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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/27/1982 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF wHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO September 27L 1982 The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilmembers present Pat Aiello, Will Burt (arrived at 7 32 pm), Kent Davis, Clyde E Hobbs, Ken Lewis, Larry Merkl, Kay Ore, and Nancy Snow Also present City Clerk, Carol Hampf, City Treasurer, Jim Malone, City Administrator, Tom Palmer, City Attorney, John Hayes, Department Heads Richard Bredt, Chief Jaquay, Charles Str~mberg, staff, and interested citizens Motion by Mrs Ore for the approval of the Minutes of September 13, 1982, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 5-2 with Mr Hobbs and Mr Lewis voting No Failed Motion to amend by Mr Hobbs that the tape of the meeting be made an official part of the record, seconded by Mr Lewis, failed 3-4 with Councilmembers Davis, Merkl, Ore, and Aiello voting No PUBLIC COMMENT Frank Wooten, 3100 Ames, spoke regarding taxes and the Wheat Ridge Police Department Frieda Smith, 8338 Shoshone, spoke regarding the Urban Drainage Project at 44th & Harlan and requested that the work not be started until after Christmas shopping Susan Rice, 5400 Sheridan, Arvada, asked that the fines collected from Handicapped Parking Tickets be donated to an organization that works with the handicapped C V Mukovich, 6200 ~ 32nd Ave , asked that the ~est 32nd Avenue not be widened PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 Proposed General (Operating), Capital Improvements, Park Acquisition, Conservation Trust, and Revenue Sharing Budgets for the 1983 fiscal year Those speaking on the budget were John Lockridge, 6400 W 32nd Ave, Patricia Rhodes, 7295 W 32nd Ave, Jay 0 Bean, 7075 W 32nd Ave , Thomas M Slattery, 6869 W 32nd Ave, Clark Moder, 6970 ~i 32nd Ave, Willia~ Skaff, 8490 W 44th Ave, Dougal Graham, 3330 Chase, Paul Hovland, 5525 W 32nd Ave, and Leslie Botham, 3380 Pierce, representing Area 4 Planning Committee, all in regards to the 32nd Avenue project between Pierce and Wadsworth Claudia Worth, 4650 Oak Street, requested an addition to the budget to aid the Everitt Junior High School student crossing between 38th & 44th and that West 44th Avenue be constructed as planned by a previous committee Louise Turner, 11256 W 38th Avenue, requested that the budget be cut by removing the 1 million dollars for street widening, the curb and gutter program, and the Council trips be limited to one person per council term per conference, and that be added to the budget that the City spray the spruce trees on private property, that the median be planted on Wadsworth, the dog and cat neutering program, and to use the street money for a decent surface on the streets Susan Manigold, 6665 W 26th Avenue, asked that no open space money be spent on horse arenas at Crown Lake, to spend our open space money to get trails and open space, and no money in the West 32nd Avenue project It was commented that the Kipling/Everitt Junior High School project would be looked into with the Highway Department for possible action Motion by Mr Merkl for the adoption of the 1983 budget as printed, seconded by Mr Aiello, carried 6-2 with Mr Hobbs and Mr Lewis voting No Mr Lewis stating he was voting No because of the high salaries in the upper echelon and that the salaries should be cut or the number of positions cut failed Motion by Mrs Snow that $1,500 be added to CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 27, 19b2 Page -2- Account 610-721 for the spay program, seconded by Mr Merkl, failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Davis, Burt, Lewis, and Aiello voting No Item 2 Council Bill 30 on second reading - Bond Ordinance - An Ordinance relating to the issuance of an Industrial Development Revenue Bond under the provisions of the Colorado City and Municipality Development Revenue Bond Act, providing for the issuance and sale of City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Industrial Development Revenue Bond (Ridge Village Shopping Center Project) Series 1982 in the principal amount of $3,750,000 for the purpose of loaning funds to Ridge Village Partnership to finance improvements relating to the acquisition, construction and installation of a commercial and business facility in the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, approving and authorizing the execution of a Loan Agreement among the City and Capital Holding Corporation, and authorizing the preparation and execution of certain related documents and instruments Council Bill was introduced on second reading by Mrs Ore Jim Sullivan, 1624 Market, developer, and William C Gorham, 7877 E Mississippi, Denver, bond consultant, were present to answer questions Motion by Mrs Ore for the adoption of Council Bill 30, Ordinance 505, on second reading, seconded by Mr Burt Mrs Snow requested that she abstain since her son works for King Soopers Vote of 6-1 Council felt that she did not need to abstain, Mr Hobbs voting he felt she should Motion on the ordinance carried 6-2 Nith Mr Hobbs and Mr Lewis voting No Mr Lewis stating he was voting no, because money used in this way creates an unfair opportunity for the developers HEW BUSINESS Item 3 Proposal for development of Crown Hill Park Ray Printz, Jefferson County Open Space, reviewed the Master Plan for the Crown Hill Park, including the Wildlife area, the trails, parking, picknic area, and temporary horse arena Amended Motion that the plan presented by Mr Printz and his staff for the improvements and the expansion of the walkway/bike path in the Crown Hill Park area be approved with the amendment that no drive-in parking area for horse trailers or horse drop-off be provided at the horse arena That the area be only for ride-in horses and that it's understood that this is not a final plan Original Motion by Mr Hobbs, seconded by Mr Lewis, amendment by Mr Merkl, seconded by Mrs Snow, Amendment carried 6-2 with Mr Hobbs and Mr Lewis voting No Motion as amended carried 5-3 with Mr Davis, Mr Hobbs, and Mr Lewis voting No Mr Lewis stating he was voting no because the amendment had carried Item 4 Request to rename Richards Mansion to Hart Mansion Motion oy Mrs Ore to refer to the Parks and Recreation Commission and Richards Mansion Task Force the letter from Cindy Brovsky, asking for a permanent name for the Richards Mansion also known as the Hart Estate, and that it come back to Council on October 25, 1982, seconded by Mr Aiello Marie Brovsky, 5495 W 27th Avenue, stated she was speaking for her daughter Cindy on behalf of the Hart family requesting this change Motion carried 8-0 Item 5 Consent Agenda A Acceptance of deed from City and County of Denver of Lena Gulch, Schedule I) (Part B Application by Kerry Svaldi, dba Kipling 70 Standard Station, 4901 Kipling, for a J-1 32% Beer Retail license, and set neighborhood survey CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 27, 1982 Page -3- C Council Bill No 32 - 37 on first reading C B No 32 - Uniform Building Code, 1982, Code of Laws, Sec 5-30 and 5-32 C B No 33 - Uniform Mechanical Code, 1982, Code of Laws, Sec 5-33 and 5-34 C B No 34 - Abatement of Dangerous Dwellings, 1982, Code of Laws, Sec 5-37 C B No 35 - Building, Electrical, and House Moving fees, 1982, Code of Laws, Sec 5-81 C B No 36 - Uniform Fire Code, 1982, Code of Laws, Sec 8-1, 8-2, and 8-5 C B No 37 - Uniform Plumbing Code, 1982, Code of Laws, Sec 17-1 and 17-2 Motion by Mr Davis for the adoption of Consent 4genda as printed and that Council Bills 32 through 37 be introduced with the Public Hearing date be set on October 11, 1982 and to take effect 1 day after final pUblication, seconded by Mr Aiello, carried 8-0 Failed Motion by Mr Aiello for adjournment, seconded by Mrs Ore, Failed 4-4 with Mr Merkl, Mr Hobbs, Mr Lewis, and Mrs Ore voting No Motion by Mrs Ore to cancel the October 4, 1982 Study Session There is nothing for an agenda, seconded by Mr Merkl, carried 6-2 with Mr Hobbs and Mr Lewis voting No Meeting adjourned at 11 45 p m I -'~ .- -----Y / / ) -Z:'(' c, 0-. 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