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ORIGlNAL
MINUTES OF
WHEAT RIDGE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY
April 18, 2006
5:30 p.m.
1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
The meeting of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority was called to order by
Chair Williams at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers of the Municipal Building,
7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
2. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS
Authority members present: James Balrrenburg
Teri Carver
Janet Leo
Terrell Williams
Commissioners absent: Dennis Boyat
Dean Gokey
Pete Ziemke
Also attending: Alan White, WRURA Executive Director
Corey Hoffmann, WRURA Attorney
Ann Lazzeri, Recording Secretary
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 21, 2006
Terrell Williams requested an amendment to page one of the minutes under Old
Business: The second sentence should be amended to read: "He reported
that he was unsuccessful in brokering a deal between the current owner and
a new buyer."
It was moved by James Bahrenberg and seconded by Teri Carver to approve
the minutes of March 21, 2006 as amended. The motion passed unanimously.
4. PUBLIC FORUM
Charles Durbin
3703 Ames Street
Mr. Durbin inquired about the status of the Cornerstone lawsuit. Corey
Hoffmann stated that oral arguments have been scheduled for June 13, 2006, 9:00
a.m. before the Court of Appeals.
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5. OUTSIDE AGENCY REPORTS
. Terrell Williams presented a brief update on recent proceedings of Wheat
Ridge 2020.
. Teri Carver reported on recent proceedings of the Wheat Ridge Business
District.
6. NEW BUSINESS
A. Update on 3718 Ames Street
Terrell Williams reported that he met with Alan White, Jerry Dahl, Jerry
DiTullio, Cheryl Brungardt and representatives from Cornerstone Realty
to discuss the possibility of having the Housing Authority fix up this
property in order for the Urban Renewal Authority to sell the property.
However, the title company would not write a title policy at this time
because of pending legal proceedings.
B. Discussion of Town Center IGA with City of Wheat Ridge
A series of Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA's) between WRURA and
the City have been approved since 1995. Many of the provisions of these
IGA's are in conflict. Alan White reviewed the staff report and stated
that he met with the City Attorney, Deputy City Manager and Corey
Hoffmann to discuss resolution of the conflicts. As a result, a new IGA
has been drafted that supersedes all previous IGA' s and will be brought
back to WRURA for consideration.
There was consensus to plan a joint study session with City Council to
discuss the future of urban renewal.
C. Wheat Ridge CycJery Reimbursement Agreement
A draft reimbursement agreement for Wheat Ridge Cyclery was included
in the packet for discussion. Alan White stated that, since this is work in
progress, further discussion should take place during executive session.
6. EXECUTIVE SESSION
It was moved by Janet Leo and seconded by James Bahrenburg to enter into
Executive Session under CRS Section 24-6-402(4)(e) for the purpose of
determining matters that may be subject to negotiations, developing strategy
for negotiations and/or instructing negotiators regarding a reimbursement
agreement for Wheat Ridge CycJery. The motion passed unanimously.
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The regular meeting was adjourned to executive session at 6:03 p.m. The
executive session was convened in the lobby conference room at 6:05 p.m. The
executive session was adjourned at 6:36 p.m.
Those attending the executive session were James Bahrenburg, Teri Carver, Janet
Leo, Terrell Williams, Alan White, Corey Hoffmann and Ann Lazzeri.
6. RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING
The regular meeting was reconvened in the council chambers at 6:38 p.m.
Alan White was given direction to continue negotiations with Wheat Ridge
Cyclery on several outstanding items and bring a revised agreement back to the
next meeting for consideration.
7. ADJOURNMENT
It was moved by James Bahrenburg and seconded by Teri Carver to adjourn
the meeting at 6:40 p.m. The motion passed unanimously.
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Ann Lazzeri, Secretary
Terrell R. Williams, Chair
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