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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.cclc.110525 1 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 5, 2025 Chairperson Wang opened the meeting at 8:36 a.m. Present were Angi Wang, Stephanie Davis, Kiki Raj, Charles Cunniffe, Noemi Kiss-Baldwin and Terry Butler. Absent were Jeb Ball & Amanda Tanaka. Staff present were Nicole Henning, City Clerk and Emmy Oliver, Downtown Services COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: Mr. Cunniffe motioned to approve the minutes; Ms. Kiss-Baldwin seconded. All in favor, motion carried. Mr. Cunniffe said the airport vote passed last night and is on pace with the scheduled timeline. ASPEN SATURDAY MARKET REVIEW WITH KATHY STRICKLAND: Ms. Strickland said that 2025 was better than the previous year regarding incidents. She said the front door was unlocked most of the summer, but the bathrooms worked out really well. There were a couple of electrical outlet issues. Too many people were using one transformer. She mentioned with the Armory project coming up, electric will be a critical issue next summer. She said the parking barricades are still outside of the Armory as she looked this morning before she came in. She said that a couple of times she had to pull people out of the right of way. Jeff Isaacson kept going into the crosswalk. She wants Jeff Armstrong to write him a letter to abide by the rules. The only nonprofit that was bad was the city of Aspen because the Wheeler refused to put weights on their tent. She said the Wheeler is not invited back. She said she hired students to help with the barricades and everything Friday night and Saturdays. 15 people sent a response to her that it had been a great experience this summer. They felt the market was very professional this summer. Clearly, a lot of sweat equity was put in on everyone’s part. ARMORY UPDATE: Ms. Oliver said she wanted Jen Phelan to come give an update, but she is out so she will be giving it in her stead. Staff are anticipating that fencing and sound barriers will be installed in May 2026 with construction to be started June 2026 and will continue through 2027. There will be no weekend work, but the site includes the Armory, Conner Park, Warren’s Alley and the parallel parking spaces adjacent to the sight. Stephanie asked if it is an option to expand. Ms. Strickland said they have tried to change the footprint before and it affects the RFTA routes, etc. and other businesses had complained. Ms. Henning said there really isn’t time to take this to council and have another footprint approved with also having to do public outreach, etc. Ms. Raj entered the meeting at 8:47 a.m. Ms. Strickland said we will be losing maybe five booths. Ms. Oliver said there will very likely be a temporary sidewalk there in front of Conner Park as well, which would be 5 or 6 feet wide. She said staff are anticipating parking along the south side in front of Catch will be changed to parallel parking and it will be turned into a one-way street for the duration of construction. Electricity will not be available in the park at all next summer as the utilities will be shut off so we can’t depend on this. 2 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION NOVEMBER 5, 2025 Ms. Henning said they are planning to tell vendors to obtain solar generators. Ms. Strickland said we should find out from environmental health which types of generators they will allow and get them to weigh in prior to notifying vendors. Ms. Oliver said she would follow up with them. Ms. Oliver said we are losing a spot for the bathrooms, waste containers, trailer parking spot and parking for Kathy and the food vendors in Warren’s Alley. We are hopeful that we can use the onsite waste receptacles and possibly the portapotties. Charles said there is a way to handle this if they want to be cooperative. Jeff Armstrong entered the meeting at 9:04 a.m. Ms. Henning said she will type up an email regarding electric and solar generators. Ms. Strickland said it would only affect 10 people, and we can just let them know that the city can no longer provide power. The board discussed changes to the application which included a disclaimer regarding bounced checks and the addition from environmental health that was discussed previously. Ms. Raj motioned to approve the changes to the application; Ms. Butler seconded. All in favor, motion carried. Ms. Wang motioned to approve Ms. Strickland’s contract for the next year; Ms. Davis seconded. All in favor, motion carried. The board spoke about expectations of Jeff Armstrong for this next year as the Aggie chair. Ms. Strickland spoke about barricades. She feels that Mr. Armstrong needs to be more involved in helping move barricades. Her thoughts are not a heavy lift. She said the Aggie chair should compose a letter for those not accepted and let them handle their board. She will separate their applications out, mail them to jeff and have them go through them. She doesn’t think any Aggies should be eliminated with the construction, but they could take down the footage. Maybe they use 20 ft instead of 50 and 60 feet. The board agreed that they will review the revised applications and Ms. Henning will post the applications on December 1st and the due date will be January 2nd. Ms. Butler and Ms. Davis exited the meeting at 9:32 a.m. Ms. Strickland said she and Ms. Henning will still attend the Aggie meeting in Redstone. She confirmed that Jeff Armstrong will get a free booth. Mr. Cunniffe exited at 9:35 a.m. Ms. Kiss-Baldwin motioned to adjourn; Ms. Wang seconded at 9:45 a.m. ________________________ City Clerk, Nicole Henning