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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-09-23 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session ~.1- VAIL TOWN COUNCIL PECl/4L Nlr®R/C SE~.SI~IV , THURS®AY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1993 P.M. IN T®V COUNCIL CLAMBERS AGEN®A 1. 1994 Budget Overviews. 2. Contribution Request Finalization. 3. ~ Adjournment NOTL~ I~Ei/ISED MEETING START TIMES BELOW: TFIE NEXT ~9AIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 9/29/93, BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHHAMBERS. THERE WILL 13E A SPECIAL V9AIL TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION ON THURSDAY, 9/30/93, ®EGINNING AT 6:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. T61E FOLL®WING PAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION i WILL BE ON TOES®AY, 10/5/93, BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. IN T01/ COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE (FOLLOWING SAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EiIENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/5/93, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ®I~®®•®® C:WGENDA.WSS VA{L TOWN COUNCIL SPEC/AL VI/ORK SESS/O1V II H69Ra~DAY, SEPTEMBER ~3, 1993 . 5:00 I.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS EXPANDED AGENDA 6:00 P.i~. 1. 1994 Budget Overview. Steve Thompson 8:30 P.NH. 2. _ Contribution Request Finalization. Steve Thompson 10:00 P.Ni. 3. Adjournment. NOTE REVISED MEETING START TIMES BELOW: • THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 9128193, BEGINNING AT ~ 1:00 A.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. SPHERE WOLL ICE A SPECIAL VAIL T®WN C®UNCIL BUDGET W®RK SESSI®N ®N THURSDAY, 9/30/93, BEGINNING AT 6:00 P.M. IN T®V COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN C®UNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/5/93, BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/5/93, BEGINNING AT 7:30 iP.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. C:UIGENDA.WSS 'i'OW#~t}~1t~0.11..~tfNt~>~.~t~t~43~5'~`.S~tRY GENERAL FUND: 1993 1994 1994 Bob Jlm Jlm Peggy Rob Merv Tom Council Organization Contribution Request Granted Buckley Shearer G(bson Osterfoss Levine Lapin Steinberg Average Final Tourism & Convention Bureau -Info. Booths 121,814 149,066 100,000 121,614 135,000 14y,ObR 149,066 120,000 149,000 131,992 Northwest Colorado Council of Governments 8,015 6,231 6,231 8,2:11 tl,(aUU 8,231 8,131 8,231 8,231 8,198 Colorado PublicRadiolMaxWYcisk 750 5,000 750 1,U00 1,UU0 (J 1,000 0 5,000 1,250 • Vail Valley Institute/Elizabeth Eber 0 9,800 0 0 0 0 1,000 0 0 143 Colorado Ski Heritage CenterlChristine Scrip 1 pass 4,500 0 4,500 one pass one pass 1,000 one pass 0 786 Echo RanchlTsu Wolin•Brown 250 2,500 1,000 500 500 0 1,000 1,000 1,000 714 Eagle Valley Humane 5ociety/Tom Fifch 0 1,000 0 1,000 500 0 1,000 1,000 0 500 " The Resource CenterlCheryl Paller 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 500 1,000 500 1,000 1,286 Eagle Valley Family CenterlNancV Nottingham 1,000 5,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 500 2,000 1,000 5,000 1,643 Vail Associates Cloud SeedinglJoe Macy 10,000 22,942 0 5,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 0 0 5,000 NWCCOG OOlKevin Lindahl 7,566 8,080 NO RESPUNS 7,566 2,500 NO RESPON 8,080 0 7,566 3,673 ° Eagle County Early Childhood/Moe Mulrooney 0 1,000 0 0 0 0 1,000 0 500 214 Vail Mountain RescuelChuck Crist 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 0 1,571 ° Vail Valley Arts CouncillMarilyn McCray 500 5,000 0 5,000 500 500 500 _ 500 500 1,071 BMHS Project Graduation/Pat Casey 0 Z00 200 0 0 200 200 200 0 114 Vail Valley Salvation ArmylRev. Millsaps 500 4,000 3,500 500 500 500 1,000 0 500 929 Food Resource CenterlTani Berns 500 1,000 1,000 500 500 500 1,000 500 500 643 Colorado Mountain CollegeJEedaYajko 0 500 0 0 0 0 500 0 0 71 ¢ Drug Free Eagle Valley(Marka Moser 2,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 500 1,786 * We RecyclelMauri Nottingham 16,600 16,800 16,800 16,800 16,800 16,800 16,600 16,800 16,800 16,800 ~ Bravo! ColoradolJohn Giovando 27,500 31,500 31,500 20,000 25,000 27,500 27,500 31,500 28,000 27,286 Vail Valley Marketing BaardlTom Britz 160,500 149,500 0 150,000 160,500 119,500 160,500 0 160,500 107,286 Colorado West Recovery Centers(Marvin Guynes 0 12,000 12,000 12,000 0 12,000 12,000 10,000 12,000 10,000 Ski Club Vail/Chip Woods 500 5,000 0 0 0 0 500 0 0 71 Colorado West Mental HealthlRon Blake 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 _ 2,000 12,000 10,571 " Vail Symposium/Sharon Jewett 2,750 10,000 0 2,000 0 1,000 5,000 2,750 0 1,536 Vail Valley Foundation/Elissa Mackintosh 42,500 35,000 55,000 35,000 42,000 35,000 55,000 42,500 35,000 42,786 Central Rockies Leadership 0 200 Summit Huts & Trails 0 1,800 0 0 0 500 500 0 0 143 NOT PRESENTING: Trees tar Vail 10,000 NO RESPONS 0 0 NO RESPON 10,000 0 0 1,429 NOT PRESENTING: Mountain Hospice 0 1,000 1,000 0 0 NO RESPON 0 0 0 143 Totaf.Generai.Fund 428,945 508,619 249,981 410,411 422,300 397,297 491,371 242,481 443,597 379,635 0 Town Manager's Budget for the Above Groups 444,849 Grant Requests Over Budge4 63,770 RETT FUND Vail Alpine Garden/Helen Fritch 25,000 100,000 0 50,000 50,000 25,000 50,000 10,000 10,000 27,857 special Events Contn ution Vail Recreation District Special Events 57,000 56,000 57,000 57,000 56,000 56,000 56,000 51,000 56,000 55,571 fn kind sevices are provided X994 ~U®C~E~ ~lJ®GET SUNIIVlAF3Y BUDGET SUMMARY - ' TABLE ®F CONTENTS PAGE Article "Escaping from the Line Item Trap" by David Osborne 1 Town Manager's Budget Message 2-5 Summary of Revenue and Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance 6 Summary of Expenditures by Fund 7 Comparison by Department of General Fund and Parking Structure Fund Expenditures 8 Summary of Revenues Net of Interfund Transactions 9 Summary of Changes in Personnel 10 Revenue Graph 11 C~ Expenditure Graph 12 Budget Calendar 13 ~L'mJ11-~l1 ~l !~``3 ~ ~ 'r" 1 ~1 ~ i ®~17 ~11~ ®~II~®~6~1~ y~.".fie I~~ e®It~~a~ n an age of chronic budget deficits, amounts, and when revenues fell short By 1951, California had named most governments in America still and the council failed to act, anauto- Fairfield one of its four most fiscally use budget systems that give every matic across-the-board cut kicked in.) sound cities. Over the next decade, the manager an incentive to waste money. The new system assumed that de- city spent 54.9 million less than it was This simple fact, startling as it may be to partments would maintain the same appropriated. In addition, the general people outside government, explains level and mix of services, at a minimum. fund balance, combined with accumu- why budget reform is the single most If the council wanted a major new ini- lated reserves, stood at X30 million. important management change avail- tiative, it would appropriate addition:~l The new system has allowed able to most governments today. money. Managers still used line items Fairfield to adjust to the current reces- blost public budgets fence agency to track their expenditures, but the sion with ease. First the city dipped money into dozens of line items. A typi- council never saw into the reserves it cal manager of a city department has them. They became - ~ . ~ had accumulated. 30-40 Iine items for every program or an accounting device •r~v. ~ When the state then division. In one branch of the military, to help managers, not r transferred several is base managers have 26 different ac- a control device to _ revenue sources to counts for housing repairs alone. Theo- hem them in. - ~ the counties-deep- retically, amanager can request per- The new approach ening the city's fiscal mission to move funds across the transformed the way hole-Fairfield sim- fences. But this is risky, because more managers thought ply changed its bud- often than not the answer is: "Money's about theirmoney. In get formula for the ~T,ht, so we're glad to take back the the past, if the police next three years. l ,rplus, but we can't let you move it to chief needed more From July 1, 1991, the other accounts." Hence managers men, he asked for .i through June 30, rarely try to shift funds. Most managers more money. If the 1994, departments stick with yesterday's priorities, even if manager orcity coun- will receive no in- today's needs have changed. cil said no, he blamed crease for inflation or But it gets worse. If managers don't them. Itwas never his population growth. spend their entire budgets by the end fault. No one ex- Managers will be ex- of the fiscal year, they lose the money pected him to comb through the bud- pected to find the savings necessary to they have saved, and they get less nest get he already had to find savings. ~'o~v ~~•eather the storm. year. Not surprisingly, smart public the dynamics changed. "Spend it or Fairfield is not alone. Over the past managers spend every penny of every lose it" gave way to "save it and invest 10 vears, perhaps a dozen cities and line item, whether they need to or not. it." Chuck Huchel, chief of public counties have adopted some version of Mostpublicmanagers knowwhere they safety, saw the contrast every day. His the Expenditure Control Budget. Sev- could trim 10 to 15 percent of their city budget came the new way, but his eral states, including Arizona, Te.~cas budget, but why go through the pain police department hustled a fair num- and Oklahom:~, ha.'e also e.~cperimented of transferring or laying people off, if ber of federal grants, which came the with "lump-sum" budgets in some you can't use the money for something old way. agencies and departments. Even the more important. "It's amazing," he says, "the same Pentagon has tried it. Few have been It doesn't have to be this way. In people behave di$'erently with the h~•o disappointed. 1979, Fairfield, California, invented streams of money. With the federal The Expenditure Control ~ Budget what it called an "Expenditure Control grants, we spend everything that s on the gives et;er~ ernplo~ee an incentive to . Budget." The new system did two list, whether we need to or not. You don't save money. It radically simplifies the things: it eliminated line items, and it have incentives to make the cost savings, budget process. It saves millions of dol- alloweddepartments to keep what they because if you don't spend it you give it lars on auditors and budget officers. didn't spend. Each department's an- back. With the city money, they lJio.v Perhaps most important, it frees city nual budget was determined by a for- that any savings they make can be ap- councils and state legislatures to focus mula: It got the same amount as last plied to other programs or other equip- on the real issues. Rather than debating / ~ar, increased to account for inflation ment. So you say, 'Hey, I don't achi:t)]v the minutiae of thousands of line items, _,~d growth in the city's population. need this to make the program ~~•ork. so the~• can spend their time on the prob- (The city manager could adjust these I'm not going to spend it.' lens the~• were elected to solve. 1 GOFER\1\G September 199? 69 September 17, 1993 Vail Town Council Vail, CO 81657 1 Re: 1994 Budget Message Dear Mayor Osterfoss and Members of the Town Council: I am pleased to present the Town Council with the proposed 1994 budget for the Town of Vail. The 1994 budget is a complete financial plan of all Town funds and service level activities for the ensuing fiscal year. 4` The 1994 budget document has the same format as the 1988-1993 budgets, with the addition of the outcome based budgets. The focus of the 1994 budget hearings should be on service levels and what the departments are trying to accomplish rather than on the line items (what the departments are purchasing). The information provided by the outcome based budgets should provide an entirely new dimension to the Town's budget. CHANGING BUDGET PHILOSOPHY The Town is in its second year of using what some cities have termed "Expenditure Control Budgeting" or "Formula Based Budgeting." Our process for developing the 1993 and 1994 budgets is to estimate what the growth in revenues is going to be and use that figure as the growth factor for expenditures. In short, expenditure growth is based upon expected revenue growth. This has worked well for the 1993 and 1994 budgets since growth in revenues has been similar to inflation. Each department is allocated an equitable share of the growth and is given alump-sum of money that can be managed by departments to meet the needs and service level demands on the department. The incentive for departments is to keep 90% of the savings generated by their department and use it to cover future expenditures as necessary. r~ 2 - BUDGET MESSAGE - SEPTEMBER 17, 1993 Other benefits to this new budgeting philosophy include the following. ° Promotes savings, efficiency, and effectiveness. ° No spread exists between a "bare bones" budget and the "fat budget" to negotiate over. ° Understanding the "cost of doing business." ° Simplifies the budget development process. ° Changes the basic role of the Town Council in the budgeting process by re-focusing attention on policy and issue solutions. ° The "use it or lose it" philosophy is replaced by a "save it and invest it" philosophy. ° Mianagers are given the freedom, responsibility and flexibility to do what they're paid to do: manage. ~g1~AI~CIAIL ®I'ERAT'I~1G C®I\1Dg'H®IV AND ®L1TQ.®®IC If the Town is successful in its November election to exempt the Town's revenue from the provisions of Amendment 1, the Town of Vail's financial condition should be adequate for the long term provision of current services. A wide variety of new and expanded governmental services were added by the Council to the Town's budget in the past several years. These expanded levels of governmental services and projected necessary capital maintenance items, when combined with the slower growth in sales tax revenues of recent years, have created significant strain on the Town's financial resources. In order to deal with this strain, the Town restructured its debt schedule in 1992. Under the Town's new debt repayment schedule, the vast majority of current debt will be paid off by the year 2006. Despite the Town's slow growth in sales tax over the past several years, the Town has not had to raise taxes or cut service levels. In fact, the town has been able to increase service level demands in such areas as bus service. The 1994 budget includes minimally increased operational service levels. However, providing any major new programs or. services in Vail will require new revenue sources. Demands for new and expanded government programs and services in Vail include affordable housing, public art, increased fire protection in West Vail, performing arts and conference center efforts, and a variety of improvements to Vail's transportation system. 3 BUDGET MESSAGE SEPTEMBER 17, 1993 REVENUES The Town's largest revenue source,. sales tax, is budgeted at a base level increase of 4.5% in 1994 over projected 1993 receipts. This is comparable to the 1993 projected growth rate and past years' growth rates as follows: 1976 - 24.6% 1982 - 9.2% 1988 - 8.9% 1994 - 4.5% budget 1977 - 8.3% 1983 - 9.1% 1989 - 19.1% 1978 - 27.1% 1984 - 10.1% 1990 - 4.4% 1979 -22.3% 1985 - 7.2% 1991 - 4.7% 1980 - 15.8% 1986 - 5.9% 1992 - 2.9% 1981 - 16.6% 1987 - 8.3% 1993 - 4.5% est. We are forecasting a 5% increase in ski lift tax revenue, as well as an 5.6% increase in parking structure operating revenue. We are continuing to budget conservatively on construction-related and Real Estate Transfer Tax revenues. Property tax revenue has been increased by 6.11%, which is the estimated amount property tax revenue can increase based upon Amendment 1. However, because of the 18% growth in assessed valuations in 1993, the mill levy will be reduced from 6.35 mills to 6.19 mills. EXPENDITURES General fund and parking structure operating expenditures are budgeted at an increase of 5% over the 1993 budget level. Total salary and wage costs for existing personnel are 5.43% over the 1993 budget. The maximum merit increase budgeted in 1994 is 6%, which is the same as in 1993. The 1994 budget includes 3.22 additional employees. All of the new positions were funded within the resources allocated to each department. All the new positions are seasonal positions except for the conversion in the auto body repair position to full time year around. A seasonal landscape architect is proposed to reduce the cost of landscaping projects. The salary ranges for regular full-time employees are designed to be competitive with the market. The Town pays average (i.e., 50th percentile) wages for its employees, but attempts to compensate for Vail's higher cost of living through a superior benefits package. AMENDMENT ONE The intent of Amendment 1 is to restrict the fiscal growth of government to the ~Denver- Boulder CPI plus a local growth factor which is computed by dividing new construction less demolitions by the value of all real property. We won't know what the 1993 CPI factor will be until February of 1994. At this time, it is running about 4%. ,The information to compile the local growth factor was provided by Eagle County and is 2.11%. Therefore, the Town's revenues could increase by 6.11%, which is more than the 5.16% for which we are budgeting . 4 - BUDGET MESSAGE SEPTEMBER 17, 1993 REAL ES'y'AT'E TRAl~1SFER 'g'A3t We continue to budget transfer tax revenue conservatively since this is a very volatile tax and it is risky to forecast with too much optimism. In 1992, we collected almost $2 million in transfer tax moneys; in 1993, we are estimating collecting $1.7 million; and in 1994 we are budgeting $1.3 million. The 1993 expenditure budget for the Real Estate Transfer Tax fund includes the following. $1,000,000 for open space capital projects; $239,637 for maintenance of parks and recreation paths; $400,000 for the purchase of land from the capital projects fund; and $888,388 for debt service. CApg"]f'AL 1PR®AECTS I~IJI~TD IEXI'EI\TDIT'[JRES The 1994 budget anticipates spending 19% of the Town's total budget on capital projects, which is an increase of 7% over what was budgeted for in 1993. This increase was planned by restructuring the Town's debt service in 1992. The Town is not planning to fund any major street reconstruction projects in 1994 but should be able to resume such activity in 1995. The capital projects budget will be discussed on September 28. I believe the 1994 Town of Vail budget continues to meet the ongoing needs of the community and the desired service levels as expressed by the community and the Town Council, while operating under sound financial principles. Respectfully submitted, Larry rafel Acting Town Manager C 5 TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET SUMMARY OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE Fund Estimated Estimated Transfers Estimated Budgeted Budgeted Transfers Revenue Budgeted Balance Revenue Expenditures In/Out Fund Balance Revenue Expenditures In!(Out) Overl(Under) Fund Balance FUND 1/1/93 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 Expenditures 1994 General Fund 3,479,70$ 14,698,035 14,861,477 (885,696): , 2,430;570.. 13,988,594 14,024,665 101,071 65,000 _ 2;d95,57fS Capital Projects Fund 2,607,319 7,285,822 6,912,929 (1,950,542) 1 025;670. 6,952,122 4,055,654 (2,954,940) (58,472) 971 191j Real Estate Transfer Tax Fund 3,162,058 1,991,000 3,237,865 1,915,193 1,538,250 2,528,525 (990,275) 924,91'&< Special Parking Assessment 2,231 306,050 (308,281) Q Closed Police Confiscation Fund 458,485 26,000 174,984 ..309',501 22,000 236,135 (214,135) - J5;36'& Vail Marketing Fund (10,079) 695,500 715,420 ;(29,999) 639,500 609,501 29,999 tJ' Vail Housing Fund 33,000 836,598 :869;598, 35,000 30,000 30,000 35,000. ' 904;558: Lionshead Mall Project Fund 778 (778} 0 Closed Heavy Equipment Fund 339,136 1,491,364 1,394,811 435,689 1,554,132 1,494,613 59,519 495,208 Parking Structure Enterprise Fund 2,078,516 1,947,445 (131,071) 0 0. Health Insurance Fund 486,194 917,983 741,247 662;930 1,002,981 942,860 60,121 '723,051 Debt Service Fund 1,854,881 183,588 5,065,468 4,891,780 1 86:4.;781' 174,678 3,129,618 2,954,940 0 1;864,781 West Vail Debt Service Fund 5,337 3,408 16,119 7,374 .0 Closed Bond Proceeds Construction Fund 5,697,476 67,749 3,125,009 (2,632,957): 7;259. 40,000 .40,000 47,259 Lionshead Mall Debt Service Fund 23,755 39,493 105,750 42,502 - OsClosed Booth Creek Debt Service Fund 0 150,211 148,213 1;998: 40,511 41,856 (1,345) 653': Total 18,107,279 27,889,203 36,499,292 0 9 497;:T90.: _ 28066 284 29,040.872 0 ~974,588)r_____8522 602: FDSUM94.wk4 PAGE 6 0920P93 ' TO!/VN OF V~?IL 1994 BUDGET SUi1flI1flAR1( OF f1=XPENDITURES BV FUND 1993 1993 _ ;:1;994<'>!%> 1992 ORIGINAL REVISED 1993 <R.RQROSEDc< FUND ACTUAL BUDGET BUDGET PROJECTED 's'<BUDGET General Fund 14,196,659 14,457,653 94,861,732 14,861,477 <'9.~054;665; Capital Projects Fund 6,634,320 7,344,772 11,548,957 11,496,428 7:01:0 594`;: . . Real Estate Transfer Tax Fund 1,603,204 2,068,888 3,240,504 3,237,865 2 528;5..2.5.;: Special Parking Assessment ~ 274,000. 282,000 282,000 308,281 Closed: Police Confiscation Fund 97,327 155,288 174,984 174,984 `«':"!'>236"13`5;: Vail I1Narketing Fund 712,089 667,041 715,420 715,420 ::;':509;501;:; Booth Creek Project Fund 17,568 Closed':>';>': Lionshead AAall Project Fund 139,468 C_los'ed``':;`,`': Bond Proceeds Construction Fund 34,775 4,000,000 5,670,000 5,757,966 0: Vail Housing Fund ,30Q00: Heavy Equipmen4 Fund 1,408,950 1,380,829 1,410,397 1,394,811 .,;:..:.;:.;;1:;x;94;6;13: Health Insurance Fund 580,.793 657,000 833,248 741,247 »>942860> Parking Structure Enterprise Fund ~ ':2 07:8 51`6:' Debt Service Fund 24,689,557 5,565,468 5,565,468 5,065,468 3429!fi:18 West Vail Debt Service Fund 2,238 7,031 7,031 16,119 .Cllosed:'::;'> Lionshead flNall Debt Service Fund 49,568 106,000 106,000 105,750 Closed,::.;::.: Booth Creek Debt Service Fund 35,006 382,838 382,838 148,213 :;;.;:.;,;::;:;.;;6.:4;1:;856.: Total Before Intertund Transfers 50,475,522 37,074,808 44,798,579 44,024,029 _',:.,.,32,9;56883,., Less Intertund Transfers X7,060,211) (8,587,387) (90,945,635) (10,852,634):. ; ~6,642801:j 43,415,311 28,487,421 33,852,944 33,171,395 1:::' 25:5;1:4:082 BDSUNi94 PAGE 7 09/21/93 TOWN OF VAIL C 1994 BUDGET COMPARISON BY DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL FUND AND PARKING STRUCTURE FUND EXPENDITURES ORIGINAL LINE ITEMS 1993 RECLASSIFIED BUDGET AND PROPOSED %tNCREASE< REVISED ADJUSTMENTS 1994 ;(DECREASE): GENERAL FUND Town Officials 720,826 ~ 25,000 760,729 2.D% Community Relations 169,803 171,509 ; :.'i:Q%'.' Administrative Services 1,119,218 53,031 1,246,526 > ` _<6~3% Community Development 900,357 (40,000) 948,163 ' 1Q2%o''' Fire 1,031,663 1,116,244 `87%.< Police 2,935,111 (27,000) 3,120,500 7 3% Public Works 2,333,747 (25,000) 2,435,783 55%; Transportation Bus Service 1,944,396 2,019,357 39% VRD Contract 543,243 543,243 >Q0°lo' Library 617,848 634,317 ;:;.;2~7%:' Insurance 279,892 278,369 : ; =p5%< Contributions 589,580 10,000 594,016 :`;;.-Q:91o Special Events 181,500 5,000 168,000 , =99%0.' Employee Benefits 24,227 17,909 :=7.6;:1.:%: PARKING STRUCTURE FUND Parking Structure Operating 1,043,931 1,100,343 .:.:::.::.:::54.%0:: TOTAL 14,435,342 1,031 15,155,008 50.%`. GFCH93 PAGE 8 09/20/93 4Oli!!N OF NAIL • 9994 BUDGET SUMfVriARY OF REVENUIES RIET OF INTERFUND TRANSACTIONS 1993 ?<`9!994>»<> ' % INCREASE 9992 ORIGINAL 1993 PROPO.S..ED:, (DECREASE) REVENUE ACTUAL BUDGET PROJECTED :::BUDGET:;::>;;:; IN BUDGET Retail Sales Tax 11,683,658 12,057,480 12,057,480 12,598,267.: 4.49% Ski lift Tax 1,901,954 1,984,500 1,984,500 2,083,,726:.: 5.00% Property Tax 1,964,863 2,069,327 2,069,327 2,174,218:< 5.07% Licenses grid Permits 1,081,203 649,311 861,300 678,930:;: 4.56% _ Transportation Center Revenue _ 1,901,216 1,968,175 2,062,831 2;078,,51;6 5.61% Franchise Fees 486,192 506,000 504,400 ' . ~ 557;8,78°: 10.25% User Fees 421,783 343,832 419,460 ; :334.4Q4 -2.74% Interest Income 803,908 528,650 645,249 :::°`:::';<:54'S'O.QO 3.09% Intergovernmental Income 1,602,871 1,328,856 1,345,000 <.1384573: 4.19% RETT Tax 1,982,058 1,200,000 1,700,000 <:..>'?>135p0:Q0 ; 12.50% Other Revenue 676,101 400,665 542,816 `:::±39;315 9.65% Fines ~ Forteitures 261,050 241,750 246,250 ` '':'''::255;:788: 5.81 Bond Proceeds 23,245,122 Total 48.011.979 23.278,546 24,438.613 :24;'480;615 5.16% REVSUf1N94 PAGE 9 09/23/93 TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN PERSONNEL WORKERS HEALTH SKI COMP & DEPT POSITION FTE SALARY INS. RETRMNT PASS UNEMP TOTAL Comm. Dev. Admin Clerk II 0.50 10,400 307 425 77 11,209 Buses 3 Part Time Drivers 1.05 18,564 1,420 930 1,706 22,620 1 Seasonal Driver 0.42 9,658 -285 620 887 11,450 Bus Driver (0.50) (8.476 (250) (620) (8221 f10.168) 0.97 19,746 1,455 930 1,771 23,902 Pub Wks. Landscape Landscape Architect 0.50 12,480 368 173 13,021 Pub Wks. Building Maint MW 1 /Carpenters 0.25 ~ 4,160 122 238 4,520 Tran. Centers MW 1 WiNSummer 1.00 16,640 491 620 950 18,701 Fleet Maintenance Admin Sec II (0.25) (6,240) (184) (620) (47) (7,091) Auto Body Repair 0.25 7,524 1,824 948 35 396 10,727 Total 3.22 64,710 1.824 3,507 1,390 3,558 74,989 4 , r perch94 PAGE 10 09/20/93 ~ _ o Summory of 19.94- Expenses by Deportment 25y514-902 Fire 4~4~ Policc Public Works 9.5~ ' Commm. Dev. 3.7~ Street Main. 3.2~ 13.2 Comm. Relations <7% Administration 4-.9 0 Transport®tion 7.9~ Town Officials 3~ Miscellaneous 1.9~ Parking 4.3~ 15.8% Library 2.5~ Contributions 1.7 0 18.8 Recreation 2.1 ~ Debt Service Marketing 2,4~ Capital Projects TOWN OF VAIL 1994 Budget Revenue . X24,480,615 Retail Sales Tox f~ ~ 51.5% ~a - ~ User Fees 1.4% Investment income 2.2% Licenses & Permits 2.7% Fines & Forfeitures 1 % Other 1.8% Property Tax 8.9% Real Estate Tran Tax 5.5% Franchise Fees 2.3% Ski Lift Tax 8.5% Intergovernmental 5.7% Trans Center 8.5% 0 ~ 9~//[~~/~~~~//p ~p/q~~' ~ @pp/~~/¦y _(~qy/ pp^q(~ n~~~j" ~{////[[s~'~' µp~~//p ~~¦(ry~p/p ®py yA lyp • ~®V V Y VV- ®L/ • V ~I ~ ~ lY l~al lY ~Y 4 9 OO C~ ~`eI 0m~ I i flhEETIiVG MEETIiVG - TOPIC TIME DATE September 94 Work Session Contributions 9:00 - 6:00 Tuesday - - September 23 Special 1lVork Session Budget Overview 6:00 - 8:30 Thursday Finish Contributions 8:30 - 9 0:00 September 28 Work Session Capital Projects Fund 1:00 - 2:30 Tuesday HEF Budget 2:30 - 4:00 - Administrative Services & Town 4:00 - 7:00 Officials September 30 Special Work Session Fire Department 6:00 -.7:00 Thursday Public Works, Transportation, 7:00 - 90:30 Parking October 5 VI/ork Session Library ~ 9:00 - 2:30 Tuesday Community Development 2:30 - 4:00 RETT & Debt Service Fund 4:00 - 5:00 October 92 Work Session Community Relations 9:00 - 2:30 Tuesday Police Department & 2:30 - 4:00 Confiscation Fund Special Events & Insurance 4:00 - 5:30 Marketing Fund 5:30 - 6:00 Lease Purchase Schedule 6:00 - 6:05 0 08/17/93 C:~budget~sd~edule.pm4 13 R c : C;,ACvU.~C-L~ S U ~ iWichael L. Phillips RECEBVE® SEP 2 9 1993 2696 Davos Trail Vail, Colorado 81657 September 20, 1993 To the Hon. Peggy Osterfoss, Mayor, and Members of the Vail Town Council: We are writing today to protest the possible approval of Trapper's Ridge subdivision in West Vail. We have a number of concerns about the proposed subdivision. Those are the impact on the neighborhood, the impact on West Vail in general, the visual impact; the recreational impact, the town impact, and the environmental impact. This subdivision will be located adjacent to Vail Ridge subdivision and is proposed to enter Town of Vail streets on Arosa Drive at an area where Arosa has a 13~ grade ( current standards dictate a maximum of 8~). This road already creates a hazard in the winter , and we would be increasing traffic in an area already 62. 5~ over the maximum grade. In addition to the steepness of Vail Ridge roads , the roads are not wide enough to handle current traffic when winter narrows the roads and people park illegally. We question the ability of emergency vehicles to access this area (both Vail Ridge and the proposed Trapper' s Ridge ) in the winter should the need arise because of the steep road grades. As there are few flat places in Vail Ridge, the roads are the playground for area children. Adding a possible 100-150 cars a day to these. streets will make an already untenable situation impossible. Vail Ridge is also the entrance to the Davos Trail (TV Tower) Biking .and Hiking trail. On any given day, the area sees upwards of 50 cyclists and/or pedestrians heading to or from Davos Trail. As there are no bike paths or sidewalks, these users will inevitably be affected by the increased auto traffic. These lots are envisioned to sell in the neighborhood of $300,000 to $350,000. This cannot fail to raise property taxes so much that longtime residents may be forced to sell because they can't afford the annual taxes. The impact of this development on our neighborhood will be huge. We have all sat in our cars fuming at traffic jams at the Vail and West Vail interchanges (Remember last Christmas; how about all year long?). The traffic this subdivision will generate is going to have a negative impact on the Vail and West Vail interchanges. In the last two weeks we have had the inadequecy of our"pedestrian walkways and streets graphically illustrated with the death of one three-year-old child and the critical injury of her teenaged sister. Increased traffic from Trapper's Ridge and the proposed Vail Commons will negatively impact the manner in which each visitor, summer and winter, perceives Vail; and it will negatively ' impact every Vail.area resident every day of the year. Trapper's Ridge is the western edge of the Vail Valley on the north side. It is a large, pine-forested, hillside parcel. All of us have witnessed the destruction of Spraddle creek as it is being constructed this summer with extreme dismay. Trapper's Ridge is different, and the impact will be far worse. Spraddle Creek was mostly grasses, sagebrush, and dead or dying aspens. Although its not pleasant to see them destroyed, those can all be replaced with relative ease. Not so with Trapper's Ridge because it is thickly covered with Blue Spruce and Lodgepole Pines many of which are over one hundred years old. A 35 foot road cut will devastate those trees and the ecology that balances them, .and this says nothing about how many trees will be lost with the addition of 30 large homes (14 are proposed for Spraddle Creek, a parcel with similar acreage). The last thing visitors will see as they leave Vail will be an alpine Aurora. Close to our suburban center, this area abounds in wildlife. It abuts the second largest deer migration corridor in the state; it is an elk migration area; it is Goshawk habitat; it is one mile from an active bald eagle nest and less than four miles from an active peregrine falcon nest. In addition there are countless species of songbirds, small mammals, flowers and plants. A group which prepares environmental studies for the Nature Conservancy indicated that while the area is not environmentally significant on a national basis, it is environmentally significant in relation to the Town of Vail for open space because it represents one of the last of its habitat types within the Town of Vail: This area is used by locals and tourists alike for walking, running, biking, hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, picnicking and bird and wildlife watching. It has a significant value to the local and visitor community as an easily accessible area where people can enjoy some of the rapidly disappearing peace and solitude for which Vail is known. In the face of all of these negative aspects, it is hard to see how this project will improve the life of the community. It seems, in fact, that the overall effect will be to make Vail less like the mountains and more like Denver. That being the case, we need to consider the long-term result of unrestrained development. If we erase. our natural .advantages by eliminating wildlife and recreation areas, will Vail be able to survive as a resort community while being swept along with the looming strip suburb from Golden to Glenwood Springs? This is not a granola-head, bunny-hugger question; it is hard dollars and cents. Why would anyone visit Vail if it looks and acts like I-225 and Mississippi Avenue in Aurora? We have worked hard over the last 30 years to create a special place, and a significant number of people seem to agree that we've done a pretty good job. Let's not loose sight of what we're trying to accomplish. Covering the last remaining hills with houses will not improve Vail in any way. 0 This parcel has been listed as the fourth of twenty priorities on the Town of Vail, Comprehensive Open Lands Plan, Recreation Needs Assessment which the Community Development Department has prepared according to public input. Residents of Vail have already indicated that they want this parcel included in our open space plan. We respectfully insist that you, as members of our community elected by residents of the community to look out for the best interests of Vail and, the community, take the . immediate action necessary to acquire this property as part of Vail's open space legacy. The transfer tax was designed with just this type of problem in mind, and we should use those funds now. Sincerely yours, Michael & Carol ~hillips cc: Vail Planning-Commission September 18, 1993 Peggy Osterfoss Mayor Town of Vail 75 So Frontage Rdo Vail, COo 81657 Dear Peggy, As homeowners in the Vail Ridge Subdivision, we would like to express some concerns to you regarding the proposed development of Trapper's Ridge in West Vailo After attending a meeting with other Vail Ridge homeowners, and Gary Arthur of Gateway Development, Inco, on September 1, we felt to compelled to make known the safety and environment issues regarding this proposed developmento This piece of property is one of the last large parcels in the Town of Vail that is currently undevelopedo It has always been highly used as a walking, hiking and biking area by localso It is also the last green space that is visible to westbound travellers before they leave the Vail Valley and enter Dowd's Junctions This property contains large stands of Aspens and also many very old lodgepole pinese ~ Primarily the reason this property has remained undeveloped is because of the difficulty accessing its Gateway Development, Inco has the property under contract at this times They are proposing a development that would include 30-33 units in an area of about 25 acrese Lots would average 3/4 acre> Each lot would have the option to build a caretakers unite Access to this property is planned from the bottom of Arosa Drives This section of Arosa is probably one of the most dangerous sections of road in the town because of it's 14~ graded Gateway Development, Inco is proposing an access that would include a left turn from a section of road that many vehicles find difficult to even get up in the wintero They want to build a road down that would have a 13~ grade, far exceeding the town's 8~ maximumo The safety issues here are alarming to us, and also to the other homeowners in Vail Ridged This is a verv dangerous situation for the vehicles, and also for the numerous pedestrians that use Arosae Vail Ridge is a subdivision of localso There are many children that walk down to the bus using Arosao We are concerned for their safetyo The amount of increased traffic would create a terrible burden on an already dangerous road. Unless a much safer access can be used, we are not convinced •that the town should even allow this development to proceed. Gateway Development, Inc. must address the important issues of safety and environmental damage. Maybe the best solution for the residents of Vail, and the residents of Vail Ridge would be for the Town of Vail to purchase this piece of property and leave it as an open space for the entire community to continue to enjoy. It would remain a positive lasting impression for travellers leaving the valley. We hope that we can count on you to resolve this matter in the best interest of the residents of the Town of Vail. Sincerely, ~I~ n U 1/ l C~;c, Bob and Mary Lou Armour 2668-A Arosa Vail, Co. 81657 I i ~ ~~ansp®~a~i®~ ~®rnmassi®n ®f C®I®rad ~ . l ~ 4201 East Arkansas Avenue Denver, Colorado 80222 N, 1 ~ (303) 757-9207 FAX (303j 757-9717 . i~ ~N- d~NE N~~ FLODIE ANDERSON Chairman, Golden September 16, 1993 WM. H.'BILL' CLEARY Vied Chairman, Cnand J"nctia+ GERALD PADMORE 0«w°r FRED L. PUNDSACK Eng~wood Mayor of. Vail PETE M. MIRELEZ . Northglenn 75 S. Frontage Rd. West WM. L. 'BILL' NEAL V$11, CO 81657 Fort Collor WM. R. 'BILL' HAIGHT sr°a~ar sor:ns. Dear Mayor : _ CASTELAR'Cas' GARCIA rasa The Transportation Commissioners and the Region PETER J. KING, JR. c°b~aa°sp,ings Transportation Directors are currently meeting with . JOSEPH 'TONY' FORTING their cities and counties in the initial phase of the P"`~° Statewide County Hearings process. Those officials DONALD G. MORRISON L;,,b„ attending these meetings will be discussing selection GLENNVAAD Of enhancement and safety projects in non-transpor- soaetary tati~on management areas, re-examining current priorities, and considering the feasibility of holding a statewide Transportation Symposium. The next step in the process will be to hold regional meetings. The regional meetings will b® attended by representatives from each county in a given Transportation Planning Region (TPR). All interested rail, transit, state, city and county officials, their staffs, and general public inter®st groups are welcome to attend. The purpose of the regional meeting is to bring together all the counties within a Commission district and reach a consensus on a prioritized list of projects. Draft transportation policies will also be discussed. A calendar of regional meetings that are set, to date, is enclosed. Since the Transportation Commission allocates transportation funding by engineering districts, you are invited to attend those workshops that affect your county's allocation. Refer. to the TPR, engineering and Transportation Commission district maps, mailed to you on August 4, 1993. %f you have any questions, please direct them to your local Region Transportation Director or Transportation Commissioner. You ~ trul , GLETQAI A. ~ ~.cretary TRAT~TSPORTATIOI~T COMMISSION OF COLORADO Enclosure TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION OF COLORADO STATEWIDE COUNTY HEARINGS 1993 REGIONAL MEETINGS September 20th San Luis Valley Transporation Planning Region 1:30 p.m. Alamosa holiday Inn • 333 Santa Fe - Alamosa, Colorado September 23rd Northwest Transporation Planning Region 1:00 p.m. Routt County Courthouse Steamboat Springa, Colorado September 30th Pikes Peak Area and Central Front Range 11:00 a.m. Transportation Planning Regions PPACOG Building; 15 South 7th Street Colorado Springs, Colorado - September 30th Upper Front Range Transportation Planning. Region 5:30 p.m. 915 10th Street Greeley, Colorado September 30th North Front Range 5:30 p.m. 915 10th Street Greeley, Colorado October 5th South Central Transportation Planning Region 10:00 a.m. Las Animas County Courthouse 200 East 1st Street, 2nd Floor, Room 206 Las Animas, Colorado October 8th Southwest Transporation Planning Region 1:30 p.m. Red Lion Inn 501 Camino Del Rio Durango, Colorado October 12th Pueblo Area Transportation Planning Region 9:00 a.m. #1 City Hall Place Pueblo City Hall, 3rd Floor Pueblo, Colorado October 13th Gunnison Valley Transportation Planning Region 9:00 a.m. City Council Chambers 433 South 1st Montrose, Colorado October 15th Grand Junction/Mesa County Transportation 9:00 a.m. Planning Region; Public Hearing Room 750 Main Grand Junction, Colorado October 18th Southeast Transportation Planning Region 10:00 a.m. Bent'e Fort Inn :October •~29th :ZaYte~aouataiin~~Tzai=isFiortation "Planning ~R~e_gion a- 1:00 p.m. ~ ; ..Eagle Countp':Road ~Departmeat rO~fices - - ~~;Eagl®,--Colorado •:,.~_...,~._._~~....z.... x e ~ C~ ~ . ~~Il~ ~O~I~1~~1IlI~ ~ ~ C~~, oOL~ o r _,h~ ~C~~Cc~t~1C~ ~ A~ , September 20, 1993 Vail Town Council Margaret A. Osterfoss Mayor Merv Lapin Mayor. Pro Tem Bob Buckley Jim Gibson Robert Levine Jim Shearer Tom Steinberg Dear Ms. Mayor & Members of Council, Enclosed is one sample of letters received by Vail Mountain Rescue regarding the work we do. Apparently there was a question on whether or not The Town of Vail received any benefit from its on going financial support of Vail Mountain Rescue Group. Should you desire any further supporting documentation please contact me personally. I would be glad to supply other letters. We are very grateful for the support we have received in the past and plan to continue to fulfill our mission as stated on the bottom of this page. Every donation we receive helps us to achieve our goals in a "professional" manner. Sincerely, ~ ~ ~ Rick W. Barnes Director Finance A volunteer organization dedicated to saving lines through rescue and mountain safety education ~ ° ~~1L.~~~ DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE September 13, 1993 Vail Mountain Rescue 181 W. Meadow Drive Vail, CO 81657 To Whom It May Concern: Thank you for the excellent work you did in the August 9-10, 1993 rescue of Amy Brown near Gold Dust Lakes. Some of our students walked out to report the situation the evening of the accident, and three of your members were in the remote area where we were camped prior to dawn and on site by dawn. She was helicoptered out in the early morning and has made a good recovery. These kind of results could not be realized without an outstanding organization which has done its homework over a several year period. You should know that this kind of excellent professionalism is very much appreciated and adds to the attraction of the Vail area.as a recreation destination for people all over the world. Please convey our thanks to the individuals involved. It takes a special kind of person to be ready to hike through the night on a moment's notice. Again, thanks for an excellent job. Since , J k olmes P ofessor and Chair LUBBERS HALL, 126E 10TH ST, PO BOX 9000, HOLLAND, MI 49422-9000 616-394-7545 /FAX 616-394-7935 ,~~~~~0~~~? SAP ? ®9~~ • September 15, 1993 (/~2~T,~,y,,,~y °~`~"~I~ sh®c,~ed t~at'~TaiY c®tixil ~®»t Spraddle Cr~e~ Our TIPSLINERS showed no mercy do in this town. You loo)( at all the for the Vail Town Council, which proiects going Qn now t,~iprhPr;r'e the _ approved the development at Spraddle Sonnenalo or that new c~nstmction Creek. over by the Westin - there an Last week council members said environmental disgrace. Thev allow r:heir hands were tied when it came to rzr'avel trucks to leave debris all over the giving the project roadwavs~ Tlrev've thumbs up, saying .;:<:~;:;:;:.Y,r=~::::;z"s~';~> {x}:;:::,>tik~~:>~~<<:: neve r if someone owns t~r,,~;,,~~ ws> ~ ~;~;:r; • monitored what the development ~~~l~atu: '.~:;::...:::;.:,'•.:,>.:<:::;~:::s;>::; z•.<••:::.;•.:f Y•.r~,~~ee...,~`'.,.: these construction rights, it's next to '::•`:•<''•~':j .>;v>':a,.,..:.` ^`.~..'°::`».`'''a"~.•:.•:.:.:~~y~,.>~ ~ ~ companies do, so im ossible to sto ;<:€~~'''•`<~' ~ ' P P ::,:t:::`~<>;: should I be development. ~ surprised now t Please remember while reading this ~;nt: ,r~` a disgrace and they ought t~ column that it is not a scientific survey be imneached but rather the opinion of our readers. ° ''I agree; it is definitely a visual For more on what our TIPSLIiVE disaster to people coming into the main callers thought about the Spraddle drive of Vail. I also think the proposed Creek project in Vail, please read on: 32-unit employee housing project ° "I'm not surprised that the Town of should be completely X-ed oue. That Vail was surprised at what I would call would be prime real estate to employees the devastation at the Spraddle Creek of the Village, when they should be • construction site. Apparently they just don't care what construction companies ~ :SeeTIPS1INE, PaAe,IO 4 From Back Page these Town Council members were down in Avon of Edwards or when it's re-election time who closed somewhere else. Whoever built Timber their eyes to this project and let it go Ridge should be shot." through and re-stating their position ° "Should Vail have taken a closer with quotes like 'I didn't know it was look at purchasing Spraddle Creek? Yes, going to look like this.' We should they should have. It's horrid what they remember these names " have done with the side of that ° "So what's the big deal? As Time mountain. It's like big money coming in Magazine put it, 'It's boom time in the and buying land and doing whatever Rockies: If you want to grow, youwe got they want. I'm sure the elk and deer will to push a little dirt around. More never be back. We see red fox. We see development means more jobs and that coyote. They'll never be back. I would means more bucks for everyone. Let the be happy if they made them stop and good times roll. As for the Vail Town put it back the way it used to be." Council -keep up the good work guys." ° "I was outraged to read that the ° "I think what we can do as voters Vail Town Council members were to keep something like Spraddle Creek surprised at the unsightly mess over at from happening again is to vote out Spraddle Creek. It just makes me Feggy Osterfoss, Merv Lapin and Rob wonder what they're doing for Levine who on the cover page said Leadership in that town council. I 'gosh, we didn't know it would be so ' remember last year they spent hours bad.' Well, in their review of the project and maybe days beating the issue of probably only looked at how much whether to allow the cold inflatable money the town would make. We need balloons for the bike race. They beat to stop development in this valley and that issue into the ground. And now vote in people who will look at projects they seem surprised at what happened like this more clearly. And instead of here. Is there anyone over there on the looking at the money, look at what it Town Council who's looking at the big would do to the land." picture and realizes what's really important to this town?" ° "In addition the ugly sight of the ° "I think we should stop worrying Spraddle Creek development, the noise about a plan to cover I-70 through Vail from the backhoe at 5 a.m. has bothered and start worrying about a plan to cover us all summer. I also hope they will be that Spraddle Creek area with a dome. I required to landscape the area and /y¦yayl~,s/o'/p('t~h/pi/n'~k we need to rememt~er who hopefully make it look even better." J4 V P 1995 ~ - --'-rte ~"~,,....-.d...v~_ • - ~ r r ~ ~ CL I~v ~ ~F~ ~ ~ _y~~~ ~ C ~ Cbt+~.~ i~~ t ~ f ~ i . ~ - r_ t ~ ~ - -~1~~.__~_~1._.__..--- -`~1.~. _ _-1 • ~Ef f L~OIAJEI2 5047 Main Gore Circle Vail, Colorado 81657 20 September 1993 Ms. Peggy Osterfoss, Mr. Larry Grafel, Mr. Steve Barwick Town of Vail 75 South Frontage Road West Vail, Colorado 81657 Dear Peggy, Larry and Steve: I have attached an article which I clipped out of the Denver Post yesterday, the subject of which has real merit and should be vigorously supported by the Town of Vail. In essence the article suggests that homes owned by permanent residents in a resort town should be taxed at a lower rate using a homestead exemption or different formula than second homes, particularly ones that are purchased for rental income. Obviously the second home market in Vail is the engine which has been behind the considerable increase in property values over the last seven or eight years. However concomitantly, second homes have been the cause for considerable frustration of many full time home owners protesting the fact that the value of their homes, for assessment purposes, have gone up so much that the resulting real estate taxes have made their homes unaffordable. Though there are other reasons for full time residents moving down valley, real estate taxes in Vail, because of values, are a significant factor for many families who have lived here for many years, and are the reason for the hue and cry when a real estate tax measure is proposed on the ballot. Out of curiosity I reviewed the taxes on my house and noted they have increased 60% over the last four years. For a friend living at the Valley Condominiums, they have gone up significantly more. If one interpolates that to Pitkin Creek, an early employee housing project, one understands why many of the current sales at that project are to second homeowners or are purchased for short and long term rental. Best Regards, 6~~; _ Jeff Bowen n . liDi(,C~l.,L ~ ~ . 6~ . f ~ c~ r~ 10 ~~6,.6.~~®~6.&.~~1®11JL ~ ~ Eagle Garfield SutnfT~t ~1SS10I1, ~a.IUeS 1I1CI ~OaIS - Encourage transportation modes which inter-relate with State and Federal transportation systems; The Inter-Mountain Regional Planning Commission _ Maximize regional funding; (RPC) has adopted a mission statement to guide the development of the regional transportation plan. This - Be flexible and not preclude the pursuit of other • mission statements is: options when one option is implemented; TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A REALISTIC _ Give priority to projects which can be implemented AND BALAI~tCED TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT in a reasonable amount of time; ADDRESSES THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION'S TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. - Be designed to promote fuel efficiency; From this mission statement, a set of goals has been _ Reduce maintenance needs through better design; adopted by the Inter-Mountain RPC. The regional and, transportation plan shall: _ Increase use of mass transit. - Include all modes of transportation; - Be achievable and equitable for the entire region; This mission statement and set of goals can be adjusted based on comments received during the - Be cooperative and supported by all levels of development of the regional transportation plan. government and the public; Criteria will be developed that will be used to assess - Guard public safety; how well each component of the regional transportation plan achieves one or more goals. - Be comprehensive; Please send comments on the mission statement or set - Provide cost effective solutions; of goals to the Colorado Department of Transportation at the retrun address on the back of this newsletter. - Include alternative funding sources (transportation district, user supported, etc.) - Have a regional emphasis with statewide benefits; ~LibI1C ~ee~lllgS Seven public meetings were held throughout the region - Support travel patterns that satisfy economic needs to expose the public to the development of the and enhance economic development; regional transportation plan and ask for ideas on what issues the plan should address. Approximately 50 - Maintain the unique character of mountain people attended these meetings. In addition, a booth communities and be aesthetically pleasing; ~ was set up at the Carbondale Mountain Fair where - Encourage public/private partnership; about 40 persons visited and asked questions. Some of the comments made at these meetings were: - Develop knowledge of all regional jurisdiction's systems and needs; Vail (5/19/93) - Maintain the quality of infrastructure and service; How will CDOT prioritize projects or select the - Recognize the unique population demands of rural Projects for inclusion in the Statewide Transportation Plan. tourist areas; Will the public have other opportunities to have input into the planning process? Technical Memorandum No. 3 contains the information on the existing condition of the transportation system. Is some thought being given to changing the This draft report contains information on organizational boundaries of the engineering region, transportation structure, highways (both state, county, and city), planning region, and transportation commissioner to transit, airports, bicycles, pedestrian, railroads, and minimize overlaps? commuting patterns. Leadville (5/20/93) For all of the transportation modes, information was collected on physical characteristics, operational What revenues will be available for transit service? characteristics, and the fiscal aspects. The information was slightly different depending on the transportation Concern for bicycle congestion on Fremont Pass and mode being analyzed. other corridors within the five county region. For highways, information was collected on the Aspen (5/26/93) functional classification of all the public roadways, pavement condition, number of miles by pavement SH 82 needs to be four-laned to meet commuter needs. type, number of lane miles, number of miles by the • • number of lanes, miles by shoulder width, number of Have we investigated light rail and what is the bridges (total, structurally deficient, functionally possibility of implementing this transportation solution. obsolete), number of tunnels; and number of appurtenances. Glenwood Springs (5/27/93) The Inter-Mountain Transportation Planning Region has SH 82 is not managed very well when incidents occur, 53b.3 miles of state highways, which represents about such as rock slides or accidents. 6 percent of the total state highway system, whereas the city and county roadways total almost 2,100 miles, Concern for the number of wildlife killed along the which represents ?.7 percent of the total statewide, city highways. and county roadway mileage. Basalt (7/22/93) Abont 65 percent of the state highway system is 2 lane roadways and another 33 percent is 4 lane Supported the concept of mandatory no drive days. roadways, with the balance being 3 or 6 lane roadways. A total was made of the state highway Wanted just a safe two lane SH 82, did not want it system by width of the shoulder. Almost 50 percent four-laned. of the roadways had a shoulder width of 4 feet or less while 36 percent had a shoulder width of 8 feet or Would like to have the region consider a free bus more (most of this was due to the Interstate System). system to increase usage. The number of total accidents have increased from More frequent bus service and better coverage. 2,854 in 1989 to 3,246 in 1991, a 14 percent increase. Fatal accidents has increased three times as Avon (?/19/93) fast as total accidents, going from 24 in 1989 to 34 in 1991, a 42 percent increase. Eagle and Summit Wanted to not only increase mass transit usage but Counties had the largest share of the increase in also wanted to emphasize the development of new fatalities. mass transit systems. The overall condition of the pavement surface was also Wanted to have a bike goal added to the list. measured for both state highways, city streets, and county roads in 1992. For city streets and county Did not support more dollars going to highway roads, 26 percent were in good condition, 56 percent improvements. in fair condition, and 18 percent in poor condition. Fox the state highway system, 28 percent were in good condition, 42 percent in fair condition, and 30 percent in poor condition. EX1St1Ilg COI1CI1t1011S Information was collected on general travel usage in the Inter-Mountain Transportation Planning Region. Since the regional transportation planning process This region had about 3.3 million vehicle miles of began, most of the work to date has been on trying to travel on the state highway system, which i5 almost ? get an accurate picture of what the existing percent of the statewide total. There are four transportation system is for the Inter-Mountain permanent traffic counters located in this region. Transportation Planning Region. A draft technical Information is provided on the traffic characteristics at memorandum has been prepared and is currently under each of these count locations concerning hourly traffic review by the staff of the Inter-Mountain RPC. patterns, peak traffic periods, and seasonal variations. In 1991, commercial airport enplanements totaled Revenue and expenditure information was also collected 245,088, with a projected level of enplanements _ for cities and counties for 1989, 1990, and 1991. increasing to 616,500 by the year 2010, a 150 percent Revenues have gone from $30.0 million in 1989 to increase. For general aviation, the level of increase is _ $38.0 million in 1991. Locally generated revenues much less prononced, going from 92,040 in 1990 to accounted for between 50 and b~ percent of the total 99,946 in 2010, an 8.5 percent increase. The level of revenues. For expenditures, maintenance represented activity in and out of an airport will have a direct about one -third o f the t o t a 1 expenditures . impact on the existing transportation system and could Construction/engineering expenditures ranged from a result in the selection of non-highway solutions. low of 20 percent to a high of about 30 percent, and traffic expenditures accounted for about 8 percent. An inventory was made of the number and location of bicycle paths in the five county area. The region has High percent truck routes are also identified (routes a number of popular bicycle paths. They are: with a truck percentage greater than 10 percent). Designated hazardous material trucks routes are also Eagle County identified in the draft report. 1. Vail Pass The draft report also presents information on the seven 2. The Vail Bike Trails going from East Vail to West major transit systems operating in the region: (.1) Vail along the Gore Creek Avon/Beaver Creek; (2) Vail Transit System; (3) Roaring Fork Transit Agency; (4) Snowmass Village; Garfield County (5) Aspen Highlands Transit; (6) The Summit Stage; and (7) Breckenridge Shuttle. 1. Scout Trail in Glenwood Springs 2. Glenwood Canyon bike path The transit ridership level for these seven systems was about 7.5 million persons during 1992. The buses Lake County carrying these transit riders traveled about 4.4 million miles. These seven systems expended about $12.1 1. Several U.S. Forest Service roads million (operating and capital). Pitkin County This region had a population of 83,451 persons in 1990. This meant that there were about 90 transit 1. ABC Trail riders per year for each resident population. The 2. Aspen Mountain/Richmond Hill Drive Denver Regional Transportation District has a figure of 3. High School Trail about 30 transit riders per resident population. The Inter-Mountain Transportation Planning Region Summit County population is much more progressive in its use of mass transit than the Denver metropolitan area. In looking 1. Tenmile Canyon at the cost of transporting the riders, the Denver 2. Vail Pass Regional Transportation District spends about $3.00 per 3. Dillon-Keystone Trail rider while the Inter-Mountain Transportation Planning 4. Blue River Bikeway Region spends about $ I.60 per rider. These figures include both capital and operating expenses. Summit County estimated there were about 212,800 trail users in 1991. An inventory was done for the school districts to determine how much money is being spent transporting For pedestrian facilities, there are a number of students to and from school. Some school districts structures that facilitate pedestrain access. Aspen and have discussed discontinuing this service. It was Vail both have a pedestrian mall in the downtown considered to be important to determine the level of ~ area. Some of the trails are designated only for usage so that an impact could be determined at a later pedestrians as well. date if some of the school districts elected to discontinue this service, since the existing highway This region has one Class I railroad operating in it, system and public transit system would be impacted by the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad..It enters this decision. the region at the Chaffee/Lake Couny Line going north ' through Leadville, Red Cliff, and Minturn. Then the For aviation, there are five airports currently operating line runs west through Avon, Eagle, Gypsum, in the region. They are: (1) the Aspen-Pitkin County Glenwood Springs, New Castle, Silt, and Rifle. There Airport (Sardy Field); (2) Eagle County Regional is a spur line that runs to Carbondale from Glenwood Airport; (3) Lake County Airport; (4) Glenwood Springs. This line in no longer active due to the Springs Municipal Airport; and (5) Garfield County closing of the Mid-Continent mine. •Regional Airport. Information concerning the existing condition of these five airports was obtained from a AMTRAK also provides daily service from Denver to report produced by the Division of Aeronautics within California. It only has one stop, Glenwood Springs. the Colorado Department of Transportation. ESE Profile Re Ort Hotel and motel units were forecasted from the level P of retail employment. By the year 201 hotel/motel The other report under review by the Inter-Mountain units. are forecasted to be 51,385 units, which is an RPC is an Environmental, Social, and Economic Profile increase of 17,09 over 1986. Hotel and motel units technical memorandum of the region. This draft also include time share units as well as RV park technical memorandum discusses the environmental spaces. issues in the region, such as air quality, water quality (wetlands), threatened and endangered species, major Copies of these two technical memoranda are available parks and recreational attractions, historic sites and upon request from the Colorado Department of resources, archaeological sites, and noise. It presents Transportation. If you are interested in receiving a . information on the current status of each of these copy of either of these technical memoranda, please environmental categories. write to: The last major section of this technical memorandum is Dave L. Ruble, Jr. land use. This section identifies the existing land use Colorado Department of Transportation levels relative to the number of persons, number of Division of Transportation Development persons by race and age, and by employment type. 4201 E. Arkansas, RM 212 Historical trends are presented from 1960 through Denver, Colorado 80222 1990. The five county region has gone from 28,249. . persons in 1960 to 83,451 in 1990, a 195 percent F~t„Te Act?.v~t~eS - - - increase, which is over twice as fast as the entire state, which grew by almost 90 percent. - The next meeting of the Inter-Mountain Regional Within the land use section, a forecast is made of the Planning Commission is scheduled for September 24, population level for the year 201. The State 1993 at the Eagle County Road and Bridge Office in Demographer's Office estimates were used as a starting the town of Eagle. At this meeting, approval will be point in arriving at this forecast. Based on the level given to the Existing Conditions Technical of job growth in the five county area, it is forecasted Memorandum and Environmental, Social, and Economic that the five county region will increase to 113,419 Profile Technical Memorandum. persons by the year 2015, a 36 percent increase over 1990, which reflects a slowing of the growth over the The next major effort will be to allocate the forecasted 1960 to 1990 period. land use variables to sub-regions within each county. These variables will be used to estimate travel demand The other major land use forecast was employment, foi the year 201. These estimates in turn will be both total and retail. Total employment was 60,506 in used to assess the various transportation alternatives. 1988 and is forecasted to grow to 97,292 by the year 2015, a 60 percent increase. This rate of growth will Consideration is also being given to the establishment be faster than the growth in population. Retail of two sub-groups. One would work just on the employment is between 30 and 37 percent of the total bicycle component of the regional transportation plan employment depending on the county. An individual while the other would focus on the transit component. percent was established for each county. This rate was Hopefully, a decision will be made as to whether these applied to the total employment to arrive at a retail two sub-groups should be established. employment level for each county. Overall, the total . . retail employment level is forecasted to be 32,112 by - - - Colorado Department of Transportation ~ ~ = _ 4201 E. Arkansas, Room 212 fr " SF _ Denver, Colorado 80222 ( _ ~ ~ = n - Ma or of Vail 75yS . Frontage RoadREC~~vF() SFp 2 Vail, CO 81657 ~ 1~~ - . x ~ ' Gx~wci,e. e ~ August 1993 ~EC~1V~® SEP 2 9 1993 COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION "A MONTHLY NEWSLni tcR HIGHLIGH'I'II~TG SIGNIFICANT HIGHWAY AND TRANSrvniAT10N ISSUIS" Nestled in the middle of the twelve-mile-long canyon, A~~f~" the trailhead to Hanging Lake has long been a favorite stop along U.S. b. A steep but rewarding trail leads to a crystal ~~t'gg~y®®Qfl (C~ggy®6H9S clear alpine lake. Currently, the entire trailhead area is in an ~',EII~~ ~=1® auto-free zone because the Hanging Lake viaducts carry I-70 traffic over to twin 4,000-ft. tunnels on the south side of the fC®1CDS$11'9ACt~~®ID ~Il'®~t'C$ Colorado River. Interstate 70 was opened to four lane traffic through The new rest area will feature two comfort stations; Glenwood Canyon last October, completing the route across the smaller of these will replace the existing trailhead facility. America and ending roadway, bridge and tunnel construction A bikepath, parking areas and sidewallcs have all been that had started in 1980. designed to accommodate Interstate travelers and recreation seekers as well. The contract will rehabilitate a "green girder" National fanfare and numerous accolades greeted the bridge west of the rest area near Shoshone Dam, with new dedication. The National Geographic Society included decking and a bikepath bridge attached to one side. Anew, separate bikepath bridge will be built over Dead Horse Creek ~ east of the rest area. .:A,..., y~ . . ~ ,,riO~ At the rear of the rest area will be electrical water ~'~`°'t. ` ~ ~ hookups for "host" motor homes or trailers. The U.S. Forest . ~ % Service operates a program whereby volunteers will live at the rest area for designated periods of time to help distribute ~ t=-. ; ~ ;:~~<"s,~~ information and pamphlets to visitors. Sixteen firms were represented at an August 3 prebid ' conference held to explain the project and some of its special ~ ~r w: a Fsr,.aw os~ew.n ~~~a C; .4 ~ ,~k \ This perspective of the Hanging Lake rest area ~ building, by Parsons De Leuw, Inc., shows the maintenance door at left and public access doors on the right. ~ ~ ~ Glenwood Canyon in its book "The Builders: Marvels of r~ineerin~ along with such high company as the great pyramids of Egypt, China's Great Wall, Hoover Dam and the Brooklyn Bridge. ~ ~ / fgcsetxTtve 9~w/ fJo. 3 Dbae.K Oe inn+sc, G•W~9t Still to be completed, however, were the remaining three rest areas, of four which will grace the canyon. This month Colorado Department of Transportation engineers Landscaping will help screen the maintenance opened sealed bids for the final project in a long series: door from view. construction of the Hanging Lake rest area. continued next page Page l requirements such as lead paint removal procedures to be used GOing "Multi-Modal" at the green girder bridge. On August 26, Centric/Jones at the I-7~ HO back Constructors of Lakewood, Colorado bid lowest of four g competitors with an offer of $6,374,000. West of Denver Plans call for opening the rest area to the public next As Interstate 70 west of Denver climbs toward the spring and completing landscape work and a sprinkler system mountains, the first foothill it encounters is the Dakota by November 1, 1994. Sandstone Hogback, a rippled beach deposit of an ancient sea. Just west of a steep geological cut is the junction of In addition to providing the fourth and final rest area, Morrison Road (State Highway 26) and U.S. 40. For more the contract will call for other work in Glenwood Canyon. than a decade commuters and recreation seekers alike have Included will be removal of the CDOT access bridge which for used parking areas at the intersection for an informal carpool a years has carried workers and materials to the Cinnamon rendezvous point. Creek drainage on the south side of the Colorado River, now home of the Hanging Lake Tunnels control complex. (Once The appeal of the parking area has increased as I-70 this bridge is removed, access to the complex will be through a congestion has worsened. large metal door in the middle of the northern tunnel.) The contractor will also remove a tan colored prefabricated building along old U.S. 6, a former field office refer-ed to as : s~~:j; the "Brown Palace" by workers. , E Hikers this autumn will not be able to visit _ Hanging Lake. The contract calls the trailhead a No Work ~ , area until Labor Day, but by September 7 work may be ~ ~ scheduled to take advantage of whatever mild weather persists `T' r~~'~~ ~ - ~I' t until winter's snow hampers construction. ~ : r° ' -~~'f ~ - ,i?[. ~ ~~e.p _ 4 ;~~~``"1 ` ~ Seen from an interpretive trail on the north side, : _ the terraced cut through the Dakota Hogback i` ~ ~ h`: west of Denver looms abovelnterstate 70. ~f, .a • yf . Now, government and private industry funds have 4 ~ e~ ~ joined for a study which looks at the area as an innovative ~ "intermodal transfer center" ...where bus riders, carpool/ ~:~~±;~,;;~i,~_ ~ vanpool riders, and bicyclists could all change from one ~ ~ - mode of transportation to another. An area where parking a ,W-" , L ~ - could be secure enough to offer remote banking services, automated bus ticketin tele hones, and u dated electronic messages about road conditions, ski area conditions, and _ - -•s metropolitan Denver traffic. Half the cost of a $600,000 project is provided by a When these women hiked up to Hanging Lake joint Federal Highway Administration, .Federal Transit from the trailhead and the gravel "Pikes Peak Administration grant. This project was one of ten selected Ocean to Ocean Highway" in 1928, the park out of 38 applicants across the nation under an Operational had already been popular for decades. Action Program encouraging multimodal transportation. Page 2 continued next page. The project has a two year time frame for Phase One _ ~ development of a practical, cost effective site. An Advanced ' Traveler Information System would have software, equipment, radio communications connections and a kiosk or shelter building. One or more of the four existing parking lots would - - _ be paved, lighted, landscaped and given security measures. In future years, Phase Two development could add more parking ~ FY~ _ and shelters. A parking area west of the interchange, between "This project answers two emerging trends in 1-70 and U.S. 40 (arrow), could be the first site transportation," explains Janice Finch, the CDOT/RTD transit developed for the Hogback Multi-modal Transfer liaison who manages both concept and coordination. "A Center. Hogback Transfer Center responds to the multimodal emphasis in the most recent federal transportation Act, and it brings together public and private funding for the benefit of the many travelers who'll use the facility." Westinghouse Corporation, already working with the Regional Transportation District bus company to upgrade Finch is gratified that early support has come from communication systems, has pledged another $185,000 for key players in the transfer center concept. Greyhound Bus equipment and software for an informational kiosk on the site. Lines is open to the idea of remote reservations and ticketing, Travelers would receive real-time information about bus in addition to using the site for boarding riders to and from arrivals and departures, points of interest, retail messages and terminals in Idaho Springs, Dillon, Vail, Glenwood Springs advertising. The Colorado Department of Transportation and even Grand Junction. The Denver Regional Council of offers site work including road access changes, lighting, Governments (DRCOG) approves of the concept and also the paving, security equipment and cameras, and landscaping. site as one for the RideArrangers program matching persons Other partners in the plan will be identified as details become for carpools. Bullwhackers Casino sent a letter of support, and more clear. the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau has shown interest in informational kiosks. Several groups of travelers would benefit from such a °~people have been parking here for years, without multimodal transfer center. Commuters would travel between real services or security," says Matt Reay, a CDOT Region I mountain homes and Denver area employment. Gambling traffic between Black Hawk and Central City casinos and traffic and safety engineer who helped brainstorm the Denver could be reduced, and become safer, as gaming multimodal center. "With this project the same people who customers began to use the same kind of small bus and van have been meeting to share or change rides may eventually get services casinos now offer their employees. In winter, skiers TV screen information they can use, transit tickets, a lighted could use carpooling and ski shuttles (and weather updates) in Place to park, and perhaps automated teller machines. Each of their battle against highway traffic congestion, uncertain us 'agency players'-- government or corporate can offer our weather conditions, and gasoline costs. customers something better." In clear weather, the Hogback location is a hub for Will this project prove to be a good investment of dedicated recreational and work-commuting bicycle riders. Public funds? Will companies find a return on their While the Jefferson County Open Space Program has acreage investments by offering customers services they want? and trails to offer, there are commuter destinations within Answers may be a few years in the making. For now, the bicycle range of the Hogback including Golden, Coors public~private collaboration is off to a good start. Site Brewery, Colorado School of Mines, the Federal Center, Red development, and the response of I-70 corridor travelers, will Rocks College, the town of Morrison and two Lakewood determine whether the transfer center becomes a model for shopping centers. others. Page 3 Better Blacktop • teehnotogies and testing equipment which he saw being ' • developed on the European continent. Colorado was later selected along with the central FHWA laboratory in McLean, The European Virginia, to introduce and evaluate much of this equipment and some of the technologies on highways throughout the C OIl Ile ctl O Il stare. Do European roadway engineers build asphalt Editor's Note: In September 1990, a team of highways to last longer? Consider that the city of Hamburg, pavement specialists from the United States participated in a two-week tour of six European countries. The European ~ , Asphalt Study Tour included representatives from the ~ ~ " . American Association of State Highway and Transportation ` ~ Officials, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Strategic Highway Research Program, the Transportation Research Board and others. _ ~ py;;.;~" s O • CDOT's deputy director Dwight Bower was on that ~ '•~,rR. tour and was impressed with many of the asphalt paving . E n ~`S ' / / s ~ o~.~~s. ; An Interstate 70 paving sample from Colorado's f`' _ : ~ ~ Copper Mountain project is examined for depth . _ ~ ~ of wear in the French rutting tester. ~ - ~t~~.:x'' Germany, world's fourth largest seaport, has virtually F..~."~~ ~ ~ t eliminated rutting on its streets. There are other examples -,l across Europe where asphalt roadways show longer design lives. ~ ~ ~ ~ To get closer to the roadway durability answer, Colorado y .~;K=~~' engineers are using testing equipment developed in France and . _ Germany. ~ j Colorado's European laboratory tests theoretical "what if 'mixes, searching for the best aggregate/asphalt blend for ' particular highway applications on the plains or in the mountains. It also tests samples taken from construction projects: not so much to assure that asphalt is laid down as called for in project specifications, but to research whether the specified mix is right for the job. When engineers refer to aggregate, they mean the rocks or gravel. Asphalt, more properly called asphalt cement, • • is the black petroleum byproduct which holds it together. "Our first effort was to test kno•Nn mixes to assure the credibility of the machines," explains CDOT deputy director Dwight Bower. "We tested samples from roadways that were Preparing a new "what if' mi.x for testing, Cindi failing, and from roadways that were proven successful. That Moya sets controls of the French plate compactor gave us the basis to look at a construction project this summer, which packs it down to a specific clensiry. page 4 caztinued next page. on Interstate 70 between Silverthorne and Copper Mountain. determining for the optimum asphalt content in a mix. We changed our asphalt cement specifications mid-project Engineers can determine the air voids, or pockets, in a mix, because the European equipment demonstrated how a different and estimate the air pocket content once the mix is laid down mixture would last longer." in a paving project. Bower offered an example to help explain how A third device for preparing samples was shipped to CDOT had to develop the equipment credibility. In France, CDOT and installed during August. A linear kneading the rutting tester machine like the ones now used at Virginia compactor with a broad steel wheel more closely simulates a and Colorado labs is often set at a standard temperature. At paving contractor's roller on a highway project. CDOT the machine is set for various temperatures to better mimic the state's climate on the plains and in the mountains. ~ tip. ` ~ ~ ~ Asphalt samples have to be uniform so that tests give ~ ~ / I ' accurate, comparable results. Field samples are taken from the µ d f; , _ same part of a construction project. When mixes are prepared in the Denver lab, CDOT uses a French mixer to blend aggregates and asphalt cements for use in the European } equipment. The mixer is heated and can blend a sample in fewer than three minutes, using a central spiral and a scraper rod which rotates around the side of a drum. ~ Once mixed, samples must be pressed into _ _ _ rectangular or cylindrical shapes before they are tested for , rutting characteristics. A French Plate Compactor uses a pneumatic tine at different pressures to pack down a loose mix _ - _ ~ into a s cific densit .Slabs two to four inches thick are ~ , Pe Y t. ~ ~v prepared for a rutting tester and wheel-tracking devices. The j machine can compact a slab in about twenty minutes. 1 t A second compactor called the French Gyratory ~m~ a Compactor molds asphalt samples into cylinders, useful in t ' .cap _ ® J - =._S European Lab manager Tim Aschenbrener sets elutes into Colorado's newest device. the linear kneuding compactor. v l ~~.~"''~'iy ' ~ Once a mix is compacted and ready to test, how well will it perform? another machine from France is the hutting tester, used to check the strength of an asphalt mix. This device has a pair of rubber tires to roll over sample mixes, and can test two slabs at once. A successful test will have a rut ` ~ ~ depth less than ten percent of the slab thickness after 30,000 cycles. One technical reason for the city of Hamburg's road Can moisture damage be predicted? Two and street durability resulted from development of the paving samples from the 1-70, Copper Mountain Hamburg `Vheel-Tracking Device which tests asphalt mixes project are tested in the water bath of the under water. Twin test slabs are submerged in water varying Hamburg Wheel-Tracking Device. from 30 degrees to 6~ degrees centi~,rade, then subjected to Page S continued on page 7. 111 WASHINGTON UPDATE by Marge Price Linton, Mields, Reisler & Cottone, Ltd. At mid-August Congress took amuch-needed recess until the day after Labor Day. We can only hope that the time off will cool tempers, stimulate ideas for compromise and prepare the way for action on the Transportation Appropriations bill in the House as soon as the week of September 7. House Speaker Tom Foley took the bill off the calendar in the Last days before the recess when there was apparently no way to resolve the turf fight between Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee chairman Bob Carr (D-Michigan) and House Public Works Committee chairman Norman Mineta (D-California). (The compromise reported in last month's MILESTONES fell apart before the bill made it to the House floor.) Most of the other appropriations bills for fiscal year 1994 have gone to the Senate. This added delay is not expected to change the overall funding levels in the House bill, and there will likely still be earmarks for specific projects. However, the bill must move quickly through House floor action, Senate committee and Senate floor action in order to reach the President's desk for signature before October 1, the start of the new fiscal year. States anxious to move ahead with their own budgets can do pretty close estimates now, using the House bill as it came out of committee if they avoid permanent ink. Earmarks could be changed on the House floor or dropped in the Senate version, which could leave them for the conference committee to resolve. The House committee report accompanying the Transportation Appropriations bill gives priority designation to two important Colorado projects: the I-25/I-70 "Mousetrap" and Denver's 23rd Street Viaduct. The Carr/Mineta dispute centers on procedural and jurisdictional issues but concentrates directly on specific highway funding earmarks. Appropriations subcommittee earmarks are seen as a move to use annual funding bills to offset a perceived tilt of the authorizing statute (the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991) toward states represented by Mineta and other Public Works members. A win on either the procedural matters or the specific funding items implies a win on both levels, and would realign the relative influence each committee has over the highway, transit and aviation grant programs. Only a mixed result, without a clear victory for either the authorizers or appropriators, would keep the two committees in their traditional state of tension and shared authority. Anything but a muddled compromise would set a precedent for other committees, not just for transportation or public . works programs but across a full range of federal activities. A three-year Airport Program Reauthorization ($2.1 billion for the first year, FY 1994) has moved through full House Public Works Committee markup, with only minor changes. This is well above the $1.5 billion obligation ceiling set in the pending DOT appropriations bills. The obligation ceiling will be the controlling limit. Other provisions provide funding for FAA operations, facilities and equipment programs. The Public Works Committee also approved athree-year reauthorization of the National Transportation Safety Board, boosting funding to $37.6 million for the coming fiscal year, rising to $45.1 million in FY 1996. This bill, like the FAA reauthorization, will be ready for House floor action in September. The Senate, however, has yet to hold hearings on an FAA bill and it is not clear whether the measure can clear the necessary hurdles in time to take effect before existing programs expire October 1. Page 6 continued from page 5 wear caused by rolling steel wheels at specific pressures. Colorado's lab uses the device to predict moisture damage that On August 9, the Colorado Department of will (or won't) occur with a certain lab mix. Transportation's Denver area Adopt-A-Highway coordinator was asked those questions by a delegation representing seven Not all of [he equipment comes from Europe. CDOT foreign countries. borrowed a Georgia Department of Transportation invention called the ]Loaded-Wheel Tester to test mixes for their The diverse group of social work directors and amount of permanent rutting. educators included visitors from the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, . Palestine, Togo, Israel, Northern Ireland and South Africa. More equipment is on the way, as the laboratory in Touring under a "Role of Volunteers" project of the U.S. Denver finds new and different ways to examine asphalt Information Agency, they met with Christine Stannard, Adopt- mixes. "Our testing is constantly evolving," explains A-Highway coordinator for CDOT's Region VI in the laboratory manager Tim Aschenbrener. "Once the equipment metropolitan Denver area. is all delivered and we're satisfied with its credibility, we'll work with Denver area contractors to develop mixes that pass "I had to explain that in order for a program like this the specifications. Then we'll require those mixes to be used to take hold and grow, our society had to get beyond some of on selected projects in CDOT's Region VI located in Denver." Eventually each area of the state should have asphalt ~ mixes designed to be compatible with local soils, the ~A ` ~ aggregate available and climate conditions. Laboratory and - ' " ~ field samples will be examined until the "customized recipes" - ~ ~ ~ " are developed. i ~ t~ .A Lessons learned in Virginia and Colorado will of course be shared nationwide, so that better blacktop can be developed in other states. On August 9 Christine Stannard, CDOT's Adopt-A-Highway "Our set up phase continues," explains Bower. "But coordinator (left) for the Denver metropolitan area, hosted I'm gratified to see early results already applied to the visitors from seven countries and their U.S. Information Interstate 70 project. The investment in dollars by the Federal Agency escorts. Highway Administration, and the time and effort spent by Colorado DOT, is already paying off for the motoring public. the `Wide open spaces will go on forever' attitude," said After all the technical learning, the public benefit is what this Stannard. "We all have to consider ourselves caretakers of otu is all about." environment, and that attitude helps to reduce litter and to find g~"'~ ~7~7,pg~ volunteers for Adopt-A-Highway." 66 A 1fR®1C ll°~°~A~1D~ C7V!-~H 99 ~ ~~~~~~~~g®~~~ ry Indeed. With more than 150 Denver area groups contracted for litter pickup along highway segments, Stannard maintains a waiting list. In answering the "why" she credits "What makes the Adopt-A-Highway tick? Why the recognition factor and a "sense of ownership" as important would youth groups, families and organizations sign up to pick factors in the program's popularity. Each family or group has up trash along specified roadway segments? Why do groups its name posted on signs along the highway, identifying the persist year in and year out, while other groups stay on waiting "turf 'they patrol for litter pickup on a regular basis. lists on the chance atwo-mile highway segment will become available to adopt?" Her visitors from other countries were involved with young people and social groups who might also volunteer for States asked this of each other following the popular programs in their own neighborhoods. When one member of Texas Adopt-A-Highway model copied by state, county and the group observed that he had not seen a lot of litter along city governments, the U.S. Forest Service (adopt a trail), Denver streets and highways, Stannard explained that it was communities such as Greeley, Colorado (adopt a park), and partly the result of the many unpaid volunteers who, like countless others in recent years. CDOT maintenance workers, are concerned enough about road litter to help pick it up. continued on page i~. Page 7 continued from page 7 "Yes, it takes a lot of bookkeeping and phone calls Deputy Director Dwight Bower with the groups," observed Stannard. "And yes, I meet some Will Take I~ielm of Idaho D.O.T. really nice folks in the process. In Colorado, where Amendment One has limited new taxation and the ability of government to provide services, volunteers can make a real Colorado Department of Transportation deputy difference with this kind of program." director Dwight Bower has accepted a position as director and chief executive officer of the Idaho Transportation Drawing from her file, she cites an example letter. "I Department, headquartered in Boise, Idaho. wish to thank you for the invitation to continue to serve the state of Colorado. Troop 4 has taken pride in the appearance Bower has served the state of Colorado for 36 years, of `our' highway. We wish to continue to be of service and advancing from engineering technician to the agency's highest keep the highway clean. Our Scouts have learned the value of classified position. He has combined many years of expertise being a litter free person. Picking up what others have in highway construction, field engineering and financial intentionally thrown from their car has provided a learning management with a keen sensitivity to the public. experience that could not be found in any other activity:' ~ , Stannard tells the story of a school bus driver, who noticed less ~ Bower has had an active litter on the bus after the school involved students in their fvst y - ~ career, successfully coordinating a Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup day. ~ ~~~~r number of controversial projects and proposals affecting development of Across Colorado more than a thousand rou s are ~ new highways, including several listed in the Ado t-A-Hi hwa ro ram. 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JL.71`J~ (ice, (it 1 ` r. ~ J] v", ` 5 i' ' ~ ~ f n , x ;`~f * ' - ' - i. ~ ,'l- r~. f... _ _ -4 'r y#C;~-'+" it ~ > 4 ii ~ i t ; ~ k s 3 ~ ~ r c Y Restoring PUBLIC SAFETY in our _ Strengthening~the leadership and Reducing the burden of Cities and town. cities and towns by confronting .capacity of local governments to MANDATES continues fo be a ' are looking at n crime, violence, and drugs is one '.'make INFRASTRUCTURE INVEST- major concern to local leaders. strengthen their of the top priorities for our nation's.°= MENTS for,'tfe,2lst century Yet, to date, there has been only ECONOMIES. T local leaders. Whether working at ~ : .demands ,a lohg-term perspecfive limited success with statutory or economic reco .,r the national level to develop a _ °~,r,; 'r.; `°that requires smart" investments in ~ constitutional solutions to the prob- ed to provide_a framework that will support and ouccaGntry s foundations. Future lem of unfunded mandates . strengthening Ic enhance local efforts, or exploring .m;: municipal growth, international imposed by the state or federal creating jobs ar local and regional options for maxi-~~ ` competitiveness, and economic government: This series' of work- al priorities to fo mining available resources to make ~ security require investment in our shops will focus on a broad range in our cities and communities safer local leaders ~ system of bridges, roads, streets, of strategies to address the issue of workshops will Ic face challenging.opportunities on water/sewerage facilities, public intergovernmental mandates growth and deg all fronts. An examination of key,f transit, telecommunications facili- -from discussing the question of future, at econc policy and program issues related ties, and airports. Some of the ses- the legitimacy and effectiveness of as an anti-pove to community safety such as the lions in.this section will look at what mandates to developing agrass- impact of the g ' local elected officials' role in set= kinds of infrastructure investments roots understanding of the impact local economie Ling policy directions for police ~ are necessary, how to increase the of mandates, and from estimating cies will be mos departments and strategies for ability of cities to finance infrastruc- the direct and indirect costs of change proces maximizing local resources such as Lure investments, streamlining the mandates on local budgets to crosscut througl multi jurisdictional cooperation will~~ project approval process, and fed- identifying new federal/state/local (1) economic c be undertaken. Community orient- eral agency and funding process fiscal relations to fund critical pro- munity investmE ed policing, alternative dispute res, : reform. grams and services. ; ~ ing local econc olution, and juvenile offenders' pro- _ _ _ ~ , _ - _ grams are a few of the issues that . - ~ ~ _ - - a `.O will be addressed in this series of ~T . ~ ~ - -r workshops, ' - ~ _ _ i ' ~ 1 er W~lnesday 1 3 ~ Join us in Orlando! ~ - s a Orlando is proud to be hosting the ~ ~ - , , National League of Cities' 70th - ~ ~ ~ ' .4 , Annual Congress of Cities and R iStr'CitiOn r n Y ~ Cam}°-~ p~ Exposition. This year's agenda is ~ r _ 1 ~ .i • very exciting and offers you oppor- , i ~ ~ ~ ; tunities to gain new expertise and ~ GOVernanCe c~;D~ r C { ~ ; insight, share ideas and information . = ~ ~ qty; & Policy i. 7 ~ and develop your skills as a commu- , ~ ~ ~ ' j - ` , nity leader. And, as if that were not ~ ' ~ enough, you will have the chance . i ~ ~ - „a' ~t 4 it `j: , } . to explore what Newsweek maga- ~ C ~ i ~ .3 nine calls one of the ten best cities in k r ' ~ ~ which to live and work in America ~ _ ~ ~ j a You will enjoy our beautiful parks a ~s~ ~ I ~ : 's ' and lakes, our vibrant downtown = _ .j ~ business district and, of course, our a,,~ General Sessions -ti W ~>~~nk ~ ~ ~ world famous attractions. Wherever x ~w ~r'~ . r ~ i ~ ' # ~ . ,You go, you will find friendly -4~'~~"'~;~~'`, qr,, ' t 3 ~ ~ Orlandoans as your experienced ~ ~ > ' and willing hosts. ~ 'i y r-: r~ ¢ r. ~ s if ~E I <r . I look forward to welcoming you to Concurrent Workshops L~~ cvx 4~r~~~~ L y .Orlando for what will be a very suc °"`~'~"'--'~'~T` " ~"t~` j ~ ~ , ° cessful NLC Congress of Cities. z~ r , r. ~ F.::;t,~ TM~ r ~ ` ~ ~ ~ Special Events ~xPre-Conference Seminars ~ ~ , SincerelY• ~s• ~ G?""i+41 ~ ~ f~ t t slv.,rt k ` ' S~ti ~ y ~ ~ r ~ ~ ' GC~I ' - 2~a.. G I~OO O~ ~ z ~ ~`i.,+"~ 'c- z`, r s.~ ` 1 ' 'Glenda E. Hood, Mayor ~ ~*r ~ ~ 'vi ..J ..J - _ r caa t ~ .a ker l ~ ~ ~ J 5 e a 4 ~.'Y:g. r-~t rp S., ~ i t~ ( ~ ~ d F f; ~ t ,yl• N ~ i 1. ~ a f ? ~ ~ 2~' ~y ~ ~ ,t.` _ - ~ _ ;ce Implementing Auality value of coalitions, most of us have been Yake Partin NLC Policy Local Officials (HELO), Asian Pacific Improvement Ettorts: Steps and trained to advocate and win our positions, ®evelopment Activities ~erican Municipal Officials (APAMO), ~'.~'r;~ Resources for Getting Started not to build bridges with those we disagree ff you are attending the Congress of Unbersity Communrfies Caucus NCC), t 9:00 am - 4:30 pm with or between angry or polar¢ed groups. Cities, you can watch NLC policy being and Capital Cities Caucus. Many of these" end Registration Fee: 5125 fie purpose of this seminar Ls to pro- made~nd maybe tcke part in the groups will hold business meetings, semi-.,`µ~ Qualty improvement sfrategies are being vide local officials a set of skills and con- process yourself. Wars, or social events during the Congress r`- viewed as viable methods for reducing ce is for becomin communi and or a- It all starts on Thursday, December 2, of Cities. Some of these events vdll be ; _ _ - P g ~ g with the meetin of NLCs five oG open to anyone registered for the ' costs, increasing efficiency, and enhancing national coalition builders, As a result of ~ P ~ Congress of Cities, while others will be • ~ , = rifles the overall impact of local government ser- this seminar, participants will learn to apply committees - open only to members of the group. ' ~ - :al vices. Consequently, a growing number of key principles for transforming adversarial O Community and Economic ppre- cities have already implemented these and conflict ridden relationships into rela- Development Special Sessions for Small • mot kinds of initiatives while many others are fionships of understanding and respect. aee~C~vironment and Natural CitleS ~ also exploring the possibility of doing so in the They will learn techniques for reframing O finance, Adminishation and White most cities share the same basic - bs, near future. issues, achieving common ground, and Intergovernmental Relations problems, we know that what is a ~ ~ ' This seminar will provide local officials creating trust within untrusting environ- O Human Development run-of-the-mill problem for a large city can ' ` ono- with practical advice for getting asuccess- menu. This seminar will be conducted by ®Transportafion end be a crisis for a small one. A big fire, an ful quality initiative off the ground or back Cheri Brown and AI Herring of the National Communications almost daily occurrence in large cities, _ 7 '9 on course. In addition to providing specific Coalition Building Institute (NCBI). For those During the year, the steering commit- can be a disaster for a small one. The loss ns of steps and resources for implementing a that have attended a revious NCBI semi- tees of each of these tic commttees of one bu~ness, a pin pack in the econo- ~ ; p po y my of a big city, can paralyze the econo- ~ ; quality effort, this seminar vrill cover the do's War, this seminar will offer an opportunity to have debated possible changes to the my of a small town. - - ~cus- and don'ts learned through other cities' further explore the application of NCBI's National Municipal Policy. At the Although Healy all workshops deal .r - I pro- experiences. By the end of this seminar, model for building coalitions. Congress of Cities, the full policy commit- vrith issues that relate to cities of all s¢es, _ } participants vdll know: what a quality inifia- tees meet in business sessions at which workshops have been designed specifi- 1 ~eas live really looks like; how it develops and Raising Municipal Revenue: they consider recommendations for policy catty for small cities. Those workshops are what it entails; what types of changes will Reexamining the Options That changes. ff you are reg~tered for the marked with the special Small Cities sym Can Work For Your Cr Congress of Cities, you may attend any of bol. The Small Cities Council will also _ be required: and specific analyflcal meth- ry the olic committee meefin s and'oin in ® ' ods for desi Win outcomes. In addition to 9:00 am -12:00 pm p V g l meet during the Congress of Cities. , 9 9 the discussion; only policy committee I (also offered December 2, n It lecture, stories, discussion, and exercises, ) 30 m - 4:30 m) members, however, may vote atthe poll- this seminar will feature the experiences of p P cy committee business sessions. IdatiOnal BIaCk CAUCUS ~Of = - ; Registration Fee: S75 Local Elected Officials ~ • - ' i local officials, union representatives, and Policy committee recommendations The facts are clear: while the new adminis- , experienced consultants who have been are sent to the Resolutions Committee, (fdBC/LEO) Nation maybe more sympathetic to the whose members debate the On the attached re isfration form ou actively engaged in quality initiatives fora concerns of local ovemment, local ov- proposed 9 Y number of years. g 9 changes for the delegates to act on at have an opportunity to pay the annual '~e , A emment will need to continue to search for Sunday affemaon"s Annual Business membership dues, and sign up and pay 1 gut Leading the Challenge of Historic new ways to raise revenue to finance Meeting. You may also attend the for the Orlando conference activities . • Preservation: Opponunity or goods and services. Resolutions Committee meeting, but only being planned for NBC-LEO members. ng members of the Resolutions Committee Please check off the oppropriate fees on ~J~: Albatross for a Healthy This seminar will provide officials a clear . . ' Community? and comprehensive analysis of the various can speak, make motions, and vote. the registraton form and include pay- ,e 9:00 am - 4:30 pm At Sund s Annual Business Meetin ment with the full conference fee. The_ ,s~ types of revenue options that can work for ay g' Membership fee sfructure is: ' Registration Fee: S125 cities. 0 Lions such as roe tax, benefi- the voting membership adopts the z; )ized P p P ~ National Munici I PoGc and elects offr $50 Regular Member; $75 Associate - Historiclandmarks provide a sense of place ciary charges, impact fees, special assess- cers and new m~ tiers of the Board of Member; S 150 Supporting Member. The roe to cities and their neighborhoods. When menu, user fees, tax base sharing and oth- Directors. Again, if you are registered for NBC-LEO conference achvrfies fee a S 100. properly preserved and integrated into the ers will be presented and evaluated in the Congress of Cities, you may attend changing architecture of a community, terms of their short and long term value and the business meeting. But only the official Hispanic Elected doeal ~ - alish they not only remind us of a ciy's past, but ramifications. By the end of this seminar, voting representatives of direct member Off1CIgIS (HELD) f ` .N also provide a foundation and a focal participants v~ill not only know what types cities and member state municipal You may pay your 1994 annual dues of point for building economic vitality. of options exist but how to determine which leagues are allowed on the floor, permit- $35 on the attached regisfrafion form, as ing The u led to speak on the Lssues, and vote at well as S65 for conference activities and p rpose of this seminar is to pro- options are best suited for their particular the business meeting. Each member events, Please check off the appropriate ~ ' vide local officials with an understanding of local government. (This seminar will be state municipal league is certified to cast fees on the registration form and include ; ' the practical benefits and opportunities of offered twice, once in the morning of 20 votes, and each d'uect member city payment with the full conference fee. historic preservation. In addition to demon- December 2 and again in the afternoon.) may cast from 1 to 20 votes, based on the ! strafing eye-0pening examples of where city's s¢e. State Munici al Lea ue - and how historic preservation has worked, Leadership and Power. Vision p g , and Chan a For information on how to propose Mleetin S ` this seminar will make participants aware of g 9 ' - the ste s, processes, polic re uirements, 1:30 pm - 4:3Q pm policy recommendations atthe Congress Many state municipal leagues hold meet-. ~ P V q of Cities, write to: Office of Polic and hs; and resources for making historic preserva- Registration Fee: $75 Federal Relations, Notional League of ings and receptions for their delegates - Lion economical enrichin .This seminar This dynamic seminar will demonstrate how Cities, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., attending the Congress of Cities. For infor-`''-: N g motion on the time and lace of an ~ i will be conducted b staff from the local officials can create and use power to Washington, D.C. 20004. p V V meeting planned for your state delega= ` 7 National Taut for Historic Preservation, influence positive change and innovafion Lion, consult your state league execuhye , ; s, Inspiring presentations by local officials who within their communities. Conducted by a JOIn COlleagUeS WIfl1 ~ director. • ~ och have witnessed the strengths and chat- best-selling author in the field of leadership, Similar Interests at NLC's - ate- lenges of historic preservation will olso be this seminar will provide important insights Constituency Affiliate spouse and Youth ' Y:..;. into what ' ' ~ ~ ' ~ ~ Y` n- featured. power really is, how it can be and Advisory Group PPO9ramS , =am achieved and sustained over time, and The City of Orlando is tannin an excitin Meetingqs P 9 9 ,m_ how individuals can best use their power to Cities aren'Ta0 a~ke-end neither are calendar of actMties and events for _ nd ~~~~'®w SESSI®BVS: address the complex challenges facing local officials. NLCs constituency, affili- spouses and youth attending the 70th y ~ipal ®~CEI1~ BEIt ~ local governments today. In addition to ate, and adv'sory groups represent a Annual Congress of Cities. In addifion to = . providing local officials the opportunity to number of special interests within the vride unique tours that only Orando can offer,'; ` er- Leaders as Coalition Builders: examine their own sources of power, this range of cities and local officials that a series of seminars dealing with such Practical Skills for Building seminar will offer a model of leadership and make up the Natonal League of Cities. issues as financial planning and sexual =~f,. Community Amon these groups are the National harassment in the workplace are being ~ ' power that will help participants direct their g planned. Look for a complete description:. 9:00 am -12:00 pm Block Caucus of Local ~ected Officials political and personal energy most effec- of tours and a re isfration form in our del- e Registration Fee: S75 (NBC/LEO), Women in Municipal g y Lively. Government (WIMG), H'apanic Elected egate confirmation. _ Coalition building does not come naturally ' - i0p' for most of us. Although we recogn¢e the ~ ' x_ z z - ~ ~ ~w~CO~IVFERENCE- REGI 11OIV x.~:,, ~r °~,1~,~:. :~@ss~-- {f. ~ ~ ~ rye. Y 1,.,~ J~^z"~+ t,. c-~ ;ilk _~p~-, -:.f,~.. ~~'C~,-:.~i~4~-~..~~'.~~ ~ ~D ~H.~OTEL~ ~INFO~t .,~M~TI~:ON~,~! _ t~ _ ~ tit. : r _ . I. General Information Methods of Payment: If paying by Visa or Master- Ill. Conference Registration To guarantee your room, all Every delegate, guest, speak- Conference Registration Fee: Card, provide name as it Deadlines hotels require a one night er, representative of the media All fees come directly to NLC appears on credit card, credit September 20, 1993: deposit plus tax, per room 10 and any-other conference and maybe made by Visa or card number, expiration date postmark deadline for Early days prior to your arrival. This is and authorizing signature. required even if you plan to participant must complete this MasterCard, check, voucher, Registration arrive before 6:00 p.m. All form in full to be registered or purchase rs If paying by check, make and to be assigned a hotel order, r`." ` I ~.a I check payable to: National November 5, 1993: unguaranteed reservations will room. Hotel assignments will - - Leaque of Citie;, for full pay- Final postmark deadline for be canceled 10 days prior to not be made without registra- Hotel: Only credit card guar- ment of all appropriate confer- Advance Registration, hotel arrival. tion payment in full. antees are accepted by NLC. assignments, and requested If uorantee is made b ence registration fees only. g y Mail your form and check or changes to existing hotel V. Conference Rea_ istration check, voucher or purchase credit card information to: accommodations. Fee Exatanation order, submit your guarantee Affer this date, On,Site Direct Member - Ci officials directly to the hotel once you NLC Conference Re istration Re istration onl from cities that a dues have received a hotel confir- g g Y• p y motion. Center November 12, 1993: directly to NLC as we(I as to Dulles International Airport their state municipal leagues. P. 0. Box 17413 Final postmark deadline for N' j Washington, D.C. 20041 cancellations. Associate Member - Direct ~ Organizations that pay dues Member Indirect For overnight mail, use this IV. Conference Registration directly to NLC. REGISTRATION FEES ~ address: and Hotel Cancellation Cities Members f Policies Indirect Member -City offi- FORTHE 1993 and and • ; NLC Registration Center cials from cities that pay dues CONGRESS OF CITIES Associate Non- { Two Vintage Park, Suite 200 All requests for cancellation only totheir state municipal AND EXPOSITION Members Members Other 45365 Vintage Park Plaza must be in writing, and post- leagues. j Sterling, VA 20166 marked by November 12, Non•Member -City officials EARLY REGISTRATION NOTE: No re rstrations will be 1993• All cancellations are who ore not members of NLC S325 S400 5440 ~ processed wghout payment in subject to a $30 cancellation or their state municipal (postmarked by September 20 to qualify) ~ full, or without an accompany- fee. No partial refunds ~.vill be leagues. ing government purchase made if you decide not to ADVANCE REGISTRATION S360 S445 S495 ? order or city voucher. attend particular functions. Other -Organizations that do (postmarked between September 20 and November 5 to ' not pay dues directly to NLC, qualify) i 11. No registrations or hotel assignments will be made by ONSITE REGISTRATION S395 S490 $5qp ~ telephone. All changes must ~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ g g g ~ be in writing and sent to the (No mat! registrations will be accepted with a postmark later than NLC Conference Registration ~ , ( , ovember 5 After this date you must register orrsite.) ~ Center. { ya ~y~,~.~`~„~`i ~ J"n~~~ h Special Airfare Discounts ~HE - v x Y ff j f F x ~ ~ U ~~~f~ r~ ~ National Lea ue of Cities a , ~y~i~ ~z~ ~ i { ~ ~ Delegates will have the opportunity to J _ ' - ~ 1993 Congress of Cities attend the nation's largest and most rep- } ~c»'~-~` ~s~~~ ~ e~ ! t ~~k~•, Y, resentative munici al exposition showcas- , , ~ ~ ~ ~/'f q r~ . I y ~ December 2~, 1993 P ~ _ t i `k~> 4 in the latest in new roducts, services ~ ,+z ~ n'` = ~ } ~ ~~~'6 n~ ~ } ~ {''~,~5~'*? offic'alatravel coordinatoeand Delta Air Lines and ideas! Avaiiablepto you will be nearly Y ~ r~-r ~ ~l ~ 300 booths that provide services or prod- asthe official carrier for the 1993 Con ress of xa~. ~ ~ ' ' 9 ucts dealing with solid waste collection, s s`~~ < , ,i 6 K ti~ 1. l;tanon Plaza r~ ~ ~ Cities and Exposition in Orlando. Specialy garbage recycling, computer software ~ ~ E q 2. Best Westemi~~,.~ y negotiated 5~ and 10% discounted airfares and hardware, traffic management, z ~ f ~ , ~ on Delta wi(I be offered when ou book our :a l~ '3. Maniott Cou and g y r, 1 ~ hY ~ Y Y emer enc rescue vehicles, communico- ~ ~ ? ~ ,I, ` '4: • Embassy Sudes Plame travel through one of the following numbers: Lion, management, energy, finance, edu- a X5.4 ~ I 5. Heritage Inn~~;~, ~ ; cofion and much more...to better assist '~'"b 1 ~ rf ~ Travel Services Grou y ty in efficiently delivering 3 _ F 3 - Y , . _ 6. Orlando MardottA e~ P you and our ci w ~ y ~ 9 ,r ; + , a , ~ ~i, 7.. Embassy Sui111 TOllfi'ee: 1-1~0~27 ual' cost effective services to the ~ '~''`t`I , ` ~~a ~ ~ ~ k tntematioriat In the Washin ton,DC area: 703~b84-2774 q ~ ~ ~ w~ ' ~ 8, Quality Inn~~~ ~ M-F, 9:00 AM-5:30 PM, Eastern Time Public. rah r y 7 r+ ~ < B. Radtssoti- u~ ;~'f Identify yourself as: In addition to the special activffies <R _ ~ ~$x~~ ~r ~t i 10 Stouffer Oilando~. ~ planned in the exhibit hall Burin the con- y. at<- ~'fi, I,- ~ r , ~ ~ A CONGRESS OF CITIES ATTENDEE 9 $ ~ are- ul~ ~i ~ x.;;11. Sheraton World Wit; - ference, you will be able to register for the - s xq ,1>~~ r 2 12 ~ x,.12. Peabody;;r~ ~ - Delta Air Lines new and innovative "doily pnze", as well a ~,~4;.~'K a g 1 5 ~;;13 Wyntieldlnn~ s~ 3~ TOII-free: 1$Da241-6760 as'grand prize" drawings. Details on the ' ` ~ r 14 Disne 's Cadbbean'~ ` = fi ~ '1$ y ~ 7 da s a week, 8:30 AM-11:00 PM Pr¢e drawings and entry forms wil! be i J K c~uw~ Beach Resarlr< y included in our conference acket. Prize , :;~~•-~~r,~~'~ 3,rCarvem~'°ruC1,-"'c~ ~ .'..T Refer to: File R R0351 y p y y ; r winners will be announced Bail and ou t a' ~ , •~~.r ~ Byre must be present to win. ~ ~ t ~ _ ~ ,~~t ~ ~ PRA DRAWING V r ~ ~ rt~ ~ ~ j~~ 11 ~ s ~uA~.. ~ cx~- io enhance your experience, please ~ 2 ,<G._ ~ F~ a 5.~~v t,~J, 1D ,,.a: . ~ s " ~ t f - Attendees making their reservations send us your recommendation on what iv`~ P ~'~''f ~ ~ , ~~f" ~ , r through TSG or Delta will be eligible for you would like to see on display at the , ; `riT ~ ~ Sea" ;t ~ ~ ~ a nze drowin which includes: 1993 Ex osifion. You and two of our col- . ~`F ~ v~ Wald k p 9 P y r~~ ,r~ , ~ w'' 4~ .r c~. ' Complimentary Registration and Two leagues will receive a 20go discount off the r yrz~" ; ~ , ~ , _ a..,, ~ ~ Nights Housing of your choice along full conference registration fee to this ,A, 7'` i x ~ v w~,„ r ; ~ ,~~1 y,,,, with Two Disney Passes -all for the 1993 year's conference if our recommendo- ('=r J•t ~ ~es.L ~4 .7R ,T .,y vrMi J` y 14 , , ~ . t~~ ~ Congress, plus Complimentary Airfare fion leads to a new exhibitor. Please con- ~ ' ,~~r~ , ~~,,s~.4~x,"-Z3 p yu ~•ADmEetillgSWRlt~hEld~,~ on Delta Airlines for the 199a Congress tact Debra Wallace, Exposition Manager, ~,,.~~,b, ~ y-^' ~ ~ ~ 'etthe 0rdngg CouMy"~ ~ _ of Cities in Minneapolis. at (703) 318.0300 with your suggestion.' ~`t tbrnier~oNI;MCCerlGer''~ ^r.Y F_rn~. wl'~X` ~~5 tl.".n~arvL ~ . _ li 4.~~3 . . Retein this portion for reference. I ~ - _ I~ CONFERENCE $REG~STR~A110,N~~~AND HOUSINGFO.RM , ~ 1~ - ~ ATTENDEE PROFILE _ Please make my hotel reservations as indicated below. Your assistance in filling out this box will greaty help us develop an attendee profile, as well as identify fast time _ I do not require hotel accommodations. attendees. Please check or fill in appropnate Information. Please contact me regarding suite information. - Newly elected to office this year Years inoffice - - Appointed to office this year _ Number of conferences attended - I prefer a non-smol6ng room (assigned on a space available basis) - first time conference attendee Arrival Date ! I Time CITY OF ORLANDO MOBILE WORKSHOPS This does not represent asign-up. It is merely an indication of your interest in the proposed mobile workshops Departure Date / / Time to better help us design and plan them, and meet the needs of our members. Please check your area/s of ' interest. _ Community Oriented Policing Downtown Orlando Facilities Tour ~ • Special Housing Request ~ _ Housing for the Homeless LYNX-0riando's Transit System Recreational Center Computer Learning Labs Minority Business Development Program e.g., wheelchair accessible rooms, etc. If you have special housing or transportation needs, please contact the Conference ~ NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE PROCESSED WITHOUT ACCOMPANYING REGISTRATION PAYMENT IN FULL. Registration Center. PLEASE TYPE OR PRIM Name Sex F M Room fo be shared with: Title City or Organ¢ation Mailing Address ~ city state Lp CREDIT CARD AUTHORIZATION Telephone( ) ~ r, Fatuity Member Attending (No regisfration fee required): ? Charge my regishation fee Asa or MasterCard only) ~~..+a .,i I Spouse Full Name Sex F M ? Charge my hotel room deposit (all major credit cards) I Child Age _ Child Age _ Credit Card Company Check applicable Conference Registration Fee and enter total fees in the right hand column: ~ EARLY REGISTRATION FEES (Postmarked by September 20,1993) Name as it appears on card ~ S325 Direct Member S ~ S325 Associate Member S Credit Card Number 5400 Indirect Member & Non•Member S 5440 Other S Expiration Date 1 ADVANCE REGISTRATION FEES (Postmarked by November 5, i993) $360 ~ireat Member $ fie NLC Conference Regatrciion Center a authored to use the above card to pay all $360 ASSaCiate Member $ applicable registrafion fees and guarantee my hotel reservation. I understand that one 5445 Indirect Member & Non•Member S nights room charge vn~ be blEed through this card if I fail to show up for my assigned I 5495 Other S housing on the confirmed date uNess I have canceled my reservation vAth me hotel at ~ SPECIAL EVENTS leost72noursinadvance. ~ S 100 NBC-LEO Conference Activities S S 50 NBC-LEO Regular Member Dues S ~ S 75 NBC-LEO Associate Member Dues $ Cordholder Signature Date ~ S 150 NBC-LEO Supporting Member Dues S $ 35 HELD Annual Dues $ S 65 HELOConferenceActivities s HOTEL PREFERENCE ~ S 35 WIMG Activities S Rates fisted below are for either a single or double room. Indicate your I PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS (Wednesday, December i) firsichoice hotel with the number t, and check the room type you desire. S 125 Challenge of Diversify S Number the other hotels from 2 to 14 in order of your preference. Your hotel ' S125 Meeting Facilitation S and room type will be assigned based on your postmark date and hotel room S 15 Local Government Organ¢ation S availability at the time your request is processed. ~ S 75 Political Ustening S All unguaranteed reservations will be automatically cancelled if not guar- S 15 Women and Community S anteed 10 days prior to arrival. All rooms require one night deposit plus tax S 15 Generating Jobs and Income S per room. ~ S 15 Media Relations S ~ PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS (Thursday, December 2) Choice Hotel Name _ Single Double Rate ~ S125 International Municipal Cooperation S (1) Clarion Plaza _ 90 S 125 Qualify Improvement Efforts S (2) Best Western S 52 S125 Historic Preservation S - - ~ S 75 Leaders as Coalition Builders S (3) Marriott Courtyard _ - S 79 ~ S 75 Media Relations S (4) Embassy Suites Plaza - $115 S 15 Raising Municipal Revenue (a.m.) S - S 75 Raising Municipal Revenue (p.m.) S (5) Heritage Inn - - S 78 ~ S 75 Leadership and Power S (6) Orlando Mamott _ _ S 85 ~ TOTAL REGISTRATION FEES S (7) Embassy Suites International _ _ S 120 Make check payable for the total amount of the conference registration fees to: (8) Quafdy Inn - - S 39 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ~ No telephone registrations or cancellations will be accepted. (9) Radisson - _ S 79 ~ (10) Stouffer Orlando _ _ S129 ~ FaOtECeuseOnN - (11) Sheraton World S 90 Cade A B C ~ "-~t•' ~ , . -~3 _ ~ . (12) Peabody - - 5122 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (13) Wynfield Inn - S 58 Pynd/ •'Exa ~ HotelCade Gly UNt'-~- " - ~ {hnry~ auc~ype Sfxredwmrs _ ~ - / .t (14) Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort _ _ S 99 ~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ t _t~tel rafnrcrur ` t " All major credit cards are accepted at the conference hotels. Speddh~uctbn ~ Hand~+: ? Y O N All government purchase orders, vouchers or claims must be submitted to the hoteB FOUR WEEKS prior to your arrival, and are subject to hotel approval. I ~ 1 I I I I I r I 11 I~ ~ r i vrsn . "'x. ' x, wa, s- ,x _,..r -..,_.~-.~n•a '*a~Ir' g~ .r.:.x,z.+w~ ~r as ~ ant 'is ~7 t`~ ~ s~~ r~ ..ri~:.~:~.~ SPECIeB?L E~/ENTS.~=~~t~~ PRE~C®NFERENCE S ~t ~ A separate registration fee will be charged HALF-DAY SESSIONS: community oriented work/I'te expe Attention Newcomers to the . ~ 4- for these re-conference seminars. for men and women alike. Congress of Cities and NewIK P DECEMBER 1 Elec#ed Officials Sustainable Cities: A Practi The Con ress of Cities can be a ve confusin a LEADERSHIP The New Local Government strafe for Generatin Job 9 ry 9 >W?;;; Organization: Changging the Way 9Y 9 rienceifyouhaveneverbeforeattended.Aspecidl~;~ TRAINING INSTITUTE Citres Work and Do 8usrness Income orientation session has been designed to introduce:,~~; Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 am -12:00 pm 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm ou to the National Lea ue of Cities, and the ~`'y December 1 & 2 Registration Fee: S75 Registration Fee: S75 y g p g P p Althou h the conce t of sustainab - Congress of Cities. This session will be held on : The Leadersh! Trainin Institute has been Leam from the ex enences of Ham ton, g p Thursday, December 2 at 4:30 p.m. in the `'~`~=gin, has been around for a while, its ra established as a resource center for helping Mrginia how to restructure a local govern- P Convention Center. - ~ ~ `~z`- local officials - of all levels of experience - meat organization by using employee application is now becoming widel Once you fill out the 'Attendee Profile" on ttie~~~:;-',ix res and to the corn lex challen es of involvement, self-mana ed work teams, crated. Sustainabili 'a beta viewE ti P P 9 9 ty 9 Housing and Registration form, you will receive more,~;,k,~ community leadership. Its mission is to sup- alternative reward systems, educational only as an environmental initiative l detailed information about NLC and the format of,,ts X;r port and underscore the important role that incentive programs, and citzen satisfaction ~ an effective strategy for creating the conference program. _ ; ;;-~rA^: ~ local officials play in enhancing the vtaGfy surveys. This case study will demonstrate minimizing waste and inefficiency, hel in cities Shen en their local - of our cities and in facilitating positive both the effective use of non-traditional P g ~ • HOST CITY MOBILE WORKSHOPS'u~:n~: m . - change. leadership and management practices y The City of Orlando invites you to experience some 'y-'~- The half-day and full-day seminars Cat- and the benefits of changing local govern- This seminar is about understar of the innovative approaches used tosolve chal- ed below have been designed to enhance meat work processes to better meet the the concept of sustainable cities in lenges by attending mobile workshops that will be ;'?~t='~'f'. participants' abilities to understand and financial and customer service needs of the ~e present and future health of loc conducted on Thursday, December 2 and f-nday,- effectively lead change and innovation community. Tips on how to go about initial- economies. Through presentations December 3. The tours are described below. Please within their local governments, These semi- ing and sustaining this type of change, and sions, and case studies, this semina indicate your area(s) of interest on the 'Hou~ng and ~ _ _ Wars vAll be led by skilled instructors and will materials outlining the step-by-step v!de local officials with tactics for it Registration" form to assist the City of Orlando and : ~ provide participants in-depth opportunities approach will be provided. menting sustainable city initiatives i the National League of Cities staff in designing and-'''~~#; " for exchanging ideas and strategies w'rfh such os recycling and transporfatic presenting these workshops. ~ both respected experts in their fields and The Dynamics of Political Listening • with their eers. 9:00 am -12:00 pm • Community Oriented Policing: A presentation on P Registration Fee: S75 Effective Media Relations: Orlando's efforts including an overview of the hain'"y,;~ Managing Your Message W Ct¢ens today not only want a chance to ing given to officers, a review of the mounted pahol~ Matters the Most and bicycle patrol and the downtown patrol. xr~ FULL-DAY SESSIONS: speak, they demand to be ratened to. They 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm `'~•~°•K DECEMBER 1 want their leaders to listen energetically (also offered December 2, Housing for the Homeless: How Orlando has dedlt~ t and responsivery and to come away with a 9:00 am -12:00 pm) ,with its transient and homeless problem through d ~~~~',p, Leading the Challenge of DiversHy clear understanding of the issues and con- Registration Fee: S75 _ privately operated, publicly assisted program. 9:00 am • 4:30 pm cems affecting people's Gves and I'n+efi- This seminar is not only about what • Recreational Center Computer Learning Labs: y~':r Registration Fee: S125 hoods. when the media suddenry calls, it's Leam how Orlando will help inner city youfiu team Communities everywhere are seeking new This seminar is about the art of effec- all the many do's and don'ts for he about computers and how they can enhance their :'~1 ways to decrease the racial tension, vio- five I'atening, It's about understanding how intenriews, responding to emergen lives. ~ - fence, and intergroup polarrzation facing to use listening to meaningfulry connect seeking publicity ,and building effE Downtown Otiando Facilities Tour. Tour Orlando's: t'. our communities. and build relationships with citizens and fel- relationships with the press, the airv state-of-the-art Arena.and Ci Hall. . ' ==s~'~'~' This seminar will provide participants low councilmembers. It's about how to lis- and the community at large. An e ty = .,~;.T . :,.,,r with specific skills and behaviors that can ten in a way that will minim¢e conflict, pro- format which includes lectures, slot . LYNX-0dando's Transit System: Leam about innov- R:;; help facilitate the welcoming of diversity mote host and credibili .It's about ender alive ro rams enhancin hansit use, includin ty 9 videos, discussions, and audience I p g g g ; and the resolution of intergroup conflict. differences that may cause men and meat will ensure that participants IE 'painted buses, downtown free bus seance, and =~e°,~~~ participants will engage in aseries of activi- women to miscommunicate because of important media tips while also ha other ways of making transportation exciting. - ~ i. ties designed to demonstrate how inter- different listening styles. Dr. SusanEllen good time. Karen Kalish, President ' Minority Business Development Program: Learn,`~~'~~~ group d'nnsions take place and how they Bacon, President of Training Ltd„ a commu- Communications and formety of F - .how Orlando has put into place a program to helps x can be conshuctivelymitigated, chan- nications firm speciali>jng in the training of and CBS/N, will be leading this en ~ ~ listenin will be conductin this fast- aced seminar. (This half-d - • .minority businesses grow. ~ neled, and prevented. Cheri Brown, g, 9 P ay seminar will = Executive Director of the National Coalition seminar. offered on both December 1 & 2J ° ` Building Institute, and Alvin Herring, Program Take "Great Ideas" Back HOmeba~'~-t". Specialist, will be conducting this powerful Women and Community: In these difficult economic times for cities and towns,; learning session. Designin a Better Relationship FULL-DAY SESSIONS: why should you attend the Congress of Cities? fl is Between~amily and Work ' DECEMBER 2 r~~; 1:30 pm-4:30 pm often difficult to justify to your voters; it is even moreai:~,r~ Meeting leadership and Registration Fee: S75 difficult to defend in the press. But, attending the'~ri~~;;~~ 9:00 am~ 4.30 m For most women work and famil must o International Municipal Congress of Cities simply makes good sense. Theme;; °;t=•~,- p y g Cooperation: "Sharing Sire opportun'rfy to team, share and exchange great, . Registration Fee: 5125 hand in hand. However, the snuggle to Building Capacity" ideas with your colleagues at the conference helps~~~ Meetings play a critical role in local govern- both succeed at work and thtve as an indi- 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. bring professionalism tolocal government. meat decision making. They also provide vidual, a parfier, a caregiver or con- Registration Fee: S 125 ' ° H"n~w~ local officials with a rewarding opportunity cemed citizen continues to be a challenge. Wthin countries and between coo • The 1993 member program committee, made 4,:,,~r,. up of 25 of your colleagues from around the country,: yz,, for demonstrating competency as facifrta- This seminar is about the ongoing cities are joining together to build ~ ~ • needs of women aswell asmen to corn- others siren s, share resources a . encourages every delegate attending the confer=~~~' " five leaders. ~ - ' ence to ick u ~ at least one ' real idea' the cane,'"~ This hands-on seminar will instruct local brae living and working more successfully, gigs, in order to thtve in a global e .share back home. In your congfer- Y ~ = officials in practical, time-tested techniques It's about what local officials and individu- meat. Aimed at helping local offic _ence packet will be a 'Great h for facilitating effective meetings. By the als can do to help lead and facilitate a more about how cities are workinc Ideas Notebook°. Use 'rf to col- <z~•~' ` p p more ro ressive work environment. It's er for their mutual economic, culh `.,sY~ end of this session, artici ants will have P 9 ' , r` acquired the critical skills and information about understanding the social implications social benefit, NLC's Intemationaf lect the great ideas that all -l' '`~F:^ necessary to guide groups through produc- and policy issues of ignoring the work/life Consortium isholding apre-confer moderators and panelists vnll 'e:-.~- be asked to bang with them. ~ -':x five work sessions and collaboratNe prob- snuggle that is affecting the qualify of life of workshop to explore recent Wends There is a tremendous amount of ~ lem solving activities. Techniques ofbrain- families and communities across the coon- national municipal cooperation. 1 ex erience and ex erfise awaitin ~ ~ storming, ptoritization, conflict resolution, try. Led by a respected thinker and water in International Union of Local Autho P P 9 - ?~~~t~,: + and team buildin will be covered. the arena ofwomen and work issues, this (IULA) and Sister Cities Intemationc you at the 70th Annual Congress of -y q,.., 9 Cities! s ' seminar will provide local officials the joined the International Municipal - ~ pP ty p P po Consortium as cosponsors of this w o ortuni to ex lore new ho es and s- ~ M ~ sibilities for creating a more balanced, A .,~J_. ~ / across America Reforming the nation's massive SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS have There is a strong connection w ways to HEALTH CARE system is one of the always had their own set of issues between successful towns and ,OCAL most difficult tasks facing us today. and challenges. New ones are cities and the successful lives of e administration's Once President Clinton's health now on the scene: crime, gangs, the YOUTH, EDUCATION AND ery plan is intend- care plan is issued, comprehensive mandates, infrastructure, etc., are " FAMILIES who live there. Local Carting point for analyses will begin at the local mainstreet issues in small cities and . governments are the front line of ;al economies by level to determine its impact on ..rural areas. And much of the inno- responsibility for the well-being of j reordering feder- municipalities, the consequences vation emerging in America today families and communities. Cities us on investments of which will affect every can be seen in action at the small and towns can strengthen families . owns. This series of American, whether directly or indi- city level. Regional collaboration, by bringing people together in ik at economic rectly. Can we and how do we whether it be in the environment, _ neighborhoods, by supporting ~lopment in the buy into the health care plan, what health care, transportation, tech- community conditions that help nic development will be the impacts on regional nology access, or economic Bevel- families successfully pertorm their strategy, at the health care and our responsibilities opment, is making a difference. functions, by reexamining munici- ~bal economy on in rural areas, or the impact of fed- This series of workshops will focus on paf policies, and by collaborating and at what poli- eral drug legislation are but a few practical solutions to tough issues to build city-wide and community supportive of the of the many issues that will be facing small cities and towns connections. The workshops in this 3 Three topics will addressed in a series of workshops today. series will examine activities and the discussions: covering a broad range of health ~ services to see how they affect eversion; (2) com- care issues. family-life and community building it; and, (3) rethink- and will enable participants to cre- ~ies. ate or modify municipal actions _ _ _ that will have positive effects on children, families and communities. a 'I~ i ~ ,'~Thursdcry ~ Friday: ~ 1 Sc~harc! ~r j ~Sund t ' ~-~:December2_ a' " December 3' ~ ~ ~ --Deceir~ber~~4 _ ~ ~ ~ V ' f ~8*arn~ 5 pm , ~ ~ ' Pm 8®m'=.6 pm ~ 8®m=~ m ~ ,~8c 5 Board of Directors s .Resolutions Committee: _ ~ K~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~ , . -~AnnuarB~siness Mee~i.""' eefing t~ t_ .Meeting _ ~ ' t ; ` ~ 2 Ofl ~ _°,t JO am - 4 30pm ~ ~ ~l :00 pm - 4:00 pm ~ s ~ , ~ ~ { ;4 a l Y ~visory'Council Meeting r Nominating Committee _ ~ ~ ' ; t' ~ 70 am.- 3:30,pm~ t -Hearing ~ ~ , ss P P ` ~ ~ ~ s t ~lioy Committee Meefings` ' ' -4:00 m - 5:00 m < } T L ~ ~;-st'fiiencjr=Gioup.Meetings,; y~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ` ! ~ ' ~ c T ~ ~ ~ a aR" t~--. ;7 ~m;b 5:00 pin'arid ~ F k ~ z Opening General Session , plenary Sessions _ ~ {Plenary Sess>"o'Zn, " ~ e~ ~ ~ 9:00 am - 10:30 am Y ~ $30~am~' ~9 30 amp ~C ~aDe s3 ~ , - L ~ ~ k ~ , +~4 ~ ' 4 12:45 pm - 2:45 pm ~ 9:45~arti 11"T5,am ~ ~ ,J ~ ` ` - ` t " r ,.,`.K' I - . I~ ~2 OOapm ~ 30~~inr~' ~ ~0'. ~ ~f ,,o . onierence Seminars a a` ~ ',Exhibit Hall Recepfion y'. I3utfet~Lurich`in tte E~tr - `Hail.' 'i. n qm,= 4 30 prri ; ~ , . ' 11:00 am -12:30 pm T2:30-pm :~2 00 pma r H4 ~ i C o ` ,g~;E ~errtation for First Tim, ~ sRoundtable Networking; _ Rountltable t~efw`orlamg: #endees, F ~ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm ~1 T'30 am'~~ 12 30 pm ~ ~€1 pm'= 530 pm ~ r ~4Host City Mobile Workshops `Roundtcble t~efworkmg ~ ~1. Est City Mobile Workshops r 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm , ~ - 3 45 pm 445 prri ~ ~ d I; l0 am, , 400 Pm _ ~ `'W ~'~'a . t ~ ~ ~ , _ S^ Yom!.. ?r-^.xr 3.~-F . ~#e . .i { ~ x ~ i "Cities in Action: Working ^s I Together" will be the idea mart ` ~ f ' and information pipeline of __~.,,~._~_._,~..e._-,..~.~ ~ ~ the 70th annual Congress of Cities and Exposition. This year's meeting of the National League of Cities will highlight the local, regional, national and global implications of programs and efforts that begin as a neighborhood initiative, a town meeting issue, apublic-private venture, a regional visioning process, or an idea from any other source. - i, Rethinking,..Reforming...Rebuilding I Cities and towns have found countless ways to mobilize Their resources and energize their citizens. The 1993 Congress of Cities is about sharing and celebrating the ideas and " ' techniques that are sustaining our communities . r through a myriad of problems and challenges. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Whether in pursuit of new opportunities, grap- . . piing with difficult hardships, planning for future necessities or tapping the skills and energy of an increasingly diverse citizenry, there will be solutions, suggestions and sources of helpful ~y. information and experience. "Cities in Action: Working Together" is about strengthening and reinventing America from the . ~ ground up. ~ ~ ,a ~r ~ Be part of it. Join with your col- I i ; ~ 3 i ~ leagues from around the nation to ~ ' ~ I: ~ ; work together. Bring your ideas, your tools and your notebook to " ;~.~~~`~:`;1 + i' , Orlando. Help us make something happen, and help yourself to what : ~~~~x,>'~' . ' . ~ : we accomplish by working together. - ~ ~ ~ l~ ~ ' i} 1 i A g{~1h r.R`~t .4r t+ is .~~y,r r. 5}-~F .Nr ~J Ea .Y 3'+ `hd ~ .r rt'~ v ;P*x,~R~^4 - Ip x d ~ ~~~4 f w t A.: a ~ a$~;~~ f ~ ~ sfi'~P 1.. ,,,."z~~~,+9 ~r ~?~:z:~`~~'x*.~":'!~:` t.~?!x*t~s" iT.t~' -~F.~• s°'' -..s-^C'?~„~ .z'~'"`,~,a.~ .3.:~;"~'....'~t..'s .~r~ ~'4 ~ r _