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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-07-19 Support Documentation Town Council Regular SessionUAIL TOt~IN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1988 7:30 p.m. REVISED AGENDA 1. Ordinance No. 20, Series of 1988, first reading, an ordinance amending Section 8.24.060 H Amplified Sounds of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail to provide that in nonresidential zone districts, sound amplifying equipment for commercial purposes is prohibited between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8;00 a.m. of the following day. 2. Ordinance No. 21, Series of 1988, first reading, an ordinance repealing and reenacting Chapter 18.40 Special Development Districts of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail, Colorado. 3. Ordinance No. 22, Series of 1988, first reading, an ordinance amending Section 18.52 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail pertaining to fees assessed for parking requirements in exempted areas. 4. Resolution No. 28, Series of 1988, a resolution setting the date for a special election to choose a Council member to fill the unexpired term of retiring Council member Gordon Pierce; and providing details in regard thereto. 5. Metzker Request to Amend the Adopted Geo-sensitive Area Debris Flow Map from High to Medium Hazard in the Area of Lot 12, Block 1, Vail Village 13th Filing 6. Vail Water Conservation Proposal 7. Action on Horse Drawn Carriage Agreement Addendum CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 8. Adjournment HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE AGREEMENT ADDENDUM THIS ADDENDUM is made and entered into on 1988, by and between the TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO, a Colorado municipal corporation ("the Town") and STEVE JONES ("Jones"). WHEREAS, the Town and Jones entered into a certain horse drawn carriage agreement dated June 25, 1987 ("the agreement"); and WHEREAS, Section 6 of the agreement provides that the number of horse drawn carriages permitted to be operated on the streets of Vail is one (1); and WHEREAS, Jones wishes to operate two (2) horse drawn carriages on the streets of Vail and it is the opinion of the Town Council that the operation of two (2) horse drawn carriages on the streets of Vail would benefit the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town by offering increased tourist amenities. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows: 1. Section 6 of the agreement is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6. Number of Horse Drawn Carriages. It is the judgment of the Town Council that in order to enable the Town bus system to function properly and controlling the number of horse within the public interest. To permitted to be operated on the minimum number of horse drawn c within the limits determined by convenience. and necessity. to protect pedestrians within the Town that drawn carriages operating within the Town of Vail is this end, the number of horse drawn carriages streets of Vail shall be two (2). The maximum and ~rriages operated by Jones shall at ali times be the Town Manager applying the principles of a public 2. All other terms and conditions of the agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Addendum this day of . 1988. TGWN OF VAIL, a Colorado municipal corporation STEVE JONES By: By; Rondall V. Philips, Town Manager Steve Jones -7- G~atV CHAMBER O,i.CO RECIJ JUG ~ ~ h70V ` ; ,'~ ~~ p Summit County Chamber of Commerce N P.O. Box 214 Frisco, Colorado 80443 303-668-0376 COLORADO July 14, 1988 - Mr. Rondall V. Phillips Town Manager ,. 75 South Fro~itage Road r Vail, Colorado 81657. .Dear Mr. Phillips, Mr. Bill Simmons, Town Manager of Dillon, forwarded a copy of a letter he received from you regarding a column written by Leigh Gervin Yule that appeared in the SUMMIT SENTINEL on July 29, 1988. I am pleased to have the opportunity to respond to your `'letter and to offer my sincere apology for the unfortunate comments that were made about your wonderful town. As a long tern resident of Suit County, I have had the fortunate opportunity to visit Vail on many occassions and to show it off to many of my .out of state guests. Each and every time I have visited Vail, I have left there with a most pleasant memory, as I am sure the great majority of your visitors do. I could not agree with you more that each mountain community has its own special charm and to point out one or two negatives about another area is certainly not the way we should act towards one another. We should be proud of each others success and we should work together to get the people of the world to know how wonderful all. of Colorado is to visit. Our entire Chamber Board of Directors offers its most sincerz apology to your Town Officals, Business Community, Residents and Visitors who in anyway we unintentionally offended. If I can personally be of any further assistance, I encourage you to call me at any time. Sincerely, r ~'es ill De D Summit County Chamber of Commerce BD:kr SERVING .SUMMIT COUNTY ~EC'0 JUL ~ 8 1988 July 14, 1988 Mr. Rondall V. Phillips Town Manager Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Dear Mr. Phillips: I am writing to apologize for my article in the Summit Sentinel regarding Vail, Frisco and Ride the Rockies. It should come as no surprise to you that Summit County has an inferiority complex about Vail. You have richer visitors, more luxe accommodations, pricier shops, more expensive real estate, and a fabulous ski mountain. You have World Cup ski racing, Jerry Ford's golf tournament, and the Coors Classic criterium. - You have a huge marketing and advertising budget and a sophisticated public relations department. Vail is the Rolls Royce of ski resorts. Summit County is more like a Buick, nice and comfortable, but not real fancy. Summit County appeals to the middle class, the "bourgeois." And like the middle class we aspire to greater things, to the upper classes. So often I hear: '=why can't we be more like Vail," "Vail does this," "Vail has that." My article was intended to give the people of Summit County some pride in themselves - to point out that there is a lot of value in having a reputation for being friendly and "down home." Ride the Rockies illustrated that, for once, we did something better than Vail. And we really did hear a lot of complaints about Vail from the Ride the Rockies participants. My article was also intended to get people to think. My hope was that the people of Vail would realize that they do have a reputation for snobbery (not that snobbery is all bad, either). Your point that Colorado ski towns should work together is well taken. My article certainly did not foster that attitude and for that I am sincerely sorry. Unfortunately there is, and always will be, a lot more rivalry and competition between ski towns than there is cooperation. It is a problem that we constantly battle even within Summit County. Mr. Rondall V. Phillips Page 2 Though my intentions were good, I handled it badly. I should have concen- trated on the positive instead of the negative. I am sorry for criticizing your town. I love to visit Vail. Your ski moun- tain is truly extraordinary and I can't wait to ski the new bowls. With the wide variety of visitors, Vail often feels like a foreign country, though it is only 45 minutes from my home. The town is pretty and because your altitude is lower, your summers are warmer and greener. We all have a lot to be proud of. I hope you will accept my apology. Sincerely, Leigh Girvin Yule Summit County Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 214 Frisco, CO 80443 303-668-0376 lows 75 south frontage road vail, Colorado 81657 (303)476-7000 office of the town manager Mr. David Mott General Manager Vail Consolidated 846 Forest Road Water Districts Vail, Colorado 81657 Dear Dave: TM a~,'~ .~ ~-~ VAIL 1989 July 18, 1988 Thank you for your letter outlining the Vaii Consolidated Water District Board's counter proposal on the issues discussed at the joint meeting a few weeks ago. The. Town Council has looked at the counter proposal and feels that the Council's original proposal would be the best way to approach the exchange for the following reasons: 1. The Town of Vail is the. one public entity in the Gore Valley in the business of acquiring and preserving open space. The Vail Golf Course is totally owned by the Town of Vail and leased to the Uail Metropolitan Recreation District. It seems appropriate that relationship should remain consistent. The Town Council has no objection to working out an arrangement with UMRD for the development of restrooms on the Vail Valley Drive site to serve the needs of golfers. Also, it seems .the site may have as much or more relationship to Ford Park, the Nature Center and the athletic field than to the golf course. 2. The Town Council feels it wculd not be appropriate at this time to relinquish ownership of the Old Town Shop facility because of our policy to acquire and protect public space and the uses the Town is making of that building currently. However, as stated in the previous letter to you, the Council is most willing to give the Upper Eagle Valley Consolidated Water and Sanitation Districts first consideration for that property when and if the need arises for expansion of treatment facilities. Mr. Gavid Mott July 18, 1988 Page 2 The Town Council feels that in light of the facts, 1) the Town provided at no cost the site for the present sanitation facility and offices of the Upper Eagle Ualley Consolidated Water and Sanitation Districts; and 2) the Town is willing to take on the new responsibility from your organization of snow removal from fire hydrants, the transfer of ownership of the two surplus water treatment sites should be made to the Town for no additional consideration. Since , £ ~ ~`^" Rondall V. Phillips Town "!anager RUP/bsc cc: Edmund Drager Vail Town Council lows 75 south frontage road vail, Colorado 81657 (303)476-7000 office of the town manager July 15, 1988 Mr. Mark Simon P. 6. Box 3478 Vail, Colorado 81658 Dear Mark: VAIL 1989 Thank you for meeting with Larry Eskwith and me to discuss areas in which the Town of Vail can approve accessibility for the disabled. Also, the meeting of the representatives from Atlantis with Mayor Pro Tem John Slevin and members of the Town administrative staff was helpful as well. I want to list the concerns that have been discussed and let you know at this point in time where we are in addressing each of them. 1. I believe your concern .that prompted our discussions first arose from a problem you had in finding a place to park near the Marriott late last winter. As we understand the Colorado Statutes, the Town of Uail has responsibility for enforcing the provisions for handicap parking on privately owned parking lots as well as puhlicly owned lots. We are sending a letter next week to all private businesses in Vail who own parking lots that should have designated handicap parking. We are encouraging those businesses to voluntarily comply with the requirements as soon as possible with the knowledge the Town will begin taking action to enforce the handicap parking provisions if they do not comply. We are also examining the current loading zones in both Vail Village and Lionshead to try to determine an appropriate number at convenient locations which can be signed for handicap parking to give better accessibility into those pedestrian areas. As you know, both parking structures are, and have been, equipped with the rea,uired number of handicap parking spaces on the lowest levels of each structure with those spaces properly marked and enforced. 2. The Town Police Department will be making a renewed and continuous effort to enforce parking in handicap designated spaces on both public and private property in the Town. We agree with you that n ~ f Mr. Mark Simon July i5, 1988 Page ?_ enforcement is a key ingredient in maintaining parking spaces available for the disabled. ~. As you know, the municipal building is exempt from providing full accessibility for the handicapped under the grandfather clauses of the Colorado Statutes. However, we have torn out the existing wheel chair ramp on the west side of the municipal building and have provided a new ramp and hand railing at the proper grade along with designated handicap parking serving the municipal building and the post office. We also will be addressing, as a part of the Town budgeting process, the remodeling of the restrooms on the main floor of the municipal building to make them handicap accessible. As I mentioned to you, any time a disabled person needs to do business with the Municipal Court office or the Finance office which are located on the lower level of the municipal building, we will provide that service on the main floor of the municipal building as needed. 4. We will give priority attention to clearing snow in the wintertime from the Licnshead parking structure ramp adjacent to East Lionshead Circle to make wheelchair accessibility to Lionshead easier when it snows. 5. Although the Town is in compliance with Federal and State law and regulations by providing personalized service for disabled persons in the transportation system, we are looking at alternatives for increasing our service for disabled patrons of the bus system.. As Charlie Wick discussed with you by phone, we plan to establish a local task force of disabled persons from Eagle County and those who work professionally with disabled persons to review our plans for dealing with these issues and give us recommendations. I believe you are soliciting interested people to be a part of such a group and I would appreciate your sharing with us the names of those who you feel could be helpful in serving. Your suggestions have been very helpful so far and I would appreciate any feedback you may have relating to our plans. Since , ~~ ` ~~ Rondall U. Philli Town Manager RUPjbsc cc: Vail Town Council TOV Department Heads - Vail Associates eyes .Vail explores ski ventures in tJapan ' ossibilities to invest. By KATE BULKLEY Range are trying to sell the resoN and have targeted the While several Colorado ski resort owners are trying to Japanese with ads in the Asian Wall Street Journal. In Japanese skl areas lure Japanese investment to the high country, Vail Asso- Two weeks ago, Shannon and other Vail Associates:.: ciates Inc. has taken a contrazian approach. officials traveled to Japan to meet with several potential... Continued jiom page I The owner and operator of Vail and Beaver.Creek ski partners fn Japanese, ski-area -ventures, Shannon-would ' were unaware of any meeting with Vail resorts is scouting Japan fot',joint venture and consulting, not reveal withwhoni he'spoke. ' "~ `" '' ~~~ Associates. opportGnities_in~he Japanese ski industry. ~ ~-, "We're looking at the resort,basiness overseas, and .we "I would hesitate to say more right now "The whole ski industry. tends to be focused on attract- were invited by (Japanese}parties to look at opportunities ` because it's a big company with over 100 ing Japane§e here, or buying equipment," said Vail Asso- there," he said.. divisions in Tokyo," said Stephen Burke, ciates president Mike Shannon.."We're exploring whether "We don't know if the. opportunities are in technical spokesman for Sony Corp. of America in or not there might be a reciprocal opportunity for invest- expertise or direct investment," he added. New Jersey. "There aze also a lot of Sony ment in Japan." Vail Associates owner George Gillett. could not be family members not directly connected to This month; Aspen Skiing Co, ;finalized the sale of reached for comment. ~ the company who have more money'than Breckenridge to, Japan's Victona Go Ltd. for a reported Ski industry sources, who dechned to be mentioned by they know what to do with." $60 million, the first Colorado ski wort to be sold to a name, said Vail officials met with representatives of Sony Japan, said Shannon, is a "huge, Japanesecompany.. '' Corp., among others, but Shannon would notconfirm it:. untapped market," and its ski resorts are Meanwhile; `the owners`of the 258-acre Conquistador Sony Corp, of America officials in New7ersey said they of a "much lower quality" thaf Colorado ski area outside of Westcliffe in the Sangre de Cristo please turn topage 15 resorts with much less skiable acreage. "There are 600 ski areas in Japan," he said. "At a resort like Shiiga Heights, they had 3 million skier visits last season. At Vail we logged about 1.3 million last year. .There are 40,000 skiers a year on slopes of 50 acres." ' By comparison, Vail alone has about 1,900 skiable acres, and will double that next year with the opening of three new back bowls. There are an estimated 12 million skiers in Japan, said Shannon, and the number of skiers is growing by 10 percent a year. "1 think. you'll see more and more U.S. companies getting involved in someway in that," he said. The Japanese ski industry is "wild," said Jim Branch, president of Sno-Engi- neering Inc., a Lyme, N.H.-based plan- ning, engineering and management company for mountain resorts. Sno-Engi- neering is planning a ski resort for an unnamed Japanese company on the coun- try's north island. "The Japanese are building a great deal, partly because the government has a policy ', to build 10 new resorts a year," said !Branch, adding that to achieve that goal the Japanese government is offering incen- i tives to companies willing to build ski ' areas. "It's interesting that Vail Associates has the crystai ball and the vision to go look at ,Japan," Branch said. "Most of the com- ~ ponies in the U.S. have been trying to attract investment from Japan here.