Briefs – Mt. Crested Butte

Cleanup Day

The town of Mt. Crested Butte held its Cleanup Day the same day as graduation this year, according to town manager Joe Fitzpatrick. With two Dumpsters available, he said, “This year we filled up only one and a third. I’ve been doing this many, many years and it’s the least amount of trash and throwaways I’ve ever experienced. Town is either getting very clean or it was high school graduation.”

Center for the Arts winter season growing

Jenny Birnie, executive director for the Center for the Arts Crested Butte, reported to the council that winter programming is growing. Winter performances brought 4,000 patrons to the Center, a 10 percent increase over the previous year, and yielded a profit of $8,000.

“Eight thousand dollars probably doesn’t sound like a lot to you, but for many years the Center for the Arts lost money on its winter season,” Birnie said.

About 30 percent of the people who came to the events were from outside of the area, and Birnie credited the Mt. Crested Butte marketing grant with helping the Center take a more regional approach to marketing.

New subdivision

The council gave its first nod of approval to the subdivision of an unnamed 2.01-acre tract known as the Hillside Parcel on Hunter Hill Road. Proponents of the project presented a sketch plan at the June 7 meeting.

Architect Jen Hartman explained, “The two-acre parcel we’re talking about was recently annexed into the town so the property owners are now ready to subdivide. During that annexation they were allowed up to four lots. They decided on three but are going to include an existing house, which is the Diaz parcel, as the fourth lot in that subdivision.”

In addition to being subdivided, the parcel is also going through a planned unit development (PUD) rezoning. The project will come before the council again as it moves through the review process for both.

Parking agreement for Adaptive Sports

Chris Hensley, director for the Adaptive Sports Center (ASC), appeared before the council to discuss parking requirements, should the ASC go through with the purchase of the building that currently houses the Trailhead Children’s Museum at the Base Area.

Hensley said Adaptive is in negotiations with Crested Butte Mountain Resort, and as part of the organization’s due diligence, wanted to ensure that some of its parking requirements can be met offsite, given the conditions of the site. There is an opportunity to secure parking for the organization in the lot to the north of the Grand Lodge.

The council passed a motion that offsite parking would be an acceptable mechanism for the future parking regulations for development associated with the building, provided that the parking is within the town center PUD, is perpetual and runs with the building site.

Boundary line adjustment

Council approved a lot line adjustment for a lot on Whetstone Road so homeowner William Clark can install a driveway to his house. The existing driveway runs across property belonging to the Bridges on Columbine Hill.

Todd Carroll, community development coordinator, explained, “By adjusting the lot line a little bit the property owner can get the added room for the driveway that the Fire Department signed off on.”

The Bridges on Columbine Hill will sell a small portion of its property to Clark to accommodate the lot line adjustment.