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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.apz.19710518 RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves ~lmll \0 C. F. HOECK(L B. B. It L. CD. Special Meeting Aspen Planning and Zoning May 18, 1971 Meeting was called to order by Chairman Robin Molny with Chuck Vidal, Jim Adams, William Tharp and Chuck Collins present. Also present Herb Bartel, City/County Planner and his assistant, Fred Wooden. Jim Adams left Council Chambers. Sunday Street Closing Sunday Str~et Closing - Chuck Collins moved that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend to Council a general approval of the Sunday Street Closing. Seconded by Tharp. All in favor, motion carried. Mr. Bartel distributed the Sunday Closing Proposal to Commission members. (See attached.) Comments were: 1 - The word "mall" should be delelled in the proposal and in no way should it be associated with the Sunday Street ClBsing. Too much controversy over the mall idea. Jim Adams returned to Council Chambers. 2-Increase in air pollution due to people looking longer for parking places was discussed. Wondered why the Sanitar- ian felt this Sunday Street Closing would actually increase air pollution in the downtown area. 3-Felt the City should do a re-evaluation after several weeks of Sunday Street Closing. 4-Would like paragraph Ie (as rewritten) as the preamble in the proposal. The Commission studied the map of the area to be considered for the Sunday Street Closing. Streets involved would be Cooper, Galena, Mill and Hyman. Access to Sinclair Filling Station would be from Durant to Galena. Alternative proposals to accomodate Sinclair, Tom's and Aspen Drug were presented my Mr. Bartel. Discussed the possibility of the City being taken to Court by the Sinclair Station. Tom's Market and Aspen Drug will also be open on Sunday. Would like to have parking as close as possible for these businesses. Would rather not use intersections for parking- could make turn arounds anywhere else in the street. A number of alternative routes and parking to accomodate these three businesses were discussed. Will take alot of manpower to help duplicate the Earth Day Street Closing. Someone to put up signs, barricades, etc. reel that a uniformed man should be on duty either on foot or on bicycle all day in the closed area. Will have to contact people who live in the proposed street closing area that would have cars parked and would RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves FORIIl" C.F.';QECK(LB.B.&L.CO. Special Meeting, Aspen P & Z, 5/18/71 want to move them after 7:00 a.m. Sunday. Suggested they park their cars in Rubey Park Saturday evening. Also post notices on the doors of all apartment buildings and rooming houses in the area. Decided to recommend the hours of Sunday Street Closing be from 7:00 A. oM. to 7:00 P. M. Will try to get as much information as possible to as many people. Herb Bartel will contact the Sinclair Station, Tom's Market and Aspen Drug. Mr. Bartel introduced Fred Wooden as his assistant for the summer months. Mr. Bartel read the letter he had written in answer to the petition from a' group of businessmen. (See attached.) Recommend to Council to hours of Sunday Street Closing be from 7:00 A. M. to 7:00 P. M. Also that they hold a special meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on the Sunday Street Closing on Planning and Zoning recommendation prior to final decision. Would like to have the first Sun- day Street Closing June 6th. Change of Date of Meeting Change of Date of Meeting - Tharp moved to amend the by- laws of the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission with reference to meeting date, changing it to the first and third Tuesday of each month. Seconded by Collins. Roll call vote - Collins aye; Tharp aye; Adams aye; Vidal aye; Molny aye. Motion carried. Revised City of Aspen Zoning Resolution - Will consider at next meeting. Recycling Recycling - Barbara Baker of the Environmental Task Force was present and requested a resolution from the Planning and Zoning Commission backing up the Mayor's resolution to study solid waste. Have two buildings donated by the County for storing re- cyclable materials. Chuck Vidal moved that a definite benefit can be derived from the study of possibilities of recycling and would relate to the problems of Aspen and the RoaDing Fork Valley studying the feasibility of it. Seconded by Tharp. Roll call vote.- Collins aye; Tharp aye; Adams aye; Vidal aye; Molny aye. Motion carried. Fothergill- Cutting Annex Fothergill-Cutting Annexation - Emergency situation exists since the water to both properties has been condemned. The county water tap fee would be $1500 compared to the City water tap fee of $750.00 Manager Wurl showed the Commission a map of the proposed -2- RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves FOllM" C.r.HOECKELB.B.IIL.CO. Special Meeting, Aspen P & Z, 5/18/71' area to be annexed; property lies west of Garrish Park and south of King Street. Manager Wurl explained that one of the reasons for not annexing more property in this area was due to a problem with property lines. Is now zoned County R-6. Tharp moved that the Planning and Zoning recommend this property be annexed as desired by the property owners. Seconded by Collins. All in favor, motion carried. Change of Date of Meeting Change of Date of Meeting - Tharp moved that the new schedule of meeting begin in June. Seconded by Adams. Roll call vote - Collins aye; Tharp aye; Adams aye; Vidal aye; Molny aye. Motion carried. oC~ O~ Leased Parking - Leased parking in the C-C zone is wrong and should be discouraged. Manager Wurl reported businesses were asking where the leased parking is going to be and how much is it going to cost. The Planning and Zoning Commission's main criteria was no leased parking but in the interim recommend Manager Wurl with the aid of City Attorney Kern determine a fee. Tharp moved that a public hearing be scheduled for June 22nd to amend zoning ordinance relative to parking. Seconded by Vidal. All in favor, motion carried. Tharp moved that a public hearing be scheduled for June 15 on the zoning for the Fothergill-Cutting annexation. Seconded by Adams. All in favor, motion carried. Stream"Margins - Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 4:00 P. M. on the 25th of May to visist the sites of the Maddalone and Worth requests. Collins moved to adjourn at 7:20 P. M. Seconded by Tharp. All in favor, meeting adjourned. ~/LJ Lorraine Graves, Secretary / ,..... '""'" .......... '-"'" , This office has received a petition expressing your opposition to closing downtown streets to vehicular traffic. Planning currently underway for the central area is the result of concern to maintain the vitality of the dovmtown area as a center of attention for resi- dents and visitors, and the need to keep the 1966 Gen- eral Plan current. The approach to updating the central area plan will be to prepare the plan openly in a series of elements that can be discussed thoroughly prior to final plan develop- ment. The open planning approach will be used to develop a better public understanding of the problem and alterna- tive solutions. It will permit the consideration of inter- est group opinions, encourage citizen participation, and avoid suspicion of governmental planning activities. Pre- liminary conclusions will be submitted to interested parties, however considerable study is required to make these con- clusions and such study is best accomplished at the staff level. ,..-., '.,.1 .......... "of' - 2 - It is intended to consider any proposed changes to the central area plan as an amendment to the 1966 General Plan following a carefully considered public hearing approach. In order to keep you up to date on recent downtown area development ideas, we have ordered a publication dealing with the matter which we hope to distribute to interested individuals. Cordially, '7/ I Q--- / /V-4-t( ~v......-zc> Herb Bartel Regio~al Planner HB/db ;0:/ .' .:-"\1,, \'-'/;' V..4 ('~ r' \,,,./ ,r', , , 5/"/7' .t:J L SUNDAY CLOSING Pl,OPOSAL Consic1e:rCitions The Sunday street closing, ,,,ith little or no detrimental effect on area businesses, will give the community at large an experience to relate to in deciding of the pedestrian concept is desirable and worthy of further study. In order to implement such a proposaJ- certain considerations must be taken into account. 1. It is important to consider the basic reasoning behind a Sl1nday closing of this 8'2 block area. a) Walking and bicycling basic input in attempting to chDracte1' of downtmvn Aspen. should be encouraged as a retain the unique and unus'ual b) Au tornobi les and their accessory facilities have become, a dominant factor in this area, detracting from shops and stores ,,,bieh should be the focal points fOJ: attention. c) The proposed area lends itself readily to tbis idea by virtue of the types of shops and stores located tbere. Sunday is the best day for a beginning, because very few businesses relying upon customer pick up and delivery are opcn, and the specialty shops and testaurants should not be adversely affected thi'ough lack of autotnobile access. d) Closing the area on any other clay would be premat1Jre in ligbt of tbe lack of large scale alternative parking areas. 2. Protection from fire and crime must remain undiminished, and therefore, all emergency vehicles 1/]Quld have free access to all closed streets and alleys. 3. An excepti on to the closIng, shoilld be made, in the c<Jse of vehicles needed to service businesses and collect trasb in the closed area. These vehicles should use the most direct alley access to their destinations. 4. '"loctors "Ii,thin the proposed area very seldom use their office facilities on Sunday, utilizing tbe hospital instead. Emergency vehicles would, however, have access into closed 8rC3S aL all times. 5. l1caltll officL::::;.-lS fe(-~l tbo.t the street closing proposnl 2nd th,~~ resultant If~s.soll:Lr\g of pClrking spaces may cause an incr82se in 3utoTll:.:JLilc air polltltio,--; ClS drj:vcrs yd.ll rlttVC to ~;cnrch , /~., .' , - .. 2 .. for a place to park in fringe DI'lc'cIS. Ne\V equiplncnt is bC'ing purclw.f'ed and will be aVDI,labJ c to monitor any pollution during the. Sunday closing, and results \Vill be compared 'vith a Sunday when the proposal is not in effect. 6. Keeping intersections clear of automobile traffic should be a major objective of this proposal. Alternative Parking 1. Adjacent streets east, west and north of the area pro- posed for Sunday closing should be able to handle the bulk of extra parking made necessary by parking not being allmved in the project area. Sunday street parking in these areas is generally sparse and must be utili:ced until additional off street facilities are made available. Specifically: a) Mill Street parking will transfer west to Monarch. b) Galena Street parking \ViII transfer east to Hunter. c) Hyman Street parking '>Jill transfer north to Hopkins. d) Cooper Street parking \ViII transfer to the Center lot and T)urant Street in front of North of NelL 2. Temporary off street parking areas needed to facilitate the Sunday closing could possibly be located on the following locations. a) On present Center parking lot. b) At SF corner of Hunter and Hopkins. c) At SW corner of Hunter and Hyman. d) On Rubey Park. e) On vacant plot at Hyman and Monarcb. f) At City Hall parking lot. 3. Residents of the closed area should be allo\Ved parking space in the ]<.ubey Park parking area in order tbat they not have to move their cars early on Sunday morning. It is important that these people receive this information prior to the closure. 4. Traffic patterns \ViII shift in tbe area out of necessity, \vith Hunter and Monarch Streets carrying the bulk of traffic generated by Main Street. " ,/ - 3 .- Heclwnical P,soects __,___...,,_....___.__.::..t~_,._ 1. Affcocted streets and alleys should be roped and marked ,-lith signs: ASPEN IS FOR PEOPLE. . . PET)ESTRIAl!S AN]) BICY- CLES ONLY - NO THROUGH "TImET, etc. 2. Notices outlining the project's intent, with attached map should bG clearly posted on the Clrea fringe and through- out the project area. Distribution should be made to the A.C.V.B., lodge owners, botb papers and tbe radio stations. Leaflets should be 'videly distributed in the community. 3. Angle-in parking spaces will be available for Aspen Drug and Tom's Harket customers on '2 block of Galena Street south of Hopkins, and access to Tom's will be gaLned through the alley in that same block. 4. The Ci ty T)ispatcher should be available to handle inquirie'3 and relay messages to officials in case of emergency. 5. Hajor conferences scbedules sbould be consulted in order to determine peak Sundays and any special preparation necessary. 6. The closing could begin on Sunday June 6th and terminatE' on Sunday, September 6th. The daily hours "lOuld be from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. 7. Initially, volunteers might be availablG at key access points to explain tbe project, help \vith directions and moni- tor comment. 8. Encouragement should be given to proprietors "Jithin the area who wish to innovate and enhance the proposals, i. e. , side\Valk cafes, side,,,alk displays and sales. In all likeli.-' hood a City permit w2uld be required in order to operate on municipal land. This concept would enable 2dequate controL 9. Special activities should be encouraged on Sundays at the intersection of Hill and Cooper adjacent to Hagner Park. 10. City bicycle rack locations should be indicated on the proposal map. 11. The enforcement of this proposal must be of an official nature. 12. The A.C.V.H. sbould be asked to solicit cmmnents concerning the effectiveness of the Sunday closure from visitors and tourists.