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Home My WebLink Aboutcoa.lu.co.205 S Galena St.34A-883'i A -gam C Al ASPEN/PITKIN PLANNING OFFICE 130 South Galena Street Aspen, Colorado 81611 \�— (303) 925-2020 LAND USE APPLICATION FEES City 00113 - 63721 47331 GMP/CONCEPTUAL - 63722 47332 GMP/PRELIMINARY - 63723 47333 GMP/FINAL - 63724 47341 SUB/CONCEPTUAL - 63725 47342 SUB/PRELIMINARY - 63726 47343 SUB/FINAL - 63727 47350 ALL 2-STEP APPLICATIONS - 63728 47360 ALL 1-STEP APPLICATIONS/ l ili d� ✓ !%l l CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS REFERRAL FEES: 00125 - 63730 - 47380 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 00123 - 63730 - 47380 HOUSING 00115 - 63730 - 47380 ENGINEERING SUB -TOTAL County 00113 - 63711 - 47431 GMP/GENERAL - 63712 - 47432 GMP/DETAILED - 63713 47433 GMP/FINAL - 63714 47441 SUB/GENERAL - 63715 - 47442 SUB/DETAILED - 63716 - 47443 SUB/FINAL - 63717 - 47450 ALL 2-STEP APPLICATIONS - 63718 - 47460 ALL 1-STEP APPLICATIONS/ CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS REFERRAL FEES: 00125 - 63730 47480 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 00123 - 63730 47480 HOUSING 00113 - 63731 47480 ENVIRONMENTAL COORD 00113 - 63732 47480 ENGINEERING SUB -TOTAL PLANNING OFFICE SALES 00113 - 63061 - 09000 COUNTY CODE _ - 63062 - 09000 COMP. PLAN 63066 - 09000 COPY FEES 63069 - 09000 OTHER SUB -TOTAL TOTAL Name: <l Phone: Address: �J Project:G1r• S rZ.c / /' Check 4 rJ Date Additional Billing: # of Hours: 0 0 CASELOAD SUMMARY SHEET City of Aspen DATE RECEIVED: DATE COMPLETE: PROJECT NAME: "1 4�L Project Address: _ APPLICANT: Applicant Address: REPRESENTATI Representative dd a gL hfD CASE NO. ,qTAFF MEMBER - PAID: ==YES ---NO AMOUNT: 1) TYPE OF APP`LICCATION: 1 STEP: 2 STEP: 2) IF 1 STEP APPLICATION GOES TO: P&Z CC Pia C HEARING DATE: VESTED RIGHTS: YES NO 3) PUBLIC HEARING IS BEFORE: P&Z CC N/A y� / DATE REFERRED: ' INITIALS: Planning Director Approval: Paid: Insubstantial Amendment or Exemption: Date: Staff Approval: Consent Agenda: Paid: Date: REFE y Attorney 7Engineer Mtn. Bell School District 1ty Parks Dept. Rocky Mtn Nat Gas Housing Dir. Holy Cross State Hwy Dept(GW) Aspen Water Fire Marshall State Hwy Dept(GJ) City Electric Fire Chief B1dg:Zon/Inspect Envir. Hlth. Roaring Fork Roaring Fork Aspen Consol. Transit Energy Center S.D. Other FINAL ROUTING: City Atty Other: FILE STATUS AND LOCATION: DATE ROUTED: City Engineer INITIAL: Bldg. Dept. 0 r1 LJ CASELOAD SUMMARY SHEET THE BRAND BUILDING CONDOMINIUMIZATION On September 12, 1988 the City Council approved the condominiumization of The Brand Building residential units on the second floor with the following conditions: 1. A one bedroom unit shall be permanently deed - restricted to the moderate income employee price and occupancy guidelines. This deed -restriction shall be filed and recorded with the Housing Authority. 2. The applicants shall submit $36,875 for the Affordable Housing Fee. 3. The applicants shall submit a plat which meets the requirements of Section 20-15 of the Code. 4. The applicants shall agree to join any future improvements district which are formed for the area. The City Council noted that they would like to keep the option open with regard to the possible acquisition of the employee unit • as a deed restricted unit. This would occur if the code regulations were to be amended. The applicant will consider this option if the code amendments are processed. In addition the City Council sent the conditional use application back to the Planning Commission for review since it was represented at the meeting that the employee unit was to be used as an office rather than a resident manager. This is not what was represented at the Planning Commission Conditional Use review meeting. On December 20, 1988 the Planning Commission approved an amendment allowing the employee on site unit to be used as accessory office space. This thereby allows condition #1 above to be deleted and to continue to require that the affordable housing impact fee be paid pursuant to condition # 2 above at the time a condominium plat is filed. CH.HB400 is • G llRll ll1L. LD & LLllECHT, P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW TELEPHONE RONALD GARFIELD' 36 ANDREW V. HECHT" VICTORIAN SQUARE BUILDING TE) TEE COPI R WILLIAM K. GUEST, P.C."' 601 EAST HYMAN AVENUE (303) 925-3008 925-3 0 ROBERT E. KENDIG CABLE ADDRESS ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 "GARHEC" JANE ELLEN HAMILTON *also admitted to August 2 4, 1988 York New YorBar "also admitted to District of Columbia Bar —also admitted to Nebraska and Texas Bar Cindy Houben Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 South Galena Aspen, Colorado 81611 RE: Brand Building Condominiumization Dear Cindy: By virtue of this letter, we would like to request that our Application for Condominiumization be amended to reflect the fact that we are now willing to pay the affordable impact housing fee for the entire residential section of the building in the amount of $36,875.00 reflecting the fee applicable for three (3) two - bedroom and four (4) one -bedroom units. Therefore, we are no longer offering to deed restrict a unit in lieu of paying the affordable impact housing fee. We understand that this item has been scheduled for the September 12, 1988 City Counsel Agenda. Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact us. JEH/kg cc: Harley Baldwin Sincerely, GAR ELD & HECHT, P.C. 09Z.- J e Ellen Hamilton ), Z6 0 0 MEMORANDUM TO: Aspen City Council THRU: Robert S. Anderson, Jr., City Manager FROM: Cindy Houben, Planning Office DATE: September 12, 1988 RE: Brand Building Condominiumization ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: On August 22, 1988 the City Council directed the Planning Office to review the option requested by the applicant to waive the affordable housing impact fee (AHIF) in exchange for deed restricting an on -site unit. PROBLEM DISCUSSION: The Planning Office acknowledges that the Code does not currently allow this option and that a Code amendment would be necessary to approve the option. However, if the City Council felt that they wished to approve such an option, the Planning Office suggests that the following method be use as a fair compromise which might later be reviewed as a code amendment (at the time the Planning Office presents a number of code amendments in December). Free market unit AHIF / 6 units = $32,175 Deed restriction/1 unit/Moderate = $16,750 employee housing fee The applicant would be given credit as if a moderate income unit was built in the community. This is $16,750 which would be subtracted from the total $ 32,175 which is owed on the condominiumization of the six free market units. Thus Mr. Baldwin would be given credit for the deed restricted unit based on the same standards which are used when a developer receives credit for building or paying cash -in -lieu for a moderate income unit. We recently received a letter for Mr. Baldwin's representative, Jane Ellen Hamilton, noting that Mr. Baldwin wishes to pay the entire amount for the Affordable Housing Impact Fee and not deed restrict the one existing employee unit. (See attached letter dated August 24, 1988). In later discussions with the applicant's representative, the applicant indicated that he would be willing to keep the option open to deed restrict the unit if the Code were to change, thereby allowing the entire affordable housing fee to be waived. It is the right of the applicant to pay the entire fee for all 7 units, however, the Planning Office feels that the Planning Commissions review of the conditional use request to short term the units was partially based on the fact that one employee unit would remain on site. Therefore, if this unit is to be eliminated the Conditional Use Review must be reheard before the Planning Commission or granted an amendment as an insubstantial change by the Planning Director. RECOMMEND MOTION: If the applicant accepts the Planning Office recommendation to pay $15,425 for the affordable housing fee and deed restrict the one unit, the Planning Office recommends that the condominiumization be approved by the City Council with the following motion: "Move to grant Subdivision Exemption for the purposes of condominiumizing the Brand Building residences, subject to the following conditions: 1. A one bedroom unit shall be permanently deed - restricted to the moderate income employee price and occupancy guidelines. This deed -restriction shall be filed and recorded with the Housing Authority. 2. The applicants shall submit $15,425 for the Affordable Housing Fee. 3. The applicants shall submit a plat which meets the requirements of Section 20-15 of the Code. 4. The applicants shall agree to join any future improvements district which are formed for the area." If the applicant does not accept the Planning Office recommendation, then we recommend approval of the condominiumization request with conditions 2 through 4 as listed above except that the total cash -in -lieu be accepted by the City Council will be $36,875. In addition, a condition shall be added that the Planning Commission re -review the Conditional Use request and that the condominium plat shall not be recorded until such time as the Conditional Use hearing is held. If the Conditional Use Review is denied by the Planning Commission then the City Council Condominiumization approval will need to be reconsidered. (Please refer to the August 22, 1988 memorandum which is attached.) CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATIONS: ch.hb200 • • MEMORANDUM TO: Aspen City Council THRU: Robert S. Anderson, Jr., City Manager' _+ ` FROM: Cindy Houben, Planning Office RE: Brand Building Condominiumization DATE: August 22, 1988 SUMMARY: The Planning Office recommends approval of the request to condominiumize the Brand Building with the conditions as listed below in the recommendation section. REQUEST: Condominiumization of 7 existing residential units located on the second floor of the Brand building. APPLICANT: Harley Baldwin. HISTORY: In 1986, the applicant received approval to add 4 additional units in the Brand building. At that time, the units were deed -restricted to a 6 month minimum lease restriction. Earlier this month the applicant received approval to lift the 6 month minimum lease deed -restriction as a conditional use in the CC zone district for residential units on second floor levels of historic commercial structures. REFERRAL COMMENTS: 1) Engineering Department: In a memorandum dated August 16, 1988, Chuck Roth of the Engineering Department made the following comments: 1. Insofar as the granting of condominiumization represents an improvement of property values and revenue potentials to the applicant, and insofar as the City is able to make requests or requirements associated with property zoning benefits, the Engineering Department suggests three requests or requirements. a) In the alley there are a number of encroachments of uses pertinent to the Brand Building. There appear to be at least four dumpsters in the alley right-of-way and other utility installations - gas, water, electric - which appear to be encroaching into the alley. It is desirable both ,:DL- Z!E!- i from a public safety standpoint (the Code requires 20 foot wide emergency access) and from the standpoint of general ability to make the best use of alleys. It does not appear that these encroachments are licensed. Any approvals should be conditioned on the applicant obtaining encroachment permits. This review has briefly examined review standards for development of historic structures and finds nothing that appears to preclude constructing an enclosure in the Brand Building, similar to the one at the C Building, for locating dumpsters and utility fixtures on the applicant's property. b) There has been a problem with roof drainage at the Brand Building which is merely drained onto the surface of the alley where it freezes during winter months, thereby creating an ice hazard. For new construction, a developer would typically install a drywell to drain the roof into. (This was done at the Independence Lodge Building, also known as the Crossroads Drugs building). The Engineering Department would like to see this roof drain removed from the alley. The other technique beside a drywell to deal with the water would be to pipe it to the storm sewer in Mill Street. c) Since the applicant does not have the required parking spaces on site, it is suggested that cash - in -lieu be required. 2. A plat must be submitted which meets the requirements of Section 20-15. 3. The applicant must agree to join any future improvement district for improvements in the public rights -of -ways per language available from the City Attorney. 2) Housing Authority: In a memorandum dated 8/10/88, the Housing Authority makes the following recommendation: 1) The Housing Authority Board recommends that the unit be "permanently restricted" with no ability to remove the restriction by payment at a future date. The Housing Authority shall approve the restriction prior to recordation and it shall be recorded prior to final plat. In addition, the Housing Authority Board recommends that the unit be restricted to the moderate income guidelines. 2 STAFF COMMENTS: The application for condominiumization is made pursuant to Section 7-1008. This section addresses the following criteria: Criteria: Existing tenants shall be given written notice when their unit will be offered for sale as a condominium, and the sale price. Each tenanct shall be provided a ninety -day (90) nonassignable option to purchase the unit at this preliminary market value. In addition, each tenant shall have a ninety -day (90) exclusive nonassignable right of first refusal to purchase the unit which shall commence when a bona fide offer is made by a third person, and accepted by the owner. In the event that such offer is made while the initial ninety -day (90) option is still in effect, the tenant may purchase the unit for the amount of the initial sales price or mthe amount of the bona fide offer, whichever is less. Response: The application notes that there have been no long- term tenants which should be offered an option to purchase the units pursuant to the Code requirement. Criteria: The minimum lease period for residential units shall be 6 months unless certain criteria are met or unless the Planning Commission grants a conditional use approval for units located in the CC zone district in historic structures. Response: The Planning Commission granted a conditional use approval for the Brand Building enabling the units to be rented without a 6 month minimum lease restriction. This approval is an option available in the CC one district for historic structures. Criteria: The applicants must pay an affordable Housing Impact fee if free market units are being condominiumized. Response: The applicants are requesting that 6 of the 7 units be condomimumized as free market units and that one unit be deed - restricted. The applicants are requesting that at such time the unit is not needed for employee housing (on site manager) that they be allowed to pay the affordable housing impact fee and sell the unit as a free market unit. The Code allows both of the above requested options. However, the Housing Authority recommendation to maintain one deed - restricted unit is consistent with the Planning staff's understanding that there will always be an on -site manager which will conduct services for the guests or owners. This understanding was one of the reasons the Planning Office recommended approval to the Planning Commission for the conditional review to lift the 6 month minimum lease restriction. It was felt that an on -site manager would help to alleviate some of the need for additional service deliveries and trips to the short-term units. Therefore, the Planning Office concurs with 3 • the recommendation of the Housing Authority regarding maintaining one unit as a permanently deed -restricted unit. The affordable housing impact fee payment for the 6 free market units total $32,175. In response to the Engineering Department comments, the Planning Office feels that the appropriate time to have acquired parking spaces or payment -in -lieu was at the time the units were initially given approval in 1986. In addition, the Planning Office strongly recommends against any alteration to the exterior of the Brand Building for trash storage. During the recent conditional use review with the Planning Commission, the applicant agreed to add a trash compactor within the building as well as participate in an alley wide trash district which would attempt to solve the trash receptacle encroachment for all the businesses along the alley. Only two of the four dumpsters outside of the Brand Building are owned by the Brand Building. The other receptacles belong to Toros and Aspen Drug. In addition, at the time of Conditional Review the Planning Commission imposed a condition that the applicant shall apply for an encroachment permit to correct a roof drainage problem in the alleyway. Therefore, the Planning Office feels that several of the Engineering Department concerns have already been addressed. In summary, the Planning Office does not object to the request to condominiumize the existing units if the conditions as listed below are imposed on the applicant. RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Office recommends approval of the Brand Building residential units with the following conditions: 1. One 1 (one bedroom) unit shall be permanently deed - restricted to the moderate employee guidelines. This deed - restriction shall be filed and recorded with the Housing Authority. 2. The applicants shall submit $32,175 for the affordable Housing gee. 3. The applicants shall submit a plat which meets the requirements of Section 20-15 of the Code. 4. The applicants shall agree to join any future improvements district which are formed for the area. CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS: 4 0 • MEMORANDUM To: Cindy Houben, Planning Office From: Chuck Roth, Assistant City Engineer Date: August 16, 1988 Re: Brand Building - Condominiumization Having reviewed the above referenced application, and having made a site inspection, the Engineering Department has the following comments: 1. Insofar as the granting of condominiumization represents an improvement of property values and revenue potentials to the applicant, and insofar as the city is able to make requests or requirements associated with property zoning benefits, the Engineering Department suggests three requests or requirements. (a) In the alley there are a number of encroachments of uses pertinent to the Brand Building. There appear to be at least four dumpsters in the alley right-of-way and other utility installations - gas, water, electric - which appear to be encroaching into the alley. It is desireable both from a public safety standpoint (the code requires 20 foot wide emergency access) and from the standpoint of general ability to make the best use of alleys, to have these encroachments removed from the alley. It does not appear that these encroachments are licensed. Any approvals should be conditioned on the applicant obtaining encroachment permits. This reviewer has briefly examined review standards for development of historic structures and finds nothing that appears to preclude constructing an enclosure in the Brand Building, similar to the one at the C Building, for locating dumpsters and utility fixtures on the applicant's property (b) There has been a problem with roof drainage at the Brand Building which is merely drained onto the surface of the alley where it freezes during winter months, thereby creating an ice hazard. For new construction, a developer would typically install a drywell to drain the roof into. (This was done at the Independence Lodge Building, also known as the Crossroads Drugs building.) The Engineering Department would like to see this roof drain removed from the alley. The other technique besides a dry well to deal with the water would be to pipe it to the storm sewer in Mill Street. (c) Since the applicant does not have the required parking spaces on site, it is suggested that cash in lieu be required. 2. A plat must be submitted which meets the requirements of Section 20-15. 3. The applicant must agree to join any future improvement districts for improvements in the public rights -of -way per language available from the City Attorney. cc: Jay Hammond, City Engineer/Director of Public Services CR/cr/memo 88.71 • MEMORANDUM TO: Cynthia Houben, Planning FROM: Janet Raczak, Housin RE: Brand Building CondomIt-- iumization DATE: August 10, 1988 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Board determined that the six month minimum lease issue was moot on all units except the manager's unit. The code states that, in order to waive the Affordable Housing Impact Fee, demonstration shall be in the form of a permanent restriction placed on the unit that the unit will only be sold to or occupied by qualified employees, as defined in the adopted Housing Guidelines. The Board recommends that the Affordable Housing Impact Fee be waived subject to the applicant permanently restricting the manager's unit for sale or rental to qualified employees based on the adopted use, occupancy, rental and sale guidelines for moderate income units. The Unit is 500 s.f. and contains 1 BR. The current occupant is the on -site manager who is paid $2000/mo- nth plus the apartment at no cost. A 500 s.f one bedroom apartment is to be restricted to low income guidelines. However, the Board specifically determined that the moderate guidelines should be established for this unit. The applicant is requesting that, in the future, should they decide to pay the "Affordable Housing Impact Fee", the deed restriction be removed and payment made at that time. As the housing stock is condominiumized, our affordable housing stock is reduced. In the rewrite of the code, the Planning Commission identified a problem of past code requirements with respect to condominiumization, which required a five year deed restriction on condominiumized projects to help prevent displace- ment. The P&Z found that this resulted in a time bomb effect with the eventual loss of even those deed restricted units. Finally, the City Council determined that an affordable housing impact fee, to be paid for each unit condominiumized, was the most appropriate way to address this problem and the "Affordable Housing Impact Fee" section of the Code was adopted. The applicant is not required to provide an employee unit with this condominiumization. However, the applicant is required to make payment under the Affordable Housing Impact Fee or request waiver of the fee and deed restrict a unit instead. Once he has paid the fee, the case is closed. If, however, the applicant 1 prefers to provide employee housing, he is creating an employee deed restricted unit. The applicant originally demonstrated that no long term residents were being displaced (which is no longer a requirement of condominiumization requests), and is therefore allowed to condominiumize with the condition of payment of the fee or deed restricting a unit. If the applicant was allowed to remove that unit from the employee housing inventory, after using it as employee housing, he is then displacing an employee and the "time bomb" effect, which the P&Z noted under old code provi- sions, is still occurring. The unit is in the inventory, available to employees, and then removed. It is the opinion of the Housing Office that the unit, once restricted, be deed restricted as a permanent covenant running with the land for the following reasons: 1. An employee has been living in the unit; and 2. the unit, after restricted, has become a part of the inventory, and releasing it creates the "time bomb" effect. Further, the Code specifically states that: "An applicant may request waiver of the Affordable Housing Impact Fee by demonstrating that the condominiumized will remain available to employees of the community. Demonstra- tion shall be in the form of a permanent restriction placed on the unit that the until will only be sold to or occupied by qualified employees, as defined in the adopted housing guidelines " The Housing Authority Board recommends that the unit be "per- manently restricted" with no ability to remove the restriction by payment at a future date. The Housing Authority shall approve the restriction prior to recordation and it shall be recorded prior to final plat. Pleas 2 GAR I EILD & HE CHT, P.C. RONALD GARFIELD* ATTORNEYS AT LAW ANDREW V. HECHT** WILLIAM K. GUEST, P.C.*** VICTORIAN SQUARE BUILDING ROBERT E. KENDIG 601 EAST HYMAN AVENUE ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 JANE ELLEN HAMILTON -also admitted to New York Bar -also admitted to District of Columbia Bar July 18, 1988 ***alw admitted to Nebraska and Texas Bar Ms. Cindy Houben Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office 130 So. Galena Street Aspen, CO 81611 RE: Brand Buildina Condominiumization Dear Cindy: • TELEPHONE (303) 925-1936 TELECOPIER (303) 925-3008 CABLE ADDRESS "GARHEC" Enclosed is our Development Application seeking the condominiumization of the Brand Building. Enclosed with this Application are the following: 1. A letter from the Applicant containing his name, address and telephone number authorizing the undersigned to act on his behalf. 2. A Land Use Application form including the street address and legal description of the parcel for which the development is proposed. 3. A copy of the Applicant's current Certificate of Title Insurance listing the names of all owners of the property and all mortgages, judgments, liens, easements, contracts and agreements affecting the parcel and demonstrating the Applicant's right to apply for the Development Application. 4. An 8J" x 11" vicinity map. 5. An explantion of why the proposed development complies with the substative development review standards of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen. 6. A filing fee in the amount of $680.00 in the form of check made payable to the City of Aspen. 7. An improvement survey. As there are no public notice requirements for this application, we have not supplied you with any addresses for notice to adjacent property owners. 0 49 GARFIELD & HECHT, P.C. Mr. Tom Baker July 18, 1988 Page -2- Should you have any questions regarding this application, please do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, GARFIELD & HECHT, P.C. J Ellen Hamilton JEH/cc Enclosures cc: Harley Baldwin (w/o enclosures) ATIAO DEENT 1 OLAND USE APPLICATION FCffN 1) Pzvject Name Brand Building CondominiLunization 2) Project Location 205 South Galena St., Aspen, CO; Lots G, H and I, Block 88, City and Townsite of Aspen, Pitkin Countv, Colorado ( indicate street address, lot & block number, legal description where appropriate) 3) Present Zoning 4) Lot Size_ 9026 sq. ft. 5) Applicant's Name, Address & Phone # Barley Baldwin, 330 E. 59th Street New York, NY 10022 6) Representative's Name, "mess & Phone # Jane Ellen Hamilton, Garfield Hecht P.C., 601 east Human Avenue Aspen CO 81611 7) Type of Application (please deck all that apply): Conditional Use Conceptual SPA Conceptual Historic Dev. Special Review Final SPA Final Historic Dev. 8040 Vreenline Conceptual PUD Minor Historic Dev. Stream Margin Final PUD Historic Demolition Mountain View Plane Subdivision Historic Designation X Con3cmi n i umizati.on Text/Map Amendrr�t C3M:�S Allotment Lot Split/Lot Line (MQS motion Adjustment 8) Description of Existing Uses (number and type of existing i ng stnIctures approximate sq. ft. ; number of bedrooms: any previous approvals granted to the property). I Strept revel comnercial uses; 2nd floor residential units (see 10/2/86 Planning Commission approvals) 9) Description of Development Application ('ondomi n i limi za _ion of co=rcial and residential uses 10) Have you attached the following? _Y_ Response to Attachment 2, Mi n i m mm Stamm i sion Contents _X Rye to Attachment 3, Specific Submission Contents X Response to Attachment 4, Review Standards for Your Application v flw�I N I I Y MAr UL THE BRAND CONDOMINIUM' R. .211 \ SCALE 1 200, tp \\ \,OP VVI 1p ILU .cam\� � •� ` OJ 1\ � � •''. SUBDIVISION EXEMPTION APPLICATION I. INTRODUCTION The Applicant, Harley Baldwin, is the owner of the Brand Building, a designated National Register of Historic Places structure, located at 205 South Galena Street, Aspen, Colorado. The Applicant wishes to condominiumize the Brand Building by virtue of this Application. The Applicant is requesting approval of such condominiumization as a subdivision exemption pursuant to Section 7-1008, Division 10, Article 7 of the Municipal Code of the City of Aspen (the "Code"). The Brand Building consists of six (6) apartments, four (4) of which are currently restricted to a minimum six (6) month leases with no more than two (2) shorter tenancies per calendar year terms. The building also contains an employee unit which, to the best of Applicant's knowledge, is not deed restricted to Pitkin County employees. Applicant is simultaneously requesting conditional use approval of the removal of the minimum lease tenancies on the apartments. A hearing before the City of Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission to review such conditional use application is scheduled for August 2, 1988. Because each of the Brand Building Apartments contains a kitchen, the apartments do not constitute a hotel or lodge as defined by the Code, therefore this Application requests the condominiumization of residential units in this subdivision exemption application, pursuant to Section 7-1008(A)(1) of the Code. II. Growth Management Quota System Because this request for condominiumization of the Brand Building results in neither a change of use (confirmed by telephone conversation with Tom Baker of the Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office May 12, 1988) nor the addition of any new commercial, residential or lodge space, this Application is not subject to the provisions of the GMQS. III. Request for Approval of Condominiumization of Residential Units. A. Discussion Although, as discussed above, four (4) of the Brand Building apartments are restricted to minimum six (6) month tenancies, there are currently no long term tenants renting any of the apartments. Further, given the history of the lack of interest in the rental of these apartments for six (6) months or longer by full-time Aspen residents, no displacement of any such residents will occur by virtue of this condominiumization application. According to the Applicant, all of the six (6) month tenants who have rented the apartments have been out-of-state residents and 0 • none of these tenants have rented the apartments for consecutive six (6) month periods. Therefore, as no local residents will be displaced, this proposed condominiumization will have no adverse impact on affordable housing. Should there be any long-term tenants renting an apartment in the Brand Building at the time of condominiumization, the tenants shall be given written notice of when their unit will be offered for sale as a condominium and the sales price. Each tenant shall be provided a ninety (90) day non -assignable option to purchase the unit at this preliminary market value. In addition, each tenant shall have a ninety (90) day exclusive non -assignable right of first refusal to purchase the unit which shall commence when a bona fide offer is made by a third person and accepted by the Applicant. In the event that such offer is made while the initial ninety (90) day option in still in effect, the tenant may purchase the unit for the amount of the initial sales price or the amount of the bona fide offer, whichever is less. B. Request for Removal of Minimum Lease Restrictions 1. Introduction. Applicant requests that the Brand Building condominiums not be restricted to six (6) month minimum leases. On August 2, 1988, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission will consider Applicant's conditional use application requesting removal of the six (6) month minimum lease tenancies from four (4) of the Brand Building apartments. Since this Application is being submitted prior to such meeting, it is unknown how the Planning and Zoning will vote on such application. If the Planning and Zoning approves Applicant's conditional use application removing the lease restrictions, the condominiums may be leased without limitation as stated in Section 7-1008(1)(1)(b)(2) for the condominiums are residential dwelling units located in historic landmarks. Even if the Planning and Zoning Commission rejects Applicant's conditional use application, it is appropriate for the City Council to eliminate the six (6) month minimum lease restrictions for the Brand Building pursuant to Section 7-1008(1)(b)(2) for the condominiums meet the requirements established by such person. 2. Statutory Authority. Section 7-1008(A)(b)(2) states that residential dwelling units in the commercial core shall be restricted to six (6) month minimum leases with no more than two (2) shorter tenancies per year unless the Applicant demonstrates that: a. The immediate vicinity of the parcel proposed for condominiumization is characterized predominantly by lodges -2- • 0 or units which are permitted to be used as short term accommodations and a substantial percentage of these units are currently being used for short term rentals; and b. There were not previously long-term residents of the parcel who are displaced directly or indirectly by the proposed condominiumization; and C. The parcel is in close proximity to the downtown area or to major tourist recreational facilities; and d. The Aspen area comprehensive plan designates the subject neighborhood as appropriate for short-term accommodations. 1. Immediate Vicinity is Characterized by Short -Term Rentals. The downtown area of Aspen in which the Brand Building is located is not currently dominated by long-term residences. Instead, the majority of the condominiums in the area are short-term rentals, like the Roaring Fork Condominiums which are within three hundred feet (300') of the Brand Building and further, there are a variety of lodges in the downtown area which are strictly short-term rentals. Therefore, it would be consistent with the area for the Brand Building to not be restricted to minimum six (6) month tenancies. 2. No Displacement of Long -Term Residents. As discussed above, there are not currently and there never have been any long-term residents at the Brand Building for periods in excess of the six (6) month minimum tenancies required for four (4) of the apartments. In other words, no long-term residents have rented the apartments for any two (2) consecutive six (6) month periods and therefore no one will be displaced directly or indirectly by the Applicant's proposed condominiumization of the Brand Building. 3. Proximity to Downtown Area. As the Brand Building is located on the corner of South Galena Street and Hopkins Avenue, the building is located in the very core of the Aspen downtown area. 4. Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan. The Aspen Area Comprehensive Plan of 1966 states that a residential dwelling is appropriate for the central commercial areas and central business areas because of the Plan's emphasis on encouraging varied and interesting development in established areas. The 1973 Aspen Land Use Plan states the primary use of the central area of Aspen should be activities which relate well to the public transportation system, the ski area and tourist oriented businesses. Therefore, the commercial core is -3- 0 0 designated as appropriate by the Plan for short-term accommodations, so the removal of the rental restrictions on the Brand Building would be consistent with the Plan. C. Affordable Housing Impact Fee Pursuant to Section 7-1008(A)(1)(c) of the Code, the condominiumization of residential dwelling units must be accompanied by an affordable housing impact fee. Applicant currently employs one twenty-four (24) hour on -site Manager for the Brand Building. This Manager occupies one of the units located on the second floor of the Brand Building, which unit is not, to the best of Applicant's knowledge, currently deed restricted to employee use. After the condominiumization, Applicant intends to retain the same twenty-four (24) hour on -site Manager. Instead of paying an affordable housing impact fee, Applicant proposes deed restricting the unit to conform with the Aspen/Pitkin Housing Guidelines. Applicant will have the ability to place its own employees in the unit first, thereafter will have an approval power over any other employees who wish to live in the unit should no on -site Manager be employed by the Applicant or his successors in the future, and thereafter shall be available to the Aspen/Pitkin Housing Authority for leasing to other eligible Pitkin County employees. Applicant has had conversations with Jim Adamski of the Aspen/Pitkin Housing Authority on May 20, 1988 and with Alan Richman, Director of the Aspen/Pitkin Planning Office on May 25, 1988 regarding the dedication of the Brand Building unit to an employee unit. Both agreed that the Applicant could deed restrict to rental or sale guidelines for qualified employees and thus avoid paying the affordable impact housing fee. Mr. Richman informed the Applicant's representative that if the Applicant should, at a later date, decide not to retain that unit as an employee unit, the Applicant or his successors could remove the deed restrictions on the employee unit, pay the affordable impact housing fee in effect at the time, and thereafter place the unit on the market at a free market sales or rental price. IV. Conclusion. Applicant respectfully requests the City Council of Aspen grant his subdivision exemption application requesting approval for the condominiumization of the Brand Building residential units without restrictions as to minimum leases and further requests that, in lieu of paying the Affordable Housing Impact fee, Applicant be allowed to deed restrict his on -site manager's unit to employee housing for qualified Pitkin County Employees. �.\ Respectfully submitted, Yqfie Ellen Hamilton for rley Baldwin, Applicant -4- I, Harley Baldwin, hereby authorize Garfield & Hecht, P.C., 601 East Hyman Avenue, Aspen, Colorado (925-1936) to act on my behalf as my authorized representative in all aspects required by my Development Application. Dated: V Harl,loy Bald in 330'tast 59t Street New York, NY 10022 (212) 593-1155 American Land Title Association Commitment - Sed 10/73 COMMITMENT FOR TITLE INSURANCE ISSUED BY STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY, A Texas Corporation, herein called the Company, for valuable consideration, hereby commits to issue its policy or policies cltitle insurance, as identified in Schedule A, in favor of the proposed Insured named in Schedule A, a o ner or mortgagee of the estate or interest covered nereby in the land described or referred to in Sc le A, upon payment of the premiums and charges therefor; all subject to the provisions of Schedulesnd B and to the Conditions and Stipulations hereof. This Commitment shall be effective only when the id tl y of the proposed Insured and the amount of the policy or policies committed for have been ins d in Schedule A hereof by the Company, either at the time of the issuance of t i Commitment or subsequent endorsement. This Commitment is preliminary to t e I uance of such policy or policies of title insurance and all liability and obligations hereunder shall e e and terminate six months after the effective date hereof or when the policy olicies committ r shall issue, whichever first occurs, provided that the failure to issue such licy or policies is n e fault of the Company, This Commitment shall not be valid or binding until c ntersigned by an authorized officer or agent. IN WITNESS WH E R EO , tl Company has caused this Commitment to be signed and sealed, to become valid when counter i ed by an authorized officer or agent of the Company, all in accordance with its By -Laws. This Commitment is effective as of the date shown in Schedule A as "Effective Date." ti'1'EWAIZT TITLE �}..�..�...�� GUARANTY COMPANY C ir.M f th rl/ Countersign by: Authorized Signatory ��\Q�'• C,�RPpRq �qZ 'N 1908 •?o .5unrtifpof (imaact IF& 165 25M 7-87 Serial No. C-1601- -.14 4 0 4 3 PDllmp Order Number: SCHEDULE A ,a 16035 Commitment Number: t. Effective date: may 24, 1988 At 8 : 00 A.M. 2. Policy or Policies to be issued: A. ALTA Owner's Policy Proposed Insured: liarl.ey Baldwin B. ALTA Loan Policy Proposed Insured: C. Amount of Insurance Premium $ TBD TBD $ 3. The estate or interest in the land described or referred to in this commitment and covered herein is fee simple and title thereto is at the effective date hereof vested in: Harley Baldwin 4. The land referred to in this commitment is describ s follows: Lots G, H arid 1, Block 8 CITY AN OWNSITE OF S EN ('aunty of Pitkin. State of Colorado Authorized C te—rs—,gnafwe 1652(25M 11/87) Page 2 STEWART TITLE GUARANTY COMPANY • • Order Number: ' ' `, SCHEDULE B — Section 1 Requirements Commitment Number: The following are the requirements to be complied with: Item (a) Payment to or for the account of the grantors or mortgagors of the full consideration for the estate or interest to be insured. Item (b) Proper instrument(s) creating the estate or interest to be insured must be executed and duly filed for record, to wit: 1. Release of Peed of Trust. dated August. 9, 1976, executed by Harley Baldwin, aka Harley A. Baldwin, to the Public Trustee of Pitkin County, to secure an indebtedness of $560,000.00, in favor of Majestic Savings .end Loan Association, recorded August 9, 1976 in Book 315 3t Page 251 as Reception No. 86030. NOTE: Assignment of Rents recorded August. 9, 1_ in Book 315 at Page 255 as Reception No. 18603.1, given in con tion with the above Deed of Trust. 2. Certificate of Satisfaction issued by h Clerk of th Court, of judgement in favor of Ronald Wei4sma �►gainst Harley Baldwin, in the amount of $1,000.00, pi court costs, interest and attorneys fees entered i Civil Act io No. 79 C 090, County Court, Pitkin County, trans t of which as recorded August 8, 1980 in Book 392 at Page as Reception No. 225844. 3. Duly acknowledged lease by C Cal Bank, a New York banking corporation, Mort ee, of Mort e from Harley Baldwin in favor of Chemical Nnk, in the amount of $400,000.00. dated November 12, 1985, corded November 14, 1985 in Book 498 at Page 994 as Reception . 273090. 4. Duly acknowledged release by Chemical Bank, a. New York banking corporation, Mortgagee, of Mortgage from Harley Baldwin in favor of Chemical Bank, in the amount of $500,000.00, dated May 14, 1986, recorded May 16, 1986 in Rook 510 at Page 998 as Reception No. 278021. NOTE: Agreement of Consolidation and Modification of Mortgage recorded May 16, 1986 in Book 511 at Page 18 as Reception No. 278022. 5. Termination Statement for Financing Statement from C.T. Knight, Inc, d/b/a Country Flower and/or Rachel Collection, debtor(s), to Harley Baldwin, secured party, recorded October 10, 1986 in Book 520 at Page 535 as Reception No. 282272, Filing No. 10284, giving notice of a security interest pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. 6. Release by the Sheriff of the County of Pitkin, of levy in Civil Action No. "Not Stated", in the Small Claims Court of the County of Pitkin, Ronald L. Weissman, Plaintiff(s), vs. Harley See Continuation Page STEWART TITLE 1653 (25M 3186) Page 3 GUARANTY COMPANY CONTINUATION SHEET SCHEDULER--Section 1 Order Number: 16035, Commitment Number: Baldwin, Defendant(s), recorded December 12, 1980 in Book 401 tt P.-icit, ?41 as Reception No. 229457. Page STEWART TITLE 0055)50M10-87) GUARANTY COMPANY SCHEDULE B — Section 2 Exceptions 16035 Order Number, Commitment Number: The policy or policies to be issued will contain exceptions to the following unless the same are disposed of to the satisfaction of the Company: 1. Rights or claims of parties in possession not shown by the public records. 2 Easements, or claims of easements, not shown by the public records. 3. Discrepancies, conflicts in boundary lines, shortage in area, encroachments, and any facts which a correct survey and inspection of the premises would disclose and which are not shown by the public records. 4. Any lien, or right to a lien, for services, labor or material heretofore or hereafter furnished, imposed by law and not shown by the public records. 5. Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other matters, if any, created, first appearing in the public records or attaching subsequent to the effective date hereof but prior to the date the proposed insured acquires oa. f record for value th� e$tate or interest or mortgage thereon covered by this Commitment. 6. Any and all un 1 saxes and assessments and any unredeemed tax sales. 7. The effect of inclusions in any general or sp fic water conservancy, fire protection, soil conservatio r other district or inclusion in any wate ervice or s eet improvement area. 8. Exceptions and Minera eservations contained in Patent to Aspen Townsite record rch 1, 18 in Book 139 at Page 216 as Reception No. 60156. 9. Terms, con i ions, obli t ons and restrictions as set forth in Encroach ent Agree tween the City of Aspen and Harley Baldwin, re rded January 1, 1986 in Book 503 at Page 726 as Reception No. 274958. 10. Terms, conditi ns and restrictions as set forth in Deed Restriction for the Brand Building Conditional Use Apartments, recorded March 25, 1987 in Book 532 at Page 108 as Reception No. 287128. 11. Any and all Leases and Tenancies, (Leases evidenced by documents recorded March 25, 1987 in Book 532 at Page 108 as Reception No. 287128, and recorded June 6, 1978 in Book 349 at Page 333 as Reception No. 7,01610 et.al.) NOTE: Policies issued hereunder will be subiect to the terms, conditions, and exclusions set forth in the ALTA 1987 Policy form. Copies of the 1987 form Policy Jacket, setting forth said terms, conditions and exclusions, will be made available upon request. Exceptions numbered are hereby omitted. Page 4 STEWART TITLE 1654(25M 11187) GUARANTY COMPANY 0 • CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS 1. The term mortgage, when used herein, shall include deed of trust, trust deed, or other security instrument. 2. If the proposed Insured has or acquires actual knowledge of any defect, lien, encumbrance, adverse claim or other matter affecting the estate or interest or mortgage thereon covered by this Commitment other than those shown in Schedule B hereof, and shall fail to disclose such knowledge to the Company in writing, the Company shall be relieved from liability for any loss or damage resulting from any act of reliance hereon to the extent the Company is prejudiced by failure to so disclose such knowledge. If the proposed Insured shall disclose such knowledge to the Company, or if the Company otherwise acquires actual knowledge of any such defect, lien, encumbrance, adverse claim or other matter, the Company at its option may amend Schedule B of this Commitment accordingly, but such amendment shall not relieve the Company from liability previously incurred pursuant to paragraph 3 of these Conditions and Stipulations. 3. Liability of the Company under this Commitment shall be only to the named proposed Insured and such parties included under the definition of Insured in the form of policy or policies committed for and only for actual loss incurred in reliance hereon in undertaking in good faith (a) to comply with the requirements hereof, or (b) to eliminate exceptions shown in Schedule B, or (c) to acquire or create the estate or interest or mortgage thereon covered by this Commitment. In no event shall such liability exceed the amount stated in Schedule A for the policy or policies committed for and such liability is subject to the insuring provisions and the Conditions and Stipulations and the exclusions from coverage of the form of policy or policies committed for in favor of the proposed Insured which are hereby incorporated by reference and are made a part of this Commitment except as expressly modified herein. 4. Any claim of loss or damage, whether or not based on negligence, and which arises out of the status of the title to the estate or interest or the lien of the insured mortgage covered hereby or any action asserting such claim, shall be restricted to the provisions and Conditions and Stipulations of this Commitment. STEWART Z`ITEE GUARANTY COMPANY All notices required to be given the Company and any statement in writing required to be furnished the Company shall be addressed to it at P.O. Box 2029, Houston, Texas 77252, and identify this commitment by its printed COMMITMENT SERIAL NUM- BER which appears on the bottom of the front of the first page of this commitment. Page 5 0 • MEMORANDUM TO: City Attorney City Engineer Housing Director FROM: Cindy M. Houben, Planning Office RE: Brand Building Condominiumization Parcel ID# 2737-073-39-003 DATE: July 22, 1988 Attached for your review and comments is an application submitted by Jane Ellen Hamilton, requesting Condominiumization of the Brand Building for street level commercial uses and 2nd floor residential units. The lot size is 9026 sq. ft., is located on Lots G,H and I, Block 88, City of Aspen, and is zoned CC. Please review this material and return your comments no later than August 15, 1988 in order for this office to have adequate time to prepare for its presentation before CC. Thank you. • 0 ASPEN/PITKIN PLANNING OFFICE 130 S. Galena Street (303) 925-2020 Date: RE: ( GGG►�'� Dear�� . This is to inform you that the Planning Office has completed its preliminary review of the captioned application. We have determined that your application IS complete. e have scheduled your application for review by theme on 2 The Friday before the meeting date, we will call to in orm you that a copy of the memo pertaining to your application is available at the Planning Office. If your application requires public notice, you should have already obtained a copy of the form entitled "Public Hearing Notice Requirements." If you have not already done so, please come to the Planning Office to pick up a copy. If you have any other questions, please call rim djc the planner assigned to your case. October 28, 1988 Cindy Houben City of Aspen Planning Department 130 S. Galena Aspen, CO 81611 Dear Cindy: I hope you had a great vacation. This is a copy of our new brochure. When you are back I hope we can finish the Brand and start on the Crestahaus. The Crestahaus right now I describe as "Disney World for rats and mice." I hope together we can change that. Sin erely, Harley Ba wwin HB:jb encl. OCT 3 1 The Brand Building 205 S. Galena Street Aspen Colorado 81611 303 925 2209 12 T H E BRAN D 205 S. GALENA ASPEN, COLORADO 81611 303.920.1800 FAX 303.920.3602 ART DIRECTION, DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY: LISA STEVENS TEXT: AMY VALENTINE PRINTING: GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION, NY. m BALDWIN ASSOCIATES 1988 SPECIAL THANKS TO: WELTON ANDERSON, JESS GRABER, PETER HANS KUNZ, KATHRYN PETIT, ARTHUR HULSE, MARY POTTER, RICK LITTLE, AND THE ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. RETURN TRIP, DECEMBEID • LA GUARDIA'S JUST A FEW HOURS AWAY. I'M IN THE PROP JET BOUND FOR A DENVER CONNECTION, AND WE'RE JUST ABOVE THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE —WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS THAT SUDDEN RUSH OF WIND AS YOU PASS OVER THE SUMMIT. BUT TODAY IT FEELS LIKE MORE THAN CROSS CURRENTS. IT'S AN INVISIBLE HAND THAT WANTS TO PUSH ME BACK TO ASPEN AND THE BRAND. I TELL MYSELF I WON'T MISS ALL THE FRESH, SCRUBBED FACES. THAT I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE INCURABLE OPTIMISM AND THAT I ALMOST WELCOME A LITTLE URBAN ANGST. BUT THE TRUTH IS, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. FULLY EQUIPPED PRIVATE GYMNASIUM. ASPEN'S A TOWN WITH NO HUMIDITY. AND THE CLOSEST THING TO RUSH HOUR IS A CONSORT OF KAYAKS OR CROSS-COUNTRYSKIIERS. IT'S ONE PART INTERNATIONAL PLAYGROUND. AND ONE PART MOUNTAIN TOWN —WHERE THE DAILY NEWS HAS THE LOCAL SOFTBALL SCORES (INTEGRITY PLUMBING WAS ON A WINNING STREAK LAST SUMMER). AND CHOPPER THE AVALANCHE DOG'S NEW LIT— .r� TER IS A BIG STORY. JACUZZI AND STEAM ROOM. SURE,I'LL BE BRING— ING A SENSE OF RE— JUVENATION BACK WITH ME(THANKS TO BREAKFASTS IN BED AND DAILY SESS— IONS WITH THE BRANDS PERSONAL TRAINER). AND I COULD BRINGBACK A JAR OF THE BRAND'S WILD HUCK— LEBERRY JAM. BUT SOMEHOW I KNOW IT WON'T TASTE THE SAME ON THE UPPER EASTSIDE. BUT I'LL BE BACK. BACK FOR THE JOIE DE VIVRE THAT IS ASPEN.ANDTHE FRIENDLY OPULENCE THAT'S THE BRAND. y BACK FOR THINGS I c HAVE YET TO TRY, TOO. HORSEBACK RIDES AND HANG GLIDING. FREE WEIGHTS ON YOUR OWN -OR WITH OUR TRAINER. FLYING OVER THE ROC;KIES. WINTERSKOL. THE FILM FESTIVAL AND FALL COLOR JEEP TOURS. TRAVELERS HAVE VENTURED INTO THIS VALLEY FOR CENTURIES IN SEARCH OF ONE WEALTH OR ANOTHER. FIRST, IT WAS THE UTE INDIANS. THEN THE PROSPECTORS. AND NOW IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME, READY TO MINE THE FORTUNE IN THEMSELVES. —A GUEST 2 A TUESDAY IN FEBR*Y 0 WE'VE JUST SETTLED INTO OUR SUITE AND ALREADY, THE HOME FIRES ARE BURNING. SOMEONE HERE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO SEE THAT A FEW GLOWING EMBERS WERE JUST WHAT WE NEEDED TO WELCOME US BACK TO THE BRAND. TWO INCHES OF POWDER ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AND THE INCOMPARABLE ASPEN SUN WILL BE OUT ALL DAY. IT LOOKS LIKE A FEW EDITIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE BOOKSHELVES. THE FIREPLACE COULDN'T BE MORE INVITING. SO FOR NOW, ILL SIMPLY COZY UP IN A SUMPTUOUS CHAIR FOR SOME EDIFICATION ABOUT ASPEN. CHAPTER ONE, IN 1879, THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY WERE THE UTE INDIANS. BUT THAT WINTER, THE MINERS CAME OVER INDEPENDENCE PASS FROM LEADVILLE, COL- ORADO. THERE, AMONG THE UNTAPPED ACRES, THEY FOUND PURE SILVER LYING RIGHT ON THE GROUND. AND ASPEN CAME KICKING AND SCREAMING INTO AMERI CAN HISTORY WITH A PICK AX, PAN AND LANTERN. ONE YEAR LATER, JEROMEB.WHEELER-THE QUIN- TESSENTIAL CAPITALIST RODE INTO TOWN. HIS INTEREST WAS THE MINES, BUT HIS RICHES WENT W' ON TO BUILD WHEELER OPERA HOUSE AND THE STALLARD MANSION. HARLEY HIM- m.■� ■o I•• SELF WOULD GIVE YOU THE SAME SYNOP- I SIS, WITH SPE-CIAL 1 EMPHA-, - SIS ON THE MINERS ANDSKIIERS M F E'7'-1940,, BRAND. CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO-STORY BRAND BUILDING BEGAN IN 1891 ON THE CORNER OF HOPKINS AND GALENA STREETS, JUST AS ASPEN j"G (TALI NASIREf T'if-1THf LATE 40 ASPEN STREETS IN THE 1890S. WAS REACHING ITS PEAK. + ~; r}J �► y4.. M!Al DAVID H. HYMAN HAD THE BRAND MADE OF NATIVE PEACHBLOW SANDSTONE. AND WAY BACK WHEN, IT >ol PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE RECONCILIATION y�ti�iik� �Y BETWEEN TWOGREAT MINING FAMILIES.ON THEONE THE ASPEN VALLEY. SIDE -THE HYMANS, OWNERS OF THE SMUGGLER MINING COMPANY.ON THE OTHER SIDE -THE COWEN- HOVENS AND D.R.C. BROWN,WHO OWNED SPAR CONSOLIDATED MINING AND THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. THE BROWNS AND THE HYMANS HAD BEEN FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL FOR YEARS, BUT THEY FINALLY DECIDED TO COEXIST (FOR THE GOOD OF ASPEN), AND MADE THE BRAND HEADQUARTERS FOR BOTH THEIR OFFICES. SO -IT ISN'T JUST PROPRIETARY PRIDE WHEN HARLEY TELLS HIS GUESTS THAT THE MOST PIVOTAL EPISODES IN ASPEN'S HISTORY ARE TIED TO THE BRAND. IT REALLY WAS THE HUB OF TOWN -THEN, AS IT IS NOW. ABOUT THIS TIME, THE LARGEST SILVER NUGGET EVER FOUND -ANYWHERE -CAME OUT OF SMUGGLER THE BRAN D WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT ASPEN, I TELL THEM IT'S ALL ABOUT DOING THINGS YOU'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE. THERE'S A SENSE OF FREEDOM HERE TO EXPLORE UNLIMITED AVENUES OF THOUGHT, EXPERIENCE, AND PHYSICAL CHALLENGE. EVERY SEASON INTRODUCES A WEALTH OF DARING AND SATISFYING ACTIVITIES TO TRY. AMONG A SELECT GROUP OF FRIENDS, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT ASPEN -A STAY AT THE BRAND BUILDING. DON'T CONFUSE US WITH A HOTEL OR AN INN. THINK OF THE BRAND AS YOUR OWN HOME IN ASPEN. OURS IS AN ATMOSPHERE OF ELEGANT ABUNDANCE, MADE TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME, WARM, AND THOROUGHLY UPLIFTED WHILE YOU'RE HERE. BUT BE FOREWARNED -YOUR DISCOVERY OF THE BRAND MAY LEAD TO A CERTAIN SENSE OF SELFISHNESS: DO YOU TELL OTHERS ABOUT IT? OR DO YOU KEEP THE PLACE YOUR OWN JEALOUSLY GAURDED SECRET? A HEDONIST'S DILEMMA, TO BE SURE. BUT AS I PAGE THROUGH OUR GUEST BOOK, IT'S APPARENT THAT THE WORD IS SPREADING. FROM PALM BEACH TO MANHATTAN. ANTIBES TO SAN FRANCISCO. IT'S AN INTIMATE NETWORK OF PEOPLE -THE KIND WHO AREN'T EASILY WON OVER. BUT ONCE THEY KNOW THE BRAND, THEY KEEP COMING BACK. SOME ARE DRAWN BY THE LURE OF SPENDING A WEEK -OR TWO, OR THREE -IN PERPETUAL MOTION. OTHERS ATTEND TO MORE SYBARITIC PLEASURES (GODIVA DELIVERS TO YOUR DOOR). YOU CAN ENJOY WIDE SPACES OF UNSTRUCTURED TIME, OR SCHEDULE WALL-TO-WALL EVENTS, FROM FIVE GLORIOUS HOURS ON THE MOUNTAIN, AN HOUR OF PERSONAL TRAINING IN OUR OWN GYM, DINNER AT EIGHT, AND A JACUZZI BEFORE YOU TURN IN (ALL OF WHICH WE'LL HAPPILY ARRANGE AHEAD OF TIME). AFTER A WEEK AT THE BRAND, YOUR FRIENDS WILL INVARIABLY TELL YOU -YOU LOOK TEN YEARS YOUNGER AND TEN POUNDS LIGHTER. SOME PEOPLE JUST COME TO TAKE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD OFF THEIR SHOULDERS. BUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE AFTER, OURS IS THE MOST ENVIABLE SETTING FOR ACHIEVING IT. INDULGE YOURSELF IN A STYLE TO WHICH YOU SHOULD BECOME ACCUSTOMED. SNUGGLE INTO A SUITE AS ROMANTIC AS A MOONLIT SNOWFALL. IT'S ALL AS EFFORTLESS AS A RUN DOWN THE MOUNTAIN WITH THE SUN SHIMMERING OFF THE POWDER AND THE WIND AT YOUR BACK. OUR FRIENDS ARE PEOPLE OF WEALTH. POWER. AND CELEBRITY. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY'RE JUST THAT -OUR FRIENDS. AND WHEN THEY'RE AT THE BRAND, THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE OFF THEIR BOOTS AND STAY AWHILE. THEY KNOW, AND YOU SHOULD TOO -THERE'S NO NEED TO EVER THANK US. JUST ENJOY THE BRAND AS WE DO. MOUNTAIN, AND WAS STORED IN ONE OF THE VAST SAFES IN THE BRAND. IT WAS MELTED DOWN TO MAKE THE SILVER QUEEN STATUE —ALL 2,400 POUNDS, A SYMBOL OF THE ONCE IMMUTABLE RATIO OF THE VALUE OF SILVER TO GOLD. ASPEN SENT THE SILVER QUEEN TO THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION FOR DISPLAY IN 1893. NOW HER NAMESAKE IS ONE OF SIX SUITES IN THE BRAND AND ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE BRAND BUILDING, THERE'S A PAINTED MURAL TO REMEMBER HER BY —AND THE HISTORY SHE REPRESENTS. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT BECAME OF THE REAL SILVER QUEEN STATUE. BUT IT'S JUST AS WELL SHE ASPEN'S FIRST RESIDENTS. THE BRAND BUILDING TODAY. WASN'T AROUND TO SEE THE SILVER PANIC OF 1893, WHEN THE U.S.GOV— ERNMENT WITHDREW ITS SUPPORT FOR THE PRICE OF SILVER. THAT, AND THE ELECTION OFMCKINLEY IN'96,BROUGHT THECURTAIN DOWN ON ASPEN. EVEN MR. WHEELER FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY. (THE BROWNS AND THE HYMANS DID JUST FINE). CHAPTER TWO. SKIP ANOTHER 50 YEARS, WHEN WALTER AND ELIZABETH PAEPCKE CAME TOASPEN FROM CHICAGO.IT WAS WALTER WHO HAD A VISION OF ASPEN AS AN INTELLECTUAL MECCA. THE ENTIRE �� y,ktx�''� COUNTRY WAS INTHE '1 F THROES OF A N E W • y#ff 7�,I w, ' j Y ECONOMY AND BUS— ��(rxle�n3+ INESS PEOPLE, HE j i 1 �SYY r f ,y FELT, NEEDED A + Ly + r PLACE OUTSIDE THE BOARDROOM TO EX — THE BRAND AS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK CIRCA 1891_ PLORE DIFFERENT AVENUES OF ART, PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE. THIS WAS THE GERM OF THE IDEA FOR THE ASPEN INSTITUTE AND THE ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL. BUT THAT WASN'T HIS ONLY VISION. INSTEAD OF SILVER, HE SAW WHITE GOLD —INCHES OF IT FALLING OVERNIGHT. FOR WALTER PAEPCKE, IWINTER TRANSPORTATION. THE NEW ATTRACTION IN ASPEN WASN'T INSIDE THE MOUNTAINS IT WAS ON TOP OF THEM. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST INVESTORS IN THE ASPEN SKIING CORPORATION, t t .- �_,�.�'�vJ)jj (1�\� PUTTING ASPEN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AGAIN. THE SILVER QUEEN. THERE IS, BY THE WAY, A CHAPTER ON THE BRAND IN THE 60'S, TOO. A RENNAISSANCE OF SORTS —WHEN LICHTENSTEIN AND WARHOL BOTH HAD STUDIOS HERE. (LIKE THE REST OF US, THEY FOUND INSPIRATION IN THE MOUNTAIN AIR.) FOR WHAT WAS ONCE A MINING TOWN, ASPEN HAS GROWN COMFORTABLE WITH AN AMAZING DEGREE OF SOPHISTICATION. IF YOU LEFT YOUR PEAR SAPPHIRE NECKLACE BEHIND, THERE'S A JEWELER —JUST DOWNSTAIRS IN THE BRAND WITH A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL. ALSO IN THE BRAND —MORE THAN ONE PLACE TO FILL -IN -THE -BLANKS OF A WARDROBE. AND THE PIONEER PALATE IS ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH NOW AS ANY FOUR -STAR METROPOLIS —YOU EVEN HAVE A PRIVATE ENTRANCE FROM THE BRAND'S SIX SUITES TO THE SMUGGLER RESTAURANT (ROOM SERVICE, IF YOU PREFER). 3 THE HISTORY LESSON'S OVER. AND IT DAWNS ON ME THIS INSTANT: IF ANYTHING'S TRULY IMMUTABLE IN THIS TOWN OF MANY CHANGES, IT'S THE PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE OF THE PRESENT WITH THE PAST. 4 A SUNDAY IN JULY • • EVERY ERA HAS ITS ADVENTURERS. AND ONE PLACE THEY'RE ALWAYS DRAWN TO. THAT PLACE IS ASPEN. AT THE BRAND, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING HERE. TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE FIREWORKS OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM WINDOW. TOMORROW, THERE'S BALLOONING. LATER ON, THE BALLET. AND THIS VERY MINUTE I'M IN FRONT OF THE MUSIC TENT ON THE RED MOUNTAIN SIDE OF TOWN, WITH DON GIOVANNI FOR COMPANY. THE ANNUAL ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL BRINGS MORE THAN TWO MONTHS OF CHAMBER MUSIC, OPERA, JAZZ AND SYMPHONIES. I MAY NOT HAVECOMMITTEDMOZART'S4THMOVEMENT TO MEMORY, BUT I WON'T FORGET THE LITTLE THINGS I'VE SEEN -AND HEARD -HERE. LIKE THE SOUND OF SOMEONE PRACTICING VIOLIN THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW. PEERING INTO THE BACKSEAT OF AN OLD JEEP WAGONEER, PILED HIGH WITH LOOSE SHEET MUSIC. AT THE CONCERT, SIX PEOPLE SHARE A PICNIC AND A QUILT WITH ME. WE'RE SITTING LIKE CATS IN THE SUN- SHINE, FLANKED BY POTATO SALAD, CRACKED CRAB, AND NAPA VALLEY CHARDONNAYS. ADD A 360 DEGREE VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND THIS IS GLORIOUS GLUTTONY FOR ALL FIVE SENSES. WE'RE TASTING EVERY- THING AND TRADING ASPEN STORIES. I RECOUNT MY FIRST WINTER HERE, AND HOW FAR WE'VE ALL COME SINCE OUR FIRST COLLECTIVELY QUAKING KNEES ATOP AJAX. IN THE MANY YEARS SINCE, I LEARNED PARALLEL a` TURNS AND STEM CHRISTIES. FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO DO AN AERIAL TURN. — VIFW FltO �.� TIIE ,,UN DF C.k OF TI{E IA NU. SNMMEP AND WIN iE k (TI IF WHFEI-ER OF'FRA HOUSE IN TF1F DI`,TAN(-v ) AND I LEARNED ABOUT THE BRAND- W- THAT'S WHEN MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE MOUNTAIN IN- CREASED TEN FOLD. THE PEOPLE AT THE BRAND THINK OF THINGS I NEVER WOULD -LIKE SENDING MY EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING FIREWORKS OVER THE BRAND AHEAD. THEY'LL STORE IT ALL SEASON -SURREPTITIOUSLY SLIPPING SKI PANTS AND SWEATERS INTO DRESS- ER DRAWERS JUST BEFORE I ARRIVE.AND MY SKIS -LIKE MAGIC -ARE TUNED UP, WAXED AND SHARPENED (THE BRAND EVEN HAS THEIR OWN LOCKER AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN). THEY KNOW WHO TO CALL FOR A HELICOPTER RIDE INTO THE BACK BOWLS. AND WHERE TO FIND THE BEST CHAMP- AGNE POWDER. I SPEND TWO WEEKS EVERY WINTER (ANOTHER TWO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR) AT THE BRAND. AND I COULD WEAVE THROUGH RUTHIE'S RUN WITH MY EYES CLOSED. MEMORIES? PUTTING DOWN FRESH TRACKS ON JACKPOT, THE EVERGREENS ON EITHER SIDE A BLUR OF COLOR. WATCHING THE WORLD CUP RACES IN MARCH. AND MAKING MY OWN GOOD TIME ON THE DOWNHILL, WEARING WINDBURN AS MY BADGE OF COURAGE. AFTERWARDS? A DRINK ON THE DECK. THE MASSEUSE AT 6:00. A PERFECT SEGUE TO ASPEN APRES, WHEN LJ ADVENTURER, YOU'VE BECOME A LITTLE BOLDER THAN BEFORE. AND THE SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT GROWS EVEN SWEETER -LATER ON, IN THE STEAM ROOM OR SITTING BY THE FIRE, SATIATED WITH SELF- CONGRATULATIONS. NOTHING SOUNDS BETTER THAN BEDTIME NOW. BEDTIME AT THE BRAND. A THURSDAY IN SEPTEMBER WHO NEEDS THE RUDE AWAKENING OF AN ALARM CLOCK WHEN THE SMELL OF JUST -BAKED MUFFINS ENTER YOUR ROOM EVERY MORNING? THAT'S WHAT NUDGES YOU OUT OF BED AT THE BRAND.TODAY, THERE'S A VEIL OF APPLE SAUCE AND CINNAMON IN THE AIR. YESTERDAY, IT WAS HONEY AND BRAN,DELIVERED WITH MY CHOICE: THE JOUR- NAL OR THE NEW YORK TIMES, PEACH OR PLUM PRESERVES (LIKE THE MUFFINS, THEY'RE MADE IN THE BRAND'S OWN KITCHEN, WITH FRUIT FROM NEARBY ORCHARDS). THERE ARE ONLY SIX SUITES AT THE BRAND. YOU COULD THE DURANT IN THE BAUHAUS STY(L HARDLY ASK FOR MORE PRIVACY. AND EACH SUITE, NAMEDAFTER ASPEN'SOR- IGINAL MINES,HAS ITS OWN PERSONALITY -WITH ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME. THERE'STHE SOUTHWEST- 6 ERN PARK REGENT. THE COUNTRY ENGLISH CAS- CADE. THE DRAMATIC SIL- VER QUEEN DUPLEX, WITH ITS TRIPLE -HEIGHT CEILING AND BALCONIED BEDROOM. (HAVING 100 INTIMATE FRIENDS COME FOR COCKTAILS?THIS IS THE PLACE.) THE AMERI- LIVINGROOM OF THE SILVER QUEEN. CAN FEDERAL NORTH STAR. THE DURANT-A BAUHAUS TRIBUTE TOMIESANDTHE BOYS. ANDTHE SILVERECHO DUPLEX, WITH THE BRAND'S BEST VIEW FOR FIREWORKS ON THE 4TH OF JULY. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU STAY-THEY'REALLFULL OF ALMOST UNCONSCIOUS CLUES TO THE QUALITY SUR- ROUNDING YOU. YOU MIGHT FEEL IT AS YOU CLOSE A CLO- SET DOOR (GERMAN HINGES -BUT WHO WOULD KNOW?). OR WHEN YOU REACH FOR THE FAUCET (ITALIAN MARBLE WITH FRENCH FIXTURES). PETER HANS KUNZ IS THE INTERIOR DESIGNER BEHIND THE BRANDS HOME MADE JAMS. EACH INFALLIBLE DETAIL. WORKING OUT OF MANHATTAN, THE MAN LIVES AND BREATHES FRENCH CHINTZ, BALLOON SHADES, AND HAND -BLOCKED WALLPAPER. THE ONEWORD THAT COMES TO MINDTIME AND TIME AGAIN HERE IS: OMNISCIENCE. PETER ALWAYS SEEMS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED. A THE VICTORIAN STREET LIGHTS FLICKER ON. IF I'VE THOUGHT AHEAD (AND EVEN WHEN I HAVEN'T, THE CONCIERGE HAS), A TABLE WILL BE WAITING AT GORDON'S. THOSE ARE THE MEMORIES I SAVOR, NOW A GOOD FRIEND TAKES HIS TURN TO TELL A STORY -HE SWEARS ROAD AND MOUNTAIN BIKING IS SUMMER'S ANSWER TO DOWNHILL. (THE PEOPLE IN TOWN SPEND MORE TIME ON THEIR BIKES THAN IN THEIR 4WD'S.) DROPPING INTO THt VALLEY HIS FAVORITE ROUTE IS ALONG CASTLE CREEK, 13 MILES SO- UTH TO ASHCROFT-ONE OF TWO GREAT GHOST TOWNS FROM THE SILVER BOOM OF 1882. IF YOU CHOOSE TO EXPLORE, YOU'LL FIND GOOSEBERRY BUSHES AND RHUBARB STILLGROWING BY THE OLD DOORSTEPS. ANOTHER MILE OR SO UP THE ROAD, AND -- YOU'RE AT PINE CREEK COOKHOUSE. LUNCH ALFRESCO COULD AJAX MOUNTAIN. BE RED PEPPER SOUP AND RAINBOW TROUT. HAYDEN, CATHEDRAL, AND CASTLE PEAK ARE y ` STRAIGHTAHEAD. AND IN THE DISTANCE,ELK MOUN- _ yj TAIN- A GIANT TOPPING _ _ t OFF AT OVER 14,000 FEET. f:,'j - VICTORIAN STREET LAMPS LINE THE ASPEN STREETS. THE RIDE BACK,HE PRO- MISES, IS LIKE THE DEL- IRIOUS DIVE FROM THE TOP OF A ROLLERCOAS- TER, DROPPING INTO THE VALLEY. YOU IN- HALE DEEPLY. SPRUCE IS IN THE AIR. RIBBONS OF WILDFLOWERS WIND THEIR WAY UP THE HILLS. INDIAN PAINTBRUSH. POP- PY. BLUE FLAX. THE FIRST ROUND TRIP (30 MILES TO THE COOKHOUSE AND BACK) MIGHT TAKE ITS TOLL, BUT IT'S FUNNY HOW IT WORKS. IT'S ANEW CON- QUEST, AFTER ALL -AND YOU NEED SOME BREAKING IN. BUT IF YOU KEEPGOING, THE ON SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN. PRIDE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE AFTERGLOW IS YOURS ... ELK MOUNTAIN IN THE DISTANCE. LIKE YOUR FIRST HIKE UP UTE TRAIL. (ARE WE HALF WAY THERE YET?) YOUR FIRST TASTE OF WHITEWATER RAFTING. (WHEN THEY HANDED OUT ZIPLOCK BAGS FOR YOUR GEAR, YOU WANTED TO TURN BACK.) OR YOUR FIRST MANEUVERS THROUGH THE MOGULS ON THE RIDGE OF BELL. (THEY NEVER LOOK THAT BIG UNTIL YOU'RE ON ONE.) EVEN IF YOU AREN'T A REAL 5 u - ■no■ ZZ■C SOON lk ,� i • jam` T �/T i • SIDE TABLE PLACED JUST SO. A TOWEL RACK OR SACHET WHERE YOU'D HAVE THEM AT HOME. LIGHT SWITCHES RIGHT BY THE BED. WHEN IT COMES TO ACCOMODATIONS OF THIS CALIBER, A LOT OF OTHER EXTRAS SIMPLY GO WITHOUT SAYING. AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD TOWELS AND PILLOWS. DOWN -FILLED DUVETS AND TERRY CLOTH ROBES. HUMIDIFIERS. VCR'S. AND -SHOULD AN OFFICE EMERGENCY ERUPT IN BABYLON -THE BRAND'S FAX I[ Ge* MACHINE COULD HELP YOU SET THINGS STRAIGHT. THERE'S THE MATTER OF SIMPLE AESTHETICS: FRAMED BOTANICAL PRI- NTS, SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUES. AND THE SIMPLE SURPRISE OF THE PER- FECT FOUND OBJECT -EMPHATICALLY LIT ON THE WALL. ONE OF THE FIREPLACE MANTLES, ITS PEDIGREE INTACT, CAME FROM AN ANTIQUE SHOP ON THE LEFT BANK. ANOTHER, JUST AS NOBLE, WAS SAVED FROM THE UNFORTUNATE DEMISE OF A GREAT EAST HAMPTON HOUSE. WITH HOME FIRES BURNING IN THE PARK REGENT. BREAKFAST IN BED IN THE CASCADE. 1,10111m, ALL THE HEART AND . SOUL THAT'S GONE INTO THE BRAND, THE ANECDOTES LIKE THIS GO ON AND ON. IT'S CLEARLY IMPOR- TANT THAT YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO LOOK AT, INSIDE AND OUT. THE HL I)Rl)OM OF THE SILVER QUEEN. FINALLY, THERE'S 10 THE MATTER OF HOW WELL YOU'RE TAKEN CARE OF. THE UNOFFICIAL ADAGE HERE IS "ANYTHING YOU ASK US, THE ANS- DETAIL.—THE NORTH STAR. WER'S NEVER NO." IN FACT, THE STAFF IS INVOLVED IN YOUR ASPEN VACATION LONG BE- FORE YOU EVEN ARRIVE. ONCE THEY KNOW YOU'RE COMING TO TOWN, THEY'LL CALL TO INVESTIGATE YOUR INTERESTS AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON THAT PARTICULAR TIME OF YEAR. THEY CAN SUGGEST AN AGENDA FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. YOU'LL HAVE THE BEST SEATS AT THE OPERA. THE BEST FLY-FISHING GUIDE ON THE ROARING FORK RIVER. AND YOU'LL GET PRIME TIME WITH THE BEST SKI INSTRUCTORS -BEFORE THEY'RE ALL BOOKED UP. THE BRAND ALSO HAS MORE THAN A FEW EXCLUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESTAURANTS AND CLUBS WHERE YOU'LL BE TREATED ESPECIALLY WELL.THE ASPEN CLUB HONORS TENNIS Now RESERVATIONS FROM THE BRAND. 7 UPON ARRIVAL, YOU'LL FIND A GUEST BOOK IN THE ROOM, HIGHLIGHTING THE PLANS THEY'VE CONFIRMED FOR YOU. DINNER AT CACHE CACHE, FOR EXAMPLE. (WHERE, WHEN IN SEASON, THE CHANTERELLES IN THE (CONTINUED ON PAGE 10) • 0 UING WILD MUSHROOM CANNELONI MORE THAN LIKELY CAME FROM AN EARLY MORNING HARVEST IN THE MOUNTAINS.) KITCHENS COME STOCKED WITH THE BASICS, BUT THEY'LL GLADLY GO BEYOND. I'VE ASKED FOR 9-GRAIN BREAD FROM LITTLE CLIFFS BAKERY. A DOZEN PECAN COOKIES FROM REBECCA'S. AND A RATHER EMBELLISHED BAR. IT'S ALL THERE WHEN I OPEN THE CABINET DOORS. BECAUSE OF THE BRAND'S CENTRAL LOCATION, IT'S A LOGICAL PLACE FOR FRIENDS TO MEET IN TOWN. THE RANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS IS WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE. PEOPLE HAVE USED APARTMENTS IN THE BRAND FOR CORPOR- PIP ATE MEETINGS.AND ONE FAMILY RENTED OUT THE x ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR -CULMINATING IN A COLOS- SAL BIRTHDAY PARTY. THEY HAD +, FRIENDS STAYING IN ONE SUITE. THE NANNY, THE BABY, AND THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER IN ANOTHER. THE CATERER WORKEDOUTOFONE OF THE KITCHENS. THERE WAS DAN- CING AND A DJ IN THE DURANT. A DETAIL. -THE DURANT DETAIL -THE PARK REGENT. STRING QUARTET IN THE LOBBY. r. ANDEVERYTHING ' -DOWN TO THE 1 ' LAST BALLOON AND COCKTAIL NAPKIN -WAS SE- =a� CURED BY THE �:_�• a BRAND BUILD- SCULPTURE GARDEN BEHIND THE SMUGGLER RESTAURANT, ING'S STAFF. LIVING ROOM OF THE DURANT. - THERE ARE OTHERS WITH THEIR OWNt HOMES IN ASPEN WHO USE SUITES IN THE BRAND AS THEIR GUEST HOUSE. THEY KNOW IT'S QUIET. IT WON'T FEEL II ANYTHING LIKE A HOTEL. THERE ARE ALWAYS FRESH FLOWERS IN THE ROOMS -CHAMPAGNE WHEN FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARRIVE. IN LINE WITH ASPEN'S EMPHASIS ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, THE BRAND HAS THEIR OWN PRIVATE GYM AND A TRAINER WHO WILL WORK WITH YOU ONE ON ONE (YOUR MENTOR FOR MUSCLE DEFINITION). THERE ARE FREE WEIGHTS. UNIVERSAL EQUIPMENT. A STATIONARY BIKE. AND ROOM FOR AEROBICS. YOU CAN COME HERE -ANYTIME -TO FORTIFY YOURSELF FOR ALL THE OTHER RIGORS OF YOUR TRIP. A TYPICAL ASPEN DAY. IT'S EASY TO SPEND SIX TO SEVEN HOURS EACH DAY WITH DIFFERENT ATHLETIC PURSUITS IN ASPEN. BUT THE GYM IS YOUR PLACE FOR INDI-I LIVING ROOM OF THE NORTH STAR. VIDUAL ATTENTION. BECAUSE, IT SEEMS, THE PEOPLE WHO EXPECT THE MOST OF THE BRAND ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO EXPECT IT OF THEMSELVES i T VIEW OF AJAX MOUNTAIN ON A SPRING DAY, FROM THE DECK OF THE BRAND. t r r c r r r it BEDTIME IN THE NORI hi STAR. t y DINING ROOM -THE PARK REGENT 3 A $ 9 r- E� MENT BK 371/ PG 85 - VICINITY MAP 1 " = 400' 'n I •,., I t l k- T r��-r rlt 11 �,Ff �{rlrr r1'f E. HOPKINS AVE. (_1s 00• ) \' 90. Z-7 ' > 90. Zr- \ 0 CLEAN OUT STEEL 0 POST ALLEY BLOCK 88 PA\/ E D zo.9o) SCAL-E. I,, = 10 O' S' Z6 NOTE: ACCORDING TO COLORADO LAW YOU MUST COMMENCE ANY LEGAL ACTION BASED UPON ANY DEFECT IN THIS SURVEY WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER YOU FIRST DISCOVER SUCH DEFECT. IN NO EVENT, SHALL ANY ACTION BASED UPON ANY DEFECT IN THIS SURVEY BE COMMENCED MORE THAN TEN YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE CERTIFICATION SHOWN HEREON. v I �D �r grn U) LEGEND 81 NOTES CALL -IS IN �) RECORD euRvE'T ORIENTET-D WITH FOUND MONUMENT r7ROM PRE IC!0A SURVEYS EL_CYATIoNs BASED ON 19-74 ASRELN AEFZIAL_ Su Rv EY O U-r) UT ( BOX • SET PRoP. cc. p . / w ITNEMJ Gcip,. STF_WAFZT TITL.i CZk.)ARANTY GON1pA►4`{ comm ITM Ex" 1' FIgFZ TPT'LE I NSURA►.IGE. ORoeR Nam, I(�zm E)^7r--o MAY 7-4, K11Be WAS r_LSED IN 114E PRE ,ARAT►oN aF• THIS SuRYEY. AWN I NC::F5 NOT 5mcwN Sc-F- Bop 1K 543 FOFZ E�CAC-4-AMOv47 AGREEMENT CLERK AND RECORDER f1C(::Ef'fCO FOR FILING IN THE OFFICE OF CLERK, AND RECORDER OF PITKIN COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO, AT_____O'CLOCK___.M., THIS- ___DAY OF__.__________._, 19B IN PLAT BOOK AT PAGE , RECEPTION NO. CLERK AND RECORDER • • CERTI FICATION . • • rHE UNDERSIGNED DOES HEREBY CERTIY THAT THIS SURVEY WAS FIELD SURVEYED OUR ING_j__'Z_L left --- ON THE GROUND OF THE PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREON, AND IS CORRECT BASED ON THE FIELD EVIDENCE SHOWN ON THIS PLAT AS FOUND, AND THAT "THERE ARE NO DISCREPANCIES, CONFLICTS, ENCROACHMENTS, OVERLAPPING OF IMPROVEMENTS, EASEMENTS OR RIGHTS OF WAY IN FIELD EVIDENCE OR K"WN TO ME EXCEPT AS HEREON SHOWN. UNDERGROUND UTILITIES WITH'NO VISIBLE ABOVEGF40UNO VALVE BOXES, MANHOLES, OR OTHER APPURTENANCES, AND DOCUMENTS OF RECORD NOT SUPPLIED TO THE SURVEYOR ARE EXCEPTED. DATED THIS_IA th DAY OF JL]L-[ 1908. SIGNED: DAVID W. MCBRIBE R.L.S.16129 16129 IMPROVEMENT SURVEY OF LOTS G, H AND T_ / BLOCK Jig, Cl-Ti AND TOW N51TE OF ASPFJ,4 / PITKIN CAUW7_'Y, COLO/ZADC). DATEp : 4/ 88 PREPARED BY Aspen Survey Engineers, Inc. 210 S. GALENA ST. P.O. BOX 2506 ASPEN, COLORADO 81612 , 3) 925-3816 JOB NO. 18095