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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-05-15 (Regular) Meeting Minutes• ~-.., ..-,v,iJ~-NOlgn!l Cf.JO'. I 1•M , "iLq ENGLEWOOD CIT'i COUNCIL ,1 IIN,GLEWOOD, UAPAHOI. COUNTY, COLOIW.'O R,plorS-... May 15,2000 I. Call IO Onler The rqular moeting oflhe Englewood City Council wu called to order by Mayor Bums at 7:30 p.m. 2. ln•ocalloa The invocatjon Vfll given by Council Member Nabhol1.. 3. PlcdpoC,\Jleslautt The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Bums. 4. RoUCaU Present: Abscnc A ']UOrum was present Also Prescnc Council MembcB Nabholz. Grazulis, a.mu, Wolosyn. Yurcbick. Burns Council Member Br.idshaw City Manager Scars 11: City Attorney Brownao Deputy City Oerk c.sde Planoer Lanaon. Commuai•,y Development Director Ross. Public Wotb l I' Planning Analyst O:uu,,.miller, Community Development 5. Minutes (a) COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND rr WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 1, 2000, Ayes: Council Mcmbcn Nabbolz, Outen. WolOlyn Yurcbick. Grazulis, Burns Nays : None Ahscnt: Council Member Br.idshaw The motion cai do 6. SdledalcdVllllors (a) Janet Jarrell was prdcnt to request Council's approval of a proclamation for Dianetics Weck. Ms. JUTOII stau:d thlt she has lived in Englewood for ,bout twenty-five y= anJ is one of many volunteers in a group called Oianetics . She :idviscd that Di~tics is a book that was rcie.tsed by L. Ron Hubbanl fifty ye,B •ao -II is• secular technique: tlw helps pe ople get off dru15. a li 1Craey program, and a ,;ounseling group where people confront :ind deal with their problems . Spciling pcBOnally, Ms . JL,..11 said, lxack when she was a hippie in the late sixties , she ran into Dianetics and realized thiu she did not·want to lake drugs. She said she feels very enriched by this. Now, she said. we try to reoch out to citizens of J!aalewooci City Council May 15,2000 Pqe2 various towns and help tbem, if they wam 10 be helped oh/lllftl,ef ~•11ioy have prolilclr1 lbey- bandle by themselves. We are bllsiciuy a volunteer a,oup, ~1sild. ul&1wio "-ej/e,,b,p • freo Dir,!lllics cenlOI' over on BIMOClt. People :1SSOCiate Dianetics will! Scieiuok>sY, she COIIIIIIIIIUOI. ":'.lnlDlo.iy is different. bu! they~ bod! developed by I. Ron'ffubbaid. wt.\ ii a very fucinllin1111111, ,.,. st,~. Ml. Janell !lid the reuon she come tonisht ii because she would lib Mayor Bums to proclaim /;,.1,y u Dianetics Mand!, bccousc it is the fiftied! :umivmary of tho ~ .... of the book. She llid she had some materials will! her. bu! apologized becouse sne had not made copies. She lllk,d Mayor Bums ifhe bad received 1hc information she sent him previously. Mayor Bwns said he did n:ceive iL Ma . Janell !lid d!ere"" many Dian<tics success stories. :ind they have opened sevenu cen..,., called Nutc!Yi!l 'lllllWld the countty , at which they have :in eighty-five percent success rate in setting people permanendy off drup. We"" locoted in Englewood now and we would like 10 celebrate this. she said. The mayors of Colorado Sprinp and Pueblo have issued d!is procl:inwion. of which Mayor Bwns hu a copy, she advised, T)iere are many places in California d!at have done lhis and we feel very suongly that we"" here' 10 help . 'If the City of Englewood needs somelhing done, we are willing 10 do llw.100 . We do hipway cleanup, along will! d!e Ch1D>h of Scientology. and we are ready 10 roll. We would lil:e to Fl our center open and celebrate our Jiftied! :innivenary wilh • declaration from lhe City of'Englewood. Mayor Bums said Council will discuss this and let her know . 7. Unscheduled Visitors There were no unscheduled visitors. 8. CommunlClllloas. Proc:lamatlons and Appointments (a) A proclatn3tion declaring 1he week of Moy 14 lhrough 20, 2000 as Police Week and May 15, 2000 u Pe:i.ce Officers Memorial Day was consfrie1cd. COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF MA\' 14 THROUGH 20, 2000 AS POLICE WEEK AND MAY 15, 2000 AS PEACE omCERS MEMOlllAL DAY. Ayes: Council Members Nabholz. Garren. Wolosy,, Yurchick. GrazuJis. Bums Nays: None Absent Council Member Bradshaw The morion Ql'l"icd. Division ChiefTom Vandcnnee came forward with severai members of the Safety Services staff. He in:roduccd Officer Chris Fox , Officer Bernie Gard. Officer Robert Aki:,s and S<rgC'1111 Rick Forbes. Dcprny City Clerk Castle read the proclamation in iull. Mayor Bums said Oirccror Olson attended :i '""CCi:i.l memorial on Saturday, downtown at the Civic Center, honoring police officers. Mayor Bums expressed appreciation 10 the officers for all the work they do. Chief V:indennee lhwed Council on behalf of lhe members of the Police Division of the Englewood Department of Safety Services, both those present this evening :ind those out on the sttect. as well as others wh;l were unable to :inend . 9. Public Heariq • • • • • Englewood City Council May 15, 2000 Page 3 (a) COUNCIL MEMBER GARREIT MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GATHER INPUT ON COUNCIL BILL NO. 33, APPROVING THE PROPOSED HA \\/THORNE SUITES LTD, HOTEL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. Ayes: Council Members Nabholz, Garrell, Wolo;;yn Yurchick, Gruulis. Bums Nays: None Absent : Council Member Bradshaw T; : moti r·n carried and the public hearing opened. All pcrso1 •; gi v1ug 1cstimony were duly sworn. PJa;'lncr Langon presented Council Bill No. )J. the Hawthorne Suites Lid. Ho1c! Planned Unit Development for Council's consideration. She reminded Council that first reading was on April 17, 2000. She submitted Proof of Publication of lhc Notice of Public Hearing in the Englewood Herald on April 21, 2000. as well as the Cenificate of Posting of this public hearin3. The applicanlS for the Hawthorne Suites, Ltd. Hotel PUD are Michael Plante and Dr. Paul Zwiebel . They arc requesting rezoning of 1hc nonheast and northweu corners of the intersection of South Pennsylvania Street and U.S. 285, she advised, to huild a fi rt,. •lwo room. three story extended stay hotel with associated park.ing. She said she would let the applicant explain the extended hotel concept. The PUD is required because the ho1el use is not a penniued use in the cwren1 zone and they arc requesting the rezone from R-3 high-density residence district 10 1he PUD. she advised. She rem inded Council 1hat the PUD is an actual rezoning process and its P' .rpose is for development that may not be accommoda1ed within the existing zoning regulations. Jt establishes zoning and site plan criteria that arc specific to this development, she said. Ms. Langon said there are two parts to the PUD, the first being the district plan, which is the regul:uions that govern the use in the new zone district. preuy much lhe verbiage . The other part i:. the site plan , which is the general site and other development details that arc specific 10 the project They include such things, she, said. as structW'es. their locations, elevatior.a, parking. landscaping and signage. The proposal is for a site on the northeast and northwest comers vf lhe intersection. There are two parcels. totaling approximately eight tenths of an acre. located one block south of Swedish Medical Center. The surrounding uses to the northeast and south. she advised, are & mix. of residential and professional uses, and to the Y.est is a B-1 commercial district. Ms. Langon smed that, on the site currently. arc three single-ramily residential dwellings. rhis site is one or four potential hotel sites that were identified by the City's 1997 llotol Market Demand Study. The PUD proposal was fint submitted to the City in May, 1998 and the required pre-submtttal neighborhood meeting was held in July or 1 !>98, she advised . At that meeting. the main issue was parking, she said. The formal application wu submitted in September, I 99 E. and, following review by lhc City's developrtl\. "'l review team. the Colorado DepJrtmcnt of Transportation. and an independent design consultant. and af .. a number of revisions, the final proposal was submitted this January. The Planning and. Zoning Commission held a public tearing on March 7, 2000, at which there was no public opposition. The Commission recommended approval of the PUD to Council with two conditions. she advised. One was that the applicants submit a park.in& demand analjsis, and that all renccs comply wi1h the sight distance triangle requireme 111s or the City . Thoie conditiCJns have been addressed by the applicant. Th: PUD is a rezoning, she repeated, and is required because the ho1el use is not pcm11t1ed in 1he current R-3 zone district. The PUO proposal is for an extended slay specialty ho1el 1h11 is based on its proximity 10 the hospitals anJ medical clinics in the are.1. The proposal takes the basi c R-3 zone district regulations and adds hotel use as a permitted u.se. and also rcmc . single family and duplex use s as permitted uses . Because the applican1 wishes 10 remove the sinisle f.imily and duplex uses. the gran1ing or a legal nonconforming use is w11hin 1i1c PUD 10 thos: three remaining ex.isling single family dwellings and 1heir accessory uses un1il the PUD 1s developed. Staff believes the proposed PUD is consistent with the 1979 Comprehensive Plan's intent. which designated the East Hampden corridor as a mixed use medic al district, which accommod111e suppon1ve . medically related bus inesses. medic:tl offices and uses such llS rest11urants and motels, 10 accommod ate 1hc families or palienlS and multi-unit housing . she advised . Staff also feels that the proposed PUD is compatible -.ith the mixed use neighOOfhood that has developed in the area, 1h11t the proposed 51gn11g e and landscaping is consistent with comparable de,·elopmcnts, 1ha1 the PUD fills a need that 1s lackin g currently in our II, I Englewood Ci1y Council May 15, 2000 Page 4 community, and that the district and site plan meet the minimum PUD requirements, she said. Staff hu been satisfied with the applicant's addres..ing of the Planning and 2.oning Commission fence issUCS. 1Thbt& traffic safety issues of the fence height within the sight distance triangle will be addressed at the pe"!!ttntng phase of the project . Also, lhc City's minimum pMk:ing requirement and s1andard for il hotel is one space per guest room and one additional space per two employees. which would total approximately fifty-six spaces , she advised. The applicant is proposing a fifty -1wo room hotel and fifty -two spaces. Their rationale for the less than nonnal requirement is that the • •.ttcncled stay hotel creates a smaller demand for parking. Staff believes the parking analysis that was done by iiospitality Real Estate Counxlon on March 24111, and submitted to 1he City , demonstrates an adequate supply of parking for the specialty use and that is based on 1he number of employees , the projected hotel occupancy, the number of employees per shift, how long before that occupancy rate occur... the type of holcl users and their dri vin g patterns. she advised. Mayor Bums asked abou1 the build out time, assuming this proceeds nonnnlly through the process . Ms. Langon responded that it would be ready by next spring . Mayor Burns said ii had been some lime since this was first submitted. almost two years ago . He asked why there was so much time in between. Ms. Langon said the original proposal was for a five-story building, about sixty rooms, and lhcre were a number of issues. such as financing . construction requirements. and building code requirements. so the applicant scaled the project down. Also. with the larger hotel. the parking would have bcc:i a higher number, she said, and the site is very constrained. requiring the building to be adequately fitted t.:i the site, she advised. Michael Plante, 31474 Upper Be:ir Creek Road. Evergreen . thanked Council for spending time on this tonight. Regarding Mayor Bums question relative to the length of time the project has taken. Mr . Plante said he would like to address a few issues that they have come up against with the hotel development over the last four years. He said they were approached about four years ago by the Englewood Planning Depanmen1. by 1he Business Developmenl Coo«lina1or, Art Scibelli . Mr. Scibelli phoned Mr. PlanlC aboul lhe comer of Pennsylvania S1ree1 and U.S. 28.1, and told him lhal he fell ii would malce an oul51anding hotel site. Mr. Plante said he was taken abact beca\lSC he had never been approached by a City asking for something to be developed on his land that would benefit the City . He said his history in hotelf was lhat he was one of 1hc developers , very early on, of lhc Holiday Inn 11 U.S. 285 and Wadsworlh, which isslill lherc today and is owned by the people who were his original partners in Salt Lake City. He sai~ he worked for the courts, the FDIC, on the Comfon Inn and ran that for three years during our great recession . Mr. Planle said he also was 1he receiver al lhc Inn al Silver Creek. in Silver Creek. Colorad:>. He said he ha.s seen some good things happen with hotel development . but also has seen some bad things happen. What we will show you tonight, he said, is a very tight urban si t::. We arc bordered on the north by a fivc-s1ory apartment building, and on the south by U.S. 28 5. ·e acquired the parking lot across the street from this site and thought it would be an ideal place to build a twCrstory parking garage and get a hotel of the size that would be needed to operate efficiently. which is al,oo, sixty-two 10 eighty-two rooms . We designed a five-story hotel where the cost was very prohibitive. he i;._1i'1 . By tha1 time. we had mcl with Mary White . the CEO of Swedish Hospital and a number of the other hospi:,tl officials 111 Craig Rehabilitation Hospital, who we felt were the driving influence of whether this ho5l,-1 rnl should be built. he said . They agreed thar they would like . very much. to sec a hotel. Mr. Pl.ante said tllrough management of the Comfort Inn . he knew they received a lot of people there in Lakewood rrom Swedish Hospital. If you look at s .... 'Cdish as being a cl~s one trauma center for about a four -stale region . people come into that hospital for critical c:irc from far away . They can be helicoptered 10 1he roof top of Swedish Hospital. or jetted in to Centennial and ambulanccd over. Usually the family accompanies 1hem. he said. and they immediately go to guest services at Swedish asking where 10 find accommodauons . Guest services has been sending them to the Marrion on Hampden and 1-25. or to the Wadsworth comdor. Swedish felt they were not serving their patients very well and it would be nice 10 have something close . They had also laken a quantum leap out of the resident ial business and sol d to Craig se\·eral apanment houses they were using for this kind of service to patient families . Craig now uses those as living quarters. he said, and facilities at which the physically challenged can odap110 rcsic'en1ial life in a multi•slory environment. So that took out of the equation any mean s for people to stay in E.,glcwood . We thought that was a very strong market and a very interesting business opportunity. he said . so we pursued it. The City provided a hotel study at that time. because we • • • • Englewood City Council May 15, 2COO Pa ge ; said we ~nd d tii1C this before and we know it is.:,, very tight market , he .~id. There is something that is called bmicrs 10 cmry in any marlcc1. a.nd the reaso n there is no hotel in Englewood is bec:ause there are JO many c,uremc barriers to entry. Those b:irriers include geographic and economic barriers and simply that the demand m11y not be there . The gcogr:iphic barriers arc probably the most significant , he said . There Is nor a large m1ct or land to build a free standi ng eighty -two unit hotel with one hundred parking spaces. he said . That kind of land just Jocs not exist . he 3.SSCncd , with u'le notable ex ceptio n of the redevelopment of Cinde .. ua City . Mr. Plant,, 'd they tackled the small , tight site, knowing that it would be difficult tn act the costs right. We worked very hard on it nnd came up with the concept that you will see to night , he said , with fifly-1wo units. It is one of the smallest hotels that was ever designed for this ch:ii n. We think it could work. :ind th:11 the market is right for il. he s:iid. Mr. Plante said he would lik1. to regress ti linlc bit :ind talk about what the cht1in is . Over two years ago, he said. we secured and own a H11wthomc Suites, ltd. franchise . Hawthorne Sui1cs was developed in the l11tc 1970's. he explained, by the famil y who de veloped the Hyatt Regenc y, Hyatt Hotel conce pt . The y did not pay a lot of attention to it, so a few years hack, they met with one of the leaders in the hotel industry and said they would like to take this national and really do a good job with it. They we nt nationwide D.nd there arc now over a hundred hotels standi ng , and there are two hundred seventy-seven total. including the one hundred standing, in the pipeline for development this year, and our Englewoocl one is one of those. he said. It is a limited service hotel with an all -suite concept. The people who use this hotel will stay longe r than three days and usually shorter than seven days. so ii I~ different than an ove rni ght stay. Ha vi ng the ability to prepare meals in their rooms is ideal for thi s cnvironmenl. he advised . We suspec ted it would be to the families' liking . after ave· 'ong day at the hospi 1al. to be able 10 come in late at night , and ha ve the refrige rator stock ed wit h so me simple pre - prepared foods tha1 they cou ld prepare themselves . Having a hot breakfast in the morni ng before they walk back to the hospital would be a my good amen ity. We looked at Holiday Inn and the Marriott and they said no 10 us , he said, because the si te was so tight that we co uld not design this 10 their specific standards . Hawthorne Suites said if we could figure out how to get it on the site , they would let us build it. The five- story building ended up being exceptionally expensive. and we cou ld not do it. We had a parking garage th:u was ultra expensive and it just would not work. We continued to try to figure it out. with the City 's encouragement , and finally, about six months age we de velo ped a very small concept. that we knew would be very expensive to operate, because it takes almost~ man y people to run one of these as it does an eight y-unit hotel. he explained . But we decided to try it . and we put together an analysis of the market, the design, we ha ve our construction numbe rs in and we arc excited to work on the concept . he said. He v.id he wc,uld answer any questio ns that Council may have re g:uding Hawthorne Suites, and then he WOl1;d like Dennis Carlson 10 go ove r the plans . after which he would like to re vis it snmc of the imponant i~:-.Llcs that the developers have pri or 10 going forwllJ'd on this . Council Member Grazulis asked about the minimum number of mgl.'.S a person could stay . Mr. Plante said one nigt:t or longe r. There are a number or large employers in Englewood, whic h our hotel stud y co nta :;ted. he said. and the y have vendo rs coming in from a.JI over the country fo r their businesses. For inst.:1nce, the fo lks that sell them their compute r systems will so metimes stay a month in one location. he said . We heard from some large employers that we re very enthusiastic about a ho1el in Englewood and that w.is encouraging to us , he said. Tyr1 1call y, the stay will be three to SC\'Cn nig hts, but we will take all lengths . Our average daily ren lal rate is projected lo be 562.45 in the first year. and a six ty-n ine percent occL."pancy rate . We don'I think II will go any hi gher than that. he said. Ms . Gruuli s asked if the roo ms arc expressly for the people at the hosp ital or 1f anyone can stay there . Mr. Plante said anyone c.:i n slay . and one of the most important programs that will be initiarcd upon approval of tht' PUD. is to stan our pre-hotel opening ca nvassing of the market It will be done on a nati onwide basi s, fr om Hawth orne Suites. and the y will call the major employers who ha ve nati onal ho1el accounts. Locally. he said. we wi ll have someone on staff who \.\ill get a hold of all the employers in Englewood. which the hospi 1al is a part of. and let them kn ow that we arc comin g and sum pre-booking the hote l. Cou '!C i! Member Grazulis co rrmented that she felt sixty-nine percent was too low . Mr . Plante S'lid he would love il to be 100 low . Ms . Graz ulis soud she had a fL.cling the y would have mNe business tha n lhe y Englewood City Council May 15 . 2000 Page 6 1hink . Mr. Plante said they wou ld love to hai.·e that, md il would rellly impact their numbers . We thou&}II it would be about four points higher in the first year, he said . and we had Hospitality Real Estate Counselors. who . by w3y of introductlon, was hired by the City and County of Denver to do the ta:. increment financing an:ilysis on 1hc 1,200 room Marriott Hotel down1own . They arc exceptionally bright D.t hotel analysis, and they actually gave us a bonus on our occupancies becnusc the hospital crea tes an interesting thing. They do not empty out on the weekends, people still come, where with business travel, you empty out on the weekcMS . Sometimes. le is ure travel will pick up on the weekends, but when we have this constant dcrno.nd gcr.crator. that helps. We only just found that out about a week and a half ago, and that is why my agenda is a Huie different than Council's packet. he advised . It will be o,:r third business. one third lei sure anci me third the hospital dis1rict , he said. which was reall y a surprise. be.cause we 1hou~h: it would be half or more! hospital. When Cni.ig Hospital was in1ervicwcd by Hospitality Real Estate Counselors, they said not to expect one person from them , because they accommodate everyone that they need to . Mr . Plante said they had pl:ins of making the entire first Ooor ADA compliant all the wa) through 10 all ow those folks to come in . We ha ve found out that lhat is no1 a market for this, because Craig is taking care or that. We will put in 1hc minimum required and arc fitting all the first Ooor rooms so they can be convened rc.1dily with the plumbing, but we arc n01 going to go there, because the study says we do not need it. We were a little surprised by tluu as well, he said, and very happil y so. Mr. Plante said he and his panner, Dr. Paul Zwiebel, thou&,tn this was a very important thing for the hospital and were relieved 10 find out that it was only~ third from the hospital. The leisure and business travel are very important because . in cnsc some~1ing happens at the hos pital , they wo n't be turning it into an apanment complex. Counci l Member Yurchick asked how man y jobs this will bring to 1hc area. Mr. Plante said it will create quite a few jobs. which come at vari ous times of the day . The parking for the employees docs not directly relate, he said. Thc,c will be a full time general manager, a nigh1 audi1or that takes the place of the general manager when he is not there, he cxp l:iincd . We will have :i. full rime sales person, which is 3 d:i.y job. plu.s three or four maids a day 10 take care or the rooms. :md two lj, t~rcc maintenance people per day for repairs. Maids will share duties by coming in early and prcpar,1.g ti,e hot breakfast. Mr. Plante said one of L~c exciting things about the site is lhal we are next to Safeway, tW') blocks from Fratclli's and we can 11ull on our local rCSOW"Ccs to bring supplies into the hotel and stock th i: :,Ote l readily. We feel this is a real bonus to our customers, he said. because. if someone from the hospH;1I, ror instance, comes in with no car, they can s1ay at our hotel, walk 10 a restaurant and ne ver cro;s U.S. 285 . We can shu ttle them to the ligln rail stop and the y c:m be in do'411town Denver watching a movie in 1wenty-1wo minutes . The only way you can get out to the Lakewood btcl rooms is by driving, he pointed out, so we think we can be very co mpc1iti vc on price by doing that. Whether people will go for that will depend on our ability 10 educate them at the lif'l"~ of their reservation tha t 1hey ma y not need a car . Thi s would save them thirty or fony dollars a day. Mr . Plante added th.1t the interiors of the hotel will be lush and pretty. the meal will be a s1ep up from other hotels in the limited stay business, the room s arc spacious wi1h pretty colors and will be something that we can be proud of owning and operating . Hawthorne Suites arc known to be very nice, he said . If you call a Hyan. and they arc filled up, they will suggest 10 you that there arc Hawthorne Suites and ask if the customer would like to hear abo ut those . Th at is the lypc of reserva1ion system that we are 1ied into, he said. and the quality of the ho1cl has 10 be good enough that the customer will think it is a great deal. This is not an Econo Lodge, he said. but a very top quality, limited sta y. all s~i:c hotel. Council Member Yurchick repeated hi s qu es ti on about how man y jo bs thi s will -.rc:ue . Mr . Pl ante said it would be abou1 eight 10 ten jobs. Mayor Burns said . in his cxpcnencc. 1hc conccp 1 of a hotel in 1ha1 area has been around for about 1we nty years . There was a white tent reception a number of years ago for a ho1el that never happened . Our s1udies have ind ic ated that Swedish would contribu1c sub st .11tially to 1hc oc cupancy of a hotel in that area. uc said. and it is so mething that people have bee n thinking aoout a I ng time . He sa id he was prcny impressed by this prcscntalion. opining 1hat the time !las come 10 do something like this . He recognized that the light rail adds an amcni1 y thnt we did 001 have before . h has been studied. kicked around and talked about fo r a long time in Euglcwood. and he said. as far as he is concerned , the 1ime has come . He said he liked 1he • • Englewood City Council May 15 . 2000 Poge 7 proposaJ. and said he was impressed wilh how tenacious they have been. He said he was plcucd to see lhcm here. Council Member Yurchick asked .a bout the land nonh or the oarkjng lot on the wc sl side of Pennsylvania. where the little gray bui lding is . He askc...1 if the land was Mr. Plantc's or someone else's . Mr. Plante said that is a duplex, which is currently officing a psyc hol c.tist llnd belongs to someone else. Mr . Plante said they put ii in so Council co uJd sec how the fence relates 10 ii. The major issue was cars pulling up at night and shining in the windows. It is currently u.scd as a business , he said. Dennis Carlson. 3880 South Atchison Way. Aurora. said he is the architect for this project The site area is 35.187 square feet, the building footp rint itself is 11.680 square fee~ and the total building is 35,040 sqWlle ree t. The building is three stori es in height. he said. at thirty-eight feet, six inches, and will be wood frame construction wi th a three foot brick veneer wainsc oting around the entire base of the building. The rest of the buildin g will be a synthetic stucco and will be in var;ous colo rs, from a dark.er color at the bouom 10 a lighter co lor at the 1op. The roofing system will be the heavy asphalt shingles in a coordinating green colo r. We ha ve a brick wall. he said, around the entire pcrimc1er of bolh the site where the hotel will be and the sile where the parking is across the street. Thal brick wall was actually recommended by the City o.f Englewood Planning Oepanmcnt, he added. and will be three feet four inches high. with ;:,iers four feet fo1»· inches high . He said he had a samp le of the brick and the stucco the y propose 10 use. The parking has fifty-two parking spaces, he said, three handicapped, twenty-five standard parking spots and twcnty•four compac1 sp.1ces. which is 1he ra1io allowed by the City of Englewood as far as compact 10 standard. Our site lighting, on the site where the building is. will be wall packs on the building . which will direct the light on ly on the parking. It will be vc;y specific so it won't spill off into the adjoining propenics. On the parking lot side, we have proposed two fifty fool high poles with very directive lighting. We will submit pho1 ometric drawings of the lighting patterns that will show exactly what the lighting level is on the parking lot and how it drops off when it goes into the adjoining propcny owner's property. he advised. We have sh signs proposed. he said. two very low signs which arc on each comer of 1hc wall, two wall• mounted building si gns, one on the west end .1nd one on the south end of the bu ilding. and we ha ve one small sig n over the entry. and a pylon sign that is fifteen feet hi gh and is the Hawthorne chain's design. Our landscaping is fairly exte nsive, he said, and exceeds 1hc Ci1 y·s requirements and fiLs in with how they would like to sec landscaping developed. Mr . Carlson said the extended stay units arc larger. varying from three hundred sixty square feel up to the three suites that are each six hundred square feet. They all have kitchen units and 1he larger units have a separate bedroom from lhe actual living area where the kicchen is. He said he brought a picture of the mechan ica l units. which will be through the wall units for each room and indi vi duall y controlled. The units arc much better looking now than 1hcy used to be. he said. Council Member Grazuli s asked whc1h1.., 1hey 10uld have trc son this propcny. Mr . Carlson said yes, showing the land sc ape plan . He said lhe Cu . \. ould like big 1rees planted at a ccnain spaci ng along the thoroughfares . We ha ve everything tha1 is required . pli1S a number of bushes. Council Member Garren asked if the model the y brought for Council was a fair represe ntati on of the landscaping . Mr . Carlson responded .3ffirma1ively. Mr . Pltmte sa id. wilh every exciting opponuni1 y. there comes a lot of risk . He .1po\ngizcd for no1 finding any of thi s out pre vio usly . He said ht: had a meeting with An Sc 1belli a week ago at which they talked in depth about this . because he was, frankly, about to withdraw his PUD application. We h:id some 1mazing facts thrown at us with our hotel study. he said . and we "4'cre not very happy about the results. We did th e hotel st udy in 1hree ph 35(' . he advised . The fi rs t phased showed the occ upancies that he pre vious ly di sc ussed. which were "4·1thm about ,1 point or two within the entire scope of the analysis of bc:ing accurate, from what we thought ongmally, for the last co uple of years. m our analysis. he said . But what the hotel st ud y said is 1hat the )' fell rhe cos 1 operatio n of this hotel wou ld be far higher than we though t it would be at top rnle . Mainly, ,·,e arc dealing with a smllll hotel. v. 1th abou t the same number of people. and it reall y swung, pretty much. on 1he iss ue of the fu1J.1ime sa les person, he sa id . 10 get the hotel occ upanci es whert we need them 10 be . That person is a fift y 10 six1y thousand dollar person. and we ·.-.-ere am.ued at how it Englewood City Counci l May 15, 2000 Page 8 chang .. 'the numbers . We h11.d some start up costs that were quilc high . 11nd yo u arc 11bsolutcly welcome to re.id the foll ho1el study, he said. The full analysis has already been given to Mr. Scibclli. we have massaged the numbers, and we h:1ve worked the best financing nuios chat we can . Mr. Plante advised he has been working with Nick Panctto ot Colorodo Community Finl, and he h35 helped with the SBA Loan Program. Unfortumuely. he said . the 1enn is over twenty yem. and he has instruc1ed us that we can not co me to th'!m with a lo~r hotel. because it will not get fiuan ccd. Despite th e fact that we have over ~100,000.00 of our own mo "'Y invested in this so far , he said, and despite owni ng the ground, we still have every motive to move fo rward . b·Jt if we ca n not get the fimtncing, we c:m not build it. This is how it looks right now. he S.":d, We have an initial loss in the firs1 year of $63,000.00, and 1ha1 is out of pocket loss aflcr we pll)' '~"• service. he s:iid. That is a ncg:11ive seventeen percent cash on cash return 10 the rwo inves10rs . The ~econd year. we lose S56,000.00. the 1hird ye:ir S 13,0CX).00, the fourth yc:ir a four percent rate of return, and then a 528,000 .00 eight percent rate of return in year five. The biggest problem we have. and the appraisal has shown this, is that. the day we open the hotel. 1hc value of 1he hotel is approximately S2 .9 million. and i1just cost almost S3 .7 million to build it. We were shocked, he exclaimed, because we had spcnl so much time worki ng on it. We did not give up on ii, he said, we talked . we analyzed. and the one chance we had was to rotate the ho1el . close Pennsylvania Street, build :m eighty-two unit hotel across !he street, and maybe 1hat would work. bec.i.usc maybe it would opcr:itc better. They did another analysis. he said. and advised t!S that it operates a lot cheaper, but there is not enough market. The market is not deep enough in Englewood to do it . he said. because you arc goi ng 10 have to compete ago.inst Lakewood :ind the Tech Center and the new ones on 1-25 th:u have banners th.it say 540.00 .i night. that is your co mpet itio n, he said. You acrw.lly do the same or wane if you build .in cighty-1wo unit, and it is going to take a year to get through the process. he said. Now we have to figure out how 10 solve the problem. Counci l may not be aware of some of the imp.icts, he said. of what it costs right now to come into the City. We have several fees that impact the proj t,-CI. such as the City Sewer Assessment Fee, which is your Planned Development fee , of over $100,000.00 fur this project, he advised. There is a 527,000.00 water tap fee. and a S69,000.00 building permit. We arc going to pay use tu. on the matt:rinls that we put into 1hc hotel of 550,000.00. We designed this nice fence that you see on the model because it was required , .1nd it is $42,000 .00. It wo n't put .inother head in another bed by adcting 1hat fence. but it costs us that much to make it comply wilh how Englewood wants it lo look with the low-style fencing . We have a sewer installation that. because the sewer adjacent to us is filled 10 C3pacity, we can not tap into our adjacent sewer. We have to bore under Penns ylvani.i Street. to the alle y on the west side of us . between us and Big- 0 Tire, 10 get into that sewer line . and that is S 18,000.00. he sai d. We h.ive 10 inst.ill 3 w.iter line because of the s:1me problem. The line on Pennsylvania Street will 1101 handle the flow, so we ~ct to hare into U.S . 285 at a cost of $23.000.00 10 do that . We are impacte.d by about SJJ0.000 .00, and that is pretty expensive, he said. Mr. Pl:1ntc said c urrentl y. he and Dr. Zwiebel are paying S4,000.00 on their properties. and have owned 1hcm fo r a very long time . After 1hc property is constructed. the five year :1verage will be $60,000.00 in property Ill.It . Sales tax 1ha1 the City is collecti ng on this si te right now is zero. he said. and when we build the hotel, the City will collect an average of S45.0f'J.00 per year for the five )'CMS. The lodging tax now is zero, he s:1id. and when we open the hotel. ii "-111 be S2'2.000 .00 :iveragc per year. We think the City will h3ve some significant benefits. and we would like to suggest some ways by which we may be able 10 clf')SC the gap, he said. These :1re only suggested strategies. he said . .idding that he is all ears. because he cannol figure it oul. We wou ld rcques1 a waiver of sewer :md w.i tcr fees. he s.ii d, and 1ha1 would be cri tical. Right now a room cos1s S72.000 .00 per room. whi le the indus1ry s1andard is S68,000.00 per room . This. would put us back 10 industry standard. it would get our debt service down :1nd make the first year of opcr.ui onal costs better. We arc also sugccsting that we add to that number the use tu:, the 550.000.00 on materials, th.it would help tremendously . We now have lowered 1he initial cost of the hole( back 10 where it ough t 10 be . We ask 10 abate the first five years of sales l3X on the hotel. as it is tax that the City is not collecting now. He poi n1ed out th.it the barriers 10 entry for such a hotel in Englewood are sig nificant. He offered I•.> provide all hi s numbers and asked Council 10 talk with his consultants. He sai d he fell they got it right. and 1ha1 they need that kind of tax relief for five years. He suggested 1he same also be done wi th 1he lodg ing tax fo r the first fifteen years to ensure that we will have a cushion, m case we h:1 ve a recessio n. so we can carry thmu gh 1he low times . The effects of the City'c; efforts would be to redu1:e the cost of the hotel. which would get us to a rc:i.sonablc cost for 3 room. genennc a posi ti ve cash • • • En1lewood City Council May IS, 2000 P•te 9 I L flow, he u;d, which is only fony -five dollars for the fint year, just to show the banks lhlll we m not negative , that is 1he big deal. The second year we would get a six percent return , third year, after all the City taxes and enhancements, we arc up to nineteen percent return. so now we are starting to get to where m•ybe it i, a projecL The founh year we :ue at twenty-eight percent return, and the fifth year, we would gel a standard developer return . By Y°"' six, when we sun paying the $88,000 .00. the number drop• to about twenty-three percent return, he said, and it s:ays there for n very long time . This is with eighty percent hotel occupancy. he uiU . nnd at the room rates that we think we need to be able to compete, that the market will pay. When the hotel is comple1td. when we open. we may get zero return, but at IWI the value of the hotel is equal to the cost of the hotel on an apprni2I basis. Mr . Plante said he has one finaJ suggestion. When the hotel sells. and someday it will . we would like to have a transfer tax put on us. so that when we sell the hotel , the City of Englewood gets a check back for helping us put the deal together. That way you can be surt, when the numbers here llfe penciling 10 a higher value than it cosu us to build , that the City can also share in that benefit. He said he had no other suggestions. thi s was the best that he and his partner could come up with. Unfonunalel y. he said. he had to ask the City tonight if they would participate and help them out in the initial stages . He handed out copies of his proposal to Council. Council Member YW'Chick ukcd, when Mr. Plante spoke of abatement of the first five years of sales tax and the fim fiftee n years of lodgers w, if he was saying he wanted 10 collect the l4X but not pay it to Englewood. Mr . Plante said that was correct. they W3.111 to collect the tax but not pay it. He said it gets complex. but he did not mind if they achieve higher than stated occupancies and gross incomes, then that would be reduced . He said he did not mind seeing if there is a way. just so that everyone knows that they arc notjus1 fluffing some numbers 3.11d then having a hotel that is wildly successful on the City's tax dollar . We have to cover the downside risk that the banks won't finance the project . Council Member Nabholz said she would like !ioOme information on what other businesses we have subsidized in regards to sewer taps , perm.it fees , taxable materials. quiet fencin~. sewer line installation and water line installation. She sairl to her knowledge , they .ire wrong. that she knows of no subsidies to other businesses . Mayor Bums said Mr. Scibelli has been 11lked about predominantly here, and he would like to hear from him and what he tw done with this. He also would like to know what kind of 3.11 analysis our finance department would make of this. an,; also, if all of these arc legal . Mr . Plante clarified that they were not asking that all the fees be waived. We 3IC j1.1st pointing out th 11t there arc impacu that, as developers. we arc paying to come into the City . We are asking for the waiver of three specific funds. the sewer/water and the use tax . he said. We arc not sure about the use tax. that one may not be okay, he allowed, but that is the only way we couJJ get the numbers to work . As you can see. J massaged it down as close as I could so lhe return was positive. We have construction numbers on the project. which arc not completely firm. They may be mluccd. bw Mr . Plante doubted it would be significant . as it was tied mostl y into this utility work . We have most of our project costs already fixed, he said . We arc suggesting a stan on this foundation permit as soon as the PUD is granted, which was supposed to be June 1•. We were suggesting opening by next spring , he said. Mayor Burns said it would come back up at that time for second rC3ding . but in the mcanlime. h~ said he would like to know if any of this analysis ties into the hotel study that we did . He asked if the hotel study predicted thi s kind of need for potential developers. He said we might have some of the old information we had yea.rs and yea rs :igo when 1hesc kinds of things were oroposcd. 11 h:is been a struggle trying 10 gel one of these financed and it has not h:ippcncd yet . Maybe thi!; is indigenous of the problem . he commented . Mr . Pl:i.ntc said he had :1 copy of the City 's original hotel stud y, and he said he would be happy to make copies of all the original hotel studies the City p:iid for . the Clanon study and he would also include a copy of his hotel study. He said they were nervous 10 go forward on a three year old hotel st udy, so they felt it should be revisited one last time. He said there is a part of him that regrets that the y did that. The banks .,,1 1J Englewood Ci1y Council May 15 . 2000 " I IC. I Page IO need 10 have lhc full study and appraiPI to furd, so we had to do ii. he said. and it was a SIS,000.00 hole: study. Ma yo r Bums said he did not know how those two srudies relate , but he would like to sec the correlation between the two of them . Council Member Nabholz said m check with Mr . Seil-cl Ii. also. Mr. Plante said the major correlation difference wns the >urprisc of the hospi~ls. because origin3Jly the Clarion s1udy said we could expect over half of our l:il ' .1ess to be generated by the hospitals . We always know that, in the hotel business, you llJ'C never full, so half. to us. was a big number in thinking that we had 10 get 10 about scvcnty•tWO percent to make thi s thing worthwhile . Mayor Bums said he has heard revisions in the past 10 thiny or fony percent occupancy generated by the hospitals . Crais hilS since acquired other propcnics and arc able to house people for their patients without having to go to hotels, and that wns done panly because we did not have a hotel , he said. so lhcy finally took ii upon themselves 10 try 10 find some space. Council Member GrnLulis said there is still Poncr·s. Mr. Plante said Poncr's was the suong one . He said his ho1el analyst called these folb and spoke 10 them 01 =I lenglh. The Poner people wen, very helpful and said they felt they would use it quite a bit. We also thought the University of Denver would be a big generator. but it is not. We arc too far away . he said. but the seminary is a big draw at U.S . 285 and University. The businesses up and down the 'ianta Fe corridor a.re good draws. Mayor Bums said D.U . is moving many of its ... mous campuses back over to this one . The law school is moving back, he ;aid. Mr. Plante said. from the time of the Clarion hotel study. there was an increase of about twenty-five percent in the hotel market. ma.:nly at Wadsworth and Hampden. He said he spoke 10 the indi vi dual owners of those hotels, and one of the owners looked at this project at one time and would not go into it. He built the La Quinta over there. He spoke ro the gentleman who built lhe Residence IM and Marriott Suites, which compete with e:ich other . aski ng him wh y he did that and what the hotel study said. The gen tleman sai d he did nol have a hotel study done . Mr. Plante opined that he is getting killed over there . Mr. Plante sa.id he and Dr. Zwiebel arc small time investors. Mr. Plante said his real estate company had an office next to this location for fifteen years and Dr. Zwiebel was one of his tenants. so th:J.t i:i; how we arc connected. he said. The demand seems to be okay there . They grant us that we will capture all the hospital demand, so people really won't be driving any pl:i.r.r else if we arc there . 11 was interesting. he said, thu they say the hospital is twenty.nine percent.. leisure is seventeen . corpora te is twcnty•scven. and extended stay, which is part of all of that above. is twenty-seven percent. We get 11 twenty-seve n percent bump by ha ving this kind of product. he said. so he felt it was the right product choice . He said he put in hi!I pro fonna the exact numbers that are in the hotel study in the gross income and the l .pcnse side. lo get to those rates of return. All I did w.tS put our loan on the bonom of that to show what k.ind of rates of return shoulti be on our in11ial investment. We are putting S370.000.00 into the project. he s11id. Council Member Ganctt felt one of 1hc difficulties wo uld be urning. because Counci l .,., .. .&Snot scheduled 10 meet until the June 5111 mcctmg . For Council to take any :i.ction on this wouJd take a bit of time and pondering. Mr. Plante sai d it would not be a difficult y fo r them. bec:i.use the y h.ive been working on the project for four years . We think ii 1s a project that could happen. we know thi!I i.~ our last shot. and that we can not go forward unless we get some son of package th:i.t w:!! ~l11Jw us to gc 1 the financing , make the gap fit. Without that. there will be no hotel. he said . Mayor Bums asked how much Mr . Plante has shopped l~e financing around . Mr. Plante said Commercial Federal Savings said yes 10 this. and there arc sev eral SBA sources. that arc private lcndr.rs, that would do it . t,u1 they all charge the same amount of points 11nd the same interest because it is fedcn.llt insured and federally backed. Fifty percent of the loan is owned by the federal government. and that is at a stated interest rate and stated points. he said. They have not been our ally because the interest rates have gone up three quaners of a point in the lase half year, so the delay ha s ac1ually hun us. and we are now dealing wi th • • • • ll n&lewood City Council Mr.y 15,2000 Page 11 I lf}()I' U., )(I: ,._, tJ! q o.!/1 11t a nin, and a half 10 line and three quarters peramt Interest rate . Also. the SBA points a..re significant atl.,..·o3.0dahalfpercent. 11 1 11 1·1 1•1 ,I ll c .. oncil Member Yorchick .aid he noticed on the proposal the value. when complete, hu gone op to $3.5 nullicm. He asked ifhe was basing it on discounted cash ftow . Mr. Plante said yes, it is a discounted cash flow at a ten and a half percent rate of capitalization . Mr . Yurchick asked what the tcnn wu. Mr. Plante )ttid they um the study iU eleven ycnrs, discounted back to present value . He said he matched u closely as he co uld to their analysis and it was slightly different than their analysis. He said he took their net ope1ating income :ind divided it by ten and a half percent to get to that number. which is exactly what they end up doi ng . As you know. he said , appraisers waive this discounted cash now and bring it all back co lhe present value. When we fimlly find a package, they will redo the last portion of the report that will go into the bank showing the bcnefiL He said he had spoken to them and to Nick P•netta. Mark Truitt at Commercial Fedml Savings has been traveling the last couple of weeks, but those two bankm both have said if we can get a package that makes sense like this. then they can lend. because they arc forty percent of the loan. The government is fifty percent of the loon . The 504 Program is highly regarded in the hotel industry . Mr . Pia •tc said he went to the national conference in Atlanta a couple of months ago, and they said if you don't have a 504 loan in your portfolio, you ought to have one. We think it is tbc light program, he .aid, adding that he ond his partner can not put thirty percent into it •nd Dr. Zwiebel would not l'C a partner if they are osked to go higher than this . Council Member Yw-chick asked if !he eleven years w~ Mr. PlllOte's parameter. Mr. Plante said the eleven years was 1he hotel study analytical period . T..ey always run it one more ye ,ast !en so they can ge1 the discount ash flow correct on it . This study is just five. he said, and frankl) .c loon iJ for twenty, so the bank is going 10 be looking at this debt payback over a twcncy year period. It is an C\'!n monthly payment. ii is S345.000.00 or so on 1he annual payment . he said . adding lhat it is quite large, and we have to sign personally on the loan. Mayor Burns said no one else signed up to speak at the public hearing and he asked if there was anyone else who would like 10 speak on lrus matter. There was no one . Mayor Burns asked for a motion to close the public hearing . City Attorney Brotzman suggested that, if Council wc.uld like to take testimony from Mr . Seibel Ii, they may want to continue the public hearing until June 5111• He sa id Council would need to le1 him know whether they would like second reading scheduled for th:u same evening or ii the)' would like to push second rea.ding back after the public hearing . COUNCIL MEMBER C' \RRETI' MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO JUNE 5, 2000 WITH THE SECOND READING ON JUNE U, 2000. Council Member Grazulis advised that she would not be present on June 26111• Vote results: Ayes : Nays : Absent Counc il ~embers Nabholz. Garrell. Wolosy n Yurchick. Gr:izulis. Bums None Council Member Bradshaw The moti on carried and 1he public hearing was continued 10 June 26. 2000 . City Man:igcr s~rs said he would get Council that information . He said the City already has copies of the Cfarion s1udy. but he \.muld need copies of Mr. Plantc 's studies. Mr. Scars said he would hnve that sent off 10 Council. Englewood City Council May IS, 2000 Page 12 , I:. 1 I()' ,LI (b) COUNC ,L MEMBER GAJUlETI' MOVED, AND IT WAS SICONDID, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GATHER INPUT ON COUNCIL BILL NO. 34, APPROVING RECODIFICATION or THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE. Ayes: Council Memben Nabholz, Oam,n, Wolosyn Yurchick, Grazulis, Bums Nays : None Absent: Council Membe: Bradshaw The mo1ion carried and the Public Hearing opened. A.II persons giving testimony were duly sworn . Deputy City Clerk Castle told Council she brought two copies of the now Englewood Municipal Code 2000 for Council to look over. She printed out that the new books were attractive and easy to use because they were a bit smaller than the previous code books. She ndvised they would 001 be passed out to the users until after the referendum period , approximately July l rf. Ms. Castle pr=nted Proof of Publication of the N~tice of Public Hearing, which appeared in the Englewood Herald on April 21. and 28 , 2000, and on May S and 12, 2000. She advised that the Englewood Municipal Code was last recodified in 1985, and badly in need of republication . She said users have been stressing for some time that there is a need to have the Code a.vailahlc onlinc. on the intranct and the In ternet. and lha.1 will be available after the referendum period, as well . Ms. Castle stated, on June 20, 1998, Council approved the conuact with Municipal Code Corporation oi T•!lahassce, Florida for codification services and the Cicy Clerk's office has been workinp with them since that time to produce this product. Mayor Burns said ii WllS wonderful and he had been hoping for this for years. Council Member Gruulis said it looks good . Mayor Bums said no one signed up 10 speak al the public hearing and he asked if there was anyone else who would like to speak on this mailer. There was no one. COUNCIL MEMBER GARRl:.TI MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. Ayes: Council Members Nabh.,lz. Garrett, Wolosyn Yurchi ck. Grazulis. Bum!! Nays : None Absent: Council Member Bradshaw The motion carried and the Public Hearing closed . Mayor Bums said thi s will come back as an ordinance on June 5. 2000 . 10. Con.sent Agenda COUNCIL MEMBER GARR' IT MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 10 (a) (I) THROUGH (Iv), (b) (I) AND (II), AND (c) (I) AND (11 ). (a) Approv:il of Ordinances on First Read ing (i) COUNCIL BILL NO . 41 , U-ITRODUCED BY COUNCll MEMBER GARRETT A Bll.L FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF INTER GOVERNMENT AL SUBGRANTEE AGREEMENTS FOR THE 2000 ARAPAHOE COUNTY ' ' • • • • En1lewood City Couneil May 15 ,2000 Page 13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE ARAPAHOE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIOl'IERS AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD . (ii) COUNCIL BD .L NO. 42, INTRODUCED UY COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVlNG AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF INTER GOVERNMENT AL SUBOl<.ANTEE AGREEMENTS FOR THE 2000 ARAPAHOE COUNTY COMML'NITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE l!NOLEWOOD HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD . (iii) COUNCIL BILL NO. 45 . INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING Sl.Ji'?LEMENT NO . 146 TO THE SOUT 'GATE SANITATION DISTl<ICT COl"NECTOR'S AGREEMENT FOR THE INCLUSION OF LAND WITHIN THE UISTR!':T BOUNDARIE:i. (iv) COUNCIL BIU.. NO . 46 , INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT A BIU.. FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVIN i SUPPJ.EMENT NU. 147 TO THE SOUTIIGATE SANITATION DISTRICT CONNECTOR'S AGREEMENT FOR THE INCLUSION OF LAND Wlll!IN TilE DISTRICT BOUNCARIES . (b) Approval ofOrdinnnces on Secood Rending (i) ORDINANCE NO . 34. SERIES OF 2ll00 (COUNCIL BIU.., ,,). 37, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OARRETI) AN ORDINANCE AlJTHORIZlNG ENTERING INTO AN ,\GREEMENT FOR POSSESSION AND USE OF THREE PROPERT:ES OWNED BY SITUS ENTERPRISES . L.L.C. AND THE PURCHASE OF THESE PROPERTIES BY TilE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD . COLORADO . (ii) ORDINANCE NO . 35 , SERIES OF 2000 (COUNCIL BIU.. NO . 38, INTROD UCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT) AN ORDINAN<:E EST ABLISliJ:m VESTED RIGHTS FOR A SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN . (c) Resoluti ons r 1 ~1otion.!i ti) PUR CHASE OF WATER METERS FROM WATERWORKS SALES COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $35 ,873.73 (ii) ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR C<JRROSION CONTROL FROM MONTGOMERY IV AT SUN AMERICAS . INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF S 188,380.00. Vote results: Ayes : Nays : Absent Co uncil Members Nabh('lz. Garrett. Wolosyn Yurchick. Gri\Z.ulis, Bums None Counc il Member Bradshaw n 1 l ~ Englewood Ci1y Council May 15, 2000 Page 14 The motion cllllied. I I. ReauJar A1ell'Ja (a) Approval of Ordinances on First Reading (i) Planner ungon present..i a n:commenda1ion from 1hc DcputmclUs of Safety Services . Public Works and Community Development lo adopt a bill for an ordinance amending sections of 1he Englewood Munic ipal Code pcnaining 10 Public Sidewalk Sales . She advised lhc bill concerns amendments 10 Ti1lcs 7. 11 and 16 of the Englewood Municipal Code, relative to allo"'ing public sidewalk sa les :l!i authorized by the City policy. Thi s is a joint project by Public Works, Safety Services and Community Dcvclopmcm. The three dcpanmems recommend City Council set a public hearing for June 5, 2000. she said. for these llmcndments . The Title 16 zoning code amendments went through the Planning Commission on April 18lil and the Commission recommended approval of those amendments . Just as ba ck ground , she said , over lhc years, Englewood mcrch.inis have rcqueSlcd lhc use of public sidewalk sales 10 conduct business . Those requests for the sales have been denied bcc:msc of the prohibitions in Title 7, Public Safely , Tille 11 , Public Ways and Property, and. also. Tille 16, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, shr.: said. Titlt:S 7 and 11 have 10 do with safety issues concerning the obstruction of public sidewalks and public wa}s and Title 16 prohibits the outdoor display. storage or sale. whether on public or private propeny. of household 11.ppliances, furniture or other items that 11.rc commonly used in the house. Recently, merchants addressed Council requesting public sidewalk sales be allowed, and. to tha1 end, Council proposed authorizing two citywide public sidcwaJk sale events per year, and directed staff to research siJ ewalk sale stnner:;e-s. Those strategics were presented at the Marc h 13111 Smdy Session. she said, and Council directed s~ff to prepare :m ordinance amending the 1hrcc titles that currently prohibit public s dcwalk ~Jes. The amendments remove the various pro hib itions 10 each title. so the Englewood merchants would be able tu conduct the sidewalk sales in conjunct1 on with the Ci1y authorized public sidewalk sales. The amendments also crCJte i. defin ition for public si dewalk sale. she said. The amendments would continue the prohibition of public sidewalk sa"5, excep1 in conjunction with an authorized public si dewalk. sale event This is 1he ordinarK.'.e th!U would rcmovr.: the prohibitions , sho said, and the next step would be 10 devtilop a City policy. which is not included within these amenctmcnts . Couoci l proposed lhcy allow lhc amcndmcnlS 10 go lhrough and lhai staff prepare a policy. Ms . ungon said she met las, week. along w,th An Scibclli , with members of lhr Chamber and representatives of EDDA to discuss potent ial dates . She said it is her understanding that Council and EDDA sup;,on the public sidewalk saJe co ncept :a.net it is also her understanding that the Chamber and EDDA would like an opportunity for merchant input into 1he development of that policy and they would like time to poll the ir membe r:; 10 get merchnnt input before 1ha1 policy is developed . Ms. Langon said it is also her undcrsi:u:din g 1ha1 the Chamber and EDDA will addrc..s these concerns in a letter fo r the public hearing packet and ~ill also address Council at the public hearing . Mayor Bums said he was goi ng 10 ask abo ut the d:ncs. but Ms . Lan go n has exp lained that . He fel t It was a good idea 10 have th at infomution in the public hearing pad,:c t bec;i.u.sc Council wants 10 hear from the bu si ness people. as th ey arc the ones who are as king for th is . Jnd have been for some time . He felt it was imponan1 they assist in defining the policy . COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT MOVED, A~ IT IVAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (a) (I). COUNCIL BILL NO. 39 ON FIRST READING, AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 5, 2000. COUNCIL BILL NO. 39, INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER GARRETT A BILL FOR AN ORDINA NCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 6B, SECTI ON 6; TITLE 11, CHAPTE R 3. SECTIO N l(B); AND TITLE 16. CHAPTER 4. SECTIONS 10, 12 . AND 19 ; AND • • Englewood City Council May IS , 2000 Page IS CHAPTER 8, OF THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 1985 , PERTAINING TO PUBLIC SIDEWALK SALES. Votemults: Ayes: Nays: Absent The rrmion carried. Council Members N.abholz. Garrett . Wolo:;yn. Yurchick. Gra.zulis. Burns None Council Member Br11d.1ha w Council Member Garrett sai d he wo uld s1cp dow11 for lhc next two items, as he •.1s a conflict through his employer. (ii) Director Ross presented;. r,:commcnd:iti on from the Department of Public Works to adopt a bill for !ln ordinance approving an updated comprehensive rights-o f.way ordinance. He advised there has been a big push by the telecommunication companies to remove barriers that would restrict their ability to do busin e.ss. Most municipalities wrote their rights-of-way ordinances in a time when they only h:id to deal with one utility company. one telephone company and one cable telev ision company. T!1~c ordinances. therefore. did not pro vide much fle xi bility for mult iple playcn in these arenas, he said. The Greater Metro Telecommunications Consortium has been working with area local government to pu1 logether a model right-of-way ordinance tha1 would meet their concern-:, federal government mandates for open access and loca l government needs . We ha ve taken this 1•,odel ordinance. he said, and made some modifications that we believe address the issues that penain to our city, and we arc recommending Ci1y Council approve the proposed City {'If Eng lewood rig!?t-of-way ordinance that is before Council 1onigh1. he said. wi1h some minvr changes to Sec11on 11 -6-18 on Standards for Repair:; and Restoration, 10 make it read better and more accurately reflect what we would like to accompli •;h. Mayor Bum~ said Council has re viewed all thi s material in Stud y Session , including this change. He felt. personally , it was lime to pass this . We have taJkcd about it before . he sai d, rc...,arding the McLeod proposal. and he fell we nccJ to get ahead of the game by having this ordinance i,: place before we arc inundated with a 101 of rcqur..sts for access . COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED , TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (al (II) -COUNCIL BILL NO. 40 ON FIRST READING, \\<lTH THE CHANGES. COUNCIL BILL NO . 40, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL ME."1BER WOLOSYN A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE REPEALING TITLE 11 , CHAPTERS 3(A), 3(8). 3(C), AND TITLE 12, CHAPTER 4; AND CREATING A NEW TITLE 11. CHAPTER 6, ENTITLED ''C ITY RIGHTS OF WAY PERMITS AND REQUTREMENTS ", OF THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICh u. CODE 1985 . Vole results : Ayes : Noya : Absent: Abst.a in: The motion cilmed . Co uncil Members Nabho lz. Wolosy n, Yurchick . Gr:izulis , Bums None Council Member Bradshaw Council Member Garrett cou~·c1L ~. EMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO SET A 1-tJBUC HEARING TO GATHER INPUT ON COUNCIL BILL NO . 40 FOR JUNES, 2000. Ayes: Council Members Nabholz. Wolosyn, Yurchick . Gruulis. Bums Englewood City Council May 15, 2000 I ) 'J )J m lan:l • l ,, I li;f/ Page 16 Nays : Absent : Abstain : The rootion cnnicd. None Council Member Bradshaw Council Member Garren I J. (ii i) City Anomcy Brotzman presented a recommendation from the Departmenl of Administrative Services lo adopl a bill for an ordinance repealing and reenac.ting sections of the Englewood Municipal Code pcnaining to fJnglcwood Basic Local Exchange Scnices Business and Occupation Tax . Mr. Brotzman said this was discussed at Study Session. and is the reorganization of our Occupation Tax where we lllke it from $160,000.00 flat tu to a per line charge. Thi s is not a new tax, he said, but is simply redcfininf our currcm tax. We also have a request for a public hearing on this matter, he advised, on June s•. COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVb AGENDA ITEM II (a) (W) -COUNCIL BILL NO. 47 ON nRST READING, AND SET A rUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 5, 2000. COUNCIL BILL NO. 47, INTRODUCED BY COUNCil. MEMBER WOLOSYN A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE REPEALING TITLE 4, CHAPl1JR 5, OF THE ENOLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 1985, AND REENACTING A NEW TITLE 4, CHAPTER 5, ENTITLED "ENGLEWOOD BASIC LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX". Votoraults: Ayes: Nays: Absent: Abstain: The motion carried. Council Membcn Nabhol z, Wolosyn. Yurchick, Grazulis, Bums None Council Member Bradshaw Council Mtmber Garrett (b) Approval of Ordinance:; on Second Reading (i) Planning Analyst Dannemiller requested approv1 ! ofCvuncil Bill No. 30 amending the Englewood Municipal Code Section 16-4-19 and 16-8-1 , oth1:rwise known :is the Creative Sign Code. She reminded Council that, at the Public HCOJing of May I, 2000, she no1ed an amendment to the Code that staff requested involving the street banner policy. She adviseci the Code i, not consis&ent wi th lhe current policy and, therefore. she was requesting that an amendment be indl'ied in the motion regarding Section 16-4-19-6-8. Street Banners. It would read "Banne'; across public thoroughfues announcing events sponsored by the City. Englewood School District. Arapahoe County or charitable organizatio ns may be authoril.C<I by 1emporary permit by the City. Such street bann..-rs shall be installed, removed and maintained pursuant to City policy." The remainder would be stricken, she saiJ. Council Member Garrett il.Sked if it could still be second reading, with an amendment. City Attorney Brotzman said no. there would ha ve to be 31\0ther final reading on it with 1he amendment. COUNCIL MEMBER GARRETT MOVED, AND IT WAS SECOIIDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 11 (b) (I) -COUNCIL BILL NO . 30 ON FIRST READING AS AMENDED WITH THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE TO SECTION 16-1-19-4-B. Mayor Burns said. for the rec ord. this is the first reading as amended . COUNCIL BILL NO . 30, INTRODUCED BY COUNCil. MEMBER BRADSHAW • • • • Enslewood City Council May 15, 2000 P•ge 17 • n., A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16, CHAPTER 4, SECTION 19 AND CHAPTER 8. SECTION I. OF THE ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 1982, PERTAINING TO THE ENGLEWOOD SIGN CODE. Vote "511111: Ayes: Nays : Absent: Council Membcrn N .:bholz. Garren. Wolosyn Yurchick, Grnzu1 i.:-. Bums None Council Mc1o,~·: n l ',tlshaw The motion carried. {c} Resolutions and Motions (i) Mayor Bums stated that this Agenda Item. which was a rtcommcndation from the City Manager s Office to consider a motion npproving a tc~rary righlS-of-way ugrct:ment with McLeodUSA. wouJd not brought to the table because it 1s unnc. :ssary as Council app,ovcd Agenda Item 11 (a) (i i), Council Bill No. 40 on first rending. 12 . General Discussion (a) Mayor's Choice (i) Mayor Bums noted that we closed with Trammel Crow Rcsidc,,.:.;ai i.::.st week and we did gel their funds He said he would like 10 thank Gary Scars. Bob Simpson 'U'4 staff for all the work they did on this. Mayor Burns commcnte.1 that it did take a lot of work to get it done, but in reality Trammel Crow has been on a very ffl st trllCk. H,: asked if they would begin to do utilities pretty quickly. City Manager Sears advised that he thought they were in the process of stubbing out the utilities right now so the1 can move ahead. So, he said, that will done shonly. City MW13ger Senrs stated that Dan Brotzman and Mike Miller's office really stcppcc to the plat: on this one, to make it happen . Mayor Bums offered congnuul.itions 10 everybody . (ii) Mayor Bums commented thal several of us :i.ppcarc.1 ill Beverly Horsley's linle pany on Saturday, nt 4120 South Fox Street. v.:::i1cn h~ been held for SC\'eral ,ears. He thought mere was more staff than citizens aucnding. but it was very interesting. They had co m:,i led a list or about 33 questions concerning code enforcement. police , cri me , traffic and so fonh. Mayor Bums said he found It very educational because cf 1111 the amweri that wcr,: given to all those q~tions by the staff. Chris Olson was kind of the in fo rmal mas1er of ceremonies and there was a lot of good input :i.nd feedback from the Police. Fire, Publ i.: Works and Parks :i.nd Rccrcation naff. Everybody was there, he said. it was just too bad there weren't more citizens. But there was an awfu! lot of information disseminated , whid. he found very educ:i.tio nal. Ma yor Bums th anked everyone who attended and pul their time: in on th.it meeting. (iii) Mayor Esums stated th111 il few weeks ago he pa.sscd out to Council a compact for gro~1h control thil! is being fonnulated ttuough DRCOG and the Meuo Mayors' Caucus . He said he hns been advised that the cities are son of going at this one by one a.s we go along . Mayo r Bums noted it might be useful to have someone from ORCOG come down 11nd kind of explain wh ere they are on 1hi: and what it is :ibou1. if Council is interested in thaL He talked to their office this afternoon and they SA.d 1heY would be happy to do that. Mayor Bums advised that Don Parsons. the Mayor of Northglenn, is now 1ne Chair of the Metro Mayors ' Caucus and perhaps Mr. Parsons could come dov.11. Englewood City Council May JS , 2000 Pose 18 Mayor Bums advised thal on Thursday the Ch amber will have 11 representative from the Governor's staff on growth control. He no1ed that nothin,t passed in the Legislature last session on growth control, so this is n big issue and this intergo·,cmmcntal agreement is really very impor111n1. He said he thoust,t: J,ltfhaps. before they ilJ"C asked to vo1c on it or pass a resolution that we might like some input from their ,taff on what it is all about. Mayor Burns said he would be happy to schedule lhat in the next couple of weeks. (iv ) i\!:iyor Burns advised that he went to the Little1on C::oun House opening on Saturday. representing En glewood . He said it was an excellent dedication and that is :1 terrific building . They have put about three and a half million dollars into it and they haw~ reall y restored it to a level he hilS never seen it in . He commented th1111hcir fact sheel shows 1hey put the addition on 1948 . Mayor Bums noted. when he practiced law in thnl building, that is all he ever saw and it was just a hodgepodge of different things . When they cl osed it around 1987 it almost fell to ruin and this took an enormous effon . He said he WilS introdur .11 as the Mayor of Engl ewood and everyone there gave a linle talk . Marie Mackenzie , the Count; Commissioner. presented some remarks that were prepared for her by the Littleton sta ff. She tlllkcd about how the county was formed and how the initial county seat was selected to be Littleton . about 1902 or 1903 . Little1on was first selected as the operating or son of default county seat and 1hen. in a couple of yem, they decided they should vote on it nnd make a selection . The two candidates were Englewood and Littleton. Ms. Mackenzie noted Linleton had two things going for it. Number one , it had been oocrating as the county seat lllready and secondly, Engle wood had kind of a rather nefarious reputation as a city. With th:u , Mayor Bums said, everyone sitting in front turned around and lool.:ed at him . He commented that he found, in reading the Millennium notes in Council's packet. that the rumors arc true and it was quite n spirited contest 10 select the first mayor. Mayor Bums said it was a lot of fun and , in his opinion . it was a ve ry positive thing for the Corridor. We arc all looking forward to the opening of chc light rail. which is , of course . on the tracks right next to there . (v) Mayor Burns asked if they need to make a motion, at this point, to ad vance the parade funds over to next ye:ir·s budget or do they do that a little later . Council Member Garrett said the City could propose a budget that docs that for them. City Manager Sears said they can bring that back. that they will propose 1h31 at budget time . (b) Council Mcmber°s Choice (1) C..:unc.il Member Nabholz. l . She said she wasn't going ro write this down , but her th oughts kind of ramble . Ms . Nabholz read the following statement: "I feel it is imponant for me to apologize to my family. friends, my constituent:, as well as all of the City of Englewood employees and all Englewood citizens. In regard to my DUI , I made ii very big mistake . I h:i ve h .. ,. mnny person a:. physic:il and other probl:ms, but this is not an excuse for my actions . This has been a ·,, ! embarrassing :md humbling situation for me . I broke the law and now I have to pay the price . l :un gr:i1eful nl) one was physic:i ll y hun by my actions. Thnnk you to my friends and constituents who have reached out ti) me to su;ipon me. I appreciate thi s. Thank you for your understanding ." 2. She said we h:id an E-mail in regards to Mr . Steve Waddill he is ag:i.inst a Village Inn. he says it is just for old people. He wants a better bar in there. like a brew puh. Ms . Nabholz asked if ilnyone had responded to him or if the y wanted her to respond 10 him . He lives at 3277 South Huron . City Manager Se.1rs advised thot Mr . Waddill had some other questi ons . which we addressed. Assistant City Manager Fla hcrt ; advised th:11 Le ig h Ann Hoffhine s responded to Mr . Waddill earlier tod ay and basically told him where we were with the selection of tenants. that we did not h:ivc :my tenant,; selected u yet. and that our developer has indic:ited th~! he 1s looki ng at a number of optio ns for restaurarts. including Village Inn and IHOP, but also 01hcr full service restaurant s as well. • • Englewood City Council May IS , 2000 Page 19 (ii) Council Member Ouren: I. A resoluti on amending the Travel Policy for City Council was considered. The resolution as assigned a number and read by title: RESOLUTION NO . 47, SERIES OF 2000 A RESOLUTION AMENDING TilE TRAVEL POLICY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO . 1.:0UNCIL MEMBER GARRETT MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 47, SERIES OF 2000, JI )Oi I :I Ayes: Council Mtmbcts Nabholt, Garfflt, Wolosyn , Yurchick, Orazuli s, Bums Nays: None Absent: Council Member Bradshaw Motion carried . 2. A resolution granting an Award for Aid to Court House, Inc . was considered . The reso lution as assigned .a number and rc.1d by title : RESOLUTION NO . 48, SERIES OF 2000 A RESOLUTION GRANTING AN AW ARD FOR AID TO COURT HOUSE , INC . BY TilE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO . COUNCIL MEMBER GARRE'IT MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE RESOUITION NO , 48, SERIFS OF 2000. Motion carried. Ayes: Council Members Nabholz, Gam:tt, Wolosyn , Yurchick, Grazulis , Bwns Nays: None Ab~nt: CoWlCil Member Brad shaw 3. Mr . GJrrcu advised that. re gardin g the continuing saga of Wes t Union Avenue . we tend to have a few SJ=ccders now o:, motorcycles . He sugges ted that , as we ilfC looki ng :u the motorc ycle patrols and some of the radar wo rk they do, West IJnion may be an opponunicy . Bec ause. he sai d, as we all know, that is a reall y sensi ti ve neighborhood. knowi ng the statistics regarding 1he speeding wo uld be really helpful for the communi ly. (iii) Council Member Grazulis : I. She said she wanted to offer thanks for the graffit i that was taken care of, however there has been more graffiti put over the painted areas. Il was done over the weekend. Especially in 1he 4500 block. same all ey. She noted she did not chec k on the other hundred blocks . Mayor Bums asked if the y ha \'e some knowledge :tbout who is doing this . Ms. Grazulis said she does not know. Englewood Ci1y Council May 15, 2000 Page 20 2. She said this evening we all had invitations from the Englewood High School Counseling Department She said she was sorry to have missed the awards night for recognizing the outstanding seniors for 1he class of 2000 . Ms . Grazulis suggested getting a lisl of their name s and presenting lhcm with a letter that says we applaud them and send congrarul11ions tc-them. "t . She said if any of those lUCStions. with the answers. arc wriucn down , from Saturday's session.. she would like a copy. Mayor Burns noted the answers were just verbal of course. but they were all wriucn down. Council Member Wolosyn said she thought she had received it in the mail ill one point. City Mana~r Scars advised th(:y were in the packet a couple weeks ago . Mayor Bums noted that Director Olson just went down the whole list . Ms . Grazulis nsked if th;n was the same one , if there were no additions or deletions . Mr . Scars said no . Council M~mber Graz.ulis &lid sllC tias tbac. City Manager Scars advit:ed that Jerrell Black , Chris Olson and Ken Ross have provided some written responses that he c:in put in Council's packet. (iv) Council Member Yw-chick : I. He said that if we are going to look at the Hawthorne Suites sub "'e would like to get the Hotel Industry Standard on their discounted cash flow . ls ten and a half pe11 ...... in eleven years a good number '! Because , he noted. his valuation can change substantially by adding years or rolling the interest rate. 2. He advised he mcl with EDDA 1his week , lhcy had lhcir mo n1hly mcc1ing. He commcnrcd that we need 10 keep this in the back of our minds , that the-.y were saying they arc going to receive the land along the Englewood Parkway and so 1hey arc going 10 decide who 1hc developer will be and wha1 kind of businesses go in there . Mr. Yurchick opined that we may want to add some language when we transfer that we can keep those types of businesses in line with what is happening at CityCenter. So . Council Member Garren said. it would be Uke we dKI with over 7,000 square feet or whate ver it was. Cowtcil Member Yurchick said yes. 1ha1 he didn't think we wanted 10 tum complete control over to them. because their ideas for downtown Englewood may not coincide with what we are trying to do with the whole project Then, he noted, if they don't raise their assessment, they are planning on keeping the property any\l .i1y . He said he docs not know how they arc going 10 pay for it or what they are going to do with it. City Attorney Brotzman advised thttt his last discussion with them was that the City would have an option of taking over that property. Mr . Yurchick said that is not the way they were talking . Mr. Brotzman noted it is an option, that the City docs not have to take over the property, b1Jt we have the opti on to t.1.ke it over at no charge . Mayor Burns advised that he received a call from Harold Celva about the extra mone y they had. that they were going to use to take . .omc trees out on South Broadway He ha.s been proposing to put that into some sidewalk . Counc il Member Yurchick said he wants 10 replace the sidewalk on South Broadway and they h:id a question . They want to know if that comes under the concrete assessment fund. arc they entitled lo an y monies from Englewood to repair those sidewalks '! Cit y Mana ger Sc:irs said he did not know . that he would have to check . He asked if they were asking spcc1 ft cally abou1 the Concrete Utilit y. bccallle the Utility would have paid for those sidewalks . Mr . Yurchick said it is the little fee you pay on your wa ter bill . Mr . Scars said right, that is the Utili1y . Dir ec1or Ross advised that if those businesses have not opted out of the Concrete Utility. the y have all of the rights of an ybod y else . So if the side walk is in disrepair , the Utility 1s supposed 10 take care of it. But. Coun ci l Member Garrett noted. 1f it 1s not in disrepair there is no obligati on of the Utility to do an ylhing . Direct or Ross s.1id that is correct . • Enalewood City Council May IS , 2000 Page 21 ' I Council Member Yurchick commented that it would br between EDDA and Utilities 10 decide what disrepair there is. Director Ross commented that there is a lot of sidewa.lk that is in need of repair, it is just that with the project along Broadway we didn't want to go in there and get i!1 front of the project. He said he didn't think we would be 1h11t far apart because we recogn ize there are some real needs along that corridor. Mayor Bums said we discussed generally. that a lot of that concrete. and even further up toward Yale. looks prcny tired and prcuy old and if you do everything else around it and leave that , then you haven 't quite done the job. He l'K)tcd he is very inte rested to see what we can do with those sidewalks. He thought Mr. Cel• a rully wou ld like to apply those funds he I to that use and if the Concrete Utility does "'me of it. fine, then ••·,; can prrhaps stretc h the dollars more if we combine the two resources . C1Junc1l Member Yurchick stated his read on 1hc EDDA is 1hat most of the mcrcha .. ts don't want to spend the money . Mayor Bur ns advised that is wha1 Mr . Cclva said and that's why he called him. M:ayor Burm advised they noted that if something is visible and you can sec it from the roadway as you drive by. ii highlights the business and the sidewalk you don't see . Mayor Bums said his comment to that was that if you stop and shop you sec the overall effect of the si dewalks and all the other improvements and he thought thal helps the businesses too. so that may be a linle shortsighted to just look that far wilh it Mayor Barns said he would hope if we can combine some efforts here that we can convince them it is a goo,,i thing to do overall. because it really will lend a big improvement to the whole project. He said it is his fceli r J that you want that "socko" effect. that you want to do all the things where you really see an effect when you do these .~nds of things and if you leave part and it looks old and tired, it just detracts from everything else you have done . He said he was hopeful they can be convinced ol that. 3. He said that iu the same letter from Steve Waddill he had some comments about Code Enforcement. He asked if there hu been any follow-up on those. City Manager Sean advised that we did a follow -up on that o.nd he thought that was what they gave the initial response on. that they did give him a response on the specific address he had li srec. Mr. Scars said they would give Mr. Yurchick a copy. (v) Council Membr.r Wolosyn commcnteJ that she was very impres.~ at the way so much of staff turned out and spent II g01.,.,1 portion of their Saturday responding to questions and being so thoughtful with their answers to a small group of people on one block. Mayor Bums advised thar the opening of the A VS house on South Jason is schedu led for Wednesday afternoon at four . This is the house they buih 1his year . He sai d he wasn 'r sure if Council hnd received invit:itioru . Council indicated the y had . Mayor Bums enc ouraged Council to attend as it is always a very nice event. Council Mem ber Garren said he had one ot her thing. based on Council Member Yurchick's cr,mment. He asked if1herc 1s a rc~on why we h:ivc 101ransrcr the property before the assessmenl vote. lf1hey want to put the assessment on 1hc ballot can't we tran fer 1he propert y conditional upon them gett ing !he assessmcn1 so they can pu1 it on th e improvements and no1 h<.ve 10 worry about transferring and transferring back . City Attorney Brotzman ell.plained that at some poin1 we ha ve co consolidate that property rather than hav ing EURA make a condi ti on and then 1he City making the same condiHon. We a.re just going 10 1unsfer it , co nso lidate rhc prope ~IY and 1hen it can be used . Englewood City Council May 15 , 1000 :>ngc 22 13 . City Manager's Report lxl(1N!il•t I 1 I(. tl 1 (a) City Manager Scan advised that June 6" we will have , celebration II the w11cr plant. He s1.id they will get some information out on that . Mr. Scars said the water iJ improving. (b) City Manager Scars reminded Council that City offices will be closed on June 9111 for the movi:: to the new bui!ding. He: artviscd that we will not hnve telephone !.Crvicc at City Hall. Ci1y Man11gcr Scars noted th1t Mike Flaherty and the Move Committee have been doing an outstanding job. They meet continually goinH throug~ 1.t.ll the details of how to make the move happen. He said he is comfonable that the move will be concbcted i;i a very positive fashion. Mayor Bums said he noticed (j1e y arc working feverishly al Inca :md 285. He llSkcd if lhat will be the main entry for the public and staff. City Manager Scan said yes. they arc working on the signalization right now. He advised that lncn will go all the way through to Danmouth and wc probably will 001 have signals up on Dartmouth nt the time City Hall opens . but we will have the signals up and operatio nal at the time the light rail opens up on Jul y 14". He add<d that we probably will not have Floyd completely done for the City Hall move, but we are planning 10 have the Parkway done. Also. Jason is being built. nexl to Chuck Cheese . in terms of the connection that comes in right into the parlong structure . The floor of the parking st ructure is paved. If you look al the parking structure you can see the hockey puck lights that are on it right now , the lighting is going in. The: biggest concern has been US West and Public Service in terms of getting their utilities undergrowxi before the paving goes down . as ii happens in any project Hut. he noted, Rick Kahm is preny comfortable that at least tl>e parkway is going to be open and paved and Inca will be paved all the way through. City Manager Scars commented that it has been a tight schedule from day one and it continues to be and we will make it happen the best that wc can. 14 . Clly Attorney's Report (a) City Attorney Brotzman advised that EEF has successfully negotia1cd a purchase price for the Parkway Printing building and the closing will be on the May 23 rd • which allows us 10 begin demolition June I '\ He noted the y will be brin gi ng Council a resolution 10 transfe r the money fr om the City to EEF. Mayor Burns noted he has aJso been advised that they arc going 10 st.an building the bridge of 1he ligh t rail a week from today . He sa id he understands RTD 1s pushing to get tha1 done so 1hey ca n get their kiosk for di spe nsin g uckets and ot her thin gs like that up 1here. 15 . Adjournment COUNCIL MEMBER NABHOLZ MOVED TO ADJOURN. Then ecting ndjoumcd at 9:25 p.m. •