HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.res.021.2005RESOLUTION OF THE PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS SUPPORTING THE BURLINGAME AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROJECT
Resolution No. tga~/ -2005
RECITALS
1. The BOCC supports the Burlingame affordable housing development for the
following reasons:
The 2000 Aspen Area Community Plan (AACP) and other studies and
plans such as the Interim Aspen Area Citizens Housing Plan, and the 2002
Aspen Affordable Housing Strategic Plan have affirmed that there is an
additional need for affordable housing which will house workers
generated by jobs in Aspen and elsewhere in the upper Roaring Fork
Valley. The AACP Housing policies include:
"Providing 800 to 1300 additional affordable housing units within
the Aspen Community Growth Boundary"
· The Housing Strategic Plan re-confirmed an existing shortfall of 995 units.
The Burlingame development is located within the Urban Growth
Boundary UGB as defined by the 2000 Aspen Area Community Plan
(AACP). The UGB is defined as an area in which urban levels of
development should be located because this is where centralized services
are available such as water, sewer and bus service. 1998 The Interim
Aspen Area Citizen Housing Plan notes that housing should strive to meet
as many of the following Criteria as possible and the BOCC believes that
the Burlingame project meets the majority of these criteria:
1. Community Growth Boundary Location;
2. Proximity to available public mass transit;
3. "Containable Development" compatible with
neighborhood and does not promote sprawl;
4. Contiguous to existing public facilities and infrastructure;
5. Amenable to transit, bike and pedestrian oriented design;
6. Visual compatibility with surrounding area;
7. Optimize the site's development potential;
8. Contributes to the Aspen/Pitkin County housing goals;
9. Quality of life: range of income groups, mixed uses, access
to open space;
10. Quality of design and construction;
11. Utilize and conserve natural features;
12. Fiscal impact of site compared to other sites.
The BOCC upholds green building construction requirements for
affordable housing and believes in providing a sustainable product for the
employee.
The Burlingame development provides workers with the ability to live
within the community in which they work. This generates vitality and
sense of community for both the worker and the community as a whole.
The ownership component of the project allows a degree of permanency
for the individual, pride of ownership and makes economic sense for
someone to invest his or her time as an employee in the Aspen area.
The Burlingame development lessens the strain on Highway 82 and RFTA
relative to longer commutes from communities further down the valley.
Getting people off the highway makes it safer and helps to preserve air
quality and lessen stress for the employee. The Housing section of the
2000 AACP states:
"When employees have an opportunity to live near where they
work, their reliance on the automobile lessens and they have an
opportunity to become apart of the town's social fabric."
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Pitkin County Board of County
Commissioners that they hereby support the Burlingame Affordable Housing
Development because it reflects the policies of the Board of County Commissioners
concerning affordable housing as stated below:
CITIZEN HOUSING: It is the policy of the County to ensure the existence of a
supply of desirable and affordable housing for persons employed in Pitkin
County, senior citizens, the handicapped, and other qualified persons of Pitkin
County. Pitkin County seeks to preserve existing affordable housing to the extent
possible and to encourage the development of affordable housing within
established urban growth boundaries, where employment, services and facilities
are typically already established.
· A diversity of housing types and densities is encouraged in order to ensure
affordable housing for a range of individuals and families.
Citizen housing outside of the urban growth boundaries is only acceptable where
the densities are appropriate for the surrounding area, and where such
development is containable. Caretaker or employee dwelling units may be
acceptable uses in a rural environment. Projects such as Burlingame would not be
appropriate outside the Urban Growth Boundary.
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Rehabilitation of existing residential facilities is promoted where feasible, as the
use of existing units promotes affordable housing goals without increasing growth
rates or impacts
LAND USE PATTERNS: It is the policy of the County to locate future urban
development within adopted urban growth boundaries in order to eliminate
residential sprawl and strip commercial development, to ensure the provision of
adequate service levels, to preserve agriculture, forestry and open space land
uses, and to maximize the utility of funds invested in public facilities and
services. Lands outside the growth boundaries will be deemed most appropriate
for the preservation of agriculture, natural habitat, environmental resoumes,
open space and rural residential uses.
Planned unit style development (PUD), designed to integrate siting in harmony
with the environment and consistent with land use policies, is encouraged. Such
development tends to minimize the cost of governmental and other services,
maximize open space, preserve agricultural lands, and minimize automobile
congestion and hazardous conditions on public roads and highways.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED on the a~ ~day of /~b~..td,~O~/ , 2005.
ATTEST:
~ Deputy Clerk and Recorder
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF
PITKIN COUNTY COLORADO
Date: fi"[,q,~cff ~ 200.5--
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John Els(
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
~ihdy Hou~en -
Community Development Director
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