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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/28/1991 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO October 28, 1991 The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 8 45 p m Councilmembers present Elise Brougham, Kent Davis, Don Eafanti, Phil Edwards, Tony FIasco, Larry Merkl, Ron Selstad, and Bill Shanley Also present City Clerk, wanda Sang, City Administrator, Mike Smith, City Attorney, John Hayes, Director of Planning, Glen Gidley, Chief of Police, Jack Hurst, Director of Parks, Gary Wardle, Director of Public Works, Bob Goebel, staff, and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of October 14, 1991 Motion by Mr Eafanti for the approval of the Minutes of October 14, 1991, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 8-0 PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES Presentation of Certificate of Championship recognition by the Mayor to the 6A Tennis Team State Champs Bill Shanley presented Mayor Wilde with a plaque for "Elected Official of the Year" award, whiCh was given by the West Jefferson Chamber of Commerce CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK There was no one present to speak PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Council Bill 119 - An Ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Industrial Development Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1991 (La Quinta Motor Inns, Inc Project) Council Bill 119 was introduced on second reading by Mr Shanley, title read by the Clerk, Ordinance No 880 assigned Motion by Mr Shanley for the approval of Ordinance 880, seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 8-0 Item 2 Council Bill 120 - An Ordin~nce est~blishin~ the salary tor the elected positions of Mayor, Members of Council, City Clerk, and City Treasurer, of the City of Wheat Ridge, during the term of Office commencing November 11, 19Y1, and ending November 8, 1993, repealing Ordinance 808, Series of 19b9, and providing for an automatic repeal and termination of this ordinance Council Bill 120 was introduced by Mr Davis, title read by the Clerk, Ordinance No 881 assigned CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 28, 1991 Page -2- Motion by Mr Davis for the adoption of Ordinance 881, seconded by Mrs Brougham Motion by Mrs Brougham to amend the Ordinance in Section 2 C to read "The City Clerk of the City of Wheat Ridge shall receive an annual salary of $26,400 00, payable in monthly installments of $2,200 00", seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco voting No Original Motion as amended carried 8-0 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 3 Council Bill 1~2 - An ordinance vacating a portion of Garrison Street North of West 35th Avenue within the City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WV-91-2) Council Bill 12c' was introduced by Mr Edwards on first reading, title read by Clerk Motion by Mr Edwards that Council Bill 122 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, December 9, 1991 at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Bldg , and if approved on second reading, take effect 1 day after final publication, seconded by Mr Shanley, carried 8-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 4 Resolution 1269 - authorizing reimbursement from the City of Wheat Ridge's attributable share of the Jefferson County Open Space Fund for parks and open space development Motion by Mr Merkl that Resolution 1269, authorizing payment from Jefferson County Open Space, be approved, and the Mayor be authorized to sign the intergovernmental agreement entitled "Request for Reimbursement and Certification of Use of Funds", which is required by Jefferson County Open Space before payment from the City of Wheat Ridge's attributable share can be released, seconded by Mr Shanley Motion by Mr Selstad to delete the $11,685 43 Salaries & benefits to Animal Park Officers, because he doesn't think police salaries should come out of Open Space, seconded by Mrs Brougham, Failed 3-5 with Councilmembers Eafanti, Brougham, and Selstad voting yes Original Motion carried 8-0 Item 5 A Resolution 1270 - appropriating additional sums of money in excess of amounts budgeted for the City of Wheat Ridge, Colurado, for fiscal year 1991 Resolution 1270 was introduced by Mr Davis, title read by the Clerk CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CJctober 28, 1991 Page -3- Motion by Mr Davis for the adoption of Resolution 127U, seconded by Mr Shanley Motion by Mr Selstad to amend the motion that the training be accomplished during regular duty hours and the grant not be diluted by paying time and one half for overtime, seconded by Mr Davis, failed 3-5 with Councilmembers Davis, Eafanti, and Selstad vating yes Original Motion carried 8-0 B Resolution 1271 - amending the City of ~heat Ridge annual budget for the fiscal year 1991 Resolution 1271 was introduced by Mr Davis, title read by the Clerk Motion by Mr Davis for the adoption of Resolution 1271, seconded by Mr Shanley, carried 8-0 Item 6 Request for waiver of public improvement requirements for 11481 W 39th Ave (Case No ~A-91-22) City Clerk, Wanda Sang, read a letter from Nancy Snow into the record, who asked for approval of the waiver Mr Goebel presented the case and answered Council's questions Robert McFerran, 11481 W 39th Place, asked that he not be required to construct curb, gutter and sidewalk by his property Jack Zeiler, 11461 W 39th Place, neighbor of Mr McFerran, gave reasons why Mr Mcferran should not be required to construct curb, gutter and sidewalk Motion by Mr Shanley that Case WA-91-22, a request for waiver of the requirement to construct curb, gutter and sidewalk within the public street right-of-way adjacent to property located at 11481 W 39th Place be granted, seconded by Mr Eafanti Mrs Brougham moved for an amendment to add the following reasons Less than half the properties on the street within 500 feet of the subject property on both sides of the street do not have existing curb, gutter and sidewalk, no curb, gutter and sidewalk may be required for remodeling an existing building or an addition to an existing building which adds less than 50% to existing square footage, the applicants testified this is a fact Installation of curb, gutter ~nd sidewalk would be impractical and cause a drainage problem, seconded by Mr Eafanti, failed 4-4 with Council members Selstad, Eafanti, Brougham, and FIasco voting yes Original Motion carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco votinb No CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 28, 1991 Page -4- Item 7 Purchase of traffic signal equipment Motion by kr Merkl that the zone monitor IV software, (10) ASC ~UOU controllers, (1) traffic logging system and (10) traffic logging system interconnect cables be purchased from Western Signal, Inc at a total cost of $25,900 That US West be authorized to install 16 phone lines at a total cost of $825 56 That the following equipment be purchased frolTi the source at their bid price (2) VGA monitors and video c&rds at $43U 00 per uni t, (1) SJO t'IEG hard dr i ve at $3~5 00 per uni t, (1) 2400 baud internal modem at $85 00 ~er unit That the following equipment be purchased from Computer City (3) 2400 baud Hayes Smartmodems at $33900 per unit, (13) 1200 baud flayes SruartmodeoJs at $28SJ 00 per unit, (16) 3 foot cables at $3 93 per unit That costs associated with these purchases be charged to Capital Fund Account 30-304-843, Traffic Signal Replacement, seconded by ~,r Shanl ey, carrierl 8-0 Item 8 Bid award for 1992 traffic signal maintenance program, T-TSA-92 Motion by Mr Shanley that the 1992 Traffic Signal Maintenance Program, T-TSM-92, be awarded to WL Contractors, Inc in the amount of their unit price bid ($9,019 00) and that all costs associated with this project be charged to account 01-302-704, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 8-0 Item 9 Professional Land Survey Services for 1992 Item USJ has been withdrawn to receive bids Item 10 Discussion of Jonathan's Gate Lift Station Bob Goebel gave background on this problem and asked that City Council contribute money to hel~ alleviate the problem kotion by Mr Merkl that we authorize Mr Hayes to contact the Wheat Ridge Sanitation, th&t we enter into an intergovernmental agreement, that we participate up to $15,000 00 and if a satisfactory agreement cannot be worked out with Wheat Ridge ~anitation, that then a contract be worked out with the Jonathan Gate Homeowners Association for a cost of up to $15,000 to solve the odor problem developed by the sewage in that area, se~onded by kr Selstad, carried 8-0 Item 11 Contract award for Non-Destructive Pavement Testing Services (RFf 1,191-0(5) Motiun by ~r 0e]sla1 that the cuntract for services for Non-Destructive Pavement Testing be awarded to Ground Engineering Consultants in the a~Gunt ul their qULte ul ~),~4~ 55 1hat ~5U(j UO be allocated for contingencies CITY COUNCIL MINUTEs- October 28, 1991 Page -5- I further move that the Director of Public Works be authorized to approve additional work up to the total project cost of $4,349 53 and that all costs associated with this contract be charged to Capital Projects Fund account number 30-303-875 That the funds be encumbered for the length of the Project which expressly allows the expenditure of funds in 1992 for this Project in accordance with Ordinance #787, 1ge9 Series seconded by Mrs Brougham, carried 8-0 Item 12 Contract award for 1992 janitorial services for various locations Motion by Mr Davis that the contract for the 1992 Janitorial Services be awarded to Homework Contract Services in the amount of their base monthly bid of $2,675 00 per month with all costs to be char~ed to the various contractual service 704 accounts, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 8-0 Item 13 Motion re Election Judges' list and pay Motion by Mr Merkl to approve the amended judges list as presented tonight for the November 5, 1991 election I further move that the judges be paid $70 00 for each regular judge and $75 00 for each supply judge, seconded by Mr Shanley, carried 8-0 CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S MATTERS Mike Smith distributed memo on pay proposals He asked when hiring freeze would be effective Consensus was 8-0 for January 1, 1992 Nr Smith then asked for an Executive Session under Section 5 7(b)(2) Mr Shanley so moved, seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 8-0 CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes gave updates on intergovernmental agreement with Lakeside for 44th & Harlan, Wheat Ridge Sanitation lawsuit On November 25 amendments to our sales tax ordinance will be discussed, that were suggested by CML He wished Mr Merkl good luck ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Larry Merkl thanked citizens of District I for their support in the last 16 years, he further thanked Lonnie Scoma, Jim Reynolds and the staff of the City of Wheat Ridge Kent Davis wished Larry luck Don Eafanti asked if 3bth would be done soon Answer was that due to the weather there might be a delay of a few weeks CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 28, 1991 Page -6- Ron Selstad asked about weeds on W 38th that were causing obstruction on sidewalk Phil Edwards thanked Larry Merkl for all his help in the last two years Motion by Mr Selstad to hold a City Council meeting on November 18, 1991 for the purpose of swearing in the Elected Officials and to hold a Regular Meeting on November 25, 1991, seconded by Mrs Brougham, carried 8-0 EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD Meeting adjourned at 11 20 p m /, Wan'da" S'a~g, City ;'C'lerj(-------- APPROVED 7' CITY COUNCIL ON NOVHIBER 25, 1991 BY A VOTE OF ) ~:/ /1~~" z-- / Kent Davis , Council President 8 TO o