The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES Town Board 1983-01-25t► fun of T-Taes 1ad:7 Lorimer County, Colorado, January 25 1983 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Lorimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the ..25.th day of ...... J,dPAdry , A. D. 19.83. at regular meeting hour. Meeting called to order by Mayor P.ro..Tem .H_..Bernerd. Dannels Present: MayorPro Tem H. BernerdTrustees: Dannels Also Present: Town Administrator Dale G. Hill Absent: Mayor Harry B. Tregent Byron L. Graves, George J. Hix, Margaret Houston, Robert E. Wagner, Richard A. Wood Minutes of the regular meeting held January 11, 1983, were submitted and approved. Trustee Robert E. Wagner, Chairman of the Water Committee, read the minutes of a meeting held January 13, 1983, and moved the minutes be approved. Trustee George Hix seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Trustee Richard A. Wood, Chairman of the Code and Sanitation Committee, read the minutes of a meeting held January 20, 1983, and moved the minutes be approved. Trustee George J. Hix seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Trustee H. Bernerd Dannels, Chairman of the Public Works Committee read the minutes of a meeting held January 20, 1983, and moved the minutes be approved. Trustee Margaret Houston seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Trustee Robert E. Wagner, Chairman of the Stanley Park Committee, read the minutes of a meeting held January 24, 1983, and moved the minutes be approved. Trustee Richard A. Wood seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Trustee Robert Wagner moved the 1983 Rodeo Agreement be signed by the Mayor Pro Tem and Clerk. Trustee George J. Hix seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The minutes of the Estes Park Planning Commission meeting held January 18, 1983, were read. Mr. Todd Plummer, Van Horn Engineering, representing Ms. Briana Birch, presented the plat of the Birch Resubdivision lot split and stated that everything requested by the Planning Commission had been complied with including a 30 foot pedestrian easement along the river (15 feet on each side of the river). Town Engineer/Planner Widmer concurred that the plat was in order. Trustee Richard Wood introduced the following resolution and moved it be passed and adopted: RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO: That the plat of Birch Resubdivision is hereby approved and that the Mayor Pro Tem and Town Clerk are authorized and directed to sign the plat. Board of Trustees - January 25, 1983 - Page 2 Trustee George Hix seconded the motion and it passed by the following votes: Those voting "Yes" Trustees H. Bernerd Dannels, Byron L. Graves, George J. Hix, Margaret Houston, Robert Wagner and Richard Wood. Those voting "No" none. Trustee Robert Wagner moved the liquor license renewal for The Inn at Estes Park be approved. Trustee Margaret Houston seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Town Administrator Dale Hill read a letter dated January 10, 1983, from W. A. Dixon, Director of Harmony Foundation, Inc., requesting the Board of Trustees support their efforts to change the name of "Fish Hatchery Road" to "Harmony Road". Trustee Robert Wagner moved that the Town Board support this effort to change "Fish Hatchery Road" to "Harmony Road" and that the Mayor Pro Tem and Town Clerk be authorized to sign a letter to the Larimer County Commissioners to this effect. Those voting "Yes" Trustees H. Bernerd Dannels, Byron L. Graves, George J. Hix, Margaret Houston, Robert E. Wagner, Richard A. Wood. Those voting "No" none. Ms. Joyce Ellenbecker, Housing Authority Director for Larimer County, appeared before the Board of Trustees to request their support, in the form of a letter, for a $125,000 Housing and Urban Development Grant for technical assistance and land acquisition for a Mobile Home Park in Estes Park. Ms. Ellenbecker stated that the grant would be used to help low income and elderly citizens with their housing needs. Trustee Richard Wood moved the Board of Trustees support the grant efforts of the Mobile Home Association by writing a letter of support. Trustee Margaret Houston seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Mayor Harry B. Tregent appointed the following to the Estes Park Redevelopment Task Force: Duane Blair Dick Frenzel Alma Hix Nicky Kane Larry Helmich Peter Marsh Donald Pauley Pep Petrocine Al Sager Cooper Wood Richard Wood Box 423 Box 579 Box 2435 Box 1961 Box 2987 Box 3226 Box 1552 Box 2800 Box 1787 Box 99 Box 533 586-2046 586-2434 586-6254 586-2123 586-9282 586-5820 586-5813 586-4310 586-3145 586-4100 586-5483 Arlin Bartels (non -voting member), Moraine Route. Trustee George J. Hix moved the Board of Trustees concur with Mayor Tregent's appointments to the Redevelopment Task Force. Trustee Robert Wagner seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Light and Power Director Dekker appeared before the Board of Trustees to explain Platte River Power Authority's position regarding Burlington Northern Railroad's unreasonable rates for hauling coal to Rawhide One. Trustee Richard Wood introduced the following resolution and moved it be passed and adopted: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Town of Estes Park's representatives on the Board of Directors of Platte River Power Authority ("Platte River") have advised this Board of Trustees that the Burlington Northern Railroad ("Burlington") owns, operates and controls the only railroad that can transport coal between (i) the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, the source of coal for Platte River's Rawhide Energy Project Unit One, and (ii) the Rawhide Energy Project ("Rawhide One"); and Board of Trustees - January 25, 1983 - Page 3 WHEREAS, Rawhide One is a major source of future electric power and energy from which Platte River will supply the needs of the Town of Estes Park and its affiliated municipalities as wholesale customers of Platte River, and the rate Burlington charges to transport coal to Rawhide One will indirectly, but significiantly, impact the cost of electric energy supplied to the Town of Estes Park for resale to its residents, businesses and institutions; and WHEREAS, Platte River reports that Burlington represents its proposed rate as not based upon its cost of rail service, but rather upon Platte River's demand for such rail service, and that the proposed rate therefore reflects what Platte River would probably have to pay for the transport of its coal to Rawhide One by other means; and WHEREAS, the Town of Estes Park is further advised that the Burlington's inflexible bargaining position is only possible due to the Staggers Act of 1980, which effectively deregulated the railroads without continuing adequate protection for shippers of coal who have no means of coal transportation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park that its Mayor be, and hereby is, authorized and directed: (1) To communicate, on behalf of this Board, its concern and dismay at the position Burlington has taken in its proposed rate to Platte River for the hauling of coal to Rawhide One; (2) To support Platte River in its efforts to negotiate a reasonable rate for the transportation of coal to Rawhide; (3) To support Platte River in its efforts to communi- cate with Colorado's Congressional delegation to (i) rectify and amend the Staggers Act so as to protect captive shippers and (ii) take such additional action as is necessary to secure the lowest reasonable rate for coal transportation to Rawhide; and (4) To provide Platte River's management with a copy of this resolution for its use in support of the afore- mentioned objectives. Trustee Byron Graves seconded the motion and it passed by the following votes: Those voting "Yes" Trustees H. Bernerd Dannels, Byron L. Graves, George J. Hix, Margaret Houston, Robert E. Wagner, Richard A. Wood. Those voting "No" none. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. Mayor Pro Tem