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Home My WebLink Aboutminutes.council.20120423 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council April 23, 2012 PROCLAMATION—Arbor Day 2 ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL—Community Party July 1st 2 CITIZEN COMMENTS 2 COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 2 CONSENT CALENDAR 3 ❑ Resolution#33, 2012—Authorizing Reimbursement from Bond Proceeds 4 ❑ Resolution#34, 2012—Fleet Replacement Contract - Parks 4 ❑ Resolution#35, 2012 -Fleet Replacement Contract—Water, Streets, Electric, Asset 4 ❑ Resolution #36, 2012 —Fleet Replacement Contract—Parks, Community Development4 ❑ Resolution #37,`2012- Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan 4 ❑ Resolution #38, 2012—Emergency Operations Plan 4 ❑ Resolution#39;`2012- Aspen Energy Assurance Plan 4 ❑ 2012 Burlingame Phase IIA AI Construction Contracts: 4 ❑ Resolution#40, 2012 - Summit Consulting, Inc 4 ❑ Resolution#41, 2012 = Source Gas 4 ❑ Resolution#42, 2012 - Lockton Companies LLC 4 ❑ Resolution#43,"2012- USA Pro Cycling Challenge Contract 4 ❑ Minutes—April 9, 2012 4 ORDINANCE#15, SERIES OF 2012—Code Amendment—Water Shortage 4 ORDINANCE #9, SERIES OF 2012 —Code Amendment Bicycles on Sidewalks 5 ORDINANCE #13, SERIES OF 2012 — Supplemental Appropriations 5 • 1 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council April 23, 2012 Mayor Ireland called the meeting to order at 5:05 PM with Councilmembers Johnson, Torre, Frisch and Skadron present. PROCLAMATION—Arbor Day Trees reduce the erosion of topsoil, moderate the temperature, increase property values and beautify the community. Aspen has been recognized as a Tree City USA. Mayor Ireland and Council proclaimed May 12t as Arbor Dar and urged all citizens to support efforts to care for trees and woodlands and to support the city's forestry program. Chris Foreman, city forester, invited everyone to the Arbor Day celebration in Paepcke Park Saturday May 12th where there will be activities, information and trees to give away. ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL—Community Party July 1st Ann Abernathy told Council the Roaring Fork Leadership team is putting on the first ever Aspen . Ideas fest block party to be held in Rio Grande Park. There will be booths from groups and businesses throughout the valley, like a trade show of ideas; speakers from the Aspen Institute Ideas festival will also be present. Jeff Woods, parks department, told Council this will also be an opportunity for the grand opening of phase I of the Rio Grande park work to showcase what has been done with Theatre Aspen, John Denver sanctuary and wetlands. CITIZEN COMMENTS 1. Emzy Veazy said Council should replace the bricks on the sidewalks which women find bothersome and should replace them with fashionable sidewalks that have sparkles. Any construction in flood plains or avalanche zones should be halted. Veazy said before APCHA makes any changes to its programs, an accounting firm should be hired to certify its finances. Veazy said the police department and city attorney's office should collect anecdotal evidence about rape and robbery in Aspen. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman Tone stated it is 7 days until the bag ban take effect in Aspen. There are free bags available in city hall. There will be Council, city employees and bag ambassadors in front of stores helping customers adjust to this. 2. Councilman Tone brought up the airport redevelopment master planning, which will end in June or July. Councilman Torre noted now is the time for citizens to weigh in on the redevelopment plan. Councilman Torre stated growth that begets growth is the riskiest kind of growth. 2 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council April 23, 2012 3. Councilman Frisch announced Lemonade Day June 30th and there are hundreds of thousand kids across the US involved in this which teaches kids how to do a business plan and to sell lemonade as part of that. 4. Councilman Skadron noted the deadline for REMP grants in May 1St and the application can be found on the CORE website. These are grants for energy improvements. Councilman Skadron announced the new executive director for CORE, Mona Newton, will start June 1st. 5. Mayor Ireland said the Colorado Supreme Court accepted all 4 arguments of the city case of Marks v. Koch. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilman Johnson asked about Resolution#37, Series of 2012, Pre-Disaster.Mitigation Plan and whether the city is up to federal standards in this plan. Richard Pryor, chief of police, told Council by approving the document, the city and county will be up to federal standards. Councilman Johnson asked how the costs would be shared between the different agencies. Pryor said the first 24 hours of any incident each participant pays their own way and after that each jurisdiction will work with elected officials to figure out who pays for what. Councilman Skadron asked about the bond reimbursement resolution and the amount updated to $4,080,000 and is the difference of$280,000 for $225,000 irrigation pump. Don Taylor, finance director, said the difference is the irrigation pump plus issuance costs. Councilman Skadron said in the vehicle replacement contracts there are criteria for vehicle replacements of 5 years or 60,000 miles and should that standard be reviewed and perhaps lengthened. Jerry Nye, streets department, told Council the vendors will give a better price in the trade ins at these standards. Nye told Council staff reviews this whenever they are doing vehicle replacement. Councilman Skadron asked in Resolution#39, Aspen Energy Assurance Plan, that if the city's energy supply was to be impeded, would this plan give the city means to keep energy flowing. Lee Ledesma, utilities department, told Council this study and table top exercises was funded by the Department of Energy and the lessons and action items based on a table top exercise of a 72- hour outage illustrating the need for generators, what individuals would need to do to be prepared. Ms. Ledesma told Council other utilities were included in this exercise. Councilman Skadron asked if the proposed Castle Creek hydropower plant were in place and other city energy sources could not provide power, would the hydropower plant be able to fill in for the short term. Dave Hornbacher, utilities department, told Council if there were a power outage that isolated Aspen, the Castle Creek hydropower could provide power for emergency shelter on a short term basis. Councilman Skadron asked about the US Pro Cycling contract and why there are no dollar figures in the contract. Nancy Lesley, special events, said this contract spells out who does what for the cycling event. Council reviewed the budget at a work session last week. Mayor Ireland moved to approve the consent calendar; seconded by Councilman Torre. The consent calendar is: • 3 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council April 23, 2012 • Resolution#33, 2012-Authorizing Reimbursement from Bond Proceeds. • Resolution#34, 2012—Fleet Replacement Contract - Parks • Resolution#35, 2012—Fleet Replacement Contract—Water, Streets, Electric, Asset • Resolution#36, 2012 —Fleet Replacement Contract—Parks, Community Development • Resolution#37, 2012- Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan • Resolution#38, 2012—Emergency Operations Plan • Resolution#39, 2012- Aspen Energy Assurance Plan • 2012 Burlingame Phase IIA AI Construction Contracts: • Resolution#40, 2012 - Summit Consulting, Inc. • Resolution#41, 2012 - Source Gas • Resolution#42, 2012 - Lockton Companies LLC • Resolution#43, 2012- USA Pro Cycling Challenge Contract • Minutes—April 9, 2012 All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #15, SERIES OF 2012—Code Amendment— Water Shortage Councilman Johnson moved to read Ordinance #15, Series of 2012, seconded by Councilman Frisch. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE#15 • SERIES OF 2012 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, AMENDING CAPTER 25.28 OF THE ASPEN MUNICIPAL CODE, WATER SHORTAGES Councilman Johnson asked what the current lowest minimum stream flow is allowed in Castle and Maroon creeks. Dave Hornbacher, utilities department, told Council it is 12 cfs on Castle Creek and 14 cfs on Maroon Creek. Councilman Johnson asked if in previous dry years the city took water in the streams to minimum flows. Hornbacher said he will answer that at second reading. Councilman Johnson asked the mechanism for Council triggering this water shortage. Lee Ledesma, utilities department, told Council after the peak is established, staff can take the snow pack information, draw a line curve to see how low it will get in July and August. Staff will come back to Council if they have a recommendation for these stages. Councilman Johnson asked how water rights will work for fighting fires. Hornbacher said he will answer that at second reading. • 4 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council April 23, 2012 Mayor Ireland moved to adopt Ordinance #15, Series of 2012, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Johnson. Roll call vote; Frisch, yes; Torre, yes; Johnson, yes; Skadron, yes; Mayor Ireland, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #9, SERIES OF 2012 —Code Amendment Bicycles on Sidewalks Richard Pryor, chief of police, requested this amendment be withdrawn from consideration. Pryor said the intent behind these changes was obscured by other issues. Pryor noted this is a minor code amendment and will not affect operations. Pryor said the police department will work on education and outreach. Councilman Johnson requested signs in the mall "walk only" and an effort be made to educate parents through the schools. Blair Weyer, police department, told Council many of the survey respondents said they experienced a near-miss or witnessed a near-miss on sidewalks with bicycle riders. Councilman Torre said he would support this code amendment, especially since the existing fine is $100 for a first offense rather than the proposed $5. Councilman Torre agreed that bicycle riders on the sidewalk bother everyone else using those sidewalks and the police department should have whatever tools they need for enforcement. Mayor Ireland moved to table Ordinance #9, Series of 2012; seconded by Councilman Tone. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #13, SERIES OF 2012— Supplemental Appropriations Mayor Ireland opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Ireland closed the public hearing. Mayor Ireland moved to adopt Ordinance #13, Series of 2012, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Tone. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Tone, yes; Skadron, yes; Johnson, yes; Frisch, yes; Mayor Ireland, yes. Motion carried. Mayor Ireland moved to go into executive session at 6:05 PM pursuant to C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(b) conferences with an attorney for the local public body for the purposes of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions, discussion of potential litigation; seconded by Councilman Skadron. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Torre moved to come out of executive session at 6:35 PM; seconded by Councilman Johnson. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Torre moved to adjourn at 6:35 PM; seconded by Councilman Skadron. All in favor, motion carried. Kat n Koch ity Clerk 5