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Home My WebLink About1988-08-23 Support Documentation Town Council Work Sessionr, -~;~~;~ VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1988 2:00 p.m. AGENDA 1. Discussion of Summer Marketing Video 2. Planning and Environmental Commission and Design Review Board Reports 3. Information Update 4. Other VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1988 2:00 p.m. EXPANDED AGENDA 2:00 1. Discussion of Summer Marketing Video Action Requested of Council: Decide whether or not to proceed with Roger Brown on the summer marketing film. Background Rationale: The meeting with all interested agencies presenting the summer marketing film concept will be Monday, 10:00 a.m., at the Avon Municipal Building. (You are all invited.) After knowing the results of that meeting, the Council can better discuss what the Town of Vail commitment should be. There should be some discussion of where the money will come from. There is only a $44,259 balance in the Council contingency fund and there are four months left in this fiscal year. 2:30 2. Planning and Environmental Commission and Design Review Peter Patten Board Reports 2:45 3. Information Update 2:50 4. Other Planning and Environmental Commission August 22, 1988 2:00 PM Site Visits 3:00 PM Public Hearing 1. Approval of minutes of August 8th. 2. A request for a side setback variance. in order to construct a deck on Lot 13, Block 1, Potato Patch First Filing. Applicant: John S. Bakalar 3. Work session on Cascade Village 4. Work session on hospital addition 5. 4-way stop discussion DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AGENDA AUGUST 17, 1988 3:00 p.m. SITE VISITS 12:00 p.m. 10 1. Sonnenalp Beauty Spa Awning Sonnenalp Hotel Motion for approval: Gwathmey Second: Leary Vote: 4-0-1 12 2. Anthony Vernon Sign and Awning Vail Village Inn Phase IV Motion for approval: Gwathmey Second: Leary Vote: 4-0 13 3. Smith Residence Pool and Deck Lot 1, Block 2, Vail Village 6th Tabled to August 31. 8 4. Plaza Lodge Repaint Vail Village Motion to allow staff to make final decision: Riva 2nd: Leary Vote 5-0 7 5. Hill Building Expansion Vail Village Motion for approval: Gwathmey Second: Leary Vote 5-0 16 6. Chair 8, Born Free Express Lionshead Motion for approval: Gwathmey Second: Riva, Vote 3-0-2, Leary, Sante abstain No signage approved 1 7. Williams Residence Lot 5, Bighorn 4th Motion: Gwathmey Second: Riva, Vote 5-0, conceptual approval 14. 8. Working Garage Lot 13, Block 1, Vail Village 6t:h Motion for approval: Gwathmey Second: Riva with condition that blue spruce will be replaced. Vote 3-0-2 (Leary & Sante abstaining) 15 9. Backrach garage Lot 13, Block 9, Intermountain Motion for approval: Riva Second: Sante Vote 5-0 17 10. Mountain Tees Sign Placement Lionshead Motion for approval: Sante Second: Gwathmey, vote: 5-0 2 11. Davis Residence Lot 17, Block 2, Gore Creek Subdivision Motion for approval: Riva Second: Gwathmey, vote, 5-0 4 12. Buckley Residence Addition Lot 7, Block 2, Vail Village 13th Motion for approval: Riva Second: Sante Vote: 3-0-2 6 13. Averch Addition Lot 12, Block 6, Vail Village 7th Motion for approval: Gwathmey Second: Sante, vote: 5-0 3 14. Ammer Deck Lot 19, Block 5, Bighorn 5th Motion for approval: Gwathmey Second: Leary vote: 5-0 11 15. Food and Deli awning Vail Village Inn Phase II applicant did not show 9. 16. Information Booth Vail Transportation Center Motion for denial: Riva Second: Gwathmey, vote 5-0 5 17. Town of Vail Bus Barn Town Shops Motion for approval: Sante Second: Gwathmey, vote 5-0 18. Town of Vail Signage Program Motion for approval: .Riva Second: Sante vote: 3-2 (Leary and Gwathmey against) 19. Gore Creek Stream Improvements (discussion only) Tabled MEMBERS PRESENT All present MEMBERS ABSENT STAFF APPROVALS: Mountain Tees Sign - 42 x 16 double sided 42 foot frontage total Maui Traders Sign - painted wood, 24" D circle Seasons Sign (formerly Rudolph's) - 35 x 15 white background navy letters Halpert Residence - all exterior finishes to match existing Town of Avon P. O. Box 975, Avon, CO 81620 (303) 949-4280 ~EC'C AUG 15 1988 August Z0, 1988 Mr. Rondall V. Phillips Town Manager Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 Re: Eagle County TV Translator Feasibility Study Funding Dear Ron: The Eagle County TV Translator Committee has selected Hartech, Inc. as the consultant for the TV Translator Feasibility Study. Work on the study should commence the last week in August and be complete by mid-December. Please submit the Town of Vail's contribution in the amount of $2,500.00 to the Town of Avon, TV Translator System Study, P.O. Box 975, Avon,. Colorado. 81620. Sincerely, G~~~ Willi D. James Town anager cc: File 7'~+'°* a Vail, :cl~raao yu~v st lci , 1988 lo: Vail gown ~cuncil From: Villa 'Ialr:alla Condominium :association ter. ~ hilip `~ Lier, president P . G . pox 2266 Vail, CC 81558 ?'hone : 476-3901 ~-`le V:_lla Val:_alla Ccr~dominiu;.7 ",sscciation wishes to appeal the tiuv.ust f, 1988 decision. of the ~lannirl~ ar~d :environmental Com- ,nissi::~l cor~cernin~ tre lip/cli I.,ed~e aa~iticr.. ;~ie request a hearinc cn t:_is subject ce'ore the ~~~ail 1'cti"m Ccuncil. Dr. `hilip `i. _ier ~~.~~.~~ M E M O R A N D U M TO: Ron P s, Town Manager FROM: Ken H~ ey, Chief of Police DATE: August 7, 1988 SUBJECT: Extra Patrol: Matterhorn Are ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~ tv ~~ p o''~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~a w"" - ~' ~G' -"' Per your request, I am providing you with inrormation relating to the amount of extra patrol in the Matterhorn - Gore Creek Drive area of West Vail. It is as follows: (1) June 25 - July 25: 115 hours This is a conservative estimate, but not based on CAD statistics. This figure is not just the Gore Creek Drive area "in front" of Mr. Weiss' house, but would include the general neighborhood around his residence. (2) In August we started to keep track of our efforts in the area via our CAD system. The additional time since that time is 12 hours. I would like to note that we receive numerous requests for extra patrol of various sorts on an on-going basis. We make every reasonable effort to accommodate these requests and will continue to do so. People should, however, realize that they do not live on the only street in the Town and that we are constantly adjusting our priorities and efforts to adapt to the ever changing needs of our community. Although there may be a perceived or real "problem" as it relates to traffic in the area of North Gore Creek Drive, we can find no basis to warrant the level of extra patrol requested. We will, however, do periodic checks on the area and respond to specific identified problems. To do any differently would not be in the interest of all of our Town residents and guests. 1 ...'~~ c T}IE ARIZONA REPUBLIC . e ~. ~ • • SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1988 a.w"is'y :i: :.~ . -'S..^ ~{ .~~~~-' == > SUMM ~ tie r~:.~no wl ;' ~~' Vail is a far cry''' from last resort '. ; By Sulb Newberg ::....::.:?. - ~ ' TM Nimn• R•DUOtic ~ .. '. .. ~ T AIL, Colo. - As Arizona's temperotura~ V hover a[ the swelter level, it's lime to hi[ `, the slopes, with or without the snow.' Average temperatures range between 60 and 70•' degrees during July in Vail, making the mountain city a perfect hideaway from:Arizona's searing ' heat. For those hoping fora few drops of moisture, afternoon rains in Vsil usually less(about an hour during summer monthi' ` ' Recreation is the watchword in: this resort. town. Vail was established in 1962 after Peter,Seibert, a former Army ski trooper who trained near Vail during World War II, and Earl Eaton, who waz on ski patrol in Aspen, recognized the enormous skiing potential of Vail. They built the firsd-ski lodge, and the town haz prospered ever since.-~ `' Virtually every type of activity iyavailablei'> • Bicycling is big in Vail, az it is throughout Colorado. Bike trails snake through town and outlying areas. Walk along any street, and you'll almost always see bicyclists in their bright, snug clothing. If you would like to try biking the mountains, rrntals are available at Mountain Bike Rentals in town. Costs range from S6 for aone-hour ride on a 12-speed to S28 Cor a full day on an 18-speed mountain bike. - :R HIGH IN ::, -~ Rod Walker/Colorado Tourism ao•rd This Vail Mountain vantage overlooks tlTe city and one of the ski lifts that operate during the summer months. Snow • -See YAII, page TS patches the mountains even in summer, a welcome change of scenery for those weary of Arizona's heat. n. '.Small, personal 'company boldly rafts ave gone before ~•~~; ' where few outfitters h ,. _ • _ .._. .. rT. _ :..~ .. .. ~t•+ /'`~• RESTED BUTTE, Colo. - Ttm, and r`-;. ar ^ Terri Kegermann live in a little. red Related stories .'6?. ~~5. ~I house with a tiny, bright garden out `i:.. z' front. Tim is wiry, strong, has curly hair and a " TREKKERS' TRAIL' It's a long, long trail a'winding, and it's open at last, T2 y` mustachr, Terti is slender, blond sad vivacious. ~'~"~}Their pint-size refuge is also the head uarters of TEMPLES OF STONE: Garden of the T6 q 3'l~y,! •,e.,,.. ''.Crated Butte Rafting Co. ' 1 Gods will rock first-time visitors, TRAPPER'S CABIN: It only sounds ~ The rubber boats, the kayaks, the vans are out rustic; guests there are pampered. T7 . back; just inside the front door is Tern's business desk and a chalkboard with trip listings. r-.rj•m from (hnaha-and had nevenbeas..oraa~es.:,rc;asaimr.cver r.npl,. ~ wa rde ve i nr. river befor rted in Crated Butte ',~-^' When I first ran one with Tim 'L::lt , - , e. a " had no idea someone could look at something":~ We'd go down Elk Avenue end ask anyonr f( ~ '`~ ~ boiling and taming like that and pick out a piecr" they wanted to run white•water. ' "~~ 'c. ~' of that wave and choose a line through ~ We made enough money that first yar to ile ' everything and stick with it;' Terri said. ' •, • '- ` Lena; she «called with a sm _ buy Leakin "I started out on the easy trips. When I got to the nasty stt+(I; I hung on to Tim Tike riding a "We still use her when we need an extra boat." ', Their small company has taken oR. Scvea motorcycle." full-time and three part•ume guides are on the Tim, from Chicago, had a commercial rafting. - operation on the Nolichucky'River outside . stag now, and in a rafting season that runs from .June through mid-Seplembeq they take 2,000 ' Asheville, N.C. "It waz ton hot, sweaty and muggy;' he said '• clients through five Colorado canyons. "We're still small enough to be persortaF," "The rivers weren't az good ... neithu was the " " ` Tim said. "We have no more than a S-to-l h-alptae n hi i W . ;skiing. ' , Tem recalled, "A few yeah ago, when we got , g e ru o. customer-guide rat -See PADDIES, page { f Lesser=known ~- • resort town's'<~ 'areal butte ey Peter Rose Tne xfuo,,. a!p„aK C RESTED BUTTE Cnln - A Flack bear lumhcrrd into The Thrr Seasons Condo and circled the pool, checking each trash basket. Making itself completely at home, the bear stood on its hind legs and ,';.. peered into the restaurant, adding ;- -, spice to mwls beyond the usual sail a ' and pepper. That was in Crested Dutte last summer. When a woman from Texas, `• in her 40s, climbed to the 12,162• foot-high summit of Mount Crated .~ Dutte, excitement got the bat of hu. . She couldn't get down. The,vcrtiwl is not far the meek and the rocks are huge; she began climbing down ' backward, went to all fours, and kept _ dragging herself through the jagged ' rock fields, shredding her shorts but , finally making it before dark. These are the stories you hear in this resort town. Crested Butte lies northeast of two glamorous mountain hideaways, Du- rango and Telluride, and south of . big-dollar Aspen. It is a little higher, -Sce• REMOTE, page TS ... n.Rnt ~'R~~; •iF..}. Ned G•~fwvsi W rote ~owr The Crested Butte Rafting Co. runs high•alpine, technical canyons, mostly with paddle boats. They started out with oar boats but found out people were more into paddling. Vail not lacking in action during summer YAII, from page TIT ~ ocs past an c1k and deer rutting arcs, 'j - The Tour the Rockies bike race, a nine-day, $20,000 cash-purse ride, sailed through Vail recently. The men rode 200 miles and the women 150 miles over 20,000 vertical feet. Small fry'also got their feet wet in the Mini Classic USA race, for kids age t0 to ' 15: _ . Bike trekkers Gregg and Ellen Guinard toured 80 miles in none-day • ride" that took them from Vail, at~-~ 8;150' fact, through Vail Pass (10,662> • feet), to Copper Mountain {9,680), to'; Frisco (9.097), and south to Brccken- ridgc (9,603), and back again. fart of [heir roWC followed roads with hardh~ any traflc, but most of it was on bike paths Through forests,,;, past streams and wide opcn.country.;-`~' "You get a biker'r tan, too," card " Gregg Guinard, referring to the white'" 6 an abandoned logging camp and along Spraddle Creek, to a $2 pony ride for children. • Fish arc jumping in lakes and slrcants. Varieties waiting to be caught and catch include rainbow, brown, cutthroat and brook trout. River outfitters offer half- and full-day wade and Boat fishing trips, and alpine-lake pack trips by horseback. • Four-wheel-drive jeep tours, for those who would like to sce back country but don't want to horseback or hoof it, arc available. "Trips vary i from three hours, with a snack, to a full day, with lunch provided. • Hiking trails arc as close as Vail Mountain, one of many that surround Yaii Valley. 1t has seven routes, with trails as long as 4.6 miles on Dcrrypickcr, or as short as 0.4 mile on Ea I ' V' Ungers and brown hands that cyclists-• ~''~ ,..~.,.;,,.,~,... - ; . 8 , .get from I nd a h _ -_ _ g cs tcw. Eric9axe./TbeAdzona Rapamw_ For experienced hikers, more chal- fo )ul s Go t ein n were ,'(Trey • g y' po rough the run. nchos• -- froze th -you into town. Stores range from ski,. lenging routes are within driving for the Gorge, a 150-mile, two-day The water temperature was about SO ;and-bike shops and fine jewelry store$ '"distance. Pagoda Mountain, between ride and benefit for multiple sclerosis. • • degrces, and riders got wet. But the ~ _ to art galleries. Vail and Dcnvcr off Lncrstatc 70, is a ' The ride would take them from • shrill of bouncing through rapids was Items are expensive and eclectic. .12.4-milt hike, with an elevation gain Highlands Ranch, southeast of Den- ~ ~worih the numb hands and feet. - Dresses on a half-o(i rack averaged of 5,117 fccL Comparable climbs arc vcr, to the Royal Gorge, west of . , We rode in an oar boat, in which a $80. Karats by the Fountain offered Long's Pcak, Mount Harvard, Capital Canon City. ~ ,guide fights the waters for you. Paddle everything from rubber-tubing car- peak and lows Peak. Aalimate ~ White-water rafting is available - boaters each have an oaz, making rings, starting at $9, to a treasure yoursdf to the high elevation before on the Arkansas, Eagle and Colorado tteamwork a must. necklace made from such items as attempting a tough hikes rivers. ~ Rates for our trip, including a antique and foreign beads, a jade ~ Ski lifts operate in summer We opted for the Arkansas River at lunch of cold cuts, breads, cheese, opium pipe, amethyst crystals and months, as do gondolas. We took the Brown Canyon through rapids with flail, pasta salad, chips and dessert, coins, for $1,095. Centemtial Express lift at Beaver such names as Zoom Floom, Big was $69 for adults and $59 for • Golf courses in Vail arc open Crack Kesort for a great view of the Drop (it was), Staircase, Raft Ripper,. - children 16 years old and younger. from May through October. Vail Golf surrounding mountains. Snow Widowmaker and Toilet Bowl, a If you would rather take to the air, Club, an 18-hole course, hosts the sparsely patcheA the mountain even at round pool that does resemble a ,- Fly ~'n Float offers a 30-minute annual Jerry Ford Lrvitational Tour- the end of )one. LionsHead gondola Commode. balloon ride followed by a champagne nament. Singletree Golf Club, with 18 will transport mountain bikes in work A 16•foot rubber raft transported toast and continental breakfast. A holes, was designed by a company cars on their cable us through the waters of the canyon. Rain had been threatening all day and half-day float down the Colorado or Eagle River with lunch follows . owned by Jack Nicklaus. Beaver Creek Golf Club and Eagle-Vail Golf • Other options: tennis, a day at finally let loose as we were boarding the rafts. Ponchos were passed ballooning. Cost: $135 per person. : • Shopping ig abundant in Vail, Club are other ]8-holers. Vail Nature Center, kayaking, eating • Horseback riding is olTered by (restaurants recommended by locals ~ i . around, but the rafting company, Raftmcister, was short of them. Some with more than 140 stores from which to choose. Driving is not allowed in many companies in Vail. Rides at are Hole in the Wall, Ore House and Spraddle Crack Ranch range from a Red Lion Inn); board sailing; moun- river riders - 'even . those with :mast areas, but shuttle buses will take $22, three-hour Elk Spring ride that .fain climbing; and racquetball. .: , ., ,. Remote Colorado resort ~~y. out cabin fever ~- retains rustic `charm : ~ ~~ ,. , . .. :........., ., ....... in rusti hideaway c . -REMOTE, from page Tl. ., . , that `Was sandwiched by an 1880s ~ ,~ By Julie Newberg i minimum. This includes three gour- antique building and an old rock ThE Arizona Republic met meals per day prepared by a chef, - plainer and more remote than other .school- building, and that instigated BEAVER CREEK VILLAGE, unlimited horseback riding, services of Colorado ski/festival towns and clings to its simple character. the zoning laws. "All the condos here are privately Colo. - At Trapper's Cabin, guests a "cabin keeper," a stocked bar and a , '.'This literally is where the paved . owned. Time share was tried, but the ' " can-get away from it all and expect a champagne welcome. Prices are re- lot of pampering. doted as guests stay longer. road rnds, a place of solitude t too excited about it. .town wasn ;The two-story wood cabin is Atypical day at the cabin begins rnveloped by wilderness. It is tall- great end big•trce country; a place to Seven or eight years ago Crested Dutte was on the brink of becoming a situated in an aspen grove above with transportation to the site, a quick Beaver Creek Village, 10 miles west of tour of the premises and a sunset ~,> kick back at a cafe or old saloon on Molybdenum Town. Controversy.. Vail. As many as 10 people can sleep horseback ride. Upon return, guests what ,should be caged Main Road • ,raged as to what this would do to the 9n the four-bedroom, four-bathroom are served hors d'oeuvres, and the '-;; instead of Main Streeh, a territory environment and tounsm_ Well-re-: Cabin. _ .-_..- --- -- chef and cabin keeper prepare a meal "' where good fishing horseback riding or mountain biking - m iota) membered here is a Ti_ma magazine piciure sho`wjng Crested Butte's pars- - --` Telephones and televisions are not chosen in advance by guests. 00 privacy, if desired -are possible just plegic mayor on a hillside overlooking allowed in the cabin, which is at 9,5 Luttch fare includes rattlesnake, feet. Management is considering smoked salmon, fresh shrimp, sand- over the washboard horizon. - • the scenic town, with_.wor .lines !' ` " - whether to allow a stereo system to wick makings, salads .and fruit. Up Part of it is fancy modern, too. creasing his face. ' " become part of the decor.' A hot tub Rattlesnake was surprisingly good. oa the hill next to the ski area. "Molybdenum is used to harden , for soaking sore muscles is provided Trapper's isn't the least expensive Back in 1978.79, when the town steel," Joel said. "Mining would have and= the cabin has electricit and 9 nor the obly place to stay in Vail. had accommodations for only 2,000 taken place right on our water source. rennin water. Summ~r rates are discounted dur- people, there was a whole lot of condo The company won the right to mine Black bears, mule deer, rcu roes, tog the tdwn's off-season when slopes l t construction. The idea of putting in a but then the bottom fell out of the " ions ain bald eagles, coyotes, motnp are closed to skiing. Summer. prices traffic light may have occurred to town fathers, but property sales fell industry. With a strong marketing eflbrt, and Steller's jays live in the area. The cabin is closed From Ma IS to June range from $39 to $59 at Tivoli Lodge for singld occupancy to $150 to $175 off precipitously and so a footbridge .Crested Butte continues to do well IS to rovide tivac for elk Burin p P y g at The Westin Hotel. Vail has . 56 remains the most rominrnt road , p ,_ with skim . It records about 400,000 8 , - , . their mating season. hotels to choose from. '' '; crossing. -" ;,.skier days, the nation's eighth-highest Trapper's Cabin is made of wood, The best' way to get to the Coal was discovered in the late, ,,.total. as is much of the furniture inside. mountain town is to fly into Denver. 1880s and sustained the town for 60 ~ Crested Butte has a summer Brightly colored pillows and cushions Rent a car at the airport and head for ' years. Unlike other Colorado gold and .-program of festivals, theater and make the furniture comfortable and if you would the mountains. Or silver locations, Crested Butte never outdoor activities. At an elevation of , add a finishing touch to the charming a shuttle bus, arrange rather take ` had that one rich strike leading to a 8,885 feet and surrounded by the , cabin. A player piano inside requires a transportation through your place of lavish, hoot-and-holler, free-spending Gunnison National Forest and West little legwork to produce'music. lodgtng before arriving in Denver. era. It remains a workingman's town Elk, Maroon Bells and Raggeds From the cabin, one can see the Many activities are within walking constrocted of wood buildings sagging wilderness areas, it lays claim to the 'Gore Range, Flattops Wilderness distance, so a car is not a necessity. from age and winter snows. title Mountain Bike Capital of the Area, Castle Peak and McCoy Peak. . The ski resort, developed in the United States. But you'll have to pay for the The Manor Vait Lodge, Continental '60s, brought on rejuvenation, and in It has a` Fat Tire Bike Week luxury. Summer rates ring in at $300 girlines and.Colorado Mountain Express the '70s young people moved in to scheduled from Sept. 12 through Sept. a person per night, with a $600 contributed tgthe cost of this trip. renovate old structures for businesses 18, featuring tours, championships, __ ~~ and residences. "'Now we have 30 restaurant bars i h bicyide polo and a bicycle expo. For informatton on m (ttt~n biking or 4220 ti i ll 800 525 i h ~ `. paddles are pick of patrons c open both winter and summer, wh . v - er ac es, ca ot t didn't used to be the case," said Joel Vosburg. "When I moved here in '80, An Alpine Summer Program is aimed at families. Sunday-through- - -PADDLES, from page TI moving abouf~ 10 mph. This is one of everyone had time to relax. People Saturday packages start at $195 per the roughest stretches anyone runs worked hard in the winter so they Now things could enjoy the summer person and include condo lodging, access to day care for children, water technical canyons, mostly With paddle commercially in Colorado. boats: We started out with oar boats "We'll be tgoing 12 miles. The . stay pretty busy." rafting, mountain biking, horseback but found out people were more into average drop ~t gradient is 100 feet a The zoning laws are pretty strict," riding, hiking, a chairlift ride and paddling. This makes a boat a lot mile. Piue Creek Rapids drops 120 said M.]. Vosburg, ]od's wile. "A mountain barbecue. For information more maneuverable." ° -' _ feet in half a rrlile." -. modern ranch-style building went up call (800) 821-3718. Crested Butte is rugged hiking; - --'A 12-foot-long Achilles rubber boat biking ~ and four-wheeling territory. .was prepared;: Boaters tightened vests But :its streams -Slate, Coal and._ and helmets.., _ Cement -are losers. Guide Kns Pogoloff sat at the To reach Pine Creek, s headwater stern, using his paddle as rudder, lever of the Arkansas River, we made a and lance while issuing orders: "Left chattering motor passage from forward! Rear backward!" ... "Rest]" Crested Butte east over the Sawatch . "All forward!" .. . Range. "Squeeze plays" were made be- Ouf whin-water target was north tween huge boulders. Several times, of Biieria Vista, a flat, prosperous- up against a rock, the boat took a Tootling crossroads, precarious tilt. We shifted weight to 'hV)trn the Royal Gorge is really , break free. Once, like an airplane kideiig, you don't want to run here," coming in, we landed Uat atop a broad '7ini said. "When everywhere else is' , rock.. It was an energetic, ricocheting lowt:r." you want to run hero -The course; no one fell in. - watSr~ low, still channelized. It's - -- Yes.-•w: -~ - ~- Peter Rose.) - -t - -- -- _ s routs ~ Garden of the -Gods p , mind-boggling rock formations By Jay Clarke nt~rtidder Kni produce garden and the turn-of--the- century Orchard House. On Mondays away. Similar formations are visible at Red Rocks, just west of Denver, _ g COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - . ' and Thursday, the ranch conducts a Community Marketplace offering where that city has built an antphithe- ater in a natural bowl between. the most visitors, I had no idea what Like to expect from the Garden of the fresh produce and demonstrations of artisan skills, such as chair caning and stark rock sentinels. The Garden of the Gods gained its Gods, candle making. Ranch admission is $2 name from the founder of Colorado Such a grandiose name. Was it a $1 for children. for adults City, Col. M.F. Beach, and ltis lawyer, lush valley filled with exotic and , The striking red rocks of the Rufus F.. Cable. Beach reportedly wonderful flowers, shrubs and scents? Gardcu of the Gods'originally were remarked jokingly to Cuhlc, who was ' .Would I find forbidden fruit there? (ormcd as sedimentary rock and, I quite impressed by the site, "Don _ .,Ambrosia on Earth? thcre(orc, ~erc horizontally aligned. e+r~~No:<Tho=Ciarden~of--,thenEiods~l~"Uva'vaii~•rn~»,"the.wtdstone was;• you think this would make a great ;pleceforarnetropolitarbeagndeol'~ apedtacular in its own way, but it is :;uplifted 90 dcgraa to its present: To which Cable replied, "Thu is s - ce;t9inly no Eden. The garden that : :vertical state. Because this sandstone fit plea for a garden of the gods. Let " has raised here sprouts unusual God is resistant to weathering, it remained that be its name. , formations of red stone. It is a garden even as the surrounding rock eroded -And so it came to pass. of 'rocky pinnacles, stark shapes and - • 'weathered images. You can read into these giant, teethlike rocks whatever suits your ~ , - • _ _ - - .: ' _ _ '- fancy. Some visitors see soaring figures, others sce nothing but stone. The rocky tions erce lter hti Li e " .... -- . .__ _ _ _ . .-- .. _ __ _ Over the _ mountalns; . p ng a s p g outline of a wceping Indian in the ; - _ ; <. '.., "'. . "... ....... __,_. . monting becomes the head of a lion in th , wood .the afternoon. 1 through s e $ut there is no doubt. about the - hand of nature here. How else would these huge rocks, up to 300 fat tall, trail shows Colorado . have bcen uplifted from the horizontal : into totally vertical alignment? :; . .._ _- :_ -:.- ...~. .. _ One of the most famous rocks in gy Ellen Haddow r the world, Balanced Rock, perches on a tiny base here: You can view the me nssocfatea Press _- ~' _ ~ ^ $y using volunteer labor, :.: ' Kissing Camels, two headlike forma- - ;:'('iRAND JUNCTION, Colo ~ e 470-mile Colorado Trail, 15 years.. ~ . .- Gud Gaskill and the - . y lions just touching atop a stony or the Tower of Babel, a mountain in -the making (mostly by volunteers) Colorado Mountain Club ' " , 3l>D-foot pillar of red pointing. to the and winding through aspen-covered got the WOfk dOriC for: " ~' sky. Punch and Judy present rocky mountain valleys, opens this wcekend. held • One dedication ceremony was $SOO a tulle, compared profiles reminiscent of the popular puppet show characters. , Saturday at the Junction Creek With the $8,000 a mile she . The shapes are jagged and abrupt, Trailhead, five miles northwest of A second ceremony, today at town estimated it would have but the Garden of the Gods is a . ir_ Waterton Canyon near Denver,.is to COSt the Forest $erVICR. .peaceful place. rrival of four Durango t th f • Strolling on the trails near the ea ure e a ~ residents who for the past two weeks _ . ..-. '`Y ,-~ Hidden Inn, where most of the formations are concentrated, makes have been running -the length of the - of the state s centennial year projects. for a relaxing morning or afternoon. ,trail. .... __ _- ~...-._ - ••-- -••- The' foundahog~, beanng its. name :$150,000 .easily, Spaiinmg'twalhtrds:of Colorado; ~" collected tts fitsf ' •The:paved walk -suitable for use by ~ the Colorado Trail passes through five , =' including a $1t3Q,000 grant from the : -visitors who are physically impaired - -winds among such formations as nalioaal forests; dosses the Conhnen " - Denver-based Gates Foundation.,.,,,, _ the .Three Graces, thin tllars that and skirts not tat: Divide five times 000-foot Rocky Mountain ` only 14 ' ,But the foundation did not get anything done because of "unrealistic _ represent grace, gentleness and and the Cathedral Spires, beauty , peaks but also historical sites, ghost ' expectations," said Mayo "Butch" , .whose tall, slender shape suggests a . s towns and environmental no man lands scarred during the mining boom Sontermeyer, a; Fort Collins lawyer who served on she foundation board church steeple. An hour or two on the trail days. - - Most of the trail was built by 3,000 from its beginning. About the time the foundation rewards the visitor with remarkable : volunteers, said Dennis Neill, a Forest - support began to sag, Gudy Gaskill of vistas of rock and forest - and a tense of the enormous forces that built Service spokesman. Many spent entire weeks of vacation clearing brush and Evergreen, who had been involved from the beginning, decided to take the North American continent. In the building trail - charge of the volunteer effort. ~' backEround, rears up Pikes Peak, at •"The Forest Service did the danger- Gaskill, now 61, organized crews to .r 74,110 feet, one of the, highest peaks., ~' ous stuff; like blasting rocks and clear a mile of trail a week. By using I - in the United States. "' " " so you road ark has a loo Th chain-sawing freer, but the voluntars f the d F i h . volunteer Ir} ,she and the Colorado k done for h li , p e p can motor to other-viewing -spots or ~ en s o r q brought in by; t "Colorado Trail Foundation did the e wor . got.t Mountain lu 8500 a ~ile, Compared with the- I -,~ tmpl~nntta~ - sanes frorhyour esi' window:•""~""~"° Hidden Inn .-has a cafeteria, store and ~rooRop observatory from which you "can make picture-post-card photos of the formations. Elsewhere in the preserve - actually acity park -are two other facilities. High Point offers an excel- - lent view of the rocks and of Pikes - Peak, and it also has one of the world's largest cameras, the Camera Obscura. Inside a darkened room, you can view the 360-degrce panorama outside projected in live motion through a revolving lens with a 13-foot focal length. Also within the preserve is the White House Ranch, which gives visitors a look at an 1860s homestead, appropriately staffed with "living history" characters. On the grounds are a general store, a blacksmith shop, real work," Neill said. - '~- $8,000 a, ile shy estimated if wotild The trail begins at Waterton , have cost the Fort Service. - Canyon, southwest of Denver, and "you can't Say enough about climbs gradually over Kenosha Pass Gudy's leadership;' Neill said. "She to Breckenridge. Then it wends its can out-walk; outrun and outwork way toward Copper Mountain neaz anybody half her age. I know, because Leadville and past a cluster of she did it to me. ' 14,000-foot peaks west of Buena Vista "I'd call it her fanafical attachment ' and Salida. to a dream. She got things moving It turns southwest near Saguache again, and the-bulk of the trail work and veers toward Molas Pass, near has been done in the past four years, 11,000-toot-elevation Silverton, before sing she, (former Gov. Richard) '_ :dropping into the Animas River Lamm and (then regional forester}--: drainage in the San Juan Mountains: ~ Jim Torrence got things,Trolling,: to -Durango, in southwestern Cola' ' agate ".": •= ~-• _ - -°~°° ,,. .`. • -' rad'o. . - • ~ ._. :" Gaskill couldn't be reached for an The trail has been a struggle sins interview because she was out hiking its inception in 1973 when Bill Lucas, her trail. then regional forester in Denver, and Earlier, she said the trail is a ,a group of hikers hashed out the idea historical route that "shows what' - one evening. _ "; happened in Colorado." ' The Forest Service .was being It goes by record devastation such criticized for providing only the as Climax (open-pit molybdenum extremes of recreation - rugged mine), timber cuts and burned areas, wilderness treks or roadside camping. as well as splendid pristine azeas," she . Lucas' idea was to use trails to link said. _' , major tourist centers. A but system the whale spectrum of "It shows` would be developed so hikers would the backcountry. There are areas close not have to lug tents and stoves. to historical sites and others close to "The huts are s611 a long way off,"- man-made environmental damage; as. Neill said. - well as reforestation sites when major At first, plans"called for the forest fires occurred. We go near or Colorado Trail to be finished in 1978, through three ghost towns and three two years after it was Launched as one mining towns." LICHTENFELS SC FOSTEB ATTORNEYS AT LAW PTARMIGAN PLACE 3773 CHERRY CREEK DRIVE NORTH SUITE 655 DENVER, COLORADO 80209-3826 (303> 399-7002 TELEFAX (303) 399-1910 eJ. REID I.IOHTENFELS MAHH C. FOSTER MIOHAEL R. HOMZEH LAUBLE A- RHOADES Vail Town Council 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 August 11, 1988 RE: Variances Granted to Robert Lazier Allowing Construction of 8 Unit Addition to Tivoli Lodge Dear Council: ~~C~O AUG 1 5 1988 ROBERT K. KELLEY OF COUNSEL This letter constitutes formal notice of appeal by Harry and Margareta Davison, and by .Edwin C. Whitehead, of the action of the Planning Commission taken on August $, 1988 with respect to the above matter. At the Planning Commission meeting on that date, the Planning Commission approved 5 variances. It is our position that the variances were granted in violation of the applicable ordinances, including but not being limited to the provisions of 18.6.2.060, 18.52.0'00 and 18.22.140. The provisions of the Town Code (Sections 1$.22.140 and 18.52.060) prohibit even the Town Council from allowing off- street parking for that portion, of parking which is required to be both on-site and hidden from public view. By granting such a variance, the Planning Commission exceeded its legal authority. In addition, we feel that the legal criteria set forth in the Town Code prerequisite to the granting of the variances were not satisfied, and that the Planning Commission was arbitrary and capricious in granting the variances. This notice of appeal is provided pursuant to Section 18.62.070 of the Town Code. Vail Town Council August 11, 1988 Page 2 Very truly yours, LICHTE.M~ELS, & FOSTER F /!` ~,. J . Re d~ Lichtenfe. s/~ JRL/cg cc: Planning & Environmental Commission Larry Eskwith, City Attorney Mr. & Mrs. Harry P. Davison, Jr. Mr. Edwin C. Whitehead Town Council - FYI Merv has requested that Roger Brown show a film presentation on Summer Marketing this afternoon. The film is about 15 minutes long and will be presented under "Other" on the agenda. FORM 11Q3 (FORMERLY 984CT)-Rsv. 1981 CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT JUDGES OF ELECTION-CITIES AND TOWNS THE C. F, HOECKEL CO.. DENVER 33700 REVISED Precinct No....._1 ......................... THIS IS TO CERTIFY That the following have been appointed by the._.......uALL...T.OhiN .................... ...............COUNCIL _........of the__......_...'~Qti`TN..9.k:._.V.~IJ~_........_.........._.... (Governing body) (City or Town of) to serve as JUDGES OF ELECTION: Name....._._...J0AN _ CARNIE ._.- Address ..._..... ~ 9 2 0 MANN-!•S--_RANCH--_ROAD Name..........-CELINE KRUEGER ---_ Address .........16.28 VAIL yALLEY„DRI-y_E..____ Name.......--A4AR~-JA-ALE}SPi-- .........................Address-------X956-EP~B~Pd-E~REbE---.............. 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'Clerk of the Town of............VAIL-__-__ _ _ in the State of Colorado, .., .• ., have hereunto set my hand and official seal, thls__....._._. 7 T~I ................................. ~~ ~; '~ i, 'dayof----•---AUGUST ................. 19....$$... . ~~~~, ,,. '\, ' -------..._ .Y.N_1~~.'d:.(~~^~~l(~f~l?(.(,~~~--------------Clerk. i~~in;,,,,;;,. *__---••_____________________................................._.....__......_., Judge of Election is to call in person at Clerk's office on Monday the ....................day_............_......._.._........._..__.........._._, 19........._ the day before Election to pick up the Election and Registration Supplies. *The Clerk will deliver the Election and Registration supplies to_._-.?`'~.RY JO ALLEN __Judge of Election on Monday the.._.._12TH_-•.--------•.-_- day of....._....AU.GUST ............... 19....8 $.. the day before Election. Judges are required to meet at_.........VAIL MUNICIPAL BUILDING in said Precinct on Tuesda SEPTEMBER 13•--_-___ - 19 88-- day of Election. Y ............................................... ~ , qualify as such Judge of Election as the law provides. 'Strike according to fact. Clerk should make extra copy for filing. Form approved by Office of Secretary of State .. _ ^ _ ^ ~® ~ ~ e~ ~~ ®~~~ y And PGA is thriving minus superstar B CLAY LATIIVIIER Y 15 tournaments will do the same. .Corporations eagerly help Tour Rocky Mountain News Staff WMter ~ events, which sometimes draw more than 200,000 spectators. Ten ~' Sentimental followers of the years ago, a crowd of 100,000 was PGA Tour years for the "golden considered big. era" when Arnold Palmer, Jack A recent ~ poll of LPGA Tour Nicklaus and other durable super- ,members by the Baltimore Sun re- stars. routinely dominated tourna- vealed the world's best female ments• golfers prefer to watch the men's But these could be the Tour's Tour by .better than 2-1. In .fact, golden days, even though dominant some want Beman to run the ' players are as rare as a .double- LPGA as well as the PGA and eagle. - Senior Tours. The Senior Tour is one of the biggest success stories IT IS a myth that the Tour can't in modern sport. Beman hopes to thrive without a luminous leading . start a third Tour for young play- ~• .' ers and older pros waiting to join. "We can't squeeze any more the Senior Tour. people through the gates," said PGA commissioner Deane Beman -GOLF IS booming among recre- of many Tour events. "The Tour ational players, which also aids the doesn't have to depend- on one PGA Tour. guy." - The U.S. now has 22 million golf- . Although little-known players ers - an increase of 25% the past routinely win big events, record two years. Chief executive offi- purses, benevolent corporate spon- cars, pipefitters, women, and per- sors and record-sized galleries sons from all social and economic commonly intertwine in economi- .backgrounds are busy leartung a cally healthy cities. - .sport once considered the domain The International, which starts of an elite few. Last year, golfers Wednesday at Castle Pines Golf spent a record $2.1 billion on golf ClubR be acme one _~f the .first, ; ~ ' ~ f ~ iaquipr~r~entg ~ , - _ ~ ~ _ ~1, evepts otf e~ ,;a' iii lion=do~larr ~ ,yea three y ars after. REVENUE ANALYSIS Proposed Parking Structure Addition 1988 PARKING REVENUE ESTIMATE: Village Daily $510,000 Lionshead Daily 300,000 Passes 63,000 Coupons 65,000 Estimated 1988 Parking Revenues 938,000 REVENUE FROM ASSUMED RATE INCREASES: * Assume $1 across-the-board increase 242,000 * Assume equal increases in pass & coupon rates 38,000 * Assume minor revenue increase from add`1 parking 0 attendence is used for add`1 operating costs. Estimated annual revenue increase 280,000 ANNUAL TAX SALES TAX PROP. TAX ANNUAL DEBT LESS ADD`L SUPPORT INCREASE OR INCREASE SCENARIO SERVICE PARKING REV REQUIRED REQUIRED REQUIRED $3.5 Million Structure 518,000 (280,000) 238,000 0.11% .75 mills 10 year Bond $3.5 Million Structure 411,000 (280,000) 131,000 0.06% ,42 mills 15 year Bond $3.5 Million Structure 365,000 (280,000) 85,000 ; 0.04% .27 mills 20 year Bond $4.0 Million Structure 591,000 (280,000) 311,000 0.14% .99 mills 10 year Bond ~ $4.0 Million Structure 469,000 {280,000) 189,000 0.09% .60 mills 15 year Bond $4.0 Million Structure 4].6,000 (280,000) 136,000 0.06% 43 mills 20 year Bond . t 9 =0" '® _ s. ~~ ~ vT oar la er ~~ cover . p Y And PGA is thriving minus superstar i5 tournaments will do the same. ey CLAY LATIMER Corporations eagerly help Tour :Rocky MountaU News start water ° > °events,-which sometimes draw _ more.than 20A,000 spectators. Ten `-"`Sentimental followers of the ° years ago, a crowd of 100,000 was -PGA Tour yearn for the "golden t.. considered big. .era" when Arnold Palmer, Jack - A' recent ~ poll of LPGA Tour ..Nicklaus and other durable super- ;members by the Baltimore Sun re- stars routinely dominated tourna- ` vealed the world's best female mats. golfers prefer to watch the men's But these could be the Tour's Tour by .better than 2-1. l'a fact, golden days, even though dominant ,some want Beman to run the ' players are as rare as a double- -LPGA as well as the PGA and eagle. ~ 'Senior Tours. The Senior Tour is '` one of the biggest success stories IT IS a myth that the Tour can't ~ in modern sport. Beman hopes to ` thrive without a luminous leading start a third Tour for young play- ~• .~ ers and older pros waiting to join- `_`We can't squeeze any more the Senior Tour. people through the gates," said PGA commissioner Deane Beman :GOLF IS booming among recre- of many Tour events. "The Tour ational players, which also aids the doesn't have to depend- on one PGA Tour. guy" "The U.S. now has 22 million goIf- Although little-known players ers - an increase of 25% the past routinely win big events, record two years. Chief executive offi- purses, benevolent corporate spon- cers, pipefitters, women, and per- sors and record-sized galleries sons from all social and economic commonly intertwine in economi- backgrounds are busy. learning a calls healthy cities. - sport once considered the domain The International, which starts . of an elite few. Last year, golfers Wednesday at Castle Pines Golf spent a record $2.1 billion on golf ,Clubs, c Mme one _~f the first, .~1~Pmgntm _.~ ~.. ~: ; . ~., ; ~evghts• f otf~e~ ~a' ~tti~lion~doilar' ~ur ,lea three y ars ~t~ex} t ,> e fi