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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.1966022145.8 The regular meeting of the Aspen City Council was called to order by Mayor Barnard at 3:40 P.M. with Councilmen Clymer, McEachern Kuster, Stapleton, City Administrator Wurl and Provisional City Attorney Janet Gaylord. ~-~,, The accounts payable were given to Councilman Kuster to check. The minutes of the regular meeting of February 7th were read by the Clerk and approved as read. Mayor Barnard stated the City had won their case against Humble Oil. Ordinance ~3, Series 1966~ an Ordinance Amending Title XI, Chapter 1 the Zoning Ordinances of the City of Aspen, Colorado, to Provide Zoning for the area Ord. ~3,Series Annexed to the City of Aspen, Colorado by Ordinance No. 16, Series of 1965 and 1966 Declaring an Emergency to Exist was read for the second time in full by Attorney Zoning Gaylord. Councilmen Stapleton made a motion to adopt Ordinance ~3, Series 1966 as read and ordered it published this 2ist day of February. SecOnded by Councilman McEachern. Roll call vote - Councilmen McEachern aye; Kuster aye; Stapleton aye. It was decided to hold the appointment of Police Magistrate till the next meeting. Mayor Barnard appointed Jackie Green from the Board of Adjustment to work on ~d.of Exam. & the Board of Examiners and Appeals. Appeals Appoint. Council agreed they should have a special meeting with the Board of Adjustment and the Planning and Zoning to familiarize the members with rules and regulations of their boards, due to the increase in new members. Discussed - tape recorder - Clerk stated the Planning and Zoning and the Board of Adjustment had given their approval to pay 1/3 of the total price of the Tape Recorder machine and requested from the Council 1/3 from their budget. Councilman McEachern made a motion to suspend rule 19 and pay $70.00 toward the total price of the tape recorder. Seconded by Councilmen stapleton. Roll call vote - Councilmen Clymer aye; Kuster aye; McEachern aye; Stapleton, aye. Councilman Kuster made a motion to suspend rule 19 and pay the bills. ~ Seconded by Councilman Stapleton. Roll call vote - Councilmen Stapleton aye; Kuster aye; McEachern aye; Clymer aye. The Clerk submitted two applications for liquor license, Galena St. East Liquor Licens~ and Paul's Liquor, Inc.. Council instructed the City Clerk to turn the two application Applications over to the Aspen Liquor Investigating Commission. Councilman Clymer made a motion to appoint Dorothy Hoffmann to the Aspen Appoint. Liquor Investigating Commission to replace Peggy Clifford. Seconded by Counckl- Dorothy Hoffmann man Stapleton. All Councilmen in favor. Council instructed the City Clerk to notify Mrs. Hoffmann of this appointment. Mayor Barnard stated she had been approached and is willing to work on this commission. Councilman Kuster abstained from the discussion and voting. Discussed - Sales Tax Resolution to transfer funds of the sales tax fund to Sales Tax Money the General Fund each month. Disuussed - the need for the Resolution since ordinance requires the money received from sales tax be deposited into the General Fund. Attorney to check out and submit resolutiOn if required. Proposals were submitted by the following firms for fiscal agent to handle Fiscal Agent the refunding and new bonds of the water and also Improvement District ~2 bonds. Mr. Robert Kirchner from Kirchner and Company; Walter F. Imhoff from Hanifen, Imhoff & Samford, Inc., Mr. Ray Robinson from Hornblower, Weeks - Hemphill, Noyes. Council stated they would take the proposals under advisement and hold a speci~ meeting to discuss the bonded indebtedness of the City. 'East Administrator Wurl stated he was ~hecking out the East Aspen Patent to see Aspen Paten' just where the City stood at the present time; and this was not complete at this time. Council agreed this should be straightened out as soon as possible. Attorney Stewart from Glenwood Springs had or has done some work for the City on the East Aspen Patent and'Council instructed Attorney Gaylord to Check with ~ttorney Stewart to see what has transpired. Regular Meeting Asp~en City Council February 21, 1966 Ambulance Discussed - Owning and upkeep of the ambulance. Joseph Burgert from the ambulance committee stated to Council an outline of an agreement which had been discussed w~th previous administrator John Kerrigan. The committee representing the ambulance stated they wished, (1) The ambulance to be owned jointly City and County. (2) Insurance, gas, maintenance, repairs, etc. to be split with the City and County. (3) Inspection and certification to be done by Jospeh Burgert. (4) All billing will be done by the hospital and monies to be deposited into a special account Aspen Valley Hospital Ambulance Account. (5) The Aspen Police Officers will drive in tt~e City for calls inside the City, and the Sheriff's office to drive for calls in the County. (6) First come, first serve for use. (7) For long calls to Denver or Grand Junction either Carroll Whitmire or Glen Ricks would be the driver. (8) City to store the ambulance until there is room in the fire station. A~abulance committee requests Councils approval so the title and license plates can be trans- ferred and purchased. At the present time the ambulance is in Dr. Oden's.name. J~speh Burgert stated he would oversee the ambulance until the City .or County made other provisions. Mr. Burgert also stated the City and County would be reimbursed, for the expenses as soon~ as the fund had built up enough to pay for itself. Council agreed to cooperate as best they could and Attorney was instructed to draw up a contract. Discussed - water services - Charles Worth was present and requested information Water Main in relation to the cost of providing water to a subdivision in the area of West Extensions Meadow. Also asked Council for assistance in acquiring a right-of-way and if City Worth - would pay for the cost of the line. Council stated it was not a practice for the City to pay for water lines. It is up to the developer to obtain his own right-of- way and pay for his line. Council stated there would be no problem in supplying water to this area. Administrator Wurl stated the size right~of-way is 20'. Council discussed a special meeting to discuss water main extension policy. Administrator Wurt to set time for special meeting. Mr. Robert Chamberlain from the Colorado Chalets was present requesting water Water Main service to its subdivision on the Burlingame Ranch at the Junction of 0wl Creek Extension Road and Colorado Highway 82. Council stated they would make no d~eisions today Burlingame but to wait for the outcome of a water policy to be discussed at a specil meeting. ~Ranch Council instructed Administrator Wurt to check out the number of taps which can be made from an 8" pipe and still .give good service. : Administrator stated Mr. Jeffrey is requesting a quit claim deed to Lot 20 of the Quit Claim A pen Highland Subdivision from the City. Discussed - Council decided not to issue Deed Jeffrey a quit claim deed at this time, since there may be a need for widening the road leading to the high school and also Maroon Creek Road. Administrator Wurl stated to Council a desire to change "Group III'! of the personnel rules to read as ~ollows: "Personnel serving in positions in this group shall be entitled to financial compensation for overtime work on the basis of time Personnel Rul. s and one-half for each hour worked over the regular period each calendar day." This group consists of the Street Superintendent, Electric Superintendent and the Water Superintendent. Also delete the following paragraph entirely: "The normal maximum additional monthly overtime pay allowable under these provisions is ninety dollars ($90.00). However, when excessive additional overtime is required such overtime beyond that justifying the ninety dollars may be'compensated at one- half regular straight time." Councilman McEachern made a motion to amend Group III of the personnel rules as stated by the Administrator. Seconded by Councilman Kuster. Roll call vote - Councilmen Stapleton aye; Kuster aye; McEachern aye; C lymer aye. Administrator Wurl read a letter received from Mr. Roy E. Montgomery re-church Church land property in park, stating their willingness to accept the offer of the City to Park pay $17,500, one half now and the balance due January 10, 1967 with 5% to be paid on the unpaid balance. Administrator Wurl was instructed by Council to Dotify Mr. Montgomery, Councils agreement to this. Administrator Wurl read a letter received from Henningson, Durham & Richardson concerning survey for improvement District ~2. They stated their preliminary Imp.Dist. estimate for the project,including three blocks on Center and deleting 4th and 66-1 Bleeker streets is $304,175.00. Council stated their desire to obtain the figures on paving Hopkins east to Original. 460 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council February 21, 1966 Discussed - metal work to be done on the opera house to cost $400 to $500. Opera House Councilman Kuster made a motion to repair metal work not to exceed~$500.00 Seconded by Councilman Stapleton. ~oll call vote - Councilmen McEachern aye; Kuster aye; Stapleton aye; Clymer aye. Administrator Wurl read letter from Mr. Hinds, City codifier stating there Codifier is no difference in price if the ordinances are printed immediately. Council agreed to have the ordinances printed as soon as possible. Mr. Bob Missing from the De Level Turbine, Inc. Company ~ p~esent and gave Council an outline of fully-automatic earth filter plant. Council instructed Filter Plant Mr. Missing to check this out with Dale Rea the engineer for the filtration plant. Mr. Naussbaum from Boulder was present and asked Council if one member of the Council and a member of the Aspen Low Cost Housing Commission would meet with him Low Cost Housing and give him some ideas on what the City needs and wants for low cost housing. Council stated this was up to the Commission and for Mr. Naussbuam to ~a~3~ith them. Stanley Johnson was present and stated something should be done about the loop zoning code holes in the zoning code. Council stated this is a recommendation whibh should come to Council from the Planning and Zoning Commission. The following resolution was read by Mayor Bernard as submitted by the Aspen Skiing Advisory Commission. Resolution RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN SKIING ADVISORY COMMISSION TO ASPEN CITY COUNCIL WHEREAS, the Aspen Skiing Advisory Commission would like to take the next thirty days to examine the following categories pursuant to their study of the possibility of setting up a Recreational District: 1) A legal opinion regarding the matter of the creation of a Recreational District: 2) A general reaction of the people of the Community to the proposed Recreational District: 3) A statement of financial feasibility. WHEREAS, Mr. D.R.C. Brown, in his letter to the Mayor, has indicated a willingness to discuss this matter in detail with properly authorized representatives of the Council; therefore, these ~uly authorized represen- tatives propose to contact Mr. D.R.C.Brown~ President of the Aspen Skiing Corp., and'hopefully pursue the necessary details which must seriously be considered in the investigation of the proposed Recreational District. Councilman Stapleton stated if the City of Aspen wished to go home rule the first step is to take a census. The population must be 2000. Council instructed Attorney Gaylord to draw up an ordinance calling for a census. The meeting was adjourned at 6:35 P.M. with all Councilman in favor. City Clerk