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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/15/1979 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO October 15, 1979 The October 15, 1979 Regular City Council t'1eeting was convened by t1ayor Phillips at 7 40 P III Counc il members present t1ary Jo Cavarra, Joseph M Donaldson, Anthony R Flasco, Gary L Lewman, and Louise F Turner Also present City Clerk Carol F Hampf, City Treasurer James Malone, City Attorney Ed Lambert, Department Heads Richard Bredt, Chief Ed Pinson, Charles Stromberg, and inter- ested citi zens APPROVAL OF MINUTES t~OTION by ~1r Donaldson to approve the ~1inutes of October 8, 1979 as printed seconded by Mrs Turner, carried 6-0 MOTION by Mr Flasco to hold an executive session at the end of the meeting regarding Civil Action number 79CV 693 seconded by Mr Le~TIlan, carried 6-0 PUBLI C COt1fvlENT James Malone, City Treasurer informed Council that he was in receipt of 6 proposals from various auditing firms to date and inquired if Council wished to have this on next week's Agenda Council decided to do so Claudia Worth, 4G50 Oak Street, requested Council to add additional money to the budget for repair of the buildings roofs at the Historical Park PUBLIC HErRINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Budget Transfer Resolution appropriating funds for the City's contribution towards the Columbia Heights Library, vJheat Pidge, Colorado (Tabled from September 24, and October 8, 1979) William Knott, Library Director and Cyndy Redifer, Librarian of the Columbia Heights Library said that the library is open for business and last week checked out more books than the average They reviewed some of the problems and work that remains to be done Walt Petit, 3281 Depew and Ben Chastain, 3250 ~arshall Street, gave their concerns about the physical conditions of the facility at this tillle t~OTION by ~1rs Cavarra to remove Resolution 663 from the Tab 1 e , seconded by ~1r Lewman, carri ed 6-0 ~10TION by ~1rs Cavarra that Resol uti on 663 be approved, seconded by Mr Lewman, carried 6-0 ~10TIONbyt1rs Turner that the City direct or allow the Parks crews to assist in clean-up work in the librarv yard portion of the Columbia Heights Library for a period of 10 days, seconded by f1r Pepe, carri ed 6-0 Item 2 A Public Hearing re General (Operating) Sales Tax Improvements, Park Acquisition, Conservation Trust, and Revenue Sharing Budgets for the 1980 fiscal year for the City of Wheat Ridge (Deferred from September 24, and October 8, 1979 for decision Discussion involved (1) possible increased contribution to the Police Pension Fund, (2) budgeting for salary increases and (3) allocation for 44th Avenue The Police Pension Board had requested that the city's contribution to the Police Pension Fund be increased to 9t in 1980 No change was made MOTION by Mrs Cavarra that the Resolution adopting the 1980 Budget include a 9" lump sum salary adjustment, its use to be determined prior to January 1, 1980 by a committee of the Personnel and Civil Service Commissions and 3 employees, selected by Department Heads, seconded by ~1rs Turner, failed 3-3 with Mr Lewman, ~lr Pepe and Mrs Turner voting No MOTION by t~rs Turner that the Resolution adopting the 1980 Budget include a 10~ lump sum salary adjustment, its use to be determined prior to January 1, 1980 by a committee of the Personnel and Civil Service Commissions and 3 employees, selected by Depart- ment Heads, seconded by Mr Lewman, carried 5-1, t1r Donaldson voting No CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 15, 1979 Page -2- Mr Lewman revised his motion that was deferred from last week to read that $60,000 be taken out of the Street Improvement fund, and $240,000 taken from the Contingency Reserve for a total of $300,000 This would be budgeted in Accounts 01-303-879, West 44th Avenue Repairs/Reconstruction, and 31-303-840, Street improvements West 44th Avenue (carry-over project) This would leave a balance in the Contingency reserve of $299,068, Mrs Cavarra the second concurred with the changes, Motion carried 4-2, Mr Flasco, and Mr Donaldson voting No C f', Resolution apl)ropriating funds for the purpose of Departmental Operations and Capital Improvements for the City of Wheat Ridge General Government for the fiscal year 1980 Resolution the Cl erk (figures to seconded by B was introduced by Mr Le~ffian, numbered 664 and the title read by MOTION by ~1r Lewman for the adoption of Resolution 664 as amended be changed to reflect the salary and 44th Avenue motions), Mr Donaldson, carried 6-0 Resolution adopting the City Budget and establishing a mill levy for the purpose of derivinq property tax revenues to the City of Wheat Ridae for the fiscal year 1Q80 Resolution the Clerk seconded by was introduced by Mr Lewman, numbered 665 and the title read by MOTION by Mr Lewman for the adoption of Resolution 665 as printed, Mr Donaldson, carried 6-0 Item 3 A Ordinance No 363 - Providing for the approval of rezoning from Hospital-Two (H-2) to Residential-One (R-l) for land located at approximately 3400 Dudley, City of vJheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Wheat Ridge Foundation) B Case No WS-79-1 - A request by the Wheat Ridge Foundation for approval of a Final Plat of the Lutheran Subdivision (8 lots) located on approximately the southeast corner of West 38th Avenue and Dudley Street MOTION by Mr Lewman "I move to Table Ordinance 363, identified as Case WZ-79-~ and WS-79-1 indefinitely at the applicants' re- que s t ", seconded by t~rs Turner, carrri ed 6-0 Item 4 Application by Ernest B Fullerton for approval of a Final Develop- ment Plan of the Fullerton Planned Residential Development located at 3830 Otis Street (Case No WZ-79-4) Mr Stromberg gave the staff comments and entered the exhibits into the record, explaining that there had been no changes from the preliminary plan Ernest Fullerton, 4465 Reed Street, applicant was present and also confirmed that no changes had been made ~10TION by Mr Donaldson that Case No WZ-79-4, a request for approval of the Fullerton Planned Residential Development--Final Development Plan be approved for the following reasons 1 Requirements for publishing, posting and notifying have been met, 2 The subject parcel is within the City of Wheat Ridge and, therefore, there is jurisdiction to hear, 3 This is a request to approve a Final Development Plan on land located at 3830 Otis The Planning Commission heard this case on September 20, 1979, and recommended approval 4 The Final Development Plan is consistent with the Preliminary Development Plan as no additional changes have been made 5 All requirements of the Zoning Ordinance have been met 6 The applicant may add additional landscaping replacing any paving that is in excess of the minimum require ments This request is in compliance with the existing Compre- hen s i ve P 1 an, seconded by fvlrs Turner, carri ed 6-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 15, 1979 Page -3- Item 5 Ordinance No 364 - Amending Subsection B 1 a , concerning Permits, of Appendix A, Section 24, Zoning Ordinance, of The Code of The City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, by the addition of a Subparagraph (4) Ordinance was introduced on second reading by Mrs Turner and title read by the Clerk ~10TION by fvlrs Turner that Ordinance 365 be approved on second reading, seconded by f1r Donaldson, carried 6-0 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS Item 6 Council recommendation to UDFCO concerning the District's proposed 5-year Capi tal Improvement Pl an Scott Tucker of the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District gave the past history of projects and expenditures and reviewed the new 5-year plan Item 7 Decision regarding purchase of fitness equipment from Sales Tax Improvement Fund It was determined that the Nautilus equipment is unique for our purposes of adult muscle toning and not muscle building and also we are in receipt of an attorney's letter that it is a sole source MOTION by Mrs Cavarra that we accept the quotation from Nautilus Equipment Inc in the amount of $21,765 00 to be charged to Account No 31-603-800- 862, seconded by ~1r Lewman, carried 5-1 with ~1r Flasco voting No Item 8 Request to purchase I-meter diving tower MOTION by Mr Donaldson to authori ze purchase of one Arcadi a Pedestal I-meter diving tower, to be paid to Flatland Custom Pools, Inc , POBox 149, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104, at a cost of $3563, to be charged to Account No 31-603-880", seconded by r,1r Lewman, carried 6-0 Item 9 Approval of final payment to Howard Electric Co in the amount of $3,094 32 for traffic signal installation at 29th and Wadsworth MOTION by r~r Lewman to approve final payment to Howard Electric Company for the traffic signal installation at 29th and Wadsworth in the amount of $3,094 32 providing no claims are received in response to the i10ti ce of Fi nal Settl ement", seconded by t1r Donaldson, carried 6-0 MAYOR'S MATTERS Mayor Phillips said that he had received information from Public Service that the experiment of using lower lumen bulbs in the street lights on one block would be at no cost to the City and asked Council if they wished to have someone come out from Public Service to discuss it Council desired to try the experiment first CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S MATTERS Mr Bredt explained that Public Service had changed the way that they would supply gas to the Anderson Building That it would now be a high pressure rather than a low pressure line and the cost differential would be $2,352 He is to check into the matter to see if we then would be eligible for the industrial rate MOTION by Mr Lewman to authori ze the Mayor to sign the Change Order on the Municipal Pool in the amount of $2,352 to meet with the requirements of Public Service Company of Colorado, seconded by Mr Donaldson, carried 6-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 15, 1979 Page -4- Mr Bredt also discussed the colors of the roofs and buildings at the Municipal Pool (Bath house, connector and Anderson Building) The roof currently is white and the building blue and white It had been previously planned for the bath- house and connector to have blue roofs to coordinate with the Anderson building but he was suggesting that instead the bath house and connector have a white roof as does the Anderson building He also recommended that the bathhouse and connector be suede beige and the Anderson building be painted to match The white roof would be an additional $2,012 50 and painting the Anderson building approximately $3,000 labor and $1,500 paint ~10TION by t1r Lewman to approve the Change Order for the Swimmi ng Pool for colors and painting the Anderson building in the amount of $6,512 50 to be charged to account no 31-603-800-880, seconded by Mr Donaldson, carried 6-0 Executive Session was held ADJOURNMENT Meeting was adjourned at 11 00 P m ~;;;;<(/ 12> 4~~--- Carol F Hampf, City er~ ~ APPROVED CFH,chj,