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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19890710Rectular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 P . W . JACOE AWARD - Tom Dun 1 op 1 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1 COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 2 CONSENT AGENDA 4 ORDINANCE #21, 1989 - GMP Quota Code Amendment 5 ORDINANCE #32, SERIES OF 1989 - Historic Designations 8 ORDINANCE #33, SERIES OF 1989 - Rezoning Block 19 8 ORDINANCE #34, SERIES OF 1989 - Rezoning Mountain Rescue 9 LAKE AVENUE 9 RFTA VAN/CAR POOL REPORT 10 ORDINANCE #39, SERIES OF 1989 11 1990 BUDGET POLICIES AND TARGETS 11 RFTA APPROPRIATIONS 13 PARKING GARAGE CONTROL SYSTEM 13 RESOLUTION #23, SERIES OF 1989 - Parking Structure Change Order Authorization 14 TADDUNE DUPLEX 14 SNOW MELT REPORT 15 FRONT END LOADER PURCHASE 16 ORDINANCE #45, SERIES OF 1989 - Banning the Sale of Ivory 16 ORDINANCE #40, SERIES OF 1989 - Cap's Rezoning 17 ORDINANCE #41, SERIES OF 1989 - Gant Rezoning 17 ORDINANCE #42, SERIES OF 1989 - Vested Rights Elmore Lot Split 19 ORDINANCE #43, SERIES OF 1989 - Vested Rights Volk Lot Split 19 24 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 ORDINANCE #44, SERIES OF 1989 - Holy Cross Underground Easements 2 0 CITY ATTORNEY 21 NO BURN BAN 21 ORDINANCE #46, SERIES OF 1989 -Prohibiting Street and Utility Construction in Rights-of-way during the summer 21 JAMES E . MOORE POOL COVER 2 2 25 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 Mayor Pro Tem Gassman called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. with Councilmembers Peters, tuite and Crockett present P.W. JACOE AWARD - Tom Dunlop Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said the P. W. Jacoe award was established to recognize excellence in the physical sciences. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman announced that Tom Dunlop has been presented with this award for his perseverance and nurturance to the food service licensing bill and his commitment to public health. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman complimented Dunlop on behalf of Council and the citizens o f Aspen . CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1. Jon Busch said the construction at the parking garage has hit ground water. The pumps are pumping 1500 gallons a minute into the storm sewer system. Busch told Council when the garage is completed there will be six pumps moving the water all the time. Busch requested the city use this water to gravity feed as a surface stream through the Rio Grande to the Roaring Fork river, and the creation of one or more fountains. Busch said a fountain is a calming, restful and pleasing amenity. Busch suggested a task force for this fountain and perhaps a sculpture to determine costs, locations and options. Busch also suggested a design competition to give Aspen a public work of art. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said this is a great idea. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman asked the status of the planning for the Aspen One property. Tom Baker, planning office, reminded Council the conceptual plan for the Rio Grande calls for the Aspen One site to be reserved for cultural, arts type of facilities. Deputy City Manager Ron Mitchell said if the intention is to do something on the parking structure, the architects will have to look at the feasibility and tell the city what the cost would be. Mitchell said the architects feel this would be feasible as long as it is a running fountain and not a large reflective pool. Mitchell said the current intention is to get the water table down in order to continue to excavate; there is more water than anticipated. Councilman Crockett asked staff to find out if this water can be used to the city's benefit some place else. Mitchell said staff has sent the water to be tested. Council agreed staff should take the next step. 2. Jim Spahn, represented the Rugby Club, told Council they have a problem with what transpired with the Sports Festival and with the Rugby Club being associated with it. City Manager Bob Anderson told Council he is meeting with the Sports Festival representatives Wednesday and invited Spahn to attend the meeting. Councilman Crockett said the Council may have been operating under mis- 1 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 representation when they made the $6,000 allocation. Councilman Crockett requested Council be notified of the outcome of this meeting. 3. Hal Clark, representing PCPA, reminded Council when the city purchased the Zoline property the PCPA lent the city $100,000 interest free to accommodate the purchase. Clark said the PCPA has a five year note with the city. Clark requested Council consider repaying this note. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman suggested this be incorporated in the 1990 budget process. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman~Crockett asked Council if they are interested in a dinner with the Commissioners. Council scheduled this for August 3rd. 2. Councilman Crockett said Governor Romer has issued a proclama- tion on no open burning for unincorporated areas. Councilman Crockett proposed the Council support this proclamation for the city. Fred Gannett, city attorney' s office, said he can draft a resolution for Council's consideration. City Manager Bob Anderson suggested Council pass a motion urging citizens to go along with the Governor's proclamation. Council added this to the agenda as item (p) . 3. Councilman Crockett asked about pursuing the free bus ridership with RFTA. Councilman Tuite told Council RFTA has found out people will pay to ride the bus but they want convenience. Councilman Tuite said this correlates to money to put on more buses. Councilman Tuite said free bus service would take away from the overall service. Councilman Tuite said RFTA is looking at more reasonable passes. Councilman Crockett said he would like to continue trying to increase ridership aggressively as possible. 4. Councilman Crockett said the human services department wants some coordination to help them aggregate their needs for a master plan. Councilman Peters said Ed Lawrence is going to work with human services on strategic planning. 5. Councilman Peters said the speaker phone for calling in Council is installed. The number is 920-5066. Council decided this call in will be during citizen comments. 6. Councilman Peters asked the city attorney to look into campaign spending limits. Bil Dunaway said the city had a spending limit ordinance, which was declared unconstitutional. Councilman Peters said he would like staff to look into this. 2 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 7. Councilman Peters brought up the proposed Rio Grande right- of-way acquisition. Councilman Peters said he would like the city to pursue the appraisal, feasibility and acquisition of the Rio Grande right-of-way. Councilman Tuite said there is an RFP regarding analysis of a busway versus a light rail way. Councilman Peters said he would be interesting in knowing if litigation is inevitable from Pitkin Green, and if an appraisal for acquisition costs if part of the RFP. 8. Councilman Peters said there are problems developing at the golf course because of the new duplex at the golf course. Councilman Peters said this property was the subject of litigation with the city. City Manager Bob Anderson said the access to the property was. Anderson said this was before Council several times and they decided not to buy the property. Councilman Tuite said the cost of the lot was several hundred thousand dollars and the cost of rearranging the golf course was a lot less. Bill Efting, leisure services direction, told Council he wasn't willing to change the golf course until something was being constructed. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said there has been a lot of discussion on this and the consensus was it was better to change the golf course than buy the lot. 9. Councilman Peters asked about the crosswalks on Main street. City Manager Bob Anderson told Council he talked to Bob Moston, department of highways, who will be in Aspen next week. Anderson said the department of highways is looking at if they can delay the overlay project through Aspen until after Labor day. Anderson said this is part of a huge contract. Anderson relayed Council's concern that the work not be done during the middle of the summer season. Anderson said the department of highways does not want to paint the crosswalks until after the overlay is done. Anderson told Council the city cannot paint the crosswalk. Anderson said staff will discuss with the department of highways better coordina- tion with the affected towns. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said the city is talking about having an ordinance prohibiting construction on the streets from June to Labor day. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman suggested this ordinance be extended to Main street. Fred Gannett, city attorney's office, said there is a question whether this ordinance would have any effect over the state highway system. Anderson said the state wants to be cooperative but they have to see if there is a way to do this. Council agreed to add Ordinance #46 as item (q) 10. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman complimented the parks crew for the 5th of July clean up and the terrific job that was done. 3 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 11. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said Susan Griffiths who is doing the reports on the Ritz Carlton will have these done by the end of July. 12. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman asked if the whole summer is as dry as it has been, should the city be concerned about their water supply. City Manager Bob Anderson said the city's water rights are senior enough so the city can last a long time. The water department director does not see a problem; however, he has asked people only water their lawns every other day, especially if they are above the elevation of Aspen. Anderson reminded Council the city is one of the big water users with the golf course and the parks. Council asked the situation be monitored. Anderson said there is an increased vulnerability for power outage because the pumps have to be used more continuously. 13. City Manager Bob Anderson requested Council schedule a meeting with the Commissioners. Council scheduled this for August 8th at 5:00, place to be determined. 14. Council scheduled a study session Monday, July 31 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss police priorities. 15. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman commended the police department for action above and beyond the call of duty for performing mouth to mouth resuscitation on someone in the mall. 16. City Manager Bob Anderson said the city and county are very close to consummating a deal for a new planning director. 17. City Manager Bob Anderson requested Council schedule a study session to go over plans for city hall. This was scheduled for July 31 at 6:00 p.m. 18. City Manager Bob Anderson said there will be a press con- ference Wednesday, July 12 at 10 a.m. for Council's declaration. CONSENT AGENDA Councilman Crockett asked that the fire marshal check out the Aspen Arts Museum before the liquor license is sent to Denver. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman asked that the parking structure change order authoriz- ation be taken off the consent agenda and added to the discussion of item (e). Councilman Peters said he feels the appeals fee for the Board of Appeals is high. Bob Gish, building department, told Council this is not a new fee and he is not sure where it came from. Council requested staff check and report back. Councilman Crockett moved to approve the consent agenda without item (d); seconded by Councilman Tuite. 4 Regular Meeting Ashen City Council July 10, 1989 A. Minutes - June 12, 14, 26, 1989 B. Joint Board of Appeals Agreement C. Liquor License Transfer - Pepi's D. Condominiumization - Vicenzi (Table to 7/24) F. Liquor License Renewal - Sushi Masa; Aspen Art Museum All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #21, 1989 - GMP Quota Code Amendment Alan Richman, planning department, reminded Council this was tabled in June because of some concerns with the duplex regulations. Richman said there are six changes that affect the quota. One is to implement the affordable housing set aside, which breaks the residential quota into two parts of 20 for free market and 19 for affordable housing. Richman said the set aside is not a quota or limit; it is a way of recognizing the growth the city is getting in affordable housing. Second, staff recommends the requirement there be a 30 percent of the minimum quota available in the residential area be based on the free market percentage, which will leave only 6 units available. Staff and P & Z are recommending leaving the residential quota at 39 units in recognition of both the set aside and that the staff needs to work on growth management before reducing the quota would be sustainable. Fourth is a recommendation an recalculation of the quota to update it in recognition of the substantial growth in the lodge quota. Richman said the recommendation is to go back to the 1977 methodology and look at the build out. Richman told Council this results in a reduced quota in LTR and LP. Richman said there was a question whether reducing the LP quota from 15 to 10 would stifle development in that district. Richman said there are 10 units which have not been allocated in past years. This would indicate that the quota has been adequate, and there will be 20 units available for this year. Richman said a quota larger than that would give the message that larger development is desired. Richman said if the city runs out in this district, the quotas are very dynamic and also the Council can borrow from the future allotments. Councilman Peters said he is concerned the quota is not being used and would like to know what the city can do to further the preservation of smaller lodges. Richman said there has been quota regularly but it has never been at the quota level. Richman agreed the staff could look at why there has not been more activity in this area. Richman said the recommendation in commercial is not to change the quota. The quota has recently been changed from a square footage basis to a net leasable basis. The quota is commercial is broken down into four basic districts; CC, C-1 8,000 5 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 square feet net leasable; NC, SCI is 6,000 square feet; office is 4,000; and CL 2,000 square feet. Richman said a question has been raised about a set aside for local serving uses. Richman said separating this into separate zones was done to protect the abilities of the more local serving zones. Richman said if the CC, C-1 was competing against the NC, SCI, the latter would lose every time. Richman said more local serving uses could be looked at; however, the key is how these are enforced and how are these business kept in a space. Richman said it is difficult to keep track of businesses as they turn over as building permits are often not needed. Richman said the city can have more pure zones. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said this would be worth talking about. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman opened the public hearing. Joe Wells said the P & Z has concluded the problem facing the community is displacement of affordable housing as well as local services. Wells said reducing the quotas will have no effect on these problems because more pressure will be put on demolition and replacement. Wells urged Council to consider bringing more thing under growth management review, which is a technique to get the private sector to commit to affordable housing. Wells questioned the set aside for affordable housing with no intent to have a competition for these units. Wells suggested the city just saying the quota for affordable housing is 20 units. Richman said the system requires after a building permit, the unit is deducted from the next year's quota. Richman said this is reactive. Richman said this system is more active and states the city cannot afford to grow at 39 free market units per year. Councilman Peters said this establishes the point that affordable housing has a growth impact. Richman agreed the staff should be looking at the existing exemptions from the GMP. Councilman Tuite asked if staff has an idea of the potential build out in the city without changing zoning. Richman said staff has good numbers on commercial and lodge; the residential is less precise. There is a round figure of 200 in the master plan. There is about 750,000 square feet in commercial. Councilman Peters said most of the development is not going through the GMP, which the city should look at. GMP should be the method for scrutiny and control. Richman reminded Council the recommendation for duplexes in the original ordinance was that use limitation in all residential zone districts be amended such that duplexes would be required to either contain one unit restricted to the middle income guidelines, which would constitute one-third of the duplex, or two free market units with two accessory dwelling units. Richman said the point was made that this would make all existing duplexes non-conforming uses. Richman said Ordinance #7 did that to duplexes in the RMF and 6 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 Office zones. Richman told Council he has corrected that situation in this ordinance. Richman told Council he put language in Ordinance #21 which says any duplex established after this date is effected by this provision. Richman said established means any existing duplex or any duplex with a building permit. Richman proposed another option for a duplex, which is both units could be restricted to resident occupancy, which is one level higher than middle income and one level lower than free market. Richman said this is an even compromise and is a way to keep the housing inventory available to the local community. Resident occupied units are not restricted as to price or income but have to be people who live and work here 9 months a year. Richman said the city wants to give as many ways of providing local oriented housing as possible. Richman said in order to have two accessory dwelling units, an applicant must go through the conditional use process. This is because density is being added on site. Richman said when Ordinance #47 was written, accessory units were a voluntary mechanism and the ordinance states they don't have to be kept occupied. There was no price restriction on these units. Richman said now accessory units are required, the community is not well served if these units are left empty. Richman said because these units are mandatory, the city must make sure the units are kept occupied. Richman suggested a provision in this ordinance that for mandatory accessory dwelling units, the housing authority has the right to rent them if the owner chooses not to. Richman said now that duplexes are required to provide affordable housing, they ought not be required to also provide the housing impact fee. Fred Peirce said the concern is addressed to large duplexes that are built by speculators and sold on the open market. Peirce said the only units available to some employees are half a unit of a condominiumized duplex. Peirce said the revisions in the ordinance now allow these to be deleted. Peirce said if this duplex were to be demolished and rebuilt, one owner would not be entitled to live in the unit under this ordinance. Peirce suggested a mechanism to not impact the very employees the city is trying to help. Richman said the resident occupancy option is for people who live and work here and do not fall within the guidelines. This option should take care of that problem. Richman said the middle income guidelines for units should also take care of many employees. Richman read from the definition that renovations in place shall not be considered demolition. Fred Gannett, city attorney's office, told Council he can add a sentence which will take care of Peirce's concern. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman closed the public hearing. 7 Rectular Meeting Aspen City Council Julv 10, 1989 Councilman Peters said detached units are allowed in the R-6 zone but not in these zones. Councilman Peters said using the same area and bulk requirements or floor area requirements and putting in smaller structures gives more transparency. Councilman Peters asked if staff would consider extending this provision to other zone districts. Richman said if this is allowed as a permitted use, the city has lost ones of it's incentives for historic designation. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman moved to continue the public hearing on Ordinance #21 to July 24, 1989, and have it amended (1) the Peirce amendment regarding non-willful destruction; (2) to include the option of duplex consisting of two resident occupied units, and ( 3 ) to look into allowing detached units in the R-15 and other zone districts where duplexes are a conditional use; seconded by Councilman Tuite. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #32, SERIES OF 1989 - Historic Designations Roxanne Eflin, planning office, said these two structures, 514 North Third and 1004 East Durant, are circa 1888 miner's cottages. Both structures are rated to receive a $2,000 designation grant, and staff is recommending this be approved. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman closed the public hearing. Councilman Tuite moved to approve Ordinance #32, Series of 1989, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Peters. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Peters, yes; Tuite, yes; Crockett, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. Councilman Tuite moved to approve the $2,000 designation grant to both structures located at 514 North Third and 1004 East Durant; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #33, SERIES OF 1989 - Rezoning Block 19 Tom Baker, planning office, reminded Council the city recently annexed four lots of this block. The area was zoned R-6. The remaining portion was zoned R-15. This is a clean up to allow the zoning of the lots to all be R-6. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman closed the public hearing. Councilman Crockett moved to adopt Ordinance #33, Series of 1989, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Tuite. 8 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Julv 10, 1989 Councilman Peters said a portion of the block is still R-15. Baker said this is a multi-family structures and staff did not take it upon themselves to rezone the entire block. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Crockett, yes; Tuite, yes; Peters, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #34, SERIES OF 1989 - Rezoning Mountain Rescue Mayor Pro Tem Gassman opened the public hearing. Alan Richman, planning office, told Council this is a request by Mountain Rescue to rezone lot M, block 24, currently zoned office, to public and for two final approvals; final consolidated PUD and growth management as an essential facility. Richman said the reason for rezoning is that this is a non-conforming use on a 3 , 000 square root parcel. criteria and found th with the land use code are almost the same a Richman said the only rear yard because this inside. Richman said management exemption Ellen Hamilton, repre: Rescue has been in tr does not have any othE Anderson asked about engineering made a s reminded Council the city will be putting 1 xlcnman 5ci1u Sl.Qll iGV 1GWGU L.11~. ~c.c+vaaiaa~ rezoning to be compatible and consistent Richman said the requirements for this PUD s they would have been in the office zone. exceptions are the minimum lot size, and the is a parcel where vehicles need to be housed this facility meets the criteria of growth Eor an essential community facility. Jane enting the applicant, told Council Mountain is location for 25 years. Mountain Rescue r options for relocation. City Manager Bob the sidewalk condition. Richman said ~dewalk a condition of approval. Richman owner of this property is the city, and the .he sidewalk in. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman closed the public hearing. Councilman Tuite moved to adopt Ordinance #34, Series of 1989, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Crockett. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Peters, yes; Tuite, yes; Crockett, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. Councilman Gassman moved to grant final PUD approval and GMQS exemption to the project subject to the five conditions in the planning office memo; seconded by Councilman Tuite. All in favor, motion carried. LAKE AVENUE Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said Council agreed to seek public comment after closing this street. Fritz Benedict thanked the city for putting up barricades and signs. Benedict said this seems to be working. Benedict said they are hoping more and more people will 9 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 walk or ride their bicycles. John Goodwin, police chief, said they have received no complaints in the last 5 days. Mrs. Paepcke told Council she has no complaints about closing the streets. Mrs . Paepcke said the street closure is fine as a temporary measure but not in the long run. Mrs. Paepcke said the city owns property all along these streets. Mrs. Paepcke said she is the only one on First street that has built a sidewalk. Mrs. Paepcke said in this city people are forced to walk in the middle of the street. Mrs. Paepcke said there are some houses where people have built landscaping or park their cars on city property so that people have to walk in the street. Mrs. Paepcke said sidewalks can be installed for $1500. Mrs. Paepcke said she would like to see people install and take care of their own sidewalks. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said this is a good point and it keeps coming up more and more frequently. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said the city is looking at a community-wide plan for sidewalks. The engineering department has been supporting this for years. Benedict said there could at least be dirt paths for people to walk on. Tom Baker, planning office, told Council the transportation element identifies a pedestrian plan with corridors in the west end. Chuck Roth, engineering department, told Council the code states that sidewalk construction is required for PUDs, subdivisions, and other new construction. Roth had suggested a guideline for additions or remodels, if they exceed 10 percent of the cost of the sidewalk, they would have to put in a sidewalk. Councilman Crockett said he would rather approach this from a sidewalk, safety pedestrian corridor perspective and approach the auto free issue from ways to creating auto disincentives. Councilman Peters said the engineering department has presented a sidewalk plan to Council recently. This plan did not meet with a lot of enthusiasm. Councilman Peters suggested a modification of this plan to less than blocks ringed with concrete. Councilman Crockett agreed the sidewalks should fit the neighborhood. Councilman Crockett said he would like the city to send a message to people who are encroaching in the right of way that the city may be installing sidewalks in the near future. Council agreed they would like a study session on sidewalks, including those areas that encroach in the right-of-way. Council scheduled this for 7 p.m. August 7, 1989, after the Meadows study session. John Goodwin, police department, told Council his department may have to purchase more barricades. RFTA VANfCAR POOL REPORT Councilman Tuite told Council this will be discussed at the RFTA meeting tomorrow and he will report back to Council at the next meeting. 10 Regular Meeting Asoen City Council July 10, 1989 ORDINANCE #39, SERIES OF 1989 Cindy Wilson, finance director, said Council has seen most of these requests. There are some carry forward items for projects started in 1988 and completed in 1989. The appropriation ordinance contains an addition of $100,000 to the contingency fund. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman moved to read Ordinance #39, Series of 1989; seconded by Councilman Tuite. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #39 (Series of 1989) AN ORDINANCE RECOGNIZING GENERAL FUND REVENUES OF $30,000; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES OF $205,340; RECLASSIFYING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND OF $33,400; TRANSFERRING $3,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE ICE GARDEN FUND; APPROPRIAT- ING LAND FUND EXPENDITURES OF $3,000; RECOGNIZING UNDERGROUNDING ELECTRIC UTILITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FUND REVENUES OF $74,000; APPROPRIATING UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC UTILITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE FUND EXPENDITURES OF $73,500; RECOGNIZING ELECTRIC FUND REVENUES OF $50,000; REDUCING ELECTRIC FUND REVENUES OF $1,098,640; APPROPRIATING ELECTRIC FUND EXPENSES OF $50,000; REDUCING ELECTRIC FUND EXPENSES OF $1,041,640; RECOGNIZING RUEDI FUND REVENUES OF $1,098,640; APPROPRIA- TING RUEDI FUND EXPENSES OF $1, 041, 640; APPROPRIATING ICE GARDEN FUND EXPENSES OF $3,000 was read by the city clerk Councilman Tuite moved to adopt Ordinance #39, Series of 1989, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Peters. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Peters, yes; Tuite, yes; Crockett, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. 1990 BUDGET POLICIES AND TARGETS Cindy Wilson, finance director, told Council staff is proposing the same general process as last year. Staff has gone through the revenues for the general fund and made predictions. Staff then goes through expenditures by category and sets targets for each category. City Manager Bob Anderson said the first assumption is that personnel will be the same or lower than 1989. Anderson said Council will need to give some direction on personnel. Anderson said in the past requests for additional personnel have come in as a separate part of the process. 11 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 Anderson told Council the pay for performance pool has been increased to 0 to 10 percent. Anderson said staff and Council have discussed the "Aspen factor", and trying to quantify the costs of living in Aspen. Anderson said there is no town that is really comparable to Aspen. Anderson said staff will come back with a supplemental approach to dealing with salaries. Councilman Crockett said he is concerned about the cost of living increases. Councilman Crockett said this should be differentiated from pay for performance. Councilman Crockett said he would also like staff to go over asset management, how is and who is reviewing the capital assets the city has, does the city have the ability to leverage these assets. Councilman Crockett said he would also like to see alternative sources of revenue and their ramifications. Ms. Wilson told Council sales tax revenues are increasing faster than some other revenues. The city cannot just use sales tax as a target but needs to get a view of all revenues in the general fund. Ms. Wilson said the overall goal is to have a balanced general fund budget. Councilman Tuite said he would like to address the lower paid positions immediately. Councilman Tuite said he does not envision the talked about additional staff being permanent, but maybe one or two years. Councilman Tuite said he would like to see the budget process state the city is generating X amount of revenue for capital projects. Councilman Tuite said the budget does not address annexation and its impacts. Anderson agreed capital improvements have come last and the city does not get to a lot of them. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said it would be a good idea to set money aside for capital improvements. Dallas Everhart, finance department, pointed out the supplemental requests have been broken into one-year only requests and permanent requests. Ms. Wilson told Council they could split the pay for performance monies into two parts and allocate one to cost of living issues. Councilman Crockett said these are two distinct issues; an employee should get paid according to where they live and cost of living increases. Pay for performance should be handled as an incentive or motivator. Anderson said it is a good time to reassess the pay for performance system. Anderson said research tends to show if there is a performance based pay system only, employees do not see this as anything other than a cost of living increase and it loses it's motivational effect. Anderson suggested moving the capital improvement discussion up in the budget process rather than leaving it to the end. Councilman Peters asked if the staff projects surpluses in the various funds throughout the year. Councilman Peters said the city might be better served in spending the money during the year rather than having a surplus at the end of the year. Ms. Wilson said staff gives Council a financial performance report 3 times during the year, which updates Council to where the city is on each of the 12 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 funds. Ms. Wilson said Council considers what the level of reserves they are comfortable with. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman sug- gested Council look at budgeting for revenues greater than anti- cipated and what projects they want to fund. Anderson said the things he heard from Council are to (1) do more work on salaries, including cost of living and the Aspen factor; (2) additional personnel or contract labor with some new revenue alternatives, (3) move up the capital improvements program earlier in the process and to set aside money for capital improvements, (4) set up a system for asset management in the budget or deal with it during the budget, and (5) develop a plan for surpluses. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman moved to approve the budget policies with the above suggestions; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. RFTA APPROPRIATIONS Bruce Abel, general manager of RFTA, reminded Council the inter- governmental agreement states that budget amendments of $10,000 or 10 percent have to be approved by the city and county. This is an amendment to the 1989 budget. Abel said one request is to change a seasonal receptionist to a full time position. Another change is a long term lease for the Highlands parking lot for the Maroon Bells bus program. The three year lease will be paid up front. The parts and supplies budget needs to be increased because of the increased bus service. The last change is in the capital budget to acquire two more vans in the van pool program. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman asked what RFTA's reserve is. Abel said it is currently $1,800,000. RFTA will be using $1,500,000 to acquire replacement buses for the Bluebirds. Abel said the ridership is up 10 percent over 1988. Sales tax revenues have exceeded budget projections. Due to the excess revenues, RFTA has implemented additional services. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman closed the public hearing. Councilman Tuite moved to approved RFTA Resolution NO. 89-6; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, motion carried. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman thanked Bruce Abel for all his work for RFTA. PARKING GARAGE CONTROL SYSTEM Deputy City Manager Ron Mitchell said staff is recommending an automated system on Mill street and a manual operator on Spring street. Mitchell said staff had recommended a $2.00 flat fee; 13 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 however, planning and environmental health have suggestions to provide incentives for parking at a reduced rate. Mitchell said Council can make the decision on the fee after they have looked at the incentive programs. Mitchell said the city does need to generate funds for the parking structure and to pay the bonds. Mitchell requested Council approve the automated/manual operation, the fee collection to be on a contract basis, and look at having that firm do some maintenance on the facility. Mitchell said the parks department will have responsibility for the outside and snow removal work. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman agreed this keeps all the responsibility in one place. Councilman Tuite moved to approve the control system, with the collection of the fee to be bid on a contract basis, looking into having that firm do the maintenance; collection of the fee to be automated on Mill street and manual on Spring street entrance; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, motion carried. RESOLUTION #23, SERIES OF 1989 - Parking Structure Change Order Authorization Deputy City Manager Ron Mitchell told Council there are weekly meetings and issues that come up at these meetings. Mitchell said all the changes have an effect on the construction cost. Mitchell said he needs the ability to make weekly decisions to authorize the contractor to make changes. Mitchell said two examples are the dumping sites for dirt and the amount of water at the site. Mitchell told Council he would not approve a change order that is a new item, only issues that are an increase in cost for existing contract. Councilman Crockett asked if Council will be kept notified of the progress of the budget. Mitchell said finance will be keeping track of where the project is compared to the budget. Mitchell said there will be monthly reports. Mitchell told Council once the contractor knows there is a change, he submits a change order, which is reviewed by the architect and by the city staff before it is approved or disapproved. Mitchell said the construction is 3 weeks behind. The contractor is confident they will be able to pick up time after they start pouring concrete. Councilman Crockett moved to approve Resolution #23, Series of 1989; seconded by Councilman Tuite. All in favor, motion carried. TADDUNE DUPLEX City Manager Bob Anderson told Council the prospective planning director will already have housing. In the short term, the city will not need this duplex for the new city attorney. Anderson said the city should keep some control over this and rent it short term 14 Regular Meetina Aspen Citv Council July 10, 1989 when key positions are moved into the community or Council can seek proposals from employees to purchase the duplex. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman asked about selling this to the housing authority to get the city out of the housing business. Councilman Tuite said if the city gives it away, they will not have the potential of leasing it to new employees. Councilman Tuite said he would rather lease it to employees and keep the options open. Councilman Tuite moved to keep the duplex and lease it out; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, with the exception of Mayor Pro Tem Gassman. Motion carried. Councilman Tuite asked staff to figure out what the rent would be under middle income guidelines. Councilman Tuite said the city may have to subsidize some of the rent. Councilman Tuite said he would rather have this duplex rented to city employees. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman requested staff come back with suggestions for the rent, guidelines and how it will be leased. SNOW MELT REPORT Chuck Roth, engineering department, recommended the city proceed for another year like last year. Roth said the city needs to address water quality problems. The state is requiring the city to get a discharge permit. Roth said the city may have discharges that exceed permissible levels in terms of the total suspended solids. Roth recommended using some of the budgeted money for improving the quality of the discharge. Roth said the city can also haul snow to the Benedict gravel pit. Roth recommended the city purchase the front end loader that was used last winter, and to also make some improvements to the pit. Councilman Crockett said it looks like the city is planning to spend $93,000. Roth said the loader was not to come out of the 1989 appropriation. Councilman Crockett said he favors this program but it seems to still be escalating. Councilman Crockett said he is looking for a focus of what the snow melting project gets the city with respect to the theatre and reclaiming some riverfront property. City Manager Bob Anderson said staff has not quantified the value of the land that is not being used for the piles of snow. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman said the city is continuing to spend quite a bit of money and is not doing what it set out to do, stop using that land to dump snow on. Councilman Crockett said he would like a master plan of if the system works, what will happen to this property, what other uses will be there, what land can be reclaimed permanently. Councilman Tuite to direct staff to proceed as outlined, get an engineer on line, monitor the project, negotiate with Benedict; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, motion carried. 15 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Julv 10, 1989 Kent Reed said the snow melter has improved was able to get underway because the snow the year as was the theatre. Reed said he informed on city plans for this area. FRONT END LOADER PURCHASE the area . The art park was removed earlier in would like to be kept City Manager Bob Anderson told Council the city's oldest loader will be put in reserve and this one will be used for other jobs. Bill Efting, leisure services department, told Council the old loader breaks down constantly. Councilman Crockett said this could have been anticipated in the 1989 budget process. Anderson said the front end loader was part of the budget as a lease item. Anderson said the lease was not as cheap as he had thought. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman moved to approve the purchase of a front end loader for $53,700; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, motion carried. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman moved to suspend the rules and extend the meeting to 9:30 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Tuite. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #45, SERIES OF 1989 - Banning the Sale of Ivory Jim True, Friends of Africa, said this ordinance provides for a penalty for the sale of ivory in the city of Aspen. Bonnie Bishop told Council 100,000 elephants a year are poached for the sole purchase of creating ivory trinkets. Ms. Bishop said there are only 400,000 elephants left, and this is an urgent issue. True told Council the U. S. has recently banned the import of ivory. True said the market place has to also be addressed. Lowell Nelson told Council he has lived in Africa and knows the importance of local trade of ivory in Africa. Nelson said the importation of ivory into the U. S. has been banned, which should take care of the problem. Nelson said there is a lot of antique ivory, which would be banned by this ordinance. Nelson said the ordinance would also ban the sale of native Alaskan art. Nelson said Aspen may become the dumping ground for banning many products. Councilman Peters moved to read Ordinance #45, Series of 1989; seconded by Councilman Tuite. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Crockett. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #45 (Series of 1989) AN ORDINANCE ENACTING SECTION 13-102 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, PROHIBITING THE SALE 16 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 OF IVORY AND IVORY PRODUCTS AND PRESCRIBING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF was read by the city clerk Councilman Peters moved to adopt Ordinance #45, Series of 1989, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Tuite. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Peters, yes; Crockett, no; Tuite, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. Councilman Crockett said he feels Council needs to focus on their priorities. Council is spending time and efforts on elephants in Africa when there an endangered species on highway 82 everyday. Councilman Crockett said he would rather be debating things more topical and pressing. ORDINANCE #40, SERIES OF 1989 - Cap's Rezoning Tom Baker, planning office, said this is a result of the Rio Grande parking facility and the land exchange with Cap's and a request for approval of subdivision of Cap's property. Baker told Council P & Z unanimously recommended this rezoning. Councilman Tuite moved to read Ordinance #40, Series of 1989; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #40 (Series of 1989) AN ORDINANCE ZONING THOSE PARCELS INVOLVED IN THE LAND EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE CITY AND CAP'S FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RIO GRANDE PARKING FACILITY; PARCELS A AND B FROM OFFICE TO PUBLIC SPA AND PARCEL EXCHANGE FROM PUBLIC SPA TO OFFICE was read by the city clerk Mayor Pro Tem Gassman asked if the build out is increased. Baker said it is increased because the net increase in lot area is about 1600 square feet. The land exchanged is valued at about $54,000. Councilman Crockett moved to adopt Ordinance #40, Series of 1989, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Tuite. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Crockett, yes; Tuite, yes; Peters, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. Councilman Crockett moved to approve the subdivision request with the conditions stated in the memorandum; seconded by Councilman Tuite. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #41, SERIES OF 1989 - Gant Rezoning Alan Richman, planning office, told Council this ordinance rezones the Gant by adding an L overlay and it amends a section of the land 17 Regular Meetina Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 use regulations to allow a minor expansion of the condominium complex. Richman told Council the Gant in a multi-family complex in a single family zone district, and is more of a hotel than a residential complex. Richman said the Gant would like to make some very minor improvements, which are prohibited by their nonconform- ing status. Richman told Council the Gant was built under Ordinance #19 in 1973. Richman said during Ordinance #19 every project was done on a case by case basis. The resulting zoning maps have made this project non-conforming. Richman said the master plan suggested that existing lodge facilities should be allowed to remain in place and be encouraged to do small expan- sions. Richman said staff and P & Z feel the Gant is facing a problem similar to what the LP lodges faced 6 years ago; the community wide rezonings of the 1970's where it can no longer continue to move forward in the market. Richman said staff and P & Z do not find that to be appropriate. Richman said the Gant should be viewed as a resource in the community. Richman said substantial expansion of the Gant would not be appropriate, but activities which would make it more viable seem to be appropriate. Richman told Council staff looked at a series of zoning alternatives. The applicant is asking to expand the office by 820 square feet. The applicant is not asking for increased units or bedrooms. This is not a density increase but is trying to make the operation work better. Richman said the code amendment has the least potential for application to neighboring properties and the least downside. Richman said the approach of amending the lodge preservation section of the code creates criteria for a reasonable expansion to a non-conforming use. Richman said the criteria is that the property's resulting FAR would have to be equal or less than 1:1; the total size of the facility could not be expanded by more than 10 percent of its existing floor area or 2500 square feet, which- ever is less ; and there could be no expansion in bedrooms or units . P & Z added the L overlay recommendation, which removes one non- conformity. The Gant would no longer be a non-conforming use but would still be a non-conforming structure. Councilman Tuite moved to read Ordinance #41, Series of 1989; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #41 (Series of 1989) AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL REZONING THE GANT CONDOMINIUMS TO R-15(L)PUD AND AMENDING SECTION 9-105 OF THE ASPEN LAND USE REGULATIONS TO PERMIT MINOR EXPANSIONS TO NON-CONFORMING HOTELS AND LODGES was read by the city clerk 18 Regular Meetinc; Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 Councilman Peters said removing the stigma of non-conforming use is important. Councilman Peters said he has a problem taking a structure that is non-conforming in terms of floor area ratio in its zone district and creating a way to expand it using staff time. Richman said this is a private rezoning application which came in at the appropriate time. The applicants are paying a land use application fee and did a lot of effort looking at the alterna- tives. Richman told Council this has been on the list of issues that need to be addressed. Councilman Peters said he has a problem making a leap between small lodges and preservation and a 150,000 square foot building. Councilman Crockett moved to adopt Ordinance #41, Series of 1989, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Tuite. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Tuite, yes; Crockett, yes; Peters, no; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #42, SERIES OF 1989 - Vested Rights Elmore Lot Split Councilman Tuite moved to read Ordinance #42, Series of 1989; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #42 (Series of 1989) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN VESTING THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR THE 801 EAST HYMAN AVENUE LOT SPLIT IN THE SITE SPECIFIC PLAN/FINAL PLAT was read by the city clerk Councilman Crockett moved to adopt Ordinance #42, Series of 1989, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Tuite. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Peters, yes; Crockett, yes; Tuite, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #43, SERIES OF 1989 - Vested Rights Volk Lot Split Councilman Tuite moved to read Ordinance #43, Series of 1989, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #43 (Series of 1989) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN VESTING THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR THE VOLK LOT SPLIT LOTS 1-8 & 11-20, BLOCK 3 OKLAHOMA FLATS SITE SPECIFIC PLAN/FINAL PLAT was read by the city clerk 19 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 Councilman Crockett moved to adopt Ordinance #43, Series of 1989, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Tuite. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Tuite, yes; Peters, yes; Crockett, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #44~ SERIES OF 1989 - Holy Cross Underground Easements Councilman Crockett moved to read Ordinance #44, Series of 1989; seconded by Councilman Tuite. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #44 (Series of 1989) AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THREE (3) UNDERGROUND RIGHT-OF- WAY EASEMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HOLY CROSS ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. AND THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION LINES, OR BOTH, ONE OF WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ON THE CITY-OWNED "GLORY HOLEY PARK" AND TWO OF WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ON THE CITY-OWNED "KOCH LUMBER SUB- DIVISION EXEMPTION", SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDI- TIONS FOR THE GRANTING OF SUCH UNDERGROUND EASEMENTS, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO GRANT SAID EASEMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ASPEN was read by the city clerk Chuck Roth, engineering department, told Council these locations have already been approved and the facilities have been con- structed. Councilman Tuite to adopt Ordinance #44, Series of 1989, on first reading; Seconded by Councilman Crockett. Councilman Peters said the city may be considering buying Holy Cross, and are they giving these easements for nothing and then will have to pay to get them back. Deputy City Manager Ron Mitchell said there are state statutes which are very specific about what is calculated into the costs of buying out an electric company. Councilman Peters said for the purposes of allowing development, the city has exacted utility improvements. Councilman Peters said the city is deeding these over to Holy Cross and may end up buying these back. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman requested staff look into this before the public hearing. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Crockett, yes; Tuite, yes; Peters, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. 20 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 CITY ATTORNEY Councilman Peters reminded Council they decided to focus the search for city attorney locally and then expand if they found no can- didates. Councilman Peters said Council received inquiries from 4 lawyers. Councilman Peters said the application from Sandra Stuller of Mylar, Stuller and Schwartz stood out. Councilman Peters said this firm represents many years of municipal experi- ence, implementing land use innovations. Councilman Peters said the proposal for services is outlined in the packet. Mylar Stuller and Schwartz will be sub-contractors to the city, with the proviso that Sandy Stuller is the designated counsel and will represent the city at all meetings as necessary. Council- man Peters said the term of the contract is one year. Councilman Peters said Ms. Stuller feels the initial focus of finding a full- time, in-house counsel is best for the city over the long term, which Council can do over the one year period. Councilman Peters said the proposal contains a 30 day escape clause for either side. Councilman Tuite indicated that was too short, and Mylar, Stuller and Schwartz has agreed to extend that to a 60 day escape clause. Councilman Peters moved to accept the proposal from Mylar, Stuller and Schwartz to provide city attorney services to the city and (2) be changed to reflect a 60 day notice of termination from one party to the other; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Tuite moved to suspend the rules and extend the meeting to 10 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. NO BURN BAN Fred Gannett, city attorney's office, said he cannot find in the city's code a mechanism to authorize a ban. Gannett recommended Council adopt a resolution or motion encouraging the citizens of Aspen to refrain from burning outside the restrictions imposed by the Governor. Mayor Pro Tem Gassman moved to encourage citizens of Aspen to refrain from burning outside the restrictions imposed by the Governor; seconded by Councilman Crockett. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #46, SERIES OF 1989 - Prohibiting Street and Utility Construction in Rights-of-way during the summer 21 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council July 10, 1989 Fred Gannett, city attorney's office, told Council he has drafted an code amendment to prohibit work on city rights-of-way during June to September in the commercial core and on Main street, excepting for emergencies or on recommendation of the city engineer and city manager. Gannett said there is a question whether this will apply to the state highway department or not. Councilman Crockett moved to read Ordinance #46, Series of 1989; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #46 (Series of 1989) AN ORDINANCE REPEALING 19-54, ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN AND REENACTING IT WITH AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE OF PERMITS IN CERTAIN MONTHS REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND EXCAVATION IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY was read by the city clerk Councilman Tuite moved to adopt Ordinance #46, Series of 1989, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Peters. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Crockett, yes; Tuite, yes; Peters, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Gassman, yes. Motion carried. JAMES E. MOORE POOL COVER Richard Roth said last fall a committee came to Council with two options for covering the pool. The committee preferred option B but since money was tight, Council endorsed option A. Roth said the new Council has a mandate to do as much as they can for the community. Roth requested Council reconsider option B, which would give a longer term cover and more benefits to the community. Roth told Council in order to have a pool cover by next winter, they have to commit funds by July. John, Hanson Pool Covers, told Council they are in the portable structure business, and have done a lot of pool enclosures. John showed some examples of their covers. John told Council they can custom design structures to meet snow loads and wind loads that are required. John told Council this is a totally sealed structured and creates a greenhouse effect. John said this cover can be patched on location if there is a puncture in it. Carol, Hanson Pool Covers, showed a sketch of an aluminum beam that would be incorporated into the structure. Carol said this would be a gable structure. Bill Efting, leisure services director, told Council if staff had a choice, there is no doubt this type of structure could serve the city's purposes better than a bubble. Efting said this structure 22 Reaular Meetina Aspen Citv Council Julv 10, 1989 would give a better opportunity to prove the city can support a year round pool. Efting said this structure is more open and festive. John said their company would be willing to extend some of this cost to a different budget year. Efting told Council they are just in the beginning stages of county P & Z review. City Manager Bob Anderson said Council wanted to put up less money to see what the usage would be. Councilman Tuite said the operating costs could potentially make this a very expensive operation per swimmer . Jackie Broughton told Council there are 8 classes set up through CMC. The school district has said they will use the swimming pool for their P.E. classes. Ms. Broughton said the county is willing to help fund this project. Kelly Kelley told Council she has 15 city classes to be offered at the pool. Ms. Kelley told Council the enrollment at the pool has gone up this summer. John told Council the structure is a lifetime structure; the vinyl will last about 10 years. The replacement of the vinyl is about $1500 per panel. Councilman Crockett asked if the need for additional staff or equipment has been looked at. Efting said this has been taken into consideration for the year round budget. Efting said there will be an increased costs, but there also should be increased revenues. Councilman Crockett said he would like to see these figures. Councilman Peters said this is a natural for the budget surplus and will have a direct benefit to the community. Council agreed this should be brought back on July 24 with low and high operating numbers. Councilman Peters said he would like complete installa- tion costs including covered ways to the bubble, engineering specs and guarantees, how long it will take, the size of the improve- ments. Council adjourned at 10:00 p.m. ~~ Kathryn S.;` och, City Clerk 23