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SPECI AL MEET IN G:
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
C !TY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
February 24, 198 6
l he Ci ty Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorad o, met in
s pe c ia l se s s ion on February 24 , 1986, at 7:30 p .m.
Mayo r Oti s , pres iding , called the meet ing to order.
!h e invo catio n was given by Council Member Higday. lhe pledge of a ll egiance
wa s I ed by Mayor Otis.
M,1yo r Oti s asked for roll call. Up on a cal l of th e r oll , the foll owing we re
p,·e s e nl:
Counci l Members Hi gday, Van Dyke , Vobejda , Kozacek , Bilo , Brad~haw ,
Oti s.
Absent: Non e.
!h e M1yo r de c lared a quorum pr esent.
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Al so pre se nt were:
City Man ag er Mcc own
As sis tant City Manager Varg as
City Attorn ey Olsen
Acting Director of Engineering Services Kahm
De puty City C,erk Crow.
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COUNC I L MEMBER KO ZACEK MOVED , SECONDED BY CO UN CIL MEM BER BRADSHAW, TO OPEN THE
PU BLI C HEARING TO CO NSIDER THE FORMATION OF PAVING DI STRICT NO. 31. Upon a
ca ll of th e roll, the following vot e r es ulted:
Ay es : Counc i' Member s Hi gday , Van Dyk e . Vobejda, Kozacek , Bilo
Brad s haw, Oti s .
Nays: None.
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H10 Mayor dec l ared the motion c arried . . . . . .
Ar t ill \! Direc t or of Engi neeri ng Service s Kahm pre se nted gen e ral ba c kg round
infonnal io n on Pav ing Di str i c t s i n Eng l ewood, follow ed by co s t ,tn d a s sessme nt
i nf orma l ion, timet a ble, and met hod o f pay me nt of Paving Oi s tri , I No. 31. He
al so pre sented s pecific in formation on th e type of prop os ed im 1irove me nl s whi ch
would be in c luded in Pavi ng Di s trict No . 31.
Mayo r Oli s s et th e forum for receiv i ng pu blic comme nt s, s tating th at no
deci s ion wou l d be mad e by City Counc il al th is meeting. A de c i s ion concerning
the bill for an ord in ance wil I be made al th e March 17, 19 86, r eg ular Cou nc il
mee ting: l he ordinan ce creati ng Paving Di s tri c t No. 31 will be con s i dered on
f inal reading on April 7, 198 6 , at whi c h time anoth e r public hear ing wi ll take
pla t ·.1ri or to th e vole of City Cou nc il. All comme nt s mad e a t thi s mee t ing
(l e b•.i a ry 24, 1986) will be taken 1.1 t o consi de rati on by th e Ci ty Council.
Cou nc i l Memb e r ll igday add r essed th e aud i ence co ncernin g pr e v i ous Paving
Di st rict s . He invi t ed any of th ose pre sent to conta c t h im i f th ey were
int e re s ted in kn ow ing of r esea r ch done by Counc il and /or s taff. He me nl ioned
that wh e n he wa s fir s t e l ec t ed lo Coun c il, une of t he items bro ught l o hi s
a t l ent ion wa s lhal th e r es id e nt s of District 111 wanted somet hin g done about
Cla,·ks on St reet. Howeve r , Clark son is a uni que s tree t in that i t bor d rs tw o
,il ie s wit h th e majority of th e s t r ee t in th e city limit s of Engl ew ood, but a
i, •1 ificanl amo un t of il i s in Che rry Hill s Vill age and il i s only r e cen tl y
t hat Che rry Hi ll ~ Vi llage has in dica ted an int e r e s t in part i c ip a tin g in an
e ffort to bring the s t reet up lo s tand ard. He co nc lud ed by s taling th a t i t i s
a for ego ne co nc l usio n that Clark so n will be pa ved , but tha t he enco ura ge d
comme nt s and would s upport an y thing t hat a majority o f the resi dent s of e ac h
blo c k requests. He f urther s t aled th at the Pavi ng Di s tri c t would take into
con s id e ration individual ne i ghbo rhood nee ds.
Entered into th e re cord wa s the publi sher's a ffid avi l s tating th e publi c
hear ing l o cons id er Paving Di s tr ic t No . 31 was publi s ned Jan uary 22 through
Fe bruary 5, 1986 in the Englewood Se ntin e l . Al so e ntered into the r ecord wa s
a letter fro m May or Joan R. Dunca n o f Ch er ry Hill s Vill age in favor of the
c rea• ion of Pa ving Di s tri ct NO. 31 .
Comme nt s were r eq uested from th e a udi ence ; all witne sses we re duly sworn i n
prior l o pre se nting comme nt s :
000 E. Ham den Avenue
Remov e anci r ep ace de t e riora ted or off-grade concret e ; con s truct 8 " & 3"
pav in g, no widt h c hang es.
No comme nt s .
100 E. Hampden Avenu~
Remov e and rep ace deteriora t ed or off -grad e con c re t e; co nst ru ct 8" & 3"
paving, no width change s .
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3600 S. Clarkson Street
Remov e and replace dete r iorated or off -grade co nc rete; overlay at City c os t.
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370 0 S. Cl a rk son Str~e t
Remo ve an d rej,lace det e ri orat ed or off -g ra de co nc r e t e ; Pa vin g Se c t i on I .
M,·. Clyde B. Tay l or 3705 Sou th Clarkson , qu e s t i oned Council ab out the
r cs pun s ib il ity of paving and con c ret e cos t s . He wa s al s o conce rned about
slli edu Ii ng our paving and concrete wor k a fl er a 11 work al the br i dge ( ut i 1 i ty
work) i s c ompleted. He was ass ured by Mr. Kahm tha t hi s only fina ncia l
,·e s pon s i bi lity would be for co nc ret e work (i ns t alling a 4 ' s id ewa lk). Council
Mem ber lli gday al so a ss ured him th at the coo rdinati on of proj ec t s would not
cau se work l o be repeated.
Coun c il Member Higda y informed the audien c e th at th e Ru s s ian Oliv e tre e s i n
th e 370 0 blo c k wi l I not be dest roy e d a s a res ult of th e pavin g di s tr i c t.
3800 S. Clark son Street
R~mov e andrepla ce det e riorated or off -grade co ncrete, Pavin g Sec t ion I .
,Ji m lla ka r ~L~29 So uth Cl ark son, qu e s tioned th e size of th e s idewa l k a s
prop osed; th e us age Clark s on Street re ce iv e s compared lo mo st r es idential
sl r ee t s ; th e li min g of th e a sse s sments and es timated cos t s . Hi s concern s were
ad dre s sed by Cou nc il Memb e r s and Mr . Kahm .
ll a rold ..B_us__t_, 3~Soulh Clark son , spoke in favor of the proj ec t ; how e ver, he
expre ssed co nce rn ov er s peeding and heavy truck traffi c on Cla rkson Stree t ,
s t.at i ng the we ight 1 i mils s hould be low ered and th e area s hould be patrolled.
Mayor Olis c omme nted that the City Council had bee n di sc us s ing th e speeding
probl em, and would pa ss on Mr . Ru s t's comment s concerning the truck s. It wa s
a l s o s tated that the eight -ton weight l imit will continue in effect.
Re s ident s we re en c ouraged to report offenders so that citation s could be
i s s ued.
~e~e Sombar , 13601 E. Ma ri na Driv e owner of 3801 South Clark son, fell th e
pav in g di s trict wa s lon g overd ue, ul wa s concerned over i nform at ion s he had
r ece iv ed f ram th e Engin eer ing Departm e nt concerning co s t s. She a 1 so
qu es tio ned wh y she wou ld have lo pay for replaceme nt of curbing which was
orig in all y put in by t he City. Sta ff was requested t o :l oubl e che ck the
informati on g iv en Ms . So mb ar and l o c he c k the markings al th is l oca tion . Ms .
Sombar al s G i s co nce r n~d about the s pee ding on Clarkson.
3900 South Clarkson
Remov e and r epl ace de t e riorated or off -grad e concrete; Paving Se c. I .
N, co mme nt s .
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4000 South Cl arks on
Remove and r ep lace de t e ri or at ed or of f -gr ade con c re t e ; Pav in g Section I;
tra ns it io n t o Paving Sec tion II a t south en d .
Jame s Ph1l ..!..!.Qp~, 646 §._ Ea s t Fa ,r Avenue , own e r of~and 4089 South Cl arkson
wa s co nc e rn ed a bout th e loss o f th e s i x cottonwood trees an d l e 100 ft. of
h dge a l thi s loca t io n . li e fe ll th e t rees and hedge contribu t ed gre at l y t o
the value of th e pro pe rty. li e was informe d th e trees woul d have lo be removed
as th ey are a haz a rd lo traffi c and app ea r l o be rolling out and l eani ng over
Cl ark so n; ho we ver, th e hedge will not ne ed l o c a r emo ved. Slaff was requested
l o di sc uss .the t r ee repla ce ment pr ogr am wi th Mr. Phi 11 ip pe .
Ro i lan d ll end e.g_, 1_04i_Sou lh Clark son, qu e s t i oned t he usage of ga s l a x money,
and wa s a ss ured lh al lhe fund s the City r ecei ved f r om the Sl a t e were normally
used for m~inlenance o f s tree t s whi c h had bee n i mpr ov ed in pre viou s pav ing
d i s tri c t s. He s poke in favor of th e proj ec t. li e qu e s ti oned th e thickness of
c oncr e t e a s c om pared l o th e th ic kn es s r eq uired on own e r 's driveway s. He al s o
qu es tion ed th e need to replace hi s driv eway, fe e l ing il wa s in go od s ha pe .
Co un c i 1 Member Hi gday a s s ured Mr. Hend ee he wou 1 d pe r sona 11 y c he c k the
dr i ve way wi th Mr . Kah m l o dete rmi ne the r e plac ement need . Mr . He nd ee is al so
co nce r ned about th e in c r e a sed tr a ffi c and s pe eding. Co un c i l Membe r Higday
ass ur ed th e audi e nce that vari ous me th od s of s peed c ontro l are be ing
co ns i de'""d by Coun ci l. Mr. Hendee s tal ed th a t he fell th e Che rry Hill s
v, I I age s ide s hould al so hav e c urb an d gutt er.
Doris Pe acoc k 40 55 South Cl ark son , s poke con ce rn i ng th e in c r e a se d traffi c on
Cl ark s on ue t o th e new-developm e nt on Moc kin gbird Lan e and s ug ges t ed we
in st all ord i nary s lop sign s. Sh e f elt the curre nt s i tuation increa sed
pol l uli on and a devaluation of pr operly. Sh e r e qu es t ed what ev er c ould be done
lo 1 imi t i nd us trial bu s in ess tru c ks.
4100 So uth Clarkson
Remove and repla ce de t eriorated or off -grade concre t e ; Paving Se c tion II.
~r s . B~jam in Marti_n (!l 4115 Sou th Clark s.!!_!!, spok e c oncernin g the three bl ue
s pru ce trees an h ow the si dewa k insla l al i on wou l d affect them. Sh e wa s
ass ur ed l~e t r ees would remain; how e ver, she wa s warne d that al some point in
lim e the t ree s wou ld proba~ly ne ed L,-imming lo co mp ly with the code
r equirement s. She qu es t io ned th e "R" mark on the driv eway, a nd wa s a s s ur ed
s taff will check the mark ing s .
J ohn Mack 41 39 Sout h Clarkso n, req ue s ted information co nce rning th e lack of
ma rking s on hi s property and wa s a ss ured if no mark e r wa s pr ese nt , th e
co nc re t e would not hav e lo be r e plac ed .
Ly l e_!i l ge r 4195 South_l l ark so~, comm e nt ed upon a la ck of co mmuni ca tion from
Co un c i l em be r Hig day . lhi s wa s di sc ussed bri e fl y . li e th e n a s ked c on ce rning
a rum or he had heard r eg arding Arapaho e Coun ty la ki ng ov e r Clark son Stree t.
He was a ss ured by Counci l that thi s was a ru mor. A bri e f hi s t ory of Cla rkso n
Stree t was giv e n by Co unci l Mem be r Hi gday. Mr. Bi l ge r d i sc ussed th e traffic
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on Clark so n and the lack of po lice patrolling th e area. He asked about th e
conc r e t e marked a round th e corner on Prin ceton St re e t and ab ou t th e alignme nt
of hi s propose d s idewalk on Cl arkson. Mr . Ka hm exp la in ed th at the con crete
aro und th e corn er i s considered intersec tio n work at no charge l o Mr. Bi lger;
t hat th e s idewalk will ex tend along the same li ne as h is neighbor to th e
nor th .
4600 Sou th Cl ark s on
Hemo vr. and repla ce de teriora t ed or off -grad e co ncrete; Paving Sec tion II ;
tr ansit ion to Pavin g Sec tion I at so ut h e nd .
Carl Welker , 4611 Sout h Clark s_<!n , s upported the paving of th e bloc k , bu t
e xpre ss ed co nce rn about th e lra f f ic and wou ld su pport a slo p I ight at th e
luft s inter sec ti on.
He l e n McCreary,_!§35 South Cla rk s_<!n , spo ke in fav or of th e paving di s tri ct.
Sh e preferred a 2 ft. s i dewalk rathe r th an th e 4 fl . s id ewalk as propo sed .
Co un c il Member Hi gday co nfirmed that as the proje ct now s tood , th e 4 ft .
s idewalk would be in s talled, but he comme nted that per hap s thi s could be
nego t i al ed s in ce thi s particu l ar block ha s a l ot l o l ose with th e in s tallat ion
n f a 4 ft. s idewalk . Mayor Qt.i s commented that t hi s r e qu es t will be taken
under con s i de ra lion .
I l me ,· l,_l~d t_!Ql·g , 4685 Sout h Clark son, s taled hi s co nce rn about th e dip al Uni on
/we nue. Staff was requ es ted lo in vestigate thi s ma tt er l o mak e s ure th e
d ra inag e would not be affected to hi s detrime nt. li e al so as ked abo ut water
shut -off s and how th ey fit with th e ne w s id ewalk s. He a l so requested that he
be a ll owed to r emove hi s own c urb. He wa s urg ed to wor k with th e Engin ee ring
Depa rtm e nt in doi ng thi s .
4700 South Clarkson
Removeancl rep ace de t er i orated or off -grade con cr e t e; Pavi ng Sect ion I .
Ra ·1 h Gi es 4725 So uth Clarkson, qu es tioned Co un c il Member Higday 's st ateme nt
con cerning t 1e majority o res1dent s on Clark so n wantin g the improv eme nt s . He
as ked Co un c il about -the paving charge s on We st Dartmouth from Pavin g Di s tri c t
No. 23. Mr. Kahm exp lained the asses sment procedure on Wes t Dar t mo uth . He
bro ught to Coun c il 's atte nti on the po or quality of som e in s t all ation of c urb
an d gutte r in Paving Di strict No. 30 (700 Ea s t Mansfie ld ). Mr. Kahm exp lained
tha t Man s field wa s taken out of Pa vi ng Di s tri c t No . 30 beca use surfac e studi es
show ed that it met City s tan dards. Mans fie ld wa s overlayed under the City 's
r e gular maintenan ce program; however , con crete repairs are s till t he
re s pon s ibility of the own ers. He brought to Cou nc il •~ attention the lack of
traffic contro l on Clarkson; he would like to see s t op s i gns on Oxford, Tuft s
and Layto n. As a r es ult of Mr. Gi es' comm e nt s, the City Manager wa s directed
to hav e the Pol ice Ch ief supp l y patrol o f th e area during the hours of 7 to
~:3' a.m. and 3:30 to 5 p .m. It wa s co nf irm ed by Mr . Kahm that th e property
owne r i s ass es sed only for 16 fl. of pav in g width .
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Ros e Winkler, 4717 South .J:.l!rk son, s tated her conc ern about th e condition of
t he wat e r main in Cl ark son Street. Council directed the City Manager to have
th e Ut il ily De partmen t inve s tigat e thi s co ncern and to ensure that any repairs
will be don e before s tree t co nstruction begin s . She also expresse d her
t un r e rn about th e hou se across the s treet from he r home in Cherry Hill s. She
wou ld l ik e he l p from Englewood t o see that the property is cl ean ed up . Ci ty
Man age r Mcco wn s taled he would di scus s the matter with th e City Manag e r of
Cher ry Hi ll s Vill ag e . She al so as ked ab ou t doing some of the curb and gutter
wor k privately.
J,1 ni ce l\nd e r s onJ 47_3] South Clark son staled s he i s in favor of paving and
, ide wa I k. Sh e f eels that the City should pay a la rg e r s ha re du e to th e amount
u I th rough traffi c. Mrs . Anderson qu estioned why we can 't ge t a bette r price
tha11 she can . Mr s . And e r son complained that city worke rs were marking
ro nr r e l r on Monday (a Ci t y holiday). It was exp lained th at generally an owner
can s av e money by h iring their own concre te contra ctor be cause they won't have
l o pay t he in c id e ntal s that co me with an asse ssme nt (l ega l fee s , interest ,
e t r.) Mr . 1:ahm ex plained that the individual marking concrete on Mond ay does
not r cc c ivr ov ertime pa y.
4800 South Clarkson
ilf'mo v~ an d rep\acede t er ior at ed or off .grad e concrete; Paving Section !.
Hoh Boar d~an 4831 So ~lh Clark s on , s lated that Clarkson Street needs s t op
•,ir1n s to red uce traffi c . He reque s t ed th e de finition of an art er ial street
""d th e pre s ent c l as s i ficat ion of Sou th Cl ark son. Mr. ·K•hm provided th e
rle liniti on of an arterial stree t and s tat ed th at Clark son i s an arterial on
In glewood 's Ma ster Street Plan. Mr . Board ma n would 1 ike Council to co ns id e r a
bik e path along Clark son; Counci l agreed lo pass along to Che rry Hill s this
requ e s t for a bike path. He e xpr e •od co ncern on h i s part and on the part o f
hi s ne ighbor s about th e land scapiny th e 4800 block. li e wa s ass ur ed that
the l and scaping and shrubbery would nu t be di s turbed. Statistics t o ba ck up
th e philo so phy concerning the narrowing of th e street on the south end of th e
projec t were questioned . Coun c il Member Higday asked the City Mana ger to l ook
into the possibility of changing the truck tonnage wei ght from 8 -tons to
4-tons. He recomme nd ed having s top s ign s at Tufts, Qu i ncy, Oxford and
Mansfield, po ss ibly a traffic lig ht at Tuft s. Mayo r Oti s stated he would
present to Cherry Hill s Vill age th e de s ire s of Englewood c itizens for a bike
trai l along Cl arkson.
Abn e r Pain , 4891 South Clarkson , stated he wa s opposed t o th e Paving District .
li e bro ught to Coun c il 's attention that in 196 8, Che nango (b etwe en Wa s hingt cn
an d Clark son) wa s in a paving di s tri ct and his concrete will not drain. He
wa s as s ured that the City will repair Chenango at no cost to Mr . Pain.
Mr. Boardma n r e turn ed to the podium to ad dre s s Cou ncil concern i ng drainage
problem s-.-
Rand L£..ill,g_r 4851 Sou th Cl ark son, as ked Counc i 1 about th e 28 L. F. of concre t e
in front of hi s hou se. He as ed if he ha s any reco ur se again s t t he former
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o.,.ner . Coun c i l Memb e r Hlgday s taled the concrete in qu es t i on is not to
s tandard and mu s t be replaced . City Attorn ey Ol sen told Mr . Fisher to seek
l ega l advi se f rom h is own lawy er .
4900 South Cl ark son
Re mov e and r epl acede t er ior ated or off -grade co ncrete ; Pavin g Sec t i on I.
No comm ent s.
5000 South C 1 arkson
Remove and repTacede l c r iorated or off -grade co ncret e ; Pav i ng Sec t i on I .
Ge ral d Gib s or,_, 4891 So uth Clarkson , s t ated hi s con cern abo ut_ th e Bell evi ew
int er se c t ion. He s tate e oesn t want an i s land in Clar kso n which would
µr eve nt him from going northbound from hi s drivewa y . Mr. Gib so n s taled that
the picke t fence installed by Cherry Hill s i s a lraf lic hazard and should be
r emoved . Co un c il Member Higda y r eques t ed s taff t o supr ·ty him with t he
Be ll eview Inter section des ign wh en available . Co un cil Memb er Higday will
s hare thi s information with the Clark son Street own ers. Mr. Gibson co ncurred
i n th e comm ent s mad e tonight about traffic and exces s i ve speed on South
Cla r kso n.
Co un ci l Mem be r Hi gday in s tructed s t a ff that th e final des i gn for th e 5000
blo ck uf Sout h Cl ark son , i f di ffere nt than pre ~en ll y plann ed, s hou ld be
r ev i ewed by him and th e re s i dent s .
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Ae ling Dire c tor Ka hm introduced Ro yc e Smit h , inde pend ent real estate
apprai se r. Mr . Smith presented lo Council sp ec ifi c bene fit s that could be
expec t ed and derived by adjacent pro per t y owners through th e construct ion o f
thi s paving di s tri c t. He reported th at from hi s as pec t, th e paving district
,iould in crease the value of the prop e rty by a sub stantial perce ntag e. He also
s tre ssed ;he nee d to install the 4 f l. sidewalks wherever pos s ible .
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Jim Bakari ch returned lo the podium r e 1 al i ve to 1 eft turn prob 1 ems and
sugg es t e som e mean s of increa s i ng the flow of th e interse c ti on o f Clarkson
and Be ll evi ew.
Janice And er son r eturn ed to th e podiu m to qu es lion Mr . Smith con ce rning hi s
s tat ement re ali ve to the incre as ed value of the homes up on completion of the
paving di s tri ct.
Ke n Harald sen 3018 South Wa s hi n ton, qu es tioned Council conce rn i ng the s ize
o f s ide,a ks i n his neighborhood , sta ting he had been forced to in s ta ll 30"
s ide walk, but that his ne ighbor wa s permitted to keep the 20" si dewalk .
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Ly l e Bil !J!! r et urned to th e podium an d qu e s tioned wh at would happ e n to th e
grave l t op s houl d th ere be a hard rain whi c h would re s ult in ero s ion of th e
bla c k top . He f e lt a c urb or a co ncre te s trip s hou ld be in s talled . Mr . Kahm
ex plained th a t th e grave l shoulder and drainage d i tch were th e only sec tion
tha t the Cherry Hill s would approve in prel i minary meeting s . The grave l
s hou ld e r wou ld be the sa me as any other grave l should er on a sec ondary
hi ghw ay . Che rry Hill s will be re sp onsible for maintaining it. Bilger 's
co mme nt s will be propo sed to Cherry Hill. Mr . Bilg er ask ed who is re s ponsibl e
for the projec t afte r it i s c omp 1 eted . Mr. Kahm s la led that the proj ec l wou 1 d
have a tw o -year warranty, after that the r e spon s ibi l ity do es rev e rt ba c k to
the pr op e rt.v own e r s .
CO UNC I L MEMBER BRADS HAW MOVED, SEC ON DED BY COUNCI L MEMBER HI GOAY TO CLO SE rHE
PUB LI C HEAR IN G. 1 e mee ting wa s adj ourn ed al 10 :38 without a vote .
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