HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.113-24RESOLUTION NO. 113
(Series of 2024)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
SETTING FORTH UPCOMING STEPS REGARDING ISSUES RELATED TO
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING CASTLE CREEK BRIDGE AND OTHER
ISSUES RELATED TO THE ENTRANCE TO ASPEN.
WHEREAS, City Council has authorized feasibility studies related to repair or
replacement of the existing Castle Creek Bridge, and other traffic studies and engineering
work related to the transportation corridor known as the Entrance to Aspen; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, through work sessions and regular meetings, has
received public input and discussed alternatives related to the existing Castle Creek Bridge
and the Entrance to Aspen; and,
WHEREAS, at the recent Special Meeting of the City Council, Council directed
staff to bring back a Resolution that would continue and provide specific direction on the
efforts of the City to address the issues that have been discussed related to the existing
Castle Creek Bridge and the Entrance to Aspen; and
WHEREAS, this Resolution is submitted to City Council for consideration pursuant
to that direction.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
1. City Council hereby directs staff to begin work as soon as possible on a new
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(SEIS). City Council agrees to provide funding support, as needed, to hire expertise to
complete that EIS or SEIS (with support from City staff), including the retention of outside
legal and non -legal expertise in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process.
2. City Council hereby directs staff to issue an RFP seeking outside expertise to
conduct a poll of registered voters in Aspen, to be completed prior to the deadline for
submission of ballot questions for the March ballot.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen
on the 1 Oth day of September 2024.
Torre, Mayor
I, Nicole Henning, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing
is a true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Co ci of the City of
Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held on the day her einab stated.
Nicole Henning, City