HomeMy WebLinkAboutPEC120041 employee generation rates_102312October 23, 2012
Nina Timm
Housing Coordinator
Town of Vail
75 South Frontage Road
Vail, Colorado 81657
Re: Employee Housing Generation Rate for Limited Service Lodge
Dear Nina:
This letter is a formal request to you, as the administrator of the Employee Housing chapters
of the Town Zoning Regulation, for a deviation from the employee generation rates as
contained in Table 23-1 of Chapter 23, Commercial Linkage. Section 12-23-2, subsection B,
allows the administrator to approve a deviation upon the submission of competent evidence
that the generation rates contained in table 23-1 do not accurately reflect the number of
employees generated by a proposed commercial development.
As you are aware, the Roost Lodge is proposed to be redeveloped as a Marriott Residence
Inn, which is a limited service lodge under the Town’s zoning regulations. Unlike other resort
hotels and properties that may have been included in the Town’s Nexus Study, this facility
provides rooms with kitchens and provides occupants with a breakfast service. Otherwise,
there are no retail uses, conference facilities, restaurants, or spas common in other resort
hotels but not included in this type of lodging product.
Table 23-1 predicts that there are 0.7 employees generated per accommodation unit or
limited service unit. The Marriott Residence Inn is proposed with 152 limited service units and
based on this formula, the code would expect 107 full-time equivalent employees.
The operator of this new Marriott Residence Inn also operates other facilities and has
provided a breakdown of the employees for this Vail facility. They will have from 30 to 38
FTEs depending on the season. Using the Peak season number of 38 FTEs, that is a rate of
0.24 employees per unit.
In a conversation last week with you, you requested that I provide you with additional
competent evidence and that if we surveyed the existing Roost Lodge and the Holiday Inn in
West Vail, that would be the additional evidence necessary for you to render a decision.
Mauriello
Planning
Group
MPGVail.com
P.O.
Box
4777
dominic@mpgvail.comEagle,
CO
81631
970-‐376-‐3318
The Roost Lodge has 72 accommodation units today and during peak season this facility is
operated with 18 FTEs. That results in a rate of 0.25 employees per unit. This information
was obtained from the current operator of the hotel.
The Holiday Inn in West Vail has 115 accommodation units today and during peak season this
facility is operated with 30 FTEs. That results in a rate of 0.26 employees per unit. This
information was obtained from the manager of the Holiday Inn.
As you can see, what has been indicated by the future operator of the Marriott Residence Inn
is very consistent with the current experience with these similar hotels with limited services in
the Town of Vail.
We’d like that you allow us to use a rate of 0.24 employees per limited service lodge unit for
this specific project based on its own unique character and operational elements.
Sincerely,
Dominic F. Mauriello, AICP
Principal
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