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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-06-08 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1993 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS AGENDA 1. DRB Report. 2. Public Works Department Project Update. ~ West Vail Interchange. * Checkpoint Charlie. * Bald Mountain Road Bus Stop. 3. Information Update. 4. Council Reports. 5. Other. 6. Executive Session: Personnel Matters. 7. Adjournment. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL OVERVIEW WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 6/15/93, BEGINNING AT 6:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 6/15/93, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 6/22/93, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. C:IAGENDA.WS VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1993 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS EXPANDED AGENDA 2:00 P.M. 1. DRB Report. Tim Devlin 2:05 P.M. 2. Public Works Department Project Update. Greg Hall ~ West Vail Interchange. ~ Checkpoint Charlie. * Bald Mountain Road Bus Stop. 2:20 P.M. 3. Information Update. 4. Council Reports. 5. Other. 6. Executive Session: Personnel Matters. 7. Adjournment. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL OVERVIEW WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 6/15/93, BEGINNING AT 6:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 6115/93, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 6/22/93, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. C:VIGENDA.WSE 1 ° DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AGENDA June 2, 1993 3:00 P.M. PROJECT ORIENTATION 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Discussion of Employee Housing Unit Regulations. SITE VISITS 12:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. 1. Rizk - 740 Sandy Lane. 2. Loper - 784 Potato Patch Drive. 3. Ace Hardware - 2111 N Frontage Road. 4. Conners - 2427 Garmisch Drive. 5. Taylor - 2409 Chamonix Lane. 6. Wendy's - 2399 N. Frontage Road West. 7. Simpson -1813 Shasta Place. 8. Spruce Creek, Phase III - 1750 S Frontage Road West. 9. Aldrete - 1784 S Frontage Road. i 0. V.A. Gitchegumee Gulch - Lionshead 1st Filing, near base chair 8. 11. Norris -.486 Forest Road (east side). 12. Scotch on the Rockies - 82 E Meadow Drive. 13. Manor Vail - 595 Vail Valley Drive. 14. O'Farrill - 3050 Booth Creek Drive. 15. Sable Lupine Associates - 3946 Lupine Drive. 16. Susich -4425 Glen Falls Lane. Drivers: Tim and Jim AGENDA 3:00 P.M. 1. Indian Creek - (Final) Three new single family residences. SM/KP Lot A-.1 and A-2, Lionsridge Subdivision/1109 and 1139 Sandstone Drive. Applicant: Mike Lauterbach MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Approved with conditions. 2. Loper -New primary unit. SM/KP Lot 15, Block 1, Vail Potato Patchl784 Potato Patch Drive. Applicant: Loper Development MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Approved with conditions. G Y 3. Mueller -New duplex. SM/AK Lot 1, Block 5, Bighorn 5th/4816 Juniper Larne. Applicant: Johann Mueller MOTION: Brainerd SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Approved as submitted. 4. Brown - 16 new townhomes. AK Lot G4, Lionsridge Subdivision 2nd Filing/1330 Sandstone Drive. Applicant: Stu Brown MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to June 16, 1993. 5. Sweet Life -Outdoor public seating. AK Lot H, Block 5A, Vail Village 1st Filing/304 (Hanson Ranch Road. Applicant: Mike Gray MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to June 16, 1993. 6. De Vaney - Reroof. AK Lot 2, Block F, Vail das Schone Filing 1/25Ei5 Cortina Lane. Applicant: Mr. De Vaney MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to June 16, 1993. 7. Dippy - 250 Gross Residential Floor Area addition. JC The Valley, Phase (/1616 Buffehr Creek Road #617. Applicant: Brad and Traci Dippy MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Staff approved. 8. Devoy - 250 Gross Residential Floor Area addition. JC Vail Golfcourse Townhouse F-22/1620 Sunburst #22. Applicant: Robert and Deborah Devoy MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to June 16, 1993. 9. Ace Hardware -New sign. JC 2111 N Frontage RoadNail Das Schone Building. Applicant: Loren Gifford MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Consent approved with conditions. R v ' 10. Sable Lupine Associates -New single family residence. JC Lot 5A, Block 2, Bighorn, 1st Filing/3946 Lupine Drive. Applicant: RKD, Jack Snow MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Conceptual review. 11. Rizk -Greenhouse addition. TD Lot 4, Block 2, Potato Patch, 2nd Filing/740 Sandy Lane. Applicant: Rizk Rican Investments MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Consent approved. 12. O'Farrill -Addition. TD Lot 6, Block 3, Vail Village, 11th Filing/3050 Booth Creek Drive. Applicant: Jose Antonio O'Farril Avila MOTION: Borne SECOND: Arnett VOTE: 4-0 Approved with conditions. 13. Susich -New single family residence. TD Lot 2, Forest Glen/4425 Glen Falls Lane. Applicant: Roland Susich MOTION: Borne SECOND: Arnett VOTE: 4-0 Approved with conditions. 14. Conners -New primary residence with secondary unit. JC Lot 13, Block H, Vail Das Schone, 2nd Filing/2427 Garmisch Drive. Applicant: TJ & Diane Connors MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Brainerd VOTE: 4-0 Approved with conditions. 15. V.A. Gitchegumee Gulch -Review of improvements to new JC summer adventure village. Tracts 68~D, Lionshead, 1st Filing, near base of chair 8. Applicant: Vail Associates MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Consent approved. e. r 16. Millrace III -Final design review of one new single family JC residence and one duplex. West of Millrace II, east of tennis courts and north of Coldstream/1335 Westhaven Drive. Applicant: Mike Lauterbach MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Brainerd VOTE: 4-0 Approved. 17. Aldrete -New single family residence. SM/JC Lot 3, Vail Village West, 2nd Filing/1784 S Frontage Road. Applicant: Waleniya 8~ Antonio Aldrete MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Conceptual review. 18. Norris - 250 Gross Residential Floor Area addition. TD Lot 1, Block 1, Vail Village 6th/486 Forest Road (East side). Applicant: Charles H. Narris MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Approved. 19. Taylor -Garage and building addition. SM/TD Lot 19, Block A, Vail Das Schone, 1st Filing/'2409 Chamonix Lane. Applicant: Annaliese Taylor MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Approved with conditions. 20. Manor Vail -Roof mounted air conditioner. AK Lot A, Block 1, Vail Village 7th/595 Vail VallE:y Drive. Applicant: Manor Vail Condominium Assoc. MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to June 16, 1993. 21. Scotch on the Rockies -Bay window expansion. AK Lot K, Block 5E, Vail Village, 1st Filing/82 E Meadow Drive. Applicant: Don Wood MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Conceptual review. r 22. Spruce Creek, Phase III -Utility box. AK 1750 S Frontage Road West/Spruce Creek Phase III. Applicant: Mike Lauterbach MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to June 16, 1993. 23. Wetland improvements along Gore Creek. AK Locations along Gore Creek. Applicant: Upper Eagle Valley Water and Sanitation District MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Consent approved. 24. Curtis -New single family residence. AK Lot 1, Ridge at Vail/1483 Aspen Grove Lane. Applicant: Lee & Melodie Curtis MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Approved. 25. Wendy's - Re-stain and Paint Trim, Flagpole Location TD Parcel A, Vail Das Schone #1/2399 N. Frontage Road West. Applicant: Wendy's Restaurants MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to June 16, 1993. 26. Simpson Residence -change roof from shakes to metal. TD Lot 17, Vail Village West #2/1813 Shasta Place. Applicant: Erin Simpson MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 4-0 Consent approved. STAFF APPROVALS Lionshead Station Restaurant -Replacement of windows. 616 West Lionshead Cr., Unit 205/Concert Hall PIaza,Vail Lionshead, 4th Filing. Applicant: John Edwards Kayser -Dormer addition and roof eave expansion. Lot 4, Vail Village West, 2nd Filing. Applicant: Robert & Mike Kayser 'Y Aboriginal Arts, Inc. -Three new signs for nf;w business. 143 E Meadow Drive, Crossroads Mall/Lot P', Block 5D, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Aboriginal Arts, Inc. Ross Residence -Repaint residence. Lot 33, Block 7, Vail Village, 1st Filing. Applicant: Pearl Hill Investments Lionshead Miniature Golf -New outdoor site lights and temporary building. Lionshead 1st Filing. Applicant: Vail Associates Sweet Basil Deck -Change to deck detail aind height. Gore Creek Plaza Building. Applicant: Chuck Rosenquist Head -Change to approved plans. Lot 1, Block 1, Vail Village, 1st Filing. Applicant: Martha Head ` Sortland - 250 Gross Residential Floor Area Addition. Vai! Pointe, Unit #3. Applicant: Ken Sortland Brinkman -Retaining wall. 600 Vail Valley Drive, Lot 4, Block A, Vail R~~idge. Applicant: Arno J Brinkman Hochtl -Minor building modifications. Lot 5, Vail Village, 9th Filing/890 Red Sandstone Circle. Applicant: Karl & Christie Hochtl Vail Mountain School -Landscape improvements. Lot 12, Block 2, Vail Village, 12th Filing/3160 N. Frontage Road. Applicant: Vail Mountain School Allen -Minor building modifications. Lot 10, Bighorn, 4th Filing/4424 Streamside Circle. Applicant: Stuart Allen Columbine Creations (The Allen Collections;) -Minor building modifications. Lot P, Block 5D, Vail Village, 1st Filing. Applicant: Walter Allen 6 ' 1993-1997 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 1993 1994 1995 1998 1997 TOTAL _ - - REQUIRED PROJECTS - 1Chapel8ridgeReplacemertt 84,000 84,000 See 10 Relocate Back Flow Prevention PIT VTC 25,000 25,000 2 Regional Bus Purchase Match 75,000 75,000 3 ADA Improvements 50.000 50.000 50.000 50.000 200.000 4 Underground Storage Tanks 236,981• 236,981 - TOTAL 234.000 50.000 50.000 50,000 236.961 620,981 ESSENTIAL PROJECTS FOR CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS OF EXISTING SERVICES - 5 Fire Truck Replacement 310,000 310,000 6 Replace Buses 1,050,000 1,326,000 1,160,000 3,536,000 7 Replacement of old Mobile Radws Fire 15,000 15,000 8 Emergency Buildng Mainterence 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 125,000 9 Street Impro~nement Mtce Program 617,000 807,500 1,797,330 1,891,060 1,903,510 7,016,400 10 Parking Structure Capital Mainterence 73,954 315,365 204,857 183,000 180,000 957,176 11 Town Shop and Bus Sam Mice Program 390,000 370,000 400,000 375,000 600,000 2,135,000 12 Drainage Improvements ~ 43,086 113,341 68,830 87,345 97,940 410,542 13 Bus Shelter Replacement Program !20,000 40,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 120,000 14 Electric Raceway 8 Library Carpet 35,000 35.000 15 Street Fum[ure Replacement 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20,000 100,000 16 Computer Oriented Irrigation 100,202 100,202 17 Covered Bridge Replacement 155,700 155,700 18 Replace Carpet in Muni Buikfing 25,000 25,000 19 Resurface Muni Build'ng Parking 14,000 14,000 TOTAL 1,339,242 - 2,896,906 3,887,017 4,085,405 2,846,450 15,055,020 ESSENTIAL PROJECTS WITH SAFTEY ISSUES 21 Fire Extrication Equpment 16,000 16,000 See 10 Lionshead Parking Electric Generator 15,000 15,000 22 Second Radio Channel for Buses 16,000 16,000 23 Sbeet Light Improvement Program 30,000 30.000 30,000 30,000 30.000 150,000 24 Pulis Bridge Replacement 330,000 330.000 TOTAL ~ 77,000 360.000 30,000 30,000 30.000 527,000 i ESSENTIAL PROJECTS TO MEET INCREASED SERVICE LEVELS OF EXISTING SERVICES 25 Retrofit Buses w/ Perimeter Seating 17,500 19,348 36,848 stall New Bus Shelters 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 80.000 rr rlelocate Cf'teckpontCe _ 220,350 220.350 s Va' ercliange Im, pl(Splt.With.State.5tU50),3 ..170,000. 100,000 270,000 Automate EastVaitlntercharige 9,900 9,900 30 HEF Capital Equipment 163,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 363,000 31 Implement New Shuttle Buses 420,000 879,000 769,375 2,068,375 32 Simba Run Underpass (TOV's Portion 30%) 210,000 555,000 765,000 33 Pay on Foot Express LaneVTC 21,899 21,899 34 Replace Liorehead Parking EquipmerY 131,888 131,888 35 VilFage Loading Facilty 1,000,000 .,,•..>.,.~w 4,437,500 36 Additonal Bus Purchase 221,000 244,000 465,000 37 Pay on Foot and Express Lane Q LH Parking 98,630 98,630 TOTAL 600,750 i 1,953,135 1,725,000 4,375,505 314,000 8,968,390 TOTAL OF THE ABOVE PROJECTS 2,250,992 I 5,260,041 5,692,017 8,540,910 3,427,431 25,171,391 NEW INITIATNE PROJECTS 36 Vail Valley Drive Ped Connections 308,023 277,546 131,700 717,269 Vail~RoadM$dtan~ 122,478 122,478 38 Vail Road Sidewak 45,903 45,903 39 Development Enhancements 90,000 90,000 90.000 90,000 90,000 450,000 40 Sidewalk Improvements 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 250,000 41 News Paper Dispensers 16,000 17,000 18,000 19,000 70,000 42 1st Phase of Town Cemetery 0 0 43 West Meadow Orive 82,000 897,400 979,400 44 Frontage Road Widening & Landscape Medians 111,000 537,350 648,350 45 Ford Park Left Tum Lane 338,155 338,155 46 Pedestrian Zone Signs and Monuments 127,500 106,500 234,000 47 East Lionshead Circle (Per StreetScape) 44,300 487,300 531,600 48 Frontage Road Landscape Medians 122,731 122,731 49 Rebuild Entry to Muni Parking Lot 87,477 87,477 TOTAL 632,404 810,886 1,870,296 418,277 ~ 865,500 4,597,363 TOTAL ALL PROJECTS • 2.883.396 6,070,927 7,562,313 8,959,187 4292.931 29,768.754 YEAR END FUND BALANCE ~ I 2,163.275 1,671,996 1,021,892 1,021,892 1,021,892 ~ G - -1993-1997 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS f;` 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 TOTAL REQUIRED PROJECTS _ 1 Chapel Bridge Replacement 84,000 84,000 See 10 Relocate Back Flow Prevention PIT VTC 25,000 25,000 ' , 2 Regional Bus Purchase Match 75,000 75,000 . , ` ~ 3 ADA Improvements 50,000 50.000 50,000 50.000 200.000 ~ _ 4 Underground Storage Tanks 236,981• 236,981 ' TOTAL 234,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 236,981 620,981 ESSENTIAL PROJECTS FOR CURRENTSERVICE LEVELS OF EXISTING SERVICES 5 Fire Truck Replacement 10,000 310,000 6 Replace Buses 1.050.000 1.326.000 .160,000 3,536,000 7 Replacement of old Mobile Radios Fire 15,000 15,000 8 Em gency Building Mainterence 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 125,000 9 SU Improvement Mtce Program 617,000 807,500 1,797,330 1,891,060 1,903,510 7,016,400 ' 10 Parkin ctuie Capital Mainterence 73,954 315,365 204,857 183,000 180,000 957,176 ' 11 Town Shop Bus Bam Mtce Program 390,000 370,000 400, 375,000 600,000 2,135,000 12 Dra'nage Improve 43,086 113,341 68, 87,345 97,940 410,542 13 Bus Shaker Replacement ram 20,000 40,000 20 20,000 20,000 120,000 14 ElecUic Raceway 8 Library Ca 35,000 35,000 . - 15 Street FumRUre Replacement 20,000 20,000 ,000 20,000 20,000 100,000 16 Computer Oriented Irrigation 100,202 100,202 ` 17 Covered Bridge Replacement 155,700 155,700 18 Replace Carpet in Muni Building 25,000 25,000 19 Resurface Muni Build'ng Parking 14,000 14,000 TOTAL 39,242,,. 2,896, 3,887,017 4,085,405 2,ti46,450 15,055,020 ESSENTIAL PROJECTS WITH SAFTEY ISSUES . ~ 21 Fire Extrication Equpment 16,000 16,000 See 10 Liorshead Parking Electric Generator 15,000 15,000 22 Second Radio Channel for Buses 16, 16,000 23 Street Light Improvement Program 30, 000 30,000 30,000 30,000 150,000 24 Pulis Bridge Replacement 330, 330,000 TOTAL 77,000 360,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 527,000 ' ` i ESSENTIAL PROJECTS TO MEET INCREASED SERVIC EVELS OF EXISTING SERVICES 25 Retrofit Buses w/ Perimeter Seating 17,500 19,348 36,848 I , 26 Install New Bus Shelters 20,000 20, 20,000 20,000 80,000 ' 1' I 27 Relocate Checkpoint Cherie 220,350 220,350 i 28 West Vail Interchange Imp (SpIR With State /50) 770,000. 100,000 ~ 270,000 29 Automate East Vail Interchange 9,900 \ 9,900 . 30 HEF Capital Equipment 163,000 50,000 50,000 50;Q00 50,000 363,000 31 ImplemecY New Shurile Buses 420,000 879,000 769,375 2,068,375 32 Simba Run Underpass (TOV's P on 30%) 210,000 555,000 ' 765,000 33 Pay on Foot Express Lane VT 21,899 21,899 34 Replace Liorsshead Parkin quipment 131,888 131,888 35 Village Loading Facility 1,000,000 o,YOr,;,w 4,437,500 36 Additonal Bus Purc 221,000 244,000 465,000 37 Pay on Foot and press Lane @ LH Parking 98,630 98,630 TOTAL 600,750 I 1,953,135 1,725,000 4,375,505 314,000 8,968,390 ' TOTA OF THE ABOVE PROJECTS 2,250,992 ~ 5,260,041 5,692,017 8,540,910 3,427,431 25,171,391 NEW INITIATNE PROJECTS 36 Vail Valiey Drive Ped Connections 308,023 277,546 131,700 717,269 37 Vail Road Medians 122,478 122,478 , 38 Vall Road Sidewak 45,903 45,903 CONSTRIICT W. VILLAGE ENTRY Cost to remove Checkpoint from current location: Remove Checkpoint/Demo Curb $ 1,000 Install New Inlet $ 1,504 Repair Brick Paver* $ 1,200 Repair Concrete* $ 500 Repair Asphalt $ 500 Install New Phone Pedestal in Area S 1.000 TOTAL $ 5,700 *current paver/concrete is not in great shape-whole plaza should be rebuilt-Cost to rebuild $40,000 Cost to install new Checkpoint Buildina Excavation $ 2,500 Foundation $ 2,000 Framing $ 4,000 Roof $ 1,000 Electrical $ 1,000 Plumbing/Mechanical $ 2,000 Finish Carpentry $ 4,000 Stone Work $ 2,000 Landscaping S 2,000 TOTAL $20,500 Utilitv connections to new Checkpoint Buildina Water & Sewer $ 4,000 Electric $ 2,000 Gas $ 2,040 Phone $ 500 Cable TV $ 200 Site Work Curbs/Signs $ 2,000 Gates S 8,000 TOTAL $18,700 Roadvwav Costs Provide turnaround at Lodge at Vail $52,000 Right-of-way for turnaround $75,004 (unless donated by Lodge at Vail) Option to reuse old Checkpoint saves approximately $10,000. Isn't to ADA standards and doesn't provide sanitary facilities. It is believed the building will need to meet the new ADA requiz-ements. Town of Vail's Design Standards may require pavers in a portion of the new turnaround area. This cost would be an additional. $30, 000. . ij~ l~ . Without - With _ Pavers . Total Construction Costs $ 96,900-$166,900 Mobilization, Traffic Control - & Contingency $ 24,225-$ 26,225 Design & Construction Management Costs $ 24,225-$ 26,225 TOTAL $145,350-$219,350 Relocate Checkpoint Charlie Planning • $ 24, 225 Right-of-way $ 75,000 Construction $121,125 TOTAL $220,350 Potential paver work $ 74,000 GRAND TOTAL $294,350 RECEIVED JUN ~ 2 1993 a DISTRIBUTION LIST - PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST BRIAN ANDERSON ERNST GLATZLE TOWN COUNCIL STEVE BARWICK GARY MURRAIN DEBBIE ROELAND MIKE BRAKE MARY LAWRENCE MIKE ROSE DICK DURAN SUSIE HERVERT TODD SCHOLL CAROLINE FISHER JIM HOZA DAN STANEK ANNIE FOX ADD DE.TO` LEO VASQUEZ JOHN GALLEGOS JOE KOCHERA PAM BRANDMEYER KRISTIN PRITZ CHARLIE OVEREND LARRY ESKWITH PETE BURNETT TODD OPPENHEIMER KEN HUGHEY JODY DOSTER MANUEL MEDINA FILE JANEIL TURNBULL P.W. INFO. BOARD MEMORANDUM T0: LARRY GRAFEL, ACTING-TOWN MANAGER FROM: GREG HALL, ACTING-DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/TRANSPORTATION DATE: MAY 31, 1993 RE: PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 31 - JUNE 4, 1993 { ,C........ .r::......: :..:r......::.:-.;:ax?.;,::Y:i::~?:>;:,y;>:::=~::::...:;fsr.•:?.:.: ^xx<ra,: l.,S•`r::...::::•...>:; f.. r::r.:::::.~::: -..:...:..n r:: nvlxx:F:.... Y..:~r f..~ xn l..`.?y r f _..:........:...y•r:?::• r~.:...?.... I.................~:>•t6.`l~x. rfrf .:n:.n...... rrf r-.. r..::::::.... . ~•riir::.:::i::n:::.:.: ..................!'F?•::.t ::::::1.. v.:. .rn .:1:•: ~S•::: ? :v........::::::.i: i:'ri. t..:.. n::::.~::::::: n •x: ::r xvx! v r{~?•. /::::.x:..: xl...? ...rri:.i {.s.??•::y: u::: r: iihF::hy'v::/?{?:r..:::.: r.:...:xf. r: rv:xri: r.:. r...:...- }iii::::i:::ffij:ii: f:i?:?x:::... r..... nom::: :v::::::::::::x n.... r... x::.. n:.. n::?i4i:•i:?!•::?4}i::~::i i:: ry::.yi}..v.::.vf.•.v: r.:•:: .::i..};?:i:. X4.: i..-.L?:..:{.:: •n•.xr.^: . : .:::t: ::.:n:.::r:.:::..:.....:iiifl.•::•::iX{:::::: r::::si~iisil:::Yiii4i''Ii'Yr:v=Y.:ti'r''ii.~.'ii::};:`• 'i'i$i~'i:'iiii.~Y:%fr:?•Y:ii:•ji:.f•~~:i'.`Glri'f'r>:i:':i; STREETS AND ROADS A. 1. Install drainage system on east side of Vail Road. 2. Straighten signs throughout Town. 3. Concrete repairs: a. Rockwalls b. Curbs 4. Perform high water checks and controls. 5. Construct information sign for VTC. 6. Pull shoulders and ditches in West Vail. 7. Conrad to clean and turn on fountains throughout Town. 8. Distribute street furniture in core and LH. 9. Supply topsoil to Ski Museum site on Thursday, 6/10. PARKING STRUCTURE/TRANSPORTATION A. 1. Complete striping of structures. 2. Grease fan motors. 3. Paint doors, walls and touch up graphics as needed. 4. Remove and replace expansion joints at VTC. 5. Investigate secured placement of new benches at VTC. CARPENTERS A. 1. Continue work at Stephen's Park. 2. Install benches throughout Town. 3. Repair winter damage to bridge railings and street name signs throughout Town. 4. Investigate flooring options for Covered Bridge. 5. Investigate renovations to Ford Park Bus Shelter. r i PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST Page 2 ELECTRICIANS A. 1. Perform line locates as needed. 2. Coordinate with Andy receiving bids on an emergency generator for LHTRC. 3. Investigate roof leak at Covered Bridge concrete bus shelter. 4. Continue Sonnenalp Street Light Project. 5. Install 2 street lights on south side by Check Point Charlie. 6. Hook up vacuum at bus wash. 7. Assist with Electrical connections at W. Meadow Drive drainage. 8. Connect lift station pump motor. 9. Assist with fountains. 10. Repair junction box under pedestrian bridge. 11. Assist with rock planter at Hong Kong. PARKS DEPARTMENT A. 1. Finalize design for Gore Creek Promenade/Pedestrian Bridge with Greg and Mike Brake. 2. Hire consultant for Mill Creek/Ted Kindel Park. 3. Continue construction management at Ski Museum Park site. 4. Mulch Xmas trees. 5. Coordinate 1st Bank improvements with Ski Museum contractor. 6. Schedule beaver relocate with Masked Man Services. 7. Schedule CPR class for department. GH/dsr VAIL VALLEY PERFORMANl;~ & C ON r ~r:RENCE LAN ~ t ~~R MEMO TO: Jim Sheazer FROM Caroline Tremblay Project Coordinato DATE: May 27, 1993 SUBJ: LOCAL HOTELIERS INPUT ON CONFERENCE CENTER PLANS At the Town Council meeting on May 18, you requested information about what type of input the local hotel community had given to the Conference Center. In addition to the Programming Committee's survey of the Hyatt Regency, the Westin Resort, Marriotts Mazk and The Lodge at Vail, a focus group was held in October to discuss their response to Plan A. The minutes from this meeting are enclosed for your review. As you can see they are a listing of many of the comments made about the needs of such a facility as well as potential ways of financing it that would be acceptable to this group of hoteliers. In the current stage of soliciting feedback from the community, I have scheduled a series of meetings to determine hotel owner's, management and staff reactions to all aspects of the plans. These meetings include but are not limited to the following: 1. Select group of General Managers and Sales & Marketing Directors from the larger properties in the Vail Valley 2. Focus group of Catering & Conference Services staff from all properties with meeting facilities 3. Presentation to the annual meeting of the Vail Valley Tourism & Convention Bureau 4. Booth at the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association's annual trade fair 5. Presentation to the HSMA's regulaz monthly meeting of sales managers from across the valley I will update you to the response from these groups at my next presentation to Council. This is presently scheduled for the July 13th work session. Thank you again for your interest in this r~.,~ect. Please don't hesitate to call me with questions at any time. Enclosures cc: Vail Town Council ' ~ MEETING MINUTES ' OCTOBER 20, 1992 PARTICIPANTS: Pepi Gramshammer - Gasthof Gramshammer Roger Bueller - Finance Committee Frank Johnson -,Programming Committee Paul Jebson - Lodge at Vail Stan Cope - Lodge Tower Amy Phillips - Westin Resort Jim Feldhaus - Vail Resort Association Saundra Spaeh - P.S.S. II~~~~1,.r REGARDING: Vail Valley Performance and Conference Centerf'~ - Pre function space critical. . - Pre function space too small if both function (theater and ballroom). - 72" rounds of 10 - can go to 12 seats. - 2000 would not be sit-down service in ballroom. - 1200 sit down necessary minimum. - Westin space is 60 X 100 = 500 sit-down. - Mark 840 maximum sit-down. - Town sales tax to go to conference center. Financing Options: 1. 2% sales tax on all lodge rooms (yes Pepi). 2. Incremental increase sales tax goes to project. 3. Hotelier pays l00 of income from related income. 4. User tax that ends in a set number of years. - 15,000 would be good ballroom sq.ft.. - Location is critical to successful center and this location is good. - Hotels, restaurants and shops all should be taxed. - "Year-round town" is our best marketing pitch for across the board sales tax. - Perhaps tax revenue goes to both theater and conference center. - Perhaps 3/4% tax, for 4 years, excluding groceries. - There is no other quality theater in Rockies. - Theater is as good for lodging as conference. - - How do we cover operation of facility? - Taxes will go for debt only. - Advertise to groups. - Full service kitchen is mandatory! Even at $500,000. Only way to get money into facility is meals. - Exhibit space is rentable. - Ballroom next to parking structure for future expansion should be researched. - Kitchen would be nice on ballroom level but there is no room. - Windows are good in meeting rooms. - Windows are important in meeting rooms and ballroom. MEETING MINUTES p~' OCTOBER 20, 1992 PAGE 2 - Built-in block out is important. - 21 foot minimum ballroom ceiling. - No chandelliers below soffits. - Soffits must be engineered to support lighting. - Built in elec/light booth projeciton is important. - Catwalks in ceiling and elec. in floors for 8 X 10 booths. - Computer display booths need lots of electrical - Catwalks at sides of ballroom for projection, lighting and ceiling decor. - Hooks in ceiling at 12' o.c. - No tower at front. - Enclose spine! _ - ADA-make it well integrated. - 3 X men's restroom for women's restroom. - Double standard coat room size, very secure. - Shoe changing room is needed. - Ski storage? - No retail. - Coffee shop and gift shop only. Airport-type coffee shop. - Sound walls w/45 degree double air walls, no electronic walls. - Air wall cavities must close well. - No wall stacking to be in ballroom. - Lots of phones. Several banks. - Jacks for PBX throughout foyer areas- 2 or 3 per area. - 1 Breakout room need phone, jacks/cords every 10 sq.ft. for press. - Need storage, but exhibitors will not store their exhibits at the Center. - Storage is only for paper goods. - Separate elevator for food service 8 X 10. Two elevators for service minimum. - 1.394 sq.ft. storage at 75 level needs to be food dish up: - Table storage could be on level below as 1.232 sq.ft. is too small far aTl table storage. - Need more conference storage. - Use retail space for meeting planner space/offices. - Offices can be rented. - Need employee lockers and restrooms an'd rest area. - 3,500 chairs - 150 tables need to be stored. - THE BIG ROOM HAS TO BE RIGHT AND HAS TO BE BIG. - No long-term housing for performers will be provided.. - Ballroom not to become too elongated in shape. CC: Committee Chairs,-Kristan Pritz, Ron Phillips, Jim Feldhaus. Jack Zehren. Steve Johnson, Gordon Pierce. • • VAIL VALLEY - ~ • PERFORMANCE.&. CONr'~RENCE CE1N't'~t~ MEMO. • . TO: • ` Jim Gibson ~ ~ - FROM:. Caroline Tremblay ~ - Project Coordinator - ~ DATE; .May 26, 1993 . - SUBJ: LOCAL USE STUDY FOR . - PERFORMANCE CENTER , Thank~,you. for your_kind attention to our presentation of the information regarding the . Vail. Valley .Performance &-Conference Center. At the meeting on May 18, you ` requested details on the local use of the Performance Center. I .have enclosed the - recommendations of the Programming Committee from last summer. They include a " • reconfirmation 'of the information gathered in,the.Jones & Phillips research study. As I meet.with each of the groups covered in this study, I am~reconfirming the, , information in the .report.: Vail Community Theater increased the, number of rehersal days they may use by 10. I know of no other modifications at this time, but will keep 'you •informed as changes are made. As a related matter, you may be:interested to know that the.Vail Community Theater group unanimously endorsed the. current plans for the theater. They -feel the facility meets- their needs for a flexible theater space as well as providing rooms where smaller events may be adequately, held. Thank you again for your interest in. the success of the Vail Valley Performance & Conference Center project. - Enclosure. ~ " . ec:. Vail Town•Council members • _ ,Y , , - ~,~Q~ VAIL ALLEY TOURISM & CONVENTIG.. BUREAU U 100 East Meadow Drive RECEIVED AU6 2 8 1982 Vail, CD 81657 (303) 476-1000 **1-800-525-3575** FAX (303) 476-6008 MEMO TO: Performing Arts/Co ference Center Steering Committee FROM: Frank W. Johnso DATE: August 26, 1992 RE: Report from Programming Committee Attached is a review of our findings relative to the Jones & Phillips study. The group met weekly over the course of eight weeks in an attempt to validate the usage conclusions arrived at by Jones & Phillips and add additional information if there was current data different from their conclusions. Participants in the meetings were: Steve Lindstrom, Sybil Navas, Kaylee Brennand, Kay Chester, Becky Brake, Brenda Himelfarb, Kathy Langenwalter, Haran Hunter, and Brad Quayle We will be glad to address specific questions or participate in further conversations as the need arises. • ~ MEMO • TO: Performing Arts/Conference Center Programming Committee FROM: Frank W. Johnson DATE: August 6, 1992 RE: The Attached • _ i ~ ~*>k*>k****>M#11*>k$>k**s*~~+o*s1AtkR*~Atk**A~>R>k>R>RtR*>A**~+t~*>k**>k>R Attached is the synopsis of our meetings. Thanks to all of you for your input. _ Ccntrui Reservations 1-800-525-3875 please jot down any corrections or suggestions you Group Su1cs (3U3) 479-23GU have and send or fax them back to Linda Ramsey, in my FAX(3U3)4i9-?3(~4 office by August 19th. I'll consolidate and send on ar"ins„ alli<< to the the Steering Committee. (3U3) -)i6-J00~) FAX (303) i76-6UU8 Denver Linc Again, thank you for your participation and 595-9.188 enthusiasm. I ° 11 be in contact as we need to meet further. 100 E. Meadow Drive Vail, Colorado 81657 . - August 4, 1992 Interim Report to the Steering Committee • from the Program Committee The group has met six times and thoroughly reviewed the Jones & Phillips study regarding the demand for cultural arts facilities. The following are our findings: A. Performing Arts Center 1. There is a demonstrated demand in the Vail Valley for a performing arts facility. 2. Following a thorough review of local programming needs, the optimum theater size for local uses, with the. exception of BRAVO! Colorado, would be in the 500-700 seat range. BRAVO! has indicated that they would in all likelihood "present" up to eight events during the winter season, some of which would require up to 1200 seats. In addition, the potential use of the Center as a rain "backup" would be desirable. This need may be accommodated in the Convention Center if it were designed with acceptable acoustics. 3. To serve the widest range of local needs, we feel that flexibility in floor design is essential. The ability to "grow" or "shrink" seating area to maintain a more intimate feel would encourage usage by local groups as well as outside concerns. 4. There is in addition to the need for theater space, flexibly designed in the 1200 seat range, a demonstrated need for a truly intimate simple performance space in the 100-150 seat range. 5. Though the 1200 seat configuration does present severe limitations for most touring theatrical programs, it is felt that popular music performances requiring seating in the 2500 range could be accommodated in the convention hall portion of the center if it were acoustically designed. 6. It was felt that the following items are important to be included in the design of the center from a performance standpoint: a. Excellent acoustical design and audio system b. dressing rooms minimum ideal 2 chorus 2 chorus 2 "star" 4 "star" Green room (kitchen) green room (kitchen) costume area Page 2 Interim Report ' c. fly space - approximately 20 rigs d. orchestra shell (can be flown or portable) e. spring floor ;for dance f. orchestra pit (12 ppl) hydraulic lift to stage height g. continental seating h. lobby large enough for visual arts displays - good lighting, acoustics for reception/function usage i. sophisticated lighting in theater j. ample control room space for sound, light, projection - large conduit for extensive cabling k. adequate wing space (at least half stage size on either side) 1. storage space contiguous to loading dock or freight elevator for permanent theater fixtures and temporary storage for each show's equipment m. centralized box office for all performances 7. For purposes of calculating income, we have recontacted as many local groups as would respond (see attached). It would appear that the numbers developed by Jones & Phillips are in an acceptable range. 8. The impact of additional proposed (or rumored) facilities to be constructed in the area is of concern. Facilities that our group is aware of that would impact local and potential "intimate" performance promoters is the Beaver Creek Performing Arts Center and the potential new High School Auditorium. Both of these facilities have been discussed .as part of "long range planning" but there does not seem to be anything definitive on either one at this time. B. Convention Facility In addition to the Programming Committee, the Jones & Phillips study was reviewed by the following outside parties: 1. The Vail Resort .Association Convention Sales staff 2. Vail Associates Group Sales staff 3. Sales and Marketing staff at the following properties: a. Hyatt Regency Beaver Creek b. Lodge at Vail c. Marriott's Mark Resort d. Westin Resort ' { j Page 3 Interim Report The following are our collective observations. 1. Of the local lodges surveyed, the average lodge turns away approximately six conference opportunities per year which are too large for the hotel but would fit into a bigger conference facility. Lodges further felt this number is low due to the fact that they are not targeting (soliciting) this type of business. 2. Avon/Beaver Creek hotels would probably not see the same benefit from the conference center as Vail lodging properties. 3. Winter usage (January - March) of the facility may be limited from a conference standpoint as lodges may limit the number of group available rooms yielding to higher paying leisure guests. Availability of lodging rooms for conferences in Spring, Summer and Fall will be strong. 4. As noted in the study, an important factor in site selection is the negotiability of food, beverage and meeting room rates. The center will need to be flexible with meeting planners as it relates to the cost of food/beverage services and center usage fees (meeting room rental). 5. The figures as presented by Jones & Phillips cause us to ask whether the 6 - 10 functions per year really justify the building of such a facility. However, the "gut feeling" of the lodging sales group as well as the VRA group is that the Jones & Phillips numbers may be unrealistically small and that after several years of marketing and operation, the facility would see more utilization than this study would indicate. 6. Further research with sales departments at Keystone and Snowmass indicated that, pursuant to item 4 above, meeting room rental charges are perceived as "very negotiable" with their clients. Revenues derived directly from user fees are not a significant contribution towards the operating costs of either center at this time. 7. It is universally felt that flexible design, both in terms of divisibility of spaces and acoustics and lighting could enable the convention center space to be utilized for a number of potential performing arts uses. t ~ } f Page 4 Interim Report 8. It was also felt that the proposed 23,000 square foot plan provided an excellent opportunity to be "the biggest" of the Colorado Mountain convention facilities with room to subdivide to handle a great variety of sizes of functions. 9. Due to the wide divergence of potential demand indicated by Jones & Phillips review of past feasibility studies, and their criticism of the methodologies in those studies it would be beneficial to update the data, given the market conditions of the last 4 or 5 years. The profile of the Vail Valley as a meeting destination has changed since the original Congress Hall & ERA Studies, and this factor has not been measured as it relates to our desirability as a meeting destination. In addition, the "regionalization" of association meetings and the growing desirability of spouse attendance (coupling "vacation" time with work) causes us intuitively to feel ghat market forces are acting in our favor as a meeting destination. However, politically it would be wise to test these theories. ORGANIZATION/USE PERFORMANCE DAYS REHEARSAL/ ATTENDANCE SETUP LOW - HIGH. BRAVO 18 (BACKUP FOR AMPHITHEATER 10 300 2000 8 (SCHEDULED FOR PERF. ARTS AS PRESENTER) VAIL COMMUNITY THEATER 25 20-28 80 600 W ACADEMY OF 2 1 5 600 DANCE r--•-TENDS OF THE 7 4 400 1000 L..rICE 3 (AS PRESENTER MAJOR EVENT) NAT'L CHILDRENS 3 - 4 1600 1700 THEATER SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL REPERATORY CMC MANY LECTURES/SLIDES/OTHER PRESENT. GALLERY ASSN PUBLIC SHOWS IN LOBBY AREA TOURING THEATRICAL 2400 3000 MUSIC COMMERCIAL 20 - 25 2500 SEATS ACOUSTIC 500 SEATS 4 d~-a- arc - ~~c~ mac. ~ ? U,e~~ x e : C~. ? J FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ai May 12, 1993 Vail Associates; Inc. Post Office Box 7 Vail, Colorado 81658 Contacts: (303) 476-5601-Vail Pat Pee les /303 845-5722 (303) 949-5750-BcavcrCrcckORcsort h \ ) (303) 949-2315-EAX Ross Palmer (303) 845-5721 KUNKEL NAMED VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AT VAIL ASSOCIATE VAIL, Colo. Kent Myers, senior vice president, Vail Associates, Inc. (VAI) and chief operating officer of Beaver Creek Resort announced today the appointment of longtime ski industry veteran Robert Kunkel as its new vice president of marketing. Kunkel, 45, has served as vice president, marketing at Winter Park Resort for the past 12 years, where he has overseen all marketing functions, sales, public relations and valley-wide central reservations. He was recently honored by the Colorado Tourism Board for significant contributions to the state's tourism industry, including the development of "preference pricing" and the highly-successful Colorado Ski-Expo. Kunkel was the main force behind the. organization of the ski expo, a Colorado Ski Country USA, -sponsored event that brought the first major consumer ski show to Denver, Colo. last fall. Prior to joining Winter Park, Kunkel worked for eight years in various capacities for Copper Mountain Resort, where he served as director of advertising and public relations, skier services manager and ski school director. Kunkel said he is looking forward to the challenges and opportunities he'll face as a senior marketing executive for one of the world's premier ski and year-round resorts. "An opportunity like this comes along only once in a lifetime," said Kunkel. "A move to Vail and Beaver Creek Resort is the next logical step for me in the ski industry. "At one point or another during my career, I've worked with some of Vail and Beaver Creek's top people, so in many ways this is a reunion of talent that has more than 60 years of experience marketing skiing in Colorado," Kunkel continued. "I couldn't be more thrilled." 'more' 1989 WORLD ALPINE printed an recycled paper _ SKI CI-IAl~'1PIONSHIPS O Registered trademarks of Vail Associates, Inc. ® VAIL~BEAVER CREEK Kunkel 2-2-2 During his early years in the industry, Kunkel worked as a ski instructor at Copper Mountain with current VAI president Andy Daly and also with Kent Myers, who was instrumental in bringing Kunkel to Vail. "Bob brings with him a dedication to the skiing industry that few others possess," said Myers. "His experience combined with a fresh perspective will be invaluable for us in the coming years." In his new position, Kunkel will be; responsible for marketing, sales, advertising, Vail/Beaver Creek Reservations, group ser`~ices and corporate commun~cati.nn~. He will report directly to Myers. Kunkel earned a masters in business administration from the University of Colorado - Boulder. He also holds a masters in commercial recreation and a graduate certificate in international business. Kunkel is joined by his wife, Shannon, and two children, a 5-year-old girl, Bailey, and a 1-year-old boy, A.J. -30- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 1993 Vail Associates, Inc. Contacts: Post Office Box 7 Pat Peeples (303) 845-5722 vail, coloraao s16sa (303) 476-5601-Vail Ross Palmer (303) 845-5721 (303) 949-5750-BcavcrCrcckORcshrt (303) 949-2315-FAX VAIL ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES EXPANSION . OF PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT VAIL, Colo. May 12, 1993 Kent Myers, senior vice president, Vail Associates, Inc. (VAI) and chief operating officer of Beaver Creek Resort, announced today the expansion of VAI's public relations department, including the appointment of Ross Palmer as the company's new director of public relations. PLblie relations direc±ur Pat Peeples has been prom~nted to managing director of corporate communications. Myers also announced the promotion of Carol Frangos from public relations coordinator to summer communications manager and international public relations manager; the appointment of Paul Witt to media relations manager and the appointment of Tracy Stetson as the company's new public relations assistant. Palmer brings nearly 10 years of print media and public relations experience to Vail's public relations department, as well as 21 years of experience skiing in Colorado and one season of experience as aski-instructor at Vail's sister ski resort, Snow Summit Resort in Big Bear Lake, California. "T'he breadth of his experience combined with what we recognized as a true commitment to work in our industry made Ross a logical choice," said Peeples. "He'll bring a fresh perspective to Vail's expanded public relations and marketing efforts." Prior to joining Vail Associates, Palmer spent nearly four years with the Los Angeles- based public relations firm, Sitrick And Company. Before that he was sports editor for a group of So»±',~rr! California newspapers, a reporter for United Prca, Tr~~~ana~i~nal iit dew York City and an account executive with the international public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton. He graduated from Boston University's College of Communication in 1983 with a B.A. in Journalism. "Ross's experience with Sitrick And Company, a firm that has an excellent reputation far positioning company's through strategic public relations programs,, will be a tremendous asset to our company and the community," said Myers. "He brings an added dimension to our public relations efforts." Frangos, who joined VAI in 1989, will now be responsible for the company's summer and international promotional efforts. She previously served as the department's public relations coordinator. printed on recycled paper more- 1989 WORLD ALPINE SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS Ox Registered trademarks of Vail Associates, Inc UAIL~BEAVER CREEK Public Relations 2-2-2 Witt joins VAI's public relations 1;eam from within the company. He most recently served as VAI's special events coordinator., where he supervised on-mountain film, video and still photography productions and designed„ setup and supervised race events, ski school demonstrations and promotional events. Witt holds a masters in business administration from the University of California at Los Angeles and a B.A. from Ripon College. Stetson also joins the department from within VAI. She previously worked in the private reservations department of the Beaver Creek Ski School. Stetson holds a B.A. from Rollins College. Peeples expressed her enthusiasm for the public relations department's increased capabilities and broadened responsibilities. "With the needs of all of our constituencies constantly increasing, we knew we had to increase individual responsibilities and make some strong additions to the staff," Peeples said. -30- cElv~~ ~u~ - 2 is l'gGGy recd ® RaS vr..~a? FOR IMMEDTATE RELEASE: Vail Associates, Inc. May 24, 1993 Post Office Box 7 Vail, Colorad« 81658 (303) 476-5601-Vail MEDIA CONTACTS: (303) 949-5750-BcavcrCrcckORcsort Patricia E. Peeples (303) 845-5725 (303) 949-z315-FAx Ross Palmer (303) 845-5721 VAIL ASSOCIATES TO INVEST $14 MTLLION IN 1993-'94 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS VAII,, Colo. --Vail and Beaver Creek Resort will invest $14 million in capital improvements for the 1993-'94 ski season with a pronounced focus on improvements in slope grooming, a new lift network serving intermediate terrain in Lionshead with a new beginner area; the addition of terrain at Beaver Creek Resort as well as the renovation of the design and award winning Spruce Saddle Restaurant, Andy Daly, president of Vail Associates, Inc, announced today. This marks the largest expenditure since 1985 when Vail began its network of high speed lifts. This year's highlights include: 1. The Pride Express 5,500-foot lift: Vail Mountain's eighth high speed quad providing access to 120 acres of Lionshead terrain and a new mountain top 10-acre beginner area isolated from ordinary skier traffic. 2. Seven new snowcats, bringing the Vail and Beaver Creek fleet to 43 and enabling a 40 percent increase in mountain grooming. 3. Spruce Saddle Restaurant at Beaver Creek Resort: Complete redesign and addition of 290 seats themed along the lines of the Vail Valley's western history. 4. The Harrier Trail and Grouse Glade: terrain expansions and new trails improve Be~.s~er Creel:, adding a collective 75 acres of intermediate and gladed terrain and a better balance and flow of egresses off of the mountain. "We have been listening attentively to our guests and employees and this year's expenditures are a direct reflection of their comments," Daly said. "We will see a concentration on snowmaking and grooming which will ensure a better ski experience, especially in the early season. Every improvement we are making, to our systems and facilities, will bring a new sense of balance and flow to Vail Mountain." "The Pride Express (chair 26) wilt effectively double the lift capacity in the Lionshead pod," explained Chris Ryman, vice president of mountain operations for Vail Associates. "The Pride lift will create a ski experience not unlike that offered by chair 2, - -more- printed on recycled paper 1989 WORLD ALPINE ©Registemd trademarks of Vail Associates, (nc SKI CI IAIVIPIONSHIPS UAIL/BEAVER CREEK n - r Capital Improvements -'93-'94 2-2-2 the Avanti Express. There will be plenty of long cruising and groomed runs accessible from Pride which will enable better distribution of skiers who love skiing the mid- mountain area. The Pride Express, accessible from Born Free Express (Chair 8), along with new snowmaking will provide one of the best early season products in Colorado with a top-to-bottom run serviced by a high-speed quad and increased snowmaking. "Vail. and Beaver Creek Resort will also see a total of seven new snowcats, increasing the slope grooming capacity by over 40 percent which equates into more runs groomed--more often," explained Rymar~. "Our guests told us that we weren't grooming enough. We're responding. The increase in the fleet will enable better grooming patterns on the mountain, where varied ability levels can enjoy the terrain diversity." "Another massive improvement sure to meet rave reviews among our skiing guests and employees is the purchase of new and entirely different uniforms for all on-mountain employees," Daly explained. "The Spyder uniforms create a new look, image and style for Vail and Beaver Creek mountain staff," Daly added. "They are warm, comfortable and on the cutting edge in both function and fashion. "Much of our capital investment this year will focus on what has traditionally made Vail the number one resort in North America: attention to detail, and systems improvement," Daly concluded. "We will be improving ticketing systems, employee locker rooms, and the annual dose of good solid trail work, facilities improvement and general sprucing up." BEAVER CREEK RESORT: The hallmark of Beaver Creek Resort's capital projects includes the redesign, expansior? and renovation of the mid-mountain Spruce Saddle Restaurant, highlighted by the addition of 290 new seats and a western history themed interior along the lines of Two Elk Restaurant on Vail Mountain. Beaver Creek will also see the adldition of intermediate ski terrain on the front side of the mountain with a 35-acre run calleci Harrier Glade and a 40-acre addition on the northwest side of Grouse Mountain, known as Grouse Glade. "Well over half of our guests are intermediate level skiers," saki Kent Myers, chief operating officer for Beaver Creek Resort. "The addition of new terrain and the emphasis on slope grooming will definitely satisfy the expectations of those guests requesting more of the groomed ski -more- Capital Improvements - '!)3-'94 3-3-3 experience. We're seeing Beaver Creek develop into a wonderfully balanced mountain for all levels of skiers." Beaver Creek will benefit from the addition of three new snowcats with the ability to groom 40 percent more ski terrain. Beaver Creek Resort employees will have a new look in the Spyder uniforms. "High-tech and high-touch systems are what will set Beaver Creek Resort apart," Myers said. "Continual attention to refinements will be our focus, now and in the future." VATL CAPITAL: • HIGII SPEED QUAD CHAIR LIFT IN LIONSHEAD AREA BRINGS THE VAIL MOUNTAIN TOTAL TO EIGHT HIGH SPEED QUADS, MORE THAN ANY OTHER SINGLE MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD. THE PRIDE EXPRESS LIFT WILL SERVE THE LIONSHEAD/EAGLE'S NEST RIDGE AREA WITH ACCESS TO AN ENTIRE NEW TEACHING ARENA FOR BEGINNERS, TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE FLOW OF NON-BEGINNING SKIERS. THE PRIDE EXPRESS LIFT WILL RUN FROM THE FLATS OF SAFARI BELOW POST ROAD TO JUST WEST OF EAGLE'S NEST RESULTING IN A 2-LIFT HIGH SPEED NETWORK SERVING 2,210 VERTICAL FEET OF TERRAIN. THE PRIDE EXPRESS LIFT ALONE WILL RISE 1210 FEET. FIVE MAJOR TRAILS CONSISTING OF 150 ACRES OF GROOMED INTERMEDIATE TERRAIN IN LIONSHEAD WILL BE SERVICED BY THE NEW LIFT CONFIGURATION WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWMAKING. • SNOWMAKING: ADDITION OF 60 ACRES, ALLOWING EARLY ACCESS UN PRIDE, BWANA, BORN FREE RUNS AND TO THE CHAIR 15 BEGINNER AREA. • THE EXISTING CHAIR 9 WILL BE SHORTENED INTO A "TEACHING CHAIR," AND THE IMPROVEMENTS COLLECTNELY WILL ALLOW AFIRST-TIME BEGINNER ACCESS TO A STATE OF THE ART, TOP-OF-THE MOUNTAIN TEACHING AREA. THE HIGH ALTITUDE TRAINING CENTER GNES BEGINNER SKIERS THE CHOICE OF THREE TRAINING LIFTS AND OVER SIX TRAILS WHICH LIMITS ACCESS FOR HIGH SPEED SKIING. • 4 NEW SNOWCATS: THIS INCREASES THE VAIL FLEET TO A TOTAL OF 21 SNOWCATS, MORE THAN ANY OTHER MOUNTAIN COMPLEX IN THE WORLD. • BAR CODED TICKETING SYSTEM: EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR SKIER CHECK IN AT THE BASE LIFTS. THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM ALLOWS EASY ACCESS AND DATA CAPTURE TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THE GUESTS. THIS MARKS THE FIRST PHASE OF A LONG RANGE GUEST COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION NETWORK. • SPYDER UNIFORMS: MARKING A PURCHASE OF OVER 2,600 PIECES OF HIGH- TECH APPAREL, THE SPYDER UNIFORMS ARE AN OFF-SHOOT OF THE TRADITIONAL VAIL BLUE AND TRADITIONAL STRIPE, AND ARE MADE OF STATE OF THE ART, ENTRANT FABRIC. -more- Capital Improvements - '93-'94 4-4-4 • WILDWOOD RESTAURANT: EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING DECKS AND ADDITION OF "BEACH ATMOSPHERE". • EMPLOYEE LOCKER ROOMS: INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCKER AREAS AT GOLDEN PEAK, VAIL VILLAGE AND LIONSHEAD. • GUEST SERVICE COMPUTERIZED WELCOME STATIONS: INFORMATION CENTERS AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND AT MID-VAIL TO ASSIST SKIERS IN ALL GUEST SERVICE RELATED INFORMATION FROM SLOPE GROOMING TO LIFT STATUS TO LUNCH AND DINNER OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. BEAVER CREEK CAPITAL: • SPRUCE SADDLE RESTAURANT: IMPROVEMENTS CONSIST OF A DRAMATIC EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF ~iPRUCE SADDLE WITH AN ADDITION OF 290 SEATS AND EMPHASIS ON QUALITY' IN FOOD SERVICE. SPRUCE SADDLE WILL BE THEMED AROUND THE WESTERN HISTORY OF THE BEAVER CREEK AND THE EAGLE RIVER VALLEY AND WILL HAVE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE POPULAR TWO ELK RESTAURANT ON VAIL MOUNTAIN. THE OUTDOOR DECK SEATING WILL BE DOUBLED AND BARBECUE: AREA IMPROVED AND A SPECIAL 120-SEAT CHILDREN'S LUNCH ROOM WILL BE ADDED ON THE LOWER LEVEL SPECIFICALLY FOR 'T'HOSE CHILDR'.EN PARTICIPATING IN BEAVER CREEK CHILDREN'S SKI SCHOOL. • TERRAIN EXPANSION: HARRIER TRAIL, A NORTH FACING RUN WILL ADD 35 ACRES TO BEAVER CREEK MOUNTAIN AND WILL BE SIMILAR IN FEEL AND SLOPE TO RED TAIL. GROUSE GLADE, WI[ICH IS AN ADDITION TO THE WEST OF GROUSE MOUNTAIN (FORMERLY GATED) ADDS =[0 ACRES OF GLADED SKIING WITH EXCEPTIONAL ACCESS AND EGRESS OFF OF GROUSE MOUNTAIN BACK TO CHAIRS 9 AND 10 AND TO THE BEAVER CREEK BASE. • 3 NEW SNOWCATS: INCREASES BEAVER CREEK SNOWCAT FLEET TO 18 MEANING MORE RUNS WILL BE GROOMED, MORE OFTEN. • INSTALLATION OF AIRLESS GUNS T'O THE SNOWMAKING SYSTEM NEAR THE BASE AREAS OF BEAVER CREEK MOUNTAIN TO INCREASE SNOWMAKING PRODUCTION WITH LESS NOISE. • CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE ZONES: IMPROVEMENT AND REFINEMENT OF ALL ON- MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE ZONES INCLUDING BUCKAROO BOWL AND TOMBSTONE TERRITORY. • GUEST SERVICE COMPUTERIZED WELCOME CENTERS: INFORMATION CENTERS AT THE BASE OF EACH MOUNTAIN AND AT SPRUCE SADDLE TO ASSIST SKIERS IN ALL GUEST SERVICE RELATED INFORMATION FROM SLOPE GROOMING TO LIFT STATUS TO LUNCH AND DINNER OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. -30- x e~ R STAI ~ OF COLORADO COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ~~Of. CO~~ Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and j environment of the people of Colorado - ; 4300 Cherry Creek Dr. 5. Laboratory Building ~~c Denver, Colorado 80222-1530 4210 E. 1 ith Avenue 11 p/ /aye Phone (303) 692-2000 Denver, Colorado 802 2 0-3 71 6 w~ iL~3 ~ Tvc7JJ (303) 691-4700 ~ Roy Romer _ Governor COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Patricia A. Nolan, MD, MPH Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division Executive Director MEMORANDUM TO: Interested Parties FROM: Dick Parachini, Eagle Mine Project Manager DATE: May 27, 1993 SUBJECT: State Air Monitoring Results -January/March 1993 Enclosed is a summary of the air monitoring data collected in front of the Minturn Middle School by the State of Colorado during the Eagle Mine remedial activities. Thest; units have been in operation since the beginning of the school session this fall at the Minturn Middle School. This data is used in the ongoing health assessments conducted for the site. Paramount has discontinued its air monitoring during the winter season at the site as allowed under the Remedial Action Plan. The State has continued operating the station in front of the Minturn Middle School in response to concerns from local interests about not having any air monitoring during the 1992-93 winter season. The monitoring frequency was shifted from the t- in -3 day schedule to the 1-in-6 day schedule beginning December 2, 1992. The State air monitoring station will be operated until the beginning of construction activities in 1993. The metals analysis for January 13 and 19 are not in this report, but will be included in the next report. If you have questions about the air monitoring requirements or results, please call me at 692-3396. Date TSP Pb Cd As ug/m3 ug/m3 ug/m3 ug/m3 03-08-93 11 < 0.02 < 0.002 0.0005 03-14-93 9 <0.02 <0.002 0.0012 03-20-93 13 <0.02 <0.002 0.0008 DP/dp X c • 4945-A 91st Avenue North d Pinellas Park, FL 34666 e~~.D~~ 28 May 1993 Ms. Margaret Osterfoss 75 South Frontage Road Vail, Colorado 81657 ~ ~ 6-1~, ~ ~ IAd9 ~ ` ' ~ G-d,~-~i GC ~ G~0 0 ~ - Dear Ms. Osterfoss: Thank you very much for your letter of May 3rd. I am certainly looking forward to this year's Ride the Rockies tour and the chance to make new friends along the ride and in the host towns. While the local terrain (Tampa-Clearwater) offers little hope of training for the actual conditions of the ride, I am excited that this year's route includes a night in Vail. Please share with the residents and business community that the riders are '~areparing' to meet them too! Balancing the extra training with responsibilities at work and at home can be tough, but it is worth what I consider the vacation of a lifetime! From last year's experience, riders on the tour are a very out- going, healthy lot. And, we can eat your cupboards bare after a day in the mountains! But, we are darn good about cleaning up after ourselves, too. Please save a little hot water for me 'cause there is nothing better than the feeling from a great day on the bike, a warm shower, a good meal, and a smile from a new friend in Colorado! Sincerely, z.(iuu.cleJ teve Helmick ~G ~ (,441~11~ _ kECE1VE ~ ~ G~ . Q SUN ~ 3 1993 ML C Colorado Municipal League 1660 Lincoln Street, Suite 2100 Denver, Colorado 80264-2101 Phone (303) 831-6411 FAX (303} 860-8175 T0: All Mayors and Managers (or Clerks in Municipalities Having No Manager) of Member Cities and Towns of the Colorado Municipal League t,twk~i: Mary Brown, Council President, Steamboat Springs and President, CML SUBJECT: Notice of the 1993 Annual Business Meeting and Agenda 1DyATE: June 2, 1993 The Annual Business Meeting of the Colorado Municipal League will be held during the Annual Conference at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 1993, in the Spruce Room at the Breckenridge Hilton Hotel, 550 Village Road in Breckenridge, Colorado. Attached as Appendices A and B respectively are some pertinent By-law provisions and the voting rules for business meetings of the League. Among the subjects to be discussed or voted upon at the Business Meeting, but not necessarily in this order, are the following: 1. Nominating Committee Report for and Election of Executive Board Members. The election process is described in the attached Appendix C. 2. President's Report. As CML President, I will present to the membership a brief annual report of League activities. 3. Policy Committee Report and Adoption of 1993-94 Policy Statement. The League's Policy Committee met on May 21, 1993, and developed recommendations to be considered by the membership at the Business Meeting. A copy of the proposed policies is attached as Appendix D. Proposed additions to the 1992-93 policies are capitalized. Proposed deletions from the 1992-93 policies are lined through. 4. Other Business. ' Although this memo is being mailed only to mayors and managers (or clerks in municipalities which have no manager), we ask that you bring it to the attention of members of your city council or board of trustees, particularly those who may be attending the Annual Business Meeting at the June Conference. All municipal officials from member cities and towns are encouraged to attend the Annual Business Meeting. Should you have any questions or desire additional information with respect to any matters to be considered at the Annual Business Meeting, please feel free to contact Ken Bueche, executive director; Katy Priest, office manager; or me. { Appendix A , Excerpts from Some Pertinent CML By-law Provisions r ARTICLE II -MEMBERSHIP section and except any nominee petitioned for pursuant to this • section, shall have received the written endorsement of the Section 2. Votes of Participating Members. Each city or town nominee's city council or board of trustees. A city council or holding participating membership in the League shall be equally board of trustees may endorse the nomination of only one privileged with all other participating members in its voice and official from the city or town for election at any one annual vote in the election of Executive Board members and upon any business meeting. Each official who files an application for r propositions presented for discussion or decision at any meeting nomination with the nominating committee shall be included of the League. The vote of each participating member shall be among the nominating committee's slate of nominees if the cast by its representative or by a majority of its representatives official meets the qualifications established in section 31a1 of this attending the meeting at which an election of Executive Board article, and if the official's application is received in writing in members or a decision on any proposition shall take place. No the league office at least 15 days prior to the annual business person may cast a vote, or sign any nominating petition pursuant meeting and is accompanied by the required endorsement in to Article IV, Section 4, as a representative of more than one writing from the official's city council or board of trustees. The participating city or town. nominating committee may request that one or more additional y officials become nominees only if and to the extent that the total ARTICLE N - EXECUTNE BOARD number of officials who are qualified by the proper filing of an application for nomination at least 15 days prior to the annual Section 2. Election. Members of the Executive Board shall be business meeting are insufficient to meet the minimum slate elected annually at the annual conference of the League, shall requirement of this section. Not later than ten hours prior to the assume office immediately after the adjournment of the annual annual business meeting, other nominations for Executive Board business meeting held at the annual conference and shall hold members may be made to the nominating committee by petition, office for a term of two years, or until their successors have such petition to be signed by at least ten municipal officials been elected and have assumed office. The terms of the representing at least ten municipalities in attendance at the members of the Board shall be staggered so that the terms of conference. The nominating committee shall be the sole judge of one-half of the members of the Board from each population the validity of any such petitions submitted, and if it deems the . category shall expire each year. When more than nine Executive petitions valid shall submit the names of municipal officials so Board members are to be elected at the annual conference, nine nominated to the annual business meeting for consideration individuals shall be elected for two-year terms and any additional along with the nominating committee's slate of officials. individuals elected to the Board shall be elected for one-year terms. lbl The vote shall be by written ballot. within each category of Board members, as set forth in Section 3(bl above, those Section 3. aualifications of Executive Board Members. (a1 officials receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected to Members of the Executive Board shall be elected or appointed two-year terms and those receiving the next largest number of officials of participating cities and towns. For purposes of these votes, in descending order, shat) be elected to one-year terms, bylaws appointed officials shall include employees as well as if any exist. Where a tie would affect the outcome of any non-elected officials. election, arun-off election shall be held among those officials receiving the same number of votes. At the annual business (b) Excluding the Immediate Past President, six members of the meeting, each city and town holding participating membership Board shall be officials of municipalities having a population of in the League shall be entitled to vote, subject to the require- less than 6,500, six members shall be officials of municipalities ments of Section 2 of Article II of these By-Laws, to fill all having a population of at least 6,500 but less than 65,000, and vacancies on the Board regardless of the categories established six members shall be officials of municipalities having a popula- above in Section 31b1. lion of 65,000 or more. For the purposes of this Article, "population" shall mean the municipal population figures used in ARTICLE IX -AMENDMENTS determining service participation fees for League membership for the year in which the Individual is elected, appointed or a Section 1. Procedure. These by-laws may be amended at any candidate for the Board. annual or special conference by atwo-thirds vote of all members voting, providing the proposed amendment(s) shall have first Section 4. Nominations of Executive Board Members. lal been prepared in writing and submitted to the Executive Board Nominations of Executive Board members shall be made at the on or before the date preceding by two weeks the first day of annual conference of the League by a nominating committee of the conference and written copies of such amendment(s) are nine municipal officials appointed by the President, three from distributed to conference delegates. Such amendmentlsl shall go each category established in Section alb) above. At least 24 into effect immediately or at such other time as may be specified ~f ~ hours prior to the annual business meeting, the nominating in the proposal submitting the amendment to a vote of the committee shall recommend for election to the Executive Board members. tf, within sixty days after the adoption of any amend- s slate of municipal officials numbering at least one official more ment, one-third or more of the member municipalities protest in each population category than the number of vacancies to be against such amendment, it shall automatically be suspended filled for each category, and, in so doing, shall ensure that the until the next annual or special conference, when it may be . nominations comply with the categories established in Section taken up again for reconsideration and vote as in the first alb) above and with the requirement in section 2 of this article instance. for overlapping terms of office. Each nominee, except any official requested by the nominating committee to become a nominee in order to meet the minimum slate requirement of this c Appendix 8 Voting Rules for Business Meetings of the Colorado Municipal League 1. Section 1 of Article II of the By-laws of the League provides: "Any incorporated city or town in the state of Colorado desiring to become a participating member of this League may do so upon signifying a desire to do so and the payment of the current annual service participation fee." 2. Section 2 of Article II of the By-laws of the League provides: "Each city or town holding participating membership in the League shall be equally privileged with all other participating members in its voice and vote in the election of Executive Board members and upon any propositions presented for discussion or decision at any meeting of the League. The vote of each participating member shall be cast by its representative or by a majority of its representatives attending the meeting at which an election of Executive Board members or a decision on any proposition shall take place. No person may cast a vote, or sign any nominating petition pursuant to Article IV, Section 4, as a representative of more than one participating city or town." 3. Business meetings of the League shall be presided over by the President. In the absence of the President, the Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, Immediate Past President or an individual designated by the Executive Board shall preside, in that order of availability. 4. Only incorporated cities and towns whose annual service participation fees are not delinquent shall be eligible to vote. 5. A voting card and, when an election is to be held for members of the Executive Board, an official ballot or ballots shall be distributed at the location of the business meeting, commencing 15 minutes prior to the announced time for commencement of the business meeting, to a representative from each eligible municipality. Each such representative shall sign a receipt indicating his or her name, title and municipality represented. Following commencement of the business meeting the presiding officer shall call for the roll to be taken of eligible municipalities represented at the business meeting, at which time verification of representatives previously receiving a voting card and ballot or ballots shall be made. At the time that the roll call is taken any representative of an eligible municipality which has not previously received a voting card and an official ballot or ballots shall be eligible to receive said voting card and ballot or ballots, provided said representative signs a receipt indicating his or her name, title and municipality represented. No voting card or ballot or ballots shall be distributed after completion of the roll call. 6. The vote of each participating municipality shall be cast by its representative or by a majority of its representatives attending the meeting. Proxy voting is not allowed. Voting for members of the Executive Board shall be by written ballot. All other votes shall, at the option of the presiding officer, be by voice vote or by a showing of B-1 .i voting cards, except that any representative present at the meeting may demand a vote by a showing of voting cards if demanded prior to announcement by the presiding officer of the outcome of the vote. If a run-off election for members of the Executive Board is required, the presiding officer shall again call for the roll of municipalities present and a ballot shall be distribuited to a representative from each eligible municipality represented at the meeting who shall sign a receipt indicating name, title and municipality represented. Ballots cast for Executive Board members shall be tabulated by an election committee of municipal officials appointed by the .presiding officer. 7. The eligibility of a municipality or representative of a municipality to cast a vote may be challenged ~>rior to announcement of the outcome of any vote. The presiding officer shall be the sole judge of such eligibility, basing his determination on the: League By-.laws, these rules, and any other information, including any League records, deemed relevant by the presiding officer. 8. For the purpose of these meeting rules, the terms "meeting," "business meeting," and "conference" shall be considered interchangeable and shall refer only to meetings held pursuant to Article VII of the By-laws. Readopted by the League Executive Board October 15, 1988 B-2 1 Appendix C Procedure for Election of Executive Board Hembers Pertinent By-law provisions relating to election of Executive Board members are reproduced in Appendix A. Following is a summary of the election procedures and positions to be filled at the 1993 Annual Business Meeting. The 10 vacancies to be filled at the election are: 4 positions from cities with a population of 65,000 or more; 3 positions from cities with a population of at least 6,500 but less than 65,000; and 3 positions from cities and towns with a population of less than 6,500. All positions are for two-year terms, except for the large category in which there are 3 two-year terms and 1 one-year term. This year holdovers will consist of 2 municipal officials from the large population category and 3 municipal officials each from the middle and small population categories. These holdovers will all be serving the second year of a two-year term. In addition, Mary Brown, Council President of Steamboat Springs and the current President of CML, will remain on the Executive Board as Immediate Past President. Under League By-laws, population figures for the June 1993 election will be the Department of Local Affairs population estimates as of July 1, 1991. These are the same population figures that were used in computing 1993 municipal dues for member municipalities. Executive Board members must be elected or appointed officials of participating cities and towns. Any official who desires to be nominated for a position on the Executive Board can ensure nomination by: 1. filing an application (in letter or other appropriate written form) for nomination with the Nominating Committee, with the application received in writing in the League office at least 15 days prior to the Annual Business Meeting (by June 8, 1993); and 2. including with the application an endorsement in writing from the applicant's city council or board of trustees. This endorsement must be received at the League office at least 15 days prior to the Annual Business Meeting (by June 8, 1993). A city council or board of trustees may endorse the nomination of only one official from the city or town for election at any one annual business meeting. Municipal officials who meet the above qualifications will auL•omatically be placed on the Nominating Committee's slate for consideration at the election held ' at the Annual Business Meeting. In addition, the Nominating Committee may request that one or more additional officials become nominees only if and to the extent that the total number of officials who are qualified by the proper filing of an application and endorsement for nomination at least 15 days prior to the Annual Business Meeting are insufficient to meet the minimum slate requirements. The minimum slate requirements under the By-laws are at least one official more in each population C-1 1•. category than the number of vacancies to be filled in each category. The officials added by the Nominating Committee to meet the minimum number of candidates need not have received 'the endorsement from the official's city council or board of trustees, and need not have filed an application with the Nominating Committee. Finally, not later than ten hours prior to the Annual Business Meeting other nominations for Executive Board members may be secured by petition made to the Nominating Committee, such petition to be signed by at least ten municipal officials representing at least teen municipalities in attendance at the conference. Officials placed on the ballot by petition need not have received the endorsement of their city council or board of trustees. Members of CML's 1993 Nominating Committee are: Nancy Heil, Mayor, Westminster (chair); Steve Burkett, Manager, Fort Collins; Margaret Carpenter, Mayor, Thornton; Frank Hubp, Mayor, Holyoke; Catherine Nicoletto, Mayor Pro Tem, Craig; Jay Suhler, Mayor, Springfield; Nick Teverbaugh, Mayor, Winter Park; Ed Watson, Councilmember, Lakewood; and Jasper Welch, Councilmember, Durango. The slate of candidates for the Executive Board as determined by the Nominating Committee pursuant to the above procedures will be printed on paper ballots which will be distributed to a representative of each municipality in attendance at the Annual Business Meeting. Sample ballots will be available at the registration desk several hours in advance of the Annual Business Meeting. A representative of each member municipality may sign for and pick up a voting card and ballots for the municipality at the location of the Annual Business Meeting (in the Spruce Room at the Breckenridge Hilton Hotel) between 1:45 p.m. and commencement of the Annual Business Meeting at 2 p.m. After the commencement of the Annual Business Meeting a roll call of eligible municipalities represented at the annual business meeting will be taken to verify prior distribution of voting cards and ballots and allow distribution of voting cards and ballots to a representative of each eligible municipality present which did not earlier receive a voting card and ballots. No voting card or ballots shall be distributed after completion of the roll call. Although candidates run for office based upon the population category of their municipalities, each municipality is entitled to vote for candidates in all three population categories. 1 C-2 • •Appendix D . PROPOSED 1993-94 CML POLICY STATEMENT (As recommended by the CML Policy Committee 5/21 /93. Proposed deletions from ttie 1992-93 Statement are striken through, proposed additions to the 1992-93 Statement are indicated by capital letters.? Local Control Sales and Use Taxes ` The Colorado Municipal League: • Supports retention of authority for all municipalities to set local tax rates and for home • Believes that local issues are best resolved at rule municipalities to collect their own taxes and { the local level of government. T`~e-L~a~e AND determine their own tax bases. opposes attempts to erode municipal government • Opposes further reductions in the state and powers. ~ local sales and use tax base, supports broadening w • SUPPORTS EFFORTS BY MUNICIPALITIES TO the state sales and use tax base, and encourages INVOLVE MORE EXTENSIVELY THEIR CITIZENS broadening the state sales and use tax base in lieu AND BUSINESSES IN DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL of increasing state sales and use tax rates. POLICIES AND DECISIONS. • Opposes increasing state sales and use tax • SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT AND rates. . IMPLEMENTATION BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF A • Supports legislation requiring businesses to CIVICS CURRICULUM TO EDUCATE STUDENTS collect state and local sales taxes on interstate IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. sales. • Supports cooperative efforts among Municipal Home Rule municipalities to standardize municipal sales and Recognizing the desire and wisdom of the citizens use tax practices for the convenience of of Colorado in establishing municipal home rule in taxpayers, the business community, and 1902 and in expanding the grant of municipal municipalities. home rule in 1912 and 1970, the League strongly supports the right of the citizens of each Property Tax municipality to exercise local self-government and • Supports statewide equalization of the opposes legislative and judicial efforts to limit this valuation of property for assessment purposes. fundamental right. _ • Opposes unjustified proposals designed to give property tax relief or exemptions to special Intergovernmental Cooperation interests at the expense of municipal taxpayers. . The ability to provide services to citizens is a challenge at all levels of government, and the Highway Finance League supports increased cooperation among • , Supports increased highway funds to finance federal, state, and local governments and the pressing highway, street, and road needs as tong development of cooperative solutions to common as an equitable portion of new revenues is problems. returned to cities and towns. • Supports state Department of Transportation Municipal Finance assumption of street lighting and general The development and retention of revenue maintenance costs on state highways within sources sufficient to resolve local issues, provide municipalities. necessary municipal services and facilities, • Supports limitations on "off-the-top" improve the municipal environment, and fulfiN diversions from the Highway Users Tax Fund. expanding obligations imposed by federal and • Opposes any portion of the federal motor fuel state governments are of critical concern to taxes being placed in the federal general fund Colorado's municipalities. Therefore, the League: rather than being used for transportation. D-1 t Capital Financing 'tax bases and supports selective repeal of existing • Opposes any efforts to abolish or sefiedsyF exemptions. . impair the effectiveness of the municipal bond • Opposes additional state mandates which are ; interest exemption. not accompanied by adequate state financial , • Supports enhancement of municipalities' resources and supports selectively eliminating or #texibility to finance public projects economically modifying existing state mandates. and efficiently. • OPPOSES STATE LEGISLATIVE AND ~ ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS WHICH ATTEMPT Double Taxation TO RESTRICT THE PREROGATIVE AFFORDED BY • Strongly supports state legislation and local AMENDMENT 1 FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ? practices which eliminate the financial inequities REDUCE OR END THEIR SUBSIDIES TO STATE a created by the imposition of taxes on municipal MANDATED PROGRAMS. residents for county services which are providE:d • Opposes cuts in state programs which primarily or solely to residents in unincorporated disproportionately affect municipalities. t _ areas. • Supports preservation AND RESTORATION of authority to establish locally determined revenue State Lottery or expenditure limits. • • Iataseed•-#~ • Supports improving cooperation and pro- ~ . ~ e'd cedures for determining the impact of proposed :~:e 198S~i•~:b;~a:a~-#s-~r tia. legislation and regulations on cities and towns. ' t::~~:tier~-e# • Urges the state to avoid or exercise restraint +f-p~:cea~s-€c: Ya: f~, rae~83tisF, c::~-epf,~? in relying on fees, charges, and other cash s=ac funding of programs affecting municipalities, • SUPPORTS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE especially in the areas of technical assistance, in GREAT OUTDOORS COLORADO PROGRAM programs where municipal participation is APPROVED BY VOTERS FOR PARK, mandated by state law, and in regulatory RECREATION, OPEN SPACE AND WlLDL1FE programs affecting municipalities where a benefit PURPOSES. is derived by the public at large which should be • OPPOSES EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE reflected in general fund support. EFFECTIVENESS AND NET REVENUES OF Tl-IE • Opposes the appropriation of energy impact LOTTERY. ~ and federal mineral lease funds, historically set aside for local governments, to finance state State Fiscal Fair Play programs and administrative costs of state The fiscal health of Colorado cities and towns is government. impacted by many state policies AND BY STATEWIDE PASSAGE BY VOTERS IN 1992 OF Federal Mandates and Requirements AMENDMENT 1. Adherence to the fiscal fair play • Supports requiring the federal government to objectives discussed below ~++fe~-~~a`.38e determine the cost to local governments of ~ieiFclaiec ~c ~:est :Ea~~F~~E ser-~iee proposed new or expanded programs and Eir ' -;:t i-€r~ing-era requirements and to fully fund the cost of those ~E c~ility-~f tl:a-s;ct~ ~~'a~~~~ °a~ at`:~-Fespe~ programs and requirements which are adopted. si~ilitie~ WILL MODERATE ADVERSE IMPACTS • Opposes imposition of additional financial ON MUNICIPAL SERVICES. To this end the burdens on municipalities without making league: available, offsetting revenue. • Supports STATE sharing with municipalitiies • Opposes the direct or indirect taxation of the equitable portions of existing and increased activities and operations of municipal government. revenues derived from traditional state collected, • Encourages recognition of Colorado's unique S„ municipally shared revenues. economic, social, and physical characteristics • Opposes additional state-granted exemptions when federal action affects programs or projects which erode municipal sales, use, and property of local concern to Colorado municipalities. D-2 • Supports reducing federal preemption of local :municipalities to reduce such costs through .land use laws and regulations -with respect to - -self-insurance or other reasonable means. ~ federal facilities. - • Supports federal legislation to place reasonable limits on and reduce the liability for t Federal Financial Assistance ~ monetary damages of public entities and public • Supports safeguards which ensure that funds employees in suits brought under federal laws. are passed through to municipal governments • Opposes efforts to expand the liability of with a minimum of red tape and without public entities and public employees. r.. excessive diversion at the federal and state levels. • Su ports limitations on the liabilit of P Y • Supports establishment of advisory -com- -municipalities and their officers and employees. mittees comprised of local government officials to ensure on-going local input on state assumption Economic Development - and administration of federal programs which -The .League encourages the state to provide affect local governments. adequate funds and staff for a strong, • Supports funding of the .community -multifaceted program to promote the economic development block grant program at current or -vitality of Colorado. This program should increased levels. encourage the diversification and expansion of • Supports funding of federal housing programs local economies, including .support for existing r at current or increased levels. business, creation of new jobs, and the promotion • Supports financial assistance for muni- of tourism. The League encourages 'the federal cipalities which are adversely impacted by tax- government to support state and local exempt federal installations and property. government activities promoting economic • Opposes restrictions on the local development. The League encourages state, determination of funding priorities. -federal, and private funding sources for the de- • Opposes the denial of funds based upon a velopment of necessary municipal and educational t STATE OR municipality's i~a~ilr•~ FAILURE to facilities and appropriate incentives to encourage meet requirements of an unrelated program or private development of needed housing, trans- because of factors beyond the control of the portation, and commercial services. t STATE OR municipality. - • Opposes disproportionate cuts in den3est+s Municipal Development programs BENEFITTING MUNICIPALITIES and the The League supports local control and determina- resulting shift of costs to municipalities. tion of local land use issues. In addition, the League specifically: Privatization • Supports legislation prohibiting the The League supports the use of private sector incorporation of new cities and towns adjacent to, businesses to provide public services when . or within the service areas of, existing munici- determined by municipal officials to be in the palities. public interest. • Supports {egislation increasing municipal and, within unincorporated areas, county controls over Public Liability the formation of special districts, placing Because of the financial burdens caused by the -additional limitations on the powers exercised by w increasing number of lawsuits against such districts, and, where practicable, providing municipalities and their officers and employees, for the dissolution or phasing out of special °the deterrent which litigation presents to districts. continued service by public officials, and the need • Generally opposes efforts to restrict municipal to assure that municipal liability does not impair authority to annex territory. the provision of necessary services to the public, • Supports appropriate ~isfe~+e~ EFFORTS to the League: permit application and enforcement of municipal ' • Supports the availability of public .liability ordinances, such as building codes, fire codes, insurance at reasonable costs and the ability of °subdivision regulations, and zoning ordinances, to buildings and improvements proposed to be con- D-3 n structed by government -entities ~ -within coal, oil shale, and other natural resources in ' municipalities. order to permit careful and extensive planning for, - ir~e ifleeAt+~ves `_e'be-a~lied~ and the development of, necessary municipal ~ ee~+• services and facilities. eQ ' ' ? Supports financial and technical assistance to ~r ;--a::-peses; reduce the impact of transporting coal, oil shale, a ~rt'8~ ~p,:ae=-a~r+ee~aaal,- and other -natural resources through e:~d-~e~-~e:ara~-`_'_Aa municipalities. • Opposes any attempt to limit the state's • Supports municipal discretion concerning the: ability to levy and collect severance taxes. imposition of development fees and requirements,. • Recognizes the impact on municipalities of the • Opposes delegation of municipal land use; ..boom and bust cycle in coal, oil shale, and other authority to state agencies or preemption oif mineral resource development, and supports state municipal land use controls. mineral severance taxes levied at appropriate • Supports voluntary intergovernmentallevels to address the physical and social costs of D'- cooperation on land use issues. energy resource development. l~ Environment .Environmental duality k In addressing environmental concerns, the • Supports continued funding for wastewater League: treatment facilities in order to reduce local costs and expedite the construction of necessary - Water -treatment and collection facilities. • Supports water policies which protect • Supports reasonable and practical application Colorado water resources. of air and water pollution control legislation by h • Supports the constitutional doctrine of prior federal and state administrative officials and appropriation and the constitutional priority given encourages restraint in modifying .legislation and to domestic water use. regulations which have a fiscal impact on • Supports the inventorying and protection bey municipalities. Particularly in the area of water municipalities of their water rights. pollution, enforcement of control legislation • Supports appropriate water conservation should be -correlated with the availability of funds efforts by all users and effective long-term water necessary to achieve stated goals. resource management. • Supports assistance to municipal governments • Supports appropriate coordination of for the acquisition, development, and municipal water use with agriculture, recreation, maintenance of parks, recreation, and open space . and open space uses. areas and facilities. • Supports federal and state financial aid • Opposes increases in the proportion of programs assisting municipalities with the municipal cash funding support for state construction and improvement of water systems environmental programs. in order to protect and enhance the quality of • Supports financial and technical assistance to water supplied to the public and comply with municipal governments in the areas of planning federal and state mandates. and land use. • Recognizes the special needs of smaller • Supports adequate regulation and ~ municipalities and encourages the FEDERAL enforcement of drilling and mining sites, GOVERNMENT AND THE state to provide special production facilities, and waste product storage financial assistance to ~He~ SMALLER and disposal facilities and practices to assure t MUNICIPALITIES for water systems based on citizen safety, environmental protection, and the s financial and health needs. protection of domestic water sources. • Supports municipal and intergovernmental Natural Resource Development efforts to improve solid .waste management, • Supports financial and technical assistance t:o including programs to encourage the purchase of local governments affected by the development of recycled products, recycling, resource recovery, . D-4 waste stream reduction, ,and increased .use of Human Rights ~ ~ transfer stations. "The League supports programs that protect the • Supports appropriate legislative action that .rights and dignity of the individual and supports z! includes appropriate local government and .encourages programs directed toward .participation to reclaim and protect the addressing such issues as employment, housing, ~ environment from mountain mining scars. health care, substance • abuse, and equal • Supports meaningful relief for municipalities opportunity. from the burden of superfund (CERCLA) requirements and development of a reasonableHousing municipal settlement policy by the Environmental 'The availability and affordability of decent housing Protection Agency. is an important concern to Colorado's • Supports federal legislation that would :municipalities. Therefore, the League: prohibit polluters from suing citiE-s • Supports an adequate supply of good • MUNICIPALITIES for clean-up costs at superfund housing, regardless of income level, and - sites when the eities MUNICIPALIT{ES owned or continued public and private sector .support for operated a landfill as a nonprofit public service for such an effort. 3 area businesses and residents or when the e+t+es' • Supports increased state financial support for MUNICIPALITIES' only contribution to the site has the Division of Housing's loan and grant program } been municipal solid waste or treated sewage for low and moderate income housing. sludge; allow EPA to sue ei#ie~s MUNICIPALITIES • Supports the continued efforts of the . for clean-up costs only if the e+#+es Colorado Housing Finance Authority to work with MUNICIPALITIES did, in fact, deposit significant municipalities on the Authority's various housing amounts of hazardous waste in the superfund .loan programs. site; provide that municipal clean-up liability be • Supports the preservation, revitalization, and based on toxicity, not volume; and provide for redevelopment of existing neighborhoods. rapid settlement between eit+es MUNICIPALITIES • Supports public- .and private financial and EPA of any clean-up liability. assistance programs to address the needs of the • Supports intergovernmental cooperation to homeless. reduce the financial impacts of federal environmental mandates upon municipalities. Resolution Trust (:orporation • Opposes state preemption of -local • Supports efforts to ensure that the Resolution government authority to adopt environmental Trust Corporation promptly pays property taxes ordinances. -and special assessments on properties which it owns. Transportation • Supports efforts to ensure that the Resolution For the purpose of providing safe, efficient, and Trust Corporation maintains its properties in environmentally acceptable transportation compliance with municipal code requirements systems, the League supports continuing study applicable to all other properties. and implementation of alternative modes of • Supports appropriate efforts by the Resolution 'f, transportation and alternative methods of Trust Corporation and state and local financing public transportation systems. In governments to make federally acquired particular, the League: properties available for affordable and for low and • Supports financial assistance for construction moderate income housing. and operation of municipal airports. • Supports requiring the Resolution Trust • Supports improvement of intercommunity _ Corporation to honor agreements with local ,ft passenger service among Colorado's governments associated with property which the municipalities. Resolution Trust Corporation is assuming. • Supports release of the federal Highway Users Trust Fund and Aviation Trust Fund for their k intended purposes. f' . D-5 Public Employment Circuit Riders The League opposes efforts to interfere with a The League supports state assistance for the municipality's ability to determine the terms and circuit rider manager .program because of its conditions of municipal employment. significant benefit to small communities. i° Police, Fire, and Other Pension and Employees Consolidation of Governments p Benefits - • Supports voluntary consolidation of local x • Supports continuation of state matching .government entities by mutual agreement. funds to assist in retiring unfunded liabilities which accrued under the old police and fire Emergency Services pension plans. • Supports local control of local emergency p • Supports equitable levels of state funding for services and involvement of -the state as a volunteer firefighters' pensions, and encourages resource to local government in the areas of r. 100°~6 state matching of local contributions to information, coordination, and training. volunteer firefighters' pension funds. • Supports the establishment of advisory • Opposes mandates which increase the cost of committees comprised of local emergency or create inequities among municipal employee services officials to assure the proper emphasis s pension, workers' compensation, or othier and direction for state programs. r employee benefits. • Supports state funds for those state agencies ' • Opposes any legislation which would requiire which serve as a resource to local emergency social security or Medicare coverage for all public services. r. employees, mandate benefit levels or fondling • Opposes the mandate of locally delivered standards for municipal employee pension plans, services without the appropriate funding to or which would otherwise impose unreasonable provide those services. burdens or restrictions in connection with the • Supports uniform statewide fire incidence administration of municipal employee pension reporting by all fire departments. plans. - Cable Television Collective Bargaining With regard to the regulation of cable television Any collective bargaining legislation adopted by systems, the League: the General Assembly should address several key • Strongly supports the expansion of municipal elements. Specifically, the League: regulatory authority. • Supports recognition and retention of the • Opposes the assumption of regulatory rights of employers and the public as well as authority by the Public Utilities Commission. employees. • Supports exclusion of managerial, super- Municipal Court Operations visory, and confidential employees from • Opposes imposition of state surcharges on bargaining units. municipal court fines for the purpose of funding • Recognizes that items which are negotiable state programs. under the National Labor Relations Act should not • Supports increased flexibility for municipal be made mandatory by state statute. ,governing bodies and municipal judges in . • Supports fair and impartial mechanisms to enforcing ordinances. resolve grievances. • Opposes enactment of any legislation whiich Postal Service ~ mandatorily covers municipal employees but In order to eliminate confusion among citizens and . . - excludes state employees. businesses and to reinforce community identities, ~ • Opposes binding interest arbitration. the League supports (1) legislation requiring and (2) administrative action by the United States Postal Service to use mailing addresses and ZIP codes that reflect the corporate boundaries of ` cities and towns. D-6 ,s~P June 2, 1993 REr,EIVFp ,IUN - 4 1993 To: Mayor Peggy Osterfoss Vail Council Members The Art in Public Places Committee It's wonderful that Vail has a benefactor who is willing to give $40,000 to a public arts program. However, I am concerned that we are accepting it because it is a gift and not because it is a work of merit. Vail deserves a piece that is more aesthetically rewarding than a bronze stick for the mayoral park. And there is something else to consider here besides liability: it's the suita- bility for the potentially lovely place that could be pleasing and inviting for our guests and townspeople alike, not just a focal point created by a sculptural oddity. Please consider another option to the not so artistically appropriate Hunt sculpture. Other $40,000 works might be more suitable for that particular location. I suspect that the benefactor may .not be getting true value for his/her money. Perhaps it would be placed elsewhere if it just must be used. That static piece of bronze does not create beauty for that intersection. Since we will have it for a long time, further discussion is warranted. I bring to these observations a considerable background in the arts, and I'm bothered by the possibility that Vail should be perceived as a frivolous, tasteless community. It would be nice to invest in something that is more mainstream and broader in its appeal. Sincer , . ~ i ~ ~ Sa11 A. J nson C rata horale Director 1618 Buffehr Crk. Rd. #14 Vail, CO 81657 MAY-18-'93 TUE 11:06 ID:VAIL,_VALL~Y F~IJND. TEL NQ:303 476~,r~ze tt561 P02 a ~Cc : T~ schedule of Events A!I Concerts Tuesday Evenings x:30-8:3Q Pord Amphitheater Vaii,Cot~arada June 15 Pirefali Cou~trylRock June 22 ~ Peter Kater-~ ClassicallJazz June 29 Subdudes Zydeco/Cajun July 6 Wind Machine Jazz July 13. John McKuen Country July 20 Poco Rock Att concerts are free and open to the public JUNE 23 PRAIRIE WIND ACOUSTIC Ride the Rockies ~i i i ~ y'y TOWN OF U~IL Contact: Susan Scanlan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 479-2133 June 4, 1993 FIREPLACE "LNE 6URN" ®EMONSTRATIO~! The Town of Vail and Eagle County are joining forces with area retailers, financial institutions, and utility companies to promote cleaner air for Eagle County. These various entities have joined together in an effort to promote cleaner air for Eagle County by encouraging homeowners and residents to convert their old wood burning units to cleaner technology wood or gas alternatives. Local retailers participating in the promotion will be demonstrating clean burning technologies on Saturday, June 12th, and Sunday, June 13th, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Vail Municipal Building, 75 S. Frontage Road. Retailers will be present to F' demonstrate the operation of the units, answer questions, and provide information. Additionally, Kevin Wood of Hearth Products Association, will conduct an educational~nformational seminar on Saturday from 10:00 AM to noon and on Sunda from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM this same weekend. Y The Town of Vail and Ea le Coun are excited to announce the start of Eagle 9 tY County's Great Stove & Fireplace Changeout to be kicked off by this live demonstration. Modelled after the Great Stove & Fireplace Changeout, which occurred in the Denver metro area last fall, property owners are being encouraged to switch from older, dirty wood burning units to newer clean technology alternatives. The Changeout Program will begin with the live burn demonstration on the 12th and 13th and contir~ut~ through the 31st of Ai~g~_~st. D~.Iring this time participating retailers, financial insti<<!tir:nr, ~ir~d utility service comp~~.nies in the area will be offering incentives and financial packages to encourage the conversion of existing dirty burners. There have been many advances in the appearance and operation of the new, cleaner technology units. The older, fake looking fireplaces are a thing of the past and the new advances are very realistic and aesthetically pleasing. The "live burn" demonstration will be a perfect visual and educational opportunity for anyone considering or curious about fire place conversion. Those considering conversion or looking for answers to specific questions should consider dropping by the display to have their questions answered. For further information about the Changeout Program, please contact the Town of Vail at 479-2138 or Eagle County at 328-8755. -30- 75 SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD VAIL, COLORADO 81657 TELEPHONE 303-479-2100 t t RECEIVES 8 1993 DISTRIBUTION LIST - PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST BRIAN ANDERSON ERNST GLATZLE TOWN COUNCIL STEVE BARWICK GARY MURRAIN DEBBIE ROELAND MIKE BRAKE MARY LAWRENCE MIKE ROSE DICK DURAN SUSIE HERVERT TODD SCROLL • CAROLINE FISHER JIM HOZA DAN STANEK ANNIE FOX DD DETO LEO VASQUEZ JOHN GALLEGOS ~ JOE KOCHERA PAM BRANDMEYER KRISTIN PRITZ CHARLIE OVEREND LARRY ESKWITH PETE BURNETT TODD OPPENHEIMER KEN HUGHEY JODY DOSTER MANUEL MEDINA FILE JANEIL TURNBULL P.W. INFO. BOARD MEMORANDUM T0: LARRY GRAFEL, ACTING-TOWN MANAGER FROM: GREG HALL, ACTING-DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/TRANSPORTATION DATE: JUNE 7, 1993 RE: PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 7 - 11, 1993 .,:F:; STREETS AND ROADS A. 1. Install drainage system on east side of Vail Road. a. Grout catch basins b. Cut pavement c. Continue pipe installation north 2. Concrete repairs: a. Rockwalls b. Curbs 3. Perform high water checks and controls. 4. Construct information sign for VTC. 5. Conrad to clean and turn on fountains throughout Town. 6. Supply topsoil to Ski Museum site on Thursday, 6/10. 7. Provide names for flagger certification course. 8. Cut and remove pavement for Leo at Check Point Charlie. 9. Prep and pave Ford Park Lot. 10. Investigate East Lionshead Circle turn-a-round. 11. Cut supervisor sign for Bus Department Blazer. 12. Relocate Ford Park building to OTS. PARKING STRUCTURE/TRANSPORTATION A. 1. Grease fan motors. 2. Paint doors, walls and touch up graphics as needed. 3. Remove and replace expansion joints at VTC. 4. Investigate secured placement of new benches at VTC. l t PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST Page 2 CARPENTERS A. 1. Continue work at Stephen's Park. 2. Install benches throughout Town. 3. Repair winter damage to bridge railings throughout Town. 4. Investigate flooring options for Covered Bridge. ELECTRICIANS A. 1. Perform line locates as needed. 2. Coordinate with Andy receiving bids on an emergency generator for LHTRC. 3. Investigate roof leak at Covered Bridge concrete bus shelter. 4. Continue Sonnenalp Street Light Project. 5. Install 2 street lights on south side by Check Point Charlie. 6. Hook up vacuum at bus wash. 7. Assist with Electrical connections at W. Meadow Drive drainage. 8. Connect lift station pump motor. 9. Assist with fountains. 10. Repair junction box under pedestrian bridge. 11. Assist with rock planter at Hong Kong. PARKS DEPARTMENT A. 1. Finalize design for Gore Creek Promenade/Pedestrian Bridge with Greg and Mike Brake. 2. Hire consultant for Mill Creek/Ted Kindel Park. 3. Continue construction management at Ski Museum Park site. 4. Mulch Xmas trees. 5. Coordinate 1st Bank improvements with Ski Museum contractor. 6. Schedule beaver relocate with Masked Man Services. 7, Schedule CPR class for department. GH/dsr ~ t~4'U.tt~fl-C- REC~IV~D .~Ubl y ~ X993 ~j, _ The Vail Alpine Garden Foundation invites you to ff ~ ~ ~ ' a Potluck Dinner - I to celebrate Spring x ~ ~ -•'~F~ ~ and the beginning of the - '4 Vail Valley Festival of Flowers Saturday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. up Squaw Creek Road at the home & garden of Maureen & Les Shapiro See map for directions Bring an hors d'oeuvre, entree, vegie, salad, or dessert to share. Please call Maureen with number coming & what you will bring. Shapiro Residence R.S.V.P. to Maureen Shapiro 926-3510 or the Alpine Garden office 476-0103 S 2.5 mi. +LOg Gate e w . w n ~ 3 n m F - A ' V$ 6 LJ e~ 2.5 mi. `•Yy R y 1-70 L~ _ r Edwards ~ - R g~11„K PEaN.i s t vR~~-, CO _ ~ gs657 ~C;yopQrl ~ 4 N 'fd~ t ~ f J ?s;,k _ ~ ~~;r,E„r <I •~®1~~ r Cam, a~~~~£ To~~ M FRQ~tT F.GE ;'S ~1~5? ~Ai~-' i '~c *r xc: • l U.S. derives little for public land use . By Adriel Bettelheim Denver Post Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -Colorado ski resorts often serve as playgrounds for vacationing members of Congress, so it's strange to see lawmakers summoning ski industry executives into hearings , and accusing them of cheating taxpayers. .But it's happening as the push to change the federal government's land policy in the West reaches the heart of Colorado's tourist business. Congressional critics point to a recent General Accounting Office study that found privately owned ski areas operating on public land gener- ated $737 million in sales in 1991. Yet, the study found, these businesses paid only $13.5 million - or 1.8 percent of their total revenues - in gov- ernment fees. IN SNORT: Members of Congress say the ski industry is making a mint off the mountains, and sliding in its obligations to the government. "When it comes to managing taxpayer-owned assets, the federal government should be called Uncle Sucker, not Uncle Sam," said Oklahoma Democratic Rep. Mike Synar, a longtime advo- cate of overhauling concession agreements on federal lands. Synar and other lawmakers are pushing for reforms that would force resorts to pay a "fair market rate" to use the land. The ski industry counters that it already is paying a fair return, claiming the government's method of calculating fees overstates the reve- nues collected by resorts. Ski executives also warn members of Con- gress that higher fees to the government will mean higher lift-ticket prices for consumers. "If you increase fees, you increase the prices for citizens and limit access to public lands as a result," said Ed Byrne, director of operations for Colorado Ski Country USA. Though the outcome of this debate may be months away, it is being closely watched in the Rockies. Five Colorado resorts are among the 10 largest concessionaires in the country operating on public land. Those resorts -Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge, Winter Park and Copper Moun- tain -and 20 of 22 other ski areas in the state have some or all of their operations on U.S. For- est Service land. The GAO study questioned whether the amount of money the government receives is eq- uitable, and it faulted the Forest Service for not revising its fee formula for more than two de- cades. The GAO, which functions as the investi- gative arm of Congress, didn't try to establish Please see RESORTS on 7C i~ THE DENVER POST * 7C • • re ors ues lon s 1-area ees RESORTS from Page 1C what an updated fair market rate would be. , .K Questions about whether the „ : 4 t " ` resorts are paying their fair ~ _ ` ~ ~ 4~s share go back to the late 1970s • _ ~ ~ and have been the subject of at : - least three other reports by the - * ~ '~M ` , GAO. ~ ~ The fee system now in place was created in 1965. It calculates ~ ~ ~ payments through a complicated li~i formula based on revenues from ' ~ • sources such as lift tickets, ski i 9 rentals and restaurants. The For- ~ n est Service has the discretion to revise or modify the fees, but it T ~ r ~ • ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I has never been able to establish whether it is receiving a fair ~ ~ _ ~ 4~ ..,/"R market return, according to GAO investi ators. a-<" " The government doesn't assess ' _ ~ r; ` a;..: r~-- ' fees against one of the biggest ~ ~ Y,.~ ~ ~ ` mone -makers for resort owners ~.~~g~~ -private land development out- -'r r." ~ side the ski mountain that's made ~ ~j ' r #3° possible because of the existence ~ ~ ~M" ~ ~ of the ski area. Critics contend ~ tiY revenues from condominium ` ' + ~ ~ rentals and other sources should ' ` be reflected in the fee calcula- ~ t tion just as they are when re- ~ ' r sorts calculate their federal tax- ~r~`a~.'<"" - • Denver Post file photo es. Ski areas have long aroused TOP 10 CONCESSIONAIRES personal interest in Congress be- VAILZ This cause power brokers such as ski resort in Sens. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., Com an Gross recei is Fees aid to overnment ' the White John Kerry, D-Mass., and former p y p p 9 River Nation- Vice President Dan Quayle, 1. Yosemite Park & Curry CO.: al Forest is among others, regularly choose Yosemite National Park, Calif. $82.7 million $636,000 or D.8 percent the second- them as vacation destinations. 2. Vail, White River N. Forest $53.4 million $1.52 million or 2.8 percent largest Con- But the latest flap comes as 3. AMFAC Hotels & Resorts, cessionaire the Clinton administration is con- Grantl Canyon Nat. Park, Ariz. $53.1 million $1.32 million or 2.5 percent in the coun- ducting abroad study of land-use 4. Mammoth/June Ski Resort, try operating policies in the West. The White Inyo National Forest, Calif $44.1 million $934,000 or 2.1 percent on public House already is on record in land. The su ort of raisin the fees miners 5• TWA Services Inc., General Ac- PP g Yellowstone Nat. Park, WyO: $28.5 million $0 and 0 percent' counting Of- and ranchers pay to operate on 6. Keystone, Tice has public land. White River N. Forest $27.9 million $569,000 or 2 percent faulted the Moreover, it favors eliminat- ing low-cost timber sales on na- 7. Breckenridge, Forest Sec- tional forests. White River N. Forest $24.6 million $837,000 or 3.4 percent vice for not Some expect ski resorts to be 8. Winter Park Recreation Assoc., revising its next in line for changes. Arapaho-Roosevelt N. Forest $24.5 million $495,000 or 2 percent fee formula Bonnie Cohen, assistant secre- for such en- 9. Wahvveap Lodge & Marina, terprises for tary for management and budget Glen;Canyon N. Rec Area, Ariz. $24.3 million $477,000 or 2 percent -more than of the Interior Department, said ~0. Copper Mountain, -'two decades. maximizing the fees on resorts White River N. Forest $22 million $434,000 or 2 percent isn't the department's priority. But, she added, "the collection of 'Yellowstone concessionaire doesn't pay fees but is required to spend 22 percent of its previous 2 percent of the total in fees ap- ~ Year's gross revenues for park improvements. pears not to be appropriate." Source: General Accounting Office, U.S. government The calls for reform have been fueled by government audits that question how much control feder- blamed faulty financial assump- higher fees to higher gross sales. But others criticize the Indus-_ al agencies have over their tions by resort owners and loose Former Colorado Democratic try alternative because some agreements with ski concession= oversight by the Forest Service. Sen. Tim Wirth sponsored a Simi- large resorts like Vail would pay aires. Last year the Agriculture De- lac bill last year that passed the less than they= would under the The most recent GAO study partment found that Vail and Senate but died in the House at present system. came after two U.S. Agriculture Beaver Creek resorts underpaid the end of the session. Conservationists are endorsing Department audits that found $301,000 in permit fees from Joe Prendergast, president of another bill introduced by Arkan- large Colorado resorts owed the 1985 to 1987. After two unsuc- the American Ski Federation, sas Democratic Sen. Dale Bump- government hundreds of thou- cessful appeals, Vail and Beaver said U.S. ski areas support im- ers that would strengthen corri- sands of dollars in uncollected Creek agreed to pay. proving the system but are al- petitive bidding for concessions fees. Forest Service operations The ski industry is reacting ready paying more than their and seta 10-year limit on such are overseen by the Agriculture with a proposed new fee system fair share when compared with contracts. Current law allows for Department. that it hopes to implement before other parts of the federal bureau- leases of up to 40 years. Auditors found this spring that Congress or the White House in- cracy. One or more of the bills is ex- Keystone should have paid anoth- sist on making their own "Just analyzing cash flow petted to be taken up this Sum- er $530,604 for its operations on changes. doesn't necessarily give you what mer after the Forest Service part of Arapaho National Forest The industry proposal would a fair rent should be," Prender- completes a study on what fair between 1989 and 1991. They streamline the system and peg gast said. market rates should be. ~ , XG: C~t,Uc 7: CITY ~ REGION ~ - _ ~ ~ . ~ ~ STATE TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1993 GAZETTE TELEGRAPH ~ . ~ ' City Attorney Jim Colvin said Bruce's $600,000. But ~ ~ Bruce. lawsuit may be avoided lengthy and confusing tax-limitation another $1.2 mil- measures can be interpreted in several lion could be ° ways. Under one such interpretation, added if the city By Rich Laden tester Douglas Bruce, who threatened the city did nothing wrong. But under determines that Gazette Tele ~ another court challen a if the mono ~ graph g Y Bruce's view, the city acted improperly. a separate pot of Colorado Springgs taxpayers could re- was not returned. Bruce has sued the Yet, at a council meeting Monday, money from nat- ceive a refund of $600,OOp -and city three times in the past; he's lost Colvin acknowledged that Bruce would ural gas refunds maybe as much as $1.8 million -after twice, and a. third suit is pending. have a good shot at winning a lawsuit. should be in- Bruce: Threatened the City Council agreed Monday that it At issue is the interpretation of . The state Legislature already has.en- eluded in the court action If money apparently collected too much money spending and revenue limits in tax-limi- dorsed his view on how to treat reserve not returned. under tax-limitation rules. tation measures authored by Bruce. funds, Colvin said. overall spending and revenue base. The It would be one of the first times any Those rules mandate how much money If it were to lose a court fight, the city was overcharged for natural gas group of taxpayers in Colorado has re- governments can raise and spend and city would be required to pay a 10 per- purchases in the mid-1970s and later re- ceived arefund under tax-and-spending spell out what happens if those limits cent penalty on top of the money to be ceived money back that it hasn't yet controls approved by city voters in are exceeded. refunded, Bruce said. The city also sent. ' April 1991 and state voters last Bruce complained that the city mis-, would have to pay his legal fees, which pBruce said the council should hire in- November. calculated the money it was allowed to could total thousands. dependent auditors to review city ac- How the refund is doled out - as raise and spend in 1992, incorrectly On the political side of the ledger, counts and determine exactly how much lower taxes or a credit on utility bills adding millions of dollars in reserves. Bruce said, city officials would appear money is owed to taxpayers. It's un- - won't be decided by the council fora By doing so, the city substantially in- to be thumbing their noses at city known if the council will order'such a few weeks. The council also could seek Elated its base -the level that deter- voters, who overwhelmingly have en- review. voter permission in November to keep 'mines all future spending increases. dorsed tax limitation at the polls on the money. City officials didn't argue with Bruce four separate occasions. With its action, the City Council prob-. about what they did -just whether City administrators estimate the ¦ Way cleared for plaque atop ably will avoid a lawsuit by tax pro- they were legally entitled to do it. _ amount to be refunded would be Pikes Peak/B3 FACTS/REVELATIONS CONCERNING ~i~ri~ VAIL RECREATION DISTRICT'S PROPOSED PAR 3 GOLF COURSE TO: VAIL TOWN COUNCIL FR: EVIE NOTT DA: JUNE 1, 1993 ARE YOU AWARE: 1. That the proposed course is actually a "pitch and putt" type course, not an executive or regular Par 3 golf course? (Please see comment #1.) 2. That both the National Golf Foundation (N.G.F.) and the American Society of Golf Course Architects' staff members, when contacted by me recently, stated that 13.8 acres is not sufficient to build a Par 3 golf course, much less adjunct facilities such as a clubhouse, parking area(s), access road(s), etc.? (Please see "Golf Course Design and Construction Guidelines." I spoke with Jacquelin Freitas.) Available/usable acreage is actually less as the VRD promised to not disturb existing Aspen stands and to construct extensive berming on the eastern boundaries of the project. 3. That the N.G.F., to their knowledge, has never been contacted by the VRD for Par 3 guidelines even after receiving Mr. Phelps' letter of 4/1/92, stating that corridor widths, side by side golf hole widths, and other dimensions "are considerably less than that recommended by the American Society of Golf Course Architects and the National Golf Foundation?" The VRD Board member that I recently contacted (Gail Malloy) was not aware there were N.G.F. Par 3 guidelines and asked me to send them to her, as she had never seen them! 4. That the Army Corps of Engineers' response letter dated 3/16/93, after. the conclusion of the Public Notice comment period and signed by Grady McNure, Chief, Western Colorado Regulatory Office, states that, "A majority of the comments from private citizens were opposed to the development of your project at the proposed location?" 5. That a VRD letter sent 7/14/92, states, "The District has stated throughout the pl~nn~ng process that it will proceed with the project if the majority of the community supports it and conversely will abandon the course if that is the citizens' desire?" (Please see enclosed document.) their decision. It would appear that the primary supporters of this project are local Booth Creek real estate oriented owners, not the community as a whole. No community-wide support for this project has been evident or demonstrated 12. That the architect, Mr. Phelps, who resigned from consideration as a design finalist for this project because "the site is not large enough to design, construct, and operate a safe golf facility" has designed over sixty (60) existing golf courses, including Cordillera, and is one of Colorado's two members of the A.S.G.C.A.? It also should be noted that Mr. Phelps has never had any litigation against him concerning golf course design contrary to statements made by other individuals and that he is very familiar with the site personally. He is also a member of the National Golf Foundation. Mr. Phelps' considerable experience in golf course design speaks for itself. He also has been the recipient of various awards for the courses he has designed. The architect for the proposed Par 3 does not belong to either organization at present. He is the primary designer of an unknown number of existing 18-hole courses at this writing. The proposed project's architect has been involved as anowner/developer with several prominent 18-hole golf courses, including the Desert and Forest Highlands courses in Arizona. 13. That the eastern most end of this parcel is almost entirely flooded with run-off water? (Please see photographs.) How does the VRD intend to deal with this situation and with the culvert outlet flooding this area? It would appear that the culvert's outlet point would have to be relocated or redirected, a very expensive undertaking. If modifications are necessary, it may have a negative impact on the hydrology of the existing wetlands. Regardless of your position on this matter, I respectfully suggest that you direct either the VRD or Town of Vail staff to obtain pertinent, objective information including standards and guidelines on design and construction of Par 3 golf course as they pertain to this particular piece of land with its various constraints before signing any lease. I also would like to suggest that a consultant be hired from either the American Society of Architects or the National Golf Foundation to comment on all the safety issues involved. It is very important to note that if the VRD designs a course eliminating any wetlands impact, therefore not requiring an Army Corps' permit, the safety concerns expressed in the Corps' correspondence, as well as other letters, will not be addressed except by you. Mr. McNure stated 6/1/93 that, "Safety issues were issues that were not ever resolved to our satisfaction." They obviously are still significant and valid and critical." Another appropriate option would be to withdraw this parcel of land from lease consideration as its acreage is insufficient for a quality Par 3 golf course as stated in TOV's Land Use Plan and other documents previously mentioned. COMMENT #1: In a recent telephone conversation with VRD Board member Gail Malloy, I read her the acreage figures of the N.G.F. and A.S.G.C.A. guidelines and her response was as stated. Unfortunately, this is not the type of Par 3 course that has been represented to local residents, public, and Council. COMMENT #2: Major contributors to TOV's Land Use Plan, adopted 11/18/86, include a Task Force, the Town Council, the Planning and Environmental Commission, consultants including urban planners, and Town staff. (Please see enclosed document.) C:\EVIEGOLF.MEM ' . `~==t~ DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY • 'Z; 1l.S. ARYY ENGINEER DISTRICT, sACRAMENTO ~'t CORPS OF ENGINEERS /~25 J STREET ~ ~?trto SACRAYENTO,CALIFORNIA SSit~-2922 ~~aN os • March 16, 1993 Regulatory Section (199275078) Mr. Rob Robinson Vail Recreation District 292 West Meadow Drive Vail, Colorado 81657 Gear Mr. Robinson: I am writing to you in regard to the Vail Recreation District's proposed Par 3 Golf Course. We have concluded the public comment period for the public notice that we issued on this project. A majority of the comments from private citizens were opposed to the development of your project at the proposed location. By letter dated February 17, 1993, you responded to the comments on this project by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines (40 CFR Part 230.10) state that, for discharges into special aquatic sites (wetlands) that are not water dependent, there is a rebuttable presumption that less damaging practicable alternatives exist that do not involve a discharge into special aquatic sites. We do not believe that any of the information submitted thus far, including your February 17 letter, has rebutted this presumption. You have not provided information that demonstrates that other available properties do not exist that would support this development within a short drive of Vail. We have identified two practicable alternatives on-site that would be less damaging to the aquatic environment. One alternative would be to locate the • clubhouse and support facilities on the western end of the parcel. According to your February 17, 1993 letter, you can not gain access across private land to the western end of the parcel. Our review of property boundary maps reveal that the parcel boundaries abut Bald Mountain road in the western end of the parcel, and that access across private land would not be necessary. You further stated that the neighboring community objected to access on the western end of the parcel because of increased traffic on Bald Mountain Road. The only comments which we received in support of your project were from residents of 5 Bald Mountain Road. If these residents wish to enjoy the economic benefits of the course then they aay have to cope with the increased traffic. Your project calls for only 24 parking spaces which does not seem to create a major traffic problem on the road. If the only public supporters for the project would withdraw their support for the project with a western access point, you would need to decide if you will build the course without any public support. We do not believe that conflicts with your project supporters negates the practicability of using the western end of the parcel for access and clubhouse construction. 1~?nother alternative which would not create a conflict with your supporters is to avoid wetlands in construction of facilities in the eastern end of the parcel. The clubhouse and the parking can be located in the eastern of the parcel without impacting wetlands. There is sufficient space between the two wetlands and near the berm for Interstate 70 to construct these facilities. In our review of your permit application, we must also complete a public interest review (33 CFR 320.4). One factor in this public interest review is safety. Several of the comments discussed the safety issue involved in building this course on a narrow strip of land between the development and Interstate 70 (I-70). We have a letter to you from a noted golf course architect strongly recommending that you do not build the course on this site because of the safety concerns of errant golf balls striking motorists on I-70 traveling at high rates of speed. The Town of Vail's own land use plan states that this site would not accommodate a Par 3 nine hole golf course because of insufficient acreage. We are concerned that construction of this course may not be in the public interest, particularly in the interest of motorists in the west bound lane of I-70. We believe that you should provide better documentation supporting your position that the safety of motorists on I-70 will not be compromised. Statements from the State Department of Transpor- tation and other agencies or organizations concerned with public safety and golf course design would be useful. 2 If you can not provide information that the alternatives _ listed above are not practicable, including off site alternatives, or answer our concerns on public safety,--we will not be able to issue a permit for this project as proposed. You should provide this information within 15 days of the date of this letter or notify this off ice that you will be revising your project to avoid wetlands completely. If you decide not to respond to this request, please notify this office as soon as possible so that we can continue to process your application. If you have any additional questions, please contact Mr. Michael Claffey of this office at (303) 243- 1199. cerely "Y dy cNu e Chi estern Colorado Regulatory ffi e 40 R d Avenue, Room 142 Gra Junction, Colorado 81501-2563 Copies Furnished: Dr. Gene Reetz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 8WM-WQ 999 18th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado 80202-2466 Mr. Keith Rose, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 529 25 1/2 Road, Suite B-113, Grand Junction, Colorado 81505 3 7 K1NK0'S OOPIES-+ g03926351b:l~ 8 SENT $Y~2616 BASELINE BOULDER 6- 1'93: 2=bbP1d : VAlL COId CWB JO~IK A. DOB90Tf ARBTIA 1p;.A9,Z~60 iit e.¦ LM~w/ dials ' FORD '[SMViS ~iBX c, ~ u~ • ~YS-iJ~-1191 ail cre io ~ DISTRICT °`,a,.~zr, ~o~ a"'' x~rruwe certrru • ss~ wal lNnaor Drl» • Cokrad. aKS'r 10}~'!l,2291 DEAR 800TR CRrrtt HOMEOWNER: August 14, 1992 The Vail Town Council has elected tv hold yet another public input session regarding the proposed Booth Creek Par 3 Golf Couree. This is a pivotal (and hopefully the last) meeting for you to attend to voice your support and/or•concern regarding this golf course. The District bas stated throughout the planning process that it will proceed with the project it the majority of the community supports it and conveys®ly will abandon tl~e course if that is the citizens desire. Please mark your calendars for Thursday, Auquet 20, 1992, 7:00 PM nt the Town Council Chambers. Your input is requested end invaluable as to the final decision on this project. Thank ou, Ran Nilson ~ Reymann Stau r Chainoan, VRD Board of Directors Vice-Chairman, ~'~RD Boazd of Directors w~par3 v w. ...wr' VAi~a RECREATION DISTAL .'p TN.D,~FINi a SLY ~1, BUOTH FALLS PAR ~ (~)~Lp' l.t)~f ht?~L Pkl l,(~Y Having .y,~ .t over 3 years soliciting public opinion towards the Par 3 project, researching safety, arrangrng financing, and designing the Par 3 Bourse the Pail Re,.. ~.ian Distract has decided W table indefinitely the Booth Falls Par 3 golf course projecx Tl>c project was introduced in August of 1984 as an alternative course for beginner and junior golfers, aeruors, and hotel guests with time constraints; as welt as to elinsinate the ove,..~.. ~+diag at the i8-ho]e championship YsiI Gaff qub. In II . ~ ~ . , .ber that same ytar the first of over 20 public meetings were held to gather . public input on the pro ecK. Public support for the course continued to be overwhelming wrth over SS unsolrcited letters o~ support for the pmjed received by the Recreation District. This co~rmatiorr of the Public's desire far a local alternative to the Vail Golf Club prompted siz months of research towards financial feasibility of the plan at which time it was determined that the course could support itself and help to fund other VRD r...e. urrrs. In January of 1942. the Vail Town Council directed Town manager Ron Phillips to sign an agreement guaranteeing that the Town would subsequently Lease the Booth Falls land tract to the Vail R,,,,~.~.aon District. Despite numeroas attempts by YRD Board tnembets, the lease was never signed. That same month, Course Architect Dick Bailey pr+esentad a safety check and routing plan - to the Vail Recreation DistdM Board of Dsrectors and insured that a 9-hole far 3 gohf oorirse could be safely constricted within the land parcel. At this point, the Recreation Ihstricx Board of Dir~cctors decided to agb..,...ively pursue the project by hiring ar~chit,ects for the starter house and pursuing course plans. As final plans were drawn for the course in the Summer of 1992, and specifics were ironed out with PEC on August 10, one of the final steps was to work with thie Army Corps of Engineers to acquire an Individual pemoit. With the lease s~tl unsigned, a few Val! citizens with 12th hour concerns att:...., rd to convince the Pail Town Council to keep the land vacant. Despite the fad that the Reer~ation ~istrict had received prior encouragement from the Vaii Towa Councrl to p..~....ed with the golf course, the council agreed to delay the courses' progress sad hold, yet anoUier, public meeting. Following that meeting emd the Corps of F~igineers ;wing a few letters opposing the project they decided to ~rc a 4(?4 Nationwide permit. A letter from the Corps of Engineers was recenthy received ontliaing the options on the Par 3 project, none of which are cumcntly acceptable to the Vail Recreation D>~rict Board of Directors. Therefore, the project is, as previously stated, tabled indefinitely. y~~ -33 63 1 n ~ oc .~crz~4c~-~ ,~p2 .~iv aJc ~GES~ ¢.aa~~l ti-t.a~' ~r~~~x~ ' ~rd.C~t u 1-7 E ~ , ,,c , v . . ~ ~ ~ Golf Course Design and Construction . t ~ ~ Guidelines for designing and building regulation 9- and I8-hole golf courses Formerly 1 Planning and Building the Golf Course V 'r j • w. NATIONAL t:0[.FFOUNGAT70N 1 t, Published by the National Golf Foundation 1S 1150 South U.S. Highway One, Jupiter, Florida 33477 (407)7446006 I v Revised and reprinted 1981, 1985,1990 ~ ~ Printed in the United States o[ America a ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Reprinting of ai! or any potion by permission only. 1 I • ~ • . Course Design dance of lakes or swamp areas, or rocky sectors may paz-3 golf and usefulness of such a layout as a training increase the figure. A skillful architect. designing a ground for beginners or a manageable challenge for shorter course on excellent property, may be able W women. older golfers and disabled persons. Municipali- 1 reduce total acreage to 150 or less. Courses laid out on ties in which golf.course planning has included the fore- ) less than 150 acres, however, are apt to be crowded and to sight to add a 9- or 18-hole short course to its 18-hole cause unsafe conditions for golfers and surrounding rest- regulation coupe have reported remarkable results. Not dents. These acreage figures reflect only golf facilities; oNy have short courses relieved the traffic pressure on those intending to sell residential sites should purchase busy days, but in many cases they provide one-third or additional land. more of the facility's total golf revenue. EXECUTIVE COURSES ~ Paz-3 courses range downward to tiny "pitch-and-putt" layouts which are played with just arsine-iron or wedge An executive or intermediate course may range in par and putter. Useful as a complement to another facility or from 58 to 68. Total yardage will vary from 3,000 to a simple recreational activity. they will not attract serious 4,500 and acreage from 40 to 75..depending upon"' golfers. topography, design configuration and total length. There _ 3 are more than 750 executive courses in the U.S. The PAR YARDAGES premise behind anexecutive course is that ituses less land and takes less time to play than a regulation course. At the Whatever type course is built. the designer must uader- J same time, a mixture of mostly par-3 holes with somepar- stand the definitions of "paz." The United States Golf 4s and an occasional shoR par•5 will provide all the Association {USGA) has established these definitions. shotmaking challenge of afull-length golf course. For Theyarebasedupondistanceandrepresentthenumberof 1 marry average players, the short yardage and heavy emphasis strokes an expert golfer would take in errorless play of a on par-3 holes makes the course particularly enjoyable. hole, always allowing the player two putts after his ball is on the green. Thus, spar-3 hole is one in which the green Many developments have found executive courses ad- is to be reached in one shot; a pares is reached in two shots vantageous. They can be used as a supplemental .,.~,..~e and spar-5 in three. Par is computed solely on distance, in golf-oriented projects or as the only course indevelop- as follows: menu with many outdoor-activity facilities. But in real estate developments planned to appeal primarily to golf- PAR DISTANCE IN YARDS err, I8-hole regulation courses are more popular. Men Women PAR-3 COURSES 3 up to 250 up to 210 A par-3 golf course has I8 par-3 holes, total par of 54 4 251 to 470 211 to 400 and yardage ranging between 2,000 and 2,500 yards. S 471 and over 401 to 575 There are more than 700 par-3 courses in the U.S. Holes 6 650 and up 576 and up should range from 75 to 240 yards each to assure variety. (should be avoided) . Aaeage allotment for 18 holes should be 35 to 45. 9,18 OR MORE? A par-3 golf course in a high traffic location can be a good investment and there are many in metropolitan areas. Many clubs, particularly in rural areas or housing devel- Sometimes arsine-hole par-3 course in conjunction with a opments with limited acreage, choose to develop anine- driving range is a profitable combination. hole course. For a full round, a golfer tours the layout twice. The course may be regulation, executive orpaz-3. Par-3 layouts are sometimes selected as amenities'by A regulation 9 will be par 35 or 36 with a total yardage developers who want the advantages of golf but tack ranging from 3,000 to 3,400. An executive tune is usually capital for a major front end investment or whose total par-29 to 33 but is typically spar-3 with one par-5, four acreage allows only a minimum for golf. Par-3 courses par-4 and four par-3 holes. Total yardage runs from 1.500 are also built frequently in conjunction with hotels, resorts to 2,300. and existing clubs. Other variations on the standard 18-hole course are mul- Advantages include the short time required for a round of uple~ourse layouts. Some clubs, developments and Golf Course Duign end Constructionu ~ 7 1 _ e i u.. w- SUNIMA~-3Y ' JJAT10N.4L GOLFfDUNQ4TlON - 1°ar 3, Executive and Modified Golf Courses These are the most.commonly asked questions about shorter-length golf courses: Q. What is the difference between par-3, executive, and Cayman courses? A. Par-3 golf courses have only par three holes. If the holes are approximately 100 yards or less, it is often called a pitch and putt course. An executive course bas a mix of par three and par four holes. "Challenge" course might be a better name since these courses appeal to and are played by many more people than just executives. A modified course, originally labckd a Cayman course, is played with a ball which cannot be hit as far as a regulation golf ball. Cayman courses are still found in Japan. A true par-3 course would have a par of 27 for 9 bolts, and a par of 54 for 18. An executive course would have a par of 29 to 33 for 9 boles and from 58 to 66 for 18. Surveys of more than 1,000 shorter courses indicate a wide variation in yardagcs and range all the way from 500 to 2,000 yards fora 9 hole course and from 1,000 to 4,500 yards for an 18 bole course. Q. How much land is needed for each of these three types of courses? A_ Shorter courses vary greatly in size. Par-3 courses may ntilizc 2() to 50 acres for 18 holes, depending on the length of the bolts; executive courses from SS to 95 acres; and a modified 18-hole rnurse needs from 35 to 55 acres. Q. What are typical construction costs for shorter golf courses? A. Typical or average construction costs for anry? type of golf course are practically mean- ingless. This is because individual courses vary so much in regard. to the nature of the site, length of the bolts, size of the features on the holes, methods of construction, and their "p tishness" Today _par-3 courses might average 540,000 per bole, modified courses 555,000, executive courses 580,000, and conventional golf courses over 5100,000 per boleeach -for actual construction only. _ Q. When and where are shorter golf ...,~....~cs logical? A. Shorter courses can fit where not enough Land or money is available to build a convex- . tional length course. They make sense where the targeted market is not just traditional golfers or, for.wbatevcr reason, the annual and/or mitzal cost should be limited. They can also be good second or third courses ai public and resort golf facilities, and are ideal for golf schools. In Europe ma~? new clubs first bwld what they call compact courses. These are for beginning golfers and for members to start playing before the main course is opened. Q. Are shorter golf courses well received by traditional golfers? A. Mater avid golfers do not accept anything other than what they consider to be a "regulation' golf course and some even only want a'champiomship" course. (National pg. l of 3 1150 SOUTH U. S. HIGHWAY ONE. JUPITER, FLORIDA ~34T7 (407)744.6006 • FAX (4071744.6107 - Golf Foundation records over the past couple decades seem to support this. There has only been modest growth in this type of facility. As of 1989 there were 779 executive ~ - coursu and 725 par-3's). Q. Who plays on these types of courses? A. These courses can appeal to a wide range: of players They offer most of the advantages of golf to people who mainly want a break or escappe from the often tedious routine of lift, mild exercise, being outdoors in the fresh air, the situation for enjoyable camazadcric, a personal or competitive challenge, and fun. These goups can include young people, middle-aged people, seniors, beginning or occasional golfers„ men and _ women, the athletic or not so athletically skilled, and the disabled as well as proficient and experienced golfers. - Q. Arc shorter golf courses becoming more popular why don't you see more of them? A. The shorter courses don't receive the: exposure on TV or in sports pages or golf magazines given to tour and major ehampronshrp sites. Also, housing developers and resorts seldom advertise and promote shorter courses The American Modified Golf Association continues to get mgw»es from all over this ~untry and a number of other countries about building a modified course. There is more new modified course activity in Japan than anywhere else, apparently because of their lack of sites lazge enough to accommodate traditional coupes, high land costs, yet a strong interest in the gams and a robust national economy. Q. Can you establish a certified handicap with scores from a shorter golf course? A. Any course 3,040 yards or more cam offer a United States Golf Assoaation compctitive- handicap using the USGA's Slope Rating System. Courses shorter than that can use the system, but the handicap is only good at that local course. • Q. What aze the benefits of shorter courses from the standpoint of a developer and a player? A. The benefits for the developer and operator of a shorter course, compared to a conventional-length course are. (l. they take less land (reducing both initial total Iand cost and future real estate taxes); ~2) they are less expcnsrve to bind and (3) their an- • nual maintenance budget will be ]lower. For players (A) Shorter courses put less em- phasis on the ability to hit a long; ball; (B) they ran be played in a shorter time; (C) they arc easier to walls, if walking is desired. Many developers/operator and golfer appreciate the Iower fees made pcnsible by lower course costs. Q. If a developer has enough land to btuld a regulation lcn~th course are there any reasons that individual should chink about building an exe.cutrve course instead? ~ A. If you want to develop land around the course for housing or other uses, an executive course would take less land. As iimplied about, if you planned to appeal to a mazkct based on as Iow golfing fees as radical, an executive course would allow you to do this better that with a .,,;,.rentional length course. Q. What arc the high range low range dollar figures for building these types of coupes? A "Cost ranges" per se, may be of as little value a,s'avcrage" costs. Apar-3 cotirsc might range from 515,000 per hole, for simple construction in a pasture, to more than 560,000 per bole for an elaborate cour$c in rugged terrain. Construction costs for executive course bolts can range from 550,040 to 5100,000. Modified courses, because the bolts • pg-2 of 3 (GC-84) a . ~ are shorter and narrovcr, can cost anywhere from 540,000 to 575,000. The low for a conventional length course per hole today could be 575,040, to a high of 5200,000 or more. Many of the picturesque rie~v courses recently built in the desert, mountains, or . next to water cost much more to construct than this high figure. Q. Is it a good idea to offer golf cars at a short course? A. For people with a disability or other medical problems, which limits their walking, all courses should offer golf cars. On any type of golf course today, a number of golfers will choose to ride and this can be a source of revenue to the course's operator. Golf cars do some damage to the turf on a golf course, unless the cars are kept on a path and this slows down play. Q. What is the status quo of modified or Cayman golf? How come you don't see more of i t? A. Modified golf is continuing to be played and, as noted earlier, is being pushed in Japan. Developing any type of golf course cosu a great deal. This involves financial risk, par- ticularly for abrand-new form of golf. Golfers in general are conservative, so many are reluctant to change except when they see star golfers making changes. Remember, that a "different golf" rs in a sense competing with a game that has had more than SOQ years to become established. So it may take modified golf at least a fraction of that time to gain some popularity. The bulk of future players who use modified courses may be people who have riot played much golf. Rather than starting with a course for modified oolf only, it may be a safer hedge for a developer to build one that can be played as either an executive golf course (with a regulation golf ball) or a modified course (with a modified ball). The very first modified course, on Grand Cayman Island, was designed in this manner. Q. Can you give me a brief history of how shorter courses got started? A. There is no record as to when and where the first shorter course was built in the United States, but many date back to the 1920's with the advent of the first golf course development boom. The shortei course got its big boost in pularity right after World War II when golf itself began attracting hundreds of thousands of new converts. Shorter working hours and in- creasedincome prompted many~eople to try golf which offered healthful, mild outdoor ac- tivity, the challenge of competition and satisfying social relationships in the stimulating at- mosphere of the golf course. The nation's e~asting golf courses -which had been too• few to meet even the prewar demand for golf faolities -soon became caowded and new courses started to spring up all over the country. Augusta National's well-publicized par-3 and the Palm Beach Par-3 were the first par-3 courses to receive much recognition. The late New Englander turned Floridian, golf course architect Bill Mitchell, furnished the name for the executive course. And Eagle Landing Golf CIub near Charleston, SC was the first 28-hole course designed exclusively for playing modified golf_ Cornish and Whitten's 77~e Golf Course book offers some more background on the subject of shorter golf courses. William W. Amick,.ASGCA • Golf Course Architect (Edited) pg. 3 of 3 (GC-84) • ¢ 1 -YAIL- LAND USE PLAN I I - . l . L L COMPLETED FOR L THE TOWN OF YAIL COMMUNITY OEYELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ~ Adopted November 18, 1986 ' I.. L ' • MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS: LAND USE PLAN TASK FORCE Mr. Dan Corcoran, Town Council Mr. Jim Viele, Planning b Environmental Commission Mr. Joe Macy, Yail Associates - Mr. Bob Poole, Forest Service Mr. Rod Slifer, At Large TOWN COUNCIL Mayor Paul Johnston Mayor Pro Tem Kent Rose Mr. Eric Affeldt Mr. Dan Corcoran Mr. Gordon Pierce Mr. Hermann Staufer Ms. Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION E Mr. Duane Piper, Chairman I Ms. Diana Donovan Mr. Bryan Hobbs t4s. Pam hopkins Ms. Peggy Osterfoss Mr. Si d Schultz Mr. Jim Viele _ CONSULTANTS THK Associates, Inc. t~lr. Robert Giltner, Director of Urban b Regional Planning Ms. Leslie Freeman, Senior Urban Planner Mr. Roy Fronczyk, Senior Planner STAFF _ Ron, Phillips - Town Manager Lorry Eskwith - Town Attorney Mr. Peter Patten, Director - Community Development Oept. t1r. Rick Pylman, Planner II AND MOST OF ALL • CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY r ' F~' Tract 7 - East of Booth Falls Road This area consists of three separate tracts of land which were dedicated to the Town of Vail for open space as part of subdividing. Of the separate tracts of land that have been dedicated, Tract C has little in .the way of development constraints. Its location at the intersection of Katsos Ranch Road and the east Frontage Road has good proximity to roads and utilities. There are other public and private recreation facilities in booth Creek and the site offers no apparent .unique visual or environmental benefits. This is a possible site for disposition by the town. However, it should be noted that there has been no confirmation of covenants or deed restrictions associated with the property. No alternate use has been identified for this site at this time. Tract 8 - West of Booth Falls Road This area is similar in formation to Tract 7 in that individual parcels of land were dedicated to the Town of Yail as part of park and open space requirements. Two of the parcels are within high environmental hazard areas and are likely to remain as open space areas. The third parcel of land in the subdivision has frontage along I-70 and back ups to the resi- dential area along Bald Mountain Road. This parcel is attractive .tor development because of its visibility, access to the frontage road, rela- tive large size (14 acres) and only a portion of the property is within a moderate environmental hazard area. There is, however, some questions as to the convenant restrictions on the property which may limit the.use to open space. This tract has been discussed in the past as a possible loca- tion for an executive par 3 golf course, however it is not large enough to accommodate such a use. A well planned 16-hole par 3 course requires 50 to 60 acres. A 9-hole par 3 course could possibly be accomplished on as lit- tle as 20 acres, however this site is only 14 acres and therefore would not accommodate "executive" type course very adequately.* While it is a possi- ble candidate for some type of development, there are no current public facility needs which could be accommodated at this site. 1 Tract 9 - East of Sunburst Drive This site contains just over 28 acres and is~located south of the Vail Golf Course. The site is entirely within a high hazard area and is viewed as designated open space for the community. Just to the south of Sunburst Drive are several small parcels which are avalanche chutes, scheduled to remain as open space. Tract 10 - Yail Golf Course The Vail Golf Course comprises just over 94 acres of land along Gore Creek in the east-central part of the community. A portion of the course winds through a residential area along Vail Valley Drive. No change is antici- gated in the function and extent of the area. * DeChaiara, Joseph and Lee Koppelman, Urban Planning and Design Criteria, 1 Pg. 380; and THK Associates, Inc. 44 r r - + Tract 11 - Bus Barn, Public Works. The Town of Yail bus barn and public works shops are located on a 17.3 acre site north of I-70 in the vicinity of the golf course. There is no change _ anticipated in this area and there appears to be suffieient room for expan- sion of the facility. This site is a~potential candidate for the location of a limited use, special event a~riented heliport. r Tract 12 -Ptarmigan Road Avalanche Chute I A 1.5 acre area has been designated as a safety area to accommodate poten- tial avalanches. The site aould remain as open space in the community. i Tract 13 - Fairway Drive Aval anch~e Chutes A 2.16 acre site to accommodate avalanche hazards has been dedicated to the town along Fairway Drive in the Yail Village 10th Filing. This site pro- vides a safety area and would remiain as open space for the community. Tract 14 -Ford Park The Ford Park is the focus of outdoor summer recreation activities in the community. It contains athletic fields for softball, soccer and lacrosse, tennis courts, a picnic pavilion, barbeque grills, bike paths and a nature center. A Master Plan was recently adopted for the park and an amphi- theatre is currently under construction. During the past winter seasons, the athletic fields of the upper bench of the park has served as a day use parking area for skiers. The use of special WWII vintage landing mats have been used to protect the turf from damage. There is no change, other than on-going facility development for the park. Specifically, a community indoor swimming pool has been proposed for the east end of the site. Tract 15 - Golden Peak Athletic Field This five acre athletic field accommodates soccer, rugby and lacrosse activities during the summer. This athletic field is anticipated to con- tinue to serve as a site for active recreation functions in the community. Tract 16 - Yorlaufer Park, aka Roger Staub Park - The small .5 acre open area is located off of Gore Creek Drive in Vail Yillage serve as a passive pocket-park adjacent to Gore Creek. This passive area is landscaped and contains boulders for resting and provides a pleasant relief from the dense built-up nature of the Yillage. It is viewed as a positive attribute likely to continue to function as such. Tract 17 - Mill Creek Stream Tract This area extends from Hanson Ranch Road to Gore Creek Drive in back of the Red Lion Building. The tract serves as a drainageway and should be pre- - served in its open state. Development along Bridge Street has turned their back to the stream and rehabilitation and/or renovation in the area should be encouraged to Lake advantage of this pleasant open area. - 45 WORK SESSION FOLLOW-UP June 4, 1993 Page 1 of 1 TOPlC QUESTIONS FOLLOW-UP SOLUTIONS 1991 11119 NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINES LARRY E.lTIM D.1JIM C.: What can be done to make these The CDD is summarizing comments from the 5112 walking tour and will uniform and locations less prolific? present to Council when ready. 1992 11!10 COUNTY REGIONAL MEETINGS Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 6130193, from 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at the Town of Avon. 03116 AMENDMENT 1 COMMUNICATION CAROLINE/STEVE B./STEVE T./HOLLY: Develop timeline Amid-July deadline is planned. STRATEGIC PLAN and plan to reach all "organized" groups within the TOV as well as general public/develop education tools for group representatives/address issues through elections prolcon piece. 04/27 NOTICE TO LARRY E: Notify both county offices of the Town's interest TREASURER'SIASSESSOR'S in receiving all notifications of land tax sales in the county. OFFICES I