HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes.NXGN.Regular.20201124Next Generation Advisory Committee 11-24-20
Participants: Leah Fielding, Kimbo Brown-Schirato, Christine Benedetti, Stephanie Janigo, Nicky Byrne
Date: 11/24/20
Time: 5:30 PM
The Next Generation Advisory Committee (Next Gen) discussed the recent city council session
which focused on the City’s Lumberyard Affordable Housing Project. Next Generation Advisory
Committee has been in correspondence with Aspen city council on this issue and recently expressed to
Aspen City Council that their viewpoint is shared among the demographic that they belong to (18-40
year old). Next Gen discussed how the recent conceptual plan for the Lumberyard Project increased the
number of units in the project and that there was room for further unit increases and changes to the
design of the project.
Councilmember Ward Hauenstein sent a letter to Next Gen which posed several questions. Next
Gen spent the bulk of the meeting going through the councilmember’s question’s, discussing them, and
crafting answers to them. The answers to these questions were recorded by Next Gen and put into a
letter. They plan to further edit the letter and share it with all councilmembers.
The first question that Next Gen addressed focused on the mix of rental and ownership units in
the development. Next Gen discussed how the answer to this question should be driven by data. They
also discussed reorganizing the conceptual plan so that ownership units and rental units were separated
to increase quality of life for owners. Next Gen agreed that if they had to pick, then the units should be
all rental.
The next question that Next Gen addressed focused on childcare in the Lumberyard Project.
Next Gen agreed that childcare is important to include in the project. Additionally, Next Gen discussed
the possibility of housing childcare workers in the Lumberyard Project.
Next Gen briefly discussed the value of green space, orientation to facilitate sunlight, and
transportation for the development.
The last question that Next Gen addressed focused on the value of the City’s public outreach on
this project, and if the City should move forward with the project with the public outreach that they
have received so far. Next Gen discussed that the sample size was not appropriately targeted to receive
input from the people that could use the Lumberyard Project the most, the sample size was not high
enough and should have input from 500 – 1,000 people, the public outreach should be done by a
marketing firm, and that the Lumberyard Project’s design should be primarily data-driven rather than
driven by public outreach.
Next Gen wrapped up the meeting by briefly discussing the upcoming deadline for members of
the public to apply to serve on citizen boards and committees.
MEETING ENDED: 6:40 PM