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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
April 22, 1991
The City Coun~i] heeting was ~alled to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m
Councilmembers present Elise Brougham, Kent Davis, Don Eafanti, Phil
Edwards, Tony FIasco, Larry herkl, Ron Selstad, and Bill Shanley Also
present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Administrator, Mike Smith arrived
at 7 45 pm, City Attorney, John Hayes, Public Works Director, Bob
Goebel, Director of Planning & Development, Glen Gidley, Director of
Parks & Recreation, Gary Wardle, Chief of Police, Jack Hurst, staff, and
interested citizens
APPROVAL OF MINUTES of April 8, 1991
Motion by Mr Eafanti for the approval of the Minutes of April 8, 1991,
seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 8-0
PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES
Mayor Wilde administered the Oatl-J of Office to Marcie Emily, Arborist
Board member
CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK
Janice Thompson, representing the Parks and Recreation Commission, asked
Council to appoint two Parks Commission members to the swimming pool
committee
Council discussion was that the Mayor would appoint the two
Councilmembers, and that each Councilmember would submit one name to tl-Je
Mayor by tl-Je end of this week Mr Merkl asked that further discussion
on this subject be addressed under Elected Officials' Matters
Diane Reynolds, 8755 W 41st Avenue, thanked Council for their
involvement on Earth Day
LOCAL LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MATTERS
Item 1
Application for a new Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License from
CDS Investments, Inc d/b/a Jocks Sport Saloon, 10051 1-70
Frontage Road, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
(This is a 1-mile radius motion only)
Motion by Mr Merkl that the neighborhood be set at a 1-mile radius,
that a survey to establish the needs and desires of the neighborhood be
taken, and that tl-Je public hearing on this application be held on June
10,1991, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 8-0
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DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS
Item 2
~lot ion re
Medi~al insuranre
Motion by Mr Shanley that beginning July 1, 19~1 the City ~ontribution
for family insurance be $286 00 per month and the contribution for
employee plus one coverage be $~OO 00 per month I further move that
$60,608 00 be transferred from 01-607-795 (Unallo~ated Fund Balance) to
01-607-7~7 (Salary Reserve) to pay the costs of tl-Jis increase, seconded
by Hr j-1erkl
Mr FIasco will vote against this motion because it is discriminatory to
the single employees, if this trend continues in 1993 the salary reserve
will be gone, he is not willing to tell the employees that I-Je'll give
them something tonight and take it back in January, we mayor may not
have a self funding program by January
Treasurer, Jim Malone, stated that the 797 account was the wrong account
to transfer the money to TI-Je money should be transferred to tl-Je proper
department's 622 accounts Mr Davis made that a friendly amendment
Mr Davis will vote against tl-Je motion because the money comes from
unallocated, it wasn't budgeted, it should have gone to next year's
budget, tl-Je $60,000 this year will be $120,000 next year
Motion carried 6-2 with Mr FIasco and Mr Davis voting No
Motion by Mr FIasco to disolve the insurance fact finding group
Motion died for lack of a second
Item 3
Motion re
Planning Commission Bylaws
Motion by Mr Davis that tl-Je amended Planning Commission Bylaws be
approved as submitted, seconded by Mr Merkl
Motion by Mr FIasco to change 46 Minutes to read that the Minutes be
available during the next week, but that they be clearly marked "Draft",
seconded by Mrs Brougham
Mr FIasco withdrew his motion and made a new motion to delete Section
46, seconded by Mrs Brougham, carried 8-0
Vote on original motion as amended carried 8-0
Item 4
Motion re
Applications for hazard elimination funds
Motion by Mr Edwards that staff be autl-Jorized to apply for hazard
elimination funds for the 1-70 off-ramp and Youngfield Street traffic
signal installation and the 44th Avenue and Field Street project, and if
the projects are accepted by tl-Je Colorado Department of Highways, the
projects be constructed in accordan~e with Colorado Department of
Highways criteria, seconded by Mr Selstad, carried 8-0
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Item 5
Motion re Payment of late invoices from Consolidated Mutual
for 35th Avenue/Parfet drainage
~ally Welton, Vice President of Consolidated Mutual, 12700 W 27th
Avenue, explained the billing delay and asked for payment
Motion by Mrs brougham tl-Jat $1,6b2 03 be paid to Consolidated Mutual
~ater Company for work done on the 35th & Parfet drainage project and
that payment be made from Capital Unallocated Acct No 30-303-795,
seconded by Mr Davis
Motion by Mr Merkl to amend to add tl-Je sentence "I further move that
all invoices from Con-Mutual be received by the City no later than 60
days after work is completed", seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 5-3 with
Councilmembers Brougham, Davis, and Edwards voting No
Vote on original motion as amended carried 8-0
Item 6
Bid award for the lease/purchase of eight automobiles (RFB
#91-20)
Motion by Mr Shanley that Centennial Leasing be awarded the multi-year
contract for the lease/purchase of eigl-Jt automobiles in the amount of
their bid of $22,049 28 and that all costs be charged to various account
numbers 758 (Rentals and Leases)
I further move that for the term of the contract witl-J Centennial
Leasing, upon approval of the budget amounts for each year,
authorization to make payment is given in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the contract, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 6-2 with Mrs
Brougham and Mr FIasco voting No
Item 7
Discussion of the status of alternate fuels evaluation
bob Goebel gave staff report and answered Council's questions
Motion by Mr Edwards that we convert two cars to propane and that they
not be police patrol vehicles, seconded by Mr Merkl
Motion to amend by Mr FIasco to make it four cars as originally agreed
in the budget, seconded by Mrs Brougham, failed 3-5 with Councilmembers
Brougham, FIasco, and Eafanti voting yes
Motion by to amend by Mrs Brougham to service these cars in-house as
soon as training is complete, seconded by Mr FIasco, failed 4-4 witl-J
Councilmembers Davis, Selstad, Edwards, and Merkl voting no
Vote on original motion carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco voting No Mr
FIasco feels four cars are necessary
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Item 8
Bid award for the repair and resurfa0ing of the ~heat Ridge
Municipal Pool (HFB#91-22)
Motion by Mr Eafanti that Sealant Systems of Colorado be awarded the
contract to repair and resurface the Wheat Ridge Municipal Pool in an
amount not to exceed $9,000 00 and tl-Jat all costs be charged to the
Conservation Trust Fund Acct No 54-601-b77, seconded by Mr FIasco,
carried 8-0
I t em 9
Motion for the approval of the 1990 City of Wheat Ridge annual
audit
Motion by Mr Shanley tl-Jat the 1990 annual audit of the City of Wheat
Ridge's financial statements be approved as presented, seconded by Mr
Merkl, carried 8-0
Item 10 Proposal regarding tl-Je Comprehensive Plan update
Glen Gidley referred to I-Jis memorandum and quickly went over some of the
facts therein and answered Council's questions
City Clerk, Wanda Sang, read two letters into the record, one from
Dorothy Thompson, one from Louise Turner, both asking that the
Comprehensive Plan not be changed
Elaine Slattery, 6869 W 32nd Avenue, a member of the original identity
committee, gave background on the committee selection and tl-Je thoughts
that went into drafting the character statement
Ruth Kahre, 9020 W
Comprehensive Plan
32nd Avenue, spoke against changing the
"Don't reinvent tl-Je wheel"
Motion by Mr Davis to leave Chapter I as it is and to have staff update
the data sections, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 8-0
Item 11 Bid award for the printing of the Annual Report (RFB#009-91)
Motion by Mr Shanley that Northland Printing, Wheat Ridge, be awarded
the printing of the Annual Report for the City of Wheat Ridge in the
amount of their quote of $4,159 00 and that all costs be charged to
Acct No 01-610-799, seconded by Mr Merkl
Mr Davis made a friendly amendment to go with the non-recycled amount
of $3,780 00 Mr Shanley and Mr Merkl accepted tl-Jis
Mr FIasco will vote against the motion because Nortl-Jland is not the low
bidder and we should use a recycled product Mrs Brougham agrees with
Mr FIasco
Motion failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Shanley, Merkl, Davis, and Eafanti
voting yes
Motion by Mr FIasco that Dilley Graphics be awarded the printing of the
Annual Report for the City of Wheat Ridge in the amount of their quote
of $3,660 00 on recycled paper, and that all costs be charged to Acct
No 01-610-799, seconded by Mrs Brougham, carried 6-2 with Mr Shanley
and Mr Davis voting No
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Item 12 bid award for weed mowing and trash/junk removal servi~es
(RFBII90-21)
Motion by Mr Merkl that tl-Je contract for the Weed Mowing & Trash/Junk
Removal Servi~es for twelve months (RFB 1191-21) be awarded to Curt
Blocker in an amount not to exceed $9,000 00 and all ~osts for this
~ontra~t be ~harbed to Acct No 01-123-718
I further move that tl-Je fu~ds be encumbered for the length of the
~ontract which expressly allows the expenditure of funds in 1992 for
this ~ontract in accordance witl-J Ordinance 11787, 1989 Series, se~onded
by Mr Selstad, carried 8-0
CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S MATTERS
Mike Smith informed Council that the information they had requested from
Public Service would be on the May 13 Agenda
CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS
John Hayes gave status report on Total Petroleum
He informed Council of a suit against the City of Boulder regarding
their "No Damage for Delay" clause, whicl-J is similar to Wheat Ridge's
TI-Je case is currently before tl-Je Supreme Court and Boulder has asked
other cities for help
Motion by Mr Merkl to autl-Jorize Mr Hayes to file a brief on the
Boulder matter, seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 7-1 with Mr Davis
voting No
Mr Hayes asked for an Executive
discuss Real Estate appraisals
Shanley, carried 8-0
Session under Section 5 7(b)(3) to
Mr Merkl so moved, seconded by Mr
ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS
Elise Brougham offered copies of a letter from tl-Je National League of
Cities
Tony FIasco gave update on Public Service undergrounding
Kent Davis asked if there were any plans for W 38th Avenue
beautification Mr Smith will check on this
He expressed concerns about cars parking on the frontage road on
44th--start ticketing and posting "no parking"
Don Eafanti explained tl-Je proposed swimming pool committee Each
Councilmember will appoint 1 person, the Mayor will appoint 2
Councilrnembers
Discussion followed as to whetl-Jer or not additional people from the
Parks Commission sl-Jould or should not be appointed to tl-Jis committee
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Motion by Mr FIasco to leave the appointments as originally discussed
at the City Affairs Committee meeting, seconded by Mr Davis, carried
5-3 witl-J Councilmembers Brougham, Selstad, and Edwards voting No
Mayor Wilde asked that the Council appointments be in his office by next
~Jonday
Motion by Mr Merkl that the Parks Department provide secretarial
service for this committee and that either Mr ~ardle or somebody from
his department serve as liaison between the City and the committee,
seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 8-0
Phil Edwards commended Mr Eafanti on his great kite day
fun
Everybody had
EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD
Motion by Mr Merkl that we authorize staff to contact Open Space and
discuss a joint venture on the enlarged piece of the Zarlengo property
on Kipling, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried ~-O
Motion for adjournment by Mr FIasco, seconded by Mr Shanley, carried
8-0
Meeting adjourned at 10 40 p m
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Wanda Sang, C:Lt'y Clerk
APPROVED BY C7COUNCIL ON ~IAY 13, 1991 BY A VOTE OF
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Kent Davis, Council President
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