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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPEC and TC Joint Work Session Memo 011910 .,, ORIGINAL MEMORANDUM 0 TO: Vail Town Council FROM: Community Development Department DATE: January 19, 2010 SUBJECT: Joint work session to the Vail Town Council and Planning and Environmental Commission on the current status of the Ever Vail applications, their review, and the process moving forward. I. PURPOSE A joint meeting of the Vail Town Council and the Planning and Environmental Commission to hear a presentation from the Ever Vail team. The presentation will include Rob Katz, Vail Resorts CEO, speaking to the vision and need for a new portal. The Team will then do an overview addressing the changes made to the plans since last presented. This will include changes resulting from the acquisition of the GLOB property. The presentation will additionally begin to cover the amount of floor area dedicated to various land uses and the required parking associated with those land use areas. 0 Attached to this memorandum is a binder of information entitled Ever Vail: Applications for a Major Subdivision, Rezoning, Text Amendment, Conditional Use Permits, Major Exterior Alteration, SDD Amendment & Variance to allow for the redevelopment of the West Lionshead Area (Attachment A). Within this document is a proposed schedule for up coming meetings and topics, a report detailing the parking on the site, and a report from Tom Allender, Resort Planning Director, on the distribution of skiers on the mountain and the potential impacts of Ever Vail on skier distribution and counts. These documents are pertinent to the discussion regarding required parking and its relationship to the proposed land uses. Additionally, an 11"X17" set of plans has been provided for the project (Attachment B). The presentation will conclude with a discussion to identify topics to be considered for future hearings. II. BACKGROUND The sequence of applications and meetings to create a new base village to be known as Ever Vail began with the amendments to the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan to include several new parcels and revise the recommendations for West Lionshead (Ever Vail). On February 6, 2007, the Town Council adopted Resolution 4, Series of 2007, containing the proposed Lionshead Master Plan amendments to include several properties comprising Ever Vail and recommendations for those properties. The concepts included the addition of a skier gondola in the location of the old gas station site and the development of mixed use areas, including housing, retail, and office spaces, to create a new portal to the mountain with all the typical skier services. 1 .r. Another aspect of the text amendment included the possible relocation of the South Frontage Road. Resolution 4, Series of 2007, was adopted by a vote of 5-1-0 (Foley opposed). On April 21, 2009, the Town Council endorsed the submittal of the proposed South Frontage Road relocation to the Colorado Department of Transportation by a vote of 3-1- 1 (Foley opposed and Gordon abstained) On November 4, 2009, the applicant, Vail Resorts Development Company, submitted seven development review applications which will be reviewed and acted upon by the Planning and Environmental Commission prior to the conclusion of the review process. Those applications include: • A major subdivision to establish new lot configurations, rights-of-way, easements, etc; • An amendment to Special Development District (SDD) No. 4, Cascade, to remove the GLOB from the SDD; • A rezoning of the parcels created by the major subdivision to Lionshead Mixed Use-2; • An amendment to the Town Zoning Regulations to include the project within the "commercial core" zone for calculating parking requirements; • A variance for site coverage for the below grade structure; • Several conditional use permits to allow for a new gondola, below grade parking structure, and below grade mountain operations service facility; and • A major exterior alteration to allow for multiple structures to be constructed. On January 11, 2010, the Planning and Environmental Commission unanimously voted to forward a recommendation of approval, with a condition, for the inclusion of the proposed Ever Vail project within the "commercial core area" designation maps to the Vail Town Council. III. TOPICS TO CONSIDER The following topics were largely identified and provide to the applicant and the Vail Town Council in July of 2008. To date some of these topics have been addressed with the submittal of plans and documents for review and discussion. As staff has become more familiar with the proposal additional topics have been added to the list. • Master Plan compliance • Frontage Road setback of proposed structures • Stream setbacks from Red Sandstone Creek and the treatment proposed for the creek. Including the creation of a stream tract which may ultimately be zoned to Outdoor Recreation district or Natural Area Preservation district and provided to the Town. • Building height with regard to overall experience in the new village. • The creation of a pedestrian experience that will serve as a draw for visitors to this new portal while not cannibalizing the existing portals. • Phasing of public improvements such as the parking structure • Public Parking obligation for existing uses and proposed increase in demand • Land dedications for certain public improvements • Financial contribution towards Simba Run underpass 2 • Stream tract dedications • Public transit improvements; both operations and construction • Provision of employee housing and its phasing • Forest Service agreement for the new lift line • Impacts on public utilities including ERWSD • Platting and subdivision process and our expectations • The need for additional public parking spaces • Potential unintended consequences of added residential uses adjacent to an "industrial" use (ie. Water district) • Use of easements and rights-of-ways • Differences between easements and rights-of-ways • Economic impacts to community and municipally provided services • Retail analysis of community and potential impacts of "cannibalization" • Critical mass to support a new village • Connectivity to Lionshead and the community The following issues have begun to be discussed and addressed at the early stages of this process: • Frontage Road design and layout including retaining wall along interstate • ROW vacation and the transfer of land • Environmental Impact Report • Traffic Report • Outline of the development review process and construction phasing • Open houses and the public process • Skier demand and on mountain activity ( ie impact on the 19,900 limit) Staff has identified these topics, issues, and concerns, with regard to the establishment of a new portal. Have we captured them all? It will be the outcome of the process that all of these topics, issues, and concerns will be discussed, addressed, and resolved satisfactorily. IV. ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL The Council is not being requested to take any formal action at this work session. The Community Development Department requests that the Vail Town Council and the Planning and Environmental Commission listen to the presentation and provide feedback to the applicant and the staff on additional thoughts, ideas, and materials to consider and provide for future discussion. V. ATTACHMENTS A. Ever Vail: Applications for a Major Subdivision, Rezoning, Text Amendment, Conditional Use Permits, Major Exterior Alteration, SDD Amendment & Variance to allow for the redevelopment of the West Lionshead Area dated November 2009, Re- submittal B. Reduced set of proposed plans dated November 2, 2009 3