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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.ag.08211996 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING SISTER CITY ROOM - CITY HALL AUGUST 21, 1996 8:30 I. Roll Call and approval of minutes. Public Comments II. DEPP presentation - Tim Maloy 9:00 III. Lonnie and Barbara compactor update Schedule delivery truck public hearing. 9:15 IV. Commissioner Comments 9:30 V. Adjourn Pending: 8-7-96 - Red Onion alley - trash, compactor too small etc: - Board to site visit for cardboard recycling. 7-29-96 - Ducky Derby - selling ofT-shirts inappropriate although not effecting business. Duck out too long. Heavily propositioned. Delivery truck issues Permanent kiosk (8-7-96 budget issue) bikes around town budget item- Public Relations Program - Katie Marshall 923-0473 Street Performers - ordinance 8-07-96 -Aspen Manor extension of sidewalk - memo from Chief Deputy Clerk sent to City Manager - SIDEWALK WILL BE COMPLETED THIS FALL 1996. Promote parking garage Extension of paid parking - for the Sept. 4th mtg. supplemental budget parking Staff is compiling info for meeting. 07-17-96 Art project - businesses be represented in the selection and placement decision. 08-07-96 - Widening and upgrading Grill/Wagner Park pathway budget ~1997. Goes to Ped Committee and Stan Clauson and then approved by the AMP Committee and if approved will be handled by the Eng. Dept. CCLC members need to attend the AMP meeting. NOTE: 1st amendment rights - OK for petition but not on table in mall. Next year 1997 - Ute Mountaineer - review commercialization Hard Rock Cafe - precedent setting table in front of bldg. Pomeroy sports - van with bikes. TASK FORCE - LOCAL BUSINESS IDEAS Commercial taxes on owner and forwarded to tenant. When tax notice is sent possibly send notice that tenant can protest. When taxes assessed use of income cap. Rates or multiplier of income to balance. Control of local licensing. Deed restrictions on commercial. Local taxation. Lease to locally incorporated businesses. Rezone areas per block. Goal: 1) Improve the downtown core as a place which inspires and ~ accommodates a wide variety of activities and events year round ~ including arts, music, performing arts, recreation and shopping. Tasks: a) Analyze current and past special events and activities for appropriateness of use and identify any use patterns, conflicts, and/or opportunities that those events create. b) Analyze use patterns in the downtown area to determine which areas are used or underutilized for the arts, music, performing arts, recreation, shopping, dining, and relaxing. c) Determine scope of projects and time frame that the City of Aspen already has planned for the downtown area and make recommendations regarding changing the City's priorities. d) Obtain input from various user groups (via a survey or other methods), including individuals (locals and visitors), businesses and organizations to determine if their needs are currently being met in the downtown area. Ask valley residents who no longer use the downtown area what would bring them back. The survey should include questions designed to determine what commercial uses may be missing or in excess in the downtown area. e) Identify and develop criteria for judging quality of performance spaces or exhibition space in the downtown area, especially in relation to existing regulations regarding outdoor performances. f) Prepare analysis of different types of outdoor markets in different cities, including operations, products, scheduling, etc. For example, what tends to work best in mountain resorts. g) Develop recommendations regarding needed public facilities such as restrooms, phones, etc. h) Identify potential locations for "child centered" activities. i) Identify places in the downtown core that are currently creating a negative experience and rank them by considering how easily they can be rectified. For example, if there is an area where ice consistently forms on a sidewalk due to improper shading, suggest how that can be changed. Goal: 2) Provide the physical environment for establishments and activity centers that can serve as community gathering places (heart and soul of the community) in the downtown core. Tasks: a) Compile a vocabulary and examples of places and elements within places that create or help to establish "heart and soul" in a downtown environment and those elements that detract from the environment/ For example, identify such places as "children's spaces," "quiet places," or "employees living above shops" and show pictures of these types of places in other downtown areas. Do the same for areas that would be considered as having a negative influence on a downtown environment (we often say we don't want to be like Vail. What do we mean by that?). b) Develop a list and images of specific locales in the doWntown core that could be improved to promote "heart and soul." c) Obtain input from other cities through a questionnaire or other methods regarding examples of"heart and soul." These examples can be in narrative form, photographs or other graphics. Goal: 3) Take greater advantage of opportunities to utilize alleys and pocket park spaces for pedestrian circulation, social interaction and commercial activity. Tasks: a) Review existing City of Aspen Codes regarding allowed uses in alleyways and make recommendations 'for potential amendments. b) Development an inventory of alleys and other locations for pocket parks with the strongest potential for activities and improvements. Consider both public and private spaces. c) Make recommendations regarding how alleys can be made pedestrian friendly, clean and safe. Goal: 4) Preserve and enhance the downtown Core as a physically attractive place. a) Analyze current streetscape/landscape, in the downtown area to determine strengths and weaknesses: b) Make recommendations regarding improvements, both aesthetically and functionally, to the streetscape/landscape in the doWntown area including width of sidewalks, placement and type of furnishings, lighting, gardens, fountains, signs and other public facilities such as bathrooms, pay phones, etc. c) Review City of Aspen maintenance practices and procedures. For example, the City removes snow from the streets at ~'eat cost, yet snow in the downtown core may add charm to the area. Goal: 5) Make the downtown core more pedestrian friendly and minimize the sense that automobiles dominate the downtown area. Task~: a) In light of this goal, analyze options for vehicular parking and circulation in the downtown core. Research potential operational methodology relating to time, of day and season that traffic could be restricted or prohibited. b) Identify locations that are inaccessible to the physically challenged (handicapped, elderly) and recommend highest priority for improvements. c) Evaluate potential locations for traffic calming measures and identify which measures will work best where, with special attention on analyzing mixing various modes of transportation (i.e. cars, trucks, bikes, pedestrians, rollerblades, etc.). d) Analyze effectiveness and attractiveness of current pedestrian guides and markings, such as crosswalks and warning lights and make recommendations for improvements. e) Evaluate the "bridges" from neighborhoods to downtown and suggest improvements. For example, the need for sidewalks on Cooper Avenue east of City Market (being constructed now). Goal: 6) Strengthen the downtown core as the commercial heart of the community. Tasks: a) Analyze the current use and economic status of the existing downtown core, with specific emphasis on the existing malls, and evaluate the success of the core based on such criteria as retail sales, vacancies, turn over, traffic patterns, etc. including the effect of the existing malls on the economic viability of the core area. b) Review the City's Land Use Code as it pertains to capita] improvements and commercial uses and determine its impact on the economic vitality of the downtown core. Goal: 7) Provide and preserve'opportunities for multiple modes of transportation within the downtown core. Tasks: a) Review City of Aspen Parking Program goals and planned improvements, especially as they relate to the economic vitality of the downtown core. Ensure that any proposed plan of improvements for the downtown core does not conflict with the goals of the parking program. b) Review City of Aspen/CDOT "Entrance to Aspen" proposal from the perspective of the downtown area. · c) Analyze Rubey Park in relation to transit and pedestrian movements to and from the area. Do the same for the City parking garage. d) Review current City of Aspen Bikeway Plan and identify further measures to integrate bikes into the downtown area, Goal: 8) Work with other appropriate citizen committees and volunteer boards to take maximum advantage of the knowledge and experience of these groups and avoid duplication of purpose and work product. goals3.doc MESSAGE DISPLAY Kathy Strickland CC Engineering From: Nick Adeh Postmark: Aug 09,96 8:~3 AM Subject: Reply to: CCLC Reply text: From Nick Adeh: I will look into this Kathy. Preceding message: From Kathy Strickland: An encroachment was given to the Elk's bldg in the alley for an exit from their building, I do believe a fire exit. Jon Busch stated that the exit has now been closed off and is Hard Rock Cafe's office! Can this encroachment be revoked etc. Thanks Kathy S.