to hi~ hometown's mayor, like a paperweight, a letter of greeting from the mayor, and other items from the City Motion by Mr West to adjourn, seconded by Mr Fla~co, carried 7-0 Meeting adjourned at 9 35 p m (-', ~~ " -;\,,'~ \1.~ )'-9 ) Christa Jones, De~uty City Clerk APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 22, 1988 BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 1 ;(U 4~~ Kent Davis, Council Pre~ident