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REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION OCTOBER 26TH, 2022
Co- Chair Charles Cunniffe called the meeting to order at 8:40 am.
Commissioners in attendance: Angi Wang, Terry Butler, Charles Cunniffe, Kiki Raj, Bill Dinsmoor and
Amanda Tanaka were present. Jeb Ball, Gregory Lucier, and Matthew Libanoff were absent.
Staff present:
Pete Rice, Engineering Division Director
Trish Aragon, City Engineer
PJ Murray, Engineering Project Manager II
Blake Fitch, Parking Operations Manager
Holly Gartner, Parking Administrative Tech II
Mike Sear, Deputy City Clerk
Other attendees:
Torre, Mayor
Ward Hauenstein, City Council
Kathleen Wanatowicz, Project Consultant
PUBLIC COMMENT: None
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: None
MINUTES: Ms. Tanaka moved to approve the minutes from October 5th, 2022. Ms. Wang seconded. All
in favor, motion passes.
Presentation on Parking Permits and Living Lab Recap:
Ms. Aragon started by introducing the City of Aspen staff and Ms. Wanatowicz and went over the two
topics of discussion.
Mr. Dinsmoor entered the meeting at 8:47am.
Ms. Murray went over the data collected by staff during the Living Lab installation. The areas of data
included:
• Daily observations
o These observations showed a 70% reduction in negative interactions and that cyclists
were not responsible for the majority of negative interactions.
• Accident data
o The data showed an overall decrease in total accidents.
• Counter flow bike lane usage
• Overall parking availability
o The data showed that there had been no days in 2022 that exceeded the 85% threshold
of availability in the core yet showed an increase in core overtime violations.
• Construction parking
o The data showed a 43% decrease in construction parking permits from 2021 in the
Living Lab area.
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• WE-Cycle ridership
o This showed a 60% increase in WE-Cycle station use from 2021 in the Living Lab area.
• Micro Transit (Downtowner) ridership
o The data showed a slight increase in ridership.
Ms. Wanatowicz then went over the various Community Outreach efforts and detailed some the of the
responses and themes that were gathered.
Ms. Raj entered the meeting at 9:07am
Ms. Murray then summarized the findings and lessons learned. She said the community was engaged in
a dialog over safety in the core and that it was a good starting point.
Mr. Rice then asked if there were any questions.
Ms. Tanaka said she appreciated the efforts and data collection.
Mr. Rice then introduced the discussion of Special Parking Permits, and that staff would be presenting
this to City Council on November 1st. He went over the history of paid parking and special permits. He
then described the Business and Lodging Special Permits and went over their original goals, their use
and potential enhancement options. Next, he highlighted a few parking program updates including the
Smart Loading Zones and 15-minute free parking option. He then went over the potential update
options for each permit, which were to either remove the permits, increase the cost, or leave as is.
Ms. Raj was in favor of changes to the business permits but not the lodging ones.
There was some discussion on commissioners’ thoughts of the potential changes and the current
loopholes in both the business and lodging permits. Also, discussion regarding hotels with existing
parking garages that are underutilized and if they should be allowed lodging permits.
Mayor Torre talked to the overall goals of the potential updates. The goals were meant not to penalize
but to improve the program and work on the abuse happening.
Mr. Dinsmoor commented on Council’s discussion of Public Arts projects and mentioned that CCLC used
to have a budget to fund Public Art. He then asked Mayor Torre about the big picture goals around
parking.
There was then some discussion about the potential for an underground parking garage.
Mayor Torre shared his thoughts on parking issues and outcomes.
Mr. Cunniffe brought up the continual move away from local businesses to national and international
brands.
There was then some discussion about building owners and the increase in rents and the future of
commercial spaces in town.
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ADJOURN:
Ms. Wang then motioned to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Raj seconded. All in favor, motion passes.
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Mike Sear, Deputy City Clerk