Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/30/1978 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO October 30, 1978 At 7 30 pm, October 30, 1978, Mayor Phillips called the Four Hundred Twenty-ninth Regular Meeting of the City Council to order Council Members present Mary Jo Cavarra, Joseph M Donaldson, Anthony N Flasco, Gary L Lewman, Ray C Pepe, and Louise F Turner Also present were City Admin- istrator John A Jerman, City Attorney Edmund G Lambert, Deputy City Clerk Phyllis J Kramer, Department Heads Clyde E Hobbs, Chief Ed Pinson, Charles Stromberg, staff, and interested citizens Approval of Minutes MOTION by CM Donaldson "I move for the approval of the Minutes of the meeting of October 23rd, 1978, as printed", seconded by CM Flasco CM Turner requested a clarification on page 2 to amend the approval of the motion to add, in the sentence beginning "Peter Rex, third sentence, 3388 Swadley, presented a petition of, I am not sure of the number, I be- lieve it was approximately 140 area citizens requesting that the area be kept as undeveloped open space, rather than the wording that is in the bal- ance of that sentence" CM Turner also requested distribution of the peti- tions to Council Motion carried 6-0 Public Comment Mabel Langley, 4321 Hoyt Ct , member of Retired Volunteer Leaders, Jefferson County, spoke of the need for a Senior Citizen meal site in Wheat Ridge, and described other locations Mayor advised her of present proposals being studied in this matter Vivian Towell stated she wished to take opportunity to commend Mr Jerman and Mr Hobbs for prompt action for "no parking" sign at intersection of 32nd and Wadsworth--a new problem with RTD buses, and stated a request to resolve the problem had also been forwarded to the RTD representative Dougal Graham, 3330 Chase St , stated he would like to commend the City for the accessibility and placement of the bicycle racks at the Municipal Building Decisions, Resolutions, and Motions Item 1 Presentation and approval of Alignment for Schedule II (west of Kip- ling St to Lee St ), Lena Gulch Final Design Brian S Kolstad, Chief, Design & Construction Program, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, read the October 30, 1978 letter of the District to the City, i e "Dear Council Members On t~arch 16, 1978, a public meeting was held to show the proposed alignment of Schedule II of Lena Gulch to those concerned Based upon some additional calculations and meetings with con- cerned citizens, the alignment presented tonight appears to fit all criteria The District requests approval of this alignment so Wright-McLaughlin can pro- ceed with the design of this Schedule Before rights-of-way are purchased, the completed design will be shown to those concerned" Mr Kolstad intro- duced Dave Love and John Sorensen, Engineers, Wright-McLaughlin, who assisted in the presentation of Schedule II alignment The design indicated three types of channeling will be used structural wall, box culvert, and grass- lined The design was developed after public meetings held with the citizens and Council, and, in addition, individual meetings were also held with resi- dents directly affected by the improvement The final project will define the Right-of-way The width and depth design of the channel was necessary to insure accessibility and ease for maintenance of the various types of channeling Mr Kolstad further stated, with reference to responsibility of maintenance District would now become involved in the maintenance, with budgeting therefor approved on October 20th, so that when Lena Gulch is im- proved, will assist in the maintenance, debris removal, repair, mowing, etc (The Council recessed to enable citizens, Councilmembers, and staff to view the proposed design in its entirety) Meeting reconvened and concerns of citizens re existing water rights and other details were discussed Mr Kolstad stated irrigation lines and pumps would be replaced if legal water rights exist, and would work out specific details and problems in the field as the system is developed No objections were made to the general alignment design MOTION by CM Turner "I would move that we approve this alignment, or the concept of this general path, and authorize the engineers to continue to work out the details with the people who have concerns along it", seconded by CM Pepe, carried 6-0 City Council Minutes October 30, 1978 Page -2- CM Flasco introduced the problem located at 38th and Miller Discussion thereof agreeable to Council Mr Kolstad commented as follows The problem was involved with Schedule III of the Lena Gulch Final Design, ie, which route to take with respect to the Red Barn/Fire Station area, listing the alternatives as route in front of Red Barn building, take back part of the building, or to take fire station and building around Red Barn, and stated the need to ask Baughar & Associates to analyze the various alternatives The funds for this analysis could come from the accumulated interest on the deposited matching funds (City/District) The study would cost $1600 to $2000 MOTION by CM Cavarra "I would move that we authorize Urban Drainage and Flood Control District to use the accumulated interest money to secure an appraisal of the Red Barn", seconded by CM Turner CM Flasco stated to comply with the Charter provisions he would request to be allowed to abstain from voting for the reason he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Wheat Ridge Fire District, if agreeable to Council Council agreed Motion carried 5-1, with CM Flasco abstaining Mr Kolstad stated he will also meet with Mr Campbell to see if he still feels the same re use of the property Item 2 Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of the Crown Hill Property for Parks, Recreation and Open Space Purposes jointly in cooperation with the City of Lakewood and Jefferson County under the County Open Space Program Resolution introduced by CM Donaldson, requested Clerk to assign a number, and on page 2, concerning share of Wheat Ridge, requested the insertion of 20% Accepted as Motion, seconded by CM Flasco Cm Donaldson requested the entire Resolution be read into the record Resolution numbered 618, 20% inserted on page 2 as to percentage share of the City, and read by the Clerk MOTION TO AMEND by CM Pepe "On page 2, I move that, the first sentence to read as, the only change, be it further resolved, that Wheat Ridge's share and contribution shall not exceed 25% of the total purchase pri ce", seconded by CM Turner CM Cavarra stated she supports CM Pepe's amendment because the County has committed 50%, and feels the 25% is equitable as the property lies on three sides of Wheat Ridge, would have a greater impact on a larger percentage of our population, and would give an equal standing in the development of the property CM Donaldson stated his reason for asking that it be 20% was the fact that Lakewood has a lot more revenue coming into their City, also has a larger Open Space budget, and felt they would use this park just as much as Wheat Ridge, if not more CM Flasco stated intend to vote against this amendment for all the reasons Mr Donaldson stated, and further, talked with several Lakewood Council people individually and have no reason to believe they would balk at spending 30% rather than 25%-- they have over three times the population that Wheat Ridge has CM Turner stated, since all taking a position on this motion, will support the motion, as believe 25% is extremely equitable, even though Lakewood is a larger entity and has a larger open space fund--it is a higher percentage of Wheat Ridge that will be served than that in Lakewood Motion carried 4-2, with CM Flasco and CM Donaldson voting NO AMENDING MOTION by CM Turner "I wou 1 d move that the Whereas clause, 'Whereas, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge has met on several occasions with represen- tatives of Lakewood and Jefferson County concerning this matter, and such meetings have resulted in majority support of elected officials for this purchase', be deleted, the reason being that I don't think we can speak for the other jurisdictions when one has indicated that it has not yet taken that action", seconded by CM Cavarra, carried 6-0 Cm Flasco stated he felt it was pertinent to discuss at this time the intent and use of this purchase--develop it as park land, leave it as open space-- and would like the question answered as to water rights The Mayor stated a study of the water re this property was available, and that the request from the County for tonight was to determine whether or not Wheat Ridge was inter- ested in this project, and, if so, at what percentage Motion to adopt Resolution as amended carried 6-0 Item 3 Plan for Reapportionment pursuant to City Charter, Section 17 3 Council discussed possible ground rules It was a 5-1 consensus that a quadrant--four squares--would be feasible Mr. Lambert stated key is population, does not have to be a mathematical certainty--each dis- trict must be substantially equal, and a substantial deviation in population City Council Minutes October 30, 1978 Page -3- must be justified CM Flasco stated he had developed several sketches, with one particular plan dividing the City into four areas The first area would go from Sheridan to Wadsworth, from 26th to 38th, the second area would go from 38th to the northern border, from Sheridan to Clear Creek and would in- clude precinct 4408 which is below and between 38th and 44th, but west of Wadsworth, the third area would go from Wadsworth to the western border, and the southern border to 38th between Wadsworth and Kipling, and go north to Clear Creek from Kipling to Youngfield, and the rest of the City would be retained in that what is left He stated the population figures as given by Community Development, using the presented plan, compute to a 2 8% differ- ence from the highest to the lowest Mr Lambert stated that was within the guidelines set CM Flasco stated area 1 would have 9,238 people, or 25 5% of population, area 2 is 9,489, or 26 2%, area 3 is 9,022, or 24 9%, and area 4 is 8,485, or 23 4% This plan also would not cut or alter any of the present precincts The Council Members individually reviewed the sketch proposed The City staff was requested to check the computations for cor- rectness, so that the record will reflect the correct totals MOTION by CM Cavarra "I certainly endorse this plan--if there is a consensus, ask to have the figures verified, publish it, and set a Public Hearing--set the Public Hearing for November 20th", seconded by CM Flasco, carried 6-0 City Administrator's Matters Mr Jerman advised Council Mr Hobbs had a report on the 1978 Street Program Mr Hobbs stated the work was scheduled to be completed according to contract on October 26--two bad weather days--finished the contract up this evening as of 5 00, final inspection not yet made He further reported two remaining curb and gutter repair problems from the 1977 program will be completed by end of this week Mr Jerman reported two separate offers had been received re purchase of the Police/Community Development Building The first offer C M Bright & Anthony W Haley, amount of $185,000, cash & note with deed of trust Second offer David L Butler and Paul Larry Brown, amount of $175,000, cash terms Council reviewed the information City had paid $150,000 for the property five years ago, it had since appreciated, the appraisal indicated $200,000, and did not believe should accept note/deed of trust Council consensus Instruction is that the two offers are not acceptable as they are now--City does not intend to carry paper, wants a cash offer, but something higher than what has been indicated, it is con- sensus that both offers are rejected at this time If another offer is made, it will be brought to Council at the November 6th session Mr Jerman requested approval of submission of Project Application Form to RTD for 7 proposed projects in Wheat Ridge, with 75% RTD/25% City funding, for bus pullout and shelter construction If all projects were to be funded, maximum cost to City estimated at $50,000 The concerns of Council included ROW problem~ necessary review by the Mass Transit Committee, and time element MOTION by CM Cavarra "I move that the City Administrator be author- ized to submit project applications under the RAUS Program of RTD as listed in the report to Council dated October 30, 1978, on this subject, with the understanding that the application does not bind the Council to continue with funding and further study be undertaken by the staff to determine if existing right-of-way is ample", seconded by CM Lewman, carried 4-2, with CMs Pepe and Turner voting NO Mayor informed Council that a suggestion has been made to RTD that they acquire certain acreage on the property for sale at Lee Sand & Gravel for bus terminal turn-around/staging Response RTD representative came out, was taken on tour of site, he stated it had possibilities and would be taken up with the Man- agement Committee on Thursday of this week Purpose of this site would be for a Park' n 'Ride and bus turn-around Council Members' Matters CM Donaldson asked if a contract had been drawn with Mr Smith for the lobby design work It was reported a meeting has been held with Mr Smith concern- ing criteria for the contract, and information forwarded to City Attorney's office for contract preparation for Council approval at a future meeting City Council Minutes October 30, 1978 Page -4- CM Cavarra stated several months ago the Identity Committee had submitted its report, believes the report deserves a hearing for possible incorporation in the Comprehensive Plan, and requests the recommendation of the Planning Commission be forwarded to the City Council, so that a Public Hearing can be held on this item on December 11th CM Turner also asked that the request re recommendation of the R-2 section of the Zoninq Laws be brought to Council at the same time CM Lewman stated, if agreeable with Council, he would attend the NLC Confer- ence in St Louis, Council consensus approved MOTION TO ADJOURN, seconded, carried unanimously, ADJOURNED at 10 15 p m APPROVED 11/, .3/ ;y , I ~tr\buted 10 CouncH 1\" 11/2/78 Mayor From .~ y 'Gierk: City Adm. ~C f freas: City Any Dept. Heads To Admin Services for mail distribution