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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-03-08 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session I~L VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1988 2:00 p.m. AGENDA 1. Continue Council Goals Discussion 2. Discussion of Council Policies regarding Town Debt 3. Discussion of a Proposed No Smoking Ordinance 4. Discussion of Draft Sales Tax Increase Ordinance 5. Information Update 6. Other 7. Executive Session - Personnel Matters VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1988 2:00 p.m. EXPANDED AGENDA 2:00 1. Continue Council Goals Discussion 2:30 2. Discussion of Council Policies regarding Town Debt 3:00 3. Discussion of a proposed No Smoking Ordinance Susan Scanlan Action Requested of Council: Review the information provided on the No Smoking ordinances of various other municipalities and give further direction for developing an ordinance in Vail. Backqround Rationale: Council requested further information about the No Smoking ordinances of other areas so some direction could be established for developing an ordinance in Vail. There was some question as to what the ordinance should address and whether it should be limited strictly to municipally owned buildings. 3:30 4. Discussion of Draft Sales Tax Increase Ordinance Larry Eskwith Dani Hild Action Requested of Council: Discuss provisions of the Steve Barwick ordinance and give direction to staff. Background Rationale: It has been suggested by Council that a .3% sales tax increase may be the appropriate method for raising revenues for marketing the Town of Vail. This ordinance has been drafted to serve as a basis for discussing such an increase. 4:00 5. Information Update 4:05 6. Other 4:10 7. Executive Session - Personnel Matters i 10WH of nail 75 south frontage road vail, colorado 81657 (303) 476-7000 MEMORANDUM TO: Ron Phillips Vail Town Council Members FROM: Charlie Wick DATE: March 4, 1988 RE: Notes from Council Goal Setting Session on March 1, 1988 ISSUE: Economic Over $15,000 MARKETING Ordinance is being drafted to increase the sales tax by .3 of 1% for the March 15, 1988 Council meeting with an election to be scheduled in late June. SIGNAGE Determine phases - staff recommendation pending Look at accelerating signage program in the long range budget. $102,000 available in 1988 budget. VISITORS Staff to analyze/evaluate/determine cost of CE14-xEx relocating VTC transit, rental car and commercial operations to the Lionshead Parking Structure and using current VTC structure for a visitor's center - information presented to Council on April 5, 1988. Address at community meeting April 13 or 14, 1988. Ron to explore state funding and private sector participation. GOAL SETTING NOTES MEMO MARCH 4, 1988 PAGE 2 CEMETERY No directions given. Staff is proceeding on zoning change and Committee has yet to hold neighborhood meetings and develop operational recommendations. STREET Resolution for funding has been approved. To be IMPROVEMENT- addressed again at budget time. PROGRAM HIGHWAY As we are proceeding on the landscaping plan, staff LANDSCAPING needs to coordinate/develop some inexpensive ways for immediate improvement. Examples given were a volunteer tree planting program and wildflowers seeded along highway and at intersections. SUMMER EVENTS Funding approved for Bravo! Colorado. ENTERTAINMENT BRAVO COLORADO No further directions given. Eric is writing a letter to Bravo saying that the entertainment should appeal to a broad clientele. ru•ruxm DEBT Discussion at March 8, 1988 Council meeting. REDUCTION MASTER PLAN - No further directions given. TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY ACCESS, STREET LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE UTILIZATION OF Staff is to analyze/evaluate and prepare costs for DOBSON converting Dobson into a conference facility for the months of May-June and September-November. COMPLETE PATH General direction was to proceed on the Vail AND TRAIL Village to Amphitheater path this summer and to SYSTEM have completed by summer events. GOAL SETTING NOTES MEMO MARCH 4, 1988 PAGE 3 ECONOMIC UNDER $15,000 VARIOUS Town staff to present current maintenance programs MAINTENANCE with costs to the Council. Council will provide ISSUES input to staff as to their priorities. OTHER Staff to prepare a Citizen's Attitude survey. Results back prior to community meeting. Summer billboard issue needs to be addressed. Summer maintenance employees need to be ambassadors of Vail. 10wo a il 75 south frontage road vail, colorado 81657 (303) 476-7000 MEMORANDUM TO: Ron Phillips Vail Town Council FROM: Charlie Wick a/pW DATE: February 26, 1988 RE: Debt Management Issues Within the Town of Vail This memo is in response to Council's request to address debt related issues within the Town. This memo will address Town debt in relation to the Town's financial condition and the debt management principals and practices the Town has employed to date. The Town of Vail has used debt extensively to finance its permanent public facilities and its land acquisition program. Has the use of this debt and the level of debt issued been prudent? The factors which influenced these decisions by past Councils probably varied, but some of these factors were probably the 1) need for, type of and extent of public assets being bought or built, 2) the degree of favorable economic impact the public asset acquired from the debt proceeds would have on the Vail community, 3) the economic capacity of the Town and, therefore, the Town's ability to support a debt-based capital program and, 4) the projected growth of the Town. Accurate measurement of past Councils decisions is difficult at best. Most, if not all, of Vail's debt financed assets, it can be argued, are important and beneficial to Vail. Past Councils undoubtedly felt Vail had the economic capacity to handle all of its debt or that debt would not have been issued. In some respects, economic or financial capacity is a relative matter - one of public attitudes, that are shaped by conditions, real or otherwise, existing at the time. DEBT MANAGEMENT MEMO FEBRUARY 26, 1988 PAGE 2 In analyzing a debt related position to take at this time the Council must look at similar factors. The Council must review the current financial condition of the Town as well as the capital needs and priorities which exist today. FINANCIAL CONDITION This term, financial condition, has many meanings. It can mean cash solvency, which the Town certainly has as we have no problem paying our bills. It can mean budgetary solvency, which the Town certainly has as we generate sufficient revenue to meet our budgeted level of expenditure obligations and do not incur deficits. It can mean long run solvency, which is the ability to meet certain future expenditure obligations such as the maintenance and/or replacement of capital assets such as streets, equipment and buildings. A fourth type of solvency is service level solvency. This type of solvency can best be described as whether the Town can afford the level and quality of services desired by our citizens and guests. In reviewing the Town's financial condition, we are not facing any significant financial problems in cash or budgetary solvency. We are perhaps under some strain in regards to long range solvency and service level solvency. These strains are in the areas of increased capital needs for streets and roads, which the Council is addressing, and in increased demands by the public for services such as recreation paths, an aquatic center, park development, landscaping improvements, etc. In maintaining a healthy financial condition, the Town must have the ability to pay its way on a continuing basis and have the ability to: 1. Maintain desired service levels including its ability to maintain and/or replace its capital assets. 2. Withstand local, regional and perhaps national economic disruptions. 3. Meet the demands of natural growth, decline and change. DEBT MANAGEMENT MEMO FEBRUARY 26, 1988 PAGE 3 DEBT POLICY IN RELATION TO FINANCIAL CONDITION Inasmuch as debt requires the anticipation of future revenues, prudence in issuing debt must be maintained. No prudent local government should issue so much debt that it erodes the capacity to maintain its financial conditions for solvency. Vail is in a position right now where the amount of capital monies needed for desired projects, without prioritizing, exceeds its immediate financial resources and perhaps, as Council needs to evaluate, the Town's financial capacity. What the Town needs to decide for every new capital expenditure being considered is when to borrow, when to pay cash, when to raise revenues if necessary, or when to forego the project for other times or conditions. There are appropriate and prudent reasons for making each of these decisions in financing capital projects and it is also inappropriate to say one alternative is always better than another alternative. PRACTICES THAT CAN JEOPARDIZE FINANCIAL HEALTH Practices that jeopardize financial condition can be categorized into three areas: 1. Practices that allow budget balancing by repeatedly using one-time sources of revenue. 2. Practices that allow deference of a large amount of current costs to the future; for example, postponing maintenance expenditures or needed equipment replacement. 3. Practices that allow the long-range costs of owning an asset to be ignored. For example, costs of operating, maintaining and replacing an asset must be considered. The use of these practices may create financial problems, may compound existing financial problems or delay recognition of existing problems. Credit agency firms establish a municipality's credit rating based on its financial health. They ask questions similar to the following questions to evaluate a local government's financial health. DEBT MANAGEMENT MEMO FEBRUARY 26, 1988 PAGE 4 1. Has the practice been used for two or more consecutive years during the last five years? 2. Has more than one of these practices been used in any of the last three years? Is there a pattern of use of these practices? 3. If yes to 1 or 2, have any plans been made to deal with problems created or compounded by the use of the practice? Does the local government have the long term financial resources to respond to these problems? The Town of Vail has been able to avoid the use of financial practices that can jeopardize the long range financial health of the Town. The two exceptions to this which the Town has been addressing during the last several years were the deference of some maintenance costs which occurred in the 1970's and the early 1980's and the current situation with street improvements. The street improvement problems have been deferred for years and fortunately, rather than robbing Peter to pay Paul, the Council is seeking an infusion of new revenue to address this issue. The Town, therefore, has been able to sustain reasonable financial practices and maintain its overall financial health in both its operating and capital funds even while it assumed a relatively large debt load. In fact, the Town's entire debt load as a percentage of total revenues is being reduced significantly on an annual basis. This positive trend has occurred since the Lionshead Parking Structure was financed in 1979 with the exception of 1984. In 1988, the percentage of debt to revenue is the lowest it has been in a decade. This, of course, is positive as less revenue is being allocated to debt service and more revenue is being allocated to other operating and capital priorities including increased fund balances and paying cash for certain assets. DEBT MANAGEMENT MEMO FEBRUARY 26, 1988 PAGE 5 Table I provides Total Debt Payments and Debt as a Percentage of Total Revenue from 1983 to 2000. TABLE I ALL DEBT TOTAL AS A % DEBT OF TOTAL PAYMENTS REVENUE Actual 1983 4,388,955 34.7% 1984 5,065,681 37.1% - Library was built 1985 5,250,043 34.4% - Donovan Park paid off 1986 4,449,008 28.5% - Refunding of GO Bonds 1987 4,446,225 28.7% Projected* 1988 4,273,732 26.0% 1989 4,016,542 24.9% 1990 3,894,000 23.1% 1991 3,832,214 21.4% 1992 3,838,821 20.8% 1993 3,845,257 20.2% 1994 3,844,692 19.6% 1995 3,850,855 19.1% - 1st Year GO Bonds can be called at Par.** 1996 3,589,482 17.3% - RETT Non-callable bond Warrants paid off 1997 2,866,516 13.4% - Maintenance Facility Lease/Purchase paid off 1998 2,700,902 12.2% 1999 892,198 3.9% 2000 0 0.0% * Assumes reserve funds for RETT and G.O. Bonds are used to pay out-year debt payments. See Attachment A for payment details. Assumes no early debt reduction, current planned debt load and -no new revenue sources. GO Bonds cannot be called prior to 1995 unless completed through an advanced refunding. DEBT MANAGEMENT MEMO FEBRUARY 26, 1988 PAGE 6 The Town has taken some significant debt related positions the last several years. The Town has not incurred long term debt since the building of the library. In addition, the Town Council refunded all GO debt in 1985 which significantly reduced the level of GO debt effective 1986-1999. The Town Council also approved the formation of a Heavy Equipment Replacement Fund in the 1988 budget. The creation of this replacement fund, which essentially mandates a pay-as-you-go philosophy in equipment and vehicle replacement, should supplant the need to buy equipment on a lease- purchase basis after 1988. And finally, the Council in its Five Year Plan has planned a pay-as-you-go basis for the replacement of the transit fleet from 1988-1995. CREDIT RATING A municipality's credit rating represents an important independent assessment of it's debt load. Credit rating is nearly synonymous with the level of risk associated with the credit. Generally, the higher a credit rating, the lower the risk and the lower the interest costs on an issue. Credit rating agencies, such as Moody's, Standard and Poors, use a variety of debt analysis techniques, in addition to their assessment of a municipality's financial practices, to produce credit ratings. This analysis includes: 1. The total of all local general obligation principal debt (including applicable debt of overlapping governments) as a percentage of the market value of the property tax base. a. Less than 5% is very good b. Over 10% signals possible trouble c. Overlapping GO Debt-1987* 34,434,717 Market Value of Property-1987 1,272,085,000 Debt as a Percentage of Value 2.71% *Debt of all overlapping governmental jurisdictions 2. The growth rate of total GO Debt should not rise excessively over the growth rate of the tax base. DEBT MANAGEMENT MEMO FEBRUARY 26, 1988 PAGE 7 VAIL VAIL OVERLAPPING TAX BASE G.O. DEBT G.O. DEBT 1985 1,118,795,585 22,485,000 35,028,091 1987 1,272,085,000 20,855,000 34,434,717 Overlapping G.O. Debt decreased by 1.7% from 1985-1987._ The Tax Base increased by 13.7% from 1985-1987. 3. Annual debt service as a percentage of total revenue. a. Total of long term debt plus interest (debt service) should be 20% to 25% of total revenue. b. Total of short term and long term debt service should be less than 40% of total revenue. PROJECTED 1988 DEBT LONG TERM DEBT SERVICE 3,886,358 23.7% Total Revenue 16,413,792 S.T. & L.T. DEBT 4,273,732 26.0% Total Revenue 16,413,792 This is for traditional communities which pay debt service out of property tax revenues. Town of Vail pays no debt service out of property tax revenues. Other valuation factors which are used in credit analysis are the market valuation per capita, the assessed valuation per capita, and the total overlapping debt per capita. FUND BALANCES AND CREDIT RATING Another area of importance to maintain a sound credit rating is the continuance of reasonable fund balances. Appropriate levels of fund balances need to be maintained to make up for any loss of revenue to cover necessary budget expenditures. A fund balance of 10% to 15% of budgeted expenditures is an acceptable level in a non-resort community. Fund balances in excess of 10% to 15% for resort communities are preferred. There is the perceived possibility of a higher level of revenue fluctuation in resort communities and, therefore, conservatism on the downside of potential revenue fluctuation is favored. Also, the maintenance of adequate fund balances is necessary to have cash on hand and to hopefully forego the need for short term borrowing. DEBT MANAGEMENT MEMO FEBRUARY 26, 1988 PAGE 8 Not including the GO Reserve Fund holdings, the Town's projected Total Fund Balances at the end of 1988 will be $4,499,029 which equals 26.5% of the 1988 Expenditure Budget. The Town's fund balance would drop to 20.6% of budgeted expenditures if the Council elects to spend one $1 million cash on a capital project during 1988. Fund Balances do not include the reserve fund escrowed on the General obligation bonds. SUMMARY The Town is in sound financial condition. Debt as a percent of total revenue has decreased significantly and is projected to continue to fall. As viewed by credit analysis techniques, Vail's financial condition in relation to debt is favorable. Council has made excellent policy decisions in regard to a pay-as-you-go philosophy on vehicle and equipment replacement, street improvements and transit replacement. However, if Council wants a pay as you go philosophy on major capital projects, efforts will have to be made to increase fund balances. TOVDEBTA ATTACHMENT A DEBT AS % G.O. DEBT RETT LEASES TOTAL OF TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL DEBT PROJECTED YEAR PRINCIPAL INTEREST PRINCIPAL INTEREST PRINCIPAL INTEREST PRINCIPAL INTEREST PAYMENT REVENUE 1988 1,100,000 1,600,423 323,540 605,554 481,047 156,168 ; 1,904,587 2,362,145 ; 4,266,732 26.0% 1989 1,170,000 1,528,925 358,750 574,519 445,733 127,699 1,974,483 2,231,143 4,205,626 24.9% 1990 1,250,000 1,448,195 400,287 538,683 295,711 96,924 1,945,998 2,083,802 4,029,800 23.1% 1991 1,340,000 1,357,570 438,325 497,894 120,000 78,425 1,898,325 1,933,889 3,832,214 21.4% 1992 1,445,000 1,257,070 488,057 449,444 130,000 69,250 2,063,057 1,775,764 3,838,821 20.8% 1993 1,555,000 1,145,806 549,704 395,447 140,000 59,300 2,244,704 1,600,553 3,845,257 20.2% 1994 1,675,000 1,022,960 613,516 334,616 150,000 48,600 2,438,516 1,406,176 3,844,692 19.6% 1995 1,815,000 887,286 684,773 266,671 160,000 37,125 2,659,773 1,191,082 3,850,855 19.1% 1996 1,965,000 736,640 502,166 190,777 170,000 24,900 2,637,166 952,317 3,589,483 17.3% 1997 :2,130,000 569,616 0 0 155,000 11,900 2,285,000 581,516 2,866,516 13.4% 1998 2,315,000 385,902 0 0 2,315,000 385,902 2,700,902 12.2% 1999 708,858 183,340 0 0 708,858 183,340 892,198 3.9% TOTAL 18,468,858 12,123,733 4,359,118 3,853,605 2,247,491 710,291 , 25,075,467 16,687,629 , 41,763,096 NOTE: Reserve funds for the purpose of securing debt exist in the following amounts: $1,351,142 for G.O. Bonds and $1,300,000 for the RETT Fund. The figures above assume that these reserve funds are used to make out-year debt payments. NOTE: G.U. Bonds are callable at par in 1995. RETT warrants and notes may not be called. NO of Vail 75 south frontage road vall, colorado 81657 (303) 476-7000 office of community development MEMORANDUM TO: Ron Phillips FROM: Susan Scanla T DATE: March 1, 1988 SUBJECT: No Smoking Ordinance You will find attached a chart which lists elements of No Smoking Ordinances for 18 different municipalities in the state of Colorado. Elements which are contained in any particular ordinance are indicated by an X. If there is no mark in an area that item was not addressed by the ordinance. Also included with this chart is an earlier memo which addresses in more detail some of the common aspects of the ordinances. Copies of the ordinances and information pamphlets are available in my office for perusal. NNNNNNNNNN S M 0 K I NG 0 R D I N R N C E S COMMON ELEMENTS NIINxNNNNNN i NIHFORMRT[ON RRERS SMOKING PROHIBITED01 RRERS SMOKING ALLOWED - RESTAURANT SEATING .I WORK PLACE PPoiPHA_ET PROVIDED: I II COMMON PUBLIC GROCERY 1 BARS ENCLOSED TOBACCO DESIGNATED RESTAURANTS RESTFURANTS 50% OR OWNER PETITION REQUEST I SIGN13GE CALCULATION TOWN PURPOSE DEFINITION AREAS AREAS STORES CLUBS OFFICES SHOPS AREAS 30 OR LESS 50 OR LESS LESS DESIGNATED .1 50% REDID. .1 FINES 0!;R --__wr«-------~M«------ , ASPEN .1 x x x x x x x x x SEP. AREAS POLICY ADOPTED x $0-$300 CRRS014DRLE X X x x x x x 1 LOUISVILLE K X x x x x x x x x x $0-$300 x ' THORNTON x x x x x x x x x x x x $25-$300 GOLDEN 1. x x x x x x x x x x x EMPLOYER DESIGNATED x $25-$300 x LOIIGMONTN x x x x x x EMPLOYER DESIGNATED x $35-$300 FORT COLLINSN x x x x x x x x x x x x x x BOULDERx x x x x x x x x x x x ; RRVRDRN .1 x x x x x x x x x x x EMPLOYER DESIGNATED x $25-$500 LOVELAND x x x x x x x x x x x x $25-$100 x 1 COLORADO SPRINGSNII x x x x x x x x x ; PUEBLO x x x x x x x x x x x x ; WESTMINSTERN „ x x x x x x x x x x x x x $25-$300 GREELEYN x x x x x x x x x x x x x $25-$100 x 1 LRKENOODN ,i x x x x x x x x x x x x x $25-$300 x WHEAT RIDGE x x x x x x x x x x x x x .$25-$500 x 1 CRIION CITY x x x x x x x x x x x x $0-$100 x I GRAND JUNCTION x x x x x x x x x x x x x $0-$300 x ' ' tl 0-90 DAYS TO: Ron Phillips & Peter Patten FROM: Susan Scanlan DATE: May 29, 1987 SUBJECT: No Smoking Ordinance I. INTRODUCTION: Over the past several months I have accumulated and reviewed no smoking ordinances from various communities around the State of Colorado. These ordinances range from very general no smoking provisions to very specific regulations and substantial penalties for violations. Most of the cities whose ordinances I reviewed implemented them by a vote of the City Councils. However, in the case of Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, the ordinance was put to a public vote in a special referendum election and was approved in both cases. II. BACKGROUND: As a general overview of the ordinances, they all contain essentially the same provisions. These include: (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT: A Statement of legislative intent or purpose which explains the reasons for adopting the ordinance, range from protecting the public health, safety and general welfare to preventing the general discomfort of being exposed to smoke in public places. (2) DEFINITIONS: A definitions section which defines common areas, public places, smoke and in some cases work areas. (3) SMOKING PROHIBITED: Smoking is generally prohibited in common areas and public places. This includes but is not limited to hallways, elevators, lobbies, waiting areas, public restrooms, public meeting rooms, grocery stores, retail stores, theatres, educational facilities, libraries, recreational facilities, public transportation facilities and other enclosed areas to which the public is invited or where the public is permitted. (4) SMOKING PERMITTED: In most cases smokinq is permitted in several areas which include: A Taverns, bars or nightclubs where the service of food is not the principle source of income. B Fully enclosed offices occupied exclusively by smokers, even if they may be visited by non- smokers. C Retail tobacco shops. D Meeting rooms or halls where the general public is not invited and the control of seating arrangements is the responsibility of the function sponsor. E Designated smoking areas as determined by proprietors. F Most of the ordinances contain the provision to allow smoking throughout restaurant establishments with seating capacities of 30 or less, some go as high as 50 or less. The City of Aspen has been much more restrictive in their provisions and does not allow more than 50% of any restaurant to be designated as a smoking area. In addition, smoking areas must be completely separate and have individual ventilation systems. (5) DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS: Smoking may be allowed in desiqnated smokinq areas of public places. These could include: A Restaurants with seating capacities of 30 or more may designate an area comprising up to 50% of the seating capacity as a smoking area. An area could also be designated such that smokers and non-smokers can be accommodated without an unreasonable delay. B A portion of lobbies or hallways based on size restraints provided that the designation of such an area does not require non-smokers to pass through a smoking area to get from one place to another. (6) GENERAL PROHIBITIONS: Smoking is prohibited in any area where it is prohibited by the Fire Marshall or applicable fire codes. (7) WORK PLACE: Several of the ordinances include provisions for the prohibition of smoking in places of employment. This is provided for if: (A) A petition is received by the employer containing signatures of over 50% of the permanent employees requesting a smoke-free work place. (B) No physical barriers need to be installed to accomplish this separation. The ordinances which contain this provision for a smoke free work place also contain a clause which prohibits discrimination against any employee who requests such a designation. Employers may also establish and adopt a written smoking policy relating to their places of employment which may contain minimum guidelines as reflected in Aspen's ordinance. (8) SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS: Every building affected by the smoking ordinance, must have signs posted and maintained by the proprietor of the establishment. These signs must be posted on all doors providing public access to the establishment or conspicuously posted so that they can be seen upon entering the building. The signs may be of specified sizes and may be printed with lettering or appropriate international symbols. The signs may be one of three: A No smoking - this would state that smoking is not permitted in any portion of the building. B Smoking - this would indicate that smoking is permitted throughout the establishment. C No smoking except in designated areas - this would generally prohibit smoking throughout the establishment except in those areas which are posted as smoking areas. It would also be the responsibility of the proprietor in this case, not only to sign all points of access, but also to clearly sign the areas where smoking is allowed. (9) UNLAWFUL ACTS: Several of the ordinances contain sections which define an unlawful act which would constitute a violation of the ordinance. These include, but are not limited to: A Smoking in designated and signed no smoking areas. B Failure to post required signage or to maintain posted signage. C Allow people to smoke in no smoking areas. (10) FINES: The fines for violation of any provision of the ordinance range from $0-$500 per day that the offense exists. The average fine appears to be $25- $300 per day. One ordinance contains a provision for a second conviction in 12 months that the minimum fine be $50 with $10 of the fine going to the city to purchase materials promoting no-smoking (City of Longmont). The City of Wheatridge also prohibits the sale of cigarettes to minors and sets forth fines for the misdemeanor offense. (11) ENFORCEMENT: The responsibility for enforcement of the ordinance ranges from police officers, code enforcement personnel, public safety officers to environmental health officers/sanitarians. III. RECOMMENDATION: Review of these ordinances has provided a little insight into the manner in which they were arrived at and in some cases the input involved. At least in the cities of Aspen and Fort Collins there was considerable input from citizens both for and against the ordinances. In order for the issue of a no smoking ordinance to gain the type of support required for it to be successful, I believe it would be advantageous to solicit the input of the general public and the restaurant association. If the issue of smoking in restaurants is to be addressed it would be crucial to seek the support of the restaurant association. It would be beneficial to have the support of the restaurant association as it is a large contingent and their opposition could make compliance difficult. The city of Aspen has experienced considerable difficulties in dealing with their restaurant compliance and the ordinance itself has come under fire. Most communities report that the ordinance has been well received and compliance is generally not a problem. Informational pamphlets have been produced in several communities which explain the ordinance and answer some commonly asked questions. I I believe that such an ordinance would be generally well received in Vail where a large percentage of the population are health conscious people. I would recommend an ordinance which encompasses the points as outlined in the background area of this memo. It should also be noted that the ordinance does not prevent anyone from declaring their business a no smoking area entirely even if they are permitted by the ordinance to have smoking areas. I think it is also important to include the provision for a smoke-free work place as individuals spend more time at work than they do in any other pursuit during the average day. It is important that their rights are also respected. Information can be obtained from the Aspen G.A.S.P. group as to the facts and statistics concerning smoking and the effects of secondhand smoke. They have been instrumental in getting Aspen's ordinance passed and providing support to other communities interested in passing ordinances. Copies of ordinances from the 18 communities are available in my office. ORDINANCE NO. 8 Series of 1988 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.40.130 COLLECTION OF SALES TAX, AND SECTION 3.40.140 SALES TAX BASE; SCHEDULE OF SALES TAX OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF VAIL TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SALES TAX RATE OF THREE- TENTHS PERCENT (.3%), TO PROVIDE THAT ALL REVENUES RAISED BY SAID INCREASE GO INTO A SPECIAL MARKETING FUND TO BE - USED SOLELY FOR THE MARKETING OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, PROVIDING THAT IF SAID SALES INCREASE IS NOT REVIEWED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL AND EXTENDED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL WITHIN THREE (3) YEARS OF THE DATE OF PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT; AND SETTING FORTH DETAILS IN REGARD THERETO. WHEREAS, the Town Council has held numerous public meetings to determine what municipal projects the public wishes to have public funds expended upon; and WHEREAS, increased marketing of tourism by the Town was the number one goal the members of the general public who attended those meetings; and WHEREAS, the Town Council wishes to implement the desires of the inhabitants of the Town in regard to increased marketing of tourism; and WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Vail believes that it is in the best interest of its citizens to increase expenditures for the purpose of marketing tourism; and WHEREAS, in order to increase such expenditures, the Town believes it is necessary to increase the Town's sales tax base from four percent (4%) to four and three-tenths percent (4.3%) in order to raise additional funds for the purpose of marketing and promoting the Town of Vail and its environs as a year-round resort. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO, that: 1. Chapter 3.40.130 Collection of Sales Tax, paragraph (1) is hereby amended to read as follows: 3.40.130 Collection of Sales Tax (1) Every retailer, also in this Chapter 3.40 called "vendor", shall, irrespective of the provisions of Section 3.40.140, be liable and responsible for the payment of an amount equal to FOUR AND THREE-TENTHS PERCENT (4.3%) of all sales made by him of commodities or services as specified in Section 3.40.120 and shall, before the twentieth (20) day of each month, make a return to the Finance Director for the preceding calendar month and remit an amount equal to said FOUR AND THREE- TENTHS PERCENT (4.3%) on such sales to the Finance Director. Such returns of the tax payer or his duly authorized agent shall be furnished by the Finance Department. The Town shall use the standard municipal sales and use tax reporting form and any subsequent revisions thereto adopted by the Executive Director of the Department of Revenue by the first full month commencing one hundred twenty (120) days after the effective date of the regulation adopting or revising such standard form. 2. Section 3.40.140 Sales Tax Base, paragraph (2) is hereby amended to read as follows: 3.40.140 Sales Tax Base (2) There is imposed upon all sales of commodities and services specified in Section 3.40.120 a tax at the rate of FOUR AND THREE-TENTHS PERCENT (4.3%) of the amount of the sale to be computed in accordance with the schedules or systems set forth in the rules and regulations prescribed therefore. Said schedules or systems shall be designed so that no such tax is charged on any sale of twenty-four cents ($.24) or less. (i) ALL REVENUE RAISED BY THREE-TENTHS PERCENT (.3%) OF THE SALES TAX RATE SHALL BE DEVOTED SOLELY TO AND SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR THE MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF TOURISM FOR THE TOWN OF VAIL AND ITS ENVIRONS. ANY REVENUES RAISED BY SAID THREE-TENTHS PERCENT (.3%) OF THE SALES TAX RATE NOT EXPENDED ON MARKETING IN ANY GIVEN YEAR SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR THE REPAYMENT OF ANY EXISTING GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT OF THE TOWN OF VAIL. ONCE A YEAR DURING EACH YEAR THAT THE REVENUES RAISED BY THREE-TENTHS PERCENT (.3%) OF THE SALES TAX RATE ARE EARMARKED FOR MARKETING PURPOSES, THE TOWN SHALL IN SOME APPROPRIATE WAY, STUDY AND MEASURE THE EFFECT SAID EXPENDITURE HAS HAD ON TOURISM THROUGH THE TOWN OF VAIL AND ITS ENVIRONS. (ii) NONE OF THE REVENUES EARMARKED FOR MARKETING IN THIS SECTION 3.40.140 SHALL BE EXPENDED UNTIL THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL SETS FORTH AND AUTHORIZES A MARKETING PLAN FOR PROMOTING TOURISM IN THE TOWN OF VAIL AND ITS -ENVIRONS. (iii) UNLESS THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL CHOOSES TO EXTEND ITS EFFECTIVE DATE BY ORDINANCE ON OR BEFORE , 1991, THREE-TENTHS PERCENT (.3%) OF THE FOUR AND THREE-TENTHS PERCENT (4.3%) SALES TAX RATE SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 3.40.140 (2), SHALL CEASE TO BE EFFECTIVE ON SAID 1991. -2- ! y 3. Section 3.40.290 of Chapter 3.40 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail is hereby amended to read as follows: 1. The Town Council may amend, alter or change this ordinance, EXCEPT THAT IT MAY NOT INCREASE THE FOUR AND THREE-TENTHS PERCENT (4.3%) RATE OF TAX SET FORTH IN THIS CHAPTER, subsequent to adoption by a majority vote of the Town Council. Such amendment, alteration or change need not be submitted to the electors of the Town for their approval. 4. Before the three-tenths percent (.3%) sales tax increase set forth in this ordinance shall be imposed, and this ordinance becomes effective, it shall be submitted and shall receive the approval of a majority of the registered electors of the Town of Vail voting at a special municipal election to be held on , 1988. For this purpose, the question to be submitted for approval or rejection by the registered electors at said election shall be substantially as follows: "Shall the sales tax imposed by the Town of Vail, Colorado, be increased from four percent (4%) to four and three-tenths percent (4.3%) for the purpose of providing revenues for marketing of the Town of Vail all in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. , Series of 1988, at the Town of Vail said sales tax increase to become effective on , 1988•" 5. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed this Ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. 6. The Town Council hereby finds, determines and declares that this Ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety and welfare of the Town of Vail and the inhabitants thereof. 7. The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail as provided in this Ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor any other action or proceedings as commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repealed and reenacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein. -3- 4 INTRODUCED, READ AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING this day of , 1988, and a public hearing shall be held on this ordinance on the day of , 1988, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado. Ordered published in full this day of 1988. Kent R. Rose, Mayor ATTEST: Pamela A. Brandmeyer, Town Clerk INTRODUCED, READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this day of 1988• Kent R. Rose, Mayor ATTEST: Pamela A. Brandmeyer, Town Clerk -4- MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Rose Vail Town Council Members FROM: Charlie Wick C, DATE: March 3, 1988 RE: Salary and Compensation Surveys for the Town Attorney and Municipal Judge Positions The surveys mentioned above and the salary history for Larry and Buck are attached. The Attorney Survey, surveys only those attorneys which are noted as full-time attorneys in the annual CML Survey. The municipal court survey is different as we converted monthly salary into a cost per hour since the work schedules of municipal judges vary. Larry and Buck both are paid competitively with their colleagues. The surveys are from 1987 data so there is a one year gap between the survey results and what actual pay might be at this time. CRW/ds I LARRY ESKWITH Salary History DATE ACTION AMOUNT 05-10-82 Hired as full-time Town Attorney $3,750.00 01-01-83 3.65% Salary Adjustment by Council $3,887.50 07-01-83 Salary Reduction $3,775.11 Given full retirement package and use of Town vehicle 01-01-84 5.7% Salary Adjustment by Council $3,990.29 01-01-85 3.5% Salary Adjustment by Council $4,129.95 01-01-85 3% Additional Salary Adjustment $4,253.85 by Council 01-01-86 7.57% Salary Adjustment by Council $4,575.00 01-01-87 7% Salary Adjustment by Council $4,895.25 TOWN ATTORNEY SALARY SURVEY (Taken From 1987 CML Survey) INS. # OF EMP. MUNICIPALITY SALARY PLAN HOURS RETIREMENT COMP.*** SUPERVISED AUTO* Arvada $5,326 Yes 40 10.2% 5869 9 $200/mo. Aurora 5,505 Yes 40 12.65%** 6201 36 Boulder 5,750 Yes 40 10.2% 6336 12 Broomfield 5,035 Yes 40 13.61%** 5720 1 Colorado Springs 5,786 Yes 40 10.2% 6376 26 Fountain 3,229 Yes 45 12.15%** 3621 1 Glenwood Springs 3,333 Yes 40+ 14.15%** 3804 2 Grand Junction 3,896 Yes 40 10.15%** 4291 1 Greeley 4,456 Yes 40 12.15%** 4997 5 Gunnison 3,002 Yes 40 12.15%** 3366 0 $200/mo. Littleton 4,906 Yes 40 11.15%** 5453 2 $160/mo. Longmont 4,907 Yes 40 11.0% 5447 3 $225/mo. Loveland 4,657 Yes 40 11.15%** 5176 2 Montrose 3,113 Yes Part-Time 15.15%** 3585 1 $175/mo. Steamboat Springs 3,396 Yes 40 13.15%** 3843 2 Thornton 3,623 Yes 40 11.15%** 4027 2 Vail (4,895.26) 5,243**** Yes 40(17.6%)10.9% 5814 1 Auto ($225/mo)***** Westminster 4,375 Yes 40 10.25% 4823 4 $190/mo. Adams County 4,667 Yes 40 12.15%** 4823 11 Arapahoe County 4,955 Yes 40 12.15%** 5557 0 Boulder county 4,700 Yes 40 13.15%** 5318 17 Eagle County 4,000 Yes 40 10.15%** 4406 5 Denver (Staff Attorney) 5,438 Yes 40 17.15%** 6370 0 Englewood 5,250 Yes 40 17.15%** 6150 6 $200/mo. VAIL 7th VAIL 7th 23 Cities or Counties with full-time Town Attorneys Reported from CML Survey * We called the cities where there is no reply. Their attorneys have the use of a "pool" of cars, but do not drive them to and from the job place. These percentages include 7.15% FICA. Compensation includes wages and retirement benefits. Does not include health or auto costs. Vail Town Attorney's previous FICA contribution is factored in for comparison purposes. *****Town also pays for attorney's gas. Vail Town Attorney ranks 7th in salary, 7th including retirement costs. BUCK ALLEN Salary History Since 1982 DATE ACTION AMOUNT 1-1-82 9% Salary Adjustment by Council $2,254.12 1-1-83 Council Approved full Benefits $2,332.50 3.46% Salary Adjustment by Council 1-1-84 5.7% Salary Adjustment by $2,465.45 Council 1-1-85 3.5% Salary Adjustment by $2,551.74 Council 1-1-86 2% Salary Adjustment by Council $2,603.00 1-1-87 No Salary Adjustment $2,603.00 February, 1988 SALARY SURVEY MUNICIPAL JUDGE 1984 1985 SALARY 1984 TOTAL SALARY 1985 TOTAL 1986 SALARY 1986 TOTAL HOURS 1987 SALARY 1987 TOTAL** CITY MONTH MO./HR. COMP MO/HR M0./HR. COMP MO/HR. M0./HR. COMP MO/HR PER MO. M0./HR. COMP MO/HR Arvada 69 2523/36.56 2700/39.13 2725/39.49 2725/39.49 2000/31.25 2000/31.25 64 2122/33.16 2274/35.53 Aspen 21.6 735/34.03 871/40.32 825/38.19 1001/46.34 874/33.62 1054/40.53 26 900/34.61 1080/41.54 Aurora (FT) 173.3 5103/29.45 5951/34.34 5512/31.80 6431/37.11 5704/32.91 6709/38.71 173.3 5583/32.21 6492/37.45 Boulder (FT) 173.3 3885/22.41 N.I./N.I. 4157/23.98 4936/28.48 4406/25.42 5119/29.53 173.3 4492/25.92 5215/30.09 Breckenridge 17 540/31.76 578/34.00 540/31.76 578/34.00 560/32.94 600/35.29 17 560/32.94 600/35.29 Cherry Hills 21.6 600/27.78 600/27.78 600/27.78 600/27.78 150/Session 150/Sess. Pd/Sess. 150/Sess. 150/Sess. Broomfield 34.6 1250/36.13 N.I./N.I. 1250/34.60 1250/34.60 1292/37.27 1292/37.27 34.6 1375/39.66 1375/39.66 Colo. Springs 108 1743/16.14 1743/16.14 2030/18.79 2030/18.79 2030/35.15 2030/35.15 57.76 1630/28.22 1630/28.22 Englewood (FT) 173.3 3648/21.05 4431/25.57 4013/23.15 4504/25.98 4167/24.04 5107/29.46 173.3 4279/24.69 5070/29.25 Ft. Collins (FT) 173.3 3658/21.10 4291/24.75 3842/22.17 4504/25.98 3957/22.82 4647/26.81 173.3 4166/24.04 4866/28.07 Glendale 43 2068/48.09 2068/48.09 2580/60.00 2580/60.00 NA NA 86.6 2707/31.25 2707/31.25 Glenwood Springs 65 1208/18.58 1293/19.89 1530/23.54 1638/25.20 1576/24.25 1689/25.98 65 1576/24.25 1689/25.98 Grand Junction 86.6 1325/15.30 1418/16.37 1325/15.30 1418/16.37 1350/15.59 1447/16.71 86.6 1350/15.59 1447/16.71 Greeley 68 1109/16.30 1379/20.28 1109/16.30 1386/20.38 1833/21.25 2205/25.46 86.6 1833/21.25 2160/25.46 Littleton 69 180/26.09 1800/26.08 2070/30.00 2070/30.00 2410/23.17 2410/23.17 104 2912/28.00 2912128.00 Lakewood (FT) 173.3 4055/23.39 4746/27.38 4250/24.52 4974/28.69 4416/25.48 5150/29.71 173.3 4633/26.73 5426/31.30 Longmont (FT) 173.3 3333/19.23 3864/22.29 3450/19.90 4011/23.14 3467/20.00 4052/23.38 173.3 3650/21.06 4273/24.65 Loveland 43.3 1405/32.45 1503/34.71 1477/34.11 1549/35.77 1510/34.85 1618/37.34 43.3 1510/34.85 1510/37.34 Pueblo (FT) 173.3 3252/18.77 3780/21.81 3513/20.27 3066/23.46 3656/21.09 4227/24.39 173.3 3839/22.14 4458/25.72 Steamboat 21.6 700/32.41 700/32.41 775/35.88 775/35.88 775/35.88 775/35.88 21.6 775.35.88 775/35.88 Thornton 86.6 1840/21.25 2201/25.42 1840/21.25 2204/25.45 2017/23.29 2396/27.67 130 3000/23.08 3455/26.58 Vail 86.6 2465/28.46 2976/34.36 2552/29.47 3081/35.58 2553/29.45 3119/35.99 86.6 2603/30.04* 3178/36.67 Westminster 86.6 2217/25.60 2217/25.60 2356/27.20 2356/27.21 2360/27.25 2360/27.25 86.6 2360/27.25 2360/27.25 Wheat Ridge 64.9 948/14.61 948/14.61 1683/25.93 1683/25.93 NA NA 64.9 1648/25.39 1648/25.39 VAIL RANKING 9th Highest 5th Highest 10th Highest 6th Highest 9th Highest 5th Highest 9th Highest 5th Highest*** 24 Municipalities. 23 Munipalities with monthly and hourly computations. * Vail Municipal Judge's Salary with previous FICA contribution would be $2788.44/$32.17 Total compensation includes salary, retirement and health benefits. ***Vail's Municipal Judge position ranks in the 1987 top quartile among municipalities using a total compensation method. Survey does not include 1988 wage increases in other municipalities. DATE: 3/4/88 ACTION LIST ITEM ASSIGNED TO: COMPLETED 1. Rewire Council microphones - scheduled for last week of Feb. Public Works 2/25/88 2. Restaurant menu boards Community Development 3. Develop figures on lost revenue and costs of Ice Arena shut-down Recreation/Finance 2/23/88 4. Revise street cut ordinance Larry 5. Smoking Ordinance research Community Development/ summary Larry 3/3/88 6. Dobson Ice Arena analysis for conferences Recreation Dept. 7. Signage recommendations for Public Works/Community phasing Development 8. Analysis of-charging for summer parking Public Works 9. Enhanced 911 analysis Police Dept./Fire Dept. 10. Develop new closed container ordinance Police Dept./Larry i Letters and by the time they are old enough to get sports a driver's license (18), they have learned the dangers alcohol and that being g ' i~iustrated soused is not pleasant or hip. In my first year at college here, I was shocked at the e ; _ sight of all the freshmen who used their. Presents . newfound freedom to go out on weekends ~ for the sole purpose of getting drunk. B. " Raising the drinking age is no solution. z W. Kids need to be taught about alcohol early v in their lives. Stefan Beck Philadelphia pQ " I am a high school student and well b, aware of what goes on among my peers. Parents who think "safe homes," where alcohol isn't served to minors, are going to end teenage drinking are very naive or in- ro erns tend to spend nearly every waking hour breathing down their children's necks. 3~,y p j - And is alcohol dangerous only until one reaches the magic age of 21 ? Maybe as far as the law is concerned, but teenagers are ~r~Iimited sport, (rafting. golf teri?iis hat ehacl. r id~n , , % : ` not the only ones who abuse alcohol. , j~ inore) V- his at hletr ~f>lchr itlr a deluxe conr~onnfiWifi t" Rebecca E. Rahe .epittlrr)acltit) ~ t?~i~in for oue all-ant lu~iye lit iee.. Indianapolis Ail x 1, 9 e? p~ aon dyld} ~~y~anc~ 1 ` Decision for Death i~eiYe your Spo`rts~eek ail'88lyrchui e3ALL 1'U1L It is ironic that someone likened giv- FREE 1-$00-54~-1900, or WRITE: Sports, I11u, txated ing the terminally ill young woman a le- ',$portsWeek;127 Ave' . of the Americas,~*rm:~I B I" thal dose of morphine to putting a dog ;rNew OA, IVY 20 t ;Y down (MEDICINE, Feb. 151. I have a num. ber of well-loved dogs, and would never R W.. - • - - allow any of them to suffer as Debbie did. I would put them out of their misery as soon as it seemed appropriate. The fanat- ics who are against such mercy imply it is - a human being's duty and right to suffer horribly while dying. Let them speak for zq- themselves. In the same situation, I would l choose Debbie's fate-and would be Y 0 Odin thankful for the physician's kindness. - Elena Smith / 1 Mount Pleasant, S. C. Your otherwise sensitive account of the troubling issue of euthanasia restates a F, 7 popular myth-that physicians often' withhold adequate medication from their" patients for fear of narcotic addiction, } even in the last days or weeks of life. It is unfair to perpetuate the notion that medi- / cal professionals are uncaring and dog- v matic in their approach to the manage- ment of pain. As a senior medical student, f aw I know how we struggle to find answers to , u the increasingly difficult questions brought about by technological achieve- ments, in medicine. Michael Rigsby New Haven, Conn. What court, legislator, Pope or well-ii~~` meaning ethics group has the right to tell 1" _ k a dying patient that he must undergo his fair share of torment? The act of dying is the same whether it is now or later. The only question is, How much agony is to be endured while waiting? If our advance- s ments in scientific knowledge and our Make copies in brown, black, salve , gol gr en, re&or blue common sense continue at their present r ; Y t TIME, MARCH 7, 1988 9 ' fbe, iyy roleap lop afc'0 MAR - 4 198$ Box 3-00 Vail,Coiorado 81658 476-2204 7-O V9 / L TO `l-,,; N ~{.C !-,i c i L- ~~i l eye LSD Z-, c. i O ,2 i4 '77,419T Chi= Z~N~ ss 2O 1 H ,L= S % V19 L lU,~iZC~ L or- Z~N /J Gvi'~M L~iZ ci,f}L L. CZ RECT MAR - 3 1988 March 3, 1988 Town of Vail Town Council Vail, Colorado 81657 Dear Town Council: Pursuant to the requirements of 18.40.030 of the Vail, Colorado Municipal Code the undersigned as the owner of Condominium Unit No. 302 Golden Peak House does not consent to the application for Special Development District, as submitted for the redevelopment of the Golden Peak House. A copy of my Warranty Deed is attached showing my ownership interest in the Golden Peak House. Sincerely, C. Blanche C. Hill BCH : j c Lam',',. 1 • 1;9'75:3 .WARRANTY DECO TO XTATIM O! 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TO MATZ AUD TO W" M. aril pods As" . I sod assatt d craft on , _ . , WA* eh. tit pat Y d the most pot4 her his d masse „ And 110 said Ps+ies st do ltnt pti. far therm d ve s he j" , sod ttsdsq de tot, b.rtak6 sod spas r amt 011100 rY poet y OF AN 1011001 iAW16 her b0in asd , sat at the dm of do sad doUvert d OWN , . they tai taro{ d the / .boss , 4 ss d std, mos. sd to 00610 d . , ft tav, • so dasl, td an Ve so" note, fA pvsr ad rata! aatheeftt is swo t . 0i ad dooms Is sod foss so 4 and tart do sass an ens and ebw shoot an and saw s**Ms. I solo, am^ os0, and d kid se sasow. ad ad she" • . • 1, r e a v" sat ton at tfs odd pow of the semi put her bdn oW spa sod @mypr.0o or rat uy _ , or to dds tin ..bor. W np trace dooost. the sH VMies d tM nest pet shalt ud ors WAN ANT AND 70- w, , DL MND. ;i n9WITXM ,....--do addpeties st awfLstprtbye f '0~!tcirb°i1s I sod soots thn 014 std 1.v not abw i ~Z.xt4 c .cs>`AU =i 01 p . t~./~-`.-- ~ r• ~ , ;'Yc F-•~ CAROL C. fiAliLI"' ~ - - = .(fRAL) II f>• MARNWI I i. Caoay ut j^ Y%. Tt0 M i(alsistc ~he:~ommt A befors me On 01st d i. ti7 : .aY•ir^ Y_ :;wl~_ nd r l 1'w1C, - . r 1 1f J . W!W-0,07 1MVld and etfkist smL ~i fQbsr~tsocd~ - 1j1't'c,lJ{Z?l4 - - l ei.rn r.?IY Na OIL w'ui wm s m-ow n tr..0e a nes+r. err rrree s... e...e...w• e++..s. . UPPER EAGLE VALLEY RECT MAR - 3 1988 WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS 846 FOREST ROAD • VAIL. COLORADO 81657 (303) 4767480 March 1, 1988 Dick Duran, Chief Fire Department Town of Vail _ _ 42.West Meadow Drive Vail, Colorado 81657 RE: FIRE HYDRANT RESPONSIBILITIES Dear Dick: Responding to your letter of February 24, 1988, I would like to document the Vail Valley Consolidated Water District's position on fire hydrant marking and snow removal as follows: Fire Hvdrant Marking. We accept this as the responsibility of the Vail Valley Consolidated Water District. In the past, wooden 2 x 2 posts were used which had to be reinstalled on an annual basis. This year we have upgraded to flexible fiberglass markers which are permanently fastened to the hydrant with a metal bracket. Certain of the older hydrants (Kennedy) have required a different design bracket from the Mueller and Waterous and, therefore, have been delayed in their installation. We are using temporary means to mark these hydrants while permanent brackets are being fabricated. Please advise us of specific instances where markers are not in place. Hvdrant Snow Removal. For the last two years Vail Valley Consolidated Water District Board policy has been to provide and mark an adequate number of fire hydrants for fire protection, but that snow removal for hydrant access was the responsibility of the Town. Two reasons: (1) The Town is already in the snow removal business; and, (2) Snow removal for hydrant access is a fire protection operations function, not a water system supply function. PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS - ARROWHEAD METRO WATER • AVON METRO WATER • BEAVER CREEK METRO WATER • BERRY CREEK METRO WATER CLEAN EAGLE-VAIL METRO WATER • EDWARDS METRO WATER • LAKE CREEK MEADOWS WATER • UPPER EAGLE VALLEY CONSOLIDATED SANITATION VAIL VALLEY CONSOLIDATED WATER 0 VAIL WATER AND SANITATION Dick Duran March 1, 1988 Page 2 In the past, the Vail Valley Consolidated Water District has cleared snow from hydrants only to find them covered up again when the Town's street plow came through. Clearly, if the snow removal function is consolidated under one entity, a more efficient operation takes place. We would be willing to assist the Town with hydrant snow removal on an emergency basis, however, our resources are quite limited and prioritized to maintain a reliable water supply to the hydrants. Please know that the Vail Valley Consolidated Water District will continue to cooperate to provide a water supply to optimize fire protection in the Town, but our role does not include snow removal. Sincerely, V L LEY CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT David E. Mott General Manager xc: Ron Phillips Stan Berryman DEM:das.130 al X VC, L4 % 5a 1 14 '/0 0 k, 4-0 ( k~~vcx> d t • 1 ~-'°/a ~`z,. -fro d 5 S°/o ccco /CG c . t~ vv, : !5-5 . 0 1~ 5 X RETT Revised: 3/ 2/88 TOWN OF VAIL REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX History and Budget ' 1988 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1988 BUDGET MONTH ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL VARIANCE January 63,999 98,089 106,981 119,972 78,053 80,733 101,374 131,916 88,320 96,119 7,799 February 40,595 69,018 105,024 132,220 86,289 170,052 64,906 44,040 75,687 109,873 34,186 Subtotal 104,594 167,107 212,005 252,192 164,342 250,785 166,280 175,956 164,007 205,992 41,985 March 69,886 126,935 109,533 137,820 62,693 63,831 92,557 38,791 ; 79,300 April 76,855 94,653 65,900 103,526 173,321 90,396 182,743 95,554 ; 95,731 May 42,738 84,324 54,663 90,599 96,006 228,673 98,651 120,984 82,287 June 62,239 125,433 54,488 140,638 76,467 49,513 79,915 73,509 71,243 July 49,367 186,110 104,262 68,539 157,598 88,528 70,441 47,949 ; 81,307 August 79,859 115,499 71,282 97,806 58,937 32,860 100,182 61,137 ; 70,813 September 59,800 113,992 49,332 96,746 64,671 48,516 108,167 78,819 ; 69,052 October 108,510 154,000 42,498 122,546 88,732 109,633 93,860 124,291 ; 97,733 November 102,623 107,768 81,698 91,385 105,109 74,909 89,047 114,839 ; 87,177 December 142,662 133,867 110,911 56,533 81,890 333,139 106,695 95,495 101,348 TOTAL 899,133 1,409,688 956,572 1,258,330 1,129,766 1,370,783 1,188,538 1,027,324 ; 1,000,000 205,992 41,985 REC'o F E B 2 9 1988 A, CML COLORADO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE 1500 Gront Sneer. Suite 200 Denvet Colorado 80203 phone: (305) 831-6411 TO: -Municipal Officials FROM: CML Staff SUBJECT: Highway Finance Legislation DATE: February 25, 1988 At the request of the League Executive Board CML staff is providing the following background information on pending highway finance issues. This memo is prompted by recent decisions of the CML Executive Board and Policy Committee; negotiations with the Governor's office, highway department, and Colorado Counties, Inc., on an acceptable highway financing package; a number of regional meetings being conducted by Governor Romer on highway funding needs and solutions; and the possibility of highway finance legislation being considered later this session. CML Position The League has traditionally supported efforts to increase state highway funds to finance pressing highway, street and road needs as long as an equitable portion of new revenues was returned to cities and towns. That general position was most recently endorsed by the League membership at its June 18, 1987, Annual Business Meeting when the 1987-88 Policy Statement was adopted. It was reaffirmed on January 28 by the CML Executive Board. An equitable share of increased highway user revenues has generally been construed by the CML Executive Board to mean at the least the use of the current or "new" distribution formula of 60% state, 22% county, and 18% municipal which has generally been in effect for all new highway user revenues since 1979. This formula contrasts with the "old" formula enacted in the 1960s which distributes the funds 65% state, 26% county and only 9% for municipalities. Over the past several months the League Executive Board has met with Governor Romer, and CML staff has met with the Governor and with other state and county officials, to develop a highway revenue package equitably addressing the needs of all three systems. To date considerable progress has been achieved in identifying likely revenue sources and the funding program. The primary unresolved issue is the distribution of a portion of the revenue sources among the state highway department, counties and municipalities. Hopefully, this issue will be resolved with all new revenues being shared on a 60-40 basis (60-22-18), which is the position of both CML and Colorado Counties, Inc. Governor's Statewide Mobility Program Governor Romer's belief in the need for increased highway financing is well known. The League appreciates his leadership role on this critical issue and has expressed its willingness to work with him to develop and market a financing plan that would equitably benefit all components of the statewide highway network. As the previous section discussed, the CML Executive Board F and League staff has been working towards this end. However, the Executive Board is unable to endorse the Governor's proposed statewide mobility program until the program equitably addresses local street and road needs. The Governor's statewide mobility program focuses primarily on state highway needs and funding solutions. The Governor has scheduled a series of meetings around the state to discuss this state highway project program and to solicit input on how to finance it. The Governor's revenue proposal is typically comprised of two components: a combination of motor fuel tax, vehicle registration, and drivers license fee increases which would be shared on a 60-22-18 basis; and a variety of other revenue measures which the Governor questions if he needs to share, which includes state sales tax increase, expansion of the state sales tax base, or motor fuel increase. Municipal Reaction and Recommended Action Reportedly, the response around the state at these meetings has been (1) supportive of the need to put more money into streets, roads, and highways; and (2) supportive of sharing all revenues with local governments. Local officials and business leaders have been supportive of state highway improvements but also have recognized the needs at the local level, and generally have preferred a financing package that addresses all these needs. Municipal officials should look carefully at unfunded local needs, local taxing efforts to meet these needs, local financial constraints, and participate in the process of providing input on this important issue. It is important for your views and your needs to be expressed to the Governor, your state legislators, members of the Highway Commission and local business and civic leaders. The League is hopeful the Governor's meetings will result in his recommending a financing proposal that recognizes both the state and local needs by sharing all revenues on a 60/40 basis. Legislative Attitudes Toward 1988 Legislation There does not appear to be a great deal of interest among legislators in- either party in addressing highway needs during this session through major increases in either highway user or other taxes. The Highway Legislation Review Committee (HLRC), which has been meeting since 1987 to look at longer range highway needs, will not complete its work until at least March, and leaders of the Committee have been reluctant to move ahead this session. Consequently, enactment of major legislation this session appears difficult at best. While there is a small chance of enactment this session, this is an extremely important issue to municipalities; any work done this year may serve i as a starting point for consideration of highway finance legislation in 1989. Should you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact Jan Gerstenberger, Sam Mamet, or Ken Bueche on the League staff. 2 Printed below are some issues and answers concerning the subject of sharing increased state revenues with municipalities and counties. Issues and Answers Concerning the Need for Increased State Highway Revenues to be Shared with Municipalities and Counties * Local needs. It has been suggested that the state highway department has critical unmet needs that should be immediately addressed without addressing in a corresponding way local needs. However, a study by the Colorado highway department entitled Colorado's Surface Transportation Needs Through 2_001 identified the following needs on the state highway and local systems: Objective Needs Level Summary 1986 $'s in Billions State Highways Local Jurisdictions Roadway Deficiencies $ 4.18 $ 9.04 Bridges .25 1.22 Maintenance/Operations 1.34 4.72 TOTAL $ 5.77 $14.98 * Local financial conditions. It has been suggested that all local governments may not need additional highway money as much as the state. However, CML believes the local need for additional state generated revenues for streets is prevalent because of the widespread financial problems being experienced throughout the state. One hundred seventy municipalities recently responded to a comprehensive CML survey on 1988 financial conditions. Thirty-eight percent reported lower general fund revenues in 1988 than 1987. Forty percent reported that they were postponing capital improvements to balance the 1988 budget. Adverse local economic conditions and reduction of federal and state financial aid were mentioned by 119 and 108 municipalities respectively as the major fiscal problems confronting municipalities in 1988. Extensive needs coupled with pressure from current fiscal constraints have severely limited local governments ability to meet local street needs. * Local tax effort. It has been suggested that increasing state highway- revenues to local governments would result in local governments decreasing local tax efforts for streets rather than resulting in increased street expenditures. This argument is refuted by historical revenue and expenditure records of municipalities. Over the past 18 years the local tax effort in municipalities has increased fron 66 cents out of every dollar spent on streets to 85 cents of every dollar, while the HUTF share has declined from 24 cents of every dollar to only 13 cents per dollar spent. Total local tax effort of municipalities has continued to increase annually, including each year in which state highway revenues for municipalities increased. * State vs. local revenue source. It has been suggested that local governments should not share in state highway revenue increases because "the level of government that spends the revenues should raise them." In 3 other words, since highway user and state sales tax revenues will be levied at the state level, it is bad public policy to expend those revenues at the local level. However, the state's highway program consists of a combination of federal, state, and local revenues which are expended primarily at the state and local levels. The 9-cent per gallon federal gas tax, for example, is spent primarily by state and local governments not by the federal government. Extending the principal to its logical conclusion would negate the state using federal gas taxes to fund state highway projects. Moreover, local governments generally lack statutory authority to enact highway user taxes and fees, and in practice state-levied taxes and fees must be relied upon if highway users are to pay for our highway, street and road needs. * Sharing sales tax revenue with local governments. It has been suggested that only the traditionally shared highway user taxes and fees not sales tax revenues should be shared with local governments. However, the state has historically shared sales tax revenues with counties and municipalities for highway purposes. This sharing has been through the "Noble" bill enacted in 1979 which until its repeal in 1987 distributed approximately $50 million annually in state sales tax revenues to the state highway department, counties and municipalities. Furthermore, given the heavy reliance of municipalities on local sales taxes, C11L believes that it would be unwise to support any increase in the state sales tax unless the state sales tax revenues are shared equitably with local governments, since an increase in the state rate will encroach on the ability of municipalities to raise local sales taxes. * Address Vie needs of the state_highwa,y department immediately rather than both state and local needs. It has been suggested that local governments step aside and let priority state highway projects be funded first. However, Colorado's highway system consists of three major components state highways, county roads, and municipal streets. The needs of each component must be addressed if the system is to be adequate. Local needs are just as urgent and indeed more extensive than those of the state highway department. As a practical matter, if only state highway projects are addressed in a major revenue program enacted in 1988 or 1989, it is unlikely that the needs of counties and municipalities will be adequately addressed in subsequent years. Moreover, in recent years all significant state increases have been shared equitably among the three systems. * Local projects. A concern has been raised that while citizens know what the $120 million for the state would buy, they do not know what the local share would finance. Where practical, local officials are encouraged to identify unfunded local projects and discuss those needs with the Governor, their legislators and local business and civic leaders. * $120 million target for state highways. The premise has been that the state needs $120 million annually for six years to fund its projects, and that figure is driving the size of the final package. The League is i willing to support a $200 million total package, which generates on a 60/40 split the $120 million for the state. However, if a revenue package s of less than $200 million is created, the League believes the state highway department has alternatives which would let it build its projects and still share the revenues on a 60-22-18 basis. This program could be 4 i financed by an additional $120 million per year for six years, by a lesser } annual increase over a longer period of time on a pay as you go basis, or by utilizing bonds to finance the projects similarly to the approach which was proposed in 1987. * Statewide needs. CML has not taken a position on the specific state highway projects which should be funded. The League believes that decision can be handled through the highway department's normal prioritization process. However, CML wants to ensure that any state highway finance package addresses needs throughout the entire state by including the local share for each revenue source utilized. Since the state highway share will be distributed unevenly based upon location of the priority state highway projects, the local share (county and municipal allocation) will mitigate that uneven distribution and ensure that all areas of the state directly benefit. t 5 / 1 r f - - sue---= ~ ~ - J ~,~~y1 tt~ l ~~1 t C~tG Q~ jol 16-S-Sunday Sports/Sun., March 6. 1988 Rocky Mountain Flews SKIING r ewr& ` a "Vail Valley wil_I rcapture skiing world s attention ,s World. Championships unfold there in 1989 By CIA ER h WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Rocky Mounta?h tyews Staff writer `Tentative schedule for the 1989 World Alpine Ski To the mter64o'>lal skiing community, the World Alpine Championships at Vail_ and Beaver Creek: a' Championships are the sport's ultimate event `Sunday, Jan. 29, - Women's combined slalom, That is why Va[l,' alley will replace the Alps as skiing's Beaver Creek. nerve center next winteF ys . Monday, Jan. 30 -Men's combined slalom, Beaver_ From Jan. 29 to Feb.-12 at Vail and Beaver Creek, Alberto Creek. Tomba; Pirmin Zurbriiggen, Maria Walliser and all of Thursday, Feb 2 ,Women s combined. downhill, skiing's superstars will battle for supremacy 12 men's and Vail. . ~ m Friday, Feb. 3 -Men's combined downhill, Beaver women's races at the 1989. World Championships. Creek. - The world will be watching. Races will be telecast for Saturday, Feb. 4 - Men's downhill, Beaver Creek. several hours each day in Europe and on other continents. In Sunday, Feb. 5 =Women's downhill, Vail. the U.S., ABC will broadcast weekend events and ESPN will ' Monday, Feb. 6 -`Women's slalom, Beaver Creek. telecast weekday races Tuesday, Feb. 7 = Men's super-G, Vail. More than 600 journalists from around the globe will join . Wednesday, Feb. 8 -.Women's super G, Vail. thousands of spectators and high rollers in the mountains Thursday, Feb. 9 - Men's giant slalom Vail. 120 miles west of Denver '"y E Friday, Feb. 10 -.Open In 1950, when Aspen was host to_the mgst recent World "Saturday, Feb. ~1=Women's giant` slalom, Vail, ' Championships in the United States, skiers regarded Vail Sunday, Feb. 12 - Men's slalom, Vail. Valley as a spot to stop for gas on the way to Aspen. I Next year,' Colorado's promoters °claim Vail Valley's World Championships could result in $500,000 in sales taxes ing to Dakin, area lodges are normally 60% filled in early alone; millions of dollars of free advertising, a dramatic February.- increase in foreign tourists for years to come, and, perhaps, With a budget of $10 million for.the World Championships, , a Winter Olympics °>v. t abrPj, s Vail Valley Foundation chief. Bob Rnous and his assistants.,,, This week, the American Ski Classic at Vail and Beaver plan a variety of offerings to entice and entertain spectators. C up for"next s lilce:.the do mEuro r reek will serve as an important tune "People u year ~ ,the sport f llow skiing e baskebahere ll and football here,". saes -awaited of r lon _ ` g fair' So we have to build an even is. Dakin t around an event. We . "THE WORLD Championships are the Super Bowl of -'hope to have concerts, art exhibits, a film festival, maybe an, skiing, it's the'ultirriate marketing tool. You can't buy this ice skating exhibition. Those are things being considered. r .-kind of publicity, '!said Holly Rouillard, news bureau manag "The important thing is to - be . ourselves.: In the past, er for the Colorado`Tourism Board. "If we pull it off, it will American resorts have, had this strange urge to be like, put us on the international map. It will put North America ` Europe when they host big races. They play Tyrolian music, on the map. r~~ k stuff like that. Well; when an American goes to Europe, he_ . It will earn $400,000 td $600,000 in sales taxes alone. It's or she doesn't- want to go to McDonald's at the first stop. It's been estimated last year's Super Bowl was worth $60 million the same way for Europeans. They want to see and experi- in free advertising for Colorado. The World Championships ence what is distinctively American ; k will be worth several hundred million." i . The Centennial men's downhill course may be the,event's John Dakin, one of the event organizers, agrees the stakes most distinctive feature. t . b -g Q -3 are high, especially after the success of this year's Calgary Devised by former Swiss Olympic downhill medalist Olympics. a Bernhard Russi, it includes a channel-like section that re- "These are two really important events back-to-back," sembles a bobsled run. The channel is 450 feet long, with said Dakin. "The fact people might not grasp is that if all walls 30 feet high and banked 45 degrees. Racers will enter goes well, the World Championships will not only, benefit the channel at speeds of 60 mph,.,k tum ts,! ' , Vail and Beaver Creek, but the entire state and nation as "This is definitely a first in_ terms of downhill design," said well.- r: P -5 tr Knous. tern . "One of the goals is to rea,ch people in Japan and Europe. "r World Cup racers will ski the course for the first time this In Europe, recognition `of,American ski resorts is based on 'f week-, who hosts World Cup races. About 90% of people in Switzer-; ? On the other hand, race organizers worry merchants will land ski. If they plan a vacation, they might say: `Hey, let's dramatically increase prices- during, thelWo;1d :Champion- try Vail., „ ships World class ski races have had far-reaching ramifications :.=s 1s s r~ ; ; - ay $50. for prime rib, said in the U.S. before. In 1950, Americans fared poorly at "1N CALGARY, you didn't pay' Aspen's World Championships. But the races enhanced As- Dakin, who was part of a Vail Valley contingent in Calgary. pen's image and established it as one of the world's premier, ""We are recommending that merchants hold the line. We're resorts. T all in this together Either we're going to heaven, or we In 1960, millions of fascinated Americans watched tele- ain't." y 4:* age. casts of the Olympics at Squaw Valley. The 1960 Games Earlier this year, Dakin worried that -Europeans hadn't sparked a massive increase in interest in skiing in this forgotten that Coloradans voted down the-1976 Winter Olym- country. y _ piCS. :,.•t Vail shocked skiing's establishment three years ago when "We heard they worried we'd pull out," he said. it was selected as the 1989-site' Switzerland's Brigitte Oertli, who won yesterday's down- ` Vail impressed World Cup observers the next year when hill at the Subaru Winternation in Aspen, is impressed with race officials installed bleachers for 1,000 at the finish line Vail. and brought in a 12-by-12 foot television %nionitor,so fans "They've already shown with World Cup events how well . could see all the action high on the mountain. They also they can do it," she said. "Naturally, we'd prefer it would be included a previously unheard of one-hour "opening ceremo- in Europe because it would give us an advantage. But we've ny" complete with marching bands and smiling, waving done well in Vail. We feel comfortable there. . . athletes. If the World Championships are a success, Colorado might be considered for the Winter Olympics, Rouillard said. NEXT YEAR, only 18% of Vail's terrain will be used for But Dakin is.cautious about making either short or long competition. So regular skiers won't be dramatically affect- term predictions. = f - ed by the event. Vail and Beaver Creek also have sn„ oo...ak- "Calgary laid a foundation," he said. "Their success helps ing equipment for 100% of racing terrain, so adverse weath- 'us because it reinforced what we're trying to accomplish. It er conditions shouldn't be a significant problem. showed up the best way to be successful is to be yourself. The dates of the World Championships fall between" ; But it also puts pressure on us.-We were in the batter's box Christmas and Presidents' Day weekend, peak periods for before Calgary. Now, we're taking our practice swings. The ski resorts. Local officials consider that a big break. Accord- countdown has begun." _ tr v - 'i, ~F dy+ Ao St's 3'~R.IF ! P4 r y -pr Jw;r' -w si# a N, 1§ t ' b m t~'i ' ':n F j "3rdn1ro' i ,i 4 ! y tulart;Ft s,. ssa Voice of the Rocky Mountain Empire Final Edition 175 cults fi - Heail o :real town heats . Cool Mil debates: behind glamour of Had ty f 8 Jim Carrier' va' O • t top i~iJ y Y A baby is born every day 'at the, Denver Post Rocky Montain Ranger hospital. The weekly newspaper VAIL from Page 1-A through. Fortunes were made. So VAIL - Some say it was the first has a "birthday club." A town were families. Simonton, a part- baby. Some say it was the, first councilman can get elected with votes: the construction of a ski instructor, began per- school, or the arrival of Safeway. 208 'votes. And when Mike Brown con- time time ski the ; iMx W Don and June Simonton it didn't make the Olympic ski team month, center last fall and last slopes with tweddings, retRange as was the first death in Vail, a place this , a tax to market Vail' s year, people anted as if their summer. Reasons range from the backdrop. He has married 1,000 known for its life, that tran,l~,"red own son had been cheated recession to too much spending couples. the shiny resort into a community. ' ' by the City Council The first school began in a *hen I first came in 1967, my LOtS 01 9OSSiP 'But there`remains remarkable room at the Lodge and moved 18 job was. to start a church," said "You have to be able to live in a 6animity that guests must be limes. ".1t one time, Vail wasn't 1 Don, a Lutheran minister. "But small community," said Rod Slifer, served, an attitude not always a wonderful place for a family," r people at the time had a Brigadoon one of the towns founders and a said Bev Gokse"'" found in Colorado resorts where a n, prinapal, of the attitude, that ,Vail was tempo- real estate salesman. "There's al- ski hill was plopped onto a town Vail kindergarten through W rary" ways lots of rumor, lots of os g with history and traditions fourth-grads' school "Today its a r y " sips. : "There are very few people good place to raise a kid.- Among Despite the glitz the hot topics in Vail to- ;who don't make money off tour. Tom Steinberg came to town in "Then Ple started lto die'" day: whether to put the first up it" maybe four or five," said Al 1965 as the first-full-time doctor said Junet his wife and author of a stoplight, and whether to turn a ten Best, managing editor of the and even saw pets. "You were h~ Vail . ' `I went to a funeral meadow into the towns first ceme- Vail Trail. Even the Saab quip second in line behind a horse and and rnpeople Who came togeth tery. Ped police - who investigated dog," said Slifer. Fifteen years R er, and there was something very. There is debate, too, over Vail's later, th w' . their first murder case in 1979 a new hospital opened wonderful, very touching about it. future, as recession finally crests with 25 ; M four cocaine deaths in the last doctors, just in time for a Despite all the glitz and intern- Vail Pass, as the town runs out of x, ! ~ four years and hundreds of stolen flood of babies who will retpnre tieonal fame and rani rah, we were space for. building, as the town each year - see their prima- another school ,in a couple of becoming a community." grows too 'expensive for people t The Denver Post Jay Dicke m What started as an imitation who want to make Vail home but #y Vail duty is s a guest company relations. town, do Ye - Don and June Simonton moved to Vail in 1967. ; rm- Because of sake fan from tom'- Swiss village in a valley of snow 25 must live in Gypsum. The Simon- paled by the 2,800-employee Vail lst shops, Vail has money for free in three years, but many in town Vail adjacent to million-dollar ye with ars ago has become a real town tons, for example, know that when Associates, whose founders are buses, the operation of a fancy would rather pay for a traffic cop homes. Despite arguments by 9,500 Potholes residents, a Don retires from the church called "pioeers" for scraping ski ice rink, a '50s-era $100,000 youth than put up stoplights that would. Mayor Kent Rose that a ceme- ce with tholes and taxes and ears and loses the parsonage, ivits from center - facilities most towns its problems that the 25,000 Christmas they cannot afford to live in Vail. sheep ranches in 1962. size can Onl detract from the mountain view. , spry is "guaranteeing them open tourists never think about. Two attem is to enerate wit t Vail il became community - Y dream about. The "With a traffic light we are be space forever," neighbors are not P g where resorts ]>7ta Keystone and lax provides half of the town's $16 coming the city of .Vail," said thrilled. Condominiums and gold-plated spring, summer and fall tourism, Copper mountain did not. Private million budget, which is directed Mike Cacioppo, who owns an au-' shops obscure a small town that beyond the 1.2 million skiers who businessmen began building be- by councilmen who make $2,900 a dio-visual business Ella Knox, a widow who lives still has only one church shared by give Vail its international reputa- fore the town incorporated in Year- Added Diana Donovan, a mem- across the street, calls the idea seven congregations and one public tion,, Dave failed in recent public 966• But when the council reverse psychology. We spend school tvercrowded with the chil- - Z- proposed bet of the planning commission; lot of money attrating people to dren of, 60s ski bums. ' Please see VAIL on 6-A "There was never any pre- to buy a $50,000 fake-rock sign to who owns a garbage service: "If tense: Vail was a commercial advertise the 1989 World Alpine the tourist ever perceives us as a buy property, to have fun and en. venture," said Merv Lapin, a 20- Championships, the cries were big town, we might as well close joy a ski area. How would you kear resident and councilman. heard from one end of the valley the town," like to buy property and then !_The commonality was making to the other. Now there is debate But it is the cemetery debate open up a window and look out at money. That and the love of out- over a plan to build another exit that goes to the root of Vail's a cemetery?" doors." ramp off Interstate 70 and install evolving community. ; But to Don Simonton, a ceme- People made a financial com- traffic lights at the present four- Town fathers want to put a tery is a natural part of a real mitment and stayed to see it way stop. Traffic is up 30 percent cemetery on seven acres in West community. ti morck 1x s,w. SkI lhA6R2I NE LL • ~ w Q ' a e, They'd invited some 250 guests, many of them business associates of Landes, from as far away as Bombay, Paris and k Bride' Hong Kong. Each guest had received an invitation package consisting of a ears T-shirt, boxer shorts and headband, all marked with the theme, "Rocky Moun- tain Romance." On a spring day in April, with temper- (t atures hovering in the 70's, lots of at- Wh. tendees showed up wearing the above ¦ . ven in Aspen, where the bi- articles of clothing and not much else, s ergo y zarre is generally greeted with including the groom's bare-legged fa- lating and so does the altar as a wink, it raised eyebrows. ther. During the ceremony, Lande skied Standing on skis atop Aspen down a race course festooned with marriages on the mountain Mountain, cordoned off from other skiers, "Rocky Mountain Romance" flags, where ls. become the craze for skiers was a couple preparing to exchange he was met by his bride and skiing d wedding vows. The bride wore a white members of the wedding party. There hot to tie the knot. Enrico Coveri ski suit printed with stars they drank a champagne toast before and sparkling with rhinestones and se- schussing to Little Nell's, a base lodge, quins; the groom wore black stretch where the ceremony took place. Lande BY KEN CASTLE pants, a coat with tails and a top hat. skied down an "aisle" formed by 76 Alan Lande, a clothing importer from guests holding up ski poles in a canopy, west Regional Editor. Lots PRIEDLAND Montreal, and Eileen Karnilowicz, a and the pair recited their vows out- National Regional Editor: LAUREN BERNSTEIN flight attendant, had spared no expense doors, under a Balinese wedding um- Maps: ROBIN KAPLAN MESSER to create a unique wedding in the snow. continued on page 4W MARCH 1988 1w t; i! THE BRIDE WEARS WHITE... While few weddings in the moun- Sisters Wilderness and the valley to the continued from page 1W tains can match that one for extrava- west. ARI gance, the idea of tying the knot at a ski Talk about adversity. Just ask Judi MCN resort is growing increasingly popular. Yazzolino, an account executive at sunrc More than one romance has blossomed KIQQ-FM (K-LITE), a Los Angeles radio Me$; brella, with a local justice of the peace in the snow, and skiing's image of a station. Yazzolino and her husband Gary Ski Pr presiding, healthy, sexy, invigorating lifestyle has Maisel chose Mammoth Mountain, Calif., Phuc AlpIN After the nuptials, a plane hired by added an almost fairy-tale ambience to for their wedding ceremony. They'd met oshrr one of the guests towed a "Congratula- the institution of marriage. No church there two years earlier as part of a ski The F tions" banner over the mountain. Later, can provide such a lofty altar as a club and "wanted something other than Pine at the classic Hotel Jerome, the merri- 10,000-foot peak, and many ski resorts wedding bells," she says. They se- ntot ment continued with a reception that will gladly help with the arrangements. lected a popular vantage point next to Peak 1 featured stone crab and shrimp flown in But getting cooperation from Mother the summit of the gondola station, above Tent from Florida and oysters from Louisiana. Nature is another story. a run called Climax, which non-skiers Alpin_ TUG The tab: about $35,000. Jerry Simon, a New York producer of could reach on foot. o snrar Why Aspen? Lande, a former ski ski trade shows and film festivals, and At the appointed hour, on what began ski Ur instructor and college ski racer, had his wife, Barbara Alley, were married in as a sunny day in April, the party as- Co. kicked around at resorts in the Lauren- 1970 at Jackson Hole, Wyo., under sembled before a Los Angeles judge tians and Vermont, but fell in love with circumstances that were trying, to say who wore his robes over his ski boots. Wiper Aspen the first time he visited, some 20 the least. Simon had reserved the noon The bride wore an Italian ski suit and a McDc years ago. "It's a magical kind of place," tram to Rendezvous Peak on Christmas white veil; the groom wore black ski sour he says. "The view from the summit of day, but when the wedding party reached pants, a tuxedo shirt and black bow tie. Bouic Aspen Mountain is spectacular." the summit they were met with fero- As the vows began, the sky darkened DO r cious gusts and a wind-chill factor of ominously. Colo "something like 50 below zero." It was Conditions improved right after the Timbt so cold, the justice of the peace, who ceremony and the newlyweds skied Denv wasn't dressed for the weather, made a down Climax as a sort of grand finale. ArSport sayon f Do on slip of the tongue in reciting the vows. But a couple of runs later, Yazzolino's Dura ~~®~®untaon "He asked me: 'Do you take this woman sister caught an edge and crashed into Alpin: to be your lawfully-wedded husband?'" her sibling, jamming a ski in her side. "It For' ver The preacher wasn't the only one suffer- felt like I'd hurt something, but it didn't AdRer ing. After the party returned to the bot- bother me until I sat down later at the Geor Most ski areas don't require tom of the mountain, Simon discovered reception," she says. "It turned out that Clear advance notice if you want to get he had frostbite on one ear. I had a cracked rib." Needless to say, Mt.c married on the mountain, as long as A Christmas wedding was also the the injury ut a dampener on the honey- Butte 9 9 P stove the wedding party does not interfere choice of Jeff Lokting, and his wife, Jan. moon night. Virag. with normal operations. The pair chose a secluded spot on Mt. / Stea If you require special arrange- Bachelor, Ore., where Jeff was market- As a result of the increasing Back ments, such as a snowcat or liftline ing manager. Jan had been a ski in- demand for winter marriages, special- yin assistance, you should contact the structor at nearby Timberline resort, ists have cropped up at several ski Chari Guest Services office of the resort. and Jeff had hired her three years ear- areas. At Vail, Colo., municipal judge she You can expect fees for services, lier when he was director of the ski Cyrus "Buck" Allen figures he's per- The E such as snowcat rental, which can school there. So a mountaintop wed- formed over 400 mountain weddings in IDp cost as much as $500 a day. Some- ding seemed perfect, except for a few the nearly nine years he's been serving. Bois times it's possible to rent a chairlift minor details. "I really enjoy them," says Allen, who's BobC for the exclusive use of the wedding "It was kind of a spur-of-the-moment been skiing since the age of 5. "It's one Me U party. many areas can arrange thing, even though we had been en- of the pleasant things about being a Dray` Y 9. 9 Four: catered receptions, occasionally in gaged since the previous spring," he judge." NaN mid-mountain lodges. In such cases, says. "We threw the whole thing to- He's had to accommodate a variety Gooc it's best to plan the ceremony for gether in five days, but the biggest prob- of requests, some of them a bit unique. iaah midweek, when crowds are at a lem was finding someone to marry us. "Last year, a groom called me at 2 p.m. Ketc1 minimum. All of the clergy in Bend were commit- and asked me to do the wedding at 3 Paul V Choose your site carefully. If you ted for the holidays. We went down the p.m. at Beaver Creek. I performed the Pow have non-skiing guests consider a list in the telephone book, making calls ceremony skiing backward, while the McKr Scott site next to a tram or gondola, where until we found a minister, a woman who two of them skied arm-in-arm down San the party can walk to the location. was no longer performing church serv- Spruce Saddle." Alpin. Have an alternative available in case ices. However, she hadn't been on skis On another occasion, a man from ILL of inclement weather. Make sure you for 20 years, so it was something of Texas wanted to surprise his betrothed, Arnr have your marriage license and blood an effort getting her back down the so he secretly obtained a marriage li- Aspe tests when you arrive at the resort. mountain." cense and arranged for Allen to meet Morn. If you don't know the name of a Because strong winds had closed the them at the Lion's Head Gondola in ores minister or local justice of the peace, summit that day, the couple chose to Vail. As soon as they entered a gondola Snm Barr ask the resort for recommendations: recite their vows on Pine Marten Knob, car, the groom introduced his intended Aspe -K.C. where the small wedding party of six to Allen, who immediately commenced chic could have a scenic view of the Three continued c c S Ereth SKI Vikin 4W 1 enough THE BRIDE WEARS WHITE... popular for mountaintop weddings, Lake advance notice to make continued Tahoe-with its sweeping lakefront arrangements. vistas-also is in high demand. At According to Immei, sometimes therds Tahoe, couples who want a quick cere- an unexpected element of humor in mony have their choice of several in- ceremonies, like the case of the run- the ceremony-in transit. "It takes 15 stant wedding chapels, most of them away bride. "We had to coach her on minutes for the gondola to reach the located in Nevada, where a marriage how to ski down an aisle, because she top, but I can perform a wedding in 12," license is much easier to obtain on was just learning the sport. But for the he boasts. short notice. One operation, The Dream- actual wedding, everyone was so tightly Although Allen frequently recommends Maker in Incline Village, not only spe- positioned on either side of her, she Th appropriate mountain venues for a cer- cializes in winter weddings but also has panicked and couldn't stop. We had to Sl, emony, some couples have their own a skiing reverend available on standby chase her halfway down the hill before hig ideas. One pair rented a snowcat and seven days a week. The man with this we could catch up with her." mc had their small party transported to the enviable task is David Immel, who re- The most extravagant wedding Immel in t top of China Bowl-normally closed off cently made international news by per- has performed involved a high-rolling from the main resort. There Allen was forming a highly secretive marriage for couple from Texas. The groom hired a obliged to accompany the bride and actor Tom Selleck. helicopter to fly them to High Camp, a groom on a climb up to a rock forma- "We probably do about 30 ski wed- mid-mountain day lodge at the top of tion. "It looked like the top of the world, dings a year, with the favorite locations Squaw Valley. On the way there, the Ne with the clouds swirling around us," he usually being Squaw Valley, Heavenly bride, who was sitting next to the pilot, Ne jl recalls. Valley and Ski Incline," says Immel. was so scared of flying that she bruised Ne Allen says he's never been snowed "We try to custom-fit each wedding to the pilot's knee with her death lock. At out of a wedding "but a couple of times the couple's needs and preferences. If the resort, the couple, dressed in west- it's been so cold that I've had to go they have a favorite run, that's where ern suede, took their vows and then inside and warm my hands for 10 or 15 we'll go. Generally, we try to find a spot skied down the mountain. At the bot- minutes before I could pull out the mar- that's away from the mainstream skier tom, they were met by a chauffeured age license." traffic, but we don't jump any ropes to limousine and driven to South Shore, get there." Immel's chapel charges be- where they jumped on a horse-drawn A Ithough the Rockies, with their tween $100 and $140 for a service, sleigh and sped off to dinner. And they romantic destination resorts, are quite including lift ticket, and recommends all lived happily ever after.... ~..u Discovery doubled its lift capacity There's not much to choose from in ' last winter with a chair rising from the cozy Georgetown, 41/z miles down the • • ,"'t "t~ north side of the original lift, behind the road but what's there is worth the stop. •"}tom` ...ZZ' =s~' remodeled Prospector Lodge. It offers Try the Brown Derby restaurant on High- terrific beginner and intermediate ter- way 10A, or the shorefront Georgetown „ , .li . . , • " rain, all on north-facing slopes. The four Lake Lodge for food and lodging. ,,,,•'F , trails, each approximately a mile and-a- Discovery is located 20 miles along • ' « half long, spill down an 800-foot vertical. Highway 10A from Phillipsburg, home of , +:2Y6 , Y"•'•;',;~,; i , •i • •.a...: , This unassuming mountain, serviced the famous Hope Mill, the first silver mine ~a a 1 • • • • • • by two chairlifts, packs several pleasant in the state. A mile beyond is Granite t ti • , • ter; surprises. Every run is meticulously Mountain, once one of the greatest ,A ` • groomed. Sluice Box, steep yet wide silver producers of all, now a ghost town. with a consistent fall line, feels just like Contact: Discovery Basin, P.O. Box Se R~ skiing down a waterfall of packed pow- 221, Anaconda, Mont. 59711; (406) in der. Atlantic Cable-an advanced run 563-2184. -Jean Arthur CIO named after the mine where, reputedly, the world's largest gold nugget was found more than 100 years ago-is MOUNTAIN PROFILE perfect for GS turns with steep sections 1,300 vertical feet up to 28 degrees. Silver Bow is a quick DISCOVERY BASIN, Montana intermediate slope that feeds into Ten- Quicksilver nugget derfoot and back around to the lift. Tuesdays (except during Christmas Discovery Basin in southwestern Mon- week) are Family Days. Mom and dad Lift tickets tana remains one of the undiscovered can both ski for the price of one; chil- $13.50 adults treasure troves of famed Montana pow- dren 12 and younger ski free. $6.50 juniors der. Located 45 miles west of Butte in Lessons and rentals are available for the Flint Mountains, Discovery is in the all ages. Children ages 3 to 6 can enter heart of gold and silver mining country. Kinderski, a play/ski program where TRAIL MAP KEY This is a family-oriented skier's moun- they prattle around on skis indoors as ? Gondola tain, minus the flash and frills of more well as on the slopes. trendy areas. It makes up for its lack of Cross-country skiers can try the nordic O Chairlift pizzazz with long runs, non-existent trails threading through the Pintlars, or ? T -bar, J-bar or Poma Lift liftlines, low prices and plenty of West- stick to the 3 miles of groomed track at A Rope Tow ern hospitality. the ski area. SKI 6W February, 1988 SALARY SURVEY MUNICIPAL JUDGE 1984 1985 1987 HOURS/ SALARY 1984 TOTAL SALARY 1985 TOTAL 1986 SALARY 1986 TOTAL HOURS 1987 SALARY 1987 TOTAL** CITY MONTH M0./HR. COMP MO/HR M0./HR. COMP MO/HR. M0./HR. COMP MO/HR PER MO. M0./HR. COMP MO/HR Arvada 69 2523/36.56 2700/39.13 2725/39.49 2725/39.49 2000/31.25 2000/31.25 64 2122/33.16 2274/35.53 Aspen 21.6 735/34.03 871/40.32 825/38.19 1001/46.34 874/33.62 1054/40.53 26 900/34.61 1080/41.54 Aurora (FT) 173.3 5103/29.45 5951/34.34 5512/31.80 6431/37.11 5704/32.91 6709/38.71 173.3 5583/32.21 6492/37.45 Boulder (FT) 173.3 3885/22.41 N.I./N.I. 4157/23.98 4936/28.48 4406/25.42 5119/29.53 173.3 4492/25.92 5215/30.09 Breckenridge 17 540/31.76 578/34.00 540/31.76 578/34.00 560/32.94 600/35.29 17 560/32.94 600/35.29 Cherry Hills 21.6 600/27.78 600/27.78 600/27.78 600/27.78 150/Session 150/Sess. Pd/Sess. 150/Sess. 150/Sess. Broomfield 34.6 1250/36.13 N.I./N.I. 1250/34.60 1250/34.60 1292/37.27 1292/37.27 34.6 1375/39.66 1375/39.66 Colo. Springs 108 1743/16.14 1743/16.14 2030/18.79 2030/18.79 2030/35.15 2030/35.15 57.76 1630/28.22 1630/28.22 Englewood (FT) 173.3 3648/21.05 4431/25.57 4013/23.15 4504/25.98 4167/24.04 5107/29.46 173.3 4279/24.69 5070/29.25 Ft. Collins (FT) 173.3 3658/21.10 4291/24.75 3842/22.17 4504/25.98 3957/22.82 4647/26.81 173.3 4166/24.04 4866/28.07 Glendale 43 2068/48.09 2068/48.09 2580/60.00 2580/60.00 NA NA 86.6 2707/31.25 2707/31.25 Glenwood Springs 65 1208/18.58 1293/19.89 1530/23.54 1638/25.20 1576/24.25 1689/25.98 65 1576/24.25 1689/25.98 Grand Junction 86.6 1325/15.30 1418/16.37 1325/15.30 1418/16.37 1350/15.59 1447/16.71 86.6 1350/15.59 1447/16.71 Greeley 68 1109/16.30 1379/20.28 1109/16.30 1386/20.38 1833/21.25 2205/25.46 86.6 1833/21.25 2160/25.46 Littleton 69 180/26.09 1800/26.08 2070/30.00 2070/30.00 2410/23.17 2410/23.17 104 2912/28.00 2912/28.00 Lakewood (FT) 173.3 4055/23.39 4746/27.38 4250/24.52 4974/28.69 4416/25.48 5150/29.71 173.3 4633/26.73 5426/31.30 Longmont (FT) 173.3 3333/19.23 3864/22.29 3450/19.90 4011/23.14 3467/20.00 4052/23.38 173.3 3650/21.06 4273/24.65 Loveland 43.3 1405/32.45 1503/34.71 1477/34.11 1549/35.77 1510/34.85 1618/37.34 43.3 1510/34.85 1510/37.34 Pueblo (FT) 173.3 3252/18.77 3780/21.81 3513/20.27 3066/23.46 3656/21.09 4227/24.39 173.3 3839/22.14 4458/25.72 Steamboat 21.6 700/32.41 700/32.41 775/35.88 775/35.88 775/35.88 775/35.88 21.6 775.35.88 775/35.88 Thornton 86.6 1840/21.25 2201/25.42 1840/21.25 2204/25.45 2017/23.29 2396/27.67 130 3000/23.08 3455/26.58 Vail (112 time) 86.6 2465/28.46 2976/34.36 2552/29.47 3081/35.58 2553/29.45 3119/35.99 86.6 2788/32.17* 3363/38.81 Westminster 86.6 2217/25.60 2217/25.60 2356/27.20 2356/27.21 2360/27.25 2360/27.25 86.6 2360/27.25 2360/27.25 Wheat Ridge 64.9 948/14.61 948/14.61 1683/25.93 1683/25.93 NA NA 64.9 1648/25.39 1648/25.39 VAIL RANKING 9th Highest 5th Highest 10th Highest 6th Highest 9th Highest 5th Highest 7th Highest 3rd Highest*** 24 Municipalities. 23 Munipalities with monthly and hourly computations. * Vail Municipal Judge's Salary without previous FICA contribution is $2603/$30.04 Total compensation includes salary, retirement and health benefits. ***Vail's Municipal Judge position ranks in the 1987 top quartile among municipalities using a total compensation method. Survey does not include 1988 wage increases in other municipalities.