Snowmass Village, Colorado:
Related Colorado on Monday submitted a “sketch,” or conceptual, plan for the remainder of its Base Village project. After it’s reviewed for completeness by town staff, the project will be discussed by elected officials in a joint meeting projected to be held in January.
Two weeks ago, Snowmass Village’s new Town Council unanimously denied the developer’s request to skip the sketch plan step for all facets of the Base Village plan except the Limelight hotel, which had been reviewed in concept last winter.
Council members, including the newly elected Bob Sirkus and Bill Madsen, were troubled by a change in the “community purpose,” an amenity that was included as part of the original 2004 Base Village project approval. The council also seemed uncomfortable approving a plan in concept when relatively few details were available. The review of a sketch plan is often when a plan’s “fatal flaws” are identified.
The normal review process for projects in Snowmass Village includes three steps — sketch, preliminary and final. But the developer had asked for an expedited review process due to its tight timetable for construction projects that were set to begin next summer. Included in the projects originally targeted for a June 2015 commencement was the roundabout at the busy intersection of Brush Creek and Wood roads.
Staff will begin conducting a completion review of the sketch plan per the submission requirements in the municipal code. Staff would like to finish the review in two weeks.
Snowmass candidates appear before town council and answer questions
Eight people seeking to be appointed to a two-year term on the Snowmass Village Town Council were interviewed Monday by sitting council members.
The decision on who will be appointed to the seat, which Markey Butler vacated when she was elected mayor last month, will be made and announced at the meeting on Dec. 8.
Butler and councilmen Bob Sirkus and Bill Madsen interviewed the hopefuls. Councilman Chris Jacobson was absent.
The candidates are: Thomas Goode, the owner of a plumbing company; Doug Throm, a former member of the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District; attorney Jamie Knowlton; former Aspen Volunteer Fire Department chief Darryl Grob; attorney and former prosecutor Arnold Mordkin; Wilderness Land Trust president Reid Haughey; Jerry Pazar, a former Village Market manager; and Alyssa Genshaft, head of the Aspen School District’s parent-teacher organization.
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