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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.council.19721113 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 13~ 1972 City Clerk Lorraine Graves administered the Oath of Office to newly elected Councilman James Breasted. Meeting was emlled to. order by Mayor EveHomeyer at-4:05 p.m. with, Councilmen Scott Nystrom', James. Breasted, Ross Griffin, Ramona Markalunas, J~c~k Walls and~Acting City Manager Dennis Veeder.~ Councilman Walls moved to approve the corrected minutes of September 28th, regular meet- ing Oct. 30th and special meetings November 6th and 9th. Seconded by Councilman Nystrom. Ail in favor, with tke exception of Councilman Breasted who abstained. Motion carried. Accounts Councilman Nystr~ommoved to approve the accounts payable as submitted. Seconded by Payable Councilwoman Markalunas. Roll call vote - Councilmen Walls aye; Markalunas aye; Gmiffin aye; Breasted abstain; Nystrom aye; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried. Middle Representatives of the 5th and 6th grade local government class gave the results of the School, school crossing light. First prize winner stated he .had designed the light in order to Signal Light eliminate all tall wires and posts. Snow flake design was used to cover each light. Designs ~1t prizes were on display for the Council and will be held in the planner's office. Mayor Homeyer congratulated the children on their imaginative designs. William Ex-Councilman William Comcowich was present and stated he wished to indicate publicly Comcowich how he had enjoyed his term on the City C~ncil. ~tated he leaves the Council with feelings of deep satisfavtion and accomplishment. Special thanks to Mayor Homeyer and Councilman Walls and their involvement on the Charter and RSA. Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 13, 1972 Mrs. Wally Mills was present to submit the petition to Council requesting Cemetery Lane Cemetery be changed to Red Butte Rd. Mrs. Mills stated there are 43 dwellings.on Cemetery Lane Lane Petition which constitute 51 residences since some of the dwellings are duplexes. Petition eon- ~, rains 35 signatures, two refused to sign the petition and the rest were not at home. Discussed this with the Planner and City Engineer.and they state there would not be any conflicts and felt there would be no problem. Further stated that since 1955 the name of the street has been chan:ged 5 times~and .it is not a~.historical name. . Councilman Walls moved to approve the change subject to review by the City Attorney. Seconded by Councilman Nystrom. Roll call vote - Councilmen Nystrom nay; Breasted aye; Walls aye; Griffin aye,; Mar'kalunas na~y; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried. Acting City Manager Veeder reported two bids had been received (bids were submitted to Towing Bids Council) and recommend Council accept the low bid of Phil's Sinclair. Councilman Walls moved to accept the low bid of Phil's Sinclair and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the agreement. ~Seconded by. Councilman Nystrom. Roll call vote- Councilmen Nystrom aye; Breasted abstain; Griffin aye; Markalunas aye; Walls aye; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried.- .-' Acting Manager Veeder reported the easement is necessary in order to move the~street Easement Holy light from the old location"of Cemetery Lane ~ the new location. Cross Councilman Walls moved to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the easement. Seconded by Councilwoman MarRalunas. - - It was reported the street sign and speed limit sign should also be changed. All in favor, motion carried. Six estimates were submitted by the City Engineer. Pay Estimates, Dale Rea Councilwoman Markalunas moved to approve the following pay estimates: S10,677.50; $6,346.35; $16,422.42; S300.00; S538.67 and $675.00. Seconded by Council Walls. Roll call vote - Councilmen Nystrom aye; Breasted aye; Griffin aye; Markalunas aye; Walls aye; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried ~ Proposed letter to the State Highway Department on Highway Requests was submitted to Council by City/County Planner Herb Barrel. , Councilman Walls moved to approve the proposed letter and authorize the Mayor to sign same. Seconded by Councilwoman Mar'kalunas. All in favor, motion carried. Mr. Bartel informed Council the Planning and Zoning Commission has picked 6 locations Transportation for gasoline stations. Have not received word bac'k from Sinclair as to whether they Plan agree with any of those locations. Further request from Council guidance~as to how they wished to implement the plan. Mayor Homeyer suggest Council get together and establish procedures, scheduling of priorities for implementation. Council agreed to meet in study session on Wednesday, this week, to establish priorities of implementation of the plan. Student Representative T'%mber Dick stated he had discussed the election with his sister and she still feels the election should be held because it is felt by enough people in town that they desire to have the streets closed immediately. Mrs. Faye Ward and Mrs. Kuhn were present and requested the space in the Opera House be Teen Center re-opened under the guidance and jurisdiction of the Par'ks and Recreation Department and used as a community center where meetings for the girl scouts, boy scouts, etc. could be held. Would be willing to clean the place up. Student Representative Dick stated the two main complaints of the high school students of the teen center are that no smoking and no drinking are allowed. Council questioned if the remodeling funds were still in the budget for the police and sheriff's department to use this space. Acting Manager Veeder stated remodeling funds for either City Hall or the~pera House are still in the budget. Police Chief Ritchey stated if the move is made it would not take place during the busy season but would .~ wait till about March of next year-. Councilman Breast~ed moved to authorize the space' at' the~ Opera House for a community' center under the jurisdiction, of ~he ~Par'ks and Recreation Department until such time as _ it is determined the~space is needed for office space, for the City. Seconded by Council- man Griffin. Roll call vote - Councilmen Nystrom aye; Breasted aye; Griffin aye; Walls aye; Markalunas aye; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried. 1375 Regular Meeting Aspen City Council November 13, 1972 Planning & Mayor Homeyer reported apPlications have been received from Kay Taylor, Barbara Lewis ~ Zoning and Bruce Gillis. Council agreed to schedule executive interviews with the applicants ~>-- Appointments for Monday, November 20th at 4:45 p.m. Audit Report was. submitted, Council to review and discussion with the auditors will take place ~ Report at the next regular meeting. RESOLUTION Councilman Nystrom moved to read Resolution #22. Seconded by Councilman Griffin. Ail 422, SERIES in favor, motion carried. OF 1972 (See Resoln~ion on file of bond proceedings) Resolution was read i~ fall by the C~y Cler'k. Councilman Griffin moved to adopt Resolution #22, Series of 1972. Seconded by Councilman Walls. Roll call vote - Walls aye; Nystrom aye; Mar'kalunas aye; Breasted aye; Griffin aye; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried~ RESOLUTION Councilman Griffin moved to read Resolution #23, seconded by Councilwoman Markalunas. #23, SERIES Ail in favor, motion carried. OF 1972 (See Resolution on file of bond proceedings) Resolution was read in full by the City Clerk. Councilman Walls moved to adopt Resolution #23, Series of 1972. Seconded by Councilman Griffin. Roll call vote - Councilmen Walls aye; Markalunas aye; Griffin aye; Bmeasted aye; Nystrom aye; Mayor Homeyer aye. Motion carried. William Dunaway questioned cauncil about the executive session on the budget held ~ st week. Mayor Homeyer stated the Council did realize their mistake and immediately went back into special meeting. Councilman Walls moved to go into executive session. Seconded by Councilman Griffin. Ail in favor, motion carried. Councilman Walls moved to resume into regular session, seconded by Councilwoman Marka- lunas. Council request executive interviews be scheduled on Monday, at 4:15 p.m. with applicants for the City Attorney position. Request interviews be scheduled for Arthur Daily, Sandra Stuller and Maxwell Aley'~ Councilwoman Markalunas moved to hold a special meeting on Monday November 20th at 4:15 p.m. and waive notice of mpecial.meeting. Seconded by Councilman Walls. Ail in favor, motion carrie~. ~r~ Acting City Manager Veeder stated Ex-City Manager Wurl had left a message to pay the bill ~ for chippi~g~and sealing of Sierra Vista Drive which the property ~wners paid the bill. iD~ Council request the property owners write a letter to COuncil requesting payment and outlining the circumstances under which this project was done. Acting City Manager Veeder stated he felt ~his was a policy decision and up to the Council. Councilman Nystrom moved to adjourn at 6:00 p~m., seconded by Councilman Griffin. Ail in favor, meeting adjourned.