{"id":2458590,"date":"2020-05-18T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/music-associates-of-aspen-housing-to-go-to-general-public-during-covid-19-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-05-18T23:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T05:12:00","slug":"music-associates-of-aspen-housing-to-go-to-general-public-during-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/music-associates-of-aspen-housing-to-go-to-general-public-during-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Associates of Aspen housing to go to general public during COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.0941176470588\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-325895-875\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-1024x717.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Alberto Garcia mows the grass at Marolt Ranch Housing in Aspen on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-0.47204968944099\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.4409937888199\">\n<p><strong>Alberto Garcia mows the grass at Marolt Ranch Housing in Aspen on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/music-associates-of-aspen-housing-to-go-to-general-public-during-covid-19-pandemic\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-1024x717.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-1024x717.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Alberto Garcia mows the grass at Marolt Ranch Housing in Aspen on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | People mill around the Marolt Ranch Housing in Aspen on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-0.47019867549669\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.4039735099338\">\n<p><strong>People mill around the Marolt Ranch Housing in Aspen on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/music-associates-of-aspen-housing-to-go-to-general-public-during-covid-19-pandemic\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-1-1024x682.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-1.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/Marolthousing-atd-051920-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"People mill around the Marolt Ranch Housing in Aspen on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/music-associates-of-aspen-housing-to-go-to-general-public-during-covid-19-pandemic\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/music-associates-of-aspen-housing-to-go-to-general-public-during-covid-19-pandemic\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen City Council on Monday agreed to let the Music Associates of Aspen out of its lease at the Marolt Ranch seasonal complex for the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Instead, the 97-unit complex will be rented out with short- and long- term leases, as city officials acknowledged there is market demand for the apartments based upon inquiries from for profit, nonprofit and government entities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Demand is further compounded by scheduled closures at Burlingame seasonal housing for major capital projects and will only have 50% of units leasable this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Waiving the music associates\u2019 2020 lease payment, which is from June 1 to Aug. 30, is a $500,000 loss to the city and is a direct reduction to revenue into the Marolt Affordable Housing Fund.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">However, the city can absorb it because the Marolt property is in a net cash-positive position each year, so annual rents exceed operational and capital expenses, according to city officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Marolt is set aside for the summer to house visiting music students, faculty and staff. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the music associates has <a id=\"N0x174ac70N0x1954c20:N0x174ac70N0x17a6ba0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-music-festival-and-school-cancels-2020-season-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic\/\">canceled the festival<\/a> and no longer has a need for Marolt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The units are typically spoken for from the fall through April 30 in seven-month leases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Roughly half of the employers in Pitkin County reserve them and the others go to Aspen Skiing Co. seasonal employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Council agreed to a short-term summer lease ending Aug. 30 and a long-term lease ending April 30, 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cMaking both lease term options available to address the ever-changing COVID-19 impacts could reduce housing stress for our community as well as fill the property,\u201d reads <a id=\"N0x174ac70N0x1954ce0:N0x174ac70N0x17a6e70\" href=\"https:\/\/d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net\/cityofaspen\/997b1850-0fb5-11ea-8baa-0050569183fa-41171f87-a501-48d1-9cf4-f0784e097578-1589580467.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a memo<\/a> to council from Michelle Bonfils Thibeault, the city\u2019s project manager in the capital asset management department and Hans de Roos, director of the department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">They pointed out that \u201cconsidering the unknown future around the current COVID-19 situation, there is risk that not all units will be rented during the winter season. \u2026 It is unknown how the current economic conditions may impact the number of reservations received.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\"><a id=\"N0x174ac70N0x1954da0:N0x174ac70N0x17a6fd8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CityofAspen\/videos\/275598350286551\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Council members discussed during Monday\u2019s work session<\/a> what the occupancy levels should be in the dorm-storm style units given the social-distancing protocols in public health orders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The majority agreed that each apartment should not have more than two individuals unless they are a family unit, consisting of parents and children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Some council members supported a flat $750 a month rental rate and others preferred it to be based on occupancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">City Manager Sara Ott said she would come up with options and present them at Tuesday\u2019s City Council work session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The music associates has a lease agreement with the city for $1,653.43 a month per unit for three months, plus a lease for the cafeteria space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Seventy-seven of Marolt units are vacant and are being disinfected prior to summer rental beginning around June 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The remaining 20 units have leases ending May 31 and would be disinfected and possibly ready for summer leasing at the end of June, according to city officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:csackariason@aspentimes.com\">csackariason@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/music-associates-of-aspen-housing-to-go-to-general-public-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alberto Garcia mows the grass at Marolt Ranch Housing in Aspen on Monday, May 18, 2020. 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