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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19911015Aspen City Council Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1 COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 4 CONSENT CALENDAR 5 CITY MANAGER COMMENTS 6 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS 6 LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER - Paragon 6 19 9 2 BUDGET 7 ORDINANCE #36, SERIES OF 1991 - Appropriations 7 ORDINANCE #37, SERIES OF 1991 - Water Conservation 8 ORDINANCE #38, SERIES OF 1991 - Barnard Park Court 8 ORDINANCE #39, SERIES OF 1991 - Aspen Mountain PUD Ice Rink Rezoning 9 RESOLUTION #38, SERIES OF 1991 - FNMA Agreement Deed Restrict- ed Housing . 9 STREET SANDING 11 RIO GRANDE UPDATE/RIVER ENHANCEMENT 12 REQUEST FOR FUNDS - Swimming Pool 13 RFTA SKIER' S SHUTTLE 14 15 Mayor Bennett called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m. with Councilmembers Peters, Pendleton, Richards and Reno present. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1. Raymond Auger presented a petition about the timed parking on Rio Grande Place around the Obermeyer building. Auger requested Council examine this timed parking and also negate all the tickets that have been issued. 2. Ruth Stone, Children's Playshop, told Council since she started her school, the voters have approved a sale tax for day care and the city approved an early learning center at the yellow brick school. Ms. Stone said there are enough day care centers to take care of the market. Ms. Stone presented a graph of reduced child care needs, that the work force is moving down valley and those living in Aspen are getting older. Ms. Stone said Carbondale has opened a Head Start school targeted at some of the same people as the ELC. Ms. Stone concluded there is no need for a pre-school age program and the ELC and should be discontinued. It is a duplication of services and a waste of taxpayers money. Ms. Stone asked who approves the requests for use of the .45 cent sales tax for day care. Ms. Stone said there is an implied endorsement of government for the ELC, since this was established by the city and the school district. Ms. Stone asked if competitive facilities are lost, are most children going to have to go to ELC programs and the government will have to continue to support this. Terry End, Aspen Montessori School, supported Ruth Stone's comments. Beanie Bodwell, Snowmass Village, said one thing her family loves about Aspen is the choice of the wonderful pre-school. Ms. Bodwell said it is sad that the government would support an institution that would put these pre-schools out of business. Councilman Peters said he is on the Early Learning Center Board. Council did provide some funds to rehabilitate the yellow brick building. Councilman Peters said the early learning center is not a city program. The ELC is carrying its own budget, including paying over $40,000 in utility costs. Councilman Peters said the purpose of the ELC is to provide a healthy environmental for a variety of children. There is a program for children with learning disabilities. The ELC is using all the rooms at the yellow brick school except 2 rooms which may be used by the Waldorf school. The public school may have to move it's finance office back to that building. Councilman Peters pointed out the ELC runs from early morning to late at night and during winter will run 7 days a week. Councilman Reno read a letter into the record from Diane Stouffer supporting Ruth Stone and stating they wanted more choices than just the Early Learning Center. Councilwoman Richards said a lot of parents need to have a day care center that is available longer hours and more days a week. The ELC gives people this type of choice. Councilman Peters said it has been a goal of his to use Aspen City Council Regular Meeting October 151 1991 housing/daycare money to fund a trust for day care . There would be an advisory panel giving recommendations to Council on how to spend this money. This money could go to scholarships or tuition or even space for day care centers. Amy Margerum, city manager, said the Council will be seeing the housing/daycare budget on Monday, October 21st, which will be a good opportunity to continue this debate. Councilman Peters said the Council gave $60,000 to help hire a director and do pre- planning on the yellow brick site and also gave cash to help renovate the building. There is no on-going support from the city for this program. This discussion will be continued October 21st. Ms. Stone asked when the parameter was set that there would be no money spent out of the .45 sales tax except for non-profit. Cindy Wilson, assistant city manager, said last spring the CIVA task force brought some guidelines to Council, which were adopted by Council. 3. Lily Garfield said she has had a business in town for 15 years. The town has changed in both positive and negative ways. Ms. Garfield said the city government does address the need of this community to keep its ambience. The government has scaled down sizes of homes and hotels, usually done after a crisis has started. Ms. Garfield told Council there was a rumor about Saks Fifth Avenue looking for space in Aspen. Ms. Garfield said a department store would drastically affect the other retail businesses in Aspen as well as the whole town. Ms. Garfield suggested Council place an appropriate limit on retails stores in Aspen to help protect owner- operated and family businesses. These type of businesses have supported community affairs and charities. Mayor Bennett said several groups in the Aspen Area Community Plan are tackling this exact problem. Amy Margerum, city manager, told Council the Land Use Code currently limits the size of shops and was put in specifically to keep department stores from coming in. 4. John Foley asked Council to look into the city carrying out construction projects without going through the planning process and to look at the planning process to see how it is applied. Foley said there is currently construction of a concrete pan within 10 feet of the Roaring Fork river. Foley said this construction is to hold above ground petroleum storage tank. Foley told Council when he contacted the planning office he was told there was no stream margin review done because they were administratively exempt and that he had no right to appeal. Foley told Council he is on a well down stream from this construction. Foley told Council last week the status of the Roaring Fork was upgraded to the highest quality river in the state. Foley said the city should question whether there should be petroleum at the 2 Aspen Citv Council _ Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 maintenance shop. Amy Margerum, city manager, told Council this construction was red tagged by the building department. A stream margin review was received and the streets department thought this was for their entire site; the tanks were located in an area that was not approved. The streets department was going to locate the tanks above ground. Ms. Margerum said if these can be moved away from the stream and placed above ground, this may be better environmentally. Stream margin review is not a public hearing; it was not done administratively. Ms. Margerum told Council if there is a code amendment to allow these tanks to be above ground, there will be a public hearing. Mayor Bennett said this is under review. If the tanks are to go above ground, there will be a code amendment and a public hearing. Foley asked Council to decide whether this is an appropriate use for land that is zoned residential. Councilwoman Richards said she would like staff to look at other locations for these tanks. Ms. Margerum said currently there is no mechanism for tanks to go above ground, and there is some environmental problem to putting tanks under ground. Councilman Reno agreed he does not want to see storage of petroleum products above or below ground at the city shop. Councilman Reno said he would like to see a schedule for solving this. Ms. Margerum said if Council would rather see an alternative location, there is no reason to pursue the code amendment. Mayor Bennett requested staff look at alternatives and report back October 28th. 5. Maureen Fitzpatrick, recreation teacher Aspen Elementary School, told Council now the school is near the swimming pool, they have taken every child to the pool. Ms. Fitzpatrick said they would like to continue this and encouraged Council to keep the pool open. 6. Dick Meeker brought up a recently approved encroachment license at 1006 E. Cooper and presented photographs. Meeker told Council he is an owner of a unit across the alley. Meeker said the residents have seen new survey and demolition work being done across the alley. Meeker said an encroachment license was granted August 12, 1991; there was no notification to adjoining property owners. Meeker told Council certain facts were omitted during the Council hearing which may have changed Council's decision. The parking spaces at Sunrise condominiums are 25 feet deep to accommodate full size cars and turning. Meeker said the alley is reduced to a single lane of traffic due to a garage already in the alley. This is a dead end alley with a lot of traffic because it services more than 32 vehicles. Meeker said because of the encroachment, utility lines are brought out even further into the alley. Meeker requested Council rescind the encroachment license granted and work out an agreement or variance to allow the owner to move the garage onto their property. Meeker said moving the 3 Ashen Citv Council Regular Meetina October 15, 1991 building would be an improvement to the neighborhood and a cost savings to the owner in the future. Council agreed to have staff contact the application of the encroachment. This will be placed on the October 28th agenda. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman Reno reported on the Nordic Council meeting and the IGA for trails maintenance in the packet. Councilman Reno told Council the agreement places the responsibility on all 3 govern- ments (Pitkin County, Aspen, Snowmass) for operations and mainte- nance costs . Up until now Aspen has been paying most of the costs . Snowmass and Pitkin County are also looking at this agreement. 2. Councilman Reno said last year the Nordic Council came to the city for a PUD amendment to light the golf course. The Nordic Council was told the costs would be $600. They have gotten a bill for 7.75 additional hours at $135 her hour. The Nordic Council is a non-profit group and is concerned about this charge. Councilman Reno said he would like Council to consider waiving this fee. 3. Councilman Reno said he would like the Cemetery Lane Utility Undergrounding District moved up on the agenda from information items to IX (j). 4. Councilwoman Pendleton said Council should start working on their goals and mission statement. Mayor Bennett pointed out the notes from Council's retreat have been organized and typed up. This would be a good place to start. Councilwoman Richards concurred the goals should be worked on and they should be worked on with staff. Amy Margerum, city manager, suggested Council and staff start on this in November. 5. Councilwoman Pendleton requested the October 17th budget session be changed to October 18th. Council agreed. 6. Councilwoman Richards said the wildlife task force ran out of funds before they could finish up their report. The wildlife task force is requesting $400 out of the contingency fund. Councilwoman Richards requested this be added to the agenda. 7. Councilwoman Richards thanked Councilman Peters, Bill Tuite and John Unger for their work on the skier's shuttle. 8. Councilman Peters said he had a call from Patty Clapper. Elected officials from Lake County and Council from Leadville are coming to Aspen Thursday at noon to discuss mutual experiences with the EPA. Councilman Peters requested any Council available attend that meeting. 4 Aspen Citv Council Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 9. Councilman Peters said he continues to be concerned about the shut down of the red brick school. It has been difficult to deal with this because of the city's budget crisis. Councilman Peters said he would like to continue the effort of keeping the building open as a community resource. The school board is having a work session Thursday on this. Councilman Peters asked if Council is interested in approaching the school district about delaying this decision for a week or two and also to pursue finding ways to keep the red brick school building open. Councilwoman Pendleton said she would hate to see this turn into 4 luxury home sites. Amy Margerum, city manager, told Council the HPC has written the school board telling them they do not want it torn down. Councilwoman Pendleton said the city purchasing this building is down on her list of priorities. Councilwoman Pendleton agreed with asking the school district to delay the decision. Councilwoman Richards said she voted for the school bond issue and feels betrayed this building is going on the market for other uses. This is an asset and a resource as a property and cannot be replicated. Councilwoman Richards said she would like to alterna- tives to maintain this property as a community resource. Council- man Peters said if this school closes, basketball, gymnasium, the day camp and M.A.A. practice rooms will be eliminated. Amy Margerum, city manager, said there are alternatives from the in- town school sites committee that staff can bring back to Council. Councilman Peters said he would like to look at this as a one year only expense to buy time and keep the building open. This would cost in the neighborhood of $90,000. Councilman Peters suggested he and Councilman Reno work with staff to look into the costs and alternatives and bring this forward as a project to see how Council wants to pursue this. 10. Councilman Peters moved to suspend the rules and add the wildlife task force request for funds to the agenda as IX(k); seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. 11. Councilman Reno moved to move the Cemetery Lane underground district at action item IX(j); seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilwoman Richards moved to approve the consent calendar; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. A. Minutes - September 6, 23, 1991 B. Resolution #40, 1991 - LEAF DUI Enforcement Grant C. Marolt House Lease - Bob Gish D. Request for funds - City Attorney E. Request for Contract Approval - Topo Maps American Co. All in favor, motion carried. 5 Aspen City Council Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 CITY MANAGER COMMENTS 1. Amy Margerum, city manager, reminded Council they directed staf f to work with the Colorado Department of Transportation on the concrete overlay at the S curves. Staff met with the DOT, who is willing to do that this year if the city shares the costs and provides some in-kind services. Ms. Margerum said this $9,000 can be covered in the existing streets department budget. Councilwoman Pendleton objected to both paying for the street and the in-kind services. Councilwoman Pendleton requested staff talk to the DOT to see if the work can be done this year and then get a rebate from them for next year. Council agreed. 2. Amy Margerum, city manager, said Council directed staff to review the liquor occupation tax fees. The city clerk will report on these during her budget. 3. Amy Margerum, city manager, told Council she met with the Roaring Fork Forum. All the cities and counties renewed their commitment and scheduled another meeting for December. This will be a steering committee meeting to frame a program for the upcoming year and discuss costs. 4. Amy Margerum, city manager, said staff is working on an overview of the general fund budget. The memorandum will be distributed to Council Wednesday. LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS Councilman Peters moved to approve the liquor license renewals for Chart House; Log Cabin; City Market; Bentley's; Mezzaluna; Lauretta's; Bender Fain; Boogies; Elk's Club; Cooper Street Pier; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER - Paragon Councilman Peters moved to approve the transfer of the Paragon liquor license to Sun Tatou Inc; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, with the exception of Councilwoman Pendleton. Motion carried. Councilwoman Pendleton said this is an out of town operation coming in. Council had previously discussed bonds or some way to protect employees and purveyors. Councilwoman Pendleton said this goes back to the whole issue of keeping businesses local. Councilman Reno moved to reconsider the liquor license transfer for the Paragon; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. 6 Aspen City Council Regular Meeting October 15. 1991 Art Daily and Rudolf Piper, representing the applicant, told Council this is a New York restaurant, which has been very popular in the last few years; it is a quality operation. Piper told Council there is a 10 year lease for the property. The intent is to be in Aspen summer and winter; they do not yet know the plans for mid-seasons. Piper said they only intend to bring in the chef from New York; the rest of the employees will be local. Councilman Peters asked if they will have TIPS training for the staff and take a responsible approach to serving liquor. Piper said they will abide by the laws and not by pass any ordinances. Councilman Peters moved to approve the liquor license transfer to Sun Tatou; second by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, with the exception of Councilwoman Pendleton. Motion carried. 1992 BUDGET Dallas Everhart, finance director, said this is the first public hearing of the 1992 budget. Everhart noted the budget public hearings are started as early as possible to encourage citizens to attend meetings as well as outline the schedule for budget hearings. Everhart said there are budget workbooks at the library and city clerk's office. A two-page brochure has been distributed around town. This brochure provides information on the funds, cash balances, revenues and expenses, debt service and capital projects . The budget hearing schedule will be published. Everhart requested, as part of the budget process, that Council specifically approve the use of impact fees; park dedication impact fees, park dedica- tion payment-lieu and Ordinance #1 impact fees. Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing and continued it to October 28, 1992. ORDINANCE #36, SERIES OF 1991 - Appropriations Dallas Everhart, finance director, pointed out the only change from first reading is to incorporate the $1500 for roof repairs at the Cemetery Lane houses. The ordinance also officially adopts the housing authority budget. Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Bennett closed the public hearing. Councilman Peters moved to adopt Ordinance #36, Series of 1991, on second reading as amended; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Peters, yes; Pendleton, yes; Richards, yes; Reno, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes. Motion carried. 7 Aspen City Council Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 ORDINANCE #37, SERIES OF 1991 - Water Conservation Larry Ballenger, water department director, said this deals with water conservation in Aspen and deals specifically with the use of water efficiency, high efficiency water fixtures, landscaping criteria with a water waste section, consumer education on high efficiently water use. and Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Bennett closed the public hearing. Councilman Reno moved to adopt Ordinance #37, Series of 1991, on second reading; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. Councilman Peters asked in Section 23-151, Waster of Water Prohibited, is the city more concerned about treated water. Ballenger answered yes. Peters suggested the section read "treated water". Ballenger said this section may also be applicable to irrigation with raw water. Councilman Peters said he does not want to make it illegal to irrigate with ditches or raw water. Council suggested staff look at this and return with suggestions at the next Council meeting. Councilman Reno withdrew his motion Councilman Peters said he is interested in preserving the historic uses. Councilwoman Richards suggested staff send this ordinance to ACES and RMI for comments. Councilman Peters moved to table this to October 28, 1991; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #38, SERIES OF 1991 - Barnard Park Court Bob Gish said there are only two residents on this street. Staff has been able to reach one who has no problem with the name change. The other resident has not responded. Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Bennett closed the public hearing. Councilman Reno moved to adopt Ordinance #38, Series of 1991, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Peters. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Richards, yes; Pendleton, yes; Reno, yes; Peters, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes. Motion carried. 8 Aspen City Council Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 ORDINANCE #39, SERIES OF 1991 - Aspen Mountain PUD Ice Rink Rezoning Councilman Peters moved to read Ordinance #39, series of 1991; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #39 (Series of 1991) AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL GRANTING A REZONING FROM COMMERCIAL LODGE (CL) AND LODGE/TOURIST RESIDENT (L/TR) TO PARK (p) FOR LOTS A THROUGH I, BLOCK 91, CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN (ALSO KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF LOT 5 OF THE ASPEN MOUNTAIN SUBDIVI- SION), THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF EAST DURANT AVENUE AND GALENA STREET, ASPEN, COLORADO was read by the city clerk Diane Moore, planning office, told Council this rezoning encompass- es 20,000 square feet and is being rezoned in accordance with the PUD agreement. P & Z has reviewed this and recommends approval. Councilman Peters moved to adopt Ordinance #39, Series of 1991, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Reno. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Pendleton, yes; Richards, yes; Reno, yes Peters, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes. Motion carried. RESOLUTION #38, SERIES OF 1991 - FNMA Agreement Deed Restricted Housing Carr Kunze, housing director, said this issue is returning to Council to clarify any conditions that would be put upon any use of FNMA financing in connection with deed restricted housing. Kunze said part of the time line is the redemption period expires from 120 to 145 days and APCHA sells the units at 145 to 175 days. Kunze reminded Council one issue they brought up was mortgage and credit counselling. Kunze said the housing authority has been in contact with the Colorado Housing Assistance Corporation and another non-profit organization that provides this counselling. Kunze said there are no organizations designed to provide this service in this area. Kunze said another concern was if someone would buy the unit and get rid of the deed restriction. Kunze told Council he has discussed this with counsel and is assured that a purchaser would not be able to get rid of a deed restriction. Kunze said there is a public investment in employee units. Many older units have appreciation rates of 6 percent accumulating, some 6 percent with improvements. The more recent policy of the housing authority is 3 percent on the full value of the units. Kunze said 9 Aspen Citv Council _ ____ Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 the housing authority is looking at limited equity approaches to appreciation. Dave Tolen, housing office, explained currently the resale price on units is limited to some annual percentage of the original purchase or resale price, between 3 and 6 percent. The limited equity approach would restrict the resale price on a unit to some fixed annual percentage. Tolen presented Council with several financial scenarios on equity and explained which projects have 3 and 6 percent equities; the fourth curve compares these with affordability. There will be a point where the 6 percent will exceed the affordability. Council- woman Richards asked if there is a formula built in to take into account depreciation of the actual unit. Kunze said only on the improvements on some deed restrictions. Councilman Peters said at some point these units will become older and will not have the same marketability or track with their ever increasing value. Jean Scraggs said people buy homes to try and hedge inflation, to try and maintain affordable housing costs, to have money earn appreciation. Ms. Scraggs said people also go into home ownership for tax benefits and pride of ownership. This proposal strikes at one of the most important areas, who would put their money into 3 percent equity when inflation is 4 and 5 percent . Ms . Scraggs told Council for Midland Park, the Commissioners came to an agreement with the homeowners for the resale agreement which is attached to the deeds. Ms. Scraggs said this proposal would be to renege on a standing agreement. Ms. Scraggs said if Council wants to do this on new projects, everyone will know the rules, no one will be at a disadvantage and all will be treated equally. Terry Allen, Midland Park resident, said this would be tied to the financing agreement for FNMA. Kunze pointed out people are still buying homes at the 3 percent equity rate. Ms. Scraggs pointed out the market also affects employee units and does dictate the price. Councilwoman Pendleton said the objective of getting FNMA is to make funding more accessible to people. Councilman Peters said this is one of the biggest issue in housing and has to do with millions of dollars of funding. Councilman Peters said this is an attempt to deal with long term affordability. The housing authority has examined this and does not allow 6 percent apprecia- tion on their projects any more. There are buyers for units with 3 percent appreciation. Councilwoman Richards said she would like to be able to offer lower rates of interest to people purchasing homes. However, by the city taking the risk of providing FNMA financing, they are putting something on the table. There have been some windfalls created in employee housing units. Councilman Reno said the market will determine what units will sell for and if they get too expensive, people will not buy them. Councilman Reno said he would only be interested in limited equity for new projects; 3 percent is not a good investment. Councilman Reno 10 Aspen Citv Council Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 said he supports using FNMA; the risk seems very low. Mayor Bennett said he is not comfortable trying to renegotiate agreements because people are asking for help for cheaper financing. Mayor Bennett said he cannot seek the risk in supporting FNMA financing. Councilwoman Pendleton moved to approve Resolution #38, Series of 1991; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Peters. Motion carried. STREET SANDING Jack Reid, streets superintendent, presented a memorandum outlining staff suggestions trying to reduce the PM 10 in Aspen. Reid told Council one problem is the state implementation plan is not yet completed. Staff is trying to find out how much credit the city will get for implementing some of these programs. Council needs to decide whether or not some of the suggestions should be tried. Councilwoman Pendleton asked what the EPA weather tower is. Reid said the city does not have a choice about the weather tower and it is limited where it can be placed. The current suggestion is on top of the yellow brick school. Councilwoman Pendleton asked about SCAN. Reid said this is a weather in pavement monitoring system. There is a sensor installed in the pavement with a relay station back to the computer. This gives the temperature, whether the pavement is wet or dry and the percent of liquid de-icers or chemicals on the pavement. This also gives 24 hour forecasted pavement temperature. Reid said SCAN will help tell when to sand and when not to sand. Reid said the city uses an average of 1200 tons of sand in a year, which is a lot of time, material and PM 10. Implementing this SCAN system could reduce the amount of sand and would be an impact on the PM 10 figures. Councilwoman Richards said she would like recommendations from other towns that have used this system. Reid told Council this is new technology and it does something Aspen needs. Mayor Bennett said this is a long and good list of recommendations from staff . Mayor Bennett asked why the recommendation to use less sand is not on the list. Reid pointed out because of liability problems, when the streets are icy the city has to put sand down. Reid said the streets department will turn the valve in the truck down; however, if there is a lot more snow this winter, the amount of sand will be increased. Reid said no parking on Main from the Castle Creek bridge to Cooper and Original from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. will allow the streets to be cleaned more thoroughly and will help the pollution problem. Amy Margerum, city manager, told Council some of these things can be done within the existing budget. Staff plans to go ahead with the liquor de-icer, the skier's shuttle has been settled, free it Asoen Citv Council Regular Meetina_____ October 15, 1991 parking in the garage for car pooling has been implemented. Ms. Margerum pointed out Section 2 are items that can be deferred to 1992. Some of these are closing off certain streets, encouraging businesses to use flex time, encouraging business to have their employees use the parking garage, downtown shuttle. Reid suggested holding off on the no parking on Main street until the towing arrangements and impound lot have been worked out. There are recommendations from the Clean Air Advisory Board to support high occupancy vehicle lanes on Highway 82 and support voluntary odd/even no drive program. Councilwoman Richards said she would like to provide more incentives for people to ride the bus. Mayor Bennett said this would be a good topic for the community plan group. Ms. Margerum said staff will forward the applicable suggestions to the community planning group. Councilwoman Richards moved to suspend the rules and continue the meeting to 10:00 p.m.; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. RIO GRANDE UPDATE/RIVER ENHANCEMENT Leslie Lamont, planning office, presented an outline of the Rio Grande property planning process from the existing conditions and synopsis of past review to conceptual SPA plan adoption. Ms. Lamont said the conceptual adoption should be in front of Council by January 1992. Ms. Lamont said there are 3 ways to constitute a task force; only people who have already expressed interest in the Rio Grande parcel; that interest group with P & Z and Council members; interest group representatives, community members and P & Z members. Ms. Lamont said the master plan process will be focusing on the land uses on the Rio Grande. The next topic will be the proposed work on the river channel. Councilwoman Richards said she would like to see some Council members involved in the task force. Councilman Peters suggested including someone from the parks association. Council agreed the task force should be interest group representatives, community meters and P & Z members including someone from the parks association. If a Council member wants to attend, that is fine. Ms. Lamont reminded Council in August, Council directed staff to get going immediately on work that could be done on the river. Council was asked to consent to a stream margin review application by the art museum, trout unlimited and the department of wildlife. Ms. Lamont said staff has been working with the River Enhancement Committee, made up of kayakers, fisherpeople, art museum, art park and theatre representatives. Ms. Lamont told Council they anticipate two steps of funding; one for planning, stream margin review application, permitting, which would come from the trails fund and the second for implementation of the project. This money would come from the land fund. Ms. Lamont told Council if Council 12 Aspen City Council Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 approves the funding requests, staff will start the stream margin review process this month. Gary Lacy showed a slide presentation of the Rio Grande as well as other river areas in cities, like Boulder, Steamboat Springs and San Antonio. Mayor Bennett said he is very excited about this plan. This could be the most popular park in Aspen. Ms. Lamont said staff would like to hear Council's goals and objectives for the Rio Grande. Councilwoman Pendleton agreed. Councilman Reno moved to direct the City Manager to transfer money saved from the 1991 trails program to fund engineering and plan phase of the project; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Pendleton moved that Council consent to the submittal of a stream margin application; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Peters moved to allocate $60,000 from the land fund to complete all of phase one; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Richards moved to table Ordinance #40, 1991 - 1001 Ute Avenue Lot Line Adjustment and Ordinance #41, Series of 1991, Alpine Bank Condominiumization to October 28, 1991; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Richards moved to table Cemetery Lane Undergrounding and Funds for Wildlife study to October 28, 1991; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Pendleton requested the school water tap fees be taken off the agenda; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Peters moved to suspend the rules and continue the meeting to 10:15 p.m.; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. REQUEST FOR FUNDS - Swimming Pool George Robinson, leisure services director, told Council there are some funding problems to finish out 1991. Robinson requested $28,000 to complete 1991. This money will have to come from the contingency fund. Robinson reminded Council they just put the pool cover up. Council requested staff to go over the pool expenses and revenues for the remainder of the year and to come back at the next meeting. 13 Aspen City Council Regular Meeting October 15, 1991 RFTA SKIER'S SHUTTLE Mayor Bennett moved to support this in principle; that Council is favorably inclined towards the agreement worked out by Councilman Peters, Bill Tuite and John Unger between RFTA and the Ski Company; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. Amy Margerum, city manager, said there are funding implications for this skier's shuttle. Mayor Bennett said there will be a contract before Council soon and they can discuss funding at that time. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Pendleton moved to adjourn at 10:30 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. ~/ ~- .,c_ Kathryn S. och, City Clerk 14