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RESOLUTION NO. _/6
(Series of 1985)
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHING THE ASPEN CODE
SIMPLIFICATION TASK FORCE AND APPOINTING THE MEMBERS THEREOF
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council finds that the simplification
of the Aspen Municipal Code to make it a more understandable, pro-
cedurually streamlined document is a matter of great public inter-
est, and
WHEREAS, the Council considered three alternatives for accom-
plishing a Code simplification program including hiring a consul-
tant, establishing a task force of local experts, or having staff
accomplish the work, and did choose the task force approach as the
preferred alternative, and
WHEREAS, the Council unanimously feels that simplification
should not be pursued at the expense of the goals and principles
which underlie Aspen's Code requirements, including, but not
limited to, the management of growth, protection of environmental
amenities, maintenance of human scale and provision of quality
development, and
WHEREAS, the staff did solicit members for the task force,
and did receive seven positive responses from recognized local
land use experts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1
That it does hereby appoint the following six individuals to
the Aspen Code Simplification Task Force:
1. Perry Harvey
2. Andy Hecht
3. Gideon Kaufman
4. Nick McGrath
5. Mike Otte
6. Spence Schiffer
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That it does hereby establish as the charge to the task
force that it complete Phase I of the work program previously
established by staff in a memo from Hal Schilling to City Council
dated July 1, 1985. This program involves a definition of the
major procedural and drafting problems in the Code, including pro-
cedural impediments to timely decisions, unnecessary complexities
and poorly understood or redundant provisions. The work should
include a task force brainstorming process, a review of the prior
efforts of the City Planning and City Attorney's offices, includ-
ing that accomplished by the Northwest Colorado Council of Govern-
merits, and a solicitation of public comment through a joint hear-
ing with the Planning Commission. The product of this phase
should be an outline report to Council detailing Code deficiencies
as determined by the task force, an identification of the degree
to which said deficiencies can be addressed by the approach initi-
ated by staff, and a proposed strategy for undertaking the follow-
up phases of the program. A verbal interim report shall be pre-
sented to City Council no later than November 15, 1985. The dead-
line for the final report on Phase I is February 1, 1986.
Section 3
That following the receipt of the report from the task force,
the Council will evaluate how best to accomplish the following
phases of the program:
a. Establishment of broad guiding objectives for procedural
simplification.
b. Identification of procedural policies which will accom-
plish the desired objectives.
c. Formulation of Code fundamentals such as table of per-
mitted and conditional uses, zone classifications and area and
bulk requirements.
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d. Development of draft Code document.
The Council will utilize the task force report in making said
evaluation, and, if necessary, amend the charge for the task force
accordingly.
Dated: .... ~~t~_____~_ _~- ..... ,
985.
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 p~~ ~ ,
1985.
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