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CO ~NC!L CHAMBERS
City of Englewood, Co l orado
May 14, 1984
Th e City Council of th e City of En glewood , Arapa hoe County,
Col or ado , me t in spe ci a l s es sion on Mn y 14, 19 84, a t 7 :3 0 p.m.
Ma yor Otis, presiding , c a ll e d th e meet in g to order.
Th e invocation was given by Coun c il Me mb e r Hi gd ay . The pledge
of a lleg ia nce was l ed by Mayo r Otis.
May or Otis ask ed for roll call. Upon a call of the roll, the
f o ll o wing were prese nt:
Council Members Higd a y, Nea l, Vo bejda , Sil o , Bra dsha w,
Ot is .
Absent: Coun ci l Memb e r Weist. (arrived at 7 :35 p.m.)
The Ma yor declared a qu orum presen t.
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Also present were: Ac ti ng City Man a ger Vargas
Assistant City Attorney DeWitt
Di r e ctor of Engineering Services Diede
Deputy City Clerk Owen
COUNCIL MEMBE R BRA DSHAW MOV ED TO OPEN TH E PUBLIC HEA RI NG TO
CONSIDER ASSESSMENTS WITHIN PAVI NG DIS TR ICT NO. 29 . Coun cil Member Neal
seconded the motion. Up on a c a l l of the r o ll, the vote result ed as
fol lows:
Ay e s:
Ne ys :
Absent:
Coun cil Me mbers Higd a y , Ne al , Vobejda , Bilo ,
Br ads haw , Ot i s .
Non e .
Coun ci l Member Weist.
Th e May or deci a r ed t he motion carri ed .
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Ac•_in g Cit y Ma ,,agcr Vi!r g a s st n ted th e pur pose of the pub] le
he ari n9 was t o , ,--,sider th e os ~essmcnts for Pa ving District No . 29.
Dir ecto r of En g in Pe r ing Se r vi ce s Died e , hom P address o f 4710
Sou t h M,1ti po s a Drive , c a me f o r wRrd and wa s sworn in by t il e Cl er k.
Di r Pcto r Di ede stat e d t h~ s t r ec ~s in vo lv ed i n th e d i sLr ict we re 2700-3200
So uth Che rok e e Str eet , 260 0 -2700 Wes t Union Avenu e , a nd 450 0 Sout h
Na vajo , Director Diede st ated Lh e t ot al proj ect co st was $44 8 ,06 9; th e
tot a l a sse ssed wa s $2 69 ,669; a nd t he Ci ty 's share wa s $178,399, Dir e cto r
Di e d e s t a ted tr ees we re curr e n tl y being purch a sed a nd would b e planted b y
t he e nd of June. He th e n exp l ai ned how both th e individual and
industriaJ cost s were d ete rrr.in ecl .
Co u ncil Member Weist entered the meet i ng at 7:35 p.m.
Director Di ede s tated a ny comment s ma d e tonight would b e
r esponded to in wr i ting t o t he pr ope r ty own er wit h copies to City
Coun c-i l. Re ading of the f in a l a sses sm e n t ordinanc e o n Jun e 4th. The
l a st da y Lh e property owner co uld pa y the asse ssme nt wa s Jul y 6th to
rece iv e a 5% discount. Aft er July 6th ass e ssme n ts would be sent to th e
Co u nty f o r c o llec tion which the prope rty ow ner could p a y ov e r the nex t l O
years at a n in ter est r ate of 9.5 %. Directot Died e st a ted there was an
assessme nt deferral program for p rope rty owners if qu al ifi ed und e r th e
g ui de line s . Inf ormation c on c-ern ing th e d e ferr a l prog r am wa s a v ailabl e
t h ro u g h t h e Depa rtment of Com munity Deve l opme nt ,
Deputy Clerk Ow e n entered int o the r e cord a J e tter of protes t
from Mr . and Mrs . Robe rt F. Ke lly on prope r tifes at 30 29 South Chesokee
and 30 15 South Cher o ke e on thfe basis that t h e a ssessments were in am ount s
gr€a t er th an the increas e in value of th e pr o p e rti es .
Mayo r Otis explained th i s wa s th e 2 9th pa v ing di s trict condu ctec
unde r a lo ng -stand ing p rogr am . He stated Cou nc il set up a 10 -year pa vi~g
progr a m under whic h all the streets in the Cit y of Eng l ew0od would b e
pa ved . Af te r tha t time ther e would be no mor e pavi ng di s trict s be c ause
the City would t a ke o ve r.
May o r Otis asked if th Fre was a ny onF in t he audie nc e ~i s hi ng to
speak abo ut t h e p av in 9 di s :r ic t. No on e res ro ~ae d . I
Cou ncil Membe r Vo!:ie j d 11 st a t d thf• ow ne::r of 3109 South Ch e r okee
sl,owed h im ~her e some one h ad d ro pped a to o l on t he ne w concre te ; and
c onsequ e nt ly , the are a needed r e p2 ired .
Director Di ede stat ed the y chec ked the d a ma ~e an d f a un ~ it on
t he h ack o f the c ur b n e x t t o t he sod . Th e y wou ld h 1 ~e th e cor t r a cto,
pa t c h it wi t h a n epox y piec ~ as t he d ama ge d id not a ppear to be s evE 1c
~nough f o r r e p l a cement .
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Ther e were no further c omments.
COUNCIL ME MBER BRAD SHAW MO VED TO CLOS E THE PUBLIC HEARIN G.
Co un cil Me mb e r Bilo seconded t he motion. Up o n a call of th e roll, the
vot e r e sulted as foll o ws :
Ayes:
Nays:
Council Members Higday, Neal , Vobejda , Weist, Bi l o ,
Bradshaw, Otis.
None .
The Mayor de c l ared the motion car ri ed.
CO UN CIL MEMBER BILO MOVED TO AD JOURN . Council Member Bradshaw
sec o nded the motion.
Mayor Otis adjourned th e meeting wi t hout a v ote at 7:45 p .m.
~e pu ty Ci ty Clerk