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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES-09/11/1969-Regular495 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OP -PORT" COLLINS, Held Thursday, September 11, 1969, at 1:30 o'clock P.M. Present: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. City Manager Coffey, City Attorney March and Director of Public Works Liquin. Absent: Councilman Troxell. - Motion was made by CouncilmarKruchten, seconded by Councilman Kissock, that the reading of the minutes of the last regulat meeting held September 4, 196:9' be dispensed with. Roll was called resulting as follows: :Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: - Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The following ordinane was presented on first reading and read at length: ORDINANCE No. 62, 1969 BEING AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $55,093 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1969 ,FOR ADDITIONAL SALARIES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES NECESSITATED.BY COST -OF -LIVING INCREASE. Motion was made by Councilman Lopez, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that Ordinance No. 62, 1969, be presented favorably on first reading and ordered published this llth day of September, A. D. 1969, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of October, A. D. 1969. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, I;opez, Kissock and Kruchten Absent: Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The following ordinance was presented on second reading: . /Nd ORDINANCE NO. 51, 1969 BEING AN ORDINANCE ASSESSING THE COST OF IMPROVEKENTS IN STREET IMPROVEMENT° DISTRICT No. 61 ANDPROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION THEREOF Motion was made by Councilman Kissock, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that Ordinance No. 51, 1969, be adopted. - Roll was -called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The following resolution was presented and read at'length: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS GIVING NOTICE CONCERNING A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, 1953, AS AME`;DED, COFW:ONLY KNO'vN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IN ORDER TO CLASSIFY FOR ZONING PURPOSES CERTAIN PROPERTY BEING ANNEXED TO THE CIT: OF FORT COLLINS WHEREAS, heretofore the City Council of the City of Fort.Collins ini- tiated Annexation procedures for certain property known as the Seventeenth: -South Shields Street Annexstion to the City of Fort Collins, more particularly'described in the "Notice of Public Hearing" attached hereto; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Bcard has made a study of said 14 4-6 anneKation and has held a_ hearing and made a,report.-and recommendation concern - ing.the zoning of said property, all in accordance with Section 19-46 of the f'F Code of Ordinances of the City cort Coll:M� I'Colorado, 1958, as amended; and WHEREAS,. the City Council desires to hold a hm ring in order to deter- mine how said property sYg 11 be zoned, all:as required by said Section 19-46• NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that .October 2, 1969, at'1:30 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the matter may ,come on for hearing, in the Council Chambers in the City Hall of the City of Fort Collins is hereby set as the time and place for a public hearing in' `order to consider the zoning for said property -,_and.__-_ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby instructed to publish a notice of said hearing as provided in Section 19-46 of the Code of _.O d na.nces-af-the City of Fort. Collins, Colorado, 1958,.as amended, in the form attached hereto. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this llth day of September, A. D. 1969. /s/ Karl E. Carson Mayor ATTEST: ! ; /s/ John Bartel_ - 'City _Clerk —_ - -- fj6 Motion was made by Councilman Kissock, seconded by Councilman Kruchten,', that "this resolution be adopted. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: oatscilmen C�rsonI liopez, -Kissock and Kruchten - Absent-: Counci-CouncilmanTroxell, —exettsec--PFayes: None---The-Mayor-declared-th-e--mrrtion-ado t &-- The City Manager advised the Council that the USBR power contract with the :Bureau of Reclamation for Colorado River Storage Project Power was presented. This is a semi-annual increase and amounts to 6,000 killowatts, which is a total of 18,000 killowatts for the next six months. Motion was made by Councilman Kruchten, seconded by Councilman Kissock, that this increase be approved. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor, declared the motion adopted. The following Bids were presented and read at length: ' September 9, 1969 TO: Honorable Mayor and Councilmen THROUGH: Mr. Tom Coffey, City Manager FROM: Mr. E. M. Kuppinger, Purchasing Agent SUBJECT: Fire Hose Bids Bids have been received and evaluated covering consideration for purchase of: 1500t 23!�" Fabric Fire Hose 6o0 11�: " Fabric Fire Hose A summary of the low bids are as follows: 15001 600,. American La France $ 1,31.25 $-462.00 .Pueblo Fire Equipment 1,725.00 480.o0 Union Supply Company 1,830.00 510.00 Fort Collins Fire Control NO BID NO BID _ B Ed Yonkers has evaluated the bids and all specifications have been m,et by the low bidder for a total sum of $2,093.25• , i 497 The to -commendation is that American La France Company be awarded the contract. $espe.ctfully submitted e1 8: 0. 'Kuppinger Purch,as.ing Agent Motion was made by Councilman Lopez, seconded by Councilman Kissock, that the recommendation of the Purchasing Agent be accepted and the low bid be awarded to American La France Company. Roll was called resulting es follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: 'Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The folliwng bids were presented and read at length: 19P - August 14, 1969 TO: Honorable Mayor and Councilmen THROUGH: Mr. Tom Coffey, City Manager FROM: E. M. Kuppinger, Purchasing Agent SUBJECT: Improvement District #62 Bids have been received to cover proposals for all labor,.equipment and material necessary for Street Improvement District No. 62. The results of the bidding are: BIDDER BID AMOUNT Flatiron Paving Company $ 20,169.75 Fort Collins Ready -Mix 21,006.68 Sterling Paving Company 22,122.00 The engineering estimate for the cost of Improvement District Number 62 was• $23,434.00. Mr. Roy Bingman has reviewed the bids, and his opinion is that the low bidder Flatiron Paving will satisfactorily perform the improvements. The recommendation is that Flatiron Paving Company be awarded the contract in the amount of $20,866.75. Respectfully submitted, /s/ E. M. Kuppinger Purchasing Agent Motion was made by Councilman Kissock, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that the recommendation of the Purchasing Agent be accepted and the low'bid of Flatiron Paving Company be approved. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motio7 adopted. The matter of the partial vacation of Ponderosa Drive, owned by Imper- ial Homes Construction Company, which was tabled from September 11, 1969, to this date, was withdrawn by the Attorney Bob Miller. joi Mr. Jack Stark, AttornEyrepresenting Manhattan -West Corp..,:. requesting vacation of a portion of Bu(keye Street, was presented and presented a letter on same. Stating that the Corporation had ac Tired the property describsd as Lots 5 and 6 in Block 2 of L. C Moore's First Addition , in April of this year, to increase the value of their own property. Stating that the City is one adjacent property owner and his client is the other. He Fequested the Council j to reconsider_- their decision from last week. V A98 Councilman Kissock stated that this is park land and -,the City has no right to give this parkland away that they now own. Mr. Stark stated that the.street dedicated on the plat in 1921, a portion of Buckeye Street, has never been used by the City. of Fort Collins as it is a public street. The City Attorney advised the Council that this belongs to the public. The City has installed utilities as well as the constructionof streets and alleys, _and the_City_has_the righ.t_to retain it.____ The Mayor asked if there was any change in the decision of September., . 4th,-there being none the decision stood to deny the request. The application of Frank J. Perez'dba Pancho's Cafe, 1802 North College Avenue, for a -Fermented Malt Beverage License, was presented. Mr. Perez, was present... and was sworn in for testimony regarding this application. Petions were filed with the City Clerk and were identified as exhibits A and B. These petitions were obtained by himself to customers and othei who live in the neighborhood, stating that he will serve i•,exican food and 90% of the people and customers desired the serving of beer with their food." Council man Kissock asked if there were other outlets in the neighborhood. Mr. Perez stated there -were -none north and none east or west, and to the south there wa-s—the--Pizza—Roma - and the Bowling-Aldey,-also-Bickels; which was a-csrry out. Councilman Lopez stated that he had known Mr. Perez at school and other- wise and found him to.be,a very fine person. Mr. Perez was asked if he was acquainted with the laws and regulations and had a copy of same. He skated that he did have. The Mayor asked if there an other questions concerning this license. There being none, motion was made by Councilman Kruchten, seconded.by Councilman Kissock, that this application be accepted and taken under advisement. Roll was called resulting as follows:Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The City Audit for 1968 wan presented. Bob McCluskey of Rogers and McCluskey, was present and explained the lateness of his report, stating that, the first audit had to be recalled and that John P. Proctor, the State Auditor, given had/them an estimation. He advised the Council that their firm had converged' with the Loveland firm and would have more auditors to give an earlier report hereafter. The Mayor asked if there any questions and stated that he would lime to compare this audit with last years. Motion was made by Councilman Kruchten, i seconded by Councilman Kissock, that the Council receive the report. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: Concilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayo:. - declared the ,motion adopted. The following communication was presented and re_a4z et -.,length: lY� Fart Collins City Council C� ntlemen:, _ I-" reali-ze you are busy making our street light, sometijj0'. ve needed fpr,yesrs;...'-S_xapt-to take this opportunity of thanking you ou gulf of the people for_tle fine lights in Library Park, many many paople.eA�j hem The_ corner of Lemay and Elizabeth is a very dangerous-,ST&W.-ands_nan- ps plc shou-14 deeply appreciate either a light there or a four way shop 'It as.next to impossible to see cars coming south on Lemay at that.'po3tt.. Not I a7;one, but many people will. deeply appreciate protection on that-.m Tt - - -- - /s/ Shirley Andreas' Sept. 7, 196.9 322 E. Oak Streets;; The City Manager stated that he would take care of the reply; to this letter. It was his opinion that a four way stop sign there would discommode more people. Councilman Kissock stated that the weeds should be eliminated --in order to see the intersection. The regrading of the streets might be"a proper .solution. Councilman Lopez stated that the corner of Jefferson, Lincoln and Mountain should be lighted and a crosswalk painted, the northwest traffic.yielding to pedestrians, also, Linden and Jefferson, there is no cross walk and children have a problem getting across the street. Director of Public Works Liquin --advised the -Council --that this matter be delayed until another -Traffic -Engineer is hired to replace Pat Liebert, who has resigned this position. Councilman Kruchten stated that Mrs..Andrews should not have to wait too long for her request as she waited two years for the Library lights. The City Attorney advised the Council that he had had an offer of 11 -1k4o - per acre feet of water from Carl Solomon at $200.00/acre foot unit. Motion.wa made by Councilman Kissock, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that this+ purchase be approved. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and`Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor'declared the motion adopted. The City Attorney presented the following resolution: (rya) RESOLUT .ON OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS REAPPOINTING M04BERS TO THE LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION .' WHEREAS, the terms of David Watrous, James Guyer and Elizabeth Woodworth as members of the Landmark Preservation Commission expired on September 5, 1969; - and WHEREAS, the City CoLpcil desires to reappoint such persons to such Commission. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that David Watrous, James Guyer and Elizabeth Woodworth be and they here - .by are reappointed members of the Landmark Preservation Commission. effective ' September 5, 1939, for a term of four years Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this l llth day of 'September, A. D. 1969• f /s/ Karl E. Carson Mayor ATTEST /s/ John Bartel City Clerk Motion was made by Councilman Lopez, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that this resolution be adopted.. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Troxell, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The City Manager advised the Council that he had reset a date for advertising for bids on the Golf Course for October 15, 1969, at 10:00 A.M., and had received a check from the Government for $53,735.00, total acquisition $96,234.00. Motion was made by Councilman Lopez, seconded by Councilman Kissock, that the Council adjourn. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Lopez, Kissock and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Troxell, 'excused. Nayes: None. The Meyor declared t motion adopted. i i May yr ATTEST: Acting Ci lerk I s j l _ I i i r