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WORK SESSION AGENDA
Plaza One Conference Room
NOON
1:30 PM
i'UESDAY~ SEPTEMBER 6~ 2005
11:00 AM SPECIAL MEETING
Executive Session
ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION
Lunch with Representative Gary Lindstrom
2:30 2.
3:00 3.
3:30
4:00 4.
6:00 PM
Memos of Interest
Future Agendas/Agenda Requests/Monthly Calendar
Board Membership Reports - RTA, NWCCOG & QQ, ACRA, CCI, RRR, RWPA
BOCC Open Discussion
Down Valley Fuel Site Discussion, Temple Glassier
Preparation for Meeting with USFS, Debbie Quinn
BREAK
QUARTERLY MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL in Council Chambers
ADJOURN
MINUTES OF WORK SESSION
Date: Sept. 6, 2005
Meeting Start Time: 12:00 pm
Commissioners present:
[] Patti Clapper
[] Dorothea Farris
[] Jack Hatfield
[] Michael Ireland
[] Michael Owsley
Commissioners not present:
[] Patti Clapper
[] Dorothea Farfis
[] Jack Hatfield
[] Michael Ireland
[] Michael Owsley
WORK SESSION ITEM: Lunch meeting with Representative Gary Lindstrom
STAFF DIRECTION:
1. Representative Lindstrom shared his first year impressions of the legislature.
2. Representative Lindstrom indicated that his primary goal at present is to have Referenda C and D pass.
He indicated that in the coming session, the emphasis is on bills that have little or no state fiscal impact.
Discussion ensued.
3. On the Real Estate Transfer Tax, Representative Lindstrom explained that it had no chance of making it
out of the legislature. On the County's Rent Control bill, Representative Lindstrom agreed to sponsor
the bill again. Discussion ensued about changing the name of the bill.
4. On Water issues, Representative Lindstrom shared his involvement in defeating SB62 last year.
Discussion ensued about Recreational In-Channel Diversions. On oil and gas legislation, Representative
Lindstrom believes there needs to be an equitable solution to compensate surface owners for actual
damage.
WORK SESSION ITEM: Memos of Interest
STAFF DIRECTION:
1. Deanna Olsen resignation from Board of Adjustment - informational only, no direction needed. Staff
will advertise for the appointment. The Board requested staff inform them of the reason for the
resignation.
2. Jack Wheeler resignation - the Board directed that Brad Manosevitz be moved from alternate to a
regular position. Staff will advertise for appointment of a new alternate.
3. Senior Services Citizen Board request - the Board agreed to have the director as a non-voting member of
the Board.
4. Two Comcast programming letters - informational only, no direction needed.
5. 2005 Colorado River Water Seminar on Sept. 30th - Commissioner Clapper and Ireland will attend.
6. City/County TDR Coordination - approved. The Board stated that they would be willing to discuss this
topic further.
7. Rio Grande Trail Opinion Poll results - informational only, no direction needed.
8. Club 20 - approved. Discussion ensued and the Board gave staffmodifications on recommendations.
9. Economic indicators - informational only, no direction needed.
WORK SESSION ITEM: Future Agendas/Agenda Requests/Monthly Calendars
STAFF DIRECTION:
1. RICD hearings at Capitol - 9:30 am Sept. 7th.
2. Compass site visit - Commissioners Clapper and Hatfield will tour the site.
3. Staff advised the Board that the joint meeting with the Open Space and Trails Board has been moved to
Sept. 14th at noon.
4. Roan Plateau for Commissioners Ireland, Hatfield and Clapper - Sept. 26th.
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5. Clerk Interviews - Sept. 19th 9:30am - 4:30pm.
6. Second Home Study - Phase 1I meeting on Sept. 23rd/Eagle County Library (upstairs mtg rm) 10am to
noon. Commissioner Ireland will attend.
7. Commissioner Hatfield will not attend the Transportation Committee meeting in Glenwood on Sept. 29th
but Commissioner Owsley will attend.
WORK SESSION ITEM: Board Membership Reports
STAFF DIRECTION:
1. RTA - no update provided.
2. NWCCOG & QQ- no update provided.
3. ACRA - no update provided.
4. CCI - committee work is ongoing.
5. RRR - Commissioner Ireland advised the Board that the Rural Resort Region is setting its workload
priorities for the upcoming year. Immigration, beetle kill and health care are topics that have been
discussed by members. Discussion ensued. The Board expressed an interest in exploring the impacts of
unfounded state mandates on the health and human service agencies.
6. RWPA - Commissioner Hatfield inquired about the study done by John Emrick. Staff will follow up
with Rose Ann Sullivan and report back to the Board.
WORK SESSION ITEM: Open Discussion
STAFF DIRECTION:
1. Express Creek Parking Update - staff advised that currently, the County has a long 72-hour parking lot
that is plowed by Pitkin County for recreational parking. This parking provides approximately 20 spots
for cross country skiers, hut users, snowmobilers and others. In John Wilcox's master plan and
approvals through the FS and the County he is providing two long parking lots. He is slightly
reconfiguring these lots but proposed to provide 37 spaces for parking. There is also a parking lot
already in place that provides about 30 spots. All of these lots combined allow for 87 spaces of parking
in this area. The Forest Service and staff feel that this is adequate for the recreational uses. Mr. Wilcox
has agreed to groom a cross-country ski and snowmobile trail from the County's 72-hour parking lot to
Express Creek. At the Maroon/Castle Creek Caucus meeting on August 12th, the Caucus voted to
encourage the County to develop a master-parking plan for the area between American Lake and the
Cathedral Lake parking lot. Public Works is working on this but needs to observe and see what is
happening each season and provide some background on the uses.
2. Lenado Parking lot update - staff updated the Board on the issue based on information from Mike
Kenilli of the Forest Service. It is only conceptual at this time but the Forest Service was thinking a
dirt/native soils parking lot just past the bridge on the right that would be about 50' x 100' to allow for
the parking of Mr. Vagneur's snowmobile operation and about 10-15 more vehicles. This still has to go
through the District Ranger and then the NEP process with public input, which means about 2 years out.
USFS would like a letter of support to assist in securing the federal funding to proceed with the NEPA
process. The Board decided to add this to the joint meeting with the USFS next week.
3. Open Space Board vacancy - staff inquired if the Board wanted to advertise for board vacancy or
interview Mr. McFlynn and Mr. Haughey. The Board directed staff to advertise for vacancy for a short
time period.
4. Hurricane Katrina response - a brief discussion ensued on ongoing community discussions regarding
relief efforts.
5. Compost Pad Berm - staff provided an update on the upcoming berm construction.
6. Joint meeting - staff distributed a memo from Ed Sadler.
7. Commissioner Hatfield asked about $300,000 committed to in the Burnt Mountain Settlement. Staff
will follow up.
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WORK SESSION ITEM: Down Valley Fuel Site Discussion, Brian Pettet
STAFF DIRECTION: Staff was present to respond to Board questions. The Board concurred with staff and
will work on potential options while the master planning process is ongoing.
WORK SESSION ITEM: Preparation for Quarterly Meeting with Forest Service, Debbie Quinn
STAFF DIRECTION: The Board asked that the Lenado parking lot issue be added to the agenda and inquired
about the status of the Travel Management Plan. Discussion ensued. Commissioner Ireland updated the Board
on the Crystal River Caucus meeting regarding the Wind Point Management Plan. Discussion followed.
WORK SESSION ITEM: Quarterly meeting with City Council
STAFF DIRECTION:
1. Katrina relief efforts were discussed. The City agreed to match the County's matching fund challenge to
employees for donations to the Red Cross.
2. Housing Guidelines-The guidelines as proposed were approved with minor changes and direction to
bring it back in June 2006 for review.
3. Animal Shelter-Staff was directed to add a provision in the Shelter lease agreement for renegotiation
after 5 years in order to address financial changes of the Operator. Discussion ensued about other lease
provisions with direction to clarify language in 9.1 concerning subleasing. On the Bylaws, staff was
directed to change language concerning qualifications. Otherwise, staff recommendations were
approved. A request from the Shelter operator to waive housing guidelines for the two housing units in
the building was denied. After some discussion, the name "Cheryl and Sam Wyley Animal Shelter" was
approved.
4. Stein Park. Steve Ellsperman from City Parks provided background information about Stein Park.
Discussion ensued about commercial operations and whether expanded parking was needed. Neither
City Council nor the BOCC supported additional parking.
5. REMP Policy. Randy Udall from CORE indicated that the CORE board of directors would address
policy for the use of the Renewable Energy Mitigation Program funds at their September 27, 2005
meeting and would report back to the City and County with policy recommendations. Discussion
ensued.
6. Entrance to Aspen. Council members advised the BOCC of an upcoming work session on potential
solutions to traffic congestion on Main Street.
7. Instream Flow water rights. Albert Slap, the Colorado River Project Director for the Nature
Conservancy, and Phil Overeynder provided information concerning City/County staff work on instream
flows. During ensuing discussion, concerns were raised about limiting future options, reversionary
provisions, duplication of efforts, and the desire for all water issues and funding requests to be
coordinated.
Adjourned at 7:00 pm.
Prepared by:
· ary FleJ~il~er Smith, County Manager
Respectfully submitted:
Silvia Davis, Clerk and Recorder
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