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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/03/1978 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO April 3, 1978 The Four Hundred and Third Regular called to order by Mayor Oliver V Field St meeting of the Wheat Ridge City Council was Phillips at 7 30 pm, April 3, 1978, 4355 Councilpersons present were Mary Jo Cavarra, Joseph M Donaldson, Anthony N FIasco, Gary L Lewman, Ray C Pepe, and Louise F Turner Also present were City Clerk Carol F Hampf, City Treasurer James 0 Malone, City Administrator John A Jerman, City Attorney Edmund G Lambert, Deputy City Clerk Phyllis J Kramer, Department Heads Richard H Bredt, Clyde E Hobbs, Chief Ed Pinson, Charles H Stromberg, staff, and interested citizens Mr Charles H Stromberg, the newly appointed Director of Community Development Department, was introduced by the City Administrator Mr Stromberg began his work with the City April 3, 1978 Ordinances on First Reading Item 1 Ordinance providing for City Employee Longevity Pay, Merit Salary Increases, Cost of Living, and Sick Leave Conversion Pay Ordinance introduced by Councilperson Lewman, number 274 assigned and title read by Clerk ~otion by Councilperson FIasco "I move that Ordinance No 274 be adopted on first reading, ordered published in full in the Wheat Ridge Sentinel, and that a Public Hearing and consideration be set for April 17, 1978, at 7 30 pm, in the City Council Chambers at 4355 Field St and that the effective date be January I, 1978", seconded by Councilperson Lewman, carried 6-0 Council requested the Ordinance be referred to the Personnel Commission before it comes back for second reading and public hearing Item 2 Ridge, Ordinance Amending Sec 16-3, Code of Laws, City of Wheat Regarding the Applicability of Personnel Rules & Regulations Ordinance introduced by Councilperson Cavarra, number 275 assigned and title read by Clerk Motion by Councilperson Cavarra "I would move that Ordinance No 275 be approved on first reading, that the public hearing be set for April 17, 1978, at 7 30 p m in the City Council Chambers, 4355 Field St ", seconded by Councilperson Pepe Motion to amend the Ordi- nance by Councilperson Turner "I would move that we amend this Ordinance to include a number 8, under 16-3, and that number 8 to be, the Court Bailiff, and add Section 2, Effective Date, that this Ordinance be retroactive to the 1st of January, 1978, and the existing part of the Ordinance be numbered Section 1", seconded by Councilperson Pepe, carried 6-0 Motion to adopt Ordinance as amended carried 6-0 The City Admin- istrator will see that this Ordinance is forwarded to the Personnel Commission for review Item 3 Decision concerning Purchase of Crown Hill from Open Space Funds with City contributing its pro rata share Councilperson Cavarra reported on happenings at the Committee meetings That the County Commissioners had a majority at the meeting and are strongly committed to the purchase of this site, and would like to have some indications that the Cities are in agreement--contingent upon it being a cooperative venture with the County and the two Cities, and wished to present a motion if appropriate Motion by Councilperson Cavarra "I would move that the Wheat Ridge City Council authorize the Open Space Committee to continue negotiations with the West Aspen Corporation to purchase the Crown Hill site", seconded by Councilperson Pepe Concern was expressed by Councilperson FIasco with respect to sufficiency of information and whether this constituted reverse condemnation (City Attorney stated that in his opinion it would not), and re- quested opportunity to abstain on the basis of insufficient information Request was not granted Councilperson FIasco stated that his reason for voting no "on the motion was because of the lack of information--there was not enough infor- mation to make a vote on this matter"--and that the "record" was to show this reason as well as the "City's Administrative Bulletin" Opinion of other Council- persons was to the effect that they felt the motion a first step in getting information needed Motion carried 5-1, with Councilperson FIasco voting no Motion by Councilperson FIasco "Due to my concern that the acquisition of the Crown Hill property may create a debt as that term is used in the Colorado Re- vised Statutes, and because I believe that this Council should be concerned CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 3, 1978 Page -2- "with the public opinion as to whether the Crown Hill property should be acquired for public purposes, I move that the Wheat Ridge City Council call a special election as provided under the Colorado Municipal Election Code for the purpose of submitting to the registered electors of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, the following questions I Shall the City of Wheat Ridge participate in the acquisition of the real property lying east of Kipling Street, south of 32nd Avenue, north of 26th Avenue, and west of the Crown Hill Cemetery to be used for Open Space purposes? Yes No 2 Shall the acquisition cost of acquiring the real property be paid in installments which extend over a period of time greater than one year? Yes No " seconded by Councilperson Pepe It was indicated by Councilpersons they felt this would be a premature action at this time, as the County's request was for a showing of continued interest Motion defeated by vote of 1-5, with Council- persons Turner, Cavarra, Donaldson, Lewman, and Pepe voting no Councilperson FIasco requested the record to show "It is my concern that this Council does not know what a majority of the citizens of the City desire Yet we speak of committing several years of Open Space tax dollars without input from the citi- zens A good Council first gathers the information before committing the expen- diture" MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8 00 p m STUDY SESSION CONVENED Item I Presentation concerning 1-76 and 1-70 Interchange by Colo- rado Department of Highways (Phil Demosthenes, Project Engineer 1-76, and Al Shablo, Pre-construction Engineer) Mr Demosthenes, representing the Colorado Division of Highways, Environmental Project Leader, for 1-76, advised the Council that in designing the 1-70/1-76/ Wadsworth Blvd Interchange, it will be necessary to construct a new driveway for the Swiss Society to replace the present access This proposed driveway will connect at Otis St & W 48th Ave , continue northwesterly down side of 1-70 to end at the Society's existing parking lot, to be made of asphalt, and constructed at State design standards The driveway would be placed on State owned property The State understands the City desires to have a hiker/biker path for purposes of connecting to the Clear Creek Trail System The State will construct such a path (from Swiss Society to Broadway), provided the City would assume complete maintenance responsibility for the proposed driveway, however, if the City cannot so provide maintenance, and the Society being unable to do so, then the Department of Highways would have to relocate the Society and would not be able to build the biker/hiker path If this proposal is accept- able to the City, the State would assist the City and the Society in developing an acceptable maintenance agreement He further informed the City this was a part of an $18,000,000 project, the proposed driveway would cost an estimated $250,000, a 48" drainage continuation, that construction would be on State-owned property through acquisition of State right-of-way, and would be constructed under Federal standards with respect to requirements of safety protection and noise pollution Concern was expressed by Council members concerning access to Johnson Park by traffic from Wadsworth Blvd , ramp system, and design of the trails system, and use of maintenance vehicles on the trail Consensus of Council authorized the matter to be placed on the agenda of April 10 for deci- sion Vernon Stolzfees, 7185 W 48th Ave, stated his residence was right on top of the bluff, and expressed his concern as to accessibility of hillside from proposed trail, noise barriers, and property values Kent Collins, 7101 W 48th Ave, also resides on the bluff, expressed same concerns Mr Demos- thenes requested the citizens to contact him personally regarding their ques- tions Item 3 Proposed Freeze on various budgeted Capital Improvements Projects due to cash flow problems and delay in receiving BOR Grant Funds for Swimming Pool City Administrator affirmed that the BOR Swimming Pool grant funding of $236,000 will not be realized by the City until the fiscal year of 1979 which could create a cash flow problem in the 1978 Capital Improvement Fund, and proposed recoNmended project freezing Council discussed review of status concerning City Hall budget allocation, drainage projects, Wheat Ridge Park improvements, and bikeways Nancy Snow, 11155 W 40th Ave, suggested a cut in the street budget rather than the drainage program Consensus of Council CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 3, 1978 Page -3- indicated would consider on agenda of April 10th a freezing of (862-3) Paving parking lot at \{heat Ridge Park--$34,OOO, (862-4) Two (2) tennis courts at Wheat Ridge Park--$20,000, transferring the (811-h) City Hall moving expense of $10,500 to the General Fund, that (862-5) Ballpark lighting (and dugouts) at Prospect Park, Field #2--$29,000 (ballpark lighting bid has previously been denied), suggested some $50,000 could be realized as left-over City Hall pro- jects funds, and that as much funds as possible should be left in the drainage budget for 1978 projects, that the City Hall presentation be placed on the April 10th agenda prior to consideration of this item However, it was suggested that no specific figures be indicated and that up-to-date current information be available to use for Council consideration Item 2 Outline Proposal for the Preparation of the City-wide Master Drainage Plan, and Authorization to Solicit Proposals from Qualified Engineering Firms City Administrator reviewed the outline prepared by Director of Public Works on which proposals could be secured for preparation of a Master Drainage Plan for the entire City Consensus of Council agreed to tentatively approve or author- ize the Street Committee to work with staff in the preparation of a Request for Proposals (RFP) to be brought to Council for consideration as an item for approval as soon as possible Item 4 Study of Suggestions made during Planning Sessions of Febru- ary 25, 1978, and Policy recommendations for April 10 Motion City Clerk reviewed suggestions of February 25 under item 2 A, indicated items which have been tentatively incorporated, asked for additional suggestions and recommendations, and requested Council authorization for implementation of those suggestions desired, by motio~ to add to the Council Rules of Order and Procedure Council indicated approval of outcome of those procedures already used, suggested Mayor Pro Tem and Council President work with the City Clerk in the preparation of appropriate material for formal action by the Council Item 5 Discussion of Procedures for handling Liquor & Beer Hearings, and up-date of Resolution No 352 City Clerk reviewed procedures currently in use, the recommended changes and reasons therefor, stated the State laws were updated in 1976, that Resolution No 352 is out of date, and that the City's requirements should be adopted in ordinance form Concerning the recommendation as to requirements of background information for in-state personnel, testimony at the Hearing should include the status of the corporation Council and City Attorney reviewed the various as- pects involved in the procedural recommendations City Clerk and Citv Attorney directed to prepare an ordinance for Council consideration Item 6 A Personnel Matters City Clerk City Clerk set out proposed needs and procedures supporting request for per- sonnel, and suggesting use of two half-day high school students if available Questions of Council concerning microfilming requirements of the City, attend- ance at Council meetings, workload structure, and personnel requested were reviewed by City Clerk Council suggested review by Personnel Commission, would consider suggestion of use of high school students, and City Clerk will proceed with investigation of request It em 6 B Personnel Matters City Administrator City Administrator reviewed the functions and duties suggested for a Maintenance Supervisor--new position--for the City Hall and Swimming Pool Complexes of the City After consideration of concerns of the Council, it was suggested the position be assigned as a part of the engineering staff of the Public Works De- partment, the Personnel Commission study the problem and develop a recommendation, and consideration of costs of contracting janitorial services be made City Administrator and Purchasing Agent requested consideration of assigning a full time purchasing clerk to the office as originally recommended in the 1978 Budget Councilmen asked that the new Director of Administrative Services re- view the entire operation of his Department, including Departments doing some of their own purchasin& before consideration of this request ADJOURNED AT 11 27 P m --,--~ c ,-::;r / - / / r: ;cc.r /J _ _ .~ / / U';f .7J,-;,-/ CAROL F HAMPF, CITY CLE&K ~ pjk APPROVED, . ~.. l t / \