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Home My WebLink AboutPACKET CompPAC 2021-07-22 CompPAC – TOWN OF ESTES PARK TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY Thursday, July 22, 2021 9:00 a.m. Estes Park, CO 80517 The Estes Park Board Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee will participate in the meeting remotely due to the Declaration of Emergency signed by Town Administrator Machalek on March 19, 2020, related to COVID-19 and provided for with the adoption of Ordinance 04-20 on March 18, 2020. Procedures for quasi-judicial virtual public hearings are established through Emergency Rule 06-20 signed by Town Administrator Machalek on May 8, 2020, and outlined below. Click the link below to join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/92672524563 Or Join by Telephone: 1. Dial US: +1 833-548-0276 (toll free) 2. Enter Webinar ID: 926 7252 4563 followed by # The meeting will also be live-streamed on the Town’s Youtube Channel and recorded and posted to YouTube and www.estes.org/videos within 48 hours. Public Comment When the moderator opens up the public comment period for an agenda item, attendees wishing to speak shall: 1. Click the “Raise Hand” button, if joining online on the Zoom client, or 2. Press *9 and follow the prompts if joining by telephone. 3. If you are watching live on YouTube, please call the number listed above, and mute your computer audio for the duration of your remarks. Once you are announced, please state your name and address for the record. To participate online via Zoom, you must: • Have an internet-enabled smartphone, laptop or computer. • Using earphones with a microphone will significantly improve your audio experience. The Town of Estes Park will make reasonable accommodations for access to Town services, programs, and activities and special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call (970) 577-4777. TDD available. Prepared July 19, 2021 AGENDA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CompPAC) TOWN OF ESTES PARK Thursday, July 22, 2021 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 1.CALL TO ORDER 2.AGENDA APPROVAL 3.PUBLIC COMMENT. (Please state your name and address). 4.ACTION ITEMS: a.Approval of minutes from 7/8/21 meeting Committee Members 5.DISCUSSION ITEMS: a.Plan Branding – Name, Logo, Color Scheme Committee Members Tabled to the August 12 meeting b.Future Issues: Estes Valley Fire Department Fire Chief Wolf c.Discuss the approach to Code Amendments during Comprehensive Plan preparation and adoption Committee Members 6.ADJOURN Prepared 07/19/2021 Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, July 8, 2021 Minutes of a Regular meeting of the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held via ZOOM in said Town of Estes Park on July 08 2021. Committee: David Bangs, Eric Blackhurst, Charles Cooper, Matthew Heiser, Bob Leavitt, Kirby Nelson-Hazelton, John Schnipkoweit, Dave Shirk, Karen Thompson, Rose Truman, David Wolf, Matt Comstock, Mike Kennedy Attending: David Bangs, Eric Blackhurst, Matt Comstock, Matthew Heiser, Kirby Hazelton, Bob Leavitt, John Schnipkoweit, Dave Shirk, Karen Thompson, David Wolf, Mike Kennedy, Community Development Director Randy Hunt, Larimer County Community Development Director Leslie Ellis, Trustee Barbara MacAlpine, Senior Planner Jeff Woeber, Planner II Alex Bergeron, Planning Tech Charlie Rugaber Absent: Member Cooper Chair Heiser called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: It was moved and seconded (Blackhurst/Hazelton) to approve the agenda. Chair Heiser requested the following changes: Move discussion 5.a. ahead of 4.b. The motion passed with a visual thumbs-up vote. PUBLIC COMMENT. None ACTION ITEM: 1. Approval of Minutes from June 24, 2021 It was moved and seconded (Blackhurst/Wolf) to approve the minutes. The motion passed with a visual thumbs-up vote. DISCUSSION ITEMS: (all comments have been summarized) 1. Introduction of Assistant Town Administrator Jason Damweber by Director Randy Hunt. Opening of discussion about the challenges of housing costs and lack of childcare services. The Housing Needs Assessment (2016) identified workforce housing as a significant issue in the Valley, recognizing the need for about 1,600 more housing units. Not a lot of housing stock is being added aside from Wildfire and Peakview Apartments. Lack of housing supply is being compounded with labor shortage challenges. Member Blackhurst explained that the housing authority has about 196 income- restricted units. The Loveland Housing Authority has 50 Section 8 federal rent assistance programs. A homeownership program with 35 units deals with the area median income of 80% or below, 60% or below the area median income for the income-restricted units. Legal status to apply for low-income housing authority apartments is required. The 2016 housing study was the fourth study since 1989. The Housing Authority has tried to replicate that study about every ten years. Each study showed a need for increased housing. During 1989-1999 and 1999-2009, the development community exceeded what the identified need was. Since 2016, the private sector has not been able to fill these needs. Member Shirk asked about the impact of vacation homes on the cost/availability of housing. Member Leavitt explained that limits were placed on the number of vacation homes in response to housing availability. Member CompPAC – July 8, 2021 – Page 2 Blackhurst explained that most vacation homes are second-home owners supplementing income. Member Leavitt noted that many vacation homes could be prospects for residents to buy and affect housing availability. There is an unsustainable housing market with increases in prices and less time spent on the market per listing. Damweber reviewed the lack of availability of childcare services in a crisis. There is $10,000 in the capital improvements budget to increase childcare service capacity and a proposed tax initiative by Larimer County this fall. Director Hunt mentioned a proposed childcare center to be built as part of The Prospector Development. Members recognized the high cost of development and operation of childcare facilities. Director Hunt explained that there aren’t many resolutions for this through land use other than offering mixed-use developments. 2. CompPAC members voted on Comprehensive Plan naming. With seven options, Chair Heiser asked each member which option they were most in favor of. Consensus voting selected “Estes Forward” as the name. Members were asked for their opinions on the branding of the Comprehensive Plan. Member Thompson asked for more recognition of tourism in the branding. Member Wolf asked for more of a “human element” and to stick with the Town color scheme. Town colors were clarified as olive green, medium royal blue, and maroon. Chair Heiser recommended including the building environment in the logo. Member Kennedy suggested not making the logo too complex. Director Hunt will come up with multiple logo choices. 3. Director Hunt described the need for an audit of the previous (1996) Comprehensive Plan. It was explained that the overall timeline of the plan should look at a horizon of 20 years. Comp Plan industry best practice is to review them every five years. Member Leavitt reminded everyone that development code changes revolve around the comp plan as well. He also recommended that significant development code changes be held off until the comp plan is done. 4. Member Wolf recommended that meetings return to “in-person” soon. Director Hunt explained that we are waiting on Town Board to return to “in-person” first. The goal is to have hybrid meetings with both virtual and in-person opportunities. There being no further business, Chair Heiser adjourned the meeting at 11:03 a.m. Charlie Rugaber, Recording Secretary