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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 10/08/2007 ~___[MIIDB CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO October 8. 2007 Mayor DiTullio called the Regular City Council Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Council Members present: Karen Berry, Dean Gokey, Lena Rotola, Wanda Sang, Larry Schulz, Mike Stites, and Terry Womble. Karen Adams was absent. Also present: City Clerk, Michael Snow; Deputy City Manager,_Patrick Goff; City Attorney, Gerald Dahl; Director of Community Development, Kenneth Johnstone; Director of Public Works, Tim Paranto; Director of Parks and Recreation, Joyce Manwaring; staff; and interested citizens. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF Seotember 24.2007 Motion by Mr. Gokey to approve the Minutes of September 24, 2007; seconded by Mrs. Sang and Mr. Schulz; carried 7-0. CITIZENS' RIGHT TO SPEAK No citizens were present to speak. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Item 1. CONSENT AGENDA A. RESOLUTION 39-2007 - RESOLUTION CLOSING THE SENIOR CENTER FUND. B. RESOLUTION 40-2007 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO APPOINT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER AS AN EX OFFICIO, NON-VOTING MEMBER TO THE WHEAT RIDGE 2020 BOARD. C. RESOLUTION 41-2007 - RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE INVESTMENT POLICY. Consent Agenda was introduced and read by Mr. Stites. Mr. Gokey asked to pull Item A from the Consent Agenda. Motion by Mr. Stites for approval of Consent Agenda Items B & C; seconded by Mrs. Sang; carried 7-0. Motion by Mr. Gokey to approve Resolution 39-2007 - A Resolution Closing the Senior Center Fund effective December 31, 2007 and Transferring any remaining fund balance to the Wheat Ridge Foundation; seconded by Mr. Schulz; carried 7-0. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES: October 8, 2007 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Page -2- Item 2. Public Hearing on the Proposed 2008 Budget. Mayor DiTullio opened the public hearing. Mr. Snow read into the record a letter drafted by Council Member Berry and Mayor DiTullio and sent to Wheat Ridge City Management, Wheat Ridge 2020 and Urban Drainage and Flood Control (letter included in this packet). Mr. Goff provided a presentation outlining and summarizing the 2008 Proposed Budget (included in this packet). Louise Turner spoke on matters of the Budget. Her comments included: she is concerned that no mention was made in the Budget that Wheat Ridge intends to "turn Green"; Mrs. Turner recommends that the City appropriate funds to modernize the City's Green policies; no additional Open Space acquisition or improvement funds were proposed; The City's Administration staffing is way too high at 19.25 full-time employees and needs to be examined and cut back; it's recommended Council eliminate the Comprehensive Plan consultant funds and that Council seriously examine whether the amount of funds given to Wheat Ridge 2020 is necessary given what benefit is coming from it; it's recommended Wheat Ridge put all Capital Improvement Projects on hold and instead look at what citizens want, not what City Administration wants; get rid of Urban Renewal for lack of any accomplishments or benefits to the City in the seven years of its existence; the new market branding and logo campaign is wasteful and irresponsible in the management of the City's funds and should be reverted to a plan for use only for marketing and not to replace all the places the current City Seal is shown and published; she recommends Council preserve the City's current Seal, which is well- known and well-liked. Mayor DiTullio called for a break at 7:55pm to address audio/visual technical difficulties; reconvening at 8:04pm. Mayor DiTullio closed the public hearing. Motion by Council Member Berry to direct the City Manager's Office to draft a letter of intent to Urban Drainage and Flood Control indicating the City's intent to allocate matching funds of up to $600,000 for land acquisition for regional drainage projects. I further move that the City Manager's Office bring forth a budget amendment for the matching funds from the unallocated reserve once a final dollar amount has been agreed upon by the City and Urban Drainage. Seconded by Mrs. Rotola; carried 7-0. Motion by Mr. Gokey to provide in the Budget $75,000 from the General Fund or CDBG money for acquiring matching funds from Jefferson County Housing Authority for restoration of Wheat Ridge senior homes; seconded by Mrs. Sang. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES: October 8, 2007 Page -3- Substitute Motion by Ms. Berry to take this topic to a future Study Session to explore and discuss how these monies are managed; seconded by Council Members Schulz and Rotola; carried 7-0. Motion by Mr. Gokey to amend his original motion to take discussion of this issue to the next Study Session on October 15, 2007 in order to consider a possible amendment to the Budget at the October 22,2007 meeting; seconded by Mrs. Sang; carried 7-0. Original Motion by Mr. Gokey as amended carried 7-0. Item 3. COUNCIL BILL 24-2007 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 25 OF THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS CONCERNING URBAN RENEWAL. Mayor DiTullio opened the public hearing. Council Bill 24-2007 was introduced on second reading by Council Member Berry. City Clerk Michael Snow assigned Ordinance No. 1403. Mayor DiTullio closed the public hearing. Motion by Council Member Berry to approve Council Bill 25-2007 (Ordinance 1403) on second reading and that it take effect 15 days after final publication, with the following amendment: Section 25-24, second sentence, to read: The at-large members may include one (1) ELECTED CITY OFFICIAL (EXCLUDING THE MAYOR), AND/OR ONE (1) NON- RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNS, Insert 'HAS AN INTEREST IN OR IS A CORPORA TE OFFICER OF' A LICENSED BUSINESS IN GOOD STANDING LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY.; Seconded by Mr. Schulz; carried 7-0. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES: October 8, 2007 Page -4- Item 4. COUNCIL BILL 25-2007 - AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING DISPOSAL BY DEMOLITION OF A CITY-OWNED BUILDING LOCATED AT 2760/2770 CHASE STREET, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO. Mayor DiTullio opened the public hearing. Council Bill 25-2007 was introduced on second reading by Council Member Berry. City Clerk Michael Snow assigned Ordinance No. 1404. Mrs. Manwaring presented the Staff report. Mayor DiTullio closed the public hearing. Motion by Ms. Berry to postpone this item to the next regular meeting on October 22, 2007, for action only; seconded by Council Members Womble and Rotola; carried 6-1 with Mr. Gokey voting No. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 5. COUNCIL BILL 26-2007 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, SUBSECTION 22-58(a)(2) OF THE WHEAT RIDGE CODE OF LAWS CONCERNING DIRECT SALES TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. Council Bill 26-2007 was introduced on first reading by Mrs. Sang. Motion by Mrs. Sang to approve Council Bill 26-2007 on first reading, order it published, public hearing set for Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, and that it take effect 15 days after final publication; seconded by Mr. Womble; carried 7-0. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES: October 8, 2007 Page -5- ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS Mr. Snow reminded citizens that the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming election is October 9,2007. Registration forms must be received by the Jefferson County Clerk's Election Office by 5:00pm. The Wheat Ridge City Clerk's office has registration forms and will accept and deliver registration forms to the Jefferson County Office. Mr. Snow also informed electors that the registration status of voters who did not vote in the General Election in 2006 have been made "inactive". "Inactive" voters will not automatically receive a ballot for this upcoming election unless a Request for Mail-in Ballot form is submitted to the Jefferson County Election Office by October 30, 2007. Mr. Stites reminded citizens to "find it and buy it in Wheat Ridge". Meeting adjourned at 8:47p.m. Michael Snow, City Clerk APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 22,2007 BY A VOTE OF l to ~- I ,M~.. Mikb: ~tites, Mayor pro tem The preceding Minutes were prepared according to S47 of Robert's Rules of Order, Le, they contain a record of what was done at the meeting, not what was said q)~..the~.,...c .fOI members. 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