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Home My WebLink Aboutbocc.min.spec.01301996 . .. ..: , , � . - sY/'j:'?`. 4 Y�-1:. 1��..��•''. ?�•.:': - PITKIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - WORK SFSSION AGENDA � Plaza One Conference Room �:, .'+; � TUESDAY.JANUARY 30. 1996 10:00 AM EXECUTIVE SESSION Litigadon,John Ely NegoUa6ons,John Ely - 11:00 1. CTTIZEN BOARD INTERVIEWS . 11:00-Claire Sanderson 11:30-Ethel I.evan6n ' 11:15-Kevin Schulman 11:45-Janet Raczak 12:00 LUNCH BREAK 1:30 PM COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT 2. Rental Car Service Facility Redevelopment and iTsage Fee, Scott Smith 3. Trails Maintenance IGA w�th City of Aspen,Tom Newland 4. W/J FAR Limitation,Ellen Sassano 5. Memos of Interest BOCC OPEN DISCUSSION 6. Future Agendas/Agenda Requests Thomasville Town Meedng 2:45 BREAK �/3:00 SPECIAL TvIEETING-PUBLIC HEARING Transportation Issaes, Tim Malloy,Cindy Houben � 5:00 PM ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING i �- � � ,�rYF:�:.:. , ' � � . a i. :. . ai �/�,�y[,rZa�Q—a,� -��o ��t ti': y_...�_r:�. �."` .. MINUTES `� . �'t.;_ .� PI1'KIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - . '� ..y�•.:-'.. i SPECtAL PUBLIC MEETING ' / 1�� JANUARY 30,199b s:�. :.R' CALL TO ORDER: Chairman True catled the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.in the Plaza ��' One BOCC Conference Room. �' ` {.: . COMMISSIONER MEMBERS PRESENT: Commissioners Michael Ireland, Bill y Tuite,Leslie Lamont and James True. ! . � COMMISSIONER MEMBERS ABSENT: Commissioner Wayne Ethridge. ! ALSO PRESENT:Tim Mailoy,County Planner,Cindy Houben,County Planner; �'�f. ASPEN SHI AREA TRANSPORTATION ISSUES: Tim Malloy, County Planner, � presented the issues as outlined in his January 30, 1996 Memorandum. A copy of the Memorandum is made a part of the record and attached hereto as Exhibit"A". There are]ot of projects that have gone on before this,but there are a Iot of things that are . ongoing right now and are abovt to come to fruition. The projects coming to fruition aze listed below: • The entrance to Aspen,EIS,which is expected to be completed in June, 1996. The ��. entrance to Aspen plan contemplates several intercept (ots, possible tight rail connections from the Airport into town,aad numerous road realignments. � • In addition,there are the Highlands Base Village and Ski Area improvements. They are approaching approval of the Base Village. 'There is a requirement for that project � for some 350-415 additional parking spaces associated with both the Village and the cars that have been displaced for the ski area. � • The Moore PUD(which is very closely linked to the Aspen Base Village because they use the same improvements to the roadway}proposal for improvements to the intersection at Highway 82 and Maroon Castle Creek Road in order to relieve . congestion. The application should be back for detailed submission by early March. • The BasaltButtermilk highway improvement project is ongoing. Part of the road � should be under construction during the summer. This project also involves some ' intercept lots. . The Rio Grande Right-of-Way acquisition should be closing in mid-June. � i BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1 JANUARY 30,1996 i � `�:°;�:i . 1 � � :;:.. , ,;�.:, ��:::? � �t�` � �.:.. • The Aspen Glen and River Ranch projects have started and wiil create more tratfic _ . flow. :. -: • The Snow[nass Base Village approval is pending which has some parking and transii- _� ' related issues. '`• y: ' �' The most significant proposals,which have been done in the past,are as foilows: �. • The Alternative H proposal(raiiway); • Proposal for a two-Iane highway; • The A Line,which is a separate,dedicated transitway,possibiy a light rail system that � is between the lanes of traffic. This proposal includes a series of park and ride iots. T'he � �r lots might be at Brush Creek and the ABCButtermilk area(which will probably include ^ . the Airport). • Mr. Malloy stated more information needs to be gathered on origin and destination behavior analyses. Snowmass Villa�e information needs to be more fully researched. ' Research was done on number of trips per day on major County Roads. Btush Creek had 10,000 average daily trips. Owl Creek had 2,000 trips. Maroon Castle Creek had 4,600. ;�. At the intersection of Castle Creek and Maroon Creek Road, daily trips were 9,000. These are all year 1945 counts. Boih the summer and winter no-build scenario for the 2015 projection and the preferred alternative's(i.e.,four-lane with two lanes of transit from the Airport into Aspen)numbers really are not significant in terms of difference. R;- Mr.Mailoy stated he had a discussion with Bud Eyiaz in terms of the health of the current � ' road systems. In general,Mr.Eylar described the system is marginal both shucturally and design-wise. He feels the increase in iraffic has accelerated the deterioration of the system and has exacerbated the flaws in the design. Highway 82 has a large number of accidenYS. Staff did do some anatysis of the parking information: The existing City inventory, existing Ski Co.inventory,and the Ski Co.'s projected needs. The Euttermilk master plan contemplates expaz►ding onto the Stapleton property for parking. The expansion on the property is posted at 352 spaces but it reflected 74-75 stalls which were displaced from the main lot by virtue of redesigning the road. With regazd to park and ride lots, some be[ong to CDOT, RPTA, Wally Milts, Aspen Viliage,Basalt Industrial,and the Glenwood Mall. CDOT estimated the BasaltButternvlk area wil(need 3,050 spaces. Seven hundred of those spaces are needed at Buttermilk and � . the Airport,400 at$rush Creek Road,500 at the Basalt azea,and so forth: Some projects that aze contempiated for thc 1996 summer are expanding the Catherine Store spaces from 10 to 40 and Basalt pazk and ride to 100 spaces. Glen Hom stated the Highlands remote parking, both for ihe ski area and base area, will affect parking needs. The airport i BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Z JANUARY 30,1996 / �.. . � c ,� � , r. �T''•: �s intercept lot,in existence for over two years, is utiiizing approximately 81 spaces out of 240 spaces. There is quite a bit of excess capacity in this lot. • , RFTA has a fairly substantial route system in place. The in-town Aspen service is free. °-; There are fares for down valley transit. In 1991, there were 2,143,00 riders. In 1995, - . � there was 3,549,000 riders. RFTA has been extremety successful. 5kier shuttle service had remained relatively flat. With regard to Airport information,the number of people on commercial airlines and total i. operations, which is all flights, including commercia! airlines and general aviation, show that the number of operations is down and last year's lack of commercial service is plainly evident in the numbers between 1994 and 1995. The numbars are down by 40,000 passengers. There was a fairly steady increase from 1990-1992 and then it plateaued out. ` � As to ground transportation at the Airport,ihe taxis,limousines,vans,luxury Gmousines, et cetera, have a Fairly small number if they are compared to the number of rental cars which are operating at the airport. During the peak season,the rental car companies keep a totai of 600 vehictes aperating. Air quality readings, via the two PM-]0 monitors that aze in the City of Aspen and the monitor that is at I�'igtilands;show there have been exceedences of the legal one-day � standard in 1988 and 1991. The legal standud for the annual average has stayed below standard every year since 1988. The Hi�hlands Valley is not as affected as the rest of the Aspen uea. The annua[skier visits have been monitored for the last 10 years. With the exception of the fluctuation in the 1990, 1991, and 1992 season(where there was a 200,000 person - change in numbers),they have hovered azound 500,000 to 550,000 annual skier visits. A key factor affecting the numbers is the export of workers in the Aspen area to down- valfey tocations. Staff has recendy gone thtough a process with the ACP which has provided some good guidance on transportation issues in the metro area. A lot of the work that has been done and that has been contemplated in the last year or two have really been following through on the work that was done in the ACP. The City has been very active in implementing some of the recommendations of the ACP, including impfementation of the City's paid parking program. Highlands has volunteered and have been doing paid parking at the Base Viilage for the last coupie of years. The City went through the HOV test. There have been significant sidewalk improvements to � reduce reliance on vehicles. Trails have been improved. RFTA has maintained free in- town service. The Galena Street Shutde has been put in place to move skiers through town. The Airport intercapt lot has been put in place. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 3 JANUARY 30,1996 :a_ � �` • . � � �; �:' The four steps that Tim Malloy has outlined in the Memorandum are iatended to be done with the larger forum. It is not a fiill, comprehensive transportation study, but is a - . reaffirmation of what has been done and reFocuses on what needs to be done from this ' point. '�• Suzanne Konchan stated there are a number of issues before the Board of County Commissioners, in te�ns of land use reviews, that affect transportation issues. In the � County's work with the City of Aspen, the Town of Snowmass Village, and the elected officials of the Transportation Committee, they will be focusing primarily on the FEIS work with the Department of Transportation and Altemative H specifically. With the '. Roaring Fork Forum,the County is dealing with valley-wide rail trail issues. There are a r handful of issues that are going to be in the Board of County Commissioners'purview in terms of land use decisions and trying to fit in work with these other groups. The question � before the Commissioner is what work or discussions do.they need as a decision-making � group to prepaze them for working with the other groups and issues. Jim True asked if fundamentally what they are'talking about is a recognition that they need to be in Yhe kind of process that Staff is describing for these specific issues, tallang possibly interim solutions. People would have to recognize that a solution for a particular land-use application may not be a permanent solution. Fred Smith of the Aspen Skiing Company stated he supports what Staff is suggesting. He feels one of the most important issues is the cutrent events issues: Very soon, the Ski Company will be in front of the Board with a Higiilands dtaft EIS. There will be a request before the Boazd to make some final decisions relative to a ski area master plan. The lugest issue in that plan is how does it fit within an overatl comprehensive transportation �. plan for the Upper Roaring Fork Valtey. He aiso asked what itind of impacts witi occur " when the Town of Snowmass caps the number of commercial parking spaces available at � 2,450 spaces. They are also moving toward some permanent solutions at Buttermilk but need some direction from the County. They also need to work out a contract with RFTA They need a comprehensive transportation plan in front of them to make the decisions regarding the above matters. He would like to glean from the Commissioners some of the tlilngs which they believe will set some of their positions for the land use applications. Commissioner True cautioned Staff about taking steps that ultimately preclude or could preclude something else. Commissioner Tuite stated the Maroon Castle Creek intersection needs to be improved right away before constructions starts on the projects that aze proposed. Glen Hom stated he is anticipating a June 1996 detailed submission on Higlilands Vllage. ' They are needing information regarding where to place the remote parking lot. Commissioner Lamoni stated all of the pieces of ihe different plans need to be pulled together so in the future when they know they need a remote lot for Highlands and Hines, i . BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 4 JANUARY 30,1996 . �.� ^ _ . e .,� ;''�:._ �.�'; they can place the lot in a certain azea depending on the needs of the other people or ` �:. �' entities invoived, � Commissioner Ireland stated one of the main things that needs to be decided is whether to � ~� meet Alternative H or not. Eie fee[s there sfiou(d be liinits on what they will solve for the �, �.„ interim term and what they wil!solve for the long term. Cindy Houben stated all issues need to be on the table so there is no fear of precluding things. . ;;,. � Bob Daniels, representing Hines (Highlands), stated there needs to be a contextual , framework for guidance as to how to present their land use and transportation plan. , Jim Lindsay, a member of the public, stated he is concemed about skier transportation from the down-valley area. He said transportation to Highlands via bus is expensive and time consuming. He feels transporLation from the City of Aspen is far more commodious. He would like to see down-valley transportation more commodious. He feels energy should be expended towards creating altemative transportation. He atso stated he feels Highlands and Snowmass ski areas aze noY user-friendly. He does not like the idea of having to pay for pazking in the ski area(ots. - Commissioner Tuite stated part of the reason for the disincentive program at Higlilands is because of the amount of traffic going to the parking lot. He stated they aze getting closer to determining where an off,-site pazking lot for Highlands will be. He stated it shouid happen by next ski season. E A discussion ensued regarding whether RFTA cauld provide more service to the ski areas. � Gten Hom suggested revisiting the iransportation issue to the Higtilands Ski Area when the Board has their special meeting with Htghlands to review the Highlands Sld Area Master Plan. Cammissioner Lamont suggested entertaining the idea of supplying a shuttle bus to Highlands from the Airport park and ride lot for the rest of this year's ski season. A discussion ensued regazding what groups need to be involved to plan for transportation. Commissioner Tuite suggested every elected group needs to put their concerns, policies and what they want out on the line and then create a smailer group that"hashes it out"and then makes the recommendation back to the elected goups. Commissioner Ireland suggested all of the groups get together,decide what the main issues are,break down into ' the groups and come up with some solutions,and then get back together as a�arge group ' and discuss the soluuons and cammon areas. � �- . BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 5 JAIYUARY 30,i996 . ' ��.-; _ "` r e ..:� �� .' � , � �� f . �: '� . �' ;�` } The City of Aspen, EOTC, Hines, West Buttermilk, RFTA., CDOT, County Staff, the •� -`'.. Board of County Commissioners,the Ski Company,and other groups will be involved in :�.;.� .,, the discussions. • '�; :'��,..�.�" Staff said they will arcange the next meeting and notify the parties. � • )';'?: Commissioner Ireland moved to adjourn t6e meeting. With a second by Commissioner Tuite,the motion passed unanimously.. ;;' t :•: ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjoumed at 4:00 p.m. ` � '' . '�. '4iE: - Respectfully submitted, Y--.• ` ^ r . �� Lk �� Lynne Cordova . ;�, Deputy Clerk t e Board of County Commissioners ?t:. �: ^ >i• / /' .": `� ,L��an ` � . �� Board of County Commissioners � Lsawwieocc vc�na�,�di-sasc.� k � � F • +l � • i� : ��j . ti- � ' {� i - �� i c. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 6 JANUARY 30,1996 �a }. ' .. � • 'i'. . ' � ' ;;^•i, ` . Y� ••• . '.'I � .. ; , ._ . .., . . _ ... „ . . .,. _ . f ,n �. ,H I3n-i�o " - MEMORANDUM :: � i, TO: Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners ::r.' ;;� SQecial Meeting-January 30, 1996 � i:` THRU: Cindy Houben,Community Development Director`��,.� FROM: Tim Mailoy and Cindy Houben,Communiry Development Dept. '. .:,r RE: Ski Area Transponation Lssues & �' . � . s DISCUSSION: The purpose of this meeting is to begin a dialogue with the aspen 5kiing � ' Company and other interested patties regarding transpiration and parking issues facin� Pitkin � County.In December,Fred Smitti of the Aspen Skiin�Company,sug�ested a"worksession"format � to discuss transportation and parl:in�issues. The Board also thought that it would be appropriate to �,. look at how the Ski Company's needs for parking and transit at Highlands and Buttermilk relate to � the broader parking and transporcation issues in the me[ro�uea.Durin�discussions�vith Staff Ski �� Company representatives expressed a desire to[ake a fresh look at parl:in�and transportation issues "• . with the Counry. Staff feels that �iven the number of other significant activi[ies occurrin� with `i respect to transportation and pazking(Entrance to Aspen EIS,Basalt to Buttermilk project,Ciry of ` Aspen's Paid Parking and Transportation pro�rams,Moore PUD project,etcJ the time is ripe for taking a more comprehensive look at the issues of uansportation and parkin�for the portion of the Roaring Fork Valley located within Pitkin County.For these reasons,we have developed a process which we hope will foster this broader discussion and ultimately provide the framework within . which we can make more meaninaful decisions re�ardin;transportation and parking. The process proposed by Staff is intended provide a forum wherein the Boazd can work with the _ Ski Company,Hines Interests,Staff.RFI'A,CDOT,City of Aspen and others ro identify issues and > then reach an understanding as to the source of the problems(what issues are drivinQ others)and '- how we may be�n to focus on solutions.This is probably a little dit'ferent approach then the Boazd was anticipating.A�ain,we have taken this approach because we feel that the time has come to take a fresh look at this issue. During this first meeting, Staff will provide a"snap shoP'of the current situation with respect to + parking and transportation. By "snap shot".we mean a compilation of the facts regarding these � issues. Staffs intent is to provide the facts without any value jud�ments or interpre�ations so that ' ' the Board,Ski Company and other participants can come to some common understandin�of this information.Staff is aware that the Board has seen much,if not all,of this information at one point �� or ano[her in the past. However, we felt i[would be helpful to assemble�his information in one � presentation as a means of providin�an understanding of the"bi�picture' Staff also felt that it �?i was important that all of the patticipants at this meetin� see the information simultaneously. Therefore,Staff will provide a presentation at the worksession and we have not attached a summary t � �;. i � ,' . . � . ,:� . ,,. _. .._ . ., .., . . . . , ., . _._... _, . . ... � . . . . .. ,. . - . _-�.-. �� .. - . . �Y.e' •i�•,.. �� . of this information to this memo. Staff will also attempt to have appropriate staff inembers in �' :j•i� �, attendance at the meeting to answer questions and provide back up infocmation. �, .Y' .� Staff sugoests the following four step process for considering the transporta4an/paricing issue: ��'' 1. Assimilation of Data/Idendficallon of Issues; j�� 2. Group Issues according to relationships; _ 3. Anaiyze reiationships and identify which issues drive others and which aze dependent 4. Identify Potential Solutions. '"`?' k � The solutions refetred to above may not be soiuuons For che valley-wide ttansportation and parking �`.. • " issues. However, they may involve the crea[ion of stracegies for approaching the broader valley- � - wide problems, while also establishing concrete solutions for more immediate issues. Staff � acknowledges that there are a broad range of possibfe outcomes of this process.Staff anticipates � .,. that the process oudined above will require several meetings.The Board may not support the idea - of pursuing more comprehensive solutions at this time.If so,then perhaps it would be best to focus t: on the narrower issue of parking,for Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands and the necessary transit to � ' serve these facilities. • ' �'.'. If the Boazd supports the approach.suggested by Staff,then there are several questions which the .� • Boazd should discuss. F+rst, who should be involved in this process? Some logicat candidates � would be the City of Aspen; Aspen Skiing Company; Hines Interests; CDOT; RFTA: City:uid County Staff.Next,the Boud should decide what level of involvement they would want to have (appoint task force versus direct involvement etc,). In addition,the timing of this process wil!be important,particularly since the entrance to Aspen EIS is expected to be completed in June.These - decisions will influence how much can be accomplished at today's meeting. SLJNIlVtARY: Staff is seeking direction regarding whether che Board supports the process we have outlined for consideration of this issue,and if so;who should be involved in this prceess.If the Board suppoRS this approach,chen Staff would recommend that the Board select potential dates for a special meeting to continue this process and direct Staff to coordinate this meeting and arrange to have the desired participants in attendance.If the Board wishes to proceed with more immediate {t solutions for the Buttermilk and�Aspen Highlands parking and transportation issuas,then it would � be appropriate to proceed with discussions with the Aspen Skiing Company regarding these issues. �: � c:lcountylr�transljan3o.doc 0 N - � .. � . 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