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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.20031215Regular Meeting Aspen Citv Council December 15, 2002 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ...................................................................................... 2 COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS ........................................................................ 2 RESOLUTION #I 16, SERIES OF 2003 - Support Continuation of Emissions testing ........................................................................................................... 4 ORDINANCE #64, SERIES OF 2003 - 134 West Hopkins Historic Lot Split .......... ......................................................................................................................... 5 RESOLUTION #98, SERIES OF 2003 - Burlingame Ranch COWOP Recommendation... ORDINANCE #61, SERIES OF 2003 - Little Red Ski Haus Timeshare ....... 9 ORDINANCE ~62, SERIES OF 2003 - Supplemental Appropriations ...... 12 ORDINANCE #63, SERIES OF 2003 - 2004 Fees .......................................... 12 ORDINANCE #22, 2003 - Little Ajax Annexation ORDINANCE #21, 2003 - Little Ajax Subdivision/P~'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill iiiii 13 13 REQUEST FOR FUNDS - Wintei;skol Taste of Aspen .. 13 REQUEST FOR FUNDS - Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club ................ 14 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15, 200.] Mayor Klandemd called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. with Councilmembers Ton'e, Paulson, Semrau and Richards present. .CITIZEb- PARTICIPATION 1. Peter Fomell said on December 8th, he and his partners presented a proposal for an automated parking facility on East Hyman. Fomell said they applied for a PUD to address s~ze and setbacks. Fornell said staff, the housing board, Design Review and the growth management commission all gave approval; P&Z denied the project on a 4 to 3 vote. At this meeting two members who supported the project were absent Fornell said the people who spoke at Council addressed the frustration of a shortage of parking and lack ora public solution. Fornell noted the opposition came from adjacent neighbors. Fomell reminded Council this is in Aspen's downtown. Fornell said queuing was a big concern. This project will allow 6 vehicles off the street at any one time and there is no reason to expect a queuing problem. Fornell pointed out no commercial development has been applied for in over 7 years because of the mitigation and the onerous process. Fornell noted he offered to amend his project at the end of the public hearing and was not allowed to present these amendments. Fornell said he can amend the height, can have the facility be a public garage. Fornell said this is the first application to be denied on a first go-round without an opportunity to amend the proposal. Fornell requested reconsideration in order to have time to amend his proposal. No Council moved for reconsideration. 2. Jennifer Albright, ACRA, reminded Council Winterskol is January 15 to 18. ACRA requests Council consideration to allow retailers to participate in sandwich boards, balloons, outside displays, similar to Aspen Goes Bazaar. Councilwoman Richards moved to approve the request by ACRA for relaxation of the sign code for Winterskol shop day; seconded by Councilman Semrau. All in favor, motion carried. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1 Mayor Klanderud wished everyone a happy holiday season. 2 Regular Meeting Aspen Citv Council December 15, 2003 2. Councilman Torre said he met with the Youth Council last week. They are taking applications for members and will be reporting back to Council. 3. Councilman Paulson presented a copy of Dr. Seuss' book, The Lorax, which has helped his thinking about development. 4. Councilman Paulson asked if anyone on Council is willing to change his or her vote on Burlingame. Councilman Paulson noted at a recent meeting a bound document was given to Council stating even Burlingame will not stem the loss of worker housing. Councilman Paulson stated environmental statistics do not bear out the argument that more is better. Councilman Paulson said since no one on Council is willing to change their vote, he would like Council to keep in mind to (1) refrain from creating a typical urban project; (2) deed restrict the open space immediately and (3) keep ~n mind this will be setting up a voting ghetto that may not have the best interest of Aspen ~n mind. Councilman Paulson asked that Council use caution and heed all information before moving forward. Councilwoman Richards said the use of the term ghetto to refer to people who live in affordable housing offends her. Councilwoman Richards said affordable housing projects in Aspen are high quality with residents who take pride in their houses. Councilwoman Richards said anyone could examine the voting records of various districts. The precincts with the largest amounts of affordable housing are split in their opinions, as is the rest of the community. Councilman Paulson noted the definition of ghetto talks about those of like mind and those of like culture. Councilman Semrau said people make up the environment, too. 5. Steve Barwick, city manager, requested an executive session be added to the end of the agenda to discuss property acquisition. 6. City Clerk Kathryn Koch told Council a private sponsor expressed interest in putting on fireworks New Year's Eve at midnight. The city only had fireworks on New Year's for 2000 and asked if Council had any objections. Council agreed this was a fine idea as long as it was at no cost to the city. 7. Councilwoman Richards reported on the RWAPA meeting last week. RWAPA granted $2400 to Roaring Fork Conservancy to keep working on 3 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15, 2003 the habitat work they have been doing for years. RWAPA also granted $2,000 to Colorado Big Country environmental group and approved Mark Fuller's contract, 8. Councilman Paulson stated he voted no on surveillance cameras at the RFTA board meeting, although the majority voted in favor. Councilman Paulson said he voted no because he does not like having a camera on our nmghbors and friends. Councilman Paulson said he does not want to see any funding taken away from bus routes. Mayor Klanderud agreed that cameras on buses might not encourage riders. RESOLUTION #116, SERIES OF 2003 - Support Continuation of Emissions testing Lee Cassin, environmental health department, presented a memorandum on the county's emission program, its effectiveness, and how it works. There is also a resolution for Council to forward to Pitkin County, if they so desire. Ms. Cassin told Council during a short monitoring time, carbon monoxide levels reached the federal health standards. This monitoring was done a long time ago and there has been no data between then and now. Ms. Cassin pointed out in that period vehicles have gotten cleaner and the number of vehicles has gone up. Ms. Cassin said the Colorado Health Department estimates 86% of the pollution in Aspen comes from automobiles. The dirtiest 20% of the vehicles are responsible for 80% of the carbon monoxide problem, which is the reason for the emissions testing program. Ms. Cassin said 12% of vehicles fail their initial test and after these cars are adjusted and pass the test, their average improvements in carbon monoxide levels are 84%. New vehicles are exempt for the first 5 years; other vehicles have to get an emission test every 2 years. This program is administered through vehicle registrations. Ms. Cassin said staff feels it would be useful for Pitkin County to know what carbon monoxide levels are before discontinuing the program. Ms. Cassin said it is a small price to pay to have one's car tested every two years to help to protect the air quality. Councilwoman Richards said she supports this program and agrees the air should be monitored before the program is discontinued. Councilwoman Richards said the city should do all they canto keep Aspen's mountain air as clean as possible. Councilman Semrau asked what it would cost to monitor carbon monoxide. Ms. Cassin said she did not know the costs; however, the city staffcould borrow the state's monitor. This would cost several 4 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15, 200.~ thousand dollars in stafftime. Ms. Cassin said it would be ideal if the monitoring could be done over several w~nters. Councilman Semrau suggested asking the county to take part in this monitoring program and have the city pay for it. Mayor Klanderud agreed she would not want to repeal the program without complete information. Sheldon Fingerman asked Council to recommend the county drop the emissions testing program. Fingennan said this test is not cost effective and may be replaced with high tech drive by tests. Fingerman said the test requires one to take time off and drive out to the airport and have their vehicles tested. Fingerman noted that many cars driven into Aspen are not registered in Pitkin County and do not have to be tested. W.R. Adam Walton said there is much more pollution from buses, delivery trucks, dump trucks, which are the great polluters in the valley. These diesel engines are more toxic than the emissions from automobiles. .Councilman Paulson said more pollution has been created due to the ~ncreased number of automobiles. Mayor Klandemd said she would not support the continuation of the emissions program if there is no benefit to it. If there has been no monitoring, there are no facts to the levels of carbon monoxide levels. Councilwoman Richards moved to adopt Resolution #116, Series of 2003, requesting the County continue the program and pursue monitoring of the program over the next year and the city will pay up to $5,000 ifa monitor can be borrowed; seconded by Councilman Paulson. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE #64, SERIES OF 2003 - 134 West Hopkins Historic Lot Split Councilman Semrau moved to read Ordinance #64, Series of 2003; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. All in favor, motion carried. ORDINANCE NO. 64 (Series of 2003) AN ORDINANCE OF THE ASPEN CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, TO GRANT APPROVAL FOR A SUBDIVISION EXEMPTION FOR AN HISTORIC LANDMARK LOT SPLIT AT 134 Regular Meetin~ Aspen City Council December l5~200~ AND 134 ½ W. HOPKINS AVENUE, UNITS K AND L, WYCKOFF CARLEY CONDOMINIUMS, BLOCK 59, CITY AND TOWNSITE OF ASPEN, COLORADO Councilman Paulson moved to adopt Ordinance #64, Series of 2003, on first reading; seconded by Councilman Semrau. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Torre, yes; Paulson, yes; Richards, yes; Semrau, yes; Mayor Klanderud, yes. Motion carried. .RESOLUTION #98, SERIES OF 20032 BUrlingame RanCh COWOP Recommendation Steve Barwick, city manager, told Council the topics they need to address are the COWOP recommendations, the long-range plans, public/private participation and the developer model. These, except for the COWOP recommendations, will be part of the work session January 5th. Ed Sadler, assistant city manager, told Council the long-range plan is premised on Council's last review prior to the COWOP being finished. Sadler said the $6 million revenues in 2005 is Comprised of selling 35 RO lots and $1 million for a public/private partnership, also included in 2006 and 2007. The development expenditure of $8.5 million in 2004 is for infrastructure. For Burlingame phase I, the expenditures in 2005 and 2006 total $6.5 million, which is the subsidy 0nly. Sadler said phase I was based on building.75 units and selling 35 lots; phase II and III would be units only. The long-range plan illustrates there are enough funds in any given year to have some flexibility with the number and type of units and the categories. Councilman Semrau asked about the land purchase fund reserve. Barwick said Staffhad that in the long2range plan; however, Council directed that $2 million towards the Little Ajax project. Barwick said the $9 million of revenue in 2004 is $4.3 million sale of Burlingame Parcel D, $3 million sale of Zupancis, $1 million planned for sale of Aspen Mass and $I million income from East Cooper. Joyce Allgaier, community development department, reminded Council in 2000 they formed a COWOP task force with the mission to come up with guidelines for Burlingame Ranch. The COWOP is now asking for Council to accept their recommendation and to implement it through the developer's model. Council would then put these guidelines.out into a competition and seek d~evelopment teams. Right now there is no set plan for Burlingame 6 Regular Meetin~ Aspen City Council December 15~ 200~ Ranch, no set number of units, no layout, no site plan. Ms. Allgaier showed the location of the Burlingame property, the access, the Soldner property; the total 32 acres. The Zolines will develop the Bar/X ranch privately. The COWOP met in 2000-2001 and then took a break while the city did an analysis of their housing program. The group reconvened and finished their planning. The COWOP had representation from Council, P&Z, housing board, AVLT, Airport Business Center and citizens. The general recommendation from COWOP was to maximize the density and strive for 330 units; the city should make the most of the Burlingame site to help with the deficit in affordable housing. The task force felt there should be a netghborhood center including a community room and a park. The task force recommends a 1.65 parking space/unit, which they felt was reasonable and practical for the use. They also recommend some area for overflow and guest parking. The task force report states that stacked fiats are not appropriate for this proposed development, both as a quality of life issue and to give residents as much privacy as possible. The task force recommends some flexibility on increasing the unit size. The mix of units should be 1, 2 and 3 bedroom and single-family detached houses, a great variety of houses. The development should be served by transit within the site. The recommendation is that this be 100% for sale project. The task force recommends 10% RO lots, 10% category 6 and 7 and 80% categories 2 through 7, with the ultimate goal of a 3.5 average category. The task force recommended the RO lots in order to make the financing work.. The recommended unit m~x is 60% 2 and 3 bedroom, 20% 1-bedroom units and 20% lots. The task force recommends no dogs allowed because of the proximity to wildlife. Conservation easements should be put in place on lands that are not used for development. Water saving devices should be installed and landscaping should use plants that do not need a lot of water. In the transportation section, there is discussion about the need for pedestrian circulation within the neighborhoods, sidewalks, shared use paths, efficient circulation within the site. The COWOP did not get specific about architecture because much of this should be left up to the developer. There are recommendations that the style should be harmonious with what is existing today, use of energy- conservation material, solar access. The intent of these guidelines is to outline a general program for the city and for developers that will be Regular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15, 2005 competing to build the project. In 2001, the task force recommended an access to Burlingame on the west side of Soldners' property. After that, Council had a site visit and a discussion and stated the east side of Soldners' was the preferred access to the project. Mayor Klanderud said the conservation easement will cover any portion of the property not developed and the AVLT will be a third party.to that agreement. Ms. Allgaier said the COWOP recommendation is flexible and as Council goes forward, the mix of units may change due to financial considerations. These are general guidelines. Councilwoman Richards said categories I through 4 related to the breakdown of the work force and questioned the inclusion of categories 5 through 7 and RO. Councilman Semrau said the average of 3.5 turns out to be the average income in the county. Ms. Allgaier said between now and the work session in January, staff and Council will visit some housing sites in order to better define and understand Council's vision for the project. Michelle Bonfils, asset management, said one thing that came out of the site planning was that the COWOP wants to follow the topography as much as possible. Ms Allgaier told Council the infrastructure will be put in all at once. The phasing will be driven by economics. Staff recommends the phasing and total number of units will be done on what works for the environment, as well as the practicalities of creating a livable neighborhood. Mayor Klandernd opened the public hearing. Jim Curtis said he attended many of the COWOP meetings. Curtis said this is a good set of guidelines as a working tool for this project. Curtis said regarding the developer proposals; (1) he is supportive of the guideline that there be no stacked flats; the Council should emphasize quality over quantity; (2) look into a possible reduction in the number of RO lots; this may not be financially possible; (3) on the phasing, Council should move cautiously even if it is less than 110 units in the first phase. Jim Baker, Anderson Ranch, said their concern is the impact of this project on the Soldner property. Baker told Council they have used the property and would like to see the Soldner property preserved and used educationally. Baker said the Soldner property has a studio and a gallery. The center is very close to the access to Burlingame Ranch. Baker encouraged Council to Regular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15, 2003 look at this alignment and to keep it as far away from the art center as possible. Councilman Torre said the impacts to the Soldner property are a great concern to him. Council had site visits and discussions on the access road and chose the eastern alignment because of all the constraints. Sadler said the RFPs contain the location of the access road and RFPs will go out the first week in January. Mayor Klandemd said if in Baker's work with the Soldners and they are willing to look at a different alignment, he should report this back to Council for discussion at the January 5th work session. If there is no significant change, this will not be discussed. Councilman Torre moved to adopt Resolution #98, Series of 2003, accepting the COWOP recommendations; seconded by Councilman Semrau. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Paulson. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #61, SERIES OF 2003 - Little Red Ski Haus Timeshare James Lindt, community development department, told Council this is an application to convert a lodge into timeshare units. The applicants propose to sell 16 fractional interests in 12 units. Each owner will have 3 weeks use on a floating basis. The applicants will keep 4 weeks/year to rent on a short- term basis during peak times. Lindt said staff feels the physical requirements of the land use code have been met. The applicants propose to continue to staff the front desk. The amenities provided are sufficient to meet the timeshare requirements. The units will be rented when not occupied by owners. The applicants will only give locally serving gifts as part of the marketing program. Lindt told Council the land use code treats lodge units and timeshare units equally in terms of employee generation. Lindt said the main issue is the tax revenue implications from lodge to timeshare. The city's finance director did a fiscal analysis and recommends the applicant be required to pay $83,000 mitigation fee for eXPected loss in lodging sales tax revenues over the life of the project. Lindt said the applicants have submitted numbers based on the first year of operation, which do not agree with the city's analysis. Staffrecommends approval of this ordinance with payment of the $83,000. 9 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15, 2003 David Fiore, Little Red Ski Hans, reminded Council they went through the PUD process two years ago to convert a single-family residence back into a lodge. Fiore said they preserved a historic award-winning ski lodge and they want to be able to continue to operate the lodge as a lodge. Fiore said they converted the Little Red Ski Haus into a lodge then September 11, 2001, happened and Aspen has been experiencing lower occupancy rates than in the 1990's. Fiore said their 3 options were to do nothing, continue to operate the lodge, which is not sustainable: to convert back to a single- family residence or to look at timeshare. Fiore said they would prefer to keep the lodge rooms in the inventory. Fiore told Council they disagree with staff's calculation of the mitigation fee. Fiore requested waiver of the mitigation fee. Fiore said the mitigation fee should be based on actually occupancy and rental rates of the LRSH over the last year. Fiore said if these figure are used, the mitigation fee would be $38,000. Fiore pointed out staffis recommending the fee be paid after 10% of the units are sold. Bill Gouger, Gouger and Franzmann, noted the weeks held out for short-term rental will produce sales tax revenues. Also the code requires a 5-year analysis. The LRSH has only been back in operation 1 year and using actual data, the mitigation fee would be $38,000. Gouger said they feel this is fair and consistent with other fractional interest proposals approved by the city. Fiore said city staff used an average occupancy rate of 52%; the occupancy at the LRSH has been 35%. Fiore said he does not know how staff can project what a lodge's rental rates would bee. The LRSHjoined the Gems of Aspen as a marketing arm of small lodges. Their average rate is $124/night and the rate at the LRSH is $129/night. Fiore said it would be more appropriate to use $129/night than the city figure of $200/night. Fiore pointed out the city waived the mitigation fee for Dancing Bear and requested the mitigation fee for LRSH also be waived. This would help achieve their goals of sustainability. Steve Barwick, city manager, said this is a new approach and there are a lot of assumptions. Staff takes each proposal as it comes. Barwick noted this is a recently remodeled lodge and using the historic rental rate is incongruent with the current condition of the lodge. Barwick said staffwould agree that the mitigation fee is not due until 40% of the shares have been sold. 10 ReRular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15, 2003 Scott Newman told Council the numbers he used were g~ven to him by the applicant who assumed a $200/night and $275/night during peak periods. Newman smd he did use 53% occupancy rate supplied by ACRA. Newman noted that 10 months of actual data do not reflect what will happen in the future. Staff is trying to calculate the loss of revenue into the future. Councilman Semrau asked the applicant if tfiey were willing to accept the occupancy rate of 53%. Fiore said the Gems of Aspen have occupancy rates from 35 to 53%. Gouger said this is a good project for the ciw as it is both lodge use and timeshare. Councilwoman Richards said she h~s a hard time accepting 35% occupancy and $129/night to project a fee to cover the life of this project. Mayor Klanderud opened the public heating. Norma Dolle said she does not understand why this lodge has to go timeshare. Rick Jones said he has concerns about timeshare in general and what it means to the future of Aspen. Timeshare is taking short-term tourist units and exchanging them for home ownership, and there is big question of what this means. Roger Haneman said he, too, has concerns about timeshare. Haneman said this is the best timeshare application he has seen as a member of P&Z. Mayor Klanderud closed the public heating. Councilwoman Richards said it is difficult to compare these type of dorm rooms to other timeshare projects. Councilwoman Richards said she would support the city's mitigation number. Councilwoman Richards noted the city's timeshare consultant stated that timeshare projects do not do a good job at short-term rentals; they do a good job with their owners: Councilman Paulson said he would like to send this back to staff since there is a large discrepancy between staffand the applicant. Fiore suggested accepting staff's figure of $83,000 and pick a date in the future to re-evaluate it and adjust the fee up or down. This would be an audit on the rental rares and occupancy rates. Mayor Klanderud said she would agreed to defer the mitigation fee until a certain percentage o£the units are sold because the units would be generating revenue and taxes until they are sold. Councilman Semrau moved to adopt Ordinance #61, Series of 2003, the mitigation fee will not be triggered until 40% sales and they will pay 75% of 11 Regular Meetin~ Aspen City Council December 15, 2003 the fee; the remainder of the fee will be paid at 60% sales; seconded by Councilwoman Richards. Councilman Torre said he opposes this because of the larger time-share issues and Council's discussion about a lodge zone in the downtown. Councilman Torre said this is part of the fabric of the community that Council is to protect. Councilman Semrau asked if an applicant meets all the criteria in the land use code and pays the mitigation fee, do they have a right to conversion. Lindt said staff reviews applications on standards in the land use code. If an applicant proposes to meet those standards, the application should be approved. Councilman Paulson said he would like Council to consider suspending the timeshare regulations for one or two years in order to study where the community is going. Barwick requested Council amend their approval to include that the LRSH cooperate with whatever study the city does in the future. Fiore agreed. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Semrau, yes; Richards, yes; Paulson, yes; Torre, no; Mayor Klanderud, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #62, SERIES OF 2003 - Supplemental Appropriations Michael Phillip, finance department, told Council this ordinance does not contmn anything they have not already reviewed. Mayor Klanderud opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Klanderud closed the public hearing. Councilwoman Richards moved to adopt Ordinance #62, Series of 2003, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Semrau. Roll call vote; Councilmembers Paulson, yes; Torre, yes; Richards, yes; Semrau, yes; Mayor Klanderud, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #63~ SERIES OF 2003 - 2004 Fees Steve Barwick, city manager, noted the fee ~ncreases are 3.5 to 4%, which is consistent with Council's direction. Mayor Klanderud opened the public hearing. There were no comments. Mayor Klanderud closed the public hearing. 12 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15~ 2003 Councilman Torre moved to adopt Ordinance #63, Series of 2003, on second reading; seconded by Councilman Semrau. Councilman Paulson said he has problems supporting these ~ncreases given the economy over the past several years. Councilman Paulson smd he finds 3 to 4% increase not sustainable. Barwick reminded Council there were no fee ~ncreases last year so the average of these increases over two years is less than inflation. Councilwoman Richards said since these are part of the overall budget package, she will support it; however, the recreation fees are getting to the place where they may be unaffordable for local working families Roll call vote; Councilmembers Semrau, yes; Richards, yes; Paulson, yes; Torre, yes; Mayor Klanderud, yes. Motion carried. ORDINANCE #22~ 2003 - Little Ajax Annexation ORDINANCE #21, 2003 - Little Ajax Subdivision/PUD John Worcester, city attorney, told Council these ordinance will die as the applicant will start again with a different project. REQUEST FOR FUNDS Winterskol Taste of Aspen Rob Ittner, president, Colorado Restaurant Association, requested money to put on a new food venue for Winterskol with ACRA. Ittner said he hopes this will be a twice a year event, one in July and one w~th Winterskol in January. Ittner said on the 300 block of East Hopkins there are 12 restaurants and the event will be in the street with a restaurant located on this block partnered with a restaurant from somewhere else in the city. Ittner told Council the food event has never been profitable. It was difficult to serve food on the Cooper avenue mall and to keep the Enwronmental Health department happy. The restaurants had to pay staff to serve the food. Ittner said they will take 10% of the profits from this event and put it toward the summer event. Councilwoman Richards moved to approve $5,000 from Council contingency to support this event; seconded by Councilman Semrau. 13 Regular Meetin~ Aspen City Council December 15, 2003 Councilman Torre asked if this would be taking business away from other restaurants. Andrew Kole, CCLC, said the more successful this event is, the more restaurants may want to participate. Mayor Klanderud stated she does not understand why the city should fund this event. Ittner said his goal is to benefit the restaurants, not just the CRA. Ittner said they are trying to create an event to bring restaurants together and to draw more people to town. Mayor Klanderud said she has difficult directly subsidizing a profit making business. Mayor Klanderud stated she does not see this as a new event but as an appropriate well thought out Winterskol event. Councilwoman Richards said she sees this as seed money for an event that hopes to become self:sustaining and as a complement to Winterskol. Councilwoman Richards said the community and the city need to pump up already existing events. Councilwoman Richards said she feels it is worth experimenting on this food event. Councilman Semrau agreed he sees this as generating more interest in Winterskol. Councilman Semrau said a lot of what the city does helps all businesses. Mayor Klanderud said the city will be funding an event that is putting money into the CRA coffers. All in favor with the exception of Mayor Klanderud, motion carried. REQUEST FOR FUNDS - Aspen ValleY Ski & Snowboard Club Randy Ready, assistant city manager, reminded Council they had asked staff to look into ways the city might help the ski club with snowplowing. Ready said both parks and streets looked into this request. Neither department has the proper equipment in this location to deliver the service. Ready recommended funding $2500 in cash, which is the approximate cost of snow removal. Councilwoman Richards moved to grant an addition $2500 to the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club from Council contingency; seconded by Councilman Paulson. All in favor, motion carried. Councilwoman Richards said she would like to know how much the parks department is picking up in tasks for non-profits groups. This is taking away from work on city parks. All in favorl motion carried. 14 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council December 15, 2003 Councilman Semrau moved to go into executive session at 9:30 p.m. to discuss property acquisition pursuant to C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(a); seconded by Councilman Torre. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Semrau moved to come out of executive session at 10:15 p.m; seconded by Councilman Paulson. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Semrau moved to adjourn at 10:15 p.m.; seconded by Councilman Paulson. All in favor, motion carried. Koch, City Clerk 15