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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/25/1990 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO June 25, 1990 The City Council Meeting was called to order bj Mayor pro tern, Larry Merkl, at 7 35 p m Council members present Elise Brougham, Kent Davis, Don Eafanti, Phil Edwards, Tony FIasco, Larry Merkl, Ron Selstad was out of town, but left votes, and Bill Shanley Also present Deputy City Clerk, Christa Jones, City Administrator, Mike Smith, City Attorney, John Hayes, Public works Director, Bob Goebel, Director of Planning & Development, Glen Gidley, Chief of Police, Jack Hurst, staff, and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of June 11, 1990 Motion by Mr Davis for the approval of the Minutes of June 11, 1990, seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 6-0 with Mr FIasco abstaining because he had not been present at the June 11 meeting CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Claire Traylor, 404') Field Drive, asked that the old Post Office be preserved and that the building be moved Dave Bagwell, 445~ Harlan Street, complained regarding the fee increase for the Municipal Swimming Pool and the abusive attitude of the swimming pool staff (This matter was addressed further under "Electeo Officials' Matters) Claudia Worth, 4b50 Oak Street, pleaded with Council to allow the Historical Society to preserve the first wheat Ridge Post Office, to move the building to the Historical Park, and if that was not possible, to allow them to move it to a temporary site until a permanent site could be found She also answered numerous Council questions and concerns Ruth Richardson, 4030 Field Drive, treasurer of the Wheat Ridge Historical Society, stated that the Historical Society had voted to pay $7,500 to move the Post Office, had allocated $500 for other maintenance casts, had received $1,900 from an anonymous donor to detach the Post Office from the other building, planned fund raisers to sell the old post office boxes for $100/each, has received $700 so far and has pledges for another $800 The Society will have enough funds to proceed with restoration of the building Claudia Callas, 8701 W 38th Avenue, complained that the City was not willing to spend one penny to save this building, asked tllat the building be moved to the Historical Park, it will be compatible with other buildings in the park and at 12 ft, will come well under height conditions CITY COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 1990 Page -2- Bob Olson, 5050 Raleigh Street, curator of the museum in the Historic Park, explained that after the building is moved, it will be utilized to house manuscripts, books, artifacts, and serve as a research library, this would solve two problems--storage space and preserve the first Wheat Ridge Post Office Edgar Johnson, 3700 benton Street, representing the Parks and Recreation Commission, stated that the Commission had agreed that this was an appropriate builoing to go into the Historical Park, asked that this unique building be saved and preserved, if it is not possible to locate it in the historical Park, find another site Parks Commission recommends to move the building Dougal Graham, 3330 Chase Street, spoke in favor of preserving the Post Office, complained that City is reluctant to put money into cultural facilities in own town and gives money to other cities, stated the City would only lose one or two parking spaces if it let the building remain where it was Beverly Phillips, 10405 W 32nd Avenue, member of the Historical Society and Parks Commission agreed with the previous speakers Louise Turner, 11256 W 38th Avenue, secretary to the Historical Society, spoke in favor of preserving the building and placing it in the Historical Park, uses will not be commercial, view obstruction will be minimal, does not violate any zoning codes Craig Howison, 1640 Fenton Street, explained that his family owns a duplex by the Historical Park, askeo to move the Post Office to the Historical Park hot ion by Mrs Brougham that the old post office be saved and moved to the Historic Park with the excavation, foundation, moving, ana all other the related costs to be spent by the Historical Society Motion died for lack of second Motion by Mr Shanley that the City give the buiIoing to the Historical Society, accept all of their bids and paperwork showing that they will indeed pay for the move of the building, and that the building be moved to the storage facility and wait to hear if we are able to get the alternate site at the Olde Firehouse, seconded by hrs Brougham Mr Eowards asked that the City pick a representative to help the Historical Society pursue every avenue to locate this building on the property at 32nd or pursue another location The City representative is to be a member of staff so that we know it is being pursued by someone within the City and someone from the Historical Society Mr Shanley agreed with that as part of his motion CITY COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 1990 Page -3- Mr Davis asked if the City would be held totally harmless from any liability during the move and during the storage City Attorney, John Hayes, replied that he understood Mr Shanley to say that we convey a bill of sale "As Is, Where Is" to the Historical Society, it will be the Historical Society's building from the time the Mayor pro tern signs that bill of sale and they accept it, it will be their liability and the insurance would cover at this point any casualty that would occur to City property, like damage to a City Street or a City structure during the move Mr Merkl questioned how long the building would be stored at 32nd & Jay and if the neighbors had been informed that the building would be there Mrs Worth replied that this storage would only be temporarily, their mover had stated that there would be no charge for 60 days while a site was being prepared, so this would be the longest it would be stored anywhere Motion to amend by Mr FIasco that the Post Office not be erected at 4610 Robb Street or any other location in the City until a Public Hearing is held before City Council, seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 7-0 Mr Shanley's Motion carried 4-3 with Councilmembers Merkl, Davis, and FIasco voting No Mr Smith asked that Council issue a change order to make sure that the charges are reimbursed by the Historical Society Al Perry, 3645 Miller Street, complained about speeding bicycles in the Greenbelt, lack of park ranbers or patrols, offered to serve as non-paid auxiliary ranger Mayor pro tern asked that Mr Smith and Mr Wardle get together with Mr Perry and discuss the problem and possible solutions Motion by Mr Edwards that Change Order #1 be accepted and that the original contract amount be increased from $4,175 00 to $5,975 00 and that the amount of the increase, $1,800 00, be charged to Wheat Ridge Historical Society, seconded by Mr Shanley, carried 5-2 with Mr Davis and Mr FIasco voting No CITY COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 1990 Page -4- Item 1 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Council Bill 60 - An Ordinance amenolng the provisions of Sections 5-5 and 15-9 of the Code of Laws of the City of Wheat Ridge relating to enforcement and remedies in the event of violations of the provisions of Chapter 5, Building and Building Regulations, and Chapter 15, Nuisances, of the Code of Laws of the City of 'wheat Ridge Council Bill 60 was introduced by Mrs Brougham on first reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mrs Broubhaw thdt Council Bill 60 be approved an first reading, ordered pUblished, public hearing be set for Monday, July 23, 1990 at 7 30 p w in City Council Chambers, Municipal bIdg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final publication, seconded by t'Jr E.dwards, cdrried 8-0 Item 2 Council Bill 61 - An Ordinance providing for the dpproval of rezoning from Commercial-One and Resiaential-Two to Commercial-One and for dpprovaI of an Official Development Plan on land located at approximately 9995 W 44th Avenue, City of ~heat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-90-5) (Phillips 66 Company) Council Bill 61 was introduced by Mr Davis on first reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mr Davis that Council Bill 61 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, July 23, 1990 at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers, MuniCipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final publication, seconded by Mr Shanley, carried 8-0 I tern 3 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Resolution 1~12 - approving an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Wheat Ridge and the FruitdaIe Sanitation District ana authorizinb the Mayor and City Clerk to sign said Intergovernmental Agreement Resolution 1212 was introduced by Mrs Brougham, title read by the Clerk Motion by hrs Brougham for the adoption of Resolution 1212, seconded by Mr Shanley, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 1990 Page -5- Item 4 Motion re Project S-38 01-89/west 38th Avenue Reconstruction (wadsworth to Pierce) - Signalization Motion by Mr Shanley that poles and mrist 8rms be purchased from Marquardt/Hebert Lighting Systems, Ine , in the ~mount of their quotation of $25,125 and that the Type "P" controller cabinet be purchased from Western Signal at a cost of $7,510, and that all costs associated with this purchase be charged to Acct No 30-303-873, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 8-0 Item-2_ Bid Award for west 32nd Avenue Motion by Mr Shanley that the sum of $700,000 00 be encumbered for the West 32nd Avenue Simms to Kiplin& Street Project I further move that payments totaling $995,000 00 be authorized and that all payments relating to the project be made from Capital Projects Fund 30-303-850 I further move that the funds be encumbered for the length of the project which expressly allows the expenditure of funds in 1991 and 1992 for this project in accordance with Ordinance #787, 1989 Series, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 7-1 with Mrs Brougham voting No Item 6 Motion re 'w 32nd Avenue Property Acquisition (Alvena 0 Kueker and Jane and Wilfred Mayville, Jr Motion by Mr Edwards that the City of Wheat Ridge accept the terms set out in the City Attorney's letter of May 25, 1990, to Alvena 0 Kueker and accept the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and Jane M Mayville and Wilfred A Mayville, Jr I further move that the sum of $2,689 00 be paid to AIvena 0 Kueker and the sum of $4,105 60 be paid to Mr and Mrs Mayville, and that these amounts be taken from Capital Funds Account 30-303-8')0, seconded by Mr Shanley Mr FIasco asked that this motion be split into the agreement with Mrs Kueker and the agreement with Mr & Mrs Mayville and be voted on separately Mrs Kueker's agreement carried 6-2 with Mr Eafanti and Mr FIasco voting No Mr & Mrs Mayville's agreement carried 8-0 Item 7 Hotion re Replanting Project - 4800 Tabor Street (RFB #90-32) Motion by Mr Davis that Golden Landscaping be awarded the bid for plant Illaterial for the Replanting Project at 4800 Tabor Street (RFB #90-32) in the amount of their bid of $7,874 40 I further move that Golden Landscaping be awarded the contract for planting the material in the Replanting Project at 4800 Tabor Street (RFB #90-32) in the amount of their bid of $6,089 40 I further move that the Director of Public ~orks be authorized to issue change orders up to the total project cost of $13,963 80 and that all costs associated with this Project be charged to Acct No 30-303-851, seconded by t-'Jr FIasco, carried 7-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES June 25, 1990 Page -6- Item 8 Motion re Donation of funds to Limon Motion by Mrs Brougham to approve payment in the amount of $1,000 00 to the City of Limon Operating Fund, to be taken from Acct No 01-102-798, said amount to be transferred from Acct No 01-607-794 to 01-102-798, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 7-0 Item 9 Jvlotion re Donation of funds to Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Motion by Hr Davis that $250 00 be contributed to Jefferson ~ymphony Orchestra to sponsor their performance at West Pines on August 15, to be taken from Acct No 01-102-798, seconded by Mr Shanley Mr FIasco will vote No, because this is for the Mayor's Reception and not for the general public's enjoyment Motion Failed 4-3 with Mr Davis, Hr Merkl and Mr Shanley voting yes CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S MATTERS Mike Smith informed Council of itelns on July 2 Study Session and reminded them of the Thursday breakfast meeting CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes gave Paramount Park update and advised Council that according to the Department of Labor 13-year oIds could no longer be employed by the City of Wheat Ridge to work at the swimming pool or anywhere else Those 13-year aIds that will lose their jobs this year, will be re-hired next year when they are 14 ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Elise Brougham asked that the City's CML representative, Larry Merkl, discuss setting up a disaster fund for the Cities at the next CML meeting Hr Merkl stated he would do that Kent Davis advised Council that private industry was not allowed to hire 13-year olds and it was reasonable that the City would have to obey the same rules Tony FIasco moved that staff look into group rates for swimming pool use, family passes limited to 7 people, complaints about rudeness from the staff and bring suggestions back to the next Council meeting, seconded by Mrs Brougham, carried 4-3 with Hr Davis, Mr HerkI, and Mr Shanley voting No Meeting adjourned at 10 ~\,;r .\ 05 p m '\.")\<T-= Christa Jones, D~puty City Clerk Z CITY CDUNClL "N JOLY 9, 1990 BY A VOTE OF ~t.'<.' 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