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We have exhausted all options with regards to acquiring the necessary .45 FTEs for the
development of a single family home at 1195 Black Birch. The owner of the property has been
involved in the development of several residential projects in Aspen, and is unable to acquire
any FTEs as they are no longer available.
We are requesting the ability to acquire the approval to use the Fee-in-lieu process as this is the
only option available to move forward with the project.
Thank you,
Ryan Doremus
Thunderbowl Architects
Michael & Cathy Tierney
1245 Mountain View Drive
Aspen, CO 81611
970-309-5388
Parcel ID # 273501309018
January 26, 2022
Dear City of Aspen,
I am writing you concerning my intention to pay off my Affordable Housing mitigation fee.
After several conversations with Ben Anderson from Community Development, I understand
the best option to pay my fee is to purchase Affordable Housing Certificates from a local
developer. I currently need to purchase .29 FTE, Category 2.
I have contacted many people in the real estate and development business in town to
determine who might hold certificates. It has become clear that the only developer with
Certificates is Mark Hunt. Mr. Hunt has been my landlord so we have a professional
relationship and I have contacted his office.
After an initial conversation with Linda Manning from M Development, I was hopeful Mr. Hunt
would be willing to sell me the certificate. However, weeks have passed and they seem
unwilling to help me by selling the certificate I require.
I am currently unable to find a market for the Affordable Housing certificate to pay off my
mitigation fee. My hope is that I will be allowed to pay the fee to the City of Aspen rather than
wait to find certificates at some undetermined time in the distant future.
Thank you for your consideration.
Regards,
Michael Tierney
ZONE 4 ARCHITECTS PO BOX 2508 ASPEN COLORADO 81612
February 1, 2022
To whom it may concern,
The project team at Zone 4 Architects was notified and the end of the permit process that FTE’s
where no longer available for our project at 1315 Sage Court. The required FTE’s for this project
is .27. The project team, GC and owner have tried contacted all potential FTE owners and have
had no success in retaining the required FTE’s for the project. The owner would like to pursue the
fee-in-lieu payment to mitigate employee housing obligations.
We would like to be on the P and Z schedule for February 15, 2022 and City Council schedule for
March 3, 2022.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Regards,
Tim Andrulaitis
A R C H I T E C T S
Z O N E
L L C .
February 08, 2022
Jeffrey Barnhill
Planner I
Community Development – Planning and Zoning
427 Rio Grande Place
Aspen, CO 81611
Re: 543 and 549 Walnut St (Fee-in-lieu for Affordable Housing Credits)
Dear Mr. Barnhill,
CCA is writing you on behalf of our clients, the owners of 543 and 549 Walnut Street - Randy and Michele
DeWitt, to request approval to pay a fee-in-lieu of 0.73 Cat 2 FTEs for their duplex project.
We are requesting approval to make a fee-in-lieu payment after exhausting all options to meet the affordable
housing needs advised by the code: on-site housing, off-site house, and purchasing FTEs in the free market.
Developing affordable housing on-site for this duplex project was impractical due to the size of the approved
lot, the required setbacks, easements, and off-street parking requirements mandated by the HOA.
Developing affordable housing off-site for this project was also impractical based on the current inventory of
free market housing that could be changed to deed restricted housing.
In regard to acquiring FTEs, we have contacted all current FTE holders in the city and have found that none of
them are willing to sell their available credits. Our efforts to acquire FTEs have included using the City’s
Affordable Housing Credits tracking spreadsheet to locate available Cat 2 FTEs and contacting all potential
sellers. We have also used the City’s FTE formula to convert Cat 2 FTEs to Cat 4 and contacted all potential
sellers for 0.91 Cat 4 FTEs.
Our research has found that a few local developers are holding the majority of available FTEs for their future
development projects in the city and are not willing to sell their credits.
We kindly request your approval to make a fee-in-lieu payment for 0.73 Cat 2 FTEs.
Best regards,
Noah Czech, AIA
Architect