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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
DECEMBER 20, 1984 EMERGENCY MEETING
Section 5 2(b) of the Charter
The Emergency Meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7 00 p m
Councilmembers present Kent Davis, Larry Merkl, Clyde E Hobbs, Moe
Keller, Tony FIasco, Nancy Snow, and Dan Wilde Randy West was absent
Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang; City Administrator, Tom Palmer;
City Attorney, John Hayes; Director of Community Development, Charles
Stromberg members of the Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority
Motion by Mr Hobbs that an Emergency Special Meeting of the Wheat
Ridge City Council be held at 7 00 P m on Thursday, December 20, 1984,
for the purpose of considering the requests of the staff of the State
Land Board of the State of Colorado, and further move that the Council
hold such meeting, because the matter is an emergency of such gravity
that irreparable harm would come to the City if there was any further
delay in Council action, because such delay may preclude the possibility
of consideration of potential annexation of lands now owned by the State
of Colorado contiguous to the City of Wheat Ridge if response is not
made as requested by said state staff; seconded by Mr FIasco; carried
7-0 with Mr Davis voting yes, Mr Merkl voting yes, Mr Hobbs voting
yes, Mrs Keller voting yes, Mr FIasco voting yes, Mrs Snow voting
yes, and Mr Wilde voting yes
Charles Stromberg and Rick Kirkwood presented a study of the area in
question and a draft of a letter they had prepared for the Board of Land
Commissioners
Council accepted parts of the draft (
The letter should read as follows
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Board of Land Commissioners
620 Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver CO 80203
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
JANUARY 10, 1983 thru
DECEMBER 20 1984
Dear Commissioners
Thank you for the opportunity to present our interest ln annexation
of the Ridge Home property to the City of Wheat Ridge at your public
hearing on December 17, 1984 Charles Stromberg, Director of
Community Development, has discussed annexation and potential
development of this property with your staff over the past five years
and has been specifically working with potential real estate
developers to create development interest in this property over the
past year The Wheat Ridge Urban Renewal Authority, acting as the
designated agent for the City of Wheat Ridge in performing economic
development duties for the entire City of Wheat Ridge, including
possible annexation areas, has included the Ridge Home property in
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December 20, 1984
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its Transportation Design contract with Transplan Associates That
study is currently under way Preliminary results indicate that
significant development opportunities on the Ridge Home property,
including the Robb Street area, could be provided through the
extension of the Wheat Ridge roadway system and our connections with
the 1-70 interchanges at Kipling and Ward Road
Larned Waterman has requested clarification of several points
I Wheat Ridge has no annexation fees or other charges in annexation
situations (Council consensus on this point was 7-0)
2 The City of Wheat Ridge would fund preparation of a boundary
survey of the total Ridge Home property necessary to an annexation
agreement //~~tt~~t~~/~t/$~/~~~/t~/$~/~~~j Sufficient funds for
this purpose have been approved by City Council in both the 1984 and
1985 Citywide Economic Development budgets both under "Annexation
Investigations" and specifically under "Kipling and 50th Avenue, NW",
the Ridge Home property (Council consensus on this point was 7-0)
3 Staff believes that appropriate zoning classifications on the
Ridge Home property would be
a Commercial-One (C-I) on the South Campus property
(Council consensus 7-0)
b Planned Industrial District (PID) on the area south of Ridge
Road at Robb Street, which includes the full range of
Commercial-One (C-l) uses
(Council consensus consensus in agreement with staff 7-0)
c On the Ridge Home North Campus area and its planned
expansion, Hospital-Two (H-2), Public Buildings and
Facilities (PF-l), or other classification appropriate to the
plans of the institution
(Council consensus in agreement with staff 7-0)
d On the property north of Ridge Road and west of the North
Campus, an arrangement of residential, commercial and
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(Changes were On the property north of Ridge Road and west
of the North Campus, a combination of residential,
commercial, and industrial and Open Space uses could be
appropriate. Consensus was 6-1 with Mr. FIasco voting No.
Specific zoning action would necessarily be taken by the Planning
Commission and City Council, through public hearings This action
would accompany formal annexation action and could be made a part
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December 20, 1984
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thereof
the state,
An annexation agreement, which 1S a customary practice in
is a method that is available to you
In response to your earlier request the Urban Renewal Authority
passed Resolution UR 84-25, which expressed "interest in the
annexation and commercial development of the Ridge State Home
property" This was delivered to you 1n October, 1984
On December 13, 1984 the Urban Renewal Authority, acting in its
Citywide Economic Development capacity, reviewed the contents of the
presentation material that was presented at the State Board of Land
Commissioners public hearing on December 17, 1984
A special meeting of the City Council was held on December 20, 1984
to further review this annexation proposal (Consensus was 7-0 to
add to this last paragraph the following): Council supported by
unanimous consensus the proposals under paragraph 3. a b.c.d above
This consensus is as to the concept specified by in the body of
this letter and is subject to final approval by individual zoning
after full public hearings.
Meeting adjourn~d at 8 50 P m