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6. TYPE OF APPLICATION:
Rezoning
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Special Review
Growth Management
HPC
7. REFERRALS:
_Attorney
_Engineering Dept.
_Housing
_Water
City Electric
Subdivision
Exception
Exemption
70:30
Residential Bonus
_Stream Margin
_8040 Greenline
_View Plane
Conditional Use
Other
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Sanitation District _School District
Mountain Bell _Rocky Mtn. Nat. Gas
Parks _State Highway Dept.
Holy Cross Electric _Other
Fire Marshal /Building Dept.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission
FROM: Colette Penne, Planning Office
RE: Colorado Mountain College - Conditional Use
DATE: September 22, 1981
Colorado Mountain College is interested in the purchase and use of the Lower
Elementary School to house their administrative offices (four staff members)
and many of their classes. They will also still use their present facility
near the high school. That location is outfitted for specific classes such as
dance, photography, welding, etc. The in -town facility would be used mostly
for lecture classes.
The school is in the R -6 zone and the uses proposed are all conditional uses
in that zone, those being "public school, public administration building and
open use recreation site ". CMC proposes to retain the existing basketball
court as well as the tennis courts, both of which are open to public use at
no charge. They are also cognizant of the fact that they will not require all
the space available in the school and are planning to offer storage space to
the MAA and office space to Ballet West. They have no plans for any structural
changes to the building, which would require further review of the Commission
as per Sec, 24- 3,3(c),
CMC has a local enrollment of approximately 3000. This figure includes any
enrolled student, whether that student is taking a 6 -week course or attending
a 1 -day workshop, On a given night, as many as 75 students may attend a
seminar (e.g., Tax Semi.nars). Generally, no more than 50 students would be
in the facility, with an expected maximum of 125,, The surrounding residential
neighborhood will be impacted if the majority of those people use their
automobiles for transportation to and from class, In examining the site,
Janet Landry, Director of CMC`s Aspen Community Education Center, has said
that the college would be willing to provide parking spaces, but it would be
a minimal number because of the site constraints.
Classes would be held Monday through Thursday in the daytime and evening and
on Friday during the day. There is some weekend use, but it is limited.
The Planning Office is aware that there are definite trade -offs to consider
in this conditional use application. The impacts of night traffic on the
residential neighborhood and a parking situation that cannot be solved on -site
are two of the biggest problems. Hopefully, students would take advantage of
the bus system, bicycle or walk to class. Having CMC locate in the school
certainly makes the classes accessible to many people by those modes of trans-
portation. Auto users could park in the Rio Grande lot and surrounding streets
first. A map of surrounding neighborhood uses and available parking will
be brought to the meeting.
According to the criteria of Sec. 24 -3.3 of the Municipal Code, the suitability
of the use should be considered in terms of its compatibility with surrounding
land uses and uses in the area.. A campus for CMC in this R -6 neighborhood would
not be as advisable if the school building was not already in existence. The
fact that a full city block is occupied by a school building and the existing
recreation area that will be empty as of June 1, 1982 makes this application
rather timely,
A positive aspect of this use, however, is that one of the vacant schools in
the heart of town will be purchased from the school system and utilized fully..
A commitment exists to not remove the neighborhood recreation facilities and
the use of some of the space for other community art groups seems a favorable
alternative to their space needs, A certain amount of traffic will be mini-
mized by some of the staff and students not having to drive to the High School
location,
The Planning Office recommends approval of this conditional use application with
a strong suggestion that in negotiations with the school system, CMC try to
reach a parking agreement to use the spaces available at the Middle School and
request that their students use those, the Rio Grande lot, or forms of transporta-
tion other than the automobile.
COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
January 26 1982
Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
130 S. Galena
Aspen, CO 81611
Dear Sirs:
This is a joint letter requesting withdrawl of the application
presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission on September 22, 1981.
Sincerely yours,
Ja #1t Landry, Direc Aspen Center
O�ffi Maroon Creek Facility
Representative
Ann Freers, Superintendent of Schools
Owner, Garmisch St. School
Representative
COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER /ASPEN
P.O. BOX 2540, 0446 MAROON CREEK DRIVE,
ASPEN, COLORADO 81611
303 - 925 -7740
PUBLIC NOTICE
RE: Colorado Mountain College Conditional Use
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the
Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, September 22, 1981 at a
meeting to begin at 5:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 130 S.
Galena, Aspen, to consider a conditional use application requesting the use
of the Lower Elementary School on North Garmisch by the Colorado Mountain
College for adult education courses. Further information may be obtained
from the Planning Office, 130 S. Galena, Aspen, 925 -2020, ext. 223.
/s/ Olof Hedstrom
Chairman, spen Planning and Zoning
Commission
Published in the Aspen Times on September 10, 1981
City of Aspen Account
CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
I hereby certify that on this fourth day of September, 1981, a true
and correct copy of the Notice of Public Hearing regarding Colorado Mountain
College Conditional Use Application was deposited into the United States
mails, postage prepaid, and addressed to the following:
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COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE
September 2, 1981
Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
130 S. Galena
Aspen, CO 81611
Dear Sirs:
This is a joint letter to inform you that Colorado Mountain College
and Aspen School District 1 are exploring the possibilities of trading
property -- i.e. The CMC Building on the Maroon Creek Campus and the
Lower Elementary School on North Garmisch -- next year.
No arrangements have been made to date. They are contingent upon
a satisfactory financial agreement and the conditional use of the
Garmisch Street property remaining the same.
Sincerely yours,
J t Landry, Director Aspen Center
er, Maroon Creek facility
Representative
Ann Freers, Superintendent of Schools
Owner, Garmisch St. School
Representative
COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER /ASPEN
P.O. BOX 2540, 0446 MAROON CREEK DRIVE,
ASPEN, COLORADO 81611
303 - 925 -7740