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Home My WebLink About2000-10-02 (Regular) Meeting Minutes• • • I. Call to Order ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Reiular Session October 2, 2000 11 o) 1(11 l boc1u f!jlll OH'l','n1IM1(, !., t'l The n:gulu meeting of the Englewood City Council was called to onler by Mayor Bmm at 7:34 p.m. 2. Invocation The invocation was given by Council Member Nabholz . 3. Pied&• ol Alleclance The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Burns . 4. Roll Call Present: Absent A quorum was present. Council Members Nabbolz, Grazulis , Bradabaw, Wolosya. Yun:hick, Bums Council Member Gun:11 Also present City Manager Scan City Anomey Brotzml.ll City Clerk Ellis Din:ctor Black, Parlt.s and Recn:ation 5. Mlnut .. (a) COUNCIL MEMBER WOLOSYN MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER .~. 200f. Ayes: Nays: Absent Motion carried . 6. Scheduled Vl11ton Council Members Nabbolz, Bradslia~·. Wolosya. Yurchick, Grazulis, Bums None C(_'I ii Member Garren (a) Mayor Bums •dvised that Fin: Division Chief Kieth Loc kwood was pment to addre.J Council reptd01g the Fire Division 's fire prevention efforts. Chief Lockwood ~id he iaanted to speak to Council to i,,cknowtcdge some of the things they are doina in the fire division, particularly on the prevention side of the organization. He DOied tbcrc arc three distinct groups of people be would like to acknowledge . Particularly over the past couple ofycan, he said, they have been workin g with the business community in a kind of collaborative effort to get our message of ·,afety oul He asked that Tim Ausfahl and Sandy Kistler from A & A Tradia' Pos~ and Norval Sdvner Iron, Abbon FiJc fatinguishcr Compony , co me forward . Chief Loc kwood stated that the Dcpattmont of Enalewood Clly Council October z, 2000 P•~• Z Safety Services would like to present a Community Service Award lo Abbott Fire Extinguisher Company and A & A Tradin' Post for U111roving community safety awarenes, through their ar.s ual sponsorship of fire extinguisher training for citizens and support of the fire education efforts in the community. Specifically, he said , we have had a collaborative procm with A & A Tradin ' Post and they have dooated time , space and resources for us to go down there" and conduct cducatiorv.l presentations. Also, be said. they have donated smoke detectors and extinguisher, that we have distn buted throughout the community. And for that, be said , we thank them, very, very much. Chief Lockwood advised that Norval Scrivner, with Abbott Fire Extinguisher Company, bas w t <Cd with us for the past two or three years and bu donated countless numbers of extinguishers that we use in conducting actual li ve bum training . Generally, be noted, in any of the events outside, you will sec a column of black smoke that draws a lot ofpeop&eover there to see what is going on. Chief Lockwood advi sed that what they have found out is that there are a number of people who have never actually used an extinguisher . They know what they look. like, they know where they arc supposed to be , but th ey have never used them. Through the efforts and the donations of companies such as these , it has helped us to be able to actually let people get out then: and try them. For tha t, he said, he offered bis thanks . Chief Lockwood said be wanted to thank Council for providing , and supporting, a venue such as the Olde Tymc Fair. Also, he said, he wanted to thank Jerrell Black and his staff for ''playing well with others ," He stated they have been great. Chief Lockwood advised that the next group of people he wanted to recognize was a couple of firefighters. He asked that Kent Davies and Tracey Taylor come forward. Chief Lockwood advised that they have scaled down some of the things they do during Fire Pre vention Weck. because they realize that they have a bener audience during the Olde Tymc Fair and they have used that as a venue to do tome of the fire prevention efforts . 11tis year was their second year to partic ipate in that and it involved a number of people • beyond Mr. Davies and Ms. Taylor, but they were very instrumental in coordinating the efforts . In addition lo focusing on the fire prevention arena, they also addressed car scat safety . He commented that a couple of years ago they received some kudos from the State level for our people being involved in that. Just to give an example , he said, during the two days of the Olde T)'llll' Fair they actually checked fifty-four car scats and coached and counseled the people on the correct way to install the car scats. Kent Davies and Tracey 1 aylor worked hard to coordinate this effon, he said, and be wanted to thank them 7. Non-scheduled Vl!lltors (a) Eugene NorDWl said he was born in Englewood and noted that when it comes ID public speaking he is totall y inept, but he feels that he has a responsibility to attempt some kind of cormnunication with his fellow citizens . H'! commented that he knows it sounds insane , but be encountered extraterrestrials and he was with other pcopl~ when this occurred. He was doing SOS signals , Mr. Norman noted be was doing it for every man, woman and child on the planet when it occurred . He advised that the people be was with told him what the y observed and it corrckted wilh what be bad observed. He said be would like to present some of the lhings to Council and whether Council acts on it or not is, in many ways, totally irrelevant I am 7 1 yem old and in many ways it doesn't reall y maner to me , he said, yet it does matter to me sin ce I feel a great deal of empathy for all of you . He s.i id he would like to discuss the housing aspect. AL the present time we construct building s on the surface of tbe planet . If we would understand, basically, in an abstract way. the formation of bubbles , how bubbles form. If we were to take that idea and transpose it to, lets say, geodesic domes beneath the surface of our everyday reality, it would simply add to the ground surface that you have at the present time . He explained that you would have more ground surface in the concept of public land . I am talking about our land, be said. and bow we destroy it. We take riven and streams and, rather than have those rivers and streams wander, we make a channel and the water flows ve ry quickly through and past our reality into the sea . 1uto the ocean . It doesn 't benefit us at al~ he opined, exce pt, potentially, visually . Mr. Norman stated that ifwe would begin understanding that nature is m.&Cb more intelligent than we are , we could ta.kc those ri vers and strco.rm and ha ve ponds, little beaver ponds, • etc etera, which would attract all kinds of life other than ourselves ... our selfish selves . It would simply be a • Eaalewood City Council October 2, 2000 P110J u , , 1 l lw1•fl,lttaf fl 01 ! ·udoJ ,(l !.,:1a;'f mon, intolligent way of going 11 i~ ho said. We take those atreams and we mob 1 ■traipt auam dul\ .,.., directly into the cx:e■n . We do th.at out of selfiJb inter<sl. II is the almighty dollar th.at dl>OI ii. It ii IIDI UI u individuals, its mone y, it's our gr,cd th.at does it He commented th.at you would have ID beware of particulalOS in all comttuction of Ibis type. You woold have ID, bopetuUy, use inll■IOd bubbloo dlrillc consttucrion, devi■e mon, intelligent wutc disposal systems. Mr . Nonmn poillled oat dial wllal we ban today is very primiti ve . I can elaborate , he said, on vent systems in this area tnd heatina systems. 1blt ma would be reclaimed, for us the publie. We could plant it with various plants and elimin■u: D'Ost grasses th.al need tending or watering . We could .. intain a better b■laac e of e■rthworm ecology. A reconfigun •ion of construction would need 10 include s .n■II ponds, hopefi:lly beaver ponds mi r.le■ner water. No plutic, for God 's sake . Keep what you have if you chose , bi:c don't add ID il He st,tcd tb■t ho sees it as a tragedy . We arc a very primiti ve society and , personally, t:c said, I see it u a lost caus:, but I ha ve been wrong before . Mr . Norman commented that he has tried :o communicate ever since he encountered thcsc ... whatever in God's name it was that be cncou.~1tcred. Hia attempts at communication have simply been ... hey man, here we 11re, we are human being:.. Lets do it more intelligentJy, he said, lets go beyond our monetary concepts of gttin, let 's do it as bwr;u 1 beings fo r a change . He noted that be 1w done this for ,o loag th.at ii has become part of his persor, and be doesn't know bow ID IIDp, I know 1h11 eventu■lly I will, be s■id, but I continue ll}'ing ., comnr.mic: ... w.th each of yo u u ~ beinp , To mo, be said, ii is like living in the dark ages . I would like to trJI< ■boot our traffic problemo, be uid, and without a doubt, you have a problem This is just a minor su~stion, he said. Ifwe could take, lt1s aay four blocks , ■nd eliminate cars in those four block an,as. If we did th.a~ then, is a crou ill the middle when: we could plant tm:s, vegetation ... food th.at .U ofu, coulde■I. Mr. Nonmn said be would like :ii leave this paper ■nd a tape with Council . He commenu:d th.at ifhe could possibly find an advcx:au: someplace, this tape would end up on the President's desk. I don't consider myself to be any more intelligent that anyone else, he said, I am simply trying to commc.:ticate on a more intelligent level. He said be would leave the tape with Council and would pick it up at the next meeting and hopefully something will be done . 8. Commualcadon1, Prodamatiom aolf Appointments (a ) A lener from Gerald Stankorb indi cating his resignation from the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Comminee was considered . COUNCIL MEMBER NABROLZ MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO ACCEPT WITH REGRET THE RESIGNATION OF GERALD ST ANKORB FROM THE ENGLEWOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Ayes: Na ys : Absent: Motion canicd. Council Members Nabholz, Bradshaw, Wolosyn, Yurchick, Grazulis , Burns None Counci l Member Garren (b) A proc lamati on declarin g the month of October as Crime Prevention Month was considered . COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE A PROCLAMATION DE CLARING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2000 AS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH . Ayes: Na ys: Absent: Motio n C3rri ed. Council Members Nabbolz , Bradshaw, Wolosyn, Yurchk k. Gr11ZUli s, Burs None Council Member Garre n Enlltwood City Council 0.lober 2, 2000 Pa1e4 1 10 I •11 ) bnon ll~ld 110f;1 .£.: :,do!?t) ::,'I (c) A proclamation declaring lhe week of October 8 through 14, 2000 u Fi.re l'rna(mon Week wa, coMidered. COUNCIL M.71\IBER BRADSHAW MOVJ:D, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE A PROCLAMA 11\)N DECLARING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 8 THROUGH 14, Hoe AS FIRE PREVENTION \\ 'EEK. N1ys : Al,sent: Motion carried. Council Membm Nabholz, Brochbaw, Wolol)'II, Yun:hick, Grazulil, Burm None CoW1<:il Membtr Oarmt (d) A proclamation declarins October 21 lhrough 29, 2000 u Red Ribbon Weck was considered. COUNCIL MEMBER BRAD811AW MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING OCTOBER 21 THROUGH 29, 2tN AS RED RIBBON WUK. Motion carried. Ayes : Council Mcmbm Nabholz, BMabaw, Woloo)'II, Yurchiek, Grazulia, Bums Nays : None Absent Council Member Omen Mayor Bums pre,ented tht Proclamation declaring the month of October 2000 as Crime Prevention Month, • the Proclamation declaring the week of October 8 through 14, 2000 as Fi.re Prevention Week and lhe Proclamation declaring October 21 through 29 , 2000 as Red Ribbon Week, 10 Safety Services Diffl:lor Chris Olson. 9. PubUe Heartnc No public bearing wu scheduled before Council. I 0. Co men I Aaenda (a) Approval of Ordinan ces on First Reading There were no items submitted for approval on lirst reading . (b) Approval of Ordinance, on Second Reading There were no itf.rm submitteC for approval on second reading . (c) Resolution; and f.fc :it"..s COIJ:'lCIL MisMBER er _.,.;;;HAW REMOVf.D AGENDA ITEM 10 (e) (I) rROM THE CONSENT Am::;DA. COUNCIL Ml'MBER BRAIJSHAW MO\ 'ED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONSENT AG.~NDA ITEMS 10 (e) (U) and (IU), • Enalowood City Council Oclober 2, 2000 P•1• S 111 b,,,,,,.i,l:m.l 0(' l luh f r1" c1I (ii) BID FOR MCLELLAN RESERVOIR FENC-·.-IG WITH STEEL LOCK IN THE AMOUNT OF $36,691.00, (iii) CONTRACT WITH INTEGRA ENGINEERING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $27,352.00 FOR ENGINEER SERVICES FOR THE NORTH RESERVOIR DRAIN MODIFICATIONS, Vote results: Motion carried. Ayes: Nays : Absl!nt: Council Memben Nabholz, Bradshaw, Wolosyn, Yurchick, Grazulis, Bums None Cc,uncil Member Garren (i) Director Black presenlCd a recommendation from the Depu1mcnl of Pub and Recreation to adopt a resolution approving a coatracl for the restaurant concessionaire at the Englewood GolfCoune belWecn the City of Englewood and Reif Golf, He said as Council can see in the inli>nnation tba: WH provided, they though! the process they used was a very helpful process and a very eon.,lex process. We bad a number of people on the ~lcctioo conunittee and at the end it was a very difficult selection. However, we did select Reif Golf. be said. 111d they have quite a bit of experience in working with restaurants at golf courses and, also, they have extensive experience iu working with restaurants. Director Black inlroduced Ron Reif, his wife Linda Reif and David Magarahan, the manag,r al the silC. We have visilCd Overland, where Reif Golf currently opcralCs the rcslnuran~ and, Mr. Black said, I can ICU you that you will see Mr. Reif and his wife, at the restaurant quite often in addition to Mr. Magarahan. • Director Black stated they are very pleased that Reif Golf submitted and that they were selected. • Mayor Bums commented that Overland is a pretty busy place , from what be c11n recall from when be bas been out there. Director Black said 1ha1 many times when you go to Overland you have to wait to be seated and we would certainly like to see that at our facility . COuNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED. AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM IO (rl (I). RESOLUTION NO , SS, SERIES OF 2000 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT CONCESSIONAiRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AND REIF GOLF ENTERPRISES, INC. Ayes : Nays: Absent Motion carried. CoW1Cil Members Nabholz, Bradshaw, Wolosyn. Yurchick, Grazulis , Bums None Council Member GilJ1c:tt Mayor Burns thanked Director Black and sta led thar they look forward 10 the new concessionaire. 11. Regular Agenda (a) Approval of Ordinan ces on First Reading l here were no items submitted for approval on first reading . {b} Approval of Ordinances on Second Rtading EnsJewoocl City Council October l, 2000 P11e6 There were no items submitted for approval on second reading. (c) Resolutiom and Motiom ) I (1j,t,/1J nl 11dq,,(I l I ,'\ There were no additional resolutions or motions submitted fo 1proval. (Ste Agenda Item IO • Comeot Agenda .) 12 . Gtner■l Dlscualon (a) Mayors Choice (i) Mayor Bums said he didn'I hav" anything in particul■r to say after their discussion in Study Session. He noted he just want~d to r;mind everybody to sign up for Rlil•Volution. He advised that there is a Na•ional Convention in Dcnve.-this week, incorpor■tm& elemer.ts of rail, transportation and economic developmenl ■nd we have :;omediing like 1200 or 1400 deleplel comin& from ■ll o-,er the country who support the kind of project we have here ... 1 trlmit-orim!led developmotll. We will oe hosting sever■! events durins the week and espcci■Uy the social evm1I on Thund■y nigh~ be said. We ■re supposed to have, maybe, 1200 or 1400 people around bere Tllllnday nislll ■t I reception ill the building and 01rt in the piazza. He commenlcd that this will give us a groat deal of national c,q '"""' for this developmenl 10 these folb who come from ■II over the country, including aome people fr< m the Congren We are looJcing ft:t w■rd to th■t he said, and we would like to thank Bob S~o, wt,• ha■ r<■lly been the contact point for the City. He has been on the committee to organize this Dltio,ul conference and he has done a lot of work oo it Mayo, Bums noted that Mr . Sur.,sonha■ kepi Council up to date on tbc goings on and Couocil very much appreciates his efforts. (b) Council Members Choice (i) Council Member N•oholz said she wanted to mention the Colorado Parks and Recreation Columbine Award. which the Malley Center received for lhe creation of the computer lab at the Malley Center. She srated they should be applauded for that and she thanked Jerrell Black ■nd all tbo■e people involved . Mayor Bums advised that there is a year 2000 CML District Meeting of our District 3, at Lone Tree on Wednesday night, a dinner meeting . He sairl that if anyone on Council would like to sign up for that they were free to do so . He noted this happens once a year for our district. Mayor Bums conuntnted that we are also involved with Ra1l•Volution so we may not be able to make it to that. Mayor Bums advised that we have two resolutions under Council Member's Choice. One is a resolution in opposition to proposed Constitutional Amendment 21 on lhc November 1, 2000 siatewide ballot, which is known as the Douglas Bruce Tax Cut Amendment. The resolution was assigned a number 11Dd rrad by title : RESOLtmO N NO . 86 , SERJES OF 2000 A RE SOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNC IL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED CONST ITIITIONAL AMENDMENT 21 , OlHERWISE KNOWN AS ''TAX CUT 2000", ON THE NOVEMBER 7, 2000 STATEWIDE BALLOT. • • • En1lewood City Council October 2, 2000 P ■&• 7 !hum,'> ;h ) IHJo,,,IJlll,f ()fll)! .~ 11.Jot ,U ~,:1,'l COUNCIL MJ:MBl!R BRADSHAW MOVl!D, AND i'f WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO, 16, Sl!Rll!S OF 2000. Motion carried . Ayes: Council Meml>m N■bholz, B!ldshlw, Wolo,,yn, Yurcbiclc, Clrazl11il, Burns Nays : None Ab,ent Council Member Oarmt Mayor Burns commented that this amendment ii very controvcniol, but we feel this will hive III mmnoly adverse affect oo revenues of the City. He advised that Financial and Administntive Services Director Gryg!cwicz bas prq,arcd a paper for Council that shows we would hive a drop of some 22% of our Oenaal Fund Budget in four ycan and will accurnul"•• in four ycan, lo S27 million and our entire budact ii only S35 million on a yearly basis . There would 1110 be about 1 19% drop in our Public Iqtrovement Fund. We don't have but a small compliment of special district action in this City, but they would be advcncly affected, as would the school and library districts . We discussed this II great lcnsth 11 the Metro Mayor's Caucus , he sa id, and they have come out against this proposition. Mayor Bums urged everyone to really wake up as tt' what this proposition means, how serious it is and wha t the advene effects are. T1leR is no legal requirement that the legislature make up for these loses, he said, so we urge all ofynu to become infonned on this item. Ma yor Bums advised that the other one is a resolution in opposition to the proposed Constitutional Amendment 24 oo the November 7, 2000 ballot. which is the one on gruwtb control initiative . Council Member Wolosyn stated that she bas not decided how she is going 10 vote on this. She said she doesn't feel comfortable supporting a resolution when she doesn't know how she iJ going to vote in November. Mayor Burns noted that be thought Council Member Garrett bad indicated in Study Session that be wasn 't in fav cr of it but he didn 't know -.,betber Council should be voting on this particular item. Council Member Bradshaw agreed there were some concerns about this . She said she thinks that with everybody 's frustration with traffic and everything they arc going to jump on this and say "oh, good, we can control growth." When in fact. she said, it would oot control growth, it would create another level of bureaucracy, it would erode our local control and it is just wrong as far as she is concerned. Ml. Bradshaw co mmented that it doesn 't bother her 10 say that. The resolution was assigned a number and read by title : RE SOLUTIO N NO. 87, SERIES OF 2000 A RE SOL UT IO N OF THE CITY OF ENGLE WOO D, COLORADO . OPPOSING STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUE "AMENDM ENT 24" ENTITLED CITIZEN MA NAGEMENT OF GROWTH. COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO . 87 , SERIES OF 2000. Mayo r Bwns sai d he wan ted 10 co mment funh er on this . He slate d tha t he is also opposed to this. that it ·mund s goad on the surface and th e po ll s indicate that there is fa irl y strong support out there for it. but it co mpl etel y goes aro und local decis ion makin g. He opined that it is a very seri ous Matter , especially when yo u put these items in the Co nsti tutio n. rather than j usl having an iru tia tcd la w that can be changed by the Eo ..... ood City Coudl O.tobor l, 1000 ..... lhmm l di ) ftC'!Oll1f;tn.i OflO~ ,t 1 . 0110 .. JJCCI legislature or by another 1i111>le vote . There are a lot of expectations, be said, about thiJ in the environmeml OOIIIIIIIIDity, but.be tbouabt there are I lot ofUIIDIIODllcd ~ '11■1 ■n1 l""!I lo result from it. He 11id that be Wldent&Dds the liustn1tion out then, but Ibo (llotro Mayor's C.-11111 DRCOG have pused a conlnlct called the Mile High Co-•~ Which is an agreemen~ between the cities in the area con,tituting most of the DR COG population, to control growth by incorporating growth control mcuun:1 in your Compn:bensive Plans, then adopting those plans, which then become law. Mayor Burns pointed out that there are now a lot of intergovernmental aareements between municipalities on powtb control that the public is not aware of and so the Metro Mayor's Caucus.wanted the public to know dat they do have a compact and it is an intergovernmental agreement, it is an enforceable agreement and they would emph■ais that solution to growth control problems rather than this statewide blllot illue . Voteraulu: Ayes: Nays: Aboent: Morion carried. 13 . City Mu1:e,-'1 Report Council Memben Nabbolz, Bradab■w, Yun:bick, Grazulil, Burna Council Member Wolosyn Council Member Gomn City Manager Scan did not have any matters to bring before Council. 14. City Allorney's Report City Attorney Brotzman did not have aoy ma tten to bring befon: Council. Council Member Grazulis advised that the 1nembc:i. of the Cultural Ans Commission will aeleot the s.-udent artwork, for the City of Englewood 2001 calendar, this Wednesday at 5:45 p.m.. She infom,ed Council that they an: invited to help choose the anwork. If Council can make it over they arc welcome, she said. Mayor Burns commented that the an is wonderful. Co uncil Member Nabbolz advised that Wednesday night, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., the Get Out the Vote poster drive will have a little reception here . 15 . Adjournment The meeting adJoumed at 8:04 p.m •