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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/26/1988 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO September 26, 1988 The City Council Meeting wa~ called to order by the Mayor at 7 35 p m Councilmembers present Tony Fla~co, Doris Ibbison, Larry Merkl, Moe Keller, Nancy Snow, Randy We~t, and Claudia Worth Kent Davis wa~ absent, but left hi~ vote~ with the City Clerk'~ Office Al~o present Deputy City Clerk, Christa Jones, City Admini~trator, Mike Smith, City Attorney, John Hayes, Public Work~ Director, Bob Goebel, Director of Parks & Recreation, Richard Bredt, acting Chief of Police, Ed Ray, staff, and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of September 12, 1988 Motion by Mrs Ibbison for the approval of the Minutes of September 12, 1988, seconded by Mr West, carried 7-0 (Several corrections to the Minute~ were requested, but upon listening to the tape of the meeting by three different people, it was determined that the Minutes were correct, ~ince they repre~ented a verbatim quote of the tape) PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES Mayor Wilde read the Proclamation for Red Ribbon Week - October 23 - 30, 1988 into the record CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Councilmember Tony FIasco, 4440 Reed Street, read a letter into the record regarding his rebuttal to a story that had appeared in the Sentinel and wa~ ba~ed on an anonymou~ letter regarding the "Chinese coin collection" Michael D. Kearney, 2867 Gray Street, asked why does not fly the United States flag on holiday~ that the flag wa~ now being flown the City of Wheat Ridge Mayor Wilde replied Ronald Selstad, 2890 Lamar Street, complained about the use of the name "Wheat Ridge Governmental Action Committee", that wa~ u~ed to pay for the petition~ passed on 32nd Avenue He claimed that there i~ no committee by that name in thi~ City or the State of Colorado There is, however, a Wheat Ridge Governmental Affairs Committee He does not believe the misrepresentation was a simple printing over~ight PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Public Hearing on 1989 Proposed Annual Budget There was no one present to ~peak CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 26, 1988 Page -2- Motion by Mrs Snow to pa~s the budget a~ submitted with the addition of $3,000 to maintain the horse~ in the Greenbelt, seconded by Mr West, carried 6-1 with Mr FIasco voting No Item 2 Council Bill 357 - An Ordinance repealing Chapter 11, Massage Parlors, of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado Council Bill 357 wa~ introduced on second reading by Mrs Keller, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mrs Keller that this Council Bill be tabled until October 24, 1988 because the City Attorney and the Chief of Police had ~ome legal concerns with the wording of the Ordinance, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 7-0 Mrs Worth asked that Council be given the new Council Bill ahead of time, ~o they can study it first Item-1 Council Bill 359 - An Ordinance amending the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge, Appendix A, Zoning Ordinance, Section 27 relating to Emergency Shelters operated by churche~ Council Bill 359 was introduced by Mr Merkl on second reading, title read by the Clerk, Ordinance No 774 assigned Sworn in by the Mayor and ~peaking in favor of the Ordinance were Donald V. Sandager, 3650 Holland Ct , Terry Baldwin, 3635 Kline St , Jean Williams, 2419 Marshall, Edgewater, Sue Kent, 8770 Lamar Drive, Arvada, Russell Slade, 2200 Garland Street, Lakewood There was no one present to ~peak again~t the Ordinance Motion by Mr Merkl that Council Bill 359 (Ordinance 774) be approved on second reading and become effective one day after final publication, seconded by Mr West, carried 7-0 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 4 Council Bill 360 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Commercial-One to Planned Commercial Development and for the approval of a Combined Outline and Final Development Plan and Plat on land located at 4900 Parfet Street, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Ca~e No WZ-88-15) (Sullivan/Hayes & Associates) Council Bill 360 wa~ introduced by Mr FIasco on fir~t reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mr FIasco that Council Bill 360 be approved on first reading, ordered publi~hed, public hearing be set for Monday, October 10, 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 Merkl, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 26, 1988 Page -3- DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 5 Re~olution 1107 - endorsing the Cultural Facilities District Gully Stanford, Director of Public Affairs for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, wa~ present and answered Council's questions and concerns and ~howed a video tape outlining the various probrams the reque~ted contribution would support Motion by Mr Mrs Ibbison, FIasco for the adoption of Resolution 1107, carried 8-0 seconded by Item 6 Re~olution 1108 - approving Intergovernmental Agreement with Colorado Department of Highways for the Federal-Aid Off-Sy~tem Hazard Elimination Project on 32nd Avenue from Kipling Street to Pierce Street in Wheat Ridge, Colorado Resolution 1108 was introduced by Mr Merkl, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mr Merkl that the Mayor be authorized to sign Re~olution No 1108 and al~o to sign the Intergovernmental Agreement between the State Department of Highways and the City of Wheat Ridge, and to approve Resolution 1108, seconded by Mr~ Keller, carried 8-0 Item 7 Resolution 1110 - authorizing the Jefferson County Open Space Officials to secure professional appraisal on and acquire four (4) inches of the Lee & Baugh Ditch located in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado Resolution 1110 wa~ introduced by Mrs Worth, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mrs Worth for the adoption of Resolution 1110, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting NO Mayor Wilde ~tated that for the sake of continuity Item 9 should come before Item 8 Item 9. Motion by Mrs Keller that a tran~fer of $10,000 be made from Account 31-607-795 (Unallocated Capital Improvements) to 31-302-882 (30th & Jay) to allow the Urban Drainage and Food Control Di~trict to begin engineering on this project, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 8-0 Item 8. Resolution 1113 - authorizing the Mayor to sign the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Wheat Ridge and the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District entitled Agreement regarding de~ign of drainage and flood control improvements for north branch upper Sloan~ Lake, Edgewater and Wheat Ridge Resolution 1113 was introduced by Mrs Ibbison, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mrs Ibbison that the Mayor be authorized to sign Resolution No 1113 and also to ~ign the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Edgewater, and Wheat Ridge, and to approve Resolution 1113, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 26, 1988 Page -4- Item 10. Resolution 1114 - accepting the offer of Grant Funding from the State of Colorado, Department of Highway~, Division of Highway Safety for the establi~hment of a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program. Resolution 1114 was introduced by Mrs Ibbi~on, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mrs. Ibbi~on for the adoption of Resolution 1114, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 8-0 Item 11. Motion to appoint voting delegate and alternate voting delegate for the NLC Annual Congress of Citie~ in Boston, Ma~s , December 3-7, 1988 Motion by Mrs Keller to appoint Claudia Worth the voting delegate and Doris Ibbison the alternate voting delegate for the NLC Annual Congress of Citie~ in Boston, Mass, December 3-7, 1988, seconded by Mr West, carried 7-0 Item 12. Motion by Mr West that the Mayor of the City of Wheat Ridge be authorized to sign the contract agreement between Shalkey Walker Associates, Inc and the City of Wheat Ridge for landscape architectural services for the propo~ed reconstruction project of Paramount Park in the amount of $28,000 to be charged to Acct No 32-601-860, ~econded by Mr~ Keller Mr FIasco asked why this was being done by an architect and not in-house Richard Bredt replied that this project involved recon~truction of a building and restroom facilities, drainage design, sprinkler sy~tem design, playground design, etc Mrs Worth asked that ~ublic input will be considered in the design Ed Shalkey, landscape architect, was present and answered Council's questions and concerns Motion carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco voting No Item 13. Motion by Mrs Worth that the Mayor be authorized to enter into an agreement with the participating parent-teacher organizations to provide payment to the school crossing guards referred to as "authorized volunteer~" and that payments be made from Acct No 610-713, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 6-2 with Mr FIasco and Mr Davis voting No Mr FIasco voted No because although he is not again~t thi~ program, he feels it is not our responsibility, we are allowing the school district to ~hirk their duties Mr West feels the ~ame way, but he will vote for it because he is concerned for the safety of the children Item 14. Consent Agenda. A) Re~olution 1109 - authorizing reimbur~ement from the City of Wheat Ridge's attributable share of the Jefferson County Open Space Fund for Park~ and Open Space Development B) Resolution 1111 - authorizing the creation of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Sale~ Tax Revenue Bond Capital Project Fund, Debt Service Fund, and Reserve Fund CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 26, 1988 Page -5- c) Re~olution 1112 - authorizing the City Treasurer to open new bank accounts for the purpose~ described below D) Motion that Dimension Builders be awarded the contract for siding and garage door replacement of the Public Works Shops building for their total amount of $35,580. Further move that a 5% contingency and a $1,000 force account be established for unforeseen work and work by other~, and that the Director of Public Works be authorized to sign all change orders Also move that the project be charged against accounts as follows $9,660 to 01-303-812, $10,000 to 57-305-812, $18,699 to 31-305-812 Further move that a budget transfer of $18,699 be made from Acct No 31-607-795 (Capital Unallocated) to 31-305-812 (Shops Improvement~) to cover costs E) Motion to appoint William T Smith to the Building Code Advisory Board F) Motion that the Mayor of the City of Wheat Ridge be authorized to execute the Contract for Legal Services, and appropriating $3,000 to be paid to the Denver Metro Intervenors relating to the Mountain Bell increase proposal Further move that the $3,000 be charged to General Fund Operations Telephone expense (01-610-759) G) Motion to approve the draft of Findings & Deci~ion of the Liquor Authority re Jolly Jack Liquors H) Motion that we contract with the firm of Harlan, Myles, and Dougla~ in the amount of $9,000 plus travel expenses to continue our economic development efforts This amount to be charged to Acct No 106-750 I) Motion that the contract for the 1988 Street Tree Maintenance Project be awarded to Colorado Tree and Shrubbery in the amount of their bid of $7,812 25 and that all costs be charged to Acct No 603-703 J) Motion that $10,000 be transferred from Unallocated Fund Balance (#01-607-795) to Budget/Salestax Contractual Services (#01-115-704) for the purpose of completing sales/u~e tax audit~ in progress, for the remainder of 1988 Motion by Mr Merkl to adopt the Consent Agenda as printed, seconded by Mrs Ibbison Mr FIasco a~ked that Item G) be pulled off the Con~ent Agenda Mrs Snow asked that Item D) be pulled off the Consent Agenda Discussion followed Mrs Keller called for the question, carried 7-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 26, 1988 Page -6- Motion to approve all Items other than D) and E) carried 8-0 Item D) - Motion by Mrs Ibbi~on, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 8-0 Item G) - Mr FIasco asked to abstain from voting ~ince attended that meeting Motion by Mrs Ibbi~on that Mr from voting, seconded by Mr West, carried 7-0 he had not FIasco abstain Item G) carried 7-0 with Mr FIasco abstaining CITY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS Mike Smith stated that Council'~ requested change~ will be incorporated into the budget and brought back to Council CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes had no report Motion by Mrs Ibbi~on to adjourn, seconded by Mr We~t, carried 6-1 with Mr FIasco voting No Meeting adjourned at 9 55 p m I \' ~ \ 'i '\ \ ,_ '---. l'...c"-'~ \. 'r-::-...:; Christa Jo~es, De~~ty' City Clerk APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 10, 1988 BY A VOTE OF 8 TO 0 I //'. . ;t -c ~~t ,.< J.. ,,~'-<:'c_ / Kent Davis, Council President