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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES-11/24/1965-Regular470 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, Held Thursday, November 24, 1965, at 1:30 o'clock P.M. Present: Councilmen Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Kruchten. City Manager Coffey, City Attorney March and City Engineer Fischer. Motion was made by Councilman Carson, seconded by Councilman Bennett, that the reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting held November 18, 1965, be dispensed with. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. The following ordinance was presented on second reading: ORDINANCE NO. 57, 1965 BEING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC AREAS IN THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Motion was made by Councilman Carson, seconded by Councilman McMillan, that Ordinance No. 57, 1965, be adopted and become a law upon passage. Roll was called resulti as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Councilman Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. The following resolution was presented and read at length: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PLATTE RIVER MUNICIPAL POWER ASSOCIATION, INC. AND APPOINTING STANLEY R. CASE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SUCH CORPORATION WHEREAS, the Cities of Fort Collins, Colorado; Loveland, Colorado; Longmont, Colorado; Fort Morgan, Colorado; and Estes Park, Colorado; all have municipally owned electric light and power systems, and WHEREAS, the City Councils of said several cities have heretofore cooperated in considering ways and means to better serve their respective communities by integrated actic among said several cities and, acting through a group of representatives of said cities, have coordinanted a study of ways and means to work collectively to generate or purchase the electical power energy required by said several cities, and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council of the City of Fort Collins that the aforesaid objects can best be accomplished by the formation of a Colorado non-profit corporation whereby said cities can act through a common legal entity, and WHEREAS, it has been proposed that such Colorado non-profit corporation be organ- ized to be known as the Platte River Municipal Power Association, Inc., and WHEREAS, Articles of Incorporation and By -Laws for such Association have been prepared and such Articles of Incoporation and By -Laws have been approved by the City Attorney and City Manager, and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that it will be for the best interests of the City of Fort Collins if the City of Fort Collins join with the other above mentioned cities in organizing said corporation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the above mentioned Articles of Incorporation and By -Laws of the Platte River Municipal Power Association, Inc., be and the same hereby are approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Fort Collins join with the Cities of Love land, Colorado; Longmont, Colorado; Fort Morgan, Colorado; and Estes Park, Colorado, in the formation of said Platte River Municipal Power Association, Inc.; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Stgnley R. Case be and he is herewith designated as the representative of the City of Fort Collins to execute said Articles of Incorporation as one of the incorporators of said Association and to serve as a Director in said Association as a representative of the dity of Fort Collins for the first year's existence of said corporation and until his successor is appointed. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 24th day of November, A. D. 1965. /.s/ Harvey G. Johnson Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Miles F. House Motion was made by Councilman Bennett, seconded by Councilman McMillan, that this resolution be adopted. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, 471 November 2" 1965 ;Carson, McMillan and Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. The offer of 45 acre feet of Horsetooth water by the Alva J. and Mildred G. Becksted trust, was again presented for discussion. The City Manager advised the Council that the matter of annexation of the property for which this water if offered from, is not too far in the future and that it would not be fair to the developers of this property to refuse their offer for the reason that ,inen annexation would be possible, they would have to furnish this water free of any charge. The Council was advised that this matter had been referred to the Water Board and they recommended the purchase of same at this time. .After discussion, motion was made by Councilman McMillan, seconded by Councilman Johnson, that the recommendation of the Water Board be accepted and the City Attorney advised to proceed with the purchase of said water. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Councilman Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. Mr. Dan R. Matney, Attorney representing Marvin R. Peil, appeared before the Council and asked if they would be willing to sell one share of North Poudre water stock which they had contracted to purchase from the Trust Department of the Poudre Valley Nat- ional Bank. Mr. Peil is buying some land which had North Poudre water stock on it which was owned by T. F. Schuerman and which the City purchased some time ago. It appears that, While this land has a very good water well right and a good well, that the finance agency demands that at least one share of North Poudre water be attached to said land before approving a loan for the purchase of same. After discussion, motion was made by Councilman McMillan, seconded by Councilman Bennett, that the City Attorney request the North Poudre Irrigation Company to issue nine shares of North Poudre stock to the City of Fort Collins end one share to Mr. Marvin R. Peil upon receipt of a check for $500.00, plus transfer, charge on the one share. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Carson McMillan, Bennett and Councilman Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. of the bid opening on distribution transformers for the Light A representative and Power Department, was presented. The following communication was presented and read at length: November 23, 1965 Tom Coffey, City Manager of Utilities Q. Director om: Stanley R. Case, opening - Distribution Trans formers r ubject: Bid op attached report from the Light and Power Engineering Divis- reference to the approve the award of Pole Type tranformers to on, it With that tnt of14�467 and the award of 41 Pad Mount transformers to Hendrb ndlBolthotricf1DenVerthe aInuthe amount o£ 21,927- /8/ Stanley R. Case Director of Utilities Case, Director of Utilites, explained that while the bid of Ryall Electric Stanley ompany was not the low bid on the theypwerearecommending the compl ith the spec ificaticns and thereforree Y P Y ith specifications for which the bids were made. Motion was made by Councilman Carson, econded by Councilman McMillan, that the recommendation of the Director of Utilities, be accepted and that the bid for 37 Pole Type transformers by Ryall Electric tanley Case, C7•C and the bid of Hendrie Bolthoff for 41 Pad Mount transformers in n the amount be acep he amount of of $14, .00, be awarded. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Council en Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared he motion adopted. 472 The following report was presented and read at length: DATE: November 22, 1965 TO: Tom Coffey, City Manager FROM: Director of Public Works RE: Traffic Signal Installation on Shields at Mulberry A careful reappraisal of the above signal installation has been made by the under signed. The original proposal calls for fixed time signals with left -turn lanes being pail ed on the street but no left -turn arrDws being incorporated into the signal. Recent limit- ed traffic counts indicate that for the north -bound Shields Street traffic approaching the intersection in the afternoon peak hours, approximately one-third will turn left. The same situation exists in the case of west -bound Mulberry traffic during the afternoon peak hours. The same limited investigation reveals that the traffic patterns entering the in- tersection change greatly as many as five times during the day. There are several physical Installations existing and being constructed in the vicinity of the intersection (most notably the hew C.S.U. gymnasium) which will further change t he traffic patterns at t he intersection for relatively short and random periods of time. Based upon the reevaluation of the intersection, we would propose that the conter plated fixed time signals be replaced with a traffic actuated and pedestrian actuated system. This would give the intersection greater flexability and enable it to meet future changing demands. Traffic actuated signals make necessarythe installation of pedestrian actuated signals because of the intersection's close proximity to the Dunn and Washington elementary schools. The original estimated cost of the intersection was approximately $4,000. The changes recommended will increase the cost of the installation by approximately $1,200. If you are in agreement that these changes should be incorporated into the signal installation we will proceed to prepare an amended plan and a more detailed estimate of the cost. If the installation is changed as proposed, the project will be delayed by an estimated 60 to 90 days. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Stan Case Director of Utilities /a/ C. Adam Fischer Public Works Director Both Mr. Fischer and Mr. Case explained the recommendation made in the foregoing report for actuated traffic signals in the intersection of West Mulberry and South Shields street. The traffic study, as stated, was such that the actuated traffic signals were recommended. Motion was made by Councilman Carson, seconded by Councilman Bennett, that the recommendation of the Director of Public Works and the Director of Utilities be approv- ed. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. The following resolution was presented and read at length: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING AN AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO WITH PARKWOOD°, INC. WHEREAS, Parkwood, Inc, is in the process of subdividing certain lands located in the Southwest Quarter (SW4) of Section 19, Township 7 North, Range 68 West of the 6t1a P.M. and the Northwest Quarter (NWp) of Section 30, Township 7 North, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M., and WHEREAS, in connection with such subdivision, subdivider will install a twelve Inch (12") water main, and WHEREAS, Sections 41 through 43 of Ordinance No. 18, 1965, wet forth the policies of the City regarding oversize mains and extension of mains through other lands, and WHEREAS, an agreement has been prepared by the City Attorney in accordance with the policies of the City so adopted, which said agreement has been approved by the City Manager. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the terms of said proposed agreement be and the same hereby are approved; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager and City Clerk be and they hereby are authorized and directed to execute said agreement for and on behalf of the City of Fort Collins. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 24th day of November, A. D. 1965. _/s/ Harvey G. Johnson Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Miles F. House Ulty Uler 47311 Motion was made by Councilman Bennett, seconded by Councilman Carson, that this resolution be adopted. Aoll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. A letter from Chief Yonkers of the Fire Department in reference to dedication of some sort in memory of Clifford Carpenter be made at the new Fire station No. 3. It was suggested that possibly a plaque or a photograph,such as appears in the lobby of the Munici- !ple building, might be appropriate or some other form of dedication in.that neighborhood. This request was made by the members of the Fire Department. Motion was made.by Councilmen a Carson, seconded by Councilman Bennett, that this matter be tabled for study to/future date. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Kruchtehw Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted. A letter from Mr. Fred Vogt, County Sanitarian, was read in reference to coopera- tion of the County with the City Sanitarian if it would be decided to employ a sanitarian on a full time basis for the City of Fort Collins. This has been discussed briefly with the County Sanitarian and the City Manager stated that he thought that a cooperative agree- ment could be arranged. No action was taken at this time. Motion was made by Councilman Bennett, seconded by Councilman McMillan, that the Council adjourn. Roll was called resulting as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Johnson, Carson, McMillan, Bennett and Kruchten. Nayes: None. The President declared the motion adopted and the Council adjourned. , , ATTEST: ty