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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19820308 improvements; seconded by Councilwoman Michael. Ail in favor, with the exception of Councilman Collins. Motion carried. Councilwoman Michael moved to adjourn at 7:35 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. Ka~th K ~Zhj~ ~ , City Clerk Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 8, 1982 JOINT MEETING WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Mayor Edsl called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m. with Councilmembers Knecht, Collins and Michael, and Commissioners Klanderud, Kinsley and Madsen present. 1. Aspen to Difficult Campground Hiking-Jogging Trail. Raymond Auger, representing the Pitkin County Park Association, told the Boards they have notice the high usage of a route along highway 82 east from Aspen to Difficult for hikers and joggers. The PCPA concluded it would be desirable to have a trail for safety and for aesthetic reasons parallel to the side of the highway. The board of PCPA passed a resolution to contribute $30,000 towards the construction of a hiking-logging trail towards Difficult. Auger said this contribution is contingent upon contribution from the city and county to cover legal and administrative costs to finish the trail. Auger said he felt the route should be determined by a citizen's committee. There was a meeting in March with citizens volunteer~ lng to be members of the committee and preliminary rules were established. This group's intent is to be advisory to assist those city and county officials who would be assigned to make this project go forward. Auger told the Boards that $30,000 is not a lot of money, depending on the type of trail and what has to be done. Both the city and county have legal and engineering staffs to be able to help this project. Councilwoman Michael said this request is for no outlay of cash from the city and county, only the legal and engineering services. Auger answered yes. Mayor Edel asked about the maintenance costs. Auger said the citizens committee will address these to see the magnitude of maintenance costs, etc. The PCPA has not staff to do maintenance. The PCPA might be willing to make a cash contribution towards this. The maintenance costs are a function of the type of trail. Commissioner Klanderud saod this should be resolved before the trail is built. County Attorney ~u~er asked if this project would have to acquire any rights-of-way. Auger told the Board it depends upon the design; it may be possible to do it without any acquisitions. The trail may not go all the way to Difficult if they run into acquisition problems. Also, it may be possible to do some access from landowners gratus. Auger said it is desirable to have an open citizens committee designing this so that it does not become a function of government. Councilwoman Michael said if the Boards give some sense they will support this, ~the committee will go ahead. Auger said he hoped that a designated city and county official would work with the citizens committee to guide them in terms of engineering costs and what is practical. Curt Stewart, county manager, recommended this be supported; the unknown is how much work and cost will be involved. Stewart said he needed to go back and figure out what the costs are and which entity would do what. City Manager Chapman said both the city's engineering department and attorney have a lot to do right now. Chapman would like to have these departments look at this project and make an estimate so there are no misconceptions about the city's ability to work on this. Auger told the Boards the committee exists and the money is in the bank. What they need is a designated administrator of the project. Councilwoman Michael said she thought this is a beautiful idea. Commissaoner Madsen asked if this might be used as a cross-country trail. Auger said the trail will be designed with that in mind. The committee needs to look at things like plowing and maintenance in the winter. The city and county managers will look into this and bring it back to the next meeting. Madsen congratulated the PCPA for being the driving force behind this. Commissioner Klanderud told Council the county as going to pursue forming an ambulance district. The county will need the support of the city for this, to allow the county to form this district. Klanderud told Council they are operating under the home rule powers for Counties. County Attorney Stuller said this will be submitted as a Charter amendment but it would be futile to pursue the idea if the city is goang to object. Commissioner Kinsley told Council that the Town of Snowmass Village as not included as they have their own ambulance district. Chapman told the Boards that the ambulance service is costing Snowmass very little. However, there may be some dissatisfaction and they may want to be included in the ambulance district. From an economic point of view they are not interested, the quality may be an issue. The Council agreed they were interested in the ambulance district. COUNCIL MEETING Mayor Edel called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. with Councilmembers Parry, Michael, Collins and Knecht present. MINUTES There were none. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE There were none. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1. Ellen Stapenhorst, appearing on behalf of the Pitkin County Campaign for Nuclear Weapons Freeze, presented a resolution for Council to look at. This resolution states that the City Council endorses a mutual freeze on further construction, testing and deployment of nuclear weapons by both the United States and Soviet Union. Ms. Stapenhorst told Council the Commissioners approved this resolUtion two weeks ago. This is a growing movement across the country. The time bas come to call a halt to building nuclear weapons Should the Council adopt this it will go on record as one of the many organizations that have endorsed this. Councilman Collins moved to add this to the agenda; seconded by Councilwoman Michael. All in favor, motion carried. Maxwell Aley presented a list of 63 national and international organizations that have endorsed this resolution. Aley told Council the City of Boulder held a referendum and the populous voted 68 per cent in favor of this. Members of the House of Representatives and six U. S. Senators have endorsed this. Wednesday March 10 Senators Hatfield and Kennedy will jointly sponsor a resolution in the Senate. Aley asked Council to individual communicate their feelings with Senators Hart and Armstrong. What this movements is askin¢ is eventually the U. S. President propose to the Soviets a mutual halt. This halt is verifiable by satellites and sesmic sensing devices. Aley told Council there is an arms agreement between the U. S. and Soviet Union; in the past ten years there have been no violations of that agreement. Ten days ago Breshnev made a statement that sounded positive toward this kind of thing. There was a national poll in June 1981 indicating an overwhelming support bY the American people for a nuclear freeze. Locally, there will be two movies for support of the movement. There are activities for support all across the country. In New York in June the United Nations will be meeting on disarmament and there will be rallies there, Aley said he is convinced this campaign will win and urged Council's support for this resolution. If Council passes this, it will be forwarded to the Colorado campaign headquarters. Councilwoman Michael moved to approve the nuclear arms freeze resolution proposed by the Pitkin County Freeze Campaign; seconded by Councilman Collins. City Attorney suggested this be put in the standard city resolution form. Councilwoman Michael amended her motion to be subject to Taddune's reworking the resolution in the city's normal form. Councilman Parry said the text of the third paragraph is completely fictitious and hard to justify. Aley said the budget decisions the U. S. government is facing today are typically ~ggravated by expansion of military spending. These deficits are causing high interest rates because the government is competing for the money. Councilman Collins said he would like to see the third paragraph toned down, changing "seriously damaging the domestic economy" to ,seriously affecting the domestic economy". CounCilmembers Knecht, Collins, Parry and Mayor Edel would go with "affecting"; Councilwoman Michael opposed. Councilman Parry proposed a "slow down" rather than depression agreed to by Councilmembers Collins and Knecht. Councilwoman Michael and Mayor Edel were for depressio] All in favor as amended. Motion carried. Aley presented a petition for Councilmembers to sign individually; this will be forwarded to Congress. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman Knecht said the street cleaners are out. Councilman Knecht said he would approeciate anything to keep up the street cleaning. The gutters look like the devil. He is pleased the program is starting, 2. 'Councilman Knecht asked when the Council is going to start the legislative agenda issues. City Manager Chapman told Council he is meeting with department directors; he has asked the department directors to bring up items for the legislative agenda. Chapman will then meet in person to go over these and bring them to Council. 3. Mayor Edel said an item was left off the agenda; changing the street name from Short Street to Fred Lane. Councilman Knecht moved to add this to the agenda; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #7, SERIES OF 1982 - Historic Designation of "EXceptional" and "Excellent" structure whose owners do not support designation. Mayor Edel opened the public hearing. Colette Penne, planning office, told Council this i: the ordinance where property owners either have not responded to the inquiry or have indicated they do not wish their properties designated historic. Ms Penne sent all the property owners a letter explaining the first reading and that the public hearing and final adoption would be at this meeting. Ms. Penne told Council she had contact with three of them asking questions. Mayor Edel asked for detail of any restrictions or what this ordinance dictates these structures Will be subject to. Ms. Penne told Council they will be subject to review by the HPC if they do any major work on the exterior of their houses. Whether the work is major or minor is determined by Ms. Penne and the chairman of the HPC. Councilman Parry asked if anything is resolved about colors and the HPC. Ms. Penne said the HPC will have a work session on their guidelines and criteria. The HPC then wants to have a joint work session with Council to review the guidelines and see if they are going in the direction Council wants. The HPC doesn not have color review; they ~make suggest~0ns~t~5~applicant. If someone with an H designation on their structure wants to remove or demolish the structure, they have to go to HPC. The HPC has allowed demolition of two structures within an historic district. Ms. Penne told Council the HPC is a recommending body to Council; if the applicant does not like HPC's determination, they may come to Council. Mayor Edel opened the public hearing on each structure to be designated separately. 208 East Hopkins - no comment; 201 East Hyman - no comment; 530 West Hallam - no comment; 214 East Bleeker - no comment; 234 West Francis - no comment; 201 West Francis - no comment 714 North Third and 311 Gillespie. Bill Martin, owner of this property, told Council this is three lots with two homes. The Martins have not been able to modify.these structures or make them accommodatable to a reasonable size family. The Martins would like to add on to the big house; they are not interested in lowering the quality of Victorian aspect. Martin said he does not want to go through another agency in order to accomplish what he has planned. Martin said the plans conform to the Victorian aspect of the property. Martin told Council after he accommodates his plans, he will be happy to put the house in the historic district. Ms. Penne told Council these two structures are considered to be excellent Victorian architecture. Ms. Penne looked at the planned additions and said she did not think there would be any problem going through HPC. Sunny Vann, planning director, told Council the idea behind'designation for structures is for their importance to the community and not to dilute the importance. If Council is concerned about the outcome of a structure, they may designate it historic. Martin explained to Council his remodeling plan. Vann told Council that two single family structures are a non-conforming use and there may be proble~ with expansion of a structure. Councilwoman Michael said she will vote no on some kind of principle, she supports the historic inventory, but cannot in good conscience approve a historic designation when thw owners do not want it. A1 Blomquist, P & Z members, told Council at the joint public hearing with HPC, it was 'brought out that people do not want their property encumbered. Ms. Penne told Council that designation now is a protection mechanism so that anything done to the property is reviewed and found to be suitable. Martin stated he did not want to go through another layer of review. Councilwoman Michael suggested deleting Martin's house. Councilman Collins said he would like to see the Council continue with this designation. Councilman Collins said the mechanism is there for all considerations on the part of the owner to have whatever he wishes to do reviewed and appealed. Council- man Collins said he did not see an inordinate time delay with this and would like to go with the ordinance as drafted. Ms. Penne said the process through HPC is very quick and costs no money to the city. .City Attorney Taddune pointed out there is also the right to judicial review. Ms. Penne said these houses are in the best category; they are preserved and retain the character of historic. Martin stated it is wrong for the city to take his property and put it in a category to go through another process because the city is concerned he will screw it up. Martin said he did not want to destroy his property. Martin thinks it is improper for Council to be doing this. Mayor Edel said the Council tries to make better decisions for the good of the community. Councilman Parry moved that 714 North Third and 311 Gillespie be eliminated from the list; seconded by Councilman Collins. Councilman Parry and Mayor Edel in favor; Councilmembers Michael and Collins opposed. Motion NOT carried. 714 North Third and 311 Gillespie stay in the ordinance 525 North Second - no comment; 442 West Bleeker - no comment. Mayor Edet closed the public hearing. Councilman Collins moved to adopt Ordinance ~7, Series of 1982; seconded by Councilman Knecht. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Collins, aye; Knecht, aye; Parry, nay; Michael, nay; Mayor Edel,aye. Motion carried. ORDINANCE ~9, SERIES OF 1982 Individual Historic designations of structures in the Commercial Core of Main Street Historic Districts. Colette Penne told Council these are lnventoried structures which have requested to be individually designated-. Ms. Penne explained there are provisions in the Code which offer incentives to structures that have been individually designated. Alan Richman, planning office, told Council P & Z reviewed one of these structures on a different application and at that time questioned if GMP exception ~or individually designated structures is a Pandora's box. Richman said it is appropriate to consider this. P & Z did not review the requests for historic designation because the owners wanted designation. Richman said there are a couple of commercial buildings that could be permitted to expend outside GMP. Richman told Council there are two buildings on this list that can expand outside the GMP if individually designated. In the Red Onion, there is a question if the property can be used commercially or residentially. The applicant would use this space commercially and would use the GMP exception. P & Z is concerned about expansion outside the GMP. The Sports Stalker is the second example, and there is reason to believe the space above the store was used fDr residential. Sunny Vann, planning director, told Council these two buildings are in an historic district and are subject to certain criteria. By individuall' designating these structures, nothing changes with respect to review criteria. By being individually designated, these buildings find a way to circumvent the intent to regulate commerical space in the downtown zone. This exception from GMP was intended as a way to help preserve historical structures. Vann suggested the fact these buildings are in an historical district and will be preserved, they would not have to be individually designated. Vann said these requests are before Council because the property owners asked for it and HPC recommended designation to Council. Gideon Kaufman told Council this exemption from the GMP was discussed in great detail and adopted. Kaufman's client, the Sports S~lker, has decided they no longer have the luxury of allowing the third floor to be used for storage and employee housing; they need to generate income from that space. Kaufman said what they are trying to do is what the Code allows and is not doing anything illegal. Vann told Council he is not suggested Council should turn this down but should be aware how this provision in the Code is being utilized. The concern is that utilization of this technique to accomplish something that may or may not be consistent with the original intent of the exemption. Vann said he is Only trying to make Council aware of the implications of this. City Attorney Taddune read from Section 24-11.2(b) and told Council that bUildings can be enlarged or the use can be changed without going through GMP proce- dures if they are historically designated. Kaufman said the Sport Stalker is already built out; they want to go to the third floor and change the use from storage to commercia use; this is not an enlargement. Richman said bringing on new space has impact on water, sewer, transportation and employee housing. That is the rationale for going through the GMP process. Councilman Collins asked if the exempted space would be counted in the quota; Richman answered yes. Councilwoman Michael mOved to read Ordinance ~9, Series of 1982; secondedii~by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #9 (Series of 1982) AN ORDINANCE ACCORDING TO SECTION 24-9.7 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN FOR DESIGNATION ©F HISOTIRC STRUCTURES WHICH ARE LISTED IN THE INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES FOR THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO was road by tho city clerk Councilwoman Michael moved to adopt Ordinance ~9, Series of 1982, on first reading; seconded by Councilwoman Michael. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Michael, aye; Parry, aye; Knecht, aye; Collins, aye; Mayor Edel, aye. Motion carried. MUNICIPA~COURT JUDGE PAY INCREASE Finance Director Sheree Sonfield told Counci-1 this has been budgeted, raising the salary from $630 to $686. Staff is asking for formal approval from Council. Councilwoman Michael asked how many hours this job takes. Judge Brooke Peterson said it averages four to five hours a week. Councilman Collins moved to approve the raise for the Municipal Court Judge; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. LIQUOR LICENSE HEARING - Greenhouse Diner Mayor Edel opened the public hearing. There was no one representing the applicants. Mayor Edel continued to public hearing to March 22, 1982. ORDINANCE ~10, SERIES OF 1982 - Wheeler Opera House Board of Directors Councilman Parry moved to read Ordinance ~10, Series of 1982; seconded by Counoilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE ~10 (Series of 1982) AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WHEELER OPERA HOUSE; DESCRIBING THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE TERMS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS MEMBERS, AND LISTING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD was read by the city clerk Councilman Parry moved to adopt Ordinance ~10, Series of 1982, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Knecht. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Knecht, aye; Collins, aye; Michael, aye; Parry, aye; Mayor Edel, aye. Motion carried. PARK DEDICATION FEE REPORT City Manager Chapman told Council the staff had met with Dan Levinson regarding his questions to the park dedication fees. Levinson would like the whole park dedication fee structure elminated; however, he was satisfied in regards to the answers of his questions. Chapman said Levinson is satisfied with the manner to calculate park dedication fees for cluster houses and developments. Previously each unit Paid a fee on the full land value; how each units will pay their fractional share of the value of the property. This will not penalize cluster housing. Councilman Collins asked if the end result of the Marolt development is consistent with this change. Chapman said they probably paid alot more; this change will clarify that particular issue. Mayor Edel said this affects only projects in the future. City Attorney Taddune said the Marolt development is not challenc ing the park dedication fees, but the other party in the law suit is. They are contending it is unfairly and unreasonably applied for Marolt. Councilman Knecht moved to direct staff to proceed on the basis of the memorandum dated February 2, 1982; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. RESOLUTION ~6, SERIES OF 1982 - Fred Lane Mayor Edel said there are four homes on Short Avenue now, Only three have addressed designated as Short Avenue, these are Pete Stone, Fred Lane and Red Soderstrom. The fourt party did not care, Stone was for the name change; Soderstrom was against it because it would be a lot of work getting the addresses changed. Stone suggested it might be appropos to direct staff to talk to the postmaster to get all the assistance possible. Mayor Edel said he talked to Fred Lane, who was embarrassed by this. Mayor Edel said he felt recognition for Fred Lane was long overdue. Councilwoman Michael moved to read Resolution ~6, Series of 1982; seconded by Councilman Parry. All in favor, motion carried. RESOLUTION 46 (Series of 1982) the Council of the of wishes to honor of WHEREAS, City City Aspen Aspen' s leading citizens, Fred O. Lane; and WHEREAS, Fred O. Lane has, for nearly twenty years, generously donated his time and effort on behalf of such community organizations as the Chamber of Commerce, Music Associates of Aspen, Aspen Historical Society,'Aspen Council for the Arts, Friends of the Winter Concerts, the Council on Aging, Pitkin County Parks Association and other worthy organizations, and WHEREAS, Fred O. Lane has resided for many years on the east end of Aspen on Short Avenue, a street in the Riverside Subdivision, Block 1, as recorded in Ditch Book 2A, Page 179, of the Records of Pitkin County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the City Council desires, in commemoration of Fred O. Lane's many years of dedicated service to the city of Aspen and its residents, neighbors and visitors, to name a street after him; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO-. That henceforth, from and after the effective date of this Resolution, the above-described "Short Avenue" shall be desigmated as "Fred Lane". BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be forwarded to the City Engineer, Pitkin County Clerk, Pitkin County Assessor, various utilities, the U0 S. Postal System (Aspen Branch) and all other agencies relying upon street address in their record keeping. Councilman Knecht moved to adopt Resolution 46, Series of 1982; seconded by Councilwoman Michael. All in favor, motion carried. RESOLUTION 45, SERIES OF 1982 1982 Residential GMP Allocation Councilman Knecht moved to read Resolution #5, Series of 1982; seconded by Councilman Parry. All in favor, motion carried. RESOLUTION %5 (Series of 1982) WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 24-11.4(a) of the Code, January 1st of each year is established as a deadline for submission of applications for residential developmen~ allotments within the City of Aspen, and WHEREAS, in response to this provision, one residential project was submitted for evaluation involving a total of three free market units, four employee units and three units~that are to'.be reconstructed, the employee units and the units to be reconstructed being exempt from the.available quota, and WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was conducted on February 2, 1982, by the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission to consider the growth management application and evluate and score this application in conformance with criteria established in Section 24-11.4(b) of the Code; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did evaluate and score the pro3ect submitted, Sunny Park, with 55.6 points; and WHEREAS, no appeals were made to the Aspen City Council at t~ir meeting on February 22, 1982, as is provided in Section 24-11.4(f) of the Code; and WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council did review the points awarded to the project by the planning and zoning commission. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, that a residential development allocation for three free market unfts is hereby awarded to the Sunny Park project. This project is authorized to proceed further with additional approvals required by the City before a building permit is secured was read by the city clerk Councilman Parry moved to adopt Resolution 45, Series of 1982; seconded by Councilwoman Michael. All in favor, motion carried. SUBDIVISION EXCEPTION/LOT SPLIT - Hill House Condominium Mayor Edel said the Council had received a telegram from an adjacent property owner and asked for a response. Lee Pardee, appIicant, read the telegram into the record. "Re Pardee/Wedum lot approval application Due to my unavailability to be present at this hearing now scheduled for 3/8,/82 I propose that this matter be tabled until my return to Aspen on the basis that Mr. Pardee being the original developer of both the Hill House duplex and my house, in our opinion, has yet to solve and correct the following basic developers obligations: 1. Re-route and perhaps underground the existing antiquated overhead power/cable lines into a public r/w area, which now criss-cross over glass roofs and existing building which may also be code violation. 2. Remote existing sewer lines serving my house running through his proposed building site into a public r/w area and/or grant an access and maintenance easement for such. I propose these be added as conditions of approval and the cost be borne by Mr. Pardee. Yours truly Frank Laulainen" Lee Pardee told Council the lot split would affect neither of these points; it is not the purview of Council to decide disputes between landowners. Pardee told Council he had indicated he would be willing to do a lot split so that Laulainen could build a garage. There was money owed to Pardee; it was not paid, so Pardee removed his consent from the lot line adjustment. Regarding the power lines, Pardee has a release signed by Laulainen. For Council to decide whether or not there are damages, this is the purview of a court of law. Pardee said this has gone through P & Z and the referrals; there is an up-to-date plat. Pardee said he has paid $10,000 to underground the power lines and has a written waiver. Canyon Cable TV has said as soon as the other is undergrounded, they will put the cable underground. City Attorney Taddune agreed this seems to be a dispute between two adjoinang property owners. Taddune said these are not the types of issues to decide a lot split. City Enganeering McArthur asked about the sewer running through the lot, if this was an agreeme~ on the plat. Pardee said he had never heard this mentioned until today. Councilman Parry moved ~o grant approval of the Hill House Condominium lot split; approval is subject to the condition that the changes involving easement boundaries, reference to the Hill House Condominium, the certification of ownership and the certificate of dedica- tion which have been recommended by the engineering department be made by the applicant an( approvaled by engineering prior to final recordation; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. Council recessed into executive session for 15 minutes. SUBDIVISION EXCEPTION - Albano Colette Penne, planning office, passed out plat maps and told Council this a a newly constructed duplex at 123 West Hyman. This is a straighforward condominium with no problems. The conditions recommended are slx month minimum leases with documentation to the city attorney's office and the plat revisions outlined by the engineering department. Councilman Parry moved to approve subdivision exception for the purpose of condominiumiza- tion of the Albano duplex located at 123 West Hyman with the following conditions; (1) the units shall be restricted to six-month leases with no more than two shorter tenancies per year, and documentation of this restriction must be submitted to the city attorney's office; and (2) the plat revision outlined by the engineering department be completed before recordation; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. WATER CONSERVATION DEVICES Sheree Sonfield, finance director, told Council last year they appropriated $10,000 for water conservation devices on a COG program. $4,402 was spent for 150 residential users and 20 large users. The COG person has changed and they can no longer do the administerin of this program. Steve Standiford of the Roaring Fork Energy Center has asked if they can administe~ the project and bill the city up to the remaining budget. Standiford told Council that the Aspen Sanitation District has agreed to continue the program at their 50 per cent participation. Standiford told Council he will take over the administration, delivery and installation of the devices. Councilwoman Michael said people have had concerns that with installation of these devices the shower will not be as forceful. Councilwoman Michael said she installed these devices and there is no difference in the water pressure. Councilwoman Michael said she thought this is a super program. Standiford told Council this as reaching the point where the demand is diminishing. Standiford has been going out to meetings, talking to people and having articles in the paper. City Manager Chapman told Council the city has included articles in the water bills. Councilwoman Michael moved to authorize the finance office to reimburse the Roaring Fork Energy Center for fifty percent of the costs of energy conservation devices, up to a total city share of $5,600; such authorization is contingent upon fifty per cent partici- pation by the sanitation districts; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Collins said he would like to see a report when the $10,000 has been expended. Councilwoman Michael brought up another device for energy savang, the foam gasket, which as put inside the light switches. This saves heat losses through the light switch. Standiford said Holy Cross hands them out with their energy audit and an average home can save approximately $100 a year in heat bills. Standiford suggested the Aspen Municipal Electric Department purchase these and distribute them free. Mayor Edel said there are a lot of homes in the city of Aspen that are on Holy Cross and they should be treated the same as people on City Electric. Councilwoman Michael suggested Standiford meet with staff to see what kind of budget this would be and talk to the electric department to see how this would be administered through the customers. Council agreed. SUBDIVISION EXCEPTION AND GMP EXCEPTION - The Red Onion Mayor Edel said the Council earlier granted 25,000 square feet to the Red Onion even though there wasn't room in the quota. Now they are asking for another 1,000 square feet and this seems excessive. Ms. Penne said if a building has individual historic designa- tion, they are exempt from the GMP. This is the space over the old Red Onion bar. Councilman Parry said this space used to be used as commercial space; then it was used for office and residential use. Councilman Parry moved to grant subdivision exception for the purposes of condominiumiza- tion for the new unit #5 of the Red Onion condominiums (which will include the southerly 1,081 square feet of the present unit ~3) with the following conditions; (1) the applicant should submit a revised plat following construction when a field survey may be undertaken to verify the dimensions and location of the new space; (2) the applicant should be required to relocate all of the existing gas, electric, telephone and TV meters and pedestals into a protected area off the alley north of unit ~4. the estimated cost of thi: work should be escrowed; (3) the applicant should update the plat to show last summer's significant renovation work; I further move to exempt unit #3 from GMP competition due to the provision in Section 24-11.2(b) of the Municipal Code under the following condition; that the recommendations of the building department concerning the necessary revisions to meet life, health, and safety standards are followed; seconded by Councilman Knecht. Ms. Penne told Council unit 5 is in the new building over Kaelin's store. This space received a 1981 GMP allotment. This space will hook into the front of the old building to 1,081 feet. Ms. Penne showed Council the plat and the locations. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Collins moved to adjourn at 7:45 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Parry. Ail in ..... favor_,_ mo~t~io_n~.a~r_ried. ........ £ ~ ~~