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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.20000110Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 ASPEN PUBLIC FACILITIES ANNUAL MEETING Meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m. with members Tony Hershey, Tom McCabe, Jim Markalunas, Terry Paulson, Tabatha Miller and Kathryn Koch present. Koch said a newly elected Mayor automatically fills a change in the office of president. There are vacancies for vice-president and assistant secretary. Markalunas nominated Terry Paulson as vice-president; seconded by Hershey. Miller nominated Markalunas as assistant secretary; seconded by McCabe. All in favor, motion carried. Miller moved to approve the minute of January 11, 1999; seconded by Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. COUNCIL MEETING Mayor Pro Tem Paulson called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m. with Councilmembers Markalunas, Hershey and McCabe present. SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES 1. Delegation from Aspen sister cities Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, and Shimakappu, Japan, are in Aspen for Winterskol whose theme is “Think Globally, Celebrate Locally”. 2. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson and Council annou nced the Aspen Golf Club is one of the top 200 courses on the “best of environmental list” as certified by the Audubon Society. 3. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson and Council announced Kevin Dunnett, parks department, was awarded Young Landscape Architect certificate for his design and planning work for the city. 1 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 CITIZEN COMMENTS There were no comments. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson said he appreciates Winterskol and all it means to the city. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson said too many times we are tied up in small things and forget about the rest of the world. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilman McCabe moved to approve the consent calendar; seconded by Councilman Markalunas. The consent calendar is: · Resolution #1, 2000 – Posting Notices of Public Meetings · Resolution #2, 2000 – Support NWCOG Comments on White River National Forest Plan Comments · Resolution #3, 2000 - Contract Durrant Sports Iselin Pool Ice Facility Design · Resolution #4, 2000 - Contract Performance Technologies Design Build Red Brick Heating Replacement System · Resolution #5, 2000 – Accepting Conveyance of park lands and trails from Pitkin County · Minutes – November 22, 23, December 6, 13, 1999 All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #45, SERIES OF 1999 – Years 2000 Fees 2 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 John Worchester, city attorney, reminded Council staff annually looks at fees to make sure they are in line with inflation and that they are covering costs of programs. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson closed the public hearing. Councilman Markalunas suggested re-looking at the residential parking nd rd permit program and charging for 2 and 3 vehicles, or limiting the number of vehicles at any address to one car per household with one guest permit. Tim Ware, director of parking, said residents could get as many permits as vehicles registered to that address as long as they have valid registration. Ware said there about 3,000 parking spaces in the residential area with about 3,000 permits, including guests permits, issues annually. Guest permits make up about 50 percent of the parking permits issued. 70.2 percent are one-car; 21.3 percent are two-car, the rest are 3 car or more. Randy Ready, assistant city manager, noted the parking passes are issued from fall to fall. Councilman Hershey said he would not oppose charging for 3 or more cars per residential address. Councilman Markalunas said he is also concerned about commercial vehicles parked in the residential areas. This should be addressed. Council decided to hold a work session on these issues before the parking permits are re-issued in fall 2000. City Manager Steve Barwick noted the Mayor had concerns about the local golf punch pass for 10 rounds of 18-holes going from $250 to $300. Council can also revisit this before golf season. Councilman Hershey moved to adopt Ordinance #45, Series of 1999, on second reading; seconded by Councilman McCabe. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Markalunas, yes; McCabe, yes; Hershey, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Paulson, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #56, SERIES OF 1999 – Molly Gibson Lodge Minor PUD Nick Lelack, community development department, told Council this minor PUD amendment is to allow an attached 3-bedroom employee unit on the northwest corner of the Molly Gibson building. 240 square feet of the existing building will be converted into a kitchen, living room and full bath; the addition will be 3 stacked bedrooms. One of the conditions is that the maximum charge be $350 per person. 3 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 There will be one full bath on the first floor and a powder room on the third floor. P & Z requested the applicant look at including another bath on the second floor. Lelack told Council this would require marking two parking spaces on site. The applicant is requesting a waiver of the parking requirement because there is no room to expand the parking on site. These residents could obtain residential parking permits. Also the lodge is close to downtown and on transportation routes. Councilman Markalunas said he would like the city to move toward car-free employee housing projects with no parking. David Tash, applicant, said this will be dormitory-type housing and he feels adding a third bathroom will be overkill. There will be a maximum of 3 employees and 1.5 bathrooms. Councilman Markalunas said he would like to make sure the stairway is sprinkled. Francis Krizmanich, representing the applicant, told Council this is new construction and it will have to meet the current city codes. Tash said they would like to eliminate the safety egress windows and escape mechanism if they can meet the safety requirements by sprinkling the stairwell. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson closed the public hearing. Councilman Markalunas said he would like some assurances that the stairwell will be sprinkled or there are safety escape mechanisms. Council agreed they would accept the recommendation of the fire marshal or chief building official. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson requested the applicants consider green building material in construction. Councilman McCabe moved to adopt Ordinance #56, Series of 1999, on second reading, eliminating condition #16 and adding to #17 “optional safety features as approved and required by the fire marshal be shown on the building permit plans”; seconded by Councilman Markalunas. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Hershey, yes; Markalunas, yes; McCabe, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Paulson, yes. Motion carried. Councilman Markalunas moved to add a letter to Pitkin County regarding the Stanger subdivision; seconded by Councilman Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. 4 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 ASPEN CLUB COMPLIANCE WITH PUD AGREEMENT Councilman Markalunas moved to continue this item to February 14, 2000; seconded by Councilman McCabe. All in favor, motion carried. Council th said they would like this item dealt with at the February 14 meeting and not put off again. ORDINANCE #1, SERIES OF 2000 – School District Housing Amendment Moore Property ORDINANCE #1 Series of 2000 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, AMENDING THE MASTER DEED RESTRICTION AGREEMENT FOR OCCUPANCY AND RESALE OF THE MOORE FAMILY PROJECT OF THE MOORE FAMILY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT Councilman Hershey moved to read Ordinance #1, Series of 2000 ; seconded by Councilman Markalunas. All in favor, motion carried. Nick Lelack, community development department, reminded Council they addressed four requests from the Aspen School District and in December Council voted to deny these. Since then, the school district has amended their request to one item regarding the employee units earmarked for the district. This request is to require an employee who works for the school district for less than 10 years and who owns and occupies a category unit to sell that unit within one year after terminating employment with the school district. John Worcester, city attorney, suggested this language be clarified that a right of first refusal is given to a school district employee. Alice Davis, school board, told Council the 10 years starts when an employee purchases the unit. Ms. Davis said this 10 year commitment will be important to keep these units for school district employees. Ms. Davis stated housing is the number one problem in recruiting and retention of employees. Councilman Markalunas supports this effort by the school district to provide housing for their teachers. Councilman Hershey said he understands the importance of the school district for the community and the needs for 5 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 housing. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson asked if this is limited to teachers or to any employee. Ms. Davis said it is available to any employee; however, the school will have it’s own priorities. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson said he does not feel anyone’s occupation should be tied to their housing. Worcester suggested an amendment to section 1, “require an employee who works for the Aspen School District for less than 10 years from the time of purchase and who owns and occupies a category unit to sell the unit within one year after terminating employment with the Aspen School District. Aspen School District employees shall be granted a right of first refusal to purchase the unit”. Councilman Hershey moved to adopt Ordinance #1, Series of 2000, on first reading with amendments as outlined by the city attorney; seconded by Councilman Markalunas. Roll call vote; Councilmembers McCabe, no; Markalunas, yes; Hershey, yes; Mayor Pro Tem Paulson, yes. Motion carried. YOUTH CENTER PROPOSED MOVE TO ISELIN PARK Tim Anderson, recreation direction, reminded Council in July they approved a contract for conceptual design of the Iselin pool/ice facility. Staff also asked for $3500 to explore the potential of moving the youth center to Iselin Park. Anderson told Council the youth center square foot requirements can be fit into the facility at Iselin Park without adding substantial mass to the building. Anderson told Council staff and the Youth Center have met with the Maroon Creek caucus who is in agreement with moving forward on exploring this possibility. Anderson requested Council’s approval to move forward designing the youth center in this pool/ice facility at Iselin Park. Jeanne Doremus, president of the Aspen Youth Center Board, went over the history of the youth center in Aspen and in its current location. Matt Fields, program director, presented the uses and different programs at the current youth center. Lauren Mbereko, director of the Youth Center, told Council they have contracted with Jerry Evans, a professional evaluator, to do a needs assessment with surveys and with focus groups. The goal of this would be to improve the expanded programs and operations and to improve the design elements in the new space. 6 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 Ms. Doremus went over the advantages and disadvantages brought out in interviews of moving the Youth Center and read a letter from Geraldine Graham in support of the Youth Center. Ron Baar told Council his son is opposed to moving the Youth Center to Iselin park, mainly because of the ease of getting to the current location. Also a recreation center is a different entity and the two uses should not be mixed. Toni Kronberg said it would be great to have a youth center in two locations. Susannah Sirous, junior in high school, spoke about the benefits of moving the youth center to Iselin Park. Carter Hansen, high school junior, told Council there are more positives than negatives in relocating the youth center. Alie Crum, high school junior, said being with one’s peers is very important and the high school, pool, ice rink, and Youth Center all near each other would be beneficial. Andrew Kole said the Youth Center should be moved to the school and coordinated with the recreation center. Jerry Evans told Council there is a move at the national level to fund after school programs. The model is co- locating schools, city parks and recreation facilities with organizations serving youth. Councilman McCabe said he supports the integration of Iselin facility and the Youth Center. Councilman McCabe said his concern is the finances and how the money will be raised. The ice rink is a very expensive component. Councilman Hershey said he supports moving the Youth Center to Iselin Park. Councilman Hershey said he would like city finance staff involved so that Council can be confident there is funding for this facility. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson said he does not like the idea of isolating the kids from the downtown area. Councilman McCabe moved to direct the parks staff to continue working with the design for the Youth Center and incorporate it into the Iselin pool/ice facility; seconded by Councilman Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. LETTER TO PITKIN COUNTY RE: STANGER SUBDIVISION Julie Ann Woods, community development director, told Council there is an application pending before the Board of County Commissioners for a growth management allocation of a parcel on Smuggler mountain. The county has 7 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 requested referral comments from the city. Ms. Woods told Council community development department staff evaluated the proposal and feels strongly it would not meet the growth management threshhold. Ms. Woods said city staff would recommend denial of the application. Ms. Woods told Council staff found the plans inconsistent with the 1993 AACP and with the new AACP draft. Ms. Woods pointed out the wildfire danger is extremely high and this areas should not be subject to any development. Ms. Woods requested Council endorse the position of the community development department. Council agreed to endorse staff’s letter to the Pitkin County Growth Management Commission. Councilman Markalunas moved to go into executive session at 8:15 p.m. to discuss potential property acquisition and litigation issues; seconded by Councilman Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Hershey moved to suspend the rules and extend the meeting to 9:30 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Markalunas. All in favor, motion carried. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson moved to come out of executive session at 9:35 p.m. ; seconded by Councilman Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Markalunas moved to authorize the city attorney to settle the Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority lawsuit with Garfield County; seconded by Councilman Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. Mayor Pro Tem Paulson moved to approve hiring someone to help with the appraisal on Burlingame property; seconded by Councilman McCabe. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman McCabe moved to adjourn at 9:35 p.m; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Paulson. All in favor, motion carried. Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk 8 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 10, 2000 ASPEN PUBLIC FACILITIES ANNUAL MEETING ................................ 1 COUNCIL MEETING ................................ ................................ ................. 1 SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES ................................ .................. 1 CITIZEN COMMENTS ................................ ................................ .............. 2 COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS ................................ ........................... 2 CONSENT CALENDAR ................................ ................................ ............. 2 · Resolution #1, 2000 – Posting Notices of Public Meetings .................. 2 · Resolution #2, 2000 – Support NWCOG Comments on White River National Forest Plan Comments ................................ ............................... 2 · Resolution #3, 2000 - Contract Durrant Sports Iselin Pool Ice Facility Design ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 2 · Resolution #4, 2000 - Contract Performance Technologies Design Build Red Brick Heating Replacement System ................................ ........ 2 · Resolution #5, 2000 – Accepting Conveyance of park lands and trails from Pitkin County ................................ ................................ .................. 2 · Minutes – November 22, 23, December 6, 13, 1999 ............................. 2 ORDINANCE #45, SERIES OF 1999 – Years 2000 Fees ........................... 2 ORDINANCE #56, SERIES OF 1999 – Molly Gibson Lodge Minor PUD . 3 ASPEN CLUB COMPLIANCE WITH PUD AGREEMENT ...................... 5 ORDINANCE #1, SERIES OF 2000 – School District Housing Amendment Moore Property ................................ ................................ ............................ 5 YOUTH CENTER PROPOSED MOVE TO ISELIN PARK ....................... 6 LETTER TO PITKIN COUNTY RE: STANGER SUBDIVISION ............. 7 10