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Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center
Updated: 6/1/24
Aspen City Council reviewed and approved land use entitlements for the Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center on May 28, 2024. This allows the city to submit a building permit during the 10-year vesting period which expires May 28, 2034.
You can watch the City Council proceedings in which the land use entitlements were approved here. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting that occurred on April 2, 2024, can be viewed here.
Project summary
The city of Aspenmay build theproject on vacant city-owned propertyContinue reading
Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center
Updated: 6/1/24
Aspen City Council reviewed and approved land use entitlements for the Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center on May 28, 2024. This allows the city to submit a building permit during the 10-year vesting period which expires May 28, 2034.
You can watch the City Council proceedings in which the land use entitlements were approved here. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting that occurred on April 2, 2024, can be viewed here.
Project summary
The city of Aspenmay build theproject on vacant city-owned property within the Burlingame Subdivision/Planned Development at the intersection of Harmony Road and the newly extended Paepcke Drive. The project includes an energy efficient childcare center with indoor and outdoor space and multimodal circulation.
Seven classrooms are provided in the building program and accessory spaces such as reception, offices, bathrooms, storage. Site circulation considerationsinclude parking to accommodate parent drop-off and pick-up, as well as longer-term spaces, multimodal site access for pedestrians, cyclists, and motor vehicles, and appropriate amounts of parking and emergency vehicle access.
Project goals
The city aims to build and offer access to childcare with increased capacity. Stakeholder input, as well as the site's features, informedthe building’s design.
Project site
Park Parcel C within the Burlingame Subdivision/PD is a 37,502-square-foot lot with street frontage along Harmony Road and Paepcke Drive.
Potential building design details include:
Indoor space for up to seven classrooms
Appropriate outdoor space
Accessory spaces such as reception, offices, bathrooms, storage
HVAC and sound attenuation for quality indoor spaces
Site circulation considerations:
Parking to accommodate parent drop-off and pick-up as well as longer-term spaces
Multimodal site access for pedestrians, cyclists, and motor vehicles
Appropriate amounts of parking and emergency vehicle access
Project team
Land+Shelter Architects, Alan Ford Architects, RDG Planning & Design, DHM Design, HydroSystems-KDI, Sopris Engineering, Group14 Engineering, PBC, Project Resource Studio, McDowell Engineering, Evolve Structural Design, Branch Pattern, Davis Horn Inc., Sturm Consulting and the city of Aspen.
Funding
Future funding to build the project will be developed through a strategic development plan to support the design and launch of the childcare facility.
Project history
Recognizing the community's unmet need, Aspen City Council has identified increasing childcare capacity as a critical council goal. The city first issued a Request for Proposal for developing a childcare facility and contracted with Land +Shelter Architects and associated firms through a competitive bid process to move this project forward.
Initial Public Process Timeline [Public Involvement]
Summer-Winter 2023
Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center is currently at this stage
After collecting and considering public feedback, City staff will submit a land-use application to Aspen City Council, which is anticipated at the end of summer. Public hearings will be held after the application is deemed complete by Community Development.
December 2022
this is an upcoming stage for Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center
Aspen City Council approves conceptual design and site plan of the building, along with programming of the early childcare education center. Council requests consultant team to move forward with the building’s land-use entitlements.
Fall 2022
this is an upcoming stage for Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center
The project moves into schematic design.
August 2022
this is an upcoming stage for Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center
Aspen City Council on Aug. 22, 2022, agrees to direct the project design team to move forward with the preferred design, the hillside scheme.
July 2022
this is an upcoming stage for Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center
The project takes shape as the schematic site program is established. Additional public feedback is taken.
May 2022
this is an upcoming stage for Burlingame Early Childhood Education Center
Stakeholder groups convene and project information is provided. A survey is launched for community feedback that determines design direction. Interviews conducted and initial insights collected before designers work on the building design and site plan.
