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The Snowmass Village City Council took the first step by submitting the lottery site housing allocation for the November vote at Monday’s town hall meeting.
Council members authorized the city to sign an intergovernmental agreement with Pitkin County to post a voting inquiry on the lottery site assignment. A Snowmass ordinance requires voter approval for any appropriation that costs more than 40 percent of the city’s maximum recent benefit. fund (about $11 million). The assigned charge of the draw is $80 million.
The city council has not finalized the language of the vote for the location of the mass draw. You have until Sept. 6 to submit the language of the vote to the clerk and recorder.
For months, the Sweepstakes site has been subject to the city’s Planned Unit Development (PUD) process, requiring several stages of approval through the planning commission and city council. Councilors approved the first two stages of the PUD, despite some considerations. on the duration and scale of the 80-unit project.
The existing proposal is a construction consisting of two towers with underground parking and an outdoor area shared between the towers. Councilmember Tom Fridstein suggested the design team explore an option to build a single, smaller building so as not to overwhelm the site, which is located directly northwest of City Hall.
At Monday’s meeting, where the City Council saw the first iterations of schematic landscaping for the Draw site, it recommended continuing with a single build to maximize the site’s landscape.
“I would advocate for construction and many more open areas to accommodate parking,” he said. “I just think it’s a very, very urban approach; it’s the kind of (designs) I do in cities; it is not a Snowmass-type solution.
In previous meetings, Snowmass Housing Director Betsy Crum said the charge consistent with the structure unit would exceed affordable housing rents if progress were reduced. The city will provide an official estimate of the charge for the allocation in early August, he said.
Councilmember Britta Gustafson also suggested the city reduce the duration of the advance during several meetings at the draw site.
“All or nothing really deserves not to be our technique,” he said. “Our technique deserves to be something bigger than nothing, not the 80 series or anything at all, so I’m still going to inspire us to a smaller option here. “
Schematic landscaping showed several non-unusual spaces in front of and between the two towers. The design included play elements for young people and rooftop terraces of both towers with spaces for barbecues and lounging.
The designs proposed paved sidewalks in non-unusual spaces and grass in some non-unusual spaces between towers. Council member Alyssa Shenk agreed that the designs “don’t look much like Snowmass” and received feedback from the network on how other people living in the village’s existing affordable housing complexes use its landscaped outdoor spaces.
The City Council has yet to approve the final phase of the PUD process, but the allocation will ultimately have voter approval. Before the factor is voted on Nov. 5, council members are seeking input from the network on the design, scale and fee. of the assignment.
The IGA, which council members approved, also called for the addition of two council seats and one mayoral seat in the November election.
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