P&z - Regular Meeting

Awesome. Hello and welcome to the Town of Basalt Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Tuesday, March 17th. Do we have a call to order, please? Or can we have a call to order? Yes. Uh, Bill Marin, no. Kyle Overberketer, Eric Vozek, here. Rob Levit, yes. Cindy Hersshfield here, Mike Horvath here, Bob Kaplan, and Ben Firestein here. You have a quorum.

Excellent. Uh, first item is to approve the minutes. Uh, we have two minutes to approve from February 17th and March 3rd of this year. Do we have any comments, corrections? If not, we'll take a motion to comment on the February 17. That was the fairly in-depth discussion that we had on the development proposal. When I first read through the minutes, I didn't think it conveyed our conflicts. Um, I did read it the second time this afternoon and felt better about it, but I was curious if you guys had read it and wanted to comfortable with we got our point across to council.

I did not in the second reading, what jumped out better to you or some it read better to you that it was in there or not? Yeah, it looked like it had covered the major points. The first time I didn't see that, but I just wanted to make sure everybody here was comfortable with it because it was one of our more complicated matters. Didn't read it yet. It wasn't a conflict I had much stake in. So, however, it also Well, I guess you were torn for a different reason, but you want that reflected. Not really.

Okay. I mean, yeah, I I thought it was in there. Um, could it have been highlighted a little more? Possibly. Yeah. I don't know how that plays out. You would need to suggest a correction to the minutes. Sorry. Well, did it get communicated to council or not? So, they're draft minutes. So, not yet. No, not the minutes. But I mean it has is that the only way it gets communicated to them is is through the minutes and counting on them to read the minutes. I didn't want to rewrite the minutes. I just wanted to make sure everybody's comfortable that it

conveyed our our thoughts. Well, so what will in the absence of a specific request um of an amendment there um in the staff memo to council, we can reiterate that there was lengthy discussion on um that there was lengthy discussion on some controversial topics there. I'm okay with that.

Would they be spelled out? Um, you know, I think that's where I would it would be better if there was a specific thing because what I what I what I'm what I'm dancing around here is that I'm not I don't I haven't read the minutes lately, but I don't remember that everybody was on the same page about what the their conflicts were. You had a lot of people, but and then there were other issues that had a lot of people, but it wasn't a consecutive agreement on what the conflicts were. That's the point we wanted to get across. We can I can do that. We can absolutely highlight that the board was torn on different topics and highlight what those topics were. Does that work? Yeah.

Okay. Make a motion then to approve the minutes with that in the staff memo. So moved. Do we have a second? Second. Second. Bill. All in favor? I. I. Great. Thank you. Motion carries. Both of them, right? Yeah. Um, excellent. So, uh, the next item then is a public hearing on 540 Basalt Avenue Special Review and Associated Development Review request. And I will hand it over to staff. Share my screen here to make sure we're capturing.

Yeah, go for it. Carlton Henry, planner 2 with the town of Baults. Uh here to uh present staff memo and uh review for a public hearing 540 Basalt Avenue, an application for site plan review, special review, a PUD amendment and housing mitigation report, as well as associated development review procedures. Um, tonight we also have Patrick Raleigh of Raleigh Design Planning and Willis Pember uh here from the applicant team to provide uh further detail and answer any questions you may have. Um, again this is a public hearing uh and noticing was provided for this application. Uh just as an introduction uh PC Development known as the applicant here has applied for uh the following applications. Site plan review, special review, PUD amendment, housing mitigation report and uh further development review actions to construct one deed restricted residential unit at 540 Basalt Avenue in the Basalt business center south PUD. A vicinity map has been provided as a part of your packet and a site visit was uh preceded um the planning and zoning meeting this evening at 5:15 p.m. Uh also as a part of your packet, you will see exhibits A through C, including an application, public noticing materials, uh and referral comments as part of this application. Little background on the property. The property contains uh just under 8,000 square ft and is located, as I mentioned, in the industrial zone district as well as the Bissol Business Center South PUB. The property is

currently bordered by mixeduse properties to the north and to the west with commercial, residential, and industrial uses in the general vicinity. The southside flood plane runs through the site. However, no changes to the building envelope or footprint are proposed as part of the site. In response to referral comments from the public works and engineering staff, uh the applicant has provided uh a flood plane mapping. Um however, it was provided um this week and was not provided in time for your packet last week. Uh currently the site is mixed use in nature with the rug wash business on the ground floor and an existing residential unit uh existing on the second floor. The applicant has proposed the addition of a 659 foot two-bedroom residential unit to be deed restricted at category 5. Property currently contains one 758 ft two-bedroom residential unit which is proposed to remain as part of this application. The review process for this application required a review from the Balt Affordable and Community Housing Commission. Bach is a referral agency on land use applications of this kind. On February 26, 2026, Bach reviewed the application with consideration given to consistency with the master plan, the level of affordable housing mitigation, the proposed unit mix, compliance with the minimum livability requirements found in the community housing guidelines, the proposed occupancy priorities, and storage and bicycle storage on site. Um at that meeting uh Bach proposed uh uh approval of this application um and found that the proposed unit met the community housing livability requirements uh as shown. Uh staff has included a number of uh items for your consideration including um consistency with the master plan, the

level of affordable housing mitigation, the proposed unit mix, uh compliance with the minimum livability requirements in the community housing guidelines, parking and vehicular circulation, the proposal of pro uh combined private open space, the proposed change to the occupancy priority whereas the applicant has requested priorities for employees of the property owner um ahead of the otherwise um unchanged community housing guideline uh occupancy priorities um it will be it should be noted that Bach expressed support for the applicant's proposed occupancy priorities at the February 26th meeting uh for recommendation uh planning and zoning commission has the following recommendation options to town council IL to recommend approval as presented, to recommend conditional approval or approval with the draft conditions uh amended or to recommend denial. Staff recommends that planning and zoning commission hear presentations from staff and the applicant. Hear public comment, provide discussion, and provide a recommendation for town council's consideration uh including consideration of the conditions included in your packet. Um, with that I would suggest presentation from the applicant regarding the uh development application.

Thank you very much, Carlton. For the record, my name is Patrick Raleigh, Raleigh Design Planning. I'm here with Willis Peber of Willis Peen Architects and Paul Cathers um is also with us if we have any questions. Also would like to wish everybody a happy St. Patrick's Day. We do that on the site visit. So, hope you have a good day. Um, here we go. So, as uh Carlton pointed out, this is a review. Sorry, trying to get something out of the way. Uh, for PUB amendment, site plan review, special review, and housing mitigation report. Um, this is a uh proposed CAT 5 deed restricted unit that would be located on the third unit of an existing uh two-story building. as you've just saw um with the ground floor commercial of the rug wash and uh uh then the second floor residential. So this stacks nicely on top of that existing. No modifications to the footprint are are proposed. Uh we are located in the industrial zone district of the uh town of Basalt and also in the BBCS. We have coordinated with the BBCS and they have u authorized us to make this application and there was a period of time that they could have acted upon uh design review and no uh negative comments were received. Um the proposed unit is not for mitigation of any other development. This is a standalone uh affordable housing unit that is intended to be used by the applicant's employees and and the applicant of course is immediately to the north of this property. Uh so it's a really nice opportunity for an employee to have a a residential unit. Also, as Carlton had pointed out, we did uh go in front of the Bach and they re uh reviewed the livability of the unit, asked us a few questions and approved us on a 60 vote.

I don't know why it doesn't advance. Uh here's a a vicinity map of the the site. Um the the site itself is outlined in yellow. And you will note that uh we're located about 700 square uh 700 feet away from uh the basalt the basalt park and ride. So this is really a very walkable tooriented type transit oriented design uh type development. and that's, you know, about a three-minute walk. So, in addition to being very close to transit, it's very close to the amenities of the town and other other features. So, nicely located within the town. Here is the improvement survey and I reviewed these things on site with everyone, but we'll go through them again. There's an exist there's actually two curb cuts that serve this property. That curb cut that's shown in yellow is not usable. So, we will be closing that and uh uh rellandscaping that and that actually becomes area of snow storage. We have the 25 foot I believe I think on on site I said 35 foot but it's a 25 foot building setback that's shown in orange from the property line which is basically the um sidewalk um and and the building the existing building kisses that um setback area. Then you have the large species landscape and pedestrian easement. Um so any landscaping that we are proposing of a larger size um a tree uh will be located in this area. You have another area of easement for small species. So we have proposed um some shrubs and appropriate landscaping in that area. And then finally we have a waterline easement that is located at the at the southern tip of the property. Uh one of the referral comments was about um water service. We're currently having the water line located. um it obviously probably emanates from this location, but when we get those locates, we'll pull that information into the building permit submission.

So, here's the familiar view of looking south um the existing Cather's home building um in the image on the left with the proposed unit on the third story. And then the rather nice uh rendering done by Willis is on the right showing uh roughly where we were standing at the site visit looking back at the rug wash on the ground floor the se the second floor existing residential unit and then the proposed unit on top. Here's our landscape plan site plan. So, uh, one of the we were talking a little bit on site that there's an existing 100 square foot tough shed, um, that is available to the residents and that's kind of a an added storage area. I think a lot of the existing residents use it for bike storage, but we have also proposed um, additional storage throughout the uh, the uh, the development. Um, we have a relocated dumpster area would be located back there. Again, the dumpster is currently kind of um hanging out in the parking area. So, we'll put that in a a more appropriate location to the rear of the property and have worked with Mountain Waste and we're um working with the neighboring uh property owner to ensure that access uh to that dumpster um is acceptable to all. the existing deck as as you all saw it is a um kind of a rip wrap stone uh deck that functions with some uh drainage inlets. We'd be putting a a decking over the top of that. So and expanding the usable space of that um and have provided um you know a planted edge to uh for safety and also some say uh sun shades um uh shade sails um to uh to provide a nice amenity for both of the units.

And then there is a second um outdoor deck which will be up on the third floor immediately adjacent to the uh proposed unit for the occupants of this unit to utilize. There are six spaces provided. Um there is a um allowance that we can reduce our uh required parking by 25%. We are utilizing that. Um however there were some comments about um accessibility uh because of the rugwash operations and Paul who controls the properties to the north has agreed to provide a parking um easement agreement u for the residents of this so any overflow or additional parking. So we have actually quite a lot of additional parking that can be provided immediately to the north of the of the site. And with that, I'll turn it over to Willis to walk us through the site plan or the uh layout, the floor plan.

Um, hi, I'm Willis Pimber, Willis Pimber Architects, as Patrick introduced. Uh, we're looking at the floor plan now. And this is a very small two-bedroom apartment. Two bedroomedroom, one and a half bath. Has the requirements of Astro extra half bath. And so we were able to accommodate the program with ability requirements within relatively small footprint. One of the smallest projects I've ever worked on. And I've worked with Paul for many years on this property. And the property to the north is actually continuous. It's a continuous fabric. is made of the same uh CMU on the base that goes travels north to south or south to north uh between the two buildings. And um we have uh added as a result of interacting um with Carlton and the town um the 50 square ft of exterior storage that you see circled uh there. Um and that uh is um accessed through exterior deck um off of the living room area and that upper deck is sandwiched between uh the new structure and the cather home structure to the north. Um those are live livability standards itemize and we've met um or exceeded them and uh particularly with reference to outdoor space u we've we've uh exceeded any standards that are known to man I think we've got um the the expansion of the deck for use by the people the the residential units is um is quite gratuitous and and very generous Um let's see and here's the um elevation that is called the sheet is called

proposed materiality. Um I'd first like to talk about the massing a little bit. Um we enjoy a graduated height limit here. In other words, if we're beyond um 20 ft, I believe, then the height um restriction is goes up um incrementally depending on how far back you are from Assault Avenue. Um and we enjoy this small little niche above the existing residential area that allows us to add this this story. Um and it it uh we do not exceed the height limit. Um and we in terms of overall scale we are lower than the dormers uh to the north uh that are part of the four ADUs that are four two-bedroom apartments that are above Cat's home proper. Um and the the material pallet is uh maintenance-free and um gen generally fireproof. uh the fireproofing will will uh be we'll force our hand during the permit application, but as as it stands now, everything is anticipated to be one hour um fireresistant construction. Um and the white clab, imitation clabard is really concrete board. Um, and uh we've we've uh left the the lower level pretty much the way it is, although we've enhanced the fascia and then brought the fascia up to to reclad the existing residential unit on the second floor. Yeah, the top floor is basically an airy with great great openness and uh prospect view looking out uh north to

the east and then from the north looking at Bold Mountain in the town street. Um and in terms of the character um we are in the industrial zone district and so while um architects are often asked to to respond to design guidelines and input from from neighbors and all of those good things um architects good architects are always looking for kind of relational ends to a a site or context. And again, we can't transform this whole development, this whole connected building uh because it's like 650 ft. It's very small. So, we made this very very different and contrasting, but um I think it's a uh will add a nice jewel to the to that extended block. Um and it it meets expectations that when buildings get taller, they also tend to get lighter. And that is definitely the presentation here. Um, and the glass and the openings respond to the availability of wonderful views up there. Um, and I think that's uh that's about it. I'll turn it back to Patrick.

Yeah. You have any questions specifically on the materials or any anything else I said?

And just because I mentioned it um going back to this view and I I should have spoke to it spoken to it here. There is additional um storage. This would be specifically bike storage immediately underneath the the stairwell. So um you know different view but the generous areas for storage continue and you can see the planted edge and uh other amenities that we've we've tried to introduce. So Carlton did mention about the um referral comments and we did get those about a little over 10 days ago. We're working through them. We did submit a response from uh so engineering that is responding to most of these comments. Um and and I'll but I would like to take a moment just to kind of go through this. So concerning the the flood plane, the 100red-year flood plane or zone AE is indicated by this red area. So we are located outside of the the flood plane. These this mapping will be included in all building permit materials and again no modification is made to the existing footprint of the building. So flood plane issues should be met. Um one of the comments was also provide that additional parking. So there you can see in yellow the area of the u the large gravel lot where that food truck is also located and then Keller's home parking, but uh Paul has graciously said that he'll provide some additional um parking there for any overflow to maintain u the openness of the uh the driveway area. So, a lot of comments came from the town engineer. Um, they included that the driveway grading should uh direct all storm uh runoff to the storm water system. The site is actually negatively drained, so it drains back towards uh the structure, but you can see that um in the yellow is an existing uh drain uh flow path. Um and so water will be redirected into that location. Um

and again we will provide a detailed drainage plan at at building permit submission. Uh one of the other comments was that all the drain inlets should be uh traffic rated. So Paul has Paul Rutled of Soapus Engineering has updated the um uh specifications so that we'll uh they'll be provided with an iron ring which is traffic rated and and that will survive vehicle traffic. There was a a discussion about the flow well dry well system um being shown not located more than the 10 ft which is a a standard specification. Uh we believe that locating it closer to the the uh structure is actually appropriate. We don't have to meet that 10-ft offset because this is a slab ongrade system. So I think the offset and Mike you can probably speak to this much more than I can. know enough to be dangerous about this, but um a dry well system, you know, is that that added buffer is is provided to prevent any seepage into a crawl space or a basement condition, which we don't have um in this this location. So, we believe that the the the location is appropriate, but we can work through any comments and discussions as we get to building permit on that. Um, as I mentioned, the water service line is currently being located. I believe the locates will be out there this week. We will add that information into the building permit um information and also an additional EQR is going to be required uh to be purchased for the additional unit. So at building permit submission we will buy that additional EQR to for the the uh water service. Um other comments consisted of there's the uh fire hydrant um that is located now with the changed parking condition it becomes a little bit closer to our edge of pavement and so we'll be putting two ballards at least um to protect that uh critical infrastructure. Um, one comment was where's the irrigation tap? Uh, when we do the water service line, um, that will be informed because there

is a backflow on the property, but um, the actual location of the um, irrigation system um will be uh, fine-tuned as we as we do the locates. There was some previous removal of trees out there. Um, some of those trees actually were not fully on our property, but there were trees that were removed. And so as mitigation for those trees, staff has requested that we put a columnar upright, not a broadspreading um deciduous tree. So we have located a new deciduous tree in that area of large species uh landscape and pedestrian easement. Um the existing blue spruce that are out there would need to be limbmed up both for pedestrian access and for vehicular access. So we'll follow the recommendations of of the town to uh to make that occur. Um and the fire marshall had provided that the rooftop planters which are providing for the safety um you know the buffer u on that upper level um be uh constructed of fireresistant materials and then also our shade um sails um also should be fireresistant as well. So we'll be insure be sure to follow that. And then finally, um 15% of the plowable area of the um uh driveway parking area needs to be provided as snow storage. And as you have seen, it's a very limited site that we can do that. But the best place that we can do that is underneath the large coniferous trees um where that curb cut is going to be closed. And that area just about hits our uh perfectly our 15% requirement. and also of course the south facing nature of this and uh the the lack of snow hopefully that doesn't stick around will will be a factor of that. So with that that completes our presentation

we're happy to answer any questions um and Paul if you have anything to add or anything Willis going once going twice. All right turn it over to presentations we'll open up for any commissioner questions Bill. Yeah, I do have a question. Um, the memo seemed to imply that there was a deficiency of external storage, but then there wasn't. Um, so I was a little confused by that because it didn't say there actually was, but then there's it was talking about in response to deficient exterior storage that bike storage should be added. So, I was kind of confused as to what happened there. Did was there something removed from the memo?

Yeah, I can I can uh respond to that. So initially I guess ahead of the the Bach meeting there had been discussion of uh or request for Bach as part of the community housing livability standards to discuss the shared storage that is proposed as part of the project as well as the lack of dedicated bike storage between um Bach and this meeting. The applicant has responded to that including the addition of bike storage as was shown.

Okay. So that's not an issue now. All that has been satisfied. I would say that the shared storage could still be a point of discussion, but the bike storage has been added as a part of the um as a part of the application. Additionally, the shared storage was not a concern at Bach. Okay. So, what what point of discussion is still available for the shared storage? Exactly. So, when we're talk in the comments, I know what to say. I would say whether that is appropriate or not and and it was deemed appropriate at Bach. Okay. And that some of it some of it was added we in the design process that well there's the bike box.

So we we at and I don't remember exactly how it all came together. We always have the tough shed in the back corner and that is 100 square ft of space that is there for the existing tenants and will be there for the the future tenants and that is primarily used as bike storage. I believe at Bach we did indicate that there was bike storage underneath as I'm showing up on our our image right there. That is dedicated bike storage that will be located. I saw that

and I don't know if that was a bonk or not, but I that's our representations now that we're committed to to providing this ground floor bike storage and then in addition to that there's the 50 square ft which is the standard of um you know storage per unit for the third floor. For the third floor yes but so does the second floor unit have adequate storage or not? I yes it does because it has the tough shed. because it has the tough shed that they utilize. Okay. Tough shed satisfies that one's by square footage. Yeah. Okay, that answers my question. More or less certain. Well, these, you know, our our memories of this. Yeah, that was my only question. Final questions.

Uh why does adding a single unit have to get full P&Z review and go to council versus being uh reviewed by staff? This seems just really ownorous for it's a good question. I can answer at least part of it. Um because this uh site is located in a PUD, there's a PUD uh amendment that's required as part of the entitlements process which requires town council review. Okay. So, it's not just our zoning code.

It is um it is also our our process for um PUB amendments. However, um that would be a perfect item of discussion when the land use code rewrite comes back in front of PNZ um particularly for um deed restricted units. Thank you. That's it. Rob, um what is the uh proposed height and what is the allowable height? Um I don't have that off. It's um 30 feet. 30 feet is allowed and that's what's proposed.

What is proposed? We're 2911. I mean, we're very close. But no parapits or mechanical somewhat unusual. Excellent. Um is this just the first reading? Will we see it again or No, no. PNZ will not see it again. And then it looks like stackable parking right on the north side of the of the parking lot. I know that we've discussed it um as as as a PNZ, but is there an issue with it or we just decide to allow it?

I would say that would be an appropriate point of discussion for PNZ. Additionally, um stackable parking uh was noted in the referral comments and as a result, the applicant has uh suggested a parking sharing agreement or easement um to alleviate those concerns. That's in lie of uh I would say in addition to Okay, it's in addition to I believe. Yeah. Yeah. All right, that's all I got. Thanks. Cool, Cindy. Um, I just have one question. I guess more for maybe personal interest. It looks like from the east elevation that's all going to be glass on the exterior. Is that correct?

Or mainly glass and solid panel. But is Florida ceiling where where it can be? How since that unit is is up there and kind of exposed, how do you keep it from getting incredibly hot? Uh, well, there's a couple measures that are available. one or um electronic awnings, right? That could that could work in the summer when it's needed.

Um and that can provide 4 foot, 6 foot, generous overhangs. The other um option would be vertical louvers. There is an overhang surrounding the glass that would accommodate vertical louvers which would address eastern exposure um uh as a shading device, but that's more solution. I kind of like the solution that will work when it's needed and then go away when it's so awnings would just go out from the building

and they'd be basically invisible. They just be mounted below the overhang. But we'd like to to work with Paul and see how livable they are and what that issue is. And you know, curtains are mandatory through the um stipulation of livability requirements. And so we will have Paul will specify generous and beautiful curtains. electronic blinds. I'll be putting blinds in there. Electronic blackout. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, but you're right. That's a good question because that subfacing does get Yeah, I was just curious. Yeah, that's it. Thanks, Mike.

Um, this is a rental unit, not ownership proposed as the only question I had. Cool. Ben, any plans to update uh the existing floor between the industrial rug washing building and unit number one? Willis, I we could talk about So, are there any plans to renovate the existing?

Yes. Um, yeah, I believe in the interior Paul has plans to do that. On the exterior, we certainly are recladdening the existing. And I believe Paul plans to Well, I can't speak for Paul. I would I would I would just ask if you I would just ask if you have additional comments that you just come up to the microphone for the record. That'd be great.

State your name. My name is Paul Cathers. Yes, there. That's a great question. I am going to be doing paint, carpet, um probably some new appliances. Um but the footprint won't won't be changing and we'll just be upgrading and uh changing the uh yeah, paint, carpet, appliances, upgrading and cleaning it up to match the unit up above.

So, structurally, the existing building is sufficient to add a new floor above it. Yeah. And through engineering, we'll determine that. But um the building next door uh Cather's home, same uh platform, it was built that second floor when it was Howard's garage. We built that second level and the structure was uh plenty had plenty of strength to be able to do that. So, we're hoping that that's going to be the same case um once we have the engineers look at it. Okay. Uh how many vehicles does the rug wash? Um how many vehicles? Two. Two. Yeah.

Okay. Um, and will the lower deck be for both units use? Yes. Okay. And is there any connection from the back deck of the new proposed unit to safely enter or exit via emergency means any other parts of whether Cather's home or escape ladder or anything related to egress or emergency access. We could do that. We could do an escape ladder. The perspective from the south, you'll see a stair that winds up. That's the access to the new unit.

That's access to the new unit. But from the exterior deck, if if there's, you know, if that stair is missing, not accessible, the way somebody would exit that third unit would be to to jump down to cross over the cathers. Yeah, I've done it many times. But we could we could ladder there. That would make it much safer. For sure. That is uh I think it meets by code. My by code meets just just curious. Yeah, by code meets the accessibility standards and the egress standards. Great.

And there's there's two required. One is to stare. The other is to wait for the fire truck and someone will catch you. Yep. Get out. And from town's perspective, everyone at town is okay with the existing crosswalk condition at few and basalt and the new proposed driveway access and the traffic movements within this vehicle. The applicant would be paying um uh exactions or or fees that go to support the pedestrian improvements and roadway improvements in addition to the Cody Lane, right?

Yeah. on a on a prata share, you know, based on the square footage. So that would be part of the building permit fees that would be included. Further question. Go for it. Yeah, I have one more question. Um, are there any visible additional um, HVAC components such as like a mini split compressors or anything like that that's going to happen with this or is this going to just tie into whatever is existing like boilers and or electric baseboards or whatever it's got? Yeah. Um, I can I can answer that. Um, Patrick could open up the roof plan. Well, I don't have the roof plan. You don't have the roof.

I can get the roof. Yeah. Zoom in on this this corner here. We we pre preliminarily looked at how to reroute some of the existing venting. Yeah. Um I can't I can't zoom in

from the tower. Um and and in terms of the rug wash interior space, there's a double height space which is directly under the deck. There's a series of HVAC components up there that we've um we've thought about rerouting out the uh west side take horizontally through the wall, not vertically into the outdoor deck area. So we we've strategized over how to to eliminate any conflict between exhaust and industrial use and outdoor space. But you're not going to we don't have as a disclaimer. We don't have an MEP on board.

Yeah. So, we've done this conceptually. Other bits of it we've taken up directly uh through a thickened wall just outside the kitchen just adjacent to the refrigerator. You can see there's a chase there in a plan. I think Patrick's hopefully zoomed in. Yeah. And that that allows plumbing vents to to go up through the roof. What I was getting at is I was just wondering if there's going to be any of those scary looking, you know, mini split compressors that wind up on the roof or on the building, you know, because they look like spaceships and stuff. Um, no, you know, I'm anticipating Well, we'll we'll see. I can't We don't have an NP.

The only reason I'm asking is because, you know, at this stage everything looks great and then you wind up with these things and the neighbors would go like, "What's that?" And then they come in. How could you say, how could you allow this thing? And they're like, you know, they're like this tall and they got big pointy things coming out of them. And well, what I've done in other other situations like this, and maybe you want to consider it for a condition of approval, is that screening elements are applied to any any rooftop mechanical. Um, and that's often written in condo dogs. Code allows for that anyway. I was just wondering if you had that thought out yet or not. Well, I think screening's perfectly reasonable approach and uh it's not going to look like Oh my god.

I have one other question. I realized we're doing this. So, our code requires a two bed, one and a half bath. The uh livability standards require that for deed restricted units. Wow. All right. which we met in in that vein. Just for the my own information, what are the category 5 standards that they're meeting? Category five is basically um 200% AMI. So, you can always rent lower.

It just basically gives them flexibility based on who um is avail. In that vein, the goal was to rent to Cather's employees, not necessarily the rugwash. Is that accurate? Either or. Either or. Which then gets into my next question. Is any I know we didn't get any formal feedback from from Ricky or from your tenants, but any feedback from the tenants that are there? I actually I ran into the tenants when I was hanging the public notice sign. They've lived there for 14 years. They love it. It's it's been a fantastic place. They they raved about Paul and and all that. So they were very happy. I can report that.

And in that sense, have you thought through the construction impact on the business and on them as you if the approvals happen and go forward? Is that being thought out? Yes.

Yeah. Concern um for sure on attendance um on the second floor and our plan would be to we have a unit coming up vacant um on the top of Cather's home. So, we move them to there. We do the construction, the upgrades, and then we move it back. You know, they're uh you know, we have to make sure it's going to be doable for them. You know, rent going to go up. Right now, currently paying 1,900 for two bedroom. Um the uh apartments above the Cather's home unit are 2500. Um they're twobedroom, they're beautiful units. Um so, you know, rents are going to go up a little bit. Um I'm hoping because they are great tenants. Um you guys know you've seen around town. Um uh I don't think Rick's going to be impacted too much. Um but we'll be getting doing a deeper dive with that figure that

Okay. Just just in my head. No big question. My concern. Go ahead, Kyle. Yeah. If it's category three, do they have to have that half bath? They So, it's not because it's category. I'm sorry. I just wanted to make sure that like because you can rent a 200, we they have to build a half bath in a very small space. Okay. Trying to help you guys out. Sorry. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Appreciate it. Get that code amendment going. Any more questions?

Awesome. Uh we will open up for public comments at 6:46. Seeing as no one is here, no one is online, we will close the public hearing at we'll say 647. So, we're open for a minute. Um, we'll go with commissioner comments. We'll start with Ben. Uh, no comments. I think it's a great addition to the corner of salt.

I second Ben. Third it. I do have a comment. I always do. But this is actually this is actually a compliment. Usually with like workforce housing, my one of my usual comments is, you know, this is freaking ugly. You know, please try and make it a little better. We're going to come back to us again with this not so shitty looking. And um this is not this is quite Tony actually for workforce housing. I It's the higher end of it. It's it's it's our o but still um I you know people who live and work here deserve decent design and we shouldn't have to say on every single project it looks like a freaking warehouse. So thank you very much and also Patrick it was a nice package. It was well thought out. Better than we usually see.

Well thank you. Appreciate it. I appreciate it. We'll start with your team. Bill, I thought you were going to say the color of the glass was wrong. No, it's not going to be like that. It's I don't care. It's like an abstraction. Kyle, any comments? No comments. Rob, motion to approve. I don't get to come. Oh, sorry. I don't I know you. It's all good. I'm fine. We have a motion to approve. Second. A second. You want a roll call or just a voice vote? Uh, voice vote is fine. All in favor? I Yeah, great. Motion carries. Thank you very much. Good luck. Thank you all. Appreciate it.

Thank you.

On that note, the last item on our agenda is uh staff and commissioner comments. All right, let's see here. Um fun stuff. Um, April 22nd is um, Earth Day, so be looking for that. There'll be an event over in the Basalt River Park. Um, I think that's going to happen early in the afternoon into the evening, but look for the look for the posters on that for the details. Um, our summer series for the summer concerts is getting lined up. Um, so look for that poster to come out as well. It's in design. Um, there is a call to artist for consignment sculptures to be placed in Willlets. Um, and that closes at the end of April, I believe. So, keep an eye out for that. Um, BPAC is also awarding grants uh, right now. They've gotten um, a record number of submissions and are interviewing artists right now to get down to the wins. Um, so look for that. We've gotten submissions for grants for everything from murals to middle school performances to performances in the river park and beyond. Um all the art things there. Um we I don't want to steal your you want to talk about cliffs.

Yeah. Yeah. Uh a we have chosen um a proposer for the upgrade and renovation to Cliff's Hillside Park next to Mike's house. Um and we have a draft contract which will be in front of town council next Tuesday. If you feel like supporting that, that would be fantastic. Um which park? Cliff's Hillside Park. Oh, the one up there.

Yep. Um and so that is for design and installation and we have gone with a design build team um local the Rocky Mountain Custom Landscapes and Lionhe Heart Places. Um so yeah, that contract will go in front of council next week. Um pass it back. I've got a couple of Yeah, that was good. That we had five um nice submissions on that. I have a question on that. Um, does the that contract price include installation? Yes. Yes. Okay. Qualin and engineering as well and kind of fees on that.

An allin price basically for the town. Cool. Yep. Uh, all right. Sticking with the uh post stuff. Um, you've probably noticed that the um I think I talked about this last time, the bridge behind 7-Eleven um is under construction. It it is going to be closed for hopefully only two weeks um because the railing along the bridge is getting replaced as well. So, there's not a safe way scaffolding going. Yes, there's not a safe way to keep it open. So, it's a little bit of a detour for everybody, school traffic, but um safety first. Um closes on the 23rd. on the 23rd. You want to do that after school's out? No.

23rd would affect would would be during spring break. We get one week of spring break and one week of during school. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you for that. Um let's see here. Uh we I mentioned the land use code update. Um that update was recently made to council on March 10th. Um we're at 50% on that. It'll be coming back to this group multiple times um with key decision points um to talk about. It's it's a hefty conversation, but look forward to that. Based on what Kyle was bringing up before, can we make sure that's added so we can Yes. In fact, there is draft language being created right now for that reason. So, so

are both livability and administrative or just administrative? Not for livability, but that could be something to be brought up as well, which is totally reasonable. Um, no, it's more about process. Yeah.

Um, because to the point made, you know, should a single unit that's deed restricted have to go through this lengthy process or is there an administrative option for that? And quite frankly, if we adopt an administrative option that the state is granting communities money for um supporting those efforts. Um, so you'll see that come back this summer and then, um, the ultimate goal is to update the updated land use code by the end of the year. Um, okay, I'm trying to pick my things here. So, um, also there are three seats up for election on town council. We have four candidates. So, strongly encourage everyone to get informed on that. Election day is April 7th. You may or may not have a candidate sitting amongst you. you do.

Thanks.

Um, let's see here. And oh, uh, at the last town council meeting on March, uh, 10th, a lease was signed with Taka to operate a, um, youth empowerment facility, two doors down um, from Mezaluna at 931 East Valley Road. So, for those of you who were around when Takah first opened, that was TKA had a um space in Willlets called the temporary that they operated out of and then they moved obviously to their main space. This is the same idea, youth empowerment zone programming. There'll also be some adult programming in there as well. And then the ultimate goal is to move that over into um a community center that could be built on 2e if that goes forward. Or as I like to say, when that goes forward,

this a current nonprofit that's just found a space or it's a it's the space is owned by the town but has been vacant. Oh, so is the one renting to be the operator? Yeah. Oh, okay. Interesting.

Yeah. They have a hard time having um they have constrained space to operate youth programming because stuff that happens after school is when they're setting up for performances. And also we don't have a community center. So it's kind of a start it there and grow it to a new space opportunity. Um speaking of 2e, there will be future work sessions with town council on that pro project about the affordable housing and the community center. So if you're interested in that, stay tuned. I anticipate that'll happen early summer.

Um I don't know if that's okay. Childcare leave 2e. So for the last year and a half we've been doing public outreach on affordable housing there. We have included a community center that will have space for um youth programming and it could be toddler time, it could be rooms for for daycare. There's the programming is to be determined. Yeah. post board me uh appoint committee members. What about your views? I know I was saving that one for last.

Anything else? Any questions about any of that stuff? Uh we will not have a meeting Oh yeah. on April 7th. Election day. And uh we will likely have a meeting then two weeks later on the 21st.

Yeah. Yeah. Good call. And this is my last Balt Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. It's been a pleasure. Thank you all so much. Um I am I have really enjoyed my time with Basalt, but my last day is this Friday and I'm taking my kids on an extended spring break and we'll be um I know gonna fail. Just kidding. Um and then I'll be moving up to Snow Mass and taking on the um community development director position there in April. So, who's currently community development? The community development director in Snow Mass is Dave Shinnaman and he is retiring. Oh, he's retiring. Yeah. Yeah. So, congratulations. Yeah. Congratulations.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much. It's bittersweet, but I'm very excited. So, is there a job search or hiring from within? Who's going to um the uh town manager is working through what that means. Okay. Yeah. So, so indeterminate. Yeah. TBD. Tell your friends. On that note, do we have a motion to adjurnn?

I have Commissioner How dare this is this is one. It happened to me just today. Some of you heard that. I um I got a flat on the way down to the site visit on a stretch where I've been bitching about the pavement on there for at least a couple years. Um, and to that note, um, just I don't know, four days ago, I buttonhold Gary Tennbomb about that same thing because it's been really shitty there for a while now. And he said that near the Emma stores, the Emma store.

Yeah. But they've been talking about that for at least a couple of years. So, um, it, you know, it's like the the, uh, the crosswalk to the bus depot in front of my house. We first started talking about that when my kids were in high school and now they're in grad school. So, and it still hasn't happened yet. So, I'm not anticipating anything happening with the Emma store that soon. But that's the second time I've gotten a flat on that stretch. Is this on the Rio Grand Trail? No, on the Emma Trail right by the white brick house. Get that right. But it's a paved bike trail like the Rio Grand. Yeah, it's the only one they plow. Yeah. So, it's open. It's open all

there's there's a funny section of that trail. Most of it's in town of Basalt limits but there's a section of it that it belongs to Pick and County. Yeah. And that's why I was talking to Gary Tannen about it because it's their section that's the shitty part. Yeah. Um and your crosswalk has been designed. We just need support to get it put in the budget. Yeah. So maybe before I die. So maybe maybe lean on some future council members to help you away present. Yeah. Whoa. And also the the upgrades to to the to the um to the bike path, the whole Emma bike path. Uhhuh. That was your project when you got hired. Remember that? I know. And

record right now. I I've got the Willlets Lane plan going. Yeah, we're at 50% drawings. We were just out there today. I probably I think we scared a lot of people because we had probably 10 of us out there doing site visits and looking at some of the conditions. So, I see you. In fact, I'll tell you what, since we're here, um which I I passed off, but um at the last council meeting, council approved an IG with RAFTA. So now post will oversee all of the mid valley trails funds and we can use it for these sorts of things that are maybe outside of town limits and also inside of town limits

because that that one stretch is it it nothing happens because no one really wants to deal with it because it's sort of like you know an afterthought for everybody. Well, Pickin County has maybe suggested that they might making some future improvements there. So, they don't want to work on the path quite yet, but maybe we'll have some other funds that we can throw at it. Just that one hole. You got to let your future council people know though. I know. I should know it's there as as Rob reminded me. You could bring some neon spray paint and just circle it so you know.

Little night mission fix yourself. Just draw something really inappropriate in the in the circle and then it'll be fixed. Like a penis like they do. I didn't tell you what to draw inappropriately. I just said something inappropriate. Vandalism sees action all the time. Like once you delineate it, you have to have protection zones for in in normal cities. That's how town managers and city managers get fired by filling a pothole. This is sort of in between. I It's not. Yeah, it's no man's land. No man's land. That's the things we got to fix. Anyhow, I'm off my soap box and I'm sorry for attacking you on that, but I figured since it's your last time, I could I could

Anything else? No, I'm good. No, good luck in your new role. Thank you. Seriously. Thank you very much. Motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. Do we have a second? Second. Second. All in favor? I adjourn at 701.