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MEMORANDUM
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Stan Clauson, Community Development DpepROVED
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Insubstantial PUD Amendment
Exemption from Growth Management for reconstructed floor area
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FROM:
RE:
DATE:
November 5,1997
SUMMARY:
The City Parks Department has applied for an insubstantial amendment to the
approved development order for the Parks and Golf Maintenance Facility and for
a growth management exemption for the reconstruction of existing floor area.
The original understanding was that the existing office space would merely need
to be remodeled as part of the overall development. The employee mitigation
requirement was based on the additional office space being constructed. The
Parks Department, upon actual construction, has now realized that the existing
structure must be demolished and reconstructed.
Because there are no changes proposed that would result in a alteration of the
approved physical product or its operational characteristics and requirements, staff
believes this amendment is insubstantial, meeting all the requirements found in
Section 26.84.080(A), and may be approved by the Community Development
Director.
Although the difference between remodeling and reconstructing may seem to be
insignificant, the growth management section of the land use code makes a
definite distinction between the two and this changes the employee mitigation
requirement for the Parks building.
There are two processes for approving this amendment. The Community
Development Director has the ability to exempt from growth management the
reconstruction of demolished commercial floor area as long as the applicant
demonstrates that affordable housing and parking is provided for the reconstructed
floor area as if it were newly constructed. Because the parking requirement was
established through Special Review, and that review considered the entire project,
the reconstructed area would not require the provision of additional parking. The
employee mitigation requirement, however, was based solely on the additional
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area and not the entire project. Using the employee generation numbers from the
growth management section of the code, this 740 square feet of reconstructed area
would generate 2.59 employees, of which 1.554 would have to be mitigated if it
were newly constructed. (see referral comments from the Housing Authority,
attached)
The preference for supplying affordable housing in response to mitigation is on-
site. Staff admits, however, this poses additional time for land use approvals and
would significantly delay a project currently under construction and suggests
these additional employees generated be mitigated off-site by further taxing the
"employee mitigation bank" for Water Place Housing on file with the Housing
Office,
In the alternative, the construction of essential public facilities, which this
development is, may be exempted by City Council with a finding that the impacts
of the development, parking, employee generation, etc., can and will be mitigated.
This process, which requires public hearings by the Growth Management
Commission and by City Council, was the same process in which the office
addition was considered and approved. In this scenario, Staff would suggest to
the Commission that 1.554 employees be mitigated off-site with Water Place
Housing in the same manner as proposed above and that no additional parking is
necessary.
RECOMMENDATION:
Planning staff and the Housing Authority recommend the Community
Development Director approve this insubstantial amendment to the development
order and exempt from growth management the reconstruction of existing floor
area with the following condition:
.1. The "Employee Mitigation Bank" for the City's Water Place Housing project
on file with the Housing Authority reflect the mitigation of 1.554 employees,
. in addition to the .5936 already taxed as a result of this project.
ApPROVAL:
I hereby approve this insubstantial amendment to the approved development order
and exempt from growth management the reconstruction of existing floor area
with the one condition recommended above.
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St lauson, mmunity Development Director
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ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A -- Memo from Housing Authority
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! Cindy Christensen, 03:37 PM :;/11/97, Parks Employee Mitigation
X-Sender: cindyc@commons.ci.aspen,co.us
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 199715:37:00 -0700
To: chrisb@ci.aspen.co.us
From: Cindy Christensen <cindyc@ci.aspen.co.us>
Subject: Parks Employee Mitigation
Chris: The numbers you gave me look right, with the additional mitigation
being required at 1.554 employees, I just need a letter from Parks or the
City as to how they plan on mitigating the 1.554 employees. If they use the
Waterplace Housing, I would recommend that one of the Category 3 units be
specified for this mitigation.
Let me know if you need more than this.
Cindy
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IPrinted for Christopher Bendon <chrisb@ci.aspen.co.us>
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i Steve Barwick, 04:36 PM 5/1lj:J7 , MitiKatiol:l___._.
X-Sender: steveb@commons.ci.aspen.co.us
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 199716:36:55 -0700
To: cindyc@ci.aspen,co.us
From: Steve Barwick <steveb@ci.aspen,co,us>
Subject: Mitigation
Cc: chrisb@ci.aspen.co.us
Cindy,
Due to constraints that were unforeseeable during the land use approval
process the Parks Department will need to fully demolish and replace the
existing offices instead of remodeling the current structure. We
understand this entails further employee mitigation than was originally
discussed. The 740 square feet of reconstructed floor area generates 2.59
employees of which 60% or 1.554 employees need to be mitigated. The City of
Aspen proposes mitigating those 1,554 additional employees off-site at the
Water Place Housing site currently under construction.
Respectfully,
Steve Barwick
Assistant City Manager
City of Aspen
(Printed for Christopher Bendon <chrisb@ci.aspen.co.us>
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