MINUTES WORK SESSION JANUARY 15, 2019  CARBONDALE BOARD OF TRUSTEES  Mayor Dan Richardson called the Board of Trustees Work Session to order on January  15, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. in the Third Street Center Community Room.  ROLL CALL:  The following members were present for roll call:  Mayor Trustees  Dan Richardson Marty Silverstein Lani Kitching Erica Sparhawk Ben Bohmfalk Luis Yllanes Heather Henry Jay Harrington Cathy Derby Janet Buck John Leybourne Kevin Schorzman Angie Sprang  Arrived After Roll Call: Absent Staff Present Town Manager Town Clerk Planning Director Planner Public Works Director Intern  AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM  John gave an update on the Town's affordable housing inventory. There are a total of 157 (built) units. Of the 157 units, 43 are Resident Occupied (RO) units with no deed John told the Trustees that the Community Housing Guidelines serve as direction for staff and developers. Building more than four residential units requires that affordable housing be built. The Guidelines has an annexation policy, and a no fee in lieu of policy. Currently, affordable housing units are dispersed throughout a project. The RO is a difficult category. Originally it was created to fill a gap to house young professionals. Municipalities see problems with the RO's as they can create a windfall for the owner. The Board asked if they should have a discussion on eliminating the RO  restrictions, and 33 are hybrid RO units which are price capped.  housing and the 80% AMI categories.    Trustee Meeting Minutes January 15, 2019  Page 2  Jay asked the Board if they would like staff to conduct legal research to see ifit's legal tou use housing mitigation to target a specific group of people (i.e. space to create or art Mayor Richardson stated that staff should seek input from the Garfield County Housing Authority, developers, affordable housing advocates, and tenants before eliminating the  space); the Board agreed.  RO or 80% AMI categories. RED HILL LOFTS  Aspen Pitkin Employee Housing, Inc. (APEHI) board members Sheri Sanzone, Wayne Sheri gave an overview of their proposed affordable housing project. They are intending to build 30 work force housing units located on Dolores Way in the Kay PUD. There will be 14 studios, 12 one-bedroom units and four two-bedroom rental units in the Sheri stated that they pursued a 9% CHFA tax credit but were unsuccessful in their effort. However, they received positive comments from CHFA. CHFA wants to see increased strength in their support including the Town's participation in the project. CHFA would also like to see more density but the Kay PUD prevents this. Jay informed the Board that APEHI is requesting fee exemptions from the Town. The Town's policy is to prohibit water and sewer fee exemptions. It may grant exemptions for the following fees: professional, land use, building permit, plan check, and park dedication. The fee exemptions requested total approximately $60,000. The Town also has $50,000 set aside in the 2019 budget for a housing project. Jay noted that the fee  Stryker, and Tim Whitsitt were present for the discussion.  30 - 50% AMI range.  exemptions are not included in this year's revenues. The Board stated that they support this project.  Patrick Hunter told the Board that a traffic light is necessary at the Dolores Way intersection. Jay responded that both he and Kevin have talked to CDOT about installing a traffic signal but they do not believe it is necessary at this time.  DANDELION DAY STAFFING  Environmental Board (EBoard) members Jim Kirschivink, Colin Quinn, Patrick Hunter, Colin explained that Dandelion Day has historically been run by volunteers. Recently the EBoard stepped in and ran the event after it had outgrown the ability for volunteers  and Scott Mills were present for the discussion.    Trustee Meeting Minutes January 15, 2019  Page 3  tor run it. If they can't get someone to manage it, it will dissolve. They are requesting  $1,500 to pay someone to manager it.  Discussion ensued.  Jay noted that staff is resistant to paying organizers because the Advisory Boards spend tremendous amounts of time on projects and they are all volunteers. Jay asked if  another non-profit organization could help with the event.  Trustee Yllanes arrived at the meeting.  The Board agreed that contributing $1,500 is a temporary solution - it's not a long-term answer. It's not sustainable to expect someone to manage the event for $1,500; people The Eboard stated that $1,500 will buy them a year SO the event doesn't die and it will Staff will investigate how it would pay someone $1,500, whether it be contract labor, a  will get burned out.  give them time to come up with a different plan.  stipened, etc.  2ND STREET SIDEWALK ALIGNMENT  At the January 8th meeting the Board reviewed Sopris Lodge's Development Improvement Agreement. The 2nd Street Sidewalk Alignment Plan was missing from Kevin explained that the sidewalk will be similar to the one that was built along Third Street. A portion of the sidewalk will be off-set but generally it will be tied in with the road. The grade is better than the other choices - the others would have been steeper. Town staff and the developer did quite a bit of outreach with the neighbors. There is  the documents and Trustee Bohmfalk inquired about the alignment.  one healthy and one dead tree that will need to be removed.  COVENTURE  Mayor Richardson informed the Board that CoVenture has not set a day or time for their Board meetings. He asked if anyone was interested in serving on the Board. Trustees Silverstein, Bohmfalk and Yllanes expressed interes but it will depend upon the day and  time.    Trustee Meeting Minutes January 15, 2019 ADJOURNMENT  Page 4  The January 15, 2019, work session adjourned at 8:15 p.m. The next scheduled  meeting will be held on January 22, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.  Dan Richardson, Mayor  a  ATFESTA  CathyDerby, Town Glerk  0 E SEAL CCRD