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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/22/1991 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 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 22, 1991 Page -2- 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 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 22, 1991 Page -3- 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 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 22, 1991 Page _1)_ 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 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 22, 1991 Page -5- 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 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 22, 1991 Page -6- 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 .-.~~ - / I{:~ Wanda Sang, C:Lt'y Clerk APPROVED BY C7COUNCIL ON ~IAY 13, 1991 BY A VOTE OF / I ../ --I: J ,', ./";L,~ -' .." 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