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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit_D_February_17th_Public_Comments_Includes_Comments_from_February_10thFrom:Stephen Abelman To:Kevin Rayes; Torre; Ann Mullins; Ward Hauenstein; Rachael Richards; Skippy Mesirow Subject:, Date:Monday, February 8, 2021 5:46:48 AM Dear City of Aspen, Aspen City Council and HPC Board, My wife and I are so discouraged with the outcome of the proposed updated application, presented in a meeting dated Thursday, Feb. 4th 2021. The "very" minor mass and scale changes were disappointing, and actually make the situation worse, when you consider how many people the developer plans to cram on the small property. Please, we need you all to address the fact that 24 to 26 people will ultimately be living on this property, with cars, trucks, dogs, cats, visitors and children. Please have a sense of decency, as it is not "caring" to have that many people living on top of each other. There is not enough outdoor space, parking and living area to accommodate the proposed number of units and people. Please think of this also from a health perspective, it is just "too many people". We feel that the ultimate decision on this project is being driven by whether or not the developer can make a significant profit on building this project. WHAT!!!! So, we base this outcome on how a neighborhood, homes and families will function on whether there is "enough" profit for a developer. If this is the case, "SHAME ON ALL OF US"! Along with the number of people living in the proposed homes, and the surrounding neighborhood there are so many "moving parts", which require additional area, to "just to live and exist". Sitting outside, smoking a cigarette, health care when needed, visiting family and friends, outdoor BBQ, home maintenance and repairs, deliveries, garbage and recycle functions, etc. All of these functions are all there on a daily basis, facilitating our lives. Even when there are only 2 to 4 people living on a property, the above daily events take up a lot of "space". When you consider 24 to 26 people living on a property, just the simple needs of living in a space will grow exponentially. Please, for the sake of the ultimate residents of 1020 East Cooper and the surrounding neighborhood, use some sound reason in regards to your decisions on whether this project should move forward, in the present proposed size. Kind regards, Steve and Enee Abelman 1012 East Cooper Avenue From:Greg Lucas To:Kevin Rayes Subject:1020 E Cooper - Letter from concerned Neighbor Date:Monday, February 8, 2021 6:34:35 AM Attachments:1020 Cooper Letter 020821.pdf Kevin, Please see attached in regards to the hearing this Wednesday. Please confirm receipt and that it will be shared with HPC members. Thank you Dear HPC members, The latest iteration of this project is just another example of the developer doing as little as possible to try and jam this project through the process. It only reduces the overall footprint by a couple of feet. We know this isn’t acceptable given the guidance of HPC members at the last hearing which was to reduce the mass/scale and reduce the potential number of occupants. The priority of this project isn’t affordable housing – it’s profit by the developer at the expense of all the neighboring homeowners. We already have issues with parking, people constantly blocking the alley, and trash. This project is bigger than the one last year that was remanded by City Council and sent back by the HPC. We appreciate you doing the right thing by the neighbors all up and down the street who you are hearing from that oppose this project. It will significantly affect our neighborhood in a very negative way. Greg Lucas 1024 E Cooper From:Leslie Saladino To:Kevin Rayes Subject:1020 E Cooper Project Date:Monday, February 8, 2021 11:18:51 AM Kevin,  Please send my letter below to HPC members for the hearing this Wednesday on 1020 E Cooper.  Regards, Leslie ------------- To Whom It May Concern, I have reviewed the developer's proposal and I'm honestly frightened about what is being proposed.  The main responsibility of the Historic Preservation Commission is to preserve the history of Aspen - especially miner's cottages such as this. This project has a back structure that completely overshadows the historic structure and the small lot is completely overwhelmed. Should this project be approved, it would be such an eyesore for the city and a huge regret for many years to come.  The parking situation in our neighborhood during peak times and Summer months is already unbearable. My friends and family often drive around for 20-30 minutes looking for somewhere to park often leaving them to park far away and walk to my home. With the summer traffic on 82, it's often very dangerous to even cross the street - I can't imagine what it would be like if this were approved.  Not only would this be miserable for all of us in the neighborhood, this would be miserable for the tenants as well. Can you imagine living on such a small lot where people are crammed in like this? Imagine 15-20 of these tenants gathering in the small outdoor area on the property. Imagine the amount of noise and trash this number of people would generate.  I hope common sense prevails in this situation. We need to do what is best for the residents and homeowners of Aspen - not the developers.  Regards, Leslie Saladino From:Tiffany Smith To:Kevin Rayes Subject:1020 E. Cooper Ave. Project - What else?? ;) Date:Sunday, February 7, 2021 1:17:27 PM Hi Kevin, I hope you are well and staying safe! Please see below for my email to be sent in its entirety to each Aspen Historic Preservation Commission Board Member. Please do not summarize my comments but send the email as I have written it. There has been some concern expressed amongst the neighbors, per the Jan 13th online HPC meeting, that our emails are simply being summarized and relayed to the Board merely as a tally, i.e., 10 for lower roof height, 12 for reducing mass, 11 for reducing units, etc. I’m not sure that’s true but just in case, I want my request to be clear. Thanks again for your always helpful attitude. Blessings, Tiffany Smith Dear Aspen HPC Board, Thank you so much for your service to the Aspen community. I know it can often feel like a thankless task, especially for a volunteer job! And I very much appreciate the time and consideration you gave both the 1020 E. Cooper Project Application and the neighbors’ comments at the last AHPC meeting. This last Thursday, Michael and I “attended” the 1020 E. Cooper Project Updated Application Zoom meeting. First off, I’m grateful for their efforts to listen to and accommodate some of our concerns with the project. I really like the look of the dormers and I think, overall, the changes they’ve made are a really good start. That said, our continuing concerns are the size and height of the addition in proportion to the cabin, the potential of having dozens of adult residents live there, and the dire lack of enough dedicated parking spaces for these residents. And part of my concern is certainly not who is living there (although I’m not a huge fan of having a bunch of 20-somethings rotating in and out of there, having lots of friends over like a flop house, partying all night, and leaving their stuff everywhere like they will do - we have three kids in their 20’s and I wouldn’t necessarily want to live next to one of them either!) - it’s how many are living there. So, my request is the same as it was last month – that they continue to lower the height of the Addition and reduce the total number of units to three or at most four. They refused to even lose just one bedroom, much less a unit or two this last time. We all know they can afford to make these changes, they just don’t want to. Yes, Jim will make less money on this project, but with the eight 810 W. Main units being sold for AH rentals and the Burlingame Phase III coming on board in the next year or so, which will add 79 more units to Aspen’s AH inventory, losing this one unit (or even better, two) will NOT make a meaningful difference to Aspen workers, and that’s what this is supposed to be about for the City of Aspen. It’s not supposed to be about developers making as much money as they can at the expense of an entire neighborhood. That’s just selfish, greedy and shameful. I believe in capitalism and affordable housing, but honestly. Why should the profit margin of the developers (and they will make money even at 3 units), and keeping a unit that could potentially house up to four to six adults with cars, outweigh the negative livability impact on two entire blocks of current Aspen citizens that number well over 200 people? That’s what just doesn’t make sense to us. “For the greater good” doesn’t apply here as this would be “for the lesser good”. Do we really want Aspen to become like another Vail – overbuilt and ugly? Yikes! Multi-family doesn’t have to mean high-density. But really, Affordable Housing concerns are not part of AHPC’s prime directive anyway. You have been chosen to represent the best interests of Aspen’s Historic resources. Dropping at least one unit will allow the property to provide one parking spot per unit, which is reasonable. It will also result in the builders being able to reduce the Addition by one floor so that it really is a 2-story building (vs. a 3-story building that “looks like a 2-story building” per Sarah Adams – which it doesn’t), and thus it will not loom over the historic cabin and cover the lot in an out-of-proportion and overwhelming way. It will also reduce the population of the property by at least two people, and possibly by four to six. The developers should also seek a deed restriction that limits each of the four units to no more than three adults, depending on the number of bedrooms. And they should insist on a Cat 4 or at least a Cat 3 APCHA rating for this property, to again, reduce the number of potential residents. These reasonable and meaningful changes, especially a 3-unit property, would likely get a thumbs-up from the community so that the project can get on its way without much (or any) further bother, and thus Aspen workers will have access to three or four AH units more quickly. And we will happily welcome them! I think this compromise is the best, most fair option for the neighborhood and the future residents of 1020 - less crowding and stress for everyone in an already busy and full part of town. And, most importantly for you, as AHPC Board members, it will allow the historic cabin to have a more prominent and appropriate presentation on this historic lot. As you know, these lots in Aspen’s historic East End are now extremely rare. Please do your primary duty as AHPC Board members and fight to preserve the integrity of not only the cabin but also the lot. Please do not vote to approve this project as it now stands – still too tall and too big in relation to the historic cabin and its non-conforming, skinny lot. Both the historic resource and the neighborhood deserve better. One last thing, regarding the latest recommendation by Amy Simon and Kevin Rayes, current Aspen Planning Director and Aspen City Planner, respectively. We’re all wondering why Amy Simon is still in charge of advising your Board on an historic project? Isn’t the point of HPC to be independent and to put Historic Preservation first? It’s actually no surprise at all that Amy would recommend that your HPC Board accept this current plan for 1020 E. Cooper since she recommended approval for the last plan, which was worse. Of course she would. That’s sort of a no-brainer. As I understand it, that is literally a big part of her job right now - to get more Affordable Housing projects in the pipeline. Which means, I would say that her recommendation necessarily comes with a bit of shade since her priority is no longer preserving historic resources, but instead is overall city planning, including encouraging and approving AH projects. I know it’s not Amy’s fault. She’s just doing her job as Planning Director but she’s hardly objective on this particular matter. And in fact, Sarah Yoon, the actual Aspen Historic Preservation Planner, is seemingly completely out of the loop on this project as all related information flows only through Amy’s office and we (the neighbors) have heard nothing at all from Sarah Yoon. I know that this is the “new normal” with AHPC and the City but it seems very odd and potentially inappropriate since Amy now has conflicting priorities. Appropriately save a historic resource to its best advantage or build a large AH project that’s ultimately to the detriment of the historic resource and existing neighborhood? Again, thank you for your service to Aspen and its precious historic resources. They are rare and worth saving in an honorable and meaningful way. I appreciate you taking the time to consider my comments. Take care and stay safe. Blessings, Tiffany Smith, 1012 E Cooper, Unit #1 PS The Developer is trying to drum up support for this project but oddly none of the supporters thus far are from our block, and certainly are not neighbors. Instead, they seem to be local employers or friends of his who don’t actually live in the neighborhood. Easy for them to say this is a good project, right? They won’t be circling the block for an hour trying to find a place to park near their house or condo nor will they have to deal with a heaping dumpster next door, a packed and narrow dead-end alley or a dark behemoth of a building just a few yards from them. It’s so easy to be generous with other people’s property and inconveniences. I don’t think the Crown family’s SkiCo gives two hoots about what’s good for our neighborhood. From:Sallyanne Johnson To:Kevin Rayes Subject:1020 E. Cooper Development Project Date:Sunday, February 7, 2021 1:59:19 PM I would like to weigh in on the above-mentioned project. I understand there are only minor changes to mass and scale in the revised proposal recently submitted by the developers, and that the number of units/apartments and potential number of people living in these apartments remain the same. It is my opinion that the mass, scale and density for such a small property is inappropriate for the neighborhood, and out of line with the very guidelines set by the HPC itself. Quite frankly I think Su Lum would be appalled by this project. As a neighbor, I don’t believe there is any doubt that the proposed density will dramatically impact both neighbors AND residents of 1020 E. Cooper as far as noise, trash but especially parking. It would be difficult for this dead- end alley to support a lot more traffic, and it is inevitable that additional vehicles not provided a specific parking space will add to the impossible-to-find-parking situation we already have in the surrounding streets. Even a substantial reduction in density will negatively impact this neighborhood, and I would hope you understand and take this into consideration as you continue to evaluate this ill-conceived project. Sallyanne Johnson 1007 E. Hyman Ave, Aspen From:Gmail 2 To:Kevin Rayes Subject:1020 E. Cooper Packet Discrepancies Date:Monday, February 8, 2021 4:35:59 PM Kevin, I have spent some time reading through the HPC packet for the upcoming meeting and find some issues that may include significant mistakes or even misrepresentations by the applicant. I’m wondering who at the city is verifying what is submitted and reporting any inaccuracies or misrepresentations to the HPC Board? Problems I see: 1. The applicant has indicated that unit 102 of the Landmark is now a 3 bedroom unit. In the table on page 14 of the packet, the applicant represents that the 1,143 SF three bedroom unit is 162 SF above the APCHA minimum. However, they are comparing the footage to the 900 SF standard for a 2 bedroom unit. This 3 bedroom unit is actually 57 SF below the 1,200 SF APCHA minimum for a 3 bedroom unit. So it appears that only a single unit of the proposed five units actually exceeds the minimum dimensional standards set forth by APCHA. This appears to me to be a significant issue that should be highlighted to the HPC Board, given the significant concern about the overcrowding and lack of livability that may result from this development. 2. The Applicant’s table on p. 146 of the packet sets forth the schedule of Floor Area. If you go back to the same table provided for the prior application (p.136 of the packet for the 01/13/21 meeting) you see that applicant is representing that total Floor Area has been reduced by 599 SF (from 4,277.4 to 3,678.4 SF). Unit 101, which did not appear to change at all, now shows 558 SF of main level Floor Area, which is a reduction of 117 SF from the prior representation. However, the applicant’s table on p.148 shows no change in net livable area of unit 101 from the prior submittal. Is it possible that the floor plans for the unit stayed the same, the Floor Area decreased by 117 SF and the net livable footage remained the same? 3. The same Floor Area table on p.146 of the packet shows Unit 102 is a 2 bedroom unit with 572 SF of Floor Area, which is a reduction of 111 SF from the applicant’s prior submittal. Nevertheless, the applicant represents (p.14) that this is now a 3 bedroom unit with an additional 82 SF of net livable area compared to the prior submittal. Clearly, the reduction in Floor Area represented by the table on p.146 seems incompatible with the increase in footage. 4. The change in Floor Area referred to above in point #2 based on the Architect’s total Floor Area tables shows a reduction of 599 SF. The total net livable footage has been reduced by 166 SF. There was some reduction in exterior storage space, which could account for a Floor Area reduction that is larger that the net livable footage reduction, but it seems unlikely to explain the large difference between 166 SF and 599 SF. Has anyone queried the applicant to explain how the Floor Area has been reduced 14% when net livable footage only decreased by 3%? 5. Separately, the applicant represents in the letter on p.49 that the Floor Area has been reduced by 484 SF (not 599 SF). Possibly this is referring only to the detached rear building, but in the case of that structure, net livable footage was reduced by only 248 SF. So again, there seems to be a very large difference between the two numbers. Hopefully I am wrong about these possible errors. If they exist, however, it demonstrates that the applicant is either very careless with its submittal or making misrepresentations that they hope the HPC staff does not catch. I believe the members of the public and the HPC Board both are counting on staff to properly verify this submittal and make sure what is presented is wholly accurate. If you are not going to be able to check these items above and verify the accuracy of the applicant’s submittal prior to Wednesday’s meeting, I would ask that you let me know and also provide this email to the HPC Board as a relevant public comment regarding the applicant’s submittal. Thank you. Sincerely, Michael Smith 713 703-6501 (cell) msmith1012e@gmail.com From:Kristi To:Kevin Rayes; "Baron Concors" Cc:Amy Simon Subject:RE: 1015 East Hyman Date:Friday, February 5, 2021 12:35:02 PM Kevin - Thank you I appreciate it. I also want to bring up some points that I disagreed with from the last meeting. There is no way your department has REAL and CURRENT facts about the parking situation. I realize you might be able to pull a report on # of guest parking permits issued to an Owner OR parking passes purchased per day in 2019 BUT 2020 they did not issue daily permits and it was a nightmare! I have owned since 2001 and no one from the City has every approached me or anyone in our complex or any of the complexes in the area to find out how many cars each person/condo has and if there is ever trouble parking. I know my housekeeper, Comcast, Plumbers, roofers are anyone else in the are not being asked how many blocks away did they have to park to come to work?!?!?!? Or how many time a week a construction worker is parked in an Owners parking space because there is no parking anywhere close! Is there any research from 2020 which shows how many day tourist coming over independence pass park there all day long! I have a window on the street and I watched people park on Cooper and get picked up to go to their construction jobs most likely in Eastwood Preserve etc all summer long! I realize a new system is in the works but that will not change the fact that as soon as people coming over the pass have a chance to park and walk 3 short blocks they will. It does not change the fact that no matter how much the city charges per day people have to park someone where, it does not change the fact that every business in the core uses the east side for their employees park. (they are not driving up to Red Mtn and Parking!) At the meeting yesterday the developers STILL could not say the MAX number of people per unit when asked if there was a potential for 24 plus guest they said it is not up to them. They did not address the parking spot that belongs to 1015 East Hopkins that would need to be moved in order for people to back out. They could not address how many cars could be coming to the east side on a PERMINATE bases! This effects EVERY OWNER that already lives there and we pay A LOT to live there! This small 4350Sq.ft. lot cannot handle the potential for 24 people and there guest! Too simply say you have done research and there seems to be adequate parking in Summer in the east end is merely not true. THIS IS A REAL ISSUE. Kindly, Kristi From: Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2021 12:49 PM To: Baron Concors <bvc@concors.com>; Kristi <kristi@rof.net> Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@cityofaspen.com> Subject: RE: 1015 East Hyman Hi Baron, Thank you for reaching out. I am going to include your email as a public comment so that it may be discussed at HPC next week. My colleague, Amy and I will look into the details and provide some clarity to the situation. Thanks again. To promote the health and safety of our staff and community and to minimize the spread of COVID-19, Community Development staff are conducting business by email and phone and are only available in person by appointment. Contact information for our entire staff and how best to get the services you need can be found on our website: cityofaspen.com/177/Community- Development. Thank you for your understanding. Kevin Rayes Community Development Department Planner 130 S. 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Further, the information or opinions contained in this email are advisory in nature only and are not binding on the City of Aspen. If applicable, the information and opinions contain in the email are based on current zoning, which is subject to change in the future, and upon factual representations that may or may not be accurate. The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance. -----Original Message----- From: Baron Concors <bvc@concors.com> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2021 9:13 AM To: Kristi <kristi@rof.net>; Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Subject: Re: 1015 East Hyman Hi Kevin, I'm a neighbor as well. I wanted to let you know I went over and talked to the resident who has this parking spot in the alley. The fence you speak of is actually a trellis that sits on top of the railroad ties that form her patio. This patio has been there since the property was built so it is not blocking any access to the parking spot. I also took a picture of the current parking situation - see attached. I measured 12 feet from her car to the sheds (where the future parking spots for 1020 Cooper are planned.) I want to make sure it is called out that this is still an outstanding issue for the proposed development at 1020 Cooper. At the last hearing, Amy said someone must be parking in the alley illegally and we now have confirmed that is not accurate. It will be physically impossible for someone to pull into / pull out of a 90 degree parking spot with less than 12 feet of distance to work with. This is the narrowest point in alley. Not sure what next steps are on this but this will be raised as an issue at the hearing on 2/10 Best, Baron On 2/5/21, 9:29 AM, "Kristi" <kristi@rof.net> wrote: Here is Kevins contact. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 5:26 PM To: Kristi <kristi@rof.net> Subject: RE: 1015 East Hyman Hi Kristi, I am the same Kevin on the zoom call last week. I am happy to help and get everyone on the same page regarding the neighboring parking space. You may have to zoom into the condo plat that I sent in order to read some of the text. I went ahead and highlighted the parking area memorialized in the condo plat so you can see it easier (see attachment above). The affordable units are memorialized in the supplemental condo plat attached above. The parking spot is included in this plat as well but it is much more faint and hard to see. The parking space is memorialized within the property boundary of 1015 E. Hyman. It appears a fence was constructed along the perimeter of the property at some point in the past, partially blocking full access to the spot. From what I can tell, the individual parking in this space may be partially encroaching into City right-of-way (see attached screenshot). Do you know if the fence located at the rear of 1015 E. Hyman was ever permitted? Thanks. To promote the health and safety of our staff and community and to minimize the spread of COVID-19, Community Development staff are conducting business by email and phone and are only available in person by appointment. Contact information for our entire staff and how best to get the services you need can be found on our website: cityofaspen.com/177/Community-Development. Thank you for your understanding. Kevin Rayes Community Development Department Planner 130 S. 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Further, the information or opinions contained in this email are advisory in nature only and are not binding on the City of Aspen. If applicable, the information and opinions contain in the email are based on current zoning, which is subject to change in the future, and upon factual representations that may or may not be accurate. The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance. -----Original Message----- From: Kristi <kristi@rof.net> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:56 PM To: Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Subject: 1015 East Hyman Hi Kevin- I believe you were the Kevin on the Zoom call last week regarding the parking for the property across the Alley from 1015 East Hyman. (TS HORRIBLE!) On the Plat that you just sent, I didn't see the employee housing units... I am trying to find out if the parking spot that Julie (owner of an employee housing unit at 1015 East Hyman) is a deeded spot and or whose property is she parking on? She has had the same parking space since '91 and bought it being told this was her spot. If it is not hers than that is going to be one more person having to parking somewhere on the street if this structure is approved! It is sooooo tight as it is. Let me know what you find out! Thanks so much!! (You can see her small car parked there on the left hand side over the years) Kristi Gilliam . From:jacquehinman@gmail.com To:Kevin Rayes; Amy Simon Cc:"Kristi"; "Baron Concors" Subject:Additional Neighbor Comment and Concern Regarding 1020 E Cooper Avenue Proposed Development; additional comments in body of this email Date:Monday, February 8, 2021 5:56:46 PM Attachments:Initial Opposition to 1020 E Cooper project - 10-29-20 letter - Hinman.pdf Mr Rayes and Ms Simon, Thank you again for the opportunity to comment on the 1020 E Cooper Avenue proposal. As a reminder, I am the owner of the unit that is directly adjacent to the proposed development. My property is at 1024 E Cooper, Unit #7. The location of my property is shown in the previous letter that I sent back in October (attached for your reference). Now that we have heard more from the developer, I have additional comments, as follows: 1. Mass and Scale – as I stated 4 months ago, the mass and scale of the proposed development is still too great for such a small property, and not in line with HPC guidelines. The recent changes that the developer proposed were quite minor - lowering the roof a few feet on the back structure and increasing the front setback by 1 foot. Despite guidance from the HPC, they have not reduced the number of units or the maximum number of people that could live on this small property – which could be as much as 24-26 people. The density is just too large for the size and configuration of the lot and the neighborhood. 2. Parking/ Alley Issues – the parking strategy makes no sense considering both the density and the layout of the alley upon which the parking is located. I might first note that it is impractical to offer such a low number of parking spaces for so many tenants (Not that I am not suggesting more parking, as that is not feasible). Regardless, even given the proposed parking configuration, the tenants will be pulling into a dead end alley to park and the parking layout will be dangerous to make work. I am not sure if you are aware that there is a parking spot in the alley that is directly behind the developer’s planned parking spots. It will make it nearly impossible for the tenants to pull in and out of their designated spots, and they will not be able to come into the 1024 parking area to turn around either due to the narrowness of the alley. Add a bit of piled snow and ice and this creates a dangerous dead end with no recourse. I would seriously encourage the reviewers to go and look at the alley to understand the problems. I certainly agree with the concept of redeveloping the property to a more useful purpose while maintaining the historic structure, and I applaud the City’s effort to encourage more available employee housing in Aspen. I also understand the challenges that you have in dealing with interests from a variety of stakeholders. I would simply ask that you require the project to work within the confines of the lot, HPC requirements, and practicality of parking/ traffic/ etc. I would applaud an employee housing project that makes sense at 1020 E Cooper – it just needs to be less dense and of a smaller scale. While I understand that the developers want to maximize their return on investment, I also know that the City affords developers several allowances and benefits to create employee housing. I know that there is a solution that works for all stakeholders on this project – a slightly smaller, less dense structure will be friendly to the neighborhood, and friendly to the employees, and should still allow the developer a reasonable return on their investment. I’m hoping that everyone is able to keep their sense of community and caring during these tough times to work this out. Thanks again for your tireless work on this process. Sincerely, Jacqueline Hinman Owner, 1024 E Cooper Avenue, #7 Jacqueline Hinman Email: jacquehinman@gmail.com Mobile: +1.303.618.9911 www.jacquehinman.com From: jacquehinman@gmail.com <jacquehinman@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 7:02 PM To: torre@cityofaspen.com; ann.mullins@cityofaspen.com; ward.hauenstein@cityofaspen.com; rachael.richards@cityofaspen.com; skippy.mesirow@cityofaspen.com; PublicComment@cityofaspen.com; Amy.Simon@cityofaspen.com; Jessica.Garrow@cityofaspen.com Cc: 'Kristi' <kristi@rof.net> Subject: Neighbor Comment and Opposition to 1020 E Cooper Avenue Proposed Development City of Aspen Councilmembers and Public Comment officials, Thank you so much for the important work you do for Aspen. I own a condo at 1024 E Cooper and have attached a letter summarizing my concerns and opposition to the initial new concepts being proposed at 1020 E Cooper Avenue. Please note that I am fully supportive of the redevelopment of this historic miner’s cabin and understand the delicate balance that you walk in responding to multiple, and often differing developer, historic preservation, and neighborhood concerns. I appreciate the opportunity to provide commentary so that the right project and development concepts are brought forward. Warmest personal regards, Jacqueline Hinman Jacqueline Hinman Email: jacquehinman@gmail.com Mobile: +1.303.618.9911 www.jacquehinman.com October 29, 2020 Via Email to: City of Aspen and Council Members Subject: Initial Neighbor Objection to Proposed Development of 1020 E Cooper Avenue Esteemed Council Members and City Officials, I am an owner at the Riverside Condominium located at 1024 E Cooper Avenue and am writing to voice my concern over the potential new development next door at 1020 E Cooper Avenue. I am sorry that I was not able to attend the virtual meeting recently held but have written to you before regarding the previous development. My unit is #7, the unit that is the closest to (and directly east of) the property at 1020 E Cooper Avenue. I have attached photos of the location of my condo in relation to the current 1020 structure on the next page for context. I have visited the new project website and received an update from my neighbors that attended the meeting. I am deeply concerned, and oppose, the concepts of the new development as proposed so far. Specifically, I am concerned about the following concepts that have been proposed: - Elimination of the setback (HPC requirements) of the old miner’s cabin - Significant scale of the addition, which will essentially block the view and sunlight that comes in from my west living room window. In fact, I would worry about privacy in my own home with a massive structure and units looking down on my unit, right along the fence line. I understand that there is a desire to build something larger than the original miner’s cabin, but a different structure and layout could be accommodated that is not nearly as massive in scale and scope - The stated proposal of 4 parking spaces which would not accommodate the number of units proposed. In particular, since there is a large tree on the 1024 side that needs to be saved, the parking area in the back cannot accommodate more than 4 parking spaces, which would suggest that the number of units and residents needs to be scaled back. I certainly understand the desire and need to appropriately redevelop historic properties, and appreciate the care and attention to detail that all of you and HPC exercise in achieving the right balance for residents. I look forward to attending future discussions on the proposed development and thank you in advance for applying the appropriate judgment and requirements for this property, especially since it is in the downtown core on a major thoroughfare. Many thanks, Jacqueline Hinman 1024 E Cooper Avenue, #7 Aspen, CO 81611-2143 jacquehinman@gmail.com Page 2 Jacqueline Hinman letter to City of Aspen and Council Members October 29, 2020 Outside view of living room window of my condo at 1024 E Cooper #7 (red square); dividing fence between properties and corner of historic miner’s cabin is shown in leftmost side of photo. View of highlighted window above from inside of my condo. The Victorian roofline that can be seen through the window is the roof of 1012 E Cooper, not 1020 E Cooper (property in question). From:MT Biz To:Amy Simon; Kevin Rayes Cc:Baron Concors Subject:RE: 1020 E Cooper Ave projrct Date:Sunday, February 7, 2021 5:14:56 PM Hello I am hoping I can attend next meeting. I am still adamantly opposed to the amount of possible people living on a site that is so small. My building can house 9 people at 2 per bedfoom (935 east Cooper ave)... 1 person per 600 feet.... 6000 Sq ft lot. Sara Adams the planer of the project sent out emails that implied... "..... you can imagine, the neighbors provided robust in-person public comment at the hearing - many voices representing a small property constituency." I am offended by this attitude. We in THE FASHIONABLE EAST END have a wonderful neighborhood, and we care. The project as is... is too big... 1 person per 260 feet... Or less. It is not nimbyism, I provide affordable housing. I have affordable housing next door and down the block. 1020 É Cooper is Simply too much density, too big and not enough parking ....we are THE " many voices representing a small property constituency." ABSURD, cause we actually care about our neigborhood. THE DEVELOPERS ARE LOBBYING THE 100% EMPLOYEE HOUSING Buzz words... AT THE EXPENSE OF OVERBUILDING FOR OUR AREA.... ie. neighborhood. The developers ignored the council suggestions, still looking for maximum profit for employee housing. Too big, too dense, too little parking. Do not give in..... Mark Tye -------- Original message -------- From: Amy Simon <amy.simon@cityofaspen.com> Date: 1/7/21 2:41 PM (GMT-03:00) To: MT Biz <fun22@comcast.net>, Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Subject: RE: 1020 E Cooper Ave projrct Thank you Mark. We will forward this to the HPC. If you decide you want to attend the virtual meeting please let me know if you need guidance on how to join. Hope all is well for you. From: MT Biz <fun22@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2021 10:22 AM To: Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@cityofaspen.com> Subject: 1020 E Cooper Ave projrct To whom it may concern, RE: 1020 East Cooper Ave---redevelopment. I am absolutely not opposed to the employee housing that is proposed. I live next to 949 East Cooper Ave (over 30 years)- The St Regis Hotel employee housing; and also with in ear shot of The Ski company’s housing on the corner of East Cooper and South West End. I do have problems with a few points: 1- Mass and scale; the plans I have seen so far ; it portends a big boxy oversized structure-not in character with the changing neighborhood 2- The parking is totally inadequate for volume of tenants suggested. In fact with the present units on East Cooper, parking is full all summer and winter on both sides of East Cooper; from City Market to the roaring fork bridge---off season is getting increasingly busier too. 3-The present designs are totally misrepresented on the back alley size of their plans—it is a narrow alley 4-Their car count for alley parking is totally out of line with reality. –A few suggestions as this project goes thru review_ -on site parking must be increased-reduce bedroom count. -. -No side setback variances should be granted -There should only be 2 entrances one front and one rear of building . -Minimum 12 month leases or perhaps go from rental to owner occupied to respect serenity of surrounding neighborhood.. Strict HOA rules to not alow clutter on decks or property itself, 1024 É Cooper has these rules along with maximum occupants allowed and mandatory quiet hours -This is not a location to try over size maximum density. - Mark Tye Owner 935 East Cooper Ave and #3 Riverside Townhomes; 1024 East Cooper Ave From:Kristi To:Kevin Rayes; "Baron Concors" Cc:Amy Simon Subject:RE: 1015 East Hyman Date:Friday, February 5, 2021 12:35:01 PM Kevin - Thank you I appreciate it. I also want to bring up some points that I disagreed with from the last meeting. There is no way your department has REAL and CURRENT facts about the parking situation. I realize you might be able to pull a report on # of guest parking permits issued to an Owner OR parking passes purchased per day in 2019 BUT 2020 they did not issue daily permits and it was a nightmare! I have owned since 2001 and no one from the City has every approached me or anyone in our complex or any of the complexes in the area to find out how many cars each person/condo has and if there is ever trouble parking. I know my housekeeper, Comcast, Plumbers, roofers are anyone else in the are not being asked how many blocks away did they have to park to come to work?!?!?!? Or how many time a week a construction worker is parked in an Owners parking space because there is no parking anywhere close! Is there any research from 2020 which shows how many day tourist coming over independence pass park there all day long! I have a window on the street and I watched people park on Cooper and get picked up to go to their construction jobs most likely in Eastwood Preserve etc all summer long! I realize a new system is in the works but that will not change the fact that as soon as people coming over the pass have a chance to park and walk 3 short blocks they will. It does not change the fact that no matter how much the city charges per day people have to park someone where, it does not change the fact that every business in the core uses the east side for their employees park. (they are not driving up to Red Mtn and Parking!) At the meeting yesterday the developers STILL could not say the MAX number of people per unit when asked if there was a potential for 24 plus guest they said it is not up to them. They did not address the parking spot that belongs to 1015 East Hopkins that would need to be moved in order for people to back out. They could not address how many cars could be coming to the east side on a PERMINATE bases! This effects EVERY OWNER that already lives there and we pay A LOT to live there! This small 4350Sq.ft. lot cannot handle the potential for 24 people and there guest! Too simply say you have done research and there seems to be adequate parking in Summer in the east end is merely not true. THIS IS A REAL ISSUE. Kindly, Kristi From: Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2021 12:49 PM To: Baron Concors <bvc@concors.com>; Kristi <kristi@rof.net> Cc: Amy Simon <amy.simon@cityofaspen.com> Subject: RE: 1015 East Hyman Hi Baron, Thank you for reaching out. I am going to include your email as a public comment so that it may be discussed at HPC next week. My colleague, Amy and I will look into the details and provide some clarity to the situation. Thanks again. To promote the health and safety of our staff and community and to minimize the spread of COVID-19, Community Development staff are conducting business by email and phone and are only available in person by appointment. Contact information for our entire staff and how best to get the services you need can be found on our website: cityofaspen.com/177/Community- Development. Thank you for your understanding. Kevin Rayes Community Development Department Planner 130 S. 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Further, the information or opinions contained in this email are advisory in nature only and are not binding on the City of Aspen. If applicable, the information and opinions contain in the email are based on current zoning, which is subject to change in the future, and upon factual representations that may or may not be accurate. The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance. -----Original Message----- From: Baron Concors <bvc@concors.com> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2021 9:13 AM To: Kristi <kristi@rof.net>; Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Subject: Re: 1015 East Hyman Hi Kevin, I'm a neighbor as well. I wanted to let you know I went over and talked to the resident who has this parking spot in the alley. The fence you speak of is actually a trellis that sits on top of the railroad ties that form her patio. This patio has been there since the property was built so it is not blocking any access to the parking spot. I also took a picture of the current parking situation - see attached. I measured 12 feet from her car to the sheds (where the future parking spots for 1020 Cooper are planned.) I want to make sure it is called out that this is still an outstanding issue for the proposed development at 1020 Cooper. At the last hearing, Amy said someone must be parking in the alley illegally and we now have confirmed that is not accurate. It will be physically impossible for someone to pull into / pull out of a 90 degree parking spot with less than 12 feet of distance to work with. This is the narrowest point in alley. Not sure what next steps are on this but this will be raised as an issue at the hearing on 2/10 Best, Baron On 2/5/21, 9:29 AM, "Kristi" <kristi@rof.net> wrote: Here is Kevins contact. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 5:26 PM To: Kristi <kristi@rof.net> Subject: RE: 1015 East Hyman Hi Kristi, I am the same Kevin on the zoom call last week. I am happy to help and get everyone on the same page regarding the neighboring parking space. You may have to zoom into the condo plat that I sent in order to read some of the text. I went ahead and highlighted the parking area memorialized in the condo plat so you can see it easier (see attachment above). The affordable units are memorialized in the supplemental condo plat attached above. The parking spot is included in this plat as well but it is much more faint and hard to see. The parking space is memorialized within the property boundary of 1015 E. Hyman. It appears a fence was constructed along the perimeter of the property at some point in the past, partially blocking full access to the spot. From what I can tell, the individual parking in this space may be partially encroaching into City right-of-way (see attached screenshot). Do you know if the fence located at the rear of 1015 E. Hyman was ever permitted? Thanks. To promote the health and safety of our staff and community and to minimize the spread of COVID-19, Community Development staff are conducting business by email and phone and are only available in person by appointment. Contact information for our entire staff and how best to get the services you need can be found on our website: cityofaspen.com/177/Community-Development. Thank you for your understanding. Kevin Rayes Community Development Department Planner 130 S. 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Further, the information or opinions contained in this email are advisory in nature only and are not binding on the City of Aspen. If applicable, the information and opinions contain in the email are based on current zoning, which is subject to change in the future, and upon factual representations that may or may not be accurate. The opinions and information contained herein do not create a legal or vested right or any claim of detrimental reliance. -----Original Message----- From: Kristi <kristi@rof.net> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 12:56 PM To: Kevin Rayes <kevin.rayes@cityofaspen.com> Subject: 1015 East Hyman Hi Kevin- I believe you were the Kevin on the Zoom call last week regarding the parking for the property across the Alley from 1015 East Hyman. (TS HORRIBLE!) On the Plat that you just sent, I didn't see the employee housing units... I am trying to find out if the parking spot that Julie (owner of an employee housing unit at 1015 East Hyman) is a deeded spot and or whose property is she parking on? She has had the same parking space since '91 and bought it being told this was her spot. If it is not hers than that is going to be one more person having to parking somewhere on the street if this structure is approved! It is sooooo tight as it is. Let me know what you find out! Thanks so much!! (You can see her small car parked there on the left hand side over the years) Kristi Gilliam .