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REGU LA R MEETI NG:
COUNCIL CHAMBER S
City of Englewood, Colorado
September 20 , 1982
The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colorado , met in r eg ul ar session on Se pt ember 20 , 1982 ,
a t 7: 30 p .m.
Mayor Otis , presiding , called the meeting t o order .
The i~vocati o n was given by Reverend II. G. Ratcliffe,
Seventh Day Adventist Church , 27th and Down i ng Streets. The pledge
of allegianc e was led by Bo y Sc o ut Tr o o ps 1115 and #1:1.
Mayor Otis a s ke d fo r r o ll call . Up o n a call of t he roll,
the f o llowing wer e pr es e nt:
Council Me mb e r s Higday , Neal, Fitzpatri c k , Weist ,
Bi l o , Bradshaw, Otis .
Absent: None.
The Mayor declared a quorum pr esent .
Als o present were: City Manag e r Mccown
Assistant City Man ager Vargas
City At torney DeWitt
Deputy City Cl e rk Watkins
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED Tu APPROVE THE MINUTES OF
THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 16, 1982, AND TO AMEND ON PAGE 2 , THE
MOTION TO REFLECT THE PR OPER COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SECONDED THE MOTION
TO APPROVE TH E MINUTES OF THE REGU LAR MEETIN G OF AUGUST 2 , 1982.
Cou ncil Member Bilo s eco nded the mo tion . Upon a cal l of th e roll,
the vote r esulted as follows:
Ayes:
Na ys:
Council Members Higday, Nea ;, Fitzpa t rick,
Weist , Bi l o , Bradshaw , Otis.
Non e .
Th e Mayor declared the motion carried.
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The minut es of refer e nced meet i ng of August 2 , 1982 , show
Co un c il Me mber Brad shaw second ed th e mo tion to app rov e the mi nut es
o f Augu s t 2 , 1982 . . .
COUN CIL MEMBER BRADS HAW MO YuD TO APPROVE THE MINUTES Of
THE SPECIAL MEETIN G OF AU GUST 23 , 198~. Co unc il Member Fitzpatrick
second e d the moti on . Up o n a c al l o( t he r o ll, the vo t e r es ulted as
fol low s :
Aye s :
Nays :
Coun c il Members Higday, Nea l, Fitzpat ric k ,
We i s t, Silo, Br:1d shaw , Otis .
Non e .
Th e Ma yor d ec lar ed th e mo ti on c a rried .
CO UNCIL MEMBER NEAL MOVE D TO APPROVE TH E MINUTE S OF THE
REGULAR ME ETIN G OF SEPTEMBE R 7 , 1982 . Council Me ~~er Br a dshaw
seconded t he mo t i on . Up on a call of the roll , ti.,, vote result ed as
follows :
Ay e s:
Nays :
Co unci l Members Hi gday , Neal , Fitzpa trick ,
We i s t , Sil o , Bradsh aw , Otis .
Non e .
Th e Mayo r d ec l a red the mo ti on car ri ed .
Pre-scheduled visitor , Mr s. H. A. Strea r of the Raggedy
Ann Sto r e at 351 0 South Broadway , was prese nt . Mr s . Strear re -
que s ted permission to put a booth or tent in front o f her store
und e r the n arquee from October 29 , -October 31 , 1982. Mrs . St r ear
stated she o perated a costume store and during Ha llow ee n is the
wh e n he r sto r e is very busy. Mr s . St r ea r stated the booth would be
used to app ly makeup f o r Halloween .
CO UN CIL ML .SER NEAL MOVED TO APP ROVE THE REQUEST FOR OCTO-
BER 29 , 30 , 31 , 1982 , PE NDING REVIEW AND APPROVAL FROM THE ASSIST-
AN T DI RE CTOR OF COMMUNITY DE VELOPMENT , DORO TH Y ROMANS, TO WHOM MRS .
STRE AR IS TO PROVIDE : 1) A LETTER FROM MRS . STEAR 'S IN SURANCE COM-
PANY STATING THAT TH E ADDED LIA BILITY WOULD BE COVERED; 2) A ROUGH
SKETCH OF TH E BOO TH OR TENT INDI CA TIN G THERE WOUL D BE NO PUBLIC
SAF ETY PR OB LEM; AN D 3) LE TTER S FR OM THE NEIG HB OR S ON EA CH SIDE
STAT I NG THEY HAVE NO OBJE CTION TO THI S RE QUEST. Council Me mber
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Fit zpat ri ck seconded th e motion . Up o n a call of the roll, the vote
r esulted a~ follows:
~yes :
Nays:
Counc il Me mber s Hi gday , Nea l , Fit zpatr i ck ,
We i st , Bil o , Br ads h a w, Otis .
Non e .
The Ma yor de c lared the mot i on ca rri ed.
Th e re were r1 ~ other visit ors .
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COUNCIL MEM BER FITZPATRICK MOVED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEAR-
IN G ON THE 198 3 PRO PO SED BUDGE T. Council Member Bilo seconded the
mot ion. Upon a call of the r ol l, t he vot e r esulted as f ollows:
Ay es :
Nays :
Coun c il Members Higday , Nea l, Fitzpatrick,
We i st , Bil e , Brad.sh a w, Oti s .
No ne .
The Mayo r declar e d th e mo ti o n ca rried .
As s i s t a nt City Ma na ger Pe te Va rg as pres ented a n o ve r v iew
of the pr o posed budget f o r the ye a r 198 3 . Mr . Va rgas stated the
purpos e of th e hearin g was to pr ese nt the proposal a nd he a r cou-
me nt s fr om th e citi z en s .
Mr. Vargas r eq ues te d another h ea ring subsequent t o this
one be held to cov er r evenue sha ring fun ds.
Ma yor Otis asked for co mme nt s from the aud i e nce .
Billy Arbin oth , 3875 So uth Elati , appe a r ed before Counci l .
Ms . Arbinoth s tated she wa s a student at Me tro . She wa s expe rien c -
ing problems d o in g r esear c h at th e Denve r Pu blic Libraries becaus e
of certa i n policies that have been initiated for out s id e Den ve r re-
si den t usage . Ms . Arbin oth aske d if any thing could be done .
Co uncil Membe r Bil o s ta ted he wo ul d chec k through th e
Denv e r Re gional Co uncil of Governmen ts . He wa s f a mili a r wi th th e
problem and wo uld g e t bac k to Ms . Arbin oth .
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Truman Da vi s , 27 41 Sout h Odgen , appeared before Council .
Mr. Da vi~ sta t ed h e ~nd oth e rs with him suppo rt ed the full time
c l e ri ca l po ~it i o n at the Ma l l ey Ce nt e r th a t was be ing propos e d In
th e 1983 b ud g e,.
CCU NCIL MEM BER HIGD AY MOVED TO RE CEIVE THE COMMUNICATION
FR OM TH E PARKS & RECREATI ON CO MMISS I ON WHOS E RE QUES T , BY UNANIMOU S
VOTE OF TH E PARKS & RECR EATION COMM I SSI ON , I S TO AP PRO VE TH E RECO M-
ME NDATION OF THE MALLEY SE NI OR RECREA TIO N CENTER AD VISO RY BOAR D TO
ESTA BL I SH THE FULL TI ME CLERICAL TECH NIC IA N PO SITI ON FOR THE MALLEY
SENIOR RE CREATIO N CENTER AS SUBM ITTED IN THE 1983 SUPPLEMEN TAL BU D-
GET. Counc il Memb e r Bil o seco nded th e mo tio n , Upon a c a ll of th e
r o l l, th e vo t e r es ulte d as follo ws :
Ayes :
Nays :
Co uncil Me mbe r s Hig day , Neal , Fitzpa trick ,
We is t , Ei l o , Bradshaw , Otis .
Non e .
The Mayo r dec l a r ed the mo ti on ca rried .
There were no further comme nt s .
CO UN CIL MEMBER HIGDAY MOVED TO CLOSE THE HEARI NG. Co un cil
Membe r Bilo sec o nd ed th e motion . Up o n a ca ll of the r o ll, th e vo t e
r esu l ted a s follo ws :
Ay es :
Nays:
Co un cil Me mb e rs Hig day , Nea l , Fi t zpat r ick ,
Weis t , Bi l e , Bradshaw , Oti s .
Non e .
Th e Mayo r decla r ed th e mot i o n c a rried .
COUN CIL MEMBER BRADS HAW MOV ED TO SUSPEND TH E RULES AND
OPEN A PU BLI C HEA RIN G ON GENERAL REVENUE SHARIN G FUN DS FOR 19 83 .
Co un ci l Mem b e r Nea l s e co nd ed th e mo t i on . Up on a ~all o f the r ol l,
th e vote r esulted as follo ws :
Ayes:
Na y s :
Coun c il Me mbe r s Hi gday , Ne al , Fi tzpat r ick ,
We i st , Bi l e , Brad s haw, Otis .
No ne.
Th e Mayo r dec l a r ed th e mo ti on ca rri ed .
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Assistant City Manager Pete Varga s presented the general
revenue shari ng fund s for 1983. Mr . Varga s stated staff proposes
to use the fu nd s which wi l l amount to $746 ,000 in the Police De -
pa r tment for negot i~t ed sa lar y increase in 1983. Mr. Vargas stated
th , purpose of the hearing was to hear what ~a s proposed and to
h ea r citize n input on th e pr o pos al .
Mayor Ot is asked for comments fr om the audie nc e .
There were no comments.
COUNCIL MEM BER HIGDAY MOvED TO CLOSE THE HEARING . Council
Me mb e r Neal seconded the motion . Up o n a call of the roll, the vot e
r esul t ed a s follows:
we r e :
Ayes:
Na~s :
Council Me mbers Higd ay, Nea l , Fit zpa tri ck ,
Weist, Bile , Bradshaw , Oti s .
None .
The Mayor declared the motion carried .
1'Communications -No Action Recommcndedu on the agenda
(a )
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
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Minut es of th e Housing Authority meetings of
Mar ch 12 and June 2 , 1982.
Minutes of the Urb an Renewal Authority meeti ng
of August 4, 198 2 .
Mi nute s of the Bo a rd of Adjus tme nt and Appeals
meeting of Augu s t ll, 198 2 .
Mi nu tes of the Pl a nning and Zoning Commission
meeting of August 17, 198 2 .
Mi nutes of the Englewood Downtown Development
Auth ori ty meeting of September 9 , 1982 .
Mi nu tes of the Pu b lic Libra r y Board me e ting of
Septembe r 14, 198 2 .
COUNCIL MEM BER FITZPATRICK MOVED TO ACCEPT "COMMUNICA-
TIONS -NO ACT ION RECOMMENDED", AGENDA ITEM S 5(A) -S(F). Coun-
ci l Member Brads h aw seconded the motion . Up o n a call of the roll,
the vote r esulted as fol l o ws :
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Ay es :
Na ys :
Co un c il Membe r s Hi gday , N~a l, Fi t zpat r ick ,
Wei st, Bi l o , Br a d sha w, Oti s .
None .
Th e Mayor dec lar ed th mo tion ca rried.
Ci ty Manage r Mccown pre se nted a Counci l Communicat i o n f r om
th e Di r ector of Publ i c Wor ks concerni ng a r eq ue st for a n out-o f-
state trip for t !,e Servicente r Supe r intendent.
COUN CIL MEM BER HI GDAY MOVE D TO APPROVE THE OUT-OF-STAT E
TRIP FOR THE SE RVJCENTER SUP ERINTENDENT. Co un cil Me mbe r Br adsha w
s eco nd ed the motion . Upon a ca ll of the r o ll, th e vote r esulted as
follo ws:
Ayes:
Nays:
Cou ncil Me mbe r s Higday , Neal , Fitzpatrick ,
We ist, Bilo , Bradshaw , Oti s .
No ne.
The Ma yor decla re d the motio n ca rried.
ORDINANCE NO. 39
SER IES OF 198 2
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BY AUTHOR I TY
COUNC IL BILL NO . 42
INT ROD UCED BY COU NCIL
MEMBER BRADSHAW
AN ORD INANC E DES CR IBIN G AN D DE FININ G OBSCENI TY AND PR OVIDING CIR-
CUM STANCES UNDE R WHI CH I T JS PRO HI BITED av AMENDING TIT LE XI , CHAP-
TER 7, OF TH E EN GLEW OOD MUNI CI PAL CODE OF 1 969 , AS AM ENDED , AND DE -
CLARING AN EMERGEN CY.
CO UN CI L MEMBER BRADS HAW MOVED TO PAS S COUNCIL BIL L NO. 4 2 ,
SERIE S OF 1982 , ON FINA L READING. Co un c il Me mber Fitzpatrick sec -
ond ed the motio n . Upon a cal l of the r o ll, th e v ote r es ult ed as
follows:
Ay es :
Nays:
Council Me mber s Hi gday , Neal , Fitzpa t r ick ,
We i st , Bila , Bradsha w, Otis.
No ne .
The Mayo r decla r ed the motio n ca rri ed .
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ORDI NAN CE NO. 40
SER I ES OF 198 2
BY AUTH ORIT Y
COUNCI L BI LL NO . 43
I NT RODUCED BY CO UNCI L
ME MBER BI LO
AN ORDINAN CE AUTH OR I ZI NG THE ISS UANCE OF A CITY OF ENGLEWOOD ,
CO LORADO , INDU STRI AL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BO ND (A RAPAHOE PRO -
FE SSION AL CORPORATION PROJECT), SERIES A, IN THE PRINC IPAL AMO UNT
OF $428 ,000 ; AN D APPR OVING THE FOR M AN D AUT HOR I ZIN G THE EXEC UT ION
OF CE RTAIN DOCUM ENTS RELATING THERETO .
CO UNCIL MEMBER BI LO MOVED TO PA SS COUNCIL BILL NO. 43,
SERIES OF 1982 , 0~ FINAL READIN G. Council Me mber Br adsha w s e c -
o nded th e mot i on .
City Atto rn ey DeWitt s tated con s truction was t o beg in
around the latter part of Octobe r, 198 2 .
Upon a ca l l o( the roll , the vot e r es u l ted as fo llows:
Ayes:
Nays :
Co un ci l Memb e rs Higday, Neal , Fitzpat r ick ,
Wejs t , Bilo, Bradshaw , Otis .
No ne .
The Ma yo r declared the moti o n carried.
ORDINANCE NO.
SERIES OF 1982 __ _
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BY AUTHORITY
A BILL FOR
COUNC IL BI LL NO. 45
INTR ODUCED BY COUN CIL
MEMB ER HIG DA Y
AN ORDINANC E APP RO VIN G AN INTERCONNECT CO NT RACT WITH TH E CITY AND
CO UNT Y OF DENVER , BY AND THR OUGH ITS BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY MOVED TO PA SS CO UNC IL BI LL NO . 45 ,
SERIE S OF 1982 , ON FI RS T RE ADING . Co un c il Me mb e r Bila seconded the
mot i o n . Upon a ca l l of th e rol l, t he vo t e r e sulted as foll o ws:
Aye s : Council Me mb e r s Higday , Neal , Fit zpat rick ,
Weist , Bila, Bradshaw , Ot i s .
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Nay s: None .
The Mayo r d ec l a re d t h e motio n carri e d .
COUN CIL MEMBER HIGDAY MOVED TO APPROVE A PROC LAMAT I ON DE-
CLARING SEP TEMBE R 25, 198 2 , AS "HUNT ING AND FI SHIN G DAY ". Co un c il
Membe r Bilo seconded t h e mo t i o n . Up o n a ca ll of th e r oll , th e vot e
r esu lted as follows:
Aye s :
Nays:
Council Me mb e rs Hi gday , Neal , Fitzpatri ck ,
Weist , Bil a , Br ads h a w, Otis .
None.
Th e Ma yor d e c l are d th e motion carr i ed .
Ci ty Atto r ney DeWitt asked th at Co un cil r econs id er the
co ntr act agreement with Arapah oe County for tra nspor tation ser-
v i ces fo r seniprs . Mr. DeWit t stated the cont r act needed som e
cl a rif icatio n a n d h e wou ld re su bmit the contract in mi d -Octobe r .
City Ma n ag e r Mccown p re se nte d a Coun c il Commun i cation from
the Directo r of Parks a nd Re cre a tion conc e rning bid a ward f o r
tennis and all purpos e co ur t r esu rf acing.
COUNCIL MEM BER BILO MOVE D TO APPROVE AND AW ARD TO MAL OTT ,
PETER SON , RENNER , INC ., THE RESURFACING OF TEN NIS CO URT S AT ROM ANS
PARK & SINC LAIR JR. HI GH AN D THE ALL PU RP OSE COURT AT CENTENN IAL
PARK IN TH E AMOUNT OF $16 ,760 . Co uncil Me mbe r Br adsha w seconded
the motio n, Upon a ca ll o f the r ol l , t he vote re sulted a s
fo ll o ~s :
Ayes:
Na y s :
Council Membe r s Hig day , Ne al , Fitzpa tri ck ,
Weist , Bil o , Bradshaw , Oti s .
Non e .
Th e Mayo r declared th e motion ca rried .
Council Member Ne al no ted th e Co un c il Comm unicati o n dis-
cussed only on e bid. Mr . Neal asked the City Ma nager to check with
the Pa rk s and Rec r eation De pa rtment t o see if the r e we re other
b id d e r s , if th e r ecomm e nda ti o n was f o r the low es t , and th a t the
r e gular b i d pr ocess was f o ll o we d .
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City Ma nager Mc cown pres e nted a Council Communication from
the Directo r of Community Deve l o pm e nt conc e rning the contra ct with
Des ign Work sho p, Inc . Mr. Mccown r ecomme nded approval for purpos e
of establ ishing guidelines for th e rede ve l o pm ent of the downtown
a r ea e specially along So uth Broadway .
COU NCIL MEMBER NEAL MOVED TO APPR OVE THE CONTRACT WITH DE-
SIGN WORKS HOP, INC. FOR THE PREPARATION OF DESIGN GUID ELIN ES FOR
BR OADWAY FROM EASTMAN TO U.S . 285 FOR A TOTAL CO ST OF $19,00 0 .
Co uncil Me mbe r Fitzpatrick s econde the mo ti o n. Up o n a call of th e
r 0 ll, the vo te r esu lted as fo ll o ws:
Aye s :
Nays :
Counc i l Me mb e r s Higda y , Nea l, Fitzpatrick,
Weist , Bil e , Bradshaw , Oti s .
No ne .
Th e Mayo r de c l a r ed th e motio n car ri ed .
Co uncil directed the City Attorn e y t o pr e pare a proclama-
tion for the next r egula r meeting c o nce r n ing d r ug awa r eness we ek
whi c h h as be en brought t o the i r at te nti on by th e Colo rado Mu nicipal
Lea gue .
Co uncil Memb e r Hi gday a s ke d the Ass ist ant Ci t y Mana ge r to
look into repairing and r el oca ting the g ar goyle at Fire Station 11
and to r e port bac k to Coun c il .
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADS HAW MOV ED TO GO IN TO EXEC UTIVE SESS I ON
FOLLOWING THIS MEETIN G TO DISCUSS PR OPERTY ACQ UI SI TION. Co unci l
Me mb e r Neal seconded th e mot i on . Up o n a ca ll of the r ol l , th e vot e
r es ulted as f o llows :
Ayes :
Na ys:
Co un ci l Me mb e r s Hig day , Neal , Fitzpatrick ,
We ist, Br adsha w, Oti s.
Co unc il Me mber Bil e.
Th e Ma yor d e~lared th e motion ca rr ied .
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meeting.
Th e r e was no further busine ss to be disc ussed at this
COUNC IL MEMBER HIGDAY MOV ED TO ADJOURN.
Mayo r Oti s adjo urn ed th e meeting with o ut a vote at
8:40 p.m .
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