"Former Mayor Helen Klanderud said Wednesday that more council review and public hearings would be appropriate. However, she said the discussions shouldn't run past the early part of 2012.
Klanderud and others representing the business community, including the Aspen Chamber Resort Association, lobbied earlier this year for changes to ensure that the document would not take a negative tone toward future growth and development opportunities.
“I don't know if the AACP needs to be tweaked,” she said. “The issue seems to be whether the council should accept the decision of the P&Z, or whether it can make some changes. And that's an age-old dilemma: Why would people serve on volunteer boards if you never accept their decisions? But I don't think you're obligated to.
“The buck stops with the City Council,” Klanderud continued. “And if the City Council genuinely believes that something is not in the best interest of the community, I think that it has the right not to accept something as it is.”
(Andre Salvail)
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