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Home My WebLink About06/11/1984 JUNE 11, 1984 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO The City Council Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m Councilrnembers present Kent Davis, Larry ~leryl, rloe Keller, Tony Plasco, Nancy Snow, Randy West, and Dan Wilde Clyde Hobbs arrived at 7 32 P m Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang; City Administrator, Tom Palmer; City Attorney, John Hayes Chief of Police, H Jaquay; nirector of Community Development, Charles Stromberg; Director of Parks, Richard Bredt; staff and interested citizens PROCLAMATIONS AND CEREMONIES ~1ayor Stites reao Resolution 895 - Appreciation to Charlotte Hill for fourteen years of service to the City of Wheat Ridge and presented plaque to Charlotte CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK Ann Resler, 7440 W 34th Ave, asked Council's help to do something about the rabbits adjacent to her property Lloyd Resler, 275 E Girard, Englewood, owner of the 7440 W 34th Avenue property, concurred with the above speaker R.ick & Evelyn 11artin, 7375 vi 33rd Avenue, also concurred with the above speakers and complained about the odor Perry Wycoff, 7460 W complained about the rabbits 34th Avenue, adjacent to the Resler property, smell and suggested it could be cruel for the also City Attorney and staff felt the matter could be handled with the ordinance regarding offensive odors Charles Graul, Jr , 7955 W 42nd Avenue, discussed the partial disappearance of Yarrow Street between 42nd and 44th Avenues a problem with a fence that juts 3 feet out into the road at end lIe feels this is a hazard ~lr Palmer stated he would contact with Mr Graul regarding this matter There is the north be in Tom Hildebrand, '1220 W 28th Avenue, thanked Council for all their help in obtaining the qrant for the SE Water project Motion by Mr Wilde to approve the Minutes for May 14, 1984 Mr Hobbs carried 8-0 seconded by CIT\ COUNCIL MINUTES June 11, 1984 Page -2- PUBLIC COMNEl'JT AND ORDINANCES ON Sr:COND READIlJG Item 1 Council Bill 130 - An Ordinance providing for the approval of a Special Use Permit for six (6) semi-trailer and truck parkinq spaces on property located at 4400 Ward Road, City of Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado (Harlis Tate) (Case No SUP-84-2) Council Bill l30 was introduced on second reading by Mr Meryl title read by the Clerk Mr Stromberg presented the case and read into the record a letter from Public Storage, which is adjacent to the property in question They fear damage to their property Sworn in by the Mayor anrl speaking in favor of the Ordinance was Harlis Tate's partner, Samuel F Keys of Port 44 He gave his reasons for wanting the 4 p~rking spaces dnd stateo that his business hao suffered since Public Storage built on thp lot next to Port 44 Speakinq in opposition and sworn in by the Nayor was LTanice Thompson, 12290 W 42nd Avenue She questioned the business being there 10-12 years and stated there had been a lot of traffic problems with Port 44 She had observed two accidents causecl by trucks turning into Port 44 and questioned sanitary facilities as trucks spend the night l'lr Keys spoke in rebuttal Council asked questions and discussion followed l'lotion by l'lr rlerkl for denial for the following reasons 1 ingress and egress to the site is a hazard in this locatiun both as to semis using the property and other traffic using Ward Road and causes traffic congestion upon surrounding streets 2 Lack of permanent sanitary facilities and lack uf 24 hour supervision on the site after the closing of the restaurant are a hazard to the health, safety, and welfare of residents of the area and would be incompatible with the surrounding area; seconded by 11rs Snow carried 8-0 Item 2 Council Bill l3l - An Ordinance vacating a portion of Miller Court located south of West 38th Avenue within the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, as more flllly described herein (C'J.se No \'N-R3-4) Council Rill 13l was introduced on second reading by Mrs Snow title read by the Clerk Mr Stromherg presented the case Mr Merkl made a point of order that Mrs Snow abstain from voting on this item as her property is in the vicinity Mrs Snow replied that Mr Hayes approved of her voting on this because it had nothing to do with her property l'lr Hayes concurred r10tion b:1 Ilrs Snow that Council Bill 131 (Ordinance 573), d request for Vacation of a portion of Miller Court located suuth of West 38th Avenue be approved subject to conditions outlined in the Ordinance for the following reasons 1 There is little or no impact upon surrounding land uses which are principCilly City streets and the planned Lena Gulch drainageway 2 Since this parcel is too small to be developed by itself, the land could not provide for any public benefit, whereas vacating this parcel of land to private oWllership could make the existing private property more valuable for future development or redevelopment under existing zoning seconded by Mrs Keller; carried 7-1 with Mr Hobbs voting No Item 3 CIT\ COUNCIL MINUTES Page -3- COllncil reao by 574) be June ll, 1984 Council Bill l32 - An Ordinance approving a lease/purrhase arrangement between the City of Wheat Ridge and NCR for the three year lease/purchase of computer equipment to be lltilized by the City of Whent Ridge Bill 132 was introduced on second reading by Mr West; title the Clerk Motion by Mr West that Council Bill 132 (Ordinance adopted on second readinCJ '3econded by ~lr lIobbs; carried 8-0 Item 4 DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS Resolution 897 - approving the Intergoverllloental Agreement between the City of Wheat Ridge and the Wheat Ridge Urhan Renewal Authorit} to oct as the agent for the City of Wheat Ridge in contractiny for, and performing various duties related to ecunomic development for the total City which includes possible annexation areas Resolution 897 was introduced by Mr Merkl; title read by the Clerk Motion by Mr Merkl to adopt Resolution 897; seconded by Mr Wilde Discussion followed Mr Plasco stated he would vote no because he doesn't think WRU1{A is the right vehicle for this They do not need the extension of either authority or duties He feels the right vehicle lS the Chamber of Corrunerce Coordinating Committee He believes in the economic development bond but does not feel this is the riqht vehicle Motion carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco voting No Item 5 New information and discussion on chemical control of ayuatic weeds Ann Kampf presented new information on the chemicnl control of aquatir weeds She introduced Phil Goebel, biologist with the Colorado Hildlife Division, A610 W 89th Ave, Broomfield, and Torn Jackson, biologist with US F'ish and \.'lildlife, 3S9() l31st Street, Broomfield, who gave reasons and background on the use of 2,4-D chemical ~on Ewig, 3500 Benton, stated his reasons against the use of 2,4-0 In lakes and varks Lillian Fleming, 6363 W 29th Avenue, staterl she was seriously concerned with the contamination of water anrl feels it is a reckless use of chemicnls that could come in contact with drinking water Motion by Mr West to reconsider this item seconded by Mrs Snow; Failed 4-4 with Councilmembers Davis, FIasco, heller, and Wilde voting No Item 6 Motion that the Mayor be authorized to sign the contract between the Department uf Highways, Division of llighway Safety, and the City of Wheat Rirlge, for Traffic Safety Grant Chief Jaquay presented contract and answered Council's questions Motion by Ilr Merkl for approval ,vi th the condition that when funding ceases, three positions be removed by attrition; seconded by Mrs Snow CITY COUNCIL MINUTES June 11, 1984 Page -4- t-lotion by Mr Wilde to suspend the Rules and go past 11 00 P m ano finish the agenoa in its entirety; seconded by Mrs ~eller; Failed 3-5 with Councilmembers Snow, Wilde, and Keller voting Yes Meeting adjourned at 11 00 P m '7 .! ~Z;/I?tA/ Wanda Sang, - / J.-.. < .(<~~ Qity. Cle Note There will be a special meeting on Monday, June 18, 1984 to finish the agenda from June ll, 1984