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Home My WebLink Aboutcoa.pz.gmc.040897GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APRIL 8, 1997 Sara Garton called to order the Special Growth Management Commission meeting at 4:35 p.m. with Steve Buettow, Bob Blaich, Roger Hunt, Tim Mooney, Dave Johnston, Marcella Larsen, Cathy Tripodi, Jake Vickery and Steve Whipple present. David Gutherie, Jasmine Tygre and Marta Chaikovska were excused. Staff present were David Hoefer, Assistant City Attorney, Julie Ann Woods and Chris Bendon, Community Development. MINUTES MOTION: Roger Hunt moved to approve the minutes from March 18, 1997, Steve Whipple second. ALL IN FAVOR, MINUTES APPROVED. PUBLIC HEARING: ASPEN MANOR LODGE, 411 S. MONARCH - CHANGE IN USE (Tim Mooney stepped down on this hearing.) Sara Garton opened the public hearing for the Aspen Manor Lodge exemption from Growth Management Scoring for a change in use. Garton asked for proof of notification. Chris Bendon, staff, supplied the notice. Bendon explained the application was for replacement of a portion of the existing lodge units and construction of a restaurant and affordable housing unit. The unit is proposed as part of the employee mitigation plan to be considered by City Council, upon recommendation from GMC. Bendon noted there were 23 lodge units and lodge support spaces existing and the proposed commercial space change in use was for 1,750 square feet, 10 lodge rooms and one residential unit which included 9 staff recommended conditions. He stated David Brown modified the plan since the P&Z reviewed the application. Bendon said the Housing Office required mitigation for employees housed on site and P&Z requested mitigation for 6.125 employees for the restaurant. He also asked for ADU parking standards to be used on site. David Brown, representative for applicant, commented the new rooms were larger in size and guest units reduced in number. He said the nature of the building would be Victorian. Brown remarked the change in use mitigation for employee housing maybe satisfied by utilizing a property management firm given the small number of employees the restaurant will generate. Brown proposed two scenarios for employee mitigation 1.) two 2 bedroom and one 1 bedroom units in the loft area or basement level or 2.) a buy down at another lodge with deed restriction on those units. He committed to employee mitigation 1 GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APRIL 8, 1997 either on or off-site. Brown accepted the conditions of approval with the amendment of #4 to include the above. The Commission discussed the and of employee housing provided. kind quality There was concern for on site rather than off-site employee accommodations and the Housing Office Requirements being met. The below grade units are not acceptable due to lack of light and the loft area needed increased headroom space. Brown said parking mitigation was met and visual impacts responded favorably to Ordinance 30. He stated the addition of a restaurant will add to the neighborhood with the proximity to the Commercial Core and Rubey Park. He noted the sidewalk improvement will enhance the pedestrian experience. Bruce Kerr, public, stated the applicant already committed to mitigate the housing. The Commission reviewed recommendation #4 and amended as follows: The Growth Management Commission recommends to City Council approval of the proposed employee housing mitigation plan for 6.125 category 2, or lower, employees as committed to by the applicant. GMC prefers all of the housing be on site if at all practical. All employee mitigation ... prior to the end of the second full year of restaurant operation. The GMC recommends that Housing consider the quality of the units. The commission and staff discussed Recommendation #2 with regards to parking mitigation. 16 spaces were approved by City P & Z for the conditional use of the restaurant and the ADU. MOTION: Roger Hunt moved to approve the change in us e for a 1,750 square foot commercial use and the employee mitigation as proposed at 411 South Monarch with condition #2 removed and the conditions be renumbered 1-8 listed in the Community Development Memo dated April 3, 1997 with modification of condition 4 to read The Growth Management Commission recommends to City Council approval of the proposed employee housing mitigation plan for 6.125 category 2, or lower, employees as committed to by the applicant. GMC prefers all of the housing (3 units) be on site if at all practical. All employee mitigation shall be prior to, or concurrent with, the completion of the restaurant. After one year of operation of the restaurant , the owner shall submit an audit, delineating the number of employees generated by the restaurant use, to the Housing Authority for any adjustment to this housing mitigation plan. Any said 2 GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APRIL 8, 1997 adjustment shall be accomplished prior to the end of the second full year of restaurant operation. Jake Vickery second. ALL IN FAVOR, APPROVED 9-0. PUBLIC HEARING: ASPEN COUNTRY INN AFFORDABLE HOUSING - 38996 HWY 82 Sara Garton opened the public hearing and Chris Bendon provided the notice of publication. Julie Ann Woods stated there was an amendment to the staff memo and distributed the revised memo. Bendon commented the previous memo erred with regards to the deed restrictions and Housing Authority Policy. Dave Tolen explained there were senior housing state subsidies to protect the project and flexibility to rent to seniors on a primary basis (24 - 40 units). He further stated that these people must meet the housing guideline qualifications. Tolen said seniors would be on a priority rental basis for these deed restricted units, but other qualified people will be considered. Tim Mooney asked if a private developer controls the property under the Housing Guidelines, who sets the rent rates. Tolen stated the rent rates would be bet by Aspen/Pitkin Guidelines and then Federal Guidelines (which are more restrictive and provide for lower rents). He said a limited partnership would have the managing partner working with the Federal Government. Bendon explained the applicant requested exemption from scoring for the affordable housing units and approval method of 100% affordable provided on site (deed restricted categories 1 & 2). The procedure from the code 26.100.050 (C) Exemption by City Council (1)(b) Procedure. After the Community Development Director has determined that the application for exemption is complete, pursuant to Section 26.52.050, the application shall be forwarded to the Growth Management commission for review and consideration at a hearing, for which notice has been given pursuant to Section 26.52.060(E)(3)(a). After the Growth Management Commission’s review, the application shall be forwarded to City Council for consideration at a public hearing ... the City Council shall approve, approve with conditions or deny the application for exemption. (3). “City Council exemptions that are deducted from the pool of annual development allotments and from the metro area development ceilings.” (b) “Affordable Housing. All affordable housing deed restricted in accordance with the housing guidelines of the City Council and its housing designee, shall be exempt from the growth management competition and scoring procedures by the City Council.” “Approval of the method by which the applicant proposes to provide affordable housing shall be at the option of the City Council, upon the recommendations of the Growth Management Commission.” 3 GROWTH MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APRIL 8, 1997 Tolen said that these units were treated as new units since the building was slated to be torn down. He commented the project was to be a mix of seniors and other owners subject to approval by the adjacent Homeowners. Hunt asked if the mix of unit rentals would be or would there be flexibility. Tolen replied cast in stone there was flexibility but there were requirements for Federal subsidy. Garton noted the mix of units was practical and the commission could make recommendations to City Council. No Public Comment. MOTION: Roger Hunt moved to recommend to the Aspen City Council the Growth Management Exemption of forty (40) affordable housing units, via the proposed method (a 24-40 mix of qualified applicants), with the conditions 1-3 listed in the City Staff memo dated April 7, 1997. Bob Blaich second. ALL IN FAVOR, APPROVED 10-0. Meeting adjourned at 6:35 p.m. Jackie Lothian, Deputy City Clerk MINUTES ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 1 ASPEN MANOR LODGE, 411 S. MONARCH - CHANGE IN USE ................................ ................................ . 1 ASPEN COUNTRY INN AFFORDABLE HOUSING - 38996 HWY 82 ................................ ............................ 3 4