HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Joint Town Board and County Commissioners 2016-04-12Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, April 12, 2016
Minutes of a Joint Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park
and the Larimer County Commissioners, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting
held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the 12th day of April,
2016.
Present:
William C. Pinkham, Mayor
Wendy Koenig, Mayor Pro Tem
Trustees John Ericson
Bob Holcomb
Ward Nelson
Ron Norris
John Phipps
Also Present: Via Conference Call:
Commissioner Tom Donnelly
Commissioner Lew Gaiter
Commissioner Steve Johnson
Manager Linda Hoffmann
Frank Lancaster, Town Administrator
Travis Machalek, Assistant Town Administrator
Greg White, Town Attorney
Terry Gilbert, Director - Larimer County Community
Development Division
Cynthia Deats, Deputy Town Clerk
Absent: None
Mayor Pinkham called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
1. ACTION ITEMS:
1. VACATION HOME 9 OR MORE GUESTS TASK FORCE APPOINTMENTS.
Mayor Pinkham requested a roll call of the Town Board Members and of those
attending the meeting via conference call.
Larimer County Community Development Director Gilbert informed the Board
of the process utilized to screen and select the members of the Task Force that
were being recommended for appointment by the Town Board. He noted that
the goal was to create a 15-member Task Force consisting of a mix of vacation
home owners, individuals who reside in close proximity to a vacation home,
and representatives selected by seven different local organizations. (The
organization representatives are not appointed by the Town Board and the
County Commissioners.) The individuals selected will be a mix of in -town and
county residents. An initial screening of the pool of approximately 70
applicants was conducted via email and followed up with a telephone interview.
Applicants were asked to make a commitment to attend all meetings of the task
force which are scheduled for every other week beginning on April 27, 2016,
and continuing through late July; and to provide statements as to why they
wanted to serve on the task force, their involvement and experiences with
vacation rentals and also their interaction with local government.
Subsequently, eight individuals were recommended to the Board and the
Commissioners for appointment to the Task Force. Regarding the
recommendation to appoint Bettye Harrison, Mayor Pro Tem Koenig requested
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that an alternate be considered since Ms. Harrison is the spouse of the
representative named by the Estes Park Vacation Rentals Owners Association,
Ed Peterson. The County Commissioners concurred. Director Gilbert stated
he was unaware of the relationship and changed his recommendation to
replace Ms. Harrison with alternate, Mick Scarpella.
It was moved and seconded (Norris/Holcomb) to appoint Fred Mares,
Millicent Cozzie, Richard Spielman, Bernie Holien, Claudine Perrault, Jo
Anne 011erenshaw, Mick Scarpella, and Linda Moak to the Task Force, and
it was passed by the Town Board unanimously.
The County Commissioners concurred with the appointment selections and
stated that final approval of the appointments will be forthcoming at their
upcoming meeting scheduled for April 19, 2016.
The remaining Task Force members and the organizations they are
representing are as follows:
Representative
Organization
Art Blume
Association for Responsible Development
Jane Livingston
Estes Area Lodging Association
Judy Anderson
Estes Park Board of Realtors
Bill Van Horn
Estes Park Economic Development Corp.
Ed Peterson
Estes Park Vacation Rentals Owners Association
Rainer Schelp
Property Management Representative
Lindsey Lamson
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Whereupon Mayor Pinkham adjourned the meeting at 4:27 p.m.
William C. Pinkham, Mayor
Cynthia A. Deats, Deputy Town Clerk