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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19840319Regular Meeting Aspen City Council March 19, 1984 Mayor Stirling called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m. at Paepcke Auditorium with Councilmembers Walls, Blomquist and Knecht present. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 1. Gideon Kaufman reminded Council at their first meeting in February they discussed timesharing and Council adopted a new ordinance but kept the moratorium on pending the tax on timeshare units. Kaufman said six weeks has passed and Council has not had the opportunity to discuss the tax. Kaufman said this is very important and people have been waiting a long time. Mayor Stirling said this will be on Council's March 26th agenda. COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS 1. Councilman Blomquist moved to add a resolution on the Mayor's goals task force; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. 2. Councilman Knecht moved to add the Wheeler Visitors Center to the agenda; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. All in favor, with the exception of Councilman Blomquist. Motion carried. 3. Mayor Stifling moved to add a resolution regarding the acting City Manager; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. 4. Mayor Stirling remonded Council that Thursday, March 22 at 5 p.m. there is a work session on the power considerations and alternatives for the city. ASPEN MOUNTAIN LODGE CONCEPTUAL PUD Mayor Stirling said he is pleased with the changes the applicant has made during the conceptual PUD process; however, size is still the issue. Mayor Stirling said most people are in favor of a hotel at this site. Mayor Stirling said this hotel is proposed to be above the underlying FAR of 1:1 with 332,000 square feet above ground. Mayor Stirling pointed out the entire Airport Business Center is 300,000 square feet. Mayor Stirling said some of the finest hotels in the world are small hotels. Mayor Stirling said perhaps the proposed room count is excessive or maybe the public space is excessive. Mayor Stirling said successful conference facilities plan a 1.3:1 ratio of public space to hotel rooms. Mayor Stirling said he would like to see the hotel reduced 30,000 square feet; a hotel need not have 600 rooms to be successful. Mayor Stirling said the hotel at the proposed size will be out of scale with the town and will dwarf other buildings. Mayor Stirling said once something is built, there is nothing that can be done about the size. Council is trying to get a scope of the size of this hotel before it is built. Mayor Stirling questione~ what would happen~if the hotel is not filled. The developers will have every right to sell their interests in this building. Mayor Stirling said this has to be a development Aspen can live with no matter who operates it. Mayor Stirling said the developers have been cooperative in this process. Council is trying to guard against a short term fix that could be a long term loss for the community. Alan Novak, one of the applicants, told Council in response to concerns and the continuing desire for cooperation have spent a lot of time addressing these concerns. Novak said the hotel site is six acres, a portion of a larger PUD site, which is 12 acres. This six acre site has 275 existing units, which the applicant will rebuild. They are proposing to add 175 rooms; there have been no rooms added to the lodging inventory at the base of Aspen mountain in 10 years. Novak said the applicants chose this size of 447 rooms because it makes sense to hotel operators, it accommodates conference demands, and does not overly impact the town. Novak said the applicants are considering condotel financing, which is an efficient method of insuring financing will be available. Novak said resort hotels are being considered for condotel financing because of the seasonality of resorts. Novak said the applicants will be engaging one of the major hotel operators. Hotel operators have expressed interest in this project. Novak said the proposed hotel is 7 or 8 different structures so there will be the ability to treat customers as if there were in a small lodge. The landscaping budget for the site is over $3,500,000. Novak told Council nothing on the site, except the elevator towers, is higher than 42 feet; the average is less. Novak pointed out where the buildings will be and what structures they will replace. Novak said the developers are trying to improve the project with the city's suggestions. Bob Calloway presented a document from the applicants addressing the key points on height and bulk for Council's consideration. Calloway said this represents some difficult decisions the applicants have made. Council indicated'at the last meeting they wanted 30,000 reduction in this building. The applicants have decided to make that reduction, one of the reasons is an intense need to proceed. Calloway said the applicants want broader Council and public acceptance. The developers are expressing a long term commit- ment to Aspen in doing this. Calloway pointed out this is just conceptual approval and there are a number of issues to address. Calloway said the developers have not decided exactly how the reduction in square footage will be done, there will be reduction in pillows, some suites, some accessory space. Calloway said he feels this has been a good process and the developers have better architecture. John Doremus read a resolution incorporating the above changes, stating that the applicant proposes to reduce the FAR square footage on lot 1 by 30,000 square feet for a total of 310,275 sqaure feet above ground space. This reduction will be made up of a mix in reduction of roos square footage and accessory square footage to be in preliminary sub- mission. The applicant proposes the height of struCtures on lot 1 shall not exceed 42 feet from natural grade with the exception of elevator towers. The applicant proposes flexibility on the mix of room and units but agrees the total count will not exceed 447 units and residential will not exceed 6 units. The applicant proposes to continue to explor the architectural treatments of the lodge buildings to give appearance there is morel than one lodging facility on site. The city proposes to work with the applicant regarding !i measures acceptable to both parties to reduce costs associated with the project. These should be parking requirements, location of methods of financing, employee housing, financing of utilities and street scape improvements, among other things. Doremus said this is a draft discussion for the applicant and Council. Mayor Stirling asked what the FAR would be with the reduction of 30,000 square feet. Joe Wells said there are some areas of the code which are hard to intepret. One of these is conservation zone. The applicant has 103,000 square feet of conservation zone, which would allow single family residences. The applicant feels there should be some credit for the land zoned conservation as 20-25,000 square feet could be built on this land. Wells told Council wihtout including any credit for the conservation land, the FAR will be 1.08:1. Sunny Vann, planning director, agreed the Code is unclear as far as establishing an FAR for conservation as well as for the portion zoned R-15. The planning office has~: not provided Council with an FAR for the entire parcel. Depending upon interpretations, the FAR could vary substantially. The intent of the FAR is to regulate the bulk of buildings with respect to the site. Vann pointed out the conservation district boundary is an imaginery line on the ground; there is no distinction from the remainder of the site. Vann said based on this proposal, excluding the conservation zone, the FAR is very close to 1:1, if you include the conservation zone the FAR would be .85:1. Regular Meeting Aspen Clty Councl± ~arcn ±~, ±~4 Vann said the city's regulations do not adequately address sites which are in multiple zone districts. Mayor Stirling asked for a straw vote from Council of those in favor of accepting these changes from the applicant as satisfying the underlying zoning; Council- members Walls, Knecht and Mayor Stirling in favor; Councilman Blomquist opposed. Council- man Blomquist said he is questioning the 344 units allowed by right versus the requested 447 and granting of future allocations. Councilman Blomquist said he does approve of this reduction of 30,000 square feet. All of Council is in favor of the proposal that the height of the hotel is not to exceed 42 feet. Mayor Stirling asked about the flexibility in the mix of rooms but that the lodge count will not exceed 447 units. Councilman Knecht in favor; everyone else opposed. Councilwoman Walls said Council should not consider granting units from the growth manage- ment place in advance of 1984, not more than 388 units. Vann told Council the 44 units from the Alpina Haus is a reconstruction exemption under GMP, which is the responsibility of P & Z. The right to reconstruct has already been granted. P & Z is asking Council to add these units back into the lodge quota, which is Council's discretion. Councilman Knecht said his position is eventually the applicant will have the right to build these rooms through GMP. By the time the lodge is finished, they will be even with the quota. Councilman Knecht said if this portion is torn up, it should be done at once rather than in additional years. Novak pointed out the applicant is asking for a future allocation of less than two years and the future allocation will have been exhausted before the hotel is completed. This was supported by P & Z unanimously. The applicant had demonstrated there is very little land available in L-l, L-2 for other applicants. Councilman Blomquist moved for a straw vote the units be 388 instead of 447 units and the residential units are additional. Councilmembers Blomquist and Walls in favor; Councilman Knecht and Blomquist opposed. Novak told Council the struggle to take 30,000 square feet out of the hotel was sincere and~ was to respond to Council's concerns. Novak said this is a tough project and the developer only has a limited number of choices. Novak said there is a direct relationship between the ability to do this project and the loss of units, which are the revenue producing part of the project. Novak said this project is very close to the margin right now. Council- man Knecht said Aspen is full of commercial space and what the town needs is good quality lodge units. Councilman Knecht said the building will be 310,000 square feet, and the developer should be allowed 447 units. Mayor Stirling said the FAR and scale of the project was his most important concern. Joe Wells reminded Council the applicants had presented other sites in town that could compete in the lodge competition, and there is really only one. Wells said the GMP was implemented in 1977 and the city has yet to see the completion of a single room under that program. Wells said by the time this facility is opened, the allocation deadline will have passed. Novak said the number of units is of extreme important; this number affects the viability and quality of the hotel. Council was all in favor of the statement that the applicant continue to work on architectural design and there be more than one lodging facility on the site under common management. The last recommendation from the applicant deals with parking, location and methods of financing, employee housing and financing of improvements for the area. Mayor Stirling suggested the applicant could participate with the city in bonds and perhaps the applicant would put 25 per cent of their parking on some city parking structure. Mayor Stirling suggested giving direction to the planning department to take Councilman Blomquist's resolution and the memorandum from the applicant and draft a resolution for Council as the basis for conceptual approval. Vann said Councilman Blomquist's memorandum addresses some areas related to the Top of Mill conceptual approval. Council may address only the lodge issues or wait for the Top of Mill project to catch up to Council. Mayor Stirling suggested the Top of Mill PUD items be eliminated from the resolUtion. Mayor Stirling opened the public hearing. Meri Peyton, Committee to preserve open space, said the committee is concerned about the precedent of allocating future years GMP quota. Bill said if Aspen needs more lodge rooms, why would the city force them to build less. Councilman Blomquist said he would like to see these units accumulating for the future if they are needed. Also he is concerned about the large size of this project, which is inconsistent with the tone of Aspen. Jere Michael 'said the way the developer has changed the configuration of the build- ing and broken up the facade is an excellent improvement. Michael pointed out the developer has reduced the FAR to 1:1. Michael said there is a reality to this type of market, for a lodge like this and a need for a facility like this. Mayor Stirling said Aspen reached its reputation over more than three decades, and the town needs to be cautious in how it approaches its renewal. Jeffrey Evans said the reality of the site is on the level of urban renewal. There are problems in this project not associated with using a raw piece of land. Evans said if Council could get every lodge owner to rebuild their hotel at a 1.13:1 FAR, provide under- ground parking, and landscaping, this ought to be a precedent. Hans Gramiger said he would rather see one project completely finished as soon as possible rather than dragged out. Carolynl Diffenbaugh said one of the greatest concerns is mass and scale, and the applicant has done some good things in opening vistas. Ms. Diffenbaugh said she is concerned about massive roofs and visual impacts. Mayor Stirling said Council has received a letter Signed by 60 people in favor of the hotel and 9 letters in favor of the hotel; there are 15 letters registering concern about scale, underlying zoning, height. Mike Otte said he did not feel there is a problem with the multi-year allocation because when these applicants get through the process, no one else will consider applying. Charles Hopton said the Aspen Mountain Lodge as originally presented was not what was ~ wanted for Aspen. The city has painstakingly whittled away at the project in order to hav~ a plan everyone can live with. Hopton said a number of lodging facilities have been ~ upgraded and part of the bad reputation for lodging in Aspen comes from the properties the applicants own. Hopton said he feels the applicants are asking the Council to bend the rules to the breaking point and also to give city property for this project. Hopton said this project should conform to the regulations the town has worked hard to have implemented. Councilwoman Walls said she is bothered about the number of rooms because how will they be filled when town has been empty and who will make the beds in these rooms. Mayor Stirling agreed there is a question of attitude and motivation of workers in Aspen. Aspen is~noted as being a transient community. Georgia Taylor read a letter from the employees of Blue Spruce, Continental, Aspen Inn and Meadows petitioning Council for a favorable decision on the Aspen Mountain Lodge project. The employees suggest the effect of the Council's decision on their future has been overlooked, and the repercussions on the back- bone of the community employees. These employees perform the daily services that make Aspen a resort town. Ms. Taylor said these employees have had the responsibility of trying to fill the needs of the guests and make the visits enjoyable in spite of the lack of ~ amenities. Ms. Taylor said these employees want to live here and work here and not be forced to another community. Bruce said this is the most important decision in this town for many years. Council should listen to the citizens that come to these meetings. David Zaagman said the 1:1 parking on this site is very necessary. Mark Freedberg said the important character of Aspen is the variety of buildings, and to have a monolithic building covering six acres is contrary to the feeling of this town. Freedberg said breaking this hotel up into various buildings is wonderful and will distinguish the buildings. Lee Pardee said under the PUD process, the applicant has not asked for any variances. Pardee said in other project the Council has gone over the FAR allowed. Gail Huser said the town needs these rooms; if Aspen does not have rooms to rent out in the high season, the revenue will be lost year in and year out. George Parry said he feels it is important to build the rooms at one time. One can from that from looking at the present site. Councilman Blomquist said people have said there may be a tendency for small lodge owners to have a prejudice on this project. Councilman Blomquist said the hotel will help all the lodges; it will make the competitive position of the small lodges better. Ken Sterling said he is concerned about the ski companies if people are not coming to Aspen; about pushing the Aspen Institute out of town; about the M.A.A. who may get an offer from some other town. Sterling said Aspen needs the hotel and needs it now. Spence Schiffer said the applicants have made every effort to address the concerns of the Council. Schiffer said this is a conceptual application only. Schiffer said demands on cutting down in space will cut down luxury space, or sizes of rooms. Mayor Stirling pointed out that this project is very different from the one presented six weeks ago, and had it not been for the conceptual procedure, the changes that have come about are a benefit to the town. Tom Clark said he did not feel the Council ought to cut the size of the hotel because Aspen does not need any more mediocre lodging. Norman Tolkan said Council should not negotiate with the applicant to the point where they will leave town, and Aspen will be the big loser. Jim Curtis said he would like to see the volume of the hotel generate as much revenue as possible, the highest number of rooms, so the applicant can proceed with the proposed amenities. Wainwright Dawson said the Council should help the applicants build the hotel Aspen needs. Ralph Melville said people that have been opposed to the plan are happy to see the changes, and thank the Council for sticking to certain things. ~ Melville said the PAR is important in the PUD and thanked Council for staying to the 1:1. The Council requested the planning staff to draft a resolution incorporating the applicants resolution and Councilman Blomquist's resolution. ORDINANCE #3, SERIES OF 1984 -Deane Hydropower Project Mayor Stirling opened the public hearing. Councilman Knecht moved to table Ordinance ~3, Series of 1984, until April 2, 1984; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. All in favor, motion carried. WHEELER OPERA HOUSE VISITORS CENTER Mayor Stirling said Council decided last week to allot $57,000 for the renovation of the first floor space and the basement space for offices for Arts council and Wheeler staff. Mayor Stirling said he had had second thoughts and asked that work not began. Mayor Stirling said the Wheeler Opera House is the ideal spot for a visitors center and could achieve a goal for the theatre and for Aspen/. Mayor Stirling said he was concerned about the amount of money for this project. Mayor Stirling said he does not want to reconsider the motion from a week ago. Mayor Stirling said this is a great opportunity to put together a visitors center for the city. Mayor Stirling requested a work session on operational procedures for this visitors center. HALLAM LAKE MASTER PLAN Mayor Stirling asked if the city has an obligation to the tenants after the lease expires, City Manager Chapman said after the lease expires this spring, the tenants can rent from month to month. Mayor Stirling asked that the City Attorney give proper notice to the tenants. Kal Clark showed Council the master plan and entry area and showed Council the future needs for A.C.E.S. A.C.E.S. is concerned about the entryway to Hallam Lake. The city has $1,000,000 worth of property in the area. Clark told Council Mrs. Paepcke has formally given land to Hallam Lake. Clark said their concerns center around the city's two houses in the entryway. Clark said AoC.E.S is requesting the use of the pink house for people that work at A.C.E.S., who would agree to fix the house up and make it attract- ive. This request is for the next few years, not in perpetuity. Regular Meeting Aspen City ~ouncl± ~arcn ~, Clark told Council the long range plan for housing is to build classrooms and housing and are seeking private funds to build this structure, clark told Council most of Hallam lake is in the county; they had previously requested annexation from the city but this was dropped because of differences on water rights. Clark said he would like to reinitiate the annexation requestion. Tom Cardamone told Council having staff close to the sanctuary helps in the protection function. Councilman Blomquist asked if the other house is going to be removed. Clark said it will. Councilman Knecht moved to approve the use of the city's house on a two year lease to A.C.E.S. for $1 a year; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Knecht requested the city give notice to the existing tenants immediately. Councilman Blomquist said he would like the city to work with the school district, A.C.E.S the Given and PCPA to get the trails organized and underway. Councilman Knecht suggested that A.C.E.S. and PCPA develop a program and come to Council with the costs. PITKIN RESERVE PUD AMENDMENT Colette Penne, planning office, told Council this project has been in the process before. Pitkin Reserve has dropped in density from 12 units to 9 to 6 units plus a caretaker unit. The relinquished units will be returned to the developer as development credits. In the Smuggler settlement, Pitkin Reserve was given credit for 19 free market residentiali units. Originally Pitkin Reserve was going to build 12 units in a zero lot line configura- tion. In October 1982, they reduced this to 9 single family. This application is another reduction to six single family houses because the market is more desirous of this type of development. Ms. Penne went throught the original FARs and the amended plan, the new plan is reduced by 25 per cent in FARs. Ms. Penne told Council the planning office and P & Z both recommended this reduction be approved subject to the conditions in the planning office memorandum. Ms. Penne said Pitkin Reserve has 13 units remaining which can be used like a transferrable development right. Mayor Stirling said in the original agreement, items at Smuggler park new 17 units would be satisfied and where does this stand. Ms. Penne said in the fall, every attachment to the c/o was completed. Michael Lipkin told Council there are two minor things left to complete because of winter setting in. Mayor stirling said this plan is a great improvement. Councilman Blomquist moved to approve the amendment to the Pitkin Reserve PUD from 9 unitsi to 6 units (plus the caretaker's unit) with the relinquished units returned as developmenti credits with the conditions in the planning office memorandum of March 12, 1984; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Knecht moved to add the Molly Gibson condominiumization to the agenda; secondedl by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. NEALE STREET BRIDGE City Engineer Dan McArthur reminded Council in October 1983, the city received approval fO:r bridge replacement grant from the state for $67,000 and matching funds from the city for $16,000. McArthur t01d Council the city sent out proposals for bids on the replacement of the bridge. On February 22 the city received bids and reviewed them. The staff is recommending to Council to retain Schmueser and Associates for design drawings and design of the bridge. McArthur said the city received six proposals and only two firms were close to being what the city was looking for. McArthur said Schmueser presented the most comprehensive proposal. McArthur told Council Schmueser presented five alternatives from $57,000 to $85,000; the other firm was from $85,000 to $110,000. The staff is recommend- ing Schmueser for the design consultants for the Neale Street bridge. Councilman Knecht moved to approve Schmueser & Associates as the design firm for the Neale street bridge; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. TASK FORCE REPORT Councilman Blomquist read his resolution; "WHEREAS, previous Council appointed a Mayor's Goals Task Force and said task force completed its work with a report dated November 15, 1983, WHEREAS city planning commission is currently updating the official comprehensive plan of the City of Aspen, and WHEREAS the goals structure is to be an integral part of said comprehensive plan, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor's goals task force' is hereby dissolved with commendation and thanks for a job well done, and (2) the goals task force report 1983 is hereby referred~to the city planning commission for further study and as an aide in the incorporation of goals in the official city plan". Councilman Knecht said he understood the goals task force wants to be continued and not be dissolved. Councilman Knecht said the Council should find out before they pass this resolution. Mayor stirling moved to has this resolution drafted formally, consult with the task force ~and bring this back to Council April 2, 1984; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. RESOLUTION APPOINTING AN ACTING CITY MANAGER Mayor Stirling said this resolution appoint Ron Mitchell acting City Manager. Councilman Blomquist moved to approve Resolution ~9, Series of 1984; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. MOLLY GIBSON CONDOMINIUMIZATION Colette Penne, planning office, told Council this issue spent a lot of time at P & Z and it not a difficult issue. The subdivision exception will make the Molly Gibson part of the Aspen Ski Lodge and the common facilities of each will be useable by guests of either lodge. The building department listed 14 violations that have to be improved. The --~ ..... .~=~ Aspen City Council March 19, 1984 has agreed to make these improvements prior to the sale of any unit. The engineering department has four requests. The housing office said the lodge has historically provided !i one unit; this unit of 300 square feet will be maintained with two pillows. Ms. Penne told Council the Molly Gibson is an L-3 lodge with an FAR of .93:1. These units must remain in the short term market, and the applicant must list them with ARA or market units themselves. Councilman Blomquist suggested one of the conditions in applications like these is that the lodges have to be members of central reservations. Councilman Knecht said he did not thing Council should have anything to do with that. Mayor Stirling agreed. Ms. Penne said the lodge condominiumization section requires an amount equal to 30 per cent of the property's assessed value be put into upgrading the lodge. The Molly Gibson has recently done upgrading in over $200,000; the code would require $30,000. The ordinance also require an affidavit submitted indicating the levels of services provided for the last three years, and these levels of service have to be maintained after condominiumization. Some of these levels are being increased and other maintained. The owner had wanted to maintain control of the bar/restaurant and the P & Z wanted these to be controlled by the homeowner's association to be sure they were available to all owners of the units. The applicant has agreed to that. Ms. Penne told Council the P & Z and planning office recommend approval with 10 conditions. Councilman Blomquist moved to approve the subdivision exception for the purpose of condo- miniumization for the Molly Gibson with the 10 listed conditions; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. Mayor Stirling asked how many parking spaces there are. Ms. Penne said four. Mayor Stifling asked if the off-street parking could be expanded. Ron Austin, representing the applicant, said there is no space at all. The applicant has spent a lot of money on landscaping and there is no room. Mayor Stirling asked if the guests could use the parking for the Aspen Ski Lodge. Austin said that makes sense as the lot is never full. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Blomquist moved to continue the meeting to Thursday, March 22 at 5:00 p.m. to discuss the McArthur duplex; seconded by Councilman Knecht. All in favor, motion carried. Councilman Blomquist moved to approve the consent agenda; seconded by Councilman Knecht. The consent agenda is liquor license renewals - Charlemagne; Red Roof Inns; Special event permit - Filmfest. Ail in favor, motion carried. Council left the meeting at 8;35 p.m Kathryn S~K~ch, City Clerk Continued Meeting As~en Cit.y Council March 22, 1984 Mayor Stirling called the meeting to order at 5:00 with Councilmembers Walls and Blomquist present. McARTHUR DUPLEX Assistant City Manager Ron Mitchell told Council the staff has reviewed McArthur's cost certificate and has come up with a negotiated recommendation. The staff also did a comparison of square footage of the four units on Cemetery Lane. Mitchell told Council this sale is being handled similar to the McClung unit sale. Mitchell told Council that based on cost certificates, the construction cost is $202,260. Mitchell said the apprecia- tion, which is 7 ,per cent or the cpi, whichever is less, and the cpi was 5.5 per cent, comes to a total of $234,273 as of April 27. The staff has negotiated a cash price of $198,000 and McArthur will donate $36,000 to the city, similar to the McClung sale. Mitchell said this is what the staff is recommending to CoUncil. The other alternative is to go to arbitration, which is also part of the agreement, to establish the construction price of the unit. Mitchell told Council if the city does not exercise the option, McArthur can sell the house and the city will lose the value of the land, which is $100,000. Mitchell recommended Council exercise their option at $198,000 and find someone who can afford it in the city or can meet the middle income guidelines. Mitchell told Council there may be the possibility that the school district would be interested in this unit. Mayor Stirling asked when this will close. Mitchell said the end of April. Mayor Stirling asked if there was an appraisal done. McArthur ahd two done, one in 1981 and one in 1982 and the unit was valued at $330,000. Mayor Stifling asked about the 3950 square feet. Mitchell said the unit has a full basement that is livable space, a 620 square foot garage and a lo'Et. Mayor Stirling requested McArthur give Council an extension to their regular meeting March 26. McArthur agreed. Mayor Stirling moved to extend the discussion to March 26, 1984; seconded by Councilman Blomquist. All in favor, motion carried. Council Scheduled HPC interviews for March 28 from 5:00 to 6:30. Councilman Blomquist moved to adjourn at 5:25 p.m.; seconded by Councilwoman Walls. All in favor, motion carried. Kathryn~. Koch, City Clerk