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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-03-03 (Regular) Meeting MinutesCOUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO MARCH 3, 1969 REGULAR MEETING: The City council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe county, Colorado, met in regular session on March 3, 1969, at 8:00 P.M. Mayor Schwab, presiding, called the meeting to order. The invocation was given by Reverend Allen Strong of the First Presbyterian Church. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Boy Scout Troop No. 333. The Mayor asked for roll call. Upon the call of the roll, the following were present: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Absent: None. The Mayor declared a quorum present. Also present were: City Manager Dial, Assistant City Manager Mack, City Attorney Criswell, City Clerk Lyon. * * * * * * COUNCILMAN LAY MOVED, COUNCILMAN LONE SECONDED, THAT THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 24, 1969, BE AP- PROVED AS READ. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Abstain: councilman Parkinson. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * Mayor Schwab recognized the following from the list of "Special Citizen Program Invitees": Mr. William Vobedja, 3110 South Delaware, Englewood, Colorado. Mr. Leonard F. Woodmen, 4000 South Delaware Street, Englewood, Colorado. * * * * * * Mr. William K. Malone, 3311 South Broadway, attorney, appeared before City Council on behalf of Mr. Jerry Sturm, owner of the Peanut Barrel liquor license. Mr. Malone reported to members of Council that a new lease between Mr. Sturm and Mr. Blair had been executed for the premises, the architect's plans had been submitted to the City of Englewood's Building Depart- ment: and with the exception of a minor drainage problem which could be corrected, Mr. Beryl Wallace had indicated that the plans were in conformance with the City's Building Code. Mr. Malone stated to members of Council that it should be a short time before a building permit would be issued and contracts awarded. * * * * * * I I I I I I I I Minutes of the March 3, 1969, regular meeting. Mr. Malone reappeared before City Council in regard to the liquor license held by Zuider Zee, 1001 West Hampden. Mr. Malone stated that he had been in contact with Mr. James c. Hill from Zuider Zee, Inc. and Mr. John L. David, developer of the Englewood Zuider Zee Restaurant, in the past few days. Mr. Malone stated that he had been assured construction on the outlet would begin on the first part of April, 1969. * * * * * * Mr. Malone reappeared before City Council and tendered a copy of the restrictive convenants of the First National Bank property, South Cherokee and Colorado 70, to be recorded with the Quit Claim Deed. Mr. Malone stated that he would proceed with the recording of the document upon approval of the ordi- nance on final reading vacating an easement on the subject property (McKinley's Subdivision). * * * * * * Mr. Harold Rust, 3811 South Clarkson, representing the Public Service Company, appeared before City Council and pre- sented a franchise check for the last half of 1968 in the amount of $37,509.97. City Manager Dial stated that he wished to thank Mr. Rust for the cooperation received out of the local offices of the Public Service Company. * * * * * * Mr. M. M. Swmners, 3140 South Delaware, appeared before City Council in regard to traffic matters within the City. Mr. Swmners stated that the following improvements should be made to the present traffic system: 1. Two-way traffic on South Sherman should be rein- stated. 2. West Hampden from South Broadway to South Bannock should be widened. 3. A left-hand turn ar~ow at Cherokee and Colorado 70 for east bound traffic should be installed. 4. Additional means of access for traffic on Colorado 70 into the 3300 and 3400 blocks of the Sou~h Brgadway, shopping area should be provided. * * * * * * The minutes of the Planning and Zoning Conunission meeting of February 5, 1969, and February 12, 1969, were received for the record. * * * * * * A memorandum reconunending an alley vacation in the 3600 block South Pennsylvania Street -South Pearl Street alley was received for the record. Introduced as a Bill by Councilman Parkinson and read in full, A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE VACATING AN ALLEY LOCATED WITHIN BLOCK 6, HIGGINS ENGLEWOOD GARDENS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, STATE OF COLORADO, AND RESERVING AN EASEMENT THERE- IN FOR SEWER, GAS, WATER, AND SIMILAR PIPELINES, APPURTENANCES AND UTILITIES, AND FOR ELECTRIC, TELEPHONE AND SIMILAR LINES, AP- PURTENANCES AND UTILITIES. COUNCILMAN PARKINSON MOVED, COUNCILMAN LONE SECONDED, THAT THE PROPOSED BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE 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 Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * 375 376 Minutes of the March 3, 1969, regular meeting. A memorandum recormnending the rezoning of the 3000 block of South Delaware Street from R-2-A to R-3-B was received for the record. City Attorney Criswell stated to members of City Council that he had prepared a bill for an ordinance effecting the recom- mended rezoning of the 3000 block of South Delaware. COUNCILMAN LAY MOVED, COUNCILMAN BROWN SECONDED, THAT CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED REZONING BE TABLED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Lay, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Kreiling. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * The minutes of the Board of Adjustment and Appeals meeting of February 5, 1969, were received for the record. * * * * * * The minutes of the Board of Career Service Conunissioners meeting of February 20, 1969, were received for the record. * * * * * * The minutes of the Water and Sewer Board meeting of February 25, 1969, were received with two memoranda attached. Mr. Charles B. Carroll, Jr., Director of Utilities, appeared before City Council in regard to sewer head tap fees outside the City of Englewood. Mr. Carroll stated that the last time that sewer head tap fees had been adjusted was in March of 1958. Mr. Carroll reconanended a twenty per cent increase in outside tap fees and pointed out to members of City Council that many cost indexes have shown a sixty per cent price increase in the last ten years. RESOLtrrION NO. 10, SERIES OF 1969 A RESOLtrrION REVISING THE SANITARY SEWER HEAD TAP FEES FOR TAPS OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. (Copied in full in the official Resolution Book.) COUNCILMAN PARKINSON MOVED, COUNCILMAN DHORITY SECONDED, THAT RESOLUTION NO. 10, SERIES OF 1969, BE ADOPTED AND APPROVED AND PUBLISHED IN THE ENGLEWOOD HERALD AND ENTERPRISE FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE ISSUES. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried~ * * * * * * Mr. Carroll reappeared before City Council and reconunended that the City Council approve a forthcoming agreement between the City of Greenwood Village Sewer General Improvement District No. 1 and the City of Englewood for the connection of the sanitary sewers to be built by the city of Greenwood Village to the City of Englewood's sanitary sewer system upon receipt of a copy of a written agreement between the City of Greenwood Village and South Englewood Sanitation District No. 1 allowing sewage to be transported through the latter entity's mains. I I I I I I I I Minutes of the March 3, 1969, regular meeting. COUNCILMAN LAY MOVED, COUNCILMAN DHORITY SECONDED, THAT THE AGREEMENT RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND SEWER BOARD BE APPROVED AS SUGGESTED BY MR. CARROLL, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES, AND THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENT UPON RECEIPT OF THE COPY OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOUTH ENGLEWOOD SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1 AND THE CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Ma y or declared the motion carried. * * * * * * The Police Department's Annual Report to the City Manager was received for the record. * * * * * * A memorandum from Stephen A. Lyon, Finance Director, regarding redistricting election boundaries was received for the record. Councilman Parkinson requested that the City Attorney prepare a bill for an ordinance redistricting the City of Englewood as reconunended by the Election Conunission. * * * * * * BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 8, SERIES OF 1969 AN ORDINANCE VACATING EASEMENTS OVER AND ACROSS LOTS 10 THROUGH 13, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 1, McKINLEY'S SUBDIVISION, SECOND FILING. (Copied in full in the official Ordinance Book.) COUNCILMAN LONE MOVED, COUNCILMAN LAY SECONDED, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 8, SERIES OF 1969 BE PASSED ON FINAL 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 Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority , Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 9, SERIES OF 1969 AN ORDINANCE VACATING THAT PORTION OF A CERTAIN PUBLIC ALLEY WHICH PRESENTLY EXISTS UPON AND OVER THE EASTERLY 8 FEET OF LOTS 1 THROUGH 12, INCLUSIVE, ARKELL'S SUBDIVISION, CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD TO CONVEY ALL OF THE CITY'S RIGHTS ·, TITLE AND INTEREST IN AND TO THE AFORESAID 8 FEET TO THE PRESENT OWNERS OF THE SAID LOTS l THROUGH 12. (Copied in full in the official Ordinance Book.) COUNCILMAN LONE MOVED, COUNCILMAN LAY SECONDED, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 9, SERIES OF 1969, BE PASSED ON FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL IN THE ENGLEWOOD HERALD AND ENTERPRISE. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: 377 378 Minutes of the March 3, 1969, regular meeting. Ayes: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * BY AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO. 10, SERIES OF 1969 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE WHOLE COST OF THE IMPROVE- MENTS MADE IN AND FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 68, IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO: APPROVING AND CONFIRMING THE APPORTIONMENT OF SAID COST TO EACH LOT OR TRACT OF LAND IN SAID DISTRICT: ASSESSING A SHARE OF SAID COST AGAINST EACH LOT OR TRACT OF LAND IN THE DISTRICT: AND PRESCRIBING THE MANNER THE COLLECTION AND PAYMENT OF SAID ASSESSMENTS. (Copied in full in the official Ordinance Book.) COUNCILMAN LAY MOVED, COUNCILMAN DHORITY SECONDED, THAT ORDINANCE NO. 10, SERIES OF 1969, BE PASSED ON FINAL 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 Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * City Manager Dial reported to members of City Council that tests had been taken on the 4300 and 4400 block of South Fox, which is included in Paving District No. 18. Mr. Dial stated that the general indications of the tests were that no base or inadequate base material was present beneath the street. Mr. Dial discussed the specific tests conducted in those blocks. Mr. Dial also set forth the blocks of water line which would be replaced prior to Paving District No. 18. * * * * * * City Attorney Criswell reviewed a letter from Mr. Bill Lamm of Willson and Lamm, American National Bank Building, con- cerning actions to be taken to issue bonds by the Englewood Municipal Building Authority. Mr. Criswell stated that it appeared to him that a new agreement between the City of Englewood and the non-profit building authority giving said authority a two-year option to purchase City Hall should be executed in the near future. * * * * * * City Manager Dial reported to members of City Council upon experiences of other conununities in the procurement of Federal grants in aid from the Department of Housing and Urban Developnent and other Federal agencies. Mr. Dial indicated that a successful Federal aid application usually required considerable time and effort of the City Council and administration in prepa- ration and follow-through and if the City of Englewood became very active in this area additional staff might be required in the future. Mr. Dial also requested City Council's authorization for himself, the Mayor and City Attorney to visit the Department of Housing and Urban Developnent in Fort Worth in the next few weeks to discuss various Federal aid matters. I I I I I I I I Minutes of the March 3, 1969, regular meeting. COUNCILMAN PARKINSON MOVED, COUNCILMAN LAY SECONDED, THA.T THE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR AND OTHER NECESSARY PERSONNEL BE AUTHORIZED AN OUT-OF-STATE TRIP TO FORT WORTH TO DISCUSS FEDERAL AID POSSIBILITIES WITH THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * City Manager Dial discussed the installation of a traffic divider and planter in the 3400 block of South Elati. Mr. Dial indicated that the cost estimate for such a facility was $13,000. Mr. Dial stated that Mr. Sam Hill, 3456 South Broadway, had requested an indication whether the City would proceed with the construction of the planter even though this was cut out of the 1969 budget -if not with the planter at least with the curbing. At the conclusion of discussion it was the consensus of Council that they prefer to see a statement of desired action from downtown merchants prior to considering installation of such a facility. * * * * * * City Manag11r.Dial requested authorization for the Fire Chief and the Fire Training Officer to attend the Fire Department Instructor's Conference in Memphis, Tennessee, March 18 through 21, 1969. COUNCILMAN PARKINSON MOVED, COUNCILMAN LAY SECONDED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE TWO OUT-OF-STATE TRIPS FOR TWO FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTOR'S CONFERENCE IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, MARCH 18 THROUGH 21, 1969, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $300 PER MAN. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * City Manager Dial reminded members of City Council that a Colorado Municipal League Legislative Conference would be held all day March 5, 1969, at the Brown Palace. * * * * * * City Manager Dial discussed the opening of the library on Sunday afternoons. Mr. Dial stated that it was anticipated that library usage on Sunday would be heavier than any other time of the week and that the coat of a trial opening on Sunday from mid-March through May, 1969, could be handled within the existing budget. Mr. Dial indicated that unless otherwise instructed the library would begin opening from 1:30 to 5:00 P.M. on Sunday starting in mid-March through May on a trial basis. Councilman Kreiling requested additional information concerning the cost of Sunday openings and other information concerning the success of the experiment as it progresses. * * * * * * 379 0 Minutes of the March 3, 1969, reqular meeting. City Manager Dial discussed the annexation of the McLellan Reservoir property to the City of Littleton. Mr. Dial stated that the request that the City of Englewood consider annexation by the City of Littleton had been presented to the Water Board at its last meeting. Mr. Dial stated that apparently the Water Board was opposed to the proposal by the City of Littleton and suggested that the members of the City Council discuss the proposed annexation with the Littleton City Council at the next Arapahoe Mayors meeting. * * * * * * City Manager Dial reported that Mr. Harvey Pratt, 2457 South Zenobia, had now been able to obtain a lease of the premises of the Drug Fair Drug Store, 4204 South Broadway, and requested that his application for transfer of the Drug Fair liquor license be reinstated. COUNCILMAN KREILING MOVED, COUNCILMAN PARKINSON SECONDED, THAT THE TRANSFER OF THE DRUG FAIR LIQUOR LICENSE FROM MR. LEO EIGE, PRESENT OWNER, TO MR. HARVEY PRATT BE APPROVED. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * City Manager Dial stated that he had received a letter of appreciation from Congressman Brotzman for the usage of Conference Room A on February 15, 1969. * * * * * * A City Council study session was established for March 10, 1969. * * * * * * Councilman Kreiling requested clarification of the Career Service minutes concerning reimbursement of Mr. Kay Morris for an on-the-job injury and the general policies and ordinances of the City concerning such an injury. * * * * * * Councilman Brown inquired when the garbage contract would expire. City Manager Dial stated that the contract would be over at the end of the month of May and that a small card would be prepared notifying the present customers of the cancellation. * * * * * * COUNCILMAN LONE MOVED, COUNCILMAN KREILING SECONDED, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Brown, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 10:45 P.M. '< I I I I