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SPE C IAL MEET IN G:
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COUNCI L CHAMB ERS
Ci ty of Englewood , Color a do
April 8 , 1985
The City Co un ci l of the City of Eng l e wo od , Ar a pa h oe Co un t y,
Col orado , met i n r eg ular sessio n on Apri l 8 , 1 985 , at 7 :30 p .m.
Mayo r Pro Tem Br ads h a w, p r esidi ng , ca ll e d the meeti ng to or der .
The invoca tion was gi ve n by Co un cil Memb e r Higday . Th e pledge
of a ll eg i a nc e was l ed by Mayor Pro Tem Br ads haw .
Ma y o r Pro Tem Br a dshaw asked CJt roll ca ll. Up on a cal l of the
r oll , t he follo wing we r e present :
Co un cil Memb ers Hi gday , Neal , Vo b ejda , Weist , Bil o , Br adshaw ,
llbse nt: Ma yor Oti s .
The Ma yo r Pro Tem de c l a r ed a qu or um p r esen t .
Also pr esen t wer e : Ci t y Man age r McCown
As si stant Ci ty Man age r Va r gas
City Atto rn ey Olsen
Direc tor of Engi neeri ng Se r v i ces Di ede
De p u ty City Cl erk Owen
COU NC [L MEMBER BIL O MOVED TO OPEN THE PUBL[C HE/IR ING TO CONSI DER
PI\V lNG DI STR ICT NO . 30 . Counci l Memb er Nea l second ed the motion . Upon a
ca ll of the rol l, th e vo te r esulted as f o l l o ws :
/lyes :
Nays :
Abs e nt :
Co uncil Memb e r s Hi gday , Neal , Vob ejda , We ist ,
Bi lo , Br a d shaw .
No ne .
Mayo r Otis.
The Mayor Pr o Tem dec l a red t he mot i o n carr i e d .
Counc il Member Neal gave o pen ing r e marks conc e r ning the h ist ory
of pav ing districts in th e Ci ty o[ Engl ewood a nd e xpl ained th e 1 0 -yea r
p l an to eve n tua ll y brin g a ll the st reet up t o sta nd a r d .
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Director of Engineering Services Di ede pr esen ted the cost , time-
t ab l n , and me thod of payme n t o n Pavi ng Di strict No . 30 .
Rick Kahm , Office Eng i nee r , pr esented spec i fic i n formatio n on I
th u Ly pe of propos ed im,r o v eme nt s .
Mayo r Pr o r e m Bradsha w set the forum tn the bas i s th a t comments
wo u l d be hea rd acco r ing to eac h block sect i o n .
Mayo r Pr e Tern Bradsh a w asked for comm e nts on th e reco nstruction
o[ l he 500 and 600 blocks o [ East Amherst Avenu e .
De puty City Cl e rk Owen r ead int o th e record a copy of the pub -
li s llL'r 's af fi da v it of t he public hea ring legal notice , a nd a lette r from
Mr . a nd Mr s . Mcwilli ams , 2796 South Pe nn sylvani a , opposi ng th e d i s tr ict .
Ma ril ee Thom as , 2799 South Washi ngton Street , had s e veral ques -
tion s r egard ing the 70 /30 poli c y com p a r ed to wh at oth e r mu n i c ipaliti e s in
the met r o area are doing. Ms . Thom a s st ated he r h ouse was buil t in 1 9 56
at which t im e th e cost o f pav ing the st r eet sho uld have been i n pu r ch a s e
pri ce of the house . Ms . Thom as s ta ted the r ea l estate agent did not
infor1n he r that s he may be sub jec t t o s pecia l assessments when s he bought
th house o nly a f e w yea r s ago . Also , she a sk ed if a ny of this ass e ss-
ment was deductible o n inc ome tax . Mr. Bi 11 L amm who was pr ese nt an-
swered only th e interest on the pri nci pal wa s tax deduc ti bl e . Ms .
Thom as no ted there was no sidewalk o n Am he r st Av e nue . She a sked what i t
cosl to mai nt ai n Amherst at th e pr esent Lime ; c oul d the citizens comp l ai n
about a potho l e af t er wa rds , wh o paid a sses sment costs for school
pro pe rty. Ms . Thom as asked Coun c i l to cons ider r emoving Amherst from the
Di str ict bec ause i t was not th at busy .
Fra nc es Mcw il li ams , 2796 Sou th Penns y l v an ia , r e l ated e xp e ri ences
of being in a previous pa vin g di strict . Mrs . McWilliams stated sh t" wou ld
rec0 lv e no benefit f r om th i s d i stric t .
Raymo nd McWil l iams , 2796 South Pe nnsylv a ni~, asked Coun ~il to
i1o nor the petition signed by residents op pc sing the p r oj ect .
Apr i l Benjami n , 635 East Amh erst Aven ue, stated submitting a
p~Liti on was the democratic way to ref l ec op po sit ion ; however , anot he r
con s id e r a tion would be the fina ncial har dsh ip for e l de rly , ret ir ed citi -
z e ns .
Chuck Hai nes , 525 Eas Am h e rst Avenue , stat ed he opposed t he
d i s LricL bec a use he wou l d b e los in g one -third of hi s front yard and two
t re es . Mr . Haines stated ther e was no need fo r a n 8 -f oo t s idew alk .
Gary Sampl e , 2800 East Am h erst Ave nue , opposed wi dening the
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Mayor Pro Te rn Bradshaw a sked if th ere were comm e nt s o n t he re -
con Rtruction of the 800 block of East Amh e r st Avenue .
James Girt , 825 East Amherst Av e n ue , opposed th e district on the
basi s that he co uld not affo r d t h e cost a nd it was unnecessary .
Suzette Hunt , 2830 South Cl a rk so n Ci rcle , was agai nst th e dis-
tr i ct o n the bas is that cost was a hards hip and the a rea was us ed a s a n
a ll ey fo r trash pickup . Ms . Hun t sta t ed she co uld bette r use th e mone y
for home improvements.
Bob Par ker, 2820 South Clarkson Ci rcle , stated the area was
co n s idered a n a ll ey and op posed the pav ing as hav ing no direct be nefit to
him .
Joe Wolkensdorf e r, 2800 South Clarkso n Ci r cle , sta t e d he bo u ght
th e p rop~rty because i t was country-lik e , and paving would remove t h i s
type of enviro nm e nt .
Mayo r Pr o Te rn Bra dshaw dSked i f there were comme nt s o n the re -
construction of the 900 b l oc k nf E~st Am h erst Avenu e .
Carolyn Deari ngton Tate , 2798 South Emerson , did not want the
i mp rovements to turn th e st reet into a ''thru -street ''; and thereby disturb
the ne ighborhood . Ms . Tate asked Cou nc il to co nsid e r r educing the ''V''
pan and gravel ing the street .
Br ad Ta t e , 2/98 South Emerson , was co ncer ne d abo ut dr ai nage .
Mr . Tate thought the City was r espo nsibl e for d r a inag e . If no t then he
wou ld be in favo r of stre e t impro ve me nt s for pro pe r draina g e .
Rick Osbaugh, 900 East Amherst Avenu e , ag reed with Mr. Tate .
Mr . Osbaugh was concerned about the removal of trees . Also , he asked why
pave th street when it was not snow-plowed in the wintertime .
Mayo r Pro Tern Bradshaw asked if ther e were comments on the r e -
construction of the 2700 block of South Emerson Street .
Dick Dickerso~, 2882 South Em e rson , tha n '<ed the City Counci l and
engineering sta ff f o r including he a rea in the d .s trict. Mr . Dickerson
stated even though he was sympathetic to the own ers , he support ed the
pavi ng dist ri ct .
John Edwards , 2771 South Emerso n, appreciated any ef(o rt s th at
would kf:~ep the street t ree-lin':?d . Mr . F:dwards que stio ned "V" pans usage
and sug']e s ted patching . Mr . Ed ward s noted the r e we r e fi ve wom en li ving
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alon a nd th r ee r e t ir a ,! co upl es on t h i s s tr eet and p a ying for the
as ses sme n ts may be~ hard ship .
J ake Echardt , 2700 block of South Em e rson, sta ted an overl ay
acc e pta bl e . Th e "V11 pa n s would be of no be nef it .
Ma yor Pr o Te rn Br a ds ha w askeJ if ther e were comm en t ~ o n ~he re -
co nsL ruction of the 2800 block o f Soutr. Em erson Stree t.
Vi o la Hubk a , 2838 So u th Cl a rks on Circ le, wa s s ur p rised t o be
ass e ssed fo r So uth Emer son . Ms . Hubk a asked t hat he r propert y b e re-
chec ked s inc e her assessment seemed t o be high ($3 ,000).
Cr a ig Bigelow , 28 34 South Cl a r kso n Cir c l e , stated t he impr ove-
me n t s would invi t e mor e a nd fas ter t r a ffic .
Ralp h Huddl es t on , 28 00 bloc k of South Cl a rkson Circl e , oppos e d
th e ravi ng . He tho ugh t t h e impro vements a nd ma intena nce thereof s hou ld
be the City 's r es ponsibility .
Cheri Ban d ic1 , 283 2 South Cl a rkson Circ l e , oppos ed t he cost
of Ll1e project because i t would be no be nefit t J he r . Ms . Ban dic i 's
esti1nated cost was $6 ,000 .
Ma r jo ri e Be c ke r g a rt, (gave her r esidenc e a s bei ng located a t t he
e nd o ( the block), s ated s he s up p orted the pavi ng b ecause it pr ovided
ace •ss yet did not ta ke away f r om the atmosphere of c ou n tr y li v ing .
Pe t e Bandic i , 2832 South Cla rk so n Circl e , oppos e d the paving
because i t would increase tr a f fi c . Mr . Ban dic i wanted Council t o take a
"str 1w vote ." Ma y o r Pr o Tern Br adshaw de n ied co nducti ng an unof f ici a l
vo e o n the basis that th e hear ing was a fact ga t he ring s e ssio n rather
th~n a decisio n-m a king sess i o n . Mr. Ba ndi cj then req ue sted 15 mile an
l1our sig ns be put up .
May or Pr o Tem Br adshaw declared a reces s at 9 :40 p .m. Co uncil
r econv e ned at 9 :50 p .m., a nd the Mayor Pro Tem a sk ed for a r oll c 11 .
Upon a call of thee ro ll , t he following we r e present :
Counci l Mem bers Hi gd ay , Vobejda , Wei st , Bila , Br adsh a w.
Abse nt: Cou ncil Member s tl eal , Olis .
Th e May o r Pr o TE. 1 dec l a red a quo rum pr ese nt .
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Ma yor Pro Tern Bradshaw a sk e d if th e r e was anyon e wish i ng to
spea k on the r econstruction of th e 3400 bloc k of Sou th Em e rson Street .
There wa s no one a t this t im e .
Mayor Pr o Tern E:adsha w asked if t he re wa s a nyon e wishing t o
speak on the r econst ru ct ion of ~he 2700 a nd 280 0 block of Sou th Ogden
Str ee t.
Coun ci _ Me mb e r Nea l ente r e d the mee t ing at 9:5 3 p .m.
Geo rg e Bl a nkenship , 2750 Sou th Ogden , th anked Coun c il for their
efforts to impro ve the bloc~. Mr . Bl anke nship asked th a t co nsider at ion
be given to e liminating the s i de walk in stallatio n . Fur ther , Mr.
Bl a nk e nship st ated an ove rlay would be a d equate for this block .
Felix Bri n , 1 00 1 East Bates Pa rkw ay , expres s ed co nce rn that
tr a (fic would in crease after t he str ee t was im proved .
tr i ct .
Pay Ludwig , 2888 South Ogde n , spoke i n f avo r of the paving d is-
Do ug Harte r , 2790 South Og de n, requ ested stop signs o r speed
bum ps a l ong this block to slow down t r a ff ic . Mr . H~rt er asked if the
Ci ty r e pair e d util i ty ma in s p rior to upg r ad in g the stree t . Mr . Har t e r
was unsur e tha t a 4 fo ot si de wal k was nece ssary .
Rick Kahm r espo nded that coordinati o n with util i t y companies is
do ne and the rep ai r 3 are comp l eted befo re th e str eet is improved .
Doug Sovern , 2801 South Ogden , echoed the comm ents of Mr. Hart e r
and Mr . L~r.wig .
V.R. Vets , 27l1 South Ogden , questioned the need for 4-f oot
sidewalks on this block ; 2-foot s idewalks would b e sufficient. Mr. Vets
stated an overlay was a cceptab l e .
Council Member Bilo stated 4-[oot sidewalks have been reported
to a llow LWO re o ple to walk side -b y -side where 2-foot does not .
Lawr ence Gilfo r d , 2710 South Ogden , requested anothe r review of
this pr o perty . Mr . Gilford want ed to submit a petitio n opposing the
dist ri ct.
Mayor Pro Te rn Bradshaw not ed a n additional hea ring wou l d be held
or Ma y 6 , 1985 .
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walks, Ma ry l-:ll e n Stimel , 27 50 Sout h Ogden , op posed ,1id e n ing the s id e -
Mayor Pr o •re:m Bradshaw asked if t her e was a nyo ne wishing t o I
spea k on th~ r e c onst r ucti o n of the 2700 block of South Pear l Street .
Scott Che e ses wel l, 273 6 South Pear l , noted tha t he ha d rec eived
thr ee d i ffere n t est im at es . He was co nc e rn e d about the items th a t we r e
included in the assessme nt costs and ch a r geab l e to t he pro perty own er .
He asked if the sewer lines h ad bee n i n specte d prior to co nstruction.
Mr. Che e s e s we ll stated the street had bee n r epai r e d 11 times a lready
since August a nd asked why wait un t il no w t o p u t it into a distr ic t. He
a sk e d Cou nci l to c ons id er overl ay ing the block . Last l y , Mr. Chees e swell
expressed the r e was in adequ ate lighting fo r this block .
Co un c il Member Neal st a t ed th is section was th rown out of a
pav ing district in 19 7 8 . An overlay would no t work because the base had
det er i o r ated.
Mayor Pro Tern Br a dshaw asked i f there wa s anyon e wishing to
spea k on the reconstruction of th e 3000 b l oc k of So uth Washingt o n
Str eet .
Rob e rt Kr ug a n, 3069 South Washingt o n , submitted a petit i on op -
po sing the distr i c t. Mr . Kruga n st a t e d the stree t wa s torn up for wat e r
l ine i mp r oveme nts an d now agai n for pa v i ng improv e ments . Mr . Krug a n
asked f or a ree va lu ation o n the curbs . Mr . Kru gan stated t he center was
i n good shape and co u ld t he outs ide l a nes of th e street be ov er layed .
Ron Lund ers , 300 0 South Washington , asked for a r eev al uatio n of
the c ur b and gut te r . Mr . Lund ers as k t:-d Coun ci l to minimi :: costs a s best
the~ ca n. Th e sidewalk s were in good sh ape a nd did no t app ~ar t o need
rep la c in g o r wide n ing. Mr. Lund ers stated widening th e sidewalks would
im pact h i s fence pl aceme nt a nd t r ees ; a nd ther e fore was ag ainst new side-
walks .
Mayor Pro Tern Brads haw asked if the r e was an yon e wi shi ng to I
spea k o n the const ruc tion of the 1600 a nd 1700 blocks of West Baltic
Av e nue .
Cr aig Dods on rem in ded Cou ncil he had submitted the 100 %
participation pet i tion fo r inclusion in this y ear 's paving district some
mo nths back .
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May o r Pro Tern BraJshaw asked if the r e was a nyon e wishing to
s peak on th e co nstruct ion o( the 200 through 700 b locks of East Hampd e n
Av e nu e .
Ther e was no one at this time .
Mayor Pr o Tern Br adshaw asked if there was anyone wishing to
spea k on the co nstruction of the 1800 th rou~h 2100 blocks of Wes t Uni on
Av e nue .
There was no one at thi s t ime .
Mayor Pro Tern Bradshaw as ked if the r e wa s anyone wishing to
spea k o n the stripping a nd paving of the 60 0 block of Eas t Washington
Ci t r.l e .
The r e was no o ne at this tim
Mayor Pro Te rn Br adshaw asked if ther e was a I1 y0ne wish i n~ to
speak o n th e ove rlaying of t he 5000 block of South W~d hington .
Th ere was no one at this time .
Ma yo r Pro Tern Br a dshaw a sked if the re was a nyone wishin g to
speak on t he ov er layiny of ~h e 500 through 700 block of East Amhers t
Pl ace .
There was nu o ne at this time .
Mayor Pro Tern Bradshaw asked if t here was anyo ne wishing to
speak o n th e o verl ay ing of the 2800 th rough 3000 block of South Ba nn ock
Street .
Keith I tsel , 2895 So u th Barnock , spoke in opposition i n t hat
these blocks did not need repa ir , a nd the gutter dam age was minimal . Mr.
I t se l s t a ted if th e area was reevaluated , th e eng in eers woulds e good
drainage ex i sts . Mr . It se l stressed the impor ta nce of r e pl acing trees .
ti e agreed o the placeme nt of side walks . He was co nc e rned th at traffic
woul d incr ease if th ~ street was imp r ove~.
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Mayor Pr o Tern Br ads h a w asked if t h ere was a nyone wishi ng to
speak on the r e mo val a nd r e pl aceme n t of the 4900 bl ock of South Galapago
Str et .
Th e re was no on e a t this time .
Ma yor Pro Tern Br adsha w as ked i f there was a ny o ne wishing to
speak o n the r e mova l a nd r e placement of the 3500 block of So ut h Lincoln
Str ee t .
Ther ~ was no on e a t this tim e .
Mayo r Pr o Tern Br ad s naw ask ed if th e r was a nyone wi shing to
sp eak o n the removal a nd r e pla c eme n t of the 4 100 block of Sou ch Li nco ln
Stree t .
Th e r e wa s no on e at th i s t im e .
Ma yor Pro Tern Br ads haw asked i f the r e was a nyo ne wi shing to
speak on t he p avi ng distri ct th at did no t g et a previo us ch ance .
Ka th e ri ne Bigo , 298 0 So uth Ba nnoc k , as ked ho w the Engin ee r ing
Dep art me n t dete rmin e d wh at street s r eq u i re d o ve rlays , rec ons t r uction ,
e tc ,; a nd what de t e rmi ned the need to replace , widen sidewalks , etc .
Di r ec to r Diede rev iewed the c riter ia used by h i s department .
Gene Dunn , 5001 South Cla r ks on , st ated if t he cost of a curb and
gutter , a nd sidewalk was in the p r ice of a ho me , it should be the Ci ty 's
re spo nsibility for upkeep .
Da rr e l Uumm er , 782 East Amherst Place , st ated an overlay o n his
b l ock was acceptable , but wo uld a ppr ecia te a r eeva lu at i o n. Mr . Dumm e r
co n te nded th e bl ock wo uld not have t o be rep l aced if the bas e wa s
pr opE·l y pu in befo r e a nd proper l y inspected by the City .
Bill Lamm of Lamm , Edst r om, a nd Brayme r introduced Roy Smith a
r ea l e state appraiser to s peak o n the subject of paving districts .
Mr. Smith stated the improveme nts that come with a pav ing
district p rovide safety to the r es id ents a nd e nh ancement to the
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ne ighb orhood . Thi s upgrade c a n only ma ke an a r ea mo r e a ttr ac ti v e to
prospect i ve buy e r s . Mr. Smith state d a n i ns ur a nc e claim for an i nciden t
on a broken s id e wa lk or curb a nd gutte r will name the City and pr o perty
own e r in on the suit ; ther efore , it was import a nt to kee p street s, c ub s
a nd gutters i n good r e p a ir . Mr. Smi t h stated prospecti ve buy e rs
gen era lly check to see if a pi ece of property they are i nter ested in h as
a spec i a l asse ssme nt lien aga inst it. Mr. Smith asked Council to
co n s i der t he whol e picture on t h i s proj ec t , a nd co ncl ud ed by s t at ing "you
ca n re place a tr ee bu t not a chi ld.''
Th er~ we r e no further comme n ts.
COUNCI L MEMBER HIGD AY MOV ED TO CLOS E THE HEAR IN G. Council
Mem b e r Bil a s econded the mo tion . Upon a ca ll of the roll, the vote
r es ul t e d as f ol l o ws:
Ayes:
Nays :
Abs e nt:
Co uncil Me mb e r s Hi gday , Nea l , VobeJda , We is t ,
Bi.l o , Br a ds haw .
No ne .
Ma y o r Otis .
Th e Mayor Pro Te rn d ec l ared t he motion ca rri ed and adjourned the
mee ting at 11:05 p .m.
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