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Home My WebLink About2012-09-17 (Regular) Meeting MinutesENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Regular Session September 17, 2012 A permanent sel of these minutes and the audio are maintained in the City Clerk's Office. 1. Call to Order Minutes and slreaming audios are also available on the web at: http ·/111.ww englewoodgov orgfln r1P.x nspx?page=999 Tre regula r meet in g of the Englewood City Counc i. was called to order by Mayor Penn at 7:40 p .m. 2 . Invocation Th e invocation was g iven by Council Member Mccaslin. 3. Pledge of Allegiance Th e Ple dge of Alleg ian:.:-was led by Council Member Mccaslin . 4 . Roll Call Presen t: Absent. A quorum was present Council Members Jefferson, Ulson, G il lit , McCaslin, W ilson , Woodward , Penn Non e Also present: C ity Manager Sears City Altorney Brotzman Depuly C ily Manager Flaherty City Clerk Ellis Deputy City Cieri< Bush D irector G1yglew icz, Finance and Ad ministra tive Servic es Dirc.:tor White, Community Develop ment Enginee ring Technician I Dye , Public Works Pl anner I Ki ni., C om mun :• D evel opment Senior Plann er Stitt, Co nunity Development Batallton Chiel Ertle , Fi re D c~uty Fire Chi el Peta u Police Deteclive Garrett Police Commande r Englert 5. Consideration of Minutes of Previous Session (a) COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT MOVED , AND COUNCIL MEMBER McCASLIN SECONDED , TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 . Vote results: Motion carrie d. Ayes : Council Members JeNerson , McCasltn , Wilson , Penn, Woodward, Olson, Gilli! Nays : Non e Englewood City Council September 17 , 2012 Pogo 2 6. Recognition of Scheduled Public Comment There we re· no scheduled visitors. 7. Recognition of Unscheduled Public Comment (a) Lewis Fowler. an En glewood res ide nt. sp oke about lhe E,glewood Dep ot and offP.rec sorTe suggestions and solulions for locati ons , renovation s, preservatio n, and own ership by the Englewood His tor ical Society (b) Carlos Fraga, an Eng lewood res ident, rev iew ed the problems of street parking on Ela h Street near Bishop El ernenla ry School. He be lieve s that lhere should be a restr iction on th e parking ana asked for Cou ncil's assista nce . (c) Cynthia Searfoss , an Engl ewood reside nt , spoke about the meeh ng held on Aug cs l 25, 2012 lor the Craig Hr,sp'tar expansion involving South Cl arkson Stree !. Sh e belie ves that the hosp ital missed a ·good oppor.unity le .-build goodwill with th e cilizens . (d) Heather Jordan . a Cherr y Hill s Vill age res ident . discusse d No on Amendmen l 64 and handed out information to Counc il. She would hke 10 see a resolut ion passed o::iposing this amendmen•., which would lega lize manJ"ana. (e) l'-rark Sargent. a Littleto n reside nt. spoke at,o u: Amendme nt 64 anc presented medica l facls regarding the usage of mariJuana . (I) C arly Sellaro . an Eng le wood student . (with Brand y Ba rt holomew, ar. En glewood High Sc huu l adv isor) asked Council for $680 .00 for lhe Englewood Hig h Schoo l homecor.iing paIade , w hich is this F1 ida y. The money Is pri marily t0 offset traffic cont rol cosl5 billet.J (10111 t·,e City 'or th e µara de . (g) Ira David Sas lna , an Eng lewood ,esiden l , spoke a~o ut th e new corner by Eng lewood High School , the fact that he is losir.g some of his property , and th e parkiroy issues the High School wil l face . He has put his property up fo r sale anu would like tv sell his house to the "ity. 8. Communications, Proclainatlol'I& and Appointments There were r10 cornmur 1ica lirn1s , p1oclamations , or appoin tm ent s. 9 Consent Agenda (a) Approval of Ordinances or, First Read ing Ther e v~e ,e no additiona l ite ms submitted for ap;>roval on fi rs! reading . (See Agen da It em 11 (a).) COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED . AND COUNCIL MEMBER McCASLIN SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 9 (b) (i). (b) Approval of Ord inances on Seco nd Rea ding (i) ORDINANC C NO . 48 , SERIES O F 2012 (COUNCIL 8I1.L NO . 48, INTR ODUCED BY COUN CIL MEMBC;R WOODWARD) AN ORDINANC E AUTHOR IZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE WATER CONSERVATION PLANNING GRANT AWARDED TO THE CI TY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO BY THE STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFF/\IRS . Englewood City Council September 17, 2012 Pago 3 Vote •esults: Motion carried . Ayes: Council Members Jefferson, Mccaslin, Wilson, Penn. Woodward, Olson , Gillit Nays : None (c) Resolulions and Motions There were nu additional resolutions or molions submitted for approval . (See Agenda Item 11 (c).) 10. Public Hearing Items (a) COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SECONDED, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GATHER INPUT ON THE PROPOSED 2013 CITY OF Er,,GLEWOOD BUDGET. Vote results . Ayes: Council Members Jefferson, Mccaslin, Wilson, Penn , Woodward , Olson, Gillit Nays: None Motion carried and the Public Hearing opened . /\II testimony was given under oa !h. Director Gryglewicz presented background information regarding the proposed City of Eng lewood 2013 Budget. Citizens who spc ·ke include : Cynthia Searles::, an Englewood resicent, said she actua lly read the budget. She said she appreciated seeing actual goals for \,1e various depaMments and hopes that they meet them. COUNC'L MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT SECONDED, TO CLOSE THE PUFILtC HEARING TO GATHER INPUT ON THE PROPOSED 2013 CITY OF ENGLEWOOD BUDGET, Vote resuits: Ayes : Council Members Jeff~r son, Mccaslin, Wilson , Penn , Woodward, Olson , Gill ,t Nays : None Motion carried and the Public Hearing closed . (b) COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON SECONDED, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GATHER INPUT ON COUNCIL BILL NO. 47 , A PROPOSED BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE OXFORD STATION TOD FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (1-1) TO THE PLANNED UNIT Df:VELOPMENT. Vote results: Ayes : Council Members Jefferso n, Mccaslin, Wilson, Penn , W<>:s1ward , Olson, Gillit Nays: None Mol1on carried and the Publ i:: Hearing opened . All testimony was given under oath Planner I Kirk , from Community 0..?vel or ;nent , presented background information regarding rezoning the Oxford Sialion TOD from Light Industrial (i-~~ '" the Planned Unit Development Jonathan Bosh , a principal of LittletoJn Capital Partners, det ailed the process and development of the project. He discus$ed the benefits to the City from this project Including lhc future design and possible cxpansi.. .. ,. He hopes the re ~o ning is appro•,ed . Englewood City Council September 17 , 2012 Poge 4 Joseph Poli, fro m Humphries/Poli Arch itects, ask ed for Council's approval for the rezoning of :he PUD . He p ·ese nled a Powe rP oi nl pre se ntation regarding the proposal of the trans it-oriented deve'opment and lhe strategies invo lve d Citizens who sp oke include : Cy nth ia Searloss, an Englewood reside nt , saiC parkmg spaces seem to be crucial to th is developm en t and that that area ,s a lready stressed wi;h the lacK or par king avallabllity . She thin~s the City Is runn ing a fire sale reg arding the lowecing of the cost of land being developed In several projects and al the cost of le ss green space in the communitY . Ms Searfcss stated that she is cur 1ruse t..1 1egwd :11g the ru ·1d 1ny t:tnd tim ing some :,f th ese developments. Porn e la Beet!:i, c!n i::ngl ewuut..l res 1de111. ta lk ed about how the development look the whole neighborhood into account 111 th eir --.1arming. She sees ,1ow City Council has vest ed in th is project . Ms . Deets wou ld li ke to see a sense of si:a ce , a sen se of comm unily , and a sense of economic va lue added to th is oroJecl. COUNCIL MEMBER GlLLIT MOVED, AND COUNCIi. MEMBER WILSON SECONDED, TO CLOSE THE PUB UC HEARING TO GATHER INPUT ON COUNCIL BILL NO. 47, A PROPOSED BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE REZONING THE OXFORD STATION TOD FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (1 -1) TO THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT . Voto results : Ayes · Counc il Members Jeffersor, Mccaslin, Wilson , Penn, Wocdward, Olson , Gill 1l Nays : None I\Jlotion carried and the Public Hearing cl osed . 1 1 Ordinances, Rc!.iolutions and Motions ta} Approval of Ordinances on First Read ing (i} Director While presented a recomme ndation lrom the Commurnly Development Department to adopt a Bill for an Ordinance to vacate the 3400 block of South Clarkson Street. Slaff further recommends that Council set October 1, 2012 as the dale for a Public Hearing to gather public input on the proposed ord inance . COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (i) -COUNCIL BILL NO. 49 AND TO SET OCTOBER 1, 2012 AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PROPOSED OF:DINANCE. COUNCIL BILL NO. 49 , INTRODUC ED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE VACATING THE 3400 BLOCK OF SOUTH CLARKSON STREET BETWEE N GIRARD AND HAMPDEN AVENUES IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLOR AD O BUT RES EINING UTILITY EASEMENTS AND CITY BICYCLE ROUTE ON SOUTH CLARK SON . Vote results: Motion carried . Ayes : Council Members Jetterso n, Mc Ca ;hn, w,Is0.1, Penn . Woodward, Olson, Gilli! Nays: None The meat!eg recessed at 9:42 p .m . The m~ett ng reconv~ned at 9.48 p.rn . with all City Council Members present Englowood City Council Septembor 17, 2012 Page 5 (b/ Approval of Ordinances on Second Reading There we re no addilional it<:ms submitteo for approval on second rea ding . (See Agenda Item 9 (b) -Consent Agenda .) (c) Resolutions and Malians COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GILUT SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 11 (c) Ii). (ii), !ill), (Iv), and Iv). COUNCIL MEMBER JEFFERSON PULLED AGENDA ITEM 11 le) (Iv). Director Gryglewicz presented recommendations from Finance and A:1ministralive Services Departmenl to approve the reso lu tions for Ag enda Items 11 (c) (i),(ii), i iii ), and ('I). (i) RESOLUTION NO . 77, SERIES OF 2012 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERR ING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUND AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND TO THE CAPl"1 •AL PROJECTS FUND iCPF) FOR THE HR ORACLE OSB PR OJECT . (i i) RESOLUTION NO . 78. SERIES OF 2012 A RESOL:JTION TRANSFERR ING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUNO (PIF) TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS rUND (CPF) FOR EMERGENCY AL ERT SIREN PROJECT . (1ii) RESOLUTION NO. 79 , SERIES OF 2012 A RESOLUTION APPROPRIA11NG FUNDS FOR THE ENGLEWOOri , OXFORD AND BA l"ES S'IATION AREA MASTER PLAN PRO JECT . (v) RESOLUTION NO . 80, SERIES 0. 2012 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING COVERAGE UNDER THE FPPA DEFINED BENEFIT SYSTEM AD'AINISTERED BY THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION ASSOCIATION FOR NEW POLICE OFFICERS FOR TH E CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AND PROVIDING ACTIVE POLICE OFFICERS THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRE AND POI.ICE ASSOC IATION DEFINED BENEFIT SYSTEM . Vote results on Agenda lterns 11 (c) (I), (ii), (ill), and (v): Mol1on carried Ayes : Council Members Jetterson, McCashn, Wilson. Penn, Woo:tward , Olson. Gilli! Nays : Non e (1v) Di rector Gryglew1cz presented a recommendation from Finance and Administralive Services Department lo approve a resolution aulhorizing a transfer of $200.000 00 from the Risk Man age ment Fund lo the Gen era: F1Jnd . COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT MOVED, AND MAYOR PENN SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (c) (Iv) -RESOLUTION NO . 81 , SERIES OF 2012 . RESOLU TION NO . 81 , SERIES OF 2017 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERR ING FU NO~ FROM THE RISI~ MANAGEMEN T FUND TO THE G~NERAL F UND Englewood City Cou,icll Soptembcr 17 , 2012 Pago 6 Vote results : Mot ion carried Aye s. Coun cil Members Mccaslin , Wilson , PE:l'ln, Woodward, Olson , G.1 I Nays: C ounc il Member Jefferson (vi) Senior Plan ne r Still presented a recomm end;:1l ion from thP. Cn mmunity Oevelopmenl Depar1m enl to adopt a resolution au thor i,ing Community nevP.lopme~t Block Gran! Application for FY2 013 . COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD MOVED . AND COUNCIL MEMBER GILLIT SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (r.) (vi)-RESOLUTION NO . 82 , SERIES OF 2012. RESOLUTION NO. 82 , SERIES O F 2012 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD . COLORADO , TO FILE APPLICA I IONS WI I H ARA PAl-<O E CO UNTY FOR A 2013 COMMU~:ITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRAN I , Vote results : Ayes : Council Members Jefferson , Mt:Cas l1n. Wilso n, Pen n, Woodwa,·d, Olson , Gilli! Nays Nunti Motio n Q\rned 12 . General Ois cus'iion (a ) Mayor's C~oice (b) Co11n r,il Memhers' C hoicP. (i} Council considered the fund ·ng request for the Englewood High School Homecoming Parade. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON MOVED, AND MAYOR PENN SECONDED, TO APPROVE GIVING $400 .00 TO ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR HOMECOMING PARADE. COUNCIL MEMBER OLSON AMENDED THE AMOUNT FROM $400 .00 TO $340.00, WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR ADVISOR BE NOTIFIED n,,; T THEY ARE TO .;oME BEFORE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER WHEN COUNCIL IS D£.CILJ ING ON AID TO OTHER AGENCIES. MAYOR PENN ACCEPTED THE AMENDMENT. Ve to results on the motion as amended: Ayes Council Members Jefferson, McCas lin, Wilson , Penn, Woodw ~rd , Olson, Gilli t Nays : None Motion carried , 13 . City Manager's Roport (1) A motion approving the South Metro Denver Animal Shelier Options Memorandum of Underslanding wris considered . COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON MOVED, AND COUNCIL MEMBER McCASLIN SECONDED , TO APPROVE THE SOUTH METRO DENVER ANIMAL SHELTER OPTIONS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. Vote results: Motion carried . Ayes : Council Members Jeff2rson. Mccaslin , Wilson , Penn, Woodward, Olson , Gillit Nays: None Englowood City Council September 17, 2012 Page 7 14. City Attomey's Report Cily Anomey Brotzman did not have any maners to bring before Council. 15 . Adjournment