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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/23/2004 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO February 23, 2004 The Regular City Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor pro tem Dean Gokey, at 700 P m Councilmembers present: Jerry DiTullio, Karen Berry, Wanda Sang, Mike Stites Lena Rotola, and Larry Schulz. Karen Adams was absent. 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 February 9,2004 Motion by Mr DiTullio for the approval of the Minutes of February 9 2004 seconded by Mr Schulz; carried 7-0 PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES Mayor pro tem Dean Gokey, presented Andrew Nelson, Jessica Pitts, and Josh Dahlenburg a Proclamation honoring the Wheat Ridge High School Band, Orchestra and Choir These three students performed a musical piece for the Council Cindy Stevenson, Superintendent of Jeffco R-1 School District, and Dr Irene Griego, Wheat Ridge Community Superintendent, came to thank the Mayor the City staff, and the City Council for the positive interaction and on-going support of Wheat Ridge students and schools CITIZENS RIGHT TO SPEAK The Mayor pro tem City Attorney and City Manager clarified that this segment of the Agenda was reserved for Items not on the Agenda, that Item 1 was strictly for amendments to the Comprehensive Plan that at this time there was no application for annexation, nor a specific development application The following citizens spoke in opposition to any proposed development project or annexation north of 32nd Avenue and west of 1-70 David Rust Stephanie Machen Karen Brunger CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 23 2004 Page -2- David Andrews Rick Blumenthal Greg Witt Valerie Witt Gayle Reynolds Their concerns included quality of life issues, the developer should talk to neighbors first; traffic congestion, there is already a mall 2 miles away; don't keep Fairmount citizens out of the loop, harmful affect on families with acreage, horses, sheep, llamas, preserve the type of living currently there PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1. PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION 04-2004 - ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE WHEAT RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Resolution 04-2004 was introduced by Mr DiTullio Pam Anderson read the Executive Summary Alan White, Director of Community Development, presented the staff report on this item He stated that this is a public hearing and the notifications requirements as prescribed by State Statutes have been complied with for conducting this hearing tonight. The City's Comprehensive Plan has been in place since the early 1980's It has been amended from time to time The most recent amendment was in the year 2000 and adopted officially in 2001 The Comprehensive Plan has never included areas outside of the boundaries of the City of Wheat Ridge State Law does enable all municipalities within the State to extend their planning areas or spheres of influence outside municipal boundaries and do planning for that area up to a limit of three miles from the municipal boundaries This amendment does not extend to the ultimate limit of those three miles but is somewhere in the range from a mile to a mile and a half One of the reasons that the three mile requirement is in State Statutes is that under the Annexation Statutes the City may annex up to three miles from its current boundary He stressed that merely putting together a plan that extends three miles from a city's corporate boundaries, does not guarantee that that area will be annexed nor does it commit the city to annexing any of that area Annexation happens by the concurrence of two parties One is the land owner the second party is the City If there is no agreement or request to annex, the City cannot annex if the land owner does not provide the City with a request to annex. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 23, 2004 Page -3- He brought this to City Council because he is concerned that we are missing an opportunity within the Transportation Improvement Plan process at the regional level Several municipalities have signed the Mile High Compact and they are entitled to additional points when their transportation projects are reviewed by DRCOG, as the metropolitan planning organization for the area We are simply missing out on those points because we have not signed the Mile High Compact. He outlined the steps the City has taken to begin this process Flora Andrus, is on the Board of Fairmount Improvement Association, and also on the Board of Prospect Recreation District. She testified regarding her views opposing proposed amendments for the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan She distributed a handout to Council and Staff and referred to it throughout her presentation She asked that Fairmount (everything north of Clear Creek) be excluded from the plan and also take all the traffic out to a main road The following citizens also spoke regarding concerns about amendments to the Comprehensive Plan Kathy Kohlepp, 5170 Eldridge Street, Don MacDougal, representing the Jefferson County Horse Council, 9815 West 3ih Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Peggy Hunnicutt, 5400 Mcintyre, Hal McVey, Director, President of Applewood Property Homeowners Association, 13215 Braun Rd, Golden Paul Quaiser, representing Prospect Park and Recreation District and the Applewood Homeowners Association, 14275 Crabapple Road, Golden, Gregory Black, 14280 West 50th Place, Golden Jack Hoopes, 14215 Crabapple Road, Golden, President of the Applewood Property Owners Association, Deb Berg, 14005 West 48th Place, Bruce Blakesly, 5101 Flora Street, Lavonne Wise, Member of the Fairmount Improvement Association Board, 16331 West 54th Avenue Golden, Gwen Gedvilas, 14815 West 49th Avenue, Golden, Deanna Ganskow, 4551 Eldridge Don Sherman, 5808 Fig Street, Karen Brunger, 6901 West 32nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge (new address will be 14500 West 52nd Avenue, Arvada), Andrew Evans, 5071 Indiana Street, Golden, Paul Ritchlin 4645 Eldridge Street, Bob McPhate, 5085 Fig Street, Mike Gilsdorf, 6355 West Lakeside Court, Littleton, Partner in Partnership that owns Green Acres Nursery, which is 60 acres of undeveloped land, and is included in the planning area, CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 23, 2004 Page -4- Ron Horne, 4535 Eldridge Street, Golden, Karen Wood, 3340 Alkire Court, Golden, Linda Sherman, 5108 6th Street, FIA Board member, Valerie Witt, 14100 West 52nd Avenue, Ed Shear, 5290 Eldridge Street, Golden Their comments included that any time changes are made, horse trails and the ability to keep horses are in jeopardy. change in life style is not for the better. protect the property owners in this broad area, Malls have come and gone and it is obvious that this is being done to accommodate a Mall 32nd and Youngfield is a disaster and nothing has been done to mitigate that; please take the responsibility of conducting outreach very seriously and keep people informed, invitation to address Applewood Property Owners Association, letting people cut in from Highway 58 would change the neighborhood, exclude Eldridge improvements from the plan, request that further discussion be tabled until community can give input; there is nothing left in Fairmount to tax; railroad crossing on Eldridge Street will create a traffic jam, it is incomprehensible for a City like Wheat Ridge to simply draw a plan stick it on a map and not notify anybody; Mount Olivet area is extremely sensitive environmentally because of the amount of wildlife that lives there and travels through there Ken Schneider, Fire Marshall and Division Chief of the West Metro Fire Protection District, introduced himself to Council and hopes that any Comprehensive Plan for the City considers the concept of fire protection He offered the services and staff of the district in any future conversations regarding planning for the area Motion by Mr DiTullio to adopt Resolution 04-2004 with the following amendments 1 Delete the area south of 32nd Avenue and west of Youngfield 2 Delete the area from 44th Avenue north to 52nd Avenue and from the western City limits to Mcintyre, seconded by Mrs Sang and Mrs Rotola Motion by Ms Berry to amend the Park and Open Space section of the Wheat Ridge Comprehensive Plan to include the following sections from the Jefferson County North Plains Community Plan proposed update to the North Plains Community Plan and the Central Plains Community Plan with the existing and proposed trail alignments and the trail policies, recommendations and design templates out of the Community Plans mentioned seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 7-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 23, 2004 Page -5- ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 2. COUNCIL BILL 01-2004 - PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL OF REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL ONE-C TO RESIDENTIAL THREE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3281 CHASE STREET, CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON STATE OF COLORADO (Case No WZ-03-11) (Marc and Emily Cave) Council Bill 01-2004 was introduced on first reading by Mr DiTullio, title and executive summary were read by Pam Anderson Motion by Mr DiTullio to approve Council Bill 01-2004 on first reading, ordered published, public hearing set for March 22, 2004 at 700 P m. in the City Council Chambers, and that it take effect after final adoption if approved, seconded by Mrs Rotola, carried 7-0 Item 3 COUNCIL BILL 02-2004 - AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING DISPOSAL BY DEMOLITION OF A CITY-OWNED BUILDING LOCATED AT 6375 WEST 44TH AVENUE Council Bill 02-2004 was introduced on first reading by Mrs Sang Pam Anderson read the executive summary Motion by Mrs Sang to approve Council Bill 02-2004 on first reading, ordered published, public hearing set for March 8, 2004 at 7 00 P m in the City Council Chambers, and if approved on second reading that it take effect immediately. seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 7-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Item 4 APPROVAL OF LICENSE TO USE RIGHT-OF-WAY - MELODY HOMES SKYLINE ESTATES FILING 3 SUBDIVISION Item 4 was introduced by Mrs Rotola, summary read by Pam Anderson Motion by Mrs Rotola to approve the LICENSE TO USE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY granting Melody Homes and Skyline Estates Filing No 1 Master Association the right to operate and maintain an underdrain system within City street rights-of-way within the development located north of Ridge Road and west of Miller Street; seconded by Mrs Sang, carried 7-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 23, 2004 Page -6- Item 5 ASSIGNMENT OF BUS SHELTER AGREEMENT TO OUTDOOR PROMOTIONS, INC Item 5 was introduced by Mr Stites, Pam Anderson read the executive summary Motion by Mr Stites to approve the assignment of the bus shelter agreement to Outdoor Promotions, Inc , seconded by Mr Schulz and Mr DiTullio, carried 7-0 CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS Motion by Mrs. Sang to direct the City Attorney to prepare an Ordinance for first reading adding to our Code Section on Unclaimed Property; seconded by Mr DiTullio, carried 7-0 Mr Dahl reminded Council that the Municipal Judges are up for reappointment and their 2-year terms end in February They will remain in office until reappointment even if it goes beyond February He will provide a memorandum regarding evaluation process in the next Council Packet. ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Jerry DiTullio announced that the first Monday meeting for District I will be held in the Recreation Center It will be a joint meeting with Districts III and IV He will make a presentation on the Housing Authority update He recommended that Ordinance 1299 be placed on the next available Study Session for discussion so Council can be updated on what that Ordinance does and how it works if there are any recommendations from staff to clean it up or rescind it or make it better Consensus was 7 in favor Wanda Sang stated that they will hold their first Monday meeting in March and she hopes that more people will turn out. They are considering holding joint meetings with District I, since Districts III and IV were so successful in doing that. Dean Gokey thanked the Fire Department for inviting Council to their Firemen's Award Assembly He is very proud to say they are one outstanding group of individuals that protect us on a daily basis They really deserve our respect. He amended a motion on the dais at the last Council meeting that we would have a secret ballot for the election of Mayor pro tem and Council President. He would like to add to the next Agenda an amendment to that. Consensus was 7 in favor He urged all of the first Monday meeting people to attend the first Monday meetings and talk about all of the issues that concern them in regards to businesses and the neighborhood ordinance problems they are having He spent a tremendous amount of time last week talking to the Police Chief and other City Officials in regards to these issues and would like for people to come to the meeting so he can give them an update CITY COUNCIL MINUTES February 23, 2004 Page -7- Lena Rotola reminded everybody of their first Monday meeting Please come Larry Schulz hopes people will turn out for the first Monday meeting Meeting adjourned at 10.26 P m APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 8, 2004 BY A VOTE OF ----1- to ~. I I - , resident The preceding Minutes were prepared according to ~7 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