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Vail Town Council Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
6:00 P.M.
Vail Town Council Chambers
The meeting of the Vail Town Council was called to order at approximately 6:00 P.M. by Mayor
Coggin.
Members present: Travis Coggin, Mayor
Barry Davis, Mayor Pro Tem
Jonathan Staufer
Dave Chapin
Reid Phillips
Members virtually: Samantha Biszantz
Pete Seibert
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. Public Participation
Public Participation began at time stamp 0:00:09 on the High Five video.
Jonathan Levine, a Vail resident, expressed frustration with the process that resulted in the
recently passed transportation ordinance.
Tim McMahon mentioned that Dowd Junction closed recently, resulting in many people being
stuck at the Vail Transportation Center without information and asked for more presence from
the Vail PD when those types of situations occur.
Matt Donovan, owner of Toss Box, requested the Council direct staff to work with him to put an
on-demand trash receptacle at the municipal recycle site.
Frank Carfaro, of Frank and Hank, introduced himself as an artist who creates large-scale works
with a mental health awareness component.
Ian Grask, a Vail resident, asked about a cost/benefit analysis of the Gore Creek Promenade
renewal project and also asked if a study on potential riparian impacts has been completed and
if so, if and when it would be available for public review.
3. Any action as a result of Executive Session.
Town Council Meeting Minutes of November 19, 2024. Page 5
Approve, approve with amendments, or deny Ordinance No. 21, Series of 2024 upon first
reading.
Background: This ordinance will amend Title 4, Chapter 1, regarding business licensing for
certain businesses who operate shared services.
Staufer made a motion to approve; Chapin seconded motion passed (7-0).
Discussion for Ordinance No. 22, Series of 2024, first reading, began at 1:14:56 on the High
Five video.
5.7 Ordinance No. 22, Series of 2024, First Reading, An Ordinance Amending Sections 4-
3-1-2 and 4-3-3-6 of the Vail Town Code Concerning Sales Tax Exceptions for Essential
Hygiene Products
Presenter(s): Carlie Smith, Finance Director
Approve, approve with amendments, or deny Ordinance No. 22, Series of 2024 upon first
reading.
Background: This ordinance will amend Title 4, Chapter 3, regarding the exemption of essential
hygiene products such as diapers and period products from the town 4.5% sales tax.
Staufer made a motion to approve with an amendment to add an effective date of January 1,
2024, to the ordinance; Davis seconded motion passed (7-0).
6. Public Hearings
Discussion for Ordinance 16, Series of 2024, second reading, began at time stamp 1:19:46 on
the High Five video.
6.1 Ordinance No. 16, Series of 2024, Second Reading, An Ordinance Amending Section
7-3D-1(C) of the Vail Town Code to Increase the Penalties for Parking Violations in
Designated Parking Zones
Presenter(s): Greg Hall, Director of Public Works and Transportation
Approve, approve with amendments, or deny Ordinance No. 16, Series of 2024 upon Second
reading.
Background: Town Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance which would establish an
additional Special Enforcement Zone and increase the penalties for violations in the designated
parking zone along South Frontage Road East from Vail Road to West Vail Valley Drive.
Public comment was called. There was none.
Staufer made a motion to approve; Chapin seconded motion passed (7-0).