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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.20180326Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 26, 2018 1 CITIZEN COMMENTS ............................................................................................................................... 2 COUNCIL COMMENTS ............................................................................................................................. 2 AGENDA AMENDMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 3 CITY MANAGER COMMENTS ................................................................................................................ 3 CONSENT CALENDAR ............................................................................................................................. 3 Resolution #39, Series of 2018 – Purchase of Four Replacement Shuttle Vehicles ............................. 4 Resolution #48, Series of 2018 – Bike Share Contract – We-Cycle ..................................................... 4 Resolution #55, Series of 2018 – EOTC Supplemental Budget ........................................................... 4 Resolution #49, Series of 2018 – 12 inch Tiehack Waterline Design – Professional Services Contract 4 Resolution #50, Series of 2018 – Toyota hybrid vehicles .................................................................... 4 Resolution #51, Series of 2018 – Small pickups and vans ................................................................... 4 Resolution #52, Series of 2018 – Small sand truck .............................................................................. 4 Resolution #54, Series of 2018 – Fiber Optics professional service agreement ................................... 4 Resolution #56, Series of 2018 – ACRA office space lease – 590 N Mill Street ................................. 4 Resolution #53, Series of 2018 – Wayfinding: Streets to Trails ........................................................... 4 Resolution #60, Series of 2018 – Merchant Services Contract with State of Colorado using Wells Fargo for Credit Card Services ..................................................................................................................... 4 Minutes – March 12, 2018 .................................................................................................................... 4 ORDINANCE #6, SERIES OF 2018 ............................................................................................................ 4 EXECUTIVE SESSION ............................................................................................................................... 4 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 26, 2018 2 At 5:00 p.m. Mayor Skadron called the regular meeting to order with Councilmembers Hauenstein, Myrin and Mullins present. CITIZEN COMMENTS 1. Tom Marshall stated he runs a construction company. On parking, we are pushing out cars and trucks to put in bicycles. It is restricting parking and raising rates. We are losing what we have downtown that has worked for years. We need to get away from constantly changing downtown. We can’t solve the parking problem. There will always be cars. We need to get back to messy vitality. 2. Tom Coggins, manager with high mountain taxi, said he wants to address the Downtowner from the type of research that was done to get it here. Hardly anything was done to look into what the existing cab company was doing in Aspen. What was done was in the voice of innovative technology without looking at what was existing. Another issue is Uber/Lyft. The city refers to them as ride sharing and they aren’t. They are no different than the taxi company. It doesn’t work in Aspen. They use surge pricing. He asked council to do better research. 3. Bob Morris said from the lodge, the Downtowner is one of the greatest things that ever happened. They use it as a shuttle service. The Downtowner is a fabulous resource. From an economic standpoint Uber and Lyft don’t work. It is easier to wait for the bus or walk. The taxi model is broken. Autonomous vehicles are going to take over. 4. Lee Mulcahy spoke about the monitoring of parking at Buttermilk and asked for a public hearing with an independent arbiter regarding his housing. He said his settlement offer was a win win for the community. Councilman Myrin replied the settlement offer was not a win for the city. Having a conversation with someone is. Councilman Hauenstein echoed that statement. This issue is beyond our control now, it is in the courts. 5. Deanne Kessler, founder of Aspen Ute Foundation, invited everyone to support the event Saturday April 7th at sister cities plaza from 3:30 to 6pm. There will be a speaker and pow wow expedition with traditional dancing and drumming. Cory Vander Veen, recreation, said on April 7th we will be kicking off Park Run USA. It is a weekly timed event, 5K. This will be the highest park run location in the world. It is free, sign up at parkrunus.com Pete Rice, engineering, said the work session tomorrow is on the bridge and why we are doing it and how we are mitigating, the schedule, and traffic control and hours of the project. Jack Wheeler, asset, said on Lee’s comments, we received two complaints on Friday from residents at Burlingame with trouble of contractors parking in visitor spaces. Aspen security is checking on it. We are not trying to guard the contractor parking. COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilman Hauenstein said it is a balancing act up here. We received a lot of emails about losing parking spaces. We heard that loud and clear. Balancing what is best for the community may not always be what citizens want. We are receptive and heard the business community does not want to lose parking downtown. Direct democracy versus representative democracy. What are we elected for. At what point do we do what we think is best. These are all balancing acts I am constantly working with. We are trying to make the best decisions. Councilman Myrin said APCHA governance is to be a scheduled item on the council calendar. He would like to add policy of using AMI for rental not just sale units. We should also have a policy discussion of people who want to switch from ownership to rental. He is confused on who is accountable for APCHA. Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 26, 2018 3 Councilwoman Mullins said she looks forward to the discussion on the bridge and Hallam Street. The snow screw at Buttermilk was fun and interesting and a fun piece of Aspen history. She attended the Western Colorado mayor and managers summit last week in Montrose. 40 communities were represented. So many of the issues are similar and it was a good conversation. There was a lot of talk about the Olympians we sent but no one talked about the Paralympians. We sent 7 and they came home with 4 medals total. It is a very good and successful program. Mayor Skadron said to join park run April 7th, 8am from the ARC. The Ute pow wow is also the 7th at 3:30 in Wagner park. Come out and join us. He was in DC last week on behalf of RFTA. They need 50 million dollars to sustain over the next decade. News out of DC is a reduction in funding. Telling the RFTA story resonates in Washington. AGENDA AMENDMENTS Jim True, city attorney, stated Item K – Resolution #59 will be pulled from the agenda tonight and placed on the April 9th agenda. CHAFA is working through some issues and this is their request. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS Steve Barwick said at long last the APD building is nearing completion, on time and on budget. It should be open early summer CONSENT CALENDAR Reso 60 – merchant service contract Councilman Hauenstein asked when was the last time this was sent out for an RFP. Don Taylor, finance, replied it is sent out by the state every year. We signed on last year or the year before. Councilman Hauenstein asked is this the discount rate. Mr. Taylor replied .06% is our rate. That is the value of locking on to the state bid. Councilman Hauenstein said we are jumping in on an RFP the state did. Mr. Taylor said yes. Reso 53 – wayfinding Councilwoman Mullins said she is excited about this and it has been needed for a long time. She met with Mitzi today and she was showing me the work on branding and she want to make sure all this is coordinated. Jessica Garrow, community development, replied that it is. We reached out before we made the selection. Councilwoman Mullins said she wants to make sure it is within the Aspen character. Councilman Myrin said he did not see directions to the city garage. Mr. Rice said the start will be bicycle and pedestrian focused but will lead into other stuff. Councilman Myrin said to him getting people to the garage is a priority. Mayor Skadron said he is concerned that the signage be appropriate. It needs to be understated, clean and informative. Jordan Gray-Dekraai, engineering, said there are two work sessions scheduled, as well as meetings with HPC, P&Z and public open houses. Reso 50 – hybrid vehicle purchase Councilman Myrin said transportation is getting a bigger vehicle. John Kruger, transportation, replied we need more room to carry things to events. The Pris is pretty limited. Councilman Myrin said he would like to see more overlap with these vehicles going in to car to go for the weekend. Reso 51 – sand truck – Councilman Myrin asked are we getting money in another 10 years from the South Aspen development. Jerry Nye, streets, replied no it is a one time thing. Councilman Myrin said it would be nice if things like this went in perpetuity. Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 26, 2018 4 Reso 48 – bike share Councilman Myrin said EOTC made a three year commitment for $100,000. Is this a one time $140,000. Mr. Krueger stated this is for this year. We will more than likely bring it forward for the 2019 budget as well. Councilman Myrin asked is the city committing for three. Mr. Krueger said EOTC for two and RFTA for three. We will bring it back every year. Councilman Myrin said this does not include a Buttermilk station. Mr. Krueger replied we are working on that with the county. Councilman Myrin asked if we can take one of the less used stations and put it there. Mr. Krueger said they are set for this year but we could look at it down the road. Mr. True said there is contract language question about at who’s option it is to renew. He suggested amending it to say per mutual agreement. • Resolution #39, Series of 2018 – Purchase of Four Replacement Shuttle Vehicles • Resolution #48, Series of 2018 – Bike Share Contract – We-Cycle • Resolution #55, Series of 2018 – EOTC Supplemental Budget • Resolution #49, Series of 2018 – 12 inch Tiehack Waterline Design – Professional Services Contract • Resolution #50, Series of 2018 – Toyota hybrid vehicles • Resolution #51, Series of 2018 – Small pickups and vans • Resolution #52, Series of 2018 – Small sand truck • Resolution #54, Series of 2018 – Fiber Optics professional service agreement • Resolution #56, Series of 2018 – ACRA office space lease – 590 N Mill Street • Resolution #53, Series of 2018 – Wayfinding: Streets to Trails • Resolution #60, Series of 2018 – Merchant Services Contract with State of Colorado using Wells Fargo for Credit Card Services • Minutes – March 12, 2018 Councilwoman Mullins moved to adopt the consent calendar without item K and amendment to resolution #48; seconded by Councilman Hauenstein. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #6, SERIES OF 2018 – Proposed Land Use Code Amendment to Chapters 26.312, Non- Conformities; 26.314, Variances; and 26.435, Development in Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA). Ben Anderson, community development, said this is the first ordinance in response to the policy resolution from a few weeks ago. They are minimal in scale but important. The changes in non- conformities and variances are to provide more reasonable time frames to applicants. The change to view planes is a technical correction to the moratorium work ordinance. The consultant underestimated the elevation by around 5 feet. Mayor Skadron opened the public comment. There was none. Mayor Skadron closed the public comment. Councilman Hauenstein moved to adopt Ordinance #6, Series of 2018; seconded by Councilwoman Mullins. Roll call vote. Councilmembers Myrin, yes; Mullins, yes; Hauenstein, yes; Mayor Skadron, yes. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mr. True said staff recommends council go in to executive session pursuant to C.R.S. 24.6.102 (a) – purchase acquisition, lease, transfer, or sale of any real, personal, or other property interest; (b) – conference with an attorney for the local public body for the purposes of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions including potential litigation and (e) - negotiations for the acquisition and sale of Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 26, 2018 5 property and negotiations. For the record Mr. Frisch has requested participation by telephone. This is allowed since no action will be taken. It is appropriate for him to participate by telephone. AT 6:30 p.m. Councilwoman Mullins moved to go in to executive session; seconded by Councilman Myrin. All in favor, motion carried. At 8:15 p.m. Councilman Hauenstein moved to come out of executive session; seconded by Councilwoman Mullins. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Mullins moved to adjourn; seconded by Councilman Myrin. All in favor, motion carried. Linda Manning City Clerk