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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.197109271210 Rmg~la? ~m~ing ....... Asp~n_C~tM._Cpunc~l S~pte~ber.27~ 1971 Meeting was called to order by M~yor Eve Homeyer at 4:05 P. M. with Councilmen William Comcowich, Ross Griffin, Ramona Markalunas, Jack Walls, City Attorney Albert Kern, City Manager Leon Wurl and Finance Director Dennis Veeder. ~ Councilman Griffin moved to approve the minutes of September 13th, 14th 21st and 23rd. Minut es Seconded by Councilman Walls. Councilman Francis Whitaker arrived. Councilman Whitaker request the minutes of September 14th be amended to delete the follow- ing: "Council request the Planning and Zoning Commission to get off the stick andget a recommendation to Council." Councilman Griffin and Councilman Walls agreed to amend the motion to delete the above. Ail in favor, motion carried. Theodore's Remodeling - Attorney Ron Austin was present representing the applicant and Theodore's submitted to the Council the required forms of the State. Remodeling Councilman Scott Nystrom arrived. Mr. Austin further submitted copies of the lease and assignmem~ of lease. Discussed the trend of two bars under one license in the same restaurant. Attorney Austin stated it is not the intent of the owners to run the bars in any separate fashion what- soever. Because of business being cnnducted on two levels it was necessary to have a- nother bar. Councilman Griffin moved to approve this request s~bject to the Building Inspector and Sanitarian's approval. Seconded by Councilman Whitaker. Roll call vote - Councilmen Nystrom aye; Comcowicb aye; Griffin aye; Markalunas aye; Walls aye; Whitaker aye; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried. Student Representative - Mayor Homeyer request approval of Council to have a student Student representative (senior) as a non-voting member of the City Council. Representativ~ Councilmmn Walls moved to approve a non-voting student representative on City Council until the end of 1971. Seconded by Councilman Griffin. Ail in favor, motion carried. Regular Meetings October - Manager Wurl informed Council the regular meetings in Regular October both fall on City hol%d~ys. Meetings Councilmen Comcowich moved the meeting dates for October 1971 be changed'to the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month and to suspend the rules of Council to accomplish this. Seconded by Councilman Walls. Ail in favor, with exception of Councilman Whitaker. Motion carried. Hearing Schedule - Council agreed to schedule hearings on AF zoning classification and AF Zoning Circulation Plan for October 18th at 5:00 P.M. Circulation PR&n Flood Plain Resolution - Resolution already adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commissions Flood Plain and County Commissioners was submitted. Resolution Councilman Comcowich moved to adopt the Resolution as submitted. Seconded by Councilman Walls. Ail in favor,~motion carried. Leash Law Referendum Petition - Certificate was submitted by the City Clerk stating the Leash Law Petition is in compliance and meets the requirements of the City Charter. City Clerk re- Referendum ported the petition contains 400 signatures, 170 signatures required, checked out at Petition least 222 signatures and the total number of voters of the last regular election were 1702 City Attorney Kern reported he will prepare an ordinance for the next meeting which will repeal the leash law ordinance, it the Council repeals the leash law, then the law is re- pealed, if the Council does not pass the ordinance then it is referred to the voters at a special election to be held not less than 30 days and not more than 9~ days. Mayor Homeyer reported~what got people all excited about the leash law was the $300 fine which also existed in the old law as well. City Attorney Kern pointed out $300 is the maximum on any misdeamnor. ~ Councilman Wh'itaker stated he did not agree with the wording that dogs could be picked up on private property and suggest the ordinance be changed to delete this and also the leash law not pertain to the residential zones but to go back to reasonable control in residential zones. City Manager Wurl' pointed out this nr~ates an enforcement problem. DCscussed interpretation of picking up dogs on private property and under what circumstances this would apply. Council instructed City Attorney Kern to prepare another ordinance also for consideration at the next meeting that would change the leash law in the residential zones to reasonable control. Council further request the Petitioner's Committee be invited to the r~t meeting to give their views and comments. Zoline Zoline Annexation - Mr. Herb ~Bartel, City/County Planner, reported the Planning and Zoning Annexation Commission has made their recommendations. Conditions were added to the approval, two items of which Council may want to discuss with Mr. Zoline. (1) AF zoning classification on the north 100 acres. (2) Donation of land to the City prior to annexation. Councilman Walls pointed out Mr. Zoline does not want to donate the land all at one time because of a tax advantage to him. Mayor Homeyer reported Mr. Zoline wil~ not be back in town for three weeks. Mr, Bartel explained the PUD procedures would protedt the open space so that it could not be developed, Council discussed tieing the open space up by the property owners having an undivided interest in the land. Councilman Comcowich stated his concern that in some manner the 'open space remain as open space. Councilman Walls pointed out if you put the open space into undivided interest tb the property owners, 'the City could then never expand the golf course as readily as if the open space were tied up through agreements with the City and the donation of the iand over a period of time. Mayor Homeyer pointed out by not annexing the 100 acres, this would block further annex- ations in this area. City'Attorney Kern reported Mr.' Zoline has agreed, and still agrees, t~hat he would a'gree not to develop the 100 acres except for 5 homes without going through the PUD process, which requires approval by the Planning and Zoning and City Council. Council agreed to meet wit~ Mr. Zoline on October 18th. Circulation Plan - Mr. Barrel explained the hearing is scheduled to up date the increase Circulation in street requirements since the 1966 Master Plan. Primary discussions have been on the Plan railroad property and streets north of Main Street. One Way Street Plan - Mr/ Barrel and James Adams of the Transportation Committee were present to explain the alternate plan. Plan reverses the direction of north/south streets and development of the plan around this. Mr. Adams stated there is a problem at No. l*lift~, Suggest compelling traffic to turn right at Garmisch to Juan which would provide a loop for the traffic. Councilman Whitaker pointed out the City should pick up the property that blocks Hill Street which belongs to Paul Wirth. Mr. Bartel stated the area that still needs to be Worked out is the area north of Main Street. Will be meeting with Bob Leigh on Friday of'this week. Councilman Markalunas suggested the ~ity consider trading land wi~h Mr. Wirth as relates to the Capital Hill lots. Council request City Attorney Kern and City Manager Wurl discuss this with Mr. Wirth. Council stated they agreed with the plan as relates to the area south of Main Street. Public Rest- Public Restroom Maintenance City Manager Wurl reported Parks and Recreation could handle room Maintenan the maintenance with' present staff. Restrooms would be opened from 8:00 to 5:~% Council instructed the City Manager to proceed on this basis. Opera Opera House Lease - Manager Wurl pointed out the ACVB's lease expired on June 30th. Council House man Comcowich moved that the terms of the new lease be for one year with the Chamber and Lease the Chamber be allowed to sublease to the reservation service on the same basis as previou~ lease. Seconded by Councilman Griffin. Ail in favor,motion carried. Rubey Rubey Park - Mr. Barrel submitted two plans for the Park. Plan No. 1 shows 52 parking Park spaces with parking directly off the alley. Plan No. 2 shows 50 parking spaces, with alley running one way. Councilman Comcowich moved to implement Plan No. 1 and that not more than 2 spaces be eliminated so there would be more planting area. Seconded by Councilman Nystrom. Ail in favor, motion carried. Fire Station - City Manager Wurl request ratification of Council's previous action. Councilman Markalunas moved to direct the City Attorney to draw up the lease based on previous discussions. Seconded by Councilman Comcowich. Ail in favor, motion carried. Fire Station Budge~t Hearing - Councilman Whitaker moved to schedule the hearing on the budget for Budget Hearin-~ October 18th. Seconded by Councilman Walls. Ail in favor, motion carried. Mr. John Hayes was present and presented a proposal to Council to situate an 1887 Pres- John Hayes idential railroad car~on a temporary basis on Mrs. Shaw's land at Fifth and Hopkins. Railroad ~' Car would be used for private dining of from 8 to 10 people with one seating a night. Car Mr. Hayes request Council give some guidance to the building inspector as relates to this on a temporary basis. Council request the City Attorney review this with the Building Ins"pector. Resolution #19, Series of 1971 - Councilman Griffin moved to read same. Seconded by Resolution #19 Councilman Walls. Ail in favor, motion carried. Reading and Publication of Resolution #19 was read in full by the City Clerk as follows: Ordinances Resolution No. 19 Series of 1971 WHEREAS, the Charter ~r the City of Aspen, Colorado establishes an alternate pro- cedure for the reading and publication of ordinances, AND WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City to establish s procedure for the reading and publication of ordinances to allow for the reading of an ordinance by title only, under certain conditions, and to provide for the publication of ordinances by title with the summary of said ordinance and notice of public hearing. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: 1. That all ordinances shall be read by title only, whether upon the first reading or final reading, provided that copies of the ordinance are available to the Council and to the persons in attendance at the Counci~ meeting, 2. That all ordinances shall be published in full after the first reading ~f said ordinance, and that all ordinances, except ordinances amended after first reading, shall be published by title after the final reading including a s~mmary of the subject matter of said ordinance and shall further contain a notice to the public that copies of the pro- posed ordinance are available at the office of the City Clerk. Councilman Walls moved to adopt Resolution #19, Series of 1971. Seconded by Councilman Whitaker. Roll call vote - Councilmen Nystrom aye; Comcowich aye; Griffin aye; Markalunas aye; Walls aye; Whitaker aye; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried. ~. Ordinances #25 and ~26 - Council request time to review the ordinances. Council request Ordinances all ordinances be submitted to Council at least 3 days prior to the meeting or they not No. 25 & 26 be included on the agenda. Tabled to October 4th regular meeting. Councilman Comcowich reported Mr. Herbert Bayer would like to design a sign for Fred Fred Iselin Iselin Memorial Park of which Mrs. Iselin will pay for. City Manager Wurl to report back Memorial Park to Councilman Comcow~ch the size of the .sign. Councilman Griffin s~ated some people are concerned with the way in which Red Merril ~s installing the water line at the airport. Manager Wurl to check out. City Attorney Kern reported he had attended the City a~d County Attorney's conference last week and among the subjects discussed was the sovereign immunity bill which will go into effect July 1, 1972. Will discuss this with the Council at a later date. Councilman Nystrom moved to adjourn at 6:40 p.m., seconded by Councilman Griffin. Ail in favor, meeting adjourned. ~Lorrazne GKaves, Czty Clerk