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SPECIAL MEETING ASPEN CITY COUNCIL MAY 3, 2022
At 4:04 p.m. Mayor Torre called the regular meeting to order with Councilors Doyle, Hauenstein,
Richards, and Mesirow present.
Ordinance #08, Series of 2022 – Extending the Temporary Moratorium – Philip Supino, Community
Development Director & Ben Anderson, City Planner
Mr. Supino said this ordinance is in regard to extending the moratorium to allow sufficient time to work
on housing mitigation and the short-term rental fee study. Staff needs more time to respond to these
studies. The extension will provide council and the community the time necessary to review and
comment. Public engagement efforts were included in the packet per the request of Councilor
Hauenstein.
Councilor Richards said she thought the date in June was the first reading. Mr. Supino clarified that the
first reading for short term rentals is on May 24th and the first reading for residential building is on June
14th and second reading for both is scheduled for June 28th.
Councilor Hauenstein said thank you for the recap on public outreach.
Councilor Doyle agreed and said he sat in on a little bit of it. Thank you for doing public outreach
because I know it wasn’t easy.
Mayor Torre opened the public hearing.
Mayor Torre closed the public hearing.
Councilor Hauenstein motioned to adopt Ordinance #08, Series of 2022 on second reading; Councilor
Mesirow seconded.
Councilor Mesirow said he supports this reluctantly. He doesn’t want to be working on this any longer.
He said he knows it will have a negative effect for members of our community, but we need to finish this
work and he looks forward to completing it.
Councilor Richards said thank you to Mr. Anderson and Mr. Supino for their work. The work sessions are
very productive, and related to a moratorium, none of us entered into this lightly.
Councilor Doyle thanked the entire Community Development department. He said there is a crisis in the
community, and we are doing our best to address it and if we need more time, that’s the way to go.
Councilor Hauenstein said thank you to the Community Development Department and all of those
involved. It takes a long time to get these issues addressed properly and feels the consulting with
outside parties and comparing to other municipalities for best practices has really come to fruition and
it’s taken a long time. You’ve done a wonderful job of reaching out. You’ve made us look good and the
new ordinances coming forward will be shining examples for other municipalities. He said he’s
enthusiastically supporting this.
Mayor Torre said Councilor Hauenstein said a lot of the same comments that he would have. Staff has
done their best to meet the initial timeline, but we need to get this right. Thank you for all the work
you’re doing, and everyone on staff as well.
Roll call vote: Doyle, yes; Hauenstein, yes; Mesirow, yes; Richards, yes; Torre, yes. 5-0, motion carried.
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SPECIAL MEETING ASPEN CITY COUNCIL MAY 3, 2022
Councilor Mesirow motioned to adjourn; Councilor Richards seconded. Roll call vote: Doyle, yes;
Hauenstein, yes; Mesirow, yes; Richards, yes; Torre, yes. 5-0, motion carried.
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Nicole Henning, City Clerk