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RESOLUTION NO. 5f
(SERIES OF 2007)
A RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL DETERMINING THE
FOLLOWING PROJECT NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE COWOP LAND
USE REVIEW PROCESS (CONVENIENCE AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC)
AND TERMINATING THE COWOP REVIEW FOR SAID PROJECT: THE
ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (ACES)/PUPPY SMITH II
DEVELOPMENT, LOTS 1-3, BLOCK 4, LAKEVIEW ADDITION AND THE ACES
PROPERTY, CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN.
Parcel No. 2737-073-03-851
Parcel No. 2737-073-00-801
WHEREAS, the Community Development Department received an application
from the City of Aspen Asset Management Department for a determination of eligibility
for development reasonably necessary for the convenience and welfare of the public
(COWOP) for the redevelopment of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES)
Parking Lot with a three (3) unit affordable housing project, the construction of a gravel
parking lot to contain eighteen (18) parking spaces on the City owned "Puppy Smith"
parcel (Lots 1-3, Block 4, Lakeview Addition, City and Townsite of Aspen), and the
reinstatement of the entitlements granted for the ACES' Specially Planned Area in
Ordinance No.6, Series of 1997, hereinafter "the Puppy Smith Project"; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 26.500.050 of the Land Use Code, the City
Council adopted Resolutions Number 112, Series of 2000, and Number 75, Series of
2006, determining the Puppy Smith Project reasonably necessary for the convenience and
welfare of the public; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 26.500.050.C, upon a recommendation from the
Community Development Director, the City Council may at any time during the review
of a COWOP project determine a project is no longer reasonably necessary for the
convenience and welfare of the public and terminate the review; and,
WHEREAS, the Community Development Director recommended the City Council
terminate the COWOP review of the Puppy Smith Project by finding it no longer
reasonably necessary for the convenience and welfare of the public; and,
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council has reviewed and considered the
recommendation of the Community Development Director and has found the Puppy Smith
Project no longer reasonably necessary for the convenience and welfare of the public; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this Resolution furthers and is necessary
for the promotion of public health, safety, and welfare.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ASPEN, COLORADO THAT:
The COWOP review of the Puppy Smith Project shall be and is hereby terminated. The
project may proceed in the future as provided for in the City of Aspen Land Use Code.
RESOLVED, passed and approved this gth day OfJu't' 2007.
Attest:
Approved as to form:
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John Worcester, City Attorney
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