HomeMy WebLinkAboutPACKET CompPAC 2021-08-12
CompPAC – TOWN OF ESTES PARK
TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY
Thursday, August 12, 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.
Please 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)
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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
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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 August 6, 2021
AGENDA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CompPAC)
TOWN OF ESTES PARK
Thursday, August 12, 2021
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 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 7/22/2021 meeting Committee Members
b. Plan Branding – Name, Logo, Color Scheme Committee Members
(Staff requests item 4.b. be deferred until after guest speakers)
5. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
a. Guest Speaker – Parking and Transit Vanessa Solesbee
b. Guest Speaker – Town Clerk/Vacation Homes Jacki Williamson
c. Issues identified to date Staff, Committee
6. ADJOURN
Prepared 08/6/2021
Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, July 22, 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 22 2021.
Committee: Chair Matthew Heiser, Vice-Chair Bob Leavitt, Members David Bangs, Eric
Blackhurst, Chuck Cooper, Kirby Nelson-Hazelton, John Schnipkoweit,
Dave Shirk, Karen Thompson, Rose Truman, David Wolf, Matt Comstock,
Mike Kennedy
Also Attending: Community Development Director Randy Hunt, Larimer County Community
Development Director Lesli Ellis, Trustee Barbara MacAlpine, Fire Marshall
Kevin Sullivan, Recording Secretary Karin Swanlund
Absent: Member Hazelton
Chair Heiser called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
It was moved and seconded (Kennedy/Cooper) to approve the agenda. The motion passed with
a visual thumbs-up vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
None
ACTION ITEM:
Approval of Minutes from July 8, 2021
It was moved and seconded (Blackhurst/Leavitt) to approve the minutes. The motion passed with
a visual thumbs-up vote.
DISCUSSION ITEMS: (all comments have been summarized)
1. Fire Chief David Wolf discussed the Estes Valley Fire Protection District (EVFPD) origins,
the scope of services, and the fire problem in the Estes Valley. The EVFPD consists of six
full-time employees and 40 volunteers and has been around since 1907. In 2010, they
became a “District.” Current projects consist of Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP),
participation in Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire (CPAW) program, Fire Wise, and
the “Ready, Set, Go!” program. All of the Estes Valley is in the Wildland Urban Interface
(WUI). Landscaping codes should be reviewed and reformed to help prevent fires. Adoption
of the Property Maintenance Code would allow for proactive fire hazard mitigation. Future
needs are expanding services, updating fire codes, wildfire mitigation, sorting yard/slash
collection, and maintaining equipment and staff. The most significant prevention piece is
educating and working with the public.
2. On July 8, the Planning Commission and the Town Board had a joint meeting to discuss code
amendments during the Comprehensive Plan rewrite. Moving ahead as needed was the
overall consensus. Coordination between boards regarding significant code changes would
be beneficial. Code rewrites aren’t an either/or scenario, but a joint effort and cross-
communication is essential. Chair Heiser reviewed the current code amendments the
Planning Commission is discussing, including downtown building height and zone density
changes to help the housing situation.
3. Director Hunt informed the Committee that a poll would be sent to decide on in-person
meetings beginning in August. There is a high probability that the Planning Commission and
Town Board will be invited to the August 26 meeting.
There being no further business, Chair Heiser adjourned the meeting at 10:50 a.m.
Karin Swanlund, Recording Secretary
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