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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.ag.05181994 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MAY 18, 1994 SISTER CITY MEETING ROOM 8:30 I. Roll Call II, Site visit compactor in Brand alley then question/answers at city hall 2nd floor regarding the corn pactor 9:30 III. Wine Classic ~¢~'~ ~ ,-~ .... 10:00 IV. Paragon mall lease 10:15 V. -::lViall-'Perfo~meFs- I~amt~let ~ ~,. ~ 10:30 VI Adjourn ~" ' - PENDING ISSUES Sound control-service vehicles alleys trash removal delivery trucks Special Event performers on mall guidelines - pamphlet to coincide with SEP April t, 1993 - Newsrack meeting placement discussion Street signs Amplified music on the mall Mall ~ performers on mall (permit) etc. (sign up sheet) (rotating areas, prohibiting) (reserved MAA space) . Street lights - energy efficient Mall lighting carriages-vending agreement Business Licenses Notices-January newpaper ad, Pick up trash; street/sidewalk cleaning; Help PM10 standards~ snow ice removal; plastic bag trash PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS Delivery Trucks on mall - none completed 1993 Swamp cooler Main Street Music Newsracks 5 streetlights on Durant Inter-relationship of Engineering, CCLC, Planning and HPC. worksession scheduled, slide shows and CCLC reviewing encroachments, planter designs. Phone pedastal at Elli's Bolt in front of Collins BlOck Special Event Guidelines Bylaws YEARLY ISSUES Snow removal - (ad in paper) Mall lease notice-Kathy (March) send out contact adjacent property owners Art display - budget issue PUBLIC MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE AND LODGING COMMISSION ALLEY CLEANUP COMPACTOR PILOT PROJECT MAY 18, 1994 8:30 A.M. SITE VISIT N. W. CORNER BRAND BLDG. ALLEY QUESTION & ANSWERS TO FOLLOW 9:00 A.M. CITY HALL 2ND FLOOR ISSUES: ENCROACHMENTS DELIVERY VEHICLE CIRCULATION EMERGENCY VEHICLES CENTRALIZED TRASH NOISE ELIMINATION THREE FREE MONTHS TRIAL HELP US CLEAN UP ASPEN'S ENVIRONMENT APPLICATION FOR PARKS USE PERMIT SPECIAl. EVENT PERMIT LOCATION OF EVENT: ~.,,.~,,,~. ~ ._ _ ~ . PLEASE A~ACH: 1. ~P OF E~NT DETAILING A~ STRUCTURES, STREET CLOSURES 2. A~ACH SCHEDULE OF E~NTS 3. Other Necessa~ Pemits ~e of actMty (parade, assembly, sporting event, etc.) Address: ~5 t~jo ~ra~c]~. Phone: 3o~ ~' 3. Name of Person Responsible for Event:~m Address:~Me. d~ ~b6~ Phone: 4. DateofEvent:&'/O'qq -- ~'/~- Sta~ing Time: ~ ~ ~ -~ Ending Time: ~ oo ~. ~. 5. Crowd Expected: 6. Do y~ plan ro e~ect tempora~ structure(s)? If so, describe size, pu~osei ~heduled, 7. Will there be amplified sound, music, pr fireworks, etc? ~fl X~NL~ ~ ..If the answer is ~S, a noise variance ~s required from the Environmental Health Depa~ment; please attach 8. Will any food or merchandise be sold? ~$ It the answer is ~S, a meeting with the Special Event Committee is necessa~. Continue to Page 2 CONDITIONS: 1. Crowd must be orderly. 2. Area must be cleaned at completion of activity. 3. Vehicles must stay off grass and walkways 4. Sale or dispensing of beer, wine or alcoholic beverages is prohibited without a special event permit liquor license. Incorporated, non-profit organizations may apply for these through the City Clerk's office 920-5061. 5. No person shall use ally public park for business purposes and no business of any kind shall be carried on except with the necessary permits and licenses and as reviewed by the Special Event Coordinator. 6. I understand that damages to park facilities and property or not abiding by these above conditions is cause for cancellation or withdrawals of this permit. APPLICANT: APPROVED BY: This completed form must be filed with the City Clerk's Office not more than ninety (90) days nor less than thirty (30) days prior to the event date. Please supply the following information as it relates to your planned event. You need only answer those questions which pertain to your event. 1. If event involves movement (e.g. parade, foot race, etc.) describe route including start and dispersal location and attach map. -- 2. Will you require street closures? ~/~ ~; If yes, please include dates and times: Street/[,lerlarcD from /-')t~/a~,Cto '.l-/y~ar'l date Street from to date 3. Do you need any cones or barricades? c/~.~ (A deposit of $5.00 per cone and $20.00 per barricade is required) Number of cones Number of barricades .. / 4. Will you need any streets cleaned? /9/0 Street .. from ....... to 4. · ...... date Street from to date For numbers 2, 3, and 4 please make direct contact with the Streets Department (920- 5130) at least two weeks prior to your event. You will be charged for all requested labor, materials and equipment. 5. Will law enforcement services be required? L/eS For what purpose (security, traffic control, pa,rking control? Dates and times officers are neede~l ~.'00 a ,m. - 6.'OO/~_. Law enforcement services will be charged out at $50.00 per hour. The Chief of Police. reserves the right to place officers and staff events as deemed necessary in tile best interest of public safety. 6. Will alcoholic beverages be sold and/or dispensed at your event? State of Colorado special event liquor license permit must be applied for with the City Clerk's office. This permit process takes 30 days and is ONLY issued to incorporated non-profit organizations, 7. If merchandise or food will be sold at the event, a vending agreement must be entered into; business license and sales tax license must be applied for. For food service, a Temporary Food Service Survey Form must be completed and returned to the Environmental Health Department. 8. If you plan on having fireworks, a permit and approval must be received from the Fire Marshal. 9. If you require electricity, what is the source of your electric power? ~/ i r~-~a~$ ~orHI4~(- - C{- ~/~, ¢-j-F /~. 10. How many volunteer/security persons will be provided by applicant? ._~ 11. If you will be renting portable toile,~, where will they be located? 12. Describe types of trash/recycle containers to be used,J~/)~-r?~J-~'Y',. Trash/recycle Containers and portable toilets must be removed within 24 hours of event. 13. N_~ame, ad,dress and telephone ~umber of person respo_,nsible, for clean up: I Site of event will be inspected with 24 hours of event. Any clean up that is done by the city will be charged to your organization at the rats. of /hour. ~4. L_ist any special needs required that have not been covered. I ceni¢ that I am an authorized representative of~t, Po~2/d/lgU~ave the Power to execute this application, on have of the above-named organization. MI of the above statements are tree to the best of my knowledge, info~ation and belief. Signature of applicant Title Print Name Addre~ ALL APPLICABLE PERMITS MUST BE POSTED OR PRODUCED UPON REQUEST May 11, 1994 To: Users of the Alley Nalional From: Robert Gish, Aspen Publics Director and Public The American Public Works Association Works Week Alley: Between Hopkins/Hyman - Galena/Mill May 15-21 1994 To celebrate National Public Works Week May 15 thru 21, 1994, the alley between Hopkins - Hyman and Galena and Mill has been chosen to be cleaned up. I am asking support from building owners, shop owners, utilities, trash haulers and the City of Aspen to get in the alley and make a difference! Lets all clean up our own portion of the alley, replace damaged pedestals, route utilities, pick up, wash up, repair broken items, paint and in general make the alley look and function better. What can be done with the ash dumpster? Does anyone use it? Who does it belong to? Can all the restaurant owners get together and keep the grease dumpsters clean and in better location? This is a challenge to you all to take control of the situation! Lets make Aspen a better place to work, live, and improve the appearance. Please do your part. The City of Aspen will: A) Call Streets Department to haul off your trash (except household or business generated trash hauled by BFI or Pack'M). This is the bricks, pipe, conduct, lumber and items laying around. Call Jack Reid at 920-5130 and he has scheduled Wednesday, May 18, 1994 as the pick up day. Just help us load 'the trash and we will haul it off. American Public Works Association 106 west llth Street, Suite 1800 · Kansas City, MO · 64105-I806 Page 2 B) Patch and repair the pavement in the alley after the alley has been cleaned. The Streets Department will also try to improve the drainage. C) The Electric Department will help you clean meters, review the condition Of your fuse and breaker boxes. Call Bill Earley at 920-5148 and he will send his field crew to assist you with your needs. Bill has scheduled Wednesday, May 18, 1994 as the day to assist you. D) The Water Department is on call on Wednesday, May 18, 1994 to assist you with water questions. Please call Phil. Overeynder at 920-5110 and his ready to assist you with your needs. E) The Engineering Department is also on call for Wednesday, May 18, 1994 to assist you with questions on encroachments and right-of-way. Call Cris Caruso at 920-5080 or Chuck Roth at 920-5088 for your needs. I pledge to you that the City of Aspen will do its part in this effort. How about you? cc: Holy Cross Electric TCI Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Bill Earley, Aspen Electric Superintendent Jack Reid, Aspen Street Superintendent Phil Overeynder, Aspen Water Director Cris Caruso, Aspen City Engineer Chuck Roth, Aspen Engineering Department Tom Dunlop, Aspen Environmental Health Tom Stephenson, Aspen Chief of Police Ed Van Walraven, Aspen Fire Marshall All Property Owners on the Block All Business Owners on the Block BFI Pack'M coMMERCIAL CORE AND LODGING COMMISSION SUPER BLOCK DEVELOPMENT AKA INDEPENDENCE PLACE The following is an overlay of two seminar sessions totalling 12 hours held to analysis the Super Block Project, or as it has now been named by its developers, Independence Place. Two members of the Commercial Core and Lodging Commission attended this seminar along with invited citizens, commercial core business people, two Council Me,rs, two members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Manager, Staff, and the Mayor. The following is only how it was perceived from attending as a representative of the CCLC and is taken from notes taken from discussions during the meetings and from fact sheets distributed by staff. The project as originally proposed would contain the development of the present city Market site, the Buckhorn Lodge site, and the Bell Mountain Lodge. It would span Cooper Street between these properties and turn Cooper Street into a pedestrian mall. It would provide three levels of underground parking providing 557 pa~king stalls as well as approximately 92,000 sf of mixed use area. The use for this area would include a three story commercial and residential building on the south west Corner. The project would contain 53 employee housing units. There would be a mixed use of CC and NC zoned space. The estimated break even rent for the C~ space would be $67.00 p/s and $30.00 p/s for the NC space. A more complete description of the project has been distributed previously to ccLC Members. The meeting opened with general remarks from anyone who wished to speak as to their reaction and concerns. The citizens in attendance were quite vocal in voicing there opposition to the project. The following are excerpts from the remarks that generally describe their mood: "why an intercept lot (part of the project is that the City participate in the cost of building the parking structure and thus satisfy one of its' goals to have an intercept lot on the east end of town) on the east end of town to intercept Gars coming down from independence PaSs when the pass is closed 8 or 9 months of the year".. "what will happen to the Rio Grande Garage if the Tieback Intercept Lot is built? Will it be empty?" page 2, Super Block "too much congestion with additional employee housing when combined with the development of the Kraut Property" "if you eliminate parking on the streets in place of the additional ground stalls that would be generated (city has stated they would only be willing to participate in building the parking with the understanding that an equal number of stalls would be ~aken from existing on street parking) when many businesses in the Commercial Core require having parking near their door" "Southwest Building of the project is all new growth and would overload the site" "SPA process allows too much flexibility and would eventually sap the market from other businesses" "Aspen has long been known for its great shopping in small locally owned stores as one wanders through a town with a homespun quality of small shops - a place where you find things that you would not find anywhere else. This project with it escalators, elevators and big city mall atmosphere does not fit" These comments all came from local citizens and none came from any of the politicos or staff present. There was an overwhelming voice from the citizens present that local businesses need to be protected from the K-Mart approach to development. Parking: In the event the parking garage is to be developed it is the thinking of the City Council Members that the City should participate in that the construction process would open the ground for the developer thus allowing the City to take advantage of the opening and develop stalls of its own. The cost of these stalls would be approximately $25,000 per stall with the City paying for one floor, or approximately $2,500,000. This contrasts with a quote given to one of the lodge owners of $11,000 per stall if he were to build his own one sub level parking structure. Ideas were discussed on how the City would pay for such a development which included Revenue Bonds, selling the stalls to locals at a cost of $35,000 a stall, or to lease the stalls to employees occupying the affordable housing units in the project. There was also the idea that the Ski Company would participate with a financial donation. Should the City decide not to participate in the parking structure, this would require the developers to build their own parking as required by zoning, which could be costly in the case of City Market. page 3, Super Block The existing requirements for development of the property, should each owner development on their own, provide for 7,000 square feet of parking in 114 stalls. The proposed development would have 33,000 square feet of parking providing 557 stalls. Size of City Market: Executives of city Market spoke during the second session and related that they did not feel the people of Aspen were being well served by the existing city Market. They stated that 50% of the people in Aspen go down valley to either safeway or City Market in Glenwood. They did confirm that they plan a 50,000 square foot market in E1 Jebel. They asserted that a larger City Market in Aspen would cut traffic congestion on Highway 82 and keep the shoppers in Aspen. Under the Super Block development City Market would go from its existing 15,000 square feet to approximately 25,500 square feet, most of which would be sublevel. The increase of approximately 10,000 square feet would be in expanded departments with nearly 50% or 4500 square feet being above grade to house a bakery and deli on the mall level. It was the opinion of the current Manager of City Market that the people of Aspen are not currently being properly served by the existing deli's and bakerys in Aspen. Should the Super Block project not go forward, City Market has existing FAR zoning to build or expand its existing facility to 27,500 square feet. Whether this would be done was not commented on by the Management of City Market. Reaction of the citizens present was that they should either leave City Market alone (it currently is reported to be the highest grossing City Market in its chain per square foot) or let them develop their Market on their own and forget Super Block. While City Market attempted to downplay the clear objections to the K-Mart effect that they have introduced in all of their other large market sites by selling many other services other than groceries, most of the citizens group seemed unwilling to accept their arguments. However, at leaSt one of the City Council members seemed to be very supportive of that method of merchandising in that it was her opinion that it would reduce oost and increase convenience, as opposed to having to buy from individual locally owned stores. Bell Mountain Lodge and Buckhorn Lodge: These two projects have the zoning to perform a small amount of expansion and completely remodel their existing property. Any addition would require the addition of employee housing units. Their participation in the project is contingent on the entire project being built thus satisfying their employee housing and parking requirements. This would give them more net rentable by not having to use their FAR for Employee Housing. page 4, Super Block The Fleisher Company was commissioned as a consultant to analyze the developers projections of rents and the feasibility from the Cities viewpoint. While their report would generally be characterized as in favor of the Super Block project, their concerns seemed more adequately stated in a follow~up letter to Leslie Lamont, Senior Planner for the project, and Amie Margerum, written after the first 8 hour session. In his letter Don Fleisher made the following comments: "I am confident that a majority of the residents and to~rist~ would agree that whatever parking is required for this nelghborhood would be mOre desirable located underground rather than as exists on the surface." "I don't know any resident who does not support development of employee housing, particularly located downtown rather than down valley" "Very few people that I have spoken to support a 26,000 sf supermarket. Some at the April 15th work session recommended a need for a small supermarket located west of town. To me, that makes a lot of sense compared with compelling residents located west and in SnoWmass to drive all the way to the current City Market location. In addition, a single jumbo market precludes the opportunity for a third competitor. It encourages a monopoly like affect, which is not in the consumers best interest." "The City should contract to purchase parking spaces from the (developers) rather than take the responsibility of developing them." "There is little support from the business community for expanded CC uses in the project. I recommend that the CC uses be substantially restricted." "Whereas it is true that there are an abundance of homeowners, permanent and second who can afford to, and probably would, purchase a parking space for as much as $35,000, a potential profit to the City, the proposed underground parking spaces have nothing to do with those people. They (the parking stalls) are proposed for i) owners/tenants of affordable housing units in the project, ii) for customers of commercial spaces in the project, iii) for customers for lodging units customarily parking in the vicinity for the Gondola and, iv) consumers who heretofore park on Cooper Street between Spring and Original.i..- page 5, Super Block There were written comments from various other concerned citizens who attended the sessions with most expressing concern about the size of City Market, the size of the project in general, and with all stating that the town's people should come first. A common statement echoed by this group was" lets not build a church just for Easter Sunday" (referring to the size of the parking structure to be used as an intercept lot and the size of City Market). The Council Members present, Planning and Zoning, and the Mayor were all asked to give their conclusions at the end of the last session. The common thread that ran through all of their comments was that the project needs to be scaled down in size and that maybe the City has expected too much from the project. Too many parking stalls, and too many employee units; and that the City had not been acting as a partner with the developers as originally intended. It was decided to have the developers take the concerns of all present and go back to the drawing board for a new soaled down design. This will obviously take time and thus the issue of using the Kraut Property was raised in that this property was being considered to house a t~mporary City Market store while Super Block would be under construction. The Kraut Property is currently ready for construction of the intended employee housing units for whichthe property was purchased. Many of the citizens in the group did not feel it fair to delay the progress of the employee units to accommodate a private developer, or a single business. This problem was not resolved, however, from the comments it would appear that the Mayor and Council would consider such a delay. Most of the citizens who chose to express an opinion were in favor of having each individual property owner involved in the project develop their individual properties on their own under existing zoning and building regulations and forget Super Block. In conclusion, it would seem that CCLC should revisit this matter and go on reoord with its recommendation. It is of vital concern to every single person living or working within the Commercial Core. While this project is right on the edge of the Commercial Core, should it be developed, it most certainly would expand the CCLC boundaries of responsibilities to include the Super Block. It is plain that the citizens in attendance were not in favor of the project just as it was plain that it would have a very negative impact on many existing business within the Commercial Core. The CCLC has a clear responsibility to take a stand that would best represent th~se We represent. Prepared by: Jack Stanford, Member CCLC