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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/28/1988 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO November 2~-1988 The City Council ~eetjng wa~ called to orier by the Major at 7 30 p lli ('ouncilrtlernber,> pre,>ent Kent Davi,>, Tony Fla,>eo, Larry ~1erkl, t",oe Keller, Nancy Snow, ani Clau~ja WJrth Dori,> Ibbi~on and Randy West were ab'>ent ~l,>o pre,>ent City Clerk, Wan~a Sang, City Admini'>trator, Hike Smith, City Attorney, J >hn Haye,>, '>taff, an~ intere~ter1 citizen~ APPROVAL OF MINUTES of November 14, 19bb Motion by Mr Merkl for the approval of the Minute'> of November 14, 1988, ~econde,d by Hr'> Keller, carried 6-0 CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK There was no one pre~ent to ,>peak PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item-1_ Council Bill 3b4 - fIn lJr~inance repealing an~ reenactint', Section 21-21 anr1 Section L1-23 of Chapter 21, Article II, of the Code of Law~ of the City of Wheat Ridge, colora~o, pertaining to Taxation of Telephone Exchange~ Council Bill 364 wa,> introduced on '>econi rea~inb by Mr<; ~orth, title read by the ('lerk, Or~inanee No 778 a<;'>ibne~ Motion by Mr'> Worth for trle a~()jJtion of ('ouncil Bill '364 (Ordinance 778) on ,>econd reading, '>econde,d by ~:r<; Snow, carried 6-0 I t e ~_?_ Co un c 11 !3 ill 3 b 5 - 1\ '{] U r 'J i n an c e a Ji] end i n g C hap t e r 1 4 0 f the Cod e of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge by renumbering Article VIII General Provi,>ion,>, ana all Section,> thereof, by repealing and reenactinb certain prnvi,>ion,> of Chapter 11 Ma,>sage Parlors, a,> Article VII[ of Chapter 14, and by thereafter repealing Chapter 11 Ma,>sage Parlors of the provi'>ion,> of the Code of Law,> of the City of ~heat Ridge Council Bill 365 wa,> introduced on '>econd reading by Mr~ Snow, title read by the Clerk, Ordinanee No 779 a'>~igned Motion by Mr,> Snow for the adoption of Ordinance Nn 779 on ~econd reading, '>eeonded by Hr~ Keller, carried 6-0 CITY cOUNCIL MlNUTES !~ovenlter c:8, 1988 Pae,e -c- ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 3 Council Bill 36b - An Ordinance providinb for the financin6 by the City of ~heat Ridge, State of Colorado, of a hanufacturing Facility, authorizinb the i~suance, sale and jelivery of Multi-ho~al Interchangeable Hate Industrial Development Hevenue Bonjs (Leaf, Inc Project) Series 1988, and authorizilb the Execution and Delivery of a Loan At,reement, a Tru~t Indenture, a Placement Agreement, anj a Hemarketinb and Intere~t Services Agreerllent and related 'j ,curnents Council Bill 366 was introduced by Nr Merkl on fir~t reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mr Merkl that Council Bill 366 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be ~et for Monday, December 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 Mrs Worth, carried 6-0 Mr~ Snow stated for the record that as a condition on second reading she will a~k that they use the Wheat Ridge name nn their label, and adverti~ing Item 4 Council Bill 367 - An Urdinance repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Chapter 21, Taxation, of the Code of Law~ of the City of Wheat Rid5e Council Bill 367 wa, introduced by Mr Fla~co on fir~t readinb, title read by Clerk Motion by Mr FIasco that Council Bill 367 be apprJved on first reading, ordered published, p1lblic hearint, be set for I'lOnday, Decelllber 12,1988 at 7 30 p III in City Council ChanJher" ~:unicipal Bldg , ::lod if ::lpproved on second readinci, take effect January 1, 1989, seconded by Mrs Keller Motion by Mr, Snow that only the chant,e~ be published, even if it ha~ to go into the Denver P,st, ,econjed by Nrs Worth Hr i'1erkl cdll<;d for the question on the 8f1len<iruent, seconded by I'lrs Snow, carried 5-1 wi th Hr FIasco voting No Vote on Mrs Snow~ motion failed 2-4 with Mrs Worth and Hrs Snow voting ye<; Motion by Mrs Snow to publi~h the ch8ng<;s only i1 the Sentinel and h::lve a brief rueeting On the night of the 21st, seconied by Mr~ Worth It wa~ determined th::lt mo,t councilmember<; would not be present that night ~~r<; Snow withdrew her Illotion Original Hotion carried 6-0 rITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 28, 19bb Page -3- DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 5 Re~olution No 1126 - authorizing reimbur~ement from the City of Wheat Ridge'~ attributable ~hare of the Jeffer~on County Open Space Fund for Park~ ani Oper Space Development hotion by ~'ir~ Keller that Re~olution 11,:'6, authorizinb reimbur~enjent from Jeffer~on County Upen Space be approved, ani the Mayor be authorize,i to ~ig:1 the intergovernmental agreellJent entitled "Reque~t for Reimbur~ement ani Certification of U~e of Funis" which i~ requirei by Jeffer~o 1 COIJnty Open Space before reilljbur~elllent frOl1J the City of Wheat Riibe'~ attributable share can be released, secondei by Mr~ Worth, carriei 7-0 (Mr We~t hai left a ye~ vote) Ite~,J!._ f'lotion by hr Davis that the rerlJainine:, fun,ds of the voluntary a~~es~ment for 1987-1908 telecommunication regulation proceeiing<; approved Sept 14, 19(j'(, be utilized by q'lL in continuing negotiation<; to obtain co~t-effective telecommunication <;ervice<;, ~econded by Mrs Snow, carried 6-0 Item 7 ~'Jotion re Tral'fic Signal In<;tallation Project Motion by Mr Merkl that the contract for Pha<;e I of Project T-TSI-01-88 be awaried to W L Contractor~ in the amount of their revi~ei total bid of $67,310 plu~ a conti:1bency of $5,144 for a total of $72,454 to be chargei to Acct No 31-304-843 I further move that we approve the purcha~e of fiber optice modem~ from Econnlite Control Pr01uct~ totaling $3,000 to be charged to Acct No 01-302-704, ~econdei by rlr~ Keller, carried 6-0 Item 8. NotiO:1 re 1989 Tra~h Removal Service~ - variou~ location~ Motion by Mr~ Worth that the contract for 1989 Tra~h Removal Service~ at variou~ location~ be awardei t~ Laiilaw Wa~te Sy~tems, Inc for their total bii of $4,19') 76 per year for annual ~ervice~ ani $1,05300 (e~timated) for sea~onal service~ These co~t~ to be charged to the various approved buiget account~ for utilitie~ by affected iepartment~, ~econdej by Mr~ Snow, carriei 6-0 Item 9. EDARr Appointments Moti.2.!2 by Mr'3 Drew to EDAR(', Keller to ratify the appoint~ of Dan LaPlante and Joe ~econjei by Nr~ Worth Mr Fla~co askei that they be split, he ha~ ~ome que'3tion~ on both Motion by Nrs Keller to ratify the appointment nf Dan LaPlante, seconiei by Mr'3 worth, carriei 6-0 Motion by Mr'3 Yeller to ratify the appointment of Joe Drew, seconjei by hrs Worth, carriei 5-1 with hr FIasco voting No Mayor "JiI,1e wa'3 boing to ched" with hr LaPlante anj Mr Drew if therr:~ wa~ any conflict of interest rITY rUUNrIL MINUTES November 2b, 19c18 Page -4- Motion by Nr, Snow that Mary Cavarra'~ a~pointruent be change~ from at large to Di,trict III repre,entative, term to ex~ire ,ame time a' before, ,econ,ie,i by ~lr' Worth, c':lrriei 5-1 with fvir Fla,co voting No Mr, Snow called for the que,tion, ~econ~ed by Mr Davi" carried 6-0 CITY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS Mike Smith informed rouncil that our former Director of Public Work', Ro~ger Young, ha~ been ap~ninted a, Director of Public Work' for Dnugla~ rounty The Town of Lake~ide ha, been given an extension to 12/2/88 to decide on the Mall', petition Police Ufficer Pickett i, okay ani will return to work on Wedne'day CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Haye~ reportei on three item, 1 The fir~t draft~ of the revi~ed ani recniifiei rode of Law~ have been received in the rity, and are being reviewed by the rity Attorney and the rity rlerk When they ha\e been approved by the rity Attorney ani the rity rlerk, and an oriinance i, pa,sei to approve them, they will be di,tributed 2 The hearinb on the rity'~ a~peal on the Goracke Ca,e will be heard in Di~trict rOllrt on December '7, 1988, at 8 30 a m 3 Me'~rs rurrler have ~ought to intervene in ani have the rity proceei to iefend the litigation broubht by 42!0 Wai,worth, Ltd , which litibation wa, about to be di'rui'~ed by the rourt for lack of pro'ecution The rity intends to cOnte,t the Currier', action~ Finally, the rity Attorney expres,ed regret Over the handling of rouncil Bill 367 ani accepted re~pon~ibility for any confu~ion which resulted ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS rity rlerk, Wanda Sanb, a'kei rouncil fn~ ~ugge~tion' for appointment~ to the Election C()mmi'~ion Motion by Mr~ Snow that for all out-of-state trip~ budgeted, the person making the trip be allnwe~ an a~ditional $100 per night for all nie;ht, over 4, and, in addition, that the Mayor be allnwed to u,e hi~ one out-of-'tate trip money to go to Taiwan, 'econde~ by Mr~ Keller t'lotion by hr out-of- ~tate 2-4 with Hr Fla,cn that rouncil and Mayor be allowed to trip iJJoney to {so to Taiwan, ~econde,i by Hr, Fla,co and Mr, Worth votinb ye, u~e their one ~iorth, Failed hr FIasco a,ked th~t the original motion be ,~lit Motion tor additional $100 carriei 6-0 Motion for Mayor" trip cHrried 5-1 with hr Fla~co voting No ('ITY rUUNCIL ~nNUTES November 28, 1988 Page -5- Tony Fla~co asked what the rity'~ office hour~ are Mike Smith replied they are 8 30 a rn - 5 00 p m hr Fla~co ha~ haj a 'l1inimum of three telephone call~ froM citizen~ complaininb that they coul~n't get anybo~y in ~ome department~ on Frijays, he would like an explanation Mike Smith replied that Engineerin~ hai gone to four 10-hour iay~, but the department would be staffed 5 iay~ a week Mr FIasco inquired if he callei in before 8 30 or after 5 anj askei to tal~ to an engineer, if he could do ~o Mike Smith stated that the ~witchboard i~ only open from B 30 to 5 00 Mr Fla~co repliei that was his point, citizen~ should be able to get to tal~ to ~omebody from that department with responsibility He would like to discu~~ thi~ at a Study Se~sion, if we do thi~, we neei time clocks Mr Merkl ~tated he had encountered problem~ in Park~, when he would come in on Friday afternoon~ at 3 00 p m ani people had ~avei up their lunch hours or brea~~ ~o they could take off early on Friday Thi~ isn't too bad if the secretary does it, but if everybody in the department doe~ it, it presents a ha~~le There ~eeJlJ~ to be more of thi~ going on in the rity He has hai citizen's complaint~ about thi~ and aGree~ with Tony It .10uli be money well spent, if we boue,ht a time clock t"r~ Snow ~tated Ulat people who "sOlvei" up their lunch hour~, still ended up eating at their je~ks anyway She has noti0ed that it i~ awfully ~uiet arOund here on Friday afternoons Mr Davis ~ugge~tei we have Ol ~tudy ~e~sion ani that a standard be ~et for all employee~, excluding the police department He would like to come in at 5 00 a rn and go home at 1 00 P m He ioesn't know how effective he would be to people calling him at 5 00 a m Mrs Keller stated she has never had any problems Consensus was 5-1 to holi a Stuiy Se~~ion to di~cu~~ thi~ matter Tony Fla~co informed rouncil that he had been a~ked by LJHCUG to repre~ent them on the W470 Ta~k Force He wants to empha~ize that he repre~ent~ LJRrOG and not the rity of Wheat Ridge He ha~ talkei with Mr Haye~ and it i~ not Ol conflict of intere~t Nancy Snow wauli like the rity of Wheat Ridge to go on record as beinG oppo~ed to "ny c'J!llrnittee that i~ going to dt~pen~e that much rnoney ani have that much tax power unless every city ha~ at least one representative She would like a Re~olution in opposition to any plan, any body t~at doe~ not have a representative of every city Motion by Mr~ 3now to bring in a Re~olution on December 12 to that effect, seCOtllied by Mr~ Keller, carried 6-0 rITY CUUNrlL MINUT~S November 28, 1988 Pabe -6- Kent Davi~ hai a ~all from Mr Woodcock, who has hai quite a problem with the truck iriving school, he feels he i~ not getting good an~wers from our ~taff, his problem this eveninb wa~ larbe lights down there, that are on the north property line, ani ~hine in his home and ~ome homes on the ridge Mr Davis askei it ~e have ~~er sent Glen Gidley or <;omeboiy down there to ~ee what wa<; going on Mr Hayes ha~ talked with Mr Woodcock seJeral times about this Part of the drafting of the luiQance ordinance wa~ done with that particular location in mini Jim Foreman preparei a report about thi~ Moe Keller askeri for an update on the Herr property )vIr Hayes repli,ed t hat as far ash e "n e w, the r e Iv a ~ a nap poi n t rn en t ru a i e toe 0 III e in tot h e rity and pre~ent a plan, but the appointment was not kept The next ~tep would be to enforce the court order Claudia Worth referred to the serie,> on rhannel <) "!Ieel~, Deals, and Wheel~" She wa,> asharlJed of this happening in our C'ity, awj wondered if we were ioing anything about this )vlotion by Mrq Worth to adjourn, '>econdei by Mr i',erkl, carried 4-2 witrl Mrs Keller and Mr D3Vi~ votinb No Meetinb adjourned at 9 1b P m , I ~j</"j.,. j J ). A wan,da Sang;-r-Tty ~rk APPRUVlD BY CITY C'OUNrIL ON DEr~MBER 12, 1988 BY A VUTE OF Wi~'':~'bbi"On ab"aining KentDavi s, roun'cIl-Pre-;;Ident- 6 TU 0