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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19911125Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 PROCLAMATION - Kids Appreciation Day 1 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1 COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 2 CONSENT CALENDAR 4 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS 4 LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION - Swiss Bakery Tavern License 4 REQUEST TO CHANGE TRADE NAME - Paradise Club to China Club 5 ORDINANCE # 2 4 , 19 91 - Newsracks 5 ORDINANCE #42, SERIES OF 1991 - Alpine Bank Condominiumiza- tion 6 19 9 2 BUDGET 6 ORDINANCE #39, SERIES OF 1991 - Aspen Mountain PUD Ice Rink Rezoning 7 ORDINANCE #44, SERIES OF 1991 - Fee Increases 7 ORDINANCE #40, SERIES OF 1991 - 1001 Ute Avenue Lot Line Adjustment 9 REQUEST APPROVAL TO USE TRUSCOTT & MAROLT BOND FUNDS 9 KRAUT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 10 ORDINANCE #45, SERIES OF 1991 - Appropriations 12 COOPER AND ORIGINAL TRAFFIC PATTERN 13 15 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 Mayor Bennett called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m. with Councilmembers Richards, Pendleton, Peters, and Reno present. PROCLAMATION - Kids Appreciation Day Brooke, Basalt Middle School, told Council they have been working on this project since school started . They have gone to Basalt and Glenwood, Aspen for endorsement and are going to Carbondale. Michael said they worked on reasons why kids should be appreciated. Brooke requested Council's approval so this will be a valley-wide project. Mayor Bennett read the proclamation and presented it to Brooke and Michael. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1. Scott MacDonald presented Council with a letter about the tiered approach to liquor license fees. Amy Margerum, city manager, told Council staff is working on this and should have an ordinance for first reading in December. 2. Bob Spicer told Council he is involved with local citizens about drug and alcohol use in the community. Spicer read a letter with 3 suggestions. (1) At special event permits often alcohol is the only beverage; Spicer suggested Council make it a condition of special event permits that non-alcoholic beverages also be served. (2) Alcohol-free sponsors should also be encouraged. Spicer had a list to be available when people apply for special event permits. (3) for liquor licenses, applicants should have to prove that the needs of the neighborhood have not been met. Spicer suggested Council consider this issue seriously rather than rubber stamping every application. Councilwoman Pendleton said Council is going to have a study session in January or February on liquor license policy. Council- woman Pendleton pointed out there is nothing in the state statutes to require non-alcoholic beverages be served. Councilwoman Pendleton said the idea of the community partnership is not to be abolitionist but to change the attitudes of the community. Councilman Peters agreed with creating a policy to require people to get special event permits to also serve non-alcoholic beverages and to hand out lists of alcohol free sponsors; however, issuing of liquor licenses is a conscious policy. Councilman Peters said he will resist any effort to put a value on liquor licenses. Mayor Bennett agreed restricting liquor licenses is counter productive. 3. Greg Cole told Council he was the master planner of the city hall in 1976. This plan was adopted by the Council. Cole showed Council the original plans for city hall. Mayor Bennett said Council had received copies of the plan when they did a facilities tour last week. 1 Regular Meeting Aspen Citv Council November 25, 1991 4. David Bruton said stop signs in the west end have been vandalized and he would like to contribute money towards replacing stop signs. Bruton told Council he is a lap swimmer and presented flowers to the city for keeping the swimming pool open. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman Reno moved to table Towing Contract; Ordinance #42, 1991 - Ute Avenue Improvement District; Ordinance #47, Series of 1991 - 3 to 7 a.m. no parking; and Resolution #43, Series of 1991 - Cemetery Lane Underground District to December 9, 1991; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. 2. Mayor Bennett reminded Council of the meeting with the Blue ribbon capital improvement committee November 26th at 4 p.m. 3. Councilman Peters moved to have a special Council meeting December 9th at noon to consider an executive session for the acquisition of real property; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. 4. Councilman Peters asked that Request to Waive Fee - ACES be taken of f the consent calendar and put on the agenda as item IX (j) . 5. Councilwoman Richards said Bob Lewis had a successful meeting last week with representatives of the state and the department of transportation. This group will probably be requesting funds far a specific project on Independence Pass. 6. Councilman Reno told Council January 1992 is the 100th anniversary of city hall. The city has put together an Armory Hall committee which is getting the school involved with arts and creative writing, there will be a Winterskol float, and a travel- ling display. The purpose of this is to bring knowledge to the community as well as support for an eventual renovation. The committee has put together a budget of $1200. Councilman Reno requested Council consider a request for funds from this committee. Councilman Peters moved to add this to the agenda as IX(j); seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. 7. Councilman Reno said when Council looked at the arts and non- profit groups, there was a philosophy to freeze funding. At that time, a comment was made about also freezing city departments. Councilman Reno encouraged Council to look at doing one or the other. If Council is holding arts and non-profits at a certain level, staff departments should also be held at that level. Mayor Bennett said this would entail a major revisiting of the budget work already done. Councilwoman Richards said Council could look at the revenues in the middle of 1992 and go back and do an 2 Rectular Meeting Aspen Citv Council November 25. 1991 allocation equally to all arts, non-profits and human service groups. Councilwoman Richards said a freeze is actually a cut, taking into account inflation. Councilwoman Pendleton said she is not excited about revisiting all the department budgets. Councilwoman Pendleton said the message was clear to cut budgets, and many departments did. Councilwoman Pendleton said Council set their policy for 1992. If there is a big windfall in revenues in 1992, the city could set hearings for the non-profit groups to address that windfall. Mayor Bennett suggested Council address this at the next budget hearing December 2nd. Councilman Peters said he does not support this as the arts and non-profit groups only get a fraction of their funding from the city. The city departments get all their funding from the city. Councilman Peters pointed out there are no cost of 1 iving increases in city payroll. Councilman Peters said the pay for performance pool is the bare minimum to keep people enrolled in their careers at city hall. Councilman Peters said continuing a pay for performance pool of 5 or 6 percent is a basic element of this building. Councilman Peters said the city has cut back in number of employees and sacrifices have been made by staff. Councilwoman Richards agreed Council has been very strict yet equitable in looking at city budgets. Councilwoman Richards said the revenue projects have been conservative for next year. Mayor Bennett said he is not excited about opening up the entire budget process; however, Council can discuss this next week. Amy Margerum, city manager, said co-housing group has requested a meeting with Council to update them on their proposal. Council said they will address this at the December 2nd budget hearing. Amy Margerum, city manager, said Reid Haughey would like to update Council on the valley-wide rail proposal and the transportation district funding. Council invited Haughey to their brown bag lunch December 16th. Council requested Lee Ambrose and Roger Hunt, the city's rail task force appointees, also attend. Councilman Peters said he is not interested in the engineering safety parameters for the limits on Maroon Creek bridge. Council- man Peters said he is interested in the full range of measures used by the Colorado Department of Transportation to make this decision, including costs, time, inconvenience, traffic congestion. Councilman Peters said the Maroon Creek bridge limitations will become a severe hardship on this community and the city has gotten no response to their questions. Amy Margerum, city manager, pointed out the Mayor and Chairman of the BOCC sent a letter to the DOT. Councilwoman Richards said the DOT feels very strongly this is a safety issue. Councilwoman Richards suggested a meeting with the city and county and DOT to hear the physical issues, why they 3 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 made the decision face to face rather than through letters. Council agreed. Mayor Bennett congratulated staff for taking up the vehicle policy. The city cannot afford to buy vehicles for city employees for personal use. Mayor Bennett questioned allowing city vehicles to be used for car pooling. This seems to be an open-ended policy. Mayor Bennett said the city and county have created a $4 million transportation system. Amy Margerum, city manager, told Council she is still working on this policy with staff and will report back. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilman Peters moved to approve the consent calendar as amended; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. The consent calendar is: A. Minutes - November 11, 1991 B. December Council Meetings C. Extension of Recordation Time for Marolt Plat D. Resolution #45, Series of 1991 - Extending Water System Expansion Moratorium Councilman Reno asked if the water system moratorium extended to affordable housing projects. Councilman Peters said taps are exempt from this moratorium. The city manager can make a determi- nation about the appropriateness of the moratorium. ,Ted Caswall, city attorney, said this does not apply to service lines only to main line extensions. The water department director makes the determination whether this is a line extension or not. All in favor, motion carried. LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS Councilman Peters moved to approve the liquor license renewal for Eastern Winds; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. Mayor Bennett stepped down due to a conflict of interest. Councilwoman Richards moved to approve the liquor license renewal for Pour la France; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION - Swiss Bakery Tavern License Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. City Clerk Kathryn Koch reported the files, posting and publication to be in order. Rick Neiley, representing the applicant, submitted a petition with 30 signatures. Neiley told Council the applicant plans to have a combined bakery-cafe which will not have a full kitchen on the 4 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 premises. This business will be consistent with the uses on the mall. The applicant has had a similar bakery and bar on Long Island for the last year and a half. The applicant, Beatric Aeby, has been professionally trained in the restaurant business. There are letters of recommendation from business associates. Neiley said this is a small 600 square foot space. Mayor Bennett asked for opponents. There were none. Mayor Bennett closed the public hearing. Councilman Peters moved that based on the evidence given at the public hearing held November 25, 1991, regarding the application for a tavern license by the Swiss Bakery, the city Council finds that the needs of the neighborhood have not been met and the license is hereby granted; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. REQUEST TO CHANGE TRADE NAME - Paradise Club to China Club Councilman Peters moved to approve the name change; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #241 1991 - Newsracks Bil Dunaway Aspen Times told Council all representatives of the newspapers had meetings with the CCLC, looked at the newspaper racks, and were given a certain amount of time to work on items that needed to be taken care of. All of a sudden this ordinance appeared back on the Council agenda. Dunaway said the newspaper vendors thought they were to meet back with the CCLC after 4 or 5 months to see how the list of issues has been taken care of . Mayor Bennett said Council is concerned about the safety issues and thought these were to be taken care of much faster. Councilwoman Richards said she talked to Aspen Todav and they were unaware they had to anchor their newspaper boxes. The Aspen Todav representative said they would take care of this immediately. Don Swales, CCLC, told Council they and newspaper representatives surveyed all 17 groups of newspaper racks. Each group and their problems were itemized. Swales told Council the newspaper vendors have labeled their racks and are or will address the items that need to be fixed. Swales requested this ordinance be deleted from Council's agenda. Swales said the CCLC prefers to handle this cooperatively with the newspaper vendors. Councilman Peters said if self-policing is going to work, everyone is going to have to do it. Mayor Bennett closed the public hearing. 5 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 Councilman Reno moved to adopt Ordinance #24, Series of 1991, and to direct CCLC to work with newspaper vendors to investigate and work on upgrading the newspaper boxes to be done by April 1992; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. Councilwoman Richards said she would like the motion amended to direct that the safety issues be taken care of within two months and the more aesthetic issues taken care of by April. Councilman Reno withdraw his motion. Councilwoman Pendleton moved to adopt Ordinance #24, Series of 1991. Motion DIES for lack of a second. Councilwoman Richards moved to turn this issue over to the CCLC to notify the newspaper rack vendors of any outstanding safety issues with regard to specific box locations or types of boxes around the downtown core and for those entities to take care of the safety issues within a 2 month time frame, for CCLC to report about the aesthetic issues that have been addressed and will be taken care of within 6 months; seconded by Councilman Reno. Councilman Peters said this should be self-policed and this motion makes the Council still policing it. Councilman Peters said he would like this ordinance kept on hold and if there are complaints, the ordinance should be enacted immediately, All in favor, with the exception of Councilmembers Pendleton and Peters. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #42, SERIES OF 1991 - Alpine Bank Condominiumization Leslie Lamont, planning office, told Council this is a condominium- ization of an existing commercial building. The ordinance was changed to reflect the change on first reading about allowing gravel as part of the landscape. Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Bennett closed the public hearing. Councilman Peters moved to adopt Ordinance #41, Series of 1991, on second reading as amended; seconded by Councilman Reno. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Reno, yes; Richards, yes; Pendleton, yes; Peters, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes. Motion carried. 1992 BUDGET Dallas Everhart, finance director, reminded Council they started looking at the budget October 7 and have spent 62 hours to date. 6 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25L 1991 There are budget meetings scheduled for December 2 and 5. There is a penalty if the mill levy is not certified by December 15th. Councilman Peters moved to continue the public hearing to December 9th; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #39, SERIES OF 1991 - Aspen Mountain PUD Ice Rink Rezoning Diane Moore, planning director, reminded Council this rezones lots A through I, block 91, from CL and LTR to P, park. This rezoning is in accordance with the PUD agreement for the Aspen Mountain PUD. Subsequent to this rezoning, the applicant will be seeking development approval through P & Z and Council. The P & Z approved this unanimously. Ms. Moore reminded Council they previously extended the construction schedule for this project. By the construction schedule the application has to have a certificate of occupancy by October 1992. The applicants plan to construct an ice rink/park, which is consistent with the zoning uses. The ice rink is to be used by the community and will be maintained by the applicant. Some of the surrounding uses are hotels, condominiums, and the transit center. Ms. Moore told Council this is consistent with the parks zone district, with the comprehensive plan, compatible with surrounding zone districts, will compliment Rubey and Wagner park. Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. George Vicenzi asked if the public will have more input on the ice rink. Ms. Moore and at Council. Vicenzi said he is concerned about the concept of a sunken ice rink like Rockefeller Center. Harvey said the paper talked about a sunken rink. The site from Durant to Dean street has a 7 foot elevation rise. The proposal is to depress it approximately 2-1/2 feet to 3 feet below grade of Durant street, which will accomplish approximately a 10 foot depression from Dean street. Councilwoman Richards asked if this site will be included as part of the trolley or crosstown shuttle. Harvey said they are willing to discuss this. Councilman Peters moved to adopt Ordinance #39, Series of 1991, as amended on second reading; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Pendleton, yes; Richards, yes; Reno, yes; Peters, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #44, SERIES OF 1991 - Fee Increases Councilwoman Pendleton moved to read Ordinance ##44, Series of 1991; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. 7 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 ORDINANCE #41 (Series of 1991} AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN BY AMENDING SECTION 8-1/2-1.1, 8-1/2-6(A), 8 1/2- 9. 1, 5-28 (a) , 5-31 AND 7-141 (e) AND ADDING SECTION 24-1- 106, 24-1-107, 24-1-108, 2-33, 2-34, 2-35, 2-36 AND 2-37 TO CHANGE THE "PERMIT YEAR" FOR EMERGENCY ALARM USERS PERMITS FROM JULY 1 THROUGH JUNE 30 TO JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31; TO INCREASE FEES CHARGED FOR ISSUING ANNUAL EMERGENCY ALARM USER PERMITS AND FOR RESPONDING TO FALSE EMERGENCY ALARMS; ADOPTING A TEN DOLLAR ($10.00) LATE FEE TO BE CHARGED TO EMERGENCY ALARM USERS THAT FAIL TO PAY FALSE ALARM FEES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF BEING BILLED; TO INCREASE THE FEES CHARGED FOR ISSUING AND TRANSFERRING ANNUAL DOG LICENSING TAGS, SPECIAL PARKING PERMIT FEES, BUILDING PERMIT FEES, PLANNING DEPARTMENT PROCESSING FEES, ZONING DEPARTMENT PROCESSING AND ENFORCEMENT FEES, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPEAL PROCESSING FEES, LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL SERVICE USERS FEES AND PROCESSING FEES FOR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS was read by the city clerk Cindy Wilson, assistant city manager, reminded Council most of these fees were discussed during budget hearings. There is a new fee for special events. Gary Lyman, chief building official, told Council the curve for building fees has been flattened. This is very parallel to services rendered. Councilman Reno said the building department advisory committee is in favor of flattening the curve. Diane Moore, planning director, reminded Council one area they wanted staff to look at the fees was historical preserva- tion application fees. Ms. Moore pointed out these type fees were spread out over 5 different categories. Councilman Reno said the planning office has base fee deposits and he is concerned there is no rule of accountability on this fee except that it is an hourly rate. Councilman Reno said this fee deposit may hurt the small developer. Ms. Moore told Council every year the planning office averages the development applications and bases the deposit on these numbers. Ms. Moore said she has data on how many applica- tions reach or exceed this fee deposit. Councilwoman Richards said during budget hearings on softball Council talked about raising the team rate and raising the per player rate to $10 instead of $5. George Robinson, leisure services director, told Council the increased golf fees will generate about $40,000 of revenue. Councilwoman Richards asked about the husband and wife season pass and what about "significant others". Council requested this be changed to "member and spouse". The ice garden fees will increase revenues about $23,000. 8 Regular Meetinq Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 Mayor Bennett said there seems to be a difference in the way swimmers and skaters are being treated in their fee structure. Mayor Bennett said he would like to see the fees increased more at the pool. Councilman Peters agreed the swimming pool fees should be raised to be more in line with those charged at the rink. Robinson said he will return with another proposal and try to figure out what users are getting for the amount of time they are there. Councilman Peters said the pool is expensive to operate during the winter. Councilman Peters said he would like numbers for the use of this pool this winter. Councilman Peters said he would like to see an increase in marketing for the pool. Robinson said staff has started to get out notices to hotels and lodges about the pool. Councilwoman Richards suggested using public service announcements on the radio. Councilwoman Pendleton said she would like to see the rates reviewed annually and go up a small percent every year rather than large jumps every 5 or 6 years. Ms. Wilson said the special event permit fees are new; there is a two-tiered permit structure. Ms. Wilson said staff would like time to analyze costs and make sure this is the best fee structure. Councilwoman Richards asked about the damage bond requirement. Ms. Wilson said this can be added for second reading. Councilman Peters moved to adopt Ordinance #44, Series of 1991, on first reading; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Pendleton, yes; Reno, yes; Peters, yes; Richards, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #40, SERIES OF 1991 - 1001 Ute Avenue Lot Line Adjustment Diane Moore, planning director, requested Council withdraw their consent as landowner in this application. This would invalidate the petition. - Councilman Peters moved to withdraw the city's consent for a lot line adjustment for 1001 Ute Avenue; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. REQUEST APPROVAL TO USE TRUSCOTT & MAROLT BOND FUNDS Carr Kunze, housing director, told Council there is about $100,000 in the Truscott bond fund account and $79,000 in the Marolt Ranch fund accounts. Each development has been completed. The housing staff has identified additional improvements they feel would be appropriate. Some of these were taken out of the original budget; some costs are capital improvements requested by the residents; some are corrective work areas. For Truscott Place these 3 categories total $32,000. For the Marolt project staff has identified $4, 000 of work originally in the budget that needs to be done; there is $8,000 of capital improvements requested like bike 9 Regular Meetinct Aspen Citv Council November 25. 1991 racks, lighting paths to the bus and corrective work in the amount of $4,000. All these projects are outlined in a memorandum to Council. Councilman Peters told Council the housing authority board has been over this budget and has approved this list. Councilman Peters recommended Council approve this budget. Councilman Peters pointed out the budget for snow plowing equipment has been removed. The housing authority is soliciting proposals to manage its properties and a snow plow may not be needed. Councilman Peters said he would like to earmark money for capital equipment for 1992 in case the housing authority is going to manage their properties. Councilman Peters said he feels this will pay for itself. Councilman Peters moved to approve the capital expense budget for Truscott Place and Marolt Ranch as proposed on exhibits B and C; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. Dallas Everhart said the remaining Truscott funds should be targeted towards a debt payment which will free up other funds that are not restricted. Everhart recommended the Marolt funds be returned to payment in lieu, which eventually will be spent at Council's direction on future housing projects. Councilman Peters said it may make sense to explore changing the units at Marolt Ranch to studio apartments. There is no budget for that right now; however, staff could be directed to investigate how much this might cost. Councilman Peters said this was maintained as seasonal for the M.A.A., who has abandoned that use. Councilman Peters said there does not seem to be a reason for maintaining 2 seasonal housing complexes. Councilman Peters moved that the residual of Truscott Place cash be used to pay debt service; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Peters moved that the balance of the Marolt construction cash be used to pay the city it's payment-in-lieu with the exception of $2, 000 to be retained for possible use in separate gas metering for the cafeteria; seconded by Councilwoman Pendleton. All in favor, motion carried. KRAUT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Carr Kunze, housing director, told Council they have met with P & Z and discussed potential multiple use of the site. The housing staff has also had a meeting with the evaluation committee regarding the RFP. Out of this meeting came the suggestion that the property be considered in the context of the master plan process and a potential review by the character committee, the housing committee and perhaps the transportation committee. The 10 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 property is in the midst of a rezoning process and is being considered in the context of the master plan. Kunze told Council the housing authority has recommended the staff prepare an advance form of proposal for consideration by other proposers. Kunze said the housing authority could (1) not prepare a full scale proposal and that proposal only be a limited proposal as to the economics of the development; (2) that the housing authority submit no proposal; or (3) the housing authority proceed ahead as originally determined with the housing staff in a non-voting position regarding any proposal. Kraut told Council there has been some suggestions that the rezoning for this parcel be suspended to allow for more creativity. Councilwoman Pendleton asked what commercial uses on the Kraut property would do to the county's $250,000. Ms. Margerum said the county did give that money with the understanding there would be no commercial use; however, the county has said it may be all right if their money only went into the housing part of the project. Ms. Margerum pointed out this property is before the P & Z for rezoning to AH, affordable housing. This does not allow any commercial uses. The city would have to come with another way of zoning the property. P & Z could still forward this to Council with their recommendation. Councilman Peters said he feels the city should continue with the affordable housing rezoning. This will narrow the possibilities on site and allow more adequate comparison between the presenters. Councilman Peters said the city should include a commercial component to the affordable housing zone. This could be a local services component. This should be followed up on. Councilman Peters said he does not feel that Austin and East Hopkins should not be included in this RFP. This will make it easier to compare proposals. Councilman Reno agreed with looking at a commercial component to the Kraut property. Putting only housing there would be under utilizing the site. Ms. Margerum said Council could ask P & Z and staff to come up with amendments to the AH zone regarding commer- cial; however, this is a very complex subject. Councilwoman Pendleton agreed this is a good site for housing/commercial mix. However, if the city is going to look at commercial uses and not build this, then some other city project should be built. Councilwoman Richards agreed she is not satisfied to sit on 3 lots at the same time and not produce housing. Mayor Bennett said this is the best site for a mixed project. If this city is in a hurry to get something done, maybe this is the wrong property. Councilmembers Peters, Reno and Mayor Bennett supported taking Kraut out of the RFP process to try and develop a neighborhood 11 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 commercial component to the affordable housing site. Ms. Margerum said with the noticing requirements, the P & Z and Council hearings, this will take some time. Councilwoman Richards said she would favor combining the uses if the process will not take a long time. Ms. Margerum suggested reporting back when they would have reported back on the rezoning on the time line of this combined process. Councilman Reno said if this RFP is put out to the general public, the housing authority should be limited to a pro forma. The city and housing authority will reserve the right to turn down any proposals. Councilwoman Pendleton agreed. Councilwoman Richards asked why the city has a housing authority to produce housing if they are not putting together development proposals. Councilman Peters said he, too, has debated which way would be best on this. Councilman Peters said it is unclear how the housing authority could be an individual presenter. Mayor Bennett said he is concerned about the duplication of money and the appearance of a conflict of interest. If the housing authority wants to be a bidder, they should not be sitting on the evaluation panel. Ms. Margerum suggested the housing authority send out RFPs and allow private sector teams to use the housing authority as part of that team. Council said they did not favor this approach. Councilwoman Pendleton said she does not support the housing office be a presenter. Mayor Bennett said there are 3 Council saying the housing office has a choice; they can be a presenter or be an evaluator. Councilwoman Richards moved to suspend the rules and meet to 9:25 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #45, SERIES OF 1991 - Appropriations Councilwoman Pendleton moved to read Ordinance #45, Series of 1991; seconded by Councilman Peters. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #45 (Series of 1991) AN ORDINANCE RECOGNIZING GENERAL FUND REVENUES OF $143,000; APPROPRIATING GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES OF $176,969; RECLASSIFYING PREVIOUSLY APPROVED EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND OF $28,008; APPROPRIATING LAND/OPEN SPACE FUND EXPENDITURES OF $60,000; APPROPRIAT- ING TRANSPORTATION FUND EXPENDITURES OF $4,700; RECOGNIZ- ING WHEELER TRANSFER TAX FUND REVENUES OF $4,000; APPROPRIATING WHEELER TRANSFER TAX FUND EXPENDITURES OF $4,000; APPROPRIATING HOUSING/DAYCARE FUND EXPENDITURES OF $11,250; TRANSFERRING $20,000 FROM THE 1982 SALES TAX 12 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 REVENUE REFUNDING DEBT SERVICE FUND TO THE LAND/OPEN SPACE FUND; TRANSFERRING $100,000 FROM THE 1985 SALES TAX REFUNDING REVENUE DEBT SERVICE FUND TO THE TRANSPORTATION FUND; RECOGNIZING GOLF COURSE FUND REVENUES OF $21,000; APPROPRIATING GOLF COURSE FUND EXPENSES OF $20,000 was read by the city clerk Dallas Everhart, finance director, told Council this is the final appropriation ordinance for 1991; any expenditures will be added before second reading. Everhart pointed out the ordinance contains the 1990 additional expenses for the building and communications departments. These are expenditures in excess of the 1990 budget for Pitkin County departments Everhart told Council the city did not receive the final numbers from Pitkin County until June 1991. Everhart told Council there have been a lot of discussions between the city and county to remedy this so it will not happen next year. Everhart pointed out parks, recreation and golf course are all asking for additional budget for wages. These departments are all very intensive in temporary help in the summer. Mayor Bennett asked what the options are if Council chooses not to adopt this. Everhart said services would be reduced or people would be laid off until the end of the year. The temporary help budget includes workman's compensation, which the departments have to pay for. Amy Margerum, city manager, told Council staff is looking into these in minute detail, going through every action sheet trying to determine what happened. Mayor Bennett said he would like to know how this happened, how this happened without the department head noticing, and how to make sure this does not happen next year. Ms. Margerum told Council one reason is there was a lot of change in management over a short period of time, new people coming in at critical times. Everhart told Council some changes have been made in the accounting system to make this information readily available to all departments. Councilman Peters suggested making the departments carry this forward to the next year and provide savings. Councilman Peters moved to adopt Ordinance #45, Series of 1991, on first reading; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Richards, yes; Peters, yes; Pendleton, yes; Reno, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes. Motion carried. Councilman Peters moved to suspend the rules and extend the meeting until 10:00 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Reno. All in favor, motion carried. COOPER AND ORIGINAL TRAFFIC PATTERN Bob Gish, public works director, reminded Council the parking on the south side of Cooper Avenue in front of City Market was changed 13 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 25, 1991 from angle to parallel because of the installation of a four-way stop at the intersection of Cooper and Original. Gish told Council the street is wide enough to accommodate angle parking. Changing the parking to parallel eliminated more than 2 spaces as originally reported. Council agreed they want the parking on Cooper Avenue in this block changed back to angle parking. Councilman Peters moved to table ACES waiver of park dedication fee and Armory Hall Contribution; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Peters moved to adjourn at 10:00 p.m.; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. Kathryn S Koch, City Clerk 14