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Home My WebLink About1990-12-03 (Regular) Meeting Minutes1 . Call to Order EN&LElfOOIJ CITY COUNCIL EN6LEIIOOO. ARAPAHOE COUNTY I COLORADO Regular Session O.cNber 3, 1990 The regular 11111etlng of the Englewood C1ty Council was called to order by Mayor Yan Dyke at 7:32 p.m. 2 . In11oc1t1on The •nvocation was given by Council Member Bullock. 3. Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was led by ~ayor Van Dyke . 4 . Roll Call Present: Absent: A quorum was present. Council Members Hathilway, Koltay, Wiggins, Bullock, Van Dyke Council Me~bers Clayton, Habenicht Also present: City Manager Fraser City Attorney DeWitt City Clerk Crow s. Minutes Director Wanush, Cornnunity Devel opment Director long, Library Services Executive Pff i cer Olson , Safety Services Acting Director Martin, Financial Services Director Fonda, Utilities Purcha~ing Manager Martinez, Administrative Services (a) COUNCIL MDIIER HATHAWAY ltOVED, All) IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF flOVENBER 19, 1990, Ayes: Council Members Koltay, Hathaway, Wiggins, f..illock , Van Dyke None Nays: Council Members Clayton , Haben i cht Absent : Motton carried. £n9lt.WOOCI C1ty counc11 Minutes Dtctllbtr 3, 19110 -Page 2 6. Pre-scheduled Vlittors lhere were ·'o pre-sctiec!uied v1 s H ors . 7. Non-sc\1eduled VI s1tors lhere \oft.:·e r,:, 11or,-scheduled visitors . 8. COMun 1:..,•;1ons and Proc.l a■atlons (a) C ty Manager Fraser announced the Englewood Employees of the l!onth of November: o,ve Jonas, Trafflc/Servicenter; Mark Stout, Safety Services/ Fire; Ciirol ,-;cc,.1 ,')an, Recreation; Karen Le.idens , Administrative Services; and H1 ke Boyett, Waste·,ater lreatment Pl ant. Cert i fl cat es were presented to Hark Stout and Ca •·ol H1.Guig1n by Mr . Fraser, who .:ongratuhted Hr. Stout and Ms. McGu1gan on t heir accomplishments. 9. Consent Agel'da COUNCIL MEMBER BULLOCK MOVm, Afll IT WAS SECONDED, 10 APPROVE CONSENT A&ENDA ITEMS 9 (a) THROIJ6H (e) AS FOLLOWS: (a) ORDINANCE NO . 55, SERIES OF 1990 (COUNCIL BILL NO. 57 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBF.R CLAYTON), ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENT AL AGREEMENT CONCERNING INTERCITY CLAIMS FOR RECOVERY BETWEEN THE CO LORADO MUNICIPALITIES OF: ARVADA, C°""ERCE CITY, FORT COLLINS, GOLDEN, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, LITTLETGN, NORTHGLENN, THORN - TON, ANO WESTMINSTER. (b) ORDINANCE NO. 56, SERIES OF 1990 (COUNCIL BILL NO. 60 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HABENICHT), ENTITLED: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7, CHAPTER 6, ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CC\;)E 1985 BY ADDING NEW PROVISIONS AS TITLE 7, CH..,PTER 6D, SECTION 13, PERTA ,~ING TO PRO- SCRIPTIONS AGAINST AMBUSH DEVICES. (c) ORDINANCE NO. 57, SERIES OF 1990 (COUNCIL BILL NO . 62 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEHBER HATHAWAY), ENTITLED : AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE I, CHAPTER 6F, SECTION 7, ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 1985, RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE ROUTES FOR TRANSPORTING HAZARDOUS/DANGEROUS MATERIALS. (d) ORDINANCE NO. SB, SERIES OF 1990 (COUNCIL BILL NO, 65 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BULLOCK), ENTITLED : AN ORDINANCE GRANTING PUBLIC SERVICE OF COLORADO TWO UTILITY EASEMENTS ON PROPER'fY LOCATED IN CUSHING PARK. (e) ORDINANCE NO. 59 , SERIES OF 1990 (COUNCIL BI LL NO . 66 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KOLTAY), ENTIT LED : J Englewood C1ty Council Minutes D1ct111b1r 3, 1990 -Page 3 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SHERIDAN PROVIDING FOR MUTUAL/AUTOMATIC AID FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR BOTH ENTITIES. Ayes: Nays: Absent: Motion carried . JO. Public Hearing Council Members Koltay, Hathaway, Wiggins, Bullock, Van Dyke None Council Members Clayton, Habenicht No public hearing was scheduled. II . Ordinances, Resolutions and Notions (a) Director Wanush presented a recommendation from the Department of Community Development to adopt a b111 for aro ordinance approving an Inter- governmental agreement b~tween the Cities of Englewood and Littleton for the shared personnel services of a Recycl 1ng r;oordlnator In conjunction with the SMART grant . The City Clerk was asked to r uad Council 8111 No. 70, entitled: COUNCIL BILL NO. 70, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HATHAWAY A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTijORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AND THE CllY OF LITTLETON CONCERNING THE SHARED PERSONNEL SERVICES OF A "RECYCLING COORDINATOR." COUNCIL MEMBER HATHAWAY MOVED, AND 11 WAS SECONDED , TO APPROVE ON FIRST READ- ING COUNCIL BILL NO, 70, SERIES OF 1990, Ayes: Council Members Koltay, Hathaway, Wiggins, Bullock, Van Dyke Nays: None Absent: Councli Members Clayton, Habenicht Motion carried. (b) Director Long pr~sented a recoll'll\endation from the Publ le Library Board to adopt a bill for an ordinance approving the agreement for Library Services with the Arapahoe Library District {ALO). Mr. Long advised Council th i s agreement would provide for reciprocal borrowing between Englewood and the Arapahoe library District. The igreement, which has been in effect since 1965 , outlines the terms of reimbursement to the lender at $0.55 per item. The agreement has been reviewed by the Arapahoe Library Distr i ct and the City's Library Advisory Board. The City Clerk was asked to read Council Bill No. 67, entitled: COUNCIL BILL NO . 67, iNTROOUCEO BY COUNCIL MEMBER HATHAWAY A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ENGLEWOOO PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ARAPAHOE LIBRARY DISTRICT TO PROVIDE LIBRARY SERVICES FOR RESI • DENTS OF BOTH JURISDICTIONS. EnglelitOOd City Council "lnutts D1ce111b1r 3, 1990 -Page 4 COUNCIL MDIBER HATHAWAY MOVED, NII IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE ON FIRST READ• ING COUNCIL BILL NO. 67, SERIES OF 1990. Ayes: Council Members Koltay , Hathaway, Wiggins, Bullock, Van Dyke None Co unc il Members Clayton, Habenicht Nays : Absent : Hot i on carried. (c) Executive Director 01 son presented a recommendation from the De· partment of Safety Services/F i re to adopt a bill for an ordinanc~ approving a Mutual Aid/Automatic Aid Agreement with the City of Li ttleton. Hr. Olson I n- formed Counctl thl s agreement would update and enhance the present agreement Englewood has with Littleton for fire and rescue services. The agreement, which has been reviewed extensively with Littleton fire personnel, does speci- fy areas for certain responsibilities by both entit i es . The City Clerk. was asked to read Council Bi ll No. 68, ent i tled: COUNCIL Bill ND. 68, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BU LLOCK A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LITTLETON PRO - VIDING FO ~ MUTUAL/AUTOMATIC AID FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR BOTH ENTITLES . CO UNCIL MEMBER BULLOCK MOVED, ANO IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING COUNCIL BILL NO. 68, SERIES OF 1990. Council Member Hathaway Inquired how the agreement would be affected when Lit- tleton b~ilds its new fire stat i on; Mr . Olson was of the op i nion the agreement would probably need review at that time, however, he did not know when the new station would be built and he stressed the agreement under considerat1on 1s for a one-year period. Hr. Fraser confirmed the Littleton City Council is tentat i vely scheduled to consider approval of this agreement on December 18, 1990 . Further discuss i on ensued concerning the area in which Littleton Is required to provide service . Vote results: Ayes: Nays: Absent: Motion carried . Council Members Koltay, Hathaway, Wiggins, Bullock, Van Dyke None Council Members Cl ayton, Habenicht (d) C1ty Manager Fraser presented a recommendation to adopt a b111 for an ordinance amending the Englewood Municipal Code to reflect the reorganiza - tion of city adm i nistrative departments. The reorganization reflects the ree s tablishment of Library Serv i ces and Recreation Services as two separate departments. Hr . Fraser expl at ned the reorga ni zation inst Huted 1 n October represents an approximate savings of $120,000 . The City Clerk was asked to read Council Bill No . 61, entitled: COUNCIL BILL NO. 61, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KOLTAY I I 0 Englewood City Council Minutes December 3, 1990 -Page 5 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE EFFECTING THE REORGANIZATION OF CITY ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS BY AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 6 , SECTION 2; TITLE I, CHAPTER 6, ARTICLES E AND F; ANO THE ADDITION OF TITLE J, CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE I . COUNCIL MENIER KOLTAY MOVED, All> IT WAS SECONOm, TO APPROVE Ofl FIRST READIN& COUNCIL BILL NO. ti, SERIES OF 1990. Ayes: Counc 11 Members Ko ltay, Hathaway, Wigg Ins, Bullock, Van Dyke Nays: None Absent: Council Members Clayton , Habenicht Motion carried. (e) A resolution author i zing certain donations t o various agencies from Council's budget was cons i dered . Mayor Van Dyke listed the follow i ng agencies as those des i gnated to receive funds : Arapahoe Mental Health Center Arapahoe Philharmon i c Court House, Inc . Englewood Parade Assoc i ation Gateway Battered Women's Shelter Inter-Fa i th Task Force Save the Horsecar Comm i ttee TLC, Inc., HP-als on Whee l s Discuss i on ensued concern i ng the contribution to the Save the Horsecar Commit- tee . The resolut i on was assigned a number and read by t i t l e: RESOLUTION NO. 88, SERIES OF 1990 A RESOLUTION DONATING FUNDS TO AGENCIES BY THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD . COUNCIL NEMBER HATHAWAY NOVED, AIIII IT VAS SECOIIIEO, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 88, SER IES OF 1990. COUNCIL MEMBER HATHAIIAY NOVED, ANO IT WAS SECONOED, TO AMEND THE TITLE OF RESOLUTION NO. 88 TO READ AS FOLLOWS: "A RESOLUTIOfl DONATING FUNl)S TO AGEN- CIES BY THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD FOR 1991'; ADDITIONALLY, THAT SECTION 1 OF THE RESOLUTION INDICATE THE DONATION TO SAVE THE HORSECAR COflNITTEE JS A 'CHAL- LEN&E GRANT.• Ayes: Counc il Members Kol t ay, Hathaway, Van Dyke Nays: None Absent : Council Me mbers Clayton, Habenicht Motion carried ; Reso l ut i on No . 88 amended . Vote results on approval of Resolution No. 88: W1gg1ns , Bu l lock, Ayes: Council Members Koltay , Hathaway , Wiggi ns, Bullock, Van Dyke Nays : None Absent: Council Members Clayton, Habenicht Motion carried . Englewood City Council Nlnutes Dec•b•r 3, 1990 -Page 5 (f)(I) Acting Finance Director Martin presented i nformation concerning a bill for an ordinance approving a loan from the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority (CWR&PDA) for expansion and improvements at the Bi-City Wastewater Treatment Plant. Ms. Martin explained in detail the alter- natives available for the financing of this project; based on the analysis of those alternativ~s, Ms. Martin recorrmended the project be financed through the loan from the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority with a maximum net effective interest rate of 5.25%. Also present to provide addl· tlonal infomatlon were: Stephen Lyon , Hanlfen Imhoff; Tom Falacienski, Lanrn Edstrom etal; Dan Law, Executive Director, Colorado Water Resource and Power Development Authority; and Steve Binder, Prudential Bache. Several amendments to the council bll l were proposed; City Attorney Dewitt requested an opportunity to meet privately with the gentlemen listed above to discuss the amendments. Council concurred and it was decided to hold further action on Agenda Items ll(f)(i), ll(f){il) and ll(g) pending Mr . Dewitt 's re- turn. (See last item this page, and Page Nos. 7 & 8) * * • • • lh) Purchasing Manager Martinez presented a recommendat ion from the Department of Administrative Services to extend the current contract for uni - form laundry and dry cleaning with Payless Cleaners for 1991. Mr. Martinez assured Cou.icil that Pay l ess Cleaners had perfomed wel 1 1 n 1990 and had agreed to an extension of the contract for 1991 with the same prices, terms and conditions . COUNCJL MENIER KOLTAY MOVED, AND IT VAS SECONDED, TO ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SERVICE FOR 1991 WITH PAYLESS CLEANERS. Ayes : Nays: Absent : Motton carried. Council Members Koltay, Hathaway, Wiggins , Bullock, Van Dyke None Council Members Clayton, Habenicht 12. General Discussion (a) Mayor's Choice [i) Mayor Van Dyke requested Council's support to attend the Leadersh i p and Beyond Caucus to be held January 3-5 at the Scanticon Con- ference Center. Cost Implications were discussed . Council Member Bullock requested a dec isi on be postponed for a week to provide an opportunity for further discussion . * * * fr ,, {f)(i) -Continued At this point, City Attorney DeWitt, Linda Martin, and the gent l emen rep- resenting Hanifen Imh off, Lamm Edstrom, CWR&PDA, and Prudent i al Bache returned ,,--,, I I :._; Englewood City Council Minutes December 3, 1990 • Page 7 to the meeting. Hr . DeW i tt identified all insertions, deletions, and various changes being made to Council 8111 No . 69. The City Clerk was asked to read Council 811 1 No. 69, enti t led : COUNCIL BILL NO . 69 , INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WIGGINS A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A LOAN FROM THE COLORADO WATER RESOURCES ANO POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN TH E PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $12,7SO,OOO FOR SANI- TARY SEWER PURPOSES; AUTHORIZING THE FORM AND EXECUTION OF THE LOAN AGREEM ENT ANO A SPECIAL REVENUE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY BOND TO EVIDENCE SUCH LOAN ; PLEDGING CERTAIN OF THE NET REVENUES OF THE CITY 'S SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM TO THE REPAY- MENT OF SUCH BOND ; AND PRESCRIBING OTHER DETAILS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH . COUNCIL NENBER WIGGINS MOVED, AffD IT WAS SECOflDED, TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING COUNCIL BILL NO. 69, SERIES OF 1990. Ayes: Council Members Koltay, Hathaway, Wiggins, Bullock, Van Dyke Nays: None Absent: Coun ci l Members Clayton, Habenicht Hotton carried. (f)(i 1) A resolution providing for offi ci al not i ce of bond sale relati ng to the loan from the Colorado Water Resou r ces and Power Development Au t hority ( CWR&PDA) was cons ldered. Act 1 ng Director Mai ·t in explained t he Charter re - quires the City to follow a competitive bidd i ng process wheneve r ban ds are i ssued . All Insert i ons and deletions were identifi ed for Council 's rev i ew . The resolut i on was assigned a number and read by title : RESOLUTION NO. 89, SERIES OF 1990 A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE NOTICE OF SALE OF A SPECIAL REVENUE GOVERNMEN- TAL AGENCY BONO OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO IN THE PRINC IPAL AMOUNT OF $12,750,000 ANO PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH NOTICE. COUNCIL "EMBER HATHAWAY MOVED, AHO IT WAS SECONOEO, TO APPROVE RESOLUTION N~. 89, SERIES OF 1990. Ayes: Nay s: Absent : Mo t i on carri ed. Coun cil Me mbers Koltay, Hathaway, Wiggins, Bullo ck, Van Dyke None Counc i l Member s Clay t on, Hab eni cht (g) Director Fonda pr esented a recommendatio n fro m the 81-Clty Super- visory Committee to approve t he construct i on contract with Su mm it Con structors for the Phase IA project at the Wastewa t er Treatmen t Pl ant In the amount of $25,117 ,000 . Hr . Fonda expla i ned that three bids were received: Cent r ic · Jones $27, S32 , 000; L111ard & Clark S27 ,452, 000 ; Surrwnit Constructors S25,117,000 . Hr. Fonda recommended that the l ow b1d wi th Summit Construc t or s be accepted. The proposed con tract Is t o be funded with the monies received through the loan from the Colorado Wat er Resource s and Powe r Development Authority . Englewood City Council Minutes DICN!blr 3, 199D · Page 8 COl#ICIL MENIER HATHAWAY NOVED, ANO IT WAS SECONDED, TO APPROVE THE CONSTRUC· TION CONTRACT FOR THE PHASE IA PROJECT AT THE Bl-CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH SUNIIIT CONSTRUCTORS IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,117,000. Ayes : Council Members Koltay, Hathaway, W1gg1 ns, Bul 1 ock , Van Dyke Nays: None Absent: Council Members Clayton, Habenicht Motion carried. (h) Acted upon previously -see Page No . 6 . 12. General Discussion (a) Mayor's Choice (l) Acted upon previously • see Page No . 6 . (b) Council Member's Choice ( i) Counci 1 Member Koltay requested a statement from Brown and Caldwell regarding cost overruns on service estimates at the Bi-City Wa stewa- ter Treatment Plant . ( 11) Council Member Hathaway commented upon the presence of the Boy Scouts In the audience, who were Identified as Troop No. 264, All Souls Church . Ms. Hathaway welcomed them, and the boys were comended for the Ir attendance. (iii) Council Member Wiggins requested Information concerning the Finance and Public Work.s Director posl t I ons . Hr. Fraser responded , stat Ing approximately 200 appl I cations had been received for the Fi nance Director position which have been narrowed down to 34 ; he hopes the position will be filled by the end of January. forty-f ive applications have been received for the Public Works Director position which will most l ikely not be filled until sometime in March . Mr. Wiggins Inquired about parking restrict ions around the high school . Hr. Fraser responded, stating that serious enforcement will not commence until the later part of Dece mber. He as sured Hr. Wigg i ns school admi n I st rat io n will provide notice to the students. 13. City Ma nager's Report (a) Hr. Fraser asked for direction In the method Council wishes to use in the appointment of members to the Keep America Beautiful Commission. Fif- teen members are to be appointed and 30 citizens have been identified as In· terested . It was dec i ded to request all 30 citizens to complete and submit the application form used for other Boards and Commissions . When those are received Council will commence Its selection process . Mayor Van Dyke com - mented that all 30 interested citizens will be utilized in some manner even t hough only !rwlll be a~polnted as Comm i ssioners. Englewood C1ty Council Ntnutes Dtlclllber 3, 1990 • Page 9 (b) A brief dtscusston ensued concerntng a Council/Manager holiday get-together. 14. C1ty Attorney's Report (a) C1ty Attorney DeWitt advised that Englewood Municipal Court has levied a $12,000 fine against Meadow Gold as a result of a pre -treat111ent or• d1nance violation. It was their second violatton; S7,000 of the fine was sus- pended on the condition that no further violations occur i n the next year. (b) Hr. DeWitt apprised Counc i l of a search warrant is sued against Com - pliance Recycl i ng in an attempt to obtain evidence of pre -treatment ordinance vlolattons whtch t s believed to have occurred there . (c) Mr. DeWitt stated Metro Waste Water Rec l amation Dis t rict would not be contributing to the Shallow and Deep Ground Water (RIFS); however, they are continuing to contribute to the other operable units in which they are i n- volved. The Cfttes of Lakewood and Denver have declined to participate, at this time, in the Lowry Coalition. IS . AdjournMnt COUNCIL MENIER HATHAWAY KOVED TO ADJOURN. The meet i ng ~djourned at 8 :31 p.m. ~✓d.-c