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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PITKIN COUNTY
August 16, 1971
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PRESENT: Commissioners Sardy, Baxter, Vagneur,
County Attorney Oates and Internal
Auditor Kleeman.
Stuart Mace was present to inform the Board
that he was interested in purchasing a book
cutter which the County now has. The Board in-
formed Mr. Mace that a public notice requesting
bids on the book cutter would have to be made
and at that time he could submit his bid.
Mr. Mace also made a request for a 20
M.P.H. speed limit at Ashcroft. Attorney
Oates was instructed to check into this matter.
John Schmidt was present to discuss the
straightening of the bridge curve on the Snow-
mass Creek road. The Commissioners asked the
Road Overseer, Harvey Hale to check out the
problem. Mr. Schmidt also asked that the Watkins
Divide road be improved. The Board informed
Mr. Schmidt that they would consider the im-
provements.
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Mr. Ron Duplanty of Aspen International
Properties was present to discuss the Juniper
subdivision at Aspen Wildcat. Upon motion duly
made and seconded the Board approved the sub-
division, with the provision that the sales
contracts for the property clearly describes
the lack of water in the area. The followin
letter was submitted by Mr. Duplanty:
"As part of your approval pro-
vision for the Juniper Plat it may be
noted AIPI commits to include the
attached paragraph in all sales agreements.
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The insertion is intended to
give the buyer an understanding of
the water service conditions in the
Juniper area.
Buyer acknowledges that he under-
stands the property is within the
boundaries of the Aspen Wildcat Basin
Water and Sanitation District, but
that said District is not able to pro
vide service at this time and is not
able to make a commitment as to a
date when it will be able to provide
service. Buyer further acknowledges
that he understands that Pitkin County
will not issue a building permit for
construction of any improvements on
the property until the Buyer can dem-
onstrate to the appropriate officials
of Pitkin County that there is avail-
able to the property a dependable
supply of water which meets county
standards of potability. Buyer fur-
ther acknowledges that he has been
advised that Pitkin County assums no
responsibility for nor makes any
commitments with respect to water supply."
Mr. George Nelson of Tri-Co Development
requested permission to extend the road from
their development at the Hospital. The Board
approved Mr. Nelson's request.
Harry Wier, Hospital Administrator and
Rose Stanton, Chairman of the Hospital Board
requested an additional two mill levy for the
hospital. The Commissioners deferred a decis-
ion pending discussion with the R.S.A. Board.
Mr. Pagni was present to request a burn-
ing permit for two acres of scrub oak on West
Sopris Creek near Emma. The Board informed
Mr. Pagni that they would contact City-County
Sanitarian Kinkade for his recommendation.
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Jim O'Neil from Oshkosh Truck and Ed Kalvar
from Farris Machines were present and made a
presentation on the virtues of their product,
snow plow.
Their being no further business, the meet-
ing was adjourned.
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