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Home My WebLink About08/24/1992 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO August 24, 1992 The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmember~ present Elise Brougham, Kent Davis, Don Eafanti, Phil Edwards, Vance Edward~, Tony FIasco, Ron Selstad, and Bill Shanley Also present City Clerk, ~anda Sang, rity Aiministrator, Robert Middaugh, City Attorney, John Hayes, Director of Planning, Glen Gidley, Chief of POlice, Jack Hurst, Director of Public Works, Bob Goebel, staff, and intere~ted citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of August 3, 1992 (Study Session) and August 10, 1992 Motion by ~r Eafanti for the approval of the Minutes of August 10, 1992, seconded by Phil Edwards, carried 8-0 Consensus was 8-0 to change the August 3 Study Session Minute~ CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK There was no one present to speak, but City Clerk, Wanda Sang, read a letter into the record from a resident of District I City Attorney, John Hayes, noted that this letter should not be part of the record since it impugned Councilmembers and is contrary to Council Rules Mrs Brougham noted that the tone of the letter was not stopped by the chair Motion by Vance Edwards to leave the letter as part of the record, seconded by Mr Selstad, failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Brougham, Eafanti, Selstad, and Vance Edwards voting yes Mayor Winger broke the tie and voted no, Motion failed 5-4 (Letter i~ no longer part of the record) PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Council Bill 17 - An Ordinance providing for the rezoning from Planned Industrial Development District to a Modified Planned Industrial Development Di~triot aId approval of a combinei outline ani final development plan and plat on land located at 5190 Parfet Street, City of Wheat Riige, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-92-5) (Drake Contractors for Edward Eid) Motion by Mr Shanley that this Item be continued to September 28, 1992, seconded by Mr DaVis, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 24, 1992 Page -2- Item 2 Council Bill 19 - An Ordinance adding Section 2-5 to the Wheat Ridge Municipal Code, concerning Municipal Di~po~ition of Unclaimed Property Motion by Mr Shanley that this Item be continued to September 14, 1992, seconje~ by Mr Eafanti, carried 8-0 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 3 Council Bill 20 - An Ordinance vacating a portion of West 39th Avenue within the City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Motion by Mr Eafanti to continue this Item indefinitely, seconded by Mr Davi~, carried 8-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 4. Jolly Rancher Request for accelerated PID review Mr Middaugh and Mr Gidley explained that the City had been approached by Jolly Ran1her, who i~ in need of rapid plant expansion and asked the City's help to accelerate the process required to begin construction Keith Krickbaum, 5060 Ward Road, plant manager for Jolly Rancher, was present and asked for approval Motion by Mrs Brougham that ~taff be authorized to follow an accelerated processing schedule relating to the Jolly Rancher Planned Industrial Development, Final Development Plan processing procedure~ It should be under~tood that although procedures may be mo1ified, there is no guarantee of waivers or variances to development requirements or standards associated with the proposed development That City Council receive the entire planning commission packet and minutes as soon as possible, seconded by Vance Edwards, carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco voting no Mr FIasco feel~ that J)lly ~ancher had plenty of time to apply for this, there are always probleilJs when we accelerate this Getting the minutes from planning commission on Monday, won't be soon enough Item 5 Design with options for W 38th Avenue/~ipling to Cody Street Item 5 was introduced by Mr FIasco Mr Middaugh and Mr Goebel presented the various options to Council and answered questions Council had the opportunity to cho~e either a 36 ft, 3-lane design, a 44 ft, 4-lane design, or a 44 ft, 3-1ane design Sworn in by the Mayor and speaking in favor of a 36-ft, 3-lane design were Tom Klinger, 11735 W 38th Avenue Roy Combs, 3815 Robb Street John Tracy, 2890 Harlan Street Cathy Wagner, 9630 W 38th Avenue CITY COUNrIL MINUTES August 24, 1992 Page -3- Tom Slattery, 6869 W 32n1 Avenu~ (representing Wheat Ridge United Neighborhoods) Teresa Dalb~c, 3810 Garrison Margaret Putz, 3805 Garrison Anad~le Krebs, 4073 Field Drive William Flynn, 3235 Marshall Street Doug Gallaghe, 4065 C01y Street Nancy Snow, 11155 W 40th Avenue Slaudia Wort~, 4650 Oak Str~et Richard Ehrmann, 3700 Independence Ron Selstad, 2890 Lamar Gary Straw, 3975 Holland Vance Edwards, 3205 Jav Str~~t Steve Dratz, 4015 Holland Mary Savarra, 3805 Robb Str~et Tom Mulhollan1, 3830 Holland Claudia Callas, 8701 W 38th Av~nue Chris Cooper, 3890 Hoyt Street Paulette Sooper, 3890 Hoyt Street Len Wheeler, 3815 Independence Lisa Rosson, 9490 W 38th Av~nu~ (presented petitions) Louise Turner, 11256 w 38th Avenue Carolyn Perley, 3825 Robb Street Janell~ Shaver, 8890 W 35th Avenue June Wiebe, 9745 W 38th Avenue Geoff Wodell, 3935 Garland Street Mary Anderson, 3990 Garland Str~et Phil Plummer, 10398 W 41st Avenue Dave Wagner, 9630 W 38th Avenue Margaret Webb, 3825 Garrison Street Their concerns were negative impact on their neighborhood, decreased real estate values resulting from a 44ft street, air pollution, loss of old trees, safety concerns regarding stopping in turn lanes, increased cost for 44ft design, steep grades on n~ighboring streets, more than ad~quate capacity with 3-lane design Sworn in by the Mayor and speaking in favur of 4 lanes were Jack Prose, 4135 Ingalls Street, President of Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District board Elwyn Kiplinger, 3905 Independence Sourt Peter Homburger, 8991 w 38th Avenue Jay Rasplicka, 4090 Ammons Street Polly Pinkston, 10630 W 46th Avenue George Langdon, 3570 Miller Street Kurt Larson, 3880 Upham Street, Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District Carl Cerveny, 3425 Moore Street Arie Verrips, 15 Hillside Drive Jerry Roach, 7805 W 41st Avenue Their concerns were that W 38th Avenue is designated a collector street in t~e romprehensiv~ Plan, width of street does not det~rmine traffic, people do, if a collector street is less t~an 44 feet, it is a problem, progress for wheat Ridge, increased traffic to Lut~eran Hospital will make it very dangerous for emergency vehicles, other vehicles, and pedestrians, continuous turn lanes are very dangerous CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 24, 1992 Page -4- City Clerk, Wanda Sang, read letters in support of 36 ft, 3-lanes into the record They were from Len & Katie W~eeler, 3815 Independence, Bette C Michel, 3961 Garrison Street Mrs Brougham read letters in support of 36 ft, 3-lane design into the record They were from Ida Tyler, 10895 w 38th Avenue, Linnea Thompson, 9795 W 38th Avenue, Dave and Raelene Edwards, 3240 Gray Street, Mr & Mrs Dino H Pesci, 3815 Garland Street, Kathleen Krager, Transporation Engineer Mrs Brougham al~o submitted a petition with 51 signatures that reque~ted that t~e slope of private driveways and public residential streets not be increased in the design for the W 38th Avenue Street Project She noted that Councilmember Eafanti had signed that petition Upon questioning Chief of Police, Jack Hurst, Vance Edwards asked that the record reflect that the Police Departmeni, j J,,"" !lot take a position on either 3 lanes, 4 lanes, or street width Ronald Selstad read a letter from wendy Whicher, 41~0-2 Independence Court, opposing 4 lanes into the record Motion by Mr Eafanti to go past 11 00 pm, seconded by Mr Selstad, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr FIasco that the Public Works Department be directed to prepare a road design for 38th Avenue between Cody Street and Kipling Street that encompasses the following features 1 2 Traffic lanes in each direction 2 A curb to curb road width of 44 feet flow line to flow line 3 Sidewalks on the north and south side, seconded by Mr Davis Motion to amend this motion by Vance Edwards to change it to a 36 feet flow line to flow lin,," 1esign with 3 lanes, seconded by Mr Selstad Mr FIasco pointed out that this is in direct conflict with the Comprehensive Plan and therefore he will vote against it Phil Edwards will vote against the amendm,,"nt because of safety concerns, some sacrifices have to be made to live in a City, one of them is increased traffic, streets are a dangerous place 38th Avenue is heavily utilized by emergency vehicles Mr Shanley called for the que~tion Mr Vance Edwards called for question of privilege to allow him to state his reasons for voting for the 3-1ane design Consensus was 6 in favor to let Vance Edwards speak He spoke against 4 lanes and in favor of 3 lanes, listen to citizens CITY r;OUNCIL MINUTES August 24, 1992 Page -5- Call for the question carried 7-1 with Mr Selstad voting no Vote on amendliJent <36 ft) was 5-3 with Councilmembers Phil Edwards, Davis, and FIasco voting no Motion by Mr Selstad to amend the original motion to redd t~e full Option 1 design, secondei by Vance Edwards, carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Phil Edwards, Davis and FIasco voting No (Option 1 3 lane design - I move that the Public Works Department be 1irected to prepare a roai i~sign for 38th Avenue between Cody Street and Kipling Street that encompasses the following features 1 2 Traffic lanes and a continuous center turn lane 2 A curb to curb roal width of 36 feet 3 Bus pullouts as appropriate 4 Sidewalk on the north and the south side with that section of sidewalk on the north side between Independence and Kipling being 10 feet in width to accomodate bicycle traffic) Vote on original motion as amendei endorsing Option 1 carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Phil Edwaris, Davis, and FIasco voting no CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S MATTERS Robert Middaugh asked City Council to hold a Special Meeting on August 31 to consider a financing package associated with undergrounding utilities for 38th Avenue This cannot wait until the September 14 meeting Motion by Mr Shanley to ~old a special meeting on August 31, 1992 at 7 30 p m to discuss this, seconded by Vance Edwards, carried b-2 with Mr FIasco and Mr Davis voting no Mr Middaugh also asked for a Study Session to discuss two items, one payplan, also, the Board of Education would like to address City Council Consensus was 5 in favor to hold a Study Session on September 9, 1992 CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes announced that Kathy Haddock will JOIn his firm and might be doing some work involving the City of Wheat Ridge He will bring her in to introduce her Motion by Vance Elwards to adjourn, seconded by Mr DaVis, carried 8-0 Meeting adjOurred at 11 45 p m X \---jtU~~:L'~_______ Wanda Sang, City ~rk APPROVED ('In r;OUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 14,1':192 BY A VOTE OF ~_ TO.JL J~vt'-1 ________ Council President