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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-03-18 (Regular) Meeting MinutesCOUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO MARCH 18, 1974 REGULAR MEETING: The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County , Colorado, met in regular session on March 18, 1974 at 8:00 P.M. Mayor Henn ing, presiding, called the meeting to order. The invocation was given by Councilman Brown. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Cub Scout Pack #58. The Mayor asked for roll call. Upon the c~ll of the roll, the following were present: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning. Absent: None The Mayor declared a quorum present. Also present were: City Manager Dial City Attorney Berardini Assistant City Manager Mccown Administrative Assistant Mendelson Director of Public Works Waggoner Director of Community Development Supinger Director of Finance Nollenberger Director of Parks & Recreation Romans * * * * * COUNCILMAN DHORITY MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 19, 1974 BE APPROVED AS CORRECTED ON PAGE 6. Upon the call of the roll, th e vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning. Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * I I I I Minutes of Meeting of March 18,1974'(£} 2 COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF MARCH 11, 1974 . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , Anderson, Henning. Nays: No ne Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Mayor Henning introduced the following persons from the list of Special Citizen Program Invitees. Mrs. Marvin F. Dodrill, 2875 So. Sherman Street, Precinct No . J . Mrs. Dodrill stated that the City should improve on what we have ra ther than trying to re-do it all as asked for in the Core Area Plan. Mr. Arthur M. Anderson, 3291 So. Pearl Street, Precinct No. 5. Mr. Anderson stated that they had a low culvert on the corner in which he lived, and that the highway department had solved the problem. He felt the City could use some skating rinks in the wintertime. He also suggested that garbage be collected in the City and transf erred to compost. Mr. Anderson discussed other items of genera l interest and improvements in the City. * * * * * Representatives of the firm of Sellards and Grigg, Inc. were present to discuss bids for the construction of miscellaneous storm drainage basins. Director of Public Works Waggoner appeared before Council. He recapped the situation on storm drainage in the City of Englewood as to where the prog ram stood as of today. The Northeast and North- west Storm Drainage Basins were completed. The South Basin is currently under construction. The four areas up for bid this evening were E. Jefferson, E. Hampden Avenue, North Central and College View Basins. South Central and South II Basins are currently under design. 76 Meeting of March 18 , 1974 3 Mr . Tom You ng of t he firm of Sellards and Grigg, appeared before Council . Ile stated t h at the b i d s were on four are a s already noted and he recapped th e bidding. He felt that the City had received some e x cell ent bids in the 11 bidders that they had. The I bid was 26% below the Engineer's estimate and the only question would be wheth er the Ci t y wanted to do Option II of the College View Basin which had not been budgeted. This extended from Tejon ; to Zuni , while only t h e Pla tt e River to Tejon was necessary at this time to complete th e Dartmouth Avenue widening. Mr. Young recommended that the total project be c on s tructed at this time due to the advantageous bid . Councilman Bl e ss ing s t ated t h at he was very pleased to see some good bids coming to Council. Mr . Young st a t ed that Mr. Al Kent of the Eby Construction Company the low bidde r, wa s also present this evening. Councilman Brown stated that he was very pleased to see the progr e ss in the storm drainage and stated that he felt that the City needed the help of the engineers to closely supervise the projects . Mr. Young assu red Mr. Brown that close supervision was being given . COUNCILMAN S OVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO AWARD THE LO W BID TO EBY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $577 ,6 87.24 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUR STORM DRAINAGE BASINS . Upon the cal l of the roll, the vote resulted. as follows: Ayes : Counc il Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , Ande r son , Henn ing. Nays : None Absent : No ne The Mayo r declared t he motion carried. * * * * * Councilman Sovern stated that the Council needed to examine I the next si x-quarte r budget as to priorities necessary and identify the programs to em b a rk on in the near future. * * * * * Mr. William E . Hamouz of the firm of LONGO, Consulting Engineers , was pres en t to discuss bids for the widening of the Dartmouth Aven ue bridge. Mr. Hamouz stated that the four bids for I I Meeting of March 18, 1974 4 for the widening ha ve been received, ranking from $167,000 to $248,000 . The estim a t e o n the project was for $128,000. The low bidder was 30% over t he engineer's estimate. This spread concerned the engineers greatly . Af t er analyzing the bid, it was determined that the engineers e s t ima t e for contractors mobilization and traffic control was v e r y l ow and tha t the other items in the bid were extremely close . Mr. Hamou z fel t that the bid was, consequently, a fair bid . A re -bid at a later date would provide only higher costs. Councilman Dh ority inquired as to the progress of the Santa Fe -Dartmouth intersection improvements. Director of Public Works Waggoner state d t ha t the design phase was completed and that an application to the Pu blic Utilities Commission would be made. Their determination would take at least JO days and the railroad company would take s ix months t o move their signalization. Mayor Henni n g inquired as to the recommendation of the Director of Public Wo rks. Director of Public Works Waggoner stated that the City would have to do the widening of this bridge at some time and he felt it wo uld be appropriate now. COUNCILMAN ANDERSON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO AWARD THE LOW BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DARTMOUTH BRIDGE WIDENING TO BLACKINTON AND DECKER IN THE AMOUNT OF $167,703. Upon the call of the r o ll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Counci l Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , And er son , Henn ing. Nays : Non e Absent : None The Mayo r declared th e mo t i o n carried. * * * * * Mr. Don Nisbet of the firm of LONGO, was present to discuss the bids for const ruc t ion of kiosks at Floyd Park. Mr. Nisbet presented the compilation of the bids for the Floyd Pa r k picnic k i o sks. He stated that bids .had been taken on F e bruary 8th and they h ad received two bids. The instruction to the bidd er s was to bi d one on the basis of a prototype with additional kiosks to be built at a later date. Mr. Nisbet gave an explanation o f th e alt er nat e s to the mushroom kiosks in the form of wooden structures . He stat ed that he would give no recommendation, but only gi v e th e alte r nates . Councilman Sovern inquired into the upkeep of the alternates. Di r ecto r of Parks and Recreation Romans stated that it would be tough to tell at this time because the greatest upkeep was vandalism, which was unp r edictable . Meeting of March 18 , 1974 5 Mr. Nisbet stated that ·concrete kiosks would have zero maintenance costs and the life of the mushroom was several times that of the other two alternate units. Councilman Sovern stated that it might be cheaper to go I with the more expensi ve kiosks in the beginning rather than pay the operating and maintenan ce costs later on. Councilman Brown inquired as to the theme of the park. Director of Parks and Recreation Romans stated that the theme was to be one of "Nature ". The play apparatus would be in the form of beetles , grasshoppers, snails, etc. These kiosks would be designed like a mushroom . Councilman Dhority inquired into the number of persons that the shelter could hold. Director of Parks and Recreation Romans stated that it would hold 4-6 people. It would not hold a large group, but that none of the alternates would either. Councilman Sovern questioned whether we could do all the kiosks in the conc rete manner within the budget. City Manager Dial stated that the budget could be juggled to accommodate all mushroom kiosks. Director of Parks and Recreation Romans stated that a combination of the types could also be utilized. Councilman Sovern stated that the best method in his mind would be to produce the eight projected mushroom kiosks. Councilman Bles o ing inquired whether persons would utilize them due to their differentness. Director of Parks and Recreation Romans stated that he had seen similar items in other cities and they were utilized . The only problem in this case is that of the availability of funds . Councilman Brown stated that he would like to see a more complete project of all eight mushrooms put together. COUNCILMAN DHORITY MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO BUILD TWO MUSHROOM KIOSKS AND FOUR SCHEDULE II SEED PODS~ Upon the call of the roll, t he vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Blessing. Nays: Council Members Sovern, Mann, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion defeated. I .I I Meeting of March 18, 1974 ?9 6 CO UN CILMAN MANN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOT I ON TO BUILD S IX MUSHROOM KIOSKS. COUNCILMAN BROWN MOVED · TO AME ND THE MOT I ON TO ADD TWO SEED PODS FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT PICNIC S HELT ERS AND TO CO NFORM WITH THE CONTRACT DOCUMENT OF BUILDING ONE MUSHROOM KIOSK FIRST • COUNCILMA N MANN AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN ACCEPTED THE AMENDMENT AS A FRIENDLY AMEND MEN T . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ayes : Council Members Sovern, Mann, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Nays : Cou ncil Members Dhority, Blessing. Absent : Non e The Mayor declared the motion car ri ed . * * * * * Mr. Fred Hoi s ington of the firm of Brauer and Associates was p r es en t to disc uss the Parks and Recreation Commission's recommenda tion on t he River Redevelopment proposal. Mr . Hoising t o n presented the two schemes of channelization to the Council . He st ated that the Corps of Engineers had not ruled out either of the two plans and that the Parks and Recreation Commission liked Sc h e me 2, that of minimum channelization. Councilman Sovern stated that the river mechanics could be worked out with Sche me 2 a nd tha t he f el t tha t it was by far the best plan . Counc i l man Blessing stated that the Mayor and he had showed the two plans to the Senators and Representative Armstrong in Washing- ton the p rev ious we ek and they both liked Scheme 2 the best. They greatly ap p roved o f t he concept of redevelopment of the Platte River. Councilman Mann stated tha t he liked Scheme 2 the best and that he would like t o see foot trails along the river and additional open spa c e . We r ner Sc hnackenberg appeared before Council. He stated that he felt that Sc h e me 2 was by far the best one and that there was no i mmi nent da nger of flooding with the Chatfield Dam now in place . He felt that the City ne e ded to keep some of the river in its mo r e natu r al state . Mrs . Virgi ni a Kae chel e , President of the League of Women Voters , appeared be fore Co uncil. She stated that she supported the Me et ing o f Ma r ch 18 , 1974 7 gol f cou r s e and g reenbelt priorities in the area and read a state- ment in support o f t he Ci t y's development along these lines. Councilm an Anderson stated that there would be some I floo d ing in this a r e a despite the Chatfield Dam, due to the vast area emp t yi n g i n to the river below the dam. He stated that he was st i ll in f avor of S cheme 2, due to its more natural aspects. COUNCILMA N SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO ENDORSE SCHEME 2 AS THE DESIRED PLAN FOR THE GREENBELT AREA ALON G THE PL ATTE RIVER AND TO PROCEED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION. Upon th e call of t he roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , An d e r son , Henning. Nays : No ne Absent : No ne The Mayor declared the moti on carried. * * * * * Mr . Dick Rich ards, 1090 West Oxford Avenue, was present t o discuss the curr ent sit u ation and current problems of the City. Mr . Richards sta t ed that he was very much disturbed at the condition o f the City today . He questioned whether the City had lost capacity to generate new visions o r tolerate them. Ten years has shown a distinct difference in the characteristics of the community. He felt that we had not availed ourselves of the total community in order to genera t e th e plan which had come out of the Core Area Committee . The lac k of standards for apartment ·house construction has been advanced as o ne of the reasons for young persons leaving the community . P r imary causes of turmoil and adversity is the lack of commun i cation wi th the citizens by the City. The most serious default o f the Co re Area Plan is that it is assumed that it was develop e d by the cit i z ens and the representation on the Core Area Committee was not grea t . He stated that wealth is not all material wealth and that the ci t izens wanted a greater role in the planning in the community . He suggested a 7-point program. 1) A moratorium on the current plan . 2) Pro j ection of a service capacity of the City. I J) Development of a p lan subjecting i t to a vote; however, two or more alternates shou ld be subjected to a vote of the people. 4) Change apartment bui lding code to require larger size apartments. ' 5) Convene a charte r convention to update the City Charter. 6) Have all meetings of the Council open to the public. 7) Purchase o ne page of the Engl e wo od Herald to communicate with the public on a periodic basis . Mayor Henn ing s t ated that the City had a newsletter which would be going o ut fo r th e first time in ten days and would appre- ciate any c i tizen reaction to it. * * * * * I I Meeting of March 18, 1974 81 8 Mr. S a m Hill, 3456 So. Broadway, a member of the Regional Tr anspo r tation Dist rict citizens committee, reported on RTD activi- ties to the City Coun cil. Mr . Hill stat ed that he would like to get the survey on the Regional Tra snp o r t ation District in the hands of every individual in th e Ci ty of Engl ew o od. He discussed the RTD projected service with th e Council . Mayor Henn ing inquired as to the time limit of the question- naire . Mr . Hill stat e d t h at he needed to respond at the next meeting of the RTD as to the p rogress of any community response. * * * * * Mr . Goss o f t he firm of Tague, Goss, and Schilken, appeared bef o re Council in co nnection with a request of J's Bar-B-Que, 3422 So . Bannock Street , f o r a 3.2 liquor license. Mr . Go ss stat ed that his client, Mr. Hopper, desired to withdraw the applicat ion a t this time and to resubmit it at a later date due to some pe rsonal problems which he currently was having, which he felt would be ironed out in the near future. Mayor Henn ing s t ated tha t the public hearing was cancelled for the evening . Sh e called for any response from the audience in re l a t ion to th e cancellat i on of the pu blic hearing. No persons responded . * * * * '* Mayor Henn i ng recessed the meeting at 9:50 P.M. The meeti ng re co nvened at 10:05 P.M. Upon the call of the roll , the followin g were present: Council Mem bers Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson , Henning . Absent : None * * * * * Councilman Anderson read a statement to the Council con- cerning the current recall situation. He felt that the groups who were trying to recal l t he Council members were not representatives of the people as muc h as t he current Council members were. He stated that he looked forward t o a recall election to find out precisely what the desires o f the people in this area were. * * * * * Meeting o f March 18 , 1974 9 Council man Blessing stated that we needed to have some action on the sign co d e . Mayor He nning s ta ted that it was ready for public hearing and will come up at t h e n ex t meeting to be set up for hearing. * * * * * Counc i lma n Blessing inquired into the sale of land at the McLellan Rese r voir . Ma yor Henning stated that it would be referred to the Wat er and S ewer Board for their consideration. * * * * * Councilman Sovern inquired as to the progress on a Public Relat i ons Office r. City Manager Dial stated that a draft form was now complete and tha t some more additional information would be going to Council within t he next week or two for their consideration. * * * * * Councilma n Mann stated that the kids at the Denny Miller Field often run into t h e s treet and that it was extremely dangerous. He would like the Cit y to i n vestigate possible traffic control mechanisms at the int ersec t ion near the softball diamond. * * * * * City Manage r Di al sta t e d t hat item 5-K on the agenda, a letter f r om Mr . Leo Lentsch, President of the Broadway Merchants Association , was in response to the Council request from the merchants and that the Council may want to give additional direc t ion to the staff . Councilman Anders o n stated that there appeared to be some misunderstanding as to what was decided at the last meeting of the r oup . Mayor Henning inq u ired whether the Council wanted a further meeting with the business gro up in order to iron out these difficul- ties . Mr . Mann stat e d t hat Council should wait a couple of weeks for further developme nt s on t hat line. * * * * * The follow i n g c ommunications were received for the record. Minutes o f t he Bo a rd of Adjustment and Appeals meeting of December 13 , 1973 and Februar y 2 0, 1974 . Minu tes of the Board o f Car ee r Service Commissioners meeting of February 21 , 1974. I I 'I I Meeting of March 18, 1974 10 Minutes of the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of February 14 , 1974 . Minutes of the Englewood Public Library Board Special Session of February 26, 1974. Minutes of the Fire Pension Board meetings of February 26, and March 8 , 1974 . Minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission meetings of January 29, and February 5, 1974. Financial Report for the month of February. Capital Imp rovement Status Control Report for March 1st. Letter from the Executive Director of the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities discussing the awarding of a $650 grant to the City of Englewood to match the sponsorship of the Englewood Cooperative Arts Proj ect. Memorandum from the Administrative Intern discussing submission of Board and Commission minutes to Council. Letter to the City Council from Mr. Leo Lentsch, President of the Broadway Merchants Association. Transmi t tal of the 1974 budget. * * * * * Council received a recommendation from the Board of Adjustment and Appeals to grant an encroachment upon City property for construction of a chain link fence. Ci t y Manager Dial stated that it was pretty well summed up in the memo, and that it was not too unusual for this to be done. COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE AN ENCROACHMENT ON CITY PROPERTY AT 3090 SOUTH PEARL . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Meeting of March 18 , 1974 11 Council received a memorandum from the Director of Public Wo rks providing estimat es of costs for the relocation of the traffic signal installa tio ns and planting of trees along the Broadway widening from U. S . highway #285 to Quincy. Dire cto r of Public Works Waggoner stated that the highway department was widening Broadway from 285 to Quincy. The City would need to provide some mast arms for signalization. We would also like to put up ornamental light poles instead of the typical wooden ones. e would need to pay the difference between the wooden ones and the metal on es, which would cos t approximately $7,000. Public Service is drawing up the design for these now and would have additional costs in the near future. Mayor Hennin g stated that Senate Bill No. 8 calls for the State to pay for the traffic signal capital improvement costs along State highways . She stated that the State is already doing this for towns under 5,000, and that Senate Bill No. 8 would make it their obligation for all of the cities. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO PURCHASE THE MAST ARMS FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION AND TO AP?ROVE THE DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTING. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Br own , Anderson, Henning. Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. Director of Public Works Waggoner stated that they needed to consider also the design aspects along the stretch. The current design was for raised medians not beautified. Median controlled traffic would prevent left turns along the strip. Only two merchants were at the public hearing which considered this question and both were in favor of the raised medians. Eight trees could be planted I in each block in this median, which would cost around $14,700. Maintenance would cost around $1,000 per year. Council needed to I consider raised medians vs. painted median, and whether they desired trees, sprinklers, etc. in that median. The State would pay for the raised median concept . Councilman Anderson stated that he felt raised medians were necessary, but he would question the safety aspects of the trees in the median, since they were an immovable object. Councilman Blessing also questioned the safety aspect of t rees. I I Meeting of March 18, 197~f} 12 Mayor Henning stated that she liked trees in the median and she felt that they would be much safer than running into another car on the opposite lane . Councilman Dhority stated that this was his feeling also and he would like to see trees in the median. Director of Public Works Waggoner stated that the trees would be in the middle of the road, six feet from the curb. A general discussion on the merits of the trees and the median was undergone. Councilman Sovern inquired whether we could do anything with that portion of Broadway which had already been widened. Director of Public Works Waggoner stated that we could go in at a later date to re-do them if this proved advantageous along this stretch . Councilman Brown stated that he liked to see the trees in the City of Englewood and would vote for trees down this stretch. COUNCILMAN DHORITY MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO REQUEST A RAISED MEDIAN CONCEPT FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND TO PLANT TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF IT IF IT COULD BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Brown, Henning . Nays: Counci l Members Blessing, Anderson. Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. City Manager Dial inquired as to whether the Council would like ornamental poles in the downtown area also. Mayor Henning stated that we should wait to do all the redevelopment of the downtown area at one time. * * * * * Council received recommendations from the Director of Finance and other department heads for the awarding of various items as approved in the 1974 budget. City Manager Dial stated that the first one was the sweeper bid which was not being recommended to the low bidder due to the fact that they did not technically meet all the specifications. Meeting of March 18 , 1974 13 COUNCILMAN DHORITY MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO AWARD THE SWEEPER BID TO THE H. W. MOORE EQUIPMENT COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,753. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Coun cil Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * City Manage r Dial stated that the next bid was for chlorine, and that three bids had been received. COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A BID TO THE THOMPSON HAYWARD CHEMICAL COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE OF CHLORINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,058. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * City Manager Dial stated that the next bid was for a park tractor . The low bid did not meet specifications, so the next low bid was being recommende d. COUNCILMAN DHORITY MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A BID TO THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,379 .50 FOR A PARK TRACTOR. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declar e d the motion carried. I I I I Meeting of March 18, 1974 14 City Manage r Dia l stated that the next bid was for a portable air compresso r. Th e low bid was not being recommended due to the reasons on the enclos ed memorandum from the Water and Street Superintendents . Councilman Sov er n ques t ioned the wording of a non-low bid without further documentat i on . COUNCILMAN ANDE RSON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO AWARD BID TO S ULLAIR INDUSTRIAL SALES FOR AN AIR COMPRESSOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $4 ,J50 . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Me mbers Dhority, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson , Henning . Nays: Council Mem ber S overn. Absent: None The Mayor declared the mot i on carrie d . * * * * * Council r e c eived a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to ado pt the I-1 zone district as amended and setting a date for a public hearing. Mayor Henning st ated that the Council should consider both the memorandums and the Bil l for Ordinances in relationship to them at the same time . INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN BROWN. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE REPEALIN G AND REENACTING SECTION 22.4-13 ENTITLED "I-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DIST RIC T " OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE (OR DINANC E NO. 26, SERIES OF 196J, AS AMENDED) WHEREIN SAID SECTIO N RE LATES TO PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES, MINIMUM YARD AREAS , LIMITAT I ONS ON EXTERNAL EFFECTS OF USES, OUTDOOR STORAGE AND WASTE DISPOSAL AND S CREENING. COUNCILMA N BR OWN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TO APPROVE A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING REPEALING AND REEN ACTING SECTION 22.4-13 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE , AND SETTIN G A DA TE FOR PUBLIC HEARING OF APRIL 15th TO CONSIDER THE ORDIN ANCE ON FINAL READING. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: fj~ Meeting of March 18, 1974 15 Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning. Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Council received a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to the I-2 zone district as amended and setting a date for a public hearing. INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN DHORITY. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 22.4-14 ENTITLED "I-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT" OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE NO. 26, SERIES OF 1963, AS AMENDED) WHEREIN SAID SECTION RELATES TO PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES, LIMITATIONS ON EXTERNAL EFFECTS OF USES, AND SCREENING. COUNCILMAN DHORITY MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND ADOPT THE ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 22.4-14 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING OF APRIL 15th TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE ON FINAL READING. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning. Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Council received a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to adopt the proposed I-J zone district and setting a date for a public hearing. INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE NO. 26 , SERIES OF 1963, AS AMENDED) CREATING A NEW INDUSTRIAL I I I I Meeting of March 18, 1974 16 DISTRICT TO BE ENTITLED "I-3 HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT" WHEREIN SAID NEW INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS DEFINED AND ESTABLISHING PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES, PROVI DES FOR MINIMUM YARDS, ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES, AND PROVIDES FOR SCREENING OR FENCING OF SAID ZONE DISTRICT . COUNCILMA N ANDERSON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW I-3 DISTRICT AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 15th TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE ON FINAL READING. Upon the call oi th e roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Blessing, Brown, Anderson , Henning . Nays : Council Member Mann. Absent : None The Mayor declared the motion car ried. * * * * * Council received a recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Commission to amend the P a rk s a nd Recreation Department's budget to create a Women's Activity Supervisor Position. Mr . Mann st ated that he would speak on behalf of this position . He felt t ha t the Recreation Department needed a Director of Women 's Activities . Mayor Henni ng inquired as to whether we were limiting this position to a female o n ly . As s ist a nt City Manager Mccown stated that if the job description required this, it could be done. Mr . Mann state d that pe rh aps th e Director of Parks and Recreation Romans co uld elaborate on the need for this. Director of Parks and Re c r eation Romans stated that other comparable cities have five or s ix superviso rs of this type, and that the City of Englewood has always had a nee d for one of these, even though he had not budgeted it in the past. Councilman Dhority stated that he questioned this procedure without going throug h the budget at all. COUNCILMAN MANN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO HIRE A DIRECTOR OF WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: 90 Meeting of March 18 , 1974 17 Ayes: Counc i l Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , Anders on , Henning . Nays: None Absen t : None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Council received a recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Commission for an appraisal of property adjacent to Dartmouth Park for the future possibility of purchase of this property f or expansi on of the park. Councilman Dhority inquired as to how much an appraisal would cost . City Manager Dial stated that it would cost between $1,000 and $1,500 . Councilman Dhority stated that he felt it would be premature at this time. Mayor Henni ng stated that this would be deferred at the present time . * * * * * Council received a memorandum from the Director of Finance rec ommending revision s in the Non-Emergency Retirement Plan to pro- vide for early reti rement and a correction to the investment counselor section . INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN BLESSING. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, TITLE V, OF THE 1969 E.M.C. RELATING TO EARLY RETIREMENT OF VESTED MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD RETIREMENT PLAN . COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO EARLY RETIREMENT OF VESTED MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD RETIREMENT PLAN . Upon the call o f the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , Anderson, Henn ing. Nays: None Absent : None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * I I I I Me et ing of March 18, 1974 18 INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN DHORITY. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDIN G CHAPTER 9, TITLE V, OF THE 1969 E.M.C. CONFORMING SECTION 46 ENTITLED "INVESTMENTS" WITH PREVIOUS SECTION RELATING TO PURPOSES AND POWERS OF TRUSTEE. COUNCILMAN DHORITY MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE CONFORMING SECTION 46 WITH THE PREVIOUS SECTION RELATING TO PURPOSES AND POWERS OF TRUSTEE. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Nays : None Absent : None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * City Attorney Berardini began a discussion of an ordinance on final reading vacat ing a 24-foot utility easement line and being within Tejon Industrial Park. He stated that the ordinance had been pa s sed on first reading at the previou s meeting. INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN BLESSING. BY AUTHORITY OR DINANCE NO. ~ , SERIES OF 1974 AN ORDINANCE VACATING A 24 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT LYING AND BEING WITHIN TEJON INDUSTRIAL PARK, CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. (Copied in full in the Official Ordinance Book.) COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 8, SERIES OF 1974. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Counc il Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Nays : None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Meeting of March 18, 1974 19 INTRODUCED AS A BILL BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE VACATING A 7 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT LYING AND BEING WITHIN ALTA VISTA SU BDIVISION, CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. COUNCILMAN ANDERSON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE VACATING A 7 FOOT UT ILITY EASEMENT LYING AND BEING WITHIN ALTA VISTA SUBDIVISION, CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ayes: Coun cil Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , Anderson, Henning . Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * RESOLUTION NO. §___, SERIES OF 1974 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. (Copied in full in the Official Resolution Book.) COUNCILMAN BROWN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MO T I ON TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 6, SERIES OF 1974. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Counc il Members Dhority, Sovern, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henning . Nays: None Abstain: Council Member Mann. Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Council received transmittal of information relating to the Santa Fe-Union Annexation. City Attorn ey Berardini stated that Judge Foote had remanded the Santa Fe-Union Annexation back to City Council for specific I I I I Meeting of March 18, 1974 93 20 findings of questions asked by the opposing counsel. He stated that a discussion of th is should be had at a study session in the near future . City Atto rney Berardini stated that he was relaying to Council some miscell aneous communications which he had had with individuals . * * * * * City Mana ger Di a l requested approval for his attendance at the City Manage r's Institute at the University of Kansas, Lawrence , Kansas, Ap ri l 10-12, 1974. COUNCILM AN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO APPRO VE THE CITY MANAGER'S ATTENDANCE AT THE CITY MANAGER'S INSTITUTE IN LAWRE NCE, KANSAS, APRIL 10-12, 1974. Upon the call of the roll , the vote resulted as follows: Ay e s : Co uncil Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , And er son , He n n ing. Nays : Non e Absent : No ne The Mayor declared t he mot ion carried. * * * * * City Manage r Di al requ e st ed approval for the Systems Analyst to attend a scho ol dealing with the City's NCR mini computer. He stated there we re advantages to the City of this school. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ATTENDANCE OF rHE SYSTEMS ANALYST FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINAN CE AT AN NCR MINI COMPUTER SCHOOL. Upon the call of the roll , the vot e res u lted as follows: Ayes : Cou n cil Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henn i n g. Nays : Non e Ab sent : No n e The Mayor declared the mot ion carried. * * * * * Meeting of March 18 , 1974 21 Council b e gan consideration of a permit from the Colorado Depa r tm~nt of Highwa ys for the construction of a 15 inch sewer line under the Little Dry Creek Bridge at U. S. Highway 285. City Manag er Dial stated that this was a standard agreement . COUNCILMAN DHORITY MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO ALL OW A PERMIT F OR CONSTRUCTION OF A 15 INCH S EWER LINE UNDER THE LITTLE DRY CREE K BRIDGE AT U. S. HIGHWAY 285. Upon the call of the roll, th e vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Coun ci l Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , Anderson , Henn ing. Nays : No ne Absent : None The Mayor declared th e motion carried. * * * * * Council received a request for authorization for the Mayor to sign an agreement with the Rio Grande Railroad to allow the City 's contractor on the South Drainage Basin Project to cross under a railroad line . Ci ty Manag er Dial stated that we needed to go underneath the r ailroad line with our current South Basin project. COUNCILMA N SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN ANDERSON SECONDED A MOTION TO AUTHOR I ZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE RIO GRANDE RAILROAD TO ALLOW THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR ON THE SOUTH DRAINAGE BASIN TO CROSS UND ER A RAILROAD LINE. Upon the call of the roll, th e vot e re sult e d a s follows: Ayes : Council Me mbers Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown , Anderson , Henn i n g. Nays : No ne Ab sent : None Th e Mayor declare d the motion carried. * * * * * Council r ec eived a request for authorization for the Mayor to sign an agreeme n t with the Board of Water Commissioners, City and I I I I Meeting of March 18, 1974 22 County of Denver, to allow the City contractor on the South Drainage Basin Project to mak e four crossings of the Board's conduit number 29. Director o f Public Works Waggoner stated that there were four crossings invol ved that we needed to go underneath. COUNCILMAN ANDERSON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO GIVE THE MAYOR AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, FOR THE FOUR CROSSINGS . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Coun ci l Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henn ing. Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * City Manag er Dial gave the Council a memorandum from Director of Utilities Carroll concerning the Bi-City Plant land acquisitions. He stated on Parcel No. l, the Clapp property, that he was inclined to take 12.5% over the average rather than going to court on this particular piece of property. Council approval in the past has allowed only a 10% over the average. The Kent property, Parcel No. 2, should be condemned at this time . COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A PAYMENT OF $45,000 TO MR. CLAPP FOR THE l.2J ACRE PARCEL . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Brown, Anderson, Henn ing. Nays: None Absent: None The Mayor declared the motion carried. Mayor Henning inquired whether the Council would like additional information on the Kent property. City Attorney Berardini recapped the purchase of property procedure utilized by the City for Mee t ing of March 18 , 1 974 23 Council 's consideration. Mayor Henning stated that additional information would then come to Council at their subsequent meeting. * * * * * Ci t y Manager Dial stated that ~2,960,J90 worth of projects had b e en awarded in the first quarter or 1974 in the Public Improve- ment Fund. He felt the City was beginning to catch up for the first t ime in a year and a half on its Capital Improvements Program. * * * * * City Attorney Berardini reported to Council that the Regional Transport ation District operation of buses in the metro- politan area did not preclude the City from other transportation services in the City if they so desired. This was in response to a question at a previous Council meeting on the subject. * * * * * May o r Henn ing stated that the Mayor Pro-Tem and herself had s pent two days in Washington at the National League of Cities Con v ent i o n a n d ca v e a verbal report on the tlmc ope nt. * * * * * Councilman Mann stated that he did not consider that there was u s pliL on the City Council on the Core Area questi o n. He stated that he was behind the Mayor of the City 100% and felt that she was doing a fine job. * * * * * COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as foll o ws: Ayes: Council Members Dhority, Sovern, Mann, Blessing, Br o wn, Anders on , Henning . Nay a : No n e Absent : None The Mayor declared the motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 1 2 :4 0 A.M. ex officio Clerk of the-CouncTI I I