AGENDA
1246th Regular Meeting of the
CITY COUNCIL
September 23, 2008
7:00 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER
   
2. INVOCATION - Sensei Carol GanSho O’Dowd, Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple
   
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
   
4. ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL
   
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
   
6. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
   
1. Presentations
1. A Resolution declaring the month of October 2008 as National Arts and Humanities Month in the City of Thornton, Colorado. [220-GE]
2. Audience Participation
   
3. Staff Reports
1. Monthly Financial Report for July 2008 [380-RS]
7. COUNCIL COMMENTS/COMMUNICATIONS
   
8. CONSENT CALENDAR
   
1. Approval of Minutes September 9, 2008, Regular City Council Meeting. [220-BC]
2. 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). (Second Reading). [120-AG]
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). (Second Reading). [600-PR]
4. 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. (Second Reading) [500-CA]
5. An Ordinance amending Section 38-444 concerning the regulation of weeds and brush to require the mowing of only noxious weeds in Parks and Open Space Zoning Districts. (First Reading) [500-CA]
6. A Resolution adopting the 2009 City Council Meeting Schedule and changing the date for certain regular City Council Meetings. [220-GE]
7. A Resolution adopting Bylaws for the Firefighters’ Old Hire Pension Board of the City of Thornton. [400-BC]
8. A Resolution appointing Anthony Unrein III to the Firefighters’ Old Hire Pension Board for the term ending March 1, 2010. [400-BC]
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. A Public hearing regarding an Ordinance approving the rezoning of the Talon Pointe Subdivision located at the northwest corner of East 152nd Avenue and Quebec Street from Single-Family Detached and Parks and Open Space to Planned Development and Parks and Open Space. (Talon Pointe Rezoning). [600-PR]
10. ACTION ITEMS
1. A Resolution appointing members of the Businesses of Thornton Advisory Commission. [340-BC]
2. A Resolution approving the First Amendment to the Restated Business Development Agreement between the City of Thornton and Armstrong HighPointe, LLC. [340-AG]
3. An Ordinance adopting the First Amendment to the 2008 Budget amending Section One of Ordinance 3006, making appropriations for the City of Thornton for the Fiscal Year 2008 for all funds except that appropriations for certain individual projects shall not lapse at year end but continue until the project is completed or cancelled. (First Reading) [380-BD]
4. A Resolution authorizing the Second Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement dated March 11, 2005 between the City of Thornton and the Colorado Department of Transportation to widen 120th Avenue from a two-lane to a four-lane facility from Holly Street to Quebec Street. [720-PR]
11. ADJOURNMENT
    

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

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