HomeMy WebLinkAboutTBSS 09-18-17 - Special Joint Meeting with County
Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado September 18, 2017
Minutes of a Joint Study Session meeting of the TOWN BOARD AND
LARIMER COUNTY COMMISSION of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer
County, Colorado. Meeting held at Town Hall in the Board Room in said
Town of Estes Park on the 18th day of September, 2017.
Board: Mayor Jirsa, Mayor Pro Tem Koenig, Trustees Holcomb,
Martchink, Nelson, Norris and Walker
County Commission: Commissioner Donnelly and Commissioner Johnson
Planning Commission: Commissioners Leavitt, Foster, Murphree, Schneider, and
White
Also Attending: Town Administrator Lancaster, Assistant Town Administrator
Machalek, Community Development Director , and
Recording Secretary Beers
Absent: County Commissioner Gaiter, Planning Commissioners Hull
and Baker
Meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.
The objective of the meeting was to discuss the Master List memorandum presented to
the Town Board on May 9, 2017. Director Hunt stated there have been no changes to
the content of the memo; however the priority has been established and the year in
which the code amendments would be completed. The primary objective would be to
update the aging code and address the accumulation of difficulties encountered in
administering and advising the code. He added the overall goals would be, to simplify,
streamline and make the code more transparent, updating the language process, and
impose clearly defined and understandable regulations. The revisions are projected to
take three years or longer to be completed.
Town Board/Commissioner questions have been summarized: concerns for residents in
residential zoning districts and changes to zoning districts; explanation of floating zones;
the impact to current homeowners in the areas expecting changes; how staff intends to
involve the community on the progress and maintain sight of the overall goals;
questioned the 12-18 month delay on the Comprehensive Plan; concern towards
addressing code amendments prior to the completion of the Comprehensive Plan, and
change in net density to gross density and how it effects clustering.
Trustee Norris recommended staff provide information to the public for sections of the
code that remain the same and would not change. Additionally recommended a public
calendar with deadline dates and progress of amendment changes.
There being no further business, Mayor Jirsa adjourned the meeting at 8:04 p.m.
Bunny Victoria Beers, Recording Secretary