HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.20160314Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 14, 2016
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CITIZEN COMMENTS ............................................................................................................................... 2
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS ............................................................................................................ 2
AGENDA DELETIONS AND ADDITIONS .............................................................................................. 3
BOARD REPORTS ...................................................................................................................................... 3
CONSENT CALENDAR ............................................................................................................................. 3
Resolution #4, Series of 2016 – Floral Contract Approval ................................................................... 5
Resolution #26, Series of 2016 – Coalition of Colorado Communities for Climate Action ................. 5
Resolution #24, Series of 2016 – Neale Avenue Improvements Phase II ............................................. 5
Resolution #25, Series of 2016 – Living Lab Experiment: Traffic Control ......................................... 5
Resolution #27, Series of 2016 – Living Lab Experiment: Temporary Concrete Trail Infill
Construction .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Resolution #30, Series of 2016 – Truscott Site Improvement Project CMa Services - Rider Levett
Bucknell Amendment #2 .............................................................................................................................. 5
Resolution #31, Series of 2016 – Galena Plaza Project CMa Services – Rider Levett Bucknell
Amendment #2 .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Resolution #29, Series of 2016 – Cozy Point Barn Renovation Hord Coplan Macht Design Contract 5
Kids First Advisory Board Appointment .............................................................................................. 5
Board Appointments ............................................................................................................................. 5
ACTION ITEMS - Resolution #28, Series of 2016 -730 E. Cooper Ave (Base 1) Application
Reinstatement ................................................................................................................................................ 5
ORDINANCE #6, SERIES OF 2016 – 730 E. Cooper Ave (Base 1) Ordinance Amendment .................... 8
ORDINANCE #7, SERIES OF 2016 – Temporary Moratorium on the acceptance of land use applications
in CC, C1, NC, SCI, MU-Emergency Ordinance ......................................................................................... 9
ORDINANCE #3, SERIES OF 2016 – Fee Ordinance Amendment – Park Fees ...................................... 10
ORDINANCE #1, SERIES OF 2016 -Hotel Jerome – Planned Development ........................................... 10
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At 5:00 pm Mayor Skadron called the regular meeting to order with Councilmembers Myrin, Daily,
Frisch and Mullins present.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
1. Lisa Markalunas presented a petition to extend the hours of the cross town shuttle. She is a daily
rider of shuttle and asked for the hours be extended from 9pm to 11pm. Most buses run until
midnight or 2am. It would increase ridership and allow riders to go to and event in town and
return from it. She would like council to consider the extended hours. It is a benefit of keeping
cars out of town.
2. Mike Maple commented on the Castle Creek Bridge and living lab. He is concerned with the
narrowing of Hallam Street and the impact to traffic. He is surprised with the low cost of
implementing the living lab. He is most concerned with the 10 foot narrowing of Hallam and the
turn onto Hallam from 7th Street. There are no dates in the memo/contract.
3. Pam Alexander said she is a huge supporter of mobility solutions. She is concerned we need to
implement policies to reduce vehicular traffic. She is asking council to defer further funding to
mount a wide spread communications program to reach all our residents and erect signs along the
bridge and Hallam to reduce vehicular traffic before altering the bridge. She asked for a simple
solutions to deal with bike traffic including signage.
4. LJ Erspamer submitted a petition from residents of Spruce Street regarding the parking situation
on his street since 2006. He said he supported Fox Crossing but asked for more parking. It took
7 out of 12 parking spaces. He said they didn’t want the sidewalk because it created conflict with
the neighborhood. 15 to 17 local workers live on the block. Head in parking is a benefit because
it is a dead end block. They are asking for a sidewalk deferred zone. 6 out of 11 homeowners
signed the petition and 10 renters.
Trish Aragon, engineering, stated as part of Fox Crossing they were going to install sidewalks.
They were not going to install the sidewalk until there is 100 percent neighborhood agreement.
The separate issue is the sidewalk deferred zone. This area is identified as an area that needs
sidewalk. Spruce Street is a critical pedestrian connection between Centennial and Smuggler. It
is not just a neighbor issue it is a community issue. We have identified this as an area that needs
sidewalk. Steve Barwick, city manager, said at some point we are going to need council guidance
as to what to do in this area.
5. Toni Kronberg gave handouts to council. She said she is starting a petition to keep an eatery in
the new city hall building. There was an article in the aspen times weekly regarding a solution to
the entrance to aspen. RFTA is eager to move forward. She is promoting the aerial connection
from Aspen to Snowmass. Two of the city’s top ten goals speak to getting cars off the road. She
asked council for a work session including Skico and RFTA for a preferred alternative including
the aerial connection to see what the preferred alternative is.
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
Councilwoman Mullins said Pam makes a good point where there is more than just painted bike lanes and
we should look in to it. As far as Toni’s comments, we are going to need to have a session on everyone’s
ideas in a big public forum.
Councilman Frisch gave a hats off to Wylie Maple in defending his US National downhill ski title
yesterday. As far as LJ is concerned I did not know we had a sidewalk deferred zone. Regarding the
living lab, I made a push for a longer duration of time to have it done. I’m excited it is going forward this
summer. More communication is always best and he is glad we are doing a test.
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Councilman Myrin said the entrance is something he has worked on for a number of years. He would like
to see it work.
Mayor Skadron said Aspen is competing in the Aspen Energy Challenge as part of the Georgetown
energy prize. It is a national energy efficiency competition with a 5 million dollar prize. Aspen is in
second place behind Huntsville Alabama. Go to aspenenergychallenge.org for more details. He gave
congrats to Wylie Maple for his ski success. Along with the Aspen institute we are reigniting the Aspen
community forum and are looking at 4 or 5 topics to discuss. The first will be the mobility topic. This
will start in April and will involve renowned speakers and select locals.
AGENDA DELETIONS AND ADDITIONS
Mr. Barwick stated Staff would like to delete the executive session.
Mr. Barwick also stated Staff would also like to add first reading of Ordinance #7, Series of 2016. An
ordinance of the City Council of the City of Aspen Colorado imposing a temporary moratorium on the
acceptance of any new land use applications seeking a development order in on the acceptance of certain
building permit applications for property located within the Commercial Core (CC), Commercial (C1),
Service Commercial Industrial (SCI), Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Mixed Use (MU) zone districts
of the City of Aspen and declaring and emergency. Mayor Skadron said Ordinance #7 will be added
under first readings. He handed out to Council a public notice for a special Council meeting for
tomorrow March 15th to begin at 5:00 pm for second reading of the ordinance.
BOARD REPORTS
Councilwoman Mullins attended the POD meeting where they focused on social media and how it can
help the nonprofit. Red Brick met and talked about summer programming and building improvements.
The Board of Health meets quarterly and talked about general updates to the public health, legislation and
budget impacts. There is a county health assessment being conducted by Keystone Policy Center. More
information is online or contact Councilwoman Mullins directly.
Mayor Skadron met with the Colorado Association of Ski Towns in Denver for the annual legislative
meeting. They are looking at alternative funding options to fix roads, highways and bridges. The leading
one is a sales tax. CML is looking at Airbnb and BRBO and the impacts to the local communities. They
also heard from CDOT about the next generation mobility technologies. Governor Hickenlooper gave a
state of the State. Mayor Skadron introduced the Compact of Colorado Mayors. The goal is to produce a
group of Colorado Mayors who are dedicated to fighting climate change in their respective communities
then drive policies at the state and federal level.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Resolution 26 – Coalition of Colorado communities for Climate Action
Councilman Myrin said if there are templates that the coalition members can work on to adopt codes to
eliminate natural gas lines to transition to a non-carbon future it would be helpful.
Resolution 23 – Concrete Replacement Project
Councilwoman Mullins said she wonders about the necessity of curb and gutter. Her preference is only
where it is absolutely necessary and to maintain the character of more rural streets where we can. She
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wants to revisit why it is being put in. Ms. Aragon said this is not new curb and gutter but replacing what
has deteriorated and not draining properly. Staff can relook at these areas to see if it is absolutely
necessary. Mayor Skadron said this is a significant policy discussion. He asked if Councilwoman
Mullins is suggesting the curb and gutter get removed. She said it should be a consideration if they are
not absolutely necessary. Ms. Aragon said most of the time it means removing parking to do that. Mr.
Barwick said we have some work sessions in the next few weeks we could schedule this. Councilman
Daily said he would like a mapping of what is proposed.
Resolution 23 will not be voted on tonight
Resolution 24 - Neale Ave Improvements
Councilwoman Mullins asked how much longer will we be working on this. Justin Forman, engineering,
said phase two will be from April till late July. The Procter open space will be late fall. Councilwoman
Mullins asked if they got good bids as opposed to the first phase. Mr. Forman replied correct.
Resolution 31 – Galena Plaza contract
Councilwoman Mullins asked why is this an add service and not in the original contract. Tim Thompson,
asset, said the original contract was set to complete in December and we need to complete landscaping
this June. The original contraction was set to expire in December.
Councilman Myrin said there are new trees adjacent to the court house squeezed between the plaza and
the courthouse. Is there a standard between city and county use. Mr. Thompson said the plans were
vetted by both the city and county. We can look at that if you feel it is too crowded. Jack Wheeler, asset,
said the plan was fully vetted by parks as well.
Board Appointments
Commercial Core and Lodging Commission: Kiki Raj, Bill Dinsmoor and Bill Guth
Board of Appeals and Examiners: Tim Reed
Next Generation Advisory Commission: Kimbo Brown Schirato
Open Space and Trails Board: Charlie Eckart
Wheeler Board of Directors: Christine Benedetti and Amy Mountjoy
Kids First Advisory Board: Matthew Zubroad
Mayor Skadron thank the members of the community for their commitment to the boards.
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Resolution #4, Series of 2016 – Floral Contract Approval
Resolution #26, Series of 2016 – Coalition of Colorado Communities for Climate Action
Resolution #24, Series of 2016 – Neale Avenue Improvements Phase II
Resolution #25, Series of 2016 – Living Lab Experiment: Traffic Control
Resolution #27, Series of 2016 – Living Lab Experiment: Temporary Concrete Trail Infill
Construction
Resolution #30, Series of 2016 – Truscott Site Improvement Project CMa Services - Rider Levett
Bucknell Amendment #2
Resolution #31, Series of 2016 – Galena Plaza Project CMa Services – Rider Levett Bucknell
Amendment #2
Resolution #29, Series of 2016 – Cozy Point Barn Renovation Hord Coplan Macht Design
Contract
Kids First Advisory Board Appointment
Board Appointments
Minutes – February 22, 2016
Councilwoman Mullins moved to adopt the consent calendar minus Resolution #23, Series of 2016;
seconded by Councilman Frisch. All in favor, Motion carried.
ACTION ITEMS - Resolution #28, Series of 2016 -730 E. Cooper Ave (Base 1) Application
Reinstatement
Jessica Garrow, community development, stated this request is to reinstate an application previously
known as Base 1 Lodge, now Base. This application received Council approval in February 2015 for
project review and planned development. Part of the requirements in that section of code is to file project
review documentation with the community development department within 180 days of final approval.
City Staff contacted the applicant when the deadline was becoming due and indicated they were missing
some paperwork and needed to file. The applicant’s representative filed a letter with the City stating they
recognize the deadline and need some additional time. Additional time was granted but no documentation
was received within the required timeframe. This particular code section stated if this documentation is
not provided the application is rendered null and void. This creates a situation where it is considered a
null and void application or an abandoned application. There is a section of code that was use once
related to an abandoned application when asked to be reinstated, section 26.304.080f. It states “An
abandoned application shall render all previously issued land use approvals which do not constitute a site
specific development plan void unless the community development director and we suggest City Council
determines that reinstatement of the application is in the best interest of the City”. Council is asked by the
applicant to make a finding that reinstatement is in the best interest of the city. This is simple and broad
language for Council to review. Staff did received two letters related to reinstatement for entry in to the
record. The first is from Patrick Sagal and one from Joe and Leslie Waters and Maurice Emmer.
Jody Edwards, representing 730 E Cooper LLC, along with Mark Hunt and Mitch Haas said Base Lodge
received approval on February 9, 2015 by unanimous action of Council. The original plan was for a small
lodge with 44 rooms, affordable by design. The purpose is to diversify the tourist base. Due to an
inadvertent human error the project approval is in jeopardy of being deemed invalid. The application that
was approved contained three variations; offsite parking, affordable housing and increased height to
accommodate bathrooms on the rooftop terrace. In order to make this decision easier for Council and to
fully harmonize the project with the current concerns with the community about variations from the code,
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we have submitted an amendment to the existing approval that has eliminated all three variations. The
error was simply an oversight that was a housekeeping error with serious out of balance consequences.
After project review approval is granted an applicant is to file with community development an approved
plan set. It is to make sure there is one set of documents that everyone can look at to avoid confusion.
This would have duplicated what was already in the city file. The penalty for missing the deadline is
extremely punitive. If you miss filing a deadline the applicant, staff, P&Z and council’s hard work
suddenly evaporates. In our case the applicant was focusing on the detail review. There was never any
attempt to abandon the project. We have taken the opportunity to make it an even better application. We
have removed all variations previously granted. Now height, employee generation and parking comply
with the zoning. To get rid of the variations we made a few minor changes but it is still the same
relatively affordable by design lodge. There are 40 rooms now, on average 203 square feet. The code
allows you to reinstate a project if it is in the best interest of the city. Fortunately for us the best interest
of the city is easy to determine. Thought the AACP it is to expand our lodging base with a diverse one
and to create opportunities to come here for those who could not otherwise afford our existing lodges.
Specifically, replenish our lodging inventory to encourage a diverse visitor base and a balanced inventory
with diverse price points. The community has told us it is in the best interest of the community for
diverse price points. The way to do that is to design it to be small. It is clear this project satisfies the one
standard for reinstatement. It is right, fair and equitable. We don’t try to trick someone or take away
rights based on a technicality. Everyone knows what was approved. It is even better than what was
previously approved. We request you approve Resolution 28 tonight. In light of Ordinance 7, we want to
make sure it does not affect what happens tonight.
Mr. Haas said he has been processing dozens of PDs for 15 years and this is the first time he has missed a
deadline on anything. This deadline did not exist in the code for the other ones. We never intended to
withdraw our application. We have been working diligently on our final application.
Mr. Hunt asked to please reinstate it. He said he is embarrassed and disappointed we are here. We are
proud of this and want to bring it to the community. It is human error and people make mistakes. He
hopes we get the opportunity to build it.
Councilman Myrin said he was not part of the 5 to 0 unanimous decision for this. He worked really hard
to encourage parking for this site and appreciates it is in here now. He supports doing what is fair and
equitable. He needs to know the next steps to ensure there is parking. Ms. Garrow said it is contingent
on no variations on the amended application. Any specific conditions on parking or other aspects you
could do so on the project amendment you would be hearing. This would move immediately to first
reading. Councilman Daily asked if they can move forward this evening with the suggest amendments.
Ms. Garrow said the amended application removes the variations. The resolution is conditioned.
Councilman Myrin said in the process we could reinstate and still end up with no parking or it is there
because the applicant is there. Ms. Garrow said the applicant has requested to amend the application to
have all the parking onsite. Councilman Myrin said we want to do the fair and right thing. I think the
code is reasonable and fair and Staff went beyond the responsibility to provide notice to the applicant.
This is beyond the expiration of the expiration. I think it is appropriate to refer to Council tonight. He is
supportive of this and will continue lobbying for the parking.
Councilman Frisch said he thinks the code and the crime and punishment does not need to be changed.
On race day you set three alarms and if you miss the alarms you miss the race. He hopes this gets fixed
tonight. He is supportive of reinstatement tonight. He applauds the applicant for coming back with a
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variance free application tonight. He still thinks the community would want to see a diversification of
lodging. An honest mistake was made and to send it back would be punitive to the community.
Councilwoman Mullins said the AACP is dictating this type of project. The current sentiment is to
implement the land use code as it is written. The code has set out a series of milestones that has to be
met. That is the way it is written and we need to proceed with applications until we change the code. To
reinstate it needs to be in the best interest of the city and I personally feel it is but the vote we had with
Base 2, clearly the majority of people did not feel it was in the best interest of the city. In terms of the
changes proposed I feel like it is wheeling and dealing. I don’t feel confident it is well thought out and
cohesive. At this point, based on the first criteria, I think it was shown in the Base 2 ballot and in terms
of ignoring the land use code I don’t think it was the right decision.
Councilman Daily said he appreciates the approach the applicant is taking. It is a rational response to a
difficult situation. Initially he supported and continues to support the project. He would like more
information on the affordability issue. Will it really be affordable. Will there be the ability to combine
the units at some future date. He needs a comfort level that the units will remain the size they are
approved today. They are changing the physical characteristics of the project to a degree and he needs a
better understanding of the garage and valet and how it will work for the neighborhood. He said he is
supportive of the project.
Mayor Skadron opened the public comment.
1. Ward Howenstein said he appreciates Ann’s concerns about the Base 2 election results. He said
he hasn’t had a chance to go through the whole packet. The project seems to be conforming to
what the AACP wants. Because of a missed deadline the application comes back with no
variances. Everything that was objectionable was answered. It seems like Christmas in March.
He does not see what there is about the application as presented here tonight is objectionable.
2. Phyllis Bronson said it is a great project and the first one she liked in years a year ago. She
recalled the added height on the roof was for the bathrooms and the staff wanted to make it more
usable. It is exactly what the AACP is looking for. She thinks the fact the community did not
accept Base 2 should be irrelevant because it was a sad day for Aspen and this should be
reinstated.
Mayor Skadron closed the public comment.
Mayor Skadron said Councilwoman Mullins comments were a good one and he understands where she is
coming from. It is a mistake at times to generalize the community’s objection to Base 2. Ballot question
results are literal. People’s philosophy about growth are more varied. Some of the objection was they
wanted to save the gas station. It became such a complicated issue that the community objected to it for
such a number of reasons not just no to a hotel. He asked Councilman Daily if he wanted a condition
around price. Councilman Daily replied no, the market will sufficiently weigh in on that. He is
comfortable they will be sufficiently small. He does not want to see the number of units go from 40 to
20. Ms. Garrow said if the application is reinstated there could be a condition that changing the unit
configuration would trigger additional land use reviews. Councilman Daily said that would be
appropriate. Mayor Skadron said this is a discretionary action on Councils part and a crushing antidote
for a clerical mistake to not reinstate this. He said he will support the reinstatement.
Councilman Frisch said he is glad Ward backed up what he thought as to why people voted against Base
2. When it first came back the variances were still there. The fact it is variance free and there is the
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appropriate process to reinstate for a very rare error. He looks forward to a deeper conversation on the
iron clad stuff we want to see at first reading.
Councilman Frisch moved to adopt Resolution #28, Series of 2016; seconded by Councilman Daily.
Councilwoman Mullins said she supported both projects and supports this one. She said she will take to
heart what everyone said about the vote. If Council thinks this is in the best interest of the community she
will support this with the conditions. Councilman Myrin asked if this was submitted today it would meet
everything under current code and sail through. Ms. Garrow replied it would be a new application that
would go to P&Z for a recommendation and final approval by City Council. Councilman Myrin said to
me the best interest in the community and the city is not to repeat unnecessary steps of what we have
done. Reinstatement seems like the right step.
All in favor, motion carried.
ORDINANCE #6, SERIES OF 2016 – 730 E. Cooper Ave (Base 1) Ordinance Amendment
Jennifer Phelan, community development, told the Council this will amend Ordinance 2, Series of 2015 to
remove any variations that were granted in the original ordinance. The ordinance was granted through
planned development and commercial design review. It granted approval for 44 lodge bedrooms,
accessory lodge use in the basement, commercial uses on the ground floor and a rooftop bar. Included in
the approval were three variations from the underlying zone district including extra height for rooftop
bathrooms. Another allowance was to provide 15 offsite parking spaces. This proposal would remove
any reference to offsite parking and propose an additional subgrade level with 24 spaces via valet through
an elevator off the alley. The final variation to remove is the grant of the employee generation rate. The
commercial lodge rate is .6 FTEs but the applicant requested the lodge rate of .3. This ordinance makes
the three changes as well as reduction in the number of lodge units from 44 to 40 units. Due to the garage
elevator the commercial space is smaller as well. Overall the project meets the underlying zoning. The
employee generation rate is updated, the removal of off street parking is deleted and parking has been
updated to reflect the onsite requirement
Dwayne Romero, development consultant to the applicant, said they are sensitive to the dialogue to the
reinstatement particularly the onsite parking and the prohibition of the combination of units. The
application is 100 percent compliant with the underlying lodge zone district.
Councilman Frisch said he wants it to be iron clad there will be no combining of rooms. The code says
23 parking they will do 24. He wants to make sure parking will not come up for sale and be used only for
lodging. He said some lodges can obtain parking passes and does not want that impacting the
neighborhood. He wants to make sure all the parking stays in the garage and off the street.
Councilman Myrin said the garage door will impact the neighbors and wants to make sure the impacts are
limited.
Councilman Daily stated for second reading he would like the potential impacts of the parking on the
alley and neighborhood. How does the parking commitment work. Ms. Phelan said it is the requirement
for the site. It is the mix of both the commercial and lodging.
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Councilman Frisch moved to read Ordinance #6, Series of 2016; seconded by Councilman Daily. All in
favor, motion carried.
ORDINANCE NO.6
(SERIES OF 2016)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 2 (SERIES OF
2015) WHICH GRANTED CONCEPTUAL COMMERCIAL DESIGN REVIEW APPROVAL,
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT – PROJECT REVIEW APPROVAL, AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT
APPROVALS, FOR A SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BASE LODGE LOCATED ON
PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 730 EAST COOPER STREET CITY OF ASPEN, PITKIN
COUNTY, COLORADO.
Councilman Myrin said garage access for the Benedict Commons is off the street rather than the alley.
He asked why they is different than everything else in town.
Councilman Frisch moved to adopt Ordinance #6, Series of 2016 on first reading; seconded by
Councilwoman Mullins. Roll call vote. Councilmembers Daily, yes; Myrin, yes; Frisch, yes; Mullins,
yes; Mayor Skadron, yes. Motion carried.
ORDINANCE #7, SERIES OF 2016 – Temporary Moratorium on the acceptance of land use
applications in CC, C1, NC, SCI, MU-Emergency Ordinance
Ms. Garrow stated this emergency ordinance would approve a moratorium for one year for commercial
zone districts including the commercial core, commercial, neighborhood commercial and the service
commercial industrial. It does not include residential or lodging zones. Staff had a work session with
Council on February 29th related to the sterilization related to free market residential bleeding into other
zones particularly the mixed use zone. Council expressed concerns related to heights, floor area design
standards and public amenity standards. The moratorium would apply to any new land use applications
as well as to building permits that would increase height, floor area, net livable area or net leasable area in
only those zone districts. There are some exceptions including if mechanical or energy efficiency
equipment is replaced or added to a building. Also included are 100 percent affordable housing projects.
The moratorium would not impact anything currently in the pipeline including anything in or deemed
complete or applied for by 5:00 pm tomorrow. Also not impacted are land use approvals that have not
received building permits or and in the approval process. This would also not impact interior remodels in
residential or commercial units in these zones. Where it would get triggered is if there is an increase in
the net livable in those spaces.
Councilman Frisch asked about Lift 1A. Ms. Garrow replied it is in the lodge zone so it is not applicable.
Jim True, city attorney, said Staff is proposing this as an emergency ordinance with second reading set for
tomorrow. We have notified and posted notice of a special meeting that will commence at 5pm. It is
done pursuant to section 4.11 of the charter. It requires a unanimous vote or at least a vote of four
Councilmembers.
Councilman Frisch said a lot of us have talked about the number one issue facing Aspen is matching the
land use code with the AACP. It requires a community wide discussion and forthright and open dialogue.
We are left with two choices to start having those dialogues without these actions. He said he does not
see having those discussions without setting ourselves back five years. The applications that are already
in the process are looking at 2021.
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Mayor Skadron said we are examining our land use code and attempting to align the code with the vision
in the AACP. The emergency aspect is to prevent a rush of applications based on the code as it exists.
Until the code is revised the moratorium allows us to require new applications to comply with the code.
Councilman Frisch moved to read Ordinance #7, Series of 2016; seconded by Councilwoman Mullins.
All in favor, motion carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 7
(SERIES OF 2016)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, IMPOSING A
TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF ANY NEW LAND USE APPLICATION
SEEKING A DEVELOPMENT ORDER AND ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN BUILDING
PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL CORE (CC),
COMMERCIAL (C-1), SERVICE /COMMERCIAL/ INDUSTRIAL (S/C/I), NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMERCIAL (NC), MIXED USE (MU) ZONE DISTRICTS OF THE CITY OF ASPEN; AND,
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Councilman Frisch moved to adopt Ordinance #7 on first reading; seconded by Councilman Daily. Roll
call vote. Councilmembers Myrin, yes; Daily, yes; Frisch, yes; Mullins, yes; Mayor Skadron, yes.
Motion carried.
ORDINANCE #3, SERIES OF 2016 – Fee Ordinance Amendment – Park Fees
Jeff Alden, parks, told the Council there was a clerical error that rounded the fee to zero that has been
corrected back to three cents.
Mayor Skadron opened the public comment. There was none. Mayor Skadron closed the public
comment.
Councilwoman Mullins moved to adopt Ordinance #3, Series of 2016; seconded by Councilman Daily.
Roll call vote. Councilmembers Frisch, yes; Myrin, yes; Mullins, yes; Daily, yes; Mayor Skadron, yes.
Motion carried.
ORDINANCE #1, SERIES OF 2016 -Hotel Jerome – Planned Development
Councilman Myrin recused himself. Councilman Frisch moved to continue to May 9, 2016; seconded by
Councilman Daily. All in favor, motion carried.
Councilman Frisch moved to adjourn at 8:07 p.m.; seconded by Councilwoman Mullins. All in favor,
motion carried.
Linda Manning, City Clerk