HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Estes Park Urban Renewal Authority 2007-08-08RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, August 8, 2007
Minutes of a Special meeting of the ESTES PARK URBAN RENEWAL
AUTHORITY of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado.
Meeting held in the Municipal Building in said Town of Estes Park on
the 8th day of August, 2007.
Commissioners:
Attending:
Also Attending:
Absent:
Chairman Swank, Commissioners Cope, Ericson, Littie,
Repola, Steige, and Wilcocks
Chairman Swank, Commissioners Cope, Ericson, Little,
Repola, Steige, and Wilcocks
EPURA Director Smith, Attorney Windholz, Deputy Town
Clerk Deats
None
Chairman Swank called the meeting to order at 8:12 a.m.
COMMUNITY COMMENTS.
None
COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
None
RESOLUTION #380 - ACCEPTANCE OF BLIGHT STUDY ANALYSIS FOR
SUBMISSION TO THE ESTES PARK TOWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES - REQUEST
APPROVAL.
Dir. Smith read Resolution #380 regarding acceptance of the blight study that was
commissioned as part of the process to prepare for the continuance of EPURA, in its
entirety. Attorney Windholz was present at the meeting to address the Commissioners
and field questions related to the resolution.
Attorney Windholz stated that new legislation will go into effect on September 1,2007 in
regards to the notification of owners of private property within a blight study area, but
that this will not affect the blight study prepared by Terry Ware, or its acceptance, as the
study was commissioned in January 2007. He stated the purpose of Resolution #380 is
to accept the Blight Study Analysis, which acknowledges the existence of blight, and
submit it to the Town Board for further action. The Town Board will consider the
findings of the blight study, conduct public hearings, and make a determination on the
urban renewal area boundaries which will be utilized in the development of the urban
renewal plan.
It was moved and seconded (Little/Steige) to approve Resolution #380 of the Estes
Park Urban Renewal Authority Board of Commissioners accepting the Blight
Analysis and submitting same to the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes
Park.
Discussion followed and included the following topics: blight conditions remaining in
areas where EPURA projects are ongoing: areas that were to be addressed in the
study, but were omitted; amending the survey area to include these areas (1) Silver
Lane Stables and the intersection of Steamer Driver and Highway 34, (2) the Big Horn
Drive area west of Virginia Drive; inconsistencies within the document in regards to
boundaries: the boundaries of the study area are not necessarily the boundaries of the
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urban renewal district; whether a vehicle exists for addressing blight in the county: and
that EPURA has no jurisdiction outside of the town limits or over code compliance
issues.
The Commissioners voted on the motion to approve Resolution #380 and it passed.
Those voting “Yes” Cope, Little, Steige, Wilcocks. Those voting “No” Ericson and
Repola.
Conversation ensued regarding amending the survey area outlined in the Blight
Analysis to include (1) Silver Lane Stables and the intersection of Steamer Drive and
Highway 34, and (2) the Big Horn Drive area west of Virginia Drive. Both of these sites
had been discussed for inclusion in the study at the EPURA retreat in February. After a
review of the survey boundaries, it was deduced that the commercial portion of Virginia
Drive is included in the report and that residential areas north of Virginia Drive to Big
Horn may not be desirable to include due to minimal sales tax potential and financial
ramifications to special districts. Additional comments were heard about the boundaries
illustrated on maps within the study, and it was noted that the survey boundaries should
be drawn to be as inclusive as possible. Attorney Windholz stated that the survey area
of the blight study does not have to be consistent with the urban renewal plan area and
that the Town Board will be responsible for narrowing down these boundaries.
It was moved and seconded (Ericson/Cope) to request Terrance Ware Associates
to amend the Blight Study survey boundaries to include the Silver Lane Stables
and the intersection of Steamer Drive and Highway 34 and to provide
supplemental Information on the area as originally directed by the Commission,
and it passed unanimously.
Dir. Smith and Attorney Windholz will convey the Commissioners’ concerns about the
inconsistencies of the maps included In the study and the need to make the survey area
as clear as possible to Mr. Ware, and direct him to add the Silver Lane Stables/Steamer
Drive/Highway 34 area to the report.
The Blight Analysis will be submitted to the Board of Trustees at their regular meeting
on Tuesday, August 28, 2007.
Whereupon, Chairman Swank adjourned the special meeting at 9:18 a.m.
Cynthra Deats, Deputy Town Clerk