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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/14/2000 AUQust 14.2000 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO 7500 W 29th Avenue, Municipal Building The Regular City Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Cerveny at 7 00 P m Councilmembers present: Jerry DiTullio, Vance Edwards, Odarka Figlus, Harry Hanley (arrived at 7 09 pm), Ralph Mancinelli, Janelle Shaver, Ken Siler, and Claudia Worth Also present: City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Manager, Valerie Adams, City Attorney, Gerald Dahl, Director of Parks & Recreation, Gary Wardle, Director of Planning, Alan White, Chief of Police, Jack Hurst; Director of Public Works, Bob Goebel, staff; and interested citizens. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF July 24, 2000 July 31,2000 Motion by Mr DiTullio for the approval of the Minutes of July 24, 2000 and July 31, 2000; seconded by Mr Siler; carried 7-0 CITIZENS' RIGHT TO SPEAK Bill Peterson, 6601 West 26th Avenue, thanked everybody who was present to honor him and Mr Rasey at the Memorial Gazebo He complained about the City Arborist's attitude in regard to having him take down his willow tree so the stop sign could be seen He feels maybe he should have some training in how to deal with people However, his faith in City Employees has been restored by his subsequent dealing with Steve Nguyen, who was very courteous and will arrange to move the stop sign Quinn Wilhelm, candidate for House District 24, announced a get-together at Councilmember DiTullio's house on August 26 from 1 to 4 p m. , which is being hosted by State Senator Norma Anderson This is a non-partisan event to meet the citizens of Wheat Ridge and get to know each other CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 14, 2000 Page - 2 - PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1. Council Bill 21 - an Ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Restricted-Commercial-One to Residential-Two-A for property located at 3767 Harlan Street, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No Wl-00-04) (Edwin S Gibson) Council Bill 21 was introduced on second reading by Mr DiTullio, who read the title and summary Ordinance No 1201 was assigned by the Clerk. Applicant Edwin Gibson was sworn in by the Mayor; he stated he intends to build a triplex at 3767 Harlan Street and intends to live in one of the units probably for the rest of his life, he will clean up the lot; has 8 spaces for on-site parking He plans to build an attractive building and will be very careful who he rents to, he is not aware of anybody in the neighborhood who is opposed to his plan Alan White was sworn in by the Mayor and presented the staff report. Motion by Mr DiTullio to approve Council Bill 21 (Ordinance 1201) for the following reasons 1 The R-2A zoning will provide a land use transition between the commercial development along West 38th Avenue and the small lot single family neighborhood to the south/southeast. 2. There will be substantially less impact to the neighborhood if rezoned to R-2A than if developed commercially with the existing zoning, seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 8-0 Item 2. Council Bill 23 - An ordinance amending Section 26-6(D)(3) of the Wheat Ridge Code of laws concerning Temporary Uses (Case No lOA-00-07) Council Bill 23 was introduced on second reading by Mr DiTullio, who read the title and summary Clerk assigned Ordinance No 1202 Motion by Mr DiTullio to approve Council Bill 23 (Ordinance 1202), seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 14,2000 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Page - 3 - Item 3. Council Bill 25 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Agricultural-Two to Restricted Commercial-One for property located at 4288 Youngfield Street, City of Wheat Ridge County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No Wl-00-05) (Modern Log Homes, Inc.) Council Bill 25 was introduced on first reading by Mr Hanley, who also read the title and summary Motion by Mr Hanley that Council Bill 25 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, September 11, 2000 at 7 00 P m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Building, and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final publication, seconded by Mrs Worth, carried 8-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS. AND MOTIONS Item 4. Motion to direct staff to prepare an ordinance establishing a study period on building permits in certain areas of the City Item 4 was introduced by Mr Siler, who read the title and summary Motion by Mr Siler to direct the City Manager to prepare an Ordinance, including the legislative intent, to declare a study period for a period of six months on the issuance of building permits in certain portions of the City within RC-1, R-C, C-1, C-2, I, PCD and PID zone districts, and further direct the Manager to develop a map designating the areas to be affected by the study period I further move to place the first reading of this ordinance on Council's agenda for August 28, 2000; seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 8-0 Item 5. Motion to direct City Manager to discuss with the City of Edgewater the joint purchase of vacant property located south of 29th Avenue Item 5 was introduced by Mr DiTullio, who read the title and summary Motion by Mr DiTullio to direct City Manager to contact the City of Edgewater to discuss the joint purchase of the vacant property located south of 29th Avenue, generally located between Ingalls Street and Kendall Street. I further move to direct the City Manager to contact the City of Edgewater to discuss enhanced coordination of crime prevention and code enforcement between the two cities, seconded by Mr Edwards CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 14,2000 Page - 4 - Mr Siler asked to divide the question, these are two distinct items and can stand alone Vote on discussion to purchase property carried 8-0 Vote on enhanced coordination carried 8-0 Item 6. Approval of two standard speed humps on Newland Street, between 26th and 29th Avenues Item 6 was introduced by Mr Edwards, who read the title and summary Motion by Mr Edwards that the plan to construct two standard speed humps on Newland Street, between 26th and 29th Avenues, be approved as requested by neighborhood residents and reviewed by the Department of Public Works I further move that the Public Works Department be authorized to perform the work with our crew and materials, seconded by Mr DiTullio The following speakers were present and asked for approval of the Motion Russ Hedden, 2640 Newland Street, George Robinson, 2661 Newland Street, John Burns, 2660 Newland Street, Lynnae Flora, 2696 Newland Street. Motion carried 8-0 Item 7. Approval of property purchase west of the existing Public Works Shops Facility, known as Lot "C", Hall Subdivision Item 7 was introduced by Mrs Worth, who read the title and summary Motion by Mrs Worth that payment of $24,539 36 be made to Chicago Title of Colorado, Inc for the purchase of real property known as Lot "C", Hall Subdivision I further move that $24,539 36 be transferred from the Unallocated Capital Projects line item to Acct. No 30-305- 800-812 I further move that all costs be charged to Acct. No 30-305-800-812. I further move that Bob Goebel be authorized to sign the appropriate documents at the closing on behalf of the City; seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 14, 2000 Page - 5 - Item 8. Approval to solicit bids for fence at Skate Park. Item 8 was introduced by Mrs Worth, who read the title and summary Motion by Mrs Worth to authorize staff to solicit bids for the construction of a 10 foot high fence to be constructed around the Skate Park. I further move to authorize staff to select the lowest responsible firm after soliciting at least three written quotes from qualifying engineering firms to conduct a 100 year flood flow analysis, and further authorize an expenditure for this purpose not to exceed $4,000 with all costs charged to Acct. No 30-603-800-862 I further move that $4,000 be transferred from Capital Projects Unallocated Fund Balance to Acct. No 30-603-800-862 Recreation/Buildings Improvements, seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 6-2 with Mr Siler and Mrs. Shaver voting no Mrs Shaver feels this is going to be a huge trash collector and it's going to be ugly Item 9. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Resolution 34-2000 - authorizing Jefferson County Open Space to continue good faith negotiations and to acquire the 5 acres of land, more or less, located at 4100 Miller Street (Zarlengo Property) at the negotiated price for Parks and Recreation purposes B Approval of Easement for Wheat Ridge Water District. C Approval of Expenditure Items D Approval of Maintenance Contract for Police Department Computer Hardware E. Approval of bid quotation for Computer Networking Hardware F Approval of bid quotation for Cisco router hardware Consent Agenda was introduced by Mrs. Worth, who also read the titles. Motion by Mrs Worth for the approval of the Consent Agenda B D E. F ,seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 14, 2000 Page - 6 - Mr Mancinelli addressed Item A., he is not going to support this, this will add additional land that we can't take care of; he sees no purpose for this property Parks are already in need of maintenance and we have a backlog of work we can't take care of Even if this land were given to us for free, we would still need to take care of it. Motion by Mrs Worth to approve Resolution 34-2000; seconded by Mrs Shaver; carried 6-2 with Mr Hanley and Mr Mancinelli voting no Mrs. Worth had a question about the expenditure for the Carnation Festival She has had calls about people being concerned about the fire danger with the fireworks going on Motion by Mrs Worth to approve C , seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 8-0 COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Jerry DiTullio - City Affairs Committee - met tonight and discussed two issues - on item brought up by Councilmember Figlus, was a half day retreat for Council to discuss vision statements for the City' and goals and objectives, possible dates were September 9 and 23, if this is agreeable with Council, he will set it up with the City Manager Council agreed on a date of September 9 from 8 a m to 1 pm, preceded by breakfast. The second discussion was the Hotel/Motel Ordinance, recommendation is to send the Ordinance to Council on August 28 for first reading Vance Edwards - Public Works Advisory Committee - they will have a special meeting on August 24 at 4 30 p m. , they have narrowed the list of consultants for the streetscape down to three and from that meeting they will have a recommendation to Council at the following Council Meeting Odarka Fiqlus - Finance Committee - they met on August 10 and had a review of expenditures for the year 2000; we are on track and should finish off the year fairly well; had an update on Amendment 21, which will be on the ballot this fall. Consensus was to bring this to the First Monday Meetings to inform the public. Treasurer, Ron Patera, discussed disposition of income generated by Recreation Center; consensus was to use it in a manner consistent with the Rec Center purpose and it will be used for reimbursement for payments that have been made on the debt service City Manager presented a mock budget. CITY MANAGER'S MATTERS Valerie Adams stated that the Wheat Ridge Sanitation Building has been demolished CITY COUNCIL MINUTES August 14, 2000 ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Page - 7 - Mayor Cerveny thanked Claudia Worth for filling in during her vacation and gave update on Carnation Festival. Motion by Mrs Worth that staff go out immediately for bids to repair the roofs of the buildings in the Historic Park; seconded by Mrs Shaver; carried 6-2 with Mr Edwards and Mr Siler voting no Motion by Mr Mancinelli that we bring to the City Affairs Committee the feasibility regarding the Housing Authority to see if we should continue to have Jefferson County act as our agent or should have our own Housing Authority; seconded by Mr Siler; carried 8-0 Mrs Worth asked that Mr Mancinelli come to the City Affairs Committee meeting when this is being discussed to give his input. Motion by Mr Siler that Mr Bill Powell's presentation on the Tax Reform 2000 be added as an item to the August 28 Council Meeting, seconded by Mrs Worth, tied 4-4 with Councilmembers Siler, Worth, Hanley and Mancinelli voting yes. Mayor broke the tie by voting no Motion failed 5-4 Mr Edwards asked the City Attorney how the complete re-writing of the Planning and Zoning Code was coming along, Mr Dahl replied it would be ready for the review process two months from now (mid October) Mr DiTullio asked that the Study Session on August 21 start at 5 30 with dinner and then proceed with the meeting at 6 00 P m. Motion by Mr DiTullio to hold an Executive Session under Section 5 7(b)(2) of the Charter, regarding Personnel Matters after Elected Officials' Matters and adjourn thereafter; seconded by Mr Siler; carried 8-0 EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD. Meeting adjourned at 10 30 P m. ;;}f;( leA . ~l'L1..n i. I -' Wanda Sang, City Clef!< APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 28, 2000 BY A VOTE OF ~ TO..2- (; 'tVf'h ulno, Council President