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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.20050627Regular Meeting Aspen Cit~ Council June 27~ 2005 DELEGATION FROM DAVOS SWITZERLAND ..........................................................2 CITIZEN COMMENTS ..................................................................................................... 2 COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS .................................................................................. 2 CONSENT CALENDAR ................................................................................................... 3 · Resolution #47, 2005 - ACRA Lease ..................................................................... 4 · Council Appointments ............................................................................................ 4 Mayor Pro Tem Torre ............................................................................................... 4 CAST Helen/Rachel .............................................................................................. 4 RFTA Helen Klanderud ........................................................................................ 4 RFTA alternate Torre ................................................................................................ 4 DRGW Covenant Enforcement Jack Johnson ............................................................ 4 NWC Council of Governments J.E. DeVilbiss .......................................................... 4 Aspen Chamber Resort Assn. Helen Klanderud ........................................................ 4 Arts Council Jack Johnson ................................................................................... Ruedi Water & Power Authority Rachel Richards/Jack Johnson (alt) ....................... 4 CORE Board J.E. DeVilbiss ................................................................................. Sister Cities Linda Gerdenich .................................................................................. 4 ASC Advisory Committee Torre ............................................................................... 4 Healthy Mountain Communities Randy Ready .......................................................... 4 Club 20 Rachel Richards ...................................................................................... 4 Buflingame Housing Inc. J.E. DeVilbiss .................................................................. 4 Grassroots TV Board Linda Gerdenich .................................................................... 4 CML Policy Advisory Board Rachel Richards .......................................................... 4 Nordic Council J.E. DeVilbiss ................................................................................. 4 · Minutes - June 13, 14, 2005 ................................................................................... 4 SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST GLOBAL WARMiNG EMISSIONS INVENTORY ...... 4 ORDiNANCE #31, SERIES OF 2005 - Adopting Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan .............. 5 ORDINANCE #26, SERIES OF 2005 - Code Amendment'Recycling ............................. 6 ASPEN COUNTRY INN RENTS FOR 2005 .................................................................... 6 Regular Meeting Aspen Ci,ty Council June 27~ 2005 Mayor Klanderud called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. with Councilmembers Ton'e, DeVilbiss, Johnson and Richards present. DELEGATION FROM DAVOS SWITZERLAND Karinjo DeVore introduced the delegation from Davos, Switzerland, one of Aspen's sister cities. Don Sheeley, president of Aspen Sister City, said next year is the 20th anniversary of Aspen and Davos sister city relationship. During this visit, the delegations discussed student exchanges and trading information on global warming. Mayor Klanderud and Council proclaimed June 27 as Davos in Aspen day. Councilman DeVilbiss moved to approve the proclamation; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carded. Mayor Klanderud said she believe the partnership between the cities brings more understanding and a sharing of ideas. The vice-mayor presented Council with a stained glass plaque and Council presented the Davos delegation with gifts. CITIZEN COMMENTS 1. Toni Kronberg asked about the action item, Burlingame Contract change orders. Steve Barwick, city manager, said this will be considered July 11 along with other change order requests. Ms. Kronberg asked if Council will be taking public comment on the information items. Mayor Klanderud said she will. Ms. Kronberg asked if Council made a decision on dedicated bus lanes on Main street. Ms. Kronberg said the traffic on Main street is not good for Aspen's image and if Council wants to encourage public transit, it is not good to have people sitting in buses on Main street. Mayor Klanderud said Council did not make that decision. Ms. Kronberg said when repairs are made to the parking garage and library park plaza, it would be an excellent time to extend a viewing area to the north so people can look down onto Rio Grande Park. 2. Marcia Goshorn noted there is a joint work session with the BOCC on affordable housing in July. Ms. Goshorn said there are not a lot of sales units in the lower categories because rental units cover these categories. Ms. Goshorn said she has information on rents being charges versus mortgages. Council requested Ms. Goshom address this during the information item. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Mayor Klanderud said the Jazz Aspen weekend was great; the Aspen Writer's Foundation Summer Words got off to a good start. Mayor Klanderud acknowledged the parks department and the work they have done at the Rio Grande all through Jazz Aspen to make sure the park was taken care of. 2. Councilwoman Richards noted the daytime valet parking operation has been set up across from the Isis. Councilwoman Richards said it seems too much parking is Regular Meeting Aspen City Council June 27~ 2005 dedicated to this operation and suggested it be smaller to see how much space is needed. Randy Ready, assistant city manager, said 6 spaces are needed for the nighttime operation and that is what is being used for the daytime operation to be consistent. Ready said they will work with the fire department to make sure the arrangement is the best for the location and the traffic. 3. Councilwoman Richards said she attended the CAST meeting last week. The August meeting is in Crested Butte and they would like the Canary initiative on the agenda. CAST would like to look at ways ski towns can get involved in this initiative. CML is also interested in the canary initiative and suggested it be a major topic on their armual meeting next June. CONSENTCALENDAR Councilman DeVilbiss requested the supplemental appropriation for global warming emissions inventory be pulled. Councilwoman Richards moved to approve the consent calendar as amended; seconded by Councilman Torre. The consent calendar is: 3 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Resolution #47, 2005 - ACRA Lease Council Appointments Mayor Pro Tem CAST RFTA RFTA altemate DRGW Covenant Enforcement NWC Council of Governments Aspen Chamber Resort Assn. Arts Council Ruedi Water & Power Authority Johnson (alt) CORE Board Sister Cities ASC Advisory Committee Healthy Mountain Communities Club 20 Burlingame Housing Inc. Grassroots TV Board CML Policy Advisory Board Nordic Council Minutes - June 13, 14, 2005 June27~2005 Torre Helen/Rachel Helen Klanderud Torre Jack Johnson J. E. DeVilbiss Helen Klanderud Jack Johnson Rachel Richards/Jack J. E. DeVilbiss Linda Gerdenich Torre Randy Ready Rachel Richards J. E. DeVilbiss Linda Gerdenich Rachel Richards J. E. DeVilbiss SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST GLOBAL WARMING EMISSIONS INVENTORY Councilman DeVilbiss said his concern is not this particular issue but the size of Aspen's budget and the ease with which Council appropriates expenditures. Councilman DeVilbiss stated this is the first appropriation request that he has had a chance to discuss his concerns. Councilman DeVilbiss asked about this work being done in house rather Regular Meeting Aspen City, Council June 27~ 2005 than entering into a sub-contract. Lee Cassin, environmental health director, told Council this proposes to hire Rick Heede who worked for Rocky Mountain Institute for many years and now has a business Climate Mitigation Services. Ms. Cassin said staff does not have the expertise; staff will provide the data for traffic counts, data from Holy Cross on how much electricity is being used. Ms. Cassin said the environmental health department does not have the staff nor the time to do this work or to get the information for Council to make decision to set goals. This inventory will provide how much greenhouse gas is coming from airline travel, commuter traffic, residential or commercial building so that Council can determine what are the largest sources of greenhouse gases. Councilman DeVilbiss asked why the city cannot get information from Holy Cross on the total electric bills. Ms. Cassin said she worked with Chicago Climate Exchange on electhc usage for governmental buildings, which took a large amount of time and the Chicago Climate Exchange did all the data research and converted that to equivalent amounts of carbon. Mayor Klanderud asked if this $20,000 is on top of the budget already approved for the Canary initiative. Ms. Cassin said this is an additional appropriation that has not been funded. Councilwoman Richards said this was a Council request from a work session where Council wanted to know other types of emissions generated in the community. Councilwoman Richards said this work can better be done by sub-contracting rather than hiring a city employee with all attendant costs. Councilwoman Richards moved to approve the supplemental request of $20,000 for global warming emissions inventory; seconded by Councilman Johnson. Councilman Torre said he would like an oversight on the project and the process. Councilman Torre said he would like more information about the inventory. All in favor, with the exception of Councilmembers Torre and DeVilbiss. Motion carried ORDINANCE #31~ SERIES OF 2005 - Adopting Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan Councilman Torre moved to read Ordinance #31, Series of 2005; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE # 31 (Series of 2005) AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN FOR PITKIN COUNTY SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PRE- DISASTER MITIGATION PLANNING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAME Councilwoman Richards moved to adopt Ordinance #31, Series of 2005, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Torre. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Johnson, yes; Torre, yes; DeVilbiss, yes; Richards, yes; Mayor Klanderud, yes. Motion carded. Regular Meetin~ Aspen City Council June 27, 2005 ORDINANCE #26~ SERIES OF 2005 - Code Amendment Recycling Councilman DeVilbiss moved to continue Ordinance #26, Series of 2005, to July 25; seconded by Councilman Torre. All in favor, motion carded. ASPEN COUNTRY INN RENTS FOR 2005 Marcia Goshom said because the Aspen Country Inn is a senior priority project, many residents are on a fixed income. Ms. Goshorn noted not raising these rents would require a $10,000 subsidy. Aspen is losing its senior population due to the costs of housing. Ms. Goshom said the policy is to make every project pay for itself, which means raising the rents. Ms. Goshom suggested Council add this to their work session agenda for the joint meeting with the County Commissioners July 26. Toni Kronberg agreed and noted there is very limited inventory of category 1 units. Seniors and service personnel do not make over $26,000/year. Ms. Kronberg said Council controls the money that goes into the housing department. Ms. Kronberg said the seniors need to be taken care of. Ms. Goshom said the housing board agreed with staff about making projects for themselves and approved the rent increase for the Country Inn. Councilwoman Richards agreed this should be added to the joint work session with the county. Councilwoman Richards said she would like more information about the tax credits on this project and whether further subsidies can be put in this project. Councilman DeVilbiss moved to adjourn at 5:45 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Torre. All in favor, motion carded. tl~yn S. Koch, City Cler"~k~ 6