HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-01-10 (Special) Meeting MinutesSPEC I AL MEETIN G:
COUNCIL CHMBERS
CITY OF ENGLE WOOD , COLORADO
January ,0 , l983
The City Co un cil of the City of Engle wood, Arapahoe Co un -
ty , Colorado , met in special session a t 7 :30 p .m. on Janu a ry 10, 198 3.
Ma yor Ot is, presid i ng , c a lled the meetin g to ord e r .
The invocation was given by Co un ci l Memb e r Fitzpatri ck .
May o r Ot is led the pledg e of all~gia n ce.
Mayor Otis asked f o r a r o ll ca ll. Upon the call of th e r oll , the following were pr ese nt:
Council Membe rs Hig da y , Ne al , Fitzpat rick ,
We ist , Bilo , e.-ads haw, Ot i s .
Absent: No n e .
The Mayor d e clared a qu o ru m present .
Also pr ese nt were : Ci r~ Manage r Mc co wn
City Attorn ey DeWitt
A&F istant City Ma nager Vargas
Asslst~~t Direc t o r of Co mmun ity
Developm e nt Romans
Fi r e lnj e f Br o~an
Fir e Ma r chal l Groditski
Chief Beil l ing Inspe cto r Pi ttman
De puty Cit y Cle rk Johanniss o n
CO UN CIL MEM BER FIT ZPATRI CK MOVE D TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARIN G
TO CON SIDER REVI SIO NS IN THE UNIF ORM BUILDING COD E AND THE UNIFOR M
FIR E CO DE . Coun c i 1 Member Br adshaw seccr,ded th e motion . Upon "
call o f the r o ll, the vot e r es ul te~ as f ol lo ws :
Ay es :
Nays :
Co un c iJ Me mb e rs Higday, Ne a l, Fit zpa tri c k,
Weis t, Bile, Bradshaw , Oti s .
No n e .
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The Mayor declared the motion carr i ed,
Dorothy Rom a n s , As sistant Director of Comm unity Develop-
me n t , introduc ed the topic a nd gave an ove rv ie w of the need to up-
g r ade the Codes t o c urr e nt standards .
Gary Pittman, Chief Building In s pector , outlined the pro-
posed amendme nt s t o the Uniform Build ing Cod e . Th e am e nd me n ts
wou ld affect th e Plumbing Cod e , the Mec h a nical Code , a nd the Build -
Ing Code .
James Broma n, th e Fir e Ch ief, introd uc e d the Uniform Fir e
Cod e and emphasized th e ne ed t o ame nn seve r al por tions of th e Code ,
Wa lter Gr od it sk i, the City Fir e Ma rsh all , o u t lined in de-
tail th e am e ndm e nt s r equested for th e Un ifo rm Fir e Code . Th e are as
affected a r e th e ap pe a l s pr oce dure , special permit s , wa ter s uppl y ,
and sprin kler r equ irem e nts. Gro d i tski al s o stated the four appen-
d ices a r e being reque s ted t o be a dopted .
Randy Pi ck r ell , 4357 S . Ga l a pag o , s p oke i n favor of ad op-
n of th e Unifor m Building Cece and Unifo r m Fire Code .
Co uncil d irected s evera l qu est ion s t o th e City sta ff.
Co u ncil decided to c onside r th e pr oposed o r di nan ces at its
ne x t me et in g .
Mayor Otis ad jou rn ed th e meeting a t 8:55 p .m.
Dep ut j ity Clerk