HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.160-25RESOLUTION # 160
(Series of 2025)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN,
COLORADO, APPROVING THE STAFF, WORKING TOGETHER WITH
APCHA, TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING LOTTERY PRIORITIES,
RESERVATIONS OF RIGHTS AND RELATED PROGRAMS FOR THE
LUMBERYARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
V�►THEREAS, the Aspen City Council (the "Council") has approved the
design and received the necessary land use entitlements to construct the Lumberyard
affordable housing development ("the Project"), a large-scale multi -phase affordable
housing complex, to be built on City owned property; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds it necessary, and in the public interests,
to establish a rental selection system that recognizes community priorities; and
WHEREAS, Council has discussed details of the project elements
included below at previous work sessions and provided staff with direction for
offering certain levels of priority for qualifying applicants at the Project; and
WHEREAS, Council finds that it is appropriate and in the best interests
of the community to direct staff to develop and set forth in the applicable deed
restrictions priorities for the selection of tenants at the Proi ect which are substantially
similar to APCHA's list of priorities as follows:
ency Worker Priorit
The lottery priority for qualifying Emergency Workers defined in the 2025
APCHA Regulations shall apply to the Lumberyard affordable housing
development. This priority will apply to initial leasing and subsequent unit
turnover and will be incorporated into the deed restrictions for the project. Future
amendments to the Emergency Worker priority within the APCHA Regulations
shall automatically apply to the Lumberyard affordable housing development.
Employment Location Priorit
A lottery priority shall be granted to qualifying applicants employed within the
Aspen Urban Growth Boundary. This priority will apply to initial leasing and
subsequent unit turnover and will be incorporated into the deed restrictions for the
prof ect.
Employer Partnership Pro
P) Priorit
A lottery priority shall be granted to qualifying, verified participants of the City of
Aspen Employer Partnership Program (EPP). This priority will apply to initial
leasing and subsequent unit turnover and will be incorporated into the deed
restrictions for the prof ect. EPP program details, terms, conditions and fees shall be
Further defined and included in future EPP agreements between the City of Aspen
and participating area employers.
The number of units available for EPP priority program participants shall be
capped at a total of 50 units with no more than 25 units in any building at the
Lumberyard affordable housing development.
Rightsizing
If a rightsizing lottery priority for rental units is added to the APCHA Regulations
in the future, that priority shall automatically apply to the Lumberyard affordable
housing development.
Displaced Occupants
If a priority is added to the APCHA Regulations in the future for qualifying
applicants who have been displaced by government action related to affordable
housing development or redevelopment, that priority shall automatically apply to
the Lumberyard affordable housing development.
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Disabled A
licant Pri
for
�e A Units
The lottery priority for Type A units for qualifying Mobility Disabled Applicants
defined in the 2025 APCHA Regulations shall apply to the Lumberyard affordable
housing development. This priority will apply to initial leasing and subsequent unit
turnover for Type A units and will be incorporated into the deed restrictions for the
project. Future amendments shall automatically apply to the Lumberyard
affordable housing development.
Hierarchy of Priorities
The Emergency Worker priority provision as written in the 2025 APCHA
Regulations states that qualified Emergency Workers will be placed at the "top of
the priority list" for rental units.
The Mobility Disabled Applicant priority provision as written in the 2025 APCHA
Regulations provides for a "first priority" in renting a Type A unit.
While defined as such in the APCHA Regulations, those priorities shall be of one
tier above all other priorities, and all other priorities shall be settled via applicable
lottery protocols per the APCHA Regulations at the time of leasing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
That the City Council of the City of Aspen hereby approves the City
Manager to direct staff, working together with APCHA, to move forward with
implementation of the conditions set forth above.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Aspen on the 2nd day of December, 2025.
Rachael E. �ichards, May
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 December 2, 2025.
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Nicole Henning, City Clerk