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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.apz.19761109RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves FORM 50 <. F. XOECM EL 9. B. B L, G0. Special Meeting Aspen Plannning and mooning iv'ovember 9, i97b Chairman Chic Collins called the meeting to order with members Isaac, Hed- strom, Hunt and Kienast present. Also present were City Attorney Stuller, Planners Stanford and Clark, and Brian Goodheim of the City/County Housing 9f€ice. The meeting began at 5:15 Pbi. Conunissionraember IT_unt moved to table approval of riinutes. Kienast seconded. All in favor, motion carried. ~i'viete Subdiviiion Tviete Subdivision Lxemption Request ExemptlOn Clark rtentisned that the City Engineer had no com- rtents after having looked at the request. The sub- division is located on Cemetary Lane. Kienast told PAL that they must deal with the prob- lem of condominiumizing duplexes. Clark replied that tine problem is being studied by the Planning Office at this time. Kienast Baca no reason for de- nial of the exemption however. Hunt moved to recommend to City Council exemption from the strict definition of subdivision regula- tions with the conszition the ~ubd.dedicataon fees not be exeripted. Isaac seconded. All in favor, motion carried. Ross Residence Historic Designation of Roes Residence Historic Designation Planner Kane entered the meeting. Stanford noted that some minor corrections were made to the Resolution designating the Ross Residence historic. There was no further discussion. I:ienast moved to approved the resolution as cor- rected. Iiedstrom seconded. All in favor, motion approved. 'rIOUSing Assistance Plan Housing Assistance Goodheim said the plan was initiated mainly due to Plan the development of Park Central i9est. The plan takes into account how the govern,-nent caill relate to the development of oorners:hip, rental, and employee housing. One of the points deals with the definition of employee housing in regard to how much an employ ee can afford. The County ilas a set of rents based on imcomes determined by Larry Sinunons' study. The rents are based on earnings and not on costs of liv- ing. Goodneir.: Baia he had evaluates: the costs and rent markets and had some criteria for pricing. The figures used were incluc:ed in the memo given to P«F. by Goodheim. Silverking was used as an exarlnle of low cost housing that can be termed high cost in terms of what people ca€r afford to pay. Goodheim proposed incorporating the elements of a rental base, construction costs, and proposed month- ly rates, andcoming up with a viable solution. Kienast said that what he had heard was that Goodheim was assuming that es,ployers will rent to -'1- Planning and Zoning Conunission November 9, 1976 employees. Meel~er pointed out that the owner of the proposed units will have the first right of refusal subject to the FIousing Authority. Goodheim noted that while this was true, the Housing r'luth- ority crould not act as a leasing agent, but any renter would be screened by the Housing Authority to ascer- tain that the renter was in fact an employee. In the case of a unit being condominiumized, the right of first refusal would lie with the Housing Auth- ority. Goodheim suggested making parking available on a per month basis, rather than having the tenants who do not own cars abscrb the maintenar~e costs of the tenants who do own them. Rienast pointed out that if the first right to rent lies with the renters, an employer could rent sever- al short tern rentals in the space of one year. Goodheim further pointed out that by developing a housing program such as the proposed, some standard of quality might also be set. Collins voiced misgiv[rings about the project. If an emxployer could charge no more than a fixed amount for rent, what vaould keep an employer from lowering wages to accommodate the loss of money when the market is higher. Flunt asked if the system would work when an employer was "stung" by damages on the part of his employee. Goodhein replied that that would depend on the type of person an employer would. hire. fIunt thought that the burden of remuneration for damages should lie at least partly kith the employee. Hal Clark asked if the security deposit could be counter against income as the first month's rent was. Goodheim answered that the employer would receive the first and last months rent in advance, and collect a security deposit. He did not ascertian that the security deposit could be counted as income. Hunt pointed out that the Swiss sign a covenant betweeen the renter and the owner ( essentially an escrowed bank account) and the signa- tures of both parties are required to get the money out of the account. Goodheim stated that the point of his research was to design a program that would solve the needs of em- ployed residents. Collins noted that any controls on the program would be hard to enforce, and that the con- struction of 60 units would not be an appreciable dent in 'the housing market. Hedstrom agreed, and added that the effect would not be a solution, but might be a good test pattern. Meeker stated that the number of employ- ees would not be huge, but would be a step forward. Hunt brought up the point that he would like to see the cost of deuelopment related to the proposed rents, rather than pricing the rents in accord with the cost of developing high cost units. City Attorney Stuller agreed with Hunt, further stating that she would like for the escalation of rents to be based on cost of living increases. Stuller added that in 1973, the City ordinances were very protective of the residential areas in the City, and took tourist-residential uses out of the buildout figures and localized them. Stuller offered to write a draft of low and moderate income housing plans, trying to articulate all the in- formation from Brian, and forward this to City Council -2- ,--.. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves FOPM 50 C. i. NO ECI(EL B. B.6 L, G0. Special Meeting Planning and Zoning Commission tdovember 9, 1976 as an approved plan. Collins agreed with this ap- proach. Stuller noted that this was a first step in econominc planning in the City. Mill St. Venture Collins referred to a memo from Stuller regarding voting by proxy. The memo discouraged the process because the member needs full information and dialog to vote intelligently. Collins stated that the P&Z would abide by that procedure. Mill St. Venture Clark stated that this was a transfer of property to the City for the right-of-way on Mill Street. (Clark showed the P&Z a map of the land.) The land would be used for the future expansion of Mill St. by agreement with the City, which transfer requires subdivision exemption. Thy Planning Office recommends approval of the exemption, with the concurrence cf the City Engineer. A variance would be required for the open space dedication after the transfer to the City. Aunt moved to recommend approval to City Council Motion for subdivision exemption for the Mill St. Venture as the strict application of the subdivision regula- tions would accomplish no purpose. The exemption is recommended not for development purposes, but for transfer to the City of Aspen. Kienast seconded. All in favor, motion carried. Kienast moved to adjourn the meeting. Isaac seconded. All in favor, motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 6:49 PM. ~} ~ i Margie ~ on, Deputy City Clerk -3- .~~ ~- Y :•y Any