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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-05-05 Support Documentation Town Council Regular Session . ,tag' i ~j 'v' VAIL TOWN COUNCIL OVERVIEW WORK SESSION TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1992 @ 6:30 P.M. VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1992 7:30 P.M. AGENDA 1. Ten Year Employee Recognition. • Joe Russell, Police Department. Janeil Turnbull, Community Development Department. 2. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. 3. Consent Agenda: Approval of Minutes of April 7, 1992, and April 21, 1992, Evening Meeting Minutes. 4. Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1992, first reading, an ordinance repealing and reenacting Chapter 5.08 -Business and Occupation Tax -Ski Lifts, of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail. 5. Review of Town of Vail Agreement for Fire Prevention Services between~the Town of Vail and Vail Associates, Inc. 6. Discussion Re: Proposed Forest Service Policies for the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area. 7. Adjournment. C:WGENOA.TC PU~I..IC liTOTICE VAIL T®WN C®UNCIL II.EVISEI) MEETING SCIiEIDULE The Vail Town Council has been reviewing its meeting schedule. In an attempt to respond to scheduled meeting demands, as well as adhere to mandated ordinance and charter requirements, Council will now be meeting at the following times: EVENING MEETINGS Evening meetings will continue to be held on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month, starting at 7:30 P.M. These meetings will provide a forum for citizen participation and public audience for conducting regular Council business. WOId,K SESSI®NS Work sessions, which are primarily scheduled for Council debate and understanding of issues before the Council, will now be scheduled at 2:00 P.M. on the alternating Tuesday afternoons, i.e., the second, fourth, and fifth Tuesdays of each month. A brief overview work session for Council will precede the evening meetings, from 6:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. 'r~~ MAY, 1992, VAIL T®WN COUNCIL MEETING SCIiEDULE IS AS F®LL®WS: Tuesdav. Mav 5, 1992 Work session ...................6:30 - 7:30 P.M. Evening meeting .............?:30 P.M. Tuesdav. Mav 12, 1992 Work session ...................2:00 P.M. (starting time to be determined by length of agenda) Tuesdav, Mav 19. 1992 Work session ...................6:30 - 7:30 P.M. Evening meeting .............7:30 P.M. Tuesdav. Mav 26. 1992 Work session ...................2:00 P.M. (starting time to be determined by length of agenda) TOWN OF VAI ~ Pamela A. Brandmeyer Assistant to the Town Manager cc. g. ~ RECEIVE] MAY ' 4 1992 Vail Ass®c~ates, Ir~c. Creators and Operators of Vail and Beaver Creeks Resorts MEMORANDUM TO: Vendors and Suppliers of Vail Associates, Inc. Attention: President or Chief Financial Officer FROM: George N. Gillett--President, Vail Associates DATE: April 30, 1992 RE: Vail Associates intention to file Chapter 11 in mid-May As you may be aware, Vail Associates, Inc. announced today that it intends to voluntarily file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-May, 1992. Because of the relationship of your company to ours, I wanted to make sure that you knew about this expected filing as soon as possible. First, it is important that you understand that Vail continues to operate both profitably and successfully. The filing will be made as part of an effort to facilitate the reorganization of our parent company, Gillett Holdings, Inc. and to eliminate the guarantees of Vail and other GHI subsidiaries of GHI debt. We want to make every effort to assure you that you should not be adversely impacted by this filing and that our on-going business relationship will in no way be affected. In order to make sure that you are not impacted, if you have not already done so, please submit invoices for outstanding goods and services to us expediently. We will approve payments as quickly as possible. Once VAI files, we cannot pay you for any goods and services received prior to the filing date. Should you fail to get your invoice for goods and services to us prior to May 7, 1992, your payment could potentially be delayed. The plan provides for payment in full, of all payables, upon plan confirmation, anticipated by late summer. Vail just completed its seventh consecutive record season; Beaver Creek its sixth. Once again, our ski resorts were the nation's - favorite in terms of attendance and as rated by our guests in SKI and Snow Country, magazines. What's more, we will soon begin an aggressive $8.5 million capital improvement program at the resort that includes new ski lifts and the construction of other facilities. Since 1985, when I purchased Vail Associates, we have spent more than $65 million on capital improvements at Vail and Beaver Creek Resort. We fully realize that it is because of our relationship with businesses like yours that we are able to maintain the high standards of quality at Vail and Beaver Creek Resort. We will be able to pay vendors in full going forward for post-petition goods and services. The joint reorganization plan filed this week will provide for payment in full of your pre-petition claims. We chose this particular time for VAI's Chapter 11 filing because we have substantial cash reserves to pay ongoing obligations throughout our non-operating season. Again, I cannot stress enough that VAI's filing should have no substantial effect on the operation of our resorts. Lastly, I want to personally thank you for your continued support and for our strong business relationship. We look forward to many years of continued success working in concert with you. If you have any questions or particular concerns, please feel free to call me at 479-3000, Gerry Flynn, vice-president of finance, at 479- 3022 or Jean Shearon, controller, at 303-479-3036. Post Office Box 7 • Vail, Colorado 8168 USA - (303) 476-5601 , ~:.U~~~. May 1, 1992 Dear Vail Town Council Members: Vail Associates, Inc. presently pays the Town of Vail a ski lift ticket tax equal to 2% of the annual gross receipts Vail Associates, Inc. receives from the sale of lift tickets. In addition, Vail Associates, Inc. makes a voluntary contribution to the Town of Vail equal to 2% of the gross receipts received by Vail Associates, Inc. from the sale of lift tickets. Historically, the tax and the voluntary contribution were established by Vail Associates, Inc. and the Town of Vail in order to help with the funding of the Town of Vail transportation system. It is my understanding that the Town intends to pass a ski lift ticket admissions tax which would impose a 4% tax on the sale of lift tickets by any ski company within the Town, and repeal the present 2% tax. This tax will be paid by the purchaser of the lift ticket and held in trust by the ski company for payment to the Town. Vail Associates, Inc. still wishes to cooperate with the Town in the funding of the Town's transportation system and understands the necessity, given present circumstances, of the Town's imposition of this tax. Vail Associates, Inc., in the spirit of continued cooperation with the Towri, has no objection to the passage of the ski area admissions tax by the Vail T,.~~~~ Council. Very truly yours, George Gillett Chairman of the Board and President Vail Associates, Inc. G®'4L SE' i ING REVISiOIVS ' 4-14-92 LIST BY PRIORITY WITH #1 BEING YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY GOAL. NOTE GOALS #7 & #9 AND #14 & #18 HAVE BEEN COMBINED. # IN GOALS TOM MERV JIM S. PEGGY ROB BOB JIM G. TOTAL RANK TOP 8 - #1 11 1 1 5 2 1 2 23 2 6 #2 1 3 2 1 5 2 1 15 1 7 #3 2 6 5 6 6 6 7 38 5 7 #6 3 9 8 3 3 10 10 46 6 4 #7 & #9 4 11 3 2 4 5 4 33 3 6 #8 5 7 6 8 1 4 3 34 4 7 #11 9 5 10 10 10 11 6 61 10 2 #12 10 10 7 7 8 3 5 50 7 5 #14 & #18 6 8 9 4 11 8 9 55 8 4 #15 7 2 4 12 7 12 11 55 8 4 #16 8 12 12 9 9 7 8 65 11 3 #21 12 4 11 11 12 9 12 71 12 1 ESSENTIAL GOALS: 1. Land Acquisition 2. Vail-wide Services 3. Housing 4. Environmental Strategic Plan 5. Landscaping 6. Performance & Art Center 7. Total Quality Management 8. Public Control of Utilities and Ski Mountain 8. Completion of Valley-wide Trails & Pedestrian Access DESIRABLE GOALS: #10 Village/Lionshead Delivery Plan #11 Lionshead Master Plan #12 Accessibility to Vail ~c.: J } ~ J A1~ I1~V~.~ ATI®1~ T® A.~ 1 ~li~ A Cp~AL ~~~A.idl1YG S'E,S,SI®'1d BEl ~EE11~ EAf~BE ~C~~71V 1 G®VE~TMEIVT° _ ~D ~2~ T®S ®F ~ ~E C~~71~~c ~ . M®n~ay, drone 22, 1992 2:OD ~ 9:00 p.~n. Beaver Cree1~ Lodge Beaver Cree1~, C®lora~ (303) 845 9800 Buffet Sapper $20.00 per person Eagle County Corarnissioners ~uestrons or Agenda Items P. C. Box 850 Call: dace D. Lewis Eagle, Colorado 81631 Assistant Cortnty Manager (303) 32~ 8605 (303) 328-8605 I~S~ by Friday, May I5, 1992 s r GL~G~ C®l/l~ Jt, 71~~ VQ/ ®'YSLOL'i11`dl7[~ d 1'11V D ~ 7'OW1VS ®F ~ C®OI+IT'I' ~'OAIP.SglARIN(ir SESSd®N J~TNE 22, l3?SP2 AGENDA 2:00 p.m. Welcome and Overview of Conference Agenda Chairman of the Eagle Boa~rl of County Commissioners 2:10 p.m. Introduction of Participants 2:30 p.m. Presentation of Goal Sharing and Working Together Carl Neu, Conference Moderator 3:00 p.m. Presentations of Eagle Valley Community Forum Findings, County and Town Goals 3:3D p.m. Break 3:50 p.m. Presentations by County and Towns Continued 4:30 p.m. Challenge: Working Together to Solve Common Problems, Avoid Duplication, and Improve Value Delivered S: 00 p. m. Buffet Supper 6:00 p.m. Identifying Common Goals and Problems That Can Be Addressed On a County-Wide and Regional Basis 6:50 p.m. Developing Approaches for Addressing These Goals and Problems 7:45 p.m. lldaving to Action; What Can/Will We Work On Together and How? 8:45 p.m. Next Steps and Concluding Observations 9:00 p.m. Adjournment h c . rc ~9~ TOWN OF VAIL 75 South Frontage Road Office of the Town Manager vail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2105 /FAX 303-479-2157 May 1, 1992 Mr. Bill Wood United States Forest Service Holy Cross Ranger District POB 190 Minturn, CO 81645 RE: Spraddle Creek Parcel and the Golf Course Maintenance Parcel Dear Bill: The Forest .Service has given the Town of Vail two options in regard to a further review of the two appraisals which were done on the Spraddle Creek Parcel and the Golf Course Maintenance Parcel, land which the Town wishes to purchase from the Forest Service. The two options which were given to the Town by Paul Zimmerman were to have further review done by either a Forest Service review appraiser or an independent review appraiser, whose fee would be paid for equally by the Town and the Forest Service. It is the Town of Vail's decision to have the further review of the Maddox and Nash Johnson appraisals of the Spraddle Creek and the Golf Course Maintenance Parcels be done by an independent review appraiser. We now need to discuss the selection process for an independent review appraiser. Very y yours, Rondall V. Phillips Town Manager LAE/RVP/dd xc: Vail Town Council Larry Eskwith vtrwivwv RECEIVED ~'~AY - ~ 1992 !~'.+f",r1L ~dV7"~:~iVr; ?t~i°JI7L ~~L~: ~uL~R~+:~.~E3~F; ~.~AI L . CL?L ~R~-t rt.~ i b ? Rz~n Fah i .F 1 i Town Courrci ?5 S. Frontage f?oad 6~ai 1. L~7 81 aa~7 17ear Ron. iVoaw that our secz~rTd arrr3ua l {/ai 1 ~ r~~-err:a w i ~~r;a.~ ~-r~~ck,e~ q ~~ur:~arrrerrt 3 s history, we ewould I ike to tha:7ac yc}u f~~r ma}cir:c i t a,.oss;hle. IJue to your t7errerosa t y. swe owere ah1 e &ri n~ t L~ jai 1 a teanT t=r:~m Tver, Rus= i a arxd a team f,-~crm .Ti 1 i rr~ phi rra_ s~ 1,i t 41e tai v cf hccke~r histar-_yF was made as this owes the first ti~rae that teams trona ~?7~'`s~ countries have ;ever ~I avad a,3as rrst each oti't,er i rr ,r~s~aerica. but far nTOre i m~~rtant eves the ex,t~sure z~f t ~:e Ge'aa mesa ar:al Russi errs to AnTer-a ca and th.e i n r eraa~t i ons or t-~ur fa~rri aces ow3 t,~i t,rTe~eT. A~aaa v ref ati orrshi a:{{s anal str•".e3 errtc7tioral a es avers .+~aade duri ngT the Ears of tcvo weeks that t~:e~r avers hare. !-r total of s~ventean t~an~s ~a`srt ici ~ate~'. 3'ear~:s sva=re frcm Ca1€TarY and H'~=hllenTa Ca»,ad~, Ca1 i f:^rrr; a, .adi sc._ r~sj r~. Lltas3, r~/3ode 3s1 arrd„ Col orado err-i »~s= ~e~~=r-er. ar;d i~ai 1 _ the t~~u.a^s:u;;~e.~tq cor.~s r;r_r at tt~e end Lit t,°~e seasz-~n. was a 'L'-~;"Xi°7'1~ z1,33 s3~.a7' z~i:r _¢r'aY'iZCZ~Lani.~ }were ZnTf7ressed Sa~3t,°7 t-;~e a3ner;Zt3er1 xhat naafi t~-+ z~r~~r. dJe cr~u1 cln' t have= 7:ade i w the ,neat success tRaat i t ewes ewi trout your heI p. 6Je h~-+pe you cvi 11 _ joi n us ar,as n next year. Si ncere3 y. r erv Lac~i n Joe Fec1 ans,t:i Scott Hcyve~- ~ V • l~v'Id~1LCt.x.- EeECEiVED I'11~,f - 4 1992 Te/efaz Nurnbcrr. r"~ ROY ROMER ~ GOVeriIOT Main Building, Denver ' . ; ~ ~ (303) 322-9076 PATRICIA A. NOLAN, MD, MPH P~~ 6an Place, Denver (303) _20-1529 Executive Director first National Bank Building, Denver (303) 355-6559 ? ~l Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division Grand Iunction Office 4210 East 1 l th Avenue (303) 248-7198 Denver, Colorado 80220-3716 Puebb Office DEPARTMENT (303) 331 ~t830 /FAX (303) 331 X401 (719) 543-8x41 OF~HEALTH MEMORANDUM TO: Interested Parties ~~~cl~+.w•: FROM: Dick Parachini, Eagle Mine Project Manager DATE: April 28, 1992 . SUBJECT: Eagle Mine Preliminary Air Monitoring Results -March 1992 (EAG 7.1.6.3) The following is an update regarding the Eagle Mine air monitoring program during the March 1992 winter shutdown season. The airborne particulate data collected by the Paramount air monitors shown in the accompanying table are preliminary in nature. This means that the Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) values may be revised after auditing and validation by the air contractor and the State. The information is useful in assessing emissions during the winter shutdown period, as well as trends in potential human exposure. The monitoring frequency during the winter shutdown period continues on the one-in-six day program. Metals analysis is temporarily suspended until startup of construction activities in the spring. Both of these changes are allowed by the Remedial Action Plan and have been implemented in past winter shutdown periods. The concentrations for TSP were not above the air emissions permit levels during the March monitoring period. The notation ug/m3 stands for micrograms per cubic meter. A microgram equals one millionth (1/1;000,000) of a gram. Site activities in March were associated with collection and transfer of mine seepage and other contaminated water to the Consolidated Tailings Pile. The water treatment plant has continued to treat this water and discharge it to the Eagle River. Sludge generated from the treatment plant continues to be deposited on top of the Consolidate Tailings Pile. Modifications to the piping into the treatment plant were also begun in March. For additional information, please contact Dick Parachini (331-4801) or Marion Galant (331-4855). Attachments DP/dp . CJ w+^tsdon rreyeledpnpe. ~ DAMES & MOORS RECE(~`cD i~iril~ ~ ° 4 1992....... DENVER NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, 1125 SEVENTEENTH STREET, SUITE 1200, DENVER, COLORADO 80202-2027 ' (303) 294-9100 FAX: (303), 299-7901 l+ ~ - i ' ~;~r_L~~. riI 16, 1992 .~P~G r~ri-~JTC ~ iF,~J/aG~ivl~tP Mr. Richard Pazachini Colorado Department of Health Eagle Mine Project 4210 Fast 11th Avenue Denver, CO 80220 Dear Dicic: Enclosed are three copies of the March 1992 Airborne Particulate Concentrations Report for the Eagle Mine site. We would emphasize the provisional nature of the data and the fact that revisions may be made after auditing ~ and validation. Sincerely, DAMES & MOORS ~ ~u ~~-Q.. ~t,~ (,t~,~ . Brian Kiernan Project Mana;er BK/alb cc: Howard Roitman, Remedial Programs, CDH Douglas Ikenberry Bob Winn Bob Neukirchner . Dave Wazren , Barbara Lewis Daryl Longwell R~~ =~f'~'~ ~ M~~" - 4 ~9~2 AIRBORNE PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION EAGLE MINE SITE MARCH 1992 (ug/m3) DATE SCHOOL SITE NORTH SITE SAMPLED TSP fact/m3)* TSP fuc/m3)* . ,,03/01/92 I2.4 15.9 _ 03/07/92 11.0 12.9 _ ' 03/13/92 14.4 18.4 03/19/92 7.9 8.5 03/25/92 12.8 14.0 03/31/92 12.2 11.5 ID Invalid data * Permit limitation is 150 ug/m3 - These data are provisional and subject to revision after auditing and validation. ~t~~Ef1~~D ~ tip ~ ~ ~~9~~ a ~~.~ver- ~ ~c~~ ~oy~o-i~u~m~ Colorado Springs Office: Denver Office: i05 East Vermijo -Suite 600 6860 S. Yosemite Ct. -Suite 200 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 Englewood, Colorado 80112 (719) 577-4881 (303) 721-0653 March 19, 1992 )FEDERAL EXPRESS Larry Eskwith, Esq. Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 Dear Larry: Per the request of the Town Council, we are providing additional information on our company. River Oaks Cable Corporation provides business consulting services to municipalities in the cable franchise renewal process. ~4s you are aware, we are currently working with Greeley (where TCI is the cable operator), Fort Collins and Loveland on their cable franchise renewals. In each instance, our company was selected from a field of national and local cable consultants to work with the respective community. Our prior experience includes the successful completion of over 75 franchise projects in nine different states. A list of those communities is attached. Specifically, in numerous instances we negotiated and drafted new franchises, extended franchises and transferred franchises. We have done work for both cable companies and cities which gives us a unique perspective on how to effectively negotiate with a cable company on a city's behalf. For example, we worked on behalf of Miles City, Montana, in successfully negotiating and drafting a cable franchise for that community. The cable operator in Miles City is TCI. Our current franchise work is heavily concentrated in the renewal area on behalf of cities. We spoke at the national NATOA convention on the subject of franchise renewals and we thought that you might find the enclosed letter to be of interest. Further, at the request of the Colorado Municipal League, we are preparing an article on cable franchise renewals which will be distributed to municipalities throughout the state. i , Larry Eskwith, Esq. March 19, 1992 Page two We suggest that you call the following people to inquire as to our professionalism, abilities, timeliness and responsiveness. 1) Rick Brady, Esq. (City Attorney) City of Greeley (303) 350-9757 2) Annette Brand, City Manager City of Louisville (303) 666-6565 3) Michael Gitter City of Fort Collins (303) 221-6500 If you need any additional information, please give us a call. Sincerely, J Robert M. Duchen Vice President RMD/pab cc: Town Council with enclosures ' f 1VIINNESOTA Freeport Pierz Township St. Stephen Hollandale Augusta Geneva Township - Clear Lake Newry Township Palmer Township Moscow Township Becker Hartland Freeborn Genola Wanamingo Mazeppa WISCONSIN Blue Mounds Linden (Township) Bameveld Lyndon Station Hollandale Wauzeka Linden (Village) Patch Grove Dodgeville Rock Springs Mineral Point North Freedom Cassville La Valle Dickeyville Cobb _ Montfort Highland Livingston Wonewoc NEBRASKA Craig . NORTH DAKOTA McVille ' . IOWA Hornick Rodney Bronson Wiota Hancock Ricketts Smithland Coin Magnolia Braddyville . Little Sioux Shambaugh . College Springs Oto r ILLIPIOIS Baldwin Keyesport Beecher City Clinton County Randolph County Bond County 1VIISSOi]ItI Jamestown Nodaway County Barnard Polk County Cleveland Fillmore Momsville Clearmont Elmo M®NTAN.~ Mile$ City COLORADO Louisville Roxborough Park 0 i a~w TlsatPona/ Ass®clatl®n of ~ 1301 PennsyManla Awent~ N.VK Te/eco~rr~undcatlons ®fflcers . Htastingron, D.~ 20004 and Advts®rs ~zo2) szs-31so FAx (~~1 s2s-3o43 An affiliate of the National League of Cities October 2, 1991 Mr. Bob Duchen River Oaks Cable Corp. 105 E. Vermijo, Ste 600 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Dear Mr. Duchen: Thank you for• speaking at the NATOA 1991 Annual Conference. The feedback we have received from our attendees has been. that this was our best Conference east, particularly as it related to the substance and quality of our sessions. That success and compliment must be directly credited to you and your fine presentation skills. We were told by our members that they learned more and received more valuable hand- outs than at any previous Conference. Once again, you are to be complimented for bringing our members the latest and most relevant information, demonstrating again why you area leader and expert in your field. Again, thank you for taking the time to be with us at the '91 NATOA Conference. I hope you enjoyed the Conference as much as we enjoyed your contributions to our Conference. S' cerely, Susan erman NATOA President sh:5 NATOA2:spkthnx.pri C : ~ ; Uri-' V U~1A(1l , Y ~ , Y ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .~r... ~ ~ ~ ~ REC,EI1lED ~"~A~ - 4 1992 • ' y, • y'. :7N . 20t 1 ~ .~~g . /,{p 4 x ~ ~4i'..`, ~i~ ~ ,o. ~ ~ : ~N~. IIifAY 1992 Budget Cuts FOrce cl®sure ®f Outreach Office A tight state budget this year is going Greeley Taxpayer Service Center and the ters are in Colorado Springs, Denver, to result in less convenience for Colorado Glenwood Springs Taxpayer Service Cen- A3eblo, Fort Collins and Grand Junction. taxpayers in several locations around the ter will close their doors. Additionally, the The new Durango office hours will state. Faced with significant budget cuts, Durango Taxpayer Service Center will be be 8 a.m. till noon, Monday through Friday. the Department of Revenue has scheduled open only 20 hours per week. The other four centers are open 8:30 a.m, a the closure of two of its eight outreach DOR service centers operated in five 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The taxpayer service centers, and a third will be other locations around the state will not be Colorado Springs office is also open Satur- open only half time. Effective July 1, the affected by the cutbacks. These other cen- days 8:30 a.m. till noon. A New Lock Due fOr License Plates Faster Distributions Via AFT The seven-digit license plate makes new plate will still have the mountains Cities and counties who receive its debut July 1. across the top, but will have a blue back- their DepartrnentofRevenue local tax The Colorado Motor Vehicle Divi- ground that is shaded from light to dark, distributionsviaelectronicfundstrans- sion will begin accepting applications for from top to bottom. Applications for this fer(~ri)willbegingettingthemabout seven-digit personalized plates on July 1. plate will be taken beginning July 1. two days sooner each month. New Application forms will be distributed to Fees and procedures will remain the procedures about to be instituted at countymotorvehicleofficesinJune.County same for all plates. the DOR will allow the earlier distri- offices may make these applications avail- butions. EFT revenue distributions able to customers as soon as they receive 1992 TAX $~r~linarS from the DOR have traditionally oc- them.However, MVDasksthat you inform curred on the 9th to 12th business day applicants that we will not accept any The success of limited stakes gaming of each month. The new procedures applications received or postmarked in the towns of Cripple Creek, Central City will allow distributions ort or 2bout prior to July 1. and Blackhawk prompted many questions the 7th business day. Customers wanting seven-digit per- by business owners regarding business One hundred forty-six of the sonalized plates may mail applications to taxes, gaming and laborregulations. These 198 cities and counties receiving MVD, or bring them in person, to 140 W. questions were answered at workshops monthly revenue distributions from 6th Ave., Rm.106, Denver, CO 80204. No sponsored by the Department of Revenue the DOR get them by way of EFT phone transactions will be accepted. in Cripple Creek and Blackhawk on March transactions, rather than by mailed Nonpersonalizedpletes will have the 24 and 31. warrants. The department encourages configuration of three letters, a dash, and The day-long class covered informs- conversion to theEFT method, which then four numbers. MVD will begin phas- lion concerning liquor enforcement; sales, allows localities to have monthly rev- ing these plates into the system on July 1. use, lodging and .tourism taxes; restatuartt enues in hand several days sooner As county offices run short of six-digit package deals, tipping and complimentary than by warrant. plates, seven-digit plates will be shipped. drinks; wholesale vs. retail sales; new with- Ailexistingstocksofsix-digitplatesshould holding rules; gaming regulations and la- beused first. Motor vehicle owners will not bor laws. Speakers were from the Colorado sions aze listed in a box, next page. Session be required to replace their six-digit plates. departments of revenue and labor, and the fee is $37.50. Advance registration is en- A new style of license plate will lnternalRevenueService. couraged,butregistrationswillbeaccepted becomeavailableJulyl.Thered,whiteand The Taxpayer Service Division is at the door. For further information and blue designer plate will be replaced by a conducting additional business tax semi- brochures, call I-felen Sanders, (303) 866- new one called "Colorado Denim." This nazs on a variety of topics. Remaining ses- 5759, or Judy Campbell, (303) 866-2421. AI~Craft ~ RR Exempt Remaining Schedule F®r From Sales/Use Tax 1992 business Tam Seminars Effective July 1, the 1992 Colo- rado legislature .has exempted railroad MAY parts and rolling stock from sales and 8 Pueblo, Contractors &Retailer-Contractors; 8:30 a:m: - 5 p.m.; Best Western Inn at use tax. HB 1046 exempts the sales of Pueblo West, Hwry. 50 west of I-25. "tangible personal p~.,t,~rty that is to be JULY affixed or attached as a component part 15 North Denver, Contractors &Retailer-Contractors; 8:30 am. - 5 p.m.; Ramada Hotel of a locomotive, a freight car, railroad DenverBoulder, 8773 Yates Dr., Westminster. work equipment, or other railroad roll- 17 South Denver, Tax Practitioners; 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Holiday Inn Southeast, 3200 So. Parker Rd., Aurora. ing stock." The new law also exempts 23 Sterling, (tentative); 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. No site selected. all sales Of locomotives, freight Cars, 28 Colorado Springs, Tax Practitioners; 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; LeBaron Hotel, 314 W. Bijou. and railroad work equipment used in AUGUST interstate Commerce. 7 South Denver, Contractors &Retailer-Contractors; 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Holiday Inn Two bills passed by the 1991 leg- Southeast, 3200 So. Parker Rd., Aurora. islature are scheduled to take effect 14 North Denver, Tax Practitioners; 8:30 am. - 5 p.m.; Ramada Hotel DenverBoulder, July 1 of this year. One exempts aircraft 8773 Yates Dr., Westminster. 24 Grand Tl~nrtion; C~r;~ Actors & Retailer-Ccntractcrs; 8:30 s.m. - 5 p.m.; Grand parts from sales and use taxes. The Junction Hilton, 743 Horizon Dr. other exempts commercial airline main- 25 Grand Junction, Tax Practitioners; 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Grand Junction Hilton, 743 tenance facilities from sales and use Horizon Dr. taxes. HB 1182 exempts from sales and use tax machinery tools and equipment R~V~11u~S S®ar ®url~l~ ~ih Quarter used by the maintenance facility of any licensed air carver for repair, mainte- Following arecord-setting month, and $45.8 million to capital construction nance and remodeling of aircraft and the Colorado Lottery has revised its 1991- (state buildings and public facilities). Pro- aircraft parts. The facility must be in an 92 sales projections. The original fiscal ceeds are distributed quarterly. enterprise zone. This exemption sun- year sales goal of $186.1 million was met sets July 1,1994 unless an aircraft main- on March 25, more than a full quarter LE® InVesti~ateS Licensees tenance facility employing 2,000 people ahead of schedule. The Lottery now esti- With the help of the Colorado State locates in one of Colorado's enterprise mates sales will reach $230 million by June zones. 30, resulting in a net of $73.6 million. The Patrol and the Eagle and Montrose County HB 1046 exempts aircraft parts record $27 million Lotto jackpot on March sheriff's offices, the Liquor Enforcement from sales and use taxes, and defines 25 generated $38.6 million in sales. Division conducted its fast two alcohol- aircraftparts as "tangible personal prop- Proceeds will bedistributed as fol- related-incident "ARI" investigations in erty that is to be permanently affixed or lows: $5.6 million to state parks (Colorado Naturita and Gypsum. Both investigations attached as a component part of an Division of Parks andOutdoorRecreation); led to significant licensing action against aircraft." Unlike its companion bill, $22.2 million to local parks and recreation the licensees involved and "should help this exemption contains no sunset date. (through the Conservation Trust Fund); send the message that those who sell liquor to visibly intoxicated persons will be held o accountable for their actions," said Liquor Enforcement Division Director David Reitz. ? Pueblo County has repealed its 1.0 percent short term rental tax, effective March The division has just completed an 31, 1992. information booklet on liquor law enforce- ment designed for use by police officers. ? Please discard any supplies you may have of the Colorado Consumer's Use Tax The booklet will be used during liquor Return (DR 252) having a revision date earlier than 7/91. The older forms contain no rovision forremittin the 0.1 enforcement training sessions for law en- p g percent Meu.,t,~litan Baseball Stadium District tax, and should not be used. forcement agencies. City & County Connections is published quarterly ? May 15 is the deadline for cities and counties to officially notify the Department and mated ro city and county governmental officials. of Revenue of any local tax changes that are effective July 1. These tax changes Questions and comments are are published in two bi-annual Taxpayer Service Division publications,, "Colo- ro ~ome and should be sent City & County Connections, rado Sales/Use Tax Rates" (DRP 1002), and Tax Update, a newsletter distributed Colorado Department of ~ Revenue, Room 220, 1375 [o vendors. Snerman St., Denver, CO. 80261. ~ souk 8s AU~~u ~ ro,aA~, ~rU 63a~-~ ~~v~~ ~A~ - ~ ~~92 ~~c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r~ US - ~ - ;:3~.~2 ~ _ C e Y! 4.. • Iowa of pail Personal Memo from ~ Pam Brandmeyer , 5/1 dd: Mimi is sending over the actual xerox copy - which will be easier to read than this fax. When you receive it, please copy Council, highlighting Ron's remarks. Thanks! pab . , , , • N1AY-01-' 92 FR I 13:42 I D : VR I L PUBLIC LIBRARY TEL N0:303-479-2192 #643 P02 • d • • `aril i 03'91 ~XT jr3~~TJ+e'3~ l.: 7I'*f.'e^ ...11! , ormuluaaulw~<avnovsoauaa .:.,...31Ys~k;.-:.~:.-. '~:=+:ar;e.~w~~W.eW+ee.M~«,:,..- • ~ . • • ~ ~ ••Rob Reutemar~, City Editor; Burt Hubbard. Suburban Editor ~ i39Z•5881 , - ~ _ ` 11~ ~ 1~"~ ~ ~~111I°: •tC. X11 • . . ~ ~ ~ . ~I>Ilt~[ P~I~S . t< r ~ ~ rare aghasCai th`e ides of nci~ea6ing . levy would state n the oaiea taY, one of their key y r r ' n~"», ~:i~i~, ~ s,l<. ~1' ~ ~ ~ I'eventlE BO11rOP.$. • Rt 1~.~~' W1n~A1ff1St4 ~ , ~ •'It`a-v -dltYicult for us;' aatd . s ~ri. erir . • ` y ' 'i, .Varl-cieq-manager-Ron-Phiibpa, • .17~V4 SUCl1~1 t3l~ • ; ' y"'~~„~ ~ : whose cotlimunitq's sales tsri• I~ ~ .fir ~ v~'.~'rc~fa~ax: vrould jturtp to 996. It has implira- • By ]opn 158n1ro ~ :.'~Mreda 8.8K raderai H~Ights 7.8% • ,lions that are hard to measure huY"~ NerdsCapdd Bu.aaa : ~ which we feel are_very_reat _f { ..Autare Q~96 Glendale !9.396 resistance-af-a ' •Salsa tax ~l~ in sums of Colo- -rs: A • ••IQ c1'~~sti y~`,°,'•;~sjisSaf..art 6"f:7t' '~'~St-1$-t~- f ' 'reads motultain towns are some of ....j..•~,..~N.f.~~~r{t~~'~`'•~~859f~ • unction ~~~~8.'r 3% $ue~_ta_caane to Colorado tp $ki, E ' - . ~ ~ . _ , . r-to-f~~, to go river lofting; horse- the highest ta•the toughy anal ~ , rx irse a~ , r ' would ear higher under Gov. Roy ,N'M: ~i;:a;:s^~~~;E~s3~~~r"r~.~~~:xz~3:..... ~..'f..'•. _back,ridin ,_whatevtr~_Wlmt:is the ` RamPS's plan t0 ~10n Cb' ~ 9 7.x911; ~~takewood T.8% : toleeayace ~avel when it gets _too • AT.CA1Ptim1. raise taxes for ~~~Dl~~~.~~t`~~~....~~~~'.~`s.~f~~ highp--Is°thie°goin`g~to-have~a-'Wage=•T • - ~ tL , ! s BChOQ1s.. ~ • Colorado springs T °~9G Longmont 73S9G tive_effect on:the:guest.population' ' ~nemrrtntlve Tourists at ~ ~~#i~xk,3~z~~~ •,:~:~ltl~'~~~ ~ -"..,,g to_Colorada=to-ergot'-tl~ ' Darner 8.3% ~ • ~ pueblo 8.6% • ` ' ure here.' s~ • OKtvrightto- Winter Park ~r ~ eaEhat teY<Ss cseosUa2 neat season •_~b:~3~.~~~~;~r'da:;~:`.•..'~..?g:~~;~'~:.... orado Le a • would more E~evrater 8.996 ftt. ~ Wh9atRldge 7.8% { ~ of Municipal agu ~ Grottvows PIIY hush t taken an af5cial position on rmz'~iii. $ i0 r'•i`~ti~us`"~.uis:r: . ~ ' • h l9Baa® than Si m tae. ~u ~~.?~1,,~~~"~ ~:~~~~~„:~~~s~ x i0..;~»~• the'tax yet. but tts leaders don t IIInQ for each $30 ! w:'. like the idea. They coy Renner . ~ • au??s/i3 purchases [f the ~ Salsa ter >norova iar Dem?er tttax incx+esse is ~ r ~ ~1 ~ shod have gone to an income tag . • E~ g°`•~IIOr s p~ S#ate Clty RfD BasebBH Cultural TObp# to help sclYOOis; Rorner has said he to inaeaae the state BalCa tax from ' 3% to 446 is approved by velars In !R 40 ~•s~ m•~G 0•~p p.i¢ • 8.3C F Preferred an urcome tax, but a. .x Z. state aal~ntsYC strange .her, The ski ° had the et Dl ~ r -.r.-..i 11d6 C11C %~r - ' a'• ~,>1seranr,~KEn~', • •s~~,is> g~pp~t n~ VOte16. A/./ `77C..jj :y~.. ' axras~:..h~x(~i~'a C~~r.l ~a::y~ skate's hlgheat BaleB Ltli~ At 7rG7U. .ln~k'~~~y:~ ~5 . ^'.~•~:yd.Kix.MC<r<:.: i. ~:ri~i A ~ ~ Senate President Ted Serielo- ' ; Moan o[ that is local taxes... • • ~ . land, R-Westminster...,,r..y~ any • Some lower elevatiOD Wwns tllaa Utii counterparts around the "The average nationwide is new taxes for schails but also • ~ ~ aren't far behind Winter Park. . ' $487; 'said ]eoobs. "Vqe can't say eriticized Romer's choice of a • . Deavsr, whicli uses saleB tag fnr Alihougb Colorado's local Sales hb~v this would affect Colorado`s state 6aleB tag. • everything frront rlutuleg govern- taxes are among the nation'shigh- ranking •overall because other . "eVhat We aged • to be eoncen- meat's daily oper'ationa to mass eat, the current 346 state sales tax states are clrgnging, toe." ~ " tracing on is what the tax burden ie ' . n aa8it, buiidat~ a b88Cball atadhua t~anka with ~11'yomtag as the lowest. Romer's announ..:......._t Thurs- ' 04 our citizeas? uotwithstaading • ` a~ helg for the arts,'would see a But tvhett the local and state day of plans to bypass the legisla- the Dat1001'6 average or what the •~r ht'ke in'salea taxes firamrt 7.34b to taxes are combined, Colorado tare and take a $320 miil[na laic rest of the states dn,°' $trickiaad . 8.896. ranked 115th in the native is sales hie proposal straight to the peo- said, , ? ' • "In terms of Zhe sale9 tax geber- taxes at $505 per espita, accord- ph; in the Alovember general also- • "This would have a greater im- aii~, we have about '...aa,,;..,.' out on ulg to the Colorado I'nblle ExpeAd~ lion wag having a ripple effoct• "paw 'upon the Iacal gavernmenta ti . d ut Colorado! said Sam Mamet, itare Counea. across the state Ftlday. If ap- becattee cue right nav6' are at the • • - asnoei&te erector of the Colorado Iiawaii was No. 18L $1.062 Der proved. the t;ix'would go into ef- tbreshhold for the limitation for ' ~ Municipal I.Cague. • • ~ manta, foDowed by the state of fact on Dec, 1. ' • Boma of those communities: ' . `.'DPb'ra one of the highest in the Waahingtan at $1,045, accerdirig Mu..:..:,...1-officials don't neces= 'Strickland said. "'You're threaten- • country. • Otu' pt?ea in Colorado • to CPEC research di...,.:..r Jhq saaily otsjeet_to_the-schools=need : m~ their ebr7ities to raise funds 4or • • •reiy taore heavt7p ou the•sales tax jaca6s. ~ ~foradditioual money. Wt genera tbetnselve9 . • ~ . tough •'~ra~~i~ • • - • ~ discrin~~~at~ ~ ~ uR.. . . - . t. ~9ygur:Ltndagy~..• • Gorky Moriataln New Staif w.itc_r _ . • A federal wJrtd~t: Friday called 4 , X c ; T~ FINANCE. mainstayofsecurities firms' income. In the profits. At the big firms the bosses did even Good times on the Street first quarter of 1992 such profits were up by better. Merrill's chairman, William New York securities firms: a fifth on the $43 billion made in the first Schreyer, made $5.8m, plus share options " quarter of 1991. currently worth around $ilm. A dozen . n If the stockmarket holds up, interest Merrill executives made around $Sm each, rates stay low and management keeps a including options. tight grip on pay and other costs-all of At Morgan Stanley, often a benchmark which are brave assumptions-the full year for Wall Street pay, the three top men, in- could makeeven 1991's Wall Street bonanza chiding the chairman, Richard Fisher, each .y ~ look like small beer. Larry Eckenfelder, an received cash pay of $53m !n 1991, more analyst at Prudential Securities, reckons than twice their 1490 pay. The chairman of p,..r„Ip~ ~ that though underwriting and trading reve- Bear Stearns, Alan Greenberg, took a 26% Hues will probably slow from the year's hec- rise to $53m. PaineWebber's chairman, tic early pace, they will still end up above Donald Marron, made $3.6m in cash (up o last year's level. Commission ,income from $950,000 in 1990) plus deferred stock ~ ~ should rise by l0% too. Profits are likely to go currently worth $3.bm. Howard Clark, f ,9so 9, up to match. chairman of Shearson Lehman, got S2.8m, I fa,,,~:., That will be enough to make for big pay doible his 1990 pay packet. And Frank cheques at the year's end. Pay for profes- 7arb, chairman of Smith Barney, made was issued in the first quarter. That followed sionals in the trenches-traders and sales- S23m, a 44% increase. If people on these in- 5496billion last year, which was in turn up men-rose by a fifth last year. That was not comes find restaurant tables hard to get, 90%on 1990. New equity issues reached $56 out of line in an industry that made record they can simply buy the restaurant. billion in 1991, triple 1990's level; a further E21 billion has already been issued this year. Most of the money has been raised in the Credit Lyonnais public markets through stock issues or junk bonds. Private placements have actually Slipping o n banana skin s shrunk. Having reaped their profits from the 19805' debt boom, securities firths are now fAR15 making hay from its refinancing. Under- Oct April 9th Jean-Yves Haberer, the boss of Credit Lyonnais, will announce the writing fees last year reached $4.7 billion. A bank's 1991 results.'Ilieywill be awfiil further $1.8 billion was earned in the first quarter of 1992 alone, according to tnn In- C~ DVENTURE is the life of corn- Patin, Credit Lyonnais's arch-rival, an- formation Services. Underwriting accounts L'~ merce, but caution, I had almost nounced on March 25th that its 1991 net for 10% of the industry's overall revenues, said timidity, is the life of banking", wrote profit (also excluding minority interests) but the proportion is closer to a third at the Walter Bagehot. Try telling that to Jean Yves had jumped 81% to FFr2.9 billion, even biggest firms. And firms have been charging Haberer, chief executive of Europe's most though ids provisions against had debts had more for their work. Average fees on debt is- hyperactive bank, Credit Lyonnais. Since risen by 14%. sues edged up in the first quarter to 0.71% 1987 the French state-owned bank's assets Credit Lyonnais's provisions are likely from last year's 0.6296; fees for equity issues have almost doubled, reaching FFr1.6 tril- to rise by much more becatue it has a rose from 4.98% to 5.07%. lion ($260 billion) at the end of June 1991. worryingly large number ofdud loans on its Among the top five underwriters- Next week's results will show that Mr books. They start with its unwise lending to Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Halxrer's lending spree has cost it dear. the collapsed Maxwell empire. Though it Stanley, First Boston and Lehman Brothers, There were already signs last summer tried to reduce its :.,Y,,,ure to Maxwell, which between them account for two-thirds that the bank was stumbling. Its net profit which totalled over FFr2 billion in 1987, of new issues-fees are below average. That for the first half of 1991 fell 11% reflects the market's competitiveness. This to FFr1.6 billion, partly thanks plain-vanilla business is now a commodity to losses on foreign~acchange ~ ~ that is sold on price. Even so, all five dou- dealings at Altus Finance, a bled their underwriting income in the first free-wheeling subsidiary. Even ~ ` ~ quarter compared with a year ago. That was before those half-year results f ~ more than enough to offset lousy mergers were announced, Moody's, a ' 3 ~ { J and acquisition (HrafA) business, which fell credit-rating agency, had ' in 1991 for the third year running, in the first downgraded $6.9 billion of the ~ ~ ~ j ~'ZI`?~ . ~.,~,,y ~ quarter nRetn volume was down 35% on a bank's long-term debt, citing . year earlier. its a,r~~ure to risky ~ r Stockmarket trading has slowed only businesses. ~ ~ . c>~ slightly from last year's fiantic pace. Because Analysts expect the second I small investors are in the equity and bond half of 1991 to have been . t y ; ' markets in force, firms with big retail busi- equally unrewarding. Alan i " ' Hennes (like Merrill Lynch and Shearson Broughton of S.G. Warburg es- Lehman) have been doing especially well. timates that the bank's net ~ f The best guesses ofindustry analysts are that profit for 1991 excluding mi- O ~ ,t retail-broking commissions were up 20% in noriry interests will be FFr33 , 'a~ . ~ , A . ' the first quarter on levels a year earlier. Bub- billion, down from FFr3.7 bil- ' ~ .f l~~\~ Ming markets have also created good oppor- lion in 1990. Gapingly for Mr ~ ~ - tunities for the trading profits that are now a Haberer, Banque Nationale de tHt ICONOYIfT A/til ~7N 1997 FINANCE Credit Lyonnais was still owed some FFrl.l cianswhen asked,havewon Mr Habererthe still mattered. Instead, the banks have in- billion by the group when Robert Maxwell support of Pierre Beregovoy, France's new creased theirforeign-currency reserves. died. FFr188m of this was owed by Max- prime minister. That should help him get Admittedly, recent net sales by central well's private firms and is partly secured; reappointed co the top job at Credit Lyon- banks have been negligible-only 300 the rest was owed by publicly-quoted Max- naffs when his current term finishes in June, tonnes since 1980, much less than in the well companies. even though the bank's results have been 197os, when high prices were tempting Then there is the bank's exposure to lousy. Mr Haberer is apparently keen to many to sell. But according to Andy Smith, Olympia 8i York, the world's biggest prop- stay. His critics, who think his obsession, ofthe London office of Union BankofSwit- erty developer. oar's shaky foundations with size is dangerous, fear that he will be zerland, a new breed of central banker is no have obliged it to seek a debt rescheduling. allowed to do just that. longer content simply to stack gold up in Its debts to Credit Lyonnais are estimated at . vaults where it earns nothing. If the reserves C$350m ($30om), which probably makes of the eight largest holders (more than 85% the bank the developer's second~iggest Eu- Central-bank gold of officially declared central~ank gold) ropean creditor afrer Barclays. oar's assets could be magically transformed into gov- . are much safer than Maxwell's-buildings M e I t i n g away emment bonds at today's prices, theywould cannot be spirited away-Though the bank yield $21 billion a year. Switzerland's re- will probably have to set money aside in serves would yield more than $550 per citi- case the loans turn sour. jHAT will central banks do with their zen every year. As it is, most reserves just The most painful of the bank's head- V r gold? As the mining boom of the gleam away, earning no interest. aches is MGM, a struggling Hollywood film 198os fades, their plans for their huge re- There are hints that central banks may studio. In 1990 Credit Lyonnais's Dutch serves will have a crucial effect on supply. accelerate their gold sales over the coming subsidiary lent Giancarlo Parretti, an Ital-' Market rumours suggest that sales byan East decade. One is that fewer banks now value ian businessman, over $i billion to buy European central bank may have been be- gold at $42 an ounce, its value under the old MGM. When Mr Parretti turned out to be a hind gold's fall to a six-year low of $336 per international monetary system. This prac- lousymedia mogul, the bank ousted him as troy ounce inmid-March, from which it has lice insulated central banks' accounts from MGM'S chief executive, afrer a protracted le- since rebounded a little to $342. If central the falling gold price of the 1980s. Pricing gal wrangle in America. Mr Parretti refuses bankers were to start selling in earnest, that gold reserves at market values-as two- to go quietly, but the bank says he is no price might seem generous. thirds of central banks reporting to the tMF longer a problem. MGM is, however. .The central banks that reveal their hold- now do, compared with half in 1980-draws Though Credit Lyonnais has installed new ings have 35,500 tonnes ofgold-equivalent attention to gold's performance as an in- management, it could take years to repair to 15 years' output from today's mines. That vestment. During the 1980s some 3,000 the damage wrought during Mr Parretti's omits holdings of "non-monetary" gold tonnes of official gold have been marked to beef rragn. This too must be reflected in the (metal used by national investment offices market prices. Even America, by far the bank's accounts. and mints) and the gold reserves of coon- worid's largest holder, has toyed with There has also been plenty of bad news tries such as Iran, which do not report what switching to market values. at home. Credit Lyonnais is heavily ~.,r..~ed they own. According to Jeffrey Christian, an That makes it less surprising that gold is to vEV, an embattled French textiles group. analyst with cPM Group, these add at least leaking out of central-bank vaults, usually And it has lent to Hachette, a communica- another.3,000 tonnes. in ways contrived not to alarm the marlcet- tions company, which admitted on March If gold were still useful to central banks, but which affect it nonetheless. Mr Smith 30th that it had sunk FFr3.5 billion into La such large numbers would be no cause for points to three tricks that foreshadow out- Cinq, a loss-making television station. alarm. But currencies have not been backed right sales. First is the fashion for gold loans Hachette now wants help from its bankers. by.gold for two decades. That makes central- at rates of interest as low as OS96. Up to 800 Credit Lyonnais is also saddled with ill- bank gold the spent fuel ofan obsolete moo- tonnes ofofficial gold is currently on loan to fated investments in French airline and etary system; the main reason for owning commercial banks and producers. Gold computer companies. the stuff is merely that it is there in the loans have perpetuated the mining boom To ~ fair, Mr Haberer and his men have vaults. As the chart implies, central banks by allowing turners to sell for high prices had some successes too. Consider Clinvest, have been neglecting their gold holdings. gold that is still in the ground. the bank's industrial-im~..~~..ent ann, Theydid not take advantage ofthe fall in the The next trick, call options on official which has already unveiled its 1991 results. gold price during the 1980s to increase their gold, is a step nearer outright sales, because It made a profit of FFr573m on its share reserves-as they might have done if gold there is a chance that the option-holder will portfolio, which was worth FFr21 billion at ~ _ exercise his right to buy at the pre-fixed the end of December. Altus also made a . price, and thus take delivery of the bank's metal. Third comes sales under another la- profitforthe year as a whole, to make up for Central~ank reserves " its foreign-exchange-induced losses of ' ~ ~j, , _ ~r bel-the minting of gold coins from official FFr205m in the first half. `ieotett~~ reserves. Belgium began issuing gold ecu Credit Lyonnais has also dealt with its ~ coins in 1987, three years before selling 127 ~,t,.Nare to the former Soviet Union by s~ 'x,~~ tonnes of gold to. Spain's central bank. p securitising a chunk of its Soviet loans. And ~ ~ s~~~ There have been rumours that Germany the bank has raised FFr3 billion~lvorth of " ~r~, may mint a gold coin to commemorate new equity capita] as part of a deal with the a~ , _ f (read: help to finance) unification. government to buy a fifth of Usinor Sacilor, ' - Central~ank conservatism means that a French state-owned steel company. This - there will be no rush to sell gold. And gold should help it continue its breakneck ex- ~ still has one remaining amaction, as a safe pansionacrossEurope,wherethebanknaw :,;~z;t: haven in the direst imaginable circum- has 3,400 branches. stances. But on the basis of the holdings Such efforts to turn CreditLyonnais into , amassed from scratch by newly rich Asian a German-style universal bank, together ~`'~0 87 ez es.<~'=°6 ~ °9 ~ countries, that would point to keeping 5- with a willingness to do favours for politi- - _ l0% of reserves in gold, not the 30% of the M • TH! lCOHOMIST At0.1L NTH 1991 7, VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REtaULAi~ EVENfNG NIEETING• TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1992 7:30 P.INI. EXPANDED AGENDA 1 7:30 P.M. 1. Ten Year Employee Recognition. Ron Phillips Joe Russell, Police Department. Janeil Turnbull, Community Development Department. 7:45 P.M. 2. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. 7:50 P.M. 3. Consent Agenda: Approval of minutes of April 7, 1992, and April 21, 1992, evening meeting minutes. 8:00 P.M. 4. Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1992, first reading, an ordinance Steve Barwick repealing and reenacting Chapter 5.08 Business and Occupation Tax Ron Phillips -Ski Lifts, of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail. Action Requested of Council: Approve/denyJmodify the ordinance. Backaround Rationale: This tax imposes a 4% tax on the sale of lift tickets by any ski area within the Town. Staff Recommendation: Approve Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1992, on first reading. 8:20 P.M. 5. Review of Town of Vail Agreement for Fire Prevention Services Dick Duran between the Town of Vail and Vail Associates, Inc. Action Reauested of Council: Review agreement. Backaround Rationale: Vail Associates has approached the Fire Department to conduct fire safety inspections on property out of Town limits. Staff Recommendation: Approve the agreement. 8:25 P. M. 6. Discussion re: Proposed Forest Service policies for the Eagles Nest Andy Knudtsen Wilderness Area. Action Reauested of Council: Provide responses to enclosed Forest Service questionnaire. Backaround Rationale: The Holy Cross and Dillon Forest Service Ranger Districts are developing new policies for the management of the Eagles • Nest Wilderness Area. They have sent a list of questions regarding the wilderness area to the Town. The PEC discussed them on April 27. The questions and a letter outlining the PEC comments are attached for Council's information. Staff will summarize the Council comments discussed on May 5; and forward them to the Forest Service. 8:40 P.M. 7. Adjournment. C:WGENDA.TCE 1 ~ r ' ~ 11~ r x c : Tcp~~{ y 4 r, J • PuQ Ll(i PETITION RECEIVED MAC - 5 999 TO VAIL TOWN COUNCIL We the undersigned being property owners and/or residents of the portion of the Town of Vail known as West Vail, North of Interestate 70, including but not limited to, "Vail Das Schone" and "Vail Ridge Subdivisions"; We are concerned with recent proposals before the Town Council specifically regarding the rezoning of Lots 1,.2,3,4 of Vail Das Schone, Filing #2,Block H to permit construction and development of high density employee housing. We oppose the rezoning of this property as it would be inappropriate and out of character with existing uses within the neighborhood. It is our desire that the property be used for purposes of park recreation or open space used consistent with the character of the neighborhood. Name Signature Address Phone# Reg'd Prop. Voter Owner L y, ~ ~c~l ..I f C K l'~d.! 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Voter Owner 1'.1 zilia, (,crlis,~ ZG CZ~os~ ~r ~-?b -~4b~ S( _AY r-57I0 f7&-1 ~(7~ X 855 K :Z5 6 6 c a.q- k, ~-74_y X X I >^0 i4- V hereby certify that I circulated this Petition and al I 'signature and other information is true and accurate to the best of my infor tion and knowle ge. Si ana e at PETITION TO PAIL TOWN COUNCIL - We the undersigned being property owners and/or residents of the portion of the Town of Vail known as West Vail, North of Interestate 70, including but not limited to, "Uail Das Schone" and "Vail Ridge Subdivisions"; We are concerned with recent proposals before the Town Council specifically regarding the rezoning of Lots 1,2,3,4 of Uail Das Schone, Filing #2,Block H to permit construction and development of high density employee housing. We oppose the rezoning of this property as it would be inappropriate and out of character with existing uses within the neighborhood. 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I~ I 2 3 4 ~4 I~ 6 2614 8 59~ t \ 2218 ' ~ F 2214 V ~m O ~j HIGHLAND PARx 2216 ~ = 1 t7 p y (1\ TOrVNHt~MES t 2824 2801 12 13 V ~ Z to 273s I ~ 4 . TR,4CT ^ V 'MINUTES VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 7, 1992 7:30 P.M. A regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Tuesday, April 7,1992, at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building. MEMBERS PRESENT: Peggy Osterfoss, Mayor Jim Gibson Jim Shearer Tom Steinberg Rob Levine Bob Buckley MEMBERS ABSENT: Merv Lapin, Mayor Pro-Tem TOWN OFFICIALS PRESENT: Ron Phillips, Town Manager Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney Pam Brandmeyer, Assistant to the Town Manager Martha Raecker, Town Clerk The first item on the agenda was a TOV Ten Year Employee Recognition. Pam Brandmeyer introduced Kevin Whelan, Fire Technician for the Town of Vail Fire Department. Ron Phillips and Dick Duran congratulated Kevin, and thanked him for his years of dedicated service. Second on the agenda was Citizen Participation. President and resident of The Falls at Vail, Bob Baker, inquired about issues he had discussed with Council at the December 11,1991, evening meeting. He felt the issues he raised at that time, including concerns about road maintenance, landscaping, drainage problems, and the desire for a covered bus stop at the I-70180 East Vait exit had not been addressed. He asked when these projects would be completed. Ron Phillips advised these undertakings were scheduled for completion during Spring, 1992. Bob added there had also been no improvement regarding traffic speed and noise in the area. Tom Steinberg noted the Town had been working with the Highway Department on those issues, and suggested Bob communicate with the State as well. The issue of a road, which was determined to be a private road in the East Vail area, currently not maintained by TOV, was discussed. Tom suggested if the road was brought up to Town Code, Bob's group could apply to have the road become part of the Town's road system. Bob added he felt the 65 mph speed limit at Dowd Junction should be lowered to 45 mph. He felt it was too difficult to decrease driving speed on I-70 from 65 mph to 35 mph on North Frontage Road to reach the Post Office. Ron noted the Highway Department controlled both Frontage Roads, and speed limits there were set by them, not the Town. He suggested Sob also discuss this with the Highway Department. In conclusion, Bob asked that consideration be given to opening an East Vail Post Office Branch, and stated he wanted a new cable system, or that Heritage Cablevision have competition. Item No. 3 was a Consent Agenda consisting of two items: A. Approval of Minutes of March 3, 1992, and March 17, 1992 evening meeting minutes. B. Ordinance No. 4, Series of 1992, second reading, an amendment to Chapter 18.34 of the Vail Municipal Code adding construction staging sites as a conditional use in the Parking Zone District. (Applicant: Johannes Faessler~ Mayor Osterfoss read the titles in full. Tom Steinberg moved to approve both items on the Consent Agenda, with a second from Jim Gibson. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Item No. 4 was Ordinance No. 5, Series of 1992, first reading, an ordinance amending Title 9, Section 5 of the Vail Municipal Code by the addition of Chapter 9.54 - Restrictions on the Possession of Glass Containers. Mayor Osterfoss read the title in full. Larry Eskwith explained the Vail Recreation District's safety and litter concerns about glassware in public parks and athletic fields. He also noted this ordinance would still allow glass containers and bottles on the premises of any liquor licensed establishment and on the premises of any event which had obtained a special events liquor license. Jim Gibson moved to approve Ordinance No. 5, Series of 1992, on first reading, with a second from Bob Buckley. A vote was taken and the .motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Item No. 5 was Ordinance No. 7, Series of 1992, first reading, an ordinance adopting the Town of Vail Art in Public Places program policies and guidelines; establishing a board for the process of reviewing proposed public artwork for the Town of Vail; and setting forth details in regard thereto. Mayor Osterfoss read the title in full. Jim Gibson moved to approve Ordinance No. 7, Series of 1992, on first reading, with a second from Tom Steinberg. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Item No. 6 was Ordinance No. 8, Series of 1992, an ordinance providing for the establishment of Special Development District No. 28, Christiania at Vail; adopting a development plan for Special Development District No. 28 in accordance 1 d, with Chapter 18.40 of the Vail Municipal Code and setting forth details in regard thereto. Mayor Osterfoss read the title in full. There had been a site visit during the afternoon work session. Mike Mollica reviewed the description of the request and explained the zoning considerations, as detailed in the Community Development Department's memorandum to the Planning and Environmental Commission dated March 23, 1992. (Jay Peterson requested the memorandum be made part of the official record of this ordinance, and a copy is attached herewith.) Mike referred to the site plan illustrations he had displayed to indicate this SDD's departures from the underlying Public Accommodation zone district. He discussed the .nine SDD development standards set forth in the SDD chapter of the Zoning Code. There was general discussion about parking and loading. Mike said staff felt the Christiania redevelopment metthe criteriaforthe establishment of an SDD, and staff recommended approval of the request, noting the applicant had incorporated the five elements listed on page 12 of the March 23, 1992, memorandum into their proposed development plan. Jim Gibson asked if the SDD process was appropriate for this proposal, and Larry Eskwith advised it was. Rob Levine asked for examples of other SDDs which had dealt with redevelopment, rather than new development, through the SDD process. The Marriott, Evergreen (Doubletree), and Vail National Bank were cited as examples. Tom Steinberg inquired about options available to the applicant, and Mike advised the applicant could have chosen to conform to underlying zoning, apply for variances from the development standards, or apply for the SDD. Discussion followed about the flexibility SDDs gave the Town. Tom, as an example of the expressed flexibility, asked if the garbage bin area could be upgraded as part of this SDD, and was told it could. Mike said it was staff's opinion the proposed redevelopment met the goals and objectives of the Vail Village Master Plan which emphasized the upgrading of lodges, the improvement of the pedestrian experience, and the enhancement of open space. Applicant Paul Johnston spoke about the design concepts they reviewed while preparing this SDD request, including parking issues. He referred to the 1968 agreement regarding parking, and spoke of Vail's aging guest population and landscaping issues. Jim Lamont, representing the East Village Homeowners Association, Inc. (EVHA), said he had no objections to the plan as approved in 1991, but was concerned with a number of issues with respect to the establishment of SDD No. 28. Mark Mathews, representing the Mill Creek Court Building Homeowners Association concurred. Mr. Lamont referred to his letter to the PEC dated March 9, 1992, on behalf of the EVHA, which detailed their reasons for feeling there was insufficient justification for the establishment of a SDD at the Christiania at Vail. He also referred to a letter to the Mayor and Town Council dated April 6,1992, from Robert Galvin. That letter, also written on behalf of the EVHA, expressed their view, that the Christiania proposal was an inappropriate application of the SDD provision. Further, the EVHA was concerned if this SDD was approved there would be a precedent set that would confuse the purpose of the SDD provision. Mr. Lamont added the Board of Directors of the EVHA felt the Special Development District criteria needed to be redefined/clarified/modified regarding new development/redevelopment applications. Peggy Osterfoss noted the SDD process had been thoroughly reviewed. Larry added the applicant had applied under the ordinance currently in effect, and reminded Council their decision must be based on the existing criteria therein. Discussion followed regarding setbacks, common areas, the streetscape issue, the proposed parking issue, and a suggested public improvement program in the neighborhood. George Knox, Vail Rowhouse resident, spoke in support of the proposed ordinance. Jay Peterson noted the Tivoli Lodge was also in favor. Tom asked about wrapping up the P3 parking issue with Vail Associates. He said the Christiania should defer starting construction on the P3 parking lot until such time as VA and the Town agreed on ownership. Pat Graham asked that Bill Morton's letter dated April 3,1992, be addressed, particularly regarding setbacks. Jim Gibson moved to approve Ordinance No. 8, Series of 1992, on first reading, based on compliance with the criteria for Special Development Districts. Bob Buckley seconded the motion. Before a vote was taken, there was a brief discussion about dumpsters, walking paths, and additional landscaping. A vote was then taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Item No. 7 was Resolution No. 9, Series of 1992, a resolution approving the Vail Transportation Master Plan for the Town of Vail; and setting forth details in regard thereto. Mayor Osterfoss read the title in full. Jim Gibson moved to approve Resolution No. 9, Series of 1992, with a second from Jim Shearer. Before a vote was taken, Jim Lamont advised Bob Galvin had called to inquire about building an alley way along Mill Creek. Mr. Lamont asked whether passage of this resolution was for the adoption of the full Vail Transportation Master Plan previously reviewed by Council, or a short term recommendation plan. He was advised passage of this resolution would approve the full plan with changes as submitted after previous Council review. A vote was then taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Item No. 8 was the appointment of an Art in Public Places Board member. Jim Gibson moved to appoint Kenneth M. Robins to the Art in Public Places Board, with a second from Jim Shearer. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. There being no further business, a motion to adjourn the meeting was made and passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor ATTEST: Martha S. Raecker, Town Clerk Minutes taken by Donanne S. Deto C:UNINSAPR7.92 2 y f ~ y MINUTES VA1L TOWN COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 21, 1992 7:30 P.M. A regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Tuesday, April 21, 1992, at 7:30 P.M., in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building. MEMBERS PRESENT: Peggy Osterfoss, Mayor Merv Lapin, Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Gibson Jim Shearer Tom Steinberg Rob Levine MEMBERS ABSENT: Bob Buckley TOWN OFFICIALS PRESENT: Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney Pam Brandmeyer, Assistant to the Town Manager Martha Raecker, Town Clerk The first item on the agenda was Citizen Participation. Tom Fitch, representing the Eagle Valley Humane Society, gave a brief update on the trapping and leghold setback issue activity at the Colorado Division of Wildl'rfe (CDOW). He advised CDOW was considering 15-30' setbacks, as opposed to the minimum 50' setback footage temporarily in place and supported by TOV. Further, he added CDOW was not clear as to whether they wanted to enact a statewide rule regulating the setback footage, or have individual communities approach them with custom-tailored setback requirements. Mr. Fitch asked Council to write to CDOW again to reinforce TOV's desire to keep at least the 50' setback from trails for all leghold trapping in the Vail area. He also asked TOV to send a representative to CDOW's next meeting on May 14, 1992, in Durango. The final regulation will be read and enacted in Ft. Collins in July,1992. Peggy Osterfoss indicated there was Council consensus regarding the Humane Society's requests. She thanked Tom for the update, and for the time and effort he had invested. Second on the agenda was a presentation of grants from the Colorado State Forest Service to TOV. Todd Oppenheimer introduced John Laut, local representative to the State Forester. Mr. Laut first presented a check for $1,000 for the Trees for Vail Project in response to a grant request prepared by Todd. Mr. Laut indicated those funds came from the general fund appropriation of the State Legislature. Mr. Laut next presented an additional $500 from the Colorado State Forest Service in conjunction with the Colorado Parks and Recreation Association Foundation, the delivery agents in the State of Colorado for the Global Relief Program, an international program of funding for tree planting programs. Finally, Mr. Laut noted Todd had proposed putting together a brochure to be distributed to the residents of Vail about how to plant and care for trees in this area, and had submitted a grant request for this project to the Colorado State Forest's Colorado Tree Coalition. In response to that grant request, Mr. Laut presented a third check in the amount of $1,096 from the America the Beautiful Program for the creation and distribution of the proposed planting brochure. Finally, Mr. Laut noted TOV met all criteria to qualify for national recognition as a Tree City, and encouraged TOV to submit an application by Fall'92 to become a Tree City. Peggy Osterfoss thanked Mr. Laut, Todd, and members of the community who had organized the Trees for Vail Program. Merv Lapin noted $20,000 had been collected for that program to date. The program was expected to culminate in a massive planting of 300-400 trees between Frontage Road and I-70 by a group of approximately 1,000 volunteers. The planting was scheduled to begin June 13, 1992. Item No. 3 was a presentation by TCI Cablevision, parent company of the local cable company, Heritage Cablevision. Stan McKinzie, General Manager of Heritage, thanked Council for the time to allow TCI's upper management to address concerns expressed to him. He said TCI wished to continue open lines of communication, and proceed with franchise renewal negotiations that would benefit TOV, its residents, and TCI. He introduced the TCI attendees: Scott Hiigle, TCI Central Division Office V.P., Jim Dagenhardt, Division Engineer, Earl Jones, Division Governmental Affairs Director, Dave Nashisaki, TCI State of Colorado Office Engineer, Mike Carrillo, Assistant State Manager, Juan Herrera, State Marketing Coordinator, and Brian Shirk, TCI Colorado State Manager. Mr. Shirk gave a brief slide presentation which included graphs showing Vail vs. Denver product and housing cost comparisons, and a graph of TCI's Basic Plus Expanded Basic Package rate comparison for a variety of other Colorado systems. Mr. Shirk proposed, in the near future, informal negotiations for a new franchise providing a long term commitment on both TCI's and TOV's part. TCI would commit to rebuilding the system in Vail with astate-of-the-art fiber optics systems to greatly enhance channel capacity, and provide the ability to offer pay-per-view on multiple channels. He believed fiber optics would allow them to tier their services. In the meantime, he said they were committed to continuing to reduce charges Heritage had been charging for additional outlets, totally eliminating the charges within 2-3 years maximum. At the conclusion of TCI's presentation, Mayor Osterfoss called for Council questions and comments. Tom Steinberg stated having so many representatives at this presentation sent a negative image of TCI to people who were already complaining about paying such high rates for service. He advised TCI not to present this type of image in the future, and suggested one representative would be sufficient. Merv Lapin asked a variety of technical and financial questions. Merv estimated 98% of TCI's revenue was from cable-related fees, of which TOV received a 5% franchise fee, and 1 he asked TCI if they would reduce their rates by that 5%° if TOV eliminated the 5% fee. They said they would. Mr. Hiigle said TCI did not have separate financial statements for Vail, but such a local report could be prepared, and Merv requested such report showing income and expenses be prepared and sent to Ron Phillips. Merv then estimated the total system revenue for the Vail area at approximately $4 million, 60% being from TOV alone. Merv commended TCI on their contributions to local organizations, but estimated less than 1% of their revenues were going to local non-profiit groups, and encouraged them to do more. Merv also asked if TCI was planning a "lifeline" service for the Vail area, a service wkh a greatly reduced rate available for subscribers who only wanted to receive ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, ESPN, or whatever could be included. TCI said they were open to that, and in fact, had recently negotiated a franchise in Sterling with such a service offering a twelve channel package with just the off-air broadcast signals at rate of $10.75. Jim Gibson expressed concern with the cost of what TCI was delivering to subscribers. He asked to see a simplified, direct cost breakdown of one home, detailing how a $3 product cost escalated to over $22 per month. Mr. Hiigle said that detail could. be provided. Peggy Osterfoss summarized by indicating TOV's basic concerns were improved quality of service and increased benefits to members of the community, including cost benefits. She felt a number of suggestions had been made by Council, and appreciated the fact TGI had attended to them, particularly the lifeline service and some modification of their tiering system so that it would be possible, perhaps at a subsidy level on their part, to have more popular stations in the basic expanded $23 service. She also appreciated their good faith gesture of offering to supply the specific financial information for the Vail area. Further, she requested a detailed timeline for rebuilding the system, but TCI said they wanted to discuss that as part of renegotiating the franchise. Item No. 4 was a presentation by Trout Unlimited. Bruce Keep advised the Eagle Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited had recently completed a survey regarding Gore Creek's stature as an angling and recreation resource. He summed up the survey results which indicated Gore Creek was on the decline, and detailed the major reasons for the decline emphasizing use of illegal tackle, lack of active patrolling and regulation enforcement at the site, and pollution from silver contamination. He noted Gore Creek, running from the influx of Red Sandstone Creek to the confluence of the Eagle River, received Gold Medal designation in 1978, and he was concerned with the steady decrease of the original qualifications which earned the creek that status. He said Trout Unlimited felt current trends needed to be addressed, and requested TOV's assistance with implementation of a long term public education, assessment, and maintenance program, as well as Vail police involvement in public relations and enforcement of regulations at Gore Creek. Peggy Osterfoss said she appreciated Mr. Keep's presentation, and suggested educational efforts be spearheaded by Trout Unlimited and encouraged self-policing by that group. She added Council would ask staff to meet with the group to help find agencies more appropriate than Vail police to assist with fishing violation enforcement. The Recreation District was mentioned as one such agency. Item No. 5 was a Consent Agenda consisting of three items: A. Ordinance No. 5, Series of 1992, second reading, an ordinance amending Title 9, Section 5 of the Vail Municipal Code by the Addition ofi Chapter 9.54 -Restrictions on the Possession of Glass Containers. B. Ordinance No. 7, Series 1992, second reading, an ordinance adopting the Town of Vail Art in Public Places program policies and guidelines; establishing a board for the process of reviewing proposed public artwork for the Town of Vail; and setting forth details in regard thereto. C. Ordinance No. 8, Series 1992, second reading, an ordinance providing for the establishment of Special Development District No. 28, Christiania at Vail; adopting a development plan for Special Development District No. 28 in accordance with Chapter 18.40 of the Vail Municipal Code and setting forth details in regard thereto. (Applicant: Paul Johnston) Mayor Osterfoss said there had been a number of requests for additional discussion of item C. Jim Gibson moved to approve Consent Agenda items A and B, and he read those titles in full. Tom Steinberg seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Discussion of item C followed. Mayor Osterfoss read the title in full. Kristan Pritz detailed additional information from the applicant regarding location of the trash dumpster. It was confirmed the change in location was made to decrease the impact on Hanson Ranch Road. Discussion about encroachments and view corridor impacts followed. Merv Lapin asked if any of the five staff recommendation on page 12 of the Community Development Department's March 23, 1992 memo had been unanswered. Kristan advised the issue of the curb and gutter had not yet been finalized, but the applicant had agreed to all of the recommendations and all five were covered in the ordinance. Brief discussion regarding the curb and gutter issue, paver edgers, and drainage specifics followed. Tom Steinberg asked if any progress had been made on any agreement about the parking issue. Applicant Paul Johnston said they had agreed to enter into a developer's improvement agreement whereby they would escrow monies for anything not completed by the time a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (T.C.O.) needed to be issued. Kristan added when the applicant wanted a T.C.O., the parking area and other site improvements would need to be finished off the way it was on the present approved plans or they would have to provide a letter of credit. A final Certificate of Occupancy would not be issued on the project until the work was finished. Kristan detailed parking requirements in response to additional questions Merv had about P3 and Lot J. Jim Lamont, representing the East Village Homeowners Association, said he was still concerned about the setbacks and, in his letter of April 21, 1992 to Town Council, requested the sections he indicated of TOV's Streetscape Master Plan as it affected the Christiania and P3 sites be taken into consideration. After brief discussion, Jim Gibson moved to approve Ordinance No. 8, Series of 1992, on second reading, with the 2 dumpster modification. Rob Levine seconded the motion. Before a vote was taken, Tom Steinberg indicated he felt there should be as much compliance as possible with the Streetscape Master Plan. George Knox expressed support for the project. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Item No. 6 was Resolution No. 8, Series of 1992, a resolution recognizing "June as Recycling Month." Jim Gibson moved to approve Resolution No. 8, Series of 1992, with a second from Tom Steinberg. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. Item No. 7 was an appeal of a Design Review Board (DRB) decision regarding exterior detailing of the George Caulkins, Jr. residence at 3010 Booth Creek Drive, Lot 4, Block 3, Vail Village 11th Filing. Werner and Gilda Kaplan were the appellants. Shelly Mello explained the chronology of the project starting with initial July 11, 1990, DRB approval of this residence which specified the shutters/doors were to be a wash/stain treatment versus opaque. There was no mention of the detailing being required to be solid in color. The DRB decision was appealed and on August 7, 1990, Council voted 4-3 to approve the residence with a number of conditions, including the shutters be done in a solid color. On April 1, 1992, the DRB unanimously approved a request by the owner to allow the exterior shutters/doors to remain as they currently exist with blue and white detailing. The applicant had, in fact, violated their approval and painted the details blue and white. The DRB found the scale of the building, the landscaping, and the exterior finishes were compatible with the neighborhood, but adjacent property owners, Werner and Gilda Kaplan were appealing that decision. Jim Morker of 2985 Booth Creek Drive specifically recalled Council's August 7,1990 approval stating the shutters were to be done in a solid color. Mr. Morter said his primary concern with this issue was the process, and he felt the owners should be required to abide by the original ruling made. Werner Kaplan showed Council recent photos of the shutters and distributed a petition signed by Mr. Morter, the Nystrom's, and the Liston's, neighborhood residents opposed to the blue and white striped shutters. Mr. Kaplan also reminded Council ofi their August 7, 1990 vote to approve the residence with the condition the shutters be done in a solid color, added no evidence of hardship existed at the Caulkin's residence, and encouraged Council to uphold the decision. Nancy Nystrom of 3070 Booth Creek Drive said she had gone to added expense and time building her home in order to abide by all rules she was required to follow, and had a problem now observing another resident just doing what they wanted. She felt consideration for one's neighbors was a key, as well as following the process of regulation. George Caulkins, spokesperson for George Caulkins, Jr., referred to the First Amendment of the Constitution, and spoke about artistic freedom. He indicated the shutters and doors were now painted in traditional Tyrolean style, and had been painted that way to preserve the architectural integrity of that style. He added he had offered to paint the shutters on the side facing the Kaplan residence solid, but Mr. Kaplan had refused that offer. Mr. Kaplan explained he refused the offer because he felt the original ruling should be enforced. After additional discussion, Jim Gibson moved to overturn the Design Review Board's decision of April 1, 1992. Merv Lapin seconded the motion. Before a vote was taken, Jim Shearer noted he appreciated Tyrolean architecture, but felt the rules needed to be followed by all. Mark Nachtigal, representing the applicant, said he told the contractor to paint the shutters after the DRB had approved the striping. He added that the painting had been the result of misunderstanding and had not been a deliberate action against the ruling. A vote was then taken, and the motion to overturn the DRB's decision passed, 4-2, Peggy Osterfoss and Tom Steinberg opposed. Item No. 8 was the reappointment of Mark Ristow to serve a five year term on the Town of Vail Housing Authority. Merv Lapin moved to reappointment Mark Ristow to serve a five year term on the Town of Vail Housing Authority, with a second from Jim Gibson. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 6-0. There being no further business, a motion to adjourn the meeting was made and passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor ATTEST: Martha S. Raecker, Town Clerk Minutes taken by Dorianne S. Deto C:IMINAPR21.92 3 i i . ~ TOWN OF VAIL ~h From the desk of... Ron Phillips s ~ ~'a- c~ ~ . - ~ ~9 alos 1,~.•-~ . ~ ~ ~ . ~ s. . r Cw~~ May 1, 1992 Dear Vail Town Council Members: Vail Associates, Inc. presently pays the Town of Vail a ski lift ticket tax equal to 2% of the annual gross receipts Vail Associates, Inc. receives from the sale of lift tickets. In addition, Vail Associates, Inc. makes a voluntary contribution to the Town of Vail equal to 2% of the gross receipts received by Vail Associates, Inc. from the sale of lift tickets. Historically, the tax and the voluntary contribution were established by Vail Associates, Inc. and the Town of Vail in order to help with the funding of the Town of Vail transportation system. It is my understanding that the Town intends to pass a ski lift ticket admissions tax which would impose a 4% tax on the sale of lift tickets by any ski company within the Town, and repeal the present 2% tax. This tax will be paid by the purchaser of the lift ticket and held in trust by the ski company for payment to the T„ W u. Vail Associates, Inc. still wishes to cooperate with the Town in the funding of the Town's transportation system and understands the necessity, given present circumstances, of the Town's imposition of this tax. Vail Associates, Inc., in the spirit of continued cooperation with the Town, has no objection to the passage of the ski area admissions tax by the Vail Town Council. Very truly yours, George Gillett Chairman of the Board and President Vail Associates, Inc. LECrR,r,~iv? ORDINANCE NO. 14 Series of 1992 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 5.08 BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAJ(- SICI LIFTS, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE. OF THE TOWN OF VAIL BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO: 1. Chapter 5.08 Business and Occupation -Ski Lifts of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows: Chapter 5.08 -Ski Area Lift Ticket Admissions Tax 5.08.010 Purpose and Legislative Intent A. The Town Council finds, determines, and declares that considering the nature of the business of operating ski lifts and ski tows and the relation of such business to the municipal welfare as well as the relation thereof to the expenditures required of the Town, and a proper, just, and equitable distribution of tax burdens within the Town, and all other matters proper to be considered in regard thereto, that the imposition of an admission tax on such places of business is reasonable, proper, and nondiscriminatory and that the amount of the tax imposed by this Chapter for exercising the taxable privilege of purchasing admission is reasonable, proper, uniform, and nondiscriminatory and necessary for a just and proper distribution of tax burdens within the Town. B. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent of the Town Council that, for the purposes of this Chapter, every person who purchases an admission to a ski lift or ski tow is exercising a taxable privilege. C. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent of the Town Council that on and after the effective date of this ordinance every person who pays to purchase a ski lift ticket to be admitted to a ski lift or ski tow shall pay, and every person whether owner, lessee, or operator who charges for the purchase of a ski lift ticket for the admission to a ski lift or ski tow shall collect the tax imposed by this Chapter. 5.08.020 Definitions A. Admission shall mean the right to an occupancy of a seat or position of a person, who, for a consideration, uses, possesses or has the right to use or possess an occupancy of a seat or position to any ski lift or ski tow operated in the Town. ' B. Purchase or sale shall mean contract for sale and include any transaction for the furnishing by any ski area to any person of the taxable privilege of admission to a ski lift or ski 1 tow. C. Purchaser shall mean any person to whom the taxable privilege of admission is, or has been, rendered. D. Tax shall mean either the tax payable by the purchaser or the aggregate amount of taxes due from a vendor. E. Taxpayer shall mean any person obligated to account to the Finance Director for taxes collected or to be collected, or from whom a tax is due, under the terms of this article. F. Vendor shall mean a person making a sale to a purchaser of the taxable privilege of admission. G. Lift ticket means any certificate, card, slip, token, badge, patch, or other signification that a fee has been paid entitling the holder of such signification or another to be admitted to ski lift or ski tow. H. Person means and includes a natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, any other legal or commercial entity, or a receiver, executor, trustee, conservator, or other representative appointed by any order of any court. I. Ski area means any place or business which operates ski lifts which are open to the public upon the purchase of a lift ticket. J. Ski lift means any gondola lift, poma lift, chair lift, t-bar tows, trams, or any other facility designed to be used or operated in connection with the transporting of an individual or individuals up or down a slope, hillside, or mountainside for the purposes of skiing, snowboarding, or sightseeing. K. Ski area operator means any person who owns, leases, or operates a ski area. L. Finance Director shall mean the Director of Finance of the Town of Vail. 5.08.030 A. On and after the effective date of this ordinance, there is levied and there shall be paid and collected, an excise tax by every person exercising the taxable privilege of this Chapter, for the exercise of such privilege. B. The amount of tax hereby levied is four percent (4%) on the price paid for each admission, and is in addition to all other taxes imposed by law. 5.08.040 It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person who pays to purchase an admission 2 in the Town of Vail to fail to pay, or for any vendor who sells admissions, to fail to collect the tax levied by this chapter. 5.08.040 Exempt Transactions A. Refunds In the event that a lift ticket fee is refunded for any reason, the admissions tax is no longer applicable and shall be refunded along with the admission price. B. The providing of admission, where no lift ticket price is charged or paid shall exempt said person from the payment of the admission tax; however, in the event that a reduced charge for admission is made, the tax imposed in this chapter is applicable to the amount of such charge. 5.08.050 Administration The Finance Director is hereby authorized to adopt such rules and regulations for the administration of this chapter as he or she deems necessary, and the payment of the taxes and of making and filing of statements or returns as prescribed in this chapter shall be done in the manner and on the forms prescribed by the Finance Director. 5.08.060 Licenses and Reporting Procedures A. The Finance Director may require any person to make such return, render such statement or keep and furnish such records as the Director of Finance may deem sufficient and reasonable to show whether or not such person is liable under this article for the payment or collection of the tax imposed herein. B. Every vendor must obtain, without charge, a license to collect the tax, and must report on forms prescribed by the Director of Finance for such taxes, and remit to the Town the collected taxes on or before the 20th day of the month for the preceding month or months. 5.08.070 Collection of Tax by Vendor; Liability A. Every vendor making a safe to a purchaser which is taxable under the provisions of this article is required at the time of making such sale to collect the tax imposed by this article from the purchaser. B. Whenever admissions are sold under an installment purchase-plan, or a purchase plan allowing deferred payment, the tax levied by this article shall be based on the total purchase price. C. The tax to be collected as provided herein shall be conspicuously, indelibly, and separately stated and charged from the sale price on the ticket or card evidencing the sale, and 3 shown separately from the sale price on any record made thereof at the time of the sale or at the time when evidence of the sale is first issued or employed by the vendor, provided, however, that when added, such tax shall constitute a part of such purchase price or charge and shall be a debt from the purchaser to the vendor until paid and shall be recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts. The tax shall be paid by the purchaser to the vendor, who, as trustee for and on account of the Town, shall be liable to the Town for the collection and return thereof. D. Every vendor shall add the tax imposed by this article to the purchase price, charge or other consideration paid for the taxable privilege of admission, provided, however, that the vendor shall be liable and responsible to the Town for the payment of an amount equivalent . to said tax on each such admission based on his gross taxable safes of lift tickets irrespective of the provision of Section 5.08.010. E. The vendor shall prepare and file returns showing taxes due hereunder in such manner and upon such forms as the Finance Director may prescribe, provided that returns must be filed and the tax paid on or before the fifteenth day of the month next following the month of sale, unless the Finance Director prescribes a different time. F. A credit will be allowed the vendor in the return of sales of admissions for admissions that have been surrendered by the purchaser, provided that the full sale price thereof and the full tax due and paid thereon have been refunded by the vendor to the purchaser. G. Taxes paid hereunder on admissions represented by accounts that are unsecured by conditional sales contracts or security agreements, that are found to be worthless, and that are actually and properly charged off as bad debts for the purpose of income-tax reporting under the laws of the United States, may be credited upon subsequent returns of the tax, but if any such accounts are thereafter collected by the vendor, a tax shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this article upon the amount so collected. 5.0$.0$0 Duty to Keep Books and Records It shall be the duty of every vendor to keep and preserve suitable records of all sales made by such vendor and such other books or accounts as may be necessary to determine the amount of the tax for the collection or payment of which such vendor is liable under this article. It shall be the duty of every such vendor to keep and preserve for a period of three (3) years following the due date of the return or the payment of the tax all such books, invoices, and other records necessary to determine the tax and the same shall be open for examination by the Finance Director. Upon demand by the Finance Director such vendor shall make the books, 4 invoices, accounts, or other records it maintains available at the office of the Finance Director or some other place designated by the Finance Director,. for examination, inspection, and audit by the Finance Director. The Finance Director, in the Finance Director's discretion may make, permit, or cause to be made, the examination, inspection or audit of books, invoices, accounts and other records so kept or maintained by such vendor. When such vendor shall have entered into a binding agreement with the Town to reimburse it for all costs and expenses incurred by the Town in order to have such examination, inspection or audit at a place other than the place designated by the Finance Director, then such examination, inspection or audit shall be made where such records are kept or maintained by the vendor or as otherwise designated in the agreement. 5.08.090 Trust Status of Tax in Possession of Vendors All sums of money paid by the purchaser to the vendor as taxes imposed by this article shall be and remain public money, the property of the Town, in the hands of such vendor, and the vendor shall hold the same in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Town until paid to the Finance Director as provided in this article, and for failure so to pay the Finance Director, such vendor shall be punished for a violation hereof. 5.08.100 Examination of Returns; Refunds, Credits and Deficiencies As soon as practicable after the return is filed under this article, the Finance Director shall examine it and: (1) If it then appears that the correct amount of tax to be remitted is greater or less than that shown in the return, the tax shall be recomputed; (2) If the amount paid exceeds that which is due, the excess shall be refunded or credited against any subsequent remittance from the same person; (3) If the amount paid is less than the amount due, the difference, together with interest thereon at the rate of one-half of one percent per month from the time the return was due, shall be paid by the taxpayer within thirty (30) days after written notice and demand to the taxpayer from the Finance Director, subject to the taxpayer's exercising within such thirty (30) day period the right to administrative and legal remedies available under Sections 5.08.140 and 5.08.190. 5.08.110 Interest on Late Payments, Penalty A. In any case in which a vendor fails to file a return or pay over the tax within the time required by this article, but without the intent to defraud, there shall be added as a penalty, 5 ten (10) percent of the total amount of the deficiency, but not less than ten dollars ($10.00}, and interest in such cases shall be collected at the rate of one (1) percent each month, or fraction thereof, on the amount due on the deficiency from the time the return was due to the date the tax is paid, which interest and addition shall become due and payable within twenty (20) days after the written notice and demand by the Finance Director, and such interest shall be assessed, collected, and paid in the same manner as the tax itself. B. Payments of part but less than all of a deficiency, including interest, or interest and penalty, shall be first applied to penalty, if any, secondly to accrued interest, and, lastly, to the tax itself. 5.08.120 Penalty for Deficiency Caused by Fraud If any part of the deficiency is due to fraud with the intent to evade the tax, then there shall be added fifty (50) percent of the total amount of the deficiency, and in such case the whole amount of the tax unpaid, including the addition, shall become due and payable thirty (30) days after written notice and demand by the Finance Director, subject to review as provided in Sections 5.08.140 and 5.08.190, and an additional one (1) percent per month on such amount shall be added from the date the return was due until paid. 5.08.130 Investigation of Vendor's Books For the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of a return, or for the purpose of determining the amount of tax due from any person, the Finance Director may issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces tecum, hold investigations and hearings concerning any matters covered by this article, and may examine any relevant books, papers, records or memoranda, of any such person and may require the attendance of such person, or any officer or employee of such person, or of any person having knowledge of such sales, and may take testimony and require proof for his information. The Finance Director shall have power to administer oaths to such persons. 5.08.140 Recovery of Taxes, Penalty, and Interest A. All sums of money paid by any person purchasing a lift ticket from any vendor shall be and remain public money, the property of the Town in the hands of such vendor, and he shall hold the same in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Town until paid to the Finance Director, and for failure to so pay to the Finance Director, such vendor shall be punished as provided herein. B. 1) If a vendor neglects or refuses to make a return in payment of the tax required by this chapter, the Finance Director shall estimate the amount of taxes due, based upon 6 such information as may be available, for the period or periods which the vendor is delinquent; and upon the basis of such estimated amount compute and assess in addition thereto a penalty equal to ten percent (10%) thereof, together with interest on such delinquent taxes at the rate of one percent (1%) per month from the date when due. 2) Promptly thereafter the Finance Director shall give to the delinquent vendor notice of such estimated taxes, penalty, and interest. 3) Such estimates shall thereupon become an assessment, and such assessment shall be final and due and payable from the vendor to the Town thirty (30) days from the date of the mailing of the notice by first class mail directed to the last known address of such person on file with the Finance Department. Within thirty (30) days after the notice of deficiency is mailed, the vendor may petition the Finance Director for a hearing on a revision or modification of such assessment. The filing of a petition shall not toll the accrual of interest on the amount of taxes due. 4) Such petition shall be in writing, and the facts and figures submitted shall be submitted under oath either in writing or orally at a hearing scheduled by the Director of Finance. The hearing shall take place in the office of the Director of Finance and notice thereof, and the proceedings shall be in substantial conformity with C.R.S. 1973, 24-4-105 except as modified by regulations issued by the Director of Finance. 5) Thereupon, the Director of Finance shall make a final determination and, if appropriate, modify such assessment in accordance with the facts submitted, which facts the Director of Finance deems correct. Such assessment, as modified, shall be considered a final order of assessment of the Director of Finance and may be reviewed under Rule 106(a)(4) of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure provided, that the taxpayer has given written notice to the Town Manager of such intention to petition for review under Rule 106(a)(4) within ten (10) calendar days after notice of the final order of assessment. 5.08.150 Hearings, Subpoenas and Witness Fees All subpoenas issued under the terms of this article may be served by any person aged eighteen (18) years or older. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before the district courts of the state, such fees to be paid when the witness is excused from further attendance. When a witness is subpoenaed at the instance of any party other than the Finance Director to any such proceeding, the Finance Director may require that the cost of service of the subpoena and the fee of the witness be borne by the party 7 at whose instance the witness is summoned. In such case, the Finance Director, in the Finance Director's discretion, may require a deposit to cover the cost of such service and witness fees. A subpoena issued as aforesaid shall be served in the same manner as a subpoena issued out of a court of record. 5.08.160 Judge to Compel Attendance Any judge of the district court of the fifth judicial district of the state, upon the application of the Finance Director, may compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, papers, records or memoranda, and the giving of testimony before the manager, by citation or capias, for contempt, or otherwise, in the same manner as production of evidence may be compelled before the court. 5.08.170 Depositions The Finance Director or any party in an investigation or hearing before the Finance Director may cause the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like deposition in civil actions in courts of this state and to that end compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records or memoranda. 5.08.180 Decisions of Finance Director; Notice; When Final Decisions of the Finance Director shall be final upon their entry and shall be mailed to the taxpayer forthwith. All notices or other information required to be given to the taxpayer in writing under the provisions of this article if mailed postpaid to the last known address of the taxpayer, after reasonable inquiry of such address, shall be deemed complete and effective upon and as of the posting of the same in the mails of the United States postal service unless returned within ten (10) days by the United States postal service to the manager. Filing by the taxpayer shall be deemed complete upon mailing to or personal service on the Finance Director. 5.08.190 Review of Finance Director's Decision in District Court A. The district court of the fifth judicial district of the state shall have original jurisdiction in proceedings to review all question of law and fact determined by the Finance Director in administering the provisions of this article by order or writ under Rule 106(a)(4) of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. B. Before making application to the district court under Rule 106(a)(4) of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, the party making such application shall file with the Finance Director a 8 bond in twice the amount of the taxes, interest and other charges stated in the determination and decision of the Finance Director with surety as is now provided in cases of attachment under the rules of civil procedure, or at the party's option may deposit lawful money of the United States in the same manner. C. Such writs or orders shall be issued by the clerk of the court upon a verified petition or complaint of the taxpayer, filed within thirty (30) days after notice of the decision of the Finance Director. D. The procedure thereunder shall be in conformity with the rules of civil procedure of the state. 5.08.200 Jeopardy Assessment and Demands If the Finance Director finds that collection of the tax will be jeopardized by delay, in the Finance Director's discretion, the Finance Director may declare the taxable period immediately terminated, determine the tax, and issue notice and demand for payment thereof; and, having done so, the tax shall be due and payable forthwith, and the Finance Director may proceed immediately to collect such tax by distraint, levy and sale. Collection may be stayed if the taxpayer gives such security for payment as shall be satisfactory to the Finance Director. 5.08.210 Methods of Enforcing Collections A. If any taxes, penalty, or interest proposed by this article and shown due by returns filed by the taxpayer or shown by assessments duly made as provided herein are not paid within thirty (30) days after the same are due, the Director of Finance shall issue a notice setting forth the name of the taxpayer, the amount of the tax, penalties and interest, the date of the accrual thereof and that the Town claims a first and prior lien therefore on the real and tangible property of the taxpayer, except as to preexisting perfected liens of a mortgagee, pledgee, judgement creditor, or claims of a bona fide purchaser whose rights shall have attached tax prior to the filing of notice as herein provided on property of the taxpayer other than the goods, stock and trade and business fixtures of such taxpayer. Said notice shall be on forms furnished by the Finance Department and shall be verified by the Town Manager or by the Finance Director or any duly qualified agent of the Town Manager or the Finance Director, whose duties are the collection of such tax, and may be filed in the office of the County Clerk and Recorder of any county in the state in which the taxpayer owns real or tangible personal property, or, in the case of personalty, with the Secretary of State, and the filing of such notice shall create a lien on such property and constitute notice thereof. After such notice has been filed, or concurrently therewith, or at any 9 1 time when taxes due are unpaid, whether such notice shall have been filed or not, the Finance Director may issue a warrant directed to any duly authorized revenue collector, or to the Sheriff of the County commanding him to levy upon, distrain, seize, and sell sufficient of the real and personal property of the taxpayer found within the county for the payment of the amount due, together with interest, penalties, and costs as may be provided by law, subject to valid preexisting claims or liens. B. Such revenue collector or the Sheriff shall forthwith distrain and levy upon sufficient of the property of the taxpayer, or any property used by such taxpayer in conducting his business, and said property so levied upon shall be sold in all respects to and with like effect and in the same manner as is prescribed bylaw with respect to executions against property upon judgement of a court of record, and the remedies of garnishment shall apply. The Sheriff shall be entitled to such fees in executing such warrants as are allowed by law for similar services. C. Any lien for taxes is shown on the records of the County Clerk and Recorder as provided in this section, upon payment of all taxes, penalties, and interest covered thereby, shall be released by the Finance Director in the same manner as mortgages and judgements are released. D. The Finance Director may also treat any such taxes, penalties, or interest due and ' unpaid as debt due to the Town from the vendor or taxpayer. The return of the vendor or taxpayer or the assessment made by the Finance Director as provided in this chapter shall be prima facia proof of the amount due. To recover such taxes, penalties, or interest due the Finance Director may bring an action and a writ of attachment may be issued to the Sheriff. At any such proceedings, no bond shall be required of the Finance Director, nor shall any Sheriff require of the Finance Director an indemnifying bond for executing the writ of attachment or writ of execution upon any judgement entered in such proceedings. The Finance Director may prosecute appeals in such cases without the necessity of providing bond thereof. It is the duty of the Town Attorney, when requested by the Finance Director to commence action for the recovery of taxes due under this chapter and this remedy shall be in addition to all existing remedies provided in this chapter. E. In any action affecting the title to real estate or the ownership of rights to possession of personal property, the Town may be made a party defendant far the purposes of obtaining an adjudication or determination of its lien upon the property involved therein. In any such action, service of summons upon the Finance Director or any person in the office of the 10 Finance Director shall be sufficient service and shall be binding upon the Town. F. The Finance Director is authorized to waive for good cause shown any penalty assessed as provided in this chapter and any interest imposed in excess of ten percent (10%) per annum. 5.08.220 Tax Lien A. The tax imposed by this chapter shall be a first and prior lien upon the goods and business fixtures of or used by any ski area operator or vendor, excepting stock of goods sold or for sate in the ordinary course of business, and shall take precedence on all such property over other liens or claims of any kind or nature whatsoever. B. Any ski area operator or vendor who sells his business or quits business shall be required to make out his tax return as provided for in this chapter within ten (10) days after the date the business is sold or the operator quits business, and his successor in business shall be required to withhold sufficient purchase money to cover the amount of said taxes due and unpaid until such time as the former owner produces a receipt from the Finance Director showing that the taxes have been paid or a certificate that no taxes are due. C. If the purchaser of a ski area fails to withhold the purchase money as provided in this section and the taxes are due and unpaid after the ten (10) day period, he as well as the seller shall be personally liable for the payment of the taxes unpaid by the former owner. 5.08.230 Status of Unpaid Tax in Bankruptcy and Receivership Whenever any vendor or taxpayer subject to this chapter shall be placed in receivership, bankruptcy, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or seized under distraint for property taxes, all taxes, penalties, and interest imposed by this Chapter and for which the vendor or taxpayer is in any way liable under the terms of this chapter shall be a prior and preferred claim against all the property of said taxpayer, except as to preexisting claims or liens of a bona fide mortgagee, pledgee, judgement creditor, or purchaser whose rights shall have attached prior to the filing of the notice as provided for in section 5.08.090 of this chapter on the property of the taxpayer other than goods, stock and trade and business fixtures of such taxpayer. No Sheriff, receiver, assignee, or other officer shall sell the property of any person subject to this chapter under process or order of any court without first ascertaining from the Finance Director the amount of any taxes due and payable under this chapter and if there are any such taxes due, owing, or unpaid it is the duty of such officer to first pay the amount of said taxes out of the proceeds of said sale before making payment of any monies to any judgement creditor or other 11 claims of whatsoever kind or nature except the cost of the proceedings and other preexisting claims for liens as provided in this section. 5.08.250 Violation -Penalty Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not to exceed nine hundred ninety nine dollars ($999.00) or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. 5.08.260 Miscellaneous 1. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed this ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. 2. The Town Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety, and welfare of the Town of Vail and the inhabitants thereof. 3. The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail as provided in this ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor any other action or proceedings as commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repealed and reenacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein. 4. All bylaws, orders, resolutions, and ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are repealed to the extend only of such inconsistency. This repealer shall not be construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution, or ordinance, or part thereof, theretofore repealed. 12 INTRODUCED, READ, APPROVED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ONCE IN FULL ON FIRST READING this day of , 1992, and a public hearing shall be held on this Ordinance on the day of , 1992, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building, Vail, Colorado. Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor ATTEST: Martha S. Raecker, Town Clerk READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this day of , 1992. . Margaret A. Osterfoss, Mayor ATTEST: Martha S. Raecker, Town Clerk C:\ORD92.14 13 I i TOWN OF VAIL AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT for fire prevention services is made effective on , 1992 by and between the TOWN OF VAIL, a Colorado municipal corporation ("the Town"), and VAIL ASSOCIATES, INC., a Colorado corporation ("Vail Associates"). WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Town maintains a Fire Department and Is willing to render fire prevention services outside of Its corporate limits upon reasonable terms and conditions; and WHEREAS, Vail Associates is (i) a permittee of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service for real property on Vail Mountain and the owner and operator of certain Improvements located thereon and (ii) a lessee of the City and County of Denver Water Board for real property known as Piney River Ranch and the owner and operator of certain improvements located thereon ((i) and (ii) collectively, the "property") in the County of Eagle, which improvements are more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof; and WHEREAS, the property (s located in an unincorporated area in the County of Eagle and Veil Associates is in need of fire prevention services and desires to have such services provided by the Town of Vail Fire Department and is willing to pay the sums hereinafter provided for. NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: 1. The Town shall during tine term of this Agreement, upon request of Vail Associates, perform one fire inspect(on per year for each Improvement described on Exhibit A and perform fire safety education for selected Vail Associates employees. The Town shall be permitted to operate its own vehicles on the property in connection with the inspections or education program upon prior notice to Vail Associates. 2. Vail Associates shall pay the Town for the services set forth herein the sum of $35.00 per hour per person for each fire inspection while this Agreement shall remain in effect. Said sum shall be paid by Vail Associates within 30 (thirty) days of invoice by the Town after each inspection while this Agreement shall continue in eiiect. In the event that said payment is not made by Vail Associates to the Town, the Town may terminate this Agreement immediately by either mailing written notice of such termination to Vail Associates at the address set forth below or by personally delivering a written notice of such fact to the place of business of Vail Associates. 3. This Agreement shall cammerice on 1992 and shall continue until 199_. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason by giving ane hundred twenty (120) days written notice of such termination to the other party at the address set forth below: Town of Vail Vail Associates, Inc. 75 S. Frontage Road P.O. Box 7 Vail, Colorado 81657 Vail, Colorado 81658 Attention: Manager of Vail Security 4. The Town warrants that, at all times during which It performs services hereunder, it shall carry (a) comprehensive general liability insurance in an occurrence format, ff available, in an amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence, to cover any occurrence arising from the Town's performance hereunder and (b) comprehensive automobile liability insurance on all vehicles entering Vail Mountain, in an amount of $500,000 combined single limits for bodily Injury and property damage, per occurrence; the Town shall provide Va0 Associates with certificates of insurance evidencing such coverage during the term of this AgreerY~ent. Additionally, the Town shall carry workers' cornpensatlon coverage for all employees engaged In the services. VAIL ASSOCIATES, INC., a Colorado ~corparatlon By: Title: TOWN OF VAIL, a Colorado municipal corporation Rondall V. Phillips, Town Manager ~ Eagles Nest Wilderness Implementation Schedule questionnaire February 1992 1. What are the issues you feel should be addressed in this planning process? 2. Are there areas that seem crowded or that have received excessive resource damage? If so, please elaborate. ' 3. What guidelines would you like to see for management of the Eagles Nest Wilderness, such as fire management, wildlife management, wildlife habitat, and recreation use? 4. How do you feel about management actions to curtail impacts such as restricting the amount of use, requiring permits/reservations, restricting campfire use, limiting the use of pack stock, and requiring dogs to be on a leash? .5. Is the twenty-five "heartbeats" regulations (party size limited to any combination of livestock and humans that equals 25) adequate? 6. Are the trail systems and signs adequate and appropriate for wilderness travel? If not, what areas need improvement? 7. Is access (both winter and summer) to the Eagles Nest Wilderness sufficient and acceptable? Are there problem areas where mechanized use is occurring (snowmobiles, mountain bikes, and ATVs)? 8. What type and how much commercial outfitting and guiding use do you think is appropriate within Eagles Nest Wilderness? Are there places where that type of use is inappropriate? 9. Other comments, questions, or concerns? ~t , . J United States Forest White River Holy Cross Ranger District Department of Service National P.O. Box 190 Agriculture Forest Minturn, Colorado 81645 Reply to: 2320 Date: March 24, 1992 MR MIKE MOLLICA, SENIOR PLANNER TOWN OF VAIL DEPT OF COMMUNTIY DEVELOPMENT 75 SO FRONTAGE ROAD VAIL CO 81657 Dear Mike: We, the managers of the Holy Cross and Dillon Ranger Districts are currently in the process of developing a Wilderness Implementation Schedule (WIS) for the Eagles Nest Wilderness, White River .and Arapaho National Forests. The WIS will identify and analyze projects and policies that will help achieve and/or maintain those qualities of Wilderness for which it was designated. Your input is critical in identifying the issues, concerns, and problems facing the Eagles Nest Wilderness; as well as, potential solutions and opportunities. Enclosed is a list of specific questions regarding the management of Eagles Nest. Please feel free to elaborate or respond to additional topics. Because your input is needed at the very onset of the WIS process, I am asking that you respond by May 4, 1992. The future of Eagles Nest Wilderness depends on a cooperative effort among us all. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please contact Beth Boyst of the Holy Cross Ranger District in Minturn, Colorado at (303)827-5715. Sinc ly, WILLIAM A. WOOD JEFF E. ILEY Holy Cross District Ranger Dillon District Ranger Enclosure e~ -t. n Apnl 30, 1992 S'. i G~ William Wood Holy Cross Ranger District P.O. Box 190 Minturn, CO 81645 Re: Planning and Environmental Commission Discussion of Eagles Nest Wilderness Area Management Policies, ,Reply No. 2320 Dear Bill: On April 27, 1992, the Town of Vail Planning and Environmental Commission discussed your letter regarding management policies within the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area. The Commission felt that any management changes should not include an access permit system. They believe regulating access to wilderness areas through the use of a permit system is contrary to the concept of wilderness areas. For areas which have been overused, the Town would suggest closing them altogether for a period of a few years. Another suggestion for ways to reduce the impact to certain areas of the wilderness would be to reduce the size of parking lots at trail heads, or in some other way limit the accessibility to certain portions of the wilderness area. Concerning fire management, the Commission felt that efforts to reduce the fire potential adjacent to communities would be beneficial. However, these kinds of practices would not be appropriate deep within wilderness areas. Lastly, Commissioners commented that commercial outfitters did not appear to create more impact than other groups. I hope these comments are helpful in the development of new management policies. Please call me if you would like to discuss the Town of Vail comments further. Sincerely, / ~ ~ Andy Knudtsen ~.5 Town Planner /ab v SENT BY:EAGLE COUNTY ; 4-30-92 16:04 3033287207 3034752157;# 1/ 2 r AprY1 3~, 1~ ' lo:s6 ~ EAGLE OU . C IYTY BUILDING • 551 BROAUVVAY OFFICE ©F, iHF ' P.O. BOf( B5b IiC~ARD OF COMArtISSIONERS EAGLE, COLORADO BI$31 (303} 3~S•86C15 ~;i:;`•:r'~v,' •'r " FAX (3D3J 38.7207 ...m E~~LE CC~~I~OTY, ~~LR1?~~ ~~'E11~~ ~~AR~ QF C~UN"I°~ C~MI~ri.I~SIOI~I~ - ~GLTL~ 14~I~~~"INGr I~~'Y 1V~~NI?AY, M~hY 1992 0:00 - 1~1:4D0 '1~~13K SFSSIDPT - Vb ~i~Y UPDATE fICJILY Cleass Roar Jack D. Lewis, Asss~tant County Manager 10000 - 19la4S a~rrd11IN~- I~ITIGATId)N srr: ~'rhe Hnr.r Koaar Kevin Lirtdahl, County Attorney 10:~ -1fl:00 a>p.~~:~Y+?EAKs~~ ' 11 s00 - 11:13 WOI1K SF~,SI(DN - ~I.FN~VI~I7? CANYCIlrT ~ATID~i I~ANAGEIVIEN'f FLAN ~rgjelie BoLY citoss Raax I?auI Clarkson, Planner, Community Dcvclapnnent 11:15 - 11:34 W~~ S~SI~1V - I~ ~VF,~T 101~1'd'AI, ~EAI.,TD Alr~~soaYr,~cusxaa~ hart Blake, Prcpgrsm Director 11;30 -11:45 O~Ddti~ 5I01~1- BCIA~I7+ DF GiIUNT~ C~~IDN arr~rr~>garxcRass~aoM - SLING ItEGAI1DIl`T~ Zprtrr~;Y~L~d~3 A~t`~~ t~l~i~ T C~NGTs 11:43 - 11;54 GDN~~T ICALENIlA~ • n~c~ cozrAr~r~eaoM J7F11dS aF'd RotnilvaAND N01K(~'IMROVER5T.1L 11Gl7T!l~EARE PIACED aNATi~ ~'t.AIBIVL4lR 2Y7 AILOW TBE BOARD aP 4aUNlX C~fJRf1~lSSlOAIERS 7i] SPB11~ 1TS' 77A~'.l)Ilm ET0;,8GY OAI dfORS IjPPORTANl !lEll{S a1V A lShv~aa'A~11CQA. ANY C~D~Ap/A~9ISryS~IpOyh~~/~?g1~1~/i~jPpRyE/Q~U~~~ST`TAyA~TANI7ffi~1lyyB~6~pRFM~O/VID•~g~1~20/3/f~~7~~q C~O~yA~~yi~1Vl~'C~+f/,f~y~p rIARAN,/D~pCa~N~SIDEREDSEFA&iISLY. lL ri fvitl4Pitl\ VT I,~N..+~Mr~.,~1` YUaDJ A!~! ~18QQ ~ •4YIaV YCY/, 1'AW~ ld1i, WITaSYIf! ~Vi:u W/1• ` 1, _ BILL I'AYLi~iG Ianda Pankuch, Ac~unting . Larr~r Clever, Controller A~TYi~N: Apprmval subject ~ review by the County Mamagar. SENT BY~EAGLE COUNTY ; 4-30-92 ; 16 05 ; 30332B7207-~ 3034792157;# 21 2 APF'lIOVAL tl?F MTbit7T1:S Tahnnette Phillips, Clerk to the Board ACTION: Consider approval. 3. I,IQ11O$ I.ICI~ISE HEARING - LIlITDA MAl~ Y.r~ ~d,E $]'SA? LII~TDA'S ~Y~~m Kevin Lindahl, County Attorney ACTION: Consider approval. 4. II4 ar.~.GQ~NNIEtoITAL AGR~M~"NT BET~4 ~ t i~ COUlti t t OF EAO~, STATE OF COIrOIaADO AND t~ TOI~I OF EAGLE, COLORADO, ~?R "F~)EITNG HS FUN" PI:OJECT Kevin Lindahl, County AtGomey Ati. ~ tON: Consider approval. 5. HOLY CRAASS CONTRAC'Y' 1.~; i ~.aK - RF.,GARDIloTG FINAL ACCOUh x ~ 1G ~ AL x CATION TO DC1LY CRASS Ei F.. " iiuC FACI)[..I~1P3 TO ACCOMMODATE i~ NTW COUNTY BUILDING Mike Eraclley, Building end grounds ~tupe~visor Ae.. ~ tON: Consider approval. 6. RESOLi3TION IN REGARDS '1'd) BASALT IlOIDIISTRiAL PARK, F11.,ING ~p FINDING THAT IlVi!"lIa r rrn~NTS ARE SATTISJEA?CTORIEY CUM.,~t~rr, AND ALarYORdG . I~.EL.)EASE OF CCILLA i SAL Metternick, County Engineer ACTION: Consider approval, ~.1:~0.12:00 PRIORis.tru~D STATE Ei~ GRANT APPLICCATi(pNS Mara Kleinsehmidt, Assistant Deputy Attar~ey AC'~IGN: Consider a~r:,~4 ral. 12s00.. 01:30 1.UNCD EI~CIr~ C}t+a~iCIAI.S 'ems n~~,A B ~dvroaa ~x n~rnoat~?rmRVfu. pua~,ao ONLY -1?ta. ~s Aae ~~to~?iA~. ~ aaAaa wHas ' QV 889SION MAY C4Nsa?rru+. 1'P~IB TEAT AHtB BRRUtiHT nrr..1tE 1'P. PAGE 2 I ~~II I~ , ~~y~,y y~~ i~Q~ i~~~ ~ ~a ~~-~.i 7'~ - ~ - , j _ ~ I 1 RECEIV~[~ A~~ 2 ~ 199 ~ ~ wt r RECEIVED A,~I~ ~ ~ ~99~ i ~ ~ April 23, 1992 C O L O R A D O VAIL• BEAVER CREEK MUSIC FESTIVAL Town of Vail 75 South.Frontage Road 'Jail, ColaLadc:, 83.657 Dear Town Council and Ron, On behalf of the Board of Trustees, please accept our sincere thanks for your generous support to Season Five of the 1992 Bravo! Colorado Music Festival...a commitment to excellence in the performing arts! The summer season will include over thirty-five solo artists performing works from the great repertoire of chamber music together with the return of our resident orchestra, America's pristine Rochester Philharmonic. Additionally, the Festival will present for the first time the Colorado Symphony Orchestra as a guest orchestra along with the National Repertory Orchestra. The new season will also feature soirees, jazz, youth concerts, and the continuation of the popular Artist Youth Apprentice Program. Our Fifth Anniversary Season is scheduled July 4 through August 5, 1992 and will include a world premiere by an American composer together with the continuation of great artists and spectacular performances! Again, thank you from all of us! Sincerely yours, Kay Ches r Patricia Herrington Ch firma', Board of Trustees ~ Director of Development ~ ~ KC:ph ~i Enclosure ~l/ JOHN W. GIOUANDO /EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR • IDA KAUAFIAN /MUSIC DIRECTOR • 953 S. FRONTAGE RD. #104 • UAIL. COLORADO 81657 • TELEPHONE 303 476-0206 • FAX 303 479-0559 ~ ' ~ f. RECEIVES ~P~ 2 8.199 . E$r.:~-vo! Colorado Music Festival `Vail -Beaver Creek , 953 S. Frontage Rd. # 104, Vail, CO. 81657 . ' ~ Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road Vail. Colorado 81657 The Board of Trustees of the Bravot Colorado Music Festival f . gratefully acknowledges your gift of $ 27 ~ 500.00 for ~ the year 1992 . . -~~1 ~ . - Please consult your tax advisor as to the deductibility of your gift. ; . ' ,RECE1VEi~ .APR 2 9 1992 - ','i~IL V iLLI='~` Ct?I°iM~'haI ; Y TELEVi~=~?''• 8~~rt~ ~~f ~~i.r__t._r_~ h1eetir~~a Mar~_t~ ..11,::1y~~ . - - MEET I N~~ M I MUTES ~ . In Attendan~_eo Steve r!iller ' . F:egg i e Q' Brien ~ ' i:hris Vail - _ E+r ian Hall Jeane N~,~e - • Josh H<~7.1 - ' Jim Shearer . ..-~"!'he minutes ~_~f the ~:/4 beard meeting wer_• reviGwed.`and - appr-c,vPd. ~ ' ~',`'•-~F~i~11. FPrF~~ins astr.ad that Jeane hl~~e write t~_~ area :'srh~-so]. ~ teas=hers and dc~ a presenta'ti~_~n fc~r s~_h"~_~l.s .~m~G~hannel _ - }3: •:.Jeane wi11 write to ••s~_h~~ol prim=ipal5-•.,~ns~t"ead • _ ''-.and ` wi i l pr~~wide hand~_~uts f~~~r .tea~_hers inviti.nG-:them ' : Y r ~t~~~ ~br. inq their C1 asses t~ tt°ie study. ~ v~ . ~~`~•.i1C" IVc~tt,ingham~ was,'intrc~d~.i~_ed tc~ the E~oard as 'the; F~t~on .Town ~ _ - - • - • . •Cc dine i3 .repr-esentat ive to- ~,hannel ~S. ~ 4 ~~'.~was~~~:appointed - - ^.tn-._the-•pdsition to repla~_e Jahn Ha~ard.and•:wiI~•1=`:°ma~;e a _ - ~ -,;de~_isinn at ~~a later date as-~tv whether she.w~'1_~1'„,par-ti- • ~ ipate as a .full -time B~ ward member or as the='Avcm - ~ • ~`~:s~,~. ~ i~~_~un~_ i 1 . 1 i a i s~~~n . ~ • ~•~epcli'e••?O'br:ien prc~vicled year..-end financials: f~~r ~=ally-present - _ - ~.~tr~ .review: _ ~J~ ~hn 'Na~ard •~sk:ed i f VV~=TV has«:t~~•<5how a - '~~~k~~''=` ~F•-.zer.~a bal-ante; `Pill PerE;ins explained tha+:'_VV,i=:TV'~.~_an sh~~w :.~;:~.:~>"~-'~-~-'a:`pr~fit-.::as•'retairied income: . . - • - ~ -::•*Je'ane hd~~e reported that VV~~TV's appl Icat ian for'.~~5~=?,1~Cc) (0? ~ - - status` was`sti~Il.:,in Pob.'k;enney's hand=_. She -~~wi'~I1 meet - _ :,-with Mr..k:pnney.to answer-.any guesti~~ns he~~m~.y;have and - ~to resend ~the`aPPli~_ati~~n t~~ the IF'S. :=~he;.;:wil~T;,als~~ . _end-,~letters°-to Senators 1~lirth and Pr own tr.~ ask, :f,~.~r,.., • - - - their ".a5S'15tan~.e''.In f final i~ inq th 15 `pY~ i~~[s< a.,cZ'~+~4Sr~r~n~"c15'. -,passible:. ~ s~,~ ~:_~t-F:c~gyie O'Pr.ien,suggested redreatinq . "Wayne's W~~r~ld-~a~„Y=;n the - ,i_hannel~-;23°studi~~s as ~ wav.~~tc~'get' }::ids inv~~+l:v~d-~w.ith - ,r.° . ~ . the stat i:c~n. ~ , tads. wil l ''a~_t . a~it Wayne's ;-J;,r'1.r1.~,,~.k:ts, . . ' Jeane N~_~e wild' attempt •tc~ get pries fr~~~rr~ 1~:~~_al- • ` ,businesses ° and/or.' or q~3n 1~ at l cans. ' A p~~~,t-sk i.w-aeason - d~~.te wi' 1 be set ~ f~_~r this pr _~m~at icon. - - - , The L~oard di~ci.t~ssed the possibility •of GhiannE,~l`::~~..:,.=~ir-iri~~ Mind E%tension University from ~1'.~am to 8am_.~,:°~~:$ill • F'erEins felt ~=hannel would be ~~fferinc~ c' -.~5~r-~.'ice ar~~~i ge~tt.i.nq n_~thinq in re{;~_n~n. S•te,ie Miller and Jeane ha~~~e s'-ipp~_'rtr~d the program saying that VV+ TV wc~l_lld -Le~':~`. F fer ing the ~~~,~mml_ln ity a publ i~_ service, whip: h is-;: =~-~nsistant with the oraani-atic~n's G~hilos~,~pt~y~a::-'~'=8rian Hall q~lest i~-,ned the rat i~a ~_~f ~ ~utsidQ tc~ 1~ ~ca3..:p~c~~- gramminq ~~n Cl~iannel~~ if MF_~ were t~_~ be aired.'::aiid - F'egg ie 0' Brien r_luest i.~~med whether TC:I w• Sul d pu1;I:°-,ahe pr~_~gr~armning fr~~m us as s~_~~ ~n as ~ open ~_hannels -were,- ~ available. Bi.II F'orF::ins suggested getting "~~"stipend fr~~m hIE~J f~~r airing their programming; Jeane;..N_~e;ex- plained that cable systems normally F'AY .MEU::`~.f_nr;.their ~ervi~_e sc• it w~w~~_lld not make sense tc~ have`::~f.hern°r~;p?y V'•JCT'~J. I t ~..~as ~_~.m~_l tided that Jeane w~ •ul d ~set'c;`,u~p.`'~~= , anc~t her meeting w i t f-~ k:e i t h ray c~.f MEL t l ears=~up.' ' these ~1SSt_le5 L{~ ictYd mem~erS ens=~ ~t_lraged tU •~,ct~~•end. . ~,J~iSh. Flall rr~p~ ~rted ~~.n i;he status ~.f Altitude Sic:~:ri'es~;. '.sp.~~n~5nrships. ~'~i}ci was br~~ught in for the.:`;f''r~et;r,-: : ~ ~sh6w with ~1C}C} going to. Josh as .F'rod~_u.er,.-'~4`~=i`:~: - :t~~..:Br•u~_e-:S~_honfeld for his: ,r.~.:~~:°~ ~ . hel with s ~_msc~ ~l~i ' ~`..pr~o~_uremerit,-:`:~1.V for camera work and ~SC~- fr~rx~=ALtiµt~ide ' ~ r a - _ ,••Sick.ness= T-shirts. ~ ;;ass. - • '.~„~~~<..~h~,~.Hal.l;~:repr~rted that BMHS .dropped a Channel `,:~3=~~Giu~sar ~ _ ~ ~ ~ ~_r,st of repair estimated at ~~~~~-~Ci~~~~:~r:=~~_The _~mer'a. ,Y - =~'`:B~~ard suggested ~.VVCTV taE~e _~_are `ref °repair as"E+MHS`~""~..~ ' _ h~?s:i::pr~_~~,fided substanc ial -pry ~gramminq f~ ~r i tiarr5`~IsF'~3. " ' ~J~~!~Ii suggAst~ed renting ~a 1~/'~ edit'inq de~_E: while 'th~3J~'~'-.~= . q,.._~~: - _ 851Jt? pis under 'repair. The beard 'gave him app°r~Tiv.~~~°:,t~_~ . _ `~'•.d~_~ `s~_~ pr _~,vided .he felt the rental rate was.'~=uior~'ab:1'e, ` ~~-Jeane 'hloe ~r~p~~~rted.. that ~ sh~_~ws produced f..r Ch~ann.e;I~~2~ ~ - 'wire :;entered F.ir?: ~t.he ~ Hc~met~~~wn V.ide~~ -USA •t::.c~ntest c~r4e . . .~.by;..Jc~ah .tAltitude S~icE::ness:~.;- cane by Jeane~~~~~cChannp2~:°r'"~3 . „ ' . F'r.ofiless7-;~'.~a.mus.i~_ video~by Bert Fonte and ~~:v:~i'•~t~.!~-::;" - art p~iec.n b.y Ter.ry St innette. ~ _ _ ~ ~ ' •~~It' was determined that }?oard member Chris Vail •wi1':•1~';`~wort•:: with. Jeane Noe tci develop an sp~~ns~~~rship pr r~~q~'~`tn'~F~nd - ~ - - ~ ~~ales-.plan during the month of April.. ~ '~`.z--~~:;::~~~;,'{:=~~: . `*Jeane .Noe asE::ter.1 if •the Beard w~~l_lld 1i}::e tc~ c~_~nsdet~'asE::-ing - ~ ~ :Warren ~M.i T-1 er.•~~.t serve as an hc~n~ ~r ar y b ~ mar d•;-'tn~mb'e:r.:~. . ~•.fc~r ;VVr=TV. :All agreed str~-~ngly as they -feel`;:`.f~e~`~+i•P1 . . ~'.ha~~e'mu~~h. to.;c'ontribute. A letter ~;f in.vit~~~.i~~n.,"will _ " . . ~ be written, tc~ Mr. Miller.. _ ~ . •~'r~aur~a Carpenter frc~rn the Vail Valley Arts C~~un~.il=~.:rep`r~rted ;;F-. -that the ~unr it ~wc~uld l ik:e t~~ pry ~du~_e a ~er''i`es>=`o~f;~:' art- ~ ' oriented programs fc~r Channel thrc~~_lghout.'';a,h`>?,''s`l;unmer. _ ' She will be in .~_harge ~~f this pro.~e~_t. ~ Brave.::.-:'.~;'° •!~C~nrl~~r new .b!.i -ines~s.. Steve Mil lc=r asF::ed if r_ha.nn~~7~::'.y^:`~-.would - o _ ~ ~ I~;~~in f P_Y en~= e ~ n Ma' ..Z.~~',~~~~J~~Gi • c~~wer thre F:c..ni -nal F:~~t ary Y~.:.•.::~ _ . determined that if a 1o~_al vide~_~ ~_ornpan;• i~~~n~~,t hired • tc~ d~~ s~_~, Channel wi 11 tal k: ~ ab~_~ut th i.s fur~tFier~.~ Y a.1 I}e_ ne ~:t ri}r'F_''t 11'lq W%~<-~ Set f ~ % . ThC? rni_~?a~ ln(7 ~w~~~~>•'A'C'.~~a f'~l_I,Y"n;c~~-! - -,r, . 0~'1~ I ION .~VI~A 1 R.ANSM S S 17 pages including cover. To: Department of Community Development Attn: Mike Mollica From: Jim Lamont ~ ~ 1 Date: Thursday, April 30, 1992 Please contact: East Village Homeowners Association Attn: Jim Lamont Post Office Box 238 Vail, Colorado 81658 Phone Number: 303-827-5680 Fax Number: 303-827-5856 Subject: Christiania Lodge SDD: Design Review Board application Special Instruction: Please forward attached letter as well as the letter to Town Council with exhibits to the Design Review Board for their consideration. To: Town of Vail, Design Review Board From: Jim Lamont, Planning Consultant=~ Date: April 30, 1992 RE: Christiania Lodge SDD, Design Review On behalf of Jack Morton Associates, Inc., and particularly Bill Morton, the owner of a condominium unit in the Mill Creek Court Building as well as the East Village Homeowners Association requests that the following . improvements~be included as part of the design review approval of the Christiania Lodge. A. Streetscape improvements as provided for in the Streetscape Master Plan "SMP" (see attached letter to the Town Council, dated April 21, 1992). An estimate of the improvements are as follows. Reference to the appropriate section of the SMP are included. 1. Area #1: Christiania Property (South side Hanson Ranch Road): 102 Lineal feet decorative pavement edging (page 48 SMP). 65 Lineal feet decorative rock planter wall 18" to 24" inches in height to replace existing tie timber planter (page 107-108 SMP). Decorative Street Lights as per approved lighting plan (page 120 figure 25 SMP). 650 Square Feet of irrigated Landscape Area in Planter with suitable plant materials to screen service area (page 87 SMP). 780 Square Feet of decorative pavers between Mill Creek and Hanson Ranch Road, Southern 1/2 of street right- of-way (Village Core Illustration). Mill Creek Walking Path (as per illustrative plan). 2. Area #2: P-3 improvements: 195 Lineal Feet of decorative pavement edging (page 48 SMP) . . 1 decorative Street Light (page 82). 1 1305 Square feet of irrigated Landscaped area (should include appropriate ground cover and trees)(page 87 SMP) . To: Town of Vasl, Design Review Board From: Jim Lamont, Planning Consultant Date: April 20, 1992 RE: Christiania Lodge SDD, Design Review Page 2 ~ ~ 140 Lineal feet Rocked Faced Retaining Wall at average of 5 feet in height as per design guidelines for retaining walls (page 107-108 SMP). 80 Lineal Feet 1/3 cost of 5 foot wide sidewalk on Mill Creek Chute (as per illustrative plan). 3. Area #3: P-3 improvements: (if 1968 agreement is effectuate) . 150 Lineal Feet of decorative pavement edging (page 48 SMP) . V 2 decorative Street Li ht a e 82 SMP 9 (P g ) 1400 square feet of irrigated landscaped area (should include appropriate ground cover and trees) (page 87 SMP) . 80 Lineal Feet of Rock Faced Retaining Wall at average height of 6 feet in height'(page 107-108 SMP) . B. The doors for the trash enclosure are requested to match those of the garage doors. cc: Bob Galvin Bill Morton r " ,s To: Town of Vail, Town Council From: Jim Lamont, planning consultant Date: April 21, 1992 RE: East Village Homeowners Association On behalf of the East Village Homeowners Association, please consider the attached as an addendum to the materials previously submitted b}~ the Association regarding the pending application of the Christiania Special Development District. Attached are copies of appropriate sections of the Town of Vail, Streetscape Master Plan as it affects the Christiania and P-3 sites. It is requested that the sections be taken into consideration during your review of the Special Development District application. cc: Bob Galvin Belocu Ground Utilities Construction of right-of--way improvements and sub-surface utility improvements • are disruptive to the streetscape environment. Disruption would be lessened if all streetscape and utility upgrade projects were coordinated together. It is , ' ~ - ~ recommended that the Town and the utility companies work together to complete • any underground work prior to constructing streetscape improvements. This level . of cooperation is even more critical since Vail's construction season is very short. For example, the Upper Eagle Valley Water and Sanitation District has plans to upgrade water.service soon, primarily in the Village Core. The Town of Vail also needs to upgrade or install storm sewer lines in the same area. The timing of these projects will. have a substantial effect on the timing of the streetscape improvements. The Town should plan the stxeetscape imr,,,.ements and storm sewer work to coincide with the utility work. The impact of construction will be lessened as will the cost of both utility and s4. ~,:tscape work f - Private Development As private property izi Vail is being redeveloped andlor upgraded, an opportunity exists for many of the proposed Master Plan improvements to be done in conjunction with or entirely by private r.,,r~erty owners. For example, the improvements in the Gore Creek I`~,,...enade were funded in this manner. There • ~ is no wap to predict which property will be redeveloped, therefore, each application for redevelopment will need to be reviewed to determine what streetscape improvements can be completed as part of the private construction. Achieving the Greatest Impact Elements of the Streetscape Plan that are more visible and create the greatest impact should have the highest priority. Some elements that fit in this category are: - The focal point areas: ~ ~ • The Children's Fountain • • Seibert Circle • • The intersection of Bridge Street and Gore Creek Drive , • The intersection of Willow Bridge Road and East Meadow Drive • The Ski Museum pocket park • Slifer- Square. 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Roger Staub Park, on East Gore Creek Drive, is an existing amenity and potential destination in this sub-area. This i8 an excellent example of a pocket park. It is under used due to a lack of signage to direct people to the park and because the park appears to be private property. LANDSCAPING ~ The East Village is well-landscaped with mature trees and landscape planters. The major problems are the use of railroad ties for planters in parking lots, and parking lots on Vail Valley Drive that have little or no setback or screen landscaping. ' Landscape treatments, that might be proposed as a part of the Master Plan, will only address those areas where landscaping infill is needed ~ ~.i i t~S Since the streets will not receive specialty paving, there should be no conflict between utility lines and improvements that will be proposed by the Master Plan. Above-ground utility pedestals, light poles, etc., at the edge of theright-of-way will have to be incorporated within the proposed pedestrian walkways. Lig/tting The "Town and Country" light fixture is used in the East Village area, primarily at intersections. The spacing of the lights averages 300' apart. However, there are some sections, such as Vail Valley Drive south of Manor Vail, that have no lights at all. While there were only a few public comments . ~ inadequate lighting ' in the East Village area, it is safe to assume that some additional lighting will be required ' PUBLIC COMMENT Residents of the East Village sub-area had a wide range of opinions on the types of streetscape improvements desired in the area. Most of the comments received focused on the Blue Cow Chute to Mill Creek Circle portion of Vail Valley Drive. The primary areas of concern were: Town of Vail Streetecape Master Plan Page 82 Streetscape Improve~aea~t Plate East Village The Streetscape Improvement Plan (Figure 18) for the East Village focuses on the pedestrian corridors adjacent to the asphalt roadway. The primary goals are to create a safe environment for the pedestrian along Vail Valley Drive while accommodating the heavy vehicular trat~c, and directing pedestrians to key destination points, such as the Gold Peak ski base facility, the Children's Center, Ford Park and the Ford Amphitheater and the Village Core. • ~ For Hanson Ranch Road and East Gore Creek Drive the goal is to maintain the present character but to also improve such elements as lighting, landscaping and roadway edge treatments. No major changes to the vehicular cixculation system or the roadway are proposed as a part of the Plan for this sub-area. PIZELIIVffiVARY CONCEP'T`S Of all the sub-areas covered in this Master Plan, the East Village has .,,..wined the most consistent with the concepts that were originally proposed for the area. The concept of creating separate pedestrian corridors that are adjacent to the roadway was proposed, and adopted, very early on in the design process. Some of the other ideas and concepts that were suggested and discussed during this planning process included: • Removing both the east and west-bound bus stops near the intersection of Vail Valley Drive and West Gore Creek Drive. Some of the suggestions for implementing this concept included moving the stops to the east portal of the Village parking structure and/or to the intersection Mill Creek Circle and ' Vail Valley Drive. The idea of moving the westbound bus stop to the parking structure was discarded because the Town's Transit Department felt it would be too close to the bus stop at Slifer Square. Moving the eastbound bus stop to the Town of Pail Streetscape Master Plan Page ~ , , Due to the scale of this sub-area and the straight forward nature of the improvements; the Plan for the East Village (Figure 18) is diagrammatic. A detail of the Blue Cow Chute to Mill Creek Circle portion of Vail Valley Drive (Figure 19) is provided to better illustrate the proposed improvements for this sub-area. Tlie Design Concept There was clear public consensus that asphalt roadways with wide sidewalks, separated from the street by curb and gutter, were app. ,.r.:ate on Vail Valley . Drive. There was also general agreement that where there was only,room for a wide sidewalk on one side of the street, the west and south sides would be best suited. Pedestrian ways on the west and south sides provide good access to the major destinations in the area -the Village Core, Gold Peak and the Children's Center. The proposed improvements are also intended to highlight and improve access to Ford Park and the Nature Center. Improving vehicular circulation, by _ removing pedestrians from the street will be an additional benefit of these proposed changes. For Hanson Ranch Road and East Gore Creek Drive, the concept of the pedestrians and vehicles sharing the same roadway was generally endorsed as a workable solution, given the very narrow rightrof--way and lower traffic volume. Throughout this area, more landscaping is necessary to soften the building facades and to screen surface parking lots. Pedestrian Circulation The proposed streetscape improvements for the East Village sub-area are as follows: • Vail Valley Drive (from Blue Cow Chute to the entry to Manor Vail) West and South Sides: Concrete unit paver walkway, 8' - 10' wide East and 1~Torth Sides: Concrete unit paves sidewalk, 5' - 6' wide At this time, the Primary pedestrian path is 1,,, ~ r ~ aed to go on the south side of Vail Valley Drive, adjacent to Vail Associates' Day Lot. Having parked cars immediately adjacent to a m$jor walkway is leas than desirable, however, the path is proposed in thiB location with the intent that, as the site redevelops, allowances will be made for pedestrians. Town of Vail Streetecape Master Plan Page 8? ill 1~ >l~ t~ ~ ~ fi(t~; ~ ¦¦¦r ~ ®t ~ ~ ~ ® wee. s'so • Vail Valley Drive (from Manor Vail's north entry to the soccer field) South Side: Concrete unit paver walkway, 8' - 10' wide - Retaining walls will be needed in some areas due to an inadequate right-of-way and a hillside being immediately adjacent to the roadway. - There is no sidewalk proposed for the north side of the street due to the tight physical constraints along the northerly right-of-way line. - A sidewalk crosswalk solution will be necessary to provide safe . pedestrian access through the Golden Peak bus turnaround area. ' • The existing Vista Bahn/Gold Peak recreational trail and the pedestrian connection to Ford Park through Manor Vail, will be used as a part of this sub-area's pedestrian system. Manor Vail's entry to Ford Park should include additional aigning~or an entry statement. • Additional minor pedestrian paths, either concrete or asphalt, are proposed as follows: - An east/west connection between Vail Valley Drive and the existing recreational trail west of the Tivoli. - A path north of the tennis courts to the north entry of the Gold Peak ski base facility. • The existing shared use of the sW by pedestrians and vehicles on Hanson Ranch Road and East Gore Creek Drive will continue. Brick or concrete unit paver bands should be added at the edge of the asphalt to better define the roadway. ' • Consider eliminatingthewinter-time parking use on Chalet Road. Closure of the dead-end road and development of a pocket park/open space area should be pursued. Town of Vail Streetecape Master Plan Page 88 . . c~ ~ , Additional landscaping is needed around the eadating parking lot between Hanson Ranch Road and East Gore Creek Drive. Roger Staub Park also provides an excellent seating opportunity, however better signage and lighting is needed to direct pedestzians to the park. Removal of a portion of the existing fence along East Gore Creek Drive is recommended and, overall, a "public park" image should be attained. Additional picnic tables should be added. Lighting and utilities will be covered in the Guidelines for Paving, Public Art, Site Furnishings and Lighting section of this report. Implementing the Concept Figure 19 is a detail of Vail Valley Drive from the bridge over Gore Creek south to Mill Creek Circle. The detail illustrates: • The major and minor pedestrian paths on each side of the street; • The integration of a bus stop into the Garden of the Gods' site; • Additional landscaping and the proposed focal points; Reconfiguring the parking at the Vorlaufer to provide for a pedestrian walkway on the west side of Vail Valley Drive. Of the 12 eaissting spaces, two "guest" parking spaces for the Vorlaufer may need to be relocated to the east aide of Vail Valley Drive. The Snal design shall ensure that there is no net loss of parking spaces for the Vorlaufer, • Relocation of parking and planters on the east side of Vail Valley Drive; and • Widening the Vail Valley Drive bridge over Gore Creek to better accommodate the proposed pedestrian walkways, • Adding a neck down at the east end of Hanson Ranch Road (at Vail Valley Drive). This narrowing of the roadway discourages unnecessary traff c and provides an opportunity for additional landscaping. Town of Vail Streetecape Master plan page 90 removed to allow for subgrade repairs and can be replaced immediately after the work is finished. The prirriary paving unit for the Master Plan area is recommended to be the 4" x 8" x 3 1/2" rectangular paver (the dimensions may vary with manufacturer). The pavers are typically set on a sand/gravel base. The design for the sub-base will vary with soils type and the type of vehicle that will be using the roadway. Detailed soils testing and roadway engineering will be necessary to determine the appropriate roadway section for each area as it is improved. Streets that will be handling bus or truck traffic on a continuous basis will require, at a minimum, a geotextile under a high capacity gravel sub-base or a concrete slab as a sub-base. Once again, the final design for this type of roadway will depend on the existing soils. The paving pattern for the pedestrian streets in the Village Core and for East \ Meadow Drive will be as shown in figure 15. The primary field will be a basic v.~ 1 2~ 1 L L ~ herringbone design with a double soldier course at the edges of the right-of-way, - ~ 7 ~ and regular, perpendicular bands along the length of the street~ The bands and V soldier course will allow for paving to be phased by creating potential t A beginning/end for the paving system. The soldier course will also serve to separate V v ~ the public right-of-way paving from the range of materialB allowed on private i property. At times, the distinction between public and private land should not be C ~'rl ~ ~ delineated if good design is better served by blending the boundary. Please see the comments relating to paving design in the Village Core sub-area. During the public review of the proposed streetscape options, there was consensus that the paving treatments in the Village area should be simple rather than intricate. Therefore, a simple paving pattern is proposed, one which would not compete with Vail's unique architecture and that can be constructed in phases. PROPOSED COLOR RANGE Recommendations for a specified color mix are being made to establish a starting point for the final detailed design. The actual color mix may change once a final design is submitted and reviewed. The range of tints for concrete unit pavers is almost unlimited. Given the scale of this project, special "Vail Blends" could be produced specifically for the Town. This would give the Town complete flexibility to develop a Town of Vail Streetecape Master i'lan Page 97 r The lighting along East Meadow Drive certainly does not reflect its position as one of Vail's primary retail commercial areas. The lighting design is not only inappropriate but along the west half of the area, the light levels are also inadequate. There is essentially no lighting along the south side of the street. The orange tinted, cube fixtures found along the west half of West Meadow Drive should be replaced by the "Village" fixture. The intersection of Willow Bridge Road and East Meadow Drive is also seriously underlit. Existing pole and building mounted accent lights that shine directly down on pedestrians should also be replaced. A framework of streetlighting using the "Village" fixture is needed throughout the corridor. For areas where there are commercial uses fronting on the street, a mixture of light sources should be encouraged. . Window displays should also be included as a part of the overall lighting scheme. Private property owners should be encouraged to install subtle lighting for landscaped areas along with bollard lights and building illumination. These supplemental light sources should be used to round- out the framework established by the Town's right-of--way lighting. The intersection of Willow Bridge Road and East Meadow Drive should have a higher lighting level than other sections of the street. On the east half of Meadow Drive, additional lighting is needed, especially along the area adjacent to the Village parking structure. • The Village Core (Figure 25) The nightlighting for the Village Core should be varied and carefully planned. By far, the best approach is have one integrated lighting plan. While some areas such as the Gore Creek Promenade and upper Bridge Street are adequately lit, other areas such as Gore Creek Drive along the Lodge at Vail, need additional lighting. It is recommended that the Town provide a basic fi amework of "Village" fixtures and that the private property owners be encouraged to supplement the Town a lighting with their own accent lighting. In time, this system would achieve the proper level of lighting throughout the Village Core and still provide the range of varied light sources that provide the best lighting scheme. Lighting plans Tows of Vail Streetscape Master Plan Page 114 for each proposed upgrade will need to be carefully evaluated and compared to the existing conditions. Figure 25 shows one possible approach to creating the appropriate level of lighting for the Village Core area using a variety of light sources. East Village (Figure 18) The lighting needs for the East Village are similar to West Meadow Drive. A good framework of "Town and Country" lights is already in place and it will only be necessary to add lights where there are gaps in the coverage. For this sub-area the "Town and Country" fixture will be appropriate for the foreseeable future. . Town of Vail Streetacape Master Plan Page 116 ~ ,p d .....r_... i~~, r o' I r u o ~ ~ ...,r.... ~ ~ . S s ~ ~ Vii.:. i '::S ' . :r;, i:F is Y~ ck ~ ~~'sy;. . ~ r ^`~~~:r. ..fa;,: .fly r. '%i .,ti, `.~:.y.' : g,, a ..r'.'..:t~._C ; t ~ . r 1 K ~ ~ ' ~rl~ yi:m S,U~', : ~JN;.i ::~/,!,=~~u 1. - <s; ~ 55y$ , ~~'~Id~ ~ . r' / ~//~7 'N .::n c ~ ~ ~T - Plon.l.:.~l ' ~ ~a _ • Figure 25 TREE GRATES AND GUARDS Tree grates are recommended for street trees when they are used in an urban setting, such as the Village Core. A number of manufacturers produce this site amenity so the Town is not limited to the product shown below. The intent is to allow additional opportunities to bring a beautiful design accent into the streetscape. ~r - ~a ~ ~r~ ~~~~~f, ~~~~f o J 1~• ~ssYa• T~tEE GRATEB TREE GUAIE~D WALLS Retaining walls and planter walls can make a significant contribution to the ~ ~ character of a streetscape. For the most part Vail has seen great success in this area with the extensive use of stone-faced and boulder walls. The following guidelines are intended to build on that success. • Walls should integrate into planters or be used for retaining earth. Freestanding walls are discouraged. • The use of caps on walls should be evaluated on a site-by-site basis. If caps are to be used, then the cap should maintain a natural finish to the wall. ~~r, ' . Town of Vail Slreclacepc Maelcr Plun Page 107 e ® Only durable materials should be used- with a preference for locally , obtained stone. Railroad tie walls are not recommended. • Walls higher than 3 feet should be terraced. • Large boulders should punctuate walls when possible to soften the linear appearance of a wall. • Boulder walls are strongly encouraged, as this type of design is very compatible with Vail's natural setting. • Walls should not be geometric, but should gently undulate. r r MISCELLANEOUS ELEMENTS A number of miscellaneous site elements would typically be included in a streetscape plan such as decorative bollards, fencing, phone booths, bulletin boards, kiosks, etc. At this time, most of these elements have not been identi5ed - as being needed in the study area. • ~ Utility boxes and pedestals, when possible, should be placed in below grade vaults or, at a minimum, should be screened by landscaping. p ~ s ddL ~ ~ ~ ;;2~~~<: ~:;o :3 . ea.ow-caourrn ox sca.~rr~ crra.rr~.s Town of Veil 9lrcetecepe Muetcr Plen Pegs 108 ~ ~ ~ WORK SESSION FOLLOW-UP May 1, 1992 Page 1 of 3 TOPIC QUESTIONS FOLLOW-UP SOLUTIONS i 1991 05107 SKIR AREA ADMISSION TAX LARRYJSTEVE: Research remedies to change this to Draft ordinance forwarded to Forest Service and VA for (request: Gibson/Lapin) a mandatory TOV tax collection. review. Forest Service response unclear. Ron has discussed with Jerry Oliver, who will now discuss the issue with George Gillett. First reading of Ordinance No. 14, Series of 1992, on 515/92. 11/19 NEWSPAPER VENDING LARRYJANDY/MIKE M.: What can be done to make Discussions have begun with vendors. Voluntary MACHINES these uniform and locations less prolific? agreement still being pursued. 1992 01/21 EVF'IING PARKING MIKE ROSE/STEVE B.: Evaluate financial Mike will prepare new analysis of data prior to the STF,tiJCTURE FEES ramifications of eliminating parking structure fees beginning of the budget-setting process in September. (request: Lapin) after 6:00 p.m. each night. Staff to explore other options. 01/21 BEAVER POND KRISTAN: Check with FEMA experts and Interfleuve, Three reports received from Interfleuve, Hydrosphere, REVITALIZATION Hydrosphere, and Wetland Aquatics to see what solution and Wetland Aquatics will be analyzed by Community what might be appropriate to revitalize this pond Development and Todd 0., and then presented to (i.e., dredging or other means). Council at 5126/92 work session. 02104 HERITAGE CABLEVISION CAROLINE: Prepare new letter of protest for Mayor's ~ Will do upon return of Merv. FRANCHISE NEGOTIATIONS signature. XC: Newspapers, Dillon, Minturn, etc. ~ (request: Lapin) ' i - WORK SESSION FOLLOW-UP May 1, 1992 Page 2 of 3 TOPIC QUESTIONS FOLLOW-UP SOLUTIONS 02111 HORSEDRAWN CARRIAGE KEN/LARRY: Prepare extension to agreement, ~ Advisory Committee to help draft standards of AGREEMENT including possible provisions for hobbling, dragging operations and other criteria. Draft contract weights, and other options. to be presented to Council at 5/26192 work session prior to signing. Dave Sloan, Carriage Rides, Inc., is currently not doing business. 02117 EXTERIOR LIGHTING KRISTAN/ANDY: Draft ordinance. ~ Input received and joint discussions will continue { including all interested parties. Initial meetings held with night tour to be scheduled. 03110 AFFORDABLE HOUSING KRISTAN/LARRY: Finalize ordinance. Ord. No. 9, Series of 1992, to Council for first PROVISIONS ORDINANCE reading on 6/2192. 03/10 LIONSHEAD SALES TAX FIGURES STEVE B./STEVE T.: Packy Walker, on behalf of the Will investigate. Staff time now being spent on special (request: Osterfoss, Levine, LH Merchants Assn., is requesting an accounting of events/daily sales tax reporting program. Staff will Gibson, Steinberg} sales tax taken from a square footage basis, standard attempt to meet these other concerns after completion number (such as Dow Jones) of businesses reporting, to of the special events program. offer a comparative analysis. 03117 GOAL SHARING SESSION COUNCIL: Carl Neu will be facilitating agoal-sharing Everyone is attending. session to include the Avon Town Council, Eagle County Commissioners, and Vail Town Council. Tuesday, June 2, 1992, from, 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., is the newly scheduled date. Please mark your calendars. 04107 REVIEW RETT LARRY: Schedule for Council review. Staff will work with parties-in-interest to further work out revisions and suggestions from 4/21/92 work session. Public airing to be called. 04!07 USE TAX ON CONSTRUCTION LARRY: Prepare ordinance for implementation January Scheduled for 6/2/92 evening meeting as an ordinance MATERIALS 1, 1993. for first reading. ' ~ WORK SESSION FOLLOW-UP May 1, 1992 Page 3 of 3 TOPIC QUESTIONS FOLLOW-UP SOLUTIONS 04114 SPRING VACATION COUNCIL: At your earliest convenience, please let Jim Gibson will be out 5/9-28/92. SCHEDULES either dd or Pam know of any vacation plans that will take you away from regularly scheduled meetings. We ask for this at this time of year to ensure a quorum for scheduled items. 04114 CML SUMMER COUNCIL: The annual conference is scheduled for Those signed up are as follows: Tom, Rob, CONFERENCE the week of 6116-20 in Fort Collirs. Peggy, Jim S., and Ron. 04116 SKI MUSEUM CAROLINE: Put together the "Anything But Bob" POCKET PARK park naming contest. 04!21 ADDITIONAL AMPLIFICATION LEO VASOUEZ: With new work session arrangement, IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS can we hang ceiling microphones to increase voice coverage?