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S PECIAL MEETING:
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COUNCIL CHAMBERS
City of Englewood, Colorado
April 30, 1984
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The City Council of the City of Englewood, Ar a pahoe Coun ty ,
Colorado, met in special session on April 30, 1984.
Ma yo r Otis, presiding, called the meeti ng to order.
The invocation was given by Council Member Higday. The pledge
of allegia nc e was given by Mayor Otis.
Mayor Otis asked for roll call. Upon a call of the roll, the
foll owing wer e pr e sent:
Council Me mb e rs llig da y, Neal , Vob ejda , Weis t, Dilo, Bradshaw, Otis.
MAYOR OTIS: We have a quorum. Can we have a motion to open the public he ari ng.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW: So moved.
COUNCIL MEMBER BILO: Second.
DEPUTY OWEN: All votes have been cast. Your honor, let the
rec ord show there are 7 ayes and no nayes.
MAYOR OTIS: Motion carried. The purpose of the public hearing
was to consider the Amendment to the Downtown Redevelopment Plan by
li sting some additional properties and leasehold interests for
ac quisition by the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority. The properti es to
be considered tonight include the following:
3311 South Broadway, and the leases within the following pro perties:
3333 South Broadway
3315 South Broadway
3365 South Broadway
3378 South Acom a
3370 South Acoma
3340 South Acom a , and
33 w st Girard Avenue
As I stated in the last in the l ast hearing w had on this subject, in
order for the City Council to consider this request, the Urban Renewal
Authority must first make a finding that the developer, the Brady
Corporation, had negotiated in good faith with each tenant or owner.
Tonight, the City has received a Resolution No. 13, from the Urban
Renewal Auth ority , a pproved on April 25, 1984. This resolution states
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that the Urban Renewal Authority has reviewed the developer 's
documentati on and has determined that the redeveloper has fulfilled its
obligation fo r good faith negotiations, pursuan t to Sect io n 1.2 of the
agreement for the redevelopment between the authority and the
redevel oper. It is not within the resp onsibil ities of the City Council
to go beyond or behind the Urban Renewal 's Autho rity 's review o f th at
documentation; t herefore, the City Council will no t be determining
whether or no t Brady has n eg oti ated i n good faith. This determination
has alrea dy be en made by the Ur b an Renewal. Th e City Council must decid e
whether the proposed am endment to the Englewood Down tow n redevelopment
pla n is nec essary to the successful impl e mentation of the plan and is
co nsidered b eneficial to the community as a whol e . If the City Coun cil
vote s t onight to amend th e pl a n and list the propert y a nd leasehold
int erests for acquisition by the Urban Renewal Authority, then the Urban
Renewal Autho rity will beg i n nego tia t i ons with the property owners and
lea seholders. Aga i n, I wa nt to reemphasize th~t the decision as to good
f ith negoti at io n s is the r es ponsib ilit y of the Urban Renewal Autho rit y
and that d e cision h as b ee n consid ered a n d made by them at this time . Th e
Cou ncil does not have this responsibility and wi ll not act on this issue.
While me mb ers of the audience are free to comment on any iss u e tonight ,
a nd I do hav e a listing of people that wish to address the Coun cil, if
anybod y else wishes to address the Council we can s e nd this list b ack to
the a udience so that you can sign it. If you do wish to address the
Co uncil, I would request that you limit your comments to the iss u e of
whether the amendment to the plan is deemed necessary to the successful
impleme ntat i on of the plan and is considered beneficial to the community
a s a whole. I want to say again that the City Council cannot and will not
b e determining a ny good faith nego tiati ons tonight. Due to the numb er of
people that are in th e audience, there ma y be more th a n wh at we h a v e
listed here who wish to address the Council and I would like to ask each
part y to l imit their comments to a maximum of 5 minutes a nd to no t repeat
comments prev i ously made by another party, so that we will not be here
a ll eve ning.
I would like to first ask Susan Powers, the executive director of the
Urban Renewal Authority to a ddr ess the Council regarding the
recommendation of the Englewood Urban Renewal Author ity on this issue.
When she is finished , then I will open up the hearing to people who have
signed this sheet requesting to speak to the Council .
DIRECTOR POWERS: Mayor, and Council , in March of this year the
Urban Renewal Authority was presented with a request from the Brady
Cor por ati on to list certain properti es and leasehold interests in the
urban renewal plan for acquisition by the Authority. The original list
contained 19 leases in addition to 3311 South Broadway, which was the old
First National Bank building. Last week, Brady informed the Urban
Re n e wal Authority they h ad made agr e ements with all but 7 lessees in the
property own ed by Brady. These agreements are either signed , or will be
signed this week ; therefore , they are only asking Urban Renewal Authority
to review documentation on negotiations for the 7 leases , as well as the
Fir st National Bank building--the old First National Bank building. The
Ur ban Renewal Authority met on Wednesday, April 25 and concluded in
Resolution No. 13 that Brady had in fact fulfilled its requirements of
the November '8 3 agreement for disposition of redevelopment, specifically
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1 .2 , wh ich ou t line good f a ith negotiation requirements . It is the
rec ommendation of the Urban Renewa l Authority that the City Counci l amend
the Downtown Development Plan and list the properties a nd leasehold
interest s on Amendment 6 in the Plan for acquisition by the Urb an Renewal
Authorit y . I would like to give the Clerk a copy o f the Urban Ren ewal
Authorit y's Resolution and have it entered into th e record . Ar e th ere
an y questi o ns?
Mayo r Otis: Ar e there any questions from Council?
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Sus an , how ma ny properties were initi a lly
inv olved?
DIRECTOR POWERS: Nineteen.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: And how many have reached agreement?
DIREC TOR POWERS: Twelv e a r e settled at t his point.
CO UN CI L MEMBER NEAL: And wh at is you r und e rstanding--you h a v e
bee n g ive n to understand that sever a l were a greed but not signed?
DIRECTOR POWERS: There were only 7 that remain on the list on
t he lis t in front of you. It is my understanding, and maybe Brady's
a tt orn ey could a lso address this, that there were 3 of those 7 tha t they
ho p e to resolve this week, but they haven't been at this point.
MAYOR OTIS: Are there any other questions?
UNIDENTIFIED ATTENDEE: Mr. Mayor, could we h a v e that list so
we could sign in if we wish to speak?
MAYOR OTIS: I have two lists here, one that says "Observer",
and one that says "Wish to Speak"--I'll go with the one that wish to
speak and I'll call on Mr. Gene Issen first.
EUGENE ISSEN: Council, I'm Eugene Issen, I'm owner of the
Man 's World-Short Shop Stop on 3365 South Broadway. I'm sitting back
here and I'm listening and--I don't want to hear what is going on
because--you know it's a losing battle. I opened my store, basically--it
opened for business approximately 6 or 7 months--and incidentally, do ing
ver y wel l. I think we would b e a v er y, very fine asset to Englewood. I
didn 't open this thing haphazardly. I conferred with Fred Kaufman, who
I 'v e known for ma ny , many y ears ; we talked a bou t this 15 years ago . I'm
sure Fred wou ldn 't have let me go in to be his n e xt door neighbor to this
avai l.
I put in a lot of money, in fact, I invested 30 years of life and
li velihood to op e n up this store. I have a b ea utiful store. I feel we
~rea real as5el to Englewood . I'm sort o[ on b e nded knees. I'm in a
situati on where you are not talking about bu i lding, you are talking about
destroying . There 's two facets her e . 1 feel by your building, you are
destroying. l 'm not asking for anything that's unreasonable, all I wa nt
to do is to conti nu e wh at I started, wheth e r it b e n e xt to Fred Kaufman,
or down the strP.et . Unfortunately, things take money today--! went
deeply i n debt a nd the only way I can pay my debts is through my
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bu s i ness. We ar e doing the business--if my business folds, I go. We
h ave had two meetings with Brady Corporation. They laid out the guide
l ines, which is supposedly fair negotiations. What is fair? I've got a
situation, if you want to see what we consider fair. We gave them a n
of f e r, we showe d them bona fide figures, f a cts, what it c ost u s t o put in
t ha t store, short duration, and they're going by the guide lines. As I
was here before, I said everybody had a particular need. I'm pleading
with you, I'm b e gg-ing with you. All I want to do--I will take a lo se ,
b ut not to lose--I loose every time. I just want to continue what I
started. Englewood was good to me, I worked for Englewood Men's Store
some 30 years ago. People know me. I come from the shoulder, and I am
p leading with you. Listen to these people because you are dealing wi t h
with lies. It isn't only documents. Condemnation was caused, and it is
in the Supreme Court today, people, developers are using this tool for
situations like this and just bypassing the guy who pays the taxes. And
a ll I'm doing, I'm pleading, I don't want to make a long dissertation, I
wa n t you to know my situation, there's many people lik ~ myself, and a ll l
wa n t to do is have something fair, so I can continu e my business--! not
a sking for any blue sky. I'm asking for my life--it is in your hands,
a nd th at is all that I'v e got to s a y.
MAYOR OTIS: Richard I. Brown
RICHARD BROWN: Mayor Otis, Members of the Council, Ms.
Powers, I am re a lly appalled by what I've heard so far by you, Mayor
Otis. You were elected by a constituency here to represent the interests
of the City, and what has resulted since my involvement in this matter
a pproximately a month ago, has been one delay, one side-step, one private
meeting, one executive council after another.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Hay we have some further identification
f rom you Mr. Brown? Are you representing someone or --
RICHARD BROWN: I represent, Councilman Neal, as each of you
undoubtedly been advised by your council, Physical Whimsical, Inc. at
3315 South Broadway.
COUNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY: You're not making a statement then that
we--you said that we were elected to represent the citizens of the City
a nd then you imply that we are not doing that, but you, in fact, ar e not
representing them. Right?
RICHARD BROWN: Is Physical Whimsical, Inc., Mr. Higday, not a
ci tizen of th i s --huh--constituency?
COUNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY: A citizen that elected me is telling me
a ll along that I am doing a good job --
Rl C IIAIW BROWN: 'l'h a t is Cin e Mr. Higd a y, you go ah e ad a nd
say--
MAYOR OTIS: Just a minute, sir. Councilman Higday?
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: We are in litigation with Physical
Whims ica l and I think it was important that Hr. Brown identify himself in
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that regard for the rest of th e observers h ere . B ec~use of th~t f aclor ,
the Council probably should not respond to anything he s a ys this evening,
and if it wish es to respond to do so wi t hin that litigation. Th a t is not
to s a y that Mr. Brown should not b e afforded any opportunity he wants
thi s eve ning, t o make wha tever st ateme n t h e wishes to . My r ecommendntion
t o the Council would be not to make any respons e here , but rather wit hin
the litigation that was filed two weeks ago.
RICH~RD BROWN: Th a nk you Mr . Ol sen . Th at is a n int eresting
bit of advice. The litigation that was instituted , of which you h ave
been provided copies of certain of the summons a nd complai nt, and motion s
by City Attorn e y, Ol se n, d en l t wi h a specific issur . Th a t specifi c
iss ue was: Wh et h er or nol the l ice nse grdnl J by you, a nd wh en l s.1y
you, I include you, Mr. Higday, as well as each of the other members o f
t he Council,--granted by you, took a valuable property right from
Physical Whims ical . Tha t l a wsuit dealt specifi c a l l y with the p arking lol
adja cent to 33 15 South Oro au way . ll did not· add r ess , al thi'l t ti m , the
iss u es t h at woul d be r~i se d this ev~ning as it would b0 --undoubt 0 dly b0
premature . Th a t lawsuit result e d in a he a ring before Judge Beckm an in
Arapa ho e County, a nd ;Jt thilt time , thr> Court made ;1 d t~r min at i o n. 11
determined th a t there was a threat of immediate and irreparable harm to
b e oc ca sioned to Physical Whims i c a l, Inc. Notwithst a nding the fact tha t
the temporary restraining order that was granted by Judge Beckman was
su bs eq u e n t ly dissolved by virtue of Physical Whimsic a l's failur e to pos l
a $1 million bond , did not alter the fact that the Court made a
determination of irreparable harm. You should have been cognizant of the
fa c t t hat on ce the Court was able to make a finding of irreparable harm
that it , by inference, if not by actual statement, indicated that the
Cit y, a nd each of you named defendants had violated a property right
which had inur e d to the benefit of Physical Whimsical. Now, what you are
seeking to do, and it is outside the issues of that litigation at this
time , is to again avoid a responsibility of which you have been vested.
Your responsibility is not simply, Mayor Otis, to carte blanche accept
Mrs. Powers statements of good faith negotiations. In fact, it is
contrary , Mr. Mayor, to something that you stated three weeks ago, When
t he matter was tabled at the request of Mr. Paysinger, as to the
determinati on of good faith negotiations, you indicated, Mr. Mayor, that
the matter would be tabled until the 30th--this evening, at which time
the Council would consider whether or not good faith negotiations had
occurred. I challenge you to review the agreement for disposition and
redevelopment between Englewood Urban Renewal Authority and Brady
Development Corporation, and s. Bud Brady at Section 1.2, upon which Mrs.
Powers relies. And it st ate s: "The Authority and the City shall review
the e v i dence of good faith negotiation. "Where is your review, Mr.
Higday , Mayor Otis, of the good faith negotiations with Physical
Whimsical. Where is your review in accordance with the agreement under
which you all e dge to be bound. I challenge you, Members of the Council
and Mr . Mayor to respond to your obligations to review and determin e good
faith negotiations. Let's take for example, the good faith negotiations
evi denced by Br a dy Development Corporation and s. Bud Brady as pertains
specifi cally to Physical Whimsical. Specifically, Mrs. Powers states
that the Urb an Re newal Authority resolved on April 25, 1984 that pursuant
to Sec ti on 1.2 of the redevelopme nt agreement good faith negotiation s h ad
co ncluded and that Brady had complied with its and his requirements.
Allow me to explai n what occurred on April 24. At my request, a me eti ng
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was fin al ly established with Mr. Paysinger, Mr. Dan a Strout, who is
council to Brady in the litigation that was filed by Physical Whimsi cal ,
Mr . Zuckerman, who is principal in Physical Whimsic al , and Mr. Klinem an ,
an other principal of Physical Whimsical. The meeting occurred in Mr.
Pa ysinger 's office , at which time it was ma de abundantly cle a r , th a t a n y
neg o tiat ions at that point in time in view of the litigation that ha d
be en ini tiated would have to b e handled by Mr. Strout, as council to
Brady. Mr. Pa ysirrger was a host of the me eti ng, but was a very pol it e
l is tener. This wa s supposted to be the good faith negoti at ion, and it
coul d be the only thing that Mrs. Powers relies on in h er
mi srepresentation. I dare say, to the Council, that good faith
negotiations occurred. Mr. Higd a y smiles. Mr. Higday, I suppect th at
you don't own a v a luable piece of property in the area to be condemn ed
and that you, sir, are not going to be affected by this effort. It is
not quite as entertaining to those property owners, Mr. Higday, that you
believe it is. Specifically, that meeting occurred following the take or
l ea v e i t offe r that I referred to at the last mee ti ng erom Mr. Paysinger.
You will r ecall that I t e nd ered to you, Mayor Otis, a nd to the Council, a
copy of Mr. Paysi nger's letter that had been received that day. It said,
You h a v e 10 days , Physic al Whimsic al., to accept our offer. Our generous
offer is $10.00, and we'll throw in $50,000 for relocation expenses, and
we 'r e such gr at uitous individuals (Brady is) that we will off er to return
to you your $15,000 security deposit, that had been deposited with the
la ndlord, Englewood Plaza, Limited, at the time the lease was entered
into and by the conveyance to Brady, he exceeded to that $15,000 deposi t
allegedl y b ased on an appraisal issued by Joseph Farber and Company on
April 2, 1984, where Mr. Farber provides one paragraph of analysis for
concl us io n a n d a lot of pages of assumptions, limiting conditions and
credentials . Mr. Farber concluded in his appraisal, that the leasehold
inte r est of 3315 South Broadway, owned by Physical Whimsical, Inc. had a
value of zero. Unique! It's undisputed by anybody, Mr. Farber included,
Mr. Br ad y, Mr. Strout, Mr. Paysinger that the square foot rental being
p ai d by Physical Whimsical is $3.48 per foot, presently. Interestingly
enough , you can 't get space like that for $3.48 a foot today. Physical
Whimsical has attempted to do so. The going rate for some 36,000 square
of space in that type of building, not even the locale, but that type of
buil d ing--wh ere ever , is between $6 and $7.50 per square foot. Physical
Whimsical has endeavored to find alternate space to relocate its business
at what ever price. It has gone as far north as lOOth street; it has
gone south; it h as gone east; it has gone west, and nowhere can it find
rental space at that price, or anywhere close to it. So wh at did we do?
We met with Mr. Paysing er and Mr. Strout last Tuesday explained this to
t hem. We said, we'll tell you wha t we will do. We won't ask for a dime,
j ust mov e us. Just mov e the business. You move it at your own
negotiated price. We'll give you the opportun ity to find us a location.
All we want to do is hav e the right of approval to be sure it is a
location where there are a lot of kids--something like Englewood. It
do e sn'L h a v e to be Engle wood, it could be in Arv adn , Westminster , Sou t h
Glenn, North Glen n, we are not particular, as long as there is some
accessibility a nd a good young population. We said, you find it, you pay
t he d ifC renc P in the rent, don't p ay us an ything, we are not looking for
money, a ll we want to do is relocate the business. If you can move it
Cor $20,000 , you move it. If it cost you $70,000, you move it . We
explained the fixed improvements that were in the location that have to
b incurred for furniture, fixtures and equipment that was immovable. It
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co uldn't be r e placed. You couldn't pick it up and take it out.
Painting, you couldn't scrape the walls and liquify th e paint again, Mr.
Higday . You couldn't move certain stairs and cert ain facilities th at
were provided for the handicapped children, so that this facility was
usab l e by all . You couldn't remov e the sprinkler syst e m that they h ad to
p ut in the building. And we told them that there was approximately $130
t o $145,000 in the improvements that would be lost, totally. How is th at
bei ng compensated ·for?
Mr . Strout, at that mee ting, polit e ly liste n e d, a nd I s a id , Mr. Strout ,
lets talk conceptually. Let's talk not hard dollars, but do you agree
with the concept of negoti ati ng th e valu e of this proper ty,the fair
market value of the property, and the cost to reloc ate , rhe cost o f th e
improvements. Mr. Strout said, I appreciate what you are saying, Mr.
Brown , I he ar what you ar e saying, I know these costs have been incurr ed .
I don't hav e th e authority to tell you "yes", or "no",_but I'll go b ac k
to Mr. Richurd Whi t ing to d terminc wh et h er or. not-th"'s" co nsi dc r ilt i o n s
reapp ropri ate . Mr. Paysinger politely listened. No response was mad e .
We e v ide nc e d that th e dif(er e nce in the rent that would h a ve to b e p ai d
Cor any lo catio n, and th e cos t of the improv e me nt s might a ppro ac h a h a l(
million dollars. The response was, "But that is not in the budget." Mr.
Strout said, "th at isn't in the budget." But Mr. Br a dy bought that
property knowing what the lease provided. He knew percisely what
Physical Whims ical was paying in rent, he reviewed and bought the le a se;
and he chose to do so. He chose to do so under the guise of benef iting
the public of Englewood. He did so under the guise of urban renewal,
knowing that this property was not designated for acquisition. He chose
to do so, and he chose to do so because he put the keystone of the
project in property that was not yet designated and he backdoored you.
He backdoored everyone of you by stating specifically that without this
project without this corner without the corner of King Soopers the
project cannot work. But why wasn't King Soopers put in one of the areas
that was designated originally for acquistion. Why wasn't King Soopers
put in an area that was available at that time for condemnation. Why did
he wait until the end when the whole plan was done two years have gone
b y, monies h a v e been expended, plans had been relied on we saw three
weeks ago , four weeks ago, pretty pictures, drawings and plats and plans
and specs of this downtown redevelopment. All hinging according to Mr.
Brady and Mr. Strout, Hr. Paysinger, and Mr. Whiting on this property
that i sn't yet within the plan and then they rush us into these good
faith negotiations. Three weeks ago they deliver the appraisals and we
all have to run out and try to get appraisals done because we have to
have something to respond to. We had to hav e a document and that's how
you ne got iate. A document comes first, an offer comes first and then you
ma ke a counteroffer and they come back with a counter to that. Yet we
did not have anything until three weeks ago. We had engaged an appraiser
after that me eti ng who has indicated to us several things. Number 1 is
that h e can 't co n cl ud that Mr. Farber's appraisal is re a sonable bas ed on
the inf ormation contained therein. The data in this document may not
necessarily be reliable . That Ms. Powers undoubtedly reached that
conclusio n. l challenge Ms. Powers to respond. How did Urban Ren e wal
conclude the reasonableness of the appraisal at zero? Mr. Chase has
similarily indicated that he has not had an ample opportunity to complet e
a full appr i sal, a fair market value for the property. Yet we are
rushed inlo this nd tho Council is adopting Urban Ren e wal 's
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representa tion of this good faith n eg otiations withou t ample opportuni ty
to so enter into negotiations. After the meeting of the 24th with
Mr. Strout and Mr. Paysinger, I didn't hear a word til today when I
called Mr. Strout's office and I said, "Dana, what's going on, I haven't
heard from you?" and he said, "Well, we're not going to make another
offer , you guys wanted a half million doll ar s. We'r e still at 50, fi f ty
thousand dollars for relocation." I said, "Dana are you going to show up
toni ght?" "No, Boq Paysinger will be there, I don't need to show up."
Kn owing that a pparently on the 25th, the day after our meeting tha t Ms.
Powers had concluded that good faith negotiations had occurred. I
cha llenge the City to comply with the minimum requirements of the
a greement. I challenge the City to comply with the minimum requirements
to determine that number 1 good faith negotiations had occurred and
number 2 that Physical Whimiscal, 3315 South Broadway, fits within the
parameter s of a blighted area . I haven't heard any evidence relative to
the st at utory requirements. And I challenge Ms. Powers to stand befor e
t he Council and you, Mayor Otis, to state under the provisions of th e
r eloc a tio n h a ndbook that says, the Authority sh all from time to time
dete r mi ne a current definiti o n of fair market value as is generally used
by the co u rts oE the State of Color a do, appro ved by thP Color ado Supr e me
Court . Ms. Powers has counsel pres e nt. I find it unique under any
theory that that particular statement can be supported. We talked about
whether or no t the amendment is necessary and beneficial. When you or
your predecessors on the Council had adopted the redevelopment plan did
you anticipate the necessity of the sixth amendment? Was it repr esented
to you at that time that the keystone project was King Soopers and that
pr operty was not designated for acquisition? Or were you similarly
mislead? Ar e you pawns in this action? Are you going to accept or
co ndon e this acti on? I challenge you to stand up be counted have your
voice be h eard that you will not accept this type of action by a privat e
developer for private gain. Sure, you can say the City will tendgenderly
benefit in the long run, but what threat is being held over your head
th at the project will conclude, it will cease at this time unless this
keystone corner is initiated. That what percipitated that license being
issued. That is what percipitated the lease being entered into by you
altering and effecting the property rights of Physical Whimiscal and
others at 3315 South Broadway by the destruction of that parking lot.
You kn e w the existence of irreparable injury, yet you decided to go
along. I ask you now to stop going along. I ask you to make the
findings if they exist on competent evidence and if you do make those
findings that this area is blighted, that there have been good faith
negotiations, then stand up to them, but don't hide behind a shield of
the Urban Renewal Authority, Mr. Mayor. Thank you.
MAYOR OTIS: Mr. Edward B. Lee.
EDWARD LEE: Your Honor and members of the Council, I'm EdLee
a nd I 'm here tonight again on b e h alf of Ted Vallas who owns Ted's Custom
Clothes , 33 West Girard. I'm Ted's attorney. I've been practicing in
Englewood for 15 1/2 years and I'm native of Englewood having been born
on South Log a n approximately 40 years ago. And I must say that in my
e xistence as a human being I know of no insta nces in wh ich the City o(
Englewood has let businesses be destroyed by a private developer. And I
trust that 's not going to happen this time. I do question whethe r or not
this property is truly within, is truly a blighted within the meaning of
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the Urban Ren e wal statute in the St ate of Color ado . And I suppose we
could debate that all night which I don't intend to do. But I think the
Council aught to give serious cons ider ation to whether or not his
property does qualify for inclusion into an Urban Renewal Authority
before it votes. I don't want to argue good faith or lack of good faith
bec a us e your Honor has told us that that is irrelev a n t tonight. I woul d
l ike to ment ion just one point however regarding our negotiations and
that is that we tQo did not receive, we met last Thursday and received a n
offer which wa s higher than their initial final offer. We he a rd
ab solutely nothing from them until 10 minutes befor e this meeting took
place tonight and that time they did make another offer. We're still
aways apart. We may have it settled, but we may not. I'm not certain
whether Br a dy had the authority to make the offer and I 'm not certain
whether or not because the Council has determined good faith negotiations
have occurred that the offer can even be made by Brady at this time, but
we will continue to negotiate in good faith with whoever we are suppose
to negotiate with and attempt to arrive at a satisfactory solut i on.
CIT~ ATTORNEY OLSEN: Mr. Le e did you mea n because the Urb a n
Re n e wal Au t hority h ad made that det e rmination rather th a n Council,
tho ugh t tha t you had just •..
EDWARD LEE: Yea, the record should be corrected.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Mr. Brown, you had mentioned •••
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW: Mr. Lee
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Mr. Lee, I'm sorry, excuse me. Mr. Lee
you mentioned t he time involved her e . You'r e alittle bit unclear, you'r e
not saying the first offer you received was 10 days ago.
EDWARD LEE: No. As I mentioned at the last Council meeting on
this subject we had received first and final offer and were given until
April 20th. We met, we rejected that offer and counteroffered and I
won't go into numbers because I think they are irrelevant. We did
receive another offer on, I think, April 24th, at which time we had our
first real negotiating session. I would urge the Council if necessary to
consider amending the EURA guidelines to provide more to these business
owners that those guidelines currently provide. It's my understanding
that they are entitled to the value of their leasehold interest plus
relocation expenses not to exceed $10,000 except in extreme
cir cumstances. I don't know what extreme circumstances are, but I know
ever yon e of these merchants and bus i ness own ers who is not settled must
have e x tr eme circumstances because I don't know one of them that can com e
cl ose to reloc ati ng his business for $10,000 plus the value of his
leaseholding. It's simply impossible. You're talking loss of profits.
You'r e tal kin q ta king a new structure and ma king your leasehold
improvements nd a ny of you who h a v e businesses of your own know how
te ntat i ve that is. And I think that the Council can continue to protest
these people by considering amending those guidelines if necessary.
Cou nc il clearly has the duty in my opinion and I'm sure the citizens of
the City of Engle wood would also agree to assure th at the EURA now tr eats
these four remaining business owners fairly. I think that you all ought
to put yourselves in these owners shoes. If it were your business what
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pr oblems out on price. There is no reason the City with its Urban
Renewal Authority and its City power needs to give a private developer
that extra clout to where a private developer can go to each and ev ery on e
of these tenants and say take it or leave it. This is my l a st o ffer . T
make one or two offers. If you don't like, fine, I'll just hand it ov er
to the City or to the Urban Renewal Authority. I 'l l get this whole
pr oblem out of my ~air. That's letting off somebody too early. Now th is
whole instanc e we h a v e now h ad two or thr ee times t h at this h as b ee n
sug gested; and proposals and amendments have been forthcoming . And we
ap preciate the difficulty that the City has b ee n pla ced in. There hav e
been changes since 1982, of course that has. And this now because of th e
cha ng ed circumst ~nces in the City of Englewood ma y ul t im ate ly result in
some sort of ben e fit to the City people, and I'm sur e that you are all
acting with that in mind . The problem is that you're being mislead.
You're acting too quickly and you're are being given f a lse deadlines and
fal se ideas ab out the ramifications if you do not tak e .this actio n a nd
make the amendme nt tonight . Wh at is ma gi c abo u t toniqht? You'v e
c.Jeferrc~d it attll deferred it befor e . You h a v e one story a bout
n e gotiiltions. I will no t: go int·o dct i1 il a bout figur es . I will n ot C)C't
into dctai 1. L would only sa y that unlik e oth er ten .:111ts my clie nt still
have not even s ee n a copy of the appraisal . I have asked for that twice.
We haven't even been given a copy of a summary. We are told and given
one f igu r e and then we are--have a meeting subsequently where we are told
verbally that that figure isn't even good and that now the appraisal
doesn 't e ven show that and yet we haven't seen the appraisal . We h ave
n o t be en give n a n opportunity for consideration of anything other than a
lease and som e form of moving expense. Why is that? That is becaus e the
developer in this case is using you all as a backup and saying ultima tely
I ca n just g el rid of the problem and we think that you al l are bein g
used and that you all should not commit the City that's trying to do good
for its citi z en s to be used and very productive tenants that could mak e
this whole th i ng work are being harmed and are being asked to cut down
their prices, are being asked to be put in a situation of like or lump
it . We also were old this is our final offer. And it's coincidence. I
had not heard the story of Physical Whimiscal before tonight. But it is
very coi ncid enta l that we also told "w ait a minut e , we've got to check
our buc.Jgets." Now that is not a st a tement of wh at 's fair and what's not
fair. It's a statement of what do we want to spend on this. How can get
the margin down of the ten a nts so we can show to City Council that we are
doi ng something. I would like the City Council to also, I interpret the
ag reement as to requiring some sort of review by this City Counc il . Som e
sort of at least asking of questions of the Urban Renewal Authoity, "d id
you have any documents?" "what was the b asis of the ap pr aisa l?" "can we
rel y on this ppraisal?" "h as the a ppr a ised values changes?" I don't
thi nk an y of these questions a nd p ert inent questions a re being asked. We
were not even as ked to the meeting of EURA. We have no idea what
documents may or may not have been submitted. We have no idea about wh at
one-sid d slaleme n ts have b een made to EUR A n bout wh at went on in
negotiati ons. Now so far we have been doing all the production of the
docum nts . We have supplied all of the documents substantiating all of
the impro v ements wh ich have been sizeable that have been put into that
place . We h ave been asked to substantiate every item and am oun t of
expense. We ha v e not seen one item of substantiation from the other
side . And all we ask is,"let's see something on the side. Let's really
get in a nd ask what sort of negoti at ion." We 'r e not saying , "h ang up
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because of the developer." We're saying, "w ait a minute, Urban Ren e wal
Authority the Cou ncil about what went on ann what really is going on in
the negotiations before we're go ing to give you carte blanche to start
dealing with them when two privat e parties ought to b e able to rpsolv e
thei r own prob lems ." Things might b e diff erent in different situat i on s
wh ere there 's lawsuit s pending, where there is obv ious animosity or
inabilit y or being way far apart . That's not the case here . An d that's
not necessarily tHe case with most of the tenants on this block and in
this area . I think if the Council would start asking what these tenant s
have reall y atte mpted to do, I think they over al l would find out thes e
te na nt s are not out to make a buck. These tenants aren 't seeing huge
dollar signs. Th e y're just trying to come out re a sonab l y whol e . Now we
kno w tha t you're und er guidelines. Of co u r se , you are . And we know th~L
not every lit t le bit of subjec ti ve problems, concerns, headaches can b e
compensated. We know that too. But here you are de ali n g with a piec e o f
property that was bought by a private developer a nd no~ in a last mlnut P
fash ion , and this was co n templated , this was c los ed January , and now we
d on 't get a l et ter , we don 't even g e t a commencement of n eg otiation s
until Ma rch. And now all of a sudden the y'r e thro wing the City Council
t o wa n t ing on April 30 , l ess than 30 days from any a pprais a ls [rom b e ing
attai ned wh ich we haven't even seen to go and taking it on thems elves and
taki ng it on to the Urban Renewal Authority to try to handle this mess
which still there is no showing that couldn't be resolved by Br a dy
himself if th at pressure was put to beare. Now I was not h ere at the
last meeting because I atte nded two other meetings that were closed.
understo od that the last meeting was also a directive giving time for
Brady a nd in fact enco uraging Brady and maybe coming on a little strong er
than that s aying "we want some good faith negotiations". That's also in
the agr e ement. A b as ic t e nant saying, "wait a minut e , b efor e you involve
the City, let's s omething productive, then if you're at the very end
of your rope, OK, we'll help you out because it's in the good--best
int erest. Th at 's not the case here. Nobody's at the end of the ir rope
except we're at a point where Brady feels they can come to the City
Council and us e you as their last straw and use you to knuckle t e nants
un der. I'd like you all to be able to ask also the tenants that haven't
settled. Why is it that these tenants are coincidentally the on es that
haven 't settled. You will find th at the ones that haven't settled are
the very ones that poured in the most into leasehold improvements. You
will find that the y are the ones that have the most to lose and are the
tri ckiest negotiations and are operating businesses that are rather
difficult to evaluate . And yet those are the ones that they show are the
trouble ones. The ones that are difficult to appraise. The ones that
a re to settle and that can't b e taken here. Take it or leave it. It
requir es a little bit mor e delicat negotiation. And so wh at ar e they
doing . Putting it onto a City authority. I don't think that is the
proper way. I don't think it is the way it is designed to acquaint or to
accomplish what was really desired by all parties. And that it let's get
on wi th the project. City 's d ete rmined it is a good project. It can
work, but let's get it on in a way that doesn't create animosity that
does n't create undu e hardship and that justly compensates people that
doesn 't mak e it too easy for someone just to bail out and shove the
pr oblem onto someone else. I would also like to point out that I, your
Honor , I understand what you Honor said about the guidelines being used
today . I hav e question whether or not the Council and your Honor may
s imply c~rt bl a nche assume that c rtain things have gone on wi thout
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re ally asking about those good faith negotiat i ons. There's be e n n o
evidence presented. There's been no statements. I don't know i f yo u
have been given any of the documentation or subst a n t iation of wh at 's gon e
on in these difficult negotiations. I am interested. I t h ink you all
i ntelluctually ought be interested before you ta k e a ste p t hat p e r mi ts
t he negotiation and your Honor asked a question abou t what would h a p pen
with the negotiation. That's exactly right what would happen with t he
negotiation. Brady's out of it. No more responsibility.
COUNCIL MEMBER NE~L: Mr. Ma yor.
WILLI~M LAHEY: Yes .
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: I apologize for stopping you Mr. Lahey.
WIL LI AM LAHEY: That's fine .
COUN C LL MEMBER NEAL: You'r e ma king a n e x ce ll e n t p r~se n tnt i o n
but y o u're c o v er ing ground two, and three, and four time s.
WlLLIAM LAHEY: So the other item that I would like to cov e r is
th e parking lot. We would join in and 3370 is right across the s treet
from the parking lot. That is old ground . We never heard any notice.
I t i s now c a using us an absolut e in a b i lity to hav e cus t omers com e . Th ere
ar e no parking places. I think th e City should or could have been a war e
of that. They should or could have been previously advised. I don't
know what the advice is or was. I don't know under what Authority. I'm
not even chall e nging that, apparently that's even the subject of a
lawsuit that 1 don 't want to get into. I would just like to say th a t a s
a r e sult of th a t now. That is also complete changed the status of
whatever negotiations might have gone on and I think it was premature and
it is now caus e d us to be in a situation where we are going to have to
close down the operations of this business . There are only two parking
spaces available. We can not do anything else legally, parking legally.
And it has caused a substantial change in the position of the parties in
n e goti a tion a nd a substantial loss to my client . Thank you.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Hr. Mayor. I wanted to--the issue of
parking came up. There is public parking in and quite a bit of public
parking within the 400 feet that zoning allows to service any of the
a reas downtonw. I know that the Department of Community Development is
going to be releasing a letter that isolates the considerable amount of
public parking t hat remains in the area.
WILLIAM LAHEY: OK, where is that?
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Chamber of Commerce building is the block
n orth of Floyd.
WI LLIAM LAHEY: OK, I will retract then, if that's the case •
Th e r e ma y b e o t h e r available, but c e rtainly not right across the street.
And that is s ubstantially different at night time with a restaurant and
people walking in an area that's under construction. And it has caused a
problem. Tha t 's all. We wish also for the Council to be aware of it.
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MAYOR OTIS: OK, the next name on the list, I can't read the
first name, the last name is Rich.
LARRY RICH: Your Honor a nd memb ers of the Council, my n a me i .•
La rry Rich. I'm an attorney. I represent Man 's world and Gene Iss c n.
I'm going to endeavor not to repeat all of the statements made by my
pr edece ssors here at the podium, however, there has not been one speaker
yet today th at I have not been in complete agreement with as it relates
t o our sitaution as well. I am certainly appalled as been other peopl e
a t this podium concerning the finding of good faith n eg otiations,
es pecially considering that no one had ever taken the time to call Mr.
Issen or myself to discuss wheth er we hav e in fact b een n e gotiated with
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in good faith. No one has asked us that, uh, that, uh our discussions o f
releasing space in the premises have fallen on deaf ears. No one has
asked us or discussed with us how our claim for specific damages totally
ct i scoun t in some cases. We are one of those companies still in
11 C'got i.1t ion. We will b e on or tho s e compa ni es th ttt will ultima t e ly co111L'
to il g ree •n e nl a ltho ug h we are thousands of dollars aport . l (eel as
ot h e r s h o v e s l .tl"e d th <tt the 13r o dy Corpor a tion is usin<J th~> City Coun c i 1
and the Urbdn Renewal Authority as their rubber stamp. I can't expect
that anyone of you people could retain your positions as working for the
City if the constitutency determined yes in fact your actions constituted
a rubber stamp to the development. The development is one thing I would
l ike to deal with specifically now. Your Honor, you mentioned at the
beginning of this meeting that we're here to decide two things. One is
i t necessary to include the properties in the current development and two
is it benefical to the City. I submit to you I have heard nothing. No
e vidence presented by anyone indicating this property could in fact be
n e cessary to include the property and in fact the redevelopment plan that
was negotiated and entered into by the Brady Corporation and the City did
not include this particular block or Mr. Issen's premis es at 3365 South
Broadway. It seems to me that if a plan makes sense without the
i nclusion of this block why all of a sudden is it now necessary to
inclu d e it. The only reason that I can determine is it must be the flow
of things. We gotten this building in this block, let's go to the next
n nd the next and the next and the n e xt and ultimately try to bring new
buildings and new properties to the City of Englewood. While the concept
I agree with, let's really look at it in terms of whether or not the City
finds it necessary. The businesses in Englewood provide part of the tax
base for the City of Englewood to operate. My client pays a significant
a mount of sales tax to this City. As he indicated before he was enticed
to come back into Englewood by Mr. Kaufman, Fred Kaufman of Kaufman's
Me ns Wea r. I think you all know th e type of revenues, sales tax
revenues , that Mr. Kaufman ability to generate for and on behalf of the
City . My client Mr. Issen has a business that is the perfect complement
to Mr. Kaufman's business in that between the two of them, they can
provid e clothing to virtually to any male in an y size. Mr. Issen h<~s
no t iced since h e has moved here that the concept is working and his s a les
are generating tremendous revenues for the City and they will continue to
do so. I hav e heard no evidence from anyone as to how many years a new
business being put into Mr. Issen's current location, how many years it
will t a k e tha t n w business to g nerate the same type of revenues it is
generating today , especially in light of the higher rents that are
project e d for that type of property. And I believe that the sales taxes
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gene r ated now a nd that are projected will far surp ass a ny r e v enues th al
might come at a later time when measured in today's dollars. No on e has
indicated to me or to the Council, the Mayo r that new is bet ter . Why
does new have to b e better. The premises are ther e . They are soun d .
Th ey are leased up. They are not old. Th ey are filled with busin es s•s
ge nera t ing mon e y. I see no testimony b efore her e th e Co unci l that
ind ic ate s anything to the contrary. Why is it beneficial? Becaus e it 's
ne w? I submit to you that that is not e nough reason. Ag ain, ou r
negotiati ons have come from a posture that negotiations from Br ady to us.
The y have not come in a posture of hey, we 'r e sorry, we're hurting your
bu siness, we'd li ke to make you whole; but rather why should we spend
more , we get it condemned we don't hav e to pa y anything . And wh at
ha ppens in Mr. Issen's case , if the prop ert y is condemned, the provi sion
in his lease indicates that any condemnation award belongs to the
la ndlord that is Mr. Br a dy. So Urb a n Renew al is going to negoti ate a
some oE money to give us and Mr. Br ad y is go i ng to g et . Th at 's no t fair.
'rhat 's n ot ri g ht . ·
Ml\ YO R o•r IS : The next name on the l i st Meli nda Wetzs ell .
MELiNDA WBT~SELL: Council a nd Mr. Mayor . My na me is Melinda
Wet zs ell . I'm th e own er of Other Mo thers ' Store in the downtown 3400
bl ock of downtown. I'm a new bus iness own e r in Englewood and I'm new to
the politics of Englewood. But I'm not so new as a citizen of Engl e wood.
I chose to do my business in downtown Englewood not only because my
fa mily is here but because I like the feel of downtown. Of having a
do wntown as op po sed to a plastic shoppette or shopping center. But also
at least in my type of store , it's a budget store and that's the economy
tha t's in Englewood. It 's not a healthy enough economy to support the
type o f businesses I feel that can afford $12-$18/square foot . I was told
when I was lookinq for buildings I looked in the 3300 block, I was told
t hat was go ing to b e knocked down. Hr. Brady himsel f quoted me that
that those prices will be at least that high for the new shoppette, and
I g uess I am wondering what is the purpose, of course , I'm beqinninq 3400
block i sn't safe too from this type of development, but I'm wonderinq what
type of businesses would be drawn to Englewood with that kind of rent,
and wi ll you not in fact have some very nice looking 1 /2 to 1 /3 empty
shoppettes when this is all done.
MAYOR OTIS: Barry Coleman.
BARRY COLEMAN: Mr. Mayor, I'll decline to speak.
pu t in my name in case somebody forgot something.
I was--just
MAYOR OTIS: I have no others on the list that signed up to
speak. Is there anybody--George Allen.
GEORGF. ALLEN: I did sign up, but I don't know what happened
to it .
MAYOR OTIS: \~ell, you signed up, but you only put yourself
down as observer . But if you wish to speak the podium is yours.
GF.ORGE ALLEN: I would like to say a word or two.
MAY OR OTlS: Please come u~ .
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GEORGE ALLEN: Your Hon or , I th o ught I wrote down there as
neutral , but the reason I wanted to speak to you for a moment , I've
listened to all of these speakers and the y all put forth a good effort .
The reason I wanted to speak to you briefly,
cord.
COUNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY: Tell us wh o you are just for th e re -
GEORGE ALLEN: Well , OK, George II. Allen, 2799 S o uth Downing ,
Eng lewood, Colorado. I represent t he Englewood Ch amber of Commerce,
the n e w City of Englewood Chamber of Commerce. We're getting alot of
people coming to talk to us about this problem and it seems that every -
body ha s th e opinion t h dl th e proj c l, r<.'<l<'Vl'lopl'l l'n l, i s qoinq Lo qo ,
and I don't think they're arg uin g that too much . But the thing is b eing
bro ught to us a nd discussed is very simp le . They feel th ey ar e being
rail roaded and gi v e n ultimatims on offers for renegotiating leaseholds
and s o forth and they feel lik th e y 're in it by themselves and nobody
hils th e ir· ini C't'<'SI <lL-he.:1rt. /\nrl I think Lhis i s tnt<' l n ;r th'qr·o o. 1\ul
l wo uld J ik e Lo ru<.~k e a suqqestion to th Cily that we monitor these
nc'qo tiirLion s ."l ncl ~;t'C' iust how fuir· l:h y arc' ;rntl iust wh u t· is qninq on .
And l Lhink the ~eople would feel alot bett r dbouL it and 1 think we
would get mo re fair appraisals. And as far as an offical appraisal is
concerned , I think anybody that's ever had an experience with it realize
the appraisals go pretty much the way th e guy 's paying for it want it
to go . So all I 'm aski n g is could we establish some form of monitor i n g
system and see if can 't get into this and let people feel like we at
lea st ha ve their interest at heart. Thank you very for that opportunity
to mak e a statement to this effect .
please . MAYOR OTIS: Anyon e else? Come forward a n d identify yourself
PAUL LEWAN : My name is Paul Lewan. I'm the owner of the old
firs t national bank building which under discussion tonight . I hadn't
pla nned to make a statement but I should make a few points clearer to the
Council . I'm not attorney, obviously, I'm a businessman. I don't have
businesses i n the building but I have tenants in the bu ildin g . I h a v e
owned the building for approximately 10 years. There a couple of things
I would like to discuss. I've not met Ms. Powers personally. I 've
talked to her o n the phone, but, she's been cooperative with me, but,
she never made any attempt to call me , she knows wh ere I am, to say do
yon feel that you 've been negotiated with in good faith terms with the
Brady Corporation. I do not feel li ke I have been n egotiated with in
qood terms with this organization. I've talked to Mr. Paysinger, even
though I've not met him, but I feel if their position is has been stated
tonight. We've got the power behind us on the Urban Renewal, Lewan,
here 's your figure, take it or leave it, if we don't feel like it, I'll
qe t the job done throug h Urban Renewal, so that is what their position
o bviously is. Secondly , they give me an offer . I have tenants in the
building with leases. So they offer gave us is we want the property free
of the leases. So leave me with the burden of trying to negot iate and
have to face lawsuits. I hav e the Eagles down in the basement. I don't
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if your ge ntlemen know the Eagles, the y'r e tough . And they've got an
attorney that says that they're going to sue all the wa y to the Supreme
Court on that lea se. So Brady says, "heck, I don't need to worr y about
that lease , Mr. Lewan, that's your responsibility." Hr. Paysi n ger told
me himself if I don 't negotiat e the lea se with the Eaqles , h e say s , the
Urban Rene wa l will say that's you r problem . We 'll g ive you a price
and out of the price we'll give you the building, you will have to
nego tiate with the"Eagles. Now I don't know what I'm goi ng t o be up
against. I may come out in a terrible pickle dealinq with the Eagles
for one. I'm faci n g a problem getting appraisals done. I don 't how
wuickly this is going to be resolved. I'm told the building could be
taken away from me and chopped down in a couple of months. I've talk ed
t o some appraisers lately, They're busy . I 'v e got to ge t cranking up
to get good appraisal on that because all up to now if you make this
deci sion toni g ht deal with the Urban Renewal Authorit y it caused a
lot of power to move very quickly , and fo~ce me t o qet an a ppraisa l ,
and if I don't like the appraisal, they can condemn my property , tak
my prop<•rLy , LhC'n 1 h a v C' to qo throuqh a l o nq l_j tiqation of m<:~ny monlh s
dca linq with thC' Courts whi ch most of you arc Hware of . Twas told by
tltc 131".id y C<li"I H>ro~l i o n th.ll lil Y propt 'I"Ly h.1d l ow v;1 ILH ' i>L 't'.tli S <' I d<lll ' l
have a tenant o n the first floor . Well, when you're tryin g to negotiate
with t en ants, leases , and new tenants, that everyone knows the state of
the project, no one is going to negotiate with you. However, I've had
two very strong tenants that want to take that first floor. I can sig n
a lease tomorrow for that first floor at a very favorable rate for my-
self . Obviously, I don't want to do that. It's not fair to an incomin g
te nant. But , also , here I sit and I'm told my property is not very
val uabl e becaus e I don't have a t e nant on the first floor. But I do
have a tenant on that first floor. I have a price that was offered
to me on that building a number of years ago that's just about the price
they 're offering to me now. I believe the City of Englewood is a good
place . I bought the building because I felt it was a good proj ct.
I 've enjoyed the building. I agree with some of the attorneys tonight.
I 'd like to stay in the project. I'd like to keep my building there.
It 's in good condition. If the City thinks it needs some fixing up,
T 'll fi x it up some mor e . I think it is a good building. I s<:~id t o
the Brady Corporation, that's a good piece o~ real estate . You find
me a comparable building like that 25,000 square feet, well constructed
on a piece of property that comparable. I don't need to be in downtown
Denve r. Just find me something comparable to that building. I'll trade
yo u. I'm trying to impede the progress of the City of Englewood. If
the City feels this is qood movement for the City and this is the di-
rection they should t a k e I wi ll support, but I wanted to be treated
fa irly , and at this point I don 'L think I 'm bcinq Lrealcd fairly. I
think it would be a smart thing to defer this decis ion tonight and ask
Susan to sec wh ere these good fait h negotiations , wh ere do they show.
I think you hav e a perfect reason to ask for those qood faith negotiations,
don 't Y<•u think so . ll ccausC' w don't fe e l we 've bcPn <lt•ult with in t·hut·
way. That 's th e only statement. I don't plan on saying anything tonight,
but I'm glad I carne. I appreciate seeing your City Council and seeing
who is on the City Council , and I appreciate the comments. I agree
with thr comments that have b een made by th e attorneys tonight. Thank
you very much .
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MAYOR OTIS: Anyone else?
CITY ~\ANAGER MCCOWN: Your Honor, ju st for the record , I 'd
l ike to ask Ms. Powers, would you state for the record the boundari es of
t h e Urba n Ren e wal area . Gen e rall y ,.
DIRECTOR POWERS: It would help if I could ge t a map. Basicall y ,
the northern most part west of Broad way as Floyd. And then it goes
n or th o n Broadway to I believe Eastman , do you have a map? Let me start
o n the we st. I includes Cinderella City on the west is t h e railroad
track . On the nort h er n part it 's Floyd . It qoes over to nroad way and
t h e n over ilctually to th nroadwuy /\coma a ll y . Jt qoos up the al l ey
Lo I~ast 111 il n . 'J 'hun yous ei.ls l o n Easlman over Lu Ll w l ll "<>.ldwc~y L.i ncuJ n "I 1<'\
It goe s all the south to Hampd en Avenue . Goes east t o Sherman down
Sherma n to th e alley behind Safeway, the new Safewa y store. Goes east
o n that alley o v e r to LOgan and then e ast alon9 Jefferson 285 down
to Clarkson and goes south o n Clarkson to e nc o mp ass the en t ire ball
fie ld f o r Enql e wood ll iqh School. T h en not·th and fo ll o ws th boundut·y
o f the high school and follows J eff e rson all the way up t o 285 and th e n
q<H 'S wr •s l ovt •t t o Lit o tt·c~i n Lrncks <t<(<lin .
CITY MANAGER MCCOWN : Are the properties bein g con s idered here
tonight within that area?
DIRECTOR POWERS : Yes, they are. They 've been in that area
sin ce 19 82 when it was adopted.
MAYOR OTIS: I have t h e name of Ms . R . E. Evans as an observer.
Did this person wish to spea k to Council tonight?
~1RS. EVANS: No.
MAYOR OTIS: How about Margaret Manning?
MRS. MANNING: No .
MAYOR OTIS: Anyone else?
LARRY RICH: Again , Larry Rick, attorney for Gene Issen. I've
heard the description of the boundaries that were adopted and I wou ld have
j ust one question with respect to that and that question is this, Cinder ella
City shopping center is included, the new First Nationa l Bank is included,
I can't think off the top of my head think of other projects , but, yes,
t h o s e propertie s are within the boundaries. ll o w could you conceivably
think that those properties should be destroyed and destroy Englewood 's
tax base just because they 're with in the boundari s . It 's not enough
of a reason. You nee d blight. You need benefit to the City and you
n e ed n cessary und proper b ei n g included . Cinderella City is not n c cc e sary
Lo dest roy thal. I realize it's n ot being co n sidered today . Yes Lhu
boundaries arc great but that does not mean that every property located
within a p a rticular b o und ar y s hould b included with in a ny redev lopmcnt
p lan . 1\nd that 's all I have to say.
CI'I'Y 1\'l'TORNEY OLSEN: Your Honor, I would, indeed , recommend
s hort recess , becaus the public section h as be e n concluded und 1
know Mr. Opperman , I would like to ask Mr. Opperman a question relutinq
to, if he can discuss it , his advic e to the Urban Renewal Authority
during that rcc ss .
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MAYOR OTIS: How long would you need?
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: A very short time .
MAYOR OTIS : We'll have a fiv e minute rcc ss .
Mayor Otis reconvened the meeting and asked for roll call.
All Council Me mbers were present, and Mayor Otis declared a quorum .
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: Your Honor, before th e presentation
o f statements is closed to, I would request and suggest to the Council
Lhat it ask Susan Powers on behalf of th e Urban Re newal Authorit y to
state [or the record h e re this evening what the process w~s thdt was
g one through by the Urban Renewal Authority in determining and making
it s recommendation to Council this eveni ng.
DJRI':C'J'OR POWERS: Mayor and members of th e Co unci l , a nd
mc•m!J c•r s o f th '' .t udi e n ·t•. l qu ess th c 1·e arc a f e w cnmm(•n t s ut'fnn•
qo throuqh th<1t . One is that these properties h ave al ways been listed in
I ll<' pl<~n , n ()l .•l w o~y s fo1 •1cquisi t·i nn !Jut· <1 lw ;1ys I ist•·d in ill<' ll.-ll.lll
Rene wa l District. After careful consideration and working on th e plan
fo r last fe~ years , is the Authority's feeling that the acquisition of
these lea s es and property at 3311 South Broadway are required for th e
i mpleme ntation o f the plan to carry o ut what is the plan to th e Cit y .
As far a s the r e view of the documentation, the Urban Renewal Authority
r e ceives all the appraisals that were prepared on the properties, all
the offer s thal were submitted , notes from every conversation that Brady
and of llrady 's attorneys or representatives had with any of these tenants
in fact we rec e ived it for alot of the leases whi ch eventually were re -
solved . And we 'r e glad th ey were resolved in the private sector . It
was their conclusion that good faith negotiations as outlined in Section
1 .2 of t h e Red c v lopment Agreement have been met.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW: It is the Urban Renewal's?
DIRECTOR POWERS: It is the Urban Renewal's recommendation.
They me t for many hours reviewing the documentation last Wednesday. They
re ceived it several days prior to that and they even sp ent alot of the
weekend before that reviewing all the documentation and based on that they
pa ssed Resolutio~ No. 13. Any questions?
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: I guess I do have a question, your Honor.
May I pose? With regard to the vote by the Council this evening, if
the Council were to v o t e this evening on these listed prooerties were to
be designated, is it your view based upon the advice of your lawyer that
the se leaseholders would then be forbidden to negotiate with Brady or
vice versa Brady would be forbidden to negotiate with them and that pro-
c e ss would be forma lly over?
DIRECTOR POWERS: That's my understanding, yes.
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: And then, ia the next step for the lease-
holde rs to then e nter into new negotiations with the Urban Renewal Au-
thority .
DtRECTO il POWERS: That's correct .
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CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: And do you have any i dea of wh at th e inL 0nl
of the Ur ban Renewal Authority is with reqard to those negotiations? At
this point , what procedures will be used? Or wha t mann er they wil l be
taken in?
DIRECTOR POWERS: Assum ing that some or all the leases wou]J
be listed t onight , then the Ur ban Renewal Authority on Wednesday nig ht
which is its regu lar meetin g would consider a resolution authorizing
sta ff to e nt er into n egotiations with these lis ted leases . We wou ld
be using as a basis the appraisals that were prepared b y Brady unless
o ur staff feels we should get our own appraisal. Th e sta ff has reviewed
the appraisals and feels that technically th e appraiser uses the correct
procedure in comin g up with fair market value for the l ease . We have
not gone back and done research on the dollar values and that will occur
assuming that some decision is made within the next few days . we would
then have our negotiator, Scott McD o well, who is an employee of the Ur -
ban Renewal Authority contact these lease holders and property o wn ers all
a nd start th e n c qotiation process aqai n bas d on th e limitntions that
arc in the state l a w and the relocation handbook. Relocation and fair
m<trkrl v.llu<' n l lh<' pi"O[X'r l y a r c Lwo di ff<•rcn l i ssuc•s :-~nd o ur "''q<>t·i.tlol·
would be negotiati n g bas e d on the fair market value of the lease on one
hand and there would b e similar negotiations based on the relocation
benefits .
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: And if on the other hand the Council
vo ted tonight not to accept this evening these properties to be d e signated
for acquisition would Brady still then be enpowered and these leaseholders
still have the opportu nity to negotiate.
DIRECTOR POWERS : Yes, they do .
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: After this e v e nin g?
DIRECTOR POWERS: Yes , th ey would.
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: Now when you just me n tion limitation of
sta te law, wh en you en t er i nto y o ur negotiation, wh en the Urban Renwa l
Au thority enters into the negotiations, does the Urban Renewal Author ity
have the option of offeri n g a sum significantly h igh er than the appraisa l
or does it not under the constitution?
DIRECTOR POWERS: The , our legal advic , tells us we can offer
fai r market value which the Urban Renewal Authority has defined as the
i!ppra i sc•u valtH' on Lh.1L prop<'rly , .~nd W<' ct1n nnl off<'l mn1 c' than that.
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: Does Brady today have the aut hority to
of fer more than the fair market value as shown in the appraisals they
obta ined .
DIRECTOR POWERS: Yes, he does. He can offer any amount he
wishes to of[ r or can afford to offer at this time. li e is only obligated
to offer th0 fair mark t value which is the appraisal in order to
d •monsLt·aLc qood failh ncqotiaLions Lo the 1\uthor.ity.
COUNCTL MEMDER WEIST: Could I also ask Ms. Powers one qu stion.
When the leas e ho ld interest , leasehold value is mention d docs that in-
clude the cos , th value, the cost of the value of the leasehold improv -
ments?
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DIRECTOR PO\'JERS: It d e p e nds on the type of improvement and
I would rath er relay that point to attorney if that's OK.
COUNCIL MEMBSR WEIST: Alrig ht.
MR. OPPERMAN : Your precise question is h o w the leasehold is
val ued?
COUNCIL MEMBE R WEIST: Riyht . Does the leas hold valu noL
include not only the market va l u e of the le ase itself but all , does it
i nclude a valu e for leasehold improvements?
MR . OPPERMl\N: 'J'h ' VillUuLi o n of the ]e il se h o ld wo u ld 1101"111illl y
be considered under two approaches. One being the simplified approach
of the difference between what I have to pay the leasee versus what
I ca n tur n around a nd leas e the property for as a subl ea s or or as a
lraso r to another t e nant. That differential beinq cap~talizect i nto
Llw pn'sC'n L wor l h o r va I u of Lh <' pres n t wort h of thos e b n 'f i ts cnul d
be deemed to b mcasur of th leas hold valu e . That wo uld be very de -
fini Li on in c lllol <' il n y ,)m<'nli <'S th c~L lhill l t'ti Sl'h n l<l lt-1pp<'l1 t·n h ilV<' il ll <'n<l<'ll
to i t. T h e o th er methodolog y would b wh e re yo u evalua t e the e nti re
val ue of the p roperty as a whol e including all the property . Yo u would
sub stract from that value, the value of the lease fee or the owner's
posi t ion that would b e made of two parts. The pr e sent worth of th e
in come stream h e is receiving under the leases and the present worth of
the reversion of the building and improvements at the end of the term
of the lease. That amount, those two amounts combined toqether would
constitute the lease fee position or owner's position. If you substract
that from the value of the entire under economic rent, you would then
have a remaining sum which would b e the lease hold position. 7\gain,
tha t ma y take into consideration any of the improvements in the pro-
perty that hav e been placed there . Now some of the t erms of the leas e s
will require the improvements being placed on the property to be treated
in a specific manner by the appraiser. Some of the leases provided that
the leasehold improvements installed become the property of the leasor
at the e nd of the lease . In other cases, that is not true. And the
ap praiser doing the appraisal will take these various terms into con-
sideration as well as the economic of the situation in evaluating that
le asehold appraisal. or leasehold amounts.
COUNCIL MEMBER WEIST: Could it be that the amount of money
spent by a tenant would not be considered in the offer by the developer?
Mn. OPPEHMl\N: Oh , T think .1ppr;:~isors <J nerillly try to con sidct·
anyth ing wh ich wo uld aff e ct market va l ue.
MAYOR OTIS: Councilman Neal, you had a question.
CO UNC iL MEMBER NEAL: No. Mr . Opperman should identi f y h i mseli .
RICHARD BRONN: Mr. Mayor, may I consider, question Ms. Powers
for a mome nt ?
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: I would recommend to the Council that
cer t ain ly you ca n do that at any time. And are free to do so. And per-
haps in a mom nL y o u can retire to the hall and do so .
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RICHARD BROWN: I'm asking for the purposes of the record Mr.
Olsen.
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: Well,
RICHARD BROWN: Obviously, the questions would bear o nl y on
she has represented to the Council at this particular moment.
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: Mr. Brown, I wo uld like t o address that
issue very spec ifically . Within our litig ation as you know I c o nt acted
your office as a courtesy seeking to s e t up mutual dispositions so that
if you wish to take a disposition from Ms . P o w rs certain l y that is
avai l able to yo u and we 'd be h appy t o do thaL Lomorrow . And in ad di-
tion we sought dispositions from various principals in your business
and you failed o return my calls. At this time , Sue Powers is ava ilabl e
to you . Yo u 'r s ee kin g to mak e a record . We 've qive n you the
op p or tunity Lo do so a nd wo u ld also clo so from t o mo1·row for ward fo1· t il ~
purposc•s of our liLiqation . JL is irnporLanL Lo us tilaL ;:~11 s t .:Jtl'lll<'lll s
of all participants be on record und er oath and I propo s e to you and
I think i t would probably be o ut o f order a t thi s time for Mr. Drown
to be able to take up e veryo ne's time and ask q u estions here.
RICIIARD DROWN: Well, considering Ms . Powers and the E n glewood
llrba n Rene wal Authority arc n ot parties to any l itiq.:~tio n u t t h is timC'
Lilat 's a uniqu e position Mr. Ols e n, if the r e ques t is denied , Council
has asked for cer tain r e presentation by Ms. Powers and has asked for
certa in l egal opi nions from cou ns el to the Urban Renewal Authority, if
your a(lvisc i s t·hat at a public h ca rinq, t h e public i s n ot 'ntitl e d l o
in quir e o f th e a uthority so be it .
COUNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY: Counselor, isn't this a public hearing
before the En ylcwood City Council? not b e fore the Englewood City staff?
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: Mr. Brown knows well of our offer to
take public dispositions at great len~th with Sue Powers anyone in the
City go vernment a nd in the Urban Renewal Authority to the e xtent we have
t he ability to make them availa bl e whi ch we don 't . li e has failed t o re -
turn my calls for the purpose of setting up those ve ry dispositions which
we are very anxious to take. We hav e offered as a courtesy the opportunity
to sched ul e those at h is discretion at h is office and I h a v e n ever got
a call back from him. We will ultimately have to go through the Court
a nd seek to compe l these dispositions and in the meantime all of our
people in City government will always be available for them. We also
think it urgC'nt to do th em immediat ly and we propose th.:Jt they b done
by the end of this week .
LARRY RICH: Mr. Mayor, may I ask Ms. Powers a question?
CITY ATTORNEY Olsen: No, you 're in the same position. You
had the opportunity to ask her questions, you have asked your questions,
she has never been unable to you. Take h er out in the hall.
LARRY RICH: I 'm not in th e same position.
CI~Y ATTOR NEY OLSEN: I r e commend the Council recommend to
you to qo out in t he hall to all h ours of the e vening .
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COUNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY: Susan , I recommend you qo in Lh c hall
and answer these gentlemen's questions.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Mr. Mayor, I 'd also suggest that th e
Urban Re newal Authority has a right t o say at wh at point their staff
is qu e stioned in that mann er .
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: Th e r e 's a problem as t 6 wh e th er or n ot
yo u 're seeking and I think Mr. Bro wn is obvio usly seeki n g is t o hav e
Sue Powers spe ak for the Council o n th e issue of good faith negoti ations .
Mr . Brown is trying to draw the Co uncil into making that recommendation
so that he can late r say t o the Court that this Co uncil trie d to tell
the Urban Ren e wal AuthoriLy what t o do which h e know s is improper a nd
Council has always thought,
LARRY RICH: I h ave not spoken with Mr. Bro wn. I don't kn ow
what Mr. Br o wn's questio ns were . I just know wh at my ~ucstions arc .
CT1'Y l\T1'0RNEY OLSEN: Wh at is the pr o b.l em with just simply
with hrr . You ca n gath e r as many me mbers of the co mmuni~y in a mnmrnL
and spea k with her at great length while the Council performs its busi-nes s.
LARRY RTCII: Sh made a reprcsc nt.::~tion to th e Council t-h at T
would li ke to ask her a question about.
MAYOR OTIS: Under advice of legal counsel, if you wish to
spea k with Su e Powers , you may tak e h er in the hall, you can not do
it i n here . Can I have a motion to close this public h ear ing.
COUNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY: So moved.
COUNCIL MEMBER BILO: Second.
MAYOR OTIS: This hearing is closed.
DEP UTY OWEN: All votes have b een casted.
the record show there are seven ayes and no nays.
MAYOR OTIS: May we hav e a motion .
Your Honor, let
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW: Would the clerk please assign the
resolu tion a number and read the title?
DEPUTY OWEN: Resolution No . 18, Series of 198 4. A resolution
of th e City Council of the Englewood City Council to amend the Engle-
wood Downtown Re development Plan.
18. COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW: Your llonor I mov e the resolution number
MAY OR O'l'TS: Do w have a second?
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Second.
M/\Y OR OTIS: Discussion?
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COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Is there anyway to construct the motion
so as to allow some interim time during which the leaseholders might
continue or have an opportunity to discuss directly with Mr . Brady his
quote to th e Urban Renewal Authority, perhaps offers that arc still un-offi cial?
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: You're asking that to me to answer that?
COUNCIL MRMBER NEAL : Yes .
CITY ATTORNRY OLSRN: My recommendation and legal advic e to the
Co uncil and cer.tai.n l y not Lo the Ut·ban l ~en 'W;:tl /\uLlH >t ·i Ly .tnd LhaL's Mt ·.
Opperman's territory and I do not suggest to him or the Ur ban Renewa l
Authority anything. I have a concern I think Council should consider
and that is that under th constitution of Colorado it would aprcar to
me Urbiln Ren l'W<ll Authority may b e bound by it:s ap[-)rajsals. 'l'h.tl in
ot h e r words , if i t qoes to a SIJCC ifi c 1 '::tsc h )ld et-of th<' ,-~~maininq f<'W
ilnd says , "our appraisal is for X dollars , but in order to sell this
matter we plan to offer you as an offe r X plus 10 dollars , that is an
offer they ar e forbidden to make as il <;jOVernmentill entity ." It is in
essence giving a leaseholder $10 for with no basis in the appraisal or
in fact or in law . I think that Mr. Opperman if he wishes to address the
Council on th at issue as a matter of revising his o wn opinion as to the
Ur ban Renewal Authority may be bound to tell the Urban Renewal Authority
that the appraisals bind them to their offers . In that respect it can
significantly red uce the ability to settle these negotiations becaus e
Mr . Brady has of this mom ent prior to this Council's vot e or if the Council
should vote no or continue this hearing has the authority a leaseholder
anythiny he wants to or can afford. So Mr. Lahey 's suggestion of delayjn q
should be considered in that light. I'm not totally sure from what I 've
heard from various attorneys tonight that they are awa r e that they're abilit)
to negotiat with Brady may be far greater than the Urban Renewal Au-
thority because the Urban Renewal Authority hands are bound by state law.
Mr . Brady has the ability to juggle, I'm sure he has. I'm sure in the
deals that h e has made with various leaseholders so far some are signi-
ficantly higher than the appraisals offered . I don't believe the Urban
Renewal Authority could have done that. And so, strictly concerned re -
g arding Mr. Lee's statement that Mr. Brady apparently or vice versa had
made an offer this evening in essence giving Mr. Lee a matter of a few
hours to consider on behalf of his client when once the Council votes
if it should happen to approve the designation of these listed properties
its ability to negotiate with Brady expires by operation of law.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL: Well, then the opportunity, in a desire
to give every opportunity to see these settled before they go to the
Urba n Renewa l Authority is it possible to amend this resolution not to
change the intent or the objective of it , but to perhaps render it
ef fecLjve a week from Lhis eveniny.
CITY 1\TTORNF.Y OLSEN: I think once the Council votes if it
approv s this amendment in any fashion this evening I would think the
Jeqal authority e vaporates.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL:
on this cvcninq t o b effectiv No, I'm saying that it could be passed
say Wednesday or one we'k from Monday .
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CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN: As a matter of procedure I would re-
commend to Council that it not do that. That it merely, if it wishes
to do that, it would occ u r the wrath, in particular of Mr. Brown on
behalf of his client, if it wished to delay for period of time one week
or one hour or one day that would b e the way to do so. On the ot h er hand
the Council should consider the possibility that there are certain leas e -
holders who have been offered amounts that would be less than any new
appra isal accomplished by the Urban Renewal Authority.· In that respect
potential leaseholder in new ne gotiations with the new agency might find
a better offer there . Miqht.
MAYO R OTTS: Any more discussion?
COUNCIL MEMBER WEIST: Your Honor , I would urge the City
Council to refuse to list these leasehold interes~ in development
plan for acquisition by the URA. This is a extrcm ly difficult area
at best and 1 do n't think any of us arc favored by the ·l a w and if Lhc
City Council s hould proceed to list th ese ·l ease h o ld s T think t ha t in
some manner Lhc liRA s hould be made a war e that th e merchants should he
L.t·<·,-tt c•<i th.tl liH •, J·hc• City Council Solid il SP if lh.tl liH•y ,;IH >ul<i lh •
treated . And they would not be made to suffer extraordinary and signi-
f icant losses. City Council apparently by operation of law doesn't have
muc h control now over this process which is not the intent in this re-
development. \vhen thjs redevelopment started it was n ot the intent wi H'Il
the redevelopment boundaries were esta blished in my own mind anyway.
It depends I pres um e on th e intrepretation of the development plan but
certainly is one interpretation that the City should presumably could
incl ud e the City Council is suppose to have some say about wh at we're
told by counsel tonight that we're not suppose to h ave a say about good
fai th negotiations. It seems to me that it is my main concern in this
process we're discussing tonight is the Urban Renewal law. And it May
seem to us a narrow issue, it certainly isn't a na rrow issue to th cff ct
on merchan ts. It's a matter of their livihood and more. It seems to
me not bei n g a lawyer that seeing the law is as explained to me by
counsel that the entire urban renewal process certainly is stacked in
f a vor of the URA and the developer and that there is no reasonable means
of negotiations on a win/win basis. I've see n that referred to lalely
that negotiations can result in both parties achievinq close to what they
seek and it just seems to me we have automatically set up a win/lose
situation here. And that there's certainly potential benefits in this
redevelopment for the citizens of Englewood and the City Council has al-
ways recognized this and a number of citizens recognize this and mer-
chants recognize this themselves, but I don't think viable merchants
should be forced out of business irregardl ss of the potential benefits
to the City government or to the citizens. And I think that in some
manner which we're advised that we're not, that we can 't do that the
City Council should insist on maintaining some semblence or what
semblcnce of, uthority is vnilabl and to see that • 11 parties arc
treated fairly. And I think that if I wer a business owner in the
area and had a retail business and looked to Council that I was being
very obstructuous and reasonable I myself can sec th reason for their
attitude nd I think that a number of them have presented their cases
with qrcat calm consid rinq wha t is at stake for th m. And I think
that even as City Council members we don't realize what it takes to
crea e a small busin ss and to nuture a small retail business . I'm
talkiny about Lhe small retail busin ss and it c n be any type of small
retail business th t could b d stray d by any numb r factors and not
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all within the control of the owner . And certainly least of which is
forced removal by a urban re newa l projec t, and I don 't kn o w h o w many
businesses have been destroye d in the Denver metropolitan area b y re -
newal proces s e s, urban renewal proce sses in the last t en years. And I
don 't think these b u sinesses are making unreasonabl e demands and 1
think the urban rene wal law does preclude exactly what do s destroy
busine ss and that's the very intangible factors tha t have been created
by good ma n agemen~ over the years and I don 't know h o w many of us ex -
clu ding the merchants in the audience hav e managed a successful retail
busi n ess and I certainly would doubt that few of those that make th e
law manage a successf ul retail business. And I just can not expect
to see the same b u si n esses in a redeveloped downtown En gle wood that
are there now and I know th e citizens of Englewood rely on these busi -
ne sses and I don't know that the y 'll be there especiall y tho se that
sell durable goods and I'm n ot too excited about shopping areas where
there a r e hi qh priced specialty goods wh ich peopl e don ~t really n eed
ils day to day s tup .l cs a n d I don 't t h ink the type o f qoods that the
people o f En y l c wo od will routinely s hop in th e area for and I think
we origi nall y made a commi tment on t hi s Council, at least it was in
my mind that w did to l ea ve areas of Br oad way as is except store front
remodeli n g and we we nt to great lengths to create processes for this
remodeling in that area and I hate to se e the redevelopment go in the
are a now where the developer apparently has a i ntendable clean sweep
of the downt o wn area . To an ex t e nt all deve lopers arc subsidi zed by
Urban Re newal Authorities to h elp assure his profit and his investors'
profits and th e n we turn around and help penalize the existing merchants .
The potential tax revenues of the City resulting from this development,
I hop , would n 't blind us to the plight oF existinq merchants which we
if not create don 't object to in this urban renewal process . In the
developme nt plan , it says that the free developer is suppose to consid er
a least which the wording seems to me to be pretty weak is suppos e to
at least consider offering the chance for these me rc h a nts to stay in th e
redevelo pment area even at the going market rates which certainly is no
below market o ffer and we heard toni g ht that they hadn't at least one
tenant hadn't received any area offer in that area. And so I think that
the de e rminin q that that this i ncludin g these l ea s es now for acquisition
to help imp l emen t the plan is a little bit confusing to m b eca use the
Brady Co rporation it seems has set up a situation which on the face of
it is cer ta inly beneficial to the City but forces th e City into saying
yes and I hope that this wouldn't be the process down the road where we
are as you might say set up and forced into this situation. We 've changed
this plan seemingly twice maybe three times now in its direction and I
think we're all of a sudden e nded up in this situat ion. So I in the narrow
sense strongly obj ct to some lhin <J that we h a v e little co nt rol o v er . I
gue ss tha t the urban renewal law . I strongly object to the effects it has
on viable merchants. I recognize the benefits of this plan to the citizens
but I don 't like being put in the situation of sayinq that this is b ene -
ficial to a II Lhe community b ecaus it certainly isn ' L.
MAYOR OTIS: Any other comments? Are you ready for the vote? Pleas0 vot0 .
DEPUTY OWEN: All votes have been cast. Your Honor, let the
record show there are five ayes, two nays, those voting nay, Council
Member Vobcida, Counci 1 Member ~Ieist.
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MAYOR OTIS: Moti on carri e s. Motion to adjourn .
CO UNCIL MEMBER HIGDAY: I move t o adjourn .
MAYOR OTIS: We 'r e adjourned .
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Ci ty of Englttwood , Colorado
April 30. 1984 -------
SPE~lAL MEETINQ : -------------
The City Council of the City of Englewood. Arapahoe County,
Colorado, met in special session on April 30, 1984.
Mayor Otis. presiding. called the meeting to order .
The invocation was given by Council Me111ber Higday .
of •ttegiance was given by Mayor Otis .
The pledge
Mayor Otis asked for roll call .
following were present :
Upon a call of the rol 1. the
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MAYOR OTIS :
the public hearing .
We have a quorum . Can we have a motion to opttn
COUNCIL I'EMBER BRADSHAW : So IIIOVed .
COUNCIL MEMBER BILO : Second .
DEPUTY OWEN : All votes have been cast .
record show there are 7 ayes and no nayes .
Your honor, lttt the
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____ __:MA..::.,:.Y.:.CIR=-'_,O:..:.TIS : Motion carried . The purpose of the public hearing
was ~o consider theAmendment t o-lhe Downtown Redevelopment Plan~ ---
listing some additional properties and leasehold interests for
acq,uisition b\1 the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority . The properties to
be considered tonight include the following : --------
3311 South Broadway. and the leases within the following properties : --· -- -----
3333 South Broadway
33:l' South BroadwiV
336' South Broadway
3378 South Aco•a
3370 South Acoma
3340 South Acoma , and
33 West Qirard Avenue
As 1 1tated in the last in the last hearing we had on this subJect, in
order for the City Council to con1ider thil request. the Urban Renewal
Authority must first make a finding that the developer, th• Brady
Corporation, had negotiated in good faith with each tenant or owner .
Toniaht , the Citu has received a Re1olution No . 13, from the Urban
Renewal Authority, approved on -Aprtl --2,;1 984.
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that the Urban Re n ewal Authority has reviewed the developer '~s ~~--~~--
do c umentat i on a n d h as determi ne d ~at the redeveloper has-fulfilled its
obligation for good faith negotiations , pursuant to Section 1 .2 of the
agreement for the r ede v elopment between the authority and the
r edeveloper . It is n ot within the responsibilities of the City Council
to go beyond or behind the Urban Renewal's Authority's review of that
docu•entation ; therefore , the Citv Council will not be determining
whether or not Brady has negotiated in good faith . This determination
has alrea_!l!_ been made by the Urban Renewal. The City Council must decide
whether the proposed amendment to the Englewood Downtown redevelopment
plan is necessary to the successful implementation of the plan and is
considered beneficial to the community as a whole . If the City Council
votes tonight to a111end the plan and list the property and iHsehoid
interests for acquisition by the Urban Renewal Authority, then the Urban
Renewal Authority will begin negotiations with the property owners and
leaseholders . Again , I want to reemphasize that the dec iii on as to good
faith negotiations is the responsibility of the Urban Renewal Authority
and that decision has been considered and made by them at this time . The
Council does not have this responsibilitv and will not act on this issue .
While •••bers of the audience are free to comment on any issue tonight,
and I do have a listing of people that wish to address the Council, if
anybody else wishes to address the Council we can send this list back to
the audience so that you can sign it . If you do wish to address the
Council , I would request that vou li•it vour co•ments to the issue of
whether th• •••ndment to the plan is deemed necessary to the successful
illlple•entation of the plan and is considered beneficial to the community
as a whole . I want to say again that the City Council cannot and will not
be deter•ining any good faith negotiations tonight . Due to the number of
people that are in the audience, there may be more than what we have
listed here who wish to address the Council and l would!lle tO~each
party to limit their co,..ents to • •arimum of S 111inutes and to not repeat
co .. ents previously made by another party, so that we will not be here
al l evening .
I would like to first ask Susan Powers, the erecutive director of the
Urban Renewal Authority to address the Council regarding tfie
reco,..endation of the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority on this issue.
When she is finished, then I will open up the hearing to people who have
signed this sheet requesting to speak to the Council .
DIRECTOR POWERS : Mayor. and Council, in March of this year the
Urban Renewal Authority was presented with a request from the Brady
Corporation to li~t certain properties and leasehold interests in the
urban renewal plan for acquisition by the Authoritv . The original list
c ontained 1~ leases in addition to 3311 South Broadway. whic h was the old
F i rst National Bank building . Last week, Brady informed the Urban
Renewal Authority they had made agreements with all but 7 lessees in the
property owned by Brady . These agreements are either signed, or will be
signed this week ; therefore, thev are only asking Urban Renewal Authority
to review docu•entation on negotiations for the 7 leases, as well as the
First National Bank building--the old First National Bank building . The
Urban Renewal Authority met on Wednesday, April 2S and concluded in
Resolution No . 13 that Brady had in fact fulfilled its requirements of
the November '83 agreement for disposition of redevelopment, specifically
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recommendation of the Urban Renewal Authorit~ that the City Council amend
the Downtown Development Plan and list the properties and leasehold
interests on Amendment 6 in the Plan for acquisition by the Urban Renewal
Authority . I would like to give the Clerk a copy of the Urban Renewal
Authority 's Resolution and have it entered into t~_record . Are ~here _____--
any questions?
Mayor Otis : Are there any ~uestion• from Cou~cil?
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : Susan, how many properties were initially
involved?
DIRECTOR POWERS : Nineteen .
COUNCIL 1'1EI'1BER NEAL : And how many have reached agreement?
DIRECTOR POWERS : Twelve are settled at this point .
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : And what is your understanding--you have
been given to understand that several were •treed but not signed?
DIRECTOR POWERS : There were onl~ 7 that remain on the list on
the list in front of you . It is~ understanding, and ma~b• Brad~'s
attorney could also address this, that there were 3 of tho•• 7 that the~
hop• to resolve this week, but they haven't been at this point .
MAYOR OTIS : Are there an~ other questions?
UNIDENTIFIED ATTENDEE : Mr .
we could sign in if we wish to speak?
Mayor, could we have that list so
MAYOR OTIS : I have two 1 i sts here, on• that says "Observer",
and one that says "Wish to Speak"--I'll go with the one that wish to
speak and I'll call on 1'1r . Qen• Issen first .
EUGENE IBSEN : Council, I'• Eugene Issen, I'm owner of the
Man's World-Short Shop Stop on 336~ South Broadway . I'm sitting back
her• and I'• listening and--I don't want to hear what is going on
because--you know it's a losing battle . I opened m ~s tore, basically --it
opened for business approxi•ately 6 or 7 months--and incidentally, doing
very well. I think we would be a ver~, ver~ fine asset to Englewood . I
didn't open this thing haphazard!~. I conferred with Fred Kaufman, who
I 'v• known for many, ••n11 vears1 we talked about this 1~ ~ears ago . I'm
sure Fred wouldn't have let •• go in to be his next door neighbor to this
avail.
I put in a lot of mon•ll • in fact, I invested 30 11ears of life and
livelihood to ~·n up this store . I have a beauti~ul store . I feel we
ar• • real asset to Engl•wood . I'm sort of on bended knees . I'm in a
situation wher• you ar• not talking about building, ~ou are talking about
destroyint_. There's two facets here . I f••l ~your building,_ y_ou are
destroying . I 'm not asking for anything that's unreasonable, all I want
to do is to continue what I started, whether it be next to Fred Kaufman,
or down the street . Unfortunatel y , things take money today--I went
deeply in debt and the only way I can pay •Y debts is through my
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have had two mee tings with Brady Corporation . They laid out the gulde
lines , which is supposedly fair negotiations . What is fair? I 'v e got a
situation . if you want to s ee what we c onsider fair . We gave them an .
offer. we showed them bona fide figures , facts. what it cost us to put ln
~at store, ~rt duration, and the~'re going by the guide lines . ~s I
· was h•r• b•for•• I said •v•rybody had a particular ne•d . I'm pleadlng
with you, I'm begging with you . All I want to do--l will take a lose.
but not to los•--1 laos• •v•r~ time . I JUSt want to continue what I
start ed . Englewood was good to me, I worked for Englewood Men's Store
som• 30 years ago . People know me . I com• from the shoulder. and I am
pleading with ~ou . List en to these people because you are deal in~ ~it~_
with lies . It isn 't only docu••nts . Cond••nation was caused. and 1t lS
in the Supre11e Court today, p•ople, developers are using this tool for
·~ situations lilre th is and JUSt bypassing th• guy 111Jt__o pays th!_taus .. And
all I'm doing. I'm pleading. I don 't 111ant to make a long dissertat1on . I
111ant you to know my situation, there 's many people like myself, and all I
111ant to do is have somethin g fair. so I can continue my busin~s•=-I not
asking for any blue sky. I'm asking for my life--it is in your hands.
and that is all that I've got to say .
MAYOR OTIS : Richard I . Brown
RICHARD BROWN : Mayor Otis. Members of the Council, Ms .
Pow•rs. I a• r•ally appalled by lllhat I 've heard so far by you. Mayor
Otis . You were elected by a constituency here to represent the interests
of th• City. and lllhat has result•d sine• my involvem•nt in this matter
approximately a month ago , has been one delay. one side-ste~p. one~ private
meeting, one •xecutive council aft•r another .
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : Mav 111e have some further ide~ntification
fro• you Mr . Bro111n? Ar• you representing someone or --
RICHARD BROWN : I repres•nt, Councilman Neal. as each of you
undoubtedly b••n adv is ed by your council , Physical Whimsical. Inc . at
3315 South Broadway .
COUNCIL MEMBER HIODAV : You'r• not making a statement then that
we--you said that we were •lected to r•present the citizens of the City
and th•n you i111ply that we are not doing that . but you . in fact . are not
representing them . Right?
RICHARD BROWN : Is Physical Whimsical, Inc ., Mr . Higday. not a
citiz en of this --huh--constituency?
COUNCIL MEMBER HIQDAV : A citizen that elected me is telling me
all along that I am doing a good JOb --
RICHARD BROWN : That is fine Mr . Higday. you go ahead and say--
MAYOR OTIS : -Just a minute . sir . Councilman Higday ?
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN : We are in litigation with Physical
Whimsical and I think it was important that Mr . Brown identify himself in
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B se of that factor that regard for the rest of the observers here . ecau th ' . '
· · he says 1s even1n -the Counc1l probably should not respond to anyth1ng . Th t . g,
and if it wishes to respond to do so within that litigatl ~n . h a ~s not
to say that Mr . Brown should not be afforded any opportunity e wan s
this evening, to make wh•tever statement he wishes to . My recommen~ation
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t t h e but rather Wlthi o he Council would be not to make any response er ' ~
the litigation that was filed two weeks ago . ,.....
RICHARD BROWN : Thank you Mr . Olsen . That is a~ interesting
bit of advice . The litigation that was instituted. of which you have
been provided copies of certain of the summons and complaint. an~ motions
by City Attorney . Olsen, dealt with a specific issue . That speclflc
issue was : Whether or not the 1 icense gran tad bll vou. and when I sav
you, I include vou. Mr . Higda 11 , as well as each of the other members of
the Council ,--granted by you, took a valuable property right from .
Physical Whimsical . That lawsuit dealt specifically with th• p~rking lot
adJacent to 331~ South Broadway . It did not address. at that t1me . the
issues that would be raised this evening as it would be--undoubtedly be
premature . That lawsuit resulted in a hearing before ~udge Beckman in
Arapahoe County, and at that time, the Court made a determination . It
determined that there was a threat of immediate and irreparable harm to
be occasioned to Physical Whimsical. Inc . Notwithstanding the fact that
the temporary restraining order that was granted by Judge Beckman was
subse~uently dissolved by virtu e of Physical Whimsical's failure to post
a •1 million bond, did not alter the fact that the Court made a
determination of irreparable harm. You should have been cognizant of the
fact that once the Court was able to make a finding of irreparable harm
that it, by inference, if not by actual statement. indicated tha~ the
City, and each of you named defendants had violated a propert\j r1ght
which had inured to the benefit of Physical Whimsical . Now. what \IOU are
seeking to do, and it is outside the issues of that litigation at this
time, is to again avo id a responsibilitv of which you have been vested .
Your responsibilitv is not simpl 11 , Mavor Otis . to carte blanche accept
Mrs . Powers statements of good faith negotiations . In fact , it is
contr ar lJ• Mr . Ma\jor , to so111eth ing that vou stated three weeks ago . When
the matter was tabled at the request of Mr . Paysinger. as to the
determination of good faith negotiations. vou indicated . Mr . Mavor. that
the matter would be tabled until the 30th--this evening, at which time
the Council would consider whether or not good faith negotiations had
occurred . I challenge vou to review the agreement for disposition and
redevelopment between Englewood Urban Renewal Authority and Bradv
Development Corporation, and S . Bud Sradv at Section 1. 2. upon which Mrs .
Powers relies . And it states : "The Authoritv and the City shall r•view
the evidence of good faith negotiation . "Where is your review, Mr .
Higday, Mayor Otis , of the good faith negotiations with Physical
~ Whimsical . Where is your review in accordance with the agr•ement unde r
which you alledge to be bound . I challenge you , M•mbers of the Council
and Mr . Ma'!or to respond to fiOUr obligations to review and determine good
faith negotiations . Let '1 take for example , the good faith negotiations
evidenced by Brady Development Corporation and S . Bud Brady as p•rtains
specifically to Phvsical Whh11ical. Specifically. Mrs . Powers sto~tes
that the Urban Renewal Authority resolved on Apr il :2~. 1984 that pursuant
to Section 1 . 2 of the redevelo pment agreement good faith negotiations had
_conclude~ and that Brady had c omplied with its and his requirements .
Allow me to explain what occurred on April 24 . At mlJ request. • meeting
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was finally established with Mr . Paysinger, Mr . Dana Strout, who .0.
co uncil to Brady in the litigation that was filed by Physical WhlmSlcal ,
Mr . Zuckerman, who is princip•l in Physical Wh imsic•l• and Mr . Klineman .
another principal of Physical Whimsical . The meeting occurred in Mr .
Paysinger's office , at which time it was made abund•ntly clear. that any
n egotiations at that point in time in view of the litigation that had
been initiated would have to be handled by Mr . Str.out, as council to
Brady . Mr . Pa11singer was a host of the meeting, but was a very poli~e
listener . This was sup_p.osted to be the good fai!!!_ n~gotiation . and 1t
could be the only thing that Mrs . Powers relies on in her
misrepresentation . I dare say. to the Council, that good faith
negotiations occurred . Mr . Higday smiles . Mr . Higday, I suppect that
you don't own a valuable piece of propertv in the area to be condemn~d
and that \IOU • sir, are not going to be affected by this effort . It 1s
not quite as entertaining to those property owners. Mr . Higday. that you
believe it is . Specifically, that meeting occurred following the t~ke or
leave it offer that I referred to at the last meeting from Mr . Pays1nger .
You will recall that I tendered to you, Mayor Otis, and to the Council, a
copy of Mr . Paysinger's letter that had been received that day . It said.
You have 10 da\IS• Ph11sical Whimsical, to accept our offer . Our generous
offer is SlO.OO, and we'll throw in S,O,OOO for relocation expenses. and
we 're such gratuitous individuals <Brad 11 is> that we will offer to return
to \IOU 11our Sl,,OOO securit11 deposit, that had been deposited with the
landlord, Englewood Plaza, Limited, at the time the lease was entered
into and b\1 the conve11ance to Brad\1, he exceeded to that Sl,,OOO deposit
allegedl\1 based on an appraisal issued b11 ~oseph Farber and Compan11 on
April 2, 1984, where Mr . Farber provides one paragraph of analysis for
conclusion and a lot of pages of assumptions , limiting conditions •nd
credentials . Mr . Farber concluded in his appraisal, that the leasehold
interest of 331' South Broadwa11, owned by Physical Whimsical. Inc .. h~_d a
value of zero . Unique! It's undiSputed b\1 an\lbOd\1• Hr . Tar6er included,
Mr . Brad\1, Mr . Strout , Mr . Pa11sing•r that the square foot rental being
paid b11 Ph11sical Whimsical is S3.4B per foot, presentl\1 . Interestingly
enough, \IOU can't get space 1 ike that for S3 . 48 a foot today . Physical
Whimsical has attempted to do so . The going rate for some 36,000 square
of space in that t11P• of building, not even the locale. but that type of
bu i lding--where ever. is between S6 and S7. '0 per square foot . Physical
Whimsical has endeavored to find alternate space to relocate its business
at what ever price . It has gone as far north as lOOth street; it has
gone south ; it has gone east; it has gone west, and nowhere can it find
rental space at that price, or anywhere close to it . So what did we do?
We met with Mr . Pavsinger and Mr . Strout last Tuesday explained this to
them. We said, we'll tell you what we will do . We won't ask for a dime.
JUSt move us . ~ust ~nove the busin•ss . You move it at vour own
negotiated price . We'll give you the opportunit\1 to find us a location .
All we want to do is have the right of approval to be sure it is a -
location where there are a lot of kids--something like Englewood . It
doesn 't have to be Englewood, it could be in Arvada, Westminster. South
Olenn, North Qlenn. we are not particular, as long as there is some
accessibility and a good young population . We said, you find it, you pay
the difference in the rent . don't pay us an11thing, we are not looking for
money, all we want to do is relocate the business . If you c•n move it
for $20,000, you move it . If it cost you $70 ,000, you move it . We
explained the fixed improvements that were in the location that have to
be incurred for furniture. fixtures and equipment that was immovable . It
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co~ld ~'t be replaced . Yo u c o ul dn 't pick i t up and take it _ou t . . P~1nt 1ng . you cou l d n 't scr ape the walls and liquifY the pat~t .agatn. Mr .
Htgda y . You co ul d n 't mov e c ertain stairs and certain fac111t 1 es that
were p rovi ded fo r the handicapped children • so that this fa c ility was us a b~e b y all . You c o u ld n't remove the sprinkler system tha~ they had to
put 1n the bu i ld i ng . And we told them that there was approx1mately $130
to $1 4,,000 in the i~proveMents that would be lost. totally . How is that-
betn g c ompensated fo r?
Mr S t r o u t . at that meet i ng . politely listened. and I said• Mr . Strout,
let s talk conceptually . Let 's talk not hard dollars• but do you agree
with the concept of negot i ating the value of this property .the fair
market value of the property . and the cost to relocate• the c~st of the
im provements . Mr . Strout said. I appreciate what you are salpng •. Mr .
Br o111n . I hear 111hat you are saying. I know these costs have been tncurred .
I d on 't have the author i ty to tell you "yes"• or "no"• but I '~l go ~ack
t o Mr . Richard Whiting to determine whether or not these conslderatlons
a r e appropriate . Mr . Paysinger politely listened . No response was m•de .
We evidenced that the difference in the rent that would have to be paid
for any location . •nd the cost of the improvements might approach • h•lf
million dollars . The response was. "But that is not in the budget ." Mr .
Strout s•id . "th•t isn •t in the budget . " But Mr . Br•dY bought that
p roperty kno111ing what the lease provided . He knew percisely wh•t
Physical Whimsical was p•ying in rent. he reviewed t~nd bought the le•se ;
and he chose to do so . He chose to do so under the guise of benefiting
the public of Englewood . He did so under the guise of urban renewal.
kno111ing that this property was not designated for acquisition . He chose
t o do so . and he chose to do so bec•use he put the keystone of the
p r oJect i n property that was not yet designated and he backdoored you .
He backdoored everyone of you by stating specifically that without th i s
proJect without this corner without the corner of King Soopers the
proJect cannot work . But why wasn't King Soopers put in one of the are•s
that was designated originally for acquistion . Why wasn't King Soopers
put in an area that was available •t that ti~e for condemnation . Why did
h e wait until the end when the whole plan was done two yet~rs have gone
by . mon i es have been expended. plans had been relied on we saw three
weeks ago . four weeks ago. pretty pictures. drawings-and plats and plans
and specs o~ this downtown redevelopment . All hinging according to Mr .
Brady and Mr . Strout . Mr . Paysinger. and Mr . Whiting on this property
that isn't yet within the pl•n •nd then they rush IJs into these good
faith negotiations . Three weeks ago they deliver the appraisals and we
•11 have to run out and try to get •ppr•ist~ls done because we h•ve to
have something to respond to . We had to have a document and that's how
you negotiate . A document comes first. an offer comes first and then you
make a counteroffer and they come back with a counter to that . Vet we
did not have anything until three weeks ago . We had eng•ged an appraisor
after that meeting who has indicated to us several things . Number 1 is
that he can 't c~nclude that Mr . Farber's appr•isal is reasonable based on
the information contained therein . The data in this document may not
necessarily be reliable . That Ms . Po111ers undoubtedly reached that
conclusion . I challenge Ms . Po111ers to respond . Ho111 did Urban Renewal
conclude the reasonableness of the appr aisal at "liTO? Mr . Chase has
s im ilarity indicated that he has not had an ample opportunity to complete
a full appraisal. a fair market value for the property . Vet we are
rushed into this and the Council is adopting Orban~wal 's
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repr esentat1on of th1s good f a ith n~otiations with ou t amp l e op po rtunit~
to so enter into negot1 ations . After the meeting of the 24th with
Mr Strout and Mr . Paysinger , I didn 't hear a word ti 1 today when I
call ed Mr . Strout 's office and I said , "Dana, what 's going on , I have n't
h eard f rom yo u?" and he said , "WelL we 're not going to make another
offer, !IOUJU!I_S wanted a half million dollars . We 're still at ,0, f i fty
thousand dollars for rel ocation ." I said , "Dana are you going to show up
tonight?" "No , Bob Paysinger will be there, I don 't need to show up ."
Knowin9 that~p .. rentlll on the 2'th , the da11 af'ter our meeting that Ms .
Powers had concluded that good faith negotiations had occurred . I
chall enge the C it11 to complll with the minimum requirements of the
agreem ent . I challenge the City to comply with the minimum requirements
to determine that number 1 good faith negotiations had occurred and
numb er 2 that Physical Whimiscal. 331' South Bl'oadway, f'ih within the
parameters of a blighted area . I haven't heal'd any evidence l'elative to
the statutory requirements . And I challenge Ms . Powers to stand before
the Council and \IOU , Mayor Otis , to state under the provisions of the
rel ocation handbook that ••11•• the Authority shall from time to time
determine a current definition of fair market value as is generally used
by the courts of the State of' Colorado, approved by the Colorado Supreme
Court . l'ls . Powers has counsel pres•nt . I find it uniqu• under any
theory that that particular stat•ment can be supported . We talked about
wheth•r or not the •m•ndm•nt is necessary and bene~icial . When you or
your predecessors on the Council had adopted the redevelopment plan did
you ant ici pat• the necessity of' the sixth ••endment? Was it represented
to you at that time that the keystone Pl'OJI!ct was King Soopers and that
prop•rty was not d•s i gnat•d f'or acquisition? Or were you similarlll
mislead? Are you pawns in this action? Al'e \IOU going to accept or
con done this action? I challl!nge you to stand up b• counted have \lOUr
voic e be heard that you will not acc•pt this type of action by a private
dev•l op er for private gain . Su"•• you can ••11 the City will tendgenderlll
benef'it in th• long run, but what threat is being h•ld over 11our head
that the proJect will conclude, it will c•••• at this time unl•ss this
key stone corner is initi ated . That what percipitated that license being
iss ued . That is what percipitat•d the lease being entered into by you
alt ering and effecting the property rights of Physical Whimiscal and
others at 331' South Bl'oadway by the destruction of' that parking lot .
You kn•w the ••istence of' il'reparable inJury. vet \IOU decided to go
alon g . I ask you now to stop going along . I ask you to make the
findings if they exist on competent evidence and if you do make those
findings that this area is blighted, that there have been good faith
n egotiations, then stand up to them, but don't hide behind a shield of
the Urban Renewal Authority , l'lr . Mayor . Thank you .
I'IAYOR OTIS : l'lr . Edward B. Lee .
EDWARD LEE : Your Honor and members of' the Council, I 'm EdLee
and I'm hel'e tonight again on behalf of' Ted Valias who owns Ted's Custom
Clothes, 33 West Oirard . I'm Ted's attorney . I've been practicing in
Englewood for 1' 1/2 years and I 'm native of' Englewood having been born
on South Logan approximately 40 years ago . And I must say that in my
existence as a human being I know of no instances in which the City of
Englewood has let businesses be destro11ed by a private developer . And I
trust that 's not go ing to happen this time . I do question whether or not
this property is truly within, is truly a blighted within the meaning of
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the Urb a n Ren ewal statute in the State of Colorado . And I su ppose we
could debate that all night which I don 't in tend to do . But I think the
Council aught to give seri ous consideration to whether or not his
property does qualify for inclusi on into an Urban Renewal Authority
b efore it vo tes . I don 't want to argue good faith or lack of good fa i th
because your Honor has told us that that is irrelevant ton i ght . I would
like to mention JUSt one point however regardin§l our negotiations and
that is that we too did not receive, we met last Thursday and received an
offer which was higher than their initial final offer . We heard
absolutely nothing from them until 10 minutes before -this meeting took
place t oni ght and that time they did make another offer . We're still
aways apart . We may have it settled, but we m•L not . I 'm not certain
wheth er Brady had the authority to make the offer and l'm-not certain
whether or not because the Council has determined good faith negotiations
have occurred that the offer can even be made by Brady at this time, but
we will continue to negotiate in good faith with whoever we are suppose
to negotiate with and attempt to arrive at a satisfactory solution .
CITY ATTORNEY OLSEN : Mr . Lee did you mean because the Urban
Renewal Authority had made that determination rather than Council ,
thought that vou had J USt~ ..
EDWARD LEE : Yea, the record should be corrected .
COUNCIL MEMBER NE~Mr . Brown, you had mentioned ...
COUNCIL MEMBER BRADSHAW : Mr . Lee
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : Mr . Lee , I'm sorry, excuse me . Mr . Lee
L OU mention ed the time involved here . You're alittle bit unclear, you're
not saying the first offer you rece i ved was 10 days ~o .
EDWARD LEE : No . As I mentioned at the last Counci 1 meeting on
thi~ subJect we had rec.ived first and final offer and wer i given until
April 20th . We met , we reJected that offer and counteroffered and I
won't io into numbers because I think they are irrelevant . We did
r eceive another offer on, I think, April 24th, at whfCh ~ime we had our
first real negotiating session . I would urge the Council if necessary to
c onsider amending the EURA guidelines to provide more to these business
owners that those guidelines currently provide . It's my understanding
that they are entitled to the value of their leasehold interest plus
relocation expenses not to exceed •10,000 except in extreme
circumstances . I don't know what extreme circumstances are , but I know
everyone of these merchants and business owners who is not settled must
have extreme circumstances because I don 't know one of them that can come
clo se to relocating his business for •10,000 plus the value of his
leas eholding . It 's simply impossible . You're talking loss of profits .
You're talk i ng taking a new structure and making your leasehold
improvemen ts and any -of vou wiiO have businesses of your own know how
tentative that is . And I think that the Council can continue to protest
these people by considering amending those guidelines if necessary .
Council clearly has the-dutv -in---;n-v opinion and I'm surethe citi zens o f
the City of Englewood would also agree to assure that the EURA now treats
these four remaining business owners fairly . I think that you all ought
to put yours elves in these owners shoes . Tf i t were your-6usiness wha t
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would you want before you would voluntarily move fro~a locati ~n -~ou '~
been at for a numbe r of years to another location . What you would wan
is to c ome out economically in the same place after the move . The offers
that have been made s1mply to these people that haven 't settled , now I
suspect there are some that have settled, have not been high enough to
assure tha t to them. Every business that moves is going to su~fer from
some rather extreme loss of profits eith•r be-it temporary or 1n the long
run because in today 's society when people are on the move they are going
to drive to a location if that location is closed, ~OX may try and find
wh e re the business moved to,-the other ~OX may JUSt dr1ve on or go to --_
another location because time is so valuable . I would like to JUst
mention a ~tt~ b!_t about my client . Ted has been at 33 West Girard and
the clothing and tailoring business for the last nine veers. rtiat------.....:.:. --
b us iness has existed I believe at that location for 22 veers . Ted Wants
to stay in the Citv of Englewood . In fact he has purchased another
location which he is considering moving to . Now he has done this to cU'f .....__
down on his potential losses but it's still going to cost him an awful
lot of money to get reopened . An awful lot more than wh~t has been
offered . So in closing I JUst want to sav that I Too lilre Mr . Issen dfir
no behalf of Ted urge vou to do whatever vou can to protect his interests
and the interest of the other three that have not reached settlements . Thank you . -
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for IJOU .
Thank vou Mr . Lee . Mr . Opperman. I have question
l'tR . CIPP ER I'1AN : Yes sir .
MAYOR OTIS : Since Mr . Lee who raised a good point . Since th 1 Urb an Renewal Authoritv has found there has been good faith offering can
P'lr Bradv or representatives continue to negoliilTon wfth t -he -
leaseholders?
I'IR . OPPERP'IAN : Depending of what Council would find this
evening . If Council were to find that the property should be included in
the plan and based upon the resolution of the Englewood Urban Renewal
Authoritv the negotiation phase would then pass over to the Englewood ---_
Urban Renewal Authority and thev would conduct negotiations with the
property owner from this point forward . --MAYOR OTIS : Thank you . Mr . Lahey .
WILLIAM LEAHY : Thank vou P'lr . P'lavor . P'ly name is William R.
Lahey L-A-H-E-Y. I represent Ali Baba Restaurant which is located at
3370 South Acoma . I'd like to thank you for giving some forum tonight .
I would like to try a different tack rather than challenge rather than
get up and rant and rave . I'd like to Just simply bring some facts to
the Council's attention that the Council may not even be aware of what is
going on in the background . We have not, mv client and I, have not seen
fit to yet institute litigation . We are trying to work and your Honor
has requested that the comments tonight be directed to "is this really
necessary ." I'd like to start off by addressing that directly . There is
no reason this is necessary to include these private leasehold interests
in this City's development program at this time . My client and Brady
still are fullv capable of as two independent entitles negotiating some
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problems out on p rice Th ere is no reason the City with its Urban
Renewal Authority and its City power needs to give a private developer
that extra clout to where a private developer can go to each and everyone
of th ese tenants and say take it or leave it . This is my last offer . I
make one or two offers . If you don't like. fine. I'll Just hand it over
to the City or to the Urban Renewal Authority . I'll get this whole
problem out of my hair . That's letting off somebody too early . Now this
whole instance we have now had two or three times that this has been
suggested ; and proposals and amendments have been forthcoming . And we
appreciate the difficulty that the City has been placed in . There have -
been changes since 1982. of course that has . And this now because of the
changed circumstances in the City of Englewood may ultimately result in
some sort of benefit to the City people. and I'm sure that you are al_l __
acting with that in mind . The problem is that you're being mislead.
You 're acting too quickly and you're are being given false deadlines and
false 1deas about the ramifications if you do not take this action and
make the amendment tonight . What is magic about tonight? You've
deferred it and deferred it before . You have one story about
negotiations . I will not go into detail about figures . I will not get
into detail . I would only say that unlike other tenants my client still
have not even seen a copy of the appraisal . I have asked for that twice .
We haven 't even been given a copy of a summary . We are told and given
one figure and then we are--have a meeting subsequently where we are told
verbally that that figure isn't even good and that now the appraisal
doesn't even show that and yet we haven't seen the appraisal . We have
not been given an opportunity for consideration of anything other than a
lease and some form of moving expense . Why is that? That is because the
developer in this case is using you all as a backup and saying ultimately
I can JUst get rid of the problem and we think that you all are being
used and that you all should not commit the City that's trying to do good
for i~s citizens to be used and very productive tenants that could make
this whole thing work are being harmed and are being asked to cut down
their prices. are being asked to be put in a situation of like or lump
it We also were old this is our final offer . And it's coincidence . I
had not heard the story of Physical Whimiscal before tonight . But it is
very coincid ental that we also told "wait a minute. we've got to check
our budgets ." Now that is not a statement of what's fair and what's not
fair . It's a statement of what do we want to spend on this . How can get
the margin down of the tenants so we can show to City Council that we are
doing something . I would like the City Council to also, I interpret the
agreement as to requiring some sort of review by this City Council . Some
sort of at least asking of questions of the Urban Renewal Authoity. "did
you have any documents?" "what was the basis of the appraisal?" "can we
rely on th i s appraisal ?" "has the appraised values changes?" I don't
think any of these questions and pertinent questions are being asked . We
were not even asked to the meeting of EURA . We have no idea what
documents may or may not have been submitted . We have no idea about what
one-sided statements have been made to EURA about what went on in
negotiations . Now so far we have been doing all the production of the
documents . We have supplied all of the documents substantiating all of
the i~rovements which have been sizeable that have been put into that
place . We have been asked tO su bstantiati every item and amount of
expense . We have not seen one item of substantiation from the other
side . And all we ask is . "let's see something on the side . Let's really
get in and ask what sort ofn egotiation . ·•·we 're not saving. ''liang up
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bec .. us e of the devel...QJ!..!r ." We 'r e ~i !!Jl • ~wait _~_minute . Urban_B.enewa_!
Au t h o ri t y th e Counc i l about what went o n and what really i s go i ng on i n
t h e n eg o t i a t ions before we 're goi ng to g iv e you c arte bla n che to start
~ de a lin g with them when two privat e pa r t i e s ought to be able to resolve
~ thei r own problems ." Things mi g h t b e d i fferent i n d i fferent s i tuations
~h e r e there 's lawsuits pendin g . wh e re t h ere is obvious an i mosity or
i nability or b e ing wa y f a r apart . That 's not the case here . And that 's
no t necess a rily the cas e with most of the tenants on this block and in
th i s area . I think if th e Counc i l would start aski ~~h ~~ these tenants . . ha v e really attempted to d o . I think they overall would find out these
te n ants are n o t out to ma k e a buck . The s e tenants aren 't seeing huge
dollar signs . They 'r e JU s t trying~ to come out reasonabl 'l_ whole ._ Now we
know th a t you 'T'e und e T' g ui delines . Of couT'se. you aT'e . And we know that
not ev e ry lit t l e b it of su bJective pT'oblems. concerns. headaches can be
compens a ted . We know th at too . But heT'e you are dealing with a piece of
prop e rty that wa s bought b y a pT'ivate developer and now in a last minute
f a shion. and this wa s con templated . this was closed JanuaT'y, and now we
don't g e t a l etter . we don 't even get a commencement of negotiations
until Ma T'ch . An d n o w a l l o f a sudden they'T'e thT'owing the City Council
to wa nt i n g o n Ap ril 30, le s s than 30 days fT'om any appT'aisals fT'om being
a tta in ed whi ch we haven 't even seen to go and taking it on themselves and
taking it on to t he Ur ban Renewal AuthoT'ity to tT'y to handle this mess
which still th e T'e is no s h ow i ng that couldn't be resolved by Brady
himself i f th at p r e s s u T'e was put to beaT'e . Now I was not here at the
l a s t meet i ng because I attended two other meetings that were closed .
und eT'stood that the last meeting was also a directive giving time for
Br ad y and i n fact e nc ouraging BT'ady and maybe coming on a little stronger
than th at s aying "w e wa n t s ome good faith negotiations ". That 's also in
the ag r eeme n t . A ba sic te n ant saying . "wait a minute. before you involve
the Ci t y. l et 's so met hin g productive . then if you 're at the very end
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of y our r ope . QK , we 'l l help you out because it 's in the good--best
int e T'est . That 's no t t h e case here . Nobody '• at the end of their rope
e xc ept we 'r e at a p oin t where Brady feels they can come to the City
Council a n d us e you a s th e ir last straw and use you to knuckle tenants
un d er . I'd li ke you a ll to be able to ask also the tenants that haven't
s e ttl e d . Wh y i s it th a t t h e s e tenants are coincidentally the ones that
h a v e n't s ettled . Yo u wi ll find that the ones that haven 't settled are
th e v e ry ones that po ur ed in the most into leasehold improvements . You
will f in d that t h ey are the ones that have the most to lose and are the
tricki e st ne got i a tions an d are operating businesses that are rather
difficult to e v a luate . And y et those are the ones that they s how are the
tT'oubl e on e s . T h e ones th at a r e difficult to appraise . The ones that
are t o se ttle and tha t c a n't be taken here . Take it or leave it . It
T'e~uir e s a lit tle b it mo r e d e l icate negotiation . And so what are they
doin g . Put t i ng it onto a Ci ty authority . I don't think that is the
prop er wa y . I do n't t hink i t is the way it is designed to acqua i nt or to
accomp lish wh at was r e ally d es ir ed by all parties . And that i t let 's get
on with the pT'OJ e ct . City 's determined it is a good proJect . It can
wo rk. b ut let 's get i t o n in a way that doesn't create animosity t hat
doesn't cre a te undue h a r ds hi p and that Justly com p ensates people that
do e sn't ma ke i t t oo ea s y for someone JUst to bail out and shove the
problem onto s o meo ne else . I wo u ld also like to point out that I. you r
Honor , I unders t and what you Hono r sa i d about the gu i del i ne s being used
t o day . I have q uestion wh e th e r o r not the Counc i l and yo ur Ho n or may
simply carte b l a nch e assume t hat ceT'tain th i ngs have gone o n without
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ev i dence pres e nted . There 's been no stat ements . I don't know if you -----_
have b ee n given any of the docum entat ion or substantiation of what 's gone
on in these difficult negotiations . I am interested . I think you all
intelluctuall~ ought be intereste d before you take a step that permits
the neg o tiation and your Honor asked a question about what would happen
with the negotiation . Th at 's exactly right what would happen with the ---_ .
negotiation . Brady 's out of it . No ~ore responsibilit~.
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : Mr . Mayor .
WILLIAM LAHEY : Yes .
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : I apologize f'or stopping you Mr . Lah•y .
WILLIAM LAHEY : T hat's fine .
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : You're making an excellent presentation
but vou 're covering ground two . and three. and f'our times .
WILLIAM LAHEY : So the other item that I would like to cover is
the parking lot . We would JOin in and 3370 is right across the str•et
fro~ the parking lot . That is old ground . We never heard any notice .
It is now causing us an absolute inabilit~ to have custo~ers come . There
are no parking places . I think the City should or could have been aware
of that . They should or could have been previou•lll advised. I don't
know what the advice is or was . I don't know und•r what Authority . I'm
not •ven challenging that , apparently that's even the subJect of a
lawsuit that I don 't want to get into . I would JUst like to say that as
a result of that now . That is also co~plete changed the ~atu ~ o ~
whatev•r n•gotiations might have gone on and I think it was premature and
it is now caused us to be in a situation where we are going to have to
I--close down the operations of this business . There are only two parking
spaces available . We c an not do an~thing else legiilly. parkTng legiill~.
And it has caused a substantial change in the position of the parties in
nejo_!iation and a substanti~_!oss to my client . Thank you .
~ COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : Mr . Mayor . I wanted to--the issue of
par•lnJ ca•e u~. There is public parking in and quite a bit of public
parking within the 400 feet that zoning allows to-service-any of th•
areas downtonw . I know that the Department of Community D•velopm•nt is
going to be releasing a letter that isolates the considerable amount of
public parking that remains in the area .
WILLIAM LAHEY : OK. where is that?
COUNCIL MEMBER NEAL : Chamber of Commerce building is the block
north of Fl~
WILLIAM LAHEY : OK , I will retract then. if that's the case .
There ••11 be other available . but certainlv not right across the street .
And that is su bstantiif111 differ~t night time withe restauranT and
people walking in an area that's under construction. And it has caused a
problem . That's al l. We wish also for the Council to be aware of it .
Thank-you .
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first name . the last name is Rich .
LA RRY RICH : Yo ur Honor and members of the Council. my name is
Larry Rich . I'm an attorney . I represent Man 's World and Gene Issen .
I'm going to endeavor not to repeat all of the statements made by my
predecesso rs here at the podium. however. there has not been one speaker
yet toda v_ tha_t I have not been in complete a!Jreement ~i~ as it relates
to our sitaution as well . I am certainly appalled as been other people
at this podium concerning the finding of good faith negotiations.
especially considering that no one had ever taken the time to call Mr .
Issen or myself to discuss whethir we hav.-inT.ct-been -n.-got1at"icf with
in good faith . No one has asked us that. uh, that. uh our discussions of
releasing space in the pre~ises have fallen on deaf ears . No one has
asked us or discussed with us how our claim for specific damages totally
d is count in some cases . We are one of those companies still in
negotiation . We will be one of those companies that will ultimately come
to agree~ent although we are thousands of dollars apart . I feel as
others have stated that the Brady Corporation is using the City Council
and the Urban Renewal Authority as their rubber stamp . I can't expect
that anyone of you people could retain your positions as working for the
City if the constitutency determined yes in fact your actions constituted
a rubber sta~p to the development . The development is one thing I would
like to deal with specifically now . Your Honor, you mentioned at the
beginning of this meeting that we're here to decide two things . One is
it necessary to include the properties in the current development and two
is it benefical to the City . I submit to you I have heard nothing . No
evidence presented by anyone indicating this property could in fact be
necess ary to include the property and in fact the redevelopment plan that
was negotiated and entered int-o by the Brady -c-orporition and· tile --crty d1Cl
not include this particular block or Mr . Issen's premises at 3365 South
Broadway . It see~s to ~e that if a plan ~akes sense without the
inclusion of this block why all of a sudden is it now necessary to
include it . The only reason that I can determine is it must be the flow
of things . We gotten this building in this block. let's go to the next
and the next and the next and the next and ultimately try to bring new
buildings and new properties to the City of Englewood . While the concept
I agree with. let 's really look at it in terms of whether or not the City
finds it necessary . The businesses in Englewood provide part of the tax
base for the City of Englewood to operate . My client pays a significant
amount of sales tax to this City . As he indicated before he was enticed
to come back into Englewood by Mr . Kaufman. Fred Kaufman of Kaufman 's
Mens Wear . I think you all kno111 the type of revenues. sales tax
revenues. that Mr . Kaufman ability to generate for and on behalf of the
City . My client Mr . Issen has a business that is the perfect complement
to Mr . Kaufman's business in that between the two of them. they can
provide clothing to virtually to any male in any size . Mr . Issen has
noticed since he has moved here that the concept is working and his sales
are generating tremendous revenues for the City and they will continue to
do so . I have heard no evidence from anyone as to how many years a new
business being put into Mr . Issen 's current location. how many years it
will take that new business to generate the same type of revenues it is
generating today , especially in light of the higher rents that are
proJeCted for that type of property . And I believe that the sales taxes
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might come at a later time when measured in today 's dollars . No one has --...--
indicated to me or to the Council, the Mayor that new is better . Wh y
does n ew have to be better . The premises are there . They are sound .
They are leased up . They are not old . They are filled wit h businesses
generating money . I see no testimony before here the Council that
indica te s anything to the contrary . Why is it beneficial? Because i t's ---.._~~·
new? I submit to you that that is not enough reason . Again . our
negotiations have come from a posture that negotiations from Brady to us .
Theil have not come in a posture of hell • we 're sorry. we're hurting your
business, we'd like to make you whole; but rather why should we spend
more, we get it condemned we don't have to pa~ anythin ~ _And what
happens in Mr . Issen 's case. if the property is conde•med . the provision
in his lease indicates that any condemnation award belongs to the
landlord that is Mr . Brady . So Urban Renewal is g C!_!ng to negotiate a
some of mone11 to give us and Mr . Brady is going to get . That's not fai r .
That's not right .
MAYOR OTIS : The next name on the list Melinda Wetzsell .
MELINDA WETZSELL : Council and Mr . _Mayor . ~y ~ame is Melinda
Wetzsell . I'm the owner of Other Mothers ' Store in the downtown 3400
block of downtown . I'm a new business owner in Englewood and I 'm new to
the politics of Englewood . But I 'm not so new as a citizen of En l!ewoo~.
I chose to do my business in downtown Englewood not only because my
family is here but because I like the feel o~ downtown . Of having a
downtown as opposed to a plastic shoppette or shopping center . But also
at least in my type of store, it's a budget store and that 's the economy
that's in Englewood . It's not a healthy enough economy to support the
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AGENDA FOR THE
SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 30, 1984
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Call to order, invocatioJ, pledge of allegiance,
and roll call.
Public Hearing.
To consider Amendment No. 6 to the Engle-
wood Downtown Redevelopment Plan. (Copies
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RESOLUTION NO. ~
SERIES OF 1984
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A RESOLUTION OF THE ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND TilE ENGLEWOOD DOWN-TOWN REDEVELOPHENT PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood adopted a Downtown Redevelopment
Plan in accordance with the Urban Renewal Statutes of the State of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, recent economic studies have indicated the need to
amend the Plan to take advantage of current market potential; and
WHEREAS, additional properties have been identified as necessary
to be acquired for implementation of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the Plan was referred to
the Planning and Zoning Commission for its review to determine the Plan
amendment conformance to the Comprehensive Plan; and
WIIEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Conuni~;sion conducted a review
of the proposed amendment on March 20, 1984, and concluded that the amend-
ment is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan; and
WliEltEAS, offlciul notice has been given und public hearing hus
been held on Harch 26, 1984, April 10, 1984, and April 30, 1984, to solicit
comments on the proposed amendments to the Downtown Redevelopment Plan as
required by C.R.S. 31-25-107(d);
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, that:
Section 1.
The proposed amendment to the Englewood Downtown Redevelop-
ment Plan is deemed necessary to the successful implementation
of the Plan and is considered beneficial to the community as a whole.
Section 2.
The document attached hereto as Exhibit A, "Amendment 6", is
hereby approved and shall be incorporated into the Englewood
Downtown Redevelopment Plan on the property listing page and
become a part thereof.
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1984. ADOPTED AND APPROVED this _____ day of-------
Eugene L. Otis, Mayor
ATTEST:
ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
I, Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the City
of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify the foregoing is a true, accurate
and complete copy of Resolution No, ___ , Series of 1984.
Cary R. lligbee
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EXHIUI'!' A
Amendment 16
Address
3311 South Broadway
Leases within the following properties:
3315 South Broadway
3333 South Broadway
3365 South Uroadway
3340 South Acoma
3370 South Acoma
3378 South Acoma
33 Hest Girard Av en ue
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1971-34-3-16-001
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CITY OF ~NG L ~W OO D , COLORADO
URll AN RENEW AL AUTHORITY
h Rl\SOLUTION 0 1' Till\ I'NCJ.EWOOD UlliiiiN JlENl •:WAJ , IIU 'I'I IOI! I 'J'Y IICCJ •:I''I' INC l>llCm11 ·:N'I'II'J' ION
Flt011 TH~ ll lWJ'{ UlN C:LO l'Ml!:NT COIH'OHA'UON ANU S . JlUU llHAlJY AS C:VlUl!:NCl!: 011 COUU
FAo:TH NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE !ICQUTSITI ON OF l'ROPRR'l'Y fiND /O il 1.1•:/\SI\llOJ.n TN'I'I•:HJo:S'I'S
AND R~COI1!1 END I N G TO CITY COUNCIL 'l'Hl!: LI STING OF SAID l'lWl' mnY AND Ll'hS l!:ll ULlJ
INTERESTS IN THE ENGLEW OOD DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN .
HHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Authority having rece·lvcu a rcquN;t
from the rcu<.:v<.:lopcr;;, llrauy Ucvuloptucnt Corpurutluu unu !:: • lluu llrudy
(her einafter referred to as "redeveloper"), that the properties descr ibetl
in Exhib it A, which the redeveloper has been unable to acquire be de,;lgnatuu
as proper ty necessary for implementation of the Englewood Downtown Redev elop -
rn<.:n t Plan; and
1-n!EREAS , the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority hav Jng rev ll!w ed
the rC!devc;l oper'~> doc\llncntcttlon Ita~; dctorntluc•d that tltc • TL't\('vc•lup•·r h.a •;
ful[ l U~.:d it>: ubligutlu11s [ur goou [a Hit nugotlutluns pur;;uanL Lu Set.:L Lull
1 .2 of the Agreement fo ·r Rudc vcloplltcmt il o tw••c•n the Urh"n ll''"''w:tl Auli"''·J ty
a11u Lh<.: rl!ul!vulopcr dated Novemlll!r :l, 1 'Hl:l; and
\•lllEcl.IIS , Lln; Ur!Jull J(ull<.:wul AutlturlLy ltuvlug furthcr Ul!L<.:l"tlli.U<.:d
that the properties set forth on Exhibit A are necessary for the implementa -
tion of thee Engleev1oocl Downtown l{edevelopment Plan, and that con>iilltCtlt
there;~ith a recommenclation should be ma de to the City Council of the City
of EnglEMood;
UOH, 'J'llERI'f'ORI ·., liE TT lli~SOLVJW, the Eng l cwoou Urhan llcnewal
/,utlto r lt y itl!rl!hy r<.:CUIIIIIIClldo Lo tlt<.: Clty Council or the City ur l!:ngluwuud .
t hat pursuant to the Agreement for Disposition and Redevelopment by and
bet1·1een the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority and Urady Development Cor-
poration and S. Bud Brady dated November 2, 1983, the properties and
leases cleslgnu tcd on Exltihlt A attached hereto and incorporated herein
by reference are required to meet the objectives of the Englewood Down-
tO\m Redevelopment Plan ,
FURTliElt , that salcl properties are necessary for the implementation
of said Plan, and therefore recommend that the Englewood Downtown Redevelop-
ment Plan be amended by adding to the list of properties designated for
acquisition thoFJe properties set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto •
ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 25th day of April, 19 8 4 •
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ATTEST:
Motion by: ____ ~su~s~a~n~~Vua~n~D~y~k~q~------------------------------
Voting in Favor: Lawrence Novicky, Susan Vanpyke. Melvin Minnick.
Ruth Cole, Ja1nes Totton, John Neal
Voting in Opposition:. __ ~N~o~n~e ________________________________________ _
Hembers Absent: Robert J , Voth
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gXHIUIT A
Amendment 16
Address
3311 South Broadway
Leases within the following properties:
3315 South Broadway
3333 South Broadway
3365 South Uroadwny
3340 South Acoma
3370 South Acoma
3378 South Acoma
33 West Girard Avenue
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1971-34-3-16-001
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A RESOLUTION OF THE ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO AMEND TilE ENGLEWOOD DOWN-
TOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood adopted a Downtown Redevelopment
Plan in accordance with the Urban Renewal Statutes of the State of Colorado;
and
WHEREAS, recent economic studies have indicated the need to
amend the Plan to take advantage of current market potential; and
WHEREAS, additional properties have been identified as necessary
to be acquired for implementation of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the Plan was referred to
the Planning and Zoning Commission for its review to determine the Plan
amendment conformance to the Comprehensive Plan; and
~fEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a review
of the proposed amendment on March 20, 1984, and concluded that the amend-
ment is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, official notice has been given and public hearing has
been held on March 26, 1984, April 10, 1984, and April 30, 1984, to solicit
comments on the proposed amendments to the Downtown Redevelopment Plan as
required by C.R.S. 31-25-107(d);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Englewood, Colorado, that:
Section 1.
The proposed amendment to the Englewood Downtown Redevelop-
ment Plan is deemed necessary to the successful implementation
of the Plan and is considered beneficial to the community as
a whole.
Section 2.
The document attached hereto as Exhibit A, "Amendment 6", is
hereby approved and shall be incorporated into the Englewood
Downtown Redevelopment Plan on the property listing page and
become a part thereof.
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED this _____ .day of
1984.
Eugene L. Otis, Mayor
ATTEST:
ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer
I, Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the Ci ty
of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify the foregoing is a true, accurate
and complete copy of Resolution No, _____ , Series of 1984.
Cary R. Higbee
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Amendment 16
Address
3311 South Broadway
Leases within the following properties:
3315 South Broadway
3333 South Broadway
3365 South llroadwoy
3340 South Acoma
3370 South Acoma
3378 South Acoma
33 Hest Girard Avenue
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CI'l''t 01•' ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
URBAN RENEWAL AU'l'llORI 'l"l
A Rl~SOLUTION OF Tim 1\NCI.l\W OOD URilAN nt'.Nl':WAT. AU 'I'liOIIT'I 'Y ACCI WI' I Nl ! DOC:m11 ·:N'I'A'I' IU N
l>'lWM Till:: lliUUJ't UI!:V I!:LOI'Ml::N T COIU'OIV.'l'lON ANU l>. llUU lliV.U't Al> I!:VlUI!:Nl:l!: 011 l:OOU
Fil l:TH NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF l'ROPRR'l'Y AND/OH T.t•:AS 1\l!OI.ll TN'I'EIU •:STS
AND ltEC011lo!ENDlNG '!'0 Cl'l''t COUNCIL 'l'HC: LIS'l'lNG 01" SAIU l'lWl' Wfl''t AND LI'ASI!:llOLlJ
INTERESTS I N THE ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
~IHE REAS, \:he Urban Renewal Authority having rece ·tvml a rcqii C',;t
fru m tilt! ccu cvclupuc,;, llcu<.ly llcvulopmunt Coq>oL·ut ion un<.l l>. lluJ lletllly
(her einafter referred to as "redeveloper"), that the properties described
in Exhibit A, which the redeveloper has been unable to acquir e be <.leslgnatud
as property necessary for implementation of the Englewood Downtown Red e ve l o p-
me nt Plan; and
HHEREAS , the En glewood Urban Renewal Aut ho r ity havjnp, t·cv i.cwc d
the re::developc r' s tlocl\IIICntnt ·lon has tlcterud.nt•d tlo n t tll<• n •,lt•vvlopl'l' lo:.,;
ful[j.lJ u<.l Hs obligations for goo<.! faHh ncgotiutions pun;unnt to Sc<.:t i.u 11
1..2 of the Aerecmc:nt for Retlcvcl.opu1cnt hut wcen the Ud>nn 1\l•m•wii ·l Aut ·l,uri ry
anc.J Lhe:: re<.lcveloper dated November :.!, l \Jil3; u nc.J
\lll"lti:A~•, Lhu Ur lwn lt unuwul Autl•ur lLy lwvlng further duLur ml nu d
that the properties set forth on Exhibit A are necessary for the impl.ementa -
Lion o f the Engle::wood IJ owntown Redevelopment l'lan, untl that t:on~:;istunt
therewith a recomm endation should be made to the City Council of the City
of J:n gl e~1ood ;
l:OH , TllliRI\T'Oltl\, liE TT HI~SOT.VIlll , the l(ngl ewood Urhun Ht•ncwiil
"uL io ur lLy lic.:cul>y cc.:<.:ulllllll!lluS to the Clty Count:li of the CiLy of l!:ngluwooc.J 1
t hat pursu ant to the Agreement for Disposition and Redevelopment by and
beL\I E:e n the t.:n glewooc.J Urban Renewal Autho rity and Uracly Dev elopment Cor-
poration and s. Bud Brady dated Novemb er 2, 1983, the properties and
lea~es designa ted on l:xhihit A attached hereto and incorporated herein
by reference are required to meet the objectives of the Englewood Down-
toHn Redevelopment Plan.
FUR'l'llt::lt , that said properties are necessary for the implementation
of said Plan, and therefore recommend that the Englewood Downtown Redevelop-
ment Plan be amended by adding to the list of properties designated for
acqul~ition tho"e properties Ret forth on gxhihit A attached hereto.
ADOPTE D AND APPROVED THIS 25th day of April, 1984 •
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Susan Powers -
Executive Secretary
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Voting in Favor: Lawrence Novicky, Susan VanDyke, Melvin Minnick.
Ruth Cole, James Totton, John Neal
Vcting in Opposition: ___ N_o~n-•-----------------------------------------
:·!emb ers Absent: Robert J, Voth
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Amendment #6
Address
3311 South Broadway
Leases within the following properties:
3315 South Broadway
333 3 South Broadway
336 5 Sout h ll ro u<lwuy
334 0 So ut h Acoma
337 0 South Acoma
33 78 So ut h Aco ma
3 3 \-l e s t Gi rard Avenue
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CI'!'¥ OF ENCLI!:WOOll , COLOitAllO
UllliAN RENEWAL AUTI!ORIT¥
A RIIS OLU'riO N OP Tllll EN GL EW OOD URilhN llnNEWAl. AU 'I'llOHT'I'Y AC:C:I ·:I1'1' IN !! llOCIJ~11·:N'I'i\'l' I ON
1'1<011 '1'111!: IJ!WJ¥ 01\VI,LOI'M EN'I' COIU'OltA'1'10N ANO :; • IJUO IJIU\0¥ A:> EV WENC I!: Ul' COUll
Fii ::TH NEGOTIATIONS FOR TI!E ACQUISITION OP PROPERTY AND/OH T.EASEIIOI.D TN'I'I •:I<I ·:ST~;
AND RECOMMENDING 1'0 CI'I'¥ COUNCIL 'i'HJ;; LISTING 01•' SAID 1'1<01' 1\ln'¥ ANO LI\ASE II UJ.IJ
INTERESTS IN THE ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
HllE REAS, the Urban Renewal. Author :l.ty hnvi.nr: rocei.vcd " n~qao c•>;l·
[rum til a.: ra.:c.kva.:l.upC!r!l , Uru<ly U~.>vC!lopuacut Curpucutiuu un<l S. Uu<l IJt·uuy
(hereinafter referred to as 11 redeveloper 11 ), that the properties described
in Exhibit A, which the redeveloper has been unable to acquire be design at~.><l
as pro p erty necessary for implementation of the Englewood Downtown Rcd evC'lor-mc,:nt Plan; and
\-IHEREAS, th e Englewood Urban Renewal Authority hav i ng r e v tewC!d
the: redevC:l.oper ' s documcntati.on lms c.leternd.ncd thnt the r.cc.levelopcr ha >: fulfill~;c.l it~ o bligations for goo<! fa ith negot.iat lum; pun;u<ant to Sea.:t luu
1.2 of the Agreemen t for Reclevelorment between the Urbun Rcncwul. Autho rit y
and the rC:devC:loper d a ted November 2, 1983; und
v/IIJ ·:Ju:As , Lit(! UriJiJn f(C..:UC!Wu l AuthuriLy hi.lv l ug LUL'ther UCtC!l'lllilll.>d
that the p ro p erties set forth on Exhibit A are necessary for the implementa-
tion of the Englewoo d Downtown Redevelopment l'lan, and that con~;istent
therewith a recommen dation should be made to the City Council of the City of Cngl e Hood;
I:OH , 'l'llEREl'OHil , Ill\ T'J' ftES OLVIID, th e l ~nglewood Urhnn Rcncwnl
/,uLJI()riLy IIL:r~;l>y rC!C.:UIIIIIIl!ll<b; Lo tit.., Clty Couna.:iJ u[ LhC! City u[ 1 \u~J.cwouc.l ,
that purs uant to the Agreement for Disposition and Redevelopment by and
be t~1e:en the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority and IJrady Developu1ent Cor-
poration and s. Bud Brady dated November 2, 1983, the properties and
lc,:ase:!; deslgnatcd on Exhibit A attached hereto und incor porated herein
by reference are required to meet the objectives of the Englewood Down-
toa.m Redevelopment Plan.
I'UHTIIEit, that sald prupertil!s are necessary for the illlplementation
of said Plan , and therefore recommend that the Englewood Downtown Redevelop-
ment Plan be amended by adding to the list of properties designated for
acquisition those properties set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto •
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ADOPTED AND AP PROVED THIS 25th day of April, 1984,
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Executive Secretary
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Ruth Colt!,
Voting in Opposition: _______________________________________________ __
l1ern b ers Ahs en t: Robert J, Yo th
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Amendment 16
Address
3311 South Broadway
Leases within the following properties:
3315 South Broadway
3333 South Broadway
3365 Sou th Bro a dw ay
3340 South Acoma
3370 South Acoma
3378 South Acoma
33 Hest Girard /\venue
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Bllo v--
Brads hew v-
Otis ~
MOTION :
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ROLL CALL
~ved Seconded Ayes Nay Absent Abstain
lfTqdaY
Neal
Vobe1da
We st
L7 Bl lo
v Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION:
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ROLL CALL
Hoved Seconded Ayes Nay Absent Abstain
"1gaav
Neal
Vobei da
Weist
Bi lo
Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION:
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AGENDA ITEM ----PRESENTED BY ------
ROLL CALL
Koved Seconded Ayes ~Y Absent Ab t I s a n
Higaav
Neal
Vobe1da
Weist
Bllo
Bradshw
Otis
MOTION:
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AG~ ITEM ----PRESENTED BY ------
Moved Seconded Ayes Nay Absent Abstain
Hlgdav
Neal
Vobe,da
Weist
Bi lo
Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION:
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Hlclday
Neal
Vobe,da
Wei s t
Bl lo
Br adshaw
Ot i s
MOTION:
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ROLL CALL 1 (!""{[~ < J-1l U . (
Hoved Seconded Ayes Mly Absent
Hladav
Neal
Vobe,da
Weist
Bllo
Brads h..,
Otis
MOTION :
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AGENDA ITEM ----PRESENTED BY -------
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Hoved Seconded Ayes Kly Absent
Hlgday
Neal
Vobe;da
We st
Bllo
Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION:
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AGENDA ITEM ----
Moved Seconded Ayes May Absent Abstain
HTQd•v
Neal
Vobe1da
Weist
BIIO
Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION:
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AGENDA ITEM ----
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Moved
MOTION:
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ROLL CALL
Seconded
HTCIGay
Neal
Vobe 1da
Weist
Bllo
Bradsh-
Otis
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PRESENTED BY -------
1--;a 5/ -' ~ we&~;
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Abstain
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AGENDA ITEM
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ROLL CALL
Koved Seconded Ayes Kly Absent Absta in
Hlgday
Meal
Vobe-lda
Wei s t
Bllo
Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION:
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AGENDA ITEM ----______.
Moved Seconded
MOTION :
Hlgday
Meal
vob e,da
Weist
Bi lo
Bradshaw
Otis
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Ayes May Absent Abstain
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ROLL CALL
t Ac"~ U'tt
fa:_ '1 [v_L b...r)_L
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Seconded A yes May Absent Abstain
l'lo ved
Hlgoav
Meal
vobe-,da
Wei s t
Rl lo -
Bradshew
Otis
MOTION:
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AGENDA I TEM ----P RESENTED BY -------
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ROLL CALL
Hoved Seconded Ayes M.y Absent Abstain
Hlgday ....-
Neal y-
Vobe i da r-
Weist ,__
Bi lo v--
Bradshaw v--
Otis ,__..
MOTION:
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• -
•
•' -
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AGENDA ITEM -----PRESENTED BY --------
~Oll CALL
Moved Seconded Ayes Nay Absent Absuln
Hlgday
Neal
Vobe,da
Weist
Bi lo
Bradsh-
Otis
MOTION:
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AGENDA ITEM ----PRESENTED BY -------
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Hoved Seconded
MOTION:
"lgOiiY
Nul
Vobe1da
Weist
Bllo
Br•dsh-
Otis
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Ayes Kly Absent
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ROLL CALL
Koved Seconded Ayes ~Y Absent AbsUin
HTgday
Neal
Vobe,da
Weist
allo
Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION:
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AG ENDA ITEM
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MOTION:
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Seconded
Hlqday
Neal
Vobe,da
Weist
Bllo
Bradsh-
Ot i s
p_ -'\()J
ROLL..J CALL
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Ayes Nay Ab sent Abstain
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AGENDA ITEM -----P RESENTED BY --------
ROLL CALL
Hoved Seconded Ayes Kly Absent AbstaIn
1/ Hlgday
Neal
Vobe,da
Wei s t
Bi lo v Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION: J t O .,Jc
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ROLL CALL
Moved Seconded Ayes Nay Absent Abstain
HIQday
Neal
Vobe1da
Wei s t
Bl lo
Bradshaw
Otis
MOTION:
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•
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AGENDA ITEM -----P RESENTED BY ___.-____ __:::::_
/? t (_ t'IU ' -<'-.. /
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ROLL CALL
Moved Seconded Ayes Nay Ab sent Abstain
Hlgday
Neal
Vobe1da -We st -Bi lo -Bradshaw
Ot is
MOTION:
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