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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/23/1981 November 23, 1981 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmembers present Pat Aiello, Will Burt, Kent Davis, Clyde E Hobbs, Ken Lewis, Larry Merkl, Kay Ore, and Nancy Snow Also present City Clerk, Carol Hampf, City Treaurer, James Malone, City Administrator, Tom Palmer, City Attorney, John Hayes, Department Heads Richard Bredt, Hugh Brown, Ed Pinson, and Rodger Young, staff, and interested citizens Motion by Mr ~lerkl for approval of the I'1inutes of November 16, 1981, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 6-2, with Mrs Snow and Mr Lewis voting No Failed Motion by Mr Lewis to add to the Minutes of 11/26/81 his comments under Councilmembers' Matters and on Urban Renewal, seconded by Mrs Snow, Failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Davis, Burt, Aiello, and Ore voting No PUBLIC COMMENT Claudia Worth, 4650 invi ted everyone to 1981 from 9 00 a m Oak Street, representing the Historical Society, their Christmas at the Sod House on December 12, to 4 00 p m Leslie Botham, 3380 Committee, spoke in Renewal Authority Pierce Street, representing Area 4 Planning opposition to some of the appointments on the Urban Mayor Stites gave the Oath of Office to the new members of the Urban Renwal Authority PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Application by subdivision on Ave (Case No Robert Poole for property located MS-81-7) approval of a three-lot minor at approximately 12355 W 38th Mr Gidley stated that a letter had been received from Mr Poole, requesting an indefinite continuation as he would like to take this back to Planning Commission Motion by Mr Aiello for an indefinite postponement as requested by the applicant, seconded by Mr Burt, carried 8-0 Item 2 Council Bill 95 - An ordinance providing for the rezoning from Agriculture-One (A-1) to Industrial (I) and approval of a Preliminary Development Plan and Plat on property located at approximately 4955 Miller Street, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-81-3, Reich) Mr Gidley gave the staff report and stated that the conditions as given in the Planning Commission Motion have been met Applicants Don Stewart, 665 Xenon, Lakewood, and Leroy Reich, 4955 Miller, were present and sworn in There was no one in opposition Motion by Mr Merkl that Council Bill 95 (Ordinance 477) a request for a change of zone from A-l to I and approval of a Preliminary Development Plan and plat on property located at 4955 Miller Street be approved with the following corrections 1 that the legal description be checked to show proper distances and proper closures, and 2 that the fire hydrants meet the requirements of the Arvada Fire Department, and for the following reasons Planning Commission and staff recommend approval, request conforms to the Comprehensive Plan, request is compatible with surrounding land useS and zoning, all zoning and platting requirements have been met, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 8-0 November 23, 1981 Page -2- CITI COUNCIL MINUTES Item 3 -- Council Bill 96 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Residential-Three (R-3) to Restricted Commercial-One (RC-1) at approximately 6525 West 44th Avenue, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Case No WZ-81-17, Swann) Harold ~wann, applicant, 6525 W 44th Ave, was present and sworn in There was no one in opposition Motion by Mr Davis that Case No vJZ-81-17/Swann, (Council Bill 96, Ordinance 478) R-3 to RC-1 rezoning be approved with condition that the property conform to all RC-1 zoning regulations prior to any RC-1 occupancy at 6525 vi 44th Ave Reasons for approval are that it conforms to area land use and zoning, that it complies with the Comprehensive Plan, and there are changed conditions which warrant this change of zone, seconded by Mrs Ore, carried 7-1 with Mrs Snow voting No Item 4 Council Bill 98 - An Ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article IV, Section 2-24, Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, which pertains to duties and responsibilities of the Planning Commission Motion by r'1r Merkl for the adoption of Council Bill 96 (Ordinance 479) on second reading, seconded by Mr Aiello, carried 7-1, with Mrs Snow voting No Item 5 Council Bill 99 - An Ordinance repealing Ordinance No 431, Series of 1980, providing for classifications, pay ranges, and pay grades Motion by Mrs 480) on second carr ied 8-0 Item 6 Ore for the adoption of Council Bill 99 (Ordinance No reading and have it published, seconded by Mr Merkl, Motion by Mrs Ore that the Public Hearing on the Urban Renewal Plan be continued from November 30, 1981 to December 14, 1981 and the Counc il Heeting of November 30, 1981 be cancelled, seconded by Mr Aiello, carried 7-1, with Hr Lewis voting No Item 7 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Council Bill 1 - An Ordinance amending Section 12 of Appendix A, Planned Residential Development District, of the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado Ordinance was introduced by Mr Aiello, title read by the Clerk Motion by Hr Aiello that Council Bill No 1 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Honday, December 21, 1981 at 7 30 p ill in City Council Chambers, Hunicipal Building, and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final publication, seconded by Mrs Snow, carried 8-0 Item 8 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND HOTIONS Application by J C property located at Colorado (Case No Easler for approval of a Dumping Permit on 10241 West 38th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, DP-81-2) Motion as stated by Mr Aiello at the ~eeting of November 16, 1981, to approve the requested Dumping Permit (500 cubic yards) by Hr Easler in the area that he requested previously (in the borrow pit) for the following reasons 1 the amount of dirt dumped would not add appreciably to the flood plain problem It is a very negligible amount 1;0 be added to the area 2 It would add expense and hardship to the applicant at a later date (dumping on top of the hill), plus the additional language that it be subject to the requirement that the applicant seek and obtain Board of Adjustment permission to leave the fill where it had been dumped It must be clear, however, that in the event the Board of Adjustment refuses said permission, the fill material must be removed to a permitted location, seconded by Hr Burt, carried 8-0 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 23, 1981 Page -3- Item 9 -- Resolution 750 - amending Resolution 745, adopting salary schedule and providing pay grades and pay ranges for fiscal year 1982 Motion by Mr Merkl for the adoption of Resolution 750, Series of 1981, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 6-2, with Mr Lewis and Mrs Ore voting No Motion during the discussion by Mr Lewis to hold an Executive Session under Charter Section 5 7b(1)a, seconded by Mr Hobbs, Failed 3-5, with Councilmembers Davis, Burt, Merkl, Aiello, and Snow voting No I tern 10 Resolution 751 - Providing Transfers within the Annual Budget Motion by Mr Burt for the approval of Resolution 751, providng for budget transfers within the annual budget, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 6-2, with Mr Lewis and Mrs Snow voting No Item 11 Motion by Mr Merkl to extend the existing contract with Municipal Code Corporation for 1 year at the present cost, seconded by Mrs Ore, carried 8-0 I tern 12 Motion by Mrs Ore that we allocate an additional $19,000 for Wheat Ridge's part of the completion of construction of 26th Avenue The funds to be used are the remaining revenue sharing monies in Account 19-302-833, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 8-0 It em 1 3 Motion by Mr Merkl that the Public Works Department purchase ten (10) additional pallets of crack seal material from Crafco of Colorado Inc , for approximately $7000 and charge it to the Street Division Account 303-660, seconded by Mrs Ore, carried 7-1 with Mr Lewis voting No Item 14 Amended Motion that we contract our uniform rental and cleaning with Misco Textile Rentals Inc , for a period of three years, at an approximate annual cost of $6,654 72 Original Motion by Mrs Ore, seconded by Mr Aiello, Amending Motion by Mrs Snow, seconded by Mr Merkl Amendment carried 5-3, with Councilmembers Davis, Aiello, and Ore voting No Motion as amended carried 7 -1 with tvlrs Ore voting No (Original Motion had been for amount of $7,654 for a better quality uniform, was amended, Mrs Ore voted against the amendment, therefore voted against her motion MAYOR SMATTERS Mayor Stites announced that Mayor Allison of Edgewater had invited Wheat Ridge City Council to join the Parade up 26th Avenue on December 5, 1981 at 9 45 a m starting from Jefferson High School CITY ATTORNEY SMATTERS Mr Hayes called attention to memo regarding Cable Television Consultants Motion by Mrs Ore to approve a team concept (including agreement to allow the team to develop procedures and recommendations while keeping Council informed of its progress), as well as Council s agreement to be receptive to, and supportive of, team s activities and recommendations and to appoint Mr Hayes, Mr Palmer, and Mr Aiello to the team, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 8-0 COUNCILMEMBERS' MATTERS Motion by Mr Merkl that the Community Development person who presents cases to Planning Commission be the same person who presents the case to City Council, seconded by Mrs Ore Mr Palmer requested that he be allowed time to discuss this with his staff Motion by Mr Aiello to postpone this item until December 14, 1981, seconded by Mrs Snow; carried 6-2, with Mrs Ore and Mr Merkl voting No Motion by Mr Lewis to continue past 11 00 P m to complete the agenda in its entirety, seconded by Mr Hobbs, carried -1 with Mr Davis voting No Clry COUNCIL MINUTES November 23, 1981 Page -4- Motion by Mrs Ore to suspend Resolution not on the agenda, Mr Burt, Mr Hobbs, and Mrs the Rules in order to introduce seconded by Mr Aiello, carried Snow voting No a 5-3, with Mrs Ore distributed a resolution regarding low income housing, that whereas Wheat Ridge and Edgewater had passed a resolution on this subject previously, the amount of dollars involved would allow a more favorable bond situation if we joined with the County Therefore Resolution 753 was introduced, title Resolution urging the Board of County Commissioners to pass a resolution of intent and subsequent bond issue for single family mortgage revenue bonds, read by the Clerk, seconded by Mr Aiello, caried 7-1 with Mrs Snow voting No COMMISSIONS' AND COMMITTEES' MATTERS Item~ Resolution 752 - establishing a City/Chamber of Commerce Coordination Committee for the purpose of improving communications, understanding, and coordination with respect to matters of mutual concern Motion by Mr Aiello for the adoption of Resolution 752, seconded by Mrs Ore, carried 8-0 Item 16 Motion by Mr Aiello that on the recommendation of the Community Improvement and Development Committee, the following people be appointed to Boards and Commissions herein stated Board/Commission Animal Control Board Parks Recreation Appointee District Term to expire Loui se Tur n er III 3/2/84 Carl Schulhoff II 3/2/83 Sue Wil so n III 3/2/82 Wayne Preston I 3/2/85 Carl Cerveny III 3/2/83 Dave St ut sman III 3/2/82 Arbor i st Bo ard Planning Commission and reappoint to the City/Chamber of Commerce Coordination Committee District I District III District IV seconded by Mrs Harold Harmer Marilyn Martin Genie t1erkle, all terms to expire December 12, 1983, Ore, carried 8-0 Previous Motion by Mrs Snow that Marilyn Martin be appointed to the Planning Commission to succeed herself, died for lack of a second Meeting adjourned at 11 30 p m I ~ ~ ci/( /' (/; 2//'/')1-;--_ Carol F Hampf, City Clef'l< APPROVE D CHI, chj,