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November 15, 1975
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The ~~hunl.~f;~ and forty-third regular meeting of the Wheat Ri~ge
City Council was called to order at 7 25 p.m. by Mayor Frank Stltes
at 4355 Field St. An Executive Session scheduled for 7 00 p.m was
not held due to lack of a quorum.
Councilmen present were Mary Jo Cavarra, Joseph Donaldson, Robert
Howard, Calvin Hulsey, Larry Merkl and Louise Turner.
Also present were City Administrator John Jerman, City Attorney
Maurice Fox, City Clerk Elise Brougham, staff and interested citizens.
A special presentation under Public Comment was arranged by Gary Lewman
who had two representatives from Metro Sewage District, Ray McNeal and
John Van Roy present to explain their proposal for wastewater management
in the Clear Creek Basin. Various alternatives had been considered
and the 3 cheapest ones were as follows
Alternative 1 - parallel interceptor along Clear Creek $20.9 Million.
Alternative 2 - Construction of new wastewater treatment plant
at Youngfield and W. 40 Ave. - $25.1 Million.
Alternative 5 - Construction of infiltration and percolation basins
near W. 44 Ave. and McIntyre St. - $22.9 Million.
It was stated they would like input from Wheat Ridge as soon as possible
and they would be willing to come back to another meeting if requested.
There being no corrections or deletions on the Minutes of October 11,
18 & 25, 1975 and November 1, 1975, the Mayor declared they stood approved
as presented. The Minutes of 11/8/75 were requested to be tabled one week.
Item 1. was a Chage of corporate officers for Wheat Ridge Liquors at
5808 W. 38 Avenue and renewal of their Class 0 retail package liquor
license. Attorney Howard Miller of 3798 Marshall was present and
represented the applicant. The new corporate officer is Jerry DeCarlo.
Motion by Councilman Donaldson "I move that Council approve the
renewal of the Class D retail li~uorstore license for the Wheat Ridge
Liquor Co. at 5808 W. 38 Avenue and I further move that the Council
approve the change of corporate officers for the same." Motion was
seconded by Councilman Turner and passed 5-0.
Item 2. was approval of renewal of various liquor licenses.
Motion by Councilman Donaldson "I move that Council approve the renewal
of the Class E drugstore license for Addington Merit Pharmacy at 3810
Wadsworth Blvd." Motion was seconded by Councilman Turner and passed 5-0.
Motion by Councilman Merkl "I move that Council approve the renewal of
the Class F beer and wine license for Los Panchos Inc. at 5351 W. 44 Ave."
Motion was seconded by Councilman Hulsey and passed 5-0.
Motion by Councilman Hulsey "I move that Council approve the renewal
of the Class G license for West 44 Ave. Inc. dba VernIs at 7505 W. 44 Ave,
and the Class G license for LaFonda Inc. dba La Fonda Mexican Restaurant
at 5750 W. 38 Ave." Motion was seconded by Councilman Donaldson and
passed 5-0.
Motion by Councilman Turner "I move that Council approve the renewal
of the Class G license with extended hours for Wendel Enterprises Inc.
dba House of Lords at 4111 Kipling St." Motion was seconded by Councilman
Merkl and passed 5-0.
Renewals and change to Class T Tavern Licenses was deferred due to
question as to whether this would apply to DAV Club and Gasthaus Ridgeview
Restaurant.
MINUTES - 11/15/75 - Continued
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STUDY SESSION
Item 1. was a report from CH~M Hill & Assoc., engineers on the cost
received from bids for the tfaffic signal equipment at 3 Acre Lane
and Wadsworth. They recommended in the report to award the bid
to Midwest. Signal. Mayor Stites expressed concern that. the light.
would be installed by 1/15/77. Mr. Southwell stated it would be tight
but they expected it would be installed by then. The consensus of
Council was that t,hey were trying to meet the date as best as possible,
and if the time ran over a little it could not be helped.
It,em 2. was a report on Blue Cross Health Plan rate increase from
Galbraith & Green, the City's insurance brokers. Dave Olson recommended
that the City stay with Blue Cross and Kaiser etc. although they were
displeased wit,h ~he rate increase. Council requested that bids be
sought for health insurance from other companies.
Item 3. was a letter from the Colorado County Officials and Employees
Retirement Assoc. announcing investment of funds with Equitable Assurance
Society of America at a favorable interest rate and that voluntary con-
tributions could be made by employees.
Item 4. was a letter from Westridge Sanitation District stating that
Metro Sewage District refused to authorize their sewer line connection
through Wheat Ridge Park. Mr. Jerman stated that they would have to
maintain their pumping station now and the City's concession stand could
not be hooked to a sewer line. He stated Metro's objection was that
the line would be unmetered. Council agreed that Metro be approached
by the City to see if an agreement could be worked out, and that
Mr. Jerman is to do the negotiating.
Item 5. Rich Bredt, Director of Parks and Recreation was present to
request that Council authorize retention the Landplan Design Group
to prepare a preliminary design for the city swimming pool BOR Grant
applications. Council stated they felt an uncovered pool should be
designed since there was more likelihood of receiving such a grant.
A contract with the firm is to be brought before Council on 11/22/75.
Item 5. was a report from the Arborist Board to amend Ordinance No. 34 (Tree Ord.)
with the proposals that had been aated in Ordinance No. 219 which had
died for lack of a majority vote. Council agreed to reconsider the
amending ordinance.
Item 7. was submission of the adopted 1977 Operating and Capital
Improvements Budget to Council and the press.
Meeting was adjourned at 8 45 p.m.
An Executive Session was held afterwards with the Planning Commission
and elected officials. An Executive Session was held on land acquisition
matters and other matters afterwards.
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Elise Brougham, City Clerk
APPROVED
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