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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/12/2004 -- @~1ITf CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO January 12, 2004 The Regular City Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Cerveny at 7 00 P m Councilmembers present: Jerry DiTullio Karen Berry, Dean Gokey, Wanda Sang, Karen Adams, Mike Stites, Lena Rotola, and Larry Schulz. Also present: City Clerk, Pamela Anderson City Manager, Randy Young, City Attorney, Gerald Dahl Director of Community Development, Alan White, Director of Public Works, Tim Paranto, staff; and interested citizens APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF December 8.2003 Motion by Mr DiTullio for the approval of the Minutes of December 8 2003, seconded by Mrs Sang carried 8-0 CITIZENS' RIGHT TO SPEAK Ron Benson, President of the Wheat Ridge Optimist Club spoke to the Council and read a letter that he wrote to the Wheat Ridge Transcript about a service program over the holidays He praised the Wheat Ridge football players and cheerleaders for their volunteerism He thanked several vendors and the Colorado Sheriffs Program for their contributions The organization raised over $5,00000 in cash and were able to help 61 families and 188 children Chuck Mandril, welcomed the new Councilmembers, apologized for the anger directed at the old Councilmembers and the Mayor; he understands now that they have no say in what Urban Renewal does He applauded Jerry DiTullio for changing his view on what is going on with the 38th Avenue Development Plan After listening to his constituents, he changed his vote and went along with the people He hoped that Councilmembers that voted against the 300 people that spoke, will change their minds this term He pointed out an article in the Denver Post regarding what the plans are for the upcoming legislative session in reflection of what is going on in States and Municipalities in taking land away from people and crushing their hopes and dreams and the hard work they put in There are 3 businesses there, that have been there at least 30 years They are going to take away his property and not give him enough money to build a new building let alone buy land Of the 5 property owners being moved, none of them are happy with the offers that they have received He has a letter from Joe Drew, who was past Chairman of Urban Renewal, when they did the Safeway Project. CITY COUNCIL MINUTE"'S January 12, 2004 Page -2- He will mail this to all of them so they can see what Joe has to say He is very displeased with what is going on in Urban Renewal He read a letter that State Representative Cheri Jahn has written about her opposition to the abuses committed by Urban Renewal against small business owners She believes in Urban Renewal when it is used in fairness There are plenty of choices of using this Authority in Wheat Ridge without wiping out people's dreams We have some perfect locations to do Urban Renewal, such as the old Time Square area, the Putt-Putt area and North of Time Square by the Stage Stop Center Motion by Mr DiTullio to suspend the Rules and let Mr Mandril finish his comments seconded by Mrs Rotola, carried 8-0 APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion by Mr Schulz to add one Agenda Item Item 6 Appointment of a member to the Board of Adjustment; seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 8-0 Motion by Mr DiTullio to approve the Agenda as amended, seconded by Mr Schulz; carried 8-0 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Public Hearing on 2004-2005 Community Development Block Grant Allocations Item 1 was introduced by Mr DiTullio, Ms. Anderson read the executive summary Barbara Delgadillo, Assistant to the City Manager, asked that Council consider additional funding requests of $375,000 To fund $75,000 in Home Program Money for the Wheat Ridge Housing Authority, so that they can continue their efforts of rehabilitating the multi-family residential units for first time homebuyers and also for the preparation of a neighborhood revitalization strategy to establish goals and strategies for revitalizing our housing and business areas Altogether we are asking for $581,233 request in funding, which is representing a 372% increase over last year Motion by Mr DiTullio to approve the list of staff recommendations for use of the City's 2004-2005 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award allocation as follows . $115,298 for street and pedestrian improvements of area bounded by 46th Avenue and 1-70, Estes through Carr Streets · $ 60000 to Jeffco Housing Authority for single-family, homeowner rehabilitation program CITY COUNCIL MINUTE"'S' January 12, 2004 Page -3- . $ 10,000 to the Senior Resource Center . $ 10 935 to Stride · $ 10,000 to Family Tree · $ 75,000 to in HOME Program funds to the Wheat Ridge Housing Authority · $300,000 for preparation of a Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy; seconded by Mrs. Sang and Mrs Rotola, carried 8-0 Item 2 COUNCIL BILL 46-2003 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 26- 106 OF THE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT CODE ADOPTING AN AMENDED LAND USE REVIEW PROCESS CHART (CASE NO ZOA-03-15) Council Bill 46-2003 was introduced on second reading by Mr DiTullio Pamela Anderson read the executive summary and assigned Ordinance No 1316 Alan White presented the staff report and asked for amendments to the Ordinance as outlined in the proposed motion submitted to Council during the pre-meeting Roger Loecher read excerpts from an article in the Rocky Mountain News to illustrate his position that the process should be as efficient as possible He supports this process chart change, and believes that it should be stream-lined Motion by Mr DiTullio to approve Council Bill 46-2003 (Ordinance No 1316), Case No ZOA-03-15, on second reading and that it take effect upon adoption, with the following amendments 1 The chart be amended to require a neighborhood meeting for City initiated rezonings and further that Section 26-113, City-initiated Rezoning, be amended with the addition of the following language as paragraph B 1 a , with subparagraphs a. and b relettered as subparagraphs band c B Procedure and notice 1 General a Prior to any public hearing before the Planning Commission, the City shall be required to hold a neighborhood meeting according to the requirements of Section 26-109 A. (See Section 26-109 A. for requirements) CITY COUNCIL MINUT~ January 12, 2004 Page -4- 2 The chart be amended to require neighborhood meetings for Special Use Permits, and further that Section 26-114, Special Uses be amended with the addition of the following language as Paragraph C 2 , with paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 renumbered as paragraphs 3 4, and 5 C Application form and review procedures. 2 Prior to submittal of an application for a Special Use, the applicant shall be required to hold a neighborhood input meeting according to the requirements of Section 26-109 A. (See Section 26-109 A. for requirements) Seconded by Mrs Sang, carried 8-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 3. RESOLUTION 01-2004 - ENDORSING THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY AND ADVOCACY GROUP (JEFFTAAG) Resolution 01-2004 was introduced by Mr Schulz. Ms Anderson read the executive summary Tim Paranto presented the staff report. Motion by Mr Schulz to adopt Resolution 01-2004, seconded by Mrs Rotola, carried 8-0 Item 4. CONSENT AGENDA. A. Award SOQ-04-001 Annual Surveying on-call services to various firms B Motion to approve the revised Garage Sale Permit as written and that it be instituted on approval C Revision to the Council Rules of Order and Procedure regarding order of business and the Agenda D Motion to reschedule City Council Study Session scheduled for January 19, 2004, which falls on Martin Luther King Day, to Tuesday, January 20 2004 Consent Agenda was introduced and read by Mrs Sang Mr Gokey pulled Item B CITY COUNCIL MINUTES January 12, 2004 Page -5- Motion by Mrs Sang to approve the Consent Agenda, A. C and D as printed, seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 8-0 B Motion by Mr Gokey to approve the revised Garage Sale Permit as written and that it be instituted on approval, seconded by Mr DiTullio Mr Gokey asked that Ms. Anderson explain what the revisions are Ms Anderson explained that Section 22-58(19) was added to the front page for clarification, but none of the laws or rules pertaining to garage sales have been changed Motion carried 8-0 Item 5 Motion by Mrs Adams to appoint Bonnie Foulk to the Wheat Ridge Foundation Board, term to expire March 2, 2007, seconded by Mrs Rotola, carried 8-0 Item 6 Motion by Mr Schulz to appoint James Molnar to the Board of Adjustment, representing District IV, term to expire March 2, 2006, seconded by Mrs Rotola, carried 8-0 Mr Molnar was presented and stated he felt privileged to have this appointment with the City He is a small businessman in the area and is looking forward to contributing to the community here CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS Mr Dahl explained that the 38th Avenue Business District is approaching the time when its first regular Board of Directors will be elected and appointed This is an 11-member board, 8 of those members are elected by the 38th Avenue Business District itself and doesn't involve the City; 3 board members need to be appointed by the City Council to serve for such terms as City Council chooses It is completely up to the Council to determine qualifications for those individuals and how long they would serve It is timely that Council schedule a time when they wish to appoint those individuals The board will meet and appoint its 8 members on February 6, 2004 He asked that Council direct to bring this matter forward on a Council Action sheet for them to take action to appoint those Directors and the available dates are their next meeting on January 26 or February 9 Motion by Mr Gokey to put appointment of 3 Directors by City Council on the January 26 Agenda, seconded by Mrs Rotola, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTE:S January 12, 2004 Page -6- ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Mayor Cerveny announced that there will be 3 public meetings to gather community feedback held by CDOT They are developing the Environmental Impact Statement for the Northwest Quadrant of Jefferson County The plan is to have this statement completed by November 2004 The meetings are January 27 in Broomfield, January 28 at the Arvada Center and January 29 at the Marriott West Hotel by Denver West. This information will be on Channel 8, as well as on our web page Mr DiTullio gave update on Wheat Ridge Housing Authority The rehabilitation of 6410 West 44th Place is about 90% completed, we should have the rest done by the end of January 2 Units are sold and people are already living in the units He will be speaking in Jefferson County on Friday in support of the Home funds for $75,000 for the Wheat Ridge Housing Authority Meeting adjourned at 7 57 P m APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 26, 2004 BY A VOTE OF ---L to ~ 1t(.[.u&<- Wanda Sang, Council Pre ident The preceding Minutes were prepared according to s47 of Robert's Rules of Order, i e they contain a record of what was done at the meeting, not what was said by the members Tape recordings and video recordings of the meetings are available for listening or viewing in the City Clerk's Office, as well as copies of Ordinances and Resolutions