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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.20160627Regular Meeting Aspen City Council June 27, 2016 1 COUNCILMEMBERS COMMENTS .......................................................................................................... 2 BOARD REPORTS ...................................................................................................................................... 2 CONSENT CALENDAR ............................................................................................................................. 2 Resolution #87, Series of 2016 – Appointments to NMPP Members’ Council, to MEAN Management Committee and to MEAN Board of Directors ........................................................................ 3 Resolution #88, Series of 2016 – Maroon Creek Micro-Hydro Partnership ......................................... 3 Resolution #93, Series of 2016 – Pavement Improvement Program Contract ...................................... 3 Resolution #85, Series of 2016 – Contract for Purchase of Fleet Vehicles .......................................... 3 Resolution #89, Series of 2016 – Voting System, licenses and related services contract..................... 3 Board Appointments ............................................................................................................................. 3 Minutes – June 6, 2016 ......................................................................................................................... 3 ORDINANCE #12, RESOLUTION #91 and RESOLUTION #92, SERIES OF 2016 Smuggler Park Subdivision – Planned Development Amendment, 108 Maple Lane, Variance nad Land Use Code Interpretation Appeal .................................................................................................................................... 3 ORDINANCE #13, SERIES OF 2016 – Little Nell Hotel, Planned Development Minor Amendment and Commercial Design Approval Amendment .................................................................................................. 3 RESOLUTION #86, SERIES OF 2016 – Small Lodge Preservation Program Amendment Prospector Condos Addition ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council June 27, 2016 2 At 5:00 p.m. Mayor Skadron called the regular meeting to order with Councilmembers Mullins and Myrin present. COUNCILMEMBERS COMMENTS Councilman Myrin thanked The Parks Department for opening Wagner Park the earliest ever following the food and wine event. Mayor Skadron said that is a result of the investment in the rebuilding of the parks. Congrats to a great food and wine. Town looked phenomenal. Thanks to the Chamber for all their work. The music festival is kicking off this week. The ideas festival is in full bloom. Thanks to the institute and have a great festival. He commented on a parking email from Mitch. It is a carrot and stick program. The increased parking rates is a deterrent to park in the downtown core. The carrot is to offer subsidized RFTA value cards, we cycle passes and bike tune ups if you sign up for the drive less program. We have used the increased revenue to pay for these other programs. Part of the money is going to the Downtowner program. It is working. The goal is to have at least one parking space in the downtown core always available. The numbers are showing it is actually working. Occupancy in the core is down around 15 percent. This speaks to a space or two available. He thanked Mitch and the parking department for driving the program. The Downtowner had 105 rides last Saturday and 249 passengers. 50 percent of the passengers used the app. 3.5 minutes was the average waiting time. BOARD REPORTS Councilwoman Mullins said the board of health meet for four hours. The Keystone Policy Center presented recommendations for the delivery of public environmental health services for Pitkin County. The mission has changed dramatically and they have lots of recommendations. See Councilwoman Mullins for more information. CONSENT CALENDAR Resolution #88 – Maroon Creek Micro-Hydro Councilman Myrin asked if Council will see a final document on it at some point. Dave Hornbacher, utilities, said this is to develop a document for Council to look at. Councilman Myrin said once the document is together it will come back for public comment. Mr. Hornbacher said it can come back for comment and more discussion. Jim True, city attorney, said it can come back at a work session but typically it would be on the consent agenda. Councilman Myrin said we need to figure out a process for community input. Mr. Hornbacher said he can sit down with Paul and any others to figure out what this is and isn’t. Mr. True said we can seek outreach to the public. Councilman Myrin said he wants to make sure there is a path for the community to be involved. Resolution #93 – Pavement Improvement Program Contract Councilman Myrin asked if there is some type of striping that lasts through a whole winter season. Jerry Nye, streets, said striping is a different project than the asphalt improvement. Councilman Myrin said in the contract there is a line for striping and asked if it is somewhere else. Mr. Nye replied it is somewhere else. He said the type of plows we use scrape the paint off the streets. Nothing will last due to the way we plow here. Councilman Myrin thanked him for looking into electric for the fleet vehicles. Regular Meeting Aspen City Council June 27, 2016 3 Board Appointments Mayor Skadron thanked and welcomed Jeff Halferty back to the Historic Preservation Commission, Chip Fuller is returning to the Wheeler Opera House Board of Directors, Patricia Weber is joining us on the Housing Board, Ryan Walterscheid is reupping for another term on Planning & Zoning.  Resolution #87, Series of 2016 – Appointments to NMPP Members’ Council, to MEAN Management Committee and to MEAN Board of Directors  Resolution #88, Series of 2016 – Maroon Creek Micro-Hydro Partnership  Resolution #93, Series of 2016 – Pavement Improvement Program Contract  Resolution #85, Series of 2016 – Contract for Purchase of Fleet Vehicles  Resolution #89, Series of 2016 – Voting System, licenses and related services contract  Board Appointments  Minutes – June 6, 2016 Councilwoman Mullins moved to adopt the consent calendar; seconded by Councilman Myrin. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #12, RESOLUTION #91 and RESOLUTION #92, SERIES OF 2016 Smuggler Park Subdivision – Planned Development Amendment, 108 Maple Lane, Variance and Land Use Code Interpretation Appeal Councilwoman Mullins moved to continue Ordinance #12, Resolution #91 and Resolution #92 to July 11, 2016; seconded by Councilman Myrin. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #13, SERIES OF 2016 – Little Nell Hotel, Planned Development Minor Amendment and Commercial Design Approval Amendment Hillary Seminick, community development, told the Council this is a minor amendment to a planned development approval. This project proposes a 243 square foot solarium addition to the existing ski concierge space. Since first reading the applicant has revised the design to better match the existing exterior. Staff is still supportive and thinks the design is almost there but want a better design that is consistent with the exterior of the hotel. Staff has provided a recommendation that if approved a condition is placed in the ordinance that requires the roof materials be changed to shingles and the size of the new windows match those on the second floor. Councilman Myrin asked if Staff has the language for the ordinance for the modifications. Ms. Seminick replied it is not in the ordinance but the recommendation section of the memo could be modified to add a section 4 to add language stating the roof material be changed to shingles and the windows match the size of the windows on the upper floor. Dana Ellis, Don Shuster and Jodi Surface representing Aspen Skiing Company. Ms. Ellis said since first reading they looked at Staff comments and amended the design. Originally they proposed a design in line with Staff recommendations but in 2014 when the soil studies were completed it was obvious there would be complications and that is where the design from the last meeting came from. There is a precedent for sky lights. There is considerable glazing. The existing roof pitch will be matched to the overhead element. The product is a glazing that tints as the sun hits it so it will greatly reduce the sun issue. Mr. Shuster said the primary reason to move forward is from a guest standpoint. Councilwoman Mullins said it is difficult to add on to a building and have it blend in. This is an improvement from what you showed us originally but I don’t think it is there yet. The massing is fine but Regular Meeting Aspen City Council June 27, 2016 4 the fenestration needs to be relooked at again. She would like to see this continued and see this one more time. Councilman Myrin said he was going to let Staff run with this but he is comfortable with that too. It is a key part of our presentation and if it takes another visit he is supportive of it. Councilwoman Mullins said in the long term it benefits everyone to get the best design possible. Councilman Myrin said he believes that this and the direction that Staff is going can match but he can defer to Councilwoman Mullins. If it was up to him alone he would modify it and pass it tonight. Mayor Skadron asked for a photo of what they are proposing and what Staff is proposing. Ms. Ellis showed an image of the second floor with the three window bay. Mayor Skadron said he is questioning why Councilwoman Mullins said the addition detracts from the rest of the building. Councilwoman Mullins replied the amount of fenestration, especially the skylights, it looks like an added on solarium. It does not have the mass of the building it is being added on to. The glass ceiling detracts and makes the addition somewhat cheap. The building itself is not that attractive and to add on something not attractive is not the way to go. Ms. Garrow said if what was there today was bumped out Staff would support that. If this is continued and brought back what other information could they come back with. Mr. Shuster said they would like to maintain the number of windows we have today but would be amenable with expanding the exterior façade out. Councilwoman Mullins said she could see that. Ms. Garrow said they see that as more consistent with the commercial design standards. Mayor Skadron asked if they are happy with the esthetic of the building. Mr. Shuster said he understands the need to maintain the constancy of what is there. Mayor Skadron asked if the costs to build were equal, was the solarium your preferred choice. Mr. Shuster said they would like the more light from the solarium. Mayor Skadron opened the public comment. There was none. Mayor Skadron closed the public comment. Councilman Myrin moved to approve Ordinance #13 with an amendment to the second Section 3 to renumber to Section 4 and the subsequent sections be renumbered to add language to change the roof materials to shingles and the window pattern replicate the window pattern on the ground or upper floors. Seconded by Councilwoman Mullins. Roll call vote. Councilmembers Myrin, yes; Mullins, yes; Mayor Skadron, yes. Motion carried. RESOLUTION #86, SERIES OF 2016 – Small Lodge Preservation Program Amendment Prospector Condos Addition Reilly Thimons, stated this is the second proposed amendment to the small lodge preservation program. It was established to minimize further loss of lodging inventory and bed base. Its incentives provide small lodges with opportunities to upgrade while staying in line with city goals and community character. The program offers small lodges planning assistance, expedited land use reviews, expedited building permit reviews, free building code assessments, small lodge energy efficiency program, building permit fee reductions, and completion of certain right of way infrastructure improvements. Ms. Garrow stated Regular Meeting Aspen City Council June 27, 2016 5 the Prospector Condos were not originally included due to being fractional in ownership. This is similar to the Shadow Mountain condos that Council added to the program in March. It is located in the commercial core zone district. There are 19 condominimized units with 15 fractions. 16 of the fractions are owned by Prospector and are always available in the rental pool. When the other fractions are not being used by an owner they are also included in the rental pool. These are rented online through stayaspensnowmass and the Prospector. Staff recommends adding this to the program. They function like a small lodge. They are specifically interested in the energy efficiency part of program. Councilman Myrin said there is a grid with the energy program depending on the amount of work. Ms. Garrow said other parts of program don’t have a city agreement. Specifically for the energy portions they contact CORE directly. The small lodge grant kicks in after the other grants. Councilwoman Mullins said it is great we are getting people who want to join this program. 50 rooms or less apply. Is there a lodge overlay. Ms. Garrow replied there is not. It is straight underlying zoning. The Chalet Lisl is the other lodge that does not have an overlay. Councilwoman Mullins said we would enthusiastic welcome this lodge into the program. Mayor Skadron said he is excited about this too. He thanked the Prospector for stepping up and taking advantage of this. It is good for them and the City of Aspen. Councilwoman Mullins moved to adopt Resolution #86, Series of 2016; seconded by Councilman Myrin. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Mullins moved to adjourn at 6:02 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Myrin. All in favor, motion carried. Linda Manning, City Clerk