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COUNCIL CHIIMBERS
City of Englewood , Col o rad o
February 28 , 198 3
Th e City Co u n cil of th e Ci t y o f Englewoo d , l\ra pa h o e
Co u n ty , Co lo r ad o , me t in spec i a l sessio n on Fe b ru a ry 28 , 1 9 83 ,
a t 7 :30 p.m.
May or Oti s , pr es iding , c alled th e meeting t o o r der.
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The invocation wa s given by Counc il Memb e r Thomas Fitz-
pa t ri ck . Th e ple dge o f a ll e gi a nc e was le d by May o r Otis.
Mayor Otis aske d for r ol l c a ll . Upon a c all o f the r o ll ,
t h e f o llowing we r e pre se nt:
Co un c il Members Nea l, Fitzpatrick , Wei s t , Bi l o ,
Brad s h a w, Otis .
Absent: Co un c il Memb e r Higd a y.
The May o r d ec lar ed a quorum present .
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Also p res e nt were: Ci ty Ma nager Mc cown
RE SO LUTI ON NO. 8
SERIE S OF 19 83
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City At torr e y DeW itt
Assistant City Manager Va r gas
De put y City Clerk Wa tk ins
A RESOLUTION AUTH ORI ZING THE PUR CHA SE OR CO NDEM NATI ON Of THE FEE
SIMPL E INTERE ST IN CE RTAIN LA ND IN THE CITY Of ENG LEW OO D BY ENG LE-
WOOD UR BA N RENEWAL AUTHOR I TY FOR LITTLE DRY CREEK IMPR OVEMENT S AN D
CA RR YIN G OUT TH E ENGLEW OOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PL AN .
COUNCIL MEMB ER BRI\DSHAW MOVED TO PAS S RE SOLUTION NO. 8 ,
SERIE S OF 1983. Coun c il Me mbe r Bil o se co nde d th e mo lion. Up o n a
c a ll o f the r o ll , the vot e resulted a s f o l lo ws:
Ay es : Council Memb er s N-a], ~itzpa t ri ck,
We i s t, Bi l a , Br a ds ha w, Oti s .
Febru a ry 28 , J 9e 3
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Nays :
Absent :
No ne .
Council Membe r Hi gd a y .
The Mayor d e clar e d th e motion ca rr ied .
RE SO LU TI ON NO. 9
SERIES OF 1983
A RE SOLUTI ON AMEND IN G THE PUBLIC IMP ROVEMENT FUN D.
COUNCIL ME~BE R NEAL MOVED TO PA SS RE SO LUTION NO. 9 , SERIES
OF 198 3 . Co un cil Me mber Hi l o s eco n d ed t h e motion. Upon a call of
the r >ll , th P vote 1esul to d as fo ll o ws :
Ayes:
Nays :
Absen t :
CoJfi Cl l Membe r s Neal, Fi tzpa trick,
We i st , Bilo , Bradsh aw, Otis.
None.
Cou ncil Memb e r Hig day .
Th e Mayo r declared th e moti on ca rr ied .
COUNC IL MEMB ER FIT ZPAT RICK MOV ED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING
TO CON SI DE R THE MARION STRE ET VI LLA S PLA NNE D DEV EL OP ME NT RE QUES T.
Co un c i l Memb e r Bilo s e cond ed the motion. Up o n a cal l of th e r o ll ,
the vote r es u lted as foll o ws :
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
Council Membe rs Neal , Fi tzpa trick ,
We ist , Bil o , Br ad s h aw , Otis .
No ne .
Coun cil M mber Hig day .
The Mayor declared th e mot io n ca rri ed.
Co un cil Me mber Neal as ked f o r the City Att orne y t o c omm ent
on Co uncil Mem be r Hi gday 's abilit y t o vote on thi s matter.
City Attorney DeWitt stated Co unc il Me mb e r Higday may vote
on this ma tt e r if he listens t o th e tape or r e ads a transcript of
th e meet ing and o n ly if he does so p ri o r to a meeting at which a c -
tion i s t o be take n.
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Fe bruar y 28 , 1983
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Mayo r Otis stated th e me ss age would be relayed to Counci l
Memb e r Higday,
Mayor Otis stated the purpos e of th e hearing wa s to con -
side r the Planned Development of Marion S tre~t Vill a s.
Sus a n Ki ng , Seni o r Planner , of the Community Developme nt
De p,Htment , a ppe a r e d be for e Coun c il. Un de r oath, Ms . King pro -
v id eO inf o rmation ubo ut th e ca se o f Ma ri on St r e et Vill us wherein
th e de v e lop e r , Arl a n Pay ne , wi s he s t o buiJd ''lim i t ed living units".
Ms . King st a t e d Mr. Payn e had o r i g inal ly plann e d t o c o n s truct
e lev e n s ing e -fami l y atta c hed unit s in fi ve buil~ing s . He
co nstr uct e d two of the att ac h ed units and bec aus e of th e high
c ons tru ctio n costs and hi gh int e re st rate was unable to complete
the project , Mr . Payne has c h ang e d his o pini o n and as an alter-
na tive dev e lopment wants t o buil d ''l imited living units '' which
wo uld dou b le the dens i t y in th e a r e a , Ms. King r eported the Board
o f Adjustment a11d App ea l s dete r mi n ed th e dev elo pment would be com -
patible with the other tw o uni ts on Oc t ober 1 1 , 198 7 , and approved
t he density level . The ma tt e r of buil d ing four o r mo r P attached
units under a Planned Dev e l o pme nt was ref e rr ed t o th e Pl a nning and
Zoning Commis,ion . The Commission he l d a public hearing and on
January 4, 1 983 , th e Commis s i on vo ted t o app r ove the Marion St r eet
Villas Plann ed n evel o prnent and refer the matt e r to City
Co uncil . The City Co uncil disc ussed th e pr o po s a l o n January 1 7 ,
I•: at whi ch time a publ i c hearing was set f o r t h i s date Fe br ua ry
:,. '9 83 . Ms . Kin g stated t he µu1p o s e of th e he a ri ng wa s ~,e ther
Coc-~il wi ll appr o v e t he l ayo ut a nd ~esign of t h e Plann e d Develop-
\" tn t .
City At torn e y De Witt as k ed Ms . ~in g t o ad d r e s s the t r aff ic
situati o n .
Ms . King st a ted the a cc ess wo uld be off So ut h Ma ri o n
Str ~et and the r e wo uld be no use of the alle y . Ms . King stated the
tr a ffic eng i nee r in d i c a ted t h e int e r sec ti o n of Mari o n and Ham pden
i s dangerou s but n e v e r in d i c at ed the c losing o f f of the int e r-
sec tion .
In respo n s e t o Co un c il Me mb e r Neal 's que stion , Ms . King
stated 39 % of th e si te is use a ble ope n space . Further , Ms. Ki ng
s t ate d by th e us e o f s i mil a r bu i l din g ty pes an d ma t e r i als the pro-
po sed un its c ou ld be ma d e com pa tibl e with what ex i sts there n o w.
May o r Oti s as ked if th e re wa s anyone preseot wi shi ng t o
spea k t o Co un cil ~o nc e rning the Pl a nned De vel o pment.
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Arlan Payne, fil?.O W. Vassnr Way, Lake wood, the develope r ,
appea r ed before Council. Unde r oath , Mr . Payne stat ed his orig in al
pla n for ll units was difficult to market. Mr. PaynP sta te d he has
tri ed t o keep Lhe area c l ean by haul ing away trash, grading the Jot
and trimmi n g trees. Mr. Payne stated his proposal is for a less
obn o xiou s us e than what can ac tu a lly be developed there. Mr . Payne
stated he was in pa rtnership with Ga r y Iv ey and Judy Zar le ngo on
this pr oje ct.
Gar y Ivey, 187 Coun•.y Roa cl 65 , Evergreen, appeared befor e
Council . Mr. Ive y wa s swo rn in. Mr. Ivey pr ese nted a map repre-
senting the business zoning and l o cating the Plannecl De velo pment .
Mr. Ivey stated th e map i ndicates the ar a is not a single -family
r e sidential area but one of mixed use . Mr . Ivey noted th e a rea has
traffic and parki ng pr oblems , and fu rther , it was not a good site
fo r children or pets . Mr . I vey explai ne d that mark et ing studies he
has pe rformed reflect t he proposed Planned Deve l opment wo uld be a
good "Se for this area . Mr. Ivey p ro vided inform at ion substanti -
at ing the proposal and clefi ning "limited livinq" as tw o peop le .
City .Attorney DeWitt asked Mr . Ivey to prov ide the
covenants governing this neighbo rho od of units .
Mayor Otis as ked if th e re wa s a nyon e ~i sh ing to speak
further in fav o r on the Planned De ve lo pm e nt. No one re sponded .
Mayor Otis asked if t~ere was anyone wishing t o speak in
o pposition of the Pl an ned Development .
Anthony Fr ances Mon t e , 3527 So u•h Ma rion Street , appea re d
before Council and was sworn in. Mr. Mont ~ rresented a pEtition
ag a inst the Planned Develop~e nt and stated it was signed by r e-
s id e ct s o f the area. Mr. Mone stated he wanted t he nei ghborhood
o r main 2 family-neighborho cd , and h e o pposed th e Pl a nn ed De-
ve lof-:ne nt .
Willis F. Re sley , 3540 South Ma rion St reet , appe ared be-
fore Council and was sw ot ,, in . Mr . Rescey stated h e ori gina lly
o ppo~ed t e va riance to con st ru ct condomi nium s and contin ued to
op pose th e dev e lopm e nt on t he bas i s it took away from the single -
f ami ly c oncept .
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Esthe r Vyn ck i er , 3550 -357 0 So uth Ma ri son , a ppeared be -
f o r e Co un ci l a nd was sworn in. Ms . Vynckier oppo sed th e de v el op-
ment on the basis t h a t she saw pa rking t o be a pr ob lem.
Mayo r Ot is as ked if ther e wa s anyo n e wish in g to s pea k
fu r the r in o ppositi on t o the Planned Development . No one r e -
sponded .
City Attor n ey DeWit t r ec omme nde d labeling City Exhibi t #1
as the Pl anned Development Or d in ance ; Ci t y Exhibit #2 as Co un cil
Communicat i on Ag enda I tem 3(a); Pr oponent 's Exhibi t #1 as the
Ce rtif ied Pi ct ur e ; Pr o~one r. 's Exhi bit 1 2 as the d r aw ing p re sented
by Mr . Ivey ; and Opponent 's Exhibit #1 as th e petition submitted by
Mr . Mo nt e .
COUNC IL MEM BER BRADS HAW MOVE D TO APP ROV E TH E EXHIBI T NUM-
BERING AS RECO MM ENDED BY CI TY ATT OR NE Y DEWITT. Cou ncil Memb e r
Fitzpat r i ck seconded th e motio n. Upon a cal l of the r ol l , th e vote
r es ulted as f ollo ws :
Ay es :
Kays :
Absent :
Coun c il Me mbers Ne a l , Fitz p?tri ck ,
Weist , Si l o , Br adsha w, Otis .
None .
Cou nc il Mem be r Higday .
The May o r decla re d the mo tio n carried .
In r esponse t o Co unc i l ~embe r Nea l 1 s qu st io ns , Cit y
Att o rn ey Sect i on 22 .4A -8 of th e Pl ?nn ed Development Or d in a~c e
a uth o ri zes cha n ges in the Development Plan , a nd Sect ion 22 .4A -9
p laces time r estricti o ns on t h e pr oject .
May o r Otis a sked for furt h e r comme nt s fr om anyo ne wishing
t o speak on this subject . Th e r e were no n e .
COUNC JL MEMBER BI LO MOV ED TO CLOSE THE PU BL I C HEARING .
Co unci l Membe r Br adshaw seco nd ed the mot i on. Up on a call o f th e
r ol l , th e vot r r esulted as f o ll ows :
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Ayes:
Nays:
Abs e nt:
Co unci l Members Neal , Fitzpatric k ,
We ist , Silo , Braclshaw , C'tis .
No n e .
Co unci l Member Hi g a,.
The Mayo r d e cla r ed th e mo tion car r ied .
Ma yor Otis no t e d a d ec isi o n wo ul d ~~ m•de in 30 d a ys con -
ce rni ng the Ma rion Street Vill as Plan ne d Oevel0 ment .
Mayor Otis adj o urned the mee ting at 8:53 p .m.
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