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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-06-01 (Regular) Meeting MinutesI I I. ENGLEWOOD CIT Y COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Regula r Se ssion JUNE I , 1987 Ca 11 to Orde r The reg ular meeting of the Eng L,,nod Ci t y Co •111 ci l wa s cal led to ord er by Mayo r Pro Tern Brad shaw at 7:35 p .m. 2. Invoca tion !he invocation wa s give n by Ct".r .•I Me•o ber Vub ejda . 3 . Pledge of Allegiance The Pl ed ge of All eg ianc e wa s l ed by Ma yo r Pro Tern Brad shaw. 4 . Roll Ca l l Present: Ab se nt : Counc i 1 Mem ber s Van Dyke, Vobejda, Kozacek, Bi 1 o, Brad shaw Cou ut i l Me mbers Higday, Otis A quorum wa s present. Al so present: 5. Minutes City Manager Mccown City Attorney Olsen Ass istant City Manag er Varga s Direc tor Hou si ng Authority Feinstein Direct •, Parks & Recreation Ku hn Deput ) t'1 ty Cl er k Elli s (a) COUNCIL MEMBER BILD MOVED , COUNCI L MEMBER KOZACEK SECONDED, TO AP - PROVE THE MINUT ES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 18, 1987 . Ayes: Nay s: Ab stain: Ab se nt: Counc i 1 Members Van Dyke, Vobejda, Kozacek, Bil o , Bradshaw None None Council Membe rs Hi gday , Oti s Mot ion carri ed . 6 . Pre-scheduled Vis i tors Englewood City Council Hinutes J une l, 1987 -~age 2 Hr. Alan Fei nste in, Housi ng Author i ty Director , pr ese nt ed to Coun c il a Bill f ,-r Or dinanc e auth orizi ng th e tran s fer of S303,000 for the Hou s ing Re habi I ilallon Program and as s igning the responsibtl tty for admlnl s tra - t io n o f the program to th e Englewood Hou s ing Author ity. Hr . Fe instein I ,lat ed th i s was the amount award ed to t he City of En g l ewood for th e Com - nu ,nity De ve l opment Block Grant Program s. He addressed the r evi sion s that we r e made in the agreeme nt be tw een tht City and The Engl ewood Hous in g Author ity an d an swered qu es tions regardiny th ese change s . CO UN CIL BILL NO . 34, lNTR OOUCEO BY COUNCIL MEMB ER BlLO, WA S READ BY ll TLE: A ll I LL FO R AN ORO l NAN CE APP RO VING AN AMrN li lENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN lll l CITY OF ENGL EWOO D ANO TH E EN GLE WO OD HOUSING AUTHOR!TY ANO GRANTING TO c···u~·ion HOU SING AUTIIORITY $303,000 ro R AD MINI STRATION OF THE HOU SING R[H AB, .ITATIO N PROGRAM. COU NCIL MEMBER BI LO MOVED, SECONDED BY CO UN CIL MEMBER VOBEJOA, PASSAGE OF COUN CI L BIL L NO. 34 . Aye s : Nays: Abst ain : Absent : Coun cil Memb ers Van Dyke, Vob ejda, Kozacek, Bila, Brad shaw None None Council Member s Hlgd ay , Otis Mot io n ca rr ied . 7. Non-scheduled Visitors Mr . Ralph Gie s , 4725 So ut h Clarkson, expressed concern over the new as - sessments for the real es tate evaluations. M~. Gies asked Council if the mi 11 l ev y for the 1986 t axes wou l d be the same or would they be reduced by 1/2 to around 4 .095? He sta ted he real ized t hat the Budget ha s not been presented to Council, but f elt the citizens should start asking the se ques t i ons now . City Manag e r Mccown r es ponded that the re - eva lua ti on i s s ubject to State law and is don e through the County Asses - so r's offi ce. He noted that th ere i s an app ea l period . Mr . Mccown ex - pl ai ned t hat the ta xes actually established by the Council would take pl ac e in October l9B7 for 19B8. Th ere was a ,State Law approved by the State Leg is lature this ye ar because of the reasses sment that limited all gover nm ental bodies except school di stri ct s to a maxi mum of 5 1/2% in - crease . That exc lude s new co ns truction, r ec onstructions, e tc. Mr . Mcc own stat ed that most likely th ere would be a reduct i on In the mi ll l e vy in accordan ce with the State Law. Discu ss ion ensued. 8 . Communications and Pro clamation a) COUNCIL MEMB ER KOZACE K MOVED, CO UN CIL MEMBER BILD SECONDED , TO PRO - CLA IM JUNE 14 , 1987 AS NATJONAL FLAG DAY . I I I Englewood City Council Minute s June 1, 1987 -Page 3 b) Ayes : Na ys: Abstain: Absen t : Counc il Members Van Dyke, Vob ejda, Kozacek, Bi 1 o, Bradsha w None Non e Co un c i I Members Hi gda y, Otis Motion carried. CO UNCIL MEMBER BlLO '"•''£~, COIJNClL MEMBER VAN nvn Sl rO NDEO, THAT THE NOTICE OF EXPiRATl ON c,, :!.n)IS OF OFFICE HR 1.ARIO\!:i ~O~RDS AND COMMISSIONS BE P.C:CE I VED. Ayes : Counc il Me:,,oers Van Dyke , Vob ejda, Kozacek, Silo, Bl'adshaw Navs: Ab;tain: Absent: Non e None Counc i 1 Members gday , Otis Moti on carried. 9. Consent Agenda COUNCIL MEMBER 8 I LO 110 ·:, D, CO UN C 1 L MEMJER VAN DYKE SECONDED, TO APPROVE CONS ENT AGE NDA ITEM S ' .•) THROUGH ( f). (a) Min utes of the Board of Career Service Commissi oners meeting of March 26, 1987. (b) Minut es of th e Englewood Downt ow n Devel opmen t Aut hority me eting of Apri l 8, 1987. (c ) Minut es of th e Board of Ad j ustment and Appeals meeti ng of April 8, 198 7. (d) Minutes of the Park s and•Recreat i on Commission meeti ng of April 9, 1987. (e) Minu tes of the Liqu or Lice nsing Authority meeting of Hay 6 , 1987, (f) Minu t es of t he Library Adviso r y Board meeting of May I I, 1987. (g) Or d inan ce No.2 8 authorizi ng i ss uance and sale of the sp ec ial as - se ssment bond s for Pav ing Di strict No . 32 . Ayes : Nay s: Abstain: Ab sent : Cou nc i 1 Mem ber s Van Dyke, Vobejda, Kozacek, Bi 1 o, Brad sha w None None Coun c il Memb er s Hi gday, Otis Motion carried , Englewood Ct ty Council Hi nut es June 1, 1%7 -Page 4 10. PublicHearing No pub li c hear in g was schedul ed . 11. Ordinances, Re so lu tions and Motions (a) City Manager Mc cown pr esented a r P.commendatt on t.o adopt a resolu - t Ion am ending the Publi c Improveme nt Fund Six -Quarter Bud get. He st at ed that they have balan ced the Six -Quarter Budg et for 1987 t hrough the f irst two quarter s of 1987 in accor dan ce with the re venu es tha l hav e been receiv ed to date . Mr . Mccow n no led t hat if r evenu es co ntinue to de cre as e as they have so far this year that additional ac tion will have to l e taken in th e l ast t wo quarters of 1987 t o account for appro xima t el y anot her Sl44 ,000 In red uctions i n order to tota ll y bal.nce th e Oud g ,t. Cou nc i 1 Mem ber Kozacek commen l ed that even thoug h he's been pushing for th e South Navajo Road project he would vote in favor of the ame nded Budg e t, bu t hope s to see th e proj ec t rein s tated at a 1,'.er date . Coun c i l Memb er Bi lo al so s tat ed that be ca use of th e Budget defi c it he woul d vote in favor of the amended Budg et, but hoped that the proj ect s that were being delayed would be reinstated soo n. RE SO L UT ION NO. 17 , INTRODUCED BY COIJNC I L MEMBER BI LO , WA S READ BY TITLE : A RE SO LUTION AMEND I NG THE PUBLI C IM PROVEMENT FUND . COUNCIL MEMBER BI LO MOVED , COUNCIL MEMBER VOBEJDA SECONDED, PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION NO. 17 . Ayes: Nay s : Abstain : Absent : Co uncil Member s Van Dyke, Vobejda, Kozacek, Bi 1 o, Bradshaw None None Co uncil Members Hig day, Otis Motion carried. (b) Director of Parks and Recreat ion Kuh n presented a recommendation from t he Park s and Recr eation Commission to approve a resolution approving a fee policy for use of City Parks by Comme rc ia l Day Care Ce nt ers . Council Mem ber Kozacek reques led that we amend the r es olution i n two p,aces, references to "season" shoul d be changed to "year." Council Member Bradshaw asked Mr . Kuhn if the Kid's Stop , a 1 ic ensed daycare center in Engl ewood, would fal 1 und er thi s reso lu tion. Mr . Kuhn stated they would, that the only exemptio ns wou 1 d be the Englewood Pub 1 i c Sch ool s. Coun c il Member Bradshaw stated that thi s problem came to a peak when some of our Englewood School kids couldn 't use th e Park s bec ause they we r e reserved by I I I Englewood City Council Minutes June I, 1987 -Page 5 Litt 1 eton , Jefferson County, Denver, etc. She noted that the Parks and Recreation Commission instituted a reservation for Englewood Schoo l s to use the parks fr om January 1st to Mar ch 1st , after that time it is open reservations . Council Members expressed concern about enforcement of this resolution. Council Member Bila sta ted he would vote again s t thi s resolution because it lacked definition as far as what i s commercia l and what is not, inadequate statisti ca l data to cons!.ructively s upport this, and because of the r ":sen t inability to enforce the resolution. Council Member Van Dy ke s·!ote~ that s he felt the Parks and Recr ~ation Commission sho •J ld re eva luat e the situation . Cou ncil Member Bradshaw stated that the Commercial Da}ca :, '•·n,,,r s are dropping off kids by the bu s -load to use the parks as ,;: , of their program and yet the citizens of Englewood are paying for the maintenance of the f aci lities. Counc il Member Bradshaw agreed to convey their concerns to the Parks and Recreation Commissio n . After co nsid erab le discussion, RESOLUTION NO. 18, INTRODUCED BY COUNC I L MEMBER VOBEJDA, WAS READ BY TITLE: A RESOLU TI ON APPROVING A FEE POLI CY FOR USE OF CITY PARKS BY COM - MERC !AL DA Y CARE CENTERS. COUNCIL MEMBER VOBEJDA MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW SECONDED, PASSA GE OF RESOLUTION NO . 18 . Ayes: Nay s : Abstain: Absent: Counc i1 Member s Vob ejda, Bradshaw Council Membe rs Van Dyke, Kozacek, Bilo None Coun c i 1 Member s Hi gday, Otis Motion defeated . 12 . City Manag er 's Report Mr . Mccown did not have any matt ers to bring before Cou nci l. 13. City Attorney's Report Mr . 01 sen did not have any matter s to bring before Co unci l . 14. General Di s cussion (a) Mayor 's Choice Mayor Pro Tern Bradshaw no t ed that the regular Cit,. ,iunci l Meeting scheduled for June 15, 1987 ha s be en postponed d. to a Colorado Englewood CI ty Councl 1 HI nu t es June l, 1987 -Page 6 Munic ipal League function. A s pecial meetl 11 J has been scheduled for Monday, June 22 , I 987. (b) Coun ;:11 Member 's Choice No furth er mat ters wer e dis cus sed. I 5 . Adjournment COUNC 1 L MEMBER KOZACEK MOVED TO ADJOURN. 8 :20 p .m. The meet Ing adjourned at I I