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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/27/1989 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO March 27. 1989 The City Council Meeting was callei to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmembers present Kent Davis, Tony FIasco, Doris Ibbi~on, Larry Merkl, Moe Keller, Nancy Snow, Randy West, an~ Claudia Worth Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Administrator, Mike Smith, Acting City Attorney, Paul GOdec, plJblic Works Director, Bob Goebel, Director of Planning & Development, Glen Gidley, Chief of Police, Jack Hurst, staff, and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of March 13, 1989 Motion by Mrs Ibbison for the approval of the Minutes of March 13, 1989 as correctej, seconded by Mr West, carried 6-0 with Mrs Snow and Mr Merkl abstaining PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES Mayor Wilde administered the Oath of Office to newly appointed Boards and Commission Members Arthur Abell, Civil Service Commission and Carol Luebke, Election Commission Mayor Wilde stated that Bob Howard and Tom Abbott had been sworn in earlier in the week for the Board of --- Adjustment CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Phyllis Lancaster, 4076 Everett, askei that a few trash cans be placed in the Greenbelt PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1. A Public Hearing on Annexation Petition - Midwest Buil~ers at West 32nd and Zinnia B Resolution 1130 - finding certain property eligible for annexation C Council Bill 368 - An Ordinance annexing certain property o Council Bill 371 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Jefferson County Plannej Unit Development (p U D ) to Residential-One-A, with conjitions, on lani located at 12930 W 32nd Avenue, City of Wheat Riige, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-88-18) (Midwest Builders, Inc ) E Application by Midwest Builders, Inc for approval of a seven-lot preliminary and final subdivision plat for property located at 12930 W 32nd Avenue (Case No WS-88-1) CITY COUNCIL MINUTES March 27, 1989 Page -2- Glen Gi~ley pre~ented the cases Applicant, Rex Haag, declined to speak 1. B. Resolution 1130 was introduced by Mr FIasco, title read by the Clerk Ed Wilson, 3125 Zinnia, was sworn in by the Mayor, and spoke against the annexation Pam Brumbaugh, 3165 Zinnia, wa~ sworn in by the Mayor and asked who would maintain the ditch, that runs through the property, in the event they widen 32nd Avenue Norm Ross, 3145 Zinnia, was sworn in by the Mayor and spoke against the annexation Motion by Mr Fla~co for the adoption of Resolution 1130, seconiei by Mr Merkl, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting No 1. C. Council Bill 368 was introduced on second reading by Mrs Ibbison, title read by the Clerk Lee Gillan, 5126 W 38th Avenue, Denver, speaking for Midwest Builiers, was sworn in by the Mayor and answered Council's questions Ed Wilson, 3125 Zinnia, stated that the applicant, by his own admission, would come back in the future to ask for rezoning to Commercial Applicant is telling half-truths If property i~ rezoned to R-l-A, leave it that way for a long time Applicant is ruining a nice little neighborhood, houses there sell well Kevin Nichols, representing County Commissioners, 1700 Arapahoe Road, was sworn in by the Mayor and read a letter from the County Commissioners into the record and passed out a Resolution from the Commis~ioners expressing no objection to the proposed annexation He answered Council's questions Diane Sweat, Board member of Applewood Property Owners Association, 14725 W 30th Place, Golden, was sworn in by the Mayor and spoke regarding the poor timing of the traffic lights, another light will make it worse Why would the owner want to annex to Wheat Ridge and why would Wheat Riige want it? From a financial standpoint, City would lose money by annexing a residential island Feeling is, that a commercial zoning will be sought as soon as all this dies down Connie Mauldin, 3195 Zinnia Street, was sworn in by the Mayor and spoke regarding "traffic impact", she counted an average of 11 cars each light backed up, this is with nothing on that property Nobody believes this rezoning is going to remain R-l-A Pam Brumbaugh, 3165 Zinnia Street, lives directly across the street from the property, doe~ not believe it will remain residential zoning, that is why people are opposing the annexation Norm Ross, 3145 Zinnia, stated they would just like to remain unincorporated Jefferson County, feel~ the requests for rezoning will just go on and on, submitted pictures showing traffic problems Motion by Mrs Ibbison for the approval of Ordinance No 784 and make it effective 45 days after publication, seconded by Mr Merkl Mr West will vote No, because residential property will be of no value to the City of Wheat Riige and will cost the citizens money in street repairs and police protection CITY COUNCIL MINUTES March 27, 1989 Page -3- Mrs Snow will vote No, she sees no value to the City of Wheat Ridge, nor ioes she see any value to the neighbors who live near this property, she thinks it is valid to comment on future commercial development, since the applicant himself gave that as one of the good reasons to approve this, the applicant has not made much of a case, this is not Aurora, we don't need every piece of land between here and Golden Mr Gillan gave rebuttal Motion Failed 3-5 with Councilmembers FIasco, Ibbi~on, '3nd Merkl voting yes Glen Giiley stated that the City of Wheat Riige had no jurisdiction to carryon with 0 and E Item 2. Council Bill 2 - An Ordinance approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and the City of Lakewood, Colorado, relating to the design and con~truction of West 32nd Avenue Mr Goebel presented the case Mayor Wilde reai a letter from the president of Jeffco ritizens United into the recorj, objecting to this project Council Bill 2 was introduced on second reading by Mr FIasco, title read by the Clerk, Oriinance No 784 assigned Motion by Mr FIasco for the adoption of Ordinance 784, seconiei by Mr Davis, carried 7-1 with Mrs Worth voting No ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 3. Council Bill 5 - An Ordinance repealing and reenacting Section 2-2 Fiscal Year, of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge by authorizing the adoption of a budget containing specific appropriations, and further providing that no expenditure shall be made in excess of saii appropriations Council Bill 5 was introduced by Mr Merkl on first reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mr Merkl that Council Bill 5 be approved on first reading, ordered published, publiC hearing be set for Monday, April 10, 1989 at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 1 day after final publication, secondei by Mr FIasco, carried 8-0 Item 4. Council Bill 6 - An ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Residential-One and Agricultural-One to Resiiential-One on land located at 11115 West 38th Avenue, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-89-2) (Gerali Biehl) Council Bill 6 was introduced by Mr Davis on first reading, title read by Clerk Motion by ~Ir Davi~ that Council Bill 6 be approved on first reaiing, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, April 24, 1989 at 7 30 p m in City Council rhambers, Municipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 jay~ after final publication, seconiei by Mr Merkl, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES March 27, 1989 Page -4- DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 5. Resolution 1143 - endorsing Colorado and Denver's effort to host the 1998 Winter Olympics Resolution 1143 was introduced by Mr Flasco, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mr Flasco for the aioption of Resolution 1143, seconied by Mrs Keller Mrs Snow moved that the last paragraph "Be it further resolved, that the City of Wheat Ridge will assist and cooperate with the City of Denver to help bring the 1998 Olympic Winter Games to Denver and Colorado" be taken out, to insure that this will not end up costing the City of Wheat Riige, seconiei by Mr West, carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco voting No Vote on original motion was 6-2 with Councilmembers West and Worth voting No Mr West feels that this is going to cost the average taxpayer because of the security, only hotels will make money Item 6. Request for the purchase of data processing equipment for use in several departments Pat Dildine gave Council reasons for these purchase Motion by Mrs Keller that the following budget transfers be made FROM TO 117-755 $1,500 -'17-809 $1,500 106-755 250 117-809 250 109-802 2,000 117-809 2,000 603-809 1,770 117-809 1,770 301-802 2,060 117-809 2,060 121-660 700 117-809 700 I further move that convergent technology equipment per bid be purchased from Law Enforcement Data System, Inc in the amount of $8,271 11 to be charged to Acct No 117-809, seconded by Mr West, carried 6-2 with Mr FIasco and Mr Davis voting No Item 7. Replacement of CLEER Base Station Motion by Mr Merkl that the purchase of a UHF CLEER RADIO BASE STATION and related equipment be approved and awarded to Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc in the amount of their bid of $3,467 All costs to be charged to Acct No 203-805, Communications Equipment Mr Merkl withdrew his motion after he established that this bid had not gone through the purchasing department and not followed established procedures Motion was repeatei by Mrs Worth, seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 6-2 with Mr Davis and Mr Merkl voting No CITY COUNCIL MINUTES March 27, 1989 Page -5- Item 8. Traffic Signal Computer purchase Motion by Mrs Ibbi~on to recommen1 purchase of the AT class computer, software and other hardware outlined in Request for Quotes #003-89 from Source Electronics in the amount of their bid of $3,393 and that funds for this purchase come from Capital Projects 30-304-843, seconded by Mr~ Snow, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis voting No Item 9. Discussion of Election Equipment City Clerk, Wanda Sang, per the request of numerous citizens, had inquired how much it wouli cost the City to purcha~e our own election equipment, rather than contracting with the County She asked Council's recommendation a~ to which way to proceed No action was taken on this matter Item 10. Adoption of Council Rules of Order and Procedure Motion by Mrs Ibbison to adopt the Council Rules of Order and Procedure, seconded by Mr Flasco Motion by Mr Davis to leave in "beverage drinking", seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 6-2 with Councilmembers Worth and Snow voting No. Motion by Mrs Snow under Section 4 3 after the words" maximum of five minutes" add the sentence "A majority vote of City Council may al~o add an item to the Agenda at the beginning of the meeting", seconded by Mrs Worth, carried 6-2 with Mr FIasco and Mrs Ibbison voting No Motion by Mr Merkl that under Section 3 4 "termination of employees" be changed to read "recommendation of termination ", seconded by Mrs Keller, carried 8-0 Original Motion as amenied carried 8-0 CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS Paul Godec stated that John Hayes will meet with W R Cablevision sometime during the week of April 10 and any Councilmembers who wish to attend are welcome ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Nancy Snow briefly reported on the Zip Code problems that had been iiscussed at two meetings at the National League of rities A national policy will be worked up to be ready for the November meeting Tony FIasco observed citizens wandering around the building and using Xerox machine~ after clo~ing hours, he does not think thi~ is proper and shouli be taken care ot. Doris Ibbison has been approached by DCPA asking the Council to reconsider donating $5,000 Council Con~ensus was 6-2 to bring thi~ in at the next meeting for a motion CITY COUNCIL MINUTES March 27, 1989 Page -6- Kent Davis asked if we had an Ordinance prohibiting people to dump trash in commerci'31 dumpsters Members of his family observed people filling dumpsters in Johnson Park and upon complaint to the Police Department, were informej we had no Ordinance against this Paul Goiec replied these people couli be cited under our trespass law Moe Keller had asked for an open space appraisal on the lumber yard property ani had not heard anything Larry Merkl suggested that Mr Foreman get out and enforce our junk and trash ordinance to get this rity cleaned up Claudia Worth askei that Cablevision Franchise be put on May Study Session to account for monies design'3tej for Community Access Channel Consensus was 6-2 to put this on May Study Session She asked for Ordinance to prohibit altering of guns so they can become automatic weapons ani also the sale and possession of these guns in this City Consensus was 6-2 to bring this Ordinance to Couneil She asked for a brief report from the Mayor and Doris Ibbison on the trip to China The Mayor and Mrs Ibbison reported on their trip Motion by Mr Merkl to adjourn, seconjed by Mr West, carried 6-2 with Mr FIasco and Mr West voting no Meeting aijourned at 11 00 P m , / _.' / / ,,l, --,-'VL ) u ~ Wanda Sang, City Cl~k APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 10, 1989 BY A VOTE OF ,1: .0<:/ il~ Kent Davis, Council President 8 TO o