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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 27, 1989 BY A VOTE OF
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Kent Davis, Council President
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