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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1966-01-17 (Regular) Meeting MinutesI I I I REGULAR MEETING: COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO JANUARY 17, 1966 The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, met in regular session on Monday, January 17, 1966, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Englew:>od, at the hour of 8:00 P.M. Mayor Allen presiding called the meeting to order and the invocation was given by the Reverend Alvin Zeilinger of the Grace Lutheran Church. The Mayor asked for roll call. sons were present: Upon the call of the roll, the following per-• Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Also Present: City Manager Dial, Absent: None. City Attorney Criswell, City Clerk Malone. The Mayor declared a quorum present. The Mayor recognized the following "Special Citizen" invitees and welcomed them to the council meeting: Mr. J. Eldon Bahde, 4260 South Grant, Mr. Jerald R. Weld, 3546 South Ogden, Mr. Paul E. Wilson and son Ronald, 3850 South Sherman. Mr. Sam Overstreet, Manager of Kings Sooper Store in Centennial acres Shopping Center, was present regarding renewal of a 3.2 Fermented Malt Beverage License. A completed application and a check in the amount of $25.00 payable to the City of Englewood, was presented the Council. COUNCILMAN KREILING MOVED, COUNCILMAN FULLERTON SECONDED, THAT THE APPLICATION BE RENEWED. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. Came on for consideration the matter of appointments.-, to various boards and canrnissions. COUNCILMAN PARKINSON MOVED, COUNCILMAN RICE SECONDED, THAT C. K. TOUGHTOl!li . 350 EAST BELLEWOOD DRIVE, BE REAPPOINTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR A NEW FOUR YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE FEBRUARY 1, 1970. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. COUNCILMAN FULLERTON MOVED, COUNCILMAN HANSON SECONDED, THAT SAMUEL L. LOVE, 1110 WEST CHENANGO AVENUE, BE APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO REPLACE J. LOUIS PARKINSON, NEWLY ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL, FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS TERM WHICH EXPIRES FEBRUARY 1, 1968. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared themotion carried. COUNCILMAN FULLERTON MOVED, COUNCILMAN RICE SECONDED, THAT MRS. MURIEL SMITH, 3165 SOUTH CHEROKEE, BE APPOINTED TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD, REPLACING MRS. HERMAN OLINER, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES FEBRUARY 1, 1966. MRS. SMITH'S APPOINTMENT IS FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: 194 Minutes of January 17, 1966 Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. COUNCILMAN RICE MOVED, COUNCILMAN FULLERTON SECONDED, THAT MR. GEORGE MC GEE, 4650 SOUTH JASON, BE REAPPOINTED FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays : • None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. COUNCILMAN LUDWIG MOVED, COUNCILMAN HANSON SECONDED, THAT RUSSELL G. WOODS, JR., 680 WASHINGTON CIRCLE, BE REAPPOINTED TO THE FIREMEN'S PENSION BOARD FOR A TIK> YEAR TERM. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. COUNCILMAN KREILING ~VED, COUNCILMAN HANSON SECONDED, THAT THE ENGLEWOOD HERALD AND ENTERPRISE BE DESIGNATED AS THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullertm, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. The Mayor reminded the Council that there was still to be an appointment made to the Water and Sewer Board, the Election Commission, the Policemen's Pension Board, and that School and Joint City-School appointments are to be made to the Parks and Recreation Conunission. The City Manager presented a resume of bids for fiscal agent services in connection with Paving District No. 16, opened at 2:00 P.M, January 17, 1966. It was pointed out that the low bidder, Bosworth, Sullivan and Company, et al did have certain conditions in their bid, however, the City Manager reconunended that this bid be accepted. COUNCILMAN PARKINSON ~VED, TION OF THE CITY MANAGER THE BID ACCEPTED AS BEING THE BEST BID. follows: COUNCILMAN RICE SECONDED, THAT UPON RECOMMENDA- OF BOSWORTH, SULLIVAN AND COMPANY ET AL ." BE Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. Minutes of the Planning and Zoning Conunission meeting of December 22, 1965, were received for the record. Came on for consideration a memorandum from the Planning and Zoning Commission reconanending the vacation of the alley between Washington Street and Clarkson Street in Block 1, Higgins Englewood Gardens. Easement for utilities are recom- mended to be retained. The City Manager explained in .detail the alley and presented photographs showing that the alley was impassable and could not practically be used as an alley. It was mentioned that several years ago all property owners I I along this alley were notified that the alley might be vacated and that the property owners at that time did not object. The Council asked that all property owners be contacted in the near future and advised that the ordinance before the Council would I be read on second reading at the meeting of February 7, 1966, and that if there were any objections to this action, residents could appear before the Council at that time. The City Clerk read the following bill in full: I I I I Minutes of January 17, 1966 Introduced as a Bill by Councilman Fullerton A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING A PART OF ORDINANCE NO. 26, SERIES OF 1965, •ND COR- RECTING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ALLEY VACATED BY SAID ORDINANCE NO. 26, SERIES OF 1965, BUT MAKING SAID VACATION STILL DEPENDENT UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE C<EDITIONS AND SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS THEREIN CONTAINED. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO: ' Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 26, Series of 1965, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 1. Subject to the conditions hereinafiter contained, that alley wnich presently is located upon a portion of Block One (1), Higgins Englewood Gardens, described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 17, Block 1, Higgins Englewood Gardens: thence South along the East lines of Lots 17 thru 25, said Block 1 a distance of 225 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 25, said Block 1: thence East 15 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 26, said Block 1: thence North along the West lines of Lots 26 thru 34, said Block 1, a distance of 225 feet: thence West 15 feet to the point of beginning: and, Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 1, Block 1, Higgins Englewood Gardens, City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, thence South along the East line of Lots 1 thru 16 a distance of 400 feet to the common corner on the East line of Lots 16 and 17: thence East a distance of 15 feet to the common corner on the West line of Lot 34 and Lot 35: thence North and along the West line of Lots 35 thru 50 a ~distance of 400 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 50: thence West 15.0 feet to the point of beginning." Section 2. The vacation of the aforesaid alley shall be dependent upon the occurrence of the condition contained within Section 2 of Ordinance No. 26, Series of 1965. Introduced and passed on first reading by the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, at its regular meeting on the 17th day of January, 1966, and ordered published in the Englewood Herald and Enterprise. ATTEST: COUNCILMAN FULLERTON MOVED, COUNCILMAN RICE SECONDED, THAT THE PROPOSED BILL BE PASSED ON FIRST READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL IN THE ENGLEWOOD HERALD AND ENTERPRISE. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. Minutes of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals meeting of January 12, 1966, were received for the record, and a memorandum recommending the approval of the encroachment of a retaining wall at the Elks Lodge, 3690 South Jason Street, for fifty feet along South Jason Street, encroaching upon City property four feet was discussed. COUNCILMAN RICE MOVED, COUNCILMAN HANSON SECONDED, THAT UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS THE FOREMENTIONED ENCROACHMENT BE APPROVED AND THAT THE PROPER INSTRUMENTS BE PREPARED ANB SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. • 19! 196 • Minutes of January 17, 1966 Minutes of the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting of January 11, 1966, were received for the record, and a memorandum recommending thatSouth Delaware Street be vacated between West Jefferson Avenue and West Ithaca Avenue extended through the proposed park at the Lutheran School site was discussed and it was concluded that any action in this regard should be postponed until such a time as the City had completed purchase of this site. A memorandum from the Parks and Recreation Commission, recommending that the Park and Recreation Director's proposal for specific open space land to be ac- quired and developed under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1965 be approved was discussed. COUNCILMAN FULLERTON MOVED, COUNCILMAN RICE SECONDED, THAT SAID RECOMMENDA- TION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION BE APPROVED AND THAT THE FOLLOWING SPE- CIFIC OPEN SPACE LAND BE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION MADE FOR ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE OPEN SPACE LAND PROGRAM: 1. DARTMOUTH PARK SITE 11.6 ACRES (INCLUDING THE CANNERY NOW LOCATED IN THIS AREA THAT COULD BE USED FOR PARK SHOP), 2. JASON PARK 7.2 ACRES, 3. BATES LOGAN DEVELOPMENT AND PURCHASE OF PROPERTY, 5.5 ACRES, 4. CENTENNIAL PARK SITE 28 ACRES, AND 5. DEVELOPMENT OF DUNCAN PARK/SCHOOL SITE .4 ACRES. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. A discussion of federal and state programs available for park acquisition and development was held and several questions concerning details of these programs were discussed. The City Manager was asked to provide further clarification of the various programs. Minutes of the Housing Code Committee meeting of January 6, 1966, were re- ceived for the record. The City Attorney reported that the KLZ case would soon be up before the Supreme Cou~t, that at least one party to the case was pursuing the matter and that there was an opportunity that the District Court's decision would be re- versed. The City Attorney requested guidance in the matter and stated that the City, in that it was a party to the suit, could either pursue the matter energeti- cally or could merely reiterate the points made in the District Court case. The City Attorney discussed some of the legal implications, the status of our zoning ordinance under the District Court ruling, the status of our zoning ordinance should the Supreme Court reverse the District Court's decision, and the various effects that such a reversal might have upon the zoning of this site. COUNCIUlAN FULLERTON MOVED, THAT THE CITY WITHDRAW COMPLETELY AND THE CITY ATTOR&EY SEBIC NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALL PARTIES TO THE SUIT. The motion died for lack of a second. COUNCILMAN LUDWIG MOVED, COUNCILMAN PARKINSON SECONDED, THAT THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD CEASE TO EXPEND ANY FURTHER FUNDS IN PRUSUING THE KLZ CASE QUESTION IN THE SUPREME COURT. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Parkinson Ludwig, Fullerton. Nays: Councilmen Rice, Kreiling, Hanson, Allen. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion defeated. COUNCILMAN RICE MOVED, COUNCILMAN HANSON SECONDED, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE DIRECTED TO PROCEED WITH DUE DILIGENCE :WITH THE KLZ CASE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Kreiling, Hanson, Allen. Nays: Councilmen Parkinson, Ludwig, Fullerton. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. The City Manager reviewed with the Council the present level of participation of the City in the employees life insurance program and hospitalization insurance program and recomnended that where the City now contributes $2.00 per employee for hospitalization insurance that a contribution of $7.50 per employee be made and where the City is now paying fifty per cent of the employees life insurance, averaging $2.JO per employee covered under the group life program, that a rate of $2.50 be established, thereby giving a total contribution of the City toward hospitalization and group life the amount of $10.00 per employee so covered by both programs. After considerable discussion the City Council requested the City Manaqer to restudy the matter of the City's participation and consider scaling of the City's participation based upon longevity • I I I I I I I Minutes of January 17, 1966 The City Manager discussed the policy regarding the use of facilities within the new Ci ty Hall and pointed out that his office had received a request for a col'llt\ercial use of the community room. The Council concurred that commercial uaaqe should not be prohibited and asked that the policy which is being prepared to be distributed regarding the use of City facilities be so amended. The Mayor called a recess of the Council at 10:17 P.M. The Mayor called the Council to order at 10:25 P.M with the following persons present: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. The Mayor declared a quorum present. The City Manager's monthly report for the month of December, 1965, and including annual reports for the year 1965, was received for the record. The Ci ty Manager informed the Council that a resolution declaring the City's intent for Paving District No. 16, would be prepared and presented for their approval at the next regular meeting of February 7, 1966, incorporating those streets and alleys for improvements previously discussed by Council. The Council concurred . A legislative breakfast being held by the Colorado Municipal Le11gUe was announced and councilmen Fullerton, Parkinson, Rice and Allen indicated that they planned to be in attendance and further suggested thatlegislators from this district, namely, Jordan, Scott, Haskell and Hahn be invited as quests of the City. The Mayor presented a letter from Vice-President Hubert Humphrey concerning a catalogue of federal programs available to cities. The Mayor presented several letters concerning air pollution and back yard incinerators as well as a petition from the Englewood Business and Professional Womens' Clq}S requesting the City Council to pass an ordinance to eliminate all burning in back yard incinerators and all open burning. The City Attorney discussed the status of downtown off-street parking and stated that the City Manager and City Attorney are presently working to make recommendations of possible boundaries for off-street parking districts and that they will return this information to a committee of downtown merchants with whom they have been meeting. COUNCILMAN FULLER'IDN MOVED, COUNCILMAN HANSON SECONDED, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Rice, Parkinson, Ludwig, Kreiling, Hanson, Fullerton, Allen. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned at 10:55 P.M. /s/ Claude D. Malone, Jr. City Clerk-Treasurer Clerk of the Council The minutes of the meeting of the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, held on the 17th day of January, 1966 A.D., stand approved as written this 7th day of February, 1966 A.D.