AGENDA
1245th Regular Meeting of the
CITY COUNCIL
September 9, 2008
7:00 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER
   
2. INVOCATION - Pastor Bret Truax, Crossroads Baptist church
   
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
   
4. ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL
   
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
   
6. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
   1. Presentations
   1. A Resolution recognizing the 2007 City-wide employee and team of the year. [220-GE]
   2. A Resolution recognizing Sabrina M. Iacovetta, Administrative Supervisor, for 20 Years of Employment with the City of Thornton. [580-GE]
   3. A Resolution recognizing Jean L. Sheehan, Custodian I, for 20 Years of Employment with the City of Thornton. [580-GE]
   4. A Resolution declaring the week of October 5-11, 2008 as National Fire Prevention Week and October 3-5, 2008 as Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial Weekend. [400-GE]
   2. Audience Participation
      
   3. Staff Reports

   None

7. COUNCIL COMMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
   
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
   1. Approval of Minutes August 26, 2008 Special and Regular City Council Meetings. [220-BC]
   2. A Resolution authorizing an amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Thornton and Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) to share the costs of final design and drainage control improvements along the Niver Creek Tributary L Upstream of Interstate 25. [700-AG]
   3. A Resolution approving a Temporary Access Road Easement to Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC on Thornton’s Farm 105. [880-PR]
   4. Monthly Financial Report for July 2008. [380-RS]
   5. A Resolution appointing two members to the Building Code Advisory Board and a member to the Local Licensing Authority. [160-BC]
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. A public hearing regarding the Annexation and Zoning for the Rangeview Library Annexation.
1. An Ordinance approving the Annexation of 10.58 acres of property in Section 32, Township 1 South, Range 67 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, County of Adams, State of Colorado and assigning the annexed property to Ward 3, located northeast of the intersection of East 120th Avenue and Holly Street (Rangeview Library Annexation). [120-AG] [Public Hearing]
2. A Resolution adopting certain Findings of Fact for the Annexation to the City of Thornton of certain unincorporated territory located northeast of the intersection of East 120th Avenue and Holly Street referred to as the Rangeview Library Annexation. [120-AG] [Related Action Item]
3. An Ordinance approving the Zoning of 11.17 acres to Neighborhood Services and 3.90 acres to Agricultural and a Conceptual Site Plan for property located northeast of the intersection of East 120th Avenue and Holly Street (Rangeview Library Annexation). [600-PR] [Public Hearing]
2. A public hearing regarding a Resolution approving the Service Plans for North End Metropolitan Districts No. 1 through No. 4. [670-ME]
10. ACTION ITEMS
1. A Resolution denying a Comprehensive Plan amendment for approximately 2.71 acres of property located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Gale Boulevard and Huron Street to change the designation of the property from Residential High to Commercial and amending the future land use map. (Autumn Creek Advance Self Storage). [600-PR]
2. A Resolution denying a Conceptual Site Plan/Overall Development Plan and Rezoning of approximately 3.84 acres from Multifamily to Planned Development and amending the zoning map for property located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Gale Boulevard and Huron Street. (Autumn Creek Advance Self Storage). [600-PR]
3. An Ordinance amending portions of Sections 18-3 and 18-532, and adding new Sections 18-534 and 18-535 to the Thornton City Code to incorporate Commercial Design Standards for commercial development of 15 acres and larger. (First Reading) [500-CA]
11. ADJOURNMENT
    

Agenda prepared by Nancy A. Vincent, City Clerk
for Jack Ethredge, City Manager

Agenda & items subject to change. ** Note the Council Items are in .pdf format and will require the user to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free application that can be downloaded to your computer by clicking on the Adobe Logo below: