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Home My WebLink About04/18/1983 APRIL 18, 1983 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, Kent Davis, Clyde E Hobbs, Ken Lewis, Larry Merkl, Kay Ore, and Nancy Snow Mr Burt was absent Also present city Clerk, Wanda Sang; City Administrator, Torn Palmer City Attorney, John Hayes; Department Head Rodger Young; staff; and inter- ested citizens Motion by Mrs seconded by Mr No Snow for the approval of the Minutes of April 11, 1983; Aiello; carried 5-2 with Mr Hobbs and Mr Lewis voting CITIZENS' RIGHT TO SPEAK Gene Molene, 4480 Court to Council gutters Harlan Ct , presented a chart on the surface of Harlan He further discussed Harlan Court drainage, curb, and Charles Bertalea, 4475 Harlan Court, concurred with Mr Molene Shirley E Smith, 5156 Tabor Street, Janice Pierce, 5156 Tabor Street, and Ruth Martin, 5130 Tabor Street, expressed their concerns about the open ditch at W 52nd Avenue PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING Item 1 1983 Traffic Signal Program Mr Davis explained the data on the 1983 Traffic Signal Program Motion by Mr Davis for the acceptance of the 4 projects on the 1983 Traffic Signal Program in the order that they were presented; seconded by Mrs Snow; discussion followed; Mr Torn Stegbauer, 4125 Yarrow, from Lutheran Hospital, was sworn in by the ~1ayor and spoke on County's policy on contribution of expenses Vote carried 7-0 Item 2 32nd Avenue Drainage Project Mr Davis introduced Item 2 Motion by Mr Aiello to authorize the addi- tional service fees requested by KKBNA, in the amount of $4,688 to be charged to Account 31-303-840 to complete the study and design on West 32nd Avenue; seconded by Mr Merkl; discussion followed Call for the question by Mr Aiello; seconded by Mr Merkl; carried 4-3 with Council- members Lewis, Hobbs, and Snow voting No Vote on the question was 5-2 with Mr Hobbs and Mr Lewis voting No CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 18, 1983 Page -2- ~1r ~lerkl requested moving Item 7 forward to be heard before Item 3 Item 7 1983 Drainage Improvement Program Mr Davis introduced 1983 Drainage Improvement Program Jerry Collins, 34lS Teller, spoke in favor of the two catch basins proposed and requested Council to vote for this Teresa Dalbec, 34S0 Upham, spoke in favor of the project and requested to read a letter written by her neighbor Betty Lane, 7298 W 34th Place, who was also in favor of the project Motion by Mr Merkl to approve the 1983 Drainage Improvement Program in the 4 Priority Areas 1 33rn and Ingalls, 2 34th Place and Teller Street, 3 39th Ave & Brentwood, 4 46th Ave & Zephyr; seconded by Mrs Ore; Mr Lewis moved to separate votes; Priority 1 and 3 carrien 7-0 Priority 2 was seconded by Mr Hobbs; carried S-2 with Mr Lewis and ~lr Hobbs voting No Priori ty 4 carried 4-3 with Mr Lewis, Mr Merkl and Mrs Ore voting No Mr Lewis' reason being that if the engineers who designed pierce Street would have certifien this he would have voted yes Mr Hoffmeister stated that Pierce Street Drain- age System was at capacity Motion by Mr Aiello to back date to the original SO/SO program and reimburse citizens for curb & gutter program from that date forward seconded by ~lrs Ore; discussion followed; ~lr Aiello called for the question; seconded by Mr Hobbs carried 7-0 Vote on original motion carried S-2 with Mr Davis and Mrs Snow voting No Item 3 26th Avenue Reconstruction A Resolution 839 - authorizing the City of Wheat Ridge to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Lakewood for the Purpose of authorizing Improvements to West 26th Avenue B Resolution 840 - providing for Budget Transfers within the Annual Budget to provide additional funds for the 26th Avenue Street Reconstruction Project Resolutions 839 and 840 were introduced by Mr Clerk Motion by Mr Davis for the adoption seconded by Mr Aiello; carried 6-1 with Mrs Davis; titles read by the of Resolutions 839 and 840; Snow voting No CITY COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL l8, 1983 Page -3- Item 4 1983 Street Reconstruction Program A Miscellaneous Streets B 44th Avenue (Design Study Report) Motion by t1r Merkl to approve A with the amendment that another $125,000 be added to the street program to include Cody Street between 38th Avenue and 41st Avenue, Dudley street between the cul-de-sac south of 39th Avenue and 41st Avenue, Newcombe Street from north of Clear Creek to 44th Avenue, the approaches to Wadsworth Blvd and Kipling Street on 38th Avenue, the Garrison Street bike trail between 44th Avenue and 49th Avenue, Independence Street between 49th Avenue and 50th Avenue, and 41st Avenue west of Kipling Street; seconded by Mrs Ore Discussion followed Motion by Mrs Snow to pull Cody Street between 38th Avenue and 41st Avenue, and Dudley Street between the cul-de-sac south of 39th Avenue and 41st Avenue Vote to approve A without Cody Street, Dudley Street & 41st Avenue; carried 6-1 with Mr Lewis voting No Vote on Cody Street, Dudley Street and 41st Avenue carried 5-2 with Mr Lewis and Mrs Snow voting No B Mr Davis gave recommendation of the Street Committee for approval of Alternative A Motion by Mr Davis that 44th Avenue Reconstruction be that of Alternate A; seconded by Mrs Snow; carried 7-0 Item 5 1983 Chip seal Program Mr Davis explained the Chip Seal Program Motion by Mr Aiello for the approval of the program, but to go to bid instead of in-house; seconded by Mr Hobbs Vote on bid instead of in-house carried 4-3 with Council- members Davis, Snow, and Ore voting No Vote on approval of program less new equipment carried 6-1 with Mr Lewis voting No Item 6 Award of Bid for purchase of Surveying Equipment for the City Monumentation Program Motion by Mr Hobbs that Monumentation program be put out to bid and the first program for the bidding be set for section corners and quarter corners for all 9 sections of the City be done in first phase of the contract; seconded by Mr Merk1; carried 4-3 with Counci1members Davis, Snow, and Ore voting No Motion by Mr Aiello to suspend the rules and go past 11 00 P m seconded b'y t1r /VIerkl carried 6-1 with Mr Davis voting No CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS John Hayes requested an Executive Session to be held under 5 17(1) to consider possible settlement of Litigation /VIotion by Mrs Ore that an Executive Session be held; seconded by /VIr Merkl; carried 7-0 CITY COONCIL MINUTES APRIL 18, 1983 Page -4- ELECTED OFFICALS' MATTERS Motion by t1r Merkl to appoint Robert Biddinger to Planning Commission from District IV; seconded by Mr Aiello; carried 7-0 Staff has given 3 options to correct the Harlan Street Storm Drainage Project Schedule II problem at 38th & Eaton intersection South Side Option (A) construction of curb and gutter from the westerly property line of the Mars Service Station to the westerly property line of LaFonda Option (B) construction of curb and gutter from the westerly property line of the Mars Station to Fenton Street; and Option (C) construction of curb and gutter at the inlets only, with asphalt transitions to the existing asphalt swale along 38th Avenue Option (C) is recommended for $500 t1otion by Mr Merkl to approve Option (C); seconded by Mrs Ore; carried 7-0 tlr Lewis discussed street sweeping Mr Young stated when they start their program it will take approximately 4 weeks to do the entire city Meeting adjourned at II lO P m EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD rk