HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Town Board Special Meeting 2015-12-15Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, December 15, 2015
Minutes of a Special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes
Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town
of Estes Park on the 15th day of December 2015.
Present:
Also Present:
Absent:
Wendy Koenig, Mayor Pro Tem
Trustees John Ericson
Bob Holcomb
Ward Nelson
Ron Norris
John Phipps
Frank Lancaster, Town Administrator
Greg White, Town Attorney
Jackie Williamson, Town Clerk
William C. Pinkham, Mayor
Travis Machalek, Assistant Town Administrator
Mayor Pro Tem Koenig called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. and all desiring to do
so, recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
ACTION ITEMS:
1. SPECIAL REVIEW 2014-01C, EPMC WELLNESS TRAINING CENTER, LOT
4, STANLEY HISTORIC DISTRICT, 520 STEAMER PARKWAY. Attorney
White stated the Applicant requested a continuance of the land use item which
must be to a date certain.
Greg Rosener/Stanley Hotel Representative requested the item be continued
to the March 22, 2016 Town Board meeting to allow the Applicant time to
prepare for the meeting. He stated they were not able to meet the hurdles set
by the Estes Valley Planning Commission even though they met with the
Planning staff weekly. The Applicant would likely be prepared prior to March.
The construction of the hotel would continue and the Applicant would work with
the Building staff and the outside building consultant to build the structure in a
manner necessary to add the fourth floor in the future. The hotel would be
completed by May 1, 2016.
Board comments have been summarized: Trustee Ericson questioned why the
applicant requested an expedited review and now requests a delay of the
project until March 22. Trustee Norris stated the initial request for an expedited
review was critical to keep the funding on track and complete the building by
May 2016 and questioned what has changed. Trustee Holcomb questioned
how the delay would impact the completion of the project.
Mr. Rosener stated the initial building was not designed for four stories;
however, the revised construction plans would allow the fourth story in the
future. The expedited review would have allowed the Wellness Center to open
in May or June. Without the Planning Commission approval, the hotel project
would move forward with the approved building plans with a stronger roof. If
the applicant does not receive approval for the fourth floor, the Wellness
Center could be built as a standalone building on the leased area of Lot 4 when
the hospital has raised the funds.
Discussion ensued as to the timing of the continuance with Trustee Nelson
suggesting the item be continued to the first or second meeting in January
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2016. Mallory Baker/Planning consultant stated the timing of a continuance
would be a practical issue as the item would remain quasi judicial during the
period of continuance. Mr. Rosener requested the continuance be no earlier
than January 26, 2016 to eliminate the need for an additional continuance.
The applicant would work on additional engineering, graphics and calculations
in order to be prepared for the Town Board meeting.
Administrator Lancaster stated the application could not be changed from the
initial application. If major changes are requested it would necessitate the
need for a new application, which would require review by the Planning
Commission.
Susan Wolf/County citizen stated the amenities offered by the fourth floor
already exist in the community.
Those speaking in opposition of the continuance included Ed Hayek/Town
citizen, Johanna Darden/Town citizen, Dick Spielman/Town citizen, Rebecca
Urquart/Town citizen, Eric Waples/Town citizen, and Marlene Hayek/Town
citizen. The applicant should only be allowed to build the original building and
the stairwells extending above the building should not be allowed. The
information presented to the Town Board should be the same information
presented to the Planning Commission. The applicant misrepresented the
need for an expedited review and has not shown any feasible alternatives. The
process was forced on the public and the applicant has no grounds for a
continuance. The applicant's neglect to present the information to the Planning
Commission was their own fault. The expedited review process should be
discontinued.
Trustee Ericson offered a substitute motion to continue the item to the January
12, 2016 meeting and the motion was not seconded.
It was moved and seconded (Phipps/Norris) to approve the continuation of
Special Review 2014-01C, EPMC Wellness Training Center, Lot 4, Stanley
Historic District, 520 Steamer Parkway to January 26, 2016, and it passed
unanimously.
2. RESOLUTION #25-15 — Officially Scheduling the municipal election — April
5, 2016. Town Clerk Williamson stated the proposed Resolution #25-15 would
establish the administration of the next regular Municipal Election on April 5,
2016 as a mail ballot election and identify the Town Clerk as the designated
election official. It was moved and seconded (Ericson/Norris) to approve
Resolution #25-15, and it passed unanimously.
Whereupon Mayor Pro Tem Koenig adjourned the meeting at 5:53 p.m.
amson, Town Clerk