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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19660307 ~~ Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 7, 1966 The regular meeting of the Aspen City Council was called to order at 3:45 P.M by Mayor Barnard with Councilmen McEachern, Kuster, Stapleton, Clymer, Administrator Leon Wurl, Provisional City Attorney Janet Gaylord. The accounts payable were given to Councilman Stapleton to check. The minutes of the regular meeting of.February 21 were read and approved as read with one exception: 1) Mayor Barnard appointed Jackie Greene from the Board of Adjustment to work on the Board of Examiners and Appeals and reappoint Phil Wright to the Board of Examiners and Appeals for another two-year term.- Also one correction in the minutes of the Executive session held March 2nd: 1) Water policy - Discussed - Administrator Wurl stated to Council with the present system, including a new 16 million capacity filtration plant. we would be able to serve from Difficult to Shale Bluffs. Councilman Stapleton made a motion to suspend rule 19 and pay the bills. Seconded by Councilman Kuster. Roll call vote -Councilmen McEachern aye; Kuster aye; Stapleton aye; Clymer aye. The decision on the police magistrate was tabled pending completed applicat¢ons on three applicants. Fiscal Agent - Council asked Administrator Wurl if he had any recommendations to make. wurl stated the firm of Stern Brothers was the lowest in cost. Council- man Stapleton made a motion to accept Stern Brothers as Fiscal Agent for Street Improvement #66-1 for approximately $200,OOO,General Obligation Water Bonds for the - construction of awater-treatment plant and storage reservoir for $550,000 and approximately $338,000 General Obligation water refunding bonds of 1964. Seconded by Councilman Kuster. .Roll call vote - Councilmen Clymer aye; Stapleton aye; Kuster aye; McEachern aye. Polite Magistrate', Fiscal Agent Mr. Alfred Braun from the Mountain Rescue was present and requested from Council Mt. Rescue a donation of $300 which he stated had been provided for in the budget as per request last year. Council decided to check out this figure and bring this up at the next meeting. j The City Clerk read a letter from Mrs. Jackie Greene stating she could not appointments accept the appointment to the Board of Examiners and Appeals. Also letter from Ted d.ofExam. & Mularz stating he could not accept the appointment to the Board of Examiners and Appeals i 1 Appeals. Mayor Barnard stated he would check out some names for this board to replace the above. i Administrator Wurl stated to Council he wished authorization from Council for ', the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the petitions for Improvement District.#66-1 where IImp.District City property is involved. Councilman McEachern moved that the Mayor and City Clerk #66-1 have authorization to sign petitions wherever City is involved for Improvement I District #66-1. Seconded by Councilman Clymer. Roll call vote -Councilmen ~ I Stapleton aye; McEachern aye; Clymer aye; Kuster aye. ~~ Administrator Wurl stated he had a report back from the Aspen Police Department (Trash ' on who is dumping trash at the glory hole. Wurl stated the Aspen Alps Club and the Elks Club have been notified not to dump trash there anymore. Administrator Wurl stated the building inspector would like Council to consider electrical wiring changing the code for electricial wiring making it compulsory that all electrical code wiring be in conduit down to single family dwellings. Council discussed the. expense to the contractor and expressed the feeling that this was too extreme. Council made no decision at this time. j ~i Building Inspector also wished Council to consider making an ordinance for mobile trucks controlling and licensing mobile trucks being used as restaurants and mobile stores, I and also stated the trash accumulates around the City from. these mobile trucks. i Planning & Zoning Commission requests that a map. be prepared showing the curb curb grades & ' grades and center line grades for the entire City.. Discussed - this being done center line grade;, piece by piece as each improvement district is wmpleted. Mayor Barnard stated they would hold this in abeyance till Improvement District #66-1 is completed. ir^^~ ' ~ . ~.. Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 7, 1966 Rubey Park Rubey Park - Discussed as site for underground parking and transportation center. ~,,, Mayor Barnard stated he had talked to Mr. Schifani who is the owner of this land and he will be in Aspen the week of March 14th and would like to talk to Council at that time. Mayor Barnard with Councils consent instructed Administrator Wurl to write a letter to Planning and Zoning to consider the Cities desire to install underground parking under-Rubey Park. Mr. C. M. Clark was present from Esco and stated he wag in partnership with Schifani to build the motel on Rubey Park. Stated he feels that Council is illegal to hold up the building with the Planning & Zoning and the Board of Adjustment and wished to know what Council has in mind. Mayor Barnard stated Wurl is going to write a letter to the Planning and Zoning stating Council is interested in the possibility of using Rubey Park for a transporation center. Jerry Brown from. the Leo Dal~:y Company requests-Councils presence at a meeting Master Plan Wednesday March 16th at 7:30 P.M, for the presentation of the master plan. Administrator Wurl stated the Sanitation District requests permission from Council to repair Mill Street from Main Street north with regular base and asphfalt, as they Sanitation wish to make some major repairs to the sewer line from Dean to the railroad tracks. District Council agreed to this. Maintenance of streets and highway discussed. State highway states there isn't much they can do about patching up the state highway until summer gets here, for the time being gravel is being :used. Administrator Wurl stated the City used to have Maint. State an arrangement with the State. Highway whereas the City would maintain the. highway Highway during the winter with what .ever materials they wanted and the State Highway would compensate us with material in the summer. Council-instructed Administrator Wurl to contact the-State Highway and request some arrangements as to patching up the paving. Council agreed immediate xepair was needed. Council also instructed Administrator Wurl to checkout Park Avenue as to water collecting in a-low spot in the grade of the road... Administrator Wurl gave Council a report on Improvement District #66-1. Expect ¢'* to have all petitions<:rn by the end of this week March. 11th. Discussed paving alleys. Imp.Dist. Administrator Wurl to check out the grade of the alleys and Council agreed that the #66-1 City would stand the cost of grading the alleys.- Wurl stated there are abutting streets to the paving. program which people ~sre willing to have pavedon the same basis as the rest of Improvement pistrict #66-1. Council agreed first come first serve until the. budget, runs out on this Improvement District.. A~ Administrator Wurl stated there is concern about .the BTU's that Rocky Mountain Natural Gas is furnishing. According to the franchise they are required to furnish Rocky Mt. 950 BTU per cubic £oot. Wurl stated in checking out the~fe records they are furnishing Natural Gas this. Council instructed Wurl to cheek this out with the PUC and in- more than BTU° . vestiage this.- Administrator Wurl,asked Council for authorization to notify Tallmadge and Tallmadge to act as the City's Bonding Attorney. Councilman Stapleton made a motion to Bonding Att. have Administrator Wurl notify. Tallmadge and Tallmadge to act as Bonding Attorney for the City of Aspen on the General, Obligation Water Bonds, General Obligation Water Refunding Bonds and for Improvement District #66-1. Seconded by Councilman Kuster. Roll call vote - Coune~ilmen Stapleton aye; McEachern aye; Clymer .aye;., Kuster aye. ' .Discussed -other tape recorders being used in tlxe Council room except for,the one used by the City Clerk for tran'acribing the minutes. Council decided to think this Tape Recorde over and make a decision at the,next meeting.. Paul Robins Liquor Lic. P", i ~_~ Bill Tharp from the Aspen: mitted the application and inco was a change in the corporate s and determined that the busines treat as a new license; and the are in agreement to the change, to approve the change. There w motion that the change from Pau by. Councilman Stapleton. .Roll McEachern aye; Clymer aye. Cou iquor Investigating Commission was present and sub- poration papers of Paul's Liquors. .Tharp stated this t-up and he had-checked this out with the City Attorney :was already in existance and. is not necessary to e-are. no hew members to the corporation. All concerned and all that was needed at .this. time is for Council re no remonstrances. Councilman McEachern made a Robinson to Paul Robinson, Ina. be made. .Seconded all vote - Councilmen Kuster abstained;.. Stapleton aye; oilman Kuster-also abstained from the discussion. _ __ _ --- _ ~~~, i i Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 7, 1966 ---- ----------- -.,.~_.~----------- -------- --- ------ -__..------------_ - - ------ -. I ~' ~ A letter from William Tharp was read by Mayor Barnard stating the hazards of the I I~ + bridge over the Roaring Fork River on Highway S2 east of Aspen:a.. Council stated this ~~ Bridge ' I had previously been discussed and Wurl has written a letter to the State Highway ~ Cooper & Hgy 82 I I ~'^ ~I~ Department and as yet has received no answer. ~I Council discussed the police giving out tickets on .the alternate parking i program when it is not necessary since there is no snow to be plowed. Discussed 4~ I Alternate putting bags over the alternate parking signs when it is not necessary to be enforced. parking ~ it Council agreed to put bags over the signs, and to remove. them when the street department• f4 needed the street free from vehicles for plowing. ~' ~ ~ Discussed too many school crossings and .signs stating 15 ffiPH instead of STOP. ~ I ji Council instructed Wurl to talk to the school and chief of police about this. (School crossingsi Attorney Janet Gaylord requested authorization from Council to spend money needed to get copies of all leases and documents of the Aspen Ski Corporation. Council- Aspen Skiing man Clymer made a motion to reimburse Janet Gaylord for expense not to exceed $200.00 Advisory Comm. for obtaining copies of leases of the Aspen Ski Corporation. Seconded by Councilman Kuster. Roll call vote -Councilmen Kuster aye; McEachern aye; Stapleton nay; Clymer aye. Motion carried. The ambulance contract was submitted by the City Attorney with an additional ~ Ambulance paragraph numbered 12, Paragraph 12 stated "Owners will incur no liability by ' Contract reason of operation of the subject ambulance while this contract is in force and effect". Discussed - drivers from the Aspen police Department, Council instructed 'i Administrator Wurl to talk to the Chief, Marion Scott to see if he will be willing ' to designate men to drive the ambulance. Councilman McEachern made a motion to have the Mayor and City Clerk sign the ambulance contract. Seconded by Councilman Stapleton. Roll call vote - Councilmen C1ym~r aye; Stapleton aye; McEachern aye; Kuster aye, Census for home rule discussed. Councilman Stapleton stated in a report by the l - Municipal League in 1963 statistics on the population for Aspen was 1500. Also Census Home Rule. stated it takes 8 months to a year to get the census, elections and charter set up, and if we take the census now it dosen't commit the City to anything, if we don't have i 2000 population as required to go home rule. Attorney Gaylord stated the legislature ' is putting a bill up for the November election which would change the requirements for home rule, and a census would not be necessary. Discussed - the annexation on j the south side. Mayo r Barnard stated Howard Awrey stated he would be willing to i circulate the petition for annexation of the south side. Council discussed holding up the census and pnah the annexation. Councilman Stapleton stated he would be , willing to work on the census and to get other nonpaid people to help. Council ~ agreed to have the City Attorney check out the expense and forms necessary for taking a census and to report at the next meeting. ~ I Mayor Barnard appointed Donald Copelin to the .Fspen Liquor Investigating Commission to replace Mike Garrish. City Clerk was instructed to contact Mr. Copelin Appointment as to this appointment. .All Councilmen were in agreement to the appointment. I Donald Copelin Discussed the City's (ranch with the new dump being '~o far-out also the trash not being picked up vehicles going to the dump and not collection. Joseph Burgert stated mess with trash piled up. Council this problem. ise with Aspen Trash Service. Council discussed ' Trash of town, .perhaps there'is a need for 2 services, if not in containers. Also privately owned ~ covering loads. Discussed compulsory trash the alley behind the Independence Building was a ~ instructed Administrator Wurl to alert Police to I Thomas Benton from the Aspen Low Cost Housing Commission was present and stated (Aspen Low Cost the Commission would have a report at the next Council meeting on 11 acres based on ~ Housing Jerry Browns figures for density control with 250 units and utilitizing all of the i dump site. Also stated they wanted to make some test pourings. Mr. Naussbaum was present from Boulder and stated if he leased this area from the City he would 'start with 50 units, 25 as efficiency for 2 adults with 450 sq.ft. at $95.00 per month excluding utilities, and 25 with 2 bedrooms with 600 sq. ft. at $125.00 to $132.00 excluding utilities. Utilities to be paid by the rentor minus water. Rev. Merriman also from the Aspen Low Cost Housing Commission stated the Commission has not had time to check out all areas to be considered. Mayor Barnard stated the Mayor of Garmisch, Germany is still waiting for our (Twin Cities answer, if Council wishes to be twin City 'with Garmisch Germany and to trade Mayors.. Garmisch Councilman McEachern made a motion to invite the Mayor of Garmisch, Germany to visit Aspen at his convenience and to be twin Cities with Garmisch. Seconded by Councilman ~ i~ Kuster. All Councilmen in favor. II ~~ Regular Meeting Franchsie Tax Library Appraisal of Land Main & Original Guido's sign water leak Cooper Curbc;boxe s ''~, Aspen City Council. March 7, 1966 Mr. James Graham from Rocky Mountain Natural Gas was present and presented a check of $4225.55 to Mayor Barnard covering their 2% franchise tax to the City., .Administrator Wurl stated he needed authorization from Council to contact 3 realtors to place a fair rental value for the space vacated in the Opera House by the Library. and also appraisal of land at the end of Main Street on Original. Councilman Stapleton made a motion to .give. authority to Administrator Wurl to .get an appraisal of the land adjoining Original and Main Street for acquisition as a main thoroughfare and also to include an appraisal of fair rental value in the Opera House building ~~xi~~~~~sx~xx~~~g~s~~x~~ now utilitized as a library. Seconded by Councilman Kuster. Roll call vote.- Councilmen Stapletonaye; Kuster aye; McEachern aye; Clymer aye; Discussed - Guido's for patron parking only sign. Guido stated to Administrator Wurl he would not take down. the sign. Councilmen Kuster, Clymer and Administrator Wurl to talk to Guido. Council asked Mr. C.M. Clark from Esco who is responsible for the leak in the service pipe on Cooper. The house is owned by Jerry Vagneur, and Esco has an option on the house.. Mr. Clark stated she does. not have the money to .repair the leak. Council agreed to fix the pipe and bill the person responsible. ll I~ Discussed - City accepting. responsibility as to service pipes ug to the curb box. Councilman Stapleton made a motion to instruct the City Attorney to rewrite, Ordinance #1, Series 1960 so that the City will own and maintain water service pipes to the curb box but that any new installations will be put in at the expense of the property owner. and also. thaw. wires _. .:Seconded by Councilman Kuster. Roll call vote - Councilmen McEachern aye; Stapleton aye; Kuster aye; Clymer aye. Councilman Stapleton made a motion to adjourn at 6:55 P.M.. Seconded by Councilman Kuster. All Councilmen in favor and meeting was adjourned. '~,' L ~ ~ ~ _._ ~= '" City Clerk B ~,