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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/14/1983 November 14, 1983 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO l'layor Stites called the City Council ~leeting to orner at 7 30 P m He introduce~ Judge Zarlengo who would administer the Oath of Office to newly electe(l officials Judge Zarlengo then allministered the Oath of Office to FFZAW, STITc"S, as 11ayor JAHEc, 0 11ALONE, as Treasurer t'IANDA SANG, as City Clerk LAl<.RY tlERKL, as Councilmemher, District I DAN WILDE, as Councilmember, District I ~ENT DAVIS, as Councilmember, District II ANTHrn~ FLASCO, as Councilmember, District II tJANCY SNO\-] , as Councilmember, District III RANDY WEST, as Councilmember, District III CLYDE E HOBnS, as Councilmember, District IV MOE KELLER, as Councilrnember, District IV Mayor Stites then presented plaques of appreciation Councilmembers Kay Ore, Will rurt, and Pat Aiello ~en Lewis was not present to receive his plaque to outgoinq Former Councilmember "I:mployee of the Year" plaque and Resolution 86P - a Resolution of appreciation for Judy Sullivan on her selection as employee of the year were presented to Judy by the t'layor Motion by ~lr Ilerkl to appoint Clyde Ilobbs as t1ayor pro tem for a I-year period; seconded by Mrs Snow; carried 7-0 with Mr Hobhs not voting I'lotion by Ilr FIasco to appoint Nancy Snow as Council President for a l-yeLlr period; seconded by Ilr VJest 110tion by Ilr Davis to appoint Tony FIasco as Council President for a I-year term seconded by Mr Merkl Motion to appoint Nancy Snow carried 6-2 with Mr Davis and Mr ~Ieryl voting No CITY COUUCIL nnmTLS NOVEIlBLR 14, lC)83 PAGE -'>- ~ CITIZENS' RIGHT TO SPEAK Linda Foos, 6552 W 113th Ave appeared on behalf of her parents, Mr & Ill'S William Krasovich, 8575 W 44th Avenue, regarding replacing a newly poured curb and gutter with a concrete entry way to their residence for the following reasons Mr & Mrs Krasovich have the right to the access due to the easement created by restriction They are not requesting unprecedented action Residents located at 4405 Carr Street were allowed an entry way with access to 44th Avenue Although legal entry way to Krasovich property is located on Dover Street, they are requesting equal consideration Mr Krasovich is handicapped If he is unable to use the direct access to his home, he will have to negotiate a more difficult and strenuous route to reach his home Mayor Stites replied that there had been discussions and trips to the location The City will ']0 Lack on Hednesday and taye out those two sections of sidewalk and put in a drive Engineering had a problem with the safety aspect due to the traffic problem on 44th Avenue Michael Triantafellow, 6783 Reed Street, Arvada, addressed Council- members Hobbs and Keller about the Truck Stop on 44th Avenue He invited them to a Deeting on November 22, 1983 at 8 00 P m PUPLIC C0I1~1EN'r AnD ORDINAlJCES ON SECOND REArlIlTG Item 5 Application for a new Class License for SUNKIMRAE, Inc Street, Wheat Ridge G - Hotel & Restaurant Li'luor dba Villa Roberto, 450C) Harlan ~1r Robert Knapp, applicant, 68CJ5 W Bayoud, Lakewood, rIr ~lilo Gonser, attorney for the applicant, 66CJ Wadsworth Glvd , were sworn in by the Mayor and answered questions and gave comments on license Also present and sworn in by the ~'layor was Mr I'1ax Scott from Oedipus, Inc , whose firm had done the survey Motion by /11' FIasco for granting a new Class G - Hotel & Restaurant Liquor License for Sunkimrae, Inc , dba Villa Roberto, 4509 Harlan Street, Wheat Ridge, for the following reasons 1) All applications and fees required by statute have been filed and paid; 2) Notice of hearing and posting of the premises have been accomplished according to statutory requirements; 3) The applicant will be entitled to occupancy of the premises Ly virtue of a signed lease dated October 5, 1983 4) The Corporate Officers and Directors and Ilanager for the applicant have been shown by investigation to be of goocl moral character; 5) The evidence adduced at Public Hearing on November 14, 1983 establishes that the desires of the residents of the neighborhood under consideration are for granting this license, as evidenced by petitions bearing 26S signatures in favor of issuance, 11 signatures in opposition, and 52 signatures evidencing no opinion, and that issuance of this license is consistent with the needs of the neighborhood under consideration; seconded by Mrs Snow carried 7-0 wi th Mr Davis abstaining 01r Davis has a business in the same building as Villa Roberto) CITY COUNCIL ~nNUTCS NOVEMBER 14, 1983 PAGE -3- Item 6 Council Dill 107 - An Ordinance amending Section 2-17 of the Code of Laws of the City of \'Jheat Pidge by reducing the membership of the civil Service Commission from eight (8) members to five (5) members and providing for the appointment of one member from the City at large Council Dill 107 was introduced on second reading by Mr Gavis; title read by the Clerk Arthur Gardner, 7095 W 37th Avenue, Civil Service Commissioner, was sworn in by the Mayor, and gave reasons for change in membership Carol Ilampf, 3295 Ililler Street, was sworn in by the f'1ayor, and urged support and approval for the Council Dill tlotiol1 by 11r Davis for the adoption of Ordinance 555; secondeu by nr !'leryl Discussion followed t'lrs Snow stated she will be voting No because her district has no representation and she does not see how zero is approximately equal and believes it will be another year and a half before there can be any way of evening this out and does not believe there is no one from her district or the rest of the City ",ho would be interested and willin0 to serve t1r FIasco stated he will be voting No hecause he believes it is very well put that they want the Boards and Commission equal and has no problem wi tn four rlel~lbers or eight members but he does have a problem with five members Mr West stated he will be voting lJo because his district is not represented at all Motion carrieu 5-3 with Councilmembers FIasco, Snow, and \'Jest voting No NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Item 7 Council Bill 109 - An Ordlnance providing for the vacation of a portion of Marshall Street at approximately 4949 tlarshall Street, City of Wheat Riclge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Council Bill 109 was introduced on first reading by ~lr Davis; title read by the Clerk Motion by Ill' Davis that Council Bill 109 be approved orl first reading, ordered published, public hearing set for r'londay, December 12, 1983 at 7 30 P I;] in City Council Chambers, Municipal Building, and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final publication seconded by Mrs Snow ~lr Hobbs statec} he will abstain because he was involved in the case on a survey job Chair accepted tlotion carried 7-0 wi th ~lr Hobbs abstaining Item 8 Council Gill 110 - An Ordinance providing for the rezoning of land from Residential-One C (P-IC) to Residential-Three (R-3) on property located at approximately 3019 Eaton Street, City of ~~eat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Council Bill 110 was introduced on first reading by Mrs Snow title read by the Clerk notion by t'rs Snow that Council Bill 110 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing set for tlonday, December 12, 1983 at 7 30 P m in City Council Chul1lbers, Municipal Building, and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final publication; secondecl by ~lrs Keller; carried 8-0 CITY COUUCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 14, 1983 PAGE -4- Item 9 Council Bill III - An Ordinance providing for the approval of rezoning from Restricted-Commercial (R-C) to Commercial-0ne (C-l) on land located at 4620 Wadsworth Blvd , City of vJheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Council Rill III was introducec1 on first reading by ~lr West; title read by the Clerk Motion by Mr West that Council Bill III be approvec1 on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, December 12, 1083 at 7 30 P m in City Council Chambers, /lunicipal puilc1ing, and if approved on second reading, taye effect 15 days after final publication; seconded by Mr Davis carried A-O Item 10 Council Bill 112 - An Orc1inance providing for thp approval of an Amended Outline Development Plan, including revisions to permitted uses, for a planned Industrial Development (PID) known as Powderhorn Park and approval of a Final Development Plan on land located at 4890 Van Gordon Street, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Council Bill 112 was introduced on first reading by /lrs Keller title read by the Clerk t.10tion by l'lrs Keller that Council Bill 112 be approved on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday, December 19, 19B3 at 7 30 P m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Building, and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final publication; seconded by Mr West carried 8-0 DECISIOlJS, RESOLUTIOlJ, AND MOTIONS Item 11 COllSE!JT AGENDA A Motion that the Regular City Council meeting of December 2h, 1983 be cancelled and that this regular meeting be held on December 19, 1983 and that the Study Session of Janui'lry 2, 1984 be cancelled B Since the City Clerk's Office does all legal publications for the City, we have gone over our budget and do not have enough money left in our legal publications for the rest of the 1983 year We need to transfer $3,300 on from unallocated funds No #01-607-705 to legal publications No #01-108-700-706 C Request to approve an additional $3,400 00 fur inspection services for KKB!JA on the 32nd Avenue Project to be paid from Account #31-303-846 /'lotion by /lr /1rs Snow #31-303-840 /ler}l to adopt the Consent Agenda as printed seconded by The Mayor stated Item C account number should read Vote carried B-O CITY CCJutJC nHWTJ:S IJOVU1RLR 14, 1983 PAGE -5- CITY ADtlIUISTRl\'l'Of 's til\TTELS Mr Palmer welcomed all new members of City Council and stated that staff is putting together reports, documents, and papers for their review and if anyone needed a particular report before they had them ready to let him know He stated Congress of Cities uational League of Cities is coming up in New Orleans at the end of November and four positions are reserved and he needs reservations as soon as possible CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS i'lr Itayes welcomed all new City Councilmembers and ac1dressed his memo on City litigation matters lIe gave his thoughts on certain other topics and will discuss any of these or any other matters with anyone who wishes ELECTED OFFICIALS' i'lATTERS Mr Merkl stated that Mr Hayes' staff and a number of citizens have he en woryin<] on the Group Homes Ordinance that will be coming before Council at the next Council i'leeting and anyone having questions or needing information regarding this ordinance should call either him, Mr Gidley, or Mr Hayes Be recently met with a group of citizens in District I and discussed R-3 zoning from 38th Avenue to 32nd Avenue, Sheridan to llarlan Street He asked City Council to direct Planninq Commission to initiate a mass rezoning for that area for people who wanted to rezone their property Some citizens in that area would like Planning Commission initiate the rezoning as it was done in Columbia Heights area and to set up citizens meeting to qet this in progress 110tion by f"lr i'lerkl that Council direct Planning COIlunission to initiate a 11ass Zoning for the part of District I that is zoned H-3 from 38th to 32nd Avenues, from Sheridan to liarlan; seconded by ~lrs Snow carried 8-0 Mr Wilde expressed his appreciation for the opportunity to serve He considers it an honor and welcomes the challenqe Mr West concurred with Mr Wilde's statement and added an honor to represent the people over the next 2 years will do things right that it will be lIe hopes he Mrs Snow moved that Dan Wilde be chairman of Community Development Committee, with members beinG Moe Keller, Kent Davis, and Nancy Snow; that Larry Ilerkl be chairman of the Street Committee with members being Clyde Hobbs, Tony FIasco, and Randy West; Tony FIasco be delegate to DRCOG i'loe Keller he chairperson of the Air Pollution Committee (Truck Stop); Randy West be on the Crown Hill Committee Kent Davis be on the City/Chamber of Commerce Coordinating Committee seconded by 11r FIasco Discussion followed Mayor Stites stated that Street and Communi ty Development Committees are appointec1 hy the 11ayor Hrs Snow vJithdrew these two committees from her motion fIr Davis stated he would vote aqainst the motion until everyone is appraised of what is going on Motion (with the exception of Street and Community Development Committee appointments) carried 7-1 with Hr Davis votinG LJo Meeting adjourned at 9 10 P m /,Lc~l< ;zi:r,? 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