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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19830124 ~unnznueu ~viee~zng Aspen ~lny uouncl£ danuary lz, I~S3 HOTEL JEROME PARKING ISSUE City Manager Chapman told Council the Hotel Jerome is ready to commit to financing, except for the parking issue. They are required to provide 60 perking spaces in conjunction with their plan. Their plan has been to get those parking spaces out of the parking garage that will be built by the City. The banks are concerned that if the city for some reason fails to build that parking garage, the Hotel Jerome will have a completed facility and not get a certificate of occupancy. The city is suggesting an-alternative that if the city fails to build a parking garage, the Hotel Jerome would pay the city the equivalent of 60 spaces or $600,000 and for that they would get 15 parking spaces at the Rio Grande and another 45 parking spaces at the golf course. Council agreed to this plan. Councilman Parry moved to adjourn at 8:25 p.m.; seconded by Councilwoman Michael. All in favor, motion carried. Kathryn~. Koch, City Clerk Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 24, 1983 The meeting was called to order at 4:10 with Commissioners Kinsley, Klanderud, Child and Madsen and Councilmembers Knecht, Michael and Mayor Edel present. 1. Housing Authority Appointments Commissioner Kinsley moved to appoint Jim Curtis and Sandra Stuller to the housing authority; seconded by Commissioner Child. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Michael moved ~o appoint Alice Falkenstein and Charles Isreal to the housing authority for the city; seconded by Mayor Edel. All in favor, motion carried. Commissioner Kinsley moved to appoint to the housing authority as the joint appointment Harry Truscott; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. COUNCIL MEETING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1. Gordon Denton, Aspen School for the Deaf Camp, said they were in error during the Winterskol by selling hot dogs and beer to create increased competition with the local bars and restaurants in town. Denton said he wanted to make a public apology. Denton said they have done this in previous years and people enjoyed it. Denton said it was not the intent to compete with local restaurants. 2. Chuck Dunbar came before Council to discuss the murder of Dr. Robert Barnard. Dunbar stated the Sante Fe police department had not been diligent in their attempts to find out who murdered "Bugsy". Dunbar requested that the City Council of Aspen request the Council of Sante Fe to pursue whatever further action to reopen the investigation or assign some one to actively pursue it. Councilman Parry moved to put this on the agenda; seconded by Councilwoman Michael. All in favor, motion carried. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman Knecht said he like Bil Dunaway's editorial about the reconsideration needed for city vehciel uses. Councilman Knecht said he had sent a note to City Manager Chapman and he would like to reexamine the idea of using those as personal cars and also would like to have it come before Council at the next meeting. 2. Mayor Edel said regarding the informative meeting for the resort association tax, the League of Women Voters has offered to run it, and wanted a consensus from Council about this. Pat Fallin, president of the League, told Council in years past the League has conducted informative meeting. Ms. Fallin told Council she realized that this issue has a lot of diverse opinions on both sides and a lot of misunderstanding in the community. The League would like to hol a forum prior to the election with a panel of pros and cons and a moderator. Council said that was fine. 3. Gideon Kaufman asked Council to add Ordinance #4, Series of 1983, to the agenda which delete the Applejack from the L-3 zoning category. Councilwoman Michael moved to add Ordinace #4, Series of 1983, to the agenda; seconded by Councilman Parry. All in favor, motion carried. DR. ROBERT BARNARD Chuck Dunbar told Council he has written letters to the Governor of New Mexico and various other officials and has non received any replies. Dunbar told Council Aspen should do something about finding out what happened to Dr. Barnard. Mayor Edel said he feels that Council should come up with some sort of resolution saying Dr. Barnard was an important man in the community and nothing has been done about his death. Mayor Edel told Dunbar to come forth with a letter for Council to act on February 14th. Dunbar said he felt somwhere there should be a park or street that could be named after Dr. Barnard. Dunbar said he would try to raise contributions for this park. Councilman Knecht suggested Council rename No Name Park to Barnard park. City Manager Chapman told Council it would cost $55,000 to upgrade No Name park. Councilwoman Michael agreed to puruse renaming a park after "Bugsy" and to ask the staff to come up with a program for the park and to talk to Chuck about public contributions for the park. ORDINANCE ~4, SERIES OF 1983 - Applejack Rezoning City Attorney Taddune said this ordinance is to amend Ordinance~ ~68, Series of 1982, which~ zoned lodges to the new L-3 zone. This will delete the Applejack from L-3 and put it back to O, office. Councilman Parry moved to ready Ordinance #4, Series of 1983; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried ORDINANCE #4 (Series of 1983) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 68, (SERIES OF 1982) SO AS TO DELETE THE APPLEJACK FROM THE L-3, LODGE PRESERVATION ZONE was read by the city clerk Councilman Knecht moved to adopt Ordinance ~4, Series of 1983; seconded by Councilman Parry. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Michael, aye; Parry, aye; Knecht, aye; Mayor Edel, aye. Motion carried. CITY BUS SERVICE REDUCTION Duane Fengel, transportation director, reminded Council he had reported bus statistics to Council last September, and since that there there have been some surprises in the trans- portation fund and some unknown debt obligations. Fengel said he would have to create a little more cutback than planned. Fengel told Council that he would like to run a four bus route with three buses. This would provide the best service at the times it is needed. Fengel said the heaviest impact area would be in the Mountain Valley area. In the early morning and late afternoon, they would combine Mountain Valley with Silverking and make Silverking a half hour run rather than twenty minutes. Fengel said he felt this would save $140,000 a year. Councilman Knecht said the last place he wants to cut is the quality of service. Council- man Knecht said he felt services versus contribution is far more important to the tourist industry. Councilman Knecht said he is for keeping all of the services until he gets more details. Chapman agreed that a commitment to cutbacks is premature, and the timing is wrong. Mayor Edel said now is not the time to do this. GMP AMENDMENT - Aspen Downtown Storage This item has been postponed. ORDINANCE ~2, SERIES OF 1983 - Astor Rezoning Glenn Horn, planning office, told Council he was reviewing the zoning maps over the past several months and found a discrepancy between the way the Astor subdivision is zoned and the way he thought it was zoned. The Astor subdivision is up in the Smuggler area located on Queen Street. The maps show it being zoned R-15 but in 1979, the Astors came to Council and requested a rezoning to R-6, which was approved. Apparently, an ordinance was never prepared. The staff is requested on ordinance to rezone, officially, the parcel to R-6. Councilman Parry moved to read Ordinance #2, Series of 1983; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #2 (Series of 1983) AN ORDINANCE REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY ALSO KNOWN AS THE ASTOR SUBDIVISION TO R-6 was read by the city clerk Councilman Parry moved to approve Ordinance ~2, Series of 1983, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Knecht. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Knecht, aye; Parry, aye; Michael, aye; Mayor Edel, aye. Motion carried. GMP AMENDMENT - Aspen Downtown Storage Colette Penne, planning office, told Council this has been rescored by the P & Z; the issue is whether Council wants to give the applicant three years or one year's allotment. Ms. Penne said one year's allotment in this zone is 7,000 square feet. This particular project requires 21,056 square feet. Gideon Kaufman said the P & Z decided that because of the impacts on the neighborhood, it would be better to give a multi-allotment so the project can be built at one time. Kaufman said he felt this was justification for getting a multi-allotment. Kaufman said there are no other empty S/C/I spaces. This is the only vacant parcel. Councilman Knecht said he felt quite strongly about giving only one year's quota. Council- man Parry said he would rather see the project built as the P & Z recommends. Councilman Knecht moved to recommend one year's quota to the storage building; seconded by Councilwoman Michael. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Parry. Motion carried. 343i Regular Meeting Aspen City Council January 24, 1983 GOLF COURSE FINAL PLAT Councilwoman Michael moved to grant approval to the golf course final plat; seconded by Councilman Parry. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #3, SERIES OF 1983 - Water Rate Increase City Manager Chapman said this ordinance is earlier than anticipated. This is for the 10 per cent increase the staff and Council have always planned on as part of the water manage- ment plan. Chapman said based on the 1982 water sales and new customers, it is possible that in 1984 the increase might have to be higher than 10 per cent. Councilwoman Michael moved to read Ordinance ~3, Series of 1983; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE 93 (Series of 1983) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DIVISION 3 OF ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, ENTITLED "WATER RATES AND CHARGES" (AND THEREBY AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 21-1982) AND ORDINANCE NO. 34-1977) BY INCREASING CERTAIN WATER RATES AND CHARGES; CORRECTING A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN AN EARLIER CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES BY RE-AFFIRMING AND RECODIFYING SECTION 23-102(d) THAT PROVIDES A SURCHARGE FOR THOSES METERED CUSTOMERS SERVED BY PUMPING STATIONS; AND SETTING FORTH A PROVISION FOR DEALING WITH HARDSHIP CASES BY ADMINISTRATIVE MEANS was read by the city clerk Chapman pointed out that this ordinance does increase the flat rate surcharge to 100 per cent. Councilman Knecht said he was concerned about senior citizens and hardship cases and would like to see something addressing that in the ordinance. Councilman Knecht moved to adopt Ordinance ~3, Series of 1983, as amended; seconded by Councilman Parry. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Knecht, aye; Parry, aye; Michael, aye; Mayor Edel, aye. Motion carried. _ 1982 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT Sheree Sonfield, finance director presented the financial report of the city for twelve months ending December 31, 1982. There is also a five year plan for all the funds. This report is not final because it is not audited yet, and the city is still paying bills and receiving money through the end of February. Ms. Sonfield pointed out that Assistant City Manager Mitchell has put together financial forecast indicators, and the finance department has tried to incorporate these. CONSENT AGENDA Councilman Knecht moved to approve the consent agenda; seconded by Councilman Parry. Thes items are (1) Liquor License Renewals - The Arya; Poppie's Bistro Cafe; (2) Board of Adjustment Appointments - Francis Whitaker; (3) Board of Appeals and Examiners - Don Westerlind, Gene Bishop, Don Kopf, and John Kockx. All in favor, motion carried. ~Kathry~ S. Kc~ch ,~Ci tyPiC lerk