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COUNCIL CHAHB ERS
City of Englewood , Colorado
March 17 , 19 86
REGULAR HEETING:
Th e Ci ty Coun ci l of th e City of Englewood, Arapahoe Count y, Co l orado, me t in
r eg ular se ss ion on Mar c h !7 , 19 86, at 7:3 0 p.m.
Mayor Otis, pres iding, c a lled th e mee ting to order .
The invocat ion wa s given by Co un cil Member lli gday. Mayor Ot i s led th e pledge
of allegian ce .
Mayo r Ot i s a s ked for r o ll c all. Up on a ca ll of the r oll, th e fol l owing we r e p,·r sr nt :
Co un c i l Member s lli gday, Van Dyke, Vobejda, Kozacek, Bilo, Brad shaw,
Oti s .
Ab sent: None.
I l1C· Mayor de, la red a quorum pre sent.
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Al so pre sent we re:
City Manager Mcc own
Ass i st ant City Manager Varga s
l1S s i s tant City Attorney Reid
Acting Di rector Engineer in g Ser vi ce s Kah m
Ass i s t ant Direc tor Rom ans, Co mmunit y De ve l opment
Pr•l ice Chi e f Hol me s
.,a,.uty City Cl erk Crow
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CO UN CI L MEMBER BRADS HAW MOVED, SEC OND ED BY COUNC I L MEMBER KOZA CEK, FOR
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF SPEC IAL MEETI NG OF FEBR UARY 24 , 19 86. Upon a call
of th e roll, the vote r es ulted as fol lows:
Ayes :
Nay s :
Coun ci l Members Higda y, Van Dyke, Vobejda, Kozace k, Silo ,
Brad sh aw , Oti s .
Non e.
Th e Mayor dec lared the mo t ion carried .
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Mr . Lou lu cc itto, 1130 Wes t Stanford Driv e, broug ht t o City Co un cil's
at t ention several environmen t al concern s and puhlic sa f ety ha zard s wh ic h exist
in th e so ut hw es t corner of th e City in the area zoned 1-1, Light Indu s t rial.
Iii , co ncerns in c l ude d (1) tires whi ch secu re the roofing of two of the
ware houses in th e are a whi c h crea t e a smok e and fir e ha za rd, an un c ontrolled
e nvironme nt fo r the breedi ng of in sec ts, and a dec rea se in prop er ty valu e for
t he ne ighborhood; (2 ) debri s s urrou nd i ng the build in gs within the area; and
(3 ) th e pr e s e nce of approximate ly 75 drums, some o f whi ch contai ned var ious
c hemica l s wh ic h cou ld prove harmful lo anyone ex posed to their content s. He
urged all e n ion lo Lh i s ma ller. Mr . Tu cc it lo was in form ed by Coun c i l Lha t th e
ma tter is be ing pu rsued, th a t a major clean up of the area i s be ing
un de rtak en.
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CO UN CI L M[M BER dRAD SH AW MOVED, SEC OND[O BY CO UN Cll M[MOEH HIGO/IV, TO PRO CLA IM
MOIIDAY , MARCH 31, 1986, AS PACKY ROMAN S DAY IN TH £ CITY OF ENGLEWOOD . Up on a
ca l I o f th e ro ll , the vol e r es ult ed a s foll ows :
Ayes: Co un ci l Member s Higday, Van Dyke, Vobejd a , Koz .;,, Bi l ,1.
Bra dshaw, Oti s.
Nay s : Non e.
111,, Mayor de clared th e motion c arri ed . Th e proc la mation was read by May or
01 i , wh u then invit ed Pa c ky Romans t o co me f orward l o r ecei ve i L. Mr. Roman s
retc iv ed a standi ng ovation f ro m Ci t y Co un ci l and ll,e audience.. Mr . Ro ma ns
er.pre~se d h i s appreciat io n and s in cer thank s for th e honor. He expre ssed the
~ent1ment that he f e ll hi s s uccess wa s du e larg ely to Counci l 's support an d he
thank ed Cou nc il ind i v id ually for their e ffort s in behalf of t he Park s and
R c r ea ti on De par tm e nt s. fi e al so thank ed variou s s ta f f member s for their part
in th is honor he ha s r eceived. Mr. Roman s introduced members of h i s family
wh o we r e presr.nl. On behalf of th e Par ks and Recr e ation Commi ss ion , Co un ci l
Member Higday s l a ted that Packy would certai nly be mi ssed; s t ali ng th at the
Comm i ss i on would be very pl eased if Pa c ky we re Lo deci de lo ch ang e h is mind.
The Mayor a l so men tioned that Pa cky would be fu r th er honored on Ap r il 1 , 198 6,
al the retirement dinner.
Unde r Non -s chedul ed Vi si tor s , Mr. Harry Crou se , 11 20 West Sta nford Dr iv e ,
addre s sed City Cou nc il wi th hi s con ce rn s with referen ce Lo Mr. Tu cc illo's
comme nt s made e arli e r. He wa s ass ured by Ass i s tant City Att orn ey Reid th at
the matt er had be e n report e d t o t he Hea lth Departme nt, who ha s s taled lhal th e
mat t e r could inv olv e t ox i c wa s te; there for e, not hing fur ther c an be don e until
t he Health De par tmen t comp l etes its inv es tigation and give s us authc,rization
to c l ean up the r est of the area . The landown e r s hav e been inform~t• that they
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are in v iol ation of th e zo nin g ord in ance, that the area mu s t be fen ced in
order t o sec ure th e area. Ma yor Oti s co mm ent ed th at th e ne i ghborhood will see
ac tion in this matt er . .....
Co n se n I agenda i t ern s wer e:
(a) Min utes of t he En glewood Downtown De ve lop ment Au t hority
me e t ing of Ja nuary 15, 1986.
(b) Minut e s of th e Hous in g Auth ority mee ting of Ja nu ary 29 ,
198 6.
(c ) Minutes of th e Ur ba n Re newa l Authority mee ting of
February 5, 1986.
(d ) Minut e s of t he Planning and Zoning Co mmi ss ion mee ting o f
Fe bruary 19, 19 86.
(e ) Minut e s of th e Liqu or Li ce ns ing Authority me et in g o f
Febr uary 19 , l 986.
(f ) Ordin ance approving t he va c ation of the ex i s ting City
Dit c h Easeme nt an d t he co nc urrent acceptance of a new
Easem ent and Licen se Agr eeme nt f or relo ca ting a sec tion of
the Ci ty Ditc h l ocated at Wi ndermere and Be l levi ew.
(g ) Ordinance am e nding th e Engl ewood Muni c ip a l Code r egarding
con trac t or li ce ns i ng in ord e r l o IJring it i nt o co nf or mance
with rece nt c ons tru ction indu s try change s .
CO UIKlL MEMBER KOZA CEK MOVED, SECONDED BY CO UNCI L MEM BER BRIID SHAW, 10 ACCEPT
CONSENT AGENDA ITEM S 9 (a) THROUGH 9 (g ). Upon a c all of t he roll, th e vol e
r es ult ed a s follow s:
Aye s : Coun c il Membe r s Higda y, Van Dyke, Vobe jda , Kozac e k, Bi l o,
Brad shaw , Oli s.
Na ys: Non e.
Th e Mayo r dec lared th e motion c arri ed .
Co nsent age nda item 9(f) was hereby number ed Ordinan ce No. 16, Series o f 1986 .
Co nse nt age nda item 9(g ) was hereby num bered Ordinan ce No. 17, Se r i e s o f 19 86.
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Th e re wa s no publi c heari ng sc hedu 1 ed be fore Coun c i 1
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Co nce rning th e propo se d Bil l for an Ordina nce crea ti ng Pav ing Di st r i ct No. 31,
th e Mayor asked if th ere was anyon e prese nt wh o wi shed to ad dress Co un c il
IJP fore thi s matter was voted upon . No on e ca me forward. Ass i st an t City
/I t t orn ey Re id prese nt ed am endme nt s t o th e propo se d ordinan ce , specif i ca ll y:
Pag e 2 , Se c lion 4 , sub para graph I -" ... pav ing with 8" com pact ed
gravel base cour se and 3" as phalt i c co ncrete sur f ace, ... " was
ame nd ed t o r ead, " ... paving wi th 6" com pacted grave l base cour se and
2" asphalti c con cre t e surface , ... ";
Pa ge 3, Sec tion 6 • "Th e probabl e t otal ·cos t of th e im pro vement s l o
be co nst ru cted or in stall ed i s S925,000 ; it i s nropo sed that th e
Ci ly of Englewood wi 11 pa y approxima t el y S40 0, OtlO ." was amend ed t o
r e ad , "T he probabl e t ot al co st of the impr ovem ents t o be con structed
or in slal l ed is S8 75,000 ; it i s pro posed t hat the City of Engl ewood
wi 11 pa y appr oxi mate l y S350,000 ."
Th e ame ndm ent s were di sc uss ed. Mr. Kahm co nf i rm ed it was f elt that s in ce
th ese figure s are es ti mate s, the S350 ,000 f i oure shoul d be proj ected r ath er
tha n S340 ,000. Co un c il Mem ber Higday asked concerning th e des i gn ati on of
So uth Clar kson Street; he was advi sed t hi s mat t er woul d be add r essed un der th e
Master :i lree t Pl an.
ORD INAN CE NO.
SER IE S OF 19 86 -·
BY AUTHOR 11 V
COUNC IL BIL L NO. 2 1
INTR OD UCED BY COUNC IL MEMBER HI GO/IV
A BI LL FOR
AN ORDI NANCE CR EATING PAV I NG DISTR!Cl NO. 31 IN TH E CITY OF ENGLE WOOD ,
COLORA DO ORD ERING THE CON STRU CT ION AN D IN STAL LATION OF STR EET PA VING , CUR B AN D
GUlTER AND SID EWALK IMPROVEMENT S, TO GE TH ER WITII NE CESS ARY IN CIDENTALS ;
PRO VIDING FOR TH E ISSUANCE OF BOND S IN PAYMENT FOR SA ID IMP RO VEMENT S; AN D
SE l I IN G FORT H OTIIER DET~I LS IN CO NN ECTION WllH THE D!SlR!CT.
COUNC IL MEMBER HI GDA V MOVED, SECOND ED BY COUN CIL MEMBER VOB[JDA , FOR APPROVAL
OF COUN CIL BI LL NO. 2 1, SERIE S OF 19 86. Upon a call o f the r oll, the vote
re sulted as fo l l ows :
Ayes: Co un c il Member s Hi gday, Van Dy ke, Vobejda , Koza ce k, Sil o,
Brad shaw , Oti s .
Na y s: None .
Th e Ma yor declared th e motion carri ed .
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Co un c i l Member Higd ay comp lime nted the Engin eering Departm e nt , Pub li c Work s
Depart ment , th e City Manager an d s taff , along with th e ot her members of City
Co un c il for a pprovi ng the propo se d bill c r eati ng Paving Di s tri ct No. 31 and
f or solvi ng th e problems involving Clarkson Street within Di s tric t I l l.
Co un , i I Memb e r Bi Io ack nowledged the cooperation rece iv ed from Cherry Hi 11 s
Vi ll.1ijl' on thi s projec t. Ma yor Oti s ann oun ced th e re woul d be a not her pub l ic
h aring on ll,i s mat t e r on April 7, 198 6 at 7:30 p .m. prior l o the ordin ance
bri ng consi de red on fin al readi ng .
''"is l ant Di r ec tor Roman s , Comm unity Dev e l opme nl De partme n l , pre s e n l ed the
,·ecomrnen dat.i on from the Planning and Zo nin g Co mmi ss ion relativ e to th e
adopt i on of a Res olution amending th e City 's Mas t e r Street Pl a n . Ms . Roman s
disc ussed in de tail the des ignation s of var i ou s s treets, i.e ., ar te rial s,
majo r and min or coll ec to rs , the streets lo be added, vacat ed and r ights -of -way
r eq uired. Ms . Romans respo nd ed to qu es tions by var io us Co un ci l Memb e r s. I t
wa s pointed out th at the map in c lud ed in th e pa c ke t needed to be am e nd ed lo
r e fl ec t the Finding s o f Fact of the Co mmiss ion a s th e re appeared t o be some
inco ns i s tenc i e s . Traffic count s were di scussed. St a tem ent s in c luded in the
e xce r pt fr om th e Febr uary 19 , 1986, minut e s of the Planni ng and Zo ning
Com'.n is s io n wer e di scus se d.
Rl SOL UT ION NO. g
SrRl[S or 19 86
A RESO LUl ION APPROVI NG HIE REV ISION S TO lH E MASTER STR LEl PLAN MAP TO BR IN G IT
11110 CONFOR MANCE WITH CHAN GE S IN THE TRAFF IC PA TT ERN WITHIN lll E DOWNTOWN
REll[VE LOPME NT AREA At/D TD UPD A E ART ER IAL AN D COLLECTOR STREETS THR OUGH OUT TH E CI TY.
COU NC 11 MEMBER BRAD SHAW MOVED, SECO NDED BY COUI IC I L MfM BER OTI S, TO APPRO VED
RESOLUTION NO. 9, SER I ES OF 19 86. Upon a ca ll of th e rol 1 , lhe vole re s ulted
as f o ll ows :
Aye s :
Na y s:
Co un c i l Member s Higd ay, Van Dyke, Vobe jd a, Ko zacek, Bilo,
Br ad shaw, Oti s.
Non e.
Th e Mayor de c lared lh ~ motion c arried .
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City Manager Mccow n r eq ue s ted Pol ice Ch ief Hol mes l o pre se nt to Coun c i 1 the
r eq ues t for approval of a bid award to Moto r o l a Com muni c ations an d
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Elec t roni cs, Inc. Chief Holmes explained that the bid op en i ng wa s con du ct ed
on Thur sday, Marc h 13, 1986 , and r ecei ved too late to be included i n the ir
pac ket for thi s mee ting. He re cormi ende d approval of the bid to Motorola in
th e am ou nt of $5 2,3 00 for tw o co nt ro l ce nter radio conso l es, ex pla i n ing that
thi s amo unt wa s l ess than the estimated cos t s whi ch wer e included in the PI F
budget and appro ved by City Coun ci l at its budget retrea t for the 198 6 budg et.
COUN CI L MEMBER KOZ ACEK MOVED , SECONDED BY COUN CI L MEMBER BRl ,D SHAW, TO APPROVE
AWARO OF BID TO MOTOROLA COMMUN I CAT ION S AND ELECTRON 1 CS, I NC. I N TH E AMOU NT OF
S52,300 FOR PU RCHASE OF TWO CONTROL CENTER RADIO CONSOLES . Upo n a c all of t he
ro ll , tlie v )t e re sulted as follows :
Ay es: Co un c i 1 Mem ber s Hi gday , Van Dyk e , Vob ejda , Ko zacek , Bi 1 o,
Brad shaw , Oti s.
Nays: None .
lh,• Mayo r dec l ared t he mot i on carr i ed.
Co un c i I Memb er Brads haw ann ou nced t he re appointm ent of St.eve Neyer to th e
Park s and Recreatio n Commis si on t o a t er m expiring February I , 19 90 . Thi s
appo intment wa s made by th e School Board r epresen tative and the Cou nci l
r ep r ese ntatives wh ~ serve on th e Pa r ks and Rec r e ~t ion Com mis si on .
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COUN CIL MEMBER HIGDAV MOV ED TO ADJOURII THE ME ET WG. Th e meeti ng was adjourned
without a vote at 8 :30 p .m .