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HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.001A-95 RESOLUTION NO. ~. Series of 1995 A RESOLUTION OF THE TITLE BOARD OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, FIXING A PROPER AND FAIR TITLE FOR AN INITIATIVE PETITION AND BALLOT MEASURE RELATIVE TO THE USE OF METERING DEVICES AS A MEANS OF RESTRICTING PARKING ON CITY STREETS. WHEREAS, on January 18, 1995, an Affidavit of Petitioners' Committee was filed with the City Clerk indicating the persons constituting the committee responsible for circulating an initiative petition; and WHEREAS, the City Council established February 13, 1995, as the date that the Title Board was to consider the title for said initiative measure; and WHEREAS, the City Council established February 8, 1995, as the date for the receipt of draft language from the public for the Title Board to consider at its February 13, 1995, meeting; and WHEREAS, the Title Board, consisting of the Aspen City Council and the City Clerk, did meet on February 13, 1995, at a public heating and upon due and proper consideration of ail public comments received and due deliberation of the matter before it. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TITLE BOARD OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: Section 1. That the title and submission clause for the initiative measure filed with the City Clerk on January 18, 1995, shall read as follows: Initiated Measure __ Shall there be an amendment to the Aspen Municipal Code to prohibit the Aspen City Council from using metering devices which require payment as a means of restricting parking on city streets.9 YES NO The full text of the proposed ordinance reads as follows: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, That the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, is hereby amended by adding a section which section reads as follows: Sec. 2-5. Metering Devices. The Aspen City Council shall not use metering devices which require payment as a means of restricting parking on city streets. Section 2. That the summary for the initiated measure fried with the City Clerk on January 18, 1995, shall read as follows: The proposed ordinance would prohibit the City of Aspen from using the currently installed metering devices and the installation of additional metering devices which require payment as a means of restricting parking on city streets. The metering devices currently in use in the core area of the City include both the multi-space meters and the short term parking meters. The short term meters were installed in November, 1993 to accommodate persons desiring to park for very short periods of time. The multi-space meters were installed in October, 1994 as part of comprehensive plan adopted by City Council over the last three years to mitigate traffic congestion and air pollution in the City of Aspen. The paid parking plan was included as a control strategy in the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the control of PM-10 pollutants. The SIP was adopted to comply with the federal Clean Air Act. If the proposed ordinance is adopted and metering devices are not used, the SIP will need to be amended to include alternate control measures such as regulating the use of restaurant charbroilers. The fiscal impacts of the proposed ordinance are estimated to be as follows: The short term parking meters were installed at a one-time total cost of $13,150.00. The multi- space meters were installed at a one-time total cost of $484,200.00 (which includes the cost of the meters, decals, collection equipment, and installation). Revenues from the short term parking meters are estimated to be $21,000.00 per year. ReVenues from the multi-space meters are estimated to be $585,000.00 per year. Revenues from the metering devices are currently used to offset the costs of other traffic congestion and pollution mitigation strategies such as the dial-a-ride service, and intercept lot busses and operations. After all initial capital costs of purchasing and installing the metering devices are paid in full following the first year of their operation, it is City Council's intent to use revenues generated in future years to fund such additional traffic congestion and pollution mitigation measures as expansion of the dial-a-ride service, initiation of an East- West shuffle service, improve pedestrian and bicycle paths and trails, the addition of new park-and-ride facilities, and enhancing the availability of other transportation alternatives. Adoption of the proposed ordinance would require the City to cease using the currently installed metering devices and the revenues lost from their discontinuance would require the City to curtail or eliminate some or all of the current services their revenues help support. Any future traffic congestion and pollution mitigation measures would have to be funded from other sources. The paid parking plan has been included in the Colorado Department of Transportation's modeling for the Balsalt to Buttermilk Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Traffic congestion over the next twenty years on Highway 82 was adjusted down by 6% each year by taking into account the paid parking program. Removing the traffic demand management strategy of paid parking is estimated to result in projected traffic increases of 6 % more a year and may affect the final Buttermilk to Aspen EIS and its ability to attract state and local funding for construction of the highway. The cost of amending the SIP cannot be estimated at this time as the alternative control strategies which would have to be implemented and their attendant costs are: not known. INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Title Board of the City of Aspen on the /,5 day of ~J,~ , 1995. Bennett, Mayor I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, at a meeting held on the day hereinabove stated. · Kathry~)/~. *~ c~ch, City Clerk'~'---'- fitlebd.res