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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19860623Regular Meeting As..pen City Council -June 23, 1986 SCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES 1 CITIZENS COMMENTS 1 HOTEL JEROME PUD AMENDMENT 2 ORDINANCE #22, SERIES OF 1986 - Skiing Company IDBs 6 BIKE RACK ON SIDEWALK - Aspen Velo 6 REQUEST TO USE CITY PROPERTY - Biodome Proposal 7 REQUEST TO SUPPORT KVOD 8 LIQUOR LICENSE HEARING - Main Street Liquor 9 FIGURE SKATING SCHOOL 9 REQUEST FOR FUNDS AND PARKS - Children's Festival 10 RESOLUTION #13, SERIES OF 1986 - Pisten Bulley 11 LEASE OF TROLLEY TO NORDIC COUNCIL 11 ASPEN PROMOTIONAL FILM 11 SPA AMENDMENT - Sanitation District 12 INVESTMENT POLICIES 14 TRIP TO CHAMONIX 14 ELECTION QUESTIONS 14 VENDING ON STREET - Hotel Jerome 17 RED ROOF INNS 17 19 Regular Meetincr- Asoen Cites Counc'1 June 23, 1986 Mayor Stirling called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m. with Councilmembers Isaac, Collins and Fallin present. SC~iEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES Mayor Stirling said 20 years ago Aspen formed a sister city with Garmisch Partenkirchen, West Germany. A Sister City committee has been formed, and a representative of the Garmisch Council is present. Herr ? told Council Garmisch is pleased that Aspen has shown a renewed interest in the sister-city program, which could be a stepping stone to world peace. Herr presented a platter commemorating 20 years of sister cities. Mayor Stirling presented Herr with books about Aspen and Colorado to take back to Garmisch. Mayor Stirling said he and Councilwoman Walls have met with R. 0. Anderson, who will appear on July 14th before Council to discuss the future plans of the Institute. CITIZENS COMMENTS 1. Lee Miller brought up the lack of attention to Galena street. There is a vacant lot at the base of the mountain being used as a construction site, which creates a dust problem and a mess. Miller said a lot of guests use Galena street and it is in very bad shape. Miller said the city has not washed Galena street in six weeks. Miller said he would like to see Galena street properly taken care of. Miller told Council a ski rack was sitting in the middle of the street for 5 weeks. Jay Hammond, city engineer, said the construction site is privately owned and there is an agreement with the Skiing Company to use the site. Hammond told Council he is not aware of any restrictions for using private property as a temporary construction site. Hammond said the city is trying to keep the Skiing Company responsible for clean up. Hammond said the city will be patching Galena street this week. Council requested a progress report on this area. Miller told Council no matter who he talks to, there is no action. 2. Jerry Blann, Skiing Company, requested Council add an ordinance f or first reading on a delegation agreement to Summit county to issue additional industrial development bonds. Mayor Stirling moved to add the Aspen Skiing Company bonds to the agenda; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. 3. David Mylar, representing the Hotel Jerome management, requested permission to operate a hot dog stand on July 4 and to be added to the agenda. 1 Reaul ar N~eetin4 Asp~en_C,j t.X Council June 23 , 1986 Mayor Stirling moved to suspend the rules and add this item to the agenda at VI(p); seconded by Councilman Isaac. Councilwoman Fallin said she feels requests like this should be submitted in a timely fashion. The Skiing Company has an urgent situation. All in favor, with the exception of Councilwoman Fallin. Motion carried. 4. Mary Faulkner, Tipple Inn, told Council the original site for the construction staging area at the base of the mountain was the Aspen Inn site, and this would help the problem. Mayor Stirling asked staff to explore the possibility of using the Aspen Inn site, and to work with the Skiing Company. 5. Joseph Meyer said he would like Council to consider an ordinance regulating therapeutic massages. Meyer told Council anybody without training can go into massage business. Meyer said he has been getting information and other sample ordinances. Council requested the city attorney bring back a recommendation on July 28 agenda. Councilwoman Fallin said she would like to know the city's liabilities if they start licensing this type of business. Councilman Collins asked how long the construction staging site will be located at 700 South Galena. Hammond said this staging is related to the utility and excavation work at the Little Nell site. Jerry Blann, Skiing Company, told Council with the regrading of Littl e Nell, the re was no pace on site to put any equipment. Blann said in the next phase of construction, they hope to do as much staging as possible on site. HOTEL JEROME PUD AMENDMENT Dick Butera presented the original plan approved for John Gilmore in 1983. Butera told Council when he took this plan to the state and national historic offices, they objected to the plan. Butera had the expansion re-designed and presented drawings of that design from Mill, Main and Bleeker streets. Butera reminded Council the original plan was approved with no on-site parkin g but would contribute to a parking structure when built. The new plan has 50 parking spaces on-site. Butera told Council the new plan reduces the commercial square footage from 13,000 square feet to 4,000 square feet. The new hotel has 67 guest rooms instead of 74 guest rooms. The floor are ratio has been reduced from 2.7:1 to 2.23:1. The employee housing proposal is the same. Butera showed Council that the height of the expansion has been tied to the parapet of the old Jerome. The height on the Bleeker side is 40 feet; Gilmore's plan was for 28 feet. The allowable height in the zone district is 40 feet. Butera told Council the 2 Re4ular - Meeti_na_ As~aen City Council June 23 , 198 reason his plan is 2-1/2 feet higher on the back side is to accommodate the on-site parking. This is also to maintain the floor levels between the old and new buildings. The number of restaurants has been reduced from 4 to 2. Butera presented the plan approved by HPC. At the P & Z meeting, there were objections to the height at the corner of Monarch and Bleeker. Butera presented a compromise plan, which HPC and the national parks service do not favor. Butera told Council the applicant has agreed to split the cost to regrade Bleeker between Monarch and Mill with the city Butera illustrated the service access and trash area, which is much better than the original plan. Butera presented a blow up of the window treatment using the same red stone and brick work as the original hotel. Alan Richman, planning director, said he f eels in general the amended plan is desirable and an improvement over the original plan. Richman said the changes to reduce the number of rooms and to eliminate the commercial space are positive and will lessen the impact of the hotel. Richman said the new architectural style has a greater historical integrity. The reason the HPC favored the taller building was the historic integrity. Richman told Council there is an objection to the height at Bleeker and Monarch. The hotel is a conditional use in the CC zone, and the principle review criteria is neighborhood compatibility. The allowable height in the CC zone is 40 feet; the allowable height across the street in the office zone is 28 feet. P & Z concurred the 40 feet height across Bleeker street was too much for the neighbors, particularly at Monarch. Richman presented the compromise plan from the applicant, which drops the elevation to 30 feet. Richman told Council he could agree with H PC's position that this plan does not keep the integrity of the building. Richman said he is not comfortable with the addition along Bleeker from land use compatibility. Richman said this is an important addition to an important building, and Council should be careful about that addition. Richman said Council should ask for something better than the two presented alternatives. Councilman Isaac asked what would happen if the underground parking were eliminated and the building lowered. Doug Graybeal, architect, said the building is designed to match the existing lobby elevation of the Jerome. The buildings have to connect on each floor. Harvey told Council the national parks service likes the horizontal element tying in elevations and windows all the way around the hotel. Richman said the shading study demonstrates the 40 foot addition will cause shadows all the way across Bleeker and on to the neighboring property. Graybeal illustrated the shading study 3 Regular Meeting _A~uen City Council ,7une 23. 198 from the original approval, the 40 feet proposed addition, an d the stepped solution. Richman pointed out the stepped addition makes very little difference in terms of shading on the street and will have limited effect on the neighborhood. Richman said the historical integrity is important, and the dropped down addition does not make a lot of benefit to the community. The dropped down version causes more building on the Main street facade. Graybeal pointed out where the rooms from the Bleeker street side have been moved to the front of the building. Mayor Stirling said he does not favor the dropped down addition. Mayor Stirling said the proposal is not asking for a height variation and is never taller than the existing Hotel Jerome. Mayor Stirling said the expansion should be done with as much historical integrity as possible. Harvey pointed out the allowable height in this district is 40 feet. Across the street are R-6 and office zones, which have a lower height limit. The reason the rezoning was done is the south half of the block was zoned CC and the north half was zoned office. A hotel is not allowed in the office zone. Butera said he feels this i s the correct plan for the Jerome. Mayor Stirling opened the public hearing. 1. Rainard Elder, 202 North Monarch, said he would like to see the hotel lowered one story; however, he can understand why it has to be built. Elder said his main concern is the regrading of Bleeker street, and there will be a drop to his property. Elyse E11 iott, engineering department, said there is a grade problem and the staff will work with the property owners to do everything possible to make it compatible. 2. Linda Evans, 218 North Monarch, said she prefers the lowest roof. Ms. Evans asked about the plan for the large trees on the west edge of the site. Harvey said they will replace the cottonwoods with 28 foot tall maple trees. The landscaping plan will be recorded with the city. 3. Jim Markalunas, water department, said he is recommending the water service be interconnected with the main on Mill street. This section of Bleeker street has no main on it. This request is to the hotel's benefit to keep water service in the event the Monarch street main goes out of service. Harvey told Council the applicant is not accepting that recommendation. The are requesting an amendment to the PUD; they are abiding by the original PUD obligations, including compensating the city to tie into the Monarch street 12 inch and 240 linear feet. The city's intention was to complete the loop. Harvey said the applicant is requesting specific amendments to the PUD agreement and the city 4 Regu-lar Meeting Aspen Citv Council June 23~ 1986 does not have the right to open up other elements of the PUD agreement. Richman said he evolves in terms is appropriate. current needs of feels there is of regulations, Richman said the project and a precedence that as the city the city applies what they feel this is the opinion about the is what the city would require original approval, it was the to pay f or the loop. Harvey fees. currently. Harvey said in the city's position they were going recommended an off set to the tap Joan Lane said she feels the regrading of Bleeker street will not approve the intersection at Mill. Mayor Stirling read into the record a letter from Bill Parsibok, adjacent property owner, requesting the elimination of the fourth story at Bleeker and Monarch and significant landscaping along those two streets. There is a letter from Philip Hodgson, 212 North Monarch, urging the approved plan to eliminate a story and landscaping. J erry Blann said there is a lot of professional back up into work on projects like this. Blann said this is a sensitive site and the architects have worked hard to protect it. Jon Busch said he feels it is very important to tie the lines of the addition to the existing hotel. Bil Dunaway, adjacent property owner, objected to the two large electrical installations next to the property line. These make a lot of noise. Butera said he agrees these are not in the right place. Mayor Stirling closed the public hearing. Councilman I saac moved to instruct the planning office and city attorney to draft an agreement granting approval of the PUD amendment for the hotel Jerome without the dropped down plan at Bleeker and Monarch and return at the July 14 Council meeting; seconded by Councilwoman Fallin. Councilwoman Fallin said she would prefer to know more about the water issue before final approval. Councilman Collins said he likes the architecture but there may be other solutions to the west end of the hotel. Councilman Collins said the west end of the project could be pulled back two bays to give a buffer. Councilman Collins said the residential character of the neighborhood should be respected. Councilman Collins said this is a massive building a block long. Mayor Stirling said he is in support of this project; it is great to get on-site parking. The integrity issue in terms of compatibility of the historic character is important. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Collins. Motion carried. 5 Regul-ar Meeting.- Aspen City Counci, June 23. 1986 ORDIi~tANCE #22, SERIES OF 1986 - Skiing Company IDBs Councilwoman Fallin moved to read Ordinance #22, Series of 1986; seconded by Councilman Isaac. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #22 (Series of 1986) AN ORDINANCE DELEGATING TO THE COUNTY OF SUMMIT, COLORADO, THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF ASPEN TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS UNDER THE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BOND ACT ARTICLE 3 , TITLE 29 , COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, TO FINANCE A PROJECT OF THE ASPEN SKIING COMPANY, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY BY THE CITY OF ASPEN OF A DELEGATION AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION THEREWITH was read by the city clerk Councilwoman Fallin moved to adopt Ordinance #22, Series of 1986, on first hearing; seconded by Mayor Stirling. Councilwoman Fallin asked why the county of Summit is issuing the bonds. Jerry Blann, Skiing Company, reminded Council in October 1984, they went through this same process to sell development bonds for ski mountain improvements. Blann said the Company has accelerated and increased their projects, and they have a short fall. The proposal is to issue 515,000,000 to extend an additional 3 years. Blann said this is a financing opportunity they would like to take advantage of . Councilman Isaac asked why Council has to pass an ordinance for revenue bonds being issued in Summit county. Dan O'Meara, bond counsel, told Council the state act requires cities act by ordinance. Mayor Stirling asked how much money will be spent on Aspen mountain. Blann said the company is spending 59,500,000 this summer on Aspen mountain. Councilman Collins asked the interest rate of these bonds. Dennis Harmon told Council it varies between 4~ to 9$. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Fallin, yes; Collins, yes; Isaac, yes; Mayor Stirling, yes. Motion carried. BIKE RACK ON SIDEWALK - Aspen Velo Jay Hammond, city engineer, told Council this is a request to put up a temporary bike rack on Hunter street adjacent to the curb. Hammond said they tried to put the bike rack on private property but had some problems with that. The staff is recommending denial. The CCLC was not supportive, feeling this was an inappropriate commercial use of the right-of-way and would open up precedence for other shops. The planning office agreed and also said the rack would inhibit use of the sidewalk. 6 Re-~ular Meeting Aspen Citv Councir June 23. 1986 Craig Peterson, Aspen Velo, said there is a lot of traffic and bicycles in this area and people are leaning their bikes up against the walkway. Peterson pointed out the trees and the location of a bike rack, for personal bikes and for their rental bikes. Peterson said they are trying to expose their rental bicycles. Peterson said they tried twice to work something out with the Aspen Square building so this would be on private property. Councilwoman Fallin said the city is not enforcing businesses encroaching into city property all around the city. Hammond told Council the CCLC has been providing public bike racks around town. Mayor Stirling said this would encourage starting permanent street displays and having business in public rather than rental areas. Mayor Stirling moved not to grant the request to put a bike rack in the public right-of-way and to pursue public bike racks where appropriate; seconded by Councilwoman Fallin. Peterson said the rack he built will not have the bikes encroaching on the sidewalk and will get the congestion problem cleared up. Peterson said the rack will also have rentals from his shop. All in favor, motion carried. RE - JEST TO- USE -CITY PROPERTY - Biodome Proposal Steve Burstein, planning office, told Council P & Z reviewed this June 10, looked at visual impacts, utilities, existing trails, and environmental concerns. Burstein presented the site plan showing the existing parking, the community garden, the tree planting program. One of the issues P & Z addressed is whether the structure may compromise is passive aspect of the Marolt/Thomas property. The P & Z did feel there are many positive aspects to the project. P & Z did recommend 10 items to be included in the contract with Eagle's Nest, if Council is interested in approving this. Burstein said staff feels with the location on the parcel, the tree screening, the association with the community garden, and a 3 year contract, that it is an acceptable project. Patty Carlson requested a 3 month notice in case of termination so they can find another location. Ms. Carlson said the Aspen Digger has submitted a letter that they will do all the backhoe work to remove the dome. Councilman Collins moved to approve the request to place the biosphere as shown on the submitted plan subject to an agreement incorporating 10 conditions in the planning office memorandum 7 Re~gula-r- fineeting -Aspen City Co~zncil June 23 . -1986 with the 3 month termination notice to meet the city attorney's approval; seconded by Councilwoman Fallin. City Attorney Taddune asked if there will be any commercial use on site. Ms. Carlson said they will sell to restaurants in town but not on site. Councilman Isaac said he likes the idea of the operation but feels this is the wrong location. Councilwoman Fallin said this is a temporary location on land the city does not currently have any plans for. Ms. Carlson said she would like the city to contribute the water. Ms. Carlson said she will need 168 gallons a day. Jay Hammond, city engineer, said he is not sure where the water will come from on this property. Councilman Isaac said the request for water, how much it will cost, and where it will be located should come back to Council. Councilwoman Fallin said she would prefer to give this approval and have the Eagle's Nest return at budget time as a non-profit request for the donation of water. Mayor Stirling said he does not view this as a temporary structure, and 3 years is quite some time. The intention of open space is to be open space, used for trails and pedestrians. Ms. Carlson said this is located not to interfere with any of the activities on this parcel. Mayor Stirling said he feels there are better alternatives, like the school parcel or ACES, not in the main entrance to Aspen. Councilman Collins said he feels the location is compatible with the community garden and the nurseries. Councilman Collins said he feels this is an exciting experiment which should be given an opportunity. Councilmembers Collins and Fallin in favor; Councilman Isaac and Mayor Stirling opposed. Motion NOT carried. RE~ttES~-~TO~ SttPPORT KVQD This is a request for Council to support the county placing KVOD on the translator. Mayor Stirling said Council has granted money in 1986 from the Canyon Cable franchise to public radio. Mayor Stirling said the city has not received any public radio service over the last 3 months. Sy Coleman, public radio, urged Council not to support a request to have tax money subsidize a private commercial radio station. Coleman told Council the county passed legislation in 1983 that they are prohibited from competing with public radio. Coleman said Council should not be endorsing commercial activity. Acting City Manager Mitchell told Council there are a number of people that do not have cable who should have the opportunity to pick stations up. The county feels a responsibility to provide this opportunity to these citizens. Bil Dunaway said counties are authorized by special state legislation to do this. Coleman said television is unavailable 8 Re- u a~ Meet~.nQ Aspen City Council June 23.___198 to those without cable, so it is justifiable for the county to provide a utility service that is not available. In the case of radio, this is direct competition with local broadcasting companies. Councilman Isaac said he feels this is the wrong forum to discuss this issue; it is a county function. Councilwoman Fallin agreed this should be done at the county level. Councilman Isaac moved not to take any specific action on this request; seconded by Councilwoman Fallin. Jon Busch said he feels this is an appropriate request because the primary benefit is to the city. Busch said the issue here is providing a service to those listeners who like classical music. All in favor, with the exception of Mayor Stirling. Motion carried. Mayor Stirling requested staff get together with Coleman about public radio service. L_ I~JOR LICENSE HEARING - Main Street Liquor Councilwoman Fallin moved to table this at the request of the applicant to July 14, 1986; seconded by Councilman Isaac. All in favor, motion carried. ~iG~R~ -~SEA~I-NG ~~SCHOOL George Pucak, recreation department, told Council there has been a request for the city to take over the figure skating school. Pucak told Council in 1985, they had 60 skaters and 3 visiting pros and operated during June and July. The club turned over $5,177 to the city to help offset the costs of operation. Pucak said in the agreement with the Figure Skating Club there has been a requirement to provide a liability insurance policy with the city co-named. Pucak said the Figure Skating Club is having a very difficult time finding insurance, and is requesting the city take over the summer skating school to assure its continued operation. Pucak said there will be some increased exposure, but taken against the overall exposure of the ice rink, it would be minimal. Pucak told Council it costs about $3500 to run the figure skating school. The city will take on some financial responsibilities of the figure skating school, but will also receive their revenues. Pucak said the city has historically run the figure skating school. Councilman Isaac moved that the city take over the operation of the Summer Skating School as offered by the Aspen Figure Skating 9 Regular-~+I-eetincr Asx~en City ~ Counci~___ _ June 23. -198 Club and that the rink manager be responsible for the integration of the school into the 1986 Ice Garden program; seconded by Councilman Collins. Finance Director Cindy Shafer said the city pays CIRSA $270,000 per year, which covers general liability as well as property and auto insurance. Acting City Manager Mitchell said this coverage would be included. Mitchell told Council the city's premium is based on the amount of exposure the city has. Mayor Stirling asked if figure skating is a high liability sport. Alma Davenport, skating instructor, said she has never heard of an ice rink being sued. Pucak said the city is currently working in a partnership with the Figure Skating School. Mitchell said having a figure skating school will not change the city' s exposure. Mitchell said this is a good program to be part of the ice rink and will become a city program like softball. Councilman Collins asked if this will involve any more employees. Mitchell said the financial impact will not change. All in favor, motion carried. REQ~~EST ~'OR FUNDS AI'~D PARKS - Children's Festival Jan Gessele told Council they are planning a Children's Festival- Aspen for September 27 and would like permission to have booths in Wagner Park and 51500. Ms. Gessele said the last Children's Festival in Aspen was in 1982. Since then it has been held in Snowmass. Ms. Gessele said they would like to make this a quality event and to enlighten Aspen's image. Councilman Isaac asked how the city would be covered for insurance. Acting City Manager Mitchell said the city gets hold harmless agreements and is named as co-insured. Mayor Stirling said he supports using Wagner Park; however, Council is not in a position to fund $1500 this late in the year. Mayor Stirling suggested this group request funds in the 1987 along with the other non-profit groups. Pam Fisher asked if the city budgets money for publicity. Mayor Stirling said the Aspen Resort Association does that and suggested this group a pproach the ARA. Councilwoman Fallin suggested helping out with in-kind services. Mayor Stirling moved to allow the Children's Festival to use Wagner Park September 27 subject to an agreement to be worked out by the attorney' s office; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Coll ins moved to grant 5800 towards funding of the Children's Festival-Aspen f rom the 1986 contingency f unds . Motion DIES for lack of second. 10 Regular M~eetinq - Aspen City Council June 23-. ~ 1986 Councilwoman Fallin suggested in-kind services could help set up or clean up. Ms. Gessele said the better the festival is in 1986, the better it will be in the future. The whole town will be donating to this event. Pam Fisher said they will be bringing entertainment and people f rom out of town. They would like to emphasize family orientation. Council agreed with in-kind support for this festival. RESOL-UTI$N~ -#13. SERIES OF 1986 - Pisten Bulley Acting City Manager Mitchell told Council City Attorney Taddune went to the school board meeting, who said they are morally committed to make the necessary funds available but are not willing to sign the agreement. Mitchell said the resolution will have to be modified to eliminate the school. Jim Mollica, Nordic council, said they will pick up the additional $2500 the school board was going to pay, if the school board does not come up with it. Mollica said the school board did not want to tie f uture board members into a long term agreement. Council said they want to know if Pitkin County and Snowmass will accept the agreement without the school board. Councilman Collins moved to table Resolution #13, 1986, to July 14; seconded by Councilwoman Fallin. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Isaac. Motion carried. DEA~S E•--6F - DROLL EY - TO NORDI C COUNCIL Acting City Manager Mitchell reminded Council they directed staff to bring this lease back to Council. It is basically the same lease that has been in effect with Dick Jackson. Councilwoman Fallin moved to approve the lease; seconded by Councilman Isaac. Councilman Isaac asked if there is language in the lease that they may sub-lease to the ARA. Mitchell said the lease should be amended in section 3 to state "non-exclusive" use. All in favor, motion carried. ASPEN -~ROMOfiIONAL FILM Greg Poschman told Council he has received encouragement to continue raising money for the film. Poschman said he has been spending some of his money working on the film. The organizations lending moral support are M.A.A., ballet, apt foundation. Poschman told Council the Thrift Shop has given him a grant. Poschman has been talking to local businesses and has had some support. Poschman said some concerns have come up about quality of the f ilm. Poschman told Council he has some 11 Re-gula-r- Meeti-nc~ Asgen City Cou ci - - ~7une 2-3. 1~~9~6 collaborators of a professional film company, who have done promotional films on Colorado and on skiing. Poschman said another concern is how much input the city will have in making this film. Poschman said in his original proposal, funding was to come in 3 phases. Poschman said he would have to reach a certain stage in filming before Council would give more money. Poschman said there was a concern about distribution. He has been talking to corporate sponsors about becoming involved in the film and putting together a distribution plan . The film wil 1 be made available to the groups featured in the film. The Colorado Board of tourism and Council for the Arts have expressed interest in having the film for distribution. Poschman told Council cash and in-kind contributions are approaching 525,000, which can be verified by a Council representative. Councilman Isaac said he felt this should be reviewed during 1987 budget. Mayor Stirling suggested setting June 30 as the deadline, have Poschman meet with the finance director to verify the funds are there. If the funds are not there, the grant will be withdrawn and he can come in at budget time. Mayor Stirling moved to set June 30 as the deadline, have Poschman demonstrate to 2 Councilmembers and the finance directors that he has raised sufficient funds ; i f he has not the grant be withdrawn. City Attorney Taddune said Poschman is requested Council determine wether in-kind contributions will be taken into account in reaching the $25,000 budget. Councilwoman Fallin said if the in-kind translates into specific a monetary amounts, that is fine. Poschman said some of the in-kind contributions will offset major costs of equipment, facilities. Councilman Collins said he feels June 30th is too soon and would like to give enough time to produce an acceptable product. Mayor Stirling amended his motion to set July 28th as the deadline and to accept a combination of in-kind and cash, to be evaluated by the finance director; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Isaac. Motion carried. S-PA AM~`itfiDME1~T - Sanitation District Steve Burstein, planning office, told Council this is an SPA amendment and GMP exemption for an essential public facility for an off ice and storage facility. The addition is 4,150 square feet. Burstein told Council the staff feels the sanitation district has valid needs for office and storage space and does 12 Re-~tul-ar t i r~q ~ - Aspen Ci ty ~o any i l - - - 3 un a ~2 3 . 1-9 8.6 qualify as an essential public facility. Burstein said there are facility studies being done, but it is inappropriate to hold up the plans of the Sanitation District. Burstein showed the general development plan and the area the staff would like designated as interim open space and maintained as a green area. P & Z reviewed and approved this with 8 conditions. The applicant is to verify ownership of the land abutting Mill street. There is to be testing by a geotechnical engineer. Sand traps within the drainage system are to be installed. The applicant is to contact the State Department of Health and the EPA regarding the fuel tanks. Additional trees are to be planted to screen the site. The applicant is to designate the northerly portion of the property as interim open space. An SPA plan is to be recorded. The last condition is the construction and landscaping shall be completed by May 1987. Bob Sterling, representing the applicant, told Council the land between their site and the Mill street right-of-way has existed for 45 years. Sterling said there is a recorded deed on that land to Pitkin County, which no one can locate. Sterling said if they cannot satisfy the conditions to verify ownership and obtain an easement, they would like to be able to use it the way they have for 45 years. Sterling said they do not have problems with any of the conditions except the interim open space, which implies that public be able to use the space . The Department of Health will not permit that type of use, since this is a utility company. The Sanitation District will probably have to comply with requirement of the Department of Health to fence this area. Sterling said the Sanitation District may well develop this area in the future. They may need to provide a covered retention pond in this area. Sterling said condition 8 requires the site by paved no later than May 1987; there is no paving com pany available in May. The Sanitation District does agree to have it paved as soon as possible. Councilm an Isaac asked if it wouldn't be more beneficial to build this facility where the plant is west of town. Sterling said there is not enough room at that site, and most of the equipment to be stored is used in town. Mayor Stirling moved to approve the proposed SPA plan amendment and GMP exemption for essential public facilities for the Sanitation District subject to conditions 1 through 8 in the planning office memorandum of June 16 , 1986 , changing the date in condition 8 to July 1987; seconded by Councilman Isaac. Council said they would like to continue discussing a snow dump site. Heiko Kuhn said they did have the snow dump for a number of years, and neighbors will complain wherever the snow dump site is. Councilman Isaac said he feels this would be better located 13 Reuu-far - i~e-e~ti rr~r - - --_ _-. _ __- A~e~n _-~ ~~ tv _ C~ un c~i ~ _ _ _ ___ _ J un~e _2 3 - ~ 3~8 at the Airport Business Center site. Kuhn said sewage processing is at the Airport Business Center, but maintenance and administration is in town. Councilwoman Fallin asked if this will increase traffic on Mill street. Kuhn said they will have the same number of employees and vehicles. All in favor, motion carried. ~I~RS~MEI'~~ --F6~~C3~S Cindy Shafer, finance director, pointed out in "competitive bidding" added a second paragraph discussing rebids and preference given to local institutions when bids are similar. Another change is in "diversification" that investments in one institution shall not exceed 10$ of the city's portfolio, rather than 15$. Also in this section the maximum about in an single institution was lowered to $400,000. Ms. Shafer told Council $100,000 is insured by FDIC; over 5100,000 there is a public depository act which requires savings and loans to collaterize public moneys with U. S. government securities. If an institution fails, it will take time to get the money back. Ms. Shafer pointed out if there are too many small investments, it becomes an administrative problem. Ms. Shafer told Council the city's total investments currently are 510,000,000. The amount fluctuates if the city has issued bonds. Ms. Shafer pointed out in "Authorized Investments" it was added that Council must approve the use of any investment pool by resolution. Councilman Isaac moved to adopt the investment policies; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Isaac moved to adopt Resolution X19, Series of 1986; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. ~R ~P - Tf?--CH~MOI~ Mayor Stirling moved to table this to July 14 , 1986 ; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. ~i~6i~ -4 ttES T~@I~ S The proposed questions are a recreation center at Iselin park, the financing of the renovation of city hall, the entrance of highway 82 into Aspen, and the exchange of a parcel of the Marolt property to obtain a Nordic trail easement. Mayor Stirling said he feels the decision about the recreation center is the Council's responsibility. Mayor Stirling moved not to submit the issue of a recreation l4 ~e-atxi-a-r- -Meeting _ -- - - - -- -Aspen _-C ity -G`oun~c zl - - - _ _ 3 ome -2 3.,_ _~ ~ S6 center at Iselin park but should pursue the process the Council is in; seconded by Councilwoman Fallin. Councilman Isaac pointed out there is not enough information to give the voters something to vote on. Councilwoman Fallin agreed this issue is too premature. Councilman Collins said what he wanted was an expression from the community about the concept of a recreation center of this size. Councilman Collins said he would like the question to ask whether the city should pursue the design construction of a recreation center. Councilman Collins questioned the approximate cost of $6,000,000 and feels it will be more than that. Councilman Collins said rather than spend X25,000 on a feasibility study, the staff can give Council some options on how this would be financed, what to do with the present ice garden, what it is worth. Councilman Collins said he would like to know if the electorate is conceptually interested in a capital expenditure of $8,000,000 or more rather than spend money doing a study. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Collins. Motion carried. Finance Director Cindy Shafer presented two options for financing city hall renovation; lease purchase or issuing general obligation bonds . The Council has budgeted for the bond approach. Ms. Shafer pointed out one of the advantages of the GO bonds is that the interest rate is fixed and will be less over the life of the bonds. Ms. Shafer said the interest rates on the bonds in the early years will be between 4 and 6$ . Mayor Stirling said he has always favored the citizens retaining city hall. Acting City Manager Mitchell said the city sent out bids for the lease/purchase option and the interest was not as high as anticipated. Mayor Stirling moved to put on the ballot the question of issuing $2 , 200 , 00 general obligation bonds for the purpose of renovation of city hall; seconded by Councilwoman Fallin. All in favor, motion carried. Acting City Manager Mitchell said he would like Council to discuss on the next agenda how the city will deal with the election issues. Tom Baker, planning office, said the state highway department would like a community consensus on the highway entrance into town so they may move forward on their environmental impact statement process. Baker told Council if the community does not send it preference, it could delay the EIS process up to two years. Baker pointed out if the railroad is in service and a bus lane between Aspen and Snowmass operating, the community may not need a four-lane highway. The EIS process is part of 15 u 1-ar-Me~ti~n~ - _ -- ~_-- ----. ____ A-s~e-n ~i tv ~o un c31_ ___ _ _ - - -- J~urre 2~~ . _ Y 9 ~6 understanding what a strong transit program in the valley will do to highway 82. Any upgrade of highway 982 will take some portion of city open space, like the golf course or Marolt/Thomas property. Baker told Council the city attorney's office has recommended two questions with voters being allowed to vote yes or no on each question. City Attorney Taddune said one of the objectives is to obtain voter approval to use open space for right-of-way purposes. Taddune said these questions have to be comprehensive so the voters know what they are voting on in terms of alignments. Acting City Manager Mitchell said the way the questions are worded, voters will be giving Council a preference on an alignment as well as the authority to use open space. Councilman Collins asked if the questions should be more specific on exactly how much open space will be given up. Baker said staff wants some flexibility to work with the highway department through the EIS process. Councilman Isaac moved to suspend the rules and go beyond 9:00; seconded by Mayor Stirling. All in favor, motion carried. Baker pointed out the way the ballots are worded gives staff and Council the authority to work with the highway department to get the kind of design this community desires. Herb Klein said he would like to see a third alternative. Having a four-lane into town could change the character of the town and make an irrevocable commitment to the automobile. Klein suggested having the alignment stop either at Maroon or Castle creek. Klein said a four-lane is needed but not in town. John Doremus said the questions are complicated and does not feel it is necessary to give the voters a choice of alignment. The traffic committee, P & Z, and planning staff all endorse the straight alignment. Richie Cohen said he feels the consensus of the voter in the fall was that people want a four-lane into town. Councilman Isaac said if there are two questions, and the electorate vote them both down, the four-lane issue will be answered. Jeffrey Evans said these questions are very good. Councilman Isaac moved to put questions 2 and 3 on the ballot; seconded by Councilwoman Fallin. Councilman Collins said there was another alternative, two-pair road out and in. Councilman Collins said the voters should know what will happen at Maroon and Cemetery Lane intersections. In one of the plans everyone on Cemetery Lane will have to come into town to get on the highway. Mayor Stirling said committees and staff has narrowed the alignment to these two choices and they should be put to the electorate. Mayor Stirling said he feels to 16 Re-cTUI a-r-- M~eti~a ._-- _ __._-_As~e-n -_Gi.ty_- Co-un~ci-1- -- -- -- -J-trne _.-~3 make a decision of the Cemetery Lane intersection in this ballot is unnecessary. Councilmembers Isaac and Fallin in favor; Councilman Collins and Mayor Stirling opposed. Motion NOT carried. Mayor Stirling moved to continue the meeting to July 7 at 5:00 pm; seconded by Councilman Collins. All in favor, motion carried. Mayor Stirling moved to read Ordinance #21 , Series of 1986; seconded by Counc ilman Isaac. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE # 21 (Series of 1986) AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIVE PRECINCTS FOR THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD AUGUST 12, 1986, AND SETTING FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF THOSE PRECINCTS was read by the city clerk Councilman Isaac moved to adopt Ordinance X21, Series of 1986, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Collins. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Isaac, yes; Fallin, yes; Collins, yes; Mayor Stirling, yes. Motion carried. VE~HIN~- O1~ ~i9~ - Hotel Jerome Dave Mylar said they need permission for a permitted exterior use to vend hot dogs on July 4 in front of the Hotel Jerome. Mayor Stirling said this would add a patriotic touch. Mayor Stirling moved to approve this request; seconded by Councilman Collins. Mylar said this will add to the festivities of the day. Taddune said he would require a vendor's agreement to use public rights- of-way. Mayor Stirling said this is a very interim use and in the spirit of the holiday. All in favor, motion carried. Council put off the 1986 Financial Performance Report and City quarterly report to July 14 and the Maintenance Facility report to June 30. Y~EB-R00~-- ii~~ Bob Grueter told Council the Red Roof is in a redemption period and the current owners will probably not redeem. Mayor Stirling 17 R~c~n ~a~r--t-i-n-g- --- -- _ __ __ -_ ~suen_ ~-i tv- ~o unc i~i - -- --- _ l ~~-~ __2~ ,_ -t 9$ if there is any chance the Red Roofs could be used by the M.A.A. or the Coors Classic. Grueter told Council he has posed this question but has not received an answer. Grueter said they will have a public auction in order to get the chattel back. Councilwoman Fallin moved to approve the consent agenda; seconded by Councilman Isaac. The items are liquor license renewals- Downtown Sports Center; Special event permits - Eagle's Club; M.A.A. , Writers Conference; Liquor License transfer - Town & Country; Minutes -April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 1986. All in favor, motion carried. Council left Chambers at 9:35 p. m. Kathryn S Koch, City Clerk 18