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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/19/1981 ClIi COUNCIL MINUTES CITY Of ~HEAT RIDGE, COLORADO October 19, 1981 The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmembers present Pat Aiello, Bill Bowman, Mary Jo Cavarra, Kent Davis, Ken Lewis, Larry Merkl, Kay Ore, and Louise Turner Also present City Clerk, Carol Hampf, City Administrator, Tom Palmer, City Attorney, John Hayes, Department Heads Richard Bredt, Hugh Brown, Chief Pinson, Charles Stromberg, and Rodger Young, staff, and interested citizens Motion by Mrs Ore for the approval of the Minutes of October 12, 1981 as amended by the addition of Mrs Ore to those present, seconded by Mr Aiello, carried 8-0 PUBLIC COMMENT Paul Gulman, 11673 W 44th Ave, gave a report on the Wheat Ridge Summer Shuttle service Motion by Mrs Turner that we accept this report with thanks to the committee for their work to date, seconded by Mr Bowman, carried 8-0 Claudia Worth, 4650 Oak Street, Anthony N FIasco, 4440 Reed Street, Joseph Donaldson, 7330 W 35th Ave, and Dorothy Thompson, 3014 Chase Street, all spoke in opposition to the wording for the ballot on the R-3 Elderly Housing Ordinance, stating it was misleading and did not reflect the problems Mr Hayes stated that he had submitted the wording and that it was the summary-as prepared by the National Institute of Municipal Law officers (NIMLO) He had submitted the Ordinance to the organization at the time it was passed and they had published this summary in their national magazine He felt that it was well written and unbiased Also the wording has been submitted to the printer and the absentee ballots have already been mailed out PUBLIC HEARING3 AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Public Hearing on application by W Land Ina Beasley for approval of a two lot Minor Subdivision located at 3440 Estes, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson (Case No MS-81-6) Mr ~tromberg gave the staff report and submitted documents into the record Applicant Ina Beasley, 3450 Estes, and Larry Kattari, professional engineer and surveyor, 3490 Independence, were present to speak and sworn in There was no one present in opposition Motion by Mr Bowman that Case No MS-81-S be approved and that all improvements, curb, gutter and sidewalk, be installed by the developer at the time of development, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 7-1, with Mrs Turner voting No, stating there is no other curb, gutter, and sidewalk on either side of Estes Failed Motion by Mrs Turner to include the Planning Commission wording in the interest of consistency within the neighborhood "that the owner execute a Development Agreement for curb, gutter and sidewalk on both Estes & Dudley, such Development Agreement to be executed by the City only at such time as the City has agreements for these improvements by at least 50% of the owners within the block," seconded by Mrs Cavarra, Failed 3-5 with Councilmembers Ore, Aiello, Lewis, Bowman, and Merkl voting No Item 2 Council Bill 90 - An Ordinance regulating the location of Adult Entertainment Facilities within the City of Wheat Ridge and providing a penalty for violation herof Council Bill 90 was introduced on second reading by Mr Bowman, title read by the Clerk City Attorney Hayes introduced Exhibit No 1, a map of the City, indicating the areas where such facilities would be allowed under this ordinance Vivian Waterman, 4651 Eldridge, introduced Exhibit No 2, petitions containing 953 signatures in opposition to the present Adult Book Store on West 44th Motion by Mr Bowman that Council Bill YO (Ordinance 471) be approved on second reading with the changes Mr Hayes recommended (that Section C (c) 5th line words "school or church" be changed to "park or playground", and (d) delete the sentence "Said one thousand feet shall be measured frolD the property line of both the school or church and the property line of the adult entertainment facility ", seconded by Mrs Ore, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 19, lY81 Page -2- Item 3 Resolution 744 - adopting the City Budget and establishing mill levy for the purpose of deriving property tax revenues to the City of Wheat Ridge for the fiscal year 1982 Resolution 745 - adopting the salary sChedule providing for pay grades and pay ranges for the fiscal year 1982 Public Hearing was opened by the Mayor There was no one in opposition to speak Amended Motion for the adoption of the City Budget and establishing-the-Mill Levy for the property tax for the fiscal year 1982 at 3 5 mills with the amendments that 1) the Garrison Street pedestrian/bikeway north of 1-70 be added, as recommended by the Planning Commission, under the Capital Irnprovements Fund in the amount of $20,OUO, and 2) that on page 99 under Parks and Recreation, the Recreation Program Coordinators be retained at 2 5 people, rather than 3 (that the Senior Citizen Coordinator be full time and the cut elsewhere), seconded by Mr Bowman Original Motion by Mr Aiello, seconded by Mr Davis First Amending Motion by Mrs Ore, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 8-0 Second Amending Motion by Mrs Cavarra, seconded by Mr Bowman, carried 6-2, with Mr Merkl and Mr Aiello voting No Motion as amended carried 6-2, with Mr Lewis and Mrs Turner voting No Motion by Mrs Turner that the Playground Program, which had been deleted in its present form, be reinstated Motion Failed for lack of a second Amended Motion for the adoption of the salary schedule providing for pay grades and pay ranges for the fiscal year 1982 (Resolution 745) with the amendment that anybody who is presently above parity (with the cities we compared with) no increase, including the 5% increase until they are at parity Uriginal Motion by Mr Aiello, seconded by Mr Bowman Amending Motion by Mr Merkl, seconded by Mr Lewis Amendment carried 7-1, Mr Aiello voting No Motion as amended carried 7-1, with Mr Lewis voting No t~AYUR SMATTERS Mayor Stites thanked the Burger King for their gift of the canopy from the old gas station, that is being removed from the corner of 38th and Wadsworth Canopy was taken down by City staff and is going to be used at the Shops to be placed over City gas pumps CITY ADMINISTRATOR SMATTERS Mr Palmer explained the Street problem of 38th and Depew It would need a property purchase if Council wishes to straighten out the jog in the street Motion by Mr Merkl that the City Administrator obtain an appraisal on the property at 38th and Depew, seconded by Mrs Ore, carried 7-1, with Mrs Turner voting No Motion by I1r Merkl to allow the staff the flexibility to get the Street Program working in areas where they need to get proper drainage and also to ask the staff to look into the possibility of special districts to cover these kinds of problems in the future (beginning next year), with the amendment that any exceptions to the 50-50 policy be reviewed by the Street Committee excluding the situation at 37th and Reed Street Original Motion by Mr Merkl, seconded by Mr Aiello Amending Motion by Mrs Cavarra, seconded by Mr Davis Amendment carried 7-1, with Mr Lewis voting No Motion as amended carried 6-2, with Mrs Turner and Mr Lewis voting No CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS Mr Hayes stated that R & D Resolution (Mrs Dunaway) and the lstBank of ~heat Ridge Resolution both stated "one" year Verbally "two" years had been requested Council would like to have these brought back for amendment next meeting CITY COUNCIL MINUTES October 19, 1981 Page -3- There had been a meeting between the City and Cable TV Franchise Consultants, Mr Sindt and Mr Austin They had submitted a bid for the purpose of preparing proposals and reviewing the bids There would be a charge of $20,000 if there were three applicants If more than 3, there would be an additional charge of $2,300 per applicant, and if less than three, a reduction of $2,300 per applicant This fee would be paid by the applicants at no expense to the City This time schedule would be to have the proposal by mid November and award the bid in June Motion by Mr Davis to enter into an agreement with them and set them to work immediately, seconded by Mrs Ore, carried 7-1, with Mr Lewis voting j~O COUNCILMEMBERS MATTERS Mr Bowman asked that we review the Veteran s Day/Friday after Thanksgiving Holiday decision on next week's agenda Mr Davis asked Mr Young to look into moving the traffic light from 38th and Allison to the corner rather than in the middle of the block Mrs Turner said that Mr Palmer had spoken to the State Highway Department about plantings in the median at approximately 48th & Wadsworth north and that they were in agreement, if the City would do the planting and maintenance r~otion by Mrs Turner that Mr Bredt come back to Council with a planting proposal, seconded by Mrs Ore, carried 8-0 Meeting adjourned at 10 30 p m 1 ~/~~~ carol F Hampf~-City CFH chj, APPROVED