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Home My WebLink About1988-04-05 (Special) Meeting MinutesI I ENGLEll,uD CITY COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Special Session April 5, 1988 1. Ca 11 to Orde r Th e regular meeting of the Englewood City Cou ncil was called to order by Mayor Van Dyke at 7:39 p.m . 2. Invocation Th e invoc ation wa s given by Council Member Ko ltay. 3 . Pledge of Allegiance The Pl edge of Alle giance was led by Ma yor Van Dyke. 4. Roll Call Present : Counc i 1 Memb ers Hathaw ay, Ko ltay , Ko r , Habenicht, Clayton, Van Dyke Ab sent: No ne A quoru m was present . A 1 so present : 5. Minutes City Manager Mccown City Attorney DeWitt Assistant City Manager Vargas City Cl erk Crow Acting Director Romans, Corrmunity Developm ent (a) COUNCIL MEMBER BILO MO VED, COUNCIL MEMBER HATHAWAY SECONDED, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF MARCH ,~8, 1988, AS AMENDED ON PAGE 5 WITH REFERENCE TO AGENDA ITEM II(b) (BID ANii RESOLUTION APPROVING A LEASl/PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH HAN I FEN IMHOFF, INC. FOR ACQUISITION OF EQUIP- MENT FOR THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD): THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS INCORRECTLY REFERRED TO AS AGENDA ITEM ll(c). Aye s: Council Member s Ko ltay, Hathawa y, Kozacek, Bile , Habenicht, Clayton, Van Dyke Nay s: None Ab s tain : None Ab sent: None Motion carr ied . Englewood C 1 ty Council H1 nutes April 5, 1988 -Page 2 6. Pre-schedule d Vis itor s There wer e no pre -sc hedu 1 ed vi s itors sched uled for this spec i a 1 me e ting. 7. Non-scheduled Visitors Due to s pe cial meeting status of this meeting, th r,re was no di sc uss ion under the Non -s chedul ed visitors sect ion . 8 . Co1T111unications ~nd Proclamations Th e fo 11 owing proc 1 amat ion s wer e presented: (a) COUNCIL ''<HBER HATHAWAY HOVEO, COUNCIL HEHBER KOZACEK SECONDED, TO ?~OCLAIH THE HONTH OF APRIL AS 'ABC -Al.WAYS BUY COLORADO MONTH.• Ayes : Counc i 1 Members Ko ltay, Ha th away , Kozacek, Bi 1 o , Habenicht , Clayto n , Van Dyke Nay s: None Abstain : None Ab sent: None Motion carried. (b) COUNCIL HEMBER KOZACEK MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER KOLTAY SECONDED, TO PROCLAIM THE HONTH OF APRIL AS 'FAIR HOUSING HONTH . • Ayes : Counc i 1 Members Ko ltay, Ha thawa y, Kozacek , Bi 1 o , Habenicht , Clayton , Van Dyke Nays : None Abstain : None Absent : None Motion carried . (c) COUNCIL HEHBER CLAYTON HOVED , COUNCIL HEHBER BILO SECONDED, TO PRO - CLAIH HAY 5, 1988 AS 'Cll'Y DAY OF PRAYER .' Ayes : Coun ci l Members Koltay, Hathaway , Kozacek, Bil o, Habeni cht , Clayton, Van Dyke None Nays : Abstain : None Absent : None Motion carried . (d) COUNCIL HEHBER HABENICHT HOVED, COUNCIL HEHBER KOZACEK SECONDED, TO PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 17 -23, 1988 AS 'NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.• Aye s : Council Members Koltay, Hathaway , Kozacek, qilo, Habenicht, Cl dyton, Van Dyke None Nays: Abstain : None Ab sent : Non <: Motion carried . g. Consent Agenda There were no items to be considered un der the Consent Agenda section. I Englewood City Council Minute s April 5, 1988 -Page 3 10 . Public Hearing No publi c hea ring wa s sc hedu led. II . Ordinances, Resolutions an d Motions (a) Acting Di rector Rom ans presented a recommendation fr om the C, cy Planning and Zoning Commission to adopt a bill for an ordi nan ce amending Title 16 , Chap ter 4, Section 18 of the Englewood Mu nic ipal Code /C ompre hensi1 ~ Zoni ng Or dinanc e with referenc e to t he land sc aping provision s of said ord i~~ ;e. Ms. Rom an s explained that t he Lands cape Ordinan c: was ad opted i n 1984 . About t wo years ago the Commission began reviewing t he land sc ap in g provisi on s and had su bmit l ed the propos ed amend me nt s t o City Counc i 1 in April 1987 . Up on the requ es t of the Greater [ glewo 0d Ch amber of Commerce, Coun ci l had delayed ap- pr ovi ng the changes and referred the amendment s back to t he Planning Commis - si on who then worked clo se l y with the Chambe 1 's Gov er nm enta l Affairs Liai son Committ ee . The am endment s wh ich are being pr ese nted have been approv ed by t he Cham ber 's committee, were conside red by the Plannin g Commissio n at a public hear i ng on February 17 , 1988, and are l ess r es trictive than th~se s ubmitted to t he Cou nci l in April of 1987 . Ms. Romans stated that four membe,s of the Com- mis s i or, were pre se nt as was the Chairman of the Govern me nta 1 At fa i r s Li a i so n Committee , s hould Counc i l wis h to direct any question s t o t hem. Di sc ussion ens ued r elative to some of the amendment s; however , it wa s t he con sen sus of Council t hat further di scussi on of this matter should be po s tponed until the Pub li c Hear ing . COUNCIL BILL NO . 11 , INTRODUCED BY CO UN CI L MEMBER BILO , WAS REA D BY TITLE : A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 16 , CHAPTER 4, SECTION 18 : LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE , ENGLEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE JgBS . COUNCIL HEHBER BILD MOVED, COUNCIL HEHBER CLAYTON SECONDED, FOR PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL NO. II, SERIES OF 1988, ANO TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR HAY 2, 1988, 7 :30 P.H., IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS . Motion Aye s : Council Memb ers Ko ltay, Ha th away, Kozacek , Bil o, Nay s: Abs t ain : Ab sent : carri ed. Habenicht , Clayton, Van Dyke None Non e None ( b) Acting Di rector Romans prese nt ed a r ecommendation from the C it.v Planning and Zoning Commission to adopt a bill for an ordi nanc e vacating a portion of the right -of -way in t he 35 00 block of South Jason Street. She presented the background information relative to th e ini tial request to va cate 60 f ee t of right-of -way, 43 feet to the wes t for Pennant Properties, Inc . (Buye r's Club location) and 17 feet to the east for the owne rs of Silo and Rocky Rococo prop erties. She ex pl ai ned that there was some concern that the rig ht -of -way on the we st side of t he street sho uld be retained be c ause of the utilities whi ch are located there as well as th e roadw ay would hav e to be kept open for acce ss to th e area. Th erefore, Penn ant Prop erties, In c . are no 1,10:- er requ esti ng the vacati on of th e right -of -wa y on t he west s ide of Soul ~ Ja son Englewood City Council Minute s Ap r i 1 5 , 1988 -Page 4 and the acti on be for e City Counci l at thi s t im e i s th e va cation onl y of th e 17 f eet on t he e as t s i de of Ja son . Pur suant to an earl i er agr eement wi th t he Urb an Ren ewal Authority and City Co un c i l , t hi s 17 f eet i s at thi s li me ut i - l ized as parki ng , s i dewalk , cur b and gutter . Di sc uss ion ens ued r ela t i ve l o I th e l iab i l ity t he City mig ht i ncur on bot h side s of t he stree t as a r es ult of t hi s vaca ti c,1, and a que s tion was rai sed co ncerni ng vacating 17 fee l on th e we st s i de a s well as t he ea s t si de . Mr. Mcco wn sai d he woul d be wi ll i ng t o contact P,~nnan t Prope rti es and propo se t hat act i on; howe ver, It would s till be app ro pria t e at t his time to approve t he bill for an ordi nance vacat in g th e 17 feet on t he east. COU NCI L BI LL NO. 12, l NTR OOU CED ti Y CO UNCI L MEMBER BI LO , WAS REAO BY TITL E: A BILL FOR AN ORDI NAN CE VACA TIN G A POR TIO N OF TH E RIGH T-OF-WAY JN THE 3500 BLO CK OF SOU TH J ASON ST REET , IN THE C IT V OF EN GL EWOO D, COU NT Y OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO . COUNCIL ~E HBE~ BILO MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON SECONDED, FOR PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL NO. 12, SERIES OF 1988 . Counc il Member ~ozac ek st at ed hi s op- posit ion to this Bill . Mot i on Aye s : Nay s : Ab s tain : Ab s ent : car ried . Coun c i 1 Memb ers Ko ltay , Clayton , Va n Dyke Cou nc i 1 Member Koza ce k None None Hat haw ay , Bil a , Hab eni cht , (c) City Manag er Mcco wn prese nted a r eco mme ndation from t he Par ks an d Re cr eation Co11111 i ss ion to am end Titl e 2, Chapt er 4, Sect ion 2 of the Engl ewood Mun i c i pal Cod e to prov i de for th e off i ce of Vi ce Chai rma n fo r the Pa r ks an d Rec r ea tion Co11111i ss ion . CO UN CIL BILL NO. 13, INTRODU CED BY COUNCIL MEM BER KOZACEK, WAS RE AD BY TIT LE: A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 4, SEC TI ON 2 , ENG LEWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE 1985 REGA RDIN G PAR KS ANO REC RE ATIO N COMM I SSIO N. COUNCIL MEM BER KOZACEK MOVED , COUNC I L MEMBER CLAYTON SECONDED, FOR PA SSAGE H COUNCIL BILL NO. 13 , SERIES OF 1988. Mo t io n Ayes : Co un c i l Member s Ko ltay , Hathawa y, Kozac ek, Bi 1 o , Nays: Ab s tain : Abse nt : car ried . Hab enic ht , Cl ayto n, Van Dyke None None No ne 12 . City Manager 's Report Mr . Mcco wn di d not have any matt er s t o bring before Cou ncil. 13 . Ci ty Attorney's Report I I Englewood City Council Minutes April 5, 1988 -Page 5 Mr. DeWitt did not ha ve any matters to bring before Council. 14. Genera 1 Discussion (a) Mayor 's Choice Mayor Van Dyke did not have any matter s to bring before Cou nc il. ( b) Counc i 1 Mem ber Habenicht presented a comprehensive report on the Co ngre ss ional Cit iPs Co nference of Na ti onal League of Cities held in Wa shing- ton, D. C., which was attended by Mayor Van Dyke and Council Member s Hathaway and Hab enic ht. She detailed the scope of issues which were s tudied by those in attendance and stated she came away from the conference with a sense of prioe for the Ci ty of Englewood. 15 . Adjournment COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK MOVED TO ADJOURN. The me ~ting adjourneu at 8 :33 p.m. ti ty Cl erk