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ENGLEWOOD C !TY COU NCI L
ENG i.EWOOD , ARAPAHOE COU NTY, COLORADO
Oc tober 19, 1987
1he regu l ar mee ting of the Eng l ewood City Coun c il wa s ca ll ed l o order by Mayor
Ol is al 7:3 3 p.m.
2. Invocat i on
lh,• i nvo cation was give n by Co un c il Membe r Vobejd a .
3. Pl edge o f Allegi anc e
!he Pl edge of Alleg iance wa s l ed by Mayor Oli s .
4. Ro l l Call
Prese nt:
Absent :
A quorum wa s pre se nt.
Al so pre sent:
5. Minutes
Co un c il Member s Hig day , Van Dy ke, Vobejda , Ko zace k,
Bil a, Brad shaw, Olis
None
Ci ly Manager McC own
Ci l y At lorney De Witt
Ass i stant City Manager Vargas
Ci ty Cl erk Crow
(a ) COU NCIL MEM BER BRADS HAW MOVED, COUNC l L MEMBER BI LO SECONDED, 10
APPR OVE 111E MI NU TE S Df THE REG ULA R MEET! NG OF OCTOBER 5, I 987 .
Ayes : Co un c i l Member, Va n Dyk e, Koza ce k , Bi 1 o, Bradshaw ,
Olis
Nays :
Ab s ta in:
Absent:
Mo lion carr i ed.
None
Co un c il Mem bers Higday, Vobejda
None
6 . Pre-sc heduled Visitor s
Englewood City Counc il Mi nu t es
October 19, 1987 -Page 2
(a) lhe Commissione r s of th e Career Se rvi ce Boa r d, Jo Ellen lurn er . lam
fitzp,,trick, Kath y Pokra ka, Janet Kerzi c, and Chairm an Harry Fleenor, ad
d re ssed Counci l re l ative to Agenda Item ll(a ) -A Bi l l for An Ord inan ce rel.it
ing to the Career Service System . They ex pres se d th eir opp osition to th e pas -
s age of the Bi ll whi ch would, in e sse nce , nul ify the Boar d 's rig hl t o modi fy I
di scipl ine im posed by the Cily Admini s tration. Stan Damas , Legal Coun se l l o
l h,• Boa rd, s tated hi s s upport of th e po s ition exp r essed by lhe Commissi oners.
Il e also poin t ed out a t ec hni ca l defect in t he propo sed ord i nan ce , s tali ng th e
ordinance wa s not consislenl wilh Charter req ui rements a s l o lh e num ber of
d,1y s in wh ic h lhe Boar d co ul d s ubmit i ts objections.
7. Non-schedul ed Visitor s
(a) Howard McGreg or, Greater Engl ewood Cha mbe r of Commerce, th anked
Co111H il Memb er Van Dyke for he r parl icipal i on al lh e Candidate Forum on Oc -
101,,,r 13, 1987.
Mr. McGre gor r ei terated hi s stalemenl made al l he previou s Co unc il meet -
in g r e lative to budget c ul s an d lh e Cha mbe r's opposit i on l o th e sa l es t ax
in c re ase .
(b ) Mic hael Wolf e. Commander of th e Eng l ewoo d Po l ice R erv es, s l ated
th ere appeared l o be a number of i nc on s i s te nc i es i n l he amount s r e por t ed to
Counci l by the admini s tration from the ac tua l cos l s req uired t o ma in tain lh e
Hese r ve Depar tm e nt . He provid ed Cou nc i l wilh numb e r of ho ur s worked by the
He serve in 1986 , as we ll as re l ated co s ts. He enco uraged Co un ci l to r e tain
th e Reserve Of fi cers i n the i r c urrent ca pa c i t y .
(c) Gary Ka s s en, Pres id ent o f Englewood Pol ice Be ne fi t Association ,
s poke con ce rn in g th e proposed mo d i f i c atio ns to th e Ca r eer Se rvi ce Sys l em. Mr.
Ka sse n s tated opp osi t io ns t o lh e modi f i cat i ons on hi s behalf as wel l as t he 55
poli ce o ffi ce rs he represe nt s.
(cl) Wil l i am Nic hnll s, 3455 So ut h Corona , s t at ed he wa s an honorary mem -
ber of the Heserve Of fi cers. li e co mme nted th ere was no way the City ca n s ave
money by c l im in al i ng the reserve officers. They have bee n do in g a s e rv ice for
Uw Ci ly and woul d l i kc l o c on l i nu c.
(e) Pe t e Ju e nema nn , Pre s ident , Eng l ewoo d Emp l oyees Assoc i a t io n, ex-
pre ssed co nce rn s on behalf of th e empl oyees re l ati ve to t he propo se d chan ges
to the Career Se r vice Sys t ern, slating t he Ci l y em pl oyees sho uld ha ve some op·
por t un i ly fo r redre ss and l hat lh e Ca r ee r Serv i ce Boa r d provi des th e only
chec k and ba lan ce t he empl oy ee ha s .
8. Commun ic ation s an d Procl ama ti ons
There we r e no commu ni cation s or proclam ation s pre s ented.
9. Conse nt Agenda
Council Mem be r Koza ce k reque s ted l hat. C'nse nt Agenda It em 9(g) be withdraw n
from the Conse nt Agen da .
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Englewood City Council Minu tes
Octob er 19, 1987 -Page 3
Mayor Oti s requ es ted that Consent Agenda Item 9(e) be withdra wn from t he Con -
sent Age nda.
COU NCIL H~HB ER BRAD SHAW HOVEO , CO UN CIL HEHBER BI LO SECONDED, TO APPROVE CON -
SENT AGENDA ITEMS 9 {a), (b), (c), (d), (f ), {h), ANO (i).
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(b)
( C)
(d)
(e )
{ f )
(9)
( h )
{i)
Minut es of the Englewood Housing Auth ority me eting s o f July 19,
Aug ust 26 and September 4 , 1987.
Minute s of the Urban Renewal Auth or ity meeting of Se pt em ber 2,
1987.
Minutes of the Liquor Li ce nsi ng Authority meeti ng of Septemb er 16,
1987 .
Minutes of th e Plann ing and Zo n i ng Commi ss ion mee ting of Septembe r
22 , 1987 .
Withdrawn .
Ordi nan ce No . 56, Se r ies of 1987 , ame nding Title 7 of the Engl ewoo d
Municipal Cod e, relating lo dogs and cat s.
Wit hdrawn.
Ordinanc e No. 57, Se ri es of 1987, approving an agreeme nt wit h the
Col orado Hea lth Depa rtme nt for an air mo nitoring station at Cu shing
Park.
Ordina nce No . 58, Se ri es of 1987, certifyi ng th e mill l evy.
Ayes :
Nay s:
Abs tain:
Abse nt:
Co un c il Member s ll igday, Van Dyke, Vobejda, Koza te k,
Bilo, Br adshaw, Oti s
No ne
None
None
Motion ca r ried.
Th e f oll owi ng ac ti on was tak en on withdrawn items:
( e) COUNC I L BI LL NO. 62, I NTROOU CEO BY CO UN CIL MEMB(ll BRADSHA W, TITLED:
A BILL FOR AN ORDI NANCE REPEALING ORU IN AUCE NO . 4, SER I ES OF 1980, RELAT -
I NG 10 lilt: OPEllAT I ON OF A CABLE TEl.[VI SI ON SYSTEM Wllll!N TIIE CIT Y OF EN -
GLEWOOD , ANO SUBM I TT IN G TO TII[ QUALI FIED ELECTORS OF TIIE CIT Y OF ENG LE-
WOOD THE QUES TION OF TII E CITY OF EN GLE WOW GRAN TIN G A FRA NCH ISE TO UNITED
CABLE OF COLORADO, ITS SUCC ESSORS, TRA ;/SFERE[S, AND AS SIGNS , TO ERECT ,
CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN IN , U0 uN, ALONG, ACROSS, ABOVE, OVER AND
UNDER THE STREETS, RO AD S, HI GH WAYS, AVi:NUE S, ALL EYS, VIADUCT S, BRIDGES ,
SIDEWALK S, PUBLIC UTILITY AND OTHER PUBLI C EAS EMENT S, PUBLIC WA YS ANO
PUBLIC PLACES AND DEDI CAT ION S AND RE SERVATIONS IN THE CIT Y OF ENGLEWOOD,
BOTH AS NOW IN EXISTENCE AND AS MAY BE CREATED OR ESTABLI SHED DURING TH[
TERM OF SA ID FRANCH I SE; ANY PO LES , WI RE S, CABLES, AN TENNAS, ANCHORS, GUY
WI RES, LINE S, TOWERS , WAVEGUIDES , UNDERGROUND CONOU I TS , MANHOLE S AND
OTHER TELE VI SIO N, AUDIO OR ELECTRICAL CO NDUCTORS, CONVERTERS, EQUIPMENT,
FAC I LI TI ES, AND FIXTUR ES NECE SSARY FOR TH E MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A
CABLE TELE VI SION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING, RECEIVING , TRANSMITTING, AMPLlf Y-
ING, DISTRIB UTI NG , AND SE LLIN G AUDIO, VIDEO , AND OTHER FOR MS OF ELEC -
TRO NIC DR ELECTRICAL SI GNAL S AND THE RIGHT TO TRANSMIT THE SAME TO AND
Engle wood City Council Hinutes
Oc tober 19, 1987 -Pa no 4
FRO M THE I NHA B !TANT S OF THE C l lY OF ENGLEWOOD; ANO f IX I NG THE TERM S AN O
CONO I TIOIIS TIIEREOF ; ANO PROVI O!II G FOR THE CALLING ANO HOLDING OF A
GENERAL ELECT I ON UPON SA ID QUES TI ON, HIE TERMINATI ON OF THE RESULT THERE ·
OF, ANO FOR THE EXEC UTI ON ANO DELIVERY OF SAID FRANCHI SE ACC ORDING TO ITS
PROPOS EO TER MS' Ir THE RE SULT OF SUCH VOT E OF HIE QUALi FI rn ELECT OR S AT
SUCH ELECTION SIIALL HAVE BEEN OET ER MIN EO TO HAVE BEEN AFFIRMATIVE FOR THE
GRA NT OF SAI D fRANC III SE, ANO DECLARING AN EMERGEN~Y.
Asss i stant City Manage r Var gas ex plained the necessity of r em oving the ~,iited
Cab l e 1V franchi se question from th e ballo t of the genera l municipal el ection,
st at i ng the franchi se questi ••1 wi ll be schedu l ed for a sp eci al municip al elec -
t i on as required by Char 101· ~~ r ecommended that Coun c i l Bill No . 62 be
ta bl ed and at a later time lour :.il co uld determine the date of sa id spe cial
e l ec tion. It was confirmed th at t he r el ated expe nses of a spe c ial el ec t ion
wo111 d be borne by Uni l ed Cab 1 e TV.
COUNC IL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE SECONDED, TO TABLE THE
MAHER INDEFINITELY ,
Ayes:
Na ys :
Ab stai n :
Ab se nt:
l-\1tion ca rri ed .
Cou nc i 1 Membe r s Hi gday ,
Bila, Brad shaw, Oti s
None
Non e
None
Van Dyke , Vob e,j da, Kozacek,
( g) COUNC IL BI LL NO. 63 -I NTROOUCEO BY COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE,
TITLED :
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDIN G TITLE 4, CHAPTER 4, SECT IONS 4 ANO 5,
ENGLE WOOD MUNI CIPAL CODE 1985, REFLECTING AN INCREASE OF SALES ANO USE
TAX IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD BY ONE -HALF CENT ON EACH DOLLAR FOR A TOTAL
C !T Y SAL ES TA X OF 3. 501. ON EACH DOL LAR .
COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW SECONDED, PASSAGE OF
COU NCIL BILL H~-63 . Oi scus~i on ensu ed . Co un c il Member Kozace k stated hi s
opp os iti on to t ,,c Bil I , st ating there are other ways t o balan ce the budg et .
COUNCIL Hrne::i"< BI LO MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER VOBEJDA SECONDED, TO AMEND COUNCIL
BILL NO. 63 CHANGl~G THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ~ALES TAX INC~EASE FROM DECEM-
BER I, 19 87 TO JANUARY I, 1988 . (4-4-4-2A AND 4-4-5 -A). Discussion en sued
conc er n in<; the change. Up on ques t1 on i ng City Manag er McCown stated that
delaying the effective date could hav e an est i mated impact of appro xi amtel y
S26 5-S27S,OOO. Specific concern s about the budg et were st ated by Council Mem-I
bcr r,·ads haw . Cou nc il Mem ber Vobejda sta ted he was ba s ically oppo sed to th e
sal zs t ax increa se , but that he would support t he amendment . It wa s further
µoin t cd out that ~hou ld the sa l es ta x be approved, the matter would be re -
v iewed every six months to determine if the increase should continue .
Vot e re sults on the
Ayes:
Nay s:
ame ndmen t to Council Bill No. 63 were :
Coun ci l Members Van Dy ke, Vo bejda,
Oti s
Coun ci l Member : Higda y, Koza cek
Bilo, Brad sh aw ,
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Abst ain: None
Absent: None
Moti on carried.
After statements by Co un ci l Me.mbers relating to their po s ition on t: ., sales
tax inc rease, t he vole result s on the Counc il Bill as am ended were:
Ayes: Coun c il Member s lligday, Van Dyk e , Bil a , Brad shaw , Otis
Nays: Coun c i I Member s Vobejda, Kozacck
AIJ stain: None
Absent: None
Moti on carried. ll wa s c larifi ed that the Bill as ame nd ed wou l d be con-
s ,de r ed again on November 2, 1987 .
CO UN CIL MEMBER III GDAY ASKED TO eE EXCUSED FROM THE MEET I NG AT 9:06 P.M.
IO. Public Hea r ing
No pub I ic hea r ing was scheduled.
11 . Ordinances, Res o 1 ut ion, and Hot ion s
(a) Mayor Oti s, stating he did not aJree t hat t he City Charter gave the
Career Service Board t he rig ht to mod ify di scip line, chose to sp ons or Council
Bi l l No . 67.
COU NCIL Bill NO. 67, IN TROD UCED BY MAY OR OTI S, WAS READ BY TITL E:
A BILL FOR AN ORDINANC E AMENDING TITLE 3, ENGLEWOOD MUNI CIPA L CODE 1985,
RELAT ING 10 THE CARfEP SER VI CE SYSTE M.
MAYOR OTIS MOVED, COUNCIL HE H8ER BILO SECON DED, PASSAGE OF COUNCI L BILL NO .
67, SERIES OF 1987. Co un c il Memb ers Ko zac ek, Br adshaw , and Vobejd a st ated
th e ir oppos ition t o the Bill.
Aye s: Cou nc il Member s Van Dyk e, Uilo, Oli s
Nay s : Cou nc i 1 Member s Vobcjda, Kozacek, Or ad shaw
Ab stai n : None
Ab sent : Co un ci l Memb er lli gd uy
Mal i on de feated .
(b .l City Manager McCow n presented a re co nvne nda lion from the Department
of Convn un i ty De velopme,t t o adopt a Sill for an Or dinance vaca ting a publi c
right -of -way within t he Dow ntm.n Re.dev elopment Area, whi ch had bee n inad ver-
tently om itted from a previou s acli n of Co un c il.
COU NCI L BI LL NO . 70, INTR ODU CED BY cOUNC IL MEM BER KOZACEK , WAS READ BY TI TLE:
A BILL FOR AN ORD IN~NCE VACATING RI GHT-OF-WAY IN THE PHASE III AR EA OF
HIE DOW NTOWN REDEV ELOPMENT AREA BOUNDED BY ENGLE WOOD PARKWAY, SO UTH ACOMA
STRE ET , AND II AMPDEN /U.S. 285, AL L IN TH E COU NTY OF ARAPAHO(, CIT Y OF EN-
GLEWOOD, ST ATE OF COLORADO .
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Oc tober I 9, I 987 -Page 6
COU Nr IL HEHBER KOZACEK HnVEU ' COUNCIL HEHBER VOBE JDA SECO NDED' PA SSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL NO . 70, SERI ES OF 1987 .
Ayes : Council Members Van Dyke, Vobjeda, Kozaze k, Bi l o,
Nays :
Abst ain :
Absent ·
Motion ca r r i ed .
Brad sha w, Oti s
None
None
Co un c i I Membe r Hi gday
(c) COU NCIL BI LL NO . 71, I NTRODUCED BY CO UN CIL MEMBER BRAD SHAW, WAS
READ BY TI TL E:
A BI LL FOIi AN ORD ltl ANCE AMEND ING TI TLE 4 , ENGLE WOO D MUNI CIP AL CODE 1985,
BY CHA NGIN G CHA PTE R 7, Pt~TAININ G TO IM POS ING AN EMER GEN CY CH ARGE UPON
lFL[PHONE EXC HAN GE ACC ESS FACILITI ES WIT HIN TH E CITY or ENGLEW OOD , TO
1mr 4 , CHAPTER 8.
COU NCIL MEMBER BR AD SHAW HOV ED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK, PASSAGE OF
COU NCIL BILL NO . 71, SER IES OF 1987 .
Aye s : Co un c il Members Van Dyke , Vobjeda , Kozazek, Bi la ,
Brads haw, Oli s
Nay s: Non e
Abs la in : Non e
Co un c il Membe r Hi gday Absent:
Moti on c arri ed.
(d) City Manage r Mccown pr ese nted a r ecomme ndation from the Depar tme nt
o f Pu bl ic Wor ks lo ado pt a Res ol uti on approving the appr op riation of fund s i n
t he amou nt of SIS,000 fo r i nst all ation of an all -re d pede strian pha se signal
al [a st Dartmouth and So uth Downin g.
HES OLUT I ON NO . 30 srn 1r s Of 198 7
A HJ:S01.Ul I ON AMENDING TIIE 1987 BUDGET.
COUN CIL MEMBER VAN DY KE MOVED , COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW SECONDED, TO APPROVE
RESOLUTION NO , 30, SER IES OF 1987 .
Ayes : Coun ci l Mem ber s Van Dy ke, Vobj eda, Ko zazek , 9 il o,
Brad shaw , Olis
Na ys : Non e
Ab s l a in: Non e
Co un c i l Memb er II i gda y
Mot.i on c arried. Co un ci l ex presse d pl eas ure at thi s action .
Ab sent:
12. Ci ty Manager's Report
Mr . Mccow n did not have an y matters to bring before Council .
13. Ci ty Attorney's Rep ort
Mr. De Witt did not have an y matter s t o bring be fore Council.
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14. General Di scu ssi on
(a) Mayor's Choi ce
Mayor Olis did nol hav e any matt ers lo bring before Council .
(Ii) Counc il Member's Cho ice
( i) Cou nci l Member Bi Io pre se nted a recommend ,, lion l o adopt a
Resolution in support of t he "B elle r Air" campa ign. He also co mme nted co n-
cerning an ordi nance he wi ll soon be propo si ng concerni ng thi s same matter.
RESOLUTIO N NO. 3 1
SER IE S OF 1987
A R[SOLUT I ON ENOOR S I NG HI E ~t TRO POLI TA N AREA "BETTER A IH" CA MPA IGN ANO URGING
rN G\.[WOOU RES I DENTS TO SUP PORT TII IS C~MPA !GN BY LIMITIN G THEIR DRIVING AND
WOOD BURN I NG.
COL NC IL HEM BER BI LO MOVED, CO UNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW SECONDED, TO APPROVE
RE SOLUT ION NO. 31, SERIES OF 1987 .
CO UN CIL MEMBER KOZACEK MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER VAN DYKE SECONDED, TO AMEND
RESO LUTION NO. 31 IN SECTION 3 TO READ "THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNC IL
ASK THAT ALL RESIDENTS RESTRICT NON-ESSENTIAL WOOD BURNING ON HIGH POLLUTION
DAYS .
Vote on th e am end ment
Aye s :
Nays:
Abs t ai n :
Ab se nt:
Motio n ca rried.
Vo l e on Ile so 1 u lion No.
/\y es:
Nays:
Abstain:
Absent :
Mot ion car ried.
to Reso l ution No . 3 1:
Co un c i 1 Members Van
Bradsha w
Mayor Oti s
Non e
Coun c il Mem ber Higday
3 1 as amended:
Dyk e , Vobj eda, Kozazek, Bil o ,
Co un c i 1 Mem bers Van Dyke, Vobj ed,1, Kozazek,
Bradshaw, Otis Bi 1 o,
None
Non e
Counci l Mem ber Higday
(i i) COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED, COUNCIL MEMBER KOZACEK SECON -
DED , TO APPOINT DONNY HOYT ANO ROBYN VANOERLEE ST AS YOU TH MEMBERS OF THE PAR KS
ANO RECREATION COMMISSION ANO RUSSELL HATHAWAY AS ALTERNATE YOUTH MEMBER OF
THE CO MMISSION . APPOIN TMENTS ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY TO EXPIRE OCTOBER I
I 988 . '
Memb ers of Council commented upon lhe hig h quality of all three ca ndidates .
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October 19, 1987 -Page 8
15 . Adjournment
COUNCIL HEHBER VAN DYKE HOVEO TO ADJOURN . Th e meet i ng adj ourne d at 9 :22 p .m.
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