HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-10-28 (Special) Meeting Minutes [1]COUNCIL CHAMBERS
City of Englewood, Colorado
October 28, 1985
SPECIAL MEETI NG:
The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe Cou nt y,
Colorado , met in specia l session on October 28, 1985, at 7:3 0 p.m.
Mayor Otis, presiding, called the meeting to order .
The invocation was given by Council Member Higday. The pledg e of
allegia nce was led by Mayor Otis.
Mayor Otis asked for roll call. Upon a call of the roll, the
following were present:
Cou ncil Members Higday, I/an Dyke , Vobejna , Weist , Bile,
Bradshaw, Otis.
The Mayor declared a quoru m pr e sent .
Also present were : Acti ng City Manager Pow e rs
City Attorney Olsen
Fir e Chi e f Brom a n
As si stant nirector of Commun i ty
De ve lopm e nt (P la nning) D. Romans
Deputy Ci t y Cl e rk Ow en
MAYOR PR O TEM BRADSHAW MOVE D TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEAR ING TO
CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANN IN G AN D ZONING CO MMIS S ION
REGARDING THE MARKS PLAN!IED DEVEL OPMEtlT . Council Member Bi lo seconded
the motion. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resul ted as follows:
Ayes:
Nays:
Council Mem b ers Higd ay , Van Dy ke , Vob e jd a , Weist ,
Bila, Bradshaw, Otis .
None.
The Ma yor decl a r e d th e moti0n car ri ed .
Harold Stitt , 7000 Wes t 24th , Lakewood , Planning a nd Zoning
staf f membe r, pr ese nted the ca se on b e half of th e Planning and Zonirg
Commission and De pa r tm e n t of Co mmunity Deve lopm e nt (Plann i ng ). Mr. Sti tt
entered into th e recor O th e following d oc um enta tion:
1. Certificat e of p osting of the pr o p erty
Oc lob e r
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2.
4.
Certificate o f public noti ce published in the newspaper
Resolutio n fr om the Engl e wood Chamber of Commerce support-
ing the Marks Pl a nn ed De ve lopm ent I
Lette r from the Englewood Board of Education supporting
the Ma rks Pl a nned Developme n t
The case b efo r e the Council was a proposed d e ve lopm ent of a
632-unit apartment project located on US 28 5 a nd Gilpin Street (The
Marks). The developer of the project was Chasewood Compa n y of Colorado,
a Tramm e ll Crow Residential Company .
Mr . Stitt s t~ted the case was reviewed by th e Plann ing and
Zoning Commission and approved condition al upon 14 ite ms being
a ccompli sh ed .
Mr . Stitt stated the matter was now b ef or e City Council for
fin a l consideration .
Dick Campbell , pres ident of the Ch a sewood Company , came forw ard .
Mr . Campb e l l des cribed the proposed de ve lopme n t and pro v ided h istorical
informat i on on the site plan. Mr. Campbell st ated th e project would b e
fina nced by indust r i a l d eve lopment bonds. Mr. Campb e ll stated he me ;
wi t h representatives of the Wate rford j ust east o f th propos ed site and
wa s wi ll i ng to make chang es to the pr oject at the r eque st of these
r e pres e ntatives .
Pearle Rae Kortz, 1900 East Gi rard Pl a ce , came forw a rd as
spokespers on for t h e Wat e rfor d resid e nts. At the request of Ms. Kortz
ap proxi mate ly 67 attendees stood up in show of oppos ition to The Marks
project . Ms . Kortz expressed opposition hersel f to t h e pro ject .
Alice Mea nw el l , 1900 East Girard Place , cam e forw a rd . Ms.
Mea nw e ll s poke in oppo s it ion based o n t h e problems of th e building s be i n g
too high and blocking the Wate r ford residents' mount ,ii,· view , problems I
with op e n tr ash are as , cro wde d par king, we ak s ec urit y , und the increas e
i n tr aff ic . Ms. Meanw e l l also not ed the r e was th e possi bi lity o f a
r eta il c e nter b e ing constructed which wou ld comp li cate the af orementione
probl e ms even further.
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Tip Polumbus, 1900 East Girard Place , came forward. Mr .
Pol umbus o pposed Th e Marks development because it contradicted the
concept of the Waterford .
Donald Pick, 19 0 0 East Girard Place, came forward. Mr. Pick
opposed The Marks development a nd spoke to the security and traffic
problems that the d eve lopment c ould create. Mr. Pick submitted
photographs of the traffic in the area at diff erent times of the day .
James Broman, Fire Chief for the City of Englewood , came forward
and strced that his departm ent could still provide the same level of fire
protection in t h e area if The Marks was built.
Tom Ragonetti, 636 Monaco Parkway, attor n e y representing the
Wate rford residents, came forward. Mr . Rag o netti request ed more time to
study the traffic s tudy that was conduct ed on the subjec t area .
Ms . Kortz came forw a rd ag ain and stated the developer only b egan
working with the r e sid e nts of the neighborhood last week. Even though
some progress h as bee n made , e .g . the e limin ati on of certain easterly
bu i lding s, there was much work remaining . Ms . Kortz asked th at Council
r e quest the groups o f the Wate rford and the Chasewood to continue to work
together, and that a reason a bl e tim eframe be granted wi t hin which to do
it.
Sid ney Parr , 3229 South Franklin, came forw a rd. Mr . Parr
spoke for the neig h borhood outside the Waterford. Mr . Pa rr stated
me mber s o f Chasewood f ai led to talk to th ese homeowners. Mr. Par r stated
there h ave been acciden ts in the ar ea of La f a yett e a nd Floyd. Th e
projec t would further com p ou nd the tr af fic probl ems ; and therefo r e , Mr .
Pa rr opposed the deve lopment.
Ron a ld Fish, 3210 South Fr a nklin, came forward. Mr . Fi sh
op pos ed the proj ec t b e caus e it wa 3 contrary to the single-family concept
a nd that f ederal mon ies were going to be used to finance the
d eve lopmen t .
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Melvin s. Dills, 1801 East Girard Ave nu e , came forw ar d. Mr.
Dills liv ed in Kimberly Village, a neighboring apartment complex. Mr. I
Dills stated h e wa s unsupportive of the Wat e r f ord project. Mr. Di lls
stated h is concer n wa s whether or not a dr ai nage study had b een
conducted.
Mr. Stitt r e spo nded that t he dr a i n a g e pla n s h ad been te ntat ively
approved.
Mr. Dills asked that some sort of sprinkler system b e addressed
b ecaus e of potential d rai nag e probl em s. Further, that the traffic study
c o v ered too short of a period to acc ur at e ly protr a y th e problems in th e
area .
Mr . Dills was a l so co nce rn ed about the s afety rul e s t hat would
be observed durinq c o ns t ru c t ion in l ight o f childr e n in t h e area . . .
Th e May o r d e c l ar ed a r ece ss a t 9:20 p.m. a nd r econv e ned th e
meet ing at 9:30 p .m.
Upon a ca l l of th e roll , th e foll o wing we r e pr e sent:
Co u n cil Members Higda y , Va n Dyk e , Vo be j da , We i s t , Bilo ,
Bradshaw, Otis .
The Mayor d e c la red a quorum prese n t .
Joann Eds e l, 32 00 South Laf ayette , came forw a rd. Ms. Ed~el
stated each tim e a d ev eloper has wan ted t o build apartments in thi& ar ea ,
there h a ve bee n promis e s of ma ny am e nit i e s. Ms . Ed s e l stated sh e co uld
no t reca ll th a t a ny of these promises wer e ever kept . Ms . Edsel
express e d an opi ni on th a t th e Chasewood Comp a ny would be no differ ent
from previous de ve lope rs .
J ohn Beinder, 2099 Ea s t Fl o yd Pl ace , c ame forw a rd ,
the pr ev i o u s spe a kers oppo s i ng he pro j ecc s.
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At th e request of Council, Hr . Stitt came forward ar e r ev iewe d
the conditions of this dev el opm e nt as set forth by the Planning and
Zoning Commission.
At th e request of Council Member Higday, Dorothy Rom a ns provided
testimony in t he 60 ft easeme n t a long Franklin S t ree t.
Lui s Rom ero , 3 220 Sou th Humbold t , ca me forward . Hr . Rom e ro
ex pr essed concern abo u t the imp act of traffic at Gir ard and La f ayette as
we ll as the probl ems occ urring from car s d ece lerating at the exit of Old
Hampden Av e nu e and Ham pde n Av enue . Oth e r t h a n this p art icular conce rn ,
Hr. Rom e ro s ta ted the project look good .
Tom Cran e , 3 270 South Gilpin, c a me fo rw a r d . He poi n ted out t hat
the ex it from Kimberly Village to Gir a rd was a b l ind spo t and sho u ld b e
im p ro ved if this d eve lopmPn t was ap proved .
Th e r e we r e no further comme nts
COUIICIL MEMB ER HIG DAY MOVED TO CLO SE THF. PUB LIC HEARING . Mayo r
Pro Tern Brad s h a w second ed the motion. Upon a cal l of t he r oll , the vote
r esulted a s f ollows :
Ayes:
Hays :
Counci l Mem be r s Hig d ay , Van Dyk e , Vob e jda , We ist ,
Bil a, Bradshaw , Otis.
Non e .
Th e Ma yor decl a red th e motio n ca rri ed.
COUNC IL MEMBE R VA N DYKE MOV ED TO APPR OVE TH E Df VE LOPMENT
IN CLU DI NG ALL THE AMENDM ENTS AS PR ESENTED BY THE CHASE WO OD CO MP ANY ; AND
FURTHER, TH AT THE CH ASE WOOD COMPAHY COMPLY WITH THE 14 PO I NTS AS OUTLINE D
BY THE PLANNI NG AND ZONING CO MMI SSION , TK E TR AFFIC RE PORT AS OUTLINED BY
TH E TRAFF I C EN GIN EER JO E PL IZG A AND STATE HIGHWAY DEPART MEHT; AN D TH AT
THE CHAS EWOO D CO MPAN Y PLEDGE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH TH E NEIGHBORHO ODS
TO FURTHER RESOLVE ANY PR OB LEM S, Ma yor Pr o Te rn Bradshaw seco nd ed the
motio n .
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Council Member Higday opposed the development on the basis o f
incompatibility with the neighboring areas .
council Mem ber Bilo opposed the deve lopm ent on the ba s is of it I
i nadequ ate compar ed to the surroundi ng neighborho ods . being
Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows:
T>.y es: Council Me mbers Weist , Bradshaw, Otis.
Nays: Council Members Hi gday , van Dyk e , Vob ejda, Bi l o .
The Mayor declar e d th e motion def eated . . .
MT>.YOR PRO TEM BRT>.DSHT>.W MOVED TO SET 1'. PUBLIC HET>.RING OM NOVEMBER
25 , 1985, 1'.T 7:30 P.M. TO HET>.R THIS MT>.TTER T>.GT>.IN. Council Member van
Dyke seconded the motion . Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as
follows:
T>.y es :
Nays:
Council Members Hig day , van Dyke, Vobejd a , Weis t ,
si lo , Br adshaw , Otis.
Mone .
The M~yor d ec lared th e motion c ar ried.
There be ing no further bus i ness, May or Otis adjourned the
meeting without a vote at 10:30 p .m.
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