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Home My WebLink About05/18/1998 CITY COUNCIL MlNUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO 7500 W 29th Avenue, Municipal Building May 18, 1998 The Regular City Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Cerveny at 7 30 P m Councilmembers present Teri Dalbec, Jerry DiTullio, Lloyd Donnelly, Don Eafanti, Ralph Mancinelli, Janelle Shaver, Ken Siler, and Claudia Worth Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang; City Manager, Robert Middaugh; City Attorney, Gerald Dahl; Director of Public Works, Bob Goebel; staff; and interested citizens PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1. Council Bill 16 - An Ordinance amending Section 2-56(B) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws regarding membership on the Animal Control Commission Item 1 was introduced by Mr DiTullio who also read the title and summary Clerk assigned Ordinance 1118 Motion by Mr DiTullio to approve Council Bill 16, seconded by Mr Siler Motion by Mrs Dalbec that Section 2-56(B) be amended to read "the City Council will appoint two ex-officio members, who are licensed veterinarians that maintain a practice within the City of Wheat Ridge, but need not be residents of the City of Wheat Ridge, in order to provide professional or technical advise to the commission", seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Siler DiTullio, and Mancinelli voting no Original motion as amended carried 6-2 with Mr Siler and Mr DiTullio voting no DECISIONS. RESOLUTIONS. AND MOTIONS Item 2. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Bid Award for LCD DataNideo Projector and Accessories B Bid Award for Holland Street Improvement Project, 32nd Avenue to 38th Avenue Mrs Worth introduced the consent agenda and read titles Mrs Worth asked to pull Item A. CITY COUNCIL MINUT MAY 18, 1998 PAGE -2- Motion by Mrs Worth to approve Item B, seconded by Mr Eafanti Motion by Mrs Worth to withdraw the motion, seconded by Mrs Dalbec; carried 6-2 with Mr DiTullio and Mr Eafanti voting no Motion by Mrs Worth that $247 16000 be transferred from the capital improvement budget fund balance to the Local Streets Improvements account 30-303-800-840 for the Holland Street Improvement project from 32nd Avenue to 38th Avenue I further move that, that portion of the street calming part of this project be transferred from that account and used for this I further move that the contract for Holland Street Improvements, 32nd Avenue to 38th Avenue, Project No S-LS 01-98, be awarded to Wycon Construction Company in the amount of their of bid $667,107 00, seconded by Mrs Dalbec Amendment by Mrs. Worth not to exceed $20,000 from the traffic calming program I further move that an early completion incentive bonus of 2% of their bid $13,342 00 be established for the contract. I further move that a force account and contingency of $667,711 00 be established I further move that all costs associated with this contract be paid from the account number 30-303-800-840 I further move that the portion of the traffic calming part of this project be transferred from that account and be used for this project and that these funds be encumbered for the length of the project in accordance with Ordinance #787, 1989 Series I further move that the Director of Public Works be authorized to issue change orders up to a total contract and contingency amount of $733,81800 Amendment by Mrs. Dalbec that the City of Wheat Ridge will contact the R-1 School District concerning the water that is coming off their drive ways and asphalt pavement and going into the Rocky Mountain Ditch and that by doing this project we are alleviating that problem for them and talk to them about their share of the cost; seconded by Mrs Shaver; carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Siler, Eafanti and Mancinelli voting no Original Motion with Amendment carried 8-0 Item 2A. Purchase of a LCD DataNideo Projector and Accessories, RFB #98-28 Motion by Mrs Worth that $4,995 be transferred from the Senior/Teen Fund Balance to account number 53-602-799 for the purchase of a Proxima DP5800 LCD Projector, the carrying case, and VCR for the Wheat Ridge Community Center I further move that the City accept the bid from AMARCH Corporation for this acquisition in the amount of $4 995 00 with all costs charged to account number 53-602-799, seconded by Mrs Dalbec, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr Eafanti to go into Executive Session under Section 5 7(b)(1) before the Study Session, seconded by Mrs Worth, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUT MAY 18, 1998 PAGE -3- City Manager Matters Mr Middaugh pointed out to Council that they need to reflect when they received the Audit Report because it needs to be officially received Motion by Mrs. Worth to accept the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the year end in December 31, 1997, seconded by Mr DiTullio carried 8-0 Elected Officials Matters Mr Siler mentioned that the DRCOG meeting is Wednesday night and they will receive a copy of the Agenda on Tuesday One of the items on the Agenda is going to be a discussion on the Transportation Implementation Plan During the last discussion of this portion for the RTD Councils' decision was that we would not support that particular aspect of the TIP and unless there is further guidance from Council he is going to oppose the use of Transportation money for RTD Motion by Mrs Dalbec for Mr Siler to support that these expenditures be made for the transit system, seconded by Mrs. Worth, tied 4-4 with Councilmembers Eafanti, Worth Mancinelli and Dalbec voting yes, Mayor broke tie by voting yes Motion carried 5-4 Mr Mancinelli stated that he would like Council to be informed about what Jeffco Housing Authority is all about and the purpose of the program Mr DiTullio mentioned that on June 1 st, the second hearing will be held for the Tree Ordinance, he has had some concerns so over the weekend he talked to a few people that have been involved with trees to sort out the concerns Mr DiTullio feels that this Ordinance is too complicated He suggested to postpone the second reading and he would volunteer be a liaison between the Council and the Arborist Board to meet and have them bring back a comprehensive Tree Management Program for everybody that is shorter and cleaner Motion by Mrs Dalbec to allow Mr DiTullio to become the Council liaison and to postpone the second reading indefinitely Accept recommendations from the Parks Commission for the work in the Greenbelt and in the Parks and the City would delay some of the activity on the tree maintenance in the Greenbelt until the Management Plan from the Parks Commission IS complete, seconded by Mrs Worth Mrs Worth called for the question, failed 5-3 with Councilmembers Siler, Mancinelli and Dalbec voting no (6 votes are required to pass) Original Motion carried 6-2 with Siler and Mancinelli voting no Mrs. Dalbec informed the Council that the Rugby team called to thank Council for what they did and they came back with 9th place from the Nationals CITY COUNCIL MINUT" MAY 18, 1998 PAGE -4- Mrs. Worth congratulated all the Seniors that are graduating and all the parents who guided them in the right direction She also made a suggestion that when the street lights go on at the skate board park that, that should be an indicator to the kids that it's time to go home Mrs. Shaver questioned the process of getting something on the Study Session Agenda because several weeks ago she asked that the issue of Council/Staff Communication along with other topics be put on the Agenda Although, since the request two other topics have come and gone on the Study Session Agenda Consensus was 6-2 that the topic of City Affairs and Public Works be placed on either the first or second June Study Session Mr Eafanti mentioned that they have decided to invite all the Elected Officials to come and work at the stands at the Memorial Day Celebration which will be held May 30th at 2 00 P m Motion by Mrs Shaver to adjourn to Executive Session, seconded by Mr Eafanti, carried 8-0 EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD. ) j' wa~~;~~~~, ~i~~~k APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 8 1998 BY A VOTE OF ~ TO o ~\~~ C::-J /' C )CP,/~~ Don Eafanti, Council Presid n