HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Community Development & Community Services Committee 2010-08-26RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, August 26, 2010
Minutes of a Regular meeting of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT /
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer
County, Colorado. Meeting held in Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on
the 26th day of August 2010.
Committee:
Attending:
Also Attending:
Absent:
Chair Levine, Trustees Elrod and Miller
Chair Levine, Trustees Elrod and Miller
Deputy Town Administrator Richardson, Directors Joseph
and Kilsdonk; and Deputy Town Clerk Deats
Town Administrator Halburnt
Chair Levine called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
Staff noted a road closure request in conjunction with the Longs Peak Scottish-lrish
Highlands Festival will be added to the agenda.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
Marsha Hobert, county resident, requested the Town work with merchants to allow the
use of banners to call attention to businesses during this difficult economic time and a
looser enforcement of the sign code as it relates to banners through the end of the
summer season.
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST.
The organizers of the Longs Peak Scottish-lrish Highland Festival have requested the
closure of Community Drive from Highway 36 to Manford Avenue; and partial closure of
Manford Avenue at the intersection of Community Drive to accommodate pedestrian
traffic during the festival. The festival is scheduled for September 9-12, 2010. This
road closure request was inadvertently overlooked when road closures for 2010 were
approved in February. The Committee approved the road closure request as
presented. n
REPORTS.
Reports provided for informational purposes and made a part of the proceedings
• facilities Sales/Marketinq Quarterly Report - Mgr. Pickering noted that staff
continues to receive inquiries related to last minute bookings of conferences;
reported that, to date, 48 groups have used the conference center; and said he
expects to come close to meeting the goal of 55 conference groups for 2010.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT-
SIGN CODE REVISIONS.
Dir Joseph provided the Committee a draft of the sign code with all revisions to date, as
well as a running commentary noting the rationale for the revisions. The draft tracked
the additions, deletions, and revisions to the code and Dr. Joseph noted that formatting
and organizatiori of the document will be completed by staff prior to presentation to the
Town Board. Dir. Joseph stated that after Town Board approval, the ordinance will be
sent to Colorado Code Publishing for codification at which time it will be formatted to be
consistent with the existing Municipal Code. Trustee Elrod stated that he had a difficult
time comparing the draft document that was included in the meeting packet with
previous drafts of the sign code and pointed out formatting and typographical
inaccuracies throughout the document. The Committee discussed: provisions for non
profit organizations to obtain a master special events sign permit; proposed eliminating
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the maximum number of days non-profits can displayed banners; real estate signs,
open house and directional signs; and making changes to the appeals process by
changing the appellate body from the Estes Valley Board of Adjustment to the Town
Board of Trustees and the body to hear variances to the proposed sign review board.
Charley Dickey, Town resident, noted that the conversation related to the sign code
should have contained more discussion of content and less discussion of formatting
issues. He proposed including special sections within the code where the public could
find specific information related to commercial signs, non commercial signs, real estate
signage, and guidelines for sidewalk sale signage.
The Committee requested that staff revise the draft document and deliver a final master
draft of the sign code to the Committee members via e-mail within two weeks, thereby
providing the Committee time to once again review the document prior to the item’s
inclusion on a future Town Board agenda. Trustee Elrod offered to provide staff with
the copy of the sign code document that was reviewed during the meeting.
TEMPORARY BANNER PERMIT FEE WAIVER REQUEST.
Michael Wold, Master of the Masonic Lodge in Estes Park, addressed the Committee
regarding a request for reimbursement of a temporary banner permit fee. The $30 fee
was assessed when the Lodge applied for a temporary banner permit to advertise open
houses to be held on three Saturdays between the dates of July 28 and August 25,
2010. The purpose of the open houses was to acquaint the public with the Masonic
Lodge and the Lodge’s activities. Dir. Joseph had previously reviewed the request and
denied it based on established criteria for the granting of fee waivers; Mr. Wold asked
that the Committee reconsider Dir. Joseph’s decision. The Committee discussed the
request and determined that, although the request did not meet all the criteria set forth
in the fee waiver policy, the advertised events served the community by offering an
educational program to the general public and agreed to reimburse the $30 fee.
REPORTS.
Reports provided for informational purposes and made a part of the proceedings.
• Code Compliance Report.
• Community Development Financial Report.
• Monthly Building Permit Summary.
• Revised Estes Valiev Planning Commission Bylaws - This change to the bylaws
will extend the length of the term for the Planning Commissioner chair from one
year to two years.
ADMINISTRATION-
REPORTS.
Reports provided for informational purposes and made a part of the proceedings.
• pio Quarterly Report - PIO Rusch summarized second quarter activities
including attendance at a FEMA training session held in Maryland in July; and
reported she is currently working on plans for an electronics recycling event, and
researching options for a suitable product to conduct a community survey.
Trustee Miller commended PIO Rusch for her contributions to the Historic
Preservation Ordinance (HPO) Committee.
There being no further business. Chair Levine adjourned the meeting at 12:11 p.m.
APPROVED
SEP 1 4 2010
TOWN OF ESTES PARK
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Cynthi^ Deats, Deputy Town Clerk