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HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.min.reg.05101971 ~. -- - -~- ---- - - -- - --- ----~ May 10, 1971 The Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, met at 2:00 o'clock PM, May 10,1971, with the following members present: Chairman T. J. Sardy; Commissioners Clyde Vagneur and J. Sterling Baxter; County Attorney Leonard Oates. Bills were audited, approved and ordered paid from Variou Funds as follows: I :1 GENERAL FUND: ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND: Mr. Tom Bradley of I.B.M. was present and submitted to the Board a proposal for the lease of an I.B.M. Copier. The Board informed Mr. Bradley that before making any decision on a new copier they would like to have the opinions of the Department Heads. It was asked that the Department Heads look over the material on the copier and submit their opinions at the next regular meeting of the Board. Mr. Dave Hyatt of the Environmental Task Force ask for the Board's approval to use two bays in the County shed behind the Courthouse for the collection of recyclable containers. The Board informed Mr. Hyatt that this would be satisfactory, at least for the summer months. Mrs. Florence Glidden and Mrs. Ramona Markalunas of the Cemetery Board and Mr. Harold Johnson, County Surveyor were present to discuss a problem rela7.'.ng to the ownership of the Ute Cemetery. The Board requested that this problem be 'r")- r.-. referred to one of the local title companies for a verification of the property lines. Mr. Harvey Hale, Pitkin County Road Overseer was present and presented a proposal from G.M.C.O. for seal coating thirteen miles of the Ashcroft road, one mile on Brush Creek and one mile on OWl creek and a one mile section to be blade mix. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the contract was approved. The Board requested that Mr. Hale contact the Metro Sanitation District in regard to repairing any roads that they might be making cuts in this year, to determine whether they would be making the repairs or if the County would do it and charge the District for it. Mr. Herb Bartel, city-county Planner, presented the ( following petition to the Board,: "We the undersigned do hereby acknowledge that we signed a petition to be filed with the zoning Board for pitkin county asking that the County commissioners impose a six month moritorium on commercial building in Pitkin county extending from Basalt to the old Snowmass Store. We request that our signatures be withdrawn from said petition for the reason that we did not in fact understand the effect of the petition and understood that this moritorium would relate solely to the construction of the trailer park now under construction across from the High county Lumber Company on Highway 82 or that the moritorium did not relate to all commercial buildinq." The petition w~s signed by nine of the properLy owners in that are~. Mr. Clinton Stewart, Attorney, repre:senting the people on the petition and also Ti~ .'oth Enterprises, Johnnie Hoaglund, Guido Meyer, Bob Valdez and ~ohn Wix discussed with the Board the feelings of these people and their objections to the proposed moritorium. I ,I ! I 'i 'I ;1 II After considerable discussion, Mr. Bartel informed the Board and those present, that a public meeting to discuss the moritorium and zoning for that area had been tentatively set for June 19, 1971. The Board 'assured Mr. Stewart that they would take no action until after this meeting. I II Ii ,I Mr. Tom Griffin of Tri-Co. Management presented a rezoning agreement for the proposed McCulloch development and asked for any recommendations that the Commissioners might have. The Board asked that paragraph 14 of the agreement be deleted and upon motion duly made and seconded, approved the agreement with the deletion of that paragraph. Mr. Bartel informed the Board that some changes had been made in the Sand and Gravel Regulations and that a final draft was being prepared. ! i' II " ii II I' 'I I , After considerable discussion and upon motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was approved by the Board: RES 0 L UTI 0 N AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF ANTICIPATION WARRANTS, SERIES OF 1971 OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO FOR COUNTY AIRPORT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS I ! .1 ,I , i I I I , , i I I II I I I I I I II i II II Ii :1 I ;: Ii WHEREAS, pitkin County, acting by and through its BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and the PITKIN COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY owns and operates the Pitkin County Airport and public needs resulting from greatly increased air traffic require the enlargement and expansion of the Airport and the reorganization of its operations, AND ,WHEREAS , agreement has been reached whereby pitkin County will acquire all of the ~easehold interests and property of Aspen Airport Corporation, and of Monarch Aviation, Inc., excepting personal property, at the Airport to be paid for by $10,000.00 in cash an9 $127,000.00 in Pitkin County Anticipation Warrants hereby provided for, AND, WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin county, affirmed by vote of the electors at the General Election held in November, 1968 a 2% ~~lp~ rriY Wri~ nlllv enacted with oroceeds to be divided between " tterepresentation that a portion of the proceeds of such tax would be used for Airport expansion and improvemenr I\ND, WIIEREI\S, Lhe Rcyionul Service AuLhoriLy represent- ing the County of pitkin and the City of Aspen have considere:d and ilpproved the issuance of the Antic; ,,:-,tion Warrants hereinafter provided for: THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, That: 1. To perform that certain contract between Pitkin County, Aspen Airport Corporation, and Monarch Aviation, Inc., Pitkin County will pay $10,000.00 in cash and does hereby authorize and direct issu- ance of Anticipation Warrants pursuant to the provisions of Article XIX, Chapter 36, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, as amended, in the principal sum of $127,000.00 payable out of sales tax revenues received in the office of the Pitkin county Treasurer from the 2% sales tax levied by the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, pursuant to Article X, Chapter 138, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, as amended, and the County shall, and does, pledge irrevocably a suffieien~ amount of such sales tax proceeds to pay when due the said Anticipation Warrants and the interest thereon, said warrants to be known nad denominated as Series D, Airport Improvement Anticipation Warrants, Series of 1971 each to be in the sum of $1,000.00 and to be numbered 1 through 127 inclusive and to mature on December 1, in each of the following years: Warrant Nos. Amount Maturity 1 - 8 inclusive 9 - 18 inclusive 19 - 28 inclusive 29 - 41 inclusive 42 - 53 inclusive 54 - 67 inclusive 68 - 80 inclusive 81 - 95 inclusive 96 -110 inclusive 111 - 127 inclusive $ 8,000.00 10,000.00 11,000.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 13,000.00 13,000.00 15,000.00 16,000.00 17,000.00 12-1-71 12-1-72 12-1-73 12-1-74 12-1-75 12-1-76 12-1-77 12-1-78 12-1-79 12-1-80 2. Said Anticipation Warrants shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum from date of issuance, the first ,interest payment to be made Dece~ber 1, 1971, with subsequent ~terest payments on June 1 and December 1, thereafter. 3. In advance of maturity, Pitkin County may retire said Warrants by paying the principal and accrued interest to the date of retirement. Thirty days notice of any retirement prior to maturity shall be given to the purchasers of said Warrants by certified mail or by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in pitkin County, Colorado, in one issue at least thirty days prior to any redemption date. All redemptions prior to maturity shall be made in inverse numerical order. 4. 'l'llC ,,~\id I\nLiclpdLicJll W~rr'll1ts "1,,,11 JJe [Juy.,].>le principal and interesL in lawful money of Lhe Unite:d st~tes of America at the office of the pitkin County Treasurer in Aspen, Colorado, to be handled by County Cash Wilrrants drawn upon the Special Fund create:d for retirement therof. Said Warrants shall not be negotiable except by consent of the Pitkin county commissioners, shall be payable to the Bearer, shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board of county co~~issioners and attested by the County Clerk and Recorder of pitkin County, Colorado, with the seal of said county affixed thereto. A registry of said Warrants shall be maintained in the office of the Pitkin County . Clerk and Recorder and payment of interest and principal thereon shall be made to the holder of said warrants as I shown uoon said Registry. Changes in ownership must be made kn~wn to the said Clerk and Recorder for inclusion in the Registry at least thirty days prior to the next interest payment, or Warrant retirement date, or else shall be paid to the registered holder as of the date thirty days prior to such retirement or interest payment. { 31 nt 'I , !i , rJ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF PITKIN SERIES D - 1971 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT ANTICIPATION WARRANT No. $l,OOO.OO The County of Pitkin in the State of Colorado, acting by and through its Board of County Commissioners, hereby acknow- ledges itself indebted and for value received, promises to pay to the bearer out of the special fund hereinafter mentioned, and not otherwise ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS on the first day of December, 19 ,and to pay interest thereon at the rate 6 percent per annum on the first day of December, 1971 and semi-annually thereafter. This Warrant to be paid upon sur- render when due. Both principal and interest of this Anticipation Warrant shall be payable in lawful money of the united States of America at the office of the pitkin County Treasurer in Aspen, pitkin County, colorado. In advance of maturity, pitkin County shall have the option of redeeming this Warrant by paying principal and interest to date of maturity, this Warrant being redeemable in advance of maturity in its inverse numerical order in the issue of which it is one. Payment of this warrant and the interest thereon shall be made solely from, and as security for such payment there ~s pledged, a special fund created by Resolution of the Board of County-commissioners of pitkin County, Colorado, dated November l8, 1969, and additional Resolution authorizing and directing issuance of a Series of Warrants, of which this Warrant is one, dated May 10, 1971 identified as AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT ANTICIPATION WARRANT RETIREMENT FUND in the office of the pitkin County Treasurer, into which Pitkin County covenants to pay from the revenues to be derived from County sales tax receipts, which are pledged to the extent required for annual retirement of principal, together with accrued interest, and together with a reasonable.reserve to be maintained for Warrant retirement and interest payment, and the Board of County Commissioners of pitkin Countv aqrees with the holder of this Warrant and with each and II ,I :! :\ ,I I , I , i , I i I 11 II II I :1 il I, II ;i " II il 'I I, [I II :1 Ii 'I I, !I iI i' d 'I I 'i / - , r'---' This Warrant is issued for the purpose of paying for Pitkin County Airport Improvements pursuant to authority of Article XIX, Chapter 36, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, as amended, and does not constitute a general obligation or indebted- ness of pitkin County within the meaning of any constitutional provision or limitation, and does not pledge general income of Pitkin County, but shall be payable from the sources above stated. This warrant shall not be negotiated without consent of the Pitkin County Commissioners. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of County Commissioners ,] i I I of pitkin County have caused this Anticipation Warrant to be subscribed by the Chairman, attested by the Secretary, with the seal affixed this 10th day of May, 1971. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO By: Chairman ATTEST: Clerk r " " 1 , The date of issuance and commencement of interest on this warrant is June l, 1971. The Board approved an additional appropriation from the State of Colorado in the amount of $100.00 for the Health and Sanitation department. The Board acknowledged2:eceipt of a letter from Albert C. Droste of Aspen in which Mr. Droste explains his feelings on taxation of the green areas around Aspen which have not been developed. The Board requested that the letter be placed on file. The Board discussed petitions for abatement of personal property taxes. Bertha Looney, Bookkeeper reported that in checking these pe~itions, only one ppartment was reported being rented during 1970. The Board asked that Attorney Oates contact this individual to be present at the next regular meeting to discuss the petition for abatement. No action was taken on the other petitions. i I II I I Mr. Hal Clark, Building Inspector was present and discussed the activities of his department with the Board. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. ATTEST: APPROVED: Chairman _........L.-__" '~'.~- I ,I I) Clerk