HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-04-18 (Regular) Meeting MinutesREG UL AR MEETIN G:
CO UN CI L CHAMBER S
City of Englewood , Col o rado
April 18, 1983
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Th e Ci ty Counc il of the Cit y of Englewood , Arapah oe Coun-
t y, Colo ra do , met in re gu lar sessi on at 7 :3 0 p.m. on Apr il 18 ,
1983.
Mayor Oti s , presidinJ , ca l l ed t h e me et in g t o order.
Th e invocation was given by Re v e r e nd Adrian House, First
Christian Ch ur ch , 31 90 So u th Grant Street . Th e pledg e o f a llegi-
an ce wa s led by Bo y Scout Tr oops tll5 a nd 1 1 54,
May o r Otis a sked for roll call . Up o n a call of t he ro ll ,
t he following we r e pre se nt:
Coun c il Memb e r s Hig day , Neal , Fitzpat r ick , Weist , B!lo ,
Bradshaw, Otis.
Ab sent: Non e .
The Ma yo r declared a qu o r um presen t .
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Al so pr esen t were : Ci ty Manage r Mccown
Ci ty Atto rn ey DeWitt
As sistant Cit y Manag e r Va rga s
Dire ctor o f Eng '.ne e r ing Se rvi ces
Di ede
Ass istant Direc tor of Commun ity
Develo pment -P l a nni ng Romans
De~uty Cit y Clerk Watki ns
COUNCIL MEM BER BRA DSH AW MOVE D TO AP PROVE TH E MINUTES OF
THF SP ECI AL MEETING OF MARCH 28 , 1983 . Co uncil Mem b e r Fit z patri ck
se co nd ed th e mot 'on.
Cou n cil MJm ber Brad sh aw noted Council h ad r eceived
corrected pag es numbered 7 an d 8 which was t o repla ce pages num-
ber ed 7, 8 , and 9 originally subm it t ed .
Up o n a ca ll o f th e r o ll, th e vote r es ulted as follows:
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Ayes:
Nays:
Council Members Higday, Neal, Fitzpatrick,
Weist, Bilo, Bradshaw, Otis.
None .
The May or declared th e motion carried .
COUNCIL MEMBER BR ADSHAW MOVED TO APPR OVE A PROCLAMATION
DECLAR ING APRIL 29, 30, AN D MA Y 1, 19 83 , AS "BUDDY POPPY DA YS".
Council Member Hi gd ay seco nded the motion. Up on a call of the
roll, the vote resulted a s follows:
Ayes:
Nay s :
Council Memb e r s Higda;, Neal , Fitzpatrick ,
Wei st , Bilo, Bradshaw, Oti s .
None.
Th e May o r declared the motion carried.
Ms. Margaret Caouette, President of the Ladies Auxiliary
to V.F.W. Post 1322 was present and thanked Council for the pro-
clamation .
Ther e were no other visito r s a t this tim e .
CO UNCIL MEMBER NEAL MOVE D TO BRING FORWARD AGENDA ITEM
6(A) -CO UNCIL COMMUNICATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMM IS -
SION CON CE RN I NG NAME S ASS IGNED TO PRIVATE STREETS OR DRIVE S . Coun-
cil Member Bradhsaw seconded the motion . Upon a call of the roll,
th e vote resul ted as follows:
Ayes:
Nays:
~ouncil Me mbers Higday, Neal, Fitzpat ri ck ,
Weist, Bilo, Bradshaw, Otis.
None.
Th e Mayor declared the motion carried .
Assistant Director of Comm un ity Development -Planning,
Dor ot hy Romans, appeared before Council a nd presented the requ est
for street name designatio~s in th e Waterf ord and Cottonwood
Village areas. Ms . Roman s stated the r e quest is to identi fy pri-
vate ro adways within the se t wo uniqu e re si d ential proj ec ts with
st re e t nam es t hat refle ct th e nam e of the developm e nts .
Kathleen Gab ri ella , ma rk e t in g director for th e Wa t e rford
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pro ject , cam e forward and prese n te d suppleme ntal i nf o rm a tion in the
r eq uest f o r str e et nam e d e signati o ns.
Ms . Rom a ns st at ed th e City wo uld t ak e th e respo nsibility
of no t if y i ng v ar i ou s ag e n c i es , i.e . post o ff ' :e, p u bl i c s erv ice ,
e t c . o( the add r ess c han g e s .
Ci ty Ma na g e r Mcco wn s ta t e d th e co n ce rn s f r o m staff members
we r e if th e Fir e De e ar t ment wo u ld hav e d if fic u l ty l oca ti ng ad -
dre sses , and if Public h J rk s wo ul d hav e t o pa y for ne w st reet
si gn s .
Mr. Gabrie l la s t ated th e Wa terf o rd developm e n t wou ld pay
fo r ~e w s tr eet signs .
Co un c il Mem be r Fitzpa trick ob j ected to t he c h a ng e o n th e
basi s of t he bur den pl aced o n th e r esi d e nt to mak e ad d r ess c hang e s
wit h nume r o us agenc i es .
COU NC IL MEM BER HIGDAY MOVED TO APPROVE THE REQUE ST TO
CHAN GE EAST GIRARD AVENUE AN D EA ST GIRARD PL ACE TO WATERF OrtD PARK-
WAY AND TO CH ANGE SOU TH GI LPIN ST REET AT THE POINT OF ENTRY OF F OF
U.S . 28 5 TO WATERF ORD DRIVE, AND THAT SAID ACT I ON NO T BE INITIATED
UNTIL TH E CITY HAS 60 DAY S TO CONTACT REL ATED AGEN CIES . Co uncil
Memb e r Neal s eco nd ed th e mo tion . Up o n a call of the ro ll , the vote
result ed as fo ll o ws :
Ayes :
Na y s :
Coun c il Me mber s Hi gday , Nea l ,
Weist , ~il o , Bradsha w , Oti s .
Co un c il Member Fitzpatri c k .
The Ma yo r de cl a r e d th e mot i o n ca rri ed .
COUNCIL MEMB ER BRAn SHAW MOVED TH E PRIVATE ROADWA Y IN
COTT ONW OOD VILLAGE SUBD I VI S IO N BE DE SI GNATED AS COTTONW OOD WAY.
Co un c il Memb er Higd a y se ~ond ed th e mo ti o n.
Co uncil Me mb e r We i st as k e d if th e street bl oc k numbe rs
wo u l d cha ng e .
Ms . Rom an s s t ate d th e d e v e l o pe r s ar e agr ee ab l e t o l e av e
th e bloc k n umber s a s t hey e x is t .
Up on a call of th e ro l l, th e vo te r esult e d a s fo llows:
Nays :
Co uncil Mem b e rs Hig d ay , Nea l ,
Wei s t , Bi le , Bra ds h a w, Otis .
Co unc i l Membe r Fi t zpat ri ck .
The Ma yo r de c la r e d t he mo tion ca rr i e d .
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COUNCIL MEM BE R BILD MOVE D TO OPEN TH E PUBLI C HEARING CON-
CE RNIN G PAVING DISTRJCT NO. 28. Co uncil Mem ber Bradshaw seco nd ed
th e mo tion . Up o n a call of the r o ll, the vote res ulted a s
f o l l o ws :
Aye s :
Na ys:
Co un c i l Me mb er s Higda y , Neal , Fitzpatrick,
We is t , Bila , Bradshaw , Oti s .
No n e .
The May o r d eclar e d lhc mo tion c ar r ied .
Ci ty Man a g er Mccown st a te d the pur pose of th e he a r i ng was
t o he a r from the ci ti zenry again be fo r e t h e final reading of the
or d in a nce .
Mayor Oti s a s ke d if th e re was a nyone pre •~nt wish i ng t o
ma ke comments .
Ga ry ,Di ede , Directo r of Engineering Services , appe a r ed be-
fore Co un c il. Mr. Diede submi tted for th e record lett e rs i n re-
sponse t o the prote sts an d que stions rais ed a previ o us publi c
hearing conce rning Pav ing Dis trict No. 28 .
TherP. were no other comments .
COUN CIL MEMBER !JEAL MOVE D TO CLO S E THE PUBLIC HE AR I NG.
Co un c i l Member Bradshaw seco nd ed the moti o n . Upon a c all of the
r o ll , the vo te r es ul ted as follow s :
Ayes :
Nays :
Council Members Higday, Ne a l, Fitzpatrick,
We i st , Bila, Brad s haw , Otis.
None .
The Mayo r declared the motion carrie d .
ORDINANCE NO . 15
SERIE S OF \983
BY AUTHQRTTY
COUNCIL BIL c NO . 13
INTRODUCED BY COUN CIL
MEMBER FITZPAT RIC K
AN OR DINANCE APPROVING TH E WH OLE CO ST OF TH E IMPRO VE MENTS MAD E
WITHIN PAVING DI STR IC T NO. 28 , IN THE CITY OF ENGLEW OOD , COLORA DO;
APPR OVI~G AND CONFI RM IN G THE APPORT IONM ENT OF SAID COST TO EA CH LOT
OR TRA CT OF LAND IN SAID DI STRICT; AS SESS ING A SHAR E OF SAID COST
AGAIN ST EACH LOT OR TRACT Of LAND; PRE SC RIB IN G TH E MAN NER FOR THE
COLLEC TION AND PAYMEN T OF SAID ASSE SS MEN TS ; AN D DECLARI NG AN EMERG EN CY .
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CO UN CIL MEM BEn FITZPATR ICK MOV ED To PA SS cou NCIL BILL No . I
13 , SERIES OF 1983 , ON FINAL REA DIN G. Co uncil Mem be r Neal se c -
on ded th e motion. Upon a c a ll o f the r o ll, the vot e r e sulte d as
follow s :
we r ~:
Ayes :
Nays:
Counc il Membe r s Hi gd ay , Nea l, Fi tz pat rick,
Weist , Bile , Br adshaw , Otis .
None.
Th e Ma yor de c lared the mot i o n ca rried.
"Communications -No Ac tion Re comme nd~d " on t he agen da
( a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
( f)
(g )
Mi nute s of th e Boa r d of Ca r ee r Service Com -
miss ion e r s meet in g of Feb ruary 17, 1983 .
Mi nu tes of the Englewoo d Hou si ~g Au thority
meet i ng of Februa ry 23 , 1983 .
r ln ut es o f the Urban Re new al Aut h rity mee t-
in g s of Fe bruary 2 4, Ma r c h 2 and 23 , 1983 .
Minw t~s of the Liqu or Lic e n se Auth o ri ty meet-
ing o f March 16 , :983 .
Minu tes of th e Engl e wood Do wnto wn Mana gem en t
Committee meeti ng s of March 17 and April 7 ,
1983 .
Minut es of th e Plan n i ng 3nd Zoning Commis sio n
meeti ng of March 22 , 1983 .
Mem o r and um f r om the Di rect o r of Public Wo rk s
co ncerning the Annual City Cleanup t o be held
in May .
CO UN CIL MEMBER BRADSHAW MOVED TO REC EIV E "COMM UNI CATI ON S -
NO ACTION RECOMMENDED" AGEN DA I TEM S 5(A) -5(G). Cou nci l Member
Weis t seco nded the motion. Up on a ca ll of th e roll, the vote
r e sult e d as f ollo ws:
Ay es:
Nays:
Co uncil Membe rs Hig da y , Neal , Fitzpatri ck ,
Weis t , Bile , Brad sha w, Oti s .
None .
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Th e Mayor d ec lar ed th e motion carried.
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City Manager Mcco wn pr ese nted a me mo randum from the
Mun ic i pal Co urt Judg e re c ommending an a ppo intm e nt of an Associate
J udge.
Council Member Neal noted no c r iteria has bee n deve loped
fo r which an associate judg e i s se l ected.
COUNC IL MEMBER NEAL MOV ED TO '!'AB LE TH E MA TTER UNTIL THE
NEXT REG ULA R CO UN CIL MEETIN G. Co uncil Member Fitz pat r ic k sec onde d
th e motion. Up on~ call o f t he roll, th e vot e resulted as
fo l lows:
Aye s :
Nays:
Coun c il Me mb ers Hi gd ay , Neal , Fit zpa tr ic k ,
We ist , Oti s .
Council Mem ber s Bilo , Bradshaw.
Th e Ma yor d ec lared the moti on carried.
Coun ci l Me mber Neal req uested the crit e ri a be de ve loped
b e f o r e th e n e xt Council meeting .
COUNCIL MEMBE R HIGDAY MOVED TO RECONSIDER THE PREVI OUS
MOTI ON . Co uncil Memb e r Brad s haw seco nd ed the motion . Up on a call
of th e roll, the vote re s ulted as follow s :
Ay es :
Nays:
Coun c il Membe rs Hi gd ay , Bi lo, Bra ds haw.
Co un c il Me mbers Neal , Fitzpatrick, Weist ,
Otis.
Th e Mayo r dec lare d the mot ion defea t ed .
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City Manag e r Mccown pre sen l ed a Council Communication fr om
Scot t R. Coo k, Member of th e Water a nd Sewer Boa rd r e s ig11ing f r om
th e Boa r d.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRAD SHAW MOV ED TO ACCE PT TH E RES IGNATIO N
WITH RE GRET. Council Member Higday s eco nded t he motion . Up o n a
call of t he roll, the vote r esu lted as fo l l ows :
Aye s:
Na ys:
Co un c il Me mbers Higday, Neal , Fitzpatric k ,
We ist, Bil o , Br ad s h a w, Otis .
No ne .
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Th e Mayor decla red the mo tion carried ,
Council instructed staff t o send c lette r acce pting the
re signat ion with regret t o Mr, Cook.
Counci l Mem ber Ne al instru c ted staff to adv e rti se for this
v aca ncy and an y o th e r vacancies on bo a rds a~d commissions .
ORDINAN CE NO. 16
SERIE S OF 1983
BY AUTHORITY
~DUNC IL BILL NO. 17
!INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEM BER BRADSHAW
AN ORDINANCE CREATING PAVIN G DISTRICT NO. 29 !~ THE CITY OF
ENGLEW OO D, COL ORAD O, ORDERING THE CONSTRUCTION· AND INSTALLATION OF
STREET PAVING , CURB AND GUTT ER AND SIDEWAL~ IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUA NCE OF BO NDS IN PAY MEN T FOR SA ID IMP ROVEME NT S ; AND
SETTIN G FORTH OTHER DETAIL S IN CONNECTIJN WI TH THE DISTRICT ,
Coun~il Me~ber Bil o stated ev e n th ough he was ab sen t from
the mee ting he listened to th e tape .
Council Mem be r Neal stated he wa s absent too, but did not
have a n oppo rtunity to li sten t o the tape,
Upon a call of th e roll , th e vote resulted as follows:
Ayes:
Nays:
Abst a in:
Council Membe r s Higd ay , Fitzpat ri c k,
Weis t, Bila , Bradshaw , Otis .
None .
Council Me mb e r Ne a l.
The Mayo r declared t h e motio n carried .
ORD INAN CE NO,
SERIES OF 19 83 __ _
BY AUTHORITY
A BILL FOR
COUNCIL BILL NO . 1 9
INTROD UCED BY COU NCIL
MEMBER BILD
AN ORD !NAN CE APP RO VIN G AN AGREEMENT WI TH SC HOO L DISTRICT NO. 1,
ARAPA HOE CO UNTY, CO LORADO , GRANT IN G CITY OF ENGL EWOOD , COLORADO , AN
F.~SEMENT TO USE SC HOO L PROP ER TY FOR A STOR M WATER DETENTION AREA
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/\N O ESTABLISH IN G OTHER RELATED TERMS /\ND CONDITIONS, /\ND REPEALING
ORDINAN CE NO. 21 , SERIES OF 1982 .
COUNCIL MEMBER B!LO MOVED TO PAS S COUNCIL BILL NO. 19 ,
SERIE S OF 1983 , ON FIRST REI\OI NG. Counci l Me mber Fitzpatrick sec -
ond ed the motion .
Co un cil Me mber Br adshaw sta ted she would be abstaining on
th e ba s is o f being an employee o f the school di st r ict.
Up o n a call o f th e roll , the vote resilted as follows:
/\y es:
Nays:
Abstain:
Counc il Memb ers Hig day , Ne al , F itzpa t rick,
Weist , Bilo, Otis .
None .
Co un c il Mem ber Br adshaw.
Th e Ma yo r declared the mot i o n carried.
Council Member Bilo co mme nd ed Director of Engineering Ser-
vice s Diede an d City Atto rney DeWitt for th e ir efforts in preparing
the aforementioned council b ill.
COUNC IL MEMBER BRI\OSHI\W MOVE D TO APPROVE A PRO CLI\M I\TION
DECLARIN G I\PRIL 17 -23 , 1983 , I\S 'V OLUNT EER RECOGNITION WEEK".
Council Member Fitzpat ri ck seconded the mo tion . Upon a call of the
r oll , the vote resulted as f o l lo ws:
/\yes :
Na ys :
Co uncil Memb ers Higday , Neal , Fitzpatrick ,
Wei st , Bilo , Bradshaw , Otis.
None .
The Mayo r declared tlie motion carried.
City Attor ney DeWitt transmitt ed a su pplementa l ruling in
th e matter of City of Englewood vs . Mc Laughlin , in th at Judge
Gately ruled t o deny the mot ion of McLaugtlin to dismiss th~ appeal
of th e City of Engl ewoo d.
City Att o r ney DeWitt pa s sed out a copy of a card r eceived
by hi s o ffice concernin g th e Ci t y 's s ucc ess in District Court.
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Council Member Higd ay referenced the discussion on the
associate judge and noted he should h ave voted nay on th e motion to
reconsider.
Counci l Member Bradshaw ann ou nced her acceptance for
gradu ate school at Denver Un ive rsit y a nd will be on sabbatical
leave fr om Englewood Pu blic Scho ol s .
No further bus i ness was discussed .
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COUN CI L MEM BER HIGD AY MOVED TO ADJOURN .
May or Otis adjour ned th e me eting witho ut a vote at
8:20 p.m.
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