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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-10-12 Support Documentation Town Council Work Session ~ 'P 1 VAIL TOWN COUNCIL 'Q'd9ES®AY, ®CT®BER 12, 1993 11:00 A.f~. 0~ '~'®V C®UIVCIL CRAM®ERS ~BEVVSfE® AGEN®A 1. Site Visit: The Golden Peak House, 278 Hanson Ranch Road. Applicant: Clark Willingham. Architect: Craig Snowdon. 2. Site Visit: Spraddle Creek Estates Subdivision. 3. Discussion Re: The Golden Peak House: a) Request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a CCI exterior alteration, a Minor Subdivision, a zone change, and an encroachment into View Corridor No. 1. b) Proposed redevelopment for the Golden Peak House focused on zoning standards and development statistics. 4. PEC Report. 5. DRB Report. 6. 1994 Budget Overview: * Community Relations. * Police Department & Confiscation Fund. * Special Events & Insurance. ~ Marketing Fund. * Lease Purchase Schedule. * Highway Users Tax. ~LLL(~?~seessieeL~eL(~~Lf e4fLSeafseL~epesedl~easel 7. Discussion Re: Ballot Question Clarifications: Ordinance No. 22, Series of 1992, an ordinance submitting to the registered electors of the Town of Vail at the Regular Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, the 16th of November, 1993, the question of whether the Town of Vail sales taxes should increase $2,100,000.00 annually by the imposition of a new sales tax of 0.9% on restaurants and bars and a new sales tax of 1.8% on lodging beginning on January 1, 1994, and each subsequent year; the annual revenues shall be designated exclusively for the construction, marketing and operation of a performance and conference center; authorizing the Town of Vail to increase debt up to $ by issuance of negotiable interest bearing bonds for the purpose of providing the construction, marketing and operation of a performance and conference center; providing for the cessation of such portion of the tax increase that is no longer necessary to service the revenue bonds; setting forth the ballot title; providing for notice of the election; providing for conduct of the election; providing further details in relation to the foregoing. 1 . c . ~ 4~. 1 I f 8. Information Update. 9. Council Reports. 10. Other. 11. Adjournment. NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: • • • • • • • THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/19193, BEGINNING AT 12:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/19/93, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION . WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/26/93, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. • • • • A • ~ C:WGENOA.WS 2 VAIL TOlAlN COUNCIL ~ ~~~~f®~ Tll~~v7®F@ U y ®hs~®~~P'0 E 6~y 0 e7a7aY ~ ~ ~,.111~.1119~ ~'®V C®~9NC9L C9~AINI~ERS pgG~l®®Pi 1. Site Visit: The Golden Peak House, 27~ Hanson Ranch Road. Applicant: Clark 1~fillingham. Architect: Craig Snowdon. 2. Site Visit: Spraddle Creek Estates Subdivision. 3. Discussion Re: The Golden Peak House: a) Request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a CCI exterior alteration, a Minor Subdivision, a zone change, and an encroachment into View Corridor No. 1. b) Proposed redevelopment for the Golden Peak House focused on zoning standards and development statistics. 4. PEC Report. 5. DRB Report. 6. 1994 Budget Overview: ~ Community Relations. ~ Police Department ~i Confiscation Fund. ~ Special Events & Insurance. * Marketing Fund. ~ Lease Purchase Schedule. ~ Highway Users Tax. 7. Discussion Re: Par 3 Golf Course Proposed Lease. 8. Discussion Re: Ballot Question Clarifications: Ordinance No. 22, Series of 1992, an ordinance submitting to the registered electors of the Town of Vail at the Regular Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, the 16th of November, 1993, the question of whether the Town of Vail sales taxes should increase $2,100,000.00 annually by the imposition of a new sales tax of 0.9% on restaurants and bars and a new sales tax of 1.8% on lodging beginning on January 1, 1994, and each subsequent year; the annual revenues shall be designated exclusively for the construction, marketing and operation of a performance and conference center; authorizing the Town ofi Vail to increase debt up to $ by issuance of negotiable interest bearing bonds for the purpose of providing the construction, marketing and operation of a performance and conference center; providing for the cessation of such portion of the tax increase that is no longer necessary to service the revenue bonds; setting forth the ballot title; providing for notice of the election; providing for conduct of the election; providing further details in relation to the foregoing. 1 ' . - 9. Information Update. 10. Council Reports. , 11. Other. 12. Adjournment. NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: •••••s• THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/19/93, BEGINNING AT 12:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/19/93, .BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/26/93, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.MlIN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. • C:WGENDA.WS 2 J o VAIL TOUVN COUNCIL 1~~DES®AV, ®CT®BER 92, 9993 1 ~ :00 ~a.4~V. ilk T®!! C®4~i+iCiL Ci-iAi~BEEiS IBEViSE® EXPAN®E® AGEP9®A . 11:00 A.M. 1. Site Visit: The Golden Peak House, 278 Hanson Ranch Road. Mike Mollica Applicant: Clark V1/illingham. Architect: Craig Snowdon. Action Requested of Council: Review site in preparation for discussion concerning the request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a CCI exterior alteration, a minor subdivision, a zone change, and an encroachment into View Corridor No. 1. Staff will familiarize Council with the proposed redevelopment for the Golden Peak House. The discussion will focus on background information and the zoning standards and - development statistics. The request will be reviewed at the Regular Evening Meeting on 10/19/93. Backaround Rationale: Please see the attached Community Development Department's memo dated 10/11/93 to the Planning and Environmental Commission. 12:00 P. M. 2. Site Visit: Spraddle Creek Estates Subdivision. (C®unoil Is Mike Mollica ~ddiset9 to please wear P~iking boots for this alts vlslt.) Action Reauested of Council: Construction of the Subdivision's • infrastructure and revegetation/landscaping is currently underway. Council will review this site and discuss the status for the completion of the improvements. No formal action is requested. Backaround Rationale: This site visit has been scheduled at the request of Council in order that they may be kept apprised of the project's schedule and construction activities. 2:00 P.M. 3. Discussion Re: The Golden Peak House. Mike Mollica Action Reauested of Council: Discuss request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a CCI exterior alteration, a minor subdivision, a zone change, and an encroachment into View Corridor No. 1. 3:30 P.M. 4. PEC Report. 3:40 P.M. 5. DRB Report. 3:45 P.M. 6. 1994 Budget Overview: 3:45 P.M. * Community Relations. Pam Brandmeyer Suzanne Silverthorn Holly McCutcheon - 4:00 P.M. * Police Department & Confiscation Fund. Ken Hughey - 5:00 P.M. * Special Events & Insurance. Steve Thompson 1 5:30 P.M. * Marketing Fund. Steve Thompson 5:35 P.M. * Lease Purchase Schedule. Steve Thompson 5:40 P.M. * Highway Users Tax. ~~YRL~ALLLLLLLL7LLLLIEf+setfseieeLReLIRa~~L~e#L6etr~SeLf~epesedL~easel yL~1n Tee~LltAeer~e~ad 5:45 P.M. 7. Discussion Re: Baltot Question Clarifications: Tom Moorhead Ordinance No. 22, Series of 1992, an ordinance submitting to the registered electors of the Town of Vail at the Regular Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, the 16th of November, 1993, the question of whether the Town of Vail sales taxes should increase $2,100,000.00 annually by the imposition of a new sales tax of 0.9% on restaurants and bars and a new sales tax of 1.8% on lodging beginning on January 1, 1994, and each subsequent year; the annual revenues shall be designated exclusively for the construction, marketing and operation of a performance and conference center; authorizing the Town of Vail to increase debt up to $ by issuance of negotiable interest bearing bonds for the purpose of providing the construction, marketing and operation of a performance and conference center; providing for the cessation of such portion of the tax increase that is no longer necessary to service the revenue bonds; setting forth the ballot title; providing for notice of the election; providing for conduct of the election; providing further details in relation to the foregoing. 8. Information Update. 9. Council Reports. 10. Other. 11. Adjournment. NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: •••••s• THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/19/93, BEGINNING AT 12:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/19/93, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/26/93, BEGINNING AT 2:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. D • • • • • • • C:WGENDA.WSE 2 VAIL TONVN COUNCIL ~NJES®A~f, ®CT®i31E~ ~99~ b 9 /4.NN.fit~ 5P®V C®UtVCi~ CI-i/~IIA~ERS fEX~~N®E® ~?GEiViJA 11:00 A.M. 1. Site Visit: The Golden Peak House, 2773 Hanson Ranch Road. Mike Mollica Applicant: Clark Willingham. Architect: Craig Snowdon. Action Reauested of Council: Review site in preparation for discussion concerning the request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a CCl exterior alteration, a minor subdivision, a zone change, and an encroachment into View Corridor No. 1. Staff will familiarize Council with the proposed redevelopment for the Golden Peak House. The discussion will focus on background information and the zoning standards and development statistics. The request will be reviewed at the Regular Evening Meeting on 10/19/93. Backaround Rationale: Please see the attached Community Development Department's memo dated 10/11/93 to the Planning and Environmental Commission. 12:00 P.M. 2. Site Visit: Spraddle Creek Estates Subdivision. (Council is Mike Mollica advised to please wear hiking boots for thls site visit.) Action Reauested of Council: Construction of the subdivision's infrastructure and revegetation/landscaping is currently underway. Council will review this site and discuss the status for the completion of the improvements, iVo formal action is requested. Backaround Rationale: This site visit has been scheduled at the request of Council in order that they may be kept apprised of the project's schedule and construction activities. 2:00 P.M. 3. Discussion Re: The Golden Peak House. Mike Mollica Action Reauested of Council: Discuss request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a CCI exterior alteration, a minor subdivision, a zone change, and an encroachment into View Corridor No. 1. 3:30 P.M. 4. PEC Report. 3:40 P.M. 5. DRB Report. 3:45 P.M. 6. 1994 Budget Overview: 3:45 P.M. ~ Community Relations. Pam Brandmeyer Suzanne Silverthorn Holly McCutcheon 4:00 P.M. ~ Police Department & Confiscation Fund. Ken Hughey 5:00 P.M. ~ Special Events & Insurance. Steve Thompson 1 5:30 P.M. * Marketing Fund. Steve Thompson 5:35 P.M. * Lease Purchase Schedule. Steve Thompson 5:40 P.M. * Highway Users Tax. 5:45 P.M. 7. Discussion Re: Par 3 Golf Course Proposed Lease. Peggy Osterfoss Tom Moorhead 5:50 P.M. 8. Discussion Re: Ballot Question Clarifications: Tom Moorhead Ordinance No. 22, Series of 1992, an ordinance submitting to the registered electors of the Town of Vail at the Regular Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, the 16th of November, 1993, the question of whether the Town of Vail sales taxes should increase $2,100,000.00.annually by the imposition of a new sales tax of 0.9% on restaurants and bars and a new sales tax of 1.8% on lodging beginning on January 1, 1994, and each subsequent year; the annual revenues shall be designated exclusively for the construction, marketing and operation of a performance and conference center; authorizing the Town of Vail to increase debt up to $ by issuance of negotiable interest bearing bonds for the purpose of providing the construction, marketing and operation of a performance and conference center; providing for the cessation of such portion of the tax increase that is no longer necessary to service the revenue bonds; setting forth the ballot title; providing for notice of the election; providing for conduct of the election; providing further details in relation to the foregoing. 9. Information Update. 10. Council Reports. 11. Other. 12. Adjournment. NOTE UPCOMING MEETING START TIMES BELOW: • O • • • THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/19/93, BEGINNING AT 12:00 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE NEXT VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR EVENING MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/19/93, BEGINNING AT 7:30 P.M. IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLOWING VAIL TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR WORK SESSION WILL BE ON TUESDAY, 10/26/93, BEGINNING AT2:00 P.M.!IN TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS. ®O • • • C:WGENDA.WSE 2 `yam /~~=7 i ~ r~ ~ v1 j f~ / ~6~o-~ooaa w sn NI 3avw LEZS4 OIHO'i1VNNI~NlO '~NI'S'JNI133H'J NOS81'J O 50668 4-3 100-SCL6l k' r~, ~ x~+ '~+k. ~ w ~ ' '1jR < ~FY.~ k _T - - a ff - till y,, _ R ~'ro I ~ X~'~", 't r I ti ; E.,; ~ p,.. i i - _ ~ - { _ . ~ ~ ~ 4 i:" +++iii a~> r i 1 S7 P- a haw ~?~ce ,~a~t ire ~ i 1~~ r'~~-i y j~,~ A% V N ~-f (raT~ 9rEAi ~y ~~~'PyE~,~r~l~gl~ Rs W~l < ~ s r~ ~ ~.~J Fb~,~ra~s ~~N r w~ y ~ iti~ r f ' N81EM®RAN®lJ~fl TO: Planning and Environmental Commission FROM: Community Development Department DATE: October 11, 1993 SUBJECT: A request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a Commercial Core I exterior alteration request, a minor subdivision request, a zone change request and a request for an encroachment into View Corridor No. 1 for the redevelopment of the Golden Peak House, located at 278 Hanson Ranch Road/Lots A, B and C, Block 2, and Tract E, Vail Village First Filing. Applicants: Golden Peak House Condominium AssociationNail Associates, Inc./GPH Partners, Ltd./Margaritaville, Inc. Planner: Mike Mollica 0. PR®JECT ®NEEi!!DElJV ~ ®ESCRI!PTIOfV OF THE RE®UESTS The Golden Peak House was originally constructed in 1966, and since that time there have been only minor, cosmetic modifications made to the exterior of the structure. The project is located in the Commercia( Core I zone district. Generally, this proposed redevelopment for the Golden Peak House includes a renovation of the entire building. The existing "butterfly" roof form would be removed, and gable roofs added. The proposal includes the addition of a new fourth floor (on the western end of the structure) and the addition of a new fifth floor (on the eastern end). Architectural modifications to the structure would include the addition of sloped roofs, a small area of flat roof, the addition of dormers, balconies, bay windows, and other architectural projections. - The existing center area of the building, which includes the circular ramp, is generally used as common area for pedestrian circulation. With the redevelopment, the applicant is proposing to infill this entire central area and to add a full basement beneath the structure. Additional retail/commercial space would be added to the building. Specifically, at-grade retail shops would continue to be located along the north elevation, and the second floor restaurant (Los Amigos) would remain. However, the restaurant's public entrance would be relocated to the northwest corner of the building and the restaurant would be expanded with the addition of a retractable enclosure over a portion of the outdoor dining deck. The following is an outline of the major modifications which are being proposed for the building: Fourth Floor -The proposal includes, the addition of a new fourth floor, which would be located on the western end of the structure. The proposed fourth floor has been . designed to be set back approximately 12 to 18 feet from the face of the building 1 adjacent to Bridge Street. The roof ridge, in this area, has been reoriented so that it runs east to west. This new fourth floor area is designed to include one dwelling unit, with a GRFA of 1,834 square feet. By pulling the fourth floor back from Bridge Street, the applicant proposes to shift some of this new GRFA into the "overhang and deck" easement area (Tract E) along the south side of the building. The staff has calculated that approximately 410 square feet of GRFA would be located in this easement area. Fifth Floor -The proposal includes the addition of a new fifth floor, which would be located on the eastern end of the structure. As with the new fourth floor, the fifth floor would also be set back from Bridge Street,'in this case approximately 10=14 feet, from the face of the north elevation. This new fifth floor area is designed to include one dwelling unit, with a GRFA of 2,763 square feet. The fifth floor unit would have asouth-facing exterior deck, which has been designed so that it would not project over the central portion of the structure, and therefore would not be visible from Bridge Street. The Tract E and Lot Cissues - Tract E is the large parcel of land located to the . south of the Golden Peak House. The parcel includes a portion of the Mill Creek stream tract, Pirate Ship Park and the Vista Bahn ski base. Tract E is owned by Vail Associates. In 1971, Vail Associates granted easements to the Golden Peak House to allow for specific encroachments (such as roof overhangs and balconies) to extend into portions of Tract E. These easements have been referred to as the "overhang and deck" easements. The Tract E easement areas total 1,240 square feet. Tract E is currently zoned Agricultural and Open Space. The Town considers these encroachments to be legal, non-conforming uses within the Agricultural and Open Space Zone District, and as such, they cannot be enlarged or expanded, and if modified, they must be brought into full compliance with the zoning code. The applicant is now requesting that these easement portions of Tract E be incorporated into the Golden Peak House parcel and be rezoned from Agriculture and Open Space to Commercial Core I zoning. Generally, the easement areas are those areas which are labeled as Easement #1, Easement #2 and Easement #3, on the property survey. Part of Lot C is approximately 209 square feet in size and is zoned CCI. Lot C is located west of the Golden Peak House site and is also owned by Vail Associates. Lot C includes part of the skier access, between the Hill Building and the Golden Peak House. The applicants have entered into a contract with Vail Associates for the acquisition of the above described portions of Tract E (generally located to the south of the building) and Lot C (to the west of the building). 2 The applicants (including Vail Associates, as co-applicant), have requested a zone change amendment for the easement portions of Tract E that are proposed to be incorporated into the Golden Peak House parcel. In order to allow for building additions and modifications in the easement areas, and to be in full compliance with the zoning code, the applicants have proposed the following: Rezone the Tract E easement areas from Agricultural/Open Space to CCI. Minor subdivision to incorporate the easement areas (Tract E and Lot C) into the Golden Peak House parcel. ~SDD overlay on the entire Golden Peak House parcel. As proposed, there would be approximately 71 square feet of above-grade commercial floor area located in the west "overhang & deck" easement area (on the basement, ground and second floors), and the south "overhang & deck" easement would have approximately 410 square feet of above-grade GRFA, (on the fourth floor) located in the easement area. There would also be approximately 775 square feet of below- grade commercial square footage in the south easement area. This below-grade space would be owned by Vail Associates and the proposed use of the space would be for the Vail Associates private ski school, customer lounge. Streetscape irnproderv~ertts -The applicant has proposed a contribution, to the Town, to be used specifically for the future redevelopment and improvement of Seibert Circle. The contribution would be in the amount of $10,000.00. [8rv9pl®~ee ft®usirag -Two off-site, permanently restricted, two-bedroom employee housing units, are proposed as a part of the redevelopment. tl~se Restricti®ns -The applicant has proposed to "restrict" two three-bedroom dwelling units (Units 201 and 401), to be included in the Golden Peak House rental pool. These units would be included in the rental pool at all times when they are not occupied by the owner or the owner's guests. The total GRFA for these units is 3,002 square feet. Amig®s deck -Ron Riley, one of the co-applicants in the redevelopment and co- owner of the restaurant, has proposed a retractable enclosure over a portion of the Los Amigos outdoor dining deck, on the south side of the building. This enclosure would cover 580 square feet, or 53%, of the Los Amigos dining deck. The total deck area is 1,094 square feet. The proposal includes the addition of an overhead retractable (canvas) awning, with folding Rekord doors .on the east side and sliding glass doors (which fold back into a pocket) along the west side of the enclosure. The south facing portion of the deck enclosure would consist of removable wood and glass panels. The applicant proposes to remove this enclosure during all daytime hours when weather permits so that the space may be used for year round evening dining. 3 General site improvements -The proposal includes the following site modifications, which would be completed around the perimeter of the Golden Peak House: 1. A concrete unit paver walkway, with an integral snowmelt system, would be added along the north elevation and along a portion of the west elevation. A flagstone walk is also proposed along the south side of the building. 2. The existing trash enclosure, currently located along the west elevation of the building, would be removed. Anew trash. compactor would be located in the basement of the Golden Peak House. A small elevator would be added to transport the refuse up to the ground floor when trash pick-ups are scheduled. This would occur at the northeast corner of the building. 3. Improvements to the skier/pedestrian access, west of the building, would include the relocation of the existing fire hydrant (out of the pedestrian way) and the addition of a permanent planter with a large specimen evergreen. The details of the specific improvements are described further in the Streetscape Master Plan section of this memorandum. Construction Codes -The entire structure would be brought into compliance with all of the current Building and Fire Codes, (the building would be fully sprinkled). Zoning issues -There are currently 18 dwelling units (0 accommodation units and 0 lock-offs) located in the building. The redevelopment proposal would include 14 dwelling units (3 with lock-offs) and 2 accommodation units, for a total of 15 dwelling units. Please note that for zoning purposes, two accommodation units are equal to one dwelling unit. The existing Golden Peak House exceeds the CCI development standards in the categories of Building Height, Common Area, GRFA, Density (units), Site Coverage and Loading. a) The redevelopment project would further exceed the existinq conditions in the following categories: •Building Height - An increase of 3' for the eastern portion of the building and an increase of 7-11' for the western portion of the building. •Density -GRFA - An increase of approximately 5,300 square feet. •Site Coverage - An increase of approximately 1,522 square feet. b) The redevelopment project would be brought more into compliance with the standards, than the existing building, in the following zoning categories: •Common Area - A decrease of 1,191 square feet of common area. •Density (Number of Units) - A decrease of 3 dwelling units. 4 c) Although the existing project does not meet the Goading standard, the redevelopment project would not increase or modify. the requirement, per the zoning code. The project would continue to lack the required one loading berth. In order to accomplish the proposed redevelopment of the Golden Peak House, as outlined above, the applicants have made the following requests: 1. A reauest for the establishment of a Special Development District -This provides the overlay zoning which allows the applicant to design the project with some flexibility regarding the development standards, and it allows the Town the ability to review the project with regard to overall community benefit. 2. A reauest for a Commercial Core I exterior alteration. -Any project which is located in CCI, and which proposes to add or remove 100 square feet of floor area, must meet the exterior alteration standards. 3. A reauest to encroach into View Corridor No. 1 -The proposed redesign of the Golden Peak House will involve an encroachment into View Corridor fVo. 1. The vantage point of this view corridor is at the Vail Transportation Center central stairway. The view extends over the Village Core up to the ski mountain. At the maximum point, the existina building encroaches 12.1' into the corridor. At the maximum point, the proposed building would encroach 17' into the corridor. 4. A reauest for a rezoning -The applicant is proposing to rezone a portion of Tract E, from Agricultural and Open Space, to .Commercial Core I. The area of Tract E proposed to be rezoned consists of 1,240 square feet. 5. A reauest for a minor subdivision -This request involves the inclusion of the rezoned Tract E parcel into the Golden Peak House parcel, and the inclusion of Lot C into the Golden Peak House parcel. . 5 II. GOLDEN PEAK HOUSE ZONING ANALYSIS 'UNDERLYING ZONING: EXISTING PROJECT 'EXISTING PROJECT COMMERCIAL CORE I. (existing lot area) (expanded lot area) 'PROPOSED SDD Site Area: 8,375 sq. h. 6,926 sq. ft. 8,375 sq. h. 8,375 sq. h. Setbacks: Per the Vail Village N: 0-6 h. N: 0-6 h. N: 0-4 ft. Urban Design Guide Plan W: 0-7 ft. W: 1-13 h. W: 1-11 h. S: 0-8 h. S: 10-15 ft. S: 6-15 h. E: 0-2 h. E: 0-2 ft. E: 0-2 ft. Height: 60%: 33 ft. or less East: 46 h. max, same East: 49 h. max. 40%: 33 ft. - 43 ft. West: 36 h. max. West: 42 ft. max. Common Area: 2,345 sq. h. or 35% 6,627 sq. h. or 120% 6,627 sq. h. or 99% 5,436 sq. ft. or 81 of allowable GRFA -1,939 sq. ft. or 35% -2,345 sq. ft. or 35% -2.345 sq. ft. or 35% 4,688 sq. ft. added to GRFA 4,282 sq. h. -added to GRFA 3,091 sq. ft. -added to GRFA GRFA: 6,700 sq. h. or 80% 8,958 sq. h. 8,958 sq. h. 15,855 sq. h. +4,688 sq. h. (excess common area) +4,282 sq. h. (excess common area) + 3.091 sq. ft. (excess common area) 13,646 sq. ft. or 246% 13,240 sq. h. or 198% 18,946 sq. ft. or 226% Units: 25 units per acre, 18 units (all Dus) same 14 DUs + 2 AUs = 15 units 4.8 units for the site (includes 3 lock-offs) Site Coverage: 6,700 sq. h. or 80% ~ 6,352 sq. ft. or 92% 6,352 sq. ft. or 76% 7,874 sq. h. or 94% Landscaping: Per the Vail Village same same same Urban Design Guide Plan Parking: Per the TOV parking standards Required: 55.09 same Required: 70.11 Loading: Per the TOV loading standards Required: 1 same .Required: 1 - Existing: 0 same Proposed: 0 Commercial Uses: N/A 7,196 sq. h. same 14,031 sq. ft. Gross Floor Area: N/A 22,781 sq. ft. same 35,444 sq. ft. All developmerrt statistics, including the setbacks, have been calculated by staff and are based on the applicant's proposed new lot area of 6,375 sq. it. This lot are assumes the incorporation of portbns of Tract E and Lot C into the Golden Peak House parcel. The existing Golden Peak House bt area is 0.159 acres, or 6,926 sq. h. The new areas (portions of Trad E and Lot C) proposed to be included into the Golden Peak House parcel consist of 1,449 sq. ft. for a total of 8,375 sq. 1t. Gross floor area includes common areas, GRFA, and commercial square footages. 6 t08. ~~iITER9A T® ~[l: t9SE® B~9 EV~?~~DATIFIG TIH9S ~R®P®SA~ As stated in the zoning code, the purpose of Special Development Districts is as follows: "The purpose of the special development district is to encourage flexibility and creativity in the development of land in order to promote its most appropriate use; to improve the design character and quality of new development within the town; to facilitate the adequate and economical provision of streets and utilities; to preserve the natural and scenic features of open space areas; and to further the overall goals of the community as stated in the Vail Comprehensive Plan. An approved development plan for a special development district, in conjunction with a property's underlying zone district, shall establish the requirements for guiding development and uses of property included in the special development district." The Planning Staff finds that the Golden Peak House application .for the establishment of an SDD meets the Special Development District purpose as stated above. Specifically, we find that the Golden Peak House application furthers the overall goals of the community as stated in the Vail Comprehensive Plan (i.e Vail Village Master Plan, streetscape Master Plan and Vail Village Urban Design Guide Plan). The overall redesign of the project proposes to improve the design character, function and overall quality of the development. Employee housing units are proposed to be provided as a part of the redevelopment as well as streetscape improvements. Two dwelling units would be "restricted" and placed in the short- term rental pool. Two new accommodation units and three new lock-offs would be added to the building. Overall, the staff finds that the redevelopment project meets many of the specific goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. Staff recognizes that the existing building exceeds many of the underlying zoning's development standards. VVe feel that the project's overages have been handled in a way that minimize the impacts on adjacent properties and public spaces. VVe also believe that there are a number of community benefits associated with this redevelopment. These benefits would include the provision of employee housing, streetscape improvements, the two new accommodation units, the two restricted dwelling units and the contribution towards the future redevelopment of Seibert Circle. Overall, we feel the project will further the Town's design and development goals, and we would specifically cite Goal iVo. 1 and Policy iVo. 3-2 of the Vail Village Master Plan, which state: "Goal #1 - Encourage high quality redevelopment while preserving the unique architectural scale of the Village in order to sustain its sense of community and identity." "#3-2 Golden Peak House - Due to this building's gross inconsistency with the Urban Design Guide Plan and neighboring buildings, it is identified as a primary renovation site. Relationship to greenspace on south, Seibert Circle on north, as well as to mountain entryway, are important considerations. Loading and delivery must be addressed." 7 IV. SDD CRITERIA The following are the nine special development district criteria to utilized by the Planning and Environmental Commission when evaluating SDD proposals. A. Design compatibility and sensitivity to the immediate environment, neighborhood and adjacent properties relative to architectural design, scale, bulk, building height, buffer zones, identity, character, visual integrity and orientation. The staff thought that it would be helpful to provide the PEC with a summary of the architectural design issues that have been identified and addressed by the applicants over the course of the last four or five worksessions. The following comments should be reviewed in conjunction with the proposed elevation drawings for the Golden Peak House. In general, staff believes that the overall architectural style is positive and would be compatible with the alpine character of Vail Village. The applicant has responded to many of the PEC and staff comments regarding the architectural design. NORTH ELEVATION 1. The central connection between the east and west halves of the building has been cut back to the east, and the roof forms have been simplified and lowered. The deck and hot tub, originally located on the roof of this central connection, has been relocated to the south side of the fifth floor addition, to a less visible location. 2. The originally proposed flat roofs have been redesigned, and are now pitched. The design is similar to the roof forms utilized at the Sonnenalp and Christiania. The roof design incorporates a truncated peak instead of the traditional ridge. peak. The intent of this design is to remove all flat roofs which would be visible from the Bridge Street vantage point, and from the ski mountain. 3. The fifth floor building mass has been pulled back from the face of the building's north elevation approximately 10 to 14 feet. In addition, the applicant has added three dormers on the north elevation of the fifth floor, to provide architectural relief for this portion of the building. . 4. The staff believes that the first floor commercial spaces continue to be in need of refinement to create more of a pedestrian area and to bring the north facade down to more of a pedestrian scale. The staff has recommended the following: • Embellishing the design of the windows and doors through interesting . detailing, such as subdivided window panes (to express individual window elements), articulated entry doors, etc. • Lowering the roof form over the main entry. 8 Adding the arcade, or canopy, back into the design. This element was originally proposed over the first floor retail windows on the north elevation, and has recently been eliminated. 5. The staff has concerns with the recently modified ground floor plan, which includes a curved store front at the eastern end of the building. We believe the applicant should utilize the original ground floor plan, which provides a much more pedestrian-friendly environment along the shop fronts. The addition of the arcade along the north elevation would also be an asset to the building. EAST ELEVATION . 1. The applicant has designed a peaked roof form that conceals the small flat roof section behind it. Architectural detailing has been added to this elevation. lIVEST ELEVATIOi~ 1. In order to diminish the "canyon" effect through the skier/pedestrian access to the mountain, the third and fourth floor projections have been decreased in size and floor area. However, a small area of the three lower floors (Los Amigos Restaurant and lower level commercial space) continues to project into Lot C. All other floor area has been removed from Lot C. 2. The applicant has proposed to relocate three of the four evergreens, located adjacent to the building along the west elevation, onto Tract E. In addition, the large aspen located at the southwest corner of the building will also be relocated onto Tract E. Because landscaping in this corridor is so critical, as it is a transition area between the Village and the ski mountain, the applicant has agreed to add astone-faced planter, with a 20' tall specimen evergreen, adjacent to the west elevation in the skier access. 3. The entry into the Vail Associates commercial space, on the south side of the building (under the Los Amigos deck}, has been reconfigured by reorienting the entry to the north. Staff believe that this change provides a more accessible .and inviting entry. Heated concrete unit pavers will be added in front of this entry. 4. The first floor retail windows have been changed to include smaller panes (divided lights) to add visual interest and to create a more pedestrian scale. S®~TI~ ELEVATiI®~ 1. The applicant has redesigned the roof forms and has eliminated all visible flat roofs as discussed above. 2. The fourth floor is proposed to have 410 square feet of GRFA located within the "overhang & deck" easement areas. Additionally, the new below-grade commercial area, located beneath the Los Amigos dining deck, would also be 9 proposed to be located within the Tract E easement areas. To respond to this issue, the applicants have proposed to mitigate the use of the Tract E easement areas by donating open space to the Town. Vail Associates has proposed to donate a portion of Tract E, to be used as permanent open space. 3. The roofs over some of the south facing balconies have been cut back to help decrease the mass and bulk of the building.. 4. Landscaping along this elevation has been addressed by the addition of the three transplanted evergreen trees and the transplanted aspen onto Tract E. The applicant, has also proposed to add shrubs along the base of the Los Amigos dining deck and a flagstone walkway. 5. As previously discussed in Section l of this memorandum, the applicant is proposing to add a retractable enclosure over 580 square feet of the Los Amigos dining deck. As designed, the enclosure would consist of an overhead retractable (canvas) awning, with folding Rekord doors on the east side and sliding glass doors (which told back into a pocket) along the west side. The south facing portion of the deck enclosure would consist of removable wood and glass panels. The staff believes that the applicants have done a very good job redesigning and modifying the building to reduce the mass and bulk. We feel that this proposed deck enclosure, over approximately one-half of the outdoor dining deck, would add further to the mass and bulk of the structure. We strongly believe that an outdoor dining experience is what many visitors to Vail desire, and we seriously question the feasibility of removing the retractable cover and enclosure on a daily basis. Staff also believes that the design of the structure is not compatible with the design guidelines of the Village. Staff recognizes that, in addition to the deck enclosure, there are other portions of the building which would extend into the "overhang & deck" easements. However, we believe that the design of these areas of the structure have an overall positive benefit on the building's mass and bulk in that the public's perception of the building mass would actually be reduced, and that view lines up to the ski mountain have been opened up. In the case of the deck enclosure, we view this as a loss of 580 square feet of "public space", in a prominent location in respect to the skier services at the base of Vail Village, and we can find no community benefit in the request. We also believe that approving the deck enclosure, when there is no means at this time to expand the deck onto other areas (Tract E to the south), sets a negative precedent. GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING 1. The detailing on the balcony railings has been modified and the railings now have a more ornamental feel and reflect .more of the Vail alpine character. 10 2. The window detailing, such as the bay window, on the western portion of the north elevation has been carried through to the other parts of the project. 3. The proposed roofing material on the building is a tar and gravel roof. Staff believes that the originally proposed shake roof should be added back into the design of the building. We feel that a shake roof would be more in keeping with the character of the Village and would be more aesthetically pleasing. In summary, the staff believes that the building's architectural design is at a point where it would be compatible with the immediate environment and adjacent properties. We feel that the architectural style will be a significant improvement over the existing style of the Golden Peak House building, and we feel that the character of the design would be in keeping with the Town's Design Guidelines recommended for Vail Village, excluding the deck enclosure. With regard to overall mass and bulk, we feel that by shifting the mass of the fifth floor to the south, as well as the fourth floor (of the.western-most portion of the building) to the south, the pedestrian perception of the structure will be one of a three and four story building. We believe the building meets the CCI review criteria for Street Enclosure and Street Edge, as we feel the building will provide a "comfortable" enclosure for the street. The fact that the grade changes approximately one level, from north to south through the site, will also help minimize the appearance of the structure. [6. ~Dses, activity and density which provide a compatible, efficient and workable relationship with surrounding uses and activityo It is the staff's position that the mixture of uses proposed for the site is compatible with the existing uses on surrounding properties. The uses proposed would meet the purpose and intent of the CCI zone district. With regard to density, the overall square footage of the project is proposed to be increased, (commercial and residential square footage). The redevelopment includes the addition of 5,706 square feet of GRFA and 6,835 sq. ft. of commercial floor area. A portion of this square footage is located within the central atrium area of the building. This area is 2,400 square feet in size. The "actual density" is proposed to be reduced. The number of dwelling units will be reduced from 18 to 15. The number of "keys", or rentable rooms will actually increase from 18 to 19; which is positive. Two new accommodation units would be added, which is also positive. Staff would recommend that the two new accommodation units be restricted, so that in the future, they cannot be converted into dwelling units via the Condominium Conversion section of the Subdivision Regulations and that the units be used only as short-term rentals. In addition, the applicant has proposed to "restrict" two three-bedroom dwelling units (Units 201 and 401) to be included in the Golden Peak House rental pool. These units have a combined GRFA of 3;002 square feet and would be included in the rental pool at all times when they are not occupied by the owner or the owner's guests. It should be noted that the applicant's proposed use .restriction is not the same restriction that is 11 normally required by the Town. We generally use the Condominium Conversion restriction, which is in the Subdivision Regulations, a copy of which is attached to this memorandum (Exhibit B). In addition to the proposed rental restrictions on Units 201 and 401, staff believes that the rental restrictions should also be placed upon the remaining two lock=off units proposed to be located within the building. This would include the lock-offs for Units 305 and 306. These two lock-offs would have a combined GRFA of 641 square feet. As indicated in many of the Vail Village Master Plan Goals and Objectives, increasing the availability of short-term overnight accommodations is strongly encouraged. The staff believes that it will be a benefit to the community to utilize these lock-offs as short-term accommodation units and we believe that by restricting these units, to be placed into the short-term rental pool, that we will further the community's goals. Employee Housing Issues - As indicated in a number of the goals and objectives of the Town's Master Plans, employee housing is a critical Town issue which should be addressed through the planning process for this type of development proposal. For the Golden Peak House review, the staff has analyzed the employee housing issue utilizing two methods. We have calculated the estimated employee housing demand using the Town adopted Employee Housing Report, and secondly, we have studied information provided by the applicant with regard to the individual business owners' estimates of employee generation; due to increases in the sizes of their individual commercial spaces. . The Employee Housing Report, prepared for the Town of Vail by the consulting firm Rosall Remmen and Cares, indicates the .recommended ranges of employee housing units based, upon type of use and floor area. For the Golden Peak House analysis, the staff has utilized the midpoint of the suggested ranges, for employees generated. A copy of the report's summary page is attached to this memorandum (Exhibit A). Utilizing the guidelines in this report, the staff has analyzed the incremental increase, of the numbers of employees (square footage per use), that the proposed redevelopment would create. The summary is as follows: a) Bar/Restaurant = 878 sq. ft.(@ 6.5/1,000 sq. ft.) = 5.7 employees b) Retail/Service Commercial = 4,436 sq. ft.(@6.5/1,000 sq. ft.) = 28.8 employees c) Lodging = 1 room (Ca) 0.75/rooml = 0.75 emplovees d) Total = 35.25 employees •35.25 employees x .15 housing multiplier = 5.2 employees. •35.25 employees x .30 housing multiplier = 10.5 employees. In summary, the staff estimates that the Golden Peak House redevelopment would create a need for six to eleven additional employees. This range is due to the housing multiplier that varies from 0.15 to 0.30. The 0.15 housing multiplier is suggested to be 12 utilized when projects do not exceed allowable density and GRFA. The 0.30 housing multiplier is recommended for use when projects are over on density. The existing and proposed Golden Peak House is over on density. Depending upon the size of the employee housing unit to be provided, it is possible to calculate up to two employees per bedroom. For example, for atwo-bedroom unit in the size range of 450 to 900 square feet, it is possible that this unit would be capable of accommodating up to four employees. Atwo-bedroom unit, with a size less than 450 square feet, would only be considered capable of housing one employee per bedroom. The applicant has provided letters from the "major tenant space owners" in the Golden Peak House to address and evaluate the employee housing impacts of the redevelopment. Paul Johnston, representing Christiania Realty, Inc., has addressed the hotel/condominium expansion in the Golden Peak House. Paul believes that there will be no increase in the staff for the lodging needs of the building, given this redevelopment. Michael Staughton, representing the Los Amigos Restaurant, also does not believe that there will be any need for additional employees as a result of ,the restaurant's renovation and expansion. Lastly, Jack Hunn, representing Vail Associates, Inc., has indicated that two new employees would be needed to operate the new Vail Associates space proposed to be located on the ground floor of the Golden Peak House. Overall, the applicant has estimated that a total of two additional employees would be generated as a result of the Golden Peak House expansion. To mitigate this impact, GPH Partners, Ltd. had originally proposed that one two-bedroom condominium unit, located in Pitkin Creek Park, be permanently deed restricted as an employee housing unit. Since the September 13, 1993 PEC worksession, the applicant has agreed to provide one additional two-bedroom employee housing unit as a part of the redevelopment. According to the analysis above, two two-bedroom units (in the 700-1,000 square foot range) would provide housing for up to eight employees. The staff believes that the applicant's provision for housing up to eight employees is reasonable. VVe think that the 6.5 multiplier, for the retail/service commercial use, may be slightly high, given the type of, commercial expansions associated with this project. Overall, the staff believes that with the two two-bedroom housing units provided, the project would now satisfy the Town's employee housing requirement. The employee housing units would be located off-site, however, the exact location of the units has not yet been identified. Both units will be required to meet the Town of Vail Housing Ordinance. Compliance with the parking and loading requirements as outlined in Chapter 18.5. The staff has determined that the incremental increase in the required parking, due to the redevelopment of the Golden Peak House, would be 15.02 parking spaces. Because this property is located in the Commercial Core I zone district, which does not allow for the provision of on-site parking, the developer will be required to pay into the 13 Town's parking pay-in-lieu fund. According to Section 18.52.160 (6,5) of the Municipal Code, "the parking fee is $8,000 per space. This fee shall be automatically increased every two years by the percentage the Consumer Price Index of•the City of Denver has increased over each successive two year period." At $8,000 per parking space, the current amount required for the Golden Peak House pay-in-lieu fee would be $120,160, excluding the C.P.I. increase which would be calculated at the time a building permit is requested. Although the existing Golden Peak House does not meet the Town's loading standard, the proposed redevelopment for the site does not increase this nonconformity. Given the location of the Golden Peak House, and the fact that there is no service alley or rear vehicular access to the building, vehicular loading cannot be accommodated directly on site. Loading for the building currently occurs at the Hanson Ranch Road loading zones, located adjacent io the Christiania Lodge. This method of delivery is proposed to continue. The staff will work with the applicant on the issue of the possible formation of a special district, concerning a central loading/delivery facility, adjacent to the Christiania Lodge. D. Conformity with the applicable elements of the Vail Comprehensive Plan, Town policies and Urban Design Plans. 1. RELATED POLICIES IN THE VAIL VILLAGE MASTER PLAN The Vail Village Master Plan specifically addresses the Golden Peak House, as , indicated in Sub-Area Concepts 3-2 and 3-3. Said concepts, read as follows: "#3-2 Golden Peak House Due to this building's gross inconsistency with the Urban Design Guide Plan and neighboring buildings, it is identified as a primary renovation site. Relationship to greenspace on south, Seibert Circle on north, as well as to mountain entryway, are important considerations. Loading and delivery must be addressed." nu ~ /r . ~aiiruyu ~ ~ ,~rvi ~~1 'rya ~ 1.~ t?r ~St~r¦ Ka< Sri :l\\\~ •t . IA CF ' ~-rte ~ •r~ t J } 14 I "#3-3 Seibert Circle Study Area Study area to establish a more inviting public plaza with greenspace, improved sun exposure and a focal point at the top of Bridge Street. Design and extent of new plaza to be sensitive to fire access and circulation considerations." ~ ~ ~ LtOVOO • eovai oiew 1 Sl tcoL o~D 1 1{f)1~ Ca O~dp _~~4 I ~ J ~ DL0 NOq / "QIE iL4E OLDO. ~ J E~~ J ,~.~1= 1. 'r ~y.. t©~ i~`/ ~C 1J ` ~ o...£ vin n0~ot. riu .ao / \ ~<< The staff believes that the proposed redevelopment of the Golden Peak Hause would further the above sub-area concepts. Staff agrees that the renovation of this building is needed, and we feel the proposal relates well to the Tract E open space to the south, as well to the Seibert Circle/Bridge Street public spaces to the north. The loading and delivery issue has been addressed in Section C above. Additionally, the staff believes the following goals and objectives, as stated in the Vail Village Master Plan, are relevant to this proposal: Goal #1 - Encourage high quality redevelopment while preserving the unique architectural scale of the Village in order to sustain its - sense of community and identity. ~.a ®bjective: Encourage the upgrading and redevelopment of residential and commercial facilities. ~.3 ®bjectidee Enhance new development and redevelopment through public improvements done by private developers working in cooperation with the Town. ~.a ®bjectide: Recognize the "historic" commercial core as the main activity center of the Village. . Poticg?: The design criteria in the Vail Village Urban Design Guide Plan shall be the primary guiding document to preserve the existing architectural scale and character of the core area of Vail Village. 2.3 Qbjective: Increase the number of residential units available for short term overnight accommodations. 15 2.3.1 Policy: The development of short term accommodation units is strongly encouraged. Residential units that are developed above existing density levels are required to be designed or managed in a manner that makes them available for short term overnight rental. 2.4 Objective: Encourage the development of a variety of a new commercial activity where compatible with existing land uses. 2.4.1 Po{icy: Commercial infill development consistent with established horizontal zoning regulations shall be encouraged to provide activity generators, accessible greenspaces, public plazas, and streetscape improvements to the pedestrian network throughout the Village. 2.5 Objective: Encourage the continued upgrading, renovation and maintenance of existing lodging and commercial facilities to better serve the needs of our guests. 2.6 Objective: Encourage the development of affordable housing units through the efforts of the private sector. 2.6.1 Policy: Employee housing units may be required as part of any new or .redevelopment project requesting density over that allowed by existing zoning. ' 2.6.2 Policy: Employee housing shall be developed with appropriate restrictions so as to insure their availability and affordability to the local work force. 3.1 Objective: Physically improve the existing pedestrian ways by landscaping and other improvements. 3:1.1 Policy: Private development projects shall incorporate streetscape improvements (such as paver treatments, landscaping, lighting and seating areas), along adjacent pedestrian ways. 16 3.~.~ I~olicy: Private development projects shall be required to incorporate new sidewalks along streets adjacent to the project as designated by the Vail Village Master Plan and/or Recreation Trails Master Plan. x.1.3 fPolictl: With the exception of ski base-related facilities, existing natural open space areas at the base of Vail Mountain and throughout Vail Village shall be preserved as open space. The staff believes that the proposed redevelopment of the Golden Peak House would further the above Vail Village Master Plan goals and objectives. As previously indicated, the staff believes that the character and style of the proposed design would be in keeping with the Town's Design Guidelines recommended for Vail Village. The Vail Village Conceptual Building Height Plan has included the Golden Peak House. in the 3-4 story category. A building story is defined as 9 feet of height (no roof included). With regard to overall mass and bulk, and building height, we feel that by shifting the mass of the fifth floor to the south, as well as the fourth floor (of the western-most portion of the building) to the south, the pedestrian perception of the structure will be one of a three and four story building. In addition, the grade changes approximately one level, from north to south through the site. This site topography will also help minimize the appearance of the structure. Overall, staff believes the project would meet the intent of the "3-4 story building height category", acknowledging that the building would actually be in the 4-5 story range. ff~E~ATED P®~ICIES IN '~I1E VAIL VILLAGE IJRSAN DESIGN GUIDE PLAN The Vail Village Urban Design Guide Plan specifically addresses the Golden Peak House, as indicated in Sub-Area Concepts 9 and 10. These concepts read as follows: Concept 9 - "Commercial expansion (ground floor) not to exceed 10 feet in depth, possible arcade. To improve pedestrian scale at base of tall building, and for greater transparency as an activity generator on Seibert Circle. Concept 10 - Seibert Circle. Feature area paving treatment. Relocate focal point (potential fountain) to north for better sun exposure (fall/spring), creates increased plaza area and are the backdrop for activities. Separated path on north sides for unimpeded pedestrian route during delivery periods." 17 f. 9 .~1~. ~ As indicated earlier,. the staff believes that the pedestrian arcade (which was originally proposed over the first floor retail windows on the north elevation), and the original ground floor plan, which does not include the curved retail windows along the eastern portion of the building, should be added back into the design. We believe that these modifications will bring the project into compliance with Sub-Area Concept 9 listed above (Vail Village Urban Design Guide Plan). Suo-Area Concept 10, Seibert Circle, is discussed below, in the Streetscape Design section of the memo. 3. RELATED POLICIES IN THE STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN The Streetscape Master Plan specifically addresses the Golden Peak House area as follows: "Seibert Circle is proposed to be replaced by a large planter that is surrounded by low steps for informal seating. A large "specimen" evergreen tree should be maintained in the Circle. Seibert Circle's focal point could be a fountain or an artwork feature that will be visible from much of Bridge Street. Seibert Circle's ability to be used as a performance site should also be considered." "The primary paving material for the right-of-way area of the Village Core is recommended to be rectangular concrete unit pavers, in the color mix specified in the Guidelines for Paving section of this report. The herringbone pattern, which is proposed for most areas, is edged by a double soldier course. The intent is to satisfy the need for a simple streetscape treatment without being monotonous." "Focal points -such as the Children's Fountain, the intersection of Bridge Street and Gore Creek Drive and Seibert Circle -will receive special paving treatments." Streetscape Design Issues - The Town's Streetscape Master Plan lists numerous improvements which are recommended to be installed adjacent to the Golden Peak House. These improvements, some of which are described above, generally call for the upgrading of Seibert Circle and the upgrading of the pedestrian/skier access to the . Vista Bahn ski base. Some of these improvements are directly related to the redevelopment of the Golden Peak House and are included in the project's work plan, however, all improvements are tied to the mitigation of the project's impacts on the Town and the adjoining public spaces. 18 Prior to the September 27, 1993 PEC worksession, the applicant and the staff met on- site and agreed to specific modifications regarding the project's landscaping and streetscaping. The applicant's redesign would now include the following: Three of the existing four large evergreen trees, located in the skier access west of the building, would be relocated onto Tract E. These trees would be relocated north of the Pirate Ship Park area and immediately north of the Town's recreation path. The fourth evergreen is not proposed to be relocated because of its poor condition. . The existing aspen located at the southwest corner of the. Golden Peak House would also be relocated onto Tract E. Due to the tree's close proximity to the building and the configuration of the tree's root system, it may not be possible to relocate this aspen without significant damage to the tree. The condition of the roots will not be known until excavation of the root ball has begun. However, if the tree cannot be relocated, then the applicant has agreed to install two new 3-inch caliper aspen trees onto Tract E. ~A permanent stone-faced planter would be added in the skier access immediately adjacent to the western elevation of the building. The type of rock used for this planter would match the stone that is in place in the Seibert Circle planter, as well as the existing planters along upper Bridge Street. The planter wall would be approximately 18-24" in height, with a stone cap, so it could be used for seating. A 20-foot tall specimen blue spruce would be added to this planter. , The existing fire hydrant, which is located immediately off of the southwest corner of the building, would be relocated into the new planter described above. This would remove the hydrant from the pedestrian area. ~A flagstone or brick paver walkway would be added along the south side of the Los Amigos deck to provide for pedestrian access along the south side of the building. A 2'-6" wide planter would be added between the walkway and the dining deck.. . The applicant has proposed to contribute $10;000.00 to the redesign and redevelopment of Seibert Circle. The staff believes that the future redesign of Seibert Circle needs to be very carefully studied and that a Landscape Architect, in conjunction with the neighborhood, should analyze the design for the Circle. In addition to the surface paver treatment, the staff believes that landscaping, public seating and perhaps a performance area should be . provided for in the design. Drainage work around the Circle also needs to be addressed. The staff has reviewed the applicant's monetary proposal and we would suggest the following. We have estimated that if the Golden Peak House were to be required to add stone-faced planters along the north elevation of the building, similar in design to the planters along upper Bridge Street, then the 19 cost of these planters would be substantially more than $10,000. The Town Engineer's cost estimate for 49 lineal feet of planter along the north elevation of the Golden Peak House is $32,000. Staff believes that this is the amount that should be dedicated towards the redevelopment of Seibert Circle. We believe that if the Circle were not in place, the Town would request the north elevation planters. In summary, the staff believes the proposed streetscape improvements would make a positive contribution to the quality of the area and would be in compliance with the Town's adopted Streetscape Master Plan. E. Identification and mitigation of natural and/or geologic hazards that affect the property on which the special development district is proposed. There are no natural and/or geologic hazards, or floodplain that effect this property. F. Site plan, building design and location and open space provisions designed to produce a functional development responsive and sensitive to natural features, vegetation and overall aesthetic quality of the community. As discussed extensively at previous PEC worksessions during late 1992 and early 1993, the staff and the PEC have expressed concerns regarding the addition of floor area located in the "overhang and deck" easement areas. At the January 1993 PEC worksession, the applicant had modified the redevelopment plans to remove all above- grade floor area within the "overhang and deck" easement areas. As currently proposed, the west "overhang & deck" easement would have approximately 71 square feet of commercial floor area located in the easement (on the basement, ground and second floors) and the south "overhang 8~ deck" easement would have approximately 410 square feet of GRFA (on the fourth floor), and 580 square feet of "covered" dining deck (on the second floor), located in the easement area. This issue was discussed at the September 13, 1993 PEC worksession and tine Commission expressed a level of comfort with the additional GRFA proposed to be located within the easement area, with the understanding that the applicant would work with Vail Associates regarding the dedication (of at least an equal amount, and preferably more) of open space to the Town. Staff agrees that this amount of encroachment into the easement area is acceptable as it has allowed for the mass of the structure to shift out of the view corridor. It was suggested that the Mill Creek stream tract or the Pirate Ship Park area of Tract E be dedicated as permanent open space to the Town of Vail. _ In summary, although the proposed site coverage will further exceed the development standards for the CCI zone district, the staff believes that the project's design sensitivity to the site planning and open space issues has been positive. We find that pedestrian access adjacent to the building will be improved and open space maintained. Again, we do find exception with the proposal for the deck enclo:~ure. 20 With regard to building height, we acknowledge that the existing and proposed building heights are over the maximum allowable height for the CCI zone district. However, we feel the overall massing of the structure, and the configuration of the roof planes mitigate the overage. ~ circulation system designed for both vehicles and pedestrians addressing on and off-site traffic circulation. The Golden Peak House redevelopment will not impact the vehicular circulation system surrounding this site. Staff believes that the pedestrian circulation around the perimeter of the building will be improved .as a result of the project. Improvements to the skier access will include steps, adjacent to the southwest corner of the building, which will tie the skier access to a new flagstone paver walkway south of the dining deck. This area is particularly slippery and dangerous in the winter. Staff believes that the stair and walkway will enhance pedestrian access. hl. functional and aesthetic landscaping and open space in order to optimize and preserve natural features, recreation, views and functions. Landscaping issues have been discussed above in the Streetscape Design section of the memo. Sun/Shade e~nalysis -The sun/shade analysis, which is indicated on Sheet A15 in the attached drawing set, indicates by the use of across-hatched pattern, the additional shading of the public spaces north of the building during the equinox (March 21 /September 21). This additional shading, consisting of approximately 112 square feet in area, would encroach into the Seibert Circle area, as well as cast additional shadow on Hanson Ranch Road. The proposed building design would also eliminate, or reduce, the amount of shading on some other areas of Hanson Ranch Road and Seibert Circle. The reduction in the amount of shading would total approximately 160 square feet. Sheet ,415 also indicates the shade and shadow line at the winter solstice (December 21). ,4lthough this analysis is not required per the Vail Village exterior alteration criteria, staff feels it is important to understand shade impacts during the winter solstice, as this is a peak time for our guests. Clearly, the proposed expansion of the western portion of the Golden Peak House would increase the shade and shadow on upper Bridge Street during this time period. Because the applicant has pulled back the proposed fifth floor of the eastern portion of the expanded Golden Peak House, the winter solstice shading in this area has been reduced when compared to the existing building. However, it should be pointed out that the reduction in the amount of shading in this area would actually reduce the shading on the roof of the commercial spaces in the Red Lion Building. Some improvements will also occur with the new building when compared to the existing shading on portions of Bridge Street and Hanson Ranch Road. 21 I. Phasing plan or subdivision plan that will maintain a workable, functional and efficient relationship throughout the development of the special development district. The applicant has not proposed a phasing plan for the redevelopment of the Golden Peak House, as it is their intention to complete the entire renovation in one prase. V. COMMERCIAL CORE I EXTERIOR ALTERATION CRITERIA The nine criteria (listed below) for Commercial Core I Exterior Alterations shall also be used to judge the merits of this project. Staff believes these issues, or criteria, have already been addressed in the SDD review criteria above, and in other parts of this memo, so we will not reiterate and address each item here. A. Pedestrianization -See Section IV,G. B. Vehicular Penetration -See Section IV,G. C. Streetscape Framework -See Section IV,D-3. D. Street Enclosure -See Section IV,A. E. Street Edge -See Section IV,A. % F.. Building Height -See Section IV,D-2 and IV, F. G. Views and Focal Points -See Section VIII. H. Service and Delivery -See Section IV,C. 1. Sun/Shade -See Section IV,H. VI. ZONE DISTRICT AMENDMENT CRITERIA The zone district amendment criteria (zone change) are listed below: A. Suitability of the Proposed Zoning. The staff is supportive of the applicant's request to modify the zoning of the "easement areas" along the south side of the Golden Peak House building. We believe that the request to modify the zoning from Agricultural and Open Space, to Commercial Core I, is justified given the extent of the development currently in the easement areas. This property is currently encumbered with an easement which allows for roof overhangs and decks to project out over the property. Staff does not believe that this portion of Tract E currently functions as an "open space property".and that the rezoning to Commercial Core I, with the SDD overlay, provides the Town the opportunity to change the zoning so that it allows for development which already exists in this area. The SDD overlay also allows the Town to carefully review the uses in this area. B. Is the amendment proposal presenting a convenient, workable relationship among land uses consistent with municipal objectives? Again, the staff believes that due to the fact that the property is encumbered with the "overhang and deck" easements, and because the property does not currently function 22 as an open space property, we believe that the proposed Commercial Core I zoning would be more in keeping with the existing uses on the site. We also do not believe . that the zone change request, for the easement portions of Tract E, would be precedent setting. VVe believe this property is unique; and not like other open space zoned properties, in that it is encumbered with easements which allow for roof overhangs and decks to project out over the property. C. Does the rezoning proposal provide 4or the growth of an orderly grad viable community? The staff believes that the rezoning proposal would provide for the growth of an orderly and viable community. We feel this can be accomplished by "cleaning up" an existing situation which allows for improvements to be constructed over an open space zoned property. VIO. MIi~OR SUSDIVISIO~ CRITERIA The minor subdivision criteria are as follows: A. Q_ot Area -Chapter 18.24.090 of the Town's Municipal Code requires that the minimum lot or site area for a property located within the CCI zone district be 5,000 square feet of buildable area. As proposed, the new lot area of the Golden Peak House parcel would exceed , the 5,000 square foot requirement. The new lot area would be 8,375 square feet. [8. Frontage -Chapter 18.24.090 of the Town's Municipal Code requires that each lot have a minimum frontage of 30 feet. The applicant is not proposing to modify the frontage of the Golden Peak House parcel. The existing frontage is approximately 115 feet: C. Purpose -Chapter 17.16.110 of the Vail Subdivision Regulations states that • the PEC shall review the minor subdivision application and consider its appropriateness in regard to Town policies which relate to subdivision control, densities proposed, regulations, ordinances and resolutions, and other applicable documents, effects on the aesthetics of the Town, environmental integrity and compatibility with surrounding uses. Staff does not believe that the applicant's request for this minor subdivision would have any negative effects upon the above-mentioned criteria. We believe that the issues regarding aesthetics of the Town and environmental integrity have been addressed through the SDD review criteria. In addition, we feel that the criteria regarding compatibility with surrounding uses and densities proposed has also been addressed. • 23 In summary, the staff believes that the applicant has met the criteria for a minor subdivision. In essence, this minor subdivision request would vacate the lot line currently located between the existing Golden Peak House parcel and the "overhang and deck" easement portions of Tract E. Should this minor subdivision be approved, the "overhang and deck" easement portion of Tract E would be incorporated into the Golden Peak House parcel. VIII. VIEW CORRIDOR ENCROACHMENT CRITERIA A. Purpose of the View Corridor Ordinance The applicant has requested an Encroachment into View Corridor No. 1. Because the staff believes that the original intent and purpose of the View Corridor Ordinance is very important to the Town, we have included it here for review: "The Town of Vail believes that preserving certain vistas is in the interest of the Town's residents and guests. Specifically, the Town believes that: The protection and,perpetuation of certain mountain views and other significant views from various pedestrian public ways within the Town will foster civic pride and is in the public interest of the Town of Vail; , It is desirable to designate, preserve and perpetuate certain views for the enjoyment and environmental enrichment of the residents and guests of the Town; The preservation of such views will strengthen and preserve the Town's unique environmental heritage and attributes; The preservation of such views will enhance the aesthetic and economic vitality and values of the Town; The preservation of such views is intended to provide for natural light to buildings and in public spaces in the vicinity of the view corridors; . The preservation of such views will include certain focal points such as the Clock Tower and Rucksack Tower, which serve as prominent landmarks within Vail Village and contribute to the community's unique sense of place." B. Description of View Corridor Encroachments View Corridor No. 1 is the view from the Vail Transportation Center south to the ski mountain. The existing Golden Peak House currently encroaches into View Corridor No. 1. The extent of the existing encroachment varies with the ridge lines, building outline and architectural design of the building. However, the general range of encroachment is as follows: 24 The eastern portion of the building currently encroaches approximately 1.0 to 1.1 feet into the View Corridor. One area of the central portion of the building encroaches approximately 12.1 feet into the View Corridor. The extent of the western portion's encroachment into the View Corridor ranges from approximately 0 to 8.1 feet (at the very western edge of the building). As currently designed, the Golden Peak House redevelopment is proposing to encroach into View Corridor No. 1 as follows: The eastern portion of the structure would encroach approximately 3 feet. The central portion of the redeveloped building's encroachment would range from approximately 4 to 17 feet (elevator tower). The extent of the western portion's encroachment into the View Corridor would range from approximately 9 to 13 feet. When reviewing the view corridor encroachment request, staff believes that it is important to analyze, or visualize, the request in three dimensions. The proposal would encroach further into the view corridor, versus the existing building, in some areas. However, due to the design of the structure, with much of the upper level mass shifted to the rear (or south), the perception of the encroachment from the public spaces adjacent to the building, would actually be less than that of the existing building's encroachment. View Corridor fVo. 2, the view between the Golden Peak House and the Hill Building, (skier access to Vista Bahn area) will not be impacted by the redevelopment. C. ~ev6ew Criteria for the !liew Corridor Encroachment The review criteria for the View Corridor Encroachment request are as follows: "No encroachment into an existing view corridor shall be permitted unless the applicant demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the encroachment meets all of the following criteria": 9. 5~hat the Biterai enforcement of Section 18.73.030 would preclude a reasonable dedelopment of a proposed structure on the applicant's iand. The staff has extensively reviewed the applicant's request for an encroachment into View Corridor #1. We have weighed the pros and cons of the request and we should point out that, as with any view corridor encroachment request, it is not an exact science in the determination of whether to support, or to not support, an encroachment. There are numerous variables, and it should be noted that the review of a view corridor encroachment is not like the review of a request for additional density or GRFA, as one cannot simply run numbers to determine acceptable levels. With regard to the Golden Peak House, understanding that many of the Town's Master Plans promote the 25 redevelopment of the site, and also understanding the ownership issues related to the building, the staff believes that the strict and literal enforcement of this section of the Town's regulations would preclude a reasonable development on the site. 2. That the development of the structure proposed by the applicant would not be such as to defeat the purposes of this Chapter. The staff feels that the purpose and intent of the View Corridor Ordinance is extremely important to the protection of certain views and vistas in the 'Town. Again, we have very carefully reviewed the applicant's request to encroach into View Corridor #1 and we believe that the applicant's proposal would not defeat the purposes of this chapter, as specifically outlined above. We do not believe that the proposed redevelopment of the Golden Peak House would negatively effect the protection and perpetuation of View Corridor #1, nor would it negatively effect the amount of natural light to buildings and to public spaces in the vicinity of the structure, nor would it negatively effect or modify the views of established._focal points. Staff believes that the project would actually open up more views, from the Seibert Circle area, of the immediate ski runs. This is primarily .due to the removal of the butterfly roof form, which currently projects out in an east and west direction and blocks views of the mountain. 3. That the development proposed by the applicant would not be detrimental to the enjoyment of public pedestrian areas, public ways, public spaces, or public views. The staff is of the opinion that the proposed redevelopment of the Golden Peak House would not be detrimental to the enjoyment of the adjacent public pedestrian areas and public spaces and views. We feel that the applicants have done a very good job of modifying and redesigning the building so that views of the Riva ski run, when viewed from the Bridge Street area, would continue to be visible.- In fact, with the elimination of the existing butterfly roof, more views of the immediate mountain would be opened up from the upper Bridge Street and Seibert Circle areas. 4. That the development proposed by the applicant complies with the applicable elements of the Vail Land Use Pian, Town Policies, Urban Design Guide Plans, and other adopted master plans. The staff believes that the proposed redevelopment of the Golden Peak House generally complies with the applicable elements of the above-mentioned Master Plans. We feel that Sub-Area Concept #3-2, of the.Vail Village Master Plan, is applicable to this criteria. This concept identifies the "building's gross inconsistency with the Urban Design Guide Plan and neighboring buildings, and has identified it as a primary renovation site." Staff agrees that the Golden Peak House building is unique, due to its degree of nonconformance. We 26 believe that the fact that this project is specifically called out as a prime site for redevelopment and our opinion that the new design brings the project into more conformance with the Village Design Guidelines serves to distinguish this proposal from other future view corridor encroachment requests. In summary, we feel that the project's relationship to the Comprehensive Plan issues have been, discussed in depth under the SDD review criteria listed above. 5. That the proposed structure will not diminish the integrity or quality nor compromise the original purpose of the preserved view. The original purpose of View Corridor #1, with its vantage point located at the central stairway of the Village Transportation Center, is to frame the Rucksack and Clock Tower, with the mountain and ski area located Qehind the Town. From the viewpoint, the Golden Peak House is nearly imperceptible. In the staff's opinion, the proposed modifications to View Corridor #1, as viewed from the viewpoint, would not diminish the integrity or quality, nor compromise the original purpose of this preserved view. As specifically stated in the View Corridor Ordinance, "the purpose of Viewpoint #1 is to protect the views of Vail Mountain, views of Vail Village, and to maintain the prominence and views of the Clock Tower and Rucksack Tower as seen from the central staircase of the Transportation Center." ~3t;. STAFF REC®i1fllNiEi~l®ATB®FB The staff recommends approva@ of the applicant's requests. These requests include a request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a request for a Commercial Core I exterior alteration, a request to encroach into View Corridor iVo. 1, a request for a rezoning and a request for a minor subdivision. We find that the redevelopment proposal, over the course.of 11 PEC work sessions and approximately 2 years of review, has developed into one which is in compliance with the objectives and purpose section of the SDD zone district as well as the other Comprehensive Plan elements described in detail above. The staff's recommendation of approval is based on our understanding that the following are included in the redevelopment: 1. That prior to the Town's issuance of a Building Permit for the redevelopment project,. the developer will provide two off-site, two-bedroom, permanently restricted employee housing units. Each unit shall be a minimum of 700 square feet in size. The units shall meet the Town of Vail Housing Ordinance requirements. 2. That prior to the Town's issuance of a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy for the redevelopment project, the developer will deed restrict two three-bedroom dwelling units (Units 201 and. 401) to be included in the Golden Peak House short-term rental pool, at all times. when they are not occupied by the owner or his guests. 27 3. That prior to the Town's issuance of a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy for the redevelopment project, the developer will contribute $10,000.00 towards the redesign and redevelopment of Seibert Circle. 4. That prior to the Town's issuance of a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy for the redevelopment project, the applicant, or Vail Associates (co-applicant), will dedicate open space to the Town. It was agreed that the open space area would be an equivalent amount, when compared to the amount of floor area proposed to be located in the "overhang and deck" easements. It was suggested that the Mill Creek stream tract or the Pirate Ship Park area of Tract E be dedicated as permanent open- space. The staff's recomrr~endation for approval does not include the applicant's request to add a retractable enclosure over a portion of~the Los Amigos outdoor dining deck. We believe that the applicants have done a very good job of redesigning the building to reduce the mass and bulk and we feel that this enclosure, over approximately one-half of the outdoor dining deck, would only add to the mass and bulk of the structure. Further, we strongly believe that an outdoor dining experience is what many visitors to Vail desire, and we seriously question the use of a retractable cover and enclosure in respect to the Design Criteria for CCI. In addition to the above, the staff recommendation for approval carries with it the following conditions: 1. That prior to the Town's issuance of a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy for the redevelopment project, the applicant agree to restrict, and place into the short-term rental pool, the lock-offs associated with Units 305 and 306. 2. That the pedestrian arcade (which was originally proposed over the first floor retail windows on the north elevation), and that the original ground floor plan, which does not include the curved retail windows along the eastern portion of the building, be added back into the design. 3. That the applicant further articulate the first floor "retail windows", by adding divided lights. 4. That the applicant lower the roof form over the main entry. 5. That the applicant utilize a shake roof on the building. 6. That the applicant contribute a total of $32,000 towards the redevelopment of Seibert Circle. 7. That prior to the Town's issuance of a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy for the redevelopment project, the applicant restrict the two new accommodation units, so that in the future, they cannot be converted into dwelling units via the Condominium Conversion section of the Subdivision Regulations. c:\pecUnem os\goldpeak. fin 28 Golden Peak House Sauare Footaae Analysis existing Conditions Commercial Common GRFA Office Basement Level: 1,932 2,460 0 0 Ground Floor: 3,963 1,237 0 292 Second, Floor: 1,301 1,332 2,466 168 ; Third Floor: 0 1,480 3,749 ~ 0 Fourth Floor: 0 118 2,743 0 Totals: 7,196 6,627 8,958 460 Total square footage (gross area) = 23,241 sq. ft. I~roposed Conditions Commercial Common GRFA Office Basement Level: 5,270 1,652 0 122 Ground Floor: 6,094 993 0 0 Second Floor: 2,667 1,358 2,577 0 Third Floor: 0 765 5,272 0 Fourth Floor: 0 626 5,243 0 Fifth Floor: 0 42 2.763 0 Totals: 14,031 5,436 15,855 122 Total square footage (gross area) = 35,444 sq. ft. 29 Golden Peak House Dwellina Unit Analysis Existina: DU AU Basement Level: 0 0 Ground Floor: 0 0 Second Floor: 8 0 Third Floor: 8 0 Fourth Floor: 2 0 Totals: 18 0 = 18 DUs Proposed: DU AU Lock-off Basement Level 0 0 0 Ground Floor: 0 0 0 Second Floor: 3 0 1 Third Floor: 6 2 2 Fourth Floor: 4 0 0 Fifth Floor: 1 0 0 Totals: 14 2 3 Note: 2 Aus = 1 DU dotal DUs o 15 ' 30 Golden Peak House Parking/Loading Analysis Existing Conditions -Required Parkina Spaces Coadina Berths Retail Commercial/Restaurant 23.25 1 Residential ~ 30.00 1 Office 1.84 0 TOTALS: 55.09 2 (minus 1 for multiple use credit)=1 berth required Proposed Conditions -Required Parkina Spaces Loadina Berths Retail Commercial/Restaurant 41.699 1 Residential 27.923 1 Office 0.488 0 TOTALS: 70.11 2 (minus 1 for multiple use credit)=1 berth required 31 i ' 4 'RED' LION INN ONDOMINIUM fl ' ~ : ~ a # ~-~I / 2 U hIE a ''I~. 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' t~~ \i.~6. i5 •.r r ";~~~~~,~,--•'r / h~ p ~Y~ •r'' J,L _ _ ; r: _ ; - D ";J r'; i G ~~l l~rr C ~ • -rig N-~'-~"T``. ~ „ ~~i~, ~ - c~:~ L )lam - ~ ~//a ~ f - . - ~/IEW ~~R®~A FRIDGE S1'REE1° - 1' ~ J_ 3. • r • ~~'i.. .t~r-~ r ..t~ 1~~.' . il:.~^C-tel. o!; . r _ r"; a 1. ";;;<v-vit.:.-7•. _.:~..c. t•~ - ~ ~u'.1 ,~;,i'1_... • ..ivi: •4:.;,;' aT~. ~S,r ~ ~ a• ~-'o3Ac.:~-•:;~•.. *.:i r_i^ ac, ~rC1' ~,'~f c.';;~_,'"~^i L~'G;,e t:,,,s:':'- r ~ V-! r,~-tiles _ ~.t•~~... _ ..i_ ~r~e~j~~.r~ e,:~,~5`:_~~,.`~.....'q~- _ ~.'~~..~,Sr?a/1C''~a~ •1 EMPIAYAiENT GENERATION RATES EXHIBIT A SUGGESTED EAg'LOYA'IENT CATEGORIES AND RANGES FOR VAIL EXPRESSED AS EAiPLOYEES PER 1000 SQUARE FEET RRC RESEARCH OVERALL SUGGESTED AVERAGES RANGE Bar/Restaurant 5.7/1000 s.f. 5-8/1000 s.f. Retail and Service Commercial 5.9/1000 5-8/1000 I Retail: Grocery/Liquor/Convenience 1.8/1000 1.5-3/1000 Office: • Real Estate 7.6/1000 6-9/1000 Office: Financial + 3.1/1000 2.5-4/1000 Office: Professional/Other I 6.6/1000 S-8/1000 Conference Center ~ 1VA 1/1000 Health Club ~ ~ 1VA 1-1.5/1000 Lodgings I 1.3/room .25-1.25/room I Local Government I 6.5/1000 5-8/1000 Construction (Offices, Interior Storage, etc.) 10.6/1000 9-13/1000 Multi-Family N/A 0.4/unit Single Family ~ N/A 0.2/unit Other: To be determined through the SDD ~ ' process, upon submission of adequate documentation and a review of the application materials. Lodging/accommodations has particularly large variation of employees per room, depending upon factors such as size of facility and level of servicelsupport facilities and amenities provided. The standards present a wide range of employment, but it is anticipated that a definitive report will be submitted by each lodging property requesting an expansion, which would then be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. ROSAL%. REA•AiEtd CARES PAGE 6 EXHIBIT B SUBDIVISIONS C. Plans and descriptions showing how the following will be performed: 1. All site work shall be brought up to current town standards unless a variance therefrom is granted to the applicant by the town council in accordance with the variance procedures of this Title 17. The town council may, if it deems necessary, require additional parking facilities to meet requirements of owners and guests of the condominium units, 2. Corrections of violations cited in the condominium conversion report by the building inspector, 3. Condominium projects shall meet current Uniform Build- ing Code requirements for heat and fire detection devices and systems. (Ord. 29 (1983) § 1: Ord. 2 (1983) § t (part).) 17.26.075 Condominium conversion. Any applicant seeking to convert any accommodation unit within the town shall comply with the requirements of this section. The requirements contained in this section shall not apply to structures or buildings which contain two units or less. A. The requirements and restrictions herein contained shall be ' included in the condominium declaration for the project, and filed of record with the Eagle County clerk and recorder. The . condominium units created shall remain in the short term (Vail 11- t 5-83) 298-4 CONDOMINIUMS AND CONDOM1NIUh1 CONVERSIONS rental market to be used as temporary accommodations available to the general public. ~e/}scN I. An owners personal use of his or her unit shall be restricted to twenty eight days during the seasonal rzJz~ - ~/t period of December 24th to January lst and . February 1st to March 20th. This seasonal period is hereinafter referred to as "high season." "Owner's alt - 3lzo personal use" shall be defined as owner's occupancy of a unit or non-paying guest of the owner or taking the unit off of the rental market during the seasonal periods referred to herein for any reason other than for necessary repairs which cannot. be postponed or which may make the unit unrentable. Occupancy of a unit by a lodge manager or staff emoloved by the lodge, however, shall not be restricted by this sectigA 2. A violation of the owner's use restriction by a unit owner shall subject the owner to a daily assessment rate by the condominium association of three times a rate considered to be a reasonable daily rental rate for the unit at the time of the violation, which assessment when paid shall be common elements of the condominiums. All sums assessed against the owner for violation of the owner's personal use restriction and unpaid shall constitute a lien for the benefit of the condominium association on that owner's unit, which lien shall be evidenced by written notice placed of record in the office of the clerk and recorder of Eagle County, Colorado, and which may be collected by foreclosure, on an owner's condominium unit by the association in like manner as a mortgage or deed of trust on real property. The condominium associa- tion's failure to enforce the owner's personal use restric- tionshall give tl~e town the right to enforce the restriction by the assessment and the lien provided for hereunder. If the town enforces the restriction, the town shall receive the funds collected as a result of such enforcement. In the event litigation results from the enforcement of the restriction, as part of its reward to the prevailing party, the court shall award such party its court costs together with reasonable attorney's fees incurred. . _ .298-5 ~ . SUBDIVISIONS ! 3. The town shall have the right to require from the condominium association an annual report of owner's personal use during the high seasons for all converted condominium units. 4. The converted lodge units shall not be used as permanent residences. l-'or the purposes of this section, a person shall be presumed to be a permanent resident if such person has resided in the unit for srx consecutive mont~~otwrlhstanding from lime to tin~c• c~i~rine such six montki ncr~ iod the person may briefl~+ dwell in other places. B. Any lodge located within the town which has converted accommodation units to condominiums shall continue to provide customary lodge facilities and services including a customary marketing program. C. The converted condominium units shall remain available to the general tourist market. If unsold thirty days after recording of the condominium map, the unsold con- verted condominiums shall be required to be furnished and made. available to the general tourist market within ninety days after the date of recording of the condo- . minium map. This requirement may be met by inclusion of the units of the condominium project at comparable rates, in any local reservation system for the rental of lodge or condominium units in the town. D. The common areas of any lodge with converted units shall remain common areas and be maintained in a manner consistent with its previous character. Any changes, allera- ' lions or renovations made to common areas shall not diminish the size or quality of the common areas. E. Any accommodation units that were utilized to provide housing Cor employees at any time during the three years previous to the date of the application shall remain as employee units for such duration as may be required by the planning and environmental commission or the town council. F. Applicability. All conditions set forth within this section shall be made binding on the applicant, the applicant's successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns and shall govern the property which is the subject of the application for the life • ; 298-6 . - - to ~ ! i If t~„ a----- ~ s `:r , . ~ ` t, ~ ~ ~ ~ { 1 1 t <z: x ypll®/l f~i i ~'~Y f e e t a. t e r ~S kk, {I Y 'S' ~ r a 'i C ' k t. I t l x I } - - ~ 1 ' ~ i i _ ' f .-i. I i t ~ - . f.... .t . _ ~S ~ ~~;1 ~ t - t r { `3 1 ~ Y 1 r t S 7' 6 1 f L, ~ T f 3 / f 1' a. T. „ _ Jf x 1 , 1 . ' 'S: , R I - j, j:}:'. a •.5,; . ~ . ~ ~ a-t {~iv cL ~ lie n ~"~x f ~ti~ 5 pate C.re,~, ?it.r~.ed b-J A.i., r~ tc ~ ~y,LS SPRADDLE CREEK SUBDIVISION B & B EXCAVATING -PROJECT SCHEDULE MAJOR ITEMS 1993 / 94 -REVISED (10/8/93 1 CIA'; A; 3~A ~3P~'!~~,T~: ' At>`€~UAL NO. i DESCRIPTION ~ .JUNE JULY AUG SEPT ~ ~ OCT NOV APR94 MAY94 JUNE94 I I~ 1 I MOBILIZATION I I-- 2 CLEAR & GRUB 3 1 FRONTAGE RD IMPROV 4 SANITARY SEWER I I ' I i 5 HIGHWAY BORE I ~ + _ 6 WATER LINES I I I 7 BOOSTER PUMP STATION I I I C I I I 8 WATER TANK I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 9 I STORM DRAINS I I I ~ ~ I_ I I I_ i ~ I 10 GRADING & EMBANKMENT I 11 RETAINING WALLS I 12 (ROAD SHAPING & GRAVEL I I i ~ I I I I I l i I I I I I I 13 GUARD RAILS II I~ ` II ~ I 14• CONCRETE CURBS I I I ~ I I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I __s 15' .1ST LIFT ASPHALT SURFACE I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 16 LANDSCAPE I I I I I I I I I 17 (HOLY CROSS 18 1 uS WEST ( I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 19 I TCI CABLE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I _ I I I l l f l I I I I I I I 20 (PUBLIC SERVICE I ( I I I I I I I I I I I I I I III ~ (These items will be performed es weather permits I I I I I I I I I~ I I I I I I I ASSUMPTIONS 9 . On site material is suitable for wall back fill and embankments. 2. No onsite crushing required. 3. A temporary arrangement can be reached to avoid stable traffic thru the work area. NOTE 1. All projections are based upon the weather and timely approval of pay apps., permits and scheduling of materials & equipment. s i t e d t o b e h o l d / he forty acre parcel of Spraddle Creek d;~ ` ' , ~ ~ environmental impact and more naturally design a ~1 X • will be divided into fourteen unique lots, each - , :w, ~ ~ t ~t' ~ ~a,' }i +ao - 7 ~ ~ ~ ? community that is on the edge of wilderness. The land is ( it ~ - ~ .Y ~ r Y f , A 1 _"'7~"''I =I~ A ~ ~ lr ~ } «~ith its own character. All hate lar e stands of alien ~ ~ ` : ~ ~ g ~ } ~ r ~~r ~ r~ ~t. ~ 4'~" ~ ~ a mixture of steep hillsides and grassy meadows, many ~ e tf, . trees and the predominant southern exposure provides ~ F~t:`w~ r~' ~ 1 l ~ .k ,'y~,f, ~ with sprawling stands of quaking aspens, cottonwoods r ' ~ , . P ~ ~ a a ~ 'fin ~ ~ ! hreathtaking views of Vail Mountain. The buildin ' ~ ~ ^l~`'~~ ~ t a `~y and a variety of incl. The carefull scut ted roads and ~ ~ ~ s~. p,.:, envelopes themselves are designed to maintain ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ' r r wt_ . s~ ~ , ,,,~i; driveways will contour the terrain and extensive , , ~ ~ vex . ,~~r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ `ry," ~ ~r: r . landscaping has been designed to alleviate the evidence of ~ ~ ii ~ ' ~ J ~ ~ : ti ..r. ~ ~ „ construction. -34 E ~ . ~ ~ ,rye;,' ~ ~ P' . o ~~wv ~ 4 J(j ~ ~ ~ 1w y by The Spraddle Creek development backs up to 4 ; ~ /i. 7 ~ 1 t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ Y r~~ ~ rr ~ ~ ~ _ i ~ fit" ` ° " ! ~ ~ ~"~'~Y hundreds of square miles of US Forest Service land with li { ~ ~ ~ a y+lr~s 'fyYSl} _ '~,+J4 i ~ 9,u,~.P, . i 1 . ~ trr , ~ -k, "F ~F s ~ ~ , - ~ ~ `t e ~ ~ ~ hiking and horseback riding trails that are marked and ~ .~f( ~ ~ x; fir?. maintained. Day hikes to high elevation lakes that reflect f ;fir i ~ i, ~ _ _ _y~;:= ~i ';."~.~'i."l~s ~ r g~ unobstructed views and maximize privacy. Sizes of lots ~ ~ ~ k'*~.~ r , 4 ~ the spectacular jagged peaks of the Gore Range are right A Spraddle Creek r ` range from 3/4 to 6 acres. : : ~ ~f~2 ~ ~~.r~ ~ ~ outside the door. ]t is certainly one of America's most .'Y~l,. Vail Exit ~ Natural sensitivity. Over three years of careful study , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ treasured mountain areas both in winter and summer. 1•IO and planning by engineers and environmental and These fourteen homesites will behold one other Vail Village government agencies has assured a sensitive integration of unique attribute -they are all within walking distance of development and setting. The intent is to minimize Vista Bahn the clock tower. i p~~ t a n d p r e s e n t a v ~ o raddle Creek Estates is becomin a realit under the leadership of Franco nce a part of the Hanson Ranch, known today as Vail Village, Spraddle Creek p g y in its history has been known only as a location for a Forest Ranger Station and D'Agostino. He and his construction associates are major builders of public works a more recent horseback riding stable. Primarily the area is known ; ~ projects in countries throughout North, Central and South America. Mr. D'Agostino is ~ 4, vn as a livery filled with wild animals, birds and occasional flocks of president and CEO of Dayco-Astaldi Construction Corporation of Florida who are proud grazing sheep that roam its slopes. It is this historical relevance "r`~~` ' of their leadership in the building of schools and residential communities in Dade, . and concern for the delicate environment that will drive the ~ ~ ~ ~ Broward, Orange and Lee counties. The architectural firm of Zehren ~ Associates will r,y~Yy~ "~'i conscientious effort to develop an area that is nature's home. coordinate the overall architectural character of Spraddle Creek Estates through design The design criteria are simply guidelines and will guidelines and regulations. Their success in the planning and development of Beaver t+~ ~ ~ a t~~~ i ~„z not hinder the creative ideas of individual owners but are Creek Resort supports their unmatched reputation in the Vail Valley. Together the r intended to enhance the entire community while keeping development team will implement the concept that they feel is the root of their success... { environmental impact in mind. These protective "engineering and development that is a complete service oriented toward building in , ~ _ covenants along with the Spraddle _ harmony with human life." ~`.r. _ Creek Homeowners Association will ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ °My lave far Vail has grown for Duet 17years visiting with my family and - ~ = ~ assure future quality, service and - - friends to enjoy not only the great skiing but all of the - f ' ~ - nature, actiuit_v and kind people thatgive this valley such presence maintenance. - - ~ ~ ' Vail -1960 - ~ ~t and personality. The Spraddle Creek project will encourage _ ~i . ~ _ an ongoing respect for the natural environment while providing ~ y homeowners with the finest quality of life that we can achieve. ft's 1 not surprising that Fm saving one lot for my new home." Franco D'Agostino, developer r~~r~l ften referred to as America's Favorite Ski Resort, Vail more than lives up to The preliminary designs for the proposed Gate House initiate the feeling and look for this claim with recognition as one of the finest alpine resorts Spraddle Creek Estates. The rooftops will harmonize with the landscape and rich stone in the world. Both in summer and winter the Vail Valley breathes ~ ~ ~1' ~ ~,~I and woods indigenous to the area will complement the Spraddle Creek style. A great i healthy activity and a clean lifestyle into all who enjoy living and visiting ~ amount of effort will be addressed in the craftsmanship and detailing of each home there. The fresh mountain air, the cool ticaters of Gore Creek, the cobalt ' ~ ~ providing individuality and special expression. In the future Spraddle Creek Estates will blue sky and the wonderful people who reside in this valley create a !r' ~ uphold the finest private community standards - an effort that will provide our owners Yi% J:" with the very hest that this lifestyle can offer. ~r ,z ~~~::~--s.. 4 IS~ i' 11 '~}r 1, f~~_ fie, n,~ ~ 'VIII I A. t II r ~ ~ d w b ~ ~ ' ; - . 4 h~ ~ - „ ~k r ~ ~"'f z w~;, i , ; . [t is the vantage point of eagles who soar ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ ~ y~~ ~ti~~~ ~ ~ ~ ± ~4m+ ~~y ~ in quiet breezes below the crown of the majestic Gore peaks. Their perch ~ . ~ ~ carefully chosen to reveal the valley before r ~ y' them and the glory of its wilderness. Reveling in the solitude, serenity and igh on the north bank of the Vail Valley overlooking Vail Village and the ski scenic bliss they make their noble home. ~ slopes is the last private residential neighborhood to be developed in Vail, Colorado. Spraddle Creek Estates. Surrounded by US Forest Service land and bisected by ' the rushing stream for which it is named, this forty acre parcel is becoming fourteen homesites with unprecedented views of Vail Mountain. To the north the neighborhood backs up to wilderness and is protected by a tastefully appointed security entrance. e .r r a r ~ Spraddle Creek Estates are designed in harmony with nature to complement a lifestyle of Offered by Vail Associates Real Estate privilege, privacy and alpine elegance. These are truly "eite~~ to Gebnl~. " Post Office Box 7 Vail, Colorado 81658 303/479-2020 303/479-2029 Fax Panted on recycled paper. ~ o 0 S E~L,e~,~6tNI~Gi AI~® ERNiIIFi®R9i1AEl~~'Afl. C®IWAAISSI®B~ October 11, 1993 AGEiVDA fEroiect ®rientation/t.uncl~ ~ 91:00 a.nv. Site Visits 11:45 a.~. Payne Cornice Building Mountain Haus May Drivers: Andy, Jim and Shelly [Executive Sessioe~ 9:30 p.rv~. Public liea~'inc~ 2:00 p.m. 1. A request for the establishment of a Special Development District, a CCI exterior alteration, a minor subdivision, a zone change, and an encroachment into View Corridor IVo. 1 for the Golden Peak House, 278 Hanson Ranch Road/Lots .A, B, C, Block 2 and Tract E, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicants: Golden Peak House Condominium Assoc./Vail Associates, Inc./GPH Partners, Ltd./Margaritaville, Inc. Planner: Mike Mollica 2. A request for a fence height variance to allow for a fence to be constructed around a swimming pool at the May Residence located at 1119 Ptarmigan Road/Lot 6, and the east 1/2 of Lot 5, Block 5, Vail Village 7th Filing. Applicant: Paula May Planner: Shelly Mello 3. A request fora height variance to allow for dormers to be constructed at the Mountain Haus located at 262 East Meadow Drive/part of Tract B, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Mountain Haus Condominium Association Planner: Shelly Mello 1 4. A request for a worksession for a minor subdivision for Lot 1, Block 4, Vail Village 3rd Filing/381 Beaver Dam Circle. ~ . Applicant: Leo Payne Planner: Jim Curnutte 5. A request for a worksession to discuss the establishment of an SDD to allow the redevelopment of the Cornice Building and a request for a conditional use permit to allow the construction of three Type IV employee housing units, located at 362 Vail Valley Drive and more specifically described as follows: A part of Tract "B" and a part of Mill Creek Road, Vail Village, First Filing, County of Eagle, State of Colorado, more particularly described as follows: Commericing at the Northeast corner of Vail Village, First Filing; thence North 79°46'00" West along the Southerly line of U.S. Highway No. 6 a distance of 367.06 feet to the Northeast corner of said Traci "B"; thence South 10°14'00" West along the Easterly line of said Tract "B"; a distance of 198.31 feet to the Southeasterly corner of said Tract "B"; thence North 79°46'00" West along the Southerly line of said Tract "B" a distance of 100.00 feet to the true point of beginning thence North 09°10'07" West a distance of 41.67 feet; thence South 88°27'11" West a distance of 75.21 feet; thence South 27°13'37" East a distance of 77.37 feet; thence North 57°24'00" East a distance of 55.11 feet, more or less to the true point of beginning. Applicant: David Smith Planner: Jim Curnutte 6. A request for a rezoning from Agriculture Open Space to Low Density Multi-Family for . an unplatted parcel located between Tract C, Block 2, Vail Potato Patch and Parcel B for the purpose of allowing an employee housing development. Applicant: Vail Housing Authority Planner: Andy Knudtsen 7. A request for approval of the Cemetery Master Plan and Report, for the Town of Vail Cemetery to be constructed in the upper bench of Donovan Park. Applicant:. Town of Vail Planner: Andy Knudtsen TABLED TO OCTOBER 25, 1993 8. A request to relocate the helipad to the east end of the Ford Park parking lot located at 580 S. Frontage Road East/an unplatted parcel located between Vail Village 7th Filing and Vail Village 8th Filing and a portion of the I-70 right-of-way. Applicant: Vail Valley Medical Center Planner: Andy Knudtsen TABLED TO OCTOBER 25, 1995 2 9. A request for setback and site coverage variances to allow for a new residence on Lot 18, Block 7, Vail Village 1st Filing/325 Forest Road. Applicant: Timothy Drisko Planner: Andy Knudtsen TABLE® IN®EFINITEL~ 10. A request for an amendment to SDD #4, Area D, to allow an expansion to the Glen Lyon Office Building located at 1000 South Frontage Road West/Lot 45, Block K, Glen Lyon Subdivision. Applicant: Paul M. DeBoer, representing Calumet Federal Savings and Loan Planner: Shelly Mello TABLED INDEFINITELY 11. A request for a major exterior alteration in CCI, for an addition to the Cyranos Building, located at 298 Hanson Ranch Road/Lot C, Block 2, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Margretta B. Parks Planners: Mike Mollica APPLICATI®N VI/ITIi®RA~i/B~ 12. Approve minutes from September 27, 1993 PEC meeting. 13. Council update: Follow-up on Environmental Search Conference Budget Review for 1994 - Long Range Planning Projects - Update of 1986 Land Use Plan, 1994 Completion - West Vail Master Plan, 1995 Completion - Revisions to Design Guidelines, 1995 Completion - Lionshead Master Plan, 1995 Completion 3 r, t ;i. r _ ,~a pro yy ypg ® p ® pia ~e p ®~a~''68YC1 ~~tl~~®9 ®®Y'?f1® MF~~IItl®I`9 ®ctober 6, 1993 3:00 P.~. PROJECT ORIENTATION 11:30 a.an. - 1:00 p.uv~. SITE VISITS 1:00 p.an. - 3:00 p.aa~. 1. Kulvet - 884 Spruce Court. 2. Scott - 1150 Vail View Drive. 3. King - 1481 Aspen Grove Lane. 4. Directors Mortgage - 2077 North Frontage Road. 5. Vail Valley Mortgage - 2077 North Frontage Road West. 6. West Vail Inn - 2211 North Frontage Road West. 7. Wendy's - 2399 North Frontage Road. 8. Spruce Creek Townhomes - 1850 S. Frontage Road West. 9. Alderete - 1784 South Frontage Road. 10. KB Ranch - 660 Lionshead Place. 11. Lifthouse Condominiums - 555 West Lionshead Circle. 12. Mountain Bagels - 100 East Meadow Drive. 13. T Lame' - 100 East Meadow Drive. 14. Alfalfa's - 141 East Meadow Drive. 15. Hormel Foods - 1527 Vail Valley Drive. 16. Assenmacher - 4453 Glen Falls Lane. 17. Tuft - 4595 Bighorn Road, Unit 4. 18. Koplin - 4595 Bighorn Road, Unit 5. Drivers: Andy and Shelly AGENDA 3:00 P.M. 1. Tuft - Reroof. MM 4595 Bighorn Road (Woodridge Townhomes, Unit #5)/Lot 5, Block 1, Bighom 3rd Filing. Applicant: Charles Tuft MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 'fabled 4o I~odee~tbe~ 3, 1993. 2. Koplin - Reroof. MM 4595 Bighorn Road (Woodridge Townhomes, Unit #4)/Lot 5, Block 1, Bighorn 3rd Filing. Applicant: Ed Koplin MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Tabled to November 3, 1993. 3. Lifthouse Condominiums -Planter relocation. ~ JC/MM 555 West Lionshead Circle/Lot 3, Block 1, Vail Lionshead 1st Filing. Applicant: Pizza Bakery MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Consent approved with conditions. 4. King -Addition to existing single family residence. ~ JC/MM 1481 Aspen Grove Lane/Lot 1, Block 2, Lionsridge 4th Filing. Applicant: Bruce King MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Consent approved. 5. West Vail Inn -Exterior modifications. JC/AK 2211 North Frontage Road West/Lot 1, Block A, Vail Das Schone, 3rd Filing. Applicant: REAUT Corporation MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Approved with conditions. 6. KB Ranch Marquee -New marquee and sign. AK 660 Lionshead Place/Lot 1, Vail Lionshead. Applicant: Mike Burgermeister MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne .VOTE: 5-0 Consent approved with conditions. 2 7. UVendy's -New exterior lighting. AK 2399 North Frontage Road/An unplatted parcel between Lot 12, Block B, Vail Das Schone 1st Filing and Tract B. Applicant: Jim Simons MOTION: Arnett . SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Tabled to I~overnber 3, 1993. 8. Hormel FoodsNail Valley Drive Condominiums -Breakfast room renovation. JC/AK 1527 Vail Valley Drive, Lot 10, Block 3, Vail Valley 1st Filing Applicant: Hormel Foods Corp./Morter Architects MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Tabled to ®ctober 20, 1993. 9. Kulvet -New landscaping and fence. AK 884 Spruce Court/Lot 10, Vail Village 9th Filing. Applicant: Chai Kulvet MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Approved with condlitions. 10. Directors Mortgage -New sign. SM 2077 North Frontage .RoadlLot 39, Buffer Creek Subdivision. Applicant: High Tech Signs MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Brainerd VOTE: 5-0 Approded $o ~a4ch euisting sins. 11. Vail Valley Mortgage Center -New sign. JC/SM 2077 North Frontage Road ~11est/Lot 39, Buffer Creek Subdivision. Applicant: High Tech Signs MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Approved with conditions. 3 12. T Lame' -Color change and awning. SM 100 East Meadow Drive (Vail Village Inn)/Lot P, Block 5-D, Vail Village 1st F=iling. Applicant: Terry Lame' MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Brainerd VOTE: 5-0 Approved as submitted. 13. Mountain Bagels -Sign and awning. SM 100 East Meadow Drive, Vail Village Inn Plaza Building Applicant: Mountain Bagels, Inc. MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to October 20, 1993. 14. Spruce Creek Townhomes, Phase 111 -New single family. - AK 1850 S. Frontage Road West/Lot 6, Spruce Creek Townhomes, Phase III. Applicant: Michael Lauterbach MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to October 20, 1993. 15. Alfalfa's -Exterior modifications. AK 141 E. Meadow Drive/Lot P, Block 5-D, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Hass Hassan MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Conceptual review only. - 16. Alderete -Building alterations, including new garage. SM 1784 South Frontage Road/Lot 3, Vail Village West 2nd Filing. Applicants: Mr. and Mrs. Alderete . MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled to October 20, 1993. 4 D 17. Scott -Building modifications. SM 1150 Vail View Drive (Casolar II)/A part of Lot A, Block A, Lionsridge 1st Filing. Applicant: Russell Scott MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 E~etaiP~ing walls approved -building modifications tabled to ®ctober 20, X993. 18. Lampe -Site improvements. SM 2328 Garmisch Drive/Lots 13 and 14, Block G, Vail das Schone 2nd Filing. Applicant: Annemarie Lampe MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Stairway and split rail fence approved - no site improvements approved. 19. Assenmacher -Landscape modification. SM 4453 Glen Falls Lane/Lot 5, Forest Glen Subdivision. Applicant: Gerhard Assenmacher MOTION: Arnett SECOND: Borne VOTE: 5-0 Consen$ approved wi$h $he condition that two large evergreen trees on creek be saved. 20. White -New single family residence. AK 1283 Lionsridge Loop/Lot 4, Block 3, Lionsridge 3rd Filing. Applicant: Kenneth White MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: ~rojec$ s$aff approved a$ $he ®RS's direc$ion on September 95, X993. 21. Gold Peak Ski Base -Bus-stop realignment and parking lot expansion AK 458 Vail Valley DrivelTract F, Vail Valley 5th Filing. Applicant: Vail Associates MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled indefinitely. 5 r 22. Manor Vail -New sign. AK 595 Vail Valley Drive/Part of Vail Village 7th Filing. Applicant: Manor Vail Condominium Association MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Tabled indefinitely. 23. Brown -Addition of 100 square feet. AK 5020 Main Gore Place, Unit H-2/Gore Creek Meadow Subdivision. Applicants: Joe and Suzanne Brown MOTION: SECOND: VOTE: Application withdrawn. MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT Mike Arnett Bob Borne Sally Brainerd George Lamb Diana Donovan (PEC) STAFF APPROVALS Ray -Revision to the shape of the deck. 1454 Greenhill Court/Lot 1, Glen Lyon Subdivision. Applicant: Duane Piper Benson/Hicks -Site improvements. 332 Beaver Dam Circle/Lot 6, Block 3, Vail Village 3rd Filing. Applicant: Bruce Benson and David Hicks Metzger -Replace cedar shakes with asphalt shingles. 1820 Sierra Trail/Lot 26, Vail Village West 1st Filing. ' Applicants: Ron and Doris Metrger Public Service of Colorado -Placement of a valve set for a new 12" gas line. Cascade Crossing. Applicant: Public Service of Colorado 6 D Vail Village Inn -Restaurant space on southwest corner (formerly Blano's) now New York Bagel Shop. 100 East Meadow Drive/Vail Village Inn. Applicant: New York Bagel Shop Vail Village Inn Food and Deli -Minor exterior changes. 100 East Meadow Drive/Vail Village Inn, Phase IV. Applicant: Don Woods Siegesmund -Two new windows. 4542 Streamside Circle East/Lot 16, Bighorn 4th Addition. Applicant: Jack Siegesmund Pineridge Townhouses -Repaint six buildings. 2195 - 2199 Chamonix Lane/Lots 2, 3, and 4, Vail Heights Subdivision. Applicant: Pineridge Townhouse Homeowners Association Lionsmane II Condominiums -Rebuild three existing third story decks and put enclosure fence around dumpster. 1063 Vail View Drive/Lot A5-11, Block A, Lion's Ridge Subdivision 1st Filing. Applicant: Ronald Grimm Boyd/Steadly Duplex -Repaint. 4799 East Meadow Drive/Lot 19, Block 5, Bighorn 5th Addition. Applicants: Roger Boyd and Katrina Steadly Webster -Change to approved plans. 201 Gore Creek Drive/Lot 7, Vail Valley 3rd Filing. Applicant: George Webster The Daily Grind -New menu box. 288 Bridge Street/Lot B, Block 5-A, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Chris Chantler Cashmere and Cotton -Window alteration. Crossroads Mall/Lot P, Block 5-D, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Anita Galgan Apollo Park - Reroof of two buildings; lighting changes. 442 South Frontage RoadlTract D, Vail Village 5th Filing. . Applicant: Apollo Park at Vail Riva Ridge South -Exterior modification. 225 Willow Road/Lot 7, Block 6, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Riva South Condominium Association 7 Holiday Decoration - 7 foot tall snowman. Vail Golf Course/Unplatted parcel. Applicant: Town of VailNail Recreation District Indian Paint Brush -New sign. Sitzmark Building/part of Block 5D, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Jorge A. Navas Urano -Addition. 5033 Snowshoe Lane/Lot 25, Vail Meadows 1st Filing. Applicant: Mr. Urano Salad Garden -New sign. 292 E. Meadow Drive/Part of Block 5, Vail Village 1st Filing. Applicant: Scott Medsker Brown -Hot tub. 4000 Meadow Drive, #15/Lot 15, Riverbend Condominiums. Applicant: Milton Brown Schabacker -Interior addition. 3015 Booth Falls Road/Lot 16, Block 1, Vail Village 13th Filing. Applicant: John Schabacker Coldstream Condominiums -Addition of keystone walls. 1476 Westhaven Drive/Lot 53, Glen Lyon Subdivision. Applicant: Coldstream Condominium Association Evans/Smith -Change to approved plan. 4840 Meadow Lane/Lot 2, Block 6, Bighorn Subdivision 5th Addition. Applicants: Robert Evans and Jeff Smith Testwuide -Minor exterior changes. 898 Red Sandstone Circle/Lot 7, Vail Village 9th Filing. Applicants: Phillip and Janet Testwuide Sonnenalp $hop -Awning. 20 Vail Road, Sonnenalp (Swiss Chalet) Applicant: Johannes Faessler/John Landreth Johns - 250 addition for new bedroom and bath. AK 1770 Sunburst Drive, Unit 2/Lot 1, Sunburst Subdivision 3rd Filing. Applicant: Steve Johns 8 ~®U~~l VA9~ ,~P'®p'P~P~o Conveying Information to Constituenaes ~I~SI®19 ~ga~~1~1'~1~~ To help Vail residents, second home owners, merchants, and employees be aware of, understand, and better utilize Town of Vail programs, to better understand and comply with regulations, and to facilitate dialogue regarding issues. ®pe~°ati®nal ~®al~o Process Goal: To strategically plan and produce press releases on a regular basis. Process Goal: To interface daily with local and regional editors and reporters and continue development of positive relations with members of the media. Process Goal: To program and maintain the Town of Vail Information Station, Channel 11. Process Goal: To write and produce regular public service announcements for local radio and television stations. Process Goal: To appear weekly, or arrange for weekly Town staff appearances, on TV 8's Good Morning Vail. Process Goal: To appear twice per season on Channel 5's Vail Valley Sunday. Process Goal: To give a community update on KSKE's morning show every other week. Process Goal:. To regularly host Channel 5's Guns & Hoses, the Vail Valley's first and only emergency services television show, written, produced arid directed by Town of Vail employees. Process Goal: To write, edit, layout and produce Dateline: Town of Vail community newsletter, sent three times per year to 9,000 residents, second home owners, and box holders. Process Goal: To design and produce issue oriented brochures, fliers, and other informational tools on regular basis. Process Goal: To write periodic newspaper columns for the Vail Trail, with frequency depending on issues at hand. Process Goal: To design and place local radio and newspaper advertising on an as-needed basis to further communicate TOV concerns or meetings. Process Goal: To organize periodic, issue specific public meetings and presentations to faclitate TOV's communication regarding issues and programs (i.e., Speak Up meetings three times per year). Process Goal: To arrange for and facilitate presentations to Rotary Club, Lionshead Merchants' Assoaation, Vail Associates, Vail Valley Board of Realtors, etc. as necessary. ~1~~$ U ~r®~Pa19~e Receiving Input and Views from Constituencies ~1~~1®!9 ~ga~~ll~~~~° To soliat and utilize public opinion in the ongoing decision making of the Town Council and Town of Vail staff; To faalitate Town Council and staff awareness.of local concerns and priorities in the goal of achieving effective representative government. ~apa~l®~al ~®also Process Goal: To organize and implement Community Speak-Up meetings, a series of three consecutive weekly meetings held three times per year in various Vail locations. To maintain an attendance of at least fifteen residents at each meeting. Process Goal: To produce, distribute, and track Resident Input Cards. Distribution should be accomplished via community newsletter and via racks posted throughout the community. the Town will strive to ultimately receive fifteen percent of the cards distributed from residents and respond to each within two weeks of arrival at the Town offices. Process Goal: To design, produce and implement bi-annual community surveys, focus groups, and a random phone survey of 150 residents. The Town will strive to ultimately include ten percent of the residents, second home owners, and merchants in this process. Process Goal: To organize public forums on as necessary basis for receiving feedback on specific issues or challenges. ®H~lU~1 994 ~ ~ ~r® r~ Strategic Planning/Consistency of Overall TOV Message . i~P~~l®rf ~~a~~~9~P9~o To utili2e a public relations perspective in the decision making process and to.incorporate public relations elements into short and long range planning; To help project an accurate, consistent, and effective message to Vail residents, second home owners, merchants, and employees. ®~era~i®~~1 ~®al~° Process Goal: To serve as a part of the Town of Vail management team, which meets weekly to discuss priorities, projects, and overall efforts. Process Goal: To be involved in strategic planning, goal setting, and budget meetings at both the Town Council and department levels. Process Goal: To communicate on a regular basis with Town Council, management, and department heads to facilitate consistency of overall message. . TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET . ~p®pp~11~o Assistance to Departments with Communication Efforts ~issi®~' ~l}aferr~engo To facilitate accurate, consistent and effective public information. To assist both the community relations officer and the departments in advertising TOV programs, issues, and concerns. ®pe~a~i®r~al ~®a~so Process Goal: To attend weekly Town of Vail staff meetings. Process Goal: To serve as a part of the Town of Vail management team, which meets weekly to discuss priorities, projects, and overall efforts. Process Goal: To be involved in strategic planning, goal setting, and budget meetings at both the Town Council and department levels. Process Goal: To be available and communicate on a regular basis with Town Council, management, and department heads to facilitate consistency of overall message. n ~ C,6~U~t~N.I.C. L T®WN ®F VAgL Input/Inquiry Response Record The attached comments were recently received by the Town of Vail. We encouxage Vail residents and guests to give us such input and we strive for timely responses. PLEASE ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS WITHIN FIVE WORIQNG DAYS AND RETURN THIS COMPLr.1 rli FORM TO PAM BRANDNZEYER. DEPARTMENT TO HANDLE 1NQUIIZY G•-~~~y INDIVIDUAL TO HANDLE 11VQUIIZY ~bJC DATE TOV RECEIVID INPUT/INQUIRY / b • !c • ~3 TYPE OF INPUT/1NQUIIZY: PHONE CALL (indicate date) ~ LETTER (attached) t~ /~~et~lL~-L. ~i ~ ~ c ~f . RESPONSE CARD (attached) TYPE OF RESPONSE (check one1: LETTER (attach copy) PHONE CALL (indicate date) BRIEF SUMMARY OF RESPONSE OR ANSWER TO 1NQUIRY: DATE OF RESPONSE FORM RETURNED BY DEPARTMENT TO PAM BRANDNIEYER: A mpy of this inquiry and form will remain on file at the TOV Community Relations office. As soon as this form is returned to Pam Brandmeyer, this inquiry will be considered closed. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIMELY HANDLING OF THIS ISSUE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT PAM BRANDMEYER AT 479-2113. ~ ..././~~\v.. r. tt-.y •s~~'. r~ v. a \J a .e~....rn:Yri:f~. -nr F,~ix~lf.,`.A°X~~kMCK'14!a.~i~d Mhw ~~..s....... ,i ; a ~ ~ ~ a~ F.:~` ~c~5 ~ ~ . ~ ~QW~ 117 ~OWIy ~UIVv~ ~ . C~ ~l(~~7 1 _ . . September 29, 1993 fRfaCEf1~~D : a i993 Laura Robinson P.O. Box 1025 Minturn, CO 81645 Vail Town Council 75 S. Frontage Road Vail, CO 81657 REe Vail Public Library To Whom It May Concern: I am writing because I believe that at least the following two policies of the Vail Public Library are unnecessary inconveniencesa . 1. requirement of lease or Eagle County Driver°s license as proof of residence 2. requirement that a person must have his or her library card for more than six months before he or she is allowed to check out more than three books 1. A Colorado Driver°s License and a legitimate local street address should be adequate for a library card. I moved to the Vail Valley in November,. 1992. I attempted to qet a Vail library card, but was denied because a Boulder driver°s license and local Vail street address were not good enough. Because of my unique living situation, I do not have a lease. I eventually was able to replace my driver ° s license, and then I went back to get the card. I°m not sure what the Library°s goal is by this requirement. I imagine that it is to prevent the transient population from getting library cards, thereby protecting the local taxpayers° money. If this is the case, I question its validity and effectiveness. I doubt that there is a large number of people who want library cards who live here for less than six months, and, even if they do, I think they deserve, and / or should have the right, to have one. An expiration date on the cards may be a more effective solution for whatever problem the library is trying to correct, or for whatever interest it is trying to protect. Has Vail Public Library forgotten that it is supposed to be a P~TBL%C library? 2. The requirement that a person have a card for more than six months before he or she is allowed to check out more than three books is absolutely .ridiculous. When I finally received my card, I was under the impression I would be able to use it. Instead, I spent time finding research material for something I am working on a total of only seven books and was then informed that I could check out only three at a time. I was also informed that it would "be o.k. You only have three more weeks to go until you've had the card for six months." I believe a public library should be for public use and should do what it can to be convenient and helpful to its patrons, while balancing the tax payers' interests at the same time. Ever since I came in contact with the Vail Public Library it has been nothing but an inflexible inconvenience. The people have been friendly and the Library is beautiful, but what good are these assets if a person can't use the Library for its express purpose c~iecking out books? Please give this matter your attention. Sincerely, Laura K. Robinson Vail Valley Resident cc: Annie Fox Director, Vail Public Library h• y~py ~v gyp y ~~®Q Aa ~IC E/8S%d.d b 9 9 4 PROGRP~ ELTDGET TOw%T CLERK' S OFF'%CE Programs CEIVTRRL F'%LES Mission Statements To ensure access and retrieval of all Town of Vail records for use by staff and publico Operational Goalss Process Goalss 1) To file all documents within 5 days of receipto 2) To be able to provide documents requested 90~ of the time, within 24 hours of requests Outcome Measurements Documents and requests stamped in by date of receipt and response cards completed by staff/publico Future Oriented Goalss 1) Train all departments within the Town of Vail to forward - any original documents to the Town Clerk's Office for filingo Outcome Measurements 1) Documents requested will be provided 90~ of the time within 24 hours of requesto PrOQrams ELECT%O1~S Mission Statements To ensure the Town of Vail Municipal Election is held in accordance with the Colorado Municipal Election Code, as set forth in the Town of Vail Charter and Amendment #le Operational Goalss Process Goals To meet all requirements of the Colorado Municipal Election Code and Amendment #la Outcome Measurements Review election calendar to determine when and if all requirements were meto Customer Satisfaction Goals 75~ of the Town of Vail voting public will view .the election process as having been efficient, convenient, and user-friendlya Outcome Measurements Collection of random voter surveyso C:\IISERS\HOLLY\BUDGET\PAOGRAM.94 -2- PrOQramo Y,ICEYdSYAT(a o L%QUOR & SPECIPd%a EiIEtdTS Mission Statements To license pursuant to, and to enforce the rules and regulations of the Colorado Beer Code, Article 46, Title 12, C.R.S.; the Colorado Liquor Code, Article 47,. Title 12, C.R.S.; Colorado Special Events Permits, Article 48, Title 12, C.R.S.; and the Town of Vail Municipal Code. Operational Goalss Process Goals 1) To forward documents to the state liquor enforcement agency within 2 days of approval of the local licensing authorityo 2) To route for department signature, all special event applications by the Friday following receipt of application. Outcome Measurements Files are documented as to date and action taken. Customer Satisfaction Goals 75~ of the Town of Vail liquor license/special events applicants/holders will feel that they have been well informed and assisted by staff in completing and filing documents with the town and state licensing authoritiesa ' Outcome Measurements Collection of random surveys. C:~USERS~AOLLY~BUDGET~PROGRAM.94 -3- DE T ENT F P LICE ~~9 ~r®raxri ®utline I~s~~®~ 5ta~~~ento ~r~~vd~ ~ai~hes~ ~ualaty p®~i~~ seic~ ~~c~~~~°s~~~ with ®~c~° ~®nar~una TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET PROGRAYdTe POLICE ADMINISTRATION MISSION STATE1rtENTt To guide, direct, and manage the various functions within the Police Department to meet their missions and goals as efficiently and effectively as possible. OPERATIONAL GOALS° Process Goale Continue our strategic planning process to ensure completion of various components on time and through use of available resources. Outcome Measurement: Review the strategic planning assignments on a monthly basis to ensure compliance with assigned time lines. Ensure that available resources are sufficient to allow completion of assignments. Allow addition of items into the process to be sure the needs of the community and department are being anticipated and met. Process Goal: To provide an organizational culture which creates an atmosphere for the development of new and innovative approaches to providing police services and to encourage support for the philosophy of continuous improvement throughout the organization. Outcome Measurement: Encourage participation in the continuous improvement program by all members of the department and provide training as needed. Establish VIP teams within the department on appropriate issues in addition to TOV VIP teams. Assess results of the various team projects on an on-going basis. Process Goala Develop and administer the annual department budget to ensure that the necessary or desired services are adequately funded and that the necessary resources are available for their implementation .and operation. Outcome Measurement: Utilize those people in the organization who best know the needs to develop their respective budget requests, and empower appropriate supervisors to implement their budgets. Monitor on an on-going basis the results of this process. - Future Goalo Develop a community based team to assist the department in adjusting, adding or eliminating police services and programs to the community. This will allow the department to better ascertain that the programs and services we provide are valuable and/or necessary in the eyes of the community. This will also promote community °°buy-in1° into the department as a whole. Outcome Measuremento Establish benchmarks in various police services through citizen/satisfaction surveys and compare new surveys against the benchmark as time goes on. TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET PROGRAPq: POLICE PATROL ]MISSION STATEPRENT: To maintain adequate police patrol staffing levels to facilitate a real or perceived feeling of safety and security in the minds of our citizens and guests. OPERATIONAL GOALS: Process Goal: Provide preventative police patrol, whether via routine motor patrol, foot patrol, or bicycle patrol. This °1visibility" factor weighs heavily in peoples mind in their determination of how safe and secure they feel in the community - whether as a citizen or as a guest. Outcome Measurement: Through the use of our TOV community survey or police department survey, determine that the feeling of safety and security in the Town of Vail is stable or increasing. Process Goal: To protect the safety of the citizens and guests in Vail by enforcing state and municipal traffic laws in a fair and consistent manner as determined by citizen requests or where obvious problems are occurring. Outcome Measurement: Using our Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system we will record the number of requests for traffic enforcement and the amount of time spent in these areas. Customer Satisfaction Goal: Using 1993 as the base year, the number of citizen and guest complaints will be reduced by 25%. Process Goal: To protect the welfare and safety of our citizens and guests, and be of service to the entire Vail community, by responding to all requests for police service. Outcome Measurement: The Vail Police Department will respond to all 11emergency" calls within 3 minutes of notification and will respond to all non-emergency calls within 20 minutes of notification. If the non-emergency response time cannot be achieved within 20 minutes, the reporting party will be notified.of the delay within the same 20 minute time period. This °'response time°° is easily tracked via our CAD system. Future Goale Ensure that our manpower resources are adequate to provide for the delivery of all police services and programs as directed by councile Outcome Measuremento Do a yearly manpower analysis to monitor assigned time vso unassigned time and discuss with the Town Council each year> TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET PROGRAM: INVESTIGATIONS MISSION STATEMENT: Provide our customers with an efficient and effective follow-up to their initial crime reports, while maintaining a high clearance level of reported crime. OPERATIONAL GOALS: Process Goal: Assign two patrol officers to work 80~ or more of all follow-up investigations assigned back to p a t r of . This should allow for a quicker follow-up time frame and free up more time for the other patrol officers to become more visible and proactive in the community. Outcome Measurement: Via our CAD system we will be able to determine whether our goal of 80% or more of the cases are worked by these two officers and if we are indeed getting more non-assigned time for the remainder of patrol. Process Goal: Work in concert with hotel managers and our crime prevention officer through our Hotel Interdiction Program (HIP) in an effort to reduce the number of hotel crimes and to identify employees who may be responsible for these crimes. Outcome Measurement: Through the use of CAD and other record data bases track the reduction in the number of hotel crimes and the number of repeat offenders of hotel crimes. Future Goal: More effectively manage criminal investigations and intelligence information through computerization. Outcome Measurement: Investigate various software packages specializing in these type of functions and implement in 1994. TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET PROGRANte C12IME PRE~7ERTTIOPd/~utsLlC EDUCATION .~ATD Il'~FORA~ATIORT MISSION ST~iTEMENTs To enhance the skill and knowledge level of the community in the areas of public safety through the dissemination of information and education so as to allow the citizens to "help us help them". OPERATIONAL GOALS,: Process Goals Provide various forums allowing the dissemination of necessary information to the multitude of groups in the community requiring such knowledge. Outcome Measurements Monitor and track those groups to whom information is provided to and assess through surveys the relevance and importance of the information being delivered - making adjustments as dictated by group input, crime trends, etc. Topics Taraeted for Discussions Retail Security Seminarss credit card/check fraud, counterfeiting, shoplifting, internal theft, burglary prevention, robbery awareness, FAX Crime Alert School Programss drug/alcohol awareness, personal security, pedestrian safety Personal Securitys sexual assault prevention awareness, residential security, fraud awareness Process Goals Provide information as required or as requested to the various media sources to allow the community to get accurate and necessary information. Outcome Measurements All requests from the media will be responded to immediately and they will be provided with all information requested as allowed by records laws. Also, the media will be provided information by the Police Department where public safety, education, or awareness is of importance. TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET PROGRAMe POLYCE COMMUNICATIONS A1VD RECORDS MISSION STATEF~EMTo To provide professional emergency and non- emergency services to all who request or require them - through education, understanding, and commitment. OPERATIONAL GOALSe Process Goal: Provide public education on the soon to be installed Enhanced 9-1-1 system, especially in the areas 'of usage of the system and required response on the part of emergency services personnel. Outcome Measurement: With the implementation of E-9-1-1 comes a whole new era in the area of emergency services communications. This •system allow us to °1trap°° a call immediately upon receipt and identifies which emergency services responders have jurisdiction at that particular address. Also, an emergency services response is required to. any trapped call, whether or not the person hangs up, is disconnected, or denies the need for assistance. This change requires public education, a process we hope to complete 100% during 1994 via a multi-avenue process. Process Goal: Due to the relocation of the Communications Center in new space in the police expansion, personnel will be required to design, construct, and update communications furniture, equipment, etc. Outcome Measurement: Working with staff and technical personnel, a planning process needs 'to be developed and implemented to ensure a smooth transition during the relocation of the Communications Center to new space - anticipated for May of 1994. Future Goale The Colorado Bureau of Investigation anticipates that their new computer will be on line in 1994. This will allow us the ability to access new state and national data bases in a more timely and effective manner. Outcome Measurement: Working in concert with CBI, be prepared to tie into their new computer system - thereby allowing us access to the new technologies. Target 1994 as the year of transition and completion. Future Goala The expanding role of the Emergency Services dispatching responsibility is requiring the dispatcher to have a much higher level of knowledge relating to emergency medical informationo Outcome Measurement: By the end of 1994 all dispatchers will be certified. in the approved Emergency Medical Dispatch Program to enhance public safety and guard against TOV liabilitye TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET PROGRAP~[ o CODE EPd~'ORCEMENT MISSIORT STATEI~EPTTo To provide for necessary town wide traffic control to ensure a steady and continual flow of traffic, to provide assistance to those vehicles that need close-in parking in the core to help maintain as much of a pedestrian atmosphere as possible, and to develop a plan to bring all neighborhoods up to code standards through education and mutual goal setting. Orr.tcATIOATAL GOALS Process Goalo 1. To monitor traffic at the main 4-way intersection during all peak periods and take action when needed. 2. To increase traffic flow capacity over non-controlled times. 3. To have zero accidents at the 4-way stop while TOV personnel are directing traffic. Outcome Measurement: The yearly TOV Community Survey of locals, absentee owners and guests will be studied to determine success or failure in our traffic enforcement. Also, via our CAD system we can monitor the number of accidents at or near the 4-way. Process Goalo 1. To reduce the number of vehicles stopping at Check Point Charlie through better signage and eduction. 2. To make sure every vehicle in the Village loading zones has a valid permit and a need to be there. Outcome Measurement: Once a month we will record all vehicles in the Village loading zones without permits (keeping a record and stats). We will continue to track the number of vehicles that stop at Check Point Charlie. Also, in conjunction with CDOT and TOV Public Works, develop an enhanced signage program discouraging vehicles from entering the Village via Vail Road. Process Goalo 1. To respond to all code violations as quickly as possible and to resolve the problem in a way that satisfies the neighborhood and the Town standards. 2. To continue to bring the Matterhorn area up to Town of Vail standards through educational programs, observations and enforcement. 3. To develop a plan for every neighborhood based on their. own needs and expectations. Outcome Measurements The Police Department (Code Enforcement Division) will present its own survey to every neighborhood, rating its progress and finding out the future needs of each neighborhoodo TOWN OF VAIL 1994 BUDGET PROGRAMe POLICE CO%EISCATION F[TAfD MISSION STATEAYE]~T: Through the use of police seizure funds provide the community with an enhanced level of police services that is otherwise unavailable to the Police Department through annually appropriated general funds. OPERATIONAL GOALS: Process Goalo Provide the community with the ability to combat the problems associated with the distribution and use of illegal drugs by funding a full time position, with associated expenses, to coordinate programs with the High Country Task Force, DEA, FBI, the 5th Judicial .Drug Task Force, and other agencies as necessary. Outcome Measurement: Respond to all requests for assistance fromany law enforcement agency or task force who has information relative to illegal drug activity in Vail, evaluate various options to deal with the information, and where appropriate initiate legal means to investigate the information. Future Measurement: Evaluate the importance of this function measured against the magnitude of the "problem1°, desires of the Town Council, and community standards and expectations. Process Goal: Provide the Police and Fire Departments the cutting edge/state of the art computer system to allow for providing their services as efficiently., effectively, and safely as possible. Outcome Measurements Continually evaluate the current/future capabilities and needs of the system as it relates to meeting the goal, and enhance the systems with new software as necessary. Future Measurements Should the monies available in the Confiscation Fund not be able to sustain the maintenance and enhancement of the computer system, the Town Council, Fire Department, and Police Department will be required to seek alternative funding sources for this area. Process Goals Provide the Police Department with the ability to respond to those situations involving barricaded gunmen, hostages, dignitary protection, or those activities which are highly dangerous in natured Outcome Measurements Evaluate on an ongoing basis the capabilities of our Special Operations Group (SOG) to respond to these types of situations and provide training and equipment as necessarye ~ ~P~~AS~~~ ~9/ I~ GOAD CliilPAlZIS®l~ 1991 199 ~®ll~~~ ~IlS~aY~}~ ~n~~~Il~~~s 97,77 Il04,~Il~ ~'®~~ll cC~°Il~es ~~~®~°~~¢ll x,477 ~,~7® ~II'lt'~s~s ~~~®Il°~s 6,99 5,66 ~~~g~fl~ A~~n~e~~s ~9ll ~~7 ~II'~~lltC ~lltC~~~s 'd'~-~ff~Fn~ ~~1CIlflIlfllt~s ll,~~ Il,~7~ ~~tIl'~IlHIl~ ~'ll~~tE~s ~,~3~ ~Il~ll~~~~®~~Il°lls~ ~sslls~ x,86® ~,~~7 ~~~a~~Ilgy/I~uns~~ness/~~~° ~I~~~~ ~,68~ 3,fl~~ ~II'~1~~~~If'9s ~ll~ ~®~n~ ®~n A~~°n~~Il I~Ii~~n~~~~l l~~ ~~e~° 979 97~ ~Itt°llIl1CIl~ I~~°~e~~e~a$Il®~ ~ ~0~ 1i,®79 iF'®llIl®~~an~ IIHIl~~s~~~~~n®~ns ~,20~ a,®78 ~J~ ~ I~ CIZIIVIE 1ZEP®I~T) SA'1`~SPI'ICS I CItINIES fl99~ fl99~ a~a~n fl ~ Aug ~fl fan fl ~ ~u~ 3fl ~I® tC~aa~n~~ Q:II°llIIfllllfl'~a~ ~®Efl3fl~ll~~ ~9IlIi'Q~~II° ~®D'~fl~~~ ~a~~ fl fl~~o~® ~i'~~~, ~ a ~o~ ~IAgIL ~~I~E EP~IZ'1' ENT ~J~ ~gJNI~"~ ~IZII~IE IZE T) ST~'I'ITICS ~~~T II IVIES Il~93 Il~~~ .~a~n Il ° Aug 3Il e~a~ 1 ° A~~ 3Il °lo ~h~~~~ A.~°s®~n 4~ + fl0~.®® ~~-~~~1 Il~~ Il~~ ° Il~.~~ IE~nl~e~zeIl~~trn~ ~ ~~y°li~~~. ~~I[Il~~~flsH1TIl Il~® g~~ ° ~II'®s~ll~ll~$ll®ilIl ~ll~~ ~l~nns~ QUA®ll~~Il~~s T~~ IlIl~ Y®~ + ~.Il~ ®p~gan~n9 EC®~afl~~9 IE~~. ~ Il + 20®.~~ ~~~°I~a~n N~~~®~n~s ~~~ne~ N®trn°N~~°~®~~~s Il Il I~~ss~ssg®~n ° ~.Il~ ~~~n°~a~n I~t~~~®~Il~s ®~1~~~° N®~°N~~-~®~ll~s IlIl ~ ~`1~n~al~e~°s ~ IL®~~~eu°~y ®~if~~ns~s ~~a~~ns4 ~~~nnllg~ ~ ~ ILn~u~®~° ~„~~s Il~ Il~ ~ Il3~.~~ IID~°au~~e~e~~ 113 + ~llll ®~~e~° ~ff~~~ses ~Il ° IlIl.~~ 118an~n t~w~~s Il~ ~ + IlO®.®® T~T~IlJ ~Il~ X49 ~ + ~.~11 ®~~~~8~~~8®~~ 120000 111195 e® ~ 104312 ® ~ ~ 100000 97737 ~ ~ 84568 90392 ~ ~ a~aa ~y ~ 80000 Z ® Z 60000 Z ® U ~ ~ ~ ~ 40000 , ~ ~ O ~ ~ U 20000 ~ ~ ~ ~ 0 I I I I 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 / - --s- - C~aS~ R~~®R~ ~®M~ARBS®fi't9: ~ 9~~ - ~ ~~2 7000 p 6199 w 6000 5812 n.. 5585 5468 5661 ~ 5000 5027 5125 U 4709 4799. 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Vrl~:.£Y PFR~L9F~P14nJ:: GLi~:FEPEN~E CEIVTF'F: , 1445 Ccr.str-u~txcn -tart # Il 1~'~6 Fo»G Xss~_J~.nce 10/12/93 3 pages of assumptions $14,440,000 Bond total,rfor Ballot' attached to this cash flow. $27,617,690 Total Repayment Costs for Ballot 19'i4 ly-:':~ 14'ti'6 1"1 S'7 .H48 lyHy ~~iUC1 Te+x Ree•enue (2,ci'7E'?,bC+v? t2914C!,:'4~1) (~,2~.a4.~~+C~) (:?,27c?,E,i3i) t2..5.:~3~~3!~1) ( .aJ8,~'71) (~,°6x.241+1 Salty^o Ta~•..GrGwth (~r?9G11) (53,99) (919Af:^) Int. Eor~n. (Te.;cam) (~YpJOv) (l1~pUUtJ) DJS Rra~~rve E,;rninq~ (639715) (6~'•9715> (b'_•?715) (6~9715) (ba,71S) Dort ~ti ~r~ ~ (4 , SJ~~ . Cri~tJ ) Ett?nd Prpr.Brae~-;?tl yra (12,74 ,<~i~0) CuttStru~CiC~r. Fd C,-.r-rt i1~4$.`~t:>i) ;1i~7,15.'••') L'~Sl~r1 & Snylrreari~c~ 1,JJUoC+'~C? 7~~),~.+<+A ~'OriSt,rtdCtlOri .L"3JQpJ:~O ^v~~wbpr:;J~7 Merb,eting ~90pC+UU `.~~1'?oC':J~J 5~J()o~t1.)Q Gti~~wment ~urrti rj Drbt ~®rvic~ Petymr=r,t SJ:~a~:+t~5 lp:i!.°~4,Et7~! 1,:",~'+p~t~',.'n 1r'thq~~,$~ I,35',7t~~ bperat~nq Shortfall ± ¢ Ipq p J~rc7 i p l;i•~ pU!?0 1 9 1aa 9 yyV ('Jurplu5)/S~~vt•'t¢~11 .'.(1p1C~JpVC~t?) (1p252934C)) (b,Fl54,lar'3h) fd,~3fl~)p~~•'~ 2391?y (4•:,,r4h) (11:i.M.~31 C~A~iiulnt.cve~ ('J`LAYp1U5)f4hur'tl'all: t•~011,`+''!~) PddTESo T.:~ rovonues ~~~untNS *:e annual growth. CurlStr~+ctian casts as5t~m~a 4i ar~nt~~l grc~wF.h. $r,n~ xn~~re~t r.s~tra arm ~slcul~'l'C;J r.~t 2% c3L1DVE~ ~.tr p'Ln"r m:irE't?{: rntr?S. Ir~i+r est e~rninr~ ar~r,.~tr.ulat:,d ,t 5::. $700,000 added for construction of parking entrance & road widening. !lAiL VALLEY f~ERF®RI4flANCE & CONFERENCE CENTER ~R®F®RMA C~1SIH FL®I~V #11 ASSt1MPTl®NS OCTOBER 12,1993 The attached financial spreadsheet (number 11), was prepared by Steve Barwick , TOV Finance Officer, and Steve Thompson under the direction of the Steering Committee. This is a projection of the revenues and expenses anticipated if a new tax of .9% on restaurants and bars and 1.8% on lodging is approved by the Vail Voters in November 1993. These funds are to be held separately from town funds to pay for the construction, marketing and operations of "Plan C" for the Performance & Conference Center. The Steering Committee expects refinements in these projections to be made as we near construction. These comments were prepared by project coordinator, Caroline Tremblay. This budget assumes: Constructi®n Starts in spring of 1996 with a 20 month construction period. The building would open in December of 1997. Tic Revenues from .9% restaurant & bar tax and 1.8% lodging tax would produce approximately $2,078,000 in 1994 and grow at an annual rate of 3%. This is conservative as historically, the TOV tax revenues in this segment have grown at a faster rate than this with the exception of a flat year in 1992. Sages Tax ~r®wvth in the lodging and restaurant segment are expected to grow from the additional group business attracted to Vail once the Conference Center is built. The Benton & Hires report projected an additional 40,000-50,000 room nights in a "stabilized year," approximately three years after opening. This line shows additional tax revenues from the new tax of 0.9% on restaurants & bars, and 1.8% on lodging with 1/3 of the stable year projections added in 1998; 2/3 in 1999; and the full amount in the year 2000, the first stablized year. This does not include growth in other TOV sales tax revenues. Bnterest Earnings ®n the Tax Revenues are calculated at 5%. Although this is more than we could earn in the current market, we are assuming we will earn a higher rate as we are paying 2% more than current rates on our bonds. Because we expect to begin collections in January 9994 and spend only some of it right away, there will be a separate fund collecting interest on these revenues. ®ebt Service Reserve Earnings are also calculated at 5%. ®®nati®ns from major donors are expected to be pledged after the public approval of the project and before beginning construction in 1996. $4,500,000 are needed in this scenario. This includes the TOV pledge of $1,000,000 in 1995 or 1996 budget year, leaving the remaining funds of $3,500,000 to come from the private sector. 20 bear E®nd err®ceeds of $12,743,000 will go into the construction fund in 1996. Thiis assaames Ib®nds are issued in January 1996 or at the most advantageous time between now and the beginning of construction. z fond Onterest rates are calculated at 2% above current market rates with an average coupon of 7.13°~6. Corast~cfion Fund Ea~a6rugs are calculated at 5%. ®esigr~ ~ Er~gineecing services are expected to begin in 1994 and go through 1995. These expenses are expected to be roughly $1,750,000. Construction expenses will be incurred in 1996 and 1997. We have assumed 4% annual growth in construction costs beyond 1993. These are based upon the preliminary plan "C" of a 93,700 SF facility with a construction cost of $150/SF plus $3,857,500 in equipment. The GE Johnson estimate of IVlarch 25, 1993 is referenced for budget purposes. An additional $700,000 has been included in the construction fund to allow for the cost of a new entrance to the Lionshead parking structure and the widening of South Frontage road. The road widening project is listed as part of the TOV future development plans. This budget assumes the Town does not charge itself standard construction permit fees, town sales taxes, recreation fees, ect., consistent with other Vail municipal projects. (~iarOtetirag of the facility to conference groups will begin ahead of opening in 1995. In an effort to prevent duplicate marketing expenditures, this budget assumes these marketing funds will be spent in conjunction with other existing sources of funds in the Vail Valley that are earmarked for attracting the same target of group meeting planners. This line item is for pre-opening marketing only as marketing expenses after opening are included under "operating shortfall." Endowment Funds of $2,000,000 are expected to be raised to fund the performing arts. because these funds are not necessary for the initial construction to be completed or for the ongoing operations of the entire facility, they are not included in this cash flow projection. The endowment is expected to be raised during the initial operating years of the facility. ®ebt Ser~rice payments on the 20 year bonds are expected to begin in 1996 and continue through the year 2016. Total accrued payment of principal will be $'04,40,000 with a total repayment cost of $27,6'0'7,690. See attached Debt Service Schedule of 10/11/93 from I~anifen Imhoff Inc. The portion of the tax required to service this debt will retire when the debt is repaid. ®perating ShortFal0 of $1,100,000 is estimated beginning in 1996 calculated with 3% annual growth. This includes all annual operations of the facility at $480,000 and marketing expenditures of $450,000 in 1994 dollars. Q~a~rp0us~/Shortfall for each year is detailed. A surplus fund from the tax revenues, less the operating expenses, will accrue beginning in 1999 according to these projections. These funds can possibly be used to retire the debt earlier, pay any . additional operating expenses, or for additional marketing. This will be determined at the time that a surplus exists. ~a~m~lata~e Su~Bus of $300,502 is expected at the end of the construction period in 1998. VAi~ VALLEV PERFORI~iANCE ~ CONFERENCE CENTER ~ROFORi~~? CASH FLOW #11 ~?SSUIi~PTIONS OCTOBER 12,1993 The attached financial spreadsheet (number 11), was prepared by Steve Barwick , TOV Finance Officer, and Steve Thompson under the direction of the Steering Committee. This is a projection of the revenues and expenses anticipated if a new tax of .9% on restaurants and bars and 1.8% on lodging is approved by the Vail Voters in November 1993. These funds are to be held separately from town funds to pay for the construction, marketing and operations of "Plan C" for the Performance & Conference Center. The Steering Committee expects refinements in these projections to be made as we near construction. These comments were prepared by project coordinator, Caroline Tremblay. This budget assumes: Construction ~~arts in spring of 1996 with a 20 month construction period. The building would open in December of 1997. Tax Revenues from .9% restaurant & bar tax and 1.8% lodging tax would produce approximately $2,078,000 in 1994 and grow at an annual rate of 3%. This is conservative as historically, the TOV tax revenues in this segment have grown at a faster rate than this with the exception of a flat year in 1992. SaOes Tax Growth in the lodging and restaurant segment are expected to grow from the additional group business attracted to Vail once the Conference Center is built. The Benton & Hires report projected an additional 40,000-50,000 room nights in a . "stabilized year," approximately three years after opening. This line shows additional tax revenues from the new tax of 0.9% on restaurants & bars, and 1.8% on lodging with 1/3 of the stable year projections added in 1998; 2/3 in 1999; and the full amount in the year 2000, the first stablized year. This does not include growth in other TOV sales tax revenues. interest Earnings on tie Tax Revenues are calculated at 5%. Although this is more than we could earn in the current market, we are assuming we will earn a higher rate as we are paying 2% more than current rates on our bonds. Because we expect to begin collections in January 1994 and spend only some of it right away, there will be a separate fund collecting interest on these revenues. ®ebt Service Reserve Earnings are also calculated at 5%. ®onations from major donors are expected to be pledged after the public approval of the project and before beginning construction in 1996: $4,500,000 are needed in this scenario. This includes the TOV pledge of $1,000,000 in 1995 or 1996 budget year, leaving the remaining funds of $3,500,000 to come from the private sector. a0 Vear Bond Rroceeds of $12,743,000 will go into the construction fund in 1996. Tbis assumes fonds ere issued in January 1996 or at the most advantageous time between now and the beginning of construction. 2 [Booed ingeresg ~a~es are calculated at 2% above current market rates with an average coupon of 7.13%. Coras$ra~ction Fund ~arnirugs are calculated at 5%. _ Design ~ Enginee¢~ing services are expected to begin in 1994 and go through 1995. These expenses are expected to be roughly $1,750,000. Coo~sgoRac$ion exloerases will be incurred in 1996 and 1997. We have assumed 4% annual growth in construction costs beyond 1993. These are based upon the preliminary plan "C" of a 93,700 SF facility with a construction cost of $150/SF plus $3,857,500 in equipment. The GE Johnson estimate of March 25, 1993 is referenced for budget purposes. An additional $700,000 has been included in the construction fund to allow for the cost of a new entrance to the Lionshead parking structure and the widening of South Frontage road. The road widening project is listed as part of the TOV future development plans. This budget assumes the Town does not charge itself standard construction permit fees, town sales taxes, recreation fees, ect., consistent with other Vail municipal projects. Mau-I~eting of the facility to conference groups will begin ahead of opening in 1995. In an effort to prevent duplicate marketing expenditures, this budget assumes these marketing funds will be spent in conjunction with other existing sources of funds in the Vail Valley that are earmarked for attracting the same target of group meeting planners. This line item is for pre-opening marketing only as marketing expenses after opening are included under "operating shortfall." Erudov~ment Eo.arads of $2,000,000 are expected to be raised to fund the performing arts. Because these funds are not necessary for the initial construction to be completed or for the ongoing operations of the entire facility, they are not included in this cash flow projection. The endowment is expected to be raised during the initial operating years of the facility. De6~g Service Paymen$s on the 20 year bonds are expected to begin in 1996 and continue through the year 2016. Total accrued payment of principal will be $94,440,000 with a total repayment cost of $27,617,690. See attached Debt Service Schedule of 10/11/93 from Hanifen Imhoff Inc. The portion of the tax required to service this debt will retire when the debt is repaid. ®pea~a4lo~g SB~o~ifatl0 of $1,100,000 is estimated beginning in 1996 calculated with 3% annual growth. This includes all annual operations of the facility at $480,000 and marketing expenditures of $450,000 in 1994 dollars. ~So.~o~p8o~os)/ShostfalB for each year is detailed. A surplus fund from the tax revenues, less the operating expenses, will accrue beginning in 1999 according to these projections. These funds can possibly be used to retire the debt earlier, pay any Vr'1- i1. l)FlL'..EY F'FR~~"1F'Pi~l`I:':= („(:l~:FEK'ENCE CcNT1=F; ~ ~ . f`.~ e PI'p f Ot'Ta ~:"••~sC1 ~'iOW tY•'~'~ :'f 19?S Lcr.str~tcticn .tart # 11 L~S'b Fo+~cs lss'.ia.r'ce 10/12/93 Two pages of assumptions $14,440,000 Bond totafiirfor~Ballot: attached to this cash flow. $27,617,690 Total Repayment Costs for Ballot 'lyS"4 i~=:~ lyy~ 1~/~? 1y~c3 ly~iy ~~~~c.,V Tax fte~-enue f2.Ct;'~.~~Cru! (~:,I4i!~'~4~)) (';,'~~,~4,55t;t) (;~,2?f~,F,fl~) i2,.;.;~3~L~t>7) (%.dC!8,y~1) t2ou$.1.2~i)) Salas Tak•..Grpwth (~~rSii) (53,9L9) (A1„r~c^) Int. Earn. (Tee.;ew) (1_'YyCJUV) (ll~rl'ti,ia) D/S Rorarve Earningr< (~3r715) (6:SP71~~) (6~~71E) (6•~~715) (b~y71S) $r,nd Prgt-gr,~d~-atl yra (lc^,74?,t)r~+>) L'ut+5tr•~;Clir~r: F'd L~-.rn i 648..`~i~i) ; J L7, 15'? 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The measure would not increase existing tax rates. The issue is one of two ballot questions voters will face during the November 16 municipal election. Citizens have until Friday, Oct.15, to file their comments--pro or con--with the Town Clerk's Office. Written comments will be accepted in person, or by mailing to: Town Clerk, 75 S. Frontage Rd., Vail, Colo., 81657. Following the deadline, pro-con statements will be summarized and mailed to registered voters before the election. The pro-con notification procedure is a new requirement for election officials this year, following passage of Amendment 9 . The ballot issue, authorized by the Vail Town Council, will appear as Question No. . 1 in the municipal election. It requires a simple majority to pass, and reads as follows: ®UESTI®R9 N®. ~ SHALL THE TOWN OF VAIL BE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT AND EXPEND THE FULL REVENUES GENERATED INCLUDING REDUCTION IN DEBT SERVICE DURING 9993 AND EACH SUBSEOUENTYEAR, [WHICH AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE REVENUEGENERATED FROM AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES] WITHOUT ANY INCREASE IN SUCH TAX RATES AND TO SPEND SUCH REVENUES FOR DEBT SERVICE, MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS, AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,1993? NOTHING IN THIS QUESTION CAN BE CONSTRUED TO REMOVE THE REMAINING RESTRICTIONS OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS AMENDMENT ONE AND/OR THE TABOR AMENDMENT. THE REMAINING RESTRICTIONS ARE: 75 SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD ~IT10r@] VAIL, COLORADO 81657 TELEPHONE 303-479-2100 PRO-CON COMMENTS QUESTION N0. 1 ADD 1 • VOTER APPROVAL OF ALL NEW TAXES AND TAX RATE INCREASES; • VOTER APPROVAL FOR NEW OR ADDRIONAL TOWN OF VAIL DEBT; • ALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RESTRICTIONS REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT; • NO INCREASE OR IMPOSITION OF A NEW REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX; AND, • ALL ELECTION REQUIREMENTS REMAIN IN EFFECT. FOR THE MEASURE AGAINST THE MEASURE Vail's municipal election also will contain a proposal to fund the Vail 1/alley Performance and Conference Center, and the election of four town council members. The election, as required by the town charter, will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 16. In addition to the pro-con comment deadline of Oct.15, Vail's election schedule includes the following notices: October 15 Deadline for Town Council nominating petitions. October 22 Last day to register to vote. October 22 Last day to establish residency within the Town of Vail to qualify as a registered voter for election. October 22 Last day for candidates to withdraw. November 4 Walk-in absentee balloting begins. November 5 Candidate expense statements due. November 12 Last day to request absentee ballot. November 16 Election day. November 23 Mayor appointed by Town Council. December 16 Candidate expense statements due. For more information, contact the Town Clerk's Office at 479-2136. # # # Il 1 F®R I~iI~IEDIATE R1=L~S~ October 7, 9993 Contact: Holly McCutcheon, Town Clerk, 479-2136 TOWN OF VAIL SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON BALLOT QUESTION N0.2 (Vai!}--The Town of Vail is encouraging public comment on an. upcoming ballot proposal to fund the Vail Valley Performance and Conference Center. The issue is one of two ballot questions voters will face during the November 16 municipal election. Citizens have until Friday, Oct. 15, to file their comments--pro or con--with the Town Clerk's Office. Written comments will be accepted in person, or by mailing to: Town Clerk, 75 S. Frontage Rd., Vail, Colo., 81657. Following, the deadline, pro-con statements will be summarized and mailed to registered voters before the election. The pro-con notification procedure is a new requirement for election officials this year, following passage of Amendment 1. Question No. 2, as authorized by the Vail Town Council, will require a simple majority to pass, and tentatively reads as follows: (Final approval of the ballot language is scheduled for Town Council action on Tuesday, Oct. 19.) ®uESrION No. a SHALL THE TOWN OF VA1L SALES TAXES BE INCREASED $2,900,000.00 ANNUALLY BY THE IMPOSITION OF A NEW SALES TAX OF 0.9°/° ON RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND A NEW SALES TAX OF 1.8% ON LODGING BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 1994, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR AND SHALL THE TOWN OF VAIL DEBT BE INCREASED? (The Vail Town Council will be determining the amount to which debt will be increased and the amount of the repayment cost on Oct. 19). THE ANNUAL REVENUES AND DEBT SHALL BE DESIGNATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR 7HE CONSTRUCTION, MARKETING AND OPERATIONS OF A PERFORMANCE AND CONFERENCE CENTER. THE PQRi"IGN OF THE TAX THAT IS REQUIRED TO FINANCE THE DEBT OF THE REVENUE BONDS WILL EXPIRE WHEN THE DEBT IS RETIRED. 75 SOU"I~H FRONTAGE ROAU (rl'IOfB~ VAIL, COLORADO 87657 TELEPHONE 303-479-2100 PRO-CON COMMENTS QUESTION N0. 2 ADD 1 THE REVENUES WILL BE COLLECTED AND RETAINED FOR NO LONGER THAN FOUR (4) YEARS CONTINGENT UPON THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION ON SUCH FACILITY AND IF SUCH CONSTRUCTION HAS NOT BEGUN BY DECEMBER 31, 1997, A VOTE TO DETERMINE THE DISPOSITION OF THE UNSPENT TAX REVENUES WILL BE HELD AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, 1998. SHALL DURING THE PERIOD OF COLLECTION AND RETENTION OF THE TAX, SUCH REVENUE NOT BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE GENERAL REVENUE OFTHE TOWN OFVAIL AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH BONDS ANd THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND ANY EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS AND REVENUES BE COLLECTED AND SPENT WITHOUT LIMITATION OR CONDITION, NOTWITHSTANDING ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE COLLECTION OR SPENDING OF OTHER REVENUES OR FUNDS BY THE TOWN OF VAIL UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20, OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? R IS THE INTENTION THAT THE TAX REFERENCED ABOVE BE FULL REPAYMENT FOR THE BONDS. IFADDITIONAL BOND COVERAGE IS REQUIRED, OTHER ADDITIONAL EXISTING REVENUE SOURCES CAN 8E PLEDGED AS DETERMINED BY TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE MEASURE AGAINST THE MEASURE Vail's municipal election also will contain a proposal to allow the town to collect and spend the full revenue generated without Amendment 1 limitation. The measure would not increase existing tax rates. In addition, voters will elect four town council members. The election, as required by the town charter, will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 16. In addition to the pro-con comment deadline of Oct. 15, Vail's election schedule includes the following notices: October 15 Deadline for Town Council nominating petitions. October 22 Last day to register to vote. October 22 Last day to establish residency within the Town of Vail to qualify as a registered voter for election. October 22 Last day for candidates to withdraw. November 4 Walk-in absentee balloting begins. November 5 Candidate expense statements due. November 12 Last day to request absentee ballot. November 16 Election day. November 23 Mayor appointed by Town Council. December 16 Candidate expense statements due. For more information, contact the Town Clerk's Office at 479-2136. # # # . . ~ 7f'®~V ®]F' I~~d~, - F®R INiRflE®1,4TE RELE,QSE ®ctober 9993 ~ ~ ~ Contact: Lt. Jeff Layman 479-2211 Todd Oppenheimer 479-2161 ' Suzanne Silver!horn 479-2115 ~ MINIMAL DISRUPTION ANTICIPATED DURING ~ ~ POLICE EXPANSION CONSTRUCTI0~1 ; (Vail)--Motorists along S. Frontage Rd. will encounter minimal disruption--if any--during k' construction of the $3.5 million addition to the Vail Police Department. Ground was broken Sept. 23 on the 42,000 sq. ft, addition and renovation. When completed next fall, the project will triple the size of the department's existing space. Construction activities for the next several months may involve the occasional flagging of i motorists, but otherwise the project will proceed with minimal disruption, according to Lt. Jeff Layman of the Vail Police Department. Also, additional ublic arkin s aces have been identified within the Munici al P P 9P P Complex to minimize the loss of parking in the east lot. The tentative construction schedule provided by the general contractor, DVC lnc. of Vail, is as follows: water and sewer installation, Oct. 4-9; forming and placement of concrete footings and walls, Oct. 4-25; elevator shaft installation, Oct. 11-25; erection of precast concrete, Oct. 25 to Nov. 11; backfill building, Nov. 11-19; placement of concrete slabs in garage and on main level, Nov. 8-13; framing of exterior and erection structural steel, Nov. 8 to Feb. 21. (more) ~i 75 SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD VAIL, COLORADO 8]657 TELEPHONE 303-479-2100 POLICE EXPANSION ADD 1 Meanwhile, 29 trees, some as tall as 40 ft., were relocated recently to make way for the expansion. In all, 11 spruce .and eight aspen were moved to the recreation path parking lot in East Vail; four spruce and a bristlecone pine were moved to the Vaif Golf Course; and the remaining trees, five aspen, were moved to the north side of the Municipal Building complex. The trees stand a 70 percent chance of surviving in their new locations, said Todd Oppenheimer, park superintendent and landscape architect for the Town of Vail. He said the relocated trees will be given extra attention by his crews to ensure the chances for survival. "We were able to move all the trees we possibly could," said Oppenheimer. Other trees, mostly aspen, were unable to be moved because of underdeveloped root systems, or damaged trunks which had caused the trees to rot. to several other cases, trees were wedged between large amounts of rock which prevented transplant due to the lack of soil needed to form a root ball. The expansion and renovation project includes extensive landscaping and planting to replace the trees that were removed. Funding for the project is made possible by a 1992 bond issue which was also used to purchase open space in West Vail. # # # ~ e : GBt~,e~c, (e~ ee~~ ~rcu. ) . September 29, 1993 i Dr. Tom Steinberg Councilman, Town of Vail P.O. Box 13 Vail, CO 81658 Dear Tom, I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed Timber Ridge Development in West Vail. ~ -r~~Pp~,~. a~~ I am a resident of Vail living in this neighborhood on Arosa Drive. This area of proposed development appears to me to be ill advised in that it would significantly interfere with a beautiful, natural area, complete with forests which are noticeably absent otherwise on the north side of Interstate 70 in the Gore Valley. This would best be preserved in its natural state I feel, not only to preserve the remaining natural beauty of the Gore Valley as much as possible, but to prevent further loss of habitat and erosion, not to mention increased traffic congestion in a neighborhood with steep hillsides and children.. I encourage the Town of Vail to do what it can to preserve this area in its natural state. I recall that there is discussion about swaps of land between the Forest Service and Town ~d Vail properties. This certainly is forested and might be a good candidate. Purchasing this land is another alternative if funds are available. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, ' i Mark R. Stephens 2547 A Arosa Dr. Vail, CO 81657 cco Mayor of Vail Town Council ~ y ~ os-4~-F~ss ~ ~dg TOWN OF VAIL ~ 75 South Frontage Road Department of Community Development Vail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2138/ 479-2139 FAX 303-479-242 October 5, 1993 Howard Gardner, President/General Manager West Vail Liquor Mart 2151 North Frontage Road West Vail, CO 81657 RE: Letter concerning West Vail Commons property Dear Howard: Thank you for your letter concerning the Vail Commons property. I appreciate your interest in the future of the Vail Commons property. The Town Council has been approached by several developers interested in working with the Town on a plan for this parcel. The parcel was bought with the intent of trying to provide a possible site for employee housing, some commercial square footage, a possible West Vail Fire Station, and open space. Our department intends to update the Land Use Plan in 1994 assuming that the project is approved per the budget process. Our intent would be to address overall land use issues for the community as well as look at land uses appropriate for the Vail Commons site. We will involve the community in the decision making for this plan. We would publicize public meetings for this effort in the Vail Trail and Vail Daily. In addition, we will try• to call or send you notice of meetings that may be of interest to you. Thank you for taking the time to write a letter to express your concern to the Council and our department. Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions at 479-2138. Sincerely, Kristan Pritz xc: ~aw~~Counci~-~ Pam Brandmeyer Larry Grafel ~a4 TOWN OF VAIL 75 South Frontage Road Department of Community Development Vail, Colorado 81657 303-479-2138/ 479-2139 FAX 303-479-2452 October 6, 1993 Roger G. Bloom 388 Market Street. Suite 920 San Francisco, CA 94011 ` RE: West Vail Commons Property Dear Roger: Thank you for your letter concerning the West Vail Commons property. 'The Council has been approached by several developers interested in working with the Town on a plan fcr this parcel. The parcel was bought with the intent of trying to provide a possible site for employee housing, some commercial square footage, a West Vail Fire Station, and open space. Our department intends to update the Land Use Plan in 1994, assuming that the project is approved through the budget process. Our intent would be to address overall land use issues for the community as well as look at land uses appropriate for the Vail Commons site. We will involve the community in the decision making for this plan. We would publicize public meetings for this effort in the Vail Trail and Vail Daily. I appreciate your interest in this site. However, at this time, no final decisions have been made as to what uses are appropriate for th.e land. Thank you for taking the time to write a letter to express your concern to the Council and our Department. Please call me at 479- 2138 if I may assist you with any other questions. Sincerely, r?~~ ~ Kristan Pritz . Community Development Director xc: Town Council Pam Brandmeyer Larry Grafel . ~~a (located in the west Vail Mall next to Subway) will be donating alb sales proceeds from the ~juice_bar (fresh juces,__protein drinks and smoothies) on_ ~S_a~.ur_d.a.~,_ ~c~®.b-e~ -9-t~_ and again on' Sa~~!~~ay,: ~c~obe:=- ~23rd_t~o the ramily of Elizabeth Bury. ~ his twc year old cniid was tragically killed as the result or' having been hit by a car. Her olaer sister, Jessica, has been hospitalized as a result of the same accident. She will be confined for an extended period of time. Any other donations will be appreciated and accepted and may be delivered to Mr. Naturals at any time. Thank you Friends of the Burk family r, o Y,: 1~ . - - ~ _ _ f~ ~ r - :i.~ 1 ~_ri ,w.c= 0 I tioneers and tourists are asking less about local steakhouses, cultural events and strip joints and more about the poli- tics and policies of a state or city. What makes the inquiries scary is that they are an ingredient in an emerging boycott fad., in which activists economically tar- e ~ ' ` ~x. ~e get cities and states whose laws or poli- . cies they deem unsuitable. By taking their grievances out of the legislative and electoral arenas and into the eco- E_~~' bout hvo years ago, offi- nomic realm, these activists can e.Yact a cials at the Greater New heavy toll. ~ 'F ~ Orleans Tourist and Con- Colorado, for example, is weathering -'M vention Commission a bo colt initiated b national a and ~®~D~Dcc~~B~ Y Y b Y - ' received a curious letter. lesbian groups after a statewide measure Q1~D®~D@/~~~~ The Association for Supervision and prohibiting special civil rights protec- ~ ®p Curriculum Development was consider- lions for homosexuals was approved by ing holding its annual convention in the voters last year. In July, the Col- ~ Cie 61T11~OIS®lltl~ 61111 New Orleans, so it wanted a little back- orado supreme court upheld atempo- ground information on Louisiana. Not rary injunction preventing the amend- (~®11~~/~~~1®Qll ~ 6ild'] the usual questions about possible meet- ment from taking effect, but so far the ing sites or available hotel rooms, but highly publicized boycott has cost the ®~8°SS@l~ something a little more pointed. Such as state between $50 million and $121 mil- ~Q°~ the state's policies on abortion. And the lion, depending on whose estimate you Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. And believe. Denver alone estimates its loss ~t~'~~ ~~C~y ~g~~ capital punishment. And discrimination in the neighborhood of $38 million. against gays and lesbiar?s. And at a time when you would :...r:,,.t BTiB®~I~ X811®~~~ It was a letter that a lot of convention cities to be circling the wagons, some of (fl~~'1~~~ ~®f~t11°®I° bureaus dread ~ them are even getting. Nowa- joining in the days, conven- BY_CI"IAIaL~ MAHTESIAN ambush. The " Y-; ~e~ -~:1 sa~® W~ aY~ ®~o ~~S Si~'o fihiS° .f~~ ~ b~-a~~ near . s~at~ ~~-oudl~ obser~~s ~n~ , . eo~ve~tao~ ce~~~ ~ ~Cvuanzaa ~ ' °~l~H ~N~~~JtlV` ~~i0~® d~ `kayo 1 ° ~~s. ~ubd~c rtran.~~ o a o a o a ~ t _ ~ x•;~ 9 py ~r d - r:r~ •~~1 t I .:.'I 3~' i 1 t ~'s*~ i t 7' ~ k. I ' !'S .2: ~ L ~ .yam, e8 . `F z..~ x . ~ ti~ `'N'- i i i/ ~e 36 GOVERNING October 1993 Richard Thompsoni!lasnndoa . ~ , N. U.S. conference of Mayors yanked its lion cities that depend on the travel and compensate if he signed the measure. In 1993 summer meeting out of Colorado tourism industries fear each controver- the end, Andrus vetoed the bill. Springs; and Atlanta, Austin, New York sial new law, policy or ballot initiative But as the Colorado vote demon- City and Philadelphia are among the that comes down the pike. strated, the officials whose jurisdictions cities and counties that have announced Every convention delegate spends an stand to lose the most from a boycott are official bans on travel to Colorado for average of $623 over affour-day stay, and often powerless to keep the offending business or conventions in the wake of meeting organizers kick in about $65 law or policy off the books. And while Amendment 2. The mayors of Denver per delegate. If a trade show is held in the whole phenomenon is too new to and Colorado Springs, joined by the conjunction with a meeting, exhibitors have generated time-tested 10-point mayors of a handful of other major cities, spent an additional $330 per attendee, plans for combating a boycott threat, retaliated by refusing to attend the may- on average. The Chicago metropolitan some cities are at least preparing for . ors' co~iference meeting ui its new loca- area, for example, hosted '30,000 con- one, just in rue. lion, i\rew York City. ventions, trade shows and corporate There is likely to be plenty of oppor- ~Vitli many cities, including some of meetings in 1991, where delegates spent tunity for them to hone their anti-boy- those snubbing Colorado, themselves Sz.~ billion. And Chicago ranks third colt techiuques. The impulse to boycott vulnerable to ch~u•ges of political incor- among U.S. convention cities. is one drat iJ becoming more and more . redness, it's hard to see where it all will What strikes city oflici~ils as particu- popular, especially among activist end. At the present rate, says Richard J. laxly unfair about the boycotts is that, groups on the political left. Just keeping Newman, president of the International typically, they indiscriminately target an track of which groups are boycotting Association of Convention and Visitor entire state. In Colorado, the highly which places or products is an exercise Bureaus, it won't be long before conven- organized boycott has put the screws to in itself-there are even competing pub- tions will have nowhere left to go. °If every city and town, even those that lications that track boycotts. they listen to every viewpoint in the long have had gay-fi-iendly laws. organization, they'll never get anywhere. Business cannot afford to sit this one he most prominent and tenacious Maybe they'll go to some vanilla place out either. Idaho's significant potato- boycotts of recent years have with nothing to do and where no one growing industry sweated out boycott tended to focus on such issues as wants to go to." threats in 1991 as Governor Cecil D. abortion, race and the rights of homo- The convention business generated Andrus mulled signing a restrictive sexuals. A network of liberal-leaning nearly $60 billion last year, from more abortion law. On one side, feminist and organizations helped expand the boycott than 82 million delegates who attended pro-choice groups began preparations in Colorado beyond gay and lesbian nearly 270,000 meetings in 349 different for a potato boycott. Abortion opponents organizations. cities, so it's not hard to see why destina- promised to eat more french fries to Until recently, Miami was boycotted ~1e ~elebca~e Vietnam - - :fie j~ ~ "n.o _ _ y~Ts ~emem~ra~Ce, CTa~I • We ~laver~ Y.e~ de Da an en~~ c2 C ~ ~ ~ 1~, a~',c tally ~@ ~Ibred a ~asfiy To~v ~on~h ana Ta 2Worm ~ware~eSS':. _ we su~po~ The h~ ~ s ~ ~ Day , ~o ~ar2 arms , - , . t lj - - , . . . 0 - ~ ' r`.a SQ~h~'r r ~ ra ~t ~ y. ~ ~ ~ 1+ ~f ~ f ~ ~ $~lt • ~ =-i s - 2: ie~ } iE 3~. Y,~ ~ ~ b, _rk~`S~sE`~.u7 ~ . r - _ t 4 ~ A~< ~ ~ Q . 1J 'l~c.~`~'lY.S'1 +yrT i'rw ~ ~s'r4 B't} - i 1• ~ ~',`,~=5..` ~ fir'.- ~ r j Q ~ ~ .a t fi; .S~t 1x - s - i GOVERNING October 1993 37 ~ ~ ~ by African-American groups angered by an unusual case," says Zachary Lyons, law, at least 17 groups canceled conven- the official snubbing of African National publisher of the the Boycott Quarterl:j, tions that were :,..r~..ted to pump $116 . Congress leader Nelson Mandela in which follo~~•s boycotts for grocery co- million into the New Orleans economy. 1990. The city commission sparked the ops and industry. "None of us tracking As the second-biggest convention spot boycott when it rescinded a welcoming boycotts were ever able to find an orga- after Washington, D.C., New Orleans is proclamation to Mandela over his niter." particularly vulnerable. Still, things refusal to repudiate Cuban leader Fidel The first .wave of meeting and con- could have been worse: According to Castro. Three years and $50 million in vention cancellations came in 1987, one estimate, a victory by former Ku lost revenues later, the city began sec- after then-Governor Evan Mecham Klux Klan leader David Duke in ond-guessing its decision. Adjoining rescinded the paid King holiday for Louisiana's 1991 gubernatorial race Miami Beach declared a Martin Luther state employees. But it was the state- would have cost the state well over $1 King Jr. holiday and awarded M:mdela a wide ballot rejection of the holiday in billion u~ lost business investrnents and medal; the consolidated :Metro-Dade 1990 that spau-ked a $400 million back- convention and tourism business. govei-rune.nt paused a proclaunation hon- lash. The \ ational Football League Beyond abortion, race and gay rights, oring Mandela. Organizers agreed to responded b~~ moving die 1993 Super issues that have caused convention con- end the boycott this summer, but not Bowl from Phoenix to Pasadena, at a loss sternation include grapes, wolves, before extracting concessions from the of X200 nullion to Arizona. Add another women's rights and the Persian Gulf tourism-dependent local business com- $190 nullion or so to that figure from the War. When, in 1988, the San Francisco munity. 166 conventions that pulled out. Voters board of supervisors decided to suYt,...l Sensitivities surrounding the Martin approved a King holiday in 1992, but a United Farrn Workers boycott of table Luther King Jr. holiday in Arizona pro- the aftershocks will be felt for some grapes, agribusiness organizations yoked the boycott that set the modern- . time, since the average large convention decided to take their dollars elsewhere. day standard. Unlike the Colorado boy- books its meeting place six to seven The city faced another pullout three cott, which has been coordinated by years in advance. years later, from the American Petro- national gay and lesbian organizations, Louisiana and Utah, two states with leum Institute, which was angered by a Arizona felt the wrath of a grassroots restrictive abortion laws, have drawn the resolution during the Gulf War declar- effort that lacked a central organizing ire of abortion-rights activists. 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"VVe see this ' Action League; National for 1993 NARAL ranked 13 boycott of its $1 bil- Organimtion for women states as having 'threat of any as a long-term y. wc58 lion-plus tOllrlSm and all obstacles to abortion; However tenacious Boycott Colorado industry by cancel- 35 states were ranked as and its allies prove to be, the boyrntt is ;~~~,,1, having threat of 'some ing, at least tem- obstacles.' not going to change the minds of Col- _ porarily, plans t0 yj~113?° National gay and lesbian Colorado presently; 23 oradans who voted for Amendment 2, rjx ti shoot hundreds of ~'N~~ ` ! organizations; American Civil states have sodomy laws; at says Roger Smith, president of the Den- ,~,:r> r Liberties Union; NOW; least 10 states could have wolves from heli- -=.~"_`'~•~~~-ter ver Convention and ,y ~~}~~Y,`~,.;~~,;,; assorted businesses and gay rightsaelated measures copters. But when ..;~~3'~='~ksy, localities on ballot in 1994. ~ Visitors Bureau. And state officials meanwhile, he con- ~;dINlR9AL R1GffIS€ Fund for Mimals; In Defense Alaska 3nllOUnced this Walres s ~ r,.__ OfAnimalS; FihlfHaven; ~ ~ 6xdd~®~ ~ tends, the wrong v Friends of Animals; summer that ~ ~ people will be P ti ~ environmental organizations wolf-control r,. xt punished. "You're $Pso<r; , ~ ~ Yellowstone Earth First!; Montana efforts would be . oeo~~~ hurting the very n envrronmental organizations S reinstituted, , - r people who had environmental - { ~ ¢ :r ;s,.,~ r ~'PLACE511rr"c~rry the legislation groups quickly cobbled together a bOy- tsst~~-"~ ~4 ~,;etuvats ,~,R; ~:osivu~t~+~tastE•_~::;~~~ X on the books Cott coalition. Another state with a - ~ud:~ctns,; Feminist groups 15 states that did not pass already," says vibrant tourism sector, Montana, is the ' 1D~ ~ the ERA Smith. "The target of at least one environmental ~ GRAPES'-~" Agribusiness organizations san Francisco people they group, for its bison-killing practices. ~ ~ :~r..,'M= wanted to get RACE:; ~ ~ - µ~4 Civil rights groups Arizona and Miami formerly, And while some boycotts eventually °;t'=,:3;,;~ ~ m Louisiana, the governor are not even fade away in practice without ever being _ a t can deaare a fcir,gnoiiday; going to be 3 ~ New Hampshire is now the affected n off ciaIly called off, they can continue to ! Y r ~ only state without some have an impact on an area's economy for ~ _ _ ~ version of sting boiieay. Smith ' s many years. Since the 1970s, some femi- l~` ~ >y"~'~ point is well nist activists have avoided Chicago and. taken. Just as St Louis in retaliation for their state leg- Cih~ led Webb to announce that he ~ , in Arizona-where the areas most islatures' refusal to ratify the Equal would not attend. Robert Isaac, mayor 'r affected were cities that already had Rights Amendment. of Colorado Springs, wrote to the mem- municipal King holidays in effect the bership of the mayors' conference in bulk of the Colorado vote in favor of . hen Colorado mayors get January to ask that "if we continue in Amendment 2 came from outside the together to commiserate this direction, will we not be viewed as cities, from areas less dependent on over their lost convention hypocrites, and inevitably lose the tourism revenues. Acknowledging that, and tourism business in the wake of credibility of the organization?" Isaac Boycott Colorado is shifting gears. On Amendment 2, the mere mention of also questioned whether Miami and top of the state boycott, the revised Atlanta gets their blood boiling. They Cleveland-lino cities which have not strategy is singling out the counties are quick to point out that the city, enacted gay civil rights protection- that voted in favor of Amendment ~ . which joined the official boycott of Col- should be disqualified as 1995 and the group refers to them as the "hate orado over the issue of gay rights, is the 1996 conference sites. counties"-and urging boycotts of - capital of one of the 23 states in which Portland and~San Francisco, where businesses located in those areas. sodomy is still a felony. (Colorado isn't the 1994 and 1997. mayors' meetings are But even opponents of Amendment 2 one of them.) Newman, the Association scheduled, do have gay-rights laws in concede that if another vote was held of Convention and Visitor Bureaus pres- place, and part. of Denver Mayor today, the amendment probably would ~l, ident, wonders if the host city of the Webb's resentment stems from the fact pass again. Will Perkins, chairman of 1996 Olympics will apply similar politi- that his city was one of several in Col- Colorado for Family Values, the organi- cal-correctness litmus tests to countries orado that have long had similar laws on nation that proposed the measure, says it that want to send teams to the games. the books. Like some other Colorado is not hard to figure out why. "People "Is Atlanta going to take the moral high manors, he opposed the amendment- don't take k-illdly to boycotts, and they ground and say, `We don't like what which would override local statutes- don't take kindly to blackmail. This is your government is doing at home' he from die outset. The mayors even joined econonuc terrorism." asks. in tl]e suit against the ~unendment that Clearly, however, the Colorado boy- Denver Mayor Wellington Webb so ftr h~u blocked its implementation. colt has worked on an economic level, tried to exact some small measure of Boycott Colorado, the Denver-based although it doesn't seem to have been as revenge by requesting that the new site orchestrator of the embargo, has little disastrous as some accounts would have of the Conference of Mayors meeting s\~nlpathy for the mayors, insisting that it. The state's skiing and overtll tourism not be any of the cities engaged in the they dichi t work hard enough to defeat revenues were actually up for the sea- boycott. The selection of New York Amendment 2. "We don't believe the son. And convention officiat]s say Den- GOVERNING October 1993 39 M~-F. ver's loss is just a fraction of the city's ~®9®~~® ®'~7CA11~ 11~~ was on the front pages, calls to my office convention and tourism business. But it tapered ofl,° says Terry Sullivan, presi- is worth noting that they cannot figure ~p~ ~~g~ tflat ~f11CA1a1111~~1~ dent of the Colorado Springs convention the toll on future convention business, bureau. "When Bill Clinton focused on since it is trickier to determine how ~ ~ $1i11~ ~OIt1b9 gays in the military, calls surged. When many groups simply take a city out of Social Security dominated the news, consideration because it is a boycott tar- ~49t a~nde~'estiima~ea~ calls d..,YY:.d again." get or to avoid a hassle. In Colorado Springs, the people at ~f~~~~a the convention bureau sent out more hile gauging the long-term than 300 letters to those who had ' impact of a boycott may be r;~,~,~-~~.,~~-~s~:~-~~--~s,~r booked space, explaining what exactly an inexact discipline, some the amendment was about. Then t1~ey ideas about how to prepare for one and Davis, president of the Salt Lake Con- held a meeting with panicky hotel man- fight it once it takes hold are emerging. vention and Visitors Bureau..Since pro- agers and sales directors to reassure and Nfany cities are drawing up contingency ponents of one side will often inflate update them. "It's been a pretty ulterest- _ ~ plans-not just for boycotts but also for their numbers, it pays to have some ing exercise in crisis management," says the accompanying negative publicity independent research on how your Sullivan. Officials embarked on publicity that also threatens the general tourism base audience will react. The response, tours aimed at defusing the boycott. (As business. if necessary, can then be tailored to Denver Mayor Webb made the Salt Lake City officials, for example, them. rounds-which included an appearance have an emergency plan designed to To get a feel for the impact of their on the Arsenio Hall show-he was counter public relations disasters, state's new abortion law, for example, hounded by activists, including a group whether they result from acts of nature Utah travel and business officials com- called the Lesbian Avengers.) or politics. If aweather-related mishap missioned a national survey. A small Tourism and convention officials are were to wreak havoc on the city or Los percentage of the people surveyed said still unsure about what effect their Angeles-style riots were to occur or a they definitely would avoid the state. counter-measwes have had, if any, other boycott was to take shape, officials An even smaller number said they than to assuage skittish convention and would embark on an effort to convince would make an extra effort to come meeting planners or put a more favor- visitors that their city was still opera- there. But 86 percent of the respon- able spin on media coverage. Of those tional. That means bringing in travel dents said the issue did not matter to who pulled out, says Rich Grant, com- writers, contacting meeting planners them. Prior to the poll, a preemptive munications director for the Denver who have sites booked in the next 90 marketing campaign was under consid- bureau, some can be replaced. But, he days, and even paying the costs to fly eration. That idea was shelved when adds, "we can't measure what we can't in those planners if they want to take a the results came in. book." look around. It is the cost of doing Only one major convention ended up But with groups in at least 10 states business these days. taking its business elsewhere, and it was working to put measures similar to Oregon did not have a contingency replaced by another that originally con- Amendment 2 on the ballot, prudence plan when its own anti-gay-rights initia- sidered Salt Lake City because of the would dictate having a prepared five, which was defeated, was on the abortion law. For 1992, the year after counter-offensive. Four Oregon coun- ballot last year. But rather than biting the abortion law passed, the city actually ties voted this June to prohibit local gov- their nails waiting for the election saw a 60 p~.~~..t increase in convention ernments from "r.,,...oting" homosexu- results, business and political leaders, business over the previous year, aeon- ality or protecting gays against including Governor Barbara Roberts, tinuation of its recent emergence as a discrimination; similar measures in campaigned strenuously to defeat the convention destination site. other counties will go before voters measure. Religious, business and politi- Colorado officials had a pretty good unless pending legislation to protect cal organizations were all enrolled in the idea that Amendment 2 was a ticking homosexuals from discrimination passes effort. time bomb, but they underestimated its the Oregon House. California, Idaho, To keep the controversy from taint- potential impact. Not much thought was Florida, Michigan and Oregon- ing the state's image among potential given to coping with a boycott, at least again-may be voting on statewide gay conventioneers and tourists, the bweau not until celebrities such as Barbra rights-related measures in 1994. If any took an extra step. During the cam- Streisand began banging the drum and of them pass, look for more boycotts and paign, it kept a database of the 1,800 attracting media notice. At that point, more elected officials embarking on angry letters it received on the issue. the Coloradans were forced.into a dam- national damage-control torus. After the election, every letter-writer age-control mode. The first order of Or maybe they can try to persuade received a reply that explained how business was a call to Phoenix, the ora- organizations threatening to boycott to easy it is to get an initiative on the Ore- cle that most cities consult when the follow the lead of the National Coalition gon ballot. Enclosed in the envelope going gets tough. Phoenix's advice? to Abolish the Death Pen~~lty, which, to was a copy of the state tourism A~l~untain high visibility. Confront the give its members a chance to demon- brochure. situation. Don't get spooked by the strafe and protest, tries to hold its annual Having a realistic assessment of av~rlanche of negative press, for eventu- conventions in states that have capital potential damage is critical, says Rick ally it will die down. "When Somalia punishment. 40 GOVERNII\iG October 1993 x c : I . tioneers and tourists are asking less about local steakhouses, cultural events and strip joints and more about the poli- tics and policies of a state or city. What makes the inquiries scary is that they are an ingredient in an emerging boycott fad, in which activists economically tar- get cities and states whose laws or poli- cies they deem unsuitable. By taking their grievances out of the legislative and electoral arenas and into the eco- bout two years ago, offi- nomic realm, these activists can exact a A high-profile, cials at the Greater New heavy toll. Orleans Tourist and Con- Colorado, for example, is weathering politically vention Commission a boycott initiated by national gay and received a curious letter. lesbian groups after a statewide measure motivated boycott The Association for Supervision and prohibiting special civil rights protec- can cost a state or Curriculum Development was consider- lions for homosexuals was arY.,,?ed by ing holding its annual convention in the voters last yeax. In July, the Col- a city millions in New Orleans, so it wanted a little back- orado supreme court upheld atempo- ground information on Louisiana. Not racy injunction preventing the amend- convention and the usual questions about possible meet- ment from taking effect, but so far the ing sites or available hotel rooms, but highly publicized boycott has cost the tourism business. something a little more pointed. Such as state between $50 million and $121 mil- There are ways to the state's policies on abortion. And the Lion, depending on whose estimate you Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. And believe. Denver alone estimates its loss fight back, but they capital punishment. And discrimination in the neighborhood of $38 million. against gays and lesbians. And at a time when you would expect mostly amount to It was a letter that a lot of convention cities to be circling the wagons, some of damage control. bureaus dread them are even getting. Nowa- joining in the davs, conven- BY CHARLES MAh ~ CSIAN ambush. The ~~9~'-~-~ _ Y,eS Sit', W'~ ~aYe ~ Oh. PS sic, Phis ~ y a band new sfias~ ~~oudht observes ~T Conven~~on CE'nj~ ~ ~1~-~ man ~;ne {~ofiels Pu~`rn~ Kwanzaa ~ Y ~`~nCo a 4 ara ex~'ens~ve ~ ~ y ~ubl~c rtcah~- . j3orrat~Ori ~ ~~,x , ~ ~ zw - ~ 9 4 ~n _ e p'~ipj I ~ ~ ~ ~ kJ°~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o ro_ . ~ ~ v _ 6~ ~ ~ - . - vR~q ~ - 36 GOVERNING October 1993 RichardThompsanr((ustratwu are offering special deals for first-time , home buyers; a resident services com- \ ` mittee has put together a directory of ~ : - neighborhood talent (accounting, I ~ ~ baby ' ting, carpentry). The project is ~ subject re-evaluation this fall, but, as ` DeMasi es, "what you can't mea- _ ~ --r , - - , $ ti ~ } sure is peop 's hope. The barriers have ' ~ ~ created a cli to for reinvestment." I ~ ~ Several families ve moved into Five ~ _ c " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Oaks from the subur~. - ~ "What people don't realize is there is F - L a level of openness you Zk?n achieve by , to . closing off," says Zane Yost,. who con- ~ ` ~ - > ceived and designed the Phoenix Proj- ~ a ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~w ~ ~ ect m Bndg~~,.,~ 1. Successful cities, m _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e ~ 1~-` his view, "are really made up of lithe vil- ~ ~ , ~ , ~ ~ ~ i _ y lager: ' , k.; he communitanan value of W~: Tdefensible space is now well doc- umented. What remains to be A lack of political and financial support has turned barriers in South seen is how much it really reduces Central Los Angeles into broken down `graffiti magnets.' crime. Recent experiences in Los Ange- les only add fuel to the debate. In 1990, themselves might, in some situations, crime prevention activities. police began Operation Cul-de-Sac in make a crime problem worse. The problem may not be the barriers, South Central Los Angeles amid great Tony Swan, president of the Com- but the condition of the neighborhood optimism. Federal drug czar William J. munity Coordinating Council in the at the time they were installed. Largely Bennett praised the effort, and Assistant L.A. neighborhood. of North Hills, agi- commercial, dominated by businesses Police Chief Robert Vernon declared, fated for years to place barriers in a part and apartment buildings, with no nat- "We may need to reengineer the city of the community thaf had a long his- ural community center, North Hills str~~." tory of serious drug and fang violence. seems simply to have lacked the social Indeed, after the first couple of barri- Three and a~half years ago, ~torth Hills ingredients necessary for the program err were set up and foot patrols imple- apartment owners agreed to pay for four to work. "There are not the typical kind mented, drive-by shootings decreased barriers,~'and they were installed; A few of resources that I would like to see in by 85 percent, there was a perceived month' ago, however, Swan asked the order to organize the community," con- drop in dope sales, and there was an police to dismantle them. "In the begin- cedes Richard Alarcon, who represents unexpected surprise-the local high Wing; the area certainly quieted down,"' the area on the Los Angeles city coun- school experienced a decline in truancy heMold the Los Angeles Times. "But the cll. Defensible space has proven itself and an increase in the number of specta- at~ea has actually deteriorated since effective at maintaining the sense of tors at athletic events. "When we asked Then, and the problem is as bad as ever. coir~munity in places worried about los- how come," says Sergeant Christopher ~ We're afraid it will continue to go ing it;,,it may be asking too much for a West, "they said it was because of lower- downhill unless we get the barriers collection of physical barriers to create ing the fear level." removed." community.. where it has ceased to exist But a good deal of that improvement Gang members reportedly had altogether. appears to have been the result of the turned the barriers to their own advan- The need foi'~political support and the foot patrols, and after grant money` for tage, leaping over them to elude police, limits to what defensible space can do the program ran out, the city co>ncil entrapping people in the area, and are both important~lessons for the East decided not to fund it. Crime wen back hanging out on street corners that they Side of Bridgeport, whose residents up, and the barriers themselves ~e now knew were no longer heavily traveled. hope they still have enou~i remnants of in such an ~at«~..e state of di epair as Other residents blame the barriers for community to build upon., any case, to be inoperational. They serV~e primar- high apartment vacancy rates, the reluc- however, they are convinced it~is worth ily, West says,'as "graffiti ma~i?ets:' tance of some lenders to make loans in a try, even if it involves, as it oes, a That particular example does not the area, and a sharp decline in prop- major redesign of city streets. fit show the failure of defensible space, erly values. doesn't work," says Captain Hector T - only the need to combine it with Police disagree. They insist that the res, "we'll pull them all up and try some- broader community efforts and to main- barriers have helped control one of thing else." And if it does work, one is fain the financial and political support the worst drug-sale areas in the city, tempted to add, if community really for them. Another experiment, however, and that their removal would be a does reappear and crime does decline, in a different part of Los Angeles, has step backwards. What they want is for then the barriers will no longer be residents questioning where barriers the community to be more involved in needed at all. Eric Sander photograph GOVERNING October 1993 35 I , r U.S. `conference of Mayors yanked its lion cities that depend on the travel and compensate if he signed the measure. In X993 summer meeting out of Colorado tourism industries feaz each controver- the end, Andrus vetoed the bill. Springs; and Atlanta, Austin, New York sial new law, policy or ballot initiative But as the Colorado vote demon- City and Philadelphia are among the that comes down the pike. strated, the officials whose jurisdictions r cities and counties that have announced Every convention delegate spends an stand to lose the most from a boycott are official bans on travel to Colorado for average of $623 over affour-day stay, and often powerless to keep the offending business or conventions in the wake of meeting organizers kick in about $65 law or policy off the books. And while Amendment 2. The mayors of Denver per delegate. If a trade show is held in the whole phenomenon is too new to r and Colorado Springs, joined by the conjunction with a meeting, exhibitors have generated time-tested 10-point mayors of a handful of other major cities, spent an additional $330 per attendee, plans for combating a boycott threat, retaliated by refusing to attend the may- on average. The Chicago metropolitan some cities are at least preparing for ors' conference meeting in its new loca- azea, for example, hosted 30,000 con- one, just in case. lion, New York City. ventions, trade shows and corporate There is likely to be plenty of oppor- With many cities, including some of meetings in 1991, where delegates spent tunity for them to hone their anti-boy- those snubbing Colorado, themselves $2.5 billion. And Chicago ranks third colt techniques. The impulse to boycott vulnerable to charges of political incor- among U.S. convention cities. is one that is becoming more and more rectness, it's hard to see where it all will What strikes city officials as particu- popular, especially among activist end. At the present rate, says Richard J. lazly unfair about the boycotts is that, groups on the political left. Just keeping Newman, president of the International typically, they indiscriminately target an track of which groups are boycotting Association of Convention and Visitor entire state. In Colorado, the highly which places or products is an exercise Bureaus, it won't be long before conven- organized boycott has put the screws to in itself-there are even competing pub- tions will have nowhere left to go. "If every city and town, even those that lications that track boycotts. they listen to every viewpoint in the long have had gay-friendly laws. organization, they'll never get anywhere. Business cannot afford to sit this one he most Y..,...inent and tenacious Maybe they'll go to some vanilla place out either. Idaho's significant potato- boycotts of recent years have with nothing to do and where no one growing industry sweated out boycott tended to focus on such issues as wants to go to." threats in 1991 as Governor Cecil D. abortion, race and the rights of homo- The convention business generated Andrus mulled signing a restrictive sexuals. A network of liberal-leaning nearly $60 billion last year, from more abortion law. On one side, feminist and organizations helped expand the boycott than 82 million delegates who attended pro-choice groups began preparations in Colorado beyond gay and lesbian nearly 270,000 meetings in 349 different for a potato boycott. Abortion opponents organizations. cities, so it's not hard to see whydestina- promised to eat more fre2x~h fries to ~ t'ntil re~~e~it1~. yliami yeas ho~cott~~d ~1e cele~~a~e Vietnam ~ ~ ~ ~e~1, n o, Vets ~emem~ra~ce, day ' We haver' y.et Pnae Da an en~~ r2 C ~ ~ ~ 1+, o~;c~ally ~ec)a~ed a Tasty To~v Mon~h an~ Ta eWocm AWare(1eSS we su~po-~ The c. h~ ~ a ~ ~ ~ y 'Co ~at2 3rmS • • , }~~I~o~ F .o. s, F~~~ ~ ~f ` ` a O R9 t O c. ~ A GOVERNING October 1993 37 i by African-American groups ans~~~1 by an unusual case," says Zachary Lyons, law, at least 17 groups canceled conven- the official snubbing of African National publisher of the the Boycott Quarterly, lions that were expected to pump $11~ Congress leader Nelson Mandela in which follows boycotts for grocery co- million into the New Orleans economy. 1990. The city commission sparked the ops and industry. "None of us tracking As the second-biggest convention spot boycott when it rescinded a welcoming boycotts were ever able to find an orga- after Washington, D.C., New Orleans is proclamation to Mandela over his niter." particularly vulnerable. Still, things refusal to repudiate Cuban leader Fidel The first wave of meeting and con- could have been worse: According to Castro. Three years and $50 million in vention cancellations came in 1987, one estimate, a victory by former Ku lost revenues later, the city began sec- after then-Governor Evan Mecham Klux Klan leader David Duke in ond-guessing its decision. Adjoining rescinded the paid King holiday for Louisiana's 1991 gubernatorial race Miami Beach declared a Martin Luther state employees. But it was the state- would have cost the state well over $1 King Jr. holiday and awarded Mandela a wide ballot rejection of the holiday in billion in lost business investments and medal; the consolidated Metro-Dade 1990 that sparked a $400 million back- convention and tourism business. government passed a proclamation hon- lash. The National Football League Beyond abortion, race and gay rights, oring Mandela. Organizers agreed to responded by moving the 1993 Super issues that have caused convention con- end the boycott this summer, but not Bowl from Phoenix to Pasadena, at a loss sternation include grapes, wolves, before extracting concessions from the of $200 million to Arizona. Add another women's rights and the Persian Gulf tourism-dependent local business com- $190 million or so to that figure from the War. When, in 1988, the San Francisco munity. 166 conventions that pulled out. Voters board of supervisors decided to support Sensitivities surrounding the Markin approved a King holiday in 1992, but a United Farm Workers boycott of table Luther King Jr. holiday in Arizona pro- the aftershocks will be felt for some grapes, agribusiness organizations yoked the boycott that set the modern- time, since the average large convention decided to take their dollars elsewhere. day standard. Unlike the Colorado boy- books its meeting place six to seven The city faced another pullout three Cott, which has been coordinated by years in advance. years later, from the American Petro- national gay and lesbian organizations, Louisiana and Utah, two states with leum Institute, which was ans~~,,1 by a Arizona felt the wrath of a rassroots restrictive abortion laws have drawn the r g esolution during the Gulf War declar- effort that lacked a central organizing ire of abortion-rights activists. 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"We see this Action League National for 1993 NARAL ranked 13 boycott of its $1 bil- organization for Women states as having "threat of any as a long-term process." lion-plus tourism and al! o:,.,.d..;:.., to abortion"; However tenacious Boycott Colorado ~ industry by cancel- 35 states were ranked as and its allies prove to be, the boycott is having threat of "some V ing, at least tem- obstacles." not going to change the minds of Col- porarily, plans to National gay and lesbian Colorado presently; 23 oradans who voted for Amendment 2, shoot hundreds of organizations; American Civil states nave sodomy laws; at says Roger Smith, president of the Den- Liberties Union; NOW; least 10 states could have wolves from heli- ver Convention and assorted busi,,.:~~:,~ and gay rights-related measures WHERE i copters. But when localities on ballot in 1994. V1s1tOrS Bureau. Arid state officials Fund for Animals; In Defense Alaska meanwhile, he con- announced this of Animals; wolf Haven; T E BOYCO ~ ~ tends, the wrong Friends of Animals; summer that ACTION IS People will be wolf -control environmental organizations punished. "You're efforts would be Yellowstone Earth First!; Montana ~ ~ ~,AN D WAS hurting the very environmental organizations reinstituted, 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ people who had environmental ~ ~ s~~r ~ ~ ~ the legislation groups quickly cobbled together ahoy- ~ ~ on the books Cott coalition. Another state with a Feminist groups 15 states tnat did not pass ~ ~ already," says vibrant tourism sector, Montana, is the the ERA Smith. "The target of at least one environmental _ n Agribusiness organizations san Francisco ~ people they group, for its bison-killing practices. ~ ~ wanted to get ~ ~I1 rights groups Arizona and Miami formerly; And while some boycotts eventually €'i~r~~3rs~t~daya in Louisiana, the governor are not even fade away in practice without ever being ~lsasr~tdlaeadeta$ car, daciare a Kingnouday; going to be New Hampshire is now the o~iciaIly called off, they can continue to only state wdhout some affected." have an impact on an area's economy for version of King holiday. S m 1 t h ' s many years. Since the 1970s, some femi- point is well nist activists have avoided Chicago and taken. Just as St. Louis in retaliation for their state leg- City led Webb to announce that he in Arizona-where the areas most islatures' refusal to ratify the Equal would not attend. Robert Isaac, mayor affected were cities that already had Rights Amendment. of Colorado Springs, wrote to the mem- municipal King holidays in effect-the bership of the mayors' conference in bulk of the Colorado vote in favor of hen Colorado mayors get January to ask that "if we continue in Amendment 2 came from outside the together to commiserate this direction, will we not be viewed as cities, from areas less dependent on over their lost convention hypocrites, and inevitably lose the tourism revenues. Acknowledging that, and tourism business in the wake of credibility of the organization?" Isaac Boycott Colorado is shifting gears. On ~ Amendment 2, the mere mention of also questioned whether Miami and top of the state boycott, the revised Atlanta gets their blood boiling. They Cleveland-two cities which have not strategy is singling out the counties are quick to point out that the city, enacted gay civil rights protection- that voted in favor of Amendment 2~ which joined the o$'icial boycott of Col- should be disqualified as 1995 and the group refers to them as the "hate orado over the issue of gay rights, is the 1996 conference sites. counties"-and urging boycotts of capital of one of the 23 states in which Portland and San Francisco, where businesses located in those areas. sodomy is still a felony. (Colorado isn't the 1994 and 1997 mayors' meetings are But even opponents of Amendment 2 one of them.) Newman, the Association scheduled, do have gay-rights laws in concede that if another vote was held of Convention and Visitor Bureaus pres- place, and part of Denver Mayor today, the amendment probably would ident, wonders if the host city of the Webb's resentment stems from the fact pass again. Will Perkins, chairman of 1996 Olympics will apply similar politi- that his city was one of several in Col- Colorado for Family Values, the organi- cal-correctness litmus tests to countries orado that have long had similar laws on zation that r...YOSed the measure, says it that want to send teams to the games. the books. Like some other Colorado is not hard to figure out why. "People "Is Atlanta going to take the moral high mayors, he opposed the amendment- don't take kindly to boycotts, and they ground and say, `We don't like what which would override local statutes- don't take kindly to blackmail. This is your government is doing at home' he from the outset. The mayors even joined economic 1~~~...sm." asks. in the suit against the amendment that Clearly, however, the Colorado boy- Denver Mayor Wellington Webb so far has blocked its implementation. colt has worked on an economic level, tried to exact some small measure of Boycott Colorado, the Denver-based although it doesn't seem to have been as revenge by requesting that the new site orchestrator of the embargo, has little disastrous as some accounts would have of the Conference of Mayors meeting sympathy for the mayors, insisting that it. The state's skiing and overall tourism not be any of the cities engaged in the they didn't work hard enough to defeat revenues were actually up for the sea- boycott. The selection of New York Amendment 2. "We don't believe the son. And convention officials say Den- GOVERNING October 1993 39 - ~ I ver's loss is just a fraction of the city's Colorado officials had was on the front pages, calls to my office convention and tourism business. But it tapered off," says Terry Sullivan, presi~ is worth noting that they cannot figure an idea that Amendment dent of the Colorado Springs convention the toll on future convention business, bureau. "When Bill Clinton focused on since it is trickier to determine how 2 Was a time bomb gays in the military, calls surged. When many groups simply take a city out of ' Social Security dominated the news, consideration because it is a boycott tar- but they underestimated calls dropped again." get or to avoid a hassle. In Colorado Springs, the people at its impact. the convention bureau sent out more hale gauging the long-term than 300 letters to those who had impact of a boycott may be booked space, explaining what exactly an inexact discipline, some the amendment was about. Then they ideas about how to prepare for one and Davis, president of the Salt Lake Con- held a meeting with panicky hotel man- fight it once it takes hold are emerging. vention and Visitors Bureau. Since pro- agers and sales directors to reassure and Many cities are drawing up contingency ponents of one side will often inflate update them. "It's been a pretty interest- plans-not just for boycotts but also for their numbers, it pays to have some ing exercise in crisis management," says the accompanying negative publicity independent research on how your Sullivan. Officials embarked on publicity that also threatens the general tourism base audience will react. The response, tours aimed at defusing the boycott. (As business. if necessary, can then be tailored to Denver Mayor Webb made the Salt Lake City officials, for example, them. rounds-which included an appearance have an emergency plan designed to To get a feel for the impact of their on the Arsenio Hall show-he was counter public relations disasters, state's new abortion law, for example, hounded by activists, including a group whether they result from acts of nature Utah travel and business officials com- called the Lesbian Avengers.) or politics. If aweather-related mishap missioned a national survey. A small Tourism and convention officials are were to wreak havoc on the city or Los percentage of the people surveyed said still unsure about what effect their Angeles-style riots were to occur or a they definitely would avoid the state. counter-measures have had, if any, other boycott was to take shape, officials An even smaller number said they than to assuage skittish convention and would embark on an effort to convince would make an extra effort to come meeting planners or put a more favor- visitors that their city was still opera- there. But 86 percent of the respon- able spin on media coverage. Of those tional. That means bringing in travel dents said the issue did not matter to who pulled out, says Rich Grant, com- writers, contacting meeting planners them. Prior to the poll, a preemptive munications director for the Denver who have sites booked in the next 90 marketing campaign was under consid- bureau, some can be replaced. But, he days, and even paying the costs to fly eration. That idea was shelved when adds, "we can't measure what we can't in those planners if they want to take a the results came in. book." look around. It is the cost of doing Only one major convention ended up But with groups in at least 10 states business these days. taking its business elsewhere, and it was working to put measures similar to Oregon did not have a contingency replaced by another that originally con- Amendment 2 on the ballot, prudence plan when its own anti-gay-rights initia- sidered Salt Lake City because of the would dictate having a prepared tive, which was defeated, was on the abortion law. For 1992, the year after counter-offensive. Four Oregon coun- ballot last year. But rather than biting the abortion law passed, the city actually ties voted this June to prohibit local gov- their nails waiting for the election saw a 60 percent increase in convention ernments from "promoting" homosexu- results, business and political leaders, business over the previous year, acon- ality or protecting gays against including Governor Barbara Roberts, tinuation of its recent emergence as a discrimination; similar measures in campaigned strenuously to defeat the convention destination site. other counties will go before voters measure. Religious, business and politi- Colorado officials had a pretty good unless pending legislation to protect cal organizations were all enrolled in the idea that Amendment 2 was a ticking homosexuals from discrimination passes effort. time bomb, but they underestimated its the Oregon House. California, Idaho, To keep the controversy from taint- potential impact. Not much thought was Florida, Michigan and Oregon- ing the state's image among potential given to coping with a boycott, at least again-may be voting on statewide gay conventioneers and tourists, the bureau not until celebrities such as Barbra rights-related measures in 1994. If any took an extra step. During the cam- Streisand began banging the drum and of them pass, look for more boycotts and J paign, it kept a database of the 1,800 attracting media notice. At that point, more elected officials embarking on TT angry letters it received on the issue. the Coloradans were forced into adam- national damage-control tours. After the election, every letter-writer age-control mode. The first order of Or maybe they can try to persuade received a reply that explained how business was a call to Phoenix, the ora- organizations threatening to boycott to easy it is to get an initiative on the Ore- cle that most cities consult when the follow the lead of the National Coalition gon ballot. Enclosed in the envelope going gets tough. Phoenix's advice? to Abolish the Death Penalty, which, to was a copy of the state tourism Maintain high visibility. Confront the give its members a chance to demon- brochure. situation. Don't get spooked by the strate and protest, tries to hold its annual Having a realistic assessment of avalanche of negative press, for eventu- conventions in states that have capital potential damage is critical, says Rick ally it will die down. "When Somalia punishment. ~ 40 GOVERNING October 1993 X C ; ~6~,a.ri.l~ i o~ dww~t~ C~ • ® . ® , - t 7 o'clock in the morning, River fi•om Des Moines. The picture the ~~ideo screen at Iowa quality is far better than most people ~Y~{°{Bf3~~~t ~llll~ Methodist Hospital is have ever seen on television. "It was • , ~ blank. like you were there," one participant t~~ SDI ~~1®{l~ The situation in Iowa- ,said later. and particularly in Des Moines-on The value of telemedicine was obvi- this overcast morning is bleak enough ous to doctors, politicians and other ~®911~~{1~~~~ H~ithout a technical glitch. The city is observers in the flooded state. So in that flooded, as is most of the state. The regard; the Iowa telemedicine demon- . water treatment plant is shut down, and stration served its purpose-to show off [ll~ everybody in the city is hauling in bot- the power of the newly constructed, fled water to drink. Across Iowa, the state-owned Iowa Communications ~1111~C~111~' tQl~ Ql~~'/ gigantic Midwestern flood has isolated Network, a 2,800-mile °highway" of the scattered population of one of fiber-optic cable connecting more than America's most rural states from busi- 100 points throughout the state. ~ebel°®®~~~~ ness and communication centers. But if the ICN is a technological hit, All the more reason for Iowa's first it is also shaping up as a political strike- IB~f{°~~{°111iC~t1,91~~'o demonstration of "telemedicine" to go out. State officials first pitched the s off without a hitch. Indeed, a high off - tem in 1987 as a means to hook up ru cial of the Federal Emergency Man- schools with university teachers agement Agency is on hand for an other educational resources not c early-bird preview of a statewide rently available to them. But other th> telecommunications hookup which, its classrooms, the system hasn't been able ~®n7pet{t®l~o supporters claim, will be the salvation to connect with potential "customers." of the state's rural economy. The ten- Hospital transmissions-demonstrated Sion in the air is palpable as a techni- so vividly at Iowa Methodist--cannot cian diagnoses the problem. He go on the network, thanks to political searches fora 98-cent fuse to replace opposition finm Iowa's telephone com- one that has blown, and the video panies, which want the telemedicine screen snaps on. A couple of hours market for themselves. State lawmakers _ later, some 350 people at Iowa aze openly worried about the potential ,y Methodist watch intently as two for eight-figure annual deficits that will r-,. F L j ~ ,f~7 d , ~ ~ patients are examined and a vivid echo- have to be covered from the state's gen- ~~4 . L~ ; , ~ ~ ~k~`~ ` cardiogram fills the screen in eye-pop- eral fund. t;~ ~ ~ " ~ ~x'~ ping color. Hundreds more observe the And the system still isn't finished. _ a i`{- ,r" ~ video transmission at four locations State o$icials still must figure out how gi,~~~ w t1; u ~ ~ i around the state, ranging from Drake to hook up most of the state's 317 high ~ ~ ~ h ~ <; University in Des Moines to Greene schools to the ICN's fiber-optic "end- 4~ ~ 1 ~°uR ' ~ ~ County Hospital in rural Jefferson, points"-a job e.Ypected to cost at least - ~~a~"~~° ~ ~ some 60 miles up the swollen Raccoon another $GO million. Critics are ques- ~ tinning why the state has sunk so much i~aY~~~~~-~.w r.•~~~~~;~*-bf;°~ William Fulton is editor of California money into a public system that may Planning & Development Report, a simply duplicate-and compete with= monthly newsletter: 1llorris Neumwn is thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable _ senior editor of CP&DR being laid by Iowa's telephone compa- 26 GOVEI21\'ING October 1993 CrrgPrardTonySmnr/maguphotograph Hies, cable television providers and other tel,:,,,,...munications - enl,~Y«„etas. In reaction, Governor Terry E. Branstad and other sup- porters of the state-funded ' , network are fighting arear- - guard action. Their aim is to . 3 ~ ~ - prove that Iowa did the right - ' ' s ~ " ~ L thing by building the system F ~p~ ~ p~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ itself rather than handing out . s~~` _ t ;~:4 d , incentives to eidler telephone " _ COI11paI11eS Or Ot11Cr te1000n1- ~ ~3 ~ K t'~ I ~'l~~r,~ ~ IIlUnlCatlOUS players. "We ~~7 i"d T~'j t: c~ ~~~'uia r want our astral communities to ' 1 e, , r3 ~ ` have the opportunity to com- ~ - pete economically," says _ z r - ~ Branstad, a Republican who's - , . ~ ~ ~ . ` been in office since 1983. "I - see this as the key infrastruc- , - - - f . _ ture investment by the state r r that will make that possible." ~ ~ -ti ~ a Iowa is an extreme example ~ of astate struggling to find the ~ _ ~ : , best way to usher in the ~ - tel~,.,,...munications revolution ~ _ .;r~~ _ while guaranteeing the avail- ~ - * ~ _ rp:, ability of the new technology _ r - ~ F _ ~'t ;:4 to all sectors of the public. In y most states, the focus of that ' ` ;:R;;, ~ ~:L-~a:.~-~-: '.:sue:, struggle is the government's ~ _ ~ - .y relationship with telephone ~ f ^ companies-especially the ~ ~ i f , P seven "Baby Bells," the " 't regional telephone giants ere- ~ x f: ated by the breakup of AT&T _ ' ~ more than a decade ago-as _ ~ ~ ` _ well as with newer telecom- .r3 _ munications players chafing to - ~ , jump into the new markets for - • telephone service, cable televi- ` - ~ ~ Sion and information networks: Traditionally, tele hone •;k~' r~ - ; ' . p companies have been regu- - - ~ lated by states to keep basic ~ ~ ~ ;,3j_ • rates low and assure universal - _ service. Now they are faced Laying fiber-optic cable: T'he telecommunications revolution is sure to open , with the problem of opening up unimaginable opportunities for both government and industry. up the telecommunications field to competition while still serving est is served? Or do you-as did Iowa- posts to the Clinton administration, the public interest. The question, says simply deal all the private players out which has staked its domestic policy on Bernice McIntyre, former head of the ;uld build it yourself? t}le creation of a national "data super- Massachusetts Public Utilities Cominis- These questions are arrytllirl~ but idle highway" ;ls an economic stimulus. Sion, is: "How do you let regulated utili- ones. The unfolding of the nest telecom- ' 'ties compete in anon-regulatory envi- munications revolution is likely to shape fight now, the biggest business ronment?" In other words, do you the future of American business and ~ stole in America is the creation unshackle dle Baby Bells and let them government more than almost ;uly other ~ of an integrated telecommunica- loose on the marketplace? Do you regu- decision the states will make in the bons indush~-a alm~ergence of tele- late selectivel}~, making sure there is a 1990x. And the experience of Iowa and phones, television, computers and a "level playing field" and the publicinter- other states might pro~ride usefirl guide- panoply of data banks including news- CkadS/atury/To~ryStonrlmngerphotograph GOVI3RNINC October 1993 27 " .y:.' •'.t.l~" u papers, libraries and even Hollywood unimaginable opportunities and beam educational programs via video to studios. telecommunications will emerge as sparsely populated areas. In the begin- That convergence means that tradi- America's leading growth industry. As ping, however, Iowa did not want to tional categories .are losing their mean- an economic opportunity, it is being own the system; instead, it hoped to ing. Telephone companies are going compared with only two precedents: lease lines from private vendors. But into cable television, cable companies the railroads in the 19th century and that is not how things worked out. will provide telephone service, and the interstate highway system in the In 1989, the state began seeking bids pretty soon it will be impossible to 1950s and'60s. for an interactive telecommunications ~ make a distinction between the two. According to some estimates, the network. But the bidding process did b Hardl~~ a day goes by ~~~thout massive national nehvork could cost as much as , not go well. The first round of bids publicity for some new positioning $200 billion to build. Few people ques- sought only distznce-learning capabil- move by major players in these Indus- tion whether such an investment ity, and several telephone companies, ~ tries. US ~\%est, the Baby Bell for die should be made. The question is .rho including a }Dint venhu•e by US ~~~est Upper 1\9idwest and Rocky 1\lountain should make it. The railroads were buult and AT&T, responded. But die bids j states, put together a $2.5 billion deal by private businesses, which were were thro~~a~ out, and the state then with Time «'<u»er Inc. drat may result given enoiinous incentives by die gov- sought bids on agold-plated system in atelephone-and-cable television ernment to open up new territory--but drat would allow the state, rad~er than package offered to consumers nation- which emerged, inevitably, as powerful private companies, to control crucial i ally. Tele-Communications Inc., the monopolies because they controlled switching operations. (The requirement nation's largest cable provider, plans to irreplaceable pieces of key infrastruc- was inserted in order to qualify for invest $2 liillion in fiber-optic cable in tore. The interstates, on the other hand, funding from the Federal Emergency its existing service area-much of it in were built by federal and state agen- Management Agency.) The state US ~'i'est territory--even v,~hile it is Gies, keeping the important infrastruc- scrapped those bids too, finding them joint-venturing with US West on a prof- tore out of private hands, but at too high. The telephone companies ect in the United Kingdom. Every cor- tremendous cost to taxpayers. No hvo were not among the bidders, appar- poration in America, it seems, wants to models, it seems, could be more at odds endy fearing they would only partici- go to the telecommunications prom, with each other. Yet both are being pate in construction of a competing sys- and everybody is looking for a date. tested by states around the country. tem. The telecommunications revolution Vice President Al Gore, a technology Finally, the state issued a third set of bids-this time seeking anyone who o wuld provide a more modest system, ~C.'G"®~'°~~~~' S®Pd~~ ~~~~~~~Sy ~i~~ i~CLtl®az~Z either by sharing existing fiber-optic pd.~1®p°~ c~®BaZ~ cC®~~ ~ Il'~u~°h ~'.2®® bbZZb~~ lines or building it for the state. Again the telephone industry did not respond. Zj1~~ZgZ, ~'~E.~1 ~~®~9Z~ ~~e~t~®n ~~ietjte~° sa~eeh The state chose a $73.7 million bid o ~,~e ques~ from Metropolitan Fiber Systems, a company that specializes in building ®d~ b~ i1~9~® S~®Zt~Z~ I~IG(~G~~ 7L~'o ~ "bypasses" of local telephone exchanges. `I think the telephone companies is being driven by a variety of technolo- ~ maven, has stumped for the idea of a made a strategic mistake not to bid on gies, including microwave and satellite government-funded telecommunica- the system," says Governor Branstad. systems; integrated service digital net- tions network, comparable to the fed- J. Kent Jerome, secretary-treasurer of works, which can soup up conventional eral effort that built the interstates. the Iowa Telephone Association, says phone lines; and the notion of wireless Gore has argued that the private sector his member companies were left bitter "personal communications services" will not risk the big capital outlay to and alienated by the three-round bid that will, essentially, follow people build a national fiber-optic system process. "It's been a bad situation," he around wherever they go. But the main (although some telephone companies says. Others say the phone companies technological driver is fiber-optic disagree). He also fears that big busi- figured they could.block construction if cable-a thin bundle of strands that has Hess won't serve rural and inner-city they did not bid on it. "'T'hey felt that if virtually limitless capacity and can carry areas, preferring instead to cater to they stayed out of it, it wouldn't get a billion bits of information per second, lucrative c,,,Y,,.atemarkets. built," says former Branstad staffer as opposed to the 9,600 bits carried on Doug Gross, a lawyer who represents conventional phone lines. , ore's reasoning is similar to that Metropolitan Fiber. Nobody is quite sure how the break- the state of Iowa followed to The final cost for the 2,800-mile back- ing flood of telecommunications tech- • become the first-and so far bone of the system has ballooned to nology 'ill shake out in the conswner only-st<zte to build an extensive fiber- more than $100 million, financed by market. The only thing everybody optic system itself. Origuially, die Iowa bonds issued by the state. Now, state seems to agree on is that the telecom- system was sold as a velucle to promote o$'icials are scrambling to nuninuze the munications revolution will open up "distance learning"-the ability to impact on the state's general fund of the 28 GOVERNING October 1993 i Cost of operating the ICN. Some $11 ih~ regulation commissioner in neigh- into such a highly regulated industry is million a ye:u• ~~ill come from shifting boring Nebnrska, which has pursued an proving very tricky indeed. "What reg- the stirte's a~~u telecommunicatrons traf- aggressive deregulation strategy, says ulators are increasingly bernming,° says fie finm pri~~ate c:u-riers to the nc;tu~ork. prn~ate industry is a better candidate for William H. Read, Southern Bell Profes- • (The bull: of this revenue loss ~~ill he felt the job of ploHing fiber because "they sor of Communications Policy at Geor- by US ~1~est. ~yhich serves 70 percent of respond to dre mvket demand, instead gia Tech, "are referees among vested the state.) State officials also want to of brulding a system first, then trynrg to interests such as telephone and cable place telenrc~dicure :u,d feder <r1 traffic on find the market." companies. And they're having a harder the system. but the telephone compa- The la ~e telephone companies have and harder time determining what the nies have blacked such moves in the advocated an approach restricting goy- public interest should be." ]egislatru-e. \\~ithout more revenue, tlrc ernment's direct investment in The five-thousand-pound gorillas ICi\' ~~ill prub:rbh reclnire an SS million telecommunications infi•astructure and that state utility regulators around the wnosc rrsp: ~a i ~caoi rasi~ s~.ricc? 'r~~' ~~t>. ° ~~r.-r4- -t , eountiy must wrestle «~idl are the Baby . h ~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ` ° Bells. In many ways, the seven regional 1 Y ~•<,a. ~ . • ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ telephone companies are ideally posi- ~ , , t troned to beforward-looking businesses t ~ A _ ' • ~ that guide America into a new period of . ~~w"" l ~x ~ prosperity based on telecommunica- ~ „ ~Y _ . bons. Though there are hundreds of 1. ; tu''i~ ~t~ ` ~ ` ~ ~ . local telephone companies around the _ 1~°` ~ wr. L"'' ~ ' - d country, the Baby Bells provide local ~ ~ service to most of the country. As a ~N ]cliniucn run mc;m_r,;:•.rnmenial ac ~ r'r'Y ~ result, they are huge and well capital- ized, and their local monopolies give them control of most of the telephone • ` lines into American homes and busi- nesses. No capital investment seems too huge for the Bells; US West, for example, recently committed to a $13 billion program to wire its entire Mid- dle West and Rocky Mountain service area with fiber-optic cable. Yet the Baby Bells struggle with The question, says former Massachusetts regulator Bernice McIntyre, is `how their own legacy as highly regulated do you let regulated utilities compete in anon-regulatory environment?' entities. They are beguiled by the potential profits of the competitive mar- to $10 million state appropriation each prodding regulatory incentives for pri- ketplace, but regulations oblige them to year for die foreseeable firhu•e. vate investment. They Have important provide universal service, and they Despite the financial problems, not allies. Legislation introduced in Con- must subsidize the cost of providing all the nes~-s about the Iowa nehvork is gress by Representative Rick Boucher service to unprofitable areas. They bad. Alread~~ connected to the state's 15 of Virginia, chairman of the House Sci- could be undercut by Competitors who - , communih- colleges, the system began ence Subcommittee, would limit the can offer the same services without the running dozens of distance learning government's role to creating research- same obligation. programs this fall. Arid its backers oriented telecommunications infra- So when the discussion turns to the argue that it provides service to rural structure. And legislation sponsored by notion that private companies ought to areas that ~rould be left behind b.' pri- Senators John C. Danforth of'~lissouri foot the bill for the telecommunications vate telecommunications companies and Daniel K. Inouye of Ha~yaii seeks highway, the Bells always come to the seeling profits in big markets. "Ifs alit- to speed the creation of a near telecom- negotiating table with a regulatory price. tle like the Rur:r] Electrification Admin- munications infrastructure b~• unshack- In April, for example, a Baby Bell dele- istration, bringing electricity to rural ling private telecommunications com- gation meeting with Gore offered to America," says Brvutid. panics from state regulation. invest $125 billion in telecommunica- Yet many obser,ers see the Iowa bons infrastructure. In exchange, the experience :cs little more th:ur the clan- hat the tensions playing out telephone leviathans wanted an impor- sic boondog_le. They say it is a hi`~hh- • ~ in Iowa and in Congress tant concession from the government: an politicized project that cost far too point up is the f<rct that the end to the law that bars them from the much and duplicated c~isting neh~•orks real innovation in the modern-day cable-television industry. If it's upheld, already built by the telephone compa- telecommunications business is not an August ruling by a federal district nies, even tl;ou~~h its backers had onh~ a technology-it's competition. But cYpe- curt would lift the ban on phone com- vague notion of what the state nehyork rience at the state level su~,~~ests that panics' providing video services. might be used for. Dan Un~iller, a util- deciding how to introduce cY~mpetrtron Critics of the Bells fear that, given Buaep Bassin pd~,n,Troph GOVERNING October 1993 29 n 6 their size and political muscle, they will when Governor Jim Florio signed the cept, a video dial-tone is the same as emerge into the oompetitive arena with Telecommunications Act of 1992, the "dial-1" long-distance access pro- big monopolistic advantages, primarily which essentially permitted deregula- vided by local telephone companies. control of the telephone switching tion of some telephone rates in The Bell company can serve as a con- equipment that must be used by all exchange for a commitment by the tele- duit for video programmers, but it must competitors to gain access to telephone phone companies to build the telcom provide consumers with equal access to lines. Only the largest and wealthiest networks at an accelerated rate. New all video programmers wanting to serve companies can currently afford to Jersey Bell, a subsidiary of the Bell the market bypass the switch. And the Bells will Atlantic Baby Bell, wasted no time in The entire deal quickly came under - still control the local "rate base"-the proposing a, plan calling for deregula- attack from two quarters: the state's captive customers who pay a fixed tion of a wide range of business Department of Public Advocate and the amount each month for basic telephone telecommunications services in state's cable television industry. They sen~ice. Consumer advocates and cable exchange for a commitment to invest az-gue that New Jersey Bell is trying to - companies argue that the telephone more than $1 billion to replace 56 mil- use deregulation to grab a monopolistic companies can "cross-subsidize" their lion miles of copper wire in the state upper hand in the state's telcom btrsi- new, for-profit businesses with that with fiber-optic cable by the year Hess. In a court challenge to the state rich, dependable revenue stream. 2010-20 years faster, Bell says, than if regulatory action, both the Public So the dilemma for state regulators the regs had remained in place. Bell Advocate and the cable television _ who want to open up the telecommuni- agreed to hold basic residential tele- industry argue that Bell's regulated and cations industry is how to do it without phone service at $8.19 a month until non-regulated services are so closely creating new railroad-style robber 1999 and promised not to use tele- intertwined financially that there is sim- barons. "There will always be a rem- phone ratepayer revenue as a cross- ply no way the state can ensure that Want of the monopoly in this business," subsidy. (The money is supposed to cross-subsidies won't occur. "New Jer- says Massachusetts' Bernice McIntyre. come from new debt, shareholder sey has picked a winner in the competi- "The question is, how much of a investments and revenue from unregu- lion, and that's bad public policy," says monopoly?" If the states want private fated products and services.) Nancy Becker, executive director of the companies to finance and build the data With the deregulation scheme in state's cable television association. superhighway, she says, regulators place, Bell immediately made bold The Public Advocate and the cable must address one fundamental ques- moves into the new world of "con- association have also challenged Bell's pending action before the FCC, argu- ing that the company's Morris County ®~1s p®~~l ~5~ ~Z L~Cb~ ~fLCI~Ze LtS deal is not truly a "video dial-tone ser- lL°®St~~ I~®~°~ ~P~°®~L~`~b~~o 7'I~L~~ l~I~~EI~S Irll~6~~ vice" but a monopolistic transaction. Sammons will receive 60 of Bell's cur- FGIL~' ®1'1~8~~'°~S ~®~A°LI~J~&~`~ ~~®1L~ (~'®l1?Lj~C7GA'Lb~S rently available 64 channels, raising ?~~Cbr~ DIa'El~'~~ ~~LLS~ ~~Il°~ ®~i~~~ System ~1~~ fears that truly equal access cannot be provided to competitors. In July, the ®Set tie St~t~ 9S ~®S$S IGl~ ~~L~~1rr~Z~' Lto FCC asked Bell to provide more justifi- cation for its video dial-tone request. Similar battles are occurring all over lion: "Do we want to control the jock- verged" tel~,,,,...munications by striking the country. In San Diego, Time - eying among these industries, or just deals with cable companies to carry Warner is installing a system that could make sure any one of them can't use their programming into the homes of allow business telephone customers to what they control unfairly?" consumers. In a portion of Morris bypass the Bell system altogether; - County, Bell made a deal with Sam- Pacific Bell is asking the state Public ew Jersey has historic ties to mops Communications, the local cable Utilities Commission to deny the - the telecommunications Indus- franchisee. In Ocean County's Dover request "until competitive rules are try: It is the home of Bell Labs Township, Bell parh7ered with Future- adopted for cable television." In other and headquarters to AT&T. So it wasn't vision, aPennsylvania-based startup cases, established telephone companies surprising that New Jersey would take video programming provider, in an seem willing to go a step further to sep- - the opposite approach from Iowa's and effort to compete with the existing arate their regulated and non-regulated encourage private industry to build its cable provider. businesses to avoid allegations of cross- network. The tale goes a long way But under federal communications subsidies. In New fork State, toward illustrating the problems of bal- law, telephone companies are not per- Rochester Telephone Corp. has asked ~ arcing off the interests of competing rrritted to enter the video business for permission to reorganize as a hold- interest groups when government tries directly. The only v<~ay to do a teke- ing company with a series of sub- to jump-start the telecommunications phone-video deal right now is to apply sidiaries-some regulated, some unreg- revolution through deregulation. to the Federal Communications Com- ulated-whose business dealings The door to deregulation in New Jer- mission, as New Jerse~~ Bell has, to pro- would be subject to a special set of sey was first opened early last year, vide "video dial-tone" sen~ice. In con- Hiles. Clearly, regulators are still strvg- 30 GOVERNING October 1993 ` . gong to strike the right bal- _ he Iowa ~,wY~.:ence - ance between competition ; WIRING i®WA suggests that gov- and the public's right to use ernment is so inter- the networks. The Iowa Communications Network is a 2,800-mile fiber-0ptic twined with the telecom- Regulatory dilemmas, highway connecting more than 100 points across the state. munications business that however, cannot be they are impossible to dis- avoided by going the mute ' entangle. "They are a cus- Iowa did and building your ~ y~ ~ tourer of ours," Iarry Toll, own system. In Iowa, the ~ " b US West's chief lobbyist in state must find a way to ~ ~ r : ¢ Iowa, says of the state gov- make its costly system prof- Qa s ~ . a, ~ c~ ~ ernment. "They are a com- itable, and that means mak- ~S h ~ ~ petitor of ours. They area z i, , in overtures to rivate ~ ~ t g P y 'Des R9oines 4 - supplier of ours, in terms telephone companies that - mi t lease vt of the s s- calla - _ _'~'~m of public service. And they ~ P~ Y regulate us." tem and offset the state's Not surprisingly, then, costs in building it. Asa America's telecommunica- : _ result, the telecommunica- tions superhighway proba- tions debate in Iowa is - bly won't be built entirely beginning to look more and ~°'ce: we"''t "~a<Tecnnobgies mc, by the government, or by more like the debate in the cable television indus- New Jersey. Except that, thanks to the Telecom, a spinoff of Midwest Power, try, or by the Baby Bells., In some Iowa Communications Network, the want a chance to bid. Meanwhile, the rases-as in densely populated, pros- state itself is now a potential tel.,,,...- phone companies claim they must be perous business centers-the regula- munications competitor. allowed new opportunities and special tory tradeoff may be well worth the Early this month, the state plans to breaks if they are going to survive the price: The market will be strong issue request for proposals for private loss of business to the state's network enough to keep competitive forces in companies to provide the tel;,,..,,...mu- Iast spring, for example, Iowa's tele- motion. In other cases, it may well be nications services needed for what is phone companies agreed not to ,.rr,.se that the Baby Bells will be the only known as "Part 3" of the ICN-to bring a bill in the legislature that would entities strong enough to make the cap- Iowa's high schools and libraries onto explicitly permit hospital and federal ifial investment required in a particulaz the network. For the past several traffic to go onto the ICN. The pro- geographical azea. And in rural azeas months, Iowa Finance Authority Exec- posed price, however, was steep. Iowa's and inner cities, the government may utive Director Ted R. Chapler, who "Big 3" phone companies-US West, have to make direct investments and oversees the ICN project, and his col- GTE and Vista (a subsidiary of abolish the system of internal subsidies leagues have been d~~Y,..ntely massag- Rochester Telephone}-wanted the that has tied the Baby Bells and the ing the egos of US West, the local tele- state to deregulate the price of basic public interest together for generations. phone companies, the cable industry service. More significant, Iowa's local In other words, maybe the state of Iowa and miscellaneous telecommunications phone companies also wanted the right didn't have to_ build the entire ICN, but enl,~Y.~..eurs. "Our entire focus fiom of first refusal to build Part 3 of the just the parts the private sector would here on is to work with the private sec- Iowa network themselves. never have g..tt~., around to. tor," Chapler says. The reaction from competing comps- As Massachusetts' Bernice McIntyre The reason is that the state does not Hies was furious. °My argument was puts it: "You want the lowest~ost, high- - want to alienate the potential bidders, that if we showed up and said, `We're a est-quality network that you can get, as it did before, and wind up holding cable TV company, we ought to have and you really don't care who provides the bag for the $60 million cost of Part right of first refusal,' we'd be laughed it" That means the states and the fed- 3. Instead, Chapler wants to lease lines out of town," says former Branstad eral government must be prepared to from private companies at a cost he staffer David Oman, now public affairs confront the dilemma of competition hopes won't exceed $6 million to $7 counsel for TCI in Iowa For the tele- versus equity, rather than trying to million a year. In other words, he wants phone companies, the idea was simple make anend-run around it, as Iowa did. to go back to the original, botched idea arithmetic-they feared losing busi- Maybe the Baby Bells and the cable of what the Iowa Communications Net- Hess. `"The industry's attitude was, if companies can afford to engage in pro- workwouldbe. you want something, we want some- tracted winner-take-all fights over But much as things have been work- thing," says Kent Jerome of the Iowa v~ho's going to get a regulatory leg-up ing out in New Jersey, Iowa is fmding Telephone Association. The bill didn't in some particular state. But the that it is difficult to balance the interests pass, but no doubt it will be back next states-and the federal government- of industry and government because all year. By then, of course, the bids on will have to think more broadly about parties are still jockeying for position. Part 3 of the ICN will be in, and a what the public needs to getout of the Telecommunications challengers such whole new round of political elbowing new world of tel~,,,,,~.munications and as the TCI cable company and MWR will begin. how to go about obtaining it © GOVERNING October 1993 31 r t„~,t,L,F 1, v C O V E R S T O R Y tie o i erica. e t 7 o'clock in the morning, River from Des Moines. The picture the video screen at Iowa quality is far better than most people Government and Methodist Hospital is have ever seen on television. "It was blank. like you were there," one participant the big phone The situation in Iowa- said later. and particularly in Des Moines-on The value of telemedicine was obvi- this overcast morning is bleak enough ous to doctors, politicians and other companies without a technical glitch. The city is observers in the flooded state. So in that flooded, as is most of the state. The regard, the Iowa telemedicine demon- water treatment plant is shut down, and stration served its purpose-to show off are allies in everybody in the city is hauling in bot- the power of the newly constructed, fled water to drink. Across Iowa, the state-owned Iowa Communications building the new gigantic Midwestern flood has isolated Network, a 2,800-mile "highway" of the scattered population of one of fiber-optic cable connecting more than America's most rural states from busi- 100 points throughout the state. fiber-optic ness and communication centers. But if the ICN is a technological hit, All the more reason for Iowa's first it is also shaping up as a political strike- infrastructure. demonstration of "telemedicine" to go out. State officials first pitched the sys- off without a hitch. Indeed, a high offs- tem in 1987 as a means to hook up rural cial of the Federal Emergency Man- schools with university teachers and They are also agement Agency is on hand for an other educational resources not cur- early-bird preview of a statewide rently available to them. But other than telecommunications hookup which, its classrooms, the system hasn't been able competitors. supporters claim, will be the salvation to connect with potential "customers." of the state's rural economy. The ten- Hospital transmissions~iemonstrated ~ Sion in the air is palpable as a techni- so vividly at Iowa Methodist--cannot ~ , cian diagnoses the problem. He go on the network, thanks to political searches fora 98-cent fuse to replace opposition from Iowa's telephone com- one that has blown, and the video panies, which want the telemedicine screen snaps on. A couple of hours market for themselves. State lawmakers later, some 350 people at Iowa are openly worried about the potential Methodist watch intently as two for eight-figure annual deficits that will ~ ' . 3; ~ , patients are examined and a vivid echo- have to be covered from the state's gen- ~ K 1 ` cardiogram fills the screen in eye-pop- eral fund. ping color. Hundreds more observe the And the system still isn't finished. ' « ~ , video transmission at four locations State officials still must figure out how around the state, ranging from Drake to hook up most of the state's 317 high University in Des Moines to Greene schools to the ICN's fiber-optic "end- g~ , County Hospital in rural Jefferson, points"-a job expected to cost at least . ,3,~ some 60 miles up the swollen Raccoon another $60 million. Critics are ques- ~ ' ~ tinning why the state has sunk so much ' - ' " ` ` William Fulton is editor of California money into a public system that may BY WILLIAM FULTON Planning & Development Report, a simply duplicate-and compete with- monthly newsletter. Morris Newnan is thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable AND MORRIS NEVUMAN senior editor of CP&DR being laid by Iowa's telephone compa- 26 GOVERNING October 1993 Greg PeaselTony Stone Images photograph I ~ ~ il ubiquitous cat-in-a-tree. F d raising is another matter. Soliciti money takes up a good chunk of time, s' e in many instances, volun- -'t teer fire tom 'es draw only a meager contribution fro the communities they protect. Worse s '11, sometimes the ~ reward for pulling meone out of a burning building is no ndying grati- tude but notice of a ne ence suit. Against this backdrop, it i no small ~ s wonder that interest is sagging. "Those added responsibilities have made i - cult for volunteer fire departments," s s Martin Henry of the NFPA. o~< Beyond these concerns, though, some ~,L ~ view the decline as a reflection of a diminished sense of community, which ' in turn translates into a waning interest in protecting it. "The American spirit that I grew up with was significantly dif- ~ ferent than that of today," laments Thompson, who authored a study on recruitment and retention efforts. McKeon is one who disputes the notion that the volunteer spirit is dying, "YOU' ll have t0 pointing to scores of fire companies that have no problems recruiting and keep- m e do with it. We cut the budget ing fire fighters. But they are mostly r salt trucks this year." found in small, tight-knit communities. William McCamey, a professor at Western Illinois University who com- pleted astudy of nearly 800 fire protec- tion districts in Illinois, says some rural departments even have waiting lists to get on. "There are departments that hear [of a decline] and say `you've got to 'be kidding.' " Whatever the reasons for the overall decline, for communities that rely on volunteers, it could have serious impli- cations for budgets that are already strained. It may mean instituting a fire tax, contracting out for services or sup- When the budget won't allow the right plementing the force with paid person- equipment for the job, a municipal lease/ nel. "If I went to a paid department, purchase plan from The Associates could be the you're talking about $30,000 a man for right solution. Without large, up-front cash every man I hire," says Wayne outlays and general obligation bond issues, our Township's Stofer. The voluntee lease/purchase plan can get you needed deparhnent, he says "saves me $10 - equipment. And because it works like an lion a year in payroll " installment plan, payments apply toward In Pennsylvania, where 10 percen of purchase. So when the budget won't allow the nation's volunteer fire fighters it, allow The Associates to custom-tailor reside, the state Association of Township a plan that will. Just give us a call. Supervisors responded to localities' con- 1_g~_421-4779 terns by preparing a manual that addresses volunteer recruitment and We listen. We respond. ~ retention. "It hasn't gotten to crisis pro- portions," says communications director Ginni Gustavson. "But there is a realiza- tion that this is a real problem." © ' GOVERNING October 1993 25 r Hies, cable television providers and other telecommunications enl...Y. eneurs. In reaction, Governor Terry E. Branstad and other sup- porters of the state-funded network are fighting a rear- guard action. Their aim is to prove that Iowa did the right thing by building the system ' itself rather than handing out ~ ~ ~w ' incentives to either telephone *r F°, companies or other telecom- y j munications players. "We # ,x., . s' , want our rural communities to ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~l i have the opportunity to com- 'C , pete economically," says ,''f„~~ Branstad a R epubhcan who s ~ : ' . been in office since 1983. "I see this as the key infrastruc- ' , ~ - ture investment by the state € ~ t that will make that possible." - ~ Iowa is an extreme example of a state struggling to find the ~4h: -'°'~~~w best way to usher in the ~ w~" ~L ` telecommunications revolution ~ ' ~ - while guaranteeing the avail- { ability of the new technology ~ ~ ~ F~ ' ~ to all sectors of the public. In ~ ~ ` f~' ~ ~ most states, the focus of that ~ r; struggle is the government's q ~ F, $ ¢ ` relationship with telephone . . • companies-especially the ~ ~~~i4'~~~~~ r. seven "Baby Bells," the j°''t~: regional telephone giants cre- ~ r: ated by the breakup of AT&T _ more than a decade ago-as ,w•~~ ~ ~ . . well as with newer telecom- ~ ta : ~ ` > ' munications players chafing to jump into the new markets for ~ ~ , telephone service, cable televi- , Sion and information networks. Traditionally, telephone companies have been regu- ~ fated by states to keep basic rates low and assure universal service. Now they are faced Laying fiber-optic cable: The telecommunications revolution is sure to open with the problem of opening up unimaginable opportunities for both government and industry. up the telecommunications field to competition while still serving est is served? Or do you-as did Iowa posts to the Clinton administration, the public interest. The question, says simply deal all the private players out which has staked its domestic policy on Bernice McIntyre, former head of the and build it yourself? the creation of a national "data super- Massachusetts Public Utilities Commis- These questions are anything but idle highway" as an economic stimulus. Sion, is: "How do you let regulated utili- ones. The unfolding of the next tel~,,,,,,.- ties compete in anon-regulatory envi- munications revolution is likely to shape fight now, the biggest business ronment?" In other words, do you the future of American business and story in America. is the creation unshackle the Baby Bells and let them government more than almost any other of an integrated telecommunica- loose on the marketplace? Do you regu- decision the states will make in the tions industry-a convergence of tele- late selectively, making sure there is a 1990s. And the experience of Iowa and phones, television, computers and a "level playing field" and the public inter- other states might provide useful guide- panoply of data banks including news- ChadSlatterylTonyStone/magesphotograph GOVERNING October 1993 27 papers, libraries and even Hollywood unimaginable opportunities and beam educational programs via video to studios. telecommunications will emerge as sparsely populated areas. In the begin- That convergence means that tradi- America's leading growth industry. As ping, however, Iowa did not want to tional categories are losing their mean- an economic opportunity, it is being own the system; instead, it hoped to ing. Telephone companies are going compared with only two precedents: lease lines from private vendors. But into cable television, cable companies the railroads in the 19th century and that is not how things worked out. will provide telephone service, and the interstate highway system in the In 1989, the state began seeking bids pretty soon it will be impossible to 1950s and'60s. for an interactive telecommunications make a distinction between the two. According to some estimates, the network. But the bidding process did Hardly a day goes by without massive national network could cost as much as not go well. The first round of bids publicity for some new positioning $200 billion to build. Few people ques- sought only distance-learning capabil- move by major players in these Indus- tion whether such an investment ity, and several telephone companies, tries. US West, the Baby Bell for the should be made. The question is who including a joint venture by US West ~ Upper Midwest and Rocky Mountain should make it. The railroads were built and AT&T, responded. But all the bids states, put together a $2.5 billion deal by private businesses, which were were thrown out, and the state then with Time Warner Inc. that may result given enormous incentives by the gov- sought bids on agold-plated system ~ in atelephone-and-cable television ernment to open up new territory-but that would allow the state, rather than package offered to consumers nation- which em„~b;,.l, inevitably, as powerful private companies, to control crucial ally. Tele-Communications Inc., the monopolies because they controlled switching operations. (The requirement i nation's largest cable provider, plans to irreplaceable pieces of key infrastruc- was inserted in order to qualify for invest $2 billion in fiber-optic cable in ture. The interstates, on the other hand, funding from the Federal Emergency its existing service area-much of it in were built by federal and state agen- Management Agency.) The state US West territory-even while it is cies, keeping the important infrastruc- scrapped those bids too, finding them joint-venturing with US West on a prof- ture out of private hands, but at too high. The telephone companies ect in the United Kingdom. Every cor- tremendous cost to taxpayers. No two were not among the bidders, appar- poration in America, it seems, wants to models, it seems, could be more at odds ently fearing they would only partici- go to the telecommunications prom, with each other. Yet both are being pate in construction of a competing sys- and everybody is looking for a date. tested by states around the country. tem. The telecommunications revolution Vice President Al Gore, a technology Finally, the state issued a third set of bids-this time seeking anyone who Accordin to some estimates the national could provide a more modest system, ~ either by sharing existing fiber-optic network could cost as much as X200 billion lines or building it for the state. Again the telephone industry did not respond. to build. Few people question whether such The state chose a $73.7 million bid an investment should be made. The ques- from Metropolitan Fiber Systems, a company that specializes in building I tion is who should make it. "bypasses" of local telephone exchanges. ~ "I think the telephone companies is being driven by a variety of technolo- maven, has stumped for the idea of a made a str-~ategic mistake not to bid on gies, including microwave and satellite government-funded telecommunica- the system," says Governor Branstad. systems; integrated service digital net- tions network, comparable to the fed- J. Kent Jerome, secretary-treasurer of works, which can soup up conventional eral effort that built the interstates. the Iowa Telephone Association, says phone lines; and the notion of wireless Gore has argued that the private sector his member companies were left bitter ~ "personal communications services" will not risk the big capital outlay to and alienated by the three-round bid that will, essentially, follow people build a national fiber-optic system process. "It's been a bad situation," he around wherever they go. But the main (although some telephone companies says. Others say the phone companies technological driver is fiber-optic disagree). He also fears that big busi- figured they could block construction if ~ cable-a thin bundle of strands that has ness won't serve rural and inner-city they did not bid on it. "They felt that if virtually limitless capacity and can carry areas, preferring instead to cater to they stayed out of it, it wouldn't get a billion bits of information per second, lucrative corporate markets. built," says former Branstad staffer as opposed to the 9,600 bits carried on Doug Gross, a lawyer who represents conventional phone lines. ore's reasoning is similar to that Mtli „f~olitan Fiber. Nobody is quite sure how the break- the state of Iowa followed to The final cost for the 2,800-mile back- ing flood of telecommunications tech- become the first-and so far bone of the system has ballooned to nology will shake out in the consumer only-state to build an extensive fiber- more than $100 million, financed by market. The only thing everybody optic system itself. Originally, the Iowa bonds issued by the state. Now, state seems to agree on is that the telecom- system was sold as a vehicle to r..,~..ote oflicials are scrambling to minimizes the munications revolution will open up "distance learning"-the ability to impact on the state's general fund of the 28 GOVERNING October 1993 cost of operating the ICN. Some $11 ity regulation commissioner in neigh- into such a highly regulated industry is million a year will come from shifting boring Nebraska, which has pursued an proving very tricky indeed. "What reg- the state's own telecommunications traf- aggressive deregulation strategy, says ulators are increasingly becoming," says ~ fic from private carriers to the network. private industry is a better candidate for William H. Read, Southern Bell Profes- (The bulk of this revenue loss will be felt the job of plowing fiber because "they sor of Communications Policy at Geor- by US West, which serves 70 p~.~~..t of respond to the market demand, instead gia Tech, "are referees among vested the state.) State officials also want to of building a system first, then trying to interests such as telephone and cable place telemedicine and federal traffic on find the market." companies. And they're having a harder the system, but the telephone compa- The large telephone companies have and harder time determining what the nies have blocked such moves in the advocated an approach restricting gov- public interest should be." legislature. Without more revenue, the ernment's direct investment in The five-thousand-pound gorillas ICN will probably require an $8 million telecommunications infrastruchire and that state utility regulators around the ,ti~;wwn;~ ~gPaRS~eE~„v ~o , , „.~.;t.,~ _ country must wrestle with are the Baby - Bells. In many ways, the seven regional telephone companies are ideally posi- tinned to beforward-looking businesses that guide America into a new period of prosperity based on telecommunica- tions. Though there are hundreds of Ill~~i local telephone companies around the - T~~~. ; country, the Baby Bells provide local y,~`~'` r~~~~µ service to most of the country. As a ~ ~A N ' C;';~'' ~ result, they are huge and well capital- . ized, and their local monopolies give ~ I them control of most of the telephone _ lines into American homes and busi- nesses. No capital investment seems - too huge for the Bells; US West, for example, recently committed to a $13 billion program to wire its entire Mid- dle West and Rocky Mountain service area with fiber-optic cable. Yet the Baby Bells struggle with The question, says former Massachusetts regulator Bernice McIntyre, is `how their own legacy as highly regulated do you let regulated utilities compete in anon-regulatory environment?' entities. They are beguiled by the potential profits of the competitive mar- to $10 million state appropriation each providing regulatory incentives for pri- ketplace, but regulations oblige them to year for the foreseeable future. vate investment. They have important provide universal service, and they Despite the financial problems, not allies. Legislation introduced in Con- must subsidize the cost of providing all the news about the Iowa network is gress by Representative Rick Boucher service to unprofitable areas. They bad. Already connected to the state's 15 of Virginia, chairman of the House Sci- could be undercut by competitors who community colleges, the system began ence Subcommittee, would limit the can offer the same services without the running dozens of distance learning government's role to creating research- same obligation. programs this fall. And its backers oriented telecommunications infra- So when the discussion turns to the argue that it provides service to rural structure. And legislation sponsored by notion that private companies ought to areas that would be left behind by pri- Senators John C. Danforth of Missouri foot the bill for the tel~.,.,~..munications vate telecommunications companies and Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii seeks highway, the Bells always come to the seeking profits in big markets. "It's alit- to speed the creation of a new telecom- negotiating table with a regulatory price. tle like the Rural Electrification Admin- munications infrastructure by unshack- In April, for example, a Baby Bell dele- istration, bringing electricity to rural ling private telecommunications com- gation meeting with Gore offered to America," says Branstad. panies from state regulation. invest $125 billion in telecommunica- Yet many observers see the Iowa tions infrastructure. In exchange, the experience as little mare than the clas- hat the tensions playing out telephone leviathans wanted an impor- sic boondoggle. They say it is a highly in Iowa and in Congress tant concession from the government: an politicized project that cost far too point up is the fact that the end to the law that bars them from the much and duplicated existing networks real innovation in the modern-day cable-television industry. If it's upheld, already built by the telephone compa- telecommunications business is not an August ruling by a federal district nies, even though its backers had only a technology-it's competition. But expe- court would lift the ban on phone com- vague notion of what the state network rience at the state level suggests that panies' providing video services. might be used for. Dan Urwiller, a util- deciding how to introduce competition Critics of the Bells fear that, given RetsevBassettphoto~raPh GOVERNING Oetober1993 29 i - . - their size and political muscle, they will when Governor Jim Florio signed the cept, a video dial-tone is the same as emerge into the competitive arena with Telecommunications Act of 1992, the "dial-1" long-distance access pro- big monopolistic advantages, primarily which essentially permitted deregula- vided by local telephone companies. ~ control of the telephone switching tion of some telephone rates in The Bell company can serve as acon- equipment that must be used by all exchange for a commitment by the tele- duit for video programmers, but it must competitors to gain access to telephone phone companies to build the telcom provide consumers with equal access to lines. Only the largest and wealthiest networks at an accelerated rate. New all video programmers wanting to serve companies can currently afford to Jersey Bell, a subsidiary of the Bell the market. bypass the switch. And the Bells will Atlantic Baby Bell, wasted no time in The entire deal quickly came under still control the local "rate base"-the Y.,,YOSing a plan calling for deregula- attack from two quarters: the state's captive customers who pay a fixed tion of a wide range of business Deparhnent of Public Advocate and the amount each month for basic telephone telecommunications services in state's cable television industry. They service. Consumer advocates and cable exchange for a commitment to invest argue that New Jersey Bell is trying to companies argue that the telephone more than $1 billion to replace 56 mil- use deregulation to grab a monopolistic companies can "cross-subsidize" their lion miles of copper wire in the state upper hand in the state's telcom busi- new, for-profit businesses with that with fiber-optic cable by the year ness. In a court challenge to the state rich, dependable revenue stream. 2010-20 years faster, Bell says, than if regulatory action, both the Public So the dilemma for state regulators the regs had remained in place. Bell Advocate and the cable television who want to open up the telecommuni- agreed to hold basic residential tele- industry argue that Bell's regulated and cations industry is how to do it without phone service at $8.19 a month until non-regulated services are so closely creating new railroad-style robber 1999 and promised not to use tele- intertwined financially that there is sim- barons. "There will always be a rem- phone ratepayer revenue as a cross- ply no way the state can ensure that nant of the monopoly in this business," subsidy. (The money is supposed to cross-subsidies won't occur. "New Jer- says Massachusetts' Bernice McIntyre. come from new debt, shareholder sey has picked awinner in the competi- "The question is, how much of a investments and revenue from unregu- lion, and that's bad public policy," says monopoly?" If the states want private lated products and services.) Nancy Becker, executive director of the companies to finance and build the data With the deregulation scheme in state's cable television association. superhighway, she says, regulators place, Bell immediately made bold The Public Advocate and the cable must address one fundamental ques- moves into the new world of "con- association have also challenged Bell's pending action before the FCC, argu- Now, Iowa must nd a wa to make its ing that the company's Morris County y deal is not truly a "video dial-tone ser- costly network profitable. That means mak- vice" but a monopolistic transaction. Sammons will receive 60 of Bell's cur- ing overtures to private phone companies rently available 64 channels, raising that might lease part o f the system and fears that truly equal access cannot be provided to competitors. In July, the offset the state's costs in building it. FCC asked Bell to provide more justifi- cation for its video dial-tone request. Similar battles are occurring all over lion: "Do we want to control the jock- verged" telecommunications by striking the country. In San Diego, Time eying among these industries, or just deals with cable companies to carry Warner is installing a system that could make sure any one of them can't use their programming into the homes of allow business telephone customers to what they control unfairly?" consumers. In a portion of Morris bypass the Bell system altogether; County, Bell made a deal with Sam- Pacific Bell is asking the state Public ew Jersey has historic ties to mons Communications, the local cable Utilities Commission to deny the the telecommunications Indus- franchisee. In Ocean County's Dover request "until competitive rules are try: It is the home of Bell Labs Township, Bell parh~ered with Future- adopted for cable television." In other and headquarters to AT&T. So it wasn't vision, aPennsylvania-based startup cases, established telephone companies surprising that New Jersey would take video programming provider, in an seem willing to go a step further to sep- the opposite aYY~..ach from Iowa's and effort to compete with the existing arate their regulated and non-regulated encourage private industry to build its cable provider. businesses to avoid allegations of cross- network. The tale goes a long way But under federal communications subsidies. In New York State, toward illustrating the problems of bal- law, telephone companies are not per- Rochester Telephone Corp. has asked ancing off the interests of competing mitted to enter the video business for permission to reorganize as ahold- inlo.oat groups when government tries directly. The only way to do a tele- ing company with a series of sub- to jump-start the telecommunications phone-video deal right now is to apply sidiaries-some regulated, some unreg- revolution through deregulation. to the Federal Communications Com- ulated-whose business dealings The door to deregulation in New Jer- mission, as New Jersey Bell has, to pro- would be subject to a special set of sey was first opened early last year, vide "video dial-tone" service. In con- rules. Clearly, regulators are still strug- 30 GOVERNING October 1993 gong to strike the right bal- The Iowa experience ante between competition WIRING IOWA suggests that gov- ' and the public's right to use ernment is so inter- the networks. The Iowa Communications Network is a 2,800-mile fiber-optic twined with the telecom- Regulatory dilemmas, highway connecting more than 100 points across the state. munications business that however, cannot be they are impossible to dis- avoided by going the route entangle. "They area cus- Iowa did and building your • b tourer of ours," Larry Toll, own system. In Iowa, the "~a~°" e+~r ~ US West's chief lobbyist in state must find a way to sue.' o o ` Iowa, says of the state gov- make its costly system prof- cm Fas ceaa~ ernment. "They are a com- ~ itable, and that means mak- °°d~" ~n~a5 petitor of ours. They are a ing overtures to private M;' ~ supplier of ours, in terms Des Moines telephone companies that „ of public service. And they might lease part of the sys- c~~u ~ regulate us." tem and offset the state's Not surprisingly, then, costs in building it. Asa ~ n America's tel~,,,,..~rnunica- result, the tel~,,.,...munica- ® tions superhighway proba- tions debate in Iowa is bly won't be built entirely beginning to look more and source: Kiewrc Ne~o~ recn"aoges i"~. by the government, or by more like the debate in the cable television indus- New Jersey. Except that, thanks to the Telecom, a spinoff of Midwest Power, try, or by the Baby Bells. In some Iowa Communications Network, the want a chance to bid. Meanwhile, the cases-as in densely populated, pros- state itself is now a potential telecom- phone companies claim they must be perous business centers-the regula- munications competitor. allowed new opportunities and special tory tradeoff may be well worth the Early this month, the state plans to breaks if they are going to survive the price: The market will be strong issue request for Y.,,~,osals for private loss of business to the state's network. enough to keep competitive forces in companies to provide the telecommu- Last spring, for example, Iowa's tele- motion. In other cases, it may well be nications services needed for what is phone .,,,...Ya..ies agreed not to oppose that the Baby Bells will be the only known as "Part 3" of the ICN-to bring a bill in the legislature that would entities strong enough to make the cap- Iowa's high schools and libraries onto explicitly permit hospital and federal ital investment required in a particular the network. For the past several traffic to go onto the ICN. The pro- geographical area. And in rural areas months, Iowa Finance Authority Exec- posed price, however, was steep. Iowa's and inner cities, the government may utive Director Ted R. Chapler, who "Big 3" phone companies-US West, have to make direct investments and oversees the ICN project, and his col- GTE and Vista (a subsidiary of abolish the sy~l~... of internal subsidies leagues have been de~Y~~at~ly massag- Rochester Telephone)-wanted the that has tied the Baby Bells and the ing the egos of US West, the local tele- state to deregulate the price of basic public interest together for generations. phone companies, the cable industry service. More significant, Iowa's local In other words, maybe the state of Iowa and miscellaneous telecommunications phone companies also wanted the right didn't have to build the entire ICN, but enl<.,Y.~..eurs. "Our entire focus from of first refusal to build Part 3 of the just the parts the private s~.,lv. would here on is to work with the private sec- Iowa network themselves. never have gotten around to. tor," Chapler says. The reaction from competing compa- As Massachusetts' Bernice McIntyre The reason is that the state does not nies was furious. "My argument was puts it: "You want the lowest-cost, high- want to alienate the potential bidders, that if we showed up and said, `We're a est-quality network that you can get, as it did before, and wind up holding cable TV company, we ought to have and you really don't care who provides the bag for the $60 million cost of Part right of first refusal,' we'd be laughed it." That means the states and the fed- 3. Instead, Chapler wants to lease lines out of town," says former Branstad eral government-must be Y.~Ya.~3 to from private companies at a cost he staffer David Oman, now public affairs confront the dilemma of competition hopes won't exceed $6 million to $7 counsel for TCI in Iowa. For the tele- versus equity, rather than trying to million a year. In other words, he wants phone ,,,,..~Nanies, the idea was simple make anend-run around it, as Iowa did. to go back to the original, botched idea arithmetic-they feared losing busi- Maybe the Baby Bells and the cable of what the Iowa Communications Net- ness. "The industry's attitude was, if companies can afford to engage in pro- workwould be. you want something, we want some- tracted winner-take-all fights over But much as things have been work- thing," says Kent J~~.,...e of the Iowa who's going to get a regulatory leg-up ing out in New Jersey, Iowa is finding Telephone Association. The bill didn't in some particular state. But the that it is difficult to balance the int~~~~ts pass, but no doubt it will be back next states-and the federal government- of industry and government because all year. By then, of course, the bids on will have to think more broadly about parties are still jockeying for position. Part 3 of the ICN will be in, and a what the public needs to get out of the Telecommunications challengers such whole new round of political elbowing new world of telecommunications and as the TCI cable company and MWR will begin. how to go about ollk.:.~ir?g it. ~ GOVERNING October 1993 31 i - long and complex process. "We didn't ~ just plop Jersey barriers in the middle of neighborhoods," says Captain Hector E. Torres, the officer in charge of commu- nity services. The city worked with architects and engineers, held hundreds of public hearings and consulted with state officials, merchants, utilities and the bus company. It took more than a year for the city council to approve a plan that seemed acceptable to virtually everyone who would be affected. ast year, 10 square blocks on The fire department was the last hold- Conerete street the lower East Side of out; it was (and still is) deeply concerned Bridgeport, Connecticut, about emergency access and slowed barriers may accounted for one-third of all response time. Most neighborhood resi- not be a tourist the homicides in the state. dents, on the other hand, liked the idea The area is just off Interstate 95, which from the start. Their reaction, says Tor- attraetion, hilt runs between New Haven and New res, was: "Do something, do anything. York. It has been ravaged by drug traf- We want safe streets." Since the first bar- they can make ficking, prostitution and gang violence. riers were put in place, some residents A few months ago, in an attempt to have complained that they didn't realize a neighborhood address the problem, the Bridgeport it would be so inconvenient to drive police department brought in the Con- around. Torres has a rebuttal for them. safer-and help it necticut National Guard. Not with "If they have to do this," he says, "then weapons or tear gas, however-with the bad guys do as well." reclaim its sense cranes and flatbed trucks. They were The idea of controlling public access part of an effort, called the Phoenix Proj- to residential neighborhoods is nothing of eo m m u n ity. ect, that centered around the placement new. The affluent in America have long of several 16-foot-long concrete barriers expressed their sense of privacy and ownership (some call it a fortress men- . ~ tality) by withdrawing behind long dri- ~ veways, brick walls and wrought-iron gates, or building subdivisions charac- i ~ terized by a maze of cul-de-sacs. The ; ~ s, notion of using some type of physical . . ' , barrier to block off'through-tragic is not new either. It is one application of a ~ } f ~ ~ broader concept, known as "defensible _ ~ space," that began influencing the design of public housing projects in the ' 1970s. ~ But in the past several years, the idea _ has resurfaced in new surroundings: T ' ~ older urban neighborhoods, middle- to A.. ~ lower-class in character, where the traf- fic patterns of streets originally laid out ` _ s„ in a grid are being reconfigured with iron gates, steel posts and chains, guard rails, planters and Jersey barriers-the h ~ ~ low, heavy concrete blocks used to close off lanes during highway construction. Urban planner Oscar Newman has diagonally across more than two dozen The renaissance of this idea is a applied the idea of defensible space intersections. The idea was to create a reflection of the crisis in urban America to both public housing projects and middle-class neighborhoods. series of residential loops, with less than in the 1990s: traffic, crime, drugs, gangs, 100 families living within each, that police chases and prostitution. Where, would impede through-traffic and make in an earlier era, heavy traffic on resi- a quick getaway difficult for both drug dential streets was mostly an annoyance, dealers and buyers. nowadays the terrifying Implementing the specter of a drive-by Phoenix Project was a BY ANNE JORDAN shooting makes the 32 GOVERNING October 1993 Kenneth C.'hen phntogrnph ~EC~IVt=D OCT 9 9 9993 DISTRIBUTION LIST - PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST BRIAN ANDERSON ERNST GLATZLE TOWN COUNCIL STEVE BARWICK GARY MURRAIN DEBBIE ROELAND JANEIL TURNBULL SUZANNE SILVERTHORNE MIKE ROSE DICK DURAN SUSIE HERVERT TODD SCHOLL JODY DOSTER JIM HOZA DAN STANEK ANNIE FOX DD DETO LEO VASQUEZ JOHN GALLEGOS JOE KOCHERA PAM BRANDMEYER KRISTIN PRITZ CHARLIE OVEREND KEN HUGHEY MANUEL MEDINA TODD OPPENHEIMER TOM MOORHEAD P.W. INFO. BOARD FILE MEMORANDUM T0: LARRY GRAFEL, ACTING-TOWN MANAGER FROM: GREG HALL, ACTING-DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/TRANSPORTATION DATE: OCTOBER 11, 1993 RE: PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 11 - 15, 1993 siv:Y:::.::-::::::x.:::;::;:r:•;:i:•:;:::i:.i>::ri%•:i::i:;:::<.::.::•:::::::•:::.:~;:.>:.::;,::::::::::::: f..`'::tia•:;;:: .Y:::<.ri}iii:. r::v.~.~ nom::; .......:i nom..:::-:Y.::.: •,.:.'v::..rf rr: r::: n........... .1::::::.rrv:.t.:: : n:.. ~:.~nw..:' ..n:•: w.v .....::::::::......nr...•:: .'!.t<.: x:r: r..:v: v: iiJV: f~ri {!{::i;C? .nS.vv~:.v: r:.:::i4i:L~.vW+wuhYFi~ STREETS AND ROADS A. 1.. Asphalt paving: a. Install invert & basin on Lions Ridge Loop. (110) b. Install pan at Stephens Park. (30-9081) c. Widen West Meadow Drive by Holiday Inn. (110) 2. Concrete projects.: a. Install concrete pad for slide at Bighorn Park. b. Install "Newt Wheatley" memorial in East Vail on bike path. 3. Apply finish coat on Sewer Plant Bridge. (30-9082) 4. Remove tree at Mill Creek Circle. 5. Remove Vail Mountain School bus stop and slab. 6. Remove rocks from curve at Bighorn Road (East Vail exit) and landscape area. 7. Install "Terre Haute" sculpture at Mayor's Park. 8. Install gravel shoulders on West Vail bike path. 9. Jim H. and Charlie 0. to attend CDL training class on Thursday, 10/14. PARKING STRUCTURE/TRANSPORTATION A. 1. Wash down Lionshead structure. 2. Work towards final inspection for locker room. 3. Assist with Town Manager residence's remodel. 4. Install phone line to Lionshead Booths. 5. Pull cable for bus cameras. 6. Run conduit for sump pump pit insulation. n PUBLIC WORKS PRIORITY LIST Page 2 CARPENTERS A. 1. Replace slide/swing at Sandstone Park. (30-9084) 2. Perform totem pole repairs. (4640) . 3. Reconstruct Buffehr Creek bus shelter. (524) 4. Construct street name and bus stop signs. ELECTRICIANS A. 1. Order & install Municipal Bldg. pump heaters. 2. Perform line locates as needed. 3. Continue Sonnenalp Street Light Project. 4. Hook up vacuum at bus wash. 5. Order parts to hook up radial table saw at VTC. 6. Investigate fresh air supply fan motors at Village & Lionshead TRC. 7. Investigate the possibilities of changing MR16 to a larger voltage at art mural. 8. Connect electrical power for heavy equipment at cinder rack. PARKS DEPARTMENT A. 1. Coordinate with street & roads on "Newt Wheatley" memorial. 2. Begin design work at Bighorn Park. 3. Continue construction on Gore Creek Promenade. 4. Complete design work for Mill Creek/Ted Kindel Park. 5. Complete winterization of irrigation systems. 6.. Clean out flower beds and cover. 7. Begin installation of Pirate Ship Park irrigation system. GH/dsr SENT BY~EAGLE COUPITY ;10- 8-93 16 13 30332872071 3034792157;# 1/ 2 • xc T~ - ~A V~ • Dcto6er 8, T ~~3 - 94:41 FAGtE C~l11YTY EiillLDfldG 551 BROADWAY UFFIIE OF IHf P_0. RO$ &50 ROJlRD OF CL7MMISS~OIVfI~ ; • t • • EAGlC, COI pRAOp 81831 (303) 328.6605 ':a • • • ' t SAX (303) 328-1207 .r; ~ SAL ~~L9NTY, CR~~ ~ ~~~A ~ NlVp1 U~° ~~~T~~~ ~A Y ~~~~~~R ~9:3~ - ~~:4~ ~F•5~-BS-Lot Y 9, ~loa±k 2, ~ra1r8 fl, Fili>?q 5, heaver Creek Eegleco~mtyRaom lteith Mantag, L7irectar, Community Development ~cO~d®f~a Dullding envelope change on Lat 9 9, Dlock 2, TrecP lY, Filing 5, Beaver Creek. ®~o ~ - ~ 09: ~d~ SQl- P08-~3-AF ffiglaland f~lead®ws, Lot Fa7inc~ c~ra cou»rq Paul Clarkson, Planner, Carnrnunity Developrrrent ~1C7•lCfy: Consider approval. ~~e - d d~D-~g7-g.3-f~Blare Lal~®1~t!®, filing a • r~„~ Qrunty Room PD-a~~~-~~ ~~-~lu~ ~s~~d~ I'~~. ~rn~ Paul Clarksarr, Planner, Community Developmenp ~iC~1Dl~J: 7'wo related app/icaPlons requesting an amendment to the PUD Guide that would eliminate any reference to the IResidentia!//Vlulti-Family done District; an amendrrlent adjusting the boundary lines of the Phase Ill Preliminary Plan; and a Preliminary Plan proposing a Resides tial/Y 0, 000 sq. ft. Single Family done District cons/sting o~ 88 lots, a liesidential/7,O00 sq. fP. Single 1°amily done District consisting of 2 lots and Open Space irraprovements. 9®a~ - ~0:~~ ~REA~ JU`It ul•Lt1ULL,LVUI`I11 r1U- D-~7J r 1V•1't ~ OUOOGD(GU!-' OU~7~t~7G1~?trN~ GJ G 10:50 - 77:00 T-018-93-Mottillo Resid®nce Eavla Room Taut Clarkson, Planner, Community Development ACTIpN: Consider approval. 17:00 - 71:14 PLAT, RESOLUTION, AND DOCUMENT SIGN/1VG Fap/e county Sid Fax, Planning Aivision, Community Development 19:10 - 11:1 ~ !3tlOGET OFFICER TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET ~~ty Rtwm TO THE COMM/SSIOIUI~AS Jack f]. Lewis, County Manager 11:15 - 72:00 WORiI SESSION -COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Mta.~ ydy t;roa6 Raotn Keith Montag, Director, Community Development 06:00 - WQRK SESS/p/V - TOINIU OF GYPSUM COIJNCtL 300 Kist Stress, Gypauro IHt N!'XT MFt77NG OF THEFAGLE COtlNTY COMM/SSYONER3 Wilt liE NEtD ON OCTOBtA 13, 1993 THlS AG&VDA /S PROY/dEb Fi7R wFORMAT701YA1 ?1IRF'O.SED ONLY • Alt T1MF,S ARE APPROxlMAT$ THE BGARO WI IILC l!V SISSION MAY CUNSIDER 07NFR ITFM$ THAT ARE ~ROVGHT BEFORElT. WORK SESSION FOLLOW-UP October 8, .1993 Page 1 of 1 TOplp 6~UESTIONS _ fFOLL0IN-UP SOLUTIONS 1991 11/19 NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINES TOM M./JIM C.: What can be done to make these uniform Problem will be resolved by 1!1!94. and locations less prolific? 1992 11/10 COUNTY REGIONAL MEETINGS Next meeting date to be announced. 1993 03/16 AMENDMENT 1 COMMUNICATION STEVE B./SUZANNE/HOLLY: Develop timeline and plan to Publication in Vail Daily for Monday, 10111193. Meetings scheduled with STRATEGIC PLAN reach all "organized" groups within the TOV as well as local groups. Discussion with Council on Councilmember's participation at general public/develop education tools for group 10/12/93 Work Session. representatives/address issues through elections prolcon piece. 04/27 NOTICE TO TOM M.: Notify both county offices of the Town's interest in TREASURER'S/ASSESSOR'S receiving all notifications of land tax sales in the county. OFFICES 09114 BLUE PARKING PASS STEVE T.. This discussion will coincide with Public Works Letters to previous requestors will be sent outlining new procedure. All CONTRIBUTION POLICY budget presentation on Thursday, 9/30/93. requests will be submitted along with annual Contribution Requests. As an "enterprise zone," Mike Rose will also enter into the final decision. 09114 HOMESTEAD ACT TOM M.: Research how other resort communities are • handling this issue... begin with Aspen? 09130 PAY-IN-LIEU PARKING TOM M./KRISTAN: Because this is a zoning code change, PEC will firsf review the proposed increase/space. 1 I ~IJI~ 1~T®~ICE ~IAIII.. T® C®iT1~CII. MEETIl~TG SCtnr:DiTi.E, (as of 10/8/93) ~O~®~El~ Il993 In an attempt to respond to scheduled meeting demands, as well as adhere to mandated ordinance and charter requirements, Council meetings are scheduled at the following times: lE~1E1~TI1~G I~i[EETII~(~~ Evening meetings will continue to be held on the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month, starting at 7:30 P.M. These meetings will provide a forum for citizen participation and public audience for conducting regular Council business. W®It.I~ SESSI®1~tS Work sessions, which are primarily scheduled for Council debate and understanding of issues before the Council, will now be scheduled to begin at 2:00 P.M. (unless otherwise noted) on every Tuesday afternoon. ~l~~t~~ ®CT®~EI~,. ll993. V,AII.. T®WN C®iJNCII~ iVIEETING SCIiEI1iTIJE IS E®LI.®WS: Tuesday. October 5. 1993 Work seSS10ri Il flo®® Ao~e (starting time determined by length of agenda) Evening meeting 07:30 P.li/!. Tuesday. October 12, 1993 Work session ~ le®® P.I~o (starting time determined by length of agenda) Tuesday. October 19, 1993 WOrk S8SS10n 1~2:®® ~o~a (starting time determined by length of agenda) Evening meeting 07:30 P.1lft. Thursday. October 26, 1993 Work S0SS10T1 02:00 P.lVi. (starting time determined by length of agenda} TOW1V OF MAIL ~.c..J Pamela A. Brandmeyer Assistant to the Town lilianager