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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19840227~=~u~ ~v~ng Aspen City Council February 27, 1984 JOINT MEETING WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Mayor Stirling called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m. with Councilmembers Collins, Blomquist, Walls and Commissioners Child, Madsen, and Klanderud present. 1. Roaring Fork Transit Agency Budget. Greg Fitzpatrick, director of RFTA, told the Boardsi! the only difference in the budget is the projected sales tax, which shows a no growth sales!i tax. They are using the same figure as the 1983 sales tax, so there is a difference of $88,000. The memorandum outlined the changes in line items. This has been reviewed by the city and county staff. Fitzpatrick said the only other change is the supervisory staff will be 4 rather than 5, for a savings of $12,000. This will not go into effect until April. Fitzpatrick told the Boards there are 41 full time employees, 24 drivers, 4 supervisory, 8 mechanics, 5 clerical and 1 building operations person. In the winter there are 30 temporary drivers, for a total of 54 drivers. Mayor Stifling asked what the benefits .include. Fitzpatrick said health insurance, retirement, workers compensation, holidays, vacation and sick time. There is a cap on how many hours a person can accrue. The benefit package is similar to the city and county's package. Commissioner Klanderud said the Board was rigorous in addressing this budget, which was one of the reasons it was late. Ms. Klanderud said an extraordinary job was done by the employees of RFTA, in spite of coming together at a late date. There may be revisions once the ski season is over and the Board has more time to look at the budget. Councilman Blomquist moved to approve the budget as submitted for the city; seconded by Councilman Collins. Mayor Stirling asked about the interest earnings. Fitzpatrick said this is carry over money on the bus maintenance facility and any use has to be approved by UMTZ. This could be up to $1,000,000. Councilman Blomquist said there should be some joint planning on the uses of this money to see where it could best be used. Eve H~meyer pointed out the Board was quite unanimous in not wanting to be depending upon grants for operations. The Board has not discussed the $1,000,000. Councilman Collins said the reason the Board voted to become grant eligible is to allow certain assets to transfer to the Board because of UMTA grant arrangements. All in favor, motion carried. Commissioner Klanderud moved to approve the RFTA budget; seconded by Commissioner Madsen. All in favor, motion carried. 2. C~tiork~ Department Agreement. Undersheriff Don Davis presented the communicationsl contract between Pitkin County, Snowmass and Aspen. This contract is the same as last year's except that the department will provide oversight and operation for the jail. Davisil said the jail was designed to incorporate communi~ations center operation into the master control of the jail. The concept was that master control is a 24 hour function as is communications. If it were possible to combine the two activities, it coUld be staffed with fewer people. Councilman Blomquist moved to approve the commun~ations contract and budget; seconded by Councilman Collins. Assistant City Manager Mitchell recommended changing #11 to the same wording as the other joint departments so they are standardized. Councilman Blomquist accepted the amendment. Councilman Collins pointed out that it appears the dispatchers salaries jumped quite a bit. Davis said when they transferred from city to county employees, the salaries were raised. Madsen asked if there were any savings in the new operation. Davis said from the point of view of master control and dispatching, there is a savings of roughly $80,000. Rather than hiring 5 full time people for master control, they only hired one extra person. Madsen asked how it was determined to split the expenses. Davis said this is based on actual usage from a study done in 1981-82. Davis said he is undertaking a new count of actual activies because changes have occurred, Davis pointed out the county is paying a higher becuase of the master control part of the operations. Councilman Blomquist said next year's budget should show revenues and expenditures and some service criteria to see how the services are distributed. All in favor, motion carried. Commissioner Klanderud moved to approve the communications contract with the amendment; seconded by Madsen. All in favor, motion carried. 3. Animal Control Contract. Lisa Russell, department directOr, told the Boards the agree-~ ment is the same as in the past. Child questioned the county court fines being only $1,000ii Ms. RuSsell said charges in county court are uSually killing livestock or deer and elk and the judge usually has the person pay the farmers back or put it in a wildlife fund. Curt Stewart pointed out there may be some license revenues left out of the budget of about!I $6,000. Ron Mitchell suggested adding the annual renew and termination clause. Councilman Collins moved to approve the agreement as amended; seconded by Councilwoman Wall~. All in favor, motion carried. Commissioner Madsen moved to approve the agreement as amended; seconded by Commissioner Klanderud. All in favor, motion carried. 4. Environmental Health Department Agreement. Tom Dunlop told the Board the state of Colorado has reduced the contract by $866 due to legislative action. The salaries reflected in the budget should be reduced 1.6 per cent for a total of $1211. Ron Mitchell suggested adding the standard renewal and termination clause to this agreement. Ms. Klanderud said the town of Snowmass does not participate in this financially, and is the work load increasing. Dunlop said it is not increasing under the state contract. The environmental Regular Meeting Aspen U~ty ~ounc~ £~3 ~,, .... health department is obligated to perform certain functions at Snowmass, which averages out about 5.5 per cent of their time. Dunlop told the Board these functions would take place in the city, county and town regardless of the contributions because they are mandated. Councilman Blomquist moved to approve the contract as amended; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. All in favor, motion carried. Commissioner Madsen moved to approve the contract as amended; seconded by Commissioner Klanderud. Ms. Klanderud pointed out in joint departments whether the employee are under the city or county because of the decisions on salaries being very different, this may be creating some inequities. Child said the committee of Council and Commissioners, which is address- ing a list of topics, should add this to the list. Mitchell said this is being discussed in reviewing consolidation. The city and county have tried to make the benefit package similar. All in favor, motion carried. Madsen said the city and county should get together about the problems at Smuggler trailer park. Madsen said he has had complaints about parking and access. Mayor Stirling asked Mitchell to report back next month. COUNCIL MEETING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1 Jon Busch, resident of William Addition.and one of the signatures on the annexation petition, said he would like to have Council consider the Williams Addition as contiguous to the city boundary and consider whatever method possible to annex the area. City Attorney Taddune said any unincorporated area with more than 2/3 boundary with the city for not less than 3 years may be annexed unilaterally by Council. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Mayor Stirling announced that Aspen Mountain Lodge has been tabled until March 5 as a joint request from the applicant and Council. 2. Mayor Stirling proposed at add to the agenda a discussion of the proposed visitors center. Mayor Stirling moved to add this as the first item; seconded by .Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. 3. Mayor Stirling said Ordinance ~3, Deane Hydropower Project, will be tabled as Council needs to have a work session. The work session was scheduled for Wednesday, March 7 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss this and Centennial phase IV. 4. Mayor Stirling reminded everyone the Winternational is this week and the opening ceremony is Wednesday, February 29th at 2 p.m. 5. Councilwoman Walls said there was a story in last week's Daily News about the Assist- ant Chief of Police Terry Quirk, and if it is true is worrisome. It is almost the same thing that happened last year. Councilwoman Walls said she thought there had been tighter controls put on non-comp time. Councilwoman Walls asked if the Chief had approved all the overtime in advance and was it necessary. Rich Rianoshek, chief of police, said he checked this out and it is legitmate. Councilwoman Walls said she had a problem of being paid non-comp time in order to go on a paid vacation. Rianoshek said there were extra- ordinary circumstances earlier this month and Quirk accumulated a lot of overtime. Councilwoman Walls suggested Council review the policy on overtime. Mitchell said all overtime is review; non-comp is an hour for hour basis for people who are not entitled to overtime. Non-comp is a recognition for excess hours spent on the job. People do not get paid for this time when they terminate. Councilwoman Walls said Council should look at this policy in the future. Councilman Blomquist said he would like to look at the entire personnel manual. Mayor Stifling asked about the tipsy taxi program and someone gets inebriated at a private house, is there allowance for using a taxi. Rianoshek said the police and sheriffs departments all have tipsy taxi chits they can give out. Rianoshek said he would check on this and inform the taxi companies if they get a call at a private residence, they can stop by and pick up a chit. City Attorney Taddune said Council needs an executive session to discuss the Cantrup settlement, which is under negotiation. Taddune said he needs some direction from Council. Councilman Blomquist moved to go into executive session after this meeting; seconded by Councilman Collins. Ail in favor, with the exception of Mayor Stirling. Motion carried. Mayor stirling asked if the planning staff had produced a number for the Aspen Mountain Lodge of square footage available at a 1:1 FAR not counting the street vacations, Vann said he would have it by the end of the week. VISITORS CENTER Mayor Stirling said Council had a work session at which they received proposals about a visitors center. One' is using Rubey park with no commercial space but space for ARA, arts groups, combined with transportation center. Two, to use the Hyman street building for the ARA with a visitors center. The third proposal was the Wheeler Opera House and converting the basement space for a visitors center. The fourth proposal is to use the street level space designated as a theatre box office and combine it with a visitors center. Mayor Stirling said another proposal would be to have the ARA move their offices and use the Victorian house on Main street as the visitors center. Mayor Stirling said ~u~i lvie~Llng Aspen ~l~y ~ounc~± February 27, 1984 there is evidence showing that 2/3 less people go to the location on Main street than previously at the Wheeler. Mayor Stirling said another part of this discussion is whether the city will contribute to the ARA's move with $40,000 renovation and in the increased rent. Councilman Blomquist said the easiest and best thing to do is that the city provide a visitors center most economically in the Wheeler. Councilman Blomquist said the visitor center proposed by the ARA is 600 square feet. The box office space at the Wheeler is 800 square feet. If the visitors center were to go across the street, the function of ticket sales and visitors services would be split. Councilman Blomquist suggested moving the Wheeler office space elsewhere and use that office space as a visitors center. Councilman Blomquist said then the city could renovate the downstairs space for arts groups and Wheeler offices. Don Swales, W~eeler Board, told Council the box office was originally planned through a long and complicated investigative procedure. The Board feels this is the exact spot for the box office. Access is needed to the stairway going up with the box office in conjunctionl Swales said the box office and the offices behind it are the headquarters for a complex operation, and it has been planned tha~ way. The director and technical director will be right there. The front windows will have displays of future programs and is very important for the box office. Swales recommended that the Pub area would be ideal for a visitors center. Swales said the box office is planned for all types of arts groups to be selling tickets. Swales said the ARA could take one of these spots. Tom Ermann said the ~eeler Board has always thought of having someone available ~o give information. Ermann said this space should not be used for selling raft tickets, it is a theatre box office. Bill Shorr said the Board is advocating a combination of uses which would not change the building. Spence Videon, ARA, told Council he was interested in a visitors center because studies show that locations that have a visitors center increase the length of a tourists stay. Videon had proposed a visitors center in the Hyman avenue building along with office space for the ARA and arts groups. Videon said he did no% feel a visitors center function could be handled in the box office with the space allotted for it. The visitors center would have to be relocated in that space. David White said the Wheeler was paid for by city money and is open to everybody. White said the best space for a visitors center was rented out to private enterprise. White suggested more than one visitors center for the different ~ypes of tourists. One area for a visitors center would be Rubey park, one at Brush Creek, some information a~ the Wheeler, and the ARA across the street. Videon said the ARA had some urgency because their lease was to expire February 29th, the lease would have locked them into a 6 year stay. Videon told Council he has negotiated a right to terminate with six months notice and exercised the ARA's right to renew the lease. Videon said if a consolidated visitors center, ARA, arts office is not possible, he feels the ARA should stay where they are. The visitors center is important in cross selling activites and arts. Videon said the visitors center needs one central location in town. Eve Homeyer, Wheeler Board, told Council the Board asked the Chamber twice if they were interested in their old space, and twice they said no. Ms. Homeyer said the Wheeler Board was willing to plan for the Chamber in their old space. Ms. Homeyer said the Wheeler Board has spent a long time planning the box office and there has been considerable fees spent on this space. The wiring is in, a photomural is coming. Ms. Homeyer said the Board is objecting to the threatening of the whole plan. This will cause a cost overrun. Ms. Homeyer said the Wheeler Board has intended on a paying ~enant for the basement. Ms. Homeyer said the Board has no .objections to the arts groups going into the basement; however, they have all said they do not wan5 to go into the basement. This space is suitable for certain commercial ventures given the chance. Ms. Homeyer said the Board would welcome an ARA person in the box office. Ms. Homeyer requested that Council no~ turn over the plans for the box office area as it is integral to the artist, aesthetic and economic operation of the Wheeler. Ms. Homeyer said the Wheeler was funded by the taxpayers as a theatre, there was not talk of a visitors center. This is a place for performances. Bill Shorr said the Wheeler should be useful to people who want to use. Shorr said a theatre cannot be turned into everything the city wants it to be, it is too small. Shorr said if there is a need for a visitors center, a place for arts group, everyone should get together to resolve this to the satisfaction of everyone. Councilman collins said he would support Councilman Blomquist's plan, opening up the lobby space. This will make the building accessible to the public at large and could serve as an information center. Councilman Collins said this is a reasonable approach at this time, and then look at greater depth of ARA offices, Rubey park, and the basement space for the arts. Councilman Collins said the Wheeler was used many years by all kinds of community groups. Councilman Collins said this should not detract from the ticket operation but to complement it. Councilman Collins said the city has been chided for not being responsive to the tourist; this is a beginning of the city becoming ~nvolved but not taking over. Councilman Collins moved the Council consider as a visitors center the portion of the first floor space in the Wheeler and meet with the Wheeler committee at their nex~ meeting to discuss how to implement this on or before May lst; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. RESIDENTIAL GMP APPEAL AND ALLOCATION Mayor Stirling said there were three applications for residential GMP application, the East Hopkins townhouse, Gordon PUD, and 700 South Galena. There are 18 free market units, but 1983 only has 10 units to allocate. Also, there is an appeal and request for excess allotment. Richard Grice, planning office, said there are a lot of issues in this. All three projects met the threshold and are all eligible for quota allocation. Grice said the staff has reviewed the merits of the appeal and find the two individual P & Z members involved used criteria not adopted. Based upon the fact these P & Z members used other criteria, the staff supports the appeals. Regular Meeting Aspen City Council ~'eDruary z/, ±~4 Grice told Council actual growth over the last two years has only been 39 units, 29 building permits were issued last year. The city has fallen beneath the established growth goal. Grice pointed out that 119 units of expired allocation was not carried forward; however, this allocation would not have existed if the current policy of counting employee units against the quota were in effect. Grice said the merits of the two project~ which would benefits from excess allotment are that 700 South Galena is part of the Aspen Mountain Lodge PUD, and the allotment will facilitate that. The East Hopkins building is a unique professional, residential use. Grice told Council this year's competition was exceptionally close with a .8 difference between the highest applicant and third place applicant. P & Z was strongly supportive of Council granting excess allotments for all three projects to be approved. Grice said P & Z approved this contingent upon complete submittal of building permits no later than August 1, 1985. Mayor Stirling asked what kind of applications may come in for 1984 and what kind of a threat will it be by using up 8 units from 1984. Grice said the only real ~ applicant for 1984 is the Aspen Mountain Lodge PUD, and in the event that is approved, none of the units will come on line this year. Grice said he feels the city will fall short of the quota available in build out this year. Mayor Stirling asked if anyone opposed the Council allotting these 8 units from future quota. No one opposed this. City Attorney Taddune said if Council decides to use future year's quota, then the appeal becomes moot. David White, P & Z member, brought up what happens if an applicant proposes employee housing in Basalt, but the free market project is here. The Code does not take into account where the employee housing is, and the same points are awarded no matter where the employee housing is. White told Council that is why he voted the way he did. One applicant is building their employee housing on-site and it is not the same if employee housing is built in Basalt. Councilman Blomquist said Council has to find White guilty of not strict interpretation of the code. This is a valid point, and Councilman Blomquist has objected to the lack of discretion in the scoring process. Councilman Blomquist asked to have Council look at this point. Councilman Blomquist moved to approve the appeal of scores awarded by the P & Z in the categories of employee housing, storm drainage and sewer service for the 700 South Galena project; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Blomquist said in the absence of drawings of the projects, he would like to table the other two motions. Staff said they would get the drawings. RESOLUTION ~4, SERIES OF 1984 - Allocation of L-3 Quota Colette Penne, planning office, reminded Council they had allocated 4 units to the Hotel Lenado. The Aspen was held up because of rearrangement of their parking lot. Ms. Penne presented a parking plan in which the parking was rearranged to accommodate the required spaces. The engineering department finds this plan acceptable under conditions that have been added to Resolution #4. These conditions are that all traffic leave the parking lot by the alley, which is an improvement over entering on Main; signs to indicate no exit onto main and to indicate the lot exit to the alley. Ms. Penne said the resolution also carries over 3 units for next year. Ms. Penne said the Aspen still has to go through special review approval to increase the FAR. Mayor Stirling said if the spaces are to be delinated by striping. Jay Hammond, engineer- ing department, said that could be a condition. Mayor Stirling said he would like it to be. Mayor Stirling moved to adopt Resolution 44, Series of 1984, adding the conditions in Hammonds memorandum of February 9, 1984, with the fourth condition to require the appli- cant stripe the parking spots and make them clear; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. All in favor, Councilman Collins abstained. Motion carried. Grice put up drawings of the three projects involved in the residential GMP allotment and Council and the applicants went over the drawings. Councilman Blomquist moved to direct the planning office to draft a resolution awarding three units to the Gordon property PUD and seven units to 700 South Galena; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Blomquist moved to direct the planning office to draft a resoluiton awarding eight units of excess allotment from next year's quota as follows: 5 units to 700 South Galena; and 3 units to East Hopkins professional townhome project; such excess allotment shall be contingent upon complete submittal for building permits no later than August 1, 1984, and reduction of the 1984 quota to 31 units; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. Art Daily told Council a quota can remain outstanding for a number of years unless there is action on. The applicants agreed to submit building permit applications in full four months in advance of the deadline in the code. The code says for residential projects the time limit is four years and Daily suggested the four months be taken off the four year period rather than the two year period. Joe Wells pointed out the time limit for mixed projects is only two years. All in favor, motion carried. SMUGGLER AREA ANNEXATION PETITION Mayor Stirling said on February 2, 1984, the city received a petition for annexation from the general Smuggler mountain area. Mayor Stirling said the Council needs to make some determinations, if the signatures required are 10 per cent of the landowners of the area to be annexed, Council can certify the petition. Mayor Stirling also said there is a question on the validity of some of the signatories. ~egu±ar meeting Aspen City Council February 27, 1984 City Attorney Taddune went through his memorandum outlining the annexation act of 1965. Taddune said in the annexation act, it states a petition for annexation election must allege that it is desirable and necessary that the area be annexed to the municipality. Taddune said that requirement has been satisfied. Taddune said the petition must contain an allegation that Section 31-12-104 and 31-12-105 exist or have been met, the petition contains this allegation but the Council will have to determine whether the substanitive requirements have been met. Taddune told Council the petition must contain an allegation that the signers of the petition are qualified electors, resident in, and landowners of the area proposed to be annexed. The petition satisfies this technical requirement. There must be a request to commence proceedings for the holding of an annexation election; the petition satisfies this requirement. This election is not a city-wide election, but is an election of the land owners in the area proposed to be annexed. Taddune told Council the petition must contain signatures of landowners; another provision of the annexation act provides any signature by any land owners shall be sufficient as long as any landowner in fee of an undivided interest in the same area of land does not object in writing to the governing body .of the annexing municipality within 14 days after the filing of the petition for annexation election. Taddune said this section does not outline the consequences of someone having an interest in the same land protesting the annexation petition. Taddune said the staff is researching this. Taddune told Council there has been a counter petition filed with 7 signatures objecting to Hunter Creek being included in the area proposed to be annexed. Taddune said his feeling is if there are enough signatories, i the law would require the election to be held in any event. Taddune said the petition must set forth the mailing address of each signer, which appears to have been done. The petition must present the legal description of the land owned by each signer. City Clerk Koch reported there is sufficient legal description for the signe~s. Taddune said there should be an affidavit of circulator that the signatures on the petition are those purported to be. Ms. Koch said she had affidavits from circulators but could not tell if the petition was attached to each affidavit. Taddune said he would look into this. Taddune told Council the law requires the petition to be signed by 40 qualified electors or 10 per cent of the electors of the area proposed to be annexed. Taddune defined a qualified elector and resident landowner. Taddune said he is confused about the impact of the counter petition on the inclusion of the Hunter Creek condominiums within the area. Taddune said he has been researching this, and feels if the petition contains ten per cent of the qualified electors, landowners, the petition will have satisfied the signature requirement. Mayor Stirling asked if there was a public hearing requirement and could that public hearing be set now. Taddune said the procedure is that the petit.ion be filed with the city clerk, the city clerk reports to Council, the Council will then take steps to deter- mine if the petition is substantially in complaince with the requirements in the annexa- tion act. Taddune said Council must find that no less than one-sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is contiguous with the boundary of the city. The engineering department has concluded there is one-sixth contiguity. Taddune told Council they have to make a determination that a community of interest exists between the area proposed to be annexed and the city. Section 31-12-105 sets forth the requirement that no land held in identical ownership shall be divided into separate parcel~. Taddune went through the requirements in this section. Taddune said if the petition is found to be in compliance, certain procedures have to be followed. As part of Council's resolution finding the petition is in substantial compliance, the Council shall establish a date, time and place to have a public hearing to determine the proposed annexation complies with Section 31-12,104 and 105o This hearing shall be held not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the resolution is adopted. This hearing shall not be held if Council finds the proposed annexation does not meet with Section 31-12-104 and 105. The notice of hearing is to be published for four successive weeks. Taddune told Council if they determine an election is required, they shall call such election to determine whether a majority of the qualified electors approve such election with such terms and conditions, if any that may be attached. Council will have to decide if any terms should be added to the annexation. Taddune said the city requires that the property owners dedicate water rights to the city because the city has to provide municipal water service. There might be conditions from the engineering department. Taddune said any landowner may vote irrespective of whether he is a qualified elector, and any corporat~ landowner may, by resolution, designate one officer to cast a vote. Taddune said the city will then petition theDistrict Court to hold such election, and the court appoints three commissioners to run this election. The commissioners call an election to be held in a convenient place within the area to be annexed. Notice of the election shall be given for four weeks in a paper of general circulation and posting notic~ at the polling place. The commissioners shall act as judges for this election. Taddune said the city clerk, engineering and planning departments should analyze the petition regarding the requirements. The Council shall determine whether the petition and annexation are in compliance with what has been outlined. The Council then passes a resolution of intent to annex and sets a public hearing. Mayor Stifling said he would like to move to set a public hearing date. This area is immediately adjacent to Aspen; there are precedents for annexation in that area, like Smuggler. The city is already providing services in some cases. This area has been calling for enfranchisement for years. Regular Meeting Aspen City Council ~'eDruary z/, ~ Councilman Blomquist moved that Council set a public hearing date of April 9, 1984, for a hearing to determine compliance and the city attorney prepare a resolution for Council; seconded by Councilman Knecht. Mayor Stirling asked about the effect of the contesting petition. Taddune told Council he has conferred with former CML counsel, and she had never heard of this issue coming up. Taddune said the issue is condominium owners petitioning for annexation and other owners in the same condominium complex protesting these signatures. Councilman Blomquist suggested letting a judge decide. All in davor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #3, SERIES OF 1984 - Deane Hydropower Project Mayor Stirling opened the public hearing. Councilman Blomquist moved to table Ordinance ~3, 1984, until March 12, 1984, and have a closed study session before then becuase this is a legal matter with contract negotiationS, seconded by Councilman Knecht. Mayor Stirling disagreed about the closed session; this should be an open meeting and the~e has been public access to this process for months. Bil Dunaway said this is dealing with city affairs and city money and should he public. Councilman Blomquist said on all legal contract negotiations, he feels the Council has a right to go into closed sessions to discuss legal strategy. Councilmembers Collins and Blomquist in favor; Councilmembers Knecht, Walls, and Mayor Stirling opposed. Motion NOT carried. Councilman Blomquist moved to stop all consideration of the proposal. Motion DIES for lack of a second. Mayor Stirling moved to table Ordinance 93, Series of 1984, until March 12, 1984, and have a work session March 7, 1984 at 5:00 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. RUEDI INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT - Resolution #3, Series of 1984 Mark Fuller told the Council an intergovernmental agreement was signed two years ago to form the Ruedi Water and Power Authority and to work within that body to preserve Ruedi as a recreational resource. Fuller said Eagle county has petitioned to become a member of RWPA and was accepted. The by-laws require acceptance by all other entities. Fuller said Eagle Council borders on half of Ruedi and also Basalt is located in Eagle. Eagle would like a stake in keeping Ruedi economically viable. Fuller said Eagle is very valuable politically and has already proven to be so. Councilman Knecht moved to approve the amendment to the intergovernmental agreement and to adopt Resolution ~3, Series of 1984; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA Councilman Knecht moved to approve the consent agenda; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. The consent agenda is; liquor license renewal - Andre's; Special event permits; St. Mary's Catholic Church; Grassroots; Clean Air Advisory Board appointment - Katey Buster. Council went into executive session at 7:45 p.m. City Clerk Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 5, 1984 Mayor Stirling called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. with Councilmembers Knecht, Collins, Walls, and Blomquist present. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1. Dutch Hodges requested a study session with Council and the Arts Council on March 13. This will be held at the Visual Arts Center. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman Knecht said a decision was made at an earlier meeting, of which he was not aware, about the Wheeler Opera House. Councilman Knecht moved to add this to the agenda; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. 2. Mayor Stirling congratulated the Aspen Skiing Company, Subaru, AT&T and all the volun-~ teers who helped put on World CuP. Mayor Stirling said this was one of the most positive types of events Aspen can have. Mayor Stirling said Monroe Summers and Jim Holland made a tremendous effort.