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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.20010226Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 Mayor Richards called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. with Councilmembers Markalunas, Paulson, McCabe and Hershey present. CITIZEN COMMENTS 1. Mick Ireland, Pitkin County Commissioner, brought up the question to be referred to the voters about the entrance to Aspen asking to use the Marolt open space for cut and cover tunnel. Ireland said the County Commissioners are on record to spend money to lobby in favor of the entrance to Aspen. Ireland said Pitkin County has made some progress on the entrance to Aspen; however, one comment is that the legislators need to know that the community is fully behind the entrance configuration. Ireland told Council the 5-county transportation planning group has unanimously endorsed the entrance to Aspen as a top priority. Ireland noted the entrance is one of 28 projects that have zero funding for the next 10 years. Ireland said he believes the city is pre-authorized to put a busway across the Marolt property. Ireland said he agrees another vote would reinforce that position. Ireland said Council should put the Marolt property to the voters in May. Mayor Richards said $2.5 million has been put into the Buttermilk to Main street section of the highway to get that completed. Mayor Richards said she feels this is the only alternative that has been approved in the record of decision other than rail. A fixed busway way approach will allow an upgrade in the future to rail. Ireland said this approach is a way to link together open spaces that are currently cut by the highway. 2. Ramon Duvernay said this ballot question is just to enhance someone's political career. Duvernay said ballot questions should not be used that way. There is no rush to put a transportation question on the May ballot. Duvernay said this issue should wait until the next Council is in office. Councilman McCabe agreed with Ireland that the community needs to present a unified voice to the state in order to get highway funding. Councilman McCabe said the longer the community waits, the more there is to lose. Councilman Hershey agreed the busway could be built without another election. However, if this ballot question would settle the issue, the community can move ahead and get the entrance done. Mayor Richards said 1 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 it is impossible for candidates to separate themselves from other ballot issues. It is a matter of disclosure for candidates to tell the community where they stand on the issues. Mayor Richards said it is incumbent upon the Council to move the busway question forward quickly. 3. Ton i Kronberg questioned Resolution #22 on the consent calendar; the resolution refers to contracts for both Iselin and Truscott. Ms. Kronberg said she did not see an agreement for Iselin in Council's packet. Ed Sadler, asset manager, told Council any reference to Iselin should to stricken. Councilman Hershey moved to amend Resolution #22, Series of 2001, to delete any reference to Iselin; seconded by Councilman Markalunas. All in favor, motion carried. 4. Torre said the community has looked at the entrance to Aspen plans as tied to rail. Torre proposed a rail corridor be maintained for the future while looking at the possibility of four-laning the existing bridge over Castle Creek and redefining the S-curves, taking out the island, re-routing traffic. Torre said this issue defines the community. Torre said the entrance to Aspen should not be through a tunnel; it would scar the face of Aspen. Torre said he is interested in further exploration of the alternatives proposed in the beginning that were discarded because the rail was foremost in the debate. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman Markalunas said he is pleased to see the city is spending money to try and place the Ute Cemetery on the National Register. This is long overdue. Councilman Markalunas said he hopes to do something about restoration of the markers. 2. Councilman McCabe said Helen Palmer has been working with the Elk's in trying to figure out where the markers go in Ute Cemetery. 3. Councilman Paulson noted Aspen has been asked to be a city the Olympic Torch visits before the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Councilman Paulson said he feel it would be great to have the community get behind this. 2 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 4. Mayor Richards said she does not support the Burlingame/Moore open space land trades proposed to be on the May ballot. Mayor Richards said she feel it would be too damaging to the credibility of the open space program and the housing program. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilman McCabe moved to read Ordinance #10, Series of 2001; seconded by Councilman Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #10 Series of 2001 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN ENACTING A SIX MONTH SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATION OF SECTION 26.420.080 OF THE MJNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ASPEN'S INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES was read by the city clerk Councilman Hershey moved to adopt the consent calendar correcting Resolution #22, Series of 2001; seconded by Councilman McCabe. The consent calendar is: 3 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 · Resolution #21, 2001 - Authorizing Borrowing for Iselin and Truscott Projects · Resolution #22, 2001 - Truscott Construction Contracts Phase I · RFTA Resolutions on Employee Housing Program & Maintenance Facility · Holy Cross Service Agreement for Truscott · Expenditure of Grant Funds for Nomination of Ute Cemetery to the National Register · Ordinance #10, 2001 - Historic Preservation Strategy Minutes - February 12, 2001 · Roll call vote; Councilmembers Hershey, yes; Markalunas, yes; Paulson, yes; McCabe, yes; Mayor Richards, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #5, SERIES OF 2001 - Corbin/Burrows 610 W. Smuggler Landmark Lot Split Fred Jarman, community development department, reminded Council this is a 9,000 square foot parcel in the west end proposed to be split into a 3,000 and a 6,000 square foot lot. Jarman told Council there will be no landscaping of the ditch in the city right-of-way, nor will there be anything done to impede the flow of the ditch. The encroachment of the fence will be dealt with by an revocable encroachment license. The shed encroaching in the alley will be removed within 180 days. Jarman said the panabode was reviewed by the HPC who felt it was not a good representation of panabodes in town. Staff feels this project meets the criteria in the land use code for lot splits. Mitch Haas, representing the applicant, told Council the panabode was discussed at length. This structure was not listed on the last inventory. It has been altered many times; every window has been changed, the roof has been changed, there have been additions in both the front and back of the structure. 4 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 Mayor Richards opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Richards closed the public hearing. Councilman McCabe moved to adopt Ordinance #5, Series of 2001, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Hershey. Councilman Markalunas commended the applicants for reducing the size of the structures on lots R and S so that they will not overwhelm the Victorian on lot Q. Haas said with this action, HPC will have review authority over this property. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Markalunas, yes; Paulson, yes; McCabe, yes; Hershey, yes; Mayor Richards, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #6, SERIES OF 2001 - Iselin Conceptual and Final PUD Joyce Ohlson, community development department, entered into the record two letters; one from the Pitkin County comissioners dated February 22 and one from Steve Bossart summarizing the proposed housing mitigation. Mayor Richards said she received an e-mail from Jasmine Tygre, P&Z member, urging Council to look at lowering the tower. Ms. Ohlson told Council P&Z reviewed this project in 3 extensive public meetings. The affordable housing unit requires a SPA review and approval because the property is zoned P, park. A GMQS exemption for an essential public facility is required; this involves a recommendation from the growth management commission. The growth management commission had a public hearing on this project last week and asked for more time to consider several issues, like housing and parking mitigation. The GM Commission th continued their public hearing to February 27 . The Council will not be able to take action until they have a recommendation from the GM Commission. Mayor Richards stated Council will take public comment and continue this meeting for recommendations from the GM Commission. Ms. Ohlson said the conditional use approval for the recreational structure and the retail and restaurant uses is a P&Z review. P&Z approved the th proposed uses February 6 . P&Z approved Resolution #5 by a vote of 4 to 1 sending a favorable recommendation to Council and listing conditions of approval. These 5 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 conditions are included in Ordinance #6, Series of 2001. One of these conditions is a minimum 10 foot distance be included on the lap pool deck in order to have competitive swim meets at this pool. Another condition from P&Z is that the lap pool and pool area meet the CHSAA regulations for competitive high school swimming. Ms. Ohlson noted the condition that the applicant strives to implement the parking and transportation management strategies in the Charlier report of th February 6 . Ms. Ohlson told Council there has been a lot of discussion of traffic, parking and management and how it will work. Ms. Ohlson said managing parking and traffic are very important to the entire project. Ms. Ohlson said a formalized agreement regarding parking enforcement between the city and county should be in place before a certificate of occupancy is obtained. Another issue is that a RFTA bus be dedicated to Maroon Creek service. Ms. Ohlson said P&Z recommended housing mitigation be supplied at Truscott rather than Water Place housing. P&Z feels this is new housing and is a better place for mitigation. Water Place housing is already being used for housing. P&Z passed a separate motion 3 to 2, recommending that the height of the structure be limited to a maximum height of 48 feet, down from 58 feet. P&Z feels the lower height fits in better with the natural setting and with the neighborhood. Ms. Ohlson noted 120 parking spaces on-site are proposed; there are currently 65 parking spaces on site. Ms. Ohlson showed the parking plan on the site plan. The increased usage will require increased parking. There is also parking across Maroon Creek road at several school lots. Ms. Ohlson said staff does not think this parking will meet the peak demand and recommends that the Charlier report traffic management strategy be implemented. Ms. Ohlson said a condition in the ordinance is that there be one entity to oversee the scheduling of events at all venues that share parking, the high school, Aspen Ballet, the Ski Club, the Iselin center and ball fields. Ms. Ohlson said there should be an agreement so that all entities agree to coordinate the schedules; the city recreation department will be overseer of the schedule. Ms. Ohlson said there should also be an agreement with Pitkin County on where parking enforcement will occur, who does the parking enforcement, and how that will work. 6 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 Ms. Ohlson said a lighting plan is required and P&Z reviewed it. P&Z recommended a final detailed lighting plan should be submitted to staff prior to issuance of a building permit to make sure the plan is in conformance with the technical requirements of the lighting code. Councilman Markalunas asked if there is a way for people to look at the proposed lighting units to see what the residual lighting is before the plan is approved. Mayor Richards pointed out there are no lighted playing fields in this application. Ms. Ohlson pointed out a condition from P&Z that lighting be shut down that is not essential for safety, security and internal operation at night. Ms. Ohlson commended the designers for working with the site, stepping the building down, and utilizing the topography of the landscape and minimizing the impacts of the building. Ms. Ohlson showed how this works on a site plan. The ice sheet layer is below the pool layer level. Staff feels high style of the building is reflective of the sense of quality and is appropriate for a public place available to all. The housing office determined the applicants need to mitigate for 19.3 FTEs. The housing office requested an audit of this development 2 year after a c/o is issued to make sure the mitigation for employees was correct. There will be one deed restricted unit on site mitigating for 2.5 employees. The applicants are deed restricting 4 units at Truscott and the housing office will evaluate which units that will be and how many employees will be mitigated with these units. There will be units at Water Place housing to help meet the employee housing mitigation. Ms. Ohlson said there is a condition that requires a final on-site review by staff including the landscape architects to insure that the berm will work to funnel school children through the pedestrian bridge from the high school to the recreation center site. The berm needs to be pleasing and be an impediment to short cuts between the two facilities. Ms. Ohlson showed the traffic flow pattern, the RFTA bus stops. Councilman Markalunas asked if there is a plan to prevent Highlands' skiers from parking in this lot. Ms. Ohlson said the Charlier report will address this. Ed Sadler, asset manager, said this is a culmination of 3 years work on this project. Sadler presented letters to answer Council questions from the last meeting. The Prince of Peace Chapel sits 132 feet above the roundabout and is 110 feet tall. Sadler said the housing mitigation was based on number of 7 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 employees generated rather than on the square footage. This will be audited at 2 and at 5 years. The square footage did not make a difference in the employee calculation. The difference in square footage in mechanical and storage areas. Dave Carpenter, landscape architect, DHM, told Council his company has been involved in the Moore project, Rotary Park, the new school and Iselin. Carpenter reminded Council the idea is a core of buildings with a center pedestrian core with parking as the critical share use. There are pathways and bridges connecting the various uses. Carpenter said the project has been designed so as to channel pedestrians onto the paths and bridges and not making short cuts. Carpenter said the building is delicately placed into this site. The constraints of the site are the Maroon Creek road and right-of-way, the Moore property line, the existing softball/soccer field and the land fill, the parking lot, bridge, pathways and the scrub oak field. Recreation facilities are a perfect use to be on top of landfill. Claude Morelli, Charlier, went through their parking supply and management report. Morelli pointed out the advantages of shared parking. The parking program for Iselin is 120 spaces on site; shared use with the school for special events; proposed use of Tiehack parking using the Maroon Creek bridge. Morelli went through how the average demands and peak demands were determined. Morelli told Council during peak times, there will not be enough parking. Some strategies for those times are to avoid scheduling events at the same time; encourage transit and carpooling; provide shuttles from remote parking area. Morelli said the organizers of events should be the ones responsible for encouraging alternative transit, providing shuttles. Morelli said "no parking areas" will have to be enforced. Morelli said most overflow situations can be avoided by coordinating events. Morelli suggested the Iselin facility could issue parking permits for people using the recreation center. Morelli recommended Iselin and the school institute a monitoring system on how many people drive; how many people use transit or alternative methods to get to Iselin. Mayor Richards said Council has discussed paid parking but will first have to gauge what is going on. Mayor Richards suggested single occupancy vehicles could be charged. Mayor Richards said the city will also have to enter into an intergovernmental agreement on management of parking before a certificate of occupancy is granted. 8 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 Tim Hagman, architect, said the basic idea was to create a building that feels like it is in a park, a contextual fit with the mountains. Hagman said the building had to have minimal visual impact. Hagman said the colors are indigenous. The roof is non-reflective. Some of the building is 15 feet below the road level. Hagman showed where the roof is 58 feet. Hagman said the design will preserve the stand of gambel oaks. The building is entered on a bridge through those oaks. Hagman said the building is designed to create a landmark and a strong civic identity. Mark Baker, Durrant Architects, said the practical reason for the height of the tower is it allows natural light into the central lobby. This reduces the number of light fixtures and the operating cost of light fixtures. The tower will also provide natural ventilation. Baker said eliminating 10 feet off the tower would necessitate reducing other roofs, lowering other sections, and eliminating the mechanical penthouse spaces Vic Davies, pool consultant, told Council he has been working on this for over a year. Davies said this pool will be most things to most people, most of the time. Davies showed a tour of the facility with slides through the changing rooms, the leisure pool, 25 yard pool, and a place for over 100 spectators, moms and tots pool, raindrop equipment, lazy river, sprays, and a water slide. The are doors that open to the outside where future pools could be located. Davies told Council this design is the result of input of all user groups and within the budget restrictions. Davies said this is an exciting project and a winner. John Passes, ice rink consultant, noted this site is ideal for ice rink, entering at a high elevation, walking down to the seating with the ice rink below. This gives the feeling of a larger facility than it really is. Passes said the seating capacity is 450. The site does restrict the size of ice rink to 85' X 200'. Passes said most of the facilities being built are NHL rinks, which is 85' X 200', rather than Olympic size rinks. The dasher board system has been design for maximum safety to flex when they are hit. The design will incorporate use by disabled athletes. Sardo, Rising Sun Lighting Studios, said they have been retained to refine the lighting program and to make this environmentally sensitive and environmentally responsive. Sardo noted this is a big building; it will be underlit. Sardo told Council they have looked at this building from all perspectives around the outside. Sardo said they are concerned with the 9 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 lighting inside the building. The city's lighting ordinance has eliminate a lot of the offensive outdoor lighting but does not address the lighting that comes out from inside the building. The strategies to minimize the impact of nighttime lighting are to cut off or shield the exterior lighting, which will be low intensity and dispersed. Sardo noted one quarter of this building is below ground and is shielded from view. The climbing wall be highlighted but it only goes as far as the cross bar. There will be minimal ceiling pieces that one can see from outside. Sardo said 2 goals are to reduce operating costs and to minimize the impact to the environment. The lighting will be efficient, sensitive and discrete. Steve Bossart, asset management, showed the Nordic trail connection through the site and over to the Maroon Creek bridge. Mayor Richards opened the public hearing. Mick Ireland, Pitkin County Commissioner, said their concerns are road maintenance, parking and transportation. Ireland said the county's position that the city should take responsibility for the overflow parking problems, if there are any. Ireland said they endorse the concept of shared parking. The city should enter into an agreement with the county to allow the city to formally do parking enforcement. Council agreed and noted this is condition #13. Ireland said they would like this agreed to before building permit. Ireland said if the city is not able to use Tiehack for overflow parking, they should spell out what the alternative will be. Ireland said this should be settled with MC/DC within the next 60 days. Council agreed. Ireland said the county would like to have an agreement with the city on road maintenance, road plowing who pays the cost, contingent upon review of the condition of the road. Ireland said the county will agree to the appropriate study of the road so this agreement is contingent upon the city finding the road does not need to be rebuilt. Patti Clapper, Pitkin County Commissioners, said in the draft agreement where the city agrees to pay 1/3 of the cost of resurfacing of the Maroon Creek road between the roundabout and Iselin once a mutually acceptable schedule is determined will probably be agreeable to the BOCC. Randy Ready, assistant city manager, noted there is a lot of construction planned on 10 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 Maroon Creek road and the city accepts responsibility for 1/3 cost of resurfacing the road. Toni Kronberg said this has been a personal goal of hers for 25 years and she has been working diligently for 9 years to get this project passed. Ms. Kronberg said she is happy this project is finally coming to fruition. Ms. Kronberg said she was on the transportation committee of the AACP to help this plan pass. Ms. Kronberg said the bridge across Maroon creek should be move to the other side of the building. The two RFTA stops should be combined on one side of the road. The first question is why is the bridge located here it is. Ms. Kronberg said the Tiehack parking is a long way away. There should be lighting along the path for safety. Ms. Kronberg said walking across a bridge in the dark is dangerous. Ms. Kronberg said the city should absorb some of the cost of the bus. There should be a shuttle from the Iselin parking lot to the farthest school parking lots. Ms. Kronberg said there should not be a parking charge. Ms. Kronberg said her goal is to see this project happen; however, she is concerned about the public process. Ms. Kronberg said she submitted a packet done by a leading aquatic consultant. The city missed a crucial step in conceptual planning without an aquatic consultant. There was no feasibility study to support the numbers at the pool. The number of guards per hour for the swimming pool will increase the amount of employee housing mitigation the project will need. Ms. Kronberg asked where the money is coming from to pay for the affordable housing units at Truscott. Ms. Kronberg said the school will monopolize the lap pool and make it unavailable to other uses. Ms. Kronberg said she biggest concern is that there is no deep water in the warm water pool. Ms. Kronberg said a needs assessment, programming, demographics, cost analysis, expenses and revenues should have been done for this project. Ms. Kronberg said currently there is no high school swimming and the city has based some of their dimensions on high school swimming. Ms. Kronberg told Council she has contacted the adjacent property owner to see if the outdoor pools could be moved toward his property. This depends on the location of the road and accessibility to his property. 11 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 King Woodward, Meadowood, asked if Tiehack parking lot will not be used, where will the overflow parking go. Woodward said Tiehack is too far from this facility for people to use. Gary Beach, Aspen Highlands Village, said parking is already a big issue. Beach encouraged the city and county to include Aspen Highlands metro district and Five Trees metro district in any intergovernmental agreement on parking enforcement. Beach said currently cars are parking all over, the problem is exacerbated because there is no parking enforcement. Cars are on Moore drive, up through Highlands, all over Maroon Creek road. Beach told Council Highlands is paying for a bus and Highlands and Five Trees are paying to operate that bus because of the traffic demands created by their development, not that of the High School and Iselin Park. Beach said the height of the tower should be viewed as its impact on the valley up towards Pyramid Peak. Beach said he supports the Iselin park project. Mayor Richards pointed out when the city started planning this project, Five Trees and the base of Highlands had not been built. A lot projects are coming on line before the city project. Steve Buettow, P&Z member, encouraged Council to lower the height of the tower by 10 feet. Buettow forwarded sketches of a lower roof to Council showing that a lower roof could meet the architectural goals of a gateway entrance and mechanical system. A lower roof will give lower costs, a greater ability to meet the budget, less neighborhood impacts, and 28,000 cubic feet less building to heat and to cool. Buettow said he would prefer to see Maroon Bells rather than the top of a tower. Larry Slater, Maroon/Castle Creek caucus, said they have concerns about parking. They would like any agreement to cover their private roads. If this area has paid parking, it will divert people to these private roads. Slater asked if the contracts with the Youth Center moving into this facility are in place. Slater said when the Caucus supported this project, they did it because they felt the Youth Center belonged at this complex. The caucus feels if the Youth Center is not going to be located here, they do not support the height of the structure nor the project. Mayor Richards said no contracts have been signed; however, nothing is standing in the way of that. Slater suggested the city look into using automatic paid parking machines at Iselin. Slater said lighting the bridge to Tiehack should be looked into. The city 12 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 should also look at building the bridge so that it could carry a shuttle. Slater said if the ice rink is not built, there should be some assurances that this building will be used for recreation, not city offices, not housing. Ernie Fyrwald representing the committee raising funds for the ice rink, told Council they are still raising these funds. Fyrwald noted the downtown ice rink has survived by years with only 6 on-site parking spaces. Scott Writer said he feels this facility will be part of the "good new days"; this is an opportunity for Aspen to get better. Writer said skaters other than hockey players will be using this rink. Writer said the city staff has bent over backwards to accommodate all comments and issues on this facility. Writer said this is a great facility. Deb Tullman, physical therapist at the Aspen Valley Hospital along with her director Jan Allen, voiced support for the facility. The pools will provide great opportunities for patients to enhance their rehab process. Elizabeth Boyles said more could be done with this building to have it be energy resourceful. Ms. Boyles asked how many gallons of water will be used, how will this water be heated, what the monthly operating costs will be. Ms. Boyles said this facility should be using pre-heated solar water. Ms. Boyles noted there are a lot of energy resourceful experts in this valley that could have been used in this project. Ms. Boyles asked what the utility costs to the taxpayers will be not having pre-heated solar water, not having a solar wall for pre-heating the air. Ms. Boyles said the city should do more homework before completing this project Steve Bossart, asset manager, said staff has been working with Randy Udall and CORE. This is a complex building with a lot of complex systems. The building will have a microturban to generate electricity. Bossart said because of the orientation of the building there was not a good place to put solar collectors. Bossart said daylight is important to the building. Councilman Paulson agreed the city didn't take enough time to look at making this project more green. Councilman Paulson said he would like to know the operation and maintenance costs for the building. Bossart said the intention of the facility is to build something that will work well with people, with staff, with energy and be efficient in all those areas. Jeff Woods, parks director, pointed out the building is set down in the ground and is surrounded by earth. The ice facility is 2/3 buried and is 13 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 protected by natural vegetation. The central core is naturally ventilated and naturally lit during the day. No air conditioning will be used in the facility. The pool opens up in the summer, which will require little mechanical equipment. Ms. Boyle asked if it is responsible to go ahead without knowing how much it will cost to operate this facility. Mayor Richards said the current pool facility is not energy efficient at all. Mayor Richards asked staff to put together the energy efficiencies for the continued meeting. Mayor Richards noted the inflationary figure in the valley is 1%/month and putting this off one month would cost $170,000. Mayor Richards pointed out the Council has approved $2.5 million out of the general fund, separate from the bond approved by the voters, in order to make this project happen. Councilman McCabe said he has some concerns about the energy efficiency of this building and whether changing the construction scheduled would pay off in the long run. Councilman McCabe said there are a lot of trade offs in this project. Councilman McCabe said the air quality has to circulated and maintained because of the chlorine in the water, some heat will be lost, there are mildew considerations. Councilman McCabe said the city has balanced this project, put as much money in as possible to get as much for the community as possible. LJ Erspamer, hockey board and SPARC member, said there have been a lot of public meetings with lots of input and now it is time for Council to come to a decision. Erspamer said this building will be a landmark for the community. Erspamer said many groups have worked and given input on this project. Sabra Van Dolsen said she hopes this project is approved and that access gets addressed by pool programming. Ms. Van Dolsen said she is concerned that there is access so that everyone gets the most for their money. These problems can be solved with community input. Torre asked why the entrance to the building is not facing the school; it does not seem to be integrated into the community campus. Torre asked why the bus facilities are not integrated better into the design. These should have been addressed in the pre-design phase. Torre said this project should be held to the highest criteria; the city should lead by example. Jim True, Aspen Junior Hockey, said they are very excited about this project and support the rink. True thanked SPARC and the city for continuing to move forward. True urged the city to work with the county on the parking 14 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 enforcement. True said this project has been well thought out and is a good project for this community. Heidi Hoffman pointed out this is a 365 day a year tremendous mixed use project with the youth center, swimming pool, ice rink. Ms. Hoffman said this facility will create a buzz in the community. Daniel Jezierski said this project should have more "green" in it; there is too much heat being wasted in the building. Having 452 locker rooms in the ice skating facility is going overboard. Councilman McCabe said the amount of lockers is to allow kids to leave their hockey and skating equipment on site. Mayor Richards noted the bus regulations do not allow hockey equipment on the buses. These lockers will help cut down on car trips. Kirk Baker said this is a great facility. However, the parking seems inadequate. Kayak students have to bring their cars with their boats on them. Jackie Broughton reminded Council she has been working on this project since 1993. The lazy river is great therapy and great for seniors. Ms. Broughton said this will be a great facility for a lot of different users. Slater asked if there is an agreement with the schools for long term use of the parking lots. Mayor Richards said the city has just started working with the school district on an intergovernmental agreement on all these issues. Ms. Kronberg suggested the city do a feasibility study before the entire process begins. Ms. Kronberg said take care of the problems and get the project going. Mayor Richards said this project started 5 or 6 years ago on a recreation center for the community. The first major components were the ballfields. Tim Anderson, recreation director, told Council the city hired Water Technology in 1996 to look at a pool and potential for adding an ice rink. This is where Council got the original concepts for the pool and ice rink. David Bruton said the parking is definitely inadequate. Bruton said if this facility were located where the bus barn is, there would be a lot more close in parking. Bruton said he feels the bus barn is a more attractive site. Bruton suggested putting this off to see if some of the issues can be ironed out. Councilman Hershey moved to suspend the rules and extend the meeting to 10 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Paulson. All in favor, motion carried. Ms. Kronberg noted the feasibility study of 1996 shows only 5 groups of revenue producers estimated to use the swimming pool. Ms. Kronberg said a feasibility study for this pool can be done very quickly. 15 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 Mayor Richards closed the public hearing. Councilman Hershey moved to continue Ordinance #6, Series of 2001, to 5 p.m. February 27, 2001; seconded by Councilman McCabe. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #7, SERIES OF 2001 - Code Amendment 1/2 cent Park/Open Space Sales Tax John Worcester, city attorney, told Council this is codification of the new 1/2 cent tax approved by the voters in November. Mayor Richards opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Richards closed the public hearing. Councilman McCabe moved to adopt Ordinance #7, Series of 2001, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Markalunas. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Hershey, yes; Paulson, yes; Markalunas, yes; McCabe, yes; Mayor Richards, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #8, SERIES OF 2001 - Code Amendment Eliminating Jury Trial for Traffic Cases John Worcester, city attorney, said this code amendment would eliminate a jury trial for parking and traffic cases. Worcester said jury trials are labor intensive and most municipal courts have eliminated them. Mayor Richards opened the public hearing. Sy Coleman objected to eliminating this right to a jury trial. Mayor Richards closed the public hearing. Councilman Hershey moved to adopt Ordinance #8, Series of 2001, on second reading; seconded by Councilman McCabe. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Markalunas, yes; McCabe, yes; Hershey, yes; Paulson, yes; Mayor Richards, no. Motion carried. 16 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 ORDINANCE #9, SERIES OF 2001 - Hotel Aspen PUD Councilman Hershey moved to read Ordinance #9, Series of 2001; seconded by Councilman McCabe. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE N0. 9 (SERIES OF 2001) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN APPROVING THE HOTEL ASPEN MINOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, 110 WEST MAIN STREET, LOTS F, G, H, I, P, Q, R, AND S, BLOCK 58, CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN, PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO. Parcel ID #2735-124-61-112 Chris Bendon, community development department, told Council this is an application for 8 new lodge rooms and 2 affordable housing units. Bendon showed the property at Main and Garmisch and the site plan. There will be a third floor on one section of the building. The project mitigates for its impacts of employee housing and parking on site. This design did go through conceptual HPC review. Bendon pointed out the 21 parking spaces on Garmisch street are entirely within the public right-of-way. Bendon noted staff has commented that parallel parking would be more desirable. There could be 10 parallel spaces in this right-of-way. There will be parking for the 8 new units. Herb Klein said they would like to be able to rent the units to Hotel Aspen employees at category 2 although the employees may not qualify in the earnings side. Mayor Richards said parking is needed in this area and would be interested in some combination of parallel and head in. Councilman McCabe said he prefers parallel parking; however, this is a wide street and the sidewalk is available. Council agreed they would look at keeping most of the head in spaces on Garmisch street. Councilman Hershey moved to adopt Ordinance #9, Series of 2001, on first reading, that the situation of the rental units be worked out with the city attorney and applicant, that they would like to see a couple of variations on 17 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 the parking scheme; seconded by Councilman Paulson. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Hershey, yes; Markalunas, yes; McCabe, yes; Paulson, yes; Mayor Richards, yes. Motion carried. BOARDS AND COMMISSION REPORT Councilman McCabe moved to appoint Tabatha Miller and Roger Marolt to the Child Care Task Force; seconded by Councilman Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. Council directed staff to re-advertise for the other board openings. Councilman Paulson moved to continue the meeting to 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 27; seconded by Councilman Hershey. All in favor, motion carried. Council left Chambers at 10:10 p.m. Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk 18 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council Februa ry 26, 2001 CITIZEN COMMENTS ................................ ................................ .............. 1 COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS ................................ ........................... 2 CONSENT CALENDAR ................................ ................................ ............. 3 · Resolution #21, 2001 - Authorizing Borrowing for Iselin and Truscott Projects ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 4 · Resolution #22, 2001 - Truscott Construction Contracts Phase I .......... 4 · RFTA Resolutions on Employee Housing Program & Maintenance Facility ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 4 · Holy Cross Service Agreement for Truscott ................................ ......... 4 · Expenditure of Grant Funds for Nomination of Ute Cemetery to the National Register ................................ ................................ ..................... 4 · Ordina nce #10, 2001 - Historic Preservation Strategy .......................... 4 · Minutes - February 12, 2001 ................................ ................................ 4 ORDINANCE #5, SERIES OF 2001 - Corbin/Burrows 610 W. Smuggler Landmark Lot Split ................................ ................................ ...................... 4 ORDINANCE #6, SERIES OF 2001 - Iselin Conceptual and Final PUD .... 5 ORDINANCE #7, SERIES OF 2001 - Code Amendment 1/2 cent Park/Open Space Sales Tax ................................ ................................ ......... 16 ORDINANCE #8, SERIES OF 2001 - Code Amendment Eliminating Jury Trial for Traffic Cases ................................ ................................ ................. 16 ORDINANCE #9, SERIES OF 2001 - Hotel Aspen PUD ........................... 17 BOARDS AND COMMISSION REPORT ................................ ................. 18 19