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Home My WebLink Aboutresolution.apz.037-98 RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL, THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE ASPEN/PITKIN COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND THE VARIOUS CITIZEN COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN THE ASPEN AREA COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE RESEARCH DEVELOPING A NEW MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE ON THE BURLINGAME/ZOLINE PROPERTIES AND EXTENDING THE TOWNSITE GRID TO THE GOLF COURSE PARCEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A MORE DESIRABLE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. Resolution #98- .~"~ WHEREAS, there is a clearly defined need for affordable housing in the upper Roaring Fork Valley and within the City of Aspan; and, WHEREAS, during the January, 1998, "Housing Roundtable" the elected and appointed officials of Pitkin County and the City of Aspen, realizing this need, made a commitment to provide five hundred (500) new affordable housing units by the Millennium (2001); and, WHEREAS, the Housing and Growth Committees for the Aspen Area Community Plan are comemplating a goal of building approximately eight hundred twenty (820) additional units of affordable housing in the next five years; and, WHEREAS, the Commission believes it is important to build upon those qualities of thc natural and built environment which have made Aspen a special place; and, WHEREAS, the Commission prefers development patterns which promote good neighborhood design, emphasize the development of "community" rather than "units," preserve our rural and open lands, promote transit usage, help define the town's urban edge, are contiguous to existing development, represent efficiencies in infrastructure, represent frugal use of public monies, and which avoid leapfrog-type development; and, WHEREAS, the original Townsite plat of 3,000 square foot lots provides a developmem pattern which the Commission finds preferable over the suburban typology; and, WHEREAS, the Townsite grid promotes desirable urban design patterns of mass, scale, and repetition for which Aspen has expressed a preference with the adoption of Ordinance 30, Series of 1995; and. WHEREAS, the Townsite grid of 3,000 square foot lots promotes a self- regulating house size limitation and avoids the appearance of a "housing project" by allowing personal expression in design; and, I IIIIII IIIII IIIIII III IIIIIIII IIII IIIIII III IIIII IIII IIII 424878 ~I/2~/~g98 03:3~P I~ESOLIJT! Df~VIS $ILV! WltEREAS, an extension of the Townsite grid would promote better living conditions and a healthier, safer, and more efficient development pattern than a remote, suburban development on the Burlingame/Zoline parcels; and, WItEREAS, an extension of the Townsite grid would allow Aspen the opportunity to include all segments of the society in a traditional type of neighborhood and would provide hope to those members of Aspen's workforee seeking inclusion and a chance to become vested members of the community; and, WHEREAS, the development of the Burlingame/Zoline parcels as a municipal golf course would provide a "soft edge" greenbelt tc the town -- the original intent of the golf course, preserve open space where it is appropriate -- the entrance to Aspen, preserve the base of Deer Hill, and provide an opportunity for major golf tournarnents to use 36 holes in coordination with the Maroon Creek Club; and, WftEREAS, directing growth to one primary area of town would build confidence in the public's ability to house its workforce and make decisions which are insightful and have a positive influence on the town's future, preserve our rural and open lands by lesserting the demand to develop scattered sites, and ease the public's fears about where affordable housing might occur; and, WHEREAS, extending the Townsite grid to the Marolt parcel and/or the Golf Course would provide a more transit friendly development pattern, allowing citizens the opportunity to live with less reliance on the automobile, than would a more suburban development on the Burlingame/Zoline properties; and, WHEREAS, if combined with a program such as encouraging more affordable housing in the downtown, extending the Townsite could accommodate all of Aspen's affordable housing needs for the foreseeable future; and, WHEREAS, this type of development pattern could be accommodated without having to extend municipal services to scattered sites located outside of town; and, WHEREAS, the Commission believes this type of growth panem and comnutmem to the community would better meet the goals and intent statements of the Aspen Area Community Plan; and, WHEREAS, the Commission believes maintaining an open mind to new ideas and being a catalyst for positive change are traits Aspenites value; and, WHEREAS, during a regular meeting of the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission on November 17, 1998, the Commissioners considered and approved this Resolution, by a 6 to 0 vote. NOW, TItEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Commission: That the Aspen City Council, the Pitkdn County Board of County Commissioners, the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority, and the various citizen committees involved in the Aspen Area Community Plan should research the development alternative of a new I Illlll IIIII IIIIII III Illlllll IIII IIllll III IIlll Illl Illl 4248T8 XX/Zs/xgg8 03:3~.P RE$OLUTX DRVX$ SXLVX 2 of 3 R 16.~ O 8.~ g 0,88 PX'rKZN COUNTY CO municipal g lfcourse on the Burhngame/Zohne pmpertaes and e~ending the Townsite grid to the Golf Course parcel for the purpose of providing affordable housing in a more desirable development pattern. APPROVED by the Commission at its regular meeting on November 17, 1998. APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY OF ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION: City Attorney ATTEST: iaa, Deputy C~ty C er Hill II III IIII IIII I III HI $ II