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Home My WebLink About08/05/2008WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY AGENDA August 5, 2008 Notice is hereby given of a Public Meeting to be held before the City of Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at 6:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to participate in all public meetings sponsored by the Ciry of IPheat Ridge. Call Heather Geyer, Public Information O)Jricer at 303-235-2826 at least one week in advance of a meeting ifyou are interested in participating and need inclusion assistance. 1. Call the Meeting to Order 2. Roll Call of Members 3. Approval of Minutes - July 1, 2008 4. Public Forum (This is the time for any person to speak on any subject not appearing on the agenda. Public comments may be limited to 3 miuutes.) 5. New Business A. Kipling Corridor Blight Study RFP B. Executive Session for the purpose of receiving legal advice concerning pending litigation regarding the terminated 38th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard redevelopment project pursuant to C.R.S. Section 24-6-402(4)(b). 6. Adjournment MINUTES WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY July 1, 2008 1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER The meeting of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority was called to order by Chairman Williams at 6:00 p.m. in the council chambers of the Municipal Building, 7500 West 29t" Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. 2. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS Authority Members Present: James Bahrenburg Walt Pettit Tom Radigan Larry Schulz Terrell Williams Authority Members Absent: Rick Adams Janet L,eo Also attending: Patrick Goff, Deputy City Manager - Jeff Parker, WRURA Attorney Wendy Shea, Light, Hattington & Dawes, PC Ann Lazzeri, Recording Secretary 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 3, 2008 It was moved by Walt Pettit and seconded by Larry Schulz to approve the minutes of June 3, 2008. The motion passed unanimously. 4. PUBLIC FORUM There was no one present to address the Authority. 5. NEW BUSINESS It was moved by Larry Schulz and seconded by James Bahrenburg to amend the agenda to move Item E(Executive Session) to Item A under New Business. The motion passed unanimously. A. Executive Session It was moved by James Bahrenburg and seconded by Larry Schulz to enter into executive session for the purpose of receiving legal advice WRURA Minutes - 1- July 1, 2008 regarding specific legal questions regarding the terminated 38~h Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard redevelopment project pursuant to C.R.S. Section 24-6-402(4)(b). The motion passed unanimously. The regular meeting was adjourned to executive session at 6:05 p.m. The executive session was convened at 6:06 p.m. Those attending the execurive session were: James Bahrenburg, WRURA Walt Pettit, WRURA Tom Radigan, WRURA Larry Schulz, WRURA Terrell Williams, WRURA Patrick Goff, Deputy City Manager Jeff Parker, WRURA Attorney Wendy Shea, Light, Harrington & Dawes, PC Ann Lazzeri, Recording Secretary The executive session was adjourned at 733 p.m. The regular meeting was reconvened at 7:35 p.m. Jeff Parker stated that the discussions which occurred in the closed executive session concerned legal advice pursuant to C.R.S. Section 24-6-402(4)(b), and therefare no recarding was made of the conversation. B. Kipling Corridor Blight Study RFP At the June 3, 2008 meeting, WRURA directed staff to drafr a Request for Proposals (RFP) to obtain a firm to conduct a blight study of the Kipling Corridor. Patrick Goff reported on the schedule for the RFP. Tom Radigan questioned why some areas along Kipling were not included in the study. Mr. Goff explained that this is a proposed blight study area. Changes cau be made when the draft study comes before WRURA. C. LLA-08-002 - 3946 Chase Street Lot Line Adjustment City Code requires review and recommendation by W RURA for land use applications located in an urban renewal area. The Community Development Departmeut received a request far approval of a lot line adjustment at property located at 3846 Chase Street. The owners of 3846 Chase Street would like to acquire Lot 9B from 5455 West 38`' Avenue WRURA Minutes - 2- July 1, 2008 and consolidate to create one lot. No physical improvetnents are proposed as part of this application. The Authority found that the request has no material effect on the 38°i Avenue Redevelopment Plan. D. Town of Marble v. Darien - Colorado Supreme Court Decision Jeff Parker reviewed a recent Colorado Supreme Court Decision (Town of Marble v. Darien) regarding the Open Meetings Law. 6. E. Next Meeting Date - A meeting will be held July 15, 2008, if necessary. Otherwise, the next scheduled meeting will be held on August 5, 2008. ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Larry Schulz and seconded by Walt Pettit to adjoum the meeting at 7:54 Terrell R. Williams, Chairman Ann Lazzeri, Recording Secretary WRURA Minutes - 3- July 1, 2008 Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority 7500 W. 29th Avenue [Nheat Ridge, Colorado 80033 303235-2846 303-2352857 (Fas) TO: Urban Renewal Authority Board Members FROM: Patrick Goff, Executive Director14 RE: Kipling Corridor Blight Study RFP DATE: June 22, 2008 Staff received direction from the URA Board at the June 3, 2008 meeting to move forward with dxafting a Request for Proposals (RFP) to obtain a firm to conduct a blight study of the Kipling Conidor. Four proposals were received on July 22, 2008. An evaluation committee consisting of Patrick Goff, Deputy City Manager; Sally Payne, Senior Planner; and Denise Balkas, WR2020 Director of Real Estate Development will evaluate and rank Uie proposals on August 5, 2008. The need for oral interviews will be determined at this time. Staff will provide an update to the WRURA Board at the August 5, 2008 meeting. Following is the tentative schedule for the remaining RFP process and the blight study: Ranking and Short List Oral Interviews, if requested Negotiation of Contract Council Approval Start of Work Completion Date August 5, 2008 August 13, 2008 Week of August 18, 2008 August 25, 2008 August 26, 2008 November 21, 2008