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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/13/1989 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO February 13, 1989 The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmember~ present Kent Davi~, Tony FIasco, Doris Ibbison, Larry Merkl, Moe Keller, Nancy Snow, Randy West, and Claudia Worth Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Admini~trator, Mike Smith, City Attorney, John Hayes, Director of Planning & Development, Glen Gidley, staff, and intere~ted citizen~ APPROVAL OF MINUTES of January 23, 1989 Motion by Mrs Ibbison for the approval of the Minutes of January 23, 1989, secondei by Mr Davis, carried 7-0 with Mrs Keller abstaining becau~e she had not been present Motion by Mrs Snow to add an Item 7 to the Agenda, regariing RTD hearing on the proposed Park and Ride at Ward Road and I-70, seconded by Mrs Worth, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting No PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES Jujge Randall Davi~ admini~tered the Oath of Office to new Chief of Police, Jack Hurst Mayor Wilde presented Resolution of Appreciation to Ruth Howarj She wa~ named Woman of the Year by the Sentinel Newspaper CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Cindy and Vanida West, 9465 W 37th Avenue, appeared on behalf of the Wheat Ridge Symphony Band and presentei invitations to all elected officials for a concert LOCAL LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MATTERS I t em 1. Application for a new Class T, Extended hours, for Charles A Caravan, 11221 W 44th Avenue, Tavern Liquor Licen~e with Florey, dba Rocking West Wheat Riige, Colorado Applicant Charles A. Florey wa~ pre~ent and sworn in by the Mayor and an~werei Councils' questions Mrs Worth asked that Mr Florey and all his employees take the City Clerk's Liquor Seminar Motion by Mr Davis for approval of the application for a Tavern Liquor License with extended hours for Charles A Florey, dba Rocking We~t Caravan, 11221 W 44th Avenue, Wheat Riige, Colorado, for the following rea~on~ 1 All applications and fees required by statute have been filed and paii, CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 13, 1989 Page -2- 2 Notice of hearing and posting of the premise~ have been accomplished accoriing to statutory requirements, 3 The applicant has signed a lease for the premises dated 1/3'89, for a period of five years, 4 The owner of the establishment ha~ been cleared by the Police Department, and that issuance of thi~ license i~ consistent with the previously establishei needs of the neighborhood under consideration, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 8-0 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 2. Annexation Petition by Rex Haag (Midwe~t Builders) (to be continued to March 27, 1989) Motion by Mr Merkl to continue the annexation hearing to March 27, 1989, and the Zoning Hearing (Case No WZ-88-18) and the Subdivision Hearing (WS-88-1), seconded by Mr Flasco, carried 8-0 Item 3. Council Bill 1 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of a Mass Rezoning from Residential-Two to Residential-One A on land located within Blocks One and Two, Rolling Hills Subdivision (except Lot 7, Block 2), City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-88-16) (Michael Tulley, et all Council Bill 1 was introducei on ~econd reading by Mr West, title read by the Clerk, Ordinance No 783 assigned Mr Gidley presented the case Applicant Michael Tul~, 3580 Moore Ct , was sworn in by the Mayor, thanked the Planning Department for all their work and help, and asked for approval Motion by Mr West that Council Bill No 1, Ordinance No 783, a request for approval of a mass rezoning within Blocks 1 and 2 of Rolling Hills Subdivision, be approved for the following reasons 1 The proposed rezoning i~ in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan 2 The proposed rezoning will ensure the continuance of the single-family character of the neighborhood 3 Residential-1A i~ the most appropriate zoning for the neighborhood, seconded by Mr~ Snow, carried 8-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 4. Resolution 1136 - amending the City of Wheat Riige Annual Budget for the fiscal year 1989 Resolution 1137 - appropriating additional sums of money in excess of amounts budgeted for the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, for fiscal year 1989 Motion by Mr FIasco that Resolution 1136 and 1137 be separated, secondei by Mr Davis, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 13, 1989 Page -3- Resolution 1136 was introduced by Mr West, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mr West for the approval of Resolution 1136, seconded by Mrs Keller Mr FIasco will vote against this motion because he feels the money shouli be left in the re~erve account and not be put into unallocate1 Mr Davis will also vote against this because he would like to see the money left in reserve Motion Failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Snow, West, Keller, and Worth voting yes Motion by Mrs Snow to take the amount of $75,000 from Acct No 01-580-589/Fund Balance Carryover to Acct No 01-607-795, which increases the budget to $14,800,946, seconded by Mrs Keller Mr Merkl will vote against this because he objects to Mr Smith's term of "windfall" Government doesn't have a "windfall", government doesn't pr01uce anything Our employees don't produce one cent to this City The money that is generated in this City is generated by the taxpayers of this City, the businesses of this rity, the property owner~ of this City Just because we happened to save $300,000 of taxpayers' money last year is not a "windfall" to this City, when our revenues didn't go up at all What it was, was proper fiscal management by this City Council, the City Administrator and staff He has a problem of passing out thi~ so-called "winifall" Mr FIasco feels like Mr Merkl, we should do something for the ~enior citizens or the businesses or the general public, who is paying the bill Maybe the money should be used to generate future income for the City He has a lot of problems to give out bonuses We iid make an agreement, if we made over 5,200,000 sales tax, then we would do something for the employees with the money that we generated over that We have not generated that The money we generate1 this year, was $5,100,000, which is under the $5,200,000, we agreed upon If we had reached that figure and reneged on it, we would be sued immediately If the Council is expected to live up to the obligations they made, 1 would expect the other party in this contract to also live up to it Mr West called for the question, ~econded by Mr FIasco, carried 7-2 with Mrs Keller and Mrs Snow voting No Vote on original Motion Failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Snow, West, Keller, and Worth voting yes Mrs Snow rebutted Mr Merkl's statement that the staff in this City produces nothing This is a gratuitous insult If the Police are called, is that not a ~ervice? I don't see how you can continuously insult the staff and expect them to proiuce 1 call that production If not, why ion't we disband the City? Nobody wants to pay tax, but people want the services of police, animal control, streets plowed She is upset by the comments, not the vote CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 13, 1989 Page -4- Motion by Mrs Worth that $600 be contributed to the Police Athletic League from Acct No 01-610-799, and thi~ amount be transferrei from 01-607-795 to 01-610-799, thi~ money is to be usej for the insurance balance for the rest of the year, seconied by Mr We~t, carried 8-0 Item 5. Re~olution 1138 - provijing for the amendment of a certain Trust Indenture securing the $7,000,000 rity of Wheat Ridge, State of colorado, Multi-Modal Interchangeable Rate Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Leaf, Inc Project), Series 1988 Motion to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the Resolution, the First Supplemental Trust Indenture and the Issuer's Certificate Resolution 1138 was introduced by rirs Keller, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mrs Keller for the adoption of Resolution 1138 ani to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the Resolution, the First Supplemental Trust Indenture and the Issuer's Certificate, secondei by Mr West, carried 8-0 Item 6. Motion by Mrs Keller to transfer $300 from Reserve Account to Acct No 108-740 (Auto Mileage Reimbursement for City Clerk's Office), seconded by Mrs Worth Mr Flasco will vote against this motion because we now have four cars in surplus, the City Clerk does not need $300, she needs a car assigned to that office for her use anj for the elected officials' use He has asked for this before, one of the Chevrolet Celebrities should be put in that office The cars, the rity Clerk's Office has had to drive, are just not reliable automobiles Discussion followei Motion carried 5-3 with Councilmembers FIasco, Ibbison, and West voting No Item 7. Mrs Snow stated that there was a notice in the legal notices of a meeting on February 24 that RTD wants to iiscuss any comments on the proposei Park and Riie at approximately Ward Road and I-70 If no interest is expressed, the hearing won't be held Her suggestion was for the City to send a letter that ye~, we wouli like to have a hearing and send either Mrs Worth or Mr~ Keller to make whatever comment~ they wish Motion by Mrs Snow to send a letter from the City asking that the hearing be helj and that both Mrs Worth and Mrs Keller, a~ well as anybody else who wants to, go on behalf of the City, secondei by Mrs Worth, carried 8-0 CITY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS Council Consensus was 8-0 to holi a joint meeting with various Special Districts located within the City of Wheat Ridge CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 13. 1989 Page -5- CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes gave Council an update on meetings with consultants for Paramount Park No decision has been received on the Goracke matter Mr Merkl and Mrs Ibbison iid a fine job for us at CML policy committee, got CML support on our position on modifying the iisconnection statutes Recommendej that we put off adopting the new Code until we receive Supplement 1, requested that department heads submit their comments on the Code in writing within 1 week Received a call from City Attorney in St Louis ESTIP program They want to adopt our He was appointed chairman of the subcommittee on variances and special use zonings of the ABA'~ land use committee ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Councilmembers discussed a variety of bills pending before the legislature Kent Davis askei for Council consensus to have a mirror installed on Ammons-street, Failed 4-4 Larry Merkl asked if some of our water shares could be utilized for Owens Park Motion by Mr Merkl to set a policy that all cars be put under the City Administrator anj be checked out from the rity Administrator when they are to be used, seconded by Mr FIasco Mr Merkl changed his motion that the City Administrator report back to the City Council by the 1st of April with a car pool policy for this City, second acceptei this Mrs Keller called for the question, seconjed by Mr Davis, carried 8-0 Vote on original motion carried 5-3 with Councilmembers West, Keller, and Worth voting No Motion by Mrs Keller to aijourn, seconied by Mr West, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting No Meeting adjolJrtYei at 9 34 p m I \/ d~{ ,,1:_ Wanda Sang, , ,4 t..L- City C)I. e r k I APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 27, 1989 BY A VOTE OF ..." 11 ( "'(U'~ /,/~ Kent Davis, Council President 8 TO o