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CASELOAD SUMMARY SHEET
City of Aspen
DATE RECEIVED - 114JyX
DATE RECEIVED COMPLETE:
PROJECT NAME:
APPLICANT:
Applicant Addre
RE PR ES EN TAT IV E:
Representative
Type of Application:
I. GMP/Subdivision/PUD
1 . Conceptual Submission
2. Preliminary Plat
3. Final Plat
II. Subdivision/PUD
1. Conceptual Submission
2. Preliminary Plat
3. Final Plat
III. All "Two Step" Applications
IV. All "One Step" Applications
V. Referral Fees - Environmental
Health, Housing Office
1 . Minor Applications
2. Major Applications
Referral Fees -
Engineering
Minor A lications
1
20
12
6
14
9
6
11
5
2
5
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$2,730.00
1,640.00
820 .00
$1,900.00
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820 .00
$1, 490 .00
$ 50.00
$ 125.00
Pp 80.00
Major Applications/ 200.00
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P&Z CC MEETING DATE: S T a PUBLIC' H EAR ING : YES NO
DATE REFERRED: C INITIALS:
REFERRALS:
City Atty _Az Aspen Consol. S.D. School District
City Engineer Mtn. Bell Rocky Mtn. Nat. Gas
Housing Dir. Parks Dept. State Hwy Dept (Glenwd)
-2� Aspen Water Holy Cross Electric StateEiwy Dept (Gr.Jtn)
City Electric Fire Marshall Bldg: Zoning/Inspectn
Envir. Hlth. Fire Chief Other:
Roaring Fork Transit Roaring Fork Energy Center
FINAL ROUTING: DATE ROUTED- IN IT IAL
City Atty
City Engineer
Building Dept.
Other: �1 Other:
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RESOLUTION NO. 40
(Series of 1986)
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ASPEN, COLORADO
GRANTING CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL OF THE
ROARING FORK RAILROAD PROPOSAL SPA
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 20, Series of 1985, the
Roaring Fork
Railroad (hereinafter
"Applicant")
did submit a
proposal for
the Development of a
portion of
the Rio Grande
property and Rio Grande right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, aspects of the development proposal include re-
establishment of rail on the Rio Grande right-of-way from Woody
Creek to Aspen (Rio Grande site) , terminal building, platform,
baggage handling, parking and trackage on the Rio Grande site;
and
WHEREAS, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission (herein-
after "Commission") did hold public meetings on September 2 and
9, 1986, to consider the applicant's proposal to develop on the
City -owned Rio Grande site and utilize the City -owned Shapery
property, each of which have SPA Overlays, as well as the City -
owned Creektree open space, and did recommend City Council to
grant conceptual approval for the proposal in Planning Commission
Resolution 86-10; and
WHEREAS, the
City Council
(hereinafter "Council")
is aware
of this proposal's
potential
impact on Pitkin County
and has
-expresse'd concern about the proposal's impact outside the
Council's jurisdiction; and
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WHEREAS, the Council supports the idea of a joint review
between the City and the County for both Precise SPA and 1041
Special Review, which review process wili include joint meetings
between both City and County Planning and Zoning Commission and
between City Council and Board of County Commissioners pursuant
to the following meeting format:
o Meetings will be held at a mutually agreed upon time
and place,
o Staff will present separate memorandums which identify
City specific and County specific concerns,
o The applicant will address both City and County
concerns at the joint meetings,
o Due to' the public hearing needs of Precise SPA and 1041
Special Review, all joint meetings will be public
hearings,
o Once the
information needs of Precise
SPA and
1041
Special
Review have been addressed at
the joint
meetings,
the City and County bodies will
separate
and
consider
the Railroad proposal separately,
and
o These joint
meetings will occur first
with the
two
Planning
and Zoning Commission and then with the
City
Council and Board of County Commissioners.
WHEREAS, the Council has stated that final approval of this
proposal by this Council will be contingent upon the applicant's
ability to successfully mitigate impacts to the satisfaction of
Pitkin County (i.e., wildlife, neighborhood impact's, Hallam
Lake); and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of its deliberations, the Council
concurred with the following conceptual findings made by the
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commission:
1. The Roaring Fork Railroad is a compatible and appropri-
ate transportation use on the Rio Grande site and may
provide the community not only with a desi reable travel
mode between Aspen and Denver, but also may provide an
alternative transportation corridor to State Highway 82
in the Valley. The Rio Grande site was purchased with
transportation funds and planned to be used for
transportation purposes. The Commission realizes that
the Roaring Fork Railroad concept is inconsistent witn
the 1973 Land Use Plan; however, the Commission is in
the process of updating the Aspen Area General Plan,
1966 and will resolve inconsistencies witn past plans
and reports (transportation, land use, etc.) . The
Commission is therefore prepared to authorize further
study of the issues identified below. The Commission
recognizes however, that precise plan approval can only
be granted if the impacts of the project are mitigated
and the concerns of the community can be addressed.
2. The Council makes the following findings with respect
to the application of the Growth Management Quota
System to the project:
a) The development of the terminal, while it may have
a commercial aspect, represents an essential
community service which can be best judged through
review as an exemption from competition pursuant
to Section 24-11.2(e) of the Municipal Code,
particularly if the terminal is used not only for
the railroad, but also for other essential
transportation purposes, as identified in the
community's ongoing transportation planning
program.
b) Given the language of Section 24-11.2 (e) , the
Council directs the staff to evaluate the criter-
ion that to be eligible for an exemption a project
must be a "not -for -profit venture" and to explore
alternative criteria which may accomplish the
community's objectives.
c) As required by Section 24-11 .2 (e) , in order to
obtain an essential community facilities exemp-
tion, the applicant will be required to demon-
strate' that the project has fully mitigated its
direct growth impacts, and identify secondary
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effects.
d) In addition to the requirements established by
Section 24-11 .2 (e) , the Council finds that in
order to be eligible for an exemption from the
quota system, the Roaring Fork Railroad station
components should be scored by start and P&Z under
the provisions of the Commercial Development Quota
System to determine whether or not it meets the
competition thresholds contained therein. Should
the project not meet said thresholds, it shall not
be eligible for an exemption.
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held by City
Council on October 14, which was continued to October 27 and
November 10, December 3 and December 8, 1986 to review the
Roaring Fork Railroad Proposal and Council did pass a motion
granting conceptual SPA approval subject to conditions stated
-J bel ow.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Aspen,
Colorado, grant conceptual SPA approval to the. Roaring Fork
Railroad proposal, subject to the following conditions:
1. A study shall be submitted analyzing the RFR proposal's
potential for reducing vehicular traffic on State
Highway 82 including Main Street if train service
terminates at the Rio Grande.
2. The applicant shall submit as part of the Precise SPA
plan a minimum -maximum commuter rail service operating
plan including capital and operating costs, sta-
tion/park and ride locations, time schedules, fare
schedule, projected ridership, proposed operating
entity needed RFTA subsidy, availability of commuter
rail vehicles and other pertinent information which
will assist the City, County and RFTA in determining
the value of commuter rail service.
3. The applicant shall submit as part of the Precise SPA
plan a transportation study of the combined impacts of
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the RFR proposal and proposed City uses for the Rio
Grande Site. This study shall include impacts on
streets and intersections surrounding the site and
traffic impacts on Cemetery Lane. Impacts on the
Trueman property parking lot and Puppy Smith Street
shall be specifically addressed. How circulation and
baggage will be handled on the Rio Grande site shall
also be detailed.
4.
The applicant and staff will identify what land use
options will be displaced by the Roaring Fork Railroad
proposal on the Rio Grande site, including the Shapery
Property, Creek Tree Subdivision, and Rio Grande right-
of-way.
5.
The Precise SPA plan shall include an economic feasibi-
lity study including disclosure of the current and
proposed RFR capital, operating costs and other
pertinent information for the purpose of evaluating the
applicant's ability to construct and operate this
proposal. Included in this study will be an economic
analysis justitying the need for an 18 car train and an
update of the status of agreements with entities
outside of Pitkin County (D. & R. G. , Union Pacific,
Stapleton Airport, proposed Denver International
Airport, Commercial Airlines, Amtrack and any other
entities involved in the Roaring Fork Railroad propo-
sal) .
6.
The applicant shall relocate the Rio Grande trail to
Council' s approval.
7.
The applicant shall, with the assistance of appropriate
public entities, estimate costs and propose pri-
vate/public cost sharing, which includes compensation
for use of public land, for all of the public improve-
ments, relocations and alterations associated with the
proposal including, but not limited to the sewer trunk
line, Rio Grande Trail, Snowdump, Impound Lot, Rio
Grande Playing Field and all other impacted utilities
to assist the City, County, RFTA and appropriate
special districts in evaluating public expenses of the
project.
8.
The applicant shall prepare an engineering study as
part of the Precise SPA plan of the effects of the rail
system on the sewer trunk line and methods of mitigat-
ing problems, if any, as acceptable to the Aspen
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Consolidated Sanitation District.
9. The applicant shall work with all public and private
utility companies to develop an acceptable utilities
pl an.
10.
A drainage plan addressing all the improvements of this
proposal on the Rio Grande site, as acceptable to the
City Engineer, shall be submitted as part of the
Precise SPA Plan.
11.
The following environmental studies and mitigation
plans shall be prepared to the satisfaction of the
Environmental Health Department as part of the Precise
SPA Plan:
a. A noise contour map along the right-of-way that
will illustrate the noise impacts on property
throughout the City for evaluation by the City.
b. Air pollution resulting from the combined effects
of trains (per operating plan) , transportation
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uses associated with the railroad (taxi, limos,
buses) , and uses on the Rio Grande site (parking) .
C. Water pollution hazards both operational and
during the construction stage as discussed in Tom
Dunlop's August 18, 1986 memorandum.
d. Disruption of mine tailings and dumps.
e. Solid waste generation and management.
f. Impacts of vibrating (detailed information needs
to be determined by Tom Dunlop) .
12.
Identify legal, noise and air pollution impacts
associated with extending the Roaring Fork Railroad
tracK network onto the Creektree parcel.
13.
The applicant shall submit, as part of the Precise SPA
Plan, a site plan, landscaping plan and building design
techniques to mitigate visual impacts of the develop-
ment.
14.
The applicant shall submit a Stream Margin Review
application as part of the Precise SPA Plan for the
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construction
of roadbed,
rails, trails and
any other
improvements
within 100
feet from the high
water line
or within a
flood hazard
area in the City of
Aspen.
15. The applicant shall investigate reducing the number
and length of tracks on the Rio Grande site.
16. The Applicant shall indicate how many employees will be
generated by this proposal and how employee housing
requirements will be addressed.
17. The applicant shall explore the potential for shared
use of the terminal structure facility, especially uses
which are part of the Rio Grande Plan.
18. The applicant shall submit an Emergency Response Plan
to the satisfaction of the Public Safety Board.
19. The applicant shall estimate what portion of the
train's passengers will stay in Snowmass and determine
how the Snowmass passengers and baggage will be brought
to Snowmass -- will they travel to the Rio Grande and
then utilize State Highway 82 through town to their
destination or will Snowmass passengers de -train at
Woody Creek and avoid travel through Aspen.
20. The applicant shall identify how the Roaring Fork
Railroad would deal with an airport shut -down due to
snow, showing ways to alleviate the problems caused by
temporary loss of airplane service to and from Aspen.
21. The applicant shall identify construction impacts and
develop a construction impacts mitigation plan which
shows timing/phasing of construction.
22. The applicant
shall not represent the City of Aspen
as
a partner in the RFR proposal.
23. The applicant
shall submit to the satisfaction of
the
City Council,
a detailed plan which addresses safety
of
pedestrians,
cyclists and vehicles along the railroad
right-of-way.
The applicant shall identify applicable
federal and
state safety requirements affecting
the
train operation within the City.
24. The applicant
shall detail the fire hazard potential
to
the landscape
along the right-of-way and measures
to
mitigate it.
The applicant shall identify federal
and
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state requirements related to fire safety along the
railroad right-of-way.
25. The applicant shall submit as part of the Precise Plan
package an improvements agreement providing commitments
to and financial guarantees for completion of the
project, completion of trail realignment and any other
improvements which are parr of plan approval.
26. Should the RFR discontinues service between Aspen and
Denver or discontinues as a business, an agreement may
provide for
a) Commitments to and financial guarantees for
restoration of the project area to its pre -project
condition, or
b) Transfer the fixed assets (tracks and stations) of
the RFR to the City at the option of the City
Council.
27. City electorate authorization for City Council to grant
Rio Grande right-of-way, Shapery property and Rio
( Grande property for use by the Roaring Fork Railroad
shall expire if construction of the Railroad is not
commenced on or before January 1, 1992.
28. The applicant shall submit as part of Precise SPA a
study of impacts and mitigation of impacts for both
Hallam Lake and the Art Museum.
29. The applicant shall submit a complete Precise Plan
package addressing all conditions imposed and commit-
ments made in the conceptual review, and address any
other information deemed necessary by the Planning and
Development Director as identified in a pre -application
conference to be held prior to submission of Precise
Plan.
Dated • 'Om-�� 1986
r
William L. Stirling, Mayor
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I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk of the
City of Aspen, Colorado, hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City
Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting to be held
on the 4 day of
1986.
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Kathryn S Roc , City Clerk
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Council
THRU: Robert S. Anderson, Jr., City Manager
FROM: Tom Baker and Steve Burstein, Planning Office
RE: Conceptual SPA, Roaring Fork Railroad
DATE: December 4 , 1986
SUMMARY: The staff recommends approval of City Council Resolution
No. 40, Series of 1986, Resolution of the City Council of Aspen,
Colorado Granting Conceptual Approval of the Roaring Fork Railroad
Proposal SPA.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: At Council's December 3, 1986 Special
Meeting for the continued public hearing of the Conceptual SPA
Approval of the Roaring Fork Railroad, Council directed staff to
make a number of changes to the draft resolution and prepare a
final draft for Council approval at their December 8, 1986
regular meeting.
BACKGROUND: The Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission met on
September 2, 1986 (regular meeting) , September 9, 1986 (special
meeting) and September 23, 1986 (special meeting) to discuss the
Roaring Fork Railroad Proposal SPA. As a result of those meetings
the P&Z adopted Resolution No. 86-10 recommending Conceptual
approval of the Roaring Fork Railroad Proposal SPA.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTE: 6 for, 1 against.
RECOMMENDATION: The stafr recommends Conceptual Approval of the
Roaring Fork Railroad SPA.
PROPOSED MOTION: I move to adopt Resolution 40, Series of 1986,
Resolution of the City Council of Aspen, Colorado Granting
Conceptual Approval of the Roaring Fork Railroad Proposal SPA.
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION:
NOTE: Changes in the Resolution are indicated by bold for
additions and a"aa —eczt for deletions.
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AGENDA
Aspen City Council
December 3, 1986
5:00 p.m. Continued Public Hearing
Conceptual SPA - Roaring Fork Railroad
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Council
THRU: Robert S. Anderson, Jr., City Manager
FROM: Tom Baker, Planning Office
Steve Burstein, Planning Office
RE: Conceptual SPA, Roaring Fork Railroad
DATE: November 25, 1986
NOTE: Please bring your October 14, and November 10, 1986
packet material regarding the Roaring Fork Railroad.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: At Council's November 10, 1986 continued
public hearing on Conceptual SPA Approval for Roaring Fork
Railroad, the Council reviewed the Planning and Zoning Commission's
resolution recommending approval of the project. The Council
recommended a number of changes to the draft resolution. The
Council reviewed the resolution through Condition #5 and at that
point continued the public hearing to December 3, 1986.
BACKGROUND: Staff has responded to Council's recommendation by
revising the resolution (Attachment A) through Condition #5
(which is now Condition #6) . Staff has done this to ensure that
Council has adequate time to review changes. Although staff has
revised the resolution through Condition #5, the staff anticipates
that Council will continue through the resolution (Conditions 6-
25) before reviewing any revisions.
PROBLEM DISCUSSION: In addition to the conditions included in the
resolution, there is one possible condition (issue) which staff
originally suggested but P&Z rejected. Since this condition has
bearing on an issue which is being raised by members of the
public, we have chosen to address it at this time. In staff's
original memo to P&Z we included the following:
Train Service to Woody Creek or Airport - It is the staff' s
view that the most significant potential benefit of train
service to Aspen is the potential for a second transportation
corridor in the Valley. Terminating train service at the
airport or Woody Creek would, in the staff's view, only
exacerbate the automobile related problems associated with
State Highway 82. The applicant should quantify the addi-
tional impacts to State Highway 82 which would be created by
terminating the train at the airport, Woody Creek or other
location Down Valley.
There are members of the public who have suggested that the
Roaring Fork Railroad should have its terminal at the Airport/ABC
area. They claim that this option would cost less than the
option which uses the Rio Grande right-of-way into town. While
the staff has not evaluated this specific proposal, the staff has
analyzed the concept of an Airport Transportation Center (which
seems to be part of the rationale for a railroad terminus at the
Airport) .
The concept of an Airport Transportation Center was initially
proposed in 1972 as part of the Regional Transportation Plan for
Aspen and Pitkin County. This plan called for light rail to
connect Aspen, Snowmass and the Airport. The Airport would also
be the location of a centralized intercept parking facility.
The Airport Transportation Center concept was recently reanalyzed
by the staff and found to be an idea which was not likely to work.
The primary problem we saw with the Airport Facility was that it
was unlikely that a family of three with several bags, ski boots
and skis would be willing to transfer from an airplane to a train
or other transit mode for a three mile ride to Rubey Park and
then transfer those same bags, ski boots and skis to a lodge
shuttle or taxi. Rather, staff concluded that the role of the
lodge shuttle and taxi was at the airport where only one transfer
of bags, etc. was required prior to reaching the visitor's
destination. This analysis was corroborated by professional
literature which cautioned that excessive mode change in a short
time/distance would greatly diminish the success of an inter -
modal transportation center.
Further, staff concluded that a centralized intercept parking
facility (a major factor of the Airport Transportation Center
concept) was not a workable concept. The primary reasons for
this was that it made very little sense to intercept down valley
employees after eighteen (18) miles of a twenty-one (21) mile
trip; or to intercept visitors as they enter the resort; or to
intercept skiers at a midpoint between Aspen and Snowmass.
Rather, it made sense to intercept down valley employees at their
point of origin with improved park and ride facilities and van
pools, thereby increasing the energy, air quality and traffic
improvements valley -wide. Further, staff felt that intercepting
skier traffic after that traffic had passed our most congested
road segments (SH 82 at the Aspen entrance and Brush Creek Road)
was not effective rather, the staff felt that we should focus our
effort on providing an attractive and fast transit link between
Aspen and Snowmass. In terms of a transit link between Aspen and
Snowmass, the staff concluded that if the Airport were not a
necessary stop, then the cost of a direct connection between the
two communities may be feasible. (If the Council would like a
full presentation on this issue paper, we can do that at a time
convenient to Council.)
Although this analysis does not specifically address the Roaring
Fork Railroad proposal, the staff still concludes that the
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Transportation Center concept does not work. Additionally, staff
is on record as identifying the commuter rail option as potentially
a significant community benefit. If the RFR terminal is at the
Airport/ABC we feel it is unlikely that commuter rail will be
available to the community, as the applicant will not agree to
extend the commuter rail beyond the Airport and the community
will be unable to finance this option itself.
The staff is aware that there are members of the public who do
not want the Rio Grande right-of-way put back into active trans-
portation service. The staff is also aware that the applicant
has brought forward a development proposal to bring train service
to the Rio Grande site, not the airport.
Currently, the staff's opinion is that terminating train service
at the Airport/ABC is of little value to the community (although
of value to the resort) for several reasons: first, it precludes
the realistic option of commuter rail and of a second transpor-
tation corridor in the valley; second, it uses State Highway 82
to transport passengers to and from the terminal; and third, the
Transportation Center concept does not work.
The Council and P&Z are in the process of information gathering
to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the R.F.R.
proposal. The analysis of this information will assist Council
and P&Z in deciding whether or not the current proposal will be
beneficial to the entire community. If, for example, we discover
that commuter rail is unworkable, then we may view Woody Creek as
a logical terminus for the Aspen to Denver train and trade off
the S.H. 82 impacts for the Rio Grande trail and site impacts.
The staff's concern is that we avoid the study of unrealistic
options which do not offer the most potential benefit to the
community and, therefore, only delay the analysis of the R.F.R.
proposal.
Regarding alternate alignment studies, the applicant has stated
several times that the R.F.R. is not interested in bringing
people to the Airport: their application is for bringing train
service into Aspen. If the Council feels some information about
terminating rail service outside of Aspen is necessary, then
staff recommends that the following condition be added to Council's
resolution: The applicant should quantify the additional impacts
to State Highway 82 which would be created by terminating the
train at the airport, Woody Creek or other location Down Valley.
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION:
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RESOLUTION NO. 4.
(Series of 1986)
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ASPEN, COLORADO
\ GRANTING CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL OF THE
ROARING FORK RAILROAD PROPOSAL SPA
WHEREAS; pursuant to Ordinance 20, Series of 1985, the
Roaring Fork Ra'lroad (hereinafter "Applicant") did submit a
proposal for the Development of a portion of the Rio Grande
property and Rio Gra de right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, aspects of the development proposal include re-
establishment of rail on the Rio Grande right-of-way from Woody
Creek to Aspen (Rio Grand site) , terminal building, platform,
baggage handling, parking an trackage on the Rio Grande site;
and
WHEREAS, the Aspe Planning a"Rd Zoning Commission (herein-
after "Commission") /d*d hold public m$etings on September 2 and
9, 1986, to considehe applicant's pr sal to develop on the
City -owned Rio Gr nde site and utilize the City -owned Shapery
property, each which have SPA Overlays, as ell as the City -
owned Creektr open space, and did recommend C ty Council to
grant conceual approval for the proposal in Planni Commission
Resolution 86-10; and
WHEREAS, the City Council (hereinafter "Council") i' aware
of this proposal's potential impact on Pitkin County and has
expressed concern about the proposal's impact outside the
Council's jurisdiction; and
(Ifter these many weeks of rhetoric and emotionali over the railroad
debate, the issues involved have finally become clear to me. Aspen is a very
special place as is the rest of the valley we live in. One of the elements of
this community that we can be most proud of is the unanimity of resolve we have
demonstrated to protect and maintain the character of our town and the
surrounding environment through growth management, zoning, sign controls,
toric preservation, etc. One of the greatest threats to this character over
e years, and the most difficult to deal with has been the growing number of
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omobiles with the conjestion and polution that accompanies them. The idea of
—�he train has been a breath of fresh air to all of us that have longed for an
l�ernative to the dependence we have on the highway and automobiles. Like th,
rport, a rail terminal to connect our valley with the outside world should be
cheered on by all of us. However, like the airport, a rail terminal must
function as regional transportation center, where all means of travel-- air,
railroad, light rail, and highway can be focused to then dispurse the travelers
0their final destination. The place for this very busy and conj"sted place /s
���ertainly not the center of town. We finally have developed a focal point in
this community away from the mountain. The open space foward the river has
g�N*' us a public area for art, culture, recreation, /n every way an opportuoii/
or,�the future to develop a balanced year—round community. Let`s not blow it by
ocating a noisy, smelly, railroad terminal right in the middle of our most
0iinportant open space. We need the railroad, but let's not sacrifice the
frag(le character of this great little town to get it. I strongly urge everyone
to vote for the railroad in the county election, and against it in the separate
city election. Let's take advantage of all of this terrific creative energy and
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re —new the momentum gning for an Aspen — Snowmass light rail system and a
workable down valley communter train that can work along with the new railroad,
all to function together out of a properly located transportation center that
works for our whole valley community and not just part it. The train idea is a
great one. but the cost and environmental damage created by the last mile and a !
half of it is just not worth it. Tom Wells
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Tom Baker, Planning Department
Steve Burstein, Planning Department
FROM: Chuck Roth, Assistant City Engineer C`V2-
DATE: December 3, 1986
RE: Railroad - Council Review of December 3
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1. Item 6. Two trails: equestrain dirt trail and paved trail.
Since this item identification did not make the resolution, are
you going to generate a separate document of issue identifications
to use as a punch list?
2. Item 7. Similar comment to above. Additional issue
identifications," . alterations associated with the proposal
including . " - add Rio Grande Parking Lot and Spring Street
extension to list.
3. Item 8. I think applicant has valid concern re "final word"
of San. District. In recent electric undergrounding projects,
the City had to negotiate with San. District vis-a-vis their
"demands." As a checks and balances concern, applicant may need
to retain own sewer expert to negotiate with San. District. City
or County engineers or administration may become involved since
City and County issue easements and permits for right-of-way
activities.
4. Item 12. Should we have View Plane from Art Museum?
5. Item 20. Will construction activity impact the elementary
school (noise)? The electric undergrounding project had problems
with impacting school activities.
6. Item 23. Qualifications of applicant's consultants to make
comments relative to any particular elements of review.
7. Item 25. Help with constructing aesthetic floodwall at Art
Museum? This would be more visible from train than from Art
Museum.
8. Rail bus to discharge Snowmass employees at Woody Creek?
CR/co/Railroad
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DENVER OFFICE
SUITE 2900
555 SEVENTEENTH STREET
DENVER, C OLORADO 80202
TELEPHONE(303) 295.8000
TELECOPIER (303) 205-8261
MONTANA OFFICE
SUITE 1400
175 NORTH 27TH STREET
BILLINGS, MONTANA 59101
TELEPHONE 14061 252-2166
TELECOPIER 14061 252-1669
JAMES T. MORAN
HOLLAND & HART
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
600 EAST MAIN STREET
ASPEN, COLORADO 81611
TELEPHONE (303) 925.3476
January 27, 1987
Ms. Sandra M. Stuller
Myler, Stuller & Schwartz
106 South Mill Street, Suite #202
Aspen, Colorado 81611
RE: Roaring Fork Railroad
Dear Sandy:
WASHINGTON, D. C. OFFICE
1875 EYE STREET, N. W.
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20006
TELEPHONE (202)486.7340
TELECOPIER 1202/466-7354
WYOMING OFFICE
SUITE 500
2020 CAREY AVENUE
CHEYENNE, WYOMING 82001
TELEPHONE 4307) 632-2180
TELECOPIER (307) 778-8175
S. E. DENVER OFFICE
SUITE 1250
7887 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE
ENGLEWOOD, COLORAOO 80111
TELEPHONE (303) 741-1226
We represent Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Josephson who own a house
in Pitkin Green. The Josephson's property fronts on Willoughby
Way; its rear yard abuts the old D&RGW right of way or Rio Grande
Trail. Their land used to be owned by Flavy Davis and sits
between the lots owned by Ray Lavender to the west and the Honor-
able Fitzhugh Scott, III to the east.
I understand that you represent the Roaring Fork Railroad
(RFR) which has applied to the county to lay track and operate
trains on the old D&RGW right of way. RFR has also applied to
the city to lay track and locate a passenger terminal on the Rio
Grande property owned by the City of Aspen.
The purpose of this letter is to let you and your clients
know that my clients, and others similarly impacted, intend to
vigorously oppose RFR's plans to operate trains on the Rio Grande
Trail. Mr. and Mrs. Josephson would not actively oppose railroad
service which terminates at Woody Creek or at Sandy Field.
We have studied City Council's Resolution No. 40, Series of
1986, and do not believe that RFR can satisfy the 29 conditions
attached to conceptual approval if those conditions are addressed
thoroughly and objectively. Our clients intend to see that such
is the case and will do what is necessary to test the validity of
the City and County review processes. This includes seeking
judicial review if that turns out to be necessary and appropri-
ate.
i
HOLLAND & HART
ATTORNEYS AT LAv%'
Ms. Sandra M. Stuller
January 27, 1987
Page 2
In addition to the issues and impacts which were identified
in Resolution No. 40 (1986) and in the Baker and Burstein, Plan-
ning Office Memorandum to Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission,
dated August 29, 1986, our clients in cooperation with other
affected citizens are investigating legal grounds for challenging
RFR's project. These include such questions as:
1. Whether adjoining landowners and other citizens had the
right to rely on local governments' representation that
the Rio Grande was acquired for; and restricted to;
non -vehicular public recreation uses?
2. Whether railroad operations on the Rio Grande Trail
would give rise to an action for damages on inverse
condemnation or related grounds?
We understand that RFR intends to seek public financing for
its railroad project. I am informed that Mr. Michael Sarsynski
of Thomson McKinnon Securities is a member of RFR's board and may
now be working on a prospectus or offering circular in RFR's
behalf. I don't know if the information that has been relayed to
me is accurate or not. However, it does seem to me that, if RFR
is going after public financing, the existence of substantial
public opposition having both the energy and resources to vigor-
ously oppose the RFR project is a material fact that ought to be
communicated to the prospective investor.
If you think that my clients' opposition to RFR is misplaced
or unenlightened, I'd be happy to hear your views.
Yours very truly,
James T. Moran
JTM/tli
cc: Board of County Commissioners
Pitkin County Planning and Zoning Commission
Aspen City Council
City of Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission
Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office
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ASPEN DAILY NEWS, Thursday, October 16, 1996, Page 9
7 REASONS TO VOTE
"NO"
ON THE RAILROAD
The Rio Grande is not the right place for a Railroad terminal. All consultants' plan-
ning studies have shown the Airport to be the logical transportation center.
2 Environmental studies by Steve Weiner & Associates in 1973 stated the Rio Grande
property would be a bad location for a transportation center as the area is a natural
pollution collector.
3 Noise Pollution from a passenger train in Glenwood Springs according to Tom
Dunlop, City & County Environmental health officer had a decibel level of 94 for 16
cars.
Permitted Downtown Aspen Day time decibel level ..... 65
Permitted Downtown Aspen Night time decibel level...55
Permitted Neighborhoods Aspen.......................50
EPA Study 11 /78
Chain Saw..........................102-115
Diesel engine on train at 50 feet...88-105
Late arrivals will create unacceptable noise pollution in Snowmass and Aspen.
Train cannot be turned around as planes are turned back after curfew. Amtrak
through Glenwood is consistently late.
Inconvenience if not gridlock at the post office and Rio Grande shopping area for
4 ■ Hunter Creek, Centennial and Red Mountain residents every time the train or
commuter rail bus shuts down Mill Street as they cross many times daily.
60,000 square feet will be consumed on the Rio Grande property for a terminal, 4
5 ■ tracks, baggage storage, bus, taxi, van parking. Land that otherwise is needed for
current parking needs, a library and recreational activities.
People will "store" cars at Rio Grande when using Railroad. Not enough parking in
6■ Aspen now.
Railroad developers already hedging original statements as to estimated public use
7 ■ (from 850 to 250) and say they want our open space at no cost to them plus a
commuter train subsidy.
If you will be gone on Election Day, do not fail to
vote absentee. Write or go to the County Clerk at
506 East Main where you can vote now in the
County Clerk's office.
If you are a City Resident, be sure to get an absen-
tee ballot from the City Clerk at City Hall as well at
130 South Galena. All City Voters must vote on
the railroad at the Upper Elementary School on
Garmisch and Hallam.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Send your contributions
Save the Rio Grande Trail Committee
Marc Friedberg, Chairman
Box 8747
Aspen, CO 81612
VOTE "NO" ON THE RAILROAD
Pqe 10. ASPEN DAILY NEWS, Thursday, October 16. 1986
po
KSNO Looks For Help From New Manager
NEWS from page 1
WHEN DANFORTH hired Char-
donnay, many observers were surpris-
ed because of the pair's stormy history.
Former Daily News editor Sterling
Greenwood once recalled seeing Char-
donnay shout at Danforth after
reading his story about a 1981
employee dispute at KSPN.
And Danforth used one of Chardon-
nay's previous last names throughout a
1982 story on KSPN. That's not a com-
monly accepted journalistic practice.
Danforth said didn't feel the
pre-1984 dispute between him and
Chardonnay was personal - "We
covered KSPN like we would any other
business."
When Chardonnay joined the
newspaper, she admits to being "a little
bit embarrassed to be working for the
Daily News. It was so small," she said.
"NOW I THINK it's a lot of fun. I've
had a good time here. And the paper is
spunky," she said.
She said she's taking the radio sales
job because she can spend more time
working on creative projects. "More
money and less headaches," she ex-
plained.
Perhaps the best evidence that Dan-
forth trusts Chardonnay is that he's out
of town about half the time these days.
CHARDONNAY SAID she has one
regret: "I wish I had started the Daily
"I wish I had started
the Daily News
because I would be
flying off to ball
games instead of sit-
ting here working."
Cindy Chardonnay
Departing Manager
News because I would be flying off to
ball games instead of sitting here
working."
Danforth, a Boston Red Sox fan,
plans to attend the World Series "if the
right teams are playing." But he noted
that for the first five years' of the Daily
News' history, he was unable to get so
far as a Denver Bronco game.
The Daily News' fortunes have im-
proved during Chardonnay's tenure:
,,-The paper's circulation has in-
creased from 3,000 to 7,000 this sum-
mer.
✓ Revenues have risen from about
$200,000to over $500,000.
,.-The average number of pages has
increased from six to 16. Along with
Chardonnay's arrival came a far bigger
press, and a switch from white bond
paper to newsprint.
✓And the newspaper's turnover has
fallen by anyone's account.
Two years before Chardonnay join-
ed the paper - and Danforth was run-
ning it - the turnover rate was so high
Aspen Magazine suggested the paper
had a "revolving door."
"NEWSROOM and staff tension
seem to have been a part of Daily News
life as easily a dozen managing editors,
business managers and writers have
passed through the 'revolving door,' "
the magazine observed.
As general manager, Chardonnay
was in charge of all aspects of the
newspaper, including the newsroom.
At KSNO, Chardonnay will focus
mainly on sales.
Chardonnay sees KSNO as a poten-
tial "powerhouse" because it operates
both an AM and FM station.
The radio operation is at the "break
even point" in terms of profitability,
said KSNO general manager and presi-
dent Dave Johnson.
"SHE WILL give us a lot of
credibility. We're real happy she will be
able to work for us," he said.
KSNO, as an AM station, fell behind
in the ratings in the early 1980s largely
because of Chardonnay's success at the
FM outlet, KSPN.
But KSNO's revenues began to im-
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began broadcasting on the FM band
after acquiring a Snowmass Village FM
license in 1985 for $725,000. It had to
money as an AM station, ire said.
"AM stations across the country are
in the position of losing money," he
said. FM has better fidelity and Fn►
stations can stay on the air 24 hours a
day. Some AM outlets, like KSNO, can
only operate during :'aylight under
governmcnt rules.
THE FM station has allowed KSNO
to catch up with KSPN. KSNO is now
within striking distance of its rival.
Meanwhile, Chardonnay's replace-
ment is taking over a profitable
newspaper that has been expanding at
a rate of about 40-50 percent per year
since its 1978 founding, according to
publisher Danforth.
Clarke, 34, said she believes the DIS
ly News has evolved from a ' gos
sheet" to a "real newspaper" in recent
years.
She expects "continued growth."
CLARKE, BEFORE joining the
Daily News one year ago, was assistant
manager of the 33-room Aspen Ski
Lodge. Before that, she was conference
coordinator for the Crestwood Lodge.
Clarke's media experience includes
management of an AM radio station in
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ASPEN DAII.Y NEWS, Trarida7, October 23, 1996. Pate 7
SIX ADDITIONAL REASONS TO VOTE'6NO99
ON THE RAILROAD
1• Mclaughlin Water Engineers, Ltd. who are the consultants to the Aspen Consolidated Sanita-
tion District recommends that the main city sewer line that runs under the railroad right of way
be placed a minimum of twelve feet from the mid -point of the railroad tracks. This will cause
substantial environmental damage to the Rio Grande trail area due to the relocation of the
sewer line.
It is estimated that ten thousand cubic yards (1000 truckloads) of fill dirt will be required to fill
the recess of the railroad alignment that was modified when the city approved the Pitkin
Reserve subdivision. The new alignment will also devastate a large grove of mature spruce,
cottonwood and Aspen trees.
The Roaring Fork Railroad, a private company, intends to make a profit of "$2,000,000" a
year. They want us to give them a gift of the Rio Grande Trail from Aspen to Woody Creek, the
$650,000 open space the city recently purchased (to prevent it from being used for commercial
purposes, and its sensitive relationship to the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies) as well
as over 60,000 sq. ft. of the Rio Grande property. They are also suggesting that we the taxpay-
ers participate in the costs of relocating the football field and the snowdump site!
The Railroad refuses to give us the option of exploring an alternative location for its railroad
yard as recommended by the City Planning staff, and insists on doing it their way or no way.
Perhaps a mid -point location between Aspen and Snowmass makes more sense, especially
when you realize that while Aspen is almost fully developed, Snowmass has the potential to
double its bed base in the future.
Downvalley residents who work in Snowmass or at the Airport Business Center would be
better served by a rail terminal near the airport. If they have to come all the way into town they
will have to backtrack to their jobs causing unnecessary further congestion to the Mill St. -Post
Office-Clark's Market area.
If the railroad is an economic failure, and many people think this will happen, we cannot undo
the substantial damage to hundreds of trees that have to be felled for the relocation of the trail
and the adequate clearance on the side of the tracks. A twelve foot corridor has to be
constructed through unspoiled terrain for the new trail and a number of retaining walls will
have to be built to support it.
RAILROAD ACCESS TO ASPEN MAY BE A GOOD
IDEA... BRINGING IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE RIO
GRANDE PROPERTY DOWNTOWN IS NOT......
VOTE "NO" ON THE RAILROAD ON NOVEMBER 4 SO
THAT WE CAN GET THE ROARING FORK RAILROAD TO
CONSIDER SOME OF THE OTHER
LOGICAL
OPTIONS.....
LET THEM INDEED RISK PRIVATE CAPITAL ON THIS
VENTURE...BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF THIS
COMMUNITY
Paid For By The Save The Rio Grande Trail Committee, Marc Friedberg, Chairman
Page 8, ASPEN DAILY NEWS, Thursday, October 23, 1986
Braudis,
tried, in the murder of a visiting nurse
in Snowmass Village in January 1975.
The Bundy story became a TV movie
which aired in June on NBC.
Bundy escaped twice when he was in
Colorado — from the second floor of
the Pitkin County Courthouse during a
recess in a court hearing on June 11,
1977, and again from the Garfield
County Jail in Glenwood Springs on
New Year's Eve 1977.
AFTER BUNDY escaped from the
courthouse and tried unsuccessfully for
days to cross Independence Pass on
foot, he returned to town and stole a
car from a residence on Cemetery
Lane. Two deputies pulled him over
for weaving — Bundy was apparently
about to fall asleep.
"He was stopped, recaptured and in-
terrogated in our county. That's about
as good a job as any law enforcement
agency has done with Ted Bundy and
I'm particularly proud to have been
associated with the people who worked
that case," Davis said.
AFTER BUNDY'S first escape in
Aspen and until he was tranferred to
the Glenwood jail, the accused
murderer was under the watchful eye
of Davis.
The file footage the Denver televi-
sion stations haul out when they do a
story on Bundy includes 1976 shots of
Davis leading the escapee out of the
Pitkin County courthouse basement.
THE GRAINY newsfilm shows
Davis with longer sideburns than he
has today and a preppy -looking Bundy
wearing an uncharacteristic frown.
"I was charged by Dick (Kienast,
sheriff) with his security and Teddy
and I had an understanding of what
security meant," Davis said. Asked to
elaborate, the undersheriff said only,
"It was a very effective
understanding."
Davis, who also investigated the
January 1975 murder, acknowledged
elate Houdini, Bundy Tales
"Teddy (Bundy) and I
had an understanding
of what security
meant. It was a very
effective understan-
ding."
"They put him in the
cop car and he looked
at me and said, `How
come you are familiar
to me.' I said, `Bob
Braudis, Pitkin Coun-
ty.'
Bob Braudis
the Bundy murder "was perhaps as try-
ing a case as I have ever worked."
DAVIS SAID he doesn't know
whether he was the only lawman to in-
timidate Bundy during interviews at
police headquarters.
"Teddy told that to (the author of
the book), but he never said that to me
and, as far as I know, to anybody
locally," Davis said.
`HOUDINI' and BRAUDIS
Braudis says the story he'll probably
tell his grandchildren involves a
28-year-old Aspen car thief nicknamed
Houdini.
David Sudduth escaped from the
then 3-month-old Pitkin County Jail
on March 17, 1984. He was recaptured
a day later in Glenwood Springs.
Seven months later he was sent to a
jail in Monterey, Calif., to await trial
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won't photograph students for passes
over the opening four -day Thanksgiv-
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on other charges. He escaped from the
Monterey jail on Oct. 26, 1984, and
was nabbed by police in Marin County,
Calif., north of San Francisco. He
broke out of that jail on Nov. 12, 1984.
SUDDUTH FLED to Scottsdale,
Ariz., the Phoenix suburb where he
had lived previously. He returned there
as Braudis was about to take a golf
vacation in Scottsdale.
The night Braudis arrived, he decid-
ed to check out a disco called the
Amnesia.
"I had been in there about 30
seconds and I was perusing the dance
floor, watching about 100 people
boogying and there's David Sudduth,"
Braudis recalled.
"SWEAT WAS pouring off of hi
There was a big smile on his face.
was well -dressed. And I said, `It
be.' But it was.
"To make a long story less b
called for local police interven
"They put him in the cop ca.
looked at me and said, `How
are familiar to me.' I sa
Braudis, Pitkin County.'
"HE SLAPPED his hea
claimed an obscenity, Brau
Sudduth tried unsucc
escape from the Ph
authorities said. He is now
in California for credit c
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business
pages 12-15 1
Aspen holiday business "maxed"
dollars were flying, even
though the snow wasn't
by Madeleine Osberger
and Jane Wilson
When the dust settled and the
smoke cleared from the massive
influx of Christmas -time visitors,
Aspenites breathed an audible
sign of relief.
From mid -December until last
Saturday the town, by anyone's
estimation, was maxed. But were
the visitors spending those hard-
earned greenbacks?
The answer is unequivocally
yes. Record days were recorded by
the airlines, both ski companies
and several businesses. And the
economic forecast for the remain-
der of the season looks rosy, as
well.
Flying High
Last Saturday, Jan 3, at Pitkin
County Airport, "we broke all re-
cords," said Cliff Runge, the man-
ager of Aspen Base Operations,
general aviation's fixed base oper-
ator.
Runge believes that the 462
general aviation operations
(take -offs and landings) and 104
commercial operations will make
Jan 3 the busiest day in Aspen
aviation history.
Continental Express had a re-
cord day on Jan 3, alth—gh at
presstime no figures wi vail-
able.
United Express had its record
day a week earlier- nn—Sat. Dec 27,
"way up over last year. It was
really great," said owner Terry
Young.
Three shifts of ski technicians
"worked 20 out of 24 hours" and
were still unable to keep up with
demand, Young said, adding, "we
had to turn down 20 to 30 pairs of
skis per day."
Even more so this year than in
the past, the mountains were jam-
med with skiers, as a drought in
the Sierras helped boost lift ticket
sales.
On Dec 29 the Aspen Skiing
Company had its best day ever on
its three local mountains: Aspen,
Buttermilk and Snowmass.
Business was up 3.4% over its
previous record day which was
New Year's Eve, 1985.
The week of Dec 29 through Jan
3, ticket sales were up 8.6% over
last year, as well. Season -to -date
lift ticket sales are up by 4.5%
over last year as well, said Marie
Hux of the ASC's public relations
department.
But the first week of the holiday
season, Dec 21-27, business was
down by 1%, said Hux.
Neither the SkiCo nor Aspen
Highlands release attendance fi-
gures.
"We were behind in the first
week and ahead in the second
week," said Bill Brehmer of the
Highlands. "On the whole we're
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was packed, although occupancy in Snowmass Vil- Frank Martin photo.
The ARA occupancy figures are
based on participating lodges
which represent 4617r of the town's
pillows.
Retailers were reporting a
range of profits, from "up signifi-
cantly" to "down slightly," accord-
ing to Don Fleisher, a property
manager who oversees perhaps
20%of space in the commercial
core.
Ile Said stores experienced
drops of as much as 10% in busi-
..,...., --A ..,...-oo Ana k.t—nnn .rin/
last year. Peaches en Regalia, a
chic boutique for women, reported
business to be up "substantially."
Its men's shop, PR Ltd, has ex-
panded into vacant space next
door, in the Mill Street Plaza.
Maestro's, a three -month -old
restaurant on Main Street, en-
joyed solid bookings every night
of the Christmas week, according
owner Chris Di Pietro. "I was
.ry happy," he said.
Marty Gancsos of Country Road
rnatniirnnt arrnaa tha ctrnnf -aid
period last year there were 76,641
riders; this year there were
71,974.
Director of operations Paul
Hilts said, "We noticed a lot less
riders going to Snowmass. The
gondola (on Aspen Mountain)
may have had something to do
with it."
Mellow Fellow Taxi Co's Gib
Gardner "It was probably
the best istmas we've ever
had." He attributed the healthy
New train may wait until
studies, permit process
the causes of big delays
by John Colson
The owner of the Roaring Fork
Railroad said this week it is not
likely, although he retains some
slight hopes, that the train can be
built and begin operations by the
initially expected deadline of
November, 1987.
But, according to Randy Par -
ten, president of the railroad com-
pany, work is continuing "fever-
ishly" on getting all the permits
and studies completed as required
by the city of Aspen's approval of
the "conceptual plan" for the rail
to come into a new depot at the Rio
Grande Field.
He said he has signed a contract
with the Touche-Ross accounting
firm, which he said is "the eighth
largest accounting firm in the
country," to go over RFRR's pro-
jections for ridership, costs and
other factors that will affect the
operation of a passenger service
from Denver to Aspen.
The train, which got a vote of
confidence last fall when voters
gave Pitkin County and Aspen
permission to use the old Rio
Grande rail bed and field for
tracks and a station, was sup-
posed to begin operations in the
fall of 1987.
The startup date was to corres-
pond to the 100th anniversary of
the inauguration of the first rail
service in to the then -booming sil-
ver mining town.
Parten said the Touche-Ross
study will be "to see if they think
it's reasonable" to expect that the
necessary number of riders will
take the train over' ourse of a
year to make it pn_ )le.
Parten admitted that "a lot of
people have been skeptical about
our figures" concerning the com-
mercial feasibility of a passenger
train from Denver to Aspen.
To satisfy such skepticism, he
said, the Touche-Ross study will
include a marketing survey on a
regional, statewide and probably
nationwide level.
"They're not going to rely on
our figures," Parten stressed.
"They're going to do this indepen-
dently."
Aside from the city council's re-
quest for an independent con-
firmation of the rail service's
viability, Parten said, the com-
pany must have the study done in
order to meet federal Security Ex-
change Commission require-
ments before they begin offering
shares of stock for sale.
Parten said the stock offering
probably will be made to "a soph-
isticated group of experienced in-
vestors" as a private offering,
rather than going public, and
probably will not occur before late
spring of this year.
He said it is quite possible that
one result of the study could be
suggestions from Touche-Ross to
make some changes in the rail-
road's plans.
"Or, they might say, `Forget it.
We've found there are only three
people in the country who will
ride your train,"' Parten said.
But, he said, he remains confi-
dent that the necessary ridership
and then some will materialize
once the train service gets going.
In addition to the Touche-Ro-
study, he said, the railroad firm
now negotiating with consultants
for a transportation study and a
utility study.
These two studies, also re-
quired by the city, are to deter-
mine the railroad's impacts on
local road and street systems as
well as utility facilities such as
sewer, telephone and power lines.
Other negotiations underway
include arranging for local firms
to draw up the precise site plan for
the Rio Grande Field, where the
rail plaza will be, and the
architectural plans for the rail
terminal itself.
Parten said his company cur-
rently is considering using the
January 8, 1987 The Aspen Times Page 11-A
late 1988
Aspen Design Group to do the site
plan and Hagman, Yaw
Architects for the terminal draw-
ings.
Parten downplayed the possi-
bility of delays caused by lawsuits
from disgruntled neighbors of the
Rio Grande Trail right-of-way.
An apparent majority of oppo-
nents of the railroad, led by local
resident Marc Friedberg, live or
own property along the Rio
Grande Trail.
Some have publicly threatened
to sue the rail company in an
effort to stop the Rio Grande Trail
from being turned back into a rail
line. The old rail line was torn up
in the early 1970s after the De-
nver and Rio Grande Western
Railroad discontinued service to
Aspen and turned the right-of-
way over to local governments in
1969.
"We believe the city and Pitkin
County own the right of way ...
and have the right to grant us a
rail right of way across it," Parten
said, maintaining that any law-
suits filed by adjacent landowners
would be groundless.
"We've done an awful lot of leg-
al research on the matter," Parten
said. "We think we've got it in
hand."
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