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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES-07/23/1970-Regular275 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, Held Thursday, July 23, 1970, at 1:30 o'clock P.M. Present: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. City Manager Coffey, City Attorney March and Director of Public Works Liquin. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Motion was made by Councilman Kruchten, seccnded-by Councilman Troxell, that the reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting held July 14, 1970, be dispensed with. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The hearing and.first reading of Ordinance No. 39,- 1970, which was presented and read at length on July 2, 1970, and tabled to this date, was again presented. Motion was made by_Counci.man Troxell, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that this ordinance be removed from the table. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused.- Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The City Manager advised the Council that he and the City Attorney were not satisfied with this ordinance and recommended that it be denied. Motion was made by Councilman Troxell, seconded by Councilman Chilton, that Ordinance No. 39, 1970, be denied. Roll was called result- ing as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The hearing and first reading of Ordinance No..40, 1970, wes presented and read at length July 2, 1970, and the hearing continued to this date. The City Manager stated that this ordinance puts some teeth in enforcing the railroads to keep the street and tracks in order, that he had a letter from the Burlington Railroad objecting to certain clauses in the ordinance and he recommended that the ordinance be changed. The City Attorney also stated that this ordinance be changed because of a possibility of a suit against the City as the railroad was a public conveyance and performed a service to the people Motion was made by Councilman Troxell, seconded by Counclilman Chlilton,'that Ordinance No. 40, 1970, be denied and referred to the City Attorney to redraft same. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: Noen. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The following resolution was presented and read at length: RESOLUTION 70-74 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS GIVING NOTICE CONCERNING A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE OF ORDIN?ANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, 1958, AS AMENDED, BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE',AND RELATING TO PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE R-L-M, LOW DENSITY MUL- TIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT, AND AMENDING SECTION 19-30A, PARAGRAPH 7 , OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE. CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, 1958, AS AMENDED WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Board has made a study and has recommended that the zoning ordinance be amended by amending the parking requirements in the R-L-M, Low Density Multiple Family District; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to hold a public hearing upon an ordinance amending the provisions of Section 19-20A, paragraph 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, 1958, as amended. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that August 13, 1970, 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 on said proposed ordinance; 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 Ordinances of 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 23rd day of July, A. D. 1970. /s/ Karl E. Carson Mayor -- -- 0 23. 1970 h Y ATTEST: { /s/ John Bartel City Clerk Motion was made by Councilman Chilton, seconded by Councilman Troxell, that this resolution be adopted. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. N,-Yes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The following report was presented and read at length: July 23, 1970 TO: Tom Coffey, City Manager THRU: Charles Liquin, Director of Public Works FROM: Roy A. Bingman, City Engineer , RE: Sidewalk and Curb Repairs i We have completed the inspection of approximate-ly sixteen (16) blocks of sidewalk, curb and gutter for required repairs. The list of property owners, together with property descriptions and the. amount of defective sidewalk or curb and gutter is on file in our office. I request permission, under authority of Section 22 of the Code of Ordinances, to notify the indicated property owners of the required reconstruction. i The Ordinance specified a 30-day period during which the property owner may repair or reconstruct the defective sections. After that time, the City will retain a con tractor to make the repairs which are not completed. -Respectfully submitted, /s/ Roy A. Bingman City Engineer Motion was made by -Councilman Kruchten, seconded by Councilman Chilton, that the report be accepted and the matter be referred to the City Attorney to prepare the necessary resolution. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adop ed. The Director of. Public Works stated that there were many areas that had one -halts or more cracks in the sidewalks and would have to be repaired. Councilman Troxell asked if the department takes care of pans at the same time. Mr. Liquin stated it did not that they watch and repair when needed, but they were separate from the sidewalks. a. The following resolution was presented and read at length: RESOLUTION 70-75 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING THE APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS •.'FOR THE TEMPORARY USE OF 110 ACRE FEET OF WATER FROM THE WORKS OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins has acquired llffTeet units of water of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District requires that the City of Fort Collins enter into temporary use permit agreements with said District for the transfer of said water; and WHEREAS, the Northern Colorado Water Conservairy District has submitted appropriate form.s of temrporary use permit agreements to be entered into by the City of Fort Collins. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they hereby are authorized and directed to apply for the temporary use.of said 110 acre feet of water by entering into temporary use permit agreements with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 23rd day of July, A. D. 1970. /s/ Karl E. Carson Mayor s ATTEST: /s/ John Bartel City Clerk a �Q Motion was made by Councilman Troxell, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that the resolution be adopted. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilman Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez,. excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The City Manager stated he had checked with the'Parks Department concerning overnight i parking of campers at City Park. Mr. Phillips, Parks and REcreation Director, advised him that j rules at present allow overnight camper parking for 10 days and it was the City Manager's sugges- tion that the rules should change as of September 1, 1970 and post "no overnight parking permitted". Motion was made by Councilman Kruchten, seconded by Councilman Troxell, that the City Manager's suggestion be accepted. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Council- men Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The following report was presented and read at length: July 17, 1970 TO: Tom Coffey, City Manager THRU: Charles Liquin, Director of Public works FROM: Roy A. Bingman, City Engineer RE: Costs for Street Improv ement District No. 62. The construction of.curb, gutter and street surfacing has been completed for Street Improvement District No. 62. The total construction cost was $20,997.14; the estimated con struction cost was,$23,434.00. The cost of engineering, legal, etc. is to be added to the construction cost in the amount of 23 percent. The following is a breakdown of the costs for. Street Improvement District No. 62: Contract construction cost: $ 20,997.14 Arterial street paving cost: 409.62 Contract construction cost --less arterial street paving cost: $ 20,587.52 23 percent engineering, legal, etc: 4,735.13 Amount to be assessed to properties within the district, including City's share of intersection paving: 25,322.65 The following is a tabulation of the City cost for Improvement District No. 62: �rterial street avino ost: Intersection $ 409.62 pavping cds 7.99.60 Total City cost: 1,209.22 The assessment rates (including 23 percent for engineering, legal, etc.) for the streets within the district are as follows: Project Location Actual Paving Estimated Paving Assessment per Assessment per Abutting Foot Abutting Foot North Grant Street between Maple Street and Cherry Street $ 8,60425 $ 9.47 Sycamore Street between Wood Street and Grant Street 8,44551 10.44 Elm Street between Shields Street and west Street 8,93671 10.25 That portion of Stuart Street - between Stover Street and Cheyenne Drive not previously improved by the City with curb, gutter and pavement. 7.73892 7.80 - Riverside Drive between Endicott Street and Myrtle Street 4,70540 4.86 Alley in Block 6, Craft's re - subdivision of Lake Park Addition to the Citv of Fort Collins 3,62000 3.62 278 wing of the alley in Block6, exceeded the estimated assessment rate of $3.62. As .'a. result, the City will pay for the cost in excess of $3.62 per foot; this City cost is $103.29 which "is included in the arterial street paving cost. The construction cost per foot exceeded the estim-. ., ated construction cost per foot because of the amount -of soft subgrade which had to be removed. It is recommended that the Improvements constructed under Street Improvement District No. 62 is accepted by the City Council. The assessment roll for the district is enclosed indicating the cost to each property. The Finance Department will furnish the amount to be added for interest to certification. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Roy A. Bingman City Engineer Motion was made by Councilman Troxell, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that this report be referred to the City Attorney to prepare the necessary resolution. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: Nine. The Mayor declared the motion adopted. The following communication and letter was presented and read at length: July 22, 1970 TO: Honorable Mayor and Councilmen THROUGH: Mr. Tom Coffey, City Manager FROM: Mr. E. M. Kuppinger, Purchasing Agent SUBJECT: Golf Course Vehicle Bid Bids have been received and.eialuated covering consideration for purchase of: Golf Course Vehicles: Tractor, Loader, Flail Mower and Rear Blade. Six bids were sent out; five were returned. _ A summary of the bids areas follows: - Tractor Loader Blade Mower Total Bid McClure $ Son $ 3,838.00 $ 805.00 $ 160.00 $ 507.00 $ 5,310.00 Johnson Equip. Co. 4,205.42 1,250.00 244.00 840.00 6,543.42 Charles Van Why $ Son 3,698.00 1,036.40 179.00 666.40 5,579.80 Larimer County Equip•. 3,418.00 1,583.00 175.00 599.00 5,775.00 Bighorn Farm Center 3,250.00 1,185.00 185.00 NO BID None Mr. H. R. Phillips, Dr. of Parks $.Recreation, has evaluated the bids and all specifications have been met by the low bidder.* The recommendation is that Larimer County Equipment be awarded the contract in the amount of $5,770.00. Respectfully submitted, /s/ E. M. Kuppinger Purchasing Agent. *See attached letter of recommendation July 21, 1970 TO: Mr. Ed Kuppinger Purchasing Agent FROM: H. R. Phillips Director of Parks and Recreation abd Neil Johnson 18 hole Golf Course Superindendent Neil Johnson; Golf Course Superintends rt, and myself evaluated the bid results on the four items mentioned above, and our recommendation is to accept the bid of the Larimer County Equipment Company for a total price of $5,770.00. The Big Horn Farm Center bid did not comply with specifications nor were they able to bid the flail mower and our specifications called for all equipment to be compatible. The McClure and Son bid was not acceptable because the loader they bid was a farm type and did not meet the lifting capacity, and the mower was a rotary type and we requested a flail type; mower. On the Chas. Van Why $ Son bid, the tractor did not meet the specifications. There`foi^e, we could not accept the loader as a sepnrate item. The Llrimer County Equipment Company bid on each item meets all specifications and all equip-`' ment is cL'apatible, as far as hirsepower, sizes, etc. /c/_ H. R. Phillips 279 N` v s Mayor Carson stated that there was a slight.discre ancy in the figures and these P gu i should be checked. After discussion, motion bras made by Councilman Chilton, seconded by Councilman Troxell, that the recommendation of the Purchasing Agent and the Director of Parks k?,and Recreation be acceyted and the Larimer Equipment Co. be a -warded the bid. Roll was called esulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent c Councilman Lopez, excused. \'ayes: None. The Diayor declared the Imotion adopted. The City Mayor Carson presented the following communication: July 13, 1970 Mr. Karl Carson Mayor of Fort Collins 300 LaPorte Avenue Fort Collins, Colorado .` Dear Mr. Carson: As your Commissioner on the Colorado State Fair Commission, I earnestly seek your cooperation to help build and advertise our Colorado State Fair. f:• For a number of years the Commissioners have been trying to create a broader statewide interest in our state Fair. We have come to the conclusion that the only way to accomplish this object- ive is to assure participation, promotion and support at the local level. This is why we are appealing for your help. We are enclosing a copy of a letter which we asked the Pueblo Chamber of Commerce to send to the Chambers of Commerce throughout the State. It is self-explanatory and stresses the areas needing local support and cooperation this year. Even broader participation is projected for the 1971 Fair. Will you issue a proclamation on or'about July 15 declaring August 22 through 30 as Colorado State Fair Week? Publication of your proclamation in local newsmedia and on Radio and TV will ' help a lot. At the same time that you issue your proclamation, will you also urge support and participation e; by your good people for the Rodeo -Citizen Award, Queen Contest, Junior Livestock Sale Parade r. Fiesta Days and Fiesta Queen and Attendants? If you plan to head a delegation attending the ,; 9 State Fair, let us knot.:_ in advance and we will see that you get special public recognition and, ' attention. �A program outline is enclosed for your use. This is YOUR State Fair and merits your support: Together we can make Colorado State Fair the finest in the nation. Thank you so'much for your help and, in advance, for your community's participation and support of the State Fair. Cordially, /s/ Robert Person Commissioner The Mayor proclaimed he week of August 22 to 30, 1970, as Colorado State Fair Week. The City Attorney reported on the Schrader Filling Station, but stated he had come to j no conclusion, as Mr. Schrader was gone and requested to be present for the hearing and the City Attorney suggested the hearing date be set for August 20, 1970. He said there were eight pages on the 1965 action. The following communication was presented and read at length: July 24, 1970 Ed Hilgenburg City of Fort Collins P. 0. Box 580 Fort ColErns, Colorado Dear Mr. Hilgenburg: Yours very truly, The Jackson Ditch Company /s/ Vivienne 1. Woodward Secretary Motion was made by Councilman Kruchten, seconded by Councilman Troxell, that this agreement be approved. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson, Troxell, declared Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Conncilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: None, The Mayor !I the motion adopted. The City Manager presented right-of-way agreements between the City and Gordon E. and Julia Shaffer; I. Louis and Helen M. Brown; and Ivan.H. and Joy I. Barton; for an underground` water line. Motion was made by Councilman Kruchten, seconded by Councilman Troxell, that these. be approved. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. declared the motion adopted. Councilmen Carson, Nayes : None. The following communication was presented and read at length: Telegram just received Troxell,, The Mayor Federal Water Quality Qontrol Administration has approved a $56,720 grant offer for new intercel sewer project. The Director of Public Works stated that this is for the North College Sanitation District. Mr. Stan Case, Director of :Utlities presented the following report: G My request to the Council is for approval of the.Mayor to crake a firm offer on a piece of property that is needed for the Light and Power Department. It's a proposed site for a substation switchyard, etc. Some of the Council members may be familiar with it in the long range plan. Maybe Mr. Chilton needs a little briefing. T'd be glad to give you a short back- ground before we describe the property if you so desire. To set the stage for it, as most o-f the Council members know, we're surrounded on the west and the north by the 115KV transmission line of the Bureau of Reclamation. And, at the time the power needs wouldn't supply the City, we tapped into_the Bureau line and put in a substation at the power plant. Later as -the load;.gre,' we tapped the Bureau line again on Drake Road and it is called the Drake Road Substation. Now, as the loads continue to grow, we find that the Bureau system is inadequate. Additional capacity has to get into FortCollins at some time, and we are in trouble in the year 1972. So we start analyzing the problem and looking at it, it appears to us that we had several objectives in: where we went from.here; and our objectives, as we looked at this, was to close the 115 loop around the city in the most economical manner that we could to provide the dual feeds of the sub= ;- `stathns, to provide a major supply point for the City of Fort Collins that would be expandable for the next fifteen to twenty years and that would meet the needs of, not only ourselves, but Public Service Company and Poudre Valley REA, as well. Our third objective was to develop the I, additional transmission system that would be necessary to bring the power into us, whether this was comingfrom the Missouri River Basin, the Colorado River Storage project, or any other pity suppliers in the general area; such as the new atomic plant of Public Service Company or the Five plant that we have been working on, whatever the case might be. Now, as we get in to looking at this, this has required a considerable amount of area Coordination. We have had to work jointly with the cities of Loveland and Longmont and the Pive,City plans, Public Service Comapny, and so forth, and this has taken quite a little of. Northern Colorado Planning. As we look at what is happening, and to meet the plans, Fort Collins must start the loop on around them. We are in process at the plant now of putting in the new 25 UVA transformer - we accepted the tests on this in the factory the other day. ILoveland is beginning to build their circuit around here. In the following, we hope to complete ` 'the loop around the City, and here we have been working jointly with the Bureau of Reclamation to plan their breakers and the proper connecting lines to the north. The Bureau of Reclamation has included in their budget for 171 the extension of this line and this will be built by the Bureau of Reclamation. Loveland, of course, is starting 'the loop around them. The big issue we have been on other than that is the development of the Weld Station, the Weld switchyard, bringing the new CRSP requirement into us out of Archer. Now, this is being developed in several stages also where Public Service'is building the first "portion of. it. The Five Cities will then have to build a connection between Loveland and Fort Collins which will start that system and in 172, this will be built 230 and operate at 115 KV between ;Loveland and Fort Collins. Following that, the Bureau will build their line on in from Archer: that 230 KV hooking in at the new {geld Station and we will be developing a need for another sub- station on the east side of town. I could follow this year by year, but if we look on out the the fifteen years that this will be needed, this will be the'system that is going to be,feedin g Northern Colorado, and it has been necessary for us to project requirements up to the year about 1986 in order that we can determine what kind offacilities that we're going to have to h,_'e. It fi��When we are talking of a site east of Fort Collins, we are looking at something that will r:.., elude this amount of switchgear right here. We're looking at an area that will accomodate ,,six bays of 115, a step-doim substation, an incoming line of 115; two lines out, one that will Epnnect'inb the power plant, one Bureau line tlat will connect into their own system. we are also looking at the 230 swim yard of six bays of 230L:', two step-down substations of 100 MVA " eacfi and another stepp-do:+n-sub for 34.5 1, And of course also coming into that, three circuits of 20 KV. So we ar8 talking about quite a sizable piece of property that this is going to . take if we are looking at the year 1986, which we think is essential to do. In order to deterAiie a site of this nature, we have had to look at the various frays we can get these transmission Tines in and out of town. And how we are going to get -the. in here. we have had to look at right-of-ways coming from held, we have had to look at future right-of-way possibilities into Loveland - this does have to fit into the system in the switchyard that they will be building down there. So the location of the substation site becomes o.uite critical. For that reason, we have finally picked a site that seems to meet all of the standards. The area that we are looking at is on the corner of Prospect and County Road 53, or maybe better known to most of you people as the Timberline Two Road. This is the area that we think :-s most satisfactory and will meet all of our needs. we can use the railroad right-of-way to the south to tie in with Loveland. we can start nut with the railroad right-of-way to the east to conne-t with weld, and we can use railroad and marginal ground just around to the north to connect into both the powe plant and the Bureau line. This ultimate development, if we are looking at that site with what I think would very nicely accomodate what we want to put into it. . A double circuit pole line down the railroad which would include our own 115 kV and the 230 which will go to Loveland, ultimately two circuits of 230 out to the east, two circuits of 115 to the north, one to the power plant and on to the Bureau. The tract of land that we have in mind has a total of 32 acres, not all of which we want, but most of which we are desirous of having. we would locate our switchyard and substations in this larger tract A. Ile need the little area north of Spring Creek and across the road here to develop the turning points to get the transmission lines out of here. The.only building at present is on this area C which is a grain elevator. So we would propose to buy Parcel A and Parcel B - 29.758.acres out of the total. we have had the area appraised. Our appraiser has arrived at a fair price to the owner at $2,312.00 per acre. The use would be consistent with the land use that is around there. Directly to the south is Timberline Two. Across the road is the Public Service warehouses, Aqua Tee, the .lumber yards, and so it would be consistent with the use that is in the area now. I come before the Council at this time to ask by motion your authorization to the Mayor to make a firm offer to the owner for Parcels A and B at $2,312 anacrye or a total price of $68,800.00. Mayor Carson asked if this was in one ownership? Mr Case said it was. Councilman ,KTuohten asked if Tract C would still.be usable by the present owner. Mr. Case said it would be. . Councilman Kruchten asked -about access to it and accesses on the road. Mr. Case stated there are accesses on the road here now. There is an access to the farm to the west through this little area here, and it would be our intention that we would grant permanent access at all, times. Mayor Carson asked if he anticipated the need for Tract C at some point. Mr. Case answered he did not. Mayor Carson asked how soon he would start actual construction in this area. Mr. Case said that actually we are beginning to design the transmission lines coming `' :1into it. The owner has permitted us to go in, take soil tests which we do need for the design of footings in this area. He has also agreed for us to go in and survey and the survey is what you are looking at.' The design of the substation site ought to be getting under way this fall--,. kp no, less. But it is getting rather important that we start pinpointing the actual location in :order that we can move on to the design. Motion was made by Councilman Troxell, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that this request for.purchase be approved. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Carson,.Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: None. k:The;Mayor declared the motion adopted. Motion was made by Councilman Chilton, seconded by Councilman Kruchten, that the Council adjourn. Roll was called resulting as follows: - Ayes: Councilmen CArson, Troxell, Chilton and Kruchten. Absent: Councilman Lopez, excused. Nayes: None. The Mayor declared the. motion adopted, and the Council adjourned.. 'stay° "PTTEST: ity Clerk