HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-11-21 Support Documentation Town Council Work SessionVAIL TOWN COUNCIL
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1989
2:00 p.m.
REVISED AGENDA
1. Request for Entertainment Funds for Enhancing Thanksgiving
Weekend
2. Design Review Board Report.
3. Information Update
4. Other
5. Executive Session - Personnel Matters
VAIL TOWN COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1989
7:30 p.m.
REVISED AGENDA
1. Resolution No. 62, Series of 1989, a resolution recognizing and
congratulating Red Sandstone Elementary School for winning the 1989 State
Champion physical fitness award.
2. Ordinance No. 29, Series of 1989, second reading, an ordinance authorizing
the issuance of Town of Vail, Colorado sales tax revenue bonds, Series 1989
and the construction, improvement and acquisition of a public parking
facility and other appurtenances incidental thereto; providing the form,
terms and conditions of the bonds, the manner and terms of issuance, the
manner of execution, the method of payment and the security therefor;
pledging a portion of the sales tax proceeds of the Town and the net
revenues derived from the parking facility for the payment of said bonds;
providing certain covenants and other details and making other provisions
concerning the bonds and the designated sales tax revenues and net
revenues; ratifying action previously taken and appertaining thereto; and
repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith.
3. Ordinance No. 30, Series of 1989, second reading, an ordinance establishing
a program of investments to provide for the payment of the Town's
outstanding general obligation refunding bonds, series 1985, on December 1,
1995 and in connection therewith providing for periodic investments of
moneys to provide for such payment; providing other details in connection
therewith; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith.
4. Consent Agenda
A. Ordinance No. 24, Series of 1989, second reading, an ordinance
amending Section 8 of Ordinance No. 14 Series of 1987 to provide for
the amendment of density of the approved development plan for Special
Development District No. 6.
B. Ordinance No. 25, Series of 1989, second reading, an ordinance
amending Title 17 to add Chapter 17.25 dealing with single family
subdivisions; amending Section 17.08.210 to provide a definition for
single family subdivisions; and setting forth details in regard
thereto.
C. Ordinance No. 26, Series of 1989, second reading, an ordinance
amending Section 18.24.020 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail
by adding "Commercial Ski Storage" as a permitted use in basement or
garden levels within structures in the Commercial Core I Zone
District.
D. Ordinance No. 27, Series of 1989, second reading, an ordinance
amending Chapter 2.20 Local Licensing Authority of the Municipal Code
of the Town of Vail, Colorado to add an application fee for temporary
liquor license under the Colorado Liquor Code; and setting.forth
details in regard thereto.
E. Ordinance No. 28, Series of 1989, second reading, an ordinance
amending certain sections of Chapter 16.22 so that Chapter 16.22
regulates signs in the Arterial Business District Zone District of the
Town of Vail (ABD) as well as the Commercial Core III Zone District
(CC3).
5. Sign Variance Request for the Finishing Touch Furniture Showroom located in
the Inn at Vail (Applicant: Jim Wilson)
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
6. Adjournment
RECD N0~ 2 0 X89
1792 Crest ridge Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80121
November 9, 1989
Mr. Richard D. h1acRavey
Executive Director
Colorado Water Congress
1390 Logan Street, Suite 312
Denver, Colorado 80203
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Dear P1r.
Reference is made to your letter of November 6, 1989 in which you
described CWC legislative record as being enviable. Further, you state "of
the 158 bills supported by CWC, 131 have been enacted into law; and, of the 46
bills opposed by CWC, all have been defeated! Ask yourself this question:
"lJhat happens if there were no Water Congress?"
I have asked myself the question, and have come to the conclusion that we
all probably would have been better off without such a myriad of water related
statutes and precedent setting court cases (four volumes over 1300 pages) that
have created a gridlock detrimental to water development in the State. After
practicing over 25 years in engineering related to water rights, I have seen
the adjudication process of water rights in Colorado degenerating into a
process that is very confrontational, very expensive, and excessively time
consuming. Frankly, I question the morality of a system that forces a smal l
water right(s) holder to protect his/her water rights (a public resource
essential to sustain life) against overwhelming odds of opposers who are well
funded and equipped with capable water attorneys and water engineers.
I would like to challenge the Colorado Water Congress to undertake or
back legislation to affect some fundamental changes~in the 1969 Act that will
make the process less confrontational, less costly, and less time consuming.
I would be happy to provide input and to participate in such a worthwhile
effort. I believe such changes could yield substantial cost savings to a
number of CWC members such as cities, special districts and water conservancy
districts who are increasingly burdened by large legal and engineering budgets.
I would like to request that this matter be placed on the CWC Board
Agenda and be discussed prior to the 1990 Legislative Session. Thank you.
Sincerely,
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Ao S. "Andy" A rews
cc: CWC Officers
CWC Board of Directors
Members of the Interim Committee on Water
NATURAL ENERGY RESOURCES COMPANY
P. O. Box 567 ~ Palmer Lake, Colorado 80133 . (719) 481-2003 ~ FAX (719) 481-4013
November 11, 1989
Governor Roy Romer
State Capitol Building
Denver, Colorado 8020'3
Dear Governor Romer:
We respectfully request reconsideration of your October 25, 1989 refusal
to investigate the IIpper (~mnison-IIn ~t~*-P sin Study.
A brief investigation by your State Engineer's office will quickly show
state funds were used to improperly "politically engineer" the facts to favor
a Gunnison water alternative that could possibly be controlled by the
sponsoring water district. The "stonewalling" explanations contained in the
Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority's September 26th and
28th docarllents are totally unresponsive and unacceptable.
A state inquiry is urgently required, as this seriously distorted study
is being used in water court as authoritative state evidence. If this study
is not corrected, future East and West Slope water users could be deprived of
the unprecedented, multi-year drought protection and cost advantages of a
large Gunnison reservoir on the Continental Divide. The legitimate rights of
our company's stockholders could also be jeopardized.
We sincerely believe a low key State Engineer's investigation would be
the most efficient and fairest way to resolve this very important state water
matter.
Our company will cooperate fully with this inquiry. We believe Arapahoe
County and the other Union Park subscribers on both slopes will do the same.
Thank you for your reconsideration and early notice of intent.
Sincerely,,
Allen D. (Dave) Miller, President
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Encl: NECO's 8-8-89 and Governor Romer's 10-25-89 reply with enclosures.
cc: State Engineer; Colorado Department of Natural Resources; Colorado Water
Resources and Power Development Authority; Colorado Water Conservation
Board; Colorado Attorney General; Interim Legislative Water Committee;
Arapahoe County; City of Gunnison; Parker Water District; Castlewood
Water District; City of Aurora; Denver Water Board; Metro Denver Water
Providers; Ebasco.
STATE OF COLORADO
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
136 State Capitol
Denver, Colorado 802 03-1 7 9 2
Phone (303) 866-2471
October 25, 1989
Alan D. "Dave"
Natural Energy
P.0. Box 567
Miller, President
Resources Company
Palmer Lake, CO 80133
Dear Mr. Miller:
In August 1989, you requested a "state investigation" of the Upper
Gunnison-Uncompahgre Basin Study, recently completed by the Water
Resources and Power Development Authority. Apparently, a basis of
your request was the attached letter from EBASCO Services, Inc., in
Lakewood, Colorado.
In response to your request, I asked the Water Resources and Power
Development. Authority to respond to me in detail concerning your
allegations and those contained in the EBASCO letter. I have
received their responses, and they are enclosed.
I have not initiated an independent investigation of the Water
Resources and Power Development Authority. That agency is a
quasi-independent state agency, and is not under my direct
jurisdiction or control. Further, I am reasonably satisfied with
the responses provided to me by the Water Resources and Power
Development Authority, although I have not looked beyond the
statements provided in its enclosed analysis.
Despite the statements in your letter alleging conflict of interest
in the preparation of the Upper Gunnison Study, I have never found
any basis to question the integrity or honesty of the WRPDA Board.
While I have raised some questions concerning the need for, or
expense of; certain WRPDA activities, I do not question the
integrity of the board or staff. I have no reason ~to subscribe to
the statements made in your letter.
I trust the enclosed material will be of interest to you and will
set to rest your concerns.
Enclosure
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Roy Romer
Governor
cc: Dick Bratton, Water Resources and Power Development Authority
Uli Kappus, Water Resources and Power Development Authority
Chips Barry, Colorado Department of Natural Resources
NATURAL ENERGY RESOURCES COMPANY
P. O. Box 567 ~ Palmer Lake, Colorado 80133 ~ (719) 481-2003 ~ fAX (719) 481-4013
August 8, 1989
Governor Roy Romer
State Capitol Building
Denver, Colorado 80203
Dear Governor Romer:
Request a state investigation of the Upper Gunnison - IInc~~lxgr'e Basin
Study before state funds are used to make final payment to the contractor.
This water development study was recently completed for the Colorado
Water Resources and Power Development Authority (CWRPDA). The final document
contains serious technical flaws and misleading conclusions, in spite of
numerous written attempts by the City of Gunnison, Arapahoe County, and
Natural E,hergy Resources Company to correct these errors during the draft
stages. Our basic complaint is that the study was "politically engineered"
to favor the water development projects preferred by the Upper Gunnison
representative on the Authority's Board. 'T`his governor appointee is Chairman
of CWRPDA, while. also serving as the attorney representing the Upper Gunnison
River Water Conservancy District (UGRWCD) in opposition to Arapahoe County's
competing Union Park water right filing in district court. The study's most
seriously flawed areas are as follows:
1. The study concludes Upper Gunnison Basin water consumption is
increasing, when in fact it is decreasing because of the Western trends toward
improved irrigation efficiency and retirement of marginal irrigated land.
2. 'T`he study distorts cost data to indicate the Authority's proposed
Needle Point Pumped Storage Power Project is more efficient than our company's
more ,advanced Rocky Point Pumped Storage Project.
3. The study grossly understates the economic, environmental, and
multipurpose advantages of a large, off-river reservoir at Union Park, for
both slopes, as compared to Aurora and UGRWCD's transmountain concepts from
the small Pie Plant or Taylor Park diversion reservoirs to Metro Denver.
A cursory check by state investigators will show that most of the study's
analysis was devoted to the water development alternatives that could possibly
be controlled by UGRWCD. This nonobjective misuse of state funds can
seriously impact pending water court proceedings and work to the detriment of
the state's long-term water development unity on both slopes.
Detailed engineering data in support of this complaint can be supplied to
state investigators at the earliest opportunity. Please advise.
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cc: ,Colorado Attorney General,
Gunnison, City of Aurora,
Sin ly,
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Allen D. (Dave) Miller, President
State Legislators, Arapahoe County, City of
CWRPDA.
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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1989
2:00 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Design Review Board Report
2. Information Update
3. Other
4. Executive Session - Personnel Matters
VAIL TOWN COUNCIL
WORK SESSION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1989
2:00 p.m.
EXPANDED AGENDA
2:00 1. Design Review Board Report
Kristan Pritz
2:10 2. Information Update
Ron Phillips
2:20 3. Other
2:35 4. Executive Session - Personnel Matters
Discussion of Town Manager, Town Attorney, and Municipal
Judge Evaluations
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DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AGENDA
NOVEMBER 15, 1989
3:00 P.M.
SITE VISITS
1:30 p.m.
7 1. Anderson Residence MM
Lots 1 & 2, Block 1, Lionsridge Filing 4
Conceptual Review of Garage Location.
MOTION: SECOND: VOTE:
Conceptual only (no vote).
3 2. Town of Vail - Bus Shelter Design MM
west Vail
MOTION: Jamie M. SECOND: Sid S. VOTE: 3-0
Approved with recommendations:
(1. "Hip-Roof" revsion of shelter.
(2. Use less glass.
(3. Make roof steepe - use a 12:12 pitch.
(4. Finish, natural wood w/linseed oil.
(Green Letters)
3. Sands - New Residence MM
2369 Chamonix Ln./L 14, Blk A, V. Das Schone 1st
MOTION: Sid S. SECOND: Jamie M. VOTE: 3-0
Approved with modifications make to landscape
plan.
1 4. Toepher Addition BR
4074 Bighorn Rd./Lot 3, Bighorn Subdivision
MOTION: Jamie M. SECOND: Sid S. VOTE: 3-0
Approved with conditions.
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7 5. Daily Grind Mural BR
288 Bridge Street
MOTION: Jamie M. SECOND: Sid S. VOTE: 3-0
Consent approval.
6 6. Ore House Signage BR
232 Bridge Street
MOTION: Jamie M. SECOND: Sid S. VOTE: 3-0
Approved as submitted.
5 7. Sport Stalker Signage & Awning BR
278 Hanson Ranch Road
MOTION: Jamie M. SECOND: Sid S. VOTE: 3-0
Consent approval.
2 8. Bank Northwest Signage BR
2111 North Frontage Road
MOTION: Jamie M. SECOND: Sid S. VOTE: 3-0
Consent approval.
4 9. Sport Pak - Windows & Signage BR
Crossroads Mall
MOTION: Jamie M. SECOND: Sid S. VOTE: 3-0
Consent approval.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Ned Gwathmey
Jamie McCluskie
Sid Schultz (PEC)
STAFF APPROVALS:
MEMBERS ABSENT•
Pat Herrington
Roy Sante
KB Ranch change to lettering on sign/Lionsquare Lodge.
West Side Decor Sign change name to Home Outfitters Antique
Vail Das Schone Shopping Center.
Timber Ridge Dumpsters - 7 dumpsters, 7-11 sides, shake roofs.
Deck Encroachment into setback / Ramsburg Residence.
Rose Residence Site plan revisions - walkway, landscaping and
the deletion of the circular drive.
Nugent, 770 Potato Patch #6 - airlock entry, move fireplace,
change location of sky light and add window.
Levy Addition, Golfcourse T.H. #35 - put window into crawl
space.