HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.080-25RESOLUTION 4080
(Series of 2025)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN,
COLORADO, ADOPTING THE 2025-2027 CITY COUNCIL PRIORITY
PROJECTS AND GOALS.
WHEREAS, the City Council has a long history of establishing goals to
direct priorities of the city; and,
WHEREAS, the goals of City Council guide the actions of City Council and
the City Administration in budgeting and programming initiatives, and
WHEREAS, City Council desires to formally adopt goals for the period
from 2025-2027 to guide the city in shaping its future; and
WHEREAS, many of the priorities identified by Council during the goal
setting session held on May 19-20, 2025, are long-term projects which may take
years of meaningful work to effect change; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council desires to initiate these long-term
efforts during the 2025-2027 timeframe; and
VVH]EREAS, the Aspen City Council identified three priority projects that
will have generational impacts for the community; and
WHEREAS, Aspen has been a leader for decades in acknowledging the need
for affordable housing to maintain the community's sustainability; and
WHEREAS, the importance of the affordable housing issue demands
meaningful actions that best leverage the resources of the city of Aspen in meeting
this critical community need; and
ti'UHEREAS, the Lumberyard project responds to the urgent need for
affordable housing in the Aspen area through the construction of 100% affordable
housing units in three, four-story buildings,
WHEREAS, community connections are a fundamental component of a
healthy and vibrant city; and
WHEREAS, strengthening the quality of life and well-being of residents,
and promoting affordability is important for the community's success; and
WHEREAS, the Armory Hall redevelopment project is designed to create a
place to gather and the provision of affordable food; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council is committed to working toward the
best transportation solutions to improve safety, traffic flow, and multi -modal
transportation; and
WHEREAS, Aspen also commits to continuing leadership in the deployment
of transportation demand management strategies; and
WHEREAS, the global climate crisis has direct impacts to regional ecology,
economics, communities, and the resiliency of essential systems, services and
infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, Aspen is facing an existential threat from climate change, with
higher temperatures being recorded across all seasons, more precipitation arriving
as rain rather than snow, and the annual frost -free period extending by over one
month since 1980; and
�'�HEREAS, more frequent wildfire events both locally and nationally
threaten the wilderness, private and public property, community health and safety,
including the risk of landslides and increased days of impaired air quality, and
`'VHREAS, to continue to provide efficient and reliable water, stormwater
and electrical services; safe roads and bridges; and ADA accessible pedestrian
improvements for the community, the city commits to prioritizing and advancing
infrastructure prof ects, and
WHEREAS, governmental and community services can be improved
through additional focus on community needs, customers, and effective, responsive
delivery of services; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has identified these areas of critical
importance to the continued success of the city of Aspen.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
Section l .That the City Council of the City of Aspen hereby adopts the
following City of Aspen 2025-2027 Council Priority Projects, Council Goals and
principles to address these matters, and does hereby authorize the City Manager to
pursue said priorities and goals.
2023-2027 Priority Projects Council Goals and Council Goals
Council Priority Projects:
• Armory Hall
• Lumberyard Affordable Housing
• Entrance to Aspen
Council Goals:
• Early Childhood Education programmatic enhancement and optimization
• Resource and infrastructure resilience, including fire safety
• Traffic flow/congestion relief
These will be reviewed and accomplished through the following principles:
• Improvement of core service delivery through process improvement with the
customer in mind
• Staff support and retention
• Outcome focus
INTRODUCED, READ A,ND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Aspen on the 27th day of May 2025,
1 E. Richard ,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 Council
of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held on May 27, 2025.
Nicole Henning, City