HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.086-01 RESOLUTION NO. 86
(Series of 2001)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN CERTAIN
QUESTIONS AT THE NOVEMBER 6, 2001, MUNICIPAL ELECTION, AND
SETTING SUCH BALLOT TITLES AND QUESTIONS.
WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Aspen
City Charter to, on its own motion, submit questions to a vote of the electorate; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to seek voter approval to amend the City
Charter of the City of Aspen to (1) identify certain Specially Designated Spaces owned by
the City of Aspen, and (b) to clarify the qualifications for the offices of council member and
mayor; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.10 of the Aspen City Charter authorizes the amendment of
the Aspen City Charter at any time in the manner provided by the Colorado Constitution;
and
WHEREAS, Article X, Section 9, of the Colorado constitution vests in the
registered voters of the City of Aspen the power to adopt, amend or repeal their Home Rule
Charter.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1.
The following question, amending the City Charter of the City of Aspen to identify
certain Specially Designated Spaces owned by the City of Aspen and requiring the
unanimous approval of the City Cotmcil to change their currently authorized uses~ shall be
placed on the ballot at the City's special election to be held on November 6, 2001:
' CITY OF ASPEN BALLOT QUESTION No. - .... AMENDMENT TO HOME
RULE CHARTER- CREATING SPECIALLY DESIGNATED SPACES.
Shall Article XIII of the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter be amended by the
addition of a new Section 13.13 to read as follows?
Section 13.13 Specially Designated Spaces.
(a) Specially Designated Spaces. The following City-owned properties are
hereby identified as Specially Designated Spaces:
(i) The Ute Cemetery.
(ii) The John Denver Sanctuary at the Rio Grande Park,
(b) Uses of Specially Designated Spaces. Notwithstanding any provision
of the Municipal Code to the contrary, changes in the authorized uses of Specially
Designated Spaces shall be by resolution approved by the unanimous vote of all
council members.
Section 2.
The following question, amending the City Charter of~e City of Aspen to clarify
the requisite qualifications for council members and mayor, shall be placed on the ballot'at
the City's special election to be held on November 6, 2001:
CITY OF ASPEN BALLOT QUESTION No. - .... AMENDMENT TO HOME
CHARTER- QUALII=ICATIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
Shall Section 3.5 of the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter be amended to read as
follows?
Section 3.5 Qualifications.
Each councilman and the mayor when nominated and elected shall be an
elector of the City, a citizen of the United States for at least one year, and shall have
resided in the City of Aspen for at least one year, No councilman or the mayor shall
be a salaried employee of the City during his term of office, perform personal
services for the City for which he is compensated other than as provided in Section
3.6. The council shall be the judge of election and qualifications of its own members.
Section 3.
The following question, amending the City Charter of the City of Aspen to change
the durational residency qualification for board and commission members fi.om two years to
one, shall be placed on the ballot at the City's special election to be held on November 6,
2001:
CITY OF ASPEN BALLOT QUESTION No. - .... AMENDMENT TO HOME RULE
CHARTER- CHANGING DURATIONAL RESIDENCY QUALIFICATION FOR
BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM TWO YEARS TO ONE.
Shall Section 8.2 of the Cily of Aspen Home Rule Charter be amended to read as
follows?
Section 8.2 Composition of boards and commissions.
No member of the city council, the mayor, any city employee, nor any
appointed city official shall serve on any permanent board or commission heretofore
established or hereafter established by council during his or her tenure as
councilman, mayor, city employee or appointed official. Every member of a
permanent board or commission established by this Charter and appointed by
council shall be a resident of the City of Aspen for at least one (1) year and shall be a
qualified elector, with the exception of the board of appeals and examiners which
shall be composed of members who are either residents of the City of Aspen or of
Pitkin County for at least two (2) years. Terms of appointment to such boards and
commissions shall not exceed four (4) years. There shall be no limitation on the
number of terms a member may serve on any permanent board or commission.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen
on the -~ -7 day of ~-/---~z.~i 2001.
Section 3.
The following question, amending the City Charter of the City of Aspen to change
the durational residency qualification for board and commission members from two years
to one, shall be placed on the ballot at the City,s special election to be held on November
6, 2001:
CITY OF ASPEN BALLOT QUESTION No. - .... AMENDMENT TO HOME RULE
CHARTER - CHANGING DURATIONAL RESIDENCY QUALIFICATION FOR
BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM TWO YEARS TO ONE.
Shall Section 8.2 of the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter be amended to read as
follows?
Section 8.2 Composition of boards and commissions.
No member of the city council, the mayor, any city employee, nor any
appointed city official shall serve on any permanent board or commission
heretofore established or hereafter established by council during his or her tenure
as councilman, mayor, city employee or appointed official. Every member of a
permanent board or commission established by this Charter and appointed by
council shall be a resident of the City of Aspen for at least one (1) year and shall
be a qualified elector, with the exception of the board of appeals and examiners
which shall be composed of members who are either residents of the City of Aspen
or of Pitkin County for at least two (2) years. Terms of appointment to such boards
and commissions shall not exceed four (4) years. There shall be no limitation on
the number of terms a member may serve on any permanent board or commission.
INTRODUCED, READ_AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Aspenonthe ,ff7 dayof~r'~ .~.J~ ~
· 2001. ~ /~ ' ~
He~end~ali~K~mde~, vlayor
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do 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 held on the day hereinabove stated.
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