HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19950828Aspen City Council Regular Meeting August 28, 1995
Mayor Bennett called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m. with Councilmembers
Marolt, Richards, Waggaman and Paulson present.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
1. Sy Kelly told Council he met with the city manager and asked for the city’s
portion of expenses in the superblock project. Kelly said he submitted a list of all
expenses for the 3 private property owners. Kelly said the city admitted they were
partners in this. Kelly said the property owners went through the superblock
proposal at the city’s request. Mayor Bennett said he would be glad to reconsider
this request although he is not sure the outcome will be different. Councilwoman
Richards suggested Council review the record since they last considered this. Amy
Margerum, city manager, told Council when she received this request, she and the
planning staff went through all the files to see if there was any agreement on these
costs. Staff could not find one. Mayor Bennett said the city attempted to create a
partnership and to pay their own expenses. The city never intended to pay the
expenses for the other private entities. Ms. Margerum said she will get background
information so Council can review this.
2. Norma Dolle said she has been told the forest service is going to close down
the Maroon Bells campground. Ms. Dolle said this campground has been there for
years and a lot of people use it. Ms. Dolle said it may be a liability problem with
avalanches and mud slides. Councilman Paulson said the forest service wanted to
move the parking lot but not to eliminate the campground. Councilwoman Richards
suggested staff inquire of the forest service what their plans are and report back.
3. Howard DeLuca, representing the West Meadow Homeowners’ Association,
petitioned Council to widen Cemetery Lane between the intersections with
Silverking Drive and Pitkin Mesa Drive. DeLuca said this is a dangerous stretch of
road. The traffic, both pedestrian and bicycle, is extremely high. Mayor Bennett
said this will be reviewed during budget time. Councilwoman Richards suggested
the asset planning committee look at this before budget.
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
1. Councilwoman Richards moved to move Langley Deed Restriction to the
consent calendar; seconded by Councilman Paulson. John Worcester, city attorney,
asked if this authorizes him to write the letter that the applicant requests. Council
said yes.
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All in favor, motion carried.
Councilwoman Richard moved to table Resolution #57, Series of 1995, to
September 11; seconded by Councilman Marolt. All in favor, motion carried.
2. Councilwoman Richards reported she attended the NW Council of
Governments meeting last week on behalf of the Colorado Association of Ski Town.
The issues of interest to Aspen are highway funding. The legislature is looking at
excess revenues in the state and putting them into the highway fund with a capital
committee to review projects. All the time spent getting Highway 82 up to the top
of the list may go by the wayside. Councilwoman Richards said it appear the
takings legislation is coming back again. These issues should be watched.
3. City Manager Margerum announced that RFTA scheduled a meeting
Thursday September 7 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the transportation development plan.
4. Ms. Margerum said the representatives of the Moore pro ject would like to
bring in their transportation consultant and meet with Council, Wednesday
September 6 at 5 p.m. This should be scheduled as a special meeting so action can
be taken if necessary. Council pointed out this would mean meetings September 5,
6, and 7 and asked if the RFTA meeting can be changed.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Councilwoman Richards moved to read Ordinances #43 and 44, Series of 1995;
seconded by Councilman Marolt. All in favor, motion carried.
ORDINANCE #43
(Series of 1995)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN,
COLORADO, TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 57 (SERIES OF 1989) WHICH
ADOPTED CITY CAMPAIGN REFORM REGULATIONS; TO DELETE THE
PROHIBITION AGAINST EXPENDITURES LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS
PRIOR TO ANY ELECTION; TO MAKE A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE AND
THE OFFICERS OF A POLITICAL COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILING
FINANCIAL REPORTS; TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 6, SERIES OF 1974,
RELATING TO PROCEDURES FOR RECALL ELECTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE
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EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE REFUNDED TO CONTRIBUTORS; AND,
TO CODIFY THE CAMPAIGN REFORM REGULATIONS BY THEIR
INCLUSION AT CHAPTER 8, “ELECTIONS”, OF THE ASPEN MUNICIPAL
CODE
ORDINANCE #44
(Series of 1995)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATING 935 E.
HYMAN AVENUE, LOT 1 OF THE SUND LOT SPLIT, ALSO KNOWN AS
LOT D, BLOCK 35, CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN, AS “H” HISTORIC
LANDMARK PURSUANT TO SECTION 24-7-703 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE were read by the city clerk
Councilwoman Richards moved to adopt the consent calendar as amended;
seconded by Councilman Marolt. The consent calendar is
Minutes - August 14, 1995
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Ordinance #43, 1995 - Amending Election Code
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Ordinance #44, 1995 - 935 E. Hyman Historic Designation
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Board Appointments (CCLC - Jon Busch, Bill Dinsmoor; Board of Adjustment -
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Charlie Patterson; HPC - Les Holst; Clean Air Board - Dee Bellina; Child Care
Committee - Kimberly Grady, Patric McLaughlin, Mary Wolfer; P & Z - Roger
Hunt)
Resolution #52, 1995 - Approving Holy Cross Contract
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Resolution #54, 1995 - Red Brick Management Agreement
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Resolution #56, 1995 - Truscott Lease Amendment - Tennis Courts
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Resolution #55, 1995 - Contract Approval Puppy Smith & N. Mill
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October Council Meeting (Change to Tuesday October 10)
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Request for Funds - Cozy Point Bridge ($5000 from contingency)
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Resolution #53, 1995 - Contract for City Hall Windows (Craig Ripley)
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Langley Deed Restriction
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Roll call vote; Councilmembers Marolt, yes; Councilwoman Waggaman, no;
Richards, yes; Paulson, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes. Motion carried
Councilwoman Waggaman said she is voting against Ordinance #44 for
philosophical reasons.
ORDINANCE #35, SERIES OF 1995 - Mocklin
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Leslie Lamont, community development department, told Council this request is for
subdivision, rezoning one parcel to AH, and vested rights. Ms. Lamont reminded
Council the property is 3 acres of which one 35,000 square foot piece is zoned
RMF/A contains an 8 unit apartment building. The applicant proposes to take the
remaining portion of the property and create 6 parcels for single family home lot of
15,000 to 24,000 square feet. This is zoned R-15A with a minimum lot of size
15,000 square feet. Staff is recommending the remaining parcel be rezoned AH.
Mocklin is using a provision in the land use code to deed restrict 7 units in the
existing apartment building and to use the replacement free market credit to create
the free market parcels. Ms. Lamont said of this 3.5 acres 117,500 square feet is
zoned R-15/A. There is an 8 unit apartment building of 12,800 square feet; 15
bedrooms in 3 one-bedroom, 3 two-bedroom, and 2 three-bedroom units. The net
livable area in the building is 6,880 square feet.
Ms. Lamont said one option is to tear down the existing building and reconfigure 7
free market parcels on the property. Because of Ordinance 1, 1990, the applicant
would be required to replace on site 50 percent of the bedroom and 50 percent net
livable, which would be 7 bedrooms and 3440 square feet. The applicant proposes
to subdivide this into 6 free market lots and one lot with the existing apartment
building. The applicant will deed restrict 7 of the 8 units, total of 12 bedrooms,
ranging in size from 370 square feet to 1470 square feet. P & Z reviewed this and
recommends approval. Ms. Lamont included an updated landscaping and grading
plan. The applicant has shown a 5 foot walk along the private drive. Ms. Lamont
pointed out the building envelopes have been defined on the site development plan.
Staff recommends no grading, no land changes, no developments, no fencing, no
vegetation other than native vegetation can occur outside the building envelopes.
This is to protect the sage field and the dense aspen groves. The applicant set up
story poles of 30 feet on lots 5 and 6 indicating top of ridge. The height limit in this
zone district is 25 feet with the capability to go up 5 more feet for a peaked roof.
Ms. Lamont noted that code interpretations generally do not go to Council but are
approved by the community development director. The interpretation regards
replacement of development credits on site and whether these can be used to create
6 free market parcels. Replacement credits has been a concept since the inception
of the growth management code. When one tears down and rebuilds, one is not
adding new growth. Ms. Lamont said the current site plan is designed to keep the
houses away from the road and take advantage of the views. If the apartment
building is eliminated, there could be one more free market lot. The deed restricted
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units would probably be replaced in duplex or triplexes and some in the free market
houses. If Mocklin tore down his building, he would have to replace 7 bedrooms
and 3500 square feet.
Ms. Lamont told Council if the building was torn down, there would be a credit to
the land based on bedrooms for the park development fees. This would be traded
out for building. These fees are reassessed every two years but the fee is not due
until a building permit is taken out. With 6 four-bedroom houses, the city will get
about $20,000 in park development impact fees. If the building were torn down and
credit accrued, the park development fee could be as low as $12,000.
Ms. Lamont reminded Council they requested a report on how the houses would
look pre- and post- Ordinance #30. Ms. Lamont said the only significant difference
is that there would not be a 500 square foot bonus for the garage. The slope FAR
reduction will not make a big difference on this property. Ms. Lamont said Council
brought up the RFTA bus stops. The first one on Lone Pine road is not on the
applicant’s property. The RFTA stop closer to Gibson is in the public right-of-way.
Ms. Lamont included a condition of approval that requires the applicant to work
with RFTA to see if an easement is needed at this location.
Ms. Lamont said one issue that has not been resolved is the issue of which GMP
allocation pool these units come out of. P & Z does not want the units to come out
of the AH pool. Ms. Lamont said staff will work on a code amendment to take care
of this problem. The code is silent to the free market units. This will not hold up
this proposal. Ms. Lamont noted staff has requested that as individual homeowners
come in to do their drives, there is a new grading and vegetation plan for each
driveway.
Ms. Lamont said staff supports the subdivision finding that the replacement credits
applies to this. There will be more bedrooms and square footage in this proposal
than in tear down and replacement.
Sunny Vann, representing the applicant, told Council they have relied on the
interpretation that replacement credits will be allowed. Currently replacement credit
work no matter how larger or small the unit is that is being torn down or replaced.
Vann told Council in this submission, the lots are larger than required, the setbacks
meet or exceed all requirements. This has been designed to preserve the majority of
open space and reduce the impact of the structures. Vann said this does not need to
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be rezoned to AH in order to work; the staff requested this zoning in order to reflect
the use.
Councilwoman Richards said not having to replace a building saves the applicant a
lot of money. Vann said there is a cost associated with replacement; however, the
applicant would have to replace less square footage. Vann said this is a perfectly
good building with tenants currently living there. These people would be displaced
if the building were torn down. Councilwoman Richards said the code
interpretation is saving the applicant money and the project could happen with 5 lots
rather than 6 lots.
Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing.
Richard Jennings, Hunter Creek Condominiums, said if the applicants retain the
grade the buildings will be fairly low. Jennings told Council the Hunter Creek
Association bought .4 of an acre of land to the north of this proposal. Jennings said
the Association might be able to cooperate with the city or Mocklin to make this
land open space for some financial amount. Mayor Bennett said he would be
interested in pursuing this discussion at another time.
Mayor Bennett closed the public hearing.
Councilwoman Waggaman asked about the deed restriction clauses stating they will
be effective when a building permit is issued or within 7 years of final approval.
Councilwoman Waggaman said she would like to see this timing moved forward.
Councilwoman Waggaman asked if this is when the first building permit is pulled or
when all of them are pulled. Vann said the deed restriction will be done but it will
not be triggered until a person pulls a building permit for one of the free market lots.
City staff suggested a time frame that even if the lots are not developed, the units
are deed restricted. Council agreed with that approach. Vann suggested the
mechanics of which unit is deed restricted with which free market lot be worked out
with the housing office. John Worcester, city attorney, said he reads it to say that as
soon as a building permit is pulled, all 7 units would be deed restricted. Vann said
the intent is that each free market lot permit would trigger a deed restriction; no
growth, no deed restriction. Councilwoman Waggaman said she likes less pressure
for development rather than having to have all 7 houses built at once.
Councilwoman Waggaman said she can live with one unit going with each building
permit. Councilwoman Waggaman said she does not want to start with the smallest
unit and working up to the larger. Ms. Lamont said the categories should be
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specified in the subdivision agreement. Vann said the units are all low with the
exception of the 2 largest units. Councilwoman Waggaman asked if what is
permitted outside the building envelope is clear. Vann said the only things
permitted outside the designated building envelopes are the construction of each
driveway and the installation of additional landscaping to replace that lost due to
development.
Councilwoman Richards said she is concerned about the driveway through the trees
There may be some site redesigns that could have better access and better parking.
Vann said separating the two driveways will create a better experience for both the
free market and affordable housing areas. The driveway goes through aspen trees,
which are the easiest trees to replace. Councilman Richards stated she is concerned
about two driveways 20 feet from each other. Councilwoman Richards suggested
deed restricting 6 units and only have 5 free market parcels to have a better access
and site design. This is a sensitive view plane. Vann reiterated the applicant can
tear this building down and replace it with 8 units, subject only to the subdivision
regulations. Vann said that scenario would not result in better site design. Vann
said the access road is a purview of subdivision and they can combine the
driveways. Vann said he feels this would be less attractive and there would be no
change in the layout of the 6 lots. Vann said this project should be reviewed under
the subdivision criteria.
Councilman Paulson agreed he would like to see the driveway redesigned so there is
only one entrance. Councilman Paulson said there is already a lot of traffic on Lone
Pine and there are parking problems in the area. Vann said there will be 1 parking
space per bedroom for the homes. There will also be access driveways to each
homesite, which will provide additional parking. Vann said the carrying capacity of
the surrounding streets will not be exceeded by this application. Councilman
Paulson asked about the trail going through lots 1, 2 and 3. Vann said that has
already been conveyed to the city. The parks department hopes to make
improvements to that trail. The building envelopes have been set back to reduce the
impact on these houses.
Councilman Marolt said this is 3.5 acres in Aspen and with the implementation of
the building envelopes, about half of the 3.5 acres will be open space. Councilman
Marolt said the open space and building envelopes will take care of the concerns for
this project.
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Mayor Bennett said this application will result in 71 percent more affordable
housing bedrooms and 50 percent more net livable square footage in the AH project.
This also reduces overall density from 8 to 6 free market units. The park impact
fees will be greater under this application. The community plan recommends that
existing structures be saved whenever possible. P & Z, housing office and staff
recommend approval of this project. Mayor Bennett suggested asking staff to
analyze the access question and the landscaping issues of the road going through the
aspen grove. Mayor Bennett suggested also that lot 3, which is much larger than the
other, be looked at. Vann told Council some corners have been moved around,
which does not show on the plat. The corner closest to the road can be cutoff and
the building envelope moved. Vann agreed to provide a revision of the building
envelope to the satisfaction of the planning office.
Mayor Bennett asked the planning staff to look at the driveway and landscape issue
from a purely planning view. Vann said he would like to have closure on some of
the issues so that they do not have to go over this again. Councilwoman Waggaman
said she has no problem with letting the existing building remain; this is preferable
to waste of material and extra construction in the area. Councilwoman Waggaman
said the AH units should not come out of the AH pool. Councilwoman Waggaman
agreed about having the driveway re-examined and she likes one curb cut better
than two.
Councilwoman Richards said the city needs to create a new growth management
allocation pool for replacement units. Councilwoman Richards said she feels this
code interpretation adds value to the project. Councilwoman Richards said she feels
it would be nice to have some acknowledgment of that in the site design. Vann said
there will be less units with more square footage in the affordable units.
Councilman Marolt said the P & Z went through subdivision plans thoroughly and
recommends Council approve this. Councilman Marolt said he is ready to vote on
this. Councilman Paulson said there should only be one driveway into this
subdivision. Mayor Bennett said he would like additional guidance from staff on the
driveway and best design for the area. Councilman Paulson said if lot 3 were
eliminated and additional land were added to lots 2 and 4, this might accomplish site
design Council is looking for. Vann said 6 lots is the threshold issue. Vann said he
is willing to table this and to see if the driveway can be resolved. Vann said the
majority of Council supports the application, maintaining the existing building, the
interpretation of the deed restriction.
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Councilwoman Richards moved to table Ordinance #35, Series of 1995; seconded
by Councilman Paulson. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Marolt all
in favor, motion carried.
ORDINANCE #37, SERIES OF 1995 - Code Amendment - Temporary Sales Sign
Leslie Lamont, community development department, told Council this is a staff
initiated code amendment to amend the sign code to allow end of the season sale
signs to be displayed from March 1 to April 15. The current code only allows such
signs to be up to 14 days. Ms. Lamont said staff has heard from small businesses
that they wanted to be allowed to have end of the season signs.
Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor
Bennett closed the public hearing.
Councilman Paulson asked about “no more than 3 sale signs per business”. Ms.
Lamont said this is in the existing code and is not being changed.
Councilwoman Richards moved to adopt Ordinance #37, Series of 1995, on second
reading; seconded by Councilwoman Waggaman. Roll call vote; Councilmembers
Marolt, yes; Richards, yes; Paulson, yes; Waggaman, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes.
Motion carried.
ORDINANCE #38, SERIES OF 1995 - Aspen Meadows Extension
Leslie Lamont, community development department, told Council Savanah Limited
Partnership is requesting an extension of their vested rights status and growth
management allocation for lots 5 and 6 of the Aspen Meadows. These are 2 parcels
near the restaurant. Ms. Lamont said 7 townhouse are proposed for lot 5 and lot 6
has the existing Bayer townhome with 3 new townhomes. Ms. Lamont pointed out
this is the third time the applicant is requesting an extension. if approved this will
put the project to December 19, 1995. The previous extension expired June 19th.
The applicant submitted a request prior to that expiration. Ms. Lamont said if
Council denied this application, the growth management allocations would
disappear and the applicant would have to compete for allocations. The applicants
also would not be protected from changes in the land use code.
John Sarpa, representing Savanah Limited Partnership, told Council there is a
pending sales transaction. Savanah has reached an agreement with the Aspen
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Institute and entered into a one year contract to sell back the trustee houses. This
period was to allow the Institute time to raise funds to complete this sale. Sarpa
said it is a long term goal of the Institute to get the trustee houses back to their
ownership. Sarpa said they did not pull a building permit because they did not
want to commit to build when the sale was still pending.
Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing.
Gideon Kaufman, representing the Aspen Institute, told Council they have been
working hard in order to acquire the 8 existing trustee units. The Institute had to
raise a lot of money to do the initial renovation and upgrade. Kaufman said there is
still some HPC review for the existing townhouses and they will not have broken
ground by December.
Mayor Bennett closed the public hearing.
Councilwoman Richards moved to adopt Ordinance #38, Series of 1995, on second
reading, including the 4 conditions in the planning office memorandum; seconded by
Councilman Marolt.
Councilwoman Waggaman said she cannot see a reason to extend vested rights if
the applicants could pull a building permit and have a year in which to complete the
building. Councilwoman Richards said she is supporting this application out or
consideration for the work Savanah did to make the Meadows partnership happen.
Mayor Bennett said he feels very differently for the extension between lots 5 and 6.
Mayor Bennett said he cannot find evidence that the project on lot 6 has been
diligently pursued.
Roll call vote; Marolt, yes; Paulson, yes; Waggaman, no; Richards, yes; Mayor
Bennett, yes. Motion carried.
Mayor Bennett said if there is a fourth request, he will vote against it.
ORDINANCE #40, SERIES OF 1995 - City Speed Limit
John Worcester, city attorney, said this ordinance allows the city to impose a city-
wide 25 mile per hour limit. The state legislature recently authorized cities to
impose this type of limit. This will allow the city to post signs at each entrance to
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town to advise motorists of this speed limit. Worcester said the speed limit in
residential neighborhoods is 30 mph unless posted otherwise.
Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor
Bennett closed the public hearing.
Councilman Marolt questioned the speed limit on Main street. Worcester said this
will not affect Main street as it is a Colorado state highway. Stan Clauson,
community development director, said some signs throughout town may be
eliminated consistent with recommendations of the community plan. Councilwoman
Richards said she has received a lot of requests for the city to lower the speed limit
in residential.
Councilwoman Waggaman moved to adopt Ordinance #40, Series of 1995, on
second reading; seconded by Councilman Paulson. Roll call vote; Councilmembers
Paulson, yes; Marolt, yes; Richards, yes; Waggaman, yes; Mayor Bennett, yes.
Motion carried
ORDINANCE #42, SERIES OF 1995 - Amend Sales Tax Code
Steve Barwick, assistant city manager, told Council this amends the current sales
tax code by correcting an oversight in the original ordinance. This does not add any
revenues.
Mayor Bennett opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor
Bennett closed the public hearing.
Councilwoman Waggaman moved to adopt Ordinance #42, Series of 1995, on
second reading; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. Roll call vote;
Councilmembers Waggaman, yes; Richards, yes; Paulson, yes; Marolt, yes; Mayor
Bennett, yes. Motion carried.
WATER PLACE HOUSING BUDGET
Steve Barwick, assistant city manager, told Council this is a request for an
additional $40,000 for planning and schematics design phases for the water place
housing project. Council previously approved $30,000 for this project. The
$40,000 will come from the sale of the Cemetery Lane units. Councilwoman
Richards said she would like staff to look at the rate of appreciation. The city is
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putting in the land and will be buying back the units. The rate of appreciation
should be lower than other housing projects. Barwick said the project is going to P
& Z September 19th. This project has the same escalator clause, 3 percent or CPI,
whichever is less. Barwick told Council there will be a 1.7 percent annual charge to
homeowners for the capital replacement. This will come from the appreciation.
The net result to homeowners will be 1.3 percent appreciation.
Mayor Bennett said he likes that this will cost nothing to the taxpayers. Mayor
Bennett said he has major problems with the plans. They appear to violate every
design standard the city just created, like using cul-de-sacs, attached garages.
Mayor Bennett pointed Mayor Bennett requested staff pass these comments on to
the design team.
Councilwoman Richards moved to approve an additional $40,000 allotment to the
budget of Water Place housing project from the proceeds of the sale of existing city
houses; seconded by Councilwoman Waggaman. All in favor, motion carried.
MOTION TO RECONSIDER ORDINANCE #33, 1995 - GRAND ASPEN
DEMOLITION EXTENSION
Stan Clauson, community development director, told Council the applicants have
stated they cannot continue to operate the hotel and to provide rooms to the M.A.A.
under the circumstances of the motion made at the last meeting. Clauson told
Council staff does not have a specific recommendation as to the mix of free market
or group rates for the Grand Aspen.
Councilman Marolt moved to reconsider the previous vote on the Section M
amendment and restated plan to extend the demolition date from October 1995 to
May 1998; seconded by Mayor Bennett.
Mayor Bennett said his questions are (1) would 75 rooms cause the Grand Aspen to
lose money and to close October 1; (2) how badly does the M.A.A. need rooms and
how many rooms. Mayor Bennett said the M.A.A. has stated the closure of the
Grand Aspen would cause immediate and severe impact on their organization.
Mayor Bennett said another question is if the Grand Aspen does close, would other
small lodges step up to the plate and deliver the needed rooms. Mayor Bennett said
he would like to have more clarity before he makes a final decision. Mayor Bennett
said he has a hard time accepting the argument that a group size minimum for the
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Grand would still be unfair to other lodges. Mayor Bennett said he would like to
know why the M.A.A. gave up the Truscott housing.
Mayor Bennett recommended convening a citizen panel comprised of Savanah
Limited Partnership, M.A.A., small lodge representatives and neutral citizens to dig
into the inconclusive issues and provide clarity. The M.A.A. should explain and
explore their position on rooms, how many they need. Savanah can explain their
financial operations and why the 75 rooms are needed in order to support the
M.A.A.
Councilman Marolt said he feels if the Grand Aspen is demolished, everybody
loses. The small lodges will benefit from continuing discussions on zoning
considerations. The M.A.A. students are vital to the organization and orchestra and
it is important to have them living in town, which causes less car trips over the S
curves. Councilwoman Richards said she would support the motion if a better
decision is made for the entire community. Councilwoman Richards said she the
group should know that if they reach the same conclusions as Council, that is all
right. Councilwoman Richards reiterated the Grand Aspen has no life after October
1st.
All in favor, motion carried.
Councilwoman Richards moved to continue the second reading of Ordinance #33,
1995, to September 25; seconded by Councilman Marolt. All in favor, motion
carried.
Councilwoman Richards moved to adjourn at 8:55 p.m.; seconded by Councilman
Paulson. All in favor, motion carried.
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk
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