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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES Town Board 1986-06-10Zriturt of lEstes Parh, Lorimer County, Colorado, June 10 19 86 Minutes of a .....x-egulAr 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 ...10.th day of June , A. D. 1986.. at regular meeting hour. Meeting called to order by Mayor H. Bernerd Dannels Present: Mayor H. B. Dannels Trustees: Also Present: Absent: None Dale G. Hill, Town Administrator Gregory A. White, Town Attorney Norbert L. Aldrich, David Barker, Mark T. Brown, David Habecker, George J. Hix, Paula L. Laing Minutes of the regular meeting held May 27, 1986 were submitted and approved. Trustee Brown moved the bills, as presented, be allowed and paid and that the Clerk be authorized to draw warrants for same. (A certified copy of the bills presented and allowed are on file in the Office of the Town Clerk under this date, and made a part of the record of these proceedings by reference thereto). Trustee Hix seconded the motion and it passed by the following votes: Those voting "Yes" Trustees Aldrich, Barker, Brown, Habecker, Hix and Laing. Those voting "No" none. Minutes of the Light and Power Committee meeting held June 5, 1986 were read. Trustee Laing, Chairman of the Committee, moved the minutes be approved. Trustee Brown seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Minutes of the Firemen's Pension Board meeting held June 3, 1986 were read. Mr. Bill Van Horn, representing the owners, presented the final plat of Ricciardi Subdivision. The proposed lot split is located at the southwest corner of MacGregor Avenue and U. S. Highway 34 By -Pass. Two lots are proposed with Lot 1 containing 4,822 square feet and Lot 2 containing 11,213 square feet. Existing zoning is R-2 Multiple Family. The conditions pertaining to separate sanitary sewer service lines and a 10' wide utility easement for the existing natural gas line set by the Planning Commission have been resolved. Trustee Brown moved the Ricciardi Subdivision Final Plat be approved. Trustee Aldrich seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Mayor Dannels declared a public hearing to continue consideration of the Spruce Lake Annexation request. Upon a verbal request of the owners, Trustee Brown moved the Spruce Lake Addition be tabled to the next Town,Board meeting scheduled for June 24, 1986. Trustee Laing seconded the motion and it passed unanimous- ly. Trustee Hix moved Mayor Dannels be authorized to execute the Agreement between the Westernaires and the Town for a Horse Show scheduled June 13 and 14, 1986. Trustee Aldrich seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Trustee Hix introduced, and Town Attorney White read in full, the following Resolution and moved it be adopted: Board of Trustees - June 10, 1986 - Page two nosoLnzzom 11-86 NH[R[K3, the Town of Estes Park has received written notice from the Boulder Daily Camera for the placement of newsracks on the public sidewalks in Estes Park; and WHEREAS, h Town has been approached by numerous otherpapers including, but not limited to, the Loveland Reporter Herald, the Longmont Times Call, the Estes Park Trail Gazette, the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News and USA Today, indicating a desire to place newsracks upon the public sidewalks in the downtown area; and WHEREAS, the Town of Estes Park is considering an ordinance setting forth the placement, construction and maintenance of newsracks within the downtown area; and WHEREAS, certain newspapers have indicated a desire to attempt to enter into a voluntary understanding regarding the placement, construction and maintenance of newsracks within the downtown area; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide temporary locations for the placement of newsracks in the downtown area on public sidewalks for an interim period to determine whether or not a voluntary understanding can he reached concerning said newsracks in the downtown area; and WHEREAS, the Town had determined that it is in the hest interests of the Town to provide temporary locations for placement of newsracks on public sidewalks in the downtown area under the terms and conditions of this resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF l. The Town hereby authorizes the temporary placement of newsracks at locations within the designated area as more fully set forth on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 2. Each newspaper shall be allowed one (l) newsrack at each of the locations. 3. Within such designated locations, no newsraok shall be chained, bolted or otherwise attached to any Town -owned fixture or public way, including but not limited to, street signs, street lights, benches, planters, traffic control devices, concrete, brick or asphalt sidewalks within the public right-of-way. Newsrackx may be voluntarily attached or secured to one another. Where multiple newsracks exist in a designated area, no newsrack may be placed or maintained in any position other than next to another newsrack, 4. This temporary encroachment for newsracks within the designated locations shall be in effect from June lO, 1986 through July 8, 1986. 5. This approval for temporary encroachment for newsracks shall not affect any newsraok presently placed within the designated area. No other npwsruck shall be placed within the designated area without prior approval of the Town Board other than as specifically authorized by this Resolution. Mr. Dean Lehman, Reporter Herald, stated his firm was in agreement with the Resolution and that he was encouraged by the possibility of various newspaper companies voluntarily reaching o compromise with the rvwo' By passing the aesolotioo, rn~n Attorney White advised a historic precedent would not be ==tab- liobed' Trustee orm*o seconded the motion and it passed unani- mously. Ms' Judith H000ey, Director, Estes Park Public: presented an Ordinance establishing the Estes Valley Public Library oio- trict' Chairman of the Board Elaine oostmark and Chairman of the aoiluims Committee Tucker Wood were also praseot, By approving the Ordinance, two questions would be added to the ballot for the general election scheduled November 4, 1986; Board of Trustees - June 10, 1986 - Page three 1. Shall the proposed Estes Valley Public Library District, Counties of Larimer and Boulder, which shall include all property within the boundaries of the Park School District R-3, be established as a library district? 2. If the proposed Estes Valley Public Library District, Counties of Larimer and Boulder, is established as provided in Question #1, shall the legislative body of each county be authorized to increase the maximum tax levy from 11/2 mills to not more than 3 mills for the establishment and maintenance of public libraries? If approved, revenues could be received in March or April, 1988. Trustee Laing introduced, and Town Administrator Hill read in full, the first reading of the Ordinance and moved it be adopted: AN ORDINANCE REQUESTING THE LARIMER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE BOULDER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SUBMIT THE QUESTIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ESTES VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT AND OF AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM TAX LEVY FOR THE PROPOSED DISTRICT, IF ESTABLISHED, TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE PROPOSED DISTRICT Trustee Habecker seconded the motion and it passed by the follow- ing votes: Those voting "Yes" Trustees Aldrich, Barker, Brown, Habecker, Hix and Laing. Those voting "No" none. Trustee Aldrich introduced, and Town Attorney White read in full, the following Ordinance and moved it be adopted: AN ORDINANCE MAKING THE USE OF SKATEBOARDS UPON PUBLIC SIDEWALKS OR STREETS WITHIN THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK, COLORADO, UNLAWFUL Trustee Hix seconded the motion and it passed by the following votes: Those voting "Yes" Trustees Aldrich, Barker, Brown, Habecker, Hix and Laing. Those voting "No" none. Whereupon Mayor Dannels declared said Ordinance duly adopted and ordered it numbered 11-86 and published according to law. Trustee Hix moved the Town Clerk be authorized to post the premises located at 1010 West Elkhorn Avenue advertising two "Special Events" Liquor Applications submitted by the Estes Park Elks Home for events scheduled July 19 and September 6, 1986. Trustee Aldrich seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The Estes Park Elks Home also submitted a request to modify the premises located at 1010 West Elkhorn Avenue. The request included relocating the bar and enlarging the premises to include the parking and picnic area presently leased by the Elks Club. Trustee Hix moved the modification of premises application submitted by the Estes Park Elks Home be approved. Trustee Laing seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Following completion of all agenda items, Mayor Dannels reported the "Tregent Park Dedication Ceremony" would be held Wednesday, June 11, 1986 at 11:00 A.M. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. Mayor . . Town Clerk,