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Home My WebLink About08/28/1989 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO August 2~Y89 The City Council tv eetirJg was called to order by the ~layor at 7 50 )J liJ Cou~cillliembers )Jresent Kent Davis, Tony ~lasco, Loris Ibbison, Larry herkl, hoe Keller, Nancy Snow, hanoy Irwest, and ClcJUdia Irworth Also )Jresent City Clerk, hanea Sang, City Administrator, rike ~liJith, City Attorney, John IJayes, Public Irworks Lirector, bob Goebel, Lirector 01 ~lanning & 1evelo~liJent, Glen Gidley, Chief of Police, JClck Ilurst, staff, and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of Au~ust 14, 1909 hot ion by hrs seconaeo by hr present Clt the ~orth for the approval of the rinutes of August 14, 1909, v.est, carrieu 7-0 with rr herkl abstaining (he was not meeting) CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK There was no one )Jresent to s)Jeak LOCAL LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MATTERS Item 1 A)Jplication for Transfer of Ownershi)J of' a Leer & hine Liquor License with extended hours for ~ichael V Farrell, ata Cugino's Italian hestaurant, SbG9 h joth Avenue, Irwheat Rioge, Colorado hichael V ~arrell, cLbS Stuart Street, DenVEr, applicant, was present ano sworn in by the hayor hot ion by hr herkl to approve the Transfer 01 Ownershi~ of a beer & Wine Liquor License with extendeo hours for Michael V Farrell, aba CUb i rl () 's I tal i a n Ii est a u r a ~ t, ~ 8 0 9 VI 3 c t h A v e n u e, VI h eat h i U be, s e con de d by hr FIasco, carried b-G PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING I ten, c:: Council bill ~o 2C - An Oroinance aruenoing ~ections ~1, c::2, 45 and ~b of Cha~ter 22 of the COde of Laws of the City of Wheat Rioge (19b~) relClting to taxing carrier access services and disputes regarding the 2ales/Use Tax Lode Council Bill 26 was introduced on second reading by Mrs ~orth, title reau by the Clerk, Urdinance ~o 8U4 assigned CITY CGUhCIL hI~UTES AUbust ":G, 19b9 Pabe -2- Ii e 1 e IJ Ana e r son, 1.:i j 1 1 7 t h ~ t r e e t, Len v e r, [; ire c tor 0 f G 0 v ern nj e n t helations for AT&T, was sworn in by tLe Mayor and stated that they 00 not o~pose the Grolnance, but would like to work with the Finance Lirector ana City Attorney to oevelop langua~e that would satisfy their concerns as well as thOSE at the City Matthew Flora, lU99 lbth Street, Lenver, llianager for legislative affairs for U~ Sprint, was sworn in by the hayor he aftirllieo hs Anoerson's testiwoliY I, 0 t lu n L y h r s h 0 r t L for the dO 010 t ion 0 f G r 0 i n a n c e b 0 4 0 n s e con d reaoing, seconoeo by ~I' ~Host, carrieo b-G ItetJ, j heconsioeration of Groinance No SOl In regaro to gas stations only Mrs Snow stateo that she felt Oli the liiGht this lJrdinance was 1oassed, Louncil made a mistake by allowing gas stations to go in any C-l District without son,e vinci of a liwitation on their tilliE: Hotion by hrs Snow that in ~ection 1 b d 1 Y , which lists as a use uy right wotor fueling stations, ijdci the worcis "motor tueling stations open froni r( 00 a [jJ to 10 GO P w only" and then it would be necessary under e Svecial Uses, tv ado "9 hotor Fuelinb :.,tations which open before 7 U 0 a lL and /0 r s t a y 0 pen un t i 1 aft e r 1 U 0 0 ~ n," T hat w 0 u 1 0 lfJ e any 0 u would have to have a ~pecial USE: Perwit it you were open other than oay time, seconded by hrs horth hr Merkl opposes this awenollient, he doesn't think there is a problem, and this is not necessary hot ion f ail e d 4 - 4 wit h Lou n c i 1 n, erl> bel's S now, F 1 a S co, l\. ell e r, and w 0 r t h votin€, yes DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS I ten, 4 hesolution 11 to - A Hesolution a1o[JI'ovini:, the "First iHrenonient to the City of hheat hiciese honey PurchClsc Pension Plan for Lesignatea PoliCE: 1epJrtn;ent J:n;ployees" hesolution 1160 was introduced by hrs l\.eller, title read by the Clerk Lieutenant Gary haas fro~ the Police Department was 10resent ana answereo Council's yuestions Motion by ~rs 1\.eller for the aooption of Resolution 1160, secvnoeo by hr hest, carried ii-o Itelli 'J he sol uti on 11 b 1 - A he sol u L ion uris i n ~ the G e n era 1 Ass en, b 1 Y 0 t the State of Colorado to declare the sale ot buns ana other firearms to be a matter of statewioe concern and further to proviae, on a statewide basis, for the regulation ot the sellers of guns allO firearn,s Resolution 1161 was introduced by Nrs worth, title reao by the Clerk hrs Snow asked that the Clerk read the last ttree paragraVhs of the hesvlution to clarify the meaning of the hesolution Nr FIasco askeo that the entire hesolution be reau Lity Clerk, handa ~an6, read the Entire Resolution LITY COU~CIL ~INUTt:., August '::5, 19b9 Page -3- Speaking in opposition to the Resolution were Stan ~tokes, 6~4G ~ 47th Place, ~heat Ridge, Leonara Horner, 4410 ~arigolo Lane, Littleton, Larwin Yerke, 6740 Zephyr, Arvada, Thow~s Lant, ~~~O h ~bth Aven~e, hheat Rioge, [ennis hcGil'l, b650 ~,aro Koao, Arv3oa, herle Taylor, o~~G h 46th Avenue, ~heat Ridbe, Clarence Lovell, 2~G5 S Flcrioa, Lakewoou, Lavio hopel, 10L h Ellsworth Avenue, Lenver, George NyYeler, 5409 Altera, Coloraoo SVril!bs, Ta~ara Lrlsten, 4005 Garrison :.,treet, hheat RiobE:, Lou hyers, 3511 Allies Street, viheat hio~e, Richaro ~lliith, 160Lb E 7th Place, Aurora, haymond Barrett, 4100 Reeo street, hheat Ridge, L A Lorr, 2020 waosworth, Lakewooo, Robert Fatzinger, 7301 h 44th Avenue, Wheat Rioge, Paul Danish, 974 Lranoview, bouloer, bill Mattern, 3545 Chase Street, ~heat Ridge, Richard Linari, b905 W 7.:iro Place, Arvaoa, Peter Aoaws, 3065 Newman Street, \\heat Ridge, Rich wyatt, 3430 Wright Street, Wheat Ridge, Andy Deck, 4675 Teller Street, Wheat Ridge, JoAnn McMillan, 62~5 W 46th Place, hheat Ridge Their comments included complaint about lack of time to be inforruea tha t thi s Resol u t ion was COli! i ng up be fore Counc iI, there is no neeD tor further regulation uf firearms, law abiciing citizens own 99% of the firear~s in the Unlted States, jailed criminals eX10ressed a greater fear of the armed citizen than the 1oolice, armed citizens will look out for then; sel ve s, sur pi' i s e that anot her ef for tis be i ng nJounted to con trol the acquisition ana use of firearws by honest and peacealJle citizens, let's enforce existing laws ana not lliake new ones, kee~ criwinals in jail, tireo of people taking civil rights away, against any kind of firearms ban, feoeral system of licensing gun oealers alreaoy exists, no State law is necessary to aOd another level of licensing, 645,00U people in the Un i t e u S tat e s use a h ana 6 u n too e fen a the lI, s e 1 v e sea c h yea r, Pol ice in Orlanoo trained women to use handguns ana the rape rate was cut 05 per c e nt, tea c h p e 0 pIe tau s e fir ear lIJ s res10 0 n s iLl y, the rea r e 50, 000 car aeaths eac~ year ano nobody pays attention, Cine firearm death creates a public outcry, firearlJi ownership is a funoawental right, pass a Resolution against violence ano crilliinal activity, not against guns, there are no tirearms problelJis in hheat Hio~e Phyllis Liincaster, 4070 Everett, was the Cinly citizen present who spoke in favor of' passing this Resolution Mr west will not vote for this hesolutlon, he agrees with most of the peovle who spoke ana is particularly concerned with paragraph 3, regarding ilJiposing civil liability on the owners of wea100ns which are used f'or purposes of inflictins bodily harrr upon another verson CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August ",8, 10bS Fage -4- ~otion by ~rs Worth for the adoption of Resolutiun 1161, seconoeo by hrs Snow t';r herkl will vote No, he feels you have a riisht tu own a gun, \-Ie don't need the resolution, doesn't like the way the resolution was brought in, it dion't cowe out of corumittee or by vote of City Council hr Lavis will vote No, because anything that intruoes on his personal and private life he will vote aisainst hr FIasco will vote a!:;ainst this Resolution, agrees wi th ~jr ~:erkl about how the Resolution WClS broULht in hrs last this ~now stated she was in favor lit the Resolution sentence of ~aragra~h j could be oeleteo ~rs and acuepted it as 10art of her motion but askeo if the horth agreeo with Lhair called for question Hesolution Faileo 3-S with Louncilmerubers ~now, Keller, ano horth vuting yes Iten, 0 hotion by firs Ibbison that the School Crossing Cuaro Pro!:;raw continue for the 198Y-90 school terw and the School Crossing Guarci Agreewent be extended to the Parent Teacher Crganizations electing to participate, seconoed by hr \\est ~'r La vis feel s that R- 'I should pay for th i s and the City of h hea t 11 idge shoulo save the money l',r FIasco abrees with hr Davis hr hest agrees with ~r Lavis ~:r hel'kl and hrs \\ol'th thBliked ~,r Goebel 1 ron, Public horks for vuttin!:; up the ruechanical crossing guards ~'otion carrieo 6-2 with 1':r FIasco and l',r Lavis votilJg No I ten; 7 Discussion ot the recolliwenoation of the Street Cowmittee to increase the speeu limit on hest j2no Avenue between \\adsworth ana Kiplinb from 3(, to .):, ll,iles 10er hour Ruth Kahre, jli,,:u 1\ .:knd AVEnue, protest-EO the change Oil the posteo speed limit on j2nd Avenue frow 30 to 35 mph and askeo that Council reconsioer this posting Liscussion followeo t'otion by fir ~iel'kl to brin~ in aI, aIlJendwent to the I':ooel Traffic Loue to BIlow Council input in setting speed lillJits, secondeu by ~:r FIasco, carrieo 6-r:: with hr Davis and hr hest voting No ~otion by hrs Snow to stron!:;ly recommend to whoever decioes they are the traffic engineer, that prior to the time we take it upon ourselves to 00 it, that they lower the speE:d limit at the High School ana at the curve, secondeo by ~rs ~,orth, carried b-O CITY COUNCIL ~INL1ES j',u~ust 20, 1929 Page -5- CITY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS ~ike ~mith inforDled Council that the bUdget sessions woulo be held at the Hart lstate, dinner would be served at G 00 P lli , presentations start at 6 30 p DJ The meeting dates are September 19 and 2,), 1989 CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes int ortJ,eo Louncil that Public :::'ervice is cunuucting financial studies on undergrouno utilities and will get back to Council as soon as their stuoies are cOllipleteo ELECTED OFFICIALS' MAT1ERS hay or ~iloe askeo for an hxecutive SessiOl unoer 5 1(b)(1)(A) of the Char ter h rs Snow so D,oveo, seconoed by hrs v, or t h, calT i eo b-u ~ancy ~now stateo that the City owed LaVonne Youngblooo a tremendOUS debt for all the work she did on the Carnation Festival and she would like the City Adwinistrator to convey that to her Tony FIasco strongly urgeo Council not to spend money on a street sweeper until they were sure it woulo meet the air quality criteria Doris Ibbison passed out the annual report ot the Ambulance Service COllJ pany She invited mewbers uf Council to drive down 46tll Avenue from Sheridan toward Federal, from Tennyson on the trees are absolutely beautiful, they are predominantly huney locust ana maybe we shoulo plant siwilar trees along J2nd Avenue Motion by hr Lavis to go ilto Executive immediately afterwards, seconoeo by ~rs FIasco and hr Davi~ voting yes Session ana to adjourn ~eller, failed 2-6 with hr Clauoia worth thankeo t"<:Jtty Crew, Joyce hanwal'lng, Lary v.al'dle and the i'arks peovle, Jan lI.issel ano huth Howaro tor all the work they aio for the ~Oth Anniversary celebration EJ\.hCUTIv E ~ES~lG!, hA~ hELl.; keetinb aojourned at 11 uU p ill ~~.~Y!f:LS~~b' cftyL1TerT---- - - ----- / Ai'PhuVEIJ LY CIn CC;L:HIL O~I SEPTEhBhh 11, lSt,9 BY A vOlE OF _n-a~~d'>-~1 . Kent Davis, Council President 8 TO o