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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-08-03 (Regular) Meeting MinutesI I I . Ca 11 to Order ENGLEWOOD C ITV COUNCIL ENGLEWOOD, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO Re ular Ses si •JE Augu st 3, 1987 The reg ula r meeting of the Englewood City Council wa s called to order by Mayor Pro -Tern Brad sh aw 7 :33 p.m . 2. Invocation The i nvocation wa s given by Cou nc i 1 Memb er Vob ejda . 3 . Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Pro-T ern Brad shaw. 4 . Roll Call Present: Ab sent: Counc 11 Member s Van Dyke , Vob ejda, Kozatek, B 11 o, Bradshaw Counc i 1 Member s Hi gday, Otis A quorum was pr esent . Al so present: 5. Hi nute s City Manag er Mccown Assistant City Attornev Grimm Assistant City Manag er Vargas Acting Dir ec tor of Com mu ni ty Development Roma ns City Clerk Crow (a) CO UNCIL MEMBER BILO MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK SECONDED, TO AP - PROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 20, 1987 AS AMEN - DED . (Page 4, 7(H) -third paragraph, line three should r ead: "Hi s insuranc e company did not accept hi s claim and it cost him S2000 to repair the vandalism:-Al so, pag e 12, l4(b), fourth pa r a- graph should read: "Mr . Mccown stated that there are nine 1 ight s that have to be installed in the two parking lots, threeof which belong to the City.") Ay es: Nay s: Ab s tain: Absent: Council Members Van Dyke, Kozacek, Bila None Count i 1 Mem bers Vob ejda, Brad shaw Counc il Members Higday, Otis En~lewood City Council Minutes August 3, 1987 Page 2 Mot io n carried. 6 . Pr e -sch eduled V1s1tor s Mr . Tim Gr ee r, Executive Dir ector of CIR SA, pr es ented a Lo ss Control Awar d t o the Ci ty of Engl ewood . li e s tated th at th e City of Engl ewood, as one of the or i gi nal nineteen memb ers , ha s be en a trem end ous co ntr i but or l o the program i n both tim e and effort. Mr . Gr ee r want ed to th ank the City of Engl ewood for co ntributing th e Chairman , Gary Higbee, for the pa s t seve ra l years. He s tat ed that CIU SA greatly apprec iated the respo n- s ibil iti es Mr. Higbee ha s t ake n on as Chairman of C!RS A and that hi s as - s i s tan ce ha s bee n invaluable . Mr . Gr ee r s tated t hat in 1986 Los s Pre ven - ti on Awa rd s t he Ci t y of Engl ewood had the best loss ratio of any Category I City . The av erage l oss ratio for ot her Cat eg ory I c itie s wa s .6 0; Engl ewood 's l oss ratio was .2 58. The 1986 Lo ss Pre ventio n Award was presented to ~ayor Pro -Tern Brad shaw for Eng l ewo od's out s tanding ac co m- pl is hme nt i n th e mana gement of a succ ess ful Loss Pr evention Program for pr operty and 1 i ahi I ity exposure s durin g 19 86. 7. Non-s ch eduled Visitors I sabella Knight, 30 21 South Lin col n Street, addre ssed the coun cil co n- ce rn ing th e Inter sect ion at Gilpin and US 285. She stated there i s a 1 ight th e re an d a sho r t l ane which come s out from Th e Mark s and merges into US 285, but there is no sign of any kind sa ying that lane ends. Mayor Pr o -Tern Brad shaw sta ted th ey would direct staff to look In t o it, but that it wa s a State Highway . Ms. Knight st rongly s ugge s t ed that we nee d a 1 e ft tu rn s ign on Dart mo uth at Broadway . She a 1 so s tated that she was co ncerned about t he turn into Denver Se minary, from US 285 we st of Univ ersity Boul evard . Memb er Bilo s taled th at he fe lt t he State HiQhway Department would be doing so mething about that ! ,tuation when th ey ar e finished with th e Interse ction of US 285 and Univ er s ity. Dorothy Bakos , 4651 South Washington, aske d wh en the Mi 11 Levy Budget Hear in g would be hel d. Mayor Pro -Tern Bradshaw s tated th at th ere wa s a Pu bli c Hearing to r ece ive ci t izens' input for th e 1988 proposed budget on the agenda for thi s mee ting . 8. Co mmun ic ations and Procl amations 9. Con sent Agenda COUNC IL MEMBER BILD MOVED , COUNC IL MEMBER VAN DY KE SECO NDED , TO APPR OVE CONSEN T AGEND A ITE MS 9 (a) TH RO UG H ( i) . (a) Minu tes of th e Englewood Downtown Development Authority meeting of Jun e Ill , 1987 . (b) Mi nutes of the Planning and Zon i ng Commi ssio n meeti ng of Jul y 7, 1987. Englewood City Council Hi nut es Au gu st 3, 1987 Page 3 (c) (d) ( e) ( f) (g) (h) (i ) Minutes of th e Public Li brary Adv is ory Board meeti ng of July 14 , 1987. Ordina nce No . 32, Se ries of 1987, acc epting eas ement s for the water and se wer 1 i nes on Th e Mark ~ De ve 1 opment Property . Ordi nance No . 33, Serles of 1987, am endin g Titl e I, Chapter 7, Sec - tion 5, of the Englewood Muni ci pal Code, pertain in g t o court costs . Ordi nan ce No . 34, Serles of 1987, ame nding Titl e I, Chapter 7A, Sec tion 14 and 15 , of the Englewood Municipal code , regarding se n- t encing alternati ves. Ord inan ce No . 35 , Seri es of 1987, requiring t he use of seat belt s in motor ve hicl es. Ord i nance No. 36, Serles of 1987, appr ov in g an agre eme nt with the State Highway Department for in s tallation of cro ssi ng gates at Quincy Avenu e and the At chis on Topeka & Sa nta Fe and Denver & Rio Grande Wes tern Ra il roa ds. Ordinance No . 37, Series of 1987, r epealing the cu rrent non - eme rgen cy r etirement p 1 an and prov Id in~ a revi se d non -e mergency plan. Ay es: Nay s: Ab stai n: Ab se nt : Coun c i 1 Memb er s Van Dyk e , Vobejda, Bi 1 o, Bradshaw Counc i 1 Member Kozacek None Cou nc il Mem be r s Hi gday , Ot is Mot ion carri ed . 10. Public H~aring COUNC IL MEMBER BI LO MOVED, COUNC IL MEMBER VOBEJDA SECON DED, TO OPE'' THE PU BLI C HEARI NG . Ayes: Nays: Ab s t a in : Abse nt : Council Member s Van Dyke , Vo bej da , Kozacek, Bil o , Brad s haw None Non e Coun c il Mem bers Higday, Otis Mot i on carried . Ma yor Pr o -Tern Bradshaw s tated t hat th e purpose of th e Public Hearing wa s to receive citizens ' input for the 1988 proposed b~dg et. Dorot hy Bakos, 4651 Sou th Wa shington , wa s duly sworn . She st ated that she has contacted Arap ahoe County, but th ey have not really an swered her qu es t ion s re garding the iP crease in the t .:x asses sme nts . City Man ager Mccown s tat ed that th •t Chy sta f f i s putt i ng the budget together for Englewood City Council Hi nutes August 3, I 987 Page 4 1988, th e fiscal year actually starts January I, 1988 . He stated there i s a state l aw, which was approv ed by the State Legislatur; during the la s t sess ion , which limits the cities in Colorado to a ma•<imum of 5.5% increa se in th e total revenue they re ce ive from property ta ·c Mr . McCo wn I s tat ed there will have to be some re -adjustment in the mil I l evy. He noted t ha t th e the total mill l evy for the City of Englewooi (not includ - in g the schools or the County} i s a little over el eve n mills per yea r, which will more than likely have to be reduced in order lo bring it into l ine with th e 5.5% inc r ease permitted by law. He noted th e schools are un de r a differe nt sy s tem, a 2% limit for Capitol Fund and a 7% limit for the General Fund; anything over and above that would have to go to a vot e of the peopl e. The State law , voted by the people in 1984 , basi ca lly say s that county as ses sors would bring the assessment s up to the 1985 level and to be r eassessed ev ery two years. Mayor Pro-Tem Bradshaw s ta l ~d that the Sc hool Board meeti ng s are held the first and third Tues- day at 4 IO I South Bannock. Mr. Mccown stated that the City's budget hearing has been tentatively se t for Se pt ember 21st, however, Council may want to have it on the 28th as th e 21 s t is a r egular Council Meeting . He not ed that Council will set the date in September . I sabella Knight, 3021 So uth Lincoln, was dul y sworn . She sta ted that she worked ir. the Arapahoe County Treasur ers Office for 23 1/2 years and she confirmed th e information provided by Mr. Mccown. LOUNCJL MEM BER BILO MOVED , COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE SECONDED, TO CLO S£ THE PUBLIC HEAR I NG. Ay es: Na ys: Abstain: Absent: Counc i 1 Members Van Dyke, Vobej a., Kozacek, Bi 1 o, Bradshaw None None Coun cil Members Higday, Oli s Mo tion carried. 11. Ordinan ces, Resolutions and Motions (a) Ass istant City Manager Varga s pre sented a recomm end a tion from the s~aff to adopt a Resolut ion approving an agre emen t hetween the City and the Englewood Employe es Assoc iation for the period of January I, 198 8 to Dec ember 31, 1990 . RESOLUTION NO . 23, SERIES OF 19 87, INT RODUC ED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BILO, WA S READ BY TITLE : A RE SOLUTION APPROVING THE 1988-90 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONTRACT BY ANO BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWO OD, COLORADO, ANO THE ENGLEWOOD EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION , EFFECTIVE JANUA RY I, 1988 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1990 . COUNCIL MEHBER BI LO MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE SECON DED, TO APPROVE RESuLUTION NO. 23. I Englewood City Council Minutes Augus t 3, 1987 Page 5 (b) Ay es : Nay s: Abst ai n : Ab sent : Council Mem ber s Yan Dyke, Yob ejda, Kozacek, Bilo, Bradshaw None None Co un c i1 Members fl i gday, Ot I ~ Motion car r i ed. Ass i stant City Man ag er Varga s pr ese nted a recomm endation from t he staff to ad opt a Re solution ap proving a co ntract between the City and The Engl ewood Fi re Fi ghter s Ass ociation for the period of January I , 19 88 to Dece mb er 31, 1990 . RES OLUTI ON NO . 24, SER IE S OF 1987, INTR ODUCED BY COUNCIL MEM BER KOZACEK WA S READ BY, TITLE : A RE SOLUTION APPROVING THE 1988-90 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONTRACT BY AND BET WEEN THE C ITV OF ENGLE WOOD, COLORADO, AND THE ENGLEWOOD FIRE FIGHTERS AS SOCIATION , EFFECTIV E JANUARY I, 1988 THROUGH DECEM - BER 31 , 19 90. COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK MOVED . C\"UNCII . MEMBER BILD SECONDED, TO AP- PROVE RESOLUT lON NO. 24 . Mayo r , ro -Tern Bradshaw slated that she appreciated the fa ct that the Firefi ghters came into negotiations this year with the at~itudc of trying to help the City with it s budget crunch. Ayes : Nay s : Ab stain : Ab s~nt : Counc i 1 Members Van Dyk e, Vobejda, Kozacek, Bi 1 o, Brad shaw None Non e Coun c i1 Members Higda y , Otis Motion ca rri ed . (c) Ass istant City Manager Vargas presented a re commendation from the staff to adoi,t a Reso lution to approve a cont~act between the City and the Englc',1ood Poli ce Benef it Assoc iation . RESOLUTION NO. 25 , SERIE S OF 1987, INTRO DUCED ,;y COUN CIL MEMBER BILD, WA S READ BY TITLE: A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 1988-90 COLLECTIVE BARG AINING CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CI TY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AND THE ENGLEWOOD PO LI CE BENEFIT AS SOC IATION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY I, 1988 THROUGH DE - CEMBER 31, 1990 . COUNCIL MEMBER BILD MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER VOBEJDA SECONDED, TO AP - PROVE RESOLUTION NO. 25. Coun c il Member Bilo congratulated the representatives of all the parti es involved on the collective bar - gaining proce ss. Englewood City Council Hinutes August 3, 1987 Page 6 Ay es: Nays : Ab stain: Absent: Counc i1 Members Van Dyke, Vobejda, Kozacek, B 11 o, Bradshaw None None Co un c i 1 Members Hi gday , Ot Is Motion carri ed . Mr. Varg as st al ed that he appreciated the respon s i ble and profes - s i onal ma nn er with which all three coll ec tive bargaining ass oc ia - ti ons app roac hed negotiations this yea r . Co un c il Membe r Bil o congratulat ed Mr . Vargas on a job well don e. (d) City Man ager Mccown presented a r ec omm endation from the Urban Re - newal Authority to adopt a Bi 11 for an Ordinance approving an ease - ment agreement for the Little Ory Creek right -of-way . COUNCIL BILL NO. 42, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE, WA S READ BY TITLE : A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN [AS[M[NT AGREEMENT GRANTED BY ENGLEWOOD MARKETPLACE ASSOCIATES, LTO. TO TH[ CITY OF ENGLEWOOD FOR CITY'S MAINTENANCE ANO REPAIR OF TIIE BOX CULVERT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY FROM THE SO UTHERN BOUNDARY OF ENGLEWOO D PARKWAY TO THE CONDUIT OPENING NORTH OF WEST HAMPDEN AVENUE . COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE MOVED, COUN CIL MEMBER BRADSHAW SECONDED, PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 81 LL NO. 42 . Aye s : Na y s: Abstain: Abs ent : Coun c 11 Members Van Dyke, Vob ejda, Kozacek, 8 i 1 o, Bradshaw None Non e Coun c il Memb ers lligday, Otis Motion carried. (e) City Mana ger Mccown presented a recomm endation from the Department of Enginee r ing Service s to adopt a Bill for an Ordinance aut horiz- ing an ag r eement with RTO for street improvements. COUNCIL BILL NO . 43, INTRODUCED BY COUNC I L MEMBER BILO, WAS READ BY T Ill£: A BILL FOR AN ORDIN ANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD ANO THE REGIONAL TR ANS PORTATION DISTRICT FOR CONCRETE REPAIR FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY RTO BUSES . COUNCIL MEMBER Bl LO MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK SECONDED, PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL NO . 43. I I I f :1glewood City Council Hinutes J\ugust 3, 1987 Page 7 ( f) Ayes: Nays: Abs tain: Abse nt : Council !-l ,•mbers Van Dyk e, Vobejda, Kozacek, Bil o, Bradshaw None None Counc i1 Members Hi gday, Oti s Motio n carried . Acting Director of Community Deve l opme nt Roma ns pre se nted a recom • mendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to adopt a Resolutio n approving the replatling of Lot 2 of the Gunesch sub · div i s ion . Ms. Roman s as sured Council that this action would as sure adequate parking for the site as the replatting must conform to the orig i na 1 developme nt pl an previ ously approved and recorded. RESOLUTION NO . 26, SER I ES OF 1987, INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEM BER VOBEJ O,'\, WAS READ BY TlTLE: A RE SOLUTION APPR OV ING REPLATTING OF LOT 2 OF TIIE GUNESCH SUBDIVI • SI ON, CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, ST ATE OF COLORADO. COUNCIL MEMBER VOBEJDA MOVED , CO UN CIL MEMBER BI LO SECONDED, TO AP · PR OVE RESOLUTION NO . 26 . After some discussion the vote re sulted as follows: Ay es: Nays : Ab s tain: Ab sent : Council Memb ers Van Dyk e, Vobejda, Kozacek, Bile, Bradshaw None None Council Membe r s Hi gday, Otis Motion carried . (g} City Manager Mcco wn pre se nted a recomm endation to adopt t he Public I mprovement Fund Six-quarter bud ge t for the period of July 1987 through Dec ember 1988. COUNCIL MEM;JER BI LO MOVED , COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK SECONDED TO RE C£ I VE AND APPROVE Tiff PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUND SIX -QUARTER BUDGET FOR T~E PERIOD OF JULY 19 87 , THROUGH DECEMBER 1988 . City Manag er Mc co wn responded to que stions from Council Mem ber Bile regarding the work to be done on US 285 in co njunction with The Mark s development. Ayes: Nay s: Ab s tain: Ab se nt : Counc i1 Members Van Dyke , Vob ej da, Kozacek, Bil o, Bradshaw None None Council Members Higd ay, Otis Motion carried. Englewood City Council Hi nutes Augu st 3, 198 7 Page 8 12 . City Man ager's Report City Mana ger Mccow n reported that the City has conc luded negot I a- l ion s on the property wes t of Cushing Park, an d that it had been purchased for the apprai sed valu e of the prope r ty . This area wi 11 be an extensio n of Cus hing Park . Ma yor Pro -Tern Brad shaw clarified tha t the area being discu sse d i s we st of Cu shing Park on Da rtmouth to Sa nta Fe. 13 . City Attorney 's Report Mr. Grimm d i d not hav e any matters to bring before Council . 14 . General Di scussion (a) Ma yor's Choice (i) Mayor Pro-Te m Bradshaw app ointed R.J. Berlin to the Hou sing Authority for a term expiring July l , 1988. (b) Coun c il Member's Choke ( i) COUNCIL MEMBER BILO MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK SECONDED, TO APPOINT MR . BOB BOARDMAN TO THE LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY FOR A TER M EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY , EXPtRING AUGUST 4 , 1990 . Ay es: Nays: Abstain : Ab se nt : Council Member s Van Dyke , Vob ejd a, Kozacek, Bilo , Bradshaw None None Council Member s Higd ay, Otis Motion carr ied . . (i i) COUNCI L MEMBER VAN DYKE MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK SECOND ED, TO APPOINT JUDD LAKE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR A TfRM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY , EXPIRING FEBRUAR Y I , 1989. Ayes : Nays : Abstain : Ab se nt: Council Memb er s Van Dyke, Vobe j da, Kozacek , Bilo, Bradshaw None None Council Memb ers Hi gday , Otis Motion car ri ed . ( i i i )CO UNCIL MEMBER VO BEJDA MOVED , COUNCIL MEMBER BI LO SECONDED, TO APPOINT NEIL NEUMANN TO HIE WATER AND SE WER BOARD FOR A TERM EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, EXPIRING FEBRUARY I , 1989 . 'Englewood City Council Minutes August 3, 1987 Page 9 Ayes: Nays : Ab stain: Absent: Council Memb ers Van Dyke, Vobejda , Kozacek, Bilo, Bradshaw None None Counci l Members Higday, Oti s Mot io n carried . ( iv) COUNCIL MEMBER VOOEJDA MOVED , COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK SECONDED, TO APPOINT CURTIS SUCH TO THE WATER AND SEWER BOARD FOR A TERM EFFECTI VE IMMEDIATE LY, EXPIRING FEBRUARY I, 1992. Aye s: Nays : Ab stain: Ab se nt: Counc i 1 Member s Van Dy ke. Vob ejda, Kozacek, Bil o , Brads haw None None Counc i 1 Members Hi gday, Oti s Motion ca rried. (v) Mayor Pro -Tern Bradshaw directed staff to r eview the provisio ns of the recently revised pensio n plan to see if it would be possible to include a "buy-in" provision for three em p 1 oyees who were working for the City prior to 1970 . She asked that the information be prese nted at the August 17th meeting . 15 . Adjournment COUNC I L MEMBER VAN DYKE MOVED TO ADJOURN. The meeting adjourned at 8:26 p .m .