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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/18/2000 December 18. 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, Ralph Mancinelli, Janelle Shaver, Ken Siler, and Claudia Worth Also present: Deputy City Clerk, Christa Jones Acting City Manager, Jack Hurst; City Attorney Gerald Dahl (arrived at 7 18 pm), staff' and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF December 11,2000 Motion by Mr DiTullio for the approval of the Minutes of December 11, 2000 seconded by Mrs Worth, carried 8-0 CITIZENS' RIGHT TO SPEAK There was no one present to speak. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion by Mr DiTullio to pull Item 5 E seconded by Mr Edwards carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to add Item 4 A. Approval of an RFQ for Blight Study in the area of West 44th Avenue and Ward Road, seconded by Mr Siler; carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to add Item 4 B Approval to secure an appraisal for the property located at 4105 Fenton Street; seconded by Mr Siler; carried 8-0 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1. Public Hearing on City of Wheat Ridge Budget 2001 There was no on present to speak. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 18, 2000 Page - 2 - Resolution 44-2000 - adopting the 2001 Budget. Resolution 44 was introduced by Ms Figlus Motion by Ms Figlus for the adoption of Resolution 44-2000 with the exception of the new staff positions that were introduced into the budget on December 12, 2000 and with the amounts in the appropriate funds adjusted accordingly' seconded by Mr Mancinelli Motion by Mr Siler to postpone Agenda Item 1 to the January 8 City Council Meeting and ask the Council President to schedule a Special Study Session between now and then to discuss the City Budget; seconded by Mrs Worth failed 5-3 with Councilmembers Worth, DiTullio, and Siler voting yes Motion by Mr DiTullio to adopt Resolution 44 as in the packet; seconded by Mrs Worth, failed 4-4 (needed a majority vote to pass) Ms Figlus Motion failed 4-4 (needed a majority vote to pass/Mayor is not allowed to vote on the budget) Motion by Mr DiTullio to adopt Resolution 44 minus 1 Police Records Supervisor and minus 1 Parks Maintenance Worker; seconded by Mrs Worth Mr Mancinelli moved for an amendment to take out the 1 Traffic Engineer; seconded by Ms Figlus, failed 4-4 Mr DiTullio's motion failed 4-4 Motion by Mr DiTullio to adopt Resolution 44, less 1 Police Records Supervisor, less 1 Parks Maintenance Worker, less 1 Traffic Engineer; seconded by Mr Mancinelli, carried 6-2 with Councilmembers Edwards and Siler voting no Mr Edwards stated that we have doubled the amount we have taken out of the reserves in 1 year; two to three years from now we are going to have an extremely ugly budget; we won't be discussing adding positions we'll be discussing how many positions we are going to eliminate and what services we eliminate If we can save some money now by not adding positions, so we won't be cutting positions in the future that is his job responsibility as Councilmember Mr Siler feels we should reduce some of the special funds and put the money in the general fund, we are not nearly as bad off as some people make it out to be CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 18, 2000 Page - 3 - DECISIONS. RESOLUTIONS. AND MOTIONS Item 2. Council appointments to various Boards/Agencies Motion by Mr DiTullio to appoint Gretchen Cerveny to serve as the City's representative to DRCOG; and Ralph Mancinelli to be the alternate seconded by Ms Figlus, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to appoint Ralph Mancinelli to serve as the City's representative to the Jefferson County Housing Authority; seconded by Mrs Worth, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to appoint Ralph Mancinelli to serve as the City's representative to the Community Block Grant Committee; seconded by Ms Figlus, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to appoint Janelle Shaver to serve as the City's representative to the Jefferson County Board of Corrections; seconded by Mrs Worth carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to affirm the appointment of Claudia Worth to serve as the City's representative to CML Policy Committee, seconded by Mr Siler; carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to appoint Vance Edwards to serve as the City's representative to the NorthWest Quadrant Management Feasibility Committee; seconded by Mr Siler Mr Siler amended the motion that Mr Edwards also serve as the City's representative on the Jefferson County Transportation Authority, if it is re-created, seconded by Mrs Worth, carried 7-1 with Mr Mancinelli voting no Motion as amended carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio that Gretchen Cerveny serve as the City's alternate on the Northwest Quadrant Committee, seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to appoint Gretchen Cerveny to serve as the City's representative to the Jefferson Economic Council" seconded by Ms Figlus, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr Edwards to appoint Jerry DiTullio to serve as the City's representative to the Police Seizure Fund; seconded by Mrs Worth carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 18,2000 Page - 4 - Item 3. Bid Award for Skateboard Park Fence Project (RFB #00-37) Item 3 was introduced by Mrs Worth who read the title and the summary Motion by Mrs Worth that the Skateboard Park Fence Project be awarded to Standard Fence company in the amount of their low bid of $8 900 I further move a contingency fund be established in the amount of $445 00 and the Park Superintendent be authorized to issue change orders up to the approved contingency amount. All costs for this project will be charged to Acct. No 30-603-800-862, seconded by Mr Siler; carried 7-1 with Mrs Shaver voting no Mrs Shaver has never been in favor of this fence and will therefore not vote to support the bid Item 4. Bid Award for Project D-CC-01-99 West 48th Avenue & Harlan Street 99 Drainage Improvements Item 4 was introduced by Mr Siler; title and summary read by the Clerk. Motion by Mr Siler that the 1999 Drainage Improvements, West 48th Avenue and Harlan Street, Project No D-CC-01-99 be awarded to New Design Construction Inc in the amount of their bid of $263,939 57 I further move that a force account and contingency of $13,197 be established I further move that an early completion bonus of $5,279 be established I further move that the Director of Public Works be authorized to issue change orders up to a total contract and contingency amount of $282,415 57 I further move that all costs associated with this contract be paid from Acct. No 30-302-800-848, and that these funds be encumbered for the length of the project in accordance with Ordinance #787 1989 Series, seconded by Ms Figlus, carried 8-0 Item 4. A. Approval of an RFQ for Blight Study in the area of West 44th Avenue and Ward Road Mr Edwards introduced Item 4 A. He asked to hand this item over to Mrs Worth, who has worked on this for years and years Motion by Mrs Worth to approve the RFQ for a blight study in the area of West 44th Avenue and Ward Road, contingent upon approval of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, and based upon the specific area determined by the Authority I further move that funds not to exceed $50,000 be used to cover the cost of the blight study and that such funds be taken from Acct. No 63-580-00-589 seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 18,2000 Page - 5 - Item 4.B. Purchase of property located at 4105 Fenton Street. Item 4 B was introduced by Mr Mancinelli who read the title and summary Motion by Mr Mancinelli to direct staff and the City Attorney to obtain an appraisal for the property located at 4105 Fenton Street and to bring back to City Council for consideration for purchase of this property' seconded by Mr DiTullio Motion by Mr Siler for an amendment that the existing structures on the property be demolished before City Council takes title to the property; seconded by Mrs Worth, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr Siler that we add 1 person to the maintenance staff of the Parks Department to assist in taking care of this property Mayor ruled this was not germane to the motion on the floor and did not accept it. Mr DiTullio called for the question seconded by Ms Figlus carried 7-1 with Mr Siler voting no Original Motion as amended carried 7-1 with Mr Siler voting no Item 5. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Expenditure Items B Resolution 45-2000 - approving the Intergovernmental Agreement establishing a separate legal entity to be known as the "Juvenile Assessment Center (JAC)" C Resolution 46-2000 - requesting an extension of the contract with GOCO (Great Outdoors Colorado) for the construction of the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center Soccer Field D Resolution 47 - 2000 - accepting the Bronze Sculpture "She Ain't Heavy" by Walt Horton, which has been donated by an anonymous donor for the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center F Contract Award for temporary chain link fence for Baugh House property G Bid Award for window tinting and trailer hitch for used vehicles for Police Department. H Bid Award for RFB-00-40 Computer Equipment for Police Department. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 18,2000 Page - 6 - Consent Agenda was introduced by Mrs Worth, who also read the titles Motion by Mrs Worth for approval of the Consent Agenda, seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 8-0 COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Ken Siler - City Affairs Committee - met tonight and discussed property acquisition voted on earlier in this meeting, this will go to Parks Commission for study and to be placed in the priority listing for land acquisition They also discussed the Town Center Park and City Hall Renovation Vance Edwards - Public Works Advisory Committee - they had a Streetscape meeting last Wednesday and got good information they might meet next week to discuss the Main Street Program and how that fits in with the Streetscape Program and have that back to City Council Odarka Figlus - Finance Committee - has finished with the 2001 budget process but will be meeting next year to discuss revenues and review the budget and our financial situation CITY MANAGER'S MATTERS Jack Hurst will be in and out of the office for the next 2 weeks, page him if you need him He referred to his memorandum regarding the transfer of code enforcement functions from Planning to Police Department. He stated this would be a lengthy, complicated process and wanted consensus from a majority of Council if he should proceed Motion by Mr Hanley to approve the transfer of duties, functions, services and all other related issues pertaining to the Code Enforcement operations from the Planning and Development Department to the Police Department by July 1, 2001, seconded by Mr Edwards Motion by Mr Siler to amend the main motion to send the discussion of merging the Code Enforcement with the Police Department to the City Affairs Committee on the January 15 2001 Meeting After review by the City Affairs Committee, it will be referred to the City Council Study Session in February 2001 and back to Council for further action seconded by Mrs Worth Mr Dahl clarified that by passing Mr Siler's amendment, it would in fact be a postponement to take any action until the matter was discussed by the City Affairs Committee and Council CITY COUNCIL MINUTES December 18, 2000 Page - 7 - Amendment tied 4-4 Mayor broke the tie by voting no Motion failed 5-4 Motion by Mr DiTullio for an amendment that as this process is going forward the City Manager will update the Council as needed, seconded by Mr Mancinelli, carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Worth, Shaver, and Siler voting no Vote on main motion tied 4-4 Mayor broke the tie by voting yes Motion as amended carried 5-4 CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS Mr Dahl gave update on Chapter 26 re-write job Mr DiTullio announced that there will be a public workshop on Chapter 26 on January 15 from 5 30 - 6 45 P m in Council Chambers ELECTED OFFICIALS MATTERS Mayor asked if the City wants to continue participating in the Metro Mayors Single Family Mortgage Program Consensus was 8 in favor Motion by Ms Figlus that the Parks and Recreation Commission develop a priority list and long range plan for acquisitions and development projects, and forward their recommendations to the City Affairs Committee for their review and possible action, seconded by Mr Siler; carried 7-1 with Mr DiTullio voting no Meeting adjourned at 9'25 p m \ \, \- -\ "---3 '-J" J ~ >----' Christa Jones, Deput~City Clerk APfROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 8 2000 BY A VOTE OF ----8- TO----.O.... / V ,G. l~) , , vV\. j" , J rry \' ullio, Council President