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HomeMy WebLinkAboutagenda.apz.20090224AGENDA JOINT MEETING CITY OF ASPEN & PITKIN COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS Sister Cities 130 S. Galena St. Aspen, Colorado February 24, 2009 4:30 PM WORKSESSION 1. First Draft of the Community Vision for the Aspen Area 7:00 PM ADJOURN WORKSESSION 0 G ~ MEMORANDUM TO: City of Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission COPIES TO: Aspen City Council Board of County Commissioners FROM: Jessica Garrow, City Long Range Planner Ben Gagnon, City Special Projects Planner Ellen Sassano, County Long Range Planner THRU: Chris Bendon, City Community Development Director Cindy Houben, County Community Development Director DATE OF MEMO: February 18, 2009 MEETING DATE: February 24, 2009 RE: Aspen Area Community Plan Update - P8~Z Review REQUEST OF P&Zs: There is no formal action requested at this time. The purpose of this meeting is to review the first draft of the Community Vision for the Aspen Area with the P&Zs. This is a joint meeting with the City and County Planning and Zoning Commissions. BACKGROUND: The public process for the update to the Aspen Area Community Plan began in September of 2008. A great deal of information has been generated and provided to the P&Zs, the Board of County Commissioners and City Council since that time, including: • State of the Aspen Area: 2000 - 2008 • The Aspen Economy white paper • City of Aspen Housing Survey • Small Group meeting synthesis • Community Survey Results • Large Group meeting keypad results All of this information is also available on our website, www.aspencommunityvision.com. DISCUSSION: A binder with a copy of the first draft of the Community Vision for the Aspen Area was provided to P&Z members, the Board of County Commissioners and the City Council on February 19th. This binder also includes a copy of the Community Survey Results and the results from the Community Vision keypad meetings. There are a total of 10 chapters in the Community Vision for the Aspen Area: a - ' • Parks, Recreation, Open Space & Aspen Airport Business Center Trails (AABC) • Housing Planning for the Lifelong Aspenite • Economy Sustaining the Aspen Idea • Managing Growth Historic Preservation • Transportation Environmental Quality The Community Vision for the Aspen Area is divided into two sections. The first, which is stapled in your binders, is called the Executive Summary. It includes an introduction to the plan, a discussion on how to read the plan, and an overview of the public process. This section also includes all of the Vision Statements, Policy Themes and Interrelationships for each chapter. This section is intended to be a quick reference guide for those reading the Community Vision. For those who are interested in more detail, there is a second section, called the Community Vision for the Aspen Area. There is an introduction for this section, and each the 10 chapters includes an introduction, background information, community comments that were gathered as part of the public process, vision statements, policy themes, and interrelationships. NEXT STEPS: The following meeting schedule is proposed for the review of the Community Vision for the Aspen Area: February 24: Joint City/County P&Z meeting feedback re: draft Community Vision Plan, 4:30 in Sister Cities March 3: Joint County P8~Z/B000 meeting re: draft Community Vision Plan, 4:00 - 5:30 in Plaza 1 Joint City P&Z/Council meeting re: draft Community Vision Plan, 5:30 - 7:00 in Council Chambers March 10: Joint County P&Z/BOCC meeting re: draft Community Vision Plan, 4:00 - 5:30 in Plaza 1 Joint City P8~Z/Council meeting re: draft Community Vision Plan, 5:30 - 7:00 in Council Chambers March 17: Joint City P&Z/Council meeting re: draft Community Vision Plan, 5:30 - 7:00 in Council Chambers April 2: Final Community Vision Plan document ready for public distribution April 7: Community Vision Plan adoption by Council, BOCC & P8~Zs, 4:00 in Council Chambers Attachments: Binder with first draft of the Community Vision for the Aspen Area 0