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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-12-02 (Regular) Meeting MinutesI I COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO December 2, 1974 REGULAR MEETING : The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County , Colorado , met in regular session on December 2, 1974, at 8 :00 P .M. Mayor Taylor, presiding, called the meeting to order. The inv o cat ion was given by Dr. Helen B. Walker, Esoteric Truth Cent er, 130 E. Girard Avenue. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Taylor. The Mayor a sked for a r o ll call. Upon the call of the roll , the following were present: Council Members Jones, Brown, Clayton, Taylor, Sovern, Blessing . Absent : Coun cil Member Mann. The Mayor declare d a quorum present. Also pr e s ent were: Acting City Manager Waggoner City Attorney Berardini Director of Finance Nollenberger Director of Utilities Carroll Councilman Clayton stated that it should be in the minutes that Councilman Mann was in Houston, Texas, on city business. • • • • • COUNCIL MAN SOV ERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO APP ROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18 , 1974 . Upon t he call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Counci l Members Jones, Brown, Clayton, Blessing, Sovern , Taylor . Nays : No ne. Absent : Council Member Mann. The Mayor declared the motion carried. • • • • • Meeting or December 2 , 197 4 -2 - Mr. Emmett Curry, Pres ident of the Englewood Chamber of Conmerce, was present to make a request for funds for 1975. Mr. Curry asked that $10,000.00 be contributed from the City for the support of the Chamber of Commerce. He stated that the Chamber I provides many services for the benefit of the City, and that they were in the midst of preparing the budget for the 1975 calendar year. Councilman Clayton stated that he was not sure that all of the services that the Chamber provides were clearly delineated. He felt that the Chamber needed to point them out for the benefit of the City and the citizens. Mr. Curry stated that 30 percent of the Chamber's was devoted to City-wide community information activities. Chamber was a liaison between the city and the businessman. stated that there were innumerable things which the Chamber involved in to the benefit of the City as a whole. budget The He is Councilman Sovern stated that he would like to see the Chamber of Commerce and the City in a coalition to bring together the types of businesses in the community. He felt that there should be some point at which the Chamber would make a stand on the City development, hopefully in conjunction with the City. He further stated that there is $15,000.00 in the Council's budget in 1975 for aid to other agencies, and all of these agencies serve the City of Englewood well. Some of the services in next year's budget will probably not be accomplished due to the economics of the situation, and the more money which the City gives away at this time to outside agencies, the less services would be provided. Councilman Blessing stated that he felt the Chamber had done a fine job in the past, but that the City Council is sitting on a tight budget and should be considerate of it. Councilman Brown stated that the telephone service provided at the Chamber is approximately $6,000.00. He felt that using this figure as a City contribution could be justifiable. Mayor Taylor stated that the Council felt the Chamber had done a good job in the past, and that the Council needed to start with the $5,000.00, which had been earmarked for the Chamber, and see how the budget works out in the future before contributing more . Councilman Jones stated that the Chamber had served us well in the past. He felt that the nucleus businesses in the community needed to be coordinated through the Chamber's efforts with the City in order to develop a coordinated effort. I I I -3 - COUNCIL MAN BROWN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN CLAYTON SECONDED A MOTION TO GIVE $6,000.00, TO THE ENGLEWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN THE YEAR 1975 . Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follo ws : Ayes : Co uncil Members Jones, Clayton, Brown, Blessing, Tayl o r . Nays : Council Member Sovern. Absent: Council Member Mann. The Ma yor declared the motion carried. Councilman Blessing cautioned the Council on the over- all a i d to other agenc i es budgeted at $15,000.00, stating that $1 ,000 .00 for e a c h agency which came in, in addition to what was originally budgeted, could hurt the over all budget substantially. • • • • • Mr . Sam Flohr, President of Metal Fabricators, appeared before Coun cil . He stated that he was representing the Industrial Council of the Chamber o f Commerce. Counc il began discussion of a memorandum from the Di recto r of pu blic Works discussing street rights-of-way in the no rt h wes tern i ndustrial area. Mr. Flohr stated that the paving sec tio n on the diagram enclosed in Mr. Waggoner's memorandum was the mo s t feasibl e way for curb sections in the minds of chamber members . He gav e reasons for the support of the flexible curbing. Direct or of Public Works Waggoner stated that the width of the curb was t he same as the sidewalk in most areas, but was sloped a little further. Councilman Sovern inquired whether a motion was necessary to take care of th is, or whether an ordinance would be required to allow this standard change. Director of Public Works Waggoner stated that he felt a motion would probably allow for it, especially in the paving district case . He felt the Chamber was after it for all industrial areas , rather than j u st the current paving district. General discussion of the topic was pursued. Councilma n Jones suggested that a motion include a request for an o rdinance if it was necessary for further staff follow -up . COUNCILM AN CLAY TON MOVED AND COUNCILMAN JONES SECONDED A MOTION TO ACCEPT TH E RECOMMENDATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL OF THE CHAMBER OF COM MERCE, ALLOWING FOR THE PAVING OF A 44-FOOT 434 eetin~ or December 2 , 1974 -4 - WIDE STREET FROM FLOW LINE TO FLOW LINE, THE 60-FOOT RIGHT-OF- WAY BEING UTILIZED , AND THE CURB AND GUTTER INSTALLATION OF A CONTINUOUS CURB CUT SECTION . Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ayes: Jone s, So vern, Clayton, Brown, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None . Absent: Counci l Member Mann. The Mayor declared the mo tion carried. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO REQUEST THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE REQUIREMENTS IN THE ORDINANCES OR RESOLU- TIONS ON THE RECOMMEND ATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE , AND TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE, IF NECESSARY, TO ALLOW FOR THIS RECOMMENDATIO N. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follo ws : AYES: Jones , Sovern, Clayton, Brown, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: None . Absent: Council Member Mann. The Mayor declared the motion carried. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO REQUEST THE PL ANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO STUDY OFF -STREET PARKING STAND ARDS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS. Upon a call of the roll , the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown, Blessing , Taylor . Nays: None . Absent: Council Member Mann. The Mayor declared the motion carried. I I I I I Mr . Maurice Merlin, 3688 So. Sherman, appeared before Council . He inquired as to whether the cost of the Englewood Dam was coming in unde r the original estimate. Mayor Tpylor replied in the affirmative. I I I I Meeting or December 2, 1974 -5 - Mr . Me rlin stated that no Council Member at the previous meet i ng had in fo rmed the audience that the tax levy had been previou sly cert ified to the County. Due to the previous certifi- c ation, the d i sc u s sion for Council had been fruitless. He also s u gge st ed that the Council declare a moratorium on new hiring for the f i rst three mont hs of 1975, until the economic situation in the country pans ou t. The only exception he suggested would be the Police and Fire Departments. * * * * * Mr . Ol i v er Giseburt, 3171 So. High, appeared before Counc i l . He stated that the country was in the midst of a recession, the City had just undergone a recall election with a great concern for the elderly ind i viduals, and the City Councilmen now turned around and raised the taxes on them. He also does not feel that the Council would bail out other social clubs in the City such as they just b ailed ou t the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Taylor stated that he felt everybody was running a little scared at this point, seeing a recession and inflation at the same time . He felt that just because expenditures were provided i n the bu dget for 1 975 did not mean that they would be spent . Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that of the $276,000 revenue provided b y the 3 mil property tax increase, $245,000 would be going to the Po lice and Fire items. record . * • * * • The follo wing communications were received for the Minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting of October 22, 1974. Minutes of t he Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of No vember 14, 1974. Memorandum f r om the Director of Public Works outlining the schedule of proposed paving district #22 . Director of Pu blic Works Waggoner stated that the schedule on the paving district had been sent to Council. The Ci ty cost would be ap proximately $137,000 out of $150,000 budgeted . This could be cut if the Council so desires. Streets could be added and subtracted up until of the time of the public hearing . Meeting or December 2, 1974 -6 - Councilman Sovern stated that the Council should not pave a l leys un til such time as there is a successful petition to allow f or the request. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that the petitions had not been turne d in as of this time on any of the alleys. Four had been taken out. COUNCIL MAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO REMOVE THE FOUR ALLEYS WITH UNSUCCESSFUL PETITIONS FROM THE LIST FOR IN CLUSION IN THE PAVING DISTRICT. A gene r a l discussion ensued. COUNCILM AN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTIO N TO AMEND THE MOTION TO REMOVE ALL ALLEYS FROM THE PAVING DISTRICT . Councilman Brown stated that he did not feel that this was the appropriate time to eliminate anything from the proposed dist r i ct, but r a t h e r it should be done after the public hearing. Councilman Sovern stated that the method being utilized allowed for a nega tive reaction on the part of the people rather than a p ositive one. He felt that they should be allowed to petit i on to be included in the district, but that the City should not push th e issue. A vote on th e amendment of the motion was then undergone. Upon a call of th e roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : J ones, Sovern, Brown, Clayton. Nays : Blessing, Taylor. Absent : Mann. The May or declared t he motion passed. A vote on the o riginal motion was then undergone. Up on a cal l of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ay es : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Brown, Clayton. Nays : Counc i l Members Blessing, Taylor. Absent : Council Member Mann. The Mayor d e clar ed the motion passed. ···\ I I I I Meeting or December 2, 1974 -7 - Councilman Clayton inquqired as to what the obligation o f the City in the Northwest Englewood area was. Acting City Manage r Wag g oner st ated that the City had obligated itself to inc lud i ng the We s t Vaesar portion included on the memorandwn jn the nex t p a ving dist rict, hopefully in 1975. There were no other commitments by the City at this time. Mayor Taylo r expressed concern over the extreme feeling prevalent that all item s should be stopped due to the economic situation . He felt tha t the City must continue to progress in the future . record : • • • • • The following communications were received for the Memorandum from the Director of Public Works outlining t he schedule for the Sidewalk Improvement Di strict #74. Re solution from the Colorado Municipal Financial Officers Association commending the Department of Finance for r eceiving the Certificate of Conformance Award for the Annual Financial Report. • • • • • The Council r eceived the minutes of the Water and Sewer Board meeting of November 19, 1974, with the following recommendation : a one-year extension of the City Ditch agree- ment with the Denver Wa ter Board. Director of Utilities Carroll stated that the City had taken over the Cit y Ditch in 1970, and that Denver had gotten water through 1 97 3 for Washington Park and Denver Country Club usage . Th ey still have not come up with an alter- nat e water source for t he Den ver Country Club, and needed to extend this agreement fo r an additional year. The City would charge De nver Water Board an amount of money equal to the pump- ing costs for the wat er diverted. A general discussion was undergone . COUNCILMAN SO VER N MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE CITY DITCH AGREEMENT WITH THE DEN VER WATER BOARD. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as f o llows: Ay es : Counc il Members, Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown , Blessing , Taylo r. '1:J~ Meeting or December 2, 1974 -8 - Nays: None . Absent : Council Member Mann. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * Council began discussion of a memorandum from the Director of Public Works regcrding the federal aid to urban systems program . Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that the agreement was with the State Highway Department on the federal aid to urban systems . He further stated that it looks like the Dartmouth-Santa Fe intersection upgrading will be approved for Federal aid in 1975. This would obligate the City for one- third of any project in which they would go into. The current agreement was an over -all one, with the specific agreements having to be approved by Council as they come up. COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE HIGHWA Y DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE FEDERAL AID TO URBAN SYSTEMS PROGRAM . Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown, Blessing , Taylor . Nays: None . Absent: Cou ncilman Mann. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * • • • • Mayor Tayl or called a recess at 10:05 P.M. The meeting re-convened at 10:20 P.M. Upon a call of the roll , the follo wing were present: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown, Blessing , Taylor . Absent : Councilman Mann. • • • • • I . I I I Meeting or December 2, 1974 -9 - INTRODUCE D AS A BIL L BY COUNCILMAN SOVERN. BY AUTHORITY ORDIN ANCE NO. 2.2..._, SERIES OF 1974 AN ORDINANCE AMENDIN G CHAPTERS 3, 4, 6, and 9 OF TITLE V, OF THE 1969 E .M.C., RE LATING TO PROMOTIONS; ANNUAL, SICK AND INJURY LEAVES ; OFFICIAL HOLI DA YS ; SALARIES; LONGEVITY; AND RETIREMENT PLAN BENEFITS ; AND DEC LARING AN EMERGENCY. (Copied in: 1full in the Official Ordinance Book) COUNCILMA N SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 55, SERIES OF 1974 , Upon a call of t he r ol l, th e v o te resulted as follows: Ayes : Council Members Jone s, Sovern, Clayton, Brown , Blessing , Tay lo r . Na ys: No ne. Ab sent : Councilman Mann. ' ' The Mayor declared the motion carried. • • • • Council began discussion of a bill for an ordinance increasing the liquor occupational fees. City Attorney Berardini stated that the bill added an allocating factor for a part i al y ear occu pational tax, but other than that was identical to the one p rovided at the previous Council meeting. INTRODUCE D AS A DILL BY COUNCILMAN BROWN. A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDIN G SECTIONS 4 AND 5, CHAPTER I, TITLE XIII, OF THE 1969 E.M.C., BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF THE LIQUOR OCCUPATIONAL FEE , FOR ALL CLASSES OF OPERATORS, AND AUTHORIZING PROPORTIONAL CHARGES . COUNCILM AN BROWN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN SOVERN SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE A BI LL FOR AN ORDINANCE INCREASING LIQUOR OCCUPATIONAL FEES . Up on a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ay es : Cou n c il Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown, Ble ss i ng , Taylor . Na ys : None . Ab sent : Co u nc ilman Mann. The Mayor d e clared t he motion passed. Meeting or December 2 , 1974 -10 - COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAW UP AN ORDINANCE DIFFERENTIATING CLASS F OPERATORS, UNDER THE LIQUOR CODE , BETWEEN THE PACKAGE 3.2 BEER OUTLETS, AND THE DRINKING ON THE PREMISES 3.2 BEER OUTLETS. Upon a call of the roll the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Co uncil Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown, Blessing , Taylor . Nays: None . Absent : Councilman Mann. The Mayor declared the motion passed. • • • • • Council began discussion of a resolution, making findings and conclus ions relating to the Santa Fe-Union annexations . City Atto rney Berardini stated that the Resolution set out the findings of facts and that Council had discussed it at the study sess ion earlier in the evening. RESOLUTION NO. 21._, SERIES OF 1974. A RESOLUTION MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO ANNEXATION PROCEDURE S AFrER REQUIRED HEARINGS. (Copied in full in the Official Resolution Book.) COUNCILMAN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN JONES SECONDED A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 53, SERIES OF 1974. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Counc il Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown , Blessing , Taylo r. Nays: None . Absent: Councilman Mann. The Mayor declared the motion passed. • • • • • COUNCILMAN JONES MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO TABLE A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING SALARIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, ASSOCIATE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE , AND THE CITY MANAGER. Upon a call of the roll , the vote resulted as follows: I I I I Meeting or December 2, 1974441 -11 - Ayes: Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown, Blessing , Taylor . Nays: None . Absent : Councilman Mann. The Mayor declared the motion passed • • • • • • Council began discussion of a resolution to receive federal aid for a project which was completed in 1967, the Chlorine Contact Chamber. Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that the resolution purely authorized the acceptance of funds. RESOLUTION NO. 2-i_, SERIES OF 1974 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ ING FILING OF APPLICATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR A GRANT UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONT ROL ACT, (33 U.S.C. 466, ET SEQ.). (Copied in full in the Official Resolution Book.) COUNCILMAN BROWN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION TO APPRO VE RESOLUTION NO. 54, SERIES OF 1974. Upon a call of the roll , the vote resulted as follows: Ayes : Council Members Jones, Sovern, Clayton, Brown, Blessing , Taylor . Nays : None. Absent: Council Member Mann. The Mayor declared the motion passed. • • • • • Acting City Manager Waggoner stated that City Manager Mccown would like to have a study session before the next meeting starting at 5:00 , due to the large volume of items to be discussed. Mayor Taylor replied in the affirmative, hearing no objections from the Council. Mayor Taylor stated that the Bi- centennial Committee would be meeting on Wednesday, if any Council Members desired to attend. Councilman Clayton stated that he had been invited to go to the National meeting on the aged, and the expenses would be paid by the American Association of Retired Persons, unless any conflict would be ascertained. eeting or December 2, 1974 -12 - Councilman Sovern stated that the legislature had a law allowing the Colorado Water Conservation Board to purchase water rights as a natural resource. He stated that it could be probable that the City would be able to leave some water in the stream for the future out of our excess water rights. Councilman Blessing stated that he wanted to go on record despite his absence at the previous Council meeting, of supporting the 3 mill property tax increase. Councilman Brown stated that he was concerned that the Council was not attending such meetings as the Arapahoe Mayor's meeting and the Colorado Municipal League meeting. He was concerned about the expenses for the spouses on these meetings. He felt that the City should pay for them. Councilman Blessing stated that he felt it would be proper for the City to pick up the cost for the spouse. Councilman Jones stated that since it was apparently being limited to two meetings, he was willing to go along with the wive's expense item. Councilman Clayton stated that he would go along with the item despite his conservative nature on fiscal matters. Councilman Sovern stated that all arguments seemed quite logical, but despite the argument it detracts from the real issue of why the City Council was there. COUNCILMAN BROWN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BLESSING SECONDED A MOTION THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE WIVES TO THE COLORADO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND ARAPAHOE MAYORS' MEETINGS, AND THAT THE MAYOR TAKE HIS WIFE TO ANY MEETINGS ON CITY BUSINESS AT THE CITY'S EXPENSE. Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Council Members Jones, Clayton, Brown, Blessing, Taylor. Nays: Councilman Sovern. Absent: Councilman Mann. The Mayor declared the motion passed. • • • • • I I ii I Meeting or December 2, 1974 -13 - COUNCILM AN SOVERN MOVED AND COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED A MOTION TO ADJOURN . Upon a call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows : Ayes : Cou ncil Members Jones, Clayton, Brown, Blessing, Taylor, So vern . · Nays : None . Absent : Councilman Mann. Th e Ma yor declare d the meeting adjourned at 11:05 P.M. h~AJ~~~~ ex or-ricio--Cler_k_ of the Council