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1989-04-11 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session
~~ VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1989 2:00 p.m. AGENDA 1. Informal Meeting and Walk through Town 2. Planning and Environmental Commission Report 3. Information Update 4. Other Planning and Environmental Commission April 10, 1989 3000 PM SITE VISITS: 2000 P.M. 2:30 PM Worksession on a minor Amendment to SDD 4 Cascade Village to allow for a deceleration lane on the South Frontage Road adjacent to the Glen Lyon office parcel. Site Visits Public Hearing 1 1. A request for an exterior alteration in Commercial Core I zone district in order to add 100 square feet to the Sitzmark Lodge, 183 East Gore Creek Dr, Applicanto Sitzmark Lodge 2 3, A request for a front setback variance in order to construct a garage on Lot 1, Block 6, Vail Village 7th Filing. Applicants: Ann Repetti Roy, Susan Repetti Robinson and Elizabeth Martens Repetti REQUEST TO TABLE TO MAY 8TH PEC A request for a side setback variance on the east and northeast in order to construct an addition to a residence on Lot 4, Vail Village 9th Addition. REQUEST TO TABLE TO APRIL 24TH PEC A request for a rezoning from High Density Multiple Family zone district to Commercial Service District and a request for variances to allow parking and loading in the front setback, and a front setback variance and side setback variance to allow for an expansion of the Vail National Bank Building on Lot 2, a Resubdivision of Lot D, Vail Village 2nd Filing and Tract D, Vail/Lionshead 2nd Filing, 108 South Frontage Road. Applicanto Vail National Bank Building ~~-""' April 4, 1989 ail ~h~mber ®i=Commerce Dear Chamber Member, RECD qPR - 5 ~9~9 The Vail Chamber of Commerce is pleased to invite you to the next Chamber Forum Luncheon, Tuesday April 11th at The Holiday Inn Chateau Vail, 12:00 noon. Wally T~lylor, spokesman for SAFE IN AMERICA, will give a life- effecting, educational presentation on safety at home, in the car, and in public. SAFE IN AMERICA feels this presentation is necessary as the statistics show, that one in three women will be assaulted in their lifetimes, and one in two men will be attacked. Everyone can benefit from the advice Mr. T~lylor will be sharing with us next week. Please make a note on your calendar to attend. We look forward to seeing you there. The cost to members and their guests is $10 per person. Reservations can be made by calling Joy at 476-1000, ext. 168., or by sending a check to The Vail Chamber of Commerce, 241 E. Meadow Drive, Vail 81657 (ATT: Joy) Sincerely, -~1 ~/ -~` Karen Morter, Director Vail Chamber of Commerce 4/4/89 9:11 AM Joy Waters 241 East Meadow Drive, Vail, Colorado 81657 ~ 303/476-1000 MEMORANDUM T0: Vail Town Council FROM: Charlie Wick iJ~~-~-'' DATE: April 7, 1989 SUBJECT: Meeting Times for Eagle County Recreation Task Force Presentation and Vail Valley Marketing Board Two meetings have been set up for the Vail Town Council on two important policy issues, the Edwards Recreation site and the Vail Valley Marketing Plan. The specifics of these meetings are: Recreation Task Force Beaver Creek - 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 17th Village Hall - Molly Brown Room Purpose: To meet with other elected officials from Eagle County and hear the presentation of the Recreation Task Force concerning the Eagle County Recreation Complex - Eagle and Edwards sites. Vail Valley Marketing Board Avon - 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 3rd Avon Town Council Chambers Purpose: To meet with the Avon Town Council and the Marketing Board concerning the Board's proposed Marketing Plan for the summer of 1989. CRW/bsc a:~." ':~~, , ~.: 4i~. .. ~. 3 ' _. 75 south frontag® road vail, Colorado 81657 (303) 476-7000 office of the town manager April 6, 1989 Ms. Jeanne Roush Director of Research & People for the Ethical of Animals P. 0. Box 42516 Washington, DC 20015 Dear Ms. Roush: Investigations Treatment V~Y]L ~9~~ We have received your letter of March 29, 1989, and you and I have discussed that letter by telephone. In order to try and clarify this matter further, I again repeat that the Town of Vail does not have any plans to allow experiments to be conducted on live animals in Vail. I believe whatever information you have received is somewhat misleading and should have been checked further before making the allegation by letter. The Vail Valley Medical Center has requested and received approval from the Vail Planning and Environmental Commission and the Vail Town Council to build an addition to the Medical Center of approximately 30,000 square feet in order to accommodate the orthopedic surgical practice of Dr. Steadman. There are no plans approved, nor or there any proposed, for an animal laboratory to be included with that expansion. As a matter of fact, at the Town Council hearing where the expansion was being considered, Ms. Blondie Vucich stated similar allegations and the Vail Town Council made it clear that no such lab was being approved and a separate application and hearing process would be necessary before any such animal laboratory could be built in Vail. The Vail Town Council was quite responsive to Ms. Vucich's concerns and some members of the Council voiced similar concerns. I think it would be quite improbable for any type of animal laboratory which would do Ms. Jeanne Roush April 6, 1989 Page 2 experimentation on animals to be approved within the boundaries of Vail. I can understand your organization's concerns and your desire to bring attention to an issue about which you feel strongly, but I do not agree with your allegation that the Vail Town Council is planning to allow experiments to be conducted on live animals. The retraction of that allegation by your organization would seem appropriate. Sin er ly, Rondall V. Phill'ps Town Manager RUP/bsc cc: Vail Town Council Blondie Vucich Tom Fitch Ray McMahan PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS P.O. BOX 42516 WASHINGTON DC 20015 (202) 726 - 0156 (301) 770 - 7444 March 29, 1989 Mayor Kent Rose Post Office Box 2101 Vail, CO 81657 Dear Mayor Rose: On behalf of our over 250,000 members nationwide, among whom we count many health professionals, we are most distressed to learn of the town of Vail°s possible plans to allow experiments to be conducted on live animals for the purported purpose of studying ski injuries. Many of our ski-enthusiast members are already outraged to know that money is to be spent to inflict injury on healthy animals when more promising clinical studies are under-funded and when this story spreads, many more will ask how they can now relax and enjoy themselves in Vail in the shadow of animal suffering. The traditional failure to provide adequate, or any, post-injury painkillers for animals is something that would never be tolerated in human medicine. Please consider this. A review of the scientific literature reveals that the use of animals in the study of human orthopedic injuries is especially futile. In fact, Dr, Rodkey himself, in a paper involving artificially-induced knee injuries t fled "Medial Meniscus Repairs," cautioned that these surgically- created lacerations in animals "are not comparable to clinical injuries." Mayor Rose Page Two March 29, 1989 Of the many examples of references to the inapplicability of animal research in this area, here is an excerpt from a recent article in Technology Review, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "The mechanics of joints (also) differs from species to species. The replacement of wrists, knees, hips, and finger joints generally poses complex engineering problems because of the heavy mechanical loads involved and the range of motion required. Since there is no generally accepted large-animal model for most of the bones and joints that orthopedic devices are designed to replace, clinical evaluation in humans is the most significant test. Finally, humans live much longer than most animals. For prostheses that are intended to last a lifetime, animal studies are inadeQUate." Enclosed you will find brief descriptions of some of Dr. Rodkey's history of experiments on animals. I hope you will agree these are not the type of activities that represent the heart and spirit of Vail, Colorado. We urge you to withdraw your approval of them and thus deflect the storm that is brewing in the humane community. Sincerely, Jean e Roush Dire for of Research & Investigations cc: Mr, Ron Phillips, Town Manager Members of the Town Council Editor, The Vail Trail DRAFT Information concerning the animal experiments of [^].G. Rodkey, D.V.M. (identified as one of the individuals receiving grant money from Dick Bass of Vail, CO.): Dr. Rodkey is employed by the Letterman Army Institute of Research in California. Letterman is a frequent target of Animal Rights activists for its failure to publish an annual report of its research activities since 1982, and its use of animals in chemical warfare, laser, and mustard gas experiments. A Sample of Dr. Rodkey's Publications: 1. "Peripheral nerve injuries: studies in higher nonhuman primates." 1980. 2 baboons had both of their ulnar nerves (in their arms) surgically severed. Two different repair techniques were compared: in "baboon 1," there was no difference between the two techniques. In "baboon 2," there was a better result in one arm than the other. 2. "Neurorrhaphy after loss of a nerve segment: comparison of epineurial suture under tension versus multiple nerve grafts." 1980. Both ulnar nerves in cats severed and various repair techniques attempted and compared. No "statistical difference" observed. 3. "Acute anterior cruciate ligament injury and augmented repair." 1980. Published by the American Journal of Sports Medicine. Eleven dogs have a ligament in their knee surgically severed and repaired using another piece of knee ligament. 4. "Progressive ultrastructural changes after peripheral nerve transection and repair." 1982. Six rhesus monkeys underwent "sharp transection" and repair of both ulnar nerves "in order to determine the sequential events during reinnervation." Abstract concludes by stating that the clinical implication of this study is that "the ideal situation is the immediate repair of transected nerves." 5. "Acute anterior cruciate ligament injury and repair reinforced with a biodegradable intraarticular ligament. Experimental studies." 1982. Published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. 12 dogs have a ligament in their knee severed to test effectiveness of an artificial ligament. 6. "Medial meniscus repairs." 1981. Published by the American Journal of Sports Medicine. 20 dogs and 12 monkeys have ligaments in their knees lacerated, then repaired with a single suture to determine if these types of injuries should be allowed to heal rather than be operated on. *In the end, the authors caution that "the surgical lacerations in this study are not comparable to clinical injuries." 7. "Pharmacokinetics of hemoglobin infusion." 1983. Using dogs "to establish an adequate pharmacokinetic model." 8. "Splenic red cell sequestration and blood volume measurements in conscious pigs." 1985. Author is concerned because "reports on porcine blood volume measurement show a wide range of values...." Uses fifty-seven 2-3 month old pigs. Takes out the spleen of 31 of the animals, and operates on, but leaves spleen in, the rest. Subjects animals to physical restraint and epinephrine injection to measure effect of these on spleen's production of red blood cells. Pigs were "grabbed by the front legs, raised to a vertical position, and placed on its buttocks. This led to considerable agitation and struggle on the part of the animal, but it was physically restrained in such a position for 1 min." P.esults from this experiment correlated with results from experiments done in the '70's, as well as with results obtained from other animals known to sequester blood in their spleens (like the pig). 9. "A partially biodegradable material device for repair and reconstruction of injured tendons: experimental studies." •1985. Winner of "the basic science award." Published by The American Journal of Sports Medicine and presented at the meeting of the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine in Las Vegas. 40 rabbits had their Achilles tendons "severely injured," and repair attempted with a new material. All rabbits had some use of their leg by four weeks, but six animals "had a marked deficit in gait at the time of sacrifice...superficial infection was observed in three." Mr. Ron Phillips The Town of Vail Vail, Co. 81658 April 2, 1989 Dear Mr. Phillips, I am writing to let you }{now of something that you are probably already becoming aware of. And that is, that the animal rights movement in the world today is growing by leaps and bounds. We don't notice it so much here in Vail yet, but it is indeed soaring world wide. Make no mistake, that the average tourist vacationing in Vail is probably considerably more tuned in to the animal rights issues than we are. I am doing all that I can to see that people are informed of the many abuses that animals endure today. Animals are killed cruelly and. needlessly only to feed peoples vanity and to make only a very few people wealthy as in the case of the fur industry. Animals are tortured. and abused so unmercifully in animal experimentation labs - most of it needlessly. Animals raised for food are kept in confines that they can barely turn around in and are constantly pumped full of hormones, antibiotics, and toxic pesticides in order to keep them fat and alive long enough to be inhumanely slaughtered. There are many, many abuses of animals in the world today, and more and more people are standing up to say that they have seen enough. We have nothing to gain personally. We are not greedy, and we are not crazy. We are standing up for what we believe in our hearts is the right thing to do. You recently received a telephone call from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), regarding Dr. Richard Steadman. I understand that it did not go so well. I also understand that at times a guy can be caught a. bit off guard and react first and think second. I think that we've all been there. In any event, it is my sincere desire that we can all work together on this issue so that everyone wins. My mission of course, is to see that the animals win in Vail a.nd Eagle county. There should be no animal experimentation here! I have chosen not to go to the newspapers with this yet. I prefer to deal directly with you and the town council. I would like for the town to explore the avenues open to us to keep animal experimentation out of Vail. I tivould also lice the council to consider Aspens' lead in banning the sale of furs manufactured from animals caught in leg-hold traps. (The twelve member nations of the European Economic Community are making great strides in this area!) Better yet, consider banning the sale of furs altogether. (Aspen is worlcing on this noz~~, by the tray) . All of this is meant to be food for thought, for now. I hope that you do concern yourself more tirith the animal rights movement in America today. It is a hot issue and we are making great strides! .,___... Best Regards, f ., ._, '' r~ ~_ Tom Fitch P.O. 336 Vail, Co. 81658 cc: Kent Rose and the Vail Town Council Ralph Davis - VVMC Board of Directors .~ IOWn Ol V~9 :r`~ , 75 south frontag® road ,r~; PlU vafl, Colorado 89 657 ..,;.(303);';,' (303) 476.7000 office of the town manager March 27, 1989 Mr. Andy Moe 2019 Chamonix Lane Vail, Colorado 81657 Dear Mr. Moe: V~~,19~~ Thank you for your letter concerning the Town bus routes in West Vail. About a month ago, I requested the Public Works and Transportation Department to begin examining the existing bus routes and what might be done to improve them along the same general lines as you are proposing. Some of these issues have been examined in the past and have not been found to be feasible, but I am hoping that we have had enough change of condition and demand that some adjustments may be feasible now. I am sending your letter on to Stan Berryman, Director of Public Works and Transportation, for consideration by him and his staff as they are analyzing the bus route issue. We appreciate your concern and your willingness to share your ideas with us. Since ely, Rondall V. Phillip Town Manager RUP/bsc cc: Stan Berryman Skip Gordon a v ~1~YT tlYl®IG 2019 CFIMAONIX~ ~iN~ i1F:11~, ~1„Od~A9® 0i8~7 REC'0 MAR 2 ® 1989 1'~' ._s.1 ch 19''.^ Itis recommended that the `.t'o~~rn of Vail consider making; some minor changes to the idorth and Sout.}~ frontage road bus routes and schedules, luring peak usage periods, in the morning and late afternoon, when their is maximum shier and employee movement; it ~•rould provide more flexibility of utilization if the routes were modified as notedo Gn certain scheduled runs, the ~outll and T~dorth frontage road buses ~~rould pass under I 70 at the ~:iest Vail underpass and exchange routes to complete their rmns to the transportation centero This tirould pro~~ide for mope tr<~.nsportation flexibility, ''his could also possibly increase utilization of the bus system during the off season; when the buses often run ~~ractically emptye During the ski season, this exchange of routes ~•iould x~rovide the following additional services at minimum or rig cost: to Allow residents and visitors in :Nest Vail to utilize the Cascade Village lift, thus reducing the load on other lifts and reducing, to some extent, the parkin; problemso At the present time the Cascade Villa=•e lift is under utilizeda 20 Provide a means for personnel employed in Cascade Village and the 4leston, residing in hest Vail north a more expeditious means of getting to ~.~rorko In the present situation, many employees hazardlyspend 5 minutes crossing I 70 rather than spending 45 minutes or longer, busing to the transportation center and then transferring to the South Frontage road buses, 3o Provide for more expeditious and convenient means for personnel residing in :lest Vail to go to orork, or to utilize the gondola and other lifts at Lionshead; rather than walking across the pedestrian overpass in ski bootso ~+, Al1o4r for a more convenient route for people .from Lionshead and Intermountain to shop at Safetray and the Hest Vail areao ';/hen the new Post Office goes on line these changes in bus routes and schedules would provide service to the i~ost Office for residents and visitors without having to drive and parko Very minor adjustments to the t3outlz and T?orth frontage road bus schedules and routes could provide major increases in flexibility and convenience for resid.ants and visitorse ~ %~ ~`, `' , i I .~ _ ~ / - - /` ~ J / f ~/// ~ ,•l` _. - ~ . _.~ ...V/ ~ V _ __ ...,,. -- -- ~-~`~~.~ . .~i LCD-v_`~-~~~ .~Gc~-2 ~ ~-~=1/c.h c_, L --- - ~. ~~ /~J ~~~-~.-~-~--~ ate., .__ ~ -- -- --- G~~~ -- ~~ ~~ - ~- r (a~'Q~ C~~~ - - - ---U `- G~"~J o - - -~ - -~---- - - _ ._ _. ~ ~l~ ~_ ~~~~yy ~~ ~~ / ~ -~ --- ~. ~~'' `` ~ ~ri_. ,-~d~.. _ -~ ` L~? ~~ ~_ ~~~~~ --- ~ - - . ~~ Vic., -~i - - -- . ~-~~~,-~x~_ - ~`~~ _ __ ~Gc,;Z~ ~4~~ ~~ - -- - - - ~ ~~, ~ ~ ~~~ ~~~ ~ ~ cx ~_ -- - -- - ---- - -~~- `7~Z~s~c..~~._... ---- ------ -- - -- -- .~_ _ .. . __: _ . - ~a . ~G~ ~~GGC-~ ~ ~-,vv ~i1'tGX ~ /~ %J ~ -O /eC~YS~-Pi -~-~LcrL~ 9~Wn ~d Y81 75 south frontag® road vall, Colorado 81857 (303) 476-7000 office of 4he flown manager April 3, 1989 Mr. Charles Ogilby P. 0. Box 820 Vail, Colorado 81658 RE: Intermountain Swimming Pool Site Dear Chuck: V~,19~9 The Vail Town Council is aware of Rick Pylman's discussions with you over the past year or so concerning the possible purchase of the Intermountain swimming pool site by the Town. The Town Council is interested in this primarily in order to get control of the site so that the unusable swimming pool and structure can be removed and the site cleaned up. The Town Council has authorized me to make the following offer for purchase by the Town of Vail of the Intermountain pool site: 1. The Town of Vail will pay you $20,000 in cash at closing. - 2. The Town of Vail will cover any closing costs so there will be no closing costs to the owner. 3. Real estate transfer tax will be waived as provided under the real estate transfer tax ordinance. 4. The Town of Vail will pay for an appraisal of the property which you can use for income tax purposes. 5. The Town of Vail will be responsible for building demolition and site clean up. Mr. Charles Ogilby April 3, 1989 Page 2 6. There will be no deed restrictions on the site imposed by the present owner. If these terms are acceptable to you, please let me know and Larry Eskwith will draft a contract. We appreciate the opportunity to deal with you in this matter in order to be able to accomplish the removal of the unused facility from that site. Sincerely,. ~, / / ; Rondall V. Phillips Town Manager RUPlbsc cc: Vail Town Council Larry Eskwith Rick Pylman iM two o ~`~ .,,~ max. 75 south frontage road ' ^~~' aa(I, Colorado 81657 (303) 476-7000 office o4 4 ovvn a~4ornoy April 6, 1989 County Commissioners Eagle County P. 0. Box 850 Eagle, Colorado 81631 RE: Organization of the Eagle Valley Television Metropolitan District Gentlemen: The Town of Vail hereby wishes to withdraw its request for exclusion of property from the Eagle Valley Television Metropolitan District dated March 29, 1989. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Very truly yours, '~ ~~~~~ Lawrence A. Eskwith .Town Attorney LAEJbsc gown ~ dao 75 sou4h fron4age road veil, Colorado 81657 (303) 479-2136 T0: CHARLIE WICK FROM: PAM BRANDME~F DATE: 07APR89 RE: BACKGROUND REGARDING THE PROPOSED 1976 WINTER OLYMPICS I have assembled the attached material, which I hope will reflect the concerns and issues at hand when a state-wide election was held in 1972 regarding the proposed hosting of the 1976 Winter Olympics. Contacts and contributors to this project are as follows: State Archives Western History Department/Denver Public Library (retrieval through Annie Fox, Vail Public Library) Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues - Dick Lamm, Chairperson (unwilling to comment) Governor's Office Monaghan and Associates - Jim Monaghan, political consultant and former aide to Dick Lamm National Civic League - John Parr _ ...t~~ .. ............. . 46-Rocky Mountain News Thurs., Feb. 10, 1972, Denver, Colo. il,~ a o ~ - ~ ~ o ~ i 13,y ItIC11A.Ii Rocky Mounf, SAPPORO, Japan - T nritlc:e (DOC) still isn't he 1o pill the alpine events o .rt Vai]/L'eaver Creek neat '1'hc area turns out to be virgin ]and and Urc U.S. Forest Service (USE'S), under orders from Washington, is considering whether it should be included in tr new wilderness area surround- ing Lhe Blount of Lhe Holy Cro§s. William Lucas, USE'S regional director in Denver, said here R'ednesday he must make a written recommendation to the chief U.S. forester by June 30. Lucas also is a member of the DOC and is here to observe the 1972 «'irrter Olympics. P.I?(e_tF:AT10N POTENTYAL Ile said that alUrough the Bea- ver Creek area, about ].0 miles west of Vail near Avon, is "roadless" and has never seen development, his office always has considered it t.o be a site for l:ol:cnl.ial recreational develop- ment. IIe said public meetings on the mal.ter will be held before April 7. (In Dem-er, USES officials said the first such meeting has keen set for 7:30 p.m. 11larch 9 in Vaill. 1'he key issue to decide ID O'R I:I LLY yin News Writer he Denver Organizing Com- Ime free with its new plan f i.he 197G, Winter Olympics Avon. is whether the area would be de- celol,ed into a ski resort even if it weren•'t selected as the Olym- pic site, Lucas said. The DOC has never said any- thing publicly about the wilder- ness classification issue. It was revealed here Wednesday in an of`hand remark by Peter W. Sei- bert, board chairman of Vail As- sociates Inc., following a press conference in which the DOC de- scribed its new sites. Vail Asso- ciates has agreed Lo foot the bill for ;most of the development of Beaver Creek for the Olympics. Seibert said Fail Associates has been trying to acquire the land at heaver Creek for fivo years and first approached the IDOL about designation as the alpiilC site last Augnst. He denied that Vail Associates was trying to use the Olympics to force the USES to let it devel- op an area which otherwise wouldn't be developed. He said drat since the USES always bas considered the area as open for development, he was sure Vail Associates would be forward a decision on June 30 to he already has a letter of inter allowed to develop it even with- Chic[ Forester Cliff for review iqi credit to finance the project out Lhe Olympics. and inclusion in a master rec- from the 'United Bank of Den- Lucas explained that after ommendation al a national ba- ver. Congress passed the Wilderness sis. Still lacking is any contract Act of 1964, Chief U.S. Forester o If Beaver Creel; isn't desig- between the DOC and Vail Asso- L;chvard Cliff ordered all his re- Hated as part of a wilderness ciates, he said. All they have be• gions to survey their roadless area when the June 30 decision tween them at this areas .ror possible designation as point is a is made, the regional office verbal agreement. wilderness. Final reports nation- would anticipate immediate des- wide are due June 30, he said. CONTILAGT ITF.DYS ignition of Beaver Creels as a To be decided, before any con- AI)Vh:ItSE AhFECTS winter sports site. tract is signed is what the DOC IIe pointed out that Beaver Lucas said the decision will will a for and what Vail Asso- Creek is only a tiny part of the a-p~rd on what the rublic has to P y. 1 c~ I ciates will pay for, Seibert said 4.5 million acres of roa ass' say~aY„~ a hearings. But, he add- ~phile Vail Associates has ,areas in Colorado. W d H 11 )a attention onl to Its develo ment as a sk' ~• / ~ l y y agreed to provide the ski lifts, P a "~a~~, to emotional argu- race trails and housing for ath- wouldn't adversely affect re - ment . letes, officials and press, there lion of a new wilderness t~ a practical matter, the are other items the DOC must surrounding the Mount of th. 'fJs vould he dealing a death Holy Cross, he said. ~ lilo'w to the Olympics in Colora- pay for, such as working quart- Lucas issued a five-~ointl ers for press and broadcasters, 1 do if it didn't allow the Beaver timing and scoring facilities, statement on the matter: !Creek site to be developed. and parking beyond what Bea- The USF5 plans have al- And that could be emhar• ver Creek will require after the ways regarded Beaver Creek as rassing, since tho Nlxon ad- games. opmentle for recreational deve]- n,in[stration, tbrougb Interior Ted Farwell, DOC technical Public m e e t i n g s will be Secretary lingers C. 1;. 117or- hel.d until April 1 to provide ptrb-+ ton, came out stronGly fn sup- tic input on the best way to man-i P°rt of the Denver OI}•mpic Lid when it seemed in clanger age the area. of being rrvolced by the Inter• ~ The district forest supervi- national Olj•mplc Committee sor will pass on a recommcnda-I (IOC) here last week. lion about the limits of the pro-I Seibert said Vail Associates is posed wilderness area to the re- prepared to spend 59.5 million to ;tonal director. ~ $~ million developing Beaver ® The regional director wiIllCreeh for Olympics ase. Ile said director, said there is no way at this point to know how much all that will cost. He said he is seeking a budget for the coining fiscal year to pay for that kind of operational planning. - ~ ~ '~, • enef~t~ ® ~ OI r~r, icy ~ ~ are ~s uted ~ Gov. Love ray It 1('llAlill O'Itl?I1.1.1• Rocky Mountain New:a Nrircr ~ Copyrlphr 1971, Denver Publishing Co. It was a hif;h honor for Denver to be chosen fo host the ]S17G Winter Olympics, according to Clifford H. Buck, president of the United States OI}~mpic Commil- trc IUSOCI. < "Now if the people shrnc they no kmgcr remd the c~nles. Denser and Colorado will be dis-. - grarcli natiun;dly and internalinnallr," Buck said. ., Rut hcu men who don't v:ant the OlJanpics in ('clnradu .urn'( ahr L•ayt rc, cried ahrn1i11oU of fare. They are State Reps. Lick L;+uun. vcr. and Rob Jarhson, I}Pueblo. Y "No Olympicv has ever left a community anylhialg other plan being proud. but ix,nr," l.:nnm said. ianun said he'd rather admit to his ronslilu- rn!s he mode a mistake when he voted for a -sulutirm supimrting the Olympics in l!M37 than br soy hl them nnrv, "1'm going to raise your !aces to build a ski lump... Jachsnn askcrl nc~tnrir.ally it spending tax munry for the g;uncs is a social priority. "1 don't Think it is." he said. "R'hy sell Colorado?" Jackson asked. "Is this vital Inc us hl du? I Ibinh we're oversold. Our state is nttraclivc to us Just because o'e hose some unt•.hlilercd villas and some pretty sh'C;Ilrly. "R'e should slop and think rvhelhcr roe want In rhnnge t}u' open aspect of our cnvirmlmenl here. I rlou't think we a';ml lo." Pu.Llir•ity Jor Grlen•udo A .laclam, s:yid the OlynlPins (rill bring a Ini of people echo kill w:uri 1n bring Hove dcvctcp- mrnl to Ihr stale. ~( I Ir, sold dcvelnpment in itscll isn't evil. but ih:d Culnrub, alrendc has ;a "ICrriblc problem.. controlling robot decrlolnncnl, it dues have. .lorlson :nut lanum have brcn tryine In kill the Olympics in ihr ('ulm'ado Lcgislalure, but neither esprrts In sucrrud. 'I'bc~• inh'nlhlrrd 1lnusc kill Ilid; in carte Frhru: u'y :uul it. has languished in cnmmit(re seer sine^. ]t enndd pruilibit nm• more state money. from being spent tnl the games. hulcul of alan•uving that hill. the Legisla lure is rccll nn its way (n giving Ihr. llenr'cr Or gnnizin:; Cunnnillec 11XK:1 $6Ul1,Ul1U. Lost rccek the Senalc approved the long bit containing :m approprintinn of $170.11U0 as a su pirmrnlail for This year plus an addil ions E4Yd.U0p fur next fiscal year. And now the Ilous Is cnnsidcring i[. 'rho money is appropriated In the Division o Loral Government specifically to be given t the llOC. Rut even if .I ackson and Lamm can'[ get ri of the Olympics their reay, there are a couple other methods which citizens could pursue o their men if that's their inclin;dion. One is In give Denver voters a chance In 9n whether they favor hosting and paying for ih Olympics or nut. ICs loo tale now 1o get that question on th May 15 city election hallo[, bit a petition Brie rnukl force Dem•er City Council In calla spe- cial election on the matter. I[ would take petitions with alwut 20.0(ro aal- id signatures of registered Uencer voters. ac- cording to Don Nicholson, secretary of the Den- ver P;Iection Commission. Nicholson explained the Cih• CharterPmv- ides that. cil Hens can prlil inn Tor a lyre ial rlrr- lion by gathering signatures of 1:, per cent o[ the number n( voters who cast ballots in the last citywide election. j' a . {p 1.'lei.-; f F r,~~Y ~ ~ ~ :.i '~ - ~ ~ , 5~r~ i ri>= > _ .__ K. .. ~ ~.nnt~~'-"i ~ra~ 1967 nettnicipal electiort ~~1~"""' tip`' '~'~~~ ~ ~ i ~ ;~~ Al the moment, that was the ]9fi7 maym•-City ~` Council election in which 141,300 voted 13ut if r -' r ` Lhe petitions were submitted after Dfay ]R, it e i''- f ~ t ~ .Cr would take IS per cent of the number voting ~ 1 ~" r J^ ~ ~' then. „~,: -t ~.- ~ v~~y~, ..d' ., Upon receiving petitions containing enough .~;r. ~ "'~ - valid signatures, council wnultl be requirnd to '~ ~ ~ i,,. ~',~ ~ { ~' ,'t ~, call a special election within 60 days. Nicholson ,~ ry g t explained. ~ - Another approach, accorrligg to Lamm, •' ~ -y~ '~1- a•add be a taxpayer suit to bait the use of slate ,~ funds fur the Olympics. He said the Colorado r .a.•::.;~ 5,__ Constitution in Article V, Section 39, prohibits Mayor McNichols Rep. Lamm Rep. Jackson spending state money by aqv organization "not under the absolute control of the slide." The most dramatic part of the flee-point res_ ver doesn't want to do this. And there's nn sorb 1•he DOC, which rlocs spend state money, olution Passed by COSC last month says that nu lwssibility, there's no such indication anywhere isn't under any state control. ~ more slate money should he spent for the in the state." Lamm. an attorney, said he's researchrrl the games "until more. pressing statewide environ- Ibnald F. lliagarrell, general secretary of Issue and Thinks a Stale Supreme Court decision mental needs have been funded." the DOC, said if the Olympics "were just a fll- makrs it clear it's unconstitutional lur the DOC As examples, it Hofer( that the statewide air day thing I would have to agree that it would be to get. state money. pollution mrnlihving system was denied money; foolish." lle said a group of }•,vergreen residents once the Game, Fish and Parks llivision's budget to a ~ considered [ilia such a suit, hut•h,we ab:m- Sou.l'Ce o nnliorud n•irle g buy more parts has been cut; anti that the Col- Boned it now that it appears nofiefaF~th~i rats orado Water Pollution Control Commission nev- But it's much more than that, he explained, will be in Evergreen. it , .~'~~ 'O er has enough money' in do its job properly. "This is going to be a source of national pride." 't'he man who has led Iho ~VC 'rP~' 11d ul COSC also urged that: ]le said Lt's the event which gives meaning to Ilills opposition since it began in 996ihs ~rlflce a The planning commission to review DOC the four-year period unlit the next Olympics. R. Dittman, retired University. M D_ en<,cr ILrv decisions "should be sh'uctured and have suf- "Ynu am't measure everything in terms of professor. ~ ''''t ~e~- ~ ficicnl aulhm'ity so as In assure Ibat environ- dollars." llagarrell said. lliltman, who lir•es near the Pnlix/sed huh- mental pruleclion will be of first importance." "IL's an excellent way for Colorado to spend sled and loge runs in Indian Ilills, and a few o[ 0 A reliable determination o[ the residents' its money." according to Ted Farn•ell, hOC his neighbors began their opposif ion In that and reillingnrss to base any events in their cnm_ technic:d division manager. "Look what it cost the Nordic silos, then also proposed fur Iruli:ul nninily he m;vlc before any sites are put there. us in Play golf on Ihr. moon." Ilills, otter hearing about Them on the radio. O 'the rules gm'crning Ule Olympics should Goa. Lrn'e sees the value of the games in 'they hlrmed Protect Our Mountn in linvirnn- be relaxed so That maximum use of esisling terms of the "right kind oC economic activity," meat f POI I), which has since grown to more sports facililics anti stirs can be marls. rather which is already developing in the state; atlver- ihan 500 Paitl members, he said. 'I•hcir first cir- Iban building new sites just so They will be close tiling Colorado's reinter sports; and providin;; Ivry came when the DOC moved the Nordic enough l0 1>em~er. ~ . useit~} ~,~c~~aflf`a•J(1g,a~;~Rrcx;ar•s- ~' ~ - events a tew_ ~~e w tiue~ ule -~. Isw,?°•Sti551kiife7i°iiPPftur.ar rnns~--iiiFuiveTii-i,hiilriiJi~ ~ ud" sta[;ihZ~lne-(;alli(C~ '..There's a great content of pride, ac far as and Then Evergreen residents began to opne~ye should open their meetings and their records to I'm concerned, that we are going to host utc having the Nordic events and ,joined FODiP:. the Ptthhr-•nP P P world," Lnve said. Dittman's battle with the DOC brg;m :mc•w. Olhrr n nsitian 1n the Olym icy Is develo Undrnlbtedly there are m;my Colm'adans i)It I1ItS('S T Uer~{rPr'rl. 911Q ing, loo, both among individual citizens and in echo hold similar cir. res and who haven't s;iid Today when Dittm ml speaks for POMI•: he groups. Fur instance. now that Steamboat nturh ahnnt the ^_ames ono rvay nr the other. Sprints is bring considered as a site for some Throe ore wa}'s for them to shurv Ihcir .cnl.- rrorfinrs his remarks largely In oppnsin,*, Olcm- of the Nrn~rlie evenly, some opposition Iris i t Perhaicc tbr, most meaningi;ll reay is br' plc events in the Evergreen-button Ilills area. sl.,run;; up there. Glucslionnairrs srekia:rz uublic ~ ~ ' ~ to the DOC. Paver dollar it gets in Rut personally he's oppnst•d to having the <•nr h~i bntin„ Y opinion are being circulated in foµ'n' donations is anotilcl dollar the taxpayers rcnn'I games anywhere in the slate. "Nobody knmvs Some Olympic nlticials are more generous in lure to rovide. rchelhcr the majority. of the people reould react their feelin s toward the critics than others. P The End - g~ fur iu;~nce, the Olympics. R'o've never concerned," llit!- 13urk, 'the USOC president, man said. "IL sets a dangerous precedent fora doesn't Think much of all the criticism. "I lhinlc (crv men to be able to obligate hvo million pro- it's unforwnate that a vocal minority can and plc." dues gir•e the impression that it's speaking for Another Evergreen group opposed to h:ir'ing more people than it is," he said. any of the events there is the Mountain Area r~111LQYS rnont f or dissent' Planning Council IMAPCI. Its president for the last 1'cm'. IJOnglas P. Anclhcr view is expressed by Richard I1. 01- ,lones, said, "I have questions and reservations son, chairman of the Coluratlo Olympic Crnn- .,,t mission. "There's always room for dissent and t - properly so," he said. "but I'd like to see pcu- The QoyiT1P~6T5 ple convert this info a chance to do some Ixxi- five things." Olson said hosting the games "gives us a sand Colorado milestone cur Planning." }le Thinks gelling frd- cral nlnnry in rid the stales bichre:rys nl bill- 6th of a series hoards and building a rapid transit demonstra- tion system in Uencer al's teen possihilil ies. .°: '• "I don't think it's too mild a rlrcam," he r -- -. :. ..• .:..._ '1 _ to the Evergreen sites. p- so his group threatened to go to Amsterdam of into effect. tal>.nd the Olympirsl, f don't dcny'thc validity of the Olympic spirit. Rut I'm not sure today. i[ eve nrctl to sell Colorado to anyone. "Is an Olympic-caliber jump complex a.rcal asset to the people of llcm~cr when Urnacr is full of people who don't have a way to get in the munntains and then don't have a picnic tnblr lu sit at when Ihcy get there?" In late ]909 lU1PC accepted a Brat nn the DOC board, offered as a result of its opi:usitiun ];ut (hen MAYC realized the DOC rr•asn't 1 doing anything to change the sites, Jones said, anti salxNage Denver's efforts W get the IOC; to give 1t the games. Jones said this ploy won T1APC a special ( resolution by the DOC that it would re-evaluate u the Evergreen sites. Neither he nor Dittman are happy that it's d Taken the DOC so long to put that resolution n The Evergreen-lntlian Ilills sites are being re-evaluated now, though, by the DOC:. y A recent but prestigious critic of the Olynr e pies is the Colorado Open Space Council ICOSCI, a coordinating council of 36 cnvirnn- c mental groups with a total membership of c IW,OW. sou. (;. D. lhlbba rd, iN1C h•casan'cr. said, "11'hriher ur not o'c shotOd have the Olympics is nut an issue. ]t can't hr, an issue. We've gut f hem The only issue is how's me hest way In hold them.'. "1 Las the \Cinta• Oh•mpics ruined Srr'ilzcr- land i the host in 191E and 794131'" albeit Merrill I L'astines, publisher of Cnloradn Magazin<'. "This is grand business. Our people should be pulling logcthec" Steve linuwlton, managing director of Cnh>- rndo Ski Country US:1, sold the games will ben- efit the slate's skiing industry. He also admits they n•ill probably Icad to longer lift lines. The ski area ollcratnrs "hate to hove more people to keep going." linorclton said. And that to e:uls Coloradans will have to stand in longer lines. "tht6lrtunately (the ski areas) cannot be supixlrled by the local people," Iinorvllon slid. \lavnr Bill McNichols thinks the Olympics will txncfit tourism. "I think tourism will be our number one industry in a short time," he said. "I think it's a beautiful opportunity to ex- prrse the city," McNichols said. "You Just can't measure hmv beneficial it will be." He said the cnntrocersy over the Olympics ^has probably hurt us by indicating that Den- lc,~~~, r` A 1.9G9 ice to inve unexpected troversv o Colorado. The inventory list, which was two years in the malting, was completed last Nov. 15. It at- tracted little attention until last week when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ac- cepted the designation+ of the Vail-Beaver Creel: area, two miles south of Avon, as the site for the 1976 Alpine events. Almost the entire Alpine site is on the undeveloped land list, and therefore subject to a varie- ty of administrative reviews during the next five months. Forest Service officials expect a series of public meetings on the undeveloped lands to become the newest forum for the debate over where and whether the Olympic games should be held. A public meeting has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Marcel 9 at the ' Municip-al Building in Vail. A Forest Service spohes- -•n said he expected the future ;'~ `f ~ l;}- AiL 7I~Nll~lfl'~ Rocky Movnfarn News Writer decision by the chief of the U.S. ntory all "undeveloped" Forest ly has >Jecome a factor in the ver the 1J7G Winl~er .Olympics, . of Ule newly selected Alpine site to be vigorously discussed at that time. 7PLe Il~ orest Set•~•ice invento- r~• of undc~~cloped land in- cludes 4.3 million acres in a;'o1- ora.do, contained iu 1.71 differ- ent areas of the state's nation- al forests. 7l'he laud has little in common beyond th~~ basic critcri.~ that It Must be In blocla of 5,000 areas or snore and he n•ithout "constructed roads." "~~'e have a lot of areas on the list which may be (tall of Jeep trails or old logging roads, but we exclude areas where roads actually leave been built," a Forest Service spokesman said. The directive issued by Ed- ward Cliff, c}liet of the U.S. For- est Service, requires forest su- pervisors to evaluate the unde- veloped lands in their jurisdic- tions and to make recommenda- tions to the regional forester by ~~ ~ ~ Forest Serv- Service land OII~OIng con- scheduled for June 30, on those areas which may qualify as wilderness areas under the ~~~ilderness Act. Tom Evans, forest supervisor for the \~'hite River National Forest, said the proposed Alpine events site is on the notthern cdl;e of a ]arl;e •u•ea-_tillat itl- cludes the Mount"~.of _t'~e 1-soly Cross, a potential "'lrue~~~~~ r- ness" site. ~ ' ; ci} 1Lvuus csti~na~ti' tGtlit 84t penetration el~'~ f~~ox_ost=~~latt wouldn't exccctdti~'~~gotd~rflc,,'~if miles antler fete [iroposetg •de- velopnlent h;~~ Fail Associates, which lots l-romised to spend g2.2 tuillion Lo develop the Vail--3eaver ~Jreek site. Iie ernl~~hasized that the inclu- sioxi on the undeveloped invento- ry list doesn't mean a specific piece of land is suited for wil- derness or "roadless" designa- tion. Some of this undeveloped land, he said, may be best used for watershed, timber, game or recreation purposes. Evans pointed out that flee area ,chosen by the IOC was rec- ommended ire a 19G9 recreation- al inventory us a potential ski site. The White River National For- est contains 700,000 acres of un- developed land in `lG sections, the largest of which is more than 100,000 acres. There .is r.•o re~lson to believe the small anwunt of .land near Avon is anymore spited for wil- derness designation than thou- ~: sands of other acres nearby. Ev- ans said. "'That's why ~i•e'll be reviewing it." ~, ea ;.. ..~ ,~ui~ - - ; ~-"~ ' t;r ~h~ ~ ~ 1 ~~ ~' A=. ~a .. ;~~..:.~:.F The -latest:-. opinion pol;:.=on ^ology . bv, ~%estern Federal ~avir:gs- show;g some residents F iretropQlitarr.Dehver believe :: sironger_ lsws prohibiti.*~g- Iit=. e. ing and industrial pollution=:. The majority. of: 1.,420=persons, ~~~iied aIsa: corsi~er.: the :.1976' winter OIympics -. a, serious .~: eat ta:: Colorado's mountain :r,viroriment:`And a Ia"ge ~a-~ :ority` believes Iaws should -bey gassed, to_~prchibit. pri ~Taie use >f insecticides and cherucais.:. Strong;:: ,i~iaior- also - e~;ists :=~,~;r~t nuelea_r blasts.in. west-~ `ri!' Cn10r2da; J.P_ eXpl0ratlQiL.IOr'~ atural, gas: ~~ , .~:~` ;.:- _~ ~ . s o ::: they=~ ques~icn; ., ' "Should ~. trongAr~~an~i-litter"..-. laws-bA sassed ,.,act ` ~stri~tly - eT:fbrced, ven thoi~~~ : enforcement .:mad e costly`.; ~~ 9Q:a,. er:: cent: an-..l P. veered "~ - '~-~._;;.>,~ ~ =~_: ~_`r;=" -~'.: ~ e~ .:, "Do;yacr:tklinl~mdustrSTshoi~td e prabi~+-~i:.;€rotiL=d;sC1~3rging h°micals;deed slot.` Este .and; t h e r `. .pollutants "- iI1tQ~`. aur' __ ar.~~ .,ard . intote~tY~e ._~rounc :. even:; to : t"a. ~ poilzt. where roper ~ disgosal~be:~omes, eca~~ .~mi:call~= nipra~tical?.'_':~o.'fi~ts ~psiloX_,.5~;8 pesaid' des.'? ~,+,;+~-~,.~ .x:_,~y.r :~ bot,ie;;R ti;~:::1t~7~`~.nfer' 6jy- iu, .pies . pose ~ a _ serirni~;th~~eat-~:te Colorado's.;:mountain~~ environs went :' "~ .58.2, per;. cent .of the an- - savers- r;, erg ~~ty es:" _'~ - - -- - To the:_~: g1erY~=-' <=Do ~,y'au 1'3211ev$ .. th°-_nuilderm-Cimr~. nu- ~~ 4JL11 cear blasts. i:,.western Colorado ~, ~ rnnd~ictad ::IZI':.Ei~1~r3CIC?:^.. f:~^ ratural.gas should be permitted to continue.?"-,; fi3.3. per cent an- _ .. _ .: A total- of 51.2 per cent of arose polled answered . "no':' ~ .hen . .asked. - "Do you : think plans to esplait: the ocean's reso~.Lrces may seriously endan- g~r ~ uman life?" i T 2 average age of the ?,4ZQ s, who filled out questionnaires + .}'as 34.Q2 years.. ' tine ~ person polled wrote, , "-.hat aboui the individual's ~~~ilIingness to drive less ... ~ walk, ride public iranspor-!' . tCl.iVn, bicycle more-his ~,~-ill-~! ~~ i,~~bness to :educe hiJ own ~I ~~aste'"' The poll vas taken recently, a* ~i'estern r ederal Savings, home office at 17th and Califor-~i 7;i2 Streets, gad in Cherrv Creek, Ci^derelia. City, ~%est-~i 1 r?. Lakeside and Aurora it b1•anch offices: ~ (~ ~uu°$f;®ff~sea°ues `~`7'~ ~ ~~ X10 %- ~~~ - ~ rid ~ , _~ I:y l: t('1lAltll (1'It t;ll•1,\'i/~~ ~ y~ ty ` i•" 'a"+&vY 'i"'3~T.x'trtYC x~~ Rori<v hlnunrmn Nr,vs Writer •~'. ~ `.". ~`i1~'~, ? i•He~.+a~~`. ,.; C~°` t~ ~ 9sk s t .`~" C.- ~,y~-. - K ~ a~. Growth and money-those are•thekek ~~ '~,' issut~s in the conirovelsy over the~19i6 .~ , ~ 4 .._ \Vintrr Olympics. ~ , S r~~r e`?c„yy~. 'I'hc Denver Olympic Organizing Commilt.cr _ ~ ~. ° 'qyt rl)Of)CI and rte ft tends claim the flames mill r,~t ~ ~&"t'~- ~n~l nn mm's than S35 million, with only $4.3 ~. a nulliun of that yet to come [rum the stale trcas- e'--~ ~~~a ~~ -A f, ' u rv. ~ .: e1nr1 Ihry say Ihr games will hoer, nn effect nn Ihr slate's grotvlh. except possibly to stimu- Inte passage of land use loo s which would make that gmw'th more ordrrly. I;nt many people, led by Citizens for Colora- do's I~nlure (CCF), lust don't believe that's I etc. 'fhry areuc that the games will cost far nmre-Irerhaps as much as ?100 million. And lhry claim the heavy Television rover- age will draw unn•anted settlers to the stale, particularly t.n the Front Range cities and al- ready booming ski resorts. Rural towns and counties which really need the growth won't benefit, they say. Voters must choose which side they believe by Nov. 7, when they decide the [ales of State Conslitnlional Amendment 8 on the statewide ballot and Cily Charter Amendment 1 on the Denver ballot. Amendment S prohibits the slate from [ur- Iher Olympic spending and indirectly kills the likelihood that Congress would provide federal oruney to help build futilities foi the Games. A "Yes" vote would, approve the amcnchnent and kill the.0lyntpics in Colorado, while a "No" cote wquld defeat the amendment and save the Olympics. UNpItECEUF,NTEt) VOTE On City Amendment 1 a "For" vote would stop city spending fur the Games while an "Against" vote would allow spending to contin- ue. This vote is unprecedented in the 76-year history of the modern Olympic Games. Other cities have voted on whether to bid for hosting th'e Games-citizens of Zurich, Switzerland, de- cided overwhelmingly not to seek the 1976 Wirt- ter Games several years ago-but never has there been a vote after a city already had been awarded the Games. Denver won the right to host the Comes i\fay ]2, 1970, on the promise they would be inexpensive by present-day standards and all erents would be near Denser so that all ath- letes could live in one Olympic Village. Even though cost estimates have increased 2'.z Umes since then, Dem~er still plans to do it much cheaper Than did Sapporo, Japan, last f'ebruary or Grenoble, France. in 1968. No superhighways, subways, city halls, airports or other expensive civic improvements will be built in Dem•er. ]t was those kind of pro,jectc, rather than di- rer.[ Olympic facility and staging costs, that comprised the bulk of the $240 million spent at Grenoble and $l.3 billion at Sapporo. But the single Olympic Village concept, along with plans to keep everything near Den- ver, has gone by the wayside. Now there will be three villages to serve sites in and near Denver, Vail-Beaver Creek and Sleti~rtboat Springs. 'PCC7INICAL FACTO115 ' The changes were dictated by a combination of technical factors. and late-blooming political savvy nn the part of the DOOC. Two reasons were the scarcity of snow east of the Continen- tal Divide and the loud public opposition to riles near Evergreen. 'Those changes and others, such as present ,. "" g 1. Richard Lamm Henry Kimbrough efforts to make the DOOC more representative u[ the whole {xtltulalicut and to elevate the staff In top-notch professional levels, were slow in coming. As a result more than i i.000 elig_ ible voters had become so exasperated by last spring that they signed petitions circulated b7 CCF to place the stale amendment on the ballot. 1n a year in which the initiative process was used more titan in any other year in tits state's histo- ry, the Olympics issue drew the ntr>rt signatures ever collected on statewide initiative petitions. In late summer CCF found another 10,000 persons in Denver to sign similar petitions to put the coy amendment on the ballot. ' The result is the most expensive stale politi- cal campaign in this year's election. IL's also the most lopsided media campailm ever waged here. Pro-0lympics forces are going to blitz TV viewers, radio listeners and newspaper readers with more than $150,000 worth of advertlsing. CCF can afford only a few out-state radio spots with its $2,000 budget and is relying on an army of dedicated doorbell ringers to carry its mes- sage. LARGISLY ON FAT1T1 Many observers contend the outcome of this issue is more important .to the state's future titan the election of any of the state political candidates. The irony is that in the final analysis voters mast make their choice on the Olympics isStte largely on faith. Neither side can guarantee that its view is right But a detailed examina- tion of both side's claims will at least give some ttuidelines. State Rep. Richard D. Lamm. 1}Denver, is the leading spokesman for the anti-Olympics forces. A lawyer, accountant, law school administrator, skier and mountain climber, Lamm has long been identified with the anti- growth faction in fife stale. Olympic boosters have accused him and CCF, which he organized, of wanting W build a fence mround the state to keep newromets out. Not true, Lamm protests. lie's all for growth in the state's 32 counties tahirh lost population between 1960 and 1910. But he thinks Denver and the whole Front Range corridor is big enough already. Lamm said it the Olympics could bring growth to Lamar or the San, Luis Valley or Durango, he would be all for them. But he con- tends they won't, since it will be Deriver anti Vail and Steamboat Springs which world televi- sion viewers see. Henry C. I{imbrough directs Coloradans for the '76 1Vinter Games, a mostly anonymous group of big businessmen w-ho ore funding the campaign to defeat the Olympic referendums. (Concluded ou 1'agc Is) Wed., Nov. 1, 1972, Deriver, Colo. Rocky Mountain News-15 r~h~ Viands ke 01 m ec iss Y Y p aes lCnntinurd from page R) A Republican who lives in the pinon pine and srreb oa'; co ntry near Castle Rock, Kim_ brough is on leave from his job as assistant to 1,t. Gm~ Tnh•t Vmtderhonf. He said the growl.h iscne isn't valid. Colorado is already welt lotrnvn to winter sports fans across the nation-- the same people w'ho trould be expected to come here for the Olympics. Besides that, 1{imbmugh and the p000 say that only' al:out ? i 000 auto[-state visitm•s could be expected to attend the Games-far fewer than the number of outof-state tourists who traipse through the state evet}• summer. Three- quarters of fhc Olympic spectators will he Colo- radans, they say. And that's something the ll000 ran rnntml by ticket allnlmenis. As [or the Mfect of television, Kimbmugh said the state already gets plenty o[ TV cover- age through football games. "I don't think anytndy is saying we ought to slop playing (oolball." he said. .lobo Parr, a GCF coordinator, sees the tele- vision sihtalion differently. I~Ie em•isirots Ncw 1"orkers or Chicagoans trapped in the clutches of a nasty winter turning nn their TV sell to see a commentator in Denser nn one of those Ire- yuent sunny, warm winter days taking his audience on a tour of Denver's parks and other beauty spots. :VOlxtdy's going to jump up right then and move to llenver, Parr said, but the idea would be planted and someday the move would be made. NEXT: How much and who pays? '' V ~'~-/_~1 ~ ~ ; - dF. r0~31-'~ ., y~~~ f ~ ,• ~" .. .~ •: f~ / ~~ i t. ' Compi td from M%ire~Dispat~ eS ~ ~? ~'~ ~ • C ~~~ i 1 / .) ~ ~ ~ ! I BOL-LDEP.-The ro osed ~ it ~b~e- th . ~10,Q00 ~ Ptiockefel- } ~ p p lei-?'o~ndation grant was made 1-I~. L~'tau site for some 1916 t0 fL^.a~ C° it. !:~lympic alpine events is ursui- I He said however that the table far economid and ecologi- ~ DOC hadn't vet read the report. jai easons, a student Task force i `The kids did not study a:iv- maintained Friday afternoon. I where near ali the siies `here Baud Brown, a university of ` Co':orado student from Grand I are,'' ~ Brotivn said, but he ~ ref~sE.d to ~.ame o~.her sit,•s or i .Junction, Colo., maintained that' estimate hocv many there are. a prime c~isadvanta;e of the I The NIt.. Sniktau-Loveland ;ite is i~ li.*nited recreational site, the closest to Denver ihat ~' value after the Olympics. is under study; was the site "Because of the pt•,usical ter- approved by the International i 'rain, much of the- area devel- ~ Olympic Committee (IOC) in ~ cped for the ~ alpine events Amsterdam when. Denver: was ~ would be limited to • advanced awarded the games. - ~ : I and- t•~igh-intermediate -~ skiers- Anew site must gain approv- f I reve_~ a place for: family ski- al from both the International ing," Brown said: ~:.. Ski Federation - (ISF) and:.the i TCO ~::yriROtiV IOC. ~1_se, he said, the canyon LEAST REVEIVLiE ~ ~ i . . r-:eor zf the mountain's base is. Economically, the student tC0 Ilal"Ow for development of. study Suid 1blt. ~niL~a,~ .t~C,~ld eYtersive lodging and support generate the least revenue. of facilities that typically make a the sites studied and that; ~ ski area a success. includes expected :attendance "At best, after. the Olympics, awing and after :the staging of j i the area would be economically the games. = j marginal;" Brown said. 0 t: h e r alleged drawbacks I i 1~1t. Sniktau was chosen in cited were "inadequate zoning ~ ~ part by the Denver Olympic ~ in Clear Creek County, irade- Committee (DOC) for its prox- quote room for expansion of unity tc Denver. _. - I t o w n~ s , .Clear Creek {the ;, t The 13,?3~-foot mottr~tain; ~!1 i ctra~m i ~~ er;r;ra~ lapels of { ~ miles from Denver; would be pollution now, and lack of ode- II I for men's and women's down- I quote. sewer and water facilities j' ~ hill events and the rn~n's giant in the cc,W^.±tT " i J• I sla:om. according.. to tentative `i'he studenis who conducied'~ ~ DOC plans. A. DOC .spokesman the study. were: Baird Brown, i said. however, all sites for the economics major, Gus Byrom i 19 ~ 6 games -are ~ .being re- III, .political science, Grand j e~.~aluated. ~ ~. Junction; Davis Erickson, em~i- STUDY APPROVED ,~ ~: ron.~nertai biology, Lakewood, ticrman Brown,. of the DOC, and Steven ~r'aiker, environs said the DOC knew about the.l m e n t a 1 biology, Ridgefield, siudv in advance and approved l Coan. _ , ~ - _ .r: o~~._ ~~~~~an~es: ;. :,:;-..... ''~' ,Glv;.;?,r ;" ..-.. CoIOr3d0 h?S - ~~ G ~~~r ._ ~ . ~oo~~y;n;;ed, In the Environment ~~~~ •. ec.:orr o, , ne Cer.ver Post on Jan. 2 (in- .~~;.. '_•~°'t;8;i;-page advert±serr~ent of the .,itizens `~r. ; ;es~?cnsiG!e Priorities of Denver) are- sacref:.details ro•w exposed for Olympic ` planning for 1976• very word o` this more than St,000 ad is loaded with crucial in- forr;zation for all concerned citizens.~_.• ~•• lathe spring of 1971, !had the opportu~~ . city ofi=not: only skiing the Olympic runs of.Jnnsbru~.,k, but also meeting wiih one of the lour planners of•the 196 Innsbruck.:: Olympics. At that time he said::he~ was ~.. • reading~_daify in the Austrian: news . of the . graaf'~,ccntroversy which Evergree~':~was~ i wagin~:,;against the Olympics. ^He::pui:: in :: my land.two large books containiri~-_every``' ~efaifiof_the planning for Innsbruck:'.iThey.`-- icne~ri:~whe.re every car. was corning from°°; ~. I ~Geimany, Switzerland, etc -and_where :. - it~:would be parked. How many rells~.v~rere~ :.. ~cor;s:med, how many pieces of..rnail ar---: ~~i~ive~;' etc. Nis main emphasis tivas That, ='- "The minute the games opened, there tivas;~=~: `rota cent of debt owed to anyone." The ._~.' a ='= . ~.e^tire ~ city of Innsbruck and country of.,~ ~ - "`Austria' contributed to the success: of .the •_~. ~~ever,-:This ss a fine example of civic pride..- Y:r ~~.. _ .,_ .. `~=Qi/viously,~this is not the case in: Colo- '~. ~r:.:. - _:rado.:''Colorado is plunging headlong __ oi~rard economic and environmental dis- tester-_in'its Olympic planning. There is, :ilovvever, something you can do: Write the ~tettsrs suggested in the Sunday Post ad. - - All the information you need is iri -this ad.. _~,There is-available at any post office. an `~'airr^ail letter to Europe for 15 cents.: Public ~~~pressure is very influential -remember ~: `:;t~e~defeat of the SST -=due only to your ~y'lettars and phone calls. I'm writing mine : ~~-aoday -- ara you? - . '`;..• --,.. _. ~~:~ .'~_<~ ~. `l4~ISS Gr'~E i Ci;'rIV EIVG~I:BACf~.:~:«,. _ a ., '~ ~ $ 4~ ~ w.r '1"~ . =r ~, . ~o'a2 ~enc.r Poste ~.:. , ~ncgvrage of.mass trans- ~ R£CE:}T LE''TLR to hausirg :~etter zoning etc ~=~ - ^ , . .. ~- 4'r,e editor ~~:: i lliam R. Rusin `;2Y Trev ;,Have been secret- ur^ed '~ i~~at conservationist five`-abaui their activities. Board of directormeetin s are groups suprrt the 1916 din- private. How can we conclude ter Oi~~;npics by offering as- - that all is going well when we sisiance `o the ;ilympic °lan- don't kno`v ~vi^:at is happen 1n; Comr.~.ittze. It was sag- Ing? ~este•d that the consen~ation 3) A planning committee rovz~Ieni is mziure and containing nine conservation- ~~.:ong~ encu;n to develop fists amongst its mesoers, was " established. But it has the positive` programs, riot merely goner only to advise, lack- rir'~•`~• ' ing any real authority. _ however, t~.e prime goal of The Enos Mills Sierra Club c~:,nservation grcups is to pre- and the R1~IC of the Sierra serve or enhance our environ- Club reaffirm their opposi- ..~-ent. a va'.id arproach io Lion to hosting the games.. t% iii addition to offering as~.stancs, is to offer oppo- BRUCE ROBINS01`1 siticn. T'r•e Enos :13i1Ls (Den- Chairman, ve; srea? Sierra Club, with- 0!y*npic Committee. ~*.'ie rapport of the Rocl~y Enos Mills Sierra CIub, :~!cuata:.n C~apter of fhe Si- ~ Littleton er.-a Cub, has taken a stand _ - . orposmg Celcrado's hosting of l ` +e gatYles. ~'2 feel that he- ~ cnue'af opposition expressed I cy us-and many other ~ Daps, i Oivmpic pla::~.irg has had to y^deroo alteration. ; ::..~ Would Ilse DOC have spent j - ,:uich effort ll16'eStigattRg, al- ternat:;~e sites i:ad P~1#~.and ; - ~ther r re:It Fangs°jci+~izen i groups net offered apposi- j t::•~n? R~ould the DOC nave ! agreed to' cooperate ~vitit the Rackefel'.er Fcundatian• spun- _ cared .site il.<<•~tigation study , gre::n.irom the tiniversity of Corrado? Z,'ould there have + ever. been a study'. ~'e doubt :t, . • ^ppnsitien has forced t.5e 1 DGC to fake into consideration i th:2 effects on our community 1 of staging the Olympics. Tne. DOC and their p'.annirg .; 'aCtIV1C?S are Sllbj°,Ct IO C21t1- ~ , ci~_n cn r:ary courts. A few .~ -- I .'_1 "he O'•vr^~ics ±he~~ envi- .sion emprasizes creasing a ~ fetter ";orld arl _nvianment. ~~d pet; ever, thou _h thev are ~, to be suppor±ed by s`.ate and f~derai fuad~ t~ ;Ether ,Yan pri•• vat-~ cirzen si.~~mert. they sEem . •to Le p:alning for a snort 10- day event. L.itile crnsidera- I .~: _.. t.~u;. 1;?S CeEn gl~'r_n t0 In1- i rr•?tit,^_~ i`.~ !r.n~ ;?r,~e Erivir- I OC.'13nt Jr the afe3 tl'.r0ugh - - ./ ///,,~1//_... 7 ~~ l ~Gf ~ l ~ .L c - G vv7a~f•Y`~1 »~ s•i.~ Vi a~ t MV \ r~ r ~"~ ~~~ ~..c~ o•.,l~ ~,~ ~ r~~s :oT`~~?raver?osi:c~i~,j7f ~ ~ : most:.delicate, ihe. west hs- .p ... : prose.itLat~man 2:,d r.at::re TF1E Sly? h ~ C~l.'R has torica!! ~,~^stable rzlaiurshiy • Y are', "net ~._incompatible, t`:at stimuataa env.ronmental in nature. Tl:ls fact- provides indeed thEy_-compiment each a~.earere~s it t'r.E United the Olympic progi am with its other: ~~ • ~ ~ ~~ ~ at~s and ';:= C!u,, IISS 1)een reason for being-to foster a _ << a,;,. con~•inced that the I responsible for t!:e start of oneness of ihe Earths eople. P p Denv_r Aaduoon SOCiety aas *:;a ~' e.^.cecragit. things that "TnE Glvmpics. have had a a unique opportunity to lead ire h2pne~~::~ today in re• sil.eu!ar success in achievir,; tai conservation mev~mert in v3rd LC,OaI' Environment. this rbjective.. As witness the full support of the 0!}~mpics.~ Iowever zm conr•inced moving clraing cerzmonies of In so doing, we will provide a , `hat cErtain recant actions of the Olympics at ble~ico City; fine esampie, fOr the world to t^:~ .Rocky 1^cuntai*1 Chapter par*.icipaats and spec•.ztors see of whai erlligatetted man •^ tae Sierra C!Ilb specifical- joined in a aarrncn' cf '' can do for man and his envi- . , 1;% ihe recision to oppose the l 75 tiV' ` friendship which cut across p o 1 i t i c a 1 2rd ethnic dif- rorl~ent. I respectfully urge that. the DAS take a ositio ^ 'a`er 01; mp'cs ut lr~nver h•as ot cn'y prima- ferences as no otaEr in- p n of support for, .not opnosition ~ turf, )jllt 4':iL..3te,y wai cause . str;;meni of world dialogue to the 1976 ~lrter Olympics pubic re~Entu xnt towards was able fo do. in Denver." t^e ?14iC cf t::e SiE.*ra C.~.Ib. .<~0W arises another force May I conclude by urging i cou!d rot better express wrs~ will bring the. people of .the R1~4C of the Sierra Club to •, _ ,^ ~ a rn y ~^_ws re~~~ia th_ the world together, in common withdraw their objections to a ~f Jr ~~., i.i:: i:, ~ S:~ d C:I L^.° 197 ~Il-*pose-the -urOe 0.^..^..°..rn b nt...C .. •rho 10 (~ I~°n`.'.°.r ~lyi~aplCS ailtl 1~h-~ :pies .:.a:; did P.obert C. -for preservation of the envi- try to enlist the cooperation Y1at~ lA hs recent ie~ter to tae ronment. The environment cf the Denver Audubon Soci-- D e n.c• ~ : .aadubon Sccietg; which .knows - no poiitical_ ety and other .Colorado con- _ V.,..`. h i;as a!se pubLciy op- boundaries and which may be servaiion groups and collec- posed t e ~.,?c Olyr_lcics..: :saved o:il throu h tae cram- Y g- . , tivP Zy oner assistance to~ the i Em in_iudi:,g parts of Mr: hlnea'• e~crt 4f .tile entire. ~ ~~ . . ` 01}•tnpic ?lanning. Committee. ::all's stn*.ement which aiso world.. C~:*• nation is con--• ~~.L;ke. it or not; the 1976 -effect ,my views on the sub- corned. Other naiions are fast Gh~mpic games will be hEld _,_,,,. ~ .becoming. concerned. Thus, . ' . in Denver. As i see it Colora- "Tile D e r v E r A»duhon e the Olr~lpics, the C(lnser- ' , do corservaticnists have twq ~~,::ey scos:id ie~:d its full nation movement will be a choices: (1) to aciively op- ,_rport to the Giyrlpics. ~c,,.,o u'd131n; force in• to- pose the 1916 0!;•*npic Games `=tore ir_:cur.~:;t.'v~- ce.^.:~•ibut-~• day's Troubled world. .. -, or (2) _cioin togeti!e* and ac- ~nT ;ts ecn:ogic-;1 :~;owiedge '`Rut like~the Olympics;. the lively work Kith the Oivnoic - nr,d is cor_:orn *'cr presen'a- • corservatior. movement:~ 'r,as _ ~?larn~ng.Committee to reduce .^:~r. of ci:_ er.•,~irona^ent, the dEVeloped opnosition. Oppo- any^ ocssiole environmental DAS oar, t-;*crr;: a major. nen!s accuse us, sometimes dec*radation ~ard abfi;eve_a.*,;; :er•: ice to tie ~; ~ , -~;e state . ~ correctly, of yelling loo loud potential eat~i=orr:ertal ` en- _ and the nation. 'to be heard, of jumping loo hancement. -- -~---- "~"rePP can be no raubt fast, and of invariable dis- • ~---~ ~i`ILI.L4itiI R RU~L thai nr. Event of such magni- seniing. tide a_*e -now strong . Regional Plan-ter h,:cL as tie Gl? ~piCS will e-"•ough 2nd r.:aiu:•z QnOUgh to ... Pikes Peak Are rzv? far rzachi^g i•npact, ~~ ~ a .he , „ d from C nO 1 consider an d discuss, . not qeL'; to move with ruraose- • ' a - Cou^cil of Governments •... _ .. m C, sa^io!ogicai and ota~ effects, ~ not jusp; to develop nosiu~ Cnlnrarn rnr;ncrc cur cancern ~s a conservation Program;, not merely to of ` o-.:atlization : ust be or ii7e Pese.. , . ecoioglcal COnS'_C:Z2nCe oi. "lh°- Olytr:pics will not g cpnducting t;:e Oly-pies in away, for they are too impo: taE Den,~er ;;~ountzin area. taut to file people of th "in consi~~ering ti:is nuns- world. They will take plat tar: ii womb be ~a_ry to come They will rEquire the creatio m!t f1a:iV a_:i;t =-y disrup- of faciiiiies in the heart c lien ~ of trE entironmental our mountains. It should b status. 5ut in nut honest con- our task, indeed cur privile;E corn, we shc~!id rememiaer.: to see trat these faciiitiE that _ifecti~: e COr:~eryaiion •. constitute corsu uction, nc i-;cbldes not, nr•!y t e nreser- destrsction: that taey er ration of file c.•;Vir~^._TiEnt; It hance, not bll',ia. - .' _ .^,usf aiso IPCCe':ZE that' at `'It is rot an either-or situa t`e ver.~ c~n~er of the ecolegi- . lion. It car, be dor,2. ~e ca: ca. plan is ;:pan. T:, t,lrth.., have ~n~., a ..:oa,.y succe.,:.~„ ccmn!ica:E :ire ma+.fer. man's ._O]y:~:pies and an enhances co:npaia~•ii;;~ Irih ran is t e ervi,onmert._.D e ray e r cal ~'~ y _~` / l~~ ~~ `~/ ~f~ /~~/ ~ - - ,; - ~ i . iii ~ i ~ ~ 1"1; i'1 ~ ~ .C3T ~i~,! "~ 1 ~S '' ' ~ n ~P I T~ ~TL'R~ED to Denver in _ > :~ ~_ :`; `e .",a:-e-,2; rare and honor- 1 ~ August cf 19rU after a .two- 'uaT~ppsr,Ptiinity to forge the ~•;.ar tour of duty ,sith u,e c2i~sec_4'~r,.n~'of future Olympic U.S. r`_rr.~v ir, Thailand. Dur- programs. Yet our good pea in th~i to:_:: I first learned of ple would rather draw sides Dem,er`s bid for the 1976 and take unyielding stands Cti'irter Ol;,~mpics and its ac- :ur aid against someiiaing croiar;.e. I was e~tremelp ex- ihat is g~ ing to happen. 'T'his cited,. The ;:jai people who can only increase the cost of knew that Denver was my the program and deal a cost- aemt: as cnm72nted on ilv~? 1}~ blow to our own integrity. proud 1 rau:a zc~1. I was very ;zrhere is the problem? proud indeed. I could barely There is no real problern_. stand tine wai- to return homy Those individuals who :fear ~.rc'. see w at v- as happening. that the Olympics will dam- Gh, what a dismal home- age the ecological balance of co^ling 1 received, or maybe their area should be the pro- m;... expectations were teo motets not the damners of hij?. i'ossibiy my remem- the program. Thank God, we brance of the people. of have. people a~ho do care. Col~~~ado as being full of that However, these people, lose pri=•le- ac:d progressiveness' it their devine grace when. they, ta~;es to develop a state stamp their feet and shout of ecology and do nothing about it. They are the.; holders of that rare and honorable ,op- portunity to direct the future. The methods and resources they use will shape ecological betterment of future develop- ments in Colorado as well as the development of Olympic programs, summer or winter. The bid has been won, the areas chosen, and now it is time for all of us to pu.*sue an ecological means of develop- ing what we have. - ~Ue are quick to loss up cabins and homes on our beautiful rrouatain sides, but v~l::~_h s anvied by most out- why are we so quick to hE~dge s~~?zrs, was soTehow warped the UiympicsY _ .. ._ 't: ~ too _Tpro a_ s~3y Ot"erSeaS: 'vr'ill our state aa;n arc)gim o-- ti~' h a t e ~° e r try disenchan±- for polluting the mountain air met:`., it is only infuriated by with our cars and snow- tl:- bli^d:.ess of a people that mobiles or will ti,e world in- a~^-: ceGld see. tentiy watch us scar the sce- ^t blindness of which I very with cabins and d?•ive- sr~a' is the deliberate indif- v:zys? I doubt ii. ine world fer::rce to .cn~ of the few will watch and listen to the :.,..._._ .. d ^.{; ar ~~ ~.nuV =•. J W ilt:e wori m c• n f d o Oly.. plc,,, a. d if i~ is o..e Yep,;-the Oi~:~:pic prop am is correctly they will gain a les- hig a;,d it also has the impact son from the people of *nat .catches the eyes and ~~-•~olor3de who were wise ears cf the entire vrorld. It enougl•~ tp grab hold.of an op- creat~s °hat ~.i~irdow thro4gh portunity and- opdn~ their win= ~•ry i.~. t ~~ ~~orid can see who do~v to the world. ~ ~ . t s ^euple of Cctorado..are . JOHN R. 141ARSH and ::'hat the}- stand for. - ' ~ DPnvar _ = -', ~./ ,~ ~ '~ 7/ V i ;' L, ~ -• - 8_R~rcky h~lountain News Mon., March 13,.1972,:Denver, Colo. , o°vvvovovvvvov o.ooa.v.ev°o°vvvvvoveo.°ovov.o°oovoovooo oavov vovoovooooooo°o°avo°°°n°°o°©°a°vo°v°ova ° ° - ° 0 o u 66,¢¢,y~~ ppgqqg yyqq $$ggqq~~gg~~ ppq ~ ~~~ ~Ct~6~~d'V IN~~ pp~~" 19~ ~ a a. ppp$p$ jg~{p~~ ~ ga g7q~wy ~ T e . o o NUMBER PERCEN v o o Q. 1 Holding the 1976 Winter Olympics favor 5,389 36.9 ° 0 o in Colorado. Oppose 9,121 62.4 a ° o Q. 2 The continued spending of state Favor 274 4 29.3 a o funds for planning and eventual Oppose , 10,]05 69.2 ° ° construction of Game sites. Q. 3 The spending of local tax funds for Favor 2,916 20.1 0 o planning and site construction. Oppose 11,308 - 77.4 0 o Q. 4 Having the Federal Government pay Favor 7,680 52.6 0. o the major share of the costs of hold- Oppose 6,418 43.9 0 o ing the 197b Games in Colorado. g Q. 5 Having Den:~er re*idents vote on a Favor 7,848 53.7 0 o bond issue to ce~~'.truci a r+.ew all- Oppose 6,077 41.6 ° ° ° purpose r;rena :rith seating or ° a 0 15,000 to 20,;OG spectators. a o Q. 6 Eventually discontinuing the 'vVinter Favor 5,876 40.2 o ° Olympic Games as International O„ ose ,.. ,7 7,787 53.3 ° 0 ° ° Olympic Committee president Avery ° ° ° ° Brundage has sometimes sug- ° ° °. ° ° ° Bested. ° ° Q. 7 Putting the Olympic question on a - Favor 10,111 69.2 0 o statewide referendum in the upcom- Oppose 4,204 28.8 0 o mine whether Coloradans support or ° ° ° ° oppose the Games. o Q. 8 In your opinion, will the staging of Yes 8,190 56.1 0 o the 1976 Winter Olympics do signif- No 6,158 42.2 0 o icant harm to the Colorado environ- n o ment? ~ o o Q. 9 Did you support the awarding of the Yes 6,126 41.9 . o o - Winter Games to Denver when it No 8,104 55.5. o g was initially decided in May 1 y70? o o Q. 10 How would you rate the job done Excellent 664 4.5 0 thus far by the Denver Olympic Good 2,234 15.3 0 • o Committee (DOC}? Fair 3,583 24.3 0 o v ° poor 7,170 49.1 0 . ° Q. 11 Your age is: - Under 18 153 1.0 ° a 0 18-20 265 1.8 0 _. 21-30 x,337 16.0 o 0 Rftedian Age: 44.8 31-40 2,750 18.8 . 0 o _ 41-50 3,479 23.8 0 . o ~ 51-60 2,766 18.9 0 g ° Over 60 2,633 18.0 0 ° a Q. 12 Are you registered to vote? ~ Yes 13,7] 1 93.9 O 4 ' o ° No 590 4.0 ° ° o Q. 13 Your total yearly family income is: ° o o Unde r $5,000 1,413 9.7 0 o Median Income: $12,639 $5,000-$9,999 3,236 22.2 0 o $ T 0,000- $14,999 4,644 31.8 0 o $15,000 or more 4,907 33.6 0 o Q. 14 You live: In the Denver AAetro Area 10,661 73.0 0 o ° Outside the Denver Metro Area 3,841 26.3 0 ° ° o o ° 9 ao°o°v ovvooo°ovvovooovvoooooovvvoo ovvoooooovvovovoaooo vvovoovvoovoooooovoo°om°°o°ova°°a°ao° ° a oon0 ~ l.'.: ~ l ~' r" ~ i,.' ~,,~ , .. ~ i t l f: f ! w• I~ ~ i 1, r li ~ ~` ~ . ' ~~~~~ ;;, ~. 1471• Pf'r r;., ~ v pis ~a~•~~~,~~ r Vied., iv~at, ~l~ :~~ ~ ~' The newly formed Denver hein6 host to the `}v7G 1~Yin• ~r tcc, said the llenver chapter Auolher key question, the he pohrled onl t'ral ~ a lot of chapter of the Sierra CIub1 Jn Olympic Gargles. i ;• ~~ , . • . "~~~.. lias approved and sent la the Sierra Cluh cb~rplcr spokesnr<ur details still areu'~~;-worlcerl orlt its' tirst~ official , action;':.has 13rucg' Rr?b~irso'~,• cilalrmlu~ Q(Lliocky Mountain ,regional head- said, is lh'e co.,l of being host to and that much spy fir. intorrna- ezptes~'e{l o~~~,osiUolr,Ro the city the clraplor's ¢lympics,:~oatu E?'qurtirters`oi Sierra Cluba resoa the games. Ile s~rid the llcuver lion won't be available !.uir~il __ - )union ;~laling ."stroirg .opposi- Oiynipic. Comu~ittee (DOC) has event sites are chosr;n and a~lu- ~~au',' to the games. ~ been .vague in its cost es- al plauuing begrns :.. 1 4 LLLING TOf.D , •; ~~ , •• ~. .,.. lirnales, but club research on "1t' n-ay lotik lij,e we're' hold- . }~ . i previous Winter Olympics hosts ing bast:,,' 13rown'sald,, `.'but. in .. -!:'We coo pot pretend that the _ g uaw ,Valle Calif., and ~ 1976` OI m ics .will 'destroy' ~ y a lot of cases the true answers; Y P Grenoble, Prance - indicate ~~ ::. • .. .. Colorado," Robinson said. ~ "We aren't really tlicre.. ~ . , ; . that heavy debts were incurred , 0i lire envirrnm~e~r(al ; qucs- . n 1 ~ o „iu•e -. a-ot 'anti-Olympic and stir haven't bccu paid off. lions raised by the' Sicri•a Club, Games.' 1Ve ' do feel; 'hriwever, fhaC Ih'e Olympics should not be CIfAfLGG MADC Bro~~n said he `~; believes :~ prat thrust upon an area,'especially '! Iie charged that the llOC has 1)0~ has demonstrated its'con- an area which wilt thereby be kept much information about cern pod is attempting to ~ work significantly altered." the costs and effects o[ the' 197G willr. all groups ,.which '. arc The effect on Colorado; he games out of the public rye, 4n similarly concerned, ,` said, primarily will be on envi_ the. theory that opposition to ~ Brown said ire. ~ Ihinks the them won't surface - "until Ol m ics acluall will het ~ en- roument, with more , people y p y 1 moving into fire :area and a there's no turning back." vironmenl~l qu~ili~y, in, the stale i•esu(ting increase in 'air .' and . Norman Ilrown; :manager of because' they have served lo' wafer pollution, laud`, specula- DOC's public affairs division, focus altenliop ou the problems) t i o n ,'~commerclnh~ation: and deuied'•ihat.officral~ are.•being ~yhich,. of}rcrwise might •ha:'c~ LaxtrUon: ~ ~ ~•~'ki~iloit~~kr,~A,V'a: Ytdgup ~L{rboul , tl~e ~:~mes;- but gone uunoliced far some lime. V M~}~ . ~~ ~. -~1n1,.RZ ti~~~~ ~ 7 ~ ~~~ ~L :~ . o ~~ ~' m C~lyrnpac; '~ --(t'onllnued from page 1) And some ,I'•.uropeun newspapers have give big .headlines to stories about efforts in the Col orado Legislature to end state financing o[ th gmncs rlr to kill them altogether. IL's likrly (here would be little or no soma or the gromi(1 in I•:vmgrecn during the Olym pies exct'pt that put down artificially for the events if Ihaf. is tho Na'dic events sift. Sveeping `- lelevisirnl panoramas n[ Fcer- grcen's dry mountainsides wouldn't do much t enhance Colorado's Ski Country inmgc. Nor would vielvs of the cramped and meager base facilities that would be built at n1t. Snik- tau, iC that is the alpine ecenls site, do ,justice to the slate's many outstanding ski resorts. Another highly fouled Olympic benefit is that of fostering undcrstandirrg and good trill among People of different nations. . IPill be hidden rncny That may be true [or the competitors, but there's little chancq for roost Coloradans (n get in on it The international competitors will be hidden away in the Olympic Village, protected from the public by secm'ily guards, for in- stance. True, several thousand volunteers will be needed during the games to work as snow pack- ers, hostesses, ushers, press-runners, drivers, se~.re L•tries, and su nn. I[ n:mains to be seen hole much international good will this will gen- erate. Undoubtedly, having the games in Colorado will boost development of winter sports athletes Ry R-CIIARIt O'REILLY Rocky Ffoun(ein News Wrier CoPYri9M 1111. Denver PubllEMn9 Ca. .The 1976\ Winter Olympics has be- come ahighly controversraftopic in the state. Its opponents say the event will 'ruts oui~ tl-ague mountain ecology; while its boosters say it will be the best thing ever to happen to Colorado. The truth undoubtedly lies some- where in between. Ep ~' One thing is cer ti~r-ttoti r. 1'he initial planning w sa •>~yel~s ~ o the point that if Color d C e of .ed to carry out those pla s' dr show its best face to wor Bl@0 '' n audi- ences. But there is time to set things on course, and some efforts in that direo- lion already are being made. And there is time to back out of the Olympics altogether, which some critics would have the state do. This series of articles will describe how Coloraro was awarded the Olym- pics, where planning mistakes were made and why, what Colorado can learn from Squaw Valley, Cali[„ who the powers behind the Olympics are, what's good and bad about the proposed sites, their alternatives, details of how the games .will be financed and what ' the critics have to say about it all. Despite the uproar going on today m~sl Coloradans, and even Den-•~criles, 1 s aeC c~aptetNe~;~ Firs+ of a series -:daxdd ho nble'~t uninterrupted by he held the last I97fi. lead their daily lies the games which wilt- .• IO days of February , Even those cvho wilt become specta- tors probably won't encounter worse traffic conditions than those found now at a Denver Broncos, University of Colorado or Air Force Acaderny foot- ball game. Some trees will be cut and some moutttaitt slopes will be carved up to prepare for the games, but the damage will be far less than that caused by normal mountain area construction and exploitation over the next five years. On the other hand, the Olympics are certain to bring Denver and Colorado wide publicity. Denver Olympic officials universally seem to share the opinion that this pub- licity will be good [or the city. and the state. They all think highly of Colorado and are sure the world will share their opinion when it gels a look, too. Critics contend that the one thing ertain to ruin Colorado as a nice place to live is a large influx of people, which they say Olympic publicity will encourage. There's also the possibility that all the publicity might not be favorable to Colorado. Already Newsweek maga- zine and Sports Illustrated, [or instance, have carried articles critical of Den- ver's Olympic p]amling.~.-._ • (Coullnued .nn pnge ,611 R ~~ ~~ n benefit from that? e U.S. teams in the 190,8 Winter Olympics. , site to partiripate in, .both in equipment and o be left out. in the state. But wha~'n o octe y t l There were no blacks or Chicanos on the Unlike track and field events where any kid, 1 regm~dless o[ economic class, can aspire fo Frcatness, most of the winter sports are expen- training and in transportation. Thus the low-in- come and minority segments of society tend to Planning not, done ; Tire Olympics might serve as an impetus to improve Dem'er, but there is nothing inherent in their requirements that will bring amass trrnsit system or low-income housing or re- building o[ the South Plalle River Valley. Unfortunately, no one can know nmv what the Olympics will do for Colorado or how much they'll cost or even where they'll be held. ' Noce o[ that pl:mning is done. )Most o[ it awaits final site selection and that's at least a year or more away. - . \Vhat plans there are were thrown together by a handful of prominent and well-meaning volunteer businessmen-turned-salesmen 'who told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) what it wanted to hear. That salts effort cost 5500 000 in public 0 ~~p~ t-v~-e1 ct -t /v - . ' l~hen it was all over Denver had promised to stage Nordic ski events requiring snow-cov- ered countryside In a rapidly growing mountain residential area with a 4 per cent chance of having enough natural snow. - And Uem•er promised to hold .alpine ski races on a mountain which probably wouldn't be developed except for the Olympics. A large part n[ the blame must go to the fOC, that self-appointed and Belt-perpetuating beard of 73 men who rule the Olympic move- ment. The IOC has ignored the basic differences in physical requirements for the various winter events 'fated that all sites should be clos (p Ft~ ' - ce s and hockey events are best he 1~ c{(l~• K6 ch may already have or can a[[ rd but at use the necessary and ex- pen 'v drinks with lots o[ seals for spec ~idt18A Snow 1 efinitrly not wanted for ice events. It has to be shoveled from outdoor rinks and~it snarls spectator L'al[ic. But plenty of snow is needed for the ski events, as ate tall, steep mountains for downhill and slalom races and tolling wooded country- side [or cross-country races. A steep slope and some snow is needed [or the ski jump meets, But a lot of snow just gels hinds, $250,000 in private rash donations and in the way. It has to he shoveled off the jump another 5300.000 in donated.goods, services and and packed down hard [or the landing and spec- price reductions. ' ~ ~ "~ ~ ~. , , : • ` tutor areas. ~ - Snore is a hindrance [or the bobsled and loge runs, too. What those ecenls require is a long gentle hill and zero degree weather. If snow falls it has to be shoveled out of the runs. And if the temperature isn't cold enough to keep the ice hard for the heavy sleds, artificial refrigeration is required. Or lire races may have to be held only in the cold pre-d:nen hours, Ichich has been done often in the past. Se/•lOrt3 CO/IL1)TO/ILISe3 1\Iaybe there is some dace where all these corxiitions are found in cbse proxiin fly. Gut sur.h an ideal site has yet to bust an OI}'Inpics. ~• Nevertheless, lhe~IOC continues to insist. that all the athletes and officials live together and all the events be close to ea^.h other. Su cities ]ikc Uenver tend to make a lot of serious com- promises and even m(srepresent things a tilde in hopes of winning the Olympics. Efforts to have the Winter Olympics in Colo- rado first surfaced back in 1954 when Thayer Tuft guided Colorado Springs and Aspen in a joint effort [o host the 1960 games. They lust to Squaw Valley, Calif. ' Then in 1903 the fdea cropped up again. Gov. LAVC was in the middle of it this time, but he says Tult should get the real credit 14lcrrill hlaslings, publisher o[ Colorado Alag- azine, got in on the initial effort, loo.~lle gives himself some credit for various facets o[ that effm't in articles in recent issues of his maga- zine. _--_. (Cmxauded om p`igeAh-, 8-Rocky Alountain News Sun., April 4, 1971, Denver, Colo. " ~a~pics--gooal or bad for C'olorao? (Onnlinnrd from pngc fi) I,ncr then namcri a five-man Colorado Olym- pic. Commission 1.000) by executive order io go after the games. Early members were 'Tuft, Hastings, Don Fowler of United Air Lines, Peter Seibert, president of Vai] Associates, and Y.ichard O 1 s o n, then with Sunrl- sti:md Cm-p. and now presi- dent o[ C~lo- rado Outdoor Spmis Inc. Olson, COC chairman. smd ihr big- gest conlnbu- tinn his group tnadr, wars In srlcr 1 I>rm'rr as Colorado's hr t rrtv l'I'hc IOC tail] give the games only to a rlty. nctrr in n sL•; tc m• a na- tion. I Among, the places rrmsid- cred bnsrlcs Dcmcr «erc Richard OISOn Asncn ena Vail, both nC which said they didn't want In be host and Colorado Springs. Olson said Dcnacr was r.hnsen berm ise it cnnld put on Ihr games at less e.nst nail with grc;der after-use pulential than an}•rvhere else In Ihv stale. Ohre That decisiot lynx made, the Dem~cr Orraniziml Cununitlcc (UOC) was named to rto the planning (or Ihr bids. 'that l4-man boner] was appoinird in 79fi7 by Tu}ror'Iom Corrigan, w~hu scrccrl as its chairman. - The DOC's first task was to beat Salt Lake City, Ut;th. Scaltlc, \\'ash., :uul Lake Plan:id, N.Y., to become the Uniteri States Olympic Committee's cnti•y in the international bidding for Ihc «~inter games. That victory came in Ik- cembcr 196 i. Then came a Int n( «~orlchcidc ti'at•el and talk b}• the llOC to perfect its bid and win favor with ]nr mnmbe-s. II was a frustrating time. Fnr instance, the JC loon its fight to gcL the International Ski Federation IFISI to raise lhr altitude limit [or cross-country and biathlon races so the Ever- green site mould qualify. Put Denver' at bottone But then the FIS in a preference vole for the emnpeting cities put Denver at the bottom of the list with only (our votes. But the DOC pressed nn regardless. The Olympic Creed says: "The most impnr- tanl thing in the Olympic Games is no[ h, win but to tales part, just as the most important thing in life is not the. triumph but the struggle. Thr essential thing is not to have conquered but to hat e fought «~rll " Denver fought as best it knew how. And by Marv 1970 it had compressed its bid into a fancy tan volume color picture book edition complete «ilh slipcase and a half-hour color movie for presrnlnhun to the lOC at Ansterdnm. ~ The bid honk was and is a magnificent piece oT salesmanship. From the heavy coat of snow airbrushed by en artisC onto a photo n[ 1It. Sniktau to rover potentially embarrassing bare spots, to the statement that construction of an Olympic speed skating rink "will begin in ]970," the beohs contain a series o[ misrepre- srntalions. +} 1-trnva• prmnised ]011,000 bide for tnnrisls tyhrn really only about 35,000 «'ill 6e acailahla, Norman C. 13rotvn. UOC public affairs division ntanagcr, arlmittcrl. And it prnmisrd a 4:i-minute ririve from the ~lyn,pir, Village to \It. Snikuu, but didn't men- fiun that was only possible by shutting oR all U•af(ic on I-TO end running six lanes of buses up the mountains. Brnten ackno«•ledged. But if there were misrepresentations, they resulted ^•om errors of judgment nail fact. by ovcr«•orked volunteers--not from deliberate e(- torts in deceive, Brorvn said. Finally un ]lay 72. 1970. Denver vino the Olympics un the lOC's third ballot, booting Vrnicnucrr, C nada, and Sion, Switzerland. Nobody rc;illy knows why 17cnver won, but there ore several .theories. One is that it ryas the United Slates', turn to host cithrr the sum- mer ar the acinte+• games, especia{ly because ]!lift tronld h~ the nal.iun's bicentennial. Thus lotion ;a9ontrcal, Canada beat Lns Angeles, Cali].. fur Thu summer g;+mes the da}' before, If «:~s inevitable I?onvrr v: auld win Ihc wins yrs. But some. people Think Denver tvon brca use it. a4rndy haul Ihr higho-a }'s, airports and tour_ Isl lodging a!ul sou,c oC the, spurts uri lilies that aro:dd be needed. \\'hatrn•cr the reason, the Denycr delcgatiun apparen Uy was unprepared fur victory. None n( those inlen~iewed for this series said they es- pccled to win. But they dirt win, and suddenly they had to start Thinking about turning all dtose promises into reality. One n[ the DOCs first ,jabs was to commis- sion a study by the Uenver Research Institute (DHI) to find out what kind of organizational structure «•as needed and when and what tasks would have to he performed. Las[ October llRI laid out the structure the PO(: should assume anri described i0 tasks to he accomplished between now, and the earl of the games. Pocuers u!atered dmuu And it said a planning cnmm,asirnt should he created to review all site, facility and support service plans of the DOC. Such a commission, «rth powers probably t those DRI recommended is watered down tron , supposed to be created later this month. 'T'he punning commission issue is but one facet of the larger question of mho is going to t•un the Olympics. Ultimate power m•er the Olympics rests with lhr 73-member IOC headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. Tl;ey air, the successors to the ]:i men galh- crcri trrgr-thee in ]R94 and 1R9:i by Baron Pierre do Coubcrtin o[ France to launch the modern Olympics. Couberiin was unhappy «'rth the political and social morass which plagued Y'rancr, in those days, and sow alhlclirs ns a way to im- prove the inrJividual rind thus society. The ancient Olympics hart spanned nearly 12011 t'an's (rmn 77fi B.C., when the games consisted of a single 200.yard Coot race, to 393 A.D., when the Greek empc•rnr 'Ihcnrlnsius banned the games because they had become (oo commercial. 'T'he first modern Olympics was in Athens in 7R9(,. Then in ]924 the first «'irder games airs added and held every tour years except for the war years o[ ]916, 1940 and 1944. IOC is exclusive club The IOC is an exclusive club. It selects and elects its own members, vitro must speak French or I;uglish no matter what country they represent. But the IOC is not the only Itndy the DOC m f*rt ?nep.nr /n. Np..t in.r9!n..ron.r r6n r,mn_ which is held responsible [or running the games by Ihc IOC. It. was the USOC tvhrch delegated its game responsibilities to Lhe DOC. Clifford Buck, USOC president, who has an office in the same 10th floor suite occupied by the Dt7C at 1776 S. Jackson St., explained how ihr USOC ere- algid the exec- utive council of theDOC. ..-`,. The action was taken hvo ~•'~•"'~.' months alter ~ r~~ •r.- Denver won ds bid, in a unani ~'_ moos resolu- b lion which •,~ ~,~ ~r ,t named seven .t\~. individuals to the executive ~~~ i + i council along a. ~'"°~ 4~. wdh the hold ens of the of - "~~ fire o[ Den 4 ,+• ~ ,~ ter mayor .mss and Colorado governor. All ores the same ,. key people who Iit•rparrrl Denver's win- ning bid. Clifford Buck But, accord- ing to Buck, this rsecutive rouncil teas to hold power only long enough to expand the board of directors o[ DOC with members nominalerl jointly by Mayor McNichols, Gov. Love and COC chairman Richard Orson. 'That action was taken in December, when ]G persons were named DOC directors. They in- rhidcd five holdovers from the previous group nahile 71 others tvcre dropped from the llOC) and six minority group rePresenlalives. Tan more persons have since been added, incluriing \1rs. Nanny Hm'rington, the lane woman on the boet'd, bringing the total to 27, in- cluding Ihc executive council. Eventually the brw~A will grow to :;0 mcmbrrs. \torc than half of the presmtl nurmhers are people who marls the original Olympic proposal to the IOC. Several others have or trill have close lies to the games. It is sn far impossi bie in tell rrhrlhcr it's the entiro board which foie--Ids power in the llOC m• tvheihrr it merely rubber-slumps the reront- menrialirnts of the smaller executive cnunri 1, which has nu minority or «'omen members and «;is responsible for putting out the hid the way i[ was dune. One reason the real pincer structure can't be gauged yet is that the nets board has had too little time to exercise its power. Another, and more ominous, reason is that board rncelings hate so far been closed, for all practical purposes, to the public and the press. The USOC keeps tabs on the DOC two ways. One is that Buck is a member of the I?OC board, and has offices in the same suite «•ilh the llOC. '1'hc other is by a Special liaison committee the USOC created 'ogttoilictale, but to guide when possible ~ d-'lendg~gtstance," Buck explained. .ru 1~F PA\S~~ \Vith Burka its cflAirttSa 'f a six-man liai- son cmnmittee t tclddes Plttlli I{rum, promi- nent speed-skatin -'figur'e sand' first vice presi- dent of USOC; Maleolrribiclane, chairman of Ihc USO(: Skiing Committee and USOC hoard member; Douglas F. Roby, former USOC presi- dent and IOC member; James 1. Lamy, vice presulent of the International Bobsleigh anri '1'0- bo;,ganing Federation (FIBT); and Arthur Lintz, 1JSOC executive director, w'ho serves ex- ofricio on the liaison committee. There arc at feast two men on this commit- ter who rnuld have a big eUcct on how Denver carnlually stages the Olympics. One is AicLane. It «•as he who hack in 1967 advised the choice of ittl. Sniktau-luvcland I7a- siu as the alpine evcnC site over Copper iticun- uin, tvhrch most experts agree would be much preferred, though it is farther away. ;]]title bru'riecl rerurile VIrrri ll Iastings ttTOtc in his Colorado A4ag- azine that McLane gave his opinion less than two weeks before Denver was to present its bid to Ihc USOC, saying he didn't think Denary would «~in if it didn't pick 111t. Sniktau as its first choler. The DOC listened and made a hurried re- write of its proposal, according to Hastings. R`helher TicLane would balk at riropping 117t. Sniktau {or another site now or in the suture re- mains to be seen. taint', the Bobsled Federation official, is ihr other key man. While no DOC member avouid dare admit to such a thought publicly, many n~•trt- taus to son hnhcleddin~ drnppr.i f.nm ihr pro rant. The bobsled run is estimated to cost $l.2 mil- lion to 51.5 million. And when the 10-day games are over, the mile-long serpentine, artificially refrigerated concrete trough will sit there use- less. Building it is a waste of money, no matter how it's viewed. And bobsledding is hardly a growing spurt. There are alwut 100 competitors in the world. Squaw Valley faced the same, problem in 7960. It maneuvered out of building a bobsled run and got the sport dropped from the games that year. IIut the bobsledders garnered theft political clout otter that. Lamy's position on the liaison committee may dash forever any hopes llenver has of not being stuck with an expensive bob- sled run. There are still other organizations which wield power over the llOC. Among them are the five international sports federations tvhrch con- trol the nine categories o[ competitions in the winter games. Each must approve the sites, facilities and staging plans for its particular sport. Costs lied to plccas And these are the kinds of rlerisions that can cost money, because all the capital construction costs air- lied to site nail facility plans. Then there are the State Legislature anri Denver City Council, both of which have hart to approve appropriations of public money for the I)OC and lately have begun to axle tough ques- tions as a result. Right now the DOC has a paid staff of nine, up from tour a year ago. The DRI organization study reported a staff of 51 to 63 toil] be needed by Junc of ]974, anri made no estimates beyond that date. 'The top man is Donald F. Rugarrell, who has the t.itlc o[ general secretary. He retired as senior vice President of the Colorado National Bank to Lalre the job beginning March 1. But he has been working fulltime since last Septcmtxa•, with (cave of absence from Ihc bank. 141agurrcll Lirst got into the Olympic e4 tort in 19f,5 anri has been a key [igw-e in the planning since that date. fIc also is a retired senior vice president. u[ United Air Lines, which he ]eft in 1961 after a ?5-year career «'rth heavy emphasis in m:u'Irct- ing. The hvo major decision-makers under TL•tg- arrell arc i`Jm'utrm C. Brown, manager, public affairs division, anri Ted. Fancell, manager technical division. Brown, rice president o[ Boettcher and Cn. is on loan to the DOC. It was he, in his previou volunteer capacity, who was in charge of per during the bid book which went to the lOC. His important tasks in the years ahead wit include heading negotiations with the televisiai nchvm'ks f o r sale of the TV rights to the- games and co-' ordinating the -: ~~+ pageantry and ~, ,•~>;' cultural exht- ~~'S~ bitions, tvhrch r""t are supposed t~ f +Lt~~ ~,~•... to play a bie ~; role in the 10- ~~p~~ ~ ~~'~a day event, ; {' c ~~• Farwell is a ~ ~ I three-Imtc "M"~~ Olympic coin- . "• "~~ r • petitor in ~, t' cross-country ~ ••' ~'~*.~ and the Norchc t ~~. ~;~ ~~` combined r .. z,' ••`}, which includes ~~ ~ s ~~ c ~s ski jumpingkE r-,t j with r.ross-f~t~~ {, n country r •tc @, (L, A^" ing. ( _ Farwell r_ - ~,' vice president n[ 5 n o-cngi- Donald F. Magarrell nr-erinR_ Inc., a flan which plans ski area decclopmenls ant' advises on the management anri econnmir hs,sihilily. Technically i[ is not Farwell, tint his fine which the DOC has hired. This was done so that F:vwcll could retain his fringe benefits with ihr firm and havr_ n ,job to go back to after 1976. according to i}lagan•cll. \lagarrell said I'anvcll has sold his sb,cl~ back to the company so he can't profit limn Soo-engineering's catlract with the DOC he yonrl the amount of his salary. F'arn•eli has ar office in the DOC suite and speaks with full au- thority for the DOC. Still another layer of authority, yef to be es- tablished, is a series o[ advisory councils fur site planning. Farwell said there gill be one council for each sport, made up of former athletes ana coaches and others knowledgeable in site re- yuiremenis. So far only the council for the cross-country ski event has keen named. And now several more layers of authority are likely to be inserted Into Olympic planning and staging. The Legislature's special committee on fhe Olympics. has recommended creation of a State Olympic Commission to review and appease DOC budgets and oversee other DOC activities. For this to happen, the DOC will have to vol- untarily give up some of its autonomy, tad,ich the special legislative committee has asked it to do. Insru•e preservation The committee also wants the State Land Use Crttmnission to have a say in selection of sites to insure preservation of the environment. Just ho«• all this translates into reality re- mains to be seen, since none of the implement- ing ]r-gislalion has been approved. Eut the Legislature nines hold a `;6d0,000 club oa•cr the head of the DOC in the form of a stale afTropria(ion the DOC needs, which could make the 1?OC anxious to cooperate. It's obvious the Olympic planning ef[mt is bring in;rrasingly saddled tviUt layer ul>nn lay- er of advisory councils, planning committees :nut commissions, «rth varying rlegrces o[ nu- Ihoril•y. All This may result in less ecological damage than would Mhenvise occur and insure Icss costly games with greater after-use of facilities. Or it could create a management nightmare, where-iCs impossible to determine who's re- sponsible for «'hat and decisions are made slowly, it at all. Mcamvhile the DOC board still has to decide whether it's going to hold open public meetings or continue in meet nail vote behind closer] doors. 'Ihc DOC is a private, nonprofit rnrpora- tiror :u,d, even though it spends public moony, apparently doesn't come under the state late «'hich prohibits all governmental and quasi- govcrnmcnlal bodies from acting secretly. Brown said the board realizes something's got to be rime to improve its public image, but isn't sore it wants to go so tar as to open its mr-stings to the public. One altenrtlive. he said, is to continue with closed n,cetings but hate periodic, press cnnfer- ences. Such a press conference «~ill be held \hnuiay. fdEXi: Srjuaw Valley-T6e pra6lems are stf3f there. 18=Rocky Mounfiain News ~ Thurs.; April 8, 1971,'Deriver, Colo. ~ ~'~ m ;4 - (Q;ontinued from page 8) arena and a temporary outdoor speed skating rink and two temporary outdoor practice rinks. All were built on federal land and today are still owned by the federal government:- Since the 1960 games the state has been responsible for their maintenance. If' anybody buys out California's interest in Squaw Valley later this month, he can buy the ice: arena for an extra $50,000 from the federal government. Since the federal government gave that mon- ey. to Squaw Valley inflation has increased the cost of living 38.9 per cent, according to the lat- est consumer price index figures... _ If Congress wanted to treat Denver equally it would now have- to appropriate $4.9 million for ~ the 1976 games. If that, amount is added to the DOC's reve- nues the total readies $17.2 million to $19.7 mil- lion. And that would narrow the deficit between. costs and available .funding to $3.3 million to $5:8 million. There are several ways this deficit could be paid. One would: be by private contribution from someone who wanted to pay for the Horace Zilch Memorial Bobsled Run, for instance. . ~~But a more likely source is the taxpayer. -= - O.TAX FUNDS-There are a couple of ways to, get money foz_, the Olympics out of the tax- payers. '.~._.. . . One is by direct appropriation, which is the method so far used by both the State Legisla- ture and Denver City Council. The state has given the DOC $500,000 while the city has given $225; 000. ~ _. At the moment the DOC is asking the state for -another $670;000 and has told the city it in_- tends to ask for $100,000 next calendar year. ~g~~~n~d M~~~ ¢u~n~®~~~~dl Recently-.a special committee appointed by the' Legislature to look into Olympic plans, rec- ommended the state give the DOC only another $s(lo,ooo. Another way for the Olympics to get tax funds is through recreation district bonds. A district would have to be formed, whose proper- ty owners would be taxed extra to pay off the bonds. They would have to vote their approval before such bonds could be used, though. . _l2any grand construction schemes of public officials have been waylaid in Denver and Colo- rado by balky voters ~vho refused to approve the bonds to pay for them. It's impossible at this point to predict what the future of Olympic spending and funding will be. But some of the DOC's expense estimates could give an indication. For instance, the DOC estimates that it will spend -the last $4.5 million to $6 million in fiscal year 1975-76. All of that would go for staging the games and operating the DOC since the facili- ties would already have been built. As has already been shown it's possible the DOC could end .up with a deficit of $3.3 million to $5.8 million, or slightly less than its final .year spending. ~~~~~ S~Ig~~Y~~' D'l~L~ Then consider the possibility that neither the speed skating rink rior the ski jump can be built with revenue bonds. And if the DOC didn't want to go through_the expense and delays of seeking voter approval of bond issues to build them it would have to take the .money, out of its ad- vance televis' revenues or use federal funds. There ~t E¢ d end' up a year before the games ilities built but flat broke and un a games themselves. The g to go running to the city and th s to for m gency appropriations to hold th And b it would be too late for the IOC to find ano her site for the games. Thus Denver City Council and the State Legislature would have .to cough up or take the conse- quences of seeing the international event can- celed. It's impossible right now to say that such a chain of events would occur. But it's equally impossible to say it wouldn't. That's essentially what did happen at Squaw Valley. ,,: .--Rocky MountainlJews .. t hors., nprn tt, Ivi 1, uenver, t,oro. - r •. ,. '. ... .: .. . ,. ' _, . ;.... . . _ .. p0c, cos s ~rr~a s ar wi . e y[- ~• - ~-~Ry I21CIfARD~O'REILLY Now for a closer ]oolc at revenues and other ~t Rocky Mountain News Writer fund SoU7Ce :. I i1 Q. O' m ~CS 'toavrigbl Urnver'PubllshlnB eo. tvn ~ ~ TELEVISION-all the nehvorks and ~~de- Officials of the Denver Organizing pendent television agents have already con- Comntittee (DOC) used to say the lOTG. tacted the DOC wanting to buy the rights to ar~d COIOra O ; Winter Olym Ics would cost $14 million. the 1976 games. ._ P~ Now they'. SaY it COUId Cost Up t0 $25 Two nehvorks. ABC and NBC, have already 5t O a- $erJ@S ~ million. offered immediate advance payment for the ~"'~""" ~ But they agree there's no way at this point right to work out a contract later, according to Ps ~ ;~3 to estimate how much of that the taxpayers will Norman C. Brown, DOC public affairs division Tickets were expensive at Squaw Valley. have to provide. ~ ~ ~ manager. The cheapest was $7.50 and reserved seats for They say there are' just too many unknown "CBS seems to know what's going on and ; the entire 11 days went for;250, and that was 11 factors right now to make an intelligent guess they're just playing it cool," he said. years ago. "we were short of money. We had to and hope that people will trust them to do So far the DOC hasn't made any deals with charge very high prices," said H. D. Thoreau, Uiings as inexpensively as possible. anybody and as long es more city and state ap- the man in charge of the entire program. One .thing that.'can be said now with some - proprrations come in it won't have to until the The DOC estimates it will have daily crowd9 certainty, though, is that whatever the cost to summer of 19 i2 when it can go ahead and nego- ranging from 64,000 to 91,000 for a total atten- the taxpayers they aren't likely to see the bate a contract. dance of 690,000 to 910,000. It estimates most of Olympics live on their home television sets. Brown explained that the DOC promised the the spectators will be from Denver or Colorado The DOC plans to ban live broadcasts in the IOC not to negotiate a TV contract until after while 13 per centwould be from out of state and state except by closed-circuit' into theaters the 1972 summer games in Munich, Germany, 3 per cent from foreign.countties. where viewers would have to pay. are over. These figures would seem to rely on heavy Many cost factors are known now, however, Brown said the best time for Denver to nego- use of closed circuit television ticket sales. and for those who'd like to play the financial bate its contract might be right after the Mun- ni103t COm f Ortable guessing game here's how: ich games because enthusiasm of the networks The two sports easiest for spectators to get • COSTS-Olympic costs break down into. might be gt•eatest then. "What matters," at and most comfortable to view since they are two categories, construction of facilities end op- . ~ Brown said, 'is when that network Is willing to indoors are figure skating and hockey. grating expenses. ~ pay the most money."~' ~ -The main events in these sports w~Ill be at The DOC estimates it will cost;l0 million to y. g f f the Coliseum, which seats about 9,000. Secon- ;15 million to build its facilities, which gives it NetU701'lL3 la LII O a wide mar in for inflation and other unknown He also thinks it will depend on the national dory competitions will be at the University of g Dem'er Arena with about 5,100 seats. costs. economy. Now would be a bad time to have to, negotiate a contract because the networks are Even using the DOC's low daily spectator es- Facilities and estimates having a tough Ume.and are laying off people, timate that would leave 50,000 people' who Tiie .facilities and their estimated cost' . Brown said. - would have to , go to the skiing, sledding and ranges are: Speed skating rink,;2.2 million to - TV payments fo ly~nPic 'rights have speed- skating events, unless major use is made E2.5 million; alpine skiing, $1.5 million f0 S2 md- ' ~ ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN GORDON climbed steeply o Rh s. In 1960 Squaw ~ of closed•circuit television. lion; bobsled, ;1.2 million to;1.5 mllllon; loge, .. ,, Norman C. Brown Valley, Calif., n nsbtvck, Aus Three large crowd events will be the opehing ;900,000 to 51.2 rtiillion; ski jumping, $900,000 to He'll heed the TV, nepoeieting team. trio, netted;930, t,I@6~ ~y of 52.5 million and clos[ng ceremonies and the 90-meter ski $600,000, and .cross .country and biathlon, -. went to Grenob ~ c n 8: And next 'lump meet. The ceremonies will be.ln Mlle ;200,000 to;700,000. :cent .annual Interest, the total debt would be;5 year Sapporo, J a ex net;5 million. -High Stadium with seatsdor 50,000. About 60,000 Those estimates tote1;6.4 million to $8.5 mil- ~~~million. ~ Brown, who wi}~ ~ television ne- viewed ski jumping at Grenoble ahd the DOC Icon, showing how much margin the DOC has ' ' II a high enough admission tee were charged gotiating team,' estitn a rights will gross expects a large crowd at Its event, too. The left. itself in its total facilities cost estimates. . so that each skater contributed;l toward that S14 million. That would give the DOC a net of Jump .,is a one-time event lasting about; 135 One cost not estimated is that of press housing, debt, it would take 5 million skaters over the 20 about j8.3 million. And he expects to get that hours. but the DOC expects that to be privately fi- year period to pay it oft. money well in advance of the games.. Thus if one takes ;8.3 million as the likely nanced. ~ ~ ~ Brown said the DOC doesn't Sntend to im- television revenues and adds in the minimums Operating expenses are estimated at;8 mil- RiltlC lOCaled OutdOOrB and maximums the DOC projects for ticket lion to SIO million. More than ha][ that-54.5 That would mean 8n average of 685 skaters pose a television blackout of the Olympics. But sales, concessions, franchise fees, and general million to ;6 million-would be spent In 1976 for would have to pay to use the rink every day of neither does the DOC intend to allow live rover- contributions, the total ranges from j12.3 mU- ataging the games. ~ ~ every year during that period. But the rink is ago 1n Colorado, es the rest of the nation will lion to 514.8 million. The rest would be spent mainly for salaries outdoors and couldn't even be used in warm get and as the citizens of Grenoble, France, got • FEDERAL FUNDS-This !e the big un- of those making the preparations before then. weather. !n 1~• known In paying for the Olympics. Everybody The DOC estimates It would need;2 million Perhaps speed skating could be developed Rather, Bi•own explained, Coloradans will connected with the DOC sold federal funds are >,^~•.veen nrnv and 7.974; sort. $1.S million to ;2 into a big spectator sport from which spectator 'Bet whatever kind o[ taped and edited version, sure to be available, but nobody could say how million in 1975 for operating costs, admission fees could be'obtafned and Used to of. the dzl•'s events the network'provldes In the `much or when. . • REVENUES-The sale of television rl his '• help redeem the bonds. evening. .. ......- . - - B Federal funds available accounts for well over halt the DOC's expected Sut speed skating does lack the elements " ClOSed circuit system income. The other sources are ticket sales, con- „ chat have made other Ice events popular with Llve coverage will be reserved for a closed Gov. Love said, "I would be willing to [ore- cessions, franchise, fees. and. general contribU- spectators-graceful movements and pretty clrcult system piped Into theaters around the cast that there will be federal funds and in talr- Uons. - girls for figure skating and fast, rugged action state where Uiose who want to see the competl• ly substantial numbers." He Bald fife money for hockey. Uons live can pay to do so. could be available both for planting and far ~~1ISt Slit j)rOCeed3 Speed skating consists merely of two people • TICKETS-Tleket sales apparently have ' building some facilities. The DOC hopes to net;5.5 million to $9 mil- at a time skating as fast,as they can around a not matched advance estimates for previous Love said he expects some announcement of lion from its TV contracts. Since it must split .400-meter oval track.. They race egalnst a . federal planning money for the Olympics within Winter Olympics. with the International Olympic .Committee 'clock, not each other. Grenoble predicted 1 million spectators the next .two months, but he wouldn't say how (IOC), the United States Olympic Committee It could be theh that the rink wouldn't pay , would see the 1968 games. But afterward it re- much he thinks It will be. (USOC) and the five international sports teder• for itself and that it would have to be paid for ,ported only 80(1,000 were.there. He said It will have to be determined in the ations, gross contracts of;10 million to $15 mil- by the taxpayers or a private donor. And according to a New York T(mes article next year how much total federal money wID be lion would be needed to achieve these esti- • SKI JUMPING-This is enother~ facility ~ even that figure was inflated by 200,000, just as 'available. mates. the DOC said couid be built either with revenue Ticket sales are estimated at;3.5 million to bonds or recreation district bonds. And it, too, Innsbruck, Austria, had done in 1969. Apparently the main precedent for faders] ;5.5 million. 1'he DOC used ticket prices aver- seems to have a doubUti abili to a for It- At Squaw Valley 1n 1960 daily attendance funding comes from Squaw Valley. There the aging from $5.50 to $6 to reach these estimates. ty p y ranged from 15,000 to 96,iX)p, for a total of near- tederai government petit $3.5 million for the !ce self. ~ I 250,000 end revenues of ;2 million. .. Oomcluded as a 18 The total from concessions, franchise fees Steve Knowlton, managing director of Colo- y t ~~ earl -general contributions is estimated at rado Ski Country USA, said, "I doubt that ski ,~.r.; ;500.OW to $1 million. ' ~,`Ca These [i ores jumping in the Utf,ted States will ever become , g yield total revenue estimates as popular as it is in the Scandinavian coon- ) "x^z •*•- ~ , ~ ~ ` of 59.5 million to $15.5 million. tries. So I doubt very much whether it could ~ r ~'~ „mac, ' ~~ °.; Simple comparisons of these cost and revenue ever be revenue producing." tt ~`.~ TT` ~' ~ ~ T r, • ~ ` estimates reveal the following extremes : II the ; +, --~° ~..,, "` ~;. ~ n ~ ' ~ . ~ games cost the maximum;25 million but only OtOIt Onei'alinB' COSts L~ ~ ~4 1 { _. X"h~h'~ r ~. ~ - ` ~~ the minimum ;9,5 million in revenues were ob- Steve Bradley, executive director of Winter ~..,i a r ~, ~, ~ '^~._ ~ a;.. <. ~~ tained there would be a;15.5 million difference Park Recreational Association, the private ? ~~ •' f ~f ~ -~'~X4s~+,` ~a'~~ .{ to he made up. nonprofit corporation which operates Winter a t - ~ ,~ _ -)rt ~ ~. ~ 7Y,,. And if the games cost the minimum of $18 Park ski area for the City and County of Den . f{ ~~' ~t ~ F`~ . c '~ ''a ~ y ;, million and generated the maximum revenues ver, is optimistic the Olympic ski jump could at - ~,~~.~.~„ ~f.~ ~)r'%' 't`t .t 'i~ ~~ i `' of 515.5 million the deficit would narrow to $2.5 least pay its own operating costs after it's built, '`+.,, ~ ~~ ~~' -~'~~ ~~ i'~' ` s:,# '.~ ~ ~. ~ - ~,: i million. But he cautioned, "You'll not do that if you `' ' a, •', '~ : '~ get very far away from Denver," He said the '' , /, ~ c ~' Additional factors ~~ ~ 1, ~'~' ~ ~ '~# ~€~. spectator admission fees are what would pro- s i' t'""~ , , But neither of these extremes Is likely to oc- vide the revenue. "The jumpers aren't going to ~~ ! ' r. ~, cur, because a number of additional factors are pay [or it," Bradley said. ~,++ , ~ ~' •"~~ Y Involval. _ ~' ' ~ ~ - ~ The site should be able to host one big ski ~ • ALPINE SI{IING-DOC officialdom jumping meet a season, Bradley said. . ~ `•t .L ti.;-. ~,y' ?',~ ~ -1~, 'L I< ~ SI;~.' ~.,, f seems committed not to pay for developing the In Norway crowds of 130,000 pay $3 each to r. alpine ski site, even if it means finding a site watch ski jumping meets, Bradley said. _. '~ t .. ~~,.,.. ti~~.j r rM ~ ~r }~' other than 19 t. Sniktau. This could reduce Its fa- If the DOC built a ski jump for $600,000, its ~',` ~~'' - ., '~,r~ §~'~. ' citify costs by up to $2 million, leaving amaxi- maximum estimated cost, and financed it with ~~ r'~ •.. ~, ~ t ~fid. h m u~T expense of $23 million. 2U-year revenue bonds Bt 5 per cent a year In-: r xe * ~~,~,~ R ~' ,q '~ ~~ SPICI) SKATING-The DOC has pro- terest the total debt would be $1.2 million re- r/F ~ r't a i a ~;.J .r r ~ ~ ?° ~ posed that the costly speed skating rink be built quiring $60,000 a year to pay it off. ,f<~ r '1 i a _ ~ ~,~ }~, `f ~ ~• j with revenue bonds, which would cost the tax- r, a ~•a ~~'~ / ` ' The DOC hasn't suggested that any of the ~M ~ r ~.fr~°'"~ papers nothing, or recreation district bonds, other sites-bobsled, loge, cross country and s ! ~iY~'t~ ; ^:r,. r, ~ h ~t •,~ 4 f,~ f ,~',,;~11~' _„_,,, a.. which would he repaid with property taxes. biathlon-could be built with revenue or recrea- x; [y ~~n 1'he use of revenue bonds depends on Uie ~ ~ `~-1 ~'`l~/ tion district bonds. g; rink generating enough income to pay its yearly ,~ ;?~",'~'_ _ ° ;~ v r - _ _ operating costs with enough left over to pay off nga•YnILIIIIL ex])e1ISe8 - ' ~, i ~ ^ ~ 4 *~?, ~. !7"•~~ the construcLon costs. Thus if it's assumed that neither the speed i ''a~i c~'~)„ k ,, ~ i Apparently the main source of revenue for skating rink nor ffie jump could pay for them- i ,~ ~ '. .~" -~ ~Y ~ - ,~„ ~ ~~~ the r-ink would be admission fees charged skat- selves but would remain a cost liability to Uie R(.~n, MOUNTAIN N6NS Pl10T0 BY MEL SCH4ELTZ ers. DOC, its maximum expenses are $23 million • if tl,e rink eost;2.5 million and If that were lagain assuming the lx)C won't have to pay for This is B model of The Olympic speed Skating million. It could require 685 Skaters daily for paid for w;ui 20-year revenue bonds at 5 per the alpine site). ° rink. It's supposed to cost $2.2 million t0 $2.5 20 years to pay it off after the 1976 games. ~, ~ r ~ -moo :~ .,.e.~ i : ~ s 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ e d a- 8 .a - - - - - - •~ _ ,. ... Deavzr Pest Sl;i E;;iwir ` S' _..!at:or_ coy..: ced T!~urs- '.:~.% pYer '~+L _i~~2 c I i3 withlnl _. _ Lear: ~r C:! ~ :- tic Co:rsrtittee ~ ,~OC;~ :._ t~:e •.~•~':e of Robert) Prin;te'~ r::si_na[io:: as pres- .: ant and a di. ector of the `j:'-man bt,ar. Amon; thn_e mentioned asl ~~ssi4le a:er-all D0~ head is, i~;m Carriga.^,. ;er*;:2r Den~.~er~ '~ 'P.a`:Cr •,SRG ..^.ow !S 2n eY2C~ltl~e :~a•ith Continaraal .;iriines. p-~r;!e's dacisic!r. ~o quit the -OC nn;t. _rr~icted in The :?ewer Past _;~: tiveeis ago. is `.ii;~iy to be only par of an or- ~ar.iz~tional sha',:eup following s~ormy t•.vo weei;s at the 19i? .?nt2r Olympics in Sapporo. ~Y f l ,~ ~r ~ ~ . . Y . _~ : i~:. ~. - R a i := ;~ C -- I 9 ` ~ ~. `i ' s., .~ 3 There, -Denver .faced a' rear threat of having the Games removed by the Irt2rnational O!yr,.pic Committee and recri- : ina[ions and rumors have run rampant through the DOC ever since.. Among su;gestions being ban- died about is one that the entire committee resign to clear tl•.P way for the appointment' of a more ~vcrkabie, action-0riented bod}-. As a result of such random proposals, the Thursday after- noon session of the DOC was likely to be a tempesiuousone.. In resignin; a pest he has tteid since 19b3, Pringle said h2 was clearing the way for a full- ti.Le paid executive to take complete command of the orga- nisation. FringIe,~-vice ipresiden~ ~of~ ~' marke[in; for T:Iountain Bell, has served ir, a volunteer ca- pacity, as do other members of the DOC board. AUTHORITY SPLIT An abiding criticism of the DOC has been the splLZterinQ cf executive autrority, sources close to the committee say. Cori DeTemple was appointed to the paid staff position of gen- erat secretary two montf:s ago. But that post has been subser- viert to the dictates of the DCC particularly its po•.verful nine-man executive committee which effectively makes ail major decisions. Corrigan, who has retained his DOC board affiliation. is tY'.ought to be eager to return to Denver. f ,- *' y ~' ~ ~ ~ ~G ~ ;~' ui~'itngI„ay soot shakeup. ~,y ` . ~~ ....5i '*r . ~/ fl ® ~ ~ } ~ ~ ~'/~~]y~ tea,.,, a.. l •~ ® ` - ' •C~ ByLEGNARD LARSLN O~nver Post `,Yasftington Carresponder~} titiASHItiGTON-An assistant L.S. .interior secretary said Wednesday There were "grave doubts ' ' the: 19; 6 Colorado iWirter Olympics would be held. The official, Nathaniel P. ~ Reed, assistari secretary for fish and wildlife and. parks, said also that the Interior Department was concerned at the "environmental impact" of the games new slated for Colo- rado and said there would be "monumental problems of transportation." F,eed's statements-delivered in response to questions at a press conference-were imme- diately discounted by Colorado Gov. ,lobo Love, in Washington to att2.^.d sessions of the :Va• tional Governors Conference. Kti0tiLZ,EDGE DOC;BTED In effect. Love suggested that Reed wasn't fully prepared to disco=sth2 sub;ect. ! Love said h~ kne.v of no present or threatening circum- stance that wo?iid justif Reed's .'`grac'e do~~bts" observation. "I don't thick he~s fooked at it that carefully," Lcve said of ;Reed's discussion of environ- s .^:;2ntal impr:ct or. public lands sitar nnwm~.: -_ for the environment roiced by ~ could end the winter gale: . critics of the 1916 Winter Olym. with tf:e just-completed co[r:_:;e- pics and then added that "there titiens at Sapporo, Japan. are grave doubts whether or ..I[„ the games are held ir! not the games will be held." ~ Colorado, Reed said, there ~ would be "monumental prob• Peed then referred to the I )ems of transportation" and known disenchantment with the ~ federal concern with the "en~ri• ~ Winter Olympics voiced repea- ronmertal impact" in the carry tedly by Avery Brundage, the Fetitiosz areas. aged president of the Interra- The federal concern, he said, t i o n a i Olympics Committees wc'uld b2 that the Olympics (IOC). `I would be held "with the least `SOl1E QUESTION' amount of impact or-er public "As I read the Brundage~rtn~s•r' He said he was refar• (statements , ' ' Reed said ~ particuIa; iy to ` watersheC > II areas. _ i `there`s some question wheiherfLOT OF R'ORHi AIiE:1D . ~ to hold the Olympic games ir, .. t ','Denver or rot." If he games are going to he held in Colorado," Reed said. He suggested that a new elec- "it's obvious that this ad:nin~. lion of officers witl•~in the IOC- tration and the future admitis• if Brundage adherents took tration are going to have over a more po•,verfu! void-,heck of a lot of work ahead." `,- Love said Reed "might net be :2•.vare'' of t{:e backing aLeady jpled~d to tee presentation of 'the. #~ inter Cl~meics in Celora• r'. ~do by the ~L•;en administration. tJ He`: recalled it was Reed`s ~- boss. ~:ae..,' Secretary Ro~~rs ~s J.. I;~f C• B• ,~ 1'-rtun. 1'vhQ ln(UCI;!_'f. j i £runcaQ~ b•- te!e;ra;n in J~-- ~ -;,ter. j of I^e a~ ~:;nis;.rat:o^ suppor'.. 1 Re:~_:r to r`:~ concerns voic~'b~~ eed. Lc ~ e said. "1 ~~ . -~ ~._.r .. ., _ _. ::. 61 - ,. Y ~'C~ i j~ j f' L 1 T e Rcc:~~~ ~i.ourtair. Center on Environ- rado La::d Lse Commission to control r,:~n~ ,•; rG~ICOT~) announced Friday it land use. isn't tin, a position for or against the -The Regional Transportation Distric~ IJiG wmt~r Cly._.pic Garr:es at present. be given authorit5r to handle Olympics Directors of the Denver-based environ- transportation plans. mental group expressed "legitimate tor.- =The state refrain from using the tern" o:~cr . social, economic and environ- Olympics as an advertising or promo- mental u-npacis of the games in a state- tional device to spur growth and develop- ment prepared ~~'ednesday night after a ment. board m~eetir: .The directors said they are ~oncez•ned "It i, possible that an Olympics could that disturbance of the natural environ- bpcome an encironmental;.and economic ment, accelerated growth,. economic bur- iiability," the directors said, "but RO`'I- dens, land .speculation and undesirable COE belies es it is incumbent .upon the de~•,~elopments could be triggered by the Deaver Olvrnpic Cor.Zmit:ee and the Colo- Games. rado Olympic Commission to expend The steps recommended would help eve*.•v conceivable effort to assure t hat. a prevent those undesirable effect, tha Colorado Olympics isecome an asset for panel concluded. It reserved the p~ssibili- the state." tv of taking a firm stand on the Olympics P o s ir. v z ~ e 5 u ~_i 5 _ .. _ , _ after more informaton is available. doting ii ~,tiili Fork with the committees to Gain positive accomplishments for com- munity er:chancemer~t, the.. directors said - tl;at until ti:ey have more information about the Olymaic plans, they will take no - position for or againsi tl•~em.. - The di*ecters, headed by ken OGright of Boulder, sug~est~d that if. the Olympics - are held the . foLos=~ in' principles be~ ob- f served: _ -9void or rr:itigate _ undesirable,.. envi- rorr..ental, social ara economic conse- quences. -That those opposed to the Olympics _ receive lair and open hearings.,. -That planners recognize. opportunities for iastiing community improvements and note that charge isn't "merely a liabili- - t~ ,~r' Loud-Use Co~~rol -1:Ia<•dr:u--n public disclosure and par- ticiuation be encouraged. -a thorough environmental resources inver;:ory and analysis be made before any engineering o: construction is done. -Denver use the viViii~iCS to capitalize - an redeceloor:,ert and beautification of t1Se Sr,•tlth Plar±e River Valley. ' - ~='dequate authority be given the Cola 'F t ".if,n .. .. YI°~ I e - 8 q ~.~•J '~ ~~ ~1 •~; ' K •; y> h~ ' j~tr`~" , n r r I t° 6 ~+ y~3 '^t '* to ;~~,.+ ''' + r A ~ ` ~ _ ,:~ r .E . , ~ F , ~ ~ r (. J ~ tt~ ~~a ~ 0. cc h N:-!~ x~ 3. k L..-~-'~ t Y 7 ~ pp i t., r~. . [HARLES LECKENBY y .: ~ ~`r ~ u~~ a'` ~[ ~'~ 4(1 , KAY DROWN "J ~ ` ` ' Endorsed Games. Doesn't w EU P MONRG ~ I `J~~ K 1 ` DAVE HARDY ant tax hike. "Games will rake up . ac /{ ROL HUDLER ~ ( _ ~ "I'm for them." ,Cites "fantastic o ortunit KEN JOHNSON ~~~ ~, ~ '~ :t \: Rh O PP y" "I don't want ltotdc~ stands." : ~ i • •. ~•y 1~a~'ti ,F6i~a6D1 ~, ~ ~ ~a E3 @V ' ~ ~/`~ 9 R' I:. r l'I. ./ ' i Denver t'os[ Stalf 1{'riter~ 1 , By M110Nh TYSON Front Range country. F'or ex- chance rto promote worldwide of hosting the 1976 Six oC eight newspapermen ultc.of tlteoltuusinL. Theycw~~t uS.dippotondJapan, is a good ex• to e 1Vinler pies here at first," said Ron games isn't very inlerc;ling to . interviewed during the Colorado .nu't the ecolo g Leckenby said. Olympics, providing we get Cnole , . Press Association (C'A1 co„- ^ecessar gY because the ample. g Cher and use Utem to at! of Limon Leader bl'sNo ~ If do itt watch." vention in Denver are in favor taken. y precautions wip be E:1L'Ii NATION Colorado's advanlagz," said think it's such a good idea. I If it's [or bette!•men: of the of staging the R'inter Olympic 'NEAItL'VG BLINDERS' 'But I think the Japanese t;lemd Jtmclwn Daily 3e ttineL1e GOOD PUBLICITY state, I'll say yes to sta Virg the Games in Colorado in 1976. A overloaded on expenses. For es- ICE WILL MELT Nintcr Olympics in Colorado,' "Opponents of the games are ample, Japan furnished individ- For e c o 1 o i c a I r he gumes are oversold. said ltay Bmwn, wife of Dewey newspaperwoma^ said she wearing blinders. They dou`t ual ski waxing rooms for each Johnson said, 'some They probably won't do what Brown, puhlishct• of the Cortez - wuuWn't want them staged in study the situation." g easons, some say they will far ihu Sentinel. "But I don't want ex- •-the Feur Corners area and one ]t was no surprise tvhcn games are too c:; ensivc structures econom P~lishu• doesn't like the idea. Charles Leckenb , Y• They'll bring good pense o[ the genies to r:,ise our ._ participating nation. If the can be made of ice. Nhen publicity to Colorado, but we'll taxes . IC taxes Y publisher of nations won't have a chanceoio struclutesaiv Ihmclt~l'helgames be' Iusdon~t think taxpayers of bush Dave (lardy, publisher of the the Steamboat pilot, endorsed stage them. Colorado should be won't damage Colorado's eco- should bave to pay for the tcle• gn any Canon Cily Dail}• Record: ''I'm the games. Some oC the Otym- more economical) higher, we will all be ta:;ed alt for them. If they're tens. right, they'll solvo a planned pin events are planned at cut expense and tt eke itcatc ~I_ logy if we plan wisely. vision coverage. 1Vhy can't tele- prof otr ~ con ~ tecis ~nanyitut,uI' lot of Slz<imbnat Springs. 1 Y I believe the ski problems for Denver and the "The games would ive us a utb ptoposttmn. could be staged at Demers I auldsadd a footnol~fand say theulFourwContersntarea~~~Thc g I'm wholeheartedly in fatror Mile high Stadium." t e l e v i s i o n coverage of the games could cause tremendous ''I don't want Colorado to be littered with hotddg-staiids.•-ti ~ ~ ^Fr=r-- v; Colorado s ends ~ "~~~~~ ~ •'. '4~' i ~ p.~ $..5 million for '`• I certain facilities, they'd better "L~,:r` bz usable otter the games." y~g '~ ~` Rol Iludlzr is ca-publisher of "' ' e the Burlington Record un the -_ , plains of eastern Culogado. ~ `+ "I'm for them," he said. "'1'ney ~r , offer a fantastic opporlumty for; s k the state, Particularly Dem'er• ~ '-" b: "fhr rr..;nlrc „dn ».,,.... '^---.. Vic,:. ~ 'Y~j~i. ac: ~~ i . ,~,. ~~, ;' ~s . ---,~ ~ ,; s r ., :,~1 F~r ~ ~ ~ ~= ~ f :~`.~[" ~~ a~. ~~, ~~ r ~y _. __. iw ,' ~' ~. ~, n t ' L{j'. ,, ~~ rr~• 1 k 8 X.G~LI .. ,~; ,r ~ry £ / GENE VJELLS '7hey'll brine returns," Denver r o,t Puoio: ~~ ra.n • RCN CUULLY "The Games arc uv r ' t ,j"~; yo~ ~ L ~~~ ~ ~ ri, . ': ~ L 1 ~E7~; confusion and crowding.". f °Biggc~t value will i "Colorado is called the Slci It i ~ State," said Lu P. 1loitroe, I Frrmer publisher of the Bould our sut. Look ;:[ W; nun:ocr of people tries ~. I er Daily Camera and now consul- (hc gams in Sapporo, J.. . ~ rutt far that ncuspapet'• "lvc should have the Ol i sluch'cin ~ttourismi duriu ' ymp cs, rc- gardless of cost. winli•r :nuuths." ~ i 1 Ilr:lll I t'n~.l :, i':•II t~ I II"I' J:,• P.i it I ~ ~ !li i I i'r:ii i. ~ r.i 11.4 i,,: t ,V: :i„i I.i i.ll: , 4. ` 1i i. ~ }~ ~~~~:U tl .,l,l{?.d i tit i'1~~ it. ~.'' ll .: ... ~ . I I ~ll•'.1 1 Il.ill tl li I' t , i~• !it i:l ii1.C UI C:1.'t I) lit ~'.i :,I!;!I,i~1111"i. i II i' „t fflr tl': I ~:!i. . t h, , 14';{1 t ~ ~il l,lu,l u~ ,I: +t CII1, Li :1 ~;, ligl l'.l ~' 1Ui;':IIV'1~ illlll II:.C f II! i!1 1'~ .ill l1I .I:I:, fl 1.•'di ' 1 in!erricv;t•d +!urull; 1L'~ la,lor; ~:I:'i ~.wl ilu' c':I'l~~;;y In'r:u+:;c Il::~an!l,ll:. C'r{loradn's a+lt~anla!;c,' said ti!IiF: it's sul•i+ t+ I;,tu'.I idol. 1'ri:a :1,:;o<:intilm I(:S'ilr Lu„•lilcr•r•s,.,,y prec:+uliuas till be 1:;,11'11 ~I:1'I'IUN Kcn Julut,on, publisllcr of the GUUU 1'IiUL,IC('1'Y vcnliun in Iri+l41•r arc in Ln-urll~lkcll. "lSut. I Lhink the .lapanese Grand Junction natty 5entincl. "'t'ha gantcs are oversold. of :,lil(;inf; tlic• li'int,'r (il+. mpic• '1SI~.UtI(~'G 1tLWUlSItS' nvcrlo:lded on expenses. hot cx• ICI; 1V1LL AII~L'l' 'I'hcy probably tzon't do ~ehat Conics iu r'rJaal!u in 1'l; G. r1 "(rl,lluncnl', of the eantes :u•c antplc, J:Ipau (urnixhed individ- hot e c o l o g i c:r l reasons, :rome say They ~t•ill for l,he nl~:r~l :e'rrt•.oncul :,air( she wc;u in;,~ blinders. 'Ch^y ilun't nnl shi tv:c:iof; rooms for cac:lt Johnson said, "some structures economy. '!'he•y'lt hying good v:,.t,ldn~~. t4;wl fhcnt ,t:!i;i•d iu stud} the iluuliun." pariicil,nlin~ nation. 1P the can be made of ice. 1Vhcu publicity to Colorado, hul tee'll lh~: I rnr t',Irncrs area, and unc ]t t4 a:: no surprise t;'hen (;antes ore loo expensive, poor warm weather routes, the icr_ be buying it. publisher duc•sn•t like thr idea. Ch:u•Ics .Leckenh`;, publisher of nations teon'f. have a chance i.o structures will rnc•tt. The games "I don't think taxpayers [dare hardy, hublishcr of the the Steamboat Pilot, endor•sr.;d stage l.hem. Colorado should be won't. damage Colorado's eco- should have to pay for the lcle• ~I (;anon City Daily liecurd: ''i ::~ Lhc t;autcs. Some of the Olynt- more economically practical- logy i[ wo plan wisely. vision coverage. Why can't tele- for lhern. I( Ihcy°rc planned pie events are planned at cut expense and make it a pay- "I believe the stet jumps vision support itself'? Of course, ril;ht, Ihcy'll soh~e a lot of Slearnboat Springs. ing proposition." could he staged at De:nver's_ I could add a foohtote and say prohlern,5 for lienver and the "The games would give us a "1'm wholeheartedly in favor Agile high Stadium." t e 1 e v i s i o n coverage of the ----- ~; "I don't wFutt Colorac o to e 1Virllrr U!) nil,ics in !'`Ili~rn~4,.'~ ';uiti I~;1)' ltrrr,tn, tel(c ..,I 1ti•ttr)' ISrown, puhli.,hl:r ut Ilu: r:u!;~.~r. Sctllincl. "13u1 1 tlr~n•t want :•~- pense of the t;anu::> t.> raise u; n• taxes . if t,lscs go ;:n1 ~ higher, tt•e will :+II be taxed ixil of business. , •', "I haven't come to ary?;•'~~' pro or con (ieCI~N •~ 6~ ,!• tt'ol.ddn't want thcl~' ~ ~• , the I'ow• Corners ` G games could cause tt~' ' hltcred wrth hotdug sf.aruls. TI ,...:..'; • . ' Colorado spends $25 rnillion for ~ ~, ` , a,l,,• .:r ;;~ 1~4ii,l• ,L,,I,;;u CCl'taln facilities,. they'd better (`.I"llh':' liilltil a.'.'f +,t Ilu' Iluil,i(rr {l!!C t Ibe U5811IC aI(Cl' the gamCS," U,IVII' (.::Inlrr:, hr:cl nut': CUit:,l!i• "'llr; rlr,l'~1•-; 1•. 1!I ',tll•_~: lljl, Itol Hudler is co-publisher of tarp (•.u• th:,l nett.,,pal"'r'• ' 1'~~ slac:i: iu t+~c.risut clurino, the Burlington Record on they huuld hael: the U~~nll:ics, re• rrintl•r mi.lutils." plains of . eastern Colorado. hardlc;r; c,l ci+~L tJlhc:r stories nn pn!to '~ "I'm for them," he said. "'t'hey ' offer a fantastic opportunity for the state, particulat9y Deriver. OVI?.R 5'I'A'I'E "'The results will rneau largcr~ h o c k e,y facilities, unproved! !transportation and an economic !boost that will spread over the slate. i1•Iotel people in I3urling- i Ion are ah•cady enthused. The games will give them an eco- nomic shot in the attn." ~ Ceue 1Vells, `Grand Jwtclion, CPA president, said, "I don't see how any stale could turn !down the oplxtrtunity io stage the games. 'They'll bring re• 'turns for at least 10 years. Fa- cilities can be used after ihe~ gantcs, and the investment will ! rub off orl the tviolc state. • "I don't want to give anyone a blank check. But with!I .. prudent'guidclines it will bg a' good investment." ' "f was for st:lging the UlytTr- /?~sT /-z~~7~ . •.y x eti .v alb l~~ r~~ `~~ .. ~tY4 _~~~~ , ~ ~ ~ . ~ ; . .. ~_~~~~~~ Lt. Cne. Joan VanderhooF Nednesdav hit m?d 2p~rehension by s^_veral groups o'-er iha t5i6 Winter Olympic Games "dncrsdzy thinking" founded on "baseless T:E I _uxuant gocernor mzde the~com- -~_at ia. a talk to the Denver Kiw~ris - ^ zt a luncheon meeting in the Albany ,_~.el. .hose who oppose Lhe Olympics say ,e Gat:.; will ruin the envirormen:." ::rderhoni said. "tVe have heard the ea:nes will detastate the state to the _gres of a fullacale war." Ali Cciorado's enciionmental preb;ems, h :weer, wouldn't be suh'ed by removal r.:` !ae Olympics, he reminded the ffiwan- He suggested iltat if groups opposing :- ~~`r~~ the games were to concentrate supporting them, "all of the they are complaining about would be snh-ed." Most Pressing Items Speaking about the gocernor "hgislative call.'' 1'anderhoc water rights, state aid to school reform, and the creation of authorities the most pressing of SO items. During a "short" sassion, sec present one, the legislature can only financial matters, resolut items the governor puts on the ca 'VanderhooF said water rights ; revised and allocated according because "water always seems t fire direction of money." He attributed most of the "pres sprawl" .to cities using the toll their water rights to gain new ter "Hater must be rea;located to master plar. for the development rado," he said. "To restrict gro retrict water." School Aid Discussing school aid, he said i stale funds, allocated under the roundation Act, could save Color; dents $21.a million in property to year. The savings would only come, t if school district budgets remain U and if welfare costs aren't increas If school officials aren't ''made the line on budgets," they 'could U:e mill levy to iss statutory Ib lake the state aid too." •'tio matter how the districts money, it will come out of your pocket," he told the grcuo. He treed them to attend school hoard mtttins and °make sure" the budgets ai P kC~t di:lt^t, \'a.^..^.rrh0^f aLo predicted that the etls!^t:nr will revise several laws per- ar..:-[ to $c rt.hss of persons bere•een 11^:r Lam. Itb la+s •-r.:nci.^., fmm ccn- trx~ to c::^.:r•~r,^a" ud! have to be '-~ ~~ :f :~ r.;,t:; art to he cstab- ' i::rn.:, hr sod. I . ,. ^,~.cr oMp enorn ey erme Berea MEM9ERS OF DENVER OLYMPIC 'COhtM1TiEE- DISCUSS HCi1SING Model of proposed west side housing in 1976 Winter Oly;;~~ics is on Coble. 9 ', ti'~`.J! ~iLii ~a~ ~~ _ _: . -~ -_ ~_ e _ ~ ~ The Denver Olympic Committee (DOC officially endorsed the proposed pres housing for the 15.6 Hinter Olympics i Lhe `,Vest side area of Ute city at thei meeting tPedncsday afternoon. Tre housing, approsimaiely 1.000 units in a 1~-square-block area, would be con- verted to housing for low-income families and the elderl}° after the Games. The pro- posal was pre~enied at the December DOC meeting b}' the Rev. Joseph Torres, a'boazd member. Two west side oreanizations, the Nest' Side Ccalition and the Denver Community Development Corporation. have combined efforts for the design and building of the facilities. Three Types of Housinq Naldo Benavidez, chairman of the ccm- bined groups, said the "Olympic. press housing could be a tcol for residents to have a say in the community and its fi- nancial development." The group en- visions three types of housing for the azea, bounded roughly by N. Ccltax Ace... Speer Blvd.. N. 11th Ave. and 1laripnsz I St. Highdersit}' apartment structu-es would hcuse the elderly after the 15.6 Olympics, medium density townhouses and "garden t}pe" apartments would bE - built along the major streets'and the remainder of the area would be low~en- sity single and duplex units The entire complex is expected to cost ` between S12 million and S18 million. Benavidez said most of the units includ- ing the townhouses and high-rise apart- , moots would be financed through-the - Housing and urban Rene'.va; Dej5rfinent. A planned mete! cnmples and commer- vial areas would be financed maink ~a ~° s , ~~® ~ 4luuntzin Division !RltD~ of the C.S. Ski ;,r..emiers ":^ ~cP~ur: the ac!ivities of the The board of directors of tae Reckv~ T?:e tmar.imms resoic;tiun a rd P.11D 4ssociation has adopted a resciutinn =D a r. v e r Oi~::-laic Comm::;cr- in es- avoring the staging of the 1916 Nir,ter f taa;tsiung :he n:err pre: ;ms for devel- 11}•r.;pics in Colorado. r,me.^.i. ucerat.nn and 3i~er-~~~ of s arts The orga,^.i.ato.^., rrpreser.un^ snm° ~fac:i's for u:e !?;5 lCmter Oi•:mpicsr'. 0.000 skiers in G:!^racc, \cu ^y;sso. t T;e R3!D brw+rc c::a-e_sed confidence in i%yoming, Ok!aher:a. Tz~a;. ~lissuuri ar.d ~»he Dc.^.ccr O!_s:np:c C.iCtrs;~tree's en:iren. ~73a5, lt:s d:_t.^,Jt::M ..;lwJ 'li:r,. ~ FF ~ . Fe~ n- t.me:::a; cony: rn c. n:ch °will :'sore u'ell- moeg u memi:Frsn:p in an effort ;o ^ a7trcKf and r, ~ ! p r.e d.,~~.i„cod and center similar e:',cu by , : p + the Gamma. ~.. ^ s opposed ~ rer=;ed fociii•res .. .which ,~;!l be of ! la:::rg coreii::u Cr,ioraro safe: s." est { The pe[iGon, ~rhich is directed io fhe in- tarnatioral Ole:mpir. Committee, reads: "t~•°, the undersigned, respectfully request ti:at the 19,6 Winter 01}'metes he !:eid !n Colorado in cnnjunMron with rite state cer.ternial and the ration s bicenten- nia 1. ' ,.e support responsible use of federal, state and city funds far the crnpcr p!ar.- .^.in^. decelocmert: eperaror, acd otter-f use of the neces;a, ; spnn_~. and cn•ic fa- cilities for the 1516 R'inttr O:npics." 1 throegh prieate loans and about IC p~ • . s c_nl trrou~h community-owned fund:n,~•, n such as the safe of stuck. Load tnr the ' r PrcPosal would be acquired Erom ur~an renewal funds, he added. Carlos Lucero, an adviser to fhe coal- ,` ticn. said all that remained in the propos- al was the 'tying of the loop" brintarg together federal, state and cry cocrd;gg_ . 1 lion of the plans. Accelereted Word - Rohert Cameron, director of the Denver, Urban Renewal Authority, warned teat;: work on the proposal would have to he x_: celerated if the DOC wanted the dousing ready for the OhTnpics. - "Plars are behind times now." he said,. noting that under normal conditions suctr a proposal would take about eight ye to ccmplete. - "l:`e hate all fhe ingredients to , t,i~'j drre, as long as we dent mil! armmd as}-- Ic.;ge:," David Lucy, a DOC stagy:~ member crmmented., - !. ~-Rocky Mountain News Tues.; April 6, 1971, Denver, Colo. 0 0 ~ o ~ 1 E ~ boat Springs, Farwell said. Another advantage ~ The major landowners are Tom Butterfield is 900 feet less altitude than any East Slope site. and the Silver State Youth Camp, he said. No proposed Olympic courses have been laid Farwell said neither has agreed to the use of out there but there are many choices, he said. ~ their land but have agreed to discuss the possi- b'1' . Ted Farwell, technical division manager of the Denver Organizing Committee, is in charge of all site selections for the 1976 Winter Olym- Ry RiCRARD O'REILLY Rocky Mountain Newa Writer coorriam rot, oenvor Puensntnv co. o The International Ski Federation (FIS) cotild well refuse. to approve any cross-country ski, race.-COUrse'tteing: arti~: ficial snow, which would eliminate every possible site but Steamboat Springs. o The man whom the Denver Organizing Committee (DOCI hopes will foot the bill for de- veloping bit. Sniktau into a ski area says he's not interested-unless somebody else puts up most of the money while he supplies the know- how. a The DOC may have to pay the way home for University of Denver shldents who will have to go on vacation while their dormitories are used for an Olympic Village-and two-thirds of DU's 9,350 students are from out of state. Those are just a few of the problems In- volved in Olympic site selection, which Is the critical task now [acing the DOC. The DOC must provide sites for nine sports for Ure 197G Winter Olympics-alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping, bobsledding, luging, figure skating, speed skat- Ing and hockey. By far the most controversial thing the DOC has done is to propose the Evergreen-Indian Hills area for the Nordic events and the bobsled and lugs runs. Partly because o[ the public uproar over those sites and partly because the sites are technically poor, the DOC Is looking [or alterna- tives now. Ted Farwell, DOC technical manager, said, "The major reason that we are making this re_ evaluation of the Evergreen site is for the com- petitors." He said the first priority 1s to find a site for the cross-country and biathlon races. Irtvolves running on skis Cross-country, skiing is best described as running on skis. The skis are made of light wood, have no metal edges and are about halt the width of regular skis. The racers use special bindings which clamp only the toes of their boots to the ski. Their heels are free and that's what allows the run- ning movement. The secret to cross-country skllng is the wax. If Ute racer has.used the right wax the ski will freeze momentarily to the snow giving a firm base from which to thrust the other ski [orvard. Yct the ski will still glide smoothly over lire snow when the skier wants it to. When It's done right the skier can run uphill. Learning vvhlch wax or combination of wax- es to use for a particular snow condition takes a lot'ot e.+cperience and is just as crucial to a cross-country racer's training es his physical conditioging. ~ t : ; Races traditionally •tnke place~oh'natural' '' _ ' g y ~- - ~~:~~3~ „~..!`et ~ ROCKY.MOUNTAINNEWS PHOTO BY MEL S.:H tELIZ pits. Behind him is map of proposed Evergreen site. Dark sections are west and south slopes where snow will melt even if artificially made. snow and racers are used to waxing for the var- ious conditions they encounter on it. Artificial snow is more like granulated Ice than the crystalline structure of natural snow end racers aren't used to waxing toi• lt. Recently In interviewsM~ith fourmembe{s o y~ the U.S. Nordic Ski'Ieam at Vail, ell said they didn't want to run on artificial avow in the Olympics. All four said they favored a race site on the Western Slope where natural snow. is sure to be available. They named Steamboat Springs, Winter Park and Durango as their choices. (Winter Park Is higher than the altitude approved by the FfS and Durango is too far away.) The use of arUUclal snow hasn't been ap- proved by the FIS. tVhen the FIS inspected the proposed Ever- green course in March 1968 a late winter storm had dumped enough snow to make it skiable. But weather studies since have revealed that the site has oNy a 4 per cent chance o[ having the required 10~nches on the ground, and only a 50 per cent chance of having any snow at all, according to Farwell. Seve-•al alternate sites Denver's bid to the IOC made no mention that artificial snow might be used. Instead what it said was, "If unseasonable weather should occur 1n late February for the crosscountry and biathlon events, Denver has several alter- nate sites." Three FIS cross-country ski experts inspect- ed the alternate sites last month. One favored Steamboat Springs, one didn't list a favorite and Ute third hasn't made his report yet. The FIS is expected to make a discision on the artificial snow question at its International meeting in Yugoslavia in May, Farwell said. He said the FIS cross-country officials have never raced on artificial snow "so they are a little dubious." Farwell, himself a three-time Olympic cross-country competitor, said there's no ques- tion It wUl take different waxing for artificial snow, but he thinks the waxing will be easier than for natural snow. Artificial snow is harder than natural snow, and that makes It faster to ski on, Farwell said. The DOC has three alternate sites to Ever- green under consideration. 1'wo are on the Eastern Slope.' They are along Indian Creek near the tiny community of Pine Nook, 8 to 10 miles west of Sedalia on state highway 67, and along Buffalo Creek near the U.S. Forest Service campground oP the same name on a Pike Na- tional Forest road about seven miles south oP the community of Buffalo Creek. Farwell said both of these alternative sites would have to use artificial snow, although weather studies now th progress may show they have a better chance of having nntutal snow than Evergreen. ' The third .alternate. and>the oiily:slte where ; fietural 'shove ban' be' gdazariteed is at Steam- "' Natural snow sites II the F]S rejects artificial snow the cross- country course will have to be in Steamboat Springs since there are no other possible, natu- ral snow sites. Farwell said a study of U.S. Geological Sur- vey tumour maps showed that Indian Creek and Buffalo Reek were the only suitable alter- natives to Evergreen on the Eastern Slope be- tween Estes Park and Colorado Springs. The regoQemenLy area 9- to 5-square-mile wooded area ands 7,800 feet altitude with mostly rtmth end east slopes to give shade to hold whatever snow accumWates or is artifi- cially made- - ' Steamboat Springs is the only Western Slope site with low enough altitude, Farwell said. ' If the FIS approves use of artificial snow ei- ther Indian Creek or Buffalo Creek offer some obvious advantages over Evergreen, according to Farwell- For one thing both have a much greater Percentage of crucial north and east facing slopes. The Buffalo Creek area is entirely within Pike National Forest, which makes getting per- mission to use it easier. Farvell said h dy had preliminary discussions wit rvice. He said a s u area would be needed for th t~le~ ~ s country trails. The lunges cr s-coon ce is 50 kllome- [ers, which is p ut because three other shorter c iR so needed about 50 miles of trail has to ode: Farwell said the trail should be about 10 feet wide but that no large trees should have to be cut for lt. Smell trees and brush would have to be cut away, though. Dynamite and bulldozers Md where rocky steep slopes were encoan- tared dynamite and bulldozers woWd have to be used to level the trail On more gentle hillsides packed snow would be used to level the trail, Farwell said. Bridges or brush fills would be used to cross gullies. ~Fanvell Bald the trail would wind through .~ the trees, ;crucial for their shade to protect the ~snow,,_,,and. r(~n;;uP,end down'hW thrqugh,a Gam- uul variation in eieJation. 1'he bourse will have equal amounts of uphill, downhill and level ground. The Buffalo Creek area. has several prob. lams, however. One is housing the approximately 500 ath- ]etas and officials who will participate in the r thes wrth the DOC. If .that site is chosen Butterfield would have to be compensated [or money lost by not being allowed to have the snowmobile concession on his land, which now operates there, Farwell said.' Housing at the Indian Creek site could make use of buildings at the youth camp, Farwell said. Camp officials have been asked to discuss it with the DOC. He said the camp is planning to build new winterized buildings for its own use, which shoWd be ready for the Olympics. The water problem is the same as at Bui[alo Creek, while an adequate paved road already runs to the area. Farwell said there's no way to tell how many spectators wi^ turn out for the cross- country events. The average crowd for those events at the 19C>8 Winter Olympics at Grenoble, France, was about 1,200, Farwell said. But he noted that ski touring, in which skiers use similar equipment to cross-country racers, is growing fast in Colo- rado. He said 8,000 pairs of touring skis have been sold in Colorado this year atone. Water isn't a problem at Evergreen, Farwell said, since the water rights are owned by Pub= tic Service Co., which has already agreed to its usage for snowmaking. Percentage not determined Some of the water would return to the stream as the snow melted, Farwell said, but what the percentage is likely to be hasn't ye[ been determined. But there are other problems at Evergreen. A major one Is that the proposed course runs through a number of private landholdings. The exact number hasn't been determined since no exact course has been designed. Also, the course would run across highways, which would have to be closed to traffic as a re- sult. Md a large percentage of the terrain would _ have to be on south or west slopes where the snow would be likely to melt. Farwell said an engineering study made for -y _,, Thy: ~6Ym~9~g :._...: -_ :__ ®IB~ ~®~®1~®~® 3RD OF A SERIES events. They must be housed at or near the race site beginning about three weeks before the DOC reports that the best way to make snow for any of the three Eastern Slope sites the games end continuing through until the end, This is soUtey can get accllmatlzed to the alU- would be to do it over a 95-day period between Dec. 1 and Jan. 14. tude and so they can practice rvaning the trail. Thus these people won't live at the Olympic Making snow 13 hours a night (to take ad- vantage of cold temperatures) would take 17 Vlllege et the University of Denver where the other athletes are supposed to be housed. 'million gallons of water to put 101nches of snow on the 10-foot wide, 50-mile long trail, he said Farwell said hJs ~ preliminary ~ housing thoughts at Bu Halo Creek are to put house trail- . That gives a margin [or loss by evaporation, but no margin for loss by melting. ers in Buffalo Creek Campground. Fanvell didn't say how many people would Snow is made by spraying water and com- pressed air. The temperature must be 28 de- share stroller, but if they were grouped in bunches of five it would take 100 trailers. .grees or less for the process to work, Farwell said. Farwell said the campground would have to be enlarged to accommodate the trailers and a Then, aS long as Ute snow is shaded from the sun, it won't melt until the temperature reaches winterized water system and better sewage,sys- rem would have to be installed. A5 degrees or more. City dwellers observe this phenomenon every time the snow remains on Bill Lucas, regional U.S. forester, wasn't -the north sides of their houses long otter it's happy about the prospects of tilling the camp- melted everywhere else. ground full of trailers, though. "I think this would pose a problem," he said. Farwell said artificial shade will have to be provided for the course everywhere there isn't Apparently Farwell hasn't talked with Lucas natural shade. This could be done by stringing about It because when a reporter asked him tarps above the course on poles. about it Lucas said it was his Impression the co tit Snow application expenses mpe ors would be housed elsewhere and driven to the race course. Farwell said the snow-making equipment for Another problem is water. It wi^ take at ]east 17 million gallons to water to make snow this plan would cost j139,800. It would cost an- other (237,000 in operating expenses for each . Farwell said Buffalo Creek flows year-a- round but permission would have to be obtained application of snow. Two app]icaUons would be required, one for the Olympics in 1976 and Ute from whoever owns the water rights to use it for snowmaking. other for the pre-0]ympics a year eazlier. But it might not be necessary to buy the Mother problem is the dirt road leading to the Buffalo Creek area. It would have to be wid- ~ snow-making equipment. Farwell said, "I hon- estiy believe that it's possible to obtain a large ened to handle all the traffic, and paved. Dick Wilke, acting regional engineer for the amount oP this equipment on loan." But the operating costs would have to be i U.S. Forest Service, said his agency could put in a two-lane paved road if Buffal CY k i pa d by the DOC, Farwell said. These expenses are nontechnical factors o ee s the site choice. which make Steamboat Springs attractive, Farwell said. Peak-to-Peak Highway Farwell said discussions have already been Even without the Ol ympics there is a chance the road would have to be paved anyway to bald with Colorado Alpine College, a private school at Steamboat, about the use of its dormi- make It part of the Peak-to-Peak Highway tones to house attdetes and officials, if that site is chosen , Wilkie said. Meanwhile the Forest Service is already t money to carry out its re ulaz ro d . He said the college has 280 beds now and 1s planning expansion in the future. g a - bu Idin g probram, Wilke said. Md Lucas said the agency is spending about The big problem with Steamboat is transpor- tation. While the athletes and officials would li $20,000 ,a year to help wrth Olympic planning T}ie :.Ihdian t:reek arQa ls halt oh forest l hd ve there, they would have to come to Denver for the opening and.closing ceremonies.. Md.the . , a and half tinder private oivnersliip 'FaitivCll'satd: " DOC would • Have to'be able to transport any pt " ' ' C ' , ( onchided on pnge Y2) 22-Kocky iviounlain News 1 ues., April 6, 1971, Uenver, Calo. • ~ -'" " ?~~x_ (:reek to complete the out-rmt and the present road up the canyon would have to be rerouted, • if initial DOC plans are followed. 1'he lack of snow at Evergreen or l;mpire doesn't hamper their use as ski jump areas, ' Farwell said. He said actually artificial snow is prefer- - ~ able, as long as it's cool and shady enough to l;revent it from melting. It's cheaper to put snow on the runs for the jumpers' use than to re- ~, - move i[ [or the spectator, and the parking lots. ~~~+};~~~y ;+- 4 Sinre several other sites, yet to be selected, - +EG,- .~ y - - ~- w _ . - r - ~- ~ ~ ~~ _ i ~. ~ s °:.. ~ i. - ~ r ~ h -+~ ' "gym, ~y-~Y~ b ~ _ ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS PHOTO BY MEL SCHIELTZ \ Douglas Mountain, as seen from Empire, Colo., rite Olympics. 'The terrain is excellent but the his being studied as a possible ski jump site for wind may blow too much. ~~\ (Continued from page R) lust west of Evergreen lake in UDPer Bear ~ them who wanted to go see some other events Creek canyon. during the week. Some have said that Steamboat would be a Transportation would also have to be provid- logical site for the jump complex, as well as the ed for dignitaries and the press. cross-country and biathlon. Farwell admits that it would be cheaper to build the jumps at The flight time fronT Stapleton International Steamboat than anywhere else. Airport to Yampa Valley Airport is 40 minutes. "But that's not the question," Farv'ell said. But Stapleton is about 20 minutes from the Fie said Denver won the Olympics saying that it Olympic Village at the University o[ Denver w~wld build the jump at Evergeeen, Now, if and about 15 minutes from the press center there are good technical reasons for changing downtown or tittle high Stadium nhere the (Ire site it can be changed. opening and closing ceremonies will be held. It can't be changed for economic reasons, Md Yampa Valley airport is 23 miles from though, he said. "That wouldn't set too Well Steamboat, adding more travel time. with the international sports federations." One solution is helicopter travel, Which is Besides, Farwell said, "It's not really fair to being considered, Farwell said. He said the Col- the Denver population to take it away." orado Air National Guard has been asked to ad- Steamboat Springs has four ski jumps now. vise the DOC on a helicopter shuttle service be- They area 90-meter, 60-meter, 30-meter and 15- hveen Denver and Steamboat for the games. meter, but none come up to Olympic stand- Assistance from militm.y ands. IThe size of a jump refers to the distance ' through the air a jumper can go, so jumps from The military has given various kinds of help a 90-meter would be 300 feet or morel .' at past OI}'mpics and it's possible the l;uard Dick Randolf, project engineer tar Steam- ~~ could provide the shuttle service for the 7916 t>nat Ski Company, estimates the jumps could games. But Farwell said it's premature to talk be made ready for the Olympics at halt the cost about such things now. of building a new complex somewhere else, but The FIS decision on artificial snow in \[ay he wouldn't make any dollar estimates. could decide the whole .issue. But if the east slope areas are still in the running after that, I3uildiisg Cost estimate Farwell hopes to make a final choice by some- The DOC estimates the cost of building a time next fall. new jump area at 5900,000 to $600,000. But Ire gave assurances that "the DOC Randolf said fairly extensive work would doesn't intend to make the final decision prior have to be done to improve the contours of the to a public meeting in the areas concerned." He in-runs leading to the lip of the jump and par- said when preliminary plans are completed, ocularly to the out-runs where the skiers land. they will be made public. Anew judges' Stan Irt also be needed. The final site decision rests with the DOC The jump is co ttP pectators since board, though now the State Legislature plans it is in the city son Hill at the to give the Stale Land Use Commission some edge of town. m v~ ~y sm•t of formal voice in the decision, too. But for the ti b~l1t y, the DOC wherever the cross-country site goes will isn't looking at S a oat s jumping. also be the site [or the biathlon. Farwell said o {1 an Evergreen The biathlon combines cross-country skiing is tieing studied no venal additional with target shooting and is controlled, not by sites will be studied next winter. the FIS, but by its otvn federation, the Inlerna- The new site is on Douglas Mountain just tional Union for Modern Pentathlon (1UilIP)• west of Empire Junction where U.S. 40 splits The biathlon uses the cross-country trails from I-i0 to go over Berthoud Pass. The site is but must have a target range for the shooting. easily seen by motorists westbound on the high- Fanvell said one target range will be built way. It is the small mountain directly in front and will be used for all shooting. The races will o[ the junction with the smooth, steep north be conducted so that the competitors ski to the slopes. range four times during each event and shoot "It's a fantastic site," Farwell said. He saki from different positions. little grading would have to be done and Ihcre's They are penalized far each missed target plenty of room for parking at the bottom of ttte to ski the course. hill The target range will have at least 15 firing The land is owned by Bob Murri Who's also positions and 6e about 150-feet wide and 950-feet principal owner of Loveland Basin Ski area deep, Farwell said. It will also have seating [or tvhere same of the alpine events maybe held. spectators, making it into o[ a stadium. There is one problem, however: wind. Estimated costs for the cross-country and wind is [he critical factor in ski jumping. It biathlon facilities ranges from 5200,000 to can't be stronger than the slightest breeze, es- SIOO.OW. Farwell said. pecially if it's a cross wind. And Douglas Moun- Ile said these costs include trail preparation, fain is at the mouth of the notorious George- target range stadium, buildings for waxing, the tmvn Valley where the wind has ripped more press, timing officials, warming up, food and than one ski rack from the root of a car and dual track snow vehicles needed to prepare and flipped over trailers with ease. maintain the course. Farwell said wind-measuring instruments Site for jump f acilily have been in place at the Empire site this win- tee Data from them hasn't yet been converted If Steamboat is chosen for cross-country and into meaningful wind predictions, though, Ice biathlon the DOC tvi1J also have to put a jump said. there, Farwell said. -- , That's because one of the cross-country I~i-td rto problem events-called the Nordic combined-involves wind isn't a problem at the Evergreen site, ski jumping fronT a 70-meter jump. according to Farwell, but there are other protr If any of the three east slate sites is selected lams. The upper slope, which would have to be the regular Olympic ski jump complex toil] be graded to make the in-run, is quite rocky and utilized for the Nordic cmnbined competitors. would probably require blasting, he said. And a But they would have to be transported too tar if large earth fill would be needed to get the right rite cross-country course is in Steamboat. contour on the out-run. No site_ has been selected for the ski jump... .Also, since the base area 1s small, a concrete ' 'complex, LhGugh the llOC bid proposed a Bile lid would Gave to be built over Upper Bear have to be studied for Wind and snow conditions next winter Farwell expects no final decision on the jump site until next spring at the earliest. \Vhen it is built the DOC hopes to put in 30- meler and 15-meter jumps along with the two larger ones so the area can be used afterwattis to Irain junior jumpers as well as fot collegiate and international meets. Just how such a facility might be paid for and operated otter the games will be discussed later in this series. Next: Snikfau-a mountain of problems. Snags prise in Olympic site selection (Oontinue;l from page S) .matters even more is that the studertis would have to take all their belongings with them so the dcrrnitorics would be clear for the Olym- pics. f~~D®Bt~ ~~®® FS ~~P'SQPB Mitchell said he didn't know how much DU would charge the DOC for the use of its facili- ties, but thought it might be about X200 a per- son. housing also will have to be provided for about 3,500 press people during the games. There has been a lot of talk about how Olympic housing could be used for low-income housing after the games. That's not very likely, though. The only Iand now available for the site is on the west bank of the South Platte River between the river and the Valley Highway, running south from Speer Boulevard to about \V. 17th Avenue. It's land that planners consider too isolated for low-inccme housing, but it is suitable for ho- tel. and motel development. The city already owns about two-thirds of the acreage and could acquire the rest. One problem with its development, though, is that it's not a really desirable tract unless the Platte Valley is cleared oat and redeveloped, v:hich means getting rid of the railroad yards. Eob Giltr_er, former Denver planning direc- tor, said a p:°evious effort to privately develop the site fell through, partly because surround- ing industrial development prevented the avail- ability of good financing. That's a problem which could recur when private money is sought to build housing which could be used for the press during the Olympics and for hotels or motels afterward. Several weeks ago Mayor AlcNichols an- nounced plans to more the railroad yards out of the central Platte Valley and put press housing, the speed slcating rink and a new city arena there. Later Marty Kelly, chairman of the Denver Planning Board and a driving force behind the proposal, acknowledged that it's "unlikely that it would all happen" in time for the Olympics. I~lr®¢ ~~a:®ugh. E~~n~ The problem is time and money. Everything would be dependent on the railroads moving their yards to a new site. Even if that site were available today, it would take the railroads three or four years to complete the move, Kelly said. Ard that would leave little time for con- struction of the Olympic facilities. But the site isn't yet available. It's hoped a strip of vacant land at the Rocky 114cuntain Ar- senal could be used, but there haven't been any discussions with arsenal officials. And even if that land is made available, there is still the question of cost. Alexis Mc- Kinney of the Rio Grande Railroad said "it would cost millions of dollars to move these yards."~~ And he made it clear the railroads would expect the city to foot the bill, whether with federal money, state money or its own. Kelly said Denver is studying ways other cit- :es have financed similar projects in hopes of finding a way to do it here. Kelly does point out that grander schemes have been accomplished in other cities in short- er time, but he's not optimistic about Denver's chances of meeting the Olympic deadline. He said he hates to see the redevelopment plans tied to the Olympics anyway, because the project needs doing whether it can benefit the games or not. He said it's taken two years to get tentative argreement from the railroads to move their yards, and -he thinks it will all be done some day. "We're dreaming dreams, and we hope it will happen. But it'll never happen without the dreams," he said. If it doesn't happet. in time for the Olympics, the speed skating rink probably will go at the Valley Highway and S. University Boulevard site, and there won't be any new city arena to replace the Coliseum as the figure skating and hockey site, Kelly said. And there probably won't be any low-income housing either, since the site where that's possi- ble is right now in the middle of the railroads' 7th Street Yards. YTJath~az i~;•al~cing dastanc~ The beauty of that site for press housing, in addition to providing lo~v-income housing, is that it would be within walking distance of Cur- rigan Exlubition Hall, which will be the press headquarters during the games. The site along the west bank of the Platte ~*:ould require transportf3taon~for the press. The Olympics ~yyiTliJiave:;very specialized transportation need-~lar`ge-•.gnoups of people will have to be mo,~ed . certain places at cer- tain times. I '' ` `~ ~ -' And the patterns don't match` those of the metropolitan populationc~t larger which means any transportation systeix%--designed for the Olympics won't really benefit anyone after the games. The DOC plans to use buses as much as pos- sible. It would bus athletes and officials from the Olympic Village to the sports sites and back. And it probably will provide buses to take spectators to certain events in the mcuntains, at the same time prohibiting use of private cars. The event for which this system is most like- ly to be used is the ski jump meet. That compe- tition will last only about an hour and a half;' and will be on the final day of the games, a Sunday. It traditionally draws large crowds. The DOC expects 50,000 or more. The alpine ski events, bobsled and luge don't usually draw large crowds, while the crowds at the figure skating and hockey events can easily be controlled by the number of tickets sold. The speed skating events, which are outside, could bring crowd problems. What the DOC will need will be streets and highways-not an elaborate metropolitan mass transit system. liText: )Financing-IIIow to play the" guessing game. 8-Rocky Mountain News Wed., April 7, 1911, Denver, Colo. ' ' ' Mt. Sniktau as seen from I-70 just east of the Bakerville exit last week. Critics say it's too • (Continued from page 6) In 1967, Nicfane said he didn't think Denver avould 'win unless i[ make Sniktau its first choice. Until that lime the DOC favored Copper Dtounlain, another mcdeveloped site nt \Vheeler Junction, on [-i0 east of Vail Pass. The DOC took Mclane's advice and Sniktau became the proposed site. Today Hastings remains one of Sniktau's few supporters. No longer involved in the Olympics, Hastings nevertheless jumps at the chance to defend the mountain against its detractors. And there is at least one man who's begun to °!!ke Sniktau a bit ~mbi•e 51nceDenverw•onthe~ Olympics. He's Bob Aiurri, principal owner of Loveland Skiing Corp., which operates Loveland Basin ski area and which the DOC hopes will develop blt. Sniktau into a ski area for Olympic use. In what was fairly typical of the way the DOC went about putting together its Olympic bid, Murri said he first heard that Loveland Basin w•as the site for some of the alpine events on leis car radio. Olympic officials did go up to Loveland Bas- in and look around, and he fed them lunch, )Murri said. But he had no hand in laying out the women's giant slalom or the men's, and women's slalom courses pictured in the DOC's bid book. Iles/uires Iteta lift One of the courses requires installation of a new ski lift, Hut Murri said he's never had any discussion with the DOC about whether he arouid be expected to put in the new lift or avhclher they would pay for it. Dlurri's view of the bid book proposal is that "this is a conception that they needed at the moment." But he isn't critical of the DOC. "Our posi_ lion is that once they tell us what's going on we'd like to cooperate in any way we can," he said. He added that it would have to be econom- ically feasible. lie said that would mean, in part, that he would have to be- compensated by the DOC for at lust $200.000 in gross revenues he would lose if the Olympics took over his ski area for a month, for training and the races. He said he doesn't see any long-range benefit to Loveland Basin from holding the Olympics. Of course the use of Loveland Basin depends on the use of hit. Sniktau for the downhill races and the men's giant slalom. "I think Sniktau is more feasible than I used lo," \lurri said. "My first impression was that it w•as n little incredible." He said. "\Ve first told the Forest Service eve felt there was a negligible after-use at Snik- tau." Now he thinks Sniktau could be run after- wards AS a training site for racers And as a ski racing site, if it could be properly subsidized. ~~But Dturri still doesn't see any future in Sniktau as a profitable recreational ski area after the Olympics. "There obviously is rio be- ginner or low intermediate terrain." he said. As little as ,~1 IILIIIiaiL "I'm not saying we avoltldn't put in some capita} in there," Murri said. But he added, "I certainly 'don't think any private enterprise he said he's definitely interested in hosting the Olympic alpine events there. But Copper lvtountain may not be high enough above ttre valley floor for the men's downhill. Schaefer said it isn't, though eleva- tion figures indicate a 2,781-foot drop from the mountain peak. A minimum of 2,600 feet is re- quired. At least 3,000 /eat Schaeffler doesn't think Denver should otter just the minimum vertical dmp. "\Ve should go at ]east for 3,000 feet," he said. "Why go [o the minimum in our beautiful Colorado moun- tains?" If the state had a big downhill course, he tl»nks it could be guaranteed to have interna- tional ski meets every other year. Schaeffler has a lot of ideas about where to put the alpine events instead of Sniktau. One is to move them to Steamboat Springs avith its 3,550-toot vertical dmp. To do that, he thinks the state should build a college or a junior. college there end use the dormitories to house the athletes during the Olympics. "You Haven't thrown one cent out the window," he said. Schaeffler noted that the alpine competitors avould rather live at the race site than live in Denver and have •to be driven to and from the course every day. But even more, Schaeffler favors developing an entirely new complex [or the Olympic 1 [' ndevel- Though so far the loge and bobsled runs have been considered as a package, they could be built in separate areas. One place now under consideration [or the bobsled run is in the foothills at the Air Force Academy. Col. Frank Merritt, athletic director, said he's willing to listen to whatever proposal the DOC comes up with, but the Academy doesn't have the money to build the run. (Five men on the 1968 Olympic Bobsled Team were in the Air Force while three were in the Navy. The team had 18 members.) \Vherever the bobsled run goes, Farwell said, "If worst comes to worst the Colorado Legisla- ture is going to have to underwrite this." The other major facility that will have to he built for the Olympics is a speed skating rink. This will he an outdoor iced oval 400 meters around with a 19-meter-wide track. It Is much like the ovals on which summer track meets are held, except that its surface is Ice. It would cost $2.2 million to 52.5 million and has so tar been tree o[ controversy. The DOC expects fhe rink to have good after•use, but whether it will be good enough to pay off con- struction costs remains to be seen. The rink probably avill be built on the north side of the Valley Highway near the S. Univer- sity Boulevard interchange, on land owned by the city. There's a remote chance it could be built in the South Platte River Valley near downtown Denver. ~ROCKV MOUNTAIN NEWS PHOTO aV MEL SCHIEITr events. He Bard he knows severe me u oped areas less than an hour's flying time from COll3eilDL l0 be use(l windy and the terrain is too steep to make it Denver which are low enough for [he cross- The Denver Coliseum probably will be used into a recreational ski area after Olympics. country races and have enough vertical dmp for the top figure skating and hockey events, for the downhills. while secondary events in both sports would be Schaeffler said he's made a study of the In the University of Denver Arena. would want to ~go In there and put in the total areas [or someone, but he won't say who, nor Theoretically, ice surfaces of both would package." avill he say where they are. have to be enlarged a few feet to meet Olympic Ehrrri thinks it could be developed [or as lit- "I feel personally if Denver and Colorado standards. tle as ;1 million if no recreational after-use spend $50 million on the Olympics even without Bob Faes, Coliseum manager, said it would wire regwred. The DOC estimates the cost at a return, it's the best advertising for Denver be a major job to enlarge the ice surface there, ' ;1.5 million to;2 million w'ilh after-use. and Colorado that's ever been done," he said. t requiring construction o[ a new floor. He didn The real problem with Sniktau isn't whether The DOC faces headaches other than naming know how much it awuld cost. But he did say it the race courses can successfully be put there, the alpine site, loo. One is placement of runs for could be done without removing any of the 8,110 but whether it will be developed with private bobsleds and loges. permanent and 900 portable seats used for Coli- money or whether the DOC will have to foot the Right now, Hoth are proposed for Pence scum ice events. bdl• Park in Indian bills. Farwell said that was Faes said no one has ever talked to him ' So now the DOC is going to study Sniktau for done to keep them near the cross-country, s about using the building for the Olympics. He economic feasibility. Ia7akfng the study will be biathlon and ski jumping sites proposed for Ev- been manager since 1953. Schaeffler, Joe Cushing of Sna-engineering, 31 b ergreen.. _ Meanwhile, DU would like to build anew " `at8ha'-"as ~d>n i,'sivz tind~the'tilciiey,^'accorJ=- - •°~-'-'~ nt3~ Inc..-and_the-II,S.BorestSeevioor~oeun - Farwell. ~ NOC Sllre It 8 iteCCSSar~' ing to Clyde Kelsey, vice chancellor for public One problem for recreational use, according gut he's not sure that it's necessary or desir- affairs and development. The present arena to Hauk, is that the snow is marginal above able [or them all to be close together, end now seats 5,180. timberline where the wind blows it away; ant none of those other three events are likely to re- Kelsey said no plans have been made so far he tears the same will happen below Umberlinn when 150 to 200.foot-wide trails are opened up. main in Evergreen anyway. Bobsledding requires a 1,500-meter track for Olympic use of the arena, but presumably they will be later on. Among the considerations ' This isn't a big problem [or the Olympics, made of concrete and artificially refrigerated. s own hockey team, is what to do with DD however, since the courses will ~ be speccally It has a number o[ turns of varying radiuses, which would be in the midst of its season during p;rLepared anyway. 4 Schaeffler explained that Colorado's famed steeply banked to keep the sleds from hurtling out of the channel. a two-man and the Olympics. Another area avhere no real planning has ' dry powder snow isn't much good [or racing be- speeds of 65 tour-man events s dormitories [or taken place is the use of DD cause it's not hard enough to keep the course [rem deteriorating during the race. h , miles an hour. ~ '~ Luging requir D f~n a rtificially-re- the Olympic Village. "I think we're all running out o[ time to " DU Chancellor Maurice lans ele k e Thus avatar will have to be hauled up t /rigerated track ,0 mefe 1 g. The turns , p e roncr ma if eve nha tt ld b i " mountain and sprayed on the course until it be- t l d " are similar to tho. ells ut are sharp- ppy e pre y u I wou Mitchell sa d. et a firm understanding by the end of didn't mos an a as comes what SchaefUer describe alpine ice trail " er and with lower IRR S the loges go no g this academic year." . Another problem on Sniktau, which the For- '~ faster than 45 miles an There are men's singles and doubles loge Oltl iltillal re IleSt y ~ est Service will have to worry about, is that of ~Ilauk said extensive bulldozing avould ecolo y events and women's singles. t diff Until a couple of weeks ago, the DOC hadn't g . be needed Hoth above timberline, where there is t eren . Loges and bobsleds are entirely Bobsleds have streamlined cowlings and have even talked to DU about using the dormitories, except foY the initial request made three years oo a long flat place that could slow the racers steerable front runners. The foul-man sled ago much, and below Umberline. weighs about 850 pounds. The loge resembles a Mitchell said the whole notion of a DU Olym- Take rt caret ullook child's sled, but is longer and much more stw•- pie Village began when the llOC came to him If no one is found who will dr_velop Sniktau dy. It weighs 50 to 55 pounds and is steered only and asked, "Do you mind if we say that the with his o~,vn money, it's doubtful it will be the by shifting body weight. ell would like to see the loge run built F Olympic Village could be at the University of " Olympic site, or even that the Forest Service would give permission for its development. arw somewhere close to Denver, preferably in the Denver? gut now, at last, discussions have begun, ' "It's the Forest Service's position to give mountain parks. He said lugfng could become a ac- though "at this point we're just talking, preference to ski areas as an investor proposi- " popular sport, as it already has 1n Europe. A e outfit including sled, helmet and lete lo cording to Dave Lucy, llOC manager of support iliti s f said Bill Lucas, regional U.S. forester. lion, "We'll be taking a real careful look at g comp clothing cost about $120, he said. _ . e ac The biggest problem to solve is what DU whether Sniktau can be developed by a private But the track is expensive -estimated to does with its ow•n students while the Olympics investor. Other slopes are being developed with private capital that do have necessary downhill cost from ;900.000 to 51.2 million -which makes it unlikely it could ever pay for itself are going on. Farwell estimates about 1,950 athletes and slopes." even with frequent after-use. officials will come to Denver for the Olympics. One such site may be Copper Mountain. Con- Farwell said there is a loge run in Germany gut nearly 5IX1 0[ these would be housed at the struction of trails and lifts will begin there this which supposedly breaks even on operating cross-country ski site, so only about 1,450 beds summer, according to Charles Lewis, general manager of CM Associates, which is developing costs, however. In the summer people put wheels on their sleds and run down the bare will be needed at DU. This is considerably less than initial llOC es- the mountain. He said it will be open for the concrete. es to study a number of potential rvell ho F timates of 2.500 athletes and officials to be housed in [lie Olympic Village. And that's [or- winter of 1972-73. The initial development will Include a gondo- p a loge sites next winter, but has none under study tunate. because DU has only 1,728 dormitory la or finicular-li[t ending 230 vertical feet below ' now. ~ beds plus another 504 apartment beds. mpic Pillage would be needed for a The Ol s downhill course the Froint where the men and a be- three chair lifts would have to start No use aftel•wards y month which normally would be right fn the , , ginners' slope lift, Lewis said. ~ The picture isn't so promising for the bob- It would cost an estimated;l.2 million sled run middle of the DU winter quarter. Biitchell said he doesn't know what will be There also would be parking for 6,200 cars, compared with 900 at Loveland Basin and next . to $1.5 million, end there's no way it could be done with the displaced students. But he said he to none at Sniktau, aa•here even the buses would used aflerwarcls without a heavy subsidy. Farwell said the only other bobsled run in didn't think it was fair for them to have to pay ir own way home for Christmas vacation th have to be shuttled off to Silver Plume or Georgetown [o park. the nation is at take Placid, N.Y., to which the e and then have to do the same thing again a Right now the DOC isn't thinking about Cop- state government gives a;100,000-a-year subsi- month later. per Ntountain, Farvell said. But if Sniktau '- t i h ' dY• ~ At Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, fhe bobsled run Thus, it's possible the DOC would have to ick up the tab. Mitchell said the average stu- o. t may ave doesn t work out Lewis said his site would be only 70 to 75 is subsidized by the government, the bobsled p dent travels 1,000 mites to DU. Complicating minutes from Denver.a~hen the Straight Creek association end the Olympic Committee, Far- (Concluded on page 18) Tunnel and the rest of I-70 are completed. And well said. - vc_•" G L. `lympic alpine.-site conflict brewing 6-Rocky Mountain News Wed., April 7, 1971; Denver,. Colo. ~~ .' . C ~ ~ 1~.~ l ~-1 l lv ,,,a - r' ~. pr It '~ ~ , „§ s "'III ~ ,. ~% ~~J .r'° ~ ~'f~ .. .. ~ _~ ti ~ e s ? 4j,: fi .u •L ., .., ,,.<. ~, Springs or Vail, for the time being anyway, be- 's'he choice of Sniktau has been a hidden con- cause those are the existing ski areas with trocersy for a long time. enough vertical drop for the Olympic downhill F. George Robinson, a vice president of the races. DOC and the man in charge of site selection ef• And those are all places that already have forts when the DOC was trying to win the hosted national and international ski meets. games, said, "I at one time was so opposed to But they're all supposedly too far away from Sniktau I was going to,resign." Dem•er to meet requirements of the Inferno- Now, the president of Robinson Brick and [ions] Olympic Committee (IOC). So instead the DOC proposes to split the al- Tile C.. thinks, "~Ve can run a good downhill ' " , pine events behveen bit. Sniktau, which isn't a there, but it just isn t our best. L--_- ___. _ __ _. . _ _..__ _ ._ . ski area yet, and Loveland Basin, which hasn't hosted any of the bin time ski competitions. The key to this choice is Mt. Sniktau, which the DOC said is within 45 minutes of Denver, has enough vertical drop for the downhill races, has enough snow, and doesn't have too much wind. The man who apparently called the DOC's attention to Sniktau was Paul Hauk, a U.S. For- ~~~ ~B~~~eg~ 4th of a series Willy Schaeffler Ae thinks;there are better sites than Sniktau. `~ / \ .'Ry RICHARD O'RF.ILLY ' Rocky Mnnntain News Writer .Coo9riphl 1971. Denver PublishinC Ca. Choosing the site for the alpine event~of the 1976 Winter Olympics proms s to become as controversial as the rpr posed use of Evergreen for Nordicvents has been. - And it cpu]d be an even more disturbing con- troversy. Unlike the Evergreen squabble, which large- ly was created by residents of the area, dis- --a~!.~ement-over.the:alpine site springs from the very heart of the Denver Oi•g5hiiirig Corrimittee (DOC) itself. - Alpine skiing involves six events, three for men and three far women. The choice of a site is the mast demanding of any in the Winter Olympics. r;ilpifze skiing the. king Alpine skiing is the king of Winter Olympic sports. It's where the heroes are made; men like Jean Claude Killy. And it is the sport which will get most o[ the television play. Hundreds of millions of people around the world will get their best look at Col- orado's mountains during these races. Whether they see the best the state has t_o of- '~ r depends on the DOC. ' The best is in iha Amon rooinn_ Sfnamhnat est Service rang y~Ro'~ a lot of work on ski area develo a last 25 years. But Hauk q~v to id recommend . Sniktau. It doe 4 ~ qhT a ew things to be desired. It doe ha so blems, because of wind and mar ditions, and one of the worst things 1 ed after-use poten- tial. 3~ecalls it differently "I think it's obvious that had Sniktau had ' something going for it there would have been a ski area there years ago," Hauk said. He said the man behind Sniktau was Wi11y Schaeffler, director of the U.S. Alpine Ski Team, member of the DOC board and former ski coach of the"University of Denver. "He's committed himself to Sniktau," Hauk said. Another person who thinks similarly is Ted Farwell, technical manager of the DOC. "This is Willy Schaeffler's home and (Sniktau) is tVil-. ]y Schaeffler's mountain," Farwell said. "Willy Schaeffler is the guy who picked it." But Schaeffler recalls it.all a little different- ' ly. Asked-yyhat his role in choosing Sniktau was, Sc3r<<effl'er-replied abruptly, "None,".. Schaeffler said by the time he was asked about Sniktau. "it was already decided that Sniktau would be the site. I was asked if it was technically possible." And it is, he says, but he doesn't like it. If the IOC would relax its reshiction on trav- el time from Denver, Schaeffler said, "I would definitely not put it on IvIt. Sniktau." He said there are many other excellent sites that do more justice to Colorado's claim of hav- ing the finest snow conditions and mountains for skiing. "I have always felt confident we could get the permission of the IOC and the USOC (Unit- ed States Olympic Committee) for switching to better sites than those proposed," Schaeffler S1Id. Robinson said one of the key eaz]y support- ers of _Sniktau was Merrill Hastings, publisher nF Colorado Magazine and an original member of the Colorado Olympic Commission. ! But apparently it was Malcolm Mclane~t the USOC who wielded the most influence in fa- vor o[ Sniktau. Just before the DOC was to pie- sent its bid for the U.S. designation to the USOC t (Continued on page $) 4 cUP FAON~ :urcl le~~islature have lost confidence in the Denver Olympic Committee. Every time I ask a ,question about ecology, the Oh~mpic• people tell me, `Don•t wor- ry, ~~~e are going to take care of that.' 13ut a state that has never taken down as much as a single billboard to im- prove the environment is not going to run an Oh~mpics that the ecologists would like." C:nriously, it seems :apparent that the International Olympics Committee-or, at least, some of its most influential members-would not be grievously dis- appointed if circumstances Forced the c•anc•ellation of the winter games alto- gether. Certainly, Avery Brundage, the recently retired chairman of the IOC, never concealed his distaste for the way the a inter Olympics have evolved. It ~t:cti not just their commercialism that bothered him, though surely the Denver ganx~s wrnrld be as commercial as the ~~:unes hove ever been. Brundage also confessed to a nostalgia for the old days ~yhcn tbc~ games were small and the c•umprrtitors lived next to one another in a single Olympic village. In those cl:cys. which may be gone forever, the inlim:urv of the experience ~enuineh c•rcated the spirit of international amity. r\t Denver the participants would probabh~ not even get to know one an- nlher. Housing world be spread all over lhc~ Colorado Rockies, ;uui the events would take place without any relation to one another. Spectator:c and partici- p:arts alike would spend hours in cars or in chartered aircraft. Intimate these ~~:rmes would not be. Late last spring members of the Den- ver Olympic Committee met with the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland, to present a progress report on the winter games. DOC spokesmen said that the meeting .vas a grand success and that the international body had only praise for Denver's achievements to date. Less partial observers left with the impres- sion that the IOC was, in fact, rather reserved about what it had heard. Brun- dage said, as he had on a previous occasion, that he was disturbed by in- creasing indications of faltering com- munity support for the games. ~~~hat he seemed to he saving was that from here on the IOUs endorsement-like the Federal government's-probably de- pends upon how the people of Colorado vote in the November referendum. The Dc~ncr'r Post's most recent poll indicates that opposition to the public funding of the games runs about hvo to one. State officials, the Denser Olym- pic committee. and other like-minded groups insist that they will educate a m:yority of Coloradans to the yirhres of the games by election day. Right now that seems unlikeh•. h goer-~u souse-your Caper BY GENE S\IITH PINE PLAINS, N.1'.-The ladies of the Flower Club came to my house last week. They brought roses, ferns, gera- niums, and dried artichokes spread out to look like enormous blossoms. Then carried in pots and bowls and a big bucket to hang from the crane in the kitchen fireplace. It was all for the Historical Society and Flower Club house tour. This sort of fund-raising operation is very big out here in the sticks. Three weeks ago ~iillbrook, just south of us, had a tour to benefit the Dutchess School. Of course, matching us against \Iillbrook would be like sending your typical Flower Club lady into the ring against Joe Frazier. A~Iillbrook has mansions in which live names attached to great American fortunes. A lot of Hvde Park neighbor Franklin D. Roosevelt's "eco- nomic royalists" and "malefactors of great wealth" resided in the ~•(illbrook area. It had rained hard on the day of the JQillbrook tow,, and the remembrance of tires chewing up wet lawns and hordes of umbrellas dripping on polished drawing-room floors was still fresh when a Historical Society lady called to ask if I would open my home to the pubic for a day. But I consented, of course. "It's an honor," I told my wife. "It's the apes of our social career. We're up there with \darv Lasker and people like that who do things for charity, see. Look upon us as the poor man's Carter and Amanda." "They broke up," my wife said. But naturalh~ she .vas pleased. A couple of days later, the Flower Club ladies arrived to look our house over. Each took responsibility for the arrangement of a particular room. The Historical Society lady stopped bv, too, to discuss a brochure that world be handed out in the tour homes. Could we tell her about om• home's past? This was our strong point, for our colonial is known to have been standing in 1791, Gene Srnitlr, tlrc rnrtlurr~ of When the Cheering Stopped, ha.c jn.rt completed nn recount of ~'ulrulenn 1(1's ill-fated Afe.t•icmr vc~ntrn•e. when it was sold to a man from whosz descendants we purchased it four years ago. Our house has doors and windows that were opened by hands and peered through with eves that served and saw George Washington-the son of the first purchaser was an officer of the Dutchess County volunteers-and it has wide-board floors and six original fire- places. For a week before the tour rm~ wife and her housekeeper cleaned as never before. Every known speck of dust was routed. ~ Out on the lawns our hired high-schooler circled endlessly on our little tractor, cutting and recuttin~` each blade of grass. The legions of the Flower Club poured through our home. adding to and subh•acting from the floral displays and arrangements. All this went on until about an hour before the tour was due to he~in: two o'cloc•k on a beautifully cloudless Sahu•- clav. Then our housekeeper left, the flower women fled, and our high school boy knocked on the back patio door. Curled around his arm, reaching np past his elbrnv-was a snake. "\Vhat should T do with him?" he asked. "[ found him on the patio." Horror numbed me, frightful visions came: The tourists go into the patio; snake's mate and children slither up to greet them; the tourists panic, shtmble, break bones, institute l:rvsuits. "Out! Out! Get rid of it! Into the brook!" I yelled. The lad went off with the snake, leaving a sly grin hanging in the air. \[oments later his mother came m drive him home. Our club and society hostesses ar- rived. "Someone must be in every room at every minute," the Historical Society lady emphasized. "Otherwise. •. ~~%ell, souvenir hunters, you know." [ greeted the hostesses, some of whose faces were vaguely familiar. Everything is lovely, they said. It was five minutes to hvo when I discovered that I was starving. I had to eat then or wait until sis, when the torn, ended. It would be impossible to do so during the tour, as one of the \till- brook people had found out. We had seen him weaving through the totu•ists, a liverwurst in one hand, a slice of bread and a beer in the other, hope- ~ lessh- seeking an emph~ corner. [was not ,going to he h•apped like that, so I threw together a salad and, standing up-for we had put our kitchen table down. in the cellar to open up the room-I spooned on some mayonnaise and started eating. Where was my ' wife? Upstairs, combing her hair or something. Hark! Voices in the hall. The h~st- esses greeted the voices. I wolfed down the last of my salad and yanked open SR/OCTOB'cR 27. 7972 17 c~P fRON~ what ADC means:' It means you got to guilty of plain fraud. and sae weren't slow in responding to Colorado's call have children in the house. And you ' able to discover it before no+y." for federal subsidy, despite the tradition don t have children in the house any Back at the Englewood of$ce the of federal help for this kind of under- more.' He sighs, hanging up. "Maybe u-e're . next day I u-ait for jimmy Jefferson, the young man oho needed the 514.Ei0 taking. Finally, under pressure fi•om Colorado Sen. Gordon Allott the Sen- doing something for her kids, taking emergency check for bus fare so he , ate approved a S15-million subsidy. The them out of that environment, but what could get to his new job. \\%hen he ar- e Interior Committee, however . can I do for her? I'ou can see how much time I hare. Her house has rats rives, Coran greets him in the waitin d l l d in , .~,jx`c~tle ~tp the legislation, and the c•om- i = ` k , room an presses a sea enve ope e /rr itTee •;ls iunli ely to take action before roaches, and peeling paint. The reloca- his hand. "I'm afraid it's going to take t1Y'~ NoSet~tber referendum. tion people have been coming aronnd a week for Springfield to issue you thez~ ~ ~ T1~e )Department of Housing and for seven-and-a-half months to talk check. A1ean+yhile this will help." ` Urbam.. evelopment has pledged only ti about getting her a new place, but they After Jefferson leaves, I ask Coran ny fro n of the X31.3 million Colorado never find her a home." what +vas in the envelope. "All I could has requested for housing. The state Coran looks momentarily depressed. get for him +vas hyo bus tokens, so I contends that the facilities it +vill build "A number of us get together and have put in hyo dollars of my ou~n money. to accommodate the games and its Par- a beer after work and talk about things " It vas either that or ]et him walk to ticipants can later be transformed into like this, he tells me. "The young ones work." ^ ]our- and medium-income housing: get impatient because they want to save o The Environmental Protection the world toda I ask them what th y. ey Agency which is required by law to intend to do toncorrou;. They don't un- assess the environmental impact of fed- derstand that, if the purpose of welfare is to help people get back into society upy nurse erally financed programs, has just an- d , ' ~ that the Olympics should he 1Owice obviously we re failing. \\%elfare is a recycled to such previous sites as Squaw self-perpetuating bastard. \\'e make so- vial vegetables of our clients I have ~ ~~~ r ..~ ~ . ~ alley, California, or Lake Placid, New • . ~ ~ ~,Iork, and asked Congress to consider seen fifth-generation welfare families +vhere it u-as a SOCIal status thing to h i~ ~ . ens t ~ ~ obese sites before approving of federal rfi'nding for the 1978 winter games. ave your o+vn case number and to met our o+vn welfare check " ~ '` ~~ ~ o Finally, the people of Denver- y . Later that duv in downt Chi ~ like others around the world-were dis- , own - l '~~ cemibly affected by the events at the cago, I visit David L. Daniel, Cook ' summer Olympics in Munich. Not onh~ County s public aid director, a soft- did the murder of eleven Israelis cast spoken block man u-ho has worked in lii \41LTOi\' 1lOliST a pall over the Olympic spirit, but the welfare since 1938. Daniel seems constant quarrels over judging and scor- stunned by the shambles around him. \\%ASHI\GTO\, D.C.-As any down- ing ra{sed serious questions about Olvm- , Conditions were never honky-dory, he , hill t.1cer kno+vs, it's not the first hard pic sportsmanship. Citizens for Co1a•a- exptains; vet at least the ratio of case- bump on the course that thro+vs you. do's Future has said that it does not +vorkers and clerks to welfare recipients It's when they come two, three, or four +vant to win its referendum battles rn1 permitted some sort of service. But in in a row. For Denver, Colorado, a city the issue of :Munich, but its campaign the past two or three years, ++-ith the trying to remain erect through the plan- clearly acquired new momentum from high rate of m~emplovment, the situ- ping stages of the 1976 VC%inter Olympic the tragedy there. ation suddenly worsened. Each of those Games that it is scheduled to host, the The Denver Olympic Committee years sa+v a 30 to 35 per cent increase humps are coming hard on each other. (DOC) sees the -bumps down the ~ in the number of cases. But the state And the trick{est stretches lie ahead: mountain ahead-and insists it will and federal governments, \+'h]Ch pay ' o This summer an anti-Establish- master them. Both in \Pashington ;uid c•ase+vrn•kers salaries, had no interest meat taxpayer-ecologist group called in Denver, however, mast objective oh- in increasing manpower. They ++ere Citizens for Colorado's Future collect- servers remain skeptical aholit the com- move interested in economy. " ' ` ed, +yith remarkable ease, 77,000 sig- mittee's abilih- to complete the coupe, It s very discouraging,' says Daniel. natures-half a<~ain as mach as the and with reason. "For nearly four years we've written minimum needed to put on the ballot The +yhole notion of the Colorado memos, held conferences, and c•onunun- in November a requirement that the w{rater Olympics +vas sketchily c•on- icated via TV and the press, and we ' state government provide no more sub- ceived and, to this day, is being exe- still can t convince anybody ,ve need sillies for the Denver winter Olympics. cuted more ba impro+~isation than by more help. \\'e just can't do our job. If ' o Haying suc•ceede.d on this fi-ont, master plan. The booklet of retouched it weren t so terrible, it +yould be funny- ' Citizens for Colorado's Future began color pictures that accompanied the We can t handle evictions, deaths, and c•irc•ulating petitions to give the voters original bid for the games said that the fires-and the people a-ho need srnne- a chance to pass a similar restriction on alpine events ++-ould be held on Mount thing today, +vho've run out of food. spending by the Denver city govern- Sniktau, an undeveloped slope about an \~Ve look like fools to our clients and to meat. Though only 8,500 signahu•es hour or so from the city while the the business people we deal u-ith." were needed, almost 10,000 were col- , Nordic competitors would race across Silently, he slides across the table a lected, and that c{uestion, too, is on the the countryside in the Denver suburbs list of ] 44 names of dead persons who ballot. , despite the 4 per cent probability of are still betting relief checks. "Bv the h ~i d n " h " a Here in \\'ashington both the Sen- natural snow-a critical factor not men- s eerest cci e t, e says, u-e nnc•ov- ate and the house were remarkably tinned in the proposal. Since then, hou~- ered these cases this week because of \•I k ever, ount Sni tau has been scrapped a new requirement that oar clients get tllilton Viorsi is a aynrlic•nted columnist in favor of \%ail-Beaver Creek a hyo- I. D. cards so their stolen checks can't for the \Gashington Star-\ews and an , hour trip by c•ar, while the Nordic be cashed h+- thieves. Somebody was at;id shier. ( events have been h•ansferred to Steam- , I~ SR/OCTOBER 21, tE?2 c~~UP FRONT boat Springs, tour hours away on the other face of the Rockies. Meanwhile, no suitable plan has ever been devised for a bobsled run, and, after serious thought was given to placing the com- petition-believe it or not-at Lake Placid, the event: was scrapped. Everything about Denver's pitch, in fact, smacked of exaggeration and lively imagination-and the bid surely would not have been accepted had not the International Olympics Committee de- cided that the United States should get preference in its bicentennial year. Then, too, Denver was the only Amer- ican site that seriously solicited the honor. The Denver Olympic Committee had good reason to want the games. Its membership is composed of represents-. tives of the industt•ies that stand to gain most by the extravaganza-the ait•lines, the hotels and restaurants, the telephone company, the real-estate dealers, the Rocky Mountain ski resorts. Unofficially, the DOC's closest ties are with the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, which represents an amalgam of the state's ~yealthiest business inter- ests. Both Gov. Jolm Love and Mayor ~~~il- liam McNichols of Denver, where more than half the state's t~vo million people live, had for some years been caught up in the momentum of their own "Sell Colorado" program, a kind of modern boosterism that attempts to attract pop- ulation and investment, whether the region needs them or not. By the time the two men came to recognize the dis- advantages and the unpopularity of the Olympics, they were overcommitted. As a result, they went right on trying to per- suade evel-ydav Coloradans that the Olympics were good for them. But are they? The precedents are hardly promising. France spent $240 million for the winter Olympics at Gre- noble in 1968. Japan ran up an incred- ible bill of 51.3-billion for the winter games at Sapporo last Januarv. Much of this outlay, of course, was repaid in revenue, but no Olympic games in his- tory ever came close to paying their own way. While no final loss was ac- curately established for" America's last experience with the winter games-in 1960 at Squaw Talley-California tax- payers were stuck with a 513-million deficit. And, although skiers continue to pay S9 a day for the use of the lifts there, Californians still pay an annual subsidy to keep Squav<~ Valley fi-om bankruptcy. At the moment the projected expense of the -Colorado games, which the DOC first estimated at 514 million, has reached almost 5100 million, and even if the figure were to go no higher, which seems unlikely, the income from all sources would not come .near to ~~ v ~FyG • ' \, ~~ Y i meeting it. And, if Coloradans v<~ind up paying off the debts, it should be re- membered that their state's population is only about one-tenth that of Califor- nia. Sen. Fred Hams, the chief con- gressional foe of the Olympics subsidy, raised two very relevant questions at the legislative hearings: "~~~ho pays? ~Vho profits?" The answers seem to be that the profits .will go to a handful of businessmen, while the payments will be made by the bulk of Colorado's cit- izens. But even more fuss these days is be- ing raised by the issue of the damage the games are likely to do to the state's environment. Denver, despite the vision of clean air and unspoiled greenery that its name seems to evoke, has in fact been in environmental trouble for some time. A city that once beckoned east- ward for new inhabitants, Denver now suffers the agonies of overcrowding com- mon to older American urban areas. Moreover, because Denver has both a unique topography (located at the foot of the Rockies, the city experiences fre- quent thermal inversions) and the high- est per-capita auto registration in the nation, it ranks first among American cities in the carbon-monoxide content of its atmosphere. The problem is ag- ~ravated by Dem~er's altitude and is particularly acute for athletes. Normal- ly the air is at its worst during the winter weather-and it would surely become worse vet with thousands of cars and buses zooming from one ath- letic event to another. Yet the real problem, over the long ntn, could be the devastation the games would bring to a state whose growth I already is dangerously out of control. ~~~hile the legislature spends money to "Sell Colorado," population soars and ]and continues to be eaten up. In con- trast to the French Alps, where steep slopes and the danger of avalanches limit construction and require that build- ings be carefully grouped into preplan- ned communities, the Colorado Rockies are a land speculator's paradise. The high tree line protects the mountain- sides. The gentle slopes make wide val- leys. Abuilder can construct a house or an inn almost anywhere, without paying attention to such trivia as slides or sew- ers. The only disadvantage is that the land, because it is so accessible, is ex- pensive-but that's a handicap only to the poor. The rich, for their part, can ignore the price only at everyone else's expense. For if the DOC and the Olym- pics "sell" Colorado to more outsiders, the ecological chaos will be compound- ed and solutions to the state's problems will be even more elusive than they are IlOW. Richard Lamm, assistant minority leader of the Colorado House of Repre- sentatives and a legislator who has grown increasingly cI•itical of the DOC, said: "I joined a unanimous Colorado legislature in 1967 in voting to invite the Olympic Games to be held in Colorado. But the Colorado nublic I4 SR/OCTOBER 21, 1972 By CH:IRLIE YIEYERS~,~,~ Denuer Post Ski EditorG,~.'n At Athens in 1896, when it all began, a Creek athlete loaned American weight thrower Robert Garrett the first real discus he had ever seen. Thus armed, Garrett went out and became the first discus champion of the modern Olympic Games, beating the Greeks in their specialty. And in 1929 at the little French village of Chamonix, nestled at the base of D1t. Blanc, Norway's Thorlief Haug won three gold medals in Nordic skiing when the Winter Games were added to the Olympic program at the behest of Baran Pierre de Coubertin. ~ . There now have been 20 Summer Olym- pics, the last ending two weeks ago at Munich, Germany, and 11 Winter Games since De Coubertin effected his Olympic revival at Athens. Despite the grandiose goals of the founder, it is unlikely that the Olympics have ever forestalled a war or helped end plague or famine. Yet, unquestionably, because of the Olympics the world has never quite been the same. Four Times in U.S. The Carnes tour times have been cpn- ducted in [he United States: the Summer 01}•mpics al St. Louis in 1904 and~Los An- geles in 1932 and the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in 1932 and Squaw Valley. in 1960. With [he 1976 Winter ' Games scheduled in Denver the total will become five, one more than France with its record of two Summer and two Winter Games. Historically, the Winter Olympics has been a European event. The Games have been held in Chamonix, 1924; St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1926 and 1948; Garmisch-Paz- tenkirchen, Germany, 1936; Oslo, Norway, 1952; Cortina, Italy, 1956; Innsbruck, Aus- tria, 1964, and Grenoble, France, 1968. Only at Lake Placid in 1932, Squaw Valley in 1960 and Sapporo in 1972 have the Winter Games left the European Con- tinent For most Americans, a Cvst keen awareness of the Winter Olympics began al Squaw Valley, high in the California Sierra. Here, the United States won gold medals in men's and women's figure skat- ing and in ice hockey as television beamed the proceedings across the nation. Collectively, the Olympics have grown Irom a smattering of 285 athletes at that first gathering in Athens to an amassing of 10.800 at Munich, and costs have risen similarly. Denver Cost Position Where does Denver fit into the cost pic- ture? For example, 691 athletes participated at Squaw Valley where the expenditure was about;9 million. In Sapporo there were 1,129 athletes, with a comparable increase fn officials, -press and others to be provided for. In ca]culating the expense of any Olym- pics, the cost must be rnnsidered in two broad categories. Since the coming of an Olympics almost always prompts an out- pouring of civic spirit, host cities ,frequently indulge in a frenzy of improve- ments. Like a woman shopping for a party dress, Olympic hosts traditionally strive to make their best appearance before the world. The result is new transportation sys- tems, municipal buildings, public housing and eveti~ sports arenas which might not be totally essential to the staging of a successful Games. A lesser cost fs the expenditure for operating expenses and site development made exclusively for the Games. Unheard-of Figure It was at Grenoble that the over-all ex- penditure began to reach unheard•o[ proportions for a Winter Games. Here the French spent more than ;77 million improving roads and railways, ;27 million for communications, ;38.8 million [or an Olympian Village to he comprted into public housing and;9 million for cul- tural centers. And when [he tab had been totaled, the bill came to 3201,352,000-more than 40 per cent of which was borne by the federal government. Now, 454 }'ears later, much of the cost remains unpaid. Throughout the world, Olympic watchers were aghast at such an expendi- ture. And in Denver, which was awarded the Winter Games in May 1970, there was concern that this city might also un- dertake such frantic spending. Despite the opulence of Grenoble, no one was quite ready (or what happened four years later at Sapporo. Under an avowed thrust to both mod- ernize the northernmost island of Hokkai- do and to encourage a redistribution of population, the Japanese government spared no expense in giving this city of more than a million a total face-lift. With almost a third o[ Japan's land area and only 5 million of its 95 million people, Hokkaido plainly can accommo• date a greater share of the population. Much of the government's expenditure on the Sapporo Games was directed at facilitating such a migration. Little Visible Effec+ Estimates vary on total costs, but it would be safe to place the Sapporo figure at about 31.3 billion. Interestingly, the base cost figure has shown the effects of inflation over the years. At Grenoble, flu operating expense was ;16.5 million. Another ;18.5 million was spent on sports sites for a total of ;35 million. Sapporo's operating expenses were ;23 million, which, coupled with ;29.7 million for sports sites, brought the base cost to ;52.7 million. Denver, which emphasized economy in winning the 1976 bid,. now has cut back to a figure comparable to that of Grenoble. The Dem•cr Olympic Organizing Com- miltee estimates are 315 million for operating expenses and 519.9 for site dev- elopment, a total of ;,19.5. Total Olympic-related expendilures- including $18.9 million [or public housing, which would accommodate the press dur- ing the Games, and ;10 million [or the voter-approved all-sports arena-comes to ;63.4 million. 1Vhat about the environmental impact of past Winter Olympics? Of the more recent ones, perhaps only at Squaw Valley has there been a problem, and there it was a matter of after-use in a rather isolated mountain valley. With no nearby population centers, the Squaw Valley Olympic facilities have gone begging. The sight of ski jumps, stadiums attd arenas standing unused has prompted California to spend millions of dollars in an unsuccessful effort to utilize them, but the structures still stand as reminders of what an 01}•mpics should not become. Innsbruck, already a booming c~mmer- cial center, bears little visible after effect from its 1961 experience, while the sites at Grenoble are so scattered it would require a special tour to see them. Sapporo, perhaps most environment- conscious of all, took precautions to as- sure maximum benefit to the population after the games. To get the vertical descent needed for an Olympic downhill at Sapporo, it was essential to constrnct the crourse in a na- tional park. Almost as soon as the last race was completed, workmen began removing the structures. And during this past summer, reseeding of trees was begun to help eventually obliterate all evi- dence that an Olymics had been there. The bobsled run also is being ripped out at a cost o[;1 million. It cost ;l.9 million to install. It has been speculated that this move on the part of Sapporo, in rerngnition of minimal after-use value of the bobsled run, was a principal factor in the recent International Olympce Committee decision to eliminate the bob at Denver. The Sapporo ski jumps, ice arenas and stadiums will rettice intensive use from the sportsconscious Japanese. While the Winter Olympics historically have been free from overt demonstrations land such violent acts as the recent murder of Israeli athletes at Munich), they have had problems. Most of them have in the past 10 years cetlered around disputes over profes- sionalism in skiing, especially since the sport has undergone a surge in world pop- ularity. Commercial Influence As manufacturers o[ ski products jostled far position in the growing market, most skiers came under commercial influence in direct violation of IOC rules on ama- teurism. In [he case of the leading skiers, they were being paid retainers to represent certain products-skis. boots, bindings. pules-and outright prizes should they win major events. [OC President Avery Brundage, consis- tently outspoken against commercialism in the Comes, battled with the Interna- tional Ski Federation tF[S) in an effort to purge skiing of such influences. The struggle reached a peak at Greno- ble, where the powerful French team, glorying in its triumphs before an intense- ly nationalistic crowd. flaunted its com- mercial lies before the venerable IOC chief. Much of the controversy centered around Jean-Claude Killy, French super- star who won gold medals in all three Al- pine events-slalom, downhill and giant slalom. It was common knowledge that the incomes from skiing of Killy and his chief rival, Karl Schranz of Austria, approached 550,000. Threat Falls Through A[ one time Brundage threatened to take Killy's medals away, but like most IOC threats against skiing's commercial practice, it wasn't followed through. Determined nM to le[ the situation repeat itself al Sapporo, Brundage and the IOC kept up a rugning debate with the FIS in the intervening Fuur years. There were supposed agreements, reappraisals and, finally, no settlement at all. Two montlu before the star) of the Sap- poro Games. Brundage compiled a list of 40 Alpine skiers he considered to be flagrant violators of the Olympic code and vowed they wouldn't be allowed to com- pete. Included on the list was almosi every competitor of note in the world. The FIS responded by threatening to pull all skiers from the Olympics and stage a separate championship, thereby stripping the Games o[ one of its few real glamor attractions. . Just as was the case seven mmuhs later with the threatened black boycott at Munich. the IOC found its position untena- ble. On one hand was adifficult-to-enforce principle. On the other was the threat of ruin to the Games after the expenditure of millions by the organizers. Try to Save Face. In each case, Brundage and the IOC backed down. But at Sapporo the IOC made a token attempt to save face, ban• ning onh~ Schranz, who so openly flaunted his comtempt for the amateur code. Sapporo is past, but the issue isn't. [n one of his last public addresses before re- tiring as president following the Mwtich Games. Brundage repeated a frequent tb.eme-the end to the Winter Olympic Games. He called for the world to "give the Games a decent burial in Denver." But Lord Killanin of Ireland, his succes- wr, professes no such urge to discontinue the Winter Olympics. Instead, he speaks of reducing costs and "not saddling cities with white elephants, facilities they will never use again." Certainly this philosophy was evident in the recent decision [o forego file bobsled events at Denver. Despite the rnntroversies, which surely will continue, the Olympic Games will go on. They have never been perfect, but nei- ther have they been dull. ~ THE DENVER ~ O S T 1~on., Sept. 25, 1972 HOAR D OF. """' """` CHAIRMAN GOVER NORS AUDITOR -~'•'~ 1 .. 1 _ ......... ......._ ...... _ 1 Enviromuental t PRI?SIDENT Planning Comm. LEGAL COUNSEL _"1 and GENERAL ( ,•,_,~_^^ - - SECRETARY .' Finance and Bus. Relations Comm. Sports Committee ' EXCCUt1vC Vice Public Special Asat. . President Information to the Operations Officer President Acconnnodationa Committee Public Affairs Cmnmittee Administrative Technical Artn and Marketing Support Division Division Division Services Comm. • Arts and Pabeantry Comm. ` ~y RIChi~~® ®. LAMS WHEN THE PEOPLE of Colorado go to the polls November 7th, they will become lawmakers in the truest sense of the word. Through the process of the initia- five, voters will have the opportunity to pass laws as binding as any passed by the legislature. Perhaps the greatest challenge voters as decision-makers must face is the vote on state funding for the 1976 Winter Olympics. A "yes" vote will cut off fund- tn9: a "no" vote will continue it. Because federal funding has been made contingent on state funding, 4his vote will most likely determine the fate oft the Olympics in Colorado. There are a variety of ways.by whicFi decision-makers judge the value and im- pact of a proposed public policy or pro= gram. There are no sure methods of pre= dictions, but we can look to and projec4 from available evidence. My contention is that every indication, every signpost, every bit of evidence to date casts grave doubts cn the wisdom of Colorado host- ing the 1976 Olympics. THE FIRST METHOD of public policy prediction is to see how similar projects have been handled by other people: Using this yardstick, we see that the his- tory of the Olympics for the last 20 years has been a history of cost overruns of the largest magnitude. The California Organizing Committee I told the California legislature in 1955 that: The author is a law professor at the University of Denver, a state repro- sentative, and a moving spirit in and spokesman for Citizens for Colorado's Future, which opposes the OI ympics: the Squaw Valley Olympics would only need $1 million in taxpayer funds. Before they were through, the committee had i asked for and received $9.5 million from the California legislature, $3.5 million from the federal government and $500,- 000 from the Nevada legislature. Similar- ly, Grenoble, Sapporo and Munich have had cost overruns of many times the orig= i final estimates. People can argue that Olympics are I still"worth it" but this much seems clear: Olympics have turned into awesomely eX_ I pensive community projects, seemingly beyond effective cost controls. I Another valuable guideline in judging the impact of a proposed program is the advice cf others •~rho have beer through similar events. By this yardstick, ayes vote would also be indicated. 8irger Lange, a fin~~ncial executive with the German Organizing Committee, has. stated, "I think that the people of Montreal (1976 summer Olympics) and Denver had better be prepared for costs at least four times their original estim2bes." The French mirnster of Sports and Youth told a group of Colorado legislators that France would not seek nor accept the Olympics again. H. D. Thoreau. who ran the California Olympics, has stated if the California leg-. islature had known the full cost of the games from the beginning, "The games ~z.~~~+_ not have been held in California." ANOTHER YARaartcK to judge 4he advisability of a project is the track record of the people who are running the project.. Denver Olympic organizers also do not: 'fare well by this measure. They originally. estimated the total cost of the games at $13.9 million, a figure which rose to $25. million, then $30 million, then $35 million for staging costs alone. This doors nc~t include inrlirar_t CACt.C Of the games, such as low-income housing: and athletic housing, which when added gives us a total games cost of $81 to $93. million. At the same time their cost estimates are going up, their revenue estimates are going down. The sale of television rights, originally predicted to bring $10 million to $15 million into the DOOC coffers, now has been shown to be considerably less and possibly even a deficit. Thus by all these yardsticks the Olym-. pies will most likely cost considerably more than present estimates. The DOOC and Governor Love both say they shall only seek an additional $5 million (includ- ing last year's appropriation) from the tax- _ payers. I have no doubt this is a good faith estimate: the problem is that no other recent Clympics has stayed within its budget. There always seems to be some fac= tors out of the control of good faith estl- . mates. The roof on the sports arena in' Munich was originally estimated to cost; $5 million; before it was done it cost $54' million. , It is hard to see how Colorado, faced with providing three Olympic villages, an unprecedented amount of transportation; plus all the regular facilities and staging. expenses, can be immune from the cost: overruns which have plagued other hosts. COLORADO TAXPAYERS stand now as insurors for all mistakes of the DOOC, any underestimations of expenses and overestimations of revenues. In my opin- ion neither the Olympics nor Colorado .would be well served by proceeding in the face of mounting evidence that Olympia ', promoters bit off more than Colorado tax- payers can chew. i Colorado voters now have the decision squarely in their hands on whether our state should fund the Olympics. I urg® them to vote YES to stop Olympic fund- ing. 5houla Colorado t ®~ 6 - ~ s. . .... ,~._ ......,_....,.r„ c - The Case Fvr . . By W. R. GOODWIN Pz~ THE ISSUE of the 1976 Olympic Winter ~ a Games in Colorado has been magnified far beyond its significance. It may be an oversimplification to state that we have the games and let's get on with the job of , staging them properly, but that is a tact. The state has been asked to provide $5 ' ~~~~ million over the next tour years toward a $35 million budget for the Olympics. That's the question on the ballot November 7, but the implications are much greater-we'll be deciding whether or not we want the Olympics in 1976. Both proponents and opponents of the Olympic Winter Games may have over- stated their cases. The Olympics are not }' the answer to peace and brotherhood in the world. But neither are they an eco nomic and environmental disaster (or Col- ? orado. Both statements are exaggera- tions. The Olympics are one step toward brotherhood in that they bring together young people of many nations and political , ideologies every four years. To responsi- bly execute its assignment, the.D000 will - _,,~~~,,, ~~ .~ W. R. Goodwin, president of the Johns- Manville Corp., moved to Colorado when his company transferred ifs international headquarters fo Denver from New York fast year. Goodwin was elected chairman of the Denver Olympic Organizing Com- miuoe in August, succeeding Mayor Wi~- liam McNichols. ~ , Install liscal_.controls to get the most from every dollar spent, and Its plans for facili- ties, and staging must make a positive contribution to our enyironmenl:" THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO have the intelligence, ingenuity and energy to host an event that for each of 10 days is no more challenging than a fall Saturday afternoon with 90,000 football spectators at the University of Colorado and the Air Force Academy. The job to be done is not too big for the people of Colorado. Our state government administers effi- ciently an annual general fund budget of more than $500 million. The state will end this year with a projected surplus of about $100 million. Colorado's Olympic invest- ment over the next tour years of a maxi- mum $5 million wilt be returned many times by facilities to be built by the federal government, by the economic impact of construction jobs and by tourist dollars. tJew or higher Colorado taxes certainly aren't needed for the Olympics. As a businessman, my future depends on my ability to meet budgets and prevent ~~~~ ++ t.. ..w- A ski-Jumper soars into the eir above Howelsen Hill In ,~~ ~, ' k ~ i r Y'' ~ _. ~~ii . irity.~ _ ~..~ , _ Springs, one of three possible Olympic sites. cost overruns in a corporation that will Denver asked for and wa s awarded the generate over $780 million in 1972 sales Olympics in 1970. It acted with the unani- and has about 24,000 employes. mous, official support of p ity Ccuncil, the My reputation and that of other busin- mayor, Colorado Genera Assembly, the essmen on the DOOC is on the line to governor, U.S. Congress and the Pres- stay within the $35 million budget and not ident. 'The award was g eeted enthusi- to ask the state for one penny more than astically by a clear majotity of Colorado $S million. We'll keep that promise. citizens. { Another exaggeration is that the Olym- Whatever has happened In the past, the pits will attract new residents to our state. DOOC is on the right track now, with new People who enjoy winter sports and people in key staff positi~rts and a reor- mountains have already heard about Col- ganization that will bring,tp the committee ~ orado and they will continue to do so. But representatives of ev ry community what has happened in part because of the group-youth, labor, min~rilies, environ- games is a renewed forus of attention on mentalists, business,-a ~alt~ Interested the need we have for eftective land use~~ itizens from ail parts of~e state. controls-to meet the growth of this state The DOOC is installi'1rg businesslike that is coming with or without the Olym- control systems that will keep it on sched- pics. ule and within budget. Experts Trom 1 throughout the nation will help the DOOC maximize its revenues and stage an out- standing Olympic Games. We took on an obligation in 1970 which Colorado can meet within its resources and talents available today. The voters November 7 will decide whether the state will have a chance to fulfill that obligation. A vote "no" on Amendment 8 will permit Colorado to continue its support of the 1976 Olympic Winter Games. The alternative is to give up an impor- tant international event that is a once In a lifetime opportunity, particularly for many of Colorado's youngsters who may never have another chance to meet other young people from throughout the world. That's our real decision November 7. n r • f l-E.--- ~ ~` ,' MINUTES VAIL VALLEY MARKETING BOARD Thursday, March 30, 1989 7:30 a.m., Town of Avon ATTENDEES: Committee Members Alan Aarons Mike Beckley Jerry Davis Frank Johnson Kent Myers Kevin Payne Alternate Members Tom Britz Others Mike DeMay (Marriott Mark) Bill James Linda (URA) Steve Shanley (VA) Charles Wick ABSENT: Jan Strauch 7:40 a.m. the meeting was called to order by Kent Myers. Minutes approved as amended. Kevin Payne motioned. Jerry Davis seconded. All members present voted yes. Frank Johnson gave a report prepared by Sylvia Blount of the VRA on VRA's promotion of Vail for the summer of 1989. (URA trade show handout was presented and is attached.} Alan Aarons said that he met with Sonya Anderson in Chicago who represents one of the largest room bookers in America and after a long conversation with her, Sonya felt that an untapped market for Vail might be in the corporate area specifically corporate sales meetings as no one else really targets this market. She said the size of these groups are in the 60-300 range. Kent Myers is going to get together a list of corporate executives which own a home locally or who visits here. Steve Shanley, VA Advertising Manager, showed 2 videos which have been prepared by VA for summer 1989 to be shown on Gillett stations and market areas. Steve said the summer insert brochure for the Denver newspapers close mid-May which means with production time, deadlines are fast approaching. He suggested VA, URA, and the Marketing Board combine many of their efforts so we save time, money, and efforts and particularly so the consumer does not get confused. VA's summer program is: VA ADVERTISING V/BC Summer Consumer TV - Gillett National Newspaper TU - Front Range Front Range Newspaper Front Range - Outdoor Uail Valley/Summit Radio Vail Valley/Summit Newspaper Trade Tour & Travel News Ad HTI Spring/Summer Ad AAA Rocky Mountain Motorist Collateral BC Summer Brochure Vail Summer Brochure TV Production Shoot & Post Production Brochure Distribution Colorado Activity Center Steve brought up the fact that VA has the leases on 2 billboards at I-70 and Colfax and I-70 and Dumont. He said they are leasing the I-70. and Dumont in both winter and summer but only the I-70 and Colfax billboard in the winter. He said it still may be available to sublease in the summer if the Marketing Board is interested. It was decided to hear the committee reports before addressing this issue. Kent wanted to update the membership list of all committees. Kevin suggested that in order to maximize efforts and keep any one Board member from having to serve as a member of more than one committee plus the Board itself that Board members limit themselves to one committee and that all committees be chaired by a Board member. The Board agreed with this direction but made it clear that a Board memtrer can assist any of the committees even though not a committee member. Kevin made a motion which was seconded by Jerry that "EACH BOARD MEMBER BE LIMITED TO ONE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT AND THAT THE ASSIGNMENT BE MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MARKETING BOARD AND THAT EACH COMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY A MEMBER OF THE MARKETING BOARD." All Board members voted yes for the motion. Kent then :set forth the Chairman and membership of each committee based on the adopted motion. ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS: A. Aarons - Chairman, K. Payne, T. Britz, S. Shanley, Pat Peeples, Karen Morter SALES AND SALES PROMOTIONS: J. Davis - Chairman, F. Johnson, Sylvia Blount, Mike DeMay, Jim Steinbach, Peggy Collins, Sara Walther -2- RESEARCH: K. Myers - Chairman, C. Wick, K.T. Gazunis FINANCE: J. Strauch - Chairman, C. Wick, B. James SPECIAL EVENTS: M. Beckley - Chairman, B. Quayle, M. Morgan, Larry Brooks, K. Morter, Rick Beveridge, Ceil Folz The Board said that Monday, April 24th, at 5:00 p.m. is the best date to meet with the Avon and Vail Councils. This meeting will be to present the Marketing Plan and will be held in Beaver Creek. COMMITTEE REPORTS SALES/PROMOTIONS: Frank Johnson reported on their committee meeting of 3/28/89. Meeting concerned group marketing and which segments to go after and other related areas. Group Businesses: Absolutely vital to summer business. Most of the business in lodges in May-August is primarily group business. Segments deemed important for summer: A. Corporate meetings B. Associations meetings C. Incentive group travel D. Insurance meetings E. Education meetings F. Motorcoach He presented the facility inventory, and how to best reach the group business market. The committee feels a Valleywide Visitors and Convention Bureau is necessary and without better funding, this will not occur. (Committee minutes of March 28 meeting were a part of this report.) Frank discussed Direct Sales, Advertising, and Trade Show attendance (9 different trade shows), television (is not considered a viable alternative for group sales because of cost to lodges/hotels), video, collateral (generic piece is needed for valleywide marketing), as all methods analyzed to reach group sales. Special promotions was also discussed as to promoting group business. Recommendations: 1. Long term - 1-3 years away Create a convention and visitors bureau with partial funding from business license fee, partial funding from bed tax, partial from memberships. 2. Short term Advertising - including "sweepstakes" $85,000 Collateral (as outlined in committee minutes) 35,000 Trade shows - supplement existing travel 10,000 schedules -3- ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS: Alan Aarons: Alan said he felt the RFP which went out was too broad for the money the Board has and went to way too many agencies. Alan said he feels this Board has the talent and talent available to it than any advertising agency can provide. Alan said that a "Vail Kit" needs to be developed with facts and information to the markets we are going after and that this kit needs to be available to hotels, VRA, the Chamber, VA, whoever. Alan said that because the closer is going to be in print that we have to have something that will compete. OTHER: A motion was made by Jerry that "IF UA WILL CARRY THE COST OF THE I-70 AND COLFAX BILLBOARD APRIL AND MAY, THEN THE MARKETING BOARD WILL ASSUME THE COST OF THE BOARD FOR 4 OR 5 MONTHS IF VA WILL COMMIT TO WORK ON DESIGNING BOTH BILLBOARDS (THE OTHER AT I-70 AND DUMONT) ALONG WITH THE MARKETING BOARD; MAXIMUM COST OF $2,500 A MONTH. Seconded by Tom Britz. All members voted yes. The Board voted to expend $20 to purchase 2 videos from the Denver Convention and Visitors Center. Jerry Davis made a motion and Tom Britz seconded that "THE BOARD WILL DEVELOP ITS OWN MARKETING PLAN FOR THE SUMMER OF 1989 AND USE AN AGENCY FOR SERVICES AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE BOARD." All members voted yes. SPECIAL EVENTS: It looks like the Coors Classic is not going to happen and that several other prior summer events may not occur. Tom Britz motioned to adjourn. Mike Beckley seconded. All voted yes. Minutes Approved Second ~' Date %~ ~ ~' s -4- CPRTN(_ v RO Ski Group '89 (April 20 - June 4, 1989) Ft. Lauderdale Tampa Atlanta Philadelphia Washington D.C. New York Dallas Houston Orange County Los Angeles Chicago Phoenix Denver Travel Marketplace (May 4, 1989) Chicago Met. Ski Council Seminar (May 20, 1989) L.A. Ski Travel Carousel Show (June 3, 1989) FALL °89 VRA TRADE SHOWS ~~/lwL. ~ r-~~ti ~~© ~~ ~ ~~s ,~~'IZ~~G~I ~'l~QOLGt~ >~~t7n nL"~v. !' y~5 ' y o T~~~ -~~ Florida Ski Fest (September 21 - 28, 1989) Orlando Clearwater Sarasota Miami Travel Marketplace (September 25 - October 26, 1989) Chicago Denver Washington D.C. Boston Scottsdale Insurance Conference Planners Association, San Francisco (Nov.) We gill be represented at: (Fall °89) Dallas Ski Fest Atlanta Ski Fest REGIONAL SPRING °89 Society of Government Meeting Planners (April 14, 1989) Rocky Mountain Assoc. of Meeting Planners Int'1 (May 10, 1989) Colorado Society of Association Executives (July 22, 1989) Shows we would like to attend: Incentive Travel and Merchandise Expo Chicago (September 1989) Meeting World Washington D.C. (July 10 - 12, 1989) American Society of Association Executives Annual Convention (March 3 ~,` 1990) Booth Cost $ 100 100 100 100 275 275 275 275 275 1,050 500 250 1,400 1,500 1,750 r MINUTES VAIL VALLEY MARKETING BOARD Thursday, March 23, 1989 7:30 a.m., Town of Vail ATTENDEES: Committee Members Mike Beckley Jerry Davis Frank Johnson Kent Myers Kevin Payne Jan Strauch Alternate Members Tom Britz Others Charles Wick ABSENT: Alan Aarons Minutes of March 16, 1989 meeting were approved with amendments. Kevin Payne motioned and Frank Johnson seconded the motion to approve the minutes. All members voted yes. Kent Myers wants the Board to review the draft of the Marketing Plan during the next week and come prepared to finalize the draft at the March 29 meeting. Kent Myers said that Miss Teen USA wants to have their next pageant in Vail. The Board said that they should help find local sponsors for this event as it would bring a lot of publicity to the Vail Valley if brought in at the right time of year. ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS Jan Strauch feels two dozen or Jan feels that getting 3 or 4 committee review the RFP's and members will get copies of all between the 10th and 13th when so responses will probably come in by the timeline, narketing people in the community should help the list the good ideas which come forth. All Board the RFP's. There should be an intensified review the Board meets. . SALES PROMOTIONS Jerry Davis and Frank Johnson gave a report. (Minutes of March 13 meeting not attached to these minutes.) Group Meetings: Simple to reach groups, but not simple to impact. Discussed proposed dollars which is necessary to develop a brochure with interchangeable inserts for different lodges. This particular piece needs to be tied into the overall plan and part of the process (creative positioning). Jerry Davis said it will be the creative part of the advertising package. Jerry said a hard sell Vail Valley film with audio toward conventions, groups, and visitors needs to be done. Should be 5 to 8 minutes in length. Discussion occurred about the useful purpose of the film, how it could be paid for efficiently yet with quality, what markets is it going to, the effectiveness it would have, etc. Jerry said we should contact group sales business and meeting planners. Jerry said it needs to be done this summer for next summer and in all cases we need to try to get someone else to pay for it. Kent suggested this Board come up with a generic convention film which will be given to hotels, lodges, etc. which they can take with them as their sales promotion efforts. The Board agreed that the total marketing plan with the selection of an agency, creative companies, complete budgets, and master budget will be submitted to the Councils toward the end of April. Jerry said that all issues which need a Board policy be done by the Council meeting in late April. Tom Britz brought a draft policy for the marketing support of Special Events. The policy was revised to read, "NAIL VALLEY MARKETING BOARD ENCOURAGES AND WILL HELP FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMS TO INCREASE SUMMER TOURISM TO THE NAIL VALLEY. WHILE THE BOARD WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY OPERATIONAL FUNDS TO INDIVIDUAL EVENTS, SELECTED ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE AS DETERMINED BY THE OVERALL MARKETING PLAN." Motioned to adopt polic by Mike B and seconded b Kevin Pa ne. /S~c-.F ry SPECIAL E-t11=NTS The committee met on 3/22/89. Mike Beckley read the minutes. The committee assembled and edited the Master Schedule for Special Events. Copies of the master calendar will be distributed to every Board member this week. Larry Brooks is now on the committee. The call-to-action number within the committee was discussed. They reached the general consensus that the Chamber is the best one to call on Special Events. A presentation by VA and VRA at next week's meeting to do an overview of summer, collateral material, their advertising, etc. There was discussion as to when the Vail fireworks should be. The Chamber wants to do it on the 3rd. The Board wants to communicate to the Chamber and decided to write a letter to the Chamber to hold the fireworks on July 4th. (Letter written by Charlie Wick and sent to Kent Myers on 3/24/89.) FINANCE Jan Strauch updated the Board as to the potential of further funding from Beaver Creek and Eagle County. These efforts are proceeding. Corporate sponsorships potential funding raising was also discussed. A list is being developed for this purpose. PUBLIC RELATIONS Kevin Payne reported in detail on the 3/15/89 meeting of the Public Relations Committee. The 8 recommendations developed by the P.R. Committee are as follows: 1. Make better use of existing resources and better coordinate current efforts to tell the Vail Valley summer story. Determine efforts planned by the Vail Chamber; the ABCRA; the URA; Vail Associates; Bravo; the UUF; the Vail Metro Rec District; Eagle County; etc. in the local market. Determine efforts planned by the Colorado Tourism Board and the Denver Convention and Visitors Bureau, and find ways to dovetail, especially in the area of fams. 2. For 1989, target primarily major weekly travel sections in big city dailies (probably top twelve in circulation) by hosting fams for those key writers, and by placement of newsworthy advance stories. 3. For 1990, but through activity in 1989, target the following in addition to the above: -2- 1) General interest national publications, e.g., Good Housekeeping, Town and Country, etc. 2) Special interest magazines, e.g., Conde Nast, Outside, Golf, etc. 3) TV (this would need, in all likelihood, a specific news tie-in) 4. Primary efforts should be concentrated on the following cities: (based on existing research per city of origin) a) Denver/Front Range b) Dallas c) Houston d) Los Angeles e) San Francisco f) New York City g) Chicago h) Miami (Florida) Secondary effort: a) Atlanta b) Kansas City c) St. Louis d) Phoenix e) Minneapolis f) San Diego 5. The Board should not retain an agency at this time, but should employ agencies/services on a project basis. - 6. The Board should consider refinement, or definition, of the Vail summer message a high priority. Some specific story ideas that should be pushed: a) Ambience: weather, natural beauty, man-made beauty, shopping, dining b) Participatory sports/activities: golf, tennis, rafting, hiking, biking, etc. c) Music: particularly Bravo, because of its obvious newsworthiness and relative uniqueness, but more general as well. d) Special Events: specific events, such as the overall Independence Day activities, Balloons, Bluegrass and BBQ, Vailfest, etc. 7. There is abundant local talent and interest to materially assist in this effort. 8. Because their activities must be complimentary, the PR and Advertising subcommittees should merge. Kevin feels a strong relationship needs to be developed with a good P.R. firm or an advertising agency with a good P.R. department to do nothing but sell (target) Vail in several major cities. Kent said VA's P.R. Department was available to assist the committee in various P.R. areas. All committees need to give to Charlie Wick all the names and phone numbers of everyone on their committees for a list compilation. The Board adjourned at 10:15 a.m. Minutes Approved U -3- Second >~ ~, ~j Date A Town of Vail, Colorado Investment Report Summary of Accounts and Investments For the Month Ending March 31, 1989 funds For Reserve Balances Percentage Percentage Operating - - funds * 3/31/89 of Total Allowed Money Market Accounts (see page 1) - -------- ----------- ------------- ----------- ---------- Commercial Banks 51,122,598 5175,024 51,297,622 12.07'/ 50% Colorado Investment Pools 5309,995 ----- 5309,995 2.88% 100% Total ------ 51,432,593 ------------ 5175,024 ------------ 51,607,617 ------ 14.95% Commercial Savings & Banks Loans Certificates of Deposit (see page 2) ----------- ----------- Eagle County Institutions 5210,992 5210,992 5210,992 1.96% Other Colorado Institutions 599,000 599,000 599,000 0.92% National Institutions 5288,000 ----------- 5396,000 ----------- 5684,000 ---- 5684,000 6.36% Total 5597,992 5396,000 ------- 5894,992 ------------ 599,000 ------------ 5993,992 ------ 9.24% 100% Percentage of Portfolio in Savings & Loans U.S. Government Securities (see page 3) Repurchase Agreements Treasury Notes GNMA's U.S. Savings Bonds Federal Agency Discount Notes Total Total Portfolio Maturing Within 12 Months Maturing Within 24 Months Maturing After 24 Months 3.68% 25% 53,635,811 51,390,000 55,025,811 46.76% 75% 5230,000 5450,000 5680,000 6.33% 100% 5189,819 5189,819 1.77% 100% 516,008 516,008 0.15% 100% 52,235,360 52,235,360 20.80% 100% 56,306,998 51,840,000 58,146,998 75.81% 58,634,583 52,114,024 510,748,607 100.00% 59,664,780 89.92% 5648,000 6.03% 5435,827 ------------ 4.05% - 510,748,607 ------- 100.Q0% * 52,114,024 is reserves that the Town does not have access to for operation 4/7/89 slml invsm903 P Money Market Accounts as of March 31, 1989 --For the Month of March-- Account Institution Balances Type of Accounts High Lou Average 3/31/89 ------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- First Bank of Vail - Operating Interest 9.352% 8.214% 8.890% ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ealance 52,565,703 5728,131 51,387,849 51,057,343 ------------------------------- ------------------------------- First Bank of Vail - Insurance Interest 9.352% 8.214% 8.890% Balance _______________________________ 5171,960 Colorado Trust (Investment Pool) Interest Balance Central Bank of Denver Reserve Accounts Interest Balance Central Bank of Denver Operating Account Interest Balance 4/7/89 slml invmm903 Page 1 9.040% 5309,995 5.000% $3,064 8.080% 565,255 --------------- 1,607,617 --------------- --------------- Certificates of Deposit as of March 31, 1989 Bank Name, Location Days to Rates Purchase Maturity Maturity Maturity Ins ----- Coupon Yield Date ---------- Date at Purchase Value First ---------------------- American Bank, Boston Mass ------------- ----------- ----------- FDIC 10.000% 10.000% 12-Nov-87 12-Nov-90 1096 599,000 Vail National Bank FDIC 6.000% 6.000% 03-Mar-89 04-Apr-89 32 510,992 FDIC 9.250% 9.250% 03-Jan-89 03-Jan-90 365 5100,000 FDIC 9.250% 9.250% 26-Jan-89 26-Jan-90 365 5100,000 First Service Bank, Leominster MA FDIC 8.750% 8.750% 03-Aug-88 03-Aug-89 365 $90,000 Centr al Bank of Denver Reserved funds FDIC 8.400% 8.400% 05-Oct-88 05-Oct-89 365 $99,000 Coral Coast Savings Bank, Boynton Bea ch Florida FSLIC 10.250% 10.250% 30-Mar-89 27-Sep-89 181 599,000 Secur ity Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas FDIC 10.000% 10.125% 30-Mar-89 28-Jun-89 90 599,000 First Federal of the Carolinas, High Point North C arolina FSLIC 10.250% 10.250% 30-Mar-89 30-Mar-90 365 599,000 Inves tors of Florida Savings Bank, N. Miami Beach Florida FSLIC 10.250% 10.250% 30-Mar-89 26-Sep-89 180 599,000 First ate Financial, Orlando Florida FSLIC 10.498% 10.498% 31-Mar-89 02-Apr-90 367 599,000 Avg Y ield 9.669% 5993,992 4/7/89 slml invcd903 Page 2 Government Securities as of March 31, 1989 ***Treasury Notes*** Days to Rates Purchase Maturity Maturity Days to Par Coupon ------------------ Yield -------- Date ----------- Date - at Purchase Maturity Value 8.875% 7.470% 11-Mar-86 ---------- 15-Feb-96 ----------- 3628.00 ------------- 2512.00 ------------ 5230,000 8.875% 9.067'/ 02-Dec-88 30-Nov-90 728.00 609.00 $250,000 9.375% 9.630% 28-Feb-89 28-Feb-91 730.00 699.00 5200,000 $680,000 ***Repurchase Agreements*** Days to Average Purchase Maturity Maturity Days to Par Institution ----------------- Yield --------- Date ----------- Date --- - at Purchase Maturity Value Central Bank 9.068% 12-Oct-88 --- --- Open ------------------------- ------------ 51,088,000 8.798% 12-Oct-88 Open 5302,000 Prudential Bache 9.421% 20-Dec-88 Open 52,635,811 Merrill Lynch 9.600% 27-Mar-89 03-Apr-89 7.00 3.00 51,000,000 55,025,811 ***GNMA~S*** Years to Estimated Purchase Maturity Maturity Years to Principal Pool ------------ Coupon ---- Yield Date Date at Purchase Maturity Outstanding 5803 -------- 8.000% -------- 8.480% ----------- 14-Nov-86 ----------- 15-Oct-05 ----------- 19.10 ----------- 17.00 -------------- $45,795 13003 8.000% 9.500% 24-Oct-86 15-Oct-Ob 20.20 18.00 570,935 14659 8.000% 9.200% 24-Oct-86 15-Jan-07 21.20 19.00 573,089 Avg Yield 9.138% 5189,819 ***U.S. Savings Bonds*** Years to Issue Maturity Maturity Years to Maturity Series Yield Date Date at Purchase Maturity Cost Value ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EE 7.170% 01-Oct-86 01-Oct-96 10.00 7.51 516,008 $30,000 ------------------------ ------------------------ ***Federal Agency Discount Notes*** Days to Purchase Maturity Maturity Days to Book Maturity Yield ---------- Date ----------- Date ----------- at Purchase -- Maturity Value Value FHLB 10.120% 27-Mar-89 28-Jun-89 ---------- 93.00 ----------- 89.00 ------------- 5243,716 ----------- $250,000 FHLB 9.106% OS-Dec-88 28-Apr-89 144.00 28.00 $241,330 $250,000 FHLB 9.651% 09-Mar-89 12-May-89 64.00 42.00 5147,504 5150,000 FHLB 9.239% 15-Dec-88 Ob-Jun-89 173.00 67.00 5239,512 5250,000 FHLB 9.704% 09-Mar-89 02-Jun-89 85.00 63.00 $146,685 $150,000 FHLB 10.060% 23-Mar-89 13-Jun-89 82.00 74.00 5977,906 $1,000,000 FHLB 9.981% 03-Mar-89 23-Aug-89 173.00 145.00 - 5238,707 ------------ 5250,000 ----------- - - 52,235,360 ------------ ------------ 52,300,000 ----------- ----------- Total 58,146,998 4/7/89 slml invtr903 Page 3 ~ April 3, 1989 '1'E~ (~ISUIV ALTERINATIVES ~EC'D APR ° ~ ~~ f;PA's farsighted veto of Two Iorks Dam is certain to focus Colorado's attention on the vast surplus flood flo~,rs of the overlooked Gunnison Basin. Colorado is entitled to these unallocated flows under the Colorado River Compact, but this valuable untapped water resource is currently being lost to the down river states. The two competing Gunnison diversion alternatives for Metro Denver are Arapahoe County's Union Park Project and Aurora's Collegiate Range Project. The following briefly explains why Collegiate is not feasible, while Unnion Park is Colorado°s dater project for the 21st Century: ~~ ~ 1. Collegiate's constant flow diversion from above Taylor Park Reservoir would directly conflict with the operation of Union Park's original 1982 power decree. This decree gives Arapahoe County the right to fill and refill Union Park Reservoir from Taylor during flood periods to enhance 6Jest Slope power, fish, and recreation flows during multi-year droughts. 2. Collegiate is only a partial water supply concept, as it depends on a Two Iorks type Last Slope reservoir for multi-year storage necessary to increase Aurora's safe annual yield. Even if Two Iorks were built, its cyclic storage would be fully committed to Upper Colorado and South Platte waters. 3. Collegiate's small collection reservoir and low volume siphon would worsen South Platte flood conditions and increase Taylor Reservoir fluctuations. This .is because it must divert continuously without regard to high and low flow conditions on either slope. In contrast, Union Park's high volume siphon and massive storage on the Continental Divide can be flexibly managed to lesson the impact of flooding and droughts on both slopes. 4. Collegiate's necessary replacement reservoir on the East River at Almont would inundate a state fish hatchery, major highway, ranching area, and winter habitat for deer and big horn sheep. The inundation impact of Union Park's unique, off-river, remote, sage covered site can be more than offset by its flexible capability to enhance river environments and wetlands on both slopes during the damaging drought periods. 5. Collegiate's total cost per acre foot of safe yield (including carryover storage) would be substantially higher than Two Iorks. The Two Iorks yield cost is almost double that of Union Park. . 6. Pre-trial discovery is substantiating Arapahoe County's and Natural Energy's 38 page civil complaint that Aurora improperly purchased its Collegiate concept from one of our company's founders. 7. Aurora was rushed by its water experts into a quick 1986 purchase of the incomplete Collegiate concept, without evaluating its operational feasibility, total system cost, environmental impact, and legal rights of others. If the Gunnison°s masted flood maters mere properly utilized for urgently needed Colorado drought in~aran~o tt~ demise of TAO Forks mould not pose a threat to agricultural grater on either slopes Allen D. (Dave) Miller, President Natural Energy Resources Company P.O. Box 567, Palmer Lake, CO. 80133 (719)481-2003, IAX (719)481-4013 _ ,•~.. 'a'~u~ ~°ordc~ waves felt locally Ity TORS RFE® Times Editor' ` • The canyons of the South Platte may be safe from deowning, but Gunnison's high country may have to learn how to swim. • Last week's epic decision by William Reilly oC the Environmental Protection Agency to veto the Two Forks Project on the South Platte could have an impact on the Gunnison Basin. Currently, two major trans- mountain diversion projects arc proposed in ttte basin. .. "I'm not shocked by the decision," said Dick Bretton, attorney for the Upper Gunnison Conservancy District. "Certainly the Front Range will look more seriously to other areas [or water, one of which is the Gunnison. But'1ltere are other opUOns." One of rho major concerns is the alliances that could be a spin-off of the Two Forks torpedoingq 'said' Bretton. It could be interesting i[ the Dertiver Water Board were to get together with Arapahoe County for Gunnison water, remarked Bretton. "Obviously, •we're elated," said Dave Miller, a water promoter pushing Arapahoe County's Uniott Paek Project near Taylor Reservoir. "We've said all along that it's either Two Forks or Union Park." With Twe Forks out of the picture, Miller predicted that Union Park would become the project of Denver's future. "The problem with Two Forks is that they ignored the. Gunnison Basin from the start," =-:said .Millbri;+~t'I~t9iit~. that w~ had something to do with it (the EPA's decision). Miller took on<a letter writing campaign that can best be'desCribed as "aggressive" to promote his.pnojec¢•which was purchased by the growing;,~oun¢y of Arapahoe last year. However; Y~Iilkr; ooetdnues to push the project since he doeaii't deQ~~paid unless Union Park Reservoir gh, "The ®~ti9on:is the largest untapped resource ien~tl~e grata; ®ver 900,000 acre-feet ' of water ar~'~eagt}ldgt every year," said MIIICP. , ,T -oug oc County's application for Gunnison wader w~.(+hr`own out of court early this year,lhevj ~t ¢to¢ out of the picture, since they have rem t3it the water. However, that . filir.u :. "iuninr" In wnrol nlhnr ..,m.,r ., ,.6... Gunnison, Colorado ~ 109th Year ~ No. 13 ~ March 29; 1989 "The Two Forks decision will put more pressure on us," said L"ec Spann, board member of the Upper Gunnison Conservancy District. Spann noted that the fight against the trans-mountain diversion in this area might be a little tougher, but he was optimistic it, primarily because of a Citing by the district. The Upper Gunnison District has Gled on water in the basin, but those rigftts arc behind the city Aurora and ahead of the new Arapahoe County rights. Don Bachman of the High County Citizens Alliance greeted the Two Forks decision with enthusiasm. "I'm delighted with the decision," said Bachman, adding that the Two Forks Project was a real "boondoggle" to the developers in the Denver area. In addition, Bachman saw the decision having a major effect on water law in the state and how the courts look at water projects. "1'm glad to see that reason prevailed; this (decision) may be a real turning point for the state. I hope that they look at it instead of just bitching about it," said Bachman. The High County Citizens Alliance, along with the Upper Gunnison Conservancy District and numerous others, have entered as objectors to the trans-mountain diversion projects being proposed in Gunnison County. Bretton also noted that the decision could have an impact on the state's water laws. "We need a statewide water study, something which will look at all areas, not just Two Forks and not just Gunnison," said Bretton. "This decision makes it very interesting both politically and legally." Bachman saw the EPA decision as impacting the city of Aurora the most. "Two Forks was a large bucker to store Western Slope water," said Bachman. '_'The Collegiate Range Project (Aurora's) was. highly dependent upon .Two Forks..The , decision really hurt Aurora a lot.". The city of Aurora also owned 20 percent of Two Forks, said Bachman. ' Though Arapahoe County ~ was "opportunistic" in purchasing an interest in the Union Park Project, the .county still "doesn't appear to have any cohesive planning process that would utilize this quantity of. water," said Bachman. ' The Gunnison District filing is probably the most viable at this time, he added. To further muddy the already turbid waters, Arapahoe County has filed a civil suit against the city of .aurora claiming that the city interfered with the county's project. Depositions on the case are being taken are are termed "very favorable" for Arapahoe County, said Miller. Bachman noted that he wouldn't be surprised iC the two entities reach some king of settlement in the near future. Indeed, two top officials were quoted in The Dertvev Pose on March 25 as saying some kind of agreement might be reached. • Both Bachman and Spann noted that the ruling on Two Forks will have some impact on yet another water pfoposal set forth by the Colorado Water Resources and Power ,Development Authority in December of last year. ' . ~ • That project would includ® sbattereo smaller reservoirs for agriculeural arc recreational use as well as divetsion of water from an expanded Taylor Reservoir over the Continental Divide. Since the projec¢ was somewhat dependent upon Front Range water storage, namely Two Forks, it changes the picture, said Spann. Gunnison City Attorney Russ Duree felt that the Two Forks decision will have the greatest impact on Aurora and on the Taylor Reservoir project. Durce noted that the EPA decision will probably be fought by the ~'°Dt°nmer-Water Board,-!-~~~~,::~,v.;,.-; .... . • "Denver will have to look ae number one: conservation and number two: other projects," said Duree; who staeed that the decision, has little impace on'Arapahoe ' County, since the Union Park' Project is r large storage ~reservoitp'.noe. aegtiiring Fron Range waterstoragei p~ ,';`~+,~q•,'R~•, ~ - The city of Gunnison -has• a~ conerac¢ fo. • water storage and inexpensive electricity will Arapahoe County'•should ~th~.Uttion Parf r 9t' {. ~-,.i.. '~ Project ever be built; •~ ' '; ` CML ~®i®rael® Rliu~icipai 0~aa~~® 1660 Lincoln S4ree4, Sui4e 2100 Denver, Colorado 80264 (303) 831-6411 TU: MayorS, Managers for Clerks in Municipalities having no Manager), and CML Policy Committee Members FROM: Jan Gerstenberger, CML Staff Associate SUBJECT : H 1 GH<~AY F t PlANCg UPijA~'~ DATE: March 27. 1989 Increased financing for highways is a critical issue this 1989 legislative session, with at least eight bills having been introduced to address a variety of transportation related issues. While some bills are dead at this point, the main focus is on League supported H.B.1213, Concerning Surface Transportation, which is the most comprehensive of the bills. Sponsored by Rep. Gon Ament tR-lliff) and Sen. AI Meiklejohn tR-Arvada), H.B.1213 reflects the work and recommendations of the Highway Legislation Review Committee and the Governor's Roundtables from this past summer and fall. The intent of this memo is to update you on the current provisions in H.B.1213, to detail the League's position on the bill, and to advise you as to what you can do to help pass additional highway financing this session. He ~o g~g~ ~li>P>i'Ofl$ ~$Q$~(3 The bill has been heard and passed out of both the House Transportation and Energy and House Finance Committees, with amendments, and is currentiy'awaiting action in the House Appropriations Committee. Action on this bill in Appropriations is unlikely before mid-April. key components of the bill, as amended, are: Funding Package ~ Extends indefinitely the 1986 imposed 6 cents/gallon gas tax increase and 7 cents/gallon diesel fuel tax ~ Increases HUTF funding by approximately $128 million, annually, by: # increasing the gas tax an additional 2 cents/gallon, to 2Q cents/gallon (gas and diesel would then both be 20 cents/gallon) $ 29.6 million # repealing off-the-top diversions from HUTF (imposes 1/4 percent corporate and individual income tax for general Pund purposes to fund these activities) 64.5 million ~ increasing vehicle registration fees an average of `BlOlvehicie 28.4 million # increasing drivers license fees from X6.50 to ~13.G0 5.3 million TOTAL $127.8 million Metropolitan Finance Authority (MTFA) * Creates the MTFA in the six counties in the Denver metro area to be responsible for transportation financing and construction of traffic systems management, improvements to the existing system, and mass transit projects (with planning and prioritization of projects by DRCOG) ~ initial funding from municipal and county contribution (within the MTFA area) of their additional HUTF revenues (specific levels being discussed) and transfer of 7% of RTD sales tax revenues * authorizes MTFA to impose up to 3% sales tax on motor fuel, vehicle registration fees, and up to 1% sales tax, all subject to voter approval ~ all MTFA revenue limited to $120 million/year Local Government Provisions * Permits state, counties and municipalities to use HUTF monies on each others' projects (reciprocity) ~ Amends the county internal distribution formula consistent with the CC[ compromise which allocates a larger share of new HUTF revenue to urbanized counties but does not reduce current funding level to any county # Requires local governments to maintain their current level of financing for local streets and roads so increased HUTF monies result in additional highway improvements and maintenance rather than being used as replacement revenues ~ Imposes local government accountability by including provisions in H.B.1008 that require an annual proposed use of HUTF hearing, an annual report on the actual use of HUTF, and audit of the same; and separate accounting for impact fees imposed on developers for use on streets League Position The League supports H.B.1213 in order to gain increased highway financing, statewide, contingent on all revenues being shared on a 60140 percentage share basis (6U percent state, '?2 percent county, and 18 percent municipal), with the extended factor municipal internal distribution formula. While the bill technically does not share the increased registration fees or increased drivers license fees 60/40, we are working with the bill sponsors to obtain the necessary amendments. Additionally, the League: * supports continuation of the 6 cents gas tax which is currently scheduled to expire July 1, 1989 * supports additional revenue for highways, streets, and roads, contingent on a 60/40 distribution formula (see above) * supports any new revenue sources for highway financing, with the exception of increased state sales tax (not currently in bill although li4 percent increase was in the bill as introduced) # supports application of sales taxes to motor r"uels (was in S.8.92 but amended out; not in H.B.1213) * supports concept of a metropolitan financing authority with parity between municipalities and counties of any mandatory financial contribution * supports state, county, and municipal ability to use HUTF on each others projects * will not oppose local government accountability requirement which requires HUTF proposed use hearing, actual use reporting, and audit * will not oppose maintenance of effort requirement which includes protective provisions as developed by municipal officials for special circumstances -2- :~ ~®®al ®$Si®~al A®~g®~ ~o®®r~~o~~o~ The League strongly encourages local officials to contact their legislators to support H.B.1213 or any other major highway finance package containing similar components. Emphasize the importance of the passage of increased highway financing by detailing your unfunded streets improvement needs, discussing your fiscal limitations that will make it difficult to meet these needs, and the impact to the taxpayer through increased local taxes if you are expected to meet these needs with only local tax sources. Discuss the importance of the continuation of the 6 cents gas tax revenues (this revenue currently represents about 35 percent of your monthly HUTF receipts each month); what projects the revenue from the 6 cents has been used for in your municipality in the last three years; and what projects may not be completed in the originally scheduled time frame if that stream of revenue is discontinued. Discuss the importance of increasing the state's level of financing for local roadways by reminding legislators about your own local financing efforts. While there is the perception by some legislators that local governments have only used increased state highway monies to reduce the local taxing effort, data shows that that is simply not true in the aggregate. Local taxing effort has increased over time at higher rates than the state increases, and often as a result of increased bonding, higher local taxes, or other extraordinary efforts to finance the ever important street improvements in your entity. To those legislators who have questioned what local governments have done with their HUTF monies, discuss what projects have been funded that wouldn't have without the past HUTF increases. Also be prepared to discuss the process your entity uses to select projects and the methodology to have the project constructed. Do you use in house employees? How and when do you decide to contract the projects out? informing legislators as to what changes you have implemented in the past few years to gain greater efficiencies and make the limited financial resources go further is also important. You are your own best spokesman. Urge your to your own entity if H.B.1213 becomes law circumstances, projects, and efforts. legislator to consider the direct benefits by describing your own financial C®fl®I>aag®fl The League is working with a number of other groups on behalf of the passage of H.B.1213 and highway finance generally. We encourage you to coordinate your lobbying efforts locally with other interested parties, such as your local Chamber of Commerce and County Commissioners. Abroad local coalition or' business and local government interests will help to impress upon legislators the significance of this issue in their own communities. Cite specific state and local projects that are needed in you municipality which this legislation will help. If you :have any questions at all, please contact Jan Gerstenberger, Sam Mamet, or Ken Bueche at the League. please blind copy us on any correspondence ,you send or receive on this important issue. We need your help NOW during these next few critical weeks to pass highway financing legislation this session. -3- April 8, 1989 ~~ ~E~A~~ 1~~~I~~ ~~ ~~~ iaage 3 s::z~> I've fallen victim to a truly nasty reoccurring nightmare. I pick up a copy of USA Today and the following story is plastered across four columns, above the fold on Page One .. . 0 0. o VAIL, COLORADO - A group of residents from this trendy mountain resort has launched an effort to have the town officially recognized as the "center of the universe." The group is optimistic about its chances, pointing to the community's successful effort in renaming Eagle County "Vail Valley County" and changing the state's official title to "Colorado -Home of Vail." "It's part of the overall effort to make the Vail name synonmous with perfection," said the group's leader, Biff Bighead. "However, there are also serious con- siderations backing our suggestion. We need to make the entire world more aware of the intensive prob- lems surrounding summer marketing." Universal Beginnings According to Bighead, Vail began its push for worldwide name recognition domination in 1989 when residents of the community successfully lob- bied to have the Eagle County seat relocated. This move came five years before the county was officially renamed. He noted the battle began when former county facilities in Eagle, a small town located 32 miles west of Vail, were abandoned after the collapse of an adja- cent building. County residents originally voted to replace the buildings in downtown Eagle, which had been the county seat since 1921. However, Bighead's ~~~T by Pam Holmes group pressured another. vote .and residents of the eastern end of the county narrowly passed a proposal to move the seat. "That was our toughest challenge, really," said Bighead. "But we were able to convince Vail people their convenience was the most important factor concerning the county seat location. "We had a hard time combatting figures that plain- ly showed the vast majority of the county's workers were from the Eagle-Gypsum area. Another difficult issue was the demonstrated need for those jobs to re- main in those communities to provide economic health throughout Eagle County," he noted. "In those days, people throughout Eagle County were talking about the need for less divisiveness be- tween their communities: Why, one of the Vail Town Council members was even quoted saying the valley's ends complement each other and the 'us vs. them mentality' needed to come to an end. "And the county commissioners had thrown us a curve by indicating they would be willing to operate a satellite office in the upper valley. That pretty much blitzed our convenience argument," Bighead con- tinued. "All in all, we had a very tough time convinc- ing people the move made sense. "But with heavy lobbying, we reminded people that Vail was the population center and its people contributed the majority of the county's property tax revenues. We spread the message that what was best for Vail was naturally best for all of the county. We convinced the important people that Eagle and Gyp- sum were meant to be Vail's bedroom communities. "And remember," Bighead continued, "Vail was the site of the 1989 World Alpine Ski Champion- ships." Subsequentliappenings After the county seat move, voters agreed it made more marketing sense to rename Eagle County "Vail Valley County." The Colorado Legislature, spurred by efforts of a group attempting to lure the 2002 Olympic games, has recently changed the state's of- ficial title to "Colorado -Home of Vail." Bighead said the next logical step in Vail's name recognition quest is the "center of the universe" distinction. "We have successfully convinced the people of our county and state that what is best for Vail is best for them," he said. "It is our noble effort to unite the whole world, the whole universe, behind the promo- tion of Vail." Qoa There is one nice thing to be said for scary dreams - you wake up and they go away. I wish it were as easy to get rid of bad ideas. ~:.: may vta Protect llghthewk ~owds Inteirs~ate 70, Creek- area. Denver Post Rocky AAountain Ranger ~~~~ ~^~~~ As the clocktoweran Vail moved.' ~ ~ ' ~; past midnight; ;guests emerged ;_ !lEtGiiTEEN MIL~9o~6 tourists. spends $d3 a day inColorado, fravelln.Qcalorado each year, the average out-of-state skier from the warmth of posh parties,to, i find snow sifting like:.thick flour on"=; 20% of,them state residents; 66% $116,a day. a; the walkways of the resort. ,, . , , of the travel.is in summer. !70% ®F THE SKI IN®llSTta~ ~° is ''~ The town was bathed in the glow: ^THE MOST popular reason for _ supported liy out=of=state skiers, ' . of Tamara McKinney's gold mad-. • visiting Colorado is visiting vela . 6696 pf whom arrive by air. al, won the day befoi°e ~t the World.,, trues and friends: 364b of Colora-.; ^COL:~RADO RESORTS,;mainly ^ ._ Alpine Ski Charf-po And on::? do fou""Fi+~tswisif relatives,~25%~ ski yes©rts,•captureonly 2.795 of .. ~ , t si htsee and 14% ski, cam fish, the total pleasure m~rketjn~the this nigfit; particlilarly,.:~/af1 felt;: ~ 9 D ~ , like a fairyland; its lights twlnkhng-.•., hunt htke,bQr raft: :, ~ .United States. ~, in the.snow and well-heeled•people~,. ^NEAgLY $4 b(Ilion was spent•,: ^42%,of Colorado taunsf dollars ;slipping toward hotels lik~,the Mar:: , on :Colorado tourism travel ~n . • are spent lrt'Denver.... rlott• ~ w.here rooms colt>`$200 a~~ 1987 tourism generated $259 ^TRAYlwt.ERS spend 30% on night. ~' ' ' ` ~' ~ .; ~ • ~' :million in state.arid local.taxes. food, lust 24% on.lodg~~ng, u Forty miles away, iri the blue=:~ ,^THE AVERAGE summer tourist source ColoradoTourlSmt3oord. collar town of Leadville,.four,'meri',~ - , , - :, k. .. ~ ,. . were arguing over a coat in. a bar. ~. •. - ~ ~ ~ '~: The incident, which left Sanchez ~ mountain villages onto condo-and- l~t.1:14.a.m„ at=the corner;of.Sec-;: ,.•. ~'-`erttd-aii~i~"liai-i7son;• 31~if -Sanchez of . in, the .hospital and three men ~ commercial centers with inflated , cha . ed In the assault demonstrat-= rites. r Leadv>.lle was stabtieed m the lung Tg ~ p ~ ~ ~-; When police caught the-susl5ects,: ~, ~ b! a, graphic way, a side of Color ^ Public. -works protects,, like y radd~~s ~ tbui ism business ;that vii= '-~,vicler iroads and.longer ;airport dun ~~ two identified themselves as house- , ~., r~ ~ s; a , . ,, :men at Vail's Marriott, ttie third as, tors: r[evl~r~ ~~~ file i-iddert costs ; ~ 4 ° wags, which to-irists or-ly~ partially ;~ a mechanic from Mexico.,The hou-,.;,~ : Those costs, documentet~ In fed- t pay.. for, Resort communities are; serrmen,,had lived in Leadvilie a ~ ; eral ,and state. report`s; ~"and throtigh 5{;. forced into ~ buying bt1ses, .building , . ~' month, brought there by Marriott ,',dozens of interviews, include. ,.~ } ,,t.sewer,. systems $or city-sized from El~ Paso,; Texas, to help. dui-;. ,1 " ^ Social impacts lilce. Increased „crowds and installing - amid . ing the ski championships.. They „crime, transient labor and the irac= great local' coristerfiation -_ their rode a • bus; , to .Vail .each day, ,; turfing of; communities .into hay. ~ ~ .first stoplights. a cleaned rooms and halls for.,$5.50. ;; and have-note.. Worker's :who. eara:~ ^ Environmental. degradation° ' an hour and returned each "night to ~ , $5 to $8 an hour changing beds and Q,' ~ Ae .air pollution and widespread' ; apartments that the Marriott had' washing dishes•:can't afford to live.,..; ~' ` found for $200 a month. ~'t> '~ ~ ~ - in towns transformed from sleepy, ~ Please see T®tlRISM on 16-A^ l .~ .~, ~ ~ • M °'~ 9~A yea THE DIT1YF12 P06T Sunday, March t9. 190E ~ C ~ ~. 6~~ 9 IlIl ® . ~iic~c~e~ -. ia~, ublic vvor~ TOURISM from Page 1-A loss of wildllle habitat. Six tourist towns have particulate air pollu- tion worse than Denver's. Many hiking and ratting areas have been so overrun that federal agencies are Umiting crowds to prevent trampling of delicate landscapes and to preserve some semblance of tranquility. For years, tourism has been touted as "clean." Tourists come to Colorado, litter the state with money and leave. The S8 billion N- duslry tithe second-largest in Col- orado (manu[acturing is first) and it is the oaly ernnomic sector That d growing. As a result, state and local leadero see tourism as an an- swer to tbelr economic prayers. "I rerngalze you cannot have economic growth without some kind of im{tacL The bottom line is, do you want Jobs or not?" said U.S. Rep. Ben Nlghthorse Campbell, who last yeaz was on the Wunsm subcommittee of the Small Busi- ness Committee. "We could take the status quo. It woWd be beautl- ful - and we'd all starve to death." 'Leaming It3osons' Gov. Roy Romer calls tourism a "good, basic Industry" but ac- ~knowledges that Colorado is "IearWng lessons" about tourism's impact. "I give s lot of thought to the cost of tourism. I do not want to trash this elate." In nearly every community touched by tourism, a (ew people are warning that tourism rnWd be- mme amonopoly like any other W- dustry and that, left unchecked oral unplanned, tourism could kill the goose that lays the golden egg. "I'm not putting it down. It's all we have now. But this is not all a rosy picture," said Marlene 'Lane- tell, executive director of the Ru• rat Communities lnslitute of West- ern State College N Gunnison. Tourism's biggest problem, she said, is that it. provides temporary, low•paying Jobs. According to the Colorado Tourism Board, teunism annually generates 103,000 jobs and a tl 6W1on payroll. That's an aver- age of $10,000 per lob. The state's per capita Inrnme is 515,504. ~ ~ The slu luduslry says its employ- ees cam dower io f20,OW by work-. ' Rig mWUple Jobe, although that fig- ure also indudes chop owners. "It It weren't for the resort, there wouldn't be an economy," said George GWelt, who owns Vail Associates. "People who are here tlke the atmosphere a ski area cre- ' ales. They are here by choice: ' But low pay creates transient commuWUes, often m towns bon-' daring the resorts. Those towns don't get the tax benefit of toaz- Ism, but Ney must bWld schools and deal wIN problems of low-in- come tamales. "There is an increasing cost to social services." Bald 'LaneteB. LeadviUe, for example, created a day-care center for chUdren of former miners who now work in Eagle and Summit trounty resorts. Their wives also mast wort Bolh re often gone for up to lY 6ouro. . Chlldren are Jett alone before . and after school, and normal fami- ly H!e U disvpted. The Vail Marriott subsidizes both the LeadvtBe day-care center and the daily bus rides for workers IL brought from Texas, indtWing the two housemen arrested In the Feb. 4 stabbing. Buwens for county "Let's not focus on those two guys," sold Mike Robinson, the MarrloU's general manager. "I hope they leave town and go away. Let's 4ocus on the other 26 who are going to move in with the'v tami• lies. They are some o/ the best em- ployees we have. It's hard to find people to get down on their knees and clean In the comers. It U not our intention to create a burden on Leadvllle but to help N its redevel- opment." But quallly day care, cheap lranrsportaion and the pressures of a sphl family are county burdens, said Steve Calton, director of Lake wanted to block access to the trail The Aspen Daily Newa editorial- ized: "lt Isn't much tun to be here anymore." , In Aspen, workers Hve "down valley," often in mobile-home courts, and commute. Last sum- mer, traffic N Aspen gridlocked and "nobaiv [know wanted W go downtown," said Michael Kinsley, a former Pitkin Courtly commis- . sinner who runs an economic re- newal program for the Rocky , Mountain Institute. "How does that feel when you don't want to go to your own [own? . Il destroys tbe sense of commnnity . - that intangible social-eWttn•al phenomenon that, to me, U what living N a rural community N aU , about." Traffic has become so bad on Colorado 82 baiwestt Colorado 82 between Basalt and BeseU attd Aspen often le ehoksd vrltlt otr,ttmuron. Aspen That the state plena to spend . - =21 mUBon to widen We road to~ tour lanes. Mlllions also must be spent to widen U.S. 40 over Ber• (hood Pass to Winter Park and Col• orado 145 loco Telluride. And the state has proposed spending 5130 rMOenw. yen i onrn oavr mWion W gas taxes to widen Inter- .. . _ .._ _ _. __ ..... state 70 to she lanes from Floyd H W ' to Vafl. Expansion would take `Too much of nearly a squaze mile out of the anything is not good. a~owa idol; I spr;ngs`.eek valley Tourism can be a Neazly every resort has expan- ded an airport and built major wa• . very good and ter, sewer arld transportation sys- powerf ul f orce if tams. Tourists pay for perhaps bau + of the cost through awes tax, dry done right. aria county ottldals say. Chuck laoeldrtor "We want tourism to pay its own despite Blatant-Ule-ari sewage sys- business school essoclete an way," sold Gov. [comer. "II we aze tams installed at resorts. Gore not yet making that charge, we Creek, the Eagle Riverend upper County Social Services. His case- should." Freser~Rlver have, over tune, de- . load is up 30 percent over last year, 'Wider roads lead to sprawl, aes• clued as tisneriea because of >glt- wilh cases of domestic vlotence, lhetic blotches in once pastoral ation and discoloration, said Jon abuse and neglect. valleys, and what Summit Court Scherschhght of the state health "The state has to take a look el Commission Cha¢man Rlch Lev- department. it," said CDtton. "We have to look engood calls "mountain slums." Snowmaking also kWa fish by at the indirect costs of tourism, Much of the Interstate 70 corridor .sucking water out of streams dur- and I'm not sure anybody has." was developed before zoning ing the low-water months of Oslo- Statewide statistics show that caughtup. ~ bar and November. Copper Moun- crime also goes up when resorts "we're getUng~emarter;" Bald fain, Keystone and VaU stock aze created, pantry because of laz- Levengood, a member of the streams when that happens tt~er ceny, and because of dridt- state's Olympic bid rnmmlttee. an agreement with the state, but P~'ly A Colorado Olympics would set many fishermen do not like the og~a~d drug use by workers and off another period of mountain Idea of such stodtiirg. "They're all young and they all ~0al challengeres a maturing mm- real ItisheryNand a take ttehery,e ~•'ride the rivers, ponute Ute vante to otythatt•,u' gsald Lt9 JmoeeMo- mortify N whether we. can stand sold Melinda Kasen of the EnW- ~ and buid homes rates of the Summit Coumy abet- any more growth, or whether we ronmental Defense Fund. "It Is legitimate to close the door Ill's office. want lo." Hunters and 1lahermen are be• ~~ of ~ ~,~ ~~~, of .~ Per capita crime staUstlev show `~ ~ .The eu W TeButide and Aspen ginning W, complaia~of waB•to-aall., the Loo?taeld ~Dr. LYodo GtWam, Summit County with a worse already violates federal safety'- trompeUtbn along Ute Ptjfig Pan an economist with Metro State Col• crime problem ttlan Denver's, pri- standards bemuse of wood smoke River dining the third-season legs. maril because of IarceNes. and road saint, and lbe air to Tellu- elk hunt, females cud melee y ride Vail, Crested Butte, Steam- can be shot. wBdUte; dtvlslon ~ ^The problem is not an Immedi-. "There's a lot of theft of skis, boat Springs and Pagosa Springs sells thousands of Ucenses - lta ate problem," said Paul McEn• hundreds and hundreds," said Mo- . bey more small patUClea than Den- sole source of revenue. croe, chairman of the Colorado tales. "IL makes it look Wce tam- vet's. yy "Hunting last Year wan a teat- Tourism Board. "We've got Iota of pant crime.' ~ Telluride has taken steps to Mr- ble experience," saW Roger Brown spoWng to do before it becomes ap• Drug-treftlCking arrests lually eliminate tueplaces and H- of Gypsum, an environmentalist parent But that doesn't mean we In addllion, tour Keystone em- cerise a Umfted number of wood who makes tourists films. shouldn't be looking at Il." stoves. "When you're selling a While much of Colorado N emp- ployees were arrested for drug town for Ica beauty, it's impor- ty -there are 14 million ectes of any envtronmentallsts have traftlcking in employee housing font,,' r>Wd Town Clerk l,ealie Sber- U.S. forest -end lorale'etW Can 'not rnnlddered tola'ISm's Impact on this month. A Crested Butte con- , lock. find gWet hMeawaye, many.key ar- the Ittate, P>~Y ~~ (heY are cart promoter was sentenced last ~n has Pam similar ~ Bas have reached capadly, recreeLonlc~a themaelvea but also month on cocaine charges. And lion and has begun sanding 1 ~ because they (eel tourism M not ae prosecutors W Steamboat Springs streets with asphalt-coated sand, eering CepaClty' ~ phydcally desUVdtve u mining. dreaded January's College Week : wtirh Costa five times ae much ee Mosl popular ski areas meal or ~ „Tourtsta won't leave a legacy when drunken students got into platy eantl bin taay keep the path- exceed design capedty numbers tights, vandalized and sklnnydip• .cles from turning to dual under _•on hohdeys. In ~tbe aurnmer, re• °t 450 ~~ of add InreaDL" said pad N private hot tubs. To stay out. ~, stricUons have been imposed on Bob YWlnke of the F,nvlrottrnental of jail, said Deputy DisUid~ Actor- Development bas covered thou- -`hiking and ratting In the Mltrooa Detettse Fund. ' nay Cheryl Hardy-Moore, some , gybes of acre' of elk and deer win-+~ Bells, lndlan .Peaks WUdemess, gut Shy Ranney of tbe pmeri- students oltered their Rolex ;ter range N Eagle, Routt end Pit• Gunnison Gorge, the Atisaneas Rlv. can WUderness Alliance says the watches for bond. ~ kin counties. And while elk •• v and the Platte River Wtrna*nPSa.-.. tnurisn board -slate law regtutrs "That violates the peace and numbers are up generally in the:'. Offidals say Longs Peak, Brain- tt 6ave tourism repraseatatives - sancity of the town," she said. "It , yiate, herds that used to glaze on ~ ard Lake, the Holy Cross Wilder- ; n~,y coneervatiotti4ts to balance e trks me. This U my home. [raise.. Mount Werner at -Steamboat + Hess, the Rawah WUdemesa and. mazkepdt-cyan industry. my children here. !don't under- Springs end an Eagle Valley mead- • Mount Zerkel WUdernesv are near- sland the mentahty of the tourist." ow that became the Avoa goU.~ ing ce dry at key Ira116eads. "The governor has to retrognize Beyond crime, the growth N rnurse pave been reduced, lbe lat• UI1L~aately, Colorado may have tbe troMedion between recteauon tourism has led to a gradual ter tram 1S0 to Q0. a catrying~capadty - a limit to . and conservation:' said Ranney, a change in values rn mountain cram- . The mule tleer population Is how many people can walk the member of the President's Com- munities, which once were sought down dramatically near Aspect W (or their low-key hfestyles. part because 300 deer -mostly mission on Americana Outdoo "We can't go hellbent far lean on developing reaeaUon. Somec has to draw the Ilne." Tdrtrism, she Bald. also has i potential of being a monot'Wt+ lisle maing or logging, Intam+ for their company towns which r abuse and control public policy. When Yellowstone burned 1 year, a relatively ama6 tow economy around the perk m' national waves end forced cha~ in the park's natural lua poke When lbe Durengo-SHverlon r road roundhouse burned Feb. Durango residents feared It ' the end of their town. So must their economy, and the beelli thetr downtown, is based on single tourist atiratilon. "We ought not to go eith~ agaln," said Gan' C,argUl, rc_ forester for the ll S. Forest vice. °A8 attraellYe a5 loots.: recreation sound, 1 think Cm~• ahoWd look at a drvrrxe ecne~ end not get complelety swayer .way or another." "The people now are rnmmg to ~, does and fawns -are killed each ®~T~,9~fF~V make money," said Linda Luther, year by cats on busy Colorado fit. 11 jj~~~~~~ JJjj a former San Miguel County coin- '[hat's more deer thaw huntero kW missioner who flues outside Tellu- W the area ride. The Vail and Snowmass ski ar- r ~ -~ ~ ,~ "Increasingly, we have comma- was are cooperating with wilillfe niUes that tend to betrome, vt es- experts to keep elk herds Wive - _ Bence, in conflict," said ZaneteU. Veil's Ctdne Bowl, for example, ~ '~' '~- "I[reduces the quality of Ute when will be closed May I Lo JWy 1 totes ~' i~>y;, , ~.,~~ ' :i -~ ~, `*S~" ~ ® u harmony ti lessened." calving elk. Bul in both VaU and tt~~.~s ~ D~Ilpa<i The last Telluride council was Aspen, the winter habitat and ml-~ ~`+;~ t+~d+#+tF~+~ '"`"~' ,~k ' voted out because of a perception story routes have been narrowed ~ .*"~"' -~ lodo Ta that it was pro-development. In ~ . ;~` !` >.f to the final, critical areas. {y, 1; y r Aspen, a Iisttight occurred on a "Somebody needs to come to -a ~t!RA ~ „ ~• popular hiking trail between a tesi- grips with balancing all of this," ~'' .bt ~ , .~~' dent and a new homeowner who sajd Bill Alldredge, a Colorado ChIIIC58 ~' v 6 ' 9 ®~ 9~ ey TM OenvM Poll The tourist dollar is Important to Colorado, but IC ultimately may no/ be woM as much as money created by other indus• tries, according to economists. The reason is "leakage," the amount that leaves the commu- Wly and slate. leakage ti great- er Nmountain communities be• cause there are (ewer businesses that create products and fewer places for money to be spent. According to several studies, two-thirds of a dollar spent by a Colorado tourist goes out of slate to manufacturers of goods rang- ing from blue jeans to fistring Jures. Tbe remaiaitg 93 cents m State Umverstty researcher who i9 studying the Vail elk. ''Maybe It's yyt~ °' ~`= Turkish time we- declared certarn areas ~ ~ ~y' t?' sacrifice areas. but declazed other ':.~`' N ,tr--~ Dh~ areas set aside for wildlife." ~s" The Aspen SkiingVCO. wants to ~ ~~~ ~'~ ~ , expand the Snowmass std area on• ~~ F ~~-'~ to Burnt Mountain, the one remain- `t, and 1p Data Sarno A, Oath A.dlablo.t ing elk migration comdor from o(d ^r9r w" ba l'°dod In °' p"dr°'°d. Maroon Bells to Old Snowmass. The corridor used to be several ,:~ ~~~P~/~ y miles wide and is now less than 1~ fi////1. ~llll/ miles wide, squeezed between the , Elk Camp lilt and the Buttermilk ski area. Many elk remain alive be- ORIEPdTAL RUGS cause of one ranch, the wildcat, 1855 Baalt® St. that actor Michael Douglas wants ~, Denver, CO 298-8899 to buy. He and friends woWd build ....nonn```` 17 homes on the property. ~ - -i~.~ Houns Doily 1 O-6 Sunday t ]-S "The discoura~ng thing." said ~ ~ E±~ Other Showrooms: Pam lllson. director of the Stale ~ p Y= ~ Dallas ®ChadoNe ®CAkane ~ Gndnm wildlife division, "is lh~iwhen we ~y / ~ ~ ~d - ~ o Doa.er o ortaado protect habitat, it is only tempo- ,y~~ ~`-'' ~/ i racy. When we lose it, it it perms- .~' '~ ~y~_ pent." -- Mountain streams have been _ $J ..S~.yr~ . damaged from urbanized runoff ' TM DMnvr Poet / DovJ' DoN~ Cortpsatlon b ao bad the otem Platro to r~lderl M road b four leltos at a cost Ot S2/ mlllbn. Chuck Gceldner, Itseodate of the UWvetslty of Colorado Hess school, Bald: "Too mac anything is not good. Tourism be e very good and powetiW t It done rigs[." • e ul e To Vail Valley Activities & Special Events Apri! 14-23,1989 Published by the Vail Chamber of Commerce Apri120 -Vail Community Theatre presents Thursday °`Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer at Village Cascade Theatre. For rickets call 476-4632. April 14 Friday -Sport Goofy Ski Challenge. 2pm. Gitchigumee Gulch. -Weight Training at the Red Sandstone Gym from 5- 8pm Monday -Friday. $3.00. -Open volleyball at the Red Sandstone Gym from 5:30-7:30pm every Friday. $1.00. -"Figures From the Past" Museum Artifact Exhibit at the Vail Public Library. April 15 Saturday -Channel 9 Health Fair. BMHS. 7-loam. -"Figures From the Past" Museum Artifact Exhibit at the Vail Public Library. -Ski Club Vail Awards Banquet, Mamott Mark. 7pm $15.00. April 16 -Vail Mountain closes. Sunday -"Figures From the Past" Museum Artifact Exhibit at the Vail Public Library. April I8 Tuesday --Open basketball at the Red Sandstone Gym from 6-9pm. $1.00. -"Figures From the Past" Museum Artifact Exhibit at the Vail Public Library. April 19 Wednesday -Vail Community Theatre presents "Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer at Village Cascade Theatre. For tickets call 476-4632. -"Figures From the Past" Museum Artifact Exhibit at the Vail Public Library. April 21 Friday -BMHS Gong Show. ^ " - Figures From the Past Museum Artifact Exhibit at the Vail Public Library. -Vail Community Thea[re presents "Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer at Village Cascade Theatre. For tickets call 47611632. Apri122 Saturday -Symphony of Sports at Dobson Arena, 7:30pm. General admission $30.OO.On ice $40.00. For details call 479-2270. -"Figures From the Past" Museum Artifact Exhibit at the Vail Public Library. -Vail Community Theatre presents "Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer at Village Cascade Theatre. For tickets call 476-4632. April 23 Sunday -Vail Community Theatre presents "Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer at Village Cascade Theatre. For tickets call 476-4632. Coming Attractions May 20 -Eagle Valley Chamber of Commerce Saturday ~~ Market, Eagle. Ca11328-5220 for details. Important Fh~one Numbers 'IYansportation Town of Vail Buses Beaver Creek Transit Trailways Buses Greyhound Buses Continental Express Airport Transportation Center Colorado Mountain Express Vans to Vail Vail Valley Taxi Budget Rent-a-Car Hertz Rental Car National Rental Car 479-2172 949-6121 476-5137 476-7838 949-6012 476-7576 949-4227 476-4467 476-TAXI 949-6012 476-7707 476-6634 Parking Parking Structures Ski Information Vail Associates Lodging Information Vail Reson: Association Cultural Information CMC (dance, art, mu:>ic) Vail Valley Foundation Vail Valley Arts Council Colorado Ski Museum Bravo! Colorado Vail Community Theatre Vail Public Library Child Care & Babysitting Vail Youth Center ABC Children's Acre Hundred Acre Wood Rumplestiltskin Schad Susie Brendon Vail Babysitting Church Services Vail Interfaith Chapel Emergency Services Dia1911 in Emergency Situations Vail Police (non-emergency) Fire Department (non-emergency) Hospital -Vail Medical Center Women's Resource Center Vail Chiropractic Center Parents Anonymous Doctor's Office Internal Medicine Sports Medicine Chiropractic Care Pharmacy 479-2176 476-5601 476-1000 476-4040 476-9500 476-4255 476-1876 476-0206 476-0100 479-2183 479-2292 476-1420 827-5876 949-4590 476-8666 827-5279 476-3347 479-2200 479-2250 476-2451 476-7384 476-1831 476-3350 476-5695 476-7600 476-7510 476-0444 476-5851 Shipping Rocky Mountain Delivery & Transport Pack & Ship Custompack Mail Boxes Etc General Information Vail Chamber of Commerce Town of Vail 926-1066 476-4145 949-6655 476-3292 475-1000 47!~-2100 Vail Recreation Administrative Office: General information 479-2279 Gymnastics 479-2287 Red Sandstone Gym (VB, BB, Weightroom) 479-2288 Youth Center 479-2292 Nature Center (summer only) 479-2291 Tennis (summer only) Gold Peak 479-2294 Ford Park 479-2295 Lionshead 479-2296 Golf (May to October) 476-1330 Ice Skating -Dobson Arena 479-2270 ~ IF®I18~®"~' ~'® 'I['IEII.II.. IY®~J .. . a~vY~U-f~~ ~~ ~~rl ~~9 2750 West Alameda w~i/~= O~~ Denver, Colorado 80219' 936-0011 wii/~- O~~ T O - DATE _ TIME WHILE I'®~T WERE ~s®®EII~~ ®~~ .. . M OF PHONE AREA CODE NUMBER ~ EXTENSION ^ Phoned to harass you ^ Wants you to return call: ^ Stopped by to harrass you _ Eventually ^ Didn't sound important -Immediately ^ Sounded ridiculously important -Yesterday ^ MESSAGE WAS: ^ I FORGOT MESSAGE MESSAGE BUNGLED BY Dawn of yaa 75 south frontage road vail, Colorado 81657 (303) 479.2136 T0: TOWN COUNCILME RS FROM: PAM BRANDMEYE~ DATE: l0APR89 RE: ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND OLYMPICS INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED 1976 Sorry you're receiving this in installments; however, attached please find additional material from the State Archives that deals specifically with environmental issues surrounding this time period ~.--- . , ~~ ~ 4 r ,~_ ROMCOE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CENTER ON ENVIRONMENT 4260 East Evans Avenue Denver, Colorado 80222 303/757-5439 March 2, 1972 For Immediate Release ROMCOE Board of Directors Resolution on the Colorado Olympics Denver and Colorado have recently been reconfirmed by the International Olympic Commission (IOC) meeting at Sapporo, Japan as the site of the 1976 Winter Olympics. The Rocky Mountain Center on.Environment (ROP~COE) could not appropriately engage in "promoting" the Olympics for Colorado due to legitimate concern among many Coloradans about accelerating growth, disturbance of the natural environment, peripheral development, economic burdens and land speculation which an Olympics could trigger. Since it is possible that an Olympics could become an environmental and economic liability, ROf~ICOE believes that it is incumbent upon the Denver Olympic Com- mittee and the Colorado Olympic Commission to expend every conceivable effort to assure that a Colorado Glympics becomes an asset for the state; if an Olympics is held, ROMCOE pledges its efforts to this end. ROMCOE recognizes that an Olympics may offer a unique opportunity for certain community enhancements, particularly in Denver and the South Platte River Valley. -more- FORUMS ® CLEARING HOUSE 6 ENVIRONIV1EfuTAL INVESTIGATIOPJS ~ PLANNING ~ C0~~1MUNICATIONS ROMCOE Resolution on the. Olympics....page 2 While taking~no position for or against the Olympics ep r se until considerably more information is available, IZOMCOE believes that IF an Olympics is held, the following principles should be observed: (1) The major challenge facing Colorado citizens and public officials would then be how an Olympics might be staged so as to avoid or mitigate undesirable environmental, social and economic consequences -- concerns being vigorously expressed. by a number of Colorado citizens; (2) Those Coloradans opposing 'the staging of the Olympics in order to raise fundamenta] questions conerning social values and economic priorities must receive fair and open hearings in any Olympic forum; (3) Many aspects of an Olympics, particularly site preparation in Denver and the South Platte River Valley, present opportunities for lasting community improvements and need not be viewed as merely a liability; (4) On all matters pertaining 'to Olympics planning and decision-making there must be in the future maximum public disclosure and maximum public informa- tion and public participation as a matter of policy for both public and quasi-public bodies; (5) A thorough Environmental Resources Inventory and Analysis and Environ- mental Impact Study must be conducted on each proposed Olympics site rp for to engineering and construction of facilities, including but not limited to: geology, soils, vegetation, hydrology, fishery, wildlife, stream biology, scenic resources, recreation resources, historic resources and wilderness values; (6) Strenuous efforts ,~~ust be undertaken by the City and County of Denver and -more- fOP~iCOE Resolution on the Olympics...page 3 Q other appropriate agencies to capitalize on an Olympics for the purpose of beginning implementation of the plan for redevelopment and beautifi- rati nn of the C~i~th P1 d±±o Q; ~~av. 1I~ 1 1 ~,. ~~~.~ ruta~.l! (7) The Colorado Land Use Commission must be given adequate authority by the Governor and the Legislature over land use planning and land use control, including as necessary the imposition on ]ocal government of zoning, subdivision regulations and building codes on impacted areas within the "Olympic Corridors"; (8) The Regional Transportation District must be given adequate authority by the Legislature and the Colorado Olympic Commission, or by contract with the Denver Olympic Committee, to plan and implement environmentally responsible transportation systems for the Olympics, including consideration of some type of mountain mass transit system; (9) The State of Colorado and all governmental subdivisions thereof acting ~in their official capacity must refrain from using the Olympics as a device for the advertising and promotion of accelerated growth and development in the state. ### Sierra Club Rocky Mountain Chapter Denver, Colorado Summit Citizens Association Breckenridge, Colorado Thorne Ecological Institute Boulder, Colorado Trout Unlimited, National Denver, Colorado f., ~,~~; Women's Environmental Coalition Denver, Colorado The Western Human Ecology Research Foundation Denver, Colorado Westslope Environmental Coordinating Center Gunnison, Colorado The Wilderness Society Western Regional Office Denver, Colorado Wilderness Workshop Colorado Open Space Council Denver, Colorado Wildlife - 2000 Englewood, Colorado Yampa Valley Environmental Action Group Steamboat Springs, Colorado Balarat Center for Environmental Studies - Denver Public Schools Denver, Colorado Ecology Action Adams State College Alamosa, Colorado December 15, 1972 Denver Olympic Organizing Committee 1776 South Jackson Street Denver, Colorado 80210 Attention: Mr. Eric Auer and Mr. Phillip E. FTores Gentlemen: The Rocky Mountain Center on Environment (ROMCOE) and Charles Gathers and Associates, Inc. are pleased to submit herewith a Preliminary Program Design of a Comprehensive Environmental Program for the Colorado Olympic Region. This Program Design has been created jointly with you and other staff members of the DOOC. The aveh.a,~2. gaa.2 a~ the P~.anvu:ng Ptcagnam ,i~, ~a pnavtide the ~h,i.Ca~sa~h.~ea.C and ~.v~~,i~tutc:ana,e. {~name~,uarch needed ~a e~c.ea~e avid ~.mp.Eement an eea.~agtiea.e..ey ne- ~~aws~,b.Ce .land use deci~s~.an-mafu:ng ~y~s~em wh,~ch w,%P2 a,P.2aw man ~.n ~li.e O.~ymp~.e Reg~.an a{y the Ca~.anada maun~ac:vvs ~ta .?,c:ve pnaduetive.2y .gin hafcmany w.%th ~ env~,nanmevLt. This Planning Program proposes in effect that the Olympics be utilized as an opportunity for innovative and imaginative land use planning and land use control not only in the areas of direct impact but for the State of Colorado as a whole. The Olympics can provide a catalyst for regional environmental planning of the scope and comprehensiveness which we feel is offered by this Program Design. While we would not be so presumptuous as to offer this Program as a "model" for regional planning in Colorado, we do feel that it can serve as a pilot demonstration of an approach to environmental planning never before achieved. If this Program can be implemented with any degree of success -- and this will depend more on politics than on financing -- it will point some urgently needed new directions for other development impacted areas of Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountain Region. Two critical points must be emphasized with regard to this preliminary draft: 1. The Environmental Planning Program Design i s only pne,P~i.m.~nany: i t i s not in any way to be construed as a final product. This is because the Olympics funding ban referendum was passed before the Program Design was completed. For this reason, we were not able to interview many key agencies and organizations whose input was necessary to the final Design. 2. The Design, we hope, recognizes adequately the legally constituted authority and responsibility of various federal, state and local -i- TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Cover Letter i Program Design Team iii I. Summary 1 II. Introduction and Philosophy 2 III. Goals and Policies 4 IV. Scope of the Planning Program 5 Figure 1 - Map V. Planning Program Elements 8 VI. Suggested Plan of Approach for Environ- mental Planning Process 14 Figure 2 - Work Flow Chart VII. Human Resources 20 VIII. Recommendations on Implementation and Program Monitoring 23 Appendix Definitions 25 Legislation National Environmental Policy Act 28 Colorado Senate Bill 91 31 Human Resources 32 PROGRAM DESIGPJ TEAM For a Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program Colorado Olympic Region Denver Olympic Organizing Committee, Courdinator 1776 South Jackson Street Denver, Colorado 80210 753-1976 Eric Auer, Executive Vice President, Operations Phillip E. Flores, Director of Sports Facilities, Planning and Development David Lucy, Director of Support Facilities, Planning and Development Randy Boyd, Landscape Architect-Planner Jon Payne, Assistant Support Facilities, Planning and Development Rocky Mountain Center on Environment, Consultant 4260 East Evans Avenue Denver, Colorado 80222 757-5439 Roger P. Hansen, AIP, Executive Director Albert G. Melcher, P.E., Director of Technical Services Richard D. Hoadley, Director of Legal Services Charles Gathers and Associates, Inc., Consultant 1421 Court Place Denver, Colorado 80202 892-1115 Warren A. Moreau, AIP, Executive Vice President Jon L. Colt, Assistant Planner Walter R. Lawson, Development Consultant -iii- Denver 01ympic Organizing Committee December 15, 1972 Page Two governmental agencies, including but not limited to the Colorado Land Use Commission. We urge that you place this Program Design in the hands of key individuals, organizations and agencies in Colorado who are making land use decisions. Even though funding for the Olympics has been voted down, the proposed Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program remains extremely relevant and should be implemented. Governor Love has frequently stated that Colorado has time to avoid the environmental mistakes of some other parts of the nation. But time is running out. We sincerely feel that this proposed Program can start the clock running in favor of environmental and land use responsibility. Respectfully submitted, ROC TAIN CENTER ON ENVIRONMENT Roger P Hans Executive Director CHARLES GATHERS AND ASSOCIATES, INC. Warren A. Moreau Executive Vice President -ii- -2- II. INTRODUCTION AND PHILOSOPHY The fundamental environmental problem of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West can be summed up as follows: T}c.emevcdou~ pfr.e~.~ uh.e~ , a~c,~g~.na~%ng ~jnom a vatri.e~y o ~ ~ awcces , -- ane pnaduc,c.ng ~h~wugh cane.~es~s ne~~s , .Cacti. a {~ p.2anvu.ng and .hack a ~ aiualceneh~ , manmade env,uca ~vnevLt,~ and ph y~.~ca,~ change~5 wh.tch ane ne.ithen ~ ev~s.itc:ve ~a nan ~.vLtegnated w,i~h the de,2t.ca~e chafcacten and phy~s~,cae capab.i~~y a{~ ,the natu~r.ae eca~ y~~em~ wGu:ch chana.cte~u:.ze the neg~.an. The Olympic Region is a vast mosaic of scenic beauty, cultural diversity, historic significance, great open spaces and abundant natural resources. But few also see the Region as one of complex, fragile and sensitive natural balance -- most of all, a landscape characterized by a .fang ne- gene~ccti.on ~;une due to climatic and geol ogi c conditions . But sensitivity to change and disturbance of the landscape does not mean that all growth and development must be stopped. It is a basic principle of environmental planning that man and nature can live together harmoniously; that man's activities can be planned as though he were a part of nature which, in fact, he is. To achieve this harmonious balance, man's develop- ments must be tempered to respond to land capabilities and natural environ- mental constraints. The benefits of such a planning approach are as much social and economic as they are ecological. The selection by the International Olympic Committee of Denver and Colorado to host the 1976 Winter Games presents a unique opportunity for Colorado citizens and government leaders to develop and implement an environmentally sensitive planning program in the region of Olympic influence. Such a pro- gram, of course, must be broader than the Olympics since many development activities in the Planning Region are only indirectly related to an Olympics effort, if at all. The Planning Region could just as well be called the "Centennial Region" or the "Colorado Mountain Recreation Region." In other words, the applicability of the environmental planning goes far be,gond any Olympic event. Nevertheless, the opportunity exists to use the 1976 Olympics as a catalyst to generate an environmentally responsible land use decision- making process specifically applicable to the mountain environment of Colorado and perhaps neighboring states as well. Many county and municipal governments and state agencies have done planning of various degrees and intensities within the Olympic Region. The State Planning Office and the Colorado Land Use Commission have each accomplished a limited degree of inventory and planning preparatory to a Colorado Statewide Plan. Nevertheless, much of the planning documentation has not been implemented due to the absence of adequate legal devices and institutional arrangements, and the presence of recognizable political constraints. What this Environmenta] Planning Program can do is coordinate many small, relatively isolated planning :efforts into one comprehensive program. While it is not advocated that local ~~planning efforts be swallowed up in some "super" agency, it is apparent that new regional mechanisms will be needed for planning implementation. I. SUMMARY Ti~is document describes a >reliminar program design fora Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program CEPP for the Colorado Olympic Region. The Planning Program is proposed to be applied to a multi-county region of north central Colorado over a four-year period -- January, 1973, to December, 1975. In brief, the major elements of the CEPP can be described as follows: Introduction and Philosophy -- Serves as a philosophic and attitudinal framework for the entire program. Defines needs, purposes and approach postures. Postulates as an objective the attempt to articulate a new land ethic. Goals and Policies -- Sets forth specific, brief goals of the CEPP and the policies needed to bey implemented to carry them out. Scope of the Planning Program -- Defines five geographic planning areas: site areas; intensive development areas;.corridors; primary planning region; secondary planning region. Describes the detail and intensity of study work to be carried out in each planning area. Elements of the Planning Program -- Describes seven major elements of the CEPP -- environmental resources inventory and analysis; legal and institutional arrangements; planning and forecast inventory; alternatives; environmental statement; development, review and adoption; implementa- tion and monitoring. Suggested Plan of Approach -- Outlines a detailed, step-by-step methodology and schedule for accomplishment of the Planning Program. This methodology is specifically related to the CEPP elements and includes: organization process; inventory and analysis process; identification of alternatives process; early warning assessment and interim report; evaluation process; public and agency participation; preliminary plan and site design; pre- liminary report; draft environmental statement; review period 'and final environmental statement; bids for faci'.ity construction; final plan and recommendations; adoption, implementation and monitoring; permanent long- range programs; schedule. Recommendations, Implementation and Program Monitoring -- Makes recom- mendations to the DOOC, the contractor, consultants and the Colorado Legislature considered vital to pro-gram implementation. Includes, among other things, recommendations for establishment of a Colorado Olympic Authority for planning, financing and land use control in the Colorado Olympics Region. Professional participants in the interdisciplinary Planning Program are pro- posed to represent a wide range of environmental, scientific, social science, economic, design and legal disciplines. In addition, government agencies, local and statewide institutions and other public and private groups concerned with the physical, cultural, environmental and planning issues of land use in Colorado are proposed to be included as key participants. -4- III. GOALS AND POLICIES Goals 1. The overall goal of the Comprehensive Environmental Program is to pro- , vide the philosophical and institutional framework needed to create and implement an ecologically responsible land use decision-making system for the Olympic Region which will allow man in the Colorado mountains to live productively in harmony with his environment. 2. Subject to the overall goal but closely interrelated are the following sub-goals: a. Achieve through the planning process a greater awareness of the capabilities, tolerances and interrelationships of the natural ecology of the Olympic Region. b. Utilize all significant professional, institutional, governmental _ and citizen resources to accomplish the various tasks of the Compre- hensive Environmental Planning Program. Policies 1. Acknowledge the Colorado Olympic Region as a significant natural and cultural resource worthy of preservation and conservation through planning and land use control in order to promote a rich and diversified balance of living, employment, recreation and cultural opportunities for all. 2. Prevent unneeded or premature development of land by establishing a pattern for orderly land use, thus obtaining the environmentally optimum use of land in the Region. 3. Coordinate public and private interests in the long-term management of the regional environment in concert with the policies, procedures and other requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act; and carry out the intent of the Colorado Legislature with regard to Olympic sites, land use planning and land use control. (See Appendix.) 4. Utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and in decision-making procedures to insure that environmental amenities and values are given equal consideration in decision-making at both a regional and site scale along with economic and technical considerations. -3- Planning has often been described as a continuing process, with any particular plan requiring monitoring, revision and updating. The planning process is not a straight line with one terminus, but is best expressed as a cycle which permits continuing input of new information, public opinion and reaction. But many planning efforts never evolve into the documentation and adoptive stage; it is still critical that there be a PLAN at some point in time. This is especially true of an Olympics that evolves around specific sports sites that must be constructed. The Planning Program will be "ecosystem" oriented, interpreted as that entire complex of environmental components (air, land, water and organisms, including man), and their interrelationships which must be synthesized in the planning process. This definition also includes social, cultural and economic dimensions as part of man's environment. Since the first principle of ecology is that "everything affects everything else," disturbance in any part of the Planning Region may have unexpected repercussions in another part. An action program must be formulated for dealing with these environmental (including social and cultural) constraints. The constant thread which must run throughout this entire Planning Program is the attempt to define and articulate a new land ethic for the Olympic Region. This is necessary because Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West lack a land ethic which can both protect and rationally develop their great land and mineral resources. The Frontier Ethic -- which holds that a man can develop his land any way he sees fit -- still prevails in many quarters. But Colorado is no longer the Frontier. Anew attitude, a new sensitivity, a new land ethic is needed now. Aldo Leopold has articulated a land ethic in a simple, straightforward statement in Sand County Almanac: 4 Ule abwse .ea.nd becacue we rcegand .ct a~ a commod~,~y be.2ong~.ng .to u~ . Ulhen we ~ e2 .Card a~ a commu.hity .to wh.i.ch we be 2a~.g , cue may beg~.n ~o wse ,it w.%th. ~.ove avcd nes~eet. -5- IV. SCOPE OF THE PLANNING PROGRAM A. Comprehensive Character The scope of the CEPP is best: understood through a brief description of its major elements. These are explained in greater detail in Section V. They include: -- an inventory and analysis of environmental resources (biophysical, cultural and social); -- an inventory and analysis of existing planning mechanisms and insti- tutional arrangements; -- an evaluation of possible environmental impacts of development, based on a set of reasonable alternatives; -- development of an environir~ental decison-making system for planning, transportation, conservation, recreation and public improvements; -- identification of legal techniques and institutional arrangements for Plan implementation; -- development of a program to educate, inform and involve citizens in planning and implementation methodology; -- development of site plans and regional land use and environment plans. B. Geogra hic Area The geographic area described for the Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program is shown on the map (Fig. 1). The map identifies the Environ- mental Plannirg Region, which includes all or portions of 25 counties in central and northern Colorado. The Environmental Planning Regions are further divided into sub-areas identified as the Primary Planning Region, Secondary Planning Region, Intensive Development Areas, Corridors, and Sites Areas. The Environmental Planning Region was selected as the area within Colorado which will be subject to the highest degree of direct Olympic development or activity influence in comparison to other areas of the state. This is not to say that other areas in the state or outside the state will not be subject to Olympic influence, for example, the resultant increased air travel at Kennedy Airport, New York, caused by international Olympic travelers. However, the lirnits of the regional boundary have a direct rather than indirect relationship to Olympic developmental influences. A number of terms can be justified. However, in order to achieve some consistency throughout the process, the following "Planning Areas" have been identified and defined. These "Planning Areas" are listed in order from smallest to largest, from the most specific to the general. 1. Site Area: An area where Olympic events would occur and where structures and facilities would be constructed. Such facilities -7- activity; utilities; community facilities; transportation; local government and institutions; housing; recreation; education and training; employment opportunity; public health; and public services. Information would be acquired to estimate changes and the impacts of these changes on the physical, cultural and social environment, and the means by which any adverse impacts may be avoided or mini- mized. 3. Corridors: Field work would be confined to spot checks and sampling. Minimal original research need be conducted, other than interviews. The biophysical components would be identified in a general and ex- tensive manner, relying on existing data. Components considered should be those to be studied for Intensive Development Areas but on a more generalized basis. Development or land use changes which might be triggered, accelerated, or increased in magnitude because of the Olympics would be of primary concern, whether on public or private land. The general environmental impacts of such changes would be identified and described in regard to approximate order of magnitude or severity. 4. Primary Planning Region: Study at this level would require little field work other than interviews; inventory and validity verifica- tion of existing information would be considered critical. 5. Secondary Planning Region: No field work or original research need be conducted, other than possible aerial reconnaissance. Existing data plus interviews with key agencies and groups would be relied on totally. Information components considered would be the same as in the Primary Planning Region. The objective of this analysis would be to estab]ish an "early warning system" of possible adverse environmental effects of Olympic decision-making. -6- could include: communications; transportation; sports facilities for alpine and nordic skiing, luge, jumping, skating; and facilities for opening and closing ceremonies. Suggested map scale: 1" = 100'. 2. Intensive Development Area: An area of intensive development either surrounding a development site or "triggered" by the Olympics else- where in the Primary Planning Region. Examples: parking; highway improvements; competitor, press, employee or spectator housing; sub- division development; recreation development; new community facilities. Five Intensive Development Areas are identified. Suggested map scale: 1" = 500'. 3. Corridor: Areas where developmental impacts are usually found within the vicinity of a major highway or other point of access. Examples: roadside strip development; billboards; recreation home subdivisions ("Olympic View Estates"); highway construction. The corridors would encompass the major travel thoroughfares connecting Site Areas and Intensive Development Areas. Suggested map scale: 1" = 1 mile. 4. Primar Planning Region: The region inclusive of the Sites, Inten- sive Development Areas and Corridors consisting of approximately 7,000 square miles. Suggested map scale: 1" = 1 mile. C. 5. Secondary Planning Region: The area of secondary or even tertiary developmental influence having more of a relationship to the Olympic Games as a whole rather than to any single event. The Secondary Planninc} Region is exclusive of the Site Areas, Intensive Develop- ment Areas and Corridors. Examples: highvday construction; airport expansion; mass transit development; subdivision development; recreation facilitiE~s development; energy developments; advertising and sales promotion to encourage growth. The Secondary Planning Region ~:onsists of approximately 21,000 square miles in 25 counties. Suggested map scale: 1" = 2 miles. Detail of Planning Information The level and detail of information will vary with each of the four Planning Areas: 1. Site Areas: Intensive field studies and original research would be conducted in order to acquire any new data which may be necessary for a thorough and scientific Environmental Resources Inventory and Analysis and Impact Study. The information would be used to deter- mine the most suitable alternative locations, designs and construction of physical facilities and activities to avoid or mitigate undesirable environmental consequences or even to provide environmental enhance- ment. Also, means would be identified to foster rapid rehabilita- tion and recovery of areas temporarily altered. 2. Intensive Development Areas: Intensive field study together with reliance on existing data. The study of biophysical components would be more extensive and general. Emphasis would be placed on land use and interrelated subjects, including: population; economic -9- pollutants, diffusion and air exchange data for the Sites, Intensive Development and Corridor Areas; identify in general for the Primary and Secondary Planning Regions so that con- straints to human activity and ecosystem-climate relationships can be analyzed. Define extreme conditions, such as drought, storms or wind. c. Hycfic.a.2agy, ~latelr. Qua,P.ity Describe water discharge measurements and drainage basin hydro- graphs; seasonal factors, such as snowmelt dependence upon solar radiation and temperature, and features such as springs, aquifers, irrigation and watercourse physical characteristics. Describe flood discharge magnitude, sediment loads, resistance against erosion, water acre-foot yields and runoffs, water supply functions of watersheds, water quality and contributions to pollution. Include constraints to land use due to possible water pollution, maintenance of watershed runoff patterns, flood hazard, subsurface water, etc. d. Vegetati..an-P.~ant Eca2agy Identify and describe major vegetative types. Describe topo- graphic setting, general soil features, conspicuous and unique organisms and ecological processes. Determine ecological condi- tions which determine vegetative types and status. Analyze effects of future human alterations. Include-agricultural productivity. e. Aru.ma~. Fca.2agy Inventory species of wild birds and mammals presently occurring within the study area. Emphasize nationally and regionally endangered species, economically important game species and fur-bearers, regionally unique and ecologically sensitive species and those of particular interest to naturalists. Record migration patterns where possible. Inventory significant rep- tiles and amphibians. Analyze habitat conditions, extreme factors and human impacts which could alter existing conditions Identify indicator, dominant and rare or endangered species. f. Li,mna~.agy and ~',ushe~ci.e~ ~"~ Describe physical factors of stream flow; temperature and turbidity; chemical factors such as dissolved oxygen, free and bound carbon dioxide, pH, dissolved and suspended organic and inorganic materials; and the qualitative and quantitative determinations of bottom animals and the film of microscopic plants coating pebbles and cobbles. Sample sites during the entire open season. Use data generated to assess aquatic environmental changes. Study abundance, distribution, growth, food habits and habitats of present fish populations. Use sampling and shocking as appropriate. Describe factors which maintain the fish habitat. -8- V. PLANNING PROGRAM ELEMENTS The Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program is composed of seven major elements, each of which is a "package" of work tasks. Each must be completed in a time sequence as described in Section VI, Suggested Plan of Approach. The major elements are described as follows: A. Environmental Resources :Inventory and Analysis This would ~.nvewtotcy the comprehensive components of the biophysical and social-cultural environment to record, describe and spatially locate these components. An understanding of these environmental resources, and their interrelationships, is needed if they are to be wisely used, and are to guide land use decisions. It would then be necessary to anctP.yze the components and ti~ei r relationships, with quanti tati ve and qualitative analysis. The "components," and general study approach for each component, are described below; the people and team needed are discussed in Section VII, Human Resources. this element would involve actual field investigation an original research in the Site, Intensive Development and Corridor areas. It would rely primarily on existing information in the Primary and Secondary Planning Region. Research would be needed over four seasons so that seasonal dynamics, conditions and limiting factors could be observed and described. All component studies would make use of existing data available from a variety of sources. Component studies would be coordinated with each other and with comparable studies being conducted by other agencies and organizations. Ecological processes would need to be analyzed for all component studies. Values and uniqueness ratings would be assigned to resources where feasible and appropriate. Basic resource data that can be quantified and described spatially would be mapped to facilitate description of resources, ecological processes, and resource relationships. Matrices, overlays or similar tools would also be developed. Component studies would be as follows: Biophysical a. Geo~.agy, Sun~~.e%a,2 Sa~..Es and Geamonpho.Cagy Determine bedrock formations and origins and identify relation- ship. to ecosystems, natural constraints and suitable aspects for human uses. Analyze surficial soils -- origin, types, depth, moisture; describe such factors as mass movement, erodibility and permeability. Describe land forms and physiographic characteristics. b . C.~imato.Cog y Identify the parameters which constitute and control the local and regional atmospheric environment. Determine the probability of important weather events. Collect weather statistics; field stations may be established. Develop microclimate data for Sites and Intensive Development Areas. Detail air quality, -11- Identify environmental aspects (e.g., power plant emissions, sewage effluent conditions). i . Educati.a n Identify institutions, districts, costs, facilities, programs and needs, including vocational-technical training and re- training. Relate to demographic stratifications. j . N ea2,th. Inventory health facilities and services and any endemic condi- tions of health. 3. Ecological Statement Planning Team members, with detailed inventory data, and under- standing of eco.2ag~,cae pn.oce~be~ and comnonevrt tce,P.attanbh.%pb, would develop a statement of the operation of the ecosystems in- volved. Hydrological cycles, biogeochemical cycles, communities, populations and trophic levels would be appropriate topics for in- clusion. Land use suitability would be developed and mapped, to show the environmental constraints and opportunities for various types of human activities. B. Legal and Institutional Arrangements, Inventory and Analysis Environmental quality and sound land use controls are largely dependent upon institutional arrangements and legal mechanisms. Many of these were created in different times and conditions and restrict efforts to achieve good land use and environmental protection. Fragmentation and voids in institutional responsibility are severe problems. However, the existing situation has certain capacities for effective control; it must serve as a base for proposed changes. 1. Legal Inventory legal policy, procedure, substance and sanctions existing at the federal, state and local levels, including statutory law, executive orders and proclamations, case law, ordinances and resolu- tions. Assess these legal components as they relate to the Olympics and to the individual planning program elements and methodologies. Inventory, create and assess innovative legal structures. 2. Institutional Inventory institutional structures existing at the federal, state and local levels which may affect the regional environment, including formation, charge, jurisdiction, policy, powers, duties, procedures, products and sanctions. Assess these institutional components as they relate to the Olympics and to the individual planning program elements and methodologies. Discuss personnel factors of the insti- tutions. (For example, this inventory would describe and analyze a -10- 2. Social and Cultural a. Ancheo~.agy and H.i.~~o~cy Describe the prehistoric and historic background with special emphasis on man's relation to environmental features. Identify specific sites or points of interest. b. Scew%c Re~sacvc.ce~s Analyze landscape personalities, scenic character and value. Describe major scenic corridors, special vistas and special sites or features, including manmade features. Analysis might involve uniqueness ratings, undesirable changes and best use of scenic resources. Proximity to de bac~o wilderness and other outstanding natural areas would be considered. c. Rechea~,i.an Re~aun.ce~ Identify existing types, locations, quantity and quality of recreation use. Employ some system that evaluates land according to land classes supporting various recreational activities. Analysis would involve potential recreational land uses, facilities, limits and constraints, magnitudes of uses and management alterna- tives employed. d . Land lLs ~ and Owner Gup Inventory existing land uses, including multiple uses and land ownership; analyze private and public holdings by size and character of use. e. Cammun,%ty and Pub.?.%c ~aci.P.ttie~ Identify and describe present facilities (e.g., police, parks, fire, library) and their adequacy for present and expanded popu- lations. Discuss deficiencies and needs. f. Hau~S~.ng Assess residential and housing character with special emphasis on availability of adequate low and moderately-priced housing for resort and recreation workers. g . Tnan~ ~anta~,%a n Inventory existing transportation facilities, capacities and conditions.. Note environmental aspects of facilities (e.g., air pollution, polluted water runoff, eroding cuts and fills). h . U~,i,?,i ti.e~5 Assess sewer, water supply, wastewater treatment, power and other utilities for adequacy for present and planned populations. -13- 3. Environmental Land Use: if the environmental constraints and opportunities are used as a basis for land use control and development, how would the future of the region evolve? This alternative would be designed according to ecological limits and principles. The Institutional Arrangements alternatives would examine various governmental forms for implementing plans and controlling events. Several such forms might be: County Planning; County Home Rule; Regional Planning; Regional Service Authorities; and Special Districts. E. Environmental Impact Statement Conduct an assessment of the impact of development on environmental (biophysical, social-cultural) resources inventoried and analyzed based on alternative plans for development, including non-development, for each Olympic Site Area and the overall Olympic program. Development, Review and Adoption of Comprehensive Environmental Plan This would consist of an "alternative future" statement regarding the use, management and preservation of the total complex of biophysical and socio-cultural components identified in the Olympic Planning Region. It would include a detailed program of action and orderly arrangement of the institutions and physical features for the future. Land uses and means of achieving them would be only apart of the plan. Good water resource management, biotic productivity, air quality, aesthetics, recreation and physical satisfaction are types of benefits which need to be planned for. The process would include review of alternatives by government and citizens before election of the final course of action. G. Implementation and Monitoring of the Plan This element describes the on-going activity which seeks to bring the concepts and details of the plan to fruition. In this element the Planning Design Team would monitor the general progress of the Planning Program as to work quality and implementation. -12- county planning commission. Assessment of any planning product, including strengths and weaknesses, would be made. County planning commission defects may be so great as to establish a need for a modified or new institutional arrangement vis-a-vis the Olympics.) C. Planning and Forecast Inventory and Analysis Review and analyze existing plans and forecasts. Certain work has been done at local levels as required by recent Colorado land use legislation. This must be a foundation for this element. It would be reviewed and analyzed. Voids, degree of completion and other aspects would be noted. Forecasts would be reviE~wed and new forecasts made, if none exists, for such factors as population characteristics, economic activity, employ- ment, housing, capital investments and community services. Trends could then be identified and their ramifications understood. This element is intended to provide a base of information and data relating to the present and future. Surh inventory and forecasts are needed so that duplication of effort can be avoided. It will also assure that this Planning Program will bE~ harmonious with on-going planning of both local and state levels. Local or regional goals and objectives which have been formally adopted or which have been articulated by government and the public should be included. D. Alternatives Sound planning practices, as well as the National Environmental Policy Act, require that a,P.tetc.iaat%ve courses of action be examined i n the decision-making process. If the goals and objectives of this Planning Program are to be met, and if the public concerns about the Olympic stimulus to growth are 'to be addressed, the examination of alternatives should be comprehensive and sufficient in geographic scope to include the entire Environmental Planning Region. There is probably no way to isolate precisely that development or impact which is "triggered" by the Olympics from that which would occur without the Olympics. If the Olympics are to serve a:s a catalyst for sound land use practices, the entire planning region should consider the alternative future's which may be available. The geographic areas of the Program would be treated as follows: Site Areas: alternatives for location, design, construction and opera- tion of facilities and activities. Primary Planning Region, Intensive Development Areas and Corridors: both Land Use and Institutional Alternatives would be developed. The Land Use alternatives would at least include three approaches: 1. Present Trends: what would the extrapolation of present trends lead to? 2. Traditional Planning: if the traditional approaches to county and city planning were used, what development and environment would result? -15- c. Initiate technical planning functions (select base maps and scales, aerial photography, etc.). d. Prepare final Flow Chart. 5. Establish Public Participation and Advisory Committee -- Through media, communications and meetings, obtain maximum public knowledge of Planning Program; invite comment; arrange for on-going public participation program. Establish Advisory Committee from Key Group (see Human Resources) as discussed in Recommendations. Re- view program with Advisory Committee, arrange continuous review and input process. 6. Finalize Special Consultant contracts. B. Inventory and Analysis Process 1. Conduct Environmental Resources Inventory and Analysis. Inventory and analyze biophysical, social and cultural resources for areas as described in Section V. Periodic meetings of Planning Team to exchange information on inventory components, develop interrelation- ships. Preliminary comment on possible environmental impacts as information on facilities and activities become available. 2. Legal and Institutional: Inventory and analyze. 3. Planning and Forecasts: Inventory and analyze. 4. Land Ethic Articulation: Through Team interaction with public and government, define and articulate a model land ethic which underlies a harmonious relationship between man and his environment and upon which man can base activities to seek environmental quality. C. Identify Alternatives 1. Olympic Facilities/Activities Alternatives and Characteristics -- Alternatives and characteristics of Olympics facilities, activities, housing, support, transportation, visitations and other aspects of Olympics. DOOC responsibility with input to Planning Program Team. 2. Local/Regional Planning Alternatives. 3. Ins titutiona] Alternatives. D. Early Warning Assessment and Interim Report 1. Midway through Inventory and Analysis, furnish initial assessment to DOOC of possible impacts and environmental problems. Make "early warning" statement of possible environmental constraints __ in Site Areas and Intensive Development Areas available to Key Group. 2. Publish brief Interim Report, summarizing Team progress and initial findings. Include any interim "holding actions" or temporary -14- VI. SUGGESTED PLAN OF APPROACH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PROCESS A. Organization Process 1. Organize Interdisciplinary Planning Team a. Human Resources Develop interdisciplinary team(s) following the guidelines set forth in Part VII, Human Resources. Lead consultant to coordinate and administer planning process. 2. Establish Key Group and Support Group a. Establish workable means of liaison with Key Group and of communications with others. 3. Conduct reconnaissance of plarning area and available information to obtain an overview of work to be done. a. Site and Intensive Development Areas Reconnaissance. Recon- naissance of the site in the yield both on the ground and by helicopter, by appropriate planning team. Each team consultant to finalize the content of his or her program component (geology, hydrology, wildlife, etc.). b. Reconnaissance o~F Corridors and Primary Planning Regions in the field, both on the ground and by fixed wing aircraft by all planning team members. Reconnaissance of Secondary Planning Regions at least by map, literature search, interview and other existing information . c. Information Search. Literature search and interviews by individual team members to inventory existing information. Interview examples: Game, Fish and Parks; U.S.G.S.; Forest Service; Bureau of Land Management; Department of Natural Resources. d. Evaluate new sources and means of data acquisition and handling, such as remote sensing, computer data storage and computer mapping. Note: These may be used in planning, but graphics for presenta- tions should be manual for maximum public comprehension. 4. Finalize Planning Program work elements a. Based on reconnaissance and information search, finalization of work description of such components as geology, hydrology, vegetation, wildlife, etc. (See Section V.) Finalized work -~ descriptions to be accpeted by the contracting officers with the advice of the Uesiyn Team. b. Review final Planning Program Design with participating entities. -17- b. Institutional/legal changes: develop changes needed in insti- tutions and laws to accomplish the avoidance or minimization of environmental impacts and to achieve land uses compatible with the suitabilities of the land and environment. These may include agency change (for example, local Council on Environmental Quality or Conservation Commission) and legal devices (e.g., local Grading Ordinances; Open Space Acquisition Fund; Sign Control Ordinances, etc.). c. Outline functions of prime enforcement agency: Colorado Olympic Authori ty. 5. Monitoring and Implementation Recommendations a. Determine means to best monitor plan execution, continue review of implementation and continue public involvement. b. Multi-agency approaches to implementation (block grants, etc.). H. Preliminary Report 1. Report on E above. 2. Public presentations/reactions. I. Draft Environmental Statement Assist the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in preparation of Draft Environ- mental Statement required by National Environmental Policy Act. J. Review Period and Final Environmental Statement Obtain understanding of Draft Environmental Statement and Preliminary Report, reaction and comment. Incorporate into planning process. K. Bids for Facility Construction See other UOOC documents. L. Final Plan and Recommendations Following review period, Plan and Recommendations revision and finaliza- tion. M. Adoption, Implementation and Monitoring of Plan and Recommendations After preparation of final Plan and Recommendations, work with officials and public for adoption, and for implementation of recommendations. This would involve meetings, hearings, workshops and other communicative processes to ensure full understanding of recommendations and implementa- tion requirements. Monitoring would include site work for Olympic facilities, environmental and land use change and impacts, and success of implemented recommendations of Plan. -16- controls recommended by Team. Initial implementation of design/ land use controls as Immediate Action Program. 3. Public presentation ar~d review. E. Evaluation Process 1. Develop "ecological statement"; group meetings of Team members. 2. Provide suitability-constraint analysis; identify geographic areas in terms of constraints and suitable characteristics for various intensities of development and types of uses. Describe constraint/ suitability characteristics. 3. Evaluate legal/institutional factors and alternative arrangements. 4. Make planning/forecast analysis and evaluate alternatives. 5. Compile and correlate all data and analysis information. a. Final correlations of all data by interdisciplinary Planning Team. b. Publication of reports, maps and overlays from Inventory and Analysis process. 6. Coordinate with Key/Support Groups. F. Public and Agency Participation in Plan Development On a continuous basis, with both formal and informal devices, obtain maximum public and agency involvement, assess reactions and incorporate into the planning process. Correlate with tasks D, G, H and I dis- cussed herein. G. Preliminary Plan and Site Design 1. Olympic facility considerations: primary and ancillary activities of Olympics; location, design and construction of physical facilities; plans for rehabilitai;ion and after use. 2. Land use considerations: map preliminary natural Yand patterns from environmental data for Site Areas and Intensive Development Areas; --~ refine land use patterns into defined areas; establish preliminary land carrying suitab=ilities and constraints in terms of population limits, water provision, sewage limitation, impervious surface, etc. 3. Human Management Programs: plans for harmonizing human activity with environment (vehicle access/use; recreation type/intensity; aesthetic controls, etc.) 4. New legal devices and institutions a. Institutional arrangements and legal devices to reinforce environmental findings and define land use areas and suitabilities. -19- SCNEIJULE A. Organization Process B. Inventory and Analysis Process C. Identify Alternatives D. Early Warning Assessment and Interim Report E. Evaluation Process F. Public Interaction in Planning Development G. Preliminary Plan H. Preliminary Report I. Draft Environmental Statement J. Review Period and Final Environ- mental Statement K. Bids for Faci 1 i ty Construction L. Final Plan and Recommendations M. Adoption, Implementation and Monitoring of Plan and Recom- mendations N. Olympic Facility Construction, Trials, Events and Closeout 0. Permanent Long-Range Programs Months Dates 2 January-February 1973 10 February-November 1973 6 February-July 1973 1 June 1973 4 July-December 1973 15 June 1973 - September 1974 6 September 1973 - February 1974 ~ January-February 1974 2 January-February 1974 2 March-April 1974 2 March-April 1974 5 April-September 1974 24 September 1974 - August 1976 28 May 1974 - August 1976 ongoing August 1976 - on -18- N. Permanent Long-Ranee Programs Accomplishment by agencies and public. ~-~. -20- VII. HUMAN RESOURCES A. Planning Design Team The Design Team of DOOC, RGMCOE and Gathers & Associates would establish criteria for selection of contractors and consultants, form a selection committee, assist the contractor in the Final Program Design and monitor the progress of program accomplish- ment and implementation. The Design Team would encourage creativity and innovation in carrying out of the Planning Program. 6. The Planning Team This is the group of contractors and/or consultants who would be responsible for developing and implementing the final Environmental Planning Program Design. It is critical that the Planning Team be composed of an interdisciplinary group with education and experience in scientific, social, economic and design disciplines. While it is not the intent of the Planning Program Design to precisely and inflexibly define the human resources which compose the Planning Team, the following guide- lines should be used in evaluating proposals: 1. A single Coordinating Consultant should assume management responsibility for the conduct of the Planning Program. This individual should have previous experience in managing complex interdisciplinary planning efforts. 2. The educational background, work experience and other qualifications of Planning Team members should be fully described in any proposal. At least the following disciplines or combinations thereof would be needed in the Planning Program: geology; hydrology; plant ecology; animal ecology; limnology; climatology; site planning; recreation planning; regional planning (planning, architecture, landscape architecture); sociology; economics; urban design; and planning land use law. It is not expected that all of these disciplines would be available in any one firm or organization. 4. Support personnel in the Contractor's employment for '~ administration, graphics, accounting and similar matters would be needed, and would be included in the Contractor's budget. 5. Techniques for interdiscipZinar~ work and interchange between Planning Team members (as opposed to mere multi- disciplinary work) should be closely examined and evaluated. FIGURE 2 W®RK JAN JULY JAN JULY JAN JCJLY JAN 73 73 74 74 75 '75 i I 76 ~ ~~ ~I Q Q J d. Ji O W~ U a W F- N F SOW CHART JULY JAN JULY JAN JULY 76 77 77 78 78 ' ~ ~ ~~ ; i i ORGANIZATION PROCESS ~ !i ~ Ilil~llllllllllllllll~ INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS i IIII~I~I IIIII IDE~ITIF,ICATION OF ALTERNATNES ~ ; INTERIM REPORT I~ i ~ I ~ i ~, IIIIII~IIII EVALUATION PROCESS ' I I . i ~ ~IIIIIIIIIIIIII~ IIIIIIIIIIIII IIII IIIII IIII ~ ' i II~II(I~IIII~III IIII IIIII PUBLIC INTER I i ~ i i ~ ~ i IIIIIIII IIII PRELIMINARY PLAN l i i l I IIII PRELLVIINARY REPORT' Ei i i l l i ! I I I IIII DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL SI'A EMENT l i l i l l l l~ l l l l III REVIEW PERIOD AND FIN ENVIRONME: IIII IIII I I I I I ~ FINAL PLAN i ~ IIII`IIIIIIII~IIIIIIIII IIII IIII IIIL IIIIIIIIIIIIIIpII IDE IC TION OF ALTBRNATNnS i CER R RT, i IIII IIIi~III• D SIGN 10 F~CII ITIIE IIIII D AFT ENUIR©NNiENiTA~L T] IIIIIIII IIII ~EVIEWiPEI`ItIOD i Nih I'IIN L IIII BIDS FOR FA ILZTYII~ CONSTF i ~ I I ~~~ ~~~~ PRELIIMINARY.FIT~LD STAIQIr CTION IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT I TAL STATEMENT' ~I I i i. ADOPTION, I1vIPLEMENTATION, AND MONITORI? OF PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS IIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~II~~IIIIIIIII~IIIIIIIIIIIIIII11111111111111111- PERM NT L NG-RANGE PROGRAM I i i ~ i i I j I~, '. I I ~ i ~ ~ i [E TAL STATEMENT I I i I I I (III OLY2vIPIG' FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, TRIALS, _•l, _EVENTS,~, AND,CLnSEOUT , ~ i.. -22- 2. Support Group (Including but not limited to following) a. Federal: Bureau of Land Management; U.S. Geological Survey; Department of Housing and Urban Development; Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife; Department of Transportation. b. Colorado State: Department of Highways; Department of Health; Air Pollution Control Commission; Water Quality Control Commission; Coordinator of Environmental Prob- lems; Department of Natural Resources; Division of Wild- life; Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation; State Engineer; State Geologist; Water Conservation Board. c. Regional Agencies: Regional Transportation District; Denver Regional Council of Governments; other regional planning commissions; Tri-County Health Association. d. Local Agencies: Planning offices and commissions. e. Non-Governmental Groups: The GJilderness Society, Trout Unlimited; Sierra Club; Audubon Society; Colorado Cattle- men's Association; Colorado Farm Bureau; Rocky Mountain Land Developers Association and others. -21- B. Agencies and Organizations The Planning Program Team would coordinate with a number of government agencies and citizen organizations. Some of these would have intensive involvement, with major concerns, recommen- dations, planning input or decisions about the Olympics. Others would have more limited involvement. Complete openness to public scrutiny (the "fishbowl" approach) is essential in the planning process. Maximum communications and the interface between the public and agencies should be established. Hence, communications-coordination mechanisms should involve a "mix" based on intensity of involvement. The Planning Design Team suggests two groupings. Specifics of involvement and coordina- tion are discussed in Section V. 1. Key Group -- Colorado Land Use Commission; responsible for general and specific Olympic aspects of land use (see Appendix). -- Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Mid-Continent Region; responsible for administering Federal Olympic funds, preparation of environmental statements pertinent to funds; outdoor recreation program planning. -- U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region; responsible for permits and management decisions involving Forest Service. lands. -- Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII; responsible for Federal environmental programs and approvals in air quality, water quality, solid waste and noise. -- State Planning Office; responsible for overall coordina- tion of state planning programs and state-level review under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-95. -- Selected county commission chairmen, planning commission chairmen and mayors. in Environmental Planning Region. -- Colorado Open Space Council; the "umbrella" coordinating council of citizen conservation and environmental organizations in Colorado. -- Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry; represents key industrial and development interests throughout the state. -- Regional Transportation District; responsible under contract to DOOC for a comprehensive transportation plan for the Olympics. -24- 10. In order to adequately involve local government, the chairmen of the county commissioners of the Intensive Development Area counties, or their designees, should be considered as con- tracting officers. 11. A "full disclosure" policy should be adopted with respect to public information on the planning program; moreover, the DOOC should establish procedures for information coordination and press relations. 12. To help insure public understanding of the planning process, an Environmentaa Planning Speakers Bureau, composed of care- fully selected, informed individuals who are willing to be trained and to maintain an up-to-date knowledge through periodic planning team briefings should be established. Such a group need not be large, but could generate valuable public reaction and valid questions. To insure that input is "captured," a planning team member should be present at all public talks to record worthwhile input and see that those are incorporated into the planning process. 13. The Governor and the legislature should be urged to immediately establish a Colorado Olympic Authority which would have broad powers with regard to planning, financing and land use control in the Primary Planning Region through 1976. The Program Design Team should assist working out the details for such proposed Commission and help draft the appropriate legislation. It is suggested that the Commission: a. be established and assume functions no later than April 1, 1973. b. function at least for the duration of the Olympics (December, 1976). c. suggest other areas in the state where the techniques and methodology of the Olympic Region Planning Program might be employed. -'L3- VIII. RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRAM MONITORING A. Accomplishing the Planning Program These recommendations are intended as a guide to the DOOC, the contractor, consultants, and the Colorado legislature who will carry out the Program. Undoubtedly, some of these recommenda- tions are controversial or may not be felt to be justified. For example, recommendations 9 and 13 are highly controversial and deserve detailed explanation. The Design Team wi71 fulfill this function. 1. The overall CEPP as designed by the Program Design Team should be contracted by one prime contractor under the direc- tion of the DOOC staff, for ease of administration. 2. The Program Design Team, with appropriate DOOC staff members, should serve as the selection committee to consider proposals and interview prospective contractors, since they are most familiar with qualifications necessary for the tasks. 3. The Program Design Team should be retained by the DOOC to review, monitor and critique the Planning Program until its completion to avoid misunderstanding and misdirection by Program consultants. 4. Criteria for contractor selection should include but not be limited to the following: experience in environmental planning; ability to pull together and work with an interdisciplinary team; diversity of staff backgrounds; attitude about public participation; ability to employ innovative methodology; willingness to take advice from others. 5. College and university faculty from Colorado should be selected as consultants in needed scientific disciplines rather than as prime contractors. 6. The DOOC Environmental Planning Committee should play a key role in review of the proposed Planning Program before it is contracted and in monitoring of work as it progresses. 7. An Advisory Committee of manageable size (15-18) should be established at the start of the CEPP as a coordinating device for key federal, state and local agencies and appropriate representatives of the private sector. 8. Construction on the sports sites should be kept to an absolute minimum until such steps of the Planning Program are completed as are necessary to insure their proper development. 9. The Land Use Commission and/or the legislature should be urged to declare a moratorium on private development in the Intensive Development Areas until the Planning Program is completed. -26- Environmental identification and evaluation of individual Resources Inventory components of environment, e.g.. geology, climatology, soils, vegetation, wildlife, economic resources, etc.; a process for analyzing ecosystemic components. Goal the end toward which effort is directed. Impact environmental, social or cultural effects of an action which precipitates change; the con- sequences of change on an ecosystem. Intensive that area immediately surrounding an Olympics Development Area site which is subject to direct influence a's a result of site development and activities at the site. Interdisciplinary the group of individuals from diverse backgrounds Planning Team and areas of expertise that fulfill the Compre- hensive Environmental Planning Program; those who formulate the actual plan, Model Plan a plan characterized by: innovative pilot demonstration features; wide applicability as a guide for other regions. NEPA National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; federal legislation which includes an outline of procedure for preparing "environmental statements," often called "impact statements" or "102" statements. Objective something toward which effort is directed; an aim or end of action; goal; object. , Plan a proposed land use map expressing physical, social, and economic goals, combined with the . powers to realize those goals. Policy a definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions. Primary that area within the Environmental Planning Planning Region Region which will be subject to the greatest amount of intensive and least amount of extensive . influence as a result of Olympic activity; the Primary Planning Area includes all or parts of the following counties: Adams; Arapahoe; Boulder; Clear Creek; Denver; Eagle; Gilpin; Grand; Jackson; Jefferson; Routt and Summit. -25- APPENDIX A ~r~fi ni ti ons ` Comprehensive determines the best modes for using land based Environmental on the physical capabilities of the land Planning ("carrying capacity"); produces a land use map Program and ordinances (backed by physical-cultural research reports, data analysis studies, and plan design rationale), combined with the public and private involvement necessary to implement and enforce the prescribed means to realize communi~y and regional goals through a con- tinuous, self-supporting process and organization. Coordinating the prime contractor, project manager, or lead Consultant consultant; the entity that administers and coordinates the entire Comprehensive Environmental Planning Program. Corridor an area subject to developmental impact usually found within the vicinity of a major highway. Criterion standard -- gauge, yardstick, touchstone -- on which a judgment or decision may be based. Ecology the totality of the pattern of interrelation- ships of organisms with their environment and with each other; a branch of biological science. Ecosystem the complex of environmental factors and organisms forming a functioning whole in nature. Environment the total complex of air, water, land ana biota that acts on an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determines its form or survival; the aggregate of social and cultural conditions influencing an individual or community. Environmental the total geographic area encompassed in the CEPP ~'~ Planning Region including the areas which will be subject to both intensive and extensive influence as a result of Olympic activity; the Environmental Planning Region includes all or parts of the following counties: Adams; Arapahoe; Boulder; Chaffee; Clear Creek; Denver; Douglas; Eagle; E1 Paso; Garfield; Gilpin; Grand; Jackson; ~~ Jefferson; Lake; Larimer; Mesa; Moffat; Park; Pitkin; Rio Blanco; Routt; Summit; Teller and Weld. -28- APPEidDIY. B Legislation `iH1 i1ATI0i1AL F~1VI ROiJi~~EiJTAL P OLI CX ACT OF 19 n 9 (42 U.5.C. 4321; Pu;J.L. 91-190, 83 stat. 825) PUP.POSE Sec. 2. The purposes of this Act are: To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and izis environment; to promote efforts ~~~hich will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate tine iiealtli and we1L-are; oL man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources importa..Zt to the nation. . . . TI~i~LL I DECLARATIOiJ OF IIATIOi1AL E'i1VIROni~1Ei•1TAL POLICI' Sec. 101. (a) i~he Congress, .declares that it is the con- ~tinuing policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, and otizer concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and mea- sures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under wizicli rlan and nature can exist in productive Harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and oti~er recluirements of present and future gener- ations of Americans. (b) i?1 order to carry out the policy set forth in this ~~ct, it is the continuing responsibility of tine Federal Goveri~m~nt to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy, to improve and coordinate . Federal plans, functions, L~rograms, and resources to the end that tiie ~Jation may - (1) fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations; (2) assure for all Americans safe, iZealtliful, productive, and esthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings; (3) attain tine widest range of beneficial uses of the environ- meat witizout degradation, risJ: to Health or safety, or other uizdesirable and unintended conseciuences; (4) preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspect of our national heritage, and maintain, wherever possiuie, an environment which supports diversity and variety of_ individual choice; -27- Program a plan of procedure; a proposed project or group of projects; a schedule of action. Prograrn the group of individuals who design the Com- Design Team prehensive Environmental Planning Program; those who plan the Plan. Secondary that area within the Environmental Planning Planning Region Region which will be subject to the greatest amount of extensive and least amount of inten- sive influence as a result of Olympic activity; the Secondary Planning Area includes all or parts cf the following counties: Adams; Arapahoe; Boulder; Chaffee; Douglas; Eagle; E1 Paso; Garfield; Grand; Jackson; Jefferson; Lake; Larimer; Mesa; Moffat; Park; Pitkin; Rio Blanco; Routt; Te71er and Weld. Site Area location of a specific Olympic event; the term includes the area where physical facilities or improvements are to be constructed for the Olympic games as well as the immediate surrounding area which will be subject to impact as a result of facility use. -30- of the United States, lend appropriate support to initiatives, resolutions, and programs designed to maximize international cooperation in anticipating and preventinJ a decline in tic quality of mankind's ~~aorld environment; (F) ;na:ce available to States, counties, itiuricipalities, inst- itutions, and individuals, advice and information useful in restoring, maintaining, and enhancing the quality of the environment; (G) ini~iate and utilize ecological information in the plan- ni;1g and development of resource-oriented projects; and (H) assist the Council or. Lnvironrnental duality established by title II of this P.cte -29- (5) achieve a balance between population and resource use which will permit high si~andards of living and a wide sharing of life's amenities; and (6) enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources. (c) The Congress recognizes that each person should enjoy a healthful environment and that each person has a responsibility to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of the environ- ment. Sec. 102. The Congress authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in tizis Act, and (2) all agencies of the Federal Government shall - (A) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and in decisionmalcing which may 'nave an impact on man's environment; (B) identify and develop methods and procedures, in consult- ation with the Council on Environmental Quality established by -title II of this Act, which will insure that presently unquant- ified environmental amenities and values may be given appropriate consideration in decisionmaking along with economic and tech- nical considerations; (C) include in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other rnajor Federal actions significantly affect- ing the quality of tine human environment, a detailed statement by the responsible official on - (i) the environmental impact of the proposed action, (ii) any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should tYle proposal Ue implemented, (iii) alternatives to the proposed action, (iv) tine relationship between local short-term uses of man's environment and the maintenance and enhancement of long- term productivity, and (v) any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources wYiich would be involved in the proposed action should it be implemented. (D) study, develop, and describe appropriate alternative uses of available resources; (E) recognize the ~•rorldwide and long-range character of environ- mental problems and, where consistent with tine foreign policy -32- APPENDIX C Human Resources These are agencies and non-governmental organizations which should be concerned with the planning program here described. This does not imply that all of these agencies or organizations will desire to participate, but they should be given opportunity for comment, review and input to this program. All should be fully informed of progress in the planning process. I. NATIONAL James Watt, Director Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. Beatrice E. Willard, Ph.D. Council on Environmental Quality Rogers C. B. Morton Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. John McGuire Chief Forester U.S. Forest Service Washington, D. C. U.S. Geological Survey Denver, Colorado National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association Boulder, Colorado Department of Health, Education and Welfare Denver, Colorado Regional Director Bureau of Sports Fisheries & Wildlife Denver, Colorado Regional Director William J. Lucas Department of Transportation Regional Forester Denver, Colorado U.S. Forest Service Denver, Colorado Federal Highway Administration Denver, Colorado John Greene Regional Director National Park Service Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D. C. Denver, Colorado Dale Andrus State Director Bureau of Land Management Denver, Colorado Regional Director Region VII Bureau of Reclamation Denver, Colorado U.S. Olympic Commission Denver, Colorado Colorado Congressional Delegation Department of Housing & Urban Development Denver, Colorado Department of Commerce Denver, Colorado -31- COLORADO SENATE BILL 91 (1971) (C.R.S. 1963, 106-4-3 (1)(f)(i), as amended 1971) (f)(i) In order that environmental and ecological factors may be given equal consideration to technical factors in the site selection of athletic events for the winter olympic games of 1976, the commission is empowered to: (ii) Cooperate with the Denver organizing committee for the 1976 olympics, incorporated, the United States olympic committee, and the international olympic committee in the site selection for the olympic events; (iii) Cooperate and contract with any other state agency created by law to participate in planning the olympics; (iv) Accept, on behalf and in the name of the state, gifts, donations, and grants, including grants of federal funds, for any purpose connected with the goals of this section. The commission shall have the power to direct the disposition of any such gift, donation, and grant so accepted for any purpose consistent with the terms and conditions under which given; (v) The basic duties and responsibilities of the commission regarding the 1976 winter olympics shall be: Evaluation of community impacts and other considerations related thereto; potential land consumption rates; and public investment programming and planning; and the commission shall designate to the governor the general and specific information necessary for the commission to perform its duties, and the governor shall require the Denver organizing committee or any state or other agency to furnish or agree to furnish such information before the governor approves the payment of any state moneys to such committee or agency; (vi) Specific recommendations and implementation measures developed by the commission shall be transmitted with adequate supporting materials to the governor and the general assembly for their action; (vii) Cooperate and consult with local officials in communities in which the olympic events are to be located to develop land use controls and insure that they are adequate to protect the environment; (viii) In the event local municipalities or counties in which the olympic events are to be located fail to provide land use controls with adequate environmental safeguards, the land use commission, upon the recommendation of the governor, is empowered to take steps ~~ to establish adequate land use regulations. -34- Colorado State Soil Conservation Board Denver, Colorado III. LOCAL Non-Governmental (Continued) Interprofessional Committee on Environmental Design Lakewood, Colorado County Commission Chairman Routt County County Commission Chairman Eagle County County Planning Commission Eagle County Vail, Colorado County Planning Commission Routt County Steamboat Springs, Colorado John A. Dobon, Mayor Vail, Colorado E. Marvin Elkins, Mayor Steamboat Springs, Colorado William H. McNichols, Jr., Mayor Denver, Colorado Denver Regional Council of Governments Denver, Colorado Denver Model Cities Denver, Colorado Denver Urban Renewal Authority Denver, Colorado IV. NON-GOVERNMENTAL Environmental Affairs Committee Colorado Bar Association Denver, Colorado Environmental Planning and Protection Committee American Metal Climax, Inc. Wheatridge, Colorado Professional Engineers of Colorado Denver, Colorado Rocky Mountain Chapter, Society of Nuclear Medicine Wheatridge, Colorado Western Interstate Nuclear Board Lakewood, Colorado American Nuclear Society Denver, Colorado American Society of Landscape Architects Denver, Colorado American Water Works Association Denver, Colorado Center for Research & Education Denver, Colorado Central Rocky Mountain Chapter Health Physics Society Denver, Colorado Colorado Division, UNA-USA UNESCO Englewood, Colorado Colorado Mountain Ciub Denver, Colorado Colorado Farm Bureau Denver, Colorado Colorado Guides and Outfitters Gypsum, Colorado Colorado Mineral Society Denver, Colorado Colorado Refuse Disposal Association Arvada, Colorado -33- Soil Conservation Service Department of Agriculture Denver, Colorado International Olympic Commission Lausanne, Switzerland II. STATE Governor John A. Love Denver, Colorado State Planning Office Denver, Colorado Colorado Land Use Commission Denver, Colorado Colorado Air Quality Control Commission Department of Health Denver, Colorado Colorado Water Quality Control Commission Department of Health Denver, Colorado Department of Natural Resources T. W. Ten Eyck, Director Denver, Colorado Division of Wildlife Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado Division of Outdoor Recreation Department of Natural Resources Denver, Colorado Water Conservation Commission Denver, Colorado Colorado State Engineer Denver, Colorado Colorado State Geologist Denver, Colorado Colorado Department of Agriculture Denver, Colorado Colorado State Forest Service Ft. Collins, Colorado Colorado State Board of Health Denver, Colorado Colorado Olympic Organizing Committee Denver, Colorado Denver Olympic Organizing Committee Denver, Colorado Regional Transportation District Denver, Colorado Colorado State Congressional Coordinator of Environmental Problems Delegation Denver, Colorado State Planning Commission Denver, Colorado Colorado Highway Department Denver, Colorado Colorado Health Department: Denver, Colorado Colorado Division of Commerce Denver, Colorado Colorado Bureau of Mines Denver, Colorado Colorado Department of Education Denver, Colorado -36- Denver Chamber of Commerce Denver, Colorado Colorado Cattlemen`s Association Denver, Colorado Colorado Grange Denver, Colorado Garfield County Planners Garfield County Arapahoe Medical Society Ecology Committee Englewood, Colorado Association for Beautiful Colorado Roads Denver, Colorado Bicycles Now: Lakewood, Colorado Bureau Environmental Action Team on Pollution Lakewood, Colorado Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies Aspen, Colorado Citizens for Colorado's Future Denver, Colorado Colorado Citizens for Clean Air Denver, Colorado Colorado Committee on Environmental Information Boulder, Colorado Colorado Good Roads Assoc. Denver, Colorado Colorado Open Space Council Denver, Colorado American Canoe Association ~~ Denver, Colorado Colorado White Water Association Boulder, Colorado Colorado Wildlife Federation Denver, Colorado Denver Audubon Society Denver, Colorado Environmental Defenders, Inc. Denver, Colorado Greenbelt, Inc. Grand Junction, Colorado Izaak Walton League of America Colorado Division Manitou Springs, Colorado Keep Colorado Beautiful Denver, Colorado National Environmental Health Assoc. Denver, Colorado Natural Resources & Environmental Council Denver, Colorado The Nature Conservancy, Colorado Chapter Boulder, Colorado PLAN Boulder County Boulder, Colorado PLAN Metro Denver Denver, Colorado Planning for Community, Inc. 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