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Home My WebLink About1992-07-13 (Regular) Meeting MinutesI I ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Public Hearing Paving Ol ~tr lct No. 34/Concrtte Di strict 1991 July 13, 1992 l. Ca ll to Order The s ~ec1 al sess i on of the Englewood City Coun ci l was called to order by Hayer Pro Tem Hathaway at 7:35 p .m. 2. Invocation The Invocation was g i ven by Council Membe r Bullock . 3. Pltdge of Allegiance The Pl edge ~f Allegiance was led by Mayor Pro Tem Ha t haway. 4. Roll Call Presen t: Absent: A quoru~ was present . Also ;>resent: S. Public Hearing Co uncil Mellll>ers Hathaway , Van Dyke, Bullock , Habenicht, Waggoner Council Members Gulley, Wiggins City Manager Fras er City Attorney DeWitt Deputy City Manager Hartin Deput y City Clerk Ellis Director Esterly, Publ ic Wo rk s COUNCIL HEHBER VAN DYKE MOVED, AND IT WAS SECONDED, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PAVING DISTRICT NO. 34/CONCRETE DISTRICT 199!. Ayes : Council Members Bul lock, Van Dyk e, Ha t haway, Habenicht Waggone r Na ys: NonP Absent: Council Me mbe rs Gu lley , Wigg ins Motion carried. Mayor Pr o Tem Hat hawa y stated hat the purpo se of the pu bli c hear i ng is t o co nsider the proposed Paving Distr ic t No. 34 /Con crete Distri c t 199 1. All te s timony wa s given und er oath. EnglllolOOCI City Council Minutes July 13. 1992 -Page 2 Di r ector Es ter ly pre s ented e vid ence of th e r equ i red Publ ic ation of Not ice of Publ ic Hear i ng wh i ch app eared In the Englewood Herald on J une 18, 1992 , Jun e 25, 1992 and J uly 2, 1992 . Mr . Es t erly stat ed that a not ice of i nten t t o form t he di s t ri ct was published In the Englewood Herald February 21, 1991, February 28 , 1991, and Hart h 7 , 1991 . On March 25, 1991 a Public Hear i ng was held pr i or to the format i on of these di stricts . On April 8 , 1991 Public Works re - contacted everyone involved in the process , at Council's request , to conf i rm t hat the City had decided to pro c eed wi th the formatio n of these di str i ct s . On Apr i l 9, 1991 s t aff solic itated vo l un t eers wit h doorhangers and I n add iti on the r e were previous contacts that had requested Inclusion In the concrete por - tion of the dist r ict . On June 29, 1992 Publ i c Works mai1ed out notificat i on of the proposed assessments. Hr . Esterly rev i ewed information included in a prepared handout. The handout inc l udes a brief description of areas covered by the paving di strict and the mandatory concrete district. He noted volun• tary concrete replacement exists throughout the entire city . Final assessment data was rP.viewed. He reviewed the proposed schedule for compl t lf on of Paving D1 s ~r l ct No . 34/Concrete Replace~ent Distr i ct 1991. He di scussed two concerns raised by property owners: inequitable assessments and cost of tree removal . He noted varying c redits were all u~ed, i n some instances, for replacing exist - ing concrete that was in good co nd i tion and that tree retn0v1l work 1s paid for by the City. Mayor Pro Tem Hathaway invited public co11111ent and expla1ned that comments will be taken on a street -by -street basis. ZONE l (PAVING DISTRICT NO . 34) 3800 South Delaware Street Ken Love, 4501 South Logan, appeared on behalf of hi s mother [leaner Gates who owns the pr operty at 3821 South Oel aware . He thanked Council and the City government for coming in under the origi nal estimates. He noted some of his con~erns have been addressed by Mr . Esterly . Howe \l er, he complained of the poor workmanship on the si~ewalk at 3821 South Delawa.-e. Hr. Ester l y noted the work at that location has been accepted by the City . He stat ed there has been some problems associated with cracks al ong joints of individual stones which have been addresse d on an i ndiv i d ual lot -by -lot ba si s and discussed wi th the homeow ners . Th e City fee ls t hey are not a hazard to the f utur e l i fe of the concrete. He stated he was un awa r e of ot her work man- ship is s ues . In r esponse to Mayor Pro Tem Hathaway's r equest Hr . Es terly ex - pl a i ned the Ci ty 's two -year bond on con c rete contractors . Re placement of de • fecttve wo rk wi ll be demanded of the contractor up to t wo ye a r s after comp l e - tion of t he work . Cou ncil Me mb er Ha be ~icht as ked f or an exp lanation of t he recourse for ho me- own e r s i f t he conc r ete s houl d prove to be de fect i ve . Discussio n ens ued . Mr. Es t erly s t ated the contrac t or ha s agre ed , upo n request of t he homeow ner, to replace t he concret e t ha t ha s s hown ha i r l i ne c ra c ks t ha t are not on c ont r ol joint l oc at i ons. Discussion ensued r eg arding fu ture respo nsibil i ty f or defec - ti ve concrete. I I I I Englewood Ctty Council Minutes July 13, 1~92 -Page 3 000 · 100 West Kenyon Avenu •t No co11111ent s. 3100 -3300 South Platte River Dr i ve No corrrnents. Alley east of 4800 So uth Broadway No comme nts. Al l ey east of 3700 South Aco ma Street L,eon Martinson, 5941 South Spotswood, owner of property at 3786 South Acoma . contended paving of the alley was unnecessary and quite costly . Director Esterly confirmed that this alley was petitioned into th e distri ct at the request of the majority of the property owners at that lotatlon. Alley east of 3600 South Elati Street No coanents . ZONE 2 (11ANOA10RY CONCRETE REPLACEMENT) 3700 to 4200 South Broadway Ladislau Bosqa, owner of property at 4000 South Broadway, questioned the amount of his assessment. Hts assessntent is approximately $4,600 and he cal- culated the act~al a1110un ~ should be approxi•ately $3,600 . Mayor Pro Teni Ha t h- away suggested he conta~t Director Esterly and City Attorney DeWitt to protest the assessment. 3700 to 4200 South Lincoln No co11111 ents. 3700 to 4200 South Sherman No co en ts . 3700 t o 4200 South Grant No comments. 370 0 to 4200 Sout h Lo an No co rrrn ents. 3700 to 420 0 Sout h Pe nns lvan i a Englewood City Council N1nutes July 13, 1992 -Page 4 No comments. 3700 to 4200 South Pearl No comments. 37 00 to 4200 South Washington No comments. 3700 to 4200 South Clarkson No co111Tients. Area outside the Mandatory District (Vclun~ No cormients. COUNCIL MEMBER BULLOCK NOYEO, ANO IT WAS SECONDED, TO INCORPORATE FOUR LETTERS OF PROTEST INTO THE RECORD OF THE PU~LIC HEARING. Ayes: Council Members Bullock, Van Dyke, Hathaway, Habenicht Waggoner Nays: None Absent: Council Members Gulley, Wiggins Motioi carried. letters received into the record of the ~eeting are from the follouing Individuals: William D. Abbe/( Sr., 3800 South Delaware Street, Rob - ert Wasle Brown 3900 South Pearl treet, Laura Laing. Connunlty Manr Wewcis e ro ert es ast e erson Avenue, and Robert A. Mickle, 3 80 ~--· a treet. Th~re being no one else present to speak to the issue, Mayor Pro Tem Hathaway ~sked for a motion to close the public hearing. COUNCIL MEMBER WAGGONER MOVED, AHO IT WAS SECONDED, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. Ayes: Nays: Absent: Mot ion carried. Council Members Bullock, Van Dyke, Hathaway, Habenicht Waggoner None Council Members Gulley, Wiggins Mayor Pro Te rn Hathaway expressed th an ks to those present . 6 . Adjournment COUNCIL HEHBER BULLOCK MOVED TO ADJOURN. The meeting adj ourned at 7 :59 p.m , I ' Deputy City Cl erk I I