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City Council – City Council Meeting
Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 6:30pm
8 Agenda Items
Virtual and In-person
Public's Right to Speak
• Open for comment
Item No. 1a - MOTION - Independent Salt Purchase
The city purchases and applies deicer materials each year as part of its snow and ice control efforts. The city has participated in a cooperative bidding process through the Colorado Multiple Assembly of Procurement Officials (MAPO) to obtain the best pricing. The city will utilize a City of Fort Collins contract with Independent Salt to purchase materials for 2025 in an amount not to exceed $135,000.
Item No 1b - Motion - purchase 3 Police Vehicles
Each year, the city identifies a proposed list of vehicle replacements within the city fleet. In 2025, eight vehicles were identified for replacement. Three of these vehicles were for the Police Department. Staff have researched various options with the Police Department and recommends the purchase of three Chevrolet Tahoes from John Elway Chevrolet at a total price of $173,170. Staff also requests approval to purchase and install auxiliary equipment required for the operation of the new vehicles along with the installation of lighting and markings at a total additional cost of $35,500. Therefore, the total requested amount is $208,670.
Item No. 1c - RESO - Accept Colorado Gives Foundation Grant
In February 2025, the Colorado Gives Foundation awarded the Wheat Ridge Homeless Navigation Program $25,000 to be used to support people experiencing homelessness. A supplemental budget appropriation is required to spend these funds.
Item No. 2 - ORD - Lutheran Legacy Campus Zone Dist.
The city intends to legislatively rezone the Lutheran Legacy Campus to the newly-created Mixed Use – Lutheran Legacy Campus (MU-LLC) zone district.
Item No. 3 - MOTION - Adopt The Green at 38th park name
• Open for comment
The Green at 38th project is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2025. The Policy and Procedure for Naming Parks and Recreation Department Parks and Facilities, adopted in February of 2009, requires the approval of a 2/3 majority of the City Council to name a new facility. As this project has been commonly known in the community as “The Green at 38th”, staff recommends its formal adoption by City Council.
Item No 4 - RESO - Support HB 25-1272
• Open for comment
The Wheat Ridge Legislative Committee recommends that City Council adopt a resolution in support of House Bill 25-1272, Construction Defects and Middle Market Housing.
Item No. 5 - RESO - oppose SB 25-001
• Open for comment
The Legislative Committee recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution in opposition of Senate Bill 25-001, Colorado Voting Rights Act.
Past Meetings
City Council – Study Session
Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 6:30pm
3 Agenda Items
Virtual and In-Person
Public's Right to Speak
Item No. 1 - MEMO - 2025 Legislative Forum
The Legislative Forum is an opportunity for the City’s elected officials and staff to discuss legislative priorities, current legislation, and Wheat Ridge positions and priorities for the 2025 session. Senator Jessie Danielson and Representative Monica Duran will be in attendance, and Colorado Municipal League Legislative Advocacy Manager Heather Stauffer will be available to review legislation and answer questions.
Item No. 2 - MEMO - State Land Use Legislation
The State of Colorado Legislature passed several bills in the 2024 Legislative Session related to land use and housing. The specific bills that have direct impacts to Wheat Ridge are: • SB24-005: Landscaping Practices for Water Conservation • HB24-1313: Transit-Oriented Communities • HB24-1007: Prohibit Residential Occupancy Limits • HB24-1304: Minimum Parking Requirements • HB24-1152: Accessory Dwelling Units The purpose of this memo is to present a summary of the bills to Council and to confirm Council’s direction for the city to respond to the legislation.
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City Council – Study Session
Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 6:30pm
4 Agenda Items
Virtual and In-Person
Public's Right to Speak
Item No. 1 - MEMO - City Plan Update
The purpose of this study session is to provide City Council with an update on the City Plan process and to have a discussion with council members regarding the content included in the fourth phase of City Plan public engagement. Phase 4 includes a set of tools that the city can use to guide public and private investment to align with community priorities. It also examines how these tools might be used in different locations around Wheat Ridge and maps out what implementation might look like after adoption of the plan. Attachment 1 is content provided by the City Plan consultant, czb, which includes the details of the City Plan to support this study session.
Item No. 2 - MEMO - 39th West St Improvement Project
In March 2023, the city began a planning study of the 38th Avenue corridor between Youngfield Street and Kipling Street with the goals of improving the roadway to accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists, while still accommodating vehicular traffic, as well as providing improved stormwater drainage. The study combined public input with technical analysis to develop a recommended alternative for the corridor. Staff will provide City Council with the results of the third round of public input, provide information on the Xcel overhead line undergrounding cost, and seek concurrence on the preferred direction for final design.
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Item No. 3 - MEMO - HCA HealthONE Proposal
The City received a request from HCA HealthONE LLC and its affiliate HCA HealthONE Rose to amend the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws to allow for freestanding emergency departments (FSED) in the City and for the development of a health park at the northwest corner of 38th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard.
City Council – Special Study Session
Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 7:00pm
2 Agenda Items
Virtual and In-Person
Public's Right to Speak
Item No. 1 - Fruitdale School Lofts
On November 28, 2016, City Council approved an Amended and Restated Development Agreement with the Wheat Ridge Housing Authority (WRHA) and Fruitdale School Partners LLC (FSP), for the redevelopment of Fruitdale School into a sixteen-unit residential development with five of those units restricted as affordable. The investment from the City and the WRHA into this project assisted in the preservation and rehabilitation of a National Registered historic property and the creation of affordable rental units for Wheat Ridge residents. FSP is in active negotiations to sell this property to Foothills Regional Housing. A sale of this property will impact the terms and conditions of the Agreement the City and WRHA entered into with FSP.
City Council – City Council Meeting
Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 6:30pm
7 Agenda Items
Virtual and In-Person
Public's Right to Speak
Item No 1a - RESO - 2024 Carryovers
Approved
There are 67 open purchase orders from the 2024 budget that will be carried over to the 2025 budget. Each purchase order is associated with a specific project that was not fully completed in the 2024 fiscal year. The funds which were encumbered for these purchase orders were transferred to the unreserved fund balance of the relevant fund when the purchase orders were closed. To continue or close out these projects in 2025, a supplemental budget appropriation in the amount of $5,164,449 is necessary to allow transfer of these funds into specific budget line items in the 2025 Budget.
Item No. 1b - RESO - Transfer funds from 2E to 2J
Approved
In discussions with Council prior to the 2J bond issuance, it was agreed that $7.4 million of the $12.6 million 2E Fund balance would be used to pay down the 2017 bonds. At that time, the remaining debit service on the 2017 bonds was approximately $12.4 million. The additional $5.0 million needed to completely pay off the 2017 bonds was included in the $38.7 million 2J bond issuance proceeds. City Staff believed the $5.0 million payoff would be made through escrow, rather than an expense to the City. Rather, the $5.0 million was included in the total amount of 2J bond issuance proceeds that the City received and the payoff is considered a 2E expense. Therefore, in order to be fully transparent with the community and to comply with the City’s budgetary procedures, a supplemental appropriation and transfer of funds is necessary.
Item No. 2 - RESO - IGA Legacy Metro Dist
Approved
City Council is asked to approve the Service Plan and Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for the Legacy Metropolitan District Nos. 1-12, a taxing district to be used to finance certain improvements for the Lutheran Legacy Campus redevelopment. Service Plan approval is the means by which the City oversees the creation of such districts, which are ultimately approved for formation by the district court.
Item No. 3 - ORD - Unclaimed Property
Approved
The Colorado state treasurer's office has advised the City of a state statute govering unclaimed property. The statute referenced is the Colorado Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, CRS 38-13-101 et seq. (the “Act’). The Act generally requires holders of unclaimed property, such as the City, to disburse unclaimed cash and cash instruments to the state treasurer. The City may exempt itself from the Act, but only if it has adopted a local ordinance concerning unclaimed property which conflicts with the Act. This ordinance revises Code sections to comply with the Act while perserving the City’s authority to dispose of unclaimed property. The ordinance simplifies the Code sections on disposition of unclaimed property generally and property held by the police department.
Item No. 4 - MOTION - appoint Boards and Commissions
Approved
As of March 2, 2025, the terms of twenty-one Board, Commission, and Committee members of the City of Wheat Ridge will expire. Additionally, there are six existing vacancies to fill which include seats on the Board of Adjustment, Parks and Recreation Commission, Community Partners Grant Program, and the IDEA Committee. These twenty-seven positions in total are to be filled or reappointed.
Item No. 5 - MOTION - contract Charles Abbott Associates
Approved
Charles Abbott Associates, Inc. has provided Building Division services for the City of Wheat Ridge since 2018 under a contract that ends in March 2025. A competitive procurement process for Building Division services occurred in late 2024 resulting in this award.
City Council – Special Study Session
Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 7:00pm
2 Agenda Items
Virtual and In-Person
Public's Right to Speak
Item No. 1 - MEMO - Legacy Metro District Srvc Plan
The City received a draft Service Plan for the Legacy Metropolitan District Nos. 1-12 (collectively, the “Districts”) on January 27, 2025, for approximately 100 acres of property comprised of the former Lutheran Medical Center campus (the “Property”). The purpose of the Districts will be to provide all or a portion of public improvements for the benefit of the residents and taxpayers located within the boundaries of the Districts. Cost of public improvements is estimated at $99 million. The Service Plan would allow for a maximum debt of $110 million and a maximum debt mill levy of 67 mills for up to 40 years. The proposed Service Plan describes and sets forth those powers and authorities the Districts shall have as allowed by Colorado law. The exercise of such powers, however, will at all times be governed by and subject to the terms of an IGA between the City and the Districts. State law allows local governments to exert significant control over the organization and operation of special districts. The service plan approval process is the key to exercising that control.
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