Mel Yemma

This 5-Year Housing Strategy for the Town of Crested Butte translates the vision of the Community Plan into an actionable roadmap for addressing the community's pressing housing challenges, including rising costs, limited diversity, and administrative complexities. The plan outlines four core strategies: supporting the implementation of an updated zoning code through incentives and pilot projects, strengthening stewardship and administration to preserve existing housing, monitoring and acting on future housing opportunities, and deepening regional and statewide collaboration. The strategy aims to position the Town to focus resources effectively, particularly for low-income households, and to ensure the long-term preservation of the year-round community through targeted investment, compliance, stewardship, and partnerships.

The Town Council meeting covered a review and discussion of the final draft of the Zoning and Subdivision Code (Chapter 16). Key discussion topics included the authorization of a Gunnison County Hazard Mitigation Plan, the first reading of an ordinance for sharing residential trash and recycling services, and the approval of the 2026 Amended Affordable Housing Guidelines. Additionally, the Council addressed the sale of property at 16 Ninth Street, reviewed budget and revenue trends, discussed water restrictions to address drought conditions, and explored the potential allowance of a digital marquee sign for the public school.

The 5-Year Community Spaces Strategy for the Town of Crested Butte establishes a coordinated approach to support essential services, local non-profits, businesses, and gathering places. It aims to mitigate market pressures that displace critical community needs by defining the Town's role in facilitating, creating, preserving, and catalyzing community-serving spaces, which are categorized into 'Core Services' and 'Community Vitality Spaces'. The strategy outlines six key priorities, including securing community-serving commercial spaces, investing in major community hubs, proactively addressing land opportunities and critical services, aligning support tools, strengthening public space activation, and conducting annual reviews. The ultimate goal is to enhance Crested Butte's character, culture, and livability through the creation and preservation of essential spaces and strengthened partnerships.

This document presents a long-range financial planning work session focused on current objectives and challenges. It reviews changing conditions influencing revenues and expenses, including inflation and utility rate increases, and provides refined fund balance forecasts for 2025-2029 across various government funds. The plan also details future capital and project expenditures from 2025 to 2029 and explores financial levers such as increasing operational efficiency, adjusting services, raising revenue, or modifying planned initiatives to ensure long-term financial sustainability.

This financial planning document aims to foster a shared understanding of the Town of Crested Butte's financial trajectory and upcoming policy decisions. It focuses on four strategic themes: maintaining affordability for year-round residents, ensuring long-term operational sustainability, preserving existing infrastructure, and prioritizing new investments and community projects. The overall objective is to align planning commitments with the Town's financial capacity to achieve long-term financial sustainability.