HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1761 - Wadworth property transfer to CDOTCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HULTIN
Council Bill No. 09
Ordinance No. 1761
Series 2023
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE TRANSFER OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED
PROPERTIES ALONG WADSWORTH BOULEVARD AND FROM
ADJACENT STREETS BETWEEN 35TH AVENUE AND INTERSTATE 70 TO
THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado (“City”) has acquired certain real
properties in connection with the Improve Wadsworth project (“Project”); and
WHEREAS, many of the properties that were acquired are along Wadsworth
Boulevard, State Highway 121, and should be owned by the Colorado Department of
Transportation (Department); and
WHEREAS, some existing municipally-owned properties on the adjacent streets
that will be bounded on two sides by properties being transferred to the Department
should also be owned by the Department; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Wheat Ridge City Charter Section 16.5, the approval
of the City Council, by ordinance, is necessary to sell or dispose of municipally owned
buildings or real property; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that transferring the
municipally-owned properties along Wadsworth Boulevard to the Department is in the
best interest of the City.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Disposal by Transfer. Pursuant to Charter Section 16.5, the City
Council hereby approves the disposal of certain real properties located along
Wadsworth Boulevard by transfer to the Department.
Section 2. Severability, Conflicting Ordinances Repealed. If any section,
subsection, or clause of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall
not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect upon adoption as
provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 7 to 0 on
the 24th day of April 2023, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Wheat Ridge, and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set
for May 8th, 2023, at 6:30 p.m., as a virtual meeting and in the Council Chambers, 7500
West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by
a vote of 6 to 0, this 8th day of May 2023.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 8th day of May 2023.
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Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Stephen Kirkpatrick, City Clerk
Approved as to Form
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Gerald E. Dahl, City Attorney
First Publication: April 27, 2023
Second Publication: May 11, 2023
Jeffco Transcript: May 11, 2023
Effective Date: May 8, 2023