AACP Meeting tonight

The P&Zs will be discussing 100% mitigation, economy/moderate lodging, and the guiding/regulatory nature of the plan at their meeting tonight.  4:30pm in Council chambers.  The packet is available at: http://www.aspencommunityvision.com/page_51

Comment on the draft AACP

Do you have questions about the AACP?  Have comments about the draft?  Post them here!

Special work session scheduled

The P&Zs have scheduled a special work session on April 19th to review the AACP process.  This meeting starts at 4pm in the Plaza 1 meeting room.  no packet is available for this meeting. 

P&Z meeting continued

A meeting of the joint city-county Planning and Zoning Commissions to discuss the draft Aspen Area Community Plan was originally scheduled for this evening.  Due to a lack of quorum, this meeting is being continued to April 26^th at 4:30pm in the Sister Cities meeting room.  The next AACP meetings are scheduled for:

April 26: P&Z to review re-drafted document. 4:30 - 7:30, in Sister Cities.

May 10: P&Z to review re-drafted document. 4:30 - 7:30,  in Council Chambers.

May 24: P&Z to review re-drafted document. 4:30 - 7:30, in Sister Cities.

A copy of the packet all meetings future meetings will be available on-line at www.aspencommunityvision.com. 

We want to thank you all for your participation in the AACP process.  If you haven’t had an opportunity to read the revised draft of the 2011 AACP, you can get a copy online at www.aspencommunityvision.com, or from the Community Development Department.  You can comment by attending an upcoming P&Z meeting, sending an email to aspencommunityvision@gmail.com, replying to this email, or posting your comments on the AACP blog or on Facebook.  Both can be accessed on the Adoption page at www.aspencommunityvision.com.

Revised document released!

The revised draft of the Aspen Area Community Plan has been released.  You can pick up a copy in the Community Development Department, or download it www.AspenCommunityVision.com. 

A complete schedule of the P&Z review is available on our website as well.  The first P&Z meeting is on April 12th at 4:30pm.

P&Zs editing draft AACP

Since the clicker sessions last November the Planning and Zoning Commissions along with City and County Staff have been working on edits to the document.  The feedback received at the Small Group meetings and Clicker Sessions are being used to update and edit the document.  Check out the latest changes on our website.

Updated version of the following sections are available:

• Introduction
• Environmental Stewardship (formerly Environmental Quality)
• The Lifelong Aspenite (formerly Planning for the Lifelong Aspenite)
• Historic Preservation
• The Aspen Idea (formerly Sustaining the Aspen Idea)

Thanks to our survey participants

Thanks to everyone who filled out and returned the random AACP Survey.  We received 566 responses, which is an excellent response rate!  Preliminary Results of the survey will be available in mid-February.  Stay tuned to the website for details!

Thanks to all the Clicker Session Participants!

Thanks to everyone who participated at the recent clicker sessions at the Wheeler.  The results of the meetings are available on our website www.aspencommunityvision.com. 

Environmenral Quality small group meeting

Yesterday the city and county hosted a small group meeting on the Environmental Quality chapter in the Aspen Area Community Plan. Some highlights from the discussion include:

• Make sure regulatory barriers to installing solar panels and other alternative energy methods are eliminated.
• Strive for aggressive goals around reducing our energy consumption.
•  Educate the public on the Noxious Weed Act and strictly enforce it in the UGB.

Check out all the comments at: www.aspencommunityvision.com  and leave your comments here.

Parks, Recreation, Open Space & trails Small Group Meeting

Yesterday the city and county hosted a small group meeting on the Parks, Recreation, Open Space, & Trails chapter in the Aspen Area Community Plan. Some highlights from the discussion include:

• Promote bikes as a form of transportation in the winter.
• Ensure there is adequate funding for trails, parks, recreation, and open space.
• Ensuring recreation facilities are affordable is a priority

Check out all the comments at: www.aspencommunityvision.com  and leave your comments here.

Yesterday, the city and county hosted a small group meeting on the Managing Growth & Economic Sustainability Chapter in the Aspen Area Community Plan. Some highlights include:

• Any pacing system should be carefully explored before implemented. Some felt a better construction management system was the way to go, while others felt a full construction pacing system was needed.
  
• House sizes should not be reduced in the City or County.
• Explore diversification of our economy - we can't just be based on tourism. Look to green industries, etc.
  

Check out all the comments at: www.aspencommunityvision.com.

If you'd like to make additional comments, please comment here, or come to our next meeting on Managing Growth on Thursday October 21st from 12 - 1:30 in Sister Cities.