HomeMy WebLinkAboutagenda.apz.20110524 AGENDA
ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
& PITKIN COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY, May 24, 2011
4:30 p.m. Sister Cities
CITY HALL
I. ROLL CALL
II. COMMENTS
A. Commissioners
B. Planning Staff
C. Public
III. MINUTES
IV. DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
V. PUBLIC HEARINGS —
A. Aspen Area Community Plan — West of Castle Creek Corridor
VI. OTHER BUSINESS
VII. BOARD REPORTS
VIII. ADJOURN
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MEMORANDUM
TO: City & County Planning & Zoning Commissions
FROM: Jessica Garrow, City Long Range Planner
Ben Gagnon, City Special Projects Planner
Ellen Sassano, County Long Range Planner
Chris Bendon, City Community Development Director
Cindy Houben, County Community Development Director
DATE OF MEMO: May 17, 2011
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
4:30 — 7:30 pm, Sister Cities
RE: Joint Public Hearing on new draft of AACP
West of Castle Creek Corridor and Urban Growth Boundary
BACKGROUND: The P &Zs agreed to review the document chapter -by- chapter. This memo
addresses the "West of Castle Creek Corridor" chapter and the "Urban Growth Boundary"
section. All P &Z members have been given a hard copy of the plan, so an additional copy is not
provided with this packet. A direct link to the chapter is at: West of Castle Creek Corridor.
A quorum of each board is required for all public hearings. If a quorum is not present, the
meeting will need to be continued. Each meeting date has been scheduled based on chapter,
and members of the public are planning on attending meetings based on the publicized schedule.
Staff recommends that if a meeting is continued that the topic be moved to the end of the review
schedule.
WEST OF CASTLE CREEK CORRIDOR: The West of Castle Creek Corridor chapter is
nearly identical to the September 2010 draft. The Vision section is unchanged, and the
Philosophy section is largely unchanged. The first paragraph in the Philosophy section is new,
and was added in an effort to help elaborate on the ideas of "pockets," "nodes," and "transition"
that are referenced in the Vision.
The "What's changed," and "What's New" sections are new. The September 30` draft did not
include any background information about the corridor. These sections are intended to provide
background to help familiarize the reader with the area.
The "linkages" section draws on the Policy sections in the chapter and identifies other chapters
that will be important to consider as the West of Castle Creek Master Plan is written.
The Policy sections were re- ordered, but the text is the same. The Action Items are generally the
same. Action item 1.1.e (old III.1.e) was re- written for clarity. Language was added to Action
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item I.1.g (old III.1.g) to clarify what "coordinated" means. A new Action Item (111.1.b) calls for
obtaining information about traffic levels along the corridor.
THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY (UGB): City Council, BOCC, and the P &Zs met on
February 2, 2011 to discuss the Urban Growth Boundary. At that meeting, the group decided
that no changes should be made to the Boundary east of Highway 82 (to include the County's
10 -Acre Parcel and the Snow Dump Parcel,) but that the Boundary on the west side of Highway
82 should be modified to include the Airport Property. The text and map have been updated to
reflect this direction. The group agreed that other changes to the UGB should be discussed as
part of the West of Castle Creek Master Plan following the adoption of the AACP.
HOMEWORK PRIOR TO MEETING: In an effort to facilitate discussion at the meeting,
staff requests that the P &Zs please come to the meeting with a list of the items you would like to
"flag." It would be helpful if the commissioners who are unable to attend the meeting forward
their "flags" to the entire group prior to the meeting. This will allow the group to discuss the
feedback in the meeting.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION USED BY P &Z: There were a number of documents the
P &Z used in the initial drafting of this chapter. These include:
• State of the Aspen Area Report Managing Growth Chapter,
• State of the Aspen Area Report Economics Chapter.
• State of the Aspen Area Report West of Castle Creek Corridor Chapter,
• Economic White Paper.
• Build -out Analysis.
• Population Estimates,
• History of Managing Growth Paper,
• Carrying Capacity White Paper,
• Clicker Session data, and
• 2008 Survey data.
All are available at www.AspenCommunityVision.com. In addition, all the past P &Z packets
are available under the Adoption section of the website, or by clicking the links below:
West of Castle Creek Corridor Packets Review of UGB
• May 11, 2010 • February 2, 2011
• May 25, 2010
• June 8, 2010
The most recent clicker sessions (Nov 2010) and survey (March 2011) are also available
online.
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