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Vail Town Council Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
6:00 P.M.
The Grand View
The regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was called to order at approximately 6:00 P.M. by
Mayor Coggin.
Full video of the Town Council meeting can be accessed at https://www.highfivemedia.org/town-
vail.
Members present: Travis Coggin, Mayor
Barry Davis, Mayor Pro Tem
Pete Seibert
Jonathan Staufer
Dave Chapin
Reid Phillips
Samantha Biszantz
Staff members present: Russell Forrest, Town Manager
Kathleen Halloran, Deputy Town Manager
Matt Mire, Town Attorney
Stephanie Kauffman (Bibbens), Town Clerk
1. Call to Order
2. Recognitions
Recognitions began at time stamp 0:00:21 on the High Five video.
2.1 Colorado Grand Scholarship Award Winners
Presenter(s): Mayor Travis Coggin
Recognize Perla Chaves from Battle Mountain High School and Micah Robinson from Eagle
Valley High as the Colorado Grand Scholarship recipients for 2024.
Background: The Colorado Grand offers an annual scholarship program to students attending
local schools in Eagle County. Edward O'Brien, representing Colorado Grand, will recognize the
recipients and highlight the upcoming summer Colorado Grand Program, an event that has
been in Vail for over 30 years.
2.2 Town of Vail Scholarship Award
Presenter(s): Mayor Travis Coggin
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Award Magdalina Goranova and Victoria Carty, both from Battle Mountain High School as as
the recipients for the Town of Vail Scholarship for 2024.
Background: The Town of Vail has offered a financial scholarship program for Vail Seniors who
have achieved academic excellence and leadership success and commitment to the Vail
community. The scholarship is to help fund students who are pursuing their next chapter in live
at either a college, university, or trade school.
3. Citizen Participation
Citizen Participation began at time stamp 00:05:22 on the High Five video.
Amy Oliveira, Executive Director of the TreeTop Child Advocacy Center, explained the center
supported child victims of abuse and their families in the Fifth Judicial District and relied on
funding from the federal Victims of Crime Act, which would be reduced in 2025.
Tim McMahon, an Eagle County resident, asked for clarification regarding if the Vail Town
Council was able to undo housing deed restrictions, the status of a project to update cameras in
the villages, the legal ramifications if he held a sign that listed repeat offenders of the town’s
EHU compliance requirements and suggested the town mandate rented e-bikes had a GPS
tracker that cut the bike’s motor when entering the town’s dismount zone.
Laurie O'Connell, owner of Perch and Elleston in Vail, expressed her desire to see the “off-
season” become the “on-season.”
Taylor Gardarian asked about a notice from the Town of Vail that could be provided to the U.S.
Forest Service indicating the town was not opposed to an assessment of the West Vail
Mountain and mentioned an energy production process which converted molecular hydrogen to
hydrinos.
4. Any action as a result of Executive Session
There was none.
5. Appointments of Boards, Commissions and Authorities
5.1 Vail Local Housing District (VLHA) Appointment
Presenter(s): Travis Coggin, Mayor
Motion to appoint one member to service on the VLHA for a five-year term ending on May 31,
2029.
During the afternoon meeting Staufer asked for four hands to postpone the VLHA appointment
to the June 4, Town Council meeting; four hands were raised, and the VLHA appointment will
be held on the June 4, 2024 Town Council evening meeting.
6. Consent Agenda
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Consent Agenda began at time stamp 0:22:33 on the High Five video.
6.1 Resolution No. 23, Series of 2024, A Resolution Approving a Lease Agreement
between the Town of Vail, and the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT")
Regarding Parking Along the Non-Travel Lanes of the Interstate 70 Frontage Roads
Located within the Limits of the Town
Approve, approve with amendments or deny Resolution No. 23, Series of 2024.
Background: The Town currently allows oversize vehicle parking, with permit fee, along a
section of the North Frontage Road west of the West Vail Roundabout. Per Federal regulations,
the Town is not allowed to generate income, after expenses, from the use interstate Right-of-
Way. The Town and CDOT wish to enter into a lease agreement through April 30, 2029 to
continue permitted parking.
6.2 Resolution No.24, Series of 2024, A Resolution Agreement between the Town of Vail,
and the Colorado Department of Transportation ("CDOT") Regarding Parking Along the
Non-Travel Lanes of the Interstate 70 Frontage Roads Located within the Limits of the
Town
Approve, approve with amendments or deny Resolution No. 24, Series of 2024.
Background: CDOT currently leases to the Town certain sections of the I-70 Frontage Road
within the Town of Vail for use as public parking and for general peak period public overflow
parking at times the Town's off-street parking facilities are anticipated to or have reached full
capacity. The Town and CDOT wish to renew said lease through April 30, 2029.
6.3 Resolution No. 25, Series of 2024, A Resolution of the Vail Town Council Approving
the First Amendment to Construction Contract with ViaOne Services, and Waiving the
80% Colorado Labor Requirement
Approve, approve with amendments, or deny Resolution No. 25, Series of 2024.
Background: Staff is requesting to waive the Keep Jobs in Colorado Act for the Fiber
Construction Project.
6.4 Contract Award to Wall Coating Systems Inc. for I-70 Pedestrian Bridge Rehabilitation
Project
Authorize the Town Manager to enter an agreement, in a form approved by the Town Attorney,
with Wall Coating Systems Inc. to complete the I-70 Pedestrian Bridge Rehabilitation project, in
the amount not to exceed $87,500.00.
Background: Work includes concrete spall repair, bridge handrail repair, bridge joint and
concrete sidewalk repair and the project is scheduled to be completed by August 30, 2024.
Davis made a motion to approve; Stuafer seconded motion passed (7-0).
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There being no further business to come before the council, Staufer moved to adjourn the
meeting; Chapin seconded motion passed (7-0), meet adjourned at 6:23 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Attest: __________________________________
Travis Coggin, Mayor
______________________________
Stephanie Kauffman, Town Clerk