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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11. Town_Manager_Report_1.31.18 TOWN MANAGER REPORT - February 6th TOWN COUNCIL MEETING Newsletter Date TOPICS • Eagle County Joint Meeting • Short-Term Rentals • Timber Ridge Operating Committee • Town Compensation Study • Joint Meeting with Vail Resorts • Global Friendship • Colorado Communities Symposium Eagle County Joint Meeting As a quick follow-up to the last report regarding a meeting with Eagle County Board of Commissioners, we will be hosting the County Commissioners at the regular Vail Town Council meeting on February 20th. In meeting with Commissioner Kathy Chandler-Henry on January 30th, the following agenda items were identified. Please be mindful that it remains draft, subject of course to Council input. The same meeting will feature a presentation of the existing study process by the ECO Transit group. We are taking measures to have the presentations overlap so that transit can be discussed in depth with these stakeholders at the table. The proposed meeting format would have the Council, BOCC and ECO meet for lunch at 1 pm and then meet for the remainder of the afternoon to address the following (the agenda is aggressive and should be scaled back): 1. Transit a. Existing regional services and routes b. Express routes along I-70 corridor c. Revenues and resources d. Parking facilities related to transit service (park and ride) 2. Housing a. Existing programs and projects b. Regional opportunities 3. Environmental Sustainability a. Climate action b. Solid waste diversion & recycling c. Water quality 4. Open Space and Trails 5. Airport a. Guaranteed flight program Town Manager’s Report Page 2 Short-Term Rentals A mass postcard mailing to all Vail property owners was sent out on January 26th. We have implemented new software as of February 1st, which includes an online license application and payment feature. The town is hosting four public outreach sessions, with two of those meetings geared for property managers and the other two for individual owners (either currently renting their units or who may rent in the future). The sessions will be hosted on Feb. 13th for property managers and Feb. 14th for individual owners. Each day the town will host two sessions, one at noon and one at 5:30pm (food will be provided). The sessions will include a 30-minute presentation by staff, followed by a breakout session for Q&A with experts in various fields such as Code Enforcement, Building Department, Fire Department and the Sales Tax and Licensing team. High Five Access Media will record one of the sessions which will be available on the town’s website. Timber Ridge Operating Committee The Timber Ridge Operating Committee met on January 30th to discuss current operations on the site. The agenda was short. Items of note include the current efforts to enter into a new agreement for maintenance and service to the laundry facilities on site. Additionally, some recent improvements to an existing vacant unit have resulted in that unit now becoming available for occupancy (Unit K-04). This is very good news. Town Compensation Study The Town will be issuing an RFP for compensation consulting services in February for an important analysis of our employee compensation programs. This is the next step in the project – initial steps have included a comprehensive review of job descriptions (still pending). For this project, we recommend that a committee be established to coordinate the project and would like to include one or two Council Members. Please let me know if you are interested in serving on a working committee … doing so may help establish more familiarity by the Council with this important process, which occurs periodically to give us a good benchmark of where we are in terms of our compensation structure. Town Manager’s Report Page 3 Joint Meeting with Vail Resorts This joint meeting is set for March 27th. Please keep that date open on your calendars, and we will firm up the venue and time in the near future. The meeting will be facilitated by Dr. Karah Maloley, We will meet with Vail Resorts and Karah Maloley on February 15th to start formulating an agenda. Input into the agenda will be greatly appreciated, and you can send your ideas and suggestions to myself or Patty McKenny. Global Friendship The recent trip to Japan, involving ten delegates from the Town of Vail, was successful on all levels. You can anticipate a summary meeting to discuss the trip and its outcomes, publicly, at a regular Council meeting in March. Many thanks to the attendees and to the many staff members who helped with the logistics and public outreach. Colorado Community Symposium The symposium occurred in Denver from January 31st to February 2nd. The agenda was large and quite varied, but dealt with climate action planning as a whole, with specific topics concerning water, energy, transportation, solid waste and recycling, land use planning, recreation, and related topics.. From the Town of Vail we had Dr. Kim Langmaid attend, as well as Sustainability Manager Kristen Bertuglia.. The conference was packed with hundreds of participants, and key speakers included the Governor, Mayors, and numerous representatives at the local, state, and private sector.