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HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.023-74RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ASPEN AND PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO CITY OF ASPEN RESOLUTION NO.~ (Series of 1974) PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, RESOLUTION NO. ~ WHEREAS, the City of Aspen and County of Pitkin are participating members in the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (hereinafter referred to as NWCCOG); and WHEREAS, the representatives of said City and County have observed that applicants for A-95 Review and other approvals have attempted to bypass local governments and apply directly to the NWCCOG; and WHEREAS, the NWCCOG now requires comments by in- terested local governments before A-95 applications will be processed; and WHEREAS, applicants for said funding have and will continue to experience difficulty in reaching local governments in a timely fashion unless access thereto is improved for this purpose, and WHEREAS, the local governments of Pitkin County have appointed resource committees to make an assess- ment of needs and opportunities which might be applicable to the community and will become part of the regional plan of Region 12; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, AND THE RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO: 1. That the City Council of the City of Aspen and the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County do hereby organize themselves into the local Clearinghouse for the purpose of considering all federal and state activities which may be planned for said City and County and for the purpose of forwarding comments to the NWCCOG in connection with A-95 review and otherwise, said local Clearinghouse to continue from the date of this Resolution until thirty days after receipt of notice of withdrawal therefrom by either party. 2. That the foregoing parties shall be regular members of said Clearinghouse inasmuch as they are the only local general - purpose governments in Pitkin County. 3. That various special - purpose governments and quasi-governmental organizations exist in the County whose advice should be solicited on a regular basis and that a need exists to create non-funding associate memberships for the purpose of encouraging regular atten- dance at meetings of said local Clearinghouse and for the purpose of providing access of local general - purpose governments to the technical comment and technical assistance which such associate members may have. 4. That said local Clearinghouse shall be conducted by joint meeting by the regular members at least monthly in lieu of one of their regular separate meetings or in addition thereto, which meetings shall be held no later than one week before the regular scheduled meeting of the NWCCOG. 5. That each regular member shall have an opportunity during said local Clearinghouse meetings to canvass the -2- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves members of each entity and caucus separately, if necessary, with a view to the forwarding of separate comments approved by a majoirty of each, where joint comment is inappropriate or impossible. 6. That failing majoirty comment on the part of any entity, separate comments by the members thereof shall be forwarded to the NWCCOG. 7. That the three resource committees, namely the Human Resource, Economic Resource, and Environmental Resource Committees, now working are assigned to the Clearinghouse and shall report to the Clearinghouse for the forwarding of comment to NWCCOG. 8. That the Chairman of the local Clearinghouse shall alternate monthly between a member of the Board of County Commissioners and a member of the City Council of the City of Aspen, the function of said Chairman to be to conduct meetings with dispatch. 9. That the Clerk and Recorder of Pitkin County shall temporarily act as the secretary for the local Clearinghouse in handling distribution and record-keeping functions. 10. That said organization shall not have any assess- ments unless the parties shall from time to time otherwise agree and that the administrative functions, if any, thereof shall be conducted through an Executive Committee composed of the County Manager, City Manager, and Chairman of said local Clearinghouse, which Executive Committee shall have no authoirty other than to make necessary arrangements for meetings; preparation of agenda, trans- mittal of comments and such other functions as shall be specifically delegated to it by both regular members at the local Clearinghouse meetings. -3- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 11. That the Executive Committee is hereby directed to advise the following bodies that their application for Associate Membership will be considered favorably if submitted within thirty days from the date hereof: The Bureau of Land Management The State Department of Fish and Game The United States Forest Service The Board of Education of Aspen Valley School District RE-1 The Board of Education of the Roaring Fork School District The City of Basalt colorado-Ute Electric Association Holy Cross Eletric Association Rocky Mountain Natural Gas Company Aspen Fire Protection District Aspen Metropolitan Sanitation District Aspen Sanitation District Aspen Wildcat Water and Sanitation District Basalt and Rural Fire Protection District Basalt Sanitation District Basalt Water Conservancy District Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District Colorado River Water Conservation District Highlands Water and Sanitation District Redstone Water and Sanitation District Snowmass Water and Sanitation District Snowmass wildcat Fire Protection District West Divide Water Conservancy District White Horse Springs Water and Sanitation District and any other entity eligible for federal aid subject to A-95 review. -4- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 12. And that the Executive Committee shall forth- with, upon adoption of this Resolution by both the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County and the Aspen City Council, forward a copy hereof to the NWCCOG, the State Division of Planning, the State Department of Local Affairs, John Berningham, Environment Counsel to the Governor, and to each of those invited to Associate Membership as listed above, and to the local press. PITKIN COUNTY Date C~~ar~f~ County",~s~s ioner ~ I, Lorraine Graves, CITY OF ASPEN duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Aspen City Council at its meeting held , 1974. ~'Lorraine Graves City Clerk