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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-07-01 (Regular) Meeting MinutesI I COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO JULY 1, 1974 REGULAR MEETING : The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado , met in regular session on July 1, 1974, at 8 :15 P.M. Mayor Tayl or, presiding, called the meeting to order. The invocati on was led by Councilman David Clayton. The Pledge of Allegianc e was led by Mayor Taylor. The Mayor asked for roll call. Upon the call of the roll, the following were present: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylo r. Absent : Council Member Brown The Mayor declared a quorum present. Also pres ent were: Acting City Manager Waggoner City Attorney Berardini Administrative Assistant Mendelsohn Director of Finance Nollenberger Director of Parks & Recreation Romans Director of Utilities Carroll * * * * * Mayor Tay lor introduced the following citizens from the list of Special Citiz en Program Invitees: Mr. Ernest H. Bliss, 2060 W. Baker Avenue, Precinct No.~l. Mr . & Mrs. Lyle Martin, 4375 So. Washington, Precinct No . 11 . Mr. James E. Finn, 5166 So. Elati Dr., Precinct No. 14. * * * * * Mr . Harol d Rust, Englewood District Manager of the Public Service Company, appeared before Council to present the franchise check for the seco nd quarter of 1974. Mr. Rust stated that the check was in the amount o f $51,000, and represented a J percent franchise tax on gas and electricity sold in the City of Englewood. * * * * * -2 - Mr. Gl yn Carson, President, Englewood Jaycees, ap pe ared befo r e Council to request a 4th of July contribution from t h e City . Mr . Carson stated t h e Jay ce es were having a 4th of July celebration and deferred t o Mr. Al Coolley for further explanation. Mr . Al Coolley , member of Englewood Jaycees, appeared before I Council . He stat e d t ha t the City Fathers had helped the Jaycees , substantially in th e p ast to s tage their 4th of July fire works display . The J aycees needed a donation this year in order to ' reach the brea k-e ven point. The events were an all day affair meant to accommo da t e a family-type approach. The Jaycees would need at least $650 t his year in order to break-even. Mayor Tay l o r sta t ed that this was the first of July, and questioned wh y t he Jaycees ewere coming so late to the City Council for a cont ribu t ion. Mr. Cooley stated that the prepara- tions fo r the 4th o f July had only recently gotten moving. Mayor Taylor stated that t he City Council was already over their budget in the area of contr ib uti ons and that he felt the Jaycees should have been before Counc i l at a much s ooner date. Council ma n Blessing sta t ed that last year one individual came b e f ore Counc il only two weeks before the date money was needed, but a new recor d of only three days prior to the event had now been established for a request of contributions. He stated that the City Council had donated $350 to the Jaycees last year and that it would hurt this ye ar due to the budget implications at such a late date . Mr . Cooley sta t ed that the Jaycees had been working with the Englewood Polic e in the past to prevent firecracker mis-use and he f elt that t he fireworks display was a proper mechanism to help d e c r ease the amoun t of individual fireworks usage. Councilman Sovern proposed to look at where the monies for this could come from in the budget, and to transfer it for possible use . Acting Ci ty Manager Waggoner stated that $500 had been contributed in 19 7 2 , and $350 in 1973. Councilma n J o nes inquired as to where the fireworks display would b e h eld. Mr. Cooley stated it would be in Centennial Pa r k . COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO TAKE THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE JAYCEES FOR FIREWORKS I DISPLAY UNDER CON S I DERATION AND TO LOOK FOR SOURCES OF POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF FUND S FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION FOR THE JULY 15th MEET ING TO AFFECT THIS. Upon a call of the roll, the vot e r esulte d as follows: Ayes : Co un c il Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing , Taylo r. Nays : None I I -3 - Absent: Council Member Brown The Mayor decla red the motion passed. Mr . Leo Lentsch of the Englewood Merchants Group, stated that the merchants were going to donate $250 in order to help out in this endeavor. * * * * * Co un c il began consi deration or a resolution relative to the City Center Redevelopment Plan. Mayor Taylor asked the City Clerk to read in full the Resolution so that all members o f the audien ce co uld b e ramiliar with it. Councilman ni~~ed t h at he had been chastised in the past for not making hlu vl o wn kn o wn on the redevelopment plan. He stated that t o r th e r e c o rd he felt that the City Center Redevelopmen t Plan smelled . He felt that people had shown that they did not want the plan and they had no confidence in members of the old Council and its sta ff who had developed it. He felt th at the process o f coming up with the plan had ignored the back- bone or the co mmunity, those being the merchants and the people. Councilman So v e rn stated that he felt the Council needed to hear from so me of the people in the audience who had thoughts on this re sol ution. He felt that Section 1 of the resoluti on took ca re o f the Plan and rejected it as was the obligat i on of the City Council. Section 2, he felt to be detrimental to the City and contradicts a significant part of th e people's wishes. He felt that Section 2 meant that the City would con t inue to float in its planning and long-term development rather than having a direction given to it. - Councilman Jones stated that he would like a clarifi- cation of Section 2. He inquired whether it removed from further consideration data and research which could be utilized from the Plan development. City Attorney Berardini stated that there was no intent to do away with the information which had been gathered in the past . Council man Blessing stated that it concerned him that no impleme ntat ion of any aspects of the plan could be used. He stated that the City Council had never received . the plan and he hoped the plan would go to the Planning and Zoning Commission to pick out parts that were of value to the City. He stated that the re were many good ideas in the plan and that the public had which could be intermeshed for the benefit of all. -4 - Counci lman Sovern stated that Section 1 rejected the plan and that Sect ion 2 spoke against many elements of which th e p e ople wante d to retain such as single-family dwellings. Ther e we re many parts of the plan which the people who voted ag ain s t it held very dearly. Counc i l man Clayton stated that the people spoke very plainly of their d e si re s . He d i d not feel that anybody felt th e City should stand still, but that such a grandiose plan was no t to the p eop les' liking. City Atto rney Berardini stated that the Council could hav e pu b lic comm e nt if they so desired by merely suspending the rul e s . Mayor Tayl o r stated that although this was not a public hea r ing, that h e would allow some audience participation. Mr . We rner Schnackenberg, 4601 So. Bannock, appeare d befo r e Council . He s t ated that he questioned whether the Council really wanted to k ill this plan. The Council had cited problems very recently in wh i c h t hey want to try to solve, such as traffic congestion , green space, Little Dry Creek, etc. All of these are impo r tant parts o f the plan. He stated that it was a very valid poin t to get rid of the suggested part of the plan which called fo r condemnation , and suggested a resolution stating that no impl e mentation o f condemnation in this plan can go any further. He also felt that the plan was not before the City Council l eg ally in any form. It was up to the Planning and Zoning Commission and t he City to propose comprehensive plans for the Ci ty and to r eco mmend any changes of this to City Council before Council action . Mr . Ba r r y Co leman, 3305 So. Broadway, appeared before Council . He stat ed t h a t the resolution as he read it said "listen to the p eople and pay attention to them." He felt that a plan should be prepared in which the people could agree to. Dan Davis, 1590 E. Bates Parkway, appeared before Council . He stat ed that he had read the resolution completely a n d that the p e o ple who had voted in the recent election had done so very lou d l y and clearly. He felt that the resolution should be passed in total. Mr . Vin ce Glorik, 3250 So. Downing, appeared before Council . He stat ed t hat it was very common to kill a rattle- sn a ke and then to cut his head off. He felt that this ought to b e done with t he Plan. I I I I -5 - Mr. Lee Bennett, 4725 So. Lipan appeared before Council. He stated that the Council should not preclude the resources of the plan in the future for comprehensive planning. The Committee had never presented a plan to Planning and Zoning Commission and to the Council, and that the development strategies being so loudly critized had never been discussed by the Core Area Citizens' Commi~tee. He felt that a city would not remain as it was, but would rather progress or regress without some direction being given to it. Mr. Barry Tillman, 3630 So. Cherokee, appeared before Council. He stated that there had been comments made about the number of hours spent on the development of this plan. He commented that he lived in the area to be acquired by the quasi-public body, and that the people in that area had spent much more time acquiring their homes than anyone had spent on working on the development of this plan. He stated that all five candidates in the November election in favor of the plan had been defeated. Many people had shown up at public hearings, and on June 11, J,352 people voted for James Taylor because he had oppposed the plan. He felt the Council was obligated to pass this resolution. Mr. Arthur Anderson, 3291 So. Pearl, appeared before Council. He stated that Floyd Avenue as it currently is constituted could easily be made into a three or four lane road without construction. Mr. Joe Munshaw, 3642 So. Cherokee, appeared before Council. He stated that the plan should be killed as the rattle- snake. He could not understand why we go to California to hire a consultant when able people were available in Colorado. He wondered if enough people had been included on the recall. Mrs. Jean Carlberg, 3865 So. Grant, appeared before Council. She stated that the plan was never meant to be a panacea for all ails. No one person had ever approved of the total plan. She felt that we needed to retain valuable portions of the plan for future re-use. The Council, itself, has acted on three areas of the plan in the last month positively. She felt that the plan needed consideration and the Core Area Citizens' committee was denied this privilege. RESOLUTION NO. ~-' SERIES OF 1974 A RESOLUTION REJECTING THE RECOMMENDED ENGLEWOOD CITY CENTER REDEVELOPMEN T PLAN, AND THAT NO IMPLEMENTATION OF SAID PLAN SHALL BE EFFECTED. COUNCILMAN MANN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN CLAYTON SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 21, SERIES OF 1974. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND QOUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO AMEND RESOLUTION NO. 21, SERIES OF 1974, BY DELETJNG .. SECTION 2. 216 -6 - Upon a call of the vote, the roll resulted as follows: Ayes : Council Members Sovern, Blessing. Nays : Council Members Jones, Mann, Clayton, Taylor. Absent : Council Member Brown. The Mayor decla re d the motion not carried. The vote on the o riginal motion was as follows: Ayes : Cou n c i l Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Taylor . Nays : Co unci l Member Blessing. Absent : Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared t h e mo t ion carried. * * * * * COUNCILMA N SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO REQUEST THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO MEET TO DISCUSS HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CITIZEN INPUT INTO THE PLANNI NG PROCESS . Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ayes : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing , Taylo r. Nays : No ne Absent : Cou n c il Member Brown The Mayor declared the mo tion carried. * * * * * Mayor Taylo r declared a ten-minute recess at 9:20 P.M. * * * * * The meet ing re-convened at 9:35 P.M. Mayor Taylor asked fo r a r o ll c a l l. Upon a call of the roll, the following were p resent. Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor . Absent : Counc il Member Brown * * * * * I I I I -7 - Counc i l began consideration of a Public Hearing on the r e -assessment of certain property within Paving District No . 20 . City At torney Berardini requested that the Council pass over this it em and that it be re-introduced due to a publication pro blem. He stated that it could be re-introduced at the next meeting . COUNCIL MAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO HAVE A BILL FOR AN eRDINANCE APPEAR BY JULY 15th ON THE P AV I NG DIST R I CT NO. 20 REASSESSMENT. Upon a call of the roll, the vote r esult ed as follows: Ayes : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing , Taylor . Nays : No ne Absent : Co un c il Member Brown. The Mayor declared t he motion carried. * * * * * Mayor Taylor stated that several years ago there had been a re gular weekly meeting titled "The Mayor's Coffee" at which t ime t he Mayor met with citizens in the community to get the ir inm p ut . He felt that some very constructive items had come out of the Mayor's Coffees, and wondered if this should not be re -inst i t uted. Counc i lm an Mann stated that he felt this was a step in the right direct ion. COUNC I LMA N BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN CLAYTON SECONDED A MOTIO N TO REINSTITUTE THE MAYOR'S COFFEES AND TO INVITE THE PU BLI C IN UPON A WEEKLY BASIS. Upon a call of the roll , th e vote re s ulted as follows: Ayes : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Bless ing, Taylo r. Nays : No ne Absent : Council Member Brown. The Mayo r declare d t he motion carried. * * * * * -8 - Counc ilman Sovern stated that he would like the staff to investigate means of having meetings in every precinct once every fou r month s by a Councilman-at-Large and a Councilman from the District in order to get citizen input. Mayor Taylor stated that there was a sincere effort by the Council to have citizen input. COUNCIL MAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN CLAYTON SECONDED A MOTION TO DIRECT THE STAFF TO INVESTIGATE MEANS OF HAVIN G MEET I NGS IN EVERY PRECINCT ONCE EVERY FOURTH MONTHS WITH CO UNCIL REP RESENTATION. Upon a call of the roll, the vote re sulted as fo l lows: Ayes : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Bl es s ing, T a ylor . Nays : None Ab sent : Council Member Brown The Ma yo r decla red the motion carried. * * * * * Council man Blessing stated that he was extremely p r oud that four of t he Englewood department heads were involved i n th e re cent Co lorado Municipal League conference as participants. * * * * * Counc il began discussion of a bill for an ordinance c re at ing S i d e wal k District No. 74. Ci ty Attorney Berardini stated that the complaints from t he s ide wa lk he aring had been investigated and that properties whi c h h ad al r ea dy been improved had been eliminated from the dis t ric t . Re commendations from the City Engineer were enclosed in t he pac ket . Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that the complaints h a d bee n i t e miz ed and a report to Council was given. Counc ilman Sovern stated that we needed to look at the water runni n g situation in the 1400 block of Dartmouth for a s ol ution even i t could not be done right now. A gen eral discussion of the items under consideration i n th e side walk district was undergone. I I I I -9 - Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that any relief to be given in the assessments should be made at the time of the assessment ordinance. He also stated that the trees on the Trujillo property could be retained as long as the owner is aware that she faces potential replacement of her sidewalk within five years. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE CREATING AND ESTABLISHING AN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, TO BE KNOWN AS SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 74; ORDERING THE CONSTRUCTION THEREIN OF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS: AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS TO BID UPON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS. COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SIDEWALK DISTRICT NO. 74. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, and Taylo r. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion carried. Mr. Bill Howard, 1411 E. Dartmouth, appeared before Council. He stated that in order to do the work in front of his location they would need to dam the flow in the street. For this reason he would like to wait until September or October when the flow was greatly slowed down. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that all three of these properties could be eliminated from the district if Council so desired. COUNCILMAN CLAYTON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE BY EXCLUDING THE THREE PROPERTIES FROM THE DISTRICT AS FOLLOWS: 1341 E. DARTMOUTH 1311 E. DARTMOUTH 1421 E. DARTMOUTH Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor. 220 -10 - Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Council received the following communications for the record: Minutes of the Housing Authority meetings of May JO, June 4, and June 17, 1974. Minutes of the . Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of June lJ, 1974. Minutes of the Board of Carreer Service Commissioners meeting of June lJ, 1974. Memorandum with attachments from the Acting City Manager to the City Council disusssing the Larwin Development (Old KLZ Site). Memorandum from the Assistant City Manager concerning the effects of federal legislation relative to overtime payments in the Fire Department. Report from the Director of Community Development relative to the City Center Redevelopment Plan. Report from the Assistant Director of Community Development for Housing discussing attendance at the American Society of Planning Officials Conference in Chicago, Illinois Report from the Director of Utilities discussing attendance at the American Water Works Association Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Memorandum from the Director of Utilities transmitting a progress report on the comprehensive water study now in progress. Memorandum from the Englewood Minimum Code Review Comittee with recommendations. * * * * * Councilman Sovern stated that the Memorandum from the Englewood Code Review Committee with recommendations should be brought up at the next Council meeting for discussion. * * * * * I I I I -11 - Counc il received the Minutes for the Planning and Zon i ng Commiss ion meetings of May 28 and June 4, 1974, and a recommendation regarding the Big Dry Creek. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that the Council had a presentatio n by the Urban Drainage District on Big Dr y Cr eek . Counc il had deferred action until the Planning and Zoning Commiss ion, Water and Sewer Boa.rd and Parks and Recreation Commis sion could consider the Urban Drainage District proposal . Council now needs to decide what to recommend to the Urb an Dr ainage District. Counc ilman Sovern stated that the Council had an oppor- tunity to embark u pon a program of application of flood plain land and that they nee d to look at possible land acquisition. COUNC ILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN BY THE THREE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR BI G DRY CREEK, AND TO RECOMMEND THAT PROPOSAL TO THE URBAN DRAIN AGE DISTICT. Upon a call of the roll, the vote re sulted as foll ows: Ayes : Co u ncil Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Blessing, Taylo r. Nays : Council Member Mann. Absent : Council Member Brown. Th e Ma yo r declar ed the motion carried. * * * * * Counc ilman Sovern stated that Council needed to study green b elts and drainage ways and that the City has already accomplish e d two , one in the south and one in the northwest. He stated that th ere were two left in the City which he knew of imm e diately , Litt le Dry Creek and Big Dry Creek, and that the City ought to inv estigate alternatives to handling these drainage- ways . Counc ilman Mann stated that what was necessary was Pa r ks and Recreat ion Commission input. COUNCIL MAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO REFE R THE GREENBELTS AND DRAINAGEWAYS OVER-ALL PLAN TO THE PA RKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION FOR STUDY AND RECOMMENDA- TIONS . Up o n a c a l l of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: -1 2 - Ayes : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing , Taylor . Nays : None Absent : Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the mot ion c arried. * * * * * Council received the minutes of the Water and Sewer Boa r d me eting of J une 25, 1974, and recommendations regarding revisions of the s ewer fees. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that the City Attorney had not had time to review the ordinance, but that he r equested cons idera t ion. Di r ecto r of Utilities Carroll stated that the City ne ede d to increase the t ap fees to help pay for the costs of the Bi-City Treatment Plant. He expected to see an increase in the housing sta r ts in t h e near futur e , which was the reason for the rapid de v el opm ent of t his Ordinance. Counci lman Sovern stated that he felt this was a fair way o f ge tting th e added revenue necessary. Ci ty Att orney Berardini stated that the Ordinance co uld no t h av e an emergency clause on it since rate increases fo r u t il iti e s were specifically prohibited from emergency action in the Ch arter. He questioned -whether it was reasonable to ask f o r an Ordinance so rapidly, and he cautioned Council on acting on any fo rm of an Ordinance in this speedily a fashion. Counc ilman Sovern stated that whether the Council wa nt ed to re ceive the Ordinance at this time was a policy matter. Th e City h ad had several hundred taps in the last couple of weeks wh i ch could have tripled the revenue, specifically in one i n s tance, of $6 0,000 to $180,000, if this Ordinance had been in e ffe ct . Cou n cilma n Sovern stated that we should let the City Atto r n ey look at i t and come back to it later in the meeting. COU NCI LMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOT ION TO AP PROVE SUPPLEMENT NO. 47 TO THE SOUTHGATE SANITA- TION DI STRICT . Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as f ol l ows : Ayes : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylo r. I I I I -lJ - Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Director of Utilities Carroll began discussion of Supplement No. 5 to the Greenbelt Sanitation District. Councilman Clayton inquired whether the City would have to serve that area if they had a greater density than single family when they became developed. Director of Utilities Carroll replied in the affir- mative, stating that the sewerage business had been operated on a utility basis. Councilman Sovern stated Council does not have any right to dictate growth aspects of other cities. Our plant was being covered by tap fees, and as soon as enough taps had come on , the plant would be paid for. COUNCILMAN MANN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN CLAYTON SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 TO THE GREENBELT SANITA- TION DISTRICT. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor Nays : None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Director of Utilities Carroll began discussion of an agreement with the State Department of Natural -Resources for the use of McClellan Reservoir for fishing. He stated that this would allow the public to utilize that facility. COUNCILMAN JONES MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE USE OF McCLELLAN RESERVOIR FOR FISHING. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Blessing, Taylor. -14 - Nays: Council Member Mann Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion passed. * * * * * Director of Utilities Carroll mentioned that the City needed to extend the lease with Coors Company on the Boreas Pass water rights until such time as a special election could be held. He stated that the water study currently being done would tell us whether we needed to try to move the water rights from that location. Councilman Sovern stated that we needed to keep these water rights active in order to prevent abandonment of them. COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE AN EXTENSION TO JULY 10, 1975, OF THE LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE ADOLPH COORS CO. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Council began discussion of a proposed ordinance on tap fees. * * * * * Councilman Blessing left the room at 11:20 P.M. and returned at 11:25 P.M. * * * * * A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5, CHAPTER 4, TITLE XV OF THE 1969 E.M.C., BY AMENDING A SCHEDULE OF SEWER HEAD TAP FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR CONNECTION TO SANITARY SEWER MAINS ON THE ENGLEWOOD SEWERAGE SYSTEM BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CITY'S CORPORATE BOUNDARIES. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING A SCHEDULE OF SEWER HEAD TAP FEES. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: I I I I -15 - Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Council began discussion of a report from the Assistant City Manager relative to the site location for construction of a fire training facility. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that 4 to 5 acres were necessary to house the fire training facility, and that there was $20,000 in the 6quarter budget to help pay for the land. Councilman Sovern stated that the City currently did not have any place to smoke-train their firemen and that a training facility was badly needed. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE FOR JOINT PURCHASE OF LAND FOR A FIRE TRAINING FACILITY. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown The Mayor declared the motion carried. Councilman Clayton stated that he requested that the Fire Department be present at the next meeting in order to discuss training. * * * * * Council received copies of the 6-quarter Public Improvement Budget for consideration. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that this resolution provides for the suggested changes. City Attorney Berardini pointed out that the statement in the memorandum of court-ordered settlements was a misnomer, but that funds were necessary due to jury awards. -16 - RESOLUTION NO. 22 , SERIES OF 1974 A RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE GENERAL AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FUND. COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED II A MOTION TO aPPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 22, SERIES OF 1974. Upon a . call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion passed. * * * * * Council began discussion of an ordinance establishing an agreement with Arapahoe County to provide services of a County Forester. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that Director of Parks and Recreation Romans was here to disuss this. The County pays $1100 salary per month to the county forester, plus other offices and operating expenses. Director of Parks and Recreation Romans stated that the County pays for a portion of the salary and other overhead. The City portion was not getting around as much as the City would like, but it was alot of work for one man. BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. ~-' SERIES OF 1974 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, CITY OF LITTLETON, COLORADO, AND SOUTH SUBURBAN METROPOLLITAN AND PARK DISTRICT, RELATING TO ADVICE AND CONSULTATION BY THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY FORESTER ON FORESTRY AND HORTICULTURAL PROBLEMS AND PROVIDING FOR ITS PAYMENT. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 22 1 SERIES OF 1974. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None I I I -17 - Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion passed. * * * * * RESOLUTION NO. ~ , SERIES OF 1974 A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING THE ENGLEWOOD PIRATE MARCHING BAND FROM ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE AT THE ANNUAL ROSE FESTIVAL IN PORTLAND, OREGON •. COUNCILMAN CLAYTON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN JONES SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 23, SERIES OF 1974. Upon a call of the roll, the voete resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion passed. * * * * * Council began discussion of a resolution ·!relative to the application for a J.2 beer license for National Convenience Stores, Incorporated, d/b/a Shop N Go Markets, 2901 South Broadway. Councilman Sovern stated that the resolution could be made stronger by putting specific .items in it, and wondered if that should not be done due to the fact that they were denying it. City Attorney Berardini stated that it could be amended quite easily for these. Councilman Sovern stated that this case could easily end up in court and we need to make our case as strong as possible for the denial. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN CLAYTON SECONDED TO DEFER THE RESOLUTION UNTIL THE JULY 15th MEETING WITH CHANGESTO BE MADE DURING THE INTERIM. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: 228 -18 - Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion passed. * * * * * Council began discussion of a resolution establishing the salary for the Acting City Manager. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that most of it would come from the Public Works budget, but that this had been basically what the Council had agreed upon when they appointed him. RESOLUTION NO. ~-, SERIES OF 1974 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE SALARY FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER. COUNCILMAN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 24, SERIES OF 1974. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: · Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing and Taylor. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO INSTRUCT THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO CONTACT VARIOUS FIRMS WHO HAD EXPERTISE IN THE SELECTION OF A CITY MANAGER OR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TYPES, IN ORDER TO BRING THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FROM 100 DOWN TO 6 or 7. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing and Taylor. Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown. The Mayor declared t he motion carried. * * * * * I I II ,, -19 - Council bega n discussion of a resolution creating a conservation trust fun d . City Attorney Berardini stated that the State had made some monies available which a portion of could be obtained once the fund was established. RESOLUTION NO. ~ , SERIES OF 1974 A RESOLUTION CRE ATING A CONSERVATION TRUST FUND FOR THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLO RADO PURSUANT TO THE HOUSE BILL NO. 1084. COUNCTLMA N CLAYTON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 25, SERIES OF 1974 . Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing , Taylor . Nays: None Absent: Council Member Brown The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Acting City Manager Waggoner began a report relative to the inventory of all available public meeeting rooms within the City . He state d that these were available and upon request from the public , this information would be made available. * * * * * Acting City Manager Waggoner began a report regarding the South and South Central Englewood Storm Drainage Basins. He stated the design stages had been completed and that they would be ready to go with a bid very soon. He would like also to commence design o f the Federal Blvd. -Bow Mar addition. COUNCILMA N MANN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO bEGIN DESIGN OF THE FEDERAL BLVD. -BOW MAR STORM DRAINAGE BASIN. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ayes: Counc il Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing , Taylor . Nays : None -20 - Absent: Council Member Brown The Mayor declared the motion passed. * * * * * Acting City Manager Waggoner began a report concerning the Little Dry Creek final study report of the Urban Drainage District . He stated that five copies had been received by the City, that the City could order additional copies if any Council Members desir e d. * * * * * Council received a memorandum from the Acting City Manager to the City Council requesting Council action on placing an ad in the Sentinel Supplement called Survival II, discussing what Englewood is doing to protect the Environment. Acting City Manager asked the City if they wished had to be done by July 11th. the Council that no ad should Waggoner stated the Sentinel had to purchase a quarter-page a~ it There was general consensus on be placed. * * * * * Council began consideration of an easement request from Mountain Bell to install telephone lines to KQXI radio. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that this easement needs to be granted in order to get telephone lines to the relocated KQXI tower from the old location. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO GRANT AN EASEMENT FOR KQXI RADIO TO INSTALL TELEPHONE LINES. Upon a call° of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing, Taylor . Nays: None Absent : Council Member Brown The Mayor declared the motion passed. * * * * * Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that agreement under a Memorandum o f Understanding had been reached with the Non -Emergency Employe es Association and he requested ratification COUNCILMAN CLAYTON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED I I 'I I -2 1 - A MOTION TO .PPROVE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ENGLE WOOD MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION. Upon a call of th e roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Co uncil Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing , Tay lor . Nay s : None Absent : Council Member Brown. The Mayo r declare d the motion passed. * * * * * Acting Ci ty Manager Waggoner distributed to Council copies of the agend a which had gone into the local newspaper on Tuesday , pr evious t o Council meeting, for their information. Acting City Mana ger Waggoner gave Council a copy of a let t er fr o m a Karen White as ki n g for consideration of traffic changes in the Cit y. Mayor Taylo r stat ed that it should be taken under advisement and cons i d ered at a l a ter date. Mayor Ta y lo r st ated that the Coluncil needed to look at short e r meetings s i n c e the span of attention at that hour of the evening is limi t ed. He suggested that perhaps the Council may want to meet every Monday night with a cut-off time of 11 :00 . COUNCILM AN BLESSING MOVED AND COUNCILMAN MANN SECONDED A MOTION TO ADJOU RN. Upon a c all of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Co unci l Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Mann, Blessing , Taylo r. Nays : None Absent : Co u n c i l Member Brown. The Mayo r declared t he mo t ion carried. The me eting adjourned at 1:00 A.M. ex o