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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/08/1993 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO February 8, 1993 The City rouncil Meeting was called to order by t~e Mayor at 7 30 p m rouncilmembers present Elise Brougham, Kent Davis, Don Eafanti, Phil Edwards, Vance Edwards, Tony Flasco, Ron Selstad, and Bill Shanley Also present rity rlerk, ~anda Sang, rity Administrator, Robert Middaugh, rity Attorney, Jo~n Hayes, rity Treasurer, Jim Malone, rhief of Police, Jack Hurst, Director of Parks, Gary Wardle, Director of Public Works, Bob Goebel, staff, and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES of January 25, 1993 Motion by Mr Eafanti for the approval of the Minutes of January 25, 1993, seconded by Mr Selstad, carried 8-0 CITIZENS' RIGHT TO SPEAK John Oss, representing Public Works Department, Mark Ruote, representing the Farks and Recreation Department, Jack Prose, representing the Planning and Development Department, Dave Goracke, representing t~e Wheat Ridge Fraternal Order of Police, expressed their appreciation to the rity Council for adopting the compensation plan LOCAL LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MATTERS Item 1 Application for a new 3 2% Beer Retail License from Phillips Retail Marketing rompany, dba Phillips 66, Station #27677, 9995 W 44th Avenue, hheat Ridge (l-mile radius only) Motion by Mr Phil Edwards that the neighborhood be set at a 1-mile radius within the rity limits of the rity of Wheat Ridge, that a survey to establish the needs and desires of t~e neig~borhood be taken, and that the public hearing on this application be held on Mondav, March 8, 1993, seconder! by Mr Eafanti, carried 8-0 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 2 rouncil Bill 1 - An Ordinance amending t~e rode of Laws of the rity of W~eat Ridge by creating t~e Wheat Rirlge Municipal rourt Fund, w~ich shall provide victim and witness assistance programs within the rity of Wheat Ridge, and providing for the assessment of court costs and surcharges as t~e source of funds for saij fund rouncil 1 was introduced by Mr Davis on second reading, title read by the rlerk, Ordinance No 918 assigned Randy Davis, Presiding Judge of the ~heat Ridge Municipal rourt, was present and gave background on victim outreach services CITY rOUNrIL MINUTES February 8,1993 Page -2- Mary Ellen Jagel, 575 Union Blvd Lakewood, Victim Outreaeh Services, was sworn in by the Mayor and explained the functions of this Board Motion by Mr Davis for the adoption of Council Bill 1 lOrdinance 918), seconded by Mr Eafanti Mr Selstad asked for a friendly amendment that under Section Cd) be added that the rouncil be provided an annual accounting for the expenditures of the fund This was accepted bv motion-maker and second Motion carried 7-1 with Mr Flasco voting No Mr Flasco feels the $5 00 is exces~ive for people with a minor traffic violation, this comes under the spending cap because we are more than doubling the contribution Item 3 rouncil Bill 2 - An Ordinance repealing Section 7 of Ordinance No 642, Series of 1985 and amending Section 5-41 of the rode of Laws of the rity of ~heat Ridge, providing a basis for establishing building permit fees rouncil Bill 2 was introduced by Mr Selstad on ~econd reading, title read by the rlerk, Ordinance No 919 assigned Motion by Mr Selstad for the adoption of Ordinance 919, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 7-1 with Vance Edwards voting no DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 4 Resolution 1339 - approving the Transfer and Assignment by Time Warner Entertainment Company, L P , dba Time warner rable to TrI rablevision of Texas, Inc of the Permit to operate a Cable Television System in the rity of Wheat Ridge, rolorado Resolution 1339 was introduced by Phil Edwards, title read by the Clerk Mr Middaugh gave background on the Resolution John Suranyi and Bill Nicholas, representing TCI, were sworn in by the Mayor and answered rouncil's questions Thomas Lofstrom, 2888 Love Street, Boulder, was sworn in by the Mavor He has a background in broadcast engineering and expressed concern with transfering the franchise to TrI Geoff Wodell, 3935 Garland Street, was sworn in by the Mayor He asked that Council take this opportunity to negotiate for a better deal with Tn Motion by Mrs Brougham to table Resolution 1339 until we have an opportunity to sit down with TrI and address some of the concern~ raised by Mr Lofstrom and Mr Wodell, seconded by Vance Edwards, failed 3-5 with rouncilmembers Selstad, Vance Edwards, and Brougham voting yes rITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 8,1993 Page -3- Motion by Phil Edwards for the adoption of Resolution 1339 with the amendment that rhannels 8 and 22 be exclusively community access channels and this be added into the Resolution, seconded by Mr Davis Mr Flasco a~ked for a friendly amendment that if this Resolution passes, we start an immediate review of the present perwit This was accepted by motion-maker and second Motion as amended carried 6-2 with Councilmembers Vance Edwards and Elise Brougham voting No Item 5 Resolution 1340 - approving Industrial Revenue Bonds for roors Brewing rompany Resolution 1340 was introduced bv Vance Edwards, title read by the Clerk Mr Middaugh explained that the rity had been asked by the roors Brewing rompany to consider the issuance of Industrial Development Revenue Bonds to finance the proposed expansion to the roors rompany glass manufacturing plant which is located in Wheat Ridge Issuance of any industrial development revenue bonds by the rity does not obligate the City to the expenditure of any funds and is fully permitted and consistent with the terms and conditions of Amendment 1 Don Breen, representing roors, was sworn in by the Mayor, gave presentation and answered questions Kirk (inaUdible), Sherman & Howard, Bond rounsel, was sworn in by the Mayor and answered questions Randy (inaudible), project manager at Coors, was sworn in by the Mayor and answered questions Motion by Vance Edwards for the adoption of Resolution 1340, seconded by Phil Edwards, carried 7-1 with Mr Flasco voting No Item 6 Amendment to Revocable License Agreement re 38 th & AU i son Mr Middaugh explained that the rity had received petitions from concerned citizens regarding a traffic signal located at the intersection of 38th and Allison There was an existing agreement that the signal be moved, but the signers of the agreement were amenable to amend the agreement as provided to rouncil The residents on the portion of Allison Street south of 38th Avenue are not in opposition to the traffic signal remaining Dick Clinch, 3895 Allison Street, was sworn in by the Mayor and asked that the traffic light not be removed Mrs Brougham wants the record to reflect that this amendment does not mean the traffic light will never be moved, it merely extends the date to December 31, 19<)4 rITY COUNrIL MINUTES February 8,1993 Page -4- Motion by Mrs Brougham to approve the amendment to the Revocable License Agreement regarding the extension of the date of removal of the traffic signal at 38th and Allison Street and that t~e rity pursue Section 8 of the original agreement regarding resolving the sight distance issue for sout~bound people on Allison Street, seconded by Phil Edwards, carried 8-0 Item 7 Bid Award for Plotter Motion by Mr Fla~co that Henderson Tec~nology Marketing, Inc be awarded the purchase of the Hewlett Packard Design Jet 600 Plotter (RFQ #002-93) in the amount of their quote $7,555 00 and that the costs be charged to Acct No 01-302-809, seconded by Vance Edwards, carried 8-0 Item 8 Engine Replacement for Dump Truck Motion by Mr Flasco that t~e replacement engine for Unit 255 be purchasej from Stewart & Stevenson Power for the alliount of their total price of $7,174 20 and that all costs be charged to Acct No 01-305-662, seconded by Vance Edwards, carried 8-0 Item 9 rommunication Project Proposal Mr Middaugh explained that rouncil had selected a rouncil subcommittee to find a way to increase or enhance citizen participation in our community in the next year and to ~ave some focus on fiscal issues and direction for the 1994 budget He feels that it would be helpful to have a third party to help with this to bring a propo~al back to the full rouncil and ultimately to the public Carol O'Dowd, 7895 Alkire Street, Arvada, was sworn in by the Mayor, and presented proposal to rouncil, which focuses on communication and productivity issues that are internal She suggested a rouncil Retreat and/or a community input meeting Motion by Phil Edwards to hold a 1-day retreat, died for lack of second ronsensus to keep up the town meeting process and citizen input was 7 in favor ronsensus to move up Item 13 was 6 in favor I'lotion by Vance seconded bv ~lrs voting no Edwards to suspend the Rules anj go pa~t 11 00 pm, Brougham, carried 6-2 with Mr Shanley and Mr Davis Item 13 Recon~ideration of May 4 Special Election rouncil President, Ron Selstad, stated that this reconsideration should have been brought up at the next meeting after setting the election If we want to discuss it now, we need a vote to suspend the Rules and allow reconsideration It will take 2/3 majority to ~uspend the Rules rITY COUNrIL MINUTES F,"bruary 8,1993 Page -5- Motion by Mr Shanley that we suspend the Council Rul,"~ and reconsider this item tonight, seconded by Mr Eafanti, failed 5-3 with rouncilmembers Selstad, Brougham, and Vanc," Edwards voting yes Mr FIasco challeng,"d this ruling He does not agree that this is a reconsideration He had asked that this item be placed on the Agenda for discussion He asked for an outside attorney to get a ruling from the District Attorney H," did not ask for a reconsideration! Mrs Brougham asked for clarification from the rity Attorney if the election was for May 4, 1993 rity Attorney, John Haye~, replied that as matters stand right now, based on the rouncil's rules, the rouncil President is the parlamentarian He made a decision, a ruling, and there were not enough votes to reconsider this matter That means it does not come up for discussion Than means, unless and until chall,"nged, the election stands for May 4, in his opinion Kent Davis asked for consensus to move on with the agenda was 7 in favor Consensus Motion by Mr FIasco to adjourn, seconded by Phil Edwards, carried 6-2 with Mr Selstad and Vance Edwards voting no Meeting adjourn,"d at 11 05 p m rk APPH0VED BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEbRUARY 22, 1993 BY A VOTE OF 8 TO 0 -, - --< "'- - .)\..-0", Ron Selstad, '---------- ~~~ YJ~J'-~ rouncil Pre~ident