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Home My WebLink About1985-09-09 (Special) Meeting Minutes [1]I COUNCIL CHAM BERS City of Englewood , Co l o rado September 9 , 1985 SPE CI AL ME ETIN G: The City Co un ci l of th e Ci ty of Englewood, Ar apahoe Co un ty, Color ado , met i n s pec ial session on Sep t e mb er 9, 1985, at 7:30 p.m . Mayor Otis , presiding, ce ll e d the mee ting to o r d e r. The invoc at ion was gi ve n by Council Me mbe r Higda;. Th e pledge of a ll eg i an~~ was l ed by May o r Otis . Mayor O~is asked for roll call . Up on a call of the roll, th e foll owing we re pr esent: Coun c il Me mbers Higday, Vo bejd a , Bilo , Bradsh aw , Otis . Abs e nt: Coun c il Member Weist , One po sition vacant . Th e Mayor declared a quorum prese nt. Al so pr e sent were : City Manager Mccown City Attorn ey Olsen Ass i stan t Dir ec tor of Community Deve l op - me n t (Planning) D. Romans Deputy City Cler k Ow e n MAYOR PRO TEM BRADSH AW MOVED TO OPEN TH E PUBLI C HEARING TO CO N- SIDER AN ORD INAN CE on FINA L RE ADING PR OPOSIN G AMENDMENTS TO THE CO MPR E- HEN SI VE ZOH I NG OR DI NAIICE RELATIVE TO AUTO AND RE CREATI ON VEH I CLES SAL ES AN D LEASE LO TS , GAS AUD OIL SERVI CE STAT I ON S . Coun ci l Me mb e r Vob ejda seconded the motion. Upo n a ca ll o f the roll , th e vot e result e d a s fol- l ows: Ayes : Coun c il Me mb ers Higday , Vobejda , Bilo , Bradsha w , Otis . tl a ys: Non e . Abs e nt: Co unci 1 Memb e r Weist , One p ositio n va c a n t . Th e Ma y o r decl a r ed th e motion carri ed . C"pt0mh c r ?, 1°8 5 Paqc 2 ~ss i stant Direc tor of Community Deve l o p me n t (P lanni ng ) Doro t hy Roma n s present ed t~e pr oposed ame ndme n ts pertaining to th e B-2 zone d is - trict comm ercial area . Mayor Otis as ked for comm e n ts from th e audie nc e. Bob Ba hne, hom e addr es s of 26 62 South Kea rn e y /bu si n ess address of 4 55 0 South Broa d~ay (Vall e y Motor s ) came f orwa r d . Mr. Bahn e opposed the am e ndm e n ts a nd st ated the ame ndm e n ts discrimin ated agai n st his type of bu s in e ss . Mr . Bahne e nter ed into t he rec o rd a pet ition signed by ot h er pr otestan ts and a let t er f r om Ri c har d L. Lei sy of Engl e wood Mo to rs , In c . 495 5 South Br o adway a l so p rotesti ng t he amendm e n ts . Lar ry Corw i n, hom e add r e s s of 75 02 East Ma ns fi e ld, Denver /busi - n ess add r ess o f 270 0 South Broadway (Credit Motors), c ame f orw sr.d . 1 r . Cor win o pp osed t he amendments beca us e h e would b e req uired to 3i ve up space no r mal ly u sed to d isplay cars fo r s a l e . Jon C. Cook , home address of 7673 Sourdo ugh Drive , bus in ess ad dres s of 3150 -3232 South Brc a J way , cam e for ward . opposed the am e ndments beca u se h0 wou ld be r equired to give tootaye for lands capi ng. Morrison/- Mr. Cook up too much Richard Funk , home add r ess 6 Bel l eview Way /busi~ea s add r ess 3787 South Br oadway (Ri chard Motors) ~ame for wa r d . Mr . Funk o pp osed the ame ndm e nts on th e b asis th at it would cost him F66 ,000+ to comply with the amendments . He c o uld not afford this expense. John Comer , 3587 Sou t h Huds o n, Denver , came fo rw ard . Mr. Comer stated h e was the atto r n~y repr esenting inde pendent a uto de a le r s . Mr. Co me r opposed the am e ndme n ts a nd a r gu e d tha t maki ng th e lot s a co ndi- t ion a l u se was d e n i al of e qu a l rights un de r th e law a nd confiscat ion of pro per ty . Bruce Cai rns, bu s iness addr es s 4732 Sou t h Br oa dw ay , came for- wa rd . Mr. Cairns op posed the am e nd ments and presen ted h is cur s o ry st ud y on what the e n v ironmental imp act would be . Joe Cocchiarilla , bu s in ess address 5020 South Broadwa y rcolorado Car Coun ry), cam e for ward . Mr. Cocchiari lla opposed the am e ndments and stated h e would lose his business if he had to t ur n h i s front line d is-I pl a y space into landscapi n g . Lloyd Ch avez , home addres s 39 06 South Pi ne hu r st Circle, Denve r , business addr e ss (Burt o n Broadway), come forw a rd . Mr . Chavez opposed t he amendmen son the bas i s o f the e xp e ns e of l a ndsc a ping and that it d id not appear to him th at other busines s s a ong South Broa dw ay hav e bee n o rdere d by th e Ci y t o c omply with th e l a nd scaping ordinance. Se pt Pmber 9 , 1985 Page 3 Jim Bahn e , h ome address 6649 So u t h Helena Street/business ad- dress of 4550 Soulh Broad way (Valley Mo tors), came forward. Mr. 6ahn e compared the City 's l ,.yo to his perception of th e subjec t sit u at ion and inferred that th e protestant petition wa s a n unders ta ~ding of the im- p er fe ct "E" (the City's logo). Larry Corwin, cam e forward aga in a nd furth e r pro tes ted on th e b asis of discrimination . Lloyd Chavez , came forward aga~n and o f fered further comments opposi ng the am e ndm e nts. To ,n Garlic , -4808 fouth Broadway , c ame fo rward . Mr. Garlic pro- tested on the b a sis th at he would hav e 1 r oblems with if required to make a driv e way cut . Mr. Garli c asked Council to work on enforcing curr e nt codes , not issue ne w ones . Jo n Cook, who spok e ear lier , came forw a rd and prot ested that the a ~e ndm e nts would redu ce his cap abi li ty to ma ke a li v ing . An un id ent if i~d mem b e r of th e audie n ce stood up and stated the ord in a nce would lim it the n um b e r of c ars o n a lot and he r esented the City taking away th i s proper ty . Th ere were no fu rt her comme nts. MAY OR PRO TEM BRADSHl'\W MOVED TO CLOSE TH E PUBLJC HE l'\RING. Coun- cil Mem ber Higd a y s eco nd ed th e motio n. Upon a ca ll of th e rol l, the vote resul ted as follows: Ay e s: Nays : Abse nt: Council Me mbe rs Hi gd ay , Vobejda, Bilo , Bradshaw , Otis. None. Cou ncil Membe r We is t , One pos i tion vaca n t . Th e Mayor dec lar ed t he mot ion carried . Mayor Otis stated b e cause of the exte n sive pro tests r egiste r e d at this h ea ring Council wo uld delay consideration of th e ordin a nce until the Cou nc il mee ti ng on Sept em ber 16th at 7:30 p .m. MAY OR PRO TEM BRl'\DSHAW MOV ED TO RECEIV E THE 1986 PROPOSED BUDG ET AND TO SET THE BUDGET PUBLJC HEAR ING FOR MON DAY , SEPTEMBER 23 , 1985, At 7:30 P.M . Council Me mbe: Hig day s eco nded the mot ion. Upon a c al l of th e roll, t h e vot e r es u lted as f ollows : Septe mb e r 9 , 1 9 8 5 Pag e 4 Ay es : Nay s: Council Me mbers Higd ay , Vob ejda , Bilo, Brad shaw , Otis. Non e . Coun cil Me mb e r Wei st , One posit ion vaca nt. ?he Ma yor d e clared the motion carried. Th e re being no furth er bu s i ness , COUN CIL MEMBER HIG DAY MOVE D TO ADJOURN . Ma yor Otis adjour n e d the meet ing a t 9:25 p.m.